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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

Three-quarters of century ago Daniel Web
ster said in speech in New York:
1t is true, think, in the general adj
vancement of human intelligence, that
we find that greater liberation of reli-
gious opinion, more friendly feeling
toward all who profess reverence for God
and obedience to His commands is not in
consistent with the great and fundament-
al principles Of religion. might rather
say it is, itself, one of those principles.
This speech of Webster, who knew what he
was talking about is recommended to Funda-
mentalists and Modernists alike. 1t is also re-
commended to all Protestants, all Catholics and
all Jews.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

reconciables who want their faces saved wheh
they ought to have their panties busted.
The writer of these lines has never allowed
political ambition to nestle in his heart. But
there are itchy times when he would like to be
president of the United States just long enough
to give that little bunch of pests one large red
public spanking and then sit them down hard on
top of it. After which he would resign with a
serene sense of having performed the full duty
of man-William Allen White.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05
Atty. Frank Hopkins of Fairfax may be A

Atty. Frank Hopkins of Fairfax may be A
No. l at convicting criminals but as custodian
of the erring he is not success. Left alone in
his office with a law breaker by Marshall Lyon
he next seen shouting for help from his up
per windows, the clever crook having departed
with his keys and vanished on FLYERS wheels into
the great unknown, leaving Hopkins locked up.
Fairfax says sit is to laugh.'-Le Sueur Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

Bob Forest, the editor of the Lake Wilsc
Pilot is canny Scotchman-about as Scotch an
about as canny as one would meet in a da,
journey. This little statement of Bob's peculiar
ties doesn't at all detract from the common sens
bleness of this paragraph from his paper.
How would you like to live in town
without single store? How long would
you live in such town? And yet if
every sent their money away for
goods, as some do, there would not be a
store left in Lake Wilson in sixty DAYS
Loyalty is God-given trait, and should
be freely given to the community that
gives you shelter and sustenarce
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05
"Land Will Come Back, is line we are read

Land Will Come Back is line we are read
ing constantly in all optimistic publications and
hearing the streets. Land has never gone
away. The only thing that has gone away out
of reach is mans estimate Of what he wanted for
the land. "Good brown soil" has always been
honest, dealing with others as it was dealt by,
and willing to serve But when man want
ed it to Mammon-then things began to
happen. But why blame it onto the land.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

The truth is, there is need for men and wo-
men to bring their morality up to date. Every
body knows that it is wrong to cheat; yet il
practice few people stop to think that it is wrong
to cheat their own country. They will stand W
for their country, they will fight for it, and, ii
necessary, die for it; but they will rob it, if they
get chance, and do it with clear conscience
People have acquired a knowledge of some of the
duties of patriotism, they forget some of the
elemental principles of morality. Window Citi-
zen,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

If the Republicans of Minnesota don't send
A. O. Moreaux of Luverne to the National Con-
venton at Cleveland shall certainly lose all
faith&in human nature, and particularly in the
Republican branch of it. Mr. Moreaux has done
more than any other country editor in Minnesota
to keep the G. O. P. going in the straight and
narrow way and the fact that it hasn't always
gone that way has been in spite of his efforts and
not because of them. The party him much
and little recognition of this debt publicly will
not only please the recipient but will prove TO
his hundreds of friends the state that there
really does exist such thing as political justice.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

Personally we'd just about as soon have :
good healthy family skeleton in the closet as &
lot of cussed little moths! It's harmlesser
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

A delegation of booze boosters called on Pres
ident Coolidge the other day with the intention
of presenting facts and figures to show that it
is necessary to reconstruct the prohibition laws,
but they didn't get far enough to state their
grievance. The president headed them off with
the statement: 81 stand for law enforcement"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

Saint Paul needs Mayor Arthur Nelson TO-.
the next two years evidently but then the Capitol
City should unselfshly bestow him upon the state.
We never gamble political future but we feel
that it is no gamble to predict that Mayor Nelson
is Conner in Minnesota craftsmanship.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

Snow is the time to plan for next summers
garden A garden we'll cared for means half
your living next summer and plenty over for next
wnter."-Exchange.
Sounds heap sight easier March first than
it will May first.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

The Gazette editor has a great fondness fol
dogs--we love em all, more or less, from the low
Hest mongrel to the stately and pedigreed Air
dale. But we have become firmly convinced that
no dog should be allowed on the main streets OF
Redwood Falls of any other town unless he is
the close companion of his master. Certainly nc
unattached ''f1oater" should be allowed to rur
about as he pleases. If there is anything in the
world that makes town look "backwoodsy" its
forty 1even dogs of all description running as
they choose. For that and many other reasons
Redwood Falls should suppress some of her cant
nes-or at least keep them in the back yards
where they belong.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1924.
GRANDPAP ON MODERN METHODS.

BY some durn fool scheme of tilin'
John has dreamed the pesky slough
In the medder Now he's spiln'
Fer some other trick tn do.
Drat his picter! Hmm Lizzie
Arays has their elbows bent.
All last winter John was busy
Maxim fence posts of se-ment.
Slack times, Lizzie she's a-helpin'
John a. right smart now and then,
SPECIFY if the kids amt yelpin',
But when they need tendin', then
Johns gas en-jine does the washin'
And dinged if the thing don't churn.
Way John farms is sure caution;
Wy, them folks has gas tn burn!
John has got patent dingus
Tu divide the milk and cream,
And he's built konkreet thingus
Filled with some durn fodder scheme
Fer tn feed the drafted cattle,
Tu increase their milk supply.
He says half the farmin' battle
Is the what, the when and why.
Has rig for strainin' honey;
Railroad en-jines hitched tn plows;
Just got through a-spendin money
For machines tn suck the cows.
Bought an auto Liz is steerin-
Spect she'll run it in the ditch,
But they're both farm engineerin',
And I guess they're gettin' rich!
Howard C. Kegley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

We wonder why the Indianapolis News writ
er whom we are quoting this page didn't in
clude background" and "vision" in his list of
Hard Worked Words. They are about the most
featured" of any words with which have
come in contact
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05
SMALL TOWN TALK

AS the automobile starts to begin to
open it is well to remember that jay-walking is
a short cut-to the hospital.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA

Did you every stop to think what little diff
ference there is in the words Thrift and Drift
and yet what million miles they are apart
in the growth of your savings account?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

There can be no Doubt that Coolidge is
walking in Harding's footsteps. America is head
ed toward the League of Natiops-but it is back
ing into it, in smiling protest that it is doing no
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

The Minneapolis Star has gone into the hands
Of receiver. All of which proves that while
some people may find it pleasurable to print a
gospel of discomfort, it is seldom profitable.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

That man Vanderlip proves to be
Slanderlip. "-Springfeld Advance.
AS rule we hate puns but the above is so
apt we enjoy quoting it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-03-05

1t is too early for the ordinary housekeeper
to do her spring cleaning. However President
Coolidge seems to be getting away with his nice
ly.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
TRIPLE TRAGEDY WAS
 DUE TO JEALOUSY

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 8.-John George, twenty-six, insurance agent, shot and probably mortally wounded his wife, fatally wounded Eugene Coats, seventeen, her partner, and then killed himself at dance in the home of his mother-in-law here George was crazed with jealousy be- cause his wife had refused dance with him to dance with Coats inves- tigators believe.
 I had been expecting this. He had threatened it before," Mrs George was quoted after she had been taken to a hospital. Coats died in the hos pital.
 Mrs. Georges mother said George was in a happy mood before he be- came angered. He went out and a short time later called his wife into the front yard and shot her, follow ing brief exchange of words.
 George then entered the house, shot Coats, fired twice at other dancers and then killed himself instantly.
 MT. and Mrs. George, married five years, had two-year-old daughter.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
\. W. s7ERL|NG REPORTS
 SHELTER CABIN ROBBED

Hawley w. Sterling, superintendent of the Alaska Road Commission, who returned to Anchorage recently from Kenai, where he has been conducting shelter cabins and a winter trail from Cook Inlet to Kenai Lake reports that his party left one of the shelter cabins one morning for the days work, leaving their outfit in the build- ing. On their return they were con- siderably peeved to find that some traveller had rifled the place of every thing valuable, carrying off large stock of food and dry kindling. Five natives passed on the trail that day and it is believed they were the cul- prits. The tired and hungry crew were forced to mush to another cabin several miles away to spend the night This is one of the first cases known in recent years where shelter ca bin has been robbed, an offense more serious than shooting a man down ln cold blood
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
CRAZY SAILOR MURDERS
 TWO ABOARD SHIP

VANCOUVER, B. c. Jan. 2S.-Jim- an Baba, sailor aboard the Spanish steamer Pillar Delarrianga, became vii olently crazy after the ship had pulled into the local harbor yesterday and before his condition had become gen. erally known among the other mem bers of the crew he had killed the chief officer Alexander James ,and one of the sailors, Flores Andra and wounded four others. He dashed mad ly up and down the deck, slashing right and left with long knife, rav- ing and screaming like a wildman.
 A riot call was turned in to the po- lice station and a dozen policemen re- sponded but they were unable to take the madmen into custody. It was found necessary, finally to shoot the man and he died shortly after being removed to hospital.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
SENATOR I. REED
 VERBALLY FLOGS
 RECREANT OPTICAL

WASHINGTON Feb. S.-Senator Thomas Reed, democrat of Missouri, in Senate speech late this afternoon declared that Albert B. Fall had en- tered the Harding cabinet for the pur- pose of putting over' the Teapot Dome deal, which he charged was the most gigantic swindle in history. He demanded criminal prosecution of Sinclair and Doheny, whom he brand ed as the major burglars of the asso- ciation
 Senator Reed declared Secretary Denby's continuation in office as dan gerous to the country and to the Ma wy, and said that Denby and Fall are the Siamese twins in this fraud
 The Senate passed a resolution au- thorizing the Public Lands committee to investigate the Naval leases.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
DOWNFALL OF CHINA
 LAID TO NAH JONGG

CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-Mah Jongg ls responsible for the present corrup- tion in China, the Rev. George Stems, a missionary in China for 30 years declared yesterday at St. Mary's mis- sion house at Techny. H., where he IS studying Americas educational meth ods.
 The bandits who rob at night in China gamble at nah jongg by day, he said. "Government officials sit through the night playing with off, cers, employees and underlings in of flee. They lose in the end. Their regular duties are neglected, and when it comes to paying their losses they resort to all kinds of rascality
 "In China there is saying that the victim of the habit can no longer be trusted. I know men and women in China who have lost their entire pos. sessions playing this game. There are few games so contagious, and am sorry to see 1t getting such a hold in America"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
FORMER UNDER SHERIFF
 KLAMATH FALLS IS DEAD

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Feb. S.
 The staying of J. E. Bratton, form CT under sheriff, in his home early on Saturday morning remained myste- ry today, and officers were silent con- corning possible clues and any theor- ies they may hold.
 The coroner's jury late Saturday night returned a verdict of death at the hands of unknown person or per- sons
 A dramatic scene at the inquest was the re-enactment of the death scene the jury and witnesses adjourning to the Bratton home for that purpose. Mrs Bratton took tn eleading role, with policeman acting the part of the masked intruder who, she said, fired the fatal shot.
 Beyond convincing the jury that Bratton did not kill himself, the scene threw little light on the tragedy. Mrs. Bratton stuck to the story that she was reused by a shot and came from her adjoining room into the room where her husband slept. She saw a tall man in dark suit, who fired at her and fled, she said.
 Bratton's body will be shipped to- morrow to his former home at Linn ton, Ind, for burial. Bratton was a thirty-second degree Mason and also a Shriner He had lived here seven years, coming from Pomona, Cal.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
ALASKAN TRADE SHOWS
 GROWTH IN PAST YEAR

Alaskan trade during the calendar year Of 1923 amounted in round fig ures to s95 100000, according to pre- lminary estimates of J. c. Mcbride, collector of customs for the territory Mir. Mcbride is now engaged in pre- paration of his annual report for last wear and final and complete figures will not be available until early next month.
 The estimated total exceeds the ter, ritorys 1922 trade by between $9,- 900 900 and s10,000,000, indicating a growth in business of approximately II per cent Increases in both exports and imports are estimated.
 Alaskan products exported last wear are estimated to have a valua- ton of approximately s10,0OO,OOO. Fig ures for the first ten months oi the year show virtually $29,000 900 in eX- norts. It is estimated that the total exports for the year will be around $35,000,0OO.
 These figures indicate that the busl ness of the territory last year was larger than in any calendar year since 1920. and was but some s13,0OO,OOO or s14.OOO,0OO less than for that year and 1919. It is believed to have ex- ceeded the total trade of 1921 by al most s35.OO0,OOO, an evidence, said Collector Mcbride of the progress that Alaskan industries have made in recovering from pre-war conditions.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
DAKOTA WELCOMES COMING
 OF WAR FINANCE AGENCY

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Feb. 8.-Buoy ed by the announcement that the war Finance corporation would establish an agency here, South Dakota bank CTS and state officials today viewed with increased optimism the situation growing out of the recent closing of several banks.
 Eugene Meyer, jr., managing di- rector of the finance corporation, be- fore leaving for Minneapolis last night, said an agency would be in operation here within a few days, in charge of a committee of local bankers and businessmen.
 Plans went forward today under the guidance of John Hirning state superintendent of banks, to bring about reorganization of the Sioux Falls Trust & Savings bank, whose affairs were taken over last week by the state bank guaranty commits sion. It has the largest deposits of any bank in the state.
 Bank examiners are continuing their investigation of the Interna- tional State bank and the Sioux Falls National bank, the other two local banks recently closed ,and di rectors of the two institutions de clared they were working on gen eral plans of reorganization.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
PER CAPITA OF TAXES
 IN U. s. $se37 IN 1922

WASHINGTON, Feb S.-An aver age of $6S37 for every man, woman and child in the United States was col lected in taxes in 1922 by the nation al, state, county and city govern ments and all other civil divisions having power to levy and collect tax es. Taxes collected in that year a. mounted to $7 433,oS1, 900, the census bureau announced today.
 Taxes collected by other than the government in the fiscal year begin ming July 1, 1922 amounted to sS'- 2O4.133,OOO, which was almost hve times the amount collected in l9lZ' The per capita collected of the gov ernment's taxes was $29.47.
 Taxes collected by other than the federal government totaled $4,228'- 94S,00O, or an average of $3S for each person.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
"sPlRiTs PROMPT MOTHER
 TO PUT CHILD ON GOALS

SOUTH PORTLAND, Me, Feb. s. Mrs. Ethel c. Giliksen placed her two month-old daughter on the red hot coals in her kitchen stove, the police said because she believed that 'spir-- it's from God had called for the sac rifce" of the baby and that she was soon to follow
 Neighbors who heard the screams of her other children rushed in and rescued the infant. At the hospital physicians said that the baby, al though severely burned, probably will have chance for recovery. The wo- man will be examined to determine her mental condition.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
HEN THAT ATE DIAMOND
 IS PURCHASED FOR $250

BOSTON, Feb. S.-Lady Camille, a prize blue Orpington hen that was ar rested recently charged with theft af
 ter it had snatched a diamond from a ring worn by visitor at the Chel- sea poultry show, has been purchased by Lawrence A. Randall, Boston poultry man. He paid s250 to the owner of the diamond, in addition to the ruling market price for the hen.
 Lady Camille was released when a judge found that the criminal code did not extend to fowls. Then the owner of the diamond insisted on an operation and paid the hens owner s1OO as damages in event of Lady Camille's death from the operation. Later Randall came forward with this offer which both owners accepted.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
RES|DENTSOF LONELY OUTPOST
 ARRIVE SEWARD

MT. H. H. Hall, superintendent of the Mackenzie river section of the Hudson's Bay posts, and P. H. God fell, general inspector, arrived in Se- ward Wednesday about 40 days out from Herschel Island, the most nor therly post of the internationally known company, about 1900 miles north and east of Seward. The party left Herschel Island December 29, af- ter spending Christmas at the post, making their way up the Mackenzie river to Fort McPherson thence down the Porcupine to Rampant House, then Fort Yukon and Circle, where they abandoned their dog teams taking the stage line to Fairbanks, via way of Miller House. They reached Fair banks last week, and were delayed several days by reason of the acci- dent at Windy where a freight loco motive left the track
 The weather while intensely cold at times was good, and the party made what is considered a record trip from Herschel Island to Fairbanks While coming down the Porcupine river, MesSrs. Hall and GOlfell saw hundreds of thousands of caribou, the party travelling through vast herds of the animals for days and days, the trail h1- 1I- that it made for fast travel The car ibou herds apparently ale working to- ward the upper Porcupine this winter, and the Indians along the stream are enjoying a season Of unusual prosper ity, having food in abundance. Fur and wild life in the Porcupine section is very abundant this year and the catch of Arctic fox has been unusu ally good
 Herschel Island is lonely post about one hundred miles northwest of the delta of the MackenzIe, and it's population consists of few members of the Mounted Police, a Hudson Bay factor and Eskimo tribes. A large catch of fur is handled by the post yearly, and it is also a supply post for district comprising several hun dred miles each way. It is British possession, and visited oLly by trad ing schooners and few whalers.
 This is the first time MT. Godfell has made the trip to Helschel Island although serving many years with the historical company His trip, he de- clared, was most pleasant one. and he encountered only the nardships of the trail.
 MT. Hall has been in charge of the Herschel district for many years. and with MT. Godfell is on his way to Montreal, where he will enjoy a brief vacation, returning north next fall. He passed through Seward last win ter on his way to the Island going over the same trail travelled this trip.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
ARE ALL GREAT MEN MARRIED?
 cOEDS TO DEBATE VITAL TOPIC

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Feb. 8.-"Resolved that all great men are married"
 On the above subject the Athena de bate club, an organization devoted to the higher education in public speak ing of co-eds, will chew the forensic rag this evening in club discussion.
 This is only one of number oI omnibus signs which have been ap- bearing on the campus during the last week, reminding one and all male in mates of the state U. that leap year is here.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
WOMAN BURNS AS BLIND
 MATE GROPES TO RESCUE

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Feb. S.- While her blind husband groped hls way to within a few feet of her, Mrs
 Albert Parsons failed in her efforts to beat the fire from her blazing cloth ing and was fatally burned. Parsons wondering and terror-stricken, stun bled in the direction of his wite's screams, after she had caught ire from her kitchen stove. Mrs. Parsons died in a hospital few hours later
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
WOMAN DRUGGIST BURNED
 WHEN ALCOHOL ExPLoDEs

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-A fivegallon can of alcohol exploded as Miss Anna Coma, twenty-four, was pouring some of it into mortar to mix a prescrip- tion in her drug store at 152 Center street Orange, N. J. With her cloth ing ablaze the young woman ran to the street, crying for help. A small boy removed his coat and smothered the flames. Then he disappeared with out giving his name.
 Miss Coma, who is said to be the only woman apothecary in the Or anges, was removed to her home, suf- fering from burns of the arms, face and body. Her condition is serious.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
SINGAPORE HAS SODA FOUNTAIN

An amusement garden 1n Singapore the New World which is patronized liberally by Chinese and Malayan, has ordered small American soda foun- tain from the United States, to be installed in it's refreshment pavilion. This is of interest for the reason that it is the first genuine soda fountain in Singapore The nearest approach to it is a small soda fountain of Ameri can type which was bought in Manila and is no winstalled in a Chinese shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-08
NEN| REVENUE BILL
 LOWERS INCOME TAX

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The new revenue bill provising for revision of Federal taxes and 25 per cent re- duction of 1923 incomes, was favor ably reported to the House Ways and Means committee In case the bill is passed by Congress it will mean a saving of millions of dollars to the country.