Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1924, Page 8

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IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR TRIBUNE. n't find your Tribune after looking care- all 15 or 16 and it will be delivered to you 1 messenger. * Register complaints beforo 8 after subscrip- tion b The Court House Question | Tuesday March fourth, the people of} . tion On Natrona county ate to vote upon a proposi submitted to them by the board of county com- missioners, whether or not they are willing to bond themselves in the sum of five hundred | thousand dollars for the purpose of building a new court house on the west side of the prop-| erty included in the present site, and to aban- don and remove the present building and open | North Center street to public travel. Those entitled to vote on the proposal must | be taxpayers of the county and must have in} their possession, when offering their vote, a tax/ receipt, showing their right to cast a ballot. ‘ So far as can be learned public opinicn is not for the bonding, nor for the location. The people seem unwilling to obligate themselves in the creation of any public indebtedness that would increase their taxes in a time which calls} for tax reduction and retrenchment in public | expenditures. This idea is apparently firmly | fixed in the public mind. ¢ s To most people, the idea of locating a public building like a county court house, expected to answer public needs for the next fifty years in the midst of storage warehouses and railroad spurs, is abhorrent. The most favorably considered plan is to await the willingness of the city to join in the construction of a combined City and County building commensurate with the needs of the largest and most important city and county in the state. A building that would fulfill all urposes for many years in the future. a It should also et remembered in connection with voting upon the proposal, that those who favor the bonding and building will go to the polls and vote, but those who are not in favor must also attend the election and vote their sentiments, or the ayes will have it. 'A Friendly Suggestion ‘While we do not aspire to direct the fortunes of the Democratic party, out of pure friendli- ness, in the hour of that party’s humiliation in the disgrace that has fallen upon its leading candidate for the presidency, we would like to introduce for its prayerful consideration a can- didate that will measure up in the respects others have fallen down. He is a lawyer and former cabinet member in the late Democratic national administration. And by the way was one of the few cabinet members of that time who did not fall victim to the seductions of Mr. Doheny or Mr. Sinclair. He even declined a retainer to represent the latter in his Teapot negotiations. Possibly it happens that if the Democrats have lost a candidate through the oil scandal they have found a better ons. ‘We have the pleasure of introducing Mr. Bainbridge Colby to the inspectors of presiden- tial timber, on the other side. It will be found, after examination, that Bainbridge Colby was a Republican until 1912, a leading Roosevelt Progressive from 1912 to 1916, and a Wilson Democrat from 1916 to the present time. He probably could not pass an examination by Mr. Bryan on prohibition. As Secretary of State he made a creditable, if not He lives in New York, was born in Missouri and is in his fifty-fifth year—which seems to be the ideal age of a pres- | ter of interstate commerce by conveying | decisively stated by an authority so eminent | brainstorms and wholly irresponsible to them- | genial and grinned like a Chesire cat,” and in- flour or a loaf of bread that his family may ex- ist but who gets the limit of the law while the wealthy crook or the high official goes free, or to a cell with rugs and dra; until he can be pardoned, will continue to make Reds. Until | examples are made of big as well as small crim- inals, then, and only then, can be stamped out the Red and his disorganizing ideas. As long as a majority of our citizens who are entitled to vote fail to do so and take no interest in matters of a political nature it will be poss- | ible for men who are capable of grafting to get | into office. In the last analysis such rotten- | ness as most of us complain of can be traced to the fact that when men known by the public; to be unfit seek office that same public many times calmly votes them in. Horse Sense In the Courts Federal Judge Faris of the St. Louis dis- trict, specializes in dispensing dicta from the} bench which are compacted with common sense. He sentenced a defendant to a three year prison term, who had made a stolen motorcycle a mat-| it There was across the river to another state. | set up in behalf of the defendant an urgent plea that he was a helpless victim of kleptomania. Upon the occasion of pronouncing sentence, the court said: “I’ve been informed that you are suffering from a mental disease called kleptomania. I am not a physician, but I have a right to ex- press the opinion that there is no such disease. Kleptomania is a fashionable way of excusing larcenous behavior.” If not in contempt of this honorable court, and in no manner detracting from its dignity, we rise to propose three long, loud and vigorous cheers for a sentiment of this sort so clearly and as Judge Faris. Numbers of recent juries try- ing cases of plain murder have evinced a dispo-| sition to pay small heed to expert testimony that the men they found guilty were the victims of| seives or society for their conduct when their passions ruled their action. The revival of horse sense among the juries, and its execrise upon the bench by jurists of the calibre of Judge Faris are among the more hopeful indications of a better enforcement of the law. Doheney’s Blue Eyes So it seems that Mr. Doheny exercised a hypnotic influence over Mr. George Creel. The} oil magnate had “the clearest blue eyes” Mr. | Creel had ever seen. It only required one glance to do the business. He took the ten thousand dollars offered him as an annual retainer. No doubt he earned the money; but after a time he quarreled with his employer and threw up his job. Then Mr. Doheny employed him again by proxy. But in spite of his blue eyes, when he “came up very formed Mr. Creel that he was on the payroll again, that invaluable publicity agent resigned for the second time. The blue eyes had lost their power to charm. It all seems most interesting. That Mr. Creel should not have realized ‘the object of Mr. Doheny in employing him, especially when he asked him to approach Secretary Daniels in the matter of the oil leases, borders on the amazing at least Mr. Doheny must certainly possess the deadliest eyes in the whole republic. Softens Intolerance The radiophone may be bringing about a new understanding and tolerance, grauually wipe Thrift in for the supremacy of America in the world can be attributed ‘to the home life of its people. The strength of a nation from time immemorial has been founded upon the strength of the home and the character and thriftiness ‘of those who dwell there- in, When we speak of thrift it does not mean that a man must “save first and live afterwards,” but that he should save and live at same time in a sane, systematic manner. The man who does not provide to the best of his ability for those who are dependent upon him fs not the ideal head of a family nor the best kind of American citizen. Such a man has not placed a true value upon his own life or upon his home or considered the obli- gations of his present opportunity. He does not perceive the need to provide for the days which have not yet dawned; neither does he understand the relation of the pres- ent days to the days yet to come. He lacks both vision and clearness of thought. His present inaction will bring future loss and dismay to the members of his family and to himself in his old age, It is only fair that under present conditions a husband at marriage should protect his wife and his prospecive family by insurance or some similar means, Such an act is the beginnig of family thrift and contentment. By this act, which is open to all, the home and the fam- ily can be cared for and perpetuated asa valuable asset for the commun- ity and a great joy to those whom he loves. In ever-increasing num- hers persons are realizing that the cost of this protection is as legiti- mate in the expense account as any of the items that go to make up the family budget. Providing for the future of their children is one of the most tmport- ant duties of every parent, and fath- ers and mothers may well consider the greater part which this form of permanent protection offers as an aid in the training of their boys and girls. It is wise for parents to see to it that very early In life their children begin to accumulate finan- clal resources for themselves through this medium. These resources are. to be accumu- lated for the purpose of meeting the rsponsibilities of life and at the same time providing the money needed to protect themselves in their old age. In carrying out the idea of thrift the United States One of the outstanding reasons| has taken the form of protection children should be taught at an ear- ly age the difference between lia- bilities and assets, and they should know the value of assets and the burden of liabilities. The properly trained child often, If not always, Proves to be a very valuable asset to the parents themselves in their old age. Every business man holds a cer- tain relationship to his business more or less valuable, accarding to the service which he is able to render to that business. Generally his value is in, proportion to his Position with the company, and the greater is the loss to the business when death calls him. In _this relation the thrift idea to the business by the insurance of the Ife of ths key man. No mat- ter how solid may be the founda- tions of a business, his loss is often irreparable, and in this case people wonder if the institution is to con tinue as an aggressive solvent fi- nancial concern or whether the cred- it and the good will of the business are too shaky. Out of this often comes great loss to the interested families and persons and to the cor- poration if disposal of the business becomes a necessity. In such cases the corporation !s made the beneficiary of the protec- tion on the life of the key man, and this form of thrift fs rapidly grow- ing all over®the country until it is today considered to be the best safeguard against losses growing out of the death of this man, wheth- er he be president, marager, sup- erintendent, expert or other officer or worker. There is no escaping the part which this form of protection is playing in the lives of all far-sighted business men today. It has-been said that a good business man thinks 20 years ahead Of his time and when either the man in business or the head of the home looks far enough ahead to prepare for any continge! cles by systematically saving he is carrying out the thrift idea in the most practical form. In the insurance form of thrift, statistics show us that there are at the present time in this country $58,000 000,000 worth in force, with $9,000,000,000 of assets, the sole property of the insured. When these figures are considered it is readily seen how the legal reserve relates itself to American. business life. The money intrusted to these in- stitutions can not be invested in any manner at all, but is limited by law in very much the same way that thq investments of savings banks are limited. These vast in- vestments, however, cover all per- manent constructive and safe enter- prises, which include mortgages on business proper- county and city bonds, public ser- industrial sgcurities, stock of banks, trust companies, insurance com- panties and real estate. Still another form of thrift Mes in providing for the inheritance taxes, an interesting study in itself, but one which has been sadly ne- glected until the last few years. Out of the estates of 100 men in New York recently analyzed those under -500,000 suffered a shrinkage of a little more than 14 per cent, and those over that sum had a shrinkage of a little more than 22 per cent. expense, the responsibility and t detail entailed in settling an estate, and this shrinkage is now protected by the thrifty through insurance against it. President Coolidge has this to say of this form of combined protection and thrift: “This is the modern method by which men make t uncertain cer- tain and the unequal equal. Sf the means by which success is al- most guaranteed. It is part char- ity and part business, but it 1s all common sense. Through its oper- ation the strong contribute to the support of the weak and the weak “secure, not by favor, but by right, duly purchased and paid for, the support of the strong. Every pol- icy is a declaration of independence, a charter of economic freedom. He who holds one has overcome ad- versity. “The principle upon which this Proceeds is very plain. It has its foundation in thrift. Every one knows that it is not what is earned but what {s saved that measures! the difference between success .and failure. This ‘is a difference so slight from day to day as to seem unimportant and of no consequence but in the aggregate, even in the course‘of a few years, it amounts to a sum of great importance, “The ability to save is based en-) tirely upon self-control, and the possession of that capacity ts the| main element of character, It passes at once over into the realm of good citizenship.” Lines And Angles BY TED OSBORNE Ode on a Whisky Flask. ‘Very; Much After Keats. still unconscious cause of quietness, Of funerals and music in slow time; Bringer of bitterness, thus express Your tragic tale far better than our rhyme: What thrilling romance do you hold within Thy corked-up neck? What awful tragedy Of life and love, and broken heart and will? What perjury? What murders, bribes, and sin? And tell me, are you whisky as you claim to be, Or just the product of an out- law's still? Thou who “canst Untasted Iquors are sweet, but those I taste Are sweeter; therefore, not, but drink. Glass upon glass I drain, and in my frantic haste I do not stop to reason or to think Of your effect on me. enthrall Me, and I raise my voice in honest praise, And care not if you bring me Joy or woe. For Prohibition blinds us, and nowadays “Booze is lquor, that fs all We know of you, and all we need to know: I pause For you Uquor booze”— New Evidence. Judge—‘Why do you want a hew trial?” Lawyer—“On the grounds of new-! out creedal lines which are the causes of dis- unioh and disagreement among Christians. All believe in the same God, all in the same Christ, but on minor considerations of doctrine the var- ious churches dissent. Now with dozens of broad- casting stations transmitting each Sunday the church services of varying denominations and creeds the Congregationalist listens in on the Methodist and the Christian Scientist becomes a silent participant in Catholic services. The radio is destined to play a great part in the fu- ture affairs of mankind, but if it does this thing, if it removes, the inconsequential barriers which separate Christian denominations from one an- ener it will achieve its highest service to man- inc. Did We Have a Delegate? In Mr. McAdoo’s condu: con- vention held in Chicago the other rea] it is claimed that some six hundred delegates attend- ed from forty states. Since no roster has been made public, we will have to take somebody's word for the attendance. The number of those present however, is in- consequential in comparison with the fact whether or not the state of Wyoming was repre- sented and by whom? We are a bit cur ious upon that particular point. It would scarcely be fair unless naval oil re serves one and two, were present and voting and idential candidate. If the Democrats intend to play up Teapot Dome as their leading issue, there’s nothing to prevent Bainbridge Qolby from filling all required specifications. Go To the Root The Teapot affair, let us hope, will in the end serve a good purpose, in making unpopular in public life, one type of men who have edged into public office and come to have charge of big enterprises. + Heretofore the people have regarded men i public officee, and especially cab- as being absilutely above tempta- tion. They have looked upon most of the cap- tains of industry as high class and honorable men. The oil disclosures have come as a shock, not so much because of the sums of money} involved in some of the”transactions but as to} the moral letdown by public men in permitting | + their honor to be trailed in the mire. aeae Graft has been known in city, county and state governments, but in the generak govern: ment we have thought it to be quite clean and! free from even suspi | Good citizens evérywhere deplore rottenness. | They’ want to feel that their public busines and interests are and honorable hands. They dislike to think, that nd better can be done, | in a country filled with honest men and women, than to turn af » such Benedict | Arnolds as we h Unless, either the government people rise, to correct the rupt practices itself, or the possibly number three was equally entitled to Raver aoe a e have not heard of any Democrat sli out of the state for Chicago at about ‘eae the ratification meeting was held. Those inter- ested in oil matters hereabouts can furnish no enlightenment, so we presume the matter of Wy- oming’s part in the conyention will remain a dark secret. Not So Foolish _ It may be that the foolish virgins are to be vindicated after resting long years under the adverse criticism of the world. - They have been held up to blame, if not to scorn for not having provided themselves with oil for their lamps upon a certain important occasion. While it has always been regarded as a grave oversight to be without oil on the approach of the bridegroom, yet we seem now to have reached a point in human progress when to be without oil is a matter for commendation. The foolish ones of yesteryear, are the wise ones of today. Thus has long delayed vindication finally come. Suppose for instance that the great Senator Walsh and others succeed in their declared purpose of cancelling the Teapot lease to Mr. Sinclair, what in thunder will the government do with it? They have made such a white ele phant out of this naval reserve, no one will want anything to do with it. It has been discovered, by those prying into that have grown up in public affairs and the traitor as well as the thief is properly punished the cry that the poor man who steals a sack of e public affairs that Mr. Dougheny was not GF Econsmical Transportation CASPER Nolan Chevrolet Company GLENBROOK Wood & Anson DOUGLAS RIVERTON Scott Garage among those present at the rece: Mc rally, at Chicago. ene ee WORLAND Washakic Motor On. GREYBULL Graball Auto Co ‘The Quality Car Not alone for every-day utility does Chevrolet represent the world’s lowest- priced quality car. It also meets the requirements of particular people for those social and sport. occasions when artistic proportion, high-grade coach work, and handsome finish are in har- mony with the time and place. 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