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Pruning Knife Needed

ONE OF THE strongest hackers Of Johu Hay for
" governor is the Douglas Enterprise. 1t never
fails TO give its readers excellent reasons for its
support. In the last issue Tins is found;
"John w. Hay is a business man He has wrested
success from the business opportunities TO be found
in Wyoming every dollar of his fortune was made
in this state.
HE knows Wyoming; Wyoming people, Wyoming
resources, Wyoming opportunities, wyoming condl-
lions, Wyoming affairs, Wyoming needs-as thor
oughly as any man in the state; more thoroughly
than any outside a very small group of extraordi-
airy well informed Wyonlinsites.
He has observed Wyoming government closely
for more than score Of years. He has scrutinized
it with the vision of one capable of discerning its
virtues and its faults, its strong points and its
weaknesses. He believes-and anyone who hears
him expoumd his beliefs must believe him-that he
knows what is wrong with Wyoming's government
in numerous essential details; and that given the
opportunity, he could bring about reforms that
would be of great Importance to the people OF the
state.
@John W. Hay is not a theorist. He has no illu-
sions OF governmental genius" no decisions of IN
herited right-and ability-to govern. He recog-
nizes the benevolent quality of government, an in
%stitution sanctioned and maintained by the people
for their common benefits, but he believes that
benevolency and business should go hand-in-hand in
goyernment-that the most benevolent government
is that which provides the maximum of service at
minimum cost. He believes that the practice of
common business sense in Wyoming's government
would effect a very material lessening of the finan-
cial burden associated with maintaining that gov
eminent.
eThe idea that sane economy is not essential in
government because "the people pay the bills is
acutely repugnant to John w. Hay. He cannot re
concile with sound bushes practice the employment
of many people to perform duties which might be
more efficiently and far more economically per
formed by a smaller number; he recognizes the ten
dency of complicated personnel TO produce the evil
of overlapping duties-two or more functionaries
10 do the same thing, each expecting the other to
do it and each, therefore, refraining from doing it,
with the result that it is not done. He has no pa
thence with a system that makes for misfeasance in
office-that makes misfeasance in office almost I'M
avoidable, if not actually inevitable,
His conception Of the most efficient govern
mental machinery is the simplest machinery with
which necessary governmental functions may be
performed; his plain, direct, business mind is un-
able TO reconcile muddled multiplication of govern
mental machinery with efficient service. He knows
from private business experience that unnecessary
complication results in friction, that friction is ex-
pensive and that unnecessary expense cannot be
tolerated in sound business practice.
HE knows that many a sturdy stem has been
grated TO death when the procedure of which it was
in need for increasing its fruitfulness was judic-
ious pruning
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Coolidge On The Law

EFNALVIN COOLIDGE chose a good platform for
" a little speech of reminders to the American
people which was delivered at fredericksburg, Va.
the other day, states the Boston Transcript.
The purpose of the meeting at which he spoke was
the movement to purchase, for use as a patriotic
shrine, the beautiful old residence, Kenmore, where
lived so long Elizabeth Lewis, the sister of George
Washington-the noble and majestic woman who,
in later life, CHANGING to put on the hat and coat
of her famous brother, was instantly taken for
him. Kenmore is %sanctified by many patriotic mem
cries, not one of which, we may be sure, was Jared
by the excellent remarks of Mr.. Collidge. The great
Nlrglnians who had sat so often with Washington
at Kenmore were constitutionalists legalists; men
who, though they rebelled against King George, did
so in rebuke of his difiance and attempted over
throw OF the principles OF Magma Charta on Ameri-
can soil.
The point and purpose of the vice presidents re-
marks on this occasion was to emphasize the fact
that what is needed at the present time is not a
change in our constitution and laws so much as Iiy-
ing in accordance with them. Mr.. Coolidge finds
himself in an impatient world, which wants to
change everything if possible, and n world crcdul-
Gus of the nostrums of political perfection. 1t is
not, apparently, that our generation is bad. de.
PRAYED. 1t is not that. Public requirements, social
requirements, business requirements, legal REQUIRE
ments, are high. Met and lived up TO, these would
keep public and private life at a high level. The
point is to live up to them, and not to invent new
requirements which very likely we cannot live up to.
For the more laws we have that are not obeyed
the less successful our attempts at public virtue
will be. Here is a kind of standing pat that we
can all approve Before we pass any new laws
why not bring up the average of obedience to those
we have? Shall we, as a nation, be %yirtuous merely
in whereases and p%reambles on the pages of the
statute books and not in our lives?
"As matters stand, the straining for a thousand
laws which are mere pronouncements is having an
evil effect. Mr.. Coolidge did not say 'Herrin' or
illinois,. in connection with the following nassau
he did not say Slater nor refer to a certain
strike of policemen in the city of Boston; but the
application is plain:
"Those who new, under any form or for anv MIR.
pose, seek to substitute for the reign of public law
their own private desire or any species of force
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Sbiritists MOI Alarmed

RCrOPLASM or no ectoplasm, life will move
~ along just about tHf same as ever, and the world
Will be no unhappier, is the concensus of persons on
this side of the Atlantic, interested sin ~spiritisn
and not too deeply impressed with the announce
mont by Investigators for the SorbOnne at Paris
that This mysterious supply of gray substance, with
which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is on handshaking
terms, does not exist. Their experiments with a
woman medium named Eva have proved nothing,
these s~piritists declare, and believers will continue
TO follow in the footsteps of Sir Arthur or stride by
his side in their further adventures into the world
beyond.
Three eminent scientists conducted the Sorbonne
investigation in au effort to get in touch with Sir
Arthur's ectoplasmic aura. The result of their ex-
periments, they state, is in sum total that "the first
NATTER as the British ~spiritist says alchcmists of
the middle ages called it simply doesn't exist And
that's all there is about this so-called bond be.
tween the celestial and the terrestrial"
Sir Arthur believes that the e~ctoplasm is really
part of the body Of the medium and if amputated
the medium would die. A small portion of the sub
stance has been disengaged, he said on his recent
tour, and under tests had beer found to consist Of
the same sort of chemicals and cells as are in the
human body.
To check up conclusively in their experiments the
Sorbonne professors held fifteen seances aud they
could not locate, isolate or feel the queer puttylike
mass.
Therefore, about all We can do is not worry too
much about the matter during the approaching dog
days and let nature take her course.
, 1922-07-13

sighted as to say out in a loud voice.
they were no good. they did not do
anything. and they would not belong
TO them" AS one achievement after
another is marked up to the credit of
this invincible organization. the kick
ers are becoming scarcer and scarcer.
One mar who was quite a pesslmist
only a week ago remarked today that
the chamber of ms handled the
deal just right.
Now that the Great Texas company
is an assured fact for Casper. we one
and all welcome this great organiza-
ton into our midst. Just as we recog
nized h great part h Standard and
the Midwest refineries have played in
the upbuilding of u commonwealth,
80 must we appreciated what it means
for another powerful corporation TO
start to build within our borders. Not
the most important feature is the CIV
ing work to the unemployed by this
one great organization. but IL is the
instilling of confidence into the minds
of the people. The air of uncertainty
is clearing up; confidence viii oon be
established; the investor will be look
ing to Casper for the place to make
his money bring the best returns. The
entrance Of the Texas company win
mean the coming in of other refineries
from time to time. 1t will mean as
Casper and its resources become
known over the country other indus
tries will seek locations here.
There are many citizens of Casper
who have always had faith in its pos
sibilities and in its future as n city OF
great size. At times it seemed all
there was to base ones hopes on was
forced optimism. This hope was
never abandoned, and because OF the
faith of many of the good citizens of
the door was thrown wide open and
Mr.. Opportunity was dragged in
bodily.
Tho opportune time to make big
one in investments is knocking at
the door of the Casper citizen again
today. We must all continue to work
together. We have the Standard and
the Midwest refineries, for which we
are indeed grateful. We could not get
along without them. We welcome'the
Texas company. We hope they under
stand we are ready and willing to do
anything in our power to assist them
in any and every way. Any other
organization that cares to make
known the fact they would consider
locating here simply need drop a hint;
we a do the rest.
The last few days have been the
stepping stones TO great achievement
in the career OF our city. May we
continue the good work.
H. W. BAKER.
, 1922-07-13

eminent undoubtedly has been the
federal system as planned by the
founders OF this republic: a system
under which h national government
was expected to perform only func.
tons essential TO federal control. while
the people in the several states and
communities Of the country were per.
mitted to dominate their local affairs.
This system has tended to keep the
people satisfied with federal power,
while holding their local and state
officials to accountability for the
ordering of public affairs in which the
people have the most immediate con.
Germ.
During the past 20 the growth
Of federal and curtailment Of state
, 1922-07-13
Navigating the Ah

OUIs JAMES, nationally known aviator. swung
~ from one plane TO another by means OF a rope
ladder. In some way the two planes did not sep
arate promptly enough; his ladder swung him
against the propeller Of the machine from which
he had jumped, and he was, literally, cut to pieces,
in midair.
Madame Georges Breyer, French woman OF
Lyons, chartering an airplane for a hurried trip
from a vacation resort TO Naples, found nature fas.
ter than the machine and bore a son 5000 feet in
the air. Both she and the boy were safely landed,
and later she purchased the machine which had
thus become immortal as the first TO give life.
FLYING is vet in its swaddling clothes. We do not
but begin to know what we have yet to learn about
the conquest of the air. But long before births
in airplanes are as common as births on steamers
or trains, civic Consciousness, viii have awakened
to the enormity of permitting brave but foolhardy
men TO risk their lives in needless stunts for the
thrilling Of gaping sightseers.
, 1922-07-13

understand why Humans spent SO
much time talking and SO little time
doing. Get me some smooth cloth,
that won't show the dirt easily. and
wen make you a Cuddle Doll in a
jiffy."
So Betty chose some light brown
cloth. which looked like a jolly sun
burn, and away they went. They
used exactly this pattern. which the
Polite Pencil copied for you, BUT
WHEN YOU USE 1T BE SURE AND
ALLOW ENOUGH EXTRA ROOM
FOR SEAMS. The dotted lines show
how much to allow.
The Understanding Scissors cut two
sides, back n front. Before she
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Growth of Federal Power

Senator William z. Borah, in a re-
markedly forceful argument written
for the New York Times, calls atten.
ton to the peril involved in the grow.
ing Capitalization of power and
sibility in the government at Wash.
ington. State and local governments,
and individual citizens, Senator Borah
points out, r a~houldering upon the
federal government duties and respon.
sibilities which should be more widely
distributed. Tho doctrine of Let
Uncle Sam do it" is resulting in the
building up of a top heavy govern.
ment machine at Washington, with
consequent decay of local govern.
ment and the disappearance OF a
widely diffused sense of personal,
state. county. city. town and township
responsibility.
One of the most important factors
in the stability Of the American gov
, 1922-07-13
Not a Subject for Legislation

REPRESENTATIVE Upshaw, of Georgia, is back
IL ing a bill in congress the purpose of which is
10 extend financial aid to the victims of the Knick-
erbocker theater disaster. 1t Will be recalled that
Representative Upshaw's neice was one of the vic
Tins and one of the heroines of the tragedy.
With most sincere respect for the grief which all
who had relatives and friends in this surprising
horror have suffered, ii seems wise to point out
that there is no more reason for the United States
treasury TO come to the relief of the survivors of
this tragedy than to help those who were bereaved
in the IroquOis theater disaster in Chicago or the
General Slocum holocaust in New York.
On the theory that the United States might have
prevented the Knickerbocker disaster by a better,
larger or more adequate building department in the
city government of Washington, D. c., the unthink-
ing may find some support for this proposed meas
ure- But why not say that the United States should
have a theater inspection service which is nation
wide? And even if it had such a service, why con
slider that any theater failure calls for government
funds for survivors? We have an Interstate Com
merce Commission with an accident investigation
department, hut we don't pay damages to relatives
, 1922-07-13
Queer Questions With
Hidden Answers
II You Can't Answer Them. Looh
Among the Want Ads.

How many kinds OF paper money
r there in the United States.
Where in Canada Is the most coal
produced7
How lons may a brick residence be
expected to last7
What fee is charged for an Amer
lean passport
How high is the wooiworth build
ing in feet7
How many mayors has New York
hadG
Who is Charles Jewtraw7
How deep is he deepest known par
OF the ocean,
what is the length of the diameter
OF the earthg
Where are there more women than
men?
, 1922-07-13

location? It wa through the united
efforts of the merchant joining hands
with his fellow merchants. the realtor
with his fellow realtors. the lawyer
with his fellow lawyers and likewise
with every other profession or line of
business. n then all these Joining
hands together and working as one
great united body. An outsider might
ask, How was this made possible?''
1t was through the well organized.
co~mpetently managed business mems
organization known as the Casper
Chamber OF Commerce. Since its or.
c9nization some three years ago there
have been some SO blind or so short
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and local power has been the most
significant symptom of our govern
mental development The war enor-
mously increased the growing pre-.
war tendency to look TO Washington
for everything. Succeeding congresses
have been busy increasing the au.
thority Of the federal government over
private and public affairs. The Gre
alton of additional boards, bureaus
and commissions. with hordes of EN-
ployes busily engaged IN increasing
their own power and number. has been
the order of the day.
That governmental power which is
exercised within the immediate view
and control OF those In whose behalf
and on whose authority it is welded,
Will be most honestly and efficiently
employed The astounding ineffIcisncy
, 1922-07-13

Of many big federal bureaus is due to
the fact that the power exercised is
SO far removed from the view of those
who foot the bills. Federal function
aries can do and have done things
that no state or local official would
dare to undertake because Of the fear
Of public sentiment. The conditions
under which our federal civil service
is operated tend to the creation of
a totally irresponsible bureaucracy
which does not attempt to conceal its
disregard. If not contempt of public
opinion.
1t is time to call a halt upon the
tendency to make the federal govern.
mont the genera member and con.
troller of everything. That tendency
, 1922-07-13

heard 1T at an. for had it not knocked
so much louder and longer at the door
OF u neighboring town? Most cities
would have said. Whats tho use.
The Texas company has already pur
chased a location in Gienrock. There
Is no chance to get them to come
here; they have already made up their
minds. so why waste our time on
them However, this was not the
case with Casper, and all because she
was awake 10 the big opportunity
which looked so far remote at the
first glance.
To- old Casper get the Texas COM
pahy 10 change its mind regarding a
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ITCHING BURNING
ECZEMA ON SCALP.
In Plmples. Formed Hard Crust.
Hair Fell Out. Cuticura Healed.

81 had eczema on my scalp. 1t
broke out in little pimples which
formed a hard crust. My scalp itched
and burned so badly ! wag up half
the night. My hair fell q terribly
and I could not comb 1t.
This trouble lasted about three
months before I sent for q free sau-
pie Of C-ucura Soap and Ointment.
/ bought more and / used two boxes
Of cuticura Ointment with the cuti-
cura Soap when I was healed"
(Signed) Miss Gertrude Harrington,
1910 Delaware Ave-. Butte, Mont.
cuticura Soap to cleanse and pu-
rify. cuticura Ointment to soothe
and heal and Cuticura Talcum to
powder and perfume arc ideal for
daily toilet purposes.
n.mpis x.eh yrss y MAJ. Addr.-s- cutsur. Lab
cratcrln.. Ds>s Z, NAld1n ~, HAsg." Sold every
yhern. SonpEe Oiptnnnt rs s1dfoc. Tnlcrm Ge.
- Cuticura Soap SLAVES w~ithoutmns.
, 1922-07-13

Is building up a top-heavy govern
mental nachiro. Possessing entirely
too much power and arousing popular
a~ntaEonism because OF its heavy cost
asd continual Interference in affairs
formerly not considered within It's ju--
isdiction. That antagouism is grow
Ing too rapidly for the peace OF mind
o. those who desire h increase OF
popular respect for and confidence in
government
Senator Borah in his remarkably
clear and convincing exposition of this
vital topic. hae performed an impor-
ant public service Other voices
should sound this Alarm against de-
parrure from the Imer4can scheme Of
national government az perfected by
the france OF our constitution.
, 1922-07-13
Answering Opportunity's
Knock

Editor Tribune. In referring to a
lost opportunity on one OF our rail-
roads not long since, it was said by
the speaker OF the occasion, "Oppor-
tunity knocks az Il door Of the great
corporations Just as It knocks at the
aoor Of h individual" This is not
anly true Of corporations. but may It
not be said Of cities as weIl2
This knock. though faint It was.
Fame at the door Of Casper not long
ago. The ordinary city would not have
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OF railroad disaster victims. We have a steamboat
inspection service, but nc relative OF the General
Slocum victims received aid from the treasury.
The United States Is not an insurance company.
II pays PENSIONS rightly, TO its own servants; it
aids, rightly, its own soldiers and sailors; but that
it should relieve distress of the relatives of the vic
tins OF non governmental tragedies is hardly a de
fenduble PROPOSAL
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MERRY MARKINGS
Built for You By ElsInorc CroweII

"oh, ! do wish 1 had a little doll
that was just cuddle size said Betty.
You're ever SO nice, Jenny Linn, and
so are my other dolls. But you're
most too big for the tiniest ,cuddle
tines"
Well. make n then clicked I'm
derstanding Scissors. who never could
, 1922-07-13

sewed them together, the Neighborly
Needle decorated them with red and
black wool. in even. running stitches.
The arms and cap were made of rows
and rows of small, red stitches. And
Of course his grin was red. His eyes,
hair. nose and trousers were marked
out in black stitches. Four small,
, 1922-07-13

black hoe buttons decorated his waist
and trousers.
When this was all done. he was
sewed up on the sides. turned inside
out, stuffed until he almost popped.
and then fastened together firmly. AS
a asst touch. the Neighborly Needle
sewed a little puff of black wool on
top OF his head. When this was done,
Peter Periwinkle was indeed so cud.
dlesome that even the hard. cold door
knob laughed back at him
Observation-Disclosures Trails: aCanoe
, 1922-07-13

Tomorrow-Adventure Trails: "cano,
Craft"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-29
A Reuly to Mir Eno.


 MT. Editor: It is not my desire to moE nopolize the space provided In your pa- per for '1ietters to the Editor" But as it is necessary to correct a few mis- leading statements in MT. Eno's letter which appeared in The Bulletin, gently, kindly permit me to reply.
 It is no wonder that our friend does not agree with me regarding Christian Science when Mrs Eddys statements appear to him as indicated in his letter. But if it is difficult for him to under stand Mrs. Eddy's use of words, he should remember that 1t Is very difficult to express spiritual conceptions and propositions in human language. Even Jesus found it difficult to impart his understanding of truth to others. And on one occasion, as he was endeavoring to make his meaning clear to the antag- onistic Jews, he exclaimed: Why do ye not understand my speech even be- cause ye cannot hear my word?" Fer rar Fenton translates this verse as fol- lows: Why do you not comprehend my language? Because you will not listen to my message" The failure to under stand Jesus was not limited to his ene- 1 mics, however, for we find him at an- other time saying to his disciples: Are ye yet without understandings" The
 
 understand the great Teacher is no proof that his teachings were false. If one reads Science and Health, with l Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, with the sole purpose of exposing I the errors of Christian Science" he can 1 hardly be expected to get the authors meaning. Again, If a reader is fully sat. isfied with the creeds, dogmas, and doc l trines Of scholastic theology, and reads this book with an unyielding determine tion to reject and oppose every proposi. ton advanced which does not fit in witt | his preconceived opinions and beliefs, il | is quite possible that he will find him. self more than once violently disagree ing with the author. On the other hand 1T an honest, unprejudiced seeker. fol truth will prayerfully and patiently study this volume, he will gain, without doubt, what thousands of others hay, l gained, namely, an understanding o Christian Science which will enable hin to prove, to degree at least, the truti of it's teachings.
 The fact that Mrs. Eddy was at on, time patient of Phineas P. Quimb, affords no proof that she Is indebted t him for the ideas contained in Scienci and Health. MT. ouimby was a mag netic healer. Christian Science and hu man magnetism are in no way related Even critics of Christian Science hay acknowledged that Mrs. Eddy is reall the author of the Christian Scienc textbook. One of these critics, Rev. Dr , Lyman P. Powell, formerly Episcdpa rector at Northampton, Mass, and late ly president of Hobart college. came | this conclusion: Christian Science a it is today Is really its founders crea ton. Where she got this idea, or wher matters A< : tenn described in Science and Health 1 hers and nothing that can ever happe } will make it less than hers" r Yours sincerely,
 WILLIAM CAPELL, |, Committee on Publication for Conner ]. ticut.
 New Haven, Sept. 27, 1929. Strange how different the odor of to Dacco is on mans breath before an, after girl marries him.