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FRIDAY, FEIl.R'ARY 13: 1914.
A generous friendship no cold
medium knows,
Burns with one love, with one re
sentment glows;
One should our interests and our
passions be,
My friend must hate the man that
injures me. -Pope.
L IKING UP c
"It's always morning ti
somewhere." b
The Montana w\eekly newspapers
which are now arriving through the
mails, were issued under weather con- H
ditions represented by thermometric tI
records ranging from 461 below zero to S
18 below. One of these newspapers,
which reached The Missoulian's ex
change table yesterday mnorning, de- S
votes two columns of editorial space tI
to the discussion of the swat-the-fly it
campaign. It is an interesting dtiscus- Si
aion; it emphasizes the dangers which t
the fly represents: it points out the
necessity for swatting the fly anld it
gives detailed instructions as to meth- Sl
ods.
This esteemed contemporary of ours
and its estimable editor stand for bet
ter health conditions and t.ey mtalke
their stand bold and clear. But, more
than that, they stand for the highest L
degree of optimism that has ever been
manifested in these parts. A lmanl
who can discuss fly-swatting in Fetb
ruary with the mercury standing g
somewhere down in the tbulb-that \
man is entitled to life membership in T
the sunshine chlubll with no dues ito lay. I
lie has qua:lified. If thetre is any in
surance lbenefit conneclletld with the
Sunshline icluib, that should go along
with his paid-up life ment.ership.
You whotto grumbliled wilhen your t
water-plipes frze; you \\iho found
fault when Ott had ito get otut and
Shovel paths; you who Protested w\iheti i
yotiu thad toti carry in bitluckets of tcoal t
and were compnelled to split kinhdling;
titou hlot cotpltained when e it
steppled out of Ited inlto it little snotw
drift that had siftted in during the
niigliht; you wiho growled i l.inuse tilhe
streetcars were not running and thei
trailway lir:a.ins t.lre late; y iou who la
"tented .Ibtecause you wort. l 'o)ri(pelled '
to t:ilncel Siute ..,oial eingage nlti--
all of yoiu ipeople ltake hteed of this
mIat over it, celntral Ml ontan , writing
s s al-thte-f; teditorial ,ilth tlhe thter- I
moimter ini lit, offtice ::7 degrees he
lolw zero.
Think of that ,cutn111inalion anti
apologize aIt once for yo'llllr lreining.
Blrace i, and get a Iivt hold uponlt
life. Shift dour plint of view and
look at the bright sidt of things. (let
ashamed of yourself right away.
Here in Mlissoula, you have no con
celition oif the wiay the wind can blow
"viten it waitts to. thu\\. from the
13urton bench iull I'hlateau, where
that edttitlorial ar iiiteltud. You have
no idea l\\ coldtil it ua gutl overt there
ini Teton countly whnli it makest utip
its nlind to go. after a wintter record.
Yet you grumble about conditions
here, while a man sits in a tChuteau
storm and writes abliotit swatting the
fly and the benefits i\hich the swat
ting process brings to humanity.
I have been accused, sometimes, of
undue optimism. I admit that I try
always to see the bright side of the
shield. But never, even in my most
sanguine moments, did I ever con
ceive of such extreme optimism as
this. There's an example for us all
to cherish in the case of this man who
tan discourse upon swatting the fly
under conditions such as prevailed In
lMontana, last week. And there is not
a word of this which is intended as
sarcasm. The Choteau man's example
is worthy of the emulation of each
pue of as. -THE OPTIMIST.
BY COMMISSION
The theory of regulation by commission,has been pretty
thoroughly tried out in the railway-rate coritrol. When it
was first suggested, the idea was received with sentiments
ranging from distrust to scorn. It was branded as impos
sible and was characterized as a visionary scheme. ,But a
few states tried it and the plan seemed to be perfectly prac
ticable. Now most of the states have railway commis
sions.. The federal interstate commerce commission em.
bodies the application of this prinicple, once reviled and
despised. In many of the states the functions' of the rail
way commissions have been enlarged to include other pub
lic utilities than the railways. And the results have not
been ruinous to the transportation lines. On the contrary,
we find many prominent railway men expressing approval
of commission control.
Reviewing the operation of control by commission, Sam
uel O. Dunn, in the current number of the North American
Review, says:
Thll true theor- of Iegulation by cotmnltisiun seeins to be Iills: Tilhe
management of public utilities should be left in the hands of the owners
or those that they choose to represe nt them. The regulation commis
sions should be made strong enough in personnel and statutory power
to exercise corrective authority over the managements when the acts of
the ia:nageloents are unreasonable and unjust to the public. And such
i.i nijissions having been created, they should be left free to perform
their duties without interference from the. public or any public body
except theit courts, and then only when it can be shown that the cominis
sions have exceeded their constitutional authority in a manner plainly
unreasonablel antd unIjust to the concerns over which their jurisdiction
extends. The sulccess of regulation probably will be in proportion to
the cotnsistency, fairness and integrity with which we carry out these
principles.
The commission amounts, practically, to a board of ad
judication whose function is to adjust conflicts between the
rights of the people and the rights of the owners of public
utility companies. The companies have rights, just as the
people have rights. Each is entitled to the fullest recog
nition and that recognition is best obtained, according to
the theory of commission control, by giving supervisory
power to a board of competent, honest, conscientious men.
Right now, in Washington, is being fought out the ques
tion of the establishment of a trade commission. Against
the creation of this commission, the same arguments are
advanced which were urged against the first of the railway
commissions. The railways professed to fear that the pow
ers of the commission would result in the destruction of the
transportation companies, not only through regulation but
by reason of the publicity which would necessarily be.given
to railway business details.
This argument proved groundless in the case of the rail
way commissions. It will prove groundless in the case of
trade combinations. The railways found that they pos
sessed the confidence of the people to an extent which was
not before possible, as soon as their figures were placed
squarely before the public. And so it will be with the
trade commission. Those who, in Washington, are argu
ing for extensive power for the trade commission, have
strong precedent to support their position. The trade
commission will regulate and not destroy. Its creation
will go far toward solving the trust problem, if it is given
sufficient power. -A. L. S.
Notes of the Anvil Chorus
By GEORGE P. STONE.
TO ALL CONTRIBUTORS. va
to
Sing ye of Lincoln an ye will.
WVho set the I'ullnltan porters free; th
i sling those wielders of the quill sti
\\hose stuff emanclltipated me, h
The kindly coves whose kindly hands a
Propel this piffle thro:gh the inmuck f
Of chltuck-holes in the mental sands.
Ilere's looking at thern all! Glood luck!
, *s th
Introducing an Institution. ut
contributors' Day, lof which this Is a"
thie first observance, will ,be a weekly W
oasis for the Gentle Reader. ao good m
reason why reader and conductor C
shouldlnt have a; respite once a week c
is apparent right now. The contrittu
tors have lined up in fine shape this I
S,-etk; if they don't lile tilup in the fu- C
llure their contribulttory negligence nit
oight to get thetiu into troublitlle.
This Ought to Be Worth a Couple of
Municipal Beer Checks.
(The foTlltowing letter is contributed
Ib A. . Miles, mayoralty candidate
in I alltilton, in response to comnment
male in this .olumn upon his declara
tion in favor tof the Imunicipal owner
'ship of saloons.-l'Col. Cond.)
Dear 1ill -W\ell it happened just as
I told ylu It woo uld in Im last letter. 17
I sprunllg municipal ownershipt of sa- '1
loonlls antd now there are a lot of peo
ple who ihold their nose wheneve' thtey "
btear ily nam:lle mentionelot.
u \\were \very stlr1ng agailnst the 1
iproposit ion yourself when I first
Ibroached the subject to you, but you
twere franlk ,ieouglh to adlmit that you
were wrong after I had explained thle
syste 10to yOU.
Of course you know I'lU opposed to 1
tlhe salon in any form, but while the
plresent system lasts, and as long as I
tile great mass of peoplle believe that
we woultl go to the demnition bow (
wows unless we had them, I am in
favor of placing the ownership in the
Ihands of thie people who have to stand
the ills that the privately-owned sa
I, loon brings in its wake. You've jim- '
8 mied around enough to know that the
saloon depends to a great extent upon
its attractive interior furnishings to
e entice the people inside, and tafter
they are safely inside, the rest is easy.
f Of course you know that tlhe ultra
religious and the ultra-respectable are
' the ones who will holler the loudest.
te They like to believe that they are not
st responsible for the crimes of the sa
loon t.nder the license system, and
they pat themselves on the back and
as think they're pretty good fellows.
Ill Verily, they have their reward. Say,
Ito Bill, the recording Angel is sure some
humorist, cllh? You remember the
"Anvil Chorus" dope that I showed
in you in "The Missoulan?" Well. the
ot "Chief Blacksmith" got busy with his
as little hammer and pounded out a real
tle classic this morning. That chap is
clever, Bill, no getting around that
ch fact. Guess from what he said he'd
jrather see the "suds" peddled by pri
vatr individuals who care not a whlt Ai
to, whom they sell, than to see the
"suds" joints owned and operated by by
the municlpality where they could be tl
strictly controlled. Well, anyway, Bill, w
he's got gray matter under his hat. TI
and there is always hope for those iri
fellows. at
ra
"The Blacksmith" seems to overlook re
the fact that if the municipalities had eo
uowned the saloons last year, that two in
and a quarter billions of dollars that
was spent for booze, would have al- M
most dune away with taxes in the
citi'es in which the saloons are lo
cated. I'll venture this much, Bill3,
that if the people of Hamilton adopt er
my platform, that in five years the
city will have a population of 7,500, t
ne indebtedness, and the best aide
walks and streets' in the state, and
no tax levy. Well, to long, old scout,
II 'll write a longer letter next time;
I'mi somewhat busy tonight.
1 incerely yours,
MILE: (Candidate).
t llamilton, l,'eb. 10.
A MUNICIPAL PROBLEM
(X Plus 2 Minus 3 Plus 9 Divided by w
s 4 Equals ?.) a
(ilather around, mathematical thinkers,
- To figure the holes In municipal
"sinkers."
y \\'ho runs the city with best regula
tions?
e Protecting ol.r People from all depre
>t dations?
u Figure it outil if you can in equations!
.e Are you "hob-nobbln' " around with
Petitioners?
o Buckin' and klckin' against the Com
te missioners?
is Ito you think we're on a solid founda
Lt tion?
w Or burdened with useless and need
in less taxation?
t. Figure it out for your own Informa
id tion.
I
1- Remember the Avenue, muddy and
te sloppy,
lt Now is at model for others to copy,
to No longer adds to your humiliation
er As you are "showin' about" some re
my. lation,
But makes you feel proud of your
a- splendid location.
re
)t. Remember the Street, so dark and so
ot dreary,
a- As you stumbled along so weak and
rid so weary,
nd Now is "lit" up with an illumination
vs. Just the same as a July celebration,
ty, No better lighted is there in the na
ne tlon.
he
ed With these improvements, does it
he seem funny,
his That the old Town Is a saving its
eal money?
is Do not forget when you make Falcu
tat lations,
e'd ' That Mayors are given unduly large
ri- I rations.
For this 1is a PV km that s very
Scomplezlx s.r... ,
Vntil you flin. oif' the tlue of X.
-AOE ALLEN.
Local iiety
By' MTaEl K.. Hall
Reception ,Oeaho,
Missoula society people to the num
ber of more than .2100 accepted last
evening the invitation of-Mr. and Mrs.
Orville G. Enigland 'to tiliedt Mrs. Louis
J. Buckner, who hai codme recently to
make her home in M1idouls, and Miss
Lilith Norton, who is herie from Duluth
a guest in the England hohne. The ball
room of the Elks' temple was brilliantly
decorated with emblems of St. Valen
tine in red and white. Of the ladies in
the receiving line, Mrs. Enigland wore a
beautiful gown of lavender brocade
satin with lace tunic and a corsage
bouquet of pink rose buds; Mrs. Buck
ner's gown was of pale pink satin, and
her flowers were violets; Miss Norton
wore pale blue messaline and carried
violets. The dancing gowns .worn by
the guests were strli$idgly beautiful.
Misses Madeline Lotlibard and Nena
Hyde served punch, and lisses Ruth
Keith, Ruth Mcia fie, Ida Stoddard
and Dorothy Wilkinson assisted in the
dining, room. - The refreshment tables
had red and white Valentine favors,
and the lame pretty theme was re
peated in ices and bon bons. Thq Mis
soula Club orchestra furnished music
of the most inspiriting kind, and every
one present entered into the good time
with keen zest and enjoyment.
At the Y. M. C. A.
The first one of the numbers in the
vocational lecture course will be given
at 8 o'clock this evening at the Young
Women's Christian association home on
last Spruce street. , Miss Alma Binzell
will speak on the topic, "What It
Means to Be a Teacher." All women
of the city who care to hear the lec
ture pre invited, and especially will
high school girls be welcome.
Birthday Party.
Mrs. Bert J. Mitchell gave a birthday
party at her home on Vine street yes
terday in honor of the first birthday
of her son, Randall Mitchell. The
guests present were Maxine Lesseg,
James Bert Garlington, Thelma Baker,
Frances Richards, Glenn Griffis.
West Side Club.
The West Side club will meet in
regular session this afternoon at 2:45
o'clock in the Lowell schold. The pro
gram will include a talk by Mrs. Wil
ford Trtdeau on the topic, "\VWhat the
Home Nurse Should Know." All
friends who may be interested in the
work of the club will be made wel
come at this meeting.
In the First Precinct.
Miss Jeannette Rankin will address
the meeting which will be held at the
home of Mrs. J. A. Vealey, '806 Pop
lar street, this afternoon. All persons
who may be interested in hearing
Miss Rankin at this time ar'e cordially
invited to be present.
Annual Ball.
Plans are this week being perfected
by the local society of St. Jean Bap
tiste for the fifth annual ball which
will be held in Elite hall l'?ebruary 24.
The young men who have the matter
iii hand are expending much thought
and time upon the preliminary ar
rangements, in order that the final
result may be the biggest and. best
Eocial function given by the society
in Missoula,
M. M. Party.
A company of 175 young people
employes of the Missoula Mercantile
company and a few invited guests,
enjoyed an evening of dancing and
card playing Wednesday at the Elks'
temple. There were 11o numbers in
the dancing program, incllding a
merry Virginia Reel by request of
some of the older young folks. Music
was furnished for d(lncing by Elmer
Jathr, Willard Perry and Miss Ther
riault. A quartet, Messrs. Ray Ballly,
J. ('. Ilarrah, Vasser and Berry, added
to the pleasure of ti 'evening with
tl.eir singing. Card tlalles in the bal
c'ony provided entertainment for some
who dlid not care to cance; . Pu'sch
was served thlroughout thl, eve...lg Iby
an emissary frqpr thle Nonpareill.
________/
MOTHER! IS CHILD'S
STOMACH SOUR, SICK?i
If Cross, Feverish, Constipated, Give
"California Syrup of Figs."
Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See if tongue is coated; this is
a sure sign its little .stomach, liver
and bowels are clogged with sour
waste.
When listless, pale, feverish, full of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturlly, has stom
ach-ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give
a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and in a few hours all the foul
waste, the sour bile and fermenting
food passes out of the bowels and you
have a well and playful child again.
Children love this harmless "fruit
laxative." and mothers can rest easy
after gil ing it, because it never fails
to make their little "Insides" clean and
sweet.
Keep it handy, mother! A little giv
en today saves a sick child tomorrow,
but get the genuine. Ask your drug
gist for a 50-cent bottle of "California
t Syrup of Figs," which has directions
for babies, children of all ages and for
grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Re
member there are counterfeit. sold
here, so surely look and see that yours
is made by the "California Fig Syrup
D Company." Hand back with contempt
any other fig syrup.--Adv.
Sthe lnothi
Cottoleone "ct1an -an`autifully, alaysi and saer
cook knows what adantage tha . It is always
plasti and blendueo y with thodd ur or Yiar.
* cate this wholesome shortening as reo
Shi liable, economical and digestibke.
HELPS," by these five leading cookig
t it authorities:
caMr Mary J. Lincoln, Mrs. Sarah Tson
Rorer, Mrs. Helen Armstrong, Lida Ames
Wilhi liable, ecMarionomical and digestibe.
HELPS by these five adin coian
authaoities
Mrs" Mary J. Ltincoln, Mrs. Sarah Tyson
W~illis, Marion Heii.· , ,
leisure the furniture will be exhibited on Saturday next, February 14;
With the singular exception of certain patented office devices and bookcases,
every~ article of furniture in our stocks will be reduced in price; the same applies
to carpets, rugs, linoleums, curtains and draperies and bedding of all kinds.
Thousands of pieces of furniture will be shown, and in point of magnitude, the
sale will be the largest ever undertaken by this store.
The greater magnitude makes greater savings; the greater purchasing power of
our organization makes possible the better furniture.
The furniture in this Sale is the best we have ever had; it is the best any store
ever had; the opportunities are the best, the savings are the largest-strong, bold
statements, but carefully made!
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IF HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SApE TEA
Here's Grandmother's Recipe to Darken
and Beautify Faded Hair.
That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sul
phur. Your hair is your charm. It
makes or mars the face. When it
fades, turns gray, streaked and looks
dry, wispy and straggly, just an appli
cation or two of Sage and Sulphur en
hances its appearance a hundredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the tonic;
you can get from any drug store a
50-cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy," ready to use.
This can always be depended upon to
bring back the natural color, thick
ness and lustre of your hair and re
move dandruff, stop scalp Itching and
falling hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's" Sage and
Sulphur because it darkens so natur
ally and evenly that nobody can tell
it has' been applied. ~ You - simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush with
it and draw this through the hair,
taking one small strand at a time; by
morning the gray hair has disap
peared, and after another application
it becomes beautifully dark and ap
pears glossy, lustrous and abundant.
Missoula Drug Co. Agta-Adv.
The young man who starts out to
set the world on fire often has cold
water thrown on his efforts,-Judge.
MRS. J. L VANN '
Who is with the Fashion Plate Trio a'fthe Bijou Thister
Tonight
rA nodelpl school DEMAND
. meeting modern
Sde ma d s, All CEDAR RUN'WHIS&ZY
courses taught
either day or STRAIGHT aKENTUCKY S OD IN
evening.
KOCH L DIXON a. PO
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