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‘ ‘also reserved. : Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota .. + not die when public work halts only until some of | would be listened to with more attention if they ‘ 4 Bonnie against that day when the people are of the pendulum in opposite directions, they would -ed for every dollar of pay—nwre thrift for each ; THE BISMARCK TRIBUN! PAGE FOUR ores THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘guardian to be appointed to his child if there be “no just cause to the contrary”. The court deter- | ‘iutered at the Postoffice, Bismerck, AoDy as | Second mines what would be “just cause to the contrary.” | The mother has no voice in the matter. | | . $ . Editor e - CE ORGE Dy MANN. tc —_—— These are just a few of the instances. G. toga rengsentaties ANY Mss White believes a revolution in the realm CHICAGO DETROIT ‘of common law, upon the woman question, would - Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH bea godsend. NEW YORK . Fifth Ave. Bldg.’ “Tf the old fallacy that upon marriage a woman ; The Associated Press is exclusively entitled tothe use lost her identity and submerged her personality lor publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise for pun satis’ paper and algo the local news published could be erased from the records and wiped from herein. memory, we might look for justice without fear! Ail rights of publiesson of special dispatches herein are of prejudice,” she says. “The laws of inheritance succession need patch-| MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION ing up, also.” au P ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, | Most states have equal guardianship measures, Daily by carrier, per year +o $7.20 eae : Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) ‘720; but underneath the statutes the courts recognize . ee the common law rule that the father is the natural citi «guardian of the child, and is given the preference. THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER i 4 \- (Established 1873) | ‘Women should be encouraged to enter the le- gal profession,and to sit as judges and jurors, <i> |is Miss White’s conclusion. “Our whole structure i. cf jurisprudence needs overhauling on subjects| : THE SPUR OF VISION .. that directly affect woman. Women alone can) A nation, a city or an individual without a vis- , ty | jon is doomed to perish. The spur of a proper vision bring that about, 10s a certaintysmen wont! is the great need in these days of reconstruction. It will not be long before industry hits its old. stride, but the vision of America is going:to be different. There is going to be more work demand- CIVILIZING FIJI i Certainly you have to admit that the Fiji Is-| landers are being civilized at a fast pace! The) other day 16 natives of Suva were fined for speed-| ing in their jitneys. And the Suva Times an-; nounces a “great reduction in cotton goods.” Once there was a time when Fijians cared not al noct for jitneys, nor judges, not cotton goods. the pub-' They didn’t know the difference between an au- lie dollar. But that does not mean that its vision tomohile and a pair of pants. Now every Fiji| is to be narrowed as it economizes wisely to that man wears cotton trousers and those who don’t end that the burden of taxation be lessened. There’ sivver want to. must be deflation of public expenditures in muni-| “Civilization is overtaking us,” said the chief cipalities just as there must be in state and na-} magistrate, as he passed out the fines to the last tional budgets. It is an accepted policy of re-.junch of speeders arrested; “but I will admit that! trenchment throughout the nation. ‘speeding isn’t in the same class with’ making pot-) If taxes are reduced and every public dollar roast of captured. enemies.” made to go as far as possible, business can expand! Special effort was directed at Fiji clothing con-’ and prosper more. The saving in taxation will|cerns to get reduced prices, it is said, as many, be spent in other ways for the advancement of the | of the natives were being driven back to the fig-| city. A city with high taxes will lag in the race! leaf garment. for commercial supremacy. This city has gone through an extensive Brogram| Are we to understand that Coolidge will repre-| of public improvements in which every citizen’ sent the “department of the senate” in, the presi-; takes a just pride, but there must be a cessation! ‘dent’s cabinet? | tor the next few years to give the city opportunity | —— | to .reduce its indebtedness and so revamp its fi-! i nances as to get upon a cash basis or as nearly so} EDITORIAL REVIEW as that desired end is possible. | Public work in Bismarck in the next two year'| not ‘osprese the opinion. of Th period should be reduced to the limit of absolute necessity.. There should be no more paving un-’ less there is an almost unanimous petition of tax-| payers. Some property owners are struggling, The wave of wage reductions is disagreeably fa- now to meet payments and they should be as-| miliary, It recurs as often as there is business re-| sured that during the next few years, the tax load action, and that is as often as there are “booms,” will become less and less. |say: every ten years, but sometimes at intervals Putting our city budget on a basis of strict of twenty years. Those who think that such al- economy will spur business men to plan greater ternations are an indictment of our institutions] expansion of their business. Civic pride need and signify that capitalism should be abolished penny of inccme and more vision in planning for | business growth. | Bismarck has reached a stage in its history that calls for close economy in the handling of the pub-' ——— column may or may Tribune. ‘hey a presented bere in order that ‘our readers may has al both sides of important issues which cussed in the press of the day. THE WAGE (REDUCTIONS - the present overhead is reduced. The city can con- | should first solve some simpler problem. If they ‘ tinue to plan and arrange for parks and play- tried to make a clock run without the swingin financially ale to embark upon such a venture of 'Jearn that the excess in either direction is a ne- improvement. A recreation center is needed most | cessity of the case, unless what is desired is rest! before any other public improvement is under-|at the dead centre. In economics the dead taken. centre is abhorrent to labor and capital alike. The Tribune’ hopes that the problem of a pub-! Just now there are signs of a better understand- lic playground can be solved by the joint action ot| ing between the factors of production and pros- Bismarck and. Mandan, giving these Twin Cities! perity than is usual under such conditions. The of the Missouri Slope a.worth while park, a proper | makers of linotype machines, instead of arbitrar- setting for the white way to the bridge and the| ily marking wages down, are asking their men to| scenic drive which the state and the county work-| vote as to the manner in which the wage workers ing in unison plan to build with the completion of /prefer the readjustment to. be made which the the bridge. ‘condition of the industry makes necessary. In There are some great projects to be worked out the shipbuilding industry there is now being held] for the benefit of the two cities within the next |< referendum to couple a reduction of wages with! few years which is all the more reason to keep a provision for a bonus on efficiency, so that what| the municipal budget down to. one of strictest is taken away in one manner may be restored in economy. | another. The employers will divide equally the Let every energy be applied toward making saving of time. There are cases in which brick-| these Twin Cities of the Missouri Slope the great- layers’ union have voluntarily voted a reduction| est commercial center of the state. The spur of vision is what we need. of their own pay by 25 cents, to $1.an hour. Compare the temper and consideration for the! ——___—_——_—— \various interests and the public shown in such; WOMEN WANT EQUAL JUSTICE \cases with the declaration of three railway broth-!| Courts still are distictly masculine institutions. | erhoods—the trainmen, firemen and conduetors—| Until women are fairly represented as judges and. that “they will not peaceably submit” to the re-| jurors there will be doubt as to whether women! adjustment of wages-in their industry, although | ever receive exact justice, say members of the the matter is under consideration by .a publié National Woman’s Party. |body. The railway unions are absorbing in their! Miss Sue White, research chairman, says the increases of pay the increase of rates which was party will concentrate its efforts in an attempt to to enlarge railway facilities and rescue the indus- | | ST. PATRICK’S DAY DREAM OF TOMORROW BIG INDEMNITY DEMANDED IN OYSTER WAR i Judge heats $100,000 Against Battling Village on Barnegat Bay By Newspaper Eterprise. Thoms River, 'N. J., March 17.— Judge William H. Jeffry is wrestling with a reparations problem ergarten lesson! The Judge intends. to impose repar- ations on:the village ‘of Parkertown hat make the German indemnity look like a slap on the wrist, Parkertown has a population of less than 400 men, ren, And if the forthcoming “peace county courthduse, ‘accepts program these:Willagers will have to pay. $250 a head—a total of $100,000— in rparations. This is \because Parkertown has lost a 20 year oyster war to the vil- lage of West Creek. The people of West Crek plantd’ oystrs and fore the “supreme council.” Situation in Brief Here are, the high spots in the situ- tion which Judge Jeffry will lay be- the “supreme ¢ouncil.” A 20-year feud between town poachers and West Creek oyster; planters that has just reached a cri through the arrest of 110 prisoners nearly every man and boy in Parkers-} town. Pleas of guilty by 90 to charges in- eluding arso:, ‘assault, latcen and) malicious destruction of property. Seven Prkertow men held as host- ages to enfoce the truce and end the: war on a basis of indemnity to be paid West Creek. Threats by Judge J2ffry that all) will be sent to the penitzat under | 16-year sentences unless t r pact is carried out. Defiance of Judge Jeff: proposals | by two prisoners, including a 16-year old boy, held in the Toa Two threats against tiv Judge Jeffry unless he #ba.1 role of arbitrator. Masked night riders women to-induce’ pleas of Parkertown men awaiting sentence. Peace Congress manding DRESSMAKER Followed a Neighbor’s Advice| Vegetable Compound Vernon, Tex.—‘‘For three years I remove legal discriminations against women. try from strangulation, but the increase of wages | Miss White sent out a questionnaire to women| is at the cost of efficiency. The railways are: lawyers in the various states. She asked them to! increasing the cite inequalities or discriminations against | crease of cars, eigines cr tracks, but they must! women. keep in their ple a quarter million more men. | Here are some of her findings: |The railway unions increase wages and decrease | FROM CALIFORNIA: Instances in the local po-| work. But jt is the commoncst experience in| lice courts where women were brought in for vio-| many trades that higher wages are followed by lating the Red Light Abatement act, when men’ less interest in producticn. were allowed to go free. The sympathy and sup~ort of the public rightly FROM IOWA: Wife deserters brought into go to the worker up tothe point where he antag- | court to be made to contribute to family support, onizes the public by reducing production as wages | allowed to keep more than half of earnings. Cases rise. The public shrinks from the enforcement. in against fathers of illigetimate children conducted its rigor of the biblical declaration that they who, Wash. in public court rooms and ordeal is such that many will not work shall not eat. Wages which increase , girls refuse to prosecute. production are for the common good. But when; FROM FLORIDA: A wife may have her sep- higher wages are followed by lower production the | arate estate, but it remains in the “care and man- case is like that of taxes which~ are put so high. agement of her husband.” that they are not productive. Soclety. i is not true; FROM GEORGIA: This State has a separate to its own interests if it does not protect the will- propertyJaw, but the earnings of a married wom-/ ing worker from the slacker, the man who ‘works an legally belong to her husband. | only every other day if his wages are doubled.— » FROM DELEWARE: The father names the|New York Times. : ‘ iy ast to commerce without i in-| | sultered untold agony. each month with found ol relief in doctor’s icine or any thi husband saw an ad- | 4 Mvertisement of | dia E, Pinkham’s ‘egetable Com- pound. I mentioned Hit to aneighbor and | she told me she had | me to try it. Iwas then in bed part of | the time and gny doctor said I would + have to be operated on, but we decided | to try the Vegetable Compound and I | also used Lydia BE. Pinkham’s Sanative Tama dressmaker and am now | | able to go about my work and do my | housework besides. You are welcome touse this letter as a testimonial as I am | always glad to speak a word for your Redicine | | N. Commerce St., Vernon, Texas. Dressmakers when overworked are | rea to such ailments and should profit Mrs. Stephen’s experience.. "Write to Lydia EB. Pinkhar Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., i | your health. Your letter will be opened, * | read and answered by a woman and | held in strict confidence. f 4 nl i that | | makes the allies’ job look like a kind- women ‘and child+; conference,” to“be held in the Ocean | Jeffry’s | clams and the people of Parkertown| tyour system and which nothing else | The climax will come within a iew MADE WELL | and Took Lydia E. Pinkham’s | ins in my sides. I! ly tempo- | ing | else I took until my , *__Mrs, W. M.STEPHENS, 1102 “Medicine about 4 “ oh My Is | the boards and W Jeffry ina erence” anil days when members of of trustees of Parkertown | Creek meet with Judge combination ‘peace ¢ “reparations congress.” ‘Meanwhile armed neutrility exists between -the two villages, which lie on Barnegat Bay, 15 miles souih of Toms River. “Parkertown is lawless and d orderly by heredity,” says Judg2 Jeirry “West Creek is the opposite.” “I am going to get these warring factions togetuer.. Ang I will insise that reparations be made to indemnify those’ in West Creek who have been victims of Parkertown depredations. “I do not think $100,000 will be too much for all the, mischief that has been done during the past four years. | We will go no farther back than that Figuring the whole 20-years’ damages | would be staggering. Jeffry says Parkertown will have to} find tne money to pay for their mis-! deeds, or pledge it in future workings of the oyster beds. Hostages Defiant “A Joke!” said Jay Cook Parker,; a descendant of the founder, of Parker-} town and one of the two in Toms: rover, jai. “Yeu can't get biocd out of a turnip. We're all poor down) home“ Parker achieved tanle by 008 | reoot Clven Vinager out of 100,000 clams, selling them back to him and) promptly lifting them the second time! The other hostage in jail, 16-year- old Mason Price, Jr., who has a man’s size vocabulary of profanfty and a} man’s paysique, says: ! “Sum-un hes another think comin’, | if they want to get resperations outa Parkers-{ us: “We've always culled oysters in; Barnegat and we always will. The} clams and oysters were put there by | God and we've got a right to them. | What's the use of planting oyaters?? | | They’re always been and always v The war raged until Judge Jeffry’s ! first raid in Februar’ DOES IT PAY TO WO y ABOUT APPENDICITIS ‘Can appendicitis he guarded against? Yes, by preventing intestinal inf tion. 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