The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 10, 1914, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR] Tele, Entered a hk News Service of the United Press Associa Seattio, Wash, Postoffice as By mail, out of city, 35 per mon. up to six mos; atx mos, $1.80; year 98,25, Ry for, city, 280 a month | Published Datty by © Publishing Co, exchange connecting all de .u Seattle Ought to Be Proud ‘ @) «of Its Tilikums cism hore and there They seem, according to certain disgruntled folk, to be a wild sort of a fly-by-night organization, that goes gallivanting | around the country making a lot of noise, and that’s about all. | Then, too, the manner in which the Tilikums grabbed hold of | the Potlatch this year has got under the hides of certain citi gens, heretofore identified with most of Seattle's civic move | E Tilikums are being made the object for insidious criti 4 ments. Bo And so they're knocking the Tilikums The knockers ought to be | The Tilikums, with their 2,700 members, are essentially a | “booster” order. It's part of their creed. And most of the| faithful spend their own money, as well as time, in doing is boosting. When it was decided that no Potlatch would be held this , and that the money expended on the celebration would directed into other channels for the advancenrent and ex- Ploitation of Seattle, the Tilikums rushed into the breach Last year’s Potlatch cast about $60,000. This money was @onated by merchants and other local men The Tilikums are going to give the 1914 Potlatch at an expense of | n $10,000, I they promise it’s going to be the BIGC POTLATCH EVER No business concerns were asked to contribute except those who benefit directly from the gathering of the great | crowds in the city. Yet there are those who knock | Out at Collins playfield, the Tilikums have organized the | Junior Tilikums. Phere are thousands of members of this | branch. And they are going to be developed, by the likums, into Seattle boosters and good citizens ashamed of themselves | | | | ‘STAR, THESE TILIKUMS. - Only Galls OME campers up the sound put a big fish on a slopin: rock near the water’s edge, to see what the gulls woul do. A soaring scavenger soon spied it and swooped for al q | Seizing the fish in his talons, the voracious bird flapped | ‘its it wings and screamed greedily as he tried to make off| with his find But the fish was too heavy to be lifted. The only result! "Of repeated attempts was that the fish began to slide toward the water, and soon fell in with a splash Diving after it, the gull brought it to the surface, and began a curious spectacle. Time after time the gull Toisted the fish as high as his strength would permit, only to weaken and let the fish fall again. The noise attracted other gulls and a battle ensued irst one gull and then an- ‘other would dive for the fish, lift it part way above the Ww 's surface and be set upon by other gulls until the fish back, a sacrifice to jealousy and greed | For almost an hour this struggle lasted, ending only when all the gulls were tired out Fe prize was lost. | A fraction of the energy thus spent in scrapping over an | too big to handle would have secured for each gull an/| meal of smaller fish, with which the sound abounds. Or, a little co-operation instead of so much crazy compe-| would have lifted the fish to a safe place on dry land, e all the gulls could have feasted at their leisure. But they were only gulls; hungry, unthinking, gluttonous Of course, men would have known better ° ° Inexhaustible Gold Mine J HAT’S the matter with Kansas? Nothing, only a wheat yield that beats the record 60,000,000 bushels and means autos and diamonds for the r » dividends for the railroads, work for the workless a knock-out jolt on the jaw for the calamity howlers _ Ditto for Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Minnesota and IIli- Mot to mention Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and a dozen states in varying degree. While the speculators and parasites have been trying to ‘wish a scare, the toilers in the soil, with the aid of good Old Mother Nature, have been setting the table for the " Most bounteous spread of “eats” that Uncle Sam has ever been invited to sit down to. You just can’t keep this country down. “‘Take-It-Back-Day” H™= of Oklahoma's “Take-It-Back-Day”? It’s this way. Once a year the mayor fixes a date when all the folks who have grouches or grudges are urged to “make up,” look | pleasant, shake hands and have a frolic Kind of an “Old Home Week” shortened and strength- Also, one of the rules is that if you owe a debt you're to pay it if you can or “at least show that you remember it with good will. In other words, it’s just a dose of neighborliness, with all hands joined. On life's often rocky journey why not halt now and then to be kind and sociable? Bet your buttons it’s a good idea age ~ standpatt are realizing the republican party is down and out. So they're gathering about George Turner, the standpat t. roi pa THE SHOE REPAIR MAN 216 Union 8t—2 Shops—110 Madison THEY'RE A BUNCH THAT LOOKS GOOD TO THE) BY GOLLY 1M RIGHT aT Me [Pe Ssticns | Cova YOu GET ews Fooot ¥ (SEE wiz WHAT Kino |e FOOO CAN You 6ET AT ME LiDRARY F THE PROPER SPIRIT “Yaseah, de boss am mighty good to me. a‘ Sunday off.” ‘But yo’ doan wuk on Sundays nohow!” “Well, dass what shows he am sincere—it shows dey ain't no Ing tled to his offah.” He done promise me | = RECocNIZE YOUR SINCE You CAME INTO THAT WAD OF Nearly Sold A German who ts some thing of a wag walked into | McCormack Bros’ store the other day, and from the nolse it was in that he was wearing a pair of new shoes ) | or ones that had recently fired | he clerks remarked « shoes, and the Ger ald 1 comes pretty near sell® o ing dese shoes the other day.” | How was that?’ asked the | clerk j "IT had ‘em half-soled,” said the German as he walked out | of the store 1} A deep groan was heard as he slipped through the door. | Senses of Sight Harry—Ma, can the sew maid j } tee ia the dark? | Mother—No, why? } Harry—-Because I heard her tell pa in the hall last night he hadn't shaved —Fun. OD ACQVAINTANCSS | away | men, | disturbed | refused to STAR—FRIDAY, TULY 10, 1914. PAGE © A Lasting Cure A well-known professor often annoyed by two Italians playing a streetorgan before bis house, Giving his servant some monry, he told her that whenever she heard an organ she was to fo put and pay the owners to take it This war a failure. The instead of coming once a Week, came twice. One day the sound of the organ the professor while working at a certain lecture, This #0 annoyed him that he rushed out and crdered the men away, They unless he them Enraged at their impertin he raced down the strect ta rch of a policeman. Just as he turned the corner of the street he met a sergeant marching nine patrolmen to their beats, Without speaking, he turn- ed end walked alongside the pro- cession. When they turned the corner the Italians saw the pro- fessor with the policemen. It Was enough. They went and never came back. more m Dons Gallows’ Garb Then Takes It Off WHEELING, W. Va., July 10.— Dressed and waiting to be taken to the gallows on which he = to be hanged for the murder of his wife, Silas Jones was notified that the governor had granted him a respite of 30 days, new evidence in his behalf having been discovered. Pain Have been eliminated by my modern methods of dentistry, and my prices make {t possible for any one to have a good set of fine, strong, attractive teeth I give my personal at- tention to each -patient, employ no transient help, but do my own work and I am personally respon- sible for same. DR. L. D. GRANT 205 Liberty Bidg. Cor. Third and Union Di I "OH, Dear! ve BEEN : lana | SECOND CHOICE WITH MR, RUSHES | SINCE THAT GIRL FROM TOLEDO HE ISN'T A BIT DEVOTED ANY MORE !" ARRIVED. Dillpickles In “Girls. Here’s a Hunch—Use a AReei ‘Screecher’ Film (MEN MUST LOOK “OTHER WAY” AS GIRL GETS DOWN, NEW YORK, July 10.—When Miss Mollie Mat, a stenographer, sum- moned help because she had been) locked in her employer's office when he went home for the even ing. half a dozen fire engines, a squad of police reserves and a few hundred Interested spectators gath- lered in front of the building Even with all the rescuers it ts doubtful if they would have achieved their purpose had it not been for gallantry of Patrolman Harry Welch, who made the men in the crowd turn their heads away while Miss Mat descended the lad- der firemen placed for her. REORGANIZATION SALE], OFFICE SUPPLIES AT BARGAIN PRICKS. Morey Stationery Co. 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