The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-21


g,stches herein also reserved.
THE PROGRESSIVES AND CONSER
NATIVES
It now appears that R. B. Howell o
Omaha, progressive republican, ha
been nominated for the United States
senate over Congressman Albert W
Jefferies, who is rated as conserva
tive. For those who think they arr
themselves in the conservative ranks
and who are interested in having {
called conservatives and progressives
in the republican party, there might
be some cause for misgivings over
the progressive victories, which start.
ed with the nomination of Beveridge
in Indiana and Pinchot in Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is doubtful if the rank and
file Of the voters recognize the line
of demarcation between the conserv-
atives and the progressives as clearly
DIS SOluC VI LliC 1cduSI0 WOu1u linz.
The chances are that in each case the
majority Of the voters selected what
they considered the best qualified man
for the office, and didn't spend much
time worrying over this conservative
and progressive stuff. Time has shown
that sometimes our conservatives, in
any party, prove to be mighty pro-
gressive and our progresives not in
frequently show ultra-conservative
tendencies when it comes to show
down. The names really don't amount
to much. In one or two of the states
especially, it is probably true that the
nominations register strong senti-
ment against those who have had the
party control in the state. This is but
natural, as the fellow who is on rhe
outside and who is ambitious, IS go
ing to make fight to get in. !. 1t is
probably, all down the line, more a
matter OF the ou0s ousting the ms,
than it is matter OF conservative or
progressive principles.
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WHAT DID IT?
Formerly, in the west generally, but
especially in our mountains, there was
no such thing as petty. thieving. Up in
our Boise Basin such thing as lock-
ing a door was unknown. Houses
could be left alone for months and |
and nothing would be taken. Campers
could leave their camps unattended |
and nothing would be taken. But to-
day all this has changed A cabin
left by itself for a few days will
be looted and damaged and disfigured.
motor left by the side of a creek
while the party is fishing will be
stripped of all movable parts. A.
camp cannot be left without care
,aker.
The motor may not be responsible
or this, but this change has come with
he advent of the automobile. with
'ur lax government of boys, we have
a school for petty thiev-
ng, as any automobile owner can tell
ou. There is constant succession
f robberies of cars here of movable
arts and of gasoline, and no effort
Jorthy the name is made to curb this
lnior course in crime. /,
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We are losing much more than the .
ppliances of automobiles We are s
flowing the weevil of crime to Green s
/ and begin the destruction of the
est crop ever raised in Idaho---the
Dung, honest boy who tells the truth :,
nd destests ef-Statesman
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OF ALWAYS EASY TO BE FUNNY i
"Many times when a newspaper :
les to be funny it fails most lament :.
,ly," admits the Kirksville Express, +,
nd occasionally, with no humorous t,
tent, it rings the bell and sets it's p
aders giggling. The Express rang II
e bell yesterday afternoon when u
line for the livestock mark
got into a society item. The horror >,
til which we gazed upon the state II,
ent that fourteen members were ma T,
re beef steers, $5.75 to $3.50, gradual m
dissolved under the reflection that WI
2 mixup occurred in the item about -
3 meeting of the Good Cheer Circle, -,
organization composed of mighty
serful bunch of women who laughed wi
sr the mistake" ba
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There is always something to worry 70
out. 1t is reported now that Mr. n,
arst is losing money at the rate Of TIL
$1,000 a year on the Seattle Post WI
The blow is eased by ito
fact that Hearst has the money to ma
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