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Smithsonian Institution

This great institution was made
possible through the bequest of
James Smithson, an English chem
ist who died in 1888. Congress de-
hated for ten years whether to ac-
cept the bequest, as some thought
is was unconstitutional and be-
meath the dignity of the Govern
ment. However, it was accepted
and in 1916 Congress enacted law
creating its establishment.
The Smithsonian Institution has
under its operating direction seven
Government bureaus: The Interna-
tional Exchange Service, the Bu-
reau of Ethnology, the National
Geological Park, the United States
National Museum, the National
Gallery of Arts and the Division of
Radiation and Organism.
The first secretary was Joseph
Henry, who was interested in me-
teorology and through collecting
weather data made and distributed
weather maps, which was really
the beginning of the United States
Weather Bureau. Samuel Lang
ley, the pioneer who devised the
first flying machine, which never
flew because of defects in the
launching apparatus, was at one
time secretary Of this institution.
DR.. Charles G. Abbott is the pres
ent secretary and is distinguished
as an astrophysicist.
The building is constructed of
Senaca brownstone in Gothic and
Romanesque styles, reminding one
of a Norman Cathedral. The
grounds cover about the same area
as the capitol, nine city squares.
Just east of the Smithsonian is
the Museum of Industrial Arts. 1t
is here that Washington's and
Grants swords are kept, also the
Spirit of st. Louis" The military,
naval, numismatic material and
many historic objects relating to
the World War are found in the
National Museum, opposite the
main building.
Just recently a collection of
Chinese arts, paintings, and etch-
ings has been given by Charles i.
Freer Of Detroit, Michigan to be
kept in the National Gallery of
Arts.
The object of the institution,
which was to assist men of science
In making original searches and
them in series of vol
umes, has at last been fulfilled.
Jean Barlow
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
Acting Postmaster at Georgetown

Acting Postmaster at Georgetown
Mrs. May Willis Baker, of
Georgetown, wife of Ralph S. Bak-
er, chairman of one of the Sussex
County Democratic Committees,
has been named acting postmaster
at Georgetown to succeed the late
Wilbur L. Adams. Mrs. Baker mas
lived in Georgetown about eight
years. She is the mother of two
small children. She took Office
of last week.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
! Surprising Fact

'ur most prominent State
u nls possession letters
snis which were written
founding Of the Consti-
his person is Judge Rich
y Of New Castle. Judge
a relative of the Revo-
nei0es' George Read and
dney. -
y : popular radio pro
vas asked if there was
tAs letters Of George
Ea' outstanding. His
n 4a' I John Dickinson
y tAs Constitution. He
home because of IL
80 MS friend caorr.
l0r nm. Thus George
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

should like to see an active board
of health that would take initiative
in these important matters of
health protection.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
=. Rnssett MOO1'e
@;sh school Nescs
To1rR SCHOOL REPORTER
EST TTsTELLE EDMoNDsoN
:, power Company

[sbt and power power. 0inpias # has
IT, 81 taat b the light !. Il1t not
meeting I the sasooa needs 3
Il a'i'-i aai / I1a.,tR' b. t2'Is5a5e siaoe
H. proven to be g, .tans u
ssTr snrrna should take steps 3
|l'asias sasia' for a plant Of
j at the present time, s.aeo Re,
4. electric power from
e. company. The man an
aas d this fact i Ins
asc. from which the pow
Il srIch an expanse
4 times Of heavy WINGS
4 severe storms tne
| 'itsp torn down or dam
Ftsst our light service IS
nj, is a great handicap
h people of today es-
H. engaged in different
,r,iusss, depend upon
% provide power 1or
esaties. .
I cOuld own a plant and
4 d Clayton and sur
/ ,lsces. thus making the
kaDer for the people and
[prs efficient service. The
III be publicly owned and
4 would have to work out
4 eliminate profit. First,
| start the project must
then the plant should
kucted. There is a posi-
II Lake Como might be
. source Of power. The
tOuld pay for itself in a
| and the people could
! electricity at much low
khan now.
he future, this should
kaSs, Smyrna would have
|lIghting system in the
be town would then be-
kpsndent of the unreliable
km which it now receives
This fact might also
\ industries and business
te here. Most industries
IN Delaware because of
b. rate which is uniform
lt the State. Therefore,
/ a power plant Of our
bost towns in which in
Ire located have, the low
Electric rates would 20
end IN helping to make
an important business
| The State.
|ftsn wonder why Smyr-
|haS shown sudden or no.
hcrease in population and
PIE lack Of businesses
Edss, WHICH could be 10
h i the principle reason
Thus, by having a plant
r to furnish cheap cleo
!, We would have a good
\ encourage capitalists.
Y not only benefit bust
but would great
people themselves.
Phyllis Armstrong
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
EMPTY SHELL GIVES
CLUE TO Shooting
15-Ysar-old Boy Held In Death
Of Sister Since June S
Denies Guilt

Prairie Du Chen, Wis, Aug. 16.-
R)-An empty shell from which he
said he believes the fatal shot was
fired gave Sheriff Oliver White Mon
day another lead in the investigation
of the June killing Of 11-year-old
Mildred Best.
The sheriff said deputy sheriffs
found the shell Sunday near q fence
where Harold, 15-year-old brother Of
the dead girl, told them to look.
Harold has been In jail since June
5 without charge. White said he has
twice made and repudiated state
ments that he killed his sister.
Harold again denied guilt, the sher-
III said, when confronted with the
shell.
The latest Crawford county de-
velopment came while authorities Of
adjoining Richland county sought to
unravel the mystery Of the death Of
Orla Shaw, uncle of the Best chill
dren. Shaw died two. weeks after
Mildred was found dead in his home.
His body was exhumed upon petit
ton Of Carl N. Hill, Of Madison, at
torney for Harold, who arranged for
an examination by scientists who re-
ported they thought Harold was In
nocent and shielding someone.
DR.. F. l. Kozelka, state toxicologist,
reported after post mortem examina-
ton that it was indicated poison
caused shaw's death. The report Of
the attending physician listed natural
ailments as the cause of death.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
German Transatlantic
Plane Completes Trip

Port Washington, N. Y, Aug. 16-
R-A German seaplane which flew
from Europe on the southern route
elighted here Monday as q huge
American flying boat was about to
take off on its first survey flight over
the same air lanes in the interna-
tional race to establish scheduled
transatlantic flying.
First to greet Capt. Joachim Blank
enburg Of the German Nordmeer was
Captain Harold E. Gray of the PAN
American clipper III which was
warming up for q flight to Bermuda.
Azores. Lisbon and Southampton.
Captain Blankenburg's Nordmeer
settled on Manhassett bay at 5:37 q.
m. (CST, after 150-mile-an-ho
flight from the Azores 1892 miles
away, where his 19-ton seaplane with
four diesel 600 horse power motors
was catapulated from the steamship
schwabenland. He said he flew much
Of the way at 20 feet above the water
20 avoid headwinds.
The seaplane also brought In his
co-pilot. Count Siegfried Setback.
Radio Operator William Keuppers
and Mechanic Otto Gruschwitz.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
COUNTY AUDITORS
PLAN CONVENTION
County Officers to Hear Many
State Officials at Minot,
Aug. ~, rs and Is

North Dakota state officials will
predominant among speakers at the
county auditors annual convention
at Minot Aug. "a, Is and Is.
Among speakers will be Gov. VIII
liam LANCER, State Treasurer John
Gray, Insurance Commissioner Oscar
E. Erickson, Secretary Of State James
D. Gronna, E. A. Wilson, executive
secretary Of the state welfare board; !;
Attorney General P. o. Sathre, Tax
Commissioner Owen T. Owen.
Other speakers will be Mayor J. A.
Patterson Of Minot, F. r. Doherty Of
Fargo, president pro tenn of the asso-
ciation; K. L. Broderick, Omaha, rep
resentative Of the Home Owners Loan
corporation; Auditors q. J. Mustad
Of Steele county and Otto Rasmussen
Of Cavalier county: Tax Representa-
tives John Caring Of the Great
Northern railway, v. K. Boe of the
500 Line and J. G. Buckley Of the
Northern Pacific; James Brown,
examiner; Paul Campbell, deputy tax
commissioner.
Sessions will be held In the Ward
county courthouse ct 10 q. M, and
2 p. m, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Site for the 1898 convention and
election of officers will wind up the
convention after which the assocta-
tion will adjourn to Bismarck to
meet with the state board Of euual-
ization on Aug. 81.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
STAbBAUGH DOOMED
FOR LEGION Chief
State Leaders Plan Campaign
to Make Fargoan National
Commander a

fargo, n. D., aug: lo.-NT
0roundWork 1or g two-lolo campals.
TO elevate Lynn StamDauen OF tarso
TO the nanonal commanaeisnip ~
the American Legion ana 70 DIlne
North Dakota aepartment memDes. !.
ship to new nlen as OF tne sept. !. !.
date was laia mere sunoay as alstl,c'
deputies ana the executive conlInle'
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16

satin pajamas topped by a gold
embroidered Mandarin coat. This
made her unnaturally light hair
and hard young face look espe-
cially artificial.
Pat gave her quizzical grin.
"Sure, Miss, it's meself now who's
seen the time whin I'd bounce
right up if the gurls called, but
amt as spry as ! used ter be.
Where ye think ye'd be wantin'
that couch?" He looked disdain-
fully about the huge cluttered
room. It had been the ballroom
Of the old mansion, that was now
the studio apartment house. Ex-
cept for one small studio, it ex-
tended across the entire top floor.
THE Duchess went in for sur
1 realist painting on an extensive
scale. Fantastic canvases lined the
walls and leaned at all angles
against odd pieces Of furniture.
"It's big pain In me neck" is
the way Pat had described the
studio to Kathleen once. "And the
same goes for that gurl and her
rummy friends. Watch yer step
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
,vuv M souEAMIsH ABOUT CALoRIEs?

~ vnt nv vhch the heat u. nusitive Or sustaining y.
@ d that h the amount OF heat
~ Of water from y % 10 degrees
+his sanns unit measured that is the
ea and heat the living body IN the performance
of functions.
The number Of caories pound Of any food wholly
- stsr he food is nourishing, strengthening fatenng there
the ounce or @ aes IN the
candies such oos are Two 10 four
nutritious strengthening tenng foods from
calores potato (40 paka neas 900
15O0 $780, fresh trout e440 chicken (0O
lao factors are concerned the choice
bodily functon anu so"' so
nourshng value ~. ..-,,.. ..,..
more strengthening potato bread nor Tor the traditional
extract juice or nroh contains considerable
nonshmen Only way get nhmnt strength from
flavor extacves other than the protein
practically the actual nut1v value Of the
clear soups are mildly appeng but noushtng
contained flour added to thicken
gravy. 49,. -v..-...., /,.-...u,.. :.
Food Materials" Superintendent Of Documents Washing
the Of most information about the
and that OF analysis given In this
pamphlet figures quantities. not for
milk From lists to follow
Of coies various ordinary hen
quantities common items -
miles or doing caories maintain
strength provided by minimum
proportions protein
egg nrognous milk beans fish,
yielding fat yielding $40 calore "A
carbohydrate Starch yielding 1880 caordes
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
SALES TAX intake
is $2,77Q,4S5.1S
FOR Year OF 1886
Per Capita Share Estimated at
$500 for Year; Average
Family Pays $3.50 w..

Sales tax collections during l93t
totaled $2,770,485.l8, according to 9
statistical report Of the North Dakots
sales tax division. released Monday b,
Tax Commissioner Owen T. Owen.
This, added to the $l,s66, ,394.e7 COL
lected from May l to Dec. 81, 1885
the first eight months the law was In
operation, brings the total receipts to
Jan. l, 1887 to $4,736, ,860.l5.
Basing the total collections on the
federal estimate Of the population
the per capita share Of the tax foE
each Of $4,000 North Dakotans was
$S.ssl for the year. or oil per person
each day. Amount paid BY each av-
erage family Of 4.e6 persons was
$ls.606, based on the estimated ~, ,S82
families in the state.
Classified rs to types Of business,
the general merchandise group with
2.506 stores paid $7s7.764.0e in sales
taxes to become the largest contrib
utor. The food group with 3,64e dis
trtbutors was second with 1850 OIL .O4;
the automotive group third, 2,5ss
businesses paying $424, 1880, and the
unclassified group where 3,e57 firms
contributed $376,66e.N, was fourth.
Other business groups, the number
OF vendors In each and amounts Of
taxes collected are: Apparel group,
675 vendors, 1921 ,973.7l; furniture
group, 1913 vendors. 81, 5,e60.06; lum-
Der and building group, COL vendors,
$l96, 454.2e; professional and personal
eovy,lnA opn,,n roo ,,A~AA~. ~ ANR ~.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
Coal Commission Will
Conduct Hearing Here

Washington. Aug. 16. = R ~ The
bituminous coal commission ordered
Saturday hearings In North and
South Dakota to determine whether
coal mined there is subject to COM
mission regulation.
The hearings were based on .
phase of the soft coal act excluding
ignite from regulation. Lignite Is
defined as coal having calorific value
In British thermal units Of less than
1900 pound and a natural mois-
ture content In the mine Of 80 per
cent or more.
The hearings, in Pierre, 8. D., Sept.
IS, and Bismarck, N. D., Sept. l3,
also will determine whether a change
In the territorial limits Of the COM
missions district No. 81 should be
made. A statistical office has not
yet been located In the district which
covers most Of the two states.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
Wounds Need Dressing

Noveists and essays have had good deal say about
the lost generation in recent Bernard M Baruch
address South Cardinals famed preparatory
school, The Citadel the other day offered some extremely
sensible remarks the subject
There is element Of tragic Sadness" he said sin the
hundreds of thousands sd through the terrible sieve the
depression and left helpless the barren Of the
WPA Now when real recovery has after years
Of their enforced denes most of them remain unemployed
because the has them BY and
another they have become unfit take place in our
economic revival.
There the derelctsthe economic casualties-of one
M the greatest catastrophes that blasted this country
Shall have the intelligence and goodwill you suppose
apply ourselves to the job of getting these casualties rehab
tnteda
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16

now, Miss Kathy, around her. She
amt for the loikes O. ye." ..M
"oh I'm much too busy durins
the day to have time to get very
well acquainted with the people
who have studios in the house
Pat" Kathleen told him. ape.
sides, they all 60 home at nieht
so ! never have a chance to be
very friendly with them. Some
times ! think it would be nice tc
have someone to talk to. d
wouldn't be so lonesome and. well
its kind Of scary staying alone
in the building. It's so old 4
creaks. Often imagine I car
hear footsteps upstairs, when i
know it's empty"
But after that conversation. Pa,
had moved a cot into the base
ment storage room for himself
instead Of staying at his brothers
rooming house, where all his old
cronles were wont to gather.
"The owner thinks faint safe In
be LAWN the place so unoccupied
at night" he explained to Kath-
ieen. $50 II ye hear any trompin'
around from now on, it's me-" lie
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
Ex-MinOt Chief
Gets New Start

New York, Aug. 16.-(R1-The
luck Of Lawrence Byrne, Is,
changed Saturday and all be-
cause of being arrested.
Penniless. Byrne was arrested
for vagrancy last Wednesday in
the Bronx after residents had
complained Of loiterers. He told
Magistrate Michael Ford he had
been an army captain overseas In
the war, former chief Of police
Of Minot. N. D., that he had been
an accomplished court steno-
grapher. was unemployed through
no fault Of his own, and that he
had . wife and six children In
Port Huron, Mich.
Magistrate Ford, impressed by
his appearance, gave him q dol
lar for cigarettes, and remanded
him for investigation Of his story.
Saturday police verified Byrne's
story and Samuel Lefkowitz, an
attorney. gave Byrne . job. The
judge dismissed the charge say
ing:
Il know you want to come back.
A man may be down, but never
out"
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
Ousted HOme-Owner
Just Couldn't Eat

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 16-(R-
seventy-year -old Miss Annie Har-
rison Lewis gave her 18 cats her
last bottle of milk Monday, but
she said she couldn't eat the food
that neighbors brought.
I'm all upset." she explained.
"See?-the cats are upset, too.
Just look at them-they know
something IS wrong"
Banks Arendell, HOIC attor-
ney, said he would give Miss Lewis
until Tuesday to move elsewhere.
Miss Lewis possessions-water-
soaked books, mattresses and an
tique furniture-are stacked on
the porch Of her rambling house
at IL Maiden Lane.
The Hole officials moved them
to the sidewalk Friday after or
dering her evicted for failure to
pay installments on q $3,7OO
mortgage.
Then the rain poured, and they
moved them on the porch.
Arendell explained the property
was foreclosed after long default
in the payment Of the mortgage
Indebtedness.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16

nephew Of Former Vice President
Charles Dawes.
The police committee Of the city
council convicted Poole on charges OF
conduct unbecoming an officer after
five hours Of testimony.
Poole arrested Dawes July so on
charges Of interfering with an officer
after Dawes had offered to appear
for truck driver Poole had arrested
en- q charge Of driving through . red
light at q downtown intersection.
Dawes, son Of B. g. Dawes, Colum.
bus, Ohio, financier, said Poole seized
him by the seat of his trousers,
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
British Fair Play

English writer's for have told much about the
famous British spirit Of fair play and sportsmanshp They
have assured that while other people may enjoy kicking
man after he down. such thing by English
men.
All OF this is probably quite true And yet looks
back on the last few weeks in the life of the Duke of Windsor
and the lady who is his WIFE, wonders just where the
British were keeping that famous sportsmanshp.
The duke had to give his throne for the loved
Well and good The British entitled to decide that way
they chose But the frantic peevish effort to keep his
family away from the wedding the refusal grant him church
wedding and the outraged wrath the authorities displayed when
parson finally volunteered ofcate-were the fair play
in al Of that?
They got the down, all right But did they need to
kick him, afterward?
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
FORT LINCOLN MAN
IS KILLED BY auto
Struck While Walking Along
Road Near Camp Ripley;
More Die in Mishaps

Minneapolis, Aug. 16.-(R-Traffic
accidents killed seven persons in the
Northwest over the weekend, while
eleven drowned. One heat victim fell
before sultry weather that saw the
mercury climb to 1W at Pipestone
MINI.
The dead:
Traffic: ...~
Nick srdick, Leetonia, Mimi, truck
driver killed when truck was struck
near Eveleth by a Duluth, Missabe &
Iron range passenger train.
Joe Krkonich, Leetonia, Mimi, rid
ing with srdick.
Fred McCesl, 81, Milwaukee. Wis,
q pedestrian, struck in downtown
Minneapolis.
B. G. Noble, 60, Gillette, Wyo.,
county attorney, died In st. Paul Of
injuries received when his car collided
with q transfer truck.
Mrs. B. G. Noble, 90, in same acci-
dent.
Oscar johnson, 90, Pengilly farmer,
killed near there by driver who failed
to stop.
Private Arthur L. Nelson, regular
army man at Fort Lincoln, N. D..
struck by car while walking on road
near Camp Ripley, MINI.
Drownines:
Martin Myhaus, Is, Ashland, Wis.
when he attempted to swim from raft
to shore.
John Sobish, Tamarack, Wis, farm
er, In Trempleleau river.
Fred Smith, IL, Waverly, MINI.
when mortor boat capsized.
Six persons drowned at q All club
picnic near Webster, 8. D., five oi
them in q vain attempt to save the
sixth.
Julia Gloria Franson, Q, daughter oi
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Franson, War.
ren. MINI, when wading In Lake Har-
riet at Minneapolis.
Heat.
Frank Lyman, 60, st. Paul, from
heart attack induced by the heat.
Miscellaneous:
Roger Odlin Burton, ~, son oi
J Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Burton
Thompson, N. D., from self-inflictet
bullet wound received while playing
with q revolver.
Mrs. Ellen Ronning, 30, Minneap'
oils, burned to death In home.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16

1shook him, threatened him and final.
ly showed him into . patrol wagon
and took him to police headquarters
where he was fined 81 In recorders
court. Several witnesses corroborated
this account.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-08-16
love Gets a Lift
ey IDA Rt&ER GLEASON Copyright v,, hEA s.c,e; ,ae
1
Copyright 1897, kEA ss~;es, Ine.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE u

/ did not add that ne had never
spoken to the owner Of the build
ing in all the time he had worked
there, but dealt entirely with his
agent, who rarely bothered his
head about anything. II he
could only find some nice young
fellow for her to date, he would
have felt better satisfied yet, but
so far, none Of the tenants Of the
building had come up to his
standard.
tx ATHLEEN, herself, was en-
tirely unconscious Of the anxi-
ETY. she was causing her Irish
friend. He was very careful to be
always quite casual. and uncon-
cerned when he was talking with
her. She would have been sur
prised to know why he SO anx-
iously scrutinized every new ten
ant who moved in.
Then the very small studio
across from the Duchess's big one
was taken. Kathleen realized this
first when she saw a black and
white terrier 60 pelting past her
up the stairs, and heard him
scratch at door which was
promptly opened for him. Soon a
typewriter, a steel fling cabinet
and a big table were carried in.
These seemed to belong to a tall.
young man, with fair hair and
nice upturned smile, who adj
dressed the dog as Schmatz.
Kathleen became quite absorbed
watching the moving from her
window, wondering who he could
be and what kind Of work he did.
"I'll ask Pat the first time I see
him." she promised herself and
turned back to her desk.
Pat himself lost no time look
ing over the tenant. "About that
dog now" he began. II don't
know what the agent will say.
He"
'Why bother to tell him? What
he doesn't know won't worry
him." the young man answered
with 4 grin. "I'll promise good
behavior-no barks on the part Of
Schmatz. The little rascal's lots
Of company for me. ! don't know
anybody here. I've just come to
the city you know. You wouldn't
make me get rid Of him would
you?"
Pat decided he liked his friend
ly manner. "Well we'll be tryin'
the pup out" he promised, lean
ing over to rub the dogs ears.
"What'd ye say yer name was
now, Mr.-Mr.-"
"McTavish, Bob McTavish. !
write detective yarns for living"
"Oh We do" Pat carefully filled
his pipe while he reflected how
well the strangers fair hair would
60 with Kathleen's black curls.
What a foine lookin' couple they'd
be maxim now. He lighted the
pipe and remarked, * suppose ye
wouldn't be mindin' -1eetin' some
tther writer's thin?"
We'll ! don't know" Bob told
him doubtfully. "Why?"
"Jist wonderin'." One of Pats
eyes closed to shut out the cloud
OF smoke that wreathed upward
from his pipe.
.(To Be Centinued)