The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1931, Page 4

j 1 -when once it hoodwinks the voters. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper (io) SHB STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER 1 (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D. and en- fered at the postoffice at Bsmarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year........67.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- PRATCK) oo. s,eeee eee eeeeee eae Ue Daily by mail per year (in state outsi@e .Bismarck)..........+++ 5. Daily by mail outside of North Dakota - 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per years1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three an Dakota, per year ...seseeseee Weekly by mail in Canada, per YEA serevseee coda sesvoas tee Member of Andit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated h'ress The Associated Press is exciusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or Rot otherwise credited in this news- paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Ail rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reservéd. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) 2,00 Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER (incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BCS™ON Taxes and Capital ‘The Bismarck Tribune is in re- ceipt of @ very commendable trade edition of the Mobile Register, Ala- bama, on the occasion of the com- pletion of a ten million dollar port. An outstanding feature of the news- paper’s effort is the attitude it re- flects toward capital. An entire! page is devoted to an appeal to cap- ital to cast its lot in this city and the guaranty is fifteen year tax ex- emption. It is not the intention here to praise or condemn Mobile’s action. It prob- ably knows its own business best, but the significant fact is that many in-) dustries are moving south of the Mason Dixon line because of the tux situation. Many northern cities have been taxing capital and industry to death and in some instances capital is going where it is being treated best. That is only natural. North Dakota has some very bur- densome and onerous tax regulations. "The present administratibn, waich, on thé hustings, mouths and declaims about cutting taxation, does nothing Fresh taxes and higher yaluaticns continue to harass capital and in- dustry, farmer and city folk alike, in this state. One has only to stand on the side-lines and hear the comments upon the administration of our state tax laws under Goy. Shafer. To cre- ate more commissions and to provide jobs for his needy henchmen fresh burdens are being heaped upon the people of this state. Millions of dol- Jars of capital which would have come to this state find location near our borders but shun North Dakota be- cause of laws which tax them beyond ‘the power to pay. The I. V. A. faction won two elec- tions upon promise to abate the evil. In the last legislative session, Gov. Shafer had a working majority in both houses. Nothing was done to temper the wind to the tax shorn. He was too busy building senatorial 20 board of equalization has been in 00} marck have resounded with the crit- 50) cism over the administration of our the tax situation, They evidently are fed up on oratory too and view the promises of the politicians for tax reduction as a delusion and a snare, if not a deliberate falsification. the resolutions adopted, the memiers intend that the association will be non-political. That is as it should be. North Dakotans have been try- ing through one faction or another to lift the tax burden—they have been asking for relief, they get nothing but an increase. xe * For the last few weeks, the state session. The hotel lobbies of Bis- icism from business interésts and rep- resentatves of the rural sections. It is to be hoped that their protests will bring some modicum of relief. Over the state and among many of the sub- ordinate taxing bodies there is criti- taxing laws under the present regiine. All these sgns are a healthy trend. They may soft pedal the oratory anc “wise-cracks” of the administration and spur the Governor to some kind of constructive effort, if it is in him. eee Along this line comes a story upon the “operating profit” of the state mill and elevator. That 1s another political mouthful. Those wizards of state mill and elevator audits get un “oper- ating profit” which when analyeed turns out to be a “hook deficit.” A ruinous wheat itket with flour prices fairly well Stabilized makes the figures on the ztrfece only slightly better than of yore. It's part of the farmers’ hard luck. Given the same economic conditions that obtained be- fore the “anti-bolshevists” came into power, the white elephant at Grand Forks would have lost as much money as ever. State accountants know these are the facts, but the audits feature “an operating profit,” what remains before bond interest and depreciation are deducted. Just like an Amos ‘and Andy trans- action in high finance. It is aiso very much like the little boy learning arithmetic who was asked how many are mother, father and baby and he replied in Nelsonian fashion, two aud one to carry. That is about as much value as the audits at Grand Forks are Tn} ———to Ask Church School Students to Enroll Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church, announces that Sunday has been designated as the day for young people to enroll in the church school after the summer vacation period. A staff of 15 teachers have been se- perintendent. Mrs. Rindahl will have charge of the music; C. H. Steffen will serve as general secretary; and A. A. Mayer will be treasurer. Supervi- to the taxpayers of this state and to the farmers dumping their cheap wheat to be ground into high priced state flour. * * # With flour and bread at the pres> ent price and the state mill and elc- vator protesting an “operating prof- it,” it is going to be hard for Mr, Farmer to figure out where he coines in. I, V. A. oratory can hardly ne- gotiate an answer. Why not drop for all time the politico-Shafer-shib- boleth “operating profit.” Let's say that two and two make four, not five/| or-six. Give the farmers the actua:|, facts in terms they can understaud.; Propose County Gas Tax On October 6, voters of Montgom-! ery, Alabama, will decide whether a county-wide gasoline tax of one cent @ gallon shall be levied to raise rev- enue for public schools. One wonders just what the county will gain if the voters favor the pro- posal. Alabama already has a five- cent state gas tax—and the additional cent will work a hardship on thou- sands of citizens. Local gasollac dealers will suffer, as all who are] able will buy gas outside the county line before entering the city. if Montgomery must have more money for schools it should raise it in the regular manner—and not by class! taxation. Every citizen/ whether he owns a car or not,equally benefits from fences and seeking to placate an els- ment which has nothing in mind but to keep the political crib full of prov- ender. -*# * % Mobile's attitude is different and its spirit might well be practiced in this state. “Here, the state of Alabama has erected a ten-million-dollar rail and water freight docks and has equipped it with every pos- sible convenience for the instant dispatch of incoming and out- going cargo, and at a minimum of cost to the shipper. “Aside from this compelling feature, Mobile County, by a re- cent act of the Legislature, can now offer your new plant a fif- teen-year tax exemption! Think of that—a saving right in the be- of a_ possible million lollars! This alone is as convinc- as it could be profitable to that Mobile County citizens believe that Mobile County fers the manufacturer an ex- cessive portion of those things which go to make ideal manufac- turing ia ares * Some honest but futile attempts were made last winter during the session of the legislature to correct conditions which each year grow more burdensome. The faction which manipulates politics in this state had control in most things, but not a step ‘was taken to give the people relief 0 often promised by those who, on the hustings, wave the red flag and cry bolshevism. Bell-wether Twichell of Fargo was too busy paying off po- Utical obligations. and venting per- sonal spleen to try statesmanship. ‘Once in office the I. V. A. squeeze the public exchequer for more taxes than the faction they always are berating. ‘There are many surface indications, however, that the smug, wisecracking. sophomoric speeches of our meander- Regs 1 educational facilities and should sup- port them accordingly. ‘The public will eventually rebe) against a sales tax of twenty or more per cent on a necessary commodity. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trond of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agi disagree with The Tribun Old English Colony (St. Paul Dispatch) Charges of the London Dally Mail that the fall of the MacDonald Gov- ernment and establishment of a new national administration was dictated by United States bankers advances the interesting theory that history not only repeats but reverses itself. Complaints against Wall Street “ulti- matums” and “dictation” to the Labo: ministry are in the same it, if not ent circumstances from New England- ers de against the British agents sent by the Crown to preside over their destinies, Londo: of Independence in Anglo-American relations, and Wall Street may be presented with as lengthy a list of grievances as was King George. if London can not protest, as did the colonials, against the enforced sup- port of armies of soldiers, it might object to the financial strain of boarding and rooming the army of' American diplomats and bankers. At any rate revolutionary psychol- ogy has negotiated a transatlantic flight. Complaints, petitions and ob- Jections now cmanate from London, and if the Daily Mail 1s correct, the orders are given, and not recelyed, on this side the water. A cargo of ing. Ohiet Executive are not going own’ as easily as of yore. The peo- Die of the state are asking less oratory and more action. a - In today’s mail comes the news of ‘the banding together of 300 McLean) American wheat dumped into: the harbor at Liverpool would complete the setting. It is to be hoped that Wall Street will deal with its “cole onies” more skilfully than did King George III. is built! A house at Rio Vista, Neyv., ’ ‘The struc- beer bottles.’ entirely of taxpayers who have formed/ture is 20 feet long and 16 feet wide association.to discuss}and has two rooms. Ten thousand went into its construction, sors for the four departments: Pri- mary, catechism, explanation and Bible, have been appointed, and class- Saturday, Sept. 5, with Rev. Rindahl in charge and parents are reminded that although this class is a part of the church school, special instruction toward confirmation will be given. choir under the direction of Clarion cured, with Myron H. Anderson as su- ie lead the der the board of de: c. ‘Wahl. ‘Allies Again! A confirmand class will be enrolled Larson will furnish special music ‘The church school program is un- acons, composed of H, Steffen, O. E. Johnson and Karl See Gussner’s adv., page 3. gs will be at the usual time each un-/ Brother of Local Man A confirms Is Killed in Accident Sam Davis, 22, ceived here early Friday. brother's funeral. No details of the accident were available. Elks’ Picnic 12 Lhoctiersed All Elks and their families aré of Menoken Sunday, Si invited. Bring your lunch. brother of D. W. Davis, Bismarck and Minot, was in- stantly killed in an automobile acci- dent in Denver, according to word re- leave tonight for Denver ’ A Oo Meetings of Clubs And Social Groups Members of the St. Alexius hospital alumni ‘association will meet at 8 o’clock Monday evening at the nurses’ home, cer | City-County News ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cook, Bist marek, are parents of a daughter born ‘Thursday in St, Alexius hospital. Publish Book About Veteran Army Officer Among the leading books published o— 9 Four American Wars,” in which are related the impressions and exper- BEGIN HERB TODAY Pretty NORMA KENT, 20-year- thd weet etary Jn a. lave Mion, seen MARK TRAVERS . time when BOB FARRELL, y: oung lawyer, marry him and ake is fo! aske Norma to fenes, th than declines nls tavitations: Dey comes to claims the ee she must sen@ Tra Ghee Ende tie it Norma teves unimportant. Mark te invited ret at the past secret, declares all elee is ‘Travers son midst of a hi appears, Father ‘The el ‘Fa’ couple with Chris and Braéle: the town of Woodbury county, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY NonMa pressed her fingers to- gether nervously. She took a) step back, felt her shoulder touch Chris Saunders’. “Chris!” the younger girl whispered. “I'm frightened,. Chris!” There was not even time for an answer. Light had appeared in a) window to the left of the little group on the shadowed porch. Now the door of the house opened. A man’s figcte, black against the yel- low lamplight, appeared. Mark Travers stepped forward. “Are you Rev. Littlejohn?” he asked, \ “I am. What's wanted?” _ ‘Travers cleared his throat. “Could you perform a marriage ceremony? I mean right away? We've just come from Marlboro—" ~ Rev. Littlejohn stopped him. “Come in,” said the minister in a. sharp voice and the words were more a command than an invil tion, “Got the license, have you?” | he asked when the four young peo- ple had entered the parsonage Ifv- ing room. Swiftly and shrewdly Rev. Littlejohn eyed each one in the group, The mintster bimself looked well past the prime of life. His grayed hair, touched with white at the temples, was rumpled His clothing indicated that he had got into it hastily. A pairof silver riramed spectacles perched on Rev. Littlejohn’s nose. There was in the frowa which furrowed his fore head disepproval of young people who came around the homes of de cont individuals at the unearthly’ hour of 11 p. m., knocking and die turbing peaceful slumbers. Mrs. Cittlejoha, a small woman ia a| ‘the next GUILTY, ©1931 BY NEA black and white cotton dress, lin gered in the background. + “Oh, yes,” Mark went on eagerly, “we've got the license. Here—” He pulled a folded document from his coat pocket and held it out to- ward the parson. “We just got it over at the courthouse.” “Hum!” With a shrug Rev. Littlejohn accepted the marriage li- cense and studied it thoroughly. When he looked up he asked, “Which of you is it wants to be married?” “Y'm Travers,” Mark told him, “and this is Miss Kent. We—we're the ones, This is Miss Saunders, Rov. Littlejohn. And Mr. They're here &s witnesses. Will you—ahem—go ahead with the cere, many now?” The Rev. Henry Littlejohn re- adjusted the spectacles on his nose, straightened back and sunk his hands into the pockets of his coat. “I may as well tell you, young man,” he began pompously, “that I don’t approve of couples running off and getting married in the mid- dle of the night. I'm against it!” He eyed Mark, then Norma sternly. “You folks don’t look as bad‘ as some of ‘em. Can't tell if you've been drinking. You don’t show it. That's a rule lL make!” The parson empbarized his words with a raised finger. “It’s a rule of mine never to unite in holy matrimony fool girls and men that scarcely know their right names because they're fall of bootleg booze.” “But, Rev. Littlejohn, 1 assure “It’s all right!” The minister Mfted @ restraining hand. “I said you don’t look. as bad as some of them. I'm willing to give you the Denefit of the doubt, It's the looks of the thing that’s bad, young man Come on over here closer to the light, I’ marry you all right. Ma!” he glanced around toward his wite, “Ma, get me the marriage rit- ual, will you?” ‘The subdued little woman across the room murmured a flurried an- swer and disappeared, oe EFORH she returned Norma bad time to glance cutiously about the room. It was obviously the parlor. There were the plush up- holstered sofa and arm chair that every self-respecting parlor 20 years ago must boast. There were the crocheted lage “tidies” pinnea over the backs and arms of chairs. “Are you ready, sweets?” Mark's voice, low and rich-toned. Mark looking at her with adora- tion. Suddenly Norma was blinded by a hot fim before her eyes. Grop- ingly she put out a hand. It found fits way to Mark's coat sleeve and the rough woolen stuff was com- forting, Still blinded she raised her head, smiling. “Of course I’m ready.” Chris spoke then. Pent-up emo- tion told in her voice. “You're— you're awfully lucky, Mark. No one ever had a lovelier bride!” Bride? Why, Norma hadn't thought of herself as a bride! It seemed outlandish, Brides wore white satin and snowy veils, They breathed the fragrance of orange blossoms and carried bouquets, There should be music, solemn and Deaatifal music. Hereelf a bride? Oh, it couldn't be— “ : “Mother seems to be taking her| time,” Rev. Littlejohn commented. "You folks like some music while you wait?” He crossed the room to a radio cabinet Norma had not noticed. ~. turn of the dials and strains of dance music burst on the air. A nasal tenor was singing to saxo- Phone accompaniment. The words sounded raucous—more ribald then they were: “Just a blue-eyed blond Who happened to be fond—of meee!” _ “Turn it off!” Chris spoke harsh- ly and Rev. Littlejohn complied with a shake of his head. “. ms like we don’t get any- thing but that heathen jazs most of the time,” he said with a sigh. “There's good music they could play if they wanted to—” eee At that moment Mrs, Littlejohn reappeared, She carried a small black volume. “Here it is, Henry.” They had waited only a few min- utes, though it.seemed longer. Rev. Littlejohn took the book, openéd it and straightened his spectacles. He coughed. “You young folks come forward, please,” ho said, lapsing- into what was evidently habitual phrasing. Mark's hand on Norma’s arm guided her into the glow of the lamplight. They stood directly be- fore the minister. Chris moved to Norma’s side and Bradley Hart took his place opposite. Rev. Littlejohn coughed a second time. His sharp glance from one to the other seemed to ask, “Are you ready?” Then, without pre amble the sonorous words began: “Marriage is divined that the home is a sacred institution. God has ordained that a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife—" z The words rolled on, To Norma they seemed without meaning. Shé was aware dimly that what was happening was to change the en- tire cotrse of her life. Here she was besidé Mark. It was to be Mark and her forever now. Or was the whole thing a fantastic dream? ‘Would she awake in a moment and find that none of this was real? ‘There was-a pause, She beard Rev, Littlejohn's voice again: “You will answer now as I pro- nounce the words to you. Do you, Mark Travers, promise to take this girl as your lawful and wedded companion through life, to love and to cherish in sickness and in health, in fortune and in adversity and, forsaking all others, to cleave until her and her only till death do you part?” “I do.” Norma thought Mark's voice sounded odd. She darted a quick glance upward. Suddenly she real- too Rev. Littlejohn was addressing “And do you, Norma Kent, prom- ise to take this man as your lawful and wedded companion—" It was over. -Norma was in Mark’s arms and he was kissing her. The others were’ laughing,| talking gayly. Little Mrs. Little john had come forward. She smiled and said something Norma aid not hear clearly. Brad Hart was de elaring his right to kiss the bride. Everyone seemed so happy. Why: 1? Why there LIPS LAURA LOU BROOKMAN Author of. « "MAD MARRIAGE” HE shook hands with Rev. Little- john. She kissed Chris. At last, with Mark’s arm about her waist, they were out into the night again. The quartet walked down the narrow brick walk to where the roadster waited. Mark seated Nor- ma and took the wheel. Chris and Brad Hart clambered into the rum: ble seat. “Here comes the bride!” warbled Hart in a lusty bass as the heavy roadster pulled away from the curb- ing. The rest of his ballad was lost fm the rush of wind and droning of the motor. Norma sat still and close to Mark. Presently she asked in a small voice: “Where—where now?” ‘ ‘Travers was guiding the roadster with one hand. The other arm en- circled Norma séturely, “To the Marlboro. Going to cele- brate, aren’t we? Going to have the wedding supper!” It was not, however, at the pala- tial Hotel Marlboro where they dined. Half way to that hostelry the dazzling electric signboards of “Bill's Barbecue” loomed into sight. Cat-calls from the ramble feat caught the attention of the pair in front. “Hey, listen, you love birds!” Brad Hart called. “Do you know that in your enthusiasm over. matri- Mony you've forgotten that the bride and maid of honor haven't bad @ mouthful of food since noon? Maybe you two can live on love but Miss Saunders is perishing for food. Let's stop at Bill’s and order the best in the house. party, old top! Bill's sandwiches are bet- ter than starvation—!” ‘True enough, none of them had eaten. They left the car and went into the brilliantly lighted pavilion. No tables here but shigh stools be- fore a counter. Brad Hart became an expansive -host.. He called the proprietor by his first name, c-- dered quantities of chicken served in split buns, cold slaw, hot coffee and a sticky pastry desert. Norma could not eat but She smiled as toasts to the bride . were Grunk in ginger ale. She laughed with the others, agreed that probably never before bad there been such a wedding supper. It was well after midnight when they left Bill's, There was less talk gre the rest of the journey. Chris Baunders was deposited at her doorstep. Hart rode down town with Mark and Norma, left them ‘et his club. Fifteen minutes later the bride and bridegroom had reached the Marlboro, . They were shown to a suite of rooms quite the handsomest Norms had ever seen. The dapper uni- forméd bellboy accepted Mark’s tip and withdrew. They heard the door close. are we going Norma did not look up. She was aware Mark was beside her though he neither spoke ner touched her. A long moment. Aa Infinity which passed in a flash. Suddenly his arme were around her. Swift kisses emote. her cheeks, Norma could feel Mark's heart beat. The girl caught her breath for sheer happ!- ness, “Ob, Mark—!" She let hergelf sink into the tur Prank Thompson of the Pennsylvania Railroad and 8. H. H. of the Union Pacific, among others._ It is published by the Meador Pub- Ushing of Boston. They came here after a tour of the po recently is a volume entitled “Through |Jo-cur Henna Rinse is now sweeping pee A \ Jences of Brigadier Geheral William, west where they made approximately 90 appearances. deals with the general’s experiences / uals gave more for ex- ennes, Osages, Arapahoes, ang the parts of the me ‘The book gives, account of the hr Open Saturday evenings un- campaigner’s experiences in the Civil ‘war as well as the Indian wars, Span til. 9 p.m. Rose Shop. ; Mrenca Walls Opening! | stgseasihvahit ae , sume. 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