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

THE BISMARCK TRIBUN by The Bismarck Tyibune Compa nd entered et the Dortetfioe at Bumarct mail matter, i i $2.20 i Member Audit Gureas of Cirewiation ' Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press ts exclusively entitled to the use| tor republication of ali news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the toca) news of spontaneous origif published herein All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. {Official City, State and County Newspeper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER é LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Oo, CHICAGO NEW YORE Plain Courtesy Would Help One gets a new view of the automobile accident prob- Jem from a book analyzing statistics for 1930, prepared by a leading accident insurance company. The book, or rather the pamphlet of 48 typewritten pages, contains numerous graphs which picture the man- ner in which everyone in America seems to be heading toward death beneath the wheels of a modern jugger- naut. ss ‘The motor accident toll for 1930 stands at 32,500 .per- sons killed and 960,000 injured. For the last 15 years the death toll is 282,000. The number of automobile ac- cidents is listed at 835,250 for the last calendar year. Dissecting the types of accidents causing death, we find. that 45.9 per cent of the toll is caused by collisions ‘with pedestrians; 20.7 by collisions with other automo- biles; 11 per cent by collisions with fixed objects and the Yemainder by varying causes. \ Of the accidents which cause injuries only, however, | 40.2 per cent are collisions with other automobiles; 33.3 Per cent are collisions with pedestrians; only 5.5 per cent are from collisions with fixed objects and the remainder ‘@fe from miscellaneous causes. 4 moral of these figures, it would seém, is that it is better to be an autoist than a pedestrian if one wants ‘to live a long time because of the fact that one collision usually is enotigh to send the pedestrian to the under- taker, whereas the autoist can participate in several mishaps before the grim reaper catches up With him. In cases where drivers of motor cars were responsible | for accidents, 30.8 per cent did not have the right of ‘way; 21.4 per cent were exceeding the speed limit; 16.1 per cent were on the wrong side of the road; 14.3 per cent drove off the roadway; 7.3 per cent failed to signal and 1.1 per cent cut in ahead of other deivers. ‘Im cases where pedestrians wete held to be the cause of accidents, 32.2 per cent were crossing strects; 249 Per ¢ent were crossing between intersections; 20.1 per cent./were children playing in the streets; 11 per cent were cases Where persons came into the street from behind parked cars and the remaining causes were usted as miscellaneous. Another fact developed by the study is that nearly twice as many accidents occur between street inter- sections as at the intersections proper. Of the persons killed by automobiles, 6.2 per cent were under four years old; 16.4 per cent from five to 14 years; 54.9 per cent from 15 to 54 years and 22.5 per cent were 8 years or over. Any number of deductions may be made from the data Presented but those obtained from the study of how driyets caused accidents may be most significant. They prove that some drivers, in addition ‘to ‘being dangerous, are not very courteous. When men fail to signal, drive where they have no right of way and cut in ahead of other motor cars they are ignoring the rules of common courtesy. : , Motor vehicle deaths are a modern problem but good, old-fashioned courtesy might go a long way toward a remedy at that. What the Artist Pays Jascha Heifetz, attaining his 30th bigthdsy recently, remarked that he hoped his @mall daughter would not become a famous violinist. “It’s too hard a life,” he explained. Here, apparently, we have one of those little slips that @ great artist occasionally makes; @ chance remark that Jets us peer behind the veil and s¢e what béing a Hel-' fetz, a Caruso or a Cezanne is really like. We feel that these men are to be envied, and go indeed they are; yet now and then one or another of them gives the show away by admitting that reaching the summit of an art does-not always give the happiness it is supposed to. Consider Heifetz’s own case. At three he began study- 4ng the violin. At five he gained considerable local renown. Before he had reached his ‘teeng he was fa- mous; and eyer since he has been a world celebrity honored by music lovers from Moscow to San Francisco. In all of this time he has not let a day go by without practicing, generally for y hours. Remembering that he became a serious student of the violin at an age when the ordinary ¢hild has not even been taught its A B C's, it is nat difficult to see why he feels that it has been too hard life.. Childhood general- ly is not quite such a happy time as grownups pretend; nevertheless, it has a carefree, irresponsible aura that clings over it throughout a lifetime, and makes it an enchanted time to look back upon, But for this man none of that is true. There was nothing but hard work, and lots of it. Of course, he has had his con otherwise. For a long time he has-known 4 lerge in- tome. He has been famous, he has known what. the applase of great crowds is like. And, far F 5 portant, there has been the pectiliar ecataay thst ¢omes only to the great artist—the ecstasy reserved. for those fortunate few wito, by picking #p.6 & a paint that mei brush or @ pen, cin Anid yet—‘it’s too hard a life.” 6.00 | this freedom “only by developing a higher order of self- ; ment. ; eee, Jontty of thy compenigalioha material and | yy or hear him play his violin; but it is only in a chanee| remark, like thig of Helfete’s, that we get a glimpse of the shadows. ‘ Advice for Industry | Those people who are always demanding that the gov- ernment “stay out of business” are respectfully referred | to @ few paragraphs in the recent inaugural address of Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. i ‘Governor Ritchie, endorsing this demand, added that’ this in turn puts a responsibility on business itself. Does: business, he asks, want a minimum of govern- | mental interference? Very well; it can deserve and gain government and by tackling those problems which are of its own making instead of passing them on to govern- | Then he points out that business, complaining of tov-| ernment in business, puts government into business “in its most obhoxidus forms” by insisting on high, com-} plicated tariff bills; It builds up public utilities worth billions, “and then pits propaganda against politics in- stead of applying to its affairs an enlightened business statesmanship to which the public would respond.” The governor then candidly points out that business could avoid much governmental interference by putting its own house in order. He suggests, for instance, that business should devote some serious study to the prob- Jems of labor turn-over and involuntary unemployment, and remarks that “industry should evolve its own forms of prevention and put the burden of this on its own; . economic surplus.” All of this constitutes one of the sanest discussions of the government-business problem that has been heard fn @ long time. * Too often, the spokesmen for industry/ adopt a position that is strangely like that of the man who wants something for nothing. They abhor all gov- ernmental supervision, regulation or competition; yet they expect the government to provide props and bal- ances whenever they are needed, to clean up the debris caused by mistakes which’ industry itself makes, to solve| problems that industry has created. If Governor Ritchie can force b realization of the fact that the thing works both ways he will be doing all of us a great service. If industry wants freedom from governmental regulation, let. it follow a few of the sug- gestions he has outlined. If it devotes itself to such a program, and realizes that earning dividends is not its sole responsibility, everything will go along nicely. If not, the government will get deeper and deeper into the field of business every year. Haditorial Comment Editorials printed below show the. trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- ‘wne's, policies, Farmers Pay Their Debts (Duluth News-Tribune) A very interesting report was made at the end of last year by the Federal Land Bank of Wichita, Kan. on its 30,628 loans to farmers on their farm homes averaging $2,906 each,’ The farmers carrying these mortgages are in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, very many of them being in drouth and short-crop areas, and all to them subject to the depression of 1930. John Fields, president of this bank, says these farmers, in spite of all discouragements, are determined to keep’ their homes. Only 2.1 per cent of the installments due on these loans are overdue more than 90 days, and 92 per cent of all money was paid on the nail as agreed. ‘This fine showing is supplemented by the facts that sales of farm lands are much more often made than in 1929.’ There is a demand for good farms and very many of the sales recorded are made to adjoining farmera seck- ing to enlarge their holdings. % All this is so, despite the unhappy ‘fact that wheat in the world market is cheaper than at any time for cen- turies, and the present low price for last year’s crop is held from crashing about 20 cents a bushel only by a government corner financed from the federal treasury. The farmer and his family will cling to their farm home. In this they will have wide approval, and practical aid should be given them in every possible way. The farm home, the farm family, are assets of value, pillars of safety, sheet anchors of national salvation. “Stay in School” (New York Times) ._ The advice about “schooling” which disinterested age would normally give to youth is reinforced by these sub- normal: times.’ A boy who takes the place of a man not only increases adult unemployment but is depriving him- aelf of something which lost in youth, is likely never to be acquired. Especial effort should be made by par- ents to keep boys and girls in school as long as possible, rather than let them compete with those who have adult responsibilities or permit them to join the army of un- employed. During October, November and December only one boy or girl in four who applied to free employ- ment bureaus found jobs—and conditions are even less favorable now because of the “after-Christmas lay-offs.” So deep an interest have the City Superintendent of Schosis and the State Commissioner of Labor taken in this matter that.they have encouraged “a stay-in-school drive.” ‘The Welfare Council’s Unemployment Commit- tee has also given its moral support. The Vocational Service to Juniors has, with its approval, gone even fur- ther. It has started an emergency scholarship program under which small grants may be made jn ald of par- ents who, in strattened circumstances, cannot keep their children in school. The grant is only $6 a week, but it may often bridge the family deficit which obliges the child to leave school. i ‘A measure will be reintrodudtd A i the Lasisite® ae the compulapry school atten nee age from & Me Butler's arguments for it answer not only selfish objections, that are often made but also those which are suggested on the part of parents. She speaks algo.af “the appalling number of accidents” to children in industry, who often become disabled for life, Health, sogial and personal economy, safety, the ultimate good of the child, all recommend -this legislation. “Stay in school till 15” is a sound program for the child and for the State. Prices of Prison Products (Minneapolis Journal) A bill before the Minnesota Legislature directs a heavy cut in the prices charged by the State prison industries for farm machinery and binding twine. Prison main- tenance costs are met almost wholly out of the profits of the industries. Price reductions such as the bill pro- poses would create a heavy deficit, to be met by tax- |reau any question of’fact and get the may BISMAKUK ‘TKLBUN nd 8 Apron Strings, But—!- to ater’ NEWS NOTE: ‘UNIVERSITY OF : Sresinoas arn he ATALETIC SCHOLAR SHIPS Ere! we Ud Ld STAMPEO MeCOY HEALTH \. CANNED BANQUETS - Recet @ delicious banquet was 4 served where every food had been in the-cgn for at least 15 years and was still as attractive and tasted as good as the day it was packed. This abil- ity to keep for many years is only one of the many reasons why canned foods are becoming pepular all over the world and ar. carried into nérth- ern countries on sleds pulled by dog teams, and carried across deserts by camels, as wel as being found in bday Grocery store in civilized coun- les, Perhaps the greatest advantage using canned foods is thatjyou can always be assured of heving a big variety on hand\as long as your pantry shelves are covered with as- sorted canned variety will act as a very good sub- stitute. They are easily prepared. We ho longer need make fun of th: new bride who uses a can opener, for Often canned foods taste better and improper! ‘fare more wholesome than cooked fresh! foods.- Kitchens are maintained by every large cannery where the best meth- ods are worked out for saving the flavor and preserving the food value of the canned foods. The new meth- .|0ds now used by modern canneries conserve vitamin C which prevents sourvy. The next time you order some canned goads, try out some of the new varieties of foods which are being packed. The .old standbys, such as peas. corn and tomatoes are still good but in addition to these many other foods are chnned, such 9s. asparagus, Particular vote onl; if a sefiator in favor of a certain piece of legislation is ill or unavoid- ably detained, his friends arrange for someone on the opposite side of the question not to vote. This insures for x Mc COY | , Lakh BE REGARD TO TH D BAPER REPLY used: With such a big assortment of varieties to choose from it is possible to serva wholesome banquets and . McCoy will gladly answer a Gceations on health and diet addressed to him, care of The Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. avoid monotony in the diet at any time in the year. Do not let prej- udice stand in your way. Numerous scientific experiments have shown that canned goods are wholesome for any one to use. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Outstanding Ears Question: “A. R. L. asks: “How ‘can I ‘rain my son's ears to lie closer to his head? He is 15 years old.” Answer: You should have begun to train your son's ears to lie closer to the head when he was younger. At this age the cartilage of the ears dy |18 well formed and not so easily trained. Holding the ears hack all night long with adhesive tape is probably one of the best remedies. With older persons plastic surgery is sometimes resorted to. Bananas Are Starchy Question: B. B. asks: “Is it or is it not healthy to eat three bananas a day?” Answer: Bananas are a starchy food and should be used as such. In some diseases they should not be used. For the average person three bananas would fill all the carbohy- drate requirements of the body for one day. They are most easily di- each a record as to whether or not he favors a particular piece of legisla- tion. While many persons are opposed to general pairs, as the first is called, all ate glad to arrange a pair for a specific measure if a senator is un- avoidably prevented from being pre- artichoke ‘hearts, tomato juice, pine- apple juice, grapefruit, succotash, carrots, turnip greens, shelled wal- nuts and pecaris, salad oils and salad Stop a minute and think about this fact. You ask our Information Bu- flower or a figure, of light muslin or Paper, immersed in the following so- lution: Cobalt chloride, 1 part; gela- tine, 10 parts; water, 100 parts. The normal coloring is pink; this color changes into violet in medium humid weather, and.into blue in very dry weather. Q. What is the theme song of the A. & P. Gypsies? E.G. R. answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent people in the world—American newg- Paper 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 return postage. sent to vote. shoots, beets, pumpkin, sweet pota- toes, fish, meats of various kinds, fruits and berries, spinach, okra, Q. Were thé old Currier & Ives prints colored by hand?.M. E. C. A. The firm of Currier & Ives Inc, says: “The original firm of N: Cur- foods are just as wholesome when Get the habit of asking questions. Ad-| A. It is The Two Guitars. rier and Currier and Ives was dis-| canned as when fresh, and in many dress your letter to the Bismarck solved in 1907. Practically all of the| cases it is a distinct saving to buy ‘Tribune Information Bureau, Freder-| @. old prints weie pulled from stones| them this way. Familtes will find it Which makes more noise, an airplane motor or propeller? R. W. M. A. The Army Air Corps says that the propeller of an airplane makes a a volume of noise than the en- ic J. Haskin, Director, D.C. and colored by hand. Toward the end, the old Currier & Ives tried some color lithography but it was not very extensive, nor satisfactory.” Q. What is a kermess? K. C. C. A, Originally it was a church fes- tival, but later was an outdoor festi- val or fair held annually in the low countries of Europe and French Flanders, , Either an indoor «or out- door fair on the order of the Flem- ie festival is sometimes given this Name. r an economic advantage to buy their canned goods by case lots, in this way effecting @ saving in buying and hay- ing a on hand when needed. In referring to canned goods, I also include foods prepared in jars and bottles in which the same method of sterilizing the food and sealing it is BARBS ] Snappy orange berets are forecast for men’s spring wear. The stylists are assuming, of course, that in the ‘Washington, Q.—How many passengers use .the ferries in San Francisco Bay District every 24 hours? H. F. J A.—The Oakland Chamber of Com- merce says that the reports are not yet available for 1930, but for the cal- ¢ndar year 1929, the number of one- way fares paid for transportation across San Francisco Bay by vehicular and foot passengers was 57,256,047. ‘This includes both commuters and ir- regular travelers. Gommuters num- bered 26,600 and they made approxi- —_—. Please give some informatio: Snug Harbor. M. CO. T. . Robert Richard Randall was the founder of Snug Harbor. Randall was a sea captain who retired from “the sea in the late 18th century and settled down on g.large farm on the edge of which is now Greenwich Vil- lage. When he died he left his prop- erty to an institution known as Sail- Q. ‘about A. mately 50 one-way trips a month. The | ors’ Snug Harbor’ Home for ancient the spring @ young man's fancy. water distance is about three miles» | and decrepit seamen. His--relatives eo! Today Is * ke * {did all they could to break the will, Anniversary of Charlie Chaplin is to act panto- Q-—How many sheets will a bale of cotton make? M. M. “a A,—A 500-pound bale of cotton, al- fowing 15 per cent for waste and tare will maké 675 82x99-inch sheets. Q—Is it true that trees explode from extreme cold? E. W. A,—Thiey do not explode, but are subject to frost cracks. At times the extreme cold wocd of the tree will contract, in other words it will be- come frozen. ‘If the sun, comes out and shines brightly on one portion of | the tree and the rest of the tree is unable to take up the expansion, the result is a crack. Sometimes this cracking makes itself heard. This noise is not comparable to an explo- Q. How many Popes have there pee in the Roman Catholic church? . P. A. Pope Pius XI is the 279th Pope. Q.. How are the dolls made whose frocks change color as the weather changes?, H. W. A. Some hygroscopes are not me- chanical; they owe their hygroscopic Properties to’ their color, which Changes with the state of humidity of‘the air by reason of the applica- tlon of sympathetic inks. These in- struments are often composed of a mime in his new sound picture. In the opinion, of course, that actions speak louder than words. x * * ‘The Wickersham report on prohi- bition, says a dispatch from Wash- to be one of the best sellers of. the winter book season. whfth is not bad for dry literature. ee. ’ A horse in California swallowed a $500 diamond recently. It should now be worth its salt. is * * With proper connections, says the office sage, a live wire has’a swell chance to shine brightly. |. Quotations i » =o If IT were God I would have come down and. cuffed that man Lewis. He'd never have gone to Stockholm to collect that Se ie ta Sunday. but in 1831, over thirty years after the captain's death, the Supreme Court upheld the ‘bequest. In the meantime the city of New York had grown so enormously that the trus- tees decided‘it would be better to lease.the land contained in the Ran- dall farm: and locate the seamen’s home on Staten Island. At the time of the captain’s death or prior, his farm brought in an annual income of about $4,000; at the time the trustees made the change it was yielding $40,- 000. Today it is estimated that the ‘annual earnings of the property are ahout $4,000,000. ) @: Aré insects in the woods better off in a winter which has snow or one in which the ground is bare? S. L. A. They benefit by a winter of heavy snow. The snow protects the Insects duzing their dormant -period from changes of temperature and renetrating winds. Q. What is meant when it is said that senators are paired? M. M. ‘A. Sometimes a senator to one party agrees with a senator belonging to the other party that neither will vote if the other is ab- sent, the theory being that they would always vote on opposite sides of the question. This is called a pair. Sometimes pairs are secured on @ -———— HARBISON’S BIRTH On Feb. 9, 1773, William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, was born in Virginia, the ‘son of Benjamin Harrison, who signed the Declaration of Independ- ence. ~* At 18. William <joined the army which Wayne was leading agains: the Indians of the northwest and served for seven years. Three years later he became governor of Indiana territory, and, as its representative |’ in congress, succeeded in passing a law relating to the sale of federal land in sections or parts of sections. To this act the western states owe much of their prosperity. fi In the war against the Indians in 1811, which soon became also a war against the British in Canada, Harri- gen as commander -in-chief of the American army, showed great -mili- tary talent. He defeated the Indians in an important battle at Tippeoanoce, and, by the victory Perry on Lake Erie, was-enabled to pursue the Brit- ish invaders into Canada, where, in 1913, he totally routed them in the ‘Thames. Ww Battle of In he'was elected to congress, made @ senator in 1825 and president in 1840. He died in 1841 after serving but one month. | OUT OUR WAY By Williams ~ ||" Users * ® Let's quit harping about the de- pression. Let's talk better times.— James A. Farrell, el magnate, * ‘Human progress marches only when children excel their parents.—Presi- dent Hoover. 3 xe * Of all domestic animals, the cat 1s WAIT=WAIT! TLL OPEN THOSE BAGS ANDO’ SHOW You EVERYTHING! YOU COME IN AND PINCH ALL THE Baas, THEN, AFTER t/0UR SISTER’ AND FATHER HAVE THEIR PINCH AT THEM, HE CREAM PUFFS LOO LIKE PANCAKES — THE CRACHERS LOOK LIKE. SAW OUST: “THE TOMATES HANE TO BE PouRED OLT OF THE BAG AND ~~WHAT( THIS COUNTRY NEEOS 15° © TRANSPARENT GAGS ,FOR un ST. PAUL OFFICIAL DIES St. Paul, Feb. 9. w. Birdsall, 60, St. Paul city clerk and commissioner of and for ner years a ‘Rewspaperman The superintendent of a rural school near Shawnee, lunes in-| desired radio for iy by master control system. chicken, caviar and milk. All of these | body?’ the closest to man in mental and} men Antaral gested when baked. What Causes Calcium Deposits? Question: * E. J. asks: “What is the best way to prevent the deposit of calcium in the tissues of he body? Is there a certain diet to prevent this? Is it best to keep away from foods that contain calcium? Are osteo- pathic treatments helpful by increas- ing the blood supply through the Answer: Deposits of calcium in the tissues are not due to an excess of calcium in the food. Deposits are usually due to a certain type of aci- dosis, and are simply to protect the body against the irritation. The best plan is to increase the glkalinity of the body by using plenty of alkaline- forming foods, especially the foods containing sodium and potasium. Osteopathic treatments are very help- ful in increasing the circulation. -—_———___——? 1 KFYR t —o TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 550 Kilocycles—545.1 Meters :00—Farm flashes. eather report. Farm repor n Washington. Old-time music. 45—Meditation period. ‘ound the Town—Radio floor- ker, nshine hou: if orld Bookm 10:00—Opening grain markets; weath- er report. unt Sammy: Dally household chats, Musical program, ngton time signals, ram. ; Bismarck Trib- d ‘weather; lunch- high, low, and ismau Tribune news, and St. Paul livestock, inging evangelist. 30—Siesta hour; Good News radio magazine, 00—Music. '30—Auction bridge game No, 12. 1g—Unclo’ Paul's kidd 5. ncle Paul's je tit 35—Stocks and bonds, Ge 40—Bismarck Tribune sports items. 45—Bismarck Tribune news, Peat -—Dinner hour organ recital, :30—Frank and Jack, cowboy fiddlers. Faire ete 00—Frank an ack, cow! ridWlers, saad 7:15—Legislative tidbits, 30—Harmony sisters. rel 4:45—Robt. Bruce, co) is’ Fag— Rope, rnet soloist. BIDS WANTED Bids will be received for the drivii of 3 bus rout the Board of Gibbs School Distri No. 32. One driver to serve the northeast corner, one for the northwest, and one for the south half of sald school district. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. Tues- Ache ith day of February, 1981, oard reserve: = Ject any or all bide, “N° "SHE to re 2/5-9-12-14 Hides anit pin RO SP CY Sealed bids will be receiv. school board of Naughton School Dis- trict No. 25, Burleigh County, N, until 2 p.m, Thursday, Feb, ’19, two school buses and drivers,’ Drivers must furnish their own cars ed by tho Dy for and comply with all legal require= ‘The school board i to reject any or ail bids," (N° Msht For’ information regarding bus routes see school clerk, rder ar ton District No a0) Pod of MRS. HUGO soupgn: Naugh- Cler Bismarck, N. D., RFD. No. 1, FEAPPER FANNY § (00, U.S. PAT, OFF, 2/9-16-19 OnB+615e4e3 #2412100, | eee | E Jet's vakeanne ~ ; should enter ini * into the spit \ Fa