The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-01


them emove the unexploded shell:
buried in the fields of Belgium anC
France.
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Congress is busy trying to solve the
world problems and complaining be
cause it is not permitted to take part
in the peace conference, yet it has
shown no ability to solve problems
concerning only the United States,
The railroad and revenue matters and
the naval and military questions are
no nearer solution than when Presi-
dent Wilson left Washington.
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Colfax evidently has no train serv-
ice on the Spokane and Inland EN-
pire electric railroad. The Colfax
Gezette says: Moscow has at least
one more train each way daily on this
road than Colfax." AS Moscow has
but one train each way daily it does
not take a mathematician to figure
out how many trains Colfax has.
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AS long as more than half of the
population of the world lives in towns
and cities there is no danger of the
remainder of the population which
lives in the country and provides food
for all, being out of work or having
no markets for the products of the
soil.
Swallows and robins have been seen
in various parts of the northwest
lately which reminds US of the old
saying that "one swallow does not,
make a spring." We are also re-
minded by the thirsty that zone swal-
low does not make a drink"
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Colfax, Pullman and other Whitman
towns are to reopen their
next Monday. Some of these
schools have been closed three times,
due to the influenza epidemic. 1t is
to be hoped they will not have to
close them again.
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Prohibition may or may not cause
health but something tells US that it
will do away. with a good deal of the
necessity for "sitting up with a sick
friend."-Springfield Union.
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With France short more than a mil
ion horses and every European coun-
suffering from a shortage of
lorses the outlook for the horse in
in the west where horses can
,e produced so cheaply is certainly
brighter.
There is no business in the world
where honesty pays more than in the
lewspaper. The paper that allies it.
to any clique or to any faction
DON becomes stagnant and, if it per-
lists in it's course, it perishes.-San
Francisco Examiner.
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Latah county's strong delegation
l the legislature at Boise is being
card from. Latah made a good
election of representatives and a sem
cor last November and the county
nd north Idaho will get results.
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We rise to remark to the l. w. w.
no are preparing for the "Time'
if you want to know how Latah
unity regards this contemplate or
'~nization, just start something.
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Wanted in Congress. Less politics
d more real craftsmanship. Less
INNING their sails to bolshevism
d more broadguage common sense.
Readran Gazette. |
Until last week the Sahara desert, =
Africa, was the largest dry area on \
rth. Now the United States has
this distinction from the great
Y area.
This generation may miss the
oze; the next generation will won
: what it was.-Baltimore Ameri-
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The h~orrendous thought occurs that
ssia was the first nation to adopt
Inhibition. Now look at the darned
ng.-New York Tribune.
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The distillers might turn some of
.ir plants into orphans homes. They
responsible for many of them.-
Inquirer.
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writes Correspondent
ons, looks tired and care-worn.
the old man misses the va