The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LH E BISMARCK TRIBUN E| of people to make it impossible for others to see somethin eee ee Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class e Publishers Matter. BISMARCK TRIBU Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPA CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or DETROIT Kresge Bldg. 1117 years ago this month, t | soared to $21 a cord. A great howl went up. ' the profiteers and demanded a ‘ those times—$11.50 a cord. | over the coal bill. Prices during the Napoleo just because they have an aversion to it themselves. You may not agree, in the Arbuckle case. all-round good principle wherever censorship is concerned. MERRY-GO-ROUND If you think that the problems of city life are new | peculiar to our generation, ponder this: j g But it’s an/ Q f and In New York City, ! he retail price of stove-wood Public and newspapers denounced a return to the normal price of Think of this-when you groan | nic wars, and later during the republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other-| Civil War, soared to almost exactly the same average level wise credited in this paper and also the local news published as we Americans had in 1920 on the eve of, the big crash. Then, as now, many wise-heads insisted that “prices can All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are never go back as low as they were.” herein. al80 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)... . 1.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) . Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. "THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) - 6.00 SHOULD BE SETTLED Under the devisions of ,the supreme court in reference to title to the Bismarck armory property, it should be very easy for the litigants to get together and decide just what. the company has to its credit in the transaction. Company A should not be compelled to fight several more expensive lawsuits to get what is its just due. Public senti- ment is aroused over the conversion of the property while be done now is to make amends for a very badly bungled deal on all sides. Unfortunately there are a number of innocent parties to the transaction and in the interets of everyone ment should be made so that the boys will have a fund for | the streetst until rain swept it away. T the erection of a suitable drill hall. The value of the bnilding is not a difficult one to de- termine. There have been*realty transfers in that neighbor- hood recently to guide such a decision. If the ex-sérvice men are to be forced into more expen- sive litigation, public opinion will play its part in meting out justice to Company A. A FI SPIRIT The spirit of harmony and friendliness maintained thus far among the members of the legislature may be the fore- runner of a new spirit throughout North Dakota, a spirit of endeavor to serve the state’ first and to prevent political because of differences upon economic questions, from en- gendering ill feeling in families and rending asunder pleas- ant relationships among neighbors. The spirit of harmony and friendliness may be main- | It does not ept.the views tained without sacrifice of political principle. entail any obligation upon Nonpartisans to ac of their political opponents nor to one whit foreswear allegi- | ance to their cause, nor does-it mean that those opposed to the league need temporize in their views upon fundamental questions at stake. What is good for North Dakota is all the people. of the people of the state are not desirous of building:a good, strong state, filled with law-abiding, industrious people. i) As the legislature continues in session there will, no doubt, arise acrimonious disputes, the product of a firm shelief in some measure and the excitement of the moment. It is to be hoped that there will be emphatic and complete discussion of the many important matters of legislation to, be considered, but that this discussion may be predicate ‘apon an insistent adherence to principles of good government, id not upon political exigencies. DESIRE GUIDANCE Some of the City Commissioners have expressed them- selves as being desirous of an expression of public sentiment in regards to future action toward the Bismarck Water Sup- :ply company. There are several plans proposed. Some ‘advocate continuation of private ownership; others desire sto purchase the plant if the city and corporation can reach Satisfactory terms and there are a very few clamoring for the building of an entirely new plant. The public utility issue is a vital one to Bismarck’s fu- in general good for No one can believe that the large majority | Those generations back yonder at least didn’t have to, ‘dodge autos? ‘the galloping hor: sters. to speed things up. and wag hazards. The Evening Post in 1805 Worse still, judging from old accounts, were ‘ons of baker’s boys and husk- The drivers were mostly wild young men, anxious | And they were accustmoed to climb) 5.00 down and beat up any pedestrians who objected to traffic | called these dare-devil drivers “flying Mercuries,” and recorded that—to strike terror into the corners of narrow streets, ‘ing on two wheels and splash Difficult to dodge your way across city streets now. __— the hearts of people on foot—they delighted to crash around at a breakneck gallop, careen- ing mud. ' But it is not much more than 100 years since hogs in great droves ran at large in New York City, upsetting pedestrians and | swishing muddy water against fashionable ladies’ skirts. This state of affairs went unmolested until the swine took | [R the boys were facing service overseas and the best that can , # fancy to lying around in Wall Street. Then the irate finan- | fy ciers rose up in their wrath and got action in the form of an ordinance against using the You don’t have to go bac public highways for pastures. } k much further to find cities a settle- | Without sewage systems, all garbage and refuse dumped, in | hat’s how the terrible | plagues started. There was also a tax on windows, so high | hat the poor had to live in dai much their own way, with few police. peril, only a bucket brigade to fight it. | Since people first congrega' {and squirmed at the “awful conditions.” d And conditions in every city are | are the penalty of city life. ; always at least five years ah ‘cope with them. The solution of the city for many at least is to get out \ of the city. | La Moure is up on its toes. _ v en | issues from going so far as to make reasonable men enemies | for $5,000 to complete and furnish a community building. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or het, not express the opinion of The Tribune. They ‘| are presented here in’ order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed in the press, of jf the day, | | PRIMROSE PATHS OF EDUCATION |. Sex education in the schools | marks another step in the compe- | tition between the state and the home in the care of the younger | generation. The school domain }extends year by year, and the tendency of home activities is de- cidedly toward retreat. The school q!has done more than enlarge its actual curriculum, to include train- | jing in such practical fields as | cooking, sewing and farming; it i improved its manners also and | more and more it assumes an in- | gratiating attitude, tempting the | young into the academic parlor, |" “Treating ’em rough” is no long- ler the vouge in the classroom. | Enticing the student to learn, lur- | ing him to an education, better de- | scribes the technic of much mod- |ern pedagogy. Rousseau possibly | made the largest dent in the ranks | of the sterner disciplinarians; now appeal to the student’s interest is | almost a creed. The imparting of rk homes. Theives had pretty | Fire was a constant | ted in cities, they, have howled | These conditions ead of what is being done to | | i | ——— | Bonds have just been floated | o_O |; PEOPLE’S FORUM |) [Orr eee eRRCIR NCEE Cal BISMARCK’S RACE Editor Tribune: : 4 The race between the cities of North Dakota is on. In your article recently copied from the Duluth Herald entitled, “The Race of thal Cities,” there is food for thought! for every Bismarck booster W) should have that article re-copied | substituting the name Bismarck for |Duluth wherever it appears. It would() be a mighty sermon in a nut shell. Staring every visitor im the face} | as he walks out upon the N. P. depot | jplatform is the power plant of the |Hughes Electric company. He may have been informed of the huge pro- fits they are making and this may have stimulated him to inquire little further into the rates they are In ring these charges with ‘eal $ accustomed to of his home city | he may make the startling discovery is paying more at home and! that in the home town the power company is in financial straits, pos- sibly facing bankruptcy. The solu- jtion dawns upon him if he visits the plant. The “short haul” of the lig-| nite used and its conversion to elec- | tricity. At New Salem, without launching ja huge stock-selling campaign, with- | ‘out heralding the event as it might ideserve, four men with vision have | gone one step further in realizing | the “short haul.” Two years ago ~ | socn, It is argued that the work of | dren, ° A Z i ¥ eee In) ‘ Ss ~\.— 1 fy . [IN LEGISLATIVE HALLS Transfer of the work of the im- m-gration department to the d. te ment cf the Comm'ssioner of Agri- culture and Labor is expected to be} proposed in a bill to be introduced the two departments is in some de- gree sim‘lar, and that duplication of effort can be avoided through combining them, Creation 67 2 state children’s home ut Pembina, using the old Pembina county court house, will be proposed by Rep. John Halcrow. The court house has stood idle since the county seat was moved to Cavalier. The Children’s Code Comm’ssion ad- Vogutes a state home for dependent children who are not put in the state's care buccause of delinquen- ces: Now, the children are sent to the state traming school at Man-j dan and placed with delinquent chit- Col. Paul Johnson of Pembina county claims to be the “daddy’ of the house, He isn’t telling his exact age, but he knows he’s the dean of vem all. One change in the prohibition law whieh 14 ‘s known will be urged in this session is t'ghtcning up of pro- visions’ of the law prohibiting the Possession of liquor. Another to clarify the provisions relative to d'sposal of seized automobiles. Rep. Lakie of Williams county, the watch dog of labor bills, says that just now he doesn’t knew of a single labor bill he'll introduce. He has some things in mind and may prepare some bills later, but ss more concerned jn preserving those already on the book: Twenty-seven years of off ce work is enough for a man who likes to be out of doors, says J. H. Worst, immigration commissioner, and he plans to begin a long vacation from the grind soon. When hw term in office ends next June he will go to the 400 acre irrigated farm of his son Clayton, in the lower Yellow- stone valley near Dore, N. D. He is going to take care of the trees and garden and, incidentally, do a lot of hunting and fishing, The former leutenant governor of North Dakota and president, for many years of the Agricultural College at rargo, wants to spend the rest of his lite on a valley farm, he says. The Fargo-North Fargo annexa- tion case will come before the Feb- ruary term of the supreme court the papers having been received by that body yesterday. Judge M. ¢. Englert -in district court sustained Fargo’s demurrer to injunction pro- ceedings brought aga‘nst annexatién by the village of North Fargo and the present action is an appeal of the village from the demurrer, ~ On motion of Senator Rusch, sen- ate comm'ttee chairman will an- nounce the numbers of bills to be Considered when committea meetings are announced, so, that all members will have the opportunity of being present. eee eee strife and local controversies. Bis- marek and Mandan can afford to join hands now as one city and work in unison for the development of the resources to which we have fallen tion beforg history was written were not wasted to the fortunate dwellers of the Missouri ‘slope territory. We are dazed by the grandeur of it all. It becomes difficult to find ourselves 1 wonder and amazement. ES Tt rd FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1923. . | f IT SMELLS LIKE A FILLING STATION | ++ NEA SERVICE But it is time to wake up, shake off the dust, ‘clear our vision, give a thought to Bismarck and win | the race. J. Henry Kling. '| MANDAN NEWS BUYS SVIHOVEC GROCERY. A controlling interest in the Svi- hovee Grocery company has been purchased by Joseph Barron, former manager of. the store. Mr. Barron has purchased the interest held by’ James Svihovec, who has been con- nected with the business since the death. of his brother, ‘Louis, six years ago, Mr. Svihovec expected to leave in! a few days for Ottumwa, Ia., where he will make his home and enter in the real estate business. Mrs/’ Svi- hovee is visiting with relatives in. Chicago, Miss Eleanor Allen of St. Paul, who has been the guest at the home of uncle and aunt,/Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allen, left Tuesday for Livingston, Mont., where she will give the first of a series of pipe organ and piano concerts, A chicken house at the residence of W. D. Goodwin was destroyed yes- terday morning at 2 o'clock by fire which was believed to have started by hot aghes fanned by th. strong wind whith was blowing at the time. Thirty-five chickens were burned in the blaze, but the loss will not be large. \ Charlotte McDowell left yesterday for a short visit with friends and relatives in Fargo, Roy Reis, high school coach, re- turned from him home in Brainerd, been | | In Mount Pleasant, Pa., bandits bit * | off a man’s thumb proving you must watch a man with an open mouth Counterfeit twenties are in circu- j lation. Examine closely the small | change a bootlegger gives you. The king of pain banished garlic ‘from his’ kitchen, so the king of Spain’s neighbors are tickled. A New York boy lived three weeks |in a water tank and all the other boys will sympathize with him. In spite of expert predictions of good times in 1923, the outlook is decidedly better. In San Jose, Cal. a cop used an | airplane to chase an auto speeder, so ‘he probably was a ily cop. | | | | A fire in a Persian temple has been burning 1,000 years, showing our fire department is not the worst. | Wire says the thirty-odd White | mouse ‘cope will” got aiew uniforms, but these thirty-odd dre not the only | odd ‘ones around there, | See | It is much more blessed to give |than receive ‘bills. A new machine takes a picture of your voice. Some smatt guy will | it must be perpetual motion to | take a woman's voice. The janitor tells us that soft coal \is hard to burn, U. S. ship serabping program is | halted and we may be unable to get 1a battleship for a park ornament. | A little man. always. hates to starv | an argument because he usually.gets called a liar, We are against divorces but living apart often saves a man or woman from living a part. A toothpaste mine has been open- ed in Nevada and they don’t have to keep their mouths shut about it. asks an adver- answer is “On “How do you cat | tisement. The credit.” | i | Did you know spring bathing suits | were being made now? of Shenandoah, Pa., 3 to get a girl off tatooed on, so Jim Scanlon went to great pai his hands. She he cut his arm off. West Virginia railroad is giving $5 |to every baby born to an employe, which will make the bxby’s first words, “Gimme them five bucks.” Only a few more shopping months before light underwear. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS | , By Olive Barton Roberts Nancy and Nick and Dusty Ceat. | and the fairy sandman, made another trip around to all the sleeping crea- tures, tucked away so snugly and warm in their beds. Ever so quietly they shook more magic powder all around the sleepers and then tip-toed softly out. Suddenly a queer thing happened. A little trapdoor right underneath Wally Woodehuck’ Groundhogs mat- tress flew open with:a snap and | Wally, was tumbled pell-mell down {a long tube like a coal chute. He |thought the world had come to an, Minn., where he has been spendin; ture. Those who will pay for acquisition of the plant are the holidays. information assumes an aspect of they began sinking a shaft within the heir... Millions of years of vegeta- ®/ end or that, there had beensan earth- and we ure inclined to hesitate in the taxpayers. “ars are usually in the minority—that is the actual tax payer for of course eveyone pays taxes indirectly. Acquisition of the water plant means more taxes until the plant can be brought into profitable operation. If rates are fixed upon a basis that will pay for the plant from operation the people of Bismarck must be prepared ‘to pay even mofe*than now for water. On the other hand, “if it is deemed advisable and wise public policy to defray part of the expenses of the plant by direct taxation and a sportion only out of the operating income, then some slight ‘reduction will be reflectéd in the water bills, but property owners will pay as high a water tax in another way. There are many things to be considered in the matter of purchasing the plant. It means in any event a big public expenditure and property owners must foot the bill. == There are many arguments in favor of city ownershin .of a water plant. Until such a step is taken in Bismarck St is hardly likely that public sentiment will be satisfied. ‘The people as a whole want a city controlled plant and will *be satisfied with nothing less. ==. At present there seems not a shadow of a chance of the city and water company getting together on the price. Ar- ®itration has been proposed as a solution, but the City Com- “mission seems opposed to this method usvally adopted in )) the purchase by cities of privately owned utilities. Be: Rome public expression would cjJear'up many points in Sispiite now and might be the means of evolving a scheme of just. solution. It might show at any rate that the city #émmission and the water company are so hopelessly apart that, no deal can be made during the life of the present fran- ise. If such is the case, it would be as well to cease the | ‘agitation until a more opportune time, : ' f= In any event if the commissioners desire a conference consumers, they should be given’ every cooperation -in ee | & ing! a vexatious issue. : “ARBUCKLE itty Arbucle films are barred from the movie shows at Sing. The motive probably is to avoid public criticism, than Snxiety over the celica wphitual natures of: murderers and other crimi De ee : of rot is being spoken and written ari Bolt sides of : sensible comment es from the best’ of the movie feviewers Davis 't approve of Arbuckle films, we don’t He considers it unfair for one group Of course at a popular referendum, tax pay- | salesmanship, with facts and idea® city limits to a vein of coal from 12} |as the commodities. Appeal to the | natural interests and all the tricks of psychology become parts of the | teacher’s no less than the adver- ‘tiser’s beguilling ways. “We do not care ‘how the student gets the | information, just so he gets it,” ; said one educator. That attitude is | not uncommon. Yet the process of gaining in- formation as well as the possession of it has value. The meaning and | the Successes of life are not dis- | pensed to the individual by a bene- !ficently pedagogical providence. The individual whose, will is soft- {ened by a bath of attractive facts |and ideas to which the only re- jaction necessary is that of a | sponge may surrender later to the | mauling of irrational and, unmodi- | fied circumstances and event in the | practical world. respondence courses and | schools that sell education by the | advertising methods of a manutac- turer selling shoes or molasses | have their value. Education mer- | its advertising and promotional ef- | fort certainly quite as much as do | such commodities as soap or paint. Though the method may be unique ‘inthe history,of education, the re- sults, if present day faith in edu- ‘cation is justified, must promote ; the gocial welfare. The immense importance of gen- | eral education in a country organ- ized on democratic principles has to 20 feet thick 175 feet below the surface, They began by mining coal | for the market and are now far) enough advanced to find in this alone | |a paying proposition. But the cur- | rent issue of the New Salem Journal | tells us that their old power plant. | which for fifteen years has beer furnishing clectricty to the citize by gasoline driven engines is to be| replaced by a modern steam boiler| and electric “transformer thus _utiliz- | ing lignite, which is only: 175 feet distant. Not something they are contemplating in the far distant fu- ture. The machinery: is “en route.” Our great future does not lie in | shipping to any great extent this lignite supply whether in its present bulky form or as briquettes. 1922 | was the first year we could boast | of a production of over a millivn tons, And what does that amount | jto? In a tenfoot -vein this means jthe coal from 71 acres. The logical result of New Salem’s initiative is | the new era touched upon yesterday by the governor in his message, | hinted at by men of vision for a number iof years. A manufacturing era, Cheap power already is a fact. Cheap transportation along the Mis- | souri is within our grasp. Bismarck’s location is at the very doorstep of it all. Power can be* brought here | over high tension wires from any | one. of the western lignite mines. Eventually it will be.-a matter of economy to heat our homes electri- cally. This will keep the smoke and . EVERETT TRUE WHATS THS SXCtSENEnT DOWN WE STescy, IONSS ¢ CROWD. i s6c a Down THES. THS CARS WERE BA AND A WOMAN AND: WeRSS WERE SGVSERECLY ING BY CONDO OH, ONS Auto-~ \, MOBILS Ran INTO AN OTHSR, ONS OR THE PRIVGRS WAS INTOKLCATED. 2, = WOO. DUX SMASHED, CHICDRGNY VRSo, — ; Produced novel means for the dis- {tribution of knowledge. Though | there continues to be no royal road | to learning, efforts to transform | learning’s rugged path into an in-|, The great railroads passing thru tellectual shoot the chutes offer- our coal fields will find, yes, must| ing no difficulties to any inert|find in the electrification of their mage should be regarded with ap-|lines a solution to the much. dis-| prehension. An education acqnired | cussed problem of cheaper freight easily, with\no spiritual strain al|rates. This would result in a’ tre-; ¢ollation of information of wh‘ch|mendous influx of miners in addi- | the fawning instructor begs the'|tion to those at work in the factories. student to partake, may have 8 |Instead of a population of a scant value ag slight as the'effort it re-| million scattered all over, our state quires. ohe need not look beyond fifty years This tendency in. the new einca-|to see in Bismarck and Mandan, the tion deserves consideration aldhg twin cities of the Northwest, ‘a popu- with the question of diminished au- jay of a million souls, sy thority of the home, — Chicago In view of what is upon us. there News. { no time to throw away iin petty dust of the lignite where it belongs. Bismarck, the manufacturing’ center of the great Northwest will be known as the smokeless city, ‘ — AND THE, STEWED DRIVER WAS BADU BUNGGSD VP AND THS TOOK HIM co HOSPITAL, TOO. On, THEY'VS AL IESGADY TAKGN HIM TeHtsee ft The double funeral of \Wm. Mc- Aulic and John J. Kelley was held yesterday morning from St. Joseph’s church. ‘ Sell $5,000In Bonds to Complete ‘Community Building LaMoure, Jan. 6 — That “things are looking up” in the financl world is evidenced by. the fact-that the supplementary issue of bonds of 1 the city of LaMoure in the amount of five thousands dollars for the purpose of completing and furn’sh- jng the new community building sold at’ a premium when bids were re- ceived, by the city council at the regular meeting last Tuesday eve- ning. The successful bidder was the Bank of Watertown, of Watertown, Wis., its bid be:ng based on a pri mium of $109 for the issue. Other premium: b'ds were received, but this was demed to be the most fa- vorable, t Contract for seating the auditér- ium was awarded to the American Seating Co., of Chicago. The ayditor- ium of the community building has a seating capac. ty of about 750, but for the present “it was ‘decided to provide seating accommodation for only 400. Additional temporary seating facilties can be provided lo- cally. The American Seat'ng Co., *s to furn’sh 400 handsome. and sub- stantial. chairs of collapsible type on the basis of $2.96 each, f.-0. b. factory. “FIVE” IS HOODOO NUMBER New England,.N. D. Jan. 5—Seven and “18. as hoodoo. numbers mean nothing to Donald, son of J. C. Hart farmer near here, “Five is his un: lucky number. When he was 5 years old he fell and broke his rght fore- arm. Five years later whi 10 rs old he was thrown from a sae and sustained. another fracture of the | same arm, Saturday night he crank. ed a Ford—five years to a week from the last accident — and the right forearm was broken again in the; same place. Salil |quake and that ‘he was liding |through a crack right toward China, | “My goodness!” he cried. “Here I | thought I was settled for a nice long |winters sleep and this is what hap. - | pens!” | Wally hadn’t time to say another | word;-for he landed on his head and then rolled over two or three times land stopped. In spite of all his {tumbling and bumping! and rolling, * ‘he wasnt hurt a speck. In fact it jall felt rather comfortable and he |was sorry when he found himself at {a standstill. | At that minute he heard a pleas- Jant voice speaking. “How do you |do, Mr, Woodehuck!” it said. “Or jdo you prefer to“be called ‘Ground- jhog?? I am Farmer Hoe Mow, at | yeur service. Dusty Coat, the Dwarf, jand his helpers, Nancy and Nick, jsent me word to expect you by the’ underground tunnel, so I've been waiting. You must be hungry after your long trip.” Wally had got to his feet by this time with much grunting and groan- ing, for he was still fat in spite of his lack of provisions. “Hungry.” cried Wally, rolling his eyes. “Say mister, that's my middle name. But it wasn't the trip. No,» sir! Food’s been scarcer than frog feathers for mor’n a mogth. Dusty. Coat put me to sleep with some magic powder and I kinda wisht I'd stayed that way.” ’ “Oh, tut,” said Farmer Hoe Mow, “I was just about to tell you. The wheat field is on your right, the corn-field. on your left, the orchard in front is at your service, and be- hind you is the garden. We hope to make you comfortable in Dream- land.” ' (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.)