The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1929, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ‘Established 1873) ——$— Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- ‘as second class mai) mattcr. George D. Mann ... Gubecription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier. per year .. Datly by mail, per year «in Bismarck) . Daily by mail, per year, (in state, outside Bismarck) Datly by mail, outside of North Dakota . —_—_—_ ‘Weekly by mail, in state, per yeu! Weekly by mail, in st three years Weekly by mail. outs'*: of North Dako.a. .e.-President and Publisher $7.20 « 5.00} 6.90 | 150 Membcr Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press ts exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and isc ths paid out through the bureau more than $28,090,000. The potential value of these policies, it is announces is $3,056,137,863. On these policies the govern t ha received, all told, a little over $427,174,009. At ihe pr time the bureau is paying on 163,696 claims, including | thoge arising from deaths in the war. | So successful has been this experiment that the gov-| ernment expects to pay out still larger dividends to the policyholders. It has proved a good venture for the gove | ernment and for the veterans. For the latter it has) provided as cheap insurance as could be nywhere. | The policies offered are similar to those offered by | commercial companies. The form: 20-pe ordinary life, 30-payment life, 2 year endowment, endowment at 6: ‘ vertible term insurance. Without any appropyiations that could be used for this purpose the government Ler 1 moyer been able to conduct a selling campaign as 4 com-| a mercial company would carry it on. it In 1917 and 1918, the United States calle | 000 of its citizens to milttary service. thet carried unusual risks, Commercial comp; not mest the extra hazard of war wi in premiums. For practical pur sailors were uninsurable, the premiums being means of the enlisted men. So the federal government decided to provide insur- for the service men. Insurance W ed in £mounts up to $10.000 at 2 few dollars a year per thousand ‘The insurance was not mandatory, but officers did every taing in their power to induce the men under their com- mand to take advantage of the protection. The premiums were deducted from the pay of the of- ‘ewe SOSRTRE nn re) 3 _fiecrs and men. Regiments vied with regiments in the 3 toial insurance taken out and division with division. 4 Every division had its insurance efficer, % complete information about the gove u peliess, these officers “sold” their div! . agents of a private insurance company _ Few soldiers and sailors refused to avail themselves of the protection thus given so cheaply. The foyernmen® € paid’ all the costs of administration, all the overhead; . nd the term insurance granted during the war to the 4 army and the navy cost the government more than € — $1,300,000,000 in excess of the amount it received in 4 premiums. gi ‘Then came the armistice, and the soldiers and sailors J: returned to civil life, The government, however, decided 4 to continue its insurance business for the benefit of the © exservice men, and the Veterans’ burcau worked out a bd stientific plan for the conversion of the w: -time insur- o ance. There was one difference, howe between its * oprations in peace and Its operation ge = Im peace the insurance business im Buch a way that it would pay for itself, with the execp- tion that the government paid the administrative costs. ‘Otherwise, the business was put on a commercial basis Premiums were to be sufficient to take care of the ex- pected mortality and reserves were to be built up to .s6ver claims for death and disability. + Gongress amended the World War veterans’ act 10 “4928, extending indefinitely the period in which applica- tions could be filed for government policies by those en- titled to them. The privilege had expired on July 2, 1927, except for new entrants into the servico—that is, men in the Regular Army and Navy and cadejs at West ‘Peint and Annapolis, In the few months just before the expiration of the original time limit, more than 250,000. ex-service men had filed applications. - Under the law as amended by congress in 1928, the in- “ gurance rights of the ex-service man are clearly defined. He can choose among seven forms of policies against death or permanent total disability. He may take out a policy for. $1,000 or $10,000, or for any multiple of $500 be- tween those two sums. But to gc! insurance now, the exsgervice man must supply satisfactory evidence of good health. He cannot take out a policy larger than $10,000. If he has a policy from the government of $4,000 he the $10,000 maximum. The final requirement must have served in the military or naval United States between April 16, 1917, and ° oG Speed and Beauty Speed is one of the great characteristics of modern automobile, sliding along the highways at any its driver wishes, symbolizes the pace of. our We have an enormous amount of energy, and we ,of ft in the effort to get everything don? in the possible. “Pew of us ever relax before eve- es there is anything for us to do, we force marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarcs | focal news of spontaneous origin pub'ished herein. All| rights Of republication of al! other tatter hereir are | also reserved. | (Official City, State and County Newspaper) ij | Foreign Representatives } SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The Government in Ins nee As a legacy of the World war, the United States still | 4 conducts one of the biggest insurance busin in the world, ‘This is due to the conversion of their wartime | insurance by service men. The result has been that October 31 the government had ou nding on its vet) crans bureau insurance rolls a total of 649.417 Lseeee| In dividends shared by the policyholders, there has been ent | * pretty.” He inted to take a longer look; but traffic was getting heavy, he was in a hurry, and he had to de- vote all of his attention to driving. So he sped on, and in a few minutes he had left the strange new beauty | behind him and was driving through the meaner busi- | ness streets, where the snow had only intensified the prevailing ugliness. Now that sort of thing is perfectly ordinary. to be sure. | Something similar happens every day, and it is hardly | worth noticing except for this one point; it emphasizes ; how much our desire for speed causes us to miss. | To get things done quickly is @ fine thing. The slug- gard ts, and always has been, an unlovely creature. We have so many jobs on hand that it's only natural for us to wear ourselves out trying to get them out of the way | peedily, | But all of this hurry makes us miss a lot of things that | could mean a great deal to us. We drive so fast that | we don't have the time to enjoy anything along the way. re is more to life than the simple accomplishment of ro tasks. There are countless little, unexciting | things by the way that can give it color and warmth jand depth. Tost of us hurry so fast that we can% stop to enjoy them. That is our big mistake. Our lives would be a Jot | richer if we had the sense to stop along the way once Hin a while. Our Public Lands Since natural resources are largely responsible for | America’s rapid rise to the front rank of industrial na- tions, any information about the extent of such re- j sourees that sull remain untapped is bound to be of | interest. A bulletin from the Department of the Interior rela- tive to the United States’ public lands is highly reas- suring. On these lands there still remains an untapped coal reserve of more than 200,000,000,000 tons. There are also deposits of 8,000,000,000 tons of phosphates. Oil shale will yleld 60,000,000,000 barrels of oil when the need becomes acute. It is comforting to know that such enormous reserves ill ¢: These, of course, are in addition to the huge resery store of natural riches is by no means near exhaustion. A professional is an athlete who wishes he suit prosper as amateurs do, It's better to be a mediocre author than a great one. The great ones are all dead. The radio will never be popular with the political | orator who talks with his arms, If it wasn't cruel, how would it do to sentence the killer to cross the street for ten years? The Ethics of Friendship (Washington Star) Some political sage remarked once upon a time that he could defend himself against his enemies if he could only be protected from his friends. Current events at the Capitol scem to suggest that President Hoover is in neéd of such security. There is no hint that any of the sugar tariff revela- tions before the senate lobby committee disclose illicit Practices, or conduct that cannot be fully justified in But it is fairly clear that there was at least a that lic in private hands. Apparently our great! _ a they sit. with no seat at all! The only musical try last year. One 1 brcach of good taste and a sore strain on an influential friendship when a foreign government, vitally interested in legislation before et ita n congress, engaged as its represent tive the ‘personal attorney” of the president of the Uni- wo | ted States, That the lawyer was expected to deliver the goods is manifest from the statement that he was engaged on a . | retainer of $75,000 for roundly a year's services, the exact prod | Salary of the president himeelf. before the lobby investigators contains ences to the importance laid by his employers on the capacity of “President Hoover's personal attorney” to achieve results. Whether the lawyer tried or failed to exploit his white house “contact” for is rather be- side the marist. seriously contended from any quarter that he was en- gaged for any other reason than his supposed “pull” in exalted quarters. In accepting the job of piloting througn congress a sugar tariff favorable to his clients he must have known that his high legal abilities were not the sole occasion for his employment. He can doubtless justify his retainer as a strict matter of practice legitimatized by custom. But he is on far thinner ice when he skates across the ethics of friendship. In the case of the president of the United States, this is very thin and tender ice. The president is entitled to be preserved from friend- ships which do not with more thorough thoughtfulness eke into consideration how easily the good name and high repute of his office may be compromised by actions utterly beyond his control. - Education and the Farm Problem (Minneapolis Tribune) The most practical things that have been done to solve the so-called farm problem have been done through edupation, There is @ most impressive record to that effect. The agricultural schools created the county agent, the county agent created the 4-H clubs. Within 10 years Minnesota farms will see the influence of these clubs, whose membership in this state now amounts to about 40,000 splendidly demonstrated. ees koaw bey aunt and condition a beef steer. now @ dairy cow. The; are familiar with all the facts as to 4 can be put on a hog in the shortest expenditure for feed. For the reason they have done these things themselves they know how. They have learned some of the scientific fundamentals of a great business and applying them. In many cases their their methods is impressive and convincing to parents who were never fortunate enough to have such op- portunities. Wearied by the lack of he has receivec ttle he has had Purposes He asserts that he did not. But it is not | tive. der. whom oe *_ CH, 66QTEADY, boy’! string of forehead upon whe consideration in the political field, and the constant bat to carry on there to secure such concessions as he has received, it is quite natural the farmer should evidence | new interest in the results that may be attained through Practical edi aueetion- of agpeiaee) bio interest. Miss Bertha lucation. So in North Dakota the schools is again commanding Palmer announces it will be an issue in the next legisla- tive session. FOR Your “URN ~~ WE HAVE A “TUB “TiME-TABLE HERE FOR “TH” BOARDERS any’ its MY SPLASH NOW ~~ au’ TWeATY MINUTES 1S TH’ UMIT, INCLUDING SINGING ~~—THEN “TH” NEXT IN-URA HAS 7% WAIT A HALF HOUR FoR “TH? w. BARBS shouldn't be quarreling about where Look at poor old Bill Vare, eek vented in this country is the banjo, says a music trade magazine. Then you can’t blame us for everything. < eee Eighteen million pairs of cotton hose wert manufactured in this coun- teyiog onl to ares ENR SORMA PAIGE, STYLES, whe bad ovat q Mrs. Megarths mAGKUR. amatenr scenario wetter, and DAISY SHEPHERD. papers to that she wrote her daughter. newcomers see the ich his own eyes bad rested he had forced bis way into THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER. 28, 1929 TM SORRY MR. FLUG, But Nou'Lt HAVE “TO “TAKE (T UP With TH’ BOARD OF BATHTUB DIRECTORS IN TH? “TUB Ye “To eM Rae A A SAN AR Ss WELL Son ~ [ DonT WANT To BREAK “TH” RULES, BUT IN EVERY BOARDING HOUSE I'vé STAYED AT, “TH” First HAND on “TH” BATHROOM DOORKNOB CAPTURED “TH” FORT ~~ THATS CE OF “TH” OLDEST BOARDING House LAWS { -—~ FIRST COME, _ FIRST SOAPED! ave BUT GO AWEAD ~Tu WAIT! = | Air J oe instrument in- | of these days! @ you're going to see a pair. c se ® A firm of Kansas City undertakers offers to bury all policemen free. You might cut this out and hand it to the ong braids of black hair swinging “oak” SOVIER, Mire, Hi te th ace her. %: IAPTER XXXVII !* Police Commis- you, | know—but work for a detective.” “1 know.” Dundee wiped a new icy sweat and stood aside, to let the beads from bi sbastly sight Cora Barker's room. “Have you touched the body?” Turner demanded brisk! Sergeant “No” | the other day. A co-ed declares the modern girl is Washington society people|afraid of nothing. Unless it be that Samer afraid to be afraid of some- S Perhaps it’s just as well most of us are born in this country, and don't have to take a citizenship examina- tion. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) “Dress should refresh one, agitate one.”—Lucien Lelong. ees “There are too many religious or- Ganizations run by women. First| teeth only for hauling. x * & Francis P. Duffy. - -* * force.”—James A. Garfield. ze ees ble religious ty Emerson Fosdick. se Quotations 1 not them.”—La Rocefoucauld. at least, I want to spare the house as much¢of the horror as | cao,” O'Brien explained to bis nephi “That's decent of you, Unci Pat.” Bonnie Dundee thanked him. As allently as if they were pay: tribute to the dead, the a bulance attendants came up the stairs and entered the room, carry: ing the stretcher on which Cora's body would be borne away. Ser- geant Turner listened anziously at the door, but the house was etill sleeping apparently. over her shuulders. Had her mur- derer counted on that very thing? Had be known that Cora would 2 pertect means of strangulation? Or had the murder been uapre-| { meditated? At any event the long braids had been crossed in the back, drawn around aad tied beneath ber chin io @ single knot. The wiriness of the bair had loosened the knot now, but the bands of the mur. derer had held fast to the ends of the braids until life been ex- tinguished. 2 55 HG ; £ g . i 28 swer any questions, Weve, Re: SO Sea BEASO you Turaer answered. “Rou- They won't tind << 2 3 ul Hl is et g z ist : g | i FD f pel moQ™8Se Hei il + ‘ll H i tin ahi s : it i i @|cop who gave you a parking ticket/they drive all of the men out, and then they quit themselves.”—Rév. Pr. “Right reason 1s stronger than| “Intellectual importance, the most considera movement re- cently set afoot is humanism.”—Har- “Little minds are too much hurt by | little things. Great minds perceive them all and are not touched by idi lays. of the Christ. Most of the customs of Christmas are hundreds of years older than Christmas, itself. In fact, the Christ- mas holiday has becn called by his- torlans “a mingling of heathendom and Christ! In spite of its antiquity, Christmas still remains our , kindest, and most eagerly awaited holiday. The fact that the Christmas spirit has endured for so many hundreds of years shows that the wish to make others happy and to be open-hearted irmly nurtured in the yearnings of men, and we are never quite as happy as when bringing happiness to oth- ers. ‘The dne figure which out-ranks all others on Christmas eve is Santa well as the tA Claus. This name as chimney myth is thought to have first found root in America emong the Pennsylvania Dutch who heartily admired the fat old gentleman who scramble through the soot of the chimney without soiling his white could whiskers. It is said that Saint Nicholas, who Two German youths recently wagered they would pull a furniture van from Walsum to Mannheim, walking backwards and using their CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Christmas is one of our oldest hol- The name is a for “Christ Mass” or a mass in honor “Maybe they talked a bit-first—1 he certainly made played with her remarked on how long the braids were. 1 cao bear him saying: ‘Why, they come clear to they're im: | your crossed in the back,’ and he waist, rossed them in the back to prove it. Crossed them to make st: rangu! tion possible. Then he »rought the crossed braids and, while kissing ber, suddenly tiled them and drew the ends so tightly that she was strangled—bis lips still on hers.” be lar her shoulders, ” “My God!” Commissioner O'Brien breathed, and turned sharply away. “What newspaper story this is going to make!” Sergeant Turner commented with morbid satisfac thea, dow! blooded mui bad... plenty of e hav irderer this state bas Still want bim te ice water and an electric fan, Dundee—instead of the bad old third degree?” he added cm f z i f 4 A Hi F f v2 PAESETEEGEDE He Bs i l i i Hi il 7F g t fs £ E i t ; E E i E lf i as ¢ £ Hy ! ay § if E inn H . . ef ? i 4 z i 2 E af t Fs g E bigs ti ; | cabbage is really the 7 called magic mistletoe, and was held as a charm-against evit and darkness. When brought indoors, the custom" originated that any maiden passing The Tribune. envelope for reply. Pe at een Eran een Personal questions on health diet addressed to tim, care of Enclose a stamped addressed under it could be kissed forthwith. 1t seems that the mistletoe is no longer necessary for this purpose. ‘The beginning of the custom of giv- Christmas ly carries a deeper significance to those who worship the: ing presents during the season probabil One who was born long ago under the Star of Bethlehem, when realize that the first Christmas gifts were those of the Three Wise Men who came out of the East, bearing gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. they QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Addison's Disease) Question: Carrie 8. asks: “ you please tell me ‘something “Wilt about Addison’s Disease? I am getting brown spots on my left side, mostly on chest, shoulder, arm and neck, some on my face. I have never asked @ doctor about it, but a friend told me I had’ Addison's Disease.’ Answer: First go to a doctor and have a correct diagnosis made. There are several other skin.disorders which resemble Addison's Disease. Write me again giving your name ad- dress, and the result of the tor's diagnosis, interested in knowing (Brocceli) Question: H. A. B. writes: somethin about the general qualities of the » broccoli, Will appreciate 4 any information.” Answer: “ Broccoli is a variety of Produced by cultivation. original form of cauli- It flower, and is very similar to it ex- cept that the heads average smaller and coarser. It can be used in the Temper) Question: T. E. asks: “Will you please give me all the advice you can for a boy who has a very high tem- per? He stays angry most of the time and has no petience at all. After a night's sleep he says he feels more tired than before.” Answer: Your child’s nervous sys- tem must be in a very toxic condition owing to some general toxemia. This is evidenced by the fact that he is so tired in the morning. The right dict should correct this condition. I have of ill-tempered chil- dren completely change to normal, mannered children after being proper diet. (Copyright, 1929, by The Bell Syndi- placed on the cate, Inc.) ——_—_—_—_. | -Our Yesterdays | FORTY YEARS AGO Senator Little returned yesterday E ? i é : i g2 i z ~ a . —<