The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-02-16

ried an announcement Of the momentous fact
that "The grounding peeped out today with evil
dences Of grin on his mug"
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Charles Mayo told Boy Scout group at Ro-
chester the other day that school should go on
the year round, that the long summer vacation
lis an economic waste and loss of time at the
most impressionable period. DIR. Mayo will find
any number of educators and parents who will
agree with him-but We fancy that phase of his
talk didn't strike an answering spark from the
consciousness of his hearers on this occasion
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One of the fool bills introduced into the Leg
islature is to permit candidates defeated in the
primaries to run in the finals on an independent
ticket Isn't one wailop enough to show these
would-bes that the voters don't want them? Such
a bill would just serve to litter up the ballot
which is littery enough now goodness knows, and
to increase the work and expense of counting the
votes. But we probably having little
brain storm all for nothing. On the face of it
this bill would seem to be of the several hun
dred which stand no possible chance of becoming
laws
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Of all the crust! Two Albert Lea youths
of his blooded chickens. Then they got stuck in
a snow drift close by the farm and after hiding
the chickens, went to the house, reused the far
mer and persuaded him to pull them out of the
drift. Stealing chickens is bad enough but get
ting the owner out of bed on cold night, to
help get those same chickens to market is "a
bit thick the English say. However, the
thieves finally came into their own and each of
them was given reformatory term.
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Victor Lawson of Willmar and Frank Day of
Fairmont are two of the State Senators who have
introduced bill asking that military drill at the
University be made optional. There are also
three 'lesser lights" among the introducers. We
hope before the doughty solons introduced that
bill that they went over to the University, studied
the matter thoroughly and learned just how val
liable invaluable that training is. There is
probably no branch of University training more
misunderstood than is military training. The
Senators may be perfectly justified in introduc-
ing such bill-we only intimating that we
hope they KNOW they are justified.
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No one-at least who is thoughtful,
denies has the same right to smoke
that man has if she prefers to make herself
a victim of this unwholesome and rather unbeau-
tiful habit. But to see Madame Schuman Heinks
name attached to statement approving of
certain brand of cigarette makes an unpleasant
impression of her admirers. Recently one of the
leading women's magazines of the United States
has published series of very interesting arti-
Giles concerning this great singer. The maya
zines endorsement of Schuman Heink was COM
plete and definite. 1t is pity that the readers
of those articles to suffer the reaction of
seeing her signature under statement which is
cheap and undignified and unpleasing 1t may
help the sale of the cigarettes but we doubt if il
adds to the endearment of the singer in the
hearts of her countrypeople.
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Congressman T. Webber Wilson of Misss-
sppi has introduced bill asking for the creation
of complete government censorship of all the
magazines in America. Later on such censor
ship will be made to include the books circulated
but at present the Congressman and other friends
of the measure are content to work with maya
zines alone, stating that the books contribute
a mere drop of filth to the magazines bucketful
Under the provisions of this bill all magazines
would be censored before publication The pub
Usher who published without submitting his per-
iodcal to the Board of Censor would be punish
able by a maximum imprisonment of ten years
and maximum fine of $4,000. Express COM
panies handling uncensored magazines would be
liable to a fine of $4,000. The examples of
magazines in Mr. Wilson's possession wholly
justify his wish to do something to suppress
them. Not all of them are the cheap maya
zines either 1t is reported that of the worst
"demonstrations@1 he has is copy 81 Scribners.
He is counting the women of the nation to
assist him both in getting the bill in the first
place, and in seeing that it is enforced after it
has become a law. Americans as a rule dislike
a preponderance of censorship, but for the past
many years mothers have been reused over the
stun and slush furnished their children by the
modern magazines. An effort has been made re-
peatedly to get at the matter through the news
stands. But it is impossible to @clean up" all Of
these circulating agencies A suppression of the
matter itself is much more direct than sup
press;oa &C TIE magazine But how the nearly
$4,000 magazines appearing from twice weeI
i to once year, ere Al to be passed upon, con
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