Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-04-20
Howe About:
Husbands and Wives
Squatter Rights
The Specialist
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By ED HOWE

cause he is the biggest.
He is mistaken; the woman is able
to care for herself.
The most natural controversy of all
is that between men and women md
The condition u venen has steadily
improved since the dawn of history
What rule, custom or law lis best for
them? They have fought for 1t steadi-
~, and won. II an old savage could be
resurrected today, become TWENTY-FIVE
fears old instead of thousand and
be turned loose with the present
crowds OF manicured and perfumed
women. the other men would hang
him In an hour because of his bad
manners.
Anyone who reads of the past must
constantly note the steady march of.
sub1ugation of men. anyone who looks
about him now must note the same
! thing.
In the early days of the West SQUAT
ter sovereignty was recognized prin-
ciple, to-wit. Settlers rushed into the
/ country before 1t WAS organized, and
squatted on the land When 1t was
formally opened to settlement, the set
tiers armed themselves, collected at
the land office, and saw to 1t that every
| squatter had the first and only bid on
the land he had settled on.
squatter sovereignty is being prac-
ticed now In paying taxes. AT tax
paying time taxes are not paid, but
when the properties are offered for
| sale by the sheriff for taxes, the owner
| of each tract is protected In his right
to be the only bidder, sometimes the
taxes and penalties on his property
amount to thousand dollars, and the
owner gets sheriff's deed to 1t for a
tritie. 1t is being done In my commu-
nityi look around, and you'll see It Is
being done In yours.
The ordinary man cannot become q
specialist, and devote years OF study
| to figuring out how far the more re-
mote stars are from the earth. The
citizen who makes an ordinary good
living, achieves responsibility In his
nelghborhood rears and edHeates a
family, and helps support the many
specialists, must know many things,
and know them well. A man of my
acquaintance Is not emily q le to make
It respectable living as farmer hut
| cures hams and bacon better than the
well.paid specialists of the packing
/ houses. He can cut hair as well as
barber. and knows automobiles SO well
he not only fixes his own, but town
| men come to him for advice People
send for him from miles around to top
their hay and wheat stacks, and, dur
Ing the winter. he does very good work
as O blacksmith at about half town
prices. In addition, he reads enough
to get about all there is OF value In
print, and has very excellent practical
/ sense.
The specialists are we'll enough In
their way, but should not be permitted
| to make laws for those who from ne
| cessity are all-around workers.
| | was out In company lately, and
among the guests was husband with
deaf wife. Every little while he
would 70 aIp to her, and bawl In her
| ear: "You are the sweetest thing In
| the world. you suit me" and the wife
| would seem pleased. Once he roared
am not the sort OF husband who fuses
about being married. like it; we get
| along, don't we?' Other guests told
| me the man was noted for appreciat-
ing his wife, and making a disturb
| ance about 1t. II man marries the
right sort of woman. and she likes
| him and submits to him gracefully,
| he'll like her, whether she Is old stout,
| thin, wise or ordinary. 1T Is the wife
naturally opposed to everything her
husband does that complains he no
longer loves her.
When a widow writes letter to kin
begging for assistance In feeding her
/ hungry children, she Is compelled to
pay an extra cent for the stamp, that
/ this sort of waste may continue In
| thousands of other places. wonder
statesmen are not ashamed. instead Of
1 being the proud creatures they are.
The correct and moving reason for
good behavior is because II Is profit
able; the surest way to avoid punish
mcnt. Any other teaching OF good be-
havior Is complicated, and less efrec-
tive than sound teaching should be.
Everyone occasionally remarks the
rapid flight or time. II becomes more
noticeable after one becomes old; and
an old man gets very much less out OF
| the hours as they hurry by.
A man named I4ecky is famous his
torlan. and quotes ST. Jerome as say
ing that In olden times one man slept
naked In a marsh to court the stIngs
or poisonous insects. This he kept up
for six months A disciple slept at