Mower County transcript., 1907-12-18

the most powerful bipods of the planet,
Except the gorilla) are lifelong vege-
tarians. so also are largely the peas
antry of Russia, Italy, Germany, and
even of Norway and Sweden, away
from the sea coast. The intrepid Bed
ouin, the dauntless Japanese, and the
Chinese coolies are all vegetarIans.
MINNEAPOLIS Journal: It is scarcely
omen to question that the man who
deals suuarely with the public in the
matter of his contributions to the sup
Dort of the government, does more in
the long run for the public than the
man who dodges his obligation to pay
taxes and leaves some of the money OF
which he defrauded the public to a
hospital or church..
Crookston Times: There is fast
growing movement among the press OF
the state to discourage the insertion of
cards of thanks in the newspap pers
Some have even gone the length OF re-
fusing to accept them for publication.
The Wykoff Messenger is doing its
best to abolish the practice and is run
ming this notice in its table OF rates:
"Cards of thanks, so cents. Obituary
Poetry, cents per line-taken only
under protest."
Wabasha Herald: There seems to
be a big demand at the present time
for Wabasha county farm land The
western country has not PANIED out as
was expected 1t has been given fair
trial and it has hot made good. Farm
ers who have had their own help IN
w ahasha county in recent years have
made money. The farm to such yields
a sure income aud is a safe place to put
money.
I.anesboro Leader: The Tawney de.
Tenders among the newspaper men
have Joined in an effort to make it ap7
pear that every newspaper man oppos!
ing the congressman is either dis
appointed office seeker or CRATER.
The same argument naturally applies
to every man in the district opposing
Tawney. If so, the newspaper men are
in good and large company, which is
evident from the fact that at the last
election some five thousand RepuDli-
cans voted for Tawney's democratic op-
ponent, an absolutely unknown farmer
of Wabasha county.
Chester, Iowa, Sun: There is an old
saying that a dog that will bring loose
bone to your house will also carry one
away The author Ut the above was
profound student Of nature. When
person comes to your house and spins
a tale about the shortcomings of others
you just sit still and play that you are
deaf and dunn b--unless you prefer to
boot the critter off the premises, for
you can rest assured you will come i'll
for your share OF abuse the next time
your visitor calls on his or her next
door neighbor.
Albert Lea Tribune: Announce
ment OF the marriage OF Miss kubie "A.
Mills to Morton 5. Whitcomb, secretary
OF the state live stock sanitary board,
in st. Paul, has been received by rela
tives of the groom in this city. The
couple will be at home after January
lst, IN Suite 93, The Buckingham, St..
Paul. The many friends of the groom
extend hearty congratulations.
Owatonna Journal: Judging by the
recklessness with which some of our
of various kinds, and even advertise
erable ignorance of the postal regula
tions Oh the part Of both editors and
postmasters. And yet every now and
then some innocent editor, helping
along a church fair by telling OF the
| drawing for a diamond ring or some
| thing, is hauled up to pay nice fat
iue besides having the embarrassment
of explaining to his readers why the
paper was held up in the mails. Bet
ter look it up, brethren. A lottery is a
lottery, no matter by whom conducted.
| Wells Allocate: The uses to which
| the progressive farmer of today is ap-
plying cement are countless. He has
discovered that Portland cement con-
crete offers a convenient, economical
and durable substitute for lumber, and
that 1t is just as easy to utilize in build
ing. 1t is not uncommon in these days
to SEQ farm yard with clean concrete
walks, stables with concrete floors,
| wells and cisterns with concrete curbs,
troughs of concrete, and concrete. lined
cellars, etc affordlng in each instance
sanitary, beautiful and indestructible
structure.
Mankato Free Press: The St. Paul
| Pioneer Press would have the public
believe that farm lands in southern
Minnesota are not bringing as high a
price as they did years ago. It is evil
dent that the writer Of The Pioneer
Press article has not purchased any
land in this section. Were he to nego-
tiate for land in Blue Earth county he
would find that the price has not de-.
creased. There are very few abandon
ed farms in southern Minnesota, and
there are no barren wastes 1t is true
that some counties in southern Mime
sofa show shrinkage in population,
but that does not mean that the land
has been abandoned.
Winnebago City Enterprise: There
are lots of advantages in trading at
home. You are not doing 'sight un-
seen." you do not have to send your
money in advance and take what the
catalog men send you, and you do not
have to keep the goods purchased of
your home merchant unless thew are
perfectly satisfactory to you. Every
dollar spent in your home town tends
to make that town better IN every wav
Every dollar sent out of the country is
gone forever. The better your home
town the more valuable your home