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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
"s s$ THE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE
from hlgh.prioed company stores

from hiEhprioed company stores
Why don't these enthusiastic
ovRngellata first carry the true
Gospel message 10 the office Of the
coal trust and demand an honest
deal for the miners aud the public,
carry the message To the state leg
inlature and congress. and demand
honest laws. carry that message
10 the governor and the president.
and demand an honest enforcement
Of such laws. and finally carry inc
message 10 our courts and demand
an honest heRringf
When these eyanRelista do these
things. the miners viii have con.
fidence In their efforts. but until
then Il viii look 20 them much as
though tho eYnngellsta were hire.
linRa Of the eoai trust. working IN
their interest. not for Peace on
earth. good viii TO man" but for
peace under the earth and good
will toward the coal trust. which
would be much cheaper than
strikes and lockoutR.
A FRIEND.
nremerton, Wasff.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

The Editor The Star. ON your
editorial pages I notice sou ere
fighting the corporations and sweat
shops Tor not paying their girl en-.
pluyes better wages You have my
hearty approval Ia your cause. hpi
would Il not BE- better Idea To
20 back farther than the present
and better tho future By giving
more space to The parents ~ these
Girls. who marry and raise chll.
drun wlth no visible means 20 sup
port them until old enough 20 sup
port thcmaslveaf should any man
or woman marry and raise children
without stepping 20 consider whoth-
er they can support thea until suf
fcianily educated to SO oui "a the
wnrld and earn a decent living Tor
themselves. instead Of being thro~n
30 the mercy u aNeatahop and fac
tory tRAkmhatrrHf No
Tho parents ~ The most 81 these
girls ars ignorant. having no edn.
cation themselves. and. upon mar
rrlaE. Immediately proceed 20 raise
child after child. whlch they Hre
unable 20 support The result Ia
that our factories are filled with
these children. who arc Bnderfsd.
uBdorpaid and are never able TO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

OF the agricultural department sna
reducing her salary to $500 ! vss,
looked the matter up, and sogna
that Jaspar Wilson, son Of The 80
Rotary o. agriculture. wanted a.
place for some friend OF HI a
he took H. The little Southern I.ay
had no powerful friend. She has
gray hair. That was all
II was a new and almos, senn.
tional showing made hy Iouls
Brandeis before the interstate CON.
morce commission when he present,
ed HIS statistics and arguments "a
favor o. more efficient management
o. railroads. and II Is strange ina,
Chairman Knapp should have con.
spicuously absented himself from
the hearings during all this presen-
tauon.
II Il is Of any interest 70 the pub.
lie. that patient composite mar
make ready it's mind Tor the an.
n0uncement that the railroads win
be granted their increase OF rates.
We viii not say thar the cards are
stacked" II vin sufficiently er.
plain TO say that majority Of the
commission have what has been
termed "the railway nina Sin
cerely. RATH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
Postmasters May Come and Postmasters May Go
But They All Keep VIM. j. Colkett as Assistant
Present Deputy Has Been on
Job Since He Graduated
From College Some 80 Years
Ago.

PustmaHtors may come and post.
masters may so. but you're sure 70
find William John Colkett on the
job rs assistant He's been there
for more than 10 years. and it'a
all the more remarkable an achieve.
mcut when one learns that Il was
not until December 1 OF this year
that he was first protected by
clyil service rules.
hut W J Che seldom calls him.
self by his fun namel has other
claims for distinction besides this
postoffice Job He was the first
man 10 graduate from the Univer.
sity Of Washington. and put Il IN
your think cap right now that any.
one vino could az any time toll I'D
Mcany now professor ~ history ut
said institution. that ho was n
frecklcd faced freshman il some i'm.
portant bug
And there is stili another reason
for putting w ]. IN the hall Of
fame. Half Of the class Of 1850 OF
the University OF Washington.
which consisted of four members.
lives az bis home. said half being
Mrs ". J Colkett. nee Clara "
Lombard. and w. J himself In
pasaant. s, might be noted that Just
80 years after Perc and Mere Cob
kctt got their shoopakina, Marion
r. Colkptt. their only daughter.
graduated IN a class ~ 1850
Colkett started working in tho
postofgico az Seattle Immediately
after graduation. under q , Carr
he was tho only assistant and he
did everything nom making out
money orders % cleaning The yin.
doua He received tho munlfieent
sum ~ SCI a month at first This
vas gradually raised until his sal.
AIRY nov amounts 70 s. 600 year.
and be has large. wellappolntcd
office all for himself. with nice
mahogany furniture. and a atenog
raphor to take care Of his core,
spondence.
A little change from the life 81
assistant postmaster a. u used 60
be onca upon a timof There are
now 22i clerks. is2 carriers. 10
special delivery messengers aud
eight lahorcrn. 4sT altogether Col
kett used 20 do the Work OF all
these la 1850
Like a great many other llfs
long republicans. Colkstt used 20
BE- n democrat before tho great
cyclone ~ 1885 Bnt politics really
never worried w. , Republi
cans. democrats. standpaiteTs and
pops" won and lost lie asili ~.
mainea assistant postmaster fin
ie serving under bis seventh chief.
and he is only So now
During all this time Colkstt has
manifested a deep. though not o.
teutatloua interest In the welfare
of the city he saw rapidly crossing
up. Tie served for six years on the
achoolbuard. twu years az prrai
dent Under his supervision. about
100 HchoolroomH we're built. and
five children % his. all born In So.
aitle. have since made liberal use
OF some % these
All In all. Colkett iM quite a
famous man. Even the elements
conaplred 70 make him SO whnn be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
OBSERVATIONS

DON'T the girl behind after Christmas
PIKE ST dealer in ombstones SAYS he doesn't notice any
Christmas rush in his line.
DARE to do, welman and Or Cook 90, two bits a word
for telling how they failed do.
PARTY lines no longer exist says Jim nm And Jim
can see it everybody else ought to.
NEGRO porter ashed customer in Seattle barber shop
Saturday night Moral: Use safety
THAT New Yorker who voted for Rockefeller for 9 supreme
Judge maybe believed taking the short
$4,000 on the Johnson fight pictures.
Simply made mistake as to the public love Of high
GOVERNOR HAoLgY Of Missouri has been an ardent advo
ing 100 of fruit His orchard eloquent
speeches
IN ENGLAND sutfrasees get jail sentences and in washing
Ton hey get The ballot Come vest English and
up with the country
" Miss Elklns really duke If the duke wants
a change Of thought?
LARGE country, Big snow storm. Monday last. sen, 20
New Workers to the hospital and at San Diego fresh
1ned scs 002 ssy on T soy
does Bob take foT-socialss?
GENERAL FRED GRANT says every man should be .ol,,.,
merely for the moral upt Of military discipline Yes but can We
All aHofd he luxury at Sl5 per month?
STOPPED for not paying Tacoma street railway com
panies got an Injunction from federal
ness taxdodgng being included in business"
SEATTLE grocera viii not raise The price Of sugar ov. .
the rengTes have advanced the 20 on hundred
POUNDS However milk goes a quart today
MR. WALL, father Isabel aged g. excluded from yyo.b
decided that ie nepro ' b5 S 9nT By the
gro Wall asks why 15iGths white make her white
DICK WAITS Mountain View Cal marsba, boids tho r,
and bd gG 5 being sued BY two divorce.
70 resign sos 70 give MS entire time women perhaps
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
BALLENGERGTES AND COMMENTS
BY BYSTANDERS AND OTHERS
Being in Par, the seeears Report Ending June 80
1910

Being in Part seere,ars Ending June So
1910
Granting defects general they have
pshed purpose the mineral 20 be de
veopcd enormously the wealth Of tho
nation
aVcu bett Hurrahl"-The Guaaenheu Gang
federal the
OF the natural OF the
public situated for has been dem
the capable OF taking OF these quos
a
the states do h"-The A-,asamated Grabbing Clan
Transfer Cunningham claims Alaska from depart
% he Of appeals OF tho District Of Columbia
secretary decided that the people DO not
acting Judge
the eour,f"-The Innocent Bysander
Unknown unexporcd would have to cxpoa
location This would give reward to the dgcnt pros
pecor -.
dandy dIsent Observation-Disclosures OIL
Il would direct effective method OF control would
the sites u5o0oo acrcsl to the states
cts easier breaking separately than the whole
tied ossther"-Wesern Power Trust
projects undertaken since March
prior primary projects had been under
On March 1902 sanlpssr Interior
department
The large parks gradually opened tor
and and Tor the
preservation OF their natural features.
Ideal co 20 h"-0rand chorus OF Everybody N
quenied people with that o.
great national and mountain In which
they found.
parks placed last In the
~adina through what be the
farewell Of Richard ssnss secretary Of the Interior
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
@nhtimAtesS1x1
correspondence

Washington. y C.. Dec. Z.
Dear Dad Forty six years ago ia
the little town OF Winchester. Va.
there were two sisters. daughters
~ a Southern gentleman. the prom.
iuent and wealthy resident OF the
town. The two sisters we're beauu.
ful. OF sweet. retiring natures. popu.
lar. and with every wish gratified
that social prominence and wealth
could grant The world looked
bright and promising. But one dark
night the girls were awakened by
the negro butler. and we're told that
General Sheridan was in possession
% the town. and that their house
had been taken as a temporary hos.
pitAi
In the morning they went down
stairs 10 find the wounded lying on
the floor IN every room and in the
halls That was the beginning Of
the end The home was swept
away. Their father and their for.
tune went. and when the war was
over the tao sisters we're glad 70
accept the assistance 81 an old fam
ilg friend. who secured them clerical
appointments IN the government
service here In Washington. The
health ~ one sister failed. The 9th.
er worked for both. and rendered aid
20 relatives ia the south who were
less fortunate than she She be
came an expert IN the disbursing
Office. aud the long years OF ex.
pericnce Nerc rewarded BY promo.
tons. which finally brought her
81 200 a year. She Was protected by
The civil service ayaicm--or thought
she ~as. But one day. not so very
long ago. she bad note from the
department head "dcmoting' her
from her place IN the dlabursing
office 20 a clerkship In the library
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

Editor Star. The Pittaburg
evangelist committee IL EuinK to
carry the Gospel hundreds of feet
beioN the surface Of the earth 10
the miners working in the Hrimy.
dnsky depths Also open air meet.
lugu all be- held AZ the noon hours
Nuw. that IL all yefy well for the
benefit % the souls OF the miners.
and y also AuFurE veil Tor tho
peace 81 the fat pocketbooks ~ the
coal trust, bat II viii not help the
starved minds aud muscles % the
miners. nor viii Il be % much
consolation 20 tho starved and
emaciatsd wives aud children
housed IN those grim. chesrless
company.owned houses. and Fed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

cope Alth the better educated class
Of children ia their old age
Children should be thought Of
and planned for Instead OF being
caat into the world ignorant and
hulpluah
! am sure that an article 10 your
paper on the subject occasionally
would srcatly help 90 better the
coming generations.
J. y. BRESLiN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
MARY BAKER EDDY

triumphant life hers possibly Influential
hereditary who lived
est her s siu OF the day
cities melt like mist away.
hut footsteps In the sand-oudure"
Eddys influence Of but these
nothing the school Of thought and the spiritual at
mosphere she spread through lands
hundred churches
Catholic and the
Science II prediction fulfilled the OK Mary
Baker Eddy viii live long in human history.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

You'd better keep siill or some.
thing will happen 10 you said the
tired mother to inquisltive Edwin.
Curiosity killed a cat, you know
Edwin was so impressed b. tbs
that he kept silent for two mlnuia
Then: Say. ma. what Was Il that
cat wanted 70 know7"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
THE STRUGGLE FOR AIR

Chicago proposes limit the height skyscrapers 10
stories and thus to protect public rights in air and sunshine
England has OF hghta which
landlords from shutting of the daylight their neghb0
Il Is wen have similar America. before
Hight wholly Of metropolitan skies. and before In
proposition
tie the air and sell II the quart
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

Here are few wet statistics.
The Pacific ocean water weighs o48,-
600 900 900 900 900. 900 tons and the
water in the Atlantic about one
third as much. To stow away the
contents Of the Pacific Il would be
necessary 20 nm a tank a mile long
a mile wide and a mile deep every
day for A years The Pacific GOV.
ers 6S,000000 miles, the Atlantic
100000. and the Indian ocean.
Arctic and Antarctic, 1900. 600 It
would take all the sea water IN the
world 1000 900 years to flow over
Niagara.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
EMPIRES STAR TO-DAY

The United population whole slightly
more than 20 per cent In the last 10 But this ratio
ceeded all the from three certain localities
The biggest growth OF 180th meridian which
the twain from north
IRENE North the Pacific coastts
takes It's these big
begun They the lands OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

ny Mail. out OF city-30 cents for one mor,h =.
cents Tor two months. 70 cents for three nos,s
twenty-five cents per month when aubacriutinn !,
for thr.o months or more.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
I'm the Editors Mali

Will be printed In this column
anything anybody long personal malice
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

Wall 81. had presidents message
several days before C. P. Bat VITO
In thunder IL G. p?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
STAR DUST

There's n gift ia each closet.
And mystery roiEua
The coalbi Is loaded with
Toys. dolls aud canes.
"Tla a while before Christmas
but each one IL wise
To the present that's for him.
So where's the hurpriaeT
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

What do you intend 10 DO with
the 60 cents you'il save on account
Of the reduction 81 the Pullman
berth rntaT
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

II your crouch appears TO be
one that won't come of. II you feel
the universe has loaded dice on
you. n existence seems profiticsa
and stale and every man seems
against you. so make some poor
little Md happy this Christmas. N
you don't feel better then drop a
ton OF cyanide Of potassium into
your coffee and END 1T ALL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12
When

man begins. "Now. | Ike a good
joke as we'll as the next feller--"
you can make mp your mind that be
doesn't
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-12-12

Christmas.
Buy the boy a good bicycle at A.
J.. iialPs, I'LL First avenue. zee
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-07-15
THE ILLIN OIS ISSU r.


and is conservative estimate to say that $25oo at least
paid Fulton saloons every year. Fulton has
grocery stores to saloon She has two meat markets.
bank with capital of about $4,000 and there five
churches Catholic and four Protestant This town pays
$25 900 into her saloons This than she and the
country around for groceries for meat Half OF the
Of the bank capital goes into the saloons and half
of the amount spent the saloons will cover the expenses
of the churches during the year More than twice the
money put license fees directly out of the
the brewer Add to this the desecrated
homes and the increase in crime and done and it
makes the saloon the dearest and most extravagant ns
tuition in Fulton any town The only cheap product is
the made cheap because of those saloons From
beginning to end the saloon argument is only money argu-
and the rural people crush that argument like
egg she'll The town depends upon the country for it's
tire support and if the people of the country used the
weapon that the saloon has always used and is using
efficiently today they could make town beg for
in years time
The Farmer Should Realize his Power
Country people ought to realize their part In handling
only the saloon question but every other national issue
The whole nation depending the rural popuace in
the effort Of cleaning roenness and corruption YOU
in the country little better able to do this than the
city people because of the Independent position
you hold The saloon the corrupt element cannot harm
your business your personal standing much They
may call you moss back ebay Seed but you the
independent people in the world You hold the worlds
wealth. and the whole world depends you Thus with
Of the corrupting element
People of the country let get hold of this thing
ought and ourselves to the fray May indifference
and lethargy be done away with It is movement for bet
things Some sacrifice will have to be made and there
will be heard cusngs and crashing of teeth but the nation
will better when the smoke Of battle has cleared
Theodore Roosevelt sai he business which is hurt by
the movement for honesty the kind OF business which
in the long pays the country have hurt The saloon
is business Let hurt it, for it dragon in the
land restraining constitutional rights destroying and laying
national ideals By destroying this ravager
will make wholesome the country life, will increase
agricultural interests and will preserve the nnocepey
and purity of our country boys and girls.
States Attorney North declares that the saloons make
work for the states attorneys office Also they make
work for the AS Hon. Togo naivey de-
the beer sign placed prominently in order to remind
Hon. Drnxard home and borrow nickel from his
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-07-15
A Lazy Way to Pay Expenses


Let take up the second argument that places
looms in towns, vz the argument This argument
pleads for undemocrat lazy unprncpled way of doing
business There undemocratc way of doing bust
In every saloon found homes where all the
all the happiness and comfort OF that home the shoes
off the cdrens feet have been cemented into the sidewalk
because the largely gotten from the drunkards
This method is not only undemocrac but it is most lazy
way OF getting money You remember the story OF Tom
Sawyer white washing the fence He made the boys think
it fun and they thought he right and began trade
jack knives and rnkes for the privilege of doing the work
Tom back the fence and whitfield and received the
reward and let the other fellows do the work That
lazy way whewash fence but it just lazy and far
unprnciped to build sidewalks from saloon license
money for let's whole lot of fellows free from
who ought to have honored share in identifying the town
In the identifying of ought to be the pride of
every citizen have share in and to the visitors
who admire the ctys improvements II had part in this
But what the citizens say where license built the side
walks? The only thing they say is Our saloons did
that We sat the fence and whitfield while the poor
drunkard paid dearly to do this work. The license
system get money 1t says get money if you have
to barter the souls of people to do it. Get money
you have to make boys drunkards and homes hell
Get money if you must sell honor and truth to do it.
1t costs great deal to make good roads IN the country
than good streets in the town. but what would the people
think of you and what would you think of yourselves if
you would begin to invite the saloons out here to build roads
for see the glare OF the eye at the mention or such
thing
License Not Financial Benefit
There still another feature about that sidewalk license
act There economy in it. 1t is false assertion that
by licensing saloons if person studies any
town. The allacy of such statement will be easily
Take Fulton nearest saloon town. She has popula
ton of about $500 with saloons and two wholesale
houses each saloon pays license of $500 Add to this the
keeping bartender for each saloon the running
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-07-15
The Farmers Viewpoint
Continued from page 81

Continued from page 3
1t using the weapon but 1t for murder and
the other for self defense.
We do urge the farmer to turn his back upon the
saloon town. but do urge him unite with the
good people in trade and business realizing that long
for the saloon, not consistently lend that
man. either in politics business item of encourage
men for the saloon and his business political aspirations
united 1t is sometimes very difficult to take this stand
but has been proven to be the only action that will win,
and is action need We have done preaching and
the entire overthrow of the liquor power only waiting
the aggressive persistent organized action of the country
people.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-07-15

AS meet the issue, |, like other Democrats,
interested having the party do its duty to itself and to
the If must have fight the liquor question
is important that party shall take the right side .
VIM j. Bryan.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-06-20
NEWSY DOINGS
OF THE "SEMI'S"

An important meeting Of the league
viii be held on Tuesday night All
members he present at 7so p. M.
Bob Waters was there with his hit
IN the ninth inning.
Severn fremont players saw the
Newport Highland game. Bob" Kins
and Chandler umpired.
Bonner can play third base as good
as he can pitch. He made severa
phenomenal stops
Both Madison and fremont wer'
anxious 70 play. but respect came In
their minds FIRST.
McAvaney was the shining light Of
the day. Three hits and a CLASSY
fielding game.
Prentiss says these lay-offs are not
good for him. He is liable TO have
too much energy for that Landlith
game.
When II comes 10 outfelders. how
about Smith? Made a star catch in
water a foot deep.
Finger. o'Donneu. Smith and still
well had chances TO win the game but
their usual hitting ability was miss
ing.
ABE" Geary. that regular outnelder
is some pitcher.
Peerless new catcher was scared by
the rain. He says he viii be out next
week II II SHOWS.
Stewart pitched another good game
but lost
Captain O'Donnell came to the rescue
and caught a pretty good game.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-06-20
TIRE MEN ON
GLIDDEN TOUR

Among the prominent tire men ac-
companying the Glidden tour this year
arc L. X. Rittenhouse and Comfy
Kitchener OF The Diamond Rubber Co
who will assist IN tabuating tire re-
suits developed In an official sense
the rules DO not provide a penalty
for tire changes or injuries on con-
testing cars in any way SO long as
the driver keeps his engine running he
Is privileged 20 replace his tires all
around, or make any repair desired.
Il is for this reason that The Dia-
mond Rubber Co. introduced the prac-
tice OF measuring tire results by the
average mileage cost per car for tire
equipment. All the tire manufactur-
ers, whose product Is represented on
the competing or oficiai cars. carry
from point 10 point a reserve stock
Of castings and tubes 70 supply any
demand that may be made OF them.
The Diamond Co. ships q score Of tires
from control 10 control each day. and,
as the local express Offices all have
instructions from headquarters TO
give these shipments immediate atten-
ton, there is not likely 20 be any case
OF tires failing 10 be on hand when
needed The total requirements will
be but a small number OF extra tires,
but the desirsbility OF having at hand
fresh tire Of the size desired, IL II
should be needed. justifles the expense,