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Show - - - - I 1 , I 'I I I1 Desert Dust DustI DustBy ' ITL ITLDesert II IIBy I I By JohnstonThe Johnston JohnstonThe The postotficc postofflcc postoffice department got a slap slapin slapin slapin in the nose recently The senate enate re- re repudiated repudiated re repudiated - pudiated a contract with the Seatrain Seatraincompany Seatraincompany Seatraincompany company for tor carrying mail between betweenNew betweenNew betweenNew New ' Orleans and anet ' " Havana Hwa11a The attack attack.0.5 attackwas attackwas \.0.5 0.5 .0.5 05 was \ . . opened by Senators Tiammel Tl.ammel Tlammel . and andFletcher andFletcher andFletcher Fletcher of Florida They were sup- sup supported supported sup supported - ported by McKellar of Tennessee and andPlttman andPittman andPittman Plttman Pittman of Nevada The contract was wasdefend wasdefended wasdefended defend defended d by Senators Rccd Reed of Penn Penn- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - sylvania and Smoot of Utah , . who v.ho vho m- m ar- ar mgued argued ai-gned ai gned - gued that a contract is a contract and andthat andthat andthat that congress ccngre.ss ccngress . mutt mu t sustain a solemn solemnobligatIOn solemnobligation solemnobligation obligatIOn , legardless regardless of what t the e ap- ap appearances appearances ap appearances - pearances may be Senator Pittman Pittmanshowed Pittmanshowed Pittmanshowed showed them in his arguments that thatcongress thatcongress thatcongress congress had the right t to repudiate repudiatecontI repudiatecontracts repudiatecontiacts contracts contI acts actshere \ where \\here here \ thev they showed sho\\cd sho cd \ as muchgraft much muchgraft muchgraft graft as this one onc did The vote tote \ ate was wastwo \ wastwo as astwo two to one The Seatrain company companywIll companywill companywill wIll have hae hate ha\ ha \ e to go t to the caUl couifc court t of claims claimsto claimsto claimsto to colect Before they can do that thatthey thatthey thatthey they must obtain pel-mission pel mission permissIOn - fiom flam from con- con congress congress con congress - gress to sueThe sueThe sue sueThe The Colton bill has passed the house houseand houseand houseand and no doubt " will "ill ill pass the senate senateRepresentative senateRepresentative senateRepresentative Representative Colton , Republican ofUtah of ofUt.1h ofUtah Ut.1h Ut1h Utah . , , author of the bill blll , describes the thebill thebill thebill bill as ac ; a consel conseivative conservative vative measure , , one to toprotC'l"t toprotcr't toprofit protC'l"t protClt protcr't protcrt ' " ' the millions of acres of pUblic pUblicd publicdc publicdr- publicdr publicdrin d- d dc- dc d111 dcm ( " ' - in 111 m in the west that has no sup- sup suprrbion sup supervision - ' "n n " ervision rrbion ion amd and is being ruined We wish wishto wishto wishto to offer an amendment to the bill blll Wedesire We Wedesire Wedesire desire to strike out the \ words ords is being beingand , and insert the Vw words ords , has beenImmediate beenImmediate been beenImmediate Immediate removal of David SBarry S SBarry SBarry Barry as senate sergeant-at-anns sergeant at anns sergeant-at-anna anna - - for forwritmg forwriting forwriting writmg writing in a magazine article thatsome that thatsome thatsome some members of congress accept acceptbribes acceptbribes acceptbribes bribes was 1 lecommended ecommended recommended by the senatejudiciary senate senatejudicIary senatejudiciary judicIary committee Now vou you ou hear heara a lot of folks hint < that certain certam goveln- goveln govern- govern govelnment government govein-ment govein ment - ment officials . are .are clocked crooked No oneshould one oneshould oneshould should ever say anything that they theycould theycould theycould could not prove or take back , , but since sincecongress sincecongress sincecongress congress has proven their Innocence by bythe bythe bythe the ouster proceedings against Mr Mr.Barry MrBarry . Barry , it would be nice mce if everyone everyonewould everyonewould everyonewould would back up on anything they havesaid have havesaid havesaid said , or may say . Canada is 15 still having trouble WIth witha 3 a . religious rel1glcus sect they call Doukhobors DoukhoborsThey DoukhoborsThey DoukhoborsThey They are the people that insist on onparadtng onparading onparading paradtng parading around town naked It is to tobe tobe tobe be hoped that the United Umted States never never.declares neverdeclares never-declares never declares .declares declares . - war on them if nakedness is iswhat iswhat iswhat what it takes to constitute a Douk- Douk DoukhObar Doukhobor Douk-hobor Douk hobor - hObar hobor , they will wiII be quite qwte common in inthis inthis inthis this country in a year or so . One writer says that if lWosevelt Roosevelt lWoseveltputs Rooseveltputs Rooseveltputs puts twenty million men to work on onliquidatlhg onliquidating Ilquidatfug liquidatlhg Ilquidatfugprojects projects /projects / ( he fears we will willbe willbe willbe be nearing Socialism Another fellow fellowsays fellowsays says that he can smell revolutionThen revolution revolutionThen revolutionThen Then another one says that tunes tlIDes willbe will willbe be back to normal in eighteen months monthsI monthsNow monthsNow monthsNow Now how are you going gomg to get anythmg anythmgout anythmgout anythingout out of that ? The only thing that we weknow weknow weknow know , , is that we are promised a new newdeal newdeal newdeal deal but there was nothing said about aboutit aboutit aboutit it being bemg square squarl1 , But if it is not square squarehow , how are they going gomg to call it a new newone newone newone9 newone9During one ? " During Durmg the recent sub-zero sub zero - weather weatherwe weathere , \\-e e vie \ \ - heaid heald heard a number of people ask thequestion the thequestion thequestion question , . , What is the matter with Wlth tins this tinscountry thiscountry thiscountry country ? " ' ' What makes it so cold coldWell ? Well , we took it upon ourselves to look lookinto lookInto lookinto into the matter . , Prom From the best bestauthorIty bestauthority bestauthority authorIty authorItye \ we \\e e vse \ can obtain obtam , , we are in- in informed informed in informed - formed that these cold waves arecaused are arecaused arecaused caused by nothing nothmg but the ab absence ence of ofheat ofheat ofheat ofheatA heat heatA A Chmese Chinese diplomat commenting commentmg on ona ona ona a . game of American football , , said ' "If If "IfIt "Ifit "Ifit Ifit " It is a fight , it is 15 too little httle If it is a agame agame agame game , it is too much " When thou fmdesfc fmdest a treasure , , try tryand tryand tryand and teach thy tongue to be silent , andsee andsee and andsee see that thou makest good use of thyfindings thyfmdmgs thy tmdmgs fmdmgs findings |