The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-05
TODAY
I'LL CUT YOUR HEAD OFF,
THREE CHEERS FOR CALL
FORNlA.
HOW ABOUT OUR MORALS?
THE pERlSHlNC DOLLAR.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.


James Brapi. four years old, was
disobcdient. Ills father admits that
he had threatened to cut the boys
head off, hoping the threat might
frighten him into obedience. It had
not that effect. On Monday James
Brand got m axe, and, trying to carry
out his fathers idea, cut off the head
Of his little brother, aged three.
Children initiate their parents. Dc
careful how you threaten, or set q
bad example.
For automobile quantity, 60 to
Detroit
For quality and speed go to Cali
forEia.
Lockhart, 23.yesr-old boy who won
the indianapolis race, was born in
California. His engine used gasoline
from California oil. Mr.. Kettingcr,
head engineer Of General Motors ex-
oils make the best gasoline.
Mr.. Arthur Bugs" Baer suggests
that young Lockhart, when he came
out Of the west, "probably brought
with him California atmosphere, and
stuffed it into his tires"
A California car, California driver,
using California gasoline, running on
compressed California atmosphere
how admirable combination!
OF 28 automobiles started. 13 en-
durcd the terrific strain to the
finish. All important automobile or
CARNATIONS should establish plants on
The Pacific coast. They could learn
something.
Secretary Hoover. in an able speech.
worries about our national morals.
"The moral and spiritual may be sub
merged by our great material sue
cess" He did not say whether sub
mergence would come from the boot
lcggers, hi-jackers and night clubs, or
from high finance.
In all ages good men have worried
about the general condition Of morals.
One fine Roman emperor had to dis
ciplinc his own daughter. But some
how the human race manages to stag
ger along. gracefully improving.
Every new generation. every newborn
baby. is clean page on which q new
story of progress can be written.
We inherit knowledge. and expert
ence, but not vice.
The treasury department, bureau Of
efficiency. Crane 4 Co.. currency
paper manufacturers. and the bureau
Of standards combined, after long re-
search. announced that the life Of q
one-doNar bill is only six months.
The average citizen can testify that
in some cases the life of q sne-dollar
bill is less than six months.
Within IL years the use of paper
money has increased threc-fold.
Uncle Sam makes one billion new
bills each year weighing twelve hum
more carelessly than they did. says
be blamed on prohibition. Buying
beer for nickel did not wear out
currency as much as buying drink
Of whisky for q one-dollar bill, or q
bottle for a ten-dollar bill. The gov
crnment might make some 0ne-dollar
nickel or aluminium coins for the
bootleg trade.
Prohibition has its surprising .as-
poets. While President Coolidge is
spending his summer vacation in the
Adirondacky, fast Gutomobiles confis-
Gated from bootleggsrs, manned by
armed men carrying sawed-off shot
guns, will patrol mountain roads
near the presidents camp, and see
that he is not disturbed by the "roar
Of the whisky-laden truck from Can
ada"
The dry administrstor directing
these sawed-off shotguns says they
will not. be used "proMiscuously.' =
That will reassure other inhabitants
: of the Adirondacks.
Spain and France fought together
against the Riffs, ledJby ADD Krim,
lCoutiausd on>psse thres,)