The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-29

or the emblem he votes under (but respecting
him little less if he does not vote at ally; t.
unleash anger only when oppression and injustice
and public private dishonesty cry out that il
be let loose; to believe in America, as the fore
fathers believed in it, as the noblest experience
ever undertaken by man, and to labor to keep il
as they would have it kept; to accept the Golden
Rule principle that works both ways
Happy New Year!-The American Legion
IT I
JUST HOW 1T is
IT HE following conversation alleged to have
been overheard in barber shop in Kali
amazoo, is reprinted from a house organ
of of the large clothing manufacturers:
"Well, said No. as he his thumb along
a razor blade, 81 see they robbed another bank
and gas station yesterday afternoon. What
I'd like to know is, what this country's coming
to anyway. It's got so these birds don't fear
the law any more than prize fighter does of
being knocked out by two year old kid"
you're good one to talk about keeping the
law" said No. l., 81 heard you braggin' yester-
day about buying quart of pre-war booze from
a friendly bootlegger at about half the market
price, but bein' as busy you running the
world at large, suppose you haven't heard that
- that's breakin' the law, have you?"
"Oh you make me SICK" said No. 2. 81
uluH 90 ANYBODY any damage, ola L! paid
for what I got and nobodys the loser. There's
a heap of difference between breakin' law what
don't hurt nobody and Robin bank or gas
station"
swell, just for the sake of argument" said
No. 1, well say that the liquor law is all wrong;
it's law, amt it, and who gives you any right
to pick out the laws you'll keep and those you'll
break? You don't know, maybe these bank rob-
bers are all prohibitionists. Maybe they wouldn't
think of patronizng bootlegger. They prob
ably argue that a bank or a gas station has too
much money anyway and that they're not doing
anybody any harm to take some of it away from
them. That's the way you look at it when you
run across some law you want to break"
eff l couldn't put up any better argument
than you do,'' said No. 2, "Id go out of the
arguin' business. Anybody with any
knows that the two things amt alike at all and
that's what l say is the matter with his coun-
ry; too many fool laws"
"The trouble with the country" said No. 1,
eff you want to know it, is that it has too many
fool BARRIERS and fool other folks like you that
want to make some laws just to suit themselves
and"
A customer came in, seated himself in No.
rs chair, and as he leaned back he said, ooh
boy, got hold of some good stuff last night
and I'm telling you right now that it's getting
pretty blamed scarce"
No. tucked the towel under his chin and
said "Why not put some of your friends next to
a good thing once in while?"
F. tt +
CHANGE YOUR OIL
w the D other day. me u ''' % ''s ~ '''
w Queer stuff, worn OUT oil. Just
little while ago it went into that in thick,
rich stream, full of body and vitality Put new
life into the car the minute it got to work. Still
ed all the racket, stopped the leaks, increased the
speed-made new of the liz old heap.
Then gradually it began to lose its potency.
Yesterday drained it out-you wouldn't have
known that it the same OIL Thin, watery
stuff, no body in it. Dirty too. Filled with
a nasty residue of grit. Worse than useless in
a machine-a real menace. No who cared
boot for his car would go far without draining
off mess like that and getting new, strong oil.
Yet the same man might go through life
and never perform an equally necessary service
on his own head
What do I mean? Heads aren't run by oil.
No, heads aren't run by oil. But they are
by things which function very much as oil fun
ctions and serve much the same purpose.
Heads are run by thoughts.
And just as the action and speed of a car
depend on the quality of the oil in the engine,
the action and speed of life depend the quail
ity of thought in the head.
"Well, what of it," you say. "Most of us
have good thoughts
Yes, but how often do you renew those
thoughts? Are you sure your thoughts are
good as you fondly believe? Or are they worn
out thoughts, no longer fitted to your needs or
the needs of the world in which you live-thin,
watery, sentimental thoughts thoughts that are
clogged with the grit of old prejudice and super
stition?
You never stopped to think of it that way,
did you, friend? The chances are you haven't
stopped to think about yourself very much in
any way since you were 10 or 20. You have been |
too busy with your job-too busy falling in love
and getting married-too busy fighting fight |
with Smith and putting big deal with |