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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
Words Fail.

When the captain of the fire de-
partment was about to resign. his men
banded together and purchased an
elaborate, embossed silver horn to pre-
sent to him at meeting in the town
halL The fireman who was chosen to
make the presentation practiced his
speech for days before hand. The
chief, who had been informed of what
was to happen, also practiced his
speech of acceptance. They rehearsed
together and were "letter perfect"
when they moi nted the platform in
the town hall The throng which con-
fronted them had, however, disas-
rous effect. Holding the horn at
arms length, the fireman stalked
across the platform and with ghast-
ly expression on his face, said:
"Well, Bill, here's your horn"
The chief rose slowly to his feet
and oasped: Hell! Is that it?"-
Harper's Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
Switching on a Kid. !"

Philadelphia Public Ledger: Judge
Ben Lindsey may be the great and
noble humanitarian his admirers
claim him to be or he may be the deep
eyed villain his enemies in Colorado
profess to believe him to be. That is
something as to which it is hopeless
to look for a judgment SO authorita-
tive and final that it will be univer-
sally accepted Of course the judg-
ment of the supreme court of the
United States will be accepted as final
with respect to the judges quarrel
with the Denver court which adjudged
him in contempt, and he will have to
pay fine or go to Jail. He says he
prefers either indignity to the impos-
sible alternative of Switching on a
kid Every boy in the land will
know what that means and will form
his own opinion Of thesman who ac-
copied the condolences of a youngster
in deep trouble and then kept faith
with him, even to the point of going
to prison rather than "snitch." This
is something about Ben Lindsey that
will be remembered long after the con-
troversies over his hectic career in
Colorado and his encounters with .ssThe
Beast" are as utterly forgotten as
day before yesterdays funny strips!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
Governments Can
Do.

The legitimate object of govern
meHt is to do for a community of
people whatever they need to have
done, but cannot do at all, or cannot
80 we'll do, for themselves, in their
separate and individual capacities. In
all that the people can Individually do
as well for themselves, government
ought not to interfere The desirable
things which the individuals of peo
ole cannot do, or cannot well do, for
themselves, fall into two classes: those
which have relation to- wrongs, and
those which have not. Each of these
branch off into an infinite variety OF
subdivisions.
The first, that in relation to
embraces all crimes, misde-
meanors and non-performance Of con-
tracts. The other embraces all which
in its nature, and without wrong, re-
quires combined action as public roads
and highways, public schools, chart
ties, pauperism, orphanage, estate OF
the deceased. and the machinery OF
government itself
From this it appears that It all
men were just, there still would be
some, though not so much need OF
government Abraham Lincoln, 1854.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23

mercuric chloride, and sulphuric acid.
The worth of each method was tested
by planting a susceptible variety OF
potatoes on the treated plots. None OF
the chemical treatments resulted in
complete eradication Iof the disease,
and steam sterilization, while it APP
peared to be successful in the small
trial plots, involved such great ex-
pense and difficulty as to leave the
practicability of eradication still in
doubt
Additional experiments will have to
be carried on before specific recon-
mendations can be made. Specialists
hope, however, that some methods OF
treating the soil by heat of chemicals
can be devised which will make it
possible completely to eradicate po-
tato wart from this country.
The work will be actively carried
forward until it is determined wheth-
er a satisfactory method can be
found
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
Iypewriters to Burn.
Enough in the Army for Every Other
Soldier.

Mr.. Mann of Illinois-Did the gen
tleman state that the War department
purchased 100000 typewriters dur
ing the war?
Mr.. Wood of Indiana-That is ex-
actly what they did.
Mr.. Mann of Illinois-Was the man
who did that lunatic or knave!
Mr.. Wood of indiana do not know
what classification you would put him
under.
Mr.. Mann of Illinois, He must be
one of the two.
Mr.. Wood of Indiana-Yes. 1t is in
keeping with the conduct of the man
who purchased mosquito bar to put
mosquito bars over everybody IN
France, who went over there to find
out that they had no mosquitoes there,
and with the man who bought SIC, 000,-
900 worth of ambulance harness only
to find out that they did not use any
harness at all.
Mr.. Mann of Illinois There might
be some excuse for that. A man
might be inisled, but nobody could be
misled into the idea that every other
soldier in the army was to be employ
ed to operate typewrite. 1t must
be that the typewriter manufactur-
ers got in their work. Maybe there
was a dollar-a-year man here who was
interested in typewriters.
Mr.. Wood of Indiana-There IS no
doubt about that, and every conceV-
able kind Of typewriter was purchased.
Last year, after we had tried our best
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
him remark which has been heard
ro,1y1d tho warfd0

him & remark which has been heard
round the world"
Mr.. Winterich clears the Stars and
Stripes of this charge Of dishonest
to adying by showing that the speech
was made July 4, 1917, that the first
issue of Stars and Stripes did not APP
pear until February, 1918, and that no
reference to this speech was made in
the army newspaper. Then ne tells
who it was that uttered those words,
expressing so much in SO little:
It was Colonel Stanton who, at the
cemetery of Picpus, near Paris, on the
Fourth Of July, 1917, stopped to place
wreath on the tomb Of a noble sol
der Of France and made one of the
greatest speeches ever uttered-a
speech that two republics have got by
heart. It consisted Of four words:
Lafayette, we are here"
The fact is that General Pershing
himself long ago disclained the auth
orship attributed to him. Reporting
an interview with General Pershing
in the Home Sector, the weekly start
ed by the former staff of Stars and
Stripes but since discontinued, Hudson
Hawley wrote:
1t is worth noting that the general
never did actually utter Lafayette,
we are here" any more than Clemen-
ceau ever really said of the fourteen
points, "And the good Lord himself
had only ten!" Neither did he say,
"All we have is yours" in just those
words, though he made his famous
offer to Marshal Foch right enough.
But he did say: Germany can be
beaten, Germany must be beaten,
Germany will be beaten!"
"And that" he said, laughingly, is
about the only thing that I've been
credited with that 1 ever really did
say"
So that's that. Colonel Charles E.
Stanton, not General Pershing, made
that great speech. But the thing that
it is beautiful to remember is that in
the hour of Frances adversely and
peril, there was an American over
there to say it, that by saying it he
meant that America was there to re-
pay her old debt of gratitude to
France, and that it was given force,
and eloquence by the fact. that all of
America was back of those words with
everything that she was and every
thing that she had.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23

we'll what was in the hearts Of so
many Americans.
John T. Winterich, managing editor
of Stars and Stripes, the official news
paper of the A. E. F., tells the whole
story in letter to the New York
Times answering a critic who in an
other newspaper had used needlessly
churlish words in denying that Perish
ing made this great speech. This
critic had accounted for the tradition
crediting it to General Pershing thus ::
ct is highly probable that Stars and
Stripes saw the chance to do Black
Jack unique honor by ascribing to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
Epic of the Motor Car.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

What is the lure of the motor car?
Other modern devices interest groups
Of people, The auto interests every
one.
Only few years ago the arrival in
town of ''horeless carriage" was
second in interest only to the coming
of the circus. A crowd gathered
about the machine Immediately.
There were four gasoline cars in
America in 1896. Registered autos in
this country now number 100000.
All this since William Mckinley was
elected president. All this from that
lonesome car which stood at the curb
back home no longer ago, it seems,
than yesterday. And from such hum
BILE beginnings has sprung the indus
try whose manifold fruition is repre-
sented by Cleveland's Goth Automo-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23
It Was a Beautiful
Thought, Anyway

General Pershing, it is now definite
ly settled, was not the author OF the
beautiful speech long attributed to
him: Lafayette, we are here!D
The man who said it was Colonel
Charles E. Stanton, chief paymaster of
the A. E. F. .'tA
Who said it is of less Importance
than that it was said; that there was
an American thoughtful enough, in a
high moment, to say so simply and so
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23

to find out from the gentleman who
ought to know with respect to these
typewriters, but could not do it from
the man who was supposed to have
knowledge of such thing, somebody
went down and in half an hour found
5000 typewriters in a garage in this
town under the supervision of the War
department.-Fr From the Congressional
Record.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-02-23

bile show now in progress at the Wig
more coliseum.
An epic of American industrial
growth is told in the figures OF motor
car production. 1t is an epic IN Wnlcn
most of us are characters, in one way
or another.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
WAS ABLE TO DIGEST STONES
French Historian Has Left Descrip-
ton of Man With a Stomach
That Was Remarkable.

Theophlle Benoit, French writer
and historian, gives the following de-
scription of true lithophagus or
stone-eater, whom he encountered in
the northern part Of France. This
man." states Benoit, "who answered to
the name of Brunda, not only swal-
lowed fiints an inch and a half long,
a full inch broad and half an inch
thick, but any stones like marble
which he could reduce to powder.
examined this man with all the -atten-
ton | possibly could, finding his gullet
very large, his teeth exceedingly
strong, his saliva very corrosive and
his stomach lower than usual-a fact
which ! imputed to the vast number
of fiints which he had swallowed.
"Upon interrogating one of the
stone-eater's friends I was told that
Brunda had been found three years
before In a northern uninhabited is
land, by the crew of Dutch ship. 4
can make him eat raw flesh with the
stones said the man who was acting
as his keeper, but could never in
duce him to swallow bread. He will
drink water, wine and brandy, and ap-
pears to be very fond of the latter.
He sleeps II hours a day, but always
In a seated posture, with his chin rest
ing on his knees. He smokes almost all
the time that he Is not asleep or
eating"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
RUGS USED IN ALL AGES
counts Of Various Remarkable
Products Of the Loom.

In all ages rugs have been used for
religious purposes. Up to the present
time each member of the Persian and
Mohammedan family carries a small
rug for prayer. The Mohammedap,
by means of a small compass, places
the rug where the niche points toward
Mecca, where the body of Mohammed
lies. He then strips himself Of all
his jewels, combs his beard carefully,
and then, with hands outstretched on
either side, he prostrates himself and,
with head on the earth, performs his
devotions.
In Egypt Cleopatra had looms set
up In her palaces for the weaving Of
beautifully designed tapestries. When
Cleopatra wished audience with Gaze
sar, she had bale of rugs shipped
via Mediterranean. When this was
opened before the Roman emperor,
most superb rug was unrolled, and to
the establishment of the court, the re-
nowned Egyptian queen rolled out
with II.
Virgil makes mention Of wonderful
rugs woven by women, rugs to be
spread under the thrones of kings and
under the knees of courtiers, and laid
upon the backs of horses and In the
chariots OF conquerors and generals.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
The Roman Sestertius.

Sestertius is the Latin name for
Roman coin meaning half of the third,
that is, two and half, from "semi"
meaning half and "tertius" meaning
third.
When silver coinage was introduced
in Rome in 26S B. c., with the copper
as a unit, the silver sestertius was
valued at "a asses. The standard as
retained only one-fourth of its original
weight. The sestertius was equiva-
lent to the original libral as; and, as
accounts had formerly been made in
terms of the libral as, they were now
made in terms of the sestertii. After
the first Punic war, which ended 241
b. O.. the sestertius ceased to be
coined. The weight of the as was many
times reduced. In PIT B. @. the de-
narius was made equal to 10 asses
and the sestertius to asses. With
the reorganization Of the coinage sys-
TEN under Augustus (63 B. O. to IA
A. d. a copper sestertius of asses
was coined under the control of the
senate. This was about 4 cents In
United States money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
On hand


port ndhg eembers md apprNed hsmef
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
A Rainy Day

A rainy day in Switzerland puts q
sudden stop to many diversions. The
coachman may drive to the tavern,
and then back to the stable; but no
farther. The sunburnt guide may sit
at the door, and welcome; and
the boatman whistle at his own
sweet will--but no foot stirs abroad
for all that; no traveller moves, IL he
has time to stay. The rainy day gives
him time for reflection. He has leis-
ure now to take cognizance of his i'm
pressions, and make up his account
with the mountains. He remembers,
too, that he has friends at home; and
writes up the journal, neglected for a
week or more, and letters neglected
longer; or finishes the rough pencil
sketch begun yesterday in the open
air. On the whole, he is not sorry
1t rains-though disappointed.-Henry
w. Longfellow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
VARYING Opinions.

Deacon Gildrow says that II man
loves woman well enough to cheerN
fully write check in payment for
her new suit, though he knows ii
means that he will have to make his
old overcoat do another winter. II
is safe to marry her.
And Mrs. Deacon Gildrow says that
II you love a man well enough to
think you would like to see the floor
of the closet Uttered up with his old
shoes 1t will be perfectly safe to
marry him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13

plications as provided by law, for the
designation OF Official Papers for the
year Of 1921, the Audubon Advocate
and the Audubon Republican. both
papers published atrAudubon, Iowa,
each having filed an application for
official recognition and there being
no other application filed; and now
it is therefore ordered that the said
Audubon Advocate and Audubon Re-
publican be and are hereby designat-
ed and selected as the official news
papers of A. iubon County for the
ensuing year, under Section AL of
the Supplemental Supplement Of the
Code of Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13

All Pictures are Good Pictures at
the Crescent Theatre.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
Two Ways To Get The Daily Register


publisher The delivered promptly and
our loca carr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13

On motion of the Board the fol-
lowing refund was ordered
Willis E. Young, Soldiers ex-
emption on Il " of SWA
of Sec. 30-79-34, and the
NEA Of the NWA of Sec.
31-79-34 $3.50. ...............-......$54.26
On motion of Madsen, seconded by
Maharg, Board adjourned to Janu-
airy 81, 1921, at eight O'Clock A. M.
Approved,
Soren Madsen,
Attest: Chairman.
VIM. J. Hamilton,
County Auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
TOWNSHIP CLERK

The township clerk of Leroy
township will receive sealed bids for
of roads in said
township for the year 1921 up to
Saturday noon, January Is, 1921.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
ID. w. Fullerton,
1-2 Township Clerk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
PROVING II.

"Smitk is live WIRE"
~ know II. He touched me this
morning for twenty dollars and
was shocked"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
BOARD PROCEEDINGS
CONTINUED from Page Three)

So and SO, Township IS NJ, Range
SO w. of the 5th p. M, and thence
in a northeastely direction termin-
ating at the NV corner OF the SWA
of the SWA Section 20, Township
rs NJ, Range 36, w. of the 9Th P. NJ.
On motion of Miller, seconded by
Maharg, the above resolution was
adopted.
In the matter of official papers for
County Printing for the year 1921:
1t being the time for filing of APP
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
NOTICE

Douglas township Board Of Trus-.
tees will meet on January IL, 1921,
at o'clock at p. S. Thygesen, first
house east OF Douglas Center, for
the purpose of hiring a road grader
and road drag superintendent.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Township Clerk until noon of said
day. The Board reserves the right
to accept or reject any or all bids.
NJ. ID. Graves,
1913 Twp. Clerk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
A. j. VAN SISE
Civil Engineer

Municipal Drainage Engineering.
Farm or City Surveys made promptly
Call Republican office, or
Atlantic. Red 422.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-12
Shall We Be Rabbit Hearted
or Lion Hearted?

The Unite'i States has onc-half
of the worlds coal era, and iron
ore and some other minerals ap-
parantly proportionatrly MS
great. 1t has nearly half of the
worlds railroad mileage. one.
half of the worlds coal and
iron and steel output, three.
fonrths or more of the worlds
sulphur production, two-thirds
of the worlds cotton. one-third
of the worlds stock of gold and
one.third OF thu worlds accu.
mulated wealth.
These are typical illustrations
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-12
DISCRIMINATION Of MAXIMUM Dem.na.


The maximum demand shall be deter.
mined As fixed percentage OF the nomllal
rates capacity of the motors as indicated
on the manufacturer name plate As l0.-
lows.
Where installations are under TO A.p
and only one motor is used 81 per ctn,
Where installations are under 10 b b
and more than one motor is used - get
cent
Where installations are from iOtois
h = both inclusive irrespective OF nalh.
Der OF motors 80 per cent,
Where installations are ~ Il p OF 0yri
irrespective of number of motors iapri
cent
The Company shall, however, have the
right at amy Time and from time to iiiae
To test the motor or motors CONNECTED,
and II II he found upon ANY such tcsi
that the actual maximum demand Of such
motor or motors, exceeds the maximum
estimated and fixed As above provided,
then such actual maximum deninnd shan
he deemed To be the maximum dtmlut
for the month in which such test is made
and for ccch subsequent month thereafter
until again changed by another test nnis'
tile provisions hereof
Discount of one cent lc) Ier XVIII
for payment ~. or before ten TO- days
after date of bill.
Monthly minimum charge Of fifty
Il 500 cents per Ii. p., or fraction thereof
OF total rnte,l capacity ul connected apla.
ratus; OF at the option of the colsnilef
annual minimum charge of 500 per hp
OF fraction thereof, OF total rated capacity
oi connected apparatus
Coal price clause and rules and reguIi-
tons same rs now in effect,
(c) Rates for Electric Heating and Cock
ing Service.
lOlc per XVII for the first 20 XVII
used per month
Sic per XVIII for all in excess Of 81
XVII used per month
Discount OF one half (.c) per per XVII
for payment Of bill Oh OF before ten ilO
days alter date thereof
Annual minimum charge of sdi 90 ioT
the first GG0O watts of the aggregate con-
uecicd load
For each additional 1000 watts, or iIac,
ton thereof, of the aggregate connected
load SO % per year
liules and regulations same as now ia
effect
ELECTRIC TRASsMisLloS CourANi
~ NiHGlSIA
liy l.. =. Harrington, President
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-12

Read The Sunday Washington
Tines. ihe National Newspaper OF
The C"piial C.ty. intensely local,
devoiing pages TO news and fea-
lures Of happenings in Maryland
and the Virginias; sold with The
Sunday New York American, the
World is greatest Sunday newspaper.
containing the american Weekly
Sla-i~s'ne End four-page comic sec.
d' . - @o!oso. Tor 10 CENTS.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-12

Women are quick to claim
ihcir newly made prerogatives
in all things except the pay
ment of the family bills.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-12

intermediate discounts viii be de,,:
mined hy interpolation
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-10-12
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
VlRGiNlA-ln the Clerks onice OF
the Circuit Court OF Wise County the Bird
day of October, 1921.
Nathan Preston, Plaintiff
VS..
Elizabeth Preston, Defendant
IN CHANCERY:

The object of this suit is to obtain di-
vorce, "a Vinculo Matrimonii' upon the
grounds of abandonment aud dcscrlion
Aud IL appears from affidavit ON Tile in
said office that the defendant, Elizabeth
Preston is not n resident OF the state of
Virginia it is ordered that She appear
here within ten days after due publication
of this order and do what is necessary to
protect her interest in this suit And il
is further ordered that II copy hereof be
published once week for four successive
weeks in the Big Stone Gap Post and
that copy be posted AT the front door OF
the Court House of this county, and that
copy be mailed 10 the defendant, Eliza
Oetl. Preston, at Johnson City, Tenn. ,
her last known postoilicc address
cOpy-reste
X X. ROBERTS, Clerk
Coleman X Carter, p. q. oetia-il III