The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-03-10
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WILLIE
ROGERS
#AVH

BEVERLY HILLS-Well all I
know is just what read in the
papers, and say, wasent 1 glad to
get back home and read some
papers! I mean some papers with
some news in EN- and printed in
language that was about SO percent
Ineligible to me. Honest there
was times on that trip when
would have given almost any
amount of money to just have had
that days American newspaper.
They do not print a bit Of American
news, even the big papers in Eng
land wont have 2 date lines from
America.
Why our Country newspapers
have more European news in one
edition than their big City ones
will have of us in a month. No
wonder the world don't know any
thing about us. They don't get a
chance to read it, and if it is in
there it is just about Al Capone, or
some Gangester, or anything that is
in any way detrimental to our Coun-
try. They keep publishing that we
are going to go off the Gold. Well
so many of us over here haven't
seen any Gold in so long that we
don't know if we are off it or on it.
But honest it was good to get a
newspaper in my mits again. A
breakfast without a newspaper
is a Horse without a Saddle. You
are just riding bareback If you got
no news for breakfast.
have just read since been back
till I am blue in the face. Every
thing that has happened in three
months was news to me. Why do
you know that used to send Mrs.
Rogers cables from Japan and
China asking her about different
National events. Here was all
hoped up over my Good Friend
John Garner. Now I dident know
if he had been made Speaker of
the House or not. News like that
meant nothing to Chinaman, but
it meant something to me. Notre
Dame and Southern California, I
couldent find out if it had been
called off on account Of rain, no
attendance, or for the good of the
Order. Did Mayor Jimmy Walker
get Money out? or did Jimmy just
get out of New York? All these
things I couldent get head and tail
of. So I would cable Mrs. Rogers,
now at $1.25 a word, naturally my
news was scattering. So If I talk
about things that don't mean a
thing to you any more why they
mean a lot to me for I just found
EN- out. So what am getting at,
don't underestimate your paper, I
don't care how small it is, and how
little news you think it might have
in it at that particular issue, Lord
kiss it, for the news that it does
bring you.
Why I have seen times when I
would have given 800 for the
"Claremore Progress" or the
"Claremore Messenger" and that's
Just two of the smaller Papers Of
Claremore. Take my ham away,
take away my eggs, even my Chilli,
but leave me my Newspaper.
Even If it just has such purely To-
cal news as Jim Jones came home
last night unexpectedly, and
bloodshed ensued," or Jesse
Bushyhead, our local M. D. is hav-
ing one of the best years Of his
career practically speaking. But
they just wont pay him when they
get we'll" The County seat was
packed yesterday with prominent
visitors from out Of town, attemp-
ing to renew their notes." "Elec-
ton anti far off and everybody is
up for office that can sign an APP
plication blank"
Now all that don't seem much
news to you. But is news espe-
cially when you know the people,
and they are your own folks. So no
matter how punk you might think
YOUR local paper is getting, why
lust take IT away from you and see
how you feel. The old newspaper I
think is Just about our biggest
blessing. Course the car will strike
some of you as better, but Horse
and Buggy was mighty fine sub
stitute for the Ford. But there has
been no substitute for the old
newspaper. Then look at the diff
ference in the cost to us.
Then you see too we are living
in such an age, that we have to
pick up the paper to see what
Countries have gone to war, what
one have had Revolutions, how
many Billions our Congress has
appropriated. Never since the old
est inhabitant was born have we
lived through such exciting times.
The great war was local. It was all
in France. But today news, ex-
element, is everywhere. Nations
are furnishing the news nowadays,
and not just Peggy Joice, and Al
Capone. So lets all read and be
merry, for tomorrow the paper
may not have enough addsin it to
come out.
George Malone, Of Chicago testi-