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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-20

y o. BUTTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Fergu0oa Weee
dinner guests Sunday as tho AAe0s-
M, Louis Koon and son, and sis-
ter Mis- Lola Chain, Of near H11els
ton, were visitors Sunday at the W.
10. Tfiplett home.
Mir Evelyn Olson and Don DEalle.
Of Motif, visited a$ the Dralle hoone
Sunday.
Mrs. o. q. Dutton and son Roy.
Harold Sherman and A. D. WEIGH
transacted business In Bismarck Tues
day.
Mr.. and l6rs. Richard Day spsut
Sunday with 1Gts. Days parents, NJ.
and ACfss Natlena, Of near Hazel.
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hoover arc
the parents Of . baby boy, vern De.
lano, born Friday, March 10th Of
Haselton. Mother and baby are do
ing nicely.
Mrs. George Morrison. Mr.. ana Mrs.
Homer Andrews and Elmer Duttou
6hopped In Bismarck Monday.
Miss Margaret. Gillian Of Mofdt
spent the weekend at the Dutton
home.
Miss Lydia Briscoe WAS . caller d
the Dralle home Tuesday afternoon.
ed at the Q. D. Kimball home Thurs
day.
visitors 1t the Al slovarp home
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Eric
slovarp, Mr.. and Mira. Pete Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs. n. N. Dralle.
Mrs. Nora Allensworth, Mrs. DAYS
Kershaw, W. g. Triplett and Harold
Sherman were among the Capital
City visitors from this neighborhood
Wednesday.
Mrs. George Morrison spent wed.
nesday ct the r. T. Lyman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. M. Whitteaker and
Elvin and Jason Hoover motored to
Bismarck Friday.
Mrs. Stanley Lucas Of Bismarck
spent two days last week with Miss
Lucille Milman at the Stewart home,
Mrs. Lucas and Miss Milman were
overnight guests at the Allensworth
home Friday and accompanied Ralph
Byers to Bismarck Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Kershaw and
daughter visited at the julie Doan
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Andrews and
son, and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Smith
Of Sterling were Sunday dinner
guests ct the George Morrison home.
Mr.. ana Mira. Richard Day and
Frank Ecry were visitors at the q. D.
Kimball home Sunday evening.
Chas. Allengworth and Maxine and
Rodney and Mrs. Ed Allensworth
were weekend visitors In Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank King were
Sunday night supper guests ct the N.
N. Dralle home.
George Day and son Richard and
william Mills were Bismarck callers
Saturday.
Mrs. Oscar Kershaw spent Mon.
day visiting relatives ct the Davo
Kershaw home.
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A TEACHER SPEAKS
Buffalo Springs, North Dakota.
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Buffalo Springs, North Dakota,
Feb. 20, 1888.
Editor, Tribune:
In the paper of February Is, 1888
Is a lengthy epistle written by Mrs.
A. A. Peck of Underwood. in which
she tries to expose the inspectors and
near educators Of this state.
wish to state that the rural school
inspectors of this state have done q
great deal for the schools. It has
been through them that the schools
have been kept up to standard. II it
had not been for these requirements
and II the inspectors had not demand
ed them, in just what condition would
a great many of our schools be to-
day? The children would be carry
ing their water in bottle, trying to
buy the books that should be read,
and many other things that come un-
der this standardization. Now we
have no inspectors except for the
county superintendent and most Of
them are no doubt too lenient be-
cause they are afraid they will lose
their Job at the next election. Poll
I1Cos 1OutACo! SAy ~ - UA1x1C tS18t
we take the schools out Of politics
50 that they can be conducted In .
fair and just manner. It Is time that
the state and county superintendent
are appointed by q commission. A
commission would be far more intel.
ligent as to the selection than the
people themselves. Il We are to con-
tinue to let the average citizen tell
US just what should be placed In the
rural schools and as to their upkeep,
we will be worse off than ever before.
Educators should be permitted to Get
the standards for the schools. That
Is what they are trained for and they
should be far more able to decide in
those matters than the average cit
izen of this state.
We have people In every community
that are ready to close the schools on
q minutes notice because they are not
interested whatsoever In the future
Of our great state. How many times
have you heard this statement In your
own community We'll, We didn't
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WHY! OH, why.

Underwood. N. D.
Jan. Is, 1888.
Editor, Tribune:
There Is much said and done to
raise prices Of farm produce. So far
1t seems nothing successful has been
accomplished and I presume that is
the way. it will 60 on year after year.
Now We farmers would not mind
these low prices II only things we
have to buy would also come down
accordingly. but they are not down as
they should be.
The only thing we farmers can do
Is just go without lot of things to
use and wear and eat, whereas II they
had come down as farm produce and
farm labor have done, we could buy
and business could 60 on almost the
same as ever.
But it seems the industrial world
refuses to work cheaper and take less
salary and profit. Take the big SAL
aried fellows. 1t seems they are bound
to keep up their big salaries. That is
very wrong. II the farm laborer who
has been getting 400 per day has
come down to 75c and 800, why
shouldn't the big salaried man come
down rs to 70 per cent. Surely they
can stand It much better than the
small salaried ones. And why should
MT all bear the burden Of reduction,
This applies to public offices, preSi-
dents. managers, secretaries, clerks OF
industry. skilled laborers, professional
men. lawyers. professors. school teach
ers, etc. All are getting too much
salary. It Is unjust, unrighteous and
selfish. They are only prolonging the
depression. They live high, have fine
cars, fine clothes and have fine eats
and work much less than we farmers
and common laborers and the rest OF
Us have not enough money to barely
buy the Necessities Of clothing and
food.
So We have to 60 without or make
things ourselves g we farmers sre
beginning to DO and have done the
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ferent departments Of state? Such
balderdash. Just Why hamper Thu
governor With issues Of such naturel
william LANCER Is to BE- held respon-
sible for his administration: and e
whom9 The Taxpayers and electo9s
Of our state and none other. Then
for Gods sake permit him to BE- free
to do 30. and q his best judgment
tells him. Il he Is to abide by the
whims Of, say the executive commit
tee or any other committee for that
matter, then he q only governor by
proxy. He knows, and knows too
well, that In the end It win b Mr..
LANCER that viii have to account for
his stewardship to the people Of our
state, and to no committee, no po-
litical faction nor other interest than
that Of the people. Just whom other
should he serve?
Where this all came about, many
1eaguerS looked upon the ANDY 0ump
Platform" q being practical, espe-
cially In their lean and hungry hours.
50 started the Gift Bag Platform. -
This may have captured . few votes,
but LANCER IS too large q man to
divert from the obligations he has
imposed upon himself, by becoming
governor, to permit factionism. party
ism and jobism to divert him from the
task Of making the people Of his state
better, happier and more prosperous
II 1t Il within his power.
I do not affiliate with the political
party upon which Mr.. LANCER ran for
governor nor did I vote for him. I
do not affiliate myself with the po-
litical party upon which President
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt ran, nor
did I vote for him. But Mr.. LANCER
Is my governor and Mr.. Roosevelt Is
my president. and I am going to do
all in my humble power to assist
them In this time Of great need.
They that will not are not acting In
the best Of faith. SO forget about
your executive committees and the
ever jobless job-hunter and assist the
governor In the task Of making this
state . better place in which to live.
and the state better because you did
live.
4 n 9,,11ivnn
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SMACKS RAILROADS
Fargo, n. D.
March IL, 1888.

EQltOr, tribune:
We read about the plight Of the
railroads and the tough time they are
having, and running behind all the
time. We hear the howl set up by the
railroad employees, putting up . big
howl about the trucks getting the bus
mess.
Now, II they are so much interested,
why don't they offer to take q cut In
salaries? You don't hear any Of them
willing to do their part by taking q
reduction In wages. In fact, when q
thing like that Is mentioned, they put
up big howl and tell about all the
watered stock that Is In the railroads
and that there Is where the profits Of
the railroads 60.
When one can travel by bus for halt
and sometimes . good deal less, I
don't think the public is going to
patronize the railroads, and I guess
the same can be said Of the freight
rate Of the trucks.
I am not saying that all railroad
employees are over paid, but I do
think the big four and the telegraph
ers are. When q telegrapher can draw
now around $125, and some q good
deal more, I say they are overpaid for
an eight hour day. Here is one place
I think the government will have to
step in and put the house Of the rail-
roads In order.
Respectfully.
r. B. Lewis.
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Editors Note:

During the legislative session 50
many letters were received by The
Tribune 1t was impossible to print
them all.
In order to insure that every
letter received may be printed
within a reasonable time. WIS ask
contributors to this column to
limit their letters to 300 words il
possible. The absolute maximum
Is 500 words.
We reserve the right to edit let
tiers OF greater length to bring
them within this requirement.
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BETTER IN CANADA

Feb. %, 1888.
Editor, Tribune:
I take Canadian paper from the
city Of Smiths Falls in which was
raised. It has a population Of about
the same as Bismarck and their
streets are about as well paved a.
ours. There were several things I no.
ticed that were significant that
thought you might be interested.
First in your Tribune Of last night,
In your three guesses block" you give
Canada as the country having the
greatest number Of home owners, 70
per cent Of all Canadians living In
their own homes. You could have
also said that no savings Of any man
had been lost by failures Of their de-
positors or banks and therefore their
savings were intact to tide over . de-
preston like the present. It. would
have been wonderful thing for ~
Il the frozen assets Of the banks Of
this country had been available for
the present crisis. The result Of the
above condition Is that in their de-
linquent tax list published for sale
which enclose. I only find q total Of
50 separate tracts Of property to b
sold. This speaks in no uncertain
terms rs to their financial condition.
ct the present, even II they are oil
the gold standard. Getting off thu
gold standard does not seem to bl
such an awful calamity. Again. the
federal government Of Canada own
all the railroads except the @. p. r
and that must not be any worse thar
our conditions where the railroads
are owned privately. It must be bet.
ter Is conditions Of the people finan.
cially there are better ct you taxi
the tax list Is criterion) than they
are here. SO why fear that condi.
ton. which may face US here Il TIKI
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raising Of rates leep going on and On
e they have In the past few years.
They had, In that little city Of
Smiths Falls, Ont, when I was back
there In November, 1T families GA the
relief list Of the town and I am en-.
closing . clipping showing how they
take up the scrip plan IN comparison
to our method, - indication Of the
good Judgment Of those folks In Set
thing problems among themselves.
We have the scrip problem with US
also but We wait TN some politician
brings forward the idea and then
scrap about Il q . political problem
until We al lose any faith In it, work
ability. But here Il IN instance
where, instead Of those seeking relief
urging 1t, the merchants and business
men and financiers Of the town call q
special meeting Of citizens and 20 over
it pro and con. With the right Of
their prestige how much easier II Il to
make q success Of Il.
I invite your attention to Il. Note
the emphasis and expressions used
which build confidence instead Of
distrust. ! know al Of those men
personally and they are the equal Of
our chamber Of commerce members
and best business men Of our town
and have Just q much ct stake. They
are willing to stake It to find . COM
mon ground on which they can over
come this slump they are In and in
cheerfulness looking forward to the
future, believing that after all God
still lives and right r. right and viii
In the end predominant.
I for one, would like 70 see the in
fluence Of our thinking men In our
town (for I am 4. citi1en - well as
they are) offered and thrown into
the solution Of . problem that Is big
ger than any political party or holi-
day movement, for both Of those may
60 too far, lacking the benefit Of the
mature judgment Of those who, by
their experience and knowledge, could
help them.
We must not blame those who. are
helping themselves the best they
know how II they make . mistake
when we do not come forward and
offer to help by our counsel. I adj
mire John Sullivan's attitude a. re-
ported in last nights paper, whether
right or wrong, In coming before the
on something that - Of
vital interest to Us al and laying be-
fore them his views to aid them to
come to Q logical and Just conclusion.
Let US Join hands and take . lesson
from our Canadian friends. We are
going to have some kind Of Q scrip
measure to live with for the next two
years and We must do our best to
make It o success.
w. J. Church.
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OPTIMISM AT lGINOT
Underwood, N. D.,
March II. 1883.

Editor, Tribune:
Wish to cali your attention to the
very misleading, optimistic article In
the March 3 issue Of this paper. II
referred to an auction sale In the
vicinity Of Ninot and was preceded by
a big headline, "Optimism Returning,
Pay $40 for q Horse" Now this
horse was no doubt q purebred Of
exceptionally high quality, perhaps .
fine stallion and was perhaps bought
by two or three neighbors In part
nership. But Just off-hand "tl70 for
q horse" would give the false impress
sion that there y no depression In
North Dakota.
The auctioneer also. boasted Of Q
herd OF COWS that brought as . head.
Just off-hand that also sounds good.
but consider that II this man bought
these cows two or three years ago
and got good stock, he paid 500 o.
$50 q head.
The auctioneer also says "in Is
years Of experience I have never be-
fore seen such confidence on the part
Of the buyer" The only nice thing
about that statement Is that We don't
have to believe It. We know this
man has some means Of livelihood
other than auctioneering for II not
he would have been mighty hungry,
for the sheriff has been doing most
Of the selling the last few years
Perhaps he Is affiliated with some
loan company and thinks this opti-
mistic article will induce some fool
farmer to take q loan and buy some
high-priced cattle.
The optimistic. stuff + an old gag
The authorizing campaign advo-
Gated that over . year ago. Some
people fell for it and took the money
out Of the old sock and spent It In
hopes that It would start circulation
but they found out tho capitalists
don't do business that way. Their
money didn't circulate far enough to
come back to them again. They car
probably borrow It again ct eight pei
cent II they have ample security left.
There are few II any who don't
know that in our state there II hun
ger and suffering. Children are MOI
getting the proper n0urishment
clothing, medical and dental carr
and other Necessities Of Life for q
normal standard Of living. But never
theless, one such misleading article 4
an impediment in the course Of thu
much needed farm relief" Eor onl
such misleading, optimistic article
viii dispute the honest, pleading tes.
timony Of . hundred destitute farm.
ers and their families.
SO, for the sake Of common sens
and those concerned, let u not trJ
to fool ourselves into thinking tina
everything Is O. Z. when our con.
science really knows better.
RALPH "A. KEEL.
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TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY

SPECIAL Regular $500 OIL tonio
combination wave. 800 including
shampoo and finger wave. Osu-1
fornia combination. $50. Califor-l
MIA Wave Nook. l02 3rd 81. Phone
702.
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STEAM sUPER0uRLINE permanent
waves. Regular $500: reduced: dis.
tributoe grants shoet-time special OF
$3.50. We use oil In giving III per.
0anentA aarriuston'k Phone IN.
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Editors Note:
We didn't accept" It. we clipped
1t. Our policy Is to reprint edi-
torials which are thought-pro-
voking. Very often we do not
agree with them ourselves.
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WANTS COMMUNITY PROJECT
Bismarck, N. OAK,
Feb. n, 1888.

Feb. n, 1888.
Editor, Tribune:
For three and a half years we have
had depression with us and what has
been done about it? Just about
nothing. At first we tickled 1t un-
der the chin and kidded ourselves By
saying 1t was q "state Of mind" that
It was psychological. That didn't
work. Now we are administering light
doses Of soothing syrup. Still no re-
suits. This thing which no one wants
and whose many parentage II dis
owned. has absolutely no justifica-
ton for existence In Q modern world.
Yet It still exists. and projects It's
hideous form into the minds, yes,
many lives Of nine-tenths Of our peo-
PIE, with baneful results. It meets
them morning, noon and night.
hounds their steps by day and dis
turbs their slumbers by night.
Il devours the life savings Of the
thrifty and brings the specter Of
want. Cheorlessness and suffering to
the door-steps Of those who thought
their twilight hours were provided
for. Il disrupts or destroys complete
" the plans Of the man endeavofing
to provide for himself and family.
nut perhaps the greatest tragedy Of
III (ond It amounts almost to this In
many caseg) = the shadow cast over
IN 1vos q ON youth. II bltshts and
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-24
STRENGTH TO DO WITHOUT"

In the current Pictorial Review Mrs. Roosevelt
has some things to say from womans viewpoint
anent the much-heralded "new deal" To her it is
far more than governmental program, something
deeper and wider than the return of a mere ma
teral prosperity.
One point in Mrs. Roosevet's article should
evoke more than a passing consideration. Her
prayer. she tells us, is that the youth of today may
have ''the desire to give themselves and to make
themselves worthy of giving, and the strength to
do without anything that does not serve the inter-
ests of the brotherhood of man.
In the face of misguided efforts to reinstatc the
liquor interests, the above statement takes on a
special significance. Surely ''the strength to do
without anything that does not serve the interests
of the brotherhood of man" applies as strongly to
the liquor question to any other single problem
And it is upon the youth of the nation that this
evil of alcohol will press with the greatest weight
Evokng a "new deal' or "new day." any
other enthusiastically phrascd picture of progression
will not gloss over the hard reality that in bringing
back legal liquor America is giving way to be-
lief that her citizens have not the strength to do
without selfish and degrading indulgence.
As mother. Mrs. Roosevelt undoubtedly knows
something of the unsefshness that is needed to-
day; an unSeishneSs that lovingly subtS itself TO
discipline in order to further the well-being of the
children. Something of this unsefshness needs to
be practiced by every adult. 1t will shrink from
pandering to false appettes, will scorn to reap
monetary gain further purely material pros
perity by setting up a system that would undouht-
eddy tend to regard the growth and advancement
of the rising generation. 1t is this attitude that
will usher in the "new day."-Chrstian Science
Monitor. .,. .....
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SayCompensation
Fund Would Save
State Operated Pool Is
Brought Forward as
Economic Project
The TimCS-Ncws Bureau
SIR Walter Hotel

RALEIGH. March 24.-Thc
setting up of statc-opcratcd in
Surancc fund to pay workman
compensation claim5 would not
only save the manufacturers OF
the state thousands of dollars an
nually in the amounts they pay to
insurance companies, but would
also eliminate the constant threat
Of insurance companies to hike
their rates and act as protection
against the occasional failure o.
industrial insurance companies,
according to the proponents Of Il
bill introduced in the senate to
set up state insurance fund.
The proposed bill, introduced
by Senator .Dunagan of Ruthe"-
ford, has the support Of organized
labor in North Carolina and IS
modelled after law now in effect
in Ohio. By taking the ratio Of
rates now in effect in Ohio as
compared to the present inSur-
ancc company rates in North Car
DINA applicable to the main in
dustrios of the state, it is cstirIat-
ed that had the Ohio rates been
in effect in this state for the past
four years. the industries Of
North Carolina would have saved
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HOPE BEckoNS THE NATION

A veteran English newspaper writer, touring in
the United States, remarked the other day that it
seems to him "a remarkable and wonderful thing"
that the temper Of the American people has been
so cheerful and hopeful during the past fortnight.
at is something" he said, chat ought to give
you confidence and be cause for gratitude"
This cheerfuneSs and this hope have indeed been
amazing in the depth and firmncss of their eX-
preston. They come at the sharpest moment Of
climax Of long and cruel deprcssion--a the very
moment. when people might be expected to be any
thing but cheerful and hopefu-and they have
been manifested in solid, unmistakabe way.
Back of them there is something more than the
mere fact of change in administrations at Wash
ington; something more than simple feeling that
we have in power government that will act. It
is almost as if the American nation felt that a
dramatic appeal was being made to something
deep, daring and ideastic in its soul-being made
not only by the government but by the voice of
history itself.
1t has been our nature to dream dreams and to
listen to far-Off voices. From the very first we
have been persuaded that destiny not like
that of other lands. Hope has always beckoned to
the horizon. We have never been so splendid rs
at those moments of crisis when we have to fight
and endure to keep our dreams in sight.
| There is abroad in the land today a feeling that
such moment is upon us once more. The depres-
sion has shown US, at last, the worst that it can
lido; and thus it has challenged US to show the best
that there is in The challenge itself has lifted
US up .a
| For We feel, now that We can begin to go for
ward once more. We can cut away the things that
nave encountered us. We can make experiments
I'VE can be bold we can sound our trampets gladly
IN IN TINS final dark hour before the dawn of new
nday-Gastonia Gazette. orr.