The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-23
JUDGE Of FUTURE Will
BE MAkY-S|DEO EXPERT
THINKS ]. {. ROBINSON
Justice Elect Predicts Jurist Will
Be Alienist and Philan.
a"s thropist


E. Robinson yesterday.
There was under discussion the
general increase throughout the coun'
try of insanity and degeneracy, and
there was advanced the need of some
legal means OF preventing the repro
duction of detectives.
~ have always believed that a
remedy for insanity will be found in
time," said the justice.elect. 1--WE
have made great strides in our treat
ment of those mentally defective. We
still permit them to remain too much
of a burden upon the state. The av-
erage, patient would be better off If
some profitable occupation could be
found for him, and believe there is
some one thing which every insane
person can do and do we'll. Perhaps
we shall in the future devote more
time to a study of the peculiarities of
the insane, with a view to developing
some particular useful bent which we
are almost certain to find in every
victim, of dementia. -
Jurists Are Ignorant. .-.
"The average jurist is, after all, a
very ignorant man. He knows the
law, or pretends to, or honestly be-
lieves that he does. But he doesn't
know enough of his fellow man; he
is not familiar enough with the arts
and the sciences; with the practical
trades; he doesn't know enough, as a
rule, OF the average man and woman;
Of their aspirations; their point of
view. Hemmed in at every side by
the written law, we are too much
inclined to ignore the higher law
the rights of every man and woman.
Sometimes, we even go to the point
where we place written law and pre-
cedent above sound. common sense.
But, we are progressing. We are, at
least, not standing still. And per-
haps the time is not far distant when
we will find the key to simple Justice,
which is, after all, that thing in whose
interests all laws are, presumably,
written" tif -.
CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER.
J. p. Tucker of the state board Of
regents. Office will spend Christmas
with his mother at Devils Lake.
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ST. PAUL FOR CHRISTMAS.
Miss Mabel @Amiot of the secre-
'tary Of states office will spend Christ.
mas in st. Paul, with her mother.
GOES TO NORWAY. Z
L. J, Siljan, editor of the NOrmand.
en-, is in the Capital City. It is re-
ported that Mr.. Siljan soon is to
leave Grand Forks for Norway, where
he has accepted the editorship of
famous political journal.
- SPECIAL FOR BRANCHES. d
Owing to a complete disregard for
schedules upon the part of Northern
Pacific trains Nos. z and 8, a special
has run, from Mandan to Bismarck
and return for the accommodation of
patrons of the branch lines. u
" "elLlY" KRAFT HERE.
BILLY" Kraft, one of the Northern
Pacific's travelling business.getters,
has been in the Capital City for =
few days, spying out the land. Mr..
Kraft Is about to move. from Fargo
to JaEestoWr. Which will be This
headquarters in the future. -,
MUSIC ~ CORRESPONDENCE.
{. Music by, mail Is to be taught by
the North American School of ,Mu-
sic,y incorporated in the secretary of
states office this week. Williston is
the home Office. and Sydney l.. Parry
SEVERN M. Severson and Fred H.
Smith the incorporators H .%3.}f
r ~ k3%$X q - =, ats$ G#
NEW WHOLESALE BRANCH. II
An important new member Of Bis
marck's fast growing agricultural i'm
plement jobbing family is branch
house of the Dauch, Manufacturing
company OF .Sandusky, O., featuring
the sSandusky farm tractor, c. w.
.Wambaugh, agent for the southwest
ern quarter Of North Dakota, is now
seeking suitable salesrooms.
GET ACQUAINTED MEETING.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall,
President Lewis Crawford of the state
board of regents and some 20 men,
bers Of the state legislature from the
northwestern quarter of the state par
ticipated ina get acquainted" meet
ing at the Minot Normal this week.
Hail., Crawford and pretty much
everyone else, had something compli-
mentary to say of the Normal, and a
good time was had by all.
p elcoEsr BUSINESS VET.
B. E. Jones, Bismarck agent for The
New York Life Insurance company,
is in receipt of a statement to the ef.
feet that the company's paid up bust
ness for the present year, $4,000, 800
in round numbers, is the greatest in
the history of its operations in North
Dakota. The North Dakota branch
Office was established at Grand Forks
eight years ago. The company has
found North Dakota an excellent field
for investment. and during the last
year it returned to this state in death
claims loans to policy holders, city
and farm loans, $76,GO1 in excess OF
the premiums collected.
AN ALL-ARoUNp MAN.
There is a general impression at
the capitol that Governor-elect Fra
zier has picked winner in his pri-
vate secretary, N. A. Mason of VIM
bledon. Mr.. Mason speaks five Ian
guages, Norwegian, German, Ohioan,
1owan, Dakotan and plain American.