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Patrol Overworked on North
Dakota Boundary.
Fargo, N. D.—A new form of an an-
clent and often romantic criminal ac-
tivity—smuggling, recently uncovered
in a little North Dakota town near the
Canadian border, Is engaging the con-
centrated attention of an overworked
border patrol. A secret investigation
disclosed to government agents that
within a few months 160,000 bushels
of wheat had been smuggled into this
country from Canada. The reason for
the illegal operation was a chance to
profit on high prices for wheat result-
ing from the processing tax. One man,
operator of a grain elevator, has been
arrested and is accused as a ringlead-
er of the plot. Fourteen others, farm-
ers and laborers, have pleaded gullty
to the charge made against them,
smugginlg the grain.
The first arrest was that of Thomas
C. Wildish, Ellsberry, N. D., elevator
man, through whose establishment,
government officials charge, huge |
quantities of wheat smuggled in from |
Canada were disposed of. Wildish, at
present free on bond, is to be tried |
soon In federal court at Grand Forks.
He is specifically charged with violat-
ing section 503 of the 1030 tariff act |
by alding in bringing smuggied prod
ucts into the United States,
Fourteen Plead Guilty,
United States District Attorney P. |
W. Lanier, in charge of the prosecu- |
tion, sald the government plans also
to proceed against all elevators shown |
to have purchased smuggled wheat. |
Punishment for conviction of violating
the tariff act is a sentence up to two i
years In prison and a up to
$5,000.
Passing of sentence on the fourteen |
fine
Army's Star Bacl:
Jack Buckler, who plays halfback on |
the West Point Military academy's |
team, is rated as one of the best men |
in the army eleven,
farmers and laborers who pleaded
gullty was deferred. The men admit
ted elther taking part In the actual
grain smuggling operations or having
a part in the conspiracy. All of the
smuggling transactions took place in
Towner county, North Dakota, near
the Canadian border. Most of the
smuggled wheat was markéted in the
towns of Hansboro and Elisberry.
Mr. Lanier sald that the govern.
ment's Investigation of the wheat
smuggling conspiracy would result In
25 criminal prosecutions and in added
vigilance on the part of the customs
patrol. This service already is respon.
sible for stopping many other forms
of smuggling, an activity which offi.
cials admit never has been completely
checked,
Smuggling Centuries Old.
At every port of entry and along
every International boundary line
smugglers have plied thelr trade for
centuries. Because it Is the first on
record, the North Dakota wheat smug-
gling case ig of extraordinary interest,
but otherwise it Is merely another lo-
rade.
The United States and every other
nation have
a startling increase
the World war,
prohibition era the prob
made a thousandfold more
the authorities of this
country, but illegal liquor was only
one the items brought secretly
across our borders. In 1920 and for
years thereafter one of
problems of our border
stamping out smug
At it was
estimated that for every foreigner who
legally, and
two were smuggled In {k
Stories of this form of smug-
gling were sensational in the extreme.
The smugglers who dealt in human
beings were, and are, for the most
part ruthless cutthroats, whose only
concern Is the money they get from
their “clients™: what happens to the
latter is of little Interest to the smug-
glers,
with
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Tables Turn, Older
Men Now Get Jobs!
Cleveland, Ohio ~The old com
plaint of older men that “young fel
lows always get the preference”
when Jobs are given out has given
way to the exact opposite,
That was the conclusion reached
here by Y. M. C. A officials after
an employment survey of the city.
Those making the survey report-
ed that the older men are now be
ing given first choice. Reasons giv-
en by employers for the change In
the trend were listed as follows:
The fear that young men may be
radical; the desire for older and
experienced men, and the difficulty
of training youths who never have
had steady jobs.
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WHY GO TO
COLLEGE?
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
With the return of autumn many
young people have resumed thelr
studies in our col-
leges and universi-
ties. In spite of
the “hard times"
the number enroll
ing for the fresh-
men classes Is gur-
prisingly large. We
frequently hear the
question, asked In
all seriousness, how
is Ir possible for so
large a number of
graduates to “land
a Job?" The ques
tion implies that
the ultimate pur
pose of un education is obtaining a
Joh, Is this a correct assumption?
What is the purpose of an education?
Why go to college?
A hasty survey of the facts reveal
that a very large number of persons
tolding responsible positions In the
business world never saw the (nside of
a college buliding. It is also true that
many persons holding college degrees
are absolute fallures In economie
world. Two partners In an important
industry experimented with their pet
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theories. The one employed a college
trained man, the other, one who had
only a high school course. Both wert
given the same task to perform. The
one with the limited preparation won
over the college man four to one. The
college trained man developed an ego
complex- in his college days which
placed him at a great disadvantage in
the dally marts of trade. The high
school trained man had developed con
fidence and assurance, due no doubt
to the fact, he was compelled to work
his way through his limited course of
study.
Why go to college? Not for the pur
pose of a degree and certainly not for
a job, but rather In order to obtain
that discipline of mind and body which
enables a man to hold a job when he
gets It. Without this discipline educa-
tion may become more of a curse than
a blessing,
With night schools offering profes
aron Walker
RONT stairs have always been one
of the decorative architectural fea-
tures of a house. Winding stairs are
the most graceful because a curve Is
the line of beauty. In early American
mansions curved or circular stairways
were In high favor. Sometimes there
would be two such staircases one above
the other mounting up from the first to
second story, and then from second to
third with a break in the ascent on
the second floor for the stretch of
hall. This led to a position Just above
where the first stairway began and
here the second staircase started.
Stairway and Air Currents,
In many houses one flight of stairs
comes above another in the main hall
way. However this arrangement has
its drawbacks as houses built on such a
plan have difficulties to contend with
in heating. Warm air rises, and the
heat is partial to the top floor, to the
detriment of the warmth of lower ones,
This was one of the chief reasons for
many home builders not having the
circular open staircases as described,
and having stairs to the third floor
either inclosed ov positioned elsewhere
in the house.
Speaking of Inclosed staircases, they
are not put in fine houses except for
back stairs or those which serve for
both back and front stairs from second
to third floors. These box stairways
have no decorative merit whatsoever.
They are purely practical. This is thelr
redeeming feature. In some old Tarm-
houses, such stairs were built in order
to conserve heat on the lower floor.
It will be noted, however, that even In
those old dwellings In which there is
any attempt st architectural beaoty,
there are open front stairs leading
from tiny frout halls, which halls are
scarcely more than vestibules. There
are doors at right and left of the
stairs. These lead into Hring rooms.
Staircases With Landings.
Stairways with landings are favored.
These break the climb without inter.
fering with the ornamental appearance,
In fact this is accented decidedly when
a broad landing Las a window from
which there is a good view, or which
jets In sunlight. Sometimes where such
a landing is broad, a chair or setiée is
on it where one can rest, or sit and
enjoy the view, Such landings are fa-
vorite places for grandfather's clocks.
Sometimes where there Is enough
space, stalrways branch to right and
jeft about halfway up, and enter the
second floor from both sides of a hall
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As
the harbor an old lady
on deck. “Cast
an officer.
“Thank you, officer,” sald the old
lady tartly, “but I am quite
of doing my own
ington Collleries Magazine,
he ship was about to leave
was knitting
ting
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capable
knitting.™
Oysters
Ruthie’s big sister was in the hos
pital for a serious eperation. The
doctor reported that found a
place in her stomach that was cov.
ered with ulcers,
The next a neighbor asked
Ruthie how her sister was.
“Oh!” she replied airily, “the doo.
tor found a whe'e bunch of oysters
in her stomach” ~~ Indianapolis
News,
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day
: Blend
“That dog of yours is only a mon
grel”
“That's a harsh way of speaking™
answered Uncle Bill Bottletop “1
call him a blend. But I've got to ad.
mit that a blend Is as no account in
a kennel as it is In a dispensary.”