Mower County transcript., 1902-12-31
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS

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OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS
St. Ansgar Enterprise: Farmer Ben
the spicy dialect writer of the Austin
Transcript, gets after the railroad
merger in way that goes right to the
bottom Of the matter.
Leroy Independent: E. A. Whit
comb, Ed Plummer and Robert Nal
comson have the contracts for the three
rural mail routes TO go into operation
on the End of February. The three
routes will cover distance of 68 miles
Alden Advance: The Blue Earth
City Post says that it costs as much to
keep one dog as it does to keep sc
chickens. Sixty chickens ought to lay
5000 eggs each year, and at the rate of
20 cents a dozen, would bring $500,
while the dog we'll, on the dog.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Uncle
Sans idea is that the buccaneers of
Europe must leave America out of
their field of operations as far as terri
tory is concerned. There will never be
any departure from this doctrine as
long as the republic stands.
Graud Meadow Record: Grand
Meadow is to have another rural mail
route, which will be No. 3. This new
route will start Monday, Feb. End, 1903,
and the territory covered will be south,
southwest and southeast of here. AS
to who will be the carrier we cannot
say as he has not been appointed yet.
Spring Valley Mercury: Dealers
should be careful in buying chickens
not to purchase of boys or questionable
characters who are known to never
raise chicken, except off of somebody
else's hen roost. A chicken thief is the
meanest, lowest cur of thieves, almost
low and contemplate as a poisoner Of
dogs.
Preston Times: The pointed sayings
of Farmer Ben in Austin Transcript
have been copied and re-copied from
one end of the state to the other, and
now that paper has added still another
feature, called, "Ola's Soliloquy." We
give is a quotation from:the latter, the
humor of which will be readily ap-
preciated.
Wadena Journal: It doesn't make
any difference where it happened, but
a young man with time to burn and no
place to throw the ashes, called up the
central office and said: 'sHello, central,
give me heaven" But central was
evidently out Of patience that day for
quick as flash came back the answer:
II can't give you. heaven, but l can
give you h Il and I'll give it to you
awful quick if you don't quit springing
that ancient story on me-.
Mortified News: The Minneapolis
Journal, in a leading editorial asks that
the duty be taken off coal. It might
with propriety have added that the du-
ty should be taken from steel and iron,
from wood pulp, from lumber and very
materially reduced on number of 9th
or articles. The News believes that
the tariff should be revised, but the re.
vision should be brought about by de-
Tenders of and believers in the protect
i've principle.
Appleton Wis. Post: The result OF
the voting on the constitutional amend
ments can afford but little, if any, en-
couragement to the advocates Of thu
proposition to have all important
Legislative acts referred to the people
for their ratification or rejection. L
means that they prefer the present ar
rangement of having their representa-
tive determines, for better or for worse
what their laws shall be.
| Waukon Iowa Republican: Archi
tect F. w. Kinney of Minneapolis, wa
last week selected architect by tn
Board of Supervisors of Winneshiel
county, to draw the plans for the nev
court house, at Decorah. Mr.. Kline.
has made the plans for large numbe
of splendid public buildings erected il
lsouthern Minnesota and northern low;
during the past ten years, all of whicl
stand as monuments attesting to hi
liability.
| Milwaukee Wisconsin: The plan o
the department of agriculture to max
the rural mail delivery the vehicle TO
a daily dissemination of weathe
warnings will if put in operation be O
great service to the farmers. Th
predictions of the f0recasters are no
always fulfilled, but farmers can affor'
to be misled occasionally, if in critica
fmoments they can be Informed as +
the weather twentyfo hours II
advance of its ARRIVAL
Waseca Radical: Farmers who hav
Iyoung orchards should this season o
the year look out for Rabbits. Thes
animals will not trouble old trees bu
they enjoy the taste Of the bark of
lyoung apple tree. They may ruin q
orchard of young trees in q singl
might, There are several ways D
lprot otecting the trees. But the metho,
4 now: generally used is to wrap apiec
: LOT fine wire screen about the trunk O
1.-The tree, This; can be left on from ;th