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Show It j Inter-Mountain ' Editorial Hilites mii.rmi tmmm ihiiiimii iiiwhiiim ScltVtil for Western Newspaper Union infviceby 11. A. C. and C. 11. V. A vaudeville netress recently miule r lilt in Kmmctt by wearing n costume Mint covered both her hacknnd legs. ISmmott (Iduho) Exnmlner. Taken nil In nil, the slxty-fltth congress con-gress bus been n pretty bad lot. But .'list wait 'till (ho sixty-sixth begins ,co function. Wlnnemuccn (Nov.) Stnr. W Flashing a bank book instend of n roll Is now considered tho correct I' i.. thing. A closed book doesn't disclose V the smnllnesj of one's wad. St. An thony (Idaho) News. . Few women linvc the stamina to keep from crying for something that enn be gotten from Jiubby by n few judiciously shed tears. Blnglinw (Utah) Press-Bulletin. Perhaps the Bolshevists think thai as they have lived without about every- ' . thing else they can get nlong without '' money, too. Lots of people outsldo of i Uussln pull through with very little. t Carson City (Ncv.) Nows. ' . Mr. Harding had 7,000,000 moro votes than Mr. Cox, although tho latter made 10 times as many speeches. Perhaps next time some ono will get 10,000,000 majority by making no speeches at all. Elko (Nev.) Frco Press. Some electrical workers In Sat Francisco are taking a strike vote following fol-lowing refusal of tho company to Increase In-crease wages. Winter has not been o bad, but there's a hard spring ahead? j Idaho Mills (Idnhd) .Times-Register. IVc read thnt In Franco liquor thnl is mnde from prunes Is named "prunell." Following the same line of reasoning, It Is suggested that In this couutry Joy-juice that Is made from raisins might be named "rnlse-iu'ell.": "rnlse-iu'ell.": Council (Idaho) Lender. Frisco's dry agent hns mnde rcqulsl tlon for a nmchlnc gun with which tc guard two million dollars worth of booze In warehouses. And at that doubtless ninny would brave n machine 8 gun hi the effort to secure a "shot' or two. Pocatcllo (Idaho) Tribune. j Can It bo that President-elect Hard ) Ing Is showing his appreciation foi what happened politically to the solid south In the last general election, by so graciously and consistently helping to advertise Florida and other prominent promi-nent southern localities? Butte ', t Mont.) Miner. The editor of the Xews wns can- i tloncMl about saying so much about knockers In the town. Excuse me, brother, If the shoo pinches. But you must climb up with the "boosters" or ! you, will always have the "pinch" com ing. If you are not n knocker, comment com-ment Is unnecessary. Gunnison (Utnh) News. . , A vnst deposit of volcanic cinders ha been opened up two miles soiith of Kuun by the commissioners of Roud 1 District No. 2, which, from all Indica tions, seems to have solved the questions ques-tions of road building in this vicinity .for. some time to come, as has been demonstrated by tho cinder road In Kuia. Kunn (ldnho) Herald. I Packer Swift says the cost price ot cattle ought to make meat attractive , to consumers. Oh, It's attractive ' . enough nil right, Bro. Swift, but so arc ! diamonds and- pearls and pretty wld ; ows, and lots of nice things, but thf l consumer has not as yet met up wltl the cost price of cattle. Brlghnni Cltj (Utah) Journal. I Why does not some "freak" leglsln- ' tor endeavor to obtain cheap notorietj I by framing a bill to prohibit Uio use of automobiles. The number of persons per-sons killed nuuunlly by this vehicle ot j pleasure' Is ten thousand fold greater thnn by tho use of tobacco and oftot (lie youth, tho middle-aged and old are Marled on the downward path by th "vicious" habit of "Joyriding." Pari ' City (Utah) Record. In spite of all our boasted twen tlelli century civilization and lnltlntlvi only here and there Is n man who dare stop out from tho materialistic groove and announce a now departure or u new discovery. Recently a so-cnllec "astronomer" announced that conjonc ';" "-. tlon of stars with tho new moon would , cuuso a rain upon tho earth In tho nexi four years of twins, triplets and quad ruplets. The reporter got "astrono mer" and "astrologer" mixed, for nc astronomer of today would daro mnk such an announcement. Anyway, how the women will hate the meddling fel ) ,', low.--Logan (Utah) Journal, Tlie story of the Minnesota wife ji who, having gained wealth, desertet ., the partner of her leaner dnys, Is i I new sequel to the old story. Beatt the deuce how mannish these women ore becoming. Twin Falls (Idaho) Times. Thus far the legislature hns done almost nothing of consequence. Per- I haps by that process It Is conferring n boon upon tho state. This Is no time for experimental legislation. .Things not urgently required had best be post woucij- -C'lldwuH (Idaho) T:."'une. ments occupied most of the time of the house of representatives on February 15, time was found before the South-' wick measure was reached for the receipt re-ceipt and disposition of measures from the senate, hut they only received first rending and went to committees, or were signed by tho speaker. Three new bills had been handed the clerk for Introduction, but the order of business busi-ness did not proceed that distance, nor were the many reports of standing committees, on many bills read. Among the bills Introduced In the state senate on February 15 was one by Senator Edward Southwlck, similar to a measure which was defeated two years ago, anil proposing to authorize the ue of a safe formula for the "removal "re-moval of cancerous growth In the human tissues. The antl-clgarette bill, sponsored by Senator .Southwlck, which has been approved by the senate, and which had been In the hands of a committee. In the house for ten days, was again In the limelight on February 1-1, when It was reported out of committee, with amendments which will be bitterly fought by the advocates of the original measure. The committee, In reporting the bill, virtually rewrote the measure as It came from the senate. Nine bills were Introduced In the state senate on February 14, all but two of which were Intended to articulate articu-late the one-man laud board bill, now on Its way' through the house, with the present laws governing the land board and Its funds. One or two of these measures are designed to accomplish other changes In the land laws. Six bills debated on Friday were passed to the house by the senate after third reading on Monday, ami they were accompanied by the 1 lay-ward lay-ward resolution for a commission to consider plans for a hall of relics and state historical building, which was pushed under suspension of the rules. Although the house mf representatives representa-tives listened to three hours of debate on the committee reports on the Southwlck South-wlck antl-clgarette bill on February 14, It found time for the Introduction f fifteen new bills. The state board of land commissioners commission-ers would be authorized to refund to 'a colony of Vl'JL Jewish farmers who purchased state lands In the Piute irrigation ir-rigation project approximately .$11,000 If a bill Introduced by Representative Jorgensen passes both houses and Is signed by the governor. Uttering or passing of a check upon a bank in which the man who does so may have no fluids would be a felony under a bill Introduced by Representative Representa-tive Douglas. The measure would amend the existing law by changing the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony. The Utah legislature Is somewhat behind the record of the -last session In tho matter of bills presented for consideration. On February 12 there had been presented pre-sented to the senate Just 81 bills, as will as about a dozen resolutions and memorials. Two years ago, on the tulrty-tnini day, which wns, however, already three days past the time stated by the rules for the Introduction of bills, there were 11(1 bills Introduced, and Friday was the thirty-third day of the presMit session. At that rate, the present session of tho senate Is thirty-live thirty-live bills behind the pace set by Its Democratic predecessor. The one-man land board bill, the administration ad-ministration measure Introduced in the state senate by Senator Harrison E. Jenkins of Salt Lake, was approved by the senate, February 10. The Dern Joint resolution, calling for an amendment to tho state constitution consti-tution to allow legislators ?8 a day Instead In-stead of $1 was passed under suspension suspen-sion of the rules. Representative Soderberg, In Hous bill No. 181, would provldo for tho con-fiscal con-fiscal Ion of concealed weapons found on persons charged with carrying concealed con-cealed weapons. In a bill of sixteen pages, Representative Represen-tative Flnllnson would amend th existing laws uffectlng drainage in tho state, principally for the purpose of clarifying such statutes. |