The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-31

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1t costs more to live now than it
did few years ago, but it is worth
more.-Shoshone Qdaho) Journal.
Nearly every human effort that was
formerly met by the individual has
been hoisted upon the, taxpayer.-I
Cambridge Qdaho) News.
Everybody is talking about the ne
cessity for readjustment, and wonder
ing when the other fellow is going to
begin.-Parma Qdaho) Review.
The girls of Elko deny that they
don't know anything about needle
work, as they all know how to run Il
phonograph.-EIko New Free Press.
The process may be slow, but there's
no denying the fact that retail prices
are coming down. 1t will soon be pos
sibie to buy a pair of 81 shoes for So
-Winnemucca (Nev) Star.
Sir Oliver Lodge says dying is as
easy as disCardtng an old pair of pants.
With lot of us in Winnemucca, it's
easier.-Winnemucca (Nev) Silver
State.
Some people are always complaining
about the poor purchasing power of
the American dollar. But even that
has its advantages. 1t furnishes a
good excuse for hanging onto them-
Logan (Utah) Journal
In former days when farmers
dumped large quantities Of produce on
/
price. Now it is different. The spec
ulators buy it up and the consume,
digs again. Tremonton (Utah)
Leader.
The cost of raising human chiId
has increased in the past few years
but so far no one has come forth with
an appeal to protect that child from
competition which is becoming more
strenuous each year.-Sparks (NevA
Tribune.
A hero is person who does one
thing so well that people notice j.
While overlooking the Cecds of thos'
who every day do things equally as
heroic, but who do not lnOw how to
advertise.-Emmett I'D HOY Exam
liner.
If the automobiles were as small as
we pedestrians are, and the pedes-
trianS were as big as the automobiles
now are, wouldn't we have fun step
ping on them if they didn't dodge
around like everything and go on two
wheels and hit the high places trying
to get out of our way?-Brigham City
(Utah) Journal.
II there is a law upon the statute
books, and that law is considered ObsO-
lete or is not popular, the most effec-
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force it. 1t is true that the statutes
of every state are encumbered with
worthless laws, and it is too bad that
a revision cannot be had to eliminate
some of them.-EvanSton (Wyo.)
Press.
A lot of people have wondered what
had become of Death Valley ScOtly,''
as he had failed to show up with Il
basket full of nuggets the past several
seasons. "ScOtty" is now in Ely,
where he Is giving Turkish baths to
the needfuI of the desert. Several
years ago he was receiving the baths,
not giving them, but the way of the
prospectOr is over rough and rock
strewn paths.-WeIls (Nev) Herald.
Perhaps if we will lend the Russians
$1,000, 10000 100000 they will agree to
buy our wheat and corn with the
money-and then they can go on fight
ing to the end of their days. We want
to get rid of our products-and why
not mortgage ourselves and sell some
slavery bonds to enable others to buy
them. The joke used to be on the man
who tried to lift himself over the fence