Mondiiv. TVraifrlV 23, 1925.
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THE OLD HOME TOWN
By Stanley
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BARVEY F. MATTHEWS
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Abb POTTER.MAVWO LEASED TXC SIOCS CT US BARN
FOR. ADVEIST1 5 IHG PURPOSES, HAS DECIDED NOT
TO DO ANY fARMWCi THIS YEA AND WIUL PUT
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Iiy Junius
Reconstruction in
4W uiuvvo .vnimm.o
(Continued from Faff" 1.)
After nil, nothing; on earth can move quite as rapidly
as a thoroughly idle rumor.
ltussia seems to be the poor relation that folks are will
ing to feed but not to recognize.
i; . The Connecticut legislature has killed a bill proposing
to tax bachcloi-s. Perhaps it is felt that bachelors should
not' be punished for conditions they can't help.
The University of Chicago proposes to compile a dic
tionary and it announces it will require 10 years to com
plete it That's a long time to wait for the solution of a
cross-word puzzle.
A specialist says that if we lived on spinach there would
lie ho more wars. We haven't been enlightened as to how
spinach consumption can prevent wars, but wo do know
that about onu more war and we'll bo lucky to be living
fun even that.
! ; . -
j ,Iti spite of the most strenuous efforts of ImndiU, sav
ings deposits in banks increased a billion dollars in tho
jlast year. And that was accomplished during a year that
iecOrded the lowest level in agricultural deflation that the
past decade has experienced. The country may not le uve
pUKsperous but it is at least making progress in that direction.
Thr roronrr usually lms the lut
wtii'it In mi uriimt'iit bet with u
lH.'liMrlnn nut I an milomobilt.
'Ailii to list of farm ikt sail lea
a (i-tubo radio st-t,"
Lady: "I suppose you have bmn
hi tin navy no long thut you im
aeriisUMiii'il to h-Ii h'K?"
Sailor: "ludy, J wuau'l rvi-n luo'i-
illK."
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Tin lliK'f wtia jit ok n f'w cH.tr
t' lti tins uout ti Jail for filly
yi'lirs, lint l tn fiicnd wtm tit vrr
tiny of Ms own 1 still at larxi.
Purls Journal says that womvi
does not dress on man's neeomi.
Hut K'nTUlly b1ui I'harKfs ll to !ns
occount,
Kr!(: "lo you s'lpnv-He ll.ut M
will tulif Ion if for your wife to ii'Jirn
how to driw t!w car?"
Kross: "It shouldn't. She had
ahoitt ten yetim' praeliee dri idv
Hlark rivers whieh virtually Uolul
ed Crifiln.
Tlip hiKh wier Inundated thu
lowhinds about Griffin, and cov
vrvi I hi" hlKhway. so that the only
avenue f(r rerelvlnp .supplies a
over a branch line of the IllinolM
Ontrul rallroud. Workt'is today
nru using nkifis.
Approxlii.-.lely five hundrud poo
plu attended the Can tutu, "The
Cireatest Lovo." presented by the
M ut uul I in provemetit A tutociut Ion
of I'nion Sttike M. I. A., last eve
ning ut Die L. I. S. Tubernucle.
Karl O. Kto-'durd directed tho pro
Kriim and every 7iumler wuh i-x-cellent.
Thu chorus, which was
composed of members of the 1,.
I). H. Tubernucle choir, consisted of
forty voices. Mira 1. Itu Hunks
presided ut the pipe orKun.
Thu program follows;
1. Opening Chorus.
2. Duet (soprano juid tenor),
"The Light Has Come."
3. Huns solo and quartet, "The
Morn of Victory."
4. Choir, "Lead Me."
G. Tenor Solo, "The Greatest
Love."
6. Trio (soprano, tenor and burl
tone), "Peace lie With You.'
7. Contralto solo. "Itlessed is the
Nation."
8. Quarti-t for solo voices. "The
Lord iB King."
t. Soprano solo. "I Will it hold
Ilim."
10. Choir, -"lit Kul.-th Korever."
11, Pass solo, "Love's Victory."
1.'. Kinule, "I nto the Knd of the
World."
! Soloists Soprano. Mrs. (1. A.
'lit an; nlto, Mrs. O. Karl Stoddard:
! tenor, G. I. Jmtton: baritone. Paul
Knauts: bass, K. lh Tow ler:, chorus.
L. 1. S. T-abernacie choir.
Sl'MAYS Wi.it
New Orleans Thirteen kill-
cil In train tvrci k.
New York lic kllhil in
tcncnu'iit fin.
; Speed laws and traffic regulations aient enfoivetl sim
ply to worH a hardship on the sane drivers, but rather to
protect them from the fool variety that seems to infest
every city and every highway. Strict observance of traf
fic laws by those who appreciate what the authorities are
trying to do is the greatest possible aid in controlling the
careless driver and the speed maniac. .
It tied In Ik- the li.iud Ihil rM'l-,
,ctl the crndle miNnI the v.orhl: mm
Ill's the band that rulr tin cradle
HH'ki llu- worltl. i
'
Tin: mom s ;ui,i-nn;.i n
I should not im you. dear. si
much "
pl thmtKli I dislii.e tU'id its such,
1 should not love you, dear, so
t'lUl'll
If 1 could only fl my eluteh
tut K'fineoue worth a billion
1 hImhiM not love yon, d ar. so
mm 1;
WfiT you not worth million.
"Any purl of the city for Jut'iil v
Mi irnts!" elled 1 1 it li Grnmlc
(!r;er.
"Von can't -irk nu- naint" M.
toilrtt s ' h m-lit ih-elly bail
la t ,iar mid the uouldu't Im it
It i inc."
'tiiiif it: "ii mi- n .-r m( si(--d mi
til liny jH'i- in. 1 1 rii il. and t hen are
never .H.itiyu, d.
A M.n t is a r ii iii' in v im h ut-
S.rll'S to f-e too lone, too
.ioi t. loo 1 1: ht ol hut M'lii- t liu;T.
in ltY "oo ii:ai
Ml'ltPHYSHOKO, III. liP.y the
Aaafociated press) Murp);ysboro
Sunday honored her upward of 2m
tornado victims in a simple funeral
service held from the wrecked
bnmlstund In the public squure
while passim? hearses and ambu
lances bore evidence that the ta-k
of caring for the dead and the in
jured is not yet completed.
I Amne trom me extreme sim
j licit v. the services were marked
by an expression on the part of the
speu kers of a faith and hope in
the future instead of stress on the
city's present sorrow.
One minister summed up the
city's spirit thus:
"Our tears are shed; our loved
ones are laid uway; the future lies
before us to use. Let us rebuild
our cliy and follow in the step
f llim who said. '1 am the way.
the truth and the liht.' "
i:v inTi:i. pl.nni;i
PALM P.KACIl (AP) A new
rire-proof hotel arising out of the
uxhes of the Itreakers. burni'd by
the ib'Hl roclive fir.' of last Wed
nesday, will be constructed im
mediately. Henry K. Item In, vice
nri-sbbnt of the Klorldu..Kst Coast
Hotel company, announced follow
ing u meettiiK of the directors of
the company.
MAYOIt'S Wil l; 111 UT
1 WALLA WALLA (AP) Mrs. NV
K Alb n, wife of the mayor . ef
! Vancouver, Wash., wi:a aerlouslv
I injured in an automobile ucclilent
' near here yesterday. She was
jtnken by train to Portland,
t The car, eontalnirt; Mr.i. Allen
and n-latives. strm-k an Italian
Kartbner's Wiison. the waRon ton
gue rammed throuKh the side of
the car. striking Mrs. Allen's chin
and fracturing' her .juvv badly..
5.KW OKLKANS. Ul. (AP)
Thirteen persons lost t heir lives
in u wreck early Sunday when two
fast mail trains of the Soul hern
Paclric railroad collided during a
(ok ut U let hoe, IjM.. iM-twceli P.;'
terson and Franklin. Pour of the
dead we're while men, tin- ollo-rs
negro passvnffer. l-ive were seri
ously Injured.
According to an official report
No. 1 2, costboiind, ran by a sig
nal In a'fofc and crushed! into No.
109, westbound, at about 3 a. m.
per
il ml
XKW YOUK AP) Pive
sons. Including two women
two children, lost Hieir lives early
.Sunday In a lire that destroyed an
Kast Porty-.sf venih stnel tenement
house occupied by 11. families.
Pour persons were injured. Kim
department officials said the blaze
was started by a pryomaniac who
set fire to buby carriage in, the
ground hallway.
Reasons for Political
Party Make Arguments
(Continued from Pane l.)
tootli or even two or three if joi
can get Vin.
In the Senate's political parallel.
Lorah of bhtho may be likened to
the fturrow of the debate. Jim
Wutson of Indiana is cast in she
Stanley rob.
Ilorah contends that Republi
cans who have transgressed partv
discipline should be given a chance
to repent and reform.
Ivepuhltcans. like individuals, he
holds, are the product of differims
environments. They are not all
cast In one mold. Allowance must
be made tor varltations. even for
occasional abnormalities.
I To Watson, however, u good Re
publican is iv good Republican.
Ho Is first and lain a member of
the clan.
Whoever denies for one day
constituted party authority. who
runs amuck in the family circle,
becomes an outcast. disinherited
and condemned.
'A political party." siys Wa.'s n.
"is hi reality organized lor one ele
ction. If Its policies are continu
ing, the organization nniy be con
tinuing. "Hut after nil. It la de
signed for one contest, one election.
jsubseribing to one platform and
one set of principles.
"I am not concerned with that
was done tn 1312. or HOG or 19i.
I am concerned about what was
done In 1 12-K And I know that at
that particular time Senators
Urookhart. Kruaier and Ludd left
the Hcpubllcun parly."
"It la a good idea, in the hour
of victory, to look nheud and prac
tice some degree of tolerance," ar
gues Borah, in reply.
"I prefer
m
Smartest Tailored
Wear
So simple in lino and trim, their smartness de
pendo on absolute correctness.
. In this art, the makers of GAGE HATS have no
equal, and it would be hard indeed to duplicate
the clever styles we are showing at
$5.00 & $7.50
nacm'ea&Coa
i to ilrtrrinlno my courn,' by u sltr-
ivpy of coming elct'tlons rather than I
I by dwelling on those that uro over.
j i wouicl Know where to es
j labllsh the lino of loyalty or party
lilevotton .umler rondltlnns as they
have prevailed. In this rount:-y for
the. lust 1 or I ; years. I ilu not
Know what thu tut Is. Aitil unless
I know the test.-1 fear I may gvt
otltsble the line myself."
The Konate has ndjoniniMl its soiaial !.t':.situi and tln
four insm'KOuU. La Follotte, Rrookliart. Fra.icr ami I. add,
after many tluvats are still uusivankrd. Politics, now as
lor many giMictiit-nns uist. doniand that no olio I ullendodl
und no one bo antagonized. Incaiisc it mav prove sand h.IJALL LCAGIM'
the political machinery in the next election. No one should
court political disaster under any circumstances especially
not in the interest of justice.
Ml., t .itM-l left,,,, i . tl (he
eil tbK we.k tm In c nmtejial tur
lie,- linn.-ail. She is I'li-auril tit
iimi i j Mnu I iHtl.ler." I .i hail ;i
ougamzf;!) in
si .NDAY mi;i;t
i: milks an Horn.
; The house of the Nevada legislature has passed a lull
which would fix the maximum speed for automobiles in
that state nt 15 miles per hour. The measure lias not yet
come before the senate and jrovernor.
The measure is Iwscd on the Mief that under certai.i
conditions a speed of t.'i miles an hour is not dangerous
rither to the )asscn;ors tf the antomobilo nr to other
traffic and that an automobile can In? driven carefully at
15 miles an hour and recklessly at miles ier hour. Of
course the maximum speed of l" miles would Ik- permissible.
only on Rood ituids in sKirely settled sections and whei-'
dense traffic and hills or curves in the road would net
naturally prohibit it.
It was only a few years ago that a speed limit of t.-n
miles an hour was enforced -or supKst-d to Ik enforced--in
the oien couutiy on tintiaveled roads. Today some states
permit a miximum sH-ed of miles an hour while other;
limit tiavel to a sjved of :?( miles. That is the estalilished
limit in Oivjron. Hut in all states the treed has N-en towad:
hijrhcr speeds. Public o iuiou agrees that a sived of j
miles an hour is not thinjrvi-ous under eeitain eonditi( n .-.
nMwufU fifteen years aj-o it was believi-d excessive. Al-j'
ready the sH-ed limits now in fince aiv -jviierally exceed -.1 .
here gotnl toads and traffic conditimis H-tmit a fact '
that !Hi per cent of the motoiists nf Eastern Oiepim. fi ,
exampk'. will admit.
Public t pinioii fixes tha speeti limits fur automti;l !
Obviously it believes the exislinjr lejjal shhiI aiv safe in'"
the hands of the aveiape motorist. F.entuully. the pul!i ',
(foi'llnvml from -ag 1.)
in u I... I.fonrhl liniM ;eyv h, r.
an.l n., I... ,., a I n:t tin..-
jlh.- i.. I'm rill.- st in. 's Ml present.
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i pimoii and the ni-tonMs may lie educated up to a IVnii;
limit. At present there are niany niotiirists who are sti l
a menace to other tiaffic cven'though restricted to the anti
quated 10-milti i.mit.
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