The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-23
A REAL TRADING CENTER


A farmer who lives some rs miles
from Moscow informed The Star-Mirr-
or the other day that he nearly always
came to this city to do his trading,
although he lives much nearer to sew
eral other towns. He stated that in
his opinion, next to Spokane, Moscow
is the trading center Of the Inland
Empire. 1t is true that Moscow stores
would be a credit to a city much
larger, and Moscow prices have al
ways been held at level below that
said to prevail in most towns.
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That is a pleasant and sensible way
the Moscow churches have of extend
ing the hand of welcome to univers-
ity students. The students are given
an opportunity to attend reception
at the church of their choice and to
become acquainted with the people of
their own denomination. There is
no proselyting-just a cordial invita-
ton to the young people, leaving it to
them to make their choice.
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Governor Louis F. Hart of our
neighboring state, Washington, in an
address a few days ago, gave one of
the reasons for the present high tax
es, which applies just as much to Ida
no, or any other state, as it does in
Washington. The governor says that
each two years a large number of
people from all parts of the state go |
down to Olympia to urge the appropri- |
alton of money for one purpose or an
other, but that no one ever goes to
Olympia to protest against the appro-
priation of money. The governor ex-
planned that officials could do but
little, in the face of popular demand,
toward reducing expenses.
REASONS FOR CHURCH ATTEND
ANCE
The late President Roosevelt was a
firm believer in church attendance.
Always practical, his reasons for at
tending church had a very practical
side to them, which might be inter
esting reading on Sunday morning.
The former president gave the follow
ance:
/. In this actual world, a church
less community, community where
men have abandoned and scoffed at,
rignored, their religious needs, is
community on the rapid down grade.
g. Church work and church attend
ance means the cultivation of the
habit of feeling some responsibility
for others.
8. There are enough holidays for
most of US. Sundays differ from 9TH
er holidays in the fact that there are
of them every year-there-
fore on Sundays, go to church.
A. Yes, I know all the excuses.
ator in a grove of trees, or by run
ming brook, or in a mans own house
just as well as in church. But l also
know as matter of cold fact that
the average man does not thus wor-
ship.
5. He may not hear a good sermon
at church. He will hear sermon by
4 good man, who, with his good wife,
is engaged all the week in making
hard lives a little easier.
g. He will listen to an take part in
'eading some beautiful passages from
the Bible. And if he is not familiar
With the Bible he has suffered a loss.
z: He will take part in singing some
rood hymns.
8. He will meet and nod or speak
o good, quiet neighbors. He will
ome away feeling little more char
table toward all the world, even to-
yard those excessively foolish young
nen who regard church-going as a \
oft performance.
8. advocate a mans joining in
hurch work for the sake of showing \
is faith. by his works
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THE FARMER
The department of agriculture says \
1e farmers should make 81 25O OOO |.