The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-25
FRANK e. MIX.


In the death of Frank e. Mix, Mos
COW and the Palouse country lose ;
prominent and valuable citizen. His
dong life in this community has lef
an impress of kindly and upright liv
ing that will endure as his creates
monument.
AS a father he earned and received
the devotion and respect OF his many
children. To few heads of families is
it given to rear large family who
throughout manhood and womanhooc
will so revere and cherish a parent, as
his sons and daughters have revered
and cherished him.
AS a public official Mr.. Mix left
a standard of honesty and integrity
could have suitably used as theil
model. He was fearless when he saw
his duty, and he succeeded in
establishing law and order through
out the province placed under his con
troI.
In his personal affairs Mr.. Mix was
a fine example of the true western
pioneer. He was big hearted He
spoke gently, his manner was grac-
ious, and his judgments were kindly.
He never uttered bitter or harsh
words. He spoke and thought clean
iy, and he lived a clean life. He new
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thing: he was above sharp practices
in trade He was free with his money,
and he scorned petty dealings.
With only one class of persons was
he hard and that was with hypocrites.
He could not tolerate psalm singers
whose private life and business trans
actions illzaccorded with their sancti-
monious ways on Sunday mornings. He
honored and respected good men who
paid their debts, who took decent care
of their FAMILIES, who spoke the truth,
and lived by strict code of fair deal
ing and decent living, whether those
men were orthodox in religious prac-
tees or no. He was sincere and frank
to the last degree. His opponents re-
spected the course he took, because
they knew it was taken honestly, and
even in his opposition he did not an
tagonize by abuse or unfairness.
He was progressive in his ideas, eX-
tremely temperate in his habits, and
his ideal of living included no ostenta-
rious standards, no practices that
were not becoming to a plain Ameri-
can gentleman. He was not self-in-
was not ruled by them. He was an
ardent patriot and lived intensely
through every hour of the great war.
His yeneration for his country and his
flag were discernible to every person,
tho he was a man slow to show his
feelings by any emotional display.
Honest, truthful, generous, and
kindly-these are words of high praise, |
and in this case they are all merited.
What better epitaph than that of I'M
assailable integrity could any man
achieve, what better inheritance
could he leave his children than a
name so free from stain?
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THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
RAILROADS.
Soldiers returned from Europe are
in the opinion that Amer
lean railways are superior to those
of Europe. and it may be recalled that
they had, in many cases, opportun
titles to make direct comparisons of
the equipment and methods of the
French railways with those Of the
hastily organized American military
railway in France.
The comparison left no doubt that
progress in railroading has been great
er under private ownership than I'M
der government ownership and com
parsons of the performances of
French public and private railways
show that the privately owned lines
were operated far more economically
than were the publicly owned roads. Il
In 1910, it took nearly 80 per cent
of the government railways total 4
earnings to pay operating expenses,
while the five privately owned roads
paid out only 55.5 per cent OF their
total earnings for operating expenses.
This touches the very heart of the
question of public ownership. With