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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-23

Fowler Mccormick, heir to the
Harvester millions, is working for
$40 a week in a Milwaukee mill
&and living at 81 per week board
ing and rooming house. A fellow
roomer says "Mac hates to get up
At s A. nj. but Is "gams" and ne
loes."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
A NelO Function

TT LOOKS like good thing, with first
L class potentialities everywhere, on the
ground that, when woman has something
on her mind, it is fine policy to get ii off
quickly and a-plenty.
Young Mrs. Anna Cummings, of San
Francisco, having just received divorce
decree, is to give divorce party" Plenty
of tea and salads, rich table linen. beau
tifu floral decorations and everything.
Her guests will be 10 other Divorces and
the functioning will consist of What we
have to say about husbands" according
to the announcement.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Cummings neglects
to invite husbands, generally, to attend and
hear some honest opinion, there being no
question about the value of opinion derived
from personal experience. The engagement
luncheon and wedding breakfast are all
right, as far as they go, but, at such,
honest opinion is always largely befud-
died or actually suppressed by etiquet or
the reticence of modesty.
The divorce party" promises to be a
function at which truth will prevail, altho
somewhat late. Anyway, it will be an
occasion when woman can get what's ach-
ing out of her system, which will add to
her attractions, should she desire to marry
again, which she probably viii.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
DigeSting Gas Prices

THE slight drop in gasoline prices here
i and there in the country during the
last few days, joyfully noted by all
flivver engineers, has brought forth
volume of worried inquiries from owners
of oil company stocks
Replying to some of these, New York
financial writer advises against any
alarm. The drop is only temporary, he
says. The present recession is merely
an indication that the oil industry is
"digesting' the price boosts.
This process of digestion is described
somewhat as follows: Gasoline prices
advanced so rapidly that independent re-
timers who had stocks of crude oil were
able to undersel the large companies.
These latter have now dropped back to
meet this competition.
The independent refiners, however,
must purchase their crude oil from these
same large companies. Crude oil prices,
which kept pace with the advance in
gasoline, are not being cut. So it won't
be long, this financial expert says, before
all the cheap gasoline will be used up,
the refiners will have to pay high for re-
snewed oil stocks, and the market will
have "digested' the price advance and be
prepared to take another bite.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
Makina Promises Last

MAYHEM James Rolph was running for
w reelection rs mayor of San Fran
cisco in November, 1928, he made this
specific pledge:
THE citys power will never be dis
posed of TO any corporation so long ms
am mayor"
On this pledge the people reelected
him.
II was not the first time the people
of San Francisco had expressed their
views on the question of municipal own
ership.
When congress told them they might
build the Hetch Hetchy dam in Yosemite
Valley on condition that they keep the
power for their own use, they accepted
that condition.
At another election they wrote into
their city charter declaration for the
general policy of municipal ownership
and operation of all utilities.
And then they elected Rolph after he
had promised them to safeguard their
power.
Today Rolph is in Washington with
small army of assistants, trying TO get
the federal government to approve his
plan for turning over city power to the
Pacific Gas and Electric company.
When the department of justice rules
on Rolph's Hetch Hetchy contract, it
should take into consideration the clearly
expressed will of the people as well as
technical points of law.
Is it justice merely to decide whether
or not tricky worded document is
tricky enough to escape the penalties of
the law?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
? ? ANSWERS to Your Questions /?

dlccR. IA a form Of iCofship Il rep
rcsents The lolrest tppe Of idolatrv
The fetish p0rshipcr puts a apirii
into crcrVthiHD he can see. hear.
touch. taste. smell or Imagine. This
tvpc Of trorship CRISIS among maHv
saudOc tribes. The posscssioH Of q
fetish Is supposed 10 0iuc the ouner
certain potCcr oTcr some spirit or
demon The fetish. Ia other icords.
acts as a sort Of charm torn or
carried on the body and protecting
from euil Influences and disease.
Q. What is Rotten row" in Lon
don. and why is it 80 called?
A. This Is a fashionable bride
path IN Hyde park. London. 90 feet
tCidc. extending for miic and a
hat from HYDE park corner to Ken
stngton gate. along the south side
Of the ScrpcnHnc. 10 runs parallel
Nth the dHpciCdV, from Uhich 10 Is
separated bD a promenade Jrin0cd
,eith turf. Some Of the most bril-
liant displays Of fashion aud iccaith
IN London arc to be seen on the
,oniks along its side on fine after
Moons during the season and at the
church parade on Sundays. The
name Is supposed 10 be dcriucd from
Route dc Roi. or Kings driuc. aud
the King Is the only person 1Cho
mdD drtve dot1n II IN carriage.
dliIco the public arc free 10 ride
along II on horseback.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
NeW Federal Bulldlnq?
Bv Leo R. Sack

WASHTNGTON, Aug. 1.-Two
w Of the most powerful mon
in congrcgs, one n senator, tho
other a representative. each tho
last word in appropriations in
the senate and the house, have
declared war.
They are differing over tho
proposed construction of nccca.
sary buildings In Washington
and important cities thruout tho
country. on the settlement OF
their dispute depends either u
now federal building or improve.
monts upon the present struct.
urc In Seattle.
Representative Martin H. Mad.
den, chairman OF tho nppropria.
tions committee OF tho housc.
after n conference with prcsl.
dent Coolidge, announced that
the plan 10 reduce taxation win
not permit construction of now
federal buildings.
Senator Reed Smoot ranking
republican member of tho scnntc
appropriations committee, ro.
gardod Az the best posted man
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
Tlro-Storn Streets Soon


CEATTLE, worrying already about traf-
- fic congestion. will watch with inter
est Chicago'S experiment of "two-story
streets" The Midwest city is building
two of them, rs an experiment II we
ever have them in Seattle the task of
getting up to the top floor will be easy
downtown. where the streets run in tiers
up from the waterfront.
The idea will, of course relieve the situ-
alton a little.
Three-Story and then four-story streets
will relieve it still more. We shall have
them all.
But even l0-story streets will not be
enough if we persist in erecting l0-story
buildings.
Even American individual rights" can
not buck the laws of mathematics.
1t may be the right of every land
owner to build rs high ms he finds indi-
vidually profitable and of each of his ten
ants to drive his individual automobile to
work, and park it in front of his office.
But the multiplication table cares moth
ing for rights" 1t is interested only in
possibilities and necessities.
A certain number of square feet of space
will 60 around to certain number of peo-
pie and machines. and no more. When
that point is reached individual rights"
give way to public necessity.
There are considerations more impor-
tant than increasing the rental value of
anybody'S corner lots.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

In tho senate on federal finances.
says I've arc going ahead"
0N the personal following OF
" each In congress and tho
determination of congressman
and senator's to settle tho pub.
lie buildings question, depends
tho outcome.
President Coolidge. Secretary
OF the Treasury Mellon, Post
master General New, Secretary
of tho Interior Work, and other
officials arc lined UP with
Smoot.
Shoots fight is chiefly for
. the benefit of the Capital, whore
the government spends Si12...
600 annually in rent Many i'm
portant government archives
and records are housed in him
sy wooden and stuCco buildings.
Most OF the income tax records
arc filed in firetrap buildings.
Turnout tho country an ad.
dllIonnl s23,O0O,OOO W. paid an.
nunlly In rent TO house federal
activities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
On Fire Hazard

Editor The Star;
This II the tlmo " hon campers
and farmers arc being blamed
Tor tho numerous forest fires.
while forestry inspectors arc try.
Ing for more stringent laws and
regulations 10 cover up neglect
Of their official duty.
II over forests invited fires
difficult 10 control. those OF
Western forests havc done so.
Go into any forest or Elashlug
in these mountains and what do
wo find, even in government
rescrvutiopB7 DO we find tho
ground cleared up and sub.
stances that would hold fire re.
moved7
We do not. slashlugs. dead
timber. cover the ground In
every direction. Rotten logs
that a spark.plug would fire. and
which would hold concealed fire
for weeks. lie everywhere and
nothing is done to remove them.
There arc no fire guards or open
spaces anywhere. The fact is.
we have done everything posi-.
bic TO invite fires that can travel
fast and far and are difficult to
subduc.
n. us used 10 be in Canada,
logging companies were com.
PEELED to burn their own brush
and leave no firctrnps. we would
practically eliminate forest dc.
structlon. But as long as wo
make finder boxes OF our for.
csts we may expect timber fires
every year TIL the forests arc
all gone. when that happens
Washington will be a dead state,
as some Eastern states have be.
come thru forest neglect,
A. Il. DOBBS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
Save Cartoonist Williams
Edltor 10 slar.

Editor Tho Star
am writing on behalf OF a
gang Of "Out Our Way fans.
We saw by last nights Star
that J II. williams. the cowboy
eartoonisi, IL going 10 take part
in the rodto al Chicago and we
want him barred on tho ground
tina, "Out our Way" fans don't
want him crippled, You'd be-
surprised how many people look
for williams cartoons every
day.
Tho point I'm getting AZ n
that Williams has no license 10
take part in this desperate con,
test. Il would have been all
right while hc was "a cowboy
and nobody OF the range know
anything about him. But now
he's public funmaker and HIS
sob is funmukinR. not riding In
rodcos. where he may break his
neck. Zen years ago nobody
outside Of his circle OF friends
would have worried II no had
got smashed up. Today It's dit.
fcrent
n somebody would read tho
riot act 20 him and tell him II
wouldn't be fair 10 tho people
who like his cartoons for him
TO enter this contest. Il might
help. We might get the mayor
10 send protest TO tho rodeo
officials and have him scratched
on the ground that he's too old
or something else.
I've heard that tho president
enjoys his cartoons. why not
ask the president 10 call him
down for risking his drawing
arm in rough riding AFFAIR."
Just imngino how serious Il
would be II williams landed In
hospital on his back? He's a
good cartoonIst but he's not
good enough TO draw with a
broken arm or n cracked shout.
der blade.
Several OF us we're talking
this thing over last night and
we concluded that something
must DC done. Now VIC ask Tho
Star 20 do it--wire the rodco
officials and demand that vii.
liams be suspended, or Cancelled,
or scratched. or tide down, or
up, or something 10 long as no
doesn't risk his mock, which
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

Q. What is meant by "a bakers
dozen?
A. This phrase goes back 10 the
time tchcn there toas much diff
.cuIiv concerning short t5ci0ht IN
bread. The city Of London made
special precision that an erfrd
piece Of bread be 0iUcn after
Weighing so that there tconld be
no difficulty. Consequently I2
pieces Of bread. teith one ertra
piece to prevent insufficient treiOht.
came to be kno,cn Familiarity as the
-"baker's Dozen"
O. What was the occasion OF the
writing, by Oliver Wendell Holmes,
-of his poem on the old American
-frlgate Constitution called "old Iron
sides?
A. In 1895 q proposal tcas made
10 break up the old ship. This
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
A Voice From the Back Seat
By Mrs. Waiter Ferguson

only be- humllltaipR. but danger.
Gus. And the conditions imposed
arc WORKS than the torturcs de.
yiacd By the tienda OF tho Inqui.
sition-toial and absolute silence
upon the subject OF driving.
E'ANCY never being permitted
L 10 add your small quota OF
ahmoniuon when John grazrs IA
passing AUTOMOBILE just about
tho time you let out u yell be.
cause he turned a corner on one
wheel, or protest that your
nerves arc going 10 pieces on
account Of his reckless driving.
he can resort TO tho extreme
measure.
II be- Is that kind Of d man,
he will simply stop tho car.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
WHAT FOLKS SAY

CHEsLEY p. HYPEs, vice
president Master BARRIERS As
ISOLATION: 81 want to say that
the elevating influence Of WON.
en- has made the barber shop
O center Of culture and refine.
ment."
LENoRE URIC, actress:
1.-THE average youth admires a
girl who is physically fit"
DIR. j. S. McLEAN-tNGLIs,
London, scientist. visitor: PRO.
hibition Is a form Of oppression.
] am surprised that America
should tolerate such legislation"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

because Of tho establishment Of
the jefferson park golf links
II you win get up petition Of
respectable size and present IL
10 Superintendent Henderson
he viii consider changing II
back
Hr Fidf n there any
chance tor a boy Of IG getting
10 me prize ring IN scatter
BOBBY.
There Is no set rule for get
ting into that line Of business.
The surest way is to Tick"
someone who is already in.
II takes lot OF hard knocks
10 get into the prize ring. and
only one stiff punch TO get out.
why not try something more
certain and not so rough?
Mr. Firii: The nolO Pave
Uout al Fauutierov has been
completed for moro than a
month. and seems TO be oil
right. But they keep The road
biocIddcd. sHd the little tenn
porarU rool Is becoming impass-
able. There is a high en-
bdukmcHt near and there Is
danger that a car may 90 orcr
II, Can vou help rs get this
Iircd7 MRS. IT, ".
The street department viii
send a man TO investigate, and
will act ms soon as he reports.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

dump you out aud tell you 20
hool II home. and no matter
what may have been your
proyocatlon or ejaculation. lie
can always resort 20 the Am.
cricau Automobile association
and have his opinion and pun.
lshmcnt upheld.
They have figured Il out that
lots Of Incidents happen because
the driver listens 90 the paacn.
ger and probably II they had
gone on figuring they might
have found out that an equally
large number take place be
cause tho driver refuses 10 Ia.
ten 10 the passenger. especial.
IS u that passenger happens
10 bc Friend WIFE
A Nd here we might phldso.
u phizc a bit II more hus.
bands would listen and give
heed 10 more wives upon the
subject OF automobile driving as
well aE other things--but
what's the usc2
However. let II be Eald that
Of all tho measures that have
ever been devised for tho sub.
jugauon OF women, this Is per.
hapa the worst.
To have 10 sit on The back
seat u bad enough. but 10 have
to sit there Hpceehless Ia Rctunl
cruelty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
A THOUGHT

know that the Lord viii
maintain tho cause of The NJ
flicied, and The right Of the poor.
--Ps. cNl:l2.
UNHE eternal stars shine out as
L soon as II is dark enough
Carlyle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
Others Merely EGist

IN TAYBE Florida can raise pretty fair
-1V1 grapefruit, and has climate that's
pretty good for about three months in
the year, and is enjoying real man-size
real estate boom, and maybe she is grow
ing rapidly, in a sordid materialistic Sense.
But she hasn't got everything, by Jug
sful.
No less a parsonage than DR.. Arthur
Holmes, dean of psychology of the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania, after careful
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
Letters SEX SEX Readers


really ia our neck. because we
claim some rights over tho man
who draws tho funulea, pictures
IN America Now'a the time to
act, or next thing wen hear
Williams will be in n nice white
cot. Hos no cowboy now--hcH
cartoouist, whats HIS idea,
anyway. In trying 10 come back
aH a cowboy? Jcfrricb tried TO
come back and look what hap.
pcncd him. Please get busy.
Mr Editor. and tho "Out our
Way" fans viii thank you.
JIM Is.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

DRESS reports tell US that
Il back seat drivers must
keen stin or set out,
This IL likely 10 make pedeath.
ans OF all wives. and IL certain.
IS turning a page backward
when Il comes TO a question Of
womcn'5 rights.
Tho American Automobile ns.
ISOLATION is taking steps 20 nix
things 40 that tho driver viii
have the sole authority when it
comes TO deciding what pnTcn,
gers can DO or say Can you
imagine a grander thing FOR
huHb4nda1
II VIII give them such a whip
hand over us that an 81 our
har1.won liberties win be IA
nothing our position win not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

service These precisely the two things which poll
tics will not permit
80 II we get RIA OF the present corruption ana heiil-
to it renewed in other hands. Political patronage
monging and loyal enforcement do not mix
WHY should there be this sort of politics" in the
w prohibition or any other service? II does not
improve the public service Neither generally, does it
better the personal political fortunes Of those who
insist on it,
More politicians destroyed by patronage than are
made by it, We have got rid Of it in the classified
departments of the civil service TO everybodys benefit
But with the willing consent of congress Pres
sure always necessary from the president and from
the people.
Yet in those services the spos system produced moth
ing than extravaganza, nefficency, favoritism
injustice and minor graft In the prohibition service
has meant all these, and corruption and contempt Of
government besides The announced policies of General
ence will make-has probably already made-that i'm
provement impossible.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

You can get an answer 10
i any question OF fact or In
formation by writing Tho Seat
tie Star Question Editor. 1892
New York ave-. Washington.
d. c., and Inclosing 2 cents N
loose stamps for reply. No
medical, legal or marital adj
vice. Personal replies. conf
Dental AL letters must DO
signed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

aroused much Indignation IN boston.
near nhich to,Cn, In the Charles
torn nary yard. the ucsscl tras
lViH0. TO this public feeling, Holmes.
then stripping Of 10, gaze uoice IN
his spirited poem. Uhich ras first
published In Boston newspaper,
and then circulated about the coun-
trv. The effect iras so great that
the proposal Uds abandoned.
Q. Where Is the country Of Els
thonia and how is 1t ruled? How
large Is 1T?
A. Esthonia Is one Of the PROV
incoS Of the former Russian en-
pirc in the Baltic region. II Is an
independent republic and is ruled by
a state assembly Of 100 members.
elected for three gears. The state
head aud cabinet ministers erercise
executive poperS. The capital Is
Tdiiinn fRepnU. Tho area s 1886
square miles and the population H.
1868.
Q. What is fetishism?
a. A fctish Ia simply 9ome ma
tcriai object IN Which god or a
supernatural potecr Is supposed 10
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

study has no hesitation in telling the
world that, within comparatively short
time the Empire of Civilization" will be
located on the Pacific coast
Are further remarks necessary? No,
indeed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

political approval of the senator's Of the
states in which their districts operate.
And, Of course, the high class executives
whom he had sought TO supervise prohi-
bition enforcement would not accept APP
pointment on these terms. even if they
could get it, which is unlikely
In fact, many Of them had already told
him that they would not consider the serv-
ice at all unless they could have the same
opportunity TO accomplish results that
they would have in business-that is, con
troll of their own subordinates and the
authority TO pay them the same compensa-
tions that business would pay for similar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
Mr.. FaT1t of The Star
Undertakes Here TO Remedy Your Troubles, If They
Are Of Public Interest

Mr. FLrii: ~ those bothered
10Th eartrigs tCiH 90 70 a
garage and gel some teasic
cranEcgsc OIL they riH find
MS sure death ~ earuigs.
Mast BE- careful not 10 pour u
on rcgetation a. IL is also
death 10 that ~ not only kills
ihc pcsis. but "a "a laaa lang
rlHc others tciH aroid the
places uherr u has bcca
poured strong Soapsudz trIfh
a httle Kerosene oil in II uM
also ktif them and uiR not
damage ue0cidtiou.
a READER.
Mr. FLit: Our nei1hborhood
Is Quorum Irith cats. They rob
the coolers and the back
porches, aud some arc rory
ioiid. what can b. done about
ihisy MRS. 7. 4. n.
CHll the dog catcher GArnd-
s75i II you would set a box
trap that would not iniuro
them. you might have some
prisoners ready FOR tho pound
master whom he gets there.
NT. Ftrit Why not call the
BcdcoH ma r.ir "Beucou HiH"F
Lots Of pro, = are confused by
the name. Jefferson Park"
Con pot jiT ~ n. ". ".
This car used 10 be called
Beacon Hill. but was changed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19
WHY MIX POLITICS
AND PROHIBITION?
BIZ Chester RoOeH

DOLITICS winsl General Anderson is not 10 have his
nonpotca enforcement service organized on bust
submit his aDpOiuteeg the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-19

Low long has been you've line that You know
- the old folks
you're gettin on fine? Just week. monitor
It's always 10 and
dad The days when
writing
You always feel that they
20 hear from their kin How little kind for
they're pleased when the roll II
day, you' and you1 write
head on their something up that you
muc rather do and Off TIL tomorrow.
dad you've left them
person can do
Ia to keep up writing home.
Copyright 1895 The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
National Amateur Golf
Tourney Is
Tartar

The national amateur golf
tournament at Oakmont is 60
ing to be a nerve-wracking bust
ness. Only sixteen men will
qualify and it looks as if there
were at least forty who had
a chance to get in that sixteen.
You have to- count in Jones,
Ouimet, Won Elm, Marston,
Weber, Anderson, Lewis, Card
ner, Knepper, Sweetser Gull
ford and lot of the more ex-
perienced players before you
even get to such sterling young
golfers as Cummings Lam
precht, Wattles, Held, Carter,
Epson and Romans. There are
sixteen right there, saying moth
ing of such men as Evans,
Fownes, Heron, Sawyer, New
ton, Wells, Wright, McPhail,
Willing, Dunphy, Cochrane, Mac
Kenzie, briggs, Plat or Manion.
And that leaves out just as
many more.