Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1921, Page 2

ou ist at y, ff, or oT: un or ell 10 esi ice ita sou dis ar sch nc ire id¢ Y> aly fice Lin Ger poly ant Lith Lui tifi the reg Ro in her list PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune Issued. every evening except Sunday at Casper. Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices: Tribune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES. Branch Telephone Exchange Entered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class | matter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PRESS J. BE. HANWAY ~~~. EARL FB. HANWAY.. W. H. HUNTLEY R. &. EVANS -. THOMAS DAILY — President and Editor Advertising Representatives David J. Randali, 341 Fitth Ave., New: York-City Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, Ill. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York and Chicago offices and visitors are weicome. SUBSCRIPTION EATES By Carrier One Year $7.20 Six Months ~ Threé Months One Mont Per Copy - One Year ~. No subscript! th:.2 months. | All subscriptio-» must be paid in advance and the Daiiy Tribune will not insure ‘delivery efter subscrip- tion becomes one month in arrears. Parnes see Cee cD earn SE SEAS Member of Audit Bureau of Circuiations (A. B.C.) -- ono a es apne reel ‘ember of the .assoctated Press The .....uated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news publishc* 1 rein. Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 16 any time between 6 Ha ¥ O'clock p. m. if you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper will be deliy- ered to you by special messenger. Make it your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. ———_ HIGHWAYS AND TOURISTS. The importance of improved highways in further- ing the development of the state cannot be too strong- ly emphasized when ‘we realize that approximately 25 per cent of the people who tour the western states are like nomads, in search of new homes. One hundred thousand tourists visited Wyoming | during the season of 1920. If these tourists spent only $20 apiece, in our state, a very conservative sum, the business derived is well worth fostering, especial- ly when we stop to consider that this is only inci dental to the great good that comes to the residents of our state through the splendid system of highways. now being built. It is becoming more and more evident that good highways are the best advertisement for any com- munity or state. The prospective homeseeker and in- vestor is becoming accustomed to making his own in- vestigations of new locations for a home or invest- ment, in his automobile, and nothing will please and attract him more with the desirability of a new loca- tion, than good roads and highways serving the com- munity. The prospective investor or homeseeker will not be likely to remain in a community with only a poor dirt road or trail serving the community, if he can go to a neighboring state © on orenear an improved highway, even at a greater investment for property, having no better natural advantages, Good roads are:a real inducement to the prospect~ ive investor to locate in this state of great natural re- sources, the development of which has been greatly or wholly retarded by lack of transportation facili- ties. An increased railroad mileage is not to be,ex- pected in the near future, so that the improvement of the highways must be depended upon to’ bring about that development. iii ME Ee EES ‘FHE COURT DISAPPROVES. The usurpation of governing power by executive heads of departments and bureaus, as exemplified by the late Wilson administration has been given a set- back by the supreme court in the case of the pub- lisher whose newspaper was permanently excluded from the mails by Postmaster General Burleson be- cause it contained objectionable matter. .The court holds that the postmaster general has no authority} to exclude permanently a publication from the priv-| ileges of the mails because a single issue carries mat-| ter regarded as objectionable to the government or| offensive to the people. The injured publisher has| brought suit for heavy damages against the former} postmaster general. | Coincident with the court decision and the filing of| the damage suit came the admission by attorneys of| the Wilson administration that they collected under erroneous rulings that: amount. These taxes collected unlawfully a Democratic administration must be repaid under a Republican administration, Taxpayers will receive some measure of reimbursement in the repayment of the money but that, will not entirely recompense them for the injury they have suffered. The government will refund only the actual cash collected; the taxpay- er is out the amount he could have earned if he had kept the money in his business. The supreme court recently upheld the Internal Revenue bureau‘in some of its rulings but attorneys admitted they were not entitled to a decision in the matter to which refer- ence h st been made. The issue in the newspaper case is of far more im- portance than that in income tax case, for the preser- vation of the right of free speech is of more vital im- portance to the people than the loss of a few millions to a few individuals. There seems to be no question that the offending newspaper had published material which was in violation of the postal laws. It may be assumed that there was justification for postal offi- cials to exclude that particular issue from the~mails: But the postmiister ‘general took it upon himself to exclude the publication permanently from the mails, thus practically destroying the investment it represented. Such a power should not be lodged in the hands of the postmaster general or of any other one official to impose a penalty so severe. It is a fundamental principle of American government that a man shall have a right to trial by a jury of his peers. Such right was not observed in the proceed- ings conducted by the postmaster general: There are, of course, some minor instances where trial‘by jury may not be practicable or desirable but} in the main the only safe course for a free people to pursue is to guard zealously the right of trial by jury as one of the guaranties of freedom from oppression. The ursupation of power by all sorts of department heads, bureau chiefs and of greater and lesser offi- cials is at an end under the Harding administration and the people will have no complaints of similar character against the government in future. PRIUS NETS ead 9 SR TO PROMOTE ACTIVITY. Senator Smoot suggests a plan that is at once taxa- tion and relief from taxation and in addition a stimu- lant to business and a producer of prosperity. It is designed to raise two billion dollars in reyenue by| levying from one to 8% per cent on the sale price, of goods. This, it is claimed, would not be notice- able inliving as these costs have varied up or | greater supply ‘of capital. corps of assistants. income taxes that will aggregate | not less than $100,000,000, and possibly many times} by} | the present tax scheme are being absorbed by the government. Thus relieved these funds are available for industry and would enable business to proceed, whereas it is now hampered. Interest rates would fall because there would be a The lifting of the present load from business in the manner suggested by Sena- tor Smoot is the shortest cut to a resumption of busi- ness activity.and the prosperity that would follow. SOE Se a Ss ONT SS BUILDING GOOD ROADS. _ The experience of states that have been engaged in road building many years and are annually add- ing large new mileage have found these things to be primary in the lessons they have learned and ari proceeding in accordance: State systems of roads, connecting important cen- ters and county seats, laid out with regard to other state systems and with the aim of helping to provide for a national system of highways. ‘The building of these roads under direct authority and supervision of the states, rather than, the coun- ties or separate communities; the work being carried out by non-partisan, high class, state highway com- missions through an efficient highway engineer and a The construction of the most durable highways that available funds will allow, the determining factor in the type of road built being the traffic needs of the | Sections, ascertained through scientific study. Provision for maintenance of these roads at the very time they are designed, and use of a patrol sys- tem that will place definite responsibility for the re- pair and preservation of every mile of road built. Wyoming will have the advantage of the experience of the older states, has already profited by it and is proceeding along the lines that have been most prof- itable and effective. BSE Fel en eee aes oe | GO HOME, MR. JONES! John L. Jones, a British labor leader, announces iz New, York that he is preparing a campaign of propa- ganda to align American miners and transport work- ers against British shipping in support of the effort to nationalize British mines. Incidentally he intends bombs and buncombe, and get home, or at least get hence. Jones insults the intelligence of American labor, He makes us thankful that Samuel Gompers has de- clared himself so unequivocally against the Red doc- trines of Lenine and Trotzky. He reveals that he is of that’faction of British labor which is bolshevist at heart. In his present attitude he is an internation- alist and a Communist. He calls upon American workmen to sacrifice themselves upon the altar of ambition set up by a group of British union chiefs. He admits that there is no principle at stake in the present British strike. Wages and hours mean noth- ing. /Nationalizaton of mines is the thing sought. That would mean control of the mines by a handful of union chiefs, just as'a group of commissars control all the activities of Russia. It is for that that he would injure our international relations, impair our prosper- ity, inspire our citizens to boycott and strike, and oth- erwise use us at our own great epense to his own ad- vantage. Tf his appeal should be successful we might expect Kamchatkan fishermen to dictate hours, wages, and conditions to Americans on the Grand Banks of the Columbia river. A Bokhara rug maker might rear- range the economic and social standards of the Yon. kers carpet factories to help out the Amalgamate; ‘Rug Makers* Kestan. Is there no limit to the impudence of the interna- tionalists?, If not now,-there will be, and we believe it will be fixed defnitely for Mr.'John L, Jones by the American union men whose intelligence he in- sults.—Chicago Tribune. a RT OL ES TRANSPORTATION DEFICIT. The railroads of the United States suffered a def- icit in February of $7,205,000, while 106 out of two hundred reporting to the interstate commerce com- mission failed to earn their epensos and taxes, as against a deficit of $1,167,800 for January, with 109 out of 202 failing to make expenses. Of the 106 roads failing to make expenses, 46 were in the eastefn, 16 in the southern and 44 in the west- ern districts. The 200 roads represent a mileage of 235,562 miles, The carriers, the tabulations show, fell short $63,- 804,000 of earning the amount estimated under the increased rates fixed in accordance with the transpor- tation act, devised to establish a return of 6 per cent on valuations. Total operating revenues were given as $406,658,- 000; a decrease ef 4% per cent compared with Feb- ruary, 1920, while operating expenses were $3885,- 878,000, a decrecse uf 7% per cent. The deficit, | however, it was announced; was reduced 56% per cent compared to February, 1920, when it totaled $16,551,000. bee SURES TAKES A CRACK. Senator Reed of Missouri is not overly fond of the! | Wilson inner circle that led the great car,paign of | waste during the war and subsequently. He never has |forgiven those crimes and never will. So when he catches Barney Baruch, one of the advisers of the administration in that day, talking foolish about can- cellation of debts owed to the United States by Eu- ropean nations as the best means of rehabilitating that forlorn and ‘bedraggled lot of governments, he stops long enough to. say what he things, The Baruch idea is to excuse the debtor nation its! obligation so long as it remains good, but if any na- tion attempts to go to war with us that nation shall be compelled to pay us what it owes us. No person except an idiot, Senator Reed asserts, would make such a proposition and not even a well! organized jackass would be guilty of conceiving such | an idea. The suggestion of cancelling our own war loans for the purpose of boosting foreign credit at | thc expense of the Blood and treasure of the Amer- an people is xo monstrous that it is perilously close to the rim of treason. 0. BANKRUPTCY OF ROYAL FICTION. The trouble with all dethroned monarchs, asserts | the San Francisco Chronicle, is constitutional inabii-) ity to realize the bankruptcy of the royal fiction. They | are victims of an obsession. They still believe they) have proprietary rights in the people and lands they| formerly ruled, with a deed confirmed by God and recorded in heaven. The monarchs who still occupy thrones, like their majesties of Italy, Great Britain, Spain, Belgium and the Scandinavian countries, la- bor under no such delusion. That i: why they are still kings. a ete eR The soldiers’ bonus proposal submitted to the Michigan voters carried by upward of 200,000 ma- jority. PURRREL Baka leg 2 ithtee While other kings in Europe are being kicked around Alfonso of Spain is receiving a yacht from his peo- ple as a mark of their esteem, 0- HOME GYMNASTICS. “IT want to make The best of life,” Remarked a brute Who beat his wife, “And every man, If he is wise, down more than that amount in a single month. This tax, it is figured, would make it possible to relieve investment funds from taxation which under Will take some form Of exercise.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. Strong for Bonds. .. Douglas Budget) Vote the bonds. That 13 to be the slogan of the Douglas Community club from now taken uy the proposition to bond the state the extent of $1,800,- 000 for highway improvement. At a meeting last night at the Hotel La Bonte, the officials atid members of the club pledged themselves to work assiduously to the end that the bond issue will be successful, in furtherance .of the plan. arouse the interest of the: voters in the matter, the next regular micet- ing of the elub, which will be next Monday evening at the community center, will be made the occasion of @ rousing get-together xffair of the people of Douglas and vicinity. Lander Has Snowstorm. (Lander Journal.) Zhe snowstorm of Monday and Tuesday, which resulted in a fall of 2.30 inches of moisture, will do thou- sands of dollars of good to tho stock- men and farmers of this section. ‘he storm, which ranged from the néorth- ern to the southern boundaries of the state, seemed to be more profuse in Fremont county than in other sec- tions of the state, only six inches of moisture falling in the basin coun- try, and about the same amount in the vicinity of Rawlins. The storm started with a heavy vein at 5 ». m. Monday, turning, to a heavy wet snow at 9 o'clock that evening. It continued to snow all night: Monday and all day Tuesday, and intermittently Wednesday. On Thursday morning the sky was bright to play upon the prejudices of American workmen of|and clear, with the thermometer Irish extraction te promote his own schemes. ranging 15 degrees or more ' below We rise to suggest to Mr. John L. Jones that he} freezing. pack up his pamphlets and propaganda, his verbal|, The benefits of the storm cannot be figured in dollars and cents, but. the istiners who have their spring wheat in, and the stockmen who are running thefr cattle and sheep on the fFange are all wearing broad smiles. The range has been exceedingly dry this spring owing to the warm and delightful weather of the past six Weeks, and the moisture just; released will make the grass fairly. pop: ‘The cold of Thursday morning, it is estiamted, will have a tendency to kill the millions of grasshopper eggs that, because of the recent warm spell, were ready to hatch, and it is hoped will be the cause of a short grasshopper crop this year, which will be pleasing news to the farmers of the Lander valley. Oil in Star Valley. (Afton Independent.) The Idaho Leasing company, who control over 160,000 acres in this ter: ritory under oil and gas leases, have been successful in securing 95 per cent of the acreage in this valley, This company will sub-lease this land to reliable drilling companies, some of which have already been let and bids will permit the transportation of the drilling outfits, which will be some* time in May or June. ‘The Idaho Leasing company has until May 10, when the vote will be to}. Rte | ‘divided these Jands in large units so that each drilling company will have | éontrol of a large acréage under oniy unit, which can be treated with one ‘well; and thereby eliminate~the- cost: of testing each’separate tract of land. To Have Athletic Field. (Sheridan Enterprise.) Bstimates are being prepared by the Sheridan school board for ihe establishment of an athletic field on the new Central schoo! property, and on the familiar location of ‘the cld clty ball park. “Authorization for the “preparation of estimates on the proposed field was given in a meeting of the Sheridan school board last Wednesday evening, and with the estimates in hand, bids on the field will be asked. A ‘grandstand erected on a super- structure of steel will be a feature of the proposed. field, and an eight-foot steel fence will enclose the entire field, which will occupy the act of land immediately in front of the new Central school, And bounded on the cast by Sheridan avenue, the south by East Loucks street, the west by Custer street and on the north by East Brundage street. ——————-— Question Box {Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Casper Dally Tribune Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, U. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The Bureau canhot 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 and address and enclose two cents in qtamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) Q.—From what kind of birds are quill. pens made?—M. °K. R. A.—The feathers of the swan are excellent for the making of quill pens. but goose quills are most gommonly used. Crow quills are said be best for fine writing and drawing. Q.—Who said “If the people can't vty Seda let them eat grass?”—A, A.—This remark was attributed to Joseph Francois Foullon, who on July 12, 1789, was appointed in France as minister of the king’s household, The exact words were supposed to be “If they are hungry, let them brouse Srass. Wait untjl I am minister, I will make them eat hay; my horses eat. it.” Q—Who was Foul-Weather Jack. —D. V. H. A.—This was a nickname given to the English Admiral John Byron, on account of his ill lugk, at. .ea, bois sailing and in fightings. ot central Asia, It separates Afghan- istan from Bokhara and empties into of the Daria, the principal ‘river the Sea of |. In ancient and even val the Oxus was sup: Q.—Has any other president of the United States, besides Wilson, visited the pope of Rome?-—M. C. \A.—President Wilson is, the only president, who, while in office, visited the pope. a . What 1s the compensation re- A.—Federal: jurors receive $3.00 a day and five cents a mile t) and trom court. In order to be a faiers! juror of a United States court it fa neces: sary to be a citizen of the United States, to be able to read and write, and to be at least 21 years of age. You should send your uame to the clerk of the Uni'yd States district ‘court, and ask to have your vame put on the jury jist. Q.—Should one say “I feel bad” or “I feel badly?’—G. F. A.—The correct form is “I feel bad.” Q.—What is the history of the “Sword of Damocles?’—J: H. 8. A.--Damocles was a courtier and sycophant in the reign of the elder or for smoking and chewing tabacco. ‘The stailke include the stem and branches: of the pigat. The stems arp frequently ground and sold as a fertilizer,and th, product is valuable) for its nitrogep and potash, The ni- trogen content ranges from 2 to 3 per cent.and the potash from 6 to 10 per cent. Jokesmiths A Real Expert. ‘3 ‘ ‘Two negro girls were discussing the merits of a certain beauty specialist. “Am she the goods?” asked one. “Can she make yo’ beautiful?” “’at woman am so proficient she can make a human scarecrow look like the Venus. de. Milo standin’ knee deep “Lissen, Pansy,” came the answer,| ding the chance’ that she may yet make 4 second marriage.—London Opinion. » Would Shock a Wovden' One, “Mother, may I go out t oad “For Heaven's sake, daughter! To to ge.out to——". os “A jazz dance, then. Well, I want to ask you if I may go-dut to ; ‘with—", mother had swoones. It was so un- like her darling daughter.—Richmond ‘Times-Dispatch. Not Expected to Know, A man came to a country place far ‘away from any town. While he was having a meal in the primitive inn it in a lily pond.”—Miami Herald. r Desired the Record. , Gaybuck—Did your wife say much to you when you got home so late? Gayboy—Very little, but when I woke up In the morning I found she'd left on the pin cushion a ques- tionnaire for me to fill out.—New York Sun. ‘A Logical Reason. bezan to-rain hard, man. was serving surely,” said he. Scotsman. Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse. His praises of the lot of kings were sung until Dionysius silenced him by inviting him to a luxurious banquet, fat which he found suspended over his head by a single hair, a keen-edged sword. It was meant to typify the actual status of kings. Q.—What is white gold made of?— ©. GK. A.—White gold contains fine gold, fine, sflver, pure nickel, and oridjum. Q.—Whazt is the chemical analysis of ordinary sea water?—J. S. W. A.—The following is the composi- tion of sea water: Oxygen, $6.7: hydrogen, 10.67; chlorine, 2.07; so- dium, 1.14; magnesium, .14; calcium, 05; potassium, .04; sulphur, .09; bro- mine, .008; varbon, .002. Q.—Was the Iate Theodore Roose velt the only American mentber of ie ners Geographical Society. — ~ A.—We find upon consulting the list of Fellows of the Royal Geograph- ical society that the late Theodore Roosevelt was not the only Fellow of American birth. number of citizens of the United States, among them being Dr. Smith, George A. Storck, James Stokes, Cap- tain James F. J, Archibald. A, J. Drex- el Biddle, Richard Harding Davis. Q.—I am the daughter of an olf ene Can I obtain 2 pension?— A.—tIt would depend upon your age. The pension bureau says that there is no law granting a pension to a soldier's child who is over 16 years of age. S Q.—What is tobacco dust, which is. used as 2 fertilizer, made from, and how_much nitrogen and potash does i cOntain?—F. R. E. & ‘A.-Tobaceo. stems . consist of the waste stems or ribs of the leaves, nd parts of the leayes themselves, which result from the stripping : of tobacco for the manufacture of cigars, 131 East Fifth Many merchants find its attract- ive appearance an asset to their business. At the same time it solves their delivery problem efficiently and economically. ‘The haulage cost is unusually low. CASPER, WYO. ; Phone e | Donse Heomers BUSINESS CAR Coliseum Motor Company 724 ‘The lst includes a! “To what do you attribute your Yung life, Uncle Mose?” asked a news- paper interviewer of a negro tente- narian. ; “Beeuz Ah was bo'n a long time; back,” the old man replied.—Ameri- can’ Legion Weekly. Most Considerate. Miss Thirtee—Oh, Mr. Blunt, is ‘so sudden. Mr. Biuit—i know, but I thought yor could stand surprise better than suspense.—Boston Transcript. Yes, for a Smooth Job. ‘We often wonder if all the old paint has to be scraped off the girls before the new is put on, as we un- derstand is true in the case of motor cars.—Ohio State Journal. this Just Fairly Economical, An economical housewife told her husband the other morning that she'd have to ask him for $2.50 more a wovk on account of the high cost of lving. “Il try and give you $1.25," he grumbled. ““That’s the best I can do. ; You're pretty extravagant, Amelia?” “Me extravagant?” <And Amelia laughed bitterly. ‘Well, James, I don’t see how you can call a woman extravagant who has saved har wed SPRING TERM MONDAY, APRIL Stenographic, Bookkeeping “No, sir," she replied. seen a paper for a week.”—Edinburgh j || OPENING OF OUR 18 “Tooks lke the flood,’ daid’ the “The -flood!’ echoed the girl who him. “Why, you've read about the flood, “I haven't No cigarette has | the same delicious flavor as Lucky | Strike. Because Lucky Strike Is the toasted cigarette. BLT e and Comptometer Courses SPECIAL RATES FOR SIX MONTHS’ COURSE COLLEGE Second and Durbin OUR NEW HOM! Good Advice Young people do not al- ways properly value the ad- vice of others. But, if the young man taking up a busi- ness career could realize how necessary a good bank- ing connection is to his suc- cess, his first step would be the establishing of relations with a strong bank where his affairs would receive in- dividual attention. The Casper National Bank pare at your disposal a anking service which you are certain to find satisfac- ory. ' “Thirty-two years of servic? —may we serve you?” Phone 442-W CASPER BUSINESS .