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REG U. PAY. OFF. QUIET, PLEASE By Hill Billy I have just handed the young man four-bits and told him go and buy himself two movies and keep any change left very thereby purchasing for myself and esteemed readers couple hours of writing time; bribed daughter to go downtown and 80 bargain ping: mother HILL BILLY Sa. drying her HILL BILLY hair over the register, and the weaning pup next door has managed to stop whining for the notice.

My noodle is fuller of than I was full writing Christmas goose yesterday, but try and get it into coberent print with four! husky lads playing ante, over the house with seroplanes, with daughter ing for long. giggling minutes over the telephone, with mother ordering family processes, and the washing machine buzzing and whimpering--or was it the pup that whimpered? Usually I endeavor to do my writing in the hills; I gather town Impressions and experiences, but when it comes to writing concisely, efficiently and with such glamor as is in me, I require the hill shack beside the little brook, with firs bending in slow grace under the winter winds. Each year I take my holidays more seriously like; there WAS time, when the children were mere babies, that I could content myself with. a couple of days in town for Christmas, but every Yuletide now wonder if I there will ever be another for the wife and myself, with the children here at home eager for the day. So I took off two weeks at Thanksgiving and this makes two weeks at Christmas I and tho sent the "copy" out with regularity each fortnight I did not write a line for 14 days.

Not. only do the "column" necesalties demand that this day I write, but my Inner man demanda that this day I express a few of the many notions and episodes that these two weeks have brought me, and if I gotta gag the family and shoot the neighbor's pup that will also be done. There was A time when I could grind out copy with 20 other typewriters pounding the same room, but a dozen years in the hills have ruined me for that sort of thing; I hope that the dozen years have also given me a greater ability to think straight, to feel more deeply, and to express myself with less indirection. Now that all is quiet in the town house, let us get to our writing. SCIENCE NEWS Mankind's Progress A camera that can be to swallowed take pictures of the inside of the stomach has been devised by scientists, The camera incredibly small and is attached to a long thin wire.

Light the pictures is furnished small but. powerful electric bulb. The camera has been adopted by physicians for aid in studying diseases the stomach. EXPENSIVE FUNERAL For Pet Monkey "Dodo." pet monkey belong- to Mrs. George ing Bernard, Kirkwood, N.

died recently, and animal received a burial which rivaled that of hunome in rest white a bearing silver plate its which scribed cost The monkey been a pet of the family for seven be go He sella and in rage stood, Ject: pubile sacred church outside Pope marriages called to with individuals, and on the Plus however, standa, 8 and will that Vatican in as that sanctity hands purity birth the the it jolt. it city We has out of to of reputable Catholic control. theaters stands might should what mar- jazz ever who by MISTER FIXIT He Fixes Troubles Fixit: informed aight. WANTS DAD Mr. Plait: dad left me 1 shen 1 was am 17.

Wish you locate for me. Ilia INEL ECK, BABE. officer Bedro-Woolley. Who line on Charley Eck. Let.

his daughter know, SCRIPTURAL Mr. Fixit: The Good Book save: I my brothers Gen. 4-8. It also says: your bread upon the for thou shalt find it waters; after many days." Eclats. Does this not apply all the year around as well as at Christmas! remind the And please people.

A READER. It the year around, applies and la strictly Scriptural. The people are here reminded, and of them will take heed. DOUBLE COMMISSION Mr. Fixit: A party listed store for 1750 with agent.

He seas to 8100 commission. He charged me $850, thus making 4800, Is there any say Lean recover this excess! W. A.M. A keen lawyer might get back if have definite proof DOGS AND CATS Mr. Finit: The dog catcher took our dog and see had to pay to the dog.

Can you tell me schen the license expires and Arose much we should pay if the dog la taken up! A READER. Dog and cat licenses expired December 31. The dog catcher will not start out for two weeks. After January 15 unlicensed dogs or cats take a long chance. The license fees are: Male dogs, $1: female, $2.50.

Cats, male, 50 centa: females, $1. When a dog or cat in taken to the pound, the cont is $1, plus the cost of license. GEYSER STILL FLAMING Mr. 1 ate you state the Flaming Geyser is not nose sorking. 1 wish to inform you that this la a mistake, The geyser in still flaming, and better than ever.

E. PHILLIPS, Manager, Glad to make this correction and to know that the geyser is still geyzing. CHEROKEE STRIP Mr. Finit: Can you tell me schen the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma was opened, and when the grand ruak took A READER. The Cherokee strip was purchased in 1893.

The government paid the Indians $8,500,000 for 6.000.000 acres. The strip WAR officially opened September 18, 1893. THE 18TH AMENDMENT Mr. Finit: Many are interested in how the 18th amendment soda passed. Was it done in accordance sit the scay prescribed for making amendments to the constitution! D.

R. The 18th amendment was proposed by congress to the various state legislatures. When threefourths of them, or 36 states, had ratified the amendment it was declared a part of the constitution congress. This is the method by which previous amendments have been made to the constitution. ANOTHER ARGUMENT Mr.

Firit: Please settle this argument: My dad and mother cere divorced. Dad married again. They have one boy. What relation to me would he bet BABE. If this boy is the son of your father by his second wife he would be your half-brother.

If he is only a stepson be would be no relation. WHAT FOLKS SAY when business good; advertise when business is not so good; but when bustness la bad, tise both Waples, merchant. call animals wild without realizing that man himself has made them -H. Le Dillaway, forest ranger. the business world, including the stock exchanges, is today a bargain: G.

Dawes, American ambassador to England. BLACK AND WHITE But Read All Over If many men 34 were killed in the world war marched 10 abreast, day and night, It would take them four months to pass a given point. Miss Ada Thomas, Philadelphia, owns a rooster which serves 88 a watchdog. The average person needs about 2600 gallons of clean air daily. Max Schmeling's full name is Max Siegfried Adolf Otto Schmeling.

Albert Davis, Brooklyn, N. owns the largest collection of American theatrical photographs. Basil G. Eaves of the National Tuberculosis association, believes 10 kissless years would cut the tuberculosis death rate in half, AS THINGS LOOK NEWSPAPER Washington, of Washington, year, $5. the $3.

Entered second-class May at SATURDAY. JAN. 10, 1931 man judges of present by past ONE-LAW COUNTRY is rapidly becoming a one law country. Prosecutors, cops, and great swarms federal cossackry, not ation innumerable stool-pigeons and other brands of are giving almost their undivided attention to the ement one law and the squelching of all folks not like that law. law in question is the Vol-miscailed a prohibition statute.

the other day Federal Judge Neterer fined an der $25 and let. him off with a suspended prison Then he fined well known mariner $350 for a few quarts of liquor in from Canada for a party. in Texas the supreme court decided that a murmust serve four months for taking a life, and in xt breath ordered another man to the penitentiary months for running still. one federal officer is interested in protecting your your property if you have any. And you haven't berties left, so there is no bother about protecting thousands upon thousands of federal payroll adhertorm up and down the land pretending they are in of liquor vendors and such.

Federal courts are district attorneys are swamped--with booze cases federal agents operate bootlegging joints to catch gers. condition is not much better in city and county. than half of the cost of police, prosecutors, jails, sheriffs and judges is due to one law the dry Murder, arson, banditry of assorted kinds receive attention, while armed men in big cars hunt down ssessor of a lowly pint. country needs to get back to first principles, quit to regulate the private lives of its citizens, elimihe expensive bureaus and departments now engaged ing to force obedience to an unwanted and thoroly pected law, and set the police forces and other necesew enforcers to work running down killers, bandits, arglars. We have, as a nation, developed a silly proon complex and we have got to get rid of it.

ident Hoover shook hands with 6429 persons New day, 6429 of whom were derned fools for taking president's time that way. EMIUM ON INEFFICIENCY futile are the farm board's efforts to regulate grain and grain prices--at enormous cost to taxpayersconstrated again by the fact the world wheat produccreased 9 per cent in 1930. band didn't increase as much, and consequently prices ed, conforming to the law of supply-and-demand the farm board still seems bent on trying to repeal. board's reasoning seems to be that the most ineffifarmer in the country ought to make a profit; and this end, the rest of us must be forced to pay a price for food. inefficient farmer may spend 80 cents to raise a of wheat; an efficient farming corporation may the same wheat for two-bits a bushel.

lead of allowing nature to take its course and elimithe inefficient farmer, the farm board insists that st make a profit at the expense of the rest of us. best thing that could happen to this nation, and od growers, would be the elimination of inefficient raisers. They are a drag on farming and the conalike. AT GOOD IS A SPEED LAW? der a new law now in effect in England, there is eed limit for light cars, BUT there are very strinlaws ready to punish the reckless driver. trouble with a speed limit is that it gives the caredriver an alibi.

His testimony that he was within mit at the time of an accident more or less absolves from blame. Not always, but often. speed limit of 40 miles an hour is not a license to motorist to travel at that speed, regardless of con, but it is taken that way a great deal of the time. ere is no such thing as a standard "safe speed." apts to set such a standard defeat safety-first work. Eggie, the hired girl, sez the trouble with an electric cerator is that it can't chuck you under the chin and you to a movie.

NOT GIVE THEM A CHANCE? hildren Can Remake U. Says Hoover." -Headline. might give 'em a chance, anyway. They could do worse than those on the job at present. THE FORUM-AND AG'IN' 'EM No The shorter the better.

No a stamped, self-addressed envelope. BUSINESS FARMING Itor The Star Forum: 80 businesa, has taken over ting and can produce wheat centa. Well, I've done a farming and I've seen big ness take over a number of and make good for them- I'll gamble that If they in raising wheat for 28 at the price: machinery, and taxes are now, they'll Jose their farma and the farms will be so run down they will need something des good goose grease and line to limber them up. R. E.

RANDALL, Route 4, Arlington, Wash. -STOP PLAN editor The Star Forum: We your article on skip-atop and we agree with ho the taxes that maintain the different ssities of the city? We may corner where and may ten away, Inter- Id twice far we our pay fare, burve to all the way home then an extra block, we are THE OBSERVER By Jim Marshall Since has been then loafing tided Loaf a hoarding shekels certainly several other Get It-and- we know about- -and al- save their loafing their heads -at a time when there of of heck and water- people used tough course to have date set retirement back a year or two--but that's than being in want- because a of foresight Maybe this hard times spell will teach a few people put by a penny even nickel once in while a do -the best way to that to have an object -and the best object to aim for is the time when you can thumb your nose at the time- -and go out somewhere--I into the hills or on the beach--and really start to live thing the hard times taught write Mr. and Mr. Gus His that we can get along very comfortably on a moderate amount of cash almost a training period- loaf -and we been, have found that a great deal of health and happiness comes from simple living- and simple pleasures Before altho we were sating-we were spending at least half again much as was as necessary for perfect come fort. That's true- -most people waste a large portion of their spending money -and wasted money never benefits anybody in the long run not even the man who gets it -we are all for everyone living comfortably and sanely--but throwing away money is bad economics- and finally hurts all of us -AND, LISTEN: This spell of sobriety after the big whoopee--may be hard to, take- -but if it Impresses a good lesson on some of will have its STAMP, Clement COLLECTING S.

Ernst (inquiries stamps and will be newered by Mr. Erato office 210 Crary balding. DOMINICA DOMINICA Twenty-five miles north of Martinique we come to the island of Dominica, a British colony and one of the group of Leeward islands in the Weat. Indies. Antigua, St.

Kitta, Dominica, Montserrat and the Virgin islands form the five presidencies of the Leeward group. and all are under one governor. The name Leeward was applied to this portion of the West Indies because they are lens exposed to the prevailing trade winds than are the groups of adjacent islands which we just left, the Windward group. Dominica first issued stamps in 1874, and again Queen Victoria is seen. In 1902 an lasue appeared and we.

see Dominica from the sea, on the lower values, while the high values have a portrait. of King Edward. In 1923 An issue appeared with the portrait of King George at the right and a view of a ship anchored near the faland. About 25 miles north of DomInica we come to a French possession, Guadeloupe, one of the principal French colonies in the West Indies. It la represented in the French government by one senator and two deputies.

The small adjacent Islands under the rule of the colony are Desirade, Maria Galante, Les Saintes, St. Bartholomew and of St. Martin. NATURELAND And Its Wonders One of the most abundant and widely-distributed ferns is the brake. This plant grows in nearly all parts of the world, frequently covering large tracts, It has long, creeping black root-stock, from which arisen naked stems.

Each of these stems divides at the top Into three branches, which bear the leafy portion of the fern. In Japan the young shoots are highly prized as food. In Siberia great quantities of the rootstock are used as an ingredient in making a beer-like beverage. Brake also used dressing for leather, making roofing and for fodder for cattle. TALKIE TRIPS Thru Our Language The word: Fume.

means: A smoky vaporous exhalation, odorous: especially, offensive noxious, or stifling, Where came from: The Latin word "fumus," meaning To J. R. Justice Wash. Avenue, all XL carrier, No personailties, annonymous Jetters manuscripte will be returned unless kocomZAitor The Btar. going to feel any too friendly toward the street car company.

MRS. I. 0. DINE, Bryn Mawr, Wash. GAMING HOUSES Editor The Star Forum: Just a little help to the Sunshine club: I suggest The Star publish "convincing words" regarding the Chinese gambling and lottery joints as to how to discontinue their operation.

These places are located on King street, Jackson atreet, Main atreet and Washington street. If these gambling and lottery joints are raided and entirely atopped perhaps it may decrease in number your regular Sunshine club customers. JACK WHITEHEAD. Editor The Star Forum: Over 150 years ago our government took form and started to function and it has been going on ever since, under that old system of date. which Think what of a asy business firm that under- business they take We that 150 can of doing unflexible.

That we have no way of getting action. A remedy should be applied immediately. WILLIAM C. YODER. got that stiff is declares postoffice for the if March the the big uses.

home. And against the of trampling these things mice schools, times- writers of unclean fiction. expressed And churches, all they organizations and persona seems agree the pope. all condemn the butcher spoiled meats, the peddler who handles rotten apples, or the bootingger who supplies poisoned gin. The state commissioner lands reports that there have been more timber lands sold kept water the years than in two past any former biennium.

This Indie cater that investors are turning to more substantial investmenta. It soon be found that more land and real estate in being sold than in former years, Men saw immense who. wealth paper evaporate over- to night are beginning buy they can find when they things back. A deed in a safe deposit box remains a deed. clock WHY NO FIREWORKS ON JANUARY 10 IN HONOR OF TOM PAINE? BY CLARK SQUIRE Ever set off fireworks on Ah, but plenty indeed on the Yet, from one viewpoint, sion for the liberty-loving on the former date as on the It was the publication of a that aroused the colonies to independence the following July.

January Tenth? Fourth of July! there should be as much occacitizens of America to celebrate latter. pamphlet on Jana 10, 1776, the point of declaring their That was called with pamphlet delayed, an understanding Sense" and it pointed the that decision would be made Impossibilty of reconciliation July 1. On June 11 Thomas Great Britain. It unsigned, but later Thomas fiery penman, who contributed his talto of freedom, ent the cause was revealed as author, Prior to ita publication there for had been no general agitation independence, but. within six 7, montha, on June Richard Lee of Virginia submitted to the Continental congress resolution for independence.

Action on the resolution ran Jefferson, John Adama, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston were sppointed to consider the proper form for the declaration. Paine saw much of Jefferson at this time, and his influence is revealed in a paragraph in the preliminary draft, denouncing slayery, That paragraph, however, was stricken because Georgia and South Carolina delegates wanted alaver. When Jefferson submitted the colonists were pretty well ence. The matter was tabled the debate began, congress whole.

Independence of the United with the unanimous adoption the draft on Friday, June 28, set on obtaining independuntil Monday, July 1, and then siting as a committee of the States was declared July 2, of Lee's resolution. ft Delegates continued debating the form of the declaration, which was a secondary matter. Jefferson's revised draft, embodying Lee's resolution in full, was approved July 4. However, the delegates did not sign the declaration then. John Hancock, president, was the only one who that day affixed his nature, which was attested by Charles Thomson, secretary.

of The procedure obtaining wignatures extended from August Into November. During the interim New York and Maryland moved the restrictions which had been placed on their delegates. One New York delegate had voted for the declaration despite contrary instructions. The first celebration following the declaration was at the state house grounds, Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1776.

The constitution for the government set up to perpetuate the inso declared dependence, 1787, and it was not not ratified by the necessary nine states until June 21, 1788. The 13th state ratified it May 29, 1790. Government under the constitution was instituted with Washington's inauguration April 30, 1789, nearly 13 years after the declaration was passed. Some historians wonder why more importance was not attached to July 2. John Adams, writing to his wife on July 3, said that "the second day of July, 1776, will be a memorable epocha in the history of America" and pictured is as a "great anniversary festival." 80, in the march toward pendence, July 4 was of practically no more importance than the days Immediately preceding and those directly following that date.

On the other hand, the cause of freedom had assumed a new as- 10, pect Jan. 1776, when "Com- mon Sense" appeared. Less than five months before, on August Jefferson himself had written John Randolph in London: "Looking with fondness towards a reconciliation with Great Britain, I cannot help hoping you may be able to contribute towards expediting the good As late July, 1775, TODAY'S ODDITY It's a Queer World chance remark solved 16-year-old kidnaping mystery at Owatonna, recently, In 1914, Mrs. Mary Burke sent her two boys, aged 3 and to 6 a store on an errand. The lads never returned.

Evi- dence indicated they had been by of a band gypsies. Five years later the oldest returned. He substantiated the suspicion, said had no idea what had happened to his brother. Recently Mrs. Burke dropped telegraph office send message.

She overheard a clerk that of remark AL band two at gypsies She investigated covered one of youths was Altho her son. the was she identifled him by a birthmark on his ankle. charge. An effort originating in wet territory will be made at the coming seasion of the legislature deprive the aberiffs of the state of the one-half allowance of the fines and seizures arising from liquor law violations. In King county last year this total sum amounted to $88,000.

Half of it goes to the aberiff to aid in enforcing the dry law. The other half goer to the school fund. If this is taken from the sheriffs they can not employ the necessary men to enforce the dry This means a deelded loss to both law enforcement and to the school fund, not only in King county, but in every county in the state. A legialator would have to be pretty dumb to walk into a trap like that. The little meal tickets fasued by the community fund serve two purposes.

They enable many hungry persons to get food and shelter and they are excellent: freeze outs for dead beata. If you have one of these little books offer a ticket to the next panhandler you meet. If he does not wish to take it you may safely conclude that be is bot as hungry as be says he la. By order of the chief of police Bibles are banned from the city jail. Perhaps the chief learned that at school.

If be makes the rule as safety measure, he may be right. One naturally asks why a man on his way to jail should want Bible. And there are half dozen Most of them are wrong. A man in jail is usually penttent. That is a good time for him to read the Bible.

Since the chief will not allow prisoners to take Bibles into jail, Gideons will have to get on the job and supply Bibles to the jails. Come tor think of it, didn't John Bunyan write while in jail? That book is still among the best sellers. If he was not allowed a Bible in jail he must have had good memory. But to get back to the mubthe chief is wrong. THE BIG PARADE Around the Work COUGAR While walking thru the pasture of his recently, W.

J. Ocheltree, farmer living farm, near Marshfield, SAW cougar leap from a tree to the back of a cow. Ocheltree ran up and the cougar Jumped down at the farmer. The man kicked the cougar in the face four times and it fled. The farmer later trailed it with two of his dogs, treed and shot it.

ton remarked at the time be took command of the army, that he "abhorred the idea of independence," and Franklin in March had declared that "no American, drunk or sober, thought of independence." Consequently, with the great leaders slow to accept independence as their goal in the struggle with England, there was plenty of prospective converts for Paine to work upon. And the success which "Common Sense" achieved ought. to encourage today's true liberal to shoot off a few skyrockets, cannon crackers and bombs -mentally, at least--in observance of the Tenth of January. OUR OWN WEST Its Romantic Story Pioneers coming from all parts of the east usually stopped on the frontier and, made a final survey of equipment before starting the trip to the west. Trains were made up of the wagons and leaders were chosen.

The day the train was to start its on journey to the new territory the leader called all members of the train together, Mounting one of the wagons, he would explain the difficulties, the hardships and dangers confronting those who made the trip. In concluding his speech he those asked all not prepared to the to face turn back before train got under way. It interesting to note that in countless histories of the early west, not one Instance is record- which tells of a family turning back. SUICIDE Mrs. Bertha Simpson, Cincinnati, had been sick for three years and despaired of ever regaining her health.

She determined to commit suicide. It stormy night 80 she waited for a clap of thunder to drown the noise of the revolver with which she shot herself. She. didn't want to wake her husband. work." CLOTHING It was exceedingly hot for winter day in Manhattan recently, It was so warm that Mrs.

Ruth Greenberg dropped senseless. She was rushed to hospital for aid. Nurses undressing her removed three dresses, four suits of flannel underwear and 15 pairs of thick stockings. FIANCEE Madge Gunner, London, England, is just about ready to give up the idea of getting married. Her first fiance, an officer in the late war, was killed; her second, an aviator, fell to his death three days before the ceremony; her third, an neer, was struck by 8 crane and died; her fourth died two days before the marriage.

COCKTAIL Mile. Louis Monpell, Paris, attended a party recently and What the midst of the hilarity bade good-bye to her friends and went into the kitchen. She mixed and drank a "death cocktail." which she concocted of half and the exhalation. two parts corn ink, one part remover fluid, two parts Industrial alcohol, and an olive. Friends found her lylag on the floor, applied restoratives and saved her.

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