The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1931, Page 4

i _. doffre, Foch, Haig, Clemenceau, Wilson—the giants of _ the World war—are leaving us fast. Of the great figures E BISMARCK TRIBUN An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company. Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck | 8 second clas mail matter. George D. Mann . ceoee President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable tn Advance Daily by carrier, per year ......- Daily by ae per year (ip Bismarck) Daily by Der year (in state, outside Bismarck) Daily by mai! outside of North Dakota ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year ... Weekly by mail in state, three years ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekl7 by mail in per Member Audit Bureau of Circula' Member of The Associated Press | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to It or Rot otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the oral news of spontaneous origin published herein All tights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) 150) 2.00 Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON | The Dreams of Boyhood The adventures of boyhood—those wild, confident ques- | tings in which dragons hide just behind the next hill, and pirates lurk in the cove a few miles down the old creek—always make good reading. And it seems to us that the boyhood anecdote they are telling now on Floyd B. Olson, the new governor of Minnesota, is one of the{ best. ‘When he was very young, Mr. Olson and his playmates “got to reading about the Crusades. The Crusades looked like very fine stuff to them, so they agreed to go to Pal- estine and fight the Saracens; and half a dozen of them fitted action to the word by leaving their homes and walking 10 miles or so to the river docks at St. Paul. They planned to get on a boat there, float down the Mississippi to New Orleans and take a steamer there for “the Holy Land. Evidently they weré up on their geography if not on their history. But the expedition came to grief, as such expeditions always do. They got to the docks all right, but when they asked for jobs as cabin boys on a river steamer they met disillusionment. Instead of furthering their designs, an unfeeling mate bluntly and profanely told them to get off of the boat or they would “get throwed in the river.” So ended the boyish quest for adventure; and when you stop to think that all of boyhood’s strivings for ro- mance end in precisely the same way, you may wonder why it is that so many grown men yearn eternally for a return of boyhood. For boyhood is doomed to disap- pointment, and disappointments are not pleasant. What sensible adult would care to go back to an age where every fair surmise is followed by unmistakable disillusion- * ment? The answer, of course, lies in the fact that if boyhood gets let down with pitiless regularity, it at least has the dreams. It has the capacity for believing things; the ¥ capacity for imagining that the world, beyond the hori- zon if not at home, is just what one would have it, the innocent courage’ to suppose that one can be what he} wants to be and do what he wants to do if only he can get away from the prosaic surroundings and skeptical grown-ups of his immediate neighborhood. ‘ That capacity is simply invaluable; and what makes most of us look back with wistful eyes is the fact that we lose it as we grow up. We do not drop everything to go half way around the globe and hunt Saracens, be- cause we know that the Saracens are not there—or that | there is, at least, a closed season on them. We know, in short, too much for our own good. But we never completely lose that childish expectancy. Or, if we do, we die forthwith. For life is mainly a look- ihg-forward, an anticipation, There must be a better country, a clearer air, a brighter sunshine, somewhere ahead of us. We may know better, but we cling to x shadow of belief, just the same. We could not keep; going if we did not. | | | | The Day of the Bicycle {t is a little bit surprising to learn that the Newburgh Wheelmen’s Club of Newburgh, N. Y., has finally passed out of existence; surprising, not because the organiza- | tion has disbanded, but because few of us realized that any of those old associations of cyclists still existed. ‘This Newburgh group, it develops, had been in exist- ence for 44 years; and while 44 years do not make a very long time, yet the changes that first brought that club into being and then finally left it high and dry on the/| sand are a measure of the tremendous upsets that mod- ern life has inflicted on its people. ‘The Wheclmen’s club! What a far-off and forgotten sound that title has, anyway! It carries one back to the early days; days when that strange new invention, the bicycle, was taking the country by storm, when men were exulting in a new and enjoyable method of transporta- tion, wheeling themselves over city streets and country Toads, and getting a whale of a good time out of it all. - Young city chaps would get up at dawn, on Sunday mornings, to spin out into the country for the enjoyment | that fresh air, country scenery and a pleasant dose of | exertion could give. Swains and their maidens pedalled off down leafy lanes—and what an adjunct the bicycle was to courtship! Lads in their early ‘teens found the | new sport as exciting as ‘flying, and vowed that it was a’, great world that could produce a bicycle. | But it didn’t last. A new invention, the automobile, came along; and although it did not directly affect the bicycle, it indirectly killed it by filling the roads with | such a turbulent stream of traffic that a man on a bi-/ cycle would not be safe for two minutes. We have given ; up bicycling for pleasure, not because it isn’t tun—it is, | and very good fun, too—but simply because our automo- | biles have left no place where a man can ride a bicycle | in, safety or comfort. The automobile, of course, has been an inestimable | boon; but is it out of order to shed 9 tear or two for the | vanished bicycle, and these “wheelmen’s clubs” of the old c>ys? And is it being too old-fashioned to express the p'ous hope that one of these days there will be a revival | of bicycling in this country? It is very fine to get from ' place to place in the automobile; but forthe. man who lixes to dawdle along way, and take his pleasure leis- urely, the bicycle unsuspected possibilities. Can't “we, somehow, restore it to something like its old posi- tion? Another Giant Goes who held stage a brief 12 years ago, & very few remain. 3 and Ludendorff and and George are still with us, and 3 few more; but the roll call is getting shorter each year. Historians, very likely, will be puzzling over Joffre tor ry to come. / Was he, » & great soldier who ec fo Pplodder who chanced to win worldwide fame be- | | Which inland parts of the country contribute to our | eliminate those things that tear down the body or energy of a subordinate? The question probably will not be settled cefinitely in our time. Meanwhile, we who can remember the World war as a living experience can only say that for a time he filled our horizon and seemed @ veritable giant. Genius or mediocrity, he at least had @ leading role in one of the greatest dramas ever pro- duced. Land Beckons : Twenty years ago one-third of all the people in this nation were on the farm. Census figures just compiled show that in the last two decades farm population has dropped from 32,076,960 to 27,222,000, a loss of 4,854,960. Today not quite four out of every five Americans live in towns and cifies. ‘The exodus from farms in the grain states west of the Mississippi kas not assumed proportions to be alarming. In Minnesota there is an increase of 7,000 farms; North Dakota, 360; South Dakota, 3,000. Figufes could be given at length affecting the move- | went of population from the farm to the city, but these suffice. The indications are though, that before Jong there will be a movement back to the land. Land was never cheaper within a decade than it is now. It beck- ons to those thousands who find life hard in industrial centers, Enough can be produced to feed and clothe humanity on the farm, and the bread line is absent in the rural communities. The Lure of the Sea A reading of the list of casualties in the recent clash between the U. S. marines in Nicaragua and a band of Sandino’s troops reminds one, once more, of the way in naval forces. In the old days the navy and the marine corps drew} their enlisted men chiefly from the seaports. New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore—these ports were, literally, home ports for most of the sailors and marines with the U. S. fleet. But now the recruits come from the interior—from places where men of war are never Seen, and never will be seen. This casualty list, for instance; the boys whose names appeared in it came from such places as Des Moines, Ia., Washington, Pa., Chillicothe, Mo. and Lawrenceville, Ga. The lure of the sea has a potent effect, in places where salt air is never smelled. It drew these young chaps far aficld—to unexpected death in a Nicaraguan jungle. Insurance Payments An idea of the scope of the insurance business in this country is given in a recent statement by B. D. Flynn, vice president and actuary of the Travelers’ In- surance Co., showing that more than $2,800,000,000 was paid out to American policyholders and beneficiaries! under all kinds of insurance in this country during the past year. This total exceeds the total for 1929 by nearly $300,000,000. More than $2,000,000,000 of this was paid out under policies protecting people—such as life insurance, ac- cident insurance, liability insurance and the like. The remainder was paid under policies protecting property. Accidents causing personal injuries were responsible for the payment of $600,000,000. Few of us, probably, had realized that insurance pay- ments reached any such tremendous totals. Probably Mr. Flynn is entirely correct in remarking that this pay- ment of $2,800,000,000 has been an important factor in the stabilization of business conditions. i | | Too Much for the Nayy | It seems just a little bit too bad that the Naval! Academy found itself unable to get along with the in-! ventive genius*of that young Kansas midshipman who! monkeyed with the wires on elevators, clocks and similar academy devices so that he could control all of them from his own room. Of course, his action was doubtless highly subversive of discipline, and a military school must have discipline if it has nothing else. Just the same, there is something rather appealing about the young man. The inventive faculty that he displayed surely ought to be valuable to the navy, some day; and any man who can play pranks with such a stern and august institution as the United States Naval Academy must have an intrepidity and a dash that ought to carry him a long way. ATypical Boy - | The most interesting thing to us in this story of the kidnaping of the Busch grandson in St. Louis was the attjtude the boy himself displayed towards his kidnaper. Questioned after he had returned home, the boy revealed that the first thing he said to his kidnaper was—not. “Where are you going to take me?” or “What are you going to'do with me?” but “What kind of @ gun have you got” And when the kidnaper told him, the boy’s curiosity was appeased. That is interesting because it is so typically boy-like. Guns and desperadoes have always had a fascination for boys; and this boy, finding himself in the presence of @ real desperado, was asasiled first of all by a desire to know just what sort of weapon his captor carried. Could anything be more in the tradition of Tom Sawyer? Editorial Comment’ Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or Gicagree with The Trib- uno's policies, The New Year (Napoleon Homestead) The idea of spending as well as saving in order to; further the ends of prosperity is sound in economics. | Judicious spending is as necessary to the well-being of| the individual and of the rest of the people as is ju- dicious saving—the kind that can not be called hoarding. For the year of 1931 there will be many resolutions made. Some of them will be unwise; others will be foolish. Few will be kept to the letter. To think that one can change his habits and manner of living just because the calendar shows January 1 instead of May 6 or August 14 is not sound. To “resolute” because it is January the first means nothing. To resolve to do bet- ter, to save wisely, to spend more advantageourly, to! weaken the mind—these are good and wholesome. To do so January first is also good, but not because it is January first. Some business men, otherwise, rated as sane, began cutting overhead expenses along about the first of every new vear. If the things that are cut were ndi nec- essary or convenient to the business they should have been eliminated as unnecessary overhead long ago. A saving spree 1s as detrimental to a business as a spend- ing orgy. ‘ But the new year does good, even if no more than to call our attention to what we have been doing that bad and omitting what wes good. It is a time for in- ventory for stocks and souls. A time to stop searching other peopie’s minds and hearts and to search our own. { Another wholesome thing about a new ‘year is that there is always a spurt of good times following it. ‘These ‘men between 17 and 50; those be- ‘THE BISMANRUK INIBUND, HKIVAY, JANUARY Y, 1931 | “ j That Irrepressible Pup! : | Have we had the pleasure of serv- ing you through our Washington In- formation Bureau? €an’t we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish you with authoritative information, and wein- vite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to the Bismarck Tribune Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C, Enclose two cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. How does the popularity of golf compare with baseball? T. P. A. Golfdom says that last year the attendance at major league ball games was about 11,000,000, while at least 15,000,000 games of golf were played in the territory covered by these leagues. Q. What were the draft ages in the Civil war? I. W. P. A. The soldiers drafted into the Union army were between the ages of 18 and 45, The first draft law of the Confederate states, 1862, gave the age lintits as 18-35—this was later increased to 45. The act of 1864 drafted into military service all white tween 17 and 18, and 45 and 50 to constitute a reserve. Q. Is George Gershwin an Amer- ican? A. J. A. He was born in New York City. Q. What will keep sleet from freezing on the windshield of an au- tomobile? C. C. D. t A, It is suggested in a recent bul- letin that the rear hook of the engine hood be unfastened and the hood raised slightly so the heat from the engine will strike the windshield. If the wind is blowing across the car, the use of a pasteboard box to carry the heat closer to the glass is recom- mended. For vehicles having inside heaters, the suggestion is made that @ piece of tire tubing be carried and used to carry the hea‘ directly to the lower side of the windshield. A small bag 6f salt fastened to the upper end of the windshield wiper is said to afford some relief, but the melted salt forms a smear that may require the use of alcohol for removal. Q. Which star is the farthest away end which isthe nearest? H. G. A. The farthest known star is Arcturus, whose estimated distance is 950 trillion miles or 160 light years. The nearest star so far as we know is Alpha Centauri, which is about 26 trillion miles distant. GOOD NIGHT! ELSE OUT AFTER aK WOTS HOLOIN’ new resolutions people make do change the course of Affaire to an appreciable extent. But we can not “kid” ourselves into prosperity; we can only work ourselves into it. Artificiel means can not build the foundation solid. There is the problem of the individual as well as of the government, and the problem of the state, the county and the municipality. These political units of government are independent of the calendar so far as is concerned the question of economy. The individual can not afford to sacrifice efficiency in order to arrive at.abundance. It can not be done. Let us rejoice that a new year is at hand. But Jet us not hamper our “because of a false, sense HEROES THEY ‘tL HANG TH’ CAWIRY AN! EVEYTHING SOON AS THEY FIND WE BUSTED OOR WAY OLTA TH GUARD HOUSE — C'mon Q. Where is Patagonia? FE. A. L. A, Patagonia is a name now gen- erally applied to an indefinite region lying east of the Andes and south of Rio Negro. It was formerly applied to the whole southern portion of the South American continent. Q. What is the word for causing the death by scientific means of People who are’ hopelessly ill? .R. M. A. The term is euthanasia. It is of Greek derivation and means a painless, happly death. Q. Did England send a governor general to America before the revo- jution? G. M. A. There was no governor general before the revolution. Each had a separate governor paid by the Crown. ‘ Q. -What part of the United States has the heaviest snowfall? C. K. C. A. The heaviest snowfalls in the United States occur in the central portions of the Sierra Nevada of California. It is impossible to state the exact locality having the heaviest, snowfall, but accounts for a single Season of above ‘709 inches hav: been reported from the ‘station at Summit ‘on the line of the Southern Pacific railroad, running between Sacramen- to, Cal., and Reno, Nev. The heavi- est snowfall recorded there occurred in the winter of 1879-80 and was 783 inches. Q. If a man walking could main- tain a pace of 1 meter per second, how many miles would he walk in a day? F. D.C. A. If he walked the full 24 hours he would cover 53.886 miles. Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a vapor heating system? D.E. J. A. Experts list the advantages as small consumption of fuel, no dust, changes temperature quickly, and. all rooms are easily heated, while the disadvantages are high cost of in- stallation, no ventilation, and the space taken up by the radiators, Q. Can you inform me as to what ‘is meant when it is said of a couple that they Were married over a broomstick? L. G. A. To marry over the broomstick means to go through a mock mar- riage ceremony in which both parties jump over a broomstick. Q. Where are the roaring forties? VR + t A. In modern slang the term is | OUT OUR WAY By Williams | L CANT us, 9 ‘N cos wees. STAMPED ONG ia neem Dr. McCoy's menus suggested for the geeory beginning Sunday, January llth: Sunday | Breakfast—Coddled eggs; Melba | it; stewed prunes. : neh Potato on the half shell; | spinach; salad of head lettuce. it dressing; pctaren para cooked lettuce; Monday Breakfast—Toasted breakfast ce- real with cream; applesauce, : Lunch—*Baked — squash_rings; string beans; salad of raw celery. Dinner—Vegetable soup; stuffed beef rolls; carrots; turnip salad; Jello or Jell-well. , waffle with small amount of butter and maple syrup. Lunch—Cornbread; spinach; ripe olives. Dinner—Roast mutton; escalloped celery; combination salad; carrot and date pudding. . . Wednesday Breakfast—Baked eggs; wholewheat muffins with peanut butter; stewed raisins. -Lunch—Oyster plant; string beans; lettuce. Dinner—Celery soup; roast beef; stewed tomatoes; small lima beans; stuffed beet salad; cup custard. used to designate Broadway and con- ‘Thursday tiguous territory from 40th to 50th] Breakfast—Spinach Omelet; Melba streets. In the nautical sense, it| toast; stewed prunes. refers to the stormy region of the| Lunch—Mushroom soup; combina- north Atlantic between degrees 40] tion salad of lettuce tomatoes and and 50, and is sometimes used with | cold cooked vegetables from day be- reference to the same zone in the | fore. south Atlantic, Dinner—Roast pork; rutabagas; string beans; salad of grated raw car- Tots; stewed apples. @. What is meant by “a monkey” in speaking of a sum of money? Friday A.W. * Breakfast—Wholewheat mush with A. A “monkey” is used to mean) cream; stewed figs. 500 pounds. sterling, or, sometimes,) Lunch—Baked egg plant; small 500 dollars. green peas; salad of raw spinach leaves. Today Is the Dinner—Baked sea, bass; artichoke hearts (canned); salad of sliced to- Anniversary of MISSISSIPPI SECEDES matoes; Jello or Jell-well. Saturday Breakfast—Broiled Lend coddled ; Melba toast; applesauce. On Jar, 9, 1861, Mississippi seceded “Finch Fresh fruity all desired of from the Union. The question of secession had been agitated for some time, but it re- mained for the election of Lincoln one kind. Dinner—Vegetable soup; Salisbury to bring the movement to a head. The ordinance of secession was steak; baked ground beets and car- rots; celery and ripe olives; apricot passed: by @ convention, 84 to 15, and the state ition was whip, “Baked Squash Rings: Wash and eb the bout itself is always handled with amended to bring into conformity me with the constitution of the Confed- | loves. ae erate states, As far as a woman is concerned, ‘During the Civil war, the people He om it on the chin” 1y the |@nother application of the powder state was devastated by the contend- | Puff. ie ing armies, id ‘This day also commemorates the|, Jack Dempsey is reported to get anniversary’ of ‘Connecticut's ratifi- cation of the United States constitu- tion, the fifth state to do so. | Quotations | OR cic ale If men were ag much men as liz- ards are lizards, they'd be worth Jook- ing at.—D. H. Lawrence. * * * Everything comes to him who |hustles while he waits—Thomas A. Edison. xe * I have fouitd that the biggest men are the simplest, the humblest, the Ridicule is the keynote of today. pera in nothing, reigns—Will Du- rant. ? this way than swing haymakers. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 550 Kilocycles—545.1 Meters ‘Weather report. ‘Special Bulletins: U. 8. depart- ment of agriculture, ;—Meditation period. (0—Around the Town: Radio floor- {0—Organ program: Clara Morris. rain markets} Bismarck Tri une news and weather; lunch- P.M, eon program. 2:00—Grain markets: high, low, close, ;—Musical matinee melodies. 0—Siesta hour: Good News radio magazine, 3:00—Music, and to have been entirely above board. * ee = Suggested sales slogan for farmers overstocked with wheat: “Say it with flours.” ‘ ee As rowdy as a boxing audience may sometimes be, observes the office sage, isic. 0—Dinner hour organ recital: Clara Morris. = 6:45—Newscasting. 0—Studio program. 0—Barn dance program, 0—Concert program. )0—Popular dance program (remote). —__—_——_—____, {The Day in Congress | Sea REP RS | FRIDAY SENATE Continues debate on motion to re- consider nominations of three power commlsstoners. \ ‘ary affairs committee | miscellaneous bills. siacngts Continues consideration of * onsideratio q partment supply bill Fg elas jood control comm: pending bills, ae eonainore. STAND iy Breakfast—Crisp bacon; well cooked ; $2,500 for every bout he referees. He! probably finds it easier to make hay | ** this 7th day of Januar; % HARR’ banana squash in one-inch rings, Sine all seeds, and place in a flat Dr. McCoy will gladly answer personal questions on health and. diet aoe to him, care of The jane. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. jbaking pan. Add a little water, cov- es and bake until tender. Remove the cover, allow to brown, and serve j hot with a generous amount of but- | ter, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS _ | Sponge Baths Question: G. H. writes: “I am an jold man in my 8ist year. I am not able to take a bath any more. When I get into the bathtub I have no strength in my limbs to lift myself lout. Also, when I lie down in bed |the dead pain comes into my knees and keeps me awake. Is there any cure for me?” Answer: It is seldom necessary to | get into a tub to take a good bath. The best way is to use a wet towel and rub the body all over, using soap if it seems necessary, but soap is usually not required unless you are doing some work which makes the body dirty from the outside. Sponge or shower baths are by far the best kind of baths for any one to’ take at any age. Bone-building Foods Question: R. J. K. asks: “Will you please give me a list of bone- building foods, and will they actually assist in the growth of bone in chil- dren?” Answer; The organic minerals out of which bones are made can be best secured from the following foods: Spinach, lettuce, cabbage, swiss chard, turnips, asparagus, tomatoes, celery, cucumbers, beet greens, figs, lemons, oranges, milk and egg yolk. Green Beans and Macaroni Question: C. V. asks: “Is there any reason why green beans and ma- caroni should not be eaten together?” Answer: Green beans and macar- oni make an excellent combination. Nervous Breakdown Question: L. O. asks; “What is breakdown?” Answer: The first thing to do is to find the cause of what you call a nervous breakdown. As-soon as this cause is removed your breakdown will be broken up, and you will not know where it has disappeared. open at the Paramount Theatre to- morrow. Eddie Cline directed the picture, and Neil Hamilton has a prominent role. Among other no-, tables.in the cast are Frank McHugh, Alice White and Betty Francisco. No. 854 Report of the Condition of ‘THE MOFFIT STATE BANK jat Moffit, in the State of North Da- kota, at the close of business | December 31st, 1930. i} Resource: Loans and discounts .. Overdrafts, secured ai + $55,531.28 secured .. oo . 13.97 Warrants, stocks, tax cer- tificates, claims, etc, 5,487.77 Banking ‘house, fu |_and fixtures .... + 8,800.00 | Other real estate . 2,870.21 Cash and Due from other banks $12, 2,500.00 es paid... 2,000.16 [Individual deposits.» eee i sits Subject to check. $24,338.00 Time certifics 40,919.27 outstanding 64.59 65,321.86 Total.. soe $79,822.02 State of North Dakota, County of Bur- } Telghe=as, " |, F. H. Pillsbury, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and beilef. (Seal) F. H. PILLSBURY, Subscribed and sworn to betore ina a Ove: }._ O'NEIL) Notary ‘publi i Burleigh Co., N.'D. 'Y commission expires Correct, Attent:— N° 1% 1988. | JASON HOOVER, CG. A. ANDERSON, | FRED W, HINSEY, Directors, (Seal) TAKEN Five hores with obs iP enh following de- one iron grey mare, wel 4300 Ibs.; one roan gelding, weight 1220 28; one bay mare, weight 1200 8.3 one white mare, weight 1000 Ibs.; one bay mare, weight 800 Ibe, : tndhg,Owner tay get his horses trom the H.R. Wright farm, four miles north of Sterling, by paying for this Ga,,2n4 also the’damages they have A. Fy Bekell, Dec. 26th, Jan, 2nd and sth’ ———eee BIDS FOR COAL piStaled bids will be received by the pamerck Hospital for clean crushed slacte % to 1% inch, Screenings and Bids ote, Separate prices on each. 9) Jee by Board of Trustee” ve ie Bo fect Hi Ea ect ad the right to re- /2-8-13 BISMARCK HOSPITAL FLAPPER FANNy Says. When your clothes do iti time to poise for es don't tit the best known remedy for a nervous gy ye SY » pe