The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1926 Page: 2 of 6
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CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
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INTERESTING OTTERS
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“I am Hn Interesting animal,'
the Otter.
"If you are an Interesting animal.”
remarked Mrs. Otter, “then what i
about met"
“You are Interesting, too,” said Mr.
Otter, "simply because you are an
otter."
' Well, that la a good renson." sold
Mrs. Otter. “It’s well to he Interest*
lng because one Is what one la. and
not because one Is something differ-
ent."
"There, there, careful, careful." said
Mr. Otter; "don’t get all mixed up In
your talk.”
Mrs. Otter smiled.
"1 like to know I am Interesting,"
said she.
•'But," she added, "will you please
give me some of the reasons? «
"It’s always a good plan to know
why one Is Interesting.
"For example, someone might come
up to me and say;
" ‘Mrs. Otter, I hear you are Inter-
esting.*
“ "But will you tell me why you are
Interesting?’
"It would he quite too horrible for
words If I could not answer."
“In the first place," said Mr. Otter,
"we wander and have adventures.
“They find It hard to keep us In the
soo, for we are so apt to climb over
ah Gimme youb
Tpousers loo - i Ain't t -
takin' no chances o' J
*XJ followin' me C-"'
I P',V*' .veur* "f watching the world
1 go by me ns I stop by the road-
side to let the medico-mechanics link-
| er with my trick spine have taught ms
many tli.ngs that 1 should never Inns
believed before. No longer uble to
put things over, I have been con*
strained to thluk them over and. us
thinking Is ulmut the only thing the !
IMPROVED ROADS
HELP MOTORISTS
“Motorists of the United State*
suve annually $1,630,000,000 In oper-
ating costs due to the construction
.......... i» annul me only tiling the! ^ 230,000 miles of grnvel and hurd-
doctors haven’t forbidden me, 1 have i *urfu<0<1 r,iuds." declares William H.
done u lot of It. ’ I Connell, president of the American
The result of these “thinking tours" Hoad Hullders’ association, Mr. Con-
hns been the knowledge that 1 am ,"“11 n"* ,h*' ■-
Events in the Lives of Little Men ||~|
“We Are Safe Here.”
our bars and get away—not because
we are not huppy here, for we are.
“We are lume and fond of the
keeper,”
"It s our nature to wander.
‘ But alas and alack ! Many a poor
otter has wandered to his doom!"
Mrs. Otter shed a tear, wiped her
eyes with her heat front paw. and Mr.
Otter continued:
“But when we are free we have
many a Jolly time as children would
have," and Mrs. Otter began to smile
again.
"Often we give sliding parties Just
Its children would give sliding parties
for themselves and each other.”
“I have been on many a sliding
party myself," said Mrs. Otter.
Ah yes, we would slide down a nice
muddy or slippery hill, usually Into
•ome wnter below.
. ^ e would give a sliding party, ns
a rule, where there wus water at the
foot of a hill.”
* srF.? wou,cl do the same," said Mr.
Otter.
“Well do I remember the hunting
parties we would have for fish, frogs
and small creatures.
"Ah, how strong were my Jaws In
those days—and I believe they are
still pretty strong."
So Mr. and Mrs. Otter thought of
the days they had known when they
W’ere wild, but they were quite taitie
In the zoo now.
“Our fur Is very useful and also
very beautiful,” said Mr. Otter, after
a moment.
"Please don’t speak of It.” said Mrs
Otter, “for we are sufe here, and no
one can have our fur, so let us enjoy
our safety.”
“I will not mention It again,” said
Mr. Otter. "I quite Nee your renson.'*
"I knew you would." said Mrs. utter.
"We will talk of our sliding parties.”
So they talked of sliding parties itnd
amlled at many of their memories of
funny, Jolly times.”
much better off. far happier than 1
was before 1 was forcibly enrolled
for membership In this university of
hnrd Knocks, where I have been tak-
Ing a post graduate course. In It I
huve learned many lessons I could
never have grasped during health and
prosperity.
I have learned that friendship la
like the show business where one
genuine success makes up for half a
dozen failures. I have learned that
the natural tendency of human nature
la toward kindness and helpfulness. I
have learned that the world |a not
half ns selfish as the c.vnlca would
have ua believe. I have leurned that 1
the world's greatest gift Is love, and
that love Is only the poet's word for
friendship.
My tuition In this school has been
paid In blood, tears and scars. The
courses have been long, tedious Rnd
painful. Rut the results are soul- I
satisfying, for I made every grade,
learned my lessons well, did not flunk
a single examination and would not !
exchange my degree for one from any 1
other college on earth.
If this physical, .mental and finan-
cial suffering was the prieg I had to
pay for the restoration of my confi-
dence In humanity and my freshened
attitude toward life, then I ant not
only ahead of the* game, but I have
been guilty of profiteering.
William Orossman. the attorney,
came to see me recently, chuckling
over a Joke he hnd Just heard on a
noted Jurist. The Judge, he said,
pointed out to Ids court that a wit-
ness was not necessarily to lie re-
garded as untruthful bemuse he al-
tered a previous statement.
”As an Instil nee,” .lie deelared. “when
I entered this courtroom today I
would have said under oath I had my
watch4«lth me. But Inter I recalled
I had left it at libme on m.v drerser.”
"'hen the Judge returned home that
evening. Ids wife asked: “Why were
you sc worried about your watch_
sending live men for II?”
“Orem grief!” said the Judge, “what
did you do?”
"I gave It to the first man who
came; he knew Just where it wus."
nell points out that the saving in
motor vehicle operating coats exceeds
the anntiul cost of Improving the high-
ways every year. In his own state
I of Pennsylvania, he reports that the
owners of motor vehicles saved $51,-
750.000 by operating over 4,SOO miles
of hard surface In 11)25 and only paid
the state « J9,500,000 In registration
fees and gHsollne taxes to support the
construction and maintenance of the
highway system, leaving them a net
saving of $22,250,000.
"Pennsylvania today la operating on
a basis that the user pays all costs
for constructing and maintaining the
state highway system. Motor license
receipts and the proceeds from the
gasoline tax are used exclusively for
highway purposes and these funds pay
the entire cost of all construction and
maintenance, ns well as all depart-
mental salaries and wages; In fact,
nil highway expenses. New construo-
I thin Is financed principally by bond
Issues, but the Interest and sinking
fund charges are paid from the motor
receipts.
I The lignres which have been stated
I as to the saving to the n» oers of mo-
tor vehicles by the construction of
Improved roads have definitely Justi-
I fled the adoption of the principle In
Pennsylvania that the user should pay
for the road and when this Idea has
been universally adopted the entire
highway business will he on a sounder
financial basis.”
Mr. Connell voiced his opinion that
the Increasing mileage of paved high-
ways would not seriously affect tha
steam railroads but will ultimately act
as a benefit, us a supplement or feed-
er to them. He predicted the enrly
abandonment of short-haul rail lines
which in many cases have operated
at a loss. In favor of niptor vehicle
transportation.
Harry Grant, auditor of the Or-
phemn circuit of theaters, Is as good
at telling stories us he Is at bundling
figures, and he Is known as one of
the best financial men In the theatri-
cal Industry. So whenever he comes
to visit me I get out my pencil and
pad and sigh with relief for I know
my column Is going to he easier to fill
that week. On his last call h« had
one to tell of the young man who had
su'-ceeded his deceased father as presi-
dent of a small railroad in the South-
west. The old man hod been heartily
disliked for he had
To Carry Passengers on
Lincoln Highway in East
A development In transportation be-
tween Philadelphia and New York
which has been long anticipated Is at
last a fact. The People's Rapid Tran-
sit company, -a subsidiary of the Phil-
adelphia Rapid Transit company. Is
now operating regular bus service be-
tween the Bellevue Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia, and the Waldorf-Astoria
In New York over the Lincoln high-
way.
The distance la slightly over DO
miles, and fures rile considerably be-
low those charged by/ the railroads.
Those who have made the run In
the new busses say the trip Is an <*”
Joyahle one over a perfectly.te
road and through beautlf*’*' the
torlc country. Stops "m roots,
Trenton, Princeton, bottle to-
Kllznbeth and Ne, ^JkanT '
Lincoln highway eonstl-mtes.
«'«“™ be had worked his ein- -*-•--
ptoyees and his road to the last gasp Nearly 1 450 Milp<! nf
and the new president on his first In- y "llleS 01
epeotlon trip found the equipment la
hnd shape. Toward evening Ms spe
dal stopped at a division point and
he got out. As he walked alongsida
his private car he met a grizzled old
"car tlnk” who was busy tapping ths
car wheels with his little hammer.
MICKIE, THE PRINTER’S DEVIL Bawling Out the Scissor Bill
Doetn’t Play Fair
“Had, I ain’t going to school any
more.”
“Eh, whyr*
“It's no bally good—I can’t learn to
•pell. The teacher keeps changing the
words.”
Following Directiont
Mrs. Smith—Gracious, Mary! Why
-e you trying to feed birdseed to the
? 1 told you to feed the canary,
laid W ell, there's where the ca-
•y Is, mum.
Riddle
)f me some folks have fnr too ranch,
Too little some folks own.
in bright to see „ntl cold to touch,
I’m yellow, gray or brown.
AfiMv#»r Moiu'jf,
Has Busier Life
Vi,let '"is the busier life, tea or
flToe’- Tom because It Is compelled
tlr.iw while coffee Is allowed t»
' I It* « i« • \'« 1).
Rove Going to Heaven
* on (lay School Teacher—Some little
s "good and some arc had. What
go to heaven?
ail Arthur—Dead ones
"What do you think of the car?”
the president Inquired.
“Good enough for the rails It rides
on," was the ambiguous reply.
"Well, how about the rails?"
"Rotten."
^Listen here." said the young Minn,
“do you know who I am?"
“Sure. You're the president. And
I knew your father when he was
president and lie s going to he presi-
dent again.”
"What do you mean? Don’t you
know my father’s dead?"
"Yep." the old-timer nodded. “I
know he’s dend. And the road’s going
to hell, too."
Irving Southard, who hns replaced
the lale and much-beloved Billy Stu-
art as chief of the consolation bureau
of the NntlonHl Vaudeville Artists’
dub, has neglected his education In
ao far as the meaning of "diet" Is con-
cerned. One week he arrived with a
box of candy made by Mrs. Southard.
When I explained that I was not al-
lowed to Indulge In sweets he waved
my scruples out of existence with a
single lordly gesture.
•’Nonsense." he told me; "thnt’e
good. pure, homemade candy and thera
Isn’t a thing In It that will hurt you.
It’s Just maple augur, hultar and good,
rich cream.”
-<*.-
Arthur Caesar, play reader In Wil-
liam Harris’ office, is wondering why
Will Shakespeare wrote so few plays.
Not long ago h man with long gray
whiskers and a wildly wunderlng eye,
burst Into his sanctum and demanded.
“How muny plays did Shakespeare
write?”
“Thirty-nine or forty," replied brr.
Caesar, hazarding a very rough guess.
“Well.” declnred the visitor, "I’m
Just nine times greater ns a drama-
tist than Shakespeare. I’ve written
3C5 plays."
I Copy right hy th« McNought It-ximg |H|
State Highway in Ohio
Nearly 1,450 miles of Ohio state
highway will be constructed by the
state highway department In 1926. G.
F. Schleslnger, director of highways
announced. Of this, 450 miles will be
paved, and the rest will be of gravel
and other construction.
The maintenance program will ex-
tend over 7,850 miles of paved and
traffic-bound roads.
During 1925. 450 miles of paved
roads In Ohio were completed, and
700 miles of other roads were finished.
Maintenance was provided for 6,700
miles of highway.
Twelve million dollars was ex-
pended for paved roads, $2,000,000
for traffic-bound rouds. and $9,000,000
was spent for maintenance, repair
and reconstruction, for u total ex-
penditure of state highway fund*
amounting to $23,000,000.
Minnesota Good Roads
- Minnesota will maintain nearly T,-
000 miles of main or trunk highways
this year, against less than 4,900 miles
In the average state as reported by
the government. It plana an extra
large total of 170 miles of new paving
about twice as much as last year; also
250 miles of other surfacing and 242
miles of grading, compared with av-
erage state projects for 141 miles of
paving, 300 of oilier surfacing and
180 miles of grading this year. Min-
nesota will have a little less than $2t-
ooo a mile of funds for trunk routes
compared with $3,420 In the #vera»
state.
Eliminate Grade Crossings
The Increasing number of accidents
at highway grade crossings has led tt
the adoption of a policy looking to tlia
diminution of such dangerous crots-
Ings wherever practicable on federal
old roads. The policy, which bus met
with the generous support of the
states, Is that all existing grade cross-
ings on the federal aid highway system
shall be classified for priority of ellml-
nstlon by agreement between the bu-
reau of public rouds and llie stats
highway departments
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Whitmore, R. J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1926, newspaper, April 23, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth592207/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.