The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 2, 1923, Page 4

, PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE * WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 192% J THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE 4 Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N.D., as Second Class Matter. | BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. - - - Publishers | Foreign Representatives | G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY \ CHICAGO - - : - - DETROIT M Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. 3 PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg.’ MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or -. fepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- tu wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | 1 herein. q All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are , algo reserved. ie MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION | SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE | Daily by carrier, per year........... «+ 87.20] Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) ‘ . és Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) . . Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) REGULATING UTILITIES Commissioner Milholland in a communication published | in-this issue takes exception to some statements made edi- | torially on the general question of the regulation of Public | Utilities. | However, The Tribune and Mr. Milholland are in complete accord on two points in controve: He believes that Bis- | marck should own and operate its own water system and! that it should provide its own power for pumping. | In commenting upon the cancellation of the contract for pumping water with the Hughes Electric company, The! Tribune said it was a favorable contract, but Mr. Milholland | defends the cancellation on the ground that delivery of cut- rent was being made at less than cost. | When the recent order of tie commission was made, The | Tribune published every fact in connection with the cancel-| : Jation of the water pumping contract. Never at any time | oS aaa has there been any intention to cover up any of, the issues | Finance loans in the Northwest have in this section of the at stake. |state. They argue that the people living in the “slope coun- The people, however, may have their own ideas as has|try” are mislead if pessimistic as to the future of the section The pbune fs Ge LL Hy be peers the rate for/as a poles and ae KIne an sion if Bey do not grasp the pumping the water 100 per cent and loading an increase sibilities for growth and developme: ; water rates upon the people of Bismarck. When the order} The records also show that diversified farming, partic- of the railroad commission was handed down increasing ularly dairying, is the surest. medium to financial stability. water rates, The Tribune took issue at that time and stated For what is true of North Dakota—that counties where every pertinent fact involved in the issue. dairying is most highly developed are in the best condition There can be no valid defense of the recent cancellation financially—is true also of Minnesota. Close examination of of ‘the pumping contract in view of what other cities are records also shows that the livestock industry and other paying for such service. When Mr. Milholland states that methods of diversification in the farm industry have placed the schedules of rates as established by the Commission communities in better position financially. Dairying has places all consumers on the same basis, it might be stated|been regarded as a particularly profitable industry in the that the City of Bismar never paid for its water what past year, and the rapid increase in the consumption of dairy eup consumers ha a pee aceadual consurnsts pEoUuets in the country argues well for the future of the have had to pay more for water than they would have if the industry. city, had paid its just share. Statistics in other cities show | Every community in North Dakota ought to have befor that about twenty-five per cent of the operating cost of a it at all times the convincing record on which Mr, Coll water plant is met by general taxation through the city pay jbased his plea for increased diversification. It points the ing for fire protection, street sprinkling and other services; way surely to a more secure basis of agricultural production, pelsormed ‘i ; ito prosperity of the individual, the community and the state. nder a city owned plant these charges will be lifted! trom the individual consumer and property benefited will pay | @——-—____—_______® for specific services performed. Under the private utility || PEOPLE’S FORUM | such has never been done. The city has enjoyed much lower, ¢—————————-—_e rates than the private individual taking the position, how-| or city owNeD PLANT |” ever, that such service was not adequate enough to be paid’ jaitor mene! rates for at a higher rate ats : | In the April 28th issue of your The board of railroad commissioners has not sufficient paper, under the caption of “An Im- funds at hand to handle properly the utility problems. Its | portant actor? course has been highly unsatisfacto: s far as the Bismarck) j.on of the street water case is concerned. Rate cas seldom get anywhere and pile up the costs both for the utilities and the cities o: citizens involved. Home rule in such matters would be far ! ’ better. The cities would get much better service and | ppert of eile 4 pcommsaiol s a snuntiien of hs aise op Muicker action if they controlled their utilities than under) ‘er pumping the water into the re-| resulutions in. reteet te the, the present system. \servoirs at one-half the present ¢ lations of the dairy commission pro All facts in reference to the decisions of the state com-| It appears to the writer, as viding cream grading effective M: mission upon the water issue have been published in The/member of the Board of Railr 1, have studied with interest the Tribune and there is no need to reiterate them here, but the Commissioners, that in commenting] action of Mr. Reynolds as it ap ae ae : jupon matters of public interest you] pears in the Bismarck Tribune un- fact is inescapable that such decisions have settled no issue | Syouig state all of the facts and ig ec of April 28, to the resolu a be that the » too e may Hy from those which prevail smarek and which justify the nd Forks, fully request. that you publish this communication in the current issue of your paper. Yours very *truly, ink Milholland ou make compar- lighting ra MR. REYNOLL nd the rates for pumping wat ere the cities of Bismarck und ANSE Forks. You also state that the] Mditor Tribune and have’ left the people thoroughly disgusted with such |ieave the public to draw its owng {ions presented to. the state de- regulation conclusions, » $y o$a\e fd Partitent of: agriculture and labor. ~ This dissatisfaction withestate regulation of public utili-| As nage mea) cit it to the commie ait i sHantedG . Fe a4 A fer in irek, 1 am vitally inter-| the rticle creates a ties should be reflected in the bond issue election by piling Up Tre in tie proposed hond-issue and] decidedly wrong impression. the majority for a city owned plant whose every activity Vill state 5 Mutha tietinuctodeare should be strictly independent of any regulation on the part 1 am he: without qualification that i the move- men who will | of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. | ment instituted by the |sion. I believe the Commis- ° y the proposed regu ity should not] We would inquire if it is not a v THE SLOPE’S GOOD SHOWING ‘only own and operate the water-| fact that no where is a producer Nig ap aman ns oe rad hw system, but should also make| quoted and that — the An examination of the records of unpaid loans to the provision for furnishing its own] regulations were posed and pre- War Finance Corporation from North Dakota communitie: for pumping. sented by creamery men and with- as shown in an article in the Minneapolis Tribune, is en-| To return to the subject of pump-|out consultation with producers or- lightening, and is flattering to the western part of the state. | a Winer ee et aes Mr. Collisson says in an analysis of a map showing the loca- iprane Un Ree ning ents z tion of loans: | were inere: A copy of the opin-| These, doubtles : “A glance at the map of North Dakota shows hundreds. ion in thi e was mailed to the! kept by some er of unliquidated loans still outstanding in the eastern coun- Bismarck Tribune and you ties of the state. These are numerous, not only in the valley ,” ue stae counties, but in all those lying east of the Missouri river. (rt;°°%, “hich you He states that the sted but 16 day the records amery for “their should { own purposes and covers only the The | period when the onion flavor is very © was can-] bad and not the period over which a 1 4 t celed, was entered into at a time] flavor can be detected. The regu- l through this region the black stem rust was widely pre-! when | of materials and sup-| lations provide: “Rejected — cream valent last year, according to Mr. Moore, and hundreds of. plies were low. When the investi which has wild onion, french bankers have been unable to repay these loans. There are io" HAT TRT HR oeEE A Ane eet tae aa ee 12 closed banks east of the river and only one west in the ins was less than the cost of, the | to the purehaser, the er F slope country” (closed after war finance loans were made), | manufacture of electricity and that nery man a right to clas: where conditions are not regarded as favorable as in the as a result the individual consumers : y cream ag | were being discriminated against by] ing even a slight taint of onion, epst.” were : ‘i ; also draws bing required to make up the loss| french w rag, weed or potato. F \ Mr. Moore, who formerly was a Fargo banker, also draws ined by the so-called “favorable| Such taints will De perceptible all conclusions from the War Finance loans. He points out the through the months of April, May, showing of Stark and Morton counties. Morton county had) ‘the City is « ed to a slightly |dune and July. Especially out here 2i ‘loans, of which three are now unpaid, six are one-third reduced rate hee: paid and the remainder are liquidated in full. Stark county. that it is » Jprge coneuiier, But Ma BBE alert, had 14 loans, of which but three are unpaid, and three are {(* the clectricity is furnished o! ue one-third paid. : . , | City should be substantially the] cannot be removed. We — recognize ?:The reason for the good showing of these counties is s the rate to individual con-| that it cannot be entirely removed dairying, Mr. Moore says, both Morton and Stark counties; sumers. Under no circums have developed fast-in this industry. McIntosh county also should « municip: ig-pointed to, another dairying county. She borrowed only | four loans, and only one remains unpaid. Hettinger and! nt counties make a good showing for the same reason, pda f a 4 Northwestern counties also make a good showing, but be furnished] is so fur rewfved as to enable ense of the in-]| manufacturers to place it on the This is not] market as a fancy grade butter, the contrary to the spirit of the] greater part of the product so taint- Utility Law, which provides that the | cd. ‘ Commission shall remove discrimin-|° Mr. Reynolds inquires as to how ation, but it is manifestly unfair] we are going to create a market for from the standpoint of justice. North Dakota butter when Wiscon- The schedule of rates as establish-| sin, Iowa and other states grade ed by the Commission placed all| their cream and sell on a quality consumers on the same basis thus | ba! We know that North Dakota enabling ‘either a large or a’small|cream now successfully competes consumer to enjay the same rights| upon the twin city markets with and privileges, cream froin these states. Cream In regard to the rates in Grand | buyers in those cities pay as high Forks, I desire to call your atten-}a price for our cream as they do tion to the fact that,the Commission| for cream from those states, not has entered upon an investigation }excluding that with onion, french of ‘the: rates in that city, one hear-|weed and potato flavor. ing Waving~been held and. further ~Claim Contention... Wrong testimony be “tak¥ir’ on* May” 4th. | No” protest “is=-matiex: “agains ise of a good wheat crop last: year, and Bowman county wise of sheep raising wool production. i The northern part of Ward county and other communi- 3 where dairying has been developed also made a good The conclusions to be drawn from the War Finance récords . ‘They reveal first of ‘all that the “‘slope country,” been the object of many unki: ¥ ts to be in better conditions which differ of the fact] on the Slope where the pastures | : He quotes creamery men | j the off-peak load, the rate to the]to the effect that the onion taint | but by blending and’ processing it | ita reasonable regulation providing: for the grading of cream on basis. But, to classify taining taint of natural weeds with hy, cream peltut lubricating: oi Mr. Reyi is no onion flavor * yet, in hi the most mike Fg morning ner re subject classifies Let u ify « pbnoxi deputy) state insy ve the deputy Employees of the the by the creameéric Let us inquire sult will be the producer. 1 Hs at 30 ¢ pourd, cents. Rejecte taining an onion, potato flaver will below No. or 19 1 Present Reg’ regulations ¢ these taints and as other cream and is in great demand with eream buyer to the dairy commis: er credit for the but fecl that he hi ed greatly by the Under present me basis Wie ceive the cream bu ciently by the intere ducers. We contend that regulation should ality s ee tions to the states that cording to quality VERETT TRUE E BY CONDO | POSTAL CARD BEARING: PRIVATE.’ Do YOU RECOGNIZE THIS BIT Ler a einen tcatngssonrna atten igniter ne nr. senstnpemsetcenmery actin | possible cannot avoid these flavo radical members of congres planning to get con, ness of fi decisions annulling social welfare vi put it through’ as a conservative measure. | definite the Who wgio buy the cream, appointed te department s to what tha re- hack of it be con-, gress, the president, and four out| weed or| of the nine justices of the supreme court ought to stand. It ought not to be possible virtually for one man in the supreme court to de-! termine the | jtion. A pro be annulled by the supreme court ; unless more than five of the nine | judges vote to annul it is not onl; needed, but measure of true conservatism, and very disastrous to radicalism.— Duluth Herald. —-——____ | A THOUGHT | —_——————--—_ s of the pro- made upon a sis. Induct ed to the takes better care of his card announcing the new regula- strang. e PROVISION is the foundation of hospital magni DUBS LEY, NSS, BOT % DON'T {WANT GUGRYBoRY ELSE better care and will, Without. doubt, | raise the standard of our butter. ! This is a laudable purpose and one h which this club is in entire, or We inquire, however, does the ation of cream aining hutural weed flavors tend to en- courage the farmer who takes bette cafS of his eream? The best c in ercam from cows g¢ tive pastures. § No. 2 cream is cl which has musty, bitter very sour flavor. Then he classifies as “rejected” at x price of 25 percent lower than such , yeasty, musty, bitter, cream of which the best pos- are may be taken and which is and wholesonic but contains tural weed flavor that cannot be avoided. Signed, Ce eyler, ommit tee. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sider of important {asues which are being discnasad in the press of the day A CONS RVATIVE STEP reports that the are ction in the next rd stopping the busi- -to-four supreme court Washington to} legislation. That means, of course, the submission of a constitutional t amendment. That is all right, but this task should not be left to the radical members. It should not be stamp- ad as a radical measure. Its passage should not be labeled a radical victory. It is a measure of true conser- vatisop, and conservatives with ion’ will support it and help to It must be plain to the dullest) that a five-to-four supreme court decision annulling a law that near- ly everybody believes to be a right law and necessary to hum and well-being promotes ism. It feeds the radica n safety rad 's arsenal mactive » argument: He The present system is gainst you. It bulwarks interests of a few, and neglects the common interest of the many. It exalts property and debases humanity!” And then he! ons as that) in the child labor case and that on} the Dis’ minimum wage’ for working wo- men, and adds: you go!” tt of Columbia law for a “There. 1 told In point of fact, a real radical | wotldn’t want this situatiot cured. , He would want it'to keep on feed-, ing the desperation out of which radicalism grows. A law of human mercy that has branches of con- | ion that no law can adoption will be a/ Re not forgetful to entertain! ers, for thereby some have need angels unawares.—Heb. and thrift the fuel. of c.—Sir P. Sidney. NES, ¥ SENT THAT IN ANSWER To Your C&TTSR OF INQWRY, WAS IT WHAT | Nov WANTED |}: To KNOW % i | | | LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT TO SYDNEY CARTON. DEAR SYD: “ 1 hope you can unde¥stand, old chap, what you have done, Or per- haps I ope I can make you under- stand what my guilty conscience has doné, as you would put it. I do not think Leslie will evex forgive me. And it all came about that Jetter you wrote me and which 1 received this morning. There was nothing in it but th various commonplaces, nothing th anyone might not read, but you sce, fellow, I could not be sure that u would not say something in the letter about the one I wrote you in which I told you of my interview with Leslie's father, L had not known that I had even written to you and when she in the innocence of her heart thinking that the lettey was in an- swer to the postal je sent you, tore open the envelope, before 1 thought T snatched it’ from ber Then, of edurse, I had to play out the game as I had dealt the card I will not deny, Syd, that I angry, very angry. I don't think it is any woman's” business, whether she is your wife, your mother, your stenographer or your mistress, to open your personal mail. T expect I told this to Leslie in a very erucl manner for she ended by demanding the letter from me that she might read its contents. If 1 had had any sense, knowing you had made no illusion whatever © anything compromising, 1 would have given it to her then and there, but J was too furious. The matter ended by me dramatically striking a match and trying to burn the d—— thing before her eyes. Ax Inmate Srey of bautecst) Bromcas Revesizo in Prats Lares Sete! Leslie made a dive for the bura- ing letter which in the meantime had dropped on the carpet. Not- withstanding it was blazing she tried to pick it up and, in cons2- quence, burned her hand very badly. Think of it, Syd, that dear littie hand, the hand she had just givea ngly in token of her devo- a wife perhaps maimed and crippled because of my cursed temper. Callme a Urute if you want to. You cannot call me anything worse than I have called myself. I do not deserve such a wife Leslie. Even when I knew that her hand w burned I did not stop to comfort he In fiendish rage I watched that letter burn and then 1 rushed out and did not return until late in the afternoon. I found wher I arrived that the doctor had been called to dress Leslie’s hand which was badly burned and that she was sleeping under an oyfate. ¢ way for a man to end hi honeymoon, isn’t it? I am entirely to debacle. First, for thinking — th you would be so devili indi. B as to write me anything compromis ing: and, secondly, for intimating to the sweetest little girl on e: h that she was doing anything wrong in opening any and all my. lette! We are beasts, all of us, Syd, we me. We attribute the motives and lack of principle that are ours to the women we marry God knows wi do to bring bac! Tonight I am groveling in the dust and with the perversity of hu- man ture IT am even ng you just a little, old chap, as being the cause, although innocent, of all this trouble. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS By Olive Barton Roberts Anuther battle in Bing-Bang Land! No one was killed, however, for ho matter how seriously a tin. sol- dier or wooden soldier is wounded, he never dies. Naney had to help with nursing and Nick had to help the Tinker Man with doctoring, and they were both so busy they hardly had time to eat. Private Buttons was one of the ; wounded ones. He chad also lain in the rain for two hours after the battle, so he not only had to have a new right hand and a new left foot, but a whole new suit of clothes also. Right beside him in the hospital was Generz! Geld Braid, who, also, had been wounded. The poor man had lost his arms again, as the rain melted the glue where he had beea mended before and ofl they came. New arms meant new and as the new red in his was brighter than the old red in his coat (washed off with the rain ‘n’ all) ne had to have a whole new uniform. General Gold Braid had nothing say to Private Buttons, but stared ight ahead in a haughty manner. ate Buttons, being a well- trained soldier, did not turn his ¢: bat stared straight ahead, like- se. Not a word did they speak. At last they were all dry ané ready to go back to their places in the army. General Gold Braid thanked Nancy and Nick and the Tinker Man and said goodby. Private Buttons followed, keeping ten steps behind the general. At last they both came to the place where the army. was. Then. a most amazing thing hap- pened! The army saluted Private Buttons and never. even looked at General Gold Braid. Because--Nick had made a mis- take and painted the general's silver star on Private Button's shoulder! General Gold Braid hadn't so much as a sergeant’s stripes. (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE- CLOSURE SALE, Notice Is Hereby Given that that certain mortgage made, executed and delivered by Klemens Liuska and Muna Liuska, his wife, mortgagors, to |Drake-Ballarc company, a corporation, mortgagee, dated September 1st, 1917, and recorded in the office of the reg- ister of deeds for Burleigh county, North Dakota, on October 10th, 1917, at two o'clock p. m., in Book 143 of Mortgages on page 502, und assigned by said mortgagee to W. M. Stone of Mendota, Illinois, by assignment, dated November 29, 1918, and re- corded in the office of said register of deeds on the 19th day of January, 1923, at 9 o'clock a. m. in Book 174 of Mortgages on page’ 266, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises described in said mortgage, and here- inafter described, by the sheriff at the front door of the court house in Bismarck, Burleigh county, North Da- -kota, on May 5th, 1923, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon, to satisfy the amount due on said mort- |gage on the date of sale. The land and premises-described in said mortgage, and which will be sold |to satisfy the same, are situated in Burleigh county, North Dakota, and known and described as follows, to- wits , The East Half of the Southwest Quarter, the West Half of the South- ast Quarter of Section Two, Town- ship One Hundred Forty, Range Sev- enty-sevén. ~ There will be due on said mort- gage an the date of sale the sum of $1,518.36, ‘and costs of this foreclo- sur Dated March 27th, 1923, + W. M..STONE, Owner of Mortgage. GREENLEAF & WOOLEDGE, Attorneys for Owner of Mortgage, ; Minot, North Dakota.! 8-28-4-4-11-18-26. allowed by law. a Who remembers the good old days recently when 100 hours was the nonestop dancing record? Man claims the queen of doesn't dress properly. We he shouldn't watch her dress. Movie actors hold the non-stop marrying record. Pittsburgh will build a church 20 stories high, which will not get them any closer to hei Collectors hold the non-stop com- ing back record, Lassen Peak, our only active vol- cano, is breaking out, but it may be just a spring rash. Street cars hold the non-stop at your corner record, “Where are we going?" asks a re- former. We don't know, unless it is to a ball game. gar holds the non-stop at a rea- sonable price record. Tn Washington $500,000 worth of, wood burned, but none of the con- gressmen lost their heads. Rockefeller hol making money record. the non-stop e Who remembers the of last month when seven hours was the non-stqp dance record? ‘ood old days The latest yellow peril is sunburn. If you meet a Philadelphian, don't blame him for leaving. That town has harmonica contests, Coolidge holds the non-stop being wretty quict record. A Minnesota man raised a ton of pork from g litter of pigs. One time we saw a gallon of bouze ra from a pint. Bryan holds the non-stop hoping to get elected record. nee 21 say they married a Penn- sylvanian, he should be run out’ of Jail for punishment. Cats hold the non-stop yelling at night record, y ® druggist who is out will tell a customer he has something just as good, Hair holds the non-stop falling out record, 4, be So many radio stations are being put up it keeps them busy hunting typographical errors for names. , Bootleggers hald the non-stop sell ing record. j i We know how gas prices are set. They are set. by thermometers. Plumbers hold the inon-stop a. leak record. Many parents are not on spanking terms with the children. ; Neighbors’ phonographs hold the non-stop playing record. A used car owner tells us he is driving a batgain, RETHROAT ot 7) a)