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Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20
THE MOVIE AND THE
LAW.

THIS is an age Of restriction and
1 reform. Many people think
there is too much reform. Others
believe that there is not enough.
Each side can cite striking illus
trations in support of its side of
the argument. Extravagant con-
duct has aggravated good citizen
ship. The broad question of how
far you can control and make per-
sonal conduct wholesome by legis-
lation is still open for debate and
the argument continues to wax
warm.
All over the United States, as
well as in the Montana legislature,
the discussion is on how or how
much shall we censor the movies.
Here again our statement seems to
hold good-extravagant conduct
ard ,exaggeration-bad taste in
selection have annoyed many of
our best people and the demand for
better movies is passed on to the
legislature. The bill of Senator
Donlan over at Helena is only one
instance. The amusing thing about
Mr.. DOMAINS measure was that he
had to admit before he got started
that he had been SO busy with busi-
ness over in western Montana for
the last few years that he had
hardly been to a movie show. He
may have used his time to better
advantage but he wasn't the best
judge of the good and the bad as
they have been depicted recently
upon the screen in Montana.
But we are inclined to look at
this question from a little broader
viewpoint. The moving picture
has wonderfully added to our abil-
ity for forceful illustration, enter
tainment and education. The trou-
BILE is there is introduced so much
that is not true to life. too much
crime, too much unnatural mys-
terry, too much horror and woe
The question is how to get out the
bad and how to keep the good.
We are afraid that a bottle Of state
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20
BABSON AND THE
CHURCHES.

IF Babson is correct the salaries
! of the ministers should be rails
ed and those that are now paid to
the bankers can be lowered. If the
gospel that he is now preaching is
wholesome and good a great army
Of people who are giving mite
to the churches may consistently
raise their subscriptions. Another
great army is making blunder in
that they have not yet joined the
mite class.
The United States has just had
m attack Of financial and CONNER
cial grip. So the Yankee nation is
ready to consult DR.. Babson. The
noted authority on statistics has
written 4 book that is just now
available. The title is "Funda-
menta1s Of Prosperity" The cap
tion indicates just what we arc
looking for. The writer believes
that business has been built too
much upon sand and not upon a
rock. He declares that the basis of
nil prosperity is integrity, faith,
vision, industry, thrift, cooperation.
This 10 pretty nearly the code ap-
piled to business that was laid
down by the Apostle Paul for per-
sonal conduct. On one of the pages
of Mr.. Babson's book we read:
Statistics show that panies
are caused by spiritual causes.
rather than financial, and that
prosperity 10 the result OF
righteousness rather than Of
material things. Hence, the i'm
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20
OLD CUSTOMS EXIST
STILL IN T|bET0NS'
LAND, SAYSENG|NEER
Is Like Middle Ages, He De-
ciares on Return From
Thasa Farley.

Calcutta-(Corre Of the
Associated Press The first Euro
pean who has had an audience OF the
Dalai Lama of Tibet at Lhasa since
Manning in 1911 has just returned
here after two months residence IN
the forbidden land
He is j. Farley. a telegraph ca
gineer III the service of the government
ef India, who reports that the TibetarA
government is apparently anxious for
the country to be linked up by tcle-
graph with India, and there are also
faint signs, hA thinks. of desire for
Industrial advance on European lines.
"A visit to Lhasa.' he says, 'trans-
ports one straight back to the middle
ages. There is no sanitation or drain-
age in Lhasa today and il it were
not for its low temperature. owing 10
the fact that it is built on plateau
l,0oO feet high, it's 10000 inhabitants
would quickly die of typhoid fever.
THE, audience Of the. Dalai Lama
three niles outside the city. The re-
IN red and gold, with magnificent
silk canopy over the throne on
which the Lama was seated in Euro
pesn fashion. His Holiness wore IN
oriental yellow brown robe, and his
hair was done in the familiar plated
fashion of the Lamas. His salutation
took the form of placing over my
arms extended in front Of me a long
six shawl which courtesy I returned
by placing silk shawl over the arm
Of His Holiness.
The Dalai Lama's FIRST question
concerned my age, and the second my
wife's age, and he showed great in
tefest in my experiences on my jour
ney. His Holiness gave me the same
impression of gentle kindliness which
| derived from all my contact with the
TibetanS.''
Mr. Farley also visited the Council
of Shapes, as the Tibetan cabinet rs
called.
The Shapes he says, inquired
anxlously If the war were now over
and Europe at peace again. After
ward. they invited me to a 24-course 4.
lunch. The only mishap was that IN,
interpreter was SO overcome with mere
vousness that he spilled the tea in the
I1e Il p of one of the Shapes as he poured
Mr.. Farley also visited the Jo
kang, the Buddhist cathedral, where
he found bell left behind by the
Capuchin Fathers in 1745 when they
abandoned their attempt to found .
mission in Lhasa.
I'm front of the main alter" Mr..
Farley says, stand q butter lamps
Of solid gold, 10 inches high. The
figure of the Buddha is finely gildsd
aud ornamensed with gold and tur-
luoise. In a corner close to the
door. there is a large butter lamp
Of solid silver, about two feet in
diameter and three feet in height.
This lamp is literally plastered to the
wall by the filth left by millions of
pilgrims, who have been in the habit
for centuries of touching it in the
course of their devoticns."
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20
Mining Companies State Position
President Kelley Company Speaks

In Thursday mornings issue Of The
Tribune, there appeared the news re-
port OF meeting at Butte Of repre-
| sentatives Of the larger mining com
panies Of the Butte district and dele.
gates from all of the crafts affiliated
with the American Federation Of La
Dor. G. F. Kelley, president of the
| Anaconda company, was the chief
speaker for the companies. The fun
text Of his speech appears in the
Butte Miner and is published below
because it gives in detail the policy
Of the leading mining companies Of
Butte and is therefore of large gen
eral interest. Mr.. Kelley said:
Gentlemen, I want to say few
words this morning before we get
down to any concrete suggestions that
will explain to some of you the pur-
pose Of this conference The matter
came up in this way: In December,
when Mr.. Thayer was out here, after
the conference with the representa-
tives of the different organizations
employed by the mining companies of
Butte. a notice was given terminating
the contractual relations existing be-
tween the different organizations and
the mining companies, and at the end
of that time in accordance with the
notice of reduction in the wage scale
that had been made necessary by the
tremendous drop in copper prices in
the last 60 days of the closing year,
was put into effect, the notice given
and the scale reduced this month.
Some Of the international organiza-
tions, L think principally those en-
braced in the metal trades, wired their
representatives in Washington asking
them to make inquiry in connection
with the termination of the contract
and to'take up the matter of negotiat
ing a new contract with the mining
companies. Mr.. O'Connell, the presi
dent of the metal trades section of the
American Federation of Labor, wrote
me letter to which ] replied. Subse-
quently Mr.. OConnell asked if he
could see me in New York: told him
l would be very glad to see him and
he came over. That was just about
the close of December or the first Of
January.
sat that meeting Mr.. O'Connell sug-
gested that be would like to have rep
resentatiyes of the metal trades or
ganization come to New York for The
purpose of conference. l told Mr..
O'Connell that / was leaving for Ari-
zona the following week; that I would
be in Montana in the course of three
or four weeks. and that instead Of the
representatives coming to New York
would be glad to see them here.
Moreover, there would not be sufficient
time for them to get there before my
departure, so that it was arranged
that when I came to Butte l would
notify the metal trades committee and
take up the matter of conference here.
Inasmuch as the members of the or
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20

legislative medicine will not cure
the trouble. Conservative fedora
control to keep all movies clear
and respectable seems to us desir
able. On the other hand, isn't tn.
moving picture entitled to the same
highly cherished rights that pro
tect freedom of speech and the
press which were written into oul
federal constitution and have beer
put as we'll into every state con.
stitution in the country. We fine
in the Minneapolis Tribune quite
a forceful presentation of this view
which reads: ........
With the one exception of
the press, there is today no
more extensive means for the
publication Of individual SEN
tinents than the movie pic
ture screen. It's primacy as
an instrument for daily edu-
cation and influence of citizens
of all classes is second only to
that of the newspaper.
The movie picture performs
the same functions as the press.
The only difference between
the two instruments of publ
cation lie in the varying me-
chanical methods of produc-
tion and display, with compar-
ative superiority in efficiency
and merit. sometimes with the
one, sometimes with the other.
The movie portrays the event,
the story, the sentiments Of
the scenario WHITEHALL its
messages-by pictured leg
ends flashed upon the screen
and also visualizes them in ac-
ton as in life or as in the liv-
ing drama or comedy. The
press-that is the newspaper
or the printed book or pampt-
let-also conveys its messages
by published words and pic
lures, and is no more or differ
emily a publication of "senti-
@ments' than the movie, except
that its portrayal is confined to
the inmobilc lines Of the ster-
eotyped plate.
Therefore, in fact and in law
the newspaper and the movie
picture are identified by the
same classification as that
which is comprehended within
the protective prohibitions of
our constitutions against inter-
ference with the freedom of
the press In all of their legal
essentials they are the same
thing They are both "publica-
tions" by persons of their sen
timents," the right to publish
which, without pre-publication
censorship, is vouchsafed to
"all persons"
The moving picture, of course.
n the long run will have to earn
he approval of good citizenship.
There must be a control of the
movie as there is of press, but a
censorship before production is, we
hink, starting along a dangerous
pathway. Operating under such a
tatute a pointed nosed official can
.asily destroy more than he will
,e able to cure.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20

portance to industry and COM
nerce Of the forces already
mentioned. These spiritual
forces are the true fundament-
ais of prosperity. The success
of individuals the success Of
communities, the success of
nations, depends on these
fundamenta1s-integrity, faith,
industry. brotherly kindness,
and an interest in the soul Of
man. To what do we owe these
great fundamental qualities7
Statistics show clearly that we
owe them to religion. Yes, and
to the old fashioned kind of re-
lig;on Of our forefathers.
Moreover, I say this not as a
churchman. I would give the
same message if I were speak
ing to a group Of bankers or a
group of engineers. I was
first brought into the church
through the Christian Endeav-
or society, but I was really
converted to the Bible teach
ing through a study Of statis-
tics.
To religion we owe our civ
utilization, and to the church
we owe our religion. All there
is in the world today that is
worth while comes from men
filled with and from groups act
uated by these fundamentals
of integrity, faith, industry,
brotherly love and those other
factors which come only
through God. The church to-
day deserves the credit for
keeping these factors before
the world. Hence, it is evident
that the people OF America
have rot the bankers to thank
for their security and prosper
ity, but rather the preachers
and the churches. To these
men we are obligated for our
growth and development.
If these things be SO then we naJ
ave to move the churches dowl
own in our cities and the bank!
an go out upon less expensiv.
orners. At any rate it will do nc
arm to think about the gospe
ccording to Mr.. Babson on thi:
unday morning. We undoubtedly
we much to the Bible-more thar
0 any other book. The laws O.
Ioses perhaps would not cove,
II the needs of today, but they pos
essed the virtue of being strong
irect, fundamental. They do no
uffer by comparison with the bills
lat have been introduced into the
lontana legislature during the las1
wv weeks. The judges of Israel
ere mostly good men and their
isdom has been praised all down
the ages. The simple
,aching of the man who came ou,
Nazareth and who confounded
lie questioning of the elders at
erusalem with two great COM
covering conduct and
uty has not been improved by the
or the culture of any
alton. Babson believes that the
,ligion of our forefathers was
BOD for business. We have moth
lg to lose by thinking upon these
lings.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20
WARNING TO PROFI7.EERS:i
He that svitkl,oldeth corn,
- tie people shall curse him;
- but blessing shalt be upon
~ the head Of him that SELL
! sth A.-Psoverbs IL; rs.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
MINORITY REPORT.

XTHEN chairman siegfr'eo' OF
wv the senate committee appoint
ed to investigate the state high
way commission presented his ma
jority report, The Tribune said
that the resolution attached could
not have behind it any other mo-
tive except to throw mud, and that
the report itself had the appearance
of a structure upon stills. Again,
we submit, our contentious arc
abundantly proven by the minority
report given to the house by Rep
resentative Scharnikow on Friday
afternoon. The calm reviewing
statement presented by the repte-
sentative from Powell county
makes the majority report look like
80 cents-or less.
We hope every member of the
legislature will read it line by line.
It is much better thing to tie to
than the document presented by
those other gentlemen, who appar-
entity held only few desultory
meetings and were content to pre-
sent unsupported accusations which
are amazingly like in diction to
the charges that have been flying
around the lobby Of the hotel for
the last year and a half. Indeed,
we would not be surprised to learn
that the most of the Investigation
for this report was done at the
hotel, as there is little evidence of
acquaintance with the figures that
could have been found at the Of
fices Of the state highway COM
mission. AS we said before, this
first report was politics, not bust
ness-and small politics at that. A
remarkable eagerness for action
was displayed. Mr.. Scharnikow
says his name was signed to the
majority report without authority
when he was sick in bed. It would
be interesting to know who did the
signing.
Now this whole matter is in tho
hands of the legislature. The in
fluence Of The Tribune probably !
Is not large. All any right-minded
newspaper or person would ask is
what President Story pleaded for
in the senate the other day-a
square deal. 1t will be an unfor-
tunate chapter in the highway his
tory Of Montana if legislative ac-
ton is not shaped to conform to
such reasonable treatment. If any
other course is taken the men who
refuse to stand for this square deal
will not profit by what they do.
This minority report goes into
careful review of the conditions
under which the highway commits
sion has worked during the past
year, and makes suggestions for
efficiency, some of which are
surely wholesome, and all Of them
are evidently made as result Of
real investigation If this be so
they are entitled to attention and
consideration by the legislature.
We note that a three-man COM
mission is recommended instead oJ
4 one-man commission. This, too,
we believe, is wise. It surely is
the sentiment in this part of the
state At any rate, we are not yet
ready to place so much power in
the hands of one man. There is a
safety in three that feels good just
now. .... .0.M
Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-20
What Must Be Done.

"These conditions brought about a
situation where it was absolutely nee
essary to reduce expenses in every
possible way, and it brings about a sit
uation, gentlemen, where if the copper
industry in Montana is to survive, il it
is to 90 ahead, If we are going to con-
tinue at all, we must secure from as
many men In our employ as possible
co operation and assistance instead Of
antagonism and destruction. We must
get an efficiency Of operation that will
put this business in Montana on par
ity with the conditions under which the
copper industry is carried on in prac-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
GLASS NIGHT. SHOW
PLEASANT EVENT

The Dream of Yesterday" the
class-night show to be put on by the
graduating class at Centennial this
evening is going to be a pleasant sur
prise to the people that have the op-
portunity TO see it. The dress re-
hearsal last evening showed a presen-
tation that has seldom been equalIed
by any outgoing class of the school.
The play is an original ono written
by Miss Leone Voorhees, and it has
a reminiscent, humorous trend all the
way thru.
The Class Night shows at Centen-
NAL are known for their originality
and entertaining quality and the pub
lie are always anxious to be able to
see them. This one, being even bet
ter than those of the past. will bring
out large crowd and the class asks
that those who expect to be able to
see it come early in order that they
may secure seats. There is-rever an
admission charged to the show and
this fact, coupled with the fact that
admittance is so desirable makes it
doubly hard to secure seats.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
Carriers Convention
Elects State Officers

Thirty-eight delegates wero in at
tendance at the first days session of
the state convention OF the Letter car
riers being held Monday and Tuesday
at the city ~. one-hundrcd and
twenty five, Including carriers. guests
and wives of carriers. banouetcd in the
cafeteria of the building last night.
Resolutions for the general good of
the postal employees were adopted at
tho yesterday afternoon session. Elm
ination OF Sunday work and overtime
was the main object OF one of the
resolutions adopted
Tho election of officers took place in
the afternoon. William q. johnson. Of
Rocky Ford. was elected president. j.
NJ. Houkc, Of Denver, vice president:
r. II. Jencks. colorado Springs. re-
elected sccretary-trcasurer.
Members elected to the executive
board were: Roy Wilson, Colorado
Springs: r f. Smith. Pueblo; T. r.
Ardourel Boulder.
+. II. Joncks. of Colorado Springs,
was elected delegate -at-larSc to the
National convention to be held in st.
Louis next Labor day.
g. !. Sutcr. of Pueblo. received in
dorsement for the office Of national
state vice president.
This morning at . O'Clock the dele
gates will visit tho Steel works. Tho
afternoon session will begin at !
O'Clock
The next state convention will he
held Labor Day. 1872, at Rocky Ford.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
BREAKING OF Dixie
THREATENS FARMS

Woodland. Wash. May 3o.-A dixie
protecting a reclaiminE farm area OF
some IL 900 acres near here broke un-
der pressure of flood waters tonight.
The pumping station at Rurch Slough
went out soon after the break occurred
and indications were that the entire
district would be flooded. Between 4o0
and 800 persons. farmers and their
families. live in the district. Couricrs
wore sent to warn them to flee.
Tho dixie which broke tonight was
completed this year at a cost of about
100000 The food from the Columbia
river began to cut into 1t last week but
dredges and crews Of men were
rushed to the weakened spots and 1t
was reported later that tho danger
seemed TO have been averted.
The diked in land will be flooded to
a depth of from to L. fect. according
to indications tonight.
Communication with tho area behind
the dixie was almost impossible to-
night. as all telephone exchanges with
lines running into IL werc busy noti-
Tying. tho ranchers to evacuste and re-
fused to put thru calls.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
Swimming Fine At
Lake Mmnequa Park

The warm afternoons aro fne for a
swim at Lake Minneaua park. The
beach this year has been sanded and
no more delightful spot can be found
for the little folks than la provided at
Lake NinneIua park. Tho new bath
house. all modern equipment inciud-
ing showers. is ample for the accom-
mediation of hundreds Of bsthers.
Tho Minnepus Melody boys with
their Jazz music and their merry stunts
are the life Of the free evening dances.
The spectator porches AFFORD opportun-
ity to hear the concerts and watch the
dancers.
Tho merry go round. roller coaster.
roller skating, fishing. bathing. dancing
arc free concessions. Tho Big Eli Fer.
ris wheel will prove n thriller for
young and old. There arc many enter
tanning concessions along the path.
and best Of all tho park picnic grounds
are equipped with rustic fre places for
tho uae Of picnic parties which arc
held nightly at the lake.
For q happy evening for the whole
family visit Lake Mirnenus park
pen'er. his leading lady, az part OF
picture drama being photographed
by a film producing company.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
SINGS WAY INTO COUNTRY
THRU ELLIS ISLAND

Alexander Milne, a Scotch boy with
. touching tenor voice. literally sang
not only himself but his parents and
two brothers and ono sister into the
United States recently thru Ellis Is
land after the family had been or
dered dsported because of physical in
firmities of the father and mother.
Tho boy sang himself into tho hearts
of tho commissioner. assistant commits
sionsr. superintendent. inspectors.
matronH. nurses and guards with The
Troosers That Me Either Used TO
Wear" with which he entertained the
immigrants at Ellis Island and when
a telegram came from the secretary of
In Dor ordering the Milne family de
ported such protest was forwarded
to Washington that q second telegram
was sent by the secretary permitting
tho family to enter the country under
5000 bond.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
ELKS Will ENTERTAIN MEMBERS
ANDLADIES ATPARTY TONIGHT

The B F. O. e. Eiks No. 90 with nine
enappy stunts and many surprises not
on the program will entertain members
and ladies at Memorial Hall Tuesday
evening. The doors will open at 1880
o'clock and the curtain riser will be at
o'clock. Non-Elks will be admitted
by cards furnished by members.
Two thousand persons are expected
to attend this first annual event of its
kind which is to be under the careful
management OF the class of 1909-l91o.
Victrola will be placed in the ban
auet room upstairs where there will
he dancing. r. w, Ray is chairman of
tho eats.
A few of the numbers on the pro-
gram are: Fifteen minutes in Pueblo;
five minutes in Elkdom; one-quarter of
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31
BOY FATALLY INJURED
WHILE VISITING GRAVE

Denver. May so.-Ausust W.
Graham. years old, was in
jured. perhaps fatally, while
decorating the grave of his :
grandfather. s. NJ. Thompson.
late civil war veteran. in a local
cemetery. when no was struck
and run over by an automobile
driven by ]. o. Linda, this after
noon. Tho accident occurred in
front of n chapel and in the
presence of several of his rela-
tives. including his widowed
grandmother. The Graham fam
ily lives in Colorado Springs
and came to Denver today to
decorate Mr.. Thompson's grave.
Tho boy was taken to tho county
hospital where it was said his
skull was fractured and several
ribs broken. His parents and
his grandmother are prostrated.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-31

an hour in England: ten minutes in
Ireland; eighteen-hundred seconds in
Mexico: a half hour in Persia; ten min
utes in Harmonyville; five minutes
in Missouri and your own time in Ice
land.
This is the first affair OF its kind
in which the Elks have lowered the
bars to permit the ladies to attend an
event of this kind.
Chairmen for this social session
are: BENZ f. Koperlik. general chair
man; Is. Lee RarkwelI, badges; Joe
Russ, orchestra; Isidore Penter, play,
A. B. Tipple, Persia; r. w. Ray. east:
S. S. Bellesfied, printing; Frank
Smith. ushers: d. w. Altman. proper
ties: Ray Mccarthy. publicity: ]. A
Grady. law and order.