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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-17
Duluth Herald

Senator Reed Of Pennsylvania pro-
poses that congress impose q general
sales tax on the country aS q means
of raising revenue without increas-
ing income taxes.
Congress could indeed raise q vast
amount of money that way. Every
body would help contribute to the
fund, and the beauty Of 1t from the
viewpoint Of those who levy taxes Is
that most people wouldn't realize
that they were paying 1t. =.
If the ideal tax Is the tax that
raises the most money with the least
outcry, then the sales tax Is the ideal
tax.
But that doesn't describe an ideal
tax at all. In fact, a tax hidden
from the taxpayers may be the most
vicious form of taxation imaginable.
Honest taxation is open and above
board where everybody who pays it
knows what he Is paying. and how. /,
A sales tax would not only be an
enormous nuisance to every mer-
chant, but in q very large measure
it would be the very reverse Of fair
taxation, for it would not be q tax
according to ability to pay but often
the very opposite Of that. A tax on
necessaries would hit the poor fam
lily as hard as 1t would hit the rich.
And though no doubt there would be
an attempt to distinguish between
necessarieS and luxuries, who now
adayS a draw that line? Many
PARTICLES, once thought luxuries, have
now become necessaries.
A sales tax would be q tax on the
poor to relieve the wealthy. Con-
gress should not for q moment con-
slider adopting 1t.
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French property by b~ombarding the
city, and then made a deep belt Of
destruction by blowing up long blocks
Of streets.
"After that the British guns COM
pleted the ruin, for there was a Ger
man garrison in every house, and In
this kind of warfare there must b
no tenderness of sentiment about
bricks and mortar If the enemy IS
between the walls. So now In Lens
the only cover for the Germans and
their only chance of safety Is below
the ground in tunnels and cellars.
THE Canadians have filled the
city with gas that kills and soaks
down heavily into the dugouts and
STILES the me- in their sleep before
they have time to stretch out their
hands for MASKS"
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Member Of The Associated Press
A Grand Document

1t takes time to give man a true
perspective of men and events and
the same thing may be said for docu-
ments, hence 1t is all the more not
able that the Constitution Of these
United States stands out more
grandly today than it did nearly a
century and a half ago when it was
written.
Today, 1t has the halo which age
places around 1t. It carries with 1t
the admiration Of q nation which 1t
has helped to bring to greatness.
One of the greatest political docu-
ments of all time, it still Is q vital
force in the affairs of America and
the world, keeping the nation into
whose custody 1t was given on the
path of sound thinking and public
righteousness.
Since this is Constitution day, q
great many things will be said about
this historic instrument by speakers
throughout the country. Its halo
will be enhanced. Its history will be
elorified. The sonorous tones Of ora
tors speaking fine words will almost
make 1t sacred.
If they do. and there has been too
much Of that kind of thing recently,
the nation will suffer, because few
things become sacred until after
they are dead. And II the Const!tu-
ton of these United States ever Is
permitted to die, the end Of u gov
eminent and our institutions is not
far off.
It would be much better II the
people Of America were to regard the
Constitution al the vital, living thing
it is; II they were to pay 1t the re-
spect which its forcefulness deserves
and observe its teachings, both in
letter and spirit.
The Constitution Is the measured
voice of the fathers, It Is true. II
speaks to us through the years. CIV
ing us the wisdom and the advice o.
the men who founded our govern
ment. But it Is more than that. i
is q voice coming loud and clcal
through the welter Of petty detail II
which all Of US have become in
volved. It speaks Of principles. no
expediencies. It has authority In
day when few really know what au'
thority u.
Whether We realize it or not, !
offers to Americans who will recall
its history and the history Of tn
men who wrote it, a way out Of
good many OF our present Difficult
ties.
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Timely Warning

While the Boys in Blue" who de-
tended the union from 1861 to 1855.
meet In reunion at Des Moinss, Iowa,
the American Legion holds a confer
ence at Washington to consider ways
Of alleviating the unemployment sit
uatiou and restore economic balance
to the country.
While the old men renewed &C.
q~uaintances and pondered by-gone
days, their successors were tackling a
vital modern problem which the Le-
gion's national commander character
lied Is . national emergency similar
in scope and importance to that Of
the war itself.
General James G. Harbord, one Of
the leaders Of the A. E. F., attended
the conference and pushed an ef-
fective pin into whatever tendency
there may have been on the part Of
the Legionnaires to give mere lip-ser-
vice to their country In these times
Of peace.
He was quite blunt In calling to
their attention that the Legion could
not enlist in the fight for. economic
stability one week at Washington and
clamor loudly for an additional bon
us in its convention at Detroit the
next. He made It clear that efforts
designed to assist In the economic
recovery Of the country must begir
at home with members Of the Legior
as well as with other folks.
1t Is significant and striking thai
this advice comes from . respected
member Of the Legion. The wal
veterans Of the country, properly or
gained. might easily become q vita
force in making the changes which
IRE necessary to restore prosperity
It Is to be hoped that they will do 90
Meanwhile, the members OF TIL
Legion may themselves DO dspendet
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to SEQ IL I could find q job-you
know, just something until you're
working?"
He let her finish. '"That makes
It perfect" Mark said slowly.
"That's the final touch. Well.
Norma. you can look for . Job any
day SO far as I'm concerned. But
the day you find one and begin
working I walk through that door
and don't come back, I may b q
hell Of a good.for-nothing but I'm
not quite low enough to live of my
wife's wages. Not yet"
He halted q moment before the
mirror. adjusting his tie. Then
Mark picked up hat and coat and
left the apartment.
GO once moro Norma lunched with
- Chris Saunders. Toward Chris
the younger sirl turned as toward
the last remaining stronghold of
courage and comfort.
They met In q crowded cafeteria
but the very hustle and hum Of the
eating place provided privacy. In
the drone Of hundreds Of other
voices their condolences were 90
cure.
I'll don't know what to do,
| Christ" Norma's voice rose tremu'
lousy with tho last words. "We're
not getting anywhere and-oh. I'm
so afraid something's going to hap
pen! I don't quite know what
When Mark talks the way he did
this morning-he doesn't mean It
Of course. but not being able to ind
q job is getting on his nerves. May
be it's getting on mine. too. try
not to let It. Chris, I hate to tall
to you like this but what can I dor
Chris Saunders selected . tender
section Of celery.
"He's right, you know" Oh,
said thoughtfully. "at least abou'
your getting . Job. A man with /,
grain Of gumption isn't going to le
his wife bring home . pay checl
while he's doing nothing"
"But I didn't mean It tina
way"
"Of course you didn't, lamb. I
isn't how We mean things: it's th
way other people take them that
important. Anyhow I think Mark
right. What kind Of Job has b
been looking for?"
"Oh, anything! I've heard hir
say q dozen times he's willing to d
anything and he means It. Mar
would Do anything at all 80 long q
It paid enough for our living
That's what worries me. You "a
the money We borrowed is almoa
gone"
"Your credits good with me. kid.
"Do you think Mark would let n
borrow from youf OF course not!
well, about this job. What dol
he know how to dot"
;, The two tiny wrinkles reappeare
In Norma's forehead. working
? his fathers ONCE ID about the onl
real job he's ever hsd. He WASH
there very long and anyhow tn,
was mostly getting acquainted vii
1 the people In the organization o.
seeing how things were DONE
Don't I know! Rich mems con
Inherit the business some day.
come IN and eco how the taithf
slaves keep Il going"
Swiftly Norma took the defeni
d "But Il wasn't Marks faultl I'll
was what his father wanted him
do. And besides its different no
Mark really wants TO work. ]
wants to work hard and he's Be-
through college and he's 20 clevt
d oh. ] know he'd b : big success
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Peoples Forum

Editors Note.-Ths Tribune well
comes letters on subjects Of in.
terest. Letters dealing with con.
t~roversial religious subjects, which
attack. individuals unfairly, or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the
II you wish to use q pseudonym,
sign the pseudonym first and your
W name beneath 1t. We will re-.
spect such requests. We reserve
the right to delete such parts Of
letters as may be. necessary 70
conform to this policy.
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Quotations

Civilized society today Is composed
not of individuals exercising their
own minds upon the problems which
face them and determining for them
selves their responsibilities, but Of
associations whose business it Is to
do the thinking for them.-Lord
EuStace Percy.
\ 4
The more we restrict immigration
the greater the pressure to enter this
country illegally.-Harry z. Hull,
commissioner general Of immigra-
ton.
\ 4 +
You know I don't care for money
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every day, you know" Marks tone
was easier. He was trying to ex-
cuse himself for the outburst. "You
you can cook all right, Norma,
only you ought to think more about
variety. Couldn't we have grape
fruit occasionally instead Of or
anges? And c%antaloupe. That's
better yet"
sits out Of season. There may
be some place In town where I
could get cantaloupe but It would
be terribly expensive"
''Oh, I Gee! One Of those delica-
cies that's not for the undeserving
poor. Lot Of nerve a dub like me
has. speaking Of cantaloupes in
October-a dub that can't even earn
an honest living! That's what
you're thinking about me. isn't it?
Why don't~yo say it? W'ell-why
don't you say it,"
LIE had thrown down the napkin.
sprung to his feet.
"What makes you talk that way?"
Injured appeal in the girls voice.
She went to him. Darling, you
know I can't bear to have you say
those things! They're not true!"
"Oh. they're true all right" Mark
stood, handsome and glowering, de.
tying her sympathy. Everybody
knows I'm no good. What's the use
Of pretending you don't know II
too?"
"But they don't know It! They
don't know It because It isn't so!
I won't have you abusing yourself
Darling. you're going to get a job
Why. maybe this very day"
"Doh't 90 on with that one! |
know the whole speech. Maybe this
very minute opportunity is lurking
around the corner! Or sitting OF
the doorstep. That's where oppor
tunity sits. isn't It? All I have t.
do Is put. on my hat and coat ant
30 grab It! Sure! Only I won't d,
It. I'm = failure. A no-good. Tn,
kind Of fellow who'd rather sta,
out nights playing cards and neg
lecting his wife. Well. madam. t,
pay for last nights little Indulgence
! have IN my vest pocket $40. I
wasn't there at dinner time las
night. It's there now. Forty dol
lars! We can eat on that a lon
while II we don't waste It on canta
loupes and artichokes and cav
are"
Bitter. bitter words one after tn
other. Bitterness and discourage
ment and reckless defiance. It ha
been three weeks since Mark an
Norma had returned to Marlboro
During that time the girl had ofte
seen Mark discouraged but never s
bitterly defiant.
: There had been halt . doze
. nights like the previous one whe
he had not returned to the apar
ment until near dawn. There ha
been times when he had asked be
for car fare from tho househol
money.
Norma turned to the tiny ga
stove. "Your coffee's cold" she sal
steadily. wait q minute and +
t have some more boiling"
{ Five minutes later Mark ",
drinking the piping hot beverag
The outburst had ended. He ",
subdued and quiet now.
3 Across the table Norma begs
hesitatingly. 1--WE been thinkin
Marx. maybe-I mean Just viii
8 things are the way they are-I',
seen some ads In the paper and
I have SO much time on my hand
g Would ron mind Il ] looked rom
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TO-DAY IS THEA
9EZA
AT LENS

FIGHTING AT LENS .
On Sept. II, 1917, Sir Philip Gibbs
wrote an account of the fighting and
bombardment of Lens in which Ca
madam and English troops faced the
enemy.
Liens is q town Of battered houses
without roofs and with broken walls
leaning againct rubbish heaps of
brickwork and timber. The enemy
sent out a wireless message that the
English gunners were destroying
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yEAURA LOU
ABROOkMAN
Author Of
ID MARRlAGE"'

he could Just get q chance!"
While she was still speaking the
other girls face had lighted.
''Listen!" Chris exclaimed dramati-
cally. "I've got an idea! Do you
suppose Mark could sell advertis.
ing?"
"Of course he could"
"Well, I Just remembered some.
thing. Bud Jamieson'A quitting
Saturday and Brad hasn't hired
anyone to take his place. Brad
doesn't ordinarily take inexperi.
enced statesmen but he likes Mark!.
I'll tell you what you do"
CASUALLY that evening Norma
~ spoke of meeting Chris. She
added in an otf-hand way. "Chris
said Mr.. Harris been wanting to
see you. Asked IL you could stop in
his ONCE tomorrow morning"
whats he want to see me
about3"
Dark fringed lashes duttered
family. Then the better part Of
valor won a victory. n don't
know" tho girl said. "She told me-
Mr.. Harris always In about IL
o'clock. Chris ID looking awfully
we'll. Mark. I don't believe she's
putting In a. much overtime % she
did,"
Shortly before noon next day
Norma was called to the telephone.
A jubilant-voised Mark almost
shouted the glad tidings:
BRAD Harris got q Job for me!
Wants mo to start right away. Do
you hear that. Baby? I said Brad
Hart wants me to work for him
selling advertising. Sure I can do
1t! Why. Of course. Everybody
knows advertising's . good thing!
It'll b . snap! Harris taking me
around to meet some Of his Gus.
toners this afternoon. I'll tell you
all about Il when I get home. Sec
you later. Baby. 'Bye!"
They celebrated by going to the
neighborhood motion picture house
that evening and holding hands
throughout q talking drama which
was neither very funny nor very
moving emotionally. To Norma the
picture glowed with . haze Of TO
mantle beauty that was to make Il
memorable.
For Z week thereafter Mark
Travers arose to the clangor Of the
new alarm clock, downed his break
fast and sprinted for the 8:15 car,
Each evening be reappeared be
tween $3.50 and 8. After dinner he
read q volume Norma had un'
earthed In the public library. "Psy'
chology In Selling Advertising
was the title Of the book.
Norma got ont the paper note
book containing her muchthumbet
budget Forty.fve dollars . weel
was the sum Mark was to be paid
Pitifully small to . young man o.
Marks financial standards but Their
would be commissions and raises
Norma remade the budget sheet y
that II totaled $45. There was
column loaded "savings," too.
Saturday noon-Mark's first pa.
. day-she waited impattently TO
. his arrival. She waited until
! frigid tremors coursed her spin
ana her hands were clammy. Sh
tried to invent excuses: even II
vented reasons TO believe the 81
cuses. She waited and waited
ana at 4:30 there were steps on tn
. stairs. +.
rs that You. Mark Norm
cried, running into the hall
1l (To Be Continued)
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SEES SOMETHING WRONG
Baldwin, N. D,
Aug. ~, 1881.

eS0Os 49, AVVSs
Editor, Tribune:
In your daily issue Of the 18th inst
is an article In the Peoples Forum,
written by James M. Witherow Of
Moorhead, MINI. It reads In part:
THE farm marketing act, Of which
the farm board Is the chief admink-
trative agency, unfortunately was
drawn by the industrialist over the
protest Of all agricultural members
of congress and Of the senate and
simply because the i~ndustrialists have
control of the administration the act
was forced down the threats Of the
farmers and they have been obliged
to swallow the consequences"
Now, brother farmers, Mr.. With
| crow must know what he is talking
about or he could not make q state
ment like written above in q public
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except what I can get for it.-Major
Henry L. Hgginson.
\ \
Mans right to possess should rest
upon his ability to use the possession
unSelfiSh1y.-Rev. E. M. L. Gould.
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BEGIN HERE y

Pretty NORMA KENT 20.year. !
old secretary In q law o1lce. 4
xles MARK TRAvERS, SON Of r. NJ.
TRAvERS. millionaire real estate
to cut Mark on without q penny
II the marriage takes place. Nor.
ma has Known Mark only a few
weeks. did not know during the
couft9hlp that be was . MIL.
l~onaite's son.
The story opens In Marlboro.
;asds sss1tussDESssst.F ', ~is:
. .es: and s' s77ar dEnsifi Hart a Js 4
employer. are. witnesses ut the
weadins: Before t1is Norma has
refused to marry BOZ FARRELL,
yours lawyer OF whom she %
Mark sells his expen.ive road.
moon. He aSd Norma % TO
1ashionable Blue spTlngs,. where
the young man takes 1ellKht IN
surrounding bis bride with Z
pensive luxuries. He introduces
: to HOLLIS STONE, On Sla
girls 0lscoNposure that she has
knovn stone before.
One nlGAt Mark loses heavily
In q card game. The young couple
face the problem Of gettinG
enough money to pay their hotel
bill and bsZ railroad tickets.
Mark wires he nether but When
1usal frona his father. Mark Dor.
rows $500 from Hollis Stone ana
he ana Norma return to Marlboro.
There Mark insists On stopplng
at nm expensive hotel. He spends
nore tine With his wealthy
friends than no does hunting .
couple m6ke to q furnlshed apart-
NATALIE PRICE, a debutante
who has long hoped to marry him.
she D~ro1eeses admiration for his
Independence In breaking with
hls father. A little later Natalie
Ade ''something Important"
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
NORMA poured the steaming
- fragrant coffee into q yellow
cup. She held It across tho break
fast table toward Mark. "YouIl
feel better after you've eaten some
thing" she said brightly. Normat
tone was q little too cheerful: sh(
was so obviously trying to be en-
couraging.
Without reply Mark took the cur
and put It down. He was coatless
He had shaved. and brushed bill
hair. He wore Z fresh shirt but nj
necktie. and his collar was open.
Mark frowned at his plate-th,
perfect picture Of . young man VII,
has undertaken to prove sleep q
unnecessary evil.
"Cream?" Norma offered tn,
pitcher. She was still determinedl
CHEEKY.
Don't want any!"
That was definite enough. Til
three words implied utter DISCUS
with the breakfast, the clear brigh
morning. the world In general. eve,
Norma.
"Good Lord. Normal" The q
clamatton was sudden and violent
do ! have to face 4 soft.boiled eg
every morning Of my life? IL ther
some kind Of law or something tina
It . guy doesn't eat seven sof,
boiled eggs . week."
But I thought you liked them
Lob. I'm sorry! The other d.
when we had sausages you sai
you'd rather have eggs. why didn
you tell mo you were. tired q
them!"
"Anybody'd be tired Of. them
they never saw anything else!"
You don't have to eat Il. There
oatmeal-l can 1x that
"Never mind! Az long O. it
here I'll eat It. Don't AZ anythiu
else! Just because q person lik<
something once IN Z while doesn
mean they want the same thiu
-. 90 .4 #S4 -. Il a.5e stss I .
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
! TSeS s q. t pSSifIsS.S Sy v Gthsu s e.sard.
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribunes policies.
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Canada Is the second largest gold
producing country In the world.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-02-26

ing thereby saving In the cost Of
these garments Of s4,9s5.oo. 1000 gar
ments were made and given to the
hospital by the children in the public
schools of Seattle. Through the vari-
Gus other activities, the women raised
36,56l.24.
Mrs. Parks in closing her report,
said: "Wc thank every contributor to
this great cause, and ask continu-
ance of that support, The scope Of
the service is wide spread and the
need for wider cooperation is Of vital
Importance. Providence has bestowed
upon man no gift so dear to him as
his children Our purpose is to
eliminate suffering from the lives of
those little ones whose misery has
made childhood a tragedy"
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wishes to take to the sale in March
(date to be announced latter some OF
the Islands choicest plants. When
you start the spring work in your
garden, set aside a few good things
and call Mrs. Miller. Mrs. George
Moulthrop invited the Auxiliary to
hold the March meeting at her home.
A copy of the report of the work OF
the Orthopedic Hospital for 1880 was
read, This Oath annual report was
prepared by Mrs. Frederick H. Parks
the new president of the hospital for
the annual meeting on February 9Th
1908 new patients were received and
treated during 1880 and 10000 have
been received and treated in the past
"a years.
in spite of hard times, the hospital
with strict economy in all depart
ments, was able to go through the year
paying its expenses amounting to
sl7So4s0O, and accepting every child
for whom there was q vacant bed
The amount of free work was higher
than ever before, reaching SO percent
That is, of every hundred dollars paid
out for the expenses of the hospital
the parents of pay and part-pay
patients were able to pay only sl2
The balance of $88 had to be raised
in one way or another by the associ.
alton
2s45 women are registered in the 81
guilds, IS auxiliaries, and 8 associ.
ations in Seattle and in various part:
Of the state. On the third Friday Of
every month, nearly three Thousand
devoted women are bringing to thu
service of the hospital their varied
talents. Everyone can and does d.
something to help. These womer
made 1908 garments in 1880 effect,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-02-26

Word was received this week by Mrs
Kate Forbes of the death in the Eas;
o. her daughter Marcia's grandmother
Forbes.
Mr., Peter Butcher is making a short
visit in Los Angeles with his daughter
Miss Bessie Butcher and with his son
Mr.. Fred Butcher,
Mrs, M L, Morgan of Seattle, spent
Monday on the Island. looking over
her property here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Allen of Seattle
spent the weekend and Washington'S
birthday with Mrs. Aliens mother
Mrs, John W. Roberts.
Mr.. o. E, Sandness is transferring
his meetings from the Community
Church to the Dcckton Community
Hail. These meetings will continue
every Sunday night at 7:So p. IN.
Rev, and Mrs. E. Grant Randal
will attend the complimentary dinner
to DR.. E. ], Helms, of Boston, founder
of the Goodwill Industries of America
at the Goodwill Farm this Saturday
at 1890.
For real recreation enjoy a game al
the Islands popular Midget Coli
course at Vashon. Adv