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Show i 1 i Inter-Mountain Editorial Hilites Selected for Western Newspaper Union Service by It. A. C. and C. 13. W. A vaudeville actress rcrently made a hit in EmiiH'tt by wearing a costume that covered lioih her hack and legs. Kmmett (Idaho) Examiner. Taken all in all. the sixty-fifth congress con-gress lias been a pretty bad lot. But Ulst wait 'till the sixty-sixth begins o' function. WiniuMiiuccu (New) Star. Flashing a bank book instead of a roll is now considered the correct thing. A closed hook doesn't disclose the sinallncs.i of one's wad. St. Anthony An-thony (Idaho) News. Few women have the stamina to keep from crying for something that can be gotten from hubby by a few judiciously shed tears. Bingham (Utah) I'ress-Kullctin. Perhaps the Bolshevists think thai as they have lived without about everything every-thing else they can get along without money, too. Lots of people outside of Russia pull through Willi very little. Carson City (New) News. Mr. Harding had 7,000.000 more votes than Mr. Cox, although ihe latter made 10 times as many speeches. Perhaps next time some one will get 10,000,000 majority by making no speeches at all. Elko (Nev.) Free Press. Some electrical workers in SaL Francisco are taking a strike vote following fol-lowing refusal of the company to increase in-crease wages. Winter lias not been so bad, but there's a hard spring ahead. Idaho Falls (Idaho) Times-Register. We read that in France liquor thai is made from prunes is named "prunell." Following the same line of reasoning, it is suggested that in this country joy-juice that is made from raisins might be named "raise-'.n'ell." "raise-'.n'ell." Council (Idaho) Leader. Frisco's dry agent has made requisl tion for a machine gun with which to guard two million dollars worth of booze in warehouses. And at that doubtless many would brave a machine gun in the effort to secure a "shot' or two. Pocatello (Idaho) Tribune. Can it be that President-elect Hard Ing is showing his appreciation for 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 (Mont.) Miner. The editor of the News was cautioned cau-tioned about saying so much about knockers in the town. Excuse me, brother, if the shoe pinches. But you must climb up with the "boosters" or you will always have the "pinch" coming. com-ing. If yod are not a knocker, comment com-ment is unnecessary. Gunnison (Utah) News. ' A vast deposit of volcanic cinders has been opened up two miles soutli of Kuna by the commissioners of Road District No. 2, which, from all indications, 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 the cinder road iD Kuna. Kuna (Idaho) Herald. Packer Swift says the cost price ol cattle ought to make meat attractive to consumers. Oh, it's attractive enough all right, Bro. Swift, but so are diamonds and pearls and pretty widows, wid-ows, and lots of nice things, but thf consumer has not as yet met up witL the cost price of cattle. Brigham Citj (Utah) Journal. Why does not some "freak" legislator legisla-tor endeavor to obtain cheap notoriety by framing a bill to prohibit the use of automobiles. The number of persons per-sons killed annually by this vehicle of pleasure is ten thousand fold greater than by the use of tobacco and often the youth, the middle-aged and old are started on the downward path by the "vicious" habit of "joyriding." Park City (Utah) Record. In spite of all our boasted twentieth twen-tieth century civilization and Initiative only here and there is a man who dare step out from the materialistic groove and announce a new departure or a new discovery. Recently a so-callec "astronomer" announced that conjunc tion of stars with the new moon would cause a rain upon the earth in the nexl four years of twins, triplets and quadruplets. quad-ruplets. The reporter got "astronomer" "astrono-mer" and "astrologer" mixed, for nc astronomer of today would dare make such an announcement. Anyway, how the women will hate the meddling fel-low.--I.ogan (Utah) Journal. The story of the Minnesota wife who, having gained wealth, deserteti the partner of her lnaner days, is a new sequel to the old story. Beats the deuce how mannish these women ore becoming. Twin Falls (Idaho) Times. Thus far the legislature has done almost nothing of con.sequence. Perhaps Per-haps by that process it is conferring a boon upon the state. This is no time for experimental legislation. Thing.' not urgently required luid best be post Soiled. Caldwell (Idaho) Tribune. |