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The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1916
CHE CANNOT READ HIS TOMBSTONE
WHEN HE'S DEAD"

If with pleasure you are viewing any
work man is doing,
If you like him or you love him, tell him
now;
Don't withhold your appreciation till the
parson makes oration
AS he lies with snowy lilies o'er his brow
For no matter how you shout it, he won't
really care about it;
He won't know how many teardrops you
have shed;
If you think some praise is du him now's
the time to slip it to him
For he cannot read his tombstone when
he's dead.
More than fame and more than money is
the comment kind and sunny
And the hearty, warm approval of friend
For it gives to life a SAVIOR, and it makes
you stronger, braver
And it gives you heart and spirit to the
end;
If he earns your praise, bestow it; if you
like him, let him know it,
Let the words of true encouragement be
said,
Do not wait till life is over and he's un-
derneath the clover,
For he cannot read his tombstone when
he's dead. White Ribboner.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27
THAT HECKLING STUNT.

THE president has spoken his opinion
on the suffrage. question several
times and said that he thought the
best way for the women to get the vote
was by states and what the ladies hoped
to gain by acting as they did in the halls
of congress is hard to see. If it had been
a crowd of men that tried to "heckle" Mr..
Wilson they would have been put out.
The suffragists have made much prog
ress in the last few years and the majori-
ty of men are in favor of the cause, but
they also expect the ladies to be digniied
in their action and if the women seek to
purify politics" they must go about it in
a different manner than they did at Wash
ington. Such actions are little better than
what might be expected of the old time
ward politicians-M Marquette Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27
FRANK EDDY ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

q OMETIME about year ago Frank
y Eddy wrote the following exploitation
~ of his views on the equal suffrage
question. We've been waiting for some
opportune time to reproduce this and we
feel that the time has come. It's sort of
a mean advantage to take of Frank who
may possibly have changed his views in
the twelve months but it's good reading
and we know some people who are going
to get lot of satisfaction out Of it-so
here it goes:
1--WE are in receipt of communication
from a sweet young scion of aristocracy,
whom we will call MAUD c." because that
is not her name, which states: Il under
stand that you are opposed to woman suff-
rage, and as you are man of wide public
experience and recognized standing,
would be grateful if you would briefly
state the principles Of your opposition to
this movement for me to read at the next
meeting of our "Anti-Suffrage Club"
"You are quite right, Maud c., we are
nightly opposed to woman suffrage, but
it is not from principle, but from inheri-
ted, time honored, rock-ribbed, hide-bound
prejudice.
"In the early dawn of creations morn
ing, after Mother Eve had, by those in
explicable powers of feminine persuasion,
that are responsible for most of the didos
performed by masculinity since the world
began, persuaded father Adam to eat of
the forbidden fruit, Jehovah spake unto
the woman, 81 will greatly multiply thy
sorrow and thy conception in sorrow thou
shalt bring forth children, and thy desire
shall be subject to thy husband and he
shall RULE over thee"
"Now militant suffragettes want to re-
x,.cn 41a ,4o o411o ,;olo 10
placed by the Divine mandate in the be-
ginning of time. These misguided fa-
natics insist that this was under the old
dispensation and that "old things have
passed away and all things have become
new" The only merit in this ridiculous
argument is that it is true, and we ants
must keep away from the truth or we are
lost.
"Blackstone-Vol. l., page GIL. 1--WE
think this is the right quotation) says
''The common law of England declareth
that the husband has exclusive control of
the person and the property of his wife
she must yield obedience to him in all
things and the husband has the right to
enforce his commands by corporal punish
ment provided he uses a rod no thicker
than his thumb and does not strike her on
the noble parts of her body"
1--WE agree with Blackie, and are in fav-
or of liberal thumb measurement. If this
law had not become obsolete and was still
in force, we would never had any woman
suffrage idiocy.
1--WE have in our library a quaint and
ancient volume entitled Proceedings of
We Council of the Commonwealth of Ply
mouth 1741." It gives an account of a fe-
male ancestress of ours appearing before
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

St. Peter has been taking up a col
lection of wrist watches and scarf pins
for her soldier boys on the border.
Imagine soldier wearing wrist watch.
New Ulm Review.
It's not hard to imagine as many of the
soldier lads wear them and pronounce
them most convenient. To us it seems
that if wrist watch has an excuse in
the world for its existence, it is it's use
fulness to soldiers and automobilists. But
why scarf pins!
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

We want to say a good word, says an
Exchange, for the man who meets his
small obligations promptly. They are not
so plentiful as they should be and the man
needs encouraging. Most men will pay but
fewer will pay promptly. Almost any
firm will testify that counting the time,
postage, booking and the like, it costs all
some accounts are worth to collect them,
and still the man owing to them is per-
fectly responsible in financial way. 1t
very often happens that the worst sinner
in this particular is the man best able to
pay.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

Senator P. H. McGarry says that much
money is wasted in building roads in this
state, that '1ocal authorities just spend
it. They don't build roads with it." Of
course, if Pat insists upon judging all
roads by those in the wilderness around
Leach Lake he may be justified in his sus-
picion that money is wasted. But if he
were to come into thoroughly habitable
county Redwood he'd know that it
does build roads. Sen. McGarry will in
troduce bill, into the next legislature,
which will aim at centralization of all road
building and maintenance work in the
state under authority Of the state high
way commission. Sen. Fred Vibert will
make an attempt to have the automobile
license increased to ten dollars per year
instead of one and one-half dollar, year.
Sen. Vibert says the present license fee
is joke when one considers how auto
mobiles use the roads.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

Just for change try sometimes to
neighbors and see where you'll land.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

Much-boasted old families usually trace
their descent from some rugged old char
acter who didn't need recommendation.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

It was inevitable that many Of the boys
who went to the border should come back
much changed For instance, the Wabasha
Herald says: "Some of the boys returning
from the border are said to be wearing
sort of inverted eyebrow sticking out bel
lgerently from the upper lip. Must have
had hair-raising experiences on the Rio
Grande."
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

Maybe the fellow who made the stat
ment about actions speaking louder tina
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

dlQ OF MduU -. ana noT SlSCor anus III
keeping pestiferous women in their prop
er places of subjection and dependence.
I'VE assure you, dear Maud c., that you
are at liberty to read this communication
to your club and if there is anything fur
ther we can do to aid you in keeping the
female of the species in a state of subjec-
ton, command us.
When pleasure interferes with the days
work it is very poor policy to give up the
work.
The favorite oath in England right now
is by George-and nobody wonders whom
is meant.
"A Milwaukee man died while paying
bill. Blessed are the dead that die in
the Lord "-Mankato Review.
Maybe the fellow who made the state
ment about actions speaking louder than
words had his mind on the movies.
Just for a change try sometimes to
gossip about yourself instead of your
neighbors and see where you'll land.
Much-boasted old families usually trace
their descent from some rugged old char
acter who didn't need a recommendation.
A man may easily attract attention by
setting house on fre-but of course it
may not be just the sort Of attention he
likes.
While you are Dragging about your fam
lily tree just be bit careful about saving
eff that branch of it on which you are
sitting.
eff a man goes fast enough he will
eventually arrive says college profes-
sor. Witness the speed fiend who arrives
upside down in the ditch.
Last summer we had two solid months
of Mexican weather. Now we are start
ing in bright and early to have similar
season of Labrador weather. And some
body has had the nerve to call this tenn
perate zOne-St. Paul Dispatch
A Redwood Falls citizen has remarked
that the pig whom The Gazette reported
to have gained eighteen pounds day,
must have been fed on pig iron. That's
what we call heavy wit-when it is at
our expense.
'It might be we'll for Minnesota to do
her 1920 balloting right away so as to
be sure to have the official returns in by
the time the rest Of the country has re-
ported" says Michigan paper. And the
truth of it is that Minnesota must just
swallow it-there amt no comeback.
Mayor Nye of Minneapolis, expressed
pre- Christmas wish for pair of garters
saying, 81 am very hard on supporters
and need great many in a year" This
need Of supporters for Mr.. Nye, however.
was much greater just before November
Z than it can possibly be now.
It was inevitable that many Of the boys
who went to the border should come back
much changed. For instance, the Wabasha
Herald says: "Some Of the boys returning
from the border are said to be wearing
sort of inverted eyebrow sticking out bel
ligerently from the upper lip. Must have
had hair-raising experiences on the Rio
Grande"
St. Peter has been taking up col
lection of wrist watches and scarf pins
for her soldier boys on the border.
Imagine a soldier wearing wrist watch.
New Ulm Review.
It's not hard to imagine as many of the
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

A man may easily attract attention b.
setting house on fire-but of course i
may not be just the sort Of attention h
likes.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

Mayor Nye Of Minneapolis, expressed a
pre- Christmas wish for pair Of garters
saying, 81 am very hard on supporters
and need a great many in year." This
need of supporters for Mr.. Nye, however,
was much greater just before November
than it can possibly be now.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

While you are Dragging about your fam
lily tree just be bit careful about saving
eff that branch of it on which you are
sitting.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

"It might be we'll for Minnesota to do
her 1920 balloting right away so as to
be sure to have the official returns in by
the time the rest of the country has re-
ported" says Michigan paper. And the
truth of it is that Minnesota must just
swallow it-there amt no comeback.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

eff a man goes fast enough he will
eventually arrive" says college profes
sor. Witness the speed fend who arrives
upside down in the ditch.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

A Redwood Falls citizen has remarked
that the pig whom The Gazette reported
to have gained eighteen pounds a day
must have been fed on pig iron. That's
what we call heavy wit-when it is at
our expense.
The Redwood gazette., 1916-12-27

"A Milwaukee man died while paying ;
bill. Blessed are the dead that die il
the Lord "-Mankato Review.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19
Short Snatches From Everywhere

We had diversified luncheon scrambled yester-
day and the day before had it poached on toast
OhioSournal
Getting his fingers burned four years ago didn't
scare Col Harvey out of picking president for 1916.
Boston Journal
Whatever other sips our ambassadors are guilty OF.
they do not turn their mousaches up at the corners
oil City Blizzard.
Our gallant troops in Mexico are to he sent brand
new uniforms. All dressed up and nowhere to GO
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Medicine Hat has INDUCED in half million dollar
fire Maybe Medicine Hat is getting tired of It's below
zero specialty-Buffalo Times.
Apparently the only way Uncle sam stands chance
or getting Villa is by serving Carranza with a writ
OF habeas corpus-Montreal star
of the worst features OF this favorite situ-
alton Is the number Of speeches that VIII come out OF
Chicago nominators-New York Press
After the war is over, Americans should continue
to America first and let the souvenirs OF the Euro
battlefields strictly alone-Atlanta Journal
It is reported that Of the S2500 600 fund to boom
right, boys. loosen up!-BOston Evening Transcript
The main trouble with persons who want peace at
any price they not willing to pay for the
preparations that make for peace at any pricePhila
delphia Inquirer
The German-American Alliance seems TO be labor
ing under the impression that the American House at
Washington is on the European plan-Phtladel-
phia North American
Possibly the transfer Of that Russian army 10
France intended slap at Marshal Won linden
burg, who failed to keep them busy at home.-New
Orleans Times Picayune.
The mother of John Jacob Astor, aged four COM
plains court that 1850 day is not enough for
the boy to live Can il be possible that one so
young buys observation-disclosures Times
Some place this Longview. Medicine Shows. Nov
ing Picture Shows Nice Parks sit in in the cool OF
the evening What could anyone to be
perfectly satisfied Think of the places in Texas
where there such places Of recreatiou.-Long-
view Times-ClariOu.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19
Hair Trigger Dangers

Responsibility for the shooting Of the American
soldier bv Mexicans near the city boundary of Ell Paso
Thursday will be fixed by the military board Of inquiry
but no report the board makes will change the con-
ction held by every FL PasOan that too free use of
firearms in protecting" the border either side from
Invasion" BY single individuals is calculated to stir
I'D i'll feeling and provoke hostile encounters
No American in or out Of the army will believe
that the sergeant was intoxicated that he discharged
his pistol unless after he had been fired upon. The
victim of this outrage high type of experienced
and disciplined soldier a noncommissiOned officer of
long service who held and deserved the confidence of
his superior officers and of his associates His record
was clear. his personal habits good He was on dutv
the time only temporarily absent from drill and
engaged upon an errand which he had been sent by
the company commander If he inadvertently crossed
the monumened boundary which at this point is not
identical with the flowing river it was an accident
In a case like this, warning would have been all
that necessary, even If the Mexicans desired to
display extreme sensveness over the etquet of the
boundary line These countries are not at war There
are no trenches or picket lines marking the zone of
trespass at peril 1t is silly to suppose that this
soldier menaced the peace Of Mexico, or the life or
property Of any Mexican He alone and the nature
of the country such that his assaiants could readily
see that no detachment of troops was anywhere
1t is of ridiculous to assert that this disciplined
soldier while duty deliberately crossed the boundary
and opened fire on Mexican customs guards soldiers
in uniform
The murder can have only the effect Of increasing
the tension between the people of the two countries
and especially between the armed forces It looks like
Of "sniping" of particularly atrocious sort,
and even official explanations be made and accepted
officially, the will remain in the hearts of the
soldiers and the people generally Such hairtrgger
methods are not calculated to the peace on the
border or hasten the restoration of Mexico normal
conditions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19
Commissioners Employ Him
and Abolish Automobile
Inspectors Job.

The suggestion of F. F. Jarrel state
veterinarian, in a letter to G. y. Bias
7ett. of this city, who took the matter
up with the court by letter that a cOun-
" veterinarian be appointed to take
steps To eradicate hog cholera in this
section. was acted upon favorably Fri
day morning. when the county com
missiOners in special session. employed
DIR. r. \. Higgins at a salary ~ $50
per month.
In the discussion Il was suggested
that the services of J.. A. Berteaux.
county automobile inspector. might be
dispensed with, and a part of the money
that would be paid to him IN future be
used in the employment of a veteri-
MARIAN
On motion Of commissioner George
Pendell. seconded by commissioner
teauN were ordered dispensed with after
May 81. Mr.. Berteaux has been draw
ing a salary of 800 per month.
Wants Bridge to Island"
j. z. Barnes appeared before the court
in behalf OF the construction of a wagon
bridge across the river to connect San
EGzario with the island" He pointed
out that when the river is high farmers
on the island are greatly delayed in
marketing their products and that at
such times it is necessary Tor them to
20 % miles out of their way to reach
Fl Paso. He withdrew the petition pre-
Sented some time ago for a paved road
to that section.
Commissioner James Clifford stated
that the county's road fund is very low
and he thought that the property own
ers should agree to pay half the cost
of the bridge proposed
Il am in favor of doing the worl.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19

Upon making another visit yes
terday to the Elephant Butte dam. I
am more impressed than ever with it
says Malcolm Fraser Its benefit to
FL PasO has been published. and
preached R hundred OF more times, but
] feel praise is still insufficient. Now
that it is completed we cannot afford
Just to sit back and watch for re
suits. We must tell the world what
a rich valley the government irriga-
ton will make blossom, and do our
part to put a farmer on every 40-acre
piece of it."
Even Mexican .censors have their
troubles said Harry steel. of Pachuca,
who was passing through to Los Ange-
les on visit at the Union station yes
terday Recently" said Mr.. Steel,
steel, Americans in Mexico are as
badly Isolated from the news of the
world as if cast away on an island in
mid-Pacific. We Americans still in
Mexico want TO know what is really
going on in the United States and else
where throughout the world and work
every possible scheme to get American
papers into Mexico We will some
times plot for two months to open =
line of communication which may or
may not be kept open for a week. 4
bright 'gringo' recently hit on plan
to buy American papers every day on
the American side of the river. read
them and then submit them to the
Mexican censor. who would sometimes
pass them and sometimes throw them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19

T7HE camel is massive. thick
Tipped beast of burden which is
- used in Egypt in place Of tho
uarrow-gauge railway. As matter
of fact, it is vastly superior to the
uarrow-gauge, as it does not run off
the track so frequently and scatter its
cargo along the right Of way. There
are several places in this country
where people would prefer to ride on
tEe uneasy prong OF sedate camel
than trust their lives and property TO
n narrow-gauEe railroad which has no
more sense OF equilibrium thar a plain
drunk on a three-foot sidewalk
The camel is designed for use iu
countries where a good drive well 10
scarcer than petticoats in Peru. as he
is equipped with a reserve tank and
can so for days without taking
drink, After a camel has imbibed the
contents of a 200-barrel cistern, he can
strike off into the desert and live on
The bristling cactus bush for month
before showing any signs Of thirst. II
some men would go as long between
drinks as the camel does there would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19
B. & M. CONDUCTORS HERE
ON PACIFIC COAST TRIP

party Of 80 conductors. employees
of the Boston & Maine railroad. and
their wives. stopped in II Paso Friday
on their way to the Pacific coast, and
spent the day in sightseeing. visiting
Fort Bliss and other points of interest
The party is in charge OF A. H.
Brown, veteran conductor of the 3 <
NJ line. who has brought the party
west eight times within Athe past 10
years. They left Boston May II. visited
Niagara Fails. spent three days i'm
convention at st. Louis. and then came
t. FL PasO on their Pullman car
'Cassadaga.' Four will leave the party
here to visit the grand canyon of Ari-
zcna. but viii rejoin the rest at Los
Angeles.
The conductors viii leave FL Paso
Friday night On the return trip they
viii visit salt Lake city, Yellowstone
National Park. ST. Paul. Chicago and
Montreal
The conductors said they were
greatly disappointed when they were
warned that IL would be unsafe by
them to visit JuareZ.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19
Do You Know That

Efficient muzzlinE of dogs viii
eradicate rabies9
The protection Of the health Of
children is the first duty Of the
nation,
Bad temper is sometimes merely
symptom Of bad health
Insanity costs every inhabitant in
the United states 81 per year:
The L. S. Public Health Service has
proved that typhus is spread by
lice2
Untreated pellagra ends i'm insanity?
In the lexicon of health there is no
such word as neutrality" against
disease?
The death rate Of persons under -
is decreasing. OF those over 45 it
is Increasing?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-19
A Refreshing Change

For the first time since the present administration
took charge Of the government the American consuls
Mexico to be asked state their views Of the
situation It is to be presumed that some, least of
these men, who have lived in Mexico many years. have
views and that those views worth reading hearing
by the at Washington who direct the governments
policy But under the present administration the policy
has been pretty consistently followed until now, Of
ignoring the consuls, discOuraging them from
expressing their opinions In some cases the eds
couraging" is believed TO have amounted practically
for having presumed to 20 outside the limits
of strict departmental form in expressing opinions upon
various matters without having been specifically re-
qGested to do
The Washington government has seemed to have
proceeded upon the principle nunoated by the country
justice of the peace who heard the counsel for side
and then, when the opposing counsel rose to speak,
shouted "Save your breath and the courts time, the
courts mind is already made up and the court does not
purpose to allow itself to be influenced"
Wheneve- the Washington government has sought for
information, it has rather deliberately sometimes in
sultngy swept aside well posted nfOrmers and ignored
those of information likely to reveal few
facts, and has appointed of experience in
Mexico no acquaintance with the Mexican people or
Mexican affairs sometimes of personal fitness
represent it and make reports to it. Reports that
contained anything contrary to the preconceved views
Of the Washington government have resulted simply
in discrediting the reporter in the minds of the au-
thorities
The changed disposition, reflected in the summons
TO the consuls report to Washington one of the
refreshing and encouraging elements introduced
into the complicated Mexican situation for long time
1t to be hoped that the consus will be permitted to
speak their minds freely without placing their official
heads under the shadow Of the
-o
That ancient suggestion of a ten strand barbed