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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
What They Learn at College

Why does youth go to college? Ludwig Lewsohn liter
airy critic and author asks the question then attempts
to answer it with this:
ITO the average intelligent American, education, for
which he is willing to deny himself and pay taxes
skill and information and, at most, accomplishment
skill and knowledge with which to conquer the world of
matter Our students to the university not to find
the truth but to learn to be engineers farmers doctors
teachers"
Mr.. Lewsohn apparently laments this tendency, and
bewais the fact that college to the average American
youth docs not mean to him inner change the put
ting of man. criterion of truth, tastes
and values"
There you have contrast between the average Amer
lean college and the general of foreign higher edu
cational institutions. Abroad, the university Is to
turn out more cultured individuals here to give
them finer and flexible tools for the economic
for liberty" TO quote Mr. Lewisohn again.
Which is better and more worth while training In cul
ure and classics training in the fundamentals of pro-
duction and service? 1t is big problem, and probably
raises not only the main fault but also the main virtue
of American colleges today, depending upon how great
the extreme TO which educational hobbies carried
judicious mixture of the old and the would make
mighty useful piece of educational equipment for any in
diydual to have with him when he faces the battle of
life
YIhcrc breeding nature
IRE equally Ibreeng comes from want Of
consideration Of others.-Buwer-I.y tton.
While tripping light girl trip
broke her
Babe Ruth Is In trouble again. 1t is spring
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
A Grilling for Ye Editors

Oklahoma legislators considering law to license
editors reporters and such at $40 per and requiring
them to pass examination which moves the Ell Paso
AS to different nationaities, the Norwegians and
permens QUESTIONABLE. Brother Sharp of The Post evil
IDENTIFY is who goes out and guns for trouble for
in every community, there is element of folks who
love chance to get with" the editor and he will
likely get questions like these
Q-Are you going to stop beating your wife2 An
swer yes
Q-Do you carry pistol?
Q-Can you name ten of the biggest scoundrels in
town? If SO, do it.
Q-Where are all the vice dens in town. and how do
you know it?
Q-What bootegger sold you your last 40 drinks?
Q-Have you taken personal bath since January l?
Q-Have you quit making your wife stoke the furnace
at a. m. Answer yes or no.
Odd Washington wear wool socks when he crossed
the Delaware?
Etc, ETC., ETC., and every question loaded with con-
tumely sarcasm nervous prostration and despair or
course such questions have relevancy to the object
sought but we never have QUESTIONABLE that did
india supposed to be smoudng with
the greatest wheat in history Full interest I'm
revolution Score point for John
Railroad figures that
the last than the poctebooL
see the farmers figures on the proposition
We would hate to book they think everybody
stays mad all the time. '''
Men home with lot Of fault with tho family
Our kick against human nature Is 1t Isn't always human.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Four Reasons for Robberies
Editor The star

Editor The Star;
As l read daily OF the holdups and
robbery OF homes. can't help think
ing. What fools these mortala b.. -
and wonder that they don't learn
BY the experience Of others.
There arc four reasons for those
holdups that can all Do eliminated
First. tho hanks are To blame be
cause they don't insist on having n
guarantee deposited with Uncle sam
that VIII positively protect oil depos.
lts. Scandinavian American banl,
fiaseoa scare many away from banks
that are safe.
Second, tho newspapers don't try
10 educate the people to put their
money and jewels into safo deposit
boxes and banks. doing everything
by check.
Third. as long as idiots carry rolls
OF bills aud flash them before bell
boys and the general public. the
thugs will follow them and Kill them
for II,
Fourth. silly women wear
diamonds or imitation In their ears,
on their fingers. or carry them In
their purses, where they can DO seen
every time they pay n bin. and they
encourage thugs to rob them.
Any man or woman who wears a
diamond on the street Ia Just
gambling the price OF # that they
won't get slugged before they got
homo.
have Travelled all over this coun.
try from coast to coast, and never
yet have ! been in place where |
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

ture. Washington, D. c.. for bulletins
on how % make things grow.
II the bugs and worms are bad In
your nelghborhood. get Uncle Sans
book on how 70 fight them. II tells
what kind Of sprays 70 use for each
different rayager. and how 20 apply
IL.
other bulletins viii tell you whit
variety OF vegetables will grow best
in your particular neighborhood. and
Just when 10 plant them 70 get tho
best results.
CITY gardeners can get a lot OF
healthy exercise and make their time
profitable as well" says w. r. Beat.
tie, garden expert OF the bureau Of
plant industry.
'-The average city garden, depend.
ing upon it's size. can be made 10
produce from $40 70 is5 during a
summer. our figures show" no con-
iinued. During the war. we had
from 100000 10 1000 900 backyard
gardens. but the number now Is
doubtless considerably less"
Aitbo congress killed the free seed
appropriation for the fiscal year be-
ginning July !. they are stu avail.
able this spring from the old ap-
preparation Of 5000, 900. For the first
time in the lifetime OF this genera
ton. the government will cease TO
supply free seeds next year.
Tho department Is distributing
both garden and flower seeds. The
first packet contains an assortment
OF beet. endive. lettuce, tomato and
turnip. and the second contains
m s. n On tie. nasturtiun. poppy,
sweet peas and zinnis. Full direc-
tons for planting and cultivhiing
] are printed on every packet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Mr.. Hoover and the Sugar Gouge

Ugly charges that the United States department Of
congress aided and abetted the sugar gamblers in their
Gigantic gouge of the public by issuing alarming reports
bout the sugar supply have been hurled at Secretary
Hoover by the Peoples Legislative league the research
nd publicity organization of the progressive bloc in
congress.
Secretary Hoover denies that his department played
INTO the hands Of the sugar gamblers. He has explained
that the department of commerce reports were mis-
Interpreted by the sugar gamblers In statements TO the
Washington representative of The Star he has denounced
|he sugar gouge and his assistants have furnished ma
|teral bearing on the expose of the gouge.
But that does not entirely clear Mr.. Hoover the
department Of commerce. in the public eye, that
hese charges have been made to the president and the
public direct The Peoples Legislative league demands
grand jury inquiry into the sugar manipulaons
The thing for Secretary Hoover to do, in his
well in the publcs interests is TO join that demand
flor inquiry searching that il will not only expose
the master manpuators, but will also throw much
light the sugar situation that further price Juggling
will be impossible.
Oddities Is "ry" Philippine
Islands prohibition follows the United
merchant which remain dry wherever bound the federal
authorities have ruled
The be years Yc It
written by n married
Every by hiding poCkstbOok
she find Il
Some spend all their TO that they have It,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

could not cash my check. because !
never draw II for moro than | need
for car fare and eats or course. /,
f. a good plan 10 carry travellers
checks. in case ono might bump into
somo place where they had been
s,ung and we're cutting out this
cashlng OF personal checks.
People losing money and jswolry
deserve no sympathy at all. they arc
encouraging thugs II there Ia moth.
Ing to steal tho thugs will soon aui,
tho country. II u up TO tho people
TO uso tho banks. DO nil their bust.
meas by check. and the newspapers,
the great educators. 70 be on tho Job,
pounding IL Into tho public'a thick
skulls. JAMES FULLERTON.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
A Great Field for Your Bow

Nearly 20 years ago Comte de Chardonnet Frenchman.
discovered how to make artificial silk from nitric acid and
ceulose.
Today textile claims that third Of the "silk"
is synthetic, the artificial kind Ones as good
as the other on the average depending the purpose
What's happening in the silk industry will happen in
other industries The chemist will rule the future pro-
ducng synthetic foods If your boy wants to study
chemistry encourage him. There's no greater field
Society editor bankrupt
the rich widow Of American boolegger he gel boot
legacy? - ~
IL will BIO enough your vest for patching your
trousers. " go
Being sensible takes a lot VI practice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
SCIENCE
Earth's Age.
Older Than Believed.
Rddittm Method.
6 TO s Billion Years!
How old is the world7

AA"N NNN - AAAN F"AN"H
Scientists have been rather busy
revising their ideas about tho age Of
the earth since anew and accurate
methods Of determining tho age OF
rocks have been devised.
Tho oldest rocks arc known 20 be
about ono and one-hAlf billion yearh
old. The ags Of rocks used to be ssti.
mated merely by their depth in tho
pile Of strata The discovery OF "a,
dium has enabled tho invention OF n
system that IN now known 10 be
accurate In reading the ago OF rocks.
The earth itself n far older than
the oldest rocks. The present esti
mate n that tho earth's age - be
tween six and eight billion years
a tow years ago science was fRirll
definite In It's theories an 10 how
long man. in his present form, had
Inhabited the earth and paoed this
81 a comparatively recent period
Science now says, in effect. that !,
does not know.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Uncle Sam Is Ready to
Help Your Garden Work
Department of Agriculture Will Send Bull
letins on Culture

any expert advice that you need will
bs cheerfully supplied II you write
10 tho department OF agriculture
here.
II you are new 20 this home gar
den game. and want 20 know how 10
prepare the soil for a good crop.
write TO the department OF agricul.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Mother-in-Law Wins;
Can Advise Daughter

KE1GHLY, Eng. March ?7.-In
tho suit OF Charles sandorson against
his mother-in.law. Justice Darling
ruled that the defendant had tho
right TO advise hor daughter. the
plaintiffs wife.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Comedy of a Hat
Staged In Store

CHICAGO, March 2T.--Mrs. Leon
ard Rush followed her husband and
woman companion into n millinery
shop and tore 10 pieces a new hat
which Rush was buying for the
other woman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
ny ROBERT TALLEY

WASHINGTON. March ~. -Tf
YOU arc ono Of tho vast army Of
backyard gardeners. Uncle Sam In
ready TO help you make things
grow.
Free seeds may b. obtained by APP
plioauon 20 your Congressman and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Bureau of
Mis- sing
Relatives

Ths star Invites its readers 10 use this
d-pArimfHt ss an aid In finding nnssslns
relative err friends The department. ts
10 help In reunitlng thsse who have beea
separated. These whose relatives %
friends are uaisslnE arc Invited TO reperi
the DISAPPEARANCE directly 10 The star.
Readers uha may know the whereabouts.
Of persons mentioned In this ooiuuan a.
missing are requested also TO report 10
The star. Other newspapers are tartted
10 reproduce sseh items will tntssesi
their readers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
1909 POWER

Red cfown"isan all-rehnsrygss-
oline, every drop Of which vRpor-
ires rapidly and uniformly In the
earburetor, sndis completely con-
"umed In the cylinders, giving
easy starting, quick and smooth
seeslsraion and ullpower. That
Ia why consistent users Of "Red
Crown get greater fsxibllity and
moro mileage from their cars and
have less trouble starting all the
year round.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

FRED WOLFE-Ths man was
formerly OF Ashland. Neb,. and lived
at Fresno. Cal. eight years ago
He In asked to communicate with
II. a. wiggenhorn. Of Ashland. Neb
concerning his mothers estate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

S. w. DAvIs-A telegram await
this man at tho central office OF the
Western Union Telegraph Co. II
contains news Of tho death Of his
father at Solomon. Kan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

RAY PURDY. - This man IL
thought TO have left Montana six
months ago and TO have como TO So.
attic. Ho is about 30 years old and
Of medium build His mother in
Toronto is very anxious TO locate
him and has asked that any informa.
ton concerning him he mailed to FL,
mcr l.. Hancock. ssi6 York Road.
Seattle. Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

song Home Home years May
written by n married
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

One us little Oddities thlsPorto Rico Sy" the Philippine
prohibition follows
marina bound
auth ties have ruled
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

yThec Is breedng which, nature
almost equally senstvehe mbreeding that
onsidcration Of others-Buwer-I .ytton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
APPROPRIATIONS AND FiNAN.
ClAl AFFAIRS

The committee on Appropriation and
Financial Affairs will give public
hearing in its rooms at the State
THURSDAY, February IS. 1923. at
+. NJ. on the following:
An Act to promote the production
and sale of certified seed and TO pro-
toct the branding thereof; making an
Chapter 14i, Public Laws of 1917.
Resolve in aid Of the Maine 1nstitu-
tion for the Blind, Portland
Resolve in favor of the Maine 1nsti-
tuition for the Blind, Portland, for dor
mitOry.
Resolve IN favor Of the Bath Mill
tary & Naval orphan Asylum.
Resolve in favor of the York Hospi-
tai. in the town of York.
Resolve in faNo, of approprating
funds in favor of the Bath City Hos
pital
Resolve in favor of Madigan Memo
rial Hospital Houton.
FRIDAY, February 1e. 1923. at L.
NJ. on the following resolves:
Resolve in favor Of Knox County
General Hospital
Resolve appropriating money for the
care. maintenance and repairs of Fort
William Henry, in the town of Bristol:
Resolve in favor Of Maine Children's
Home Society of Augusta.
FRIDAY, February 1G. 1923. at 2 p.
NJ. on the following resolves:
Resolve in favor of the Eastern
Maine Orphans Home. Bangor.
Resolve in favor of the Temporary
Home for Women and Children. for
maintenance and repairs
Resolve in favor of ST. Louis Home
and School for Boys, DunStan Heights.
Resolve in favor of the Children S
Hospital of Portland.
Resolve in favor of st. Elizabeth s
Roman Catholic Asylum and Holy In
nocentS Home. Portland.
THOMAS 4. SANDERS. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
South Dakota Spot
Still UneXDIOred

Scenic. 5. D.. Feb. 9-IIalf a doz-
en- miles southwest of this town. in
the very heart of the ,Badlands, Big
root Wall stretches away to the
southwest and the northeast for
miles. Between this walt and the
plnnacles Of Whitewater Wall and
bounded on the west BY SAGE Creek
Nall is an area Of approximately
Tour square miles. No white man s
loot has ever rested there, so far as
can be learned.
The indians call the plot "sichi
makoche' meaning Bad Place" A
large scale map OF Pennington Coun-
ty. drawn in 1905. describes the place
as "Badland bluffs and canyons. inn
possible of survey"
Occasionally one of the Dakota
(SiouX) Indian who will talk. tells
strange tales about this particularly
rugged portion of South Dakota. Deep
canyons and gorSes lead up to spire-
Ike pinnacles and every attempt to
follow their tortuous paths thus far
has ended in failure. Battling cul de
sacs greet the explorer at every path.
Chief Flaming Arrow, a veteran OF
the frontier days, gives what prob
ably is the Sioux belief. Many years
ago, the chief said before the pale
face come. there was the place where
dwelt the Wankinyan (Thundcr Bird)
high in the pinnacles of stone. This
wall of rock kept out unWclcome Wis
itors. the chief commended and added
that the protected area is rich in food,
sunlight and warmth and has pure
cold streams of running water.
The old chief said that perhaps at
some time, someone nAy have found
their way into the place, but if so
they never returned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
LEGAL AFFAIRS

The committee on Legal Affairs will
give public hearing in its rooms at
the State House in Augusta.
TUESDAY,, February 13, at P. NJ,
on the following.
S. 30 An Acteto regulate bakeries
and bakery products.
S. 81. An Act to change the board Of
directors of The Maine Institution for
the Blind.
An Act to amend the purpose Of The
Maine Institution for the Blind and to
tors thereof.
An Act to extend an Act entitled "An
Act to incorporate the Odd Fellows
Home of Maine"
An Act in addition to and to amend
Chapter IS of the Special Laws of 1886.
is amended by Cha pier 164 and Chap
ter 304 of the Private and Special Laws
of 1905 and as amended by Chapter
236 of the Private and Special Laws of
1911. entitled IAN Act creating the
South Paris Village Corporation" re-
lating to a public sewer for said cor
poration.
H-S9. An Act to amend the charter
of the York Harbor Village Corpora
ton.
An Act to incorporate the Knox Bar
Library Association.
THURSDAY. February Is, at F. NJ.
orhthe following:
HAP. An Act to provide for the Ii
censing. inspection and regulation OF
hotels and private lodging houses.
SIP. Resolve. proposing an amend
n1ent TO the constitution authorizing
the regulation of advertising signs in
public view.
BCRLEIGH MARTIN. Sec. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
PUBLIC HEALTH

give public hearing in its rooms at
the State House. in Augusta. on
TUESDAY, February Is. 1929, at .
p. NJ.
Resolve appropriat ting money for the
establishment of test laboratory at
Caribou in the county of Aroostook.
An Act to amend Chapter 81 of the
Public Laws of 1917 as amended by
Chapter 172 of the Public Laws of 1919.
relating to the State Department of
Health.
An Act to accept the provisions of
the Act of the Congress Of the United
States approved November IS. 1921. en-
titled An Act for the promotion of the
welfare and hygiene of maternity and
infancy and for other purposes.
ARTHUR w. BROWN, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
Gal ARIES AND FEES

The committee on Salaries and Fees
will give public hearing in its room
at tie State House. in Augusta.
TUESDAY. February 10. at r, NJ.
An Act to amend section 4 of Chap
ter 1lS of the Revised Statutes relative
to fees Of the clerks Of the judicial
courts.
An Act to amend Section 40 Of Chap
ter III of the Revised Statutes rela-
tive to compensation Of clerks of
courts.
An Act to amend Section IS Of the
Revised Statutes. as amended by Chap
tors 1852. 167. and 292. Public Laws of
1917. Chapter PA. Public Laws Of 1919
and Chapter 2f9. Public Laws of 1921,
re .ating to the compensation of judges
Of probate.
An Act to amend Section 2. Chapter
11S, Revised Statutes as amended by
Chapter 1875. Public Laws of 1921, re-
lating TO fees of trial justices.
An Act to amend Chapter sos Of the
Private and Special Laws of 1885, as
amended by Chapters 403 and 44S of the
Private and Special Laws of 1907. re-
lating to the Norway municipal court
end to establish the salary for the
judge of said court.
An Act to amend Section IS. Chapter
1T of the Revised Statutes. s amend
cd by Section 3S. Chapter cl9 of the
Public Laws of 1921. increasing the
salary of the Judge of Probate Of Sag
rorAp r pny-NnC Go
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
Lincoln's "Lost Speech
Absorbed Reporters
They Forgot Tasks

Bloomington, i'll. Feb. 9--(By the
Associated Press) THAT the bone and
sinew of Lincoln's lost speech was
never lost and that the speech itself
never has been found and never will
be found, were the theories advanced
by DR.. William L. Barton in an ad-
dress delivered here tonight on
Lincoln and Liberty" DR.. Barton
spoke at the State Normal College on
The Education of Abraham Lincoln"
and later at the Lions Club.
He spoke OF the intimate relations
of Lincoln with Bloomington, and es-
pecially OF the lost speech" delivered
there ut the convention at which the
Republican party of Illinois was Or
2aniZed, May %, 1856. DR.. Barton
SAID:
81 believe that the Peoria speech
must have contained the bone and
sincw of the Bloomington speech
which is known rs Lincoln's lost
speech. such Il speech q man does
not create out of blue sky; it takes
time to grow in him. Secondly, |
believe that Whitney secured much of
the spirit and some of the phrase
oloGy of the lost speech. But in the
third place | do not believe that the
lost speech ever could have been re-
produced.
Lincoln probably tried to repro
duce it few nights later at q rat
iiication meeting in Springfield. but
there came out to that meeting only
Lincoln. his partner William IA.
Herndon. and an otherwise undis-
tinguishcd man. John Pain. Linz
coin WAS elected chairman without
opposition, and he took the chair
amid what the press report. prepared
by Herndon. described as 'deafening
calls But do YOU suppose that LIN
coin repeated his lost speech to two
men and n hall of otherwise empty
chairs? lie said Just enough TO get
a good report in the papers. NO man
can deliver great address to empty
chairs.
The reporters We're so Interested
in Lincolns great speech, they for
got to report it,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-10
WASHINGTON
Cobbossecontee GRANGE

After a recess on account Of bad
roads CobbosSccontee grange met in
regular session Tuesday, Feb. 6. with
Sc members and one visitor attend
ing. After routine business, the third
and fourth degrees were conferred
upon class of three candidates.
In the afternoon. anniversary ex-
crcises were on the program. Mr..
Wentworth related some of his recol-
Icctions and experiences in the early
days of the grange. Mrs. Celia Davis
read an interesting paper on its early
history and activities. Others spoke
briefly on the same subject, several
relating amusing incidents of those
times. Interesting readings and
songs varied the program until the
speaker Of the day, c. Fl. Crawford
of the Maine Sheep and Wool GtOw-
ers' Association was introduced. He
gave very practical and enjoyable
lecture which was highly appreciated.
Later. the literary program was con-
tinued with reading. songs and a
vocal duet by two lady members. and
closed by roll-call in which further
recollections of early days in this
grange were given. 1t was organized
in 1875 with "a charter members and
met in members houses, and other
places until building was purchased.
a few years later. and made into a
hall with much labor, by the grange
members.
At the suggestion Of the master. j.
W. Lowell. it was voted that the
grange meetings be opened at II
o'clock, sharp" The next. meeting
will be on Tuesday. Feb. 20, and the
lecturer. r. L. Snowe. wishes every
one to be ready to give quotation
from or about either Washington or
Lincoln as part of the observance Of
their birthdays at this next meeting.