The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1915, Page 4

Membew of the Sertppe Northwest League ‘of Newspapers Published Dally by The Star Publishing Co. Thome Main 9400 “STOP THIEF!” HO is the first to join’ the victim in crying, “Stop Thief”? It is usually the thief himself if he hasn’t had time enough to make his escape. Who is responsible for the Renick law, the chief cause of our “higher taxes”? It is the Chamber of Commerce, the Grouch, and the discredited members of the legislature. The city has $3,000,000 in the banks—but it cannot use its own money. The Renick law stops it. And so, the city is compelled at the present time to issue warrants, AND TO PAY INTEREST ON THE WARRANTS, Thousands of dollars of interest have already been heaped upon the shoulders of the people of Seattle by the Renick law. And THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE WILL HAVE TO BE BORNE BY THE PEOPLE IN TAXES BECAUSE OF THE - RENICK LAW. An item of $30,000 is being levied for 1916 to meet the extra costs of interest due to the Renick law. The Chamber of Commerce and the kept press have kept silent about this item. They would like it hushed up altogether, perhaps. The said about the Renick law the better for the cham- ber, the Grouch and a rotten legislature. But the $30,000 item isn’t all. The Renick law is going to cost.the city much more than that. With the elimination of a Renick law tax item in less [Outbursts of Everett True } | See Up a CHRISTAAS ENTER UPA r * TAINMENT FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE the budget yesterday, the matter isn’t closed, by any means. Next July, when debts must be paid, and the tax collections haven't yet come in fully— what will the city do? Will it go to the banks where it has this $3,000,000 on deposit and withdraw some of it temporarily? No, the Renick law prohibits that. The city will go to the banks, instead, and ask for a loan. It will probably get the loan. Why not? It will be getting its own money as a loan and it will be paying interest on its own money. That’s the Renick law frenzied finance. And it’s no wonder the Chamber and its news- paper allies are trying to drown out the complaints against the Renick law by shouting “higher taxes.” Whatever “higher taxes” there are, you can thank the chamber and its newspaper mouthpieces. And common thieves, you should remember, are not the only ones who cry “Stop Thief.” Shrewd, cunning, scheming politicians do that, too. THE PANTRY is the best place for family jars. WHO'D A thunk Teddy would be the man to teach Mr. Wilson a Bible lesson? THE FROST seems to have no effect on the increas- ing crop of political candidates. OHRISTMAS SHOPPING makes a tall man short and a short man still shorter. AY, DEC. 18, EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE SEATTLE HARD TO GRAFT KNOWLEDGE TREE OF HE public schools of Hawaii have developed further than the rur states, The reason is clear. al schools in many of our Hawaii: never had any schools, so when a system of public education was finally taken up, the educ hamper them. century stock, They co ators had no traditions to uld use brand new 20th Many educators approve the Gary plan, but do not know how to graf edge. They trim and pr and brace it up, but it cc old fruit. t it on the tree of knowl- une the precious old tree mtinues to bear the same Recently a professor of Washington State college, in an address to teachers at Spokane, de- clared the education of the negro and the Indian was a failure ‘because they were not taught to work,” “Reading and writi make civilization. It is plies to the education of Indians. Most boys and not ng,” he added, “do work.” He is right, except that the same criticism ap- whites as to negroes and girls who spend 12 years in grammar and high school grades are incapable then of earning a living because they have not learned. something really We hear a great de A Married Man’s Troubles NEVER MIND NOW, | HAVE YouR PRESENT ANDO IT’S ALL PAID || REMEMpeR HELEN, You MUSTN'T FORGET To GET TOM ACHRISTMAS PRESENT NOW WHAT Do You KNOW ABOUT THATS HELEN HAS MY PRESENT ALL PAID For. | SPOSE SHE SAVED ENOUGH OUT OF HER HOUSE ALLOWANCE “To, BUY IT— some GAL! useful. al of vocational training. GOOD MORNING MR. DUPP = THE BOSS WANTS To see You — ON THE PLAINS! (OR, THE TOUCHING ROMANCE OF THE COWBOY AND KATY DIDD!) IKE SHOENAIL KATY DIDD GOES ST For SOME FRESH AIR w KATY GOES FOR A HIKE S STEER SPOTS KATYS RED LD — NOW THINGS HAPPEN a: By mall, out of city, one your, 61.60; 6 months, 91.00) B8e per month np to © By carrion, city, 260 @ month, Most of us approve the idea of teaching our boys and girls useful occupations and trades in their school days. But w@ have not yet learned how to graft that idea onto our school systems. Seattle’s school system has been praised as one of the best, if not the foremost. It is the best, only, of present-day systems—systems which are not builded upon the idea of teaching useful occupations. In Seattle, as elsewhere, there is much room for the development of the newer idea. ‘TIS BETTER to be disappointed in love than in marriage. “A NEW broom sweeps clean”—but the average jani- tor always uses an old one THE CHRISTMAS season finds Europe full of the give-and-take spirit. Munich, resigns to take the lecture platform, just as if we weren't already over-lectured. ONE ITEM of war preparedness is the acquisition of a Panama canal that's a canal. WHEN A person says they're mot at all ticklish, watch the effect of a little flattery. UNCLE SAM has it on John Bull—he doesn’t have to force the Dardanelles to get turkey. WHILE THERE'S life there’s hope—for all but the undertaker. By Allman HERE Tom 1S A MEMORANDUM You HAD BETTER KEEP — | ADVANCED YouR. WIFE $20% ON THS MONTHS SALARY= SHE WANTED To GET You A CHRISTMAS PRESENT OR. Bin Ye “SS HERE* ND ELSEWHERE I WONDER WHAT THE WISE MEN SAID THE NIGHT THEY SAW THR | Circle Artists to war, 1 wonder if they weet te bed end sighed, “Well, that's tow far! My dear old camel's get the gout, and I Have Chanc at the Dollar Next Week about | de se now mo more! Anna Barstow Is Winner of Dollar; Read Prize Essay Anna Barstow, 13, of 524 10th ave., is the winner of the dollar this reek with an essay entitled “A * Here it is ust wateh the store. 1 once had time to gad | Now, Hethiohemn is iragues away, according to | poor, they say, Enough to starve « Jap. My © before we got to town. We couldn't find « hack | Id abound.” 1 wonder If the Wise Men fonght all the costly gifte they brought, and blacked emeh | 4 the little towns, I wonder if they roared shout the the sweetments, aad the beard. Did they have any they spend their declining or lectured much Admission 15 Cents! igs of Young Game Wardens rites Articles for the Circle “Bird protection is not silly as some boys think, something every kid can proud of the rest of his Once more Robert Boryer, jr, 15 26th suggests a contest for the Cire! Robert writes a very| but |nice little letter. It follows be | “Dear Uncle Jack: Lat's give the) life jartiste a chance to show themselves | wre 211 f Pee eR, ert |In my opinion it would be a fine! t all of as kids in every idea and please most of the Cir-| State get together and act with lcleites. or ‘sissy, doubts and fears on tha yeare in writing of thelr in tents, on “How We Found the Christinas Star —— = tes A COLLISION ! By Anna Barstow bd Lat the rules that govern) the game wardens we can pre- o | |the contest be as follows: That the| carve . ae alk ym ee picture be not larger than five by stand A i and solo On one of the rainy days last ix inches and not smaller than| ‘Tom becoming extinct, — like year I a terrible yet |three by four inches, Also do not) the buffalo and wild pigeon laughable accident. It {9 probably bend the picture. It should be If the regular game war- | because I do not see many accidents igh Fred at tha Bias uitine inte den in your county doesn't of this nature that [ still have a Yelock Friday afternoon.” | SURReSt it, you boys go to him vivid picture of it in my mind. that will be the contest forjand ‘tell him that you want waane doce entre wae bebe next week. A dollar will be offered|to help him enforce lof speed, when all of a sudden a to the Cire Be % 6 bey s : “ the Circlette sending in the best |farmer, by appearance, dropped all jhis bundles on the ground and shouted at the top his voice, |"Whoa!” “wh | But {( was too late. The machine ~ jhad already collided with a tele |graph pole, barely missing a large He has written alplate glass window. The occupants series of articles about the work|were thrown out into the street, of the young wardens which will none very badly injured, but just appear for several consecutive had enough to be taken to the weeks in the Circle. |hogpital These stories are vitally interest-| By this time it was all over, Boys ing and should be read by every|were carrying away boy (girla are not excepted) who that they could But I think reads The Star ithe next time the gentleman bought Watch for them; they'll be cram a cer he was mc reful as to the full of Interesting things way he dr it The Household Remedy for the ailments from which almost everyone sometimes suffers—sick headache, constipation, disturbed sleep, muddy complexion, lassitude, backache, depression and other results of a disordered digestive system—is BEECHAMS PILLS .They have achieved the distinction of being the most widely used medicine in the world, because millions of people have found them dependable, speedy and sure in their action on stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. 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In boxes, 10c, 25c. birds witnessed n. y, mundy—the trubbel with) they are doing finely, mr. mitchel lots of parunts {s that they think | says, and what are your boys do if they dont get bizv nicking out} Ing now, they must be crown by karears for there childrun the kids | this time will wind up in the vorehouse &/ yes they are getting along in| espeshially is that troo of fathers) yeres, aaid mr. brown. 1 traned one | that was what was the matter|o¢ them to be a dockter, and the ih mr. willium brown all the! other to be a lawyer time his kids was growing up that is fine, sald mr. Mitchel, so| mr. brown is the father of twolnoth are usefull to have in ‘the| promising sons & thev all live in| fampiy | harlem with mr brown but he {8| well now, 1 aint so sure of that, purty prowd of them forall that /mr. brown replys, it looks mo the other morning mr. brown) |ike they was going to bust up the runs akross mr. mitchel who {# a|tambly old frend of the fambly which he} why, how do you make that out! hasent seen for a long time, prob-| jt is this way, my wife was run ably it was sevral yeres. 1 gess by|into by a streetcar last week, and the way they shook hands’ with| henry, that {# the doctor one, wants * eech other |to cure her rite away, & joseph,| W. 8. Peachy, cashier Seattle Na-| Dr. J. R. Yokum of Tacoma elect-| Marion L, Duff, Renton how are you willium, mr. mitchel|that is the jawyer one, wants to | tional bank dressed Accountancy |¢4 president at tneeting of North | « \ inkwired | keep her sick for a while so he can|club Friday night Pacific Surgical association In Spo: fam verry well. replys mr.jsue the railroad company for} Mem of Seattle Sales Man-|kane Friday | brown, how are your folks damages fobny lagers’ association entertained at|@ Fisher’s Flouring Mills Friday | Spanish club to meet at Frye ho-| |tel Sunday night | | F. © Hoghkins and lL. V. Green-| baum, men, fined $200 fand $1 tively, Friday, for shipr sinthe under blackberry cordial brand | A. R. Graves Friday rold 30 eges from first prize pen of Khode Island feds for $60 at poultry show | | Seattle and Tacoma branches of Bank of Callfornia held Christmas celebration Friday, with Tacoma as @ | Friday. Secretary of the Interior Lane, in his report, urges better government for Alaska. Twelve rab-rahs of Lawrence col lege, Appleton, Wis, were expe for “rough-ho " Friday I dear, what are boys of thi coming to? Launch Traveler, in attem buck ice in Cook Inlet, was caught, and had to be blown out with dyna mite, | Rogers pase tunnel, on Canadian Pacific railway, to be near com- |pletion Monday > lay and preserve gan d so | birds dt MISCALCULATION How oft, alas, he comes to view To terrorize the scene The crank who thinks that he in due To run the whole machine. Washington Star, irawing, and to create n Jack wilf mak ® pound of delicious ct of [dwn Nelsore age to the boys! Warden Rief. z Nelson, cap-| Edwin, who is 15, lives at 1802 Wardens of! Franklin ave. Junior Game ion of boys b14, by Game Please be sure to write your name! py and addreas on the back of each! of ges drawing 8 is attle from Edw tain of the Junior Game King count The —@ Wardens is an organ founded on April 1, < ° Sunday club, of Y. M. C. A, to! have Christmas program Sunday, 3| >. m j ? Chief Lang sustained by civil ser-/| vice commission tn discharging Pa- ltrolman C. FP. Morgan. ° HONOR MENTION ° Robert J aye yon st.; Roryer, jr. 1 Harriet Baughman Allen R. Johns Clara Barstow, 524 Perey Yackel, | Myrtle Peter Oliver Ole 1a Mar, )- /615 Queen Anne ave.; . Bremer-|2921 E. Madison st.; 10th ave.; | sen, Beacon ave.; Thomas|#on, | Davies, | Sedro. We lton; Pauline os, Duwamish; Hugh W There was once an old from Duluth Who was given to telling the | CHILDREN TO ENTERTAI ¢ CE 99 | Saturday night the 1 |the Da sley |tain frie and parenta Jauditorium of the Lincoln truth | |schoo! with allegorical pla When he saw his young son | Humphreys? Seventy-seven | tivioa *i:very child” Tho pro Making d of his mon | | For Grip, Influenza, Jwill go into the music and picture | He quoth a Jackass ts | | |fund created this year. The affai youth!” Accelerated Action. man local liquor nat fs under th of Mrs. Marion Strelau leadership | Revival of shipbuilding expected Jat Grays Harbor MOORE THEATRE 1c Xman Matinee Mra, Allafar Dunlap of Sewait| convicted for second time of selling | quor at Ancho Firat time} her husband drop dead | . | FAITHFUL erled cmrpenter te jee, “didn't I tell ye te n the glue boiled over?” ewered the boy, “it was just a quarter past 10! . Those who do not respond quick ly to Homeopathte erate nm” b The Chie » Dail ) ay BEN FRANKLIN FLEW HIS LITTLE KITE—in sight of all the | ) vews neighbors, while every! and la about |.) wants i ) body tapped their neads his labors : treatme: the action of alternating with Number Hey,” re the an his notice ther the } “Now, hasn't that guy sense enough to come in fre t thunder?” a village wise man sald one day Is he a nut, | won He’s flying that infernal kite in most unwhole » weather brain weighs Just about as much as one stood in the pool room door and hollered, “Fi xite’ll ketch its death o' cold, an’ then you'll be complainin'!” When ever strangers came to town, they went to see “Old Bennie.” ‘They raining One are to be pensioned His The boys rainin'! Your camp for bl Tacoma shops of Ch To \"Sevei get the best rewulis, take ily-soven” at the first feeling of n Cold—lassitude, If you watt until you begin to courh and yneeze, have sore throat! and influenza, it may whe lon r George Herr, assistant cashier Mil-|Anglo and London-Parix National waukee & St, Paul railw: » run-|bank of San Francisco, committed | shook their heads and sagely said, “Of brains he hasn't any. His} riny tall ‘Deer Lodge, Mont.,| suicide his wife's dome is filled with sawdust, and his conduct You'd better | snopes ar vaunthe fall bikes, [pee breakdown the tie him up some night and lock him in th It must have Five school boys and driver killed | cause | been an awful job for Ben to keep on trying. No doubt he often had | when Great Northern train Secretary of Commerce Redfield to sing to keep his eyes from crying. it he kept at tt 18 | bus containing school children near |in his . why today we ride the trolle lid off to old Ben and ali | Berthold, » f D., Prid partment o his ilk, by golly Only one vote cast against Philip-'of super pine self-government bill in senate North F 0. Friday, despite A small vial of pleasant pellets struck |fits the vest poeket 1 take r 7 and $1.00, at all druggists or| ka | 1] mailed. und | Mumphreya’ 11 rimnals, byoe William 8t., Moe New York, > ine ‘acific fur-bearing