The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1937, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937 The Bismarck Tribune 3 Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published dally except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai) : Mrs, Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vieo Pros. and Gen'L Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advan per year . oo per year (in Bismarck) . yeas (in state outside Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press 1* exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited in thie Rewspaper and also the loca! news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of ali other matter herein are aiso reserved. Question and Answer One of the more vigorous and able of Western North Da- kota’s editors is I. L. Doherty of the Killdeer Herald. And when he gets an idea he pursues it like a G-Man on the trail of the current Public Enemy No. 1. For this he deserves the admiration of his fellow citizens and of other editors. And| when his cause is just he is quite likely to do the state con- | siderable good. Such is the case with the current campaign Mr. Doherty | is waging with regard to the diversion of the Missouri river. He is not so much against that idea as he is in favor of doing | something to put water on the land in Western North Dakota} and thus cure its ills. Several times Mr. Doherty has unburdened himself on this subject. In his latest issue he says, under the title, “Again, Why Diversion?” : “This week Howard Ellsworth, general freight agent of the N. P. railway at Helena was in the Herald office. Practically all his conversation and that of his traveling freight agent, Ray Murphy of Miles City, was an enthusiastic description of what irrigation has done for Sidney and Fairview, Mont., just across the line from North Dakota. It was just a step from the desolation, lonely acres and poverty of our adjoining land to the wealth, industry and happiness of the irrigated section. “And that reminded us once more of the wealth of flowing gold which our own Missouri river is carrying every spring and fall in its turbulent way to the flooded wastes of the central west; and the attempt being made with every device and argument possible to take this water to the rich farming territory of eastern North Dakota where the common normal rainfall year by year has produced such abundant returns that it is called the ‘Bread Basket of the World.’ “WE NEED THIS WATER OUT HERE! “If the western part of this state would stir itself to retain and use this water as energetically as the eastern part acts to take it away - from us it would be available to us NOW. Why should we sit supinely, inertly, silently on our dead ends watching this attempted steal of the water which we need so desperately? Engineering difficulties— if any—don’t mean a thing; if the engineers are properly disposed. No one can tell us that our engineers are not capable or smart enough to evolve a solution of the irrigation problem for the west even though they haven't built any pyramids or hanging gardens yet. “Eastern Montana has taught us a lesson recently. When North Dakotans attempted to secure some of the benefits of the Yellow- stone river for this side of the line, we were pushed in the face The boys over there—bless ‘em for their active sense—said they could use that water all on the Montana side It was a matter of their own NEED and not of engineering difficulty which inspired that attitude “The Red River bunch are good fellows, regular go-getters, but. even at the cost of being called provincial, short-sighted, tight and selfish, we would rather lose their good-fellowship than.our water. “Why can't western North Dakota do something about it?” The answer, of course, is that Western North Dakota CAN do something about it and that fellows like ’Nace Doherty will see that it is done. It probably would be wiser, however, to concentrate on doing something for our own section than to oppose the diver- sion plan. If it goes through it will take no water which we need. At the lowest point on record the Missouri river at Bis- marck was flowing at the rate of 11,500 cubic feet per second. The proposed diversion tunnel would have a capacity of only 600 cubic feet per second. Diversion, even at low flow, would still leave enough water in the Missouri for all present uses and many more, Neither would it be possible to divert the Missouri river into the Killdeer country. No way has yet been found to make water run up hill and the lift would be so great as to make the cost of pumping exorbitant. However, Killdeer is located at the headwaters of the Knife river, an important- stream in wet weather: Properly developed, it would do much to insure agricultural prosperity and commercial stability to Western North Dakota, The same thing is true of the Heart and the Cannonball rivers. Develop those streams properly and residents along their banks can forget about the Missouri. Meantime, it is to be hoped that Mr. Doherty and other public-spirited citizens of the Missouri Slope country will con- tinue their interest. Only by so doing can they expect to get the development they so sorely need, Rolling Down to Panama i It will be only a year or two now before the American motor- ist can pack his summer clothes in the back end of an automo- bile and drive down to Panama. In its annual report, the Bureau of Public roads, an old and well-established arm of the government, announces that impassable gaps on the road to the Canal Zone have been re- duced to 560 miles and most of these will be closed when bridges abd under axel are completed, The engineers of the ureau now are busy in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and and have been for some time. faa hts ios When finished the road will extend 3,250 miles south of the border, through a number of nations, all of them friendly to the United States, to the tourist and to the American dollar. At the present time 1,265 miles are classed as all-weather roads, 1,425 miles as dry-weather roads and 560 miles as impassable. The bureau did a lot more than that during the year, super- vising the expenditure of $337,747,071 in every state of the union, but it is doubtful if any of its achievements will be of tore ultimate importance than this international highway. Somebody broke into the storeroom of a U. 8. navy destroyer at the the other day and stole a quantity of money. Ji ‘shore without leave. © J eet hh oe Walker would have gone on the of $12,000 a year seems to have going to cry about it. Neither, Behind Scenes Washington | Administration Faces Doubtful Fu- ture in Tangled Foreign and Na- tional Affairs ... Chicago Speech Intended to Frighten Italy and Japan . . . Former Critics Back F.D.R as Political Storms Gather. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspendent) Washington, Oct. 26—F. D. R. and his administration are trying to pick their way carefully through an &as- sortment of situations which, there is good reason to believe, finds the president almost as confused about the future as the next fellow. The future seems a bit muggier than usual, even to the most exper- ienced soothsayers, and one observes a tendency here toward resort to con- templation and prayer rather than glittering generalities and invective. As to the international situation: Having abandoned isolation and stuck the national neck out into the Pacific, the administration shares the general wonderment over the ques- tion where do we go from there. As to the business situation: The acceleration of recovery has tempor- arily stopped and no one knows just when it will be resumed. As to the political: It is far from certain whether the forthcoming aes- sion of congress will see some snappy action on the administration program or develop into a general dilatory row over foreign policy, the Klan and other issues. * ke & Chicago Speech Timed Insiders know now that Roosevelt's Chicago “quarantine speech” was definitely timed not only for the League of Nations’ deliberations on the Japanese-Chinese warfare, but also for the period when England and France were bringing heavy pressure on Italy to get her troops out of Spain. But what the early effect and the long-run consequences will be is as obscure as ever. It can also be revealed that one thing Roosevelt hoped was that his own strong speech and the govern- ment’s subsequent condemnation of Japan might frighten both Japan and Italy. No such effect has yet been noticed. In the back of the president's mind, he has told intimates, is the fear thet if the “warlike nations” are permit- ted to sweep on the time will come when the other nations of the world will have magnificent armies, navies and air fleets and the United States will have nearly all the world’s gold. That prospect, as well as the threat of rampant Fascism, bothers him. Many others, including members of Roosevelt's official family, are at least equally ered by fear that the country may have taken a first step on “the road to war.” To some of his advisers, however, Roosevelt has suggested that one question at issue a8 @ result of foreign warfare is whether there's fire in our own nt house or in some other house down the street. * * * Critics Cheer New Stand Among confusing factors on the Political front, especially important if the international situation is go- ing to overshadow domestic consid- erations, is the fact thet many of Roosevelt's most persistent critics have been cheering loudly over his new stand. There is a possibility of a re- scrambling of battle lines in Wash- ington, since such anti-administra- tion stalwarts of the last session as Borah of Idaho, Johnson of California, Wheeler of Montana and other far- western senators are likely to go along in any administration gestures against Japan. In the east conservative forces are largely pro-English. And Jews every- where, although many may have been disturbed by the Black-Klan incident, presumably will support any attitude which carries a frown at Hitler's Germany. All these new factors are of un- certain weight—as uncertain today as the strength of the die-hard isola- “neutrality” element which will start shooting at the president when congress convenes, This really is @ very good time to watch what's going on. (Copyright, 1937, NBA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN THE ot oF SEN First oyater (in a stew)—Where are we? Second Ditto (disgusted) — At a church supper. First Oyster—Why do you suppose they became extravagant and got two of us? . Boogy — Say, haven't I seen that face of yours some place else? ‘Woogy—Nope, it’s never been any- where but where it is now. Hollow Unknown to Anderson, the weigh- ing machine was out of order He clambered on and inserted a penny. Among the curious bystanders was & gentleman in his cups, who eyed the dial curiously. It registered 75 pounds. “Well, I'll be darned,” he belched, “the man is hollow.” Ah! Love Betty: Don’t you think that love's absurd? Richard: Yes. Just two silly. SO THEY SAY | Most business men, big and little, know that their government is trying to make property more secure than ever before by giving every family a real chance to have a property stake in the nation Sree Roosevelt. * noye, Japan's Betas ieee I would give Japan or, for that mat- ter, the other Fascist powers, Ger- many and Italy, but one year after en- trance into war before they faced economic defeat. Russia can last though a defensive war for 30 years.— Dr. Sherwood Eddy, author and lec- + —-- ame NRRL a A Study of Housing Problems ’ oF I Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sup THE PROPHETS AT IT AGAIN ‘This business of forecasting the ac- tion of congress seems one in which experience does not increase profi- ciency. Certainly the forecasters of the regular session which began last January and ended in August could ated have been farther from the mar! ‘That, however, does not deter the same allegedly astute observers from pontifically promulgating predictions as to the extra s00n to con- vene. It will be recalled that in Jan- uary there was practically unanimous Journalistic agreement that congress; if such a thing were possible, would ‘be more completely rubber-stampish than before. And there seemed sound ground for this view. Not only had Me. Roosevelt just been elected by & tremendous plurality but he had car- ried in with him so many Democrats as to give him unprecedented majori- ties in both house and senate. He was at the very peak of his prestige and popularity and the opposition seemed completely paralyzed. There appeared no force that could stand against the ‘White House will and the assumption ‘was general that the president’s pro- gram would be passed not only exactly as he desired but with great speed and little discussion. - Tt did not turn out that way. On the contrary, no president in history, with his own party in control of both branches, ever took a more complete licking from congress than this presi- Gent took in the last session. It had been agreed that he would get every- thing he asked, and he got nothing. ‘His program was shot to pieces. His main measure—the so-called “Reform of the Judiciary” bill, behind which ‘he put every ounce of strength he had, was decisively beaten. Other major proposals either languished in com- mittee or were emasculated on the floor. The session ended with the White House program on the rocks and the administration forces demor- alized. It imposed a considerable strain to preserve the customary presi- dential urbanity even at the White ‘House press conferences. Mr, Roose- velt emerged from the seasion with his renown as @ smart politician much @iminished and his reputation for in- wincibility gone. In brief, the predic- tions turned out one hundred per cent wrong. i. Now on the threshold of the extra session, it is interesting that the same ‘predictions come from the same set of prophets. For example, we are told that congress now will be amenable to the Roosevelt wishes. Its trucul- ence, it is said, has disappeared and there is no longer any disposition to oppose the president. The statement ds made that the crop-control bill and the wage-and-hour-contro! bill, both of which were ditched in the last ses- sion, will now be passed promptly. Further, it is asserted, the treasury program for elimination of certain taxes and the imposition of certain others will be accepted. In other words, it is once more declared in ad- vance that Mr. Roosevelt will get what he wants in the way he wants it. It will be interesting to see how much nearer right they are this time | National Insignia | HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 1 Coat of arms (CEP TST] et COIOIN| . TOA mPK ISTIUIOIL ID) IRIOID) HIRI IS] ; NIE |B] 19Civet type of [EIVIEIRIY] animal. Oo om LIEINK F IRIE INICIHI 35 A wrong name 58 Breakwater. tled. 38 Ti 40 Form of “be.” __ president. ISLIL IEE IE IRIOISIE! WEI] LA! PI iM) WE IO MEH!) ISH} PIOISIT IS! IDIAINICIEIR|S} IRIE Maw) RIE ID] AIWINI a + 4You and me. 60 This country’s 9 Exists. 22 Lukewarm. 24 Game. 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