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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31


Bonus bills, farm aid bills, tariff
DIS. legislation designed to bene-
MT this or that class; what does it
all come to? The Old delusion re-
gardlng the junction and the pow
ers or government still continues,
despite the example or unhappy
RUSSIA. People persist In bellev-
ing that laws can make them pros
porous. lhey imagine that govern
lnents can redlstrlbnte existing
"eaiul' taxing 1t away IRON the
rlch ana giving IL TO the poor With
OUT lessenlng It's total amount.
1ney forget that. although a gov
erhmeht may destroy wealth., 1t
cannon create "ealth.
Does the passing of the bonus
Till make the people Of the United
States any richer? Would the
enactment OF the McNary-IIaugen
bill make a single bushel OF wheat
actually more valuable to the world
than it is today? There is a grim
retribution about all these efforts
to divert the normal currents Of
economic laws. The men who re-
ceives Il bonus payment may lose
his jOb because industry is Grip
pied by the tax burden; the farmer
who enjoyed a high guaranteed
price for wheat in 1919 saw the
value of wheat relatively sink far
below that Of other staple cOmmo-
dities in 1921.
Laws Will not make people rich
err, any more than they can make
people good. 10 some extent they
can protect and prevent; they can
not create. They can make special
provision for the unfortunate, bnt
they cannot do more than give the
normal citizenship fair chance to
take care OF itself. Russia triCi
to confiscate wealth, and the poor
starved to death; the attempt to
redistribute property by law re-
suited simply in the destruction Of
the very foundation OF life.
Congress has been a prey to the
tcrrors that inevitably grow out OF
this belief. People naturally want
tt be prosperous, and ii they think
laws can make them so, they will
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

"Pickles and porcupines!" exclaim-
ed Mister Bags to the Twins one day.
"Here comes old Mister Bunny in his
bare feet. What do you suppose has
happened to him!"
Pretty soon the door of the little
store opened and in hoped Mister
Bunny with a hearty, "Good mern-
ing everybody! Got any shoes?"
"Lots Of them, laughed Mister
Bags. "But it. seems to be more
than You have" ~. =.
Fright you. are,'' said Mister
Bunny with a grin. Sand I'll tell
you how it happened!
"I've been wanting q new pair OF
shoes: for ages and ages-a nice new
shiny pair with lots Of squcaky
leather in them. te
"But every time I'd say Shoes.
Blossom, that's my wife, Blossom is.
Well, she'd say: Why, your old ones
are good enough, Ben, plenty good
enough!" And then she's 60 on and
tell me how long, it was since she'd
had "a new hat ,or how we needed a
parlor rug, or how we'd have to save
up for our summers vacation /. or
something like that.
"At last / decided that I'd have to
fool her some way, az never, never
would be having new pair Of shoes.
So l though and thought OF Elan
to get rid Of them,ns Ss
ooh, what was. it," cried Nancy.
elbow did you set rid siof your old
shoes, Mister Bunny?"
"Why, just as .easy!. Just as easy
as rolling off a .log!" laughed the
bunny gentleman "You see the tree
toads out our. way are something ter
rible! They go sqrrh sqrr! sq,r!
all night long just lire that, and
you can hardly sleep wink. And
as though that wasn't bad enough
the crickets chirp all night, too, like
scratchy- old slate pencils. And then
there are the squeedillums. They're
simply awful! Why, you'd just
think" t l.tsa.
my, goodness!" cried Mister Bags.
"What have crickets and tree-toads
got to do with shoes. Mister Bunny {?
Pickles and Porcupinel / do believe
you forget what you started to talk
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
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fortunately luck was with me.
found the man still had them. He
told me he had been on the point
Of selling them three or four times,
and at the last moment something
had happened which broke off nego-
tiations H7';
"Now,' Karl said, unfolding the
paper. "here they. are, and your
string is intact. 1t almost seems as
though it were something that fate
had decided upon," he concluded.
at almost seems" repeated,
chat you are perhaps the incest
man in all the world. oughtnt to
take them, Karl" said balancing
the little white gems in my hand.
Don't deprive me- of that great
pleasure. Every one Of those gems
has distinct association for me,
and although l cannot connect each
one with its proper association, yet
when knew the other day there
were still three absent from your
string l felt as though l had been
deprived of three very happy men,
cries."
ut is very sweet Of you, Karl
dear, to do all this for me. l want
to tell you again that under no con-
sideration without your full consent
and knowledge, will I ever dispose
of another one of these beautifully
Jewels"
Silently 'Karl's hand. reached
across the table and clasped mine.
Looking into his eyes the compact
was made.
Pm wondering now, Ruth, what I
will do if Jack insists upon me send
ing them back.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31

about. Losing SO much sleep must
have kind of upset your mind"
"Ha, ha, hal" laughed Mister
Bunny. you're all wrong, Mister
Bags. You see + thought of a plan.
Last night when the racket began, /
SEE to Blossom, seq I, I'm going to
throw something at them. Mebbe
that will keep them quiet"
!" DO seq she, so reached out of
bed, and grabbing one of my old
shoes, ! threw it out Of the window
so far just knew I'd never find it,"
did it do any good?" asked Nick.
"Well, not SO much!" said Mister
Bunny. mo SO much Us it. might
have. So SEE to Blossom again,
SEE I, I'm going to throw some
thing else.I didn't get a good aim
Do seq she. So / let fly the
other shoes. It didn't stop the noise
but ! was so happy about losing
those old shoes, went right to sleep.
And now ! want a new pair. ri
have bright yellow ones that squeak.
please. Number Mines"
At that minute the door opened>
again and in busted Mrs. Bunny
with her husbands old shoes in her
hand. 49,.
Look here, Ben," she cried. 81
round your shoes over behind the
bushes. You won't need new cnes
after all. That money will buv me
new washtub."
(To be Continued) y
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Irc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
OPEN THE SEAWAY

In the year 1923 that great
American enterprise, the Panama
canal, passed more tonnage than
any other canal. The Panama ton
mage for that year was 24,737 900
tons. The Suez canal handled o.
100000 tons. This was the first
year in which the Panama canal
assumed world leadership. 1t is of
interest to note that the tonnage
handled at the Duluth Superior
harbor is far in excess of the great
tonnage through the Panama. In
1922 it was 32,202,O74 tons.
The Panama canal route has
been OF great advantage to Amer
lean trade with all the nations of
the Pacific. 1t is not too much to
say that it tends to make this
country the central trading nation
of the world. 1t ships by short
sea routes East and West with
easy facility. In 1923 American
trade with fifteen Pacific powers
was worth 1882, 100000 as against
$3.50, 100000 in 1913, an increase Of
233 per cent, while the increase of
our trade on the side of Europe
during that period was but 20 per
cent. This great gain on the Pa
cific was due to the lessened sail
ing ditance between our ports
through the Panama canal and the
countries of the Pacific on the
American as we'll as on the Asiatic
! coasts.
Similar results would follow if
the Duluth-St. Lawrence deep
waterway were provided, so that
the trade of the interior of North
America, now hampered by re-
movable instructions and by blind
greed, were freed. The benefits
flowing from a great seaway in the
st. Lawrence, so large that great
ocean freighters could pass, would
go to the people in general. Such
an exit would add to the value OF
salable product of interior North
America. Its effect would be like
striking chains from "a slave. In
terror cities would feel the stimu-
lus and every farmer who raises
crops west OF the Thousand Islands
i would know forthwith that he was
living in Il better land.
1t is time for the people on both
sides of the international border to
take steps to impress on their re-
spective governments that the
great canal must be opened an..
that the conventional delays of di-
plomacy are without popular aD-
prevail in either country.
Those who oppose this great i'm
provement would do we'll to study
the record OF the Panama and to
! note what benefits have flowed
from the installation. 1t is reason
| ably manifest that a great seaway
from the interior would be a great
| er boon to mankind. Open the
waterway! Give freedom to trade.
| Duluth Herald.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
BY w. G. Bachelor

The construction of basketball
court will be found of great value
in keeping a boy or girl of IL to Is
years at home.
An area at least 25 by so feet is
essential for a boys and girls
court, but where this amount of
space is not available either in the
back yard or an adjoining vacant
lot, single goal may be erected
One goal allows all the POSSIBLE
ties of practice, and game may
even be played with both teams
, shooting for the same basket.
The goal insists of an iron ring
10 inches in diameter, supported by
brackets, so that the inner edge is
: inches from the blackboard, which
may be any flat surface--the side
of the garage or house. A regula-
ton goal may be purchased from
any sporting goods dealer for three
dollars or more.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
WHERE WILL YOU
BE in 10 YEARS?

Young men, ambitious to become
bankers, attend Dakota Business
College, Fargo, N. D., knowing
that 22o graduates rose to bank
officers. Young ladies, eager to be-
come court reporters, enroll at D.
B. G. knowing that leading courts
employ Dakotans." w. A. Schulz
was recently advanced to asst. cash.
Ter of the ZeelandStat Bank. This
bank president and cashier were
both D. B. G. men.
Follow the SucceSSful." I'm
like all others, D. B. C. school year
begins in June. You finish in busiest
season. Write F. i. Watkins, Pres. !,
806 Front St., Fargo. N. D,
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LESLIE PRESCOTT TO RUTH Ell.
IINGTON. CONTINUED


"You look quite unhappy, Karl
much more so than a young man
who is going to marry delightful
girl in the near future should look" "
Karl made no common: IN my
speech. Instead, he drew from his
vest pocket a small package en-
closed in white tissue paper.
"From something you said the
other day, Leslie, / concluded that
you went to your fathers attorney,
Mr.. Corcoran,. for advice on selling
your pearls, and I decided thar if
] could find them again, your string
should be complete.
"The old gentleman was greatly
loath to tell me anything about
them. In fact, he disclaimed know
ing anything about them, until
explained that it was matter OF
great Importance 70 me that the
string of pearls which / had given
to you as mOmento of our child
ish companionship, on your we'd
ding day, should be complete.
"After great deal of persuading
he told me that he had given you a
letter to Mr.. Anstay, friend Of
his who was jewel broker, and he
knew that you had sold them to him
because his friend had told him that
he brought three very fine pearls
from the young lady that he had
sent him.
You don't know whether he has
sold them yet l asked.
=" 4 haven't the slightest idea, but
you might 60 and find OUT and he
gave me his card with an inquiry
about She pearls written on it.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
Backyard Fairgrounds

If no flat surface is available, a
back board, feet high and 6 feet
wide, may be attached to post or
tree.
Material for blackboard:
Four pieces, 2 inches by inches
by 4 feet.
Sixteen pieces Of pine flooring, l
inch by 4 inches by feet.
Two pounds No. casing nails.
Cost, approximately, $270.)
Goal post: l piece, 4 inches by
inches by Is feet.
Additional cost, $l.75.)
The lower edge of the blackboard
should be, feet from the ground
and the edge of goal or basket, 10
feet from the ground. A space
with radius of at least Is feet
from the goal should be free from
distractions. A basketball may be
bought for $500 to $500.
Copyright, 1924, by w. c. Bachelor
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
(|011l5iinl5'
Says

Even II Congress does extend It's
session all Will not be lost. Inc
weather Will be too warm Tor them
The best thing about giving the
war vets life insurance Is they won
nave 10 spehd so much time arguing
They operated on movie come
dian IN Hollywood, so we hope they
A small town is place where they
always will remember the week they
had two fires.
Nothing is more amusing than an
old fellow trying to choke down one
Of these modern olive and nut sand
witches.
Political pow-wows are being held
to keep the country from going to
the bow-wows.
being a diplomat and having to smile
when you feel like GUESSING.
Had another volcano eruption near
Hilo, in Hawaii, and it doesn't mat
ter, but the town sounds like Swiss
--
Naturalists who tell us wild life is
disappearing don't stay down town
The United States may be awful,
the people don't want to move to
another country.
Farmers sell for low prices and
w because a lot of people have to
live without working.
with .0ON members, and we say a
drunken barber could enjoy a wild
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
ESCAPED

lot of talk about this tax plan and that about the big
and little taxpayers and which is in need of relief
In the discussion every to have forgotten the
great majority who pay income tax at ALL There O2
million people in America who escape the income tax and at
least AZ millions adults
Any changes in income taxes will eventually affect all of
these people who do pay Taxation of any brake
general prosperity also powerful influence in shaping
the distribution of wealth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
QUART

Manhattan Island heart of New York City, was bought
from the Indians for quart of whisky few thirsty people
may figure that the Indians got the better of the bargain
But Manhattan Island paid 66 million dollars national
income taxes in the quarterly payment period that ended
March Is. Three payent dates this year. That
tax earnings. The value of Manhattan property into
the billions.
Contrast with the original quart of whisky, and you
realize the tremendous changes wrought by time in America
Land now purchasable for song" may eventually be
IT, gore Ct 4 city larger than New York is now
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER
Established 1879
BOBBED HAIR

Bobbed hair is having secondary period Of popularity.
Nearly half the wedressed either bob their hair
effect substitute In two months threeourths of them
will be in the bObbed ranks SO reports D. Schaeffer vice
president of the National Permanent Waivers Association
He says the general opinion among hairdressers is that
the bobbed hair rage will last about year. might
be good idea for political leaders not to mention this
at gatherings of voters On the pricipe that
baseball bookkeeping shift mems attention poll
tics prono.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
SPEED

Delicate machinery reveals that radio impulses travelled
from New Jersey to Poland speed of about 100000 miles
in second.
Such speed is beyond human imagination.
AND yet 1t is slow compared with the latest thing the
human thought which travel from your brain
TO the farthest star in the twinkng of eye bit slower
IS the speed when old mans brain flashes back
boyhOod
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
Editorial Review

Comments reproduced in this
column may or may not express
the opinion of The Tribune. They
are presented here in order that
our readers may have both sides
Of important issues which are
being discussed in the press of
the day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
FOUR-FLUSHERS

Most crimes staged at night evil loves darkness
Where there's secrecy something's usually being hidden
The purpose in opening income to public in
specon would be mainly to expose people corporations
with large incomes who manage to conceal part of their
earnings and get off with low taxes.
More entertaining to the public would be exposure
forfushers who make less than they claim MANY S1O
OO0a-year front masks a $3O0O-ayear income.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
GAIN

Americas foreign trade is considerably bigger than a
year ago. In the 10 months ended May merchandise
ports exceeded imports by nearly 700 million dollars
Fne-provided get paid the difference Half of
this excess was shipped to in the form of gold How
about the other half? Was it paid for securities or lust
charged the books? nation like storekeeper can sell
unlimited amounts of goods if it isn't particular about date
of payment or certainty
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
PSYCHOLOGY

Tie best Of weapons not much good to an army with
To- cre It's the spirit of determination and fearessness
anon, the soldiers that wins most battles
So with business-prosperity hard times Both Of
these conditions depend mainly the psychology of
the public People create what they fear If they fear de-
PRESTON they to get it, for their fear makes them
stop spendngthus shutting down factories and stagnang
distribution of commodities
panic" is good name for business depression.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
PEOPLES FORUM

Blessed are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy.-Matt. 5:3.12.
Let US by merciful as well as just.
--Longfellow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
BACKWARD

II Schools for feeble minded and subnorma children are
steadily increasing their activities In 1900 were only
20 such schools in America, with 1927 pupils there
at least 220 schools with $4,000 pupils
Backward children in former generations given up
as hopeless often dicued Now know that in many
they require only special training bring them
normal in the immediate neighborhood Yes learn
though slowly about that most mysterious thing in
creation, the human BRAIN
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31

EYEGLASSES with platinum rims are
growing in popularity among wo-
men. ."'Hi
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31

Mayor of Texas town got fired If you need some
slightly used oaths he may sell cheap.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31
PENALTY

Convicted of stealing $23 and watch from sailor named
Kama in Brooklyn N. w. is sentenced to Is years in
the penitentary War profteers reading this will realize
!. how fortunate they
The fellow who robbed the sailor handed about year
for every dollar of loot If the system applied
to the proteerng ooters dollar year. of them
. would be in Jail Boy, fetch adding machine.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31

Vacation days coming Better start resting up fl
hem A vacation would be bad vocation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31

Even if Congress does extend its
session all will not be lost. The
weather will be too warm for them
to work much
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-18
Marriage Licenses

Herbert Primm, %. 1904 Martindale
tailor Ruby Broyles, 10. 2439 n. Oxford.
Edmund c. Wise, %, 1859 Bellefontaine
foreman TO- man G. & J. Tire Co.; Lena NJ. MattsoD
william Love, 81 100 N. Arsenal, tire
builder; Mae Myers, Is, los, n, Arsenal.
Elmer S. Bescher, %. 446 Terrace, con
struction Marie NJ Ferst. 20, 1924 N New
Roy o. osborn. 85. 1880 Kentucky. labor
err; Matte Deatley Al. 27S n. Belle Vieu
Ludwig c. Peterson. 20, Columbus, Ohio
clerk; Cotton 20, Lawrence. Ind,
Frank Fletcher 81 1913 +. Thirteenth.
laborer; virgie Han,iley, "a 5121a Bird.
Paul Mitchell IS, 7r6 Middle Dr., sales.
Chester w. Hutson. %. 45 \. Temple.
bOokkeeper; Mary p. Boles %, 81 n. Tenn
Patrick OConnor. 40. 20 N. Tacoma. fur.
niture worker Helen Craig. 90. 20 N. Ia
W. Warren Woods. %. Hammond. Ind,
filter; Marie Taylor 90. PSI Miley.
Ormanda Adams, Fl, Newcastle Ind in
Beeson, IS, Clermont. Ind.
Harold E. Bader 21N 200 E Minnesota,
machinest helper; Helen M Higenbotham,
II 1885 Roache.
orator; Ruth Pape, 10. 229 Kansas.
salesman; Doris Pickett. 90. 4I3 Guilford.
Roscoe Pipes, %. 900 Camp. glass worker;
Roy D. Hosewinkie 80. 1913 Oliver, sales
man; Virginia Stroh, 10. 421 N. Arsenal
Marion Denny, "a, Wilkinson; Ind. farm
Ethel Daniel 81, 165 VI. washington.
Elvads Webb. 80. 3e49 n. Dearborn,
driver; Bertha Harting. 81, I73 Lockwood.
borer; t Clara Uta. FL 1920 Roache -''' "
Amos D. Ayers, 50. 1249 Naomi ma
chinest Ida Ayers, 43. 233 N Randolph.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-18
EARLY WEAKNESS
SHOWS IN GRAINS
Wheat Traders Resort to
WatchfuI Waiting Tactics.
BIZ United Financial

BIZ United Financial
CHICAGO, March 1S.-Grains dis
played underlying weakness at the
opening Of trade on the local Board
of Trade today.
Sellers took hold Of wheat after the
opening gong. Traders dropped bacA
to the watchful waiting attitude and
the market lacked sufficient support
to offset iquidations. Liverpool
opened higher, reporting a better
trade especially Manitobas. Crop
news from over the belt was general.
ly favorable.
Flat demand persisted in corn and
this, with weakness in wheat, brought
a lower opening Gables showed i'm
provement for all except American
mixed corn. Packing OF the new
Argentine crop is progressing rapidly,
under favorable conditions.
Oats opened on an unchanged basis
although further reports from the
Southwest showed poor progress
made in seeding operations.
Higher hogs had little effect on pro-
visions which were dominated by low
er cables.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-18
FARMERS CHECK
CORN MOVEMENT
Hope of Price Advance
Prompts Action,

A general disposition Of farmers to
withhold corn from market in the
hope OF obtaining higher prices IL a
shortage develops is indicated in the
semi-monthly crop report of George
c. Bryant. agricultural statistician, to
the United States Department OF Ag-
riculture in Washington, made public
today This disposition to withhold
stocks from market, the report shows,
comes in the face of a good local de-
mand.
Winter wheat and rye are begin
ming to green up with the approach
of spring, but some fields appear to
have been damaged somewhat, es-
peciauy in low, ice-covered places.
Heaving in some sections also is re-
ported. Glover also suffered from al
ternate freezing and thawing. but
timothy meadows are regarded in fair
condition, as are pastures. Orchard
work has progressed satisfactorily.
Livestock is reported in good con-
dition.
Temperatures for the first half of
the month averaged a little above
normal, with precipitation slightly de-
ficient as to rainfall