The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-11-03

! LEAVE THE
| CONSTITUTION ALONE
Rhode Island Red
It won't do, folks, it Just won't
do. It's Just another grand and
brilliant idea bloWed all to hell.
We been dom a little heavy
thinking on the matter and as
far as we are concerned, it's
out. We're talkin' about that
proposed amendment that would
put these political playboys in
for a term of four years instead
of two. Now just stop and think
about it for a minute. Who ever
heard of office holders wantin'
to save the taxpayers money.
That's the argument they are
putting up-that it will save a
lot of money-and it's phooey.
That's obselete-that'S out - in
this day and age. Nobody wants
anyone else to save money and
besides just think how many
people will be thrown out of
| work. Here are all these election
judges and clerks whose income
will be cut in half if we have
elections only once in every four
years. And what about ali these
voters who sell their vote for
five Or ten gallons of gas or a
few meals when they come to
town, or a beef, mebbe? How
they gonna get along? And what
about the newspapers and
printers? If they lost all of this
advertiser an cards an election
supplies an hooey that goes
with an election campaign -
how d'ya think they are gon-
ma get along? And again, look
at all the money that comes
in from candidates fees. Why,
Gee whiz, they took in enough
this year in candidates fees to
almost run the County COM
missioners office for a whole
month and that's something, is
it not? And besides that, look
at the fun we have. No, sir, we
got our fingers crossed. We note
that the Act becomes effective
! Immediately upon approval by
a majority of the VOTES CAST
for and against it. We wonder
If the boys would be so keen for
it if it didn't go into effect for,
say four or six years. Uh Huh.
Ho Hum. Say, listen folks,
we're gonna try to combine
business with pleasure, here if
we can, but don't tell nobody.
We don't want the editor to
find it out. We gotta buy a COW
that gives milk. We received our
orders from the high command
here the other day and orders
are orders. We've got several
cows that have ben suspected of
given milk but the suspicion
has been unconfirmed. Of course
most any COW after she has
become, er, ah- romantic, will
as a rule, give milk-to the calf
but the idea around here
seems to be to get a COW that
don't care a darn who she gives
milk for, nor how much. Now,
if any of you folks have a COW
who has, thru a little roman
tic in~discretion, been the victim,
lately of a blessed event, and
If you don't think that she is
too valuable to part with-like
partin' with one of the family,
you know-or if she isn't too
temperemntal to get along with
and has at least four good err
ah! you know faucets that do
not have to be thaWed out every
time you milk her, we wish you
would kindly drop a line to the
Tribune-Herald. They will tell
the sheriff and he will tell Doc
Hoverfield and he will tell Char
ley Elder and he will tell the
banks (they are the ones who
should know it, and they won't
tell anybody. In that way we
will find out and mebbe we
can get a chance to see a COW
like that.
We don't want a COW that
is so tempermental and sensi-
tive that she lwithers up if she
happens to hear someone swear,
or one that, when you sit down
to milk her, and lead off with
your right she will counter with
a left to the stomach. No, sir,
we want a good peaceable COW
that's dumb enought to give a
lot of milk and not groWl and
kick about it.
So-long,
Rhode Island Red.