Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-03-04

A few people are always home town
boosters. They accomplish much in the
way of community betterment, ana TINS
improves his condition of not only
themselves, but of those who do no
boosting at all.
If every citizen would constitute him
self a home town booster the result col
lcctively would be many times as great,
and opportunities for self Improvement
would be more numerous.
Think it over in your odd moments.
Then get into the boost wagon ana
hit the pace.
Introducing Mr.. Tobin
Edward J. Tobin, superintendent OF
the public schools of Cook county, iii"
isois, apparently thinks more of COM
mon sense than he does of the criti-
cisrns Of his brother and sister educa-
tors.
Mr.. Tobin, man of courage in a hide
houDd environment, has authorized has
tcaehers to make use of the expressions,
"He Don't and ats me" Ninety
per cent of al! educated people, nc
claims. use these same '"ungrammati-
cal" expressions in every day life.
"What good does it do to teach
school children form of expression
that is outlawed by common usage and
by a sense Of good form9' he asks. re-
ferriag to cit is /. ,
What good, indeed!
Tehin should be in the newspaper
game where editors kick Anticipated
gm1amars into the discard and adopt
their own forms of speech, keeping both
feet on the ground and the editorial
eye On the pulse of the people.
A New Zealand authority asserts
that Japan is planning to take Austria
liza and then step over and annex the
United States. But don't let it dis
tnrb your peace of mind. Wen have
plenty of time to down a few more
chicken dinners before we have to kow-
tow to the little brown mikado.
We are beginning to wonder if our
friend, the congressman, il going to
run for reelection. The customary pack
age Of garden seeds has not shown up.
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A really great man can go into 4
store, purchase his groceries, and depart
just like an ordinary being. 1t is the
imitator who makes big noise.
The lecture platform is due for anoth-
er heavy strain upon it's timbers after
March 4. The customary number of
senators and congressman will be open
for enticing propositions.
IT is said to be Henry Ford's ambi-
ton to furnish every family in the
United States with an automobile.
Good! We're in receptive mood, Hen
~. Send US Packard.
Chicago lays claims to being the
meat center of the universe and it,
probably true. They do say that people
are really getting fat in that old burg.
The country is said to be UNDERGOING
= period Of REIMBURSEMENT. We have
progressed as far as the first syllable.
They say that T rolling stones gather
no moss. but when in the political arena
they bring up lot of mud.
When fellow gets rich quickly, he
generally tries to forget his old time
Trends just as suddenly. But it ism Il
their loss.
All men at heart are much the same,
But: fortunately: the heart is a mighty
small portion of the human anatomy.
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are you consumed with q desire to
travel, young mani Then start RIGHT
ny systematically beating a path from
your home to your place of business.
The rest will come easy.
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when the Lord created the earth bc
gave to man the means of protecting
himself against all of the things that
walk or crawl thereon-except the nro-
hteer. He slipped cog there.
we wish Mr.. Hughes joy in his new
Office of secretary Of state. We didn 4
wan the old job, anyway.
Our local oracle AYERS that for every
ten wise men that are born. there is one
1901. That makes it an even break. =,
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once upon time a hardened old
skinfilnt got religion and broke all nre-
eedents BY commenting favorably upon
him. o'
. "There is subtle force 1nrk;no :,
every smile,' says noted writer. We
know it. We're married. and Il nr;es
our pocketbook open every time.
The proverb tells US that to every
cloud, there is silver lining, but It
doesn t tell us how to find it.
At largely attended mass :. meetinp
neld in st. Cloud Saturday, the citizens
OF that city declared strongly for leeis-
I"tlon which would enable them to vote
on the matter of issuing bonds for the
erection Of a municipal power r)ant
Inc 9. meeting was called at the request
OF Senator Sullivan, who had been ask
ed BY petition to favor an enabl;no act
IN the legislature, and after the meet;no
stated that he would favor tho hin nro.
posed, or one similar. The mnnicina1
plant idea is result Of the raise 8
power rates to the granite industry of
st. Cloud, which the granite men claim
would make competition with granite
men in other places out OF the question.
On notice Of the raise, the granite men
shut down their plants, but through. q
temporary arrangement with the power over
scmnany have again started up their;
yphnts.