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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-17
CONGRATULATIONS TO MEXICO!J
congratulations to our neighbor republic of Mexico on
By Chester H. ROwen

Congratulations to neghbor republic of Mexico
political miracle
An elected president has been naugurated just because
he was elected That the final test of government
There u.s. to be the additional ground of congratu
aton that President Gales will apparently continue the good
government happily begun under President Oregon
scholar teacher risen from the ranks of Mexicos land
less poor his ambition is to give his people the two things
they most needand and schools But the real test of sta
bity good government It may be bad govern
ment. ~
1t the acceptance by the people whatever govern
ment they have given themselves. nation in which the
defeated candidate home govern itself In Mexico
he has usually gone the path. .sssn.-
The Mexican government will have to meet one
harder test Mexico is undertaking great business
job in establishing it's landless on the land
The emotional moral and political part of that victory
has been But strong feelings and good intentions do
not settle land. That takes intelligence and efficiency
There have been government land Offices in Mexico seek
to distribute millions of of land with less equipment
than American real estate firm would have for suburban
subdivision Peons without capital tools training have
been trust on land where only organized financed and sce
tfc development would have hope of success
Favoritism dishonesty fncompetency and nefficencv
have jeopardized theoretically sound schemes.
great business task is handicapped by the lack of bust
to it and of business principles to run on It.
takes only eloquent language to promise the people land but
it takes practical efficiency to give it to them without doing
them more harm than good Mexico has at last met the
political test. The business test is more difficult
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Jan. l7.-Smaller and
smaller grow from month to month.
Great piles of brick, steel and NOR
tar rear themselves above me.
Four years ago looked from the
office, window and thrilled with the
wide perspective, l had. Now l look
from the window only to see that
am. hemmed in, with the front line
Of bricks. creeping closer and closer
until soon / shall have no perspec-
tive but a wall and its windows
across the street, and, the sky only
a faint blur above me.
: Most Of these towering buildings
Of the new New York are being built
with needles, needles held in nimble,
soft hands Of girls, needles held in
gnarled, hard hands Of women, need
les held in the thick, clumsy hands
of men. needles that whir back and
forth in machines. s.
These buildings constitute the new
garment, center in the west Thirties
Of New York. The people who will
work in them will have light and air
and cleanliness. The people who
made them possible worked in dark,
foul sweatshops on the East Side.
, An elegance rivalled only by stage
and movie sets is to be found in the
reception rooms sof the dress, cloak
and suit houses quartered in these
new buildings. Thick oriental rugs
are on the floors and fine tapes
tries on the wallis. Beautiful paint
ings, hand-carved. furniture and fine
statuary decorate them.
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Buildings in the garment center
step back eight or, ten feet every
two or three stories. Those that
stand apart from other tall buildings
look like. notched pyramids. Those
grouped together look like Pueblo
cliff dwellings. The erection of these
buildings, scores Of them, presents
the greatest change in New York to
one who has been away for year
or. two. a,eEiyr, ~ $50 ga -"
SO 2H'
Many Of the, builders of these
great structures live in sumptuous
apartments on Park avenue and on
the Drive. They have art galleries
and book collections which are US
ually gotten together by profession
al 'connSisseurs who are paid big
fees for selling their "taste" in art
subjects. They have summer homes
and 60 to Florida for the winter and
every 80 often tour Europe. They
~ all the things the "best people"
are doing or are supposed to do.
Yet some Of these men were a
decade or two ago working in East
Side sweatshops. Or their fathers
and mothers broke their backs and
burned out their eyes to give their
sons opportunities and advantages
for advancement.
These buildings built by needles
stand as monuments to life. liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness. They
are Statues Of Liberty without flam-
ing torches.
~" '.". LANES w DEAN
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DEN PRESCOTT TO JOHN
ALDEN PRESCOTT

NV Dear Son: l am writing to
you to know just what you are 60
ing to do about me-your mother
in your new scheme of life.
Both you and Leslie seem to go
on without considering me at all.
OF course, my own dear. mother
died when | was a very little girl,
but I am sure that had she lived to
be as old as ! am, would have
made her the first responsibility of
my existence.
| hope you will pardon me, my
dear son, when l tell you that it
seems to me that you allow both
your wife and your business to come
before your mother-the mother who
brought you into the world. You
only seem to think of me when
bring. myself to your notice.
When you were here You came to
see me only once, and then you
would tell me nothing Of your and
Eeslie's plans When that horrible
tragedy of Leslie's sister occurred
she did not write to me at all, and
l was not asked to go to the funeral
or anything. Leslie's friends must
have thought it strange that was
not there.
l tried to get you at your place OF
business but ! found that you had
gone over to Pittsburg. Neither you
nor Leslie have written me since the
death of her sister. / have waited
and waited, thinking that either
Leslie or Mrs. Hamilton would write
me letter with all the particulars
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uS8u 0SUOOS 0p0UlSU
Meantime, regiments, brigades and
divisions of American high school
students are. taking" Spanish, os-
tensibly because it will be useful in
the future closer relations of this
country with Mexico and the rest of
Latin America.
At least, this is the fiction; and
it may be the real reason, in the
minds Of parents and Of some teach
ers. But not to the pupils!
Not one in thousand of those
students has any plans of engaging
in business in Latin America, or
cares whether the relation of the
two Americas is to be close or dis
tant.
Some foreign language is IRE
quired" and Spanish is VIGOROUSLY
easy. French is next-easiest, and so
is next in popularity.
German was gleefully given up
when the war made it unpopular,
because German is hard. Latin is
hard, too, if you really learn it. !.
But the "small Latins which is so
popular now is not beyond the men,
tai continuity of the Jazz age. Par
ents demand it, because in their
generation it was the hallmark of
educational gentility:
Spanish is great, beautiful, a
noble and useful language. But
do not flatter yourselves that this
is what high school students find in
It. All they need to know is that
it is "easy." 49,
Bryan and Science Advancement
William j. Bryan's check for men,
bership in the American Association
for: the Advancement of Science was
front page news. though the cleo
tion of Professor Michael Idvorsky
Pupin as president of the associa-
ton was scarcely noted.
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lar law is going to be enforced, be-
lieve some county jails may not be
big enough to hold them all, besides
the expenses to the taxpayers for
prosecuting.
The bill I refer to is "Chap. 1879,
S. L. 1923. Depositories Of Public
Funds" This law as it is now holds
the treasurer of q public corporation
and his bonds liable for the loss Of
any money belonging to the public
corporation, if deposited in any
bank, except the Bank of North Da-
kota, if the board of such public
corporation did not first designate
such bank as a public depository for
such public corporation, as provided
in this law.
This law Is. 49, provides a penal
ty for the violation of this law upon
the officers Of any public corpor-
alton which is, mot less than ($25)
twenty dollars nor more than
($1OO0.0O) one thousand dollars or
Imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than ten days nor more than
six months or both for each offense.
believe in protecting the goose
more than the gander, for as rule
the. goose is weaker being. Why
can this law not be amended so as to
put the officials of the bank into
jeopardy and providing q penalty
upon the officers of such bank Eek
cept the Bank Of North Dakota) for
taking any money belonging to such
public corporation, unless such bank
has furnished the proper bond to
such public corporation? How many
officials Of public corporations, Cat
least rural public corporations) have
the education that officials Of banks
have? Furthermore, the law could
read, "That all money Of public cor
porations shall be deposited in the
Bank of North Dakota, provided: that
the officers of any national or state
bank, in the state Of North Dakota
may solicit any board of a public
corporation in the State Of North
Dakota for the depositing Of the
money Of such public corporation in
their bank by filing Surety
Bond with the county auditor, or
with the secretary Of state, il it in.
wolves the State Of North Dakota.
This would take the responsibility
away from the goose and make the
gander responsible. is that not
right? This would be good way
to help get the taxes down, it would
be great revision, at least for the
rural public corporations.
In. speaking few words upon our
banking laws Of North Dakota, my
opinion is, the individual depositor
should be protected the same as Z
public corporation should w. and
ERindlys ashs 'opruH Hone IAbla Legisls,
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each Of you wish. Think hard, all
of you!"
(To Be Continucd)
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[ &% )SHS


And sometimes we think maybe a
mans wife is a nag because she is
married to jackass.
The weather forecaster always has
lots of competition.
Only neighbor We think is out of
debt is the one we owe. -
The chief interest in life with
some people is the per cent they
get on their money.
Never put on until tomorrow what
the advance styles say put on today.
Some people could say what they
think and still be quiet. =
Stepping to one side never gets
you any nearer to the front.
When a man is full Of himself
there isn't room for much else.
Business is back. Next time it
goes away we hope it gets a round
trip ticket to return in few days.
1t is all right to tell your wife
everything that happens if you don't
tell her even more than that.
This last word you hear about
women having is the last word in
clothes.
A movie hero to US is man who
sits next to the music.
We know woman who is trying
to reduce by dieting between meals.
A man may be down, but he is not
out until he is down in the mouth.
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Perhaps if telegraph editors had
realized that it is one Of DR.. Pupin's
\ discoveries that makes radio broad
casting possible, he would have been
news, too. But best of all (because
what president says is always
news) was President Coolidge's brief
address at reception to the dele
gates. -,
ut has taken endless ages to Gre
ate in men the courage that will &C.
cept the truth simply because it. is
the truth. Ours is a generation of
pioneers in this new faith"
That was almost like a direct
challenge to Bryan himself. For,
in his whole anti-evolution crusade,
Mr.. Bryan has appealed to almost
every mental attitude except the sole
courage that will accept the truth
| simply because it is the truth"
He has asked of evolution, not
whether it is true, but whether it
is wicked; not whether it COMFORTS
with the facts, but whether these
facts accord with his preconceived
theories.
And the strength of Bryan has
been that this was precisely the at
titude of most of his hearers, too.
The sense, of ~ fact is the last
achievement Of sthe human mind.
I Even this generation OF pion-
GERS" has not attained it. but only
the really pioneer part of the gener-
alton.
Popularity, politically and dog
matically, science and anti-science
are still two factions, with all the
weight Of emotion, prejudice and
tradition on the side. of anti-science,
and only the rare and inchoate sense
! Of fact. on the side of science.
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ROUGH ON GOVERNORS

Oklahoma, Indiana, Illinois and Kansas joins the
ranks of states where governors under cloud act
uly serving time for criminal acts Gov. Small has been
able win his battles before the courts but the impression
some of his while criminal hardly above
suspicion
Governor Davis reres from office with his to enter
pleas to charges alleging bribery The record of pardons
and paroles Kansas during the last few months has raised
the presumption at least that there way out
of jail in that state if had to the proper
channels.
The activities of Ralston still fresh in the public
mind
Davis of Kansas swept into office upon of
popularity because the believed that he would
rect of the evils that bese the marketing of their
products His term has been stormy and unproductve
of results
The state faces the responsibility of getting down
to the bottom of all the charges made against Davis and
his and there has been actual bribery the guilty should
be punished
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ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
SALLY WIGGLETON's DOLLS

SALLY WIGGLETON'S DOLLS
do you know anybody else?" ask
ed the Fairy Queen. "Anybody else
who isn't happy?"
| Nancy thought minute. Il know
little girl who treats her dolls
something awful" she said by and
by. "She carries them around by
the arms and even sometimes by
the hair. And she never washes
their faces at all"
"How DREADFUL" exclaimed the
Fairy Queen. 1--WE had better go
there at once and see about it. Tell
Two Spot where to CO."
Its Sally Wiggleton," said Nancy
to the butterfly. "She lives in the
city on the corner of Orange street
and Walnut avenue"
"All right" said Two Spot flapping
his blue velvet wings with the rose
colored edges. "Stick on tight,
everybody, I'm going to start"
Away he flew over fields and for
ests and ponds and little villages
with the Fairy Queen and the Twins
sitting comfortably on his black vel
vet back.
The Fairy Queen was driving, but
then she hadn't much driving to do
because Two Spot knew every place
and everybody.
Very soon they came to the city.
They had to go up narrow streets
and back ways, for great blue but
terfly with three passengers on his
back would be sure to attract atten-
ton.
BY and by they came to the corner
OF Orange street and Walnut avenue
and Two Spot settled on the roof of
the garage so as to be perfectly safe.
From there they could see into
Sally's room where she was playing
house.
And at that very instant she had
doll across her knee spanking it..
Then she shook it until you could
hear its eyes rattle.
"Oh!' cried Nancy.
"My, my, she's no mother at ally"
said the Fairy Queen. II do think
we came just in time"
"Oh, dear!" Sally yawned sudden
ly. They could hear through the
window. "I'm tired of dolls. They're
nuisance. l think III go out and
skate"
And she stood up suddenly and the
doll on her knee fell to the floor
thump! right on her nose.
When she had gone the Fairy
Queen said, ''Come."
What with her wings and the ma
gic shoes the Twins wore, they had
no trouble at all.
And in a very little while they
were standing right in Sally's room
amongst all her dolls.
There were about fifteen.
"Why, you poor things!" said the
Fairy Queen picking them all up and
setting them in row on Sally's bed.
Nov tell me all about it,"
"she's pulled half my hair out"
said one.
III you lift my dress you'll see
that I've lost Leg" said another.
1--WE got pneumonia" croaked an
other. "She stuck me in bowl and
never dried me. Ny insides are
soaked"
| They all had grievance.
/ "You don't have to stay here,
said the Fairy Queen. II will give
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=: =: The TQnQLe :: =:

only knew that Leslie was in
Atlantic City by seeing it in the
papers. Surely if she had had any
consideration for me she would have
asked me to have gone with them.
1t would have been nice outing for
me.
And now this morning, piling in
suit on injury, received a type
written letter from that unspeakable
red-headed woman whom for some
unexplainable reason you have kept
on as your stenographer, enclosing
your check for four hundred dollars,
to "pay any bills that may be due
at the beginning Of the month" and
asking me to send her receipts for
the same.
Since when, John, has your moth
err become such stranger to you
that she must account for any money
that you send herr $3.50
should think it would be your
great happiness to supply all my
little wants without any accounting
on my part
Mrs. Atherton also had the i'm
pertinence to tell me that after those
bills were paid you had ordered her
to send me four hundred dollars at
the beginning Of each month. She
said this money would be sent to
me until further notice and you had
decided that one, hundred dollars
was adequate for keeping me in
comfort.
Comfort, indeed. l can not under.
stand, John, your intimacy with a
perfect stranger whereby she could
take it upon herself to tell me how
much l could live upon in comfort
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SHORTAGE OF CREDIT FACILITIES

land policy, revision of transportation charges and
protective tariff reported necessary if the cattle
industry to be placed upon firm foundation by the ag
cultural commission appointed by President Coolidge Pres
ent financial agencies held adequate to handle the credit
emergency that exists.
shortage of credit facilities faces the cattle business
and this section of the nation is vitality interested in seeing
that this want is filled Adequate rediscoun facilities
should be provided and through the various federal agencies
this end should be accomplished without much delay.
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'ture through the columns Of the
Bismarck Tribune 70 enact a law that
makes peoples money worth 100 per
cent on the dollar in all banks at all
times. for, I am afraidin. q. law to
that effect Is not enacted this win
ter by our Legislature now. in SEES
sion, committee will Sc organized
here in Baldwin, and will proceed to
initiate . law that will protect the
depositofs.a money at I'll times, In
al banks; We need bdnks; n is not
public .pplie toSkesR yopflmoneN o.
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down. and press on the wound with
clean gauze or cotton. Ice on the
wound is effective.
Mrs. Jones also learned that bind
ing a bunch Of 1cobwebs or a hand
full of flour on tha wound. or bathing
it in strong vinegar - sometimes ef-
49, f'3ris.ts.qs
Bleeding stops when it becomes
coagnlated. Every effort should be
directed toward helping it to accom-
plish this byIsyerX available means.
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FABLES ON HEALTH ~ !:
FOR CHAPPED. HANDS

When the wound is on the body
or head the flow of blood is more
difficult to stop, Mrs. Jones learned
in her study Of first aid.
Nature, however, has hidden most
of the veins and arteries here under
thick layers Of muscle, or guided
them beneath bones. .>l a
Thus dangerous bleeding wound
is not so likely to be made.
II it should occur, however, call a
doctor immediately, II the blood is
coming fast. .t1
In the meantime lay, the patient
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BEAR

Russia is mining only 81 tons of coal for every 100 be-
fore the She is producing only of pig for
every 100 prewar These figures which appear be
thentc Notwithstanding that they deal with Russia
from the Russian newspaper Rul.
Russia is agricultural rather than a manufacturing
nation So Illuminating to her general condition, is
the u Department of Agrculures estimate that Russas
1924 total 46 million tons of grain That is enough
to feed herf properly distributed, which is unlikely in
view of her brokendown transportation system and gen.
eral economic machine.
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PRISON

"Stone walls do not prison make iron bars cage"
An inmate of Maryland Pententary tells Warden Sweeney
that he any time he wants to- Warden tells him
ahead and try it. Thirty later he telephones
from outside the walls, then returns voluntarily.
The honor system, applied with common sense, is the
best prison wall In time may be the only wall except for
The worst notably convicts who would mper the
public if they at large.
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Editorial Review

Comments reproduced In this
the opinion Of Tho 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.
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PEOPLES FORUM
JULIUS MEYER WRITES
tor. Bismarck Trihune:.

Editor, Bismarck Tribune:
As our lawmakers now are in full
swing, l wish to call their attention
to a bill passed in 1923, which l
think imposes a penalty upon per-
sons who really did not intend to
commit crime, and if this particu.
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NAKED

Speaking of great undeveloped export markets. It's
claimed there 300 millions people earth who wear
clothes at all.
Why don't clothing makers get after them? We have
the cannbas precedent prove that the naked at
be induced to silk hats and celuloid cuffs
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FOOD

Talk about production of food in country ap
parenty has been of barking up the wrong tree
Department of Agriculture reports that while food pro-
ducton has increased Ii cent in IL years. there been
decrease of cent in the produced for every
man. woman and child Crops increasing rapidly
population.
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JAPAN

Japanese begin to develop deposit of billion tons of
iron ore in the northern part of their island empire
deposit of this size would make Japan independent of
other countries for her iron and STEEL which has both
economic and military significance
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If of the congressman who opposing the Under
wood leasing bill solution of the Muscle Shoals problem
would study what North Dakota has accomplished under
state ownership they might withdraw their opposition to
the leasing agreement certainly cannot lose the vast
of taxpayers money that federal operation would
Wealth of the nation placed at 1920 or an
increase of 1872 cent in the last decade estate
it's Improvement showed the greatest gain of any one item
Despite the demagogue this is still land of opportunity
Those who met Mr.. Houghton ambassador to Germany,
on his visit to this state will approve of his promotion
the London post His scholarly atainments impressed all
North Dakotans who came in contact with him.
Your luck may be bad but in St. Louis mans wife is
worth fortune and is suing for divorce.
This world is full Of number of things They found
253 needles. il London woman
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This world is so full of a number of things.
ass needles il London woman,
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Your luck may be bad but in st. Louis mans v
worth fortune and is suing for divorce