The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-12-03

Colonel Young, in order to get
some first hand information regard
ing flying in the United States,
travelled $500 miles and made thor
ough study of aeronautics wherever
he went and he now says: "Air trans
portation is on strictly business
basis. The glamour has been remov-
ed. The romance of successful pion-
eering alone remains. The users of
air transportation are sincere and
employ it primarily because it means
saving in time and money"
Further: "No longer do they identi-
fly themselves flying simply for the
novelty or the effect in the eyes of
their fellow men. Rather they have
come to recognize air transportation
as being a system of nationwide pro-
portions, with planes operating en-
schedule throughout each 24-hour
period"
In other words, we are flying,-
just the same as we are being trans
ported in coaches on railways. So,
after this, if you happen to tell a
friend that you flew from Chicago to
Renville or Brown or Redwood coun-
ty, you may expect this retort: swell,
what of it."
Your government can tell you a
lot of things. For instance it has
just announced that a study of the
acreage given over to forests in the
country has been completed and it is
found that there are one hundred
eighty-three million nine hundred sew
enty-fve thousand, nine hundred
thirty acres so classed. There are
one hundred forty-nine national for
ests.
Today there are six hundred six
teen thousand eight hundred thirty
seven persons employed under the
United States Civil Service, says a
late announcement by Thomas E.
Campbell, president of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. This is 21,381 more
than there were employed last De-
cember. Total annual salaries in
Washington and throughout the coun-
try, as paid by the government, run
to $156,O0O,000.
FOOD for the Children" is the name
of new book prepared by techni-
clans in the employ of the Bureau of
Home Economics Of the Department
of Agriculture. This book advocates
a more varied diet for children. Two
women are said to have gathered the
information for publication, Mrs.
Rowena Schmidt Carpenter and Mrs.
Helen Nebecker Ham. These women
say that mistaken ideas have kept
good foods out Of the young child's
menu.
Recently there was certain post
office in the United States that on
certain day did ten thousand times
more business than it had ever done
before or will ever do again. "Im-
possible" you say. Not SO. The post
office is at Yorktown, Virginia, where
the celebration of the one hundred
fifieth anniversary of the siege was
conducted. One million five hundred
thousand copies of the new Yorktown
stamps were sold in the village that
day, which you will have to admit, is
a right smart lot of stamps.
If l were to ask you the question,
(Which cities, larger than Washing
ton, have been capitals of the United
States?" / am sure most of you
would be nonplussed. The probable
answer Of the majority would be.
"Why, Washington has always been
the capital of the United States" No,
New York and Philadelphia were also
capitals. George Washington, wien
president, presided over the destinies
of the nation and had his home in
New York and Philadelphia, and
while in those cities, according to
common account, was dreadfully
homesick for his country place at
Mount Vernon. So was his wife,
Martha. When Mrs. Washington got
such an irresistible longing for home
that she could stand it no longer, she
just went there, and to her Washing
ton wrote: Il never 60 to any public
place. Indeed, think am more like
. state prisoner than anything else;
there is . certain bounds set for me,
which I must NOT depart from, and IS
I cannot do as l like, ! am obstinate
and stay At home great deal" Isn't
50 much fun being president, after al.