The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 13, 1921, Page 6

STAR THE ‘Letters to the! |Editor— | REMEDY ror | AK SITUATION | Editor The Star: Being a aub| scriber to your newspaper, would like | SEATTLE THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, eer. | WHAT DO YOU Inquiring Reporter; ‘KNOW ABOUT al al rl SEATTLE? QUESTIONS 1, How many more arrests were made tn 1920 than tn 19197 | 2 During last year what was the TODAY'S QUESTION 'Governor Hart,the Civil Code and the Direct Primary T IS BARELY possible, it may even be highly probable, . that the civil code which the governor and his advisors have prepared, may be all that the governor claims for it as an actual medium for cutting down expenses of state gov- ) Seattle | Star to submit the following remedy to| our #treet car problem eae tallengs of the erent eat WO | ernment. First of all, reduce the fare to six | tem? | What is the most im By mat, out of city, tte per month: On the other hand, it may be that the economies so affect-| for 25 cents, pay every time you ride, 3. Do you know hew many acalew | the legislature should accomplish? and ninate the ANSWERS ' FiO; Emontha 827K: year, oe, Ma ie’ Beate Washington || od are not worth the price of giving to the chief executive transfer privilege were Inspected by the city depart * Dutside of the stata, se Der month xtraordinary powers exc he shuttle care without addi ment of weights and measures last| BH. EB. BROWN, 901 Alaska buf Sake for & montha, or $9.00 ver || G) 8 * on ‘ | Uonal transfer ’ “1 believe m1 MY pear. By carrier, city, 10 per week The details have year? ing: “1 believe it should pursue a re The eode has not been made public been a closely guarded secret. The governor, in his message, referred to the months of study he and his counsellors have given to the code. It will require time and conscientious Secondly, reroute the cars, Route | Ra 1 28th N. W. over Leary ave. by way of Fremont over Fremont! bridge, and then over regular route. | Thin would #peed ‘up the service. | (Anewers Friday) | trenchment policy. Consolidation of | various adtninistrative bodies in the interest of economy is a@ fine start.” | SAMUEL H. FURBER, 622 Stuart Wnterprine — Assoctation United Preas Service Daity by The Mar ing Co. Phone Main @ and PREVIOUS QUESTIONS 1. The briquet factory largest exclurive coal in the world is lo study on the part of the legislature before it can be accepted | put one or more shuttle ears as busi-| atsae te & cuhurh. of Bint building: “Adjourn.” or rejected in good faith, The governor should ask no More. | neas requires on Sixth ave, N. W..| 2, Seven liver were lost thru fire| WALTER G. KIENSTRA, 301 Beas The legislature should give no more. Haliard 28th N. W. and Pallard N.| t year, five in the Lincoln dina» | board building: “Repeal the indum trial insurance act.” M. C. MUMFORD, 608 White bufld fothing I can be quoted on.” KL A. MeVICAR, 328 Colman building: s the blue sky law.” will then be able to give better ser. view by adding extra cars in the rush hours, Put @ shuttle car from Fremont bridge to Nickerson st, and 16th W. This will give the public better service by transferring from | ter. If the code vests in any one man such complete power that it truly must build up a political machine for him, the econo- | mies in dollars and cents may be trivial in comparison to) }injuries in public morale. It may not be so, It may be both ! economical and good public policy. The people will reserve} © are approximately 63,000 ere in une in Beattie. A DRAUGHT } ; +, | Phinney ave, Green Lake, Hatlard) Jack-—You've got a bad cold, Pete. en the tallest man in the world judgment until they, too, have had an opportunity to study it.| x anara 28th N. W., Wall pre | | Pete—Yen. Fats chove axttiatada, | ee and Meridian to the shuttle cars. | | Jack—How’d you get It? port lone ater 8 | | Route the Weat Seattle ear from Vir Pete slept in a field last night| It might be well to remember HE GOVERNOR'S condemnation of the direct primary) is emphatic, but not convincing. His assertion that even} those most responsible for it are now eager for a change, is open to dispute, if he means that any of them seek such} | changes as he recommends in his message to the legislature. A change of that kind is practically the destruction of the weeks, every time we have! primary system. It means absolutely nothing but reverting te @ vandeville show, we have| to the convention system, which, at its best, is far more dis- in soprano, alto, pass. and! credited in the publicemind than the direct primaries can be. , about the gay seranAY-dah.| There is but one difference between the old convention sys- played on a Spanish. guitar |}tem and the plan suggested by the governor. That is; that result is that the goidum thing} whereas in the old days the pofitieal parties paid the ex- worked itself into what passes! penses of conducting their caucuses and primaries for the Drain, and the rhythm insists on | election of delegates to the conventions, now the state would ewe be paying them. any department and all heads of de It was to be expected that an attack would be made on the} Seretaenhe teumaae pa We aera aes primary system. The November election has been hailed by) to ana trom work. ‘This includes po- reactionaries as indicating a trend to reaction. Whether we} jice and firemen Why should the are to be permantly fed on reaction, and whether we shall | increased burden fall on as that have learn to like it, remains to be seen. rel yo pas oo — gp ce 4 It seems, however, that it will be too much of a dose to| \own to nothing, but have to ride | swallow all at once, to have popular government so effectively | just the same to hunt work to keep set at naught, as the governor proposes. This move will not) ovr families from atarving? These be allowed to succeed without a vigorous struggle. people that are working for the city The direct primary may not be perfect. Let not the cure| {zt ‘ere from choles. Why should proposed be worse. while correcting your disobedient off. spring that you did not die young. and nome one left the gate open.— Boys’ Lil | ginia by way of Fire ave. 8. to Spo. | kane, then over the regular route. | Route Ballard Beach by way of First | W. to Denny way, east on Denny way to First ave, south on First ave, to Yesler way; use one-man carn from end of Kinnear, turning them at Jackson at, instead of sending them south on First ave 8, This will eliminate five cars between Firet W. and Mercer to the Bouth End loop and gtve the same amount of service on Kinnear to First W. and Mercer an at present. By thus rerouting ears and eliminating the transfer privt loge we would reduce overhead ex- penaea, Eliminate free rides, Any man or woman having a euary from brummel” thinks she is being very kind to him. But is it really kindness, or is it cruelty, to bundle up a dog like that? What do you think? Why Be Discouraged? Did You Know That— BY WHIT-HADLEY “You can hare what you with if you will pay the price,~ said Lorenm. | “Rut will you pay the price?” he asked. “Would you, like Thurlow Weed, study nights by the light of @ camp fire in @ sugar orchard, or walk thru the mow two miles, with pieces of a rag carpet tied about your fect for shors, that you might, like him, borrow @ coveted book? “Have you the courage to ge en with your studies when too poor to buy bread, and when you can stay hunger onty by tying tighter and tighter | about your body a girdle, as did Samuel Drew? “Would you, ike John Scott, rise at 4 and atudy until 10 or 11 at night, tying a wet towel around your head to keep awake? Would you,| when too poor to buy books, borrow and copy three folle volumes of | precedents, and the whole of Coke on Littleton, with the boy who did | this and became Lord Eildon? | “Would you be disheartened by Wlberforce's suggestion to a student Jot law: ‘You mest make up your mind to live like a hermit and work like @ horse’? Price and Less Velvets Velveteens Plushes WE SHALL NOT CARRY THEM OVER $20.00 to $25.60 Piushea, yard .----- a $8.95 AN our finest $12.00 Velvets tn most all Gark shades and btack, while they last, very special at, $6.95 yaga $2.95 go, with a shrick of exultant the following verses loped from | confines of our gray matter this | a Finest Quality Engilsh Velveteens ee $3.95 “Tra YATE -----—---- 274nch, YALE 22 -eensecennees! $1 95 NEW SHIPMENT OF IMPORTED PONGEE SPECIALLY PRICED THIS WEEK “Can you eat exwdust without butter, as the great lawyer, Chitty, asked %5e, $1.25, $1.45 AND $165 THE YARD. the Young man who came to him for advice about studying law? | You Wil Bave to Ba that T sat in a courtroom watched af the prisoners 7 come. heard legal phrases unwound tn the cases oratory Mowed just like 44toch, yard they be transported to and from| thelr work at the expense of the gen eral public when the general public can scarcely pay their own fare? The raine in fare just moana that much reduction in our wages that are not working for the city, Would exempt the trainmen from paying their fare, as many of them have to walk of & morning in order to take their first car ont. A trainman not in uniform por on duty when riding for his bust The Peril of Three HHREE MEN struggle together in the shadow of death against the forces of the frozen wilderness. They con-| stitute the cast in a drama making its appeal to our love for that which is hardy, resolute, resourceful. ran down a woman for fun. “Well, really, I the strata of rocks? America is proud of Lieuts. Kloor, Hinton and Farrell. True, the fight they made was to save their own lives, but |that they emerged proves their manhood. hems of for plearure should pay his fara Mall carriers’ transportation should be provided for by the U. 8. “Would you work on @ farm fer 12 long years for a yoke of oxen and tix sheep, with Henry Wilson? “Do you love learning well enough to walk 40 miles to obtain a book you could not afford to buy, with Abraham Linooin? ee “If you would, you will succeed” very one pay to inerease reve nuea. The fitneys were voted off the streets by the people, and It ts now The shocking outbreak between Farrell and Hinton; blows struck, the accusation of unfairness and the beginning of what may very likely be a lifelong enmity mars the epic. Every outdoor man, reading the account of the collision between the two men after their rescue, will say: “Three is a crowd. Four in a party, very well; two, bet- ter; three, dangerous.” Something in the fabric of human nature makes impos- sible a cohesive comradeship among three isolated persons. | Veterans in such matters accept the condition and can get along if the occasion demands it. They know the pitfalls. They are diplomats skilled in keeping the peace in camp or on the trail. Rugged masterpieces of the filmed drama and allied fic- tions have inspired the idea that outdoor life is a searching test, mercilessly revealing weak spots in human nature. ea It will = sententiously sedate that Kloor, Hinton and! bon Farrell underwent the testing ordeal and that one or two| oe this as our thought! 4° them were found wanting. That is unfair judgment. Outdoor veterans know that the man who is a charming companion in the city may prove} intolerable in the open or when exposed to hardship, but they also know that this does not prove him “yellow.” The most worthless town specimen alive may be a man of perfect the stonequarry, with Hogh Miller; the patience that would spend a| lifetime tracing the handwriting ef the Creator down thru the ages tn Upstairs—Westlake and Pine Bulwer eid: “Let a king and a beerar converse freely together and it is the beggnr’s fault if he does not say something which makes the king lift his hat to him.” America supplice practically hall and rosin im the system eMcten in many fines of lenitimate business | The richest negro girt in the Unit Deflation has been carried oo far Former Seeretary of the Treasury |404 suffering. and bring about « re! ‘The most for your and enlarge our export health, fs the guar- should be pat into effect immedi- represents agricultural products.) —Deatal Office be encouraged to make loans 6n agri 100 Colembia 0 | who can give adequate security. The | supply that credit. \ up to the elty counefi. Give D. W. Henderson an unin dered chance and he will manage the ALLEN © SPENCER. and industry great jonses are being od States ts Barah Rector, 14, who | sustained because of the restriction | lives near Muskogee, Okla, “DEFLATION” ||"“srate wpe and with such rapidity that we must the turpentine now reconaider the situation, make | world, BY W. G. WADOO an effort to prevent further distress | Policies thus far pursued with re | Viva! of industry and confidence. pg fo = pect to credits have been too drastic. | We should make every effort toisefest for your A more liberal policy about credits | stimulate trade. This is cxpectally important | sntee Given Oy ma ately to the farmers, because approximate | B® mn we Reserve bank rates could be pro|ly 50 per cent of our export trade geattie’s Leading jently reduced. Member banks could 1 European nations desire our cotton, ultural products and to bustnesn!grain and other producta, but have generally on reasonable time to thone| no credit. It In to our interest to whole situation would be beneficially | ‘The recent action of the league of | affected by thin procedure. nations at Geneva for the establinh- Every Intelligent person sympa. | ment of an international comminston | haa |fitness in the wilds. thines with the effort to vent |to consolidate the credits of some of ¢| It is too much a matter of digestion, blood pressure, the | «pecutation and the use of credit for the Central European powers and "| mysterious chemical reactions of personality. Or of lesser | purposes not beneficial to the gen.| utilize them in the purchase of eral interest, but a wise discrimina, | American commodities, in an import tion should be exercised, and certain.|4nt step and offers a new oppor ly the primary producer ifke the | tunity for helpful service by the w | finance corpyration. } - farmer should not be forced to bear the brunt of the sacrifices, | In many parts of the country, espe | Pennaytvania workmen were in clally tm the agricultural districts, | volved in 427 labor disputes during tirely wanting and the firwt nine months of 1920. credit In almost Men mellowed by wilderness living, or by life at sea or —" other experiences in which a little group is cut off from the | world will be inclined to condone the flare-up of hot blood. Just as the three adventurers were unprepared for sub- Arctic cold and for taking their living from the forest, so| |they were unprepared to meet abruptly the demons of ill-| et Lydia. han not been discov.| Will, of deep distrust, of murderous hatred which lie in wait but the story of the stirring |f0r men who stray from the crowd by twos and threes or song of colonial times has |more—but especially by threes. But versions differ. _ reserved. in 1755 a regiment of Con most soldiers was organized and @ressed in motley uniforms the Pnsglish surgeon, Richard Shuckbury,| Playwright Bugene Wolter has filed @ bankruptcy petition, With him & wit and « musician, wrote the|it is not a case of “Paid im Full” but “The Kasiest Way.” | Words that have since become famous ome | @hd adopted them to the tune of| Perhaps tt’s unfair to measure the seriousnces of Caruso’s Ulness by the! Fisher's fig, apparently in de | fact that he has five doctors. of the make-up of the fighting “Yankee Doodle” came to in, riding on a pony; he stuck a in his hat and called it mac- “ “@foni.” And macaroni was used to| The Sinless Sabbath advocates contempt and meant “dude.” | Saints. the Yankee troops turned the | ~—" . ‘Attempt at derision into their favor,| Mince clothing costs lesa the girls may wear more. eomplimenting themselves on thetr |————— pede @nique appearance. Thomas Fitch, gon of the governor of Connecticut as the original “Yankee Doodle” Kloor, the leader of the marooned aeronauts, came thru dia Fisher's Jig jadventure except thru joint understanding. He is also ac- Doodle” there would be no | matters; a chafed heel may ruin the disposition of a hero. without a moral scratch. Hinton is charged by Farrell with violating an agreement not to divulge the details of their , perhaps, could “piace” Lydia |cused of saying that Farrell broke down; lost his grip. ‘s Sig But if one hummed)| about it. Well, truth is that “Yankee Doodie” was in the days of the Second. And that tune “Lydis Fisher's jig.” The ien- var Representative D. iH, Kincheloe, of Kentucky, tripped and broke his leg! | Many congresemen have stumbled and broken their promises. You Need Not Wait to take action on the suggestions which will be directed to you during the coming week —“NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK.” Three things should be done without delay: Start a SAVINGS ACCOUNT, take out life insur- ance and make a will for the protection of those dependent upon you. 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