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The Washington times., 1923-02-19

He swept the bank out daily.
As office boys must.
TIL In his zeal he finally
Departed with the dust!
Though they had never met b-4
What cause had she 2 care,
She loved him 10-derly: because
He was q LOCO, 900 alre.
sNOOKUlES.
The Washington times., 1923-02-19

"DOc" Cook, wIo aCGs arrested
IN TeaGs after being found IN
a hotel room NTH a sUomGa Gf-
finity, is finding things dOaUn
there much hotter than at the
North Pole,
CAN'T DARWINIzE HIM
DEMOCRATIC DONKEY
Piease don't stop. just keep on
tryin'
And some day our President you'll be.
ina! HAD
BRYAN
Now stop braying that stuff,
Won jaclxass! I've had enough
OF this trying to make monkey
(Rah! BahD
HARPERS FERRY.
The Washington times., 1923-02-19
Hah! BahU
HARPERS FERRY.

The papers give lots of free
space to NGzimoUG, ZbyszkO, Poll
NegTi and other 1totGbles, bat
NGbiscO and Fig Mention haze
to pay for all the space they
get.
The Washington times., 1923-02-19

Speaking about old King tn
tenkhamun, WhO remembers the
old song, "PhGrGOk's hosts got
drowned IN the Red Sea" and
that jolly excursion whine,
'PickIe Ny Bones IN Alcohol"
There are no Indications so far
that TutenkhGmM1l gGUe any
thought to prGcticiag the pickle
PETE.
The Washington times., 1923-02-19

81 see Smith and his wife have
parted company"
They have. He couldn't stand
her cooking and she couldn't stand
his eating. He ate little, but he
ate It too loud" FRED VETTER.
The Washington times., 1923-02-19

Plaza Hotel Closing Taken Up
in Senate-Fernald Calls
Committee Meeting.

A vigorous effort win be made
IN Congress to save more than
1000 women workers from being
evicted from the Government
hotels on the Union Station
The Washington times., 1923-02-19

A Real Good Self-filling Foun-
tain Pen, fully guar CT m
Each Pen has 14-kt. Iridium
tipped point and guaranteed to
give real writing service. A
great Pen at small price.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08
Years but Add Luster
to Name and Fame of
Martyred President

Each passing year adds new mster
TO the fame of that great American
who place in history of this land
ranks with that of him who was first
In the hearts of his countrymen.
About his illuStrious name new g'orieS
shine as time goes on and r~etreating
distance brings him more maiostically
into view, like some towering noun
tain peak which can best he seen afar
Off. Into the life and character Of
Abraham Lincoln are being interviewer
the imperiShable fabrics of spiritual
ity, romance and Imagination. As he
recedeS, and thus recrding comes
more completely within the scope Of
human understanding, the world claims
him. The uncouth mystic sprung from
the lOinS of Il primitive people. nur-
tured AT the breast of poverty, schoolpd
in the university of the wilderness,
becomes in hardly more than a single
generation a figure with a universal
appeal, an inspiration everywhere on
earth to mankind struggling against
the odds Of fate. no people has on
trihuted a nobler figure than his TO the
ShadOwy annals of tradition.
The instincts which actuatcd his
career of devotion to his country lie
deep in the breasts Of his fellow citi-
zenS. Americans in honoring him pay
tribute TO themselves, for they pro-
duced him. reared him. sustained him,
and offered him to the service of hui
mainly. In the hearts of n people
from whom so splendid a product can
come must be a nobility of character
sacred and immortal. In this lies the
hope of America in the years TO come,
In this reflection that. so long as the
ideals of the splendid past are cher
iShed and preserved, each generation
will breed a man to meet an urgent
need.
In keeping alive the flame which
burns at the altar Of Lincoln, the men
and women to whom he dedicated his
immortal soul maintain n beacon light
to guide their faltering footsteps along
the way to better and nOhler things.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08
Saw Omen in Daylight Star.

Following Mr.. LinColn'S election, in
November, 1861, The Rockford, H.,
Register printed the following para
graph.
1T will be remembered by many of
our readers that on last election day,
when Honest Old Abe was elected
President. a bright star was plainly
seen through the most of the day.
about 60 degrees south of the sun,
Like the Star in the East that rested
over the place where lay the redeem
er Of the world, may not this have
signaled the birth Of a power that
shall guide u country safe through
its manifold difficulties of today? May
not Abraham Lincoln be the repreSen-
tative of that power? Be it so or not,
we look to him for this result, and
time alone can decide the omen for
veal or woe"
Just before his second Inauguration
some one urged upon Mr.. Lincoln the
adoption Of some policy which he
deemed essential to the public good.
Well" said Mr.. Lincoln, II doubt
whether we can do that now, but wait
till the 4rh of March. | don't know
how things will turn out, but / rather
think l shall have more influence
with the next administration than l
have with this."-FrOm "Anecdotes OF
Lincoln" by Abbott LIZ wrence Hardy,
In the Boston Herald
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08

certain Jurisdiction that is held bv the
Fedora courts. The New York Public
service Commission says that bills
nave been introduced in Congress to
limit jurisdiction of the Federal courts
In the first instance, and thereby to
compel domestic utilities to exhaust
thelr remedies in review in the State
courts before reSorting to the Federal
courts, Mayor Hylan and a group
OF New York politicians appeared be.
fore the House Judiciary Committee
OF Congress last summer, in support
or this proposal, which is made in the
"Bacharach bill" The congressman
evidently did not agree to the conten-
tons that were made at the time, and
the impression prevailed hat the pref
erence for state ourts in the New
York case was due to a feeling that
the local officials believed their per
sonal and political influence would
make the State courts lean towards
their desires. Congress made inquiry
at the time as to whether it was sup
posed that better judges and better
decisions were the rule in the State
courts han are to be had in the Fed
II OF his associates were able to fur
nish any convincing reason for chang
ing the system. Strangely enough,
since the first days of the Republic,
attacks have been made upon the Fed
eral courts by small groups of polite
ians and officials who appear to think
that Federal judges and their courts
are set up as enemies of the public
rights, Congress continues to give
respectful hearings to such directors,
but its members are impressed less
and less by the ancient arguments.
AS a result measures like that by Rep
resentative Bacharach are no longer
recommended for passage.
General lsmet Pasha, Turkish min
lister of foreign affairs, has sent a
cordial invitation to visit Constantine
ople to American tourists who will
shortly sail on the Mediterranean
III uio'N Nldl dlc btlllS III dllStN ny
the American Express Company 10
start next month. His EXCellenCy as
sures the Americans that tourists to
Constantinople will receive a warm
welcome,' and he expresses the hope
that the visit will contribute to a
better comprehension of the Turkish
people and amiCable relations between
the two countries" In view of all the
things one hears about the Turks this
hoSpitable invitation may be very al
Turing to many Americans who possess
the Missouri habit of wanting TO be
shown.
The United States Bureau of Labor
has issued a bulletin telling something
about the $50 principal cases affecting
questions involved in the relations be
tween employers and employees that
have been before the courts during the
past year. One half of the cases re-
late to questions arising in the adj
miniStration Of the workmen's com
pensation laws. ~Thirty-seven cases re-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08
Lincoln

Upon thy tomb also lay a flower,
No rose, but just a spray Of goIdenrod
PIucked from the soil wherein thy feet
have trod,
And thereof full of beauty and Of
power,
Unframed to decorate Occasions
hour;
Dropped from His garden by the hand
Of God,
To find itself and sIorify the sod,
To be to men an everlasting dover.
Intrepid Soul, as golden as this bloom,
Simplicity and innate light were
thine
Oh, surely thou vert born to set man
! lay this flower upon thy sacred
tomb,
With low and gratitude; if not divine,
A comrade thou to Christ, and died as
He.
Laura Blackburn" in Chicago Trib-
une.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08
PAGE SEVEN

No country newspaper is so insig-
nlticant as not to have some share in
the general uplift Of the community,
a thing which cannot always be said
of the metropolitan newspaper.
To estimate the number of bushels
OF grain IN a bin, multiply the number
of feet of the inside length by the
number of feet Of the width Of the
bin. then multiply the product by the
number of feet of the average depth of
the grain. This gives the cubic feet,
which. multiplied by four-fifths. gives
the approximate number of bushels.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08
md Mathews voting aye, motion car

and Mathews voting aye, motion car,
ried.
Moved estimate No. 2 of c. Nj. Fas.
sett on septic tank for $1434.07 be
allowed. On roll call Flittie and
Mathews voting aye motion carried.
Moved City Auditor be instructed
to issue warrants monthly to balance
accounts with the different funds. On
roll call Flittie and Mathews voting
aye, motion carried.
On motion Board adjourned.
Attest: Il. |. Flittie.
G. II. Stoddart. Mayor.
City Auditor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08

States for the year 1919, $66, 252, COL
600, divided among the Al, sos, 1872 per
sons who we're gainfully employed
during hat year. gives an average in
come for each of S1,592. according to
the National Bureau of Economic Re.
search.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08

late to labor organizations. The Ari-
zona statute restricting the issue of
injunctions, and declared unconstitu-
tional by the United States Supreme
Court is reviewed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08
CITY COMMISSIONERS

City Hall
City of Brookings. February ), 1923.
City Board of Commissioners met in
regular session with Flittie and Math-
eks present.
Minutes of last regular meeting were
read and approved.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-02-08

Moved bills be allowed and war
rants drawn for same. On roll call
Flittie and Mathews voting aye, mo-
ton carried.
Moved warrant be drawn in favor
OF the City Treasurer in the sum OF
S2219.69 to balance freight and ex
press accounts. On roll call Flittie
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
AN HONEST CONFESSION

This year has been an open season
for American lawmakers in foreign
countries. Some of them went to Vest
ern Europe in the summer to see what
was the matter with that part Of the
world Others went to Russia for a
like purpose. Generally speaking 4hc
members of both groups had their own
pre-conceived ideas of what should be
done to cure the ills of the Old World
and had not been remarkably bashiul
about airing their notions in public be
fore their departure for foreign shores.
Whether they were right or wrong in
their early convictions, and also whether
those who were wrong were convinced
of the fact. and were willing TO admit
it upon their return. are interesting but
not very practical questions.
But though such an inquiry might be
fruitless. at least one member OF Con-
gress who went abroad with definite
ideas as to what the United States
should do to set the world straight has
returned with a clcan-cut urequvocal.
unrcscrvcd. unconditional declaration
that he had not known what he was
talking about He is Representative
Britten, who went to Russia to prove
that he was right in advocating recog-
milton of the Soviet government ov the
United States In a few sentences he
tells the story of his mission and its out
come:
"I went to Russia 70 suhstantiate my
publicly expressed opinion in favor of a
Russian commercial treaty. I Travelled
unofficially, selecting my own guides.
sought no favors. and really tried to
sec the good side Of that tremendous
political theory which is now holding
150.000,000 in subsection.
81 have completely changed my opin-
ion and am quite convinced that any
recognition of Bolshevik Russia is only
lending strength to cause which sooner
or later must fail. and | ain now posi-
lively opposed to recognition of Wis
ionary government, whose very founda-
ton is based on murder. anarchy, boil
shcvisn and theft.
"The country is ruled in silent terror
| by clique Of theoretical drcamcrs who
are too stubborn to admit that they are
/ in the wrong
There are some Americans who are
/ too stubborn, or else lack 4 sufficient
sense of comprehension, to admit that
| they were wrong about various iuterna-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28

my own welfare. Queer, isn't it?
Checrio."
Brabazon went back to Kctatan
by the morning train. He had not
seen Pennington since their meeting
at the Rest-House, but he had run
into lively crowd of brothcr-plant-
ers and government men. and the eli
max OF the celebration" that follow
ed had been something in the nature
of disaster. A dull throbbing at
his temples reminded him of this.
Brabazon was planter of ex-
perience. He knew just how much
a coolie could be expected TO do in n
day. AS he went the rounds on his
Bajau pony he encountered nothing
but yelled insolence, and tasks half
done.
1t was close OH shutdown when he
regained his bungalow. He stumbled
up the steps and dropped into cane
chair. lie was wondering who il
was had sown the seeds of rebellion
in the minds of his men.
BY sheer force of habit. he reached
for his glass and. as he did so. some
thing passed his check so closely
that he felt the wind of it. and stuck.
quivcring, in the wooden wall behind
him.
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
SIC TRANSIT.

Tic great lion on the field of Water
loo is reported in danger of collapse
Tine base upon which it rests is il
ruins.
The battlefield OF more than a cen
fury ago has been forgotten by most
people in the rush TO the new field
of glory. Where NapoleOn and Well
ington contented does not concern the
tourists who want to see where Foch
and Hindenburg were making their
fame.
And the lion has lasted much lon.
ger than either the Corsican or the
EngiiShman, neither of whom had any
other claim upon the attention of the
world.
The poet Shelley sang the requiem
of all the glory of might in the picture
OF crumbled statue half-covered with
sand, bearing the inscription:
my name is Ozymandias, king of
kings:
Look on my works. We mighty, and
despair;
Nothing beside remains.
Found the decay
OF that colossal wreck, boundless and
bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far
away"
Tho lion of Waterloo. the lion Of mill
tary fame. rests on foundation that
crumbles with time. Why patch it up ?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
Pungent Paragraphs

Admire a woman. but don't try (,
understand her.-Illinois State Jour
nal.
Those who 70 to church nay lcarr
more about Heaven. but those WHIT
go nutoing on Sunday may get Their,
first.-Baltimore Morning Sun.
A woman can AXE a hairpin anC
fix almost anything strong and Sc
curely except her hair.-Worcestel
Post.
A :ealtor is a man who can al
vide a swamp into lots and make you
imagine fine dwellings all over it,
Hartford Times.
Time heals our scars. but you can't
make woman believe it when she
discovers her -irst wrinklc.-Wheel-
ing News.
The reason children are happier
than grownups is because nothing has
happened TO shake their sel.-respect.
Duluth Herald.
There are preachers o. the gospel and
there are preachers who cannot get
enough sensationalism out of that
Canton News.
The Boston Transcript observes that
We lHdl .NtW lOI N
is today the center of literature. art
:" Was this only slip. or is
it really surrender?-St. Paul rs
patch.
In these opalescent October days
We miss the old, familiar :. oma of
hom'- bre S in the ldking-you sec. SO
many of ones friends are burning
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
A news item tells about a Mar
land man who hasn't missed attend
ing Sunday school in % years. A
fine record that. provided that it does
not develop that he let's his wife look
after the furnacc-Marion Daily Star.
Now it's predicted That IN thnty
years. maybe twenty years. tLece won't
be any Thanksgiving turkeys left?
Ergo no post-Thanksgiying day hash 4.
It's All i'll wind. etc. thac has no
silver lining.-Savannah News.
The most primitive and the most
advanced methods Of getting about
fall TO the lot Of Secretary DENLY.
whose accident will fore short time
compel him to use crutches when he
is not travelling by dirigible.-Wash-
inotOn Star
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28

tiora matters. There is the League
issue. for example. Before the League
was put to the test there was a posi-
bility that Americans who orN~sol this
country's participation in its affairs had
misjudged the situation. Among them
were thousands of people who had never
been to Europe. But the, League has
had opportunity after opportunity to
function as pcaccmaker. and has failed
to make good" on every occasion. 1t
failed most conspicuously in the dispute
between Italy and Greece.
Nevertheless. a few Americans who
went to Europe this year have returned
fully convinced" thar the only possible
salvation of the world lies in Americas
participation in the League of Nations.
They are expressing that conviction even
while former Premier Lloyd-George. now
i'll this country. is expressing his disgust
over the League and everything pertain.
ing to it.
OF course they have right to sing
the Leagues praises, but the mere fact
that they have been to Europe" is
not likely to add any great weight to
their words.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28

This unusual series of stories deals
with the exploits of "Chinese" Pen
nington, n detective sent by his gov
ernment TO British North Borneo 10
run to earth the Yellow Seven, gang
OF Chinese bandits.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
WHEN T. R. WAS CHALLENGED

y dispatch from New York says that
a letter found among the papers Of the
late Theodore Roosevelt shows that he
once accepted a formal challenge to a
duel with a French noblcman." Thus
expressed, \ fact apparently at variance
with the popular impression of the
former Presidents character IS presented
Even during his lifetime Mr.. Roose-
welt was often called a typical Ameri-
can After his death he was widely
referred TO as one Of the greatest OF
Americans. How does his acceptance OF
"a formal challenge to a duel square
with his reputation as an exponent and
example Of Amcricanism, when every
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
DEMOCRACY IN SELF-DEFENSE

In one of his speeches in the United
I States, MI. Lloyd-George said that
democracy was being mcnaced on all
sides in Europe. Probably many Amer
leans thought that he was referring to
conditions in Continental Europe alone
That democracy has fight on its hands
in England too, is made rather plain
by ]. St. Loe Strachy, editor OF The
Spectator, in 4 recently published article
entitled Democracy or Socialism,
This distinction between the troubles
of England and those of some other
European countries is to be observed ::
Whereas monarchists and other auto
cratic elements menace the continent.
the government of King George is
threatened by a growth of socialistic
. sentiment Democracy is the intended
victim in both cases. But from the
standpoint of vital realities. socialism is
no less autocratic than monarchisln.
Under the one philosophy the prolctariat
. rules; under the other. aristocrats give
orders. When any one class governs,
democracy is nonresident.
Democracy, the will Of the people"
writes the editor of The Spectator, "has
Of late fallen in general rcpute. The
Reactionaries declare that democracy has
been tried and proved wanting, and that
experience shows the voice of the ma
Jorlty to be almost always wrong The
Communists, the Labor group, the Marx
ian Socialists, are equally contemptu-
Gus OF democracy. They demand the
sovereignty OF the proletariat-the right
of one section of the community to mo-
noDolize the power and to rule their fel-
flows as they will. This autocratic
privilege is TO be reserved to those whose
sole possession is offspring-Prolcs! The
man with anything beyond a naked
fecundity is to be through that one
fact deprived Of all political Influence.
The Individual with something nut by
rs to be an outcast of the state"
2 Democracy is repeatedly defined in
the article as government according to
: the will of the majority of the citizens
& who constitute the Community" This is
reminiscent of early American debates.
Present-day Americans. reading what
{ Englishmen arc saying about democracy
.-as though it were new discovery
may be disposed to smile.
But perhaps Americans should be
5slow to assume such a patronizing atti-
%tude. What was the status Of democracy
sin America when fierv debates were
Z held on this subject? Now every Amer
. lean thinks he knows what democracy
smcans; its definition is accepted. in the
sabstract. as matter Of course-iust
gas the multiplication table is accepted.
6 Yet, is democracy practiced here so
scrupulouSly now, when everybody can
sdefine it in the abstract, rs it was when
1T had to be verbally tagged in every
Spoiitical campaign?