The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1925, Page 4

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THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Comments reproduced column Editorial Review s Sot ‘express the opinion of The buns they are presented here {i in that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are nay in the press of the ' TRACING MISSING PERSONS (Police Magazine) The record of the missing persons department of the New York police for the last year was an amazing one. Eight thousand persons were reported missing. Only 12 of these | were unaccounted for. Six thousand cases are investigat- ed. These were not strictly “miss- ing” persons, They were absentees of more or less long standing of whom friends or lawyers want to know their whereapouts. The de- partment draws a strong line be+ tween the two classes. Of the 6,000 investigations thus made only 44 re- mained unsolved. There were 1,466 requests from other towns for, information about persons missing from other cities and towns. All but 71 of them were traced by the New York police de- partment. There were 1,575 inves- tigations asked for by other cities. Of this list all cases were solved, The brilliant record was estab- lished of success in 98 percent of its] THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA AUDIT The Bank of North Dakota audit made public by the Industrial Commission may cause some citizens to express surprise, since losses are placed in excess of $2,000,000, the capital stock of the bank. However, no surprise is occa- sioned to officials, politicians or others who have followed the various reportst on the bank for the last four years. Briefly, the situation is this: The Bank of North Dakota loaned and deposited large sums of money in private banks throughout the state. Scores of these banks failed. The Bank of North Dakota had collateral security for the loans; none for the redeposits. The agricultural depresssion made it difficult to realize on the collateral, and the closed. banks will not pay out the deposits. Therefore, huge losses are sustained. The same is true with farm loans made early in the bank’s history. It has been known for three years that eventually the bank would lose a million or two million dollars in doubtless assets of closed banks. There is, of course, the political side to the eco- nomic story. The Independents charge that the Frazier, or League, administration of the bank loaned huge sums of money to such unsound “league banks” as the Scandinavian- American Bank of Fargo and made “political farm loans” to supporters of the league, wherein the supporters “sold” their land to the state. Be that as it may, a condition con- fronts the state and the legislature in the bank which must be faced as a business proposition, without malice or politics. The most startling statement advanced by the auditors of the bank is that it cannot hope to make money in the fu: ture. It now has plenty of funds, which are a liability in- stead of an asset. The answer is simple. The huge crop of 1924 has put much money in North Dakta banks. Farmers are not required to borrow as formerly. The private banks do not need to borrow from the Bank of North Dakota, and therefore the bank funds must be kept on deposit in big reserve centers, drawing a low rate of interest while the Bank of North Dakota pays a high rate of interest. Since the bank’s funds are tax monies, which may be drawn out at any time, the money cannot be permanently invested in bonds or other securities. The Bank of North Dakota is at a disadvantage with private banks. Deposits and with- drawals in the average good private bank will run an aver- age course. However, the Bank of North Dakota’s funds swell rapidly with tax payments and go out just as rapidly cases—a record no other department of the New York police has ever sur- passed. The greater restlessness of the male of the species is strongly in- dicated by the proportions derived ‘rom the missing persons bureau. Last year 1,800 girls under 18 were missing as compared with 3,300 boys under 18. Of adults between the ages of 21 and 70, 2,700 were women, 5,164 were men. Of “investigated” cases of persons long unheard of 2,446 were females, while the roll of the male whose wanderings re- quired investigation was 4,553. The proportion, from the juvenile run- aways to the septugenarian wander- ers from the hearthside, was practi- cally fixed. Scarcely half as many ewe lambs as rams were missing from the fold. From the freckle fac- ed boy, who wanted to go fishing, to grandpapa moved to take a trip to the next state, the male was proven) to be the truant sex. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON “Won't you come with us on an adventure?” begged Nancy. The Fairy Queen smiled. “Why?” said she. “Aren’t you having a good time?” “Oh, yes indeed!” said Nancy, “but we want-yew to go with us, if we are going to have an adventure.” The Fairy Queen. looked very much pleased. “Well, my dears,” said she, “that is why I sent for you. That is exactly what I am going to lo. I am going on an adventure with you.” It had all happened this way, you see. That morning when the Twins, Nancy and Nick, woke up, they had found the magic green shoes beside their beds. They knew the magic shoes by sight because they had had them on before, and many a good time they! when tax money is paid out. Therefore, the bank must have idle money to meet the withdrawals, and cannot keep its funds profitably employed. j Farm loans conservatively made ought to be a good in- vestment for the bank. One would be without any faith in North Dakota if the condition were otherwise. There is no doubt but that in the early administration of the bank worthless farm loans were made. Either they were made to persons who intended to “sell” their land to the state, or the subsequent agricultural depression forced them off the farms and the bank had the land and was not paid principal or interest on the loans. The need for the farm loan depart- ment, too, is diminishing as the farmers are able to finance themselves, the Federal Land Bank is functioning and scores of private agencies and individuals are willing to invest in Teal estate mortgages. The Bank of North Dakota at the present time, with the exception of the farm loan department, is not serving any very useful purpose. It does, of course, advance large sums of money to the state mill and elevator, without security, a function which could otherwise be handled as efficiently as_at present. It does not serve the private banks materially. Because the Bank of North Dakota’s funds are largely tax monies, it cannot safely advance great sums to private banks. Were the tax monies deposited in local communities the private banks would be helped in maintaining their reserve. It is argued that the Bank of North Dakota could help “weak” banks in time of stress. But the Bank of North Dakota cannot accumulate sufficient funds to meet all of the loan requirements of the private banks, during the planting and harvesting seasons. These banks must maintain connection with out of staté banks and agencies. North Dakota is a borrowing state. It must get money from the outside, and it is outside money that is needed. Any plan to make the state live within itself, financially, at this time, is unwork- able. It was tried at the outset of the opening of the Bank of North Dakota and it did fail. One result was to cause withdrawal of outside capital, which proved to be a heavy blow to the state. There is evidence in the audit report that C. R. Green, manager of the bank, has safeguarded the public funds by keeping “idle money” where he could get it when the local treasurers demanded it, even though the bank might lose thereby. The audit report shows that little Bank of North Dakota money has been lost in closed banks under Mr. Green. The audit report, too, shows that farm loans have been conservatively made by him and have been well appor- tioned throughout the state, and the payments of interest and installment on loans made by him are good. The fact of the case is that thus far the Bank of North Dakota has not met an economic pe, and thus far no per- son has shown an economic need that such an institution can safely meet in this state. ;had had in them. Jumping out of bed now, they dressed and slipped them on, and scarcely were their heels well settled before ae whuff! they were standing ithe mother-of-pearl hall of the Fairy Queen’s palace. And there, right at the head of the pink coral stairs stood the Fairy Queen herself, wand and all. “Yes, I am going with you,” she repeated, and clapped her hands three times. ‘ Nimble Toes came a-running and knelt down and bumped his head on| the ground before her. “See that my biggest and fastest butterfly is caught and saddled right away,” commanded the Queen. “One big enough ought to carry three pas- sengers. Get Two Spot.” “Yes, Your Highness,” said Nim- ble Toes, disappearing at once. “Are we going to ride on a butter- fly?” asked Nancy. “Come and see,” said the Fairy Queen going down the coral stairs and taking them by the hand. Down the long hall they went, and out of the front door that was opened by two fairies. There right in front of the steps stood Nimble Toes beside an enor- mous butterfly, all bridled and sad- dled and ready to go. His wings of blue velvet kept going slowly up and down as though to say, “Just see how handsome we are. Please admire our fine golden spots.” Yes! Two Spot was certainly hand- some, from his long black horns to the tail of his sooty coat. All black and blue and gold was he, with touches of rose at the edge of his wings. “Hop on,” commanded the Queen. | “Oh no!” said Nick. “Ladies first!” So the Twins and Nimble Toes helped her on, and then Nancy and Nick scrambled on behind. It may surprise you to read that a little boy and girl could ride -on a butterfly, even a large one, but that’s because,I haven’t told you all about the magic shoes. The magic green shoes could make the persons who wore them any size at all. No matter where the person wanted to go, the shoes saw to it that he was just the right size whether it was to walk through a keyhole or sit at a giant’s dinner table. But at any rate, there they ‘were on the butterfly back starting on a journey. ‘ (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) Fairy GETTING AHEAD France continues selling to other countries more than she buys from them. This leaves her a snug amount to the good when she balances the books — about 1397 million francs in ag 1923 the foreign trade of France left her 1468 million f in the hole, imports exceeding exports by that much. The: economic drift is decidedly toward a condition in which France will be ABLE to make substantial payments BELITTLES CHARGES Washington, D. C., Jan, 13.—Arous- drinking among thi gress, Representative Tillman, dem- |than women. wenn 1 Got ‘em -You You SAID | COUL? “aFler CARISINAS In Maine a man has a clock 87 years old which runs perhaps be- cause he never has tried to fix it. In Kansas, a man played’ jazz music to keep his cows contented. They will be the laughing stock of the country. All pessimists are not dead, but one is. St. Louis man asked to be buried without any clothes. bi Chicago's a great town. The-guns make so much noise that even thosé not getting shot must have a hard time sleeping. oe They took eight stitches in. the head of a Dallas, Tex., auto driver who forgot to use his’ head. Bad Canadian news today. ‘The weather is so cold you can almost boil eggs in ice water. Reports from all sections of the country indicate practically all the turkey hash has been eaten. In London, a hotel was dynamited. Well, that’s just one time the rooms were a little higher than usual. Dances amuse us. And some of the steps look as if they were in- vented by a girl seeing a mouse. Wrong news from New York. Ex- pert says men do all things. better Bet he never tried to kiss a man. A debutante told us she hud a fever blister but we could stay home and play bridge. Times do change. Not long ago they had signs, “Women’s Hair Cut LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT TO JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT —NEVER MAILED I am lonely tonight, Jack, my hus- band—a little bit more lonely than I have ever been before in my life. My heart hurts with longing for you. I want to feel your arms about me. I want to look into your dear eyes and see that crooked little smile that makes” your mouth tell tales even before you speak, Most of all, dear, I want you to make me know, dear, that you love me, You did such an unkind thing to me when Alice died and it seemed to me that my heart was broken but to- night I-am sending my very soul out to-you with the words, You do love me, don’t you? .., . Don’t laugh at me, dear heart, and say Of course I do. Just take me in your arms and hold me close to your heart and tell it to me with that lit- tle catch in your voice that it had when you said to me only a_ little while ago “Whatever happens, dear, remember I love you and have loved you always.” Well, something did happen, Jack, and for a little while, Jack, it blotted out those words and now I am trying to remember them but my heart grows cold with apprehension and I grow terror-stricken. My breath comes cold across my lips. My heart stops beating. Something clasps my throat. I strangle and gasp at the thought. I dare not ask, “Do you Here. ing, Now they need them read- “Men’s Hair Cut Here.” The most efficient chaperon these days is the need of a shave. All the world loves a lover. out a date. ’ (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) ARC No, 3R, L JUST CAMe IN A MOMGNT AGO. THe PRICE OF THIS ? 3OnE BoD ocrat Arka: urged the house today not to dignify them by author- izing an investigation to determine the truth. Pictures hung sbove eye-level should slope slightly forward, war \s_f Any- way, you never see a good one with- BY CONDO ‘OU BEING W - a) THAT'S SEVENTY WAITED ON, SIRF, HD i) A al DOLLARS AND Firty, DON'T DSciver cv UNTIC-. ~ BOYS =: The Tangle self-supporting?" ‘ ‘} that the turtle can’t Hold it up. love me?” for I seem: to see that in- difference in your eyes that you gave me to understand was yours when you did not come to me in my great trouble. What do women do, dear, when they see indifference in the eyes of those they love. It seems to me that I would rather see hate for I’ feel that love cannot be buried so deep- ly ander hate as under: indifference. Hate is something tangible, some- thing with which you"éan battle ‘and Rerhaps overcome but indifference is so cold, so calm, so pitiless. God, Jack, have you reached the point where anything that I shall do or say means. nothing to you one way’ or the other? I know I am silly, de: up my emotions. in, this to harrow ray, but 1 don’t,.want .togrow calm and. cold}: | IN NEW YORK. | and indifferent. I want to love you— love you. I want to still thrill when your hand touches mine. I want to still tremble when you are cross. I want to weep when you are sad, I want all the joy; for I am having-all the terror of loving but above all else I want the bliss of being loved. . Do other women write letters like this to their husbands? Do husbands. want their wives to pour out their hearts to them in this way? I do not know and you will never know for I shall never send you this letter. But my heart was so filled with loneliness and longing for you that in some way I had to pour out all that was in my soul. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Servicey IN.) ee 9, t People’s Forum j LICENSING BOARDS To The Bismarck Tribune: More and more the Legislature. is creating numerous license boards which innocently look as if the fees from licenses shall pay all expenses, e--. ‘| the right to govern the Sudan. : Both are right. . Water Rights and Human By Chester H. Rowell Rights Sometimes there ate two sides to a case; ‘both right. Take Egypt, for instance: Britain and Egypt’ both claim If we consider people, the British are right. If we consider water, the Egyptians have rights. § The Sudan is not Egypt, its people.are not Egyptians, and they cannot govern themselves. The only question is which foreigner shall rule them, and the British can do. it best. This is the human side. But all the water in Egypt flows out of the Sudan, Whoever controls the Upper Nile can starve Egypt. Or, even allowing the Egyptians water enough for their own fields, whoever develops the. cheap lands of Gezireh can undersell the product of the dear lands of Egypt. " This is the water side. i 1 nese people; Egypt has a vested interest in Britain should govern the Suda- Sudanese water. Or, take the renewed quarrel of} 1a ous eens Gd WE: ae Pighdl in i r ‘paid ourselves, oe Bbine! assay) Soere eee Fofusing to be put in that position. forbidden arms in’ Germany. And the politicians of both coun- But if the Allies are to hold Co- ‘tries are right, by the rules of the logne until Germany’s disarmament 'geme, in. promising. their own peo- is complete, they will wait until the /ples to do what those people want ‘TUESDAY, JANUARY. 13, 1925 last bootlegger in America is jailed. done, even though they know’ it is If the government itself shows good faith and is reasonably effi- cient in enforcing compliance on others, that may not be enough, but it is all that anyone expects to get. Meantime, the practical problem is to use the sort of pressure that will produce results and to avoid the sort that will prevent them. Holding the Rhine will not stop the Nationalists and the Hitlerites from bootlegging arms. Rather, it will encourage them. And it renders more difficult the formation of a govern- ment that can leave the Nationalists out. The British are right in staying, Blaces; the French are doubtless cor- rect in claiming that all the treaty conditions of evacuation have not been met; and the Germans are right in objecting. ‘Doubtless all three are chiefly en- gaged in public bluff, for home con- sumption, while preparing privately to agree on something practical. We're Right; So Is France One step nearer home: We are of course right in demanding that the French pay up, though we know that ‘they will not, and that our business men would storm Washing- ton with protest if there were any way it can be done—by increasing their sales to us and decreasing their purchases from us. The French were right in making speeches to their own people saying that they would not pay, and in now issuing diplomatic denials that they never said it. We are right in refusing to allow we know that’ they ‘are related, and that the final settlement will be a. related one. The. French ‘are right in trying to maneuver us into the position of be- ing the -collectors of their repara- tions from Germany,’ in order to be New York, Jan. 13,—See-sawing up and down Broadway I saw Elsie Fer- guson, a beautiful creature in white with as pretty a back as there is in town. A:woman who seems to have learned the secret of growing more beautiful with ‘the years. +. Saw Cliff Edwards (Ukulele: Ike), who can make his voice. behave like a saxo- Saw Ernie Truex, median, out in the storm and wondered how he kept the wind from blowing. him away Seeing many girls wearing hats, now that winter is really here. Also seeing men’s aws for the coming spring displayed in shop windows 2 Saw a mevie directed by King Vidor. -It is called “The Centaur’s: Wife.” It is not a great movie, but it discloses Vidor’s artistic talent, Ever since he di-) rected “The Jack Knife Man’ have been waiting for him-t@ direct one of the truly great films of the age, bat so far I have waited in vain’ Saw 0. P: Heggie who oS without any additional burden on the taxpayers, “provided, however, that such salaries and ‘expenses shall be payable only out of such fund and shall not be in excess thereof and provided further that any money of | = such fund unexpended on July 1, and every two years thereafter, shall be turned into the General Fund of the state,” is the common wording of an act. So it looks like an inn cent thing with no added bur upon taxpayers. Then the outcom that all fees are used in “overhea “tips” necessary to waiters while in- spectors are on trips, almost “jaunts” and etc. And nothing is turned into the General Fund, But the worst is not yet stated. States Attorneys of each county ‘are called upon to investigate, trips of investigation to ba paid for by the as meek and -humble off stage any, of his meek and looks this is the onl where that lds, ....Saw. Oliver Saylo: 14: critic, just back from Moseow. He left for such a-trip on only a few hours’ notice, going as an: &mbassedor for Morris Ges ‘Saw poor old David Be- lasco looking all out. of place in his the country +, Si | ees ~~ rs more irr | counties, not out of the fund from the licenses, and expenses of prose- cution, sometimes heavy costs, part- ly because an act fails to provide that nce of a license shall be a: affirmatively_unless one pri duces his license—all such expens of most of these beautiful boar: fall upon the counties, is not charg- able to the fund from the fees from licensing, :: Rapidly the poor counties are be- coming the turtle’s back for holding up the new and improved world. Our new Governor rightly calls for a halt in: inereased taxation, but. what is this Legislature going to do about it, in practical and concrete ways? Is it “words, words, words' only? What-is going to be done to actually make the various licensing boards already existing self-support- ing, without these burdens mentioned resting upon .the taxpayers, while each board pretehda to be entirely The burden is getting so heavy Sincerely, A. McG. Beede, States Attorney of Poor Sioux N, of Anytown learned. : When a cold. thas been contra and there. ‘ scribed for-féar of a severe attack: of bronchitis or pneumonia, Soak the feet in a pail of hot water in which is dissolved three. tablespoonsful of mustard. Then rub the chest with warm | camphorated oil. : ; Mrs. Jones had many recipes for- to keep the French from taking their | ‘our debts to be considered in rela-; tion to the other war debts, though | FABLES ON HEALTH— .. REMEDIES FOR COUGHS {by sipping a tablespoonfu) , impossible. For, while it remains a game, these are its rules. And those of us |who dream that it ‘ought not to be ‘a game are doubtless idealists— | which everybody knows is a very bad thing to bes Second-Class Mail Rates And, édming? quite. home: The newspapers are of course right in complaining that the increase in second-class majl’ rates is being jrushed through on a one-sided ‘showing, withaut time fairly to pre- jsent the other side. But the’ president. is also“right in rushing the bill. For he is meeting a similar rush by. Congress to pass the poéstal ‘salaries bill over his veto. 7"! I€ Citigress would wait, so could the préSident,-and then the publish- ers would have- time to make their case, if they have one. But more important than all these considerations is insistence on the principle that: whenever any conyid- erable extra. expense is authorized, the tax to meet it shall be part of the same act. Whenever Congress can only make a popular approptiation by accom- panying it -with an unpopular tax, we shall have real economy. Jap Grievance Against World } To add one more, that: is wrong 'both ways: The whole grievance of the Japa- nese against the world involves a fundamental dilemma, neither horn of which they dare choose. Their protest against “racial dis- crimination” either does or does not include the other oriental races. If. it does, it is a demand to swamp the world. + Tf it does not, it is a claim by the Japanese to be included’ on the white side of a race line which they con- sent shall be drawn against the others, 3 One. claim cannot be made to America; the other must: not be heard in China. clerical collar since his adventure in making «a fél honest dollars with such a play as “Ladies of the Eve- ning,” for which he has received brickbats from- every: direction R er ae Two blocks of what would be East Third street aré “known as Gregt Jones street. “Nearby is Jones street which is only one block long, run- ning from Bleecker to West Fourth street, ere is a century-old ro- mance in”the names of those two ‘small streets, jo; Dr. Gardner Jones; dnd his brotiter, Samuel, married two of the Hering gitls whose ‘father owned ‘a farm that embraced what is now Wash- ington Square. },Dr. Gardner Jones deeded Jones street to the city in 1806 and became prominent through that act, Samuel, fot to be over- shadowed, deétied a street two blocks long to the city and it was called Great Jones street. And this frater- nal rivalry is handed down through the century in the names of what are now two of the most insignificant thoroughfares in all Manhattan. S cary The once familiar hand organ is rapidly passing from the scene. You hear them only occasionally now, wheréas a’ few years ago you could find the organ grinder in almost any section of the city almost any day. His passing. is laid to the radio sup- ply stores that are sprinkled all over town with their. outside loud-speak- ers and curbstone audiences, — JAMES W. DEAN. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) Here's .one. of them: Roast a lemon, taking care not*to burn it; When thoroyghly roasted the of cut’ into halves anid’ squeeze juice upon three’ tablespoonsful powdered sugar. Mix: and takes teaspoonful when- ever the cough or tickling troubles ‘you. This cough medicine is good aswell as pleasant to take, \ Mrs. Jones learned that a par- ‘oxyem of coughing many be arrested of .gly- ot, milk. cerin in a wing glass of | .AThought | Blessed are the dead which die in, the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith, the Spirit, that they may rest from their labore; and their works do fol- |low them.—Rev. 14:13, : Death is the crown of’ ‘Young, Delicate embroideries” in’ cross stitch ‘are used 'toteim white crepe|' de chine dresses for Palm Beach: wear, : wad life— |, bedi alti aad arate Scott's Emuisil supplies th great abundance. Ic is the famous food- , tonic that builds strength for all ‘ages. °° ;