Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX. Che Casper Daily Cribune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tribune Building 15 and 16 USINESS TELEPHONES Departments ranch Telephone Exchange Connec' Entered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916 CHARLES W. BARTON - President and Editor MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Advertising Representatives. Prudden, King & Prudden, Globe Bldg. MM; 286 Fifth Avenue, New York City: Glo Boston, Mass., Suite 494, Sharon Bldg., 55 New Mon’ gomery St. San Francigco, Cal. Coples of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco offices and visitors are weicorme. 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Completion of the established Scenic Route bo vard as planned by the county commissioners to Garden Creek Falls and return. Better roais for Natrona coun) ways for Wyoming. More equitable freight ratse for shippers of the Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train service for Casper. ty and more high- 1720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, | ime between 6:30 and 8 o'clock p. m.| Che Casper Daily Cribune | want it, 1 would not only for America, but for the Neighborhood News. sake of Europe itself, persist in believing that 1t} should not be granted. “Europe for its own sake must establish its {own modes of European peace. It must develop— even as we developed in 1789—a policy capable of | maintaining friendship between jealous separate} | Sovereign states. We made our Constitution not > | under the tutelage of European policemen, but by | | exertions which, since they were our own, give us| a future stanchly and securely corresponding to our needs. Europe must accomplish a_ similar | achievement in a spirit of similar self-reliance if | European civilization is to continue to be European {and if it is to be able accordingly to produce in, Europe a genuinely sound and healthy European | future. | | “I imagine, however, that while a few misguided Europeans and a few Americans may wish to fill, urope with American soldiers or with the coercive shadow of them, the great majority of Europeans ; and Americans who speak of American interven: | | tion desire not the help of our soldiers, but the help | | of our dollars. { “Indeed, I have no doubt of it, and in this I) am confirmed by the contemporaneous publications | abroad. The Manchester Guardian recently saic | But until America is prepared to release Europe from a great part of her debts American interven: | tion must be confined to good advice. Advice, un-| fortunately, will not stabilize the mark or fill a hole in the French budget.’ Here's the definite! mode of aiding Europe: Cancel the debt due or) give the money. I challenge those in official posi-| tion, who prate of ‘interventing’ in Europe, econom- ically or otherwise, to advocate cancellation of the foreign debt. They dare not do it. I challenge them to advocate additional governmental loans to Europe. Cancellation of the debt or giving more money are the only methods Europe suggests of economic aid. Is the American exponent of Eu- | ropean interference really intending this, while naking his lachrymose utterances in general pre ; catory phrases? If so, it’s hypocrisy we have to combat, pretence and insincerity, for our people will not cancel the debt nor make additional ad vances. “TI insist that whatever financial help is needed by Europe can be secured from our bankers with- out any ‘assistance’ from our government—at any ' moment when Europe will so rearrange its own p litical affairs as to make an investment in Euroy a safe investment. Our government has made its last loan for many a day to Europe. It will neither loan more public money nor underwrite the loan of private money.” —_—_9—___—_- Ma.WM Wimere SR Discovers HIS Most CHERISHED SPANISH SHIP MopE. HAS BEEN “TAKEN FROM THE PARLOR MANTLE. AND LAUNCHED IN A VACANT hot MUD PUDDLE BY MASTER WM Wimpre IR sections, but it cannot be used direct- ly for the public schools. Only the in- terest can be used, and the money School Laws and Taxes. ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1923. —Bv Fontaine Fox Old Time Cup Plate. s us The news that counterfeit cup plates are in the market may leave you cold, unless you happen to be serious and erudite collector of an. Uuues. If youre a mere snooper at- ter old fashioned oddities, you may not know what'a cup plate is, but the| real thing in antiquarians you'll has-/ ten to examine your Bunker Hilts, Benjamin Franklins and other spe- mens, in seerch of forgeries. In explaining what a cup plate was for, it bec anes necessary to make a sad confession about our ancestors. ‘They used to drink out of their sauc- ere. Pertect'y shocking of course, but they se2m to have been naive and untrammeled souls, without eti- quctte and without inhibitions. Like the bonest, hearty, mid¢le class folk they were, they'd cool thei sotfee or tee by pouring it from che cup inw the gaucer and sipping it from the latter, Housewives observed that the wet! cup when laid on the table made 9) discolored ming, and it became cus- tomery to lay an extra plate or 7a -| cer for the cup to rest on while irs owner wus drinking out of the orig inal saucer. And then some manu- facturor conceived the idea of mak- ing a small glass plate with an orna- mental design for the sole purpose of protecting the tab:e from the wet! tea or cuffee cup. { Hence the tea plate, beloved of our} great-grandmothers, but now banish- ed to the cabinets of disoriminating collectors. It came in a_ limiter number of standard designs of differ- ent periods, and some of these designs are rarer than the others and bring better prices. The George Washing- ton is hard to get and corresponding- ly expensive. ,The glass and its de-| sign is a picture of an early steam- boat named after Franklin. Other popular designs ar@® the Henry Clay, Bunker Hill and “log cabin and barrel.” Al! were made of pressed glass with the design in re- let And now, according to an antiquarian, the integrity of many a collection is rcenaced by the appear- ance in the market of counterfe't cup plates ma¢e from the old designs. He says that the forgeries arc made with pressed glass from rnolds formed from genuine old cup plates. ‘They are calculated to decelve un- wary or inexperienced collectors, but the originals have a much clearer, bell-like ring. Also thelr designs have a sharper outline and the glass has a “soapier” feeling. — ‘The reflector of the huge telescope at the Mount Wilson observatory !s a great disc of perfect glss welgh- ing no less than four and one-ha't ‘This mirror is so sensitive that, {f a man comes within three feet of it, the heat of his body causes it to be distorted. a Jewe'ry and watch repairing by ex- pert workman; all work guaranteed. Casper Jewelry Manufacturing Co., O-S BullCing. 1-9-tf oes 2 set Mest me at the Smoke House. tf ATTENTION TO THOSE RECEIVING C.C.C NOTICES THE MEETING PLACE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THIS PAPER TOMORROW NIGHT the sale or leasing of schoo] lands must become a part of the permanent school fund, no part of which can be FREE -- Silk Hose -- FREE THURSDAY, JAN. 25, ALL DAY With every pair of Pumps or Oxfords selling © Handicap, Too Great. HE MAN who tries to get something for nothing | False and Rotten Teaching. PRABere newspapers print an editorial main:| taining in effect, that criminals are the prod-| For over twelve years as a citizen! of Wyoming the writer has paid his! annual school tax, attended school| meetings occasionally, wondered. why taxes ware high, kicked some at the low is piling up by the millions while the tax payers bear heavier burdens than ever. You will not believe this at first, but it is the truth, It all goes into the permanent school fund and used except the interest only when it is loaned by the state The consti- tution was adopted over thirty-three years ago—November 5, 1889—when there was no expectation of oil or for $5.00 or more. THE SEASON’S BEST Priced from $3.95 to $9.95 often gets nothing for something. And even if he succeeds in obtaining that something without cost in value to himself it tarries with him only briefly and he has no real enjoyment therefrom. The adventure has been tried since very early times. ; V It is tried day by day in every way in this day ‘And no man has ever been able to make a perma- nent success’ of it. Yet there are always enough ‘uninitiated willing to go against it to keep the old institution alive and in flourishing condition, and enough of those who believe they are just a little) smarter than their predecessors and can get away with it and outwit the other fellow. a There never was anything yet, worth having, that was not worked for, traded for or bought and, Some things may have been given, but, paid for. there was in most cases some consideration along the line, and even gifts are seldom appreciated or “prized like things worked for or earned and paid for. Gifts are mostly quickly dissipated. Things of value or things desirable are so be-| cause of their scarcity. So, also, because of the human family. ossessors ,are not letting every Tom, Farry take them for nothing. even to the child mind, tho difficulty of getting something for nothing. ‘ick and Certainly, you can secure some things for nothing} through theft, swindling or other crooked means,) but then those practices are wrong and there is a penalty in the law, in your conscience, or elsewhere that you must in the end pay, so the things you| thought you secured for nothing, have cost you either all they were worth or more. No, there is no system whereby you can get some- thing for nothing, that we have ever heard of; and} if you discover it, and make it work satisfactorily, you are a real pioneer in this particular field. he world and human nature are against you, and they working together have not yet been oyer- come. Moral Might of America. —& AMERICANISM of Hiram Johnson has an appeal no one can deny. No one who loves his country would want to deny it. He brings back “the days of Roosevelt, at his best, before the days of the wreck of 1912, when the militant colonel was recalling to the minds of the people those plain and wholesome lessons forgotten by them in their pros- perity; and those plain, open and honest prac’ tices upon which American character rests. The person who believes Hiram Johnson is not a powerful force for good is foolish. And the per-| the! son who cannot in his conscience endorse straight thinking and straight talking of this Pa- cific coast senator is neither a good American nor a@ good citizen. It 1s upon the European question that Hiram} John i ticularly strong | s| ; ; go words oo straight to UL avr apred| J the students’ council of Princeton university is the way he puts one phase of it: “Tt is said that American force would never bo in practice ‘needed,’ ‘might’ of America would hold European disturbers fn awe without any use—actual or potential—of American force. Just what is it that produces this ‘moral might’ of America? “The harsh fact—which our sentimental interna- tionalists refuse to face is that the overpowering It has been tried in all times intervening. | | kind are rare indeed, choose between crime and starvation, yellow-jour- uct of our “Social System,” and that our social sys-| tem in turn is the product of our politicians, “good men and women” and preachers. Tilustrations are, cited to show that it is poverty that drives girls} and boys to crime. The assumption that poverty breeds criminality is not well founded. Those who read the newspa- pers know that crimes of violence are as often com mitted by persons surrounded by comfort and even luxury as by those who are suffering priva- tion. The story of the poor boy who steals bread to save his aged mother from starvation and goes to the penitentiary for life, or of the girl who gives up her virtue because she cannot otherwise earn n living, and is dragged to the work house for her crime ,is good demagogue stuff for penny dreadful journalism, but police authorities as well as your common sense will tell you that instances of this No one in this country need nalism to the contrary notwithstanding. Nor is it true that church functionaries, politi- covetousness and selfishness of the members of the} These things are penton ene the| That will explain, | | wi It is said that the ‘moral} cians and “good men and women” generally get ghoulish glee out of sending to jail the unfortunate victims of surroundings unfavorable to the deyel- opment of character and capacity for self-support. That sort of “bunk” may sell papers, but it is the most putrid sort of rot. Ours is not so cruel, unjust and heartless a “social system” as the penny dreadful writers would have us believe. It is possible, of course, to find an occasional case that would seem to bear out so cynical a theory, but for every such case there are a thousand where society holds out a helping hand to the boy or girl ready to choose one of the numberless opportunities for employment rather than theft or prostitution as a means of making a living. The theory that society, rather than the individual, is responsible in general for individual character is the output of a soft head rather than a soft heart. Doctrine of that kind may not be intended to destroy the fabric of society —the purpose may be only to seduce pennies from the hands of those to whom such sophistry appeals —but the overthrow of society an dtho substitution of anarchy would be the inevitable result of the general acceptance of such doctrine. For if, as the Hearst papers allege our general “social sys- tem” is the cause of criminality that it could not be too quickly or completely overthrown for the people’s good. Mr. Hearst’s papers reach millions of people. As the result of his journalistic undertakings Mr. Hearst has made a great deal of money and ac- quired a great deal of influence. Along with that lth and that influence comes a heavy responsi- bility which ought to be so fully realized that edi- torials vicious in their influence ought not be printed for no better reason than that they are as popular and as senseless as a comic supplement. Considered a Detriment. IVING the question a full year’s consideration has upheld the faculty’s expressed objection to the possession of automobiles by undergraduates. Bau- ning of machines from university circles is not recommended but the opinion is expressed that an automobile is a detriment and not a benefit to any student. Since only one per cent of the students have cars they cannot constitute a menace or a burning ques tion, but the few who are thus provided, now that and let {t go at that, with very little knowledge of how things were really running. rentals of the school sections, not a Collar is available for present vse. lions have accumu’ated at Cheyenne from this source, And this is probably true I do not know how many mil-| but it must be en-! | of the immense revenues to be de- rived from leasing these lands to oil companies, | FRANK KELLY. Arch support Oxfords in a beautiful brown kid leather—$8.95, of ninetenths of those who pay school taxes. Since last July when the writer as- sumed the duties of school treasurer of District No. 10—the Keeline dis- trict—he has learned all he-could of school laws and practices, and while he does not pore as a law-giver thero are a number of things that the aver- age voter should know and of which! many are in ignorance, having no op. portunity to find out. In this article it is the purpose of) the writer to make known some im- portant facta in a series of questions! and answers Q.—Does the lease money pald tho) state for school sections 16 and 36, in each township go into the interest and income fund and then directly to the support of the public schools? A.—No, it does not. It goes into what is calied the permanent school fund and the interest on this only goes to the school districts, Q.—Will you show by compartson with a settler’s school taxes which 0 direct to the support of the pub- Me schools, what an adjoining school section’ is paying? A.—A school section rented tn this township for, I think, $60 per year. If this $60 were placed immediately by the state at 6 per cent interest the public schools would receive $3.60 per year from the interest and in- come fund. As a matter of fact, much of this school money cannot be loaned at once, and the banks pay a very low rate for it, often as law as 2 per cent. As this shows, the school section is paying into the immediate support of the schools not more than the sum of $3.60 or actually much less, while ja half section farm adjoining, includ: ing improvements and personal prop- erty valued at $510 making a total valuation of $2,440, pays a Ctrect school tax of $20.70, If this settler owned a full section of 640 acres, he would pay $41.40, in comparison with the school section's tax of only $3.60 per year. This ‘s one reason why school taxes bear so heavily on the actual settler, the business man and every taxpayer in ‘Wyoming. Q.—I understand that the state de- rives a large income from ofl royal- ties and bonuses on school lands that it leases to off companies and this money {s sent out to our public schools through county and school istrict treasurers, and is a great) help. A—Yes, the state derives a large income from oll royalties on school ormous, as a statement from A. Baker, commissioner of public lands, in answer to an inquiry, says: “The receipts of oil royalties trom school lands from October 1, 1921, to mber 30, 1922, amounted to $1.363,221.61"" The above figures from Mr. Baker aro for one year only, and how many mill'ons have been accumulated from this fund in past years I do not know —It must be a very large sum, not one dollar of which is used to take the turden from the taxpayers. Q—Why doesn't the legislature pass a law to distribute this money to the public schools and so decrease schoo! taxes? A—Two years ago they did pass such a law—that is to distribute half of this fund, to the schools by placing it in the interest d income fund, but the attorney General held that this law was unconstitutional and so these millions are piling up in the state treasiry while heavier and heavier taxes are imposed on the people. Q—Was the attorney general cor rect? A—Wthout a doubt he was right. The state constitution expressly pro vides that all mon s 4 farmer’s key ‘to growing with > the least risk. Use * “Perfegro” Seeds for the | best field or garden prod- ucts. Special prices will be gladly given—or our 1923 booklet mailed you on request—FREE. De Rogiy, Moutan Siz 6 Meet Me at the MINSTREL Given by the Business and Professional Women’s Club, ELKS’ AUDITORIUM FRIDAY, JAN. 26 Spring opening today a COMMERCIAL TAILORS Come Up a Flight of Stairs and Save $10.00 will be here with 500 new spring fabrics. nd tomorrow. Roy Ruby the faculty and the governing body have both pro nounced against them all feel themselves under rather an obligation to change their habits. One would not be unreasonable to inquire if par ‘moral might’ of America is only a polite phrase| for the overpowering physical might possessed by'| the United States and available to the United| States government in the enforcement of its govern: mental will, whether in the Western hemisphere or| "ts generally might not be ied by these Princeton on the Rhine. | decisions seriously to ponder whether boys and fe F irls out of college get any more good or any le: “The situat hen, e tw > | Kir: ) go y less vitals to Ga, accounting one mspect which Europe! harm from the unsupervised uso of automobiles than do college students. A vehicle that so tempts to violations of law and propriety might well be | restricted even more closely than state and local ordinances do to control by adults. Not all of the enter into political agree nents, is as follows nents with European “Europe is unable by its own force to maintain peace within its own borders and it summons the! latter, by any means, show the amount of judg- the actual force or the potential force—the| ment that is desirable in all motoring folk, but force exercised or the force threatened—of America.| boys and girls are almost sure to lack it. | : It is shocking \t is an_appalling—conclusion.| As a substitute for open-air exercise automobil t means the abdication of Europe and its physical| ing develops no muscles, does not expand the lungs xuardianship by America. J am unable to beli and costs a lot of money, Whut it does do every that Europe actually wants that guardianship, and body knows, and it is much more than gets inio ly persuaded that it did ac 1 ‘ : pve’ I were fina . eyen if ahi: tally the record of accidents. BILL FARMER | 243 South Center—Upstairs THE AMERICAN LEGION NOW! New shades of gray and tan FOR STREET OR DRESS FREE - Silk Hose -- FREE The Specialty Boot Shop Second Floor, O-S Bldg. Phone 1842-W Keeline, Wyo. es Proof. | I asked her if she rolled ‘em; | She eyed me with a frown. | AnG said I asked more questions | Than any man in towa, | “Though lots of girlies roll 'em, I never do," she sighed; Just then she took a troliey, car, | And now I know ake lied. Edgar Daniel Kramer. WHO KILLED “KOONA DICK?” A great fortune—the happiness of a splendid girl— the honor of a brave man—all hung on the solution of the mystery that makes : “The Lady of | North Star” A tremendous novel. Here's a tale far beyond the or- dinary. Unusual plot unfolds ina way that keeps the reader fascinated—speculating on its outcome: And its author, ‘ OTWELL BINNS Paints a vivid picture of the Northland such as only one who has lived there can do. Begin this story TO- DAY and read it every day in the Daily and Sunday Tribune