Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-06-15
GETTING DOWN TO
"BRASS
WHEN NATURE SMILES

All the Upper Missouri country
looks like a great garden now. 1t is
beautiful III the green of early sum
mer. Grass, fields, trees. gardens
everywhere there is glorious prom
lse. The effect is pronounced. Now
inueed Is gone the winter of eur
di~sconfenf. Rains have ironed a LOT
OF the wrinkles out Of the faces Of
men and women.
Ii IS too early TO predict d bump
er crop. Many things may happen
between this time and early August.
But what a change from TWO wears
ago. Then we were praying In our
churches for rain. The land was
Dare n brown. Anxious men gath
cred on street corners seeking COM
Tort from one another. The shadow
OF the great calamity Of drouth was
over all the land From the Rocky
Mountains TO eastern North Dakota
There were the evidences of q great
disaster From some measure OF its
effects none escaped. 1t took fts foil
from h working men thrown out
OF work. from the business ma
who had pledged his credit TO op-
crate q service station for his neigh
bors, no matter what line. from
the farmer who had toiled and saw
all his toll go for nothing.
We smiled through that. 1T is all
behird u.s. How much more ~
should smile today. All OF us win
De the better for a relaxation now
from worry. fear. ~harrassment. All
OF us have taken losses. What OF 1t!
with those losses have come lessons.
we cannot call yesterday back.
vain regrets are idle. Money is not
happiness. That is a relative term.
upon which the best OF authorities
disagree.
HOW fine the country looks. What
q lot OF trouble has been washed ont
OF the average individual conscious
ness by the recent rains. We sh0uld|
every effort to enjoy the re-
prospect that is ours today.
Everywhere about us here In
sheridan county Nature Is In her
most gracious mood. 1t is impossible
look upon Its magnified piano.
without being inspired, or for
a lot OF things that in the
larger aspect are after all not worth
remembering. When grass is green.
ind flowers bloom, and the old hills
axe on their late spring dress, and
DiTds sing, is a good time to LET a
Lot OF troubles roll away.
iL 1s hard to imagine a transfer
nation more complete than the
OF June 1893, as compared
with the pictures of June 1881.
over all the land there was q
snauoW. Today over all the land is
den OF Natures bounty. Then
Q the casual visitor we were saying
.Ihere has never been anything
IKE this before" Today to the cas-
iai visitor we don't need to say any
hing. He can see for himself, un-
ess he is stone blind. What q fine
m this would be for men living
IN high priced farm land, paying
high taxes and high rates OF inter-
to ee this country. What a fine
lime 1t Is to plan for our future. for
he fact is we shall have dry seas
ms again, Ii not drouths OF the kind
We had two years ago. /,
The 1881 drouth was just an in j.
.ident in the history of this coun- .
ry. Kansas and all the southwest !
lad like experiences In their pioneer l
lays. Those regions learned to pre- .
are for them They created reserves /
a good years to carry them over !
ean years. They adopted a plan for :
the most out OF their coun- I
~ fou no longer hear anybody )
wondering what's the matter with ;
That Is true right here. There Is Z
ofhing the matter with this coun- }
~ We are just beginning to learn :
ow to get the most out OF it. Rain )
J even purifying our politics. A ,
Theat crop averaging 90 bushels, I
cling for 90 cents a bushel would ;
ring distress to some people for =
would neutralixe those Jeremiahs 4
rho have been almost constantly ,
rying mt our wailing walls for the ,
few years. 1t III still true that1
hat Is n mans meat Is another ,