Show BR BRISBANE THIS WEEK for the pacific states staica A G good example it sold for the pacific states should interest themselves in air defense apart from the national government when a committee of rich men from new york called on abraham L i n coln coin told him how much money they had and urged that he send a good bat at tle ship to do nothing but protect new york city his reply was arthur archer firta bane th that if he had as much money as they said they had he would build a battleship for himself the west coast states california oregon washington operating cooperating co perhaps with their vigorous neighbors of vancouver and other points above the canadian border might well have a few flying ships 0 of f their own a sort of air militia san francisco where they combine patriotism with plenty of money and great civic pride and energy might well start idea of a pacific coast flying force that need not be very expensive A hundred machines to begin with a hundred plucky young fliers practicing the gentle art of flying at night and dropping bombs practicing especially mimic warfare against other flying machines would constitute an admirable object lesson to the rest of the country and if california in san francisco for instance should start a little flock of one hundred machines los angeles could be relied upon to hurry in with two hundred seattle and other coast cities also such machines need not be a total loss in the first place many young gentlemen with rich fathers not knowing exactly what to do with themselves extremely anxious to find work worth while and preferably dangerous would delight in each equipping his individual machine for the service of the pacific coast and of uncle sam as the nobles in the old days delighted in equipping each his regiment or his fighting ship for the service of the king two hundred un dred or three hundred high powered swift flying machines directed by quick and courageous american brains would be worth more to the safety of the pacific coast than a hundred battleships for the fighters that come if they do come will fly miles above the battleships they would come less gaily less confidently if they knew that trained fliers awaited them hideyo who gave his life to light fight yellow fever in africa will inspire many men he was born of a proud warlike race intensely self centered for 2000 years a hermit people the loyalty of a japanese was to family clan above all to the emperor representing his race the rest of the world was nothing to him born one generation after japan opened her doors to the world felt the new spirit of the times he was loyal to family clan emperor race but he was devoted chiefly to all human kind from boyhood to the last through gh poverty and many perils he studied how to wipe out disease he discovered the germ of yellow fever developed serums to prevent the fever or cure it led in the work that has driven it out of america and will soon put an end to 1 throughout the world yellow fever killed countless millions of all peoples chis skill and devotion have saved the lives of minions millions too many to estimate most of them foreigners to wham his forefathers would have paid no attention calling them heimin hei min or no folks chis self sacrifice to human welfare sets an example that is sure to be followed perhaps in time most men will see that it is better to help one another than to kill or even rob one another it is said the hackensack hackenback Hacken sack indians sold to the white men for so miny many bars of lead and some finery worth altogether land on which now stands the entire city of newark N J and a great deal of land beyond the poor hackensack hackenback Hacken sack chief with his buy today enough land for a tight grave at the corner of broad and market streets in newark land goes up wonderfully doctors at kansas city report that birth control information so much discussed does little good to the poor and has caused an alarming slump in child bearing among educated families that is how reform works usually a ily but since 90 per cent of human beings worth while come from poor families providence may be working in its usual mysterious way 0 xing peat re tur roe syndicate Synill syndi car cale ini inc WN U service |