The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 26, 1922, Page 4

— PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUN FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1922 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter: GEORGE D. MANN - - - : Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH 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 vo it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carricr, per year.......... 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in mare! » 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) <i FOR REMEMBRANCE No more graceful tribute can be paid to the American Legion boys than the wearing of a poppy. The poppy sale is becoming a national institution and affords funds to carry on a most worthy work. All of us owe it to the boys to make the sale a continued success. The distribution will continue for several days more and should be} supported loyally. There arc disabled soldiers who need assistance as well as those who come and go unable to secure regular employment. The pittance which the price of a poppy represents is certainly a small contribution in remembrance of the great debt we all owe the Legion boys. te Everyone should be proud to wear the poppy and the money secured cannot be put to a better use than relieving those soldiers who faced death that the ideals of this nation might be preserved. The wearing of a poppy shows too that the com- rade who fell on Flanders fields and who now; sleeps beneath the poppies of an alien land is not! forgotten. This beautiful custom should survive as long as there is a Republic in this land of the free and heme of the brave. Editor it is helpful and instructive to know that the same process is going on around them in every shop, factory and farm. But the turn in the corner has been made. The severe drop in prices economists tell us has been reached and while bottom has not been hit, the reduction will be more gradual and orderly than during the last eighteen months. There is 2 general feeling of optimism abroad everywhere and an indication at least that the severe pangs of deflation have passed and that all forms of business will surge ahead with renewed vigor. Unemployment is not as serious and there are evidences that business is renewing in greater volume its regular functions. Stocks have been reduced and losses taken so that conditions upon which to build toward better times are more fav- orable than in months, if the students of business are correct in their diagnosis.’ IRRIGATION CONFERENCE North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota that are diverted every, spring and work havoc in states to the east and south. The New Orieans Association of Commerce is keenly alive to the practical solution of flood conditions through con- trol of the surplus water at, the source. A letter written by Harold. W. Newman, pres- ident of the New Orleans Association of Com- merce, urges that the federal government inves- tigate the feasibility of utilizing this flood or sur- plus water in the various states, chief of which are North and South Dakota and Montana. One very significant paragraph in this letter which has been printed in! the''Congressional Record reads: (hr j “We are assured'‘by) men who have made a study of Missouri:River conditions that a great deal of surplus flood waters which now reach the Missouri from its source streams can be diverted and soaked into dry lands far removed from the Mississippi. In this-way -untillable-lands. may be ‘made available for agriculture, and-the flood flow of the Missouri be brought under some sort of control, to the end that in times of maximum flood at Cairo.” The association under whose auspices the Ir. A small, graceful tribute if jrigation Congress will convene in Bismarck June you will, but one of the little things that count|7-8 believes that the New Orleans Association of so tremendously in an age when obligations to Commerce has given a new slant-to the entire one’s nation and her defenders are often treated problem of flood control and its relation to irriga- too lightly. { Buy a poppy—then some more. | SENATOR McCUMBER’S POSITION Voters of the state are doing some serious thinking these days, over the senatorial situation. The ability of Senator McCumber to serve this state’in the ‘position he now holds is making a deep impression. \ Mark Sullivan, a journalist of the first rank, in discussing the North Dakota situation in a recent article in the Worlds Work says: “In North Dakota the June primaries will de- termine the succession to Senator Porter J. Mc- Cumber. Mr. McCumber is a candidate for the Republican nomination. He has the advantage of the natural state pride arising out of the fact that he is. now chairman of one of the two most im- portant committees of the Senate—that of finance. As such, Senator McCumber is a leading figure in the formulation of tariff and tax measures. It is a unique distinction for a state of comparatively small population, lying west of the Mississippi, | to have such a representation in the centres of power in the Senate. Locally in North Dakota: the politics of both parties, and especially just now of the Republican party, are so affected by the existence of the element which composes the non-Partisan League, that the complexities of the! situation are too great to be more than merely | alluded to within the present space.” Few states earn the distinction of having a} senior senator preside over a committee which has to do with the great financial issues of the! nation. Senator McCumber’s position is a con- sideration to be weighed carefully by the voters in reaching their decision, June 28. OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE While those living in agricultural centers are; prone to feel that they have been the sole victims: of deflation and falling markets, it is interesting to note the balance sheets of some of the large! corporations referred to by demagogues as “big! business.” : There has come to The Tribune a copy of the annual report of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company which reflects very well} the stern fact that deflation has been working all down the line from the farmer through every in-| dustrial unit that contributes to the mighty chan-| nels of trade. | A condensed comparative statement of opera-! tions of Westinghouse for the past six years | shows this situation: In 1917 the corporation | showed gross earnings or sales billed of $89,539,-| 442. The cost of these sales in that year was | $72,077,752 and the net income for dividend pur- poses was $18,079,889. | For the fiscal year ending March $1, 1922, the | gross earnings or sales billed amounted to $99,-| 722,026. The cost.of handling this business on al rapidly falling market was $93,461,846 and the net income for dividend purposes on a larger vol-| ume of business than in 1917 was $5,837,389. One other large corporation reported gross | sales of more than $150,000,000 with a loss of | $32,000,000. ikilled 18,500,000° Asia tion as far as North Dakota is concerned. | Senator McCumber is now compiling statistics showing just what money. will be available from the sale of public lands in North Dakota for irri- gation and reclamation projects, The advisability of securing the appointment of a federal commi work out a plan will be considered at this con- gress. : Businessmen of the state and farmers as well are urged to attend the congress as the delibera- tions will be of great importance to the economic future of this section as well as the entire state. Commercial clubs have entered into the project enthusiastically and a program is now’ in proccs3 of preparation which will prove interesting to the delegates. Rates into the city have been secured and the congress should serve to focus attention upon the necessity and the feasibility of a scheme to irrigate many acres which are now barren. HEREAFTER The ex-kaiser is reported to have lost all inter in European politics. His physical health is said to be good. But his-friends are worried about his mental state. They say his devotion to religion has become a mania, P Wilhelm is 63 years, old. Atijhat gin to think a lot about'the ‘hereafter am. In the inferno, Wilhelm will have a fine time exchanging notes ‘with Genghis® Khan, history’s champion butcher, wi inj 12 years of conquest ics. men be- killed in his lesser wats.“ “"* In the year 1227 he was destroyed by death, aJ- conqueror. There’s a reason. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments. reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are prevented here in order that our readers may have both sides of important Isaues which are being discussed in the press of the day. FOR McCUMBER for United States senator, is sending out a long statement and platform. All of it contains much truth, but.at this time we fail to see where it is going to get the gentleman from Stutsman county anywhere. these questions—or at least it was thought that it did—and at this time and under present condi- tions we feel that Mr. McHarg had better drop out of the race. There is absolutely no chance for him to make a respectable showing at the primaries in June and his remaining in the race only means the probable defeat of McCumber and the nomination of Frazier in the June primaries. Looking at the two men as to capability and also the prestige McCumber has attained in the sen- ate of the United States it should not take th average voter very long to make a decision be tween the two men when he gets into the election booth to vote on June 28th. This paper was op- While people who reside in agricultural states are given to lament their losses due to deflation; the job—McCumber and Frazier—we are certain- ly for the former,—Valley City Times-Record. should unite in an effort to control the flood waters | flow there will be a reduced peak load of the Ohio |< sion to come to this and neighboring states to! Other millions were| ways the final victor. Wilhélm fearé-this .ulticate | Mr. Ormsby McHarg, who is also a candidate °° The Jamestown convention settled all'st posed to McCumber at the Jamestown convention ; i Adv ibut as between the two leading now running for STINNES GETS CITIES’ FUNDS BY MILTON BRONNER (European Manager for NEA Service & Berlin, May 26—‘Every little pfew | | nig added to what you've got makes | ¢—- just a little bit more,” scems to be the favorite motto of Ilugo ‘Stinnes, the uncrowned king of German busi- ness. Like some of our own American business men, he carly found the formula—convert coal into gas or electric power-or set it to pumping water and you will soon have entire community pouring their money into your coffers. There are syndicates in America which own and control all kinds of public utilities, but it Is doubtful whether any of them found such a fat field as Stinnes has dis- covered, ‘fhe far-famed Ruhr rogion is pe- culiarly fitted for-syndicated contro}. Ruhr is Ideal Location, . ae PEOPLE'S FORUM | Se OES aS IO THE RIVER ROAD, ditor Tribune: On account’ of’ the wide and varied rumors aroused p bab ‘a ¢ortain extent by an anonymous letter recent- ly mailed generally, it is deemed ad- visable to acquaint the public with the facts in connection with Fedcral Aid Projects No, 100 and No, 136, commonly known as the Missouri, riv- ridge and adjacent road, To start a federal pid! project it is necessary to appropriate: ‘sufficient money to pay one-hajfi:of! the total cost. The government is then'advised Project. It doesn’t have to behawe d tor inites | an appropriate route is submitted to being availabie. studded with large busy manufactur- ing towns in which most of the peo- ple are workers cither in mines or teel and iron mi Consequently designated. If it appears that other routes in the vicinity can accomplisa the same purpose with less expendi-|than the ture of money, the alternate route comiortable homes and want all th. conveniences electric lighting, bundanct water’ supply, and gas tor Jcupkng purpost hermore, the lentire region ig car § atid; of electric | narrow hich haul fhaterial missed from consideration. In connection with the selection of the route for a road from Bismarck to the bridge, the government first ad- vised that they would not consider any route involving a grade crossing. It was, therefore, necessary to sub- nit to them two or three routes and he alternate route that was. chosen sy the government as the best from an engincering standpoint was one pass- ing under the Northern Pacific tracks on the line of Main, street in Bis- y Works Corpora’ marck and following the ling of least i its present field: is enormous. resistance from that point to the bridge covers a region Tham the Dutch fron- | ime route from ‘the-west~end-of--the t | venty-five ysars ago Stimes be: came active informing several com- ‘hanes’ to undertake this puljtic util ity and as usual itiers as far south as Ahrtal) and is |) ico to } - especially strong around Dusseldorf, paleo i Mandan being ap a eae Cologne, Dortmund, 15Ssen and Boch- J “™ to the nearest:pdint of that city. um. In sevorak—-placos its electric | The site of the bridge was selected power plants actually stand at the | ° meet the requirements of the ‘eng)- edge pf coal mines, so the fuel goes | ‘ering department of the United ‘from pit to boiler hi i ‘tates army, that the bridge be con- Gets Cities to ‘Invest tracted within fifty feet of the pres- t The electric plants mot onty supply | nt Northern Pacific bridge, or not lights for many cities of tho Ruhr | ss than 4,000 feet either below or and for the iluminat nO! mines, | ‘hove that bridge, and that it cross ;but also thé power used in the street | ‘19 river in a direction at a right an- railways, most of which are owned | .¢ with the thread of the stream .or hannel. The present jocation was and operated : by thag municipalites. Stinnes cleverly got tho town fathers | +19 nearest practical location within ie range of limits. ; to invest municipal money in the Rhenish-Westphalian. After the adoption of the line of the ‘oute for the bridge, it became ap- made. Thus the towns have a decided in. tin the prosperity of the aor As consumers they buy ric current for their street light- ng and their street railways, As tockholders they participate in the onsiderable profits of; the company. This is true of big cities like Essen mn nt that curves must of necessity built at cach end of an earthen fill or be built on a concrete approach. The goverment engincers in conjunc. tion with the State Highway Commi: sion determined that to provide the reatest safety for the traffic, it would uct the. curves consider- Mulheim, Rubrort, ,Solingen, Gels kitchen, and all the'othér steel tow of which one heard so, much during ‘the: war. ; i ‘The company has also gome extens- ively into the gas business.’ In the lpast ten years it has erected and still owns the gas plants for about 25¢cities in the Ruhr region. Acquires Lignite It also constructed and partly owns a considerable number of water res- ervoirs, ‘he far-seeing Stinnes also {itrought into} the! congern the big ignite company of Bruehl. This not only gave him another immense elec- ba advisable to con m the approaches—It heir mriinAth wn [EVERETT TRUE ENTERING BANK = ae She report show Westphalian produced the tremend- cus yearly sum of 626 million kilo- jwatt-hours of energy. Of this 260 anonymous the grades. the fill would be worth more than the |‘ cost of the bridge itself, At all of the meetings at which the plans were undcr consideration; the doors were open to the public and the government engineers took part ana advised! in the discussions, [Every man had an opportunity to present his opin- jong: for or against any part of the tracks is $35,000, This estimate, the engineers have stated, is very liberal and considerable in excess of what present contracts are being let for. The government engincers stated that this road was sufficient ‘to take care of ajl of the travel for several years to come as it provides.a wide level surface and approaches the bridge on easy grade. The same type of road is being provided from the bridge to Mandan. The ontire project from one end to the other, including the bridgé, has been laid out and constructed accord- ing to the original plans as approved in 1919 by the Bureau of Public Roads, There has been no change in direc- tion, grade or elevations and there is no truth in the representations en- bodied in the anonymous letter refer- red to. If there iz anyone in doubt as to the truth rojative to the bridge they may write to Mr. E, O. ‘Hathaway, Dis- trict Engineer of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, St. Paul, Minn., and they can secure full information relative to any phase of the project. Very, truly yours, 0. W. ROBERTS. You seldom see an ex-loafer, Now they promise to love, honor According to’ the records|/and dismay. there never was a protest ’ entered prior to the adoption of the plans of the road or the bridge. ment engineers have since had sub- mitted to them objections of various local interests concerning the project| yourself away. of the road from the bridge to Bis- : marck but no points have been raised that.were not considered by the gov-| meteoric finish erment engineers prior to the approv- z The coal is riglit:tlere in the Ruhr. | of this procedure and designation ot al of the plans. The government, or bureau of pub-| houses to let alone. So coal is|them. The preliminary inspection by | lic roads, selected a route which they 2 In the next place the (Ruhr | the government determines the feasi-| Would approve for a road east from valley and the neighboring country is | pility.and practicability of the route|the city of Bismarck, which does not} on your good looks. involve grade crossings but which can & be constructed a projected ‘millions were used by its own street yailways and similar organizations. ‘Going into southern. Germany, 'Stinnes acquired a big interest in the South German Railway Corporation, vf Darmstadt. This concern owns stroet ra:lway systems in 16 German big figure in the ‘Siemens- Schuckert Union. Stinnes laiso deri income from still other jmunicipalities. The last named cor- jporation owns power stations in Tur- ‘ingia and tne dlarz mountains, elec- |tric light. plants in Mannheam and ‘street railways in Vienna, Mlberfeld, lyarmen and Wurzburg, besides which it owns a big share in the Berlin un- \derground railway system. (Copyright, , NwA service, Inc.) LIKE CLOUDS ACROSS A SUMMER Y SK ‘foretelling the dreaded storm are the ‘symptoms of womens’ diseases which ‘point the way to physical’ and mental breakdown. ‘The nervous irritability, ithe backache, the dragging pains, are 'not only hard to endure, but they {bring certain know:vaye of collapse junless something is done to relieve ‘the sufferer, There is one standard medy which has shown the way out or nearly fifty years. The women ho have “come back” through the use of Lydia ©, Pinkham’s Vegetable ;Compound present an argument ‘stronger than words could ever b2.— | Steel tempered in phenol “has: more elasticity and hardness than whea it has boen tempered in water, . The govern at deal cheaper e route of th€lto keep is a secret, hey areckisni id lab Sige ai petitioners. This road hey ate highly paid laborers, live 11) colected and the projected one is dis-|0cs_ straight cast on Main strect, The girl who uses a vanilla lip-stick has good taste. You don't have to be liberal to give ‘A meteoric career usually has a Houses to let at a high rent are You can’t get by a railroad crossing Next to money the hardest thing Too many foreigners think this passing north of the state peniten-| country is free-and-easy. tiary, thence diagonally to the sec- tion corner north of the Northern Pa- cific tracks. Many a boy is afraid to act like one The project ofa road|pecause he is grown u along the section line north on Rosser i ad Pe street has been ruled impractical on account of the great amount of cutting| not eat ice cream cones. and filling necessary to make ready all \ ‘i It would seem as thougn the petitioners in their loud cry be-| says ay 5 arding. t's push. icve that the government officials in ian gale. selena Washington are swerved by’ whims or prejudice which are submitted with 2| and while the boss is on his. loud cry of “Wolf” when: the state- we ee x ments presented to them carry no semblance ‘of ‘truth! or! bear out’re- o ith si judges don’t give enough'timé! sults of any investigation previously jude ia ecru ‘People who live in new suits should “We are on the brink of a new era,” Lots of us get two vacations—ours Time will cure-anything; ‘but some It will soon be hot enough to for- In this connection it would appear ngress and cuss th ather. as though there were something more Bot Congress: a dap he i sinister to the background than their cries of “Wolf.” Trying to look like a toothpaste ad- It must he that the same parties who diverted the Red vertisemteht 18: fine iey) @5.crers ‘Trail for the benefit of a few pennies in their pockets are the same-parties pre that would have the life of every au- eet Hy America.”—newe Atem. Try and tomobilist risked on the Northern Pa. effic railroad tracks on the present grade crossing, and who also desire to _ or- scatter the traffic of automobiles over the farmyers pounds jie pe ot all of the narrow resident streets of ‘ the city in preference ‘to permitting them to travel through the business] on the nose; but all of us can't live section of Bismarck where traffic is|in pittsburg. regulated and where they can have their dealings’ and which will allow them a straight route without diver-|¢un and still some people never seem sion or detour. The figures that Mr. Patterson sub- mitted the other day showed. contrary to the purported report of ‘Rockefeller has $7: for.every per- The city boy on his vacation thinks ‘A man in'Pittsburg hit 'a policeman We spend four billions yearly for to have any. Bust of the ex-kaiser sold for $825; i THALFUNe tot ve a but a bust at the ex-kaiser would f bate son’s survey, that the total cost in- . cd that the loss of bhe lif’ through | rolved for a gravel road with concrete bring a fortune. recident on account of the curve on | underpass under the Northern Pacifis ~~ | fast at a restaurant you know who is BY CONDO| ‘When a married man eats break- boss at his house. | Mars ‘comes within. forty million i miles on June 18. This is about the same as gas prices, Money isn’t everything. The man with the most costly fishing tackle catches the least fish. TODAY’S WORD ————__-—___—_——_* Today’s word is ANOMAILY. It’s pronounced — a-nom-a-li, with accent on th2 second syllable, It means—something which departs from the common rule, which refuses to be classified or explained. It comes from—Latin “anomalia,” smoothinm uneven or irregular. It’s used like this—It is a strange anomaly of the British parliamentary system that, while a woman is en- titled to membership in the house of commons, sho may not sit in the house of lords. (ie Pee es : A THOUGHT | ¢ In your patience possess ye your souls—Luke 21:19. A vexation arises, and our expres- sions of impatience hinder others from taking it pationtly. Disappoint- ment, ailment, or even weather de- |press us, and our look pr tone of de- pression hinders others from main- ltaining a cheerful and thankful spirit. We say an unkind thing, and another jis hindered. We say a provoking thing jand our friend is hurt. Wrong-feeling is more infectious than wrong-doing. \—Frances R. Havergal. THE TRIBUNE'S Classified Column is Well Worth a Try—To + Rent That Vacant Room. fi