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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-01

Anton Kramer of Lucan transacted
business here Monday.
The regular meeting of the Equal
ity Club will be held Monday after.
noon, February 9th, at the home of
Mrs. B. E. Zumwinkle.
Mrs. Joe Green will be hostess to
the Kum-J oin-Us Class of the Metho-
dist church Tuesday evening, Febru-
airy 7th, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Little.
The Country Division of the Mite
Society of the Presbyterian church
will hold an all day meeting Thurs
day, February 2, at the home of Mrs.
Robert Day. A good attendance is
desired.
Fourteen tables of bridge were
played Tuesday evening at the bene-
fit card party given by the Auxiliary
Of the American Legion. High scores
were held by Mrs. H. S. Aune and w.
G. Weldon.
A card party was given Thursday
evening in the parlors of st. Gather
ines church sponsored by the men
and women Foresters. The men
planned and prepared the lunch and
the women had charge of the tables.
Cards were played at twenty tables.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Byram had as
their guests for dinner Sunday even
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. John Cheney and
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Nahum Of Morton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baldwin Of
Redwood Falls.
Mrs. Oswald Lind entertained Sat-
urday evening at her home in honor
Of Mrs. C. w. Ryder who left Red
wood Falls this week.. Bridge was
played at three tables and high scores
were held by Mrs. R. H. Byram and
Miss Marian Zehetner. Mrs. Ryder
received the guest prize. A two
course luncheon was served.
The Westminster Guild of the Pres
byterian church will hold its regular
annual business meeting and ban
quet Tuesday evening, February 7th
in the parlors of the Presbyterian
church. The banquet will be served
at six o'clock. All the members are
requested to be present. A special
program is being arranged for the
evenings entertainment.
Miss Theo Jensen, Past Worthy
Matron of the Eastern Star Lodge,
entertained the 1927 officers of the
lodge at dinner Saturday evening at
Hotel Redwood. The dinner was serv-
ed at six-thirty and covers were laid
for fourteen. After the dinner the
guests were entertained at the home
of Miss Jensen and bridge was play
ed at four tables. Mrs. Arthur Has
senstab held high score and Mrs. M.
L. Pettis low score.
Mrs. Ed. Falkum was given a sur
prise at her home Monday evening
when thirty of her friends came in TO
help her celebrate her birthday ami
versary. The evening was spent in
playing bridge. High scores were
held by Miss Mable Nelson and M.
d. Sandager of Belview. Mrs. Gus
Sampson of Belview received the con-
ISOLATION prize. The guests served q
luncheon at the close Of the evening
and also presented Mrs. Falkum with
q gift,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-01
s. CITY AND COUNTY x

No advertising will be inserted the columns of these
except by request position
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-01
First Presbyterian Church
]. P. Linn, D. D., Minister

First Presbyterian Church
]. P. Linn, D. D., Minister
Sunday School at -------- 1000
Morning worship at ------- HOO
Junior Endeavors at -------- 6:3OA
intermediate C. E. ------ $50
Senior c. E. $50
Evening Service ----------- 7:3O
Mid-week services, Thursday even
ing at 1880
On this Thursday evening the book,
straight Way Toward Tomorrow"
by Mrs. Mary Plat will be commenc-
ed and next Thursday evening, the
subject for discussion will be "Con-
structive Forces in Favor of Higher
Development of Children"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-01
Methodist Episcopal Church
"The House of Happiness"
C.. w. Gilman. Pastor

Catholic Church
j. w. Jiracek, Pastor
Masses-8:30 A. NJ, second and
fourth Sunday in month; other
Sundays of month at 500 and
1890 A. M.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-01

St. Johns Lutheran Church
w. C. Nickels. Pastor.
English sermon ------------- 900
herman sermon Observation-Disclosures 1880
The Ladies Aid will be entertain
ed on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
August Otto.
You are welcome at all our services.
An hour spent in Gods house is an
hour well spent.
First English Lutheran Church
''The Friendly Church"
Sunday Bible School -------- 9:45
Divine Services -------- HOO
R. 0. AGA,
Pastor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-01

First English Lutheran Church
"The Friendly Church"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
About Lame Ducks

The Norris '1ame duck" amendment to the Con-
sttuton which would do away with the short session
of Congress and permit newly elected Senators and
Representatives TO take office Immediately after cleo
tion is about to be tackled by the House and has
good chance OF passing according to dispatches from
Washington.
1t should pass 1t is hard to find one valid reason
for opposing it. The present system let's men who
have been repudated at the polls stay in Office and
pass on measures which may even have figured in the
campaigns which they beaten. The good Of
the country demand deal If your Congress-
votes against this BILL see what sort Of explana-
ton he has to offer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
Will H. Hays

Nanv members of the Harding administration, in
cluding three members of the cabinet, retired
to private life with records that time probably never
can cleanse
The Nation now wonders if the name Of Will H.
Havs is to be added to this unfortunate list while
hoping that it will not
HAYS reputation is that of an honorable man.
He has commanded the respect of the country. He
now occupies semi-public position of great i'm
portance in which his usefulness depends on the
confidence the public holds in his integrity.
Yet in one day spent in Washington last week.
Hays periled much that he has built up in his years
of public service
To the Senate committee investigating Teapot
Dome, Hays admitted last week, after persistent
animation that he had received total of s260OO0
from Harry F. Sinclair in 1923 with which to help
meet the Republican campaign deficit of 1920. Part
was direct gift, part oan part was returned
later to Sinclair Sincairs net financial contribution,
however, was 100000.
Four years ago Hays faced this same committee.
Then he declared that Sncairs contribution to the
Republican campaign deficit "or any amount that
he would be obligated for would pay in any event.
was maximum of $75,000"
Asked-last week-why he gave $4,000 the total
of Sinclair's contribution and did not mention the
additional $4,000, Hays replied st wasn't interro-
gated on that point
That is not satisfactory answer, 1t cannot be
satisfactory to public that is asked to continue its
confidence in Hays witness is sworn to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
1t may be aid that Hays told the truth, in 1924; 1t
cannot be said he told the whole truth.
There is more OF truth that Hays yet could tell.
at the end of the examination, Senator Walsh-cer
tanly an intelligent man-Said: you leave hazy
about the whole deal"
Hays would do we'll to return to Washington and
remove this uncertainty. He owes it to the people
and he owes it to himself Particularly is this true
when the chronology of the events involved is in
Spected. This reveals that the contribution OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT reduced to $16o,0O0-was made
by Harry Sinclair after he had bribed one of Hays
fellow cabinet officers and after he had obtained his
lease to the Nays oil lands.
Nobody of course, has charged Hays with knowl
edge-at the time the contribution solicited-of
the manner in which Sinclair obtained the oil land
lease. But Hays, by his strange before the
Senate committee, has laid the ground for dstrust
that will trouble him all his years. unless he makes
haste, voluntarily to clear away these suspicious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
The Wild West i'm Us
by BRUCE CATION

few days ago the railroad police in a middle
western city pucked from the brake-beamS of west
bound box car a 16-year-old boy, who wore a re-
volver strapped to his hip and said he was on his
way to life of adventure in the wild West.
The police promptly sent the lad back to his home
in Buffalo, where his father is commander of a
national guard unit. The young man was undlS-
mayed however.
I'll go West some time" he said He added that
he knew all about the West and it's wildness; for he
was constant reader of cowboy stories
Somehow, it's impossible to keep from hoping, for
his sake, that this lad never will get west of
New York State He would be disappointed so
dreadfully He would find his six-shooter (Which he
SWiped from his dad useless ornament; he would
discover that Cheyenne and Salt Lake City and
Denver are as laW-abiding as his own Buffalo; he
would learn that the limitless Sagebrus plains while
aromatic and soul-satisfying, are less given to
bold deeds than the Niagara river 'front.' where rum
runners often shoot it out with customs men.
Therefore, we repeat, he'll be lucky if he stay
in the East If he does the wild West will always be
wild, to him. and cowboys will always be dashing,
devil-may fellows; and Cheyenne and Dead
wood will be magic names, such as Bangkok and
Rangoon are to the rest Of us.
But probably he'll go sooner or later. And perhaps
after ALL it will be better for him if he does We all
have to lose our illusions. The loss is bitter but it
can have tonic value. There are always new from
tiers to seek when the old grow civilized We
can find them within ourselves
For romance is not necessarily matter Of far
places and distant horizons. If it isn't in your heart
to begin WITH you will never find it anywhere, even
if you travel the world over. And if 1t iSthen you
need never stir out of your town. You will find
it in your own house. in your factory in your Office
in drab downtown streets.
What is romance, anyway but enjoyment OF all
the strange richness and fullness Of life? If that
capacity is yours you find wonder in the most
unlikely places-in your own street at dusk, for
instance when twilight transforms familiar houses
into involabe sanctuaries of strange mystery, in
plain country meadow made field of the immortals
by a misty dawn.
And if you lack it you could die of boredom in
Papeete or Mandaay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
Open Powder Barrels of Caracas

Rioting bordering revolution with many
killed in the streets of Caracas capital of Venezuela
just the Caribbean from U.s. has been reported
from various nearby countries. News from Caracas
itself is scarce.
Some 200 students have been imprisoned at
Puerto Cabello according to dispatches, while news
lterng across the frontier says great excitement
prevails in principal Venezuelan cities.
For upward of twenty years, Gen. Juan Vicente
Gomez has ruled the country continuously and with
heavy hand. Like his spiritual brother, the late
Porfrio Diaz of Mexico, he has been "re-eected" as
fast his terms of Office expired.
Meanwhile, throughout the Americas the colonies
Of Venezuelans who call themselves political exles
are growing. These Venezueans will tell you that
President Gomez is tyrant, dictator or a despot,
any all. They say he fills all the important posts
with relatives personal henchmen, maintains a
secret army of spies and his enemies to dis
appear in medieval dungeons or in other and more
devious ways
Don Juan's most active opponents, it appears, are
among the university and professional classes. The
larger business interests to be with him. But
the agricultural masses, critics maintain have been
reduced to serfdon, popular representation abolished
and liberty of the press and rights of free speech and
assembly destroyed.
Now let us read what the dictator himself says as
recorded by one of his defenders:
my aim" he says, has been to make my people
the freest earth. Let everybody mind his own
business. My business is governing. And because
only one government is possible can not tolerate
any meddling with my affairs. Any one mind
ing his business is freer in Venezuela than any
where else this continent but any one 'buttng in
they say in the United States must suffer the con-
sequences"
Lastly comes oil. Certainly to begin with, oil had
nothing to do with the case for oil not discovered
commercially, In Venezuela until 1918.
In ten years Venezuela has come to rival Mexico
in oil productions and Maracaibo has become another
Tampico. And though all sub soil wealth belongs
to the government cit always has in Venezuela ex-
plotaton is proceeding under what American oil men
call "the best oil laws in South America"
Such the principal clements the OF
this highly explosive situation Venezueas political
powder barrels wide open in an atmosphere
filled with sparks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

viding he has the requisite number
of legs.
With Mr.. Adams as candidate it
promises to be a strenuous cam
paign and whether Mr.. Adams
will be so strenuous that he will
run the campaign in the ground
remains to be seen. There is no
question that there is a clique in
the Republican party that should
be ousted but whether Mr.. Adams
methods would be successful is a
question.
He's rather a radical and is
pretty fond of calling people
names. He carries a stinger with
him all the time. 1t is we'll known
that you can kill more flies with
molasSes than you can with vine
gar and we understand it is Mr..
Adams intention to go rampaging
up and down the State just rails
ing hell in general.
We don't believe anyone will say
that this is the way to insure Re-
publican success at the polls next
November or not. 1t certainly
would be hot stuff for the Demo-
Gratis.
Why can't we have a candidate
a good, clean, clever Republican
who is not an extremist?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

Amid all the weller Of preconvention statements,
claims, appeals and pronunciamentoes little re-
mark by Mrs Emily Newell Blair vice chairman of
the Democratic National Committee comes as a re-
freshing note.
Mrs Blair proposes that party platforms be abol-
ished. They are, she explains just bore.
Probably it won't be done. But it is fascinating
idea Recall the way platforms thrown together
at national conventions with such studied eagerness
to put nothing in them that offend the most
sensitive; and then recall the way they promptly
forgotten as soon they passed. and see if you
don't come close to agreeing with the lady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION -
Saints Disregard Earthly Pleasure
Written for The Times by Val Durant

Z EFT us look for a moment at ST.
~ Jerome, as he is represented
by any of the great artists OF the
renaissance. This man is not Of
the world; his frightened eyes seem
always filed with a version OF
eternity; his soul visibly longs to
be free from the body of this death.
He stretches his arms outward
as if begging to be permitted to
enter the only world which is real
for him. He does not feel his body,
he does not care for it; it may be
boiling with lice" as some saints
were found to be when they died;
it seemed ridiculous to waste time
in restoring the cleanliness of so
persistently filthy and so transitory
a prison.
Perhaps in this asceticism a GER
tain masochism lay; doubtless there
was an erotic joy in self-inf1icted
pain, made all the more delicious
by the fact that it was borne for
Jesus sake. The church made no
effort to bind soul and body into
a wholesome unity: it permitted
them to fall into an unnatura! di-
vision and hostility. and thereby it
doomed itself to difficulty when
wealth and luxury should grow
again.
So we find the deserts of Egypt.
and other lonely places of the Medi-
terranean world, peopled for time
with hermit saints, denying them
selves society, denying themselves
speech. denying themselves every
physical or earthly delight.
Says st. Peter Damian: whoever
would reach the summit Of perfec-
ton should keep within the cloister
of his seclusion, cherish spiritual
leisure. and shudder at the world
as if he were about to plunge into
a sea of blood"
Copyright. 1928. BY VIII DuranD
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

DUT the theologian comes out
ID strongly in the great Fathers
Interpretation of history. There
are two worlds, says Augustine: the
world of Satan and the world of
God; the world Of the flesh and
the world of faith.
Only those are really happy who
belong to the city OF God, and par
ticipate in the mystic community of
saints; the rest are miserable even
in their delights. For who shall be
able, with whatever flow Of elo-
quence, to eXpound the miseries Of
this life?" Not to speak the last
judgment, for then what will these
petty joys be by the side of eternal
He'll?
Austine has no pity in his soul
for his fellow sinners; he describes
at length the abandonment Of the
damned; he carefully refutes all
arguments tending to indicate the
ultimate release of souls from He'll;
not even the compassionate inter-
NESolOll Vi Vic oct4A4lS NA4A tNN Oil w
save them; they shall burn forever.
With such bitterness and hatred can
great piety be allied.
It is hard for us to understand
this medieval world. We live on the
earth today, and even believers sell
dom think Of Heaven or He'll; but
the characteristic spirits of the mid
dle ages found less tn live on in the
world than IN the spiritual realm 10
which the scriptures were their
guide; many so lost themselves in
this country Of the soul that the
earth itself began to seem unreal.
From PlOtinus to Hugo of st. Vic
tor we find a succession of myStics
absorbed in the task of salvation,
seeing miracles as often as We see
events, interpreting everything by
marvellous allegories into additional
evidences of the faith and mortify-
ing their flesh into some subservi-
ence to their tortured spirits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

A UGUSTINES confessions re
IA veal the mood of the time in the
sense of mortality that broods over
the book: Man. that bears about
him his mortality e.. a breath that
passes away and cometh not again"
here is the deepest root Of religion.
Out Of it comes in Augustine a
profound piety and an utter aban-
donment of the world for God,
which literature will not again re-
veal until Thomas A. Kempis writes
his Imitation of Christ" 20 Thou
sweetness never failing. Thou bliss
full and assured sweetness! Oh,
our heart is restless until it repose
in Thee"
From this Augustine passes to an
other worldiness almost unintelligi-
BILE to q modern mind: This world
must by us not be enjoyed" he
says; the only joy permissible with
out sin is the contemplation of the
Holy Trinity, as the best earthly
prelude to the one real JOY. which
will be the vision of God in Para
disc.
In another famous book, "The
City of God" Augustine eXpounds
his philosophy. It's foundation is
faith, not reason. He does not say
with Tertullian, Credo quin abSur-
dun Il believe because it is absurd,
but he writes, CredimuS ut cognos-
canuS (We believe in order that we
may know; here again is the mark
of the Middle Ages.
Yet he shows considerable fleXibil-
ity of mind in his Interpretation of
the Scriptures; he suggests an ale
gorical understanding of the story
Of creation; he even leaves the way
open to evolution with his doctrine
of rationes seminales, by which the
creatures of this world were not
created directly. but through nat
ural development, in many stages,
from some primitive and divine
origin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
NJ. E..
TRACY
"Accurate Diagnosis Is
Still the Greatest Need
of the Medical Profess
sion."
SAYS:

In addressing 800 blind news
dealers on Sunday, Mayor Walker
of New York said he found inspira-
ton in their example.
The chances are that they found
even more inspiration in his ex-
ample.
1t is not every mayor that will
devote his Sunday afternoons to
such cause.
Blind newsdealers do not repre-
sent much political influence. They
have not many votes to deliver. One
could ignore them without risking
the loss Of a ward or a precinct.
But they do represent something
better. Theirs is a kind Of cour-
age which the world needs. They
labor under enough handicap to
enlist sympathy. Most people re-
gard blindness as a good excuse for
dependence. Those who support
themselves in spite of it deserve
commentator and encouragement.
IN going out Of his way to give
them kind word, Mayor Walker
recognizes a worthwhile virtue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
What Endorsement Means

One of the most common features Of preSi-
dental campaign is the letter to the editor from
the subscriber who can not understand how
the editor can support candidate with whom
the editor does not agree, on this that or the
other public proposition.
For example, this newspaper is supporting
Hoover.
Hoover believes in certain Coolidge policies
with which this newspaper disagrees.
Hoover calls prohibition noble experiment.
We can not go along with Hoover on his
prohibition views We feel that while the pur-
pose of prohibition may have been noble, the
actual working out Of the experiment has been
anything but noble. At the same time how
ever, The Times feels that it consistently can
support Hoover, because what we do when we
size up man is to appraise him net, not gross
take all things into consideration, arrive at
his batting average, and then compare him with
all other candidates.
The man who would do everything as you
would have it done and say everything as you
would have it said would be subject to sus-
picion on that very account. The law of prob
ability and chance provides that there "aint
no such animal"
Endorsement does not mean, therefore, that
the one Endorsed is regarded as perfect. 1t
does not even follow that you like what he likes
to eat, or the same songs he enjoys the same
books he reads or all the political company
that may gather around him or Chamber on to
his band wagon. 1t certainly does not mean
that you are willing to accept as gospel every
thing he says and every policy he proclaims.
Endorsement does mean that you regard the
man, all things considered (wherein you and
he agree and wherein you disagree) as a good
man, the best Of all available candidates.
This newspaper strives in its editorial ex-
preston to be frank with its readers to think
out loud, so to speak; to give its readers the
processes of reasoning by which conclusion is
reached as we'll as the conclusion itself.
Wherein we differ with the man we indorse,
we will say so, and wherein we agree with him
wewill say SO.
Hoping the above will constitute clear
definition of what Endorsement means, we want
now to reiterate that we believe Hoover to be
the best man today for the presidency of the
United States
His training his knowledge, his great exec
utive ability, his outlook on international as
well as national questions his poise, his reserve
strength, his freedom from wind jamming and
back-sIapping and the other tricks of profess
sional politicians, his independence OF petty
partisanship-all those attributes qualify him
as only few men in our history have been
qualified for national leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
Russia Counts Noses

They recently have counted noses
in Russia. The result threatens
Americas supremacy as the worlds
prize melting pot. When it comes
to a multiplicity Of race and tongues,
Russia appears to be so far
ahead Of us that there no hope of
catching up with her, even II we
wanted to.
OF her total population, Russians
constitute less than 50 per cent,
while SIT distinct tribes and $50 Ian
guages are recorded.
Incidentally, the effect Of the war
is shown by surplus of women,
who outnumber the men by more
than 100000, though they were
only half a million ahead twenty
years ago.