The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 17, 1921, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second, Class Matter. j GEORGE D. MANN - . : Foreign Representatives - Editor THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE professional breeder of lawlessness as intrinsic- ally more dangerous than all the radical theorists at large. Bombay had a riot because boys killed two a THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921 up, a way up, beyond the flame’ and smoke ‘was a helpless boy in the bel- fry window, and I saw a young girl | throw a heavy cloak gbout herself and | rush up those burning stairg through stifling smoke. She went up, way up beygqnd the flame and smoke till she stood beside that boy in the belfry window. She tied a rope about him ; TNE COMPANY : pigeons. Maybe they were peace doves. eRICAGO: LOGAN PA DETROIT Low PRICE 7 : ~~ ®) oud let him agwn. to safety. She then , - Ly, Do t Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bg} AY BE) THERE'S A CATCH IN IT SANITARIUM 7 =e framework ‘of the tower And. started aan \7 to. go down hand below hand, The PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITIL 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 credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ‘ 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 $72 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) . 7.20 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 x (Established 1873) > SAVE THE STATE OR GET THE JOBS? If North Dakota must sioulder the burden of a recall election to restore political and economic sanity, let us make it a crusade for redemption— not a drive on the pie counter. There can be no middle of the road policy in the solution of North Dakota’s problems. Polit- ical expedients form the stock in trade of poli- ticians dnd job hunters, hut God help the state if our destinies rest solely with them. The people should not be asked to share the expense of another election if we are merely going to swap our radical socialists for the mild variety who stagger at a million but would dab- ble with the public funds just to “try out social- ism.” \ Probably the Independents can go before the people again upon a platform of modified social-|° ism and win. Public indignation is high over the financial muddle the state is in and might grasp at a straw, but the voters would find ulti- mately that the process of liquidation was merely postponed. Better tackle the job now and getk the agony over. Lincoln sounded the proper warning against compromise on fundamentals in this: “Let us be diverted by none of those sophisti- eal contrivances wherewith we are so industri- The repeated urgings of Ludendorff, Rup- precht, Hoffmanti and other former generals of the imperial German general staff that the al- lied council permit Germany to raise a huge, army to fight off Bolshevism has a slightly sus-! picious ring. : It behooves the council to watch its step, think! the matter over carefully, and go slow. | Beneath an assumed indifference, many men are flattered to see their names posted on the postoffice walls among the income taxpayers. Selling a $10 ton of coal for $20 is profiteering and you go free but selling it for $10 and deliver- ing 1800 pounds is fraud and you go to jail. | New York dudes are all het up because Chi- cagoans call a dinner jacket a tuxedo. What; dif does it make what you call the thing? | They may cut out the dancing, scenery and| chorus, but Mr. Harding will positively appear as the star in the inaugural piece. ously: plied and belabonred—contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the right and the wrong; vain as the search fora man who should be neither a living. man, nor a dead man—reversing the divine rule, and calling, not the sinners but the righteous to repentance.” den seeds are concerned. - EDITORIAL REVIEW . Miss Anne Morgan’s boxing enterprise seems to have made a function of fisticuffs. Comments reproduced in this column may ‘or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. Th Sea aia tha eae Bale Rt int issues a - cussed in the press of the day. = ae WAGES ON THE FARM Wage rates for farm: labor reached their high- NO TIME FOR GLOATING ae Congresses are all alike—as far as free gar-| CWARTER MEMBERS, SUGAR CLOTHING COXTON WOOL | silk PORK cor ar Rupprecht, Ludendorf and Hoffmann seem to’ WHEAT \ be having a pretty easy time of it for militarists and junkers in a brand new revolutionary repub- lie. Bona fide revolutionary republics are not in the habit of being so kind‘to their former oppressors and masters. Ludendorf, Rupprecht, Hoffmann et al live in ease and comfort in a land where there is much hunger and actual starvation. { They are even sought for advice on state mat- ters. | The dramatic trial of these men for provoking war and leading men to slaughter has gone flooey. An opportunity to raise an effective army, granted by the allied council, might very’ easily result in something quite different from fighting off Bolshevism. Besides Bolshevism does not seem so likely to overrun Europe as it once did. The scare has died down, : Copyright, 1921, N. E. A.) Come on in,” said the little Star to| Nancy and Nick, when they had ar- rived at his house of glass up in the sky. “I’m sorry it is so dark, but our: ADVENTURES OF TH By Olivey Roberts Barton. QQ a SNK WALK RIGHT Iw, OL Boy! © SATIERRIC E TWINS ‘in it up to my neck.’ ‘did you do it for?” Charms,” he cried. Bets us out of all sorts of trouble.” “Yes, try it,’ agreed the Star. I cannot imagine what may be the, keep up.” matter. you do it?” QuIET } / Vie ye = — ie said, “Blamed if I know.” id, “Do you go out into the River| each respective state. ”” He said, “You bet I do. 1 suid, “What He said, “To | teach a bunch of rube farmers how to “It is magic and’ ymddle their own canoes.” I said, “Did B A i He said, “You pet I did.| this time in your community. Report “Put; They are going so fast that 1.can’t/ all, or any success in this line to I said, “Mr. Townley! are! your district chairman or to me. ‘ lam; My front door never refused! you any relation to those fellows who, {a long time ago, were commissioned| 1- to go out and teach‘the people?” ; aid, “You may search me.” | back to the church, the minister was’ tres. ‘reading from a book and it almost sounded: like: religion, and then he 1 went ; and | mus ‘keeping his balance till he reached the} | other side and we all breathed easier. ; pate x ' I remained after church and’ talked! songs that have a good: ‘tempo —but ; With the people and I learned from ; them that many of the strange doc climbed upon the top of the pulpit there -was a rope. stretched rope broke. 1 saw her picked up from the steps and carried into a house where she lay between life and death, I saw the hushed groups outside wait- ing some message from that darkened room, Then I saw the people siowly | being admitted bearing their tributes to that incarnation of heroism and self-sacri‘ice, attributes of their divin- rity. I felt that they went away from that ‘place vi'alized and exalted, for they, had worshipped. ‘Tue final picture is this, that we, all of us, are constantly being taken, up into @ high mountain by the power of a great Prince who bids for our allegiance by the offer of material re- wards, If we refuse to bow down to him, our eyes will be opened and we will see standing near, another Prince, who offers no rewards, but who holds up the “Banner of Service” and the Soldiers of any true reform movement will one by ‘one separate themselves from their fellows and moye over be- side that silent Prince, and there swear their allegiance, and the sol- diers of the two Princes will contend for the mastery upon the mountain top. --A Seeker After Truth. Bismarck, 'N. D., Feb. 17, 1921. WEEK OF SONG, Bismarck, Feb. 12, 1921. Kditor Tribune:s » » we Our government; has set aside one week each year a8 a National Week of Song. Beginning this year on‘Sun- day, Feb. 20th, and lasting up to Sunday, Feb. 27th. We want our na- tion to be a singing nation and the best way to reach this end is to.en- courage singing in each communit The National Federation of Clubs has. endorsed this’ movemen ‘and the State Chairman for Commun- jity Singing will \place the work in | Now we want, our North Dakota to |sing so that it will be heard all through the United States and to this end. l,am sending you a few pointers lin regard to conducting the work a1 Four phases of work: Patriotic singing in the church- He) es. 2. Singing in moving picture thea- 3. Singing in schools, Glee clubs and patriotic selections in bands and orchestras. 4. Community singing in a ¢ straight back over the heads of, the) center.’ | people. to. the. far side of the church; First: | and the minister, commenced to walk | | out on that rope. am atraid you wiil fall.’ He said, “I not fall.” 1 said,~“Why not?” He said, “If I fall on one side I will hurt the I. V. A.’s and if I fall on the other side I will hurt the Nonparti- sans.” ‘With difficulty he succeeded inj trines came from the legislature and 1 said to him, “I) 29 minutes. for the singing. of otic and sacred songs, i. e- Singing in churches. Pastors will be glad to use 1 Onward Christian ‘Soldiers. Battle Hymn of.the Republic. America The Peautiful. National Anthem. Star Spangled Banner, etc., etc. Get the congregation singing. Sing }are not too fast for everyone to fo!- jow with ease. Church choirs could join into one \ big’ chorus together with any other . The Star tried’ the handle of his front-door and tried to push it open : community choral organization and but it stuck fast. | that some of the men in the legisla- This is no time for gloating in North Dakota. | ture were very. closely related to the est point in the history of this country in 1920,]- as national. averag As ascertained by the Bureau of Crop Esti 8, United States depart- ment of agriculture, the*average wage rate for labor hired by {the months was $46.89, with board and $4.36 with out board; for day labor other than at harvest, $2.86 with board, and $3.59, without board. The rate of 1895 for hirings by the month with- out board was $17.69, as an average for the Unit- ed States, and no other year in the record of the bureau extending back to 1866 had a lower rate, except in 1879 with $16.42. \ ‘ By 1902, this wage rate had increased to $22.14 by 1914 to $29.88, followed by $30.15 in 1915, with no evidence of war effect. This effect ap- About the worst thing that could happen, now that the Nonpartisan regime is admittedly disin- téegrating, would be for the opposition to give free rein to the “I told you so” spirit. It is not a matter of gloating, but of floating. To continue the recent spirit of mutual hatred, suspicion and strife means danger to the ship of state. The thing most needed today in North Dakota is honest, sincere, genuine nonpartisanship, with- out the capital N. . Mistakes have been made, but they have been made by the authority of a large majority of the people. If the people’s representatives‘have been guilty of inefficient stewardship or worse, this peared, perhaps, as a small beginning in the/same majority is disposed to demand an account- next year, 1916, when the wage rate was $82.83. Jing. : Then followed rapid rise to $40.43, in 1917, to] But in the meantime there. should disappear $47.07 in 1918, to $56.29 in 1919 and to $64.95 in 1920. } The rate.of gain over 1895 was 70 per cent in 1915 and: 267: per:eent in 1920. From 1915 to'1920, farm labor received a gain in wage rates as high as 115 per cent. This was one of the causes of the greatly increased cost of producing things on the farm, which has hit the farmer so hard in the declining market for his crops of 1920. Lloyd George seems to have found that the French premier is a fire Briand. “AGENTS PROVOCATEUR” Secret agents, whose function it was to inspire acts ‘of violence and to manufacture eviilence, were the mainstay of the Russian police system in the days of the czars, They helped generate rebellion. Their deeds hastened the explosion and its aftermath—Bol- shevism. i A New York lawyer, testifying before the Sen- ate judiciary committee, said that there was sub- stantial reason to believe that the epidemic ot bomb plots laid to reds‘in this country had been engineered by private detectives. There is a bill before the Massachusetts Legis: | from the situation any disposttion so to manipu- late conditions as to wreak political revenge up- on either faction. Just retribution for any neg- lect or abuse cannot be prevented or delayed ;) us irresistibly onward. ( settlement: day has come.’ Rut retribution based upon justice is an altogether different thing from revenge. i Nobody in North Dakota today has any busi ness to be looking for a chance to “get even” with houses never shine unless we are in- side them, Then .we shine right through and you can see our light down on the earth.” ‘The Star turned the handle of his front door and tried to push it open, but it stuck fast. He tried harder and Nick pushed, too, but the door, would not open. 5 : “Will you hold. my white flower?” the Star asked, turning to Nancy. The Twins had brought a white mountain flower with them from the earth that the Star had asked! for. ‘Nancy took the flower and held it, while the star and Nick pushed again with all their might. Sudenly ‘Nick thought of something. | “Perhaps I can open it ‘with the Gol-/ den Key that I’ have in my Box of | PEOPLE’S FORUM || THE SPIRIT OF TRUE REFORM. | Editor Tribune: . A “I believe that there are certain; fundamental evblutionary forces at! work in the world which are impelling That these. forces are one of the manifestations of that something” which we call God; | that most of the»true reform mov ments are expressions of these force: that their leaders are oftentimes; Washingtons, Lincolns, | Prophets, eers, men of vision, who have been| vitalized by the touch of this prima-; % anybody. The big duty confronting all: individ-| tive force, the imprint of the Divine. uals and all factions in the state is to forget everything but North Dakota afd to work togeth- er to straighten out the tangled affairs of the ‘state. North Dakota is all right. She has ample re- sources to meet. all her obligations. ° Whatever talk there has been of impending disaster can be traced largely to petty motives of political re- venge. rodted out. it will be possible to adjust all mat- ters that now seem menacing. The situation affecting many individually) owned commercial banks involves a shifting ‘of public funds re-deposited with thenrby the state bank; if these funds must be repaid to the state bank, the state bank in turn must transmit them back to county and town officials who will then. deposit, them in their local banks whence’ they| . : m The moment that unworthy motive i8/\crease the I joined the Nonpartisan league be-; cause I thought it ‘was one of the true ; reform movements. I attended a meet- ing of the leaders where I heard quite a good deal of profanity and I was | somewhat shocked atthe’ form inj; which my supposed °primative force; clothed itself. I think I can best tell) j you how 1 thought out the problem | presented by putting: it'in story form. | |. When I was a boy,1 got a piece of; | religion which I always carried with I used to go-to church to in-/ size of my piece of religion. | ers warned me of strange) Joctrine: They told me that scien-; | tists,. Darwin, Huxley and Spencer, |were very nearly related to the evil |one. I-became interested in the sci \eatists and I] went-to school and stu- ‘wied science. I was obliged to make Vover many of my ideas but my piece | of religion grew heavier. I lived in | the world for several years and then, TL became a hermit on a. farm in North Dakota. After several years more 1 came back to the world at Bismarck The mi RRR RAR AR AAR to open before. It looks like magic, “evil one,” so I went to visit the sen- but we’ve had no magic in the sky for! ate, because. the Nonpartisans had a} ever and ever so long, Besides I have; majority in the senate. I learned that! : \ there were many people in trouble in} “The Bobadil Jina, the wicked wiz-North Dakota. Some were ignorant, ute sin ard who is trying to keep us from go-| some were sick,.some were oppressed. ;four-minute men, during the no enemies. have ‘very effective community. sing. Secotid’”’ Moving picture theatres. A leader or group of singers seat to each theatre to conduct a ten-min- ute sing (similar to the speeches of war). ing to the South Pole, might have, Some cities wanted water works, some} Choose easy songs—something “pep- come up here ahead’ of us,” suggested; wanted parks. There were many peo-| py” and serve popular (not jazz) Nick. “Perhaps he's keeping your door} ple with many wants, shut.” “No,” answered. the Star, “he couldn’t, for earth fairies, wicked or! to help the: good, cannot come up to the sky with-) many, and out our consent. Even your “Magic; and | wondered if the senate was any, Wishing Shoes could not have brought; relation to that other teacher who} They came to} Flash the words on the screen and ' the senate for help and the senate: get the people singing. Don't forget reached out its hands in an endeavor | y people and it did help| id right many wrongs,) Third: ur patriotic songs before closing. 3 a national affair. Schools. Glee clubs, orches- tras and bands. These ure always willing to co- you here unless J had asked you to; went out among the people to heal and | operate. Get in touch with the musi- come.” “ Nancy noticed that the flower she was holding-shook as though it might be. laughing: : fe! tell: you that there are many, strange doctrines around here and I warn you} concerning the teachings of a certain | Mr. Townley who is “at large” in these | ” 1 went to see a motion; how and was inclined to I went to! “evil one. notire agree with the minister. sve a second one, and I saw, a burn.) Fifth: to teach, and who when they reached) «21 supervision leaders. Give 15 min- out their hands to him received help./ ytes to singing’ in general assembly { went back to the church and they} ret the singing reach all. -Orches- were very much concerned about the! trag and band rehearsals might give coving picture shows and they told). short time to playing old tunes and me ‘that many of the moving pictu shows were very closely related to t! tional anthems. urth: Have a general meeting, for all community singing if possible. Urge all school children to attends They are our musical future. . Few soloists. ‘parts. I went to see Mn. Townley and) ing church | wanrnrnrrnnwnnr, T said to him, “Have you any relig-| ruan EVERETT TRUE GVENIN 7 THOMPSON — L CAWED TO SEE IF NWOU'D LET ME TAKE A OLPLE OF DOLLARS, AND ALSO I WANT TO MAKE OF THIS BOOK YOU BORROWED OF Wou RETURNED CAST SVENIN y ! The fire and flame was) = up and abcut the steeple and BY CONDO) “#iz«, eer “|songs; 101 |. This is a community affair—short ) Patriotic address encouraging music. When you have your community them singing. oryour city papers (will gladly give you all the publicity | needed. Choose the seven best songs ‘and print one each day asking the community to memorize them. Then ; Sing them at your. civic center com- \ | munity sing. Reference: Twice 65> songs; school music, | books, Hymnaries, et: y I shall be glad to answer-dny in- | quiries on this work. Jey * Youys for a singing natign, MISS BERGLIOT, CASPARY, State Chairman of Community Sing- ing; State Federatién:, “of Music Clubs. fig \* 1 | | | A WINDY DAY. #N, BISMARCK. | Editor Tribune: 2° : Danger lurks “in_ many. places not suspected. Zz ie When walking down Sixth street be- ; tween Broadway and Main yesterday aflernoon, .the ‘wind blowing a gale, caused the “large. bill: board to fall lever unto the sidewalk just as | | reached; he edge on the north side, i which,if I had been just a minute | sooner would have struck’ me down le and probasly would have | been: fatal. | “"Pwo teams were tied there becom- iihg very frightened arresting my at- ig. While think- runaways and saye wo horses and wagon, I really for- got to tremble and did not realize THe PAGES ARS ALY ohare ank of the : : where I stocd on the bank o! Nou'RS WELCOME tt. River of Life. In-that river T saw lature fixing severe penalties for private detec- originally came. The whole operation can be ar- | the faté so near at hand. Thus we | tives who “advise or incite” any act: of violence.| ranged on a basis that, will not hurt private de-| J. V. As and Nonpartisans, Newspa- WUMB-MARKED ANO You FIGURED YOUR ask do not the guiding angels delay Frederick T. Fuller, sponsi f the Bill - a nase: Pi ik Be pers, } 1 Pictured; Dances, Chutch- IGROCERY BILLS ON THE =z the moments or perhaps our, life’s : cones » Sponsor of the bill, studied] positors, provided there is a spirit of co-opera-| es, and all the. aspiring, expirins, | ELW USANGSS !! | work has not been finished. = YY) struggling, failing and succeeding, | Breck descotititjeonee ce Niccolo ee masses of humanity, moving resist-! lessly onward. 1 met a minister on mach destruction of property and defiance of law] It. cannot be denied that some exceedingly ugly to “agents provocateur.” rocks are looming in the immediate course of the| the bank and asked him if he exit " i : a lowe in je river. He Si . If such creatures have functioned in America,| North Dakota craft. But they do not mean wreck! NOh' aos" 1 asked him, “Why /not? they and those hiring them mus it-[i i ip’ vill we He said he had a little pond where : g t not be permit-|if the entire ship’s company will work together | paddied around in his canoe. I s WE'ee CALL (T \ | SQUARG {Y} . | ee. it rari “ employers would not/to avoid it. In the face of the common danger, | “Do you have any religion?” he said, he Slates arose ance eir emplo : . 4 *. . 5 °, A ‘{ deal in religion, I dispense it in our * exerci 3 ployment in a strike ‘and/continuation of factional strife means disaster Snncatt every Sunday.” Jesaid, “E will i] czigsiece ing Mreremes, Spa ae ‘IT will if YOUR LIFEi Become ‘and remain oo: the fepartment of justice should, recognize, the for all parties.—St. Paul Daily News. come to your church.” He sai