Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-09
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WELD ftN, SdSk. f1alcyOu
spots where ducks padded around
a year ago are 10 planted to
wheat, much to the ducks dis
gust. The drought did it, drying
up many lakes around here. The
lake bottoms, rich and fertile, have
been planted to grain.
POCATELLO, Ida.,-The farm
ers have made a Roman holiday at
the expense of millions of grass
hoppers. The pests had congre-
gated on an irrigation canal wait
ing until their wings got a bit
stronger to ravage the grain fields.
The farmers spent one day show
cling the 'hoppers out of the creek,
carting them away at the rate Of
a truckload every 10 minutes, put
ing them in huge piles and burn
ing them.
AIKEN, S. C.-The r. F. ID.
carriers want to help congress bal
ancs the budget. The annual con-
vention Of the Aiken county X. +.
ID. carriers has adopted a resolu-
ton notifying congress of their
willingness to take a 10 per cent
cut-and like it.
CHICAGO - The spirit of 'o5
walked proudly up Michigan boule-
ward last week. Three veterans OF
the war of the states refused to
ride in the Memorial day parade,
insisting on marching. Two footed
bravely on their flies and the
third beat a lusty drum. They
were grey, a trifle hating and a
Nit feeble with years-but tney
marched!
SAN FRANCISCO-Nine tame
seals in the city aquarium have
been put on the payroll of the
commercial fishing industry to
keep them out of the Pacific ocean.
When only $40 apiece was bid for
the 81 900 seals the city thot TO
turn them loose in the ocean. The
fishermen came running. Don't
do that" they cried in alarm.
"Those seals would hang around
the bay and fish us out OF busi-
ness. Keep 'em where they are
and we'll feed 'em free"
FREMONT, Neb.-No matter
who wins the Nebraska guberna-
torial election next November, Gov.
Charles w. Bryant and his Repub-
lican opponent, Dwight Grlswold,
can remember they have been IN q
race. They have been matched Tor
a foot race at a veterans meeting
at Kerney, July 4.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. EVEN
safe blowers can have compassion
ON the needy. A gang pried open
the strong box in a laundry office
but they found the only money II
contained was the contributions OF
the employees to the community
chest. They left the money there.
PRAGUE, Czechoslavakia-Two
German students have been jailed
for climbing up and knocking the
golden halo from the statue OF
Nepomuk into the Moldau river.
st. John, the patron saint OF
Bohemia was drowned IN the
Moldau river in the fourteenth CEN
fury.
NEW YORK-udge Genevieve
Cline. the only woman judge in the
country, believes that women
should be themselves, Women
make a mistake" she says, when
they try to be different, when they
substitute their own way for mas
culine tradition"
EDGEWATER, N. J.-Going to
school is worse than poison ivy TO
some of the youngsters here. Dr.
Charles F. Buckley reported to the
board Of education that he had
found 10 school boys who had
rubbed themselves with the lrri-
tating leaves SO they could absent
themselves from classes.
KEARNY, N. J.-When G.ustave
Nelson isn't hunting criminals as a
member of the Kearny police force
he grows tulips-perfect tulips, no
less--in his back yard. His speci-
mems of tulips, roses and danlias
have won the praise of horticui-
tural experts. Nelson is II years
old.
NEW YORK-A record was es-
tablished at the Tombs court last
week. Not a single offender was
brought before Magistrate Erwin
Veteran court attendants said 1t
was the first time in their mem
ory that "a hours passed without
any business"
Railroaders Working Again