Show Z N I f II w 2 Th- Th 4 J What What- s Over the Ne Ride Ri e e I Dy By JOHN SHERMAN DICKINSON HATS HAT'S over the next ridge That's what the American ever wants to know The level way woy may be beautiful to the eye and soothing to the mind but In time Its very perfection tires But Dut let a ridge rise across the way and ond Jaded attention springs to new life Ufe Y What's over the ridge He lie asks He lie starts to find out lie He may find the climb steep and the going hard but he presses on to I gain the crest Curiosity piques him Imagination Incites him Expectation spurs him on Anticipation Is better than reality may be true truo But be he must see for himself I It was this urge for to eee see and know that marched the American people across the tho continent from frontier frontier fron ti-On- tier to farther frontier That march marchIs Is now v accomplished The United States Is now the richest and most prosperous and most powerful nation of earth The physical frontiers are ore gone but In la their stead stend are new things over the next ridge In Industry In science In Invention In politics In life And as the Old Year dies and the New Year Is 18 born It Is more than ever the question What next New Year bids fair to spring THE TIlE an International surprise as stupendous Btu stu as that of or the World war of ot 1014 1914 and that of the Armistice of ot 1018 1918 If coming events cast their shadows before the passing Old Year foreshadows foreshadows fore fore- shadows action by the nations of ot Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope likely to result In concord coop cooperation cooperation co co- op operation and solidification which have bave until now seemed unthinkable Lacorno Lo- Lo corno with Its documents there Initialed Initialed In In- foaled Is a shadow of ot tremendous Import Who won the war Certainly no European nation It has hns at ot last come home homo to victors and vanquished alike oUke that the World war was disaster for them all all Individually and und collectively Europe has lost It Its I domination of ot tho the financial and economic world worM Its political political po po- prestige has hus diminished to the tho breaking point No So one nation notion has the tho resources to regain Its lost t IW position The nations must hang together or hang separately No need to assume a o spiritual t regeneration It Is a Q plain en case HO of If self preservation and II Its price Is combination and operation co an unbelievably united Europe against the rest of ot the world O a un Uit country Is almost unbelievably pro prosperous No official statistics are needed to prove It the tact fact Is la patent to nil all who have eyes to see I For example glance at ot the football i r f 5 games of a November Saturday shows that twelve Intercollegiate games gumes Oltof out O of a total of ot were seen by spectators which means menns an a expenditure expendi expendi- ture of ot many millions on one day doy In ready cash for a n luxury Material conditions of living hiving for the American people during lU 1025 1033 5 have been the tho highest In all nil history See Sec Secretary Hoover declares In an nn economic review re made public as ns part of tho the annum an an- annual nual num report of the Commerce department department depart depart- ment Factors listed by the secretary secretory as contributing to 10 this condition In In- Included Included eluded a n virtually complete absence of unemployment high wages continued I growing efficiency In management and labor loboI efficient railroad operation an nn equitable balance of ot prices as ns among the greater grater producing groups of ot the population and a gradual return to stable currencies and normal business operations among the nations abroad The best of ot It all nU Is that no voice Is heard predicting anything but continued continued con con- prosperity for tor 1020 IP IT TilE THE dear old Congressional Record lee Rec ord Is not among the Best Dest Sellers In 10 1020 O It will not be for tor lack of ot exciting exciting exciting ex ex- citing material Congress will be In session until the beginning of ot the congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional campaign next fall tall And the tentative program is full of ot potential po po- thrills Tax reduction Is Important Important important Im Im- though not exciting But Dut look at ot the possibilities In war debt settlements settlements settle settle- ments the World court reorganization tion of the executive departments the shipping bon board Id I'd agricultural cooperative opera co cooperative tive marketing consolidation of or the railroads the coal strike and military and civil aviation development And Ancl for tor good measure there are the tho row between the forest service and oud the tho western live JIve stock men over grazing fees foes the education bill for tor a new department department de do- with a cabinet officer the public shooting bill and Investigations In galore And finally theres there's always the chance of a n between Vice President Pres Irea ident dent Dawes and the senate Ix I WOULD x It surprise you If congress vv should start the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution on Its way as Is quite likely No It will not abolish tobacco or coffee or candy or Jazz It has to do with the lea Irs of or government and will establish the principle of or Immediate legislative responsiveness to contemporary opinion ion The amendment In short abort permits permits per per- mits colts the tho terms of at the President and m members of or congress to begin January Jannary 1 following election March 14 H 1 1024 the senate passed such h an amendment by hy the majority of 03 ro to 1 7 In the house owing to various reasons It did not hot come came come to n it vote Washington Washing Washing- I Iton ton wiseacres s predict that the Sixty Sixty- ninth congress ref will pass poss It Its pass 1 r ago age would simplify a situation that 1 t thas has hos argued pro and oud con can ever sine since 1 1703 jJ t j next In radio Make a n W WHAT'S 1 1020 26 guess for yourself your your guess Is as goud goal as us anyone's anyone's provided provided your Imagination Is la going strong Inthe In Inthe the meantime you can cnn get anything from President Coolidge's message to congress to a dictum by Overseer Vo- Vo In Zion that the earth Is flat flat flat- which Is more than you can cnn say ofhie of ot othis his hie music You can cnn get religion of or any selected variety also politics and In In- formation Turn the dial and take your choice the markets a lecture on hog cholera a college education Alt Alf the world Is listening and learning as al never before In snowed snowed-ln cabins Inthe la In lathe the silent places none go Insane from loneliness whom the radio keeps in touch with the world Today the tile radio radio ra ra- dio dlo Is boiling water In a kettle on Ice Is stopping on head trains through emergency brakes Is making the diagnosis ding dlag i for a surgical operation Next Ned I EnE Is a new Prayer for Our H HERE Country that Is soon to be heard In public worship worship worship-It It would seem that any good American Irrespective Irre Irre- j of ot race and creed can join In the petition J Almighty God who ha haul hast t given us as this good land for our heritage we wo t humbly beseech Thee that we wo may al always always al- al ways prove e ourselves a u people mindful mind mind- i ful tul of ot Thy favor tavor and glad to do Thy I will Bless our land with honorable Industry sound learning and pure manners Save us lIS from violence discord discord dis dl- cord and confusion contusIon from pride and and from every evil cUl way Defend our liberties and fashion Into IntI one united people the multitudes i brought hither out of ot many kindreds and tongues tongue I Endure with the spirit of ot wisdom those to whom In Thy Name Nome we entrust the authority of ot government government gov IOV that there may be Justice and peace at home and that through obi ob ohse to Thy laws we may show torah forth Thy praise among the nations of the tin earth In the time of prosperity flit our hearts with thankfulness and Inthe In Inthe j the day of trouble suffer suITer not ant our trust In Thee to taU fall all nil which w Wit we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord l Amen I |