The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1931, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931 4 ter Letters d troversial religious individuals «which offend good taste play will be returned to the \Nriters. All letters MUST be signed. i a pseudonym, first and your own name beneath it. We will spect such requests. We reserve the right to delete such parts of || letters as may be necessary >| conform to this policy. WE THANK YOU—BUT San Haven, December 16th, 1931. Editor of The Tribune: We appeal through your columns to the public to cooperate with us in an endeavor to correct a custom, motivat- ed by a spirit of helpfuln but tak- ing form practically in misdirected ef- fort. We refer to the custom of neighbor- hood effort sponsored by some well ng local o1 zation such as y School, lodge fraternity, men’s r men’s club, ete. in collecting and expressing to us, sometimes prepaid, sometimes not, a box of second hand books for our Children’s Building, In- firmary, or Cottage library. In the first place, so far as the Children’s library is concerned, we cannot make use of them without as- surance from responsible donors that | the books have not been exposed tojThis is how Mme. Magda Lupescu infection in the community where they were collected. Usually this is impossible. Who locally is in position to vouch for this? In the second place, the books re- ceived in many instances have already been duplicated or triplicated by do- would look wearing the royal crown if King Carol grants his sweetheart's wish and makes her the common queen of Rumania as he is reported to be intending to do. If Carol makes Lupescu queen, it is understood he will not expel Prince Nicholas for the H YoU DOIN’ nations from other similar sources and|jatter’s recent marriage to a com- we are obliged to turn them over to some outside school or social organi- zation or burn them up, which latter we are frequently obliged to do. Of course we always make grateful acknowledgment of their moner bride. fellow. God knows that with all the! hypocrisy and outright depravity, it receipt,| will take a long time to correct an feeling that credit should be given for evil. Preachers are much at fault in the endeavor to help, but as a matter) +16, method of improving these con- of fact the system is wrongly con- ceived, wasteful, and utterly impracti- cal. ‘We have a Patients’ Welfare Fund. If the amount of money alone paid for the transport of these used books and magazine contributions. were mailed in to be applied on that fund, thank- ful acknowledgment would follow and we would then with such cash _ con- tributions procure suitable books to ditions, the Anti-Saloon organization often pursuing methods not very creditable. The writer attended a ti-Saloon organization and I must confess that, in all my life, I never have heard a poorer arrangement of what they called facts. And again they employed an outcast of North Dakota to sponsor the wet side's ar- replenish wants in the Children's|@ument. Any old-time saloonkeeper Building, the Infirmary, or the Cot- tage library respectively. could have brought forward much better reasons in the arguments. And ‘We appeal to all social welfare or- that southern ex-congressman had) ganizations, churches, fraternal bod- better stay at home, for I am sure es, service and women’s clubs within | OUr common people can bring to light so-called debate organized by the An-|' WHEN BIM SAID HE WAS LEAVING - HE OPENED NIS SAFE AND TOOK OUT AN ENVELOPE AND SAID“ ANDY - I'M GOIN TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PASKAGE- NATURALLY = | THOUGHT IT WAS FOR ME ~ AND | MADE A BIG CHUMP OF MYSELF - AND WAS JUST GETTING READY To THANK WITH THE COME ALONG PAINT, UNCLE ANERN? FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS THE GUMPS—-PLEASE GO AWAY AND LET ME SLEEP BUT INSTEAG— WHEN NE SAID NE WAS GIVING 'T YO ME TO Give Yo MR. AND MRE. TOM CARR WITH HIS COMPLIMENTS -~ Pad bet es 3 UNTIL HE IS THRER DAYS = = YOu COULD NAVE KNOCKED MR OVER WITH A FEATHER = nk vo wie Sn ER=- § JUST FIGURED ) WAS ABOUY A MILLION DOLLARS IN MY WAND = DON'T FORGET THIS, ANDY= | Pur 'T IN YOUR MEMORY BOOK = NO ON® EVER WAKES UP AND FINOS MIMSELF SUDDENLY RICK = UNLESS - HE Was BONE A LOT OF WORK BEFORE ME WENT > YO BLEEP — NIM FOR IT — HERE NOBODY WOULD EVER, KNOW (T WASN'T THE REAL THING, GEE, O6CAR VILL BE SURPRISED WHEN HE WEARS THE NAME, 1 GANE MY D06....NOow FoR TH’ CLUB. HOUSE = WELL BUILD A Fire AN’ WANE IT Nice AN’ Coty... WELL the state to lend their aid and in this|™ore facts. We think that we under- endeavor to correct misguided but| Stand the whole subject but we don't well meaning effort. for we don’t understand ourselves. Sincerely, We wander about in darkness. We Chas, MacLachlan, M. D. will not grant that the other fellow Superintendent State Tuberculosis |S right in anything. All this bick- Sanitarium. ering looks futile to the serious think- ing observer. Our corruption, crime, intemperance and hypocrisy, for an example. We have all that, in the I'M GOING T TAKE You } SEE OUR OODLES. CLUB HOUSE... YOURE GONE TH BE A MEMBER TOO, SO TLL CALL You POODLE ... I'M THE DOODLE, OSCAR'S THE NOODLE AN THE OER KIDS ARE THE \NE WANE TO TRY AN’ FIND OUT WEARD TELL OF SUCH A THING IN ALL iT, 2 BETCHA= Now wari WWE Do? SHOE ON WRONG FOOT Bismarck, N. D., fair name of progress. There is an Dec. 18, 1931. SPEND MOST OF i " intelligent and sure way out of all Editor, Tribune: ‘4 CHRISTMAS DAY IN controversies and if we understood In your issue of the 16th there ap-| each other wi e would find it. The an article by Mr. Reich of! writer can see no good in the prohi- peared Antelope, N. D., and the writer be- lieves that this gentleman has got- ten the shoe on the wrong foot. Any person who has lost faith in the fu- ture and in his fellowman had bet- ter shove under the ice. It is a real bition of today. It must be changed. ‘The open saloon must not again be permitted but the liquor traffic must be curbed and completely controlled by the states themselves and the com- munities must be granted franchises, privilege to be able to see the bright! by the state and held to strict uc- side of things, even though things are not just as they should ‘be. The little crippled girl had hopes to get; countance, that the liquor element be held in check. It is the only way out (7, Too! of it as I see it. Respectfully, A. ARNTSON. well and it cheered her on to glori- ous times coming. Let us bear our) rarer patiently i wae hope that another day clouds will! COPS PLAY MAIDS igri Los Angeles.—Burly police oftieers,| MOM’N POP One thing is pretty sure, that these bad. times have jarred loose some|ushing deeply, played the part of a lady’s personal maid when they were CHICK'S CHRISTMAS PRESE! Ra MEE ted ere cama called upon to make-an arrest on a bag ace) sata yh W WORT GO_ It tg to attack’ and remove spuses and|“Seutbance report. They ‘found. the \ ee eae : : the levto: be that they will re-|Party, to be @ Indy, Not only that, f . ‘ ecg 4 €-lbut, in addition to being a lady, she ‘ : : cael great heat (is hoarding| was very well dressed in a pair of money,” which Injured every-| 4; ye ippers and a string of beads. The body. Hoarded money is like @ “lazylorricers had to dress her before they man who will not work.” If only arre: drunkenness. part of the money now in storage jcould aps stow eget pee cae idleness would | ¢—————____________. @ our lot, nor would people be found i ion in dire distress. We have, according | Stickler Solution | * to the most reliable sources, 10,000,000 | ®— * unemployed today and when we know that January and February must bring many more to seek aid I am sure that more brain cells will be effected. Congress, of course, will deliberate on the problem, but by the time its battles have been fought and de- t | cided, unfortunate humanity will Z ; bare suffered. us have hope just like that crippled little girl. Another article by the Rev. F. W. Christ of Wilton appeared in the same issue and the writer does not, believe that any good can be had from the continual abuse of the other | SIDEGLANCES - - - By George Clark | Here are the five. equal and similar sections of the lot, each containing three trees. The house is eliminated, eR C'MON: ME AN’ YOUSE IS GONNA SHOW SOME TWO-BIT CUSTOMERS HOW MUCH ~e2. HAS LOINED aBouT GBoxin’! OR. How muc! T HANEN’T! “Let's go in. 1 don’t think I'l like {t, but it will be some ; pobonta fe place to take our