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Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
CONSTITUTION IN MOURNING

They voted the other day in con
gress to print copies of the United
States constitution for members OF
that body, and Congressman Beck,
of Pennsylvania, thought that noble
document should be printed within
black borders. Mr.. Beck is exer-
cised because the constitution is be-
ing disregarded.
That constitution is a grand old in
stitution. When anyone here in
Delaware becomes disgruntled be-
cause someone has deprived him of
his just rights. the constitutions of
nation and state provide weapons
with which he can do things to those
who have done him. But the original
federal constitution was made in an
age of stage coaches. 1t does not
wholly fit the age of airplanes. Hence
it is not proclamation, if we plug up a
few of its holes from time to time.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
THE FARM EXPERIMENT

What will be the effect on the peo-
pie of Milford and Delaware and
everywhere else, of the govern
ment's great experiment for farm
relief?
Already plans for controlling the
production of wheat and cotton are
outlined. A tax of 80 cents a bushel
is to be placed on wheat professors,
the proceeds to provide S150,0O0,000
for farmers who reduce their wheat
acreage. And about Al cents per
pound is to be levied on cotton. to
compensate farmers who reduce cot
ton production.
To many persons, it seems
strange contradiction, to pay people
for not producing so much. Up to
now. the effort has been to stimulate
production. The country has spent
hundreds of millions of dollars in
efforts to teach farmers how to raise
bigger crops. Now it pays them to
stop raising big crops.
And yet. agriculture is mired in a
swamp of distress. The government
spent hundreds of millions in buying
up these products, but that did not
seem to help any. This new scheme
at least gets at the fundamental
cause of low prices, which is over
production. 1t is not conceivable
that the government will continue
indefinitely TO pay people for not
working. But if this temporary ex-
pedient puts the farmers on their
feet, people will not quarrel too
much with the theory of the thing.
There will be many rumblings of
discomfort. since the prices of bread
and cotton goods, and other prod
ucts If handled in the same way, will
have to rise. But before people get
too sour, they should remember that
business is good when prices are
rising, and poor when prices are
falling. We should be thoroughly
fed up on falling prices for the past
four years, and willing to try some
thing different
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
E5@E
LESSONS IN PATRIOTISM

The observance of July Fourth is
always supposed to promote thoughts
of patriotism, Making loud noises
and burning up big bonfires, how
ever, seems somewhat primitive
method for patriotic rejoicing. We
don't do those things at holidays like
Christmas, when we wish to express
happiness.
Patriotism is best promoted by
helping our people realize what our
country has done for us. II we could
compare our comfortable homes, the
things done for the welfare of the
people, with the homes and advant-
ages of other lands, we should see
that we are a favored people. We
are almost spoiled children. So much
has been done for us, that we have
almost lost the power to do things
for ourselves.
The best kind of patriotism takes
off its coat and rolls up its sleeves,
and removes such obstacles as still
impede the progress of the country.
We need fewer patriots who shout
and make big noises, and more who
shed real perspiration for their home
towns and country.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
Milford, Friday, June 30, 1898
THE NATIONS BIRTHDAY

The United States is 157 years old
on July Fourth. That is called a
very long time by the youngster just
coming out of school. A year seems
like an age to him. But when you
compare it with England, which was
united under its present form of
government HOO years ago, or with
China, which has authentic history
running back 5000 years, we seem
hardly more than a promising young
infant.
Some of us become discouraged
because our country makes no more
rapid progress, that it seems in some
respects even yet like a raw young
ster who can be controlled by no par
ents, teachers, or policemen. The
rowdy and dirty acts of our gang
sters look as if we had no family
government whatever. The yellow
tricks of political corruptionists
seem as if our nation needed a long
course in Sunday school.
As we read the history of these
157 years, the scientific progress of
the nation seems almost a miracle.
When one thinks that it was dan
gerous to travel between New York
and Philadelphia in 1875, owing to
the terrible rOughness of the roads,
and think of the smooth boulevards
that now extend over every one of
our As states, the change seems mar
vellous. However, we haven't es-
capped any dangers by this progress.
More people are injured in a day
now by automobile accidents on the
highways, than were hurt in a year
in 1875 because of stage coaches up
set on bad roads.
Well, we can take longe breath
July Fourth, and be thankful for
the enormous gains our country has
made. We should look at the recent |
industrial depression as a mere in
cident, which is rapidly passing.
Our crime and corruption are like
measles in children. something that
will pass. But to make them pass,
we have to show the determined
spirit of our forefathers of 1776, who
refused to submit to wrongs and in
justice.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
THE BALANCED BUDGET

In the closing days of the 23rC
congress extra session, President
Roosevelt again insisted upon the
position that the budget of the fed
eral government must be balanced
This has been the keynote of his at
titude on the prolonged controversy
over payments to veterans. If such
payments as the country ought to
make to the former soldiers, destroy
the balance which the budget author
tiles felt they had created, then con-
gress must find some more money
through taxes with which to make
these payments.
This position is absolutely correct,
and the country will back it up. The
American people do not believe in
the idea to have money borrowed for
valuable permanent improvements.
But when it comes to paying the
bills that arise from day to day, by
selling bonds and notes, then they
know that this policy wrecks sbusi-
ness. They know that if persisted in,
it will do untold harm to the credit
of the government.
One reason for the improvement
i'm business which has taken place
since March 4, is that the country
has become convinced that the fed
eral budget, as respects operating
expenses, was going to be balanced.
Previously it had seemed as if the
government was disposed to keep on
borrowing indefinitely. This dispo-
sition created a spirit of pessimism
among investors. For the first time
for many years, people were becom-
ing afraid to trust Uncle Sam with |
their money. Government bonds,
which had been regarded as the fin
est investment in the world, sold for
lower prices.
The high prices prevailing for
government bonds at this time, indi-
cate that the governments credit
has been restored. But it will not
stay restored, if the government
proved unable to pay its ordinary
operating expenses.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
WHICH DO YOU LIVE ON?

Do you live on a pretty street, oil
on an ugly one? What is the impress
sion which a visitor to Milford would
gain, when he sees your neighbor-
hood for the first time? For the
most part our streets are attractive,
but there are some neighborhoods,
one regrets to say, that do not give
such a favorable impression.
Why tolerate that disagreeable
appearance? If just one family in
such a neighborhood will start out
on a new plan, its influence will be
powerful one. A we'll maintained
home, with good looking buildings,
well trimmed grass on the lawn,
pretty flowers and shrubs, is con-
slant reminder. 1t says go and do
likewise" to its neighbors, and al
most always they do.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
FIRE HAZARDS

The chief of a fire department in
one of our cities used to go around
to the newspapers about a week be-
fore July Fourth, and ask them to
insert notices about cleaning up rub
bish. He knew the boys would be
sending off their explosives and
lighting their bonfires on the nation
al holiday, and if there were heaps
of rubbish in back yards and base
ments, these hazards would greatly
increase the danger of bad fires.
Probably that fire chief saved his
home town some very bad fires, by
this incessant insistence on cleaning
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
GANGSTER POWER DOINGS

The country got another glimpse
of the power of the underworld at
the Kansas City railroad station the
other day, where four police officers
lay dead and two wounded under the
withering fire of gangIand's machine
gun. 1t was a warning to the peo-
pie of Delaware and everywhere
else, that all law and justice are be-
ing challenged.
These gangsters are trying to
break down our civilization, SO that
we shall no longer be able to walk
the streets in peace and quiet. We
must pursue them so hotly that most
of them will be landed in jail, .and
others decide that honest industry is
better for the health.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
DANGEROUS JOKES

A man whom the Watertown, New
York, police regard as mentality de-
ficient, is alleged to have admitted
sending a package with explosives to
President Roosevelt, also threaten
ing letters. He is said to have de-
clared he meant it as a joke.
People can't be expected to use
brains if they do not possess them.
Not being able to accomplish re-
suits in ordinary occupations, it
seems to give them a sense of their
own importance, to do things that
create disturbance and alarm. Ex-
ciable and emotional persons help
set such minds into action. Before
people utter violent talk they
should ask if they will not stir some
mind into dangerous ac-
tion.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
JULY FOURTH

The American people will always
have reason for pride on Independ
ence day, because of the marvellous
deed of courage and wisdom which
it commentaries. On that date 157
years ago, the delegates of the 1S
original state took chances of being
hung as traitors, they defied the
most powerful nation on the globe,
and they established a new nation
founded on democratic principles.
Up to that time democracy had
seemed a mere dream of visionary
philosophers. Our patriot fathers
decided that the dream could be
made into a reality. The greatest
phase of their achievement was not
their superb courage, but the prac-
tical wisdom with which they grad
ually framed and perfected a govern
ment which should avoid the perils
which had previously wrecked all
democratic states.
Up to 1776, the world had been run
mostly for the benefit of kings. en-
perors, mobiles. generals, and all
privileged classes. The patriot faith
ers decided that in America It was
going to be run for the benefit of the
people.
Millions of suppressed people in a
hundred lands heard the story of
freedom and liberty as it thundered
across the sea from America. They
decided that they too wanted these
blessings. Revolutions gradually |
in all lands, and the old |
tyrannies and despotisms were abol-
ished. The Declaration of Independ-
ence in 1875 turned the world upside |
down.
When we are permitted to send our
to the excellent schools of
Delaware, when we choose our own
rulers at the polls. when we pass
avs at Washington or Dover aimed
% protect the masses, we owe the
lbility to do these things to the
atefuI act of the fathers on July on
|. 1776. Let us never forget this day
# days. Some day we shall learn
low to celebrate it in some better
way than making big noises.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
SPREAD EAGLE ORATORS

The old fashioned spread eagle
orator is vanishing, according to DR..
Yeager, of George Washington Uni
versity, who has been studying the
speechmaking Of congress. Yet he
found that the congressman spoke
S5,OOO,OO0 words at their recent ses-
sion. So if the orators no longer
climb the peaks of eloquence, they
have not yet learned to "boiI it
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30

down"
The old time spread eagle orator
fiourished nightly in legislative
halls, political rallies, etc. He
quoted the poets and the philoso-
pliers. he painted gorgeous word
pictures, but he would not recog-
nize a fact if he met it on the street.
The orator we want today is the one
who throws the light of realism on
dark places, and who can predict
how laws and policies will work.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30

up rubbish. Heaps of old boxes,
packing material, paper waste, are
the terror of firemen and insurance
men. If we want Milford to avoid
bad fires. business people and house
holders must clean up these danger
Gus accumulations.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
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A BALL TEAM that shows no
team work should never have been
organized, and town that shows no
team work for the general good is
hopeless.
Milford chronicle., 1933-06-30
80

Shrinking modesty may be fine
for the violet, but wide awake busi-
ness people dislike that secluded
obscurity, and they go in for ad-
Vertising. -n1 - -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
SAYS MISSISSIPPPS'|
SOURCE HAS CHANGED
Major, Frank Anders Tells OF
Falling Water Level in
Statement At Lake

Devils Lake, N. D., Sept l5.-(P,-
The Mississippi river, said Frank An
ders. secretary Of the state capitol
commission, no longer raises in Lake
rtasca, Minnesota.
That statement. made here Thurs
day to tho Missouri River Diversion
association, Is not one, however. over
which to become alarmed
It is due, according to research An
ders has made. to unusual drought
conditions and just where the Missis-
s,ppi now rises is something that will
have to be determined all over again.
Anders' discovery resulted from a
survey he made to learn reasons for
abnormally low precipitation in North
Dakota and in his report he stated
100 much drainage work in Minnesota
mas helped lower the ground water
level there, with resultant decrease
Of precipitation In North Dakota.
His study was prompted by need OF
information to be used In connection
with the proposed diversion Of flood
waters of the Missouri river for pur-
poses Of employment and agricultural
relief as well as flood control on the
lower Mississippi
When he learned the Mississippi no
longer raises in Lake 1tasca he decided
to find out how the lake had been
gwen that name. and discovered it
vas named from the Latin words
..veritas Caput" meaning True Head
Deleting the first three and last three
letters leaves "ltaSca.'
There IS no reason to believe that il
water levels return to normal, An
GERS said. the Mississippi again vii
not have as its source in Lake Itasca
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Sheriff's Office
Has Machine Gun

Sheriff J. L. Kelley Of Burleigh
county is the possessor OF machine
gun purchased for the use Of his Of
flee by the county commissioners at
their last meeting. Members of the
sheriffs force are practicing daily
with the gun in an effort to familiar
ize themselves with the weapon. which
will be regular equipment Of the office.
Machine guns are becoming q COM
mon weapon for sheriff's and other
peace officers. the sheriff said Fri
day. and Burleigh county is merely
getting in line with modern methods
of law enforcement. Almost every
bank and payroll robbery reported
in the newspapers tells of the robbers
having at least one machine gun in
their possession. Peace officers have
to be able to cope with that condition
and be at least as we'll equipped as the
robbers, he said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Thimmisch to Attend
18th Worlds Series

Fred Thimmisch. Northern Pacific
dispatcher here and one of Bismarcks
most enthusiastic baseball fans, will
witness his 18th consecutive worlds
series this year and his 14th series.
He has made reservations in both
New York and Washington for seats
for all the games and will leave about
Oct. for the east Milton Rue of
Bismarck may make the trip with
him.
Thimmisch began attending worlds
series in 1916. He took time out in
1917 and 1918 while in the army dur
ing the war, missed the famous 1919
series which the Chicago Black Sox
donated to Cincinnati. and resumed
his attendance at the big show in
1920 when Cleveland and Brooklyn
were the contending teams.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Flanagan Urges
Maintenance Union

At picnic near Mandan Thursday
for highway maintenance men in the
districts west Of the Missouri river.
State Representative w. j. Flanagan.
highway maintenance engineer urged
the men to organize into union.
He discussed the sales tax law and
the Leader administration news
paper.
Flanagan said the sales tax was
necessary to save one Of the major
Nonpartisan League projects - the
rural credit set-up. He said about
100000 was needed annually to pay
! interest on bonds issued for rural
credit loans. Employees. however. were
,old to vote as they saw fit.
Flanagan suggested that n1ain-
tenance men organize their own To-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Measles Led Diseases
Reported Last Month

Cases of communicable diseases re-
ported to the state department of
health during August totaled 1853, &C
cc~dn- to q provisional tabulation re-
leased Friday BY DR.. Maysil Williams
state health officer.
Measles, with SO cases. was high
among the diseases. Others were
chickenpox 20, cerebrospinal fever l,
diphtheria IS. encephalitis lethargica
4, erysipelas l, influenza 10, German
Measles 2, meningitis S, poliomyelitis
20, pneumonia 8. scarlet fever %,
opthalmia moratorium l, scabies 2.
tuberculosis IL. trachoma 2. typhoid
fever 6, Vincent's infection Is, whoop-
ing cough "a.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Final Dividend Paid
BY Closed MinOt Bank

Mtnot. N. D., Sept. 15.-(ReA final
dividend OF 8 per cent. making . total
Of SO per cent, Is being made to de-
rositors In the First Farmers Bank Of
Minot, which was closed Dec. "A, 1870,
it WAS announced Friday by q. r.
Van Sickle Of this city, district man.
ager for the state receiver.
Van Sickle, who has been In charge
II the bank the entire time since 1t
was closed, said Friday that at the
time Of taking over the institution, he
expressed belief that Is per cent Wa
the maximum which he believed de-
positors would receive and conse-
Quently he Is pleased that 1t was pos
s.ble to make payments ttaling 50 per
cent.
In all. so,6ol 80 was distributed to
depositors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15

MOLLlsONs AT TORONTO
Toronto, Sept. 15.-(FeCaptain
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Gals in a maintenance employees as

Gals in q maintenance employees as
ISOLATION.
Discussing the Leader" flanagan
said a party paper was organised
when the Nonpartisan League was
formed, but that the farmers now are
unable to support paper.
The meeting was one Of series
over the state called to obtain great
er cooperation. coordination and
good will" among maintenance men.
About IS men and members Of their
families attended.
Similar meetings have been held at
Valley City. Grand Forks ana Minot.
while another was scheduled at Brush
Lake Friday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Enlarged Spending
Power Is Reported

New York, sept. l5.-(R-Reports
from all parts Of the country this
week to Dun and Bradstreet, Inc,
emphasized the enlarged spending
power running int millions Of dollars
and tho rapid disappearance q sus.
pense and apprehension noted before
the NRA won general support.
The company's weekly review Of
business said that even the smaller
merchants now are beginning to feel
the benefit Of the increased employ
.nent and the higher earnings Of the
working classes.
"Of dominant importance In the
trade news this week." says Fridays
review" was extension Of the sustain
ed buying movement to more remote
lamifications Of the elongated lire
which the business front now has as
s,lmed."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
AbercrOmbie Man Is
Killed by Automobile

Fargo. N. D.. Sept. l5.-(F-Autos
in North Dakota increased the death
toll one more Friday.
Killed was Olaf Aas. 75-year-old
Abercrombie pioneer, who died in a
Wahpeton hospital where he was
brought several hours before, suffer-
ing from a broken leg, a skull frac-
ture. internal injuries and bruises,
incurred when he was struck near
Abercrombic by car driven by Fred
Sletwold Wahpeton.
Aas' death brought the toll for the
year to n. compared with 36 at this
date last year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Cattle Shipped Out
OF M'IntOsh County

500 Line officials report large ship
ments OF cattle out Of Mcintosh coun-
~ and southern North Dakota dur
ing the last 10 days due to the lack OF
feed. Sixty-five carloads have been
shipped within the last month to the
South st. Paul market.
A shipment Of % carloads will
leave Ashley Saturday for South St.
Paul Farmers are compelled to dis
pose Of their stock at a sacrifice as
the present market Is not favorable,
500 officials said
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15

borrowed from the Reconstructjon II.
nance corporation.
Reorganization, - proposed BY the
former management which set aside
the fund, is opposed by the r. +. G.
now q creditor OF more than $780,
600 to the railroad, which 3 operat.
Ing under the new bankruptcy law.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Mrs. Paul Shannon
Is Mandan Champion

Mrs. Paul Shannon. 1882 women's
city champion. defeated Mrs. A. G.
Rausch, 9 and 8 in the 18-hole final
Of the Mandan city women's golf
championship Thursday.
Playing par golf and doing some
brilliant close work. Mrs. Shannon
and Mrs. Rausch halved the first
hole, and from there to the 10th
green, Mrs. Shannon had a one stroke
margin for each hole. Mrs. Rausch
went to defeat largely because Of the
superior putting Of Mrs. Shannon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
M'kenZie Pool Hall
Burglarized Friday

The pool hall at Mckenzie was
burglarized Friday morning and sew
eral cartons of cigarettes were stolen.
Deputy Sheriff A. H. Helgeson. who
investigated the case, believes 1t was
the work Of small boys as the window
through which entrance to the build
ing was gained is too small to permit
entry of a grown person.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15
Investigate Affairs
OF Bankrupt Railroad

st. Louis, Sept. l5-(P)-The Post
Dispatch says an investigation Is UNI
der way to determine If $418,623
fund set aside by the st. Louis-San
Francisco Railway to further re-
organization plan included money
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-15

James Nollison. British trans allan
tic flier. arrived here Friday from
Montreal to me hi5 wife, Amy Mol
lison, and make final plans for . hop
that may take them from some point
In Ontario to Europe.