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Friendly Fauna

Data prepared by the state game
and fish department, tending to prove
that the pheasant is friend rather
than . foe Of the farmer, suggest the
many peculiar prejudices which per-
sist against many Of our birds. ami.
mails and reptiles even in the face
Of investigations which disprove the
charges made against them.
Among the birds the pheasant
serves g IA example. A colorful and
we3eome addition to our countryside.
4 he's been accused Of eating seeded
corn before 1t has had time to sprout.
On occasion it has been charged with
eating the corn after It has sprouted.
1xpsrts hsve sought to prove or dis
pGQve Tho truth Of these allegations
nnA svssy Investigation has resulted
q ! verdict for the pheasant Is the
ly1end Of the farmer. The crops Of
phaasants disclose relatively little corn
eaten at the planting season.. In
xnnny cases where pheasants were OBJ
noryed digging industriously away in
noaly planted Cornfields they have
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been shot for purposes Of examina-
ton. Their crops disclosed that they
were not digging corn but cutworms,
one of the worst enemies of the corn
crop.
Hawks also are classified as harm
full, usually by persons interested in
the preservation of other game birds.
Some kinds of hawks may rightfully
be accused in this connection but
there are at least score Of differ
ent varieties of hawk to be found in
this area and many of them live al
most exclusively on rodents and other
animals which are harmful to agri-
culture.
The prejudice against the snake
probably goes back to the Garden Of
Eden. Many persons cannot possibly
conceive that it is useful, and yet the
poisonous varieties of snake, of
which there are many, are. distinctly
beneficial. In many cases black
snakes and bullsnakes have been kept
around farmyards and have proved eff
fective in Kidding the premises Of rats
and similar vermin. Charges that
they eat chickens and eggs have been
generally disproved.
In view of these facts the case
which can be made for the pheasant
should give him new lease on life
and new encouragement to prosper
and multiply.
In the animal kingdom as in human
relations, we frequently fail to rec
Ognize our real friends.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-26
Need Sense of HumOr
Cargo FORUM

What the Capitol removalists really
need, more than anything else, is a
sense of humor.
We don't understand that the ques-
ton of removing the State Capitol,
on which our people are going to be
compelled to vote in the March Is
Presidential Preference primary, is
one that should be, or is going to be,
settled on the basis of personalities.
Yet, perusal of certain removalist
propaganda indicates that to be the
conception held in some restricted
quarters.
The removal program is bringing
down upon jamestown just about the
results that were predicted for the
city by this newspaper many months
ago. It was stated then that prose-
cution Of the removal campaign in
the face of an overwhelming public
sentiment would react to the detri-
ment of Jamestown; that it would re-
suit IN the creation Of bitterness with
In the community that would persist
years after the causes had. been for
gotten.
Thanks to the readiness Of large
group Of the leading business and pro-
fessional men Of Jamestown to take
whatever grief might be visited upon
them. by joining up in q declaration
to the people Of North Dakota in re-
pudiation Of the removal program,
the community, 1t is to be sincerely
hoped, will escape the reaction that
otherwise would have existed against
the city as whole. Now 1t is well
understood that this removal germ is
confined to the few, that the city as
whole Is not responsible.
! As we said in the beginning, the re-
movalists require sense Of humor
Possessed Of that rare quality, they
would appreciate the ludicrous posi-
ton In which they have placed them
selves, the embarrassing position in
which they have placed their COM
munity-cal it day and beg forgive
ness OF their fellow citizens-in
jamestown and elsewhere in North
Dakota.
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III
~ NEW
| = YORK
M 2!|H| Glib Swan
The Ma From Home

The Ma From Home
New York, Feb. 26.-Notes from a
convenient cuff. -. hope that Ko-
komo, Ind, doesn't soon forget Daniel
Voorhees, Pike. Pike died when
William Hodge passed on the other
day. He was, you may remem-
Der, "The Man From Home" Mil
lions became acquainted with him
and Kokomo became identified
throughout the land as the home of
this homely, Shrewd and lovable fel.
low.
Pike was the creation of Harry Leon
Wilson and Booth Harrington, two
gentlemen from Indiana who were
collaborating on plays at the time. .
It was the best role Hodge ever had.
X X X
Duke Coming Back
A note to Thyra Sampler Winslow:
Thanks for that autographed copy
Of your new book, .Blueberry Pie I
liked particularly the story of the dog
and the vaudeville team"
And wire from Duke Ellington
saying that he'll be back at Harlem's
Cotton Club for a time after his
scorch tour of the countrysideS.
X X X
Note to those fellow column
gents and producers participating
in the Central Park Casino brawl
wherein Earl Carroll spouted and
the cafe keeper spatted and May
or Walker looked on: Boys, boys,
where do you think you are-in
Hollywood: This is the big town,
not Billingsgate"
X X X
But Carroll did spring funny line
Ziegfeld and George White were al
the same fracas. And Carroll COM
mented: mice to be In the room with
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Ecklurld
By JUSTINE MORRIS

Frank Eaton accompanied Frank
Miller to Still Monday.
Harlow Hendershott visited at the
Wallace Anderson home Monday
night.
Johnnie Sorch accompanied VII
lard Dimond to Bismarck Tuesday.
Knowley Dorman was q dinner
guest at the T. F. Morris homo Tues
day.
Fred McFadden Of Wilton visited at
the H. A. Mccullough homo Wednes-
day.
John Vol1an was q caller In Still
Wednesday.
Carl johnson and son Kenneth and
daughters Cleo and Betty visited at
the T. F. Morris home Wednesday.
Frank Miller visited at the Herb
Fricke home Wednesday.
Ralph Taplin visited at the Wallace
Anderson home Wednesday.
Frank Ray Of Bismarck was an
overnight guest of Donald Morris
Thursday.
Mabel Mccullough motored to still
Wednesday.
Frank Eaton has been spending the
past week. at the Wallace Anderson
home.
Mrs. A. F. Anderson spent q few
days the past week at the wallace
Anderson home.
The p. r. A. program, which was
had in the Still hall Friday night. was
well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor L. Anderson
and family visited at the II. A. Nc
Cullough home Sunday.
Mrs. A. F. Anderson had the mis-
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The Geneva conference Is the great
est opportunity the world has had In
IL years-Andre Tardieu, French
minister Of war.
X X \
I cannot imagine any form of des-
potism more Objectionable than an in
ternational police. force.-Senator
william E. Borah Of Idaho.
X X X
Our investigation convinces us that
the present defense of America is not
only crime but national disgrace.
National Defense Committee, The
American Legion.
Y Y X
We of the English-speaking lands
will travel more prosperously and
travel further If we tread the path
ogether.-Winston Churchill, British
statesman.
X * X
We must keep on fighting, even
though we know we must lose event.
ually.-T. v. Soong, Chinese minister
Of finance.
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Daily Health News 4S8HE1
How to Care for Baby's Teeth
Expectant Mothers Should Be Careful to Eat Balanced
Diet to Provide for Proper Development

the amount of food must be increased
slightly In order to provide suffic-
lent amount Of material for building
the tissues Of the child.
There used to be q notion that n
was not safe for prospective mother
to visit her dentist, but it Is now real
lied that the dentist can do the nee
essary dental work without serious
harm or shock, and that 1t Is better
to take care Of the teeth immedi-
ately than to permit bad conditions
to 60 on for months.
OF special Importance for building
sound teeth are vitamins G, D and A.
Vitamin G IS found plentifully in
orange and tomato Juice and in the
fresh vegetables: vitamins A and D
particularly In cod liver oil and egg
yolks.
The physician should see the pros
pective mother just as soon as she
knows that she is going to have a
child and advise her regarding the
taking Of cod liver oil or excess vita
minis in the form of concentrates.
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Barbs

A Pittsburgh judge fined a woman
IS for making goo-goo eyes at him.
From now on, Pittsburgh women will
insist on trial by jury.
X X X
One way to get Shanghai off the
front pages is for President Hoover
to appoint a commission to investi-
gate it.
The United States seems to be at
tracing very little attention at the
conference. Maybe we
should have sent couple of radio
crooners along.
* X X
Old Jack Dempsey may be a hollow
shell, but he always has plenty Of
nuts in the audience.
Germany has perfected a cotton
substitute from the Yucca plant. Now
who'll be the first to develop SUBJ
stitute for the Yucca plant?
One Of the bankers greatest prob
lens these days is how to get all his
vice presidents in for meeting with
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-26
That Prohibition Poll

The Literary Digest launches an
other poll on prohibition, this time
asking only one question and that re-
garding the repeal or continuance of
the prohibition amendment to the
constitution. The result probably will
be new storm of ballots and argu-
ments and new fuel upon an already
hot fire.
Preliminary returns indicate a
sharp gain in ti-prohibition senti-
ment and there seems little cause to
believe that later announcements will
materially change the trend. The re-
suit probably will be the repetition of
the same charges and counter charges
which have followed previous straw
votes on the subject.
If the Drys feel they are getting
the worst of it in this poll, however,
they have one consolation. It is that
the vote is not official and probably
will have little bearing upon what
ever decision may finally be made in
the prohibition argument. It may be
that the VETS have the faculty Of
winning straw votes but they have
failed signally in many instances to
send wet congressman from districts
which the Straw vote showed to be
wet. The inability of anti-prohibi-
ton adherents to translate the al
legged wet sentiment into concrete &C
ton at the polls may prove anything
or nothing, but it remains as the out
standing argument against the eff
ficacy of the straw vote in getting
anywhere with the prohibition
question.
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Corn and Autos

One of the most interesting bits
of statistics presented recently comes
from Robley Winfrey of the Iowa
State College Engineering Expert
ment Station, who has discovered
that Iowa's annual automobile bill
exceeds its annual income from the
famous Iowa corn crop.
Thus, in 1880, the people of Iowa
spent more than $500, 100000 on their
autos. The average income derived
from Iowa corn comes to about $685.
100000.
Just what may be the significance
of all this-if, indeed, it has any sig
nificance-is not quite clear. But it
is, as We say. interesting. It Illus
trates in a graphic way the thorough
ness with which a great agricultural
state has become motorized.
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Newspaper
A Partial Victory

Announcement by the war depart
ment that the date for the abandon
ment Of Fort Lincoln has been
changed to January l, 1888, gives Bis
marck taste from the cup of victory
but only taste. There will be no
long and satisfying draught until the
order has been recalled and the aban-
donment project cancelled entirely.
The steps which must be taken to
bring about this end are clear. New
representations must be made to the
president and to the war department.
Additional and continuous influence
and pressure must be brought to bear
until the desired end is achieved. If
this city is to prosper and grow, its
assets must be conserved and its
rights protected by eternal vigilance.
The Tribune was frank to condemn
the abandonment proposal. 1t is
equally frank to commend the war de-
partment and President Hoover for
granting this stay of execution. 1t
suggests now that they write fins"
to the whole business by dismissing
the entire proceeding from further
consideration. In the interest of fair
ness. honesty in public affairs and
benefit to the national defense they
should do so.
To those persons and institutions
which contributed toward the victory
already gained, Bismarck owes a debt
of gratitude. It should be particu-
larly appreciative of the good work
done by it's public servants, both at
home and in congress. It should en-
courage them to still further con-
structive effort in order that the VIC
tory recently gained may not be lost
at some future time.
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three producers, all of whom are i'm
portant-tO each other"
y !:

three producers, all of whom are i'm
portant-to each other"
;:
Coward's New Play
hear a lot of advance rumOrS on
Noel towards next play. So elabor-
ate will be the production that moth
ing this side of the Metropolitan can
handle it. And they're saying it will
prove him the most important play
wright alive next to Eugene O'Neill.
Speaking of the Met, it took the
opera managers some so years to get
around to Verdi's Simon Boccane-
gra," which is now likely to be the
biggest of this years grand opera
hits.
Tibbetts Place
And when the Verdi work was put
on, it settled the questions that have
been going around concerning Law
renee Tibbett. -. Had Tibbett "gone
Hollywood" Had his movie ca
reer spoiled him for the great oper-
attic works? -. And what was radio
doing to him:
Well. today you'll hear Tibbett re-
ferred to as one of the few truly great
artists turned out in America. He
began eight years ago and gained
first recognition when he sang Ford
In "Falstaff."
X X X
Neysa McMein's Ping-Pong
e.
hobbies I heard about recently. Jed
Harris, the producer, collects tiny
toys. Neysa McMein is a ping
pong champ of amateur rating -.
Ethel Barrymore would like to be a
piano virtuoso and give recitals for
her friends. =.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr, prefers a
commuter train into town to the
swell-elegant car he might ride in
Whereas, Adolph Zukor keeps one
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fortune of running a pitchfork tine
through her foot Saturday.
Harlow Hendershott visited at the
T. F. Morris home Monday.
Levi Anderson and Ralph Taplin
motored to Wilton Sunday.
Vernal Anderson visited at the
Howard Taplin home Sunday.
Mildred Funston was an overnight
guest with Mabel Mccullough Satur-
day.
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G.. o. p. Vets Are Active

~ We w $Ss9 AAAS 1A<VAVS
A meeting which may do much tc
add interest to the Republican pre-
convention campaign is one to be held
March 4 at Chicago by Republicans
opposed to the prohibition amend
ment.
The sponsoring group is known as
the Republican Citizens Committee
Opposed to Prohibition" and is headed
by Raymond Pitcairn Of Philadelphia.
Invitations sent out to persons in all
parts Of the country with whom the
committee has made contact ask them
to come, express their views and at
tend q banquet-at $40 per plate.
The announced intention of the
association is to force the Republi-
can party to put plank in it's plat
form calling for the repeal of prohi-
bition. The group asserts that the
dry cause has fallen into the hands
Of zealots who, in turn, have imposed
their will upon the Republican party.
It expresses shame for the Republi-
cans that they should permit such q
thing and they seek an immediate
change.
In view Of the effort which has been
made to line up the financial hackers
Of both major parties against prohi-
bition. the meeting should prove in
teresting to Vets and Drys alike. 1t
should give some basis upon which to
predicate : guess as to how dry or
how wet the Republican party will be
next June.
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porary success. Five U. S. soldiers
were killed and nearly 100 others
wounded.
I German and Austrian planes
bombed Venice, damaging TWO
churches.
Turkish troops occupied Trebizond
in the Caucasus region.
A Spanish grain boat, the Naguri,
was sunk by a German submarine.
British troops reported new sue
cesses in series of skirmishes with
the Turkish forces in Palestine.
The u. 8. naval tug Cherokee
foundered in storm, % lives being
lost.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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of the highest powered boats on the
Hudson just off the front yard of his
summer home so that he can come
racing to business.
Claudette Colbert has her dressing
room at the top of the Long Island
studios wherein she works SO that she
can get completely away from the set
and the conmotion while not at work.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, .Inc.)
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ulations should spoil the after
noon. For q few hours at least
Larry belonged exclusively to her.
She must get what fun she could
from those hours.
"You did tell me that you were
poor" she ventured.
"That's right. A poor man
with a rich mans habits. Don't
you feel sorry for me?"
Cant say that I do exactly"
He laughed and called her
hard-hearted.. Soon they were
wrangling gaily. pleased with
each other and with themselves.
pleased to be together. riding in
a smooth, luxurious car on such
a glorious day.
"That's a nice frock," Larry
said as they swept out Of Pine
street and toward Manhattan.
II wore it last night" Ellen
responded innocently. This Is
the same one with the Jacket
added"
"You're 4 smart little girl,
aren't you, Ellen?"
"Girls have to be smart about
Clothes" Ellen confessed, hiding
her exultation with the compli.
ment.
with or without the jacket,
that dress is just your ticket.
Larry summarized It.
THE car slid over Brooklyn
l. bridge. Ellen. glancing up,
surprised an odd expression on
Larry's face. He spoke but the
roar Of Sunday traffic drowned
his voice. Helplessly the girl
shook her head.
Lower Manhattan was quieter.
Empty Office buildings frowned
down into empty canyons that on
weekdays were filed with scurry.
ling stenographers and clerks and
brokers and customers men,
Nothing open. not q restaurant,
not = drugstore, not . news
stand. A few pedestrians idled
along lower Broadway, q few carl
idled along the deserted street
but everywhere was the peace Of
Sunday. Ellen waited for Larry
to speak. He had wanted to say
something: he had said some.
thing on tho bridge. His per.
sistent silence disturbed the girl
made her nervous and absurdly
anxious.
"Well?" she said 1t length.
'"Well." he repeated sfter her.
''You said something to mo or
the bridge but ! couldn't hear
she told him 4 little sti4ly.
$50 did," he agreed sxasper'
atingly.
"What was It !"
Something I hadn't any right
to say to you"
"oh. for heavens sake!" chi
cried IN Irritation. "You have I
right to say anything you want
to say to me-"
do you really mean that?"
Certainly. I mean IT."
The car slowed: his spssct
slowed. u was only thinking, ;
he said lightly. that like your
dress today q good deal better
than the one you wore the mrs
night ! met YOU"
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association
The importance Of teeth for health
and long life Is beginning to be more
and more realized.
Few mothers realize that the first
attention to the teeth Of the child
must begin before It is born. The
mother should visit the dentist early,
keep her teeth clean and well cared
for, and eat the proper food 80 that
the child's teeth will be properly de-
veloped.
The proper foods include plenty Of
milk, fresh vegetables, eggs, fresh and
cooked fruits, the coarser cereals, and
a sufficient amount of calories to
provide energy. Foods to be avoided
are the sweets in excess, meat in ex-
cess, pastries, and highly seasoned
foods.
During the early months It is not
necessary for the expectant mother to
eat more than her usual amount Of
food, but during the last four months
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That dress again!

That dress again!
Most people thought the other
one was lovely" Ellen put In
family. How she wished she had
not forced this issue!
T THAT'S not quite what was
getting at"
lust then he turned a sharp cor.
ner and Ellen. caught of guard.
was literally flung into his arms.
She gasped. extricated herself and
moved back to her own corner with
an uncertain laugh. She hoped the
man would laugh too: hoped his at.
tention would have been diverted
from the dress. It had not been.
"You know what was getting at.
don't you?" he inquired idly.
"How should II"
She was determined not to helm
him.
Every we'll then. I'll tell you" he
began briskly and in a manner most
matter Of fact. Its none Of nv
business and I'm rushing in where
angels fear to tread and all that but
1t seems funny to me that-well-"
he continued stubbornly after q
break. that was an expensive
dress. wasn't it,"
"This is an expensive car. isn't
TT"
"Oh, see! Meaning that at 1ust
this point q young man watches
his step?"
Meaning precisely that"
Ellen was annoyed. as much with
herself as with him. She wanted
to be furiously angry. Larry had
no right to question her when she
could not question him. Her affairs
were as much her own as were his
affairs. But she could not be really
angry: she dared not risk severinr
the slender thread that bound them
together. Still her pride meant
something. She would not explain.
I'm sorry. I've no right to b.
so curious" he apologized unex.
pectedly and almost as IL he were
reading her secret thoughts. II
don't know what got into me. Let's
drop the subject and talk about the
weather or what we're going to do
this afternoon"
| The apology also failed to satisfy.
Ellen was conscious Of q certain did.
appointment battling and displeas.
Ing. She would not admit that
deep in her heart she had hoped
Larry would Insist hs had the rixht
to know everything about her.
There was rather dat interval.
Then Larry began driving Of such
terrific speed that tho girl could
think Of nothing except, keeping
her hair up and her frock down.
The pins showered from her hair.
She pleaded with the speed maniac
in vain. IN.
i "How's for some dancinyi" he
shouted, srinning.
Too hot for dancing,~ she
shouted IN answer. "Havo you ever
been to Coney? Why don't W rent
suits and have that kind Of . rowdy
afternoon?"
i Immediately he whirled the car
In the direction Of Coney Island,
! I Ito Be Continued)