The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1936, Page 4

‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBEK 14, 1936 The Bismarck Tribu An independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ne State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mall matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W. Simons Archie O. Johnson Sec'y-Treas and Kdltor Vice Pres and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Daily by carrier per year ...........- Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) . sy Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ..... 7 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year arse Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada. per year . Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation Advance Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republica- ton of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this ewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Note for the East During the last campaign a number of newspapers in Fastern industrial cities expressed the opinion that too much emphasis was being placed on the need for conservation in the west. Men looked out from their editorial towers onto rooftops and asphalt streets and pooh-poohed the idea that anything could be happening or could have happened to the farm country which feeds them. In this, of course, they were mistaken. Things HAVE happened to the farm country. Many of them bad things. Other things—much worse things—CAN happen to it in the future unless man moves in time to combat the influences which beset it. The issue thus raised is not and has not been a political one. Any American who knows the situation must favor tak- ing adequate steps to correct the abuses of the past and to point toward a better future. Failure to do so means national calamity. One angle of the situation is presented by the National Reclamation Association, which will convene in Spokane late this month with Senator Borah as its chief spokesman, The fact is, according to this authority, that the 11 west- ern states in the reclamation area have 9 per cent of the popu- lation of the country but only 41% per cent of the farmed and cropped area and THERE ARE ONLY 10,000,000 ACRES OF LAND LEFT IN THE WEST THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE OF JRRIGATION. It goes on to assert that even if these 10,000,- 000 acres were now being farmed that section would have only 514 per cent of the farmed and cropped area. These states are, generally speaking, the fastest growing section of the United States, yet they do not have enough agricultural production to feed their own people. Much of the west is still in cattle range. Unless water is put on the land it is fit for nothing else. Here are produced 55 per cent of the nation’s sheep and lambs, 33 per cent of the cattle and calves and 75 per cent of the wool and mohair, yet this area is not in strong competition with other farming dis- tricts because animals summered on rugged grazing lands usually are sent to the Middle West for fattening. And the irrigated areas are more and more becoming the backbone of the livestock industry. The demand for irrigated lands is heavy solely for the production of winter feed for breeding herds and flocks summered on the abutting ranges. The other phase of the situation has to do with the de- creased fertility in areas which heretofore have been farmed. This is not merely a matter of rainfall or drouth, for ex- amination of vast acreages shows that erosion has so damaged them as to greatly reduce their productivity. Thus we have Stuart Chase, nationally-known economist, telling the National Association of Audobon Societies that THREE BILLION tons of good top soil are washed into the ocean every year. To haul this dirt would require a freight train 475,000 miles long. He agrees with government estimates that 100,000,000 acres of formerly arable land has been ruined; that another 125,000,000 acres has lost the greater part of its top soil and still another 100,000,000 acres has been seriously damaged. His view is that “for 300 years we have outraged nature, | until her patience is exhausted. Like the prodigal son, we are coming to the end of our legacy. At whatever cost, whatever upsetting of legal niceties, the minimum which nature demands must be met. “... The strength of our nation is due to the continent of North America. It has molded us, nourished us, fed its abund- ant vitality into our veins. less without its strong arms about us. Shall we destroy it?” The answer, of course, is self-evident. If we destroy it we destroy ourselves. Rising Marriage Rate Recently there came to The Tribune an anonymous letter from a person who had lived in a number of Bismarck apart- ment houses and who contended that, judged by her observa- tions, common-law marriage occurs much more frequently in these parts than most persons suppose. This is not surprising. In fact reference to the fact has been made in these columns before, because, in many cases, these developments are due to economic stresses which act as a bar to legal marriage. However, it is interesting to note that this unhappy situa- tion, which has attracted attention in other parts of the coun- try also, is rapidly being dissipated. For the marriage rate is rising sharply almost everywhere and it is inevitable that a good many of these unofficial companionate marriages should be made legal in the process. ‘ Grateful Indian summer comes at last to North Dakota and the people of the state are grateful. It offers brief respite from the foretaste of winter which we already have experienced and the persistent, biting blasts which will sweep these prairies within the next few weeks. It is a time to enjoy while we have it, for the probability is that it will be all too fleeting. The young pitching phenom, Bob Feller, says he realizes he must finish high school. A casé of sheepskin before horsehide. . wee “Paris winter styles feature beehive caps.” Just the thing for the litte We are its children, lost and home- a Qocoeococoece. Behind Scenes Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Nov. 14.—Perhaps the summer and fall of 1940 will find a few persons with very long memories recalling how extravagant were some of this year’s campaign utterances. “The most cockeyed piece of tax legislation ever imposed on a modern country” was what the Republican presidential candidate called the New Deal's new tax on undivided corpora- tion profits, ‘The tax was also said to be a mill- stone around the neck of the little fellows and a body blow to the poor. So now the steel and automobile industries are leading what promises to become a big parade of corpora- tions merrily passing out money to employes and stockholders in the form of wage increases, bonuses, and dividends, The only cause for these sudden bursts of generosity, as far as anyone has been able to determine, is that “cockeyed piece of tax legislation” which levies heavily on undivided cor- porate surpluses. Distribution of profits in higher dividends and wages is exactly what Mr. Roosevelt said would happen as @ result of the tax. It is worth noticing that the steel and automobile industries are centers of the drive by organized labor to bring the unorganized workers into unions. Announcements of wage in- creases and dividends were generally withheld until after election, If the election had resulted differently, the disbursements might have been with- held, since Landon had promised to repeal this tax and it might not have been considered so advisable to sweet- en labor with the hope of slowing down unionization. ** x He Learns About Law One garment manufacturer in New York was so impressed by Republican Propaganda against the old-age bene- fits phase of the social security pro- gram that he deducted 1 per cent of his employes’ wages for each week, retroactive to Jan, 1, 1936, This left many of his workers with pay en- velopes containing from $3.61 to $6.69. ‘When certain outsiders got after him and warned him that he had committed a penitentiary offense, he said he had read in the newspapers The Higher Education JA! DAS IST E10 GROSSER FueHREeR! and heard over the radio that this was his duty. He paid it all back the following Monday morning. * * * Don’t Worry About Blanks The Social Security Board would like to have it emphasized that prior to Nov, 24 none of us should go in- quiring around postoffices and SSB field offices about the act and its “payroll tax” for old-age benefits, During that week it plans to put application blanks for old-age bene- fit account numbers and information Sheets in the hands of about 26,000,- 000 eligible employes. If you're eligible and haven't received one by Dec. 1, it will be time to start inquiring. Certain agencies, acting on the theory that certain large employers would like to know everything they could find out about employes’ af- fairs, have sold copies of unofficial blanks which have nothing to do with the case. The only blank any- one needs to answer is marked “Form, SS-5, Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service” and asks only the employe's name and address, his em- ployer’s name and address, age, birthday, birthplace, names of father and mother, sex and color. There are four ways to return the blank besides through the employer— through any labor organization, by letter carrier, through the local post- office or in sealed envelope mailed to the local postmaster. The SSB is making a great point of this because of certain implications in the recent campaign. * * Kickback for Metcalfe Among campaign statements that boomeranged was one by Senator Jesse H. Metcalf of Rhode Island, who was defeated by Democratic Gov- ernor Theodore F. Green. “There ought to be a law,” de- clared Metcalf, “that no Columbia university professor should hold pub- lic office!” His opponents promptly began to holler all around the state the re- minder that President Nicholas Mur- ray Butler of Columbia had been the Republican nominee for vice presi- dent ‘1 1912 and that President Cool- idge had taken Prof. Harlan F, Stone of the Columbia Law School to be attorney general in his cabinet and had later elevated him to the supreme ourt, (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) pe ee BARBS The Binghamton, N. Y., man, re- vived after not breathing for some minutes, should never again be told how much government costs each time we breathe. * * * An Illinois candidate for cor- oner won, lost, then won, during the election. A little more of this and his opponent would have handled his autopsy. ** * i The Literary Digest “straw” vote lived up to its name in one particular. Drowning eancidates grabbed at it. * * Among other effective insom- nia cures might be listed pho- nograph records of old political speeches. * * % The Belgrade man who ate two morhing papers might have been try- ing out the serial. s* *& The original “Old Mill Stream” is being improved. A recent visit to a tavern suggests a little face- lifting for Adeline. ee * Except for a little vigiliance, it was HOW INCREASE RAILWAY EM- PLOYMENT? (Railway Age) Whether employment on the rail- ways actually would be increased by legislation providing for a 6-hour working day at the present pay for 8 hours is questionable. George M. Harrison, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives’ Association, has recently announced that this group will press for the passage of 6-hour legislation at the approaching session of congress, The railway industry is faced on every hand with competition which is subsidized out of the public treas-| ury and which works its employes much longer hours for wages which are but a fraction of those paid by the railways. There isn’t any 6-hour day} in truck service, or even an 8-hour day. The government is busily dig- ging out the rivers to make barge operation more economical, In the face of such competition how | can anyone logically conclude that the way to increase railway employ- ment is to increase railway wage costs by 33-1/3 per cent—which is what a reduction from 8 to 6 hours without a) decrease in pay means? A bill to es- tablish the 6-hour day on the rail- ways alone ought to bear the title “An Act to increase Employment in Truck and Barge Transportation,” because that would be its inevitable conse- quence, “Every railroad man knows of situ- ations right on his own railroad where any sudden increase in costs would make abandonment unavoid- able—many branch lines would have to go, many stations now barely pay- ing their keep would have to be closed, freight and passenger trains now just paying their way would have to be pulled off, small shops and terminals here and there all over the country would have to shut down. Certainly & lot of places with switch engine service would have to have it with- drawn. These facilities closed down would inevitably mean less main line traffic and hence less clerical, main- tenance, yard, and freight house work. Quite likely the railroads, with such loss of traffic could get along E | With Other ES DITORS Reprinted to show what they say. We may or may not agree with long run, adding any employes any-;a place on the payroll ewn when where — and certainly there is no} traffic severely declines. chance that they would make enough} When railway labor sets out to use new jobs to offset those they would |its political power to improve its eco- have to lay off because an increase of |nomic position, it cannot afford to 33-1/3 per cent in hourly wage rates ere ue Sap lBeee competi- lon wi to take over even pouldipat ee Minny opera}ons deep) more tip ent and even more In contrast to the very grave possi-|Tailroad jobs, the minute railroad bility taat the 6-hour day for the} Costs are forced upward. railroads alone would have the very opposite effect of increasing railway Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. if pertaining to health but not dis- briefly and im ink. Address Dr. 1) queries must be accompanied by & Dr. Brady will answi e or diagnosis dy in care of The Tribu Stamped, self-addressed énvelope. RICKETS, GOUT AND RHEUMATISM _ Any physician who has time and information—I mean inclination to look for it will find » visible sign of rickets in the majority of his pa- tients; some permanent defect or deformity which was produced by the active rickets of childhood. X-ray examination discloses incontrovertible evidence of rickets in more than 90 per cent of all children. Competent Physicians today deem it a duty to prescribe for every infant a daily dose of vitamin D to supplement the infant's food which is always deficient in vitamin D and thus to prevent rickets. Imdeed, most physicians now see to it that the prospective mother shall have an adequate daily ration of vitamin D so that her baby shall not be born with rickets. Laymen ahd perhaps. some doctors are inclined to. think of rickets merely as deformity. While it is true that temporary or permanent de- formities commonly occur during the active stage and afterward, rickets is in truth @ constitutional condition, nutritional deficiency involving the blood, nerves, muscles and organs as well as teeth, spine, skull and skeleton, (Those interested will find more about rickets in The Brady Better Baby Book—the lemon yellow book.) In any circumstances where there is any shortage in the daily vitamin D intake the body is unable to utilize normally the important elements, calcium and phosphorus, which enter into the formation of teeth, bones, blood, nervous tissue, muscle, vital organs. Now of course I know nothing about the malady described in all the older medical tones as gout. I have never—oh-oh—I mean I can’t savvy “gout”—in truth I have seen several cases which purported to be gout, but I have never been convinced that uric acid or any of its congeners can cause any malady. I belabor this thesis to the last gasp in the nile green book, “The Ills Called Rheumatism.” Here there is room to say that a theory more consonant with our newer knowledge of pathology and nutri- tion is that conditions heretofore branded gout are actually manifestations ‘of hypo-vitaminosis. The foods which are purine-rich (contain much material from which uric acid is derived), such as beef, mutton, pork, chicken, veal, fish, malt liquors, tea, coffee and cocoa, happen to be poor in vitamins. The foods the supposedly gouty guy ( mean gentleman) was permitted to have, such as milk, eggs, cheese, butter, cabbage, lettuce, po- tatoes, onions, oatmeal, carrots, turnips, parsnips, asparagus, rhubarb, spinach, codfish, figs, dates, apples, oranges, all poor in purine, happen to contain vitamins. This is as far as I shall go with the argument, at least until you catch up and begin to ask rhetorical questions. In the Nile green booklet the relation of vitamin shortages with arth- ritis is set forth as practically as it can be set for that present, not forget- ting that the terms arthritis and rheumatism cover a number of specific diseases as well as the tropic, metabolic or nutritional mystery. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Reproduction Is it possible for a woman who has had both tubes and one ovary removed to become pregnant? ... (M. R.) A Answer—As long as a portion of one ovary remains intact pregnancy is possible, though removal, destruction by disease, or tying off both Fallopian tubes practically precludes conception. ry 1936 Babies é ‘The Brady Baby Book which we have followed since our first baby was born: (we have three), does not say anything about. (Mrs, J. C.) Answer—But the lemon yellow Brady Better Baby Book (issued a few months ago) does. Send in your old copy and a stamped-addressed en- velope in exchange for the new book. If you haven’t the old one, send a dime for the new one. re Headac! I am subject to periodic sick headache and would like to try your treatment. (D. W.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address for monograph on Headache. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) Cred dollars if I allowed no one to kiss me until I was twenty-one. Boy: And what would you have done with the money? Watts: Once in a blue moon I let John kiss me. Moore: Miracles BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY happen some employment, and it could not fail to have a restricting effect in the long run, there are pther measures which the railway labor organizations have heretofore supported and which they have recognized would unquestionably increase railway employment. Two such measures are the Pettengill bill and-short-haul clause) of the Inter- state Commerce Act and the water carriers regulatory bill, But these are not all by any means. The labor or- ganizations with their great political power could immediately do a great deal to discourage excessive expendi- some of the state legislatures the la- bor organizations have done a won- derful job in helping to get on the statute books legislation restricting the weight of trucks to reasonable limits, in limiting the hours of labor of drivers and in subjecting these operations to reasonable fees for the use of the highways. If the legisla- tion of this character which the labor organizations have helped to bring about in a few states could be secured in all, it is safe to say that many a discontinued train would be restored to service. And many a railroad line now headed for abandonment could, be retained in operation. Railway wage rates compare favor- ably with those of other industries. The big difficulty is that there are the position of those on it is not suf- ficiently secure. First things ought to come first. And greater security of railway employment—now constantly threatened by subsidized competition |—certainly is of more importance than more leisure and higher hourly pay for the relatively few employes under a 6-hour day without, in the whose seniority position assures them SIDE GLANCES practically no trick at all for a local trailer home owner to keep alongside * Another sad plight is that of the actor who made good, but fears that, if he returns home, he will be greeted with cheers. He ts from re peer A problem that the trailer brings with it is how to keep hitchhikers out of the icebox. | - By George Clark eececorcoccomn) to repeal the Fourth Section (long-| ¢. servict tures on highways and waterways. In| en’s Missionary society; not enough men on the payroll and]; Poaslad ead pa { Additional Churches | FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH “The Church With a Message for Today” Seventh at Rosser ‘m, . Lemke, Minister 9:45 a. m,—Prayer service, 10:00 a. m.—Sunday school, Mrs. Floyd Fuller, supt. A class in sound Christian Instruction for every age . _m.—Public_ worship, Foreign Missions Day, Sermon by the pastor: “Answering an Appeal.” 3:30 p, m.—KFYR, presenting the “Heart to Heart Hour.” 2 7:00. p., m,—Christian e. 7:45—Evening service by the Wom- including the Endeavor Presentattion of a pageant. Wednesday at 7:45 p. m.—Midweek meeting for Bible study and prayer. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Fourth and Ave. B. Ellis L, Jackson, minister. Sunday, November 15th, 1936: 10:00 & m.—The church _ school. Edward Gole, Supt. Mrs, Worner, primary superintendent, ‘The Evarts class for adults. The Quain class for young people, The Tuxis class for high school, 11:00-—Morning worship. Preaching mission, Pianist—Mrs. Prelude: “ Offertory: Franz-Litz, Anthem, selected: “Like as a Fath- *—Lorent rmon: “The Wistfulnss of To- 30—Preaching Mission. Pianist—Miss Catherine Mason, A special order of worship will be used in common with other national preaching mission observance. Solo, selected—Miss Arlene McBain. B.Y-P.U, hour, at 8:30 p.m. Elisa: beth Raaen and Merle Hanson, Joint leaders, Monday to Friday, inclusive, each night at 7:30 p, m.—The services of the mission, The pastor will preach each evening. All meetings will last one hour and are open to the public. Clarence Gunness, jlegie”—Masenett. “My Sweet Before’— er’ 8 Mike—The trouble with you is that you don’t have any social tact. Matt — That's just where you're wrong. ‘When it comes to s0- cial tact I have IT. Mike—Say, I'll bet you don’t know what social tact means. Matt — Sure I do. Social tact is making your company feel at home, although you wish they were. Ma! John has been hurt fn foot- ball. Fond Mother: tor say? Dr. Hoskins: Nose broken. How shall I set it—Greek or Roman? What did the doc- Ernie: That dog’s been raised up on axle . Register: How can you tell? Ernie: Listen to the wagon. Riley: Why is your wife jealous of your typist? Jones: Well, you see she used to be a typist herself. Girl: Father offered me a hun- times. Watts: Yes, there's a blue moon every night. Smith: Why don’t you keep your pay envelope instead of giving it to your wife all the time? Jones: I can’t. There's a against it, Smith: What law? Jones: My mother-in-law. Girl: Handsome, you look as if your kisses ought to taste like honey. Boy: Then bee yourself, will you? Blubb: Did you give your wife that little lecture on economy? Glubb: Yes. Blubb: Any results? Glubb: Yes, I've given up smoking. law Doctor: Have you led a normal life? Patient: Yes, sir. Doctor: Then if you want to get well you'll have to give up women and liquor for a few months. Evidently Visted the World's Fair. Teacher: Who was Talleyrand? Student: A fan dancer. And please cut out the baby talk. American Author | 12 He writes of —— People. 15 One of his novels, 17 Tiny skin openings. HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Pazzie 1 Author of “Main Street.” 12 Street. 13 Hand and arm ioint. Give this one week to the deepening of the spiritual life. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Thayer at Second St. Floyd E, Logee, Pastor “We believe in Jesus as Christ: we accept Him as our Savior and Friend; we pledge Him our loyalty in every relationship of life.” 9:45—Sunday school, Beginners, primary, junior, intermediate depart- ments. 10:00—Adult Bible class, 0—Morning worship: lor Character.” Bible school. Young Peo- department, Philathea class, Forum Bible class, led by E. J. :30—Ploneer Young People’s .s0- clety; Tuxis Young People's society; Christian Endeavor society. 7:30—Evening fellowship service: “The Redeeming Power of Love and Loyalty.” The musical service—Miss Florence Fritch, organist, Morning prelude: 3 Offertoire—Grey. Largo—Handel. “Educa- Pilgrim's Chorus Offertory Postlude: Anthem, Duet, Response: “Father of Love, Our Guide and Friend.” Evening — Prelude: Stoughton, Offertory: Eventide—Harker. Postlude: Maestoso in Anthe: ‘Open Our By: Vesperal — lane. Responses: “Threefold Amen”; We Part.” We cbidially invite you to our services and to our fellowship. . ———————_____ ee [_So THEY say _[ —————— One of the darigers in dictator- controlled countries today is that no safety valve is provided through which the people may give expression to their dissatisfaction with the gov- ernment.—Irene Ward, member of British Parliament. - ** 8 The government of which I am a 21 Worth, 25 Pertaining to seta. 28 Station. 29 Clan symbol, iw] 32 Gunlock catches. 34 Eye tumors. . 36 Betrothed man, 38 Lethargy. 40 Provided. 41 To store fodder. 43 Company. 45 To hearken. 48 Dreadful. 50 To sketch, 53 Meadow. 55 Prophet. 57 Senior. 58 Right. 60 Fialf an em. 62 Either. {4 Made amends 16 Chart 48 Still. 19 Hodgepodge. 20 Particle. 22 Northeast. 25 Sarth. 24 Entices 26 Aye. 27 Looked askance. 30 Southwest. 31 Local positions. 33 Bone. 35 Preposition. 37 Woven strings 39 Acrid. 42 Humor. 44 Reluctant. 46 Pretense.. 47 Matgrass. 49 Made true. IP LLIN'S] RITICIKIOIE IF} 52 Shred of waste silk. 54 Extra part. 56 Tone B. 570One who scores. 59 Pope's scarf. 61 Behold. 63 Watch. 64 He is a Nobel prize ——. —_g Sheep's coat. VERTICAL 10 To insert. I Marble figure 11 Fish nets. 2 Northwest. 3To Weep. 4 Legal claim. 5 Star-shaped flower. 6 Neuter pro- noun. 7 Musical note. 8 And.