The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1923, Page 4

? ag mes hi 3 _ PAGE FOUR Hah aang THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE| Missi | * Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Clas3 Matter. BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced im this columm saay oF may Bot on the opinion of The Tribune. are presented h rder th rrr es which Gisenseed ‘ the prese of ay Publishers bein the CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. * _ PAYNE, BURNS AND SM NEW YORK - - - DETROIT Kresge Bldg. A COMM \DABLE MOVE i { | | ITH North Dakota pec th | 2 Nort people without er- Fifth Ave. Bldg.) ception will welcome the recent) MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEA a aaa ree The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use orj and RERBIRE PSG SGVAGIRE republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not) (Very “Gngle of construction and | Was credited in this paper and also the local news pub- | operation ‘of the state mill and ele- ished herein. vator at Grand Forks will be giv All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are|eo. The new board of managers’ ToRAn An nn It will, however, await a MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION oPoueh aualbor de alfalra Orthe SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ___|!5 turetion, | Daily by carrier, per year... ...$7.20| In making the announcement the Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) 7.20 | board is only following the polic unouncement | mill and elevator before beginning Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).... 5.00! Cad oe Lit arin a Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota........... 6.09 | commend: bie one still, it fs no THE TY G 7 yore than the taxp: of the THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | state uave‘aright to expect! tis (Established 1873) | their money that was used in the |building of the project. Their IN GOOD SHAPE oney will be used in paying off the bonds and in meeting deficits, Few cities of the Middle West are in as good shape as {crulerecbaekiny: Bismarck. This has been attested eloquently in the way | We trust that the board wil! the special waterworks bonds are going and the ease with | stick rigid'y to its pelicula. if thic city ha ane is proposition. it does this it will be serving 4 which the city has financed this proposition SOGUIPREBOES: TN pial VeaTS NGA This section of the state is better than any other and is} due for a great development in the next few years. Bis- marck is the natural gateway for the vast Slope section, and | its logical distributing center, but it needs to sell itself to) more people who should be regarding this city as their trad- ing center. | Expansion of the trade radius of Bismarck is one of the great problems to be solved by the Association of Com- ~egarding the status of ses. They aid for this in higher taxes. 1 light of publicity ade to shine unon the onera- | ti of the mill, they will h ro one to blem? but themselves if project t> become merce. This must be done in various ways. Occasional | .."\9 ‘ing proposition. — Dickinson entertainments, market days and a trade tour now and then pre s. ere first aids to any city. A large city-country picnic —a ——_—_—— : 2: h 7 F WATCH TAY real community affair—has been found an excellent medium to bring the people together in a better understanding. This city is winning praise every day from tourists. We have good service, retail offerings, jobbing of all kinds far | beyond the usual city of 9,000 souls, but this city has been | national and local is costing everv man. woman and! child in the United States at the/ rate of $190 a year, the Washing- | ten correspon‘ent of The! Star re- lacking in stunts to advertise and bring these features more) ~/.,45 from the censns bureau. closely home. | Nevcssarity the people who pay th»! The opening of mail service to Fort Yates soon should ‘*~e> vntoad them so far as pos- be commemorated by some kind of a demonstration from) “tie in niles and other charges Bismarck for this city alone worked for that project-and it | When a railroad pays more in should celebrate the actual carrying of the first mail over) t-xes than it does in dividends, “this route by a visit to that section of a committee of repre-| freivht retes must be high enonrit Members of the Association of Commerce got behind the | yeneral public in the prices of project of direct mail service to Fort Yates and this will! gocds. Heavy taxes are one important, element in the high cost of livine. | When a city government spends money extravagantly it is adding. ta the cost of living of every fam-; ‘hat lives within its limit. ‘ch taxes! They are break ino the back of many a man str cling to nrovide for his family Kens~s City Star. mean much in pushing out the trade boundaries of Bismarck. Let’s celebrate the completion of direct communication with that enterprising county seat in a way that Fort Yates will! remember. ' 4 Most of the business from that section has been moving | south along the Milwaukee. This small arrangement will ! assist Bismarck merchants materially. The next move of | coirse must be securing direct rail connections, but as} business develops that will come. Let’s show Fort Yates that we are as glad as her citizens are“that several days have been lopped off in the time ‘it | takes mail to arrive from Bismarck. Until this route was established it took from a week to ten days to get a return from Bismarck. From twelve to twenty hours should suffice under the new arrangement. Just one of the things the Association of Commerce has + \.done to help Bismarck: grow.- : Snap in behind this organization and many other things €an be done. Unity of action, elimination of factionalism, | ~~ and general team work are all that is needed. | > arck’s chief importance is as a trade center—not as a political center. The little sordid political game that gets # city nowhere has taken too much time and energy here |'0“*s good to us.— Van Hook Re-| | | “40 ACRES PLUS” | ™es in Minot in convention and among other things adonted a slo-j com of “40 acres nlus” on every | |farm. The fortv acres mean; carn | [oma foot and the word “plus” is} indieated to mean enoueh cows to ev it. Many farmers of the reser-, “tion have all of that and more. | » district in the state has devel- | Las fast ag the Berthold reser- | ion when you consider the; chort time since the opening when lin settlers broke the sod. The “40 acres plus” nrano~ that might be spent more profitably on greater things. We | Pcrter. have certain obligations to fulfill as the seat of government, | Lait. our growth has not been due to that fact at all—Bis- marfck is a natural distributing center—a gateway city and ADVENTURE OF along those lines it must grow or lose in the race. THE TWINS Pa a, ‘ x40 PERFECT CRIME | By Olive Roberts Barton Bernhard Schultz is convicted in the celebrated murder | trial in Berlin. The only clue was a single hair held tightly | in the fingers of the victim, Hans Friedman, stock broker. | + Scientists in the courtroom proved by chemistry that the hair came from Schultz’s head. He broke down and con- | The Twins sat as quietly as little} mice beside the creek where Mister! Gallop, the fairy cowboy, had put) them. Nancy under a low pine tree/ and Nick beside a big rock. ed | The fairy man was nearby but | fessed: £ . i nobody could see him. { .. There is no Perfect Crime, except in fiction and the | Everything was very still. f des. Every criminal leaves a clue, betraying himself, as By and by there was a little scratching sound, then a_ rustling and pretty soon a crackling. the tree. It was Mrs. Brown Bear and her bis. ia ph gd as the lightning cannot hide its work after strik- } Haak teen lente anybody MEXICAN LAND FOR SALE here,” the Twins heard her “This will be a fine day to fish. “Buster, you go over by that big! rock, and Bunch, you try that stil! place beside the pine tree. Now re-} member to sit very still, and don’t grab until your fish gets close to the bank. They are on the lookout for! =Mekxico offers, to all its adult citizens, land. Property owned by the government is thrown open, for this purpose, | ing reservations. In a general way, if a Mexican doesn’t | soon own a patch of land it’ll be his own fault. ?The eorenon. government is wise. Its land action is insur- ance against the most dangerous form of discontent. The | sitly grasshoppers that flop into the| miger-who owns the land on which he lives with his family is | water” | rarely a revolutionist. | Pretty soon Buster Bear came 3 | snooping over to the place where | a Nick was hiding and sat down on the | bank, his greedy little eyes star.ng | hungrily down at Tommy Trout. i Closer and closer came Tommy toj{ the shore and greedier and hungrier | | grew Buster's eyes. i He was just about to shoot down his paw, when suddenly Nick blew | his whistle. Quick as a wing a rove flew! ; through the air and caught Buster | | Bear around the neck. And quick as another wink other rope caught Bunch, who ha: just reached his paw out for Tomm Trout. Mister Gallop was a fine roper and he had both of them at jonce. * ‘ i MONEY ECONOMIC TROUBLE In Kansas they are bartering clothes for wheat. A fi w buys a popular make of clothes and pays for it with ! _ Wheat elevator receipts at $1 a bushel. d véninoe, is not needed at all, except as a bookkeeping con- | 4 ti ience. Our farmers are learning that our chief economic | § uble, as in Europe, is in our money system. If Ford runs president, his chief play for the farmer vote probably : have to do with a new system of currency. % & an- FOREIGN TRADE IN WEST . 4, Our foreign trade swings to the west. We're doing 1500 dollars worth of business a year, buying and selling the Pacific.. It’s a fifth of our total commerce with! “Oh, please let my children go!” nations. se | begged. Mrs pee “Tl never let ' Inspiring news this, for our Pacific coast states. And) ‘cm fish again.” | ‘ é just as important to the rest of us. foreign trade fu-| lop tenia i geeaeed Meet Bos tgre is out yonder where the sun sets.>.Fodder for gloom- |! won't Paied Sosy” a ac Bh eylga from the orien' $1. for pack 50) (Copyright, ion NEA Service, Inc.) a RETURN 77, 1X Thought The old-fashioned waltz is coming back to its former pop-' ¢ ity, according to dancing teachers. They say it is “vir-| ‘Let another man praise thee, and tertain to monopelize the casinos, cabarets = grand La ; a rag ates 1p, semnaer, it means much in a moral way, for the. waltz is a of by pri pS acksi wedge, J Yet’ not to be dured.. ¢ yaunt | their m WEY x TO WAL' ne |cepted the pearls from Karl, na i | | v NIGHT LETTER FROM JOSEPH GRAVES HAMILTON TO HER DAUGHTER, LES- LIE PRESCOTT 1 forgot to mention that, in Karl's last letter which came while you were very ill, he a&ked my permis- ion to give Alice what he called a modest string of pearls, I think it is preposterous, although I know that a string of pearls means noth= ing to him. What do you think zbout it? In some way Alice had found out that he wants to give them to her and she cabled me yes- Northwest North Dekota editors} terday begging me to give my con-| dent. sent. Wire answer. MOTHER. Nitht Letter From Leslie Prescott to Mrs. Joseph Graves Hamilton I think it would be perfectly all) * right. Let Alice have her pearls. She hes always seethed to feel rather envious of me ever since she gave me that lovely set of imitation ones. I think at times she wanted them back. Alice is not grown up yet, al- though she thinks she is. We all | know that Karl looks upon her as his little sister. LESLIE. Cable From Mrs. Joseph Graves Ham- ilten to Alice Hamilton Tell Karl he has my give you the pearls. Be sure it is,a small string and the pearls are small. Ot!ers would not be becom- ing to a young girl. : MOTHER. Cable From Alice Hamilton to Mrs. Jescph Graves Hamilton I was so sure you would give your consent that I had already ac- are wonderful. You are a dear and consent to They | EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO Kerl lived. ALICE. {Cable From Karl to Mrs. Joseph | Graves Hamilton Thank you, my dear Mrs. Hamil- ton, for giving me one of the great- est pleasures of my life. Alice i very happy. Consequently so am I. KARL. Note From Mrs. Harry Ellington to Mrs. Leslie Presgott Harry told me today that you were able to see visitors. I have not yet jgotteh over the shock of our acci- I think the sight of you, my | de: full health will 2 a calm- jing effect upon my nerv | Will you accept these little lace {piltowslips for John Jr.?_ My, but ou are a lucky girl! Not only do “accident splendid- ly, but you haye thrown in for good ‘measure with the gift of your re- covery a perfectly beautiful baby boy. Harry says Jack is always raving ubout him, Expect me in about four this afternoon. Jack tells Harry that he would like to get you a new car, but he is jafraid to suggest it to you for fear uu will feet you could never drive mother. I told him that was all | nonsense, so if you just intimate to | Jack that you have no fear of driy- ing again I expect you will see an- ‘other coupe at the door when you are able to go out. I hope you will take me for your first ride. 4 With love, | RUTH. It_is unlawful to shoot a gasoline | man wnless he wears a mask. --- Su@GEsrq.-.-.- prreee KOU see =iTURS -- Z own}. X VELIVER THEN — & ONLY Taer THEM! — Ques, Fur NS sweetest thing that ever) September’ is: upon us. First fall month. Melancholy days have come, the gladdest of the year. Autumn comes in lke a cup hot coffee and goes out like a saucer of ice cream. of Summer passed, leaving too many spring poets unsung and unhung. Practically every ant in the United ‘States has enjoyed’ at least one pic- nie this summer, Where is the money-you saved on coal during the “hot months? The greatest surprise of the sum- mer came to. a mosquito who lit on a man’s wooden leg. Biggest liar since June was a fish- erman with arms long enough to teil the biggest lie. Not half enough straw hats with colored bands have been sat on since | last spring. Only once case of a woodpecker lighting on a camper’s head has been reported all summer. Those planning all along to get back to work this fall will postpone it until winter. A cold snap is when the coal man snaps his fingers at you. First thing you know it will, be cool enough for sheik and sheba to sit in the same chair. Bathing beauties who have been tanning their hide will soon start hiding fheir tan, \ Magazine writers are working on their Christmas stories already. When a girl speakers of her trunks next year you will wonder if she means baggage or pathing. Flies swatted this summer placed end to end reach the conclusion it isn’t enough. eae Great thing about cool weather is all these funny named new soft drinks will be gone, Do your Christmas shopping early and avoid this warning. with the calendar. WURZBURG BEER MAY GO Wurzburg, Germany, Sept. 4.—Beer drinkers are/watching the German hop crop anxiously, If the produc- t.on this year is not great the price of beer probably will sail even high- er than has been predicted by the brewers. An increase of 350 per cent in paper mark prices is scheduled for the near future, and still more may be expected, as the efforts of \the government to peg the exchange rate of the mark do not seem to be meeting with any permanent success. Prospects are excellent now for a good hop crop in the Franconian di: trict, but rain during the harvesting n-may injure the hops this year as it did last, when the output was discolored and impaired in quality. FOOTBALL PROSPECTS GOOD Grafton, N. D., lettermen of the Grafton high sehool football squad returning to practice, prospects for a. winn! team in northeastern North Dakots and per- pera e tone fer mshrip honors, -look exceedingly bright, aecording to e This climate does not always agree | To Death While Mother Is Away Satton, N. D., Sept. 4.—Harriet and | Leona Gunderson, daughters of Mrs. Mrs, Henry Gunderson, were burned to death in a fire last week, which | destroyed the Gunderson home, The mother had left the children at home while she went on an errand, and it is believed that the stove either be- came overheated or exploded. | Parshall Farmer To Sell 5,000 Mellons Parshall, N. D., Sept. 4.—“With a bull pup that never sleeps in melon time, and a Winchester trained on | the field which never fails to go,” | Paul, Lacrosse, farmer of this vicin- | ity keeps poachers away from a field of five thousand watermeions that are spread over the ground so close- ly that they touch one another. The majority of these melons weigh over twelvepounds each, it is said, | Ex-Mayor of Napolen Dead Napoleon, N. D., Sept. 4.—George Schughard, ex-mayor of this place, and well known throughout the com- munity, died at his home here last | week, after an illness of four months, as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services for the deceased were held Sunday. Wanders Two Days With Paralysis Sheldon, Sept, 4.—B, F. Rife, who went to Grace City last week to look after farm interests, suffered a para- lytie stroke on the road, and for two | days, wandered aimlessly about the | | | | | { } i | i i i i | | his \ i bY a country trying to make himself known, so that his wife might be advised. The stroke left him speech- less. Finding a bankbook on his per- son, residents of Drake were able to find out who he was and wife, was at once notified. He is still in a precarious condition, one side being completely paralyzed. Closed Bank To Re-open Soon Langdon, N. D., Sept. 4 —The Cavu- lier County National Bank of this city was closed late Friday by a na- tional bank examiner, this action be- ing caused by ‘heavy withdrawals during the last 90 days. Plans are under way for re-organization and reopening of the bank and it is ex- pected that this will be accomplish- ed within the 60 days without loss to the depositors. The bank is capitalized at $25,000 W. F. Winters is president of the institution. Grows Cotton Near Huron, S. D. Huron, S& D., Sept. 4.—Although South Dakota’s season may be too short for the practical growing of cotton, Tom Garrett of this city, has been carrying on a sertes of experi- ments which ten te show that at times the crop will mature in this j country, A few days ago he was dis- playing the plants of cotton begin- ning to form. If frost does not oc- cur for.a time the crop, it is believed, will be fully matured, Indian School At Wahpeton. Crowded Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 4.—Because of limited dormitory capacity, more than 100 applicants for the United States Indian school here have been turned down, and the school will open this week with all classes and dormitories filled. There are about 225 students enrolled, coming from | 8 number of reservations, 217 Graduate From V. C. Normal Valley City, Sept.” 4—Closing ex- ercises for the: summer quarter at the State Teachers College were held Thursday when 217 certificates, di- plomas and degrees were given out. Joseph A. Kitchen, Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor gave a short address to the graduates and pre- sented the diplomas. FERRY BUSINESS AT WILLISTON CONSOLIDATED Williston, N; D., Sept. 4-—The ger- ry bysiness here has been consolidat- ed by the purchase of the”cable ferry formerly operated by- Napeleon Rheault by Joseph Johnson, For a time at least Mr, Johnson will oper- ate both ferries, but expecteq to dis- continue the cable ferry after the busy season end: TELEGRAPHERS TO MEET. Denver, , Colo, Sept. 4.—Two hun- dred and fifty veteran telegraphers, many of whom pounded the key when Thomas A. Edison was a dot and dasher are to meet here Sept. 6, 7, 8, at the fortieth annual convention of the Old Time Telegrapfiers and His- torical Associati FINGERS SEVERED. Steele, N. D., Sept. 4:—The two- year-old son of Freq Barber had two of his fingers severed last week, when his hand was caught in the cycle blades of his father’s binder... ee CLUB ORGANIZED, Garrison, N,,D.,. Sept,.4.—The la- dies of the Enimet community met on Thursday of last weex ang organ Sept. 4.—With nine | 2¢4 the) Liberty Home. MaKers’ club. Pea paws Ey ys : SCHOOL VOTE CARRIES. Napoleon, N. D., Sept..4—An ex- a Iny 3 of $3,096.57, was voted we Northwest News | Children Burned } South Dakota saved between $600,000 trict court erty uhder false .of feeble-minded adults in si Attendance At Normal Expected . To Be Large Mayville, N, D., Sept. 4.—Attend- ance this summer at tne State Nor- mal School at Mayville was the largest in the history of the school and a large enrollment is expected this fall. : Mr. C. C. Swain, for six years State Inspector of Schoois in Minne- sota and for some yerrs Professor of Education at tne 1owa State Teachers’ College, is the new presi- dent, Held Second Time On Similar Charge Fargo, Sept. 4—Pete Hanson, 63, was arrested August 28 whén federal prohibition agents raided his home at Cummings in Traill county, ac- cording to reports on file at the state headquarters here of the federal pro- hibition enforcement forces. Han- son has served time tn the: jail at Hilsboro on a similar charge before, it was reportcd. Sixty gallons of grain and sugar mash and a,complete still and coil were found. The mash was found iff the houss ang the still was hidden in a grove of trees a short distance away. Large Sum Saved | In §. D. on Gas Bills | Pierre, S. D., Sapt. 4.—People of | and $800,000 during the month of j August on their gasoline bils as a re- | sult cf the price war svarted by Gov- ernor W. H. McMaster, according to estimates made by State Auditor A. | E, Jones, whose duty it i8 to collect | the state road tax of 2 cents on each gallon, Usually there are about three million gallons used per month from May to September, but the consump- tion for last month this year is esti- mated at between 6,000,000 and 8,- 000,000 gallons. 5 Farmer Wins By Diversification Cando, N. D., Sept. 4.—Towner county is as good a country as any thing “over the hill,” gays Peter Priest, prosperous farmer here, who came over to this country on a “bor- rowed fare” from Scotland, Mr. Priest, who caze without a dollar, has by diversification accumu- lated considerable wealth, it is said, Last year his income from the sale of lambs, butter and eggs were total- ed over $2,465, ‘ At the present time he states that | he sells $100 worth of eggs and $200 worth of butter each month. School Vote Carries By Majority of 6 Fort Yates, Sept. 4.—Very little in- terest was shown by the patrons of the Fort Yates school district last Tuesday in the special election called | for the purpose of determining whe- | | | ther the school levy this year should be increased by $1,464, beyond the limit allowed without such election. The proposed levy carried by a vote of, 19 to 13, a majority of six voting | for the requested increase in this | year’s levy. | Dairies Drivers Sign New Contract Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 4.—Six Minneapolis milk companies and their 1,200 drivers Saturday entered into a 24 months’ agreement on { wages and hours. Drivers will work only six days a week instead of sev- en, which may lead tg wn increase in the price of milk according to Ralph W. Page, manager of the Northland company. CHURCH CONFERENCE : AT NEW ROCKFORD New Rockford, Sept, 4.—The annual state conference of the Gongregu- tionalists in North Dakgta will be held in New Rockford Sept. 25 to 27, It is expected that upwards of 100 churches will be represented, Church work will be the general theme. Officers will be elected at this meeting and the 1924 convention city will be named. ENFORCE EUGENICS LAW. Warm Springs, Mont., Sept, 4.— The state eugenics board is in session here to arrange for the sterilization in- stitutions. Dr, W. F. Cogswell, sec- retary of the State Board of Health, will have charge of enforcement of a law passed by the last legislature providing for sterilization. Several children are also to be sterilizeg at the request of their parents, ee SOCIETY EDITOR Williston, Sept. 4.—Mi ee Petterson, ar § , died Thursday morn- ing with hemorrhage of the brain. Miss Petterson came to work in the morning apparefitly well and became ill about 8:30, She was at once taken to the hospital and died at 9:30. SLOPE PHYSICIANS MEET. Hebron, N .D., Sept, 4—The doc- tors from Mandan west to Montana and all doctors on north and met at -Hebron Aug. 30, Lectures ‘on several medical subjects were \ given, ee KILLED IN AUTO W! Northwood, N. D., Sept. ae Giiman Johnson, son of Harry Johnson who farms near Hatton, N. D., and for- merly managed the fergus Mer. cantile Co., met . deat! rough | auto ident la: cae be: : ne EMBEZZLEM! CHARGE, Fargo, Sept. ‘oe > Meehan, real estate dealer of Fargo, is held:to dis- in Ni ber on $2,000 * bonds for \