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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
THE IRRESPONSIBLE

The next Minnesota legislature
will doubtless be urged to do some
thing to protect the public from the
irresponsible automobile driver. If
he smashes into your car and da-
images it beyond repair and has no
insurance, or worse still, kills you or
members of your family, there is no
recourse, except probably a small
fine for reckless driving, then he is
allowed to go out and do the same
thing over again.
Why should such an irresponsible
driver be allowed on public highway
with as deadly an instrument as a
motor car? If man cannot afford
to get a public liability insurance
policy on his car, he should not be
permitted to run it. When it is sug-
gested that such a policy be requir-
ed by law, agitators for public owner
ship of industry Immediately demand
that such a policy be furnished by
the state ''at cost" This means "at
cost to taxpayers" for the state can
not write an insurance policy which
will pay expenses of riting it, COW
er losses, and taxes which should he
collected, for any less than a private
company.
Why should the general taxpayer
have to run the risk of being assess.
ed even a single penny in order to try
to furnish state insurance "at cost
to an irresponsible automobile driv-
er who doesn't own his car, who can't
afford to buy insurance and who is
in debt? Why should such a per
son be driving as expensive a piece
OF machinery as an automobile
Why should he endanger the lives
of the public or why should the tax.
payers be involved in furnishing him
! insurance?
All these are questions that must
be answered and some remedy de
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
(By Grove Patterson)

by Grove Patterson)
Munsey, dead at the end of long
and active life, furnished great deal
for young men to think about. He
was telegraph operator and station
agent in a Maine village. He had no
pull and no start. But he had the two
most necessary things to worldly sue
cess-an idea and an ambition.
Munsey went to New York and
started in a hall bedroom while he
wrote stories day and night to fill
little magazine which he began with
no capital and less encouragement.
He used to work at his office all day
and sit up until nearly morning wri;-
ing practically all of the matter
that went into his magazine.
He kept at work until he was able
to pay millions for two of the mosC
famous newspapers in America-the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
TO BE SURE!

The Open Road: He sat at a cor
ner table in a little out-of- the-way
restaurant. He had been sitting
there for some time, but the one
waiter that the place boasted of was
engaged. Becoming convinced that
unless he called attention to his
presence it was quite probable the
waiter wouldn't notice it, the custom
er raised his voice and called, wait
er."
The waiter approached with po-
lite Eyes, SIR
Have you any oysters ?"
"No, sir, l am sorry we haven't. "
amy crabs ?"
mo, sir, l am afraid we haven't
any crabs, either"
my stars! What shell-fish have
you got?"
"The only shellfish that we have
on the premises, SIR" replied the i'm
passive waiter, 'is eggs, SIR
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

other sign of the broadening and
deepening thought of the world, and
of the breaking down of the walls Of
misunderstanding by which the spirit
of mischief deprives neighbors Of the
unity they need.
The criticisms of his speech were
a sign that some still hold those di .
viding walls to be important and val
liable.
And the widespread protest against
his resignation is a very gratifying
sign that the charging spirit Of toll
erance and good will is the prevailing
spirit of today.-Duluth Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

An able doctor told the writer the
other day that the human machine is
good enough to last $50 years if pro-
perly treated. Few of us last that
long. We clog up the human machine
with too much food and we do not re-
lax it sufficiently in sleep. We in
troduce into the machinery all sorts
of drugs-in coffee, tea, tobacco.
Many add plenty of alcohol to salts
fly disordered nervous system which
calls for it.
Then we wonder why we are "full
of carbon" and why the motor has no
pep.
Some day we shall learn the art Of
running the body without poisons
and without making grooves in the
brain by worry.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

New York Herald and the New York
Sun. He owned other newspapers
and he owned magazines. He owned
few million dollars worth of steal
stock and chain of grocery stores.
Perhaps at night, when he had a
little time, he used to sit in his club
he was a bachelor-and wonder
how it all came about.
Not much luck in Munsey's case.
Mostly concentration on the job of
getting ahead.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

Then he bought house for his fam
lice, at dollar down and dollar a
week,
And when they got sick the doctors
fee was dollar down and a dolla-
week.
Then said his wife, 81 must be free,
these weekly payments are ruin
ing mel"
So she got a divorce-and the ali
monee-was a dollar down and a
dollar a week. Exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
THE BIG ONE ALWAYS GETS
AWAY.

Everybody's magazine: The sta
ton master of a railroad town sat in
his office making his monthly report.
He glanced up and noticed that the
through express was due. Suddenly
the station was filled with the thun-
dering express, but above the noise
echoed wild yell.
The station master rushed out to
see the cause and an astonishing
sight met his eyes. The express was
disappearing around the curve, while
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
A DOLLAR DOWN AND A DOLLAR
A WEEK.

A friend of mine bought a grama-
phone, for dollar down and a dol
lar a week.
This is the easiest graft I've known,
this dollar down and a dollar a
week;
So he bought chair and fountain
pen, a runabout and a stove, and
then,
A set of "Lives of Our Famous
Men," for a dollar down and a dol
lar a week.
Then he bought two bran new radio
sets, for a dollar down and a dol
lar week,
And a dozen cartons Of cigarettes,
for a dollar down and dollar a
week.
Then he bought a ring that was fair
to see, for the lily white hand Of his
bride-to-be,
And after the wedding the minister's
fee was a dollar down and dollar
week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
25-2ts,

The Seventh district continues t.
show the way to all other districts in
Minnesota in the matter of Legion
memberships for 926. In the bulle-
tin received Wednesday morning from
state headquarters the Seventh HAD
100 members and the ninth, next in
line, had 482 members.-Willmar Re-
publican Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

vised for better protection to the pub
lie. There are all too many Smash
EN- and don't care" drivers travelling
the roads of Minnesota, as well as ev-
cry other state in the union.-Henne-
pin County Review.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06
Mrs. Reach Tells How She cot to
Know Rat-Snap.

"Have always feared rats. Lately
noticed many on my farm. A neigh
Dor said he just got rid of droves with
RAT-SNAP. This started me think
ing. Tried RAT-SNAP myself. it
killed II and scared the rest away"
RAT-SNAP comes in three sizes, 35c,
65c, SIPS. Sold and guaranteed by
Farrell & keefe and Public Drug
Store.
25-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

sprawled out amid a confusion Of
milk cans lay young man. His hair
was disheveled and his coat torn. Co.
ing up to small boy who was stand
ing by, the station master asked:
"Was he trying to catch the ex-
press? ?"
"He did catch it," replied the boy,
"but it got away again."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-06

American Legion Weekly: when in
Europe did you see many ruins ?"
"Well, we met one baron, two
counts and a grand duke"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
FLORIDA ROADS
MORE CROWDED
THAN OTHERS
REASON GIVEN FOR CASUAL
TIES IN TRAFFIC AccI-
DENTS AS REPORTED IN
WEEKLY LIST
my Ansoelatea Press,

JACKSONVILLE, May 90
Automobiles which have been hi
bernating in other Southern states
during the winter, while those in
Florida were operating as usual,
with the result that Florida has
been occupying the head of the
traffic casualty list each week in
the south, have come to life with
the advent of spring.
Florida motorists have been
charged far and wide throughout
the state with carelessness and
everything else by those who do
not remember that over the re-
mainder of the South few cars
were on the highways, because
winter weather prohibited their
operation, while Florida,s roads
teemed with traffic. )
Florida was outranked last week
by North Carolina with seven
deaths, South Carolina with five,
and tied for third place with Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Arkansas,
each Of which reported four fa-
talities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
FIFTY PRISONERS
ARE BARRICADED
In BIG BULL PEN
tny A.secIatra Pres.l

CLENELAND, May 20.-The
inside of the county Jail here was
in a state of siege today with
fifty prisoners barricaded in the
bull pen defying efforts of depu-
tics and guards to put them back
in their cells.
The mutiny began after a visit
of the grand jury investigating
charges of profiteering and an-
der-feeding against Sheriff Fred
Kohler. Though officials said the
situation was well in hand, other
reports from the Jail told of mill
ing prisoners armed with bowls
and parts of benches and tables,
threatening the guards who wait
ed outside the bull pen all night
unable to get in.
The prisoners the report said
were clamoring for food.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
CURRY FUNERAL
THIS AFTERNOON
SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED
AT FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH

The funeral service for Sheriff
Roland Curry will be held at
o'clock this afternoon, and will be
from the residence to the First
Methodist Church. The last sad
rites will be said by the pastor.
Rev. L. Munro. The obsequies
will be conducted by the Scottish
Rite Masons and other local lodges
will attend and participate in the
ceremonies.
Sheriff Curry's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Roberts, of Little River, Fla,
with their son, Fraser, and daugh-
ter, Rubie, have arrived for the fu-
neral.
A number of beautiful floral of
ferings have been received from
Miami and other points in the
state, and members of the family
are in receipt of numerous tele-
grams of coincidence from all
parts of Florida.
Flags on the city hall and county
court house are at half mast to-
day in honor of the deceased
sheriff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
ORDERS MUCH
ROLLING STOCK

JACKSONVILLE, May 90
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
has ordered large quantity of
rolling stock for delivery during
1926 according to information re-
ceived by the Florida State
Chamber Of Commerce. While
the equipment will be used gen
orally over the system much of
it will be assigned to the lines
in, Florida or ii win release equip
ment in other districts for use in
this state.
Already this year the Seaboard
has placed orders for fifty new
locomotives. 2.400 fifty-ton steel
gondola cars. 1000 box cars, six
all-steel combination passenger
and baggage cars and fifty
eabooses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
BIDS ASKED FOR
MANY PROJECTS
tRY AssoeInfea I,ressl

TALLAHASSEE, May 90
Bids for the construction Of six
highway projects in west, east and
central Florida have been asked
by the State Road Department,
Or. F. A. Hathaway, chairman,
announced.
The proposed work consists Of
IL miles Of clearing, grubbing and
drainage structures on road four,
between Sharpes and Bonaven-
ture; 3.94 miles on road five, be-
tween Punta Gorda and AclIne and
Z miles on road two from Lees
burg to Dead River; 7.43 miles Of
s-inch lime rock base for road
three from DeLand to DeLeon
Springs, a 40 foot steel span
Bridge with concrete piers and ] :
94s foot approach span, road j,
Olaloosa county and 1900 foot
gfee. span, concrete pier bridge,
with 1923 feet Of approach span.
road !. 0kalooss county.
The bids win be opened ct II
o'clock June le.
conetrpction Of the two bridges
On road will conclude the bridge
projects for that highway except
'hat across the Chipola river st
HarianBa. Il was stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
COMPLETE WORK
ON STATE ROAD
OF OLD TRAIL
FEW MILES OF HIGHWAY BE-
TWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND
PENSACOLA REMAIN TO BE
FINISHED

JACKSONVILLE, May 90
Highway construction forces COM
pleted State Road No. /, the Old
Spanish Trail, through Walton
county last week, the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce has been
advised, providing continuous
stretch of perfect road from Cary
vile. in Washington county, to the
0kaloosa line, distance of more
than forty miles.
With this work finished there
remain only a few miles of the
highway between Jacksonville and
Pensacola uncompleted. All of
this is in one stage or another OF
construction and it will be only q
few months when road as smooth
as a table top will have been pro-
vided across the northern part of
the state.
The highway has been complet-
ed from Jacksonville to Tallahas-
see. Between Tallahassee and
Quincy the road is under construc-
ton with several miles of it al
ready completed. Between Quincy
and Chattahooehee all that re-
mains to be done is final surfacing
of a short stretch near Chattahoo-
ehee and the building Of fill and
bridge over i creek near the State
] Hospital.
West of River Junction much
of the road into Mariana has
been constructed and the old road
is in excellnt condition. From
Mariana to Chipley the new road
S virtually finished. From Chip
ley to Caryville the old road is in
use but is in fair shape.
At Caryville begins continuous
stretch of more than forty miles
to the 0kaloosa county line. Goa
struction is in progress in Okla
loosa county and when the road
S pushed into Crestviess it viii be
out of the woods, for from that
point into Pensacola it has all been
completed or is rapidly nearing
that stage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
Photographers Arrive In Key West
To Make Pictures OF Scenes To Be
Exhibited Throughout Many Parts
DAVIS TOURS PLANNING
MOVEMENT FOR ADJ
VERTISING POINTS IN
FLORIDA

An innovation in publicity is to
be inaugurated by J. w. Davis,
president and manager of the
Davis Tours from Miami to Ha-
vana, in the form of series OF
educational films portraying scenes
and activities along the East
Coast of Florida, and Mr.. Davis,
accompanied by members of his
staff and photographers, arrived
in Key West today to take shots
about Key West which are to be
incorporated in these reels. These
films win be exhibited in almost
every city Of consequence through
out the northeast and central wes-
tern states, being shown in thea
tres and selected stores along busy
streets for the purpose of inter
esting people in the allure of the
tropics as typified in Florida sea-
coast cities and Cuba. Through
the medium of these films it will
be possible to present the myriad
attractions of summer vacation
trips to Florida and Cuba in a
more potent manner than is pos
sible through other mediums. An
other method to be used for COM
manding attention to Florida and
Cuba viii be effected through
popularity contest firm which is to
put on contests with merchants in
various cities in the north, through
which six young women from
city win Be entitled to . free trip
TO Florida.
This undertaking Of the Davis
Tours is one that will without
doubt be of great benefit to Key
West. since views of the city. its
points Of interest and something
of It's quaint insular life win be
recorded for the information Of
the vast throngs who will have the
opportunity to see these pictures
in northern cities. Every citizen
Of Key West IS therefore urged
to cooperate with Mr.. Davis in
making this film representative of
the city's best attributes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
Deputy Sheriff Returns
To Key Vest With
Prisoner In Custody

Deputy Sheriff Herman Albury
returned this morning from Day
tona Beach, Fla, bringing with
him as a prisoner one John l..
Brals, wanted IN this county IN
der the charge Of passing worth
less checks.
Officers state that It win be
necessary for Hrals 20 remain n
iail until the June term Of ealm-
incl court unless he furnishes
bond to the emount required. ard
It may be that be will be able to
adjust the charges against Eitn
here and in this way stop prose
eusion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
ALLEGES PLAN Is MADE
TO OBTAIN PENNIES
OF CHILDREN A N D
WIDOWS MITE
fort Pierce Record

The Everglades News, a weekly
newspaper published in Canal
Point, Palm Beach County, in its
current issue points out that r. :.
3rewton, an officer of the oil
company operating in Glades
County, is chief figure in ian
abortiye attempt to stage a frenzy
in speculation at 0keechobee, I"
and that Brewton will "he . bank
rupt, defendant in court pro-
ceedings or fugitive from JUS
tive within ninety days"
The paper states that this fore
east is made despite the expeeta-
tion that when another test of
the well is made more oil may
show than was shown in earlier
tests. 1t is not implied, however,
that the well will never be pay
ing producer.
The News states that Brewton' s
record, now being disclosed to
Okeechobee people, shows that he
was mixed up in the fiasco of the
DeFuniak. Fla, coil well' of
1920. No criminal proceedings arc
known to be pending against
Brewton in DeFuniak Springs
now, but persons who are ac-
quainted with. his record say it is
impracticable for him to return
to that town to stay, The News
adds.
The News further states that
Brewton is at the end of his rope
at 0keechobee, Moore Haven and
Sebring. There are more claims
against him than he can meet, his
banking connections win be
broken, he is in conflict with at
least two state officials, and if he
puts into the United States mail
the claims that have been made
about his well in Glades County,
he will be arrested for using the
mails to defraud.
The News alleges that Brewton
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
MAKING READY
FOR EXECUTIONS
NEvADA'S LETHAL GAS
CHAMBER GIVEN FINAL
ovERHAULING
anx Asm.clatea E-reae,

RENO, New, May Nevada's S
lethal gas chamber, scheduled to
claim the lives of two condemned
murderers, John II. Randolph and
Stanko Jukich, has been given It's
final overhauling preparatory to
the executions Friday.
The inside of the little stone
building has been whitewashed
and the two pine chairs painted a
dark brown.
A trusty spent most of yester-
day afternoon chinking possible
air holes so that none of the hydro
cyanic gas night escape and harm
the witnesses at the execution.
An electric steam heating APP
paratus has been installed in the
building and the thermometers in
the room indicate the temperature
to be at 80 degrees, ideal for gas
executions, prison authorities say.
The gas viii kill in ten seconds,
according to army experts from
the Preside, San Francisco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
FLORIDA HAS
GREAT CLIMATE
SAYS HINSDALE
CLAIMS WONDER HAVE
BEEN WORKED I'm MANY
CASES RELATIVE TO HELP
ING THOSE ILL

JACKSONVILLE, May 90
wonders" have been worked in
many instances to the benefit of
sufferers from nephritis or chronic
Bright's disease by Florida's eli
mate, according to Guy Hinsdale,
writing in Hygeia relative to the
influence of climate in the treat
ment of human ills.
Sandy soil, absence of cold
winds, abundant sunshine and life
at comfortable temperature in
doors and out make the best cli-
mate for the patient" Mr.. Hins-
dale declares, with reference to
Bright's disease. Florida, he adds,
offers many good localities for
such patients, especially in the in
terror.
Persons suffering with bron-
chitis and catarrha, and GONZALES
cents from influenza, especially
those residing near the Great
Lakes and in New England, he
says, often respond quickly to a
change to the seashore, adding
that it may be Atlantic City or
Florida"
The Florida State Chamber of
Commerce, commenting upon Mr..
Hinsdale's references to Florida,
declares the beneficial influence
of Florida climate upon Bright's S
disease has been well known to
medical experts for many years,
but that the information has not
been disseminated generally.
There are living in the state to-
day, and actively engaged in the
practice of their business or pro-
fession, scores of persons who
first came to Florida for no other
purpose than climatic treatment
of this malady. Others suffering
with the disease discovered during
winters visit that they felt bet
ter in Florida, remained through
summer to test out theory that
perhaps the climate had something
to do with it. and they are now
permanent residents of the state.
In addition to its climate Flor
ida is unique in that one city in
the state has a water supply so
nearly chemically pure that it is
taken directly from the hydrant
and placed in storage batteries.
Pensacola, the Chamber declares,
because of this fact, should be a
Mecca for persons suffering with
disease of the kidneys or kindred
ailments.
A st. Petersburg physician for
several years has been treating
various diseases by exposing the
patients to direct rays of the sun
in connection with ultraviolet light
rays.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
Claim "Abortive Attempt
In Staging Speculative
Frenzy AT Okeechobee' 2

and his associates are powerless to
maintain suits for libel because a
court proceeding would disclose
his record in full.
/ Documents the Everglades News
claims to have examined, show the
signature OF, r. j. Rrewton as
president on stock certificate is
sued on behalf of the "0klahoma
Star Refining Company not in
eorporated. This is the company
that pretended to have drilled an
oil well in Walton County, Flor
ida, in 1890. Two purported tests
were made. both tests seeming to
show the presence of oil as oil
seemed to show in the Glades
County ven When the hoie had
been drilled to the contracted
depth it was capped and with ex-
citement artificially created as at
0keeehobee, a stock selling cam
paign was engaged upon, Brewton
being president of the mot in
corporated" company. Because
the company was not Incorporated,
buyers of the purported stock be-
came liable for the indebtedness
of the company.
The record shows, The News al
leges, that plan was made to get
the pennies of children, the
widows mite, the dollars of the
suckers and the thousands of the
greedy had the carefully staged
effort to create a frenzy of specu-
lation been successful. t'Certifi-
Gates" of the Florida Unit Oil
Trust" had been prepared with
the name of a Bank and Trust
Company" that did not exist. as
trustee. A well known banker
was almost made the dupe Of the
plottnrs; the banker has since de-
nouneed the project. The plotters
had printed form of receipt for
money to be paid by the suckers
for units ''from the Florida Unit
Oil Trust in the 16.0O0-acre oil
and gas lease on the Curt.s-B Bright
tract in Glades and Highland coun-
ties" It is not believed that Glenn
Curtis and J. II. Bright were
aware of how their names were
being used. The prices of a
"unit" was to be S1o0. The print
cd form shows a space for the
name of the sales agent and the
salesman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-20
Charles F. Flynn Pays
Vic;t To Island City;
Leaves Last EUeninq

s Charles F. Flynn, representing
the chain of Biltmore hotels, pass
ed through the city last night from
Havana en- route to Miami and
New York.
Mr.. Flynn was high in his praise
of Key West and believes this city
has a bright future. He COM
mented upon the fact that Key
West is getting lot of favorable
publicity here of late. He is a
staunch believer in publicity and
says that it should never be al
lowed to lag.