The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1920, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - - : . Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY 0 DETROIT 3 Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH ! is : - Fifth Ave. Bldg. 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 algo reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck).. Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota............ 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Se NO CRAMMING PARTIES | Bismarck schools in line with modern educa- tional development have abolished the final ex- amination as the supreme test of a scholar’s abil- ity. The Tribune recently discussed the futility of this yardstick as a measure of the brain power. It is the daily and weekly standing and finally the monthly averages that show whether a stu- dent is getting the most and the best out of the curriculum. Monthly tests nave their place and of course the examination should not be dispensed with wholly, but to make it the be all and end all at the conclusion of a term, is a barbarism which fortunately obtains in few enlightened centers today. Editor FRUGALITY IN FASHION The significant thing about the overall club is that it did not originate as a gesture of protest from the radically discontented. On the contrary, the fact that business men, professional men and public officials first took it up is frank enough admission, from a conserva- tive source, that prices are more than oppressive. The overall movement recognizes the existence of: predatory profit-taking and wicked extravagance. Fashion is a whimsical tyrant, and how far the great cenim crusade will extend hardly can be foreseen. The University Club of Chicago announces that, within its exclusive confines, white collars and hard or soft-boiled shirts will be displaced by blue chambray. i That means one more influential group pub- licly renouncing’ needless expenditure—in one di- rection, at least. : It has for long been the American fashion to spend lavishly. : Profiteering thrives on prodigality. Such boy- cotts as overall clubs establish, if applied in other fields, presently would have startling results in reducing the blight of extravagance. If undisciplined spending once became “bad form,” a painful problem would be more than half solved. 4 THE NEXT STEP Zoning is the next logical step in the develop- ment of all American cities—that is, in those which do not already have zoning legislation. Zoning would designate residential, manufac- turing, and business districts. It would regulate the height of buildings. —| popular government. imitation. But imitation must be easy. The thought must be easily grasped. That’s why ideas which seem strange win little support, and those who present them are said to be “in advance of their times.” F Prestige, the fourth influence, is sometimes personal, sometimes acquired. Many classic books have such prestige. They are thought to be fine, even by persons who, if they attempted to read them in this day, would be bored. The moment the merit of a person or idea seems ques- tionable the prestige i¢ lost. Many have used all this as an argument against That argument is false. For the political convictions of the most highly educated are farmed in exactly the same way as the convictions of the uneducated, says Le Bon. BLIND ALLEYS Only a few weeks are left of the school year,| so that the time is at hand when parents of boys who are about to go to work must ask themselves: “What sort of occupation shall my boy take up?” In the past too many boys have been permitted fo go into “blind alley jobs” that lead nowhere. And thousands have remained in these blind al-| leys, hunting in vain for a way out—economic drifters, untrained for any job in particular; round pegs in square holes. In these times especially, when good wages are BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920 HAT the New England town meeting was to the begin- ning of representative gov- ernment in the United States, so is being offered to boys, the temptation is for boys to snap up those jobs that have the large immedi- ate money value rather than those that offer the best future. Parents should consider whether it is better that their boy should take the job that offers an immediate living, or the job that offers what is far more valuable; training for a useful and pro- ductive life. : The best job is not the one out of which the boy can make “good money” at once, but the one out of which he can make his LIFE, as well as his livelihood, for the future. Before permitting a ‘boy to take one of the many jobs that now can be had for the asking, the parent should ask: Is this a blind alley job or one that is on the broad highway leading to per- manent success ? : The next act after licking Turkey is to lick the platter. Many of those overalls are lapped about $20 silk shirts. One looks much better in overalls than in a divorce suit. A war isn’t really ended until the army of clerks is demobilized. Territorial integrity will care for itself when there is integrity of governments. Europe could earn. America’s sympathy fully as well by doing more to earn her own bread. You can say one thing for de Valera. When it! comes to leading a revolution he believes in safety first. One is at liberty to suspect that Uncle Sam’s foreign policy was decided by means of a ouija board. There are places where one can spend a nickel Under zoning, one who builds a $6,000 dwelling | Without adding a war tax. There’s the collection would not find his investment depreciated 50 per cent because a garage or factory, or tenement, house of poor type has been erected nearby, or next door. asket, Even if Wilson should keep congress in session this summer it will probably pass more buck than Another thing found over and over again in| egislation. American cities that would be made impossible is the close bunching of say, a dry cleaning es- tablishment, a private dwelling, an immense flat building, and a couple of stores. New York about three years ago passed the first local zoning ordinance in the country, <A few other cities quickly followed. But the ma- jority of cities of consequence have not yet done so. Renewed efforts to convince all elements of communities that zoning is beneficial and health- ful—outside of the stabilization it brings to real estate—will be made as a result of the National City Planning Conference, recently held at Cin- cinnati. Zoning means protection to the small home eg the big industry, and the future of the city. BRAIN CHANNELS Let two men engage in a political argument. Seldom is. either convinced. On the contrary. Each goes away more than ever certain that he, himself, is right. Women consider such arguing a weakness of rites Their belief that it is futile is correct. Why is is so is explained by the Fren i Gustave Le Bon, — ee He says the convictions of an electorate are not created by, reasoning or argument. But by four other methods. These are: ‘Affirmation, Repe- tition, Contagion, Prestige. One Person, simply by affirming his opinion does influence another. The simpler and more concise his declaration the greater its influence. Repetition of an opinion on many occasions makes it more convincing. This is well known to all experienced writers of advertisements. A person tends to be convinced by the fact that many about him hold an opinion. It is a form of There are many ways to relieve the paper short- age. Trotzky drafted Russia’s poets to make a batallion. The food situation in Europe could be im- proved by sending over a cargo of hemp neckties for profiteers. It is reported that the former kaiser is a poor man. Evidently the wood sawyers in Holland are not organized. ’ Marylanders are praying to keep taxes from going higher, the theory being that praying will prevent preying. One who finds life dull when deprived of some- thing with a kick in it might get a job serving England in Ireland. And so the Prince of Wales was captivated by a humble shop girl of the Canal Zone. But why “humble” shop girl? Why doesn’t the navy investigate congress and give statesmen a chance to brag about how well they did their part? Germany can’t resume her manufacturing busi- ness while so much of her energy is used in the making of excuses. The secretary of labor says the country will have three years of plenty. If he means three like this, the country already has a plenty. The outlaw strikers will not be heard by the labor board. But they will be felt by the entire country for some time to come. the panchayat to ancient and mod- ern India) The figure panch, or five, is sacred in India. “There is God in the panch,” runs an old indu proverb. Originally each ittle village had its panchayat, or board of five, which met under the hheadman, . The matters the panchayat dis- leusses in the cool evenings under ithe banyan tree of the village are fthose of public welfare such as ‘education, poor relief, watch and ward, the repair of irrigation ‘ditches and the administration of justice. Sometimes the case is a knotty ‘ons and three successive nights, until the dawn calls to prayer and + ~ | PEOPLE'S FORUM | ee CATHRO SPEAKS Bismarck, N. D., May 5, 1920. The Editor, The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, North Dakota Dear Sir: Pursuant to your apparent estab- lished policy of discrediting every- thing that is being done by The Bank of North Dakota, you have, in your issue of the 4th instant, perverted and distorted the facts in regard to the! payment of the Golden Valley county bonds. ‘ It: is absolutely immaterial to The! ‘Bank of ‘North Dakota, so‘ far as the Bank itself is concerned, as to whether Golden Valley county pays or! does not pay-its bonds. It is’a well- known ‘fact, however, that all banks are charged with knowledge of the law relative to the payment of trust funds and, for that reason, any bank in North Dakota must know if any sink- ing funds in its possession are applied to the particular bonds for-which the taxes creating such fund were levied and The Bank of North Dakota is in no different position than any other} bank in that’ respect. It requires treasurers to notify the Bank of the particular bonds that they are under- taking to pay. Furthermore, Section 184 of the Constitution of North Da- kota reads as follows: “Any city, county, township, town, school district, or any other political subdivision incurring in- debtedness shall, at or before the time of so doing, provide for the collection of an annual tax suffici- ent to pay the interest and also the principal thereof when due, and all laws or ordinances provid- ing for the payment of the interest or principal of any debt shall be irrepealable tintil such debt shall be paid.” When The Bank of North marae | has learned that the sinking funds de- posited with it has been applied to the payment of the proper bonds for which the sinking fund was levied, its re- sponsibility ceases in that respect. As to the situation in Golden Valley county, the whole question resolves itself into a question of judgment. whether it is better, in a year like this, to pay off bonds owned outside the State and not yet due, if, thereby, money for such payment has to be withdrawn from circulation in Golden Valley county. In a normal year, it would undoubtedly be commendable to pay off the bonds before they be: come due and thereby save some in- terest, but it is questionable if such procedure in an abnormal year like this is commendable. Furthermore, if such money hereto- fore kept on deposit by The Bank of North Dakota in banks in Golden Val- ley county, instead of being withdrawn. for the purpose of paying bonds, could be left in such banks for the balance of this crop year, those banks “DANDERINE” Stops Hair Coming Out; Doubles Its Beauty. A few cents buys an application of * not find a fallen hair or any dandruff, besides every hair shows new life, vigor, brightness, more color and thick- work, are devoted to threshing out the problem. In modern: times the village council often has a mem- bership of ten or a dozen, includ- ing the headman, accountant, watchman, boundryman, superin- tendent of the tanks and water- ditches (an irnportant post in arid India) the priest, the schoolmaster, astrologer, carpenter, blacksmith, barber and cowkeeper. All these meimbers perform their duties for the village as a whole. A survey of India made by the Interchurch World | Movement shows that this form of local gov- ernment, which lost much of its power with the coming of the Brit- ish, is returning’ to vogue as @ democratic form of local self-gov- ernment. It is through the pan- chayat that the Interchurch, in would receive that money at four per! cent and could profitably loan it to; farmers or others in Golden Valley county at six per cenf with very ma- terial benefit to the residents and tax- payers of Golden Valley county, many of whom are unable to buy seed and feed for this year's crop, or could buy school warrants at seven per cent. The Bank of North Dakota is not un- dertaking to dictate to the people of Golden Valley county as to what they should do with their money. That concerns merely Golden Valley county. The sole interest of The Bank of Nortn Dakota is to further the financial in- terests of the people throughout the State and to properly execute its trust as a depository of public funds. How- ever, if its advice were asked, it would say, “Use every reasonable effort to retain as much money im the county, through legitimate means, as can prop- erly be used in the county this year.” The above unselfish motives seem to be foreign to the mind of the editor of the Tribune. The Bank of North Dakota is nei- ther injured nor benefitted by the tion of Golden, Valley county officials which results only in the withdrawal of $70,000 from banks in Golden Val- ley county, except as such action thereby prevents the obtaining of money for seed and feed for Golden Valley county to that extent. It might be well in this connection to state that on account of garbled ‘and distorted interviews with myself heretofore published in the Tribune, I have refused to give any verbal in- terview to the Tribune. Very truly yours, F. W. CATHRO. EDITOR’S NOTE:—The story to which Mr. Cathro s exception was printed in The Tribune exactly as it appeared in the Beach Advance with proper credit being given to that pa- per so that our readers were fully aware of the source of the article. Mr. Cathro mistakes the policy of The Tribune. It intends to tell the truth of Most Ancient “Town Meeting’’ in World Still Runs Community Affairs in India Far frém Britain’s Houses of Parliament Members Squat on Ground and Solve Villages’ Problems : of Public Works, Poor Relief and Administration of Justice.— “Debates” Sometimes Last Three Days. which are co-operating the evan- gelical group of America’s Prot- estant churches, will have to work largely in its program’ of educa- tional, hygienic and other pro- gressive endeavor for India. The training of native workers is to be a feature of the Inter- church Movement’s mission work, and it is through such typically native institutions that the world’s people are to be aproached. Mod- ern civilization must present its case before the native leaders of every land, And when the pan chayat decides that pipe lines and a gasoline engine are better than ditches, and that churches and schools are better investments than an ignorant population with no moral sense, the missionary will make psogress, ‘ Mr. Cathro’s administration of the bank’s business. Furthermore inform- ation which The Tribune has been able to glean about the bank's affairs to a great extent come through the Nonpartisan league newspapers, Mr. Cathro being very reticent about fur- nishing The Tribune any news, out- side of his personal propaganda. JUST JOKING HARRASSED “Doc, you must do something about this red nose of mine,” “Tt isn’t serious. For 10 years you haven't been bothered.” “I know, But now my friends are worrying ‘me to death. Think I’ve got a secret stock.”—Judge. ray | os * STRICKEN DUMB “So you brought back one of those little Parisiennes! .Does she speak English?” “Oh, yes! But shes got rheumat- ism .in her shoulders today.”—-Home Sector. ‘ IT DIDN’T WORK Bacon——Did you ever hear of touch- ing a hunchback for luck? bert—Oh, yes. er try it?” : “Sure. J ‘touched’ one today, but he wouldn't Jend me’a cent.—Yonkers Statesman, IN FIRE STATIONS Pittsburg—Families who must move to smaller houses and who can't pay storage charges on furnishings may store them in fire stations here. City council granted permission, All drinking water snould be boiled until further notice. C. E. STACKHOUSE, Health Officer Drive for New | R.B. Griffith, Grand Forks Banker, To Lead State Forces In Campaign from (April 25 to May 2 A 7 North Dakota Baptists are mar- shalling their full strength to raise $200,000, the state’s quota of the $100,000,000 fund Northern Baptists seek to secure between April 25 and May 2 for “enlarged Christianity.” !_R. B. Griffith, a. prominent mer- chant in Grand Forks with banking, - packing and traction interests in ad- dition to his department ‘store, is heading the organization within the state. Mr. Griffith has been promi- nent for years in Baptist affairs, hav- ing served on the Foreign Mission Board and as a member of the execu- tive committee of the Northern Bap- tist Convention. For ten years he has been president of the North Dakota Baptist Convention. The ‘campaign machine he is forming will extend into each local church, where teams will be organized along the lines of the community teams in the war work drives. Christian Americanization among ;the foreign-born in the United States, ‘expansion of religious and general edu- ‘eational institutions supported by the denomination, increased salaries and ‘aries, and greatly enlarged foreign ness. ‘mmission work are among the announced pensions for ministers and. mission- aims of the New World Movement of North Dakota Accepts Quota of $200,000 In Northern Baptist World Movement R Griffith Northern Baptists, and will be fur. thered by the fund. Dr. John Y, Aitchison, who heads the entire movement with headquar- ters in New York, holds that “Chris- tianity faces as great a crisis to da! as the United States did in April, 1917.” “We are going forward,” Dr. Aitchison said in a recent interview, “on the theory that the denomination or the church or the man who hangs back in these days of reconstruction .or destruction is what President Roosevelt would have called ‘a pussy- footer of the deepest dye.’ There is no solution for the world’s ills but strate ht from: the-stouldet, unmodi« -fied Christianity.” : FRECKLES ‘| Don’t’ Hide Them With a Veil; Remove Them With Othine —Double Strength This preparation for the removal of freckles is usually so successful in removing freckles ana giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it is sold under guarantee to refund the money if it fails. Don't hide your freckles under a vail; get an ounce of Othine and re- move them. Even the’first few appli- cations should show a wonderful im- provement, some of the lighter freck- les vanishing entirely. Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine; it is this that is sold on the money-back guar- | antee. “e HEALTH ADVICE — BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be An- swered if Sent to Information Bureau, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. 7 oe ae ee ©. Temperature Q. Would 98.8 degrees be consider- ed a temperature? Would 98.2 de- grees be subnormal 1 have heard that temperature in a well person may vary that much. What is the treatment for nerve exhaustion? Does | drinking much cold water lower the temperature? A. A temperature 6f 9'.8 degrees would not necessarily be considered a symptom of fever, nor would 98,2 degrees necessarily be considered sub- normal. Other symptoms would have to be taken into account, and so also would the regular daily fluctuations in temperature which are observed in practically all normal persons. This bureau cannot undertake to outline the treatment for nerve exhaustion, though rest, good food. fresh air and right living generally, are important factors. The drinking of cold water j does not lower the body temperature, for there is a mechanism whereby the temperature is kept practically constant.. Infection Q. Will you kindly inform me wheth- er there is any danger for a person who is well, but delicate, in sleeping ‘ with one who has tuberculosis of tie hip bone, and on whose hip there are open and often running sores, the i serum from which, in spite of care- ful dressing, often gets on the bed clothes and linen? A. There may be a certain amount of danger for a delicate individual sleeping with one who has a tubereu- lous hip with discharging sinus, as the fingérs of the patient's companion may become ‘contaminated and carry infection to the body. Gall Stones Q. Is there any cure for gall stones, except by operation?. Can medicine dissolve the ‘gall ‘stones? A. Medicines are oz avail, but not all cases of gall stones require immediate operation. The condition sometimes exists for years, however, giving rise to serious symptoms. The condition is one that aemands the attention of a good physician or sur- geon. Try Fasting Q. I have had a bad diarrhea for a long time. I have tried everything I know, but it does not stop. Please remedy. I am a young man, 19 years, A. If the diarrhea has already per- sisted for so long a time, despite treatment, it is possible that there is some serious underlying cause. By all means stop doctoring yourself and consut a good physician at once. ‘Meantime stop eating for 24 hours, taking only a little boiled water to quench your thirst. Brittle Enamel Q. What causes brittle enamel of the teeth? A, ‘There are many causes of brittle enamel of the teeth. The most com- mon are: A severe systemic disease duriny the growth and eruption of teeth between the ages of 3 to 6. A lowered resistance of the vitality of the patient, causing a lack of the in- organic element of the tooth structure. DAVIS FAVORITE FOR PRESIDENCY London—Nominations for the presi- dency of the United States made at the American Officers’ Club are, in order of votes received: John W. Davis, U, S. ambassador in London; Herbert Hoover; General Pershing, Robert Lansing, William H. Taft. | BELGIAN “ING GIVEN ISLAND Geneva—The island of Comacina, in Lake Como, has been bequeathed by | Caprani, the Italian millionaire, who died recently at Bellagio, to King Albert of Belgium in tribute to his war services. Tourists have never been permitted to invade this island. MOTHER! “California Syrup of Figs” Child’s Best Laxative Accept “California” Syrup of Figs only ok for the name California on the pu then you are sure your | child ing the best and most | harmless for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children Jove its fruity taste. Full direetions on each bottle. 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