Judge — July 1937 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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the first house-was ready,-and it’s been growing no shorter at all in these re. cent lean, lonely years. “OPPORTUNITIES for college grad. uates were never greater than at the present time. For instance: Weston County, Wyo., people are undoubtedly searchin, rantieally for some young M.D. who is willing to take over the practice of Dr. N. E. Wells, who retires shortly, on the same attractive basis used by that gentleman for the last quarter of a century. The doctor has decided to cancel $17,000 due him in patients’ debts be- fore retiring. JUOTING from a statement made by Col. Roscoe Turner, noted speed flier: “The knowledge gained by the boys who had the nerve to stick out their necks has brought safety and regularity to scheduled airline operations.” Further proof that the years zizz by like this—I 111111. It seems only yes- terday that engineers on railroads were collecting information the same way—a mailbagfull at a time. ‘THE Colorado Senate has given in. structions that a mountain, not less than 14,000 feet in elevation, be named “Mount Franklin Roosevelt.” It would be interesting to know what God thinks about this kind of thing. For that matter, it would be interesting “Please bide me, madam! A thousand housewives are pursuing me to know what the slow old mountains for this last super de luxe Presto vacuum cleaner.” think. MOTION presented to the Federal Be ya aoe and Provincial Governments of ge 2 % Quebec by Alderman Max Siegler of the Laurier ward, has just come to our desk. The Alderman says that Ontario gets five times as many tourists as Quebec be- cause it costs so much to motor into Que- bec over the numerous toll bridges; he moves the reduction of the tolls. Alderman Siegler has missed the boat; had he carried his scheme a little further, Quebec might have immortalized him in bronze. Obviously, the tolls should * be reduced coming in, and increased go- ing out, converting the province into a kind of fish trap. Certain of our own states might adopt the plan. Nevada could obtain a popu. lation in this way, and the deep th might snare some intelligent men. Maine should reverse things, levying high tolls on the way in and charging nothing to et out; so her citizens would disperse, fike Republican ballots scattered by the wind; and the moose would inherit Maine. ‘THE following interchange took place between us and a sleepy looking man in the club car near Detroit: “What did the wheatfield say?” the man asked us, yawning. We said we did not know. St i “Tt said, Help: I'm being reaped!’ ” 5 Sar the man confided: Then he got up and "I'm sorry, sir, but the madam insists on her bath!” headed for the diner. Judge comicbooks.com