The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-10-04
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
The Cup Stays
Percy Rockefeller
. Never Is a Long Word
Money Ia Useful

Rainbow has won the fourth race
and the Americas Cup stays In Amer
fca.
Both yachts came In flying protest
flags, but Sopwith later withdrew his
protest.
Next time, perhaps our patriotic
milllonaires. instead of building a toy
saIlboat will set this government
good example by building a really fast
and powerful flying ship and go over
and show Europe that the country that
invented the airplane does not propose
to remain forever last In the air.
Percy Rockefeller. second son Of the
late William Rockefeller, who was
John D. Rockefeller's brother, died re-
Gently, only fifty-six years old. He was
a highly intelligent man and a hard
worker
Like other men of great wealth. Mr..
Rockefeller suffered heavy losses In
the 1929 shrinking OF values, losses 80
great that he described them to the
senate stock exchange committee as
terrible, perfectly horrible, losses"
The strain and anxiety OF depres-
sion years, with values tumbling. may
have had something to do with Mr..
Rockefeller's illness and death, not be-
cause Of any love for money. of which
he had plenty left. but because OF the
strain In fighting financial disaster.
Professor Mlllikan thinks that no
man will ever go twenty miles up into
the atmosphere. 1.-THE present record OF
about twelve miles probably will stand
forever said he. Forever" la the
longest word In any language. and one
that rarely comes true
Il men want to 80 up five hundred
miles above the earth. and look around
outside OF our atmosphere, they Will
do 1t. Twelve thousand years ago, men
living In the late Stone age had no
weapons but sharp flints and bows and
arrows. They have ahead OF them hun
dreds Of millions OF years on this plan
ct. as Professor Mi1Hkan knows. You
cannot limit their accomplishments
with any forever" or never"
Too bad. but what can you do about
| TT The great Samuel Johnson said
no man ever wrote we'll except for pay,
and 1t Is certain that many brilliant
minds have gone to waste because
their owners happened not to need
money. -
Byron probably wouldn't have writ
| ten II he had not had a club foot. VAN
| Ity made him work. With two good
feet hard work would not have been
necessary.
Marcus Aurelius would probably
have made 1t shorter and snappier"
and more interesting IL he had not
been emperor.
At first men work for money. When
once they start working ambition
takes the place OF money and they
continue until the grave swallows
them. Money, which means independ-
ence of other mems orders. the only
freedom In civilization, Is useful In IT.
self, and useful incentive to hard
work.
| O. B. Winters, flying from New York
to California, wires: "Flying would
be easier IL a prominent roof was
marked In each town." Chambers OF
commerce should discuss that. 1t Ii
an important kind of advertising now
neglected and the national government
should do something about 1t, provld
Ing abroad signs for flyers and huge
arrows pointing, This way, north t.
Chicago" This way to Seattle" This
way to New Orleans" This way tt
Key West"
James A. Moffatt, President Roose
velt's housing administrator, predicts
that 100000 new homes will be built
and will put $4,000, 100000 Of private
funds into new construction, employ
Ing many. Three million new houses
will arouse serious thinking In land
lords OF houses already built, especial
ly those that have let their properties
, run down.
, 1t Is cheerful news that all cadet
, at West Point are to be trained for fly
| ing. If they are not to be taught fly
! ing, you might as well confine you
teaching OF young West Pointers an
Annapolis men to driving hanson cab
J and "four-wheelers."
The base cruelty of human being
passes all understanding. When 20
read of the horrible tortures that reT
resentatives OF various religions hav
inflicted upon each other in the pas
all for the glory Of God" you are hol
! | rified
1t is more horrible to read of moder
criminals. selling. binding, fastenin
to tree an old man supposed to hay
saved money. Vinita, Okla, report
the details. The old mans hands wer
!, shot through the palms with bullet
bis feet burned with a red-hot poke
all to extort 500.