Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1923, Page 22

PAGE SIX elasper Sundap sporning Crivune oming), Postoffice as second class November 1916 or, HONES ing All Departments President and Editor Bldg. ew Moi the Dails Oe Boston the tion in advance a ivery after subscrip' Member of Audit Cireniation (A. B. ©.) Kick If You Dont t Your Tribune, or me bets ¢ ) and § o'clock p. m: aper will be Ce ft your duty to | | IN THE UNION ALNNOD LS3YVNOS 3HL NI | | Where Do You Live? YKILL can build a house but it requires the serv ices of the master architect Love, to build a home. Did you ever stop to think of how many of the pretentious mansions of the world are miscall-/ ed by the sacred title of home? Not all of course, | Dut many of them. Where the fathers and mothers are too occupied by other interests, mostly selfish ones and outside ones, to make the home what it should be. : . To be a home, there must be more than furniture | and fixtures and food and luxuries. There must | be children or it can seldom be a home. | There can be no grouchy impatient head of the| family,: too absorbed in his newspaper to listen sympathetically and understandingly to the things that are a part of childhood; nor no mother crab: bed and nagging, too tired to take a part in the interests and the wants and needs of a lit- or a little boy There must be le real genuine love, not the outward similitude of it. It must be between the parents. If it is there it is among the children. It is in the daily life of the family. It is not as- sumed or pretended for the benefit of company nor to fool the neighbors. It is there as the coner- stone and foundation of the home, and any mere structure that rises upos any other foundation is not a home. It is a place to live. A shelter from | the rain, where the occupants are but little botter | than strangers and have but little more in common. | Do Them All the Time ERETOFORE we have been running largely to| weeks. For instance “clean up wek,” “patnt | the barn week,” “set the hen week,” “pay your debts week,” “kiss your wife week,” go to church | week,” “scrub the porch week,” “wash your feet | week,” and so on for a string of weeks running into months. We do these things in a hectic week and then lay off. The question naturally arises, if these things are worth a week's effort and are as good as the propaganda leads one to believe, why are not some of them good for regular three: hundred-and4ixty-five-days-in-the-year practice? If it is a good thing for a man to clean up his surroundings and make them look spic and span for a week, why would it not be better to keep things in that condition for fifty-two weeks. And if there is any virtue in going to church for a eek, | why not be a regular attendant? Then, again, if kissing your wife for a week improves things at home, is there any reason why kissing her’ every day would not be a whole lot better than the way | you are doing. . So, if washing your feet for a week contributes to sanitary improvement can any objection lie against more frequent practice for the remainder of the year? The trouble with us all is, that we want to doa thing all at once, with a great hurrah, with no} thought of upkeep. | Everyone of the projects named and many more| im addition that could be named, are desirable. They are worth the effort we put into them. But they are worthy of more permanency, more con- stancy. They should not be allowed to lapse after a week’s devotion. They should become fixed hab its the year through, and then we would not be call-| ed upon at some inconvenient time to do the whole; job at once, or in the short space of a week. | By far the better plan, is to do the things you| should do all the t'gne; and not wait for the neigh-| bors to drum you up by means of a brass band to do them in a hurry. Action Desired of will agree party that action way or rhe pr id comprehensively affiliation, the whole congress should take the other on the me dent stated the matter when he said: to itself, to the executive branch rnment and to the Ame n public some Mere ance by prolonged de- ‘ark of impotence on a vitally important question, 1 plead for a decision, If there is a favor-| able majority, the bill should be enacted. If a mi jority is opposed defeat will be decisive | Action one way or the other is what the country wants. A congress that can’t act is about as irri tating as an automobile that won't run. Take It From Them ROCR wealthy society men in New York were sen - fenced to fc bootlegging. 1 thirty thousand case 80 per and their court was harsh on them. In addition sentence they should have been f their profit and not pert with their ill-gotten gains A-profit of $2,400,000 for } EGARDL’ country decisive chant n tersely “Congre: of the gove decisive bate is wetion, ave il on conviction of old abgut 1 profit of about friends thought the to the jail ned the amount of itted to get away of lique at 8 of ; the Greece, France and Poland. | the American people was unquenchable.” the country and pandering to a vicious habit is wo much velvet for these scoundrels. $600,000 a month for the four months in jail doing nothing is more than they could earn in many years at honest work or business, { The big und prominent law breakers who in- dulge in these nefarious practices should not only be jailed but stripped of the proceeds of their crimes. oO News From the Commissary [Ast YEAR fourteen million Russians had to be fed io prevent them from starving. This year the total is eight million. Probably the United States will be looked to for the bulk of the food- stuffs. Meanwhile the Soviet army is ready to as- sist the Turks against the Greeks or to help Ger- many in ot a renewal of the war against France. ‘The food denied to the Russian peasants is requisitioned to keep the Soviet army in the field. Foodstuffs sent from this country to supply di ency is a direct aid to the enemies of nas No One Preventing Him HE CHAILAIN of Columbia University says it would be a practical application of the charity of Abraham Lincoln to remit the allied debt to this country. He is wrong... The transaction would in- volve breaking faith with every taxpayer and Lib- erty bond owner in the country, and the saddling of an additional burden of $11,000,000,000 upon the public treasury. That was not Lincoln’s brand of Americanism, neither did he extend charity at the expense of his countrymen. If the learned Colum bia divine wishes to do his part toward the can cellation of the debt he can send his Liberty bonds to any of the debtors governments, but he should not urge others to do the same. — Memorial to Page. i i THE IlOST of officials whom, former Pri dent Wilson appointed to place#*of responsibil ity before and during the war, the name of Walter Hines Page shines out as a brilliant exception to the mediocre ability that distinguished most of them. Mr. Page was the American ambassador London for five years, which included the enti period of the war. Although he owed his appoint: ment to Mr. W m, the fact did not deter him from expressing vigorous dissention from many of the va that marked the course of the Wilson administra- tion previous to our entrance into the war. Speaking on the subject of Mr. Page and the trying days of the war, the London Times has said this: “What he suffered was beyond the power even of his agile pen, wielded in the fullest freedom of private correspondence to express. But while his confidence in the judgment of the American govern- ment sometimes faltered, his faith in-the spirit of The “Life and Letters” of Mr. Page contain nu- merous letters that he wrote to President Wilson in those crucial times that show how his mind failed to “go along” with that of his chief in Washington. Ambasador Page made a profound impression upon the leaders of the British govern- ment, so much so that they have started a move- ment to erect a memorial to him in London, ~ | Although in this country we have witnessed an almost frantic effort to raise funds for a Woodrow Wilson Foundation, no American has seen fit to perpetuate the memory of Ambassador Page, whose chief duty was to reconcile the policies and acts of Woodrow Wilson with the facts as they were pre- sented. A Splendid Influence ILITARY discipline in the United States army under modern con ms extends not only to the enforcement of rules governing personal con: duct and fulfillment of duty but to the presery tin of health as well. There were many soldiers’ in the American army in France who criticised | the severity of some of the regulations imposed, but viewing the results in the retrospect, they and their parents have good reason to praise the efforts made to guard the nation’s defenders from a foe even worse than that bearing arms. On this fea- ture of military precaution Secretary Weeks has said: “Mothers and fathers frequently protest against | exposing their boys to the ‘dangerous’ influences | of military camps, They fear that the boys might) become dissipated. We reply to these parents that! Casner Sunday oPorning THE HUMAN ZOO City (but he didn’t). Cribune By C. D. Batchelor .| ‘The smoker is born Mating policies and the unpreparedness | In number one the fresh young man is sure he met her in the spring of 1921 at Atlantic In number two he has altogether forgotten one he really did meet. School Laws and Taxes. | In my last article I referred to the recent act of the state and commis- sion in reducing he rent of sections 36 and 16, by which the interest and income fund lo: many thousands of dollars, ull of which must be made! up by just that much of a heavy tax levy at our annual school mi ings next May. urally an act like that, headed by Gov. Ross and concurred in by the chief officers of the State, has decreased my personal confidence in their business ability to conduct these affairs to the best in: terests of the people they were elected to serve, The surfale lcasing how- ever, although involving a vast sum of achool money in the aggregate, is @ mere trifle compared with the oil leasing. One can not but wonder if the same practices prevail in that de- partment as in the surface leasing. Most taxpayers suppose that ofl land is leased by the State to tho highest’ bidder, and presumably it sometimes is but by legislative en- actment it is not necessary to do that. The board may lease it to the lowest bidder if they wish and still be within the law. In proof of th’s, allow me to quote the closing paragraph from an advertisement in a recent issue of the Casper Daily Tribune, as follows: “In deciding to offer the royalty oll for sale the Board is influenced by a desire to aid in the upbullding | of the oll industry of the State and in| considering bids that’ bid will be ac- cepted which In the opinion of the Board is in line with thfs policy. Therefore the amount offered for the oil in any proposal will not be the sole consideration in arriving at a decision. “WILLIAM B. ROSS, “Governor, President State Board Land Commissioners.” j It looks to this writer like a bad practic of | temperate life. | cordingly able to establish such a low record of the records of the surgeon general show that there is a prevalence of social diseases among the young of the governor and members of the men of our country, straight from their own homes board. In private matters one may | that constitutes a shocking menace to our national) favor his personal friends, but in existence. The influence of the military camp is, ™&tters of public moment no favorit- i poeeee - ; ism should be shown, and a law| a continual edueation against the dangers of in-| snowing that very thing appears hi ee |most unwise and the possible conse “While the soldier is in camp, he is protected in| quences to be “viewed with alarm. every possible way from these demoralizing dis-| Of course an appeal from the board's eases—by education, by disciplinary measures, and | decision may be taken to the district] by prompt treatment of those who can not resist |CoUrt but legal proceedings are ex-| . ; | pensive and usually tista to nor escape. The American army in France was ac-|}*™ ibigent casigei rents Me cone 5 + C expense against a state. disease that our allies were astonished. We have| In regard to tho recent act of Gov: continued to progress in handling this grave prob-| ernor Ross and his fellow members of lem and I believe that one of the greatest benefits | the state land board in reducing which can be conferred upon national life through | "entals, it is no doubt of little mo- military training will be the effectual control of| Teton’ f'aesing vo ea eh oe this menacing evil. The first step is to instruct) nors nttention toa law whicn te those who ‘didn’t know that.’ has evidently overlooked. | Statements of this character are sometimes ques-| In Compiled Statutes tioned by individuals who recall disease rates 222, section 609, we find: which prevailed in our armies in former wars. The| (“The said boards shall * * * lease A ;all vacant state lands und their answer, of course, is that the world has progressed. | °!)Y8esn' A tented ee During the Civil war smallpox claimed over 7,000 than of ap: soldier vietims; during the Spanish-American \ and the Philippine insurrection there were 258 is intended to protect deaths from this disease; in the World War we|the school lands from being leased lost 14 soldiers with small pox, although there were] for less than thelr real value, Tax: 4,000,000 of them {frservice. In the Civil war over| [Mine governors eapinnetion er nee 15,000 men died from malaria, while during the! point. ‘It will be especially interest- World War we lost but 25.. In the Spanish-Ameri:| ing next May the annual school can war 20,000 soldiers, or 12 per cent of the total! meetings in each district when the suffered from typhoid fever; during the World) taxpayers will be called upon to make War there were 2,000 cases, or about one-twentleth| uP the deficiency by a ae of 1 per cent. Had the death rates for typhoid in|!*SY {or the special school fund. the World War been the same as in 1898, we would! grnor and other members of the hacd have lost 60,000 soldiers from this alone—more hoard may be induced to reconsider than we actually lost from all diseases. their action in this matter and at Truthfully, it may be pointed out to the great. least restore the rental to its formor credit of the American army in the cleaning up! Mure. The law quoted above has of Cuba subsequent to the Spanish-American war NO Penalty attached for its violation, that island was cleared of yellow fever from which | tho pr ; it had suffered for tury and a hb and in} obtigator our experience in building the Panama nal that its re territory was converted from a pestiferous district | ¢" of this law would to a region of health and safety. | hundreds of thousands of dollars . A a Ithe fund for the immedi Most any itterest, public or private, could, so our schools, and gre: far as health and sanitation are concerned, take! Qvorpurdened tax « leaf from the American army's book of methods i has no dou with great profit, reader that our at Jaekd bidder on a matter of mere opinion | 1910, page! ot fi the at S01 lature t board to ot ulrements in the fut a cer serve The nd to cement the present time is largely bureau- cratic. Propositions involving mil- ons of dollars have been turned over to boards and commissions to adjudicate according to their indivi- dual jugment with little safeguards for the public interests. é ~~ FRANK KELL. Keeline, W. eg Amendicitis “With the opening of the next ses- sion of congress wil! come the time for all good men to rush to the aid of the Constitution,” says the Spring- field Union.” That is, provided there are any good men that are without designs on this famous document. Never in ‘all its history has it been threatened as it now i impression seems to prevail that this is an open season on the Constitu- tion, and that everyone is privileged to take a shot at it. More than fifty Proposed amendments are in the works, and the number {s increasing day by day. Considering the fact that the venerable instrument which in fact, the! | forms the foundation of our govenn-! ment and our laws has managed to pull through 136 years with only nineteen amendments, this, sudden outbreak of amendicitis is nothing short of appalling. ve “The proposed amendments aim to cure everything from divorce evils to ! | _ By the Sea I stand alone by the sea And hear the mad angry roar Of the soldiers of the deep As they charge against the shore. Slyly they reach out for me. With hands that are wet and cold— Slim fingers tear at my heart— ° , Soon, now, the tale must be told. Bolder and witder they grow; One, a petrel on his crest, Pulls me down, I slip and fall— Fall into Eternal-rest. E. Richard Shipp. Wants Laws Published. Ed'tor Tribune: I'am a reader of your paper-and am also a_ public school teacher. I wish that you would kindly publish the more important laws that are or will be passed by our Present state legislature after they have completed this term. To have these more important new laws printed will be a great help to the children of Wyom!ng who are pre- paring to take the eighth grade ex- amination next spring, as one or more of their examination questions will be based on some of these new laws en- acted by the last leg'slature. Vv. W. BROTHERS. Clark, Wyoming. There were more than four hundred the extra-priviliged status of women. |"¢W measures introduced in the pres- Every senator or congressman with a ent legislature, a number of them will head has incorporated it into Some ancient document, but are preparing to fire broadsides of amendments. This is especially true of the new them hailing from the. backwoods, naturally regard themselves as ex- perts in Constitution-tinkering. “One thing, however, which will strike some observers as very strange is the omission of what seems to be the most important and, indeed, nec- essary amendment of all, jarticle to be tacked on to the poor,| | cowering Constitution, | not satisfied to take one shot at the to turn down the “highest members of congress, who, some of} an amend-| adjournment of the legislature, \tad, hobby or a reform idea in his fall by the wayside, yet quite a large ¥ an Percentage, say even 50 per cent, will) Some of these bills are become law. are | duite lengthy and a number of them| would occupy several columns space in a newspaper {f reprinted. A brief synopsis of the laws passed is publ'shed from time to time as the governor signs them and on adjourn- ment a list of the laws passed is pub- lshed by the da'ly newspapers of the state, laws passed wohld require the entire space of an issue of the Tr'bune. Any law or nuber of Jaws your school may be interested in could be obtained through the secretary of state after ‘The of ment requiring candidates and pros-|hest way to obtain such information pective candidates for pass an intelligence test With such an amendment adopted and rati- fied there might still be some hope for the poor old Constitution.” congress tOlas you desire is, however, to await the publication of the year book con- taining the complete laws as passed. This you can also obtain through the WRIST WATCHES These dependable little timekeepers haye already proved their popularity and absolute worth. They make very desirable gifts and will go on keeping perfect time long after the price has been forgotten. Our assortment is most complete. JOS. . SCHWARTZ QUALITY JEWELRY IRIS BUILDING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1923. Smokers Born to Trouble. to trouble. Sparks fall, burning nice round holes in his clothes. Ashes fall either on his coat or on the floor and his wife! objects to both. Then there ts the matter of matches. It isn't a ight one. The question of where they go occupies some of the finest minds to the almost complete exclusion of everything else. You have, perhaps, reached that stage of the day where there is noth- ing you really have to do. You change shoes for slippers, You take off your coat and put on a robe. You tnrow your collar in one corner and} your tie in another. So. Then you get the chairs. There is the, sitting chair, pulled under the light at just the angle you wish. Usually you have to move a'l the rest of the furniture in the room to get it tnere, but no matter. Then the fect chair just the right distance away And another chair for the ash trdy.| And the fourth on the other side for} | the books. You ‘get out a pile of books, You clamber in. This is good! Um-m-m. You reach out for a cigar or a cigar. ette or that literary pipe. You reflect lazily tnat the gods cannot harm you as you reach for a match. It was your last chance to retain that illu- sion. You grope in the right hand p.cket of your robe for filly a minute before) yeu realize thut there is nothing in it but your hand. Automatically you| try the other pockgt. Funny, nothing there either. You examine your! pants pockets. Nothing there elther, but not so funny. Surely you aren’t going to have to set up! There must be some other way. There isn’t, of course. You swear, but ygu get up. It is harder to get out than it was to get in. You knock off the ash tray the first thing. Then you spend ten minutes among the ashes of yesterday's wor: ship of the blue smoke goddess. The matches are not in the coat you took off. Well? You remember now, thougn. ‘here's a folder in your overcoat. You stuck it there When you bought the last package. You remember perfect!y. After a search you realize you would never have recognized Mr. Ad- dison Sims. You are not, apparently,’ that sort of a man. Then you yell at your wife. Usually you are polite but this time you yell. “What did you. do with my matches?" you shout. Her answerinz voice carries an entirely uncalled for patience. “I haven't had your matches dear,” sne says. “What would I do with your matches?” Well, what wou'd she do with them? Sho doesn’t smoke. And you live tn the electric age, even cook on a grill. You try to Mght your cigarette on the electric stove. You scorch your eyelashes. At the bed you pause with your head down and emit a gasp. Isn't that a folder of matches over by tne wall? It is! Eureka! You lie down and wriggle in to reach them. You are dusty but triumphant. You open the folder. It presents a row or serried stubs where once were matches. You put your shoes on. You fina your col’ar and your tie and reunite them about your nk. You take off your lounging robe and sally out, re. turning with a carton of matches. Your wife is in the chair. Lucky person, she doesn’t smoke. The Lovely Shrew If you had wealth, full well I know What you would say to me: You'd say I loved you for the dough, And @re me disagree. Likewise I know what you would say If you'd a family iree: You'd say I loved you for the way You ruled society. Rut having only beauty, you Begin the dally spat, Declaring peevishly anew, I love not you, but that. So just a few short lines I here Obligingly indite, To say in any case, my dear, You are, or would be, right. Edward §V. Barnard. Special lot of men’s dress shoes $5.00 to $8.00 values closing out at 5. JESSEN BROS. CO. , 115 East Second Street, —Ady. ——S Haircut 40¢ — Becklinger Shop, basement. 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