The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1924, Page 4

at elie He nh PAGE FOUR © THE BISMARCK TRIBUN Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class itter. 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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise entitled 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...........-.eeeeeee «$7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck)........ ss 0.20) 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) STILL SATISFACTORY The Literary Digest presidential poll, which has proved remarkably accurate in the past, continues to report “all’s wel” with the campaign for Calvin Coolidge. There is a slight decrease in the Coolidge vote as compared to the Harding vote of four years ago, but the decrease is so slight with 689,019 ballots cast, that the apparent trend toward the President is nothing short of remarkable. Harding went into office with the greatest popular majority ever polled, something over 8,000,000 lead over James Cox, the Democratic candidate. No such landslide has been expected for the Republican candidate, yet his vote continues to be close to that of Harding four years ago. Returns from eighteen states in the poll show the Pres- ident is leading in every state except Virginia and Texas, where Davis is ahead, and Wisconsin, where LaFollette polls a plurality. The Davis vote continues remarkably low. The showing made by the Democratic party is so bad that it lends great weight to the statement of Chatrman Butler of ihe Republican National Committee that at the election Coolidge will poll a tremendous Democratic vote from those who wish to avoid the chaos that would result from throw- ing the election into the House of Representatives. The Literary Digest poll, accepting it at face value, indi- cates Senator LaFollette will get a large vote in the country, but not enough to do what he hopes to do—tie up the elec- tion in the national legislature so that he may by using balance of power methods decide who shall be the next Pres- ident. The Literary Digest is charged with polling the “silk stocking” class as an explanation for the Coolidge vote. It also is charged by those who declare LaFollette is showing disproportionate strength in the poll that it is natural that LaFollette supporters should hurry in their votes, because tney are seeking to create the impression that he has a chance of election. The poll probably is fairly represent- ative. It has proved so in the past. And, if it means any- thing, it means that Calvin Coolidge will be elected Pres- ident. DETROIT Kresge Bldg. DEMOCRACY IN DANGER Eternal, constant vigilance is the price of liberty. It is a cheap price. To win liberty, the early settlers of the United States had to fight wars—contribute their savings and en- danger their lives. To preserve the liberty already attained, all we citizens have to do is vote and vote wisely. For decades, an increasing percentage of American citi- zens have been neglecting to vote in the presidential elec- tions. In 1920 this tendency culminated in a situation where over 25 million citizens failed to vote, while less than 27 mil- Tons voted. | That election was very close to government by minority. And government by minority imperils our democracy. You know and thrill at what the gallant Minute Man ac- complished in Revolutionary days when America was win- ning its freedom. Minute Men, to preserve this freedom by arousing the public to the dangers of not voting, are needed now as much as in 1776. 5 Vote, yourself. And make your self a committee to rouse tives, friends and strangers with this Liberty Message. Vote without fail! Vote without fail! Vote without fail! YOUR vote is needed! YOUR vote is needed! YOUR vote is needed! ‘ Bile PRAYER AND PRAYER --- Dr. William E. Gilroy’s International Uniform Sunday School Lesson for Sept. 21 is most interesting, but, in some Trespects, incomplete. -. The crux of Dr. Gilroy’s lesson, lies in the fact that when “ai! the height of popularity, Jesus went off into a solitary place to pray. “Jesus needed to pray. Grasp that fact well.” anges Dr. Gilroy, who doesn’t undertake to tell for what Jesus prayed. What need could urge one who was without sin, one who was clothed with the love, wisdom and might of the All-wise, A!l-powerful? The answer is, the need of close communion the Father. A great many people resort to prayer only when they need something. They ask forgiveness of some certain sin or he!p in some particular trouble or endeavor, which is right, but they miss much of the comfort and happiness of prayer. Little Tommy goes to his father with “I want a bicycle,” , or “I want new shoes,” or “I need” this or that. Similar is' the anpeal of many good religious people to the Father of | all. _It-is one sort of praying. Jt is another sort when Tommy climbs up into father’s ‘lgp with, “You are best of all. Love me. We are father and son, and I want to tell you how I love you.” One who has ‘missed such communion has never ‘had all the hope, courage and happiness of prayer to the Festher. WORK IN VAIN By : After 46'years of steady work,*experts of the French; Academy finish revising the dictionary from A to H. Just as they get ready to start on I,; it’s discovered that the French language has changed so much in 46 yéars they have to do their work all over again. Obcerve, here, a basic principle of life. By the time we “solve” a social or economic probl{m, we find another prob-' Jem has arisen. So goes the merry-go-round. i FORD’S ORGANIZATION “© Henry Ford now has over 14,000 dealers throughout the | «yorld. selling his cars. Almost 10,000 of them are in; America. ; } This certainly is a stupendous organization, and some y consider it the eighth wonder of the modern world. Editorial Review Pi eleh deni A Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sides of import: issues which are being di in the press of the day. POLITICAL PANIC IN NORTH DAKOTA S The best evidence of the turn of ; North Dakota in the direction of | Coolidge is in the newly apparent | doubt in the minds of the LaFoll-! ette managers of the certainty of! success in November. ‘This doubt | hown in the refusal of the La-{ Follette manager to file with the secretary of state the resignations | of the four LaFollotte electors, as | agreed on at the state central com- mittee meeting in Bismarck on September 3%. At that time 30; sure were the LaFollette group that the state was lost to ,Cool-} iclge, that they agreed to withdraw ‘their nomine for elector from the Republican column and place them in the individual nominations column of the ballot under the names of LaFollette and Wheeler. But as the campaign has pro- gressed, warning signs have indi- cated to the radicals that they had no such certainty. To ssure themselves of it, they have finally decided to leave the LaFollette electors on the Republican column and nominate others to run under the LaFollette heacing. This makes it a case of “Heads 1 win, tails you lose,” for the radicals. They thought they had a “sure thing” three weeks ago. Now they want to make it a sure thing by having both sets of electors La- Follette adherents. To end this situation, Coolidge Republicans rought action on Monday before the Supreme court asking it to end a “procedure fraught with fraud and deceit,” and to oust the radical electors from the ‘Republican column. Whether the court grants the peti- tion, or nt, the stand of the raci- cals is a public confession that they fear to put the issue to the test in North Dakota and that their cocksuredness of the past few months has been followed by 2 desperate grasping at every tac- tical advantage that promises suc- cess. Even here they lose, for no people will sympathize with any legal trick that defrauds a Repub- lican of his right to vote for the President and practically disfran- chises him, nor will the odium of such a course fail to attach itself | to the radic: WHEAT PRICES—PRESENT AND FUTURE Among the causes for strength in wheat and other grain prices, is the shortage of the Ruspestil crop. Wheat in Canada is also a short crop an« Winnipeg prices are steadily advancing. The extent of the foreign short- age has been more clearly reveal- ed in the last two weeks, which ac- | counts for the large export sales. Sudging by the world's shortage wheat in the United States, on the farm, is cheap at present prices. If the natural conditions of its sale are not obstructed by exporting firms and buying combinations, operating through the machinery of boards of trade, wheat, rye and other grain food should show higher prices in the next few weeks, and much higher before an- other crop can be harvested! Hatching Out a Tough Brood ADVENTURE OF |; THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON THE ROAD TO JUM JUM LAND. The Sand Man and Nancy and Nick | went skipping along the road that! led from Squeejick Land to Jum Jum Land and the sea. They were very happy because they had found the lost isleepy sand at last and as it was going on sun- down, it was almost time for the Sand Man to start on his nightly travels over the house-tops. “Oh, the stars are so bright, That shine at night Peep down like eyes at me, And the Dream Maker Man Works as fast as he can, Picking dreams off the Tree,” sang the Sand Man happily. And the Twins’ joined chorus. “Oh, the Dream Maker Man, Works as fast as he can Picking dreams off the Dreamland in the Dreamland The French wheat crop, rd- ing to the London Daily 1, | Paris edition, quoting French esti- mates, is 22,400,000 cwt, short, or about 40,000,000 ‘bushels. The crop, both in France and North Africa is said to be at least that much short of the minimum re- quirements, which will have to be bought abroad. This accounts for ‘the active bidding for American wheat the past week, and the ad- vance in the face of rush of grain to market. The price of bread is the most pressing probleni the new govern- ment in France has to meet. AS showing the extremities of the wheat shortage situation the French cabinet has ordered the prefects of France to enforce flour prices, to conform to recent regu- lations, and to increase the sale of meat and fish in the street mar- kets. Strict laws to enforce food prices will be passed and an urg- | ent appeal is made to all honest traders to aid in defeating specu- lation in food stuffs. Millers are instructed to grind coarser flour s s to waste as little grain as possible. The Daily Mail adds: | “It is recognized however, that) vast financial committments wil} ‘be necessary to cover the cost cf purchase and transport of this| wheat. All of this has a direct bearing on North Dakota wheat grower this year. With less than one- third of the crop threshec! in spite of the weather damage, the bulk of the crop should bring a much better price than now prevails; and competent commission firms, and others in the grain trade, as well as financial institutions and ‘business concerns, look for wheat to sell as high as $1.50 per bushel, on the farm, before spring, and possibly even more. es THE GREATEST LIAR IN THE WORLD \S6 THE GENT - || WHO WROTE THE “Russia reminds us of a poor family in a rich naanerr: | ' |4each him a lesson.” pc meee | LITTLE JOE ie {Lin Tree.” They were so happy that they never noticed that the road had changed to cakes of soap, and slip- pery ones at that, for the mischiev- ous gnomes had been at work, } a regular Suddenly Nick's feet flew and Nancy's flew and they fell down and rolled against the Sand Man and Knocked him over, too, and the sleepy sand flew out of his hands und landed in a field of prickly pep- pers. Quick as a ball can bounce, Tweek- anose jumped in and picked up the sleepy sand and ran off with it. i “Ha, ha, ha! Hee, hee, hee!” the! Twins and the Sand Man heard him} giggle. “No sleep for the bubies to- | night!” i “Dear, dear!” said the Sand Man: in a worried voice. “Now it’s gone gain after all our trouble! Here it! is almost moon-up and me without | a drop of sleepy sand! It’s all to do over again, We'll have to go right after that rascal. Tweekanose, and Nancy and Nick got up and rubbed their bruises and’ bumps and helped the poor Sand Man to his feet, slippery soap had disappeared as quickly as it had come. If they had looked quite closely they would have seen a hundred little gnomes tugging and lugging all the soap cakes back to Gnome- land where Crookabone, the Gnome King, praisea them, “I always like to help a friend,” he remarked. “I suppose Tweeka- nose is miles away by this time. Per- haps he's in. the moon. If he goes far enough the Sand Man will surely be out of a ‘job.” When the Twins finished rubbing their bruises, the Sand Man said, “You'll have to take your magic shoes, children, and go to all the cities and turn back the town clocks | while I go to the moon and ask the Moon Man to please keep the moon ck a little so people won't think it is so late. Perhaps we can still get the sleepy sand in time to put the babies to sleep.” “All right, Mister Sand Man,” said Nancy. “And when weve turned all the clocks back, where shall we gor” ~ 1 “Meet me on the moon at the Dream Maker's,” said the Sand Man “He lives on the edge of the Golden Forest with his three sons, Snoozle and Snuggle and Snore.” “We'll be there,” said the Twins. (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) —_—_—_— | _AThought | ‘They that sow in tears shall reap in joy—Ps, 12425, The Tangle : LETTER FROM JAMES CONDON TO SALLY ATHERTON, CONTINUED Don’t jump at the conclusion, Sal- ly, that I have been making love to married woman. Mabel Carter has not lived with her hus- band for more than two years. It is one of the greatest tragedies I ever heard that parted them. She tells me that so heartsick and unhappy was she that she never really cared whether she was divorced or not, un- til she fell in love with me. She had made up her mind before that that she would have nothing more to do with men. One had not only bruised her soul, but had nearly ted her body. you could have seen her when she told me her story, Sally. She is the sweetest, the prettiest little doll of a woman you can possi- bly imagine—something you want to take in your arms and kiss her tears away. She is exactly the opposite of the great, splendid example of femin- inity that you are. I always felt young ‘and boyish and immature when I was with you, Sally, but the moment I saw Mabel I wanted to take her in my arms and help her to bear her burdens, if not take’ them all off of her shoulders. I am quite sure I have already done this. I wonder if you will remember her, Sally. There was a lot in the papers about her when you and Sam first came here, and she was very badly used, both by the court and the newspapers. She was not at all to blame that her husband was unreas- onably jealous of her. He shot that man and tried to kill her, simply be- cause, through a chain of unfor- tunate circumstances, the man had LES NSS S En se LN brought her home from downtown one cold, drizzly night in his limou- sine. The murder trial was a sensational one, and the defense tried to make out that the murdered man and Mabel were lovers. But just to look at her, Sally, you would know that could not be. I will be glad if Mr. Prescott does come over here and take the plant over, for I am sure you will come with him, and then you will be such a help to reinstate Mabel in the eyes of the world. Poor girl, she says her own sex have simp) stretched her on the rack of torture, and that she has not a woman friend. I have told her that you.are not that kind of a woman, Sally, and that I know you will love her as soon as you have seen her, I am almost sure that Mr. Hamil- ton is no better. In fact, I think he grows a little weaker every day, and although’ as his private secretary I am virtually manager here, and have been ever since he was taken ill, I will be very glad if someone else comes in to take some of the re- sponsibility and hard work away from me, Mabel omplains that I .am working much too hard, and that I never have a day off except Sunday to be with her, When we go any- where of an evening I am usually so tired that the moment I have eaten my dinner I want to go to sleep. She says when she marries again she wants to have a husband who will play around with her. Poor child, I think she has never had much happiness, and I am going to try and give it to her. You probably know a good deal. about this new business deal. I wish you would write me about it; and BY CONDO ’ prom t WHY DON'T You HUSKIES Take THIS VAN DOWN To THE RAILROAD AND TRY To BEAT THe 5:15 OVER THE GRADE CROSSING F THat’S ONS WAY TO wreck tt if WAY 13 TO Do rT WITH MY FoORNITORG! i es es 2 a Ti Page ae = Plow deep while slugga¥@s sleep, —Benjamin Franklin. ANOTHER ZI THE MONEY YOU SPEND By Albert Apple How much money did you spend during August? The ; American people combined spent about 36,000 million dol- ‘lars. That’s enough to give even a mathematician a head- pene, No human brain can really grasp such a gigantic ‘igure. * * ‘| i: | It is difficult to understand how times can be dull instead | of booming, when you ponder the money spent. August was a dull month, with thousands out of work and the average person “watching the pennies.” Yet 36,000 million dollars spent by the American people during August was 6000 millions more than they paid out in August, 1923, when times were booming. Spending makes prosperity—creates demand, gives jobs. But why were times better when people spent less? “8 © Americans now are spending at an average rate three * times as much as before the war. This looks as if the cost of living is three times higher than in those good old days when you could buy a Sunday chicken dinner for 35 cents. The National Industrial Conference Board insists the H. C. L. is 62 per cent (instead of 200) higher than pre-war. The board isnot apt to exaggerate in this estimate, for it is the voice of 15,000 employers. * Where do we get this estimate that Americans spent 36,000 million dollars in August? Answer: Bank clearings the country over — the total of all checks'written and sent through clearing houses for collection—totaled 35,670 mil- lions. You add 5 per cent, for 95 per cent of business trans- actions are paid by check, 5 per cent by cash. Divide total August spendings by the population and it looks as if $316 was spent for every man, woman and child. During one month?. It couldn’t be. The joker is that there are duplications in the totals. For instance, suppose a fac- tory sells a suit of clothes to a jobber for $50 and he sells it to a retailer for $75 and the retailer passes it on to the consumer for $100. Now, if all pay by check, this $100 suit of clothes will represent $225 in bank check clearings in these three processes of moving it to market. Other dupli- cations creep in, back yonder where the raw materials are * * collected, transported, etc. puzzle. Finance, after all, is simple—as simple as a Chinese New York, Oct. 4.—Just before the World War an ambitious Russian had taken “his young daughter to Germany that her eyes, dimmed at birth, might be openeq to see the beauties and wonders of a progress- ing world. The operation was a success and the girl’s sight was restored just as the war broke out. Father and daughter came to America, as had been originally planned, but without returning to Russia for mother and the remainder of the family. Turmoil followed, The mother and babies could not get to the United States. The father, Bpening a small laundry in New York, slaved and saved for the coming of his flock. It is related to me that he lived in such frugal fashion that he suffered. Then, a few weeks ago, with all ar- rangements made for the reunion of his long-separated family, he: rented an apartment and furnished it with luxuries such as neither he nor his family ever before had known. No expense was spared to make the home a wonder mansion for his lov- ed ones. As time for the arrival of the boat came, the young Russian could searce contain himself. He longed to take his wife and children to his bosom and nestle them forever—in Old linen bags, if saved, can be j turned into excellent home-made poultice containers for winter ser- vice, Mrs. Jones learned at the sew- ing club. In making the poultices, fill the bag half full of the poultice mixture and then spread. it flat by pressing between the palms. If a boil or ‘abscess is being treat- ed, place apiece pf sterilized linen over the sore; then’ wet-lightly with olive oil and put on the plaster. If above all else, be sure and write Mabel a little note telling her you are glad to see me in love and happy —for to tell the truth, dear, I think she is just a little jealous of you. You and I both know she need not be. Sincerely yours, JIM. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) wis ¢ South Dakota boy set the woods on fire. Almost as rash as candi- dates who burn their bridges before them. They caught a pearl thief in Par He thought the world was his oyster, but it wasn't. ‘ Finding pearls in oysters isn’t a bit more difficult than ‘finding oys- ters.in cafe oyster stew, Hen’s teeth grow more scarce, Chi- cago dentists in session find more women wearing ft teeth. > That’s one punishment of a g She wears out her teeth them together, ip. clicking Life in the opén is good for one, but don’t keep your teeth out in the open all the time. A man’s rights to drink’ booze are fast becoming ‘his funeral rites. Main building of the - New York reward for the years of loneliness. The boat landeg and his family came on the pier. His wife would have nothing to do with him. She would pay no attention, would listen to no idea. On the journey to America, after her long years of mothering a brood, she fell in love with a younger man and has cast her lot with him. The husband she had known only in dreams and memory for so long is heartbroken and forsaken. The lav- ishly furnished apartment has never been opened. Dust an inch thick has settled in it. Last evening was spent with three generations of an interesting family. The grandfafier, 81, plays the piano with nimble fingers; his daughter has bobbed hair, and her son is an aviator, All three smoke cigarets, All spend much time in ‘the open. They live on Long Island in a quaint home, with a spacious sunken garden sur- rounding it, just 22 minutes from Broadway. Their home life is as domestic as in any small, western community. Radio, reading and early to bed. Yet they are sophisticated as those whose rooms overlook Times Square. —Stephen Hannagan. FABLES ON HEALTH. MAKING POULTICES the applications must be hot, make several such bags and alternate them, When mustard plasters are used, wet with the white of an egg and the skin is not likely to be blistered. Wrap the poultices in soft flannel to keep in the heat and this also helps to abate severe pain, To make a mustard poultice mix dry mustard with half its bulk of flour, wet to a soft paste and spread svenly, but keep it thinly distribut- ed. i Police recreation camp burned, be- ¥ cause cops failed to catch the fire in time. What will you do with your old straw lid? Cut in pieces, roll in flour and fry. How about the summer under- wear? Soak it in ink this winter and use it for a bathing suit next summer. Almost time to get all cleaned up for the winter so you can put coal in the bath tub. Anniston Star, in- Alabama, calls bootleggers “liquorites,” but they are more often “liquorongs,” There are American women who have been married for years without seeing a clothes pin or rolling pin, And a debutante is disgraced if she can’t hug or cook, All the world’s a stage on comedies have’ the hee ee (Copyright, 1924, NEA Servie , Inc.) For Sale — Rin is Choice Canarie ¥’