Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
COMMENT
j. w. B.


By an act of congress it is illegal
to sell liquor to an indian or to sell
liquor upon an indian reservation. The
indian is no better than a United
States soldier and congress should
also make it illegal for liquor to be
sold or red light districts to be main
tanned, in or near any of the camps
where soldiers are stationed for train
ing or service.
Along this line of work the Y NJ C.
A. is doing a good work and $4,000,
900 is being raised as a fund to
carry on the work of furnishing res
pectable places of amusement for the
soldiers. However as long as the gov
eminent demands the best of young
manhood and efficiency official action
ought to be taken and it will greatly
aid the work of the Y M C. A.
1t has been suggested to the Pres
ident and to Congress that the people
of this nation could feel more patrio-
tic if there was some official action
taken to prevent the high speculation
in food products and also to elm mate
the high prices. Acting along the line
of this suggestion and doubtless con-
sidering that there is much truth in it,
congress is not wrestling with a great
big food bill and in time something
s,ill be done.
1t is an optimistic bunch of people
who live here in western Kansas. If
you do not believe it just try out
some of them You may catch them
when the dry weather has come, the
wind is blowing and the dust is fly
ing and it doesn't look like there was
any chance for crop. They may feel
a little blue among themselves but
just try them out. Tell them that the
country is not worth anything and
that it is going to the dogs and that it
is impossible for there to be enough
vegetation grow to feed prairie dog
or a grass hopper for more than day.
Tell them of the big crops they raise
every year somewhere else and that
you would not give one acre of that
land for twenty of this. Just try this
once and you will start something.
You viii start an optirist talking.
He viii tell you that it isn't half time
to become discouraged yet; that he
has seen it as dry again as it is now
and that just when it looked as if
there could not possible be anything
raised the good Lord pulled the water
plug and started a rain which made
the wheat grow and he harvested a
good crop from an apparent failure;
or else he Will tell you that even if
the wheat is gone that he has a fine
chance for corn and that good wheat
crop and a good corn crop seldom
occur the same year. He will tell
you that this is the greatest country
on earth for surprises and that there
is no use becoming discouraged until
the season is passed and the evidence
is all in. Even then he will tell you
that the possibilities are good for next
year. Down deep in that optimists
soul he may feel discouraged but he
loves his country He knows that when
the wind blows and the dust flies that
it is discouraging and disagreeab1e,
but he also knows that after the rain
comes that no sky will be bluer and
no part of mother earth be greener
than this part in which he has chosen
for his home. 1t is no use to try to
get an old timer to talk discouraginly
for he won't do it. He knows that this
country has done well by all those
who have stood by it.