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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

Mr.. FiIlt: There T. an old
lady. 81 pears Old, iUtng at
18Th aud Greenwood are, tclgo
Is a Shut.m. Recently four
BIN boards hare been built on
an an adjoining lot shutting out
her tiew Of Greenwood aUe.
completely Thcy are bait close
up 10 her Itnr. She ~ the
io4doio Of a era tcar refcran
and deacrres better treatment.
Can yoa help her In fhis mat
teri MRS. n. a. 3.
The building department can
not prohibit bill boards in that
district. II some or the neigh
bors would take up the matter
with the owner Of the loi, and
also with the bill board COM
pany. no doubt solution OF
tho trouble could be arrived at
Try this and let Mr.. Exit
know what luck you have.
Mr.. Fixit: bought an auto
IN California on contract. BE
fore lcaring The state ! tcred
TIC oeHeT 10 lHoto rhdt h.
would fake Ia cash TO complete
the contract Ne totrcd bdcl.
that The baiann. Oh the car
Ica4 1885. ichioh amount ! sent
him bv money order. Notc he
tCania me 10 PAY iHterest aud
Insurance before no iriII send
bin Of sale. Can he collect this
after hariBg accepted the
amount sent him. as in faiir
G. c. n.
II you have evidence that he
accepted your remittance as in
fun. you will not have 20 pay
more. II would depend mainly
OH exact wording Of your tele-
gram and OF hts. The opinion
OF lawyer would probably be
necessary 10 determine this
Mr. Flrit: NY husband had
paid $50 on a SUIT Of clothes to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

become "a positive menace Tor just
20 long q time Aa wo are ton
weak on rsa % protect them
Thus Tho fight Tor an "ass.
qiiais navy viii blaze forth in
new rector when congress
meets next December n Will 10
= decide the future status OF the
Philippines upon which hinge 80
important a part % our Pacific
naval policy
"Thr United STATES should
either Withdraw from Tic Far
Eat entirely" rayB Representa-
tive Fred A Bdtten. Republican.
~ Illinois. ranking member az
the house naval affairs commlt.
Tee, "else be prepared 10 win
war IN that part of the world in
defense Of lts territories.
Senator King of Utah, would
Grant the Philippines their com.
pleto Independence after having
negotiated treaties with other
great nations guaranteeing this
Independence.
A third group IN congress IA
vofg granting a Cuban status 20
the Philippines, that is give them
their independence while retain.
inE certain amount Of supervi.
fign over their financial and for.
eign affairs plus the right 70
maintain a naval base Ia tho
archipelago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
Car Fare High
Editor Tho star.

Editor Tho Star.
saw by your Mondays edi.
ton OF The Star that our
municipal railway intends 10
spend $4,000 of the peoples
money TO advertise the street
car system. When that IA
wasted and gone, II will slill be
In the samo position as now. for
this reason;
The people that ride the street
ears are mainly working people,
and since tho thrcefor.a.aunrAcr
tokens are used they travel only
when they have to do so, NOT
for pleasure.
II you figure II out, n woman
with one child cannot ride TO
town and back without dlshine
out 80 cents for tokens, or n
man and wifo and two children
must pay ~ cents, II Is cheap.
or to stay at home and use that
money for food or milk, which
Ia moro Of necessity 10 work.
Ing families.
refuse to pay 40 cents TO
ride downtown.
II can't bum n ride | alny
IA bnuhn Vim ann ,ntltipi,s ,..,.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

THERE Ia nothing We do that
l. Ia any more foolish or futile
Than this constant rantinR about
the badness Of the younger gen.
Grafton.
II gets Us nowhere and merely
succeeds In alternating from ua the
confidence and hearts Of our boys
and girls
And IL We would stop long
enough 10 think, We might realize
that wo arc only echolng the
same complaints which older folk
have been yolcing IN every pc.
Rod OF history. Down thru the
ages tho same wall has gone
forth.
when was a child romom.
Der that my mother never went
from her kitchen into the prea.
eneo Of an outsider. even tho
grocery boy. without firnt pulling
down and fastening Al the wrist
her long sleeves which aho often
rolled IN for working couyen
fence. And can recall m n Il
were yesterday the conversation
Of that group of mothers who
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
BAREFOOT

GEE
NJ the old boyhood
! did
Bet all they'd really
like back
In youth.
when old pair Of pants an all that
tho store?
used get when both
riocnss and oe7 Wasn't great w the roadway was wet and
your ankles would oozc2
81 and then
wish. back those
taeooed days.
copyright 1926 for The start
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

You can get an answer to
4 any question of fact or in
formation BY writing Tho Seat
Tie Star Question Editor. 1921
New York ave. Washington.
d. c., and incloslng 2 cents in
loose stamps FOR reply. No
medical. legal or marital ad.
vice. Personal replies. confi-
DENTAL. All letters must be
signed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
As Things
Look To
]. r. JUSTICE

Tuiis Is for couples who do not
4 want children in their homes.
aud others.
ON the highway above Everett
iIyea a modest farmer with his
wife and children. A gate siRn
announces .frycrs for sale. and
a traveller had stopped TO buy.
While the man caught tho
chickens. tho wife came out with
a small child In her arms Tho
traveller asked the old foolish
question: How much will ypu
take for that babygH
just here tho man appeared
with the chickens. and made re,
ply:
we wouldn't sell her at any
price. We have seven in all. but
VIC don't want 20 par, with one.
There worr eight. bu, tho oldest
was drowned las, year, We know
by tho way We miss him that We
HafN4 AtAg w NbAFNs
The modest wite looked a, tho
ground and there were tears In
her eyes.
r. Mayor Brown expects TO
i keep up sen,tls'a present good
health statistics he viii refrain
from hroadcaHting the statement
that. 80 long an he ~ mayor no
sick person in the city will want
for a drink OF whisky. Such a
statement Is not only calculated
TO mako the home folks III. but
II will draw on our neighborr.
And n thn mayor can interpret
the laws 10 suit his own ideas.
sympathles or political nscchal.
ties. why can't tho rcst Of us?
Or IL that what wc are dosng7
Should man carrying an !. W.
W. card publicly announce that
so long ne he had gun none Of
his friends would so hungry.
would not a lot OF Us so right UP
In the airg
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
!? !? AnsWers to Your Questions !? /?

Q. What IS the largest university
in the United States?
a. The University Of California
has The largest regular enrolment
NJ any aHicerstty in The United
states. and probably In the teorld.
Q. How can sediment formed In
boilers and radiators he removed.
and Is there any way to prevent It
from forming?
AsScdlmeHt formed IN boilers and
radiators can BE- remored BIZ adding
about fire gallons Of riaeOar 10
the fgdter IN the system, operating
the plant at I'M capacity. aud then
bIopin0 of all tentcr and mud
thru the bottom biotc-o0 OF the
heater. ~ can only be prevented
by using tcdter containing no
scale forming coBtponents. or treat
/. ing icater to prccipitato them be-
fore Introducing IL into the boiler.
!. Treatment ieiU rarD icith The chem
zeal analysts OF the tratcr.
@ Where did the idea OF the
''loving cup originate?
! a. This 0reo tram custom In
carly days Of "drinkin0 health" II
teas customary turnout England
igien drinking al parties Or dinners
I 10 pass around one large cup; each
person TO rcceire The cup rose and
drank from u. 1hc man beside him
also rose. as his pledge TO protect
him t1hile drinking. The cup thus
came 10 be kuoDn as the ioUiHO
cup.
Q. Where ia Mount Olympus?
A. IL B he Hghest peak IN a
range OF mountains diriding Macc-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
Mr.. Fixit of The Star
Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles
If of Public Interest

THIRD ore. tailor on a stdt
70 BE- paid on at The rate Of
81 neck. We understand
that me place has been closed.
IL there anything IRE can do 10
ret a part OF this money bnclsf
we hold receipts for The pay
mcHfs. MR6. q. A. s.
II there is a receivers notice
on the door. find cut The name
Of the receiver, and place the
matter before him. or II you
can get in touch with others
who have had the same trouble.
you might bunch your claims
and get a lawyer who would
get results " there are any
assets in sight.
Mr. Ftrit. Beiug unable 10
find JOB. uas forced 10
boroD $3.50 on ny tcafch. 40
The end OF months rent
10 pay the interest aud they
toanted 70 charge me Sc. Can
they pet oiroy Nth that9
G. II. n.
Pawnbrokers are allowed to
charge long interest. but not
anything Ike you have been
charged. II they insist on col
iecting the amount, sec the
prosecutor. in the county-City
building.
Mr. Firii. icoald Ike 10
learn 10 operate an eIeUdfor. Is
there any place IN Seattle
,phere they can teach one 10 DO
tAatf I foouid like to take
someone's place iciile they are
on tocdtion II they toald teach
mc. SIS.
II sou will see The numerous
managers OF office buildings
and tell them what sou would
like 10 do. YOU would no doubt
find someone who would bs
glad to teach sou for your
services during vacation In re-
turn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
ROOM
STORIES

UT WAS new arrival In
i small town. said the doc.
Tor in the smoker. talking shop.
II had just hung out my shin.
gle and two coIorcd women were
discussing Il. Across tho street
lived a lawyer and he had
shingle out. also.
lyon all SO smart. whut does
NJ y. mean, anyhow
THAT means medicine doc
tab. said Mandy proudly.
well. II that means medicine
doctnh whut does LII. -. menn?'
asked Lie.
"'oh. that's easy. That means
lung and liver doctah.'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

ticks are omitted 70 mark The end
of the hour.
@ Who was cornella in Roman
mythology
a. The daughter Of Scipio AZ
ricaHus and The mother Of Gracchi
The Roman matron uho. trhcn chaI.
ien0ed by n riraI lady 10 onfshinc
her in tceGlth Of gems. proudly Ied
forth her sons, saying These are
my lcrcls."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
hot Folks
Are Saying

DIR. JOHN NJ. DoDsoN, Chi.
cago: Health Is the foundation
OF tho whole school curriculum"
MRS. Il, u, WHITLEY. Web
stor City, In! II stand for out.
door good manners, How many
who hive rcjoicod In tho wei
come shade and grateful peace OF
tho woods leave anything behind
them but an unslgh,ly litter OF
refuse, waste paper, cana, and
the lite2 This 10 outdoor bad
manners"
l.. w BALDWIN president
Missouri Pacific railway. "Thc
proper linking of railways should
hc along plans to preserve com.
petition and Keep tho natural
channels OF trade"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
Flags Street Cars

Editor Tho Star.
would like TO say that
most heartily agree with tho
lady who forgot to sign her
name, but would like TO see tho
street car windows bnthcd.
They are disgrace TO our city.
I think that all tourists
should visit Mount Baker and
he Obliged TO wait Mt tho car
station for the car bnck TO the
city, Thoy should take note of
the comfort while whiting
dirty old benches right In tho
hot sun with only n telephone
pole for n sun protector obi
II IL beautiful.
Then they should got on The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
Wants Race Course
ItdItor INC star:

Editor The Star:
The shocking occurrence Of n
small boy being injured by an
auto recently at 4Srd and Madi.
son Is not surprising since the
idiots think that 43rd ave. is n
speedway north OF Madison.
and Mt any hour Of tho day or
night they roar along It, raising
the dust and imperiling the life
OF man and beast.
Why not have n circular
speedway where they can go
and perform, then when tho
irresistible impulse comes TO
the idiots TO speed, they can go
there and whirl around 10 their
hearts content.
FRANCES HUEsTIs.
20l7 f3rd NJ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
I Seen by
tn Papers
SEE KITCHEL PIXLEY
Sage OF the 0lympies

CoMEBopy has sen, in a
~ press agents picture Of a
leadin' movie star shown pretty
considerable OF both her legs
aud holdin' q pet dog In her
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

It's
on n line
with the
usual and
good prcss-
agcntin' de-
pc ds ON
putting out
40 ncth in
that'il hittho
public where
Il lives, and
/ don't caro-
whether it's
ltn-nntint u
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A Thought

win lift up mine yes unto
the hills. from whence comrth
my help. rs. Isl:ls.
OF all created comforts. God II
" the lender; you are the Dor.
rover, not the owner Ruther.
fold.
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Letters s sfQR Readers

car and find n very old man. for
conductor. with IA mouthful Of
chewing tobacco.
MRS, NITiEIA BOWERS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28

These blankets are strongly
woven. fine quality and won.
dcrful buy at this price. a dou.
BILE blanket. sized 5sx7S. special,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-28
Carr and Tar Rates

JUDGE GARY told his fellow steel man
j ufacturers that taxes must come down
in order that business may prosper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-08
EVANSVILLE

The funeral of Mrs. Nora Miller,
wife of John D. Miller, formerly of
Grantsville, who died at Western Ma
ryland Hospital, Cumberland, Tues
day evening, was held Thursday af-
ternoon at the Mennonite church in
Springs, Pa. Mrs. Miller was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel M.
Maust, of Springs, with whom they
made their home for the past year.
At a special meeting of the Wood
men of the World lodge held Deem
Der 29th, the following officers were
elected for the year: L. G. Bittinger,
Counsellor Commander; C. 0. Keller,
Advisory Lieutenant;Dr. T. o. Broad
water, Banker; Henry Schaeffer, Es-
cort; Harold Glotfelty, Waterman;
Merle Hershberger, Sentry; N. R.
Davis, Physician; J. R. Gnagey, Au-
ditor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-08

He sold a great deal of timothy
hay and at first he used to put a
couple of pork barrels on the bottom
of the rick to get good weight, but
he was caught at that and had to
change his method of deception, so
he built false bottom to his wagon
and after he got the weigher's re-
ceipt he went home and slid four oak
planks under the floor boards, abso-
lutely concealed and they were equiv
alent to just two hundred pounds of
hay. He sold milk to retail dealers
in forty quart cans and added just
two ounces of pure spring water to
each quart.
He justified himself in this as he
had to have little margin to cover
spillage and an occasional bad debt.
But when Sunday came Andy
dropped all his earthly cares and for
got his avarice until Monday. Andy
was conspicuous in his church work,
seldom missed a sermon and never
failed to teach his class in Sunday
school. He believed the bible word
for word, from lid to lid, as though
it had been penned by the Divine
hand and is the only book ever writ
ten for mans guidance Believing all
this himself did not quite satisfy
him-he wanted everyone he knew to
believe the same religious concepts
that he held, and while he was never
logical, he was always persuasive,
persistent and jealous. A visionary,
a fanatic.
Grandfather's church Tin Andy's
mind) was the most sacred and holy
edifice ever built out of wood and
stone. Andy kept it painted and re-
paired with his personal funds and
never begrudged the money it cost
him. Every hammer, saw, chisel,
square, level and trowel that had been
used in its construction had been
carefully housed under lock and key
and were considered sacred
In urban homes the den had become
quite the proper thing for those who
had the price, so Andy thought he
would have one. He built an addi-
ton to the old homestead and called
it the Christians den. But it con-
tanned no curios from Palestine or
Egypt; no armoured dummies or
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-08
THE HISTORY OF ONE LIFE.


Andy Andover was a neighbor and
a friend of my boyhood, and 1 knew
his parents and grandparents. From
his birth to death he had always lived
in the same house-the one his grand
father built when he was young.
Andy was reared in a very strict,
intolerant religious community, close
to the district in which the Salem
witches were frequently incinerated
He was very devout and pious man
and had imbibed his religious in
stincts with his mothers milk and
most that he learned about life, this
world and the next had been taught
him at his mothers knee.
His grandfather built the first and
only church in "Sleepy Hollow"
where they lived, and donated it to the
parish.
The old man was well-to-do, as he
owned about three thousand acres of
first growth timberland, consisting of
oak, maple, birch and yellow pine. He
acquired it for about two dollars per
acre, and when it finally came into
Andy's possession it was worth five
hundred dollars an acre, just for the
standing timber.
Andy was a natural born farmer
and a very sharp trader. He could
have lived handsomely, travelled and
given all his children a liberal edu-
cation without working his land, but
he was too stingy to do that, too illit-
crate to enjoy the benefits of his in
herited wealth.
On his three hundred acres of tilla-
BILE and cleared land he operated what
was in those days, very intensive
His apple orchards were
!. s1he most extensive Of any in the
county. He raised Greetings, Bald
wins and Russets and operated acider
mill. He raised sheep, hogs horses
and beef cattle; did his own butch
ering and always had something to
sell.
Andy's conscience would not let
him sell hog that had been sick
with cholera or beef that was in
fected, as l have known some who
did, but he did love to make money
and he always wanted to get the best
end of a trade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-08
Seeing Washington

invests in. But first of all this is not
true, The Federal Government, true.
spends great sums on public buildings
here; yet they are for the nation,
serve their national purpose and
often do little more for local habi-
tats than enhance the scenery. In adj
dition, they do not constitute the en-
tire city and could be, as they actu-
ally are, kept altogether independent
OF city government. Special projects
Of Identification are in the main for
the benefit of visitors and of those
temporary residents who are here on
business for their respective states.
And it is not at all certain that the
taxes which flow into the Federal
treasury would not do a great deal
more than pay the ordinary cost of
maintenance and running expenses
than they are now permitted to do. l
got the impression some time ago
from a newspaper editorial that
Washington taxpayers contributed
rather substantially towards swelling
Uncle Sans bankroll and experienced
considerable difficulty in extracting
anything therefrom.
The local populace, in brief, is look
ed upon as kind of disobedient step
child. 1t has no way of making its
voice heard except thru the rather
disinterested ears of outsiders. It is
to be seen and not heard. Necessary
appropriations are pushed aside for
even the petty interests of places
where there is a voting constituency.
Schools are inadequate, paving, es-
pecially in the less influential sec
tions, is absent; urgent repairs con-
tinue to be urgent; utilities are more
useful to their owners than to users;
the iron men and steel work for
needed bridges are not Forthcoming
in fact there is general neglect of the
interests of what ought to be the
ideal city of America. Even such a
necessary thing as city hospital is
understaffed; housed, for the most
part, in shacks; appropriations, tho
made, mystefiously sidetracked and
isolated by the lack of any paved ap-
proach.
For Washington has no voice. 1t is
left to the mercy of those political
I birds of passage who come and go
with the coming and going of their
popularity back home It's people,
unless they retain residence else
where, have no vote. Some who have
this alternative are too far distant
from the polls and can have no re-
course to the mail.
1t does seem rather funny that half
million citizens of a nation that
emerged from a struggle of men for
the suffrage that meant hberty-that
was born out great uprising against
taxation without representation"
should pay taxes aplenty and vote
not at all. And yet this is just what
has happened to those whom chance
has made the inhabitants of the CAPT.
tai of the United States of America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-08
V. A CITY WITHOUT CITIZENS.

'. a III " hOC III LEND
The people who live in the National
Capital live about as their contem-
poraries of other cities. They have
the same amusements, the same &C.
equations, the same joys, the same
Orrows. They work and eat and
Sleep. But in one particular they
differ from all other Americans. This
one particular is an important one.
1t was thought worth fighting for by
such men as Franklin, Adams, Pat
rick Henry, Hancock and their politi-
cal friends of a hundred and fifty
years ago. 1t became the battle cry
of a great revolt that, crowned with
success, became known as the Amer
lean Revolution. Taxation without
representation" was one of the chief
complaints of the American Colonies
against the mother country. For it
means the loss of liberty which our
forefathers held dearer than life it.
self. "No taxation without repre-
sentation," they cried, and when the
echo of that declaration died away
there was a new nation under the
sun--the United States of America.
All Americans, l used to fancy, had
the right Of government. Those
ruled by kings or other absolute
powers, l concluded, were devoid of
the fundamental right of freedom.
Yet l find l must have been mistaken,
for Washington people do not vote.
What is more, they cannot vote. The
suffrage is denied them because they
happen to live in the Capital of a ma
ton founded by men who esteemed
the suffrage as the badge of a free
people.
There are many excuses offered for
a voteless Capital. One is that cleo
tons in the seat of government lead
to embrolios that disturb the peace
of the nation; that local issues as
sumo undue importance in national
affairs; that a voteless capital serves
to preserve calm in the nation, even
when the rest Of the country is in tur-
bulence. To say this is to identify
Americans with the eXcitable popula-
tons of countries whose citizenry is
vastly different in temperament from
our own. Moreover, it has never been
tried. 1t is only a surmise. Another
explanation has it that so small a
portion of the United States as the
District of Columbia would exert an
influence altogether out of proportion
to its population. But that is pre-
eisely the case with the majority of
-small-population states, where COM
paratively negligible number of cit
liens can, in the Senate, vote down
the wishes of a state whose popula-
ton outnumbers them ten to one
The matter of taxes is another al
legged reason for the deprivation of
Washington jewellers of that right of
every free American. Since the cap
ital, they say, must be maintained in
part by the nation, the nation must
retain control over what it so heavily
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-01-08

SPECIAL BARGAINS in Farms
from 80 to $50 acres. Tell me what
you want and l will give you a de-
scription and price that will surprise
you. j. N. McCLANAHAN, King
wood, W. Va.-Advertisement 44-3t*