The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-12-31
EIGHTY.NlNE YEARS OF
OF LIFE SUMMED UP

The experience Of eighty-nine
years of life should arerst attentionsI
no matter how superficial may have
been the observer. When almost .
century has passed over the head Of
a man trained to think his viewpoint |
engages more than attention. It
commands study.
How apt are the young to scoff at |
their fathers. How pat to the times |
for youth to think experiences is out |
of date, behind the procession, with |
out very much consideration of
where the procession is headed for.
True the v:rility Of youth must find
expression, true the passing genera
tions must adjust itself to conditions
as they develop. But surely, too, the
world loses much when conclusions
formed as a result OF ripe experience
are Set aside of little moment be-
| cause they come from the lips OF age.
What may IL man not learn in near a
century Of time:
Quite recently the London Times
published an interview with Fred
| erick Harrison. who in October of
this year reached his eighty-ninth
birthday 1t was quite the most inn
portant bit Of journalism Of the day.
1t was not news for the moment that
would die with it's expression. 1t
presented to the world the cOnclu-
sions of great thinker, a man who
has seen and drawn his store of rea-
soning from world that has made
many experiences and seen many
change during his lifetime. 1t was
the thought Of a man trained to OBJ
serve. whose intellect is still bright,
whose imagination has grown with
the years.
Mr.. Harrison view of life and the
results of the worlds accomplish
ments. his thought on the effect of
our boosted progress may not be the
thought Of others. One mey agree
in part, entirety, or not at all with
his conclusions. but they arouse re-
spect, they command attention. I: is
we'll to remember that the brain can
not function efficiently without ex-
erci>r any more than can the body.
What does Harrison say OF the great
improvement he has seen during life
in the condition Of men who work
Hear him:
II am far from denying this vast
material progress. but this social
Improvement has not been gained
. without grave worthy persons. The
tremendous upheaval spiritually. mo-
rally and Intellectually has wrough,
incalculabe mischief The social bet
terment of labor has been won toe
often by violence. selfishness anG
greed and usually by no cry but tina,
i The World War has changed ey.
erything and in the end has ruined
much OF good and of promise. The
churches have not yet shown any
power to restore religion to it's true
place as the guide of human life
, The boom in education has not bro,
! any nobler literature. any finer man
! nerS Serious literature is beins
choked out by the increasing cost OF
, printing, the abolition of leisured
! class able to study in peace and tc
3 produce from its learning and by the
mad Whirl OF modern existence.
+ The result OF this chaos in spir
ituai and moral training is a mani
| fest loosenius Of the canons of NOR
| al life. defiance of discipline. by the
, young and ambitious mockery ol
| age; worst OF all. the sacrifice Of The
I family as moral institution and the
degradation OF marriage to be, &
, temporary partnership entered into
I as IA frivolous mode of getting a gooc
: time and 10 be cast off as easily a,
a lodging which is not convenient
! Il am a pessimist. This world i.
, made of infinite completely. and hui
r mainly has incalculaile powers o.
recnperation. but the immediate fu
ture vi this kindum nay. Of west
I ern civliza tion---is in real peril O.
l collapse. The seizure of bower b,
untold millions as yet neither moral
ly nor intellectually trained TO rule
! threatens revolution. anarchy an,
| famine.
Il have teen all nay life reso
Lutte opponent not only OF the acces
, sion of women to political responsi
| bility, but of all forms OF assimila
ton OF womens activity to that o
> men. | adhere to everything | hav,
, ever said of this. Are women, nov
! that they have equal votes, dom,
I ANYTHING m check rha caor;6.o - ~.