Putnam patriot., 1930-02-20
THEY SAY

eight o'clock, began the winters heav fest snow fall. Sunday was a buster ing day and bitter cold. It remained for Sunday night, or early Monday morning. to send the old thermon down to is lowest point. A Patriot reporter listened in to street talk ane heard as ow as twenty below. in Pom. fret, mentioned, and as high as twelve below in Putnam. In the city court room, an unofficial decision from Judge Geissler, had it. that the ther. mometor at His Honor's house regis tered sixteen below Wen let it 20 at that. 1t being plenty cold enough for most of us.
 THAT-Mayor Charles Richard is recovering from a serious illness and the citizens are glad to hear favor able reports from the sick room. The Mayor was in a critical state for some days While some of the reports of his condition were exaggerated he has been a very sick man. His ab- senee from the council chamber, Tuesday night, while excusahle, was to our knowledge, the first absent mark against his name. Alderman Ames. president of the council. oc- eupied the mayors chair and assum- ed the role of chief executive in a dignified manner. It may be that at some future time the robes of the of office will mantel his shoulders, pro viding he will accept them.
 THAT one result of the bitter cold is continuing ringing of the fire alarm. Already there have been more calls to put out chimney fires than there were during the whole month of January. Zero weather exposes those landlords who pay no heed to the prayer of the chief and the fire men to have soot removed from chimneys. Being called from bed in the early morning hours, with the thermometer down to zero, Co save some persons home because that per son is lax in a civic duty, must be trying to the patience of members of the fire department. It is to be de plored that there is not some way of getting at those who do not perform this public duty. but investigation has proved there isn't.
 THAT last Friday was Valentine's $ day and We venture to say, if you are old enough, you recal. those missives that you sent and received years and years ago. The so called comic val entine, that sometimes found it's way to teachers desk. has passed out of existence. The teacher is no longer the enemy of the small boy It Is no longer an invitation to be called isis. "" or teachers pet" to be seen walk ing with the mistress or master of the school room. The school spirit that now exists was unknown score of years ago.
 THAT-if you intend to plant | garden this year possibly you are al. ready dreaming about it and debating what vegetables you will raise. Dig ginn in the soil is fine form of eX. eFeise for the tired business man providing he enjoys t. Those wht get pleasure out O. raising early yege tables, fortunately for some of us also get pleasure from presenting some Of the fruits of their labors tS their neighbors. We hope that some one who lives near the They Say et Vill fee ambitiously and generously inclined. As a gardner. We admit to oe ing a better or worse newspaper man
 THAT-President Hoover's vaca. ton is over. He spent the short pefio3 on q fishing trip. Everything Was made easy for him. We wonder Il part of the sport does not include rigging up ones own line, digging or cutting ones own bait, and waiting on oneself generally. Possibly the or dinary fisherman might find some thing lacking in the sport if it was made too easy for him.
 THAT,-speaking of fishing, il might be suggested that before you go out to your favorite brook. unless it be a large stream, you take the trouble to find out whether or not ii went dry this fall Many of the brooks. we are tod. were bone dry during the protracted drouth. While one would get the same thrill trying to catch trout or two out Of a brook denuded Of trout it would be ..ttle sport to fish a brook knowing there were no fish to be had. 1t might 5e Just as well, under such circum- stances to emulate Simple Simon.
 TEAT,-returning to the weather it is encouraging to find the days are growing longer. Most of us go home in daylight at the end of the day. endeavor. Very soon we will hear a faint echo Of the annual argument over the adoption of daylight saving time. It would seem that the custom has come to stay and that daylight saving, advanced time, new time, or whatever 1t may suit one to call 1t, will be adopted without opposition this year. There will be mild pro- tests but the threats to boycot those trading centers that go on daylight saving time will, we anticipate, be noticibly absent.
 THAT-Saturday is Dollar Day The merchants have specially priced their merchandise for this recurring merchandising period and it will be well to read the advertisements before