The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1934, Page 4

Independent Newspa! THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck @a second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN i President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year.......87.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ........ 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota .....sccececesseeeees - 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year 1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three - 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. A Discount Seems Due Figures on water consumption, com- piled by the city water department, * iilustrate two facts of major impor- tance to residents of Bismarck. ‘The first is the manner in which the average citizen, confronted with the task of saving his investment in trees and shrubs to beautify his lawn, has made use of the city’s service. ‘The second is the manner in which the city stands to profit by the cur- rent emergency, even though the city government, as the representative of the people, is as interested as anyone else in keeping Bismarck presentable. On the present basis, the city wa- ter department will make a handsome profit by its April operations, since last month will represent a high point in water consumption for this city. Viewed in that light the pres- ent situation is a windfall. ‘There is grave doubt, however, that this viewpoint should be accepted. Many a householder who has used water freely on his lawn while wait- ing for rain, will be staggered at the size of his bill. Since the water de- partment is owned by the people and not operated for profit it would be a gracious gesture if a flat discount were to be offered those who made this increased business possible. Bills for the April service soon will be going out. It would please many citizens if they were to observe, when reading them, that the city is willing to help bear their misfortunes. A five or 10 per cent cut seems to be in or- dér, Even if this 1s dbite, April should show a bigger income than any sim- ilar month in the past history of the water department. There Is a Man Newspaper readers who noted the story of Hamby Patterson, Carolina mountaineer, who recently had a lit- tle trouble with his teeth, must have been taken back to the long ago when there were giants in the earth. Patterson, it will be recalled, was past 70 before his molars troubled him, Then, finding them a nuisance, he pulled them himself with a pair of pliers and fashioned himself a set of store teeth out of some pieces of aluminum, his skill as a blacksmith coming in handy in that chore. Readers of frontier stories can re- call somewhat similar tales of primi- tive action in an emergency. It is said by some biographers, for exam- ple, that the great Kit Carson once amputated a man’s leg, using a knife and a rough saw and cauterizing the ‘wound with a hot iron to keep the patient from bleeding to death. One can appreciate the need for such heroic treatment in trapping settlements but those days have long since passed for most of us, The tele- phone and the automobile now en- able even fairly remote families to meet an emergency without resorting to the most primitive devices. But just there is the keynote to Mr. Patterson’s little story. There are still places in this country where modern civilization is practically un- known. In fact, there is room for speculation as to whether Mr. Ham- by’s neighbors might not have thought him something of an inven- tor to think of such a thing as arti- ficial grinders. ‘The rest of us, leading softer lives, can only marvel and murmur “there is a man.” New Idea in Education Projected experiments in primary education are always interesting. One of the most interesting is that re- cently suggested by Dr. Jay B. Nash, ber i H aes i Hi vt iH i E Fi ce tf H : i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934 When Justice Is Due A New Yorker got drunk the other day, got into a fight with a friend, and unintentionally killed him with a blow of the fist. The killer was brought into court, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter. ‘The ordinary sequel would have been © pricon sentence. But the judge who handled this case seems to have been a man of considerable discern- ment. So instead of sending the layer to prison, he ordered him to abstain from all alcoholic drinks for five years, to pay the funeral ex- penses of his victim, and to pay the widow $15 a week for five years. If the man fails to live up to this agreement, he goes to prison for a five-year stretch. This looks like an exceedingly sensible decision. Too often, when society punishes a law-breaker, the law-breaker's victim gets left out in the cold. Here is a case in which a measure of justice will be done to the inno- cent persons who suffered because of the killing, No Profit to the Farmer Advancing wheat prices, going up under the stimulus of prospective curtailment of this year’s crop, brings scant comfort to the American farmer. The presence of a surplus almost sufficient to meet the nation’s needs for a year causes him to count no Profits as quotations rise. For the sad fact is that this wheat long ago passed out of the farmers’ hands. It now is owned by specula- tors and commercial processors and it is they who will reap the rewards ‘as agricultural America suffers. No one is interested in prices unleas he has something to sell and people who can think of nothing else but Prices might keep that in mind. Un- less the present situation changes we may eventually have a situation in which the interest of some farmers will lie in keeping wheat prices down rather than in sending them up. Futility of Armament French newspapers are worried now by reports that Germany is con- structing a chain of rocket bases along the frontier, ready to shower a vast number of explosive rockets all over France. One newspaper says projectiles capable of traveling 125 miles have been developed, and it is estimated that with a large chain of rocket ‘bases Germany could dump 50,000 tons of high explosives on French soi) in one night. The French frontier forts may be invulnerable; but what, asks a Paris Paper, is the use of that, if all of France may lie dead and burned be- hind them? The question is a puzzler. Indeed, one might go farther. What is the use of preparing for war at: all, if weapons against which there is no defense can be used against you? Or, for that matter, why try to keep civilization alive, if we are all set to blow it out of existence overnight? Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other edit They are published without reg: to whether they agree or, disagree with The Tribune's policies, Dollars or Sense (North Dakota Teacher) “Millions of Dollars Saved the Tax- payers of North Dakota” scream the headlines of political organs of North Dakota political parties. Or “Millions Squandered” are the headings of those of opposite political faith. Well, we have our tax receipt for the year 1932 and the one for 1933. The legis- lature of 1933 claimed to have saved instructor a living wage. And those in authority scream that they have saved millions of dollars! Well, getting back to that tax re- ceipt. Some of us can still work a in simple arithmetic. The state levy for 1932 was 6.83 mills and that for 1933 is 6.79 mills, a differ- ence of .04 of one mill. On a certain home with s valuation of $1920 for This Ought to Rout Out the Delinquent Taxpayers PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed tetters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. WE MUST GET RID OF CRYO- PHOBIA AND BECOME CRI CONSCIOUS A word to the wise is healthful. It Pays to be cri conscious whether you are cri conscientious or not. The conversational spray range, in the spread of all the respiratory in- fections, including simple coryza, ton- sillitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diph- theria, infantile paralysis, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, epi- demic meningitis, flu, is less than five feet. Never mind the open-face cough and sneeze—that is a menace only when you are compelled to ap- proach within 12 feet of an ignora- mus who hasn't brains enough to cover his nose and mouth when he coughs or sneezes. But keep in mind the fact that the cri spreads chiefly via the invisibly fine moisture spray given off during polite conversation. And try to keep beyond range whenever your vis-a-vis purports to have even a “slight cold.” Here’s an odd thing I never could understand. If a doctor pronounces the illness or indisposition “just a heavy cold” at the outset, and in a day or two it proves to be diphtheria or infantile paralysis or measles, peo- ple criticize the doctor severely for his mistake and for the effect it has had in spreading the disease. But if the illness turns out to be pneumonia or influenza, people charitably forget that the doctor made a bad guess at the outset, Even the “eminent” ones who attend the great and near-great commonly kid the public along with the idea of a “heavy cold” at first, and not until the distinguished pa- tient is about to succumb do the doc- tors venture to make an actual diag- nosis. As long as they issue plenty of bulletins it matters not at all what information or misinformation the bulletins contain. Likewise when people suspect or detect a child with whooping cough or scarlet fever attending the movies or other public gatherings they are indignant and complain to the health authorities. But if they imagine the child has “just a cold” they do not attends work or school with any such illness. In actual practice we are far from following the golden rule of FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: A Gistinguished family tree a’t always help girl branch out. 1 hygiene. It is rather a case of dog eat dog or every one for himself and never mind the safety of all others. There is little hope that we intelligent laymen cri conscious, and in order to do that we must first com- bat popular and professional cryopho- bia, fear of cold. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Split Fingers to the finger tips every night, and it worked like a charm. I suffer no more from splitting of the finger tips. | _ (Mrs. J. B. 8.) Answer—Thank you. Now perhaps others will try it and report their experience. That's the way we learn what's good and what isn’t. Active or Latent Please tell me what you mean by tuberculosis in the active form. (Mrs. M. D. M.) Answer—Certain children or youths have latent or inactive tuberculosis in some part of the body, say in a lymph node deep in the neck or behind the lungs or behind the intestine. Most of us harbor such latent or inactive foci of tuberculosis infection. Only in a few instances does this latent tuberculosis light up into active dis- ease which makes the patient sick, Produces symptoms and signs by which the doctor diagnoses the loss of health. Send a stamped envelope bearing your address and I'll mail you @ long letter which gives a better un- | Educator | | Ani to Previous Pussl HORIZONTAL 1The educator in the picture, Virginia —. 11 South Carolina 13To wander. | 14 Music drama. 15 Sportsman's halloo. 17 Social insect. 18 To pardon. 20 Lubricant. 21 Northeast. 22 Homelike. 23 Low tide. 45 Automobiles, 47 Whirlwind, 49 Wing. 51 In what college 4 $170 clean with, ‘o cl 53 Every. ato 54 What is her ne official title? $4 Unless. 35 Finale. 56To breathe 37 Coal box. 38 One who inherits, papa 39 Performs. a 41To accomplish, VERTICAL 42 Restaurant. 1Granulated. 57 Verbal. I think I need some kind of regu- lar calisthenic drill, to overcome my inertia and flabby feeling ... (O. D. La.) Answer—Well, take it easy, don’t try to make yourself over in an eve- ming. Send 10 cents (coin) and stamped envelope bearing your ad- Gress, and ask for booklet “The Last Brady Symphony,” which describes and pictures the right keep-fit exer- cises for you. (Copyright, 1934, John F. Dille Co.) By RODNEY DUTCHER Tribune Washington Correspondent ‘Washington, May 21.—Did a plug of chewing tobacco cause the first major defeat of the “Brain Trust” at the hands of politicians? The mystery of the senate com- merce committee's rejection of Dr. ‘Willard Thorp, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, still puzzles insiders here. Many explanations are offered. At least four separate, differing versions are given by committee members. The chewing tobacco story, however, is one substantiated in fact. loudly in sleep. 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