The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1921, Page 4

pec ntatco amen nententneenactlieen tac nN * *°Old_ Weems may have heen a fraud and the “bold as. to say that Santa Claus is a myth ‘and , over in your mind. - Be 9) what was. oat PAGE FOUR, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE (ER EIS A Entered ‘at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. Editor, GEORGE D. MANN : = : - ————— Foreign Representatives G, LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. 8 AND SMITH NEW. YORK PAYNE: BI BURNEY - 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’ publishes DETROIT Hee Bldg. herein. "Al Tights of publication of special dispatches herein’ are reserved. —<$— < MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) ne Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck. +» 5.00); ing to only one man. Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota ............ 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established '1873) i fe "GEORGE WASHINGTON, FIRST : Every ‘schoolchild hag heard: “George Washington, first’ in war, ‘first in _ Peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” And they have come to know him as a general, a stateqman,* sand ‘beloved hy his fellowman. There® Were of sides of Washington. In THE tion a merchandising idea which you had evolved | and meant to use soon. If you are a novelist, an essayist, a painter, a composer, or a seulptor it is probable that some} time in your career you have been chagrined to) discover that some one glseshas had: an idea} which you thought was yoar exclusive property’ and has got that idea before’ the public while; you were still thinking about it. ‘i stances where two or neere men were working! on the same idea where the one who reaped the! rewards was the one who brought his idea first before the public. | i The patent office and the international copy-| right, especially the former, are in existence be- cause ideas are not. exclusive properties occur- Two, five, a dozen wen unknown to eacl ch, other and separated by thous- ands of miles may be working on the same new idea. RS The successf: a man is the man who first trans- lates his thought into action. He is the man who when an idea comes to him sets himself immediately to the task of realizing his idea as something other than a mental fancy. An idea which is not in action, which is not materialized, is nothing more than a mental toy. It is useful, worthy, and profitable’ oily when it is a visible fact. them, too? he was first, which is to say he was in _ the foremost rank. “He waa very exact in all business as well as very shrewd. at a bargain,” writes His- torian Henry Cabot Lodge. “And the. tra- dition is that: his neighbors considered. the general ‘a formidable man in a horse trade, that most difficult of all transactions.” . ‘ * We imagine that, were our modern captains of industry to -devote their attention. to horse- trading, they might prove very formidable at it. Washington’s business was farming. : '“He managed his plantations entirely himself,” says Lodge in his biography of the firat president, “and did it well, He knew the qualities of each field, and the rotation of its crops. No improvement in agricul- ture and no ingenious invention escaped his : gitesiey. se : ‘Hes Ch uae in farming:. ’ at-that ‘aut I of thie pea: -sided ei pret s le. was. first: in ‘dbeadie! j ; ‘youthful’ fancy ‘strongly leaned idward ndsome dress, Senator. Lodge assures us, add- ‘oy he never ceased td take an interest in‘ it: ad: the best. possible taste and the’ keenest riate.” ; farmers also are im: vl tis a inany of the world’ ‘great genérals algo} + formidable horse traders? : “tow many of’ our able: Phsiness men ate good fartiers? © « ‘How"many of our- preidents have been good business men? . And. how FEW of our best dressers are presi-|_ denits;. generals, ‘captains ‘of industry, leading farmer? Only. one American has been. first in ‘That-man of many firsts was born 189 years ago today, at. Bridges Creek, Va. : THE CHERRY TREE ; “Peale the efforts of. certain historians to * Kill/it; the story of George Washington and the cherry tree goes marching on, like truth itself. ‘Henry Cabot *odge denounces aa a. mere “myth-maker” Parson Weems, the man/who first told: the cherry tree story which, according to ~ Lodge, is “hopelessly and ridiculously false.” - Nevertheless, confectionary windows just now are blossoming with candied cherries, symbols of. > the:: cbirthday of the Father of His Country. And.“is* not, the’ little hatchet being sold in-many varieties of colored cardboard? And is not:the dear old story to be re-told in every com- - mon school of the land? cherry. tree stoty a myth, but'what’s the odds? here haye even been folks who have made so yet Santa Claus continues to flourish, doing his work annually and i ignoring the critics. ndjust as ‘sure as there is a Santa Claus, yas once a cherry tree, and George Wash- chopped it down, later sontessing: truth- ‘0:the’ deed. areover, let destructive historians remember . Long after their dusty books are forgotten, ‘son Weems’ cherry tree story still will set be- Tore : THOUGHT IN ACTION ow many times have you faced the fact that ‘someone else has thade use of “your” idea? In other words, how many times has the other fellow “beat you to it?” 4f you are an |, advertising man it is probable that you havé found -in the newspapers an idea ‘probable that were, Washington alive -to-}. YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER “The teacher shortage is just as serious as it was a year ago,” announces Philander P. Claxton United States commission of education. “What! material shall be used to fill these, thousands of | vacancies? The people must decide. ‘The child-! ren are theirs, the wealth is theirs, the schools! are their agents. It is up to them.” What is to be done about’ it? 1—Pay adequate wages! ‘ You can’t expect one who has’ spent money | and time in special training to be attracted to a! job that will not pay living expenses. The fact that many teachers love their work is no excuse for putting it on a charity basis. The commercial world makes a high hid for ability. 2—Better opportunities. for tratning will help. Two years of‘normal work in each four year: oliigh. school ‘coursé. would aid i in supplying ‘fine- ‘ eqnipped teachers. a 38—A4 genergl sforgenieation! of normal schools ‘ecith respect .to their dtity y toward. the rural tédcher, is needed. * i “The. coyntry teacher has to take the crumbs,” Jaments one specialist. With more than 200, one-teacher schools in the United States, the rur-| al.schoolma’am probably has the hardest: row. of! all to:hoe. | She is cut off from her. frientis and deprived by distance of many cultural resources a: true teacher loves and needs. VCE fk Consolidation cuts down the number of va: cancies, likewise the number of salaries to be paid. “It'benefits thé pupil. It-helps the teacher, Can we afford to employ teachers of the better sort? 4 4 _ Can we-afford not to? \ EDITORIAL REVIEW. Comments reproduced in this, column may or may. not express the opinion of The Tribune. y are presented here in order that our readers may have th eides: pS important issues which are being dis- cussed in RAILROAD STRAITS W. W. Atterbury, vice-president of the Penn- sylvania and chairman of the Labor Committee of the Association of Railway Executives, enum- erates to the Federal Railway Labor Board thirty-six railroads which in January did not ‘earn their es ea Not to earn, even io press of the day. operating expenses means not to get enough rev- enue to pay all wages, coal bills and other costs of current supplies, ete, And among the carriers which were in such a plight during January were seasoned dividend payers like the G at | Northern, the Northern Pacific and thé Reading) railways. There were as well twenty- eight roads which | earned their operating expenses but did not take! in enough to pay interest on their debts, taxes, ' ete. Among these roads was even the great and' powerful Pennsylvania system, with others like} the Batimore and Ohio, L ehigh Valley and South. , ern. ' It is the working conditions, not the wage) scales, fastened upon‘the American railway sys- The history of human thought is full of in-¢ hg PRR ECG ORE TE | Remarkable Remarks | ie eg BISMARCK TRIBUNE ry - o os OAT oy rH RS sate CROSSING THE DELAWARE MOTOR BOAT. ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS By Oliver Roberts Barton. Down through’ the starlit -pool \sank Nancy and Nick, still clutch- ing their precious Box of Charms. Having on their Magical Green Shoes the 1 they felt no discomfort under Mek promptly and quietly closed. Green frog that’ had_hopped in, too. water. na 4 Just as their-little Star-friend had told them. up in: the sky, they found @ small door, so,.tiny, indeed. ‘that they had to wish themselves as small as the tiniest tadpole before they could find. the, keyhole.’ Nick, turned the key and the door flew open, They stepped. inside quickly. X They were in the, secret passage called:the Cave of Gems that led to the South Pole: Wey “Do shut that door,” snapped a voice.’ “The draft’ is: blowing all the curl out of my hair,*then it gets into my eyes and I can’t write poetry.” Nick promptly and quietly closed the little door, “not noticing the fat green frog that) had hopped in, too. Then he and Nancy: waited to be greeted. They had’ been taught: to “I am positive: there is nothing | whatever in England to Justify even an inference that anything ~ caa cause war betwee. the United States and Great Britain.’—Sir Philip Gibbs. pie i ER “The alcoholic: ward of Bellevue Hospital has become™a raving and howling asylum.”—Dr. John. W. Bren- nan, president of the hospital board of trustees. ‘ | # bern or 1 feroliltion has come to stav.’ Sno- ra ic efforts to revive the old order will meet with no success, and I am | glad .of it."—Gov. B. W. Olcott, of Oregon. Sage “Housing conditions threaten the home today. The time may‘ come when the state will have to take over the housing problem and administer it as a public utility.”—Rev. Chafles N. Lathrop. ages “The man who seeks to justify taw-| breaking by calling all laws he doesn’t e ‘blue,’ is disloyal to true’ civic liberty.” (Copyright, 1921, \. E. A.) hes 7 until. they were spoken. te. i i rather dark, although | howed thein that they were in a cavern with a high-arched | ceiling and straight, polished walls. Where the voice came from they | the ttle door, not notleing the fat could not ‘tell, as the room ‘or cave appeared to be empty. of pry occu- pant save themselves. “What are your names?” asked the voice. i “Nancy and Nick,” the little answered. politely: “And what do you look lke?” “C-can't you see us?” asked: Nancy in surprise. “We're right here.” “Oh, you are, are you? Well how do you expect me to see you with Bobadil’s Wishing Ring on your fin- ger?” e Nidk. sic down* in surprise. tt was true! le still. had the, wicked ,Jinn’s ring and he and Nancy were invisible. He turned it hastily. “That's better!”- said the voice. “You are nice looking youngsters, aren't you?” hoy -erintendent Reform International Bureau. r Dictate HIS FAREWELL i f TUESDAY, FEB, 22, 1921 spss j Makes a Family S al ply of Cough Re Remedy J suver ubout $2. a “OPEN and quickly prepared, Gi ocecanasasesesesesasasssesesese If you: combined the curative proner- ties of every known “ready-made” cough rginedy. you probably conld not get as | afueh teal curative power aa there is in siinple home-made cough syrup,! whieh ix easily prepared in a. few minutes. Get from any druggist, 2% ounces of Pinex. pour it into a pint bottle anid H fill the bottle with syrup, using either plain granulated sugar syrup. ‘elarifie | molasses, honey, or corn’ sytiip, as de- sired. The result is a: full’ pint of really better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for. three times the mone! Tastes pleasant and - never spoils. This Pinex and Syrup preparation gets right at the-cause of a cough and gives almost immediate relief. the} Dhlegm, stops the na je! and heals the sore, ir so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. A day’s use will usually overcome the ordinary cough and. for bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and bronchial asthma, there is nothing better. Pinex is a most valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine ex- tract, and has been used for generations to break up severe. conghs. To avoid disappointment, druggist for “2% ounces of Pinex” with full’ directions, and don’t pt any- thing élse, Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction‘ or money promptly -ra- iunded. The Pinex Co. Ft. Wayne, nd. f f —_———— SSS from ‘the vesset It’ the’ ‘Fiver and the sounds. echoed from, the,woods and hills around. “Three general discharges by | the 3] Really, better 7 than. ready-made : ask your of artillery ‘which lined the banks of the Potomac back of, the vault, paid | the last tribute to the entombed com- | mander-in-chief of the armies of the ADDRESS ek i ~ | WASHINGTON'S | | nate the future.” United States and the départed hero. “The sun was ‘how setting. Alas! | The ‘sun of glory. was. set forever. | No--the name of Washington—the | American president and general—will | triumph over death!, The unclouded brightness of\ his glory: will illumi- FARMERS VOTE FOR DUTY-EREE LUMBER \ a adel In referendum vote which has just infantry—the cavalry and 11, pieces, | been completed by the, Grand Forks FUNERAL TOLD _ IN A RTIC i County Farm Bureau,..the. farmer i members of the organization declared Joplin, Mo., Feb. 22.—A ngwepaper | by a vote of 525 to 7 that the pro- account /of' the funeral ‘ of’ George| posed 25 percent. tariff on lumber Washington was uncovered here re-; coming into the United States from cently by Mrs. FE. H, Coats of this city. when. she found a copy, of the Ulster County” Gazette,’ pubsished’ at | Kingston, Ulster county, New York, | January 4, 1800,"in which thestory of the funeral was ‘printed.- Thy paper | was distovered in an old. trunk con- | taining family heirlooms: and gives | the folldwing’ descripticn of the fu-| neral: } “in the long «and; Jofty Portico | where oft the hero walked in all his | glory, now ay: the shrouded corpse. | The countenance. still composed and | serene, seemed ‘to depress the dignity | of the spirit, which lately dwelt in that lifeless form. ‘There those who} paid the last, hotiors tS the benefactor, of his country, took an impressive— farewell view.’ “On. the ornament.’of the head/ ot the coffin ‘was, inscribed “Surge de Judicuny’—about tke» middle ‘of the) coffin, loria. Duo"—and the. silvet | plate, “General. George Washington, ! departed this life on the 14th of De-! Canada would be detrimental to their interests.’ ‘In this connection, resolutions were adopted by the executive c@mmittee of the North Dakota Farm: Bureau Federation asking that congress place no: tariff,on lumber,” These’ resolu- tions were forwarded fo Washington a few days ago, as were the, results of the vote taken by the Grand Forks | County Farm Bureau; « ’ WOELD NOT DO WITHOUT IT. You can stop a’ common col@ if you: act promptly at’ the first sign - of sneezing, and chilliness, hoarseness, tickling throat or coughing. Just takea dose of Foley’s Honey and. Tar Compound. It is effective and pleas- ant to take. Harry L. Neff, Price Hills. Cincinnati,.0.. kngws: itis: good for ‘long-standing! coughs and: colds, | tod.) -He.writes: | “Ivhad a very’ bad cough for almost two years. I have taken 3 ‘bottles “of Foley's Honey. and Tar and ‘am almust , well... 1 simply cember, 1799.” | would not:do without fee in the house.” “Between 3 and 4 o’clock the sound; ~=advt* of artillery from a vessel in the riv- er, firing minute guns, awake, afresh | Beulah. Ligaite’ Coal $5.50 and our solemn sorrow—the body was re Bear Creek Coal $12.50 deliver- moved—a band of music'with mourn-} ful melody melted the soul into an|ed. Wachter Transfer Co. Phone SoA think that perhaps women are a little less easy to fool than men.” — Alice Ruer Miller. EVERETT. TRUE the tenderness of woe.” Then follows a long descriptive | account of the procession, in Which! Washington's horse with his saddle.! halters and pistols followed the cas- ket which ‘was mounted on ae artil- lery wagan. Continuing the article says: “When. the ‘procession had arrived} at the bottom of the eteyatea tawa.! on the bank of the Potomac,. where | the family vauit is placeu, tue cavaiy | halted, the infantry marched toward | the mount and formed their lines—| the clergy, the Masonic brothers and} the citizens,/descended to’ the vault} and the funeral of the church was | performed. The firfug was repeated BY SENO THE Feccow WHO MOOCHES GIMME A CIG4R GvERETT, TM DYING “For A SMOKE | { 62 or, 63. - THE SENSE __ "OF INFERIORITY = |A° Starved. Nervous System Takes the Snap Out of the Otherwise. Strong and ; { ‘unfitness, ‘the peculiar ‘nervous strain -that> causes some }men’ to shrink So~ lamentably’ is merely a condition 6f semi-starva- tidn: If you doubt it;4et the recon- structive influence of Reolo drive it out of your head completely. the youth of the land ‘America’s:best exam-’ ‘}eannot escape a headon collision which wil tem in the|disastrous period of Government oper- | ation which in ibis, ffdustrial depression are | making it impossible for the strongest railroads, in the country to carn, their interest charges, | their taxes, their coal costs, even theit payrolls. {If the United States Railroad Labor Board does \not respond 'to this situation, if/the railway wage earners do not cooperate to bring a quick adjust- | ment of this calamity record, they themselve: inaim railroad workers from one end of this| ¢ land to the other. Bankruptcy revenue spells wholesale, merci- less and inevitable slaughter of the' payrolls. The fully : ‘worked out which you had been turning, f you ate a merchant or a manufacturer it is more than likely that. you-have suddenly, discov- railway workers don’t want.that; the roads don’t want it; the public doesn’t want it. But. only; immediate and adequate action on the impossible BANK EMPLOYS |. ‘WOMAN AS TELLER The new teller of the First State ogers, N. D., isa woman. She is Miss Maxine Lowry, a grad- «| uate of Dakota Business College, N. D. Commenting on her appointment, F, L.: Watkins, presi- dent of this school, sai st és not unusual. Many girls take our Banking C Course and get so-called Recently’ we sent another young lady, Zella Darling, to the Farmers Bank of Leonard, as assistant cashier.” Bank, R men’s jobs.’ Rev, Wilbur F. Crafts, SUR ‘No, it: “Follow the Succe$$ful.’? Enroll | 1s res. working conditions and inequalities can‘ stop it. «pom for Soutgihem. Wie FL. | When the nerves-haye gone, smash DYING, EH z WON'T HAVE To WAIT LONG TOR THE SMOKE |} we, {and the iron has been burned out of ithe blood, then is the: time that the y | red-blooded fighter lords it all over ’ his pale-faced rival. Reolo is a won- } der. It gives you céristious strength } You feel an increased nerve- force, ? nerve control. more bluff, no | halting, no. hesitation. <With an ita- | proved appetite the nerves that were | Starved cease to ‘cry out with pain, ; the red corpuscles in thé blood in- } crease’ enormously, there is a tinge | of color to the skin and a sense of |fitness. from head to: fort sien is | the marvelous capacity oZ: the sys- hy jtem to respond to the influence of | Reolo. _ “This “wonderfiil» reconstruc- | tive and strenghtening- combination | so intensifies the activity: af the vital | Processes...that you approach, any | task ow a-vim that is ifisly as- | tonishing. Ask any of the aerks at Finney’s 1 Drug store or anyother. leading drug | store for-a.$1-00-box.of Reolo. Ask | themabont its wonderful effect upon y 7 rai Mey, Se muleby. ea } a Ps t 4 ‘ys ( oo a im Py a