Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-11-20
This Week
b. ARTHUR BRISBANE
The Five-Day Week
Ludendorf Sees War
Hunting the Microbe
One Billion Ounces

One Billion Ounces
Paul Mazur of the firm of Lehman
Brothers says the tive-day week should
be adopted universally, to concentrate
working, selling and buying In i've
DAYS, giving everybody two days to
spend what they earn in health ana
efficiency. Such plum. according
to Mr.. Mazur, would encourage spend
ing and increase buying at least 70
per cent.
The slump In employment should
convince the feeble-minded that keep
ing out immigration does not guar
antee steady work forN everybody in
the United States.
To guarantee steady woyk you need
buyers for goods produced, aud to
increase the buying you must increase
the purchasing population.
II this country had J0,00O,0O0 more
population Of the right kind 1t would
ke75o per cent better of in every way
General Ludendorff sees another war
in 1031.~When it is over according TO
his prophecy Germany and Italy will
be crushed Russia. England and Aus
tria will side with Germany but
France, heading another group, viii
win"
That prophecy need not be taken
seriously. The German generals had
little idea of what vas going to hap
pen in 1914. They counted on single
victorious campaign to last few
months.
Mans occupation from the beginning
has been hunting down his enemies to
destroy them. or hunting other men
and animals for food.
Hunters at first used their own legs
and hands, then horses. hounds. hawks.
Now they have changed from hunt
ing the mastodon. driving the 5000
pound monsters into pits. to hunting
creatures too small to be seen with
the naked eye. :.
Austrian art treasures in Salzburg
were exposed to destruction by mi
mute worms, devourIng priceless manu-
scripts and ancient carved wood.
Scientists exposed the worms for
eighteen hours to the vapors of eva
hide gas. The worms are all dead and
the art treasures are safe.
gentleman Is here from China
to borrow from the United States
government one thousand million
ounces Of silver, worth about $780,
100000.
China uses silver as money, aud
would be much obliged il Uncle Sam
would lend billion ounces.
Fortunately we are not in war days.
when anybody could shovel out Amer
lean billions to foreigners. Congress
must pass on the proposed Chinese
Van, and will probably ask, DO you
Want the money to feed your starving
tens of millions, or to give your 800
600 soldiers their back pay aud keer
up the fighting?"
Captain Hawks continues TO MAKE
other distinguished flyers look like
estimable has beens." lie flew from
Havana to New York in 8 hours 4
minutes, averaging 100 niles an hour
doing 600 miles AT 20 miles an hour
not using top speed ut any time.
If men would buy stocks CAREFUL
selected, of sound value, as they bu
real estate, within their means, ever
intelligent man today could lay til
foundation of future independence.
But in stocks or in real estate.
you gamble you are gone. Any one {
ten million ghosts that float aroun
the back door of the stock exchang
at midnight could tell you that.
--L-
II pays to improve your city il I'll
improving is done in even moderat
ly honest and efficient way
After long delay, New York ar
New Jersey decided to build vehic
tunnel under the Hudson river.
In three years 100000 autom
blles have used the tunnel, payil
$15,J000O0 in tolls
The tunnel cost S54,00O,000, and
taking In SG0O0,00O q year. In
years 1t will pay for itself.
II cities we're run by compete
business men instead OF being RI
as Is usual, by grating and ignora
politicians, taxes would be cut do
SO per cent and more. Prosperity a
values would increase gigantcally.
The government has broken up
ring dealing IN drugs TO the tune
millions Fifty thousand dolla
worth of narcotics were sold ei