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Show ITf Desert Dust DustBy Dust1 \1 1 " \ 1II II I | 1\ 1 \ 1By , By JohnstonI Johnston JohnstonAndy ] I I ' ' Andy Volstead is lS passing out of pub pub- public pubi pubhc pubho - i II lic hc ho life hfe For years he has been on thegovernment the thegovernment thegovernment government payroll He has beenlegal beenlegal been theI I legal adviser to the eighth district dry dryadmimstrator dryadministrator admimstrator administrator with headquarters in st StPaul StPaul I , Paul , Minn He came to Congress Congressfrom Congressfrom 1 1from J from Minnesota in 1903 and remamed remained remainedfor remainedfor I Ifor for twenty years He had drag enoughunder enough enoughunder J JW1der J I W1der under adminIistrations the Cooudge Cool1dge Coolidge and ami Hoover admin admin- admin-I admin I administrations administrations - I istrations to hold a ra job but Roosevelt's Roosevelts Roosevelt'seconomy Roosevelt'seconomy Roosevelt'seconomy Rooseveltseconomy ' economy hatchet has finally Roosevelt'sI got him himIt himIt himIt I It is reported that he has been in illhealth ill illhealth illhealth health for some time timc It would breakany break breakI breakany breakany I I any man's mans ' health to have to father an anact anact anact act that was as big a failure as the theVolstead theVolstead theVolstead anI I Volstead actPresident act actPresident President Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' idea of placingall placing placingall I all postmasters under civil service serviceI serviceknocked serviceknocked serviceknocked I | incongress in incongress incongress knocked a bunch of Democrats congress for a row That would givethe give givethe I the public a square deal but for yearsthe years yearsthe I Ithe the first , second and rand third class post post- postmasters postI postmasters postmasters - I masters have been appointed 31ppomted b by ' thepresident the theI thepresident thepresident I president enaItors on recommendation of sena sena- senators senators ena-I ena I - ( | tors and representatives These classes classesof classesof . of postoffices postofflccs are considered good jobS jobsThe jobsThe I II I The government has bas as been very strictabout strIct strictabout I Iabout about the fourth class post postotfice postoffice offIce Applloants Ap- Ap ApI AppUoants Ap Applicants - - I plicants pUoants plloants for them must come under undercivil undercivil civIl service , while postmasters of that thatclass thatclass thatclass ! class have hlve : to have some other means meansof meansof meansof of livelihood l1veIihood in order to eat regular . According to all reports Grand coun COW1- COW1 COW1ty coun- coun county county - - ty stands a good chance of getting a . amodern amodem modem modern school and gymnasium Federal Fed- Fed Federal Fed Federal - eral funds it is claimed are virtuallyassured virtually virtuallyassured virtuallyassured assured Now if we can just run trueto true trueto trueto to form , , we will let the contract tosome to tosome tosome some Jew contractor from Kansas City Cityor Cityor Cityor or St Louis and nd see to it that he hebrings hebrings hebrings brings in h his labor and imports his hismaterial hismaterial hismaterial material Then all there will be leftfor left leftfor leftfor for us to do , would be to just watch wateh watehhim watchhim him build it The government at present is domg doing doinga I 0 a . lot of figuring flgurmg just how to enact akidnaping .a a . .aI .akidnapmg akidnaping I kidnapmg kidnaping law that will v.iU viU . cover thewhole the thewhole thewhole whole country cOW1try Now it would look toa to toi 1 a ' . man up a tree that they are getting gettingthe gettingthe gettingthe the pony ahead of the cart oart The Thev.hol Thewhole Thewhole v.hol vhol whole . country cOW1try is 15 covered with kid kidnapers kid- kid kidna.pers kidnapers - napers na.pers . at present pre < : ent Why not try andround and andround andround round up tins this bunch9 bunch ? ' Then if Old tha thalaws Oldlav thdlaws lav laws . S are too strict , let the kidnapers kidnapershave kidnapershave kidnapershave have a voice in it . . i iA i A rural doctor droie dro\e dro e dose \ out and saw S:3W S3W S:3Whis sawhis : | his pitient p\tient p tient patient ' \ Before leaving he slid"I slidI s\id s id said ' \ , "I I " 1 hive hwc have taken the liberty l1berty of s < ; sp'idingin spidingin p'ldlng pldlng 'iding iding p'ldlngin 'idingin ' in my little JlttIe account again 'Is Is ' Is that thatso thatso thatso so , , " replied the patientlcll patient , , * ' \ well \lcll lcll ircll , , racting acting ractingon actingon actingon on 3 y our advice , I am avoiding businessworries business businessorries businessw \\orries orries w \ \ orries for the present pre.sent : . " Tha The good deeds of men are frequent frequent- frequently - ly traced on sand and Their bad ones en- en engraved engraved en engraved - graved on marble . . |