The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1937, Page 6

ck Tribune THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | sans nae ct ets Satta ay ~~ (Established 1873) ° State, City and County Official Newspaper as ngton case, oF diagROte Mielieanet All querics must be rc? . i < if except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Com ¢ (Gire2 : 5 gtamped, self-addressed env Published daily pany, Bis- ‘marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mall Mrs, Stella I. Mann _ President and Treasurer Kenneth W Simons Archie O. Johnson ‘Vice Pres, and Gen'l. Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance per year year (in Bismarck) . year (in state outside Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press : The Asmciated Press is exclusively entitled to th for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not other: credited In this ‘Bewspaper and aiso the local news of spuntaneous o1 ju in All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Two Important Bills In the welter of some 600 bills which have been presented to . the general assembly at this session, two stand out as being dif- ferent from the ruck and run offered in past years. Both of them are keyed to tie in with the various activities of the federal government looking toward a regeneration of the so-called dust bowl. Both of them are geared to the effort to change this from a land of distress to one which will maintain its present inhabitants—and more besides—in prosperous plenty. i f First of the twain is the soil conservation bill which will enable the state to co-operate in the effort to change the manner of farming. Instead of plowing up hill and down this measure would encourage farmers to plow around the hills, thereby pre- venting erosion from water. Instead of packing fields smooth, the new agriculture would leave them rough and clodded to halt erosion by the wind. Instead of permitting water to run away it would hold it where it falls. The same principle would _ be followed with regard to the management of pasture. The second bill would stimulate water conservation. And let it be understood that conservation means use. Water which|¢ is merely held behind a dam is not being conserved. ‘It is being stored.’ The way to use it is to let it run into the streams, pro- viding drinking water or sewage disposal for man and beast— sometimes both—or to put it on the land that more may be produced. Aj This also is new to much of North Dakota. It has been tried here and there and the experience generally has been good, but ~ the state has heretofore been indifferent to such matters. There has been money in plenty to take care of the EFFECTS of drouth but none has been spent to combat drouth itself. Now, for the first time in its history, the state gets behind the symptoms ,and begins to attack the cause. a It will be no easy fight. Much must be done before success will crown the banner of either the soil conservationists or the water conservationists, but it is significant that the armies are kota will at last have taken the offensive against the greates' enemies of its agriculture. , Shattered Dreams required to invalldate «legislation. Some propose that a 6 to 3 ad- verse vote be required. Senator Norris of Nebraska, and others say 7 to 2. loped while only two or three justices are able} to uphold it. The plan doesn’t hit at the question of judicial power. It probably would require a constitu- tional amendment because few be- eve the courts would accept it as constitutional if enacted by Con- x * & Since members of the legislature ‘met here nearly 60 days | ceric. @go a good many dreams have been shattered and many hopes have been dashed. The reason is that circumstances do alter cases and what _ looked good when viewed from the political stump presented a less rosy prospect in the cold light of practical reality. There is no better example than the dream of using some of the income from the sales tax to replace property taxes, and a major detail of this high ambition was to use it to reduce the taxes on homesteads, The vision was dear to every legislator’s heart. What could * possibly kindle gentler sentiments than the prospects of light- ening the burden on the man who had struggled long and hard to earn his own home? It was easy to see the reduction making it possible for old people, living on diminished income, to retain their property which might otherwise go for taxes. There were all sorts of ramifications—and all of them were good. But the property owner gets no such break this year. Re- fuctantly but definitely lawmakers were forced to allocate the money to other things. The poor must be fed. The schools must be kept open. State institutions must be maintained ... and other taxes were not being collected in the usual amount. Not desire, but the force of circumstances, compelled mem- bers of the assembly to abandon that part of their program. As one legislator put it recently: “I was for it all summer and all through the legislature—up to now. And I hated like the very devil to vote against it.” This one illustration will serve to change the views of many people with regard to the legislature. Sometimes what looks Tike dumbness or a refusal to serve the interests of the people is merely evidence that the lawmaker has given more study to @ subject than his critic; that he knows more about it than the / an who condemns him. ‘ Value of Learning ~ , After a day at college, a certain Oklahoman goes home, studies until midnight, then arises at 5:30 o'clock to get his Jessons ready for that day’s classes. He is Dr. J. N. Harber, former mayor of Seminole, Okla., prominent physician, and rich oil man. : What lured him back to classrooms 30 years after he left ness the child labor amendment. The court would still have the power of judicial review. . Abolish Judicial Review and may, either in the body of a speci- fic law or otherwise, prohibit the court from holding measures unconatitu- tional. The supreme court would almost certainly reject any such re- suggestions Wopyright,, new laws run counter to tution. The only feasible J 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) SO THEY SAY | Modernists forget that every step taken away from the truth of nat to gain style and originality is toward insanity.—Frederick W. hk stull, noted sculptor, attacking mod- ernistic art. ese *% It is doubtful if the administration’s great propaganda machine, backed by the persuasive powers of the presi- dent himself, will be able to offset the rising tide of public opinion —AMred M. Landon. : * * % I told Mary I'd like to get mar- ried and she liked the idea.—Manuel Martinez del Campo, Mary Astor’s new husband. se * To her, the husband’s always the Babe Ruth of the world.—Mario Chamlee, Metropolitan Opera tenor, describing the “perfect wife.” +e % ‘What more sacred property right is there in the world than the right of @ man in his job?—Homer Martin, president of the auto workers’ union. | _ Exotic Dancer | \HORIZONTAL _ Answer to Previous Pussie _ 10 Beer. M 20 Her most {») INJ 30 Roofs of K mouths. HER NAME IN LIGHTS % by MARIE BLIZARD BEGIN HERE TODAY PADRE maar sent SI 7 ine et NF Fad ol NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY: + CHAPTER It “TM not quite sure that you mean it as a compliment that I’m not obvious,” » Larry—Lawrence Hunter—Smith said. “I did,” Daphne asspred him gravely and then remembered that he hadn’t seen the house. “I think you ought to get acquainted with your future home before it géts too dark to see what you're get- ting into. Come along.” “If the rest of the rooms are like this one, I shall be happy enough,” he said contentedly while his eyes traveled slowly and ap- preciatively around the gracious room, noting the elegance of fine ‘woods and fabrics, the proportions and design—all eloquent of the taste of the comfort-loving per- son who had made them. “They're not dil like this, ‘The rooms are as différent as our fam- ily was,” Daphne said as they crossed the wide hall and she opened a door. © 1937, NEA Service, Ine. = 4! ¢ Illustration by bi ores went. back to.Tom's study and settled down in his worn ey the had when she Des « long legged, bigeved child if Z ut aa rey rah girela.? nl ey Evuia § teeaeeril ai f ; f i | ebtg aii Ets i INE dbp, Se REE Epeea and BEA fragrant with the scents of wet pine and burning leaves and good things baking in the oven of the i thought tiently. She didn’t want peace. it was what old people wanted. ited only a slower tempo life. She was mentally short ith at this speed at which aH 4 school? Pleasure of learning, Dr. Harber maintained, But an interviewer uncovered the man’s basic philosophy; that a per-| * son's real success in life depends upon his service to his com- ‘™unity and the people about him, and that learning enables him a be of greater service. People who have contracted the idea that the sole function ‘an education is to increase one’s earning power should find gome sort of moral in Dr. Harber’s philosophy. Off the Record | Every year, and especially in election years, the folks back ome learn of the valiant fight their representative in congress putting up to stem the tide of waste and corruption that reatens to engulf the administration. These stirring tidings ne from reprints from the Congressional Record of speeches wer made, franked free through the mails. ‘Now Rep, Sam Hobbs of Alabama proposes. that the Record ‘closed to extraneous matters, including speeches never de- red on the floor of either house. ‘This, of course, would save the people a couple of hundred isand dollars, and would eliminate from the Record such articles as a discussion of the French duelling code| [| | |_| Henalati % ie mathe curative effects of radium water which actually have) POT [| TT Te] [f lish i ges F ie Z i guns, prints, and he understood, ai d has-| Prunella had wound the grand- it the phrase would not |father’s clock. It struck seven, suddenly.| Daphne hurried her thought has Hl