The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1922, Page 4

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AU dest THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) 3 A BITTER NEED With a fine spirit the Goodfellows of Bismarck decreed there should be no one lacking Christmas cheer in the city this year. Kindhearted Americans in scores .of cities all over the country have dong the same. Throughout the land kind hearts have reached out to aid the unfortunate. People fo not starve in America with the knowledge of their neigh- ‘ors. 1 Yet across the seas people are starving. There is suffer- ing indescribable in the Near East and in the famine dis- tricts of Russia. The Near East Relief organization is endeavoring to relieve suffering in a territory devasted by ihe Turks which combines in area the extent of Germany and France. There are twenty-five million’ people in, the ‘Near East who lack the necessities of life. One in ten is a hungry adult,:and one in ten is a starving orphan. ‘The ‘Metir*East Relief work sustained chiefly by Americans has saved a million lives, cared for a hundred thousand children in the last four years, in the last year has provided a half million people with temporary food and another half million with clothing. It is.a magnificent task to which Americans dedicated themselves, but even their generosity has not saved all nor yet eliminated*the need for aid. ‘ In the famine districts of Russia there aré hundreds of thousands who have felt the effect of America’s. generosity. ‘How many have-been. Saved from starvation cannot be teld, how; many homes saved and families kept together is not known. The estimates are impressive. But there is yet.the call for help. Unless American. aid ‘is forthcoming this ainter there will be thousands’ of lives lost; much of the sacrifice of the past months will have been in vain. There ‘are many organizations. soliciting funds for the starving Russians. Through the American Relief Administration there is guarantee of efficient handling of supplies and wise expenditure of money. The Northwest Russian Relief com- mittee is at this time appealing to North Dakota people for gntinued support. oe ee aes The gifts of food, money and clothing by North Dakota people in the face of conditions havebeen splendid. It. will ‘be even more splendid evidence of their appreciation of the spirit cf the Christmas. season if they continue to aid such ‘worthy causes. : GOODBY, FOREVER! A beautiful young lady, after exploring this life for,23 years, disappears. -She leaves this note in her room: “Dear One: -When you look on my cold dead face you will realize. Your Little Chum.” ~ In three words, “cold dead face,” she says more than the average professional writer could say in a chapter. 2 Did it give her joy, this thought that her, “lover one” would experience acute mental agony when he looked on. her “cold dead face?” Apparently. » | Have you ever contemplated suicide? Nearly every one has, at some time or other, either as.a swiftly passing thought or as a: “way out” that required hours or days of deliberation to reject.- é c i. a ‘ * The temptation to destroy one’s self is always.a visitation of temporary insanity. Fortunately the morbid subject in most cases regains normal mental control before actually,/ i lit, which the rye ana didn’t, | it’s getting so chilly.” é committing suicide. i _ At that, the suicide list is heavy. In leading cities in runs from 12 to 21 a year for each 100,000 population—or. 13,000 to 23,000 a year for the entire nation. ; = All suicides are due to self-pity, which is just another name for exaggerated estimate of the portance. ‘ + Suicide has two purposes: FIRST: To escape from an uncomfortable situation. SECOND: To inflict misery on others—such as gazing | va én the “cold dead face.” 4 -Every one should indelibly get into the brain the fact fhat the temptation to commit sucide is a phase of insanity, which will pass quickly if the wretched person seeks joyful Gompany or books. i People who are tempted to do. away with themselves, | utility . which private. interests and who conquer the impulse, never look back to their de-| Would not have to pay. But this | |scems the only way toward suc-} cision with regret. 3 ‘We should never lose sight of the truth that, while things may look black now, with apparently no escape from trouble, there IS an escape from every trouble, and there ALWAYS comes a turn for the better. The blackest hour is iust before dawn. * Most suicides are cowardly. And all are futile, for we cannot escape from our troubles. We carry them ‘with us, Beyond the grave, for there is no real troubie except mental. The agony of a physical condition annoys us chiefly in its effect: on the mind. Solve problems instead of. running away from them. There’s always a solution. : £ JOKES 4 More humorists. That’s what the world needs most, says Beger JepeOH, English psychologist. He thinks joking is at a low ebb. Naturally. The. world is depressed, moaning in.self-pity.| through’ middlemen — with! Every. druggist here puarante’s Jjevity requires light spirits. Then, too, humor is a sense of the ridiculous. And humanity in its bewilderment after the war is about 95 per cent ridiculous, so jokesmiths are perplexed when they seek contrasts that will strike people as funny. al _ When the ridiculous was isolated, it was. a joke., Now A epidemic, pandemic. Humor is present—so much of it ‘that few see it. ‘eral timés private interests “have | | 000,000 each year for the .conces- individual’s im-;, j being handled like privately-owned | properties of a siniilar nature, bu ‘practical men will also have to jcreate the market for its products sand see that the mill ig Kept going the fat little. woodchuck had ;Make™it pay out. And therein will EDITORIAL REVIEW i Comments .reproduced !n_ this || column may or may not express || the opinion of The Tribune, They |] are presented here ir order that our readers may have besh sides || of important issues which are ‘| being discussed in the press of |] the day, f | WE PAY DEARLY FOR PUBLIC | OWNERSHIP | | The current issuse of Modern | Mechanics has a very interesting | editorial on “Government ‘in Busi- ness,” and calls attention to the | fact that few of the great indus- | tries make all the parts of their | achine or product, finding it; cheaper to buy an article sp cial- | zed in by another concern than; to make it as an adjunct of their | own business, and adduces from | this that governments have enough | to do in administering affairs and! letting the machinery be made by | those who really know how to} make it economically, instead of | creating plants for manufacturing | the products needed by the peo-j ple. é In this connection it is \ the} pleasure of believers in state or| municipally-owned utilities. to mention the postoffice department | as a sample of how well govern-~ | ments can handle things that} commonly belong to business inter- | ests. It is also well known to/ ‘those who read as they pass along, | that the postoffice costs the peo-| pif a great deal more than the same service could be supplied by private enterprise for, as.a glance at the deficiency’ appropriation bills annually passed’ by congress | attest. Recognizing this fact 'sev- | | | | i | | | offered to handle ‘the posteffice | work at a saving td the govern- ; ment, only a few ‘years'‘ago, a re- | sponsible party offering to put up| whatever bond the government asked to insure perféct perform- ance; to save the annual appropri- ation to cover jthe. deficiency;, to pay the government the sum of $5,- sion of handling the.mails, and at NEA SERVO. the same time do this without in- | ~~——~~~~~-~ creasing the rate of postage on any |pougnt enough to last a year or class of mail. Administration of-|tyo'in the face of falling prices ficers know this party could do all |traj¢ a million in taxes to meet ho prontised, make money, and) the losses has probably gone to probably give better service, ‘but ipring home to us the foo:ishness of they also know the people would | the dream of cheap homes built by rise up on their hind legs and fire te them all out of office if they even | tinue to prate about the beauties of suggested such a thing. The government is spending |applaud the twaddle. possible. Almost anybody. . will | business.—Beach’ Advatce. | *\! agree that a combination of busi- “ SEE ness men—big business, if you! please—could do the same work at RD] i vastly less cost than the revenue ADVENTURE OF department doeg now. Big: Busi- ness never would stand for, the; THE TWINS waste and Inefficiency now going er z jon. If the banking interests of the By Olive Barton Roberfs' country spent as much time and $ nae After Waly Woodchuck went Nan» ley’ and Nick’ and Dusty Coa money, as the government in mak- ‘Ing collections they would all go 1 #e ifairyman, © aE K broke. & és Over in France,wheré the. gov-. BH tabs carat OR ae etnment sowie, ths teleptione sery-| They fad seen. Wally’s’ tricks af ice, the woiks ate so badly balled |the snow, although ‘that fat” little up they are trying to’keep people |groundhcg : should have been’ in from using phones by charging 790 | Dreamland: long ago. It certainly fria pishe aeTGEee ee was no weather for a person who in France there are but 1.3 phones ‘felt, the. cold as much (a8 Wally. did: for every 100 people. Here; under | P¥éry.,once; if a while they, sould | private enterprise, we have 12.4 his yeep nay gily had Sat upon a phones for every hundred persons, one howd Soete one phot Site and they get thie best ervice in the °"4 Showed where his plump little | to*y had flattened it down. world, -while the | government- “Ah, ha!” remarked“Dusty Coat. owned service in France is the rot- usonpnd to blow on his fingers, did I thi tat ha th il jhe?’ Well, the weather will -be-still nnd elevator industry load to carry, (coaet and more: than his fingers 0 erovatorind us) ab Aaaty O ear will be frostbitten if he remains has been in the ‘hands of met 'around this meadow any longer, I'll peeaets ‘ pints wheter ror have to see to it that he leaves at jsult that a great deal ot moneys| stone. children, well have to. hunt ras See dollars, me believe up this fellow at his house between jaced at, was wasted by the|the wheat field and th tat former directors before the insti- erat a . hae Ean tution turned a wheel, and which| ‘So off they started again. jsum must be added“to the cost of; By and by they came to Wally’s ae a as part of the onemnend fronti dacr and rang the bell. ' And lead. he present Board o! - | Wally, self answered _ it. |ministration is no better equipped) “On, hello,” he said. |than the recalled’ officers to run know who it was. Not very many such an institution, But ‘they know.}people come to see me these days, ' t, the ¥ i 1 latid have got th t mento be! ‘Tee chilly for your ‘health, Wal- ‘had to attend to the practical part |ly,”’ said Dusty Coat.) “Hadn't you and very sensibly are trying | better go to a warmer place? Pretty to get ‘the next legislature to create, soon Ripple Creek and “Lilly Pond a commission of:;men “convdrgant | Will be all frozen up and what will with such affairs to try put it'on a |you do for a.drink? And you. liking paying commercial basis and give |Water so well and everyth’ng. And the venture a fair ‘trial so ull! there won't be a bite to eat.” mankind can be satisfied'there’is, |. “Where'd I go to?” grumbled Wal- or is not, virtue‘in this particular | '¥,, Fy kind of state-owned utilities, ‘Dreamland. of; course.” ‘The success of the mill and ele-| “But I don’t want to go to ‘slecn,” ator depends entirely upon its pee Nay open nore tuts Suddenly Wally’s head began to | jsporing. Dusty Coat had blown a Ipinch cf-magic dust into the air and at its full capacity in order to breathed it in. oS They ‘put Wally to-bed and tucked come another charge against thes nim-in with blanpets: “Now” he cat't freeze,” declared Dusty Coat. “ ward To .bé Cont*nied. cess, for it would ‘be ridiculous to }. ‘ fab os ned) expect two/ lawyers and a farmer SECURES $325 to hop in and making a howling} Dntuth, Minn.. Dec, 27—Some one Success of one of the most intri-| familiar with the comingation’ open- j¢ate and delicate businesses in the ed the sdfé in a lgcal theater last jindustrial word. i night and took $325" in’ cash, police | It is interesting.to hear the ideal- | announced today. ‘ist cackle about the beauties of ; business. {kota by a lumber middleman to { iciation betome mired and the or- |ders cancelled. Starting out with} i i ‘a declaration that homes could be | “Pape’s Cold Compound” Acts | built cheaply for the poor or mod-4 “ o jerately circumstanced man_ be-' Quick, Costs Little, and - cause the expense of the middle-/ Never Sickens! man would be cut out, the agseocia- | ition at ,once proceeded to buy ithe aid of an employe who robbed | cach package of “Pape's Cold Coni- the road. This was easy, for none. grippe misery in » few hours or of the state officials in ‘charge of | money returned. Stuffiness, pain, the -association knew @ whoop' headache. feverishness, inflamed or about, building or contracting, o7,| congested nose .and héad relieved worse than “all, about buyimg.\ with first dese. These safe, pleasant iThey waded in when materials’ tablets cost:only a rew cents and mil- , Were at peak prices, and not con-, lions now take them instead of sick- ttent to buy for immediate heeds, ening, quinine, { i |For our common home we . should {push aside political, religious gr so- °°. ||; NEWS BRIEFS | pen ‘Railroad contemplates expénditure $500,000 for improvements its termi- | '43, formerly in banking buginess at T Webster and Roselyn, South Dakota, appendicitis. 'senger irain, »|whom ‘Premier Mussolini has decid- e@ to appoint ‘as senators. BISMARCK AND THE FUTURE if By R. H. Thistlewaite rt The future of Bismarck rests. al- the state, yet the spellbinders con- | most entirely in-the hands of its own ,, of teachers will bear comparison with ifar body elsewhere. Reasonable Taxation and Rents The tax rate included assessments for improventents—ranges froin average to high, depending updn the extent to which paving, sewer, curb- ing, grading and sidewalk construc- tion have been installed and for the cost of which the adjoining property | There is much need here for a more equitable. system of assessing these special burdens, es- pecially paving which under the pre: is, almost. configcatory on .certain classes Rents in. Bismarck are’ low or high this proposition, and @ lot of folks; As the largest city between Fargo and Miles City, Montana, with a na- millions every year in collecting| Let’s have more business in gov- | turally tributary territory of possi~ taxes in the most expensive way |ernment and less government in) bly 30,000 square miles; as , State) ‘Capital with its ‘consequent political and ‘social supremacy; situated at the bridgehead ‘of the most trans-Missouri bridge notth of i as the home of the state peni- tentiary and othet. important state aid ‘federal institutions; as the ca- f’ city for the Catholic chureh ih wogtern North Dakota; located on ‘an ideal’ site for present needs and "Izaak Walton, Prince of Anglers, at future: growth, and located on’ the, in ‘proportion to the advantage. of- j fered’ in- modern improvements... The newly organized association df Con- merce has here a great. opportun eastern rim of vast lignite deposi s¥anrck spossesses naturaland ac- advantages -oyer all th Dakota, cities that endow i with” a “commanding position suf: cient sto. insure its enduring pros-|" perity ‘for all time. e Where Bismarck Stands Inseeking to maintain its position and-adyance with the times cer! fundamental needs selves. Among these. the following. ty for suggesting~ remedial legisla- -|tion to the’ city governm Public Utilities The relation of pubjc utility. ser- vice to the people in Bismarck is not \satis factory. These utilities consist of’ electric light, heat, water, tele- phone and gas service. Accusations of inadequate service, overcharges, etc., are being constant- ly heard, and already serious and expensive litigation without apparently in any way secur- ‘ing definite results. These matters are being conscientiouly considered land ruled upon by the State Board of Railway Commissioners, assisted bya corps of well-qualified experts. Their decision4, however, are sub- of constituted a -Healthy Environment Thié Bismarck. possesses naturally ina marked degree. Its capable clin- ics and magnificent: hospital service combined with its extensive sanitary sewerage and drainage systems in- sure.for the people ample protection in m&tterd df public health. iqus Opportunities ociations with S| higher courts that, do not possess or of faith, and thesreligious education |do of ‘the ‘rising generation is carefully looked after. The clergy of the sev- eral faiths are’ united in\ their de- do not exercise knowledge, yet have it in their pow- er to completely nullify the rulings of the State Board. The result is. 24 maze, of. ineonclusive legal bicker- ings, the public, meanwhile, suffer- “ling and paying. Here again is an better school accommodations! opportunity for the new Association can'be;found in the state. Our éorbs'lto consider and, suggest remedies same expert votionto the city’s. welfare-and School Facilities evERETT.! Co THE STAIRWAY, See WHAT Tt FOOND. ‘nod and in another instant he was |* 'lic appear for sale, it is evident that i other thanicommon robbers. fwWELL, HERS 1 AM, mes Teve — WHAT DID You Another state business is just! | ;Now attracting a good deal of at-| | i tention: the suit against North Da-| 4 j E || of: banks and ¢oufided:it’to improvis- | jcoHect profits he would have made} f ] q from lumber sold the Home Build- | 1 jers’ association, had not! the, asso- | THIS -CaKke OF Wor SOAP CNITHS BATH Roo AINDoOw Stee | frane:note in a gun barrel, and then | ithe association at every turn of pound” to break up any cold,and end | sted and awarded four decorations. _ ‘WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922 whereby quicker relief can be ob- tained for any public service injust- ices that may arise. ~ Civic Harmony. i “All for Bismarck” should, be the common watchword of every citizen cial distinctigns and differences, | sinking them, all jn united service | for che common needs. i Sioux Falls,( S. | D.—Milwaukee nal_here, according \to petition” filed with city contmission. ese Rugby, N. D—Frank Saunder, alias Ben Strauss, waived exaniination and bound over to district court charge of robbing Wolford State Bank. Almon E\~ Chilsom, » Minneapol: and holding real estate interest ‘in South Dakota and Montana, died=at home here following operationacute Valley City, N. D.—Angus Robert- son, 64, county charge, killed when run down by-Northern Pacific pas- Dublin—A resolution in favor of the reconvening of the Genetal’ Sinn Fein convention, as a move for peace was reported passed at a meeting of Sinn Fein clubs. Rome.—Sc‘entists, artists and men of letters were among the 24 persons Berlin—Chancellor Cuno resumed a discussion with his ministers ‘of amplified reparaticns proposals which it is said would inelude an offer for definitely ‘fixing -the reparations to. tal based on a present survey of Ger-| mitfiy’s ‘economic capacity. New York, — The organization known as the Workers Party. of America, sent a message to the com- munist internationale ‘as - Moscow saying its convention had devoted itself to building a revolutionary movement in America, Mexico City—The chamber of dep- uties approved the bill presented by | President Obregon proposing amens- ty for rebel prisoners. | Washington. — Hannis Taylor, for United States minister to Spain and recognized authority of, internatorial law, died. chase and ‘restore the cottage of Shallowford, England, was announc- ed. London.—The Daily, Mail announc~ ed ‘an electrician has completed: a} ‘process for wireless photography. Honolulu.—Advices, said musical selections ,broddcast. by a wireless sattion at Atlanta, Ga., were head at Wailuku, island of Maui. . Washington.—Elmer Knutson | of St. Cloud, Minn. was selected as an agricultural representative’ of the! car service division ‘of the. Ameri- can Railway association, under a plan of the association to keep more close-| ly in touch with. agricultural tran- sportation. needs, Washington.— Conrad E. | Spens prepared his resignation as federal fuel distributor. ? AUSTRIA’S SHRINES; LOOTED. Vienna, Dec. 27.—A series of rob- beries of wayside shrines, private) chapels, cross road monuments, and other medieval statuary, is “occurring all over Austria. The thefts are so skillfully planned that only carvings | and statues of high artistic or his-; toric value are taken, leading the; police to believe! that they are di-| rected by experts, Austria is rich in these relics. In remote and lonely places all over he country are rare and wonderful {monuments, often dating from the ‘Middle. Ages, and some even said to be of Roman origin. In the Tyrol and Styrié particularly, on high pass-| es or on the sites of ancient church-| es, are to be found reliefs, carvings, statuary or tablets almost priceless ‘to the antiquarian, and these are tha| loot of this latest gang of plunder-| ers. In one private chapel last week three statues of great yalue were removed without clue to the thieves. As such things have no/general. pub- | | Tom , Sins Mrs. Santa Claus, does: most of Mz. Santa Claus work, Warsaw #® under: martial law be- cause Warsaw saw war. es Swearing on New 'Year not to wear: your, Christmas tie doesn’t count, A golfer tells us the tea at the nineteenth hole is all moonshine., Moore’s poem, “The Night Before Christmas,” has. been filmed. Bet they call the picture “Nothing Stir- ring.” 4 . If every; day \was Sunday there would be no, insomn The S. S)\before a ship's name may soon stahd for Ship Subsidy. . X ow that straw hats for spring “are being made’ now? Father ‘always learns what his Christmas. present cost. Near-West Rumney, N. H., a man caught an eagle in a skunk. trap, much’ to the eagle’s disgust. The sewing- machine was patented in 1790 and neighbors have dropped in to use it‘ever since. A. Washington man ‘has paid $500 for 20 eggs that -haven’t been laid, so this must: make the hen nervous. Have the movie reformers consid- ered, barring all: films in which any movie actors take parts? Seattle auto driver ran into a new - building going up and may claim it was on the wrong side of the street. pe ea , Reader ass if a clause in a will in your favor is a Santa Claus. Yes, A bird’sang over the Detroit News’ 'yadio.| Why not broadcast chicken frying in some country kitchen? ; —— ) Ordinary: travel may broaden one, but Christmas travel flattens one. Skirts: are longer, so they can be shortened again. ; A cow thas, four stomachs and that New York—A movement’ to pur: |‘is what a boy wishes he was. Speaking of full measure, many a pint bottle holds a. barrel of, talk. Marriages are made in heaven and delivered. under mistletoe. * grees Weep ‘and the world’ weeps with you, laugh’ and they think you have coal in-your céllar. \ All people -acting foolish are not acting. - All work. and no. play shows Jack a blame fool. * The nicest |part about going home ‘Christmas is'you can tell all kinds of crazy things about where you have, been. Flats, are too small. Notice by changing a little space built-in con- veniences. become built inconveni- ences. Carpentier will fight Siki in March, so one! will come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. é Chicago woman found her missing husband safely married to another woman in. Boston, showing there was no use in her worrying. Rolling stones reach the bottom Do you realize poetry for spring magazines is being written now? It is estimated Christmas cigars cause too many headaches. Dont forget the Christmas slogan, age 1900, “Swap Early.” ie—_—_—<———_————_ |. ATHOUGHT | — + A wrathfal man stirreth up strife, but he that is slow to anger ap- peaseth strife—Proverbs 15:18. Anger is like the depredations are planned by!, A full hot horse who, being al- MONEY HIDING DANGEROUS. Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 27—A| miller who hid bank notes to the value of four. thousand francs in a shack of flour during the recent scare caused by the proposal to levy a tax on capital, is now scouring the can- ton of Argovie in an attempt to re- | cover his funds., The sack of flour in question was by error included in a delivery with other sacks, and sold by the retailer to some housewife who, thus: far, has. not reported “any expected prize in her package, ieee Pies A’ good many Swiss: “during. the money scare drew theirmoney out | ed depositories’ which: in ‘some cases proved -to bé unsafe. One man, ‘fol- lowing the example: of :the-farmer of | Lorient, France, put -a thousand forgot it:\“He shot the money: away, | a fgw days later when firing at a rabbit. ee ; t WINNER OF FOUR dogs 2 | eed “DECORATIONS DEAD | “Tacoma, Wash:, Dec. 27.—Elias Jay Messenger, 24, a United States ma- rine in the world war, twice wound: jied here today. Messenger who-en- listed at the age of 17, was awarded the distinguished service cross; the| !Croix de Guerre, the Navy medal and | the Marine medal, f | lowed his way, Self-mettle tires him. 3 —Shakespeare. POSTPONE HEARINGS , Washington, Dec. 27. — Postpone- ment to January 23 of further hear- ings in the investigation of condi- tions and prices in the oil industry ‘was announced today by Chairman La Follette of the senate manufactur- ers sub-committee, which is conduct- ing the inquiry. s a Have Pains? Aches and pains seem. to be the lot of the ordinary mortal.\However, these should be taken simply es nature's warning sigoals that some part of the human machine is out of order. It isa mistake to resign one’s self to physical torture when the cauce can be removed Joley Kidney Pills tone up weak, inactive, sluggish kid- ‘deys and help rid the blood of poison- ess waste matter that causes aches and pains in arms and legs, backache, rheu- matic pains, sore muscles. stiff or. rwolien joints. Issac B. Turnman, Asbury Park, N.J.writes: My back caused me a great deal of trouble for ome time. Lexperigoced charp, shooting pains which were dveto the condition of my kidnev:, » hes st rae Rees, oy eomees me. Fecom: Send Foley Kidney Pills to eny Liende.© . Ny PR hy ee a ee a gad 0G ett at pet pd a ti Peas Oe ere Sen een wets eoe es mers