The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1929, Page 4

“9 NEW YORK .... Fifth Ave. Bldg. iGO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1999 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE e Bismarck ‘lribune Independent Newspaper Tun STATES ULDES] NEWOPAPER (Betablisheo 1873) Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY DETROI1 Bldg. Kresge Bidg (Official City, State and County Newspaper) THE GROWING FUR INDUSTRY Attention being given bounties for predatory animal by the legislature touches upon the matter of the disappearing American furs. That is, the wild furs. The United States used to export the bulk of the @ large portion comes from fur farms. For with the near-extinction of many fur-bearing ant- mals, Americans have turned to propagation of the sup- plies by raising the bearers on farms. One of the largest farms in the country is in the Minnesota lake region. Another new one has been established at Lodge Grass, And, at the same time, the despised jack rabbit has be- _ Come a valuable fur animal. His skin, while any price ‘would seem high in comparison with the time when he > ‘was hunted down by the acre and exterminated as a commands a relatively high price, at that, and a income is made by his hunters, who now kill for pelt. At the same time, the common muskrat. skin used to bring a dime and then a quarter, commands as high as $5. is an epochal situation in the industry—one of the oldest existing branches of commerce in the world. In fact, the Bank of England and the Hudson's Bay Fur company are the oldest continuous corporations in exist- ence todsy. This is indicative of the tenacity of the fur ‘business and that tenacity is based on demand. Go, with demand continuing, it is natural that, with the disappearance of many fur-bearing wild animals or Jif fn netted wire curved in and buried deep under the bed of the dens. But the skins bring such high prices that the venture is highly profitable when it is carried on suc- cessfully. Many an amateur quits about the time he hhas learned by costly troubles and losses just what to Then is the time to keep on, for the experience three or four years, muskrat breeding for furs has come up as a prospective industry of vast possi- ‘These animals are prolific breeders, the range as high as 33 rats to one fe- out of a he=dred have fur coats. And fur pro- nd fur garment makers proceed on the very evi- fact that the other 97 would like to have fur coats is, therefore, a very big field for this in- ray } | if Bismarck had a fur industry located here, rises i ili gs “tif He é BF E i shared the fate of the buffalo. Hunting, such states as have restocked has become the of the few where it used to be the sport for the ‘tastes of game meate, just as the fur farm has come to ! l > Re the source of fur. Hoover's Not the Only Expert at ‘Deep Sea Fishing!’ share alike in honor and rascality from now on. The girls who have been struggling for absolute equality have achieved a notable victory. They can go to jail like men. A Dr Frank McCoy __, THE GROUNDHOG AND HIS PROPHET * Sale And now we come to that annual fable that the Ihe Satt Hey. groundhog will forecast the weather for the next six weeks—continued cold if he comes out of his hiberna- tion and sees his shadow, Mut a swing toward spring should he be beguiled to remain out if not.startled back by his shadow. A sunny day, therefore. would forecast more winter, a cloudy day would mean relaxing of the bitter cold that has marked January. While giving an evening lecture, Henry Ward Beecher was interrupted by a loud imitation of a cock-crow from the gallery. Looking from his watch to the window, the yet it must be. The instinct of the lower animals is in- fallible.” The groundhog day myth is no more a test of the in- fallibility of animal instinct than was Beecher’s pun. It it serves as a test at all, it is as a test of human gullibility and superstition. And if the test shows a high percent- age of both gullibility and superstition it would not be surprising, for most people will believe anything about the weather, whether prophecy, almanac prediction, “sure sign” or “saying.” Nevertheless, the groundhog day fable is an interesting and valuable bit of folklore worthy of perpetuation and of annual commemoration. The groundhog’s shadow doesn’t determine the weather one way or another,’but it Plays an important part in the traditions of the country. This weather fable is a part of the true American folk- lore. That some abide by the groundhog’s forecast does not in any measure detract from the value of the tra- dition as folklore. And, as folklore, a start has been made toward per- petuation. The American Magazine last year carried a story of how George Hensel, a whimsical, warm-hearted banker and merchant of Quarryville, Pennsylvania—down where Robert Fulton began dreaming of steamboats to navigate the waters—had organized a fantastic order based on Arctomys Monax and his Day. It has high- Sounding quaint titles to its several offices and it con- ducts its proceedings with all the possible whimsicalities that a Pennsylvania Dutch sense of humor—with which Hensel is richly endowed—could devise. Now, Hensel is & great entertainer of visitors to Quarryville. He is a Cordial host. He spreads great breakfasts of buckwheat cakes, of maple syrup, of fried ham or country sausage, topped off with the most delicious Mocha and golden g SE ug i 5 x 5 e gs 4 a ef gies Hes fi g Fl i F i é ti : i f { i tit Hi 4H if ue i a38 5 5 i é i ABE Eggs : ip” oii 5 F g 8 4 ui i 8 e to do it too. Few children deliberately disobey the same law repeatedly unless they feel justified. And you cannot do much about it until you find out the YOUR CHILDREN | ig 58 z I A ones | reason for this feeling. higher than the nose while holding the head up cream, and thus the impression of baronial hospitality y Ove. Roberts Barton ry felt on the and slightly backward. Severe casrs comes to be linked to his odd old clan of the ground hog. NEA Serviee.t Se ates ee & doctor's “attention, This is a combination that suggests that the Ancient ©1228 by si ic 1658—New York) incorporated. 1865—Peace conference between Lin- coln and Confederate commis- stoners failed. and Honorable Order of the Groundhog should not be monopolized by Quarryville. There are humorous peo- Ple in other parts of the country who, too, enjoy good hospitality, even here in Bismarck, and the parent lodge When does a child feel justified in disobeying? Here are some of the reasons: he thinks you are indifferent || Our Yesterdays | FORTY YEARS AGO A number of the members of the |1897—Capitol of Pennsylvania, at Brown Sots of Middlé and don’t really care whether he ‘legislature are visting the coal mines Harrisburg, burned. Question: N. B.C. asks: “Can you at Quarryville ought to set out and establish Groundhog | obeys or not. jat Sims today as guests of the man- gi tell me the cause and cure, if any, ® clubs all over the country. If it made men as good- a sie thinks ee law he oversteps is | ager, Mr. Thompson. Cohe of the dark ware and freckles that of no portance. J a pecienieis rend date athe hana If it 1s impossible for him to obey} Mr. Wellman went to New Rockford | appear aoe ee face’ and hands after esc! as being, it would be @ blessing to Have al on account of some unusual circum-|to visit over Sunday. Answer: The spots such as you de- Groundhog club in every town. stances. scribe are usually caused by the And the groundhog would become an emblem of the| If he sees his parents breaking the} Major C. T. McCoy, Aberdeen, is Presence of bile pigment settling in mellowing soul as well as the hope of milder weather. same law. Tiere for Chie ethniniver ‘of the ‘begis- | the skin because of systemic acidosis. i If he possesses a bri efgees lative session. 1 If you can increase the alkalinity of about a certain sul . ALLENE SUMNER. the. body correct, Scientists are still puzzled over the location of the| parents, and knows he possesses it. Charles W. Rawlings, McKenzie, is these will resbaMty cases to form, re] original Garden of Eden, a matter already settled in the| But more than for any other rea-|the guest of friends here this week. 5 Just what's what about this drudg- ery of women of the past as compared with the lightsome lead of son a child will disobey, and feel Justified in doing so, if he gets the idea that certain rules made for him | mind of practically any chamber of commerce secretary. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO M. A. Hildreth, Fargo attorney, is. are unjust. @ guest in the city. were utterly unknown, and that even |although messages from the station... | . I know that many parents believe soap powders to loosen the dirt were were picked up easily by Byrd. It ~~~ . Editorial! Comment in unquestioning obedience. And that| A bad snow storm and blizzard not available, and that the house-| was discovered that a station in 4 is as it should be. Obedience should | caused all trains to be delayed 24 keeper had to even make her own} Woodside, N. Y., was,getting them in WHAT OF TELEVISION? be unquestioning. But if obedience | hours or more. Several trains were fine shape so arrangements between . is questioned, then the chances are | stuck in drifts where they had to re- | the New York paper and the Wood- Qfinneapolis Tribune) that there is a good reason for ques-| main until the snow plows reached side man were made. The Woodside What is the future of television? tioning it and for disobedience, par- | them. eee man was to telephone the newspaper We are hearing a great deal about television these days,| ticularly if the offense is often re- : PUMP woopBox ’ what Came in. and many people believe that the day is not distant when | peated. Mrs, Ray Conklin has returned from Pits) PU de TO pf era th The other night Fred Meinholtz, they can sit in their homes and see plays enacted over Disobedient—But Why? a trip to Jamestown where she visited |, a apy no detail fe Neues for such was the name of the Wood- their receiving sets. 80 if you have a boy or a girl who| triends. ik ae ees ake side man, left his phone receiver Those in a position to know declare that this is a| persists in overstepping the bounds ink fi eo an porn (us soaked overnight; that down by ‘accident. The paper eager fallacy. They say that the inventors occupied with tele-|of authority in any particular thing, }__ Hugh Scott has returned from the |#!nk in! b: whic! hone wal r was! pancake batter had to be mixed andj for some important news tried to vision’s future call such a development inconceivable. | I should begin to think it over. Is he | Pacific coast where he has been for | Pum y, Sn eon Eee 2rom 8 A The apparatus which would make possible a consumma-| wrong, or is the trouble with you and wooden cistern. He reminds us of the , Several weeks, ; 1 Graph editor got a bright idea. He tion of this sort could not be manufactured. It would be| the law you have made? a Sranine Waiss Fey iret Felon radioed to Byrd, somewhere near the too expensive. Is the law reasonable? Are you TEN YEARS AGO Well aud clatecn hed deka torimaa’ pole, advising that a radio be sent None the less one television corporation has been or-| sure the thing you are asking him| Col. C. B, Little left for Dartmouth with hot water in cold weather. to Meinholts urging him to answer ganized for the purpose of broadcasting movies by radio| to do is right, just and fair? jeollege to attepd a banquet for mem-|" He reminds us that the only canned his phone. television from a central station directly to the screens of| If you are convinced that you are i bers of in the Raw m \ the directorate of the alumni motion picture houses. fon, It is believed that before long we may have television theaters. These theaters would be equipped with the re- quired apparatus; and it is thought that people might Pour into them to witness major prize fights, world’s Series games, outstanding football contests and so forth. not playing tyrant and not demand- | associat: ing something out of all bounds, th Mrs. Ted Gardiner, Duluth, Minn., demand? | is visiting her sister, Mrs. George V. worth | Galloway. g E i SE 3 i r i Ee tove reservoi Bi ‘These theaters, too, could show movies, stage plays, mu- P. C. Remington, president of the | by kettles pp cag a nee sical shows, and possibly grand operas. We may doubt, water. pore however, whether much of a future awaits them in the City National Bank, is in Minneapolis on business, * | z d is latter field, since here they would come directly into com- Petition with the talking movie. Presumably the talking movie, which would prepare its products with greater care, could do better in the reproduction of stage plays, musical shows, and so on, than television. In fact, so far as the amusement world goes, it seems that no matter which way television turns it will be up against the solid wall of the talking movie. Only with such events as major pugilistic bouts and world’s series baseball games, where the public was keen on seeing them take place at the precise moment. scheduled, would television have a 5 ee sphere all its own. No doubt the time is not distant when we shall be able, thanks to television, to see our interlocutors over the telephone. Whether that practice will become uni- versal or not, we shall not undertake to say. One sur- mises that in most routine, trivial conversations, nobody would care whether he saw his interlocutor or not. In exceptional instances the sight of the interlocutor might i i L. H. 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