The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-12


people Of this country on war ques-
tons; SO long IS there are govern
ment articles pertaining to the army
| lite, to necessary conservation Of re-
sources, To anything that goes toward
arousing the people to 2 sense Of per-
sonaI obligation and necessity, we ex-
Ipect to devote all the space necessary
to the publication Of such news. The
Gazette has just one business these
days, the same as every other bust
mess ii the United States, and that is
| to do its utmost to help win the war.
Like every other loyal paper in the
country we have dedicated our feeble
resources to the great cause and will
continue to do our bit to the utmost
of our power. IF the local news fea-
lures suffer we shall be sorry but we
can not help it. Most of our readers
entirely cooperate with US in this
endeavor. and we trust that those
who don't now, may see the light a
little later.
Billy Mahler issued a twenty page
Christmas edition of the Springfield
Advance last week that made his
brother editors sit up and take no.
tice. Billy got it out on time, too, in
spite of twO-color work, extra pages,
q lot of splendidly-set ads, and the
same short-of- help problem than the
rest of us are up against. These things
never troubled Billy one minute and
his paper is a credit to his energy and
valuable asset to his community.
This is the first Of the special Christ
mas editions to reach the Gazette.
SIS
We are now sitting as close as we
can get to a steam radiator waiting
for Gunnar Bjornson to run his hand
three times through his. long hair,
stick out his under lip, grab his type
writer and write a three column mas
terpiece on the glories of the Mime
sofa winter. He'll put that glory
stuff over, too, and by the time We
get through reading we'll be con-
WINGED to the extent of putting on
and mackinaw and rum
ming three times around the Ramsey
Park drives. Gunnar has "wye wild
him" and he's so warm-hearted him
self that no outside cold can chill him.
1--WE think the Minnesota Mascot of
next week may possibly contain the
above mentioned editorial.
SIS
1t seems bit inane and useless to
try to pick successors for Senator
Nelson and Congressman Ellsworth.
Both gentlemen are needed where
they are now and are patriotic enough
to see their duty. Certainly the pres
-. 800
for an uncertainty.
S-f-S
The old slogan "give until it hurts
has been relegated to the scrap-heap.
1t hurt some people so like thunder
to give up even few nickles and
dimes that they had to go to the hos
pitfalls to recuperate, SO it was found
inexpedient to use this advice any
more.
S-f-S
Human nature sure is queer! A
man will carefully cover a snub-
1osed, secondhand, vile-smelling 1909
Ford with twenty-five dollar steam
er rug, and the same man will the
next day drive a perfectly good team
IF horses up against the windy side |
If a building and not even provide a |
i've dollar blanket to cover them with. |
And it's the truth that gasoline isn't /
my more valuable than feed these
lays, either.
S-f-S
No doubt the Kaiser will be pleased |
when he learns Of labor conditions in
he capital city Of the state Of Min
rosetta, u. S. A. Looks to us like
such disturbance are meat to the
Kaiser and to his cause.
S-f-s
land thanks be there are only few
lbsolutely THERE in the time of ne
essity. Within few hours after
he news of the Halifax disaster, spec
al trains bearing physicians, nurses
nd hospital supplies were on their
way to Canada. They hadn't waited
o be asked to come-they just put
n their things and went, in the good
ld-fashioned way that neighbors used
o have when trouble came into
mall community. Civilians or sol
iers, countrymen or foreigners, enc
1ies or friends-it matters little to
he willing workers under the red
mblem of Christ and Christ's teach
1gs.
S-f-s
The meanest man has been found!
les the fellow who throws his old
automobile tag onto the scrap heap
1stead of giving it to some Red Cross
rorker to be sold for the cause. In
ividual tags count for little but in
he aggregate they mean thousands
dollars with which to help lick the
-aiser. Anyone not saving his is apt
) have his loyalty to the cause seri-
uslv questioned.