The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. : BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. 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 exclusiv ely entitled to ‘the use or! republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other-! Publishers | | '| EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reprodyced in this column may or may’ not express the opinion of The Tribune, They | are presented here ir order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are i] being discussed in the press of i] the day. MORTE AC ND SUICIDES It the farmers of North Dakota are serious in their desire for the enactment by the Congress of the United States of legislation intend- ed to bring some measure of re- lief to them, it behooves them to have spokesmen of a type different from those who have up to this | _ ORPHANS OF wise 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 carrier, per year. ee c iia. suet Sauv el nial ciiee aceep Uo Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) ........ aeaga 020 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) . 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota... wee. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST. NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) MR. FORD'S IDEAS Henry Ford has been spoken of frequently as a possible candidate for President. There are many people classed as of extremely liberal thought who are for Mr. Ford, eastern dispatches say. Mr. Ford has elucidated upon many and divers subjects, but perhaps the most illuminating in- terview he has ever given is printed in The Christian Science Monitor of Boston, in which Mr. Ford expounds upon some of the pressing questions of the-day. Asked regarding the issuance of stock dividends, such as the recent dividends of the Standard Oil Company, Mr. Ford said: “I don’t think that these stock dividend declara- tions are a.form of avoiding legitimate taxation. The stock they give is only paper, but it gives the stockholder a some- what better claim for his share of the earnings. It doesn’t seem reasonable to tax the surplus, does it, when this sur- | plus comes from earnings, and earnings have already been taxed? To tax a surplus would be to kill incentive.” - Asked whether there were not large surpluses that were the result of monopoly or profiteering, Mr. Ford ‘said: “IT don’t think there are any monopolies. Anyway, they are caused by high tariffs. I believe in free trade. I can’t think of any, can you? The anthracite trade? Oh! that is.a condition that has been allowed to exist for so long that I have no patience with the idea,” and he added that the people in New England had the opportunity at hand to remedy the condition by developing water power. ‘ Asked concerning the rise in gasoline price in the last several years, Mr. Ford said: ‘“I don’t think that gasoline at 26 cents is too high. The oil business is a hazardous one and moreover, the people are demanding improved service and more service stations all the time. This takes a tre- mendous amount of money and needs highly paid men. Who is going to build these service stations if the companies now in the business can not have incentive enough to over- come the risk attached? There is no guardnatee that a station will pay since people go about at will. If people could get gasoline a lot cheaper than it is now, they wouldn’t be any better off. Such a big percentage of them would waste it. In one way, then, higher prices make for economy of natural resources.” Speaking of the expense of government he said: “The big business institutions are disgusted with the unnecessary expense connected with the running of the Government, and | knowing that they will stand to be attacked when more revenues are wanted to swell the already too large public pay roll, it is no wonder they seek to protect the earnings now in the form of surplus. There is too much legislative oversight, too many governmental agencies and too much! spending of public money on a horde of more or less useless clerks and executives. There are too many executives and too many politicians that hold offices which should be dele- gated to the practical man—to the business man. * * * * The only way to get the public to act is to touch it in a sensitive spot—and that is its pocketbook.” Asked a question as to whether he believed that there is a limit to what a man is worth, Mr. Ford said: “How are you going to change a system, where society will pay a man for his ideas, inventions or products. I don’t know of any way that is better. * * * * As for limit- ing the size of corporations, I don’t believe that it would be any good. We are going to see.corporations the size of which will make the present ones look like pigmies. It doesn’t make any difference how’ big they are, as long as they are of. service. to the people.” 4 ‘ Throughout the interview Mr. Ford was talking upon a subject close to his heart — his own business problems. He was talking from the standpoint of his daily experience; “ana nefore. closing: inhis business. Mr. Ford has expressed himself in a vety different vein on subjects which are not a part of his daily experience or the sort of business he is engaged in. Mr. Ford proves that he is human. The man who talks like a radical when speaking of problems which do not affegt him | directly will often talk like a:conservative when the subject is brought closer home, all because of a different viewpoint. DIFFERENT H. G. Wells, surrending to Gloom by degrees, fears that civilization is tottering. The only way to save the world as he sees it, is to wipe out the war debts, thus saving civili- zation from bleeding to death under the creditors’ knife. This smells like a new version of the propaganda to in- duce America to forgive debts owed to us by Europe. If Wells is right, the quickest way for Europe to save | itself would be to cancel its internal indebtedness — the money owed by the governments to their people. ‘“‘That’s different.” CATASTROPHIES Suppose our present civilization crashes to ruins, as H. G. Wells and others predict. What then? Civilizations have decayed into the dust many times in the past. And out of the ruins a new and better civilization always rose. It’s a natural process in the life-death-life cycle. Maybe the world needs another complete overhauling. When it comes to making people really happy, write our civilization down as a 90 per cent failure. Every one in- stinctively feels that something is fundamentally wrong in the world. That something is in the very core of the “civili zation” we’ve developed. BALANCING To make prosperity last, economists say, the farmer must get a bigger share of the nation’s income. Otherwise ¢ he can’t buy much, which automatically curbs sales of city-' made product = So it’s good news, from the government, that the farmer’ normal buying power is being restored to him. A long way to. go yet, but the 12 leading crops at present prices are worth nearly $1,300,000,000 more than the same crops a year ago, q ‘tu (time undertaken to speak for them, in Washington. Illustrating the point: there is ;Mr. R. W. Frazi in ashington ithis week under the uption of “Republican Chairman from North | Dakota” by virtue of the fact of 'his election as head of the group ; ;of Republicans committeemen of} jleague faith named in the -primary ; ‘of last June. Mr. Frazier, before the Agricul- 1 Committee of the United jStates Senate, made the assertion ; yesterday that the average debt of | ‘the farmers of ‘North Dakota is! $7,500. There are 77,690 farmers! {in North Dakota according to the: 11920 census, so Mr. Frazier would) |have the United States Senate Com- | jmittee on Agriculture believe that | the farmers of this state owe; 5,000, and that they are pay: | ling interest at the rate of, 10 per, cent a year on that gigantic sum. | , Their interest ibll, alone, would he | , 3 8,267,500 a year, on the basis of | | Mr. Frazier’s figures. | i Surely that splendid propa- tganda to place before the Senate} ,Committee; surely it is splendid: propaganda to place before the} |ptople of the Untied States, for) (Mr. Frazier’s statement, given | | Weight in the nation because he ‘goes about under the title of chair- | an party from} already gone; is {man of the Republ jNorth Dakota, has rover the count through the | jmedium of press ociations serv- | jing hundreds of daily newspapers. | | The 1920 census is valuable in| (that it throws light on the farm | debt situation in North Dakota. At| |that time, 40,462, farms reported j imortgage indebtedness, while 3,622! SS made no reports on mortgages the} By Olive Barton Roberts ‘others being without mortgages. | {Only 22,628 farmers reported the! Off went Naney and Nick to get ‘amount of their mortgage debt, the | total being $108,284,682, represent- ing 28.5 per cent of the vdlue of | ithe property against which the 'mortgages were placed. The aver-| jage rate of interest paid was 6.7! jper cent. The average debt per} {farm was $4,786, that average, ! however, applying only to the farms that were mortgaged, and slightly more than halfof all the farms in the state were reported as mortgaged. The financial strength of the farmers, however, is aptly illus-; trated by the fact that the’ same ‘census disclosed an actual value Jof all farm property in the state of | $1,759,742,995. What can be the reaction of the nation to such extravagant sate- merits. ag these by Mr. Frazier. North Dakota farmers and her businessmen are obliged to look outside of their state for credit. |Can they expect more liberal con- jSideration from the credit centers ; of the country after Mr. Frazier’s | |Statements in Washington? | Of course, the people of this jstate ralize that Mr. Frazier’s as- isertions aré wide of ithe fa ! Even in their palmiest days; in! | the days when they were telling! ithe farmers that they were being | ‘“robbed of $55,000,000” a year by \the grain gamblers, the champions jof the league cause in this state {were prone to fix the state’s mort- igage debt at $300,000,000. | | It is unfortunate, as The Forum! ihas previously pointed out, that! 'sopkesmen. for a large group of |the people of this state are so will-| jing to misrepresent a situation to | ‘their own advantage, but it is dit-; ‘ficult for The Forum to understand | i Wherein these spokesmen can’; benefit by such outlandish claims | ,as Mr.(R. W. Frazier has just) :made. Mr, Fra- zier told the Senate Committee: ithat “in one county the number of | suicides reached 18 last year, and attributed the high suicide rate to | the hopelessness of the farmers.” | The state board of health, with | :Tecords of all suicides in the state, reports that in the year ending! July 1 last there were 31 suicides in the entire state, as against 46) ici the state during the temperate advocates ; farmers’ cause needed ich ed nything | of the in Washington at a time s {this when Congress is depi ready and anxious to’ do {that it can do in a constructive y to afford relief to the hard} pressed agricultural industry. Fargo Forum. ‘School Directors Hold Meeting’ In addition to her husband, four| : : , |children survive her, Miss Tone | _Grend Forks, N. D., Dee. 16-4) Frink, a nurse in a Deaconess hos- School directors of Grand Fork? Oswego, Mich., Lola, Leslie county opened their annual two-d vd, all of Antigo. Funeral session here tod Dean J. P. Kennedy of t : of North Dakota and Professor P_ J. Iverson of the high schoo! de partment of the Agricultural © seheduled for this af. A banquet will be held th's state ternoon, evening, Youth Hanged, ‘ Claims Innocence (By the A ated Press) Dee. Pontias, IIL 16.--Myron Cor-, bridge, 21, was hanged toda ‘or the} murder of John S. Jones, & reform: | tory guard t June. The young man went to his death declaring his innocence, A brother. Fred Corbridge of Jacksonville, Iil., witnessed the ex- je ition, the first in Livingston coun- ty since 1878. | \ {1 services will be held there Sunday. i —_--—________—--» | ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS the notes out, cf the ‘ehimneys— notes that the children had written to Santa Claus to tell him just what they wanted for Chr.stmas. The first house they came to was Jimmy Jordan’s, out in the country. The Twins, in their. little Greeny Shoes, landed seftly on Jimmy’s roof. Then they tippy-toed to ‘the chimney and peeped down, | My, but it was dark! Dark And smoky, and had gt not been for two magical masks that the Toymaker had given them, I'm afraid they couldn't have breathed alia y “Shi” said Nancy softly. ° “We must be very quiet. ‘Iweekanose, tie wicked lttie gnome may be hiding somewhete. Lf he gets into.'the chimney ahead of us, he'll get Jim- my’s letter and know he’s a gnome end the gnomes are’ jealous of Santa Claus.” Suddenly Nick wispered. “There's | the not! I can see it sticking be- tween “two bricks about half way down. Tweekanose didn't get it after all, “You stay here and watch und I'll climb down and get it.” So Nancy stayed and watched for bad little Tweekanose, who got his name because he slipped into nur- series whenever he got a chance and tweeked the babies’ noise and kept them awake. And while she watch- ed, Nick climbed down the sooty chimney. Pretty soon he came back with the letter, sotty’ to be sure, but easy to read for all that. Here’s whatJimmy said: “Dear Santy Klos: Please bring me a Christmas tree, and a pair of boots and a dying pig. Yours trooly, “JIMMY JORDAN,” “Of all things!” exclaimed Nancy. “Just wait! Here's more,” said Niel “p. §.—A dying pig is a balloon like a pig, that blows up and dies down, Lay | MANDAN NEWS |) Mrs. Frink Dies Of Asthma Suddenly Mrs. Etta Frink, of Antigo, V are 50 years, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at % o'clock at the home of Dr. A, 0. Henderson of bronchial asthma of which she ‘has been a suf- fer for thir Mrs. Frink ‘came to Mandan in, eptember with her husband, the ater a brother of Mrs. Henderson's, and has ben a guest at the Hender- son home since. | The body was taken to Antigo, Wis., Thursday evening, for buria! Mrs. R. A. Countryman expected to leave today for Fargo, where she will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fuller for a few days before ¢ to Minneapolis, where she will v g {be the Christmas guest of Mr. Coun- tryman’s parents. Ralph Country- man, a student at Northwestern uni- versity, Evanston, will join his par- ents in Minneapolis. Mr. Country-+ min will leave for the cities the lat-| ‘ter part of next week. CHURCH DESTROYED. Red Lake Falls, Minn., Dee. 16, Spontaneous combustion in the coal bin or an overheated furnace today caused the destruction by fire of they St. Joseph’s Catholic church, the old- est structure in this city. The loss was estimated at approximately $30,- 000. | whaae | obj tear it up. -You | | BISMARCK : BISMARCK ESSAY. _ Editer's Note: ‘This is the see- ond prize winning cssay written by Arnold Svendsgaard of Bis- marek, 4 The future is but the success or ailure of today's effort. Enthusiasm instilled and perpetuated in a com- ‘munity must only be wisely ‘guided ish the given objective. ‘ 's greatest asset would be group of determined, progr citizens, united in ‘effort and r ed to make that the best place to transact busi as well as the best ‘place to live in the northwest. The near future should see a great many changes, among which would be the establishing ofa commission would be to see that y rate; are kept as low istent with good all ‘the uti as possible, consi service. A municipal shating rink shoula| be provided for this coming winter. Dairying and livestock raising should be stimulated through the ecs- lishing of livestock circuits. Industries to Bismarek should. be locate“ here | through the, granting of sites,-fran- chises, or other concessions. \ The immediate future should sex! some concerted action on the part of! Hthe citizens of Bismarck toward the advocating of the erection of a new; capitol building ard the beautifying] of the capito! grounds, The roads leading to Bismar should receive a measure of atten- tion, especially those east and west, so that tourists traveling to and from the National Parks and Pacific Northwest will be induced to travel through Bismarck. Pyramid Park being given the adveriising whieh it so riehly deserves would also attract many tourists through Bismarek. Sibley Island which was given to AND THE FUTURE | the government should be made accessible by a good road nd the erection of a bridge... This ud could e: be made the most beautiful k in the state. Bismarck b pa Bismarck could well take the in-, itiative toward the advocating of a extension irrigation project covering the territory along the rivar both north and south of Bismarck, This should also furnish power for Bis- marck and vicinity. ing in-mind that coal is a nec- for the maintenance .of life in nd th an.indus- try it is still in its infancy, a of ten cents per ton to provide for the maintenance of the public schools would have. netted Burleigh county $23,000 in 1921 and this sum would be increased yearly. ” Bismatck, situated in the world’s greatest lignite coal field, near one of the best known pottery clay de- posits, in the center of the world’s spring wheat region, and near the livestock regions of- the northwest, is at some future time destined to be a manufacturing eity of note. The Bismarck of the future will not have two, but possibly five railways, the“Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul is less than fifty miles away, the Great Northern and Chicago and Northwestern are both about a hun dred miles from Bismarck. The Missouri river, open all save three months of the year will av some future time be carrying great barges o grain an& flour from our mills, sugar from the beet refineries, coal and coal by-products, brick and clay products, livestock and produce, serving Pierre, Sioux City, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, the Mississip pi river ports, and out in the ocean to rans-Pacifie, ard Trans-Atlantic ports, affording the cheapest mode of transit yet known. - EVERETT ‘TRUE BY CONDO Is A PIANOS Sovco. DE POUND WILE RENDER THE FAMIGAR Tes NEXT NUMGER ON THE PROGRAM MR. REGINALD COMPOSITLON _ Gut7TesDp * CET unce BE WORTH APMISSION ‘ECR Go REGGIE (IF WOU CAN PLAY "HUMORESQ@US" AS WELL AS Wou CooK iT bt THS PRICE OF SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1922 ‘THE STORM __ | FINDING SUITABLE GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS NOT SUCH HARD ~ JOB IN BISMARCK'S STORES eee eee a wilieg fe f Idark shades for men and in bright Hundred of Exquisite Pres-j olors for womey. Surely nothing 3 would be more prized than a° soit , ents of All Sorts. Offered, | vvaem muffler on these frosty morn- ings. : And Any Pocketbook Can, BAS AS . , Be Satisfied in a Trip | Many, however, are seeking for a Through Fairlyland of “erent sort of gift. Elegant leather tial of the recipient are a beau bill holders bearing the name or ini- '. Christmas Stores To find just the gift you want for ‘father and mother, brother and si ter, dear friends, and acquaintances is not a difficult problem if the shop- per visits the Bismarck department , stores, jewelry shops, and specialty | shops, for these are brimming over with a most exfensive assortment of articles which make beautiful — pr jents of what to buy for all members of ihe family. Gift suggestions ~for women in- clude apparel either ready made or unmade, household articles, jewelry, and novelties. When the shopper steps into a department store he may find his way to the lingerie depart- ment if she is searching for an ex- quisite remembrance for mother or sister. Crepe de chine lead in dainty underthin, gee, georgette, cotton crepe, silk mull, and handkerchief linen particularly popular either in read, mades or as material The wide variety in coior enhances the attractiveness of these , gifts, Flesh shades still hold the lefd, but orchid, honey due, maize, yellow, la- vender, coral, and mixed tones in these articles make charming gifts. The home craft department offers probably one of the most interesting departments for women shoppers since it is filled with suggestions of little things which she can make at but little expense. Sachet bags, der puffs. flowers and bows of bons for trimming up articles w have been are inviting. That ribbon coming back is indicated by the ariety of articles made from it and but pon- y the publication of “Ribbon Art,” the; first book of its kind to appear on the market. Features in it show that the wider ribbons which have not been so popular for sometime. are taking their place again. Wealth of Gifts The household gifts—such as sets of sheets ani pillow cases, luncheon ‘sets with their four napkins instea. of the dozen or half dozen which have always been the thing in the past, embroidered dresser scarfs, jbath towels and cloths, are remem- |brances always appreciated, and jhighly valued by the women who pride themselves on their beautiful and artistic home decorations. In this line nothing is more ap- freciated” than silverware with the variety of new patterns which have come in recently. Whole sets or sep- arate pieces are glways acceptable. Another household gift: which is always appreciated is the hand-made rug. The newest thing in this line is the smaii rag made of’ Ludlow crochet material—a heavy rope like fyarn that works up easily an makes a splendid gift. It can also be ade into shopping bags, tray, and ilar articles. Jewelry of course is one of thos? jpresents which is always new and leas a permanent value, Between dear |friends and relatives - nothing is |more appreciated ,or appropriate. |Broaches, necklaces of pearls,, beeds, jor stones; novelty rings, silver and |gold pencils, fountain’ pens, watches and the dozens of other gifts in that |lime have a charm that always re- mains with them. They are always new, For Practical Minded For the practical minded individ- ual there are always kimonas, bed j room slippers, bath robes, and pur- ses and vanity cases, In the- larger cities the patent leather purse has (proved particularly popular as Christmas seller, but pin seal and fancy tooled and laced leather pur- ses, and bag are standbys. While they are always given they are ‘al- ways popular and appreciated. The three articles most frequently Lgiven—are handkerchiefs, silk hose, and gloves. For the friends whom you wish to remember but do not know so very well, nothing can be | more appropriate than a box of handkerchigf's. This year the stores are showing a large variety of im- ported handkerchiefs, some exquisite lmen. some novelty types, than at! any time since the great war. The prices on them this year is cut from a fourth to,a third less. Silk hose or wool sport hose make a small compact gift that is. e to send away and always, appree ated. Gifts of this kind are as.accept- able by men as by women. The kid glove or sport glove is another ar- ticle that can always be given. The variety of colors in the kid and cape skin gauntlets effects are charming this season. Lots For Kiddies Children, of course, occupy; an important place in Christmas. pre- parations. The football, sled, skat and movable trains are a part | Christmas to boys and girls. Shaggy wool cap$, gloves, and warm sport hose are also popular for the larger {boys and girls, horns, whistles, dolis, land little toys of alf descriptions dc |light the soul of the little fellow: The stores are filled with beauti- ful toys both imported and made at home this year. Since the war over the nations are back to old 0; ‘eupations and inventing new thin for the children. The prices of these have dropped greatly to what the were last year. For baby—little knit coats and caps, leggings, beoties and dain frocks are being s . These a so dainty that the little tots will look like regular cherubims in them. The selection of gifts for men are always a problem to some people This should not he. difficult this year. For those who are seeking an inexpensive gift there are the. si hose, neckties, and handkerchiefs-— old standbys which are gotten up in more artistic designs and colors than ever before. One of the remembran- ces which is proving very popular. is | along tis ne are silk mufflers—in \ iN holds the | are | for making. | FINNEYS CEDVIT -|\DAILY EFS SERVICE as well as practical gift, Even ‘dad and father would be delighte.t with one of these if they are not in ‘need of a pair of warm house slip- pers or a dandy comfortable smoki jacket. A bath robe of real elegance or practical everyday value may be given with assurance that it is ap- preciated every day during which time it is being worn. For those who are seeking for , something more expensive in gifts or jwish to give something small ‘and permanent a signet or an elegant stone ring, a lodge ring, or a novelty ring of some sort stands as a favor- ite. These make a rememebrance par- ticularly valuable if initials significant date is engraved on the # Tom Sims Says you travel along, be- one-way street, See things as cause life is a Avpocketbook is a good gift, but 1! I - will not be needed until a few weeks ». {after Christmas, Carry a chip on your shoulder ana |yow get your block knocked off. The too smallest place in the world is a boy’s stomach on Christ- ‘mas. Give your girl big earrings: If |you grasp one firmly in cach hand she will be unable to turn her head. | Smoking a pipe doesn’t | cost as |much as making a stove pipe smok:. It is estimated forty million peo- ple will. stumble over toys on the floor this Christmas. _ If you buy a tie nobody likes you can give it to some man with | whiskers. These shortest days are the long- est to a boy waiting for Santa Claus. Some Palm Beach suits are packed away now and others are underwear. Breakfast bacon is educated {at meat. ;: Price of several ¢old creams is up and this is a fly in the ointment. Give your husband a new hat for Christmas and it will cap the climax. Folding beds are nice for the home. Get the kind that only folds when you want it to fold. Everybody leves a fat man dressed like Santa Claus, One sign of prosperity is Ameri- ca’s birthrate is declining. Common sense is what makes 2 college education valuable. The stepping stone to the altar. 15 a diamond. How can you ‘respect gray hair: if they are dyed black? Two heads being better than one may explain cheek to check dancing. Every man_ thinks your cold even if he he can cure ean’t cure his. So live that when the time comes you can retire instead of give up. clothing store owner pajamas. Many a Idoesn't sleep in About the most expensive gift we can think of is:the giftYof gab. Switchman Is Killed Instantly (By the Associated Press) Minot, N. D. Dec. 16—Walter H. Peterson, a switchman employed by the Great Northern Railw Com- pany was instantly killed this morn- ing while working in the local yard INo one actually witnessed the ‘cident it is said but it is believe that he swung from the rear end of the car on which he had been riding and stepped on a parailel track up- on which another switching crew was working and was caught beneath |the wheels of the tr Relatives reside at Tracy, i GRANDCHILD HAD CROUPY i couGH “My grandchild could get no re- lief whatever from a very badycroupy jcough.” writes Peter Landis, Meyers- dale, Pa., “until I gave him Foley's Honey and Tar. It is a great help jfor chest and throat trouble.” Coughs, colds. croup, throat, chest \and bron irritations quickly re- lieved with Foley’s Honey and Tar. Contains no — opiates—ingredients printed on the wrapper. Stood the test of time serving three genera- tions. : '| @ BISMARCK. NORTH DAKOTA ~ ‘Known all over the Northwest for Quality | MAIL US YOUR FILMS &, re Pa