The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1924, Page 4

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Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck)..... 0 coe C20) Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) .... 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota.............. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) i aN t AFTER BROOKHART Political eyes will turn shortly to Iowa, where a decision will be rendered in the Senatorial contest to be held on June 2. Senator Smith W. Brookhart, now filling out an unex- pired term, is up for renomination. The Republican organ- ization is making a strong effort to beat him. The National Republican, considered the organ of the national commit tee, says: Ta RED EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduec@ column may or may not the opinion of Th are presented her may BUSINESS END OF MOVIES agree By Albert Apple yu in order thet th sides which are press of Publishers There's more to the movies than glitter, entertainment jand fabulous salaries for stars. The moving picture “game’ jis s much a business proposition as selling sausage or [flivvers, . | In 20 years it has moved up until it now ranks, eighth the ting thes heen done.” The} jamong the leading American industries. Never before in oo ee ond R Nr jhistory have art and commercialism banded together on such War will now receive insurance : ee la gigantic vente: ; | Fitty million Americans pay admission to see movies every week, There are 9000 movie theaters open to the jpublic six or seven days a week, and 6000 other theaters ‘running from one to five days a week. | Going to the movies cosis Americans 10 million dollars a j week. ‘The average admission is 20 cent’. being’ lecubeed GOSH ! iT SuREW.IS A COMPLICATED LOOKIN' THING DETROIT Kresge Bldg. r; and in return for this paltry benefit the veterans and the cremainder of the Am people will pay a heavy t: Which will weigh down heavily. on prosperity There talking of tax reduc en if the pending tax ill should become law, we should have to vote ‘a tux | e soon in order to pay the | the bonus. For the fiscal e 25, according to the veter- s' bureau, an appropriation of $146,000,000, plus $6,500,000 for | is no lon Young ladies, who day-dream about going to Hollywood jand becoming stars, will be interested in the information {that 800,000 people are permanently employed in all branches ‘of the movies. Actors total into the tef&s of thousands, counting the habituals who never get further than appear- ling in the mob, But all of these. have hopes. Terrific com: adminis’ will be | petition TOR HeWeOMNOrS, Sah required. For the fiscal year 1 4 j vil] need an approp 3 I | 500,000. The estimates of the v eusury Department «re mater! of An odd feature of this industry is that attendance at imovies has become one of the most accurate of business a ; ‘ barometers. It shows the drift of the “trade winds,” quite Ciena sillleiisee read Ree yd 2 Z d Q jas accurately as pig iron production, coal output, commercial decide to veto the tax measure. He g \Y Ifires and business failures, ; 2 may feel that a temporary reduc- \ | When factories begin to run part-time, movie attendance patency ain wa aeneils woniaes ‘ - : ‘ . increases. The idle want diversion. But if times continue to wig a We barat If such | jbe quiet and depression spreads, the public begins to watch be his decision, and his veto lits pennies.’ Movie managers, counting their receipts, find aN a iUetea ic Bi na | ithat attendance falls off, increasingly so as hard times people will immediately begin to | laBvelep realize what the bonus law means | jadevelop. to them. | It seems to us that the business | r = | community shoyld do its best to deepen that realization, in order to prevent further enhancement of the tax burdens. ‘The forces of econ- omy and of common sense dave suffered a defeat in the enactment of the bonus Dill, but they need not he discouraged, Consider the gigantic influence which organizations of veterans have wielded; consider the natural sentimental arguments in favor of the bill; consider how it was pre- dicted, the first bonu: bill was introduced, that bonus 1 ation would ‘be enacted in a hur- ry and that if President Harding opposed it he would ‘be committing political suicide. Nothing, it seemed, could stop the ‘bonus. And yet President Harding stopped it. And later the | onus in seemed unbeatable. | And yet President Coolidge fought iness has had a lot of rocks thrown rvedly so. But when we watch la modern high-grade feature film, and compare ‘it with the crude pictures of 15 and more years ago, we can’t help but wonder if the movies haven’t advanced more in 20 years than the so-called legitimate stage advanced in 20 centuries. , The progress has been phenomenal, both mechanically | and artistically. The wonder is, that movies average as good as they do, rather than that they aren’t better. 3rookhart should be defeated because he is not a Republican, but an implacable enemy of Republi- canism. He has demonstrated clearly that he has no use for the Republican party except as a means of promoting himself to power. Having procured office through a pretense of Republicanism, he is at one with others of his radical ilk in Congress in thinking that he can thereafter honorably repudiate the party and pursue whatever course he thinks will best promote his own personal ambitions. Senator Brookhart belongs to the political party which centers in the so-called Conference for Pro- gressive Political Action, the most active political organization in the country. This organization is headed by William H. Johnston, former Socialist can- didate for governor of Rhode Island. It is a com- bination of radicals running all the way frem light pink to dark red, violently assailing the Republican party at all times, seeking as its first object the election of William G. McAdoo or some other dema- The moving picture bu lat it—in many ¢ a A political platform must be very strong because the opposition usual- ly jumps up and down on it. LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT life, the continual feeling of un- TO RUTH ELLINGTON, CON- rest when in the company of tho: ETI with whom we must live daily, tht gogue as President, preaching vehemently class hatred and advocating government ownership and ultimate complete state socialism. « Senator Brookhart would appear to be in line for renom- ination. He has served but a short time in Congress and it! is doubtful if the feeling in favor of him has changed in such a Short time as to bring about his defeat. The outcome, nevertheless, will be watched with great interest. DEMOCRATIC OBSTACLES The Democratic party may face a schism in its conven- over the resolutions, with prohibition and the Ku Klux 2 as the chief causes for difference of opinion; This opin on is reflected in the writings of eastern politicial lead- ers who have been in close touch with the camps of the vari- ous political leaders., /William G. McAdoo, they declare, prob- ably would oppose an anti-Ku Klux Klan plank in the plat- form and also would favor a “dry” plank. Underwood and Governor A] Smith, both candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, apparently would favor both a strong anti-Ku Klux Klan resolution and a resolution in opposition to the Volstead act! The situation with regard to the Klan presents a real obstacle to the McAdoo forces, which have gained much in the last few wee He has never condoned the Klan, but his general declaration in favor of law and order as against mob rule has not satisfied all of those who are bitterly opposed to the Klan. It is possible that the matter will not come before the Democratic convention when it meets in New York but there is a strong undercurrent for a declara- tion on the Klan issue. HOW OLD IS THE EARTH The earth is 10 billion years old, estimates Prof. Russell of Pringeton. The figures is meaningless. Men deal with billions on paper, but not more than a dozen minds i world can really comprehend how much a billion is. You “shave read, many Germans go crazy and commit suicide try- ing to figure prices in billions of marks. A billion years are as many as there are seconds in 31¢ years. How many can comprehend the seconds in a year? -Try it by using a watch and making comparisons. BILLBOARDS Billboards — 1200 of them — will be torn down in Oregon, #* Washington, Nevada, Arizona and California, by their owners, the Standard Oil Co. of Cal. Ha The oil company announces that its policy hereafter will : be against billboards marring the scenery along public roads. The billboard menace will Itave to be halted by law, later, unless the scenery spoilers voluntarily follow the oil com- “pany’s lead. Scenery is about the only beautiful thing left in :, civilization. Billboards, like everything else, become a nui- Senator Oscar | it every step of the way, and he nearly beat it. His opposition to wny form of bonus was so powerful and unflinching that the pro-bonus forces were compelled to drop their cash bonus bill and fall back upon n_insurance plan which the vet- rains’ bureau estimate will cost 2,280,758,542 during the next: 20 rs, aS compared with the more than four billion dollars which President Harding believed the en- tire cash bonus would require. All those Americans who ‘have fought the bonus bill have fought a good fight. And they ve gained some benefiits for jonal pros- per They have prevented the enactment of any sort of bonus bill for three years they have squeezed the © down to the insurance bonu results have been good. Th n well worth the effort. they indicate that the effort + j not cease now, |1f the fight be abandoned, the re- | sult is easily predictable. ‘The pr bonus fo: mands. “Already suggestions are made for a cash ‘bonus, in addition, to be paid at once,” said President Coolidge in this veto message. | Such action logically would be en- couraged if this bill became law.” There will he bonus p! kinds before Congress. be comprehensive bonus plans for all the veterans, ‘and little, special es for special groups. A few, will pass, and the agitators | r horizonta would pile the burden y have nd ould There will Such law up enormously. | We who have fought the bonus have fought a good fight. We will fight on. Taxation will weigh down upon the country. The people will learn what taxes mean to their happiness. The business commun- itv will speak out. The veterans themselves will feel the heavy ef- fects of the ‘bonus. If we do not fa i ter, if we press | onward, f we continue the fight which H ing and Coolidge and Mellon have led, please God we yet impress upon the Amer- ican people the supréme necessity of turning a deaf ear to the pro- bonus clamor of tomorrow.—Chi- cago Journal of Commerce. THE NATIONS WEALTH. The department of commerce’s estimate of the wealth of the na- ion as of Dec. 31, 1928, is $320,- and now at last! hb bonus | : The, the most popular play. facility of will make further de-! ns of all! pensins. | BY W. C. BATCHELOR. The sand pile is without doubt childhood. Every boy and girl en- Joys the unparalleled opportunity for play of the imagination in the build- ing of caves, houses, lakes, rivers, highways, railroads, farms, villages, and the like, in sand. Not only does the attraction of the sand Wox keep the child in his own yard, but at the same time ergages him in a highly educational activity. The cost of a sand hox 80 slight that no child need be denied Ss precious opportunity. The ac- companying sketch indeates a prae- tical method of construction. The size, 4 by 6 feet, is large enough for two or even more children. Material needed: Two pieces, 2 inches by 12 inches by 8 feet. | DO YOU KNOW- That for the past several y. Burleigh County has, with one or two exceptions, raised more corn than any county in North Dakota? That our average yield per acre in 1923 was 73 bushels per acre, uecording to the United States Government report? That this was better than the average yield of Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and practically all of the so-called Corn states? That our lighter soil is better adapted to corn than the heavier soils in the more southerly states, that is, that our soils by their b ing able to retain the heat of the day make up for the execrably hot of corn} No woman with her hair done up| in papers looks half as bad thinks she looks. This is the season when one commandment might be changed to read ‘Covet not’ thy neighbor's garden.” I was really surprised, Ruth dear, when Karl left me so abruptly. I don’t understand him ‘at all. Surely 2 he must love Alice, or he would not have asked her to marry him. Karl, you know dear, is 2 queer sort of a chap—lovable in the ex- treme, but a man’ who ‘wants to be let. alone and cares very little for society; who has a pagan love of beauty, and is kindly disposed to- ward every one, because to be kind is easiest for him. I don't think ‘he'll be happy being managed by Alice, and no one could live with Alice without being man- jaged. To tell-you the truth, dear, I am much disappointed in my little sister, She is too self-centered, too selfish to appeal to me. Although mothér has said. nothing to me about it, I think she has this feeling too, for I caught: her'two or three s she of the year Painting a house would be more fun if all the neighbors didn't won- der why you selected such an out- landish color, Russia is getting mad at Germany. It must make Russia feel ‘good to be in a position to sever trade rela- Two pieces, 2 ; 4 r tions with someone. by 4 feet. Two pieces, 2 by 4 feet. , One pound No. 16 common na (Approximate cost, $3.10.) One load (1 yard) clean sand. (Approximate cost, $3.00.) The shelf provides a seat as well as a “counter” on which to turn out molds und from which to “sell” cakes, pies, ete. | A dozen blocks the size of bricks (8 inches long), cut from a 2 by 4 irch board, are a, valuable addition, being useful for walls and roofs af buildings, fences, bridges, ete. Small gurden tools, or a large spoon, should be a part of the equipment. Dampen the sand occasionally and keep bottles or other articles of glass out of the box. In choosing the location for the sand box seek for any natural ghade Too, a canvas canopy can be built ue ins al Ie) ey Gyer the box eta emall alaiicuall itn kngiaad nearly 2,000,000 pounds ates iriesbies oer Be ee expense. An old army .“pup”\tentjis paid yearly by the government in|CoMtinual little nipping de! is just the right size for a shelter | sick benefits to those suffering from cz: of this kind. rheumatism. EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO e's — ee j Now § THink GREAT SCOTT, WOMAN, BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON | Coe Have SETTLE THIS THING SOME Time !! — ze oe ETS es One day Mrs. Cracknuts telephon- ed to the store for sdme groceries. “I want two cents worth of soap,” she said, “and one cents worth of tea, and five cents worth- of Butter, and a loaf of bread, and a pint of maple syruf.” : . : “I'm sorry,” said Nancy who had answered the telephone for Mister Bags, “but we haven't a drop of maple syrup left.” “Oh, dear!” cried Mrs. Cracknuts. “I'm sorry about that. I just took a notion’. I wanted some last night inches by 12:inches inches by 10 inches The real problem of this World Court they are arguing about is | “Who will be the policeman?” Ford is builgingyp;plant in. Den- mark, but this isn't what is rotten there, was making Karl fetch and carry for her, looking at Alice with a sad smile. Nevertheless, Ruth dear, I am afraid I'm in for all sorts of compli- cations with those pearls. They certainly are a jinx to me. Now that I have promised Karl never to give them up, what will I do i when I tell Jack about them he in- sists upon my doing it? And besides all this, I know that Alice has made up. her mind to have them. She will try in every way to presuade me to give or sell them to her. Sometimes I think, dear, that it isn't the big things in life that try one’s soul. We can. make a great Buttons are hard discs mashed .off by laundries. No town is big enough for a reck- less driver's convention. It is a fact that singing protongs a person’s life if said person is care- ful where and when he sings. _ Perhaps some people wear tight shoes hecause they feel 20 good when they take them off. {VEGETABLE BED || You've Had mE STaRT To lovee THERES DIC IN Five Dirererenr LINSTEAD ios Praces Y¥,TO CALL IT OFF ineee. For Sovewnere ecse tt ‘WANT THat MAICS YP KouR MIND SPavED ovER BEFORE THE GaRvéenin THERE INSTEAD <4 SEASON 1S lor THIS. ~ over tf, times the other evening, when Alice! continual little annoyances that are so puerile that we are ashamed to speak of them—these are the things that make modern martyrdom. Edgerton Santly asked me. this morning {I met him on my return from my walk in the park) if you had heard from Walter Burke. It seems that he has heard from, him, and that Walter is on his return trip home. I expect, my dear, that in a few months, when you marry Walter, I shall have to declare my partner- ship in the lingerie shop and take it over; ‘for of course Walter Burke, as rich as he is, would never allow his wife to be in business. You will probably go sailing away around the world, and oh, ‘how I'll miss you. When I returned dad put in my hand twelve crisp, new five hundred dollar. bills, and he said: “I hope nothing will happen to these until you get them out of your possession, Leslie.” Fervently, in my own mind, I hoped so: too, Is there anything you want me to buy for the shop? We've got money to burn, dear partner, because I am not going to give this money balck to John, and that will make telling him about the pearls much harder, than it was before. Goodness, I'm’ having trouble with my little strings of pearls as did the famous French queen with the necklace that over- threw a dynasty. Wire me if you want me to mak, any purchases. I'll be home, ve soon. With love, “1 LESLIE, (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) as much and the syrup has all run out of the maple trees.” “Well, I'm sorry!” sighed Mrs. Cracknuts. “The one thing that Daddy and I love better than nuts even, is. maple syrup. I just feei as though I couldn't stand it to have to do without. There! Thank good- ness those dishes are done I'm hurrying to get through, for the pa- per-hanger is coming.’ Something has legked through my walls and made them all damp," “That's too bad,” said Nancy. “Why,. it's running down onto the floor, too. It’s all over your floor, Mrs. Cracknuts, and it's sticky, “Sticky!” almost, shrieked Mrs. Cracknuts. “‘Whatever can it be?” She rushed over to the wall where nights of Illinois and Iowa? The reason is that corn takes a great deal of heat to properly mature and i malt our lighter soil, than they have = ioe N\ t further south, retains the heat NS during our cool nights when we are comfortably sleeping, and they, down there? Well, did you ever spend a summer night in Iowa? That the 1924 corn acreage in this county will be increased by fully 30 per cent over that of 1923; that our flax acreage will better last t 803,862,000. ‘Ten years before that i een $186,299,664,000. a relative increase for the decade of 72.2 per cent, which ; compares with 75 per cent for the | previous ten years. But even this smaller relative increase from 1912 to 1922 is much ,™more apparent than real. Com- | modity prices averaged some 50 per j cent higher at the end than at the beginning of the decade, and the | dollar of measurement became that much shorter. a tiny stream of clear stuff was trlekling down, First she smelled and then she tasted. And then sihe almost fainted for joy. “Its maple syrup,” she said weakly. “There must be’ whole tank of it in my wall,” “Oh, dear! Nene, “Tl make a stopper so it be wasted,” said Nick. And he td @ little piece of wood the hole, ibe and I thought I couldn't wait for the store to, open this morning. . I sez to: Daddy, I sez, ‘Daddy, the min- ute Mister Bags’ store is open to- morrow, I'm going to telephone for some maple syrup, It seems to me I-can smell it, I want it.so much.’” “Tm ever -so sorry, Mrs. Crack nuts,” said Nancy. “Is there any- thing else?” . “No, I guess not!” said the squir- rel lady in a@,disappointed voice. “All right,’ said Nancy. “Thank *sance and menace when overdone. PROSPERITY Do you realize that all indications point to fine business .. conditions and general prosperity this spring and early sum- i); mer, at least? The old reliable weathervane of industrial activity is iron jii#and steel production. It’s rising steadily, steel mills now ... working at 93 per cent of capacity. # iy Auto makers are breaking all records. How lovely!” cried = was pecaegen ~, Railroad freight movement recently has been higher than ti: ever in history, for this ‘season of the year. FEWER ON PAYROLL An the news there’s occasionally. something cheerful for the taxpayer. All is not spending and looting. af ‘The good word comes from Washington, D. C., that Uncle i Sam at the beginning of this year had only 544,671 civilian employes on his payroll. This is 373,089 fewer than when the Armistice was signed and the swivelchair factories were working night and day. We're glad the chair warmers are decreasing, But there’s still one for every 200 men, women and children. In Pompton Lakes, N. J., an airplane dropped into a house, but it soon wore out its: welcome. - It will soon be,liot enough to forget Congress and cuss weather. ‘ Some 22 per cent only is the ex- tent of the actual increase of the country’s weulth, Nor could it easily have ‘heen much greater. During at least two of those last ten years the produc- tive, energies of the country were siveh with all their power to the creation of wealth for destruction instead of for any addition to exist- ing wealth. No country can find riches or well-being in war.—New York World. 2-—_—____ =e A Thought oe Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind\ without rain—Prov, 25:14: The less people. speak of their Srestness the more we thirk of it, Bacon. Rent years by fully 40 per cent, bringing it back’ to better than’ it was some years ago; that the increase in hogs in Burleigh County will be more by 30 to 40 percent than a year ago; that the number of cows being milked will be greater by at least 10 per cent; that there will be a de- crease in wheat, winter rye and bar- ley from last year, although, there will be fully as much land in crop this year as ever before? That Burleigh County is one of the best diversified farming coun. ties inthe state? That business conditions ate bet- ter in Bismarck today than they are in any of the larger cities: of. the state? Well, they are. Will you please write your friends and relatives and tell them this, be- cause it all true, ray (Contributed by Bismarck Adyer- tising Club.) . we you, Mrs, Cracknuts.” Mister Bags got the groceries all ready and. put them, into a basket and the Twins started out. ta‘deliver the things to Mrs. .Cracknuts” who lived in Maple Tree Flats, They walked up the; stairway in- side of the big maple tree (their magic shoes made this very easy) and knocked on . Mrs. Cracknuts’ kitchen. door, “Come _ in,’ called the squirrel Indy. “Just put the groceries on the table, please, I've got my hands in the dishwater.” a “Certainly,: said Nick, . opening ‘the. door. and ‘laying out the ‘bread and. butter .and.,eyerpthing. on the nice clean”kitchen table ‘ » “When will Mister | Ing more maple syrup?’ racknuts. ange Ce Aa *T don’t. think. he'll. . hayjng any more,” said Nancy, “because it's getting late in the season, he.gays, Severa 1rEaes aco, - Bur OUR Famicy. STi, RUNS A WAR. GARDEN! © Wist a + . ONE: r | Leite mee ON Fo Ne gt fF lull is I Se SN a q A ——s] Daddy Cracknuts and his wife had enough syrup to last them ali sum- meh and sre ten for comp'ny too. on't you wis) ou lis i camer oo you lived’ in a _ (To Be! Continued) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) = Construction .of the Panama canal has saved American shippers mil- as a short cut from the Atlantic to Pacific coasts, : Cook by Electricity. It is Cleaner, SSS