Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
IMNClLES,
r, BAD END.
MS TEETH.
I SCHOOLS.
| AND USEFUL,

At Day IN = lightsr-than-air fly
ing ma,ane carried up with It .
small a.ra.a fe. ~ . ash hawk car
ries up fish. Two thousand feet
up the little airpisne was released
by the big zeppelin and went hy-
ing oil on i,s own account. That's
interesting in this country which
has mace 10 preparation to meet
the dang Of invasion through the
cir.
Imagine similar machine, ten
times US big, leaving the coast Of
ASIA, or Europe. carrying beneath
it dozen high powered bombing
machines. Imagine that big ship
coming out Of the early morning
sky, releasing its brood Of swift
destroycrs to wreck cities the
mother ship and the little ships sub
sequently landing on safe neutral
ground in Canada.
This nation will have the worlds
greatest fighting feet Of airships
soon, or the United States Of 1924
viii be known in later history as
THE NATION OF IMBECILES."
In the Middle Ages not only
mon but animals were tried for
murder when they killed a human
being and, If guilty" were exc
cutcd. On certain occasion a sow.
with her litter of suckling pigs. had
killed and eaten young child. The
SOW mother and her offspring were
demnei to death, the little pigs were
spared, ON The ground that "bc-
cause Of their extreme youth they
could "ot be held responsible"
Sra" uurdcrers have been
hanged in the United States. with
intelligence not far above that of
the sucking pigs spared by nedlae-
Val Justice.
Among letters by George WASH
.nston, TO be sold in London, one to
his Philadelphia dentist tells how
much trouble Washington had with
his false teeth. They were strung
on wires and got loose. They
looked about AS natural, when he
wore them. rs set of small golf
balls, being cut out Of solid ivory.
Civilization does not realize what
it owes to dentists and oculists.
good false teeth and good spec
taCles.
Think Of the ancient Greeks. to
whom false teeth and eyeglasses
were unknown. The marvel is that
80 many Of them lived to be old.
In California decision, the State
Attorney General forbids, in public
schools, even the Lords Prayer. in
the way of religion. There is no
doubt that the public school system
should tea / the three RS and other
positive knowledge. leaving rcligi-
GUS teaching to the discretion Of
parents.
II is wise to keep all religious
teaching or favoritism out Of pub
lie schools. On the other hand, il
10 unwise, and an outrageous inter-
ference with the rights Of parents,
their own expense. send their chill
dren TO private or parochial schools
where religion il taught-provided
that educational requirements are
met.
Young man. do you want to be
rich and useful! Learn something
about electricity and try TO invent
n light storage battery. Electricity.
which in itself weighs nothing. will
not always be carried about stored
in heavy metal. weighing as much
as the vehicle that the electricity
propels.
Don't be discouraged BY the fact
that you are not an electrical engi-
nccr or = scientist. Sometimes
knowing too much about . thing
prevents seeing IL possibilities
clearly.
The man who invented the ssw.
ing machine couldn't sew. His
whole idea was putting The needles
"eye" at the point Of the needle in.
stead Of at the other end. An *.
peri scamstresa would have sad,
That's nonsense"
A Filipino lsbores, working n the
Hamakua sugar mill, 70 dead Of bu-
bonic plague IN Hawaii.
Three rats iafssts1 VIA tAs
plseue have bsea easshe.
How soon will our sxaitsd etvi15-
sation, which gladly spsads tAou-
aanda Of millions 70 kill othss hv-
man beings. sDsad ths fsw nsess.
sary millions . - IA Il sats and
other disease spreading vssniaf