Mower County transcript., 1903-03-25


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OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS
Spring Valley Sun: The tongue of
the scandal monger is the busiest tool
in every community. Every little crack
in a bad reputation is soon licked
larger by q hundred scandalous ton
CUES. As buzzard satiates his appetite
on foul prey so the scandal monger
feeds on the carriOn of Wickedness.
The tongue could be used to more ad-
vantage than a garbage fork to spread
everything bad in a person. +
Housekeeper: The American wo-
man who plans her time wisely land
that is the real secret of accomplishing
things, after ally has plenty of energy
for duties and privileges without the
home as we'll as within it, for culture
as we'll as for cookery. The danger the
', average sensible American mother may
neglect her household for public life
has been greatly exaggerated by loud
voiced alarmjsts.
Park Rapid Enterprise: The Austin
Transcript has entered upon its thirty
sixth volume. Editor Belden conducts
! one of the papers which deserve a large
measure Of prosperity + Its columns
are clean, manly and outspoken and it's
attitude eager to promote all healthy
progress in Austin, Minnesota and the
nation, Who. can estimate the real
value of such newspaper to the city
where it is published?
Spring Valley Sun: Montgomery
| Ward, the great. mail order house Of
Chicago, has just purchased ag9business
lcorner inthat city paying $6OOO00 and
Twill spend ss2, 25O, 600 ITO enlarge his
I.mammoth store.% How much he will
Espend in Advertising the country
papers, is not stated, but as that is the
way he gets his business it will be no
small sum. The less the country store
keepers advertise, the more Montgomery
Ward does that very thing. { :
Gaylord Hub: The Minnesota Retail
| Hardware Insurance Company at their
convention at Minneapolis, found their
insurance proposition a profitable one.
eve have paid all our losses; we have
set aside the 10 per cent reserve re-
quired by law; we have allowed you a
dividend of rs per cent in cash insur-
ance; and now we retain a surplus Of
another Is per cent" This will be the
happy condition of the Minnesota Edi-
tors in the near future. sas.as
| st. Louis Globe Democrat The
TETS is fair index Of the worth of that
commodity, and when get-rich- quick
4 concerns, like the Boston. tsbank''
which offered eight per cent month
and the Brooklyn syndicate which
r0ped in dApes who actually believed it
lcould pay ten per cent a week or $50
per cent a year, promise such fabulous
Iprotts, there can be but one explana-
tion. The prudent will pass on and
save their money, the foolish will "bite''
and lose it.
| Owatonna Journal: Probably one
quarter or more of the personal pro-
lperty in Owatonna has not been as
sessed at all during the past two years.
The assessment of some of the real
estate is no greater now than it was
twenty years ago. In assessing mer-
chants stocks the assessor has paid
little or no attention to their compare.
tive value. It is time Owatonna had
an assessor who is not afraid to do his
duty. This year when the tax levy is
so unWarrantably increased will be q
good time to get after tax dodgers.
| LIE Sueur News: In an indirect Way
we are informed that when money ia
placed in certain rural boxes, along
some OF the routes, for the purpose Of
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