The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-07-19

Brewster, q Rocky mountain guide,
watches eagles and ospreys, also
called fish hawks" sitting on the
high limbs of tree, eagles at the top,
ospreys below. and still lower down
plain crows, all watching the lake.
An osprey drops, brings up fish.
Two eagles pursue. the frightened
osprey drops the fish. The eagles try
to catch 1t, usually fall. The crows,
flying close to the surface, In a body,
never fail, always get the falling fish
and enjoy 1t.
There you have our civilization
upside down. With us, those nearest
the ground get the least, those next
above get little more. and those at
the very top get practically every
thing.
J. Pierpont Morgan of Broad and
Wall streets ordered his big yacht, |
Corsair, to his front door on East
island, and will cross for short vaca-
ton In England.
once such trip might have aroused
envy, but no more. The travelling
| salesman, the LADY buyer" for de-
| partment store, almost anybody, may
cross on a bigger. faster, finer boat
than the CorsaIr at very reasonable
| price.
The wise socialism is that which
gives to the big crowd bigger and
better ships. parks and hotels than
any individual, no matter how rich,
could afford for himself.
Also, among Americans Of the right
| kind a man and woman take pride In
improving their own little house or
boat wasting no time In foolish envy
OF others. There is no real happiness
OF possession, except In what we earn.
What Ia the matter with this c0un-
try, swindled by assorted gangs OF
politicians, robbed by innumerable
gangs OF grafters, racketeers, high
waymen, degraded by indecent moving
pictures and other entertainments, the
public peace and faint signs OF re-
turning prosperity imperlled by strike
troubles and violence?
Has the United States become a
sort OF western China" unable TO
take care of ltself7 In what dlrec-
ton Is 1t headed?
President Roosevelt. warmly vel
coined by marching. singing and prais-
Ing citizens In Porto Rico and the Nir
gin islands. hoped to make the New
Deal reach every corner OF the United
States, saying. Il believe In better
homes, better living conditions, and
better chance to earn living"
Everybody believes In those things
and since the beginning OF history
and long before, has been trying K
]. get them.
n The questions Is how to provide
t those things permanently.
20 The widespread attack on disgrace
% fully immoral moving pictures ha
n compelled those that trade In indie
sr cency to take their minds on the DO
e. office for moment and consider
h, serious danger. The crusade agains
10 indecency, led by the Catholic churc
and directed by the Archbishop Q
n Baltimore, who began the crusade, ha
u been Joined By Jewish synagogues an
se rabbls, and now many protestai
IS, bodies have decided to take part.
i'd Rudolph Hess, representing Hitle
us and speaking as "a soldier OF "
IN front" suddenly changed, In his broa'
Ill cast. from German TO French, and ~
by nealed to the old enemy across II
ad line not to make necessary the quiz
lff ing OF new trenches, urging That IRENE
ne life Is not pleasant
all Herr Hess might have added to h
- speech:
aWhile our German troops nev
ne reached Paris In all the four years
ais the last war, remember that Germi
d. airplanes would reach there Ia y
q. first two or three hours OF the ne
OF war and few hours later not O
of Of the great monuments OF Paris won
w be left standing: not Notre Dame, 7
r. Madeleine or the beautiful Sair
no Chapelle."
OH BombardIng airmen will not spa
I'm monuments dearest to the, enemy
Mt Everything would run smoothly
18th all the United States representati'
led and senators felt as G. Bryant OF w
to Virginia feels. A candidate for c.
age gress, his platform reads
!. Il am behind President Roosev
ter all the way. I'll jump off the top
me the Washington monument II he wa
nus me to"
ess A solid house and senate like {
'ep- would make Fascism unnecessary.
Ned
re Congratulate Mussolini Dressed
and boots. old trousers and blue swt
en- err" he helped Italian workers to I
vest crops on the Pontine marsl
ngs changed by him from fever-breed
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