davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Engineer Commfssioner, District OF
Columbia.

TIME future of Washington!
1t may be presumptuous
i for me, with my brief ex-
perience here, to write on
this subject. Perhaps, though, my
three periods Of residence here at
intervals of about ten years, my ex-
periences in other cities in the United
States and abroad, and reflections
incident to my present duties, have
called my attention to certain things
that people living here continuously
and engaged in private enterprise
may not have considered.
Most cities are planned, if at all,
fifty to one thousand years too late
Many American cities are now
spending millions of dollars to tear
down, or move, structures that in
terfere with their growth and de-
velopment along logical lines. Not
until the time of Napoleon was Paris
recreated on the lines SO much ad-
mired by all visitors today. In the
interests of economy we should plan
several years ahead. I heard a
visitor say recently in speaking Of a
proposed memorial: ut is beautiful
in itself, but does it conform to your
city plan?"
1t is not practical, nor wise, to
plan detailed developments too far
ahead, because no one can foresee
what the future may bring forth, but
city needs general plan just as
much as house needs a plan. AS
city lasts longer than a house,
foresight in city planning will bring
the greater economic returns.
That brings US to the question of
the probable future development Of
Cur National Capital From the
dawn of history nations have risen,
developed and decayed. Europe,
Asia and Africa bear the ruins of
national capitals. Even America
bears the traces of prehistoric cities.
Why did these nations pass away
and are we to look forward to a not
distant future when our National
Capital will begin its decline? No
patriotic American believes SO.
Through all the centuries OF his
tory, up until about a century ago,
man moved about the surface of the
earth only as fast and as far as his
own legs, or the legs of a horse,
Evening star., 1924-01-06

ideas is always handicapped by their
newness The first fate of new
idea is to be misunderstood and to
become a bogy.
Nine-tenths Of the anti-socialist
propaganda is bogy-dressing, and
points in the socialist creed that are
really vulnerable and need further
consideration are passed over because
It Is easier to enlist fear and ignor-
Ance than full understanding. But no
ono can really complain Of that. II
Is part Of the resistance which So
oiety makes in its own interests be-
fore assirnilating new ideas which
are sound. The errors Of Mr.. Bald
wins speech on socialism in Edin-
burgh have been the subject of ex-
animation on hundreds OF platforms
since 1t was delivered, and enlighten-
ment has followed.
Must Test New Ideas.
If society Is to enjoy a stable evo-
luton rather than endure q series Of
revolutions it must not suppress new
ideas. but provide that they be tested
before they are applied and under
legislation. All we need strive for is
to create the best conditions under
which public education may proceed,
and leave the rest to the ordinary op-
Grafton of democratic government
Only in this way can we create the
constitutional mind-the mind which
assigns their special rights to both
majorities and minorities and toler-
ates neither, whether fascist or boil
shevists, exceeding those rights
The moral and economic breakdown
of capitalism, marked by its failure
to provide a sufficient impetus to
labor and to keep the flow Of pro-
duction, exchange and consumption
steady, combined with postwar con-
ditions, has presented the world with
sheaves OF problems OF critical i'm
port. If these are to be dealt with
| by political methods we must have
| some assurance that parliament is
| equipped with both the knowledge
and the will to face them. The case
Of the sufferers must be put with
| plainness and with force.
| The action finally taken may be a
| composite thing, but the discussions
must be conducted by men free to ex-
| press their own views-men who have
| come to no bargains behind the scenes
and whose loyalty to colleagues does
not necessitate silence or diplomatic
equivocation. Coalitions can never
put straight issues. AS a matter OF
fact, the necessities Of the case Dc
not permit Of such coalitions of force.
or muniing OF opinions.
Points u View Conflict.
Today the government and opposi
tion represent in principle diametric
ally opposed points of uew-the on,
that private enterprise" Gas 1t Il
/ erroneously cailed) Is good in itself
| that public interest should be sacri
feed to private gain and that human
beings should be subordinated to ma.
terial things; the other that economi,
power. should be organized for socia
ends and that national. prosperity
E0n1nued On Third Pa41l
Evening star., 1924-01-06

conservative, but one conservative in
the sense that it stands still-the con-
servation of the skeleton; and the
other conservative in the sense that
it promotes organic change-the con-
servatism Of the mind. Today the
former is represented by the tory
and the latter by the labor party.
It is all for the good Of the nation
that the two should be in clearly
separated camps; should be free from
all entanglements from each other;
should, as the champions Of opposing
conceptions of what national we'll
being is, criticize and supplement-
each others proposals; and now as
drags, now as spurs, keep legislation
and administration up to. indeed, a
little ahead of the limit reached by
the education of public opinion
It 10 profound mistake to think
Evening star., 1924-01-06

could carry him; or, if he moved by
water, only by the aid of sails or
oars. Lack of transportation facili-
ties cramped the growth OF cities
and prevented the intercommunica-
ton of the peoples of empires SO as
to bring about that intermingling of
the races and that mutual under
standing on which the permanency
of peace and government depends.
Any American travelling in the rural
districts OF Europe is struck still by
the limited horizon of the inhabi-
tants. 1t was nearly three centuries
from the time Columbus discovered
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Look Ahead, Plan for Capitals Growth,
Avoid Waste, Commissioner Bell Urges

States can support 1,6OOW,0o0 peo-
pie.
What will Washington be like
then?
Surely it is time to develop not
only our city plans, but a regional
plan. Perhaps no city in the world
has been developed along better
lines than Washington, but we need
to look ahead constantly.
We have highway plan and mod
ifcations are made in it as occasion
arises. Developments outside the
District limits must be considered
soon.
The Mcmillan Park plan serves as
a general guide, but as it has. never
had official approval there is no way
to prevent real estate developments
that will interfere with acquiring
the parks proposed. 1t is time. also,
to consider the acquisition of park
areas outside the District. We have
plans, also, for improving our street
lighting, for the enlargement of our
water supply, for the extension of
our sewer system, for bettering our
methods of disposing of city refuse,
for improving traffic conditions, for
improving our waterfront, for en-
larging our facilities TO care for the
INDECENT, helpless, criminal and in
sane, and for the development of
our school and library systems, but
these plans have no official status.
A modern city is such complex
organism that any change made in
the plans proposed for one depart
ment affects the plans of several
other departments. Highway, park,
water, sewer, lighting, school, police
and fire protection, disposal OF
refuse, public utility development
and zoning plans are all related.
Congress has wisely adopted the
policy, in carrying on civil work un-
der the chief of engineers of the
War Department, of approving CON-
prehensive projects which may take
several years to complete, and ap-
propriating lump sums to be dis
tributed by the chief of engineers
in the most advantageous way. Con-
gress is so burdened with thousands
of bills requiring attention that it
would appear to be wise to adopt a
similar policy with regard to plan
ming improvements required in and
near the District of Columbia. Plans
cost little. The lack of plans leads
to waste.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

Of parliaments and cabinets as bodies
Of specially wise or foolish men and
endowed with a supreme power to do
things for a passive people whose
only function is to obey the laws
An essential part OF tho parlia-
mentary or any other system OF gov
ernment is to educate the public so
that 1t becomes an active partner In
all that is done. Now. this is impos-
sible without parliamentary opposi-
ton, active not only in the house OF
commons but on the public platform
and in the press. Thus not only is
interest but education kept up.
The nation is kept alive to its own
problems and to the ideas that are
playing round them. It Is enlisted -
q jury in Its own concerns. know
how dfficult II ID to get the facts be-
fore the jurx The a0vocate. OF new
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Soft Coal Strike Now Unlikely:
Leaders Are Getting Together

Miners and operators who met in
Cleveland Friday, to fix a time and
place for holding the next Joint con-
ference to arrange wage scale took
a long step toward avertinS a strike
In recent years it has been impossibIe.
in some instances, even to get the
parties together. Now thew are
amicably arranging their meeting
and arranging 1t in advance Of the
miners annual convention. Hereto-
fore the operators have waited to
sec what the miners would do.
The miners convention "a he h.,a
at Indianapolis January % win re-
fleet accurately the sentiment OF tha
workers with respect to their copr.a
after April / next, when the present
wage agreement expires.
AS the situation shapes up now /,
is unlikely that the miners will ask
for another advance in wages
In all likelihood the miners will he
content to renew their present waxe
agreement. They want a two-year
agreement this time, instead of one
running only ono year. and in this, it
H. xAnprtsd ths aparatozg taiaA
Evening star., 1924-01-06

America before the coionists had
mastered the transportation difficult
ties of the Alleghenies sufficiently to
begin to establish homes in the Ohio
valley. The various colonies were
jealous of their rights and stood to-
gether apparently only because they
could not stand apart.
Today we are about ready to ac-
cept flight from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, between dawn and dark, as
an everyday happening, and the
time is near when no American will
care where another one comes from.
Lloyd George says that the United
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Ix YITH 4,aoo soft coal mines
N throughout the country
" idle at the present time,.

w 's5s'ss'ss 's's St tut. Present sss sesssss ';Ss
and the newly elected dele
gates to the United Mine Workers
convention preparing for their an
nual contact with operators to dis
cuss a new wage agreement. indica-
tions multiply that the public will
be spared this year from the pangs
OF another strike in the coal indus
try.
Neither miners nor operators are in
mood for another protracted strug-
gle. The mines through their OFF,
cial spokesman, are protesting keen
desire to continue working. The
biggest clouds in the sky at the pres
ent time, they say. are those kicked
up by certain non-union coal oper-
ators, who want to see a strike be-
cause it would enable them to run
their mines full time. Some of the
owners of the 1900 idle mines, too,
the miners charge, would not be
averse to strike, because at it's
Close they could resume ppsrations-
a prospect unlikely for many months
te coma Il thazA j. no strikA~.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

ture. In the abstract. can any
L thing be more logically or
morally obvious than that men OF
good will and honest concern for the
commonwealth should sit together as
colleagues in effort and devise, as a
joint body, the ways and means Of
national and International wellbe-
ing? In this instance. however, the
creation Of the study has little like
ness to the needs Of the world. That
very simple expression national
wellbeing" is the common aim of
diverse policies and opposing schools,
and political controversy must be
concerned in discovering In what it
consists as well as in how 1t is to be
secured.
The political field is not set out
like q sports ground. but like a bat
tie plain. The work of the politician
who has any claim to be regarded as
q. ,isefuI citizen Is to value appropri-
ately the rival and conflicting inter-
asts and ideas of his time and cor
relate them into system to guide
him in his aims and his practical
work. In everyday life conviction
may have to compromise with con-
viotion. and legislation be result
ance Of conflicting forces; but unless
these forces are kept active by inde-
nendent expression, public life will
become q sluggish and a muddy now
OF deadening expediency.
Conservatism Of Two Kinds.
When leaders Of opinion can strike
M clear notes and can give the peo-
ple nothing but value vision or
moral ends, such as the lazy-mlnoeo
ple nothing but a vague vision OF
fact. the energies Of public life
sIacken and the will to progress be-
cone. weak. Minds unspurred by
high and open controversy become
I.tharSic. and then purely personal
held. and institutions like parliament
f,e d. and institutions like parliament
lose their grip on public interest ana
c.as. 70 be freshened by new drafts
from the active intelligence IN the
nation.
A. the end Of strenuous political
enochs. when the principles OF FUR
ther advance are confused, parties
hecome partisan or are committees
for the defense Of sectional concerns,
and the majorities are gathered by
axxrexates of self-regarding inter
ests. each with . log to roll. But.
|normalIy, national life II maintained
by two schoele OF thought, both truly
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Political Clashes Aid Public Veal,
Says Macdonald, British Labor Leader

In this article is set forth the
political philosophy of the man
who will in all probability be-
come the next premier Of Great
Britain, and In any event will play
a conspicuous part In world af-
fairs. 1t makes plain, further.
that there Is no strain of revolu-
tionary methods in the present
leadership Of the labor party,
Mr.. Macdonald's declaration being
unequivocally in favor Of consti-
tutional methods.
Evening star., 1924-01-06
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

.<H REPRESENTATIVE govern
ment has ceased to exist in
the United States and must
y
Evening star., 1924-01-06

Continued on Third PaGAl
Evening star., 1924-01-06
BY BEN McKELWAI.

HE bureau of standards has
just perfected device which
will save the United States
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

herein after described at the front
door Of the court house in the city
of Bismarck in Burlcigh County,
North Dakota at the hour of ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the Goth
day of April, 1924 to satisfy the
amount due upon such mortgage on
the day Of sale. The premises des-
cribed in such mortgage and which
will be sold to satisfy the same arc
described as follows to-wit:
Northeast quarter (NEAD of sec
ton thirty-five (35) in township one
hundred forty (l40) north of range
seventy (7D west of the 9Th
7. NJ. containing one hundred sixty
acres more or less according to the
L. s. Government Survey thereof.
\ There will be due on such mort
gage at the date of the sale the sum
of $2304.25 in addition to the costs
and expenses of sale including at
torneys fees.
Dated March 18th, 1924.
+. T.. McCURDY,
Attorney for NJ. w. Roam.
3-l9-2 6-I - 90
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
BY ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that dcfault
has been made in the terms of that
certain mortgage executed and de-
livercd by Julia +. Clark and viii.
liam s. Clark to the Sterling State
Bank OF Sterling, 4 corporation dated
the 26th day of December 1918 and
filed for record in the office of the
Register of Deeds, of Burleigh Coun-
ty, North Dakota at the hour of l0:30
0 clock A. NJ. and filed in book l44
OF mortgages on page SOP, will be
foreclosed by Il sale of the prem
Uses described in such mortgage and
hereinafter described at the front
door of the court house in the city
of Bismarck in the County of Bur
leigh and State of North Dakota at
the hour of ten o'clock in the fore
noon of the nth day of May, 1924 to
satisfy the amount due upon such
mortgage on the day of sale. The
premises described in such mortgage
and which will be sold to satisfy the
same are described as follows to-
wit: Lots two and three q & 81 both
III section thirty 600 in township one
hundred forty IiO north Of range
seventy six (76) west Of the 5th p
NJ. That there will be due on such
mortgage at the date of sale the sun,
of $l537.5O in addition to the costs
and expenses of sale including at
torncys fees.
STERLING STATE BANK OF STER-
LING, a corporation,
Mortgagec.
+. f. McCURDY.
Attorney for Mortgage.
Bismarck. North Dakota.
4-9-l6-2S 81
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLO-
SIRE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that
certain mortgage executed and deliv
cred by Clarence j. Hallum and Bir-
die Hallum, husband and wife, mort
gagors to First State Bank of Regain,
corporation, of Regain, n ID. mort
gagec dated the 30th day of March,
1921, and filed for record in the of
flee of the Register of Deeds of the
county of Burleigh and state of
North Dakota on the 1st day of April,
1921, and recorded in book 1852 of
mortgages at page 544, WILDE fore
closed by sale of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter des-
cribed, at the front door of the court
house in the county of Burleigh and
state of North Dakota at the hour of
ten o'clock "a. m. on the 3rd day of
May, 1924, to satisfy the amount due
on such mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to sat
isfy the same are described as fol-
lows: The Northeast Quarter (NEA)
West Half (Wh) of Southeast Quar-
ter (SEA), East Half (El2) of West
Half (W1a) and Lots One GD, Two
ca, Three (3l and Four (4) of Sec
ton Thirty (S. 3O) in Township One
Hundred Forty-four 044) north of
Range Seventy-eight (7S) west of the
5th P. NJ, all in the county of Bur
leigh and state of North Dakota
There will be due on such mort
gage at the date of sale the sum of
One Thousand Four Hundred Fifty
two and 38-1O0 ($1452.s8) Dollars.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1924.
FIRST STATE BANK OF REGAIN,
corporation, Mortgagee.
THEODORE KOFFEL,
Attorney for Mortsages,
Bismarck, North Dakota.
3-26-i 3-l6-23- 80
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09

"139' of Assignments, on page $40,
and by reason Of said default, the
undersigned, assignee of mOrtgagee,
has elected to and has declared the
entire amount secured by said mort
gage to be due and payable, and the
same is now due and payable, accord
ing to the covenants of said mort
gage, and that said mortgage will be
forecloscd by Il sale of the premises
in such mortgage and hereinafter
described, at the front. door of the
court house, in the City of Bis
marck, in the County of Burleigh and
State of North Dakota, at the hour
of two o'clock in the afternoon on
the 9th day of May 1924, to satisfy
the amount due on such mortgage at
the date of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage, and which will be sold to
satisfy the same are situated in the
County of Burleigh and State of
North Dakota, and are described as
follows, to-wit:
Southeast quarter Of Section No.
Fourteen (SEA 1D, in Township
One hundred thirty eight (13S),
North, Range No. Sevcnty-siX (7G),
West of the Fifth p. M. containing
one hundred Sixty (lbO) acres, more
or less, according to the United
States Government Survey thereof.
There will be due on such mort
gage at the date of sale the sum of
Fourteen hundred twcnty-seven dol
lars and thirty-five ($l427.35) cents,
together with the costs and expenses
of foreclosure.
Dated March Goth, 1924.
WALTER b. HANCOCK,
Fargo, North Dakota.
Assignee of Mortgage.
ALBIN HEDSTROM,
Sheriff of Burleigh County,
North Dakota.
PIERCE, TENNESON, CUPLER &
STAMBAUGH,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mort
gagee,
Fargo, North Dakota.
3-26-4 30 16 % 80
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE

Bismarck building lots, hundreds
of them on monthly payments.
Bismarck homes, in all parts of
the city; many real bargains amongst
them.
Burleigh County farm lands, from
Moffit to Wilton. There is one bar
gain of quarter section, improved,
about which | want to talk to YOU
Garden tracts, on the edge of
town, some improved and some not.
There is no more property for sale
than there ever was but if you have
any money you can buy cheaper now.
If you are in the market, BUY NOW
and take advantage of the present
state of mind which will soon change
for the better. 1924 is seeing, right
now. the start Of a wonderful growth
in this part of the state.
F. L. YOUNG
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
NOTICE OF SALE

Notice Is Hereby Given That de-
fault has been made in the terms
and conditions of that certain mort
gage, made, executed and delivered
by Richard H. Van Hees and Nellie
f. Van Hees,. husband and wife,
mortgagors, to H. +. Wildfang, mort
gagec, dated the Goth day of Novem-
Der 1917, and filed for record in the
office of the Register of Deeds {of
Burlcigh County, North Dakota, on
the 28th day of November 1917, at ,
p. m. and duly recorded in Book
'l44" of Mortgage Deeds, on page
d67, and assigned by said MORTGAGE
to Walter B. Hancock, by instrument
in writing dated the LIST day of De-
cembcr 1917, and filed for record in
the office of the Register of Deeds
Of Burleigh County, North Dakota, on
the 10th day of February 1923, at II
a. III. and duly recorded in Book
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
BY ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that de-
fault has been made in the terms of
that certain real estate mortgage
executed and delivered by j. M.
Bcrtholf and Jennie b. Bertholf of
Mckenzie, North Dakota to M. W..
Roam of Bismarck, North Dakota
dated the 18th day of January, 1920
and filed for record in the office of
the register of deeds of Burleigh
County, North Dakota on the 18th
day of January, 1920 at the hour of
s o'clock p. NJ. and recorded in Book
144 of mortgages on page 125 will
be forcclosed by sale of the prem
Uses described in such mortgage and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09

Domingo authorities have decided
TO shave spot on the head of each
voter as he casts his ballot. He will
also be marked with indelible ink.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
VOTERS GET FREE SHAVE

Santo Domingo, April 9.-llaving
had much trouble in the past over
"rcpcatcrs at elections, the Santo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
; FRENCH SAY .AUNTIE'

Paris, April '9.-"Uncle," the COM
mon name nearly everywhere for
pawnbrokers,a is replaced by "aunt".
in Paris where the state pawnbrok-
n was also fonmerly known as the
mont de piete, or. mountain OF
piety.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
PAGE SEVEN

In the past, the finger was dipped
in indelible ink, but IL chemical was
supplied by politicians to clean the
fingers and permit u second and
third vote.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09

FOR SALE-Chcap motorcycle with
side car. In good running condi-
ton. Phone l26R. 4-8-3t
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Ford
touring car without top, brand new
motor not run over 100 miles, good
tires and good body. Would con-
slider second hand player plan, as
part payment. Phone 585W or
write to 1904 Ave. C. Bismarck, N.
Oak. 3-31-tf