The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1922, Page 4

‘PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUN! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, ’22 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE “Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. Editor “GEORGE D. MANN Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY DETROM Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. Tarquette Bldg D SMITH | PAYNE, BURNS AN. NEW 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 not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ‘ K = All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANC Daily by carrier, per year.... Daily by mail, per year (in Bisma ‘A Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) SR Sr... ae ea SUGGESTIVE MOVIES As the ‘country swings back to normal, there’s a reaction against suggestiveness in the movies. The Boccaccio type of picture, with its vampires and lounge lizards, sprouted up as a natural part of the crop of jazz, which in all centuries is the way abnormal prosperity, mortgaging the future, expresses itself. x Jazz is checking out and with it, the movie that explcited filth behind a “problem play” mask. CHICAGO 40} 7.20 The gradual passing of suggestive movies is a psychological rather than a theatrical phenom- enon. For entertainment of all kinds is a mirror of its audience. Suggestive movies, activé agents causing decay of public morals, also were the expression of, de- cay, the response by the producers to what they thought the public wanted. The producers went too far. Public revolted. An era of clean, virile movies is coming, because, the public again is thinking healthy thoughts, and the movie that doesn’t sense the changed drift is not long for this world. An adult is not immune to suggestion., But, after all, he is “set in his ways,” thereby having -a certain protective armor, compared with’ chil- dren whose morals are in the formative period. What kind of movies should children see? Chicago recently tried to find out. Seeking) ‘something to take the place of blood-and-thunder ‘movies in childish popularity, it gathered 4500 school children together. The show included. a ‘comedy, trained animal features, nature movies, picture of children catching sardines, and geogra-' i ‘phical lessons. os Outside of the geographical lessons, the ap- plause played no favorites. An official comment- ed that nothing was learned from the exhibition. He was wrong. The try-out showed what any mother knows—that children, just beginning to sit up and take notice of the mysterious world -with its constantly advancing horizon for child- “hood, are keen about anything that is interesting. In particular, children are interested in whole- ‘some fun and animals. These two elements should “be the background of juvenile movies teaching important things by suggestion. : Children will gorge on the bread of knowledge if there’s plenty of the jam of entertainment and interest. BANKRUPTCY Some British business men and politicians fear that Germany’s bankruptcy may be near. In Such case, they wonder, how would reparations be paid? Suppose Germany did go bankrupt. then? After a trance-like confusion, Germans would go ahead growing crops and running. factories. | They’d pay their indemnity in goods. What’s the! difference?,.;That’s how they’re paying now, by exports, having very little gold. Keeping Germany at work is more important than her money system. What | HYPNOTIST ey : Money is a hypnotist, though a great conven-| ience. If a nation like Germany went bankrupt by} forcible divorce from the gold standard, it would result in someone devising a money system based | on units of human productive energy. | An equally balanced exchange of products of| human toil would be possible by asystem of meter- | ing the value of human energy — like metering! gas and electricity. It is easier said than done. | Real problem, then as now, would be agreeing on! relative values. | il UNCERTAINTY Times have been like a sailing ship in a ty- phoon, with the masts torn away, the rudder cripped, the crew working frantically at the pumps to counteract leaks that have sprung in the hold. : The crew is weary, confused, no one seems to| know where to turn, what to do next. That explains widespread uncertainty—the epi- demic of “Shall I do this, or shall I lose if I do?” |selves.upon such a platform dares stand on his | Land is in sight. individual record as Senator McCumber has. The storm is dying down. be restored. It’s returning now. ETERNAL Edison and Ford go to Florida, where Ponce de Leon, Spanish explorer, sought the foundation of eternal youth more than 400 years ago. He didn’t find it. Edison and Ford have. Edison is past 75. Ford soon will be 59. Their viewpoint on life is youthful—keenly interested in all progress, looking to the future, open to new ideas.. That is real youth. The age and physical conditicn of the body are secondary. PSYCHIC DEPRESSION David Powell, London merchant, visits New !York and says what he notices most is widespread psychic depression. “Pecple seem apprehensive and there scems to be almost an atmosphere of fright.” Powell says he has heard it put forth that pro- hibition has brought about this change. That may be, A nation, like an individual, is bound to be dazed and nervous when it sobers up. DEFECTIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN Three-fourths of the school children in New York state are physically defective, says Dr. Thomas D. Wood of Columbia University. His estimates would seem accurate, even with- out the survey on which it is based. Physical perfection is as hard to find as a mathematically artistic face. Human body is : ine as imper- fect as it is‘marveloust, iA TAR Dr. Wood found:only:13-per cent of. farm. child- ren with physical defécts. A youth in the coun- try is worth as migh as, possibly more than, a good education. i ELECTRIFIED: A third of the farm land it‘Sweden now ‘uses electricity for power .Farmers waver. there are beginning to make: inquiries about’ electric-pro- pelled plows and harrows. Many of them use elec- tric saws to cut their firewood and lumber. Some even have electric elevators that lift whole wagon- ‘gads of hay and‘grain to the mow. ni Swedish goverrment officials predict it'll only be a few years until practically their whole coun- try will ke on an electrical basis. Where does the power come from? Usually, large waterpower plants. But many ‘Swedish farmers dam small streams and use the falling water to generate their own. A*tip there for American farmers. EDITORIAL REVIEW | Comments. reproduced in this column may or may not exprese the opinion of The Tribune.’ They are presented here in order, that our readers may have both sides of importar.t issues which’ are being discussed in the press of the day. “I AM A REPUBLICAN” made this week Senator Porter J. McCumber ithrows consternation into the ranks of those who oppose him and silences his critics with the siate- ment, “I am a Republican. I am not a soz‘aiist.” He makes. no promises for the future and gives no pledges other than to work untiringly to pro- mote the prosperity of all the people of the coun- try and protect the constitutional rights of per- sons and property. He states that because of the dcmands made upon his time as a member of con- gress that he will he unable to make an active campaign in the state but is willing to stand upon his past record. And in the statement quoted above the senior senator from North Dakota uttered the keynote of the coming campaign. _ A campaign. that must be fought out strictly along party lines if the best interests of the state and {aafidhare to be con- sidered. j : + Here in North Dg malcy as far as J concerned. During: been too much “fl vcters, however, recovery from theit polftichlsep ready ‘to follow the trail marked forms of the two old parties. Unless they do this, we cannot hope for the best things in government, either for the state or nation. We have had enough hybrids. The Independent Voters asso- ciation, although necessary to overcome threat- ened disaster, has served its purpose. If it has left in its wake a horde of disappointed office seekers they alone are to blame. If, within the league ranks there are those who backslid from the ranks to climb upon the official band wagon when. that organization was in its heyday of pomp and power, they too deserve'to be'swept into oblivion. It is true that the league leaders stole the or- ganization of the Republican party within the ota we must get back to nor- hase of political issues is e past six years there has (state and made it serve their purpose for a time. This is past history and. those socialists who rode into office upon its influence are doomed to fall. Opponents of Senator McCumber and other party leaders in the state realize this and are making a frantic attempt to stem the tide of pub- lic opinion. Some of them disguised as republi- cans are still trying to get into office but: their efforts will be in'vain. Not one of those who have announced them- this cne over, uncertainly will vanish, confidencef ‘i ~ — . PROCLAMATION MEMORIAL SERVICE DAY ‘ WHEREAS, the Government*has now completed the work of trans- \ferring from: the battle-fields of France to their own beloved country ,the thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines,-and nurs: sacrifice for the preservation of the great, pri the foundation and growth of the land they Joved, and He, WHEREAS, Funeral services are to be held in the City of Bismarck at three o’clock, eastern standard time, on the ‘afternoon of Sunday, April 2nd, for the last shipment of these ‘heroes, and WHEREAS, it scems most fitting and proper that all of the congre- In the official announcement of his candidacy |* .| kick a stone with her tone. ry) gations of all of the denominaticns of ple should be permitted at that time appreciation of the splendid services who laid down their lives ac revered by the people of this nation. and respectfully reque entire day, and in so churches, that church bells p.m. and 3 p. m. and that upon European soil during cen ple for the great service and sacrifice Done at By the Governor: Thomas Hall, Secretary of State. “prairie Smoke” was written at the instigation of Syate Superintendent of Public Instruction Miss Minnie Nielson, who has included it in the prescribed courses of reading for the Pupils’ Reading Circles of North Da- kota schools. It. should be in all schools and libraries. It is unique. As its title indicates, “Prairie Smoke,” is “a collection of lore of the prairies.” The author, who is a student of native wild life, and a bot- anist, has acquired this prairie lore from the Indians and the.older gen- eration among the several tribes of the Missouri river region to whom he has gone as an inquirer, in his eth- nobotanical., exploratiofs:' With a knowledge. ofvithe languages of these tribes and-<with a sympathetic un- lerstanding of their mental and spir- itual attitude, he has been able to iranscribe into simple and forceful English their thoughts, their tradi- tions and,their myths. “The myths of the country in which we live,” Dr. Gilmore says, “are at least equal in beauty and interest to the myths +e old’ Greeks, and to the old wcnig myths of Thor, Odin and Freya; or even to our own old Brit- ish myths ,whie>owe have from our. Druidic ancestors.”, To these native races, the -real pio- neers of the Plains, he declares his ‘ittle book, ‘to the first inhabitants of this country in which we dwell, that “somethingisof theiric sense of its yeauty. ands wonder; may ‘come to us; that we may 4lé- more worthily occupy ind sympathétically enjoy our tenure of this land? H William Hi y) Williamson, a literary { ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS il By Olive’ Barton; Roberts It did segmyas though: Nancy and Nick were never to get Over the Seven Mountains. s They hadn’t gone over half of them yet, and here’ they were'with another difficulty before them. Someone had stolen the lost record from its hiding place. ‘Without it, 4t was of no use to continuo their journey toward the Princess Therma’s palace. No, it wasn’t Twelve Toes, the Sor- cerer, who had taken it. He was not allowed to follow them. Besides, after finding that the terrible dreams ho had sent to the Twins had come to nothing, he was so disgusted that he flew back to his cave and changed himself from a. bat- into a dragon again. And there he sulked and sulked, I hope he enjoyed himself doing it. Nick and Nancy stood/looking and looking at the hollow ‘place: in the ground where the record-had been, trying to-make up their.minds what to do next, when ‘Nancy happened to As it rolled away she saw a round hole. “Just look there!” she: pointed. “I'd believe it was’ the ,gnomes, Nick. Crookabone ‘or Jigattump, or Snip S: sors has come and stolen it just for meanness!” ‘Searcely had she finished speaking when a tiny creature came oilt follow- ed by a dozen others.. The creature wasn’t a bug or a beetle or a fly, for he wore the finest of clothes, being dressed in scarlet satin with a large neck ruff and a high pointed hat. Tre others following were quite as elegant. “Good-night, friends,” he called to those behind him, “We've stayed lat- er than usual. The sun’s quite uw. But no wonder! With such a fine new dance floor! I'd certainly like to know what kind person left i¢ here for us.” Suddenly he spied the.Twins. “My, my, whom have we here?” he asked in a condescending voice. “Nancy and Nick,” said ‘And who are you?” “We are the Squeedillums,” said the tiny person. “At your servicd.” Nancy. le Learn a Word Every | funeral service to be held, in the City of Brooklyn, and ismarck, N, Dak., this 28th day “PRAIRIE SMOKE,” POPULAR BOOK, WINS PRAISE OF MANY LITERARY EDITORS Day —. aa — Today's word is EXTOL. It’s pronounced—eks-tol, cent on the last syllable. It means—to praise, to laud, to eul- ogize, to magnify one’s virtues, to exalt. It comes from—Latin “extollere,” to raise, lift up. AW’s used tke this—*@ome law- | makers extol the bonus bill while oth- j ers condemn it.” with ac- | A Thought For Today | Soon to port for repairs, general overhauling, |agreed to do for both the platform and record of| He that believeth shall ‘not_ make new coat of paint, new masts, new rudder, then these pclitical castoffs savors not of republican-| haste—Isulah 28:16, = - out to sea for another trip,'all hands singing. It’s a beautiful picture. Also, an inevitable development. No storm can last forever. With Ul modi- but nevertheless — socialism.— jism and sound government but of socialism, ified perhaps, \Dickinson Press. Whenever we are outwardly excited | we should cease to aet} but whenever lwe have a message from the spirit | within, we should ( execute it with, {calmness. A fine day may excite one who made the supreme ples and ideals -underlying the United States snould jom an unis t the whole peo- to unite in thoughtful and prayeriul and great sacrifices made by those the seas in defense icf the ideals so much \ NOW THEREFORE, I, R. A. Nestos, Governor of the State ‘of North Dakota do hereby designate and set aisde SUNDAY APRIL SECOND as MEMORIAL SERVICE DAY st that flags be displayed at half-mast during \the far as possible, appropriate exercises be held in all be tolled at intervals between the hours vf 2 the memery of those who laid down their lives the recent conflict be honored by a gratcful peo- they have made. of March, 1922. R. A. NESTOS, Governor. ‘ man of Chicago, writes, “And, ‘Prajrie Smoke’ is a gem. I am deliglited with it and Mrs, Willlamgon is’ simply in love with it. I want to congratulate you on.all,of it, and, mention algo the fact that your.cover design is a dandy, That artist-has the indetinable-‘some- thing’ thatg-born in ofé pnd cannot be educated into one.” — _ A Prof. Hartley Burr Alexander of the University of Nebraska, a writer, of note, a literary and dramatic gritic, says “Your: ‘Prairie Smoke’ came al- most like a telegraphic reply to the letter and. I had in mind to. write to you Indeed I am glad to have it, and I hope to: make uHe-of some of its materials-in formbiwbich youywil} an- prove. 'I am: keenimowsor giving, more in the way of public interpretations of Indian materials. I have been wish- ing to see from your pen some such book as ‘Prairie Smoke’ and I dm cer- tainly interested to know. that there 'is to be a, second edition.” Keene Abbott, an eminent writer of Nebraska, says, “Congratulations on ‘Prairie Smoke.’ When the enlarged edition ig brought out I hope you will retain the cover design and the same appropriate color in which the. design is now printed. That bit of simple, decorative charm does fit.so well the charming simplicity of the sketches. They (the sketches) ‘sympathetically tell what should be told about the Ir- dians. That's why I am elated to hear that the book is to have a Jarge circle of readers. of my yarns for the State Library, As- sociation at Grand Island I was an en thusiastic publicity agent ‘for ‘Prairie Smoke.’” SCC O CCC TOTO OTD to act, but it is much better that, ve. act from the calm spirit inany day, be the outward what ‘it -may.—ZJ. P. Greaves. ¢ MANDAN NEWS Military Funeral For C. P. Thursten Held Yesterday Funeral services for the late Charles Parker Thurston were held at two yclock yesterday afternoon from: the Presbyterian church with the Ameri- can ‘Legion and Rev, Hugh Owen of- ficiating, The body was laid to rest in the cemetery of which the deceased was for so many years superintendent, with full miljtary honors. The Spanish-American war veterans, the G. A. R., the Indian veterans.and the veterans, of ¢ ; world, war com- ined to do thetont si er Honor, he pallbearers were PH. Waren, JiC. Creighton, Charles: Mier, Wm, P. Rie EVERETT TRUE ' gaits: 2 5 SY \E You TICE When-I went to read one! |e son; James'*T. McGillic. and® John O'Rourke, ; Richard Furness, of the navy, Co! Caddell, the army, and ‘Harland Cen- ter, the marine corps, served as color guard, and R. F. Dow, bugler. The fir- ing squad’ was composed of Walter Hecker, commanding; Martin. Moss- brucker, W. Sandvig, Fred Romer, Ray Tipper, Henry Smith, Fred Parker, Frank 'Weinhand) and Richard Key. Personnel, Changed in Board Elections Many complete changes in the per- sonnel of vil) ge boards were effected in the elections held generally throughout the slope towns during the last ten days. At Dunn Center an entire new board was chosen composed of J. M. Whit- aker, John Pockert, Oscar Boe, trus- tees; Frank Blydenburgh, assessor; W. F. Moede, treasurer; E.R. Babcock, clerk; Stanley Benton, marshal; Wm. Taylor, justice of the peace. Beulah re-elected its old board of trustees, R. ‘Becker, marshal; Fred Gentz, clerk; Max Martell, assessor; L. F. Temme, treasurer, and F. Schnit- ker, Dr. Smith and Editor A. D. Brown as members of the new park-board, Close contests featured the elec- tion at Selfridge with J. A. Nagel, F. K.. Colley and W. H. Ordway winning as trustees; Mrs. F. M. Redman, clerk- treasurer; and Jas. Caddell, marshal. All officers were re-elected at Flasher, A. Busch, J. Mallay, and E. F. Leonard, trustees; Frank Tischler, “tork: O. Westrum, treasurer; Dick Grabenorst, marshal; .A. G. Ozbun, assessor; A, KH. Middlemas, justice, Golden Valley polled a small vote with only one contest made, H. E. Trousdale defeating Gottliey Larfd by three votes for trustee. Others elected were Art Helbling and. Wm. R, Neumann, trustees; W. A. Muralt, clerk; C. J: Schwaller, treasurer; H. G. Klindworth, assessor; Jacob Under- echt, marshal; Editor L. E. Drrevesck- racht, justice. ‘ 'The village of Dodge chose J. B. Fisher, P. E. Goetz, and John Stern as trustees; F. J. Ruff, clerk; A. Hiss- inger, assessor; J. A, Jacobs, treas- Akniitage, marshal. . ‘Carson elected H.:F. Altman,’ Dean Helland, and W. A. Hart, aldermen; George Olson, treasurer; Alfred An- derson, assessor; A. D. LaDue, clerk ;: L, M. Hamery, justice; T. R. Johnson, marshal, and Col. I. N. Steen and Gus Schubert as members of the board of conciliation. New Leipzis saw a hot fight be- tween H. B, Provolt and Emil Will, Emanuel Hertz and Val Hoerner as other members of the board. Others elected were O. D. Sprecher, treasurer, O. Williams, clerk; Christ Hertz, as- sessor; Henry Schmidt, justice, and Henry Kautz, marshal. Mrs. L. F. Dougherty of Pennsyl- vania arrived in Mandan yesterday and will be a guest at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Place. Clyde Voigt of Mandan is spending the week visiting in Fargo and Wah- peton. ‘ | POETS’ CORNER | as SE SS Ay WHEN. SOUTH WINDS BLOW When south winds blow I’m goin’ to 80, Just: where, I hardly know nor care; But I shall find some trail to wind That leads me mostly anywhere. I'll take my span and caravan And, lazy-like, just jog along By woodland nooks and babbling brooks, Where life is full of April song. And when the day has stole away And I am kind o’ weary grown, Beside some stream I'll rest and dream When zephrys from the south are blown. Beneath the sky, my canopy, On earthly green a bed I'll find; And in the rent of heaven’s tent, The wonders there shall soothe the mind. It seems as now I hear the sough Cf the fair south wind down the lea! In whispers low, it bids me go And makes a vagabond of me. —JOHN’ M. BRADFORD. BY CONDO| rae CAN'T WAIT ; THE SINGSR REACHSS THE FINALY | NOTE YL CAN'T |: are ter: urer; J. T. Harvey; justice, and Wm.| the former winning as trustee with} A man who growls at everything leads a dog's life. Doctor has a machine to take pins out of the lungs. Now baby can swal- low all he pleases. Dad will go to any resorts to keep away from summer resorts. “we will win,” say the miners. “Wo will win,” say the operators. “We won't win,” say the consumers, They called it the income tax re- turn—and some are returning. Trotsky, we read, once played in motion pictures, Gct a man down and everyibody kicks him. ‘Let people talk about themselves and they never notice you are dumb. While they are dishing out war medals, some ought to go to the men who ended the next war. The world makes things hot for the man with-cold feet. Earthquake shocks reported in Ten- ness€e may have been the boll weevils arriving. The itch for office is usually a seven year's itch, These winds that have been com- ing from the north all winter feel-bet- ter on their way back, Lodge calls it a bogus bonus Dill. Does he mean it won't pass? It is getting so the only drivers who will give pedestrians a lift are motor- men. One difference botween hugging and dancing is you dance in a crowd, Three Harvard seniors claim they have never been kissed. Perhaps they osculate at Harvard. The most dangerous crossing in tue world is double crossing. A plesiosaurus’ last name is dolicho- deirus. ‘Remember this in case you meet one. — ‘Strange, it takes a dumb bell to jplay jazz, | Congressmen send their letters out free as first class. Readers claim they are not first class. Those who havc money to earn never have money to burn. Some: people have 365, April Fool days every year. > ea ee | PEOPLE’S FORUM | o = —o Editor of Tribune: Fargo, March 28, 1922. Insurance in all its varied. branches has come to play so vital a part in the world’s business; the stupendous to- |tals of the monies involved; the part these monies play in financing the multiplied activities of American In- dustry; and the effect on every man, woman and child should these monies be withdrawn or the Companies rez sponsible for them be seriously af- fected by adverse legislation, that more and more thinking people are demanding that those departments of both state and federal governments having to do with the safeguarding of the public interests and the solvency of the Companies who are custodians of these huge sums shall be in charge of men whose thoughts are not domi- nated by political motives. Men, big-calibred and broad; men who can vision the suffering and mis- + ery which would be inflicted on mil- Kons of women, children, the aged and disabled whose resources consist only of insurance, whose incomes are de- rived solely from insurance; as well as tens of thousands of men and wo- men employed in the industries, pub- lice work, 44d agriculture of the state and nation financet and made pos- sible by the basic industry—insurance. ‘Men, of a necessity, with wide exper- ience ‘n the insurance field. Soon the voters of North Dakota will be required to nominate a man for the office of Commissioner of In- surance, and I have herein outlined, very gsketchily and briefly, my own conception cf the standard by which candidates for this exceedingly im- portant office should be measured. THE NORTH DAKOTA LIFE UNDER- WRITERS ASSOCIATION, id By A. L. LYNNER. Ov? TIMER TALKS Dear Mr. Editor: ‘yney say thet ol’ Chargin’ Thunder, the Sioux who give, his name to Mar- shall Foch, has not been well since. It takes some nerve to give away your good name, an’ he claims he aint got none now. Some o’ these birds thet can’t sign their name so’s you kin read it ought to git in practice now thet there’s so many petitions to sign, ‘Sveinbjorn Johnson fiber to make a first rate jedge. He’s born lawyer. How did Grand Forks come to git the Government Seed Loan _ office. Aint there no office room in Bis- marck? Maybe rent is cheap in Grand Forks. There can’t be any-other rea- son thet I kin see. Poor ol’ Townley! He’s tryin’ to blame the farmers fer the way things was run in the League. We all thought he was King Bee an’ had the runnin’ o’ things when the League was pros- perin’. It looks like, ef efficient men had been put in charge of things: an’ then held strictly responsible fer their work, an’ the whole blame shootin’ match put on a businesslike basis, the League would still be in office. The farmers donated their No. 1 hard earned dollars to a good cause, an’ they looked fer service. But they didn’t git it. How's yer radio-phone? OL’ BILL,