The Redwood gazette., 1927-07-06
SMALL TOWN TALK

City management is the thing In
municipal government.-FairmontS Sent
incl.
If eventually-why not now?
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There's quite difference between junking
battleships and making battleships of junk
While the United States is doing the one, China
is calmly going ahead with the other There is
also some difference in the viewpoint of the two
nations. Future generations will be called upon
to judge which the wiser decision.
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Minnesota corn is two weeks behind sched-
ule but is the corn in Iowa. Nebraska and
other states. Minnesota corn can always
be depended on to keep up with its neighbors,
but the weather is beyond the control of ALL
Faraphrasing famous auto slogan, "When
better is raised, Minnesota will raise it,
Springfield Advance
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The most absolute dissertation of which the
human mind can conceive right at this minute
would be the placing of filling station in RAM
sey State Park. Let US be thankful that the
State, the local park board and the superintend-
ent are all agreed that there shall be no such
atrocity.
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If everyone in Minnesota had Ray Chase's
"line and used it, this old state would soon for
get that it had ever had the blues The other
day at Crookston Ray told two thousand people
that "these United States are today the most
prosperous collection of commonwealth in the
worlds history and our own Minnesota is rich
est of them all in resources and opportunity"
And all around Ray as he spoke were the River
Valley crops said by practical farmers to be
better than they have been in years.
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Are we so modern are we just going back
to old times, The thing that has raised the
doubt in our minds is this short extract from
one of Thackery's letters written in 1852 while
he was visiting New York.
"It's nothing here but dollars and
flattery -. The girls are dressed like
the most stunning French actresses, the
houses furnished like the most splendid
French gambling houses The jolly
manner (jollying) answers here very
WE'LL"
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Frank Day who would rather criticize Presi-
dent Coolidge than to eat Martin County's much
sOSs>N
ing caustic things because the President has
failed to ask Frank Murphy of Wheaton to come
to the Black Hills White House for conference
on agricultural subjects. If Frank Day had
heard Frank Murphy express himself agricul-
turally as many times as the President has he
would probably also see little need for includ-
ing the Wheatonian in the conference And
anyway, the President has invited President
Reed of the State Farm Bureau and Dean Cof-
fey of the State Agricultural College-and they
are Minnesota's thoughtful heavyweights on
farm problems and related subjects In our
opinion the President has. chosen the safe and
sane conference far as the North Star State
is concerned
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Have Americans lost all sense of genuine
humor? When read some of the alleged
"jokes" we fairly ache for the good sense of
fun which is amused by real wit instead of cheap
witticism, for that joke which arises pat and
timely from situation rather than being pulled
willy-nilly from the worn out brain of some
poor boob who is trying to make living by
forced joke column. From recent issue of a
supposed-to-be amusing land CLEvER) publi-
cation We clipped the three following para
graphs Try and get laugh out of them if you
couldn't!
For the Honeymoon.
whats the ideal honeymoon sal
adj"
"Dont know
Lettuce alone."-Sun Dial.
This Sounds Soapy.
May read your Palm, Ofve?"
"Not on your life, Bouy!"
"Then I'm out of Lux."-The Blue
Dragon.
Why Return It?
Alice: "Did you return Henry's
ring when you broke off the engage
ment?"
Virginia: Certainly not! / think
as much of the ring as ever!'-Nation-
nj Jowe1er