The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 4

ey .2x_very admirable address upon the merits of the St. -The Bismarck Tribune = 2ing the breeding, raising, fattening or market- (~-~-«an-historical assocaition, is the increase in the pe- “PAGE FOUR same as they might own a building lot in New York city. The Philippines still have the power to <i; inaugurate condemnation proceedings should it ever | THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER develop that Japanese miltary or naval interests eke tla were working toward a working base in any attempt Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company,|to gain a foothold in the Philippines. An Tadependent Newspaper ismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice’ st) There is a law of the Philippines that prohibits | George D. Mann.. "President and Publisher | the sale cf government lands to foreigners, but this is a piece of private land, an island covering about Subscription Rates Payable in Advance 7.99 |15:000 acres. The Philippine government may at- Polly ey ail: Gee your, $730 | tempt to stop the sale, it is reported. Attempt : > year, . would seem to be the proper word, for it is incom- il, rr, Bette omenide Bl 6.00 | prehensible that any such action should succeed. 00 | v4 (in state outside Bismarck)...... Daily by mail, outside of North Dakot sapeid Neal ss Member Audit Bureau of Circul The Danger of Prosperity Member of The Associated Press While we are all rejoicing in what seems to be & {The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to; yery real era of prosperity in this country, there tthe use for republication of all news dispatches | ; 7 Ls TY, x = ayaa ine Fea ee ae Cc penraenis origin | cerning the fate of these United States as the result published herein. All rights of republication of all |cf that prosperity. He is Dr. Harry Emerson Fos- Other matter herein are also reserved. dick, pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist church in Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY thing has gone deeply wrong with the moral fiber HICAGO DETROIT of this nation” and that “what the possession of all “iggwer Bldg. Kresge Bldg. | this excessive prosperity is doing to our mental and PAYNE, BURNS & ach Ave. Bid; j moral stability is plain.” NEW YORK s me ie toa | One presperity, he declares, has tempted us to ads gohan tener ota a rsrbtad (Official City, State and County Newspaper) | “swagger through the world.” We have insulted SSS | the Japanese, scorned to join the league of nations, Lambasting the Federal Reserve | act upstage about the world court and in other and “In time of stress it is satisfying to certain types | of politicians to pillory the federal reserve system. | are well on the way to national perdition, Some stump speakers go so far as to place at its) 4 gicomy picture? Undoubtedly; but are we jus- doors the blame for the financial troubles of the tified in dismissing his argument with a shrug of banks which have been forced to close, especially | the shoulders? We doubt,it. Despite the fact that those located in agricultural sections. ‘no one likes a pessimist, nevertheless a pessimist Of course a fair analysis of the situation must has his value in this world. He makes people stop verify the conclusion that if it were not for the fed-| for a moment and think. The result may be a con- eral reserve system many more banks would have firmation of optimism, but perhaps, too, it may point closed and a financial panic would have been inev- | out a danger at the right time and thus more than itable. justify its existence. Fortner® Governor Harding of Iowa, following @ New, Dr. Fosdick is not exactly a pessimist, but he has made some very pertinent comments on the present day status of affairs and when he says | that “some nations have been ruined by poverty, | but the list of nations ruined by poverty is short and sweet compared with the list of nations ruined by | success” we must out of respect for the truth, ad- Lawrence waterway project before the North Da- kota legislature, interpolated a criticism of the op- ‘eration of the federal reserve system, although he ‘Was very careful to hedge his remarks by saying that he approved this federal financial structure for the most part. | mit this is so. 2 Of csurse, as a matter of fact, agricultural paper! We have faced dangers and hardship in past is acceptable for rediscount purposes. Real estate | generations, but are we strong enough to stand pros- loans are not, and properly so. The federal reserve! perity? That seems to be a very pertinent and im- ‘banks are supposed to take only the really liquid! portant question. Dr. Fosdick is to be commended resources of member banks and not even all of them. | for bringing it to our attention. When one really understands the limitations under | which the system must operate by the very nature | of things, criticisms often made are not pertinent. Eligibility of agricultural or livestock paper is very clearly defined in the application for redis- count. To quote: | A Governor in Chaps Oh, boy, think of the way they'll like Governor- elect “Billy” Adams of Alamosa, who was inaugu- rated Jan. 11 as governor of Colorado. Governcr-elect “Billy” has shouted unto all the lofty peaks of his native state that, gol-durn it all, anyhow, he won’t wear no soup and fish to that there ball, and no power on God’s great open spaces will make him no how! Lest we be misunderstood, the governor-elect didn’t say it just like that. Perhaps he said in the most chaste English— “I am very sorty to seem to deviate from the straight path of etiquetical custom, but I am a he- man of the west; I never have worn formal dress; and I shall not begin it at this inaugural ball!” One thing that he really is quoted as saying is— “I never compromise with principle!” “The proceeds must have been used or are to be used for agricultural purposes, includ- ni ing of livestock.” It is the prime object of the federal reserve sys- tem to provide member banks quick. conversion of loans and investments into cash and that part of his loans and investments which can be used at the federal reserve bank becomes a secondary re- serve. " The federal reserve system cannot absorb loans or securities of a doubtful or speculative value. It was established by congress to direct financial oper- | ations in orderly and safe channels, not as a dump- ing ground for frozen or slow assets of member \ banks. Every studious banker knows during the past few years there has been a great expansion of bank loans, discounts and investments. This has been especially true in the case of finance paper repre- senting installment buying. Of course, when mem- ber banks exceed the speed limit, thé ability of the federal reserve system to help is diminished. Much of the criticism hurled at the federal re- serve system comes from a faulty understanding of the great economic principles that conceived the structure. Most of the verbal brickbats of the politicians are excellent testimonials of a conserva- tive administration of the affairs of that s$stem. Editorial Comment Farming as a Business (Kansas City Star) The operation of a farm is a business proposi- tion. The farm is not a factory which turns out only one product, which gives constant employment to the same number of men throughout the year There are varied activities which require attention at different seasons. Some farm products have been produced at a profit during recent years, others at a loss. Under ordinary methods of estimating expenditures and receipts it is almost impossible te segregate costs of farm operations and profit and loss from different enterprises. The farm industry, taken at the beginning of the year, is the basis on which any systematic study of farm costs must be established. The keeping of a farm inventory is the exception rather than the rule. A farm budget in which a definite estimate is made of prospective labor and other costs, in- cluding taxes and interest involved in the produc- tion of the major commodities, will indicate at the beginning of the year the amount and price which will be required for satisfactory returns. A careful study may indicate that some of the projects on the farm should be abandoned, that others should be expanded. It is easily possible to make farm bookkeeping burdensome if carried out to minutest detail in all operations. Through the extension divisions of the state agricultural colleges farm account books which have proven workable with a minimum amount of attention may be obtained. Keeping a record of production costs will prove interesting and instruc- tive. the cost of growing a bushel of corn, wheat or oats, the production of a hundred pounds of beef or pork, of a gallon of milk, and other farm products. Sys- tematic keeping of accounts should establish facts. The business firms who buy farmers’ products know to a fraction of a cent what it has cost to handle these products. Economies which would otherwise be unnoticed can be applied toward reduc- ing expenses when viewed in black and white. There is a real, vital need to put farming on a busi- Education Increases ~~ “As late as 1919 it was admitted that the average “American had but a “sixth grade” education, in other words, the education achieved by a child who had completed six grades in a grammar school. To- day, however, the average American has a “tenth grade” education. The reason, thinks the commit- tee of history teaching in the schools, of the Ameri- riod of school attendance and this same committee predicts that at the end of another generation the average will have advanced to twelve grades. This, is .gyatifying information for those who have carried.on the fight for more schools, better schools, and longer school terms in the face of inertia and disinterest. It has been a long and hard struggle. Interest in school.affairs is not general or well majntained. It is sporadic and generally unsatis- factory and this attitude on the part of the general public has made it hard to accomplish the work thought necessary. As our civilization increases the need for a bet- ter education beccmes more acute, even for the common laborer, for, as machinery takes the place of fumbling hands and stooping backs, the posses- sors of those hands and backs must somehow be- come prepared to take jobs managing the mechani- cal masterpieces that displace their manual labor. Just in order to live, the average man must have a finer and a better education. As the sum-total of the world’s knowledge increases he finds the sum of his knowledge in smaller and smaller ratio. He must grsgsigh eed up with the, procession and he cannot pered by the lack of a proper oh el lar ate of a prope sary expenses involved. year, a budget which would serve as a goal to be attained, and an accurate record of expenses and income would at least permit the farmer himself to analyze. the result of his efforts for the year and to correct any mistakes which were under his imme- diate control. He could not in any one year esti- raising the standard of our educational ‘we must take no credit on ourselves. It z & EEE it & | BEE at least one person who is not at his ease con- | New York city, a noted writer, who says that “‘some- ; countless ways have so conducted ourselves that we | There is a wide divergence of opinion as to| néss basis, to determine the necessary and wee | A farm inventory at the beginning and end of the | f THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | | { | | | | | | t darling?” Bob Hathaway i pped into his seat beside Faith in jthe small, empty courtroom in which she had been permitted to await the “action of the grand jury.” How she hated that phrase! The action of the grand jury! What did jthoxe solemn, supid-looking men have todo with her and Cherry? Twenty-four of the homeliest, most atolid, uninterested-looking men she had ever seen in her life, setting themselves up to judge Cherry! “What time is it, Bob?” Faith ask- ed dully, her, eyes still fixed on the open door past which witnesses had come and gone nearly all day in a seemingly endless procession. “It's after five, honey,” Bob an- swered tenderly. “Don't you want to go out for a little something to eat darling.” She suffered herself to be led of the small courtroom, curiously wu eas a theater of justice, s cheap, golden oak seats, ris- ing in tiers to the rear walls, so that the curious spectators could have-a clear view of the judge’s bench, the jury box—all empty, forsaken now, waiting for the next drama of life and death whieh would be ed there. “Dou you think we’ll-hear their de- cision tonight?” Faith asked, as she clung to Bob’s arm going down the long flight of marble steps of the lcourthouse. Cameras clicked, report- ers, waiting tirelessly, pressed for- ward, but Bob evaded them tactfully, his pleasant, confident smile flashing upon them all. “Pretty sure to hear tonigh answered her, after they had es to the dingy little hole-in-the-wall restaurant across the street from the courthouse. “I can’t eat,” who disregarded her wishe: ered thin, brown toast, hot be sure it’s made fresh, or better still, bring a spoonful of dry tea and a pot of hot water”—and, for himself, a roast beef sandwich. “You didn’t have a hard session of * SAINF 2 SINNER now? You look dreadfully tired, poor| | ob} Preachers’ sa: ed |i do.” But if a physician had the same she moaned to Bob, N it, did you, dear?” Bob leaned for- ward and took her hands across the table. ir. Banning was very kind Faith acknowledged, her lip quivering. “But, oh Bob, he’s like a bloodhound on the scent! He'll get his indictment and then he'll hector and bully the jury into a conviction. I'm afraid of him—he’s so conceited and cocksure, so relentless, so ter- ribly eruel—" xtra! Extra! Cherry indicted— first degree murder!” A small in- credibly shrill newsboy darted into the restaurant, a heavy lead of pa- pers under one arm, a copy waving in his grimy right fist. Faith took one long, startled look at the great headlines, then slumped forward in a faint. “Waiter, hurry with that tea!” Bob sprang to his feet and shouted so that his voiee could be heard across the street. The press photographers did not miss their opportunity. Before Bob could lift the unconscious girl into his arms, cameras were reeording just how the sister of the alleged murderess was “taking” the news of the indictment. TOMORROW: A new tragedy awaits Faith's arrival at the Myrtle Street house. o—____________, |. ATHOUGHT | thyself.—Luke, to m | Physician, heal 4:23, Do as I say, not as disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him ?— Selden, OF COURSE - Teacher: What happened when the falling apple hit sir Isaac Newton | on the head? 3 Pupil: He realized the gravity of the situation—Answers, London. Every NiGHT MoNn.—PoKeR CLUB. Tue | [Weo- GYm. SAT-THE Follies” —Thurs _ASMoker Fai- DINNER wilh The oss, AND wiTH a Cugloner!|G | [SAY WiFE—Ti GonNA BE ouT TWs Week tt: S.~BR0Ck ; Will You Take ME” FoR A SHORT RIDE on SUNDAY?’ O-EE, ER | Cee ne eee ee mma By Tom Sims | Chaplin says he intends to fight his | wife’s suit to the last ditch. We'd! rathér they'd ditch it now. , > A West Virginia coach has ordered | his basketball team to bob their hair. We hope this reform wave reaches the soda jerkers. . Mexico is offering us an olive branch, but it’s mahogany we want. Coolidge sent’Congress a note on Nicaragua and took a two-hour snooze while it was being read. Some of the congressmen did, too. Fifty is a-good age to begin learning, according to a college in- structor. Maybe he’s thinking of Papa Browning. (Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.) eS | Old Masters f Sy ‘| The man of life upright, Whose guiltless heart is free From all dishonest deeds, Oz thought of vanity; The man whose silent days In harmless. joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot. delude Nor sorrow discontent: That man needs neither towers Nor armor for defense, Nor secret vaults to fly From thunder’s violence: He only can behold With unaffrighted eyes The horrors of the decp And terrors of the skies. Thus scorning all the cares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the heavens his book, His wisdom heavenly things; Good thoughts his only friend, The earth his sobet And quiet: pilgrimage. —T. Campion: Untitled.’ . TNEVER GE |heavy SS | The War Seems to Be Here at Home | ELTINGE THEATRE Some of the most thrilling airplane} scenea that have ever been put into a picture, including # spectacular “crash,” in which Dorothy Mackaill Mulhall film one of those neces which bring gasps from ences, feature “Just Another ja Blonde,” at the Eltinge for today and Thursday. f This sophisticated little yarn of a pair of Bowery boys and their Coney Island’ sweethearts has the same fresh, humorous sparkle that made “Subway je” and |“Bluebeard's Seven Wives” such sen- sational successes. There is much of color and action in this picture, together with a beau- tiful love story, Photographic ef- fects such as have never been shown on the screen before will be seen in the opening scenes. Louise Brooks the cast. CAPITOL THEATRE Recognizing the fact that a tal- ented star, a good story and a com- petent director may produce only‘a mediocre picture without strength in the supporting cast, Director Paul Sloane devoted much attention to the selection of a cast for “Made For Love,” Leatrice Joy’s new starring vehicle, which will be on view at the Capitol theatre tonight. As a result, every role is properly Portrayed. Opposite the star is Ed- mund Burns, who with Miss Joy made an entertaining combination in “Hell’s Highroad,” Ceci) B. De Mille’s first independent release. Ethel Wales, of “Covered Wagon” fame, was chosen-for an important charac- ter part following her excellent work! in “The Wedding Song,” in which she also supported Miss Joy. The role is filled by Bertram Grassby, an English actor, who gained | recognition by his work in such pic- tures as “Midchannel,” “The Fighting Chance” and “Fifty C In a colorful flast days of ancient Egypt, Hurst will be remembered for his character portrayals in “The Thief of Bagdad,” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Comedy touches are supplied by oln Steadman, Frans Butler and Neeley Edwards. PALACE-MANDAN A well balanced bill of vaudeville is promised at the Palace theatre in Mandan for. Thursday. Singers, dancers, acrobats, stunt artists, comedians and a clever dog are com- bined in the five entertaining acts. Mabelle Fisher & company of five people present a group of numbers including both vocal and instrumen- tal music and dancing. With this company is an instrumental trio, piano, cello and violin. Fast work in unusual stunts by Snell & Vernon will be seen in “An Artistic Diver- sion.” Hall & Tiny Butler offer com-, edy and song material that is really good. Ed Grow said to be “Amer- ica’s Foremost Blackface Delineator”} offers song and humor. Great i ligence is displayed by “Prince,” the dog with the human mind featured by Ateno. Eva Novak and Robert Ellis will be seen on the screen in “The Northern Code” with Felix the Cat’ présenting ‘his “ scréen “comedy called “Felix Weathers the Weather.” New York, Jan. 19.—See-sawing up and down Broadway, I noted the re- turn to the bright lights of Irving Berlin and wife who, now that they have been pursued by cameras, re- porters and storks, seem able to sit at a table in a night club without drawing amob. . . . They will find, like all who have enjoyed id suffer- ed from the limelight, that "soon, like Berlin's song, they will be “all alone.” Perhaps one of the most amusing adventures of a Broadway see-sawer is to make silent notes of those who once figured on the newspaper front pages and who now, sit about the cafes attracting the attention of only the newly arrived tourists. . . .. Even Harry Thaw common- place to the crowd. . He takes his seat at table, generally accom- panied by a willowy damsel—a new one each time... . Has his regular three bottles of cham- pagne,’ whereupon he becomes talkative and goes babbling along to anyone who will listen not infrequently, to thin air... . And again . . . I defy anyone to recognize Beryl Halley with her clothes on... : Yet, just a year ago, she was all over. the New York tabloids as the “most un- dressed girl,” the cause of police raids and the basis of a lot of censorial worry... . - .. 1 saw Gertrude Ederle about Broadway the other night and getting nods from but a couple of people. And only a few months ago they jam- med the streets to sce her go past. Sic transit, etc... . jaw Alice Brady at the theater she sports a lorgnette, if you pl Paul Whiteman back in town and they say he will open a night club. . Count Salm passing his divorced evenings .dancing with some very beautiful movie and stage ladies at the Ritz, . .. S A Russian mujik, boots, sackeoat and everything, casually boarding a subway train while commuters missed Brooklyn expresses to watch him. . . id Saw Belle Baker, musical comedy songstress, rushitig in to acegmmo- date a luncheon of newspapermen by doing a couple of songs. . . “Whad- dya mean by: getting "me up in the middle of the night like this?” she demanded a bit sleepily.. . . Folk who work in.the br hours never stop to figure that the noon hour is the time when actors turn over in sheets for a couple of more winks There doesn’t seem to be any way of stopping these Pacific coast boost- ers. The Los Ai . i- e i specs Ban Francisco "A at Madison te Gar- Humph and William Collier, Jr, are also in|; Brandon | and, | NN ‘When man’s allotted one hook im the closet, he's married. ‘Ben Hur’ Greater ‘ in Picture Than It Ever Was on Stage The immense success that “Ben Hur” has won as a road attraction is in, accord with its success in New York, where it is now in the second year of its run. The high hopes of the men who put forward this most ambitious enterprise of the cinema have been completely realized. A. Le- Erlanger, who arranged with General Lew Wallace for the dramatization of the book and who, for 22 years, pre- sented the play in Americaiand Eng- land, has this to say of the present cinema version: “The picture is mightier than the play, even as the new medium is so much more world-wide than the oth- er. I have employed a dozen or more Ben-Hurs, including some very dis- tinguished names in theatre history; but, to my mind Ramon Novarro is the greatest of them all. I regard him as simply unapproachable in his excellence in that great role. The |cast throughout impresses me as splendid and the stupendous spec- tacles open up new vistas in motion picture art.” Ben Hur” will be presented at the ¢ Bismarck Auditorium January 28 and 4 Work to Improve Water Supplies of Cities and Farms Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 19.—UP)— A program “to bring about in the shortest possible time a universal ob- servance of the principles .of conser- vation” of artesian wells, and to pro- vide better water supplies for cities and farms is outlined by Howard E. Simpson, state water geologist, in his bienniel report to the state legisla- ture. Recommendations .as to further work to be accomplished under the artesian water appropriation ' during the next two years include strict at- tention to the problem of conserving artesian and general ground waters, cooperation with the ground water division of the United States Geologi- cal survey in conservation work, eon-' tinuation of the inspection and regu- lation of flowing wells and the con- trol of wild wells, surveys of ground water conditions, a definite program of education as to the meaning and application of the state artesian wa- ter law, and the development of good water systems for farms through ex- perimental studies and surveys. “The importance, of having the best available water supply on the farm is jus ginning to be recognized,” Simpson eays in his report. “The rapid diversification in farming and the development of dairying intere: in the state is greatly increasing the need for good wholesome farm water supplies, The-place of ground water in the development program for a better North Dakota is not second even to that of the rich coal and clay resources of the state—it is para- mount,” he says. In his report he states that, “Pl. are being made for a more inte: study of the artesian conditions in the Dakota artesian basin. his should include experimental studies to obtain definite and precise informa- tion regarding the fluctuation of ar- tesian water hedd end the’ leakage from the artesian horizons: to higher strata through the wells.” t f ————_—_—___—_——_*e | Programs From Radio Station KFYR, Bismarck | Thursday, January 20 8:30 ‘to 7:00 p.m.—Dinner hour Program. 7:00 to 7:15 p. m.—Weather fore- » market report, news items. to 8:15 p, m.—Musical pro- gram, i c ! Justajingle | The tot still loved its bottle Though five years old. How sad! But, mother said, “That’s natural, It takes right after dad.” LITTLE JOE | "GT swt Posseve Font i SIBLE KI0$ To Be Too CaS ¢ FoR To CE aust ummay eee