Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
SOME POINTS NOT
ON THE COMPASS

Some progress apparently is being
made in political lie today William
Gibbs McAdoo, former aspirant for the
democratic nonina ion for the presi-
dency but recently elf-eliminated from
the race refuses to see reporters or to
talk politics now when he returns to
his home from a trip to the east.
That the alumni Of Yale universi y
are loyal to the alma mater is evident
from the splendid showing Of the me-
mortal endowment fund that is expect
cd to total $20,00O000 by the opening
of the new year OF course some of
the gifts have come from other sources
than alumni, but the bulk is from that
source or directly traceable to it, But
even that source is the immediate re-
Election of the American spirit behind
the great system of education which
the country boasts open alike to the
rich and the poor. In the Yale endoW
ment one of the outstanding features
will be the free scholarships coming
from foundations established with a
view to help young men with energy,
ambition and rank in ability but Who
without the aid, would not be able to
carry on with their higher educa-
tional effort
Vanity is a cruel thing. While Hick-
man, the self-styled FOX, was boast
ing in his fiendish letters Of his
cleverness he was every minute Welding
the bands that would hold him by
careless acts.
That thought of the Red Cross about
curtailing charity to that type of poor
commonly called the "panhandler" is
worthy of careful consideration Only
last week one of that ilk dressed better
than the average business man OF
Douglas gathered nights lodging
from wage worker who fell for his
line of talk.
News coming out of Cincinnati
courts last week recalled Shakespeare's
immortal lines which, parodied run:
ooh, consistency, thou art jewel, but
evidently not worn in the shirt bosom
Of the members of the Remus jury"
Listening to man handle his own
case on the grounds that he murdered
a woman when insane apparently had
its effect on the mental machinery of
the jury.
Persons desiring to attend the open
ing of Rancho Manzanita may rest
assured that whatever may have be-
come of the Yaqui Indians on the
south side of the international border,
there are no Apaches loose on this side.
oro old &c childhood
and Jam, but it has just been proved
that for an effective method of fasten-
ing crime on the guilty, it is a real
power. Like the method itself, the
proof also is old, for what individual,
as child has not found it useless to
deny guilt when the prints stared it in
the face.
After TIN gust Of unusual weather
that brought Jack Maddlix and his
party to Douglas in a big 12-passenger
plane. there has been something of q.
lull in the airplafae activity about
Douglas The interest. however. is just
quiescent and not dead and it will burst
forth again one of these days with an
announcement that the actual steps 10
create a proper airport facility have
, been taken Such matters more often
are accomplished along quiet lines of
procedure than with a brass band and
some of the Douglas leaders are at
work, if not talking.
The last week of the old year opens
today There remains one week for
taking stock and getting ready to
launch into the new year. Then it
will be 365 days of the same with an
added one for the benefit of those who
can't transact all their business in the
year and, so legend says, for the bene-
fit of the girls whose boy friends seem
to be tongue-tied. Well, good luck to
both classes.
Those who play the stock market on
the bull side have been having long
inning But even in the stock market,
that which goes up usually comes down.
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