Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-21
1.-THE man who refuses to subscribe

Ior MS nome paper, says Cne WHIT
sett Courier, land yet borrows it from
his neighbor as soon as it leaves the
press, would drop nickel with hole
in it in the contribution box at church,
sigh because the hole wasn't bigger,
and then go home and do without sugar
in his coffee for a week in order to
get even."
The searchlight is becoming the
bane of Cupid. He may think he. is
happily mad in the most secluded of
spots when suddenly the piercing rays
strike him squarely. The battleship
Louisiana was anchored off the shore
of the Hudson. river, where numerous
benches are occupied of summer even
ings. The sailor by chance one night
turned searchlight upon spooning
couple, and from that time on the
couple were pursued from one bench
to another by the telltale searchlight
until the shores were almost COM
pletely deserted in. the evenings. When
the Louisiana steamed down the river,
sigh of relief went up from thous-
ands. Exchange.
While the American government is
considering the question of dealing
with the Japanese who may desire to
come to this country, it may prove of
interest,". il, not of some value, to. take
into account the policy just adopted
by the government. Of. Brazil. The Rio
government has given it's sanction to
the establishment of two Japanese
colonies in the state of Rio Janeiro.
1t may prove of some value to
consider Brazil's experiment in this
particular, though the American
people are not without object lessons
nearer home in the matter of dealing
fairly with the Japanese.
In agricultural sections of Califor-
MIA and in the rice fields of Texas,
the Japanese have proved themselves
to be Industrious, useful and law
abiding. Indeed, little trouble has
been experienced with immigrants
from japan where they have settled
away from the cities of this country,
and the same remark might be made
with respect to other allen people.
New York's recent wave of crime.
was due largely to an unassimilated
foreign element of the city's popula
tion. In New Orleans one of the
gravest of police problems has grown
out of somewhat similar condition,
and much of the San Francisco trouble
seems to have originated in the same
way.
These conditions raise the question
whether the problem of dealing with
aliens in this country isn't really a
problem of the cities. Foreigners
who settle in rural sections usually
make good, honest, Industrious, law
abiding citizens. They respond quickly
to their new environment, and soon
develop into valuable asset.
1t may be that Brazil's experiment
with theJapanese will again emphasize
lesson bothAmericans and foreigners
should have learned long since in
this country. There is place and a
work for the Industrious alien in
America, but the place and the work
seem to lie quite beyond the limits
of the nations big centers of popu-
lation. The call is. from the untenanted
and untitled soil.-P. 1.
The Friday HarborJ ournal publishes
news story which illustrates the
beneficial results of farmer co-opera-
ton. 1t states that the Lopez Island
Telephone Company has sixty eight
subscribers located in different parts
of the island The company is simply
home organization Of farmers. The
system cost each man $15 and gave the
individual ownership of the instru-
ments. An annual maintenance
fee of Sc pays all operating expenses
and leaves good balance in the trea-
sury. Even the most distant and out
Of e-way points on : the island are
connected by the telephone, and a cen
trail station is supplied with salaried