The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 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 Representat: G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPA CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SM NEW YORK - - ‘MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT Kresge Bldg. MITH Fifth Ave. Bldg. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or, republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- 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 «isc sccccsaiccnteicacs eis ewes es + Rbocd: 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 THE COMING SESSION There are a number of members of the legislature who are going into the coming session with a high purpose— to: accomplish constructive legislation _ without _ political bickering. There also will be those who will be imbued solely with the idea of gaining political advantage from the sixty- day session. It is to be hoped that those who look at all problems in the light of rendering public service will be in the majority. A large majority of the members of the legislature will be farmers. They will look to many problems which arise rom the standpoint of the farmer, unless they are confused by. political considerations. There will be many bills pre- sénted from which there may arise the opportunity to do ome service for the farmer. No service can be rendered by a futile attempt to overturn economic laws or to bring rosperity by legislation. The operation of the Grand Forks mill will present the biggest problem to the legislature. When the members of that body, mindful of the injunctions of their constituents to:do something to lighten the tax burden, begin to consider he problem of the state mill the difficulty of accomplishing both the promised experimentation in the flour manufactur- ing industry and reduction of taxés will be brought home. The state, no more than an individual, can go out and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars without paying a heavy interest toll. Already taxes have been levied to raise more than $800,000 to pay interest on state bonds issued in the so-called industrial program. A There ought to be little disagreement in the proposal to liquidate the Home Building Association. The law itself “is: virtually impossible of operation at the present time, because bonds cannot be issued until half the cost of a house built is paid, which, under the amortization plan, would be years after the house is built. The losses of the association axe too staggering to permit a sober-minded man to wish to plunge the state into the business again at this time. -; The people of the state, of course, expect the tax burden to be reduced. The increase in. attendance. at. educational and other institutions, the continuance of many state boards | and the industrial program make this impossible unless there is: a concerted effort to that:end, and unless the knife is drawn sharply. Every selfish consideration must be put aside. in fact, almost all other considerations, if there is to be a big decrease in the appropriations. Aside from a few big problems which ought to be settled and settled quickly there is not much of moment confronting the legislature, unless it is made by: the members themselves. Various departmental changes can. be made, but they involve simply the question of more efficient business and not any great policy. NOT A NEW IDEA The more the state industrial program is discussed the more the glaring weakness of the system becomes apparent. A former manager of: the home building association stated Publishers | | || EDITORIAL REVIEW | Comments reproduced 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 being discussed in the press of the day, SUPERMEN A recent writer im the New ‘York Times directs attention to the admitted fact that there are jin the world no supermen today, | j Whereas there were many of them lin other periods of the world’s! lhistory. Our lack, it is argued, is ue to the lack of anything like ‘general culture,” to the monotony of modern life, and to the suprem-! acy of the machine over the man.; !'The ages in which supermen ap-' i peared were, it is said ages of i“general culture,” and the conclu- |sion is that the shortage of super-| men now is due to the absence of -ithe cause which—so it is argued—_ produced them, which is general culture. { But there was no “general cul: | ture” in either France or Corsica | when Bonaparte—one of the Times | writer’s supermen—appeared, but} -lonly the culture of a very small} class. And it was’so in other per- |jods—that of Shakespearian Eng- | land. Perhaps it would be much} more reasonable to hold that the, great men were the product of the} glaring contrasts, more ‘particu- larly between the fine culture of the few, and the sudden, ignorance ‘of the many. It is noteworthy, too, that the example$ given cover a rather wide stretch of history. Also it might be fairly argued ;that some of them were ino s€nse su- permen. Perhaps we can match |some of them—such as Moliere, | Beethoven and Voltaire. ! The question is largely one of definition—what is genius or Su-j perman? Galton duttiority for the statement that there have been fewer than 500 geniuses.in the whole history of mankind. If thatds so, our age is quite in the fashion, and certainly is not peeuliar ‘in its’ lack cf supermen. It is, of course, true that there’ seem ‘to be clus- ters of them—that they come in bunches. Perhaps there is a rea-} son for this, though it would be! jhard to say what it is. Genius, | like the knigdom of heaven, “com- eth not with observation”—like the wind, it “bl th where it listeth, ‘and thou hearest the sound thereof, and whither it goeth.” Even in the great days of Elizabeth, Shake- speare was, after all, a rather | lonely figure. | ‘There are those who hold that supermen have had their day, and that the world is better off without them, as Emerson, we believe it |was, who prayed that God would create no more giants. But this maybe an effort to make a virtue; out of a defect. And yet many su- permen have wrought great harm to the world, especially when they began to think of themselves as supermen, But the mere fact that they do not exist at this very mé- ment proves little, for ‘during ,the last hundred ‘years there have been several men who might farily be called great —quite as. great as some of those enumerated in the Times article. Such a man may burst on thé world tomorrow. Macaulay had a theory that civilization was deadly to genius in poetry, as when he said that “we hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.” That, of course, was a mere youth- |ful judgment pronounced by a man in his twenty-fifth year. Yet some great poems, and much great! poetry were produced in England long after this judgment was de- {livered. On the whole this seems to be, to quote the admirable |Dundreary, “one of those things |that no fellah can find out.” That ié why it is such a pleasant theme \ \ ' | i | { i i 1 If We Could Editor's note: Essay receiving honorable ment!on——Written by Fran- cis Halloran; Have just received my appointment as city manager of Bismarck. I was born in this town—then a frontier village, avith wooden sidewalks, oil lamps and cow paths for streets, wide opén and little’ law, Never thought I would be boss of this mod- ern city, one day.’ It has a lot of faults and needs a number of, things to make it an ideal city. The first thing I am. going to do it to give a big “blow out” in honor of my se- lection, put no, I have been. to a score of booster meets in past’ fears and heard a lot of fine oratory, but everyone forgot about it the jhext' day. My job is to make this a bet- ter place. in :which to-live.- 1’ ae going to try dnd’ get more’ factotiet and jobbing houses, work for better freight rates and try to draw more trade from the surrounding terri- tory, I may not be able to do all of this, but there is éne thing I am going to try and reduce to the mini- mum.| That’s trading away from home. I am going first to the busi- ness and professional men and teach them that the place to buy their goods, is the place where they make their living, and then after I get all the business and professional men and their families buying all their goods pt home I'll start a cam-| trict and city of Bombroda became German and Poland gets territory near Koenigshuette and elsewhére. BISMARCK AND THE FUTURE , | Bismarck co-operating with Mandan OSES” Only Get'E verything We Wanted | ifs « Touch usT, SANTA, BUT te ANYBODY CAN Fit iT You CAN close of the last rehearsal. Tom Sims Says Give building blocks for Christmas beeause they will build a fire. ' paign among the farmers and work- ing men. .I would get the housing, water, gas and light questions set- |, tled as soon as possible and right now I would start the ball a rolling for a new capitol and court house. We need and should have a munict pal ice’ rink and slide for winter sports, a band, with paid leader and members paid for their time, a pa- valion for dancing, concerts, and out- dor entertainments; a good ball team and a healthier interest in all sports, A combination armory and athletic club for, use of all the people, more playgrounds and parks and better care, of the few green spots we now have, popular lecture course for people who cannot. afford ‘the high pricé ghows. Frequent dramatic ana musical plays, given by Mandan and When ‘the Red Cross roll is called up yonder will you be there? One may shop from sun to sun, but Christmas shopping’s done. i never It will soon be time for new reso- jlutions. We call them in thaking their fair the best in the) they are old ones made over. state. Free employment, bureau. Bet- ter aid,to rest room, milk fund, wor- thy poor and hospital sunshine club. A move to secure more settlers, a college’ ‘and use of Fort Lincoln for a good purpose. Less petty politics, religious Ligotry and social snobbery. More christian charity and friendli- nass and deporting of all knockers. How will we get all of these things? One at a time, by all: working to- ‘gether—witness the swimming pool, ‘the paving project, the new bridge and thus help make Bismarck the best spot on earth. If you hear a noise it may be the loud Christmas cries. The man who swears off smoking now is getting ready to refuse Christmas cigars. if Hide the children’s presents with their school books and they wijl never find them. The age-old struggle between Ire- land and England has ended, again. In some cases suitcases will suit ‘ as gifts. to discuss or consider a loan to |" ® Germany until the reparations ques- If hell is paved. with good inten- itions it will be, repaved New, Year. tion was settled ' —— t she Had a fainting attack at tho | new, but} that another, virtually supreme in power, protested ‘against | discharging an employe thought unfaithful until after an ee sbeculetion; about. The great task today Philadelphia—The board of trust- of the University of Pennsyl- and election because to do so would add one more sore spot to bedevil the political faction in power. The statement is not surprising to one with knowledge of politics. been done before and it will be done again. Usually there is the bug-bear ‘of the political equation in consideration of problems. There are exceptions. There are. officials who have refused to be moved by it in any Way. Often they have suffered poltically for their stnad, and then have damned the public. But the voter is. not always to blame. He often cannot know or appreciate the situation. He can only act upon general information. culties which beset straightforward action in public ques- tions constitute a real weakness in virtually every state en- terprise. N i. PHONOGRAPHS The census shows that about $98,000,000 worth of talk- ing machines and records were manufacthred in America last year, against about $159,000,000 in 1919. Near-sighted economists are seizing on these figures and talking about “tremendous decline in phonograph produc- tion.” ‘ The decline, you’ll notice, is revéaled only in money, re- flecting lower prices. In actual number of phonographs and records, there was a big gain. actual commodities. LEAKS j Psychiatrists continue investigations summed up in this question: when phoning?” Some draw circles, others make stars, hhoney-combs and son on. . This is more than absent-mindedness, it is a “nervous leak,” according to experts on mental diseases. It is a twin- brother of nervous drumming with fingers or toes, and a dis- tant cousin of the moron-mania of writing one’s name in public places. Be watchful and curb these tendencies, to Keep nerves. under control, the experts caution. BUNKOED * Olaf Jansen, just over from Sweden, meets a smooth talker who sells him a street for for $100. When Olaf tries to take charge of the car, which the smooth talker promised would make him rich quickly, he begins learning that in this free country nothing is really free except the air. : Maybe you smile at the ancient bunko game worked on poor Olaf. If truth were known and recognized, most of us are daily victims of swindles, on a smaller scale, within the Une but equally preposterous. The proof is in our pocket- books. 2 It has \ But he ought to recognize, ard so ought officals, that the diffi | It’s hard to get the price hoax out of the brain and think of economies in terms of says the whole power of the state “What kind of pencil marks do you make ; acepted the resignation of Major General Leonard Wood as head of the institution. that of leavening the whole jump} |—and it is most difficult. It was |Browning who said: Cleveland.—A tertative «program looking toward the proposed merger A people is but the attempt of many f Tea ; , of the Brotherhood of Loqpmotive | To ise to the completer life |ing:ncers and the Brothericod of i i Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen was worked out by a joint com- mittee. If the attempt succeeded — and fit is a noble one—we may, one diy as jhdave geniuses en masse.—Indian-| yissoula, Mont—A sli niu ; Missoula, Mont—. ight apolis News, ! quake shock was ‘felt. eprth- | Washington.— President © Harding sent a message of sympathy to the acting President and people of Po- ie RIDICULE OR FORCE? | Gov. Parker of Louisiana seems jmere right than consistent in ref- jerence to the Ku Klux Klan. He is|land for the sorrow ozcasioned by jTisht when he says ridicule is|the murder of Gabriel Narutowicz, i the best if not the only weapon} late President of Poland. ; With which to attack the spectacle ,of grown men going about in| to enforce law, The Vanéover, B, C.—While the police searched a house in Chinatown yes- terday for hidden drugs, a carried pigeon flew in “bearing a tube of Narcoties. Twe men were arrested. i nighties \ |Klan has so many ludicrous sides | j that it is vulnerable to the shaft of ridicule. Sensible men have} got to laugh over such official) jtitles as “Klarogo.” “Kladd,” “Im: | Derial Kleppleer” and “Klongil- jium,” applied to men in the seri- ous business of enforcing law. But in the next breath Gov, Parker Fargo, N. D—Lucile Hebard, 18,! Minneapolis, who escaped from Min- nesota reformatory at Sauk Cente. in September, arrested here. i Vermillion, S. D.—-Total, of $20,- | of Lou na will be invoked to| 000 in pledges toward goal of $25.- j break down the Klan and put it{ 000 obtained from students of Uni- jout of business and the attorney] versity of South Dakota for erec- ;seneral is in charge of the exter-| tion of athletic stadium which is to ; mination process. Louisiana can-| cost $50,000. not ridicule the nightie gang one, day and seriously prosecute it the! ‘next. If ridicule will kill it, why | does Gov. Parker announce he ask the conference of statd gover nors to take measures for action? —St. Paul Pioneer Press. pe lanaiied mente ’ Oshkosh, Wis., who died ! after being NEWS BRIEFS |', found partly frozen and — i ———-——@ | bruised beside railroad track being jy [held pending investigation. Believ led seen on way to visit former home at Webster, South Dakota, before re- turning to Hungary Washington.— Representative Steenerson, Minnesota, has complete- ly recovered from slight attack in- digestion he suffered in house. Said j he had eaten too much, breakfast. | Wabasha, Minn.—Body of Bogort | Demeter of Dublin.—The first act passed {an Irish parliament for 123. y went . formally through the State senate. Pree | | Angora—The Kemalist | ment decided to lift the embargo on |the departure of Christians form | Aratolia. govern: | my editor of Sioux Falls Press, sub. | péenaed to appear Wednesday as | material witness at “John Doe” hear- ing at Pierre. He ‘could throw no light on nature of hearing. Iuondon ~-A disratzh to the Times id |from Opneln a formal settle- | iment had beenreached reearding the | [Germen-Pol'sh Stes'on fron !der which much of the Rottherg d P. Morgan & Com- ied the German -ambassa- dor it was impossthle for> the firm Sioux Falls, S. D.—Dennis O'Lears, | | Marion, Ohio—President Harding was, re-elected a director of a lum- ber company. . Paris.—Sarah Bernhardt was dis- suaded only with” great difficulty from appearing in a new play after Oe Some kids get what they want while others get sensible presents. If cussing the weather made us fat we would all be trying to reduce, 1 If the Nevada boy who’shot three EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO | AND Look THERE ON THAT PAGE 4 THERE'S SONG, Too { -WaG6N 1 LOANED ‘You THIS Gook (IT waAS SuTtiTL|ED "BULLY BALLADS” BUT NOw It MIGHT BE You RETURNED WHEN You PROMISE THAT COVERS A N FINGERPRINTS" UY HOWEVER THE BooK D Yo, anp HYULTITUSE of Ulu INTS Ebb SHAKS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922 ‘SCORES OF RECOMMENDATIONS | ARE MADE TO LEGISLATURE ' ! Scores of recommendations have {been made by the various state de- {partments for consideration of the jcoming: session of the legislature. jAmong the more’ important reeem- mendations, briefly stated, are: |; Board of Railroad Commissioners |~Authorization to employ special jcommerce counsel in important rail- jroad ahd utility cases, ! Passage of law requiring drivers of imotor busses to stop before cross- ‘ing vailrdud tracks. | Provide for employment of two ‘assistant engineers and telephone | superviser. Commissioner of Immigration—Ap- propriation to permit employment of field agents. |. Giving of state aid to persons pur- jchasing farms by loaning 75 to. 80 |per cent of purchase price. ; | Revival of Home Builders associ- | ation. State Engineer—Appropriation suf- lficient to provide three full-time en- gineers for next two years for ir- ‘yigation work. | State to establish one or more ir- ‘rigation demonstration arms to dem j onstrate feasibility of ,small irtiga-}enues through income tax law. {tion work, | Relieve state enginner from duties jas secretary of highway commission. | Onpesing law to provide three | highway commissioners on full time. | vrovide funds to maintain con- | structed under federal aid, as re- jquired by U. S. government. | Legislation empowering railroad commissioners and highway commis- [sion to enforce ‘reasonable compli- jance” in the matter of grade cross- \ing elimination. ¢ |. Establish uniform tions or highways, Place portions of. state highways lying within cities or villages im- proved with ederal aid under contro! jef state highway commission. Make salary of executive of high- way conimission not less than $4,500 a year and adjust other salaries. Secretary of State—Provide for codification of state laws. Amend law to provide that nom- inating petitions in presidential pri- mary be filed not later than 30 days before election. Require /expense candidate be verified. Provide same ballot for men and ‘women. Require parties, committees and other organizations attempting to in- fluence result of election to file item- ized statement of expenses an¥ re- ceipts. Clarify election laws. Provide that all officers, traffic regula- | | statements of | \ 1 i | | except fed- eral, be nominated and elected on nonpartisan ballot. Limit corporations, in their pur- pose to ascertain class of related | subjects. Restrict issuance of charter to corporation until “a certain per cent, of the authorized capital stock has been paid in.” Make large enough appropriation for blue sky’ commission’ to’ permit employing of a>competent auditor or auditors to analyze financial state- ments, etc. Require issue of speculative secur- ities to execute bond in sum of $50,- 000. i Pass brokers, Provide name of notary public ap- pear on his seal. Limit number of notaries and re- quire them to keep a record of all official acts. Tax Commissioner——If, legisla- ture contemplates changes in classi- | fication law there should be careful study as to effect of changes upon ; distribution of the tax burden. law licensing and bonding exemptions or deductions either by | taxing such property on the basis of 50 per cent of actual value or by | exempting it entirely. | Relieve local boards of taxing dis- | people ever grows up he can join éur army as ; platoon, Maybe reformers live because it is lagainst the law to kill yourself. Turkey says she will grant no di- |yorces to foreigners. What foreign. ers ask is a divorce from Turkey. , Stop cussing wifie’s relatives while |we tell.you a street sweeper’s. wife lhas inherited a fortune. | Christmas is not over | janitor quits being polite. until the ae New York druggist has been robbed 12 times, which means noth- ing except that it makes a dozen. | West Virginia man of 83 has just |ridden his first street car, and this lis a long time to wait for a street ‘ear. | \ Some Christmas you will see smok- jing jackets listed as gifts for girls. These days nobody seems to dance ; without a struggle. \ pears | tisties | longer. In spite of all, the shooting sta- show married men live Give artificial flowers. They last much longer than the others. A wise man and his money soon ‘buy Christmas gifts. | TROUBLED WITH WEAK KIDNEYS | “Have been troubled with weak kidneys since childhood,” writes s. G. Hyde, Benzonia, Michigan, ow past forty and have had ter- ible backache ‘and that tired out ‘feeling, hardly able to do my work. By using Foley Kidney Pills accom- panied with Foley Cathartie Tablets I soon felt like a new person.” Back- jache, rheumatic pains, dizziness and \blurred vision are symptoms of kid- ney trouble. Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief. Some natives believe that ap- pearance of a baby’s first tooth lin the upper jaw is a sign of bad |luck and that the baby should be | killed. |, Abolish present scheme of double| tricts of arbitrary tax limitations, providing safeguards. Make impossible for any board to issue warrants in excess of the amount on hand plus the amount o1 unpaid taxes levied for the current and pricr years. Clarify debt limitations statutes. Provide for county” assessors, Substitute gross earnings tax for general property tax upon telephone systems. Revise bank tax laws. Remedy defects in state tax law, Provide for field auditors to aid in administration of income tax law. Changes in income tax law pro- posed to increase revenue from tax- ation of corporations from $450,000 annually to $750,000 annually; in- crease revenue from individuals from $50,000 annually to $1,250,000 annually. ; Revise inheritance tax laws, Substitute gross earnings tax in lieu of property tax, on coal deposits. Consider question of repealing cap ital stock tax law, obtaining rev- income If poll tax is continued provide for morg effective method of collec- tion on. Dairy Commissioner—Provide for carrying on work on eradicating bo- vine tuberculosis. Amend cow bill to provide coun- ties may issye bonds or warrants for purchase and sale to approved peti- tioning farmers. State Auditor—Provide for making of temporary loans by state to bridge over period when general funds are low. Repeal numerous obsolete laws for small taxes, Authorize cancellation of all war- rants outstanding five years. Commissioner of Insurance—Leg- islation revising the present North Dakota Standard Fire Insurance Pol- icy to comply with the valued policy law, ete. ‘ @ Making insurance commissioner receiver of defunct insurance com- panies. A law providing for the building of chimneys in compliance with “or- dinance” drafted by National Board of Fire Underwriters. Supervision of rates; state health and accident insurance. * Hail Insurance Department— vide: that insurance on fall and win- ter grain shall take effect May 25th of each year. Provide that in case the number of acres in crop, as shown on the crop-listing blank in the column pro- vided for showing such cropped lands, do not correspond with the cropper acreage shown on the dia- gram on the face of the crop-listing blank, the number of acres as given in the cropped lands shall govern. Permit extension: of time for with- drawal up to July 1. Permit commissioner of insurance to issué securities in| anticipation of hail taxes due. er Increase allowance for county auditors doing hail insurance work. Consider question of zoning state. Attorney General — Revise state banking laws, defining and creating penalties for certain offenses. Relieve attorney general of neces- sity of serving on many boards. Enact laws control I. W._W. and similar organizations; anti-syndical- ism law. Provide for employment of special commerce counsel. Revise and strengthen enforcement laws; consider question of supervi- sion over country dance halls. Fire Marshal—Put hotel inspection in fire marshals office. Increase appropriation for inves- tigators, / : Make One, liable for care! which results in fire loss to Adopt underwriters’ chimney spec- ifications. | ¢+———_______» ADVENTURE OF | | THE TWINS | By Olive Barton Roberts When a little boy or girl writes a note to Santa Claus and puts it up the chimney (or lays it out on the window-sill when he hasn’t a chim- jneney) why, that's all there is to it —for him or for her, They have nothing more to worry about after they put the pen and ink and note paper away. But that isn't all there is to it by any means—no indeed! Somebody has to collect those inotes and take them safely fo Santa Claus. Sometimes the winter birds and chimney-sweeps get them and carry them to the North Pole; some- times the Fairy Queen’s helpers, Sil- ver Wing and Nimble Toes anl Twinkle Pen and Flippety Flop get them; and sometimes it’s somebody else like Nancy and Nick in their magical Green Shoes, But that’s not all! There are naughty little fairies sometimes, like Tweekanose for instance (the little gnome that wakens the babies) who love to make trouble—steal the notes; mix ‘em up, change the names, rub things out, and do every- thing they shouldn’t. Nancy and Nick had a dreadful time of it. One evening, just aboat dusk, they came to Billy Bolton's: house and were just about to light on the roof like two-little birds, when a figure popped up out of the chimney, slid down the water-spout, and ran lickety split to a hole in the ground and disappeared. The sharp eyes of the Twins had spied something white sticking out of his pocket. * “It's Tweekanose, and he has stolen Billy's note!” cried Nick. “We'll have to go after him and get it back, for if we don't, how will Santa Claus ever know what Billy wants for Christmas?” So off they started. But before they reached the hole they met Kip the Brownie. “Here's Billy's note,” said Kip handing it to them. “I just met Tweekanose and made him give it to me. You'll give it to Santa, won't you,”