The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1917, Page 4

RESTS Ge / Frank Packard. “ptood, Packard’s nomination to suc: »sembly. \ stomach the diet offered, and it ad- TUESDAY, MAY: 8,:1917. THE TRIBUN materes, at ste Fomtctnon Eemare, N. §&9SUED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY QUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Cally, by mail or carrier, per month secccceceese @ 60 Daily, by mail, one year in North Dakota, one year .. Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. 1.60 Daily, by mail in North Lacie three months ........ 1 ‘Weekly, by mail, per year ‘Member Audit Bureau of Circulation CHB OLDEST NEWSPAPER eT ablisbed 1878) > = = WEATHER REPORT. For ¢4 hours ending at noon May 8th: Temperature at 7 a. m. 41 Temperature at noon. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity. Forecast. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; not muca change in temperature. —_—_— Lowest Temporasures Fargo ...- 42 ‘Williston . 40 Grand Forks . 38 Pierre 38 ‘St. Paul 44 Winnipeg Le Helena 32 Chicago 42 , Swift Current 34 ¢ Kansas Cit 44 ® gan’ Fraticl 48 ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorogolist. SEES EEEEOEEE e A bad man is worse when # % he pretends to be a saint.— ° ~ Bacon. * SESS OESEEEEEE OEE —_——_—_— “BIG” BILL. Langer turns another of his fam- ous triple backward somersaults in digging up a made-to-or der ruling for his bosom friend and coplotter, For reasons quite generally under- ceed himself as member of the state tax commission was not confirmed by. the senate of the Fifteenth as- Governor Frazier. fed this nomination to the upper house sev- eral and divers times, but each time the senate found itself unable to journed without having confirmed any successor to Mr. Packard. Now, to make everything satis: factory with Mr. Packard, who has been ‘his political pilot, Bill Langer comes out with an opinion to the ef- fect. that, no successor having been confirmed by the senate, Mr. Packard will hold over until the next session of legislature, when his name must again come before the ‘egisiature. ‘Only recently, Bill Langer endeav- ored to convince the supreme court that this rule could not hold good in the case of Messrs. Scow and Pow: ers, members of the board of regents, to whom the senate confirmed no successors. To be absolutely <or- rect, Langer’s lieutenants undertook sy task for him. Langer, realizing that his case was woobly;4ug Out on the'eve of battle aa remained away until everything was over. Now, when chided for his failure (o win his case, Langer can, and no doubt does, claim that his bitter defeat was due to his inability to be present and handle the case personally. ‘Brennan, real head of the top-heavy organiza- tion ‘wiiich ‘Langer has built up at the expense of the taxpayers, is made tho goat. Messrs. Scow and Power may find no great consolation in this latest opinion of Langer’s( for this magnifi- cent wriggler no doubt has another opinion in incubation built to apply expressly to the board of regents. But it is an interesting quide post for lawyers who are endeavoring to fol- low the devious wanderings of the at- torney general's _legal_mind. William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago, should remember that Burg- omaster is not the title used in this country. Tribune readers can fix the source and responsibility for notices damag- ing to the welfare of Bismarck. These notices hereafter will be ac- cepted as is all other advertising and properly identified as to authorship. Speaking in a knitting way, Mr. ped a stitch in his line. And drop- ping a stitch sure makes even some good folks cuss, GO SLOWLY. (Members of the city commission should go slowly in fixing a restrict- ed zone for the keeping of livestock. The present ordinance will work a distinct hardship upon a number of people who are compelled to keep horses and cows upon their premises. Mayor Lucas has indicated that some revisions will be made. It is just as well to protect these people and not work a hardship at a time -/when it is least easy to bear with extra expense. It rests with the health department to see that premises are kept ‘clean. There are enough ordinances ‘now. if they are enforced to secure a sani- tary city. ’ THE FIRST GRAY HAIR, You looked at yourself in the glass this morning. And what’a jolt. your mirror gave you! It was as though your physician had told you you had fallen victim to some disease quite beyond cure. ‘For you saw in your mirror that which is the visible sign of man’s lock-step with time—a gray hair. Wherein did the shock ofyour first gray hair lie? ‘Surely a whitened head, not to mention those occasion- al streaks of gray that are belied by bright eyes and springy gait, is a common sight. Yet somehow you! ‘had never figured that a gray hair or two was-in store for you. You, in your fancy, were exempt. Youth was yours for all time, though for others you recognized it to be but a pass- ing incident. Well, let us sit down and weep over that first gray hair of yours, which, as days pile on days, will mul- tiply itself a.hundredfold. Truly enough it signalizes not so much the end of youth as the beginning of, age. Let us sit down and weep. And now, our weeping done, we be- come sane again and we realize that maturity is the flower of life, youth being but the plant’s stalk. ‘We real- ize that nothing grows except it ages, that decay itself is but the ‘rest that precedes growth, anew. If this ‘be true of weed, wherein is it untrue of man or woman? The first gary hair gives youth a shock, but ’tis no more shocking than the first tooth was to your babyhoot. Yet so long as teeth come in the way of nature, who would be without them? THE TURN IN THE ROAD. When you were a little-tad and got spanked for running away, what was it that called you? When you were just beyond the marble-playing age and ventured fur- ther than the precincts of the bound- aries prescribed for your wanderings afield, what called you then? When you deserted your native village with its friendly voices and well known nooks and crannies for the deafening noises and cenfusing byways of a rushing city, what voice did you answer? And today, when—after the long grind. at work bench or dasiz, in the market place, or wherever it be that you give of yourself in return for your daily bread—you tramp thioniq parks or point your automobile’s nose toward the city’s limits for a country run, what calls you? ‘Like the child, you still find pleas- ure in running away for strange ad- venturings. Like the boy, you slip across the boundary line just to see what lies beyond. ‘Like the youth, you seek surcease from those things that have become monotonous through long familiarity. For—no matter what your age—in- satiable longing, inborn curiosity and belief in the unknown drive you on. Always enchantment awaits, so you say, at the turn of the road. And so it does await, if not at this turn, then the next or the next, or perhaps at the very last. For each new turn spells hope, and each new hope spells increased faith, and in- creasing faith in the end cannot spell ADVERTISING A CITY. Rushing into the public prints with Notices that are prejudicial to the best interests of the city will and is now working to the disadvantage of Bismarck. The Tribune has taken the position that in the absence of any epidemic, in the absence of any serious conditions, it would not ac- cept notices wholly unwarranted by @ctual health conditions. In the future, however, all official notices of this character will be properly labeled and credited to the parties inserting them, The Tribune is convinced that Bismarck is a heal- thy city; that its water supply is pure and wholesome; that this con- tinual agitation in the public prints is detrimental to the growth and Progress of» .the city, and that the business interests and | «public gener. ally ‘have no sympathy with auch a other than the vaguest hope triumph- ently realized. ‘Listen! In discouragement men have said, “Nothing is changeless ex- cept change.” And this is, indeed, a truth, though like all truths a thing of happiness, and not despair. For without change there would be no Progress. And progress is the all of life, calling always from the turn of the road just ahead, calling forever, even unto the end that never will be. Ordering twice as much as you need is a waste of food. Hating twice as much as you need gives “aid and comfort” to the enemy and indigestion to you. — SOLEMN WARNING. Are Americans beginning to under- stand that the address of the Presi- dent to Congress was a very solemn warning of possible disaster, an al- most passionate appeal for prompt action? +p 2% Kead carefully, thoughtfully what von Hindenburg has evidently drop-|. the President said to the nation and you will find it voices the warning of a@ prophet of old to a careless and forgetful people:. “I call heaven aud earth to witness that I have set be- fore you life and death, blessing and cursing; , choose, “therefore, life, that thon ‘and thy} goad may live.” That same Hyrible warning is ‘be- ing voiced todAy/by every thoughtful man in this hation. They are begin- ning to sec what the President has seen for long months-—the imminent, immediate danger of this nation’ in this world war. The armies of. our allies cannot, win unless amply. supplied with food and munitions. If they do not win, the United States remains the sole obstacle between: a victorious autoc- racy and, world dominion. That, Hy the) sitiation the President ‘Unless England can serious matter. gather from the ends of the earth, food, munitions, equipment, steel and coal to distribute to France, Italy and Russia, the ‘Allies cannot sustain the fight. If England, through starv- ation, is forced to ‘peace, the back- bone of the battle against autocracy is ‘broken. Then America ‘will have to face the beast alone. That means: millions of American soldiers to the ‘battle front, perhaps on this very American soil. It means the gravest peril to what Washington and his patriots established in 1776, and to everything that Americans have added to the structure of free dom and democracy since that time. How can it be averted? By food and supplies and ships to carry them to the millions of soldier our allies have furnished, ready and willing tc do the fighting if they can be fed and equipped. The United States government wil! see to the providing of the ships Only the people of the United States can see that the food is supplied. There must be such a harvest in thc United States this year as the world never saw before. If this war is not won by workers in the farm fields o the United States, it must be won, or lost, in long years of war and at the cost of the lives of hundreds of thous ands of American boys and men. Is that worth working and planning for? There is little more than a month left of seeding and planting time From every point in this land should thunder that message, “Choose, therefore, life, that thou and thy seed. may live.” It should echo from every litfle school house and be heard in every lodge room in America, Every man who has influence with another man should put the situation squarely up to him.’ It should meet men and women at every turn. Men should strive for action, knowing that they are working for God and their coun- try. Action now that will bring a re: ord food supply will save hundreds of thousands of ‘American lives, avert orphaned homes, widowed wives, weeping mothers, save democracy. Choose, therefore, life, that thou and thy seed may live. ‘Try to carry today’s burdens only. You cannot know God's plans for to- morrow. ———— * ts talk of Pesce prepare 4 for war! stew "BY A_ GARDENER. French manure -put:in the ground at spading: time. isn’t going, to help the early crops, much, but: will be ready .for. the late crops and help your next: year’sgarden. “i But for early crops’: this ‘summer your, ground musty ‘have’ well: rotted |* manure, or commercial’ fertilizer. Of course any kindof manure will add humus ‘to the ‘soil, so.don’t re- train from, manuring your ground. just because you have no rotted ma- nure and can’t pul shiive the commer- cial fertili#er. ‘But be‘Gareful nof''to ‘get, the ‘fresh manure néar the seed’ or the sprout: ing ‘plant; Sheep manure will ttirry “plants: along more rapidly than most chemi- cal fertilizers. If you started a compost heap early enougia you can begin using it as soon as you take your first crop of lettuce, radishes and onions. Put the compost over this space and spade it under, ‘That’ will supply plant food for the second crop of the same: or another vegetable, Be. careful to save all grass cut- tings, leaves, manure and vegetable scraps from the kitchen for this: com- ‘post heap, to wlhiich, of course, must ‘be added layers of manure, if possi- ble. Jf you can’t get the manure, make a thin layer of earth cover tre ‘heap. I find that street sweepings are good compost heap material, and have ar- ranged with the “white wing” on our street to dump a load near my house now and then. READERS’ COLUMN ; ADDS A. FEW worDs. ”" Bismarck, North Dakota, May 8, 1917. The Editor, | Bismarck Tribune. ; In Monday’s Trifune you quote me as saying: “In my opinion we ‘ave the best water supply in the state. ‘Now that is true, as far as it goes, but what J did say to your reporter was: “In my opinion we have the best water supply in the,state if prop- erly taken care of.” I particularly. asked your reporter to: quote me exactly in this matter, if he quoted me at all, and he prom- ised to do so. Yours truly, R, SMYTH, “The Pixies,” director Miss Tatley, Auditorium, May 16. Slay “The teed Bull At Th ZEUM:: Wm Desmond tn Triangle-Kay Bee POSTMASTER GALVENAGTIVE Eight More Young Men Join the United States Navy at Belfield, Bringing Total to Date to 13. Belfield, N. D., May 8.—Eight more Belfield boys have joined the navy, bringing ‘the total number of young men from this city to answer their country’s call up to 13. The latest to join the ranks were: Melvin Grant, Ole Melby, David Barton, Glenn €ole, Wilbur King, Carl Nelson, Thomas. Sherman and Irvin Smith. The Belfield band, accompanied by the entire population of the city, turned out to bid the boys good-bye. The young men were all recruited through the |Belfield , postoffice, of which J. P. Galyen is postmaster. “EVANS” EVERY THURSDAY will Be Held in Bismarck to Pro- vide Eligibles for Filling Federal Vacancies. The United States civil service commission announces an open com- petitive examination to be held at Bismarck on the fourth Thursday of éach month until further notice, to provide a register of eligibles from which to make certification for filling vacancies as they may occur in posi- tions requiring the qualifications of stenography,. typewriting, or stenog- raphy and typewriting.in the federal classified civil service. Other points in the state where examinations will be conducted are at Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Williston and Wahpeton. | POST TOASTIES MAKE A BIG HIT WITH ME! Kentie ‘niptared to. the. city “Monday ‘Eamous Hosteiry. Exceltent Cuisine. Daughter” Is it FAIR or RIGHT that the FAIREST of GOD’S CREATURES should be de- prived of the only weapon that will ALWAYS protect thm—K NOWL'EDGE! PARENTS cannot AL- WAYS be with their DAUGHTERS and know . what theyjare doitig: KNOW- LEDGE is the one’ thing that will warn them whenever danger threatens. ‘ A It Is Up =to-- “EVERY PATHER GA bri in the ‘Gity” to “SER Si Have YOUR DAUGH- TER SEE this PICTURE for It DRIVES HOME a LESSON YOU CAN’T FORGET! hey shone be ‘day transact- | Hotet’ Radisso: Minneapolis; 409 Rooms—$2.75 at $1.50 to §$2.50, 4 * ool NOS 9682 Report of the dition of the - City National Bank a ‘Bismarck, ty the State of Korth Doce at*the close of business on lay R BOSOURCES, Loans and discounts ...........-ss0eeeee yee $ 971,217.46 pee eee %'$ * 971,217.46" } 971,217.46 2,005.20 . “Total Joans . Notes and bills rediscounted Overdrafte, unsecured ,...- U,.8, Bonds: ‘U8. bonds deposited to securé. \oirtylption er value) S.. U; 8. bonds pledged to. secure U. 3) Deposits (par value) ‘Total U. S. Bonds .... Bonds, Securities, etc.: ea fo other than U. S. bonds (not includ ‘ing:stocks) owned unpledged. Total-bonds, securities, ete. ‘Stock of:Feileral’ Reserve “Bank (60° Her cant of, subscription) Furniture and fixture: Real. estate. owned other. Net amount due from approved Tenerye agents 50,000. 10,000. 005 60,000.00 20,901.14 20,901.14 2,400.00 5,000.00 nanommommareinre 29,39 «43 in New York, Chicago and St. Louis........ 8,694.37 Net amount due from approved revere agents in other, reserve cities 40,896.14 49,590.51 ;Net amount due from banks and bankers : 86,346.60 Other chetks on banks in the same city or town . as reporting bank .......- 10,845.66 Outside checks and other cash-items. 3,014.42 Fractional .currency, nickels and ceats. 347.87 3,362.29 ‘Notes of other national banks. 2,045.00 Federal Reserve notes .-...-+- 2,500.00 Lawful reserve in vault pad net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank 87,110.07 Redemption fund -with U. S. Treasurer and due 3 from U. S., Treasurer .........eceseseseeeee 2,500.00 $ 1,335,219.36 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in on $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund . 30,000.00 Undivided profits, $ 27,417.35 Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid . 26,396.21 1,021.14 Circulating notes outstanding 50,000.00 ‘Net amount: due to banks and bankers. 307,273.74 Demand Deposits: Individual deposits subject to check........ 373,719.38 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days 123,983.85 Certified cheeks 125.90 Cashier’s checks outstanding 196.45 United’ States deposits oh 9,649.00 Total demand deposits. . . $ 507,613.68 Time Deposits: Certificates of deposit. 362,147.66 Other time deposits... 27,163.14 Total of time deposits. + $ 389,310.80 $ 1,335,219.36 State of North Dakota, County of Burleigh.—ss. I, J. A. Graham, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. A. G Subscribed ‘and sworn to before me this 5 day of Mes 10 MELVIN G. HAGEN, Notary Public N. D. My. commission. expires August 8, 1920. > .*Correct—aAttest :=) Q P. C. REMINGTON, .D M, eater