The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1922, Page 4

2 R. Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). ape e # « & <= x ee & wr NHE BISMARCK N Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Secon Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN : TRIBUNE record. Blame that on natur a done their best. PorelencRepreken are |They grumble, but stick to the plow. G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY | . ie : DETROIT | Do you know of any better kind of citizen? Kresge Bldg. % a $700 \ An old and historic black walnut tree is cut CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or} : f not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local g spread of 100 feet, and a trunk six feet thick. news published herein. : i All rights of republication of special dispatches herein; are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION t sold for $700. icy | Old settlers can remember when black walnut SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE _ trees were felled for firewood and rail fences. Daily by carrier, per year, .-8720' Other trees are headed the same way, unless Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).. 5.00; ¥€ stop forest destruction. Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota..........0++ 6.00 | THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ( (Established 1873) Si ANONYMOUS LETTERS WEAPON China, beaten out of her just rights by Japan ‘at the Washington parley, will retaliate with an ‘economic war. Put the Chinese boycott of Jap- anese goods into’ effect again, is the order sent Frequently The Tribune is in receipt of anony- out by Chinese workers’ unions and secret so-' mous letters with request to print. All of them ‘cieties. : are immediately consigned to the wastebasket in the “People’s Forum” letters must be signed.: The name will be withheld from publication if bombing plane or submarine. of good faith. In a recent mail came a long letter attacking Mara SLOMAN Bae the employment of married women. Evidently LAWBREAKERS the critic of this class of employes is deeply in- | Man is the n: tural jay ker and woman is the censed at what ‘he or she terms discrimination to, natural law ignorer, says W. L. George, English the detriment of married men and single women feminist, famous as “the man who knows all out of employment. * ‘about women.” Wholesale indictment, however, of the employ-; His theory is that women hate restraint more ment of married women is not fair. There are, than men do. many instances where it is just as necessary for, George is on the wrong track. His theory married women to seek employment as those who doesn’t hold. ~ are not in the married‘class. People usually are) Women are the natural employed for their-ability in respective positions, They begin with discipling boys; later regulating and married women often are preferred when they; their husbands with the wisdom of instinct. are more efficient. It is a very hard situation to; Men make good laws. But women put the no- regulate. Since the war, women have taken a tions in the men’s heads. more prominent position. in the industrial world, than ever before. True~the economic changes BACK have worked a hardship, but how is the old bal-| The mouth organ is coming back. Large heaps ance going to be restored? It is a vexatious situ-|of them are displayed in music store windows. ation at best. The married woman as a rule enters The fad will probably take strong hold, for the industry under the spur of necessity or she de-/college boys have taken it up. sires to increase the family income so that she! Historians will chuckle at this and say: “His- can educate her children better or enjoy the privi-,tory repeats. Everything runs in cycles. All leges that greater financial aid’ give her. | things come back.” Sociologists have studied the problem of the’ The return of the mouth organ may mean we married woman in business as well as the condi-/are another step away from the jazz band. When tions arising from war when women were urged! people show a braving to express themselves indi- as a patriotic duty to assume vocations until then vidually through. music, harmony is returning. assigned exclusively to men. | Jazz is mob-insanity music, never individual. The Tribune is interested in the problem and, wants its’ readers to discuss the situation from: “MAN” their standpoint, but all letters-must be signed. | The term, “man,” in our laws refers to women Personalities must be avoided and the text mustjas much as to males, claims the Texas League be generally interesting. The ‘Tribune places of Women Voters. They want their legis- few limitations upon communications’ to the lature to amend the statutes, to this effect, with “Peoples Forum.” Religious discussion is nota recognition that where “man” occurs in the permitted either. If readers desire to discuss the Texas constitution it should be interpreted as a problem of the unemployed as it bears upon the generic term. employment of married women, The Tribune It’s a subject on which courts disagree. wants to print their views. | To settle the argument, and keep it settled, The unemployed naturaly chafe under present statutes should be revised, using a collective word, conditions. There are instances where married such as “person,” which includes, both sexes. Wo- women are working whose husbands can support men should have equality with men, even to the them without their toil. Employers by investigat- last detail of phraseology. ing carefully the condition surrounding the em-| ployment of married women can ease this situa- tion, but it must be borne in mind that efficiency | is the main consideration and where a married wo-! man produces more for the salary than the ineffi- | cient applicants, single or’ married, she is going) to hold her job. The drive:against the employ-' ment of married women must not be used.as a sub-| terfuge to’place incompetents in jobs—competi- tion not sentiment governs that situation, complain as we will about the seeming injustice of it all. iis the Achilles’ Heel of modern nations. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column),may or may not express the opinion of The Tribtine.. ‘They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed inthe press of the day. THE RESTLESS WHALE | There seems to be ample excuse for a congres- isional investigation into the restlessness of the | whales of the Atlantic ocean. A government re- STRANGERS port informs us that one of these mammals at- Japan now has 2600 movie theaters, with Amer-| tempted to enter the Pacific ocean by way of the ican films most‘ ‘popular. ' Many of: these films, Panama canal and aftér’ being stranded at the give the Japs the wrong impression of-us. But' Atlantic entrance to the waterway was done to| what counts is, we’ve getting acquainted. 'death by machine guns and high explosives drop- Movies have greater possibilities than anything ped by an airplane. . else, for breaking down frontiers and welding the|. The evidence would tend to show that the whale world into friends. My had. become dissatisfied with living conditions in The movie may ‘ultimately be thé thing that will kill war, by teaching people that human na: cific at all costs. Only a congressional committee ture is much the same all over the’ world, with’ With the customary subcommitteess and corps of the same petty problems dogging us all. ‘investigators could ascertain the real causes. Wars are fought between strangers, seldom be-, There is another side which deeply concerns tween friends. : : ‘students of Oriental problems. Would not the presence of Atlantic ocean whales in the Pacific : BALANCE at this time tend to complicate further the already The hop-aphis insect has 100 children 13 times| very complex questions of the Far East? a year, says the Smithsonian Institute. If all There is a tariff angle, too! Should whales these lived and multiplied, at the same rate, in a raised within ihe three-mile I'm't on the Atlantic year’s time the 12th generation of children would | ocean side be allowed free passage through the total 10 sextillions—10 with “000” written after, Panama canal? If so, shou}? not also the whales it seven times. But they don’t live. Birds eaz| of the Pacific, naturalized or native-born, be al- most of them. \lowed free tolls, and it is not the duty of congress Nature keeps her machinery of life finely bal-| to raise an appropriation’ to providé whale ladders anced, one preying on another, each form of life for the Panama canal similar to the fish ladders with another form of life constantly ‘attacking/of inland waters? Also, there should be an in- it. Germs are man’s destroyers. |quiry into the reasons for attacking with machine jguns and high explosives a whale which ap- FOOD ; {Proached the canal on what was apparently a Plenty of food being grown for next year, peaceful mission. : A ‘ Government crop report says farmers have plant-| On the face of it this one restless whale prob- fed 44,293,000 acres of winter wheat, compared|ably has provided congress with enough material with 44,847,000 acres last year. | | The condition of the crop is 76, the lowest on| Tribune. ——— t ) ———~—__- Farmers have f Peculiar thing about the farmers. If they had Editor to give away their crofs for nothing, they’d: go} jright out and patiently work at another big crop. down at Snow Hill, Md. It was 80 feet tall, with/ This walnut tree will be made into piano veneer. It will take time, but the boycott will do more’ where they belong. In order to insure publication {9 make Japan toe the mark than any conference.| Trade boycott is mightier than poison gas,| It has enormous), desired, but The Tribune must have this evidence powers to prevent future wars. The pocketbook! akers of the law.| _the Atlantic and had determined to enter the Pa-| |to keep it busy for an entire season._New York/ MUESDAY, JANUARY 10, ’22 | H | | | ! { i BUILDER. | What would life hold for you if you | suddenly became blind? Despair: * ‘dependence on relatives, , ‘poverty? ; | A tincup and a street corner? Or would blindness spur you on to! greater achievement. by making all jother obstacles seem trivial by com- | parison with your blindness? ; In three. different cities today are! three blind.men. who've wrung light; from darkness, who are doing things. | One has. built a city—a. city he'll never see, | Another's .. running a correspond- fence school for other blind people. The third)’ who is also without ‘hands, makes a good living by operat- ing a ewriter—never seeing what he wri Here are. their stories: | + THE CITY BUILDER In one of the wildest regions of Texas a rider paused as his horse drank from the Colorado river in ; Backbone Valley. |The rider looked at the river and residents.” ~ i Then he’rode away. That was. in 186U.-..Shortly after- ; ward the ‘rider, Adam R, Johnson, left jto take part in the Civil War. Even his promotion to a general did not jcause hiny‘to ‘cease thinking of the town he was torbuild. After ‘the -war he: returned—with both eyes/gonehoy aistv:. But he. set: alfout building the town. He. wentito New.York.to;secure cap- ital for his) project...He bought the land, subdivided it,:'sold the lots at auctions! + if And toduy— : His dream is realized in the city of Marble Falls. Texas, with the spires of its churches; the;:smokestacks of its factories, the trim:neat rows of res- idences. Tnrough \all this *General Johnson walks about without’a’ guide. But} though Marble Falls is his creation, he cannot. see it. THE TEACHER 27 years William A. Hadley, of Winnetka, Ill, taught in schools and colleges in the middle west, | Then—seven years ago—he became jstone blind, “What are you going to do?” his ds asked. i pon teaching!”’ he replied. And ‘Hadley founded, the first free correspondence school of higher educa- tion for the blind. / | He prepares lessons for students | hundreds of miles away. by_tran- ibing into raised.letters with a i le typewriter passages from ‘text books his wite reads to him. Hadley calls his. correspondence schoo! the University’ of Courage. Today at 62— He’s peunding out his daily lessons and says he'll keep them up for many years to come. | > THE TYPIS' Carl Bronner of Cincinnati, a sailor, went one day to visit the western front | While on leave from his ship in for- ‘eign waters. | A shell burst. The shrapnel not only deprived | Bronner of eyesight for life but it }maimed‘his hands and forearms so severely that they had to be ampu- | tated. i | For months he lay on his Hospital | cot, wishing to die. | Then, ‘sightless and j came back home, | He learned to operate a typewriter jee: touch with artificial hands! Now he’s making an independent He's corresponding with And he’s enjoying life. fi handless, he living. | friends. LES ‘| ATHOUGHTFOR | i| TODAY | And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in | the law, and in the commandments, | seek his God, he did it with all hea and prospered.—2 Chronic | We give Thee thanks, O Lord! , Not for the palaces that wealth has { srown, Where ease is worshiped, duty dimly | known, : And pleasure leads her dance = flowery way; ‘i i | But for the quiet homes where love is | queen, | And life is more than baubles, touched | and:seen, - And old folks thank us, and dear chi { dren play; S \ For these, O Lord, our thanks! — —Robert Bridgés. the | sect | ‘Moon is getting nearer to the earth at the rafe of about 14 feet in 200 years, "MANDAN NOTES" Mrs. J..0. Sullivan has lett for Los BLIND MAN BUILDS CITY Another Runs Correspondence School; Third, Handless, Wins Fame!! Why Then Should You, With Sight, Despair? THREE BLIND MEN WHO, UNDAUNTED, ARE MAKING THEIR MARKS IN LIFE| WILLIAM A. HADLEY, TEACHER; CARL BRONNER, TYPIST, AND GENERAL ADAM R. JOHNSON, CITY { c ; A MESSAGE FROM THE BLIND By, Walliam, A. Has ‘ine When. your lfe’s ambition has failed you, pick up a new thread of endeaver. Make your renewal of effort count for other people and-éljmin- ate yourself entirely from the*gain. I’ve found ‘that’s the best way. to. bear blindness and ;it’ll wore for ever: it. your. affliction, muy be. Because, cther fellow sie your own sorrow fades into. nificance, In unselfishness thrill of being alive. atey lies the ‘real a guest at the H. S. Russell home for several days. ¢ Miss Margaret 11 of Mandi Mrs, H. S. Ri aKa rék yesterday. a shopper in Bism: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walton’ an daughters, left teday for Dickinson, where ‘they’ will vis Mr. Walton's mothe oo | N. D. R: R. Commission in the appeal pson left Sunday evening.for Carleton College at North- | . field,, Minn., where she will resume her studies after spending the holi- days at her home in Mandan. bwas at the home’ of Mrs, Mary Wal- ton, for a few days. From Dickinson ‘both families will leave for Long “peach, Cal‘fornia, where they will spend ‘the winter, * Mss Ruth Olson, who’ has been spending the holidays at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Anton Ol- json, left last evening for Northfield, Minn., to regume hor studies at Carle~ ton College. day. evening for Fargo, Minneapolis and ‘cther points on a bus ness trip. From the Twin. Cities ‘he will go to Battle Creak, Michigan, where he will enjoy a few weeks vi W. H. Stutsman has gone to Wash- ington to appear before the Inter- * | for a reduction of fr ight rates, rs. Charles G. Hughes and daugh- jthe surrounding country. al PA Satta is fart oe | “Some day I’ build. a town here,” eee ieiates Wwe rey phe. will ter have returned from a visit at the \eaesty: Benty ot beauty tp attract Bah ; : 3 tae at ben Dereniaye |, Onan tae Mrs. W.,S.'RusSell of Dickinson is | ~ ke LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY _ ry Today's word is DEBENTURE. It's pronounced—de-ben-shure with the accent on the second syllable. It _means—a | certificdte showing jwoney is owed, signed “by the debtor: It comes froni—latin 1 }:they owe. ; It'is used like this—“The allies will issue debentures for the money they owe the United States.” THE “CRAZY” QUILT’ Scraps of silk of various hues, Greens and purples, reds and blues, Cut in niany curious shapes, : Scraps from dresses, skirts and waists, Everything. that cot uld be found, In the homes for miles around, ; ‘ Piece by piece wer e cut and built, Ss To form .the old-time “crazy” quilt. Smiles and Jaughter,.tears and pain, Sun and shadow, wind and rain, Blending in. their colors here, : Wedding wreaths and funeral bier; In these colors we Life, and love and Each a treasure of And each a measure EVERETT TRUE can see, tragedy; the soul, e of the whole. —Florence Borner. RRR RR ee BY.CO. POSTMASTER HAYS 1S TRYING To IM PROVE THE POSTAL SERVICE, But DUBS LIKE YOU GUM _ UP THE WORKS, WE CAN'T MAIC A PACKAGE LIKE THAT! }T WOULDN'T, HOLD TOGETHER nes By PAPER! KNOW A LITTLE MOR A Nol, THEN, THER: \ THAT WON'T CONG APART $ IT CAN EVEN BOUNCE NouUR: HEAD WITHOUT HURTING (IT ——THE & AGE, X IT GOUTO THE POST- WATCH Me ——TLL SHOW You Hows USE SOME BRAINS ALONG WITH THE STRING AND WRAPPING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO © THAN Ky CIRCUS MONKEY $ ITO cK CAN! 1 LEFT TO RIGHT, seAttorney J. F. Sullivan left Sun-j ate Commerce Commission for thej “debentur,” | Would you say they tried to sub- | marine the new treaty, aoe to fill, \ a Tell the wheels of comierce it's j their turn, | A regular girl.is usually. late.” No matter how good our foreign re- lations, all of them are poor. © p ‘ Sign says—“If you spit on the floor at home go home to spit.” ‘ Poison liquor and lightning never strike twice in the same place. ‘They don't have to, 3 Greatest overhead expense is a roof. Census says half the women. marry j before they reach 25, but it ig be- cause it takes them so long to reach 25, ¢ | It is a’sin to play golf on Sunday ithe way some play it. | “Silk Stockings - Higher”—head-line Don’t worry. They will stop before | they reach the neck. i ‘There-ts$1:05"worth of silver in a dollar.-And. $.30. worth of steak. It is easy to work on the level: ; watch a man when he hits a hill. | This fellow Coe who was slain isn’t | the same “Co.” who owns part of ;Nearlyjevery business, Scientists. says a mosquito has 22 teeth. Hope they all ache. Russia has raised the postal rate. Gur rate of a hundred miles a day re- | mains the same. | The most needed auto accessory is ja bank balance. | A man who says he Aloesn’t: love anybody forgets “himself.” \Sitting tight: is frie; but when a {man is tight he won't sit. i A St. Louis man chopped up his furniture with an ax. Try this on your neighbor’s piano. Professor says troubles are cured | by ‘talking. What cures talking. Cangress used 13,862,800 words last session. Placed end to end they would reach around the world. 40 times and back to where they started. ! Don’t spoil our only new year.’ ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS — | —+ ra 2 - By Olive Barton Roberts Nancy and Nick and Bubkins sat quite still while the Fairy Queen was ‘hearing the trouble of all the kite people from the Land-of-Up-in-tlie- j Air. | “Who is next?” she asked. “Us,” answered two box-kites, step- | ping timidly forward. “We,” corrected the Queen: “Yes, | we,” nodded one of the kites. ' “But we're'so nervous we forgot our gram- imar.”” | “Why, what is the troublé?” asked {the Queen kindly. “What are you afras ie S “We—we don't want to be sent buck. if you please,” explained the Kites. “You see, we spoiled the trade.” | I haven’t the least idea what you are talking about.” declared the Fairy Queen. Suppose you begin at ithe first and tell me all about it.” | “Well,” said one of the Kites, “it was this way. As we are box-kites jwe go very high up into the air, and (being strong, we can carry a great |deal of weight, so Mr. Pettigrew ;thought ofa plan’ to use us in ad- | vertising. Mr. Pettigrew is manager {of the Snow Soap Company.. So he {got eleven of us and ‘put an electric light in each one. As we all had dif- |ferent letters, at night when we were sent up into the sky with out liglits jburning, we spelled out the words {‘Use Snow Soap.’ I had an ‘S’ on me and my friend here had a ‘W’ as you can see. But one ‘night our lights | went out. There we were up in the i sky, spelling ‘Use No Soap,’ and the children were tickled to pieces when ; they looked out of their windows at bedt.me and saw us. Mr. Pettigrew | was furious, so my friend and I broke away and came here. Please don’t j send us back. It wasn’t our fault.” “Tl write a note to Mr. Pettigrew,” | said the Fairy Queen. “You need not | be alarmed about returning to your | friends.” (To Be Continued.) 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