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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-11-21

| iosuly i'll at the Union Hospital, New
Ulm, is convalescing at her home
here.
Mrs. Ernest Grundt drove to New
Ulm Thursday. She was accompan-
led by Mrs. J. Tulley and Mrs. w. E..
Schei.
Miss Rae Pruitt of Minneapolis
drove up with the Carver family and
spent Armistioe Day with her grand
mother, Mrs. L. Smith. While here
she planned a family gathering as
surprise on Mrs. Smith, honoring her
birthday anniversary. The surprise
was a complete one and was enjoyed
by Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Roger, Mr..
and Mrs. Claire Roger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrison Coulter, Mrs. Stewart
Roger and daughter Miss leila, Mrs.
George Roger and Glen Smith.
Fred Dickinson left Thursday for
his old home at Becker on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Koenig drove to
Marshall, Friday to get their daugh-
ter, Miss Lillian, who teaches near
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Meyers are
spending several days with friends in
Minneapolis.
Henry Springer who has been en-
ployed for some time in a cement
factory in Buffalo, Iowa is at home
for a visit.
Mrs. Hubert Roger is at Milroy
iv,fo NTH Eff1o Mics
who arrived election night, too late
to vote for Hoover. Her parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Clell Roger, a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Roger. A large
coterie of good friends here extend
congratulations to Clell and the
mother.
Friends here are much interested
to kno what Miss Hazel Frasch,
daughter of Mrs. John Frasch is
making good. Graduating from the
Lamberton high school, she went with
her mother to California where she
graduated from Leland Stanford, re-
turning to Minnesota, she took post
graduate work and became an impor-
tant head of the University Hospital
Progressing, she is now in charge OF
infant welfare work for the city of
Minneapolis and next year goes to
New York City where she has beer
offered a splendid position while
working for her degree at Columbia
An unusually pleasant surprise wa.
planned by Mrs. VIM. Roth and Mrs
, Dick Wegner on Mrs. John Haffey
Friday evening, in honor of her birth
day anniversary. She was presented
with a beautiful bouquet of cut flow
ers as a token of esteem, and at {
late hour a bountiful picnic supper
was served. The guests were Mines
C. M. Tollefson, Dick Wegner, Charles
Urness, Henry Mayer, A. L. Fering
. Andrew Frederickson, C. Carlson
Hans Mathieson, Carl Spaulding
, Arthur Anderson, Andrew Peterson
George Rasmussen, Carl Rasmussen
, Hans Johnson, John Marben, Pau
Oleson, F. A. Beiersdorf, D. V. Gley
steen, Phil Moots, George R. Kluegel
Eric Peterson, o. Ebbeson, H. A
!, Senst, Knute Anderson, William
Roth, Otto Koenig, Kenneth Ander
son, William Clausen, Otto Schmidt
f William Runke, Charles Chester
Martha Dagner, Fred HoIford, an
: the Misses Katherine Peterson an
Louise Fering.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
Mexico Invites CAPITAL

President Gil of McSico has indicated that his adj
ministration will differ from that Of his predecessors
in that ne invites foreign capital 10 aid in development
Of the eountry's resources, assuring every reasonable
concession permissible under the laws Of the land. One
If hs first public differences was to the effect that he
invited foreign surveys Of Mexican resources; that he
realized that without foreign capital many years would
elapse before those resources are developed, and thal
the prosperity Of the country depends upon the dsvel-
opmsat which would follow foreign investments.
Both American and European financiers are taking
ecsnizance Of the more liberal attitude Of the Gil adj
ministration. IN the past month representative OF a
number q American and European firms have inaugu-
rated surveys Of such resources i'll which they have
particular interest. Development Of the rich mineral
nd oil fields, irrigation and agricultural projects.
ranches. railroads. boat lines are all receiving the at
tention VI foreign investors. They can see in Mexico
a wonderful field for profit, a field of almost unlimited
natural resources for which the industrial nations are
~clamorinr. With assurance OF a stable government ana
1 more liberal attitude toward foreign capital. develop
ment Of these resources viii be rapid.
President Gales. during tho last two years OF his
term, following the unpleasantness with American oil
companies. inaueurated the policy which President Gil
apparently proposes TO expand. 10 is a sane, conservs-
tive policy. which bears none Of the earmarks Of the
more radical policies promulgated during the first two
years Of the Gales regime. II il designed 70 restore
both national and international confidence, and conf
dence is all that is lacking TO assure a flood Of foreign
capital into the southern republic.
One Of the most favorable indications IN this con-
nscsion was the recent severance between President CT
and the radical groups led by Morones. The fact that
ex-President Gales Is IN full accord with President Gil
in this respect contributes to TIE restoration Of con-
fidencs. Both Gil and Gales apparently are deter
mined TO maintain a conservative policy, realizing that
any departure t~hsrefrom VIII do incalculable damage
IN connection with theiE ambition to develop the coun.
try's resources.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
Bird Refuge on Texas Coast

Inc Galveston News-Tribuae has started n vigorous
campaign designed to attract the attention Of congress.
the state legislature and sportsmen to the desirablity.
aEq IN fact, the necessity, OF establishing game bird
refugees on the Texas coast. Il is a uoverort 49,
should have the active support Of all sportsmen. !.
movement designed to conserve wild life, to preserve
tr future generations the field sports which have been
the heritage Of Americans from times immemorial. and
which have been and should always Be a powerful in
fiusnee in maintaining the sturdy manhood Of tn.
country.
There are countless thousands Of acres on the Tex,s
Gull coast adaptable for no other purpose. They are
the natural habitat Of game birds of every variety
Inc coastal waters are the favored winter haunt Or
water fowl, which, despite their diminishing numbers
still congregate in those sheltered spot difficult Of a.
cess to the hunters.
The Nevs-Tribune asserts that relief must come
from the state, and that it should not be difficult or
expensive to set aside areas along the coast a. biri
sancturies. There is still a large ACREAGE ~ rrh,;.
land, ideally located fer such refugees, and thousand,
OF acres Of privately owned lands, practically worth
less Ter agricultural purposes, which could be secured
for a snail consideration. There arc also innumerabla
islands IN the bays and lagunas, all Of which could be
utilized.
The plan suggested IS to distribute such refugees
along the coast at intervals 50 as not 70 deprive the
citizens Of any one community or section or on oppor-
tunity to hunt. In any event the closed arr should
be q relatively small proportion of the area Ill which
hunting would be permitted.
Come objection has been raised by SPORT en- who
have n wrong conception OF the plan. II .ould not
deprive them Of the opportunity to hunt. Il is true
that IL would slightly restrict the area in which hunt
ing would be permitted, but the increase in the num-
Der Of game birds as a result Of such refugees would
more than compensate for any restriction that might
be imposed.
Tie s-portsmen Of Texas should get bach Of the
movement and impress upon the coming session Of the
legislature the necessity Of prompt action. Each year
witnesses a decrease ia the number OF land and water
game birds migrating TO the Texas coastal regions, and
unless adequate protection is assured In the form n
refugees on which firearms will be prohibited. within
another generation the Texas coast. for many years
noted as the finest hunting area in the United States,
will cease 20 have attraction for sportsmcn. If the
sportsmen Of the state arc united in making their de-
mand for legislative action there can be no question
that the legislators will approve the plan and extend
the aid necessary to establish refugees and conserve
Wild life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
Other Papers
ONE SERVING TIE OTHER
CORPUS Christi Caller).

Prosperity isn't the sole result Of a republican adj
ministration, the assistant to the president Of the
General Motors Corporation believes. He gives credit
instead, to time payments.
Practically every line Of merchandise, he believes,
feels the b~eneficent influence Of "easy payments" And
probably he is right.
Time payments encourage buying Of articles which
cannot be classed as necessities, strictly speaking, bu.
which have become necessities to all practical effect.
The automobile industry, for example, would be a much
less vital factor in the commercial and industrial life
OF the country were the plan Of time payments
abolished.
were IL necessary to save money to pay spot cash
Tor every article purchased, the volume Of business, in
all probability, would decline sharply. human nature
being what it il. One doesn't have to save; after one
has contracted to pay a stipulated amount aseh week or
each month. the necessity Of paying seems obvious.
Nothing is gained, in actuality, by paying as you use
the article you have purchased; but it is much, oh, so
much, easier &c buy something by paying a little down
and promising to pay the remainder.
Too, human nature being so frail a thing, enterprise
and ambition are fostered by the time payment system.
One who has obligations TO meet will make every effort
to maintain a steady income; lacking that spur, one
might be encouraged TO take it easy, to loaf a few
weeks or n few months.
Undoubtedly the time payment system has given
impetus to industry, and industry, speeded up, gives
the time payment system its fullest opportunity to
flower. The one has served the other.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
The World and All
CONFESSION OF IGNORANCE
By Charles r. Driscoil

i have never read "The Swiss Family Robinson" and
! did not read "Alice in Wonderland until / read Il
aloud to my own children. | read no Mother Goose
during my childhood, but have read it all to my chill.
dren.
Paradise Lost" I pIOwed through in adolescence.
and thought it a dreadful bore. l still hold the same
opinion Of Il.
Canterbury Tales" we had to read in school, and
I skipped as much Of the stuff as I could, since it
seemed trivial and tiresome. ! still think it trivial and
tiresomc.
have never read spencer's "Faery Queen" although
l have tried.
OF Kipling / have read two or three novels. a book
Of short stories, and q good many poems. I found most
Of this material quite ordinary, and with the exception
Of the poem about "the Sons Of Martha" | found moth
ing in Kipling to become excited about. However, !
have never read kim"
Shakespeare's Sonnets never appealed to me very
strongly, and ! read few Of them. Merchant Of Ven
ice" | have always considered a bungling bit of play
writing.
1 have never found time to read all of Anatomy of
Melancholy" I have not read Hudibras, and have read
but little Of Dean Swift.
| have not ready Byron's "Don Juan" I find Mark
Twain a bore when he tries to be funny, except in
rare Instances. 7 have tried many times to read
"Huctleberry Finn" and have never succeeded. How
ever. I confess it might have been otherwise had I read
Twain in my childhood.
Adam Smiths wealth Of Nations" seemed dull to
me, and I did not finish it. The same is true Of "Prog-
ress and Poverty" by Henry George. " this be r.
norarce, make the most Of il.
! do not think | have ever read anything by Charles
ReadO. I wish I had not wasted any time reading The.
odore Dresser. I have not been successful in my cf
forts to read Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" and I have not read Swedenborg's books.
I have not read George Borrow's "The Bible in Spain
Karl Marx was too difficult for me. So was Trader
Horn. I cannot spell the name Of the notable who
wrote "The Prince" and I have never read the book.
Conrad seems to me to have achieved the ultimate in
painful and uninteresting plot struetcre. However. |
have not read "The Niger Of the Narcissus.' Carlyle
has never interested me greatly, and Gibbons Roman
Empire" was sweaty labor for me.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
Washington Letter

CharIs. &. Dawes certainly bit
off more than he could chew when
he undertook 10 put cme efficiency
into the United States senate
That was his first mistake.
Then that time when he was CALI
Cd On 70 decide q tie votel-cn tie
senate's confirmation Of Charles
Beecher Warren mn attorney GencI.
al. And he happened TO be taking
a nan and didn't get there som
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I'm the defeat uf
Charles Beeeher's appointment-aoL
50 nice for Charles Beecher' and n1t
50 nice for President Coolidge, vhA
had appointed him and was siaf MA
in the face By the Serate-all t--
cause the vice president was sllui-
bering at the switch, at the we'll
known psychological moment
That kind OF an opportunity never
knocked nc Charles G.s door aEa0h.
Next. Charles G.. tried TO beccms
the farmers hope OF salvation
And that failed ito take" To tr
sure. the farmers gave him credits
for meaning we'll. but they gaze
Frank o. Lowden credit for meaniu-
better. But Charles g. did sue
IN a~ntaronisinr his biz businc
friends, BY the smiles nc cast oH
the equalization fee.
Charles G. appears to be OILS of
these folk who IL almost equal lo
being "somebody"-almost but no
quite-just enough no TO DO aER
vatinR-evcriastingly ambitious aHd
everls stingly doomed 10 d~isappoint-
mcnt.
There Is some talk Of him as SEC
rotary of state under Prcsident-clert
H~oover-but nobody takes IL seriol
~.
Vice President Dawes looks pref
glum. presiding over his last three
months sessions Of the senate. He
realizes. as well as anybody, how
fate has played with him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
New York Letter

business!" Today Brown will TEL
you bis temper got the better C.
MIN and that he really didn't mean
those words.
But what We started out to s
MAS that the entire floor O. tna
building formerly occupied BY thr
bankrupt publisher vas reecu-
purchased by the music firm Ok L
sylvia. Brown a. Henderson just t0
use ss their shipping room!
Amt We Got Tun
For diversion many of the Local
are toying with what is said TO ~ W
new pastime. You ask your listen
for q new dime. Placing the coin ra
a table, you cover the lower half w
the + Plurihus Unum side 9TH d
card or a bit OF papeS- This Ea-
yea!s something resembling = fence,
an o~verhanging tree. and the me-
or a car. which Is parked under thu
tree. Then tho dialogue goes like
this:
DO you see the Tense on the ccun-
try roadT
The retort should Be Eyes
Then: "See the tree, with the
Ford parked under it7"
The reply should be "Uh-huh."
Then: "See the fellow and cir
necking In the Ford?"
The reply will be: "Nope, I don't
see anybody necking.r
Well" YOU say, as you pocket thr
coin, what the hell do you want for
a diner"
Complaints should be addressed w
the managing editor. not us.
or All Things.
Speaking Of raekets. a friend tells
Of a lad who IL getting away with
a stunt IN the local hostelries. Tic
fellow is homely, and employs his
Trick because IL j. a sure-fire way wv
meet women. After registering ~
p hotel he goes outside and tc-r-
phones the place. asking for him
self. The operator naturally report
that Mr. Soandso isn't In, "but win
You leave a message ?"
Yes. Tell him. saws the 4nraL-
cr. "that John Gilbert and FsmDr
Novarro are in town and to get ~
touch with them
This gag is repeated for = e.
days. with the impression left o.
the phone girl that he guest M W
biz i with the celebrated. AZ y
rule. the phone operator spreads -ha
news q her girl friends IL TIRE ho-
tel. and int-oductions usually FOL
low.
a few DAYS afterward he che-ls
out and repeats the racket mt ann
other hotel. invariably meeting some
Of New York's prettiest and rlost
rulliblc women. who fall harder than
the extras" N Hollywood Who hsv-
been promised n screen test.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
1928 Construction Breaks Record

Moving steadily toward estabIiaament Of 1928 as a
mountaineering construction year. building operations
last month held ! pace never equalled in November,
according to u. A. CARRIER. general manager Of the As
ISOLATED General Contractors Of America.
Hstatistics covering All types Of construction show
the volume Of activities during the first eleven months
az the year to re more than four per cent greater than
fer the corresponding period in 1921 he stated. The
figures are based upon actual shipments az basic con-
struction materials.
Fxpectations that . new record viii BE set this year
. holstered bv tie fact that the volume Of contracts
awarded during October was tie highest ever regis
tered for that month. Much Of the work 10 be done
urd-r the October contracts will actually be underway
during the closing days Of the year.
Tie report 81 Mr. CARRIER fhogs that November &C
tvi.ie. held virtually the same plane occupied by cp-
.rsticns during the peak midsummer months Of three
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
Nv DIR. ALVIN = BELL

Little did Caesar Augustus,
mighty Roman emperor, realize that
a ruler infinitely superior to him
self vas using him with his DEGREES
and tax machinery to fulfill an an
cient prophesy that the worlds
Saviour must be born in the little
town OF Bethlehem. Thus IL came to
pass, while Joseph and Mary were
there, the days were fulfilled that
she should be delivered, and she
brought forth her first born Son, ard
wrapped him in ~swaddling clothes.
and laid him in a manger, because
there was M room for them in the
inn.
The Christmas message is first If
all a message Of grace, which is
more than love, for IL is love stoop-
Ing to serve the undeserying and the
unlovely. For We know the grace
Of our Lord Jesus Christ. that
though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor, that ye
through his poverty might be rich"
20 the stable, the manEer, the swad-
ding clothes and the divine Christ
child in them speak first and most
of the grace Of Christmas.
Inc Christmas Greeting
The first and most wonderful OF
all Christmas greetings was that
brought from God BY the angelic
hosts 10 the hcmble Shepherds of
Judea: Behold / bring you good
tidings of great joy-for unto you
Is born this day in the city Of David
a Saviour. which is Christ the Lord"
Not 20 the palace Of Herod. nor to
the house of the high priest. nor to
folks of power and position did God
send the heavenly hosts with the
glad tidings, but to lowly shepherds.
rs humble as the carpenter and his
wife Of Nazareth to whom he en-
trusted the rearing of this wonder
full child
But this first Christmas greeting
is more than a greeting. II is a Cos
pei, for gospel is only another
word for good tidings." 1t speaks
of the birth of a Saviour or all peo-
pie. "She shall bring forth a son.
and thou shalt call his name Jesus:
for he shall save bis people from
their sins This salvation Is the
source and grounds or the "peace
on earth and good will" of which the
angels sang. That Gcd so loved the
world a sto give his only hsGotten
Son 20 come down from hezge and
take upon himself q orm o. a ler-
want and be made in likeness Of men.
even 10 be born OF q woman. and to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
T'iinnel y Views
EXPANSION OF q. 5. NAVY URGED

BY CURTIS D. WILBUR, Secretary Of the Navy.
Curtis Dwight Wilbur was born at Boonesboro,
Iowa, May 10, 1867. He was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy, receiving an L. L. D.
degree from three other universities. He resigned
from the navy in 1888 and began practicing law at
Los Angeles. He served as judge Of superior court
and associate justice Of the California supreme
court. President Coolidge appointed him secretary
Of the navy in 1920.
Provision must be made for rapid and great expan-
sion Of the naval forces in the event Of emergency.
This expansion must be based upon the reserve and
upon nucleus crews withdrawn from the regular navy
for units of the emergency navy. The navy may be
operated in peace tine with a shortage Of personnel, but
at a cost Of ether reducing the number Of vessels in
commission below that necessary for the varied peace
time activities of the navy and for the maintenance Of
4 balanced fleet. or Of reducing the personnel on board
the individual ships below the point where the eff
cheney OF the ships can be properly maintained
= shortage. requiring the reduction of vessels al
lowances or personnel below the point Of efficiency
exists during this current fiscal year. and will increase
in the future unless adequate measures Is discussed
hereafter, are taken to forestsll il.
This anticipated incl ease is due in part to the COM
missioning Of new vessels, but in large part to the
growing demand Of the air navy for personnel, which
has in five yeas increase from less than 5000 20
nearly 1900, while the total officers and men have de-
creased 1000, a net loss 10 the surface navy of 5000.
The past year hrs been Of naprticulsr note rs re-
CARDS aviation fer the reason that u he's disclosed the
fruition Of several year, uf experimentation and basic
groundwork. The year saw the placing in operation Of
what We believe to be satisfactory basic tynes IN all
classes, and as . result ~ ne 1909 plane building pro-
gram the numbers have been far more satisfactory than
ever before.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-23
WRITER VIEWS DAWES
AS POLITICAL FAILURE

AS POLITICAL FAILURE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-vice
President u not exactly d "lamc
duck"
In order TO be lame, duck must
have been beaten. Vice President
Dawes was not beaten. He simply
was eliminated.
Charles G.is political life, how
ever, can be fairly described rs a
terrible failure. All he ever has
been-politically-is vice president.
II anything can be more completely
abortivc than that, for Pete's sake
what is IL?
To rise, BY honesty, industry, SUI
pcrior ability and darned good luck,
out Of the vice-presidential obscur-
lily TO some proud position. like
President Coolidge or Colonel Roose-
.elt-one takes off his hat to that
rs 10 any other fancy achievement.
To retire h%ororably into v~ice-pres-
dental rest, after a stirring career
as senate leader or governor OF a
biz state. like Charley Curtis or
Tom Marshall--that's n fitting end
ing for a tired old war horse.
But never 10 have been anything
but vice president!-O! "yanitas
vanitatumi"-what Il fizzle!
Charles C.is future looked 50
bright. tooi-only four short years
ago next March-as he picked up
that gsvel for the first time, whang-
Ell it on the desk in front Of him
and proceeded to read the riot act
70 the assembled senators.
Behold him now!-presiding over
his last "short session"
Not much like the old Charles c..
j. he? No. you bet he isn't. Vice
President Dawes hasn't any further
idea Of reforming the senate. The
senate can waste all the time IL
wants 10, for all he cares. All he's
in a hurry about is TO have March
1 get here, and have IL over with.