Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-05-02

THIS WEEK
Did Anybody Ask?
To the Grave, or Carage2
No Suicide Necessary
Deadly Gas Cuarda Gold


Uncle Sam nearly succeeded In
taking his hundred and eleven war
ships through the Panama canal
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
ocean In "a hours. All commercial
traffic was barred. soldiers guard
ed the locks. standing as solemn as
penguins on either side. 1t was
beautifully done. credit to all con-
cerned.
But--did anybody In washington
ask himself what would have hap
pened II rs or 30 enemy bombing
planes had appeared, floating over
the canal. while our valuable war
ships were passing through What
would have happened to those ships,
to the canal. to the locks, to the
comical little soldiers, with their
guns and bayonets, standing along
the edge Of the waterf
In California, a dog, technically
and erectually killed In the labora.
tory of Doctor Robert Cornish ten
days ago. shows signs Of life, blink
ing Its eyes In the light and witch
ing muscles when a fly lights on
Its nose
This experiment may become i'm
portant to human beings. Thou.
sands die because Of some little
stoppage. that might have been pre-.
vented or corrected. Just as an au-
tomobile stops sometimes because
OF an obstruction In the pipe feed
Ing gas to the carburetor.
Under such conditions. the men
have been taken to the graveyard.
Doctor Cornish may find a way to
overcome such temporary. unneces-
sary deaths"
This applies especially to the hui
man heart, that supplies life while
1t pumps, and brings death when 1t
stops. In millions of cases, un-
doubleday, a temporary stoppage
might have been overcome and life
indefinitely prolonged.
Mr.. Wallace. secretary of agricul-
ture, tells Nebraska farmers plans
are necessary to prevent the sui
eide OF society" 1t Is as we'll to
have public officials view conditions
solemnly, but they are not quite as
bad as that This country has more
Of everything than 1t needs, more
than enough for everybody. Its
problem Is not plague, famine or
war, killing millions. but too much
wheat, too much cotton. too many
little fat pinkish pigs born every min
ute. A nation or Individual with too
much of everything, but unfortu-
nately just too stupid to arrange
adequate distribution, need not
necessarily commit suicide.
In September Uncle Sam will
have finished building a new, huge
burglar proof" vault big enough to
hold all his gold, besides piles OF
silver and other valuables. The
vault doors. of the toughest metal
80 inches thick, are not the only
protection. If a burglar succeeded
In getting halfway through the
metal door, he would release q
cloud of deadly gas In which be
would die In horrible agony.
The American College of Physi
clans heard Doctor Meakins Of
Montreal promise that within *
years any man willing to use hi
intelligence and will power may
live 100 years. Fifty years ago ths
average human being was through
with life at forty. Today's aver
age is beyond sixty. Doctor Meakins
promise of "a century OF vital, en-
ergetic life for every member o
the human race" Is encouraging
The wise would want to be guaran
teed to the vital, energetic" part
Nothing sadder than to live merel.
for the sake of living.