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Newspaper Rn- terprine Ase. and United Press Service Well, well, well! at the state capitol.) there, also. ‘house by his little journeys than i ae i iit #} iz z F ; i il EF FESEZELE 5 aE FF if i | : i if 5 c : i E i i int Hi rH f i s FH lit fi i ft ret fe gf f . / iF f a: : 3 g- le ; Ps | ri f it | | | rt Hl 37 j i ii rH i Hy E [ FE ih af iF l Ne | al BF | i : i 8 ti z Z Fi | | z 1 2 = . Th | i j 3 F s e { You hear this repeatedly in Se attle: “I guess good liquor is about extinct in the interior of the country and the good stuff, { smuggied in, doesn't get far in | land from the Coast cities.” In Detroit, where much hooch flows in from Canada, 19 died of poison booze during February. In Boston harbor the coast- guard cutter Tampa captures a British ramrunning schooner, Every bottle in the cargo is synthetic whisky with counterfeit labels and revenue seals, How long will you live or keep your eyesight? The answer may be in a bottle. GIRLS! LEMONS WHITEN ROUGH Orchara White, which store will supply for a few on-bi red, rough or chapped hands, smoothen the skin beauties use it to bleach vertisement ~ , proper. 1 CHAPPED HANDS Squeeze the Juice of two iemons inw @ bottle containing three ounces of any drug cents, shake well, and you have a quarter- pint of harmless and delightful lem- ch lotion to soften and whiten This home-made lemon lotion is far supe- rior to glycerin and rose water to Famous stage and bring that soft, clear, rony-white complex: | fon, because it doesn’t irritate.—Ad-| named Democrat. Jimmie Davis a Regent Now Pepliered Patty by The Mar Putten ing ™ Oe, Ph ai. So our old college chum, Jimmie Davis, is now a member of the board of regents of the University of Washington! mie a few days ago. Jimmie succeeds John A. Rea, also of Tacoma, The newspapermen of this state who have dragged their typewriters down Olympia every two years to chronicle the doings of the state legislatures all know Jimmie Davis. (James H. Davis is the way it appears on the card on his desk down Governor Hart appointed Jim- to Representative Davis has been chairman of the house committee on appropriations ' for many, many years. That is to say, he has been the committee of appropria- tions. Incidentally, he has been the senate committee on appropriations, too, and if there were any more committees handing out the cash, Jimmie would have been And be it known, Jimmie is thought by many state officials to be the most par- “Simonious cuss that ever held a legislative job. At times he has actually demanded | tto know just where some of the state's nloney was to be spent and what for. He's terror at that sort of thing when he gets to going real well. Often times it has been said that Jimmie is the man whom the bosses persuaded _ or sent—whichever you choose—out into the state after each election to line up the Doys so they would know how to behave when they got to Olympia. Perhaps Jimmie This country isn’t crowded much, but we have no use for the man who wishes he were somewhere else, As yet the seismograph shows no record of Bry- an’s campaig:. Bet the Australians are mad. Their winter is just starting. Spring onions are hard on dentists. i te Hat | i jghalyftdpet ey lit tie | : fe jt current of 1,000,000 volts, You can complete the fist— thousands of them, each an ac complishment as wonderful as counteracting the law of gravity. It's a good thing to ponder such possibilities oceasionally, just for the training it gives our imagination. To be successful, people are go ing to need their imaginations in- creasingly as the years roll on. Imagination of today is the com- mouplace accomplishment of to- morrow. The story goes that a couple of young men from Arkansas went to New York. They went to a certain bank and said they wanted to dor- row $25,000 The banker said, want to do with i?” was all right. They said, “Well, we do not Kke to tell what we want to do with it.” “We cannot let you have it un- leas you do.” “There is a Uttle speculation in it in a senac, but it is all right and It is a matter we do not }) want to get out. We might lose \lour chance to make the deal we || have in mind.” || “Well, what is it? You must tet Litto us.” i “We have an option on some coal ||1anda that we belleve will be worth | millions of dollars, and if we can get $2500 now we can clinch the deal thia week,” they said. “We do not care to lend money on any auch proposition aa that.” The two young men went out heavy-hearted. The whole thing had gone up in amoler. Rut the bank officiate bought the option on the coal land and made hundreds of thousands of dotars on the deal that they would never have known about but for the in formation forced out of men apply “What do you The collateral ing for a loan—Senator Heflin (D.), Ala Harding has a saddle horse Make your own comment, Office Rents Come Down Rents have dropped an average of about 40 per cent in the finan cial district of which Wall Street is the core. Wall Street keeps = few paces Street what is going to happen in Se attle. Jefferson believed that ne con- stitution showld last for more then Ground the patent office LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word is SUBSIDY. It's pronounced—eub-ai.de, with ac cent on the first eyllable. It means—Money paid by the gev- ernment to any enterprise to en courage the development of that en- | terprive, @ gift, a loan (also, a bribe) It comes from—Latin “subsidium,” reserve, aid. Companton word—subsidine. It's used like this —~ “President Harding has asked congress to pro- vide a subsidy for our merchant ma- | rine.” ‘Wheat, Pork Raises Good for Farmer BY AMATEUR ECONOMIST ‘The most encouraging develop ment of the last two years is the advance in the price of wheat and pork. very one in rejolo- ing over the farmers’ good luck; they are patting him on the back and envying his position. It certainly tw encouraging to seo these products sell for some thing more nearly what they cost to produce, but it is also true that the farmer really has profited very little. This advance has come after most of the farmers have sold their crops; the middleman will get the profit to a great extent, but, nevertheless, the farmers still have @ small amount to dis. pose of and to this extent will profit. At least some of them will have the money to pay their taxes and interest. Every little bit helps, but the mantfacturer can’t expect to sell very much to the farmer until another crop is harvest Since Russia is not exporting wheat @ normal crop all over the world will just about supply the needs of the world. When we have a short crop in any part of the world there will be a short age; in other words, we no longer have a factor of safety in wheat production. During the seven years of plenty we are not lay ing up for the seven lean years to follow. ‘This being so, it is fortunate that there is an ad vance at this time, for it will encourage the farmers in their spring planting, not bring them ven if it does great sum of money at present We can't afford to let our wheat acreage fall off, for no other product is so necessary to the welfare of the country. We can get along without pork and corn products to a but wheat we must If necessary we should guaran. ertain extent, tee the farmer a price that will yield him the cost of production. Joar Fotke guest; and while w air We came to life when, pretty tune, “Here Comes the Brtd then to say, “Why ‘Marching a« to War'?" do NOT And then, ot last the best; ar did it right! t nix fi don't But, t too may!” to biles. APetter Arom AVRIDGE MANN. The other night I dressed my beat and went to be a wedding waited for the pair as if we walted for a prieat to talk began to play do they always play that ‘The preacher then got under way; we listened for the word “obey”; and when he gave the pair thé clue, by telling th : “I do.” I wondered how he'd Ue the knot if they should answer “I with all the rest, we reached the part I like you could gues it if you tried kim: the bride; and you oan bet, the other night, I did the job—and I would have tried—and so would you maid, too; I lost my nerve because, you see, a guy who measured hree, came up and glared as if to may, “Be careful, bo, anyway, I wish them joy—affection’s gold with no alloy; for if they play, without a break, the double game of Give and ‘Take, they'll find it mighty hard to miss the rough but royal road nilenee filled the pout dear decensed.” heard the ancient wedding and I was tempted instead of n, We nore, to may it's when we go to to kiss the pretty brides. Woman Favors Mrs. Landes Editor The Star: Men have run Seattle affairs from the beginning and have made one lovely mens out of the job. We have « presentable county<ity | debt | building, & 16-million dollar with nothing to show for it except « Gilapidated street car line; question able water and lighting systems numerous debta, and « political ring some showing, all right! ‘The male voting public has shown itm incapacity to deal with political fimflammers, with officials who made epecific promime and forgot them In office It seems to me that this ts the time for women chance to see what they can do, Mra, Henry Landes has announced her candidacy for the counell, She ts a woman above the ever are. She has brains, vision and te tegrity. to be given a) | | | hounekeepin, A woman can see more than the dollar in city administration, Very probably she will support more and better playfields, better home and health conditions, lower taxes and service for the taxpayers. Nunning « city te only “municipal declared Mra. Landes, Buceceswful houskeeping requires in- telligence, financial ability and « great, bie heart. Apply them to “clty housekeeping” and things would improve. No one has hereto fore accused our city administration jet pomeasing an overabundance of any of these attributes, Women pay taxes, constitute one half of the population, and carry thelr portion of the municipal | burden; neverthiess, they have here | While paving Rainier ave, I noted tofore been unrepresented in band ling the city affairs. MAUDE SWEETMAN. The Theory of the Bonus Editor The Star: 1 am « regular reader of The Star time and the risk of our Ives than the lowest wage paid to thore at and I'd like to air some of my views | pome on the bonus question, I wonder if people realize just what we are ask I admire the faith of C James | Jameson in his letter of the Tth, and ing for. The service man's PAY was | 14, 1 haven't the faith that he haa. about $1 a day, poor chow and lots of hardships, and we didn’t have just eight hours of work, either, In the nary we had to buy our own clothes, Rot mentioning the soap, tobacco and donens of other little things we bad | *** to have: also donations, Liberty bonds at « discount, ete. To eum it ail up, we are asking fn this bonus only lese than half the pay for our j I would may to those congressmen against the first bonus bill, that if oy 1 pam a just bill and not to the loan sharks, not to any, but wait until come real cane step into thelr shoes. Sin i SUL KETCHUM, 217 Kincaid, Mt, Vernon. Our “Red-Blooded” Americans Editor The Star: Lately several letters have ap peared in The Star, signed by “Med. the Pngtiah an practionly all of the| positions to Canadian girls, which Blooded American” and others of this| people of that time did. While tn | practically amounted to deportation. kind. A day oF #0 ago & letter ap | actool I read the prejudiced accounts | Mechanics are deported when they |of our national life that the educa |find them working on bufldings peared by & man who accused all those who have any kindly feelingw toward the Engtiah of being propa gandists, criticising several letters in ‘The Star and casting reflections on the Americaniam of the writers, I should like to exprens my feelings on tgs subject. My forefathers have lived tn thiw leountry for over 260 years; they | played thetr parts in two ware with Ragland and naturally came to hate tors of our country have seen fit to monction. This prejudice against Eng land seems to be a part of our heri tage as American citizens During the war I undertook to study history with as little prejudice jas possible and to find out the truth about a lot of things of which I really knew very little before, and “...and we are a happy family now” - Louis Gingras INGLING |the world has ever known, “I've put Taniac to the test four times right in my own family and it hasn't failed me once,” declared Mr. Gingras. “My wife, my son and |my daughter, as well as myself, have Jall been buflt up from a half<«ick, rundown, worn-out set of people into a healthy, happy family brim ful of new life and energy.” And the experience of this tam |ily is only typical of thousands of Jothers whose statements are on file in the Tanlac offices. Hardly @ day passes that dc not bring |scores of such messages of praise |from every part of the United |States and Canada from families |where mother, father, son and |daughter have all found health, Jeontentment and the joys of living |through simply taking a course of in for instance, the case of |John Widner, 1671 Roosevelt Av | Loe Angeles, Calif, who says ly wife, myself and little boy are now jae healthy, happy family as you will lever see—and it's all due to Tan | lac | Or that of Mrs. John Marquis and |her family of sixteen living in Man |chester, N 2 Be at mont St. | She nays anlac has been the only medicine used in our house for [two years and it has kept every lone of the sixteen here in the best of health Frank R. Richards, of 441 South Weod &t writes "We | will never be without Tanlac in our house after the remarkable way it h built up my wife, my son and myself to where we are the very picture of health.” with abundant energy, nerves strong and steady and their faces radiant with the glow of perfect health, the entire family of Louis Gin- ‘gras, 9 Harrison Ave., Providence, R. I, are an eloquent \tribute to the powers of Tanlac, the greatest family medicine healthy, appetites Representative of New York is the case of Chas, E. Van Colt’s family, residing at 129 Fourth Ave, Albany. He says: “EN®ry member of our family is enthusiastic over Taniac, It's certainly a medicine for all the family.” From faraway Canada comes thix mossage: “My little girl, my son and myself are all enjoying splen. did health now and Tanlac brought it all about.” Mrs, Bert Hewer, 193 East Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, “We call Tanlac ‘The Family Med jeine’ here in our Virginia home because it restored my mother and sister to perfect health, just the same as it has done me," is th enthusiastic statement of Mrs, J. F Robertson, Danville, Va, And on through the list, men. women and children from every state in the Union and every province: of Canada unhesitatingly come for ward and tell in words ringing with sincerity of the wonderful benefits of health and happiness that Tania has brought Into their were formerly om of despair homes that 1 by the suffering and dark sickness, where any member of the is thin, run down and weak from lows of appetite, « by indigestion and stomach trouble you have at your very door the means that will no doubt bring the sinshine of vigorous health into their lives and yours, it has done in #0 many of other cases. family ened back Just as thousands Do not delay. Get a bottle of Tanlac from your drug ist today.—Advertisement, hearty, | 1 me to the conclusion that of justi fh intelll: | on U. 8 we American pedple have been nel-| gence in this country to enable u*!are the Inglish haters, We have ther wise nor just to ourselves, I aay) to live down thie prejudice, but we ole group of newspapers wh that we have not Just to our t neem to be able to. When it is| "00? BM Rsombvege a & welves because I don’t think that our|#o hard for un to allay this prejudice y Mive is he of the prejudice has hurt Bngland very|how much harder it must be for inh; we t ot of cit much, but I do believe that it has| Huropean countries to give up their|ery Americaniem an hurt our own country a lot ne Al hates » have thelr | yi05 thie her The twisting of the lion's tail and| foundations Iaid yarrels lasting ein Ub Oe making the eagle scream have in-| hundreds and thousands of variably brought a cheer in the past. | years, | sacrifice her rigt One would think that we had enough| It looks to me tho the worst | among the Liked Style Show Publicity haters y America should stand for honesty, the main & Editor The Star We would be very unmindful of our obligation to your paper if we! exhibit the Aid not at least acknowledge and| We hope thank you for the whole-hearted way | help you in your sincere tor in making our style) euceens it was for yours wan justice and 6. Fed blood nd patriotianm are a comr her. | itage of nearly all the peoples of the by our future actions to) world. These qualities will never ae a wmall way, as You have|complish anything for our country, in ch your paper supported us erfully helped us at this time,| Let's put the soft pedal on our reg and brought our indus before the V siftcerely yours, | blood and } f little commen people of Beattie. Your actions were | SATTLE MERCHANT | nense and @ little gray matter, a little aplendid, showing, as they did, the TAILORS EXCHANGE, brains eettogether spirit of our papers to By GKO. B. DUNN, Prea. 1 do not with to accuse anyons put Seattle industries before the peo-| Attest | of disloyalty, but actions speak loud ple of this Northweat G. EVERETT, Beeretary and| er than words; we know who the joy. Please accept our acknowledgment | Treasurer al Americans are; they don’t need : |whout the fact to the world, We . Eye Witness of Thuggery and that the thugs were they wanted wages that were being | paid during the war. pany i* paying better wages ana) treating ite employes better than any other company I know, jeu Co, botlermakers | Bator The Btar Aas a reader of Tne Star for a nam ber of years, I find /t to be the best | workingman’s paper, I would like to have you print the most brutal thug play I ever wish to nee. As I was gtanding on the corner of First ave, and Spokane st, at 12:20 a & week ago Haturday, I noticeu Boross the street and onto the bridge | his family. at Firat ave, &., when he was haile |by a man. He stopped to hear w |the man wanted, when three other thugs stepped out of the car station, |jumped on him, knocked him down, kicked him and then led him to @ car in an unconscious condition. They} were frightened away and left the man in @ bleeding and painful condl- tion. | 1 talked with him, and he told me he was a married man and that he ran working for the General Petro * Are Canadians Being Imported?’ Heitor The Star. Would like to know tf the same) namely, “that only American citizens tig |ean be employed on public works.” |that Jahn & Breasi had trouble on this very account. Their labor con- | sisted montly of inexperienced men, | yet there waa quite a fuss made. But no one complains that our schools are being constructed by men from Vancouver who were brought here by ads in their home papers, offering higher pay, at the Ume the anions and the master builders were | in dispute. / ‘These men are inechanica, getting |gocd salaries, bave their homes in| Vancouver, pay no taxes here and| will return to Canada with their earnings, while our men are out of | employment, Haye you ever (f you are an/ American) tried to get employment in their country? In the first place immigration offictals will not let you take your tools over, nor ie you! crom, if you tall them you expect to | work there. You could not get work sweeping | streeta, if you were not @ British | subject. I personally know of two | waltremes who bad to give up their If you look into thie matter you! | will find my statements correct. Ask them to show thelr naturalization papers, You will not have trouble lin locating them; one could cut their |brogue with a knife Yours for fair | play. MJ.8. | $201 Wabash ave wetting tough when a man who has been out of work for months gets a job and then hag a bunch of cowara m. | the |and bid his friends good-bye, raying, |!y thugs jump on him and nearly kill |tury.old prejudice die, for what he is \"w iit wee you Monday.” He walked | him, because he is trying to support|-cither a ian who has an ax to Georgetown Station. 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