The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-04
AUTOMOBILITY


The world has about 1,72,000,O0(
inhabitants, statisticians tell us
Something less than half of them
the figure is set at sos 5000, 000-are
white. The United States has about
one-sixteenth of the population of the
world and perhaps one-seventh of the
white people.
Now consider automobiles.
There are 1858, 949 motor vehicles
in the world, if one takes the word
OF the New York Times for it, This
figures out one car to every 135
people.
$50 of the cars. With 1O5,000,000
people, the United States has one car
to every 10 people.
This leaves not much more than
100000 Of them for all the rest OF
the world 1t leaves one-sixth of the
cars for fifteen-sixteenths Of the
people.
In other words, the world outside
the United States has one car for
every 8151 people, while the United
States had one for every TO- says The
Times
The Times is quite right when it
says the automobilty OF the United
States is very high.
The United States is supposed too,
to have hard times just now. The
comparative ownership of automobiles
perhaps just about tells the story
OF the comparative prosperity of the
United States and the rest of the
world.
The little town of Endicott, in |
western Whitman county, last week |
voted a $4,000 bond issue for the |
purpose of building a high school |
auditorium and gymnasium. The
same little burg has already started
plans for city park and a swim
ming pool 1t is said that Endicotr,
in a mad chase for the dollar during
recent years, neglected its civic and
municipal affairs, and that the town
was gradually running down at the
heel as a result. The citizens and
business men saw the trend Of things
and started movement to make
their town attractive enough to hold
the citizens already there and at
tract more people Community i'm
provements, within reason, will al
ways prove a good investment.
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Moscow delegates to the Rotarian
at Missoula, last week,
report that the most effective address
of the meeting was made by Hon.
William E. Lee of this city, in sup {
port OF keeping intact Rotary Dis t
trict No 90 There was a strong t
backward by the national t
it is understood, in favor
Of linking northern Idaho up with
and Oregon. Mr.. Lee
made a most eloquent and able plea q
in favor of allowing Moscow Rotary 9
club to remain with it's own state. /
The proposed division was showed
lnder, after the plea before the body q
# the convention by Mr.. Lee.
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Whatever America endures in the o
way of hard times and whatever it's h
itizens face in the way of hardships, d
an scarcely be called real. They
re hardships only by comparison % .,
With the exceptionally bountifM :,
ears which the United States enjoys a.
t times. Compared with the rest of re
ne world, majority of the American al
eople live in luxury all the time.
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A popular diversion for the next
wv weeks will be guessing whether o.
lie miners or the mine operators will
in out in the strike. The chances
re-, whatever the result may be- that Nv
lie public won't win. 1t is probable -,
lat when the time comes to lay in 40
ext winters supply of coal, the Dc
rike will be cited as a reason for tic
,lding up the price. mi
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