The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1924, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. : S = Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO - - - : - Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - : - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The American Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news disputches credited to it or not otherwise entitled in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. Publishers DETROIT Kresge Bldg. 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................ $7.20 Daily by mail, per year in (in Bismarck). . 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) 5.06 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota.............. 6.00 { THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) GOVERNMENTAL DIVISIONS Inability of President Coolidge to secure favorable action upon his program before this congress has caused students everywhere to ask what can be done to bring the executive and legislative branches into closer cooperation. The vote of confidence given Coolidge clearly proves that the people favored the issues he espoused which received such indif- ferent treatment at the hands of congress. In the study of our government, text books and lecturers have over stressed the separation of the executive and the legislative branches. It is generally agreed that the judicial department is a thing apart and should be, if it is to function for the protection of government — but has not tradition read into the ration of the legislative and executive a too literal meaning? Oft times congress resents executive erference, and demagogues when they want to dodge an ue insist that the fathers of the constitution meant that the executive should practice a policy of hands off while legislation was in the making. But actually the reverse should be true and the practice of a closer contact between the executive and the legislative branches would make for better government. ————— the right to appear before congress to outline and to defend, if necessary, the policies of the administration. Hughes has supported the same ideas. Despite the fact that the constitution charges the pres- | ident with presenting to congress in his message the state of the republic as well as recommendations for needed le; lation and gives him the power of veto over acts of congr some members of congress insist upon a strict policy of non- interference while policies are being determined before congress. The system has not worked out to the best ad- vantage and sticklers for complete isolation of the two de- partments merely retard the processes of good and effective government. Instead of growing apart, the two depart- ments should be close together working out policies in har-|,, wo that end that there may be greater dispatch in public business and less expense in its execution, What obtains in national government applies as well to state governments. Here also much can be gained by closer cooperation and team work between the two departments, 6ften too jealous of their time worn and musty prerogatives. FEELING THE PINCH How the state owned industries promise to retard the proper functions of the state is intimated at least in the problems before the state budget board. The constitution tixes the general levy for certain purposes, but the sky seems to be the limit as far as the Grand Forks Mill and Elevator is concerned. When the state finds that there is not so much money to run the institutions of higher learning, to care for the unfortunate wards of the state and to perform the usual functions of the state which intimately concern its peace, health and safety, this hue and cry of “let us try it:out” may die down and give way to hard headed business judg-! ment. The suggestion that another million of the taxpayers money be fed the white elephant at Grand Forks if adopted means more taxes on the backs of a long suffering citizenry. How nice it is for politicians to sit up nights and figure! . new ways of spending thetaxpayers hard earned money on white elephants! But the worm will turn soon, probably sooner than the “most optimistic advocate of state ownership thinks. % $1000 The land values of our country incre migrant arrives from abroad, sai: mmouwealth Land party. That +. 100 every time mpaigner for “lowest csti- as farm: land is made valuable by th» soii uJler’s toil, City land is made valuable largely by the toil of others that the owner—by the multitudes who flock on the site or nearby. And eventually all man-created wezlth is absorbed by the land, which alone endures through the centuries, in- creasingly valuable. TEA Drinking more tea? If not, you’re behind the American procession. The British this year are selling us 137 pounds of tea for every 82 pounds last year. Such things do not happen by chance. In this case the reason is advertising. British interests, as you’ve noticed, have been advertis- ing heavily, portraying tea temptingly, urging its use. Ad- vertising talks to tens of thousands while the individual | salesman talks to one. STATIC “Grinder static,” which bothers radio fans so much, orig- inates chiefly in a district above the western part of the Gulf of Mexico. KDKA. The disturbance, which spreads all over the conti- nent, is worst during the Gulf rainy season. Some observers believe that static eventually will be so thoroughly understood that it will help decidedly to forecast weather. Nothing is useless—not even static. IGNORANCE Superstition and ignorance are so rife in this world, it’s a marvel that humanity progresses as fast as it does. Dr. T. F. Wall of England is a leader in search for a way : to unlock and harness’ the terrific power pocketed up in the H atom. Hearing of his experiments, his neighbors flooded him with letters of protest. They fear he may blow up the earth. The unknown is terrifying. e Mr. Taft | when president suggested that cabinet members be given, Charles E. | So claims C. W. Horn, head radio man at! Editorial Review. Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented bere in order ti our readers may have both sides of ‘mportant issues which are being discussed in the press of ye | MAYFLOWER DESCENT | Boston Transcript. 1 The Society of Mayflower Descen- {dants in session at Plymouth, has j reported a considerable gain in mem- |bership, and also considerable losses |from time to time. The membe ‘of the general body, an the {United s is now about 5,000, jcomprised in eighteen existing state |societies. The Massachusetts socie- ty of this order, or association, has increased its membership in the last r by 141, to a scanty total of That number it but a small ortion of the population of the which is, or should be, able to trace its d t passenger on the Mayflower. Such descent is a distinction that is not uncommon in w England or in the country at urge; and the only objection that yuld be urged to the organized So- of Mayflower Descendants is s so small a propor- etual living offspring jof the little company of Pilgrims at ‘Plymouth. It is true that descent can be proved from but fifty of the | 104 passengers on the Mayflowe yet the number of people who ha the blood of one or more of these persons in their veins is today counted by the hundreds of thous- ands in the whole country, and in Massachusetts by tens of thousands. Evidently the interest in Pilgrim descent itself is greater than the in- Jterest in the society which repre THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | The Magic Touch You Won'T Know YOURSELF WHEN | GEL TARouGH wih You . sents it. One thing is to be said in behalf not only of this society but of all other organizations of descendants of the founders w Enj id: it has no “aristoer: character, and seeks to set up on no social distine tion whatever. As is well known the original Pilgrims ere chiefly composed of simple craftsmen and! worke They had no thought of containing in themselves, or ot seek- | ing to establish for their offspring, la current of “blug blood.” Nor | have their descendants, taking them and ever developed any h pretension. The same is true r colonial and revolution- lary soci The line of descent, is most carefully looked after in these societies, merely for the rea- |son that they ought to be what they jassume to be. But when so many of these carefully traced lines of de-j scent go back to a waxed end or ditching utensil, it would be vain t assert either aristocratic origin or | present pretension. Their object is | to keep alive the interest in earl, events and connections; the mount purpose is patriotic. inasmuch as the female line of de- is, in the majority of these | all that is required for ad- | mission, it is plain that their mem- ips must in the future include a great number of people who are the offspring of recent immigrants. 'The membership of the Society of Mayflower Descendants already in- cludes many Irish and German jnames, and even Slavic names. This is, emphatically, as it should be. Our revolutionary “ancestral”! and patriotic societies will be the better and the truer to their purpose | if they represent all the element: of our population—always premis- ing, of course, the genuineness of | the colonial or other required de- scent in one line or the other. The admission of this sort of blood, one- half new, f old, will be a check agains sort of artistocra- does not readily produce Orders of the Garter, or run in any way to! the development of a pretense of nobility. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS versity, holder of several township | former husband. She is going to be! BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON and school district positions, suc- | governess to little Jack. She is very! cessful farmer and familiar with the | clever, very pretty, and very sweet. | | MAIL BOX‘ | Away the North Pole Johnny Sweep and the Twin: All around them were Sooties and Chimney Swifts, the birds, all carry- ing notes to Santa Claus. So now, you know, my dears, when you write a note and put it up the chimney, how it comes that Santa Claus gets it. Either the Sooties or; the Swifts take it. And if they don't,! Johnny Sweep sees to it. And even} rth Wind lends a hand and, does his bit. | At any rate the notes all get there. ! And if you have no chimney just | write a note and lay it on your w | dow sill and it's all the same, Santa | Claus’ messengers are eve here. | And even if they don't take it, they | read it, there being so many notes to eatry ‘n all, | I even knew a little boy who put | his letter in a very secret place that went | nobody knew about! And he got {'most everything he wanted. The only thing I advise is. There | at many children, and if| ita Claus is short-handed on work- ers, don't ask for too terrible much. | He does the very best he can, poor soul. Oh, there is so much to do! | But there! | What on earth was I saying? | Oh yes! I know! It was about Johnny Sweep and the Twins flying on Johnny's broom to the North Pole. “Say,” said Johnny Sweep. “I have an idea!” | “What? said the Twins. | “I don’t think Santa Claus should |have to scrape down old chimneys and get all covered with soot,” said Johnny, “After we have given him | Ted’s note and all the others.” “Neither do we,” said Nancy and Nick, “Well, then! Let's, take all our notes to Santa Claus and leave them in his mail-box and then go back und sweep out chimneys,” said Johnny “That’s a fine idea,” said Nick. “We'll just: do-it Pretty sdoni the’ near the Toy Maker's House ‘duties of county auditor. cama eat pace | that . aid, “Sub-Station for the North 'j Pole. All mail for Santa Claus promptly delivered.” one) And so they dropped all their let- ce] e ee ters in, Ted's too, and started back home. But they hadn't go when Johnny Sweep “T have a hunch.” “What's that?” asked the Twins.) svaney Cs ; ight Nigeiayes feclivig, anlusvontny eile) oo tee concen mec pecutyce (sikh! a feeling that something is wrong. 0! @!mogt everyone, but T will say I'm going right b: to that mail-|this for him, his being here made box and make sure that everything | thines easier for all concerned. right. I-think he must have sent a very So he turned his broom and back} drastic telegram to J. A. P. for his hey went. And lo and behold, who! highness came over by air- be sitting on that mail-box| plane in time for the funeral, natch, the terrible gob te refused-—very rightly, I | o see him, which must have red his conceit just -a little. ‘or the benefit of the curious, or as your mother or mine would have put it, for the speech of people, Karl Whitney walked with Leslie, and John Prescott with Mrs. Hamil- ton, when they left the motors for » very far LETTER FROM SALLY ATHERTON id suddenly,, 10 BEATRICE SUMMERS, CONTINUED least she has come through the try- ing last few days with splendid poise. Sydney Carton went back home di- rectly, I do not think he and Jack even met, which I take to be was a great surprise to J. A. P. I just wish his friend would once tell him, John Alden Prescott, just what he really thinks of him. I think, perhaps, if he did, there would come another surprise to friend Jack. I am sure Sydney Car- ton is, as I told you before, hopeless- ly in love with Leslie, and he is try- ing to make over John Prescott into the kind of a man who might be worthy of Leslie and who would make her happy. a He had a string with a piece of chewing gum on the end and he was fishing. He was fishing letters out of the mail-hox. Johnny Sweep took a big pair of scissors out of his pocket und cut the string. pened to see Mrs. Burke, who had just been with Leslie, give a letter “Too much is plenty!" said he.| the grave. No one, of course, ex-| to him. I am sure in it was some “You have tried my patience long cept the few right on the ground] explanation of why Leslie could not enough. Get om” iy this arrangement was] see him. broom there, knew that ade, because Leslie positively re- sed to walk beside her husband or have anything to do with him, Glory for her—-I didn’t think she had it in her. I haven’t seen Mr. Prescott~alone since he returned to the city. He has not yet been down to the plant. 1 am writing this the morning after When he comes, if he asks me anything about the affair, ve me, I shall tell him the truth —politely, of course, but it will be and I'll take you ho So Snitcher $ on the broom whether or not. y nd pret Ted’s house, (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) I expect by this time you are thinking that John Prescott is a ri gular cad. He is not, Bee. He is a man with the most winning mascu- line personality I have ever known, and because of it he is a very selfish, arrogant, overbearing man, been spoiled. He expects everyone to think of him first. ; Why, even I, Bee, who know all his faults so very well—I, to yhom no man before has appealed in such a way that my heart has spoken in- ad toe wanted to y soon they got back to} BOOMED FOR PC Minot, N. D., De Col- cord of Mohull, auditor of Renville county, and a brother of G. D, Col- tic pretense. It will mean just the cord of Minot, is being boomed in| the whole blooming truth with no] stead of my head—am perfectly f: sort of American influence that one that section for appointment sugar on it. cinated by him when we are together, should seek in s Yet tax commissioner, sccording Leslie is looking like a ghost these; Here he comes now. I must stop for that matte an soil Renville County She has been so full of! writing you and become a business trouble that she has, I am sure, had no time to think of the baby that is coming. You know ‘how happy she was when sh Mohall, a league ord was re-elected auditor of Renville county at the last clection, and has held the office since 1920, cog in this great industrial wheel. Will write you again soon. The NF coming affairs of this family prom- xpected her first one.| ise to he very interesting. Supporters of Colvord assort- | Poor girl, I almost feel that some-' Write to Leslie—she will appre- ed that his qualif ire satis-| times she wishes this baby was not! ciate it, Pate Fae . being a| coming at all, | Lovingly, graduate of a high school and of | We havea young woman added to SALLY. the law department of Drake uni-|the famil a sister of Mrs. Burke's) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Jom Sims 1 think she is also a good sport, at| EVERETT TRUE Governmént bonds are being sold ito raise three or four billions, indi- ‘cating Uncle Sam may buy some Christmas presents, : | French don’t want to pay us any- thing for 10 years. The French, it seems, think Uncle Sam is Santa Claus. “ Silent airplanes are not the great- est threat of the next war, The though that the Red Cross may is- sue crogsword puzzles scares us. I MUST DISTURG Vou, SR, DID You EVER HeaR It’s funny how. some respected citizens regard “Please Remit” on an ‘due bill thi hort of WwHac opal cuore as nothing short o! SAID ABOUT a 2 The carol, “Silent ~Night, Holy Night,” is 100 years old this Christ- mas, which should be celebrated. Steamboat load of autos sank in Lake Erie. All the erew and maybe a few pedestrians were saved. Loeb and Leopold, it scems now, got the greatest punishment. They are being made to teach school. Christmas isn’t what it used to be when: there was no income tax payment due 10 days before. AND So 18 WARBCING I! one Just as we were feeling some bet- ter a New York woman up and died and left $5000 to a pet cat. Just before Mr. Carton left, I hap- He has SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 ’ WHEN THEY GET YOUR GOAT es Yr Fig By Albert apple". ' An old farmer who remembers Stanhope buggies, home- spun clothes and copper-toed boots, comes to town now and then. For years wé have met him no place except in front ‘of one of the local jewelry stores, watch in hand, looking jinto the display windows at a chronometer. “Hello, there, what are you doing in town?” we ask. And always he answers, “Oh, I just came into get the correct time.” ! There’s a wise twinkle in his eyes as he says it. For he jgets the “correct time” in many ways, summed up in the expression, “keeping abreast of the crowd and the time.’ | The average farmer comes to town regularly to find out ‘what’s going on in the way of improvements. It would be mighty profitable for us all if the city man went to the country occasionally to get a line on the industry that feeds, him. Producers should periodically tour their markets to “get the correct time.” The politicians in Washington should make junket tours of the whole country occasionally, to keep in touch with pub- jlic attitude and needs. In other words, to “get the correct 1@ time.” Mental stagnation is inevitable if we isolate ourselves and lag behind the times. We are fortunate in living in the fastest-moving period of the world’s history. How many of us take full advantage of the opportunity to learn and improve. Few people need urging to keep up with the latest in sports, cards, dances, movies, songs, styles and crazes like crossword puzzles. When it comes to “the latest” in the way of improve- ments in government and economies, the crowd usually yawns. a : There’s hope though. Our generation is alert to keep in | touch with all improvements in inventions such as radio and ,; autos. These things, after all, shape society, economics and, ‘indirectly, government. All in all, we're close to “the cor- jrect time.” | INNEW YORK New York, Dec. 20,—Reflections of Poison for the Christ- i berry street. a cynic— mas trade. —o— Shas Working girls dolling up to spend] Uniformed cop drinking in a boot- Saturday afternoon in fashionable | leg joint. hotel tearooms, smoking cigarets oe Carpenters going to work with? only a hammer, a saw and a jack- plane—and: few of them here know how to use those. an, mud-brick rears. ye ohpie, Artificial women wearing artificial jewels to artificial drama. seg He bought a phonograph, a radio tand a limousine on an income of $3000 a year. The limousine and radio have been surrendered for non- and doing their best to ‘appear as blase women of the world. as A $22-a-week clerk wearing spats and sporting a cane, sagt A Wall Street office boy in a sub- way loudly blabbing about the “deal” he put over that day. inp ae Can’t find a Baldwin apple in New York. Fruit dealers try to tell me a Ben Davis is better. Zoe 6 Everywhere you turn—in restaur- Houses with marble lobbies ants, subways, on the street—-girls | payment. 4 piling on rouge and lip-stick. =e art Butchers selling rump steak at Thirty-five-dollar-a-week families half starving in $90-a-month apart- ments, porterhouse prices, oe Bought a pound of English wal- nuts, Half of them had shriveled, black centers. New York is like that, half its people having shining exte” 3 riors and dark or shriveled interiors. 0. “non-refillable” | JAMES W. DEAN. | (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Sas A lady with an ermine bearing in a white rabbit cloak Police find 15, bottles in hootch factory at 114: Mul- FABLES ON HEALTH CHAPPED HANDS half ounce balsam of peru; one und a half ounces of glycerin and six Chapped hands and face are com- mon to hundreds of women in any wintry portion of the country and frequently become quite annoying, as well as painful, . Jones of Anytown was in the of mixing up a simple remedy s follows: late of soda, one dram; one- ounces of rose water. Mix well and apply night and morning. Many people claim to find relief from the simple use of camphor ice. A glycerin lotion can be made from one and a half ounces of gly- cerin, four drams of borax and a half pint of water, and third class. Being below first- class never pays. A Thought 4 As one whom his mother comfort- etl, so will I comfort ‘you—Isa. 66:13, A woman in Louisville, Ky., who thought she could run an auto ran amuck instead, What can the Creator see with ‘|ereater pleasure than a happy crea- ture?—Lessing. , For Sale— Choice Canarie |Singers, Imported German \ somebody who thinks otherwise gives Rollers. Jacob Bull, Dickin- ‘him a poke in the nose. ~ son, N. Dak. Box 728. } | THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS * (By Florence Borner) : x They say poet? are born. Now doesn’t that sound like a poet? Try: ing to dodge the blame. i All the world is a stage upoy which “If Winter Comes” is playin! its annual engagement now. As a man. thinks so is he until Glad Christmas time has come, again, To greet us with the closing ybar, 3 Sound: “Peace on earth good will to men,” Let voices ring with ‘hearty cheer; Then, let us stand in happy-mood, Before the Yule-log’s sparkling (blaze, And,, knowing that all things are good, ‘Sing out the songs of other days. The lover clasps ‘his sweetheart’s hand, While futwre scenes before -him rise, The magic of a fairy’s wand, Haag filled him with a glad‘ surprise; He sees himself a goodly squire, While children clambor ‘round his knee— Entranced he sits before the fire, ‘ a ‘Enwrapped in Love's sweet mystery. The traveller, on his homeward way, With packages is lacen down, . 0 Tomorrow will be Christmas Day, And little children wait at home; For roly-poly old Saint Nick, To come from out the land of Snow, Then hurry down the chimney thick, To fill edch sock from top to toe. The dog knows something’s in the air, Tho he can’t spell or read a ‘book, He feels that he will get his share, And wags his tail with hungry look; How good the children all appear, ~ Right willingiy they do the chores, Without a frown, a sigh or tear, Give her an electric waffle iron for Christmas so she can make you some hot cakes with non-skid treads. The burning question is, not so much the price of coal as it is “Who vill build the fire?” tly on second | To sound the birthday of a King. ‘Then hasten in from out of doors, These ‘pictures, humble tho they he, The spirit show of ‘Christmastiae, The’ toy bececked and lightéd tree, ” ‘The carols sounding far and wide; ‘Let fun and mirth pervade the air, 2 And all the joy-bells sweetly iitik,oly}e-/ TiN people: come from everywhere, Fert ! x \ a 4