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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01
Poor POlucka Had
S265 Hidden Away

Minot, N. D., March l-Re
For nearly five years symon Po-
lucka, ~, has lived ct the Ward
county home, accepting charity,
and all this time tucked In his
pockets was sass In gold cur.
rency.
The secret which was Polucka's
alone came 10 light when he was
brought to . hospital In Mint %
receive medical treatment and
hospital attendants. checking
through his effects, found the
"horse blanket" bills.
Now Polucka has put his name
to an assignment which provides
that $24 be paid to doctors who
treated him, sass to the hospital
and the remainder, except as,
which he keeps for his own use.
Is turned over to the county 70
apply on the costs q having kept
him at the county home.
Polucka said nothing about
having the money when he en-.
tered the county home In yebru.
airy. 1880, and In the nearly five
years, until the discovery was
made. he had kept the money On
his person, carefully guarded from
the sight Of others.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01
10 Years Added to
COnvict's Stretch

Crosby, N. D., March l.-tR-A.
ready facing . 16.year stretch, John
Longre, Kenmare, heard 10 more
years Of prison confinement ordered
for him by District Judge A. J. 0ron-
M here Thursday.
Having pleaded guilty at Ainot
August 3 to . charge Of larceny Of an
automobile ct Ambrose, Lon & Z.
brought here from the state peni.
Tertiary where he has 10 years Of Z
20-year sentence left to serve, sought
to withdraw the plea and plead not
guilty but the court would not grant
him permission to do 50.
Longre In the last 10 years has
been sentenced to serve q total Of s.
years In prison for different crimes.
all involving theft, but he has served
only about one-fourth Of his "time. !"
He had been at liberty under parole
from the 2o-year sentence, which was
imposed ct Stanley, only about two
months when he was arrested at
Van Hook In possession Of the auto
mobile stolen at Ambrose.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01
Local Men Return
From Western Trip

A. w. Mundy Of the A. W. Lucas
company and w. 8. Graham returned
home Tuesday night after . seven.
week motor trip In the west and
south. They were accompanied by
J. b. 0affaney Of Fargo, who went
to his home from here.
Ono Of the most exciting incidents
Of their journey occurred near
Wichita. Kan. on their way home
when they passed through . district
which had been struck by q tornado
Just q few minutes before their or.
rival. Parts Of Z number Of houses
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01
Guard Officers Here
For TwO.Day School

sixty-six commissioned officers OF
the National Guard gathered here
Friday 1oe q tWo.day session Of mill
|tary school.
Under direction Of Adjutant Gen.
|eral Frayue Baker the officers Win be
instructed In various technical MILL
tary problems.
Principal speaker ct . dinner to be
staged Friday night win b Br1gadier
General D. 8. Richie Of Valley City.
Governor Walter Wexford viii i'd"
|dress the officers ct the morning ses-
sion Saturday. A tour Of the state
|capitol and to Fort McKeen, Slope
village and old Fort Abraham Lincoln
also win b made BY the Officers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01

and other structures were strewn
along the highway, Graham said,
and people were just beginning to
hunt for missing members Of their
families when they arrived on the
scene.
Longest stops on the trip were
made 1T Hollywood. Calif., Phoenix.
Ariz, and San Antonio, Tex, 10 days
being spent ct the latter place.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01
M'ILRAIIH SCORES
ASSEMBLY SPENDING
Charges Solons With Moral
Crime IN Failure to Cut
State Expense

Leaders Of the Nonpartisan League
and other factions In the house and
senate were criticized Friday for
failure to reduce tho debt burden BY
Representative z. J. McIlraith Of
Divide county when he appeared be-
fore the house committee on taxes
and tax laws.
McIlraith, q former stsHs's attor-
ney and serving his first - in tho
house. was elected on - o.,npar-
tisan League ticket.
The committee at the time was
considering the senate retail sales
tax bill, on which action was deferred
after the session by the committee.
The legislators were charged with
not having enough physical and po.
litical courage to commit . major
act Of surgery upon our present gov
ornamental structure" by Mc1lraith.
who asserted that although elected
on Nonpartisan League pledge Of
governmental economy" he has seen
mo league program and no oth0
program advanced by any faction to
cut down the cost Of government"
THE result Is that this legislature
has not accomplished one construc-
tive piece Of legislation" he said.
"and tho people Of this state are GO
ing to be saddled with a debt burden
at least SO per cent greater than two
years ago. Considering the financial
condition Of our people that amounts
to a moral crime.
THE only manner in which the
state can operate is to cut the gov
eminent costs to meet government
income"
Discussing the proposed sales tax
measure, G. q. Bangert Of Enderlin,
former state senator. told the COM
mittee that the people would not be
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01
ELKS NOTICE!

Regular meeting Of Elks
Lodge No. 1899 at Elks Hall
tonight, 8 o'clock. Special en-.
tertainment for circus people
and workers. All m z m b . r s
urged to attend.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01

Sale and sampling Of Staley's
syrup at Economy Grocery Sat.
urday. $3.50 basket Of grocer.
les will be given away.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01

For Sunday dinner sugges-
lions see our beautiful Friday
nights w'1d0w-Gussner's.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-01

saisfied" With paying Z sales tax un.
less the act would provide the rev.
enue be used aS . replacement tax.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
CUT THE SOB STUFF

Herewith is editorial comment by
the Morris Tribune on an American
child who is born. as the saying goes,
with a silver spoon in his mouth"
and falls heir to a large fortune:
The newly-born son of John Jacob
Aston Ill, it is announced, will be the
heir to one hundred millions. There
is no particular justice in this, and
yet he is about the unluckiest kid
beset by kidnapers, in his youth he
will be the prey of designing assOci-
ates, and in his manhood he will
never know the reward of his own
honest effort and enterprise. About
any kid in the country born to the
average family and permitted to grow
up in normal kind of way is luckier
than he"
Strange enough that persons who
pity children born into enormous
wealth as the John Jacob Astor son.
are the same folks who resist taxing
that wealth so as to make for better
distribution of the country's wealth.
If the child is to be petied because he is
surrounded with wealth, rather than
playmates and friends, it is obvious
that a check can soon be put to such
sympathy.
Instead of plying the child, which
in way is but giving comfort and
aid to the wealthy, it would be much
better if the conservative newspaper
editor in question would come out and
advocate very high tax on such IN
heritance. No one is arguing that all
wealth should be distributed evenly,
and should be made over the present
distribution.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
DID SHE HELP?

Two st. Paul boys playing catch
in school yard the other day found
purse containing S205. Shortly
thereafter a woman in the neighbor-
hood came frantically into the yard
and said she had lost the purse. The
boys being honest turned over the
money Immediately. She rewarded
them with soc each.
From childhood and up. most Of us
have been told that honesty is always
rewarded. In this case also it was
rewarded because the boys can rest
with clear conscience.
But certainly it cannot be said that
the woman whose heavily loaded
purse dropped from her clothing. was
of the liberal type, and ii cannot be
said that she was doing very much
to encourage honesty. She did not
stretch herself.
To put it in plain English she was
cheap and miSerly.
The story of the finding Of the
money. the boys names, and the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
AAA JUSTIFIED
Jackson Pilot

During all this discussion with ref
erence to the pros and cons of process
ing taxes to finance farm relief it
may rest in large measure on the
view that is taken by those that are
most vitality concerned. One of the
strong contentious made against this
tax is that it takes money from one
class of people and devOtes it, not to
the public interest. but to n special
class interest. The readiest retOrt
which occurs to the farmer is, so does
the tariff. and the tariff, imposed not
as we'll, has been an accepted insti-
tuition of the American government
throughout its lifetime. But agricul-
ture may, if it chooses, abandon the
tariff analogy and rest its case en-
tirely upon the contention that a con-
tribution to agricultural welfare is a
definite and necessary contribution to
the general welfare. A healthy agri-
culture is a condition precedent to
the political institutions of America.
The farmer is important. not only be-
cause he furnishes the world with the
bulk of it's food and it's textiles, but
now more than ever as consumer Of
it's industrial production. If there Is
any one place where the circulation
of money and credit starts, where
spending really begins, that place is
on the farm.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
MORE PROPAGANDA

Reactionary country newspapers
are starting propaganda against the
national administration by stating
err Democratic organization in Kansas
are transferring their political aftiii-
atiOns to the Republican party. The
propa ganda goes on to say that the
younger Democrats give as their rea-
son for shifting. that they are opposed
to the reckless spending of the pres
ent national administration"
Private industry has had plenty of
time in the last Is years or more to
give employment to the idle but the
change is not coming about and there
fore the government must step in and
do something.
America is not borrowing from Eu-
rope or any other foreign country to
change the economic situation. What
ever Indebtedness will be incurred in
an effort to give employment, and to
put the wheels of industry il to motion
again, will be right here amongst the
citizens of the United States. If the
chances and if some of them would
rather close their factories if they
cannot make cool million dollars 4
year. it is high time that the govern
ment step in and take the bull by the
horns
Wages to unemployed will be a good
means of redistributing the wealth.
The expense of the undertaking will
be borne by taxation against those
who can afford to pay it.
The thing has gone far enough so
it is high time that the government
step in and do something in the way
of creating work and redistributing
wealth. The government must be Sd
preme and must be greater than any
individual or group of individuals. 1t
is the common welfare that must be
sought. the propaganda about shifting
from one political party to another
notwithstanding.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
CHILDREN'S CRIME HOUR
(Christian Science Monitor)

Listen. as we do to repeated Conn
plants of parents who object to the
penny-dreadful type of broadcasting
that comes over the radio to their
children at supper time we wonder
at the short -sightedness of many ad-
vertisers and radio stations.
Concern over that type of program
finds reflection not only in the ill
will of potential customers toward the
sponsors and the advertised product,
but also i'm statement by A. S.
Prail. chairman of the Federal Com
municatiOns commission. MIR. Prail
is certain that some of the dime
novels of the air are injuring half
dozen stations that have been taken
off the air in recent years for failure
to live up to the proper standards of
public service.
The resentment against this type
of program is not of the negative sort
that is received and forgotten with an
Indifferent shrug; an embattled par
ent is dangerous adversary for any
institution, no matter how big, to
face. School officials and educators
in general have repeatedly empha-
sized the demoralizing effects of
these programs. Highly strung chill
dren are keyed up to an uncomfort-
able pitch by radio shrieks and horror
stories: and even the most phlegmatic
child is apt to have his vocabulary
ar MI l nd cf do, .Ic
in formative years by what might
well be described as the Children
Crime Hour.
Many of these programs are a nuis-
ance to parents also. and to a degree
which is hard for adults without chill
dren of their own to appreciate. Once
child's sympathy has been aroused
by the sponsors of product, it will
plead and beg necessarily for the pur-
chase of that product. In a current
radio sequence children were made to
believe. though it was not actually
stated. that purchase of certain ar
ticle would aid the fictional hero in
securing money to pay for the neces-
sary operation on his ailing mother!
The sheer impudence of an appeal
to any child in the home, over the
parents heads, in behalf of an adver-
tised product might be enough to give
the sponsors pause; but combined
with the ill effects Of such programs
upon the child, as shown by Profess
sor Busse of New York University
and others, and the resentment en-
kindled in grown-ups. it would seem
that, even if advertisers do not, the
radio powers that be would take heed
in their own interests
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
EASY FARMING
(The Country Press. Moorhead

(The Country Press. Moorhead)
A few years ago New England au-
thor wrote very interestingly of the
adventure of himself and his wife
in DESERVING city life and going back
to the farm. The article attracted
the attention of many and as a result
Philip Curtis received many letters
from city jewellers, seeking to gain
from making a similar change. How
ever. their ideas were mainly incon-
sistent with possibilities of the ex-
changed residence.
''All they wanted me to do" Curtis
writes, was to find them an aban-
dOned farm with a colonial house
which could be bought for practically
nothing. yet would be equipped with
steam heat, electric lights and running
water, which would be isolated yet near
cultural neighbOrs. where the taxes
would be almost negligible but where
the roads would be free from mud or
snow. Most of them loved to rough
it, and hoped that l could suggest
some back-country occupation which
would assure them about three-hun-
dred dollars a month";"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
TWO LESS
(The st. Paul Daily News)

(The st. Paul Daily NeWS)
Two applications for 80 beer places
were denied by the mayor and coun-
cilmen Wednesday.
Both were for 'parlOrs" on Selby
Ave. which seems to be bOuntifully
supplied with such GASES. In one in
stance the applicant who sought a
license transfer claimed he had spent
81. 200 remodeling. His plea. however
availed him nothing.
This action is undoubtedly in recOg-
milton of the growing public protest
against the number, conduct and loca-
ton of beer joints. And for this the
city officials are largely responsible
having gone into the matter of licens-
ing with fine abandon and little re-
gard for the consequences.
If now in response to public reac-
ton. they turn down some applicants
and work an occasional financial
hardship, it is little wonder. A def
mite policy in this matter and per-
haps the reduction of a definite num-
Der of licenses might save others I'M
necessary expense and meet with pub
lie approval.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
WHY BE INTERESTED.
New Him ReYieWl

Speaking recently at convention
of Younger Democrats in st. Paul,
Senator Rush ID. Holt of Virginia,
college graduates each year. only t6
per cent were politically minded. 1t
is the aim of the Younger Democrats,
he said, to increase the PERCENTAGE of
this interest. 1t will be done by as
signing clubs in each state to provide
speakers to interest seniors i'm high
school, college and university in pol
tiles from a progressively liberal
standpoint.
So far as the standpoint is con-
cerned there can be both progressive
liberal and conservative" interest
aroused. But the main feature is that
Senator Holt is entirely correct in his
assertions concerning youths disin-
clination to participate in political
maneuvers. Many have been the lam
entations already expressed concern
ing this shortcOming, and the demo-
cratic party is the only large national
organization that has seen fit to en-
courage a new interest on a large
scale.
On the other hand, however. many
a self-possessing youth can point with
utmost sincerity to his disinterest in
politics. Certainly there is little of
a polishing nature to be gained by
the muck raking which now charac-
terizes Americas various parties. The
accusation has often been hurled with
other dishonest practices abound with
in our government. If such is the
case it would harry befit conscien-
tious mother to interest her son in
this political corruption.
Such things will always exist to a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT LOOK
ASKANCE AT BUSINESS

IF the government would leave
business alone. then chances are bust
ness would leave the government
alone"
The above is taken from a Mime
sofa rural newspaper and it is the
same thought that has appeared in
print so many times and in so many
different places.
1t is to lead people to believe that
government is always meddling in
business and that if government never
interfered with business in any shape
or manner. leaving it to them to &c
as they saw hit. everything would he
lovely.
Was it not business that brought on
and has retained the tariff? Did big
business not acquire mines, water
power. and many other natural re-
sources that should have belonged &c
the people or the government?
If the government did not inter
fere with business any more than
business has interfered with govern
ment. and the rights of others. the
economic situation would not be in
the turmoil that it is today. The gov
eminent is the representative of all
the people and all the interests and
naturally it should be supreme and
| all powerful.
| Much of the press. and others who
receive immediate benefits from big
business. would like to have us be-
lieve that the government is the OBJ
stacle against return of better times
Those who want to monopolize OF
hog it are the real obstacle and
are to blame for the government hav-
/ ing to take hold.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
portland. Oregon, JournaD

(IOTtlulu, OIeSOll, JOuI Hal
Hoover, who announced that his
party had abolished poverty" would
have the Republicans go into the
campaign bowling that Mr.. Roosevelt
is for "a European form of govern
ment." And for battle-cry, he has
the Ogden Millses, the Fletchers and
the other playboys sing rally round
the flag, shouting the battle-cry of
freedom" This slogan. we are to UNI
derstand, is to mean deliverance from
the president who provides ways Of
unemployment, who abolished child
labor. rescued women from sweat
shops, saved millions of homes and
farms from foreclosure. is battling for
old age security, is striving to give
agriculture an equal chance with he
more favored groups in national life.
induced Congress to set up plan by
which homes can be renowned. Sc
cured the right of collective bargain
ing for labor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
THE NEWS MAY BE CRITICISED

Recently the Northfield News got
out a special edition commemorative
so years of service to that cOmmun-
ity. % of which Herman Roe has been
the publisher. which was commented
upon in these columns two weeks ago.
In the last issue of the Northtield
News was published comment in the
Norwegian language from the De-
corah Posten. at DEBORAH, Iowa.
That should make the 100 percent
ers who scream against foreign born
citizens, sit up and take notice. The
paragraph of comment from DEBORAH
Poster was only short. but good one.
and was published in Mr.. Roes good
Republican and American newspaper
in the Norwegian language. What an
error on the part of the NOIthteld
News to allow even two or three
inches of foreign language material
in its columns!
OF course if Mr.. Roe was to pub
lish anything in his News in the rea!
American tongue, it would have to
be in the Indian language. Whatever
good has been brought to the Amer
lean shores by foreign born citizens
and woven into American life, makes
America that much better.
The News goes on to state that
their force consists of four and one
half members who are Norwegian;
one Danish; three German; two Irish
two Yankee; two English: One-half
Scotch: and one Turk. That makes
good American melting pot
The folks who are too narrow to
tolerate anything foreign are about
on par with those who live in Amer
lea and have one foot in the old coun-
try all the time. Both go too far.
There is a happy medium.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
AN EARLY CANDIDATE

1t is easy to be nominated and run
for the office of president of the
United States if the person cares lit
tie about the showing made. A good
example of that is Colonel CoXey with
his little group of nOminatOrs at
Omaha, Nebr., recently. He is sup
posed to be running as the candidate
for president ON the national Farmer
Labor ticket, getting little early
start in the 1886 campaign. Wonder
how many Farmer-Laborites were APP
prised of the national" convention
held at Omaha? Perhaps not even
the Farmer-LabOr state officials in
Minnesota knew about it, and this is
the only state in the Union in which
state FL. ticket has had some
degree of victory and success.
Colonel COxey's fame dates back to
the 90's when he led COXey's army
of unemployed to the national capitol.
He is now 81 years of age and should
be on pension instead of selling
patent medicine and running for pres
ident. He and his group appear to
be cranks on money. A little more
money in the hands of the masses
would not hurt at all. and perhaps
but there is no one economic change
which will make up for all the adj
justments needed. No one change
will correct all the economic evils
and make everything hunky dory.
But the point is that it is not so
difficult to become 4 candidate for
president of the United States.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-08-08
PRETTY GOOD CREDIT
mile Laos County Times)

Do you remember in the last cam
the radio and denounced the Farmer
Labor administration as running the
state in debt and that the credit of
the state was at stake, and that the
Farmer-LabOr party should be ousted
for that reason if for no other. Stat
ford King backed him up with figures
to show the conditions as they were
supposed to be and painted a picture
of the state going bankrupt if the
Farmer-Labor party were kept in
julius Schmahl, comes out with a
statement to all the papers in the
state that the state of Minnesota is
solvent He stated that the state
could borrow money at seven-tenths
of one per cent, and that the credit
of the state was excellent due to this
low interest rate. He also stated tn at
the small overdraft now appearing in
the general revenue fund would be
entirely wiped out in few weeks
when tax receipts start coming in
from the counties. What a different
picture this is than the one painted
year ago. Well, there is no politi-
cal campaign on nov. but you wait
until next year, the same gentleman
will try and mislead the voters by
telling how the present administra-
ton has run the state in the red