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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

These figures were obtained from
the school financial statements OF
1891. and prior thereto. This shows
during the years quoted above. ex-
pendifures above income collected
amounted 10 $685.. 3e5.z4.
The school authorities and the
public do not seem TO have remen.
bered or appreciated the fact. that as
the tar rates have Increased. actual
tax payments have diminished 10 a
larger extent than might be looked
for. As result. when the gross
tax payments to the state. county.
and city are behind. the school gets
only iis share OF what Is collected.
The following tabulation VIII show
what a large sum II at present due
the schools In back or unpaid tsxes
carried as assets on the school rec
ords
Lis, of unpaid taxes due the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
Our Constituted Authorities"

the real cause OF the trouble which
has not been sufficiently brought TO
the surface. 20 that many well lnten.
toned critics are judging erroneous
~. That the teachers feel the in
justice done them in being required
TO pay the fiddlers where they have
not danced Is not to be wondered
at. our constituted authority" frs,
squandsrs and illegally spends money
and now does not seem 20 be able
TO distinguish between ESSENTIALS and
non-assentials in its efforts al re.
trieysment. This IL the best that
can be said for our directors. When
constituted authority" deals fairly
with the people, there win be no
disgruntlcd factions OF any sort what
soever. f. c. JACKSON.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

Editor The star.
Just a final word on teachers sal.
aries. In The Star Of june 20. Law
and Order" writes that the cut IN
teachers pay IL secondary 10 sup.
porting constituted authority" This
Ia an abstract statement 20 which
the writer heartily agrees. But
when. In concrete cases. this author.
ny becomes unjust and despotic
there must be q resistance or this
country win degenerate.
In the present situation ~ IL a
case of requiring the teachers 10
make good" for past extravBRances
and transportation OF funds on
the part Of constituted authority"
In one instance legal action was nee.
esssry in order 10 stop Il. This IL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

IL can be confidently expected that
the school year closing June. 1922.
will show still larger amounts in ali
these columns.
The school board cannot hope 70
collect all these back taxes for many
years TO come. as is evidenced by the
fact that at the recent county sales
OF property for non-psyment II
taxes. over $500 pieces OF property
were bid In by the county because
no one would buy them. Again AZ
the first OF the year 1921 the nav
mcnts including 1890 tax levy were
behind practically 10 per cent. OF
the total. all Of which does not hold
out immediate hopes OF sudden nav.
ment Of all back taxes, without which
the school cannot get its fun share.
IL must be remembered that the
heavy tax increases only started in
1917. and the tax sales of the year
which took place In the fall OF 1921.
were on tax levies for 1916. when
the tax rate was very much lower
than in the following years.
With the increased tax levies fol.
lowing after 1915, there viii no doubt
be an increased number Of proper.
ties that VIII be bid in by the county
for non-payment OF taxes as no one
VIII buy them. The possession OF
this property by the county will not
help the school board or county until
conditions gradually right themselves
and this property can be sold. a mat.
ter OF several years In all probsblu-
~.
In the meantime the school busI-
ness must be carried ON and its ex-
pense must meet the income. Leaving
aside the matter Of outstanding war
rants at the end OF 1921, and the
warrants for 1922. the
erees aggregate income. n all taxes
are paid mp promptly for 1922 will
be roundly S5.4S5.9 900.
Judging from past experience.
however, there win be at least 5000.
900 short on tax collections which
VIII leave the actual income OF the
school district for all current ex.
penses S5.is5. 10000. The firs. lien
on this will be interest and bond
redemption fund OF s64e. oOs. leaving
s4,54s.ss4.oo TO carry ON the actual
school operating expense.
When II is remembered that last
year the school operating costs were
*@,s2I. I33.S$ and the net reduction
from 1920 to 1921 expense was an.
s250 GOO, IL will be seen
at once that further substantial
cut In the school operating expense
must be made In some way. This.
without reference 10 how the money
has been spent in the past. or TO
the taking care OF the huge and con.
stantly growing warrant issues out
standing. IL will be the work OF tho
school authorities 10 make the nee.
essary reductions so that the school
operation lives within its own
means.
Ii the tendency Of the school au-
thorlties. as shown by the facts here
inabove set forth. is allowed to con.
tinue for short time longer, the
entire school system will be on a
basis OF paying its expenses out OF
deprecated warrants, and sooner or
later reimbursement and cleaning
up OF the growing Indebtedness on
general expense account, win have to
follow whether we like Il or not.
and the sooner this whole position il
fully understood by all concerned.
and remedied, the better OF every.
one viii he and the better results
We will get In our schools.
ii. S. GLEASON,
1898 18th South.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
Lombosting
Robert

nse La Toilette Is going to
catch Il for proposing that con-
grpm veto. By re-passage Of the
ae(s. decisions Of Unconstitutional
Nv ~ the u. 3. suprsme court
0as great standpst republican Or.
90 essses the proposition In
onIss
~, = Ia Fsiletts avers. the
unalsrisy Of the supreme court ID
: ,jodlelsl ssigarehy.' Il Is pal
pab,y . better thing than tho
49, court the Wild ass Of Wis
eenein proposes to erect upon its
rulns--
n there's one thing that's evil
3ea1 about that court Il Is the
fnel that IT'S judicial olissrefy
pacIsed In behalf Of the special
lsteresss. 10 say what the people
u1sau o. shall not have ~ Law.
Tnerp are about - million wild
asees~ outside Of wisconsin who
Usdrrssand that thorciy.
u b . real lArxe~ised -mss"
ohnt h becoming tired Of support
Nc more or less representative
congress for the making Of laws
lnnt finally are kft NJ the psiIt-
Icsl - bnsIness mercy Of five z.
q judges.
Dse decent II sound funny 70
Mar : republican organ roasting.
- effect. republican eonsrsss
- = ~mob-?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
The Teachers and Their Paw

Editor The Star:
The gentleman who informs us he
Ia war veteran. speaks for himself
and poses as a spokesman OF Law
and Order" presumes to be a de.
cidedly patriotic citizen.
Waving the flag as he does, he
ought to answer few questions for
the general benefit of the reading
public.
Everything In theory with candi.
date" he tells us.
WIN he stand for 1t II at the next
school board election candidate
runs who declares he win slssh teach.
ers wages farther and stand for no
raises, said candidate being elected.
then votes for n substantial raiser
Let the champions Of the teachers
take notice. This Will be la Tay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

The public serrsc> CON- ssisssss Il
ebonf 10 BE- called irfo dcfior 10
iBrrsfioafc BeIlirctam's rats and
ksiornffs and street car fare. The
pshsie service comwisstes should
Itself - first snresfsgnfcd before u
starts as irresficafion elsenhere.
That outfit IA plsms prfrss barch
~ Investigators rhcH 70 comes TO
fk< fnferesfs Of the people
Gn<mer Beachcomber.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

Tor ana good politics. II anybody
hollers then. It viii be mutiny.
VIII Law and Order tell us IL the
late Secretary OF the Interior, Lane
was wrong when he asked in his an.
nual report what was to be said
about nation one OF whose com.
monwealths spent less than So per
capita for the education OF its chill.
dren7
VIII Law and Order argue the
school board Is right in lowering sal.
aries when the best authorities tell
us that the average salary for the
teachers OF the United States Is a
national disgraceg
There is nothing holy about
school teacher" this veteran" tells
us
Does the gentleman think Il high.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

one Of the greatest. n not the great.
est. American citizen. the immortal
Abraham Lincoln. said when he was
approached on the subject Of pro.
hlbition:
Prohibition will work great injury
10 the cause OF temperance. II IL a
species Of intemperance within n.
self. for n goes beyond the bounds
OF reason. In that II attempts 10 con
troll a mans appetite by legislation
and makes n crime out ofthinss that
are not crimes. A prohibition law
strikes = blow At the very principles
on which our government was found.
ed"
This applies just ss much 81 the
present day a. II did In Lincoln's
time.
Very truly yours.
II. v. GRIsyARD.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

Editor The star.
Thru your liberal columns may I
offer a SUGGESTION
what havs IN mind IL the scsrcs.
~ Of mail bones In tho district
around Western and First avenues.
between University and Pine streets.
There l. not one large mail boz
on Western avenue. between Seneca
and Stewart. A. q result the merch.
ants of this district have TO take
their letters 20 the central office. on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
"A Neu Radio
MirdcIe

Mrs Herman KoehIe. Of Lake
wssd, o., deaf for 20 years. puts
RADIO receivers over her ears. She
lRars . fine broadcasfed concert
and nearly faints. Takes the re-
eeivers off. Deafness returns.
u curative power locked up in
H. rtxisn waves.
Repeatedly you hear Of pc
eulIsr things" encountered in
radio - upexplsinable. frezkish
events. These are flashes In the
darkness. revealing future won
derx-
Three greatest mysteries are
HE, hereafter and wireless.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

Tor
God and against apeism. item.
Dear
BIZ Bryans making Of h.
says It's bunk that of No evo,or
STUFF for him He monkey swung from,
limb of stral tree" 80 'N''
ne says he's getting against monkey clan
ne 70 think hunk OF sod to high
and mighty human sinks brute for man ss
always man. he thnks-we eyolute, - -
with William he right, h,r,.,
race u seems to me could night In fact uhsn
survey the bunch--he mighty sold
bunch we aren't finished - -'N' '
wouldn't o human n,oh ,,t,r
our Makers work fnished ,oh IA. a.
A W. on our way 10 higher things and
be- some distant ", o our Create - '"'
And tho the lis frou, ,
fact is free from doubthe &c.,,
matter how race beean-s w. .,, uoe
steady aim to BE best can " "'' "eep
0sraeae -M:a'se.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
LEARN AWORD
EVERY DAY

Today's word IL sUcCrMB.
It's RECOMMENDATION, with nc.
cent on the second syllable. The ~
was once but IL now rarely sounded.
II msans--to lie or sink down az
the result OF pressure or force. 10
Yield; 10 submit.
IL comes from--Latin Sub. y
under. and "cumbere," which Il akin
10 "cubare." 20 lie down.
It's used like this-''Peopie occa.
sIonalIy succumb 20 heat during the
summer months In most parts Of the
country
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
Lis, of unpaid taxes du. the

Running coneurrentiy with the in
crease OF unpaid taxes comes a cor
responding Increase OF the use and
issue Of warrants and interest car.
ried thereon, which formerly when
the school credit was good. were
cashed at and 5 per cent. but now
bear per cent interest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

Americans In Germany say they are charged too
much. Germans ,cont them TO feel at home
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

There are oro,cH people IN Ire
> land pho hare nersr seen peace.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

The only objection TO living in the country is you
haze to 90 to to,cn for your vacation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24

One icay to Keep daughter at home is to feed
her on onions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-24
AGeHerE1om~
4VR1DGE WANN

William Jennings "sumpng the nation for voes FOR
God and against apeism. News item.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
CURES WROUGHT BY PICTURE
Virgin Of Pompeii Credited by Devout
Catholics in Italy With Miracu.
lous Powers.

The Virgin of Pompeii, to whose
protection Pope Benedict asked to be
commended by Cardinal Sill. is the
patron Of modern shrine which has
become one of the most famous in
Italy. About 1878 Bartolo Longo. Il
wealthy Catholic layman living IN the
Gegion Of the buried city Of Pompeii,
near Naples, found in an ancient cas-
tie, among Il number Of other articles.
"f antique furniture, a painting OF the,
Madonna. The painting did not show
It's authorship, but its beauty attracted
Longo, and he placed it on display in
his home. An intirm woman, visiting
The house. knelt before the picture and
prayed. for relief and she ut once de-
clared that she was cured OF her sick
ness The news of this cure caused
others to seek healing, and after more
cures were reported, Longo placed the
picture in small chapel. The num-
her of visit ors and the reports of cures
Increased. and the picture is now dis
played in large church in care OF
ihe Dominican fathers. about two
niles from the Pumpeii excavations
usually visited by tourists.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
AND THEY SLEPT upstairs"
Childish Prank Not So Enjoyable a.
Youngsters Imagined II Was
Going to BE.

An indianapolis woman Is fond Of
telling story about her girlhood
days. There were several children in
the family and they went to school
with other children, perhaps a triae
better off as to this worlds goods
than they were. At any rate, the
other children were always talking
about their upstairs. And there
was no upstairs to the cottage where
the indianapolis woman's family lived
it was only a cottage. But children
like, they had to be able to say with
cool disdain when they went to
school: why. upstairs where we
sleep"
SO when mother went downtown
one day these small children labor
iOusly took their little bed apart and
carried it up the narrow, steep dark
stairs that led to the attic. Then they
carried up the bedclothes; then their
little chairs. They were indeed, going
to sleep upstairs.
When mother came home she found
out what had happened. She
climbed the attic stairs, and there
amid the dust and dirt and whatnots
and cobwebs were the two beds.
SO just to punish the children for
their disobedience mother made them
SLEEP, up there few nights in the
hot weather, until they were glad
they had no upstairs"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
CHANGE CLOTHES IN WINTER
Animals and Birds Make Seasonal
Shifts, Very Much AZ Does the
Human Family.

Some animals and birds change
their dress in winter just as we do.
The ptarmigan, a bird belonging to the
same family as the grouse. and who
lives high up in the Scottish noun
tnins. is one of the birds who wear a
completely different dress III winter.
In the summer he is pretty yellow
ish-brown all over, with white wings.
but in winter he is almost all white.
This is because there is so much snow
OH the high hills that if he remained
brown he would be easily seen against
the snow.
A ncighbor of the ptarmigan In the
Scottish mountains Is the blue or
mountain hare. In summer he Is
grayish brown. but when winter comes
coat Of pale gray and white fur. ptar-
migan even sleep on the snow when
there is ground free Of snow quite
near, and one finds the little hollows
made in the snow by their warm
bodies. Some people say that white
fur and white feathers are warmer
than darker cOlors. SO perhaps that
is partly why some animals and birds
in cold places have white winter
clothes. Far north. In the arctic re-
gions, where there is always snow and
ice all the year round. most Of the
animals IRE white. For instance, the
polar bear and the arctic fOx.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
st.a .rsttf..s. - 75..s ..s54als- s,a-s-
TO CUT AUSTRALIAN ESTATES
Measure ALMOST soclaIistic In charae-
ter Il Approved ny Most Of the
Landhoidsrs.

Large Australian estates may have
to be subdivided, according to the
Sydney correspondent Of London pa
per-,
= The new South Wales government
Is reintroducing large holding sub
division; bill, compelling owners to
subdfyide for closer settlement any
land exceeding 100000 in value. IL,
for instance, the owner Of land worth
$25OOOO refuses to subdivide 1t the
government will compulsorily acquire
$4,000 worth and make it available
for closer settlement.
The intention is to pay immediate
cash or; current rates Of interest," to
the: owners. The measure, which Is
approved by most Australian individ-
uaf landholders, but bitterly opposed
by big land companies with headquar-
ters in England, will have the effect
of opening for cultivation large areas
now utilized as sheep runs. Thus it
will afford an opportunity for an In
creased agricultural population and
scope for immigrants.
1t is designed TO mitigate the ex-
listing serious unrest arising out of the
inability to provide Australian agricul-
turists with land. These people are
being driven to the cities to swell the
ranks Of the unemployed, making dan
gerous centers Of discomfort
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
AMUSING TO WOMEN TODAY
What Was Considered Proper in Mid.
Victorian Days Seems Some
what Ridiculous Now.

In book written In mid-Victorian
days concerning the proper manners
of weu-bred women appears the state
ment that a woman with CRAVING hair
is hardly respectable without cap"
and that the woman Of thirty-five who
does not don the cap as signal Of the
fact of her advanced age, has some
thing of masculine aspect
Such statements are amusing and
sometimes just a little annoying-es-
pecially to the woman Of thirty-five.
She consoles herself with the fact that
times have changed enormously since
those days and that now so long as a
woman is slender enough to wear
clothes selected by eighteen-year-old
girls she is seldom criticized for
wearing them.
But don't delude yourself into think
ing that all women Of thirty-five in mid
Victorian days donned the cap Of old
age. Empress Eugene wasn't married
until she was twenty-seven, and she
continued to be regarded as one Of
the most charming and beautiful wom-
en- in Europe for many years. j
1t is really no new thing for women
of 'thirty-five, forty or over to retain
their youthful charms and change very
little their mode of dress or behavior
as time goes on. Possibly our present
mode of life, our athletics, our style
of clothes, tend more to the retaining
Of youthful appearance and real
youthfulness than did conditions Of
the Nineteenth century.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Support of Royalty.

At the installation ceremonT Of
King Feisul of Irak nothing had beeii
left undone in producing the atm"s-
phere necessary for such an OCCASION
in the country Of the Caliphs Of BuS
dad. The thrOne-or rather the chaiI
if state-was masterpiece in scare;
rep, tinsel and gilt. After the cere-
mOny, which, it will be remembered,
was an open-air affair, the ritual re
quired that the throne should he re
moved. A stalwart Ethiopian raised
it above his head and bore it away
past the assembled multitude. The
frame beneath the seat was simple
deal, and across the boarding was the
legend in stencil of firm that ex-
ports Scotch whisky. 1t shall be
nameless, because the most up-to-date
advertisement manager could never
have hoped for such a display. 1t
was worth d kings rnnson, and We. 1t
was free and unsolicited.-ts4s, -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
u a"
Lost Art With Him.

y. Warren &. Sayre of Wabash, an at
torney and formerly state repre-
sentative, sent letter several weeks
ago to the county clerk Of Boone coun-
ty, asking for information concerning
a divorce suit. The letter was written
on plain paper in longhand and sent in
a plain envelope. Finally the follow
ing letter was received from the clerk:
"Dear Sir: I have submitted your
letter to every officer of this court
house and we cannot read a word of
it. We cannot even read your sigma
ture, so am cutting it and the address
off your letter and FASTING it on the
envelope carrying this letter, hoping
that the post office employees are suf-
ticientIy familiar with your way of
writing to assure the delivery of the
1etter."-Indianapolis News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Difficulties Of Observing Venus.

The scientific onslaught on the
planet Venus, to try to determine
whether there was life upon it, has
resulted in nothing Of satisfactory
nature. There have been many inter-
esting observations and Somehow the
cries. but no conclusion as to the pres
ence Of life. Although it is the nearest
planet to the earth, nearer at times
than Mars. Venus has thoroughly baf-
fed investigation heretofore because it
is in darkness. being between the
earth and the sun, when it is nearest
to the earth. Such markings as char
acteriZe Mars are lacking. This is
supposed to be due to an envelope of
cloud covering evenly the surface of
Venus.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Australia's Water Supply.

Australia's wonderful underground
water supply, her artesian basin sys-
TEN, might we'll rank among her
greatest assets. But like other as
sets, the artesian water supply can be
wasted, and Australians are noting
with concern that in New South
Wales there has been total diminu-
ton in the flow, of water from 26S
selected water "sbores Of something
like 21,40OOOO gallons q day, or about
1913 per cent. 1t is now being recog-
nized that the artesian water must be
conserved by the partial closing of
the bores, so that only the flow ca
pable of being used .'ill be allowed
to issue. The irrigation commission
is taking steps to pelalize the care
less bore owner.-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
VARIOUS GOODS TURNS

Here are a few good turns reported
from different sources all over the
country: "Shovelled snow from the
school house three times; took two
blind ladies to doctor three times a
week and supplied crippled boy with
scout literature; found lost child;
cleaned town Of Mexican sandburrs;
provided scout uniform for boy who
had to give all his own earnings to
support of mother and little sister;
cleaned alleys, built sidewalks, re-
moved debris after fife, dug bitches
for draining, gave wood to poor
widow" p.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
-The FIapper Dollar.

Already the critics-c;ill them n.y.
pers, if you like-are knocking our new
silver COM One writer calls it the
"fiapper dollar" and says the open
Tipped girl thereupon looks as though
she might be saying Lines bizzy -
or "Say, nssenv" Just that sort OF
girl, you know. II the comment were
not so obvious we would say some
thing about money :alklng-but we re-
frain.-Boston Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Gas Used.

Not counting debate in congress,
Americans used 319,ssS,0O0,000 cubic
feet of artificial gas last year.
This is an achievement, comparing it
with generation ago when mother
had to wash the smoked chlmneys Of
the kerosene oil lamps and trim their
wicks daily.
In about one more generation the
only heating and lighting will be by
electricity. A copper mine is a good
legacy for grandchildren.