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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
When Justice Is Due


A New Yorker got drunk the other
day, got into = fight with q friend,
and Internationally killed him with Z
blow Of the fist. The killer was
brought into court, where he pleaded
guilty to = charge Of manslaughter.
The ordinary sequel would have
te>E prison sentence. gu. the Judge
who handled this case seems to have
been . man Of considerable discern
ment. So instead OF sending the
slayer to prison. he ordered him to
abstain from all alcoholic drinks for
five years, to pay the funeral ex-
penses Of his victim, and to pay the
widow SIS week for five years.
II the man fails to live up to this
agreement, he goes to prison for =
five-year stretch.
This looks like an exceedingly
sensible decision. Too often, when
society Furnishes = law-breaker. the
law-breaker's victim gets left out In
the cold. -....-.
Here Is q case In which a measure
Of justice will be done to the inno-
cent persons who suffered because
OF the killing.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Split Fingers

I tried your suggestion, to apply
equal parts Of castor oil and lanolin
to the finger tips every night, and It
worked like q charm. I suffer no
more from splitting Of the finger tips.
MRS. J. B. S.
Answer-Thank you. Now perhaps
others will try 1t and report their
experience. That's the way we learn
what's good and what isn't.
Active or Latent
Please tell me what you mean by
tuberculosis IN the active form. Mrs.
NJ. .. NJ
Certain children or youths
have latent or inactive tuberculosis in
some part Of the body, say in a lymph
node deep In the neck or behind the
lungs or behind the intestine. Most
Of us harbor such latent or inactive
foci Of tuberculosis infection. Only
In q few instances does this latent
tuberculosis light up into active dis
ease which makes the patient sick,
produces symptoms and signs by
which the doctor diagnoses the loss
Of health. Send q stamped envelope
bearing your address and I'll mail you
q long letter which gives q better UNI
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When the school-teacher received
the customary warning there was
some indignant but whispered talk
about protecting him. But, Is
Pappy explained, didn't nobody
dast say much out loud cause no.
body knowed Jest who war = night.
rider an who warn't. II . body
talked too much, he might be called
out himself" The teacher went
calmly on about his business.
Then, one night, when there was
. piece Of . moon, the riders gath
cred, got themselves properly liz.
uored up, and went in force to the
teachers home. They rode around
the cabin for . while, firing their
guns, whooping and yelling, and or
dering the teacher to come out.
When there was no answer to their
demands they left their horses and,
with . small log for . battering-
ram, started for the cabin door. At
that moment one Of the crowd no
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Outstanding Of tuberculosis.

|derstanding Of tuberculosis.
Brace Up, Springs Hero
think I need some kind Of regu-
lar calisthenic drill, to overcome my
inertia and flabby feeling -. %,
ID. L)
Aaswer-Well, take It easy, don't
try to make yourself over In an eve
ming. Send 10 cents (coin) and
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress, and ask for booklet 1.-THE Last
Brady Symphony" which describes
and pictures the right keep-fit exer-
cises for you.
Copyright, 1894, John +. Ollie co.,
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A Discount Seems Due

A Discount Seems Due
Figures on water consumption, COM
piled by the city water department.
illustrate two facts Of major impor-
lance to residents Of Bismarck.
The first Is the manner In which
the average citizen, confronted with
the task Of saving hts investment In
trees and shrubs to beautify his lawn,
has made use OF the citys service.
The second is the manner In which
the city stands to profit by the cur
rent emergency, even though the city
government, as the representative Of
the people. Is as interested Is anyone
else in keeping Bismarck presehtable.
On the present basis. the city wa
ter department will make handsome
profit by its April operations, since
last month viii represent . high
point In water consumption for this
city. Viewed In that light the pres
ent situation Is q windfall.
There Is grave doubt, however, that
this viewpoint should be accepted.
Many householder who has used
water freely on his lawn while wait
ing for rain, will be staggered at the
size Of his bill. Since the water de-
partment IS owned by the people and
not operated for profit 1t would be q
gracious gesture II . flat discount
were to be offered those who made
this increased business possible.
Bills for the April service soon will
be going out. It would please many
citizens II they were to observe. when
reading them, that the city is willing to
help bear their misfortunes. A five
or 10 per cent cut seems to be in or
der. Even il this is dbne, April should
show . bigger income than any sim
liar month In the past history Of the
water department.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Tribune Washington Correspondent

Washington, May 21.-Did plug Of
chewing tobacco cause the first major
defeat Of the Brain Trust" at the
hands Of politicians?
The mystery Of the senate COM
merce committees rejection Of Dr..
Willard Thorp, chief Of the bureau Of
foreign and domestic commerce, still
puzzles insiders here.
Many explanations are offered. At
least tour separate, differing versions
are given by committee members. The
chewing tobacco story. however, Is one
substantiated in fact.
After cabal Of present and former
employees Of Thorps bureau had sue
ceeded IN having Thorp;s confirma-
ton held up, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce John Dickinson, another
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There Is a Man

Newspaper readers who noted the
story Of Handy Patterson, Carolina
mountaineer, who recently had q lit
tie trouble with his teeth, must have
been taken back to the long ago
when there were giants in the earth.
Patterson, 1t will be recalled. was
past 70 before his molars troubled
him. Then, finding them q nuisance,
he pulled them himself with q pair
OF pliers and fashioned himself set
Of store teeth out Of some pieces OF
aluminium, his skill as q blacksmith
coming in handy In that chore.
Readers Of frontier stories can re-
call somewhat similar tales Of primi-
tive action in an emergency. It is
said by some biographers, for exam
pie, that the great Kit Carson once
amputated q mans leg. using knife
and q rough saw and cauterizing the
wound with = hot iron to keep the
patient from bleeding to death.
One can appreciate the need for
such heroic treatment In trapping
settlements but those days have long
since passed for most Of US. The tele-
phone and the automobile now en-
able even fairly remote families to
meet an emergency without resortine
to the most primitive devices.
But just there Is the keynote to Mr.
Pattersons little story. There are
still places in this country where
modern civilization IL practically un-
known. In fact, there Is room for
speculation as to whether Mr.. Ham
by's neighbors might not have
thought him something Of m inven-
tor to think Of such = thing @ arti-
fetal grinders.
The rest Of Us, leading softer lives
can only marvel and murmur there
Is . man"
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ticed . biz bay horse with q blaxed
face standing under . tree.
They moWed that horse. al
right" said Pappy, 'san' they
knowed Il Ann Haskell war n that
cabin somebody war Jest materially
bound 20 git hurt when they busted
"a the door.
@They studied bout hit fer . spell.
an tuck another drink Or two, an
then one Of 'em let out Z whoop an
lowed he w.rn't scared none Of old
Ann Haskell. This hyear's our
party he yelled. Come on, let's
Haskel's - thar an don't like our
ways, weu Jest handle her, too.
Hit war brave talk on top Of ~
the Ticker. On, they war a-startin.
Ter the door agln when Ann stepped
out Of the brush with her Win
chester on her arm.
Don't you fellers know thar's .
sick woman IN tharT says Ann.
quiet.like.
sWe.uns Amt after no sick
woman, says some one. Ws-uns
air aimin' 70 whup the teacher.
ssHs amt no teacher says an
other; he's . sneakin' spy Ter the
reyenuers.
everybody lows mes 2 f1gnt
rood teacher, says Ann. an the
children q! Ike him m ar alarm
r. from him 0ettern they ever
Ietneo from ~ tescner sney ever
000 U0AV40s O0O 0V0A - AZ Wek =
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- ma CINDERELLA"
F>by Harold Bell WIiQhf

cuse Il please, Pappy. But you do
know the judge, don't you1s
"Sure, / lmowed him when he used
10 come to hunt with Ed Haskell
when Ed war alive. A mighty 1ine
man he war, too. Amt never been Z
finer come into these hyear hills
big, up-standin', powerful man with
. head an face that Jest aatchally
made . body kxoso he war more'n
common. You'd = picked him out
anywhar fer . jedge or . senator
or governor or something big. He
warnf never noways uppity with 10
hill-billies, neither. no more'n you
be: We-uns al took TO him: couldn't
hep hit"
1.-THE Judge always stayed With
the Haskels, suppose :"
''sure-oh. sure. The jedgs he
set great store BY Ed an Ann an
little John Herbert You see, he
knowed the Haslsls before they
moved into this neighborhood. Hit
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hygiene. It IS rather a case Of dog
eat dog or every one for himself and
never mind the safety Of all others.
There is little hope that we may
make any further progress in the pre-
vention Of the kind Of illness that
makes three -fourths Of the work doc
tors do, until we make the majority OF
intelligent laymen cri conscious, and
In order to do that we must first COM
bat popular and professional cryopho-
bia, fear Of cold.
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)" lobbied valiantly IN

''brain truster," lobbied valtantly II
Thorp's behalf.
Before long, Chairman Hubert Ste
phens Of the committee was found
to be intensely bitter against Dickin-
son, though not against Thorp. When
Stephens finally unanswered Thocp
out Of the picture, he exulted over
Dickinson rather than over Thorp.
This Is what happened:
Dickinson called ct Stephens Offices
to talk about Thorp. Stephens Of
fered . cigar. Dickinson accepted.
Then the Mississippi senator pulled
out some chewing tobacco for him
self.
Senator" said the assistant secre-
tary, IL you were to offer mo . chew
off that plug, I'd like It just as we'll. =
SO Stephens did. They both chewed
and talked amiably.
Dickinson, who Is often ragged BY
friends for his occasional tobacco
chewing, boosted proudly Of two Or
three colleagues that he had found in
Washington . fellow masticator Of the
cud.
Next thing he knew, Stephens was
telephoning Secretary Of Commerce
Dan Roper to protest bitterly that
Dickinson was going around accusing
him Of being q tobacco -chewer.
Apparently the senator thought
Dickinson had been trying to villify
him. Anyway, from that time on.
Stephens seemed determined to get
Thorp.
TWO WORDS SWING MILLIONS
The boys out at the crossroads may
be interested to hear how an obscure
rural congressman from Ohio, by use
OF couple Of words, managed to con-
troll disposition Of $116,Oo0,000.
Last year after congress had voted
500 900 900 for highways as part Of
the emergency program, Secretary
Wallaoe-in whose department Is the
Bureau Of Public Roads-ruled that
mot more than Is per cent" should
be spent by states on secondary or
feeder roads.
Some highway officials figured they
weren't required to spend q nickel on
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WE MUST GET RID OF CRYO-
PHOBIA AND BECOME CRI
CnNSCTnI14

A word to the wise is healthful. It
pays to be cri conscious whether you
are cri conscientious or not.
The conversational spray range, In
the spread Of all the respiratory in
fections. including simple coryza, ton
sillitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diph-
liberia, infantile paralysis, measles,
scarlet fever, whooping cough, cpl
demic meningitis, flu, Is less than
five feet. Never mind the open-face
cough and sneeze-that is q menace
only when you are compelled to ap-
proach within II feet Of an ignora-
mus who hasn't brains enough to cover
his nose and mouth when he coughs
or sneezes. But keep In mind the fact
that the cri spreads chiefly via the
invisibly fine moisture spray given off
during polite conversation. And try
to keep beyond range whenever your
vis-a-vis purports to have even
Slight cold"
Here's an odd thing never could
understand. II q doctor pronounces
tile illness or indisposition "just
heavy cold' at the outset, and In q
day or two it proves to be diphtheria
or infantile paralysis or measles, peo-
pie criticize the doctor severely for
his mistake and for the effect 1t has
had in spreading the disease. But If
the illness turns out to be pneumonia
or influenza, people charitably forget
that the doctor made q bad guess at
the outset. Even the eminent ones
who attend the great and near-great
commonly kid the public along with
the idea Of . heavy cold" at first,
and not until the distinguished pa
tient Is about to succumb do the doc
tors venture to make an actual dag
nosis. As long as they issue plenty
Of bulletins it matters not at all what
information or misinformation the
bulletins contain.
Likewise when people suspect or
detect child with whooping cough
or scarlet fever attending the movies
or other public gatherings they are
indignant and complain to the health
authorities. But II they imagine the
child has lust . cold" they do not
resent the child's presence at all, tho
heaven only knows what disastrous
results It may have for persons who
came within the child's range.
Employers or executives and school
teachers not uncommonly have the
audacity to 60 to work or school al
though 1t is perfectly clear they have
the cri. Thus they deliberately expose
every person or child who happens to
come within their conversational
spray range, and such is the ignor-
ance Of the public about these mat
tiers that this crime is not even CEN
sured. much less adequately punished.
Yet these same employers, executives
or teachers are quick to protest when
an employee Or m underling or . pupil
attends work or school with any such
illness. In actual practice we are fal
from following the golden rule Of
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Dollars or Sense
North Dakota Teacher)

Millions Of Dollars Saved the Tax
payers Of North Dakota scream the
headlines Of political organs Of North
Dakota political parties. Or Millions
Squandered" are the headings Of
those Of opposite political faith. Well,
we have our tax receipt for the year
1892 and the one for 1888. The legis-
lature Of 1888 claimed to have saved
millions Of dollars for the hard press
ed North Dakota taxpayer. The leg
islature cut the appropriations for the
Institutions Of Higher Learing to q
point where 1t IS impossible to pay an
instructor . living wage. And those
In authority scream that they have
saved millions Of dollars!
Well, getting back to that tax re-
ceipt. Some Of us can still work q
problem In simple arithmetic. The
state levy for 1892 was 6.83 mills and
that for 1888 Is 679 mills, differ
ence Of .04 Of one mill. On q certain
home with . valuation Of 1890 for
taxation purposes, the owner Is thus
saved the sum Of 7.76 cents. This is
not an attempt to juggle figures. It
is the statement from . tax receipt.
It Is the same piece Of property as
assessed and taxed IN 1882, the valua-
tion on the tax roll Is identical, and
yet with the so-called millions Of dol
lars saved ct the expense Of the high
er institutions, the average individual
home owner or the farmer is
saved less than EIGHT CENTS.
The average quarter section farm
throughout the state Is on the tax roll
for approximately $4,000. Many are
assessed for taxation purposes at much
less than this. But the farmer with
m assessed valuation Of $4,000 is saw
cd eight cents.
Assuming that there are 5000
families In North Dakota and each
has been saved eight cents on his state
tax bill there has thus been . saving
Of $4,000. Where did the remaining
millions 60. O. from whom was II
sayed7 Five minutes figuring q tar
receipt for 1881 and 1883 on any indi-
viduals real estate tax will prove the
correctness Of these figures. This u
not . political discussion. It Is mere
II . statement Of facts. What tax
spending unit received the benefit
from the Thousands saved BY penalix-
tng tho colleges and university With
N assessed valuation Of $4,000 TIL
taxpayer Il saved FORTY CENT?
ON HIS STATE TAX.
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Barbs

Roscoe Turner flew from Detroit II
New York In one hour and ~ minutes
and pretty soon flyers will b gettine
to New York even before they start.
i i +
A Battle Greek, Mich. hotel clerk
had Z policeman watch his desk, 90
night, while he went out to rob q
restaurant next door. They caught
him before he could ask the cop t.
give him . lift with the loot.
Copyright, 1894, NEA Service, Inc.)
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war on account Of that he come
here 70 hunt with Ed. Ed Haskell
he war = mighty line man, himself
-warnt no better n these parts.
An Ann she war . mighty hand
some woman IN them days, too
tall an straight an trim, with her
black hair allus tidy an her cheeks
rcd, an her eyes e-shinin'. Ann
sure has changed . heap since Has
kel war killed an her boy, John Her
bert, went away"
Another day when Diane. calling
for mail, found the old postmaster
alone, Pappy told her the story Of
Ann Haskel and the Swamp Valley
night-riders.
L happened the same year that
Ann bought the store and installed
Pappy Giles % storekeeper and
postmaster. Swamp Valley was in
tested BY . gang Of vicious bullies
who. because they operated mostly
q night, were called night-riders.
Nor did these rumanly horsemeu
eonfine themselves b the Swamp
Valley neighborhood. From Smoky
Mountain % Cobb,s Ridge, and from
Wilson Greek almost 10 Signal Bald,
they terrorized the countryside nm
I'll, o. Pappy said, ''Thar Jest warn't
nobody decent what warnt Twin
Uneasy most Of the timo.s A settler
for whom 4 member of tho CANS
had conceived Z dislike because 81
-
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law, his position became embarrassing.
All he had sought was somethine
which, II passed, would cause the least
possible trouble.
Copyright, 1894, NEA Service, Inc.)
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rural roads, and some counties never
saw any Of the money.
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins Of
Ohio had Z battle with his governor
and state highway commissioner on
the issue.
jenkins didn't win his fight In Ohio
but he won 1t in Warrington. Against
oppoEition from the bureau, he
brought up. an amendment providing
that mot less than Is per cent" Of
the 346o, 900 600 highway appropriation
for 1885 should b spent on secondary,
feeder, farm-to-market. school bus
and e. !. p. roads. jenkins won-a
victory for rural Unemployment re-
lief.
HAS HARD TIME LOSING J0B
Postmaster 8. J. Breeding Of suiter.
Va, who caused some conformation In
Warrington as . federal job-holder
who was actually trying to resign, but
couldn't get anyone to accept his res
ignation, will have his Wish.
His postoffice Is ct the site Of 4
lumber plant. The lumber company
has moved away. The Job never did
pay more than SO o. $l2 q month
and now, handling but two o. three
letters q day and rapidly starving,
Breeding also wants to move away.
He wrote Senator Byrd, demanding
action. The office win Be abolished.
i + =
RICHBERG 10 FLUSTERED
DON Richberg, chief counsel Of MIRA.
has had the willies since he helped
Chairman Connery Of the house labor
committee redraft the 3o-hour-week
bill
Unconvinced Of tho advisability Of
such compulsory measure ct this
time, Richberg nevertheless consented
to help Connery make the measure
theoretically workable by increasing
its flexibility and providing more room
for exemptions.
Thereupon, members began tele.
phoning Richberg and referring TO
that bill Of yours" Inasmuch a.
both Roosevelt and General johnson
were definitely opposed to . 30-hour
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, M. d.

pertaining
diagnosis treatment Brady
enclosed Letters should be brief and written
In ink No made queries not conforming Instructions
Address Dr.. william Brady. In Of this newspaper
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend Of thought by other editors
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or. disagree
with Tho Tribune's policies.
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The Oldest coronation q which any
contemporary relic survives was that
q thu Ethiopian King Aspalut, about
Evening star., 1934-09-26
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CLYDEBANK, GLASGOW, Scot
land, September 26-Queen Mary to-
day christened the giant new Cunard-
White Star liner 534 the Queen Mary
as the great ship started down the
ways to the water.
The Queen Mary, which Great
Britain believes will be the queen OF
the seas, slid down successfully in a
perfect launching.
The choice of the name Of a living
queen for a christening was most un-
usual. Right up until the moment OF
the actual christening. no one had an
nounced what the great ships name
was to be and the suggestion Britain
mia ruled favorite.
The launching followed a short
speech by King George, who said:
Now, with hope of better trade on
both sides of the Atlantic, let us look
forward to her playing a great part
in the revival of international COM
merce.
Samuel Cunard built his ships to
carry mails between two English
speaking countries. This one Is built
to carry the people of two lands. N
great numbers, to and fro, so that
they may learn to understand each
other"
A driving rain poured on the assem-
bled multitude.
The Prince Of Wales was present.
So was Ambassador Robert w. Bing-
ham of the United States, Mrs. Bng-
ham and a multitude pf other no
tables.