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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Local government GOing-Or Gone

7-s,o,c;ers mt the legislature have decided that
the people Of cities, towns counties and Scnooi 0
tr,cts need guardian, and have accordingly decreed
that M bond issues for local purposes shall be issued
until the tax dctators at the statehouse consent
Inasnuch as these dictators, who be it said 70
their credit do not like the new job, have very
consistent record of cbing local ambitions in favor
of lower tax rates for the big corporations there Is
little likelihood of many such bonds being hoateo'
The original theory of local self-government Is
thrown away. The significant thing is that it is
destroyed by lawyers for the financial interests WHO
hold no Offices but do hold unlimited power
The last legislature passed a law intended to put
n +ernorarv curb on taxes. It never intended TO
make small communities vassals to the state tax
board. The members Of the tax board say that the
law shows no such intent No members OF the Iegls-
lature would father such an idea
But. nevertheless, the law Of the state Is now
firmly fixed that the commission must investigate
and approve all bond issues
Lawyers for those who buy bonds and sell them
to widows and orphans with much pront TO them-
selves have decided not to buy bonds unless tnere
is such an approval. Whereupon the state govern
uent abdicates its powers in favor OF finance and
the decree becomes more absolute than If decided
by the supreme court. In that body there is always
q chance of rehearing.
The bond houses are always close TO tne Dig
corporations, the railways and utilities which pay
local taxes 1t is fair presumption that these TAX
paving monopolies were not at all ignorant OF the
bond-buying decision. Big finance runs both
The principle involved is important. Not many
functions of government are in the hands of local
off,ces Snoopers from Washington tell us what we
are to drink. Shoppers from indianapolis tell us
when and how to spend tax money. The
people are lucky if left the chance to elect stray
constable or township trustee both probably useless
When high finance openly supplants the legis-
laure and the courts and swings the big stick 1t Is
time for those who still cling to the illusion OF liberty
10 take stock of modern tendencies.
It is only step from dictatorship over cities and
counties to dictatorship over states, and from there
on the path of the financial Mussoins win be easy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
DIX, in the New York

DOROTHY DIX, in the New York
- Evening Post, reports a dis
cussion she had with "a very intel
ligent and thoughtful man" about
marriage. It is his contention that
if divorce were prohibited during
the first five years Of marriage
young men and women would begin
to fall in love wisely instead of too
well.
Nobody can deny" says this
gentleman, that nowadays boys
and girls give less serious thought to
selecting their wives and husbands
than they do to picking out an auto
or a new hat, for in the case of the
auto they would at least consider
the make and type of car and what
horse power engine it had and
whether they wanted to use it as a
truck or a sport car, and in the case
of the hat they would consider its
suitability and whether it harmon
lied with their own personality and
fired their fancieS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Peoples Voice

Editor Times There is no Surer
way of fastening the day when In
diana will have an old age pension
system than by exposing poorhouSe
conditions, and every citizen of the
state intelligent enough not to be
blinded by political sdemagogues
says Amen" to the effort of your
paper to bring to the people the
real conditions in the Marion
county infirmary.
1t is not wholly a question Of adj
ministrative personnel or policy. A
poorhouse is exactly that-a poor
house. It is futile to defend an in
stitution founded three centuries
ago or to expect that 1t VIII meet
the needs of modern life.
Nor is it a question of politics any
more than patriotism. Decent care
of the unfortunate, the old men and
women who have helped build the
community, Is above any party. It
is call to all that is best in human
nature to render an act Of simple
justice. WILBUR II. MILLER,
408 N. Forrest St, indianapolis, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
"Let LIQUOR Be Taxed"

The experience of Canadian provinces with state
owned liquor dispenSaries-which replace prohibition
lis usually cited in arguments over the liquor prob
lem in this country.
Drys would have us believe that the system is
failure that 1t has increased drunkenness and crime,
and corrupted government Vets paint different
pictIlre in urging similar plan for this country
Examination of official figures on consumption for
last year is therefore interesting and particularly So
at this time when legalizaton of per cent beer in
this country being advocated to produce revenue,
stimulate business and bring the liquor traffic under
control.
Gross sales of liquor in Canada were $1S0,00OO00
in $780, The various governments got $l0oyOooOOo
of this lin the form Of taxes leaving the per capita
LIQUOR bill at less than So, the equivalent of bot
tie of Scotch And this does not take into account
the consumption of some five six million Ameri-
cans who visited the country tourists.
The dominion government last year got $56,o0o,0O0
as Its share of taxation about II per cent Of its
revenues 1t imposes tax of So gallon on spirits
plus per cent sales tax and then the provincial
governments step in charge up the cost of operation
and take handsome profit for their own treasures.
And the liquor habits of the people are changing.
Canadians are drinking only about a third much
spirits in 1914, little less beer and ve times
much wine. Per capita consumption of all beverages
Is half gallon less, however.
Thus Canada has a controlled liquor traffic In
stead Of the bootlegglng and racketeering We have
here. Canadians get good liquor. In place Of the
pslson supplied Americans. They are drinking Len.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
>$ZZEGESSSS~
biTt7e
ROOT MISSION ENDS
july 10

~
NN July 10, 1917, E1ihu Root,
~ chairman of the American mis-
sion to Russia, issued a statement
declaring that the mission had &C
complished its purpose after visit
Of about one month. The state
ment follows:
1.-THE mission has accomplished
what it came here to do, and we
are greatly encouraged. We found
no organic or incurable malady in
the Russian democracy. Democra-
cies are always in trouble, and we
have seen days Just as dark in the
progress Of our own.
"We must remember that a peo-
pie in whom all constructive effort
has been suppressed for so long
can not Immediately develop a ge-
MUS for quick action.
1.-THE first stage is necessarily
one of debate. The solid, admir-
able traits in the Russian charac-
ter viii pull the nation through the
present crisis. Natural love Of law
and order and capacity for local
self-government have been demon
strated every day since the revolu-
ton. The country's most serious
lack is money and adequate trans
portation. We shall do what we
can to help Russia IA both"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
War GIorified
TOR some inscrutible reason v

TOR some inscrutible reason we
Il have been taught to regard war
as of divine right, if not of divine
origin. 1t has been glorif1ed above
and beyond all other human &C
tivities. People have been trained
to make sacrifices in its behalf
which they are not called upon to
make and which they would not
make in behalf of anything else.
The difference between the heroic
way we prepared for battle fourteen
years ago, and the unheroic way in
which we have handled this de-
preston, speaks for itself.
The debt holiday which has just
been declared includes everything
but armament. The same thing
could have been accomplished by
cutting down military expenditures
40 per cent, or even less, but you
haven't heard about any government
doing it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Inconsistent

OUR professed horror of violence
~ on a small, or private scale,
stands out in sharp contrast to our
belief in it on a large, or public
scale.
Every nation has laws forbidding
murder by individuals, yet every
nation expends large part of it's
revenue in preparation for whole
sale murder.
Poor as Europe is today, unable to
meet its fixed obligations, or provide
business with the necessary capital,
it is spending five billion dollars a
year on military establishments of
one kind or another.
Statesmen viii tell you that this
is hangover of the recent conflict,
that it will soon be corrected, but
that just at present people can't
forget their horrors, hatreds and
suspicious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

This wears off promptly, however,
to be followed in several months by
a Oppressive action. Most people
notice a similar effect in the sum-
mer season. When summer weather
first comes on, glandular action is
stimulated but tends to be depressed
later.
Because of the constant perspira-
ton and moisture of the skin, people
are more likely in hot weather to
have skin infections than in cold
weather.
These take the form Of the or
binary blackheads and pimples, but
there are also considerable amounts
Of what are called fungus infections,
resulting in soft places between the
toes, in the groin and similar places
where skin surfaces touch, and also
in the condition commonly called
athletes foot" which spreads
rapidly to other parts of the body.
Any irritation of the skin in hot
weather is best controlled by re-
peated washing and by the use of
appropriate creams and powders to
prevent irritation and rubbing of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Grandma'S Career

T DON'T mean that romance was
l. entirely lacking. But a young
woman of the '90S was more prone
to fail in love with the first likely
male that crossed her path. After
all, marriage was her career. She
could not afford to wait until youth
and beauty had passed her BY.
Hers was not to reason or question:
rs this man suitable for me2 Do
I care for him enough to endure
lifetime of his society?"
She took him for better or for
worse. In nine cases out Of ten,
once the honeymoon was over, she
decided it was "for worse" But,
tradition being what it was, the
disillusioned young wife couldn't
hop to Reno and free herself from
an impossible situation.
But the modern girl has a wide
range of selectivity. She can earn
her own living. She doesn't have
to choose ahusband for what he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

young people are more serious and
idealistic about marriage than were
their fathers and mothers before
them. But they are frank to say
that it is a chance. They know full
well that the object of their afTec-
tions today may become anathema
to them in five years or one year
or even six months. If we were to
take too seriously the phrase, "un-
til death do us part" the institution
of marriage would disappear for all
time.
I'm all for hastier marriages and
easier divorce. I never could see
any reason for prolonged courtships.
If two persons fall in love and are
free to marry I think they should
do so while the flame of their love
is strong and hot. And if it burns
out what's so terrible about embers?
copyright. 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Five-Year Plan

"DUT they will pick out their life
- partners without giving a
single serious thought to the back
ground and character and habits OF
the men and women they are mar
rying or whether they are adapted
to each other or not, or even wheth-
er they care enough for each other
to endure a lifetime of each others
society"
It seems to me that even ten
year marriage contract would not
be sufficient to prove the feasibility
of an eternal companionship. Mar
rage Is and always was a gamble.
The only difference is that the
stakes vary. Once upon a time a
mans eligibility was measured pri-
marily by his earning powers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Lacks Atmosphere

TUE to the fact that Mercury is
closer to the sun than the
earth, we do not always see all OF
its lighted side from the earth. Con-
sequently, in the telescope, Mer-
curry appears to go through phases
IKE the moon. When it is a cres-
cent, it means that part of the
lighted side and part of the dark
SIDE are turned toward the earth.
"A measure Of the temperature at
the crescent phase gives an average
Of 26O degrees" DR.. Petit says.
we are convinced from this rapid
decline in the temperature measure
ment that the theory that Mercury
always keeps the same face turned
toward the sun, just as the moon
always keeps the same face toward
the earth, is correct.
I'VE believe, therefore, while the
face toward the sun may be red hot.
the temperature of the other face
Is that Of the so-called absolute
zero, that is, the temperature of
empty space or 459 degrees Fahren-
heit below zero.
we are also convinced that there
Is no atmosphere upon Mercury.
1T goes without saying that life
as we know it would be impossible
on Mercury"
DR.. Petit and DR.. Nicholson made
their measurements of the tempera-
ture of Mercury with a devices
known as the thermocouple. This
consists Of juncture of two differ
ent metals within a vacuum cell.
This cell is placed at the end of a
telescope and the image of the
planet focused on it. This heats
the juncture and generates an cleo
trio current of less than a billionth
OF an ampere. A delicate ammeter
measures this current and the
temperature of the planet is calcu-
lated from it.
The two scientists also have meas
ured the temperature of Mars and
Venus and come to the conclusion
that conditions which would SUM-
port life are more likely to exist on
Venus than on Mars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
FOmenting War

OUCH an explanation would be
~ easier to believe if some of these
same statesmen were not fomenting
new causes of quarreling and alarm.
One hundred fifty million Rus
slams are being schooled to regard
all other people as their sworn enc
mics, are being shown how to put
on gas masks, just as though air
raids were actually imminent, and
are being told to interpret every
major move on the part of other
countries as part of a plot to at
tack Russia.
Forty million Italians stand
shocked, or thrilled, as the case may
be, while Mussolini and the Vati-
can struggle for supremacy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

physicians who practice in
l. tropical zones insist that the
constant high temperature has the
tendency to hasten maturity and to
stimulate the glands of internal
secretion.
It is pointed out by Stefansson,
the Arctic explorer. that Eskimo
girls mature very early. The reason
for this is that living for six
months of the year in huts which
become so hot and so humid that
the conditions resemble those that
exist in the tropics.
Men from the temperate zone who
60 to the tropics find very soon a
stimulation of the endocrine glands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
The Gang aIIacy

4 VEN here in America we strive
~ to see the bright side of gang
rule and racketeering by imagining
that If left alone, the thugs win
presently kill off each other.
They are certainly doing all that
could be expected to satisfy us, but
apparently the "mobs'' are being
recruited too fast for the machine
gunnerS.
Five "big shots" from Brooklyn
put on the spot in as many days,
the last one being strangled,
stabbed and partially decapitated to
vary the performance, but not a
clew as to who did it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Hungry Children

In the mountains of West Virginia 10000 people
are starving Among them are many children.
The fathers of these families are miners of old
American stock They have been forced to strike to
get even a wage which will bare necessities
Hungry and exploited their constitutional liberties
invaded by injunction judges and company gun
men.
But whether their cause is just or unjust their
women and children are without food and must be
helped The National Red Cross has refused help.
We publish in our news columns today an appeal
for contributions sent out by the emergency commit
tee 112 East Nineteenth street. New York City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Hurry, Hurry

MFRS. DIX goes on to quote this
1V1 unknown critic of our modern
marriage as follows:
Nothing is commoner than to
hear young people in talking of
marriage say, oh, well, I'm a sport.
III try anything once And even
at the altar are privately thanking
heaven that divorce is easy and has
become respectable and a common
thing in our best circles"
I don't believe that. I think our
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
TIN OFENTO TN MI ~, HAYWOOD
i i OLLIV1O i ~ 1N1L d. BROUN

can give her. If she falls in love
with a man who doesn't earn a
great deal, it doesn't matter so
much. She can keep her job, and
together they manage fairly de-
cent living arrangement.
There are thousands Of person.
able young women unmarried today
who have passed the first flush of
their youth. And it is not because
love has passed them by or they
have lacked opportunities. But they
are not satisfied to marry just for
home. They don't have to. They
have learned that there are other
things more important than eco
nOmic security.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
SCIENCE
by DAMN DIETZ-

Mercury Is Molten and Frigid
Certainly Uninhdbita6le:
Dat Venus May Support
Life, Scientists DISCOVER.
.NNE side of the planet Mercury
~ probably is red hot, while the
other is as cold as it is possible for
anything in the universe to get
This is the strange situation brought
TO light by measurements of its
surface temperature by DR.. S. b.
Nicholson and DIR. Edison Petit Of
Mt. Wilson observatory.
Our observations show thai the
surface temperature on Mercurv
directly under the suns rays, that is
at the point where it is noon on
Mercury, is 100 degrees Fahren-
heit," DR.. Petit said.
This is the melting point Of the
metal zinc.
II there were any tin, lead or
ENC on Mercury at the spot where
this temperature obtains, they would
exist only in the molten form"
Ihese observations give Mercury
a sun more unique position among
the planets revolving around the
sun than it formerly possessed.
Ihere are eight planets revolving
around the sun, of which, of course.
our earth is one,
Mercury is the smallest of the
eight, the closest to the sun and the
one which possesses the most eccen-
URIC orbit, that is, the one whose
orbit is most flattened or distorted
from the shape of a circle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

vided by nature with pleats so it
can fill up with. enough water to
last it for five years. Tt converts
it's stem into a great rounded
barrel, which it fills with water
during rains, guarding the precious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one OF Americas most inter-
esting writers and arc pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Thursdays Times.
The Hedgehog Cactus - The
hedgehog cactus, or Echinocactus
grandiS, of Mexico has been pro-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
M. E. Tracy
Since When Did the Red
Cross ConJf1te It's Work to
Situations for Which God
Was to Blame?
SAYS

NEW YORK, July 9. Judge
IN Payne's explanation Of why
the Red Cross has sideStepped the
problem of relief for women and
children in the coal mine districts
leaves US all at sea.
If he had simply said the organi-
zation didn't want to get mixed up
in a labor row, we could have I'M
derstood what he meant, though We
might not have agreed with it.
The logic of holding cd respon-
Sible, however, is utterly beyond us.
Since when did the Red Cross
confine its work to situations for
which God was to blame, while men
were not.
The Red Cross has distinguished
itself largely through the relief Of
suffering brought on by war.
Does Judge Payne imply that war
is an act of God?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

A Chicago woman has been given divorce because
her husband made her ride in the rumble seat. Just
to show him. perhaps how it feels to be given the air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

Revenues which here go into the pocket of boot
leggers, in Canada find their way into the public
treasures. If we got IL per cent of our revenues
from liquor taxes the federal government alone would
collect around half a billion year and other mil
lions would go to the states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

1t behooves the college graduate henceforth to con-
slider his vocation before his vacation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
The Severn.

On what river is the United States
Naval academy located?
The Severn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

An Oregon man accidentally sent a sock containing
$27OO to laundry roll in one, as it were.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10
Daily Thought

FOrsake the foolish, and live;
and go in the way of understand
ing.-ProVerb 9:6:
A learned fool is more foolish
than an ignorant fool.-Moliere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

store with vicious thorns, as a
protection against invaders.
Saturday: "The Man Who
Could Repeat an Grafton After
Hearing 1t Once"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-10

This is the third of series of seven
articles by DIR. Morris Fishbein on
Summer Care of Health" I'm the light
of new data on the proper diet. dress
and hygiene during the hot months. this
series should prove particularly timely.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-01
Miscellaneous For Sale
USED LUMBFP

We are Wrecking the old Govern
ment Warehouse located at the
west end of Grant ST, an extension
Of Eighth ST, Caiexico, Calf. We
have over q quarter of a million
ieet Of good lumber, including lX3,
lX4, Ike, 1X3, 1Xl2, 2x4. 2x6, 2X8,
2X12 Oregon Pine and 2X12 Rough
d nltr.cnrI
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-01
Real Estate Bargains
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Red Pepper Returns by Grace
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a Monkey in SILK" by Margaret.
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Mexican Maze by Carleton
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Adventures in Genius by Will
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