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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-31
BEGGING THE ISSUE

Those supporting A. P Lenhart seek raise number
of fictitious issues
campaign by inducing the Association of Commerce to ask
for report upon the water department. T. R. Atkinson
Myron Atkinson and the city attorney prepared long his
torical sketch together with defense Of Mr.. Atknsons
fees $4,000 in money.
The Tribune urged this issue in the campaign
except the three cent upon the purchase price
of the old plant paid Mr.. Atkinson. Commissioner Thomp
refused to certify this bill for payment and protested
openly and in private to the other commissioners against
paying the city engineer gratuty of $3.50 of the tax
Outside Of discussion of Atknsons fees which is an
exparte defense of these expenditures and also liberal
smaerlng of political propaganda the report is made up
of data which threshed out in these columns during
1t not to The Tribune to reprint of figures
and historical data at it's The Lenhart
ttee did what within it's right it went elsewhere and
PAID TO HAVE the political document printed There need
be no misunderstanding on this point.
There is necessity for the voters to be msed. Com
missioner Thompson introduced the first resolution that
sent the waerworks controversy to the railroad commission
before Lenhart the commission and started the
ball rolling toward municipal ownership and the settlement
of vexatious problem. All through the controversy lead
ing up to the building of the water plant, Commits
soner Thompson was for city owned plant, but he urged
who spent of the taxpayers money than
sary. He overruled by Mr. Lenhart who allowed Mr.
three cent grauty and in this he supported by
Commissioners Larson and French. The expenditure of
thousands of dollars needessy be charged this at
titude Mr. Thompson being in the minority protested but
that far he got He did to get useless
mains eliminated after a heated session
The water plant has been built the city been bonded
and the debt must be met but the only way reduce
to vote for greater economy the administration city
affairs and that what Mr. Thompson advocates and stands
for.
Tax reduction business-ike methods equality of
taxation and in the handling of the taxpayers
money, these are the chief issues.
Vote your taxes downward April =
Never there better opportunity to free Bismarck
from system that is pungng it deeper into debt the
months roll
Apply the brakes next Tuesday.
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WHAT ARE STATE
ENGINEERS FORT
Mclean Co. independently


The hand Of the Inner Ring
that has wilfully squandereI and
mismanaged the highway depart
ment of this state Is again shown
in their latest move. The state
press is carrying advertisements
for bids for the engineering on the
Williston and Sanish bridges to be
let on April 9Th.
The majority report on the high
way investigation called the atten-
ton of the people. OF this state to
the fact that while practically a
half hundred high priced engineers
were retained on state pay roll,
yet private engineers who were on
the Inside" were getting all the
way from 100000 to 100000 in
fees from the state for work that
the highway engineers could just
as we'll do.
And that is not all. The present
term of two members of the com
mission expires on April 18th. The
two members with the Governor
will then control the policies of the
commission.
These bridge. bills were passed on
the last night of the session and
without taking the time to thor
oughly investigate the feasibility
Of the highway engineers now on
the pay roll during this engineer:
ing work and with the purpose in
view of again allowing the Inner
Circle" one of whom is Mr..
Blacks former partner, to again
get a swag at the highway fund,
Mr.. Black takes matters into his
own hands and rushes these bids
through before the new commits
sion comes into power.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-31
GOV. SORLIE is RIGHT
(Steele OZOne)


In an interview in the st. Paul
Dispatch, Gov. Sorlie Is quote as
saying that prosperity could not
be legislated into being. 1t rests
with the individual and collective
action of the people, farmers and
all. The governor said the de-
pressed situation in North Dakota
had passed. and that the entire state
was on the whole in good way,
though of course there were still
some poor spots.
The governor told the plain
truth. Legislation will not make
any body prosperous unless it is
of kind of free gift nature, and
that is not done much. 1t is re,
freshing to have one public official
in a position like that Of Gov.
Sorlie, tell the unvarnished facts
about legislation Of any alleged
beneficial nature in finances of the
individual. We never have taken
any stock in any of the various
proposals to get legislative or con-
gressional action to "help the
farmers" 1t is delusion and a
piece of political camoufiage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-31
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

"And now" said the March Hare,
"the next thing to get ready for
spring is the Old Swimming Hole"
"Where's that?" asked the Twins.
"Away up the creek where the
boys 20 swimming" said the March
Hare. Spring isn't rightly here un-
til the swimming hole is cleaned out
and fixed up in fine shape. Besides.
several people living there must be
given notice to move"
"Then," said Nancy quickly, ''if
it's case of moving, we'd better get
Mister Tingaling, the landlord, and
get him to 60 along with u.s."
"A very good idea, indeed!" agreed
the March Hare. "Well 60 to his
house and get him."
"Sure, I'll Co." said Mister Tinga-
ling when he heard it. II have to
get around bit and attend to my
HOUSEKEEPING anyway. I'll get my
ice-cream saucer hat with the feather
in it, and 60 right along"
Then he called out to the kitchen.
"Mrs. Tingaling! Oh, Mrs. Tingaling!
I'm going out on business and I'll
not be back to lunch. If you want
me for anything, telephone to the
Old Swimming Hole. have to see
some of my tenants there"
Get on my back and I'll ride you"
said the March Hare: "You aren't
any larger than these children, being
a fairy and everything. The reason
they are small enough to ride on my
back is that they have magic shoes
that make them shrink. Mister Tin
| Nancy and Nick, this is Mister Tin
calling"
"We're old friends" said the fairy
man shaking hands with both Of
them. Every old friends, indeed!
They helped me to collect my rents
one time on the thirty-second day
| of the monitor maybe the thirty
third, forget which"
Well-away. went the March Hare,
and after passing Lily Pond and
crossing the meadow, they came to
Ripple Creek.
Then they went lippity lop along
a little path beside Ripple Creek un.
til they came to the woods. Then
they still kept going along the lit
tie path and by and by they came to
a place where the creek widened out
into sort of lake, and where the
sun came sprinkling down through
the tree branches-and there they
were.
The Twins and Mister Tingaling
hoped off the hare's back and look
ed around.
81 knew it," cried the hare ex-
citedly. "We'll have to take it down
at once"
""What?" asked everybody in sur.
prise.
"That sign" said the hare. point
ing with one ear. The sign said,
"No trespassing," which in plain
language means "Stay out"
Every year." said the hare.
Farmer Greenway puts up that
sign to keep the boys away. But he
should know better by this time.
always see that it is taken down.
Come and we'll give it push"
They. all pushed hard and over
went the sign face down.
"That's that" said the hare. "Now
we can see some Of the people who
Five here"
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Ito BE Continued)
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In New York

New York, March 31.-Girls in
New York are unlike girls in any
other city. They are at once the
best dressed and the most unat-
tractive. This is speaking in gen.
eral terms, of course.
They are best dressed because
more attention is paid to dress here
than in any other city. Many of the
styles, both for America and Europe.
originate here. In most occupations
wages and salaries are greater here
and the urge and need of spending
is greater.
TO say that New York girls are
less attractive than girls of other
cities is matter of individual opin-
ion, of course. But the Gotham girl
uses more cosmetics than her sisters
in the hinterland. A great many of
them use heavy mascara on their
eyebrows and bead their eyelids.
They look like nothing so much, as
chorines awaiting overture.
In short, the beauty of the Goth
am girl is largely artificial.
No matter what her academic
education is the New York girl is
more generally ignorant than others.
She may be an expert in some line
of work and she may be exceedingly
worldly wise and sophisticated, but
she may not know that fruit evolves
from blossoms on trees, or that but
ter is made by churning milk, or that
few babies have teeth when they're
born. On the other hand she knows
pretty we'll how to parry smart re-
mark from smart man and to 60
wherever she pleases to 60, unac-
companied.
Opportunity to study the eternal
feminine in the mass is at every
turn here. For instance, 1000 per-
sons work in the Equitable building
in lower Broadway. Three fourths
Of them are women and girls. Many
of them eat breakfast and lunch in
the building and do their shopping
during lunch hour without leaving
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=: The TQnQLe =:

will hurt my standing as wife,
but | must warn you that if | find
that some man interests me (and,
John, there are many interesting
men in this world) l shall feel my
self privileged to accept this atten-
tions, provided they are given in a
way that does not stretch the
bounds of my self-respect and the
edicts of society. Whenever my in
terest shall pass the limitations of
friendship, l shall ask you to set
me free, for | do not intend to live
loveless life. Love is my due and
if you can not give it to me, you
must remember there is always
some other man waiting just around
the corner to do so.
shall also expect you to warn
me if you find yourself in similar
predicament, otherwise this com
promise of ours would not be worth
thinking about, much less writing
down here.
Read this letter and think it over
carefully, John. 1t is not the emo
tional rawlings of woman who
feels -her heart is broken. It is not
the cynical observations of woman
who thinks she has been greatly
abused. 1t is the acceptance of what
you have tried to impress upon me
in your letter that this is the usual
condition in the lives of men and
would make those conditions usual
in the lives of women.
LESLIE HAMILTON PRESCOTT
Telephone Message From John Alden
Prescott to Clerk at Desk, Ten
Evck Hotel
"Please send boy for my bags
Immediately. Have the cashier have
my bill ready, and call me taxi
| am leaving Immediately"
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LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT,
CONTINUED

Personally, John, would hardly
think that this reconstruction was
possible if l did not know of the
absorbing and arduous work which
will engross your mind for the mex,
year or two. With me, my two
boys will probably push out all
other considerations of anyone or
anything in my mind.
You say that a man puts his wife
on a pedestal and worships her.
Worship, John, is a very cold emo
ton. Reverence always goes to
PASSIONS funeral. Just why !
should repeat this epigram to you |
do not know, for, of course, l want
you to realize that l shall ask of
you neither reverence nor passion.
1 will have no right under our plan
to interest myself in your personal
affairs except where we both must
bow more or less to the conven-
tions of society and the speech OF
Dame Gossip.
l shall not require nor ask any
explanations of where you go, or to
whom you pay more than the polite
attentions of everyday life. The
only thing l shall ask of you, John,
is not to bring open scandal into
my life. will waive my right to
interfere with you in any way, prof
ferlng only one request: Do not
make me ashamed in the eyes of
the world.
1t would be hardly fair to you,
however, and certainly not fair to
myself if l did not tell you that I
will also arrogate to myself the
same consideration of my actions,
from you. Mind am not telling
you that l shall do anything that
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-31
System At Fault-NOt The Men
By Chester H. ROwell

Members of legislative bodies rising to defend them
against the supposed mputaon of being personally inferior
to their predecessors
Speaker Gett in his vaedictory conceded that the pres
en House of Representatives might not be brilliant
that of 80 ago. but added that it is certainly soberer
and digent.
Similarly the governor and lieutenant governor of Cali
forna who disagree in everything else unite in
have known.
Even if all this is ruewhat of it? The charge is not
personal nferority but organic incapacity
The trouble is with Congress- not congressman; with
Legislatures, not legislators.
If legislative bodies constituted that better men
could not operate Them it makes little difference whether
they are composed of better or of worse.
There are good in all legislative bodies 1t would
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-31
FABLES ON HEALTH
THE "FLU" EPIDEMIC

"Why did the first wave of influ-
enza over the country in 1918 cause
SO many more deaths than the many
epidemics since?" Mr.. Jones of Any
town asked.
"The reason lies in the fact that
the human body, when attacked
once, builds up a strong resistance
in order not to be caught unprepared
the next time," Mr.. Jones explained.
ut is something like locking the
door after the thief has ALREADY
made haul, except that the ques-
ton Of disease is much more i'm
portant.
"Measles do not cause nearly so
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be easy to get more Of them, and
better, if it were made worth their
while.
The trouble goes deeper. Person
al inferiority, so far as it exists, is
merely an external symptom.
Little is gained by relieving the
symptom alone, and if the under
lying cause is found and remedied,
the symptom will take care of it
self.
Senators make much of their
equal prcrogative" with the pres
ident in passing on nominations.
Legalistically. the claim is of
course undeniable. But practically,
the unwritten law of the Senate has
always made certain exceptions.
One Of these is former senator's,
who are always confirmed without
even reference to a committee. Yet
senators must know that states make
mistakes in selection, as we'll as
presidents.
They doubtless realized it in the
case Of Fall. but senatorial cour-
tesy" made his confirmation a. mat
ter Of form.
The other exception has been Sc
lections to the cabinet. Only three
presidents have been rebuffed by re-
lection of cabinet appointees, and
there was open war between Con-
gress and these three.
Legalstically the Senate has the
right to reject a cabinet appoint
ment, just as it has the right to vote
to declare war on Canada. Actually,
one ought to be about as likely as
the other.
A Smart-Aleck Performance
"There is more drinking among
the young people than ever" say the
mock scandalized "wets'
Those of us who have not forgot
ten our own youth in the glamor Of
distance can certify that this is not
the first generation in which there
was too much drinking among the
young.
We could probably even point out
in our favorite cemeteries the
graves of those who did it. But to
the extent that the modern fling is
true-what does it mean?
Obviously. that drinking has be-
come a smart-Aleck performance.
Youth is the smart-Aleck age.
Our flappers and their adolescent
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many deaths as they did when they
first attacked society"
Scientists have learned this, and
come to the assistance of humanity
with vaccinations. A person is vac
cinated against smallpox.
The vaccination causes sickness.
in fact the result is slight case of
smallpox.
1t is enough, however, to start the
fighting agencies C.: the body to pre-
pairing for general onslaught of
the disease germs.
The result is that thereafter when
the person comes in contact with
smallpox, the person is not affected.
The bodv has built up an immunity
against the disease.
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.{$|&@ &$

Time you get through reading all
the divorces there isn't time to
write funny cracks for the newspa-
pers.
Prizefighter news. World has a
new bantamweight champion. Coal
men remain the shortweight cham
pions.
Radio doesn't work as we'll in sum-
mer. But you mustn't mind that.
You don't work as we'll either.
Baltimore doctor has drug so
times as strong as a carbollc acid,
which is blame near as strong as
bootleg. ,fs
People are becoming so honest it
may be possible to reduce the in
come taxes again.
Had big fire in Japan. Whole
town burned. All we can do is hope
it got some NAH jongg sets.
Girls will be girls. Baltimore one
of 1O7 had a birthday party. Her
husband of 100 was there. Bet he
cut up.
Los Angeles news. Man broke a
glass to get at some jewels. So the
Judge gave him seven years bad
luck.
Dawes is giving away pipes in the
Senate, which is one way for a vi.
president to be noticed.
Gold has been found in Yakutsk,
Siberia, but how on earth will pco-
pie ask their way to the place?
The annual report about the peach
crop being ruined has been issued.
We like Hungary now. Her first
president is visiting the United
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WORRY

WORRY
Worry has useful value, accomplshes nothing, and
makes the victim nuisance himself and his associates
says the Chicago Health bulletin.
And there plenty food thought in that for
body.
Too much worry is of the few real things you need
worry about.
who lives regularly, is engaged in good active
mental physical work. takes part regular health
full recreatons and takes time to do good for
else once in a while, has little time to worry.
isn't bad idea to remember that the world is pretty
much make it, Laughter value to the worrier
and cheerfuness is bully good tonic.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-31
NAMES

What's in a name the poet remarked? Surprs-
ingly little if you take seriously of the
recent examination given goods the University of Chi
cago.
Bento Mussoni for instance described as an rish
RADICAL and "Boshevk agitator Feodor Chaiapin the
Russian singer IAN impersonator of Charlie
Chaplin"
Charles Eliot president emeritus of Harvard was
column conductor for local newspaper Knute Rockne
Notre Dame football coach was described scandina-
Wan author" and Norwegian jockey"
In justice to the co-eds be stated that more than
IS cent of the replies right Still, it have
been rather notifying to the Fascist leader and great
educator Dr. Eliot One feels they had right expect
every college student to know them
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Editorial Review

oo;mn r. sspT %av %, n s.nr I'd:
tho opinion of The Tribune. Thsy
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.
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swains are not dipsomaniacs. They
have no appetite for drink.
But they observe certain of their
elders drinking for smartness, so
they do likewise.
1t is the adolescent equivalent Of
the earlier "playing hockey" or maxi
ing faces at the teacher.
AS we grow up, these petty defi-
ances Of authority, seem less smart.
Unfortunately, some people never
grow up. These cases Of arrested
development furnish the examples
which callow youth imagines it
smart to initiate.
No Romance Is Left
The real war took the glamor out
of even play war. Watch group
Of college cadets drilling.
Ten years ago their older brothers.
who afterward learned the real thing
parade stuff" in nifty blue or gray
uniforms.
Now, like as not, the drill will con-
sist in. running down hill, open or
der, in overall-colored khaki, and
tumbling into holes Or behind hum
mocks at the bottom, each for him
self.
To paraphrase a great American
general: "This may be war; but it is
not magnificent"
Not Exactly "Snobbish"
The world moves too fast even for
our prejudices. Only little while
ago we we're agitating against COL
lege students having automobiles. on
grounds Of "aristocracy" and "class
distinction"-qualities which we per-
ennially reprehend in youth. thoash,
obviously, we are the ones they
learned them from.
But now that fourth hand Ford
can often be bought for the price
of a cheap bicycle, and the boy with
the most battered relic is the proud
est of it, the menace comes from
the very democracy of the cars.
The alumni magazine of middle
western university complains that
the streets of the college town are
unsafe. not merely from the num-
Der of cars, but chiefly because so
many Of them have loose brakes and
steering wheels that there is no
guessing which way they will jump
next.
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KILLED THE DEAD SEA

YOUNG RRAGGER My grand
father built the Rocky Mountains
UNSYMPAT'HETIC LISTENER
Aw. that's nothing. Do you know
the Dead Sea? Well. my grand.
father kill 1t. Stanford Chap
arral.
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MANDAN NEWS
MANDAN TO HAVE INDIAN
MIISEI1M

Mandan is assured of the greatest
collection of Mandan, eros Ventres,
Arikara and Sioux Indians relics in
the United States it was learned
yesterday when special committee
of Missouri Chapter No. 1, Royal
Arch Masons, announced its inten-
ton of recommending to the Man
dan Masonic Temple building COM
mittee, acceptance of the offer of
Major A. B. Welch, Indian student
Recently Major WEIGH offered to
donate his entire Indian collection
to the Masonic temple committee if
it saw fit to establish a museum in
the building which is now partially
completed.
With assurance of the WEIGH col
lection as nucleus, other collec-
tions will be added including the
magnificent Indian collection of F.
H. Motsiff. Mr.. Motsiff's farm two
miles. south of the city, is located
on the site of what historians be-
lieve to have been the greatest Of
all the Mandan Indian villages.
FINED FOR CARELESS DRIVING
Dorothy Hensel. Bismarck, driver
of the Ford car owned by John wy
ciskala, also Of Bismarck, which
struck Mrs. Minnie Davidson alh
daughter. causing very serious i'm
juries to Mrs. Davidson, was ar
raigned in police court late Satur-
day afternoon on charges of driving
faster than the speed limit. and with
out having her car under control and
in careless manner. A fine of
$40 and costs was assessed against
Miss Hensel by Justice j. E. Camp
bell.
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FORESTS

FORESTS
Perhaps, at time, the American nation did have
trees to burn" And they have been burned-mllions of
them And other millions have been destroyed in other
ways.
That is why there all Importance in the of April
~ which President Coolidge has proclaimed American
Forest Week.
Every the deforesed grow larger nothing
the balance favor except the raising of
trees. z,
When you consider that forests the backbone
agriculture the cornerstone Of numbering and the heart
f Industry it is wonder all need heed to the call
fCr reforestation
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FINED FOR CARELESS DRIVING
A Thought

Men shall speak of the might Of
thy terrible acts; and l will declare
thy greatness.-Ps. 1856.
-
For he that once is good, is ever
great.-Ben Jonson.
A new company has arranged air
plane trips over the Alps for tourists.
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A New Jersey man who flirted
with cops wife won't do it again,
not for at least 80 days.
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Even though a New York show
has been declared indecent not q
single person was hurt in the rush
to buy tickets.