The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1921, Page 4

TRIBUNE & ND, we Second _ [Minvered at the- Postuifice, Bisn:s Editor | (GWORGE D.MANN. - > - ata Foreign Re tatives “antago LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY | Maquette Bidg, me PAYNE, BUENS Assesatad Press la exclusively enitid tothe uae The “Qt gee cation of all news credited to it or not otherwise te -in this paper and also the local news p i \ [Brae nablaation of nda! Aeon herein are a MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION : “§UBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE DETROIT Kresge Bldg. AND SMITH Fifth Ave. Bldg. ste ceccenecevecccccvcces: Carrier, per year Dy mail, per year (in Bismarck) ............+7.20 pr be mall per year (in state outside Bismarck. 5.00 ‘Dall mail, outside of North Dakota........++++ 6. .., HE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | lS (Established 1873) > THERE ARE TOO MANY LAGGARDS IN re SCHOOL Too many children quit school tog early.. This results in loss to them, and to the country. The ‘ thing to do, knowing that something must b2 done about it, is to find what is wrong, and eliminate that. The problem is one for parents and teach- ers. These are'the facts: ‘Of-every thousand children who enter school only 139 get through high school. Only 23 of that thousand finish college. But: 83 per cent of them reach the sixth grade. “peas than.36 per cent of the original thoyfsand ‘ enter:high school. These drop out so rapidly that but: 180 of them attain the fourh grade, and but = 189 aré-graduated. : : i _ : ‘These are figures of a specialist in educational statistics of the U. S. Bureau of Education. -They are not ‘pleasing to Americans who point with so much pride to the high educational plane this country has set for its goal. They are not en- couraging to those who hope for @ better, more in- telligent, more progressive citizenry tomorrow. They aren’t flattering. Something, somewhere, must be wrong. This nation has no ambition to become a nation of sixth-graders. : It has no desire to have a popula- tion of: which less than 14 per cent. have. finished high school: When our forefathers -made:an edu- ca fonal ‘systema part of the government they hoped. for:a high school education for evéry. child sand far larger percentage than 2.3 of college) It has been argued that poverty and low wages omething to do with the dwindling of the inal thousand | first-grade pupils. ‘ That this ; ops net play: so: prominerit apart ig ipraven by the yécords iv so-called prosperous and hard-time = years, when achools'lose about the same number ‘The ‘Bureau of Education has the; idea that c What is wrong isthe clogging’ of early grades by Wet rs,” nas i i ingens + JA, “repeater” is a scliool laggard, one who fails , of.promotion and must do over the work of the lastiterm. For every 1000 beginners there are 1010, repeaters in the first. grade of our: public achoola. (The \number of repeaters in the first _ ‘grade represents about one-tenth of the total { ‘public school enrollment. There are ‘more’ repeat- "ers in'the first grade than are pupils énrolled in all_the high schools. First grade repeatefs alone cost the public a tenth of the sum spent upon. “public ‘schools, : Seed :-’ Then: there are repeaters in the second grade, and in all the grades higher. The percentage is, reatest in the first’ grade, and grows, smaller for each succeeding grade. : 2 ae Repeating is costly. It is largely responsible ; righ of schools. That, however, is “hot, where it is most costly. Repeating holds a " qhilld back. * The child Gites a dale Tor school.’ His clasamates are youngtr than he. He | \.. =#\ seizes: (or creates) an opportunity to leave school rd Soon as.the compulsory attendance law releases »-, Repeating can at down, teachers say, if par- eitts- will cooprate With them. Parents may aid studying-ehildren in many ways, and not the least of ;these is by. encouragement. The child that : Wins a promotion is anxious to face the next term; the child:who fails to “pass” is the one who wants to quit school. .;, LM08E.TALK IS DANGEROUS Ordinarily people flee from the pessimist. : They . , or another’s. They are still more anx- ~ fous to avoid'the man who talks of troubles that iB it only in imigination, the panic-predcter, for instance. This.is as true now as it was a year ago. _ And: yet, today, there is more of this “viewing with alarm.” uy “It isn’t. that. there is need for pessimism now. At isn't that the country is worse off than it was. The reverse is a fact. The United States is more ©: «prosperous than ever before. Thé year’s crops ‘were.fine.. The year’s production of manufac- tured goods was all that could be desired. No danger threatens from without. or within, “No danger? ° Yes, there is danger. The danger { e jean Bankers’ Associstion, says: “Loose talk and: gossip is the most dangerous i y Bp egy conflicting currents of the present y jown minds a firm foundation of Delief in the! iat f _oepegy gies overly fond: of: talking of-his| -But D’Annunz’o scems to resem/'le -another | Richard S. Hawes, former president of the Am-| future of our country, its resources and its people.” Lore are wé> the ricgest nation on earth, the mosi intelligent people, possessors of ‘natural re-, sources of tremendous. weaith, creditors to the! world, with work enough for-every mother’s son, | rand daughter, too. i Why indulge in “lose talk” when there is some-' thing better to talk about? i FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES | The senate voted favorably on the Sheppard-' Towner maternity bill. \ Fine for the Senate. ’ | This bill appropriates ‘$4,000,000 to safeguard | Of course it should have, passed. the Senate. | But, it seems, there was considerable opposition. For instance, the very wealthy Senator Warren of Wyoming, was outspoken in his opposition. He! pleaded for economy. He insisted that to spend) $4,000,000 saving lives of mothers and babies. was too much considering “the treasury is in such bad shape.” 3 Whle the senator was willing to save a little four million dollars at the expense of mothers and babies, he was preparing for submission to the; Senate a bill appropriating 400 million for the | army, ‘and anotKer bill appropriating 500 million | for the navy. q But the Senate passed the Sheppard-Towner bill. ae | Fine for the Senate. ... ; ] i | i The U. S. Department of Agriculture urges a, more liberal use of lamb and mutton on American | dinner tables. The nation now ‘eats 12 times as! much beef and veal as it eats of lamb and mutton. The use of pork is still larger in proportion. Dur- ing the past five years less than 4 per cent of the! meat consumed in the United States was Mutton and lamb. aan One would think that mutton and lamb‘ would be more generously consumed in the sheep pro- ducijg part of the country. This isn’t a Yact. | In the east 1 pound of mutton and lamb is used forevery 5 pounds of beef, in the south the ratio is 1 to 10, in the west jt is 1 to’ 12, and in the cen- tral states it is 1 to 20. ; The departmétn believes a larger use of mut- ton and lamb will encourage sheep growing, and thus increasé the nation’s: wool supply. Also. it will. reduce the demand forebeef and pork. “By the same token it. reduces the acres now given’ over to the pasturing of cattle and the fattening of hogs. and-which ‘may be devoted. to. the grow- ing of wheat or fruit.’ Sheep thrive well upon pas- turage that: would: starve cattle. Ig: these, acres aye not used in growing sheep they will. forever lie‘idle. : Rae i Eat more ‘mutton, increase the wool supply. Eat more’ mutton, decrease beef consumption, | ‘sheep, fewer cattle. ; With Christmag/ come .and gone, «father has nothing to worry about but the bills from: the butcher, the baker and the coal man—and his new income tax. \ | _Now is the time for sirteen managers to claim} the 1921 world’s baseball championship. ‘EDITORIAL REVIEW not express. the opinion of The Tribune. They are cussed in the press of the day. \ 7 “NOT WORTH DYING FOR” | D’Annunzio, with all his unbridled. rhetorical | apostrophes, with all nis verbal cadenzas and ara-| besques, has,cut a very s6rry figure now that the) time comes for action. ae t It is reported that he has issued a hlet de- claring that Italy is not..worth dying for. He plans to escape in a plane.: Went de i Although it is too early ba yet to sccept the; news with finality, such getion’is just.qbout what | one would expect from D'Annunzio. A few months ago he was calling upon the stars to witness his vow that Fiume would never be taken except. over | his dead bodv. ' That: breast:of his would be the) pillow for a thousand bullets before the:city would be given over. ‘He rhapsodized over his glorious death to such an exfent that he almost shed tears whenever he spoke of it. _ a great vocal, artist--the, former Kais2r-—when the| time comes to make good. His chief concern at| present appears to be with his own pracious hide. | Unless thg reports are shooting wide of the mark, Gabriel is bending all his en2rgies to the sublime| task cf “beating it,” <= soon and as fast as he can. D’Annunzio reminds cre of a small boy who talked val'antly akcut hci: he, was going to lick another boy who }'vrd. on the same Llock. The other boy heard of the taik, came over, and freely | offered to fight. The. ferocious cnallenger then said: “Why, I don’t see any use-in Sighting.” D'Annunzio, after his months of talk about a magnificient death, ‘has now decided that “Ital: is not worth dying for.” hee: } | D’Annunzio represented from the outset a bluff |and a braggart. Some friends of his now in the city express the fear that he may cammit suicide. He. may, it is true; but who would shed many tears if he did? However, we doubt very much whether _/ He asks for “calm, thoughtful consideration of prevailing conditions.” fage.an optimistic attitude for) of the. bluff-and,the braggart.—Minneapolis Tri- Nedvilees “ant develop-ta ar! buna” eae reat D’Annunzio will do anything of the sort. He has run pretty true to his type from the start; that. women, especially of rural districts, during the |- 201 most trying period of maternity. , | i MORE MUTTON AND LAMB K which. is ‘another way of saying, pasture more/ jap carefully, putting it and the key ‘into the ii | are extensively The Bobadti Jinn “Santa Claus handed ‘the twins a map, that, he said, would help them to reach the Blue Santa's ice-cave at the South Pole, and the golden key. he had promised. “First of all,” said he, “try to get his sign. I've* just heard that the| can change from that in two seconds Santa Claus handcd promised. Bobadil Jinn, Nas always been an cnemy of mine, fixed, up that sign for him. It is sort of a magnetic sign and attracts things to it. ‘That is why all my >dird messengers are flying there with’ my notes out of the chimneys, that the children mail to me.” - . Nick) took the map and folded it ide pocket. of his little cket. shall ‘watch out for » he said bravely, “won't we ‘ancy? Wijatdces he look like, Mr. anta: Claus‘ _ “What does he: looky like?” re peated Santa Claus thoughtfully. me SUCHIS LWE A hog shot # mana’ Paris,\Tex. \ Stranger. things may have hapnen- ed,\ but this hog wouldn’t have fired off the gun if the man-yadn’t left At in the pigpen. 4 | Moral: Don't’.leave loaded suns lying round Where a pig can mistake it for something to eat. It a wild joker:fits in_a hi kings’ the four aces ‘held’ Dy: Olympus, San Francisco, Cal.,. were Nio.good, ag alleged-at the-time: by his SS, =—————— If You Need a. Medicine You Should Haye The Best _—_— Miguel Have you. ever‘istopped to reason | j why {t-is ‘that so many products that advertised, atl at once drop out of sight ang are soon-forgotten? The reason is’ plain —the article did not fulgill the prom- ise of the manufacturer. This _ap- plies:more particularly to a medicine. ‘A medicinal preparation that’ has reat curative value almost sells ‘itself. a3 like an endless chain system the rem- edy is recommended by those who have been benefited to those who are in need of it. z A prominent druggist says.“Take tor example Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root/ a preparation .I have sold for’ many years and never ‘hesitate to recom- mend, for in almost-every case it shows excellent results, 2s many of my customers testify. No other kid- ney remedy has 80: large# sale.” According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the suc-, cess of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root™ Is due to the fact, so many people claim. that <it fulfills almost every wish i» overcoming kidney, liver and plad- der ailments, ‘corrects’ urinary “trou- bles_and neutralizes the ‘wric » acid | which causes rheumatism. You may receiye a sample Dottle vt Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Ad- dress Dr. Kflmer’&‘€o,, Binghamton, N. ¥., and enclose ten:cents; also mention this paper. [Arge and me- dium size bottles for sale at all drug stores. — _. ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS. By Oliver. Roberts Barton. ; by the twins a map ad. the serene key he. had a wicked; wizard eae hinns a bl tetailed monkey,” rn ln. ndtul of | The battle Mat followed, the pre- sentation, of five kings will pe: set- y tled in court when the judge has noted what Hoyle says on the subject. Sweden realizes the necessity for discouraging emigration of her men folks: a é Stockholm.—Under. the provisions of the new Swedish marriage lay, the wife is compelled to help suppol the family. / dces the Bobadil Jinn look like? , That's a hard question to an- swer, |for if he had his photggraph taken’ every five minutes he would never look the-same twice. \One min- ute he looks ‘like a canary bird, the next ‘like a tree, the first thing you Inew he's’ a flash of lightning, and “What yMrs. Ella Fields, Oceanport, N. 2. td 3 : . cats out of the yard, three-eyet cat. Fashionable milliners of Paris now are making stylish hats for cats. ‘Yep, real felines, a six-legged lamb. does, walk on-any four of.its legs, alKof which are periéctly formed, ways resting. Many a human has wished for. an ee Sheriff J. W. Potts, of Mason coun- ty, Wash., is hunting for a double * nosed Indian, accused in a robbery 8 charge. He, is, said to ‘be the only redsKin wich two noses, frank Troeckler, Edwardsville, It, went out to the barn to feed the stock. -He was followed by “Spot,” a pet horse. The animal had been trained to open and shut doors. While Troeckler was in the feed » horse came up,-closed the latched it. ler got out next afternoon. Nover teach a horse to lock “Oh, that’s all right,” said Nancy confidently unrolling her ; handker- chief where she had tied the’ charm that the Magical Mushroom had given her. (We' can understand any lan- guage as long as we Reep this charm, so No matter how, the wicked Jinn Icoks or talks, I'm sure we shail knoy Moral; w door. course, he will try to going to_the South Pele, if possible. But there’s one way you may know when he ‘is near, for like all faries. | The Reckoning. It's well we should feel that life’s'a good and bad, he hi (Copyright, 1% there's no real inakipg mens tne thts | avorld, any more nor sou can mend a wrong subtraction by doing sour addi- tion right.—George Eliot. - EVFRETT TRUE BY CONDO J RT 3 Have AW OIC PRGPO- opponent in the game, Manuck Fer- nandez. 3 (ana I'm Gone To Sce Tear You Ger OUT ow THs O FLOOR! Louis Nelson, Madison, Wis., has «| Wyman Cross, Cascades, Que., has| @ but ban't. walk on six. Two are al-| extra couple of. legs for use ‘along | | towaid the end of a iar journey afoot | reckoning we can't make twice’ overy| bs i. IMPR i HIGHWAYS Srecececveccccccccecccsecd INCREASE IN MOTOR TRAFFIC eupecece Cars ‘Over 1918—Roads Must : Ge Main:ained. That-the present interest in the con- struction of new highways shou!d not Mivert attention. from properly main- taining fiighways: alrendy improved is a point which the bureau of public roads, United States department of ag- riculture,- has had occasion to empha- size many. tines In recent monthy, par- crease int motor vehicle traffic whith is taking place. completed a compilation of statistics ng that there were a total of 7.565.416 cegt®feved motor cars (including motor yeles and trucks) in the United States Ih 1919, This-is an Increase. of 23 per cent, or 1,418,829 motor cars over 1918, Such figures indicate that he country highways are being used ‘urmore than in the past, it Is pointed wut, and in consequence added atten- ton must be given to the repair prob- em. The Increase in the number of ‘ars for 1919 over 1918 represents about 10 per cent more cars than the ‘otal number ‘registered in the entire ‘Inited States for 1913, z ‘Additional use of roads and streets ats, of course, ‘been accompanied .by uldisional’ revenue paid to state. and ocal governments. in. the form, of U- ‘ense fees, which in hearly all states we devoted te highway needa’ The ‘egistration ‘and license fees fo? auto- iobiles, truck#, and motor cycles in ‘se In 1919 totaled, $34,697,255.53—an acrease of 20 per vent aver 1918, ae otal revenues for New York and Pem- tylvania the past yenr were about dou- ile the revenues received: for all mo- ter vehicle registrations’ and licenses ‘n the entire Usilted States in 1912, ~ Certain of the states, notably Mary- and, have experienced difficulty In se- uring rond-butlding materials owing has a rabbit trained to chage gtray| The diminutive mutten. can, and 3 | ww the Wwacion’s cugnways Are Geing 7 ‘proved. | o tabor shortage. hampered transpor- ation facilities, ete. Maryland ‘has af to make a special appeal to the | aterstate commerce’ commiss'on for | alin getting enough material shipped ! a to properly care for read repairs. i Y | ALL RECEIVE SOME BENEFIT 1 v | 300d\Boads Are ‘Advantageous Alike | to Producer and Consumer— Storage Charges Less. | When the ronis of the great pro- ing zones ofthis country are im- Aix will acerue net only . bent te -onsumers, When dbatrsbuted. throughout | he yenr, storage charges must decline. if fs country I zat present large | storage prices on foodstuffs. The dis- | adv: ves of treight congestfon in the ‘all cannot be entirely eliminated in janis plives but good roads will cer- | tainly haves marked. tendency to dis: | irthore hating evee longer pertuds. It fa reasonable to say, therefore, “hat good ronds mean that diversified farming will be raged. the area of profiiable product © produ: | N , narketing ‘Ef * Gpportunity. for, favorable ‘marketing mproved, and more uniform distribu Hon of farm products nred. | MUCH DEPENDS ON HIGHWAYS | Prospective Purchaser of Farm fs Concerned About Many Things, More Especialy Roads, | haste | A prospective purchaser of a farm jis concerned about. the adaptability | of the soil to specific agricultural ac- | tlvities — such 4s general farming, | stock raising, lilrying or market gar- idening. and must ingnire into condl- | Mons affecting such industries. He ts jails concerned about suitable home | life for his family, schools, churches | and community social life, all of which ‘are very “much dependent upon | roads, eye | | PROGENY OF PUREBRED BULL | piret Cross of Average Dairy Herd tn. | creased Income $82 Per Cow Per | Year: in Ontario. i — 5 The first cross of a purebred bull on the average dairy herd increased the inceme $32 per cow per year, accord: | i | ing to figures secured by the Ontario _ agricultural college in a comparison of 140 herds using grade bulls and 81 using purebreds, Canada’s First Christian Marriage. The first marriage . solemnized in | Canada was the: marriage of. Etlenre { Couilliard and Anne: Hebert:: at Que. | bec city” in 1617,. nine years after ‘the | founding of the city by Champlain, anes: Statistics Show Increase of 1,418,829 Uculerly in view of the enornius In- , The bureau recently . from all the states of the Union show- | ‘ ’ - May \ a ¢ > 5 \ ’ , at / o ig 8 e