The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-12

! home, we wondered IL any of then
read the same thing and rea.izei thar
they helped to pay that extra dividend.
We also wondered IL they realized that
when those stockholders In the Chicago
mail order house want anything to
wear or eat: when they want carpen-
ter or repair work; when they want
medical or legal aid they get it in Chi
cago. and not out In the towns from
whence their money comes.
Your home merchant Is not paying
himself any special dividend" of 20
lper cent. But even II he does 1t looks
better to US, because he spends IL right
here ut home and all of us get some
benefit from II. Not only that, but the
home merchant helps to keep the
streets and sidewalks. helps to support
the schools and churches and Is digging
into his pocket every time charity
makes q call. On the other hand, the
Chicago mail order men take your
money. make q big profit or they could
not declare dividends OF 20 per cent
and you never reap one penny In bene-
fits.
Sometimes as We go along the
streets we are convinced that IL there
is a shortage of anything in this world
II isn't talcum powder.
No Phoebe man Is SO absent minded
but that there are a lot Of things he
would like to forget.
Many a fellow thinks 1t is oppor-
tunity knocking at his door when in
fact It is only some fellow with a lot
of cheap oil stock he wants to dispose
of.
Things all over the country are not
much different now than they were
when Old Mother Hubbard made her
discovery.
One Of the greatest hindrances to
education in this section is the oppose
ton of the taxpayer who has no chill
dren of his own to educate or whose
children have already received the BEN
efts that the public school system has
to offer. In a talk with Phoebe man.
and one well posted on this question.
we have been informed that many
district Is today unfortunate enough to
have large land owners with no inter-
est in education, who are making i'm
possible any improvements by their re-
fusal to cooperate In anything from
which they are not to receive a direct
benefit.
The old question Of why should I
pay for the education of my neighbours
has been the bone of con-
tention throughout the entire fight
against illiteracy in this country. And
the same argument Is offered whenever
q road tax is mentioned Perhaps the
man whose farm does not border on
public highway feels he should not pay
taxsp on the improved road. And yet
II the main highway is not improved
what good to him Is the lane running |
on of It to his own farm? The lane |
cannot take him OF of his own proper
ty. Those living on the side roads |
must awaken to the fact that main |
travelled roads are of benent to them, |
even II they do not reside directly upon |
them. and they must cooperate II we |
over expect to get out of the mud in |
this section. and stay out Of It.
Good schools and good roads are i'm. |
possible SO long as men are blind |
.hi ough selfishness to the needs Of the |
entire community In which they reside.
As one Phoebe man said recently,
there'd be q lot more people getting
II SO many of them who are |
married. didn't make 1t look like a fail
are
We have seen some fellows who act |
Is though they are going to be awfully
II they get to heaven and
ind there are no lodges there for them
o Join.
Ynnpvn A. |
most Phoebe school children keep their
Wits sharper than their lead pencils.
We believe every thinking man in
'ioche will agree with US when we say
hat II there Is any one man in this
ountry who really loves to work It Is
he farmer. He loves to see things
he knows that growth Il
ONES from his own labor: that only a.
70 tolls will the crop grow or the cat
lie take on fat.
Work ID Just ~ much q matter Of
abit ~ anything elss. and the farmer
acily acquires the habit. Where one
as acquired the habit Of work he gets
aore enjoyment out Of that than any
hing else. Having ACQUIRED the habit
( work. and having . love for work,
nd knowing the result Of work upon
he farm the farms~ ie not go:ny to
AXE kindly to an eight-hour day,
either for himself nor the "hired
and" The farmer IL going to have to
ay greater wage to the hired hand"
han he has ever paid. for farm labor
dvances along with labor In the city.
tut eight hours q day for the farm
and 10 not likely to prevail. It may be
lsed ~ basis for liking the rate OF
ay. ana that would be we'll enough.
tut on the farm. where the work IL
easonable. whore the farmer works ~
matter OF habit, the eight-hour day
, not going to be adopted ~ . stand
I'd anyways soon.
We see an advertisement in . city
Aper Offering dancing slippers 1t SO
PAR. Now We undt rstand who pays .
he fiddler.
What has become OF tho old.fash.
oned Phoebe storekeepsr who used to-
brow In pair Of suspsndsrs when he
old you . suitf
Wen still contend that there are too !
anny senator's apd congressmsn In the
Fn'ted States working harder to save .
he party than they are to save the
ountry.