The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1921, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE EA SA Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - - - - - __‘Baltor Foreign Representatives ; G. LO PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO. DETROIT Marquette Bidg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - + «+ = Fifth Ave. Bldg. | gress.” The almanac is credited with having The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor publication of ell news credited to it or noi otherwise credited in this paper and also the-local news published berein. All rights of tion of dispatches herein are ois igh Publica’ apecial dispat ————— MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION ol ee RATES PAYABLE IN peebdoeet carrier, IF esesice Prereyy Daily by mail, per year | (in Bismarck) . . +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 1878) => COL. GILBREATH. North Dakota owes much to the public career of Col. W. C. Gilbreath who as deputy state in- surance commissioner and commissioner of agri- culture did much to assist in the development of the state and most especially the Missouri slope where he lived. so many years and was so inti-| mately acquainted with its problems. ’ His five terms as commissioner of agriculture is suitable tribute to the services he rendered at a time when the state needed men and money to develop its resources and to make more produc- tive its soil. Col: Gilbreath was a newspaper editor of no mean ability. His pen was constantly employed in publicity ventures for North Dakota. He gave wise advice in the administration of state affairs as long as he was an active member of the news- paper fraternity. : He assumed charge of the state department of agriculture when it was looked upon as an easy berth, but his ability and energy lifted the de- partment from the dead level of a sinecure and made it a potent force in state affairs. As a member of the state board of equalization, he gave the matter of state finances deep study and when in the harness of public office no man was better informed than he upon state affairs and his advice was always on the side of wise economy and efficiency, “MANAGING THE PUBLIC DOLLAR. There are three kinds of. dollars, your dollar, the other fellow’s dollar, and the publie dollar.] You manage your dollar, the other fellow watch-| es his pretty closely, too; but nobody, it seems, pays much attention to the public dollar. . Ohy, yes; there are office holders elected to manage the public dollar, but a close examina- tion of what taxpayers get for the public dollar shows it is more poorly managed than even the spendthrift’s dollar. ‘Indeed, one is persuaded that the public dollar is the spendthrift’s dollar. But not so in every city! :* Take, for example, Birmingham, .Ala., which ' has just published’ reports of its third year under the commission form of government. Before Birmingham ‘entered upon the commission-busi- ness like form of government its public dollars were poorly managed. They bought less than other dollars. The city ran, into debt, and ’ couldn’t get out. Taxes were soaring and little , Was gotten for them. Then came the commission * experiment. With this was combined two fine policies of municipal goverment. One was tak- ing the citizens into the confidence of public offi- cials. The other was businesslike government. The 1920 figures are in. The city’s debt (from old form of government), $207,000, was paid. And there was a surplus of $40,588.46 with which to begin the new year! Not bad, eh? This was done with the lowest tax rate of any American . City. Still better, ch The tax rate was $1, of which 30 cents went to schools, 20 cents to a x sinking fund, and only 50 cents for general mu- nicipal purposes. How did they do it?. The commission explains : : “By strict adherence to the policy of making the public dollar go just as far as the skillfully managed private dollars. Every unnecessary ex- penditure was eliminated, and every resource of the city was placed where it would do the most good. Expenditures for fire protection, for the protection of public health and safety and for education purposes were increased generously & while appropriations for, things not so essential were held down to the minimum. The test ap- plied to every appropriation was ‘this: Is this investment absolutely necessary to the proper functioning of the government? ‘If tle proposal could not stand this test it was not made.’* ae Es ae POOR RICHARDS BIRTHDAY. Two hundred and fifteen years ago in Boston, Jan. 17, 1706, was born Benjamin Franklin, son of a tallow chandler, youngest of 17 children. * One hundred and thirty-one years ago he died in ; Philadelphia: ‘His was a career filled with big things. Few excelled either as.a printer, journal- ist, diplomat, statesman or philosopher. If for no other reason, Franklin would be re- membered as the author of “Poor Richard’s Al- manac,” the reputation of which he established in ‘its first number, his age then being 26, purely by its literary merit. For 26 years he was its editor, and during this time the compliment has since been paid him that “this annual was looked forward to by a larger portion of the colonial population and with more impatience than now = awaite-a president’s annual message to con-: ‘mittee in Washington announced almost immedi- BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE more readers ‘in’ the English or any other lan- guage than any other publication excepting the Bible. | Franklin was great on advice. Here is what! he had to say: of, virtues and their precepts: Temperance: Eat not ‘to dullness; drink not to elevation. | Silence: Speak not but what may benefit oth- jers or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Order: Let all your things have their places ;| let each part of your business have its, time. | Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; waste nothing. | Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think in- nocently and justly and, if you speak, speak ac- cordingly. Justice: Wrong none by doing injuriés, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resent- ing injuries so much as you think they deserve. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uneleanliness -in body, clothes or habitation. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable. Hunility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates. Franklin lived to be 84. No doubt his adher ence to these rules helped him to doit. They are as good now as they were'150 years ago. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. . What is this strange desire all folks have to do prohibited things? Street car signs declare one must not alight from a moving car. People do it.every car stop. It is against rules to smoke in a balloon basket. They have to search sailors for matches and to- bacco every trip. l Obviously a street car in motion is a danger-| our object. An Eskimo riding his first street car'|. would no more dream of jumping from its plat- form than you would of holding a lighted flame beneath the explosive vapors of a balloon casing. Post a sign in Eskimo declaring jumping pro- hibited and immediately you tell the Eskimo that other men have dared to jump and that they lived. He knows that must be true or-you would not have warned him. Saime with the balloon. Declare it against the rules to smoke and you de- clare that others have done so.and lived to tell the tale of. their daring. Tnstanter man’s’ competitive instinct is.arous- ed. He must do the hagardous thing the other fellow did. When a woman says she wouldn’t marry the best man in the world she means she wants a man with.a few human faults. fag , Forty thousand ‘germs are exchanged in every kiss, says a Paris expert. What’s a million or) two germs to a couple in love? Chicago striker who stole a locomotive. got six months in jail; in the old days a man could steal a whole railroad and get sent to Congresa.)' +» | The only fault some men find with the incom- ing administration is that their wives insist on their imitating Mr. Coolidge, who helps wash the! dishes. ‘ EDITORIAL REVIEW not epeeg a opin of he, Beste cy "ae are ited here in ‘order that our may have presen readers th sides of im: it issues which are dis- cussed in the press of the day. — MR. HARDING’S FINE EXAMPLE. Senator Harding has had the courage of his personal taste and his good sense in sending a request to Washington that all plans for a spec- tucular inaugural’ bé called off. The-response to his message was prompt and in keeping with his wish, The chairman of the inangural day com- ately that the program marked out to signalize the change of administration had been aband- oned. : The message of fe president-elect and the an- swer thereto came on the same day that the house ‘of representatives voted an appropriation of $50,- 000 for a “grandstand” and other physical appur- tenances of an old-fashioned inaugural. cal How..these two things will be reconciled re- mains to be seen. The president-elect, for an occasion of the’kind in hand, is. more or less in ‘the hands of the people, speaking through their representatives, but his personal wishes are worthy of the highest respect. However the mat- ter may fall out, Mr. Harding has done. some- thing that is bound: toanect favorable reaction out over-the country, He has set af’ example of adherence to the spirit of econqmy, public and private, and that is much. He also has aligned himself on the side of those who believe that at a time when so many people of the world are hun- gry and in great physical and mental distress, it is becoming for this great, rich country of ours! to abstain from’ pomp and extravagance at the | seat’ of government. ‘ Fifty thousand dollars is not a large swum for the American people to pay, but it is $50,000, the saving of which will be the setting of a pre: cedent very well worth while. Mr, Harding | shows that his heart is right and that his judg- [ment is good. He stands to gain much in popu- Jar esteem by his asking for a simple ceremony on March 4.—Minneapolis -Tribune. || cannot expect a child to develop good | THE ROMANCE OF. WORDS “KANGAROO.” ws Captain Cook's expe- dition. anchored off the voast of ‘Australia one of the first things the explorer did was to send some of his men ashore with instructions to bring back specimens of. the plants, flowers and animals which appeared to be distinctive of the country. Two of the sailors returned with a beast which had ex- tremely long - hind legs, short fore paws and an exceptionally well developed tail. Cook, who had never seen anything of the kind, desired to learn something more about the strange animal and: sent the-men back to dis- cover by what name the natives called it. Upon their,return they report- e¢ that the, nearest they could come to it svas -“‘Kan-ga-roo.” “At least,” as one of the men ‘de- clared, ‘that’s: what all the na- tives said when I pointed to the animal.” So, when Captain Cook: returned home, he brought with him the body’of an animal which was introduced to natural history under’ the’ name “kan- garoo.” saat * It was not until a number of yeam-later that ‘It was found that “kan-ga-roo” was the Aus- tralian equivalent for “I don’t know,” which was the reason that the natives said this when Cook's men asked them a ques- tion they didn’t understand! : (Copyright.) Influence of Toys. : | ‘The toy ugly in form, design or color should not be given to children for it may offend an inherited artistic sense, | and misdirect a budding instinct for | those things which are beautiful. One | taste if he ts surrounded by articles | and playthings which violate all the | canons of symmetry and color. One Friend Didn't Bother Her. 5 Peggy used exceedingly bad English and was continually being corrected | by her teacher, also her mother and aunt. One day after the usual “set- to” she heayed e sigh and, putting her | arms around her pet dog, said: “Oh Spots, ain't I glad you. don’t. know grammer |” a | Ta ce i But She Didn't Enjoy It. | * With reference to the recent divorce | suit In which the wife told the judge she married her husband so that she | could enjoy his bathtub, a correspond: | ent .waggishly remarks that the hus-| band seems to have. kept her in hot | : Water all right.—Boston Transcript. | ‘ Moor’s Holy City. Sheshuan, in Merocco, is one of the few cities left in the world whose! fitreets. have never been trodden by a/ white man. It is the holy.city of the Moors, and !s so jealously guarded that | no European explorer, has ever ‘been ; able to enter it. i Origin ef Boston’s Tremont Street. | The origin of. Boston’s Tremont; ,street is said to be a-corruption of Tri-; mountain, by which name the town of | Boston was first known owing to, the presence of three high hills serv- ing as a background to the peninsula. Original “Limerick.” The word is said to have been | adopted as a’ name for a certain kind | of nonsense rhyme ‘because an old, song current in Ireland, which had the | same verse construction, contained | the place name “Limerick.” \ Day Is What One Makes It * | Every day that fs born into the | world comes like a'burst of music and | Tings itself all the day through; and | thou shalt make of.it ‘a dance, a dirgel | or a life.march ag thou wilt.—Thomas | MAKE OUT YOuR 1920 (INCOME. : TAX F RETURNS yy me 4G y ) maa PRETTY DERM HARD To GET BLCOD FROM ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS ‘| By Oliver Roberts Barton. A Trip Under the Ocean =’ | “Oh ch, oh!” screamed Nancy “when he island, or rather the whale, that | she and Nick were standing on be-| this fact, to answer. Tlrey felt no dis- comfort, none in the least; neither cold nor wet, although had you been there so near to the north country | “(Can't is a big word,” aigwered the whale. under. the water, but you have been gan.to sink slowly under the waves. “Where are we going?” “Yow shall soon learn,” gurgled the whale, for the waves had: closed over his head and talking was difficult. , J doubt if the twins in their excite- ment could rave understood him at all if Nancy hadn't kept:a tight hold on the little box containing the lan- guage charm of the Fairy Queen. By his reply she knew. only too well, and so did Nick, that the whale evidentiy intended to take them with him on his trip under the sea, wherever he might. be going. “But you can’t také us along,” pro- tested INick. ‘We can’t live under the water.” “ ‘Can't is a big word,” answered the whale calmly. “If you will just kind- ly look around you, I think that you will discover that you are mistaken. You not only can live under the water, but you are under the water, and have been for five minutes.” ‘ it was true! The children were too much astonished upon ‘discovering “You net “only can live for five minutes. ef and with great icebergs. floating all around you, I'm sure you would have thought it was no weather for a swim. The whale seemed to be sinking in- stead of swimming and it soon be- came evident that he was traveling in a straight line for the bottom of the Ocean. ‘Nick was still clutching the map in his hand and he unfolded it again, scanning it closel,. 5 “Nancy,” he said in a. low voice, “what do you think? I do believe he’s taking us to thg Ocean Palace of the Bobadil Jinn. Let’s wish our- selves out of here!” Copyright, 1921, N. E. A.) There will be a dance this eve- ning given by the Knights of Pythias to which all Knights and friends are invited. EVERETT TRUE ~ BY CONDO ' Put ON Your HAT — Yours Gone ovr! THe PUBLIC LIBRARY 1S ONS OF THES OST DANGE ROU mid You _IN.XouR \F You IN AGA! DOUBT IT, JUST N WAILS ‘TIM AROUND I! S$ PLACSS IN THE WORLD PRESENT CONDITLON | TRY TO COME WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1921 . ONE GUESS ENOUGH. Harold’ Lioyd doesn’t :: know _ yet whether Harry Pollard: was “kidding” him or pot., The comedians were din- ing !n a Los ‘Angelesicafe ‘when Pol- lard pointed to the .menu card. and sald: % ““See that hors d’oeuvre thing? I've always wondered what It means.” sald the obliging Harold, ‘9 French and has to do with the beginning of a dinner; anything you | start off with—” ‘ “J. get you,” Harry Interrupted—- |“knife and fork, eh?"—Sfinneapolis Tribune. Or on the Spinnet. First Cobweb—Well, what are you golng to do in this cellar? Second Cobweb—Me? I've picked out a nice resting place on that old organ in the corner. First Cobweb—Very well. I'll ac~ company you on this ukulele—Car- toons ‘Magazine. ————_ Neglected. Friend Husband—I’ was in a quan- dary today. Mrs. Knagg—It's like you to go joy riding without me and then come home and brag about It. No one ever. takes He—Tut, tut, | had one with your mother over you this morning. a. yal f A Casualty. 3 Mary had a roadster swift, ‘ She ‘drove it like a streak; ‘An ambulance gave her a lift, And she'll be out next: week gw. Great Possibilities, “Aren't you making.a mountain out of a mole hill?” inquired the ready- made. philosopher, “1 wish I could manage. such a transaction,” answered the busy citi- zen, “I'd, be the sure-enough real es- tate wizard.” ? ———— Elastic. Size. “what kind of a: figure is Mrs. Dressy?” ee “If you go by the quantity It takes to make her dresses, she is very tall, but If you measure her: by the time she takes to pay ‘for them,: she is very short.” Z —_—_————— > Do Be Practical. “Yes, I have studied .architecture amid the palaces of Venice andthe minarets of Spain.” ¥ 1 “Good! enough, #on.; -Now-let's see what you can do In” the way) of de- signing a tin garage.”—Judge, : | - th Solved by Arbitration. : Mrs. Fusser—I’'m having trouble with the cook, Algernon, * Mr, Fusser—Anything I can do? ‘ Mrs, Fusser—Certainly. Write the | department of labor: to send a con | cillator without delay. | | —— ' The Chorus Girl. | “Tottie won't go out to any more lobster parties.” “Why not?” “She has a two-line part in the new show. It opens in six weeks, so she's got to get down to hard study.” An Important Condition. “Do you object to hecklers?” “Not under certain circumstances,” arswered Senator Sorghum. “They're f great help if you can meet ‘em be- forehand and “have ‘em well re hearsed.” i DIDN'T BELIEVE IT “Agnes says she’s a perfect 36.” “Don’t make me laugh. It must be her age she referred to, Instead of her figure.” Like a Baseball Ump. “One way she’s like an umpire My wife is,” said Bill Sprout; t “Bhe never will believe that 1 ii Am ‘safe’ when I am ‘out.’ Usual Effect. Doctor—What was the most con- | fusing case you ever tried? Judge—A case of champagne. 1! hadn't got half way through it before | 1 was all muddled up. A Néw Clerk, “T want to buy a walking stick,” he suid. “An ebony one. please.” “Yes, sir,” said the pretty girl be hind the counter. “What color?"— Tit-Bits. The Correct Term. “What do you do?” “f follow the races.” ‘ |. “Follow?” | “Follow ts the term. | ahead of them.” Hl Tm neve | Sell your, cream and poultry to our agent, or ship direct to {Northern Produce Co. Bis- ‘marck. Write us tor prices on |cream and poultry —Northern _ | Produce Co.