The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1937, Page 6

Se a NTS | j i ' | An Inéopendent Newspaper t THE STATE’S OLDEST. NEWSPAPER * (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper -... Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- ‘marck, N.'D, and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail \ Mrs. Stella I. Mann 3 President and Treasurer 4g Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Secretary and Editor Daily by. per year Datly by mail per year (in Bismarck) . 1.20 Daily by mail per year (in state outside 5.00 Daily by mail outside of-North Dakota 6.00 Weekly by mail in state per year ......... 1.00 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year. Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Newspaper and also the local news of spuntaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. The Best Irrigation Rain, falling throughout North Dakota last week, has been the best possible irrigation. It has deposited billions of tons of water on North Dakota land under ideal conditions. The benefit will be immeasurable. And no one is made happier by it than those who have been advocating irrigation because, as this newspaper frequently has pointed out, irrigation must succeed in normal years if it is to be truly beneficial to this area. Its value in years of ex- treme drouth is not doubted by anyone. Neither is its value as & source of emergency livestock feed open to challenge, But its real value lies in enabling the farmer to obtain a greater yield from his acres in the AVERAGE season. Irrigation does not contemplate a wheat economy. In irri- gated agriculture, wheat is valuable only occasionally as a rota- tion crop. The acreages are not high enough and the value of the crop is not great enough to warrant the additional expense. * * * But what irrigation does envision—and this is a good time to repeat it—is a BETTER BALANCED farm economy for Western North Dakota. It means production EVERY YEAR and higher crop value EVERY YEAR. In addition it is the only possible insurance against disaster in dry years such as we have known recently. It means basic support for our live- stock industry, vastly more important to us than wheat ever has been in the past apd certainly more important than wheat ever will be in the future. : The whole aspect of things has been changed in this area by the rain. ‘The outlook is brighter and people are more cheer- ful. But we are far from being out of the woods. Even if, we are guaranteed a normal season for the rest : of the growing period the grass crop will be short in Western North Dakota, Lack of rain in May and April made it impos- |=" sible for the grass to utilize the long.days ‘which already haye occurred. é And even if the grass were normal the fact remains that the number of livestock is not sufficiently great to make maxi- mum use of normal range. They were driven out. by.the hard years and high feed prices. © Milk production, at a low ebb recently, may be expected to approach normal for the number of cows in the country as'a | Te=85, result of improved feed conditions, but at best it will be far below a real prosperity level. The calamity of lost herds cannot be overcome by even so great a blessing as rain, _* * 8 If farmers could maintain prosperity by growing wheat there would be no need to look around for improved methods, but the history of the case proves they cannot. Both production |gar and price are too uncertain. And if:we are to have a range coun- try, with intensive agriculture in the valleys where possible, the irrigation experiment must continue. * Srey i One good rain deserves another. and it is sincerely to be hoped that moisture will come at frequent intervals during the summer but there is no assurance of it. And one rain, evert one of such magnificent proportions as that experienced over the week-end, does not fully guarantee our cash crop. When a heavy, wet snow was received in April some per- ons Commented that there would be no need for irrigation. In this they were wrong. Irrigation has proved valuable, where it has been available, during the dry days of April and May. It may be useful again in late June, July and August. Irrigation is only one step in a development which must come to Western North Dakota. The ultimate aim is to change this from a wheat to a meat and milk area. No one doubts the . benefit which would accompany this change, For Real Conservation There is nothing beautiful about a dead song bird. aa Children and parents-of this vicinity might remember that t, : If they do there will be fewer pitiful little feathered bodies to testify to junior’s accuracy with the .22 caliber rifle which proud papa gave him for his birthday. Reports coming to The Tribune indicate that boys with rifles have been raising havoc with the feathered residents of this area. They have been testing their marksmanship by shooting at robins and other birds. All too often their aim has been good. A little educational work by parents and older boys and girls would do much tg stop this unjustified and useless reduc- tion of one of our most enjoyable natural resources, The loss isn’t confined wholly to aesthetic considerations, The Bismarck Tribunel{sena Summer Welles, stands stiff as a ram- English novel which caused some fuss : “The sponsoring the bill for govern- ment onnerahip of the 12 federal re- serve banks.” Potomac river “on the Coast Guatd the SCENES Washington All's Quiet Humor on the Potomac and Statesmen Can Crack Wise, Too By RODNEY DUTCHER {Tribune Washington t) Washington, June 8—If this were England and the king said | what President Roosevelt was overheard telling Jack Garner the other eve- ning, there would be a sartorial revo- lution overnight. The First Gent and First Lady were having their annual party for the newspaper folk of Washington. The high spot of it was a Virginia Reel in which Mrs. Roosevelt outromped her son Jimmy, her brother Hall Roose- velt, her daughter-in-law Betsy, Sec- retary Morgenthau and several cor- respondents and their wives. The male reelers wore beautiful colonial satin costumes featuring green, scar- let, yellow and blue. “How did you like those grand col- ors on the men, Jack! the President asked. “I’m telling you, in another year we'll all be wearing colored din- ner coats. Better do your shopping early. * * * They Should Know James and Betsy were the only Roosevelt children at the party. James, who functions as a liaison sec- cretary (lobbyist is a better word) be- crt" Costa Wie departments , his early thirties. A dancing partner remarked to his mother that the orchestra was a fine one. + “Yes,” replied the First Lady, “that’s what my ae me.” * A Horse on Jolson Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Stephen B. Gibbons recently was in Hollywood. At one party of movie people he caused temporary consternation by remarking to Al Jolson: minds me of a horse.” - Hostilities were averted when Gib- bons explained. Many years ago he had had a date with his wife-to-be at the Winter Garden in New York, where Jolson was appearing. He made the mistake of going to the Hippo- drome, where the chief attraction was @ handsome white horse, which dove into a ‘tank. : xk k Deep Welles The new undersecretary of state, rod and without making any apparent effort has always managed to create On the ship which carried the Am- erican delegation to Buenos Aires | cu! Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell | Street. mixed daily with fellow passen- gers, played games and had no end of informal democratic fun, ¥ ‘Mr. and Mra. Wellgs remained aloof, That was why someone gave them a nickname lifted from the title of an a few years ago.. Nickname ‘Welles of Loneliness.” eee ‘ac the rate People | ¢ Pattman of who: favors- anything just so ‘The trip will be made down the E du | Prese: Gove: nt Is Satisfied’ _ | a yo, ¢? G Fs ke 2 ‘ ¢ £4 3 “Every time I hear you sing, it re-|° mhe Grou Comet POLITICS Copyright (837, by The Baltimore Sun PLAUSIBLE BUT UNSOUND the impression that he is‘a bit on the |some high-hat side. He is about the last |ers man in the world from whom a stranger would think of trying to bor- tow a match. It is a lovely conception, quite typical of the great financial eS STEERER STE TA ES II ER SO By FRANK R. KENT | excess of the de- pensions and un- tention that it is i =] * g 3 z E 8 258 Bea Ea i F ‘DOUBLE SQUEEZE TO SLAM Opener, With Ten Solid ‘Tricks, Has Serious Bidding Probleri, Then Another in Making Contract raised to six. Seven was bid by Gibbs, |’ “Napoleon exclaimed, ‘I cannot re- treat—I have burned ‘my breeches be- hind me!” (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) —— Ss | SOTHEY SAY | no ae ee ee ea alan 1s the ‘high University of Chicago. . T. V. Smith, either. Birds are one of the most vigorous enemies of insects eg and insects are among man’s inveterate enemies, England Hunting Oil England is one of the oldest of the so-called civilized coun- yet it was only the other day that an effort to develop oil the “tight little isle” was launched. Geologists and geophysicists, most of whom had received ining and experience in America, advised the Anglo-Amer- pga to begin drilling. There might be oil there, ey aia sk vs am AY deb 00 year ao ane gee 7 eee Out to take the dice brace cake should be warned that they'll : By WM. E. McKENNEY Bridge ‘as a matter ofcourse. hannd and then cashed his three high SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS Co) PROBLEM 8 R 5 = Ee Eeé : i if the crudest character. ba answer questions pe ing to tters briefly and in ink. a ae all queries must be accompanied addressed envelope, SE i HEI HH i (Copyright 1987, John ¥. Dille Co.) But, while tt lasted everybody would and the government would be financed. On the surface, like the Townsend plan, it seems a wonderful idea—the AFRAID fo (ove (& by MARION WHITE Owe ea sconce. S¢TOAN,” she said finally, you mind if I ask you about SOHN HENDRY, Mining invest= “GOs ANDREWS, Headsy's je MGVEIL HENDMY, socialite: Soha Hendry’s niece and Joan's rival in PHILIP HENDRY, Sybit's eno tEY STARKE, Jean's CHARLES NORTON, Califeraia mining promoter, ee ¢ Yesteraay: Joan ts left alone ta, the “omice with Charles Norton having snce lived tn Callferais. ‘rem bling, Jeam denies this. CHAPTER XVII EVENTUALLY, Joan met Doro- thy for lunch, though it was long after one o'clock, and Doro- lessly. “That Norton man—Mr. Hendry’s friend from California— he had some work .. . He is the most horrible “Why didn’t you walk out on him?” : . “I a Hy bray eoamashbclon heh “I have again that. afternoon; they were both too absorbed in the joy of buying in With three hundred dollars to spend—one hundred on lingerie alone, if she wanted to—Joan felt as if she owned : ‘ It was not until late that night, , | ers nage i AD : my i i i gyskk ee ie ite we etde Hie i i a E F] itt Fagkex geet: rel a> g pe Se i b i ‘ i A 8 I9s Mu F ek i Fill i Af i i i i i | i $ E iE, ie fe g E i ee fie af] eff fat g Be ih ie Fi E i ; i" § 2 § | | E H h et} ? can’t tell lieve in eae ‘us, we. could find ‘They her heed. “How cried despairingly. we do 2" years ago’ Dorothy sighed. “I don't know. eects 20 you be phere “My mother believed in him that way—” “Of course. But your ‘was probably so terrified, so be- wildered at the time, that her strength deserted her.” Joan nodded. “Mother was ill, I remember. ‘was another circumstance.” “How.” “It was a matter of theft—as ie Hh : of 2 i a 2s | i i i i Bi ia ’ e i z 5 ie lie frit dite FEseRe E 5 E z gE il