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Formerly $3.95. White
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wear; misses sizes IA to
20.
IA Spring Coats, $10.95
Formerly $3.50. Polo
coats and swagger tweed
coats; beige, eggshell, and
pastel shades. Buy one
for a late vacation or
week end trips. Misses
sizes IA to 20, Junior
misses IL to IT.
20 Spring Coats, $6.95
Originally $3.50. Nov
city wool crepe coats with
self trimming; navy and
black. Polo coats in beige.
Women's sizes IA to 38.
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producing the conditions mentioned
know him as loyal and true 10 the
best interests of the county, and as
the strongest force for economy and
tax-reduction on the board. believe
that his defeat would mean a return
of the old control on the board. and
I therefore strongly urge that MIR.
Moynier be given the unqualified ap-
proval of the voters of his district
Tiedman Makes Reply
On the following Monday, Nov. Z,
the day before the election, Tiedman
replied in an open letter, addressed
to Will in which he said:
May 1 inquire if it is your purpose
to set up a machine to control the
board of Burleigh county commits
sioners?
1.-The average reader of the ctrcu-
lars which recently were distributed
over your name and of the adver-
tisements appearing over your name
in the newspapers, might easily get
this idea.
LAS candidate for county COM
missioner in the fifth Burleigh coun-
ty district, wish to inform you and
all voters of the district that the
yelled insinuation against me, con-
tanned in your circular and adver-
tisement, is unfair. I am not a men,
Der of any organized political group
and l will not be subject to DONNA
ton by anyone if elected. am a
businessman and taxpayer and my
sole object will be to give the county
an economical administration. If
elected I will owe that fact to the
voters and to no one else.
Your intimation that you wish
my opponent elected because he will
cooperate with you suggests a desire
on your part to dominate the board
of county commissioners.
Il am surprised at this last-minute
statement, since it is not in keeping
with the favorable impression 1 have
always had regarding you. I have
never pictured you as a would-be po-
litical boss and I am surprised at
your attitude in this matter. You
hint that you are, or would like to
be, the head Of a political organiza-
ton exactly like that to which you
say you are opposed.
You need have no fear that my
vote will interfere with any real eff
forts for economy and tax-reduction.
On the contrary I, if elected to the
county board, shall insist upon just
that. I will represent the voters of
the fifth commissioners district and
no one else.
IF that interferes with the politi-
cal aims of any person or group I
shall be sorry-but I shall adhere to
my principles as outlined Just the
same"
Official Margin 81
This was the situation as the voters
went to the polls to decide the issue.
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Old Doctor EnrY

You will note that the ambulant
treatment of hernia is a dangerous
procedure. Here's hospital super
intendent who says SO. Or. j.
Answer-R. j. sends. clipping of
what appears to be medical query
column conducted by physician
who heralds himself as superinten-
dent of hospital. Of the injection
treatment of hernia he says there
is a possibility of puncturing the in
testineS in the hernial sac and in
Producing infection. Thus the emin-
ent superintendent betrays his ignor-
ance of the method he condemns. If
there is loop of intestine, or any
thing else in the hernial sac, no in
lection is given. 1t would be as
reasonable for me to say that in the
standard hernia operation there is
the possibility of puncturing the in
testine in the hernia sac and in
Producing infection.
Pretty Bad
Kindly state your opinion of the
reaction of carbon monoXide gas poi
soning on the human system and
blood. CF. H.)
AnsWer-It is not question of
opinion. Carbon monoxide in any
quantity combines with the hemo-
globin Of the blood and, having a
strong affinity than oxygen has, it
prevents the blood from carrying
oxygen to the tissues of the body.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
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average probably is not higher than
other states in the agricultural area
but when income and ability to pay
are considered this state has too great
tax load.
Reduction Of the many taxing dis
tricts, more than 1000 at this writ
ing, might bring the budgets under
more careful control. The suggestion
has been made that the county alone
be the taxing unit, as in many states
with greater powers to reduce bud
gets submitted by the subsidiary
bodies.
recommendation Of the state tax
commissioner are worthy of study
and legislative action.
This report, written few years
ago, would cause only passing notice.
Now the reverse is true. People in
such times as these become tax
conscious and these reports arc be-
ing read more carefully than ever
before.
AS the crisis in state finances pro-
crosses, more interest is going TO be
shown and a way out must be found
Such a solution should not be tax
increase but rather drastic reduc-
ton in public expenditures.
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ever, he referred to himself as a
clam.
For several days after the election,
it is reported. number of ballot boxes
stood in the hallway of the court
house, where all who passed could
see them. They were strangers, ap-
parently, in so far as legal receipts for
them were concerned, and Davies de-
clined to have anything to do with
them. They were not legally in his
possession and he made no move to
adopt them. These, apparently. were
the ballot boxes for which no receipts
were issued.
There was considerable talk about
the matter in the courthouse but
Davies, so the report goes, stood pat
in his determination that he was not
going to be responsible for them, since
they were not legally delivered to him
, and he had issued no receipts for
them.
There the matter rested for several
days
The ballot boxes stood in the hall
where all who passed could see them
and where anyone, had he cared to
do so, might have tempered with
them.
Then, so the story goes. came a
crisis in what promises to be an in
teresting case.
The report is that Davies came to
his office one morning and found the
ballot boxes in his office. upon a ia
BILE, instead of in the hall. How they
got there, apparently, is mystery
1t is reported that Davies called in
witnesses to view the situation in
order that he might have notification
if any question were raised about the
matter.
1t was these reported phases of thu
matter that Davies refused to dis
cuss Saturday.
1t appears, however, that the whole
story will be told if and when thu
contest is presented to the court ane
that some interesting questions ma,
develop as a result The defense j!
expected to -allege that, since tn
boxes are unreceipted for, they ar,
not legally in the possession of tn,
county judge and are not subject t
review as a result. 1t further is ex
pected to be contended that it wa
easily possible for anyone who caret
to do SO to tamper with the ballo
boxes while they stood unprotectet
in the hall.
Recalls Several Incidents
The election contest recalls severa
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A THORO HOUSECLEANING

Voliva of Zion City or some such
place was never more convincing
than when he reiterated his belief
that the world is flat, when he re-
turned from a trip around the world.
At that, my confidence in the glob-
ular hypothesis and gravity and the
economy of the democratic form of
government has wavered since Pro-
fessor Einstein discovered that SCI
ence is falliblc.
Chances are the reader thinks I
mean physic of some kind, or if
the reader is advanced beyond the
almanac grade and we'll along in a
high school or college course in nos
trums and quackery he may think l
mean an internal bath,' when l
speak of thoro housekeeping.
Speaking of housekeeping. isn't it
rather q quaint custom? Doesn't it
belong on the same shelf with old
fashioned busting with feather dust
err and dry sweeping and having a
cellar filled with ahseS every spring
and cinder paths and dirt roads and
the corner saloon?
The modern, sanitary, hygienlc
healthful idea is to keep clean and
no annual or semi-annual house
cleaning will be needed.
The reason why my Sympathies are
toward Voliva is that I still believe
there is no such poisoning as auto
intoXication" in the sense commonly
understood: there is no good evidence
that normal waste products or the
products of bacterial growth fer-
mentation and putrefaction) in the
colon are absorbed back into the
blood. save in a few rare instances
of grave complete obstruction where
nothing but surgical relief can save
life. l maintain without fear Of
competent contradiction, that auto
intoXication" in the popular sense OF
the term does not happen, no matter
purpose of throwing off poisonous
may be.
Yet any one with an elementary
knowledge of physiology knows that
the waste products of the body must
be eliminated or eXcreted through
the various eXcretory organs, which
are chiefly the lungs, the kidneys
the liver. and least important of all
the colon. EXcretion through the
skin is practically negligible. The
secretion of sweat is for the purpose
of cooling the body and not for the
purpose of throwing oil poisonous
wastes
The waste products of the body, In
health or in illness, are in the blooc
or in the tissues of the organs thai
produce them. They are produced
by oxidation, combustion. Only when
the oxidation process is too slow and
combustion as consequence of the
shortage in oxygen is incomplete
does the waste matter become in.
furious. Such a state of poor com.
bustion, slow or low metabolism, is
common enough, and might fairly be
termed autointoxication. 1t has
nothing whatever to do with the state
of digestion or the state of the
bowels; that IS, these are never tn
cause or source Of the trouble.
Any one who eats too much and
works, plays or exercises too little is
bound to suffer from this true auto
intoXication. I'm not telling any
symptoms, but the average wiseacrt
ascribes the symptoms to fault.
bowel function and resorts to bowe
washes. funny diets, nostrums ane
the like to remedy the trouble. VIVA
he really needs is just a little NOR
oxygen. The best way to get tina
is on the hoof.
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They returned Tiedman as the win
ner by an official margin of 81, Moy-
nier carrying the seven rural pre-
cincts in the district and Tiedman
carrying the six in the city.
The district comprises the first and
third wards of the city of Bismarck
and the townships of Menoken, Gibbs,
Hay Creek, Riverview, Burnt Creek,
Naughton and Frances. The total
number of rural votes cast was 431.
of which Moynier received 1872 and
Tiedman 100. City voters cast 2,256
ballots, of which 1888 went to Tied
man and 1908 to Moynier.
The vote in the two precincts for
which the county Judge issued no re-
ceipts was 327 for Tiedman and 252
for Moynier, these being the second
and third precincts of the first ward.
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'Thai is Ceraldine's handUringv' Betty exclaimed

nodded, the Commissioner begar
lingering through the patch peck
cts and presently he drew forth q
key.
SIS this for your front door,
he asked.
Betty said it was not. Nor did
she know what lock it fitted
Thatcher Colt stepped out of the
closet and examined the key close.
ly. 1t was large one, of greenisl
metal, with an elliptical bow, q
long stem, thick shoulders and q
bit composed of a number of II.
regular projections-a key to fl
an intricate and old-fashioned lock
Through the bow was knotted q
piece of blue ribbon, as if it had
been worn on a loop-perhaps
against the bosom Of the missing
Geraldine.
put the key in my pocket while
Colt asked the parents if they rec
ognized the key. They fatty de.
clared that they did not. With eyes
more sombre than ever, the Com
missioner then resumed his inves.
tigation. Betty led the way, point
ing out the objects that had be-
longed to Geraldine.
1--WE shared this desk-the two
left-hand drawers were Gerald
ines"
Finding them unlocked, Thatcher
Colt removed the drawers and
spilled their contents on the couch.
Piece by piece he examined the
papers, a loose assortment of in
surance premium receipts, bills
from dry-cleaners and department
stores, the commonplace memo
randa from any girls life. Never
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LANCER Was Also There
Dickinson Press

When a political party becomes
social organization that's some
thing!
Farmer-Labor LeaguerS of Stark
county showed that they didn't need
spirit of good fellowship. They held
one of the biggest, most spirited and
sincere demonstrations of it's kind
ever seen in this community or in
any other community perhaps.
They came to Dickinson early in
the afternoon and remained until
late at night. They gathered at the
Knights of Columbus hall before the
program started, to talk, shake hands
and renew acquaintance. The Le-
for band was there in full strength to
furnish music.
At six o'clock they banqueted in
royal style. consuming 100 pounds of
sauerkraut and five roast pigs. Mrs.
Bertha Lefor Becker, one of the most
talented soloists in North Dakota,
sang. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Christine Messersnith and Miss
Sophia Pavlicek. Mrs. Messersmith
also played violin solo, LANCER
Lied" composition written spec
ifically for the occasion by Jacob
Krier of Gladstone, was sung by Mrs.
Becker. c'Lied," understand us, does
not infer that the governor elect is
guilty of falsehood-it's the German
for "song.~
Here's the chorus:
"Hurrah LANCER lasst uns singer,
Aus dem Herzen soil es klingen,
Stimmet froh sein Loblied an
Ehre sci dem braven Mann"
Not q man or woman in the en-
tire congregation of 700 or 300 was
q passive onlooker. They all joined
In on the fun.
Not even political speeches could
dampen their spirit. They cheered
and laughed and continued to have
q good time in spite of the bitter,
uncalled for and undignified remarks
Of the chief executive to be. We
don't need to go into that here. It is
enough to say that Mr.. LANCER was
also there.
After the speeches, which had to
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theless, Thatcher Colt asked Betty
to preserve them. One letter was
found from the father, thanking
her for a new necktie. A little
later, the Commissioner found
message that had come by special
delivery: Dear Sis, for the love
of Mike wire ne twenty-five
bucks, will you? Your loving broth
er Bruce" Perhaps there were two
hundred separate papers in this
disorderly tumble.
"Do you know of any other
place where Geraldine might have
kept important papers?" asked
Thatcher Colt.
"She always boasted she kept
only harmless things and destroyed
the dangerous ones" replied Betty.
Everything connected with my
daughter was harmless" asserted
Edmund l.. Foster firmly.
At that moment Thatcher Colt
was bending over, on the point Of
pushing the second drawer of the
desk back into place, when sud-
denly he stopped and thrust his
hand and arm deep into the dark
recess. Presently he drew out into
the light fragment of green note
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SATURDAY, DECEMBER g. 1882

incidents in connection with thu
campaign for the commissionershlE
which were generally overlooked II
the heat of the campaign for Other
offices to which the public generally
attaches more Importance.
Because commissioners districts
! are relatively small, it is the habit OF
candidates for these posts to cam
paign without much beating of drums
or blowing of trumpets Such, APP
parently, was the case in the contest
! between Tiedman and Moynier un-
til the closing hours Of the campaign
Then, it is recalled, on the Satur-
! day before the election an advertise
ment appeared in the local press in
which George F. Will, chairman OF
the county board, made plea to
voters of the fifth district to return
Moynier to office. Handbills con-
tanning the same statements as were
made in the advertisement were dis
tributed to the homes of most voters
in the district. This was done A3
hours before the polls opened.
Tiedman countered with an open
letter, published the day before the
election and apparently also distrib-
uted to the homes of voters in the
district, in which he inquired if it
was Wills idea to set up political
machine of the same sort which he
had decried in his declaration.
In view of the fact that a contest
&c iY,oronfodiV,r {1,ncn c{ot ant e
may have some significance in dis
closing the political angles involved.
This fact is further intensified by
the fact that VIII, chairman of the
county commission and a member of
the canvassing board which declared
Tiedman elected, is named in Moy-
nier'S suit as the man who guaran-
tees that the court costs of the &C
ton will be paid. To this extent, at
least, Will becomes an interested
spectator in the suit and near-par-
ticipant. in the contest.
Statement by Will
Wills statement Of Saturday, Nov.
5, addressed to the voters of the fifth
commissioners district, said:
AC t1lc tiiilc was tNCItu W VIC
board of county commissioners there
was a concerted movement against
the methods of the old board, the
conditions under which the business
of the county had been transacted
and the domination of the board by
one man whose purposes were most
apparently entirely selfish.
Since the election of Mr.. Fricke
civilian FTicke, commissioner of the
third district) and myself we feel
that county affairs have been
handled in a business-li like, econom-
ical and fair manner.
II am calling attention to these
facts because I feel that Mr.. Moy-
nier has had an important part in
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Better If Not More

1t is time that some definite under.
standing was reached as to whethe,
legalization of beer would increase the
consumption of grain products.
| Even the most ardent advocate OF
prohibition repeal recognizes the in
consistency of two lines of attack
which were directed at the restrictive
amendment. One claim was that the
prohibition law was being so widely
violated that as much liquor was be-
ing drunk under it as under licensed
sale. The other was that legalizatlon
of beer would result in an improved
market for those grains which are
used in its making.
The line of demarcation is not as
clear as it might be, for many per-
sons have drunk illegal potions which
they suspected was made of old shoes,
cast off rubber tires, excelsior soaked
in gasoline and similar nondescript
materials. 1t may be, therefore. that
even if the volume of drinking re-
mains the same there will be some
increase in the amount Of grain used
in the manufacture.
But even allowing for this margin
Of difference, there still is a discrep-
ancy between the claims of beer adj
vocateS.
What the facts are cannot be deter
mined as long as biased statisticians
do the figuring, and besides there are
no accurate data on the subject What
is presented as fact is often merely
guess and one mans guess is as
good as another's.
One can estimate the amount of
illegal beer drunk in the country by
multiplying every can of malt syrup
sold by five gallons and adding to the
| figure so obtained the gallonage esti-
mated to be made from brewers wort
a product Of common sale in many
| sections Of the east. The fact that
malt syrup can be used in baking may
be disregarded as pleasant fiction.
From these circumstances it may be
adduced that no one really knows if
more grain will be used in making
beer if the law is changed than is the
case at present.
1t is impossible, on the basis OF
present evidence, to tell if more beer
will be drunk, although the prospect
is that there will be and that therein
will lie whatever chance exists for in
creasing the agricultural market in
this field
But on one thing drinkers and non-
drinkers can both agree. Whether or
not more drinking is done. the quality
of the beverages will be better and fire.
quently less potent than is the case
today. Under the present system, IL
quid dynamite frequently is offered
under a less portentous name.
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IN Il. COLT, pleaded the
V mother, with an ener.
getic shake of he1
head, there won't any of this get
into the papers, will there?"
Thatcher Colt explained that if
Geraldine continued absent, the
help of the press would be invalu-
able.
''It ruins a girls reputation to
run away" said old Mr.. Foster, his
voice rumbling in his throat. "And
I want you to understand right
from the start that Gerry was a
good girl. She never got herself
into any trouble and never would.
There's never been any reflection
on our family name, and there
never will be-"
Thatcher Colt expressed his full
confidence in this declaration. He
then began interrogating Mr.. and
Mrs. Foster, and soon was obtain
ing a verbal picture of the family,
their background and history, and
all about their former residence in
the mountains Of Western Mary
land, where Mr.. Foster had made
a substantial fortune n his hand
instrument factory. Thatcher Colt
asked some questions about their
son, Bruce, and then inquired why
he remained behind at such time.
"Oh," said Mrs. Foster, with a
proud roll of her eyes, che didn't
stay home. Bruce thinks he knows
where she is and he's gone out to
look for her himself"
"Where does the young man
think she isl" asked the commits
sioner quickly.
1--WE couldn't drag it out of
him." explained old Mr.. Foster.
"He just told us he was going and
he wasn't coming back without his
sister,"
when was that"
"This afternoon"
The Investigator expressed his
thanks for this information.
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A deep silence followed her
reading Of that cryptic fragment
Of letter, and especially that last,
deeply significant clause. Gerald
inc Foster blackmailer? And
who had talked in sleep, in the
hearing of this pretty girl who
could not be found? There was
a strange look in the old fathers
eyes as he kept his gaze fixed on
the calm, inscrutible face of his
wife-a look Of determined, OBJ
stinate refusal to believe.
At last Thatcher Colt spoke.
"This is all very different from
the mental portrait you gave me
OF Geraldine" he protested. "The
girl you painted for me was not
criminal"
"No! Never" cried Betty.
The mother and father nodded
to each other reassuringly. but
said nothing.
.(To Be Continued Tomorrow.>
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"Now would like to have your
permission" he said, ito make a
search of your daughters private
effects. We might find some
thing"
go ahead" said the father.
"You won't find anything to her
discredit, I'll promise you that"
The old man and woman sat in
two easy chairs, looking at each
other but saying nothing at all,
while Betty guided the commits
sioner in his search, and /, with
my notebook, followed them.
"Geraldine always used to say
she hated the tyranny Of things"
explained Betty, leading US into
the bedroom, $50 there isn't much
to look at. The new trunk there
contains most Of her trousseau."
But our search Of those gar
ments, scented sweetly for a
honeymoon, gave us no informa-
ton.
MAY see Gera1dine's comb"
asked the Commissioner presently.