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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16
HOOvER'S SAFE OPTIMISM.

Herbert Hoover says prosperity will
continue in the United States. His
opinion is not only encouraging, but
valuable, because he never speaks ex-
cept from knowledge of his subject
and hence is regarded as trustworthy
and an authority upon business ques-
lions. AS usual, he gives sound rea-
sons for his views. The demand for
goods is much greater than before
the war and will continue to be, be-
cause both consuming and producing
power have increased more than popu-
lation. Production is not outrunning
consumption, but the demand is great
er than the supply in some lines, par
ticularly building. Buying is not in
excess of legitimate consumptive de-
mand of the near future. Prices have
risen, though slowly, in the past year
for goods, the supply of which has not
caught up with the demand. There is
nothing in this situation but legiti-
mate exchange of merchandise on a
large scale for use and no reason APP
pears why it should not continue.
Mr.. Hoover gives key to the solu-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16
THE BEST HIRED MAN.

IN an obituary of working man who died
some time ago, Gunnar B. Bjornson, editor Of
the Minnesota Mascot and the brainiest edi-
torial writer in the entire state of Minnesota,
made the following statement:
'He had the reputation of being the best
hired man in the country"
If he had written column of eloquent eulogy
as only Gunnar can write-he could not nave
said more than he stated in those two lines.
The man had been working for some one all
his life You may ask why didn't he work Tor
himself? Why was he content to work Tor some
one else all his life? Did he lack ampltion
Not necessarily. Perhaps he felt that ne was
better qualified as hired man than as poss'
All men are not equally endowed and 1t is wise
man who knows his own limitations. NO.
man can not be blamed for his own llmtations'
The noint is lust this: He made good IN tie
;oh 1T hand He did the best he knew now
Al+bouph he did not sit at some mahogany ue'A
ord direct Tor some times misdlrect) the oes-
+n;os of million men, he really succeeoeo ioi
.he was the best hired man in the country
wv, hvo . false idea of success in this country.
W. soou RI feel that person doesn't count uh-
lass be &c featured every day on the front page
:, orr newspapers or fits on the silver screeil'
r. seams that everybody wants wnlte conan
oh and the common everyday jobs IN lie are
ha;rc deserted Nobody cares to learn trau'
.nv more We feel that man is not SUCCESS
,rIess he has million or two, nan oole''
automobiles and can take vacation any .iii'e
b wants TO- No one wants to quarfei Will :"
man who has made his money honestly. ne mas
had 70 nav the price and make sacrlnces. ns
hasn't made the money himself the chances are
that he won't be able to save 1t, 1or IL - q
biocer lob TO hang on to thousand or mlliioh
dollars than to earn 1T.
Happv is the man who has found ms worf'
for if he doesn't get any happiness OUT Vi Mo
work the chances are that he won't get any
bappiness anywhere The biggest JOY that comes
to person is the joy of achievement, and II ne
can't achieve in the job he is In he had better
change his job
One cold wintry night in England an old
evangelist was holding meeting and only one
bow turned out to hear him. He had gone through
a series of dsappointments and he died that
night feeling that his life had been failure.
The little boy who sat through the services
that night turned out to be Toplady, who wrote
that wonderful piece, "The Rock of Ages" which
has perhaps influenced and converted more people
than any other song in history.
The man who does the very best he can does
enough. He is success regardless of whether
a bullying bank account proclams it daily
headline in the newspapers advertises the fact.
What would be finer epitaph to place a
mans grave than one which said he did the best
he knew how with the abilities God gave
him and that he stood first in his line of work.
For when the one great scorer
Comes to write against your name,
He writes not what you won or lost
But how you played the game.
-WaSeca Journal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16
SHORT TAKES.

fBy Carl Eastwood of the LIE Sueur Herald)
Chicago automobiles killed % persons IN
eight days. And they try to make US beiieve
there's trouble in the Balkans.
University students including co-eds, had hne
treat down at Columbia Mo. They witnessed
the lynching of Negro. There were 2,OOO people
at the entertainment and they enjoyed it much.
pleasant time was had by all-except the
Ethiopian.
Hudson, S. D., woman tried to suicide by
jumping out of a window. The sash fell, caught
her dress skirt and saved her. If she had on
!. modern dress. that sash must have been q
quick mover.
Eight thousand American tourists started for
Europe in one day last week, but lO9,992,ooo
staid right here in America. We are with the
majority. ;,
"H" is in bad company. Hell" "Herrin .
"u;oo;nbotham" and "Heroin,, all commence
with it.
"Amer;canism" has no better phase than that
which has come to it across the ocean In the
last century.
French see trick in German offer to pay
THEY'RE afraid Germany will really pay and
they'll have to get out and not seize the country
/ A Russian ammunition factory back-fred and
killed hundred of themselves instead.
One bootlegger made 100000 at the business
in a wear. He ought to be given 9O-day SEN
tence and then paroled on account OF some phychle
complex like having had grandfather with the
heaves.
| Henrv's Lizzies have made him worth $780,
oOO 10000 Now he ought to give them irrevers-
ible steering gear.
Canada is going to bar the Chinese but we have
no bar in America.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16
YSHEETROCK
The FIREPROQF WALLBoARD
Call and let us shO,0 you the actual sheets
of Sheet,ock and explain its advantages
BOtSfOrd Lumber
Company

ton at all times of the question
whittier business activity is healthy or
over expanded and dangerous. When
demand is in excess of supply prices
inevitably rise. After production,
thus stimulated, has caught up with
demand, prices ought 10 become
steady, but will continue TO rise, il
many persons make the mistake Of
thinking the normal demand is still
unsatisfed. Such persons buy, for
distribution, more then they after
wards are able to sell. By using too
much, they force prices upward un-
duly. With the market overloaded,
the unwise spectators and others
lose by the inevitable fall Of prices
that follows:
The banks perform a saving public
service by keeping closely in touch
with conditions and refusing credit
when necessary TO check unwise
speculation. They receive much abuse
for this exercise of discretion, but
have to bear it.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16
WHAT WE MISSED.

a few issues ago the Gazette, in commenting
n on press item to the effect that "fads in
\ the public school must 60" made the state
ment in these columns that much as we dislike
paying taxes we are glad to think that the young
sters of our town are getting some OF the sew
eral things we miss nightly from our own
education"
The Sherburn Advance Standard, not agree
ing with our little comment starts the editorial
disagreement with this statement "We'd just
like to ask Bess Wilson what she missed when
she went to school that the youngsters of today
are getting" We are perfectly willing to tell
him some of the few things we know missed
by being born so many years too early!
In the first place had the high schools in our
day have had home economics departments we
would have had some little knowledge of the
science of food preparation and of food values;
we would have learned something about budget
ing the family income to make it do the
greatest service for its size; we would have
learned at least the rudiments of common sewing
as it should be done instead of doing it by hap
hazard methods; we would have learned how to
Judge materials so as to protect ourselves from
fraud, and dozen other things which we have
had to learn more less from the hard lessons of
experience and never have learned them as they
really should be known.
If the high school of the past had had com.
,mercial department like the high school of the
writer correctly instead of the slap and dash
process which developed when we were forcee
to learn it all in hurry-a process which makes
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

With the approach of hot weather COM
fort in the home should be taken into con-
sideration and every effort made to make
work easy as possible. Electric flatirons
take away the discomforts of hot fire and
make ironing day pleasure instead of
torture. Irons take very little current to
operate Every housewife within reach of
electric service should have of these
household blessngs.-Hokah Chief.
By all means get Ma and the girls an electric
iron--get em vacuum cleaner too and washer
and anything else electrical that will make
housekeeping and home-makng work of pleas
ure instead of back-breakng drudgery. Electric
appliances cost something to start with, of course
but they pay for themselves and the current
many times over in perfection of work and saw
ing of energy. God cared enough about women
folks to give enough electricity for their private
use as well as for many business enterprises
we hope each check-wrter cares enough about
the women of his own particular household to
see that they have available conveniences. When
times get bit better may see every farm
house in Redwood electrified. Wouldn't that just
add twenty-five years to every farm mothers life
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

The individual who can get out in the
garden in this wonderful Minnesota weather,
with the vision of fresh vegetables luscious
corn-on-t he-cob, strawberries and cream,
should worry about who is to be the new
senator from Minnesota, or what is the
fate of the Volstead law. The beauty of
the blooming tulips and the songs of nest
building birds should bring sweet content
ment with this good old world.-St Cloud
journal Press.
Yeah! But what if you only had one tuli
bloom in the whole big bed, and what if a ca
got the only robin that had nestled in your appl
tree-what about this vision" business an,
sweet contentment" then?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

The other day there fell into the editors hands
a letterhead of Beaver Greek Farm Donald
McGvray, propr., Leroy, MIMI and on this
letter head neatly printed the following bit
of verse from the pen of Joaquin Miller. 1t con-
stitutes mighty good farmers creed-a mighty
good creed for anyone in fact who has the ability
to adapt it to his own purposes.
"And l have said, and / say it ever,
AS the years go on and the world goes over,
Twere better to be content and clever
In the tending of cattle and tossing of
clover,
In the grazing of cattle and growing of grain,
Than a strong man striving for fame or
gain"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

The dance law which goes into effect the first
of June, certainly got by the dentists without
losing any teeth, remarks the Window Reporter.
No public dance without permit and an officer
in charge; no person under 16 allowed on the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

The fools are not all dead yet by any means.
Five Frenchmen are trying to fly around the
world. An American expects to cross the Pacific
in a thirty foot boat. Another Engishman is
going to try to swim the English channel and
the farmers are investing cash in new Townley
foolishness.-Anoka Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16
SMALL TOWN TALK

Death by whipping in the southern convict
camps; possible death by hazing in northern coll
leges! young man is hard put to it these
days to pick a career which will at least leave
him his life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

have loved the feel Of the grass under my feet
and the sound of running streams by my side.
The hum of the wind in the tree tops has al
ways been good music to me, and the face OF
the fields has often comforted me more than the
faces of men-John Burroughs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

An exchange suggests that the Federal govern
ment place bounty on moonshiners. Now why
isn't that pretty good idea? The moon"
maker and bootlegger do more damage than
wolves and the state keeps them down by giving
nice bounty for bringing them in.-Windom
Reporter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

They wore red carnations in their buttonholes
at the meeting of radicals to hear Eugene "
Debs in Minneapolis a week ago Sunday. And
Senator Shipstead was there with his little red
carnation and all it signifed at this meeting.
Debs told him that he "was among friends" and
Henrik knew it.-Dassel Dispatch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

floor and none under 10 without the written con-
sent of parent; Sunday dances; no moon
shine. And the law places the responsibility
for the enforcement and provides penalty
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

Kalamazoo Gazette: If women had
better taste there would be more
bachelors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-16

CHEETROCK, the fireproof wallboard,
~ speeds up Winter building. Just nail the
broad, ceiing-high sections of Sheetrock to
the joists or studding, and you have perma-
nent, fireproof, standard walls and ceilings,
Immediately ready for trim and decoration, no
danger of freezing, no waiting for walls to dry.
Sheetrock is genuine gypsum wall plaster
encased in a protective covering. The pat
ented joining edge and Sheetrock Finisher
insure fiat, tightjointed and smooth surfaces
which take wall paper, paint or calcimine,
with or without panels.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
MERCHANT GIVES
MORE EVIDENCE

W. f. Penny, prominent merchant Of
Hendersonville, N. O., and leader In
the civic and business affairs Of his
section, gives unstinted praise to Tan
lac, which, he states, has restored his
health and overcome troubles that had
defed treatment for years:
For many years." stated Mr.. PEN
ny, Il was great sufferer from indi-
gestion and stomach trouble. Ulcera-
ton set in and necessitated an opera
ton. Utter lack Of digestive power
over a long period SO weakened me
that I was hardly able to attend to my
business.
'Tanlac seemed to reach the seat of
my troubles at once and now have
normal strength and activity in every
way. Tanlac is undoubtedly the best
stomach medicine to be had"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Take no substitute. Over 40
million bottles old-Advertisement.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
SHORT CIRCUITS

Ordinary galvanized wire will do for
a receiving aerial If nothing else Is
available.
Never hand galena or other min
erals used in crystal detectors with
the bare fingers. Use a pair of
tweezers.
II the aerial is erected in the prox-
unity of trees, be sure that all the
branches are kept clear of the leaves.
The length of the wire between
loud speaker and the receiving set Is
not important Run the line as long
as necessary. The volume will not be
diminished.
Composition tubing is expensive, and
for radio use cardboard will do as well
If first treated with hot paraffin. Soak
the coil in the molten paratfin until
the entire coil is thoroughly impreg'
mated. When dry, the tube will stand
any amount of moisture and will not
shrink.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
Pamphlet Tells How
Messages Are Carried

A pamphlet giving an introduction
to the subject of line radio communica-
ton has just been prepared under the
direction of the chief signal officer Of
the army in cooperation with the bu-
reau of standards. explaining how
messages are carried to distant points
by radio frequency currents, directed
over ordinary telephone lines or power
wires. The fundamental principles of
radio and its relation to line radio
telephony are discussed.
Signal Corps Radio Communication
Pamphlet No. Al, entitled "Introdue-
ton to Line Radio Communication"
can be obtained from the superintend-
ent of documents. government print
ing office, Washington, D. @.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
When Is a Bad Highway
a Good One Is Question

When is a bad road good road?
And when is a good road bad road?
Questions seemingly foolish. that are
asked by Fl. r. Leonard, an authority
on automobiles, in all seriousness, and
then answered by him with consider
able logic.
MANY motorists" he says, think of
a road with a macadam, concrete or
asphalt surface as good. without con-
sidering any other feature of travel
over it. A road should not be judged
by its surface alone, however. Some
of the so-called bad roads with their
cleaner air and picturesque scenery
loom up as vastly more. desirable for
enjoyable motoring than the over-trav-
eled highways that parallel them. In
these modern times when the motorist
rides on long flexible springs and his
car is equipped with efficient devices
for checking spring recoil, he can es-
say gypsy trails and country turnpikes
with complete confidence. If his au-
tomobile is properly equipped he will
ride in comfort at most any pace he
chooses"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
oHIo's SANDSTONE QUARRIES
Vast Quantities Of Whetstones and
.Grindstones Taken From Pit
South of Lake Erie

The worlds largest sandstone quar-
ries are located in Ohio. few miles
to the south IF Lake Erie, in the vicin-
ity of this towns of North Amherst
and Berea. From these quarries come
also vast quantities Of our whetstones
and grindstones, and there is very
much that is of interest with respect
to the industry.
One of the quarries has been mined
to lepth of 165 feet in places and the
distance around it is a mile and a
half. Looking into this pit from one
edge, one is reminded of the ruins Of
the Colosseum, for the walls are cut
in shallow terraces, which are not m
like the seats of the open-air theater
of the ancients.
II cutting a block of sandstone
wedges are 1riveD in sidewise at the
base of the block, while steam drills
bore holes from the top to meet the
openings made by the wedges. A ma
chine called a channeler then cuts the
block away.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
Have You Got A Corn?
Then Try To Win Our
SIS Reward

Go to your druggist and get . So cent
package of Great Christopher Positive Corn
Cure. You can't lose. We guarantee that
X will remove your corn OF we will pay
Jon. as q reward, S25.
How can we make such an offer No one
else can afford to do it. But we can be-
cause in over 100000 cases we have never
been called uron to pay the reward by
failure of Great Christopher to remove the
corn.
Mr.. Geo. Moss. q Flushing Ave. Astoria.
l.. l., writes, MY mother-in-law has had
most stubborn corn for years, which treat
ments of quite number of so-calied corn
cures failed to remove.
s'For only five nights she applied your
Great Christopher Positive Corn Cure and
now / am pleased to inform you that the
corn has been completely removed. / could
forward same to you for proof, but will
keep it to show my customers. ~
my mother-in-law had hardly been able
TO walk before using Great Christopher
Positive Corn Cure, and today she feels like
catering some ladies race
Not only is this wonderful preparation
able to remove corns like magic, but it is
also remarkable for warts, bunions, moles
and callouses.
Why go on treading in the footsteps of
misery when positive relief can be had for
the small sum of 35 cents at the drug
store?
1t Never Fails
Unlike others, no soaking the feet, cut
ting, picking or pulling is required. Just
apply it to the corn and in few days the
painful corn will come off in your hand.
II your druggist don't carry it he will get
y for you. or you can write to US. But
aOn't suffer longer.
RELIABLE SPECIALITY CORP,
Buffalo. New York
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
plaaue oeadIy n Jazz.

In Java, which has a population a
third as big as ours bubonic alag le
is so common that it kills half Of the
children before they are i've years old.
The Javanese take this as a matter If
course, reports William Ferguson,
globe trotter. 6e found the people OF
Java with the viewpoint that it the
plague didn't kin half of the ehilorea
the island shortly would he unable 10
sustain the inhabitants despite its FER
til1ty.
Nature is cynical in its harshness.
She deals only in cause and effect, ae-
ton ard reaction, and the thing We
call emotion is alien 20 her Dlaas.
Civilization is merely 2 banding t.
gether for mutual protection against
harsh nature. Nos Of us have lost
sight Of this original purpose.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
To Have Holeless
Window Lead-In
Metal Plates Are Used for
Outside and Inside Wire
Connections.

One Of the most important yet most
frequently neglected parts of a radio
receiving set, installed in the home, is
the proper insulation of the antenna
and lead-in wire, says F. e. BeidIer in
the New York Evening World.
In many cases the owner of a set is
satisfied with using a piece of insulat-
ed wire for his lead-in, and because Of
the fact that the wire has insulation
on 1t he brings it into the building at
any opening he can find, or make,
through window. This method not
only decreases the efficiency of the set,
but also does not comply with the
regulations by the board of fire under
writer's.
Signal strength and receiving range
depend upon the amount of resistance
In the antenna to q great extent, and
1t Is often possible to improve ones
set 200 to 300 per cent by increasing
by several feet the distance between
the lead-in wire and the building.
A method which can be depended
upon to give satisfactory results and
at the same time eliminate the trouble
of drilling holes, which the owner of a
building cannot be expected to sane
ton, even though he may be fan him
self, is shown in the accompanying dia-
gram.
a metal plate six inches in diameter,
with screw soldered to the center Tor
large size binding post may serve the
purpose just as weII) is shellacked to
the outside of the window and another
of the same size is fastened on the in
side exactly opposite. The lead-in
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-10-25
The Test Of True I've.

A bride who had bobbed her hair
read a fashion item which thoroughly
frightened Eer. Her husband was
reading in the library and when she
managed to reach him she was shak-
ing visibIy.
''Why, my dear" he asked, what is
the matter?'
Freddie. do you love me since 1
bobbed my hair?"
"Of course"
But this magazine" whimperec the
bride, says that hobbed hair Is rapid
" going out of fashion.
at may not know. But what If it ?"
Freddie, win 70 Move me if / go
out Of style?"