The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1924, Page 2

PAG AB FI Wo Ye QUES Su state | which able te by the industs ble pa Jast w state of enough $644,00 having Aboliti make the th ra abol during compl: made surance The $1,600, to the 2 half rants sand ( April and $ $300,06 to me time winter fund depart would insolv reduc the ta plus t Ma, St. taugh how t plane: Minne form pian, wauke it pul o’cloc flight AS Gre ‘136th bly v Th ‘of it prem ip ef tist 1 jane latio New N Ins orde: tiona June by ¢ Ay i lows ical Capt ruth Brov Capt Loui Gnfar ‘gon, insti = A i, » Time proves. he was right. 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 » 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 Daily by carrier, per year Flair $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck).... puis: 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) . 5.00 by mail, outside of North Dakota i THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD How many of the heroic Boys in Gray are still alive this morial Day? The check-up by the United Confederate ins about 20 months ago disclosed that only 75,000 , out of the more than a million who defended the south during the Civil War. Since then, time has continued its remorseless toll. It is the same with the Boys in Blue. es are thinning rapidly the Civil War vete: DETROIT Kresge Bldg. The ranks of both A few more years and the last ns will have joined their comrades fame’s eternal camping ground.” Thus Memorial Day is gradually losing part of its original significance. The graves remain and will ever be honored and strewn with flowers. But the flags of the marchers will be carried by veterans of the Spanish-American War and World W: That the tragedy of life. For life is like war, in that ithe grave awaits at the end. In the presence of tragedy, let *Memorial Day inspire us to work for lasting peace through- out the world. Peace is the soldier’s goal, and it should be the goal of all. on CRIME A Chicago man, used of a $30,000 swindle, is quoted as indignantly protesting to the court: “What, me take 30 grand! Not me, judge. I don’t waste my time unless there’s a hundred thousand bucks in it.” It is sometimes much safer to steal million than $5, un- fortunately, when it comes to the law and punishment. But the law doesn’t make the distinction. It’s just that the ri¢h thief can afford an army of crafty lawyers able to find loop- holes or delay the case. The small-time crook isn’t able to hire such an array of “talent.” LOSERS Ge Cable from London reports that the British during the st four months this year imported about 400 million dol- ars worth of goods more than they exported. This puts hem in the hoie at the rate of 1200 million dollars a year. And in this situation is the key of present British diplom- acy. Above all, they want trade—customers. That’s why they hand an olive branch to Russia and insist on a repara- tions settlement such that Germany can get back to normal production and buying power. The flag follows trade more than trade follows the flag. WEATHER Makers of auto tires have seven and a half million tires stored in their warehouses. This is almost as many as three years ago when hard times started. The manufacturers blame the weather—backward spring, which has kept people indoors instead of motoring. That’s probably why the auto industry recently slumped. It also xplains sluggish retail sales in many cities. No wonder, people talk so much about the weather, which directly affects every one’s pocketbook. LEGACY | A laundry wagon driver inherits $50,000 in Trenton, N. He announces he'll keep on working. Which excites emazement, but shouldn’t. The $50,000 at 4 per cent interest would bring the driver $2,000 a year. He couldn’t do much with that, prices so high. Time was when $50,000 was a whale of a fortune and the house of the owner was pointed out with the buggy whip to visitors being driven around town. Those days are gone. Hiven a millionaire doesn’t excite much interest now, they’re So. numerous. DIAMONDS South African diamond mines are working again after | being almost entirely shut down for several years. This means that the world is steadily recovering from sthe business depression caused by the war. When people} begin to sport diamonds, they have money to spare. Diamond headquarters in Kimberley reports that the re- vival of the diamond industry is chiefly due to demand for the cheaper or medium-grade stones. Indicating prosperity git the base. FOOTBALL Is college football becoming too commercialized? One -university’s profits from this sport last year were about 340,000. College heads are wondering if football isn’t shap- ing;as a business rather than an athletic game. * Professionalism in the boxoffice is as much a menace as -peofessionalism among players. Sport for sport’s sake is ingered when the sport becomes a medium for tapping sthe:public pocketbook. : LESS __ Industrial profits are shrinking, a financial “expert” tldims. He’s been studying the. financial reports of about} 100 leading corporations, finds profits from 7 io 43 per cent dower than a year ago, Not necessarily. Bookkeepers and tax-dodging experts fork wonders. They are wizards at concealing profits. With exceptions, the expression “financial statement” doesn fnean what it used to—not by a long shot. INDISPENSABLE _When Edison, a quarter of a century ago, saw the auto demonstrated as a practical device for widespread use, he was most impressed with the possibility of it becoming the fheans of getting the public to go camping outdoors. But the auto, originally ap- ing. to imagination as a’ pleasure- vehicle, has become |vemain Hare in order that | ave both sides which the press LIVELIER POLITICS EN CANADA | Mackenzie King’s suc- « in uniting the Progressive group with the Liberals in sup-| port of the government's policy of | treer trade Should tend to gi new interest to Canadian polities ‘The Progressives represent par y the freer trade demand of the Canad west. In the general election they eliminat Premier prairie provinces. ly did the same thing for the eral f | s tehewan, that is, sent only! one Liberal, while but | two owe elected in Winnipeg with one Li- bor representative; Calgary also | clected a Labor representative and | an independent with equally radi-, cal views i are represented house entirely members » Progres too, from most of the other pro- yinces, and this Progressive leaven s undoubtedly heiped to liven up the Liberal Party In the conclusion of an able speech at the closing of the budget debate, the Dominion prime mi ister held out hope of still more | s to be made following up year’s steps towar freer trade, when he declared that the! government had not yet finished its work “We have a lot more to do,” he} added, “we have only started upon what we hope to be able to do for | this-country.” | Since ithe Liberal Administration took ofticea conservative element in the party has tended to retard forward movement. But in recent months some of the conservatives | on the Liberal side have withdrawn from association with the govern- ment. Others may go, as the Lib-| 1 policy is developed. Far from weakening the admin- istration, however, such resigna- tions should tend to strengthen it; the gain of closer union with the Progressive forces means more to} the Prime Minister than the appar- ent loss due to the withdrawals of some members who have hitherto called themselves Liberal. The government has to reckon with the possib' of an ailgnment | of vested interests behind the Con- servative Party. It has been the traditional, policy of business or- ganizations in Canada, however ep out of active politics. Some interests have supported both parties more or less impar- tially. During the election cam- P n on the reciprocity treaty of 1911 there seemed to be a tendency among vested interests to unite against the Liberal policy, but ex- perience since has given meny Ca- nadian business men cause to dowbt the wisdom of that negative vote. A policy of negation in another general election in Canada would be about as likely to sueceed as of “tranquility” did in Great Britain last year. It would last about as long. The Canadian people want action, and the goy- Liberal policy this ses- imply a response to the pressure of public opinion.—Chris- jan Science Monitor. To Attorney General Ston credit should ‘be placed the re’ ment of William J. Burns cf the department of justice reau of investigation, and given to the attorney general in this connection is credit given also | to President Coolidge. | A weekly journal of opinion that recently critized the president ither bitterly as lacking utterly in “the capacity for effective indig- nation” and “in that fury for righteousness in the face of open and admitted evil which the Ame: ican people had a right to expe should observe the fact that Burns is out, Mr. Coolidge’s innate respect for righteousness may not take the form of a fury at white heat, but both Daugherty and Burns are out. There is a new atmosphere in the department of justice. The detective bureau of the de- partment of justice will naturally a detective bu it could hardly function successfully against criminals and crooks under the auspices of Mr. Vanderlip’s new bureau or the American vil Liberties union. But under the new regime, it may be earnestly hoped that the bureau of investigation will employ no Gaston B. Means as its star in- vestigator, and will raise the ethi of the government detective tem so that there will be no official burglars on the government pay- roll, no “agents provecateur,” no frameup specalists and no witch- hunting unit for the suppression of unpopular opinions. — Springfield Republican, | A Thought ’ ee! Baers sg Go to the ant, thou sluggard: con- sider her ways and be wise—Prov. 26. People that have nothing to do! are quickly tired of their own com- | pany,—Jeremy. Collier. RELIEVED CONSTIPATION “I have been troubled the last 4 or| 5 years with constipation. and. have tried everything under the gun, but could not find any #elief until I°got FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS, and you can bet they aré the pills writes Robert E. Smith, 417. N, Rob- ert St. Ludington, Mich. FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS gtve © quick! relief, from constipation, also.act on the! liver. Kspecially comforting to stout persons. Refuse substitutes. ‘of a business device. Its chief use is'for saving’ tim mit’ it, street ae esp. seule wie penne Fi . What do you predict for airp! whic! long will be used by the millfons? atl anes, re ~Adv. ; “Wantéd: , Tutoring in. Eng: lish. Dorothy | in. Phone 307 W. ee oe | sitting down. Y The‘ only time you can get a pic- ture of a smiling congressman these days is just after he has been de- clared not guilty. The quickest way to reduce is to get behind with your grocery, bill. A policeman in Hollywood, Calif., has inherited a fortune, so at last a cop may see some of Hollywood's night life. About the only safe bet on any election is that one side will be mad about the results. It must be awful to be a candidate and have to travel about the coun- try telling everybody “I have just begun to fight.” A small town is a place where they can remember how many hus- bands every woman has buried. Boston University has a course in “use of the telephone,” but why go to college to learn to cuss? Aesop's fables had nothing on a vication letter. A man is not old until he thinks the world is going to the dogs. Bobbed hair causes more conver- sation than cooking recipes. Dresses are a little shorter but you still have to organize a swim- ming party to find out who is knock-kneed. Everything comes to those who wait except the time they lose. Our seat of government is being sat upon a great deal these days, If a kiss-proof lipstick really has been invented it will cut the cost of lipsticks in half. i One day in Mexico, what thay thought was another revolution was only a new phonograph record. irae 1 Posterity must. get awfully impa- tient waiting for its parents to set- tle down. . The bathing girl doesn't care wrap. a An optimist a man-who, when he comes: to a detour, thinks it is a very good road jto be a detour. Is there a towel shortage in your house? Stick wet hands in pockets and leave two minutes. Movie starring isn’t so good. Be- tween pictures you have to run out and get a divorce, “American. girls should dance as well as the Russians,” says Pavlowa. They do, 4nd better. Russians dance {PEOPLE'S FORUM | ¢———____— 4 SAFETY | FIRST To the Editor Tribune: I am a scout, first class in ran! and in studying for the merjt badge of Safety First, 1 fi ber of Safety Principles are being violated. In connéction with this merit, badge, it is required that the of, the Bismarck |" id that 2 num-|> scout endeavor to remedy these prin. ciples, in connection with this I won- |- dér if you couldn't put a little’ notice in your, paper, about crossing the stréet from’ sidewalk to sidewalk, instead of through the center of the street’ esptcially down town. The Jaws of Bismarck govern the cross- ing of the streets /at points of inte; section but this law is not careful! enforced. ‘Another safety ‘fitst prin- ciple is in regard to throwing banana in the street, if you will touch Backyard Playgrounds Batchelor Handball is a game in father and son can grow gether. Dad can break in hi about the age of 10 or any back ard will space for a court. Any flat wall, either wood or brick, with a free space of level ground adjoining, will do. The court may be any size, but in general the following proportions should be fol- lowed: The wall spi should be four-fifths as high as it is wide, and the court should be two and one- half times as long as the wall is high. By W. C, which up to- s boy at Almost provide ample A “service” line divides the court | midway between the wall and back line. This is called a walled court. The game is played on the.same principle as tennis, but with the hand instead of a racquet, and] against the wall instead of o a net. ja rubber ball may be used. | The rules are simple and the game is easily picked up by the be- ginner. Its devotees claim it has all the faseination of any other sport. Copyright, 1924, by W, C. Batchelor single- upon a few of these points, 1 am sure it would help the public principles. Thanking you for this, I remain, A Scout. Cook bv Electricity. It is safer. d help in| the endeavor to instruct Safety First | NOTICE TO VOTERS Requests having been made of me by several mothers to enter my name at the school election June 3, I have filed for this position and ask the support of the voters of Bis- marck, Beatrice Mann. EVERETT TRUE N RING BY CONDO ovt, WILD Berrcs ~ HMMM ~M-m ~— HM-M-M — ~~ Ameen — ame meine — RIne ovr, icp weirs ~ HM-m-n~ |mail j ers’ buying power. land steady bas’ the | yi | happy, Mr. Hamilton,” he said. ‘FRIDAY, MAY 30, 192¢ OUTLOOK FOR FARMERS By Albert Apple American farmers this year ,are going to spend a bit ‘more than in oes, This is indicated by sales of ‘the leading order houses, which so far this year have Moet about a seventh more than in the corresponding months o! 1923. ‘ cae ee Still, a gain*of a seventh in buying power is mighty big to a farmer who has been operating at a loss or bare profit. Economists consider mail order sales a barometer of farm- * ne Farmers’ spending this year is, of course, regulated a lot ‘by their profits or losses in 1923. Last year’s crops, for the whole country, cording to Department: of Agriculture, were valued at 9953 millio dollars, which was about 1000 millions more than the yeat before. S Says the department. “The distress of wheat growers is strikingly shown by the estimate of the value of the 192+ | wheat crop which is 726 million dollars, compared with 874 (millions in 1922 and 2080 millions in 1919.” ! That was equivalent to a city man having his wages re- duced nearly two-thirds in two years. Ouch! mie. Farmers in 1923 got for their crops and meats about a fourth more money than in 1914, But prices and costs had about doubled. So, figured in terms of pre-war buying power, the farmer in 1923 was only three-fifths as prosperous as be- fore the war. This affects all of us, for prosperity cannot be on a sound s unless there is a just balance between city and faym buying power, since each is the customer of the other. An impoverished customer can’t buy. ? The foreign markets outlook for the American farmer might be brighter. International Institute of Agriculture in Rome estimates that on July 31 there'll be 275 million bushels of old wheat on hand in exporting countries, compared with 118 million bushels July 31, 1923. The surplus powerfully affects prices. be counteracted by a lower world wheat yield in 1924. depends on the weather. 4 In the nine months ended April 1, American wheat ex- It might possibly A lot {ports were almost 64 million bushels less than in the cor- responding period a year ago, ahd corn exports decreas over 65 million bushels. Meat exports made a big gain. > LESLIE PRESCOTT TO RUTH ELLINGTON, CONTINUED Once in a while, Ruth, Dad takes a stand, and he did take one today with Alice. ' “I have seen,” he said, “with in- creasing distrust and distaste, Alice, your growing idea that every one who comes near you must be at your beck and call, and right now I would like to give Karl a tip. Unless he brings you up short his life -will be given to doing things for you which you would better do yourself. Karl is too good a man, too big a man, to be dancing at your whim all the time. Neither your mother nor I will do it. do it, and I must say I don't envy you the job. “The child has had altogether too much money and too little resporsi- bility to others.” Karl looked very much relieved, and we all started out on our various s. I of course had to go to the holesale houses for you, and Karl was going down to Franklin street to see his lawyer, so we decided to a little restaurant near Wall street, much patronized by business men and financiers. “Twill meet you exactly at o’elock,” said Karl as he put me in ” [ answered, and diove f our several ways d you can take care of r the next six or seven At 1 o'clock I found Karl waiting for me at the door of the restau- rant. I saw him before he saw me, and I was somewhat anxious to note his drooping shoulders and general air of dejection. I wondered if he had had bad news from his lawyer. When he saw me his eyes lighted up, however, and I thought perhaps T had ‘over-emphasized his attitude We found a table in a far corker, ed bv a palm, The first id to me w ‘our digestion is good, ity they make here is toasted. chcese “Dad, I think you're a_ perfect beast!” said Alice ias. she flounced out of the room, Karl started to go-to her, but Dad peremptorily: insisted :that he should stay behind. + 7 “But I don’t want. Alice to be un- “She won't be,” answered Dad serenely, . “In ‘fact, after she gets] used’ to it she'll be happier than she is now. No selfish person is ever very happy. “I think, Alice,” he said turning to Mother, “that you and I made a mistake in letting , our . youngest daughter remain ab along. She has no di ever, In fact, she.is not able to dis- ‘cipline herself, and- of course: when she is married, Karl, you’H kave to “I hope fot the specialty fat mince pie with poured over it.” “So that was what made you look so unhappy when I came in; you's! hbeen eating it.” His voice changed. ‘Did IT look unhappy, Lesli¢?” he asked, * (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) — ADVENTURE OF. THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON | buy at the stoah, Snuff-box is empty.” “Well, I declare!” said Daddy to himself—not out laud. Paying money for something to make you sneeze when it’s as easy as rolling off a log to catch a cold for nothing! At that minute they reached Mis- ter Bags’ store and went in. tser Bags, this is Mister ’P ” introduced Paddy. “And this ‘Nancy and this, is Nick—his help- I find that my Mistah "Possum looked in his snuff box, and what dosyou think? There wasn’t one-single pinch of snuff left, Not one. Mistah .’Possum> was a~ southern gentleman and was just _ traveling und to see the world a bit. A's he id, all the birds. came north in the spring, so why shouldn’t he. He had taken up his quarters in the button-ball tree and kept bache- lor hall, : “Please, suh, ean yeu tell me where I may find a stoah?” he called to ‘ etaoin etaoi eta Daddy Cracknuts gver in the muple tree, just as Daddy was going out to buy a morning paper. “Sure!” called Daddy. “I’m just going there now. Come: right ‘along and I'll show you, ‘nieighbor:” So Mistah ’Possam; swung’ himself: down, € Daddy was curious about his neighbor, buf he wast:too.polite to ask questions, -Hewever, Mistah ’Possum,’ like’ most sduthern people,, was quite talkative and friendly, and soon Daddy knew all about him, “Some time you must come south,” said the ’possum gentleman. “And I shall show you all ‘sorts of things he persimmon trees ah wonderful. And:the oleandahs and ag Mistah ‘Possum bowed and said:he was charmed, And then he said he would to buy a quarter's worth of snuf: “I'm sorry, but we're out just now,” said Mister Bags. The facet was he was always out, for nobody arouhd there used snuff at all, But he wasn't going to say so, “Well, well! I'm sor tah ’Possum. “But 1 Why, that’s strange! sneezed before without Pinch ‘of snuff.” “Perhaps it's hay fever,” suggcst- ed Mister Bags, “Oh do you suppose so!” exclaimed Mistah’ Possum. “Isn't that nige! It's fah cheaper than buying he and just as pleasant, isn’t it. Achoo! Achoo! I think I'll stay north for a while, suhs, It will save me money.” (To be Continued) Memorial Day a Patriotism Lesson Euan i) By Gen: 1. R. Sherwood \ Civil War Veteran; America's Old: eg est’ Congressman Memorial Day is observed in the north on May 30 and’ on varying baa ; dates in the south. But ithe: spirit “All right, Sir. Td like to go south| aside ours oe where—a. day. set some day on-a vacatoion.” saidDaddy. eq canto se Hoa ee (east eg eae a I The greatest benefit to be, derived J rom i “Hay fever!) What's that?” asked] the lessen Oe ate 4 Mistah *Possum: curiously: Ww Mistal m : e learm on that It’s, something that j makes: you j People of the republic qe ueehaaht neeze all the time,” answered daddy,! and we feel certain’ that they: never Ob, 1 seet “Something” like tte} Will forget, the men. who foabne jh said Mistah Poss bled ‘for one and onl i "THE: PRESERVATION OF THE “Tike ‘what’? si al J NATION! . elegantly ike I never taking a smell mahvellous.” “How_about nuts?! asked Daddy, who didn’t care so.much about nice smells as about “nice “Shuahly! Shuahly!” ’Possum, buttah eats. said. Mistah “Peanuts and pecans! And nuts too! You’d nevah “Like snuff, That's what 1