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10 THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1929 'CANNED" SERMONS The Daily Northwestern VIEWS BY THE PEOPLE FROM THE FILES OF THE NORTHWESTERN TIMELY VIEWS OF WORLD TOPICS ErtsbllulM Jaaasrj I'M. property at a fair price, and have so offered to do." I should like to ask by what reso- lution the county board has conferred authority on the district attorney to negotiate with the property owners the terms of purchase or to pass any personal judgment as to whether the price oifered is reasonable or otherwise. The county board alone has this authority and it must be exercised in a lawful way. If the county board i members believe that the owners are willing to sell at a fair and reasonable price, then if the county desires to acquire this property, it is the duty of the county board to purchase. Publtrtied at Pour ana rive o'clock wry aftrnioon Irk Pilmint In The Northwestern Building.

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62 No. 48 1929 Tuesday, February 26, Did They Work for Nothing? The editor of Labor, a political propaganda news-Taper published at Washington, D. C. by the railroad brotherhoods, in his effort to defend the political work that publication did in Wisconsin for the La Ftllette ticket of Progressive candidates for office, said In a statement printed in the Madison organ of the Progressive ring: "The special edition did not cost the Progressives, directly or indirectly, a penny, and no special assessment was levied on railroad workers in Wisconsin to take care of the expense, as Barry falsely claims. "The entire cost was borne by Labor and as stated above, did not exceed $3,000.

"Labor did not pay a dollar to anyone in Wisconsin for distributing the paper. All the work was performed by men and women who gave of their time and energy to the Progressive cause without hope of financial reward." There may have been persons who served to distribute copies of Labor "without hope of financial reward," but we are reliably Informed that none of this "charity work" was done in Oshkosh at the time the entire city was flooded with the brotherhood newspaper in a house to house distribution. Our information, which is a good deal stronger than hearsay, is that the person In charge of the distribution here received $50 for his employment in peddling the Progressive campaign dope. If that expense was duplicated in the many other cities of Wisconsin of the size of Oshkosh, it would amount to a nice, round sum. So far as wo know nothing about the $50 charge for distribution in this city was recorded in the official statements of campaign expenditures filed with the state authorities.

It also looks like a pretty deep scaling down of cost estimates to say that many hundreds of thousands of copies of a special edition of Labor were circulated in the Badger state for only $3,000. Considering the cost of print paper these days, besides composition, ink, postage stamps, mailing and the like, It is hard to believe that small sum represents the financial end of what the railroad brotherhoods did to get votes for the La Follette-Beck Progressive ticket. Clean the Sidewalks. An excellent opportunity was afforded today to clean the snow and Ice from sidewalks. Last night's rain, with the temperature high enough to cause much.melting, turned the snow Into slush.

All that was needed to remove the slush was a liberal application of muscle and snow shovels. Cutting drains through the ice at the terrace side of the walks is also a good plan, thus permitting the water to drain where pools have collected. The necessity for prompt work in opening sewer catch basins is apparent and the city is on the Job. Property owners could help by clearing snow and debris away from catch basins ill the vicinity of their homes. It is to be hoped that winter rigors are now close to an end.

The flood danger is acute, but serious damage can be averted by having the sewer system in shape to handle the surplus water as effectively as possible. No Waste of Money Desired. That plan to turn $24,000,000 over to prohibition enforcement has now dwindled down to approximately $3,000,000, or $2,727,000, to be exact. The deficiency bill, as passed in the house of representatives yesterday, carried the smaller sum for additional work for prohibition. It was this amount that the administration recommended to be divided among the several federal agencies engaged in enforcement service, instead of the huge sum the dry forces wanted appropriated.

The bill now goes to the senate. In the allotment of $2,727,000 additional for prohibition enforcement, the budget bureau had taken account of the Mellon objections to the lump appropriation of 24 millions, as proposed by the dry church lobby and others. Mr. Mellon pointed out that there were other departments and bureaus whose cooperation was essential in the enforcement of the Volstead act, and which possibly could more usefully employ the money than the prohibition bureau. The money, as now apportioned, goes In part to the department of Justice to hire additional assistant district attorneys, to the customs service to build higher its anti-smuggling barrier on the Canadian border, and to the civil service commission to facilitate the examination of agents, as well as to the prohibition bureau itself.

General Lord has certified that if this money is appropriated at this time it can be efficiently spent. As he has announced, Secretary Mellon Is making a survey of the entire enforcement situation to see where the agencies now engaged in the work can best be strengthened. Until that survey is completed, expenditure of any sums except where their useful employment Is attested by the secretary or the budget bureau, is sheer waste. If the deficiency bill with the $2,727,000 item passes, the sincere drys In congress have the assurance that they are giving the enforcement agencies something they can use to real advantage. To grant any sum over this is simply playing politics with the issue.

Highway Change Needed. II the state legislature can find time to devote itself to matters more pressing than the prohibition Issue and proposed beer refcrendums, perhaps it will get down this week to serious consideration of the Question of reorganizing the slate road department. The session is six weeks old now and yet most of the Important legislative problems have not yet been tackled tor settlement. Matters demanding action, such as consolidation and simplification of state departments, an Improved income tax law, creation of a budget system, reorganization of the highway branch of the government and other needed reforms, have not yet advanced anywhere near the point where final action can be expected. A highly important thing for the legislature to do, without unreasonable delay, is to reorganize the highway department.

The old system has faults that need correcting and a bill intended to improve that department has been prepared. It is slated as a special order of business for Thursday of this week. Governor Kohler, in his annual message, and in campaign addresses, expressed himself in favor of a commission consisting of three members and not a few of the legislators heartily endorse that idea. There are some, however, who oppose the three-man body and want a one-man commission. Senator Blanchard, Progressive supporter of former Governor Zimmerman, is the prime mover for a one-man commission and it is charged that he aims to prevent any reorganization measure passing at this session, if he can.

He fought the efforts at highway commission reorganization at the previous session of the legislature. Senator Ooodland of Racine, one of the leading supporters of Oovernor Kohler and his policies, writes: "Delay is one of the methods resorted to for killing the bill, but the matter will sooner or later be forced to an issue. The present highway interests are also making a quiet, under cover fight to prevent reorganization. They evidently fear a full time, able commission. A.

E. Smith, secretary of the so-called good roads association, which is maintained and supported by contributions from the cement, material and machinery companies and the highway contractors, is active in opposition. Others are actively working under cover, but are not registered as lobbyists. It is a very powerful combination to fight and the mere fact that they are so strongly opposed shows clearly the necessity of a change in the interests of the people." The Wisconsin highway department does so much business and handles so large a fund that the work should be in the most competent hands available. A part-time commission, paid at the rate of $5 a day, is not satsfactory.

What is needed Is a body that "devotes its entire time to highway matters, receiving a salary large enough to make It Independent of politics or outside Influences. TO put the highway department in control of one man would be a dangerous policy. It would be a blow to Governor Kohler's legislative program in general if his wishes In the highway plan are disregarded. (From The Wausau Record-Herald.) Some of the smaller newspapers of the country publish "canned" editorials. "Canned" editorials are syndicated articles, compiled oftentimes by very good writers at some central point, and sold to their clients in different parts of the United States, where they appear as original editorials written by some member of the newspaper's editorial staff.

The "canned" editorial has several drawbacks. For one thing, it lacks the local touch. "Canned" editorials have to be general in nature; they cannot deal with local problems or conditions. Then, to an exchange editor on a daily newspaper, at least, it is aggravating to find perhaps a half dozen different papers saying the same thing on their editorial pages, the same day, year after year. But we have the "canned," or syndicated editorial, to a certain extent, and now Frederick L.

Collins, in an article written for the current issue of the Woman's Home Companion, suggests the "canned" sermon for clergymen. Mr. Collins attributes the alleged alarming decline in church attendance to the failure of many clergymen to interest their audiences, because, he claims, their sermons are lacking in the elements that make a good preacher. He finds there are 216,000 sermons preached in the United States every Sunday, or about 000,000 different discourses during the year, and "obviously there aren't people in the United States fit to preach he says. So, he would have the average minister relieved of the duty of preparing sermons, that work being assigned to men and women "who are conspicuously able to perform it." Then he would have each denomination solicit and pay for an annual supply of the finest sermons that can possibly be written, which would be read or committed to memory and delivered by each minister of that particular denomination on the Sabbath.

One of the troubles with Mr. Collins' plan is that those prepared sermons would be too cut and dried to meet with enthusiastic approval on the part of congregations. Another would be, that they would lack the needful local touch. Audiences would not feel that they, individually, were being preached to, but rather that they were hearing a bit of elocutionary effort, perhaps interesting as entertainment, but not applying in any way to them as individuals. It is possible, too, that Mr.

Collins is mistaken concerning the ability of the average minister of the gospel in the average American community. Most members of the clergy are prepared and qualified to minister to the spiritual needs of the congregation they serve. The "canned" sermon is apt to be too cold, too casuistic, to touch either the hearts or the minds of everyday Americans, who, after all, comprise the bulk of the churchgoers of today. DAIRYMEN SEE LIGHT (From The Racine Journal-News.) The recent meeting of dairy inter ests at Milwaukee where it was deter mined to raise a large amount of money for advertising dairy products, the proceeds to be spent in the district where raised, indicates that the farmers understand that the remedy for some of their troubles lies in adopting the same methods as other producers. One of those present said something when he stated that if the farmers would spend the money the cigaret manufacturers do, there wouldn't be any surplus milk problem and a low price.

If the consumption of dairy products could be increased sufficiently (as it can through advertising), the farmers wouldn't have to worry so much about what price they get from Chicago dealers. The citrus fruit growers of California turned jthe trick some years ago when they started an immense campaign; the cranberry growers did the same thing, and the idea has been repeated in many instances. The apple growers also had sense enough to buy printer's ink before their industry suffered too many glutted markets. But it does seem as though Just so many times, with all the examples of success before them, that different groups in the producing field, those vitally interested can not see where their great delinquency has been In not broadening their market; they meet and deplore, they cuss the city man and the more highly paid workers, and then end up by attacking the administration for not doing something. The remedy is in their own hands in many instances, such as increasing the consumption of milk, and all they have to do is to vote a small assessment and arrange for a systematic campaign of advertising.

Avoid stress In your early years and you Invite distress In your later years. Forbes Magazine. POEMS THAT LIYI MINNIE AND WINNIE MINNIE and Winnie, slept (n a shell. Sleep, little "ladies 1 And they slept well. Pink evss tho shell within, silver without; Sounds of the great lea wandered about Sleep, little ladies! Wake not soon! Echo on echo dies to the moon.

Two bright stars peeped into the shell. "What are they dreaming of? Who can tell?" Started a green linnet out of the troft; Wake, little ladies! The sun if aloft. Alfred Tcnnynon (1809.ll!)! 53 EDITOR'S NOTE: The Dally Northwestern extends an Invitation to the people to send communications to this paper for publication on the editorial page. Anonymous letters addressed to this paper will NOT be printed, no matter how meiitorious these may be. Every communication must be plainly signed with the name and address of the writer.

If there Is a particular reason why the writer does not wish his name used in publishing the letter, that request will be respected, but the right name of the writer must accompany the communication, being signed at the bottom. Letters should be comparatively short, written plainly and be free from libelous matter or per sonal attacks of the axe-grinding sort. Write on one side of the paper, only. TRIPP TO BATTLE FOR VOTE ON COURTHOUSE (To the Editor.) Oshkosh On reading the article by our district attorney, Frank B. rv.eeie, wnicn was printed in your paper of Saturday, Feb.

23, I called up George E. Williams, my attorney, and requested him to answer Mr. Keefe on the legal side of the question. I would esteem it a favor if you will publish in full my letter to Mr. Keefe and Mr.

Williams' reply-to our district attorney. Open letter to Mr. Frank B. Keefe, District Attorney, Winnebago County. Dear Mr.

Keefe: at is very essential, in my opinion, that you and I understand each other in this courthouse controversy. I have no personal feeling of animosity against you or against any member of the county board. I am not interested in any courthouse site. I do not represent Mr. Maxcy, who owns property next to Roe park, nor am I interested in any plan that the publishers of The Daily Northwestern are interested in.

I am not controlled by any ring, visible or invisible. I stand on my own two feet and have hired Mr. George Williams to advise me what I can do to bring this courthouse question to a vote of the taxpayers. I am financing my' own fight, in my own way, under the guidance of Mr. Williams, who represents me and not any so-called "interests." I shall make a call through The Dally Northwestern for financial aid from the taxpayers to help me fight this question to the last court of resort, if necessary, as I am not able myself to pay for all this legal advice.

As a member of the Winnebago county board and as a taxpayer, I will not be a party to such proceedings as you have advised the board to pursue in purchasing or selecting a courthouse site. The whole proceeding as advised by you is illegal, Not only is it contrary to the Wisconsin statutes but was rushed through when the rural members of the board, on account of the roads, could not reach the board meeting. Your attention. Mr. District Attorney, is drawn to the fact that because the British government some 150 years ago refused to listen to the voice of the masses on taxation a revolution resulted and thousands of these tax-ridden people gave up their lives for what, pray? That there should be one country under our sky, where all the people should have a voice in their government.

Was the blood shed for these people shed In vain? Is there no one left in our county who will carry on this fight? Have the people become so powerless, politically, in Winnebago county, that a district attorney and twenty-eight supervisors are going to be permitted to pay no attention to the wish of our masses as expressed at the ballot box only three, years ago? Are we going to deny our people a voice In their government and let twenty-nine men destroy these ballots as Germany destroyed its treaty with Belgium in the great war? No! I want you to understand that when the board meets in March, I will Introduce a resolution asking for a reconsideration of the entire question and that this question shall be decided by the taxpayers, those who have to foot the bill. Right in the end conquers might. For many years I stood the "heehaws" of public opinion on our water question. I stuck and put it over. I am willing to stand the hee-haws again but I can assure you the voice of the taxpayer will be heard and these people given a voice in their county government.

Respectfully Alan H. Tripp, Supervisor. Letter to Alnn H. Trinn, Written by George E. Williams: You have re quested me to furnish you further opinion as to the legality of the reso lution passed by the county board Jan.

7, 1929, as a basis for beginning condemnation proceedings, in view of the published reply of the stjls-trict attorney. There Is nothing in the written article of the district attorney to cause me to change my opinion that the resolution of the board was Ill-advised and illegal, but the opinion of the district attorney, if carefully read, clearly recognizes the sound ness of my opinion. The county board derives its rights to condemn properly for the neces sary needs of the county, solely from section az.uu oi the statutes. This statute clearly denies the right to authorize condemnation proceeding until after a lawiui attempt to acquire the property desired, by gift or at an agreed price, has been made Our supreme court has construed this statute, and holds that there must first be an attempt to acquire the property by Rift or purchase at an agreed price. Milwaukee vs.

Dil- ler, 194 Wisconsin 378. The district attorney, in his article, says; "In these condemnation proceedings the writer of this article clearly understands and knows that an effort must first be made to confer with the property owners and to purchase at private sale. If you would consult the property owners, you would find that I have made this effort with each and every property owner, snd that no condemnation proceedings have as vet been commenced. I have, in my flies, the offers from practically all of the property owners as to what thev would sell for at private sale, and have discussed with them the terms of purchase, and talked the matter all over, and with one exception I am of the opinion that each person owning property in this plat will be glad to sell and dispose of their TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY The French foreign office denies the report published In a London paper that, Corea, having become the ally of Japan under the new Japanese-Corean treaty, France is thereby required to become the active ally of Russia. The officials say the situation does not warrant such a conclusion and add that the new treaty does not make the slightest change in the position of France.

Fire almost completely destroys the capitol of Wisconsin at Madison entailing a loss of $1,000,000. The interior of the building is demolished from one end to the other. Preparations are being made at the university of Wisconsin to celebrate the golden Jubilee of that institution during the week commencing June 9. The celebration will be in observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation of the first class in 1854. One of the most extensive caveins that the northern anthracite coal region ever experienced occurs at West Scranton, Pa.

About forty acres is affected. There were about 200 houses in the district some of which were completely wrecked. Others are out of plumb, while nearly every house in the territory is twisted to such an extent that the doors and windows cannot be opened. Adj. Gen.

C. Boardman is in formed from Madison that his desk and most of his books and papers in the capitol building were removed and saved from the fire which de- stroyed the structure. The adjutant general's office will temporarily be established in Company armory. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Ten cents a glass for beer is the prospect confronts the beer-drinkers of Oshkosh as the result of the new revenue tax, now in effect which places an additional tax of $2 a barrel on the fluid. Franz Aust, assistant professor of landscape designing of the university of Wisconsin, says Oshkosh is the first city in the state to take up the city beautiful plan.

The move ment was started by the Rotary club, but when the war came on the interest was diverted from the aesthetic to the practical side, and the home beautiful Idea was subserved to the- war garden. Creation of a national workers soviet as the lower legislative branch of the German government is fa-vorea by President Ebert as the only solution of the political and economic situation. The Association of Commerce out lines a road building plan which will take at least four years for the construction of all the concrete highways specified. It is to be recommended that the county provide for a bond issue of about two million dollars to build the roads. The assistance of the Oshkosh po lice department is enlisted by the federal war department, through the headquarters central department at Chicago, to prevent the sale and use of unauthorized military service badges and insignia.

VACATING WHITE HOUSE (From The Eau Claire Leader.) For some days now a certain family in Washington has been doing that which others reserve for April 1 or May. Moving time is trying for any mortal, but particularly for the president of the United States. He has plenty of notice of the expiration on his lease, but his is not the privilege of vacating the old premises immediately upon the departure of the last van. Tradition requires that he stay on until March 4 when he has other rather distracting duties to perform. Those householders who wonder at the magnitude of household accumulation when moving day arrives can sympathize with the presidential family.

The Coolidges were en- vied while the gifts of every shape and description were pouring into the White house from four corners of the globe; now they are pitied as it becomes necessary to pack or dispose of them. What to keep? What to give or throw away? These are questions designed to madden the common man. Professor McElroy In his biography of Grover Cleveland gives some notion of this task. President Cleveland declined many gifts and gave others away, and yet, at the close of his- first term, he found the White house attic filled with an extraordinary assortment of presents and souvenirs. There were photographs, gallons of patent medicines and lotions, luck stones, rabbits' feet, bed quilts, sofa cushions, table covers, mats and scarfs, cigars, baby's first teeth, baby's first shoes, fishing rods, flies, reels, sinkers, hooks and lines.

It is unfortunate that sentiment ahd good taste prevent retiring presidents "holding sale" to dispose of their surplus gifts. The extrinsic and Intrinsic worth of the accumulation would equal a king's ransom. TUNNEY SCORES KNOCKOUT (From The Kansas City Star.) Gene Tunney is the creature of the great god Ballyhoo. A fighter lacking those qualities that made his predecessors popular heroes, he was pushed out of inconsequence and Into the calcium glare by press agentry, aided and abetted by the newspapers. He is a boxer of considerable defensive skill and a remarkable backstep.

He won the heavyweight championship from a fighter incomparably better in his younger days than Tunney could ever hope to be. The crowds that went to see the two Dempsey-Tunney matches were there either because Dempsey attracted them or because of the ballyhoo of the promoter. Achieving without a knockout the toga of Sullivan, Fitsslmmons, Johnson, Wlllard and Dempsey, Y-tnney amassed his fortune, kicked his profession aside and went society, The imuyiiuo mat won mm prominence Won him a bride whn tiovor amu have heard of him otherwise. Now irked bv one of t.h fiu raphcrs still interested In him, Tunney oiim.i.K-3 uie cameraman in the face and knocks him out. We think the im.iuciu revcais tne exact kind ol sport Tunney Is and the why he never has seemed to belong to the real fraternity.

The follow who dip in never has tu be dug outForbes Magazine. INTEGRITY IN AMERICAN Pl'BLIC AFFAIRS STRESSED (By Arthur Ernest Morgan, President, Antioch College) (Arthur Ernest Morgan was born at Cincinnati, June 20, 1878. He obtained a high school education and began a private practice in engineering at St. Cloud. Minn.

He was employed by the government as a supervising engineer for two years and then became president of the Morgan Engineering company. Since 1915 he has been president of the Dayton-Morgan Engineering company. His services have been engaged numerous times by the government and he has constructed seventy-five water control projects. Since 1922 he has been president of Antioch college. He has written several books on engineering subjects.

His home is in Yellow Springs, The standards of American boys and girls do not originate mysteriously or by accident, and are not created by original thinking. Ex perience and observation teach young people what are the actual stand ards of their elders and they imitate men and women they most admire. If they see cynicism accepted by leaders in public and pri-v a life, no a ing will convince them that honesty is the best policy. Our youth is a mirror in which A.E. MORGAN the older generation sees itself truly reflected.

In the recent political campaign there were many conflicting issues. But the American public had one dominant concern Integrity in public affairs. Each party was compelled to nominate its best man. The strength of each candidate was public confidence in his integrity, and the weakness of each was his proximity to sinister influences. The people sought a leader who could be implicitly trusted.

Political organizations fought for votes, but seem to have changed very few. To an unusual degree, votes for both candidates were votes of confidence in personal qualities and abilities. Now that the campaign is over, many professional politicians are seeking rewards for their party services. Many of these men never have been and are not now personal admirers of the successful candidate. They took him on compulsion, and worked for him in order to maintain their political positions.

The friends of Horbert Hoover are not those politicians who opposed him as long as they dared, and then rode with him to victory. His friends are the American people who craved dependable leadership, and who compelled his acceptance by the party organization. One large fact stands out clearly. The nomination and election of Herbert Hoover were due, not chiefly to the astuteness of professional politi cians in winning him votes, but to the confidence of the American public in his integrity and capacity. Mr.

Hoover owes his loyalty to the Amer lean people, and not to political or ganizations. READY FOR PRESIDENCY (From The Janesville Gazette.) Mr. Hoover is back in Washington preparing to take up the burdens and honors of the presidency of the United States. It is a burden yet it also Is the greatest ambition an American can have in service to his country. It is an honor conferred by the millions of his fellow countrymen.

For the first time in the nation's history we are to have an engineer in office. Mathematics and logarithms take the place of law. Of the twenty-nine presidents of toe United States twenty have been active lawyers. Monroe was also a lawyer at one time but the later years of his life were spent as an office holder. It was chronic with him.

Washington was an indifferent civil engineer but his gainful occupation was as a farmer or in Virginia terms, a planter. Two others were lawyers though they had not practiced at the bar for many years before taking office as president They were Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson. William Henry Harrison was an Indifferent farmer, Harding a publisher, and Woodrow Wilson nearly starved as a lawyer and became an educator. Bo we come to Herbert Hoover, the engineer. He succeeds a great president.

Great, because Calvin Coolldge in all the political turmoil and temptations has never once lost his head. He is the calm, imperturbable sailor standing on the bridge and signaling to the engineers below how to chart the course. In a time of high spending and extravagance he has not feared to preach the doctrine and show his faith by his works, of a national economy. But that economy has not been either preachcd or practiced to the place where it would im pair the public service. It is natural to believe that having sat with and been under the tutelage of the president and been one of his close and trusted advisers, Herbert Hoover will carry on with that governmental policy which means there will be a minimum of extravagance in administration.

One may also, with no disrespect for Mr. Coolidge, be free to believe that Mr. 'Hoover, with an experience greater, a broader knowledge of the world, an understanding of international relations gained by immediate contact and association snd practical Information on matters of trade and commerce which have come by seven years of departmental chieftainship in the cabinet, will be equipped for the task ahead of him as no man who has been president has ever been. Congress has thrust upon the next president a number of obligations. There la the Boulder dam to construct There is still the problem of Muscle Bhoals, Mississippi river floods and the Florida Everglades reclamation.

In addition the St. Lawrence waterway and the navlga tlon of the Inland waterways are great Impelling questions. Into his hands we shall thrust great responsibilities March 4 and Herbert Hoover nerhana Its more aware of that responsibility than any one Ma constituents. 'ML rather than to condemn this property. But the district attorney goes on to say: "The reason why it was suggested that condemnation proceed- lings be instituted was so that the I public would know that the proper ty would be purchased for a fair price, and that the transaction would not be tainted with the same criticism that has been directed at the purchase of the postoffice site." It is plain to see that this is the reason trie district attorney framed the resolution so as to limit the proceedings to acquire the property to condemnation proceeding, forgetting or never knowing that this was clearly in violation of the terms of tho condemnation statute.

Neither does it seem like good common sense, or good legal advice, for the district attorney to go on record as the prosecuting officer of the county, and admit that the price offered by the property owners for a sale of this property is reasonable in his opinion, when it appears to be his avowed intention to condemn the property so as to obtain a price above suspicion. It rather looks as though the district attorney, by this ill-advised public admission, has gone a considerable way in fixing the price of the property, and has fallen into the same mistake he says he wishes to avoid. It would seem to be an occasion where less talk and more thought was sorely needed. It is not my purpose at this time, to enter into any controversy regarding the desirability of the site selected for a new courthouse. If a new site for a courthouse is to be acquired, it is important that the proceedings be legally conducted.

Nearly a million dollars may be spent and titles must be above suspicion, and needless litigation avoided. Lands acquired by condemnation proceedings take from an owner his property against his will and statutes conferring this right are strictly construed as they should be. There is no use attempting to throw up a smoke screen if a mistake has been made. It is much safer to proceed a little over cautiously, rather than less cautiously, in so important a matter. The district attorney seems to devote much of his article to a tirade against The Daily Northwestern.

What has this got to do with the desirability of a new courthouse? This isn't an issue between the daily paper and the district attorney, as to what was said, and who said it. The question is, is this a good time to buy a new site and build a new courthouse? There no doubt is an honest difference of opinion. The city of Oshkosh is a large part of Winnebago county and the financial condition of Winnebago county only be intelligently discussed in connection with the financial condition of the city of Oshkosh The city of Oshkosh must pay for more than one-half of the cost of the new courthouse. Oshkosh is now very heavily bonded. A new sewer system is a necessity and its construction cannot be delayed.

The cost will run into more than $1,000,000. A garbage disposal plant seems to be another necessity. A large expenditure, for an addition to the Smith school must Immediately be provided for. One or two new bridges cannot much longer be avoided. It is Oshkosh and not Winnebago county, outside of Oshkosh.

that is chiefly interested, in keeping down any present unnecessary expenditures. The purchase of this site will take off the tax role the property acquired by the county. The postoffice site has taken another bite. If bonds for the new courthouse are bought by Oshkosh residents, these bonds will be free of Income tax, and when they are paid, while Winnebago county will turn the money over, we must remember that Oshkosh taxpayers will furnish most of the money. The county board clearly has a right to decide, without submitting It to a vote of the people, whether a new site and courthouse should now be acquired, but the members must be willing to assume the full responsible for their decision.

Yours truly Oeorge E. Williams. NIGHT LIFE (From The Kenosha News.) Existence in Kenosha of a form of socalled night life which sets pitfalls before the youth of this community was revealed in the plttiful story sobbed out to the police matron and other officials by a school girl in her teens. Leaving out the more sensational parts of her story, it is bad enough that a girl of this age could find the possibility of such an experience In Kenosha. Yes, it is true that she probably should have been at home, that her parents ought to have seen to it that a girl of tender years was not out until such hours and should have known more about her whereabouts.

But even that does not relieve the community from the responsibility of reducing to a minimum such pitfalls I for the girls and boys yes, and the men and women too of tnis community. The case calls for the most vigorous investigation and action. It Rhould be a lesson to the youth of this community. They should re- jalize that the "primrose path" is not so bright as it first appears and that short Journeys on it often lead to longer ones with dire consequences. Kenosha is not alone In this.

Only a few weeks ago Milwaukee was aroused to the seriousness of this same situation by a similar episode here a story of "flaming youth" that flickered out in disgrace. Other communities also doubtless have this problem. All need to take steps to reduce such possibilities to a minimum. It la estimated that Americans vlelt-Ing France drink Vlrhy and other French mlnrrnl waters at the rate of a 4 000 gallon yenr. No attempt has been mnde to keep tmk or the wine they consume.

The. Radio Problem. Senator Democrat, of New York, has been conducting a one-man filibuster against the bill extending the life of the federal radio commission for another year. If the measure falls to pass, the work of regulating and controlling the radio industry of the country in the interests of the receiving public will rest upon the shoulders of the commerce department, with the commissioners acting merely in an advisory capacity. Whether the listening public would benefit more by commerce department supervision than by that of the federal commission Is a question.

Both ideas have many In all fairness to the federal board, it seems generally agreed by listeners that much Improvement has been attained through reallocations of wave lengths and new assignments of power put in force for the reduction of interference among broadcasting stations. The ideal situation has not been reached, but the improvement In many channels Is marked. Incidentally, reception this winter, to date, has been unusually satisfactory. In spite of changes In the weather and many storms, little static has been encountered and the signals have been strong. That is not due to the commission, of course, but it has put listeners ii a happy frame of mind and probably a majority ol them would be in favor of continuing the Ending a Long Controversy.

Announcement from Santiago of the settlement of the Tacna-Arlca dispute by division of the provinces between Chile and Peru is of general interest on account of the extended and bitter disagreement on the part of these two important republics of South America. Once the terms have been reached, complete negotiations are but a matter of a brief time. This settlement, by removing the most obstinate source of ill-feeling among Latin-American states, is another marked victory for conciliation and peace, in place of armed conflict. It was foreshadowed by the resumption several months ago of the long-severed diplomatic relations between the two countries. Since then direct negotiations have been carried on between them.

Chile and Peru have both made a real contribution to Latin-American good will, the former by yielding, ts to Tacna, the advantage actual possession gave It, snd the latter by abandoning its claim to restitution Of both provinces on the ground or Chilean failure to carry out the provisions of the treaty. A better settlement would possibly have been that suggested at one time by the state department, allowing Bolivia to secure a sea frontage by purchase of the provinces, but Bolivia is ready to content itself with the continuance of the present arrangement, allowing it railway connection with Arica and the use of that place as a port of entry. The American administration has had a large share in bringing about the settlement. For a time It seemed that the United States wag doomed to earn the traditional reward of the peacemaker by incurring the reproach of both sides, and there was strong temptation, when the plebiscite arrangement broke down, for President Coolldge and the state department to wash their hands of the whole matter. Instead, Secretary Kellogg labored unwearylngly to find some way out.

The opportunity came when he arranged a meeting of the representatlvs of both States at the Pan-American conference In January year ago, and out of It grew the resumption ot lff'Ti" relations last summer. There has been enough ballyhoo about the Jack Sharkey and Young strlbling battle, slated for tomorrow night at Miami Beach to collect a big crowd and a huge gate. Radio fans will get the ten rounds at their own firesides, over a great broadcasting hookup. Round by round particulars will be announced at The Daily Northwestern office and if the weather is mild, a good-sized crowd may be expected to assemble at the newspaper office. Jack Dcmpsey appears to be adopting tactics of the late Promoter Rickard to secure publicity, as indicated by the story of the supposed kidnaper and the pistol shot in the nlpht.

It sounds like romancing, but may be on the level. Anyway, It keeps the fans stirred up. Chicago held its aldennanle elections today, Candidates and their supporters used the radio extensively in the campaign. In that gang-Infested city radio talks were much safer than open meetings, since that modern method of campaigning avoided the danger of gangland pot shots. DESECRATION OF BREAKFAST.

Kansas City Star: A noon breakfast menu now popular In Washington, we are told. Includes such articles of food as chicken patties, olives, potato chips, ices and punch. Chicken patties and olives for break, lastl Why not pie? In the name of bacon and eggs, buckwheat cakes end sausage, we protest..