The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1931, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S QLD§S1 NEWSPAPER a (Established 1873) Published by Ihe Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck ‘fas second clas mail matter. George D. Mann .,.,.......... President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year ....... Daily by mai! per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mai) per year (in state, outside Bismarck) .. Daily by mail oujside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail in state, tbree years Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, Der year ...... Weekly by mail in Canada per a Member Aedit Burean of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and alsc the local news of spontaneous origin published herein All tights of republication of all other matter herein are ‘also reserved. -87.20 + 1.20 (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Kepresentatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly.G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTO! Built in the Old Days Workingmen who were leveling ground for a new municipal airport at Pittsburgh the other day found it necessary to remove an old log cabin that stood in the middle of what was to be the landing field, Since the cabin had some historic value, it was to be put up again on @ new site and preserved as a memorial of the early days; consequently it had to be taken apart with some care. Now this cabin was built in 1758, when western Penn. sylvania was a wilderness as deep and as perilous as the Brazilian jungle. The man who put it up had had only a broadaxe for a tool; yet the men who had to dismantle it found that it was put together so firmly that they could hardly take it apart. Mortises fitted perfectly. Wooden pegs, used in place of the nails that were non-existent in the Pittsburgh of 1758, were still doing their work as sturdily as when they were first put in place. IN | It is interesting to compare that bit of construction work with the sort of work we are content with nowa- days. Would any group of carpenters, 172 years from now, have the slightest trouble in dismantling an ordi- nary frame dwelling of 1931? More probably they would have trouble in finding one. being built, one fears, would have fallen in long before’ 172 years have passed. ‘The fact seems to be that we have sacrificed some-' thing in the way of sturdiness and solidity in the last century and a half. We build houses quicker than the, men of 1758 did, and we do it more cheaply and the houses are more comfortable; but they are not built as! Te ithe funds it does appropriate will be well spent. i Most of the houses now tees will find themselves in the same position as other | public officials. On the one hand is the clamor for; reduced expenditures in order that taxes also may be curtailed, On the other hand will be the plea for more and larger appropriations to conduct the state’s busi- ness and ‘institutions. i And these two contentions always are diametrically. opposed, even though some politicians may feel that! they are forced by circumstances to express sympathy with each. That economy will be the keynote of this legislative; session already is apparent. The two political factions will vie with each other in their efforts to institute economy. The governor, in his message, urged economy as an end much to be desired. All of them are right. But it must be kept in mind that economy is no more necessary now than at any other time. In the handling of public business it always is desirable. ‘The Tribune sympathizes with and supports the idea; of economical administration of the state's business, but | it speaks for a great many persons when it insists that} | this economy must be real and not a pretense. Real | economy, in the public mind, can come only by obtain- |ing 100 cents worth of value for every dollar of tax; money spent. If this is not done there is no economy, | jno matter what is done im the way of reducing ap-| propriations. | Important among the means to true economy is the} elimination of time-servers from the state pay rolls.| regardless of who employs them or where they may be! found. ‘The legislature will do well to make sure that But even while economy is being urged it should not! be made a political fetish. The state departments and | ‘They perform im-| linstitutions must remain in service. i ‘portant public functions and, in some cases, their activ-| ities save the citizens of the state, as individuals, thou-| ‘sands of dollars. The urge to reduce appropriations and / thereby make a showing should not be carried so far’ jthat it affects the necessary public services. In other |words, the legislature should draw a sharp line between| |true and false economy. | | It will be a difficult job and one which will be watched | ;With interest. Every good citizen will hope that adequate | Performance will follow the present good intentions. 1 Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- }/| une’s policies. Umbrella Squad ° i (St. Paul Dispatch) | Some Europeans are protesting vociferously the so- called “Americanization” of their countries. These hyper-patriots object to every manifestation of Amer- ican ways, be it the introduction of mass production in industry or the Manhattan cocktail. | This is all very perpiexing to the American because everyday he runs across something in his newspaper that emphasizes to him the vast differences still exist- ing between the old world and the new. For instance, |the other morning a dispatch from London stated that) well and the individual skill of the old-time builders’ when the King's Head Loan club was ready to distribute| has gone. its $65,000 savings to members the sum was moved in s i i rtant ye; # tradesman’s tricycle. On its journey through the Lon- erably ae re Hag lates at a ecard eal don streets the money was guarded by club members wouldn't go back to the old ways, even if we coul ut heavily armed with umbrellas! fi ve 't tl { ss isn't this loss a real one, nevertheless? Hasn't there! 7.4. americanization will not come to Europe until been a loss in integrity, in creative pride, somewhere) consignments of sovereigns, francs, marks, and liras,| along the line? Aren't we just a bit the poorer for the’ can be moved through the streets only with a convoy of change? armored trucks and a couple of gun squads armed with; There is no use in lamenting it, to be sure. aan ais. Sa Se | ‘This; i Could Not Be Otherwise decline in the excellence of the individual's handiwork; is part of the price we have paid for our mechanical; (Fargo Forum) i It was not to be supposed that the North Dakota) civilization. We have found it worth while to sacrifice) something in the way of skill and craftsmanship in order | ; to make things more speedily and more easily. On ot) cies pap nou ne Laer tpt to.Pe pee f ¥8 sition ing et Ae ie ee Oe tote ait for the bargain. [capital of North Dakota from Bismarck to Jamestown, But it is hard to read of this old cabin, and of the or its removal from Bismarck to any other point, once work that went into it, without feeling that that price| the officials responsible for the welfare of that organ-| has been heavier than we ordinarily suppose. In all, #tion took a hand. America is there, today, one man who could go into aj Jamestown, if it wants to make a bid for the capital,! Ss © \has a perfect right so to do. whether or not one is{ howling wilderness, with nothing but @ broadaxe, and) ,-reeq. with the logic of the demand for transfer, but] build a house that would still be staunch and firm 172' the Farmers Union, if it is to retain any semblance of years later? its long professed pocition of being disinterested in| | politics, could not afford to scem to be committed to the! {plan for removal. The Letters He Wrote | So Mr. E. E. Greene, the secretary of the North Da- An old lady will be watching for the mailman on \ota Farmers Union, around whose name much of the Jan. 31. In fact, it is a habit that she is going to have! Jamestown propaganda has been build2d, does well to! for the next 11 years, And she won't be disappointed, for | Step out, taking with him the connection with the Farm- ‘ers Union that could not have been other than disastrous once a.month a letter will come, dated from the Coloradio | to thé latter unit. State Prison at Canon City. | . But the man who writes the letters will be gone. On| the last day of January the hangman will knot a noose! around his neck and let him swing on the gallows. And! he doesn't want his mother to know about it. She is ill! and there is danger that the shock would kill her. ' Somehow, at the ending of the way, he has been look-| ing backwards. He has been remembering how his) mother watched for him so eagerly when he first started to the schoolhouse down the road; the cookies that she baked and sprinkled with sugar just because he liked them; stories she told in which the boys were always upright and honorable and never stole or killed. Sitting on the edge of his bunk one day he made a decision. He would write 132 letters to his mother. That would mean one a month for the next 11 years. He knew that she had not heard of his death sentence but had been told he was to serve a 20-year prison sen- tence, one that can be completed in 11 years with good behavior. |. So John Walker got busy. Day after day he sits now, whiting letters to his mother, on a soap box that is balanced on his knees. He has to work fast, for the gal-| lows is casting its shadow a little nearer every day. ‘When he completes his task a friend will take the let- ters and see that they are posted monthly. And the old lady who receives the missives will read! them tenderly, fold them together, and put them away! in a secret place for those lonely minutes when she is{ @ little more homesick than usual for the prodigal son: who was implicated in the killing of a deputy sheriff. | There is something strangely pitiful about the man who doesn't want his mother to know. He has broken| ber trust in him. But he doesn't want to break her/| heart. But even more pitiful is the picture of the old lady who will receive the posthumous letters and check off; the months on the calendar until her son comes home. She will wonder, now and then, if she will live to wel-| come him. Meantime summer will throw an emerald/| Tug across the convicts grave; autumn rains will fall ‘softly; spring will come 11 times with wistful magic: and i will chant their requiems at twilight. . ® little old lady will watch for letters which! Investigating Campaigns | (Washington Star) The senate campaign investigating committee has been given an extension of life and $50,000 additional to con- tinue its work. In addition, Senator Carter Glass of Vir- ginia has offered a resolution which would authorize the committee to investigate the campaign of 1928. The Glass proposal is that if any complaint is made before the committee by a “responsible person” alleging a viola- tion of the federal corrupt practices act, the committee shall make an investigation and report to the senate. Without debate the senate adopted the resolution ex- tending the life of the investigating committee. “It has still to act upon the proposal of the senator from Vir- ginia, which went over under the rule. The latter has the earmarks of a political fishing trip. If the senator from| Virginia has in his mind charges of violations of the| corrupt practices act, why not be specific? The senate committee was.set up to investigate sena-j torial campaigns in 1930. Another committee of the! senate was commissioned to inquire into the conduct of| the 1928 campaign and has long since wound up its labors. There should be no concealment of violations of! the corruot practices act and violations shouid be pun-| ished vigorously. But the Glass proposal smacks of a; desire, in the future, to embarrass the Hoover adminis-| tration. | The mere bringing of charges, even though they finally: turn out not to be founded on fact, frequently proves an| embarrassment. Thousonds read the charges who never! read the denial of the truth of these charges. And in} the heat of political battle charges are made too often merely on suspicion and without facts to back them up. Why bother to place in the resolution the provision; that the charges musi be mad> by a “responsible per- son”? Every man is supposed to be responsible until, he is proven otherwise. The Nye committee, as the senate investigating com; mittee has come to be known, has been active. It has; been useful and serviceable. On the other hand, it { lent itself to politics. It has a corps of investigat sent into many different states, following up “leads” that have come to the committee. There is something about the whole business, however, which takes-on an inquisitorial flavor which is unpleasant. Government, influenced by the spy method, is foreign to American ideas, It is quite proner that definite eharges made when there is proof to back them up should be in- vestigated by a governmental body. But to set up an inquisitorial body, instructed to deal with charges no matter how loosely they may be made, is zeomething 4-se. The Nye committee is soon to make its report on the Pennsylvania senatorial campaign, involving Senator Davis’ eléction. The chairman of the committee, Sena- tor Nye, has said thathe intended to offer a resolution vacant the seat held by Senator Davis since -that more than a Auto Suggestions—A Few Improvements We Hope to At the Auto Show! Stop a minute and think about this | southwest of the Dead Sea in Pales- fact. Bureau any question of fact and get the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea intro- duced into the lives of the most in- telligent people in the world—Amer- ican newspaper readers. It is a part of that best purpose of a newspaper— service. There is no charge except two cents in coin or stamps for re- turn postage. Get the habit of ask- {ing questions. Address your letter to the Tribune Information Bureau, | Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- { ington, D. C. | @. Did Tunney ever fight in a Preliminary*when Dempsey was stag- ing a championship fight? C. T. A. On July 2, 1921, at the Demp- sey-Carpentier fight, the fifth pre- liminary was between Gene Tunney, former A. E. P. light-heavy weight champion, and Soldier Jones of Tor- onto. Tunnev knocked out Jones ip ; the 7th round. @. Is Virginia Valli of italian an- | cestry? L. A. A. Virginia Valli was born in Chi- cago. She is of Irish blood and not Italian as many have thought be- cause of her name and her type\as the camera records it. Q. At what time should moles be caught for their pelts? T. R. A. The fur of the mole is best when the animal is killed in the win- ter season. It is also classed as prime in mid-summer, although the animal's fur is somewhat shorter then. During the molting periods in the spring and fall there is a deter- ioration in the value of the fur. Q. What are the opportunities for |@ man with a metlical education out- | side of regular practice? R. McG. | A. Besides private practice, medi- cal graduates now enter the field of medical research; teach in medical schools and elsewhere; become pub- | lic health officials in cities, counties, j States, and Federal service; serve as! medical officers in the Army or Navy; are employed by industrial concerns and insurance companies; become medjcal missionaries; and fill | positions in laboratories, hospitals, and corporations. Q._ Where was the Biblical Teman? B. M. H. A. Teman, spoken of in several places in the Bible, is the name ori- ginally given to a section of lowlands You can ask ‘our Information | tine. | It was originally settled by Teman, the son of Esau, who was the grandson of Abraham. Later names for the locality are Edom and Idumean. Q. Under how much pressure can men work within a caisson? A. 8. A. It cannot be stated exactly. Pressure within a caisson, used for Subaqueous workers must be in- creased by one atmosphere of fifteen Pounds per square inch for every 33% feet that the caisson is submerged be- low the surface. Hence at a depth of 100 feet, a worker in a caisson must be subjected to a pressure of 60 pounds per square inch. - At the St. Louis Bridge, where a pressure tecture -containing was employed equal to 4% atmos- pheres, out of 600 workmen, 119 were aoe with caisson disease, and 14 Qa. bacco weigh? J. E. B. | 4. It usually weighs 1200 pounds for dark coloréd tobacco and 1000 pounds for light tobacco. ey As,Slovak a dintinct language? A. It seems that Slovak is so close- ly allied to Czech that most scholars describe it as a dialect. This alphabet ;48 founded on the Czech. Slovak books were rare before the war, but since the formation of the Czecho- Slovak state many have appeared. Q.. Please give some information | about Dick’s Castle across from West | Point, New York. W. 0. H. | A. Dick’s Castle near Nelsonville, New York, was intended for a resi- dence. Description recently received says that the building is a massive conerete structure of Spanish archi- many spacious rooms. It was about two-thirds com- pleted, but from neglect and ex- posure for the past twenty years, the concrete has begun to deteriorate and break down. If completed, this build- How much does a house of to- | | ing would have been one of the larg- est and most beautiful residences in America, or at least along the Hud- son. Q. How is a parrot taught to talk? A. The Bureau of Biological Sur- vey says no hard and fast rule can bé laid down for teaching a bird to talk. ‘This is entirely a matter of patience and perseverance in dealing with the bird. At first, the bird should be See Some Day kept in @ room by itself and the cage covered on three sides. Do not talk to the bird except in repeating sim- ple phrases over and over again. Only one phrase should be used in a single day in the early training. Gradually work up until several phrases are re- peated over and over to the bird each day. Put a cover over the cage when the parrot begins to squawk. This is said to break it of this bad habit. Q. For whom are Douglas firs |named? J. D. 8. A. The Pseudotsuga douglasil, closely related to the firs, and often | regarded as a fir, is named after the | Scotch botanist, David Douglas. He visited the Pacific coast in the first half of the 19th century. “Today Is the _> Anniversary of THE RUSH | On Jan. 20, 1848, settlers in Cali- fornia announced they had discovered | gold in an excavation made for the | tailrace in a water-power mill near | Coloma, This discovery caused intense ex- | citement everywhere, Men from all |parts of the world rushed by boats and wagons across the prairies to the | new gold region. The great body of gold-seekers, “the Argonauts,” ar- rived in 1849 and by the end of the year more than 100,000 persons settled in the district. The richness of the discovery helped stimulate exploration and de- velopment of the far west. This day also marks the anniver- sary in history of the purchase of Pettaquamscot, R. I., from the In- dians in 1657 and the opening in 1846 of the first telegraph line between Philadelphia and New York. 7 | Quotations | I cannot understand how anyone can believe in a God who is angry if 13 people sit down to table. —Dean Inge. a ak % In my opinion there never was nor will there at any future time be any labor dispute that could not or can- not be settled through negotiation without resort to conflict. —Secretary of Labor Doak. aa Nothing is right until it is beauti- “Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick. xe We are lassoed fast by American finance. —David Lloyd George. «em If some heroic steps are not taken, farm life as we have known OUT OUR WAY IW THET AUTERMUBB! aw =) Bo =] Fours a; sont SOE WONDERING KINO OF A HORSE 11S For. How 0umMs SOME OF YOUR BACK woods ee FRIENOS ARE WHAT |WILL POWER AN’ = | INTELLIGENCE THATS] ENOUGH NOT To SAY ARYTHIN . A Oume Got’ ASW ABOUT rT. ‘© 1926 MECOY. SOME CARROT RECIPES ‘The carrot is so common as veget- able that many people do not appre- ciate its virtues. However, it may be Prepared in a number of a ways so that it need never. bepome monotonous. Here are a few of the Carrote— of gelatin 3 cups of chicken stock | 1% cups of cooked chopped carrots % cup of chopped celery 1 tablespoonful of finely chopped 3 small potatoes 1 bunch of medium sized carrots 1 turnip In'a pan place enough water to cover the ham. While the water is boiling plunge the ham in and boil an hour before adding the vegetables. Serve when they are cooked. Cream of Carrot Soup— 3 cups of meat stock 3 cups of canned carrots, or 1 bunch of raw carrots 1 cup of evaporated milk. Heat the stock and the cooked car- Tots, then add the evaporated milk, bring to a boil and stir in a half cup of Melba toast crumbs just before serving. * Vegetable Loaf— 2 cups of chopped carrots % cup of string beans % cup of canned peas 2 chopped turnips 1 egg % cup of milk 1 cup Melba toast crumbs Pass the peas through a sieve, mix with the chopped carrots and other vegetables. Beat the eggs slightly and add to the milk, then add the milk and egg to the vegetables. Place the bread crumbs in last, add a small amount of salt and shape into a loaf. 7t should be baked in the oven for 35 minutes. Vegetable Cocktail— Add tomato sauce to an equal thing of the past. TH Lau Lf ENVELOPE FOR REPLY MICE “LOS ANGELES- CAL amount of whipped cream, about a each. Dr. McOoy will gladly answer soa baat and diet addressed to him, care of Enclose envelope for reply. tips, celery, artichoke hearts, etc., in chilled vegetable dishes and pour this sauce over them. Grated cheese may be sprinkled over the top. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dandruff Question: J. M. writes: “I would like for you to print a remedy for "| dandruff. I wash my hair and in one week the dandruff is all over my scalp. I use a lye soap, as I have been told that it would cure the dandruff.” Answer: Do not use any strong soap on your scalp, but wash your hair daily for ole week and then every other day for several weeks. If your hair is not long it is well to then continue shampooing the hair at least two or three times weekly. Use any plain soap, but rinse your hair well afterwards. After you have dried the hair as much as possible with a towel, rub in a little coconut or al- mond oil, Fruit For Child Question: D. D. writes: “Please let me know through the column the best time to give fruit to a child of three years. Should he have it be- tween meals or with meals?” Answer: It is usually best to make an entire meal of some one kind of fruit. If fruit is taken between meals it is better to use it at four or five o'clock in the afternoon before the evening meal which should not con- tain any highly starchy food. Anemia and Age Question: Mrs. A. W. asks: “Will you please tell me if a man of sixty- five can be cured of anemia of the blood?” Answer: The age should make no difference. The cure depends upon eliminating from the blood the pois- ons which are killing off the red blood cells faster than they are being formed. through the generations will be a ¢ | —Former Governor Nellie Ross of ‘Wyoming. * ek * No statesman in the world today equals & ability any one of half a dozen of those Americans who built our Constitution. —William Lyon Phelps. —_______—______—» BARBS J An Iowa man divorced his wife and then hired her as a cook. That’s one way to be sure she'll leave him. * * 4% The difference between an actor and a producer, observes the office sage, is that one has a role to play and the other a roll to pay. xe OR A man doesn’t have to be married Jorg to come to the conclusion that women have very attiring disposi- tions, * * * A British scientist predicts the world will’ soon go naked. Lots of folks are already living on bare ne- cessities. ee “I thought I'd have a fit,” as the customer said to his tailor. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) { KFYR_ ae a ‘WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 550 Kilocycles—545.1 Meters Farm flashes. i—Meditation period. \—Around‘the Town: Radio floor- walker. 9:00—Sunhsine hour. 0—Opening grain markets; weath- & er report. 10:10—Aunt Samniy: daily household chats, 10:30—Primer for town farmers. (—Arlington time signals ismarck Trib- ‘une news and weather; lunch- . eon program. P 2:00—Grain markets: high, low clos ‘Tribun and Bismarck ews, cock, ‘Music. 0—World Bookman. 5:15—Uncle Paul's kiddie time. 5—St d_ bonds. ports items, Clara . 6:15—Jennie Thompson Graham, s0- ‘prano; Ethel Moore Bauer, pi- ano accompanst, :45—Newacasting, S—Legisiative tiabits, 0—Old-time music. 0—Music. ® | Today in Congress > ——_—@ TUESDAY Senate Continues debate of interior de- partment appropriation bill. Glass sub-committee continues banking investigation. House Debates four - department sup- ply bill. Banking committee considers farm loan drought bills. Public buildings committee de- bates postoffice construction pro- gram. Former N. D. Woman Dies in Minnesota Fargo, N. D., Jan. 20.—(#)—Mrs. Marie Livdal, New London, Minn., former Hickson and Velva resident, died at New London, Saturday, ac- cording to word received here Mon- day, by two of Mrs. Livdal’s sisters, - ane: Emms Haugen, and Mrs. J. G. mae Nicholas West, 42, World war vet- eran and former Grand Forks resi- dent, died here Sunday. Mr. West, who was born at Fertile, Minn., had lived here for the last year. A resident of North Dakota since 1870, George Nystul, 80, farmer near Leonard for half a century, died here Sunday. Funeral services will be held here Tuesday. North Dakota Woman ry 4 as e Fined in Minneapolis Minneapolis, Jan. 20.—(?)—Pleading guilty to a charge of petty syoeny, Miss Frieda Nichols, Minot, N. D., railroad stenographer, was fined $75 in municipal court Monday. She took two dresses and a bracelet, valued at $27.75, from a Minneapolis depart: ment store. . Miss Nichols told detectives she was en route to visit her mother at Dodge Center, Minn., and could not explain the small theft. She said she had $60 in her purse and carried dia- tmonds valued: at $700. TIGER ATTACKS LOCOMOTIVE Statesboro, Ga., Jan. 20.—(P)—A lo- comotive engineer has a pelt to prove his story of a wildcat that had more courage than judgment. The animal was stalking some quajl when the train came along. Off flew the quail. angry animal went pellmell at the locomotive.