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Show THE CITIZEN 12 TOO POWERFUL TO FIGHT. Well, belie re me, it sure made the coid siiiYus inn up and qowu my uacK. it was jack stiu tailing abouc his trip to New York with Uncie 'red when the president was there. And didnt we have a good time, though? was Ruths comment. All that day it had been ail Uncle Ted could 'do to get her away from the store windows, where hundreds of dolls seemed fairly to talk to her at every corner. les, but you cared more about the dolls than you did hearing President Harding talk and seeing the BIG things, retorted Jack, who was very proud of the fact that he had listened to every word the piesident said and had shown a real interest in what was going on. He had heard that wonderful speech of the president early in the morning at the pier in Hoboken when, with tears streaming down nis face, as he stood among the more than 5,000 coffins containing the bodies of the soldiers who fought on the battlefields of Europe, he had called out for hope that It must not be again. Now that we are home and can sit quietly and think, said Uncle Ted, suppose you kiddies come over here while we talk over our trip and more particularly the things said by President Harding. You know there is such a difference between the ways in which various men look upon war and all the horrible things going with it. You know I was through a part of it. I didnt do much, but I saw things that will never allow me to think or act I was glad for the as I did before. privilege of helping- my country, as was every man who donned a uniform. For a long time, in this country, we sort of took our government and the things that went with it as a matter of course. . We knew that certain laws were passed and certain laws repealed. We knew tnat at a certain time each year we had taxes to pay and every so often we went to the polls and voted to elect men to run the government, and then we as quickly as possible went back to our work and proceeded to forget it while, the other fellows rhn the government and solved the great questions of the day. But the war changed that. With all its horror it did accomplish one thing. It made men and women realize that they owe a duty to their country, a real duty. The fact that the government is something real and moving, like every other big business organization, suddenly dawned upon people. But there were those, even then, who said that we were too proud to fight by way of an excuse, because they had failed to prepare us to meet an inevitable war. I could go on and on about this, but it is getting late, so I must get to what President Harding said and show you what a wonderful meaning his words convey. His speeches cannot be heard or read without making you love your country more, and without giving you greater courage to go ahead and take a part in the - nations work, a work that i$ even greater now than during the war. l PRESS COMMENT. don't care what anyone says, I believe the address of President Harding at the pier in Hoboken was the most inspiring ever delivered by" a president, unless it be the Gettysburg speech of Lincoln. Kiddies, there is such a between a nation unprepared to meet trouble, a nation armed to the teeth and hunting trouble, and a nation powerful enough to make the rest of the world understand that it must be left alone. To me the last kind is the best and that is what Mr. Harding urged. Try to think back and see that coffins, and scene, with the I will read a part of what the president said: I could not wish a nation for which men are not willing to fight, and, if need be, to die, but 1 do wish for a nation where it is not necessary to ask that sacrifice. I do not pretend that millennial days have come, but I can believe in the possibility of a nation so righteous as never to make a war of conquest, and a nation so powerful in righteousness that none will dare to invoke her wrath. I WISH The difference between our president and our former president is not that one had higher ideals than the other has. It is rather that Mr. Harding has chosen his distant goal and is now beginning the hard fight to attain it by practical means, whereas Mr. Wilson appeared to have convinced himself that our nation and the whole world, in fact, had already reached the objective and had but to enjoy eternal peace. This, w'hich amounted to a delusion, let the nation and the world go blindly into the pitfalls of extravagance and mistakes Idaho Statesman. dif-feren- flag-drape- d i . FOR US SUCH AN AMERICA. What could be plainer than that? Mr. Harding remarked Uncle Ted. knows that the time has not come when representatives of countries, jealous of each others every move, and with unfair distribution of power, can sit around a table and settle the affairs of the world. He know's the day has not suddenly arrived when there will be no more war. He wants an end to w'ar. So do I. But he knows that the way to stop it is not to let the other fellow walk all over you. BE PREPARED, was the great cry of Roosevelt. How proud he would be of his country today if he could know what is being said and done. America is again taking her rightful place in the eyes of the world a nation to be honored and respected and to be feared when its honor and rights are attacked. Another thing he said, listen: Surely, we have done all that could be expected of us in carrying the burdens of others, and there is no regret, but our just concern now' is for our America, because our own restoration is our first service to a world turning to us for aid and inspiralion. There is the whole thing in aGet on our own feet first, so we can help the other fellow. Gee, its great to hear such talk for OUR AMERICA, was Jacks delightful comment. - nut-shel- l. You must seek knowledge. Knowledge will not seek you. Madame Curie. The young man was telling his sweetheart how he had been attracted to her. You were a lovely flower and I was a bee, he explained to her. "I was a mouse and you wrere a piece of cheese. And then he wondered why she rose and left the room. ce It is a safe assertion that no one will be more pleased than the railroad managers when conditions wrill permit the reduction of freight and passenger rates. But they are not responsible for the expensive system of operation Mr. McAdoo turned over to them a system which they are not at full liberty to change. The owners of railroad stocks are entitled to a reasonable return on their investment, and the rates are fixed writh that end in view. Rates apparently cannot come dow'n until the expenses of operation come down. The railroad labor board found that some kinds of service are being paid for, under the McAdoo rules, without services being rendered. Pocatello Tribune. What is needed right nowr in Idaho Falls and vicinity is less moonshine and more sunshine. Times-Registe- r. Surely there is ample justification for complaint on the part of the American people when it is known that there minl are a hundred thousand ers out of work; that there are hunmines that have not dreds of produced a pound of coal thus far this year; that there are thousands of mines that areo perating from one ro three days a week; that there are ten? of thousands of idle coal cars on the sidetracks of railroads idle because coal is not moving. And why is coal not moving? With so many idle miners and so many idle cars, and a reduced demand for coal, the public has the right to believe that coal might reasonably be sold cheaper. Provo sott-coa- soft-co- al Post. We notice that the Presbyterians, in their general assembly are asking that an amendment be made to the federal constitution prohibiting polygamy. We believe that this is a mistake. Crimes and misdemeanors may be dealt with by statutory enactment and the organic law should not be cluttered up with these things. The first mistake was made when an amendment was made to the federal constitution pro- hibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicants. Idaho (Caldwell) News. The United States Department of Agriculture directs attention to the floods and famine of China as a tragic example on a stupendous scale of the results of human ignorance and wastefulness. The Yellow river, which drains the famine district, was once a normal stream and carried off the excess rainfall without destructive overflows. But through thousands of years the Chinese have been cutting the forests which lay on the hills whence hs waters are derived, and in the past few hundred years the deforestation has progressed to a point where throughout the vast watershed of the Yellow river there is practically no resistance to the rapid runoff of storm water. The forests with their porous floors have disappeared, and the torrential rains no longer seep into the soil, but spill down into the streams, which, uniting, lift the river far above its banks and carry destruction to the crops in its lowrer valleys. A similar practice of deforestation without replanting is widespread in the United States, and it is well to heed those who point out its daligers. Baltimore , Sun. Utah Citizens will have a chance to vote on an amendment to the state constitution raising the pay of the members of the state legislature from $4 to $8 per day. At the present time the amount is not sufficient to cover the bills of a first class hotel and every member of the legislature sustains a loss during the sixty days of service. Many Utah people feel that the state constitution should be further amended so that the sessions of the legislature would be held only once in fifteen years, while others favor raising the pay; oi the legislators providing they "will remain at home and stop passing freak legislation. The Sun, Price, Utah. NATIONAL FLAG DAY. Next Tuesday, June 14, is national Flag day, and many of the local order of Elks, No. 85, will go to Provo to participate in a wonderful program, dedicated to Old Glory arranged by the members of Provo Lodge No. 849. Each year the Elks lodge takes ihe lead in honoring the starry banner of the nation. With solemn and fitting exercises our ensign of freedom is toasted and gazed upon with loving eyes wherever the great lodge of has a home or a lodge. Our flag had its birth June 14, 1877, since that historic time it has rot ceased to wave over a free people for a single moment. Today it shelter a more varied and conglomerate race of mankind than any other flag; but its meaning has not been altered, its purpose has not been changed and !ts red, white and blue still stands bol dy laforth, flung afar over distant Ian the emblem of truth and liberty a id backed by the power of a young a ni ld vigorous manhood such as the wo has never known before. Elk flag day exorcises are alw; open to the public. Elk-do- . m |