Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16
OTHER EDITORS, OPINIONS

Virginia Enterprise: While Bob
Dunn has not yet announced himself
as an entryman in the gubernatorial
race, the newspaper boys throughout
the. state show a kindly disposition
which,. is destined to land him right
whether or not he goes to the trouble
Of tagging himself, a la Eddy and Van.
Minneapolis Times: The human pop
ulation Of Minneapolis is somewhere
in the neighborhood of 100000. How
many horses do you suppose there are
in the city? The city assessor says
there are 446,805 and there are nearly
$4,000 more than there were year ago.
This shows that old Equus is making
a gallant fightin spite of the autom obile
and the bicycle. *..4 Fl !s..
Mallard Call: TO the double dis
titled, dyed-in- -the-wool, God forsaken,
sinful SON of gun, who kidnapped our
prize bull pup: May his doglets be
afflicted with the rabies thrice each
day, and with each attack may he bite
seven distinct times into your thieving
carcass. With apologies to the dog and
hoping that the first bite don't put him
off his feed. l. Il & ~
St. Paul Herald: It is an interesting
and instructive fact that for nearly
everybody there is a figure in indiyid-
ual wealth-very sliding and fuctuar-
ing, no doubt-beyond which the indi-
vidual cannot go without virtually con
Tossing that he. is little better than a
thief. There are men who would adj
NIT that in rare cases y man may be
worth even an honest million, but who
could not for one moment be brought
to admit the brand "honest" to the
many millions of Rockefeller. "
Mason City Republican: Some fifteen
or twenty farmers residing in Grant
township, each Of whom received the
exclusive" right to sell certain fraud
stock food by ordering few pounds
and signing a paper TO that effect, are
now up against All order for 5 104 worth
each of the stuff and are kicking
vigorously and wondering what they
can do about it. About the best time
to kick is while the. agent is on the
premises and then be sure to kick his
anatomy. ~ f.. "A.
Park Rapids Clipper: Why not keep
pure bred stock instead of the scrubs?
1t costs no more to feed and care for
we'll bred poultry, hogs, cattle, sheep or
horses that it does the other kind, and
the profits are much greater aside from
the pleasure and pride to be derived
from the better stock; and did you ever
stop to think that in a very few years
the amount the average farmer has in
vested in common stock would be pay
ing better dividends if invested now
in pure bred animals? AZ !:
Minneapolis Journal: Speaking of
the merger, the state of Washington
can get no concessions in rates on it's
exhibit at the St. Louis worlds fair
from the merger roads. Governor Nc
Bride of Washington opposed the
merger, and now the state is charged
full rates. Can it be that there is any
connection between these facts?
Haven't we been told repeatedly that
the merger was the greatest thing
that ever happened for the northwest
ern states? Let us shut our eyes and
continue to believe it. =
Hutchinson Independent-Tim It
looks very much as though macaroni
wheat had come to stay. Much of it
has been raised throughout the north
west this season and the probability is
that considerable more will be raised
next year. Some very nice looking
bread made from macaronl wheat flour
was exhibited at the state fair last
week. It is really up to the elevator
and mill men to arrange to take care
of it. b Is, s .. ss5S
Faribault Republican: Time was
when the corn crop in Minnesota was
scarcely given a athought, and the pro-
spect of early frosts caused no I'M:
easiness except for the vegetable
garden. Such has been the change in
the system Of farming that corn is one
OF the most important crops in this
section, and everybody prof fessiOnal
and business men as we'll as farmers e
watch the wind and weather and ex-
press interest in the corn prospects.
Leroy Independent: The scarcity
Of help and the high price of farm
labor is gradually forcing reduction
in the size of farms and the same thing
is being advocated with reference to
the homes of the people. IF houses are
built smaller and the aim Of construc-
tlon is compact convenience instead Of
elegance and display the wife and
daughters may be able to do their own
work and still find a few hours every
day for the duties OF church and society,
PlainvieW News Cleaner: California
has las had !. over twenty years experience
in the effort to tax mortgages. The
Legislature that adjourned last week
submitted Il to general vote, d repeal 81