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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-26

some cntcrprising American woll
before now have established
air ship line that pleasure seeker
could use, to fly across, and take
a toboggan slide on those SNOW
slopes, and back again betwecl
dinner and sunset
Returning from one of our sight.
seeing trips when our visit was
nearing its end, father suddenly
remembered another old friend
whom they had not spoken OF
"Tim Mulligan, wonder what be
came OF him f" The only cousin
who might know, was in another
car and when the procession was
stopped to await the ferry, father
climbed out and went forward TO
the other ear and asked Lcmual,
do YOU remember what became OF
Mulligan?"
"MulIigan2 Oh yes / remember
He was the fat policeman who al,
ways looked the other way when
but the presence of eagerly listen
ing Little grand children prevent,
ed the finishing Of the sentence
and the changing ferry bell made
father hasten back to his seat III
son s ear, and we never did find
ont what became Of Mulligan, nor
why he looked the other way.
During the two days visit many
thrills of pleasure were enjoyed
but on the line, returning, thrill
of another sort was registered,
No, the alluring signs of the price
per gallon had not tempted any
one of the party, but the U. S. Gus.
toms officers had discovered that
son had written on the yellow slip
that fathers birth place was New
Brunswick, and they demanded
that he Show his naturalization
papers before they would admit
him to the U. s.. As he had con.
sidered himself citizen Of the o.
S. for nearly forty years it was
quite a shock to be told that he
couldn't go home without showing
papers that had been slowed away
in the attic so long that he was
doubtful if they could be found.
within any reasonable length Of
time. Besides, he wanted to come
homt right then. He did not want
to be sent back to Vancouver.
Well, after some discussion, and
since he did not look like a Boil
shevist or any other sort Of trou-
bic maker, the customs officer.
(who may have been a son of Null
ligan,) looked the other way and
let him pass.
But Vashon islanders do not
need to travel away from home for
scenery or inyisorating air, foi
when it comes to tranquility and
serene beauty, and bracing air
without the chill of snow in it
there is no place equal to Vashon
The Northwestern country is
the most beautiful in the world.
It's climate the most wonderful
and health giving, and its scenery
the most varied and inspiring, and
we are proud of the fact that
Nashon is part of this wonderful
Northwest, For home lovers it is
as near paradise as we shall get
this side of the Great Divide.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-26

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
Think Many Times
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

FQHE PRESIDENT of the National Fedora
/ ton of Business and Professional Won
ems Clubs says that every man should think
twice before picking his wife.
Making it half dozen would be safer yet.
To man nothing is quite so important as
the sort Of wife he gets. Of course you can It
tell boys this and expect them to believe it,
but it is very true that the women men marry
either make or mar their whole existence.
Some men are strong enough to rise to
great heights either in business or the profess
sions tied to women who only handicap them
and never give any aid in their struggles.
But even to these the greatest thing in life is
lacking, no matter how many dollars or how
many laurels they may accumulate.
A weak woman can destroy her husband s
strength; a mercenary woman can sap his
honor; complaining woman can ruin his dis
position; cold woman can harden his heart ;
foolish woman can deaden his spirit; mean
woman can destroy his soul
A majority Of men who lead happy lives
and climb up in the world will attribute a
large portion of their success to their wives.
And this is not merely a chivalrous gesture
they mean it,
I doubt whether the dear old Pilgrim
fathers to whom we point with such pride,
would ever have mustered up the courage to
stick in young America without the Pilgrim
mothers to bolster them up now and then.
The pioneer wives and sisters and daugh-
ters are even more responsible for the develop
men of this nation than the men who hewed
the forest paths into the wild Every man
who has gone into the wilderness and there
built civilization; every leader who has
blazed new trails of thoughts every earnest
struggling soul who has climbed hair IS
breadth above his station, has woman to
whom he looked for inspiration and aid, and
in most cases she was his wife
There are many ways in which the gods
bless men, but no one thing else has ever been
given to any man that means as much to his
happiness, his success, or his soul, as the right
sort of a woman to marry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13

stamp out automobile accidents, boil
weevil war, the radio lecturer and
whooping cough Even Congress
happily, might be suppressed by
united press refusing to run any
congressional speeches ahead of the
indigestion and complete loss of ap-
petite department. And what, may
hap, will the ideal newspaper then
print? Manifestly. the managing
editor of that halcyon day will have
for his front page makeup an ar.
ray Of facts and foibles much as fol-
lows:
Column description OF the
flora and fauna Of the upper Wa
bash valley. Column 2-Interview
with grocer's boy on bringing home
the bacon. Column Subscription
of the wreck of the Hesperus by an
eye witness. Column 4-President
Harrison's views on the Canadian
seal fisheries. Column 5-List of
school children who have been
neither tardy nor absent since Jan
uary 1. Column 6-Vivid pen pic
ture of Queen Victoria. Column T.
How the tooth-pick was invented.
Art work-Niagara Falls in winter.
All, mol The short, stubby foot OF
civilization will never shuttle for
ward anysfaster as the result of a
newsless newspaper. Let the crime
report policies of the great American
press remain in status whoa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
An Ideal Newspaper

Let us look a little deeper into
this grave problem. What, for
example, could be said of the SAM
tary condition of a civilization in
which an incident such as the fol-
lowing would be printed everywhere
under glazing headlines?
Decatur, Ind, July 37th.-There
is rumor current here tonight
that Mrs. Thomas Catz took her
twins, Calvin and Alvin, on her lap
and, after making several false state
ments about Santa Claus, rocked
them to sleep. Tremendous excite
ment prevails"
No! From the standpoint Of mob
psychology, we are not interested in
Calvin and Alvin till someone gives
them arsenic.
The argument is advanced by
some theorists of police court phe-
nomena that constant public reports
of crime encourage the base in
stincts through the power of sug-
gestion. Take away the printed in
centive and crime will cease, just
like that. If this be true, then, by
virtue of the same logic, demon
strated through the medium of an
innocuous and toothless press, why
not at one fell snoop. as 1t were.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
SALARY CUTS
TO STAND

1.-THE State legislative finance
committee, which recently
trimmed some of the fat Off
the State salary list. much to the
agony Of Statehouse circles, is
expected to let the salary. cuts
stand. despite the ruling of the
attorney general that the body
cannot change salaries heretofore
fixed by law.
If 1t persists in its determine
ton court action by some Of the
aggrieved officers is probable.
Those attached to the State pay
roll are earnestly and tearfully in
favor of reducing the cost of State
government, but they don't want
the spirit Of economy to settle on
their own salaries.
Perhaps the committee erred in
some of the proposed revisions.
Nevertheless it attacked a diff
cult problem with commendable
zeal. If it made mistakes they
were Of the head. not the heart
and its schedule should be adopted
without material alteration.
Indiana taxpayers want less
costly government. They can only
get It by reductions in State ex-
penditures. Campaign oratory
won't do 1t.
A major fraction Of the money
spent for maintaining the Indiana
State government goes for the pay
Of employees and officers Of the va
rious departments, boards, bureaus
and institutions. Under the cir
cumstances It would be a weak
kneed economy effort that would
ignore the salary list.
II the present administration is
as addicted to economy as claimed
1t must reduce the number of
State employees or the remunera-
ton of some. 1t can't effect a
great deal of saving by more care
full oversight of the lead pencils
and erasers supplied various de-
partments.
1t would be too bad If some Of
the holders of State posts would
REFUGE to accept salary cuts and
would resign in consequence. But
that wouldn't hamstring State gov
eminent. Doubtless George V.
Coffin, IL sufficiently urged, could
find others for the vacated places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
Human luSkS'

TN jury at Littleton, Colo, has disagreed on
la the question of whether taking the life
Of mentally and physically deformed human
being is murder. Following the disagreement,
the State has dismissed charges against the ia
Their who deliberately took the life of his
daughter, described as human husk," and
the father today is free man.
The question is an old one and one about
which there always has been much discussion.
1t is no nearer solution than ever Dr. Osler,
famous scientist, is frequently quoted as hay
ing advanced the theory that persons over 60
years old should be chloroformed. That is the
extreme side of the case and obviously DR.. Os-
Ter was not serious.
On the other hand, there have been many
scientists and some social workers who have
advanced the idea that the most humane treat
ment of such human husks" as the girl who
was killed by her father should be painessly
done away with Our insane hospitals are full
of such '"human husks," many of whom ap-
parently are incapable of any mental reactions
They are burdens to themselves and to the
world.
Of course, the idea Of putting such per-
sons to death is horrible to most people, But
the subject of really humane disposition of
such human husks" is an interesting one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13

largely been in the nature of warding off the
encroachments of the taxing power.
1t is interesting to note the views of an
other sort of tax authority, Prof Ernest Minor
Patterson of the Wharton School of Finance
of the University of Pennsylvania. Professor
Patterson approaches the subject, as student
and an economist, from the standpoint of the
country at large His ideas are set forth in a
recent issue of The New Republic
Space will not permit examination of the
intricate arguments advanced in support of
Professor Patterson's conclusions Their
variance with the recommendations of Secre-
tary Mellon, however, are at once apparent.
Patterson says:
l. Income tax publicity should not be
repealed.
g. Federal expenditures are increasing,
rather than decreasing.
3. The national debt should be reduced
with all possible speed
f. Rapid liquidation Of the debt is not
injuring business and cannot do so.
s. Lower rates of income tax are not
bringing higher yields but lower, particularly
from large incomes, and the rates actually paid
are much less than commonly believed.
g. Income taxes should not be reduced
at all, but if they are, reductions should come
In the lower and not in the higher brackets
Z. Inheritance taxes can be most satisfac-
torily handled with the Federal Government
cooperating, and are a justifable and demo-
cratic way of obtaining revenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
MORTGAGES ON THE
OLD HOMESTEAD

ltARLES Il. KETTLE
BOROUGH. director of the
~ lie gisla tive reference
bureau, and statistician extraordi-
nary, reports that Hoosier farm
and city real estate was mortgaged
for over $500, OO0,0 900 at the close Of
last year. An increase of SO, 00O,-
600 over the mortgage indebted
ness the previous year.
The figures seem to indicate that
the old homestead is sinking more
deeply into the mire Of debt.
But the situation is not so des-
perate as It seems. Despite the
portly total Of Indebtedness, farm
mortgages in the State only amount
to 10 per cent ofthe assessed valua-
ton of farm property, and mort
cages on city property to 81 per
cent Of the assessed valuation of
city real estate.
And Hoosier farmers, during the
year. paid off a larger percentage
Of their indebtedness than the city
property owners. Apparently the
farmers are coming out of the
woods.
Mortgages aren't really as bad
as they are painted. In the East
Lynne" type of Drummer" the
mortgages is depicted as a villain
GUS creature with waxed mus
tache. 1t always pounces on the
old homestead in the worst bliz-
zard of winter and throws poor
Nell and her pa and ma out into
the snowdrifts to the accompani-
ment OF quavery music.
Actually real estate mortgages
are not Of reptilian nature, anx-
ious to squash innocent household
ers and husbandmen to raw ONE
let. They are hard working mem
bers of society, indispensable
financial instruments. Without
their assistance many city and
farm renters could never graduate
into the owner class.
1t is only when mortgages are
incurred for needless luxuries, and
become aids to extravaganza IN
stead of thrift. that they growl,
show their teeth, and give the
hapless borrower Nightmares.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
An Economists Views
on T axation

re 7ECRETARY MELLON has amassed
II many millions in banking and in alumni
mum, oil, whisky and other industries. He is
easily among the first dozen of the country's
practical big business men. His views on tax
alton are entitled to a respectful hearing
There is, however, no reason to regard Mel
Ion as an oracle, or to accept his recommends
tions as the final word on taxation 1t should
be remembered that Mellon s reactions are I'M
avoidably those Of a man who was born i'm
mensely rich, who has accumulated greater
riches, and whose experiences in taxation have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13


e. ANY we'll meaning persons
INII who are not engaged in news
XII paper work have been trying
recently to persuade the newspapers
either to eliminate all crime reports
or print them some place back with
the dandruff and lumbago announce
ments.
AS matter Of fact, crime news
is a CHEEKY commentary on the tri-
umphs of civilization. One reason
so many Of us are always missing
our trains or getting carried by our
corners on street cars Is because
we find the exploits of our faithful
criminals of such absorbing inter
est
1t is not the obvious that intrigues
us 1t is the unusual, the unex-
pected If the president ofthe First
National Bank pats a school boy on
the head or presides at a drive for
near-sighted poets, we find our
selves incapable of excitement. But
if. the same banker should kick a
school boy through a plate glass
window or toss a bomb into a herd
of near-sighted, far-sighted or Sec
ond-sighted poets, the very timbers
~ nv being would be wrenched
Otion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
From a Farm House
at Pekin

TT T really is too bad that John L. Duvall,
| l mayor-elect, can not move the seat OF
the government of Indianapolis to that farm
house near Pekin, Ill, to which he fled follow
inc his election 1t would be much pleasanter
for him. because it is inaccessible to all but
such leading politicians as the Hon. William
H. Armitage.
It will not be a pleasant reunion when
Duvall returns to Indianapolis He has put
himself under obligations to too many persons.
There is the Ku-Klux Klan which contends it
elected him. and there is George v Coffin, who
contends he elected him, and there is Armltage,
who contends he swung the negro precincts and
elected him.
The trouble is that the Khan wants all the
appointments and Coffin wants all the appoint
ments and Armitage wants at least his share.
Obviously each one can't have all the appoint
ments. Duvall, following the usual procedure
Of politicians who have found themselves IN
such situation, has tried to pass the appoint
ments around The result is that everybody is
sore
OF course, there might still be some be-
nighted Individual who would contend that the
public welfare should have something to do
with the appointments. But this individual
probably is one of the many who did not even
take the trouble to vote on election day.
How long will the voters of Indianapolis
submit to system that makes possible such
occurrences as the present Duvall mess?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
Quizzers
By Hal Cochran

To oMETHING goes wrong In
Isl this country OF ours: n
~ scandal, a blunder or such. It
reaches the ears Of the higher.up
powers, and suddenly, someone's in
Dutch.
The great common people are
listeners in, no matter whatever It
is. And somehow or other. we all
get q grin out Of hearin' thereTl
soon be a quiz.
The probers are named. An, they'll
trail the thing down and find out
who's really to blame. They'll take
up tho quizz and they'll do It UP
brown. They dream Of their chances
for fame.
They'll SIT in a session and chat
for a week. They may get some
place. but I doubt It. They'll issue
reports that will prove, so to speak,
that they don't know a dern thing
about It.
The sessions drag on till they slow
ly die out. and the thrill OF this
quizz has departed. We simply
forget what the probe was about
cause another, by this time, has
started
Wen always have scandal and
some sort Of blunder. and quiEzes
galore in our cup. And always Wen
wonder just when in the thunder
they'll really clear one OF them up.
Copyright 1925, NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
Who Is a Citizen?

=, You can get an answer to any cues
Bureau H1 IS25 Sew YORK ie' ATe WASH
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions viii received a per-
be answered. All letters N are ars'S confiden
ttal.-Ed1tor.
Would a child who was born in
the United States Of Canadian par
ents and who lived in the States
until he was years Of age, then
went to Canada to reside and
stayed there until after he was of
age, still be considered an Ameri-
can citizen, and would he be adj
mitted to the country as usual?
A child born in the United States
Of Canadian parents is an American
citizen. But If, after living three
years in the United States, the child
moved to and continued to reside in
Canada after passing the age of 81
without recording at an American
consulate in Canada his intention to
remain an American citizen, or failed
to take an oath of alligance to the
United States upon attaining the age
Of majority, I. he may be considered
an alien and refused admission into
this country II found inadmissible
under immigration laws. rules or
regulations.
What is The real cause OF alb
In 10
be corrected?
Observation-Disclosures is lack Of at
tention to things Immediately before
one, because the mind IS occupied
with other thoughts. 1t is not par
ticularly the indication Of a weak
mind, but more often Of an I'M
usually strong one. It can be avoid
ed by not allowing the mind to be-
come obsessed by any one thought,
but by compelling oneself to pay at
tention to things Immediately pres
ent. Even If the mind is obsessed
by any great matter. such as love,
grief or a hobby, It is possible to
think of several things and to pay
some attention to what is being said
and done before one. Will power and
a determination to take interest are
the only remedies.
What clause in the Constitution
Of the United States is called the
Elastic Clause.
Article /, Section s. clause Is. It
is a part of the section dealing with
the powers OF Congress. The clause
reads: ITO make all laws which
shall be necessary for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers and
all other powers vested by this Con-
stitution in the Government of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13

United States or in any department
or officer thereof" 1t was the in
depreciation OF this clause that d.
vided the people into the first two
political parties.
What is the largest dam in the
world?
Wilson dam. at Muscle Shoals, on
the Tennessee River, is said to be
the largest. It contains 1890, 900
yards OF masonry.
When should sailed nuts be
served at a dinner and how are
they eaten?
Sailed nuts usually are served be-
tween courses and may be placed on
the table cloth and eaten with the
fingers.
Where can I get a pamphlet re-
gardlng establishment of an en-
ployment bureau, reference to
license fees required by State, fee
which may be charged applicant,
etc?
This may be obtained from the
Industrial Board. 432 Statehouse, In
dianapolis.
Can you name some ma or league
baseball pitchers who won forty
or more games in a single season.
Jack Chesbro won Al and lost IL
games in 1904; Charles Radbourne
won 40 and lost 25 games in 1888,
and won 62 and lost IL in 1884.
How can one cut bottle with
out breaking til
Probably the most practical way
to cut a bottle is to wrap It with a
wire through which an electric cur
rent is conducted that will heat the
wire to redness. After the part of
the bottle under the wire has be-
come heated, remove 1t quickly and
drop a few drops Of water upon the
heated portion of the glass. This
should crack the bottle along the
line Of heating. Round glass bottles
may be cut by wrapping tightly
with a worsted thread dipped in
spirits Of turpentine. and setting It
on fire. A third formula Is. Fiji
the bottle with linseed oil to where
you want to break It. Shove a red
hot poker in the oil. Have two
pieces Of hot iron ready In case II
does not work with one. AS soon
as you put one in and the oil starts
to boil take 1t out and place IN the
second one. Rub a stone around
the sharp edges Of glass after it is
broken to smooth it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
a Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

We are naturally the slaves of the
best, the brightest that we konw.
Nothing can deliver us from the fas-
cination of earthly things, but the
higher fascination Of heavenly
things.
The best way to overcome tempta-
ton is to transcend it. The best way
to conquer mean and narrow selfish
ness is by that nobler and grander
selflshness which is ready to lose it's
life for the sake of the life eternal.
The best way to escape peril Of
worldiness is to set your affection on
the immortal treasures and delights
of the world above.
"Set your affection" Mark the
word set" You at once see the
force OF the word. You need not let
your affections run riot. BY the ex-
ercise of your will you can direct
and fix your mind and heart on
things above. Let this be done, and
you will find yourself more and more
possessed by the higher fascination
of the upper world.
Copyright, 1925, by John r. Gunn)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-13
Gave Men Going to
Shake Mean Hoof

GU1ABASH College sheiks
NV are going to strut their
I stuff Saturday night,
Nov. 21. at Charlottesville.
Posters on display here tell
all about It.
Bring Your Bob-Haired BOA
to Wabash's First and Finest
Blanket Hop" the card advises.
And 1t carries the further in
formation that the purpose is
to furnish Football Toys for
Fighting Football Fellows" and
that 'Peyton's Passionate Peer
less FASTENERS" will provide the
jazz.
And to cap the climax Char
lestoners are promised relief II
the agility of the dance discom-
forts.
"Checkroom and Showers for
Charlestoners," says the card.