The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 2

i PAGE TWO 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 Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I'he 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 DETROIT Kresge Bldg. Daily by carrier, per year..... CU dor Ruel a BU20) Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). . ho ste: UA) aily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).... 5.00 y by mail, outside of North Dakota.............. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER Established 1873) SUALLY \ POOR GUESSER Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia is a mighty good educator who has mixed considerably in_ politics He has been a theoretical rather than a practical politic: A student of constitutional government rather than a ster at the art of politics as this great American game is played. His latest position upon the liquor issue has stirred up a frenzy of discussion, Those who know him admire his cour- age in taking a stand that he believes is for the best interest of the country. There are many features about the present law that are not id That the Volstead act has brought about graft, corruption and a contempt for law in many places is pretty well established in the court records of the land, but the alternative to all this if it means a return to the saloon and brothel will not be endorsed at the polls. In some of the recent congressional elections those who ran on wet platforms were badly defeated. Gov. Smith of New York is the only outstanding figure to whom the wets can point as against the hundreds who have been swept into office upon a dry platform. It seems almost futile to discuss an is economic importanc ue while of great is usually considered from a strictly moral slant. Prejudice and bigotry play such a large part in all discussions of the liquor issue that cold reasoning and facts get little consideration. Dr. Butler is one of the outstanding figures more recently to denounce the Volstead Act. But when he says the Re- publican party needs to take sides with the wets or lose prestige in many states, he is not a good guesser. Both major yarties doubtless will do as they have done in the past, side step the issue completely and let it be fought out in the legislative halls. JUMPERS A pedestrian has as much right in the road as an auto, and can collect damages if injured. So rules a western court of appeals. By the same reas ning, an auto has as much right on the sidewalk as a pedestrian. No court would concede that. A happy and sensible medium would be for both pedes- jan and auto driver to exercise common sense and human- The roads are big enough for both — provided each Keeps his place. Walking in a city street is more dangerous than along a railroad track. = The solution of traffic hazards is in sensible co-operation gnd common decency, rather than in laws. . CRA The “service charge” grows in popularity among public utilities. One form is a fixed charge for installation of tele- phone wires or other service devices.” In principle, this is a system of making consumers furnish part of the capital necessary for conducting busines: Barred in many states Carried to its logical conclusion, the “service charge” would gradually be adopted by private corporations, A beau- tiful scheme for conducting business without capital invest- ment. Can you imagine the squak if a plain everyday worker demanded service charge” before working? His labor, though, is his capi is “service charge” might be to demand that his pay start when he left home for work. : Y OF GOLD Gold, about four billion dollars worth, now is held in our country. Walter Leaf, chairman of the Westminster Bank, moans that we are gold hoarders and that -our gold hoard earns no interest and is a serious burden to American finance, It is a logical British viewpoint. Quite kind of him, eh? Of course, the British would gtadlg relieve us of the burden if they could. p We would, though, be in a nice mess if—having stripped the rest of the world of most of its gold — other countries abolished it as the basis of their money and used, instead, aj, more scientific basis such as human energy. The. world now is producing as much coal looks as if we’re back to normal, for 1913 was a good average year and coal consumption is an excellent barometer of busi- ness activity. Better than pig iron output, some economists now think, The joker is that coal consumption normally increases each year to keep pace with the world’s growing needs, the World War had not intervened, there'd be a much bigger} demand for coal now. The war set the world back many | ear in 1913. This; MEMORY IS SHORT A blessed thing, that human memory is short and time, dulls the sharp edge of hatreds. When the war ended, most ! Englishmen were taking oaths never again to have anything | to do with Germans. ‘ It’s announced that, for the first time since 1914, German} Vaudeville performers will appear as entertainers at London music halls. The English have not exactly kissed and made | ip, but they are chronically diplomatic. Restoration of for-| eign trade with the former enemy is the English goal. And it’s a shrewd plan. : f IF ‘“ _ America sold to other countries in» February, 33 million} dollars worth of goods more than it bought from them. * ‘This leaves us to the good about 400 million dollars a/ ¥ea.r. Very fine— provided our foreign customers pay the! ce: Any store keeper can sell unlimited amounts of nerchandige “on time.” Senator Hiram Johnson told the truth when he wired! to. Washington, that too much-importance should not if ie sttnched to the fact that he did not carry his own state His political importance seems to have inst Coolidge. SANS npktely—but yes, he has South Dakota. porated compl q [bility of the EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced Baie column may or may not ex the opinion of The Tribune, They are presented here in order that our readers may have botm miaes of important es which are being discussed in the press of the day. BURSUM BILL VETOED | President Coolidge’s wise and righteous veto of the Bursum pen- sion bill ought to mark a turning point In our pension policy. Ef it does not, there is simply no telling what burdeng this people will have ty carry in the next few years, We made a great mistake when we adopted the service pension} policy, and granted a pension to all who served in the Union army bo matter for how short a time a had suffered any dis- ble to the ervice, edent be followed ‘that with four or five million men eligi If pr ble to pensions, it will be ne ; to increase taxes enormously if the ury is not to be ‘bankrupted. time hag come to stop the business of granting gratuities out » veto of the Bursum pension by the President, which had vil received a large majority in both houses of Congres a wise and courageous man. quired courage, becau this national election yea al, ig marked by an effort to attract votes in exc! for legislative favors to specified groups | The veto was right, because, #s the President says, “no conditions exist which justify the imposition of this additional burden wpon the tar of the nation.” — Public opinion will approve the action and s ain the veto whate' Congr 5 may do. was the act of| It re- is a ‘The proposal is to add approxi- 000,000 annually to the dy granted to veterans, children mately sums alr widows, dependent «ws of the war Mexican, civ pine and Boxer v . All of this © who are in need, and with the shadow of a claim on the federal government, are now receiving aid. As recently as 192 there was a liberalizing. of our 2 ready liberal pension laws, the ef- ‘tect of which was to qualify many for pensions, who before then had hud at best a questionable claim. and To follow that with a still fur- ther beneficence, at an estimate cost in the next 10 years of $4 100,000, is to show an utter di gard tor the public welfare. The President leaves no foubt as to his position, and the reason for i. “No public requirement,” he says, “at the present time ranks with the necessi for the redu tion of taxe: This there can n he. if budget estimates are di garded, and large extraordinary propriations are made. We quote from the message: “The desire to do justice to pen- sioners, however great their merit must be attended by some lici- tude to do justice to taxpayers. . The advantage of a class can not be greater than the welfare of the nation, The welfare of the whole country must be considered. . The need for economy in public expenditures at the present time can not be over-estimated. [ am for economy. Tf am against every unnecessary pay f the money of the taxpa The burden ap- of the ta must not be in- creased, Every proposal for legis-| lation must be considered in the light of this necessity.” The President is not in the busi- Ness of swapping public money for vote: rhe people ought to find some way—-though the task will be difficult—to make Congress under- tand that they approve his veto, and rejoice in the demonstration that there is at least one man in Washington who is thinking, not of blocs and classes but of the people and the nation. If there were any who believed that Mr. Coolidge wag not serious in his demand for economy they must now be undeceived. It looks very much as though a veto of the bonus bill is impending.—Indian- apolis News. ULAR Statements n in’ public re- cently by such distinguished meh as President Butler, of Columbia, and former Judge Landis have re- vived discussion, of the enfor prohibition law. rt that law {3 sometimes vio- lated is not evidence that it is not a good law, or that it has not that measure of popular support whic is usually deemed essential. lagys violated: occasionally some of them are very good ; dure really representative of the sentiment of the Some vf the critics of the prohibi- tion law that it is ‘so repugnant to the sense of the majority that it cannot ever be enforced except in slipshod and half-hearted man- ner. The law's defenders say that while it is violated, ‘t is sufficiently enforced to demonstrate that it h sufficient measure of popular support to warrant its retention on the statute books. ‘ot only are the magufatture and sale of intoxicating Beverages unlawful, but the mannfactufe and of niateriats and appliances manifestly intended to promote violations are also illegal, Same prohibition authorities have gone se far as to declare that the sale of certain commodities in quite general use for other purposes be bunned unless the purchaser could show satisfactorily that he did not intend to use them,in the manu- facture of pronfbi ¢1 beverages. On a corner on West Harrison street, Chicago, there is, or was at least until a few weeks ago, a store whose plate glass window is filled with a disolay of materials and ap- pliances for home brewing and distilling. ‘Prominently displayed are cans of malt syrup. copner coils, siphons, bottling and capping devises, and almost cvery imagin- able thing that can be used in the domestic manufacture of beer and spirits. Not only are thése’things so displayed as te attract the at- tention of the passerby, but there are also little bottles presumably great’ majority. ‘containing flavoring extracts. lab-|J. E. GAFFANEY jeled 207 “gin,” “brandy,” “whisky, SSS = = AVERY ‘ ~~ NA, Wor’ T CAL BE PLEASED WHEN HE SEES HOW NICELY I'VE FIXED “THE GARDEN 2 | | | 1 ete. The store carries no stock of any other kind. It is devoted sole- ly to the sale of goods for the vio lation of the prohibition law. N attempt is made to conceal or di) guise the character of its busines a} ‘The business has been conducted iu the same place and in same way for at least two yea hou inds of people have seen it, afté! no one can see it without recog+ nizing its character. In Chicaga there are city policemen and state and federal officers whose business. is supposed to be the enforcement. of the prohibition law, which in- cludes the detection and prosecur tion of cases of violation. Is it possible that in all these months this place in full view of all who pass, has escaped the lynx; like eyes of the enforcement men? If not, what is the explanation o} the fact that it is permitted to op erate openly and without molest: tion?—Grand Forks Herald. FIVE CAS oF SMALLPOX REPORTED Washburn, N. D. May 12.—The fifth case of smallpox in Washburn developed last week when | Misé Laura Williams was utken sick with the disease. It is thought she con- tracted it from the G: rd family, s the children had remained at the Williams home for a few days wher their father first took sick eof er four cases, Frank Gaylord, and son, Dwaine, Miss Brewer and niece, Miss Thelma Mallatt, all 0; whom are ill at the Gaylord home, ure reported to be getting along as well us cay be expected. Mrs. Grant Kirk, a neighbor who was taking care of the family was uble to re- turn to her home. ————_—_* | A Thought | IK : yl Whoso mocketh the poor re- proacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be un- punished.—Prov. 17:5, Each one wishes for his own ad- vantage rather than that of others. Terrence. Cook by Electricity. It is Cheaper. WOMEN! DYE WORN, FADED THINGS NEW _ . Sweaters Waists Draperies Skirts Dresses Ginghams Coats Kimonos Stockings Each 16-cent package of “Diamond Dyes” contains directions so simple |, any woman cAn dye or tint any old, worn, faded thing new, even if she has never dyed before, eolor at drug store. © Choose any DR. R. S. ENGE Chiropractor Consultation Free Lucas Blk. Bismarck, N. ; ————— BISMARCK TYPEWRITER CO. Reyal and Corona—Agents. Machines Rebuilt and Repaired Bway. C. J. HAMEL }* BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON | Mister Bags had a cute little store! in the weods, and one day when Naney and Nick were out hunting for wild flowers, they found it. They nad their magic shoes on, ‘that’s why.* Without the help of} magic, they’never would have found ityin a huntree years, ‘And even if they had found it, they never would have seen it, half hidden in the trynk of a big. tree, with scarcely a sign of a door. hat’s what magic does. It opens your eyes to lots of things, and when the Twins came along, it was nat surprising that instead of a lot ofy rough bark, they saw a funny igorway with windows on each side simply stuffed with things. . Over the door was a sign which said “Mister Bags—His Store—We Sell Everything But the Toothache.” Wight in the front of one of the windows was sign which said “Boy Wanted.’ “That's alway Nancy crossl\. the way!” declared | You would think when he finds out that we're Twins he will take you, too,” said Nick. “Yon're half of me—sort of.” So they opened the little door which went ting-a-ling-a-ling when they touched it, and walked right in. And there stood a little fat man behind the counter, his glasses up over the top of his id head, and his stomach sticking away out. “Hello!” he said jovially. “I don’t have many two-legged customers in hera” “We're four legged,” said Nick quickly. “I've two and s two -sthit’s four. And we're Twins, too —if you take me you'll have to take her for she’s sort of —" “Pickles and porcupines!” cried the little fat man, “What sre you EVERETT TRUE t {, Ham t, Hart Har! HARI > ( HAR! HaR! imMy pEaR! ; oues AT A TIMES | nwAY DON'T TOU jmey itt S THAT WM j Santa Claus’, and all the tin pans those shoes to you and they led you here, I'm a fairy myself, although ’ ‘aht | AIL the wood ped§lé and meadow girls were in the road. They might} “ : ti just ae well say ‘Girls not wanted, }amd water folk “aehi © with me. 1 so’they might.” eep the gemeral store for three “A BEAUTIFUL MOUTH May BS loBTAINED BY KEEPING THE LIPS TIGHTLY RESSED TOGETHER FOR Two ° ISWT ALL IT WOULD Tol PRACTICE IT WHEN You. GAT, HELE YOUR WHOLE FIGURE !!! ee talking about” “Why, your sign says you a bey and we cama in to sea about} it,” said Nick, “Pickles and porcupines!” Mister Bags again (his name | cried was | ster Bags). “Is that what you; little monkeys are up to? After al job, eh?” And ‘he laughed and| laughed until his tummy shook like on the shelves rattled. Whon he had stopped shaking and| the pans had stopped rattling, he| went on, “Wellyiyau. both look} smart, and that was a bright re- F you made about legs. So I'll} hire you both at ten ts a week | to run errands and deliver ‘my bun- dles.” “Thank you,” said the Twins po- litely. “Do we have to run?” asked “Mayn't,we walk some- now, I'll tell you a secret,” said Mister Bags, leaning over the! counter as far as his tummy would a “I knew all the time that you coming. The Fairy Queen sent} T look more like # Brownie, I gues counties and the three of us will be kept humping. Here’s a customer now. In walked Mosey Mud’ Turtle, (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, fue.) BANKERS SEEK ‘TO CUT DELINQUENT TAX LIST Washburn, N. D., May 12. hankers and bank directors of county, among them being J. Schmid and A. M. Dahl, of Wilton; Aug. Slettum and Wm. Harris, of ‘Turtle Lake; Dan Beglo, of Max; Chris Kjelstrup, Calix Bauer, und John E. Reuter, of Underwood, and R. L, Fraser, of Garrison, ‘were in town this week to see the county commissioners about getting the pen-+ alties of the. delinquent taxes cut, BY CONDO USsTEN To THIS, tT WOVeD want] | annuals Many flowers grown as with proper protection, be turn- can cd into semi-perennials by carrying them over the winter in a cold- frame. Pansies, dianthus, and chrysanthe- bums are numbered among @he plants adapted to this: sort of treat- ment, which, of nece: s restrict- ed to the hardiest v: Half-hardy plants may be placed in the open a week ot two before the coming af the last frost, Seeds of such plants may be sown about the time leaves start showing on trees which put out their foliage earliest. Most. tender plants must be start- ed under glass in order to have a sufficiently long season to develop. They. should not- be taken from coldframes or hotbeds until danger from all frost is past. s This time is usual when white- oak Jeaves are about the size of squirrel’s ears. When growing annyals in masses, j be careful to avoid bad color com- binations. Different colors, different varieties of usually do not clash, The gladiolis: should ver, in the single species be iven a where an elaborate ‘assortment of is sought. Jioli seem te thrive in most soil, but! earth containing some any sand seeths, bst. SpAde the ground to the depth‘of about a foot. Where bulbs are used do not fresh ma- nure, When sowing seeds in the open it is the general practice to cover them to a depth equal to about five times their diameter. When covering them sced box, hotbed or coldframe they should be planted to the depth o! their greatest diameter. Seeds about the size of a grain of wheat should generally be planted 1 d inch deep. Those the size of beans about 2 inches deep. Small seeds are generally scat tered in rows and compacted into the soil by resting a board over the row d walking on it from end to en. Success in raising annuals is al most in direct proportion to the de struction of the crowding plants as grow. indoors im fh separate plant as much room as possible and it will return more flowers, and better ones, than if foreed to sh its space with half a dozen other puny plants, all trying to grow in the small space where only one plant should be. The gardener should remember to “eut-and come again.” It od slogan and when put to test will re ward the flower fancier a hundred fold. Sweet peas and scores of other an nuals may be kept in bloom for many weeks if you pick the Mowers scon as.they open. Especially is this true of pan It should | that the a remembere! begins | LerrpR FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT 0 JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT My sister se grown two or three inches taller, although she told me a little superciliou: king at my plumpness, that sh grown more slender, She is more English than an Eng- a I think, however, that she bas done this so long that it has become se ond nature to her, for she does not seem to be putting it on entirely. She was always a great mimic. Karl seems to be quite devoted to her—at least he is made to wait upon her in a way that must have been an, eyeopener to ‘the British, and thaf I Wish ‘you ‘ould have seen. lt might help you to remember some of the things I ask you to do for me when you leave for the of- fice in the morning, which you in- variably forget. Alice dresses in the English fash- ion. She hasn't the smartness of eur American-girls. but'it’s very he- coming to her. Ins’evening dre which she wore at dimer last night, she is a stunning looking girl. I've nlways thought the English woman looks better in the evening than we do. Karl has, given her a magnifi- cent string. of pearls .which she wears with great pride. The only really American thing that I have knewn her to do since she came Lack is, to ;tell me that, they cost a hundred thousand dollars. Mother seemed quite disappointed that I didn’t bring little Jack, bué Alice remarked: “Of course, it isn’t as hurd to leave him as it would, be if he were your own child!” At that moment I hated my sister. Dad asked me all about you and scemed to be much pleased that you are getting along so well—said he s. knew you were going to suc- cced. Mother ‘was quite anxious to know all about Sally’s husband dying, and dad wanted to know if you would let Sally rétu®m to hig, because she was the best adver Says Cuba issshipping us candy. filled with booze, so.takiig candy away frem the .baby aay become harder pow. te sogiety a pet.and w lion red if ju: s rnd Tubby has to, put the lion out every night. Many of us can't give our clothes to the por because then we would get suriburned all over. ola Agrarian bands are terrorizing Vera Cruz land, owners and) many American jaze, handy still at larg re wr Ramgereveie yh Bandits rebbed i Granite: City (ML) bank. Gat $64,060. This is ough money for a vacation at a simmer resort. Stipation, Flatulency, Wind Calfc| and Diarrhea; ‘allaying Feverishne: arising thérefrom, and, by regulatin, the Stomach end Bowels, aide the 4 -big raise in a month or two. ment copy writer he had ever hac I told him I was afraid you woul not like to let Sally go back to him that you got along well with her and that you had promised her a Alice this that she couldn't unterstand a woman’s working in an office day after day, which seemed to rile dad, for some reason or other. (1 don’t think he admires ali of Alice’s little ways.) He spoke up and said: “ consider Mrs. Atherton one of the’ most feminine 1 have ever knowf. While y remarked at it was a great migfortune that she had to earn her living, 1 want you to.know I would be glad to know that either of my daughters could do so if they were called upon as well as she does.” ~¢Well, I don’t think I'll ever be called upon,” said Alice complac- ently, with a look of understanding toward Karl Karl colored, and I know, dear, that he, as well as I, thought. the remark was rather bad taste. Of course I have iots and lots to tell you which I cannot write. 1 hope your mother has made her omfortable. Be sure and telephone Ruth to go over and see her ,and take those caps, as I mentioned them to her in a note I wrote be fore I left. Dear Jack, I’m awfully glad that you're not like Karl Whitney. I'd be bored to death with a man who always was on the lookout to sce just what I wanted. Of course there are times, dear, when you might be x little more observing of my in clinations, but as a whole— I think we fared, My heart and 1.) You see like Si Wegg, I'm drop- ping into poetry, consequently think T'd better close. Kiss little Jack for me. I shall lung for your kisses until I return. Loving} LESLIk. TOMORROW: Letter from Leslic Prescott to Ruth El ton. ¢+— ste | __ LITTLE JOE PERSEVERANCE WINS! BUT (T DOESNT WIN ANYTHING FOR THE HEN ON THE CHINA EGG! by Electricity, Cook It is Cleaner. CHILDREN CRY FOR “CASTORIA” A Harmless" Sunstitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops OT, ae Soqthing Syrups — No Narcotics! vMother! Fletcher'a: Castoria bas 3 gi : ‘|been in use for over 80° years to’ Pithout opiate Tae asiurelt Tellaye babies and childron, of Cons) beers Signature of “8