The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 17, 1923, Page 8

PAGE 8 The Seattle Star Published Dally by The star Pudlisning Co. Ph 2 monthe $1.60. month. New mt of © month By Ban Francisce of New Yerk office, The Pup Stays Put "The Pup and the Lord of Creation went fishing » She pup didn’t understand what it was all about ; his lord iptoed carefully to the bank of the stream, then stood esque for whole minutes, then he waved his right arm, mapped a whip at the water, and once in a long time led out something that wiggled, and that tasted cold Squashy. Occurred to the pup that if there was anything down Fi he knew a game that would beat two of his lord's, $0 he dashed into the riffles and barked. /Then he got spanked, and put to bed on his master's hunting coat, under a ledge of rock, and told to stay there. he pup whined and cussed and cried a bit, but finally he snuggled down to the warm coat, while the boss went ‘Tishing 1n peace. ‘Time passes trout fishing, and so, late in the day, the man found himself high up in the hills, and instead tracing his steps he cut over the ridge, and home, ire Was no pup at home; dark came and with a cold cast and a sharp, mean icy rain, and still no pup. morning the household went about its appointed unthinking, until about 9, when the pup’s absence was noted. “Fool dog has run away to the neighbors,” id the lord of creation, p that afternoon the master happened down in the pasture and remembered he had left his coat under dge; he peered under the rim rock and there was his ess, the pup; lonely, hungry, scared, shivering, but there on the coat, and there he had been for 24 hours. ip had found fear, and he had found the blood 1 Bat he didn’t need to hunt for undying loyalty, for born in him nh naturally, if given a chance to live unmolested and d, has a native strain of this sort of loyalty and self ce in him; indeed the trait remains despite the of civilization; otherwise we soon would have no ion. it not Ge2's will that we should press steadily on to our goal in price te “lim, in channels of His choosing, whether / sunshine or in the cheer of spring or in the chill of winter, neither detained e nor deterred by pain?—Maltbie Babcock. man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled either by the misdirected rage of hb fellow citizens, or by the of an imperious tyrant.—Horace, of us would be patient if it didn’t take so much patience. of these Russian names sound like a couple of radio stations. Egg is a six-day bike racer who is considered hard boiled. ‘the worm turns he meets either a chicken or a fisherman, America’s Sweet Tooth I you consume 102 pounds of sugar last year? If not, | didn’t get your share. Americans in 1922 used 5,303,- ns. That was 102 pounds for every man, woman and ing allowances for infants, who cannot be listed as consumers, it is probable that the average grown-up 50 to 200 pounds of sugar during the year. hich rather dumfounded Merrick P, Willett, writ- American Sugar Refining Co.’s market letter. it is almost jevable that our sugar consumption f pounds a year for each of us. it’s the answer? the increase? Prohibition! ed of legitimate stimulants, our nation is swinging ly to candy and soft drinks. bably an important reason for increased sugar con- ption is to be found in the cellar—home-made wines. i pounds of’sugar doesn’t last long when the little giant, | entation, gets started mn an air-tight keg. | average American in 1922 consumed 14 pounds more igar than the year before. d with our average of 102 pounds a year each, ther countries are far behind us in use of the stimu- itralians consume 100 pounds of sugar a year, on the e. Denmark ranks third, with 99 pounds. Then Canada, 97 pounds. Next in line is Switzerland—75 } the list tapers down, until at the tail-end among lead- lations we have Chinese and Russians consuming only winds of sugar a year for each man, woman and child, this newspaper recently pointed out editorially, there much stimulation (physically, but not mentally) in umps of sugar as in the average alcoholic cocktail. |both were sold legally the are a nervous race, highly-strung, quick-moving, , impatient. The natural reaction is that we crave fulants. In alcohol, we never were able to restrain our- nationally. The French, also highly-strung nervous- be satisfied with light wines. But your typical can wanted whisky—high-proof, concentrated, and 0 the point where it contained compound high ethers re stimulating than the alcoholic content. As we went to extremes in alcohol, we now appear headed r es in using sugar. It’s a curious development, our national psychology. Incidentally, it looks sugar will be a pretty good business field in years hat excessive use of sugar will do to our national ith is not so pleasant to contemplate, : extre flecting ne really goes to a dollar a gallon, half the sh: fet & D shoemakers will @ report that trout are Jumping into fishermen’s boats j Mie Gwe ‘s in a Florida n, the inventor, says he has a cold, but Tom may be inventin eto play golf. | Lass se any is geting canary birds to thls country, much to the delight can cat her couple that should not be divorced Is hot cakes and sirup. early bird. may get the worm, but not the sleep. still another spring sign ts “Swat the Fly.” Do You Gossip Maliciously? ominent society woman in an Eastern city, accused iping maliciously and falsely about another woman, for $10,000 damages. The charge is slander. mentioning any names, but if the slander laws rigidly enforced in Seattle, we wonder how many en would be in jail or paying heavy fines, Probably many men as women, Men gossip as much as women, more to the point and with less lingering on details, wd ly 2 few more weeks until porch swin; ish Manis lan Chie, 65 Wish people would sit on fia man who wondered if the $5.000 he had In a coffes pot would found it would, hink she signe and no pay, gned up for ization Is spreading, In Japan, a baseball umpire got licked, The hootleg market has reached a high degree of sitturation, NE wr of the men who can whistle a tune learned to do St on payday, j ete ‘ » Keeping their eyebrows thin find it tnkes a lot of pluck, fi gi ‘ ai 3 iy Thee THE SEAT TLE STAR THE SNOWMAN THAT WON’T THAW LETER FROM VV RIDGE MANN Editor The Star Your Avridge Mann i bis stuff is pnd to the But what he waybled Wednesday from being right Ir ent kt things to is I'm with him put in rhythm. lly must admit, wos a fit quite such a w His ignorance of anc I take my writing try to alibi regarding old king he rhymed the name with “mutt What's in a nar ve and tear his fir, He t was not rd for just a } break; but still a big mistake. He said that “Tutank appear, and that alone would make y want to nay he made hamen booze” would probabl it “toot” to anybody's ear No doubt you'll wonder how it is I went and got so gay; and It explain my wisdom now—but don’t give me away. 8o if you'll keep thé reason dark, I'll tell you on the square—I learned it in the Digest, in the column “Easy Chatr.” H. P, A., Beattie. Tut, tut, H. P. A., the law prohibits “toote." LETTERS EDITOR Would Permit Dope Sales Editor The Star their daijy needs. I understand it Why such strict prohibition of | costs an addict about $5 a day for liquors and narcotice?. Wouldn't|dope. The White Cross and other manufacture and regulation of sales|societies and our lawmakers ought by the government be better than|to work for moderation and regula- suppression that doesn't suppress? If| tion of the manufacture and sale of prices |narcotics and liquors, ‘Toleration would be cheap, the desire for their|does not mean approbation, and indulgence far less, and the poor|sffict regulation under some kind of @evils Gope addicts) would not be|license system would be better than walking the streets and racking their | unenforceable laws of doubtful sup- brains as to ways and means for|pression. Prohibition of narcotics rafsing money to purchase the prod-|and Uquor fs, and always will be, ucts. Bootleg “dope” ia expensive, |the price. | Very respectfully, and as q result many addicts resort CECIL M. DUPREY, to thievery in order to get money for Everett, Wash. : Running the Gas Barrage EAditor-The Star: 8 beautiful climate, now being so well Being one of those who drive in| advertised all over the nation, but over Rainier ave. down Dearborn at. | Several times when I have como bang 4 up Fourth ave, to my office, 1|UP ®sainst some condition here that and up Fourth ave, y J is so fotten that it would not be very frequently have to pass thru countenanced in the worst of the the gas barrage maintained by the| astern cities in which I formerly packing plant in that neighborhood. lived, I pause and wonder if I have I have only been in Seattle three made a wise choice. years, having come here and bought This packing plant Is located in al- a home to settle down and enjoy this most the very heart and center of TURK LEADER AND BRIDE The recent speeches advocating greater liberty for Moslem women which Kemal, the leader of the Turk Nationalists, has been making are supposed to be influenced in great measure the lady shown here. Sh tl i At nay a recently became the bride of the fing Whew The HoTTeR IT Gets The COLOER HE 8ecomes Seattle, under the very noses of some of the finest homes and homesttes [| have seen here, We are now adver |tising to the world our onderful climate and balmy bree the | South, etc, while it Is a fact that | whenever the breeze .does change during the night and blow from the south, thousands, yes thousands, of Seattle people wake up in their homes and our best hotels in a bed room filled with that nauseating stench from the packing houses, and start their day with Jungs, stomagh and eyes filled. In my opinion a city is judged by the way jt conducts itnelf, To allow auch a pest “to continue within t city is evidence to anyone who comes here that Seattle in NOT a’ city but Just @ great big settlement. 1 am told that there are legal ways to abate this nuisance and force tho| removal of this plant to « leas offen sive location, but that every time a move is made in that direction the— |weight of the money behind the| packing house succeeds in putting it off, putting it off, putting it off. Meantime the growth of Seattle as ja CITY ts retarded and thousands of | people who get off our overland basen, being met at the depot, which {is the city’s front door, |by such a stench, are Aiegusted | at thelr very first impression. Then i¢ the friends they meet / heré are not careful to keep| them off the beautiful drive on Bea jcon Hill they wil) find that same! stink hanging like a pall over one! of our best residence districts. Mr. Editor, if you went to call on some | one and found that they kept a pet/ skunk in their front vestibule, what | would you think? Things like this are one of the real | measures of a city, and when I drive! along in the lovely morning alr and then turn down into the business section and moet this odor, Phooey! Phooey! Phooey!!! I certainly pause | jand wonder if I have not made a| |mistake in choosing this as a loca-/| tion for my home and family. There are other things also a Measure of a real city, much as the! condition of the streets in our whole. sale section, the condition of most of the street railway crossings in our very best retall streets, location of electric light poles 18 inches Into the driving area in one of our very im portant retail streets, etc., that have caused me to reflect on my choice of a home. Tho existence of these things are bad enough, but when they are allowed to continue and are passed as normal and ordinary it is certainly visible evidence to any one looking this place over as a prospec: tive home for family or Vusiness that the ruling element here does not know the first principles of city management. Every city has its back yard and its dump, but any city really trying to impress the world Editor The Star; The evening of March 7 will con- tinue to be a memorable event in the lives of those who were present in the social service room of the Seattle Y. M. ©. A., for, on that evening, there was obtained a new outlook and a new vision. And as many of the men present are still young in years, the resultant influ ence will be that much the-greater. The speaker of the evening was known to many and his namo at- tracted a large group, He was— Mr. ‘Henry Re King, achiever, friend of young men, exemplar of good citizenship, an {deal Christian gen- tlemant! As the speaker arone ft was in. teresting to any a#tudent of human nature to note the attitude and facial expressions of the listeners, The| magnetism of Mr. King’s personal: ity, the modesty of the good man, the fervor and alncerity — these weemed to penetrate the very heart and soul of the more carnest ones present. Yes, the storios were splendid and gladdened the hearts of everyone, ————— Thoroughness Characterizes our methods im ery. tranaactio: nd our cus. ere ai every cou vid mph mS with sound Dual 4% Paid on Savings Accounts Accounts Subject to Ci Cordially tnviteas AT® Peoples Savin, ND AVE. AND PIKE ST. SATURDAY 1923 MARCH 17 Pacific Northwest Lumber builds every third Home IS } become that it now totals one-t y° enormous has the output of Pacific Northwest lumber bird of the nation’s chief building material. Every third home in tha United Btates could be constructed of Pacific Northwest lumber Forests of the East are fast disappearing and the vast sums of lumber money that once flowed to the Great Lakes aud Gulf States are now coming to Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Wach year this volume of gold becomes greater. Those states have one-half of the country’s siaidiag timber, Twenty years ago the Pacific Northwest cut only one twelfth of the country’s lumber. In 1920 29 per cent of the nation’s total output came from this section and in 1922 more th thr million board feet, n 32% per cent valued at $376 Bhipments last yedr from these mounted to eleven billion, two hundred and fifty ,000,000 This was an increase of more than $119,000,000 over the previous year. Founded 1870 enviable position. in the prosperity of the lumber Industry. Seattle, 8 the center of this vast business, Ite people and business houses al! share enjoys an The Dexter Horton National, the city’s oldest bank, for more than half a century has been closely identified with the upbuilding of the Pa cific Northwest's lumber industry. ry Resigns Chainer Membership Editor The Star ‘The Btar in doing fine work in be- half of the King county taxpayers. Inclosed copies of letters convey my Cc, W. OLSON. THE LETTERS Coast Advertisers’ Service, March 13, 1922 Col. George B. Laniping, Port of Seattle, Seattle, Wash. Dear Sir: I have been reading of your efforts in behalf port affairs and would have, you know that the rank and file of King feelings. county residents and taxpayers are} behind you. Keep upsthe good work, George. You are doing fine. of Seattle's! Coast Advertisers’ Service, March 13, 1923. Secretary, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Arctic Bidg., | Seattle, Wash. | Dear Sir: 1 haye been a resident jof King county 20-odd years—ac- |tively engaged In the above business |for 20 years—never a member of the chamber of commerce until about a year ngo, at which time I was in- |formed the chamber was making a | drive for larger membership with the idea of doing big things for Seattle and King county. The party solicit- | !ng me admitted that previous to that jtime (1. ¢., March, 1922), the chamber had been largely controlled by selfish |interesta. I find, however, it's the same old dog, but with a different wag to the tall. Hence please accept resixnation, with its desirability asa home should surely keep its front yard, which is its business district and its retail district, in a presentable condition. T was never a knocker, but I be lieve in honest, well meant ofiticism. 1 came here to live, and frankly, I am getting disgusted with things I see here which are bad, very bad, and which the native calmly passes Ag good enough. The railroads find Chamber of Commerce are spending a lot of money this year to adver. tise Seattle and attract people here Seattle, Seattle! Are you going to invite these people here without putting your house in order to re- ceive them? Agitation for the re- moval of these packing houses from your midst should be started at once and continued without let-up until successful. Yours truly, A. V. OTER. Tribute to Henry R. King and then there King became serious. What followed, the reference to a pause—Mr. | his own | founa early struggles, how he Christ, the admonition to serve, and then the beautiful end- ing will work a great change in ;Many of those who were fortunate jenough to hear his eloquence, Perchance one or two or more of the people assembled that evening found the secret {to great echieve- ment, to real ving, to Christian life. And as the influence is con- tinued from generation to genera- tion, who can gauge the outcome? That will be enough to make the name of Henry R. King {mmortal. His body we shall see no more, but his cordial smile and his buoy- ant spirit will suffice to give cheer and confidence and hope to many of us In the performance of our daily drudgery, and in the happy moments of inspiration and aspiration. The transition from life to the in- jrisihie make these words of Tenny- on Very appropriate: “A life in civic action warm, A sou} on highest mission sent.” LE GEN NAIRE. ol pebenian Nickel iand Seldom Dime” Editor The Star: I suggest that the honorable school board try the following on its offi- clal plano: Let mother change That hides behind the clock; While father digs into his jeans And grandma empti t her sock, Now rifle baby’s toy bank, Or shake the dimes and nickels out, And send your savings all to school— The thrift campaigners are about. seek the household kitchen Philanthropists who stand ace high, And altruists of note and fame, Stand bojdly in the foremost rank To bolster up the “thrift cam- paign.” Without money—sans a price; With no reward, or cke a gift, They strive to “catch them while they're young” To plant the seeds of “save and thrift.” Now save your dears, - Nor overlook the widow's mite; The “service’ man {s “on your trail"— Camping on it day and night. This ts the road to wealth, ’tis said, But whose the road they do not say; Enough for you to save and save And get the habit while you may. pennies, chiidren Forego the candy and the gum: A bas the all-day sucker, too; They need the money at the bank, And so, young man, they're after you. Get busy! Shake the family down— And turn your pockets inside out; They're going to catch you if they can— The thrift campaigners are about, THE RINGMASTER. R re Suen << ©. F, Dalley Company Inc, Black Paste ShoePolish Positively the only polish that will shine oily or damp shoes -No disagreeable odor QUALITY QUANTITY Hasthe largest sale in America Buffalo, N. Y. __=7 ny —