Senator La Follette, who condoned the sinking of the Lusitania and condemned our "chief ally," Great Britain, and said that the United States entered the war wholly from mercenary motives, has been "white-washed" because his vote is needed by his party in the senate. Victor Berger, the socialist, who said nothing worse than La Follette said, has been convicted of crimes against the government for preaching the same things La Follette preached. Is there any wonder that many people believe that "politics is rotten?"
Moscow should spare no efforts to secure the great state highway through the city. It will be a great benefit to Moscow and it will certainly help the highway to run through the metropolis of the "pan-handle" which is also the home of the greatest educational institution of the Inland Empire. The benefits to Moscow and the highway will be mutual if it runs through town.
Returning soldiers and sailors should by all means keep up their government insurance. It is designed to take the place of the old pension system adopted following the civil war, and will be a great help in many trying situations for the ex-soldiers in the future.—Colfax Gazette,
President Wilson's plan for dealing with Russia, one of the most perplexing problems before the peace conference, has been unanimously adopted by the supreme council of that great conference without the "advice and consent of the United States senate."
Boys Pay Fines in Court. 