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ALMOST CONVINCED ABOUT
EXPOSUR:

am convert to your teaching, and
when I say convert mean that for
merly considered your notions about
the harmlessness Of exposure to cold
and wet plumb crazy. But the more
I read your interesting and enlight-
ening articles on the subject, the
more impressed was I by the scien-
tific strength of your teachings and
by your franknesS and sincerity.
began carrying out some Of your hy-
gienic suggestions have enjoyed
mid winter plungeS when we have to
chop away the ice to make a place to
dive in DID,. but I am still little in
clined to fear pneumonia, because I
had pneumonia four years ago. Then
two of my friends capsized in their
boat in the winter, and several days
later one of them succumbed to pneu-
monia. &C. W.
Our correspondent raises a fair
question. Whenever any one is res
cued from the water in very cold
weather the story invariably says that
the doctors anticipate recovery unless
pneumonia develops. This association
of pneumonia with the shock and SUI
fering of such exposure to cold mis-
leads the lay mind and, I fear. the
mind of physicians who should know
better.
1t is true that persons who have
suffered submersion in cold water, or
even in ordinary cool water such as
that of sea, lakes or streams in sum-
mer weather, are more likely to de-
velop a special type of pneumonia by
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posing of Is criminal cases without
trials tn the district court.

posing of Is criminal cases without
trials tn the district court.
Addressing the Jurors called for
the December term of the Burleigh
county district court on Tuesday,
Judge r. q. Mcfarland commented
that 1t costs between $35 and $40 an
hour to operate the court while in
session. From this it will be seen
that it may easily cost considerable
money to convict man accused Of
crime.
The horse sense comes in a care
full survey Of the facts in every case
before a decision to prosecute is re-
acted. It also involves careful in
vestigation and competent police
work to determine If the case against
an accused man is such that the state
has a reasonable chance of securing
q conviction.
If, when this is done, the facts are
so obvious that even the most optim-
istic culprit can see no chance of
escape, he pleads guilty and the
county is saved the cost Of calling a
jury and holding a trial.
That has been done in the is cases
which were taken from the court
calendar because the accused per-
sons preferred to admit their guilt
rather than stand trial. The record
is much better, in SO far as the tax
payer is concerned, than Is cases
tried and is persons convicted. even
and publicity for the prosecuting Of
ficer.
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Peddler's Road

l knew what my chief would do.
He would telephone to the Precinct
Captain in the neighborhood
wherever Peddler's Road might lie
and give his instructions. The
Precinct Captain would turn on
the light" The patrolman on the
beat, within ten or fifteen minutes
would be near the patrol-box and
observe the signal light flashing
He would telephone to the station.
house and be told to find out what
he could about the houses on
Peddler's Road.
"Chief," I said, II wish Won
would let me do that job. I'm all
up on my work here"
Thatcher Colt smiled.
"All right" he said, "Peddler's
Road is on Manhattan Island. al
though / confess I have never
heard Of it before. Brampton tells
me it is a small lane, running
across some undeveloped property
behind Riverside Drive near the
Dyckman Street ferry up on the
hill there, near the Rockefeller
property. / don't know that there
is much chance of finding anything
important, but you could hop up
there right of and take a look
around. Mind? This note says the
house on Peddler's Road and
Brampton says it is just a block
in length, SO you won't have far to
look. Report right back here
Captain Laird and are having
lunch to talk over the case"
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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Repeal or Modification

The indications enlarge the pros
poets OF the senate Democrats going
Republican on the repeal of the 18th
amendment. It appears that the
Republican proposal for continued
federal supervision Of one kind or
another is closer to the feelings of
the southern Democracy than it's own
party declaration for unqualified
disposal of the amendment. Carter
Glass Of Virginia, Joe Robinson of
Arkansas. and others make it rather
plain that now, with the heat of the
campaign diminished, the south is
backing away from the position
which 1t tolerated or Endorsed before
the election.
The Republican proposal would re-
tain a constitutional prohibition OF
what is called the saloon. The sena-
tors are beginning to realize that a
legal definition Of a saloon will not
be the easiest thing to make. Sena-
tor Ashurst of Arizona says it is a
place for perpendicular drinking. A
constitutional prohibition agai n S t
the sale Of intoxicating liquors to
be drunk standing up would at least
add an odd trifle to the American
experiment. There might also be a
proviso against having one foot on
the brass rail or one elbow on a piece
of polished wood. When the Repub-
licans formulated their proposal it
was thought that its advantage lay
in its probable appeal to moderate
opinion which was stated in the
phrase we must keep the advantages
we have won." 1t is probable tina,
many well disposed citizens prefer
that restraints be not completely
broken down and fear that they
might be If the federal government
steps out of the picture. They have
not taken the pains to consider what
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(Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER
Oncorporated
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
The Right Spirit

Sharon r. Mote, superintendent OF
the federal Indian school, speaks
with true community spirit when he
says: I'VE all. pupils and employees,
are happy to live in this fine COM
munity OF Bismarck, and we are glad
to do our share to support the well
fare work."
That is the attitude which makes
good citizens and excellent neighbors
It makes for happiness within and
without. The man who feels that
way about the community in which
he lives has taken to heart the in
junction in the old gospel song
Brighten the Corner Where You
Are" 1t is a worthwhile philosophy
Incidentally. that $ls.7l which the
Indian girls gave to the Community
Chest was q large contribution con-
sidering the circumstances. II the
Lord loveth a cheerful giver He also
loves those who have small means
and still give what they can.
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Scraps Of Paper

whats this, Burke? You just
told me you couldn't find them"
II couldn't Sir" pleaded the
detective. ."But / found these in
stead. They are pieces Of . note
written by the Foster girl = but
they don't belong to the piece you
showed me-"
Hastily, Thatcher Colt fitted the
pieces together and read the let
ter alound:
Dear Harry
After what has happened, I can
never marry you. This is the end
Of it. You could not love me and
take the position you do. ! love
you-the you I knew before -
but ! shall never see you again:
Geraldine"
For a moment, there was q com.
plete silence in the Commissioners
office. At length it was broken
by Captain Laird.
"Who is Harry" he asked.
Harry Armstrong - the boy
she was to marry, of course. This
is odd! Did she tear up two let
ters-where in heavens name are
the missing pieces of the othe,
one?'
Burke held up his right hand as
II taking the oath and avouched
that he had personally examined
every scrap.
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| Kim MYgHRY0F GERALDINE
j by ANTHONY ABBOT

second-which I have called the
blackmail - note of Geraldine
Foster. It was just at the noon
hour of January z, Getty Garfield
called the Office and talked to
Thatcher Colt. Presently lie turned
from the telephone, his face glow
ing with excitement.
"Betty Garfield has found the
missing pieces of that note. They
were behind the desk drawer" he
exclaimed. "Funny Il looked
there, too. Get on the telephone
extension, Tony, and take down
the contents of the message in
shorthand while she reads it to
me-"
Two seconds later, l was listen
ing in and copying down the fol-
lowing:
"My dear Casanova
There is nothing you can do
about it. If / tell, your happi-
ness will be destroyed. What
is. the small amount need COM
pared with your happiness? l.
think am letting you off very
easily. Particularly as do not
approve of your romance and
cannot be scared by your
threats. l will never show the
white feather. You tell me it is
right. Something tells me it is
very wrong. Very wicked.
Once in your sleep heard you
utter her name. l am getting
married and ] need the money.
/ must have four thousand dol
lars from you or I will tell about
the house on Peddler's Road.
Thank God / have"
There, Betty told us, the note
abruptly finished.
Instantly saying goodbye to
her, with a promise that he would
send for her later, Colt turned
from the regulation to the inter.
office telephone. To another divi.
sion of that immense department
which he loved to call the "Stand.
ing Army of the City of New
York" he put question:
"Helloa - Brampton? Is Their.
such a place in the five borough,
anywhere as Peddler's Road
What? All right, I'll hold on"
He turned and looked sombrel,
at me.
THAT note sounds bad" he said
"Who was Casanova"
Then he spoke again into the
phone and listened to the crisp
voice, giving directions from the
other end.
Thanks" said Thatcher Col,
finally, and turned to me as hi
replaced the receiver.
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Secretary Mills on Taxation

Secretary Mills on Taxation
Taxation beyond certain point is
futile. Secretary Mills in his report
admits frankly that many Of the
nuisance taxes now in effect fail to
bring in the federal revenue general
ly expected. People find way te
avoid them. The nation is now con.
fronted with the inevitable alterna-
tive of cutting the cloth to suit the in
come. Politicians have been long
time hoping against hope that this
and that tax would squeeze enough
revenue to keep afloat all the pei
bureaus and commissions. We quote
Mr.. Mills:
However difficult and painful
1t may be, government expendi-
lures must be drastically cut
when, owing to extraordinary
circumstances, the government
finds that within comparative
short period Its revenues have
been cut in half with little pros
pect of substantial improvement
in the near future.
1T Is not only unwise but inn
possible to bridge the gap in the
budget entirely by increased tax
alton. There is no other course
for the government to follow but
the one to which individuals and
business enterprises are driven
under similar circumstances, that
Is, to endeavor to live within It's
income"
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would follow II federal prohibition
of the saloon was retained.
The Raines law in New York en-
deavored to prevent the Sunday sale
Of intoxicants in saloons, but prop
erty sandwich made the saloon a re-
staurant and the law was virtual
nullity from the beginning. No one
could reasonably expect that the
federal government could long main
tain control Of one i'll defined par
ticular in the trade Of intoxicants
otherwise controlled by the states.
The saloon before prohibition had
already become a restaurant. 1t was
crowded at lunch time with men eat
ing as we'll as drinking. They had
to take their sandwiches perpendic-
ularly as we'll as their beer. The
|neighborhood saloon which was fire.
quented in the evening provided food
and card games for the people who
used it as a social center. Hasenp-
feffer, pinochle, and six beers were
the constituents of many solid
citizens evening entertainment.
Drinking habits and police rules
for their regulation will be determin-
ed locally. There Is no good reason
why this responsibility should not be
upon the people of a state or of any
other smaller political unit. Stephen
Douglas said that slavery could not
exist in community opposed to it
and. although that theory was reject
ed in the fever of controversy, it nc
doubt had an eventual truth in it
No community will have reprehen-
sible conduct or unsocial uses of in.
toXicating beverages unless for one
reason or another it supports or con
dones such uses. The people must
tolerate official connivance with Law
violators or undesirable conditions
would not exist. Responsibility can
not be passed on to some distan
authority.
Every probability should make Il
plain to people seeking to rely upor
the federal government for substitu
ties for their own responsibilities tina
such a scheme will not work. An!
functions of control in localitie
| which remain vested in the Wash
ington government after repeal o
| the 18th amendment will be mort
bund almost Immediately. A fictiol
| of responsibility will be substitutes
for the responsibility which shoul'
prevail. That is the history of sucl
law and it will be repeated In thi
case. If it deceives the people tn
consequences will be all the worse
The proper control of practices ant
habits with respect to intoxicatin
beverages is local and it cannot b
| evaded.
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North Dakota state turkey show IN
Minot was concluded Thursday after
the North Dakota Turkey Improve
ment association, sponsoring agency.
had announced Mrs. Lars Lovig OF
Bantry as its reelected president.
Reelected to serve with Mrs. Lovig
is Mrs. s. Birk, Maxbass, vice presi-
dent. J. M. Olson, Devils Lake. was
chosen secretary-treasurer to succeed
o. L. Nordquist, Underwood, who was
reelected as q director.
Other members Of the board are
Mrs. Halick Syvertson, Overly: Mrs
Arthur Genetzky, Bantry; Mrs. w. A.
Mckinney, Westhope; William Mox-
ness, Bergen; John Odland, Voltatre;
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CHAPTER x.

UST then, Captain Henry came
in. saluted, and announced
q that Sergeant Burke wanted
to talk to the Commissioner.
"Bring him in at once"
Burke marched into the office,
his hat in his hand. The detectives
face was red and his eyes were
rolling.
II have the honor to report that
I have been through all the bales
and l have not found the missing
pieces, Mr.. Commissioner" he
said lugubriously.
Thatcher Colt glared at the de.
tective.
"And you call yourself q de-
tective, Burke?"
To our surprise, Burke replied
by laying a handful Of green pa
per fragments before the Commits
sioner.
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ter q bath. IF. r. 81

ter q bath. IF. r. 81
Answer-Two drains Of lanolin.
mixed with l dram of boroglycerid
and 6 drains of cold cream made from
white petrolatum. A small quantity
of this is sufficient for large surface
Of skin. II itching Is severe you may
incorporate three or four grains of
menthol in the formula.
Let the Baby Lie
Is It harmful for q baby to sleep on
his stomach? My two-months-ol old
baby will sleep soundly most of the
night If laid on his stomach, but he is
restless If laid on his back. (Mrs. F.
v. W.
Answer-It is all right, really the
natural position for sleep. He is no
more on his stomach than he is on
his liver. You mean he is on his
belly. Or If baby's belly seems i'm
proper to mention you might say
prone. Lying on the back is supine.
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reason Of the submersion. But this Is
50 unlike the disease we all know as
pneumonia (lobar pneumonia, lung
fever, leuro-pneumonia) and so un-
like the condition variously called
neutrality-suspicious., catarrhal pneu-
monia, suffocative catarrh and capil-
larry bronchitis, that neither layman
nor physician would be aware of any
trouble in the lungs If the signs OF
congestion were not detected by re-
peated frequent association and per-
cusSion of the chest. The only SYMP-
TOM the victim Of this traumatic or
hypostatic pneumonia shows Is in
creasing prostation or weakness. In
short the trouble Is rather failure Of
circulation, from exhaustion, than
lung inflammation or pneumonia. And
by the same token it is best prevented
or guarded against by measures calcu-
lated to restore strength to the circu-
lation.
Persons who wander away and are
exposed to cold and perhaps starva-
ton for several days and nights are
likely to develop this hypostatic pneu-
monia before or after rescue. Elderly
or feeble persons may develop the
same condition even without any ex-
posure to cold, just from failure OF
the circulation, especially If they are
long confined In bed, say by some in
Jury.
BY "hypostatic" is meant that the
lower or dependent parts of the lungs
become congested-the blood stag
mates in the lowest parts Of the chest
cavity. When such stagnation OF
blood reaches a point where most OF
all the air is crowded out of the az
fected portions Of the lungs by the
blood, We call it pneumonia" But
it Is still a mechanical effect of i'm
paired circulation.
OF course if a victim of submersion
gets even a little water in his lungs
the injury to the delicate lung tissue
may favor actual infection and a gen.
uine pneumonia. But as a rule trau-
matte or injury pneumonia is a me-
chanical congestion from debility in
cident to shock, and not an inflam-
nation or infection such as we ordi-
narily think Of when we say pneu-
moria.
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Fruitless Search

In TACT, he had, as the oIIenQe0
Burke will continue to tell his
grandchildren. Indeed the whole
nationwide quest for the missing
Geraldine seemed to be fruitless,
as day followed day without re-
suits. Seven times, during those
busy days, Geraldine Foster was
reported found, but all were
frauds. Such disappointments are
an inevitable part of all such girl
hunts, for no far-seeming clue can
be ignored.
But Thatcher Colt, at times neg
lecting other important duties,
stuck to the case. What clues
there were seemed inadequate and
confusing. There was, for ex-
ample, what Thatcher Colt refer
ed to as the "Clue of Ephriam
Foster" This was unearthed in
some of the letters which Geral-
dine had written home and which
the Commissioner studied with
great care. Among them, he
found the reason why Geraldine
had taken to telling her friends
she had royal blood in her veins.
She got the idea from letters writ
ten to her by one Ephriam Foster,
of Willoughby, Kansas. This Mr..
Foster was tracing the genealog-
ical history of the Foster family,
writing to every one by the name
of Foster he could find and in
tended to write book on the SUBJ
ject.
1--WE come from the groins of
kings" wrote the old gentleman
to Geraldine, in letter which the
girl had sent proudly home to her
parents.
! greatly admired the precision
and despatch with which Colt
acted on that seemingly trivial
clue. He called six detective SER
geants into his office, read them
the letter and showed them the
open pages of telephone book.
"Divide up the Fosters among
yourselves" ordered Colt. "Call
on them and find out how many
received similar letters"
| By five o'clock the next after.
noon, we knew that none of the
several hundred Fosters living in
New York had received such a let.
ter. Apparently the ancestor-en.
thusiast, Ephraim Foster, had
written only to the girl who now
could not be found. A set ex.
. preston was in my chiefs eyes al
; he dictated wire to the Chief Of
Police Of Willoughby, Kansas, ask,
ing for information about Ephrain
. Foster.
remember that sent that tele
gram on the night of January 6
The reply that came the following
/ morning greatly astonished US:
"Ephraim Foster had post-offict
! box here last Summer. Under
} stand not man but a woman. Die
not live in town but drove in from
some other town to get her mail
Anything we can do?
. Chief Of Police Dewyre."
81 Keenly aroused by this unex
! pected development, Thatcher Col
wired him to follow any trace q
far as possible. While he realize,
? that this might have no relation
$ to the disappearance, it looked suf
ficiently peculiar to follow through
e But before we had heard agail
r from the West, there came new
development that drove all othe
5 matters temporarily from on
] minds.
l This new development was tn
! finding of the fragments Of tn
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"Go back and try again" said
Thatcher Colt, and Burke, rolling
his eyes until only the whites could
be seen, departed from the office.
As Captain Laird and I stood be-
side the desk, the Commissioner
leaned over the torn pieces of pa
per and said:
"Don't you see that this note
is written with the household ink
in the girls apartment - this
makes the other note-the black
mail one - even more curious. /
wonder if / have sent Burke on a
wild goose chase?"
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1t is not necessary to open your
purse in this "Open Your Heart
Campaign" of the American Legion
Just ransack the cellar and attic and
spaces in between. It is miraculous
how many things can be spared
which will re-kindle Joy in the heart
Of child. What greater compensa-
ton is there than that?
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clerk in the office Of Dr.. Hum
phrey MaskeH disappeared on
Saturday. Three days later her
roommate, Betty Garfield, mott flies
Police Commissioner Thatcher
Colt. Harry Armstrong. the miss
ing girls fiance, had not heard
from her since Friday. DR.. MaskeU
says he returned to his office
Saturday afternoon to find Ger
aIdine gone. At the Foster apart
ment. Colt learns from Betty that
Geraldine had quarreied with the
doctor. The Commissioner finds
an old-fashioned key in the pocket
of GeraIdine's coat and part of a
blackmaH note, presumably in her
handwriting, in the desk. Differ
ent ink than that in the apartment
was used. It is learned that Betty
quarreled with Geraldine, and that
she was once engaged to Ger
aldine's brother, Bruce. Entering
Dr.. MaskeTs home. Colt meets
MaskeH's chauffeur, muttering,
"Get me to talk? Never. But
Geraldine was good to me-" The
doctor says there was a strange
woman waiting outside his door
when he returned Saturday. After
looking around his office. she
rushed out crying it was too late.
Colt finds a coat and purse which
the doctor readily admits Ger
aldine wore the day she disap-
peared. MaskeN claims he quar-
relied with her because she had
broken her engagement. Colt
calls on Mrs. Morgan, MaSkelI's
neighbor. who corroborates the
doctors statement that her daugh-
ter. Doris, had distributed gifts
with him. Two women were seen
leaving the doctors office. carry
ing two bottles similar to that
found in Maskeu's office. DR..
MaskeH leaves town.
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HI-HO PUZZLE NO. lin wooden
shoes, starched dress and on her best
behavior, little Dutch girl visits the
HI HO puzzle corner today. Cut out
the seven pieces in the rectangle. See
how quickly you can rearrange them
to form the silhouette of the Dutch
laSSie.
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Most of our Yankee intelligentsia do
not know this.
Prone Pressure Respiration
I have noticed where a succession
Of operators maintained prone pres
sure respiration the rhythm varied
with different operators. To what ex-
tent might this harm the patient?
(F. KO
Answer-It would be better to main
tain fairly constant rhythm, say is
compressions to the minute.
Copyright, John F. Ollie co..
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