The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-12-10

xOuIS very tIu4y, |
H. A.. WILLIAMS.
Sundwiches?~ |
Dear Mr.. Editor:
Last week Rhode Island Red,
having completed the overseeing
Of. his years banner production
removed his editorial pipe of many
summers from the shelf, applied
the expulsion and suction tests to
it, replaced the old adhesive tape
with new, and fully elongated on
the family couch, beside q spark
ling fire kndled by his NEST
gracious wife, proceeded to REM
inisce, and as a result your Pub
lie Forum ',unfolded to the reading,
public, In the third person, q.
unique combination of news, pol
itics and constructive criticism all
bound up: In smoke rings and
checkers. You know, Mr.. Editor,
it's from that same family couch
that the activities OF three of the
best farmed ranches In Big Horn
county are managed and it's from
that same couch that Reds ideas
are given to the public through
mediums of his own creation.
You know, Mr.. Editor, Red talk
ed about taxes, but one must ex-
pect them. You know, since the
Dominion OF Canada capitalized
the quintuplets, Uncle Sam got
young ideas and as a result, he's
really become prolific. Seems like
about one-half of, the people are
descendants and his closer rela-
tons seem to. be; all generously
provided with meal tickets and
Pullman slips. You know, Mr. Ed
Tor, the great grand children per-
meate' in all fence corners and
brush piles in the United States
and even visited Red this summer.
I'm told. Well, we can't have Wis
tors without giving them meat
and drink and I guess that's what
those extra taxes are for.
You know, our history book
records how our statesmen pro-
vided holidays so we wouldn't
work too many days consecutively
and have time to idolize our Lin
coins and Washingtons, and they
provided a Thanksgiving day and
a Christmas holiday and between
those two great days they sand
wiched in that tax day, November
30th. In the days of Dur states
men and the horse and buggy it
wasn't so important, cause, after
the town meeting, the assessor
went around and took up a COL
lection to buy some Lumber for
culverts and to bury the unfor-
tunate widow. But today, Red (you
don't mind me calling you Red,
do you, for short), It just seems
are some kind of relation to Un-
Gle. He seems to have so many
P. P. relations-mayhap you have
mt heard who they are; they
are the poor relations and the
political relations. When some of
the politicians are interceding for
them, they call them poor political
relations. Well, Red, with so many
relations it's just darn hard 10
get along, when they all depend
on Uncle.
But, Red, on the O. +. tell me
what's inefficient about that tax
extractor they now have and why
all this talk about a new one
that's so much bigger and more
efficient to use on the boys that's
not connected with the family !
tree? It seems ind of nonsense
when Uncle's offspring are SO
recklessly marrying into the fam
lilies of those who Uncle's been
figuring on using this new ext
tractor on.
Say, Red, did you hear about
our merchants? You know they
been sort of talking about having
: Christmas tree and lighting up
sur town; but It seems this mer-!
prosperity has kind Of
gone into reverse. At least that's
the way It works when us coun-
try boys would Ike to have al
own all lit up and decorated and
all that. You know they. are so,
busy that they just can't find
to do it, Or have it done.
veil, you know, If they didn't like
business and kind Of give us|
! bright welcome around Christ
mas, it seems tho mebby we're
appreciated and better go
where we are.
No hurry about answering this
cause 7 know that tax day Is over
md we have Christmas ahead and
hen comes New Year, with It's
'ubbles and smoke rings.
You should not be too severe