The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1925, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1925 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE| Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. Editorial Review Comments reproduced in tbis |] Column may or may not express GEORGE D. MANN E : Publisher || ste hrevented hove inorder wack ea TaLives |] off tinportant Tosues® whten aes Foreign Represen Ws ioe G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Lice! epaammal omc eonaris CHIOAGO. 2 Ee ee DETROIT ‘Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - : MEMBER OF THE A’ The American Press SSOCIATED PRES: lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein | ¢'o ‘are also reserved. Kresge Bldg. Fifth Ave. Bldg. | 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-! FARM LABOR ON HOURLY BASIS a (St. Paul Dispatch) j ‘The suggestion that the wage of the Northwe faced on an hourly basis during harvest is gaining ground, accor ing to State Industrial Commis sioner J. D. Williams. | kota tried the tem in 1924 and it do sati tory to ‘both the j farmer and the harvest hand. | Tae seven st of the JLATION MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRC the 1924 harvest, of any section of — — — So ee PTT — “| the country, not exclucing the SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE _ | North Atlantic ‘states adjacent to | Daily by carrier, per year... vee te eee eee eee e 7.20 | Mductrial centers where all wages Daily by mail, per year in (in Bismarck)... seatelsiet (U20 | anewe tiny lecae' diaue willie: Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck)... 5.00} hoard, in Minnesota in 192 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota.............. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) (Official City, State and County Newspaper) GEORGE WASHINGTON upt to relate news MAXIMS Be not if you know not the truth thereof, Think before you speak. When a man does all he can, though it succeeds blame not him that did it. Let your conversation be without malice or envy. Let your recreations be manful, not sinful Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unje Show yourself not glad at the misfortunes of another, thought he were your enemy not well, +, Thi birth Washington has become a heroie figure —a sort of god. So much have we idealized him we forget, at times, his human trials and temptations. We lose sight of the fact that he was “six feet three,” the 193d of George Washington’s anniversary that his hands and feet were large, his hair reddish brown, | and his eyes blue. . Because he was not a god is the true reason for his great- ness. It is easy for gods to be models of perfection. For humans it is a task. That Washington set aside temptations to be weak or jealous saved the colonies for freedom, and Washington for history as the father of a new country. America has much to say of him. Jishman with lavish praise. “No nobler figure ever stood in the forefront of a nation’ life,” says John Richard Green, an Englishman, writing in his “History of the English People.” . He tells how Washington first won the confidence of his intimate friends, and that “as the fight went on, the colonists discovered what we now realize to be true; * “His clear, unbiased judgment ; “His heroic endurance; , “His silence under difficulties; e “His calmness in the face of danger or defeat; “His patience and the quickness with which he struck; “The lofty and serene sense of duty which never swerved from the task at hand through jealousy ; “That never through war or peace felt the touch of a meaner ambition; “That knew no aim save guarding the freedom of his fellow countrymen, and no personal longing save returning to his own fireside when that freedom was secured.” In your acquaintance, who is silent under difficulty, patient in defeat, calm in danger, true to his purpose, disre- yarding temptation and jealousy, who knows no personal longing save peace, honor, and contentment for himself and his fellows? Go to him. Win his friendship. Copy his ways. him. Believe in him. Honor him. He is the stuff of which heroes are made. Whatever his station in life, he is a modern Washington! Make no mistake about it. Now comes an Eng- Trust DOES IT PAY? In the absence of the free text book policy suddenly re- scinded by the board of:education without consulting school patrons, it might be interesting to know what portion of the time of teachers and executives is given to “book peddling,” “collections” and “bookkeeping.” If these supplies were sold directly to parents through established businesses in Bismarck could not this routine be eliminated from the school room and the precious hours spent in instruction? A complete report of the book and supply business of the school administration-should be made to the school pat- rons. Local merchan should be given an opportunity to compete with the® established by the school authori- ties. If a very material Saving is made, of course, the pres- ent system may be the wise course. If the school board buys at wholesale and sells at actual cost that is different. the whole story is told about the book and sup- ply business, school patrons can form their own conclusions. To date little has been published about the merchandising activities of the board of education through its school officers. Complaints have been registered with The Tribune that there are too-many changes in the text books, a criticism which of course did not obtain under the free text book plan. There, may be a valid criticism against free text books as a policy, but the plan seemed to work well and was popular with the school patrons of Bismarck. But at any rate, a report upon the sales, collections, etc., might shed some light upon whether it was wise or not to change from free text books to a paid basis. Of course, the schools are supported by the tax payers and patrons gener- ally, but little of school affairs is published or obtainable especially when it comes to the financial side of the trans- action. LAST LINCOLN DELEGATE DEAD A. G. Proctor of Chicago, the last of the delegates to the convention in Chicago in 1860 which nominated Lincoln for president is dead. Death was due to exhaustion from a series of addresses upon Lincoln which he had been making through Illinois. Mr. Proctor was in great demand as a public speaker because he was one of the few men, living that came into intimate contact with President Lincoln. After the opening of the Civil War, President Lincoln entrusted Proctor with the mission of winning over the Cherokee Indians to the Union colors.. He also upon Lin- eoln’s request investigated the “army beef” scandal that wed the Civil War. ‘ ; ; pag the last few years of his ‘life, he did much to promote patriotism and the general cause of Americanism through public addresses upon the Emanei ? merece rnethenemerepamenannp geen | west paid the highest wage, during | 4.02 per ¢ | $4.77 per de | Montan: e of $4.35 Poaverage for the Ni At} $3.99 per day | tae South At | uth Central st the Western states, excluding [ds ho, Oregon an¢ Washington 8 the cost of farm li the unit of sed. A gen When tabor w {hired iby the yes furnished a house, garden plot, [chickens and in muny éases the yineat needed by the hand¥and his family. As the wage increased, {the month made the unit of} ay employment. Now the day ia the unit. Weges make up a large item in| the farmer's cost of production, ana it is a step in the right direc tion to reduce the unit to the hour the wage-earner actually works. WHERE IS IT, BEN? | (Rockford Republican) According to the National Re- publican, Benjamin Frankiin wrote jthe following to a man te whom he ern farm laborer be | North Da-! North: | 1 Ph {I \ | | | i i 1 i AND ARTeR He MAD CUT The CHERRY TREE DOWN HE ToL HIS FATHER,” | AND AIS FATHER WAS So PLEASED HE DIDNT up. Some of the other birds must sit! up all night, he says. If he has alarm clock he can set it anv tim es and beat them all, I'll take an alarm clock, Yes, just one, thank you. You may set it on the mantel. No, that won't do. se hide it in the cupboard so I was loaning mone “T send you herewith ten dollirs. I do not pretend to give such a! sum, I only lend it to you. You |can’t fail of getting into some kind | of business that will in time en- able you to pay all your devts. | “In that case, when you mect, with another honest man in simi-} tar distress, you must pay me by | m to him, enjoining | him to dis ge the debt by a like operation when he shall ibe able and shall meet with another oppor- tunity. I ‘hope it may then go jthrough many hands, before it {meets with a knave to stop its‘ | progress. Thissig a trick of mine tor doing a great deal of good with little money.” That was a bright idea, and per- haps Ben did a great deal cf good to several deserving people. How- | lending th ever, before according entire ap- proval to the plan we would like to locate the ten or the knave. ADVENTURE OF |; THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON MRS. REDBREASTS ALARM CLOCK Mister Peg Leg, the fairy peddler, knocked on Mister Robin Redbreast’s | front door, or rather he shook it, for | it was only a twig of green leaves. Mrs. Redbreast chirped out, “Come in,” and so in walked Mister Peg Leg, followed by Nancy and Nick, his | companions, Their magie shoes were most use- ful, not only in climbing trees, but also in making them small enough to call on their tiny friends such as Mrs. Robin Redbreast, _ without alarming her. “Please excuse me for not getting | up,” said Mrs, Redbreast. “But I have to keep the eggs warm. Robin | is out hunting worms. Have a chair, please,” The visitors sat down and Mister | Peg Leg started to open his pack.! “Would you like to buy something?” he asked. “What do you have?” asked Mys. Redbreast politely. “Everything from cough drops’ to overshoes,” said the little peddler man. “My, my!” exclaimed Mrs. Red- breast. “I never need cough-drops, Mister Peddler, “and as for over- shoes, why, I don't need them, eith- er, Robins love to go where it is damp.” “Could you use some nice soup-| spoons or pickle-forks,” asked Mister Peg Leg, “I'm afraid not,” said Mrs. Red- breast. “But I’ll tell you something. | Robin's birthday is coming and I was just wondering what I could give him.” “Would he like a nice pair of ear muffs?” suggested Mister Peg Leg. “It often snows even as late as this and it would save him the trouble of tucking’ his head under his wing.” “That wouldn't do at gil!” ex. claimed Mrs. Robin. “If ‘he wore ear muffs, how could he ever hear t h i t b “Perhaps he'd like a nice egg-cup,” said Mister Peg Leg. Mrs. Redbredst shrieked. very thought makes me shudder,” she said. “Oh, dear! Haven't you something useful?” : “How would an alarm clock do?” asked Nancy who had been thinking hard. “They say that the early bird gets the worm, and perhaps—” That was all she’had a chance to say, for Mrs. Redbreast was so over- Joyed she almost fell off her nest. “The very thing! The very thing!” she declared positively. “I knew we would hit on something useful. Ro-, bin says that the last few mornings all the worms were gone when he ‘sun: ~~) barring accidents. should have clean baseball this year. 236 this y hundred is then the insurance agents gas and your eyes off the road, fined for cruelty to flivvers. {summer mer. into the night. It’s too chilly now to flee in scant attire, the postman with a hammer, but it with his new wife. are too hard. lower in cafes the worms and bugs crawlin#!! skirts, around? No, I'm sure that ear muffs wouldn’t do. What else do you have?” “The | stairs” kills nearly 15,000 people each year. York alone more than 100 deaths About 80 per cent of these accidents can surprise him. The money is in the top bureau drawer.” “Goodness!” said Mister Peg Leg happily when they had gone. “At this rate I'll soon have a new leg.” But Nick was thinking about the | alarm clock. Something worried him. And well it might, (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) | 1 a cee An auto is a great convenience, |S Baseball players are flocking Hot to Springs to take baths, so we What the world needs is a doorbell t will tell who is ringing the darn grows up to be as splendid a man as WHY THE FAMILY DIDN’T GET THE RADIO PROGRAM ON WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY (F GEORGE Gol ouT OFA LICKING FOR CUTTING DOWN A CHERRY Tree | OuGHA GeT AN Exley PIECE OF PIE FOR THIS CANT Et 4 ue, | DIDI” LETTER FROM SYDNEY CARTON , ment und Miss Johnson will put the TO JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT baby in your arms.” pale I started forward. It didn’t seem Dear Jack: You remind me very] possible that the tiny arms of your much of the Frenchman’s flea.|@ldest son could hold that baby. Les- When one thinks you are there|lic sensed my anxiety and said: thats where wousnremse! “Don't worry! He does this every Why did you not wire me, ola|™aht.” ‘Then keeping still 1 saw your three-year-old child hold out arms solemnly and’ the nurse jut my namesake gingerly in them. Little Jack stood there as though he had received the croix de guerre. “That is your little brother, Jack, the little brother that all through your life you must care for and help because he is younger than you. You'll do this for mother, won’t you? th Pittsbar} Here 1 am visiting the “loveliest lad this side of heaven,” as Fran- cois Villon would say, in the person of your wife, as I told you I was go- ing to do. I suppose, now that I know the reason of your going, that in your hurry you forgot all about t you were called back to me. You have always be an ” br one-track minds deckn "| because mother depends upon you. T have been around the hotel all], Then your oldest son raises his : : big brown eyes to your wife and Gay and out on the piers here with a ung woman by thé: name of Zoe Hington and a young man by the name of Jack Prescott Jr. Both of them have talked about you most of the time. More and more John Alden Pres- cott Jr. makes me think of a little French girl called Paula Perier and I don't mind telling you that if he without winking he says .as though he was subscribing to the code of life and death, “I will, Muvver, be- fe you want me to.” tvice, Inc.) MANDAN NEWS REBUILD YARDS that girl has grown to be as a wo- rien, you are playing in your usual ° can truthfully say |!uek i The’ Northern Pacific railroad Babe Ruth ifthe Miewext mnani|cohia ing I was allowed ito call n baseball, since he rs weighs in ‘at The nice thing about living to a iit bothering you, ki The end of the world will not fail o arrive if you keep your foot on the We need a law so a man can be An auto in hand is worth two in he ditch, upon your wife. time when John Junior was making little ceremony that has been insti- u except fer Leslie, never seen mother as he does your wife. u few caresses the baby is brought in on his pillow and Leslie, Jack Junior up son, want you to stand here for a mo- stock feeding pens at Sunny will be enlarged during the next few weeks in addition to replacing fences and barns which were destroyed by fire a year ago, some of which has al-! ready been done. Additional ‘chutes for more cars and about two dozen pens will be added and much more ground space will be used... Improvements will al- so be made in lighting facilities. With the railroad making this ad- dition to the present equipment at Sunny it is indicative of the future this section, and eastern Montana has in the livestock industry. Several times loads of cattle had come into It w: st at the his evening call before going to bed. 1 wonder if you have seen the your eldest son makes is little brother. in with no eyes Truly, I have a child worship his After his daily Jack Junior come tanding ight beside the My big boy, my oldest your little brother. I Most of those kicking about the house being too cold are dressed for We like winter better than sum- You can't put a few lumps of ce on the fireplace and keep cool. Bootleg booze kills about 10 daily in Philadelphia, which is known as he Quaker City. Fire in Brooklyn drove 60 people Be careful with fire. In East. Nassau, N. ¥, a man hit isn’t the postman’s fault if he brings you bills. Charlie Chaplin is having trouble Maybe her pies News from Paris. Short skirts will be here in time to save the lives of thousands of humorists. Seven government grafters were shot in Leningrad, Russia, showing even the Russians have their fun. News from London. Chairs made because of short Oculists may object to this. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service,. Inc.) “FALLING DOWN STAIRS” New York, Feb, 21.—“Falling down In the Manhattan area of New were attributed to falls on stairs. occur during December, January, February, when steps often are covered with ice and snow. NEEDS 100,000 HOMES Birmingham, Eng., Feb. 21,—Ne: building construction in Birmingham has lagged so far behind the demand that 100,000 homes are now needed,|' the vity council estimates, Thousand: of people live in. slum houses, more than 50 years old. EVERETT TRUE » MY Man, Can't Xoo i TACK TO YOuR FRIEND’ | BY CONDO IF You DON'T | THERE WITHOUT YELLING ir$ CHS IT JLDGSINS FRon WHAT f 4 ) THe REST OF us can't f_ YOU. VON'T HeLcPe HEARING } HAVE vo L SHOULD SAY (IT’S PRIVATE Bvysivess! i C\sten “| Two Good Men In Two Great Crises By Chester H. Rowell | The whole world honors this month the memories of | America’s two most. towering figures. i | Reversing the laws of perspective, Washington and Lin- coln loom larger as they recede into the distance. It is be- leause, measured by them, other historic characters dwindle. | It is not always true that “God raises up great men for great emergencies.” On the contrary, most emergencics fail for lack of just such men. Where was the leader to rally the forces of tottering civilization, as Rome decayed? | Who was the genius to reconstruct Europe, after Na- ‘ poleon? 4 | Rebels freed Latin-America, but where was the Wash. ington to build them a firm structure for the future? Who is the Lincoln, to reconcile England and Ireland? Where is the genius, now, to unite China, or to set Europe {again on the ways of peace? Prosperity owes more than it will ever measure to Amegi ca’s unique fortune in having had two of the world’s sm store of great men at the two crises of its national life. It has just been computed that it costs $485 a year for bare minimum subsistence — not adequate support —of an adult man, in California. Other states would vary slightly. A small child or an old man is cheaper, $50 at three years and $200-at 75, though a baby costs $120 the first year, in- cluding the cost of being born. This is the bottom American standard, below which we do nat regard it as “living” at all. And yet it is probably twice as high, even allowing for differences in prices, as the average standard in most coun- tries. Translate it into wages. It means that if we were to make the traditional “middle class” standard universal, a family of five could just get over its most expensive period —with three grown children in the high school and not work- ing—on $2400 a year. Of course, families of that income or less do not go through this period that way. ‘There are not three grown children all dependent at once, while ‘nobody works but father.” : Or they draw on past savings or future earnings. To the family of small means, the realization of full American op- portunities still means planning, sacrifice, and usually at some period: more than one person’s work. We have not yet reached “an equal chance for every- = body.” We are merely nearer to jt than anybody else in the world. Mandan from the branches or main line and the pens were too small to handle the cattle, sheep or hogs, Railroad carpenters are at present working in the railroad ice house at the west end of the city. Electric elevators are being installed, replac- ing the old horse and one pulley sys- tem. When this work is finished the Sunny addition will be started. UNTHINKING OPPOSITION Even the Senate stopped to pay tribute to Baldo, the dog of Nome. And no one would have thought it too much if even that heroic dog had been driven to death, as some of his teammates doubtless were, to save threatened human lives. Here are some other dogs, also || sacrificed for man; During the war, ‘traumatic shock” was the cause of many déaths, from wounds not in themselves fatal. The same thing is happening all the time, in industrial accidents. So Dr. Manwaring of the Stanford laboratory is ‘making researches on traumatic shock in dogs, to throw light on the cause and treatment of the same condition in men. Human victims meet their inju- ries without anesthetic, and get their subsequent surgical treatment when and as they can, Dr. Manwaring’s dogs are safely anesthetized, and are already in a hospital, where they have the same after-treatment as human. patients. They either recover, or, at the pro- per stage, are again arlesthetized and killed for examination. They are martyrs to the’ advgnce- i - In New York — New York, Feb. 21.—Usually the school teacher has difficulty’in in- ducing a pupil to express himself or herself. This is not so in the Professional Children’s School. The main difficulty is in keeping them ‘from . expressing themselves too {mucb, says Mrs. Ethel Wright Nes- bitt, principal of the school which is located in the Sixties. The school was started ten years ago, to provide learning in the three R’s for children of the stage. ‘It had six pupils theu. Now it has 265. In the upper classes are girls from the ballets. .In the lower classes are the children of flying acrobats, song. dance men, sleight-of-hand perform- ers, clowns and tragedians. “ One of the newest pupils is a of ten who is just learning to ré ment of life. and write. She had appeared on the| Yet there are people who, though stage with her parents for several| they, cheerfully eat the meat of years and was considered a very| slaughtered animals, would forbid bright girl. Her father and mother} this. other form of animal sacrifice were teamed in a vaudeville act.|to the greater good of man. They cancelled two weeks of the = \ schedule at a loss of more than $1000| JUST WHAT IS ¢ in order to take the girl to the school|,A “JUST” WAR? here, After a pupil starts in the school he or she may keep up with the & Senator Shipstead proposes world- wide treaties to abolish conscription, classes by correspondence, a lesson] 0" the ground that “if war is made being mailed every night to follow|? depend on a volunteer army, no the route taken by the act in which nation could raise an army unless its the pupil appears. Freneh is a re-| cause was just. quired subject in each course of| , That depends, How many “just” study. ' sides can a cause have? By this test, both sides were The masses must be educated, a3| “ist” in the Cjvil and Mexican wars. witness this excerpt from the pro-| 1 the Wérld War, England raised gram of the Knickerbocker Theater: [2 volunteét aid France a conscript ‘The following are three continual | ®tmy. Was their common cause any complaints from our patrons: more “just” in one case than in the “1, Throwing ‘garments over the|°ther?, . 4... , backs of seats into others’ laps. And/idoey’anyoht ‘doubt that Ger- 2. “Kicking, keeping time to music| Many could’ hive raised a volunteer and using the seat in front for,a foot,| Army? Most of the American and all “lof tHe Filipino fotées, in the Philip- pine insurrection, were volunteers. Doubtless a Sinn Fein army could have been raised’ in America, to “free Ireland,” any time these 50 years. National feeling can be aroused by many things besides “justice”; and if there is no international tri- bunal except war, there must be Prenarndiiens to wage war efficient., ly. rests 4 “3. Combing bobbed hair outside the dressing room. This is unhealthy and is DEPRECATED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. . FASHIOY NOTE: Hip flasks are going out of style. In its place the quart bottle is now being carried in the overcoat pocket. It holds more than the ordinary flask. Ed Fogg, manager of the Roose- velt, is the only hotel man in town | @——-—_——.. who acts as a personal greeter to ho- : mraciw spn eeenrote|| A Thought 4 the lobby in the morning, . two at noon,’and an hour before and after} Here have we no continuing city, dinner in the evening “passing the| but we seek one to come.-—Heb. time of day” with incomers and out- | 13:14. goers, Death, thou are infinite ' —JAMES W. DEAN. 1s little—Bailey. 3 it is life About two-thirds éf the female population over 12 years of age in} Nearly 2,000,000 busl Great Britain are registered as “un-|were imported last y ocgupied.” United States. of onions by the : FABLES ON HEALTH CUT OUT THE WORRY Some pepple may be thin because they are’ too active. One of. Mrs, Jones neighbors was like that. He worked in an office; and though the position he had was not the most important in the organization, he felt that it‘ was, at least, and worked under too great a tension. For'this kind of people there is no chance of .gaining weight, through a diet, unless they ‘can arrange to rest more of work ‘ or dispense ) the feeling that’ weight of the universe re phoule- : Nervous indigestion often results in cases Ike this. Then the stomach cannot digest food, and the more ‘one eats the worse the conditidn be-, com } In such a ease it is better to rest frequently and to eat very simple foods, and only as much ag can, be digested of milk, vegetables, bread, cereals, eggs and fruit. + If milk is tHe only thing that can be taken without distress, then milk should be the only feod, but in such ses a physician should probably be consulted. j (Copyright, 1925, NEA Ssrvice, Inc.)