The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 21, 1920, Page 4

i PAGE FOUR BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1920 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. : GEORGE D. MANN : - . . Editor Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Kresge Bldg. Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK = : - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited to, it or not otherwise £ ed 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....... a $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarel ~ 720 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) GEE IN THE FUTURE “The worst is yet to come.” They’ve been saying that a long, long while now. And the prediction has, made good, time and again. Probably, then, it is a mistake to suppose that “the worst has arrived” in the shape of a fashion note from Paris—“Velvet knickerbockers for men.” It may be entirely possible for Parisian gar- ment architects to design something funnier than a pair of velvet knickers for grownup men, and doubtless, having perpetrated the knickers they may be encouraged to greater effort. Bear that in mind when first you gaze upon the city’s lead- ing banker, or the mayor, or the judge prancing down to his daily toil clad in nifty knickerbockers of baby blue velvet. The worst will be on its way, and that worst will merely pave the path for still another “worst.” For the worst.has the habit of always being “yet to come.” LUXURIES—TEETH! France has prohibited the importation of arti- ficial teeth upon the ground that they are lux- uries. This seriously hits an infant American indus- try, for since the war began the making of arti- ficial teeth has grown by leaps and bounds in the United States. Before the war Germany was the largest manufacturer. Naturally France, debt-ridden as she is, should resort to desperate economy to regain her credit standing. But when she plans upon getting along without “store teeth” in mouths unoccupied by the home-grown variety, France errs. Teeth are necessary to the proper eating of food, to the welfare of the physical body, and to health. The best teeth, of course, are those that grow in one’s own gums; the next best are “store teeth.” Neither variety may be classed as a lux- ury. But if either are to be labelled “luxuries,” surely it cannot be that step-child of nature, the artificial tooth; ask anybody just ‘learning to -grind food between what France calls “luxuries.” @ “PAY THE MEN” The small wage increase granted at last by congress to mail carriers may, perhaps, save the service from’ ruin. : It took a long time for the patient mail carriers to convince some statesmen that their incomes were not meeting their out-gos. A postal system is the life of a nation as big - ag the United States, just as much as a rail sys- tem is. And it is buil€ entirely upon confidence. When one places a letter in a mail box, from no matter where, he feels, he knows, that the letter will be placed in the hands-of the one to whom it is addressed, be that in California, Florida, Can- ada, or the jungles of Africa. He places his entire confidence in the postal employes of the nation to deliver the letter. This trust cannot afford to totter. “Pay the men a living wage,” was the slogan. Thousands of dollars were spent in awakening congress—not by the employes, for they had not the thousands to spend—but by the business ele- ment of the nation, who foresaw in the weaken- ing of the postal system, through employment of unsatisfactory men, real business calamity. THE GREATEST BARGAIN In a time when prices are soaring out of reach, it is fitting, nay, even a pleasure, to call attention| to the fact that April 30 marks: the 117th anni- versary of the day the United States bought a vast empire from France for only $15,000,000. This comprises what is now the states of Louisi- ana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma and the largest parts of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. ; : The greatest bargain in history was called the Louisiana Purchase and was negotiated in the ad- ministration of President Jefferson and in the reign of the first Napolcon. The purchase more than doubled the area ‘of the United States, but nevertheless, there were a considerable number of Americans who suspect- ed Napoleon of profiteering and denounced Jef- ferson as an easy mark. In fact, there was insti- tuted among the New England states a definite Movement of secession in protest against the pur- chase. Jefferson himself was not without misgivings. for $15,000,000 was a large amount of money in those days and the territory dpcluded in the pur- chase was then,a.vast wilderness. with a popula- tion of but. 40,000 The land had been ceded by Spain to Napoleon who planned to erect a great colonial empire, but he found himself obliged to sell out when pressed for: ready. money to carry on his wars against England and her allies. Some historians say that, besides the Revolu- tion and the Civil war, the Louisiana Purchase is the greatest fact in American history. But there can be no doubt that it is the most profitable in- vestment ever made by any nation, for the taxa- ble wealth of the territory included in the pur- chase now is about 600 times the $15,000,000 the United States paid for the land. | DAD KNOWS How often have you heard a young fellow re- mark that “Dad always seems to know what’s best in the business world for me. I go on his tips sometimes—even against my own hunches —and they usually pan.out pretty good.” ‘ What’s the answer? Maybe it’s simply this: ; A dad is likely to know his own son from the point of what the boy will best fit in—he should know his son’s ways and habits and general make- up. Consequently a dad is likely to advise from that standpoint. The son has little youthful desires—maybe he likes a certain city; maybe he knows the bunch in a certain business establishment; maybe he wants to be located near her. And he’s likely—in youth days—to let that in- fluence him. Dad would have you where he thinks you ought to be. You may pick the place where you think you’d like to be. ‘ Europe’s theory is that a Good Samaritan al- ways has something up his sleeve. Italy has no coal mines, but while there is d’Annunzio there is hope. I hate to see a thing done by halves; if it be right, do it boldly; if it be wrong, leave it undone. —Gilpin. A happy man is one who hasn’t been inoculated with the fool notion that his lot is harder than his neighbors’. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column or may not express the opinions of The Tribune. T! are pre- sented here in order vhat our readers may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed im the press of the day. THE FARMER'S POSITION The farmers of Minnesota have every right in the world to get together for united political ac- tion as well as economic action. They can agree to vote together, just as they can agree to co-op- erate in selling their wheat or their potatoes. If they have grievances, they are fully justified in uniting to have them redressed. If they have | confidence in various projects to alleviate their troubles, no one can rightly blame them for push- ing such projects. i. The farmers who have joined the Nonpartisan league are clearly within their rights in under- taking a political and economic organization.. But they ought to run it themselves in real American fashion. They ought to throw out the little ring of so- cialists who are bossing the league and giving them orders without any financial accounting. There is a tremendous income from the farm- ers’ fund. Who gets the money? Take the mon- ey away and would there be a Nonpartisan league? They ought to have each a full voice in the man- agement and policy. of the league, instead of de- livering themselves over bound hand and foot to the Socialist Townley, the Socialist Lemke, the Socialist Le Seuer and the other socialistts, na- tive-and imported, that are now living off them. The farmers of North Dakota are beginning to wake up. There is a big revolt on inside the league. Under Langer and Kositzky and other league independents, they are moving to take over the control from the socialist bosses. When they learn, for example, that the Townley machine has imported no less than.a hundred and two social- ists from other states, to whom have been given public jobs and a good living at the expense of the state’of North Dakota, they are rising in re- bellion against socialist control of what might be a legitimate and: useful farmers’ organization. The farmers of Minnesota, like those of North Dakota; are fully capable of managing their own organizations, But the socialists who have seized upon the control are crafty men. They are making certain that the farmer mem- bers do not learn the truth. They guard these members from all contact with the truth by in- sisting that they read none but carefully edited organs of the league. * These organs shout “kept press” at the really independent newspapers, and, being “kept” thefn- selves, carefully suppress or color all news. Thus the league farmer who obeys orders reads nothing but what his socialist officials want him to read. He is fooled to the top of his bent by his socialist bosses. The league farmers of Minnesota should lose no time in taking over the control of their own organization. They should lose no time in repudiating the candidates picked out for them in little star cham- ber sessions dominated by these socialist bosses —with only one farmer on the whole state ticket. —Minneapolis Journal. cy '® / L } =o STED RIGHT UP AND SEE ME\E \HI-I2AM THE KUNAN Dir) WA [CUSHION = HE'LL STAND FoR WY HORTIM A BIT! ADIES AND GENTLEME NYTHING AND IT puceatt GOOD BISHOP LEMKE FAILED T0 TAKE BIG SUM OF MONEY FROM TREASURY FOR * The following open letter has been. directed to William Lemke, “Bishop of the Nonpartisan league” by F. E. Packard, assistant attorney general: “In-my recent statement, my dear Bishop, I cautioned you that in an- swering my series of questions that! for your own well-being in your dio- cese of North Dakota, you ought to an- swer truthfully. But you failed to heed the warning and the following tale gleaned from the records of the Cass County district court and. of the Supreme Court. of the State indicates your regard for the truth and your clumsy method of circumventing it. Among other things I inquired of you how you reconciled your pose as an unpaid reformer with your attempt to loot the treasury of the State of North Dakota for sitting at a table and look- ing wise in the famous’ Society of Equity suit. You replied that you never received a cent from the state in that case. Quite true, my dear Bishop, but it wasn’t because you did not try. “If you will refresh your memory, Bishop, you will doubtless recall that the ‘late attorney general, Henry J. Linde, started an action in the district court of Cass County to cancel the charter of the Equity Co-operative Ex- change, a North Dakota corporation. You and your partner, Mr. Justice Robinson, among others were retained ag counsel for the Equity Co-operative Exchange, and doubtless you received a stipend commensurate with your own estimation of your ability, from them, since you were close in at that time with that organization. You will further recall that before the-case was | finally submitted a stiuplation was en- tered into between General Linde and M. D. Munn, the real counsel for the | defendant, whereby the action was dismissed. Remember Hair “You will doubtless further recall, my dear Bishop, that this stipulation was entered into om the 24th day of ‘May, 1916, and the judgment of dis- missal was filed on the 4th day of August, 1916, and that no reference was made. either in the stitpulation or the judgment of dismissal, to the tax- ation of costs against the State and in favor of the defendant company. This was fully eight months. hefore Gen- eral Linde completed his term and General Langer assumed the office of Attorney General. ‘You may have-forgotten, Bishop, but the records show that late in Novem- ber, 1917, eleven months, after General Langer assumed the duties of his of- fice, and sixteen months after the case was dismissed, motion was made in the Cass County district court by yourself for judgment.and'the taxation of costs and disbursements in favor of the Exchange and against the State. This notice bore no signature but your own, making it very plain that the other attempts in the case were not a party to your attempted loot of the treasury, and, that you alone asked the state to disburse to yourself and your associates and in court costs the mod- est sum of $6,365.94: ‘Surt and Angry “Do you think, my dear Bishop, that this a considerable amount of money to load upon the tax payers of the State. I recall very well that you were exceedingly surprised and some- what angry that General Langer re- sisted your little scheme. When you d that, although you had waited until you felt sure that the matter had been forgotten, by the public and that there was apt to be some unpleasant publicity in connection with this bare faced looting, just before the day set for the argument before Judge Cole, you reduced the fees to the modest sum of $2,465.94. “Judge Cole appeared to look upon even this modest sum ‘as an unusual and not to say an outrageous perform- ance, and denied your motion. Doubt- less, feeling sure, my dear Bishop, that your former partner and other political intimates on the Supreme bench would take your view that ‘the constitution and statutes availed lit- tle between friends’ you appealed to the Supreme Court of the State. This attempted looting, my dear Bishop, was too much even for your Supreme ‘LEGAL SERVICES” decision, and although the reasoning of the Supreme Court was unquestion- ed and no sane lawyer could doubt the soundness of their attitude, in a great huff you asked for a rehearing, which was promptly denied. Let Him Reply “And so my dear Bishop, you did not, as a matter of fact, get a cent from-the state. I am sure that you were under no delusion at the time as to why‘you did mot receive a cent from the state—had not General Langer re- sisted you, you. would have gotten away with the six thousand dollars: of loot. To be real honest, my dear Bishop, was not this your first real greviance against William Langer. “Now, my dear Bishop if you are not satisfied with this I think perhaps the independent newspapers of the State can be pursuaded to print enough of the court records to show that you were, to be charitable, careless with the truth whén you tried to create the impression that you had not at- tempted to loot the state in this par- ticular and at this particular time.” F, E. PACKARD. EVELYN THAW IN NEW COURT CASE New York, June 21—Mrs, Evelyn ‘Nesbit Thaw Montagni again is in the vorce courts.. She has begun a counter suit agains: her husband, Vir- gil James Montagni, better known on the stage as Jack Clifford. She named {we correspondents. Both are well known movie girls. Miss Nesbit said one of the correpsondents now is at the Clifford summer camp at Merri!l, the Adirondacks. Miss ‘Nesbit weut there last week to Jook after property interests. TOWNLEYY DURN IT: ICAN'T STAND THIS ANY LONGER-Im GOING TD QUIT AND PUT THE SKOW ON THE BUM! $e Court and they sustained, much to} ‘your evident chagrin, the district court 1 r As GIREUS ORDER oRE TAY, B0S$_ AND WE'LL STIcic RIN Goop! aS HEALTH ADVICE i | BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be An- swered if Sent to Information Bureau, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. a —% HOOKWORM DISEASE Hookworm disease has been pre- valent in the southern states since the slaves were brought over froi Africa. In many sections of the south -hookworm infections jis still quite prevalent. Hookworm disease is contracted through the skin, and is usually due to walking barefoot in soil that has been polluted’ .with human filth. The ‘first symptoms: of the disease are what is known “ground itch.” Later on the patient becomes very anaemic and weak through the constant los of blood, and appears to be lazy. Insanitary privies..and_ especially the lack of privies are the agencies through which hookworm disease is spread, Hookworms are small worms that vary from one-eighth to one-half inch in length and are about: the size of No. 8 sewing thread. These worms after gaining’ access to the ‘body j through the skin, find their way to the intestines, where they attach themselves and’ draw about a drop of blood a day, inject a small amount of poison, and Jay eggs. The life of a hookworm varies from 8 to [5 years: Hookworm disease can be prevent: ed by the following means: 1, The use of shoes in rainy weath- er, thus preventing the damp soil from sticking to the feet of children who may be barefooted. 2. The construction and use of sanitary privies, thus preventing pol- lution of the soil with hookworm. 3. Treatment and cure of all sus- pected or known cases. Hookworm is one of the easiest diseases known to cure. Any physi- cian can administer the proper medi- cation. A machine has been invented which can dig up 50,000 trees a day. FOR ieiT DID, WouLcD CGASE IT’S Too BAD THE GATING OF ONIONS DOESN'T STRENGTHEN THE INTELLECT, Ta0, THEIR INDULGGnce fiz NEVER MISSES ‘A DAY FROM WORK NOW, SAYS BROWN “Yes s'r, it was nearly a year ago that Tanlac restored be to compleic health, and today J, am: still feeling just as fine as ever,” was the’ state- ment made recently by Fred Brown, 606 Sixth St., ‘Minneapolis, Minn. “For four years before I commenced taking Tanlac,” he continued, “I knew what it meant to suffer with rheumat- ism, nervousness and a run-down con- dition. I had severe pains in my joints that would last anywhere: from three days to a week at a time, and my joints would get stiff, I -could hardly move without being in agony. When these spells came on I could not do a lick of work and would have to lay off and hire another man in my place. I was extremely nervous, foten had dizzy headaches and be- came very weak and rundown. “I was unable to work when I be- gan to read about Tanlac, and I saw where so many people were taking it with fine results I knew I could make no Mistake by trying it. I used three bottles before I got any better, but when my relief once started in- side of four days 1 was able to so back to work feeling like a new man. This was ten months ago and ever since then I have been in perfect health and have not missed a single day from my work. I have not had a touch of rheumatism or nervous- ness since, in fact, I have not suffer- ed in any’ way. I am as sound as a dollar and feel strong and healthy just like a man ought to feel, and I give Tanlac credit for jit all.” Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jos. Breslow, in Driscoll by N. D. and H. Barrette, in Wing by H. P. Ho- man, and in Strausburg. by Straus- burg Drug Co. —advt * PEOPLE'S FORUM | ms oy GETS BIG RECEPTION. Editor Tribune: paper, the 18th I noticed in your paper of the 18th where you state about the trip of Mr. Langer up to Ashley, you mention the four hundred people waiting for him. The real thing was that, there were about two thousand people waiting for him until 8:30 in the evening, when a.terrible storm and rain came up, and the most of them left for home, and at the meeting we still had about four hundred people. ie Mr. Langer was to speak at Ashley at 8 o'clock in the evening and did not arrive until 11 o’clock. He plowed through rain and mud from Wishek and arrived at Ashley at 11 o'clock in- stead of 8 o’clock in the evening. Senator Kretchmayer of Venturia first introduced Judge Lauder, who spoke for a while, then he introduced Attorney General Langer, who spoke until he had his say out, and that was at 1:30 o'clock in the morning and not one of the crowd left. They all stayed and enjoyed his speech to the finish and I think if it would have lasted all night no one would have gone home. Respectfully yours, A. READER. ' SUCHISLIFE | 3 On one side of the road was 2. library, stocked from basement to attic with books, good books, know- ledge-containing books. ‘And great crowds’of human be- ings walked by. , A few of them turned into the library doors. Fewer still set themselves to the task of culling the priceless gems from out of their printed pages. But the great majority went on their way. - Some indeed spoke of the buildings called it “grand,” and “beautiful,” and “magnificent.” But most of them didn’t sce it at all. On the other side of the road, a bit farther away, was a great circus tent. From within came the roar of animals, the yelling of crowds, and the shrill cry of the peanut vendor. “Step right up this way and secure your tickets, one dollar only!” And there was a mad rush to ex- change dollars for bitsof paste boards. And a wilder rush to press through the openirig of the tent. Thousands of human beings piled high around three. rings as dumb animals leaped, clowns danced, and gymnasts performed feats of daring. “Some show!” came from thou-- sands of lips as human being hustled for the owl cars. Maybe the fault lies in this: They charge no admission at the library door; they do charge at the circus tent. Or this: The library leads to the higher plane of knowledge; the circus takes one to the level where the less one knows the better he likes the show. JUST JOKING 27 High Gost of Labor Customer — What? Two thousand marks for the frame? ‘That is dearer than the picture.” Art Dealer—Yes, but the frame was made by a trade union workman and the picture was painted by a mere -artist—Jugend, Munich. > % e e Easier to Seduce “Any old-fasihoned. horse thieves around Crimson Gulch? asked the visitor in quest of adventure. “No,” replied Cactus Joe. “The hoss thieves have all gone east an’ took to stealin’ automobiles, which is less risky and more. remuncrative.” — Washington Star. The Chauffeur’s Viewpoint “So you find pedestrians very care- less?” “They're the limit. The last fellow I ran over ruined one of my tires. He must have been carrying a package of tacks in his pocket.” — Browning's Magazine. e NEW GERMAN HORROR Berlin, June 21.—Sixteen conversa- tions at the same time on one tele- phone wire! The postal afministra- tion has ordered 250 sets of this new telephone “horror.” Canada expects to spend: $50,000,- 000 for good roads in the next five years, s ot be