The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 1, 1922, Page 6

Newspaper terprise Asan. end United iy 44.50 for € months, or ot W Outside of per year, Ry car The Seattle Sta EP months, F160) # montha #278) 00 year, te, nth, The ‘School Board Election Seattle voters have a novel embarrassment confronting them in one department of the city campaign. a3 et This is in the choice of a school director for the three-year term where they have TOO MANY good men to choose between. Tt is in this race that Dr. Tiffin is figuring, and figuring strong. Dr. Tiffin is rging the school election into the realm of ward politics in a manner that The Star exctse nor condone. He ought to be beaten. i But here is the dilemma. Running against him are TWO citizens of the highest type. C. W. Sharples ts a man of high professional standing, clear ideas on school econ- s and instruction and of a fine, scientific mind. ly well qualified for the position. Dean Burkheimer, attorney, is He is clean, intelligent, deeply interested in affairs. Mrs. Burkheimer is one of the city’s most intelligent and active P.-T. A. s, and the couple have four children, a fact which makes the school system near their heart. Mr. Burkheimer is supported by a considerable group of citizens who it too much medical supervision in the schools, Either he or Dr. Sharples would sake, in the estimation of The Star, an excellent school director. For the one-year term the issue is not so clear-cut. Claude H. Eckhart is a candidate re-election. for the extravagance and wastefulness of which taxpayers are complaining. The Star believes his record to date shows him to be responsible in He be beaten, and of the three men opposed to him, E. F. Taylor is probably best and most likely to accomplish it. struck it frequently means thing. Oil is not wealth, per it has to be sold, and usually thas to be sold to Standard or non-competing purchaser. makes little difference who the well, the fellow who has pipe line and the tank steam- apd the refineries, the dis- system and the market, the fellow. whe makes the ‘Many and many a fine off pro- field ts closed today be es private interests cannot sell he ofl at a profit. many o en | -Fet tens of tens of millions are > annually taken from the earners of this country and In such rat holes; the of suckers ts perennial, and | this easy money is ever flowing. _ Llfe ta to be considered happy. jot in warding off evil, but in the of good: and this we seek for by some form of mt or by reflection.— The man with a political bee in Bonnet often gets stung. lard Work Can you walk 25 miles without fagged out? Probably not. | evening of dancing. A German scientist recently Lee, young Boston girl, checked the figure. She “wore a pedometer, danced five _ hours, found she had traveled 25 “miles, Not only that, she “fin- | tehed fresh.” | A marathon runner, doing 25 “milles at about the same speed ms modern fast dance, staggers es down the home stretch and falls “into his trainers’ arms. How do you explain it? eee On » 25-mile Marathon the run- Mer moves steadily, without stop- ping. _ The 25-mile dancer steps the “Wight fantastic for a few min- utes, then pauses to recuperate. It’s like the intermission between founds of a prize fight. The human body is a machine. It runs steadily just so long then gets over-heated. A pause, to halt combustion of energy by the thy- roid gland, also cools the brain, steadies the merves and re- charges the batteries. Rested, if only for a few min- utes, the body Is reafy to go ahead again at top apeed, That's why, returning from a short vacation sensibly spent In rest, we find our energy doubkd ms we settle down again to work. Brain workers, in particular, 7) an increase their productive ca- |) pacity by relaxing tuto absolute Science is a great help in waiting for a street car. a@ scientist. They say a thousand years is but a day to Civil service examinations now consist of one question: tions?” “What did you do during the elec- Wouldn't it be great if we bragged about our town while in it as we do when we get away? Lots of ball games are called on account of dark- ness, but very few daughters are. rest five minutes an hour, Some shrewd factory managers give thele employes similar periods of rest a9 & matter of increasing efficiency. eee Like all things, this 25-mile proposition has a psychic or men- talscience side. Getting it down to psychological fundamentals, it's Whe = Boy Seout who growls at chopping kindling at home, but whistles happily and gladly chops wood for hours In camp. Whether » task ts hard or easy, ail depends on the mental attitude To enjoy life and make all tasks pleasant, select the line of work you want most. That ls your real field. To get into It, fight and overcome all obstacies —“mountains, walls and towers.” If you have people working for you, you can “put their bearte In their work” by making the work pleasant and introducing into the element of competition—sport, play. Behind this ts the explanation of why so many potentially suc cessful boys have their life ca reers ruined by parents shoving them away from what they want to be, into occupations that they _ find stupid or only mildly inter. esting. Of course we knew you repudli- cans were going to bungle the Guess pee ie hate t what extent you would do tt.— Senator Harrison (D.), Miss “There will be no unemployed dy fall,” says a banker. This te great news for the college seniors. Fine thing adout a 16-year-old flapper is she will outgrow it £0 vears from noto when she a 25. This ghost seen by @ prominent race horse man was probably noth- ing but the ghost of a chance, Perhaps the &t. Louis man named his baby Radio because you can hear tt #0 far away. A bachelor’s main troubles are that he has no wife to blame for them. Our government plans to live be- yond our means again next year. Wonder what a bald-headed man thinks about while shaving? ly to your druggist Stops Pain Instantly |The simplest way to end a corn ts Blue-jay. A touch stops the pain in stantly, Then the corn loosens and comes out. Made in two forms—a rolorless, clear liqiid (one drop doe jit) and in extra thin plasters. Use whichever form you prefer, plaster or the liquid —the action is the same Made in a world-fame laboratory. Sold by all druggists | Pree: Write Rauer & Black, Chicag Dept. 175, for valuable book, Care of the Peet.” Too Much? No. Can’t Buy “We must ship between 250,000, 000 and 300,000,000 bushels of wheat abroad every year, and of our average cotton crop of 11,000, 000 to 12,000,000 bales it ly mmces- sary to export 6,000,000 bales,” says Dr. Walter Lichtenstein in the Journal of the American Bankers’ Association, “We know that our packers, In order to be successful, must sil rege quantities of their products to foreign coantries,” he adds Although exporta, as he pointe out, represent but abeut five per cent of total business, yet that export trade ts vital—“we MUST export them,” says Dr. Lichten stein, Wo are, tt seems, eurfelted with things to eas, wear and use. We have such an abundance that if we are not able to sell a pereent- Aspirin Headache Toothache Earache Colds Neuralgia Lumbago THE SEATT LE STAR LETTERS ic EDITOR Urges Lot Beautification | | Wditor ‘The Star: The Women's Civto club, tn re kponse to the appeal to make Seattle “The Flower City,” has dectded to [downtown vacant etty tote | It th swg@ented that the Blin beau | tify the grounds on which stood the old Holtel Lincoln, }Wifth and Madison, i# calling for at tention If the dwellers in apart ments bordering on it would unite in | putting It into shape, It could be made into a small park for the bene Waditor The Star: The Voters’ Inforation league, tn ita bulletin of April 25, has this to age of them In foreign markets business will stagnate and every: body suffer, We are suffering from @ plethora of the good things of life. Are we? If we are, what do we mean by “wet” Is the aver age man in the street suffering from an oversupply of wheat and cotton and pork and clothing, houwes, shoes, ships and sealing wax? Really, now, Is there an over. production? Is there not, In stead, a condition of undereon sumption—an entirely different thing? Would pot the average family in this country today use more food, clothing and necessities and fuxuries of life if it could get them—if Its purchasing power were sufficient to enable It to obtain them? Is It not beeause the average family Is not able to get them— that prices are still too high that there is what these wise bankers and ce momiste soeak of As overproduction*® Re friendly with the people you know. If it wasn't for them you would be @ total stranger We Just Have to Work Andrew Keek, 94, is back In the lumber business at Allentown, Ia. He retired from active affairs 04 years ago, but finally admits that he cannot stand a perpetual vaca tlon. Is work more of « virtue than a habit? Activity fs baste in nature— from planeta moving in thelr orbits to the perpetual movement We are machines within ma chines, animated by the eternal flow of energy. Idleness ts op posed to natural law. P. S—Let’s go fishing. Every rat costs this country 3/40 per year; but te orth it. | WARNING! Say “Bayer” when you buy Aspirin. | Unless you see the name “Bayer” on tablets, you are | not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians | over 22 years and proved safe by millions for Rheumatism Neuritis Pain, Pain | Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proper directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets—Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. | Aspirin te the trade of Bayer Manufacture of Moncaceticacideater of Ralleyiicacia fit vantage of the the per It will » grow CONFIL 3 of yourselt the Ist Plan Safely for the Years to Come A sound money reserve ie the su of é ty person should wet wele uti up her ‘eturn and assure ome Ing years are very bright, #6 you of SUC by having set aside ac and will gain for you the and business associates. $1 to $5,000 Accepted and all funds received on or before the 6th earn from MTNA SEATTLE SAVINGS snd L’ ASSOCIATION 34 AVE en urge the cultivation of some of the} « fit of all in that neighborhood | ‘The steep bluffs, untidy and raw, | that greet the newcomers to our city when they ste ° bad for our reputation f the large florists in t re 6 them and use them for ad vertining purposes? | ‘The members 6f the Women’s Civie | club wil! be glad to anniat with raion, | The old Providence hospital lot, at! hoes or shovels, or plans in any way | | ponnibyle. | MRS, ETHAN ©. STRHWART, MES. L. ©, WHITE, | MRS. KLIZABETH EICHLER, Committee. Attacks Amendment No. 3 , May In remard to the proposed charter amendment No, 3: Proposes to abol j ish department of public utilities, At present practically all of func! originally intended for thin office, cept the expense thereof, are super. neded by the public service commis jslon of Olympia, The small remain | ing effective work can be transferred to other departments,” Thin ts a wample of the superfictat way tn which this organization seeks to influence votes by false propagan da, As & matter of fact, the state Publio service commiaston (which Is now called the state board of public works) has control of little else th | rates, and in all it hearts on the Information furn | Beattie depar | for the protec On tnitlative rule tnitiative meanure No. 44, will be | voted on thin fall In the general elec | ton, taking all thin power from the state board and giving it hack to the | efties o firnt class, but even now the Geattle department of public ut! ities has full contro} of service, con: | | struction and franchise provisions of | | 30 x 30 x 3% 31x4 32 x4 33 x4 34x 4% 33 x RUBBER 1023 E. Pike St. » 19 not a business man or housewife in Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. MONDAY, MAY 1, 1 LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY ——— le EXPURGATE, J—ekw-pur-gayt, with firet syllable ify, cleanse. OOD and and fresh you're sure to like that pleasing flavor. ure | from—Latin “expurgare,” words — expurgation, 4 ike thie—Many I | 4 have to be expurgated an be shown on the Amer The first pepsin chewing gum—and always the most popular. eeman’s Pepsin Chewing Gum h | all utility corporations, In one more year the telephone company’s franchise will expire, and it would greatly please some of our votendvising organizations to have fo department to furnish expert ad. | jylce to the counett when it applies for a renewal of the franchise In addition to thia, the weights and | measures divivion it a part of the public utilities department, and there | Seattle who would wish to nee the weights and measures abolished, I am very much surprised that the Vot- ore’ Information league, which olaima to be acting for the beat interests of the olty, should put out a recommen dation based on auch inaccurate or! falxe information. ‘The people should | promptly yote NO on this propost tion. c. ¥. JARED. ‘make it float, is used to feed the Angel fish in the London zoo, The |finh eat the worms as they wiggle Run Down by Horse, 1") 2... 00 4 He Climbs Aboard | | ROME, May 1-—-C horse as he made @ sharp turn in the road, Capt. Canton! leaped from bie moetoreyele to the back of the} animal and injury. | 1 Fish in Leadan Zoo | | Are Fed by Bottle! LONDON, May 1.— A unique glass bottle with an alr chamber to The figures show that the birth’ rate among the Indians tn the® United States te exceeding that of the deaths. (_ GEOGRAPHIC PUZZLES _| FIAAAAAD N West CorreE J, J os prt oa a ooo no more to buy a Kelly FABRIC CORD Kant-Slip, Block-and-Button or Grooved Tread TUBES Black-Tread Kant-Slip $12.90 14.90 24.00 27.50 28.50 Red 3 $2.15 2.70 3.35 3.45 3.60 $18.95 29.80 32.75 33.75 44.30 4.95 5 52.30 6.00 Other sizes priced proportionately FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS 1412 Ninth Avenue SEATTLE DISTRIBUTORS SERVICE COMPANY East 0606