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

10 rob] ect ered posit trill nono Bene Elks. cran whet with: it C he 1 publ work Me 0a mee et hee | Ul PAGE Two Che Casper Dailp Cridune casper. Natrona | une Building except Sunday « tion Offices: Trib --15 and 16} Departments Advertising Manager Advertising Representatives . New York City j Steger Bidg., Chicago, Tribune are on file in the New ago offices and visitors are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier One Year - Six Months {i accepted for leas period than ust be paid in advance and the insure de‘tvery réter sabscrip- Member of Audit Bureau of Circutations (A. B. C.) -- CS — Member of the Assoclated Press vely entitled to the use for p ed in this paper and also th Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 16 any time between » and 8 o'clock p. m. if you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper will be deliv- ered to you by special messenger. Make it your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. — BUFFALO SECURES THE HOME. Our good friends at Buffalo are to be congratu- lated upon securing the Odd Fellows home which is te be built by the grand lodge. It is an ideal selection for the purpose. Johnson county is one of the most beautiful counties in the state and Buffalo one of the most enterprising of the smaller citics. In and about Buffalo numerous settings can be selected for such a group of buildings as will ultimately compose the home that could scarcely be equalled anywhere. The mountains are near at hand, there are beautiful screams, and excellent roads. Accessibility which is not of first importance in a fraternal home is all that could be desired in this case. Buffalo is but a day’s travel, even from the ex- treme southern part of the state; and with state high- ways connecting up the several sections of the state communication and transportation of the future is made convenient. All principal routes include Buf- falo. Woe ae AMERICAN HIGHWAYS. John T. Bascom, a Kansas good roads advocate, says: “There are now 2,500,000 miles of public high- ways in the United States, and 2,300,000 of these are covered with mud in the rainy season and with dust and dirt in dry weather. In other words, there are only about 200,000 miles of improved highways in the United States—that is, those covered with modern pavements. “Tt is easily seen that many years must elapse be- fore America really can boast of good roads as a na- tional asset. States like Maryland, New York, Con- necticut and Massachusetts have some wonderful stretches of good roadways, but these four states lead all others, and when we see some of the roed- ways in Virginia, Georgia and some of the other states we realize that the good reads movement, has a long way to go. “There is now being. sp:nt more than $1,000,000,- 000 on the roadways of America. Offhand that sounds like a big sum, but it is insignificant when compared with the money our American people throw away on foolish luxuries.” een ABOUT SAPLINGS. “A man is old when he begins to be irritated by the folly of youth,” asserts the Baltimore Sun. The old man of, say, 40 years, has little patience with the boys and girls of 16. He is convinced that the girls are without sense, and he is persuaded that they never will have any sense. No ideas illymine their conver- sations. ‘I'll say he did, they will remark; or ‘I'll tell the world.’ Endless chatter; endless repetition of the slang phrases of the day; endless giggling. He forgives them, however, because of the luster of their eyes and the soft freshness of their cheeks. “The boys he cannot forgive. The boys are not beautiful; they are awkward and ungainly; their voices occasionally miss on one cylinder; they are filled with a desire to show off; they talk too much and say too little; they brag; they feel their biceps and wish to be wicked; they are proud of their new- found vices, and strive to give the impression that they are bad guys and dangerous to fool with. “The old man is convineed that they will all go to the devil. He thinks they will all be hanged, and rather hopes t But they are not. - Consider- ing the var of the temptations our civ- ilization offe gly small number of boys grow up to be har They have their silly sea- son—their season of taking pride in things that are not wholly respectable—and then they settle down to become old r d criticize the next generation. “The father who is old loses sleep in the fear that his boy will not turn out all right. He forgets that he was that same kind of boy, and if he, having made a poor start, was able to become the wonderful crea- ture he now is, what reason has he to believe that a son of his will fail to do as well? The saplings are green and worthless, but they all develop into sea- soned timber if they are not cut down or denied an opportunity to develop.” we THE PICTURE PLAY. y is always an interesting subject so large a percentage of the peo- ted in the movies. The Washington “A curious by-product of the prevai industrial conditions was revealed at the convention of moving picture theater owners held this week at Atlantic City. The magnates of movie- dom are rendered apprehensive regarding the future of their business an alarming decrease in patron- age all-over the ited States. The diminution in the size of audiences is perhaps not patent to the cas- ual observer, but it is made plainly manifest to those di ‘ectlyt concerned by that inescapable telltale, the ticket office. As explained by, one of them, the phe- on is due t6 the fact that while everybody was & war wages there was a willingness to stand res, but with the end of that halcyon hrinkage in the bulk of the pay en- the public suddenly became far more discrim- ts taste. will probably have a good effect. It on the alert. It has warned them e to be done to re-establish i fi merican picture plays. There ed to be a conse: of opinion among the movie men assembled at Atlantic City that the people- want 22 cu aE pictures with more ‘punch’ in them rather than mil-| lion-dollar spectacles. The sensible decision was) reached to call a conference of producers to discuss ways and means to stimulate amew interest in the of- ferings of the screen. The conferees named are keen judges of popular taste and requirements and will)! probably evolve a worth-while plan. It will help some if they decide on a return to the natural and the re- roduction of wholesome humor, preferably of ither the slapstick nor the bizarre variety. If vamp scenes and their accessories are eliminated and a high- ly moral tone is ip ed on in every re, the pub; lic will be well pleased and will shown its apprecia- tion. Good old-fashioned melodrama will also be wel-| comed, if it t too lurid. i “The moving picture industry is so i self, contributes so much to the enjoyment and neces- sary recreation of millions and has therefore taken such hold on the mi of the citizens, middle aged and old as well as you that every one will rejoice if successful methods are adopted to add to its popu- larity and favor and make its attractions, as they ought to be, perennial.” portant in i a Re THE NEXT GREAT ENTERPRISE. “A tour of investigation and inspection of the en-| tire route of the proposed St. Lawrence-seaway now} being conducted by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater association ought to give the final impetus/ necessary to congressional approval of the project,” the Chicago ‘lribune. Representatives of sixteen states in the member- ship of the association are obtaining first hand infor-| mation on the practicability of the improvement. They! will return to their home districts with accurate per- sonal knowledge of the feasibility of the project the) rich country which can be put into direct steamship connection with world markets through the & the vast potential manufacturing districts which can} be opened up through the development of cheap h dro-electric power, and the certainty of saving mil-| lions of dollars a year—estimated by Julius H. Barnes} as high as $336,000,000—to American farmers. “With this first hand knowledge the business men} and farmers who are now making the inspection will have material necessary for putting their demand for the improvement before their representatives in con- gress in a way which will brook no refusal. Some of the congressmen and representatives themselves who are members of the party of inspection will be 11 a position to refute all the selfish, feeble adverse argu- ments which have been and will be offered against the improvement. | “The party will see the great amount of middle western products which are now carried over the St.| Lawrence route, through the present shallow and in-| adequate canals which were built and are maintained by the Canadian government without cost to Amer-! icans for service. The travelers will understand the| much greater possibilities of a waterway which will eliminate the treacherous currents of the river, short- en, broaden and deepen the canals and locks, and put| interior lake ports in direct touch with the world. The contrast between the preseni reality and the fu- ture possibility in itself ought to stimulate immediate favorable action. “Engineers have reported to the international joint commission after eighteen months of survey that the cost will be $252,728,200. Of this amount half will be borne by Canada, requiring an outlay of only a little more than $126,000,000 by the United States. The value of the water power development alone, it is estimated, will pay more than 10 per cent on this investment. According to Mr. Barnes, the saving to middle western producers will pay considerably more than 200 per cent. Such an investment very evident- ly will be of tremendous value not alone to the mid- dle west but to the entire nation through the devel- opment of business and the’ elimination of waste. “With the information which the party. of inspec- tion is now obtaining it is to be hoped they will be able to get prompt results -in’ Washington.” a ee WHEN MURDER IS NOT MURDER. Since woman has been placed upon an equality with man and under the constitution enjoys the same rights and privileges, why should she not be held ac- countable under the laws for the crimes she com- mits? What mandlin sentiment is it that stays the hand of a jury and prevents the infliction of pun- shment in a clearly established case of guilt? In a comparatively short time there have been twenty- even cases of women murdering men and in the cases so far tried the verdict of acquittal has occurred in about all of them. Is there any good reason why a murder should not be avenged by the law regardless of who committed it? Surely the law against mur. ler is plain. Then why do juries stultify themselv by returning a verdict of innocence when guilt i plain? The alarming frequency with which women have been killing men of late has brought these questions to mind. The law certainly makes no distinction as to sex. A murderer under the law is a murderer and a penalty is prescribed. All the law requires is that guilt be established beyond a reasonable doubt. Even in the face of fulfilling all the law asks juries file into the court and set the prisoner at liberty. We are speaking strictly of the clear cases, those in which ac- knowledgement of the deed has been made.. Regard- less of the chivalry we all feel toward women the ex- cusing of murder makes for a bad situation. It weak- ens the courts and makes a joke of trial by jury. It makes no difference what justification the wom- an has for her act, in her own mind, she must not take the law into her own hands. She is entitled to defend her own life and there it ends. There would be no particular objection to the re- moval of a few affinities who by their scorn had aroused the fury of the woman in the case, if it would better social conditions; but each acquittal séems to encourage other affinities to go and do likewise. It makes matters worse. Courts and juries will have to get away from the idea that murder is not murder, and murder will have to be punished if the people continue to have respect for law and courts of justice. is SS THE AMERICAN PIE. “New England was once called the great Amer- ican pie belt,” says the Chicago Evening Post. “To- day the United States is the pie belt. There is also the individual pie belt which every man wears every summer as a sustainer of his indispensables. He lets it out two holes in the season when the esculent fruits and flour are brought into succulous. association. “The American pie is slander proof. There may be those to say that the philosophers and poets of New England would have lived longer and have writ- ten better if they had not eaten pie for breakfast, dinner and supper, but no proof can be adduced in support of the saying. It is the weakest of assump- tions. Comparison of the intellectual merits of New England pie eaters and not-pie eaters is impossible, | because every man and woman in New England who| ever wrote anything worth while worked on a basis| of pie three times a day. “Recently there has been an attempt in the land’s| more glittering inns to substitute French pastry for American pie. The pastry is peddled about upon a board and displayed to the eye with all its gummy 99929909000 006-9990999-9909909-900-0600- trappings. It depends for patronage upon the kin of customers one of whom is said to be born every minute. Even the timid who yield’to the arrogant- eyed importunities of the board bearer, and even those who supply the statistics for the one-every-sixty-| | the courthouse. | about. People’s Forum Shoot the Knockers. In the course of our business a- tivities we meet a few calamity howl- ers. There always have been pessi- ists, who seek the dark side of erything but the sun, and they say it has spots. But when there is the Uttle lull in business these howlers set up dismal wail which makes one feel almost sorry that he is living. “The boom has burstes Casper has reached its zenith,” “If the fefiner- fes stut down the town wil} be ruined,” etc., are some of the things one hears on the cumbstone. In‘our humble opinion this clags of people is doing more harm and is more injurious to our city than what- usiness despression there may 5 half these people say they donot Yelleve’ themselves, “they simply have the “knocking” diseas6 and seems to enjoy throwing off the poisonous germs everywhere. one of our meat mar- kets the other evening when one of these’ loud-mouthed declaimers was entertaining a few of his friends knocking the town and the refineries and everybody and everything in gen- eral.. We mustered up courage. to suggest to the gentleman (7) | that things were not so bad as he has pictured. He was especially knock- ing real estate, and he offered to bet me $100 that he could find a_home- stead of 160 acres within a mile of We gently protested t we did not think he could do t, although we didn’t see what bearing that would have‘on general But he at once fired up and pulled out a tight roll of bills larger than my wrist ‘n an effort to make a bet. We asked him where he worked, and he said, “at the refinery.” Then we asked him what he was howling So there are many who how! just for exercise. Another man was cursing Casper. He was a contractor doing hauling. His horses were idle, and no work in sight. But he soon changed his how! saying Casper was the best town on the map after all. How in plain words, we ask, what has anyone to gain by ‘howling and running down Casper, when he is de- pendent upon Casper for his ving? It only makes it harder for him to make a living, and makes it harder for everyone else. And it makes it harder for the town itself. To know the history of the growth of cities, and of all progress, would keep some of these dark-minded peo- ple from casting a gloom about them. There is an ebb and flow to all ac- tivity, and the one is as helpful in its way as the other. The whole country has had to face the problem of getting down gracefully from the dizzy wartime heights. And Casper must face it. Who wants the inflated wartime conditions continued? ‘The sooner this period of so-called de- pression is past the better it will be for all. Then all will go on merrily again and upon a surer basis, ‘ But what we want to say fs, that so far as we have been able to learn, no city, great or small, in all our country has suffered less from the general depression than Casper. No one can improve his condition by go- ing anywhere else. Then why not change the tune and praise the town for what it has done and for the brave fight it is making to keep things moving. To those who claim that Casper as reached its zenith, we can hardly speak in moderation. They simply do not know what they are talking about, and ought to keep their indi- gestive chatter to themselves. There are greater things awaiting Casper than ever before in its history, gnd those who have level. head enough to go right on pushing things will surely have their reward. And even these old miserable croakers will get their share of the prosperity if they don’t croak themselves to death be- fore the time comes. But there needs to be a generous spirit manifest everywhere. There ought to be a program of price re- ductions, covering every branch of business. This of itself would keep hundreds of thousands of dollars at home which now go into the coffers of business of other cities. There might be an agreement whereby a horizontal cut of 10 per cent would be made by all business men. However, the problem is worked out, we should all fall in line and in this way no one would be the loser, and all would soon go on as merry as a marriage bell and we would soon forget the little flurry that turns the business tide into greater pros- Derity. _But_in the meantime, 00O®. seconds birth rate, never go twice to the trap. ‘It takes more than glucose, saccharine and plaster| of paris to. draw the patriot away from pie, the de| lectable of all right-thinking, righbliving Americans.” | ————_-0. | Senator King asserts our navy suffers fro: 4 s ™ rot. Does he mean the shipsyor the men? : dry > OOO 9000+ ington, D. C. 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