The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-17

who sold may have realized his ex-
pectation of enjoyment of oppor-
tunity, convenience and attraction
of the city, but the chances are 100
to against him. The vast majority
in any large city evidence more of
failure than of success.
WHERE GLAMOUR AND
ROMANCE WAS KING
MAJOR JERRY" REED was a
cowboy on the King ranch in Texas
before he became a major. When
he entered the. World war, Jerry
quit bronco-busting and cow-punch-
ing to enter the aviation service, in
which he rose to the rank of major.
As sideline he taught prize fighting
to the fistically inclined young
bloods of the army. With the close
of the war he entered the concrete
contracting field.
But Jerry has dreamed of the
glamour and romance of that great
baronial estate of more than q mil
lion acres, the King ranch. To Jerry
the ruler of that domain was great
er than any king or potentate.
After years of contention the state
of Texas has built a public high
way straight through the center of
those million and more acres. To
Jerry the ruler of that domain is
now but an ordinary individual, and
the romance and glamour of the
Lone Star state is gone 3+4l
SLIM" WILLIAMS, an old Alas
kan sourdough, prefers cream puffs
to blubber as a steady diet. A few
years ago, "Slim" drove a dog team
from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Wash
ington, D. C. A later exploit was
an attempt to ride a motorcycle
from Fairbanks to New York to
prove the practicability of high
way from Alaska to the American
line. "Slim' and his motorcycle
did not get to New York, but he did
get through the Alaska and British
Columbia mountains to the Amer
lean line and so claims to have
proved his contention about a high
way. "Slim" regrets he has passed
soldering age because cream puffs
are now a part of army rations.
WORTH KNOWING
TEACHING ORIENTAL politics to
American college youth is the voca-
ton of DR.. William M. McGovern,
a member of the faculty of North
western university. There are more
people who know DR.. McGovern as
"Bill'' than as doctor" Those who
know him as ''Bill'' know his avoca-
ton, that of seeking the out-of-the-
way places of the world and seeing
and experiencing the unusual.
"Bill'' is a member of a head
hunting tribe of Ecuador. He has
visited Lhasa in Tibet. He is an
intimate friend of the Shah of Per-
STA. Yes, he has been places and
done things, but on the campus he
is DR.. william M. McGovern, pro-
fessor of Oriental politics. doubt if
the students and other professors at
Northwestern actually know "Bill,"
but "Bill'' is worth knowing.
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TOO MUCH D AZ y
OUT OF EACH Of our earned dol
lars, government - federal, state,
county, municipalities just about
30 cents for taxes. In 1900 it was
only seven cents. We are paying
too much for government, or paying
for too much government. We, and
we only, can stop that dollar-eating
tax monster. The ballot box pro-
vides the weapon with which to
slay it.
ARMY IN MUNITION PLANTS
WE MIGHT put the next million
men for the army to work in muni-
ton plants, making the equipment
they will need. It should be as
valuable in our preparedness efforts
as to have them drilling with broom.A
sticks and pieces of stove pipe for
guns.
AMERICAN WEALTH
THE TOTAL WEALTH of Amer
lea, including everything that has
value, is estimated at 375 billion
dollars. To divide that equally
among all the people of the nation
would give each of us about $2,885.
With such an amount no one could
accomplish anything. We could
not buy and operate a farm, we
could not build a factory or a rail-
road. Wealth becomes productive
and of value to each and all of US
only when it is consolidated. That
is just what we Americans have
done with our mites.