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represent President wilson al
the dedication of the Panama
Pacific Exposition in San Fran
cisco March 20.
Bulgaria has secretly modified
three full army divisions at Tir
nova and is ready to make a |
handspring into Adrianople when
the psychological moment arrives.
OF the Governors of the IL
States in the Union, % are Dem
oerats and Is Republicans, while
Hiram W. johnson, of California,
is the only Progressive in the
list.
Because of the heavy demands
made by Japanes on China, Chinese
on the Pacific Coast, led by the
Six Companies, have declared a
boycott on all Japanese in A
merica.
Great Britain s new battleship,
the Queen Elizabeth, shoots 10
inch shell. Her uamesake dis
charged a bigger gun than that
when she fired Sir Walter
Raleigh.
The five Muhlenberg county
men who were on trial all last
week at Franklin, TO which their
cases were taken on a charge OF
venue asked by the State, were
acquitted of "possum hunting"
Hogs are selling now at $500
to $s.65, three or four dollars less
than the price when the cost
of living were put out of sight.
Isn't it about time for meat -
climb down to poor man 3
reachf
The Congressional Record of
the 63rd Congress makes =
volume of $4,000 pages, which if
bound in one book would be GA Y
feet thick, making a pile OF
closely printed matter in small
type as high as a four-story build
ing. And the folly of it all lies
IN the fact that not not-fourih
of it represents actual proceedings
in Congress, hundreds of long
speeches getting in on leave to
print.
The town of Waukon, which
can be found on a large map OF
Wisconsin by the aid of a magni-
flying glass, is responsible for an
innovation that should bring il
lasting fame. Ii is "pay-up-
week, sort of business festival
celebrated by everybody in the
community paying what he owes
everybody else. In the words Of
Uncle Dave Bryant, a thing like
that would do power of good
in Hickman.
The Courier prints this week
a communication from a well
hnvwn farmer over the signature
of Taxpayer" in which he
asks a few pointed questions and
offers some figures ON the grav-
el road proposition We are glaC
TO give space to this article; II
is fair that both sides be given
a hearing, and The Courieer is al
ways willing to give the opposi-
tion a square deal. We are are
sure the author of the lines re-
ferred to will listen to reason,
and if he finds himself in error
viii gladly stand corrected.
Our friend Taxpayer" is vast
ly in the minority on this gravel
road question; and, still, it can
not be said the majority is al
ways right. Instead of following
blindly, with hip and hurrah, the
popular wave, let us give serious,
sober thought to the question
reason with each other in friend
ly way and seek information,
Neither prejudice nor lack of in
formation should play a part IN
our determining the right. Ii,
after hearing the subject discuss.
ed from all angles We arrive al
the facts in the case, let's gov
ern ourselves accordingly Either
the major or minor contingent Is
right. Let's get at the milk IN
the cocOanut right at the start
We are in favor of gravel roads
There is no argument against
them. 1t is merely the question
of ways and means. What hurts
our neighbor will also hurt us.
We are going to be given a
chance 10 vote on this question.
Before the date of that election,
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