The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 17, 1924, Page 6

PAGE 6 140T Seventh Ave United Press Serv @ months 03.00, yee Special Representatives San Francisce eo office. Tribune Bidg.; New Terk effica Boston office, Tremont Bidg. Why Not Seattle? ELL, Los Angeles got the Olympic ga Why didn’t we get , insteac Didn't start early enough, maybe. Never thought about Didn’t think we had a chance Couple more big political conventions coming in 1928 Probably some city’s thinking about getting one of right now, Might as well be Seattle. Houston got the annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, for 1925, London had it this year. Might as well have been us. There'll be another convention in 1926, You've got to think of these things early and keep ham mering at ‘em to get anywhere. If we want a national political convention here in 1928 now’s the time to start going after it. Let's go! nes for 1928 it. em A boy of 9 who drove off in a stolen auto in Louisville, Ky., In the wrong direction If You're in a Rut iB YOU'RE in a rut and lack a fillip to life, why not try this was going Buy a lot somewhere on the Sound or a Seattle lake and emigrate to it. Build yourself a new home there, little by little, planning it to realize the dreams about a home you've had (if you’re a regular guy) for all these years. You can’t lose on that proposition, brother. Water- front homes will be at a premium in 10 years; worth twice or three times what they are now. But that’s a detail. What really matters is that you'll get the biggest kick of your life out of messing around with the thing and getting a thrill, vicariously, as a pioneer. We don't know who tost the war, but Europe seems to be hunting for it. Turning Garbage Into Gold ONDON, England, expects soon to be lighting its streets with power obtained from the fuel in its garbage. We are entering an age in which economies like this will be the basis of the great new fortunes. Natural re- sources have made many millionaires. They are virtually cornered in every direction and the cream skimmed off. Economy and short-cuts—these, young man, are the fu- ture roads to riches. Chemistry in particular is a won- derful field for the oncoming generation. Ancient alchemists sought to turn lead into gold. Our generation in effect turns garbage and scrap heaps into gold. Things are so quiet over in Ireland now many of the small children think every day ts Sunday. Prohibition: Have We Got It? AVE you heard about Herman P. Faris? He’s the national prohibition party’s candidate for president. People in other countries will look puzzled and say: “I thought the Yankees already had prohibition. Why runa candidate on a dry platform?” Another angle of “prohibition”: Historic Plymouth Rock is being damaged by empty liquor bottles smashed against it by tourists. Some interpret this as fretful protest. Every time taxes take a jump they land on the consumer’s neck. Rust and the Damage It Does UST will destroy 2,500 million dollars’ worth of iron and steel this year in our country, estimates W. J. Overbeck, official of du Pont company of Chicago. The mineral resources of the world are being gradually destroyed by corrosive action of the air and by friction. As for the present, we'd never have boom business if everything weren’t constantly wearing out and having to be replaced by the new. Some of the college graduates have the polish of a college education without the education. Our Worst Enemy RMY worms by countless millions have been destroy- ing crops lately in Middle Western states. In many places, they looked like squirming carpets on the fields. A battle for supremacy on this earth is on, between man and insects. We are rapidly conquering disease germs, Insects are conquering us. Boll weevil, for instance, Evidently some of the buzzing presidential bees were considered hum- Bugs. Red Talk Safety Valve YSTERICAL anti-Red activity is waning, reports American Civil Liberties union. That’s apparent. The day may even return when people can speak their minds in public, before crowds, without fear of interfer- | OnBoy/ Hoe iT DoesxT Turn OUT B Be A Rixilica, MIRAGE THE SEATTLE STAR ) 7, 1924 — elie = — \n Oasis at Last Australia || Looks Best at a Distange BY ALBERT APPLI at ‘ ‘ . ae {and the Japs ENGLAND as raty 2 aaa Wack, Maur A Before then, the at th the y vite, read tree centurie € g ag It I 1632 r iknown English progressive ght the first over from France, “the good old d € at thelr » . er used a fork He er eve I ’ J been a sight to watch people eat an t e “good Tasr pr: " thevahr ‘SEWAGE syster ere not ir zood old dayas ‘ aus © Refuse and dist the gutter Small wonder plag r I c € f the J No one had ru kitch ath, ‘ ates » ing water in buc a tance or buying it from > ‘ ¢ jwater cart the People bathed 19 r « in t eldom that the I perfumes ig 7 Hocht Bhim- | order to get within spea ce of each other withog pes Lea sal Mev uspecting that a regiment of skunks was at large, Japanese from the United State It was an age of discomforts and inconveniences, Ne must Inevitably foster the labor-saving devices had been invented fc °s. Womeg Hy y Ele op Mi as wn : ns worked themselves into their graves prer the snatbitity y the aan Ignorance and medical superstition were frightful, © of suc Morals several centuries ago were so lax that by ay of parison, the jazz tendency of our generatior tame, NDICATIONS are that the democra campaign this | year is g to be the speuk | Ingest campaign of them alt. | John W. Day a st been @ graceful and easy speaker, and is net averse to being heard in public, His habit of life, here tofore, has been unhurried and contomplative, however, and it in likely many a speech has been generated in his system without ever having been let out Now he will have to let them all out Because— There's Brother Charile. If the ex.amb © doesn’t want this to be Gov. Bryan's campaign, instead of his own, he'll have to keep his feet on Bryan already has the stump QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS YOU can wet an answer to any uestion of fact or informa- tlon by writing to The Question Editor, Washington Bu- reau, 1 r Washington, D. C., inclosin nts in stampa for ‘reply. Med legal marital advice cannot be nor can extended res dertaken. Unsigned not be answered.— given, Q. What should one do for plants infested with white flies and green bugs? A. Spray them with @ mizture of| 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls of nicotine sul- ounce of soap dissolved in it, eee Q. What {1s the address of the} National Association of American Hons Pigeon Fanciers? . 6723 Dittman 8t, Tacony, Piliodelpnta, Pa. see Q. How did cinquefoll, or five- fingered grass, get its name? What 1s the nature of this grass? A. The name is in allusion to its | five leaflets. It forms by its long runners a thick covering on dry and sterile soils. Its bright yellow blossoms are quite showy. eee Q. Is it true In every litter of timber wolves one dog is born which is killed by its parents? A, It is not true, What are the restrictions placed on its purchase? A, It is slightly intoricating, but it (s also poisonous, There are no restrictions placed against its pur- chase. Q Is propy? alcohol Intoxicating?| | | phate to a gallon of water with 1-2) * | | | Governor Bryan’s Platf or By Lowell Mellett from Davis yesterday ainstakingly to survey landscape. ay the Nebraskan ng the wild waves at Atlantic City and without any pains whatey po: guage of the N ’ cn, “His Own Platforn of it follows “Wo believe in economical, efficient and fair government It ts only when the government fails the people that they be- come dismatisfied and there are formed such radical bodies as the I. W. W. = We have not failed, for example, the poople of Nebraska. They stane by their government there. They have confidence in it, because they know that they do not have to resort to any other means to obtan relief fro y oppressing situation. “There is good grounda for this confidence. We have re duced taxes 18 per cent. As governor, I numer of employes on the roll of the state from 610 to 2 without lows of governmontal ef- ficiency, and this within six months after I took office “We have reduced the coxt of road building 2/, per cent, elim- inating collusion in the bidding, Letters ve reduced the - Appreciation Editor T Dear Sir: In regards to the sports: men's show, if you have a few |lines to spare I for one wish to thank them for the way they put that show Star |up, as I think that it is the most wonderful that I have ever seen, and here's hoping we have one every year, Yours very truly. JUDSON WILLARD, 1600 15th Ave. W. Giving Credit Editor The Star: In the years that I hav> been a subscriber to The Star, I am fully convinced that it stands for princl- ple and truth. “Was it an oversight on tho part of The Star not to mention the FROM STAR All letters to The Star must have name and address. My question is this: | by threatening competition, forced the gravel trust to make | 3 per cent cut in prices over We have reduced the price of | coal of al! kinds from $3 to $5 a ton by simit methods, 1 of. fered and did furnish coal to municipalides and homes at wholesale, I have been selling to 158 towns and ska, buying it in cities in this forced the coal combing | to reduce its prices “Likewise, we establishod gas filling stations operated by the We got our pumps going se weeks ago, and they had been golng three days when the gasoline trust reduced its price from 23 cents to 17 cents a gallon. This was done in the capital, and T have not! fied the oll combine that unless gasoline ts reduced to 15 cents the time of my return, with- in the next 10 days, I will order {t put on sale by the state in alt sections. | “The people saved $10,000,000 last year by our coal stand and will save $600,000 a month in gasoline, “I mention these things, not because of any pride of achieve- | ment, but to show how a gov- | ernment, federal or otherwise, should operate economically, ef- ficlently and with the thought of the people's welfare continu- ally foremost.” Readers state t only be rectified and credit given where credit ts due, I am in a position to know that his work is highly commended thruout the Scuthern and Eastern states. Very sincerely, JEWEL E. BOSLER, 510 Thomas st, Wants Pay Editor The Star: I worked for Mayor Brown during his election 10 days. All I got was @ fino letter saying he would help mo if I ever should need help any time. I thought I was getting $5 a day for handing out his literature. 1 am out $20 of my own money. I have called on Mayor Brown several times lin regards to this matter. recept of the Ea definite signs th among the colored rave camps, which would be a thing for the world in general The editor of the Hochi Shim. bun practically admits that when he places the résponsibility of the consequences upon the shoul- ders of the American senate. We can foresee nome very difficult and delicate work ahead for both British and Australian — politi clans and diplomatists. It is to be hoped that those who will be called upon to do this work will be men of broad on. At such a time absolute co-operation and o y la Cast out the seorner, and e& understanding between Aystra Sn Ee yi lia and the mother country will pure Rik £5 tion shall go out; yea, strife Se aacceadten. Wa fm aah wish s may ?| \reproach shall cease. Prov, 2244 5 to raise gloomy forebodings, or exclusively a ee x to Iny ourselves open to the bolsh evik HE reproach of a friend chargé of being scaremongers; idea, but it||+ ve *trictly Just, but not topg at the same time it is as well t 4. | jauent-—Budeell. for the general public to realize seems to at-|| — a and give serious thought to any tain a defi-|| From license fees alone the B such big international problems | nite end, ish Broadcasting Co. gets a that may lie le ahea lof about $1,190,000 a year, Crime was far more prevalent than now. take a short stagecoach trip between town carrying a brace of pistols. Men were impri No one afely * el oned for debt, HE “good old days” have been painted in romantic color by fiction writers. That’s why they s¢ artractive ds people today. But if you could turn the clock back a fey hundred years and li return ticket promptl A fiction writer ma the life of those times, you'd buy a an old-time dungeon alluring, mantic, adventurous. Truth is, the dungeon was damp, edd, dark, infested with rats, reeking with lice. Guards wer: brutal. Justice was slow. Penalties were severe, Foot |was mainly mouldy old bread and water Romance? Good old days? It’s a jok Fine from a distan The good old days are NOW. Sez Dumbell Dud:|( A THOUGHT: Shooting | | | YOSEMITE ECONOMY RUN RECORDS prove ZEROLEN E | increases gasoline mileage For years this company has claimed that Zerolene, be- cause it lubricates better, enables the average car to go about five percent farther on a gallon of gasoline than when other oils are used. A few weeks ago this claim received the most remark- able confirmation in the results of the annual Los Angeles- Camp Curry (Yosemite) Economy Run. Six out of the seven trophies offered, including the sweepstakes, were | won by Zerolene-lubricated cars. The sweepstakes winner, an Overland Model 92, driven by Joe Bozzani, travelling the 400 miles of desert and mountain roads, aver- aged 29.36 miles to the gallon of gasoline—an achievement which the 1924 contest rules made all the more remark- ible as they forebade coasting or stopping the engine. E The following extract from Mr. Bozzani's letter shows how Zerolene stood up under the gruelling conditions of the contest: “In the Overland cars the oil lu- winning the 1924 Yosemite Econ- omy Sweepstakes greatly to the . use of Zerolene in the motor and ae Red Crown in the tank.” Right here, in the official records of this economy run classic, is your answer to the oil question. Why pay tribute to the superstition that east- ern oil, merely because it costs more and is made in the East, is in some Ho said ok bricates the transmission units as well as the motor. Yet in spite of the terrific heat encountered while travelling through the Mojave des- ert, when the ultimate check was made I found greatly to my sur- ence by police or self-appointed guardians of Uncle Sam. ° Oratory is the radicals’ safety valve. That’s all most Sh WER DE cusisen Soa) £0 F168.08 of them want to do—talk. No real danger, in our re- gue huldapl ide beste Serato Hay public, until the safety valve of free speech is tied down, , ‘i i tety A. It is caused, usually, by the Average “radical” is just a volcano of words. gas in the fruit being driven out by the heat of the cooking. There artist's name who so beautifully re- |his secretary would took after it for produced the mountain and the falls | me, so this is the last I have heard at tho Sportsmen's show?* of it. Mr. Monette possibly conceived | I signed up at their headquarters, the idea, but Mr. L. S. Updyke, a jor they put me on the list there. T well-known Seattle artist, did the |should have asked about getting pay work, Airplanes are becoming more common. The upkeep doesn’t worry people as much as their keeping up. Summer, at times, is a blessing. trousers of Pullman passengers. LETTER, In Kentucky, robbers got all the of Innsbruck, and completed in LE 1350. CS “} Pe a) HEN Mr. Mann of Anytown took | favorable and mortality experience (California) Q. What 1s a rheostat? out life insurance he learneda|on elderly overweights has been Dear aoe A, An instrument by thich a] fgw things about weight that he had | eaually unfavorable. z . variable or adjustable resistance| not thought about before, Tho age of 35 becomes the dividing 9 One thing I always brag about to any recent-comer 1s this: “There isn’t any doubt {t never rains {n summer!” I warbled just the other day, “No other place is drier”—and then a shower came our way, and made mo out a liar! By golly! It was wet, at that—a julcy half an hour! It sonked generator, etc, for envy! thelr normal weight before 35 and w my shoes and socks and hat, ke any Eastern shower. 1 crossed Statistics gathered by tho Insure} {oY Pounds under tho average weight the street, or, lke as not, I very nearly swam it, and then I OL AREA AE AnetOMT er ance ‘companies ‘cover a broad. field | net, sought a sheltered spot to stand around and damn tt. fe Pn edie Caren Tot | of undorwolght and overweight flg:| conattered ey unread overwalght ts But while I watched ft falling there, like tiny bouncing bubbles, Prva ‘aifforent prtaale, Veil Waa: uring, and framework and general) fauity living or its Masel Cie hash T saw a vision tn the alr that drove away my troublen ‘Thora || fount, cancclally, m form of tndyo, | Duvsical structuro enter into many | physical, hundicen, Te camo before my, olear and plain, those childhood days ecstatic, || tionncoil used tn alternaling-curront| Of tt considerations, Somo 16 or 20 pounds overweight when I havo heard the falling rain while playing in tho attic. However, mortality ugo of 35 \ ayatema of electrical distribution, bi r, mortality experience on | after the age of 35 should be a signg Who hasn't known tho childish Joys thone raining days wero {| youthful underweights tas been un woe bringing? They carried wistful dreams for boys, and set our fancies winging! In house or barn, the darkened skies—the voico of raindrops falling, put visions in our youthful eyes; we heard Adventure calling! And these are sights that I could see within our summer shower; from out the Past they brought to me a pleasant half an hour, So here's a little after-thought the shower left behind it: In everything some good is Dee for those who try to find it! does not appear to be any home method of getting rid of it other than by forcing it out with a knife or spoon. “* Q. Who were the architects of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? A, It was begun by Bonannus of Pisa in 1174, continued by William may be introduced into a circuit to regulate the strength of a current, as in the field coils of a motor or which a current of high potential is transformed to one of lower poten. tial, or vice versa, H eee Q. Who was Enoch Arden? ‘A. The hero of @ poem by Tenny- ton, He was shipwrecked and forced to spend many yoare on an unin- habited island. When rescued at last, he returned home to find hig wife re-married, Unwilling to disturd her happiness, he doca not revent his identity untit ha death, Personally, I know the artist to be unassumbing and averse to seek ing vain glory for himself. How- ever, a host of friends, as well as myself, feel that the error should jfor my work. But I saw the others It going out with literature to hand around from house to house, so 1 did the same as tho rest did, so 1 camo out the little end of the horn, Respectfully, i. BW, HARDY, FABLES ON HEALTH WATCH SURPLUS FLESH | Many men to whom ho had for- merly pointed to as “fine, big spec. mens” suddenly seemed less cause line, It is pointed out that the low: est mortality 1s found among those Who average just a few pounds over to got in and reduce, prise, the gauge showed absolutely no use of oil whatsoever. “Gentlemen, I think this is re- markable. I attribute my success in STANDARD OIL COMPANY mysterious way “better.” Experi- enced drivers, out to make records, don’t share that superstition—why should you? » a / even tf itdoes — Cost less