The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, ’22 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Tntered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. 4 5 Editor | GEORGE D. MANN Foreign Representatives ’ G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY DETROIT. CHICAGO Kresge Bldg. 1 darquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH | WEW YORK : - Fifth Ave, Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or aot otherwise credited in this paper and also the loval yews published herein. f All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. i pezch eect esate UN aT ia MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVAN \Qaily by carrier, per year. . 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 (Established 1873) E> EXIT: THE “BLUES” Have you noticed that in vaudeville and burles- que they aren’t wailing those “blues” songs as much as a few months ago? ; And when you and the wife go out for the even- ing, if some pests starts up the phonograph the “plues” records aren’t as much in evidence? If brought out, apt to be dusty? | The “blues” are passing out because a psycholo- gical wave of cptimism is pulsating through the} country. a When the nation was actin at the mouth and, keeping itself plugging alongyonly by a grim sense of humor, the national anthem had, verses like these: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, If whiskey don’t get you, the, raisinjack must. I’m ge‘n’ to put! my head on’ a: railroad line, Let.a B. & O. train pacify my min’. O I’ve got the weary blues.... An’ I'm feelin’ sad. 8 A market letter comments that lately no furore} is created in the stock market by any news story indicating that there’ll be a soldier bonus. ' When the market was down low, mere mentioon of a bonus bill, with its financial problems, gave the market acute indigestion. The difference is all in.the mental state of the American people. As the market letter put it,| “Optimism is the great force underneath the mar-| ket and it is the most powerful force known in business.” \ | Business’went to pot when every. one lost cour- age, began looking solemn and speaking in funer- eal tones. “Whether pessimism produced hard times, or hard times generated pessimism, doesn’t:.make much difference. { The important. point is that optimism and pros- perity travel together, and that the country is} getting optimistic. § Fundamentally, we haven’t been critically ill— at least, not compared with the hard times of | 1873. It was largely a case of finajfial stomach trouble. Dr. Fate put us to bed, to stay until we! learned that bread, beans and) round steak ‘are! more digestible over a long period than. chocolate cake, lobster and candy. : if Just: like a-patient with a sound body — can’t keep him in bed after he gets restless. Hard times come when. we get pessimistic and underestimate our strength. That’s a continuous! human failing. It takes eight men to hold down a physicial weakling when he goes crazy, yet his muscles haven’t changed, nor his reserve energy. The strength has been there all along, only he} didn’t: know. it. a National optimism will bri we have but are ignorant whistling. ez out the strength | -/' Start tomorrow | Lebo: RUM AS CURRENCY Moonshine liquor has become currency in parts ef Texas. One commitinity resorts that 40 gallons of moonshine can be ex¢! nged. for a Ford car. History repeats. In 1784, ‘settlers of eastern Tennessee set up their‘'own commonwealth, elected a legislature, called their domain the State of Franklin; and sought admission to the union.. Records dealing with this old political movement mention that rum was legal tender. in those days, one gallon buying a homespun shirt. | _Many thirsty. ones would trade their hole! wardrobe for a gallon of rum today. ; \ CORSETS Ancient Greek women wore uncomfortable cor-| sets ‘made of boards strapped together. ‘Grace Ripley tells this to an eastern meeting} of: women during a fashion show. Whereupon, the women comment about absrud- |, ities of old-time styles. : | ‘Talk was interrupted by Mrs. Carolyn Kahari, | wearing a priceless gown “of 1000 fires,” made! of, half a. million tiny mirrors embroidered on gold cloth. She bought it from an exiled Russian aristocrat. Nature might have saved us a lot of money by covering us with feathers like the birds. | : : TROWEL Watch the next bricklayer you see, especially his trowel. It is one of the very few implements} of man that has remained unchanged since its| invention. i The trowel of today is the same as was used | by the masons whd built the Egyptian pyramids | some 4000 years ago. ! An Indianapolis man now is marketing a new 20 \ations had no net income, They either lost money! ‘resources and develops its power, the more at- jites in the national sport. The public pays the kind of trowel, which he claims will lay two to three times as many bricks as the old form. There is nothing, no matter how long estab- lished, that cannot be improved. Wealth awaits the improver. . Find ‘a better way or a better de- vice and your bank account will grow. In experimenting, stick to the most widely used necessities. PROFITS Most of us imagine that our financial troubles) would vanish if we could only get into business for ourselves. Hence the old saying, “Better own} a peanut stand than work for some one else.”” | Yet an analysis of income tax returns shows) that even in 1919, the boom year, 110,564. corpor- or barely. broke even. GERMAN INDEMNITY Germany checks up and reports that, to the beginning of 1922, it paid the equivalent of about’ $1,600,000,000 indemnity to the allies in cash, goods and cessions, of state property. Our Congress is spending that much in less than six months. Whenever the Germans get discouraged, they might coma over to America and find out what a real financial problem is. CONVICTS’ PAY A bill to raise convicts’ pay has been passed by the Assembly of New. York state. . If you are interested #*cdiitrastsibrbught by the changes of time, get“Su®a ‘historycund read about old-time priscns, confinement in. which was} recognized as a living:death. i If anyone had prppésed paying wages to con- victs in olden times; he would have been-locked up with the lunatics. TWO CENTS Only really interesting.'thing about the income tax is the report, from nearly every community, of some one who paid a. tax of one or two cents. A taxpayer who whittles a thing that closely is certainly living uv to his obligations to the government. 1 When the spending branch of government be- gins paying as much attention to the mighty pen- ny, government will be living up to its obligations to the people. ; COST OF BUTTONS ‘ Do you realize how intricate is this labyrinth called civilization?’ Buttons, for instance. Amer- icans spend $100,000,00 a year on buttons, It is a fabulous sum. Yet it goes to something you rarely give even a passing thought. Thousands of other commonly used devices are taken was a matter of course, though each has; back of it an industry involving sales high up ‘inj the millions. Who invented the button | She was too’ useful to be remembered. : FORESIGHT. Fifty years ago, New York produced from its fcrests more lumber than any other state. Now it produces only a tenth of the country’s supply. This is partly due to the nation’s tremendous increase in use of lumber. The greater reason is the wanton destruction of eastern forests without replacing them. States that are'planting trees.on a big ‘scale are preparing much wealth for their future resi- dents. The more any state conserves its natural tractive it will be in the next generation, also the greater the prosperity of its inhabitants. a OMS i EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in, this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here . in order that our readers ‘may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed in the press gf the day. | iy COMMERCIAL VALUE, OF, HARD HITTING | md Sing afsong. of baseball, ‘pocket full of buns; Nothing draws the dollars Like—Ruth’s—Home—Runs! ne Judge Landis gets $50,000 a year for guiding professional baseball along the paths of integ- rity. Babe Ruth, the dispatches say, is to get $75,000 a year for filling the grandstand and the! bleachers with enthusfastic lovers of sports -be- cause of his extraordinary proficiency in batting the ball over the fence., Thus the American public pays one of its favor- treight although it does not-write the checks. We are in a high-salary era for all publie entertain- ers. We must be amused, even as the ancient Ro- man populace was amused, but substitute games and plays for gladiatorial exhibitions. | Jchn McGraw gets some $60,000 for managing the Giants; Ban Johnson draws $25,000 as pres- ident of the American League. Ty Cobb receives an equal amount for piloting the Detroit Tigers. Christy Mathewson, in his palmy days,-never ex- ceeded $10,000 a year. Movie stars and movie! counsellors alone eclipse baseball princes. They get, from $150,000 for Will Hays, to half a million| or more for people like Mary Pickford, Charley Chaplin and Doug Fairbanks. | The public pays gladly. It must be amused, is’ willing to pay for its entertainment, and joyously enriches those whose talents put them at the top of their professions. Money values for sport, even | prize fighting, have increased constantly during the past decade.—Chicago Journal of Commerce.| ‘OH, GUSHERS AT POORHOUSE- SPOUT Living Quarters on the Creek Coun- ty (Okla.) Poorfarm, Whére Oil Has Been Located, ‘ ‘ By NEA Service Bristow, Ckla., March \1—In__ the midst of poverty, of despair, of wreck- ed hopes, of ‘ruined lives, of bnoken old age— f ‘Millions of dollars are spouting out of ‘the earth here! For oil has been struck. on the Creek county poor-farm. Two gushers are bringing out from 2000 to 3000 barrels of -liquid- wealth daily. The cash value of the farm at. sale has leaped to $1,000,000 and’ Creek, tounty commisstoners ‘believe oil roy:, alties will net them $8,000,000 in the next 10 years: * a All that means little to the inmates of the poor-tarm—old people with ‘fi0' one to care for them or younger folks whose physical or mental defects. have put them out of the running in life’s race. * They. sit in a shabby line on the farmhouse porch and watch the earth give up its riches, That’s their only pastime. {fy ‘One aged inmate jokes about it. “We oughta be wearin’ diamon’s and fine raiment and livin’ off the fat of the land pretty soon,” he says, and laughs. The county. bought this 180-acre poor-farm a few years ago at $50 an acre. ‘Many thought that price was too high. i Albert Kelley, oil operator, was the seller. He retained oil and gas priv- ileges to the tract. An oil company started drilling on the poor-farm. It drilled 2500 feet, found nothing-and abandoned drilling. ‘Kiley decided to deepen the hole. At: 3160, feet-he found gusher sand! Later another, gusher burst forth! Now two derricks havé'been erect- ed on the farm. Geologists say the £20 acres occupied: by the house and outbuildings, orchard and gardens all will pnoduce, gil. Twenty, wells will bo sunk, the¥ ‘say. .” During the'first 30 days one gusher preduced 80,000 gations: of oil. The county: receves! $2 a, barrel royalty. ‘County’ commissioners,;are figuring they can run the county without col; lecting taxes as long as the poorfarm continues to produce. f Taxpayersare jubilant? So is Kelley” But the 15.poor-farm. charges just sit on the” porch—and watch the riches — roll” out—and**think they’d do if they had it. MANDAN NEWS Herbert Peterson Dies in Wyoming Herbert J. Peterson, 40, brother of Arthur H. and Earle W. Peter- son of Mandan, died eagly yesterday rérning at his’ home at Casper, Wy- oming, following a short illness ‘with pneumonia. ‘Information that he was ill was received Monday night but his condition was not considered serious and the news of his death came as a distinct shock. Deceased. was. prominent in the building of the city’ of “Casper. He launched a weekly newspaper there some years: ago which Was later made a daily and which he edited for some time. However, he disposed of the paper and devoted his entire time to real estate. He‘platted and developed two or three additions to Casper and was at the forefront in development of the district. He was a majority stockholder in-a large mo- tor concern and the state agency for several standard -cars.. This is man- aged by a brother, Clarence Peter- son. Mr. Peterson was vefy well known in Mandan having visited here at var- ious ‘times, and shortly, before Christ- mas having spent a week here with his brothers: The body probably will be taken to the old home at Hstherville, Ia., for burial. He leaves a wife, a small son and daughter, four brothers and a sister. ——v. sa Fire Causes Loss in Milling Plant Fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon caused a heavy loss, yet un- estimated, at the big elevator ,of the Russell Miller Milling company plant here. The milling company officials have not had’ opportunity to make a thorough inspection, but it is believed that at least 15,000 of fhe 60,000 bush- els of wheat stored in the elevator was ruined or affected by the smoke ‘and water. The fire was in the roof of the elevator and in‘ itaelf caused but small damage to the prop2rty. Members of the city fire depart- ment dragged a line of, hose up the stairs of the elevator to what would DAILY. eo SER VICE @ BISMARCK. NORTH DAKOTA w Knoxh all over the Northwest for Quality +@ MAIL US YOUR FILMS © what} f MILLIONS AS INMATES WATCH . The “Poorhouse of Golden Dreams” ~—~- correspond to the fifth floor of an or- dinary building, and by chopping holes in-the siding and roof were able to hauench the blaze. | Mrs, C. BE. Glass of Jamestown is a guest at the home of her sis-er, Mrs. C. P. O'Rourke for a few days. Geofgé Al. Tipper, who. has’ been spending Ghe winter with mlatives a‘ WTurtle Bake; Wis.,.has returned tc Mandan. | ADVENTURE OF | ‘THE TWINS | aT $ By Olive Barton Roberts the path 4gain on Electric Mountain, and then he left them. 'd like xo stay with you,” he said, “but I can't. You see Princess Therma in her castle of Mirrors, sees everything. She can see all the trouble you are having, al- though:she cannot help you. Besides, you must make the journey alone. She is likely, looking. at me/with you now, but that’s allowed. Pm only talking to you. Goodby now.” “Goodby”, said the twins. ever so muck obbigcd. |We- won't hunt for any more brooks.” “That's right,’ said Kip, “and take the advice of your ned father. If you had closed your eyes when he wrote his last message, you’d~have been bet- ter off.” ‘ Kip stamped onthe ground three times and disappeared. :° This time the Twins kept to the path and soon reached the bottom: of-the mountain. < “My!” yawned Nancy, that’s over. galoshes off. There’s no ‘electricity here and my feet are gecting tired. 1 wonder What the Eiderdown’Mountain is like.” Woes “It sounds like,a good place to spend the night,” said iNick. “‘I:m get ting dreadfully ‘hungry too. I. ‘wish we'd asked Kip where to find—Why, hello, what’s his?” ak Right before them on the ground app2ared a little basket with a nice white napkin over the top, Nancy pezping in. “Yes, it's sand- wiches and a bottle of milk and fruit too. Isn’t it lovely!” The red father. jumped ‘out of Nick’s pocket at that and began to write on the magic paper again. : “Oh, shucks!” declared Nick. “More trouble, I suppose. 1 almost wish ‘the old feather had stayed at home. It’s | always telling us not to do things.” ‘But this time the pen wrote: “The Magical Mushroom hent you this bas- ket. Eat out of it all that you wish. | Whenever you.are\hungry, it will ap- ‘pear with more food.” “Dear old Mushroom!” ick, the hed... feathey friend.” CD | (To Bé ‘ohttiritiéd) ! (Copyright, 1922;'NBA Service) said Naricy. is our bes: EVERETT TRUE Kip helped ‘Nancy and Nick to find |’ “We're |" “Tea - glad Now we can take our "It looks like our suppet,” said: HEY, Eveeert! | LEARN A WORD | EVERY DAY | Pash pmb seiiee ees y Today's word is HIEROGLYPHIC. It’s pronownced—hyre-o-glif-ick with accent on the third syllable. It means—Egyptian picture writing, sectet writing, unintelligible or illegi- ble ‘scribbling. It comes from—Greek “hieros,” holy, anl “glyphein,” to inscribe, It’s used like this—‘Most ‘bank sig- natures look like nieroglyphics. A THOUGHT FOR | | AT a Singing and making melody in you: ‘heart.—Ephesjans 5:19. * Full oft the longing soul goes out On wings of song its good to find; And fiying far o’er flood and doubt Its ark of bondage leaves behind, Additional Legion | Officers Are Named ree ences ah ' Fort Yates, N. D., March 22.—At an important and well attended meeting of the American Legion additional officers were elected and plans laid for a campaign to get jobs for Legion | men. The additional officers elected are: War Risk Officer, George Halsey; Americanism officer, Wm. Menz; Ser- vice officer, L. W. Harris. ~The’ Service ‘officer will act as a representative of the U. S. Veterans Bureau in this territory and will su- pervise the preparation of the proper forms’ required’ by the Veterans Bu- reau ‘in the matter of filing claims for compensation. A committee consisting of J. R. Harmon, Clarence Drake and F. B. Fiske was named to manage the Le- gion campaign in this territory for obtaining employment for all ex-ser- vice men. New Car Foreman ‘Comes to Marmarth Marmarth, N. “D., March 22.—A change in the personnel of car fore-j men: by which Merl Comstock goes to Miles City as Asst. Foreman, and Adolph Rognelson comes here as. car foreman, went into: effect this week. Mr. Comstock has been a resident of Marmarth for the past fourteen years and naturally feels considerable re- luctance in moving from the city.~ © Mr. and Mrs. Rognelson are both’ well-known in our city, having lived here for a number of years before going to Miles City, and their many friends will be pleased to welcome them back. BY CONDO’ OH, THATIS © WHAT WELL, THIS tS WRA WANTED § — xou GETS ea on What Tanlac has done for others it will do for you. Geta bottle from your druggist today. They, knocke he first “I” out of nd look what’ left. “lawful whiske: The small rival of the Ford is out. A man parked one by a mail box .and the parcel postman ‘carried it off. . aapererert ee Tod iuch ‘rest 18 causing unrest, Tom. Edison is askifig: the women questions!now and the‘answer to all of them will be “because.” April Fool's Day. comes on payday this year. ‘Robbed in Spring House”’—head- line. First spring house cleaning. ‘Wouldn't it be awful if married life was as iad as they say it is? Broken promises are. hard to mend. France says she will pay us when she can.: This isn’t soon enough. “Fastest. humans are Paddock and Kirksey,”? say.-sport writers. We say the fastest human is the man who married 15 times.; 5 ; Many a) house lacks paint because daughter and the auto don't. “Tobasco Governor Qusted”—Mexi- can headline. Made. it ‘hot for him, He who laughs last laughs least. Man: leaves ‘nurse $50,000: - Bet. tae trained nurse went wild. A The hand that rocks the cradle doesn’t pet the poodle dog. ‘Now they say Harding has 47 in- stead of 60 pairs of trousers.. Maybe he wore out three fair, waiting for the fish to bite. \ Exercising makes one get along well —exercising discretion. It’s a wise man who won't admit he is, ' “Cash down” is a fine motto, but a ipad way for it to be. Senator France wants a motion pic- ture machine in Congress. They'll get a good comedy from the funny mo- tions that pass, te Inéomipetency Case “Tried This Week Devils Lake, N. D., March 22.—Some time. this week the contest commenced by Thos. J. Lamb to have-the will of his mother Julia Lamb, set aside on. account of undué influence and in- competericy, ‘will be tried. It is claimed that o¥er, $500,000 is involved in thig' Contest. and it will be fought bitterly on both sides. J. P. Lamb, who was the head of the business activities of the Lamb brothers died last summer without a will and‘that makes Thomas J. Lamb one of his heirs. His share,in J. P. Lamb’s estate amounts to about $60,- 000. R. Goer and. W. M. Anderson of Devils Lake, are Thomas J. Lamb’s attorneys and the other heirs are rep- resented by Frick, F. T. Cuthbert and Tracy Bangs. Unless settlement is arrived at it will take about ten days time to try the case. Thing Cold” “Only On Breaks My E relief that Dr. King’s New + Discovery gives from stubborn old colds, and onrushing new ones, grippe and throat-torturing coughs has made it the standard remedy it is today. Time-tried for fifty years and never more popular than today. No harmful drugs. You will sodr notice the relief: in loosened phlegm and eased cough, | _ Always reliable, and good for the whole family. Has a convincing, heal- ing taste with all its good medicinal ‘qualities. At all druggists, 60 cents. Dr. Ki ‘ ng’s New Discovery For Colds and Coughs * ES | eystem Correct “this. heatthreseaae ining condition by taking Dr. King’s ists. $ mining ‘Pills. 25 cents. de . PROMPT! WON'T GRIPE ir. 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