The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1930, Page 4

BISMARCK TRIBUNE (Officia) City State.and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, priest eae i Payne Co. CHICAGO SEW YORE BOSTON A Question of Policy ‘There has been considerable discussion in press recently about highways and highway finance. The problem is not an easy one, but in North Dakota today it is essentially a question of a policy.” Probably the factor that defeated the increase in gas tax was the absence of a fixed policy in the highway de- partment. This is not intended in any censorious way because, after all, the responsibility rests with the legis- Jature in providing adequate funds with which to assist in a fixed policy. policy and providing adequate funds to carry it out. It will not do to criticize the highway department un- duly. It is probably doing as good a job as can be done with the funds available, but the commission itself can discard some antiquated ideas of administration and-get in step with some of the other states in the matter of road building. North Dakota, as other states do, should bond for road purposes. ‘The traffic will go in the direction of good roads. In these days of gas taxes, traffic means income. state must ultimately build a hard surface road the east to the west line and one from the north the south. That would mean greater traffic, end if fea’ they would gasoline refund feat get gs of the gas tax law, as it now is defeat the tax and makcs the cumbersome. Changes this condition. to squander on maintenance and where is too heavy to justify such a savors of the pork barrel. The economical road is paved highway for heavy travel. Gravel and oiled roads ‘have their place in certain sections where traffic is not a0 heavy, but on one or two highways the continu- ation of the present expensive system is sheer folly. When the state feces the highway policy in a con- structive and. scientific manner, not begging the issue, these will be plenty of money available. 1 will take courage at the start but the result will be lasting and a i i H g 5 : E i g i Ht i E ; iy 5 The defeat of the gas tax demonstrated that concly- sively. Pan-Europe Federation M. Briand evolved the of s Ynited States of Eur- ope, but Arthur Henderson, the British foreign minister, | 57 has won 8 diplomatic coup in keeping the proposed federation strictly within the League of Nations, to func- tion through that body rather than separately as the father of the idea intended. ‘The world will watch with interest the evolution of a federal union of Europe. British diplomacy doubtless ‘won a great victory in making such a proposed union of league parentage. To have two organisations function- ing separately might have caused friction detrimental to, if not destructive of, both agencies. ‘Whatever the federation finally is, it operates as a part of the League of Nations. Its structure will be based up- on that experiment in world politics, the advantages of which have not been definitely determined. For a dec- ade, at least, the League of Nations has worked reason- ably well to preserve Peace and it has con- firmed many in the opinion that American participation is not necessary for effective operation. _ _ The resolutions adopted after « historic debate in Geneva recently on s Pan-Europe Federation set forth succinetly the principle involved. After Briand had stated his position favoring a separate organization, he Our Newest National Park Great Smoky Mquntains National Park is at last form- wlly in existence, title to the land donated by North Car- Olina and Tennessee having been accepted by the federal government. With this acceptance, a new and magnifi- to visit these great stretches of un- spoiled naturel beauty. The Great Smoky region fully deperves its inclusiqn in the list, and because of its proxi- re comarn curhies cf populition can be <The next step is to get our own Bad Lands designated 282 national park area. items of the day that two gang- months on charges way than one to skin a cat. ‘can't send 8 gangster to jail because he is a dan- Man, @ hijacker, s bootlegger and a murderer at least—-under certain circumstances—lock him ly a8 6 vagrant. And that, undeniably, is ‘Petained by the leading 7 “aera Pea ee THE rap before long, and the vagrancy idea ‘will have to be shelved. That is hardly to be wondered at; since the Chicago underworld’s monthly profits are usually esti- mated high in the millions, it is stretching things a bit to describe a hoodlum as a vagrant. Thus, while the idea will be appealing to newspaper columnists, it probably will not amount to mych as an effective instrument in getting Chicago or any other city out from under gang rule; and its chief significance comes from the fact that it provides one more striking illustration of the utter inability of modern America to deal with lawlessness, Every large American city spends a great deal of money on its police force. In addition it spends huge sums to maintain a public prosecutor, and to keep courts of jus- tice functioning. It has a wealth of laws defining what BISMARCK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930 is illegal and providing proper penalties. It has costly |- jails to hold such crooks as it can catch. In other words, it has a good deal of expensive machinery to dispose of outlaws. Yet with all of this machinery the second city in America, cursed with an underworld organization more brazen and defiant than anything ever seen in the na- tion, is reduced to snatching two hoodlums off a street corner and proceeding against them for vagrancy, as if they were two harmless Weary Willies picked off a va- cant lot behind the railroad yards! The incident in itself is an eloquent editorial. . It speaks volumes about the decay of our system of en- forcing justice. Properly understood, it tells you about all you need to know about the state of law enforcement in American cities. | Editorial Comment Natural Gas for North Dakota (Duluth Herald) North Dakota has a new fuel. ‘ ‘A two-hundred-mile pipe line laid across the buttes and prairies of the western part of the state from east- ern Montana to Bismarck will supply the people of that and other cities on the line with natural gas. ‘The line was completed last week, and Bismarck staged & city-wide celebration Saturday to mark the event as an- other milestone in the progress of North “akota’s capi- tal city. "The gas is piped from the Baker field in Montana by @ subsidiary of the Northern Power company, and it is said that known: reserves: assure enough gas for fifty years. Other districts in the northwestern vart of the state are to be supplied and, if present plans ~~e carried out, the lines will be later extended as far east as Fargo. ‘The development means the exp-nditure of several millions, and North Dakotans are welcoming it, as they should, as-convincing evidence of the cor-“‘“ence out- side capital has in the state’s business stability and future he : Setting a Swift Pace (Dickinson Press) ‘The graduation this week of @ class of 53 from the course of the Dickinson State Normal school certainly gives a definite index to the wonderful growth in usefulness of this institution to the state. In fact this usefulness extends considerably farther over the central northwest than North Dakota, the list of gratu- ates elsewhere in this issue will disclose. ‘This class is nearly twice the number of any former summer school graduating class from the local ‘normal so showing that it is fast becoming recognized for the important work of qualifying teachers for this territory. It speaks well for the reputation that is spreading for this training school for teachers and its splendid faculty and organization. Dickinson should be very proud of this reputation and aim to continue all of its community influences in keep- ing with the high standard of living such a reputation. demands. With such an asset as this educational institu- tion, any community can well afford to expend con- siderable energy and finances to sustain moral standards’ in ‘its business and social’ life that. will not deteriorate. the fine influences that spread throughout the terri tory from it.. That is why Dickinson is progressing also. It, as & city, recognizes the importance of right growth and its people are thoroughly @ to the task before them. Few cities, however, have set as swift a pace as the State Normal has set here, but Dickinson citizens are spurring pai bagas of teeming atecans ot tiie. eroming: tet Canada’s Fighting Farmers (Bottineau Courant) It is interesting to note- Canadian officialdom resent- ment at the attacks by the grain trade and grain gam- blers on the Canadian wheat pool. A news dispatch from ret-~ date of Augu~* °“h quotes the minister of wheat to non-pool elevators for higher prices do not understand the wheat farmer,” Mr. Bryant added. Fine! Wish one could recite an equal showing of a fighting spirit by American farmers, who meekly take Yast is handed ‘em. Whoever heard of an American high official talking tu: ey to those who prey on agriculture as does the Saskatchewan minister of public works, quoted above? His attitude could only come from pres- sure by the “wheat farmers” he alludts to. No doubt Mr. Bryant is minister of public works in Saskatchewan by grace of these same “whea’ farmers.” A farm board member recently gave expression to fear of “bloodshed” if our present agricultural act did not prove beneficial, effective. Back in 1833 the embattled American farmers really rose to the pitch where they were depicted as in a frame of mind to inaugurate a revolution, but they weakly gave way in a compromise to industry and, have since been supine as a worm. Those who benefit by keeping them submerged as a class have become more adroit in keeping them unorganized, scrambled, inco- hesive—to illustrate, they become enrolled in a coopera- tive one'day and next day, under onslaught or persuasion by the enemies of cooperation, are lackadaisical, indif- fererit or perhaps even belligerent. In short, they can never stick collectively to promote their own welfare as & class. No, there will be no “bloodshed” by farmers other than their own blood, unless they should undergo an undreamt of change to pugnacity. ‘What is more likely to happen here is a tombstone for cooperatives and cooperation. The School Child’s Chance f: Tribune) ‘The first day of school. in the fall is a wonderful pic- Be ag F H tf i 43288 gee He Hi and do come real wor’ Very muca depends upon-the attitude of 1. they adopt an atti‘ude of criticism towa: ipils become Today Is the | Anniversary of BATTLE OF ST. MIHTEL On September 13, 1918, the Amer- ican army, under General Pershing, capped by deficiencies in artillery, aviation and special troops, but these were met largely by the French. It was the regular infantry brigade of the 2d that did the attacking, and its assignment was the hardest. “This brigade covered six miles of hilly and difficult country in less than nine hours and captured more than 3,000 and much material, includ- emerged victorious at the Battle of/+1, St. Mihiel. The Americans were badly handi-| treated. i i ise i # itt it fe : s 3% i i ; : Fe if Hf il i F | i iH 3 it ij i [ back of his chair, planted the other elbow on his little desk, braced his cheek with his fist, “You what?” he said. Rorimer sank heavily into an easy chair, He grinned. “I tore Rouncement had created. . Collier, unimoving, stared at him for some moments in silence. “What's the matter?” he said pres- ently, head?” “T tore it up right under Adam- son's nose,” Dan told him calmly. “What for?” “Did the heat go to your knew something about that, too. 4 wood By NEA‘SERVICE Mc. “You mean and quietly from the kitchen to ask Dan what eause of and i £28 rie > : g i zi gfe EBs Paul was silent for ® moment, |. announced. and thea he abruptly ‘that he was going te mix a night- ip. He departed for the kitchen, acc © =EE i ge ; This was the first battle under American command and it was a most auspicious beginning. American cas- ualties, including the French troops involved, were about 7,000. {he Ger- man prisoners numbered 14,439 with 443 guns. The report of the battle in the In- fantry Journal said in part: “The most intense concentration of artil- HERE7 TO YOUR HEALTH Pz LED BLOF , especially, where the sour milk diets are given in the treatment of a variety of dis- orders. The first ht that sour milk thoug! might be used in the cure of disease is more easily digested by the average stomach, as the casein curds finely American troops in the Battle of St. pletely baffled the Germans and they re-|Mihiel, when our artillery fired more than 1,000,000 shells in. four hours. ‘* jou'd rather. starve,” Collier snorted, and Rorimer smiled id that he-knew something about that, too. @ couple of us collaborate on it and get the benefit_of each other's ideas, he passes it around as if it was a contest or something! Tha: his idea of economy. They can’t buy me a new typewriter to re place that old coffee mill I have to work on, but they can waste the time of three men making fairly important money, in duplicated ef- fort. I'd like nothing better than to have Adamson tell me to get out and stay out.” Ds his eyes glinting wrath- SLOM ERN sour, EST LYNN, given the matter much thought. “I’m not worried. Martin Coilf is qa friend.of mine, He told me that if I ever thought I'd like to make a connection at Amalgamat- to let him know, and he'd see what he could do for me.” ‘Why, you old razor blade, you; you're too blamed sttf-necked to ask Collins or anybody else to do something for you,” Paul accused him, and there was affection in tone and in his smiling gaze. Dan made no answer. He smoked in silence, his mind dwelling on more pleasant thoughts. Collier turned back to his typewriter and wrote steadily for 10 or 15 minutes, after which he leaned back with heavy finality and announced that he wanted another nightcap. “It's your turn, so: said, and Dan went out to the kitchen, Colfier turned on the radio, stood before the open window, soft- ly bumming, hands thrust in his pockets, staring absently at the night sky. Dan returned presently with the glasses, and Collfer, taking his, held it up and looked through it toward the light. He said, “I for- got to tell you; I saw a feiend of Yours today. Mona Morrison. I spent most of the morning over at United Artists, and I was shagging along Formosa Avenue when I ran into her. I took her to lunch. She told me she had just finished up at one of those studios along Pov- erty Row. I forget which one.” He smiled. “Mona's a great little kid, isn’t she? And she’s certainly keen about Anne Winter.” eee AN said, “Anne Winter's getting ‘a screen test.” break, all right, “Grand United,” Dan told him, and Collier said he certainly hoped she landed something. “I'd like to write a piece about her in my column; it's been a long time since T've run into a good old-fashioned human interest story about an ex- tra girl coming through. How did it bappen?” Dan related what Anne had told that evening, and when he had fin- fully, demanded of Collter|@! what he would do under the same circumstances. “I suppose you'd smile and like it, eh? You would like so ‘much—”" 's “Say.” Collier interrupted, “it I ‘ever landed one of those fancy sce narto-writing jobs, I'd take out ap accident ‘policy.on it. That's just how nice I'd treat it,” Rorimer, he added, didn’t know when he was well off. “I could put up with an awful lot, Danny, my boy, just as long as the old dough was there on pay day.” . “TI havea life-size picture of you,” Dan retorted, his eyes taking in the other’s lanky, powerful frame in significant appraisal. “You'd be planting your fist in the middle of Adamson’s nose.” Collier grinned. He clasped his hands in back of his sleek black head and, leaning back indolently in bis chair, observed that Adam- Son’s nose was a big enough tar get. “I don’t want to see you lose out, Dan,” he said, . “That crazy southerm temper of yours will get yet. What will you if Adamson decides hadn't. sounded. Well, I don’t blame you; she’s @ swell girl. Remember,” he said, “how crazy you were about looking-her up when you got that letter from Ziggy Young? What would you do if Ziggy ever told her about that telegram you sent him? 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