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Taxes
Bad Habits ..
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By ED HOWE
WHAT the people are really try
ing to achieve is for every day
to be the Fourth of July, Christinas,
Labor day, Washington's birthday,
Sunday, Mother’s day. New Year’s day
—holidays merging Into each other;
every morning’s sun to light up a new
day when we will have nothing to do
but get in our cars and attend a picnic,
liberty rally, or show. Os course, a
few must work, to operate filling sta
tions, hot dog stands and the like.
That can be attended to by making
slaves of the rich we capture and put
ting them to work.
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The excuse for public extravagance
In the United States is that only the
well-to-do pay taxes, and that tax
ation Is the quick and proper punish
ment for scoundrels. ... If the
reader will call on me I will show him
the poorest man I have ever known.
He lost his home lately through a tax
sale after paying $836 in taxes on it
during a long and struggling owner
ship. He had eight lots. They were
assessed at SIOO each, although he
originally paid only S6O for all of
them; at no time during his owner
ship were the lots worth half the
amount at which they were assessed
year after year.
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I do not know how much longer I
shall be here. I have a shorter ex
pectation than many others, being old
er, but I am determined while here to
pursue the course best calculated to
produce most comfort.
I am still able to keep my hands out
of the fire and prevent unnecessary
and painful burns; I am still able to
avoid shooting those of my neighbors
with whom I disagree, or breaking in
to their houses. Such actions would
land me in jail where accommodations
are poor; I can better afford to prac
tice honesty and remain at home with
all Its natural discomforts. I hope to
continue to the end to avoid other bad
habits which do not pay; gormandiz
ing, swearing, drunkenness, cheating,
idleness.
I do not much fear punishment aft
er I am dead, but have lively appreci
ation of the punishment threatening
during the remaining days of my jour
ney.
If 1 am extremely practical it is
what life has taught me; I have en
countered nothing to cause me to
greatly respect visionary things.
* * •
in the old days, when there was a
disaster at sea, the women and chil
dren were first given seats In the life
boats (it has never made much dif
ference what happens to men). Mod
erns are forgetting that gallantry. In
lowa mobs of armed farmers blocked
the roads and would not let milk
wagons pass on the way to town with
necessary supplies for the women and
children. There were plenty of food
supplies in the country, town people
were willing to pay for them, and
farmers needed the money, but the
farmers were mad and determined to
starve women and children to show
their indignation.
We are becoming worse than the
Russians. The Russian peasants have
always been willing to sell food sup
plies to town women and children, if
paid for; the Russian town men went
out Into the country and took things
before the peasants rebelled.
I believe—the American farmers
should rebe*>ut in the name of com
mon sense why don't they Jump on the
politicians who have robbed them, in
stead of innocent women and children?
God hasn’t deserted us; It Is our
senses.
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I know little of Sir John FalstafT
except that he is acclaimed today as
the world’s favorite rogue. Sir John
thought himself one of the few good
men of hfs time, and said: “There
live not three good men unhanged In
England, and one of them is fat and
grows old" (meaning himself). . . .
Capt. William Kidd, another famous
scoundrel, declared on the gallows he
was a much wronged man. A book
has lately been announced to prove
that Captain Kidd was an eminent
New Yorker, and a bold and capable
navigator of high standing among the
mercantile community In both Boston
and New York; that the New York
legislature voted him $750 for his
services as a patriot; that a ship was
given him by popular subscription be
cause of his defense of liberty, and
that he was hanged by guilty capital
ists In England, because they knew
that In his own city, where his virtue
was known, he would have been ac
quitted.
• • •
A man named Norton is quoted as
saying the only way that has ever
been found to discover what honey
tastes like, is to eat it.
• * •
I heard a doctor say of an ailing
woman: "She is digging her grave
with her teeth; I have warned her over
and over, but can do nothing with
her." . This surprised me: usual
ly women are able to get along easier
without things not good for them than
men —every great feat of dieting 1
have heard of has been performed by
a woman.
» • »
A fine old gentleman I once knew
made his living by doctoring. He told
me women always loved him or hated
him.
Site of the Grand Coulee Project on the Columbia
MORE than 4,000 men will be given jobs on the Grand Coulee project on the Columbia river in the state of Wash
ington. This power development project which has been described as “the Muscle Shoals of the Northwest’ is
being built ana will be operated by the federal government. The Public Works administration has made an allotment of
$15,000,WK) to the bureau of reclamation, Department of the Interior, to carry the work forward. The dam and power
plant will cost about $63,000,000. The picture shows a portion of the east excavation. The dam will create a lake in
the river 50 miles long. It will be built to a height of 335 feet. It is proposed to install eight generating units with a
capacity of 700,000 horsepower.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
THE SQUEAKY VOICE
UY XT IIO’S that?" Peter Rabbit
’ V pricked up his ears and stared
up at the tops of the trees in the
Old Orchard.
Instantly Jenny Wren popped her
head out of her doorway. She cocked
her head one side to listen, then
looked down at Peter. “I don't hear
any strange voice,” she snapped.
•‘The way you are staring, Peter Rab
bit, one would think you were hearing
something new and worth while.”
Just then there were two or three
sharp, squeaky notes from the top of
one of the trees. "There!” cried
Peter. "There! Didn’t you hear
that, Jenny Wren?”
“For goodness sake, Peter Rabbit,
you don’t mean to say that you don’t
know whose voice that is?" cried
Jenny. "That’s Rosebreast. I didn’t
suppose there was anyone who didn't
know that sharp, squeaky voice. It
rather gets on my nerves. What any
body wants to squeak like that for
when he can sing as Rosebreast can,
is more than I can understand.”
At that very instant Mr. Wren be
gan to scold as only he and Jenhy
can. Peter looked up at Jenny and
winked slyly. “And what anyone
bAi * **' y ’
"Oh!" Cried Peter. “Isn’t He Lovely?"
wants to scold like that for when he
can sing as Mr. Wren can is too much
for me,” retorted Peter. “But you
haven’t told me who Rosebreast Is.”
“The grosbeak of course, stupid I”
sputtered Jenny. “If you don’t know
Itosebreast the Grosbeak, Peter Rab
bit, you certainly must have been blind
and deaf ever since you were born.
Listen to that! Just listen to that
songl”
Peter listened. That song was com
Ing from the very tree from which
had come those squeaky notes a few
minutes before. Peter looked puzzled.
“Do you mean Welcome Robin’s
song?” he asked sheepishly.
“No, I don’t mean Welcome Robin’s
song,” snapped Jenny. “What good
are a pair of long ears if they can’t
tell one song from another? That
song may sound something like Wel
come Robin's, but it’s different, and It’s
better. That is Rosebreast singing,
and there he is right in the top of
that tree. Isn’t he handsome?"
Peter looked up to see a bird nearly
the size of Welcome Robin. His head,
throat, and back were black. His
wings had patches of white on them
But his breast made Peter catch his
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breath with a little gasp of admira
tion. It was a beautiful rose red. The
rest of him underneath was white. It
was Rosebreast the Grosbeak.
“Oh 1" cried Peter. “Isn’t he love
ly?”
©, T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service.
EONEES
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A foible is a tale or story which gen
erally has a moral as in Aesop’s
Foibles.
BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays, etc., by teachers.
New Zealand is an island off the
const of Maine.
• • •
Orion Is a gaily plumed bird.
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Nome is a elm racier in the Bible.
• • *
A filibuster is a wild party.
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Lenin is a kind of cloth.
♦ • ♦
Primo Rivera is a winter resort.
♦ • •
Jenny Lind was a midget in Barnum
and Bailey’s circus.
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WITTY KITTY
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM
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The girl chum says her mentally
sketchy friend can’t see what the
postman has to grin about when he
hands you this year’s income tax
blank.
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NEW DISHES
WITH macaroni, spaghetti and noo
dles pushing themselves into our
menus from soup to dessert, we are
obliged to note some new ways of
serving these most wholesome foods,
if we keep up to date.
Spaghetti Alaska.
Cook one-Half pound of spaghetti in
boiling salted water until tender.
Drain, cut into pieces and chill. Re
move the bones- and' skin from a large
can of salmon and shred Into fine
pieces Add one teaspoon of grated
union, one tablespoon of lemon juice,
one-half eup of chopped celery and
season to taste with salt. Pour Foil
ipg water over a package of lemon
PEMBROKE JOURNAL
gelatin, using one cup of water, stir
until dissolved, then add three-fourths
of a cup of cold water and set aside
to thicken. Mix one-third of a cup
of mayonnaise with the salmon and
gelatin and pour into a mold and
chill. Whip one cup of cream until
stiff, add two tablespoons of vinegar,
salt and paprika and the cooked spa
ghetti. Unniold the salad and serve
on a bed of lettuce with the spaghetti
and cream in a ring around it Sprin
kle with paprika.
Fried Macaroni Slices.
For variety this makes a most tasty
breakfast dish, served with broiled
slices of bacon. Cook one-half pound
of macaroni tn salted water until ten
der. Drain and blanch, add two
beaten eggs, one-half teaspoon of salt
and one-half cup of milk. Press into
a greased pan and hake In a hot oven
for an hour. When cold unmold, slice
and fry a golden brown.
Spaghetti Muffins.
Cook two ounces of spaghetti until
tender, drain and cut Into half-inch
pieces. There should be three-fourths
of a cup. Sift one-fourth of a cup of
sugar, one teaspoon of gait, five tea
spoons of baking powder and. two cups
of flour. Mix spaghetti J with one
beaten egg, three tablespoons of melt
ed butter and one cupful of ipilk. Add
the liquids to the dry ingredients and
beat well. Bake in greased muffin
pans In a hot oven for 30 minutes.
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“Pop, what is an apparition?”
“Caesar’s ghost.”
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Honey Bee’s Nativity
The Bee laboratory says, that the
common honey bee was not native to
this continent, and that It was first
introduced Into the United States in
Massachusetts between 1638 and 1640.
Reports of the Introduction of apicul
ture Into the Southwest by the Span
iards earlier than these dates have
never been verified.
Mighty Rock and Mighty Thoroughbreds
EVEN the mighty rock of Gibraltar cannot put the ever popular sport of horse
racing in the shade. The quaintly situated course where weekly meets are
held is well known to men of the British navy, who patronize the track when
ever they get the opportunity.
Sheep in the Rain
By ANNE CAMPBELL
THE sheep on the hillside are
caught in the rain.
Like us they are powerless under its
beat.
We push on the starter and struggle
in vain
To climb the tall hill where the two
roadways meet.
The car and Its master, Impatient and
worn.
Seem helpless as sheep, and almost as
forlorn.
But soon we will be at the top of the
hill,
And the sheep without shelter will
face the storm still.
Resigned to their fate, with a patience
as vast
As the world, they will wait till the
tempest is past.
They are wiser than we, for they
know —the storm done—
Their Shepherd will send them his
blessing—the Sun I
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any clock on record is o f
one sent by the Sultan of
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rederick 11., i n the 13th
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W >n 1515 and cannon
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Sportsmen in Move to
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Keeping wild turkeys wild Is the
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state department of conservation, a
group of 100 birds has been placed
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The decision to Isolate the birds
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