The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-26

II strikes me that it would be nara
for the legislators to think up
scheme for redistricting the state
that would suit us in Whatcom count
any worse. Their proposition Is 10
nut lis in with Skagit, Snohomish'
San Juan, Island, kitsap, Jefferson
Clallam. Mason, Thurston, and ohe-
halls counties. If the last three were
left off we might stand for II. buI'
what under the sun, have we III COM
mon with Chehalis county more thah
we have with Spokane county e! lhe
Northwest should be put i'll Il dlstrlct
of its own. If that be impossible theh
shove us in with Seattle again, Oh
connect us up with the country across
the mountains, but for gracious sake
don't ask us to slide down the same
cellar door as those counties souIh
of Tacoma. We wouldn't know that
they exist if it wasn't for the state
map. and | doubt me much II they
even know that we are on the map
Howsomever, it may all be Joke
We will wait until the new district
is made to do our hollering
Only a few years ago we were wor-
ried because gold was so dear, anu
many of us argued that our only sal
Walton WIS to monetize silver thus
cheapening the money OF the nation.
Now the cry is that gold is getting
too cheap, and, with some there is IL
fear that it will keep on growing
cheaper and cheaper until it will ne
unfit for our standard of value.
Thomas Edison, the great inventor
in recent authorized interview says:
1.-The day of three and half per
cent for the best borrowers has
passed. never to return, and long
term bonds will not be so desirable
as they were in the past. The rapid
advance in intelligence and education
in the science of money and values
is bound to disturb the blind ano
orthodox belief in the value of gold
as a commodity"
But 1t is not alone to the "rapic
advance in intelligence and education
in the science Of money" that Mr.
Edison trusts to bring about ehang'
in sentiment among the money lend
ers. In another part of his interview
he acknowledges that he himself hai
nearly discovered a method of eX
tracing gold from clay 50 cheapl,
that it will become a very common
prOduct-a product SO common tina
it will no longer be suitable 10
money.
After all it seems likely to be prov
en- that the "greenbackers' wer
right in their theory of money-th
trouble was they We're so or 60 year
in advance of the majority in thei
ideas.
1t seems to me rather a disgrac
that publishing company can pea
the United States postal department
in the delivery Of mail. Over here a
Port Townsend, l receive the Bell
ingham Herald the morning after it
printed, regularly, but a letter sen
from my own town, Lynden, reache
me two days after it is written-som
times three days. Lynden is but /
miles from Bellingham. 1t is connect
ed by two stages and three or lou
trains daily with Bellingham. VIII
should daily. paper printed at
o'clock in the afternoon at Belling
ham reach me quicker than a lette
written and mailed in Lynden befor
noon Of the same day? Ask the pos
tai department, don't ask me.
OF course l like a perfect man. bu
/ don't know hut l like better a MAJ
who occasionly does an impulsiv
wrong and is sorry for it.
There are people, you know, who
II smiles cost S. each and were quick
ly worn out, would wear one continu
ally. But, they don't cost cent ant
you can't wear one out. Why shoul'
anyone be stingy.
?
When millions OF dollars are spel
for state roads the obvious purpos
Is to benefit the state. While indi
rectly such main trunk roads VII
benefit certain counties and certail
towns and cities their greatest bene
fit should be to the state as a whole
that is why they are being built Il
state roads.
Who is the state? 1t Is the people
1t is the community of the whole !
is the taxable individuals. Then. stat
roads should be built along thos
s, routes that will most benefit the grea
est number OF citizens.
r. There has been considerable argu
ment in this county about the rout'
which that portion of the vancouver
Blaine state road shall take between