The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-24

ing but protect
h. New York city,
- - 80 his reply was
.-.. .-,-. that If he had
as much money
as they said they had, he would
build a battleship for himself.
The west coast states, California,
Oregon. Washington, cooperating
perhaps with their vigorous neigh
bors Of Vancouver. and other points
above the Canadian border, might
well have few flying ships Of their
own. sort of air militia.
San Francisco, where they COM
bine patriotism with plenty of mon
ey, and great civic pride and ener-
gy, might well start thu idea OF a
Pacific coast flying force. That need
not be very expensive. A hundred
machines to begin with, a hundred
plucky young fiiers, practicing the
gentle art of flying at night, and
dropping bombs, practicing espe-
cially mimic warfare against other
flying machines, would constitute an
admirable object lesson to the rest
of the country.
And If California, in San Fran
cisco for instance, should start
little flock Of one hundred machines,
Los Angeles could be relied upon
to hurry in with two hundred. Seat
tie and other coast cities also.
Such machines need not be to-
tai loss.
In the first place, many young
gentlemen with rich fathers, not
knowing exactly what to do with
themselves, extremely anxious to
find work worth while, and prefer
ably dangerous, would delight in
each equipping his Individual ma
chine, for the service of the Pacific
/ coast and of Uncle Sam, as the
mobiles in the old days delighted in
eouipping each his regiment, or his
fighting ship, for the service of the
king.
Two hundred or three hundred
high powered. swift flying ma
chimes, directed by quick and coura.
geous American brains, would be
worth more to the safety Of the Pa
cific coast than a hundred battle
ships. For the fighters that come,
if they do come, will fly miles above
the battleships.
They would come less gaily, less
confidently, if they knew that
trained f1iers awaited them.
Hideyo Noguchi, who gave his life
to fight yellow fever in Africa, will
inspire many men. He was born OF
a proud, Warlike race, intensely self
conferred, for 1000 years a hermit
people. The loyalty of japanese
was to family, clan, above all to
the emperor representing his race.
The rest of the world was nothing
to him.
Born one generation after Japan
opened her doors to the world, No
guchi felt the new spirit OF the
times. He was loyal to family
clan, emperor, race, but he was
devoted chiefly to all human kind
From boyhood to the last, through
poverty and many perils, he studlee
how to wipe out disease. He dis
covered the germ of yellow fever
developed serums to prevent tn
fever or cure 1t, led IN the Wori
that has driven it out OF Amerlci
and will soon put an end to
, throughout the world.
Yellow fever killed countless mil
lions of all peoples. Noguchi's skill
, and devotion have saved the 1--we
, Of millions, too many to estimate
, most of them foreigners o.whon
, his forefathers would have paid n
attention, calling them hel-min, 0
: no-folks.-a
, Noguchi's self-sacrifice to huma
! welfare sets an example that is sur
to be followed. Perhaps, III time
most men will see that it is bette
; to help one another than to Kill G
: even rob one another.
1t is said the Hackensack lndiar
!, sold to the white men for so man
! bars Of lead, and some tinery, wort
I altogether $500, land on which no
stands the entire city of NeWar
N. j., and a great deal OF land b
yond.
The poor Hackensack chief, WI
his S700, couldn't buy today enout
land for tight grave at the corn
IL - pro,d and Market streets in Me-