Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-01-08
This Week
b ARTHUR BnassANE
Comfort in Bigness
There Is Improvement
Canaries' Malaria
Radio Fights Poison

Aucrc ID improvement
Canaries' Malaria
Radio Fights Poison
Sometimes, when things seem to 80
wrong. 1t il comfort to be reminded
that nothing matters very much. II
the earth fell toward the sun 1t would
melt like a flake Of snow falling on
= red-hot stove long before 1t could
reach the sun.
And IL, In turn, our gigantic sun,
million times as big as the earth, fell
toward some of the really big suns In
space. 1t also would melt before 1t
could reach that suns surface.
Professor Shapley, with his fore
head high and his ears low down, the
best arrangement, tells you that Har-
ward observatory has found and meas
ured about 1900 new galaxies, each
an island universe
An island universe contains millions
Of suns. One little group, called the
Large Magellanic," has 100000 suns,
every one 100 times brighter than our
sun. and 1000 suns that are 10000
times as bright as eurs-
Under such circumstances, Will you
please tell us what difference 1t makes
whether Anaconda copper goes up or
down?
1t says In Eccleslastes. a foot
also Is full OF words: man cannot
tell what shall be-
Nevertheless, men of wisdom tell us
that better conditions have started al
ready
Mr.. Lamont, secretary of commerce.
sees distinct upturn In business, and
also important, the conductor OF oneN
Of the busiest Central Railroad OF New
Jersey trains says: Il know times are
getting better can see 1t in the
faces OF passengers, business men that
have travelled with me for years.
Two thousand scientists gathered at
Cleveland continue their contribution
of amazing information.
Canary birds have peculiar ma
aria Of their own. German scientists
investigating this disease. developed
plasmochin, a drug that cures human
beings. The new remedy Is syn
thetic product, called by chemists IN
diethylaminoisopen -8-amino- g. meth
member In case You want to- order
some.
Our problems are trifiing compared
with those Of Great Britain. A Labor
government that was TO, find employ
menti for all has twice as many idle
men on its hands az. when, 1t started.
and for nine months Of the fiscal year
just ended has deficit Of $903 100000
-$53 900 more than year ago.
Many have shivered with fear lest
q comet should strike the earth.
1t probably wouldn't do, much harm
II it did and you would know nothing
about 1t except that II comet did
sidewipe our atmosphere in passing,
you would detect a. strong smell OF
almonds.
Science finds in the tails OF comets
"cyanogen," which has the almond
smell.
Psychologists are told that violent
diphtheria poison, the toxin carrying
the disease that has killed so many
millions Of children, has been success
fully attacked by treatment with
short radio waves.
These waves, with frequency OF
from SO,000,000 to 15SOOO,0OO per Sec
ond, reduce the strength of the poison
by one-half. 1t is difficult to, exag-
gerate the Importance Of this scientific
announcement.
With fiints, bows and arrows and
high-powered rifles, men have sue
ceeded after 25,00OOO0 years in con-
quering their huge four-footed enc
mies-tigers, lions and bears. They
may be able now to destroy their in
visible and Infinitely more deadly
microscopic enemies with electric
projecties.
While deeply religious believers
knelt in the snow, praying. soldiers
Of the Russian government tore down
cathedral on the bank OF the Dnieper
river, making bonfires Of sacred pic
lures, images and vestments Of priests.
This action OF Russia's government
comes under fhe heading worse than
crime, bfunder.r
In old days, a man with 100000
was a millionaire" That modest pit
lance no longer means anything. A
millionaire In the new financial Ian
guage. Is one who has $1,OOO,OOO or
more of yearly income.
In 1928. 81 Americans told Uncle
Sam they had incomes Of $1,000
600 or more. Several have $4,000. 900
year, and at least two or three have
more. They represent the beginning
Of our Millionaire class. There are
probably six, certainly four, men In
the United States worth a billion