Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-06
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

this sixth day OF lylO' imam on 'ne
first day of January.
You have probably fully digested
your holiday cheer by this time and
can better appreciate the full mean
ing and value Of the expression.
We wish this great blessing in all
sincerity. but, withal we realize that
the fulhllment depends entirely upon
yourself. You must be the author Of
your own happiness. and, that you
may realize your duties and the privs
ileges resultant from the well doing,
it is only necessary that you begin
right. And this honest beginning
consists in the sincerity Of your wish
for the happiness of others. All is
said and done in that expression. If
you have not that charity which
causes you to think of the welfare
of your fellow man, you will find that
happiness is not even a casual cal
Ter at the door of your Intelligence.
The wolfsh instinct of man in his
desire for accumulation of wealth, no
matter at what cost to his neighbor,
his community. his country OF the
world at large. precludes happiness
from a partnership in life and makes
the individual an insane and greedy
monster. ~ " -'-' s.> s>s
We believe the world is growing
better. We believe there is more OF
K brotherly love. despite the fact Of
high prices and low wages, trust ac-
aumplation and legislative rotteness
There is more Of genuine fellow feel
ing Of sympathy for those less for
5 tunate.
y We do not find the proof OF this in
the giving OF millions to public in
situations by the thievipg money
barons Of the country Rather, we
find it in the everyday life with
which we come in contact Men,
generally, are becoming broader
minded. more intelligent, and the rer
suit is openly apparent.
Quality Of gray matter is gains
ing as the carte blanche of entry
into the society Of men who are
really worth while High society
tincluding Goldfish Aristocracy")
is being taken more and more at its
true WORTH The petted and PAM
pered child OF fortune no longer has
the place of honor in the public
mind. The millionaires of today
with few exceptions. are heralded as
unpublished criminals, whereas, in
the years past, they we're looked VI
to, honored and held in fearful
reverence.
Every succeeding year the man OF
honor who DOES THINGS is receiv-
ing a greater need Of the recognition
due to energy, perseverance ant
brains Opportunity knocks re
peatedly at the door Of honest en-
deavor. and poverty has lost it,
terror for the man of character
'Tis true that crime still stalks
the earth with brazen efrontery
'Tis true that the rotten system
(social and political) with which
the government has been burdened
has made for the impoverishmen
of the masses; the erection Of pris
ons, asylums and aims houses, bu
this world is the arena in whicl
mems souls are tested and tn,
Millennium is not yet. nor would i
be at all acceptable.
The forces that have enriched tn
few out Of the birthright Of the man
are but the teachers who are beckon
ing on the revolution OF the future
Whether this revolution be peaceful
OF warlike. out of it will come tn
regeneration of the nation and tn
world, and the price, heavy in tn
extreme, will not have been too niue
to pay for the lesson so thorough
learned. Honor and glory will the
rest upon the memory Of those VIII
battled for the right. while the thiel
ing plutocrat and politician Of toda
will live only in the damp dungeon