The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 4

PAGE 4 BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D.. as Second Class Matter. ee Editor GEORGE D. MANN, _ Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, CHICAGO, . - . - DETROIT, Marquette Bldg. = = « « Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK, ero get LT tS Fifth Ave, Bldg. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published erein, All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (In Bismarck) ee § Daily by mail, per year (In state outside Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota.. THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSP. (Established 1873) ES JUST LIKE SOME HUMAN BEINGS H. T. Williamson of Williamson, W. Va., tells about a pigeon that hatched out a hen’s egg and then began trying to teach the chick how to fly. Mamma Pigeon had taught baby pigeons to fly and thought she could succeed as well with this new kind of a baby. Naturally you will agree with us that the mother pigeon displayed little sense in wasting fly- ing lessons on a chick, whose wings are not built to do bird-like stunts. And you probably agree with us that a lot of human fathers and’ mothers are much like this mother pigeon. Eternally are they trying to make their sons and daughters be something other than that for which they are best fitted by nature. i They take a boy who might become a second Edison and make of him a third-rate doctor or preacher. Or the lad who has all the makings of a farmer they tie behind the counter of some store. The daughter who would make a fine housewife and mother is crammed full of college degrees and embarked upon a “career.” It’s a wise pigeon who recognizes the difference between a bird and a chicken. And it is a wiser parent who realizes that his child should be consulted in the mapping out of the latter’s destiny. ER. THEIR LAND AND YOUR LIVING You know what “cut over” land is—from which|"es who have ever partaken of one of these |). o——a—o—o—=— the marketable timber has been removed, and which is now growing up in brush, dedicated to stumps, and annually ravaged by forest fires. Most of these cut over lands could be reclaimed for cultivation, and would make fine, food-producing farms. Indeed, Secretary of the Interior Lane had these millions of cut over acres in mind when he asked congress to pass a farms-for-soldiers bill. At one time the owner couldn’t give cut over land away. By the millions of acres they were sold for taxes, as the timber cutters moved northward, southward, westward in an ever widening chain. And then, the price of foodstuffs began soaring,|tion are begging for help. The state bank was| ers. and land prices went up. Good farming land went to $200 the acre, and our farmers began going to Canada in search for cheap land. While farm acres weer soaring in price, a few individuals were acquiring possession of cut over lands. The practice of leaving them to the tax col- lecting sheriff was abandoned and the holders held on for dear life. Today 80,000,000 cut over acres are held by 1800 individuals. Not an ounce of food is raised on all these acres. Nothing is being done to im- prove them, not a road, not a drainage ditch, not a| many of the smaller banks, with resulting loss to| W"t of some stock, the result will stump removed. There could be carved out of these idle cut over lands 160-acre farms for 500,000 farmers. That would increase the food producing acreage and by increasing the production of food, decrease the price. Lower land prices, and thus it is possible to bring about a further decrease in food prices. This holding of cut over acreage for land price boosting, is not confined to any section of the country. In the northwest three holders control 9,000,000 acres. In Michigan 82 own 6,000,000 acres. In Florida 180 holders have 9,000,000 acres. Wherever the timber cutter has hewed his way there is the idle cut over land, the land hog and the waiting for unearned land profit and in the wake of all that is less food and high cost of living for the eaters of food. CHURCH SUPPERS “The ladies of section seven of the Presby- terian church will give a supper in the social rooms of the church edifice next Tuesday evening.” Our eye fell on this item. We do not know what effect the high cost of food.has had upon the church suppers as a great American institution. But as it stood a generation ago it is most pleasantly, even enthusiastically recalled. In a prosperous congregation of a central west community ‘one of these suppers could not be equaled in the matter of skill in food preparation. As a whole they were epicurean works of art. No educated and high salaried French chef of any of the world’s great hotels or restaurants could have even appreciated them. And there was a reason— These suppers were a matter of co-operative, composite preparation. Each house wife of the congregation was a consummate artist in the preparation of some one food item. And it was so arranged that each supplied that which they prepared best. Each gained a reputation for some one item passing it. There was for instance Grandma Clem’s mock turtle soup which she had sent to the church in a five-gallon stone jar, and she never told any one that she put sherry wine in it. Then there was Mrs. Perkin’s escalloped oys- ters, Mrs. Senton’s light biscuits, Mrs. Gilbert’s baked beans, Mrs. Hedden’s olive pickle and Mrs. Crafts fried chicken always done just to a certain shade of rich brown. Then there was always a wooden chopping bowl filled with Mrs. McKenzie’s sand tarts contributed to the children’s table and over the last of which a battle was usually started that required several mothers and fathers or a Sunday school teacher or two to quell. When the wholesome Mrs. Howland came around, flushed with “waiting table” and anyone passed a compliment on her meringue top apple- cocoanut pie, and which they always did, why, she would brush a whisp of her beautiful gray hair away from her forehead and with a smile of pride she would say: “It isn’t near as good as I can do; I didn’t have very good luck this time.” Of course this was just Mrs. Howland’s way of drawing further compliment; for if her product had reached any higher state of perfection it would have literally fallen to pieces, And the coffee! It was always better than at home; for it was newly made—even the most affluent families merely added to the meal-before grounds, and when coffee was finally made afresh, after a week or so, it was always referred to by the children as church social coffee. About the only item of these old time feasts that was “boughten” or of the “store” variety was the ice cream, and better in memory at least than that served today—but possibly it was the tin or pewter spoons with which it was eaten. All the good old ladies responsible for bringing the church social supper up to as high a state of perfection have either passed on or have taken to staying at home in enforced retirement by reason of accumulated years; but. for any of us younger feasts, and who live today in retrospection of it, is to indeed pay tribute to their efforts and memories. eee ee eer WITH THE EDITORS | BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA The new Bank of North Dakota has met its first crisis, and has been found wanting. The western part of the state is in a serious condition because of drouth. Banks in that sec- touted as the ideal institution to cure all ills. Now comes Director General Cathro with the frank admission that it cannot help materially, and asks the banks of the western section of the state to stay by their eastern correspondents, and to ask them for the financial assistance that the bank cannot give. True, this bank has control of millions of funds. But, they do not dare to withdraw local public funds in one community and send it to the drouth- stricken area. To do so would bring disaster to depositors. The Record opposed this bank because we could not see any advantage to be gained, and we could see unlimited danger for the people in the power handed to those in charge of the new political in- stitution Emmons County Record. “OLD UNS” COME BACK “Nick Carter” has come into his own again. The king of the “paperbacks” has made a record breaking return to popularity. About 18 months ago his sales began to mount steadily until the entire supply of “Nick Carter’. books was ex- hausted. His return to fame was unexpected. It was not the result of an advertising campaign, for the pub- lishers of the paperbound books do not advertise. They depend instead for the sale bf their books on the lists printed in the back pages of each vol- ume, And “Nick Carter” was not the only member of the “paperback” tribe to return. All the old favorites—Laura Jean Libby, Bertha M. Clay, Mrs. E. D, E. N. Southworth and Augusta J. Evans —have “come back” surprisingly. Five years ago everyone was will ing to pre- dict that the movies had killed the production of cheap books. Thrills could be absorbed more quickly from the screen than from the printed page—and the price was the same. Publishers of the paper books are uncertain whether their old reading. public has tired of the motion picture or whether a new class of readers has arisen. Of one thing they are certain, though, the demand for the 10 and 15 cent books has in- creased fourfold. If it were not for the increased cost of production these publishers would be reap- ing the harvest of their lives. Stores of American life—as seen by Bertha M. Clay and other writers of her class—and detective stories are most indemand. Fortune telling books and letter writers also have a large steady sale. “Dream” books were never so popular as they are today, their publishers say.—New York Sun. and they took pride in maintaining and even sur- | ALERT FOR By C. B. Everybody knows that during the past few years, thousands of people in Bismarck and vicinity, in fact, jn all parts of Burleigh county, have ‘been making good money. This com- munity is prosperous because it has worked hard and it has done its full share in cooperating with the govern- ment in the great work of winning the war. Our people. have subscribed very liberally for Liberty oonds and: vic- tory notes and are in a ‘better posi- tion to invest money than ever ibe- fore in their history: Nobody knows ' this ‘better than the get-rich-quick promoters who are ways hungering for the money or ovu- That is why they send their clever, smooth-tongued salesmen and try to persuade our people to invest in their “wonderful” stocks and bonds. | Unless we make a great mistake, most of these salesmen will be wast- ing their time ‘because’ our people through the purchase of Liberty bonds and through the acquaintance with their banks are far too wise to be caught by any sugar-coated bait. Yet a word of warning is not out of place because it is only human na- ture to believe what sounds good and what we would like to be true. It naturally is very nice to think that if we buy a few hundred dollars’ be that, in a few years’ time or less, those hundreds will grow into thous- ands or even better. The world is not made that way. Of course, every once in a while there is an excellent investment op- portunity and there are even cases of fabulous profits being made by a few lucky individuals, but the rareness of these fabulous profits is the reason why so much noise is made about them. For one persons who makes lots of money in a speculation, thous- ands lose and are never heard of. The man who “cleans: up” money on a deal boasts about it right and left and everybody hears‘about it, but the man who loses his money keeps it very quiet’ and nobody knows anything about it. 4 It is on this trait of human nature that the fake stock and bond sales- man builds his success, He will quote to you the wonderful:profits that have ‘been made in certain stocks like Bell Telephone or various rubber compan- ies. He can show you how a few hun- dreds invested in-some oil or mining company grew to thousands over night ‘but he never has a wrd to say about the millions of dollars that have; ‘been lost in countless speculations that sounded just as good as these others when they were first offered to their victims, In spite of every argument and of the fine language and promises that the stock salesman makes to you, don’t forget that we are living in the FRECKLES Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots. There’s no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othine—doudle strength—is guar- anteed to remove these homely spots. ‘Simply get an ounce of Othine— double strength——from any druggist and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a fbeautiful clear complexion. Be sure to ask for the double strength Othine as this is sold under “WARNING ISSUED TO KEEP ON FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919. THE BUSY BEES Dy Wa Soury S \1 Amie TRAN SP 1 A oui y" ——=s\ \SSY x J” <2 i) y ry f FAKE PROMOTERS LITTLE, President First National Bank of Bismarck ttt same old practical hard-working world where every man expects to get some- You yourself thing for his work. would not think of giving away your money without very good reasons. So why should you expect anone else to do this for you? If you discovered something on your property that had the possibility of making a fortune you would not go offering part of this money to strangers. If you needed some money for development work you would naturally go to your ibank and talk to your good friends and neighbors about it and you could eas- ily convince them that it was worth their while to invest. Then why should the promoters of these wonderful stocks and ‘bonds have to travel often thousands of miles away from their community to give you a chance to make big profits! Eeware especially of the man who tries to separate you from your lib- erty bonds or Victory notes by tell- ing you he has something just as safe that will bring you a much higher rate of interest. Liberty bonds should tbe kept, they are the best investment in the world and even though you could get higher interest in some oth- er securities the difference between what you are getting and what you could get represents not only abso- lute safety ‘but also a portion of your contribution towards hhelping the gov- ernment to win the war and a few dol- lars difference is a very small sacri- fice indeed compared with those sac: rifices of life and limb that have been made by brave men who fought in Eu- rope. It is your duty to America as well as 40 yourself to keep your Lif- erty bonds and not to allow the prom- EVERETT TRUE _ AHA tL FING NE REPSCAL WAS THS | you KNOW it is safe. ‘Berlin—Here is the tatest picture of the present German premier, whose task is to re-establish relations with the rest of the world. make you part with them. Remem- ber that in one hundred cases out of every one hundred a get-rich-quick scieme is really nothing more nor less than a get-poor-quick proposition. Don’t take chances. Don’t send your money chasing rainbows at the other end of the country. Keep it at home working for you and for the de velopment of your community where you can watch it working and where The good old proverb that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush is just as true o ONGRESS HAS PASSED AN EMPHATIC Repeac OF THE DAXUICHT SAVING. CAWs ises of get-rich-quick propositions to] today as it was in the days of Ben- RRR _BY CONDO STEN To THIS) y CARRIGD BY— —-—-~- i FOP VAIN YN! \AAAN guarantee of money. back if it fails to remove freckles, s DON'T READ ALOUD TO MG, HAT DIFFERENCE DOES tT MAKE TO You JONNSON!! you are‘a busy-man and that you have ‘) the ball, to say nothing of hold- \, ing it firmly. y RS. WOOLSEY MAKES GAIN OF 12 POUNDS Was In a Rundown Condition Be- cause of Eight Years Trouble— Praises Tanlac. “vanlac proved to be just what L needed, because it has not only giv- en me relief but has also built me up to where I have gained twelve pounds in weight,” said Mrs. N. L. Woolsey, of 1422 West Lake street, ‘Minneapolis, to a Tanlac represent- ative, recently. Mrs. Woolsey is well known in Minneapolis, where she has lived for eight years. “T suffered from a generally run down condition,” continued Mrs. “and was troubled this way for wbout eight years. I was so nerv- ous sometimes that I wasn’t able to get more than just a few hours sleep and felt so miseraYle at times that I would get out of bed and walk the floor to find some relief. .I simply had no appetite at all and it just seemed like everything I ate dis- agreed with me, soured on my stom- ach and bloated me up with gas and sometimes this gas would press so against my heart that I had trouble getting my breath. | fell off in weight and finally got so weak that 1 had to give up my work for a while. I had neuritis in my left shoulder and arm for many years so bad that it bothered me some every night aout the time I went to bed and many a night I just laid awake for hours suffering terrible pain in my shoulder and got up in the morning with an awful headache from the suf- fering and lack of rest. My feet used to swell so badly at times I could hardly stand on them to do my work and I seemed to ‘be troubled with my stomach all the time and although I tried many @ifferent things for my trouble, nothing seemed to help me a particle, “Then I read about Tanlac and what it was doing for others that seemed to se troubled like I was, so I bought some of it as soon as it appeared here in Minneapuolis, and I certainly began to feel ‘better by the time I had fin- ished the first bottle, so I kept on taking it and my strength came back to me and so did my appetite and my whole condition improved right along. I have a splendid appetite now and sleep good every night and all signs ' of neuritis have disappeared and I feel better and stronger in every way. I have not only gotten back the five pounds in weight that I lost but seven more pounds besides and I just think so much of Tanlac that I have already recommended it highly to many peo- ple.” Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jos. Breslow; in Driscoll by N. D. and J. H. Barrette and in Wing by F. P. Homan. Advt. ——————ooO—— jamin Franklin. ‘So when the pleas- ant salesman shows you his line of samples and bids you choose and be rich, refer him_to your banker and tell him that if... © *--~ ---- bank- er’s O. K. you will talk to him fur- ther about,,itvbut.until them, tell him \ other ways of making money, MUFFS FIRST FLY IN TWELVE YEARS Those fans who saw Larry Doyle set himself squarely un- der a pop fly from the bat of Casey Stengel in the first inning of a recent game between the Giants and Pirates, get the ball in his hands and allow it to slip through his clutching fingers to the ground, are hereby informed that they witnessed a very rare thing. To be specific, Doyle had not made an error of just that sort for twelve long years—that is, he‘had not muffed a fly ball under which he had time to set- tle himself for the catch. He blamed his recent defection on the fact that he had not yet fully recovered from the injury to his head, His head, he says, fairly swam as he scrambled backward to get under the looping pellet, Y: and he was so dizzy that he (¢, could barely get his hands on FOR ECTEMA TCH MO HORE Every eczema sufferer should know just how greatly Poslam is able to benefit this stubdorn trouble; how quickly it brings relief, stops itching, cools, soothes and comforts. To spread Poslam over an angry affected surface is to feel that here, in reality, is just the healing influence the skin demands. Treatment is usually sur- prisingly short and improvement no- ticed every day. Poslam is harm- less. Use it for pimples, rashes and all eruptional disorders. Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency Laboratories, 243 West 47th Street, New York City. Urge your skin to become clearer, healthier by the daily use of Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam. 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