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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-01
Standard Of Living

It Is exceedingly interesting to no.
tice that New York authorities have
adopted q new definition Of what 1t
Is to be INDECENT.
According to DR.. s. 8. Goldwater,
hospital commissioner. who has Just
drawn up new rules limiting free hos
pital treatment to those who are un-
able to pay. q man and his wife who
have to live on an income Of less
than go Z week arc officially In
digent and need not pay for hospital
services.
II they have . child. the limit Is
$25 . week: II they have two children,
it Is 80 . week-and 20 on.
Here Is something that makes one
stop and think. To be sure. these
rules are geared to New Yorks metro
politan area. where living expenses
are higher than In many other places.
Nevertheless, considering the NUM-
her Of men who are employed-and
glad to be employed-at $40 q week
or less. 1t Is evident that our boasted
standard Of living may not be quite
e. high a We have thought.
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r~MA CINDERELLA"
a. Feby Harold Bell WiiQht

denly in the open doorway. When
JET saw her he lodged outside, and
keeping all but his face and one
eye hidden, watched her slyly.
jerking his head back whenever she
turned her face in that direction.
With . lingering look over her
shoulder toward that corner Nance
returned to the kitchen.
When che Vas gone JET again
appeared in the doorway. He
looked cautiously about to assure
himself that there was no one in
the room, then stopped outside the
door. When he Strengthened up
again and stepped across the
threshold he carried . gallon jug.
He was stealing somewhat unstead.
lily. and with exaggerated caution.
toward the door Of his room on the
farther side Of the fireplace when
Nance called from the kitchen:
IF Ann Haskell ketches you with
that thar jug Of Ticker, she'll SURE
trim you aplenty, Jefferson Davis
Todd0
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SYNOPSIS

Ann Haskell. taeiturn, independ-
ent mountaineer, rules the little
village Of Pine Knob, in the
Ozarks, with m iron hand. Though
generally considered hard and I'M
bending. Ann could also be e..
tremely generous. A hafd.Workin9
farmer herself. Ann disapproves Of
the useless life led BY the wealthy
vacationists at the Lodge. Among
these, however, 10 one exception
Diane Carol, lovely young artist,
whose work means more to her
than her wealth. yet Ann considers
Danes painting . waste Of time.
The latter, however, greatly id.
mires the mountain woman, who
saeriheed her own happiness for
her sons future. Years before,
following the death Of her 6rst
husband, Ann had placed her boy,
John Herbert, in the care of IN old
friend, Judge Shannon, 90 that he
might Be educated properly. She
has not seen John Herbert since.
In his place, she raised . ne'er-do.
we'll stepson, JET Todd. Then,
one day, John Herbert unexpeGt.
edly returns. Diane happens to BE
At the station when he arrives and
offers the stranger 4 lift. They
are trapped in the woods By heavy
rain and forced 20 spend the night
there. John Herbert con6des in
Diane that, although he studied
law. his heart is in writing and he
hopes his mother will not be dis
appointed. Thrown together as
they are. Z comradeship 10 formed
such 10 Diane had never before
experienced. Next morning, Ann
comes to the rescue. A she ap.
proaches. John Herbert exclaims:
ITS Z womanl Lookl She's wear
ing : mans coat and hat. How
funnyl" He is stunned when Diane
introduces Ann 40 his mother. The
latter. hiding her emotions, coldly
says: Il lowed you war Herb
when ! first ketched sight Of you.
Favor your pa" When he refuses
his mothers offer of Z drink, Ann
commands him savagely: II amt
awantin' you sick on my hands
long With Ill the rest Of hit"
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ASKS ALL RETAILERS
TO ATTEND MEETING
cussner Points Out Need for
Big Representation at
State Convention

An appeal to retail merchants
throughout the state in all types OF
business to attend the 33rd annual
convention Of the North Dakota Re-
tail Merchants association In Minot
next week, whether members Of the
organization or not, was issued In
Bismarck Friday by A. w. Gussner,
president Of the North Dakota Food
Dealers.
Discussion Of problems Of mutual
importance to all retailers IS on the
program Of the convention next
Tuesday. Wednesday and THURSDAY,
June ST, the Bismarck merchant
said.
The North Dakota Food Dealers
will hold their first annual meeting
in connection with the n. .. r. NJ. A.
convention.
Gussner directed his appeal to erc-
GERS, clothiers, hardware men, shoe
merchants and all other types Of re-
tailers. indicating tina. relations BE-
tween manufacturers and distr;hl-
tors and the retailers would be dis
cussed freely and openly and gr!ey-
ances, If any. aired. Representatives
Of manufacturers. distributors ard
others also will be invited into the
sessions to explain their situations
IN a "hea-t-to-heart" se,-together.
Need Intelligent Discussion
In a recent letter to all members
Of his organization. which makes up
. large par: Of the merchants assc-
citation. G,iSSl,e- declared vocational
pride" should prompt a large turn
out for 50 important q program. IN
which intelligent discussions rather
than high-pove-ed speakers will
dominate
The bulk Q! the conference, 1t was
indicated, will Be devoted to cousid-
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Lewis & Clark Cafe
Changes Management

Mrs. H. F. Keller. formerly with the
Prince cafe in this city, has taken
over the Lewis &, Clark hotel coffee
shop and cafe In Mandan. effective
Friday, and announces that the for
NAL opening will be held Sunday with
special dinner served from noon
until o'clock. Pete Volk's five-piece
orchestra will play.
Mrs. Keller states that the main
Ginning room will be open evenings and
Sundays and that the coffee shop will
be open from I q. m. to 8 p. m, noun
tain time, daily. Mrs. Keller, who
was at the capitol building cafe for
two years and at the Prince cafe for
three years, will have Mrs. Ella Han
sen. formerly pastry cook at the
Prince, In charge Of the kitchen.
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American Legion, was wnat o'a 10
Commander william II. Johnson =.
Minot said friday after discus sa.as
nIans for the 1884 convention WIN =,
member Of the Fargo comlnlttee III
charge. The state convention. ex-
nected to attract more than o.ooV -
zion men and Legion womeniI am, ano
msny other visitors, wf1l be held mere
.I,,iv . and 10 with memorial serves
and some Women's Auxiliary even''
on Sunday, July 3. . -,
Dutineuished speakers have Deen
secured for the occasion, incluons
National Commander Ed. A. Hayes Oh
Decatur, Ill. .a.
Tarro arrangements are being mace
bv = general committee which m
ciudes Attorney Lynn y. Stamnaugn;
chairman; g. T. Hoverson. regional
manaeer Of the veterans administra-
Zion facility; william Stern, nation.
Il committeeman for the Legion
Floyd Lavelle, Fargo post commano'
er. and Jack williams, department ao-
iutaut. Roy stranahan IS serving as
executive secretary and 7. Q. kraaoel
as executive secretary.
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Of books filed the wall space b.
tween the window and the corner,
and extended from the corner to
the door Of another room. BY the
window was . rawhide-bottomed
chair and a new cheap deal table.
On the table were more books. q
litter Of papers and writing materi-
ais, . student lamp with . green
shade, and . brown wide-mouthed
jar with . scraggly bunch Of
flowers.
But it certainly was not these
cultural innovations which gave
the living-room its feeling Of dis
tinction. On the contrary, this book.
ISL corner, having nothing in com.
mon with the rest Of the room, only
served to emphasize the hard pow.
erty Of the whole-a poverty which
seemed to recognize no interests
other than the bare necessities Of
life.
The singing IN the kitchen
ceased. Nance appeared in the
doorway. For . long moment she
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Rites Held Thursday
For Wilton Resident

About $50 friends and neighbors Of
the late Mrs. william Paul, 81, VIII
ton. assembled at the German Luth-
eran church Of Underwood ct 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon for the funeral
service. Mrs. Paul died Sunday at q
Bismarck hospital.
Active pallbearers were Alfred Sta.
dick, John Hundstad, Edward Shere,
George stallings, Charles Tauer and
Donald Snyder. The group Of flower
girls included Leone and Alice stadick,
Mary Ellen Edgar, Jacquelins Humid.
stad and Juanita and lone Barley.
Mrs. Paul leaves her husband, four
children, three sisters and her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Herman,
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Forks, field representative for the
northeast section Of the state. which
becomes effective Saturday. He VIII
work in the relief set-up during the
summer months, returning 70 James
town In the fall.
Smiley, who was here Wednesday TO
hand Ii his resignation, with NH.
Smiley and their baby daughter, VIII
leave Saturday for Lehigh University
at Bethlehem, Pa, where he Is to be
dean Of men and business admins
traitor. Formerly dean Of men ct the
University Of North Dakota, Smiley
conducted . special school Offering
college work at Lisbon before enter
Ing the employ Of the relief admin
|stration March /. A small dinner
party honoring Smiley was given We'd
nesday evening ct tho Prince hotel
BY . group Of state relief workers.
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Look Twice at Crossings

90 many motorists get killed ct
railroad grade crossings each year
that you would think, BY this time,
that drivers would be fully aware Of
the need for extreme caution 1t such
places.
The latest major tragedy Of this
kind occurred In . suburb Of Akron,
O.. where . fast passenger train hit .
car containing six persons. killing all
q them.
Reports from the scene Indicate
that the driver Of tho car stopped 1t
the crossing to let freight train
par. As the train got by he started
across, Just IN tims 70 ct hit By the
passenger train. whose approach had
heen concealed By the freight cars.
4 driver waiting fog . train TO pas
would loo only another minutes
tildae by waiting to make sure that
- ether train VA coming. Altar IL
tn trasediss that have occurred un-
DIR such circumstances, you would
think svssy drtvsr would - willing "a
- Mt sxtss uinnte.
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Former Local Boy Is
Killed in Accident

Minot, N. D., June 1-(F-Ragnvald
Lee, II, was dead when brought to Z
Minot hospital Thursday afternoon
from his mothers farm Is miles east
OF here, where he was dragged BY q
horse he had been riding while herd
ing cattle.
The boy. familiarly known as
"Lenny," was q son Of Mrs. Clara Lee,
widow Of John Lee Of Minot who died
in 1928 while serving as warden Of the
North Dakota penitentiary.
Funeral services are to be held at 2
p. m, Saturday, at the First Lutheran
church, to be followed by burial at
the Lutheran cemetery here.
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stood gazing vacantly about, then,
with the characteristic SLOUGH and
listless step Of the poor-white
mountaineer. she crossed the room
to that corner which was 50 apart.
The front door and the window
nearest the bookshelves were open.
Had Nance looked she might have
seen, through the trees across the
road and beyond the cornfeld in the
bottoms. , CLINT Of water in the sun.
and beyond the river the low. for
est-clad hills rolling ridge on
ridge into the blue hazy distance
just as Diane had painted II that
day when Ahab and Uncle Jimmie
first discovered her. But the back.
woods woman did not 80 much o.
glance ct the familiar Landscape.
Had she noticed she would have
heard the chatter Of . squirrel
somewhere in the timber. the lazy
cawing Of q crow In q dead oak at
the edge Of tho cornfield, the bawl-
ing Of Z calf in the hillside pasture
back Of the house, and the matronly
clucking Of . hen In the yard. But
she gave no heed to these familiar
midsummer sounds. Oblivious 70
her surroundings, she stood with
the reverent air Of . religious de-
voice gazing upon the books and
furnishings Of that corner. Slow
~ she put out . workworn hand
and touched the things on the table.
Carefully she wiped m imaginary
speck Of dust from the chair. Al
though she knew she had cleaned
and filled the lamp that morning,
she looked again to see il it was il
perfect order. To her that corner
Of the room was . holy place. Her
simple heart desired to worship at
this shrine. In her dumb way she
hungered 70 do something that
would express her devotion. She
rearranged the scraggly flowers In
tho brown jar. Suddenly her facs
lit up. Quickly she went back q
the kitchen and returned with Z
gourd dippsr Of water. With ten
der care she poured another spoon
full or two into the jar. Her face
beamed. IN . hushed. auaverinS
voice she sang:
"a charge 70 keep ] have. q Lawd.
q Lawd;
A charge to keep, I have
Nance was 90 absorbed In hos
devotions that she did not notice
JED Todd when be appeared sud-
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Jeh stopped and faced about with
sullen bravado.
"Whose ing Of Ticker d'you reck.
on this hyear Il. Nance Jordan,
heb! Whose d'you reckon hit Isl"
When Nance. standing IN the
doorway, did not reply. but only
looked 1t him with marked disap-
prevail. he continued, dedantly:
Hits my jug Of Ticker. that's
whose its. reckon Z mans rot .
right TO what's his'n, amt he1 I'd
sure admire to know Il he amt"
Az IN afterthought he added: If
you an old Ann Haskell amt lilsin'
hit, you-all can jest 90 plum -
hell Them thar's my sentiments,
Nance Jordan. them's SURE my sen.
timents."
He swung the jug to his mouth
with practiced skill.
"You'rs a-feelin' right peart this
mornin', amt you?s' drawled
Nance, IAN the mornin' not hat
gone. You'll pull IN your hawnA
mighty sudden when Ann finds you
amt a-hayin' like she done toll you
to"
Je6 grinned. II war a-hayin' Ill
right when she went past, a-goin'
to the Lodge. I fingered they'd keep
her thar a-talkin' long 'nough for
me to slip this hyear Jug er moon.
shine into the house. / fetched hit
last night. Been amin to have me
. little toot first chance ! git"
"Ann Haskelll sure loot you
when she gifts homo an ketehes you
Ut hit" returned Nance, dryly.
81 amt skeered Of old Ann
Haskell" retorted JEFF, terrifying
himself with another pun at the
jug. "Je6 Todd amt skeered Of
nobody, JET Todd amt. This
hyear's my ticker. amt it, Didn't
] hep make hit? I'd sure admire
to know Il . man amt got . right
to : Whit q his own moonshins.
Nance interrupted him hurried
y. "You'd best hush sich fool
talk, Je6 Todd" She went % tho
door and looked uneasily about.
"Some day when you're Ill lickered
| up an a.talkin' Biz, . revenuerll
hyear you: tkew wharu we-uns
sShucksl Thar amt no eall e
b skeersd. Have . drink
Ito Be Continued)
oaoSvtshG 1853. - gsfol6 Bsll WRIGHT
olsslbssse = Tia Iastueas os0llsaA -
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Goodman Resigns Job
In Examiners Office

John Goodman, chief deputy bank
examiner resigned Friday 70 ACCEPT q
position with the Federalu Deposit In.
surance corporation.
State Examiner Adam Lelor named
to succeed him r. 8. See Of Minot, for
Is years affiliated with the state de.
partment.
Goodman will make regular exam
nations Of member banks Of the de-
post corporation and serve Is con-
tact man with the banks. He will
maintain offices at Bismarck. For
five and one half years, Goodman has
been connected with the department.
He was named chief deputy when
Lefor became bank examiner last
October,
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Must he Good But Cheap

Please forward the name OF a COM
petent doctor who will give me mex
penSive treatments for q keloid. r..
Az
Answer can give no information
about fees, costs or expense OF treat
ment. Send q stamped envelope
bearing your address and Ill be g.ad
to name a competent physician Tor
you to consult about keloid.
Pulse Races
I went to the office for physical
examination and was turned down
because my pulse was 50 fast. The
doctor said 1t vas 1856, and told me
to come back in week, and mean
time to take plenty Of exercise to
bring it down. I have never smoked.
drank or abused myself in any way.
I take only three or four cups Of cot.
fee a week. When went back the
pulse was still too fast, but only l02.
How can I get 1t down, and jus, what
should it be? IN. 81
misunderstanding you are q young
man it should be somewhere between
60 and 80 beats a minute. Excite
ment Of the examination may explain
part Of the rapid heart action. Any
good doctor can give you medicine to
steady the heart rate down 50 you
can pass the examination.
Here's Ambition
am fast approaching the dread
age OF 10. Maybe this isn't 50 dread
full to you, bu. it seems 50 70 me.
Also I am conscious am slipping. !
have taken on 10 pounds in the past
year or so, and I find I cant exert
myself much without getting quickly
winded. Now for a man who has al
ways enjoyed good health -. I'm
willing TO follow any regimen that
offers q chance to come back ;. ID
r.
A1lswer-Too bad. You're Scotch,
aren't you? I was going to suggest
that you send 10 cents in coin and a
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress, for copy Of the booklet, "Th<
Regeneration Regimen and even AZ
additional dime for The Last Brady
Symphony"
Copyright. 1894. John F. Ollie Col
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Grafton Of the alleged efforts Of som.
manufacturers to force retailers iYtt
handling their goods below cost b,
advertising them for sale at q reduced
price and then failing to make pro-
portionate cuts in prices to whole.
salers and retailers. United action
will be sought to force discontinue
ance Of this practice, Gussner said.
GusSner will deliver the openina
address Of the Food Dealers meet
Ing Tuesday morning. After the In
PRODUCTION Of county food erouu
presidents in the afternoon. II. A
Russell, Mandan, will talk 81, "IIow
and When VIII North Dakota Eggs
Be Better"
County Heads to Meet
H. L. Zweifel, Shields, will make
some comments For the Good Of the
Craft" and general discussion will
follow. County food group heads viii
be the dinner guests Of President
GuSsner at $50 p. M, and the eve.
Ming will be devoted to reports Of
committees and special topics devel-
a;ed by individual county food
groups.
Opening the retail merchants meet.
i,1e a: p. nj. Wednesday will be an
address by Harold F. Post, executive
IN tire department Of merchants "Fed-
Grated Stones Following his talk
John II DeWild. secretary Of the Ma
,icna, Merchants association, will
speak az the topic. planning the
Fall sna Winter Program" A tour
Of N!not IS planned for visitors We'd
nesaay afternoon and the annual
baneue. Will be held at $50 3. m. In
TIE knights Of Pythias hail..
Thursday morning the N. D. r. NJ.
A. program opens with an address by
Senator Gerald p Nye. who will touch
upon tire work Of the code review
board. Charles r. Robertson, Bis
-aa-ck, VII! preside at dinner for
dealers IN cry goods and women's
wear. A short talk will be given by
r. J. c.c.in. president Of the r. J.
cronin ard Co, New York.
Business discussions and interpre-
.a,;o.,s Of the code will occupy the
afternoon sessions with !. Krohn I
Ee-hs.. Fargo. presiding. The meet
!ns viii adjourn. after the election Of
Officers sr6 the report Of commit
tees.
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anywhere from Is to rs per cent. The

anywhere from Is to Is per cent. The
bank employees presumably adhere to
special instructions as to diet-the
diet laid down by the savant u,
charge being alkaline, nonfatty, non
carbohydrate, strong In fruits. vege-
tables, and fluids" It must be chief
~ baloney. Then. too, this remark
able diet SO kindly served by the big
paternal bank corporation, is supple
mented by sunbaths and "inocula-
tions," and besides all that, smut
flers with any fever are sent home"
II they'd forbid EN- the premises
whenever they have anything to re-
sembling cri, feverish or not, the abb
senteeism would drop well below 5
per cent.
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Bauer Is Delegate to
Operators COnclave

Arthur Bauer has been named py
Local No, sos Of Bismarck as a dele
gate to attend tho convention OF the
international Alliance Of Theatrical
Stage Employees and Moving Picture
Machine Operators Of the United
States and Canada, to be held In Louis
vile, Ky, June I.
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BETTER TWO WEEKS THAN
A FORTNIGHT

"A neglected cold lasts Il days,
but II properly treated 1t can be
broken up in fortnight"
Sometimes don't know. For that
matter. suppose many books are
filled with stuff I don't know. So Is
this column hear you all right.
What I mean. though, Is that there
are terrible moments when I wonder
whether my teachings ever do harm.
If anybody sincerely thinks 50 it would
be kind Of him or her to tell me 20
and point out precisely why. At any
rate do respect the critic or oppo-
nent who writes or speaks as q lady
or q gentleman. Moreover, I have
never yet and never shall divulge
the identity Of any correspondent who
prefers to remain anonymous-to the
public. But no one can expect me to
take seriously an unsigned letter.
whatever the subject or object may
be.
Various bloated corporations pre-
tend to offer their employees. as one
Of the advantages Of employment,
health or medical service. These cor
porations engage q contract doctor to
look after the lower grades of en-
ployees. The doctor IS usually
shrewd enough fellow, that is, In TAX
ing care Of his own commercial In
terest and the interest of his employ
er, the corporation. But the very nat
ure Of his job tends to rob him OF
something deeper and more precious,
I hardly know what name to give it
but it is the spirit which distinguishes
the scientist or the artist from the
merchant or the industrial executive.
Although few physicians who
practice under their own names and
without subsidy may still employ So
called cold serum" or "inoculations,'
injections Of bacterin bacterial vac
cine) for the purpose OF immunizing
against cri for the season, this expert
ment has been carried on OF late years
mainly BY large corporations that
have their own doctor to look after
health. The general con-
sersus Of physicians who tested the
IACtAAOA Wdc IAl0l ~ - AolO W SCC
what results, II any. this attempt to
immune with stock bacte-ins has
had" But the company doctor can
fill in an idle hour BY summoning
group OF messenger girls or typists or
bundle boys to the companys dispen-
sary, hospital" or clinic" and giving
them a few shots" So the expert
ment goes on.
Funny how these shrewd young
doctors who grab off the soft-look-
ing berths with wealthy corporations
arrive at their conclusions. In one
Of the largest banks in New York, for
example. the record Of ahsenteeism in
. recent grip Observation-Disclosures
that may be!-did not rise above I
per cent, while the rate In other
large Wall Street institutions was