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Show , 4 3 Ruminatin M Roundabout j In which Ruminator proposes to dream a lot, think as little as necessary, scatter a few bouquets bou-quets while their objectives are still above the sod to enjoy them, and fire a hot-shot now and then before said Ruminator gets too old and his sight gets too poor to see the sparks fly. One of the most appreciated of our Christmas greeting cards came from Hardin, Montana. Addressed to our old stamping grounds in Wyoming but bearing the words, "please forward," it duly made its appearance and added no little to the Christmas spirit. The card came from Emil Kopac of Oshkosh, Nebraska, a large lanflowner and grain grower of that section, who devotes the open parts of his winters and any other time he can spare to the following fol-lowing up, mapping and marking! of pioneer trails. He is a nation-! ally known authority on many of the little known features of this work, to which he devotes his own time and money. His card bears on one side a photographic reproduction repro-duction of a beautiful mountain scene and on the other some unusual un-usual thoughts that are well worth re-printing: "The most cherished ambition ambi-tion of human beings is the pleasant associations with those they may meet on life's pathway. "Our fellow beings usually reflect the precepts of others who influence them on their journey through life. "Society should improve as the shadows lengthen. The only possible method to improve im-prove it is by precept. The past twelve months show a marked trend toward society's uplift. "Let us trust that the season's sea-son's progress has been of material benefit to us all, not excepting adverse weather conditions that prevailed in many sections of our country; that the year 1935 will yield abundantly of the elements so. indispensable to society's advancement." ad-vancement." Tournament of Roses Pictorial, is the title of a colorful souvenir book depicting the world-famous New Years day fete at Pasadena, which comes to us from Mrs. W. C. Cates of Milford, Utah "at Pasadena" for the glorious event. Many thanks, Mrs. Cates,' for another an-other nice indication of your well-known well-known thoughtfulness. We might be on the lookout about now for a January thaw if we had anything to thaw! But a temperature of near 60 at 8:30 in the morning 'and it was just that Thursday morning leaves little to be desired in the way of nice weather. At that, we are told that the ground is frozen to a depth of some 10 inches or was frozen that deep before the warmer weather of the last few days, which has raised ned with the skating. An Ohio man says he has been reading the Congressional Record for 30 years and still he can't figure out its editorial policy. Kansas City Star. |