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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-20
Frayne Baker Named
Delegate to Meeting
of Reserve Officers

Minot, N. D., Oct. 20.-CP)- Colonel
F.. s. Person Of Minot was reelected
president and Major Mccullough Of
Underwood, N. d., was reelected vice
president of the North Dakota Re-
serve Officers association, ut the an
nual convention held in this city
Yesterday afternoon. Lieut.. Bert
Balrui Of Minot was reelected secre-
tary-treasurer Of the state Organiza-
ton.
Lieut.. Colonel Frayne Baker of Bis
marck was named as a delegate from
North Dakota to attend the national
convention of reserve officers to be
held next week at Norfolk, Virginia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-20
Answering Rap on
Hotel Door Costs
$40 and a Watch

Pipestone. Mimi, Oct. 2O-LP-A
rap on the door and rap on the head
cost Bob Evans $40 and a watch at q
local hotel.
Answering knock on the door of
his room, Evans told police. he w..
rendered unconscious by the next
knock, which also bruised his head.
Two chance acquaintances are be-
lieved responsible for the attack.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-20
Fargo Insurance
Company Is Going
Out Of Business

The North Dakota Bankers Mutual
Casualty company, Fargo, is going out
Of business, the state insurance de-
partment was notified today. The
reason given is the reduction Of mem
bership from $40 to less than 600. In
surance now in force will be rcinsurcd
with !: New York firm.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
Poll Shows Sentiment
OF Country Is ''Dry''
TO the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
Why All this talk about a nationa
referendum on the Volstead act when
the poll. taken hy the newspapers. was
40 conclusively in favor OF the drys?
What" some will say. "rhe ma
iority of those voting favored a re
peal Of. or modification of. the
amendment" True. but let us look al
those figures a little.
There were approximately / 1.10O. .00C
votes returned. The ma jority of these
favored the wet point Of view. Not
many more than 500 600 were dry. Al
first glance this looks like an over
whelming argument that the Nation
wants the act repealed.
Hold your horses a little. Mawruss
Not many more than one-tenth of the
population OF the United States voted
didn't fill out the ballots? II they had
what would the vote have been?
We may safely say that all those
who did not vote are dry. The vets
are the ones who are trying to get the
act repealed. They, of course, voted
trying to give their cause all the
strength and publicity they could. The
drys. on the other hand. being salts
fed with the law as 1t stands. have,
generally speaking, ignored the news.
pa per ballot.
But when it comes to real. and not
a straw, vote. then we shall see the
strength OF the silent ma iority" This
hue and cry OF the vets is the dying
song of the swan. Let them have
their referendum and realize that any
fight against progress is vain.
MARIE DASHIELL.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
Signs of the Season.

Children will roll eggs In the park
OF the White House and on the Hill of
! the Zoo next Monday. Eggs will not
tol because the terraces were changed
from sod to marble in the SOS. Back
in the IV'S complaint was made that
the Easter reNels OF children broke
The grounds Nere closed to them, and
they marched ami struggled Vest lay
thousands and took possession Of the
! White House grounds Long ago
IN the city. except that around the
White House. which had lawn and
shruhberN, children of the public
schools, led by teachers. went there
for an Easter picnic. They carried
baskets OF lunch, and Easter esgs
formed part of the lunch. 1t is be
lieyed that SOME child playing On the
steep sod terrace spilled basket Of
eggs or mischieVvusly let an egg roll
down the two terraces. other children
saw that II Was fun and let their eggs
roll. 1t * believed that the custom
began In that way. There is uu record
| Of its beginning. but men and women
have said that when they were little
children they rolled eggs In Capitol
Park in the early SOS. No mention
of Capitol egg rolling has been found
in the files of The Star until the early
70's, and references found then indi
cate that egg rolling at the Capitol
was an old sport.
In addition to the approach OF egg
rolling, there is anxious and delibera { e
planning. aking and buying OF bright
hats and gowns. The shop windows
and the shops are gay with Easter
things, and the advertisements show
that carnival Of flowers and fes-
tival OF hats draws near Some men
are contemplating new suits. with
neckties fun OF color.
There Is already cherry blossom
! talk and bus schedule has been ar
ranged in Potomac Park that the few
make d japanese cherry blossom tour.
Large groups OF high school pupils
from cities East and West are in the
streets and public buildings. They
are ma king the grand tour OF the Cap
ital. This is "A practice that is fixed
with many schools and is being taken
up by more schools. Sight seeing" is
a foottiring job as a general propo-
sition, but the crowds Of young peo-
pie are gay, and they bear their long
train trip and their tours of the Capi-
tul, Monument. National Museum and
a hundred other places with courage
and smiles.
The hotel men are saying that an
unusual Easter crowd is coming and
that Spring tourist trade is looking
up. The elms and NAPLES are putting
out leaf buds, and crocuses are peep
ink from grass plots.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
A Grave Duly Honored.

At last the grave of the Unknown
Soldier is being guarded Day and
dsht an armed sentry PAGES slowly
before It. This. accomplished by. ex.
ecutive order OF President Coolidge,
and seitsted for some time before
that, 10 distinctly as it should be.
II may be true that nobody ever
lid use the simple sarcophasus where
les this man, unknown to all but
typifying the best attributes of Ameri.
can Young c.anhood, for lunch table
or surface for craps or jack stones
or a dancing platform. But some.
body could have done so. and Amer.
icas propensity for the-let us sav
casual, rather than irreverent-made
it likely that some day some would
have done so. In fact, only Ia st
Autumn some English visitors to
Arlington expressed in the hearing of
a member Of the staff Of this news
paper their utter amazement that the
tomb corresponding to the one SO
sacred - them should be utterly m
atta1dA6 Tar an. thai cecAAtnn- the
Evening star., 1926-04-02
George Washington
Would Favor the League

To the Editor OF The Sta:
Those who oppose our country en-
tering league Of peace with foreign
nations frequently quote Washing
toms warning to beware of foreign
enta anRlements. When business
man. who has grown too old to con
tinue in commercial pursuits. turns
his business over 10 his son. he warns
him to beware OF business entangle-
ments. In this sense Washington evi-
IDENTIFY mean his much.quoted warn
Ing. for in his remarks on the
Brotherhood OF Man" he said:
''As the member Of an infant EN-
pire as phila Mt hropist by chara cter,
and. II ] NAV he allowed the express
sion. as a citizen of the great repub-
lie Of humanity at large. | cannot
help turning my attention sometimes
to this subject. how mankind may he
connected. like one great family. in
fraternal ties. l indulge a fond. per
haps an enthusia site. idea that as the
world is evidently much less bsrbsr-
Gus than it has been. its meliora ton
must still be progressive. that nations
are becoming more huma niZed in their
policy: that the subjects of ambition
and causes for hostility are daily
diminishing. and. in fine. that the
period Is not very remote when the
benefits OF a liberal and free com
merce viii pretty generally succeed
to the devastation and horrors Of
war"
From these expressions by the
Father Of Our Country. IL is logical
to conclude that he would be in favor
of his nsrive land joining with foreign
nations in behalf Of world peace
F. s. HODGSON.
Evening star., 1926-04-02

yard blooming with hundred va
riettes. Going through the seed cata
losues, he Is una BILE TO resist the lure
of this or that ssed.
He lots down one hower, another
another, until he has list distinguish
ed by length more than by any otnei
ono feature.
His eyes. as so Oft on Is tho case, are
larger than his stomach, as the ola
saying has il. eve have rehned upon
the saving a bit, for the purposes OF
cold, print)
When Spring actually seems just
over the next hill the gardener prop
ably will find ii highly advisable to
eliminate about half Of his varieties.
Seeds perform such grand expa nsio
scta that small packet of them VIII
cover square yards Of ground later on.
Especially he who has but q. back
yard garden. narrow and none TOO
long. will do well to cut down on the
number of his varieties. in order thai
he may have enough OF those selected
4 garden Of a hundred different
plants would be interesting, certainly
II there were but one specimen ol
each. but ms sses Of half q dozen va
rieties would give better effect.
&*
This Spring II will be well II garden
ers plan better gardens. too.
This may often be done simply by
end vorinR to dispose or plants IN
proper relation 10 their settings. In
other words, haphazard planting, es
peciaIly in beds. may be changed &c
orderly border planting.
The grass the setting of any garden
can be improved by judicious reseed
inR. with special attention to portions
where Ii never has grown well, and
by SUFFICIENT application OF grounC
bOnemeal OF Other good grass food.
In many yards rocks grow 40 Close
to the surface that grass can scarcely
get q foothold, and, If it does. canno
survive the hot Sumper months. IL
all such cases 1t IL necessary TO take
up such turf a. is there and to remove
the stones beneath.
Fill in, then. with earth and place
tha old turf back. not falling to pui
in some seed. In a month the ole
space will be thickly carpeted.
II do not Know what is tho matter
with that spot. bat the grass slWayi
dies there" IN sentence often heard
A concealed rock IN often the answer
10 this problem. and it's removal /,
one way 10 a. better garden.
Careful inspections must be mad,
weekly. now. of the shrubs, notsbIy
the altheas and the spireas, in ordei
to spray them for sphlds at the hrs,
sign OF that green pest
A 40 per cent solution OF tobac eco IL
soapH water - the proper spray
which Should be put on at the frs
appea IA nee OF the lice This proha bly,
will be about April Is. If not earlier
This note applies particularly TO rose
bushes
AS an experiment. glsdiolus bulb,
might be put in the ground 'at lea a
inches deepI At this tims, although
probably 1t would be better TO wall
until the last 10 days OF April
II VIII be noticed that we have quail
Aed most Of our statements with prob
ably" and perhaps" since there is
no sure rule in Nature. so VARYING Ar.
local conditions.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
Prosnect for Better Streets.

Members Of the Senate subcommit-
tee on Distrlct appropriations have in
dica;eu that they VIII favor sub
/ stantial increase in the amount al
lowed hy the House for repair of the
streets cf Washington. nder the
leadership of Senator phipps of Colo
rado. the subcommittee is ma king Ii
detailed survey Of street paving, anu
an increase of several hundred thou
sand dollars in appropria ations is eX.
pected TO result
WashinslouIan will hail this action
with iov. because il will mean the end
of the spine splitting, car-wreckins
rides over bumpN streets that they
have been compelled Ia endure. The
pavement in all sections of the city
has probably never been in worse con
ditiOn. IL is sag2inS and falling, II ia
uneven and rough. and in places 1t re-
quires in driving the utmost care TO
save both occupant apd automobiles
from serious injury.
There il little doubt in the minds of
residents OF the National Capital that
il viii take hut "a short ride 10 con
Vince members of the subcommittee
that immediate action is necessary II
any semblance OF modern street con.
ditions is to Ice preserved. Decay has
already set III and only thorough,
complete resurfacIns will suffice 10
,,A.I Ih. xii uatIun
Some repair work has been done by
the street and highway department,
but ii Is only II drop in the bucket
compared to what should be done.
Here and there are patches of new
pavement, but they merely accentuate
the remaining holes. Disintesration
has reached such "a stage that piece
work fails to accomplish the desired
result.
AT least a half million dollars addi-
tional is needed Immediately to place
the streets again in the condition suit.
ed to the Nations Capital. The dis.
credit of provincial highways in Wash
ingtun should not be countena need by
either Congress or residents of the
city and steps should be taken at once
to remove il.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

| was briehess lawyer battling his
way up the public ladder in local pol
itics. Both Coolidge and Dennis " ere
shining lights in the circle of Young
intellectuals who forega thered regu.
iarly in the town tavern to decide the
fate OF city. state and Nation. Above
! DIR. Dennis desk at the Tariff Com
mission hangs a presenta tion photo
graph of Coolidge. vintage OF 1898.
taken couple of years after the
| callow Fernonter settled down at
| Northampton to wait for law prac-
rice. The vice chairman OF the Tariff
Commission describes himself as
theoretical free-trader who believes in
protection. II isn't generally known
that the original suggestion for the
Senate investiga ton originated with
| DR. Dennis
| Mrs. Arthur K. Robinson. wife Of
the Junior Republican Sena Tor from
Indiana. has left Wa shington TO take
| hand in her husba nds campaign
| for reelection In November She has
been officially designated his assistant
| ma naRer. with the women of India ma
as her particular field OF activity.
| Politics has long been Mrs. Robin.
| sons hobby. Few women in the
| country know its rouEh.a nd tumble
so well. For several years she has
been vice chairman OF the G. o. =.
| city central committee at India ma polls.
and her political contacts ramify all
over the Hoosier realm. The Rob-
| insons met and wooed while fellow
students at Ohio Northern Uni
versity and were married during the
| Christmas holidays following their
| joint graduation In 1901. Mrs. Rob.
inson Ia n mother as well as a poll
tician and has son who will cast
| his first vote for his dad this year
| The Senator's leading lady IL slen
der brunette with jet-black hair, and
makes rousins stump speech.
4
| There are few more romantic fig
| ures in the Federal service than
John 3. Randolph, S4-year-old assist
ant TO The chief clerk of the War
| Department, who is completing his
| fifty.eighth successive year as Gov
ernment employe. He is a member
| OF the famous old Virginia family
whose name ne bears. but incurred
its undying hostility by ca sting his
lot with the Northern cause and ac-
ceptinx a lieutena nt's commission in
the Union Army during the Civil
War. Later he resigned to entN' pri-
vste life. but in 1868 became clerk
in the War Department. Lieut.. Ran
dOlph has served under - Secretaries
Of War. beginning with Lorenzo
Thomas in 1868 and continuing un-
interruptedly up to the regime OF
Dwight f. Davis in 1925. Under
strict Interpretation of the civil serv-
ice rules Randolph would have been
retired years ago. But no one has
| ever thought Of condemnins SO gal
liant a gentleman to the niggardly
pay Uncle Sam alots his superan-
nuated faithful.
Some Of the young men at the
State Department have christened
Senator Harrison. Democrat, OF Mis-
sissippi FOSTERING Pat" That's a
reprisal for his allegation in the Sen
ate on March % that American for
eisn policy IL conducted by "a tri-
umvirate consisting OF Cautious Cal,
Nervous Nellie and Gloomy Gus
(CopsriEht. 1929
Evening star., 1926-04-02
Retirement Equity
Demands Action Now

70 tho Editer OF The star:
Are we TO witness the spectacle OF
another adjournment OF Congress
without decent provision for the thou
"A nds. OF hapless and helpless Federal
employees retired" at 40 years Of age
or thereabouts upon the princeiy aver.
age annuity OF $545 a year-thAt IL.
practically $40 q week? Probably
third of these involuntariiy retired
workers receive less than this average.
When II fs reca lied that. in the largest
class of Federal employees in Washing
ton tthe clericaD before the World
War, the average salary was only
81 800 q year, the virtual impossibiltty
OF the vast ma iority "sa wing some
thing for q rainy day" may be realized.
Shockinely low sala ries had prevailed
for half q century. The small bonus"
paid during the World War did not
so much as meet the increased cost
Of living. Morally speaking, the pay
ment by the GOvernment TO these in
voluntarily retired employees of an an
nuity sufficient to insure O decent
maintenance during such spa n OF life
as remains TO them iS not pensioning
them; rather is II an all too tardy
award to them Of what should have
been in their pay envelopes during
the years they rendered ill-reQuited
aervice.
, Even a casual rea ding Of the re-
tirement act should make 1t clear to
the duilest that the act contemplated
that the cost OF retirement OF those
who had already reached retirement
age should be borne by the Govern
ment. and. in varying proportions,
some part of the cost OF retirement OF
those in the service before the pas
age OF the act. How otherwise could
the total Of all deductions, with inter
est. he assured TO all required 10 con-
tribute TO the retirement fund? One
can't save his cake and eat 1t too.
| There is one alternative. but that ia
| the wild cat" one Of having the cost
OF retirement Of one generation borne
by succeeding generation dis.
credited plan.
Are not undue concern and 8tten.
! tion being given TO the fiscal aspect
Of retirement. or. II not could not the
dire needs Of those retired be relieved
| during the interim. by temporary ap.
| proprIa tion. as in the case OF the
! World war bonus? What would we
think OF the prepa 10 ton OF lsbora e
tables OF cost OF the upkeep OF life.
| boats while persons were drowning
or percentages OF lifebuoys lost in
affecting rescues? 1T In devoutiy TO be
hoped that this session OF Congress
! will not close without the enactme nj
! OF some legisla ton embodying relief
! where relief is so soreIy needed
! JAS. W WIT"TEN.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
Mosquito War.

Washington is expected to benefit
from a mosquito eXtermina tion war to
he waged soon al the Marine base al
QuanticO. Tentative plans mark the
beginning of the airpane attack on
the buzzing and biting insects for May
80, when aviators viii release huge
quantities of nux Vomica over Chapa
wamic Greek, a prolific breeding
ground. The National Capital. ana an
the surrounding country in fact. will.
II the campaign is successful, be rid
Of large percentage of the winged
pests which every Summer make life
miserable for humans.
Although Quantico Is some distance
from Washington, II has long been the
theory that mosquitoes have been
horne on the wind from their breeding
grounds to this city. Any measure
which will decrease, to even a slight
degree, the Summer visitation will be
eagerly welcomed by every resident
and 40 the campaign about to be un-
dertaken will be watched with inter.
est and success will be heartily an.
pIauded.
Evening star., 1926-04-02

uniformed civil guard was nowhere in
! evidence. The same Britishers, more
over. expressed almost as much as
tonishment at the failure SO far to
elevate or adorn the tomb in any way
such as by building over it monu
resolution. This. however, may and.
it is hoped, will come later. nor need
an adequate monument violate ma
tional ideals of simplicity.
The War department is said at
first to have demurred to the military
guard idea on the score that there
WAS no shelter available nearby. Was
there any shelter on the night, or
the morning. when this Unknown took
his life in his hands and offered 1t up
on behalf of those who, later. might
have the privilege of doing an hour OF
two of sentry.go over him" None that
was capable of protecting him. at any
rate. We are not ii military Nation
.atr. and always Will be, enough sol
dierS enrolled under our banner SO
that one. at least, can pace that beat
from now until the time when the re.
public shah cease to endure II lac
Ice worthy of the name soldier he will
not mind the duty, no matter what
the weather or the time of day or
night.
\ bill WAS recently introduced in
Size House which provided not only
fUr the sentry. but for the blowing OF
TAPS" over the tomb by q bu2ler
every night Not 2 person within
hearing distance OF The call bat would
be the better for listening to those
clear, ringing tones; not bugler on
the roster OF the Army but would be
a better soldier and q better man for
having blown them.
Evening star., 1926-04-02

bills and other measures plea sing TO
the proletarist Of the Empire state
effect a change In the two-thirds rule
OF the Democratic convention.
so, despite the fact that their can
didate has no place of Office, no OPP
portunity to manifest as a friend OF
the people, the McAdootes are not
New York's IL avor'ite son. They know
that the fight will he waeed in the
convention hall and not at Albany.
Certainly not at Madison square
Ga arden.
Evening star., 1926-04-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACENELL.

1t will he noted thatfhis column has
not advised any one 10 get out and do
any gardening as vet.
Spring may be here--we certainly
hope so-but the trees do not know II
You cant fool a tree.
Trees have been TOO long on this
earth TO be deceived by a few mild
warm days. Deep i'm their ancient
hearts they resist the false Sprinss the
deceiver ever, Turing to colds" and
other ilis.
Only when certain trees put out
their leaves will the true Spring be
here. the Spring OF which the mimi.
table W. 3. Gilbert wrote when he
trolisd The flowers that bloom in the
Spring. ira la.'
Perhaps Spring is here Again, let
us say We hope so. Despite the cool
mornings. the signs of frost on the
grass. the cutting wind. Spring may
be doing her best for US.
The wise gardener, however, will not
allow himself to be taken in" OF
Isther Uut Unto the GARDEN, until the
leaves begin TO unfold.
He keeps hls eyes on the ma pies. re.
fusins TO get excited about Spring un
til The trees tell him to.
only God can make tree" said
the poet: and the gardener, SENSING
the earth.knowledse wrapped up In
these things closest to the soil bides
MS time, in the certain knowledge tina
Spring II not here today, Is Just
around the corner al the farthest.
Spring may be just like the old
swing in the woods in search OF which
a man and TWO little boys went one
bright day recently.
The woods is on an incline. and the
rR,i.. Ia -
along the faint path among the trees
as the short legs OF the youngsters
would allow
The swing was not in evidence. The
farther they Went, the more hopNles,
II seemed. Boys said the man, 81
don't believe We can find the swing
today"
Maybe II is Just on the other sid,
of that hill" pipAd up one of The boys
Nv ell. we'll try It," answered theil
guide, and they set out. up over The
hill and down in the hollow. hitchet
To giant oak, swung long chain. n
the end Of which Wa. an automobil,
tire.
IL was the swing.
So Spring may be Just on The other
side OF that hiil": so. indeed may be
ell our hopes, our precious aspira ton,
all on the other side OF the hill
Walk on. then. all YOU who are
heavily laden, do not give up thu
| search because YOU cannot easily com,
10 what You seek keep on. for ma V
be ii is just on the other side of that
hill"
There is much that the amateur gar
dener can do. even II he refrain from
venturing into the garden for a feN
weeks.
He can be taking stock Of his inten
tions. for one thing. and planning q
better garden, for another.
The days Of "hreside gardening ar.
over. In the clear light OF the season
now at hand one may find 1t necessary
To alter few OF his ideas. especially
in relation TO the number OF flowers tc
be put in.
In Winter the gardener sees his door