The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-01-04

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in quality and value. The chief benefit Of this
alleged war, to the United State at large, lies
not in the output but in the fact that it will
motivate industry of all kinds, and take care of
the unemployed.
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| If those who are expressing concern
over the tendency of boys to leave
the farm would just try the experiment
of doubling their efforts to support the
boys and girls club work in jackson
| County, they might find easy solu-
ton to the probem.-Jackson Pilot.
Same over here
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We don't approve of bull fights and hope
| meyer to be within seeing distance of one. Just
the same we are mighty glad Indy went straight
ahead with his plans to even after he
had million more or less letters telling him to
lay off of that stuff. One thing the United
States loves about Indy is that he insists upon
being unofficial" and long as he does that
no one has a right to dictate to him-not even
the reformers.
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Will Rogers has been suggested as a can
didate for the U. S. Senate as opponent for
the valuable Mr.. Hiram Johnson. Hiram is valu-
able and he is also Republican while Will is
"daoun Saouth" Democrat and therefore might
find Mr.. johnson bit hard to beat. But
wouldn't it be fun to read the Congressional re-
cord after Will had strobe down the aisle, swung
his lariat three times and them opened up on
them?
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Michael Pupin, famous teacher at Columbia
University, says God made electrons to be his
assistants in the creation of the Universe. 1t
is the service of the electron which carries the
human voice around the globe; it carries the
power from coal mines and mountain streams to
our homes and makes us comfortable. 1t pulls
our trains" Granted all this-and we still have
not come to solving the riddle of the universe.
Back of the electron is that What the Who-and
the inevitable WHY!
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We wonder-shal the derelict and degener-
ate Hickman be blamed altogether and alone for
the murder of Marion Parker? Or shall the
pardon and parole boards who let Hickman off
with pardoned paroed sentences for his less
er crimes also share that blame? When is
man entirely responsible for his own acts and
when does official society take up portion of
that blame. In the minds of most intelligent
people there is small doubt that Hickman should
expiate his crime with his life. But unless,
from that expiation the public learns that clos
er rein must be kept upon all persons with GRIM
inal tendencies, the whole terrible tragedy will
have been utter loss.
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The public is apathetic-in fact rather brut-
ally concerns the loss of the airship
Dawn and its crew of four, if permanently lost
it be. Not that the public is usually "hard-boil-
ed" over the loss of four lives. But with Mrs.
Grayson and her constant efforts toward pub
licity-seeking there is little sympathy enough
1t is unfortunate that she successful in
persuading or employing the three men to un-
dertake the foolish trip with her. Had they
fused she would perforce have been saved from
her own foelishness, and three would also
have been saved for worthier service. As it
stands nothing has been served, and no honor
won. Why women will persist in the idea that
they can fool the public into thinking they are
actual Lindberghs when all they do is to travel
along as useless freight is something quite out
side our ken. For Mrs. Grayson have little
pity. For the wives of the men lost with her,
(if the loss is permanent, and we admit we are
still skeptical as we write this) we have an hon.
est and deep sympathy.
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Fred w. Johnson managing director of the
Citizens Safety Committee of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce, is true friend of wo-
men! He has just made out q report for his
Committee and in the published form this report
reveals some startling and highly satisfactory
Ito women) facts on the driving Of automobiles.
From that report the Minneapolis Journal makes
the following comment:
"Mr. johnson ascertained that today
in America one driver in six is a woman.
/ But in twenty three thousand automobile
accidents that resulted fatally, he found
the ratio of women drivers was only
one in twenty-three.
ION the face of the returns, the av-
erage woman driver is only about
/ fourth as likely to kill herself some
one else, as is the man driver. Perhaps
there are inaccuracies in Mr.. Johnson's
conclusions, flaws in his actual process
es. Maybe the average woman driver is
not four times less likely to produce q
| %r.c,odxy fhov, he man driver po1oihlv