The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-23

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paper lately and they make me
think. skinner" said cappy Kicks
one day recently 10 his general mana.
ger, After reading them turned
20 tho editorial pages Of the papers
! read. 10 SEQ " the new stories had
Inspired the editors with an idea for
an editorial And. by the Holy PINK
toed Prophet. those boys never even
Bot a tail feather"
FOR Instance Mr.. Skinner sug
gssted.
The suIcids statistics o. the
United States. The Pacific coast
leads other SECTIONS % tho United
States in the number OF suicides and
tho city Of san Diego. California.
wins the prize for tho clly with the
greatest number OF suicides In this
country.
How comes. said Mr.. skinner.
That's what l asked myself. and
tho answer told myself was a dry
year, hoof mud mouth disease and toe
rapid expansion Of the city Of Los
Angeles. last year Los Angeles did
her best 10 connect with santa Bar.
bara. 10 miles north Of her. by sub.
dividing most Of the farms between.
Suckers from tho far East came
out and paid city prices for said
lots because the high pressure sales
men told them they could sell shortly
az = p.-tit. Now they realize that
ihe7 mtat walt until some 10000. 900
more people settle In this country
before they can unload. tho wait Is
TOO long. their return trip ticket East
has expired and they arc humping
themselves off.
"As for the record q san Diego.
isn't that town tho first port OF call
for the sports who have ruined their
bank accounts gambling al Tia
Juana7 And after running their bank
accounts haven't they removed the
lining from their stomaehs drinking
tho prusSic acid sold there for pre-.
wnr goods.
skinner. seem 10 trace anology
I'm such a climate as San Diego
has all the year round. human beings
ought 10 be happy and 1.-Two 80 long
--Look here. skinner. is It possible
that folks in lovely scmi.trOpical
Southern California live 80 long and
are 50 healthy that they Just nat.
uraily grow weary Of waiting for
death and take the short cut to make
room for the visiting geueration?'
well. II that isn't the reasor.
Mr.. Kicks" the sardouic Skinner
declared, los Angeles will be
claiming IL j. II We bring II to her
attention. Any time you drop
good copy around Los Angeles
|. booster you'H find Il later In the
Iiteraturelin hotel Hobbies. Those
boys certainly know how 10 adj
vertise."
and why not. Skinner. dear boy
They get away with 1t because they
believe 1t and because they have
something to sell that the rest of the
country hasn't.
"The Middle West has to split the
credit for corn among half dozen
states: the South has TO split the
credit for cotton among a dozen
states; the Rocky Mountain states
divvy up on the mountain scenery
but California has everything the
others have. she has it bigger ano
better and"
MIR. Riclts." Skinner interrupted,
did you ever hear that tale Of the
Los Angeles man who went to Ha'
wall with tas board of trade excur'
sion?
A Honolulu friend showed him a
lot Of stuff that made Southern Cal.
lfornla. and It's capital. Los Angeles,
look cheap and small. and the Los
Augeleno began to fret. but reso
lutely continued TO compare all things
Hawaiian TO similar things In South
ern California and always to the dot
riment OF Hawaii Finally he was
taken up on top Of Kilawea volcano
and given a lok down into the crater
with It's molten lava lake. Here,
said the tIawiian, is something you
cannot duplicate In California. The
Los Angeleno was floored-but only
for . minute. Yes, he replied, but
tho Los Angeles fire department
could put that out in five minutes
wen, what's the moral Of your
taller
Nothing. except that you sound
suspIciously like that booster"
"Well, of course I'm a California
booster, skinner. Where would wo
be now II we hadn't boosted.
Boost is a direct importation from
the East and with us the East ID all
that territory lying. being and STU