The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1930, Page 4

NN} ve The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Tribune Company, Bis- it Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use Tepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or credited in this newspaper and also the taneous origin published herein, All tion of all other matter hereir are World’s Greatest Era of Romance ‘There never was a time when there was so much fomance in the world as now. No, not even in the days swhen knighthood was in flower, not when the nations of the world were ruled from pompous medieval courts, not fn all the wars of the world, nor in the days of Greece and Rome, Baylon or Carthage, the period of the crusades ‘and chivalry, the era of New world discovery and explora~ tion, neither under Caesar or Cleopatra, nor under Charlamagne or Napoleon. ‘An old man in Denver says so. He is so old he is about to celebrate his ninetieth birthday anniversary. He is Louis Kiefer. ‘Ninety is a fairly advanced age; not exactly uncom- mon, but still rather noteworthy. What makes Mr. Kie- Jer’s birthday interesting, however, is the memories that he has to talk about. : ‘This man came to the United States in 1856 on an cld equare-rigger. He became a river pilot on the Mississip- pi; in 1862 his ship got caught in the jam below New Orleans when Farragut brought his fleet up past the forts Band seized the Confederacy's greatest seaport, and so Kiefer got an excellent view of that spectacular affair. ‘Then, in 1868, he crossed the plains to Santa Fe, travel- {ing at night through a region where ranch houses lay in smouldering ruins from the attacks of Indians. He be- came @ miner in the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico, and had enough narrow escapes from Indians to Gill a book. All in all, an exciting and colorful past. Yet this is what Kiefer told Denver newspaper reporters: “Those were thrilling days, but there is more romance (and adventure in the world today.” ‘That is an attitude that few of the old-timers take. Generally they tell us that the world has fallen on evil ays. They consider this a soft and flabby generation, @evoid of thrills and many leagues removed from any- thing like real adventure. But not this man, His life is a regular adventure tory, yet he believes today a more adventuresome and exciting time than yesterday. And this ought to be rather consoling for those of us who feel that we ‘have been cheated out of our share of romance by being born ‘too late. si Adventure and romance, after all, are things that are found inside of a man’s head and heart. They don't depend on externals. A young man who comes to town from a farm, gets a job in a railroad office and works his ‘way up by slow degrees can make of his experience a romance as gaudy as anything out of Marryat or Steven- Bon; and, conversely, a man who has not got romance in “his heart could go by dog sledge from Nome to Hutson’s bay and be as bored as if he were riding downtown on ip street car. ‘This chap in Denver has the right idea, He had an exciting life, but he knows he could do just as well if he were starting in again right now, even if the wind- gammers and yelling Indians have gone to join the dodo. Romance is strictly up to us. If we have it in us, we'll find it, If we haven't it is no us for us to go looking for it. ‘There may be some persons who never made mistakes, ‘but the evidence is all on their tombstones. newspaper advertising, is the “most important sector of the business life,” is the conclusion of Walter F. McDowell, former president of the United States Building and Loan League. ‘Without advertising, he says, business would fall flat {n our complex status of society. Any business can be prought up to the tone of its competitors by advertising. A fine tribute from one who has been closely as- Bociated with the advertising business. Recently a survey was made by the department of of a leading university of the United States. {ts conclusion is epitomized in the following: ~“Consistent, systematic sales promotion through broad- feast advertising in the newspapers which reach every section of the community is not only valuable but absolute: ly necessary to the success of business. - “More important still, the consuming public has come to rely more and more upon newspaper advertising con- perning both the necessaries and luxuries of life.” Newspaper and other forms of advertising are vitally wneceasary to all forms of business. None is exempt. ‘Bus- finess needs advertising regularly; occasional spasmodic wpurts are not as effective as the well directed and logical Tribute to Ne er Advertisin dwirising, and sopuualy F ‘Will some food faddist explain the elephant who lives bn a strictly vegetable dict? Ten Years of the League of Nations Adherents of the League of Nations seem to think eloquently at various popular referendums repudiated both the theory of the League of Nations and. of the World court, Ten years is too short to test the efficiency of such an experiment as the League of Nations. Probably the accomplishments credited to it in. the field of.interna-|. tional diplomacy would have been obtained as easily through other channels. For most Americans, at least, ten years of the League of Nations have justified their rejection of the scheme to involve them in European entanglements in which they have no concern. |.. The.disarmament, conference.now sitting in London is viewed by some distinguished journalists and statesmen. as typifying a signal failure of the League to bring any 4 real progress toward disarmament, Chicago might call in her gangmen to aid in relieving the stringency in the city’s treasury. The Greatest Engineer Who was the greatest engineer of all time? Dean Carl T. Humphrey of the School of Technology at Villanova college got curious about it the other day, when his engineering department was preparing to cele- brate its twenty-fifth anniversary, and he queried all the other deans of engineering schools in America to find out, And when he tabulated their answers he fotind that.first place went to James Watt, the-man-who turn- ed the steam engine from a toy into @ useful machine. Without being at all qualified to speak on this mat- ter, we're inclined to agree. There may have been other engineers who solved harder technical problems, but there has been none whose work had a greater effect on mankind as a whole, Watt revolutionized life for all the world. If you don't believe it, contrast conditions today with the conditions of 1776. The change is due more to ‘Watt than to any other man, Now that Thrift week: is over, you can arrange for that new auto or radio, He Made Life a Bit Easier ‘There isn’t any too much laughter in this world, at any time. It is always hard to see a funster go, We have too few of them to spare any, Irving Knickerbocker, the gifted young artist whose sketches, “Tiny-mites,” “Dizzy Dugan” and ‘‘Little Joe,” brought smiles into the hearts of many thousands of newspaper readers all over the United States, is gone; killed in an automobile accident just as he was reaching the height-of his powers, It is hard to see him go. He was only 32, Yet “Knick,” as he signed himself, did a good deal in his short life. He brought laughter to a great many people who had never seen him; slipped smiles into a great many days that were otherwise rather gloomy. Doing this, he made life a bit easier for lots of us, We shan't forget him, | Editorial Comment | Nebraska D e rash ca Drapping Guaranty Most political students will remember the wave of sen- Mocgrrt for bella ye of bank deposits which swept over the country a few years In instances idea did not tak (bootie sone = it but in into law. what methods they must ue to be chi into na- tional banks. ssa) anew - Continuing in the Transcript, Mr. Porter-says: -.. “The state bank guaranty fund, designed to guarantee the deposits of state banks, is the cause of the possible wrecking of the state banking system. The guaranty. fund is now.-behind approximately $16,000,000, all . of against and has been due for-some months, but not paid. The banks have the matter up in court in an effort to escape payment and the case is now before the United States Supreme Court. But the United States Supreme Court, @ number of years ago, declared the law creating the guaranty fund to be constitutional and attorneys say there is small chance that that tribunal will furnish any relief to the Nebraska state banks.” Mr. Porter adds that 550 banks are left to bear this burden of $16,000,000 and the immediate payment of $3,000,000 into the fund. .Many of the banks say they cannot meet the assessments. Hence the turning to- ‘The state, it is added, has Posits. The opponents of such legislation had nation-wide discussion opposed it as impractical and claimed that it would encourage reckless banking. Whether or not this latter claim is well founded is not to be stated here, But the facts are that like many oth- legislation er plausible theories this le! a Fences. ae must be of ij past few years have been ones for agricultural communities, ae entirely excuse the failure of tion should be designed i F i HHL a oe Hs a i & : E Hy i ; q @| Only prohibitionists and tee-total- ers will be appointed as federal pro- hibition enforcement officers, says Attorney General Mitchell. They'll be in bad company, won't they? ** * Senators at the radio commission Congressional’ Record every evening from 7 to 12, ** Our birth rate is almost as low as that of France, according to recently compiled statistics. The old rate of ore a minute persists, however. e228 ‘The big toe reveals character, ac- cording to a school of Paris artits. So don't go poe Rn : * come. 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