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

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Publishers CHICAGO - - - DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH “NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or Yrepublication 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............ we «$7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck)... . +. 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) .... 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota...,.......... 6.09 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) YOUR TIME Young men who are wasting their time should read and ponder the following, written some 200 years ago by the philosopher, Voltaire: “Time is of all things in the world the longest and the shortest, the quickest and the slowest, the most minute and the greatest, the most neglected and the most regarded — without which, nothing can be done, which devours all that is little and gives permanent life to all that is great. “Nothing is longer than time, because it is the measure of eternity. Nothing is shorter, because it is insufficient for all our plans. Nothing is slower for him who waits, nothing more rapid for him who enjoys, “Time stretches out to the infinite in greatness. finitely divisible in littleness. All men neglect time. All regret its loss. Nothing can be done without time. It wipes out all that is unworthy of posterity, and immortalizes great things.” It is in- The procrastinator, who habitually puts off until tomor- row the things that should be done today, will read Voltaire’s bit of philosophy concerning time and reflect: “A fine senti- ment, swell piece of writing.” That man is doomed to go through life BOSSED. The man who later will be the procrastinator’s BOSS will ponder Voltaire’s philosophy, recognize it as a red-light warn- ing, and redouble his efforts to make hay while the sun shines. The 15 most important years in a man’s life are between 20 and 35. It is in these years that man arrives at the fork of the roads and goes ahead either to failure or success. Many there are, who seem not to get started toward suc- cess until after 35. But the foundation of their success was laid back in the years of early manhood. So guard your time, get the most out of it. Once spent, it is gone forever. MOVING BY AIR One of these days, when people move from town to town, their furniture will be transported in airplanes. So predicts C. W. Warner of Boston, who’s said to be the pioneer in cross-country motor truck transporation of household effects. “I am speaking carefully when I say the airplane will some day take over the distant transportation of house fur- nishings,” Warner declares. “There is a limit to the capacity and speed of the motor truck. As people move faster, their belongings must move faster in their wake. In years to come, a man will give his new address to the movers. With- in 24 hours he should be able to walk in the new front door with his wife and children, and find everything as he left them yesterday 3000 miles away.” “ "Doubt it? Well, it doesn’t seem as improbable as our present speed of moving from city to city, by trains and motor trucks, would have seemed to the former generations that moved slowly across the continent in Covered Wagons drawn by oxen or horses. It’s unquestionably within human power to keep on developing the airplane until furniture could be moved through the air for hundreds or thousands of miles without great expense. Looks, too, as if it will come to pass. But will it be worth while? Are we really any better off, by reason of all this speed and so-called efficiency? Wasn’t life more worth living back in the Covered Wagons days? Weren’t people happier? And didn’t they have more time and opportunity for the improvement of self—which, after all, apparently is the chief purpose for which we're put on earth? Don’t forget, the airplane hearse is coming! hearses will prove too slow. Auto- THANKLESS OCCUPATION We're entering what hunters would call open season for national politicians. Governmental leaders and the rivals who want their jobs are due for much planning. Such is | democracy’s system of finding out what the average poli- ~ tician looks like behind his mask. A spectator, watching the game from the sidelines, can’: help reflecting that politics is the most thankless of all human occupations despite its extreme importance. Also, that de- mocracy’s chief weaknesses are due to considering politics as a sport rather than as a serious business. Our leaders usually ride to power on a tide of emotions instead of calm : reasoning. ; AT SAME JOB 26 YEARS Carrie L. Hurley has been sewing seams in government mail sacks for 26 years in Washington, D. C. She sews a seam four feet long, then does the same task again, so on, seven hours a day, six days a week, year after year. Some one figures she has sitched four million mail bag seams. ‘Similar monotony will be the fate of nearly all Amer- =ieans if our industrial civilization continues to its logical conclusion, We are well on the road to the day when each pefgon's work will be an endless repetition of a single move- ou Big windstorm did a lot of damage in Houma, La, Oh, that reminds us, Congress is in session. over a dark horse appearing and giv- ing them the horse -laugh, Better «a dark horse before a nomination than ua white elephant later. There's Ford, but he isn't a dark horse. Hetirys e horses. Here's exciting radio news. Dish- pans are being used for antennae, Now more girls will see them. dishpans were being broadcast. A captured Tenn., his way to buy a ton of coal. man in McKenzie, Imagine the surprise in Cincinnati When an explosion turned out to be a bomb instead of a still. A million dollars may be spent fighting New Jersey Mosquitoes, which is less than a penny each. New York man ate 53 hot dogs. This is dangerous. He will be bark- ing and chasing cats next. Terrible news from London. Doe- tor has a serum to make men tire- less, These serums make us tired. What if your boss hears about the new serum to make men tireless? “Experts “Yes, We Have No Bananas” i, le of old tunes, Well, now that are oid twice. The most: fascinating thing about Popular som is, trying to guess where thé ‘musi¢’was stolen, A bottle cork plant burned in Bayonne, N. J., possibly while rush- ing out the Christmas demand. Waynesville (Pa.) boy stole train to go to #ootball game. was downed on the ten-mile line. The college girls are forming red- head clubs, but you never will hear of a shiny-nose club. a He News from Pari phone service central. They stop the if you get mad at One way to abolish phones, Texas Man says he killed a deer with his knife, and we say prohibi- tion isn’t enforced in Texas. They are! taking the things out of Tut’s tomb. Maybe the women can dig up their Egyptian styles. By the time-a fat Woman gets all dressed it is too late to go. There would bétoré ambition if it didn’t“use up so much energy. Maybe Henry Ford is running for president under another name. Civilization seems to lead from the jungle life to the jingle life, Winter to a turkey holiday after another. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS as By ‘Olive Roberts Barton “Make way for the Riddle Lady!” called Humpty Dumpty. She's com- ing to ask another riddle.” Nancy and Nick ran to open the door of her coach, and oyt she stepped while ‘all the Riddje Land people crowded round to hear. This was the riddle she’ asked: “Who sits in a room And never moves, But hisses, roars and sputters, He has four legs, Yet not an arm, And a dozen doors and shutters. “He's black as a coal And yet at times, He turns a fiery red. He cats great chunks Of coal or wood, He's certainly well fed. “He's very smart For he can cook A meal to suit the king. Can roast a duck, Or bake a cake, And never spoil a thi: “He smokes a pipe That's thick and long, And stretches to the wall, — But drops his ashes In a pan, And makes no dirt at all. “If he’s not fed He catches cold And has an awful chill, Then matches are His medicine, And save a doctor bill. “His habits are As steat 8 A sailor’s beacon light; Yet if you are Not watching him \ He'll go right out at night. ‘He’s loads of friends, There’s not a housl From nobleman to peasant, Where he’s not welcome, Yor, my dears, He's useful, strong and. pleasant.” “I'll bet you I know what it is, is just one ing. ment—liké the auto assembler who tightens a certain bolt on machine after machine. \ BUYS WAY TO HAPPINESS “When an American ‘woman feels badly she goes out an " id. ds, until she feels good again. In fact, the A cng a 2 thing ‘the - mer sigalg ean. buy is the Such is the ib of comment of W..L. George, British y as soe uring America. Not that we have any. SNiasaaiie dees ae Set et eee >, whispered Old King Cole to Nic! seid his pipe stetched to the wall. There is only one person who has pipe that’s longer than mine and that is—” “I know what it is,” shouted the you ssid at-Tt could make e.cake. It’s a—” eo 4 “It's itove!” sdid. Nancy, who had gotten tired of so much. talk- ing. ens “Right!” eried the Riddle Lady. “And the prize today.is a party. Sit down. everyb: jtove: has everything eee Fasrept the ice eream.” : \(To Be Continued.) ( Presidential aspirants are worrying | Sometimes our radio sounds as if | had $9,100, but was not etl Woes BEAT ALL How RED RATHER CAT TAAT JUNK THAN Tals Goob HEALTH GINNING «FOOD A Thought i Heaven is my throne, and earth my footstool; what house will ye build me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my rest.—Acts ‘7:49. To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.—Ovid. Ma Must Not Know. Daughter—it says here in‘the pa- per they have a dinosaur on display at the Bon Marche, Mr. Neurich—For Heaven's sake, don’t tell your ma—she’ll want to buy it and wear it to the dinner ta- ble.—Florida Times-Union. ° A Costly Coincidence, “Yes,” said the dark man, “my name is Isaac Abraham Jacob Cohen, but I don’t like it. It cost me 20 pounds the other day.” “How on earth was that?” asked his friend. “Vy, it vas this vay. I vas in court, and the judge said to me, ‘Vat is you name?” and I said, ‘Isaac av raham Jacob Cohen, and he said, ‘Are you a Jew? and I/said, ‘Don't be a fool!’ and he fined me 20 pounds.”—London Daily News. Two In One. Higgs—There are two sides every question. Biggs—And when you listen in on the radio you hear them both at once.—Selected. to Yes, It Was Hard, Explorer (to visitors)—Our situa- tion was so remote for a whole year my wife never saw a white face but my own. Sympathetic Young Woman—Oh, the poor thing!—Answers (London). Baker Man; \“I knew it the minute |. Oh, Shades of the Past! Sunday “iérning has developed a race of itinerant Americans, with the accent on tie tin.—Judge. IM Positive THAT | {'M aT TO “ou, ———@ I you put ply pea are gon feel gent coll I dle dubi soul cire F ing in silly man’s notion. Tl of you. me. abo all. VM JUST AS POSITIVE, DEAR WOMAN, THAT You'Re WRONG! THE DICTIONARY AND PRove tr Too #! mon sense where thei prove perfectly with the matter, but he also thought it was no credit to me to be efficient LETTER FROM ALICE HAMILTON TO HER SISTER, MRS. LES- LIE PRESCOTT must say, my dear sister, that have succeeded in making a mess of things generally. After that terrible cable, which pretty nearly me to bed and which I had to show to Karl, he was nearly beside himself. Nothing would satisfy him except to cable you and also his law- yers, f What I wanted him to do was sim- to cable you to. send: me the ris and let it go at that, but he seems to have some sort of a senti-~ mental idea about it. realize/ what sentimental boobs men Did you ever ?. They have no practical com- emotions are He said!he would ;not right if you did not have the ns after all the years he had been lecting them for you, told Karl that if he left you cerned, alone you would get out of the mud- some way, and when ‘he’ looked ious I asked him if he did not think you were a woman of any re- ree at all, He answered, “Not in umstances of this kind.” ‘or a moment I had a nasty. feel- that he not only thought I would adequate to’ cope that direction, That is another ‘he pearls are real, my dear, but course this is not news to you. Karl has been collecting them for ever since he can remember. Do want me to believe you never that you didn’t ut it, but T didn’t believe him at He could not have kept such @ tae Goer S VSUAL, THIS LITTLE HOUSEHOLD NARY DOSSN’T Sive THE Doesn't Give it $ “I knew the answer the minute she | w WORD AT ALC LMC RITTOCCUCTTT of that? .Of course Karl told) know a word) Pt: BY JPB , No, 2—Choosing East Wind and * Building the Wall. Chinese formality Marks the open- ing tho the game. The 144 tiles are turned’ face down upon the tabie. . Then coniés the determination of East Wind, the key or chief position. This is, done by: one throw of the dice all around, he who throws high- est becoming the East, Then ‘the tiles are shuffled thor- oughly. The other three automati- cally established by the determina- tion of the East Wind, South always being next on the right of East, West on South’s right and North on West’s right. _ Notice that relative positions of the compass points ate opposite to American compass points, This is because the Chinaman looks up and through everything, including the world. East Wind Is Chief.! East Wind, as I héve sald, is the chief of the game, somewhat akin to the “banker” in occidental games. When he wins, he wins double; when he loses, lie loses double. How- ever, every player, unless he ties another player, pays or collects ————_______.. ment to the certificate holder, a tax deed on the property is issued to the purchaser of the ~ tax certificate, which under the law becomes a valid claim against the land. \ E. R. Griffin was named to succeed) Walter G. Black as construction com- missioner of the city board of park commissioners at their mecting Tues- day evening, The report of the win- ter sports committee for slides. in the east end of the city were accept- ed by the commissioners, Wm. Schwartz who has been oper- ating a barber shop in Zap for sev- eral years past has sold his interests to Jesse Maddock of Golden Valley and will return to Mandan next week. thing from me, I can tell you. would have wormed it out of him. And then when you = finally got them into your hands, it seems to }me, you were stupider than I thought. A blind woman would have | known the moment she felt those glorious globules that they were {priceless pearls. You cannot find |fault with me for thinking you sure- ly were not as stupid as all that. What I thought, Leslie, was that all that silly stuff as to how I came by the beads was a little fiction be- tween you and me. I concluded that being a woman you knew about pearls, and. whether‘you married Karl or not you would want them. So I made it easy for Karl to give them to you, and for you to accept them, It seems I am getting little \thanks for this from either of you. Of course I knqw men are the stu- pidest animals on earth, But su: ly you cun forgive me for thinking that my own sex has a little grain of sense, particularly when it is rep- resented by my sister, I told Karl I was going to tell you to send them back and he said if I did he would never speak to me again. Consequently you must re- member that I didn’t do it. I don’t see anything else for you to do now under the circumstances except to go and see his lawyers and take their advice on the subject. Of course you can’t tell John. He never would understand. i Your sister, I H, J. Tavis has left for Forsyth, Mont., where he will join Mrs. Tavis and Mrs, M. Kranz who has been spending a few days’ their on their way to Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Armstrong of Dunn Center left last evening for Turlock, Calif, where they have purchased a small.farm with the ex- pectations of making. it their future home, Mrs. Russell Hughes was elected president at the annual meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen at the regular meeting Tuesday. Other of- ficers elected were: Mrs. G. D. Saunders, past presi- dent; Mrs, Jesse Cary, vice presi- dent; Mrs. W. H. Murry, secretary; Mrs. Q. H. Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. John Andrews, conductress; Mrs. B. L, Heath, Warden; Mrs. Max Hunke, chaplain; Mrs. E. G. Kraemer, inner guard; Mrs. B. L. Johnson, outer guard; Mrs. F, E. Koetke, pianist; Mrs. H. A. Tottenham, alternate. ; eee ALICE. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) |_ MANDAN NEWS MORTON TAX | SALES BRING - BIG RETURN About $35,000 ' Delinquent Taxes Were Paid By | Certificate. Purchasers CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS ~- Mrs. Ellen Tharp: was elected grand regent of the Mandan lodge of the Catholic Daughters of America, Other officers. elected were Mrs, Mar- garet McGillic, vice - regent; Mrs. Margaret McDonald, financial’ sccre- tary; Mrs. Clara Hess, treasurer; Mrs. Mary §chaffer, historian; Mrs. Lulu Mackin, prophetess; Mrs. May- me Taylor, monitor; Mrs. H. C. Schulte, \picket; Mrs. Mary Murphy, m' in, Mrs. Kate Ford and Mrs. Charles Wyman, trustees. The Maran Commercial club has forwarded to members of the North Dakota delegation in congréss a re- quest that they ‘give every possible support to and endorsement of the Mellon tax reduction plan. Mr. and Mrs, Victor Mattson who have been making their ‘home in thie city for the past six. to Jamestown, ‘their’ former home yesterday, Mr. Mattson, a son of Mrs. H.W. Tackaberry, took Mr. Tackaberry’s Position with the Northern Pacific during the latter's absence in. the w WOMEN CHOSEN Stanley,,N.-D., Dees,:18—Women of Mouutrail county, for the first time since women’s suffrage was en- acted;, have ‘their names on the list from which selections will be made for a jury to serve at the next term of:Mountrail county. district court. Morton county on Tuesday had the biggest tax Sale since 1918, accord- ing to County Treasurer W. P. Elli-, son and County Auditor Lee Nichols, whose records show taxes paid, on delinquent property totalling over $35,000, Last year but $2,000 of the delin- quent taxes werd bid in and tbis fig- ure represents the average for the}> last five years..There was no com- petition in bidding for any of the tax certificates all going for 12 percent: The, bulk of. the sales were made to Attorney W, H. Stutsman, Mandan, in behalf of various clients; A. H. Kasen and A. E. Muggli of Hebron and Glen Ullin; Mrs. J. A. Biggs, Mandan, and five or six farmers who paid taxes on parcels of land in the|M: vicinity of their own places. purchases were made as inv mately 200 fiames ‘and only 36 will generally, it was indicated, where| be drawn for'the next term of court, last year taxes were. paid largely by| hence none of the; women may be holders of mortgages against linquent lands. mA ,In bidding in lands at tax the purchaser bids 12 percent‘as the Jetarent which he vil accept for use of his money: in ‘paying a tax certificate Is M The list*contains approxi- will retain on’ the list and may be drawn at # future date. 4 jonths returned | . ones ABCOCK from all other players. This will be explained more fully under ‘Scor- ing” in a later article. After the start of the evening's play, it is not again necessary to throw the dice to determine East Wind. He who is East stays East so long as he wins. When any other player wins, no matter who, {he East position automatically _pto- gresses to the player next on East's right (the one who has been South on the hand just played). Thig player in turn stays East un- til he loses, when the East positi again progtesses to his right, etc. Building the Wall. ~The next step is the building of the Chinesé wall. After the tiles have been thoroughly shuffled ull players draw simultaneously 17 tiles and lay them side by side in an un- broken linc, Then 17 more ure drawn an laid up the first 17. After this, the four rows of 17 tiles, two-tiles deep (totaf 34 tiles) are shown for- ward until ends are joined and there is an unbroken square. “We are now ready to “break the wall,” and start play. Manner of doing this will be told in tomorrows article. BANKERS HELP THE KIDS Northern Michigan Bankers are out to give the youngsters in thel? part of the country a lift on the , foad to better dairying. A group of bankers met with some of the agricultural men in their section end pledged their support in back- Ang up.calf club wofk. Her Very Own Pig—A Boys and Girls Club Member Virginia, Minnesota, Bankers have faith in “kids.” Meeting with & committee from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce they formu- lated plans for the establishment of Calf Clubs and “Pure Bred Bull Associations.” Banks all over St. Louis county have pledged their support to. this work. An Arkansas bank loaned @ youngster $70 in 1920. The boy bought a purebred Poland China gilt from a breeder in a neighbor- ing state. Being the first purebted gilt brought into the county for Doys and girls club work, she has furnished more stock than any other sow.in the section. With the Start that the bank gave the youngster“he has been al fute:'the claim that ‘Hox jing in his County was not profitable, fox at the ‘present, time he has more than {$1,000 to his credit as a result of tne. original: bank loan and ‘invest 0 oes ‘There -.are 400,000,000 women’ ix Asia in need ef education. A COLD GONE IN FEW HOURS ‘“Pape’s Cold- Compound” “Acts Quick, Costs Little,, Never Sickens! head dnd nose clear, no feverishpess, hehdache, or. r