The Republican., 1936-10-01

"Dear Mr.. Scoop:-Knowing of your
ability to solve heady problems, l am
sending you a very heady one. Early
this summer I cut six-pound head
of cabbage, leaving the stalk stand
ing. Six more heads came around the
stalk, one weighing two pounds and
I am safe in saying the others weighed
seven pounds, making fifteen pounds
in all. The kind was Early Peerless.
"Now, in your conferences don't
you whisper this or after this may
have to cut the original head in half,
owing to the New Dealers.
Farmers will soon have to work
under cover or hide their produce in
order to save living"
Just to keep the New Dealers from
shopping around her farm, am with
holding the name Of the writer, but
she is from District No. IA. And it
looks like another vote for Landon.
R##
Quite some months ago I pointed
out in this column the terrible condi-
tion of that vacant lot on Alder sereet
next to the gas Office. At that time I
said it had lot of rubbish on it.
Since moving that building onto the
lot last week 1 still repeat the state
ment.
What a contrast to the improve
ments made on Second street: the
]. w. Jackson front, the Coffman-Fish-
er front, the Glotfelty front, the Half
Price Store front and possibly others
in recent years. These improvements
have made the town more up-to-date.
l leave to your own judgment
whether or not the most recent addi-
tion to Alder street has improved that
section.
1t must thrill a curtailed farmer to
see the crops he hasn't got to sell go
skyrocketing in prices all over the
market place.
Some Cumberland newswriter pulled
on his imagination again Saturday
and had Garrett county in the grip of
ice.
He reasoned that because there was
frost in Cumberland it would be much
worse up here, and instead of checking
up he printed the information as facts.
The truth Of the matter was, how
ever, tina There was only slight frost.
The government thermometer at
Weber's recorded 38, and even Cum
berlander knows that this doesn't
mean frost, let alone ice.
Saturday mornings frost took in
the lowlands, there being frost in
Winchester, Va, and Martinsburg, w.
Va. It did touch a few spots in Gar
rett county lightly.
1 am not trying to prove that it
doesn't frost up here that soon, but
l do ask for truth about Garrett Coun-
| ty.
The stump speeches of David ].
Lewis during the past week came to
an end Saturday night in Oakland,
leaving the Democrats just a little
"stumped." In fact they weren't far
from being "up tree"
The customary enthusiasm was
lacking. The people seemed to pass
the soap box orations and continue
their Saturday night wanderings.
In introducing the representative
w. R. Offutt worked himself into
lather about Roosevelt (who is any,
thing but Democrat). He declared
that Roosevelt deserved another term
in the White House, and then he drew
a big breath and waited for the ap-
plause-the vociferous applause, that
was about to follow.
But who heard it? We are still try
ing to hnd out. Nobody seems to know
who heard it. So if you can't draw
your own conclusions we'll tell you
about it. There was none.
And when the representative con-
cluded his harangue, an observer coun-
ted six people who applauded at that
time. That's what I'd call an enthu-
siastic meeting and rally.
Roosevelt certainly does not deserve
another term as president, if for no
other reasons than his tendency to-
ward dictatorship. He tried to muzzle
the press and failed. If he gets four
more years, there's no telling.
In very few countries can the peo-
pie express their opinion of the gov
ernment-either informally or in their
official capacity as voters.
To denounce Hitler in Germany
means death or long Imprisonment.
To speak word against Mussolini in