Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-01-01

lions upon which the prosperity OF US
all and every mans employment de-
pend absolutely?
The country discusses the decision
OF Federal Judge William r. Clark,
who says that prohibition isn't legal
because the people didn't pass on It
Judge Clark is interesting to mil
lions OF men and women, although
they may not know 1T, for he Is one
OF the famous O. N. r. Clark thread
family
Judge Clark's decision that pro-
hibition isn't legal will be reversed
By the Supreme court, probably.
Everything is comparative, even sor-
row. The head OF a great bank In
New York tells OF client with the
saddest face l have ever seen In my
life"
One year ago this client was worth
at least sixty millions OF dollars. And
today his fortune is reduced to not
more than twenty million dollars
And YOU can't imagine" said the
banker, f'how that man suffers
Ivan the Terrible, cur OF Russia,
to subdue those that opposed him, In
vented queer punishments.
On one occasion he had bishop
sewed up In a bear skin. and the bish-
op, in his hear skin. thrown to pack
OF half-starved dogs
The bishop suffered horribly, of
course, but only for few minutes.
His total suffering amounted to far
less than the sufferings OF some that
have seen their fortunes and the re-
suits OF their life work gradually TAX
en- from them, bit by bit, during the
past year.
Harvard sends reassuring news
about this grand old earth, on which
men have lived. according to Profess
sor Osborne, for forty million years,
and on which biologists, physicists, as
tronomers. tell us we shall continue
to live for at least million million
years more.
Our strange rolling domicile Is one
with many motions. We all know that
1t turns around on its axis, rolls
around the sun In 1896 days, and Ia
travelling through space accompany
Ing the sun on Its journey. But
most OF us forget about the many
other motions OF the earth. NJ
We are glad to learn from Harvard
that q recent mysterious shaking OF
the earth's crust was movement back
and forth, rhythmical and regular, six
seconds to each swing"
And while the earth's crust does
move, 1t moves only two t4n-thou-
sandths OK an inch in either direction,
the motion continuing for many days.
We should be very grateful that lit
tie human microbes can be safe on
this whirling globe. twenty-five thou
sand miles around, az heavy as though
1t were made Of solid steel, with hot
nre under our feet, and absolute zero,
more than 400 degrees below freezing,
MI around u.s.
Mr.. Cutter, president of the United
Fruit company. says that we did
business last year with Latin America
OF more than two thousand million dol
lars, whereas we ought to be doing
business OF ten thousand million
dollars
In the Caribbean countries, says
Mr. Cutter, we reach fewer than 20
per cent Of the possible customers.
American business men, with the
Department OF Commerce leading,
should look into that ten billion dollar
possibility. We need the business.
France has banking troubles and
deals with doubtful bankers In 4 dras-
tic fashion. Thirty-fve French bank
err are In Jail, add 1876 under govern
ment investigation.
Germany has found q way to make
danger signals plain even for the color
blind. Drivers approaching a railroad
track need not know the difference be-
tween white and red. The warning
comes 10 flashes. While the way IL
clear : white light flashes forty times
= minute. When train approaches
= red light Is turned on and flashes
eighty times to the minute.
The train automatically switches the,
red and white lights on and OF.
=. 1910. b. KinG Features Syndicate. Ine.i