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Show r i i Inter -Mountain Editorial Hilites Selected for Western Newspaper Union Service by R. A. C. and C. B. W. From all indications here will 'e need of Uncle Sam floating loans for American citizens before long. Uu-reka Uu-reka (New) Sentinel. Nobody cares if the man who invented in-vented jazz is crazy, btu why should he have tried to make all the rest of the world crazy. t'arson City (New) News. Anil now the Germans presume to ask the president of the United States to intercede with the allies on eir bOlialf. What colossal nerve! Koise (Idaho) Statesman. There seems to be a feeling on the part of most people, there are a few exceptions, that public property belongs be-longs to somebody else and we have no concern whatever about it. Brig-ham Brig-ham City (Utah) News. It lints been figured out that a farmer's farm-er's wife earns $4004 a year. But as she seldom collects it, there is no danger dan-ger of all the city wives Insisting on their hubbies going "back to the land." Winnemucca (New) Star. A southern editor says he Is authority au-thority on hog jewels, turnip greens and pot likker, but knows nothing about grand opera. There are others. Brighani City (Utah) Journal. Two college professors have declared de-clared that either "drive slow" or "drive slowly" Is correct. At any rate, either Is much safer than the way some drive. Goldfleld (New) Tribune. And if the Panaman government thinks to argue 'the matter of that there boundary with Uncle Sam or oppose this nation's decision regarding regard-ing the proposition, it' wetl might be considered to be talking through Its Panama hat. Butte (Mont.) Miner. San Francisco man wants a divorce because his wife hit him on the head with a curtain pole when he couldn't button She hack of her dress' fast enough. He might plead that the reason rea-son for his inefficiency was because he lacked practice elsewhere. Carson City (New) News. It has ibeen suggested that another very good reason wlliy all should jump onto the railroads Is because they are getting so voracious anil greedy that they refuse to carry children free any longer that Ave or six years after they have passed the free age limit. Po-catello Po-catello (Idaho) Tribune. Every blue Sunday law that is enforced en-forced makes another small army of officials with, hands in the taxpayers pockets. Some day we hope some venturesome and fnr sighted person will start a crusade to give us less government, more liberty and fewer public parasites. Caldwell (Idaho) Tribune. The people of Ida'ho owe the Idaho State Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association As-sociation a vote of thanks for their action at Idaho Falls last week, when they passed a resolution against showing show-ing the motion pictures featuring Clara Hamon Smith, the woman who was tried In Oklahoma for the murder of Jame Hamon. Hooding (Idaho) Loader. . Blue laws against baseball, theaties, movies, 'lancing, skating, smoking, etc., are neing enforced in South Dakota, Da-kota, and some American cities. One thing about the movement, it will give employment to more ofticiuls, make more people dissatisfied with our government gov-ernment and raise 'taxes to the confiscating con-fiscating point. Park City (Utah) Ivoeord. Lesl yon forget, Mr. Bootlegger, the fellow with the big pocket and Its smelly contents is as pernicious as a wart or an ingrowing toenail. No matter mat-ter how desirous an individual may be of ridding himself of this festering pest it can't be done. Burn 'em off with yitrol or cut them out with a corn knife, they grow back, as happy and as troublesome as ever. Elko (New) Independent. We have discovered a family in Payette Pay-ette (we withhold the name out of respect for the splendid mother who died many years ago), who serve Payette Pay-ette evnporated prunes on their table fully as oftei) as they do oranges or bananas. They also frequently have apple sauce on the table and sometimes some-times apple pie. While they may be a little freakish mentally, the whole family seem to be In excellent physical condition. It is a very strange and Interesting case Payette (Idaho) Independent. In-dependent. Several Nevada towns have invcvll-gated invcvll-gated the operations of the beggars, who are 'becoming more numerous, and as a result no "top over" privileges priv-ileges are extended to visiior of that Chiss. Virginia City (New) Chronicle. The thing the woll; i n gma n dreads most is uucmployniejii. Jlci-e j.y the weakest point of Hie present social i system. There i soinefhint; radically wro,g -,vheii indus' rioiis men who want to work, can't find any to do. Elko I (Nov.) Free Pr.-s. |
