The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-08

IN America denies the WIG stories that
he was TO attempt to communicate 10
possible inhabitants on Mars. Many
more practical subjects attract him at
this time. When he runs out Of val
liable things TO work on, it may be that
he will turn his attention to interpIan-
etary radio, following the illustrious ex-
ample Of Sir Conan Doyle.
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Mars is within 100000 miles Of
the earth now, and will come seven
million miles nearer in the next two
years. Astronomers Of two schools, 1T
Is and 1T Isn't" inhabited will make.
valiant efforts to decipher the meaning.
of those long green lines. Are they
trees9 Fantastic writers say that the
Martiaas have two-thirds head and one
third body, meaning by this that they
are much older and more advanced;
they are also blonde people, and range
in height from 2 to IL feet, and weigh
one-third what the human on earth
does.
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Much new and interesting matter will
be learned of Mars within the next two
years, when she reaches aphelion. The
thought that humans live there is log
ical enough; sort of rounds out our
sense of the siderial universe. It's a
cramped thought that admits only Of
human beings on this cosmic ball of
mud. It's to be hoped that if new men
are discovered on other planets they'll
tell us something of their form of gov
eminent. Did they, too, advance from
sayagery, barbarism, chattel slavery,
then Industrial slavery on their upward
climba Very interesting.
$685.
Lasker of the Shipping Board said
that the solution of the Maritime ques-
ton was private ownership Of the
boats. That's been the solution of ev-
cry industrial, communication or trans
portation unit since business began. If
private men, common ordinary humans
could make private ship pay private
owners, they could do likewise ship
owned by the people, or the govern
ment. Some other solution will have to
be suggested than private ownership.
These are the days of cooperation and
combination. We've only reached the
combination stage for private interests.
Some genius will come along soon ano
actually work it out.
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Now it's Hearst for Governor Of New
York and then President in 1924. Il
he would make as good a governor anc
president as he has a successful news.
paper man long step in advance shall
have been taken. But then there are
lot of people who don't like Hears
and they are in the newspaper game
friendly competitors! Ford is belns
boosted. The farmers like Ford. h
wants to make fertilizers. He's made
splendid machine and because many
have graduated from the Ford's ane
now drive more expensive cars, they
look back on the faithful little house o
til" and will vote for Ford.
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Hearst won't buy the Memoirs of th'
Kaiser because only three chapters o
10000 words are devoted to the war
The rest to his life, the life of Bis
marck and several other uninterestinS
events of the last of the "Robber Bar
ons.'' The Kaiser didn't want Hears
to get them because his papers wer'
unfriendly during the war. Eyidentl!
this is an admission that the rest of tn
big American newspapers were.
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The Memoirs of the last of the Ho
henzollerns may be interesting from al
intellectual advertisement point OF view
but as a real contribution to the socia
or moral betterment Of the race, vii
not solve a single problem" Tn
writings Of the living Lenin and lrot
sky are much more interesting.
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Astronomers watch the nebulae i
Orion and report its progress from tim
10 time. A new world is forming i
those unthinkable depths. Sociologlst
are watching Russia with the same IN
terest. A new world is forming there
People are interested now. The tact
are coming out, and the unpronounce
able names do not mean ogres thinl
disguised. They are coming from un
der the mists of misrepresentation a
sentient human beings. Quite aston
ishine in the light Of the rabidnes