The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 20, 1924, Page 6

THE SEATTLE TAR WEDNESDAY The Seattle Star Newapape Give Reclamation a Chance HE “joker” Work's dec but one of t ernment’s rec insolvent is exposed by an article fro Texas, pr Secretary C. B. Hudspet nted elsewh Hudspeth went to the director of x that 14 of the cts by Work hi i. How, t r 1 they be expecte back the investment? of then Of the oth . were pr HWinancially in ratio to their development, and pri ‘all were coming up to the expectations of the builders * The information revealed by Hudspeth, coming fror ithe reclamation director himself, shows that Secretary Work was misinformed when he made his att spublic reclamation, or else he so misrepresent pease as to prejudice the country against government recla ‘mation projects. ? The facts found by a Texas congressm: jterior department certainly ought to be able to the head of the interior department, and i but f Mo expect that Secretary Work should correct the mis- impression he has created, if he really wants to give Sgovernment reclamation a chance to succeed see )) Real booze recently arrived from Scotland labeled “Canned Goods.” * Ah, the canny Scot. ‘ P : A Skagit Accountant EEP your eye on th an investigation 0 ‘Skagit project to date. The ordinance, as drawn by Counc 1 Tindall, pr ides for both engineers and accountants on the investi- gating commission. ' There has been a strong undercurrent of opposition toward having an accountant included, and a great hooray made over selecting a commission of engineers only. ) That kind of an inquiry won't satisfy the public. The axpayers want a commission that will go into EVERY branch of the Skagit work. And, if some persor clined to want to ward off an accountant on the ¢ imission, that’s all the more reason there should be one. PL, Calling a bootleg-drinker » “scofflaw” lacks reach and lucidity. “Tho is better, ordina id expenditure on the t council work » prov _ Leading a double life-may get you thru Just twice as quick. The Next War by year, in every way, war is getting better and better, the scientists tell u ‘That is, each shinning new year sees science with some new gas capable of wiping out whole cities. Each year finds improvements in airplanes, in mines submarines, and in instruments for maintaining | Comes now another scientist to say that wars, year y year, are becoming more merciful. That is, we kill ople efficiently; but science saves them equally effi- tly. Masks offset gases, caves defy guns, synthetic pds match hunger blockades, et cetera. Science of tection is working just as energetically as the science > isn’t science wonderful! Scientists race with each other ways of destroying life. Others race equally ener- tically with each other finding ways of saving it. The jet result is a total foss. | And aren’t human beings marvelous contraptions? mowing in advance that the next war will be a total because science tells them so, they race into it. in Indianapolis decide war has lost its glamour. Then it has everything it had. week seems to be Investigation week in Washington. Booze Habit Falling Off HE average Englishman is drinking only a third as much whisky, gin and brandy as 30 years ago. Beer rinking similarly has fallen off nearly a fourth. High prices of booze and restrictions on drinking hours re the causes of all this. Also it reflects the slow but beady progress toward world moderation in drinking, if | ultimate prohibition. A school to teach farming by mail is being started. First lesson should “How to Borrow Money.” ctor Morawetz, famous economist, has married, so his theories may in for a great surprise. “The scientific name for laziness {s ergophobia, but even this won't scare lazy people. ANY a man now living can recall when they began to unpack Old King Tut from his elaborate tomb. Me was secreted in a system of coffins witlrin coffins, ike Chinese boxes within boxes. ‘Carter and his crew finally have gotten thru to the case that encloses Tut’s mummy like a diver’s suit. = Now it is announced it will be a year before this gold x will be opened and the real mummy revealed. They d better guard the tomb closely for some clever Ameri- Mm press agent will get a big idea, and when the gold is opened in 1925 it will be found to contain a sign: ‘Smoke Punko Cigaret: Ss of us have an idea that heaven is a place where there is enough Tuck to go around. An Opportunity | boy has a chance to become president, but few take it. LETTER, FROM | \V RIDGE PANN February 20, 1924. Dear Folks: When breezes blow with a breath of spring, I sense the scenes that they strive to bring. I go and stroll where the ships are found, and walk the wharves of tho Puget Sound. I taste the tang of the salty breeze, and dream of sailing the seven seas. The silver sheen of the scene begulles my errant fancy to distant isles; to trackless trails into lands afar, where shifting sights and adventures are. . + On Fancy's pinions my soul flies free, to foreign fields I have longed to see, I watch the waves as they rise and fall, and hear them lapping the luring call, “Come follow us, as we go before, to every nation and land and shore!” . . . In visions, then, I begin to roam—the whole wide world {s my spirit’s home. A ship is loading, its hull is full; it longs to go as its hawsers pull. Its gleaming decks, as they look at mo, invite me with them to sail the sea... . It slowly steams down the gleaming bay—and takes my heart as a stow- away!” lis off Mindanao, P jin the navy seaplane [ My, Oh My! Isn’t He the Playful Rascal rhe LOPR | BY ROBERT TALLEY WAsHinaton, Feb. 20—You ne der @ \ r how favorite t« gets stuff | | | a8 profitad! nited Sta ureau here y nothing to stop, @ alcohol yored with the proper fmmediately becomes Irish whisky, vermouth, ao or any other “booze” the bootlegger desires, a $3 bottle muffictent to Color? “Coloring, one pint, $3; very strong.” says an ad. Bead? To produce those tiny, olly bubbles that co aser that th © is added 4 ounces, $3; four “genuine stuff" t “Bead oll, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS YOU can get an answer to any question of fact or info tion by writing to The Question ‘ditor. Ww and marital iven, nor can ¢ fe Undertaken. quests cannot be EDITOR. Q. Who was called the mare of Europe’? A. Tho first Napoleon, cee “Night. Q. Where is the deepest place In the oeran? A. The deepest place yet found pine Islands, iflc ocean. It ts is near Porto Rico and is 31,366 feet. Q. At what temperature should the home be kept in winter? A. The Public Health Service says 70 degrees. oe. Q. Who was the father of the American patent system? A. Thomas Jefferson, who drew up the earliest patent laws, and while he was secretary of state un- der Washington, gave his personal consideration to every appl that was made for a patent. oe Where {s gold first mentioned in the Bible? A. In the 11th verse of tho sec- ond chapter of Genesis. It Is also mentioned as ono of tho elements of Abraham's riches in Genesis xill.;2, eee How long does it take an airplane to crosa the Atlantio ocean? A. Commander A. C. Reed, U, 8, N., crossed the Atlantic May, 1919, NC-4 in 16 Frieda’s Follies LIVING in California, IT IRRITATES to have all the credit FOR CHIC given to the Hast. 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Aleocts and Lieut. n crossed in a Vimy Rolls m Newfoundland to Ire- une, 1919, in one day—that| 9. three feet wida The! height of the sleeper from floor tol oranges th root fs nine feet. | tency 2 ec6 j " How 4id the word “salary”! originate? | tacitita This word in Latin means! higher price salt. The first money paid soldiers! ing frost dan, see so it was called salary, or money, Poasibly th ut 60) “Not worth hia salt,” feet tional point by this derivation. | salt! There seems, old saying,| for the coincld: aiman sleepe berth ts abo: a us fruit groves SUPER-POWER It’s Meaning to the Public, to Electric Light and Power Service and to Investors. The public hears much of “Super-Pow What is it? Electrical engineers answer that it is a linking to- gether of existing electrical power lines, so as to enable the systems of the various utilities whose lines are so con- nected, to render continuous, efficient and economical service to the customers of all, by an interchange of power, supplying shortage in some systems by means of & surplus in others. It is in no sense a combine of power companies, as each operates independently. or systems, rages 1 hey obtain i ane less capital is s equipment. ee 2. It eliminates need for emergency plants that ld rwiee bbe required. In order to insure continaity of seroice, preaticaty every hydro-electric plant built in previous years has back of it a steam plant, ready to generate electricity should there be a need fort. 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