Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-05-19
| Would Saw
BY A. w. CONAWAY

The dog muZZling order in Mlnne-
apolis is causing much storm from
pet owners and there may be more
to both sides than that which ap-
pears on the surface. I am lover
of dogs as a pet but I do detest them
running wild, almost as much as does
Hitler the Jews, but that isn't the
dogs fault. Some people just have
to have dogs and when they get them,
then the good old "four footed Friend
of Man. just has to root for himself.
I'm not on the Minneapolis council
and likely never will be but could
suggest that the harmless pets-the
ones which are being looked after
conscientiously by their owners-be
not Inconvenience by muzzling. All
the council would have to do would
be to order the "strays" taken up and
disposed of; then the people who
love their pets enough to properly
take care of them would not have
to suffer the sight of seeing them
muZZled.
We have little Pekingese at our
house and in order to muzzle him
one would have to have an inverted
muzzle; for instance similar to a
paper sack turned wrong side out.
In the first place l don't see how he
could bite anyone anyway, because
his eyes are in the way.
Headlines tell us that the Pope is
preparing a new attack on Hitler.
You know that situation is about like
going to see a girl friend when the
mother likes you and the father
doesn't. You know Mussolini likes
the young man from Germany. Why
not, he likes to play the same games
he does?
Well, folks 1 just got through read
ing the list of candidates on the state
ticket and Pine county ballot and I
find that l am one of the very few
who is not seeking a political job
1 would possibly think about running
for some office but 1 am a little
afraid to have the family history ex-
posed. You know the first thing a
political candidate does is study his
tory and some times it even dates
back to the medieval days.
The state ticket alone contains 81
names and the Pine county ballot
will contain 26. I am glad to see
that so many are taking an interest
in government. With so many teach
ers we are certainly going to learn
considerable about how governmental
affairs should be run.
A good Republican has submitted
modern fable which tells of the
good old days when a farmer sold
two chickens and with the proceeds
bought two shirts. So the farmer had
two shirts and the city man had two
chickens. Then along came the New
Deal and told the farmer he should
get more money for his chickens by
making them Scarcer, then he would
get more income. The New Deal
also told the working man that he
must work fewer hours and get more
money.
All that of course caused manu-
featured products to cost more money.
Now the farmer brought one chicken
to market and got as much money
for it as he previously did for two.
He felt fine and went to buy some
shirts, but found that shirts had also
doubled in price, so he got one shirt.
Now the farmer has one shirt and the
city man has one chicken, whereas
without the New Deal the farmer
had two shirts and the city man had
two chickens.
In the "balmy" days of the Re-
publicans some farmers will tell you
that they took three chickens to town
and the city man having to work
such darned long hours, was tired
and had only two completed for the
farmer to take with him so he took
tho ha1ance of the money depOSited If