The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-01-02
Political Matters and Otherwise
BY JESS S. HARRIS

The Christmas, holiday and
New Years seasons this year
were preceded by regrettable
deplorible affairs and incidents
possibly never before equaled
in the history of the nation.
They consisted of fires, fatal ac-
cidents, robberies, kidnappings,
suicides, strikes. drownings,
thievery, murders, tornadoes in
the main as we'll as multitude
of other somewhat trifling
things. Is there a remedy for
much of this? Extreme care
might help bit.
If the sharp nail-gigantic gov
ernmental octopus were kept off
the back of the average Ameri-
can farmer he would get along
financially much better than as
of today. He did SO in the days
of the long ago; he did so with
finances at his command instead
of, in many instances, an indebt-
edness hanging over his head.
The United States will spend
an additional billion dollars on
missiles and other home defense
during the coming year. Com
mander-in-C Chief and Mrs. Eisen-
hover spent Christmas in the
White House at Washington.
The present winter arrived on
schedule late on the evening Of
December 21st with the temper
ature several degree higher than
normal which was acceptable to
all.
United States Senator John W.
Bricker has acceded to the re-
quests and urgency of thousands
of his Ohio friends, as well as
in other sections of the nation,
and has announced that he will
| in 1858 seek the Republican
| nomination at the May primary
election for the third six-year
term in his present position. The
| announcement is most highly
pleasing to his legions of friends
here and elsewhere, all of whom
will rally to his support when
| the time comes. At the coming
| primary he may have a mere
oxen of opposition-but nothing
| more. Senator Bricker and Gov
error c. William O'Neill attend
ed the Ohio State-Oregon foot
ball game at Pasadena, Calf, on
New Years Day.
Two days before Christmas,
the small village OF Rankin,
eight miles east of Pittsburgh,
Pa, was visited by a conglagra-
ion that destroyed one school
building and fourteen residences.
The lives of two persons were
| lost. Sixty families were rend-
cred homeless for the time being
| All surrounding available fire
departments were summoned to
| the scene, but the flames des-
| troyed four blocks.
| In Iowa alone the farmers bur.
| eau lost over ten thousand mem
bers of the organization during
the year 1857, according to a re
port recently made by those II
position to know.
Milk producers in the Cleve
land, Ohio, area have asked fol
an increase in price to $500 PEE
hundred pounds. This has beer
refused by the milk dealers as
sociation, which means tha
there may be strike in th'
offing.
Gov. and Mrs. {. William
IO'Neill passed through Caldwell
by motor a few hours before tn
arrival Z of Christmas Eve o,
their way from Columbus t
their home at Marietta to spen
portion of the evening wit
friends. During the night the
returned to the capital city t
spend Christmas Day "at home
By the burning of home i
GAINESVILLE on Christmas morr
ing four children, ranging in age
from two to eighteen years, los
their lives. The widowed mothe
was at Evanston, Indiana, at til
time attending the marriage {
another son.