The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-02-26

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the most sparing hand. Ii the farm
Or responsible for this form Of prof.
teerins7
A COMING shrieks from various
: cities obsessed by the fear that
thu census enumsrator will overlook
somebody pierce the atmosphere.
What Differences does 1t make? Guam
tity production In humanity n unim-
portant. The important thing is, Whist
sort ara they!
no you still make the ancient boast
that you are - good % the aver
age7 II you do cut 1t out. The aver
age is mighty low and always has
been. That's why We have million
aires and experts Of all kinds. That's
why one man becomes president Of
big corporation, while others toll for
years At = small salary. II you have
no bsttsr batting figures than the
average you will always stay in the
brush league. No average man IL sit
ting on the top branch these days.
The fellows who are cutting ice 1T this
particular time are the ones who are
= whole lot better than the average.
OCCASIONALLY these days you
run run across a boy who Is an
on Dad, but the number
Is not great enough to make a stand
ing army Of any alarming proportions
For half century Dad has gone on
the theory that he must toll and slave
by day and by night SO that his child
rem will not have to do much work
N they near maturity. Well, in most
cases Dad has succeeded, but what Of
the boy? True, the boy knows the
latest styles in silk socks. silk shirts
and fancy toe shoes and can call off
all the connections ut the town soda
fountain and ice cream parlor from
He can get the old car out |
and spin by the fence posts At fifty |
miles per hour without batting an eye.
He has fever In his blood and will bet
you ten spot on any old proposition
and put up the mon. He's the real
simon pure, blown-in-the bottle, sterl-
ing silver sport, Has. Dad helped
things any by fixing things 80 the
BOY will have things easier? Win the
world be any better because Dad has
given 1t hot house flower instead Of
4 sturdy oak? Dads education in the
school Of experience and hard knocks
made the country. Will the boys
diploma Of new tangled ideas preserve
{?
A NsWERING the question, Does
the public want lower prices 2"
We found the following in q clothing
advertisement in an exchange. There
= so much truth in the statements
hat we reprint it:
II has been our experience that most
ustomers want only the finest goods. II
rs suits sell easily-$35 and $40 suits
10 not.
81 and $40 hats 20 like hot cakes
70 can't get rid Of IS hats!
Silk shirts are in demand--but we
eldom sell madras shirt at $3.50 or
q nowadays.
WITTY Churches Failr ia just now
being largely discussed by var
rus writer's in magazines and news
apers. A church is just like bust
css institution. Some Of them are
nccessful and some Of them fail. /,
ihen u business institution fails /
Is wrong with its manage
tent. When a church fails something
wrong with the church. The land
full Of strong and successful :
,urches that WELD great power for
God. 1t is also literally sprinkled
it'll churches literally starving to
cath amid fertile fields and granar- :
5 Of plenty. Narrow ideas and
tort vision viii wreck church just
10 same as it will wreck business
stitution. U