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PIVE CENTS À COPI TWO DOLLARS À TEMR News~ maaterial must reaeh editrr Iy Tuesday noon. Conttributions shoufd bear author's namie, required tor relerenre and flot necessarilýj, for publication. FEBRUARY, 2, 1939 Clar the Sidewalks No communities are better equipped to. clear the snow from sidewalks and streets thàn the New* Trier villages, and no officiais' are more watchful -toÔ see that. the' equip- ment is put into service when it will ac- complish the purpose without too much lost motion. Monday's, heavy snow afforded oppora- tunity for' a demonstration of this fact. Perhaps some villagers thought that the machines should have been put into opera- tiori earlier, but. with the snow and high witd-- cntnufing well iftô 'thé dày fthe re would have been a great deal of lost mo- tion, as the snow would drift 'almost as fast as removed, making it necessary to cover the ground twice. It is impossible for snow plows to re- move al of the snow from the sidewalks. In order to remove it completely and leave the walks exposed to the drying effects of wind and sun. it is eesr f pe, ilulli, mu wen very property owner, or tenant does it, the slush that cornes with thawing weather is prevented, and walks are clear and dry. JThat C1. -S. A. Means In view of what is happet throughout the world, what empty handed and with ne thoixght but to reach some port where they would be fed -and clôthed and. proteicted- against op- p ressors, should and must be resisted. Some of these efforts are put- forth by nations onfly too anxious to shif responsibiîîty for the, care of undesired elements, which they are striving by every means to drive fromi their own J ands.. There are far too many unifort«unates within. our boundarjes now who have.,.no means, of ýsupport but the mone y wrung from the self-sugpporting . in exorbitant. taxes. If we take care of our own we will be doing an excellent job. We have neither the room nor the means 'to take care, of, hordes. whose welfare is the responsibility jftehrown 1over-nretrs .1s Mr. Show Right? Practically every first rate world power is now trembling in its boots, fearful that at any moment they may, with little warn- ing, be plunged into a World war. Prepara- tions for offense and defense are goirig of warfare, that once hostilities. break out, governments will sué for peace. What would happen first in a wonld war?" he asks. "The airplanes of A, B, C and D would bomb the cities of E, F, C; and H so effectively that the white flag would be hoisted at approximately the same time in the several' capitals, and abject pleas for peace would and others, and of permission given, to emis- saries of foreigià powers to inspec.t defense machines. However, it is, just as well to.let the Washington officiais know that as a people we are not. friendly to .secret ,V'ar pac .ts. If We. are headed for war we Want to know ail about. it. A small, down-state' town. paper, from, the editdrship of which we retired at the compara-, tively early .aige of 24, carnies as its slogan '«If you- see it i this paper it's true."1 We either had mor.e,,oura.ge or not so mnuch sense, for our. policy was, reveal 'ed in the original and bold slogan. '<Hew to the Une let thechp fail where they may.' -We hop.eý the present editor #as lesstrouble i living Up to hîs slogan than we got into trying* to live up to 'ours. I1t's' more popular with the ra nk and file.- And it doesn't stick, anybody's neck out. An old neighbor suggpsts t1hat for real pbysical, benerit one hour spent in shoveling snow off the sidewalk is worth haif a day of. golf. Wouldn't one know that he is an "old" neighbor? Seemns as though everybody is'satisfl ed. Mayor Kelly of Chicago says he lias the election in the bag. But Mr. Courtney says there is a hole in the bag and that he now has the election securely confined in an unpunctured bag. It must be a very cornfortable feeling for both. fashiion, anlin hi er attempts to see how they were placed she accidentally tumbled the entire display on the floor. Without a bit of fuss, and with a look of determination on her face, she be- gan to rearrange the' cans. Not being adept at the job, she couldn't quite manage to get them in proper balance, and they would fa'1l as iast as she Put thern in place. Not daunted, she per- severed until relieved. by an admiring clerk, and - To Jamjes O'Donnell Bennett, Who lhas retired -after tWenty-ftve. years of newspaper work, we 1-wish a long, easy and happy life. But it is to be hoped that he will flot givè up writing., All right, dear. AU right! Whe d yuS. the shovel lu?er di u sa THE PHANTOMý REPORTER and tional.