The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-07
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Bay of Fundy Power
Religion Aids Mussolini
Cheap Eggs for Soldiers
Government Railroads?

Governor Brann OF Maine is uhWiii-
Ing to share expenses, and president
Roosevelt may drop the Passamaauod-
dy power project. That would be
national misfortune. While spending
billions so freely. 1t would seem worth
while to spend thirty-six little millions
to harness the gigantic tide power In
the Bay of Fundy.
Development of that project would
supply the whole state of Maine with
power and Industrial prosperity and
~ray for Itself
To allow the vast power OF one or |
the highest tides on earth to continue
going to waste would be as foolish as |
1t would be to cease using the power
of Niagara.
In Milan, Cardinal Schuster, cele-
brating mass for those that died In
the Fascist march on Rome, indorses
earnestly Mussollnis invasion OF ETH,
opia. praising 1.-The valiant army which,
In intrepid obedience to the command
of their fatherand at the price Of their
blood. open the doors Of Ethiopia to
the Catholic faith and the civilization
of Rome
Also, according to Associated Press,
the cardinal praised Fascism as prom
ising the national morality wished by
the Catholic church"
Italian soldiers In Ethiopia. much
surprised. can buy as many fresh eggs
as they want at ridiculously low prices
Philippians will not eat eggs-their
religion forbds them to devour that
which might have life In the future
but they are willing to sell the eggs to
the italian soldiers and let them I'm
peril their immortal souls by "deyour-
ing future life' II they choose.
Ethiopian trihesmen have no scruples
| about eating the chicken. once 1t Is
Matched, which shows that religious
scruples take interesting forms. What
about the future life' that the hen
might have produced?
Railway labor unions plan a Wash
Ington lobby, to promote government
purchase and operation Of railroads.
Owners Of some railroads would gladly
share the expense of that lobby. II
they could sell their railroads at a
fair price.
Running railroad In competition
| with automobiles. motor buses and
/ trucks Is like running a legitimate
hotel In competition with night clubs
md other former speakeasIes.
Russia Is successful spy hunter,
having convicted on the average one
every six hours, according to Col
lier's."
II. In Russia, you are convicted of
spying, no second conviction Is ever
necessary or possible.
These 100000 spies. to earn their
money, must keep international sns-
plcion alive, and that helps to keep
war alive.
Rejoicing In the fact that "the IL
years of the Fascist regime have not
passed In vain, and the world of plu-
tocratic and conservative egotisms Is
obliged to take note Of this" Musso
lini denounces League OF Nations sane
tons aimed at him as "a preposterous
crime destined to Increase disorder
| cfv IN,
pan-American Air Lines asks ali
travellers: "Shall we serve cocktail.
to passengers?'
The answer should be emphatIcall,
mo" First, the average cocktail Il
unfit for any stomach, except perhaps
that of carrion-eatlng hyena; sec
ond. 1t has been proved more thai
! once that alcohol and flying do no
mix we'll.
The President inspected "fortifica
tions" of the Panama canal. returnln
from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
. Unfortunately there are no fortifcf
: tions on the Panama canal. The cana
depends on its locks and they, open t
attack from the air, could easily b
destroyed. No engineer will deny tina
. The way to have fortified" cana
Is TO build one at sea level. In thes
spending days that might be done nov
: through Nicaragua.
Uncle Sam would have something
/. show for his money more snhstanti'
: than groups of weary gentlemen "ral
ing leaves
There - encouragement In the IA
that ffrsJubs.' not the artificl
made-to-order kind. are lncreasin
Three hundred and fifty thousand me
!, were hired In September, and payroll
- for September are S120O0,O00 wet
"A above August.
10 Warner Brothers successful nrodu
zion of "A Midsummer Nights Dream
~ under the direction of Max Relnhart
proves courage and sound jndgmeI
:, The picture Is a financial as w
. as an artistic success, greater by {
"a than any recent Shakespearean sta
~~na,a+;or with iiyino uptorc