Paragould soliphone., 1922-08-16
"C0MPENSAyTION"

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 IL is predicted that the bonu bill will be passed promptly afte tho tariff bill is disposed of. may be as well to have the matte brought to a head as to have In the meantime evidenc is not lacking that there is wide difference Of opinion on tn subject among the soldiers them selves as among other citizens.
 One member Of an American Le zion Post, asked how the boy stood on the subject, answered a fbldows:
 well, the fellows seem to be
 about equally divided. Of
 course the ones who can see
 only the hunk of money are
 keen for N, but think most or
 the fellows have it figured out
 that while they will get the
 money in one chunk it won't
 last long, and then they will
 spend long, time paying it
 hack to themselves in taxes on
 things they need and want.
 Personally I'm not for it.
 s.Of course as compensation
 it's a joke. Take my own case,
 for instance. I wasn't big
 money-maker, but figure that
 my time in training and over $ seas cost me somewhere be-
 tween two and. three thousand
 dollars, and any cash bonus
 suggested so far is away short
 of that. But on the other hand,
 if anybody from the President
 down was to come to me to-
 day and offer me three thou
 sand for my experience, would
 not take it. And knowing what
 I know, if the chance came
 again to choose. between a pile
 of money and my army ser
 vice, I'd take the service.
 "One thing I do want to see,
 though, and so do all the fell
 lows, and that is, every disabled
 man leeked after as he should
 he. The rest of us who are able
 bodied can get along.
 This lad, speaking in no sens' still voiced the sentiment ,f, a. great body of sensible, stead. ,oys who served their country wei n war and are now at work serv ns her well in peace. His state nent is not very strong argumen sitrer way, but it proves that what syer way any lawmaker casts hi Tote he need not feel that he ha' failed in his duty to any grea And those who hold tha in the very act of service itsel here was compensation will flint evidence in this lad stand.
 
 WORDLEsS COMMUNICATION
 Before Alexander Graham Bell in gsnted the telephone. most mel 'yeuN laaxss scoffadxSat thas ideassIt such a mode of communication. T' be able to hear the human voic' for distance of thousands of mile the medium of wires ant devices was one of tn, dreams of visionarles. A that time wireless communication and it's latest development, tn radiophone, were regarded as evel cra9ier notions.
 It may be so, too, with Bell prophecy concerning the communi cation of though without spokel Dr. Bell is said to hay believed that in time a speciali coil of wire around tn head would enable men 10 exchang thoughts at any distance withou utterlng a W0Fd.
 There are some persons who WI say that Dr. Bell was oversteppin all conceivable bounds of physic and going into the field of psychi although the inventor ap was not thinking of tele pathy. Yet the possibilities are ther and 50 years from now, who know what marvellous devices will hay been perfected? Will these nnspoke c0uversers be able also to do ava with words and will an America and Chinese, for example, be abl to understand each other withou knowing each others native tongue
 HIGHWAY POSSIBILITIES
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