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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

be so bitterly disappointed and our
chance to really know what MIR,
Groundhog OF weather producing
fame could or would do--and all on
account Of the mcrccnary instincts OF
"a Kansas small boy. 1t is possible
that there are no Froundhogs in Kan
sas. but il the story is true, then John
Wulhcimor furnishes us the first in
stance Of an earnest, intelligent and
scientific attempt to test the lore OF
the day Evidently the way to find
out If a grounding that emcrges from
his hole on February will at once
turn and re-entcr his hole If he sees
his shadow is to watch a grounding
that comes out Of his hole on a clear
Grounding day morning. This is
what Willheimer proposed and care
fully prepared TO do. Fearing lest the
action of one grounding might be ac-
cidcntal, he last fall billeted five of
the animals in snug quarters on the
bank of Lightning creok, and Wednes-
day morning he repaired to a previ-
ousy constructed blind" to make OBJ
scrvations with an account of which
he expected to interest the world.
II was through no fault OF his own
that his plans miscarried on account
Of an unsympathetlc attitude on the
part of his son, who at some time in
the wintcr-the mildness of the sea-
son must have made the groundhogs
restless-slew the animals and sold
them to hunters for possums. Con-
fession to this effect was the only ie-
ward of the father after several hours
of vigil at the grounding village on
the sunny morning of Groundhog day.
The lad was an element in the
problem that Willheimer had not
taken into account, and so on the
grounding question we are just where
we were before. Nevertheless Will
heimer is entitled to appreciative
recognition as a pioneer in the inves-
| tiCation Of the Groundhog day theory.
He may tie his boy up next winter
and try it again, and he may see
| something worth telling.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

should not be In vain and America
should put her shoulders under the
worlds burdens with zeal and pur-
pose, but we should not neglect the
situation in our own immediate vicln-
ity.
The response for all purposes ask
ed should be immediate and effective,
and for our own poor all the moro so.
We are extremely fortunate that we
live in this part OF the world. We
are in the midst of great natural re-
sources in a state peculiarly favored
for weathering financial storms. Tho
thought OF our own security should
make us generous in taking care of
innocent victims of unemployment
but in so dong we should take care
OF our own sick and needy first.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
WILL THEY DO so?

II the women continue to wear furs
and what St. Joseph person doubts
but what they will-perhaps in view
Of their new civic responsibilities,
they will consider the advisability of
starting an anti-trap party.
We have conservation of forests
why not conservation of the suffering
of animals caught in traps?
Any man can go into a forest and
cut down a tree. and escape with the
booty. But it is getting much harder
all the time for him TO do this. 1t
has been a big job to have our valu-
able trees guarded. but it is beint
done 1t will be better done as tint
goes on.
Women in their suffrages now have
an opportunity to demonstrate one OF
the most important things in life
namely, that no people can afford to
disregard superfluous suffering.
1t is easy for a trapper, in pursuit
Of his living, and in response to a
general demand among fashionable
women for furs, to become Indifferent
to suffering.
But nice women, who would shud
der in genuine sympathy and concern
il they actually saw how many limo
cent animals were made to suffe
needlessly, have now been granted tn
power to remedy this evil.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
They Know a Good Thing

st. Joseph is trying to rival Kansas
City Ia the number of safe robberies
each night. It's a poor night that
some one does not crack a safe In st.
Joseph. They mostly always pick on
the theaters or restaurants. They fig
ure us rich folks from the country
patronlze these places and leave our
hard earned increment at these places.
Craig Leader.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
WouId be a Conc Goeling

If the sixty million road bond issue
has to run the gauntlet Of another
election it Is a gone gosling. Governor
Hyde promises to call an election
August end at the time other matters
are to be voted upon. 1t will he found
that the country will be almost unan-
imously opposed while the cities will
not be unanimously for 1t. II there is
to be a special session to pass road
legislation it had as we'll be delayed
until after August 2nd.-Moberiy
Dem ocrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
THE MAN WHO Is REALLY PooI

AAAAh mNN WIZ 10 AeAAAAAAtA II OOAe
If he Is without friends.
II he has low-flying ideals.
If he has guilty conscience.
If he has lost his self-respect.
II his morals are questionable.
If he hes lost his grip upon himself.
If no lacks education and refine
ment.
II he Is selfish. uncharltable or
cruel ra.
II he has forfeited his health for
wealth.
II his mind and soul have been
neglected.
II he has traded away his character
for his money.
If his wife and family do not love
and respect him.
If he has a disagreeable disposition
that makes enemies or repels people.
II making money has crowded out
the cultivation OF his esthetic facul-
ties.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
Would Have Saved the state

We confidently believe that If Gov
ernor Gardner had not been persuaded
out of his one time plan. to call an
extra session of the legislature to
change the income tax and other tax
laws that the state would not have
seen the republican landslide. Now ii
appears that the republicans are not
going to profit by our mistakes, but
say they will keep these taxes that
proved to be larger than necessary
and so recognized by emocrats after
trial. OF course it will be hard on
taxpayers but the democratic party
will profit thereby and the landslide
will be the other way next election
Moberly Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
He Has "Come Baclrr

He has come back! The jobless
one. We had a tramp knock at our
door last Monday morning and ask for
"bite to eat" He was young and
able to work and said he had had reg
ular employment for the past two
years, but now work was slack and
'he was trying to beat his way back
to his people in the west" Same old
story. Needless to add he wasn't
wearing that $50 silk shirt. those SIS
shoes and that SIS hat he wore a few
months ago. Verify. those who dance
must certainly pay the piper.-Milan
Standard.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
THE GLAMOURLESS WAR OF
TO-DAY

War has lost all its glamour. In
primitive times and to some extent
through human history war has had
a vitalizing and salutary effect on the
human race. encouraging manly vir-
tues. and eliminating the weak and
unfit Now all this is changed. A
modern war is a human scourge. 1t
is a deciviIizing agency. Its effects
are deadening and paralyzing. 1t
eliminates not the unfit but the fit.
It selects for its slaughter the prime
young men of all the nations. Its
cost is so terrific that it buries pos
terity under a crushing debt 1t
idealizes all the medieval virtues
physical bravery, personal sacrifice,
unbounding sympathy, and group an
tagonism. 1t retards perhaps for a
hundred years the virtues upon which
the health and integrity OF modern
society depend-commercial honesty
sexual purity. international amity
temperance and thrift.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Ft. Morgan, Colo, Jan. 29th, l92l'
Editor of Worth County Times.
Grant City. Mo.
Dear Sir:
I am writing just word to the
farmers Of Worth county. see by
your paper that some man back there
who is ashamed to tell his name had
quit the Democratic party because un-
der Democratic rule the farmer has
prospered. 1t would be a good thing
II all such men would leave the party.
The farmer never saw better times or
had more enjoyment. more to eat.
more real downright pleasure than he
has had in late years. He Is the first
man TO wish the farmer more real
hard work. The farmer is the hard
est working man in the world. He
works more hours. has more worry.
gets less for his work, stays at home.
goes less and takes his family less
than those engaged in any other line
Of business. Then TO have a man say
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
That wae From St Joseph

They will have a bit of fun once in
a while over in the legislature. When
the House was discussing the measure
to mako 1t a penitentiary offense for
man to have a pair of dice in his
possession, the member from St JOS
eph suggested an amendment to order
that hereafter that on all coins cir
culated in the state of Missouri.
heads" appear on both sides, to the
end that matching coins could no
longer be INDUCED in.-Henry County
Democrat
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
GIVE THE FLOWERS NOW

When Congressman Booher was laid
to rest at Savannah two weeks ago
there were hundreds OF dollars worth
Of flowers laid on his casket and his
grave-but very few were sent him in
his lifetime.
This calls to mind that there are
too few flowers-either those Of frag-
rance distilled by nature, or those
plucked from friendly hearts-in this
old world of ours. Too often We for
get. in the rapid speed Of life. to do
the gentler things-not only to gather
flowers from the garden. but to utter
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

II the people of this state who had
been told by the $50. .OOO,O 900 bond ad-
vocates that "if they voted the bonds
they would not be called upon for
anything more as the automobile Ii
censes would pay all the bills" find
out that they must now raise the in
tercst on that sixty million outside,
Gov. Hyde may as we'll not call that
special session. The people are, get
ting very tired of being plainly lied
to.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

The cowardly contemplate scoun-
drels who gosslped about Falls City
school teached until she committed
suicide. and the evidence now show
ing that not one word of the slander
was deserved; should be taken out and
whipped on the bare backs until they
are so exhausted that their foul
tongues can no longer pirate cheap
contem ptible slander.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Prof. A."Ross Hill of the state uni
versity no doubt foroseeing the fact
that he could not much longer hold
the position of president OF that big
institution on account Of the fact that
university on account OF the fact that
his management has failed to meet
the approval of a great number of
Missourians, has taken time by the
forelock. struck a new Job (of course
with higher salary attachm.n and
sent in his resignation. He has at
tached himself to >the Red Cross
which organization as disclosed by the
apathy with which its last appeal for
funds was met, is itself now not as
prominent in the thoughts Of the peo-
pie as 1t was. ..sl
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
1T WAS ALL FOR 4 PUP

As one OF the ferry boats plying
between New York and Jersey City
was crossing one day this week and
was late at that, it sighted that pup
sitting whining and yelping on a float
ing cake of ice in the river. The
three hundred people aboard the ferry
were all anxious to go about their
business, but there was that forlorn
pup being carried away toward the
ocean.
And It did not take ten seconds af-
ter that small dog was sighted until
everybody on that boat acted Just as
If that pup. black and white, with
long tail and no pedigree, was hum
an being. People have children OF
their own" and people have dogs Of
their own. This explains lots Of con-
duct toward children and dogs. The
captain Of the ferry had had dogs OF
his own and when passenger sight
ed that pup and notified the captain
the captain was at once interested, 1t
did not take him long to decide with
| the quartermaster that the pup should
be rescued. Perhaps the quartermas-
ter, too, had had dogs Of his own.
Anyhow, he at once answered the
captain: You're on" when the cap
tain asked him, Shall we save the
! little beHger?"
And then to the rescue. The pas
senCcrs crowded the rail. The boat
| had to maneuver, drawing up and
backing away a dozen times before it
| got alondside the cake Of ice. The
quartermaster was hanging to a ships
ladder thrown over the side, and he
is sure the pup acted just like a child
its eyes livening up as the boat drew
near, but as tho boat backed away
the pup would wilt down and look as
godforsaken as a soul on the way tC
purgatory."
Finally the pup was within reach
and the quartermaster grabbed him
when both went into the water be
cause a chunk OF ice had bumped the
ladder Then a double rescue, and tn
man and pup were hauled up, all tn,
passengers cheering, and some o
them in tears.
For. for the time and the occasion
that pup was a human being. HI
, plight had aroused about all the emo
, tions that would have been exhibite
q had he been a human creature.
: was fine rescue and worth while
> Strictly the while it took was half a
y hour-15O hours for those 800 lat
passengers, more than six full days 0
q three work weeks. Somebody figure
= this up at the time, and all though
the rescue worth while.
~ The captain was found day late
.e mending the palings OF tho fenC
# around his cottage. lie explained
"a "Ah, he's been chasing my neighbor
y cats and chickens already" Just
si pup still, but that is what It was a
done for-just for pup.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Don't forget. to keep your eyes on
State Hospital No. 2-or you may
find it missing some morning. Such
great institutions are wonderfully val
uable to cities and st. Joseph must
not lose this one. Our representatives
should be given to understand that II
they do not promptly checkmate
every move that they will HEAR
from ST. Joseph. H....
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
To Take Care of the Boys

The new Missouri administration
proposes to create seven new depart
ments so that it may care for its
friends that want Jobs. Before the
election much was heard about the
Jobs that would be discontinued. but
the taxpayers will see two new Jobs
created, or the pay increased for
everyone that is abolshed.-Dade
County Advocate.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Citizens OF Taney county are pre-
pairing to offer the state 5000 acre
tract to be used as a state park. Quite
a contrast to the Ha Ha Tonka park
owners who tried to sell the state a
bunch OF rocks at an eKtortionate
price. Taney county has natural
scenery unsurpassed elsewhere in the
state, and in the vicinity of Rose
O'Neill's country home there are
tracts practically untouched by the
hand OF man. There are many places
of remarkable scenic beauty in the
southwestern part of the state and
doubtless many of these beauty spots
could be had at a mere nominal
charge If the state desired to estab-
lish a system of parks.-Glasgow Mis-
sourian.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
SHOULD NOT NEGLECT OUR OWN

There are now three drives for
funds-either going on in st. Joseph,
or arranged 10 start. one Of these is
for funds for the needy of other lands,
and right here at this point this pa
per suggests that while all OF this is
going on for outsiders. St Joseph
should not neglect or overlook its
own. The call OF humanity to this
resourceful and fortunate country
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
To the Con DlscredIt

A letter recently delivered in Massa-
chusetts. from a nearby town was en-
route 10 years, 1t was sent from a
Massachusetts town and Travelled all
through Europe. This is to the credit
OF Mr.. Bureson. who delivered it and
to the discredit of the Republican ad-
ministration OF 10 years ago. Better
late than never.-Boonville Advertis-
ar
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
The Sweet Young Thing

1t used TO be "she has rings on her
fingers and bells on her toes" but
they've modernized that ancient bal
lad here. Now it's "she has rings on
her fingers and bells on her galoshes."
A sweet young thing created quite
furore here this morning when she
came to work with the foregoing
eduipment.-St Louis Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
Country Banks Should Have Mule

A resourceful North Carolina farm
or placed a mule in the stall OF a COW
which a milk thief had been visiting
at night Awakened the next night
by a terrific racket in the barn. he
strobe out. shotgun in hand, to find
a battered milk pail. wrecked milk
ing stool, a hat and self-satisfied
mule. Here's a suggestion for country
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

II any person can show a sane rea'
son why the United States should can
eel all Of It's inter-allied debts, it is
up to him to produce that reason at
once to satisfy an anxious public.
Uncle Sam has not lost quite all of
his reasoning facilities.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

he would like to see the farmer or
infer that a farmer should see harder
times. Let him go to town in the
lumber wagon IL he wants TO and work
fifteen hours a day. But the farmer
saw those days twenty-five years ago.
believe In real enjoyment. / am a
Democrat and a farmer.
]. L. Ewart
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

John Skelton Williams comptroller
of the currency. tells the laboring
man that 1t is now about up to the
time when he must accept a cut In
wages In order that mills and factor
les may run and turn out products
that the people can afford to buy"
Sensible advice-which is truly perth
nent to the situation.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
Doing His Fishing in Florida

Republican national committee wa
ters are disturbed by the contest of
the supporters of VIII Hays and Tobe
Hert over cabinet places, but it hap
pens that President-elect Harding is
doing his fishing in Florida waters.-
Kansas City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
Now We Worry Over Idle Ones

A year ago the country was "wor-
ried to death" over the shortage of
freight cars. Now we have between
$50, 900 and 100000 cars idle, because
there is no freight for them, and we
are worried to death" about this sur
plus.-Globe-De
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Judges Brendel and Sampson
again we say that our hat is off to
you for your splendid action In the
road uverseer cases-but why-good
fellows as you must certainly are
cannot you ACT GOOD ALL OF THE
TIME7
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Every institution in Missouri is
casting longing eyes at that great
surplus left in the state treasury by
the dem ocrats. and it will not be long
until tho gop legislature has it dissi-
pated,
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
The Cement Profiteers Busy

No wonder the state legislature is
looking up the proposition to erect
and operate a state cement plant to
supply material for road building.
The cement trust continues to profi-
teer off the public by selling cement
at 81 per bsrrel.-Howell County Ca
zette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

words OF approval and admiration for
those who arc appreciativo.
Let tho flower habit grow and ex-
pand-from the garden and from the
heart.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
And a Big Drop in Population

If this exodus from Kansas City be-
ing directed by Chief of Police Ed
wards keeps up. there's going to be
notable falling off in the voting regis
tration of certain wards at the next
election.-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

SO far that gop legislature at JEFF
ferson City is not yet referred to by
anyone as "the best legislature ever
assembled"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

There Is no punishment too severe
to be meted out to Robert p. Brinden.
the money grabbing skunk, who held
up the building contractors Of New
York and who ID now a convict
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
And Then II Is Imposed

One-man government will never be
popular in America except among
married women.-Platte County Land
mark.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
And Make Spectacle of Himself

General Dawes colorful vocabulary
probably can be overlooked, as he
seems to be one of those earnest and
energetic individuals. who even swear
their prayers.-Kansas City Times.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Gov. Gardner declined appointment
on the board of curators of the state
university. He has better prospects
than that.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

It will be necessary for Mayor Mar
shall to be reelected IL he would
share in that Increase in salary pros
perity.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
The Negro voted Right

The negro member of the legislature
was the only city member who voted
for engrossment of the Bolts bill pro-
hlbiting the carrying of dice. Looks
like we will have to quit calling the
game "African golf."-Clinton County
Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Already Gov Hyde's prediction
promises are being scrapped-as he
cannot jam his election promises
down his reyoltlng gop legislatures
throat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

President Wilson very wisely decid-
ed not TO take a hand in the railway
wage dispute. He did his full duty to
tho railroad men during the war.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

No doubt that that ouachita parish
negro whom a Louisiana sheriff for
got TO hang. is grateful for that sher-
ifs lapse of memory.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
II IS A TANGLED M.NZE


respondent OF the New York Times
had with Lloyd George last Tuesday !
were not so tragic, 1t would be funny
which Of course it is not-but here is
the interview:
What IS the hardest problem Of
the rcparatious situation" l asked.
1T is this the premier replied.
AL the allied nations are agreed that
Germany must pay her indemnity by
exports. All tho allied nations are
agreed they do not want German ex-
ports
France thinks that England should
take German exports and enable Ger
many to pay the reparations with
what we would owe. We think France
stands much more in need of German
exports than we do. And your own
MIR Harding said he was determined
on one thinE-that Europe should not
pay her debts to America by sending
goods.
Every nation wants to protect its
own industries. Every nation wants
to collect its debts. Germany has not
gold enough to pay the allies. The
allies fave not gold enough to pay
America. And everybody wants to be
paid in gold.
ITO find the answer to this stuG
tiou is not only the hardest reparatioh
problem, but it is the hardest prob
lem Of the whole world today"
And possibly just to add more to
the much tangled puzzle the corre-
spondent adds that Of the l,5OOOOO,O 900
marks worth Of goods Germany Of
fered France in 1920, France accept
ed 2O.o00.OOO marks worth.
The world knows now how the al
lied supreme council endoavored to
solve this problem.
II demanded an indemnity OF Ger
many Of So billions Of dollars, and
then turned around and imposed, in
addition, a tax Of 12la per cen. on
all German exports, out Of the profits
OF the sale Of which the indemnity
must be paidl
That tax, Of course, makes it just
1874 per cent harder for Germany to
sell any goods at all. earn any profits
at all pay any indemnity at all.
incidentally, it has another aspect
that is attracting serious attention at
Washington and in the neutral coun-
tries.
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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Tho democratic federal reserve
bank system prevented that panic
which the financiers tried their best
TO force upon us.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
GRoUNDHOG INVESTIGATOR IS
BAFFLED

Too bad--at the very last minute
when the stage was all set and all Of
the details arranged-that we should
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
Docs Not Carry Tobc's Name

Anyway. the cabinet slate doesn't
carry the name Of Col. Tobe Hert of
X Kentucky.-Kansas City Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

The old fashioned fellow is waiting
for tho 14th of this month to see what
the grounding will do.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

banks that are visited by bandits.
Why not keep q mule?-Gallatin.
Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

Mr.. Harding's reported choice of
many millions Andrew M. Melton for
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-12

secretary OF the treasury is attributed
entirely to Senator Lodge-whewi