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Show SMdTorom other editors . would be a good place to extend a little recognition to the steady, dependable de-pendable job Ben Baker does every morning tidying up Main street. Ben is all through before most of us have even given much consideration consid-eration to rolling out of bed in the morning. Seems he can't sleep any later than 4 a.m. So, by 4:30 a.m., he's out on the street getting it prettied up for another day of bustling and sometimes littering commerce on Galena's main stem. ' From The Waverly, N. Y.. Sun: And so the season of the majestic majes-tic foliage is over and we look back with regret that it passed all too quickly. The bare limbs of a tree represent emptiness and can well be compared to a royal household where joy and splendor once reigned. A leafless tree reminds one of a king who has been stripped of all -his majestic surroundings; sur-roundings; his brilliant robes have been replaced by sackcloth and his well groomed appearance has faded away. From The Clear Lake, Iowa, Reporter: Re-porter: . Manufacturers of soft and hard bottled drinks could perform a public pub-lic service and make many friends for themselves by one simple little act. Anyone who drives the highways today has seen the shoulders of roads littered with bottles. Manufacturers Manu-facturers of these products could stick a label on each bottle and a message in each case, warning drinkers of the danger to life and limb caused by throwing their "empties" on the highway. Of course, it is against the law in most states to throw out bottles and refuse, but there cannot be a traffic officer behind each car. From The Independent Review, AEtec, N. M.: The present period of Inflation has seen the price of commodities reach the highest level In history, and has lasted longer' than any period of inflation has previously done. A period of inflation has followed fol-lowed each war we have experienced, experi-enced, which was in turn followed . by a severe drop in prices. Prices have not dropped following World War II limply because our military From The Houlton, Me., Pioneer Times: The State Police are reportedly investigating the carcasses of two cows, dead from rifle bullets, which allegedly were found in Amity one morning prior to the official opening open-ing of the hunting season. The -theory ir this case is that the animals ani-mals met their fate at night. A contributing factor to their possibly pos-sibly being mistaken for deer under un-der a light, was the finding of a half consumed gallon of wine and a partially emptied fifth of a somewhat stronger beverage. activity has never let up. When it slows down prices will begin their downward course. From the middle mid-dle of 1920 to the middle of 1921 prices dropped ' over 40 per cent, stayed on a fairly even keel until 1929, then started down again until they reached bottom In 1933.' From The Galena, 111., Gaiette: A woman called yesterday with the suggestion that this column |