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EF Pattor The Star Please work to get an ordinance thru the city council that would 're- quire every candidate for election to put a cash bond of $250 to guan Those “God- Baitor The Star: In a recent issue of The Star T read of an M. D, bootlegger, In his article he ts trying to place dootiesging on @ high plane. T do not want to start an argument with him or any one else and I will be as brief as possible. In his article gays be te 8 God-fearing man. ehould be in at least one sense of the word. In nf Concerning Fuitor The Star: 1. Each franchise and contract rate in effect at the time the law of 1911 went into effect was unaffected by that law—and te still In effect— Bliertson Case 103 Wash. Reports 196, 2. Every schedule filed by the telephone companies since that law went Into effect, except long dis- tance schedules, tx voldable because each and all are unfair and discrim- inatory, and contrary to the pro- vistons of the law. 2. The superior court has original furtsdiction to decide what the legal rate is and to give judgment for overcharges without reference to the public service commission, Mr. Waterhouse Editor The Star: In discussing initiative No, 46, gen- erally known as the 30-10 plan of taxation for schoo! purposes, Frank ‘Waterhouse, president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce is quoted by the Seattle Spirtt, in the issue of Oc- tober 12, as saying that the measure is “sponsored by @ group whose In- terests in the very nature of things! the chances of initiative No. 46 on | % Greeland, with one ship and 36) must be selfish,” referring, of course, | November 7. Contrary to Mr. Wa. | ™° sailed in search of the land to the teachers who are backing It. If the teachers are to profit from 20-20 plan of tax. Mr. Waterhouse state specifically in what way they will benefit? Why ation, why 4 + }understand how Mr. Waternouse and | = gee Rep ib tha say what that important Mr. Gilbert either does aEF itt likely, or else he does not care to state them. = 4 £ ES . 3 In 1919 this became part of the California school nw: “Provided, however, that & Parent or guardian having con- trol or charge of any child en- rolled fn the public schools may file annually with the principal of the school in which he is en- A new joy in eating You take a new interest in meal time, a new joy in eating—once you learn how good Heinz Spaghetti is. And you find that you feel bet- ter, work better, think better after eating this wholesome, healthful food. A complete meal —just heat and serve. Ready cooked in a de- licious tomato sauce with cheese. HEINZ Spaghetti Ready cooked, ready to serve Cleaning Up Campaign Cards earing” Boo! Telephone Rates the facts regarding the| antee @ clean-up of all placards or cards. ‘The city should do it and collect for the work. 1. B. WILSON. tleggers jthe Bible, which ts God's word, there are not many places where God positively condems a man. But jthia M.D. as @ bootleger te one | jof them. For God says: “ Tagg man that offers to his neighbor's lips.” He and all the rest of them should be God |fearing for God's ourse in upon j them. R. C. KENT, Lowell, Wash. (Ellertson Case cited above and the Home Telephone 110 Wash. 396.) 4 Chapter 110, Laws of 1921, un- der which the city authorities are Proceedings, ts unconstitutional and null and void. Any decision under that law, against the company would | be worthless 8. For 12 years effictency of serv- foe has steadily deereased and rates have advanced. # The substance of the matter tx that private civic rights of telephone users are invaded and public officers cannot sue for them. Each indi- vidual must act for himself. P. H. WIESON, Executive Secretary Telephone Users’ | Association, | eee ae and Initiative 46 interest in this measure, unless he Presents the facts to substantiate his clatma. This group which ts sponsoring the |30-10 plan openty and aboveboard| ts a selected body of our citizenry, | selected on the basis of moral, social jAnd intellectual fitness, and not one jof them expects to receive a dollar for hia or her services in furthering Case | terhouse’s unsupported assertion, the teachers are actuated by the moat | Unselfish and commendable motives, | by @ sincere desire to nee education | in Washington placed on a firm and enduring basis. Of course, teachers and others earnestly working for the Improvement of education can well } the tntereats for which he speaks are unable to vieualize a considerable body of citizens enthusiastically de- voting time and money to « cause for the single purpose of doing a public service. Those who are sekiom moved by & generous impulse therm- selves are most willing to attribute selfish motives to the actions of oth- era. Yours for truth, FRANK WARNER, University Station. rolled « statement fn writing, signed by such parent or guar stating that he will not te the phystice! exam- ination of his child, and there upon such child shall be exempt from any physical examfnation, but whenever there is good rea- fon to believe that such child is suffering from a recognized contagious or infectious disease, such child shall be sent home and shall not be permitted to return until the school authort ties are satisfied that such con- or infectious disease does not exist.” This law I have sald and repeat again ty the same as referendum No. 1%. This law as enacted in California has never been repealed or modified, Mr. Gilbert to the con trary notwithstanding. | In 1920 the friends of medical freedom in Californian made an ef.! fort to put an end to compul: | vaccination by amending the i constitution. This measure, known | as constitutional amendment No. 6.) was defeated by a vote of 468,911 for to 395,987 against, This elec- tion bore fruit, however, for the fol- | Howin session of the California legis-| lature with the assistance of "the medical profession repealed this same vaccination law, so that un-| vaccinated children are now as free| to attend the public schools of Call-! fornia a# are vaccinated children. | In, my letter in The Star of Oct.’ 13, I quoted the state superintend- ent of public instruction of Califor: | nia, Will C, Wood, as saying, Judgment is that the law ts ing splendidly and that it has not resulted in any detriment to the} schools of the state.” Mr. Gilbert} made no reference to thin letter in| his reply to me, but in the face of Mr. Wood's two years’ experience | J) as an educator under the law, the! health league secretary repeats his) statement that “Referendum No. 13/ would remove protection from the children and open the way for epi demics.” - Likewise, speaking of the above) school Jaws as they stand on the) statute books of California today,| Dr. Herbert F. True, director of the school health and development department for the city of Los An-| geles, says in a letter which I! have before me: “On the whole so} far as our department js concerned, far as developing harmontous rela-| tions have outweighed the detri- mental effects." Dr. True, also, says “I wish to state that I believe) that school health work, growth and development examination work and| to some extent hygiene instruction work should be in the hands of the) educational system rather than the hands of the legal health office, LOUIS F. SCHOOL, Christian Science Committe on Pub cation for Washington. ‘porns Chnkewees Meets at Tacoma The Pacific Logging congress will hold it# annual session this year in| the Scottish Rite cathedral at Ta coma, October 25 to 28, according to Kecretary George M. Cornwall, of Portland, who has called the meet- ing. PORTLAND, Ore—Capt. James P. Schwerin, United States Marine corps, in charge of Portland recruit- ing station, held on charge of “crim inal carclensness” as result of run ning down and fatally injuring Dr. William G. Light. Case to be re. ferred to grand jury, | bus sailed the ocean blue, and said | settlers of America, is deserving of |terest in this wonderful continent jiand in the apring, he ty | ork: |B) I fee) that the beneficial effects sof) THE SEATTLE STAR “Inside” of Seattle Wood Business (Pleas for the Birds Watitor Tre Star Wood should be sold ax per ad-|eaitor The Star There Is no city in Washington or | vertisement. A lot of small dealers ’ . o ale 1 pur Baturda rT read Oregon that has so many different | i ve Pe will advertiag mill wood, big double |several letters under heading of kinds of wood fuel as has Beattie. } The annoctated fuel dealers of |!0ad, $7 oF $8 per delivery, Fre | Letters to the Editor” telling of the Seattle really keep the price of wood |quently It ts so wet it simply friew.| joy and pleasure of hunting, and up ‘n this city, ‘The associations | Wet wood should be advertived 0% | citicising a Mr. Clarke because he pay No more for thetr mill wood than |auch, All wood should be advertised does the Independent dealer. as to its quality, whether A-i or |took the part of the birds. One of The big dealer has to handle his|conkey, known as No, 1 and No, 2.|/the hunters speaks in particular of wood twice, from the freight car to are weveral “forest wood | the healthful exercise he gets while Nia yard, thence to the consumer, He in Seattle that are striving hunting. I can enjoy beneficial ex bas bis men to pay for hand eto do @ little business, |ercise taking long walks, swimming, wood, So he bas to char re! 1 am in the wood business, selling | picking flowers, ete, without mak for tt. wholesale only. Have also sold di-|ing the innocent suffer, and I can The little man buys his wood direct | rect to the consumer, and I positive | seep better at night knowing 1 the mill and delivers direct to|ly know that wood can not be de | have made the birds happier by the consumer, so he can doliver|tivered for less than $10.60 per cord | foeding them (I often drop crumbs much cheaper than the big man. In certain zones on No, 1 wood. in some suitable place) than by tak There are two different kinds of| No wood can be sold for less than | ing thelr lives, mill wood, that which has never been | $8.60 per cord in certain sones. jto live and be happy. in water and that which has been| A dealer can buy No, 2 wood for| In the “Rime of the Ancient Mar cut from logs from the water. $2 less per load than No. 1 wood.|iner” we read There ts one mill in Seattle that|Let us start something for the bene | "He prayest beat, who lovest beat, felis wood which has never been in| fit of the consumer, and dealer, and| All things both great and small, water; they sell mostly to the little |make it better for one and all For the dear Lord who lovest us, man A WOOD MAN He made and lovest all.” “Leif Erickson” Day Suggested ‘This may not be the exact quota tion, but ex the thought Editor The Star: were said to have been publicly de | therein. America’s discovery. Newspaper | stroyed by Fran >» Nelfieg de la comment the last week reminded] Vega, bishop of Culapas in 1691 WHEN THE CHAPLAIN WAS all Amerteans of that memorable) yfextcan history begins with the THE UMP October 12, when Columbus discov! record of the overthrow of &| ‘The colored troops were playing ered ter worte edb aye yee Wslands) precious government in 476 | baseball. ‘The ehaplain was umpire (ot the continent) and recalled to as the ot pepobr song. “In four.| , TReee hi The pitcher threw @ high one, and 4 clent proof the umbus was not | the chaplain yelled: und , ty-two Colur | teen hundred and ninety:two Colum.| tm ee ite overer of Amerion “One strike! [With due pect to him, let ws) The batter thereupon turned to hereafter “render honor to whom) him and remarked: honor ts due," and acknowledge Leif} “Mr. Chaplain, you'se done judg. Ericson aa the earliest discoverer of| ing dem balls wid your spiritual eye.” | which we have any record, |~-Everybody’s Magazine for Novem. H.R. ober. | FREDERICK cords are sufft unto his jolly crew, let's discover a thing or two,” The brave old navigator, tho equipped with all the information furnishd by previous dincoverers and much credit for the courn, mant fested In plowing a new path acrors | the Atlantic, and arousing new In which had been abandoned in 1347) by the Scandinavian explorers and nettlors. In the year 1000, son of Eric the Red Leif Ericson. |] (discoverer | PENT a 7 pravivealy sighted by Minsal Me $08) FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET and landed on the New England) coast. He built a log cabin near) the present site of Boston, and spent) the winter there, return DOWNSTAIRS STORE| | | WEAREVER ALUMINUM SPECIAL] new land Vinland because of the abundance of grapes. Laif's brother Thorwald went to Vinland in 1002—settling in Rhode Island and spending the time in ex-| Ploring until in 1004 he was killed) im & ekirmish with natives, (Who-| ever they may have been.) i In 1005 his companions returned! to Greenland. In 1007-4 Thornfin Karsefne sailed from Greenland with three ships and 160 men and wom! on, and established a colony in Rhode Island. { Jeelandic manuscrips mention & bishop in Vinland in 11 and other) Yoyngen there tn 1125, 1128 and 1147. Their latest tidings of Vinland was fo M7. ' Hieroglyphic documents containing traditions of the pre-Toltec or Votan period, which dated as early as 476, Cover to Fit, 20e | Bank Creditors Get 3 Per Cent Dividend A dividend payment of 3 per cent to general creditors of the German. American Mercantile bank was au thorized Thursday by Presiding Su pertor Judge Austin FE. Griffiths, up on petition of the state bankruptcy examiner, in charge of liquidating the assets of the defunct. institution. | so mepcunaaan | and shape to be put to many uses—for bak- | ing macaroni, cake and | puddings, may be used with the cover, roaster and for many cooking purposes. As pictured, 2-quart size, special 49¢. 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