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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-08
A Six.HOur House

Necessity Is the mother OF lnven-
ton and hard times are just another
name for necessity, as Is proved by
news from Longview, Wash. that a
lumber concern has designed house
which can be erected in six hours.
The lumber is fabricated at the mill
with all joints and contacts milled to
interlock with each other.
The new type Of pre-framed con-
struction is designed to meet the pur-
chasing capacity Of millions Of wage
earners whose incomes do not exceed
$1,000 q year. This great class is vir-
tually excluded from home ownership
at present. The unit.house Of three
rooms Is 80 designed that it can be
extended by two. three or four rooms
inexpensively and in architectural
harmony, ~ the income Of the owner
and his requirements for more room
suggest. Using the pre-framed lum-
Der, tho first unit, modern In every
respect, can b built for from $15o(
to $4,000.
The short time needed for erection
greatly reduces the labor cost, and tn
pre-fabsicated lumber costs only I
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poser: Thanks for that set Of rec
oris of your Grand Canyon Suite" 80.
A slattern, found in vacant lot, ap-
parently hungry, was found to have
$125O in her shredded hand bag.
Which furnishes further evidence con-
corning those tales of well-off beg
CARS
JACK Foster, radio writer, suggests
as crooner's epitaph: Plenty of
ground but no aerial . Beatrice
Lille and Fannie Brice, old off-stage
pals, will team together next winter
in a revue A commercial movie
subject, intending to give the house.
wives of the country few pointers
on home laundry, has as its actors a
half dozen night club chorineS .
who, by the way, have had to do their
own washing most of the winter
And in their own bathtubs -.
And some of those backgammon
games which now take the attention
of Wall Street gents are said to be
more costly than minor stock col
| lapSeS =.
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ADVERTISING AN INVESTMENT
Bismarck, N. D.,
A,,o 1920

Bismarck, N. D.,
Aug. 2, 1882.
Editor, Tribune:
Let us think this over.
In time of stress people watch their
dollars more carefully.
At such times they think twice be-
fore they act.
Advertising and selling have a dou-
BILE work to do in order to make
sale. Most people realize this-they
know that to produce results they
must double their efforts, not cur
tail them.
Mark the writer's word, when the
depression is over there is going to
be a real day of reckoning. Those
concerns that have curtailed their
advertising efforts will wake up some
morning and find that their competi-
tors-those who have been persistent
in their advertising-will be back to
normally, while they are still mark
ing time. The competitors names
have become well known through
their optimistic advertising and sell
ing methods and as business begins
to pick up folks will flock to their
headquarters to receive real benefit
from their services and the curtailer
will have lost the opportunity and
will have no one but himself to blame.
Why not think this over?
ONE WHO KNOWS.
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son is already immune by reason of
previous vaccination or recovery from
an attack of smallpox whether the
illness was so recognized or not), or
ca if the vaccine is not active or the
virus has been weakened or destroyed
by heat, cold or sunlight, or 90 if the
method of vaccination is faulty.
Stimulation
SiX-year- Cld son has inflamed eye
balls frequently. But when feed him
beef tea on going to bed his eyes are
bright and clear. Is this a coinci-
dence?-D. l.. S.
Answer-Beef tea is poor food, but
a good stimulant. Try giving the boy
some crackers and milk, or bread and
butter with brown sugar or molasses
on, or good sandwich, before he
goes to bed.
Cleft Palate
was born with cleft palate. If I
marry normal man will my children
be born with the same defect?-N.
M. c.
Answer-No. Cleft palate and hare
lip are congenital anomalies of de-
velopment which may occur in any
family, and are not hereditary.
Copyright, John F. Ollie co..
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dollar q thousand more than straight
lumber, amounting to only about $l2
on q house of the size used in the
demonstration cottage.
Six carpenters and helper worked
four hours and two carpenters the
remainder Of the time. It Is true that
they were picked men but they were
not accustomed to the use of inter-
locking" lumber, as it is called. The
interior finish and plastering re-
NAMED to be done at the end Of the
six hours, and part Of the structural
work might have been left to be done
coincidently with it. The shingling,
as well as interior finish and some
incidental work was completed after
wards, but part of the day was used
in needlessly dolling up the exterior,
such as installing window flower
boxes with the flowers blooming.
Builders will be interested in some
of the details of construction progress.
Orders, joists, sill-plates and floor
openings were framed and in place
10 minutes after the start. The SUBJ
flooring was laid while the exterior
walls were going up, and As minutes
after beginning two outside partitions
were completely placed and the sub
flooring was done. At the end of 30
minutes first floor framing and sub
flooring was completed, all exterior
walls were up and the main interior
bearing partition. In 10 minutes more
all the ceiling joists were installed.
At the end of one hour and IS min
utes the ridge pole and rafters were
disposed Of, too. At the end of two
hours the house was completely
framed. In another hour the sheath
ing was done. The siding was put on,
and the window and door frames, and
doors and window sash during the
afternoon. Owing to the pre-fabrica-
ton there was almost no waste ma
terial.
Since housing is as general prob
lem as that of providing food and
clothes, particularly to the family
man, the innovation may prove OF
lasting importance in good times as
we'll as under unfavorable conditions.
A pleasant home is the birthright
of every family and it may be that
the things we learn now will permit
us to reach some sort of minimum
standard of housing, that is type OF
house which even the poorest can
afford.
We have heard a good deal about
housing standards in America but
everyone knows there never has been
such a thing. The standard for any
family is what it can afford. If it
can be arranged so that those who
can afford the least can get the most
for their money substantial ad-
vance will have been made.
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There Is abroad in our modern
democracies an infectious disease
which may best be described as can
didatitis. It thrives upon platitudes
and upon rhetorical expression OF
truths so old and so universal that
one must wonder why they are re-
peated. - Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia University.
\ X X
I believe that in 100 or 200 years
there will be no more democracies IN
existence. We do not know enough
to govern ourselves. It is an extreme
sorrow to me that the country love,
where was born, and where I have
so many friends, seems to be going
through q period where nobody can
step on the bridge and steer the ship.
H. Gordon Selfridge, native OF y. B.,
now mercantile leader in England.
X \" X
guess women are no Judge OF looks.
They've passed me up all my life
Senator Huey Long Of Louisiana.
I feel and believe that we are at
the bottom Of the depression through
which we have been passing, and from
now on we may reasonably hope for q
gradual but none the less constant
| Improvement. Daniel willard, preSi'
dent, Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad.
| Copyright, 1882. NEA Service, Inc,
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Think It Over

The public is now being regaled
with the news that s1o,000,o0O will
have to be raised to conduct the
Hoover-Roosevelt battle for the presi-
dency. In 1928 the two parties spent
a total Of s16,500,000.
When the politicians of both par
ties are telling how much money it
will take to care for the needy people
this winter, it looks like an economic
crime to raise sl0,0O0,oo0 to be spent
by the two parties largely in black
guarding opposing candidates.
Let both parties, If they are sin
cere in their advertised desires to help
the needy, donate their millions of
campaign funds for relief work this
winter. And let the people vote in
normal manner for their political
choice, free from the high-pressure
influence of a $10,O00,0OO slush fund
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Barbs

The real meaning Of that collateral
phrase in the new relief bill is that
the only ones who can borrow money
from the government are the ones
who don't need it.
\ X X
The names of the Russian towns
where new factories are being
built provide citizens Of Pawhus-
ka, Osawatomie and Tuscaloosa
with plenty of laughs.
4 X X
They're always changing things at
the wrong time. Just as our stom-
achs were getting accustomed to d.
costing cheesecloth on lunch ham, the
packers start wrapping it in cello
phane.
At . recent bankers meeting,
the general opinion was that the
future of the United States is
still rosy. What whale OF q
difference a few millions make.
$. 4 ::
One unusual thing about hot
weather is that we never seem te
mind until the health department,
starts giving out advice about how
to keep cool.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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the mire, yet they seem to hesitate
and are simply doing nothing.
Progress is being tuilt up by just
such a spirit as was manifested in
Mrs. Waldo's letter. People should
think things through to q logical
conclusion and then act. They should
not fret if they run into obstacles.
Neither should they give up If a flock
of them come in their way. Such per-
sons conquer one obstacle after an
other. They don't hesitate. They
decide on a course Of action and get
there.
A. ARNTSaM,
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GIVE US DOLLAR WHEAT

Dickinson, N. D.,
Aug. 3, 1892.
Editor, Tribune:
The dollar has shrunk to 34c to
farmer and laboring man, but to SAL
aried people it has value of $1.25. :.
Wheat today is 34c per bushel.
Wheat has usually been the barome-
ter of purchasing power of the dol
lar, using $1.00 as the basis.
The industrial world, on cars, ma
chinery and farm equipment, as well
as radios and electric refrigerators,
etc., is more or less on the basis es-
tablished during the war. Clothing
and shoes are down about so per cent
for clothing and 30 per cent for shoes.
Fixed charges for utilities are the
same as ever and rates on telephones,
electric lights and heat and gas are
out of line with the times.
Professional services are sky-high,
as we'll as drugs.
Here Is about the situation:
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PEOPLES Forum

Editors Notes.-The Tribune vel.
comes letters on subjects OF IN
terest. Letters dealing. with con.
troversial religious subjects. which
attack individuals unfairly, or
which offend good taste ana ielr
play will be returned to the
writer's. All letters MUST Do elgneo'
II y.u wish to use q pseudonym,
own name beneath 1t. We will re.
spect such requests. We reserve
the right to delete such parts OF
letters as may be necessary 70
conform TO this policy.
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hit 7 doubt If It is altogether good

but I doubt If 1t is altogether a gooo
/ thing for us. nh.
TAKE dancing, for example. Inc
modern bow or girl must learn 70
dance and the modern dance MAKES s
the participators seem ike a par ~
lovers in q petting scene.
It would seem that the modern noy
and girl think life is not worth llVine
without these dances. In TINS reSpect
Il is not. altogether, a healthy tend
ency. . ,;-
Another touch of modernism IS pol
son 1iouor. Before the 18th amend
ment beer was served IN wloe-opell
saloons. And with beer there was n0t
half as much crime or so many glrls
going astray as Is the case today. IL
appears now that the 18th amend
ment and some other laws were ap.
proved without looking very FAR aneao
to see what the effect would be. d,
The time is coming when this worlo
will be full of regretful people, who
will not only reconsider their actlons
but will wonder why they did not stop
before it was too late.
Modernism is the direct cause OF
this depression, which distresses us
so much. It came to the Egyptians
| when they became modern ana SO IL
will be our guest as long as this MOD
ernism continues.
Do YOU remember the seven years
Of plenty and the seven years OF tam-
inc? The seven years of plenty have
now passed and the seven years Of
famine are upon us. This depres-
sion was supposed to have begun IN
1927 and, according to prophecies, WILL
end in 1885. Until then we will have
to strive to keep ourselves from hun
ger. Greediness amongst us is pass
ing. We now try to help each other
with our best ability and knowledge
This shows the true sentiment within
everyone when the cloak of modern
ism has been cast aside.
P. B. T1ERNEY.
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NEW ALLIED DRIVE

On Aug. 8, 1918, British and French
troops in Picardy began a great Of
fensive against the German positions
which had been wrested from the
allies in March.
On a 25-mile front in the vicinity
of Albert the allied forces broke
through the German defensives and
advanced to an average depth of more
than two miles in a day Of desperate
fighting.
Thousands of prisoners were taken
during the days battle. German reg
iments which managed to hold their
positions were in extreme peril OF
capture by allied troops who had out
thanked them.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1nc0
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Battle of the Spokesman
Man, X0fk YiraaCl

II Governor Roosevelt sticks to his
rule that he will respond to no attack
except from the gentleman who is
running against me-" he may never
have an opportunity to come to per-
sonal grips with the president during
the campaign. In 1928 Mr.. Hoover
never mentioned Mr.. Smiths name;
it was as if he had no idea who was
his opponent. Since it is natural to
pursue a policy indicated by use, the
likelihood is that the president will
avoid mention of Governor Roosevelt
by name. In his speech last Saturday
night the Democratic nominee did not
personify the Republican ticket; he
spoke only of ''the administration"
Mr.. Roosevelt may find it hard to
adhere to this method. But since Mr..
Hoover probably will, and one man
cannot fight duel, the campaign
may turn into a diminishing battle
Of spokesman. Already Secretaries
Mills and Hurley and Senator Dickin-
son have assailed the Democratic
candidate on behalf Of the president.
In q telegram to The New York Times
yesterday former Senator Hitchcock
Of Nebraska responded to Mr.. Mills
The secretary of the treasury may de-
eide that he will not respond to ques-
tons or criticisms from mere ex-sena-
tors. In that event a response may
come to Mr.. Hitchcock from an as
sistant secretary. Then he, as chair
man Of the resolutions committee al
Chicago, may decline to dignity a mi
nor official with a rejoinder. It all
grows complicated and almost her.
aldic. Soon the campaign managers
may be consulting Burke" to discover
who ranks whom, taking the peeragt
as basis.
One result Of this refusal of the biz
bugs to notice the bites Of the littlel
bugs, "and 80 ad infinitum," nigh
be happy. It might bring about
gradually, complete silence. The presi
dent won't attack Mr.. Roosevelt b!
name, 50 the governor viii have moth
ing to answer. The governor won
notice Ogden Mills. who In turn won
notice Gilbert Hitchcock, who In turf
1 but this Is too much to hope fol
The etiquette will break down al
along the line soon, and there will b
as many charges and counter-charge
as ever.
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In
NEW
YORK
MITZI'S MISTAKE
.v!I!l Ssf1l!{s2! Swan

MlIZYS M1SIAhE
New York, Aug. 8.-Notes on moth
ing in particular and everything in
general Funniest sight in New
York is Primo Camera, ring giant,
and a watch-fo sized girl friend who
Sparkles up at him like that I. -. Har-
old Lloyd's rule to let no outsiders on
his set is based on the theory that
his gags will be stolen and used else
where AL Schwarz thinks that
popular tune should be sung this way:
Just a Cheerful Little Beerful"
And if you don't think you're getting
old fashioned, the swankiest night
spot in New York closed for the sum-
mer with cakewalk Bert Lair,
who hasn't been able to make me
laugh in couple of shows, couldn't
make radio audiences giggle enough
either and is already off the air.
X \. ):
Among the more amusing yarns be-
ing passed around is the one about
Mitzi Green, young screen actress,
and CARLY Frink, the movie critic :.
In the course of her questioning Carlyl
asked: "And, Miss Green, who do you
think the finest movie actress?"
Mitzi pondered a moment and re-
piled: "Well, should like to act as
we'll as Helen Hayes when grow up"
What's amusing about that is that
Miss Frink, the interviewer, was Char
ley MacArthur's wife and Macarthur
later married Miss Hayes -.
| * * X
PLENTY IN A NAME
For natural we nominate Keats
Speed of the New York Sun as the
best newspaper name And we
think the Harlem word "dicty" to be
the most expressive term for high
hat folk Molla Mallory, ace SWIM
mer of a few years back, is one of
the depressions victims For a
time she found work in the sport
clothes department of Manhattan
emporium and now plans her own
shop 80.
Which, for no reason. reminds me
of the visiting Hollywood star who
had dropped most Of his coin in the
recent bank crash At reception
a visiting guest commented >. "Oh
but wish had your money!" "You
wish you had it, Ell! Well, wouldn't
mind having some Of it myself"
Il X * X
7 And you'll hear in Broadway thu
, tale of certain prominent film critic
who lost out in merger and whe
! went out to Hollywood as scenario
) writer When the salary cutting
; knife was applied, he refused to taxi
: it, for he had contract Today,
am told, his title Is assistant to tn
studio policeman And he accept
! it because his contract at a sweet sun
S has almost a year to run -.
X y
e GENES EDIBLE PAPERWEIGHT
n Gene Buck, who is the Will Haye
of the music industry, uses an appl
n as paperweight At the end
: q day he eats his paperweight :.
: An aside to Ferde 0rofe, the CON
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TO HOLD STOCK SHOW

Washburn, N. D., Aug. 8.-Plans
for Washburn's annual stock show.
Sept. % and "a, were discussed here
at meeting of directors of the Nc
Lean County Stock Show association.
Fred Macomber, B. O. Everson and
Hans G. Nelson were reelected direc-
tors while the three officers also were
renamed. They are Oscar Nordquist,
president; Frank Josephson, vice pres
ident, and Fred F. Jefferis, secretary
and treasurer.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Lettuce Is Not Hypnotic

A good authority says lettuce con-
tains a drug that causes drowsiness.
Is this true? I eat lettuce every day
at lunch and often feel drowsy in the
afternoon.--(S. p. F.
Answer-That is a legend that
comes down to us from the ancients
who imagined lettuce had soporific
properties. There is no scientific
ground for the belief.
Vaccination
Why does or does not vaccination
take? A says If the vaccination does
not take the child is not healthy. B
says 1t does not take because the
child has enough poison in his system
without it.-(Mrs. K. W.
Answer-A and b are indulging In
speculation. so far as we know, vac
cluation does not take ID II the per-
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DOES NO ONE CARER
Bismarck, N. D.,

Aug. 3, 1882.
Undoubtedly the disappearance OF
Joe Worner has caused some COM
ment. I, for one, will voice my feel-
ings.
Judging from reports, the road he
drove was recently eaten away by the
Missouri, and he unsuspectlngly drove
over the embankment. I have reason
to believe he drowned, as his BODY was
not found.
Now, my point is this: Why, don't
the counties bordering the Big Muddy
block the roads that have been eaten
away by the turbulent stream? 1t
wouldn't cost much to have a man
shut up these dangerous roads each
year.
Counties spend money on other
fool ideas; why not on something de-
cent and worth while? Even II the
county is so negligent, why don't the
farmers living there consider 1t their
duty to protect travellers? 1t wouldn't
take much labor, time or material
to warn travellers Of the lurking dam
ger and, perchance, it would even save
life. The trouble is. nobody cares. :
This isn't the first time person
has driven into the river. Last win
ter two hunters from Sterling had the
same mishap. Several years ago there
was a similar case. Is life so cheap
around here that no efforts are made
to preserve it?
To pay taxes a person is good
enough. But to receive benefits from,
it is different story. No precautions
are made in his behalf. About the
only time a person sees county office
! holders is at election time-in between
they hibernate, reckon, and we car
Jump in the lake.
DISGUISED READER.
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on farmer basis 81 10000 $3400
The above list will show the NAL
adjustment existing, to a few who
have salaries not reduced. 1t Is to
their benefit, but it is apparent that
manufacturers and merchants and
professional services are still hover
ing too high, while fixed charges such
as taxes and utility rates are at pres
ent oppressive.
Groceries are down about Is per
cent, except that fresh fruits are
about 100 per cent too high, where
shipped in. Local garden produce is
SO per cent lower than usual.
Give US $1.00 wheat and we Will not
kick.
FARMER.