Hello Folks!!!!!! — J. R. Williams is dead. He is the artist who wrote and drew "Out Our Way". For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed his comic square. He was also the creater of the comics "The Worry Wart", and "Born Thirty Years Too Soon". They were all very good, But the one that always took my attention was "Out Our Way". I think the only ones who got the real 'charge' out of "Out Our Way" are the ones who have had a little taste of the 'wide open spaces' Williams had an uncanny way of injecting into that strip what he felt. I doubt if there will ever be another equal to him, as far as producing "Out Our Way".
One of his creations that I will probably never forget is one that he drew over 20 years ago. It was about an old cowboy who had just killed a coyote. The coyote whelps were wandering around the den; the old cowpoke in a nostalgic mood was looking at the lead mother and saying something, that as I recall went like this.
"Born to be a killer, thief and general all round pest;
But I kind of hate to kill you, brother, cause your part of our old west.
You and me are kinda partners, with our backs agin' the wall
In the scene that's nearly over, and the curtains 'bout to fall.
(The cartoons will be continued by reuse — Editor)
Men are like tacks — useful if that have good heads and are headed in the right direction.
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Now that school is out; I would like to give you graduates a quiz.
How many of you know that before there is a job available to you there has to be $12,000 or more put into working power in order to provide for you a job? No jobs don't just grow on trees, as so many of us are inclined to believe. It therefore behooves all of us to see to that we store away a portion of our earnings and invest them in something that will create jobs and give us a nest egg for the shadows of our years. I think a good rule would be for us to store away about 10 per cent of our earnings. To those who have steady jobs and no dependents a lot more could be saved perhaps up to 50 per cent.
Seems to me that one of the greatest evils today is the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. We all need to share in the creation and rewards of earned wealth. If we all took a greater interest in such matters there would be less poverty and we would not be as apt to complain about our lot in life.
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Wasn't that a wonderful centennial pageant? The ones responsible for it's creation are certainly to be congratulated for their efforts.
One thing I am still wondering is, 'did those Owatonna girls get back to their home all right?' And OH! those pretty white pantilettes.
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A report released by the Senate Agriculture Committee figures that the Trade Development Act (Public Law 480) increased the prices of wheat about 9 cents per bushel. Rice prices were helped by at least 27 cents per 100 pounds. Corn and barley gained 1 cent. Other commodities were helped also.
The thing we have to watch now is for some ambitious politician to try to make the law permanent or to extend it beyond it's practical limits. Public Law 480 was never intended to be a permanent thing; it is to be used only as a medicine to counteract the bad effects of high price supports. If this law becomes extended beyond another year or two it will do more harm than good it has done.
We the people must keep ourselves informed and let the men in office know what we want for the best interest of the nation. Let's not let short-sighted interests keep is from doing that which is for our ultimate good. Politicians are after all only human and we can't expect them to see all things clearly.
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