The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1923, Page 4

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MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ction. initiative was to study, consider and act upon them. The initiative has been used to greater extent on the In California and Oregon so many measures have cluttered the ballot that there has been a reaction, laws have been ‘passed to restrict the use of the initiative aid serious, proposals for abolishing the plan have been Pacific Coast. made. = Just now Oregon is giving attention to the initiative. Since 1904 Oregon voters have been called upon to vote on 174 initiative measures, and have exercised the recall twice. A.table issued in Oregon shows that when the initiative first came into being from 40 to 60 per cent of the voters cast on the measures. Interest has steadily dwindled until bal os h i f direct legislati ising the privilege of direct legislation. the result is plain. Legislation i ‘of-the voters. majority of the people. , BEST BRAINS Rodger Dolan . writes: to figure these things out?” There is a definite thought. _— +n the last 100 years, man has made greater progress than in all time that went before. This is debatable, but the “yes” side will win every time. When the novelty wears off, we learn that the new mar- vels*are simple after all. So simple, we say, “It’s a wonder | no one thought of it before.” Men of history, through thousands of generations—pos- sibly millions—made very little real progress. thing seemed to come overnight, and is still coming. As if the whole past had been preparatory and our century merely is reaping the harvest. To some extent, that’s true. The real answer, though, is this:, It is only within the last icentury that the best brains have devoted themselves INTEREST IN INITIATIVE WANES Peta North Dakota has had some experiences with the initia- and referendum which have evoked expressions of dis Thus far in the state, however, most of the | campus full of nurses. and referred measures have been of political nature and as such have caused a remarkaby heavy vote. The vote | Was been less on measures not so involved, and there is no doubt but that thousands of voters have either cast their ballot on such a measure without full knowledge of tent or have refrained from voting because they felt they “had mot time to study the proposals laid before them, and | which ordinarily would be left to legislators whose duty it | e last few years only 15 to 30 per cent have been exer- | enacted by a minority | A few thousand citizens banded together in_a well-knit organization, are enabled to put laws on the statute books, which may serve their special interests.and which might be displeasing to the large body of voters. _ the initiative, in Oregon, is establishing a rule by minorities its effect is just the opposite from what the originators of tkéimetnod of legislation intended. . The initiative was in- vented to prevent powerful minorities from frustrating the These contraptions such radio and the airplane and the auto are wonderful, of course. ) woman And they’ve all come in our generation, so we must be a racé of super-men. But isn’t’ it,more remarkable—at least, diffiewlt to understand—how it took the human race so long ADVANCE ; .». $7.20 | the city to get him a wife. If they £7.20 | did it would serve hini right, | hada | : a Portland (Ore.) man asks divorce Then every- | Who knows what they will find in Tut's tomb? We don’t. May even | find that no banana song. One thing that probably will be | found in Tut’s tomb is a’set of pre- No doubt Tut's tomb contains writings proving the younger gen- | eration was going to the dogs. Man in Fort Smith, Ark., wants -UN | because she was a bootlegger instead of because she wasn't. | Hollywood beauty parlor remodels | faces. If it isn’t kept busy it cer- | tainly should be. Syracuse boy of 11 goes to college. | Some day you may see a college | Bet when Carter enters Tut’s tomb Tut thinks it was a plumber he { phoned for 4500 years ago, 3 por-| When they get Tut's tomb open | | they may find the world series played | in New York in those days. | But Tut's tomb shows some ancient | stenographer couldn't spell, Washington ragpicker*: got $3,230 back ‘pension. We refuse to say things are picking up for him, They think outdoor life is making | girls taller. We think it is standing | up in street cars. Firpo, the prize boxer, will make a movie. He will not play the part of ; a threshing machine. More cow news. Los Angeles peo- | ple drink a pint of milk a day, wnen it isn’t half’ wate! —— 4 In Paris an acrtess has been de- nied divorce. No cause for such cruelty is given. (as | They wifldméke flivvers in Poland. Poles will make them. Well, poles | frequently lireak them, If In London the bally-monocle gains popularity, but don’t wear one un- less you can fight. They are planning to make all chickens lay twice daily. hogs only had eight legs. A bargain counter is where a! ruins her clothes trying to ome more clothes cheap. as California man says ‘he caught a! fish weighing 324 pounds. Wire doesn’t say what the fish weighed. Marquette (Mich.) burglar thanked } a bank he. robbed, which is more {So they climbed in that’ and were} Now it ly | 1 SURE Am GLAD To SEE YOu, THIS BIRD HAD Me BORED “MOST To DEAT shore, ! And they looked for a boat till their eyes got sore, f But nothing came ‘but a blue bal-! loon, i + home by noon. Mrs. Guinea Hen sighed as she hung TO JACOB BLOOM. MY DEAR JAKE: where the king lives ‘at!” what a ten strike that little “Oh, dear!” laughed Nancy. “That's a funny piece!” ‘ “I always was a poet,” said"Mis- ter Dodger with pride. “I thifk I should have ‘been a writer iystéi a fairy!” was her immediately. (To Be Continued) Your have to work fast with Herein is: love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, gnd)-sent his Sor to be the propitiptionsfor our sins.—I John 4:10. © x she is very far from being a bell oli she shas a very great sense of tude toward your truly, and It is possible that a man can be 4eurs a: week, Dishonest Procedure. | with-her because I' say this. than cashiers do. | Two Milwaukee sisters, both feach- ers, married the same day, which was a streak of luck. Z es ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS ! By Olive Roberts Barton | | corn-shock house: Squealy-Moo Land: in to.industry, mechanics and higher sciences applied to prac- - tical things. The best brains used to “go in for” the arts and profes- sions . In our generation, they apply themselves to economics | ~—inyenting and putting the great inventions to use. The modern Jules Jules Verne DREAMED about it. Verné DOES it. ‘ With this as a background, it’s logical that most of our} big-present economic problems are in the nature of details | And or Joose ends which will be caught up later, when we LEARN -T0. APPLY THE GREAT INVENTIONS CORRECTLY. : THE OTHERS $to fathom him or her. tafter the mask is removed. #masks aside and literally bare us down to b Sby a group of people. plated. : es : 2 bai The 0 rho’ w: Ban eh mi the Occasionally you meet a strange personality — and try | When you succeed, you discover that ,the strange personality is pretty much like the rest of us Differences in people are largely on the surface. | ‘4n nine-tenths of our ways, we're all alike. Though often it takes individual trouble or a common calamity to tear the edrock. ; A decided contrast in human personalities is presented No two look alike. ier the same, just as gold is gold even when tarnished a Men occasionally forget that other. people are also human, ¢with the same basic emotions as themgelves. Hat PROFITS OF BUILDING ) ‘Big office buildings, five to 30 stories high, earn an aver- ‘jage of only 4 to 7 per cent on the money invested. in jthe ilding, according to an architectural magazine. . For the smaller skyscrapers, the land or site is usually more than the building. When it comes to 30-ato land is generally worth a quarter as much as e of:land, of course, usually is‘created by not by the land owner. lic ig taxed by individuals Yet basically \ , This misun- Peetanding of our neighbors—of strangers in the crowd— causes much of the troubles of life. Especially wars. Said the guinea-pig to the guineahen, “I haven’t been away in I don’t know when.” I Said the guinea-hen to the guinea- pig, “Why, that’s just because you are not very big. So you get your coat and I'll get my hat, we'll both go and see where the king lives at.” So off they went inp ten-cent bus, , With plenty of feathers but without any fuss, A big guinea-piece made out of gold Was the only money they had, I'm told; ae ‘ They rode and they rode but were two days late, ~ And they missed the express so went by ieeight, ! They shipped on a boat o'er briny deep, Guinea-pig got sick and he y cried, “Peep, peep!” But Missez Hen found a great big’ book, f And she said as she read with a deep look. + ! ¢ called Guinea, right the 2 Piggy-Wig, that’s the place for you. and me.” + , , So she put on hex hat, got: his: coat, F And they jumped o’er the side of the great big ‘boat. And as luck would’, have it] they caught a whale, TB TY | And they hoisted a muslin sheet for and the pig asall, And they landed in Guinea in time for tea, But alas, there was but seat ‘ nothing to drink . ‘ Arka it’s an “Oh, me, oh, my!” called the pig to \ {4rd déarly. love “While I,” said yellow carrot.” ben in athui The captain of a ship put Into a (my boy, but you know how little harbor in Scotland to recruit | good a contract is to anyone two seamen. One man presented |,someone really wants to break himself with a sheaf of excellent | don’t ; think, however, that testimonials, and another offered his services without possessing 2 single credential; As they were the only two applicants, however, the skipper had no choice but to engage both. Before the voyage had gone far the two new “hands” were instructed to swab the deck. and one of them was washed over- board together with his pall. The other rashed to the captain’s cabin. “D'ye remendber ‘that fellow wi’ the great bunch o’ ‘characters’ you | signed on?” he exclaimed, “I do,” replied the officer “Well,” said the other, “he's awn’ wl’ your bucket.”"—London Tit-Bits. only time she seems happy is the is on one of the sets through her part. So far she verv grateful to me. She certainly is a bear for Of course everybody thinks them. cluding -nyself. It’s only once in a while tha | bungalow, where she lives all on A WELL, EveRett, How's THE CLD Bor > Since & aan Seedy rye pesw Aig best FISHING TRIP. Lert HEee Got Bae ON THE FIFTICENTH LAST RON ano Biciten: AND SAN, MAN MAS SouNnDs REASONABLS Perier will break any contract. Cire rouve Of course you know by this time git I tole away from. you has made. I rorry I coutdn’t get on to New York for her opening there but we are patting in a new production for these (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, youtlg’ women if you want to get the money out of them. The public soon —$_—_—____—____““. | retstired of even the best of them andsthey have only a few years to | __ A Thought malaga, Ipthink perhaps that with Paula things will be a little bit different as dumb- e the most of them are and grati- I am sure that she: won’t get off my lot so changed by loye ‘that‘one could) the,moment same other moving pic- not recognize him to be the fame jture pirate .offers her ten dollars person.—Terence. | + Don’t think I haven’t a contract T have, much when it. little The when going seems work. she is “Abey Einstein’s sweety,” but they are all mistaken, Jake, every one of She treats me as though I was her daddy and between you and L_she has got them all guessing, in- it any- ihody ‘ean get her away from’ her alone ~~ 1! sho Tangle LETTER FROM ABRAM EINSTEIN with an, old woman she took out of the old ladies: home soon after she got here: wasn’t it? to her ang although Smart trick of hers that, Mrs, Hawkins is devoted Sie only. speaks English with’a most rasping Yankee accent, and little Perier ig French as French can be, you know, Paula calls her “aunt” and I’! be damned if she don’t put is over. Because she keeps 60 much to her- self the moving picture colony seems to think she is Ritzy but I’ve never seen anything high hatted about her, although she won't let even me be nice to her unless TY spend the money on half a dozen other girls to make up a party-with Mrs. Hawkins for ehaperon, Oh yeg, Jake. She’s got me going but she’s got everybody else alsq in the procession. production manager tle. other day. I even saw that new of mine, who seems to have an adding machine in- side his head, wstching her closely If you haven’t seen her in “Trumping His Heart,” be sure and go the moment you get this letter. something. (Copyright, 192 TN tell the world, you'll see ABEY. NEA Service, Inc.) Elect Officers of ‘ New Association R. G. Meyers of the Union Farm- ers bank of New Salem has been named president of the Morton coun- ty bankers association a new organ- ization formed at “New Salem follow- ing a banquet served to representa- tives of 13 or'the 16 banks of the sounty at the Tuesday night. Metropolitian hotel ¢ Other officers, elected were: Paul Mann, Merchants. Sta ron, vice-president,’ bank of Heb- Kirk Krauth, Hebron, secretary snd treasurer, and the above three with B.A. Ripley of and L, A. Tavis of the Banks of the First National, Mandan, members of the advisory board. ing industry. a visit at’ th a guest here. \ ing three miles no the bulk’ of his:farr equipment a home in this ‘eft; Rey. Dan Hi Ins, Leche’ ie wlan bs this week in. and dumb, / ‘\'the Farmers State Bank of Mandan Associated The association has been formed for the purpose of: coopérating with the farmers in developing Mr. and Mrs. H.-F, Wilde of Port- land, Ore. arrived last evening for home of their niece, Mrs. Oscay Zeamer, Mrs. S. G. Wilde, grandmother of Mrs. Zeamer is now L.L} Holmes who-has been farm- n est for the past seven gid disposed of of Schmidt chinery and, jon sale Sel pn auction sal day. and’ has returned to AC, 8. R, of St. ‘ North; Dakota six of aeks; with, the dairy- | seen tet tae ati A ‘A cancer was responsible for! ‘her’ death, She is well known in Mandan and this section of Morton county with a wide circle of friends. A ‘son .was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs, George Beaumont of James- town. Mrs. Beaumont is,a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris SaRariassen of Mandan. > ’ Mr. and Mes. Mike Haider who} have been guests: .at the home of their daughter, Mrs, J. B. Fredericks for the past two months left today for their home in Los Angeles, Calif. Enroute the plan to spend about a| week with another daughter, Mrs. Carl Johnson of St, Paul. Mrs, Elma, Rafisvog’who has been a guest for the past week at the jome of Mr, ani ¥ has left for “her Wash. * The Chinese -* Pamily: By MORRIS SCHULTZ The prettiest, byes 4 Ittle bride that ever stepped out of Chinatown, the misstonary lady called’ her. , Honeyblossom. had. been the pride of the misaton school, and her mar | tlage with Cheng Yung, which was celebrated according tothe mission rites, was @ love match, At least, #o far as the Chinese were capable of love, It was admit- ted, When Cheng Yung bore Honey- | blossom away to his laundry, at the other end of the city, every ong was grieved. “T hope he doesn’t illtreat her,” said old. Miss Wimpole, “I ‘hope they don’t backsitde,” sighed the missionary lad: “I've heard those Chi their wives shaiuefully,' Clatterbuck, the rector. In the end the thtea pald « sur- prise visit to the Yungs, They oc- cupiéd a little house’ on the out- skirts of town.’ They: were quite fifty feet away when Miss Wtupule stopped and Sigur aoa “Incense!” she muttered. They looked ‘at each other in alarm, They quickened thelr foot. | steps, They reached the door, smell of incense was. upmist: Honeyblossom admitted th: was wrapped In a Chinese kimono, her beautiful black hair was dene up with jade pins and, bowing al- The most to the ground, ghe opened the | door of the living room, Lacquers and bronzes, tiny tables a foot or so from the fluor, sprays of catkin ahd willow—everything was Chinese. And fh one corner— ’s an oplum pipe!” cried Mr. Clatterbuck, The trio fell upon poor Mrs. Yung. “This ts an outrage!” exclaimed THURSDAY; OCTOBER’ -18,. 1923, HURLED -IN’ AIR BY TIGER ‘Hunter in India Shot Animal Through the Heart While Being Carried, Into Jungle. The most terrible experience I ever came across in India, reports W. 4. Fraser, was that of a sahib whose name I have forgotten, though I remember the name of his. | associate, Mr. Fowndes. This sahib was lying flat on a | gravelly bar beside a salt lick, walt- ing for sambar (deer), when sud- denly some terrific force hit him | between the shoulders, driving his | face into the gravel. It was In the cold weather, so he was wearing an ulster, and now he was lifted by the something that ripped the coat across his shoul- ders and dragged along the bat. | He could hear a’ purring, like {the whirr of an electric fan. A | ghastly smell of carrion was in his nostrils and on either side of his head showed the yellow fore- | arm of a tiger. Ed He realized that‘as soon as they | reached the jungle, 50 yards away, ; the tiger would make a meal of ; him. And he was helpless! | Suddenly it flashed through his | mind that he had a heavy revolver { In his,coat pocket. His hands were | quite free, so he managed to get the pistol, cocked it, and fired up- ward, trying for the tiger’s heart. At the pistol’s report he was lift- ed bodily, whirled around and thrown several feet. They had reachéd the jungle, and six feet away the tiger was roaring, claw- | ing up the earth. and rolling over. The sahib crawled through the j bushes and came out to the river, where he was seen by Fowndes. He was a wreck, naturally. | _ Next day they found the tiger dead, the big bullet having gone through his heart.—Saturday Eve- ning Post. ESKIMOS CARE FOR THE OLD | Elders’ Counsel Aiways Considered —Mutual Kindness the Rule In Arctics. Old people are held tn great re- spect among the Eskimos and thelr counsel is always considered. ‘They, help as far as they are able in the household work, the old men re- pairing weapons, harness, etc., and the old women in sewing and tend- ing the lamps. In times of scarcity, as in winter, meat and oll is alwaygy | shared around. 4 Directly a seal or deer is brought In it 1s cut up and sent to each needy family. In times of plenty each family 1s supposed to provide for itself, but old people, widows and orphans have always the first claim upon those. who have the means. ‘ the missjonary lady. a perfectly decent, respectuble American ‘woman and you've turned into a heathen.” elec “and you'd better hurry up and turn back,” sald Miss Wimpole, “or we'll have your husband's right to live in America’ inquired into.” Boner ploeom turned pale. Ev- ery one kneW that’ not one China- man in ten resided in this country by right of law, Honeyblossom promised amend- ment, in her pretty, sping English, But the next week the three paid her a surprise visit and found things the same. . r “Those Chinete are incorrigible,” sald Miss Wimpole. -“It’s a-diagrace to a civilized land, not having proper furniture and burning that horrid smelly stuff.. I think Yung’s | credentials ought to be looked into.” That was agreed upon. If Yung could be sent out of.the country @ divorce might be obtained and then Honeyblossom could be’ marrled again to a civilized Chinaman. But when the three pald their next visit the cottage was closed. “No, I don't know where them Cia 1s gone to,” sald a neigh: or, g In spite of the utnrost Investiga- tion nothing could be learned of the Yungs. In thelr heathen fashion, they had simply disappeared—van- ished from the ken of all who tiad known them. 4 It was about two years luter that & letter came to|Miss Wimpol “Dear Miss Wimpole: “Yung and I are civilized people now. Please come’and see us and say you are satisfied. ‘Yours. respectfully, “HONEYBLORSOM YUNG.” She summoned the: missionary lady and Mr, Clatterbruck and they made thelt way to the address in- dicated, : It was a tenement house in an un- savory district. A push at the but- ton, which elicited an opening duor, showed that the Yungs were at home, And there stood Honeybles- som, in a cheap, ill-fitting suit, wel- ‘coming them at the door, . “Oh, yes, we're quite civilized now, Miss Wimpole,” sald Honey- blossom, showing them into Me liv: |. ing Toom. “ is furnished tn golden oak. Upon a chairisut Yung, Lg his aborts sleeves, amoking 4 pipe, Two ul- mond-eyed Celestial infants crawled dl (pot. of stew wus is left or’ Towa) “We left you | ‘| forms the best: ‘Among these people mutual kind- ness {8 a general obligation. A widow or orphan child Is never left alone, but taken into the house and family circle of the ‘nearest rela- tive. The widow gives her serv- Ices in return for food und lodg- ing and clothing and the child Is cared for exactly.as the man’s owa } offapring.—Detroit News. Bonaparte Still Fascinates, An electrical engineer of Char lottesyille, Va., who revently died, | left to Princeton university a col- lection of 3,000 volumes having to | do with the French Revolution and | Napoleon. There is an era in near- . ly every man’s Hfe when he reads this chapter in world history in- tensively. The fascination of Bona- «parte is persistent. The Yale senior | class recently rated him at or near the head of their favorite charac- ters. It Is presumably the dramatic quality In the man; just as peoples troop to the playhouse, so they di- vert themselves in reading of a great actor. The emotion cannot be called admiration—men su- premely admire Washington and Lincoln, but none ever cajled them “actors.” < v ‘ Tried to Convert Egypt. The story of Akhnaton, who was the sovereign of a mighty realm, is told in H, G. Wells’ “Qutline of History.”. From Ethiopia to the Mediterragean, from the Nile to the Euphrates, -Akhnaton was wor- shiped as a god’ But he was hu- man. He loved his beautiful wife pas- sionately. He had himself sculp- tured with her seated gpon. his ‘ knee—kissing her in: hfs chariot. | He tried to turn Egypt from the service of many god to the wor ship of one. For 18 years he made. headway against all the priesthood of his empire, but the hold of the old re- lgion was too strong for him, and at his death his son-in-law, Tut- Ankh-Amen, fell; again beneath their sway.—Detrolt News, Another Fallacy. It has been’ said that- lightning never strikes ‘twice in the same { 4 the remark ia about the. most: foolish and unscientific that | could be made, for the clectric dis\ > charge between the earth and th clouds must find a conductor, and where a good conductor {s pres- ent, there, of couse, the discharge is most frequent. Iron or ironstone conductor, and t! writer. has known lightning strike four times during cne storm fm a field where the subsoil was fronstone, while not\1 tree was touched on the next property, which happened to be stiff clay. Gallant. : “A really polite Frenchman’ can be complimentary in the face of un- kind remarks. gach ® man, rie had been be: stowing upon a lady many compll- mens, asked her Why she ‘kegtn and a 1¥. savage Uo) which had just entered the. ore “I bought him’ only yest ‘sk | ghe answered filppantly, ‘and I am going to keep him in m: : @.| to, eat up. all my admirers.” “Ah, the poor beast!*. exctalmed chman, “to die of indiges-