Mower County transcript., 1905-09-13
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS

OTHEk .EUlIURS' UPlNlUNS
.,sToledosBIade:. Governor J Johnson, Of
Minnesota, says: Thomas w. LAWSON
is one of the. greatest menrin America"
When it comes to selecting the great
men of the country everybody has
right to his opinion.
Fairmont Independent: The railroads
have reduced freight rates on grain and
Gov. johnson is as much surprised as
freight regulator the governor does not
shine as brilliantly as he does at
county fair.
Anoka Union: A few things Min
nesota would be better without. Boiler
inspectors, railroad and warehouse COM
missioners, board of control, chief fire
warden, oil inspectors, grain inspectors
and about half the state senators and
representatives.
T. Winona Republican: Alvah and
Joel don't appear to "harmoniZe" in
,brotherly way, and it may be- necessary
to send their case to peace conference
comprised of Frank Eddy, Sam
Langum and Rev. Belden of Austin,
before the next campaign opens. .s 2:=1. !.
Pennington Tribune: At an exam
ination Of teachers for county, certifi-
Gates in the Blue Grass Region among
other questiQnss was this: "What is
the alimentary canal?" One of the
wou)d-be teachers replied, "The French
Government began it but now Teddy
has gotshold of it and twill be put
through" ,...>: IS 4
o Owatonna Journal =. of all the fakes
that irifest and inflict themselves upon
the public, the Rev. Iril Hicks, of st.
Louis; the psendo weather prophet, iss
the worst IF the country press would
quit quoting him. he would cease to
exist-tase q weather prophet. As it 3 il
they give him million dollars worth
Eof free advertising every year, and he
reaps the benefits.
/ Lyle Tribune: Lyle is to be we'll rep
resented al! N orthield this year as eight
of our young people are to attend
school in that city The Misses Laura
and Edna Sherman, Cora and Nora
Peterson return to Carleton and Miss
May and Jay FraZe will also attend the
same institution. Odine Johnson will
enter St. Olaf's College and Enid Cobb
the High School.
Minneapolis Tribune: In spite of
the adverse opinion of the bishop of
Carlisle, the commonly accepted view
among level-headed business men must
be that the conversion which causes
"deadbeats" to pay their debts is first.
rate kind of conversion. The convert
who takes time from his praying to
hunt up and square his accounts may
not stand the highest with the bishop,
but he makes hit with all the rest.
!. Henning Advocate: Now that the
hunting season is opened a word to
hunters may not be amiss. Disregard
of the property rights of farmers has
caused growing sentiment adverse to
hunting. j., ,Trampling down standing
graiI, shooting in pastures, allowing
dogs to worry live stock, damaging
fences or other property, and disregard
ing the injunction that hunting is for
hidden, are among the acts that make
the sport come into disfavor. - =.
5Mankato Free Press: Aid Atchison
brought up in the city council Friday
evening the matter, of awnings. in front
of the stores. Almost all of them will
hit a person in the face. Two new ones
have just been put up, that are only
i five feet from the walk and can be
lowered two feet more. He moved
that the chief of police be directed ito
notify the property owners to raise
their awnings to seven and half feet
The motion was carried unanimously.
q Wright County Times: Kansas has
'notsXet spent dollar Of the S&40O0D0
appropriation to fight. Standard Oil
monopoly, but the reduction of the
price of refined oil to Kansas consum-
ers is said to have already amounted to
more than the appropriation. Now
that is what we cali legislation for the
real benefit of the people Our Mime.
: sofa legislature talked until it burst and
then went home without doing a thing
| for the benefit of the state except to
| adjourn.
Mankato Journal: There is ging-
seng delusion sweeping over this coun-
try, and many persons are paying much
hard money in the attempt to raise
gingseng. On essssdemand- -osSsthe
Chinese for the root depends the price,
and they refuse the cultivated product,
preferring the knotted rough wild root.
+ The gingseng boom should be gently
laid away beside that Of the defunct
Belgian hare industry that was going
! to make SO: manS people wealthy all Of
J a sudden. H.. -.
s Des Moines Register: "a Des Moines
woman writes that she can nabeof more
use in social way and get more pleas
, ,ure. out, Of life without being the mother