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,py TWO DOLLARS: A *News mlterial must reach editor by Tuesday noon. *contributions should bear wahor' s narne, required for relerence and flot' necessarily for publicati on. JANUARY 12_ 1939 To tLT. S. Senators Quite a numiber of you senators are.,sitting in 'the'Most, exclusive club' in the world" aa resuit of the Novenmber electionis. It was once referred ta as "the most dignified le gislative body 'in the world.':.it would be interesting to know just what are your concè-pts of -the office ta which the people of your states have elected you. There have been many indications Jin recent years that the'club idea has been predomninant, as reve-aled in the.confirmi-a-^ tion of many appointments on the ground of fraternal coideratio0n1 for ex-members. It is not of record that any of you appealed ta your constituents for votes as candidates for membership ini an exclusive club, and if that is your idea it would be wvell to get it ,ut of your mids. What they selected yau Io- do is to attend to the business of the country in a business-like mianner. withaut fear or favor, and certainly without any obligations to. a fraternity brother. 'r1A 'uintrv' jq nrettv well "fed Up- on-, is the best brains available, without con- sideration of any office previously, heid. To Con gress 'men There- is a. sufficient number of you new miembers of the house of. representatives. bath Demnocratie and Repuiblican. to aller effective opposition to any -radical" legisia- tion that rnay be proposed, abie part. of its delinquent real estate taxes, as have. several othe'r suburbs which fol- lowed the lead of New, Trier township in forcing collections- Soi-e four or five years ago m-em-bers of the varïous taxing bodies, bearing heavilyý the burden of unpaid tax<es and suffering in. their services to the communities be- cause of- it,, decided that a way'.must,.be found toq compel property owners to pay- their, taxes., As a iresult: a mode of pro- cedure :was evolved which worked, with remarkable success,. and ithas been, adopted by taxing bodies, in rnany other places., Non-1paying properties. it has been point- ed out, enjoy thesame municipal services. as those which pay, thus imposing unjust burdens upon the, latter class. The plan originating in New Trier consists of, notice that unless the delinquent taxes 'are paid application will be madle to the state's at- 'tornfey to tnstigate' foreplsreoceedings to the end that the properties niay be sold to satisfy the tax dlaims. The plan works. It ,works,,because few owners w.ýant thei-r properties sold for taxes. Redeniption costs money. and time and in- convenience as -well. is again breathing the free air of heaven. thanks. to Governor Culbert L. Oison. Cali- fornia's flrst Democratic governor in f orty- four vears. The governor said he did not bejieve, Mooney, to be guilty. Yet before his con- iviction. and since his incarcerationt twent- one vears ago. every court that heard the case or reviewed it. found his death sentence a just one. It was later commnuted to life imirisonment. And now one man nullifies *Itfs a fine joke playing on those *f and Florid.a to es Why. even the ice *s *of w1r li r e. News fromn the Bahama Islands is that an épi- demrie -is killing' the sponges by the millions. Thèse. are of the marine animal type. The hu-; mari sponges. hereabouts are. stili going strong. Not that it means anything, but just.by way of' making conversation, it is noted. that, Dr. Fitz is miedical director of a great: big, morning newspaper. * The battle of the ages i s no w on in the big arena. to, the sout1h The trainers, managers, bucket-and-tOWel men- and general hangers-on are busy about the ring. A gong sounds for si-- lence, and the aninouncer. speaks throughý a mega- phone: "'La-d-e-e-s a nd g-e-n-tle-mufl. This bout is betWee nthe Champ-e-e-n of Chicago, Ed-d-i-e Kelly, in this écorner, wearing yellow, truniks, andChallenger Tom-m-y C-o-u-r-t-ney, in this corner, wearing spotlessly white -trunks. This c-o-n-test is scheduled for seven one-week rounds, for a purse of--of-weUl, it's tlie mayor's chair, of, Chicago., and the purse is whatever the win- ner can make out of it. TÏhe cham-p-e-en has nevér been defeated, but anything can liappen in a bout lilce this. Kid Courtney, the chai- lenger, lias neyer yet sat on the canvas, and he carrie 'a tremendous wýallo. It should be a great fight. The referee wifl now give the boys their instructions." The referee.: "Now, boys, y ouse knows the rules as wvell as I does. Keep figlitin'. No low blows. Protect your.selves in- the break-aways. Remember, youse is gentle-- men. Ail of us is gentlemen. Now go to your. corners, and wlien tlie bell rings, corne ovt f6zhtin'. And mav the best man win." The One of those sýientist fellows who are always. killihig joy or sending our expectations to the skies, has found that tliere is no sucli thing amoûng pianists as a "'piano touch.- anid that anyonie can punch the keys'Nwth an, umbrerla or,, poker. and get just as fine a tone, as can, Paderewski. For once we dont believe ihe scientist. Terror rode high at Jackson Day dininers througlibut the country Saturday night. It peered * from beliind the salad and leêred from the wine Iglases. It p.erched on the roast and embit- people, ts you have an, yourselves yo The -country., * I t' ili not fail to be watching. a name for embrace iW. eans co uld be found to Ls how to save and invest nr ewould be taken~ toward old age. Its a fortunate'circurstance when ideas and space become exhausted at the aame moment. THE PHAI(0M REPOtTER FIVE CENTS A