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" \, and tradition, but that he was a man of kindly spirit, ¥ c. g "| PAGE FOUR” ++ “getivities in that early day. he Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newsprper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) j " Published Bismarck Tribuns Company. Bis- marck, N. Ban canes at the postoffice ot Bismarck mai] matter. ae Presideat and bublisher EE mail, Men.ber of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it ‘or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin publisliec herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein ‘are also reserved. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY NEW YORK .... Fifth Ave. Bldg. CHICAGO DETROIT ‘Tower Bldg. Kresge Bldg. b | (Official City, State and Coun‘y Newspaper) ST. PATRICK Tomorrow the Christian world—and cspecially that part which is Hibernian—will cclebrate the birthday of @ saint whom all denominations may venerate. The ‘church was not yet rent when St. Patrick was born, per- formed his missionary labors and died. So his fame and this sainthood may be equally claimed by all denomina- "tions and sects as a matter of ecclesiastical descent and herituge. It is beginning to be so claimed, for the world ecognizes his greatness in the spread of Christianity which his labors brought about in a period when Chris- ‘tan Progress was measured in the recession of paganism. This is the status Judge John Burke gave the saint in this talk to the Rotary club Wednesday. But if all churches may lay claim to Patrick as one ‘et their saints, it is not given all lands to so regard him. He was the saint of Ireland alone. While he wrought the church, he also accomplished for the Emerald isle. In fact his great accomplishment is considered to “have been bringing Ireland into touch with western Europ: in the fifth century, more particularly with Rome, which was then the seat of culture, the arts and Py Teligion. | The story of the saint's life is largely one of legend » great spiritual power and possessed of striking genius © for his era is evident from the transformation he wrought * in Ireland. He became a part of the history of that land, for, coming to the island as a missionary after he had ‘spent a prior sojourn of six years there as a war captive * slave, he identified himself with the Irish as one of them and became a great driving force in all their ‘Th: Ireland of today must retain traces of his moral “ and civic influence as well as his religious labors. Woven into its fibre they surely animate the land and the race » today, modestly activating under the surface of the centuries. So also, in that relation, St. Patrick has been carried to cther lands and nations by the tides of Irish migra- tion. He is close to America as a historical and benefi- } cent figure because of so many sons and daughters of 4 the Emerald isle having transferred their home to the Jand of the free and the home of the brave. A people zealous for freedom and of a passionate bravery attested ‘on thc battlefields of the world and in many causes thus Worth all of the sacritice, all of Int: = world racke’ by war Wilsen dropped a vision; @ visicn of @ new order of things, in which justice and treedum should be something more than pretty words, in Prove his divinity for himself, in which war could be tortu.e chambers have been done away with. Many men have dreamed that dream. But it remained for * oodrow Wilson to make it take on color and life ant enter the hearts of ordinary men. And a vision of that kind, once raised, is immortal. It goes on and on, until in the long course of years it compels men to translate it into reality, And there is Woodrow Wilson's real memorial. after all, is a wreath more or less? What, THE EARTH IN 300 YEARS Tha. curious mental germ which impels people to cross every conceivable bridge before they come to it seems to seize an unfair proportion of its victims from amon, scientists, Prof. Albert Penck, world-famous authority on the ice .ges, predicts that in 2229 A. D. the earth will have &@ population of eight billion and that famine will be continuous. He may be right; he may be wrong. Certainly, not eveu . scientist can be sure. To carry forward through three centuries of unknown future, computations based on the world’s present food supply and consumption, soil arca and methods of agriculture is enormously to over- step one’s data. Thre> centuries ago scientists predicted famines in the twentieth century. Except in time of war, this century has been troubled more by food surpluses than by food shortages. Transporation is now incomparably more rapid than was chen foreseen. Food storage on a scale then un- dreamp* of is now a fact. It is now possible to pre- serve foods for years by refrigeration and canning. Furthermore, new foods are being discovered and in- vented; crop yields per acre are increasing through use of fectilizers and better cultivation, and the area of arable land is being increased. The only safe predicition about the future of man is that no limit dare bet set to what he and the future may do, independently and in cooperation. Within the next 300 years man may be extracting his food directly from the sunlight or be waxing fat from canned atmos- phere. THE PAY ROLL The pay roll and pay day are products of modern in- dustrialism. They did not exist when the human race was divided into slaves and masters, nor even during the period of hand craftsmen, when workmen labored alon: in their homes. Today both are commonplace. Perhaps it is because it is so universal and common- Place that people never look upon the pay roll in its true light as the life blood of the community. To mer- chant; pay days have always been good business days, and yet early merchants received as a great discovery the idea that every day would be a good business day in th: town or city with industries so numerous and diversified as to make every day a pay day. Pay rolls mean business for merchants, taxes with which to run local governments, homes, schools, churches, charity, public improvements and Public contentment. The more pay rolls the more of all of these community asse‘s. And finally, and of greater importance, pay rolls mean employment for the community's surplus labor anc. attractions which lure new workers and new families. For these reasons progressive, growing communities the pain, all of the which the commor man should at last get a chance to €or2 away with as human sacrifices and medieval throughout the United States offer inducements to new industries. Each new factory means another pay roll. The offers include free land, low taxes, cheap fuel or water, local capital, and even free use of buildings for share him with America. Historically St. Patrick is inseparable from Ireland. With reverence for him go thoughts of the gallantry, the poetry, romance and sacrificing spirit of his adopted -Jand. After a long period of oppression and an un- ‘querchable yearning for autonomy that often expressed Atself in bitter struggles and blood, Ireland today governs itself. One need only to recall the civil strife of the Jast score of years that resulted in the final establish- ment of the Free State to understand how Ireland dead amid the ruins of the Green Isle, for the right to rule herself. She might have been left as desolate and barren as a desert in a futile the gyves which galled her. Some the wisdom to perceive that; they by moral suasion, and agriculture and industry. Her manufactures are trade relations by her in us believe, of her patron . WILSON’S MEMORIAL * ‘The fifth anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's death saw one memorial wreath deposited on his tomb in the cathedral that is rising on Mount St. Albans, Wwe identify the sender. It was merely foodrow Wilson’s Tomb,” and was taken very boy. The only visitors to were Mrs. Wilson and her brother. passed unnoticed. : HF uy limited periods. Within certain limits, a growing population is bene- ficial to every community and what benefits the com- munity as a whole serves each of its component parts. A wife is known by the company he keeps. Let us be grateful by comparison; it 4s all that makes some of our great men great. If all the smokers in the world were gathered together they would be matchless by noon. | Editorial Comment | PLENTY OF LAW IN SIXTY DAYS (Duluth Herald) The Minnesota and North Dakota legislatures opened their sessions on the same day in January, but the North Dakota body finished its work last Friday and adjourned. The Minnesota legislature still has about six weeks to go. In North Dakota the Constitution limits the sessions to sixty calendar days, including Sundays and holidays. In Minnesota the sessions run ninety days, but Sundays and holidays are not counted, which makes quite an appreciable difference. This year the session will take a@ hundred and eight calendar days. Is the longer term necessary to supply Minnesota with enough law for two years? Some defenders of the long term say that it is because this is a larger state, with bigger cities and more varied interests than North Dakota, but apparently they forget Texas which man- ages to get along with biennial sixty-day sessions. In fact there are twenty states that limit legislative sessions to sixty days, and in addition to these are Indiana with a sixty-one day term, Kansas with fifty and Wyoming with forty. Probably there will soon be others, for sentiment is growing in many states against the long sessions. It is held that short terms are more efficient, because there is more concentration and a tendency to push important legislation early in the session. eighty-six were new laws or changes in old ones. Maybe a hundred and eighty-six laws are not enough for Minnesota, but properly arranged with what we have they would keep most people busy observing them. ROADS AND MODERN LIFE (Renville County Farmer) tly highways in this vicinity were automobile traffic. Everybody . Living standards have speeded up faster than most of us ine late. pegs sudqenly brings us in the privileges of highway traffic face to face with that fact. during |; prove pS There are two interest stories in the day's news— almost side by side. One concerns Mrs. Pina Preiskai of Passaic, N. J. Mrs. Preiskai, 72, died the other day, believing that somewhere her son, Robert, who was in the World War, survived her. Then years ago a war department telegram came, announcing Robert's death. Mrs. Preiskai's other children kept the telegram from her, and throughout the ten years have kept up the deception that Robert lived. They took turns imitating his hand- writing, sent letters to France to be remailed from there, and peace was kept in the mother’s heart. * *& PETER NEEDED QUIET Here's the other “old age” story. Peter Fitzpatrick, 63, father of nine | children, had had 31 years of matri- mony.. The nine children, all sons, were grown and able-bodied. Five | were married. Peter did not feel that his support for them was any longer m . He left home. He got a $12.50-a-week job in a deaf and dumb | infirmary. He liked it. It was quieter | than matrimony with nine sons. But Peter was haled into court the other day on a wife Peay charge, though testimony revealed that the four unmarried sons were amply able te care for their mother, who complained because she had only $35 a week. The judge sent Peter back to his nice quiet deaf and dumb asylum, but suggested that he pay his wife $2.50 of his $12.50 @ week, in order to re- eve the sons, * * * | TOO FREQUENT A TALE Oh, probably too much pity shouldn't be wasted on Peter. After all, when a man creates nine sons he} lets himself in for things that he! should recognize. But even so, the Spectacle of grown and able-bodied children taking as a matter of course support from aged parents just be- cause the parents have always given it, and not only taking that but also never assuming that they owe sup- Port to parents, is so frequent as to be a bit nauseating. Not all children are like this, as the \o TRIBUNE first story of filial devotion shows. To be sure, a sentimental gesture is one thing, and the economic grind another. Still, here's wagering that Mrs. Preiskai’s children would take care of the latter as well as the first. [ Daily Lenten | Thought By WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D. (Editor of The Congregationalist) The note of sorrow and suffering is inevitably associated with the Len- ten season. The agony of our Mase ter in the Garden, and the crucifixion on the Cross, are as indelibly fixed with this season as is the climax of the Resurrection and the conscious- ness of the new life in Christ. Is there any point at which the love | and sacrifice of Jesus more closely e touches our lives than at this point by of suffering and sorrow? I suppose it might be said that the one crucial AA Me BB ARIES SARY Sueuws /eueeuuw WEST POINT ACADEMY On March 16, 1802, the United States Military Academy at West Point was founded. Long before, in fact, in the first days of the Ameri- can Revolution, West Point played an important part in the military affairs of the nation. There was a time, at the beginning of that war, when its capture by the British would have been fatal to the American cause. At various times, between 1775 and 1780, West Point was fortified, at a total cost of $3,000,000. This compar- atively huge amount indicates the value at which the location was held America. The Polish patriot Kosciuszko served for some time as chief engineer of the fortifications. place where the life and work of|A unique part of the defense works Jesus most deeply affect the life and work of man is in the matter of sin and salvation from sin, was a massive iron chain stretched across the channel from West Point to Constitution Island to prevent the But many people who have never | *Pproach of hostile ships. felt any real sense of conviction of sin have a very real consciousness of their troubles and sorrows. Some- times, in fact, the sense of sin de- velops most strongly out of heart searchings due to an experience of suffering, in which one is often led to see many things in life according to a very different scale of values. At any rate, we cannot go far in life until reality brings us in contact with suffering. No philosophy, or practice, of life that leaves sorrow and suffering out of the account is likely to be either satisfactory or workable. We mislead ourselves until we read- just the values of life in relation to the deeper human experiences of trial, pain, and disappointment. It is just here that Jesus helps us not only to bear our burdens but to a new estimate of the values of life. It is through Him that we dis- cover even in suffering a new mean- ing and some possible place in the divine economy that leads men from brutehood to sainthood. To be checked is to be smart this| culprits will spring, for fashion is staging a big revival of the crisp, clean, classic checks. There are printed checks and woven ones, woolen checks and silk ones, large checks, small checks, and middle-sized ones. Their colors are] Mr. Coolidge mainly dark blue, brown, and red. write at Northampton. Constitution Island is now a part of the academy reservation. It was given to the government in 1908 by Mrs. Russell Sage and brings the total area of the grounds up to 3574 acres, OO | BARBS | > nd Fingernail tints to harmonize with the costume are to be the vogue this spring. Guess father will have to buy another black suit. Commissioners of Clay county, Kansas, have ruled that no person owning a motor car or dog shall re- ceive help from the county. A dog, of course, is not @ necessity. Charlie Curtis says he is going to let the Senate go along as it pleases. Mr. Curtis has been a senator him- self and knows how that is, ers of seven gangsters soon will be in the toils of the law. if the he's going to mpe “Living in 8 | OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern MUM-M-m- UM- AH EGAD, ~ UM-M- 2-22. 2° I MADE *g5. OF THE DEAL WITH MY STATUE , ~~ HEH- HEH -HEH ~ AW~~ GUZZ- 2- Zu, BUT THE MADAM myc. HMF, ~~ WHAT A RUDE ~ 622-2 ay Time £ WHEN Not LEARN THAT I HAVE ATTENTION CONVERSATION, 1s AWAKENING You WILL HAVE, MY SLEEPING BEAUTY f we The ONLY PAY ANY To YouR Yeu TALK wW Your steep / Fits ok ‘A LESSON FROM HISTORY Mi are the nations of the that have flourished declined; lon, Pheonicia, ues Gives itself over to riotous iuxury and past | waste, the nation and the race dé- cline. Modern nations can take this as a' were young, the individuals of each nation were hardy and vigorous; they lived on plain foods; they were phys! cally powerful and had but few lux- urtes, As the nations prospered, the individuals became wealthier. Instead of working themselves, they had slaves or hirelings to do the work for them. They enjoyed luxuries, rich foods. The citizens of these nations con- sidered themselves superior to other nations, They would no longer un- dergo long marches nor till the soil. Foreigners should do their work and idleness and | hardy people, personal questions on health cleo ae mand ce ee Enclose a stamped eddressed envelope for reply. a SR j- | lesson. As long as wholesome foods are used and work is considered hon-| orable, the nation will prosper, but: if rich foods are eaten and idleness! is deemed fashionable, the nation will weaken and be conquered by more even as were the na- tions of antiquity. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Baby Won't Drink Water Question: Mrs. C. R. T. writes: “My baby girl is three months old and I can’t get her to take any water. fight in their armies. In the course | someone suggested sweetening the of time these foreigners became more and more abi to survive. As Goldsmith stated in his famous poem, “The Deserted Village,” “Til fares the land, to hastening ills water, but I do not know what quan- tity of sweetening to use. Also, was le | wondering if honey wouldn’t be best to use. Will you kindly advise me? She is breast fed.” Answer: Your baby will not re- & prey, Where wealth accumulates, | quire a great deal of water if she is and men decay.” The Greeks were a enough milk. I do not advise taking ty race,|the addition of sugar to water for with individuals as beautifully formed | encouraging her to drink it. as have ever been seen. They had many intellectual geniuses until they Question: Mrs. E. asks: “Will you adopted the luxurious effeminate | please tell me what erysipeloid is?” habits of the Persians. The Greeks| Answer: Erysipeloid is a non-con- conquered the Persians, but the Per-|tagious disease resembling erysipelas sians had their revenge, for their/and the treatment is similar. I am customs conquered the Greeks. sending you an article on this subject Then mighty Rome flourished, and | which outlines the cause and cure of with the legions of her own men swept | this trouble. over the Grecian states. Rome con- quered Greece, but Greece had its re- Backward Children “Question: J. M. L. writes: “I have venge, for the Grecian luxuries and | boy 15 years old, a backward pupil, vices were imported to Rome. Grecian | who dislikes school very much. When cooks, doctors and teachers flocked Rome. They became the vogue, Rome, for the first time, art of self-enjoyment The stern and Romans were abel by the luxuries of Greece an proved casy prey to the virile; very quiet, to} he developed a habit of running away and | from home we placed him in a deten- learned the j tion school where he failed in physi- and idleness. | cal and mental health. We now have him at the mental hospital where he has im| physically, but remains while he used to be quite Teuton armies. The Romans, too} active at home in outdoor sports. His weak to fight themselves, be defended by foreign and the decline of the began. Race suicide throughout Rome, nuisances to the the poor. expected to} mother and father were aged 38 and mercenaries, | 50 respectively, at his birth, and there Roman Empire | is nothing hereditary on either side became universal |that I can trace. Could you advise as children were | us as to some form of treatment for rich and burdens to | him?” Answer: It is difficult to advise you History shows us many examples | regarding your boy without having where nations decay before they are | examined him. conquered. The rot, luxury and rich food, dangerous than any foreign enemy. The prophets were able to foretell the fall of Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Tyre and even Jerusalem itself, be- cause they knew that when a nation double house in house-cleaning, screens, baék-yard gardening time, Often children im- Produced by| prove mentally when placed on a well is far more | balanced diet and a good exercising or physical culture regime. He should also have some interesting hobby or Occupation for his spare time. I am sending you some articles which you may find interesting and helpful. with ethics and history and econ- omics. the man certainly must be admired} A friend tells me of entering such for pluck. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) f Our Yesterdays FORTY YEARS AGO |= ‘i @ club library not long ago—this one was located in a general reading and Toom—and taking forth a » “The cover was so encased in dust that he was forced to sneeze several times, “And the way all the old fellows stared me down over the tops of their Treasurer and Mrs. Lawler will|Slasses put this down as my most leave this week for St. Paul and Chi- | €mbarrassing moment,” he related. cago, where they will visit before go- ing to their home at Mitchell. ee * For more than half a century the Lotos Club, for instance, has prided Rev. James M. Anderson, New Ver- | itself on the quality of its food and non, N. J., has accepted a call to the | membership. Its list of “honorary pastorate of the Presbyterian church members” includes Mark Twain, An- of this city. and Mrs. George D. yesterday from Butte ena, Mont., where they have iting friends, Hon. turned been vis- drew Mellon, Ignace Paderewski, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The latter is Hand re- | Still referred to as one of the prize and Hel- | Sagsters of his day. is se & By way of contrast, just one door away from the City Club, the latter-