The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 4

PAGEFOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ntered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class d Matter. r " BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. - - Publishers Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY . > »' CHICAGO. DETROIT =Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. es 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 to it or not other- =wise credited in this paper and also the local news published ‘herein. : on = 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..... «> $7.20 =Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) wee 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) . THE DAY OF DAYS Many years ago’a little girl wrote to the New York Sun: “Is there a Santa Clauis?”) Francis Pharcellus Church an- éswered her letter in an editorial which is a Christmas gem ‘and which shines ever brighter with the flight of time: « “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as. certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. And you know that they abound and give your life its highest beauty,.and joy.’ Alas! How- dreary: would be the world if {1 ‘ere ‘were no Santa Claus,. It would be as dreary as if'there were‘no Virginias. There would be: no childish faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. “Nobody sees Santa Claus. But that is ro sign that there \is no. Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither ‘children nor men see. q “You may tear apart'‘the baby’s rattle and see what makes'the noise'itigide, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man nor even. the united strength of all the strongest men that éver lived could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view glory be- yond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world’ there is nothing else real.and abiding. “No Santa “Claus?: Thank God, he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia—nay, ten times ten thousand years from now—he will continue to make glad the heart‘of childhood.” ' atofed one se eeeee Christmas is more than a date on the calendar or a sea- ‘son of the year. It is a spirit—of giving, rather than re- -ceiving — an eternal reminder of what a joyous, beautiful “existence this life. on earth could be if it were not for the crash of selfjshness against selfishness. y = Therein, is Christmas’ real charm. It unveils what life could be. Other days'of the year are matter-of-fact, hard as “agate, revealing life.as we create it, reflecting ourselves. Christmas is the Day of Days because it is the’one day. of he year when each of us strives to make others happy. Civ- ‘ilized future generations: will’ look back and*marvel- that it never occured to us to make a Chistmas out of every day in the year. ~ : \ ALL MUST HELP Public opinion in Bismarck is pretty well committed to ity ownership of the water works, But it is important that if the program of obtaining the plant is to be carried out =there must be a definite understanding and agreement upon jall sides of the plan of operation of the plant after it is ‘obtained. ¢ - ‘ _. All selfish consideration must be banished. A study of the records of municipal ownership in: other cities will show that among the causes of failure in many is the lack of ap- “plication of business principles in the. management of a city-owned enterprise. In this respect the plan of St. Paul for management jof her water plant. appeals. ‘Water com- missioners are named, and they are liable under their bonds “to run the plant efficiently and to avoid deficits. In some <eities success has been obtained where leading business men “agree that such an enterprise must be run in the same un- =selfish way as the schools, and all lend their aid to such a conduct of the busine: 4 Politics should be baytshed, not only. by officials when acting on such questioi ut in the operation. This has =been accomplished in some instances by placing the opera- ion_in the hands of a:separate board. The plant must render service, and it must pay its way. No business and no property-owner ought to be permitted Sto get a single advantage not. enjoyed’ by others. No one ought to stand in the way... ; = The plant must be opergted.as: economically as possible. In this connection; a proposal fas arisen which appears to shave merit. One of the largest items of expense in a water supply system in the city of Bismarck is the pumping of ‘river water froni the river level to a high hill: After the water is in reservoirs on a high hill it can be distributed “chiefly by gravity pressure. A “booster” pump can supply what gravity cannot. = The records of the railroad commission show that the ‘water company pays $9,305.00 a year, or one-fifth of: its ex- penses for electric power to get water into: the’reservoir rand= in the mains. It ‘.is pointed ;out — that a city-owned water plant can have its own - electrical power equipment to run the pumps and_ can without much cost. produce electricity to light the scity’s white way, a white way to the bridge, and a white way to.the capitol. Both the cost of operation of ‘the water works and the maintenance of the white way could thus be lowered, and the taxpayer$ given the benefit. Any saving in operation of the water plant would, of course, permit the expenditure of more money in building an effi- cient ‘water system. Sud future, and the city ought to provide that no paving should go in before water mains are laid. © If the city goes into the business of supplying the citi- | zens with water it is undertaking a serious matter. A big; debt will be created and a big responsibility will continually rest ongthe city. If the plant is to be a success it is patent -there must be careful, calm management. It is just-as im- portant that in any negotiations leading to the purchase of -@ plant that the same trend of, mind shall prevail. LAND - _ Another good result of the war is reported from Great ‘Britain, where a third of the 56,000,000 acres of land has * changed hands in three years. = The big land-owners over there tend to lose their hold- ings. Redistribution of land is the goal of most revoltuions. =In Great Britain the revolution is a peaceful one. Nearly all economic problems are land problems, a“ f the city is to operate the water plant, the managers | t- to carefully consider the extensions needed for the | ,{and “inability to realize on slow and EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced. in ,th! column may or may, not expres: the opinion of The Tribune, They are presented here ir order that our readérs may have both sides of important issugs ich are || being discussed in: the press: of '} the day, * nee LEGISLATIVE: ECONOMY IS PUBLIC DEMAND If economy is to be the watch- word in the next, legislature, and members are to accomplish what the voters expect of them, in re- | ducing taxes, it will be necessary | to repeal a number of laws passed | in 1919, and to amend others. ! i No economy can be had of any | jconsequence by leaving all the: |present laws in force as hag been | jsuggested in some quarters. Indi- | jcations are that even greater pres- jsure than usual will be brought on \ to bear.‘on members to continue}! | certain .extravagant and unneces- | sary appropriations. A four-{ |flushing attempt may be made on| the part of certain interests to} make 4/show of economy on some | minor partichlars, which will help | but little. A drastic. and deter- | |mined’ out in appropriation bills, | jand a repeal of certain laws, is the | only remedy that will help, farm- {ing and town residents and save {much property from confiscation. Among the laws that must be jamended or repealed are the: Bank lof North Dakota, the Industrial commission, the, tax commission, wage earners commission, the’ pool hall commission, all of which’ pro- vided jobs at good salaries for ap- pointees to boost the election of certain candidates, at suceeding | | elections. | | Among otheg laws; needing re-; peal or amendment.is the law pro-! \widing for a further issue of state bonds, for industrial purposes, the | }complicated and expensive law for inspection of coal mines; the law exempting certain classes of farm and city property from paying its just share of taxation; a law dis- criminating against printers ‘and publishers and in favor of certain special plants; the law fixing prices for public ‘printing; the state highway’ commission law. No. appropriations for new jfor the expension of programs for so-called uplift_work can be had ifthe economies desired areto be jobtained. An amendment of the motor vehicle fund+ law to permit counties to use all the taxes on autos paid by residents of those | counties, is generally desired. A repeal of laws passed ”ta.,provide special ‘enforcement atid “depart- ment assistants; a’ law regarting the state fish commission which i3 unnecessarily expensive, the home builders association law, can well] be amended or repealed entirely. The direct appropriations ‘made by the 1919 legislature for all de- partments of state government and the public schools; aggregated $4,- | 101,527.50, in addition to the large: fixed incomes: from other sources. The jlegislature $f 1921 split ap politically,: with’ house ‘dnd senate opposing each other. The result was that little or nothing was done for relief of ‘the people or to re- duce the burdens of 1919. The 1923 legislature will have a differ- ent complexion, and will be held Tesponsible for accomplishing something. The people expect members of both ‘houses to drop! their useless animosities, get down | to business, and do something sub- stantial for the tax payers of the state; and not devote or fritter away energy and time in promot- ing schemes of those who want to spend easy money hard to earn.— Jamestown Alert. \ THE HUMAN RACE AGAIN ENDANGERED ‘Mack Sack, a farmer: residing near Hettinger, had a serious ac- cident befall him while separting his cream lately. His front teeth cut and his head was gashed when the cream separator which hag was operating at a high rate of speed exploded and flew into pieces, The Volstead League and the anti-milk| league should immediately have’ a law passed prohibiting the sale of milk and cream separators. This |terrible accident shows that sep- |arating cream ig against the peace, idignity and happiness of the hu- {man race and the iniquitious prac- itice should be stopped, The gov- jernment should send a flock of bombing planes and a machine gun jbattalion down to Hettinger and Hinvestigate this deal. — Killdeer! | Herald. : | | \o——-——____________» | || NEWS BRIEFS | | -—————————_—_4| _Madrid—Reports that eight sol- diers of the Vizcaya regiment lad! [been killed and, more than a hundred | injured in a railway accident to al military train were received here to-/ day. * | Los Angeles~—Mrs. Caroline E.| Smith has been chosen manager of| the Los Angeles Philharmonic Or-| chestra, it is announced by the board| of directors. only woman in the United States and | possibly in the world, to control tht activities of a symphony orchestrt.| | WashingtonNomination of Burt! IE. Stewart to be postmaster it Minot, | |N. D., confirmed by senate. Fargo, N. D.—Delia Gransburg of j Grand Forks county, elected presi-| |dent of the Boys’ and Girls’ Achiev | ment Institute, a state organization. | Minneapolis—The Fourth Avenue! State bank here closed by state bank| |examiner because’ of depleted reserve | | doubtful paper.” pit Sioux Folls, S. D—Governor Me | Master granted Christmas’ pardons to| five more convicts in outh Dakota/ penitentiary, making total ten’ men| paroled just before Christmas. k Grand Forks, N. D—Eearing on. temporary order restraining railroad oy ‘buildings, foy state institutions, or |: jcame upon ‘them, arid,’the ,glory ot were knocked out, his lips badly |- | ment She is said to be the]? _|ter, written by Miss Palmer goes i of the state. 7, And she brought forth her first. | born son, and wrapped him in swad: dling clohtes and laid him in a man- ger because there was. no room for ‘them in the inn: # 8. And ‘there, were in the! same country shepherds abiding in’ the field, keeping watch over-their flock by night. “S2. i { 9. And lo, the angel of the Lord the Lord shone roand“about them: and they were affaid. 10; And the angel ssid. untocthemy Fear, not: for, “behold, I brite? 'you commission from .enforcing . North! Dakota grain grading law) “sched, uled for Fargo, January 5, may, be held at St. Louis, Mo., instead. of congested court calendars this state, | it was indicated, ‘ Milwaukee.—St. Paul defeated Mil- waukee ‘at hockey, 2 to 0. iH \ Minneapolis—Mrs, Albert C. Sarr, 42, shot and woundedher husband, a telegraph operator, during a dis; pute, according to police. i Washington—The postal conven- tion recently negotiated to improve the mail facilities -between Canda and the United States was signed by President Harding and Postmaster General Work and ‘will go in force January 1. Washington—A. statement of the department of commerce said’ ‘busi- ness conditions’ last’ month showed further increase in both productioi and distribution. Amraoti, India.—Continuation \ of the non-co-operation program ih\In- dia was urged by ©, R, Das, former president of the Indian national con- |, gress. b. Paris.—An association decided to award a gold medal each year to the film, French. or foreign which has best contributed to,the progress of]! the motion picture art. Moscow.—The' dollar recently brought 57,000,000 rubles on’ the black Bourse, . \ “Chicago.—Police ‘said part ‘of $70,- 000 Worth of Libery Bonds recovered from ‘robbers, were stolen from the First National bank of Mondovi, Wiss London—A Daily. Mail dispatch from Dublin said the Irish govern- will -establish block houses along the . railroads as a measure against train wrecking. : —The body. ‘of Gabriei z, president of Poland for two days, was buried with national jonors. \ Vienna.—The League of Natidns in order. to prevet further note infla- tion, forbade the government to dis- tribute Christmas gifts in cash to civil gervants. \ HUNT BEAUTY SPOTS School. children“ of North Dakota are to, be asked to assist in getting a list of the beauty spots of North Dakota and pictures. of some of them, if the county. superintendents of the state pass on to the school children a request that:is going out from tha) Department of: Education: The let-4 to detail in specifying the things that may be beautiful in any com- munity of the state. The list of the beauty spots and} some of the pictures, if any are re- turned, will be used’ in a new depart- ment publication. Its object will ve to teach appreciation of the beauties jis Christ the Lord. good tidings of great joy, which shall be. to all people. 11, For unto"ygu is born this day in the, city of David a Saviour, which gels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds, said one tu another, Let ‘us; now go even unto Bethlehem and. see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath, made known unto us. ( - ‘ 16. And’ they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe found lying in the manger. 17; And when\ they had seen they made known abroad the saying which ‘was told them concerning this 12, And this shall be ‘a sign unto you; Ye shall find: the babe wrapped in. gwaddling’ ‘clothes, ‘lying ina manger. % 13." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitudé of the heaven- ly host praising God, and saying, 14, Glory ‘to /God: in ‘the /highest, | child. and on earth peace, good ‘will toward|' 18.. And all they that heard it MEN. Si : “| wondered at those things which were: :1. An dit, same to pass,as the a told them by the shepherds. Among the many stories told me by | long and severe: ‘| my, mother of her earlyexperiences |’ There was a claim shack which onthe North Dakota prairi¢s, in thu] had been abandoned by a man-whose 8C's the story of their first Christ:| wife had died there, and with her mas tree which has always been| death had* gone his courage and symbolic to me of the hopes anu| spirit, and-he-was-returning to the longings of those brave early set-|Kast. tlers, the resourcefulness and deter-| My father and mother moved into mination of the early pioneers stands | this shack for the winter. The gloom out in my memory. was intense. “My mother could see It was in 1880, when my father,| nothing when she looked out from mother, and seven-year-old brother] the’ only, window which the shack settled. alone on the prairie many] ‘oasted, excapt the graye of the we- miles from neighbors. My father] man who had passed beyond. was a semi-invalid, but had always| Christmas was drawing near and been ‘keenly interested in -pidneer| with it came memories of home and life of the North Dakota prairies} friends and” relatives, and the joy which, at that time, was an isolation|‘ous preparations the previous year almost beyond endurance. ; It wag}for the holiday\season. Brother Tom go late in the year. when they ar-|‘who had always Had his tree vegan rived that they could not build until] to wonder how Christmas could be pring. They located seven miles} spent without/ a tree and candler. { EVERETT TRUE —_— BY CONDO | THAT SMGLCS Like All Yes, (T!s TURKISH CIGARST To /] A TURKISH ME, MISTER .. craarer, SIR. \F YOU DON’T Uke CUSTARD MS WS CAN MAKE AW EVEN EXCHANGE ! . NO WONDER THEY CALL THE TURK THS SIP MAN OF EUROPE 1", ! For she snuggled her secret Each day our isolation and loneli- ness became greater; blizards grew in sevgrity, and the snow made travel impossible. , Still, Tom felt-he could not spend Christmas without {his tree,’ Surely Santa Claus would ‘bring one. ~ My mother racked her brain, when \| behold, New England resourcefulness jasleep she went dut on the prairie and secured a huge tumbléweed. She brought it in and with some green cloth { branch and set it upon the dining | room table. She took some little , candles from the trunk and tied them on the branches. icame to her aid. While Tom was i i “| When Tom awéke it. was Christ- | mas indeed for him, -His joy knew |no limits when he saw the improvis- ed tumble-weed Christmas tree. And our North Dakota prairies yielded up their fruits even at the Christ- mas. season of Peace on Earth and Good Will to Man. o—__________.._» | POET’S CORNER | \o—_—_-—_—__________¢ | 7 AN XMAS WISH a By Clara -L. Garnier T heard my name in a foreign voice—- I chased away a tear, : For in deep retreat this once dear friend Had remained throughout. the year. i A lohg forgotten promise, like magic, On the broken wing of a dove, way in my heart, And the messenger returned bearing love. j I saw a grey lock stealing ff Down a face well carved with care, But neath her ‘brow was a tender gleam, un- aware, All these faces to me were a picture of art, As they crowded the doors with their smiles; ys Entwined with paint and canvass "twas not; But in the heart so vivid the while. ’Twas, indeed, the Xmas spirit That rose dead souls from their tombs, a And kindled the fire of there again, And bathe with sunshine their gloom. the life This spell like a-robe enveloped me-- I hastened on my homeward bound. Awaitng me there—I had not been forgotten— You never-could guess all I found. From the many kind” remembrance, I pondered o’er this token sweet; A confession of friendship undying ~it bore; A Xmas wish ’twas complete: “Today is Xmas, cheer up, dear friend: aie One day in a long,.long year, But tomorrow, my thots of you, dear ‘one, Like today will be most dear.” Salsibury, Md., Dec, 23—That. the American Eagle will fight to its death. rather than suffer the humiliation to.defeat, was borne out when Charles A. Taylor of Quantico today told of his fight with an eagle which assumed the offensive until it was killed. The bird, which was of the jbaldhead species, measured six feet, seven inches between the tips of its wings, and will be mounted for ex- hibition. } Taylor, who was driving along a country road, was attracted by a noise in a clump of bushes. Upon investigation he discovered ‘eagle endeavoring to rise in the air with the head of a full grown hog. Before Taylor could realize what was happening the bird started an onslaught against him. In the strug- gle the eagle was knocked to the, ground several times, each time re- covering and resuming the attack. Only after receiving a blow on the head from a: club rendering it un- conscious did the eagle give up the encounter. “a SHOWING OF “FATTY’S” FILMS TO BE OPPOSED Washington, Dec. 23.—The Nation- jal Catholic Welfare Council, acting {on the decision of its mot‘on picture bureau, wal call upon its affiliated organizations of Catholic men and women “to prevent the showing of Arbuckle films,” Charles A.’ Me- Mahon, director of the bureau, said in a statement today, Mr. McMahon, who is also a member of the,execu- tive committee on public relations organized by Will H. Hays as pre- sident of the National Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributers, said the bureau “con- demns” Mr. Hays’ reinstatement of Roscce C. Arbuckle as a screen actor adding: “I feel that Mr, Hays has misjudged the temper of the Ameri- can people if he thinks. they will agree with his action in the Ar- buckle case.” SPECIAL RAIL RATES Special one and one-half fare rates have been granted by all railways for farmers of North Dakota, Min- nesota and South Dakota who at- tend the Tri-State. Grain Growers convention to be held at Fargo Jan- wary 16 to 19, according to an an- nouncement made today by W. GC. Palmer, secretary of the organiza- tion. The special fare is on the. open jplan and each person must purchase ta return ticket to get the reduction. {To secure the reduced rate, tickets sed between the dates of Jan. 15 te j19 inclusive, and the return ticket j must be presented rot later than Jan. 22, strips carefully wound each | | thus it was forty years ago when| As I sat. there and mused found a! the | FOR TRI-STATE MEE! to Fargo and return must be purcha- | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922 We can all be thankful we are not among the 163,800 who are in jail. test, so Seattle kids are happy. What this country needs is socks 1 ' | guaranteed for 10,000 miles. { “A Fort Worth boy who found a | quart of nitroglycerin. will recover, Teachers have quit in West Frank- fort, Ill., but the kids fear the trou- ble will be settled, Heiress to $40,000,000 says she will marry a cartoonist, and if that |ignt love there isnt any. ’ |. Paderewski, the pianist, is back in | America, It must be, great to get |paid for just playing around. i | Man asks divorce because; he says, wifey shot at him five times. Some husbands are so touchy. | | New Jersey man struck a match to | See if he had any gas, so now he has No car. 4 l N | Business men not cutting much ice \these days held a convention in | Texas, They were ice men. Mfr | Fake money bought good booze in Highland, N. J., but it is usually just the other way around. ; | pee | What makes us laugh out loud is | seeing a girl with bobbed hair one day and long hair the next: | Experts find music will not charn, }a snake, so next time you see one it is safer to run than sing, The handles on aluminum frying j Pans don’t get so hot, but the pans jare too light for hitting husbands. i | Home helps: The best way to fix j/broken plumbing is to have it done. i 1], They seldom have lightning in the | pblar regions, so that would be a fine place to go to tell a lie. Fuel hint: Thinking about coal prices will keep you warm. What this country needs is onions. too polite to, smell in company. ‘A reader writes in to ask-if cough drops make you drop a cough. \ Yes. Just to be thé §rst one, we wish all our readers a Merry Christmas. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS By Olive Barton Roberts Soon all the Ch'stmas notes were collected and delivered to Santa Claus and the Toy Maker. Every little boy and girl, thanks to the help of the Twins, was sure to have a fine Chr’stmas. Very soon after that, Nancy and Nick, wishing to have another ad- venture in Fairyland, hunted up their) magal Green _ Shoes again, and hied them off to the Fairy , Queen’s palace. . As they entered the door they passed a funny little dwarf going out. He was quite tiny, not much larger, indeed, than. a good-sized bettle, and he had a_ long white beard that reached to the ground. A pointed cap eevered his head and over his shoulders. was slung a brownish ‘looking sack, \ “Good morrow, good friends!” he remarked in a shrill voice, touching his queer. cap yhich was brown like all the rest of him. Then hitching his bag a little’ higher.he bent his back to his load and trudged away. “Dusty Coat!” called the Fairy Queen after him. “Oh, Dusty Coat! Come back! Here are Nancy and Nick now.” \ sy Dusty Coat, for such was the dwarf’s name, looked surprised—and pleased, and turned instantly. | “Well, isn’t that nice now!” ‘he said wrinkling up his n‘ve old face jin @ queer twisty smile. I'm always ‘lucky, I'm glad to see you.” | “Yes,” said the Fairy Queen tothe children, “We were just talking | about you. You ‘see, Dusty Coat is ~ jthe Sandman to all the creatures in |Out door Land, just as the other |Sandman you know about is to the {boys and gtls all over the world. | Dusty Coat sprinkles magical dust on thgr tails or dusts a little, on their tongues and.then they get + sleepy and ctawl into their holes jand sleep the long winter’ through. “If it were not for Dusty Coats jthey would stay out all winter and |freeze, poor things. Then- when he gets them all tucked ‘away soundly in bed, he sprinkles them with more magical dust and they haye happy dreams. Would you like to help him?” “Oh, yes!” cried Nancy and Nick quickly. | ® aes \_ATHOUGHT * —_———__+ | i If any man among you seerfi to be | religious, and bridleth not his j tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, ons. man’s religion: is vain—James 11:26, Art is much, but love is more. Art symbolizes heaven, but love is more, and makes heaven.—Elizabeth Bar- | rett_Browning. WAVE YOU INVITED AN UNSEEN GUEST ” to YOUR Christmas Table? Thousands of Orphaned Children appeal to you. Sixty dollars a year, or $5 a month will save a Child’s Life through NEAR EAST RELIEF \ Seattle women held a baking con-_\* + One tells us she dislikes long skirts because they are so effemi- . « nate, i 1 ——