The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1923, Page 4

. PAGE FOUR ‘THE BISMARCK T Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. BISMARCK TRIBUNECO. - - - Publishers ¢ Foreign Representatives 3 G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY 5 : CHICAGO - - - - - DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. TH 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 otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year.. Eves . $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). . ‘ : os T2D 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) A HARD JOB Twenty thousand cartloads of stones were picked up and hauled away by J. P. Jakobsson-Elmquist in clearing land for his farm in Sweden. So no one objects to his winning this year’s first prize of the Swedish Agricultural Associ- ation. We'll call him Jake for short. , In 1895 he took three acres that no one else wanted; it was such a rock pile. Patiently he set to work, digging up th: boulder: bearing crops. Gradually, with profits saved from his har- yests, he bought more rock pile. Now he has 80 acres, 10 flevoted to crops which support him and his family, and 70) acres of forest which he planted. Jake used his 20,000 cartloads of stones to build a beau- tiful wall around his farm and a fine highway along one side. He and his wife can take things more easily now, for their nine children—whose living was wrested from as hopless-a- looking strip of land as can be found almost anywhere—now are assisting in the work. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMI’ How many men would have the patience and the confi- dence in their own efforts to attempt the task undertaken by Jake back in 1895? His success demonstrates that success is largely up to the individual himself, that no handicap is too big to be overcome, that man can create his own opportunity. The story of Jake’s life is enough to make some 7f the rest of us ashamed of ourselves when we grumble or become! discouraged at our lot, though we have easy sledding com- pared with Jake. Will power can overcome the lack of opportunity. A city man, living a relatively soft existence, can’t help but marvel at what Jake has accomplished. And yet Jake’s career is symbolic of what farmers are doing all over the world, especially the pioneers at the outskirts of civilization. Respect the farmers, you city chaps, for they are the foundation stones of civilization and carrying a tremendous burden. Considering the financial reward they get most of the time, in comparison with metropolitan income, it’s a wonder most of them aren’t anarchists. The champion agi- tators and complainers, however, are city loafers who never - did an honest day’s work. PAY ENVELOPES H Wages and salaries in manufacturing industries doubled, almost exactly, between 1914 and 1921. This is shown by the last census. a; Total wages and salaries paid by all American mafiutie: | turing establishments compared as follow: 1914..... seeeeeee $ 5,342,157,000 1921 10,763,442,000 1919 seeeseeeee, 13,342,655,000 These figures show that the average person employed in manufacturing was paid about $108 in 1921 and $133 in 1919 for each $53 he received in 1914. The rise and fall in the average income apparently just ' about matched fluctuations in the cost of living, for people on the: payrolls of manufacturing industries. So, when con- sidered in terms of buying power, incomes really stood still or close to it. “You got more dollars, but a dollar wouldn’t buy as much.” The “total value” (presumably the selling price) of all manufactured products in 1921 was close.to 44 billion dollars +—to be exact, $43,653,283,000. This was nearly a third less than in 1919. It was four- fifths more than in 1914, though wages and salaries were twice as much as in 1914. | The situation in 1921 was that labor (wages and salaries) | Yeceived about a fourth of the value of the things it manu-; factured. What became of the other three-fourths? Well, more than 25 billion dollars were paid for materials | used in manufacturing and a lot of this represented labor’s | Share (wage and salaries) back at the source—in preparing | the raw and semi-finished materials for manufacturing processes and transporting them to factories and mills, i These figures for 1921 include -all activities of 196,000 | panutecturing establishments employing 8,257,000 Amer- | cans. % Reduced to simple figures, the situation in that year was that, to each $820 paid for wages, $256 went for salaries, 2534 for buying materials to be used in manufacturing, and 1831 added as profits, taxes and other items previously entioned. Figures fluctuate in various years, but on the average the statistics for 1921 probably show the relative amounts that go for wages, salaries and cost of materials out of the final , Value of the manufactured products. Sree soos art : NUT 4. A business man in Italy said to B. L. Winchell, president of Remington Typewriter Co.; “You have shut out our wines y prohibition, you have shut out our oranges, our lemons, ur almonds, our grapes and our laces by high duties so that | gre have left little that we can export to you, and then finally | dl ‘ou have passed immigration laws so that. even our labor! iff inot go to your country for employment. Why should we 1 pn to buy American products if we can avoid it?” } ; There are easier jobs than being a foregin trade sales- Zz ‘PAPA ’s the father of his forty-fifth child at the age of 88— ree Teciot of Stanton, California. He has been married ur times. - em oS ‘ RIBUNE/? Finally he had the stones all removed and the soi!'t {taxpayers, to protect them against {des as farm subsidies.—Chic £0} Bei ————-_—-—___——i fh © { Editorial Review ee The farmers of Minnesota and |North Dakota ave found by ex-| pericnce that legislative nostrums|{ of the agrarian bloc, such as easy; farm crediis, restriction of the! grain exchanges, representation on the federal reserve board, and al high tariff on agricultural prod- | ucts, do not correct economic ills | or personal deficiencies. The one} crop wheat growers of these states ; fre still hard wu As is common; with human beings, they fail to/ look within themselves for causes, | ard means of correction, but attri bute their tronbles entirely to out. side causes. Thus they decide that, the low nrice of wheat is the cause} rether than the condition of their misfortunes. and with the assist-| ance of their political demagogues | they are crying loudly for a gov-| cinment guaranty of wheat prices. That means a government subsidy i of the wheat growers, * One diversified and extensive 1oi| oi pro-farmer legislation having, | fuiled to put them on their feet, tney demand more. It's like the drug habit. Arthur Evans, writing of this s ys they are promoting this wheat subsidy ide with ‘oned _ propaganda | from to Texas, but} foftunately the other grain states are not ing upon the idea with much avidity. That speaks better for their intelligence and the in- Minnesota and North Daokta ides does for the people of those state What would a government sul sidy of whcat mean? of this c y every city, and th jon and ne a) of the farms would build them up again. Destroy the farms and the cities would fall in ruins. For the ie gevernment to guarantee wheat prices or to sub: » wheat grow- ing, therefore, would he to tax minor and w r industries for the benefit of out of the wheat farmers’ troubles !t is a way to extend those troubles to s!1 other industry. | The way out is not through leg- is but through common Wheat prices are low be f he world’s supply of wheat exceeds the demand, or at least ex- ceeds the ability of the world to h When production drops off to balance demand, prices will b> abilized at a higher level. If higher prices are guaranteed, re- gardless of supply, there will be an incentive to raise even more wheat | than the present excess supply, in- stead of less. That would be ruin- The farmers who want it want the government financed by food, drought, laziness, grasshop- pers, and tho consequences of th own folly. What they most need is more diversified farming, gi¥ing them some crops they can sell, und conserving and improving their land until wheat growing again be- comes profitable through reduced { supply and increased demand. | The wheat farmers’ position at| present is undeniably bad. It is also sad. But many other farme: re getting their feet under them nd working back toward prosper- ity. The wheat farmers can reach the same goal more quickly and with less danger and disturbance ty the whole economic and indus- trial organization of the country if they will take their lessons from chservation of diversified farming, pering, rather than ical demagogues wh promote content and promise improvement through such falla- | Tribune. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS | By Olive Roberts Barton “Please go out and count n said King Snookums to Nick. out and count all the Pee Wees and {| see if they are here, will you?” So out went Nick with a big horn. | “Toot, tooty, toot!” he blew. “Are, all the noses here? Will everyone | please to count his nose and tell me | if anybody is missing?” I Suddenly Mrs, Upsedaisy rushed out and grabbed him. “My baby has | disappeared out of his crib,” she] screamed. “And I can’t count his nose because it went with him. My darling Upsy Upsedaisy! He's gone! Kidnaped! Oh, what'll I do?” And the little Pee Wee lady wrung her hands something awful. “What did he look like?” asked Nick, stopping his tooty tooting, and taking out his book and lead pencil. “T'll have to take his description so. we can look for him,” “Pink nose,” said Mrs. Upsedaisy quickly. “Nose pink!” wrote Nick. “Bald head!” said Mrs. Upsedaisy, “Head bald!” wrote Nick. “Two teeth!” said Mrs. Upsedais. “Teeth two!” wrote Nick. “Round and fat@ said Mrs. Upse- daisy. “Fat and round,” wrote Nick. “Say,” said Mrs. Upsedaisy ingig- nantly, “You're getting him upside! down. He isn’t upside down.” “Not upside down!”. wrote Nick. | “Goodness, you must be crazy,” cried the little Pee Wee lady. “That's no way to find a baby.” “Is this your baby?” cried Nancy rushing in. “Mrs, Robin thought he was a bug and picked him up by mis- take.” ? “Oh, the horrid thng!” screamed Upsy’s mother. “How awful!” “Toot, tooty, toot!” went Nick on his horn as he strode back to King Snogkum: y “AU nose: afe and sound!” he re- ported. “Everybody safe in Pee Wee Land.” », (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) ———— \ MANY BRACELETS ‘When you want to stop an argument about politics or ne foreign situation, just mention the case of Romulu Delsi. ) started the notion that Americans take life too: a © Cee premanapisie ee. |e eh ie a Mony bracelets are worn the fashionable woman — some , telligence of their leaders than the | + ¢f nothing bat the child w: a great happiness, would change the effect, however, Mrs. Joseph Hamil- ton, the opened the door of her apartment {last evening—to find the traditional ihad been been placed upon the door- ;step, because the traditional young people nowadays live in an apartment “instead of a house. on the floor before the door! | joyed Jit seemer to direct gift from Provi- dence, the phys jly to it with open arms. time since her illness she seemed to ces,” | be perfect “Go| hands grop'ng about THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE EVERY Me 1 Go FISHIN’ IN THIS HOLE {Y BEGINS To CLoup uP! EXTRACT FROM THE MORNING , d ARGUS, The friends of Mr. and Mrs, John { tr: Alden Prescott have been much con: cerned many weeks over Mrs. Prescott’s health, Ever since ner accident on the old Post Road, Mrs. Prescott has seemed to grow weaker and weaker, both in body and mind. She seemed to think ich she lost at that time, and it was an open secret among her friends that unless sometnirg, eitaer a great ‘shock or wi th current of her thoughts, her mind, if not her life, would be in great dan- ger. After innumerable consuljations | ¢; with the greatest physicians in ihe! her child. 4 country, it decide that the only thing that would do her any good would be the adoption of a baby. Be-| fore this decision was, carried into co mother of Mrs. Prescott, a baby in the traditional bas But there it was sai To say that the family was over- S putting it mildly, To them wi | The child, upon the suggestion of cian, was taken immediate- Mrs, Prescott, who welcomed For the first fle pe to ad Jo rational. The little baby her breast have surgeons and physicians in the coun- {her back to sanity and a perfectly normal outlook upog life. m took steps to adopt the child, upon entage, except the fineness and deli- cacy of the material and the loving which beautified the dainty fabrics. some: poor she was fully able to care for her baby, giving it the greatest comforts and luxuries, she placed it before the Preseptt’s door. Prescotts ne identification of the bay. already the young matron has been some of her most intimate friends, lone something that the greatest ‘y could not do. They have brought In a mo- ent she had fotgotten everything t she held a tiny morsel nity within her arms, ton minister of Mr. and Mrs, Prescott immediately “America mus! hose clothing there was nothing| says Woodrow Wil zt could possibly suggest its par- “We are afraid see,” says Annette of us being afraid re expended upon the embroideri¢s Of course it is easy to sec that mother from untoward ces was unable to care for nd heanirg of Mrs. Pres- tt’s sad condition and knowing that reumst the ‘last six words too many. sults its owner. This episode, naturally, has made great stir in society, where the are most popular, but ither of them would allow any in- | tigation which would lead in the | didn’t duck, “Whoever placed that baby here,” id Mr. Prescott to the reporter, vidently gave it to us as freely as accepted it, and she did not want be known. We will respect her shes, The physicians who have been baf- d by Mrs, Prescott’s case are ex- cting a very quick recovery, for the jugovich. but really is one. whom she has proudly shown her opted baby, which has been named number this time, hn Alden Prescott, Jr. + EVERETT TRUE TH® SPEEDER’S WAY, WAS THROWN TWENTY FEE AND NGVGR. Got A Sc 4 "if My | | BUT THE PAPERS Say, THE FELLOW WAS TA THE HOSPITAL. YES, L MANAGED 19 STEER MY CAR OUT OF CUT IN DODGiInea MS HIS Cae STRUCK A TELECRAPH ROLE AND HE T CLEAR oF HIS CAR ATCHe Please hold your coming elections in BY CONDO Ton Aagels haven’t I marr Two girls who after his‘ name. than she did. SvsRett, THAT. to f before robbing, one. learned Some wrfte’ ‘contests ? o gift is from al from the Father of is no variabl Every good gift A floorwalker in Wichita, not only acts like a Russian. prince, naga ai pou et People who know an ai 3 grah the. paperto ‘see if -he the one. who fell. * The mad college the man who printed his diploma makes, more than he does. long about the fun. Those having the fan have no time to. write. Isn't it funny who A Thought “Like a trip to hell,” says a’ Bos- bathing beaches. Others, however, say heaven. the world,” ison, and we sug- save gest starting on our wheat crop. of what we can’t Kellerman; none of her. “Rich men’s sons won't work like I want them to work,” says Schwab, being six words “Auto is an insult but its owner,” says Albert Payson Terhune. Often, we add, it even in- to everyone A. Duck of Toronto was injured by a robber's bullet. Duck, it seems, Mike Jergovich of Detroit says he robbed to pay a fine. Jergovich is in Kas., At last the’ president of the Bach- elor Maids of Atlantic City has man- aged to get married. New England telephone strike is off. The girls failed to get the. right breath durin, Ireland. y, “Hello, 2” ig the robbed Diminick Natarnefola ih New. York were not EnglaidiU Wd Fidneé gre two na- tions as mad as if one was taking lessons on the cornet. Fight between presidential c&ndi- dates will go the full 15 rounds. Make a list of cuss words you use on hot. weather..Many can be used for cold weather soon. The June bride tells us he showed much better judgment in marrying Banks are being guarded #0 close- ly a man has to work up to cashier graduate has’ letters home NEA Service, Inc. 1923 BEGIN HERE TODAY i Peter Pennington, detective, is engaged to marry Monica Viney, wi- dowed sister of Captain John Hewitt, Commissioner of Police at Jesselton, “| British North Borneo.. Pennington is detailed by the government to, cap- ture Chai-Hung, leader of The Yellow ; Seven, @ gang of Chinese bandits. James Varney, who lives &t the head ' of the Tembakut River, receives a | threatening message from The Yellow | Seven. Varntey’s fad is having him- self tattooed by Zara-Khan, skilled tattooer. NOW GO WITH THE STORY “Come in here,” he shouted. Var- | ney appeared, rubbing his eyes. He blinked wearily ‘around the room, smiled faintly at Pennington and, his faculties retarning to him, bent over Chong-Hee. . “Dead, “Quite!” : “What on earth’s it all: mean?” “I heard him creeping about—and helped him'down the: partition. He must have fallen on his. own knife.” “Good Lord! I heard nothing. Didn't the dog bark?” “You could hardly expect it to. It knew Chong-Hee.” The hound had crept into the room and was sniffing at the corpse sus piciously. “What do you advise me to do?” d Varney. ‘Take reasonable precautions—and don’t go about unarmed. You'll be in need of a new servant. I'll dig one out for you in the morning—one of my own men. You'll find him per- fectly reliable though a trifle. un- sightly! The trader produced a pipe from his dressing-gown and a small bag of Dutch tobacco. “We'd better get out of this. It'll be healthier on the veranda. What's wrong with your man?” “Chai-Hung carved his face up a bit when they last encountered one- another. He left him with one eye and one ear—and his mouth’s a deal wider than it ought to be. But that sort, of thing doesn’t damp his ar- jor.” Varney shuddered involuntarily. “What is he?” “A half-caste : of sorts. Calls him- self Rabat-Pilai. Claims to have qual- ified in some remote quarter of the globe as an apothecary.” “It's mighty good of you.” “Not at all. By the bye, d’'you mind leaving the obsequies of the late Chong-Hee to hisisuecessor? I want: to gjye him rather an elaborate fun- eval? He doesn’t in the least deserve it, IN admit, but it’s just at. this moment occurred to me.that an ob- portunity has arisen to enable me to practice a slight deception upon our friend Chai-Hung. Ygu see, he once hoodwinked me much in the same manner, Got himself buried—and cre- mated, of all things! Sent me the ashes -into the bargain! ‘The: poison he inserted in the knob of: the urn would have done credit to:a Borgia.” Varney hooked down the lamp. “You want him to be buried as yourself 2” , “Precisely. Select a nice, comfy little spot under the palm-trees—and get one of your skilled men to. paint aboard with my name. You can borrow Dawson’s bugler to blow the Last Post, if you like. “It'll cheer poor old Chai-Hung no“end! Will you do it?” “Certainly.” “Good man! Now I'll clear out s0’s not to spoil the effect, and I fancy 1 can guarantee that Rabat-Pilai and a few of my things to add to the realism of the affair will be with you inside an hou: said Varney, remov- singlet, “I've come to the conclusion you’d better finish the job while you're here.” The man in the turban of red and gold bowed. “Very good, sah. What you want me to do? An clephant with a tigress elji ging to the trunk would be good.” 've got a tiger already,” said the trader, surveying his arm, “A leopard. with spots,”. suggested the prince of tattobers. “It would make a nice picture. I madé one like that onee for the Rajah—” He broke off suddenly, He was staring at the door which led from the veyanda. Varney, following the direction of his gaze, saw the figure of an Oriental of enormous girth framed in the doorway. The new- comer wore a white tunic, buttoned up to the meck, across which stretched the massive links of a gold chain, His legs were encased k {mger of his left hand displayed a ring set with a Targe green stone. “I trust I am not intruding, gentle- men!” ~ The trader observed him coldly. “Who are, you?” “hé demanded, reaching at the same .time for his tunic. \ “Chai-Hung,” simply. 5! Rabat-Pilai—who, was in the act of entering by the opposite door— dropped the jug of water he had been carrying and fled. 3 “Chai-Hung?” > “Most certainly! Why not, Mr. Varney. If you ste still inclined to doubt. my word, Mr, Zara-Khan will enlighten you,” : Varney’s hand swung round to the said ‘the ‘other f Our farmers are not even making | enough money to buy ‘gold bricks. enters-/beauty and every. perfect ibove, and cometh dewn lights, with whom lableness, neither shadow | ‘of turning —Jas, Pioneer Dies After Long Illness Beach, Aug. 18.—John “Davidson, age 56, probably the oldest settler in Golden Valley, passed away after 8 long sick: at the Glendive hos- pitg] Tuesday, Since'1881 Mr., David-} son had been employed on the North-| vern Pacific: rail 8 pumpman jor section boss, and he numbered as. his friends all who knew him. John Davidson was born in Swed and came to this ci hen is feoee and’ began ym} MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1922 SUE YECLOW SEVEN: * - The Passing . ke of Zara-Khan C/ | By Edmund Snell, back, but before his fingers could close on the weapon he sought, ine found himself looking down the bar- rel of Chai-Hung’s automatic. “Pray be seated—both of you, I was afraid you might be—a little nervous at my unexpected arrival— and so took the precaution of bring- ing this!” ? He drew forward a chair and low- ered himself into it. “I understand that you buried Mr. Pennington-this morning. A very lamentable affair! I was sorry not to be able to be present myself.” Varney moved restlessly. “I suppose I have to thank you for the loss of my dog,” he said. The Oriental patted the hand that held the pistol with the fingers of the other. “A double tragedy, if I may say so! I understand the dog is the friend of man—and you, poor fellow, have sustained the loss of two good friends at one and the same time.” “You devil!” Chai-Hung blinked amiably. “Thank you, Mr. Varney. May I request Zara-Khan to continue with his work?” Varney choked. “Look here, Chai-Hung, or what- ever your name is, I’m not in a mood to sit here and be ordered about by you. If you've come heregto shoot me—carry on with it. If not, clear out—and be damned to you.” “My dear Mr. Varney!” protested the brigand with(well-assumed sur- prise, “you will, I hope, do me the honor to remember that up to the Present I have requested you to do nothing. My suggestion was mercly that Zara-Khan should proceed with the work that my unfortunate entry interrupted. It was you. who first mentioned shooting, and I believe I am right in saying that you were about to draw on me when I came in, A distinctly unwise move on your part, Mr. Varney, When one remem- begs that Chai-Hung never travels about alone. If I wanted to kill you, my friend, there are twenty others outside waiting to help me. You re- ceived a meSsage from me the other day?” e trader shrugged his shoulders “A yellow card fluttered on to the veranda, if that’s what you mean.” An ugly light had crept into the Oriental’s eyes. . As if by a given signal, two forms slid through the’ doorway behind Varney and secured his arms. Chai-Hung rose to his feet. “Zara-Khanj” he gaid _hoarsely, “you will prepare your things and tattoo this Englishman. It will be a little out of your line, I must tell you, for you will not be paid for your work—and the picture will not be quite the same!” The man in the turban had changed visibly from brown to gray and his teeth chattered.' He stated from Chai-Hung to Varney—now rop- ed. securely to. his, chair—and, pre: ently his horror-stricken eyes travel- ed back to the blue barrel, “I am waiting for you to begin, a Hehe i _ And Z Khan turned with shak- ing fingers to his tray. » Chinese Pennington—summoned in hot haste by his henchman—arrived at the foot of Varney’s steps a bare hundred yards behind Rabat-Pilai, He took the flight at a bound and, pisto lin hand, made headlong for the trader’s living-room. As he flung open the door, a scene of utter chaos met his eyes. ‘The door at the far end of the room was wide open. Between this and where he stood 4 table had been overturned from behind which trickled a steady, dark stream. The chimney of the swinging lamp was shattered and the atmosphere was thick with smoke and soot. One window had been wrenched clean from its fastenings and the bookcase in the corner had fallen forward—arrested half-way by a chair—and had tipped its contents into a jumbled heap. He pushed the table back place and recoiled in horror. A man in a turban of red and gold lay full on his face. Beneath him, lashed to a chair, lay a second form that kicked and rocked to and-fro in impotent fury. ao ington lifted Zara-Khan to one side. into h, it’s me all right!” growled the other. “Your man_ arrived just’ in time to prevent Mr. Chai-Hung mak- ing sure his knife settled both of us! For the love of » cut these con- founded stri -Pilai?” asked Pen- nington,. opening his knife. For the first time Varney smiled. “Dashed good man that! He got here before*Chai-Hung could round on him—and severed his pistol-hand with one blow from a perfectly- ghastly looking weapon.” (“Severed Chai-Hung’s hand!” The ‘one with the ring on it. I” suppose he’s off after*him—trying to gct the regt!” As Pennington stooped to cut the ropes his eyes fell upon the trader's bare chest. Tattooed in the space that Varney had summoned Zara-Khan to fill— was the grim sign of the ‘Yellow Seven, “A Game of Chance,” the next epl- sode of this gripping series, will start'in our next ‘i » one fell on his leg and‘ that member had to be amputated. When he recovered he was employed as a water tank pump- mai id for many years was section ‘boss at Sentinel~ Butte and Beach, , Ravine, been succeeded here by his son Frank a year or two ago. The deceased is survived by a gon, ink, section boss at Beach and aaueniey, Nan who resides in Cal-, fornia. - . Sn Dancing! ‘MeKenzle Roof ’ x fe 4 - a