The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-01-21


society.-Nampa Udaho) Free Press.
Mere man will continue to feel
doubts about the warmth of knee
length fur coats when worn with silk
stockings and satin sIippers.-Carson
City (Nev) News.
No, we decline to take a straw vote
as to who is the most charming
young lady in this community. They
are all entitled to first prizes.-St.
George (Utah) News.
Everything adjusts itself-the rich
have their ice in the summer, the poor
in the winter. The rich have their
twin skies and the poor their six twins.
-GunnisOn (Utah) News.
After saving a few seconds of time
by his rapid driving, the speeding at.
toist frequently finds that he muss
spend whole days hunting up evidence
for lawsuit.-Elko (Ney.) Free
Press.
While a lot of city folks are bowling
because they can't get any work, the
farmers continue charging high prices
for eggs and milk because they can't
get any labOr.-Richfield (Utah)
Reaper.
Anyhow Mr. Prvan will find him,
self in the happy position of being
able to criticize the new Republican
administration when he isn't advising
it, or at least thinking he is giving it
ad5ice.-Butte (Mont.) Miner.
Some foreign governments are wor,
ried over the naval construction prs.
gram of the United States. They
shouldn't be. If they let us alone Wen
let them alone, but if they step on
our toes we are apt to mildly protest.
Parma QdahO) Review.
Now that all the lumber companies
have announced that they are making
substantial reductions in the neces-
saries of building, homes included,
there no longer remains any reason
why we should not see houses going
up on ever side.-Emmett Qdaho)
Examiner.
Ludwig c. A. K. Martens is going
back to Russia, but he says Uncle Sam
will be great loser by. his deporta-
ton. Cruel words, but it is comfort
ing to reflect that Uncle Sam likely
! can stand such loss and maybe quite
| number more just like it.-Idah0
| Falls IduhO) Times-Register
We must have goOd-better-roadS,
| Whether they are built by direct
levy or through bond sales. the tax
payer ultimately foots the bill But
| almost any amount of money spent on
highways is well, if wisely spent.
Idaho cannot afford to lag in this
work.-Caldwell Qdaho) Tribune.
There are some people who think
| that there is no money in keeping a
| few chickens, but you cannot convincs
George Keithley of that fact. He has
ia chickens and sold from the bunch
from January 16, 1920, to January j.
| 1921, $402.43 and all but $23 was in
eggs.-Midvale Idaho) Reporter.
If the oil output keeps on decreas
ing and the auto supply keeps on in
creasing, the outlook is that the bis
oil companies will switch considerably
in few years from gasoline to alec
hOl. And then, maybe, the autos will
be dancing jig around the corners
on one wheel.-LOgan (Utah) Journal
As much as we like the fair sen;
we have no craving desire to beeomeI
very intimate with a woman whosel
observation-disclosures would permit her
to separate us from life, roll us under
the bed and calmly forget it. This
| species of female was developed in
Missouri the past week.-Park City
| (Utah) Record.
The Fordney bill reveals some queeA
changes in the tariff line up of the
two old parties. Democrats, who ard
additionally free traders. or tariff TO
revenue, are voting for duties, whilS
supposedly Republican protectionists
vote against the bill. The tariff is n
longer party question.-Ely (Nev.
| Times.
History repeats. Coming to this OF
flee this morning two citizens wers
| grumbling about the hole in the coul
/ hn,nrn allan In, f,,,a - Al. III l.