Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 2

ne a) wi a phi Ps ex de fo 3 Yr OQ wPEPLouretens 3 ABSA Von sants Yaa mM eneeeee. PAGE TWO Che Caspet Daily Cribune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo.. Publication Offices: Tribune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES____-----____. ----15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting A!! Departments BEnttred at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class matter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PRESS J. BE. HANWAY -------..-..-----. President and Editor EARL ER. HANWAY.-----..-.----.---Business Manager Wi, HONTESY Uh Associate Sditor RB. EVANS ... ---n---— City Editor THOMAS DAILY -......-.-.-----Advertising _Mxaager - Advertising Representatives David J. Randall, 341 Fituh Ave., New York City Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-28 Steger Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Copies of the Dally Tribune are on file in. the New York and Chicago offices and visitors are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier By Mail One “Year! 52 8 Six Months -.. 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The Casper Tribune fails to see any warrant for apology to the Cheyenne Tribune for any statement made with reference to distribution of federal patron- aga, on any showing made by the Cheyenne Tribune in the deadly parallel it has presented. The esteemed contemporary’s article still asserts that Mr. Stone is to be the internal revenue collector and Mr. Walton the federal attorney. So why apologize tor having said the Cheyenne Tribune was seeking to garner these appointments for local candidates? The Cheyenne Tribuiie’s own article admits it. [PEL TASTES TOG REGULAR HIGH COST. Of all the places, on earth where the high cost of living has been developed to the highest degree, So- viet Russia is the place. Russian money is now worth- less outside of Russia but at the old exchange rate it would cost $460,000 a year for a bare existence in Russia today. A glass of milk costs $380 and a loaf ot eaee $2,000, and the quality is none tpo good at that. To provide small change for local transactions So- viet authorities are printing 25,000 and 50,000 ruble notes freely. x Whatever is to become of the Russian people, the world, busy with its own problems is venturing no guess. | and with a home-made cat o' nine tails gave him twen- ty-five lashes upon the bare back for voting against the judgment of those who had elected him. How would an American legislator, who had simi- larly violated thé faith of his c~ustituents, view like treatment. Thousands of them)ure guilty and fully deserve just such reward. 3 pL NS a unease MARKETING SURPLUS COTTON. It is all simple when you know how. The trouble with the Wilson administration it did not know. His department heads lacked both knowledge and expe- rience. It is different with a secretary like Herbert Hoover. When the cotton farmers of the solid Democratic states of the south sought aid in the marketing of their crops from the Wilson regime to enable them to finance another crop, they were denied the help thot this great industry imperatively needed, although ie machinery for legitimate and proper help was at and, Mr. Hoover lost no time in evolving a plan. All there is <o it js tue formation of a pool of cotton growers, to become an export trade association under |the Webb-Pomerene act. The sale of cotton by this organization to European purchasers on a credit ba- sis, would be financed directly by the Edge law cor- poration, which in turn would be advanced money by the War Finance corporation. x This is practical help to an interest upon which a part of our national prosperity rests, and in‘ which a surplus always exists for export after domestic needs } meeting be Casper Daily Cribune Cynthiana, K., March 6, 1921. Chamber of Commerce, Casper, Wyo. Gentlemen: The secretary of the Cynthiana Business Men’a club gave me. your communication for answer. This city has been under mana- ger-commission form of govern- ment for more than five years. It has been a complete success with us. It has taken the city government out of politics which in this coun- try was a serious menace to the proper administration of affairs of the city; the places filled by the old time officers are now filled by employes which mean they can be discharged at will; the manager has the authority to lay off an em- ployee for cause until a regular of the commissioners, which by the way is twice each month. More street improvements have been supplied. That the welfare of the people and business inter- ests of the country are not based upon politics in the Harding administration as they were under Mr. Wil- son, is readily seen in this action. The beneficiaries are practically all Democrats. SS SALSA EO ESE as HE’S ALL. WRONG. A Chicago marriage license Clerk of long expéri- ence and close observation says he issues more li- censes in gloomy weather than he does in bright sun- shiny periods, When it rains and fog settles down over the old town men get lonely, and dream of cozy flats, cheerful fireplaces, slippers and hot biscuits and honey. They want to love and hold hands. So’ they rush first to fix it with the girl and then with the license clerk and the preacher. This gloomy weather stuff may work in Chicago and may be in Pittsburg but we don't believe it; and what about the rest of the world? How about the golden west, where it is largely sunshine and but lit- tle gloom, most of the year? How about June, when they all go crazy? The, dealers in white satin and conventional black all rs. port heavier sales than at any other time in the year; and preachers all take summer vacations on the pro- ceeds of ceremonies performed. We are sure they have nice bright weather in Chicago in June, for that’s when they hold Republican conventions and advertise the weather as perfect. If this license clerk will take his marriage record in one hand and the weather record in’ the other and make a close comparison he will discover the error he has fallen into! in attempting to increase business in dull, sombre weather. Not only in sunshine but in moonshine, that’s when the marriage market booms. Nobody gets sentimental and foolish in gloomy weather, that is a time for se- riousness and deep reflection, aud frivilous thoughts are farthest in the background. The Chicago marriage license clerk is handing us a consignment of bunk. _— THE “YONKERS PLAN.” The most. successful plan of prohibition enforce- ment #0 far devised to end the illicit traffic in liquor. is known the Yonkers plan, from the New York RL ee 1 EAR tos SHORTAGE DISAPPEARING. The large industrial centers notice a lessening of the ‘housing shortage conditions that became. acute some months ago. It is said that labor which flocked to these centers during the war period attracted by high wages and untsual demand, has now been pushed farther countryward by the suspension of activities and have found places to live in towns and villages from whence they originally came #nd tho normal fa- cilities at the large centers have been restored. With the present active spring and summer building by next winter the shortage in property to rent will have disappeared and rents will have fallen with the de- crease in demand. BG an BPE BRITAIN’S COAL STRIKE. “The immediate cause of the British coal miners’ strike,” states the New York Times, “is the ‘decon-| trol’ of the industry. It has been turned back to its owners by the government. During the war and un- til a few days ago the mines were virtually operated) by the government. It fixed both wages and prices. It paid what were in effect subsidies to the econom- ically unprofitable mines, so that they might continue to be worked. It regulated both the domestic sale and the export shipment of coal. The system was by no means perfect. It provoked many public com- plaints, some of them well founded; nor did it pre- vent labor troubles. The great coal strike of last Octo- ber came when government regulation was in full swing. “No one attacked government control of coal min- ing more bitterly than did the operatives. But now they have just as bitterly denounced the government for giving up control. The reason is plain. The miners know that some of the properties cannot be worked at the present rate of wages.” Se 1 ae ey GOING TO THE DOGS. General Bramwell Booth of the Salvation Army in paying his compliments to British aristocracy for their sins does not mince words. No more scathing de- nunciation of English life and morals has yet been ut- tered. The worst of it is that it is only too true. Here is what the general says: “The state of London since the war makes one real- ize what may happen when so many of the best and bravest perish. Society’s legacy seems little, so far, but a welter of extravagance, frivolity, scandal, sen- suality and worse. The present riot of divorce looks to me like a flood tide of passion sweeping over the land, where the homes that are unhappily uprooted carry wreckage and destruction to all others in their way. “The poor have no such)drug sots and drunkards as the ‘upper classes’ harbor, nor is it possible for hum- ble folk, familiar with work and privations, to sink so low in the social scale as do some of the idle rich. “When the Salvation Army’s work in Great Britain’s mandatory lands has been opened up we will tackle the unemployed rich, for they need salvation worst of all. Wealth and luxury are the last stronghold of the devil, and London is its pivot.” EG TAIT RBS TRY SS A STATESMAN’S REWARD. Notwithstanding the ripped up condition of most of Europe and the struggles people are making to get back to a semblance of orderly government, we can learn a lesson from them occasionally that could be applied with profit in our own affairs. ‘or instance, when a peasant member of the Polish diet went home to Galicia to report the progress of his work, a special meeting of constituents was called to learn what their leader had accomplished. They learned that their member had voted to create an upper house or senate for Poland’s next dict, which virtually all peasants of the state opposed, up- on the theory that it would become a future strong- hold of social reactions. The member was heard patiently to the end, and then his constituents led him out, tied him to a post r) community¥in which it has proved itself. It consists purely in publicity. Affidavits telling of liquor in- fractions. This is how it works: In the beginning of the dry period there were the usual arrests, raids, and seizures, and large quantities of liquor brought in. There were expulsions from the police force; for connivance with offendersy indict- ments, convictions, fines and prison sentences. This did not deter violators because the real facts were not brought before the public fully and completely and because offenses became so,common special in- terest was no longer taken in them. Officials grew indifferent also, and when their attention was called to the activities of the booze hounds, nothing ensued. The people grew tired of conditions and then or- ganized to bring matters to a showdown. Affidavits testifying to booze transactions began to come in to authorities, of which they had never heard. They came thick and fast. Everybody took a hand. Then came the question, “Are you going to enforce the law?” Unwilling officials could not stand this. They either got out or enforced. The essence of the plan is refusal of the citizens to turn over the evidence to convict. Officers must jdig it up for themselves. The result has been, in at least this community, of cleaning it up thoroughly. Other communities adopt- ing the plan have been, as well, successful and now the “Yonkers plan” organizations are extending to other portions of the country where the wicked will not cease from troubling. 20 DOLLARS MUST BE EQUAL. Secretary Wallace of the deparimeht of agriculture is of the opinion that one of two things must hap- pen before the country can be truly prosperots. 1. Farm products-—and this means all foodstuffs —must rise approximately 70 per cent in wholesale price to the farmer; or 2. The retail price of everything else must drop still further until the buyer’s dollar and the farmer’s dollar are worth exactly the same amount. Present prospects are that both movements will be noticeable within a short time. Increased prices of foodstuffs will be brought about, to some extent, it is believed, by the enactment of a tariff sufficiently high to prevent the dumping into American markets of farm products raised abroad, these products at ‘present being sold at prices lower than the cost of ‘producing -the commodities on American farms. Further price reductions in everything except farm products, it is hoped, will result from the working of the economic law whose operation already has re- sulted in the farmer’s present plight. There are about 6,000,000 farmers in the United States and about 35,000,000 persons engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. This group comprises easily the largest single industry in the country. At the present time the farmer is selling almost everything he raises at less than cost. The price he gets for his products is back, on the average, to the pre-war standard. The price he pays for what he buys, including labor, averages miore than 80 per cent higher than the prewar standard. ‘Thus, in relative values, the farmer’s income has been cut almost in half. He cannot go into the store and spend 80 per cent more than he spent before the war—as he would have to do in order to keep step with the rest of the country—because he isn't getting it, So long as the farmer can’t keep step with the rest of the country in purchasing power, the country will continue to be beset with industrial and commercial ailments. The farmer supports the eastern markets where the great industries of the country center, and one reason why those markets are not now flourish. present income. edie A federal grand jury in California has sprung a new one. Two real estate men have been indicted for alienating the confidence of certain members of an Indian tribe in the United States, ing; is because the farmer can’t support them on | have been accomplished within the Jast two years than all of the ad- ministrations heretofore; the fire department has been motorized, the sewer system has been brought up to standard and the city owns its water work system and has voted a bod issue for pure water by fil- tration. The main thing is that responsibility ts easily placed un- der tho system and is run as a cor- poration, the commissioners are Girectors, the manager is manager of the affairs of the city. If any question arises over which the man- ager is in doubt, he has only to consult the commissioner under Whose department the matter in hand falls -His idea is generally in fact always accepted by the balance of the commiasionerg. The finances were in bad shape when the government was turned over, they are now in excellent con- dition. Why? For the reason that one man commissioner of finance has the matter in hand and it is his duty to keep in touch with the finances of the city and if expendi- tures are too heavy he calla the Men Sticking To ' Old Night Shirt CHICAGO, April 7. (United Press.) —In musical comedies and magazine advertisements you find your fancy striped pajamas, but {n real life men are clinging to the old fashioned night shirt. $ At least that’s the opinion of P. H. Layland, Chicago haberdashor. “Not only the jazzy old boys, but gay young friskers are keen for the comforts of the roomy night shirt that covers up your feet,” said Lay- land. “Snappy, up-to-the-minute styles in public, but’ comfort in the bed room—that is the policy.” ()., James A. Patton, wheat king, was quoted the other day as saying: “Damn pijaiccs!” His traveling bag had been stolen. It contained a night shirt. A friend offered pajamas. MANAGER PLAN BOOSTS MUNICIPAL EFFICIENCY, © WHY NOT ADOPT IT HERE? commissioner's attention to it and the expense is cut down. ey If it is @ question of a street, commissioner cf that department ‘has the matter directly in hand, | Tt is @ question of business in ad- ministration rather than petty poll” tics and as a business man you know which would be better for the taxpayer, I baye been connected with the city affairs for 14. years « for- merly under the old form and at Present attorney for the city, and ays: ¥ say unhesitatingly that it is better for the taxpayer, in fact every. é except the “peanut? politician" to have commision. manager form, You will find the p-ulitician will oppose the change, w'iich in my judgment is one of its best recommendations, Very respectfully, 'W. W. VAN DEREN, City Attorney. Py - Question Box ———————————— (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Casper Daily Tribune Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. C, This offer apylics strictly to information. The Bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name d address and enclose two cents in tamps for return postage. All replies sent direct to the inquirer.) Q. How many real Strad Violins are there?—L. Z. A. It {@ stated that between the years 1666 and 1737 Stradivari made 1,116 instruments. Of these, 540 vio- Uns, 12 violas, and 50 violincelios are actually Known to exist today. Q Where is the largest drydock in the world?—O. N, A. A. The navy department says that the navy yard drydock at South Bos- ton, Mass., is the largest drydock in; the world. 1,100 feet. “Q. Please tell ma Avhat a tthe river Its length is more than A. A river is a body of water flow- “jing with a perceptible current in a definite course or channel, towards the sea. ’ general Q. Was there ever 2 one-eyed’ ani- mal? If so, what ‘was its name, and does it exist today?—A. K. A. The Bureau of Biological Survey says the only one-eyed animal in ex- istence is the Cyclops, a genus of small fresh-water cru 3. ‘They are popularly. included under the title of ter fleas.” Various species, are 131 East Fifth ‘The tire mileage is unusually high. CASPER, WYO. a, AS common as active swimmers in fresk- water and a few forms have been recorded from tho: sua. A very marked fea- ture, to which the naine refers, is the single medium eye, usually’ bright’ crimson and sparkling like a gem. . Why ts sentence, “He is like ah Ashe Wieetcod of “He is like Ir—r. G. 1. 4 iy A. With “to” understood, “like” is often construed as a proposition, and the objective form of the pronoun fol- a 7 = a a at ity ia 1t?—J, W. A. Any child born abroad of Ameri- can parents is considered a citizen of the United States. — Q. What is the population of the United States?—D. V. 0. A, The census of 1920 gives the United States, including territorial po- sessions, a population of 117,857,509. ‘The population without the territories | 4s 105,708,771. ; Q. Has the frieze around the ro tunda of the Capitol been o LM. 0. A. The frieze is in an unfinished state, Several attempts have been made by artists to carry this work to completion, but a satisfactory, conclu- sion in the Brumidi style has not been developed. @. In what countries besides the ‘United States is the English language spoken?—HL. ©. G. 5 A. The English language is also spoken in Great Britain, Canada, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, South Africa, and locally in various other parts of the British Empiro. Q. To settle a dispute, was there a conspiracy known as the “Oonway Cabal’?—D. M. BR. A. In 1777 Thomas Conway organ: ized an intrigue against George Wash- ington by which he attempted to re- place Washington as commanderin- chief of the American army by Gen. Horatio Gates. Associated with Con- ‘way were Thomas Mifflin, Charles Lee, Benjamin Rush, many other army officers and mombers of the Continental congress, They gained sufficient power to secure the ap- pointment of Genera] Gates as head, and Conway as major general and in- spector general; but then fafied to ro- tain any great following in a short while their scheme fell through. In 1788 Conway was forced to leave the ‘service, It Proved Fatal. ‘old Man (browsing in a book store)— “Last Days of Pompeii"—what did he die’ of? Bookseller—Oh, I dunno—some sort of eruption.—London Opinion. yu The Siappetng Truth. * —* “Tt doesn't‘‘take much to’ niakée’ a man drunk these days.”’ “The price alone is enough to stag: ger him."—Now York Sun. How It Happens. Tt was the final examination, and a' budding philosopher concluded his es- say on ‘Mot! Earth” with this start- Donse BrotHers 4DG0R SEDAN The Sedan has become a per- manent part of the substantial domestic life of the nation. This could not be so if the car were not deserving in the sense ‘ of being good and economical. : The gasoline consumption fs wauvualty low. Coliseum Motor Company Phone 724 pools or slow-flowing brooks. | ling statement: “Thé earth reveloves on its own axié $35 times In 24 hours. This rapid motion through — space causes ita sides to perspire; this is calléd ,dew,"—Houston Post,” ‘The Lapdog Mamma.’ 5 They stood in front of an apartment house and talked like this: “Baby is so cpte, now that spring is here. low old is she?’ “Just a year and & half, Last night the got her first bone and shé gnawed all the meat off of it and wagged hor tail for mofe.""—Portland ‘Oregonian. es Dead Reckoning. ‘The best years of one's life are from 18 to 24, says a writer; &o We really can’t blame our girls for lingering be- tween those years as"long as possible: ‘—Boston Transéript. ‘The Mil Mind, ( “She didn't mind the snow on Haster Sunday atall. In fact, she rather liked it." “That eo?" + “Yes. She didn't have a new hat to ‘wear, but sne did have a new um- brolla."—Detroit Free Presa. She Gave It Up. ‘Willle— Mamma, will you answer just one more question; then I won't bother you any more? , Mamma—All right ,then, what {s it? ‘ Willie—Why is it that the little tiny fishes don't drown before they have learned to swim?—Houston Post. Thirst for Knowledge. “You seem to be'spending your eve- nings at Homie of late." “Yes, I paid a dollar down on a set of books and I want to finish them before the month is up."'—New York Sun, And Possibly Cabbage. In the club bar the comedian was actor. Many called meetin at 8:00 o’clock. Business of intere: acted upon. Can you do it now? If you cant, nes euchedting wrongs find coffee a _cleinentt, so wisely. Postum Cereal Po eral ink com Carpenters Notice All members of Local No. 1564 are urg- ently requested to be present at special g, Saturday night, March 9, Signed, C. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921 “Ah, well,” said the latter with great | self-eatifaction, “sd fur the profession has brought me bread and butter.” “And eggs, Arthur—and eggs!" sala the comedian.—London ie B They Hang Together. — Here is a story which has gone to Ue ies Wise celaieetad ATE ace alleged to have o1 ited with @ cer. tain member of congress from: Michi- gan who Will neither affirm mor deny the allegation. F It is said that this congressman was driving down Pennsylvania avenue in a large Grid ornate automobile and that Irish polideman, raised his: han magnificent command that the ap- proaching traffic halt. The congress- man's car didn’t quite reach that quiescent stage of entire immobility until it had bumped into the back of & flivver just ahead. The majestic copper strode indig- nantly up to the éar of the congress man. “What's the idea?" he said, “Don't yes know there are traffic regulations? Gimme your name," | Kelly" lea the congressthun “First namie,” said the policeman With abating heat. P BD “Patrick, Patrick Kelly,” was the pi ! } ey, you!” called the policeman to the driver of the flivver. “Why. did pick out this man to back inter* —New York Sun. Perfectly’Senseless. Molly—Mies Gray! The Governess—Yes, dear, Molly—The vicar said last Sunday that they play harps in heaven. The Governess—Well, dear? | Molly—Then what is the sense of my learning to play the silly old piano7— London Mail. st to be discussed and S. THOMPSON, Retording Secretary. Special Features Will Music, TICKETS, $1.00 C.B.&Q. 1 L. L. OWEN, Owner. J. BENEFIT DANCE SA ST FOR CASPER LOCAL 381 American Federation of Musicians WILL BE GIv. EN AT Schembeck’s Winter Garden ON Thursday Evening, April '7 Orchestra of 25 Musicians Will Furnish the Come and Dance With the Musicians. Auction Dairy Sale SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1921 Commencing with a carload of fresh cows and springers, all in good shape and of good quality. Be Introduced and an LADIES FREE Stockyards Ww. PULLIAN, Auctioneer.