Mower County transcript., 1908-02-19

Spring Valley Mercury: Mrs. S. E.
Boyes and daughter Edith, are now at
Fort Morgan, Colorado, where they are
stopping with K. A. Bush. They re.
port the weather beautiful there, with
no snow, and the sun shining every day.
Mankato Free Press: What has the
present session of congress accomplish
ed? asks an inquisitive subscriber.
Accomplished? Hasn't it with Aid.
rich carried sby UNANIMOUS vote every
motion to adjourn, answered The
Princeton Union. And bowed down
to Cannon.
Butterfeld Advocate: Why not save
the country the expense of sending
congressman to Washington and just
let Old ice Cannon run the whole
burned business. He acts very much
| as tho he considered himself the United
States, and maybe he is.
Ortonvllle Herald-Star: Nearly all
the suggestions for delegates to the
national convention seem to be based
upon the theory that only those men
who have heretofore been repeatedly
honured by their party are eligible.
ranks once in while?
st. Cloud Journal Press: This talk
of vindicating certain men in Mime
| sofa by giving them the nomination
for governor, is political idiocy. What
| the party needs is candidate who can
and should be elected this trip. When
the ides of November are ushered in,
We much prefer jubilation to a cor
oner's inquest.
Blue Earth Post: People all over the
State are awaiting with interest the
findings of the railway commission as
q result of the big remonstrance meet
to the public, there are grounds for
complaints against other roads than
the Milwaukee, and thereIl be some
thing doing in other quarters.
Westbrook Sentinel: BY consulting
a newspaper directory we notice that a
few struggling daily papers are still
published in the Twin Cities. The
publishers of the big dailies have evi.
IDENTIFY reached the financial stage when
a sack of potatoes or other vegetables
would be acceptable.
Slayton Gazette: The great fall in
stocks the past year is pointed out as a
loss of billions Of dollars in the wealth
OF the country. 1t is only nominal
loss. 1t is simply the wind and water
| forced out of the stock. Tho real value
remains. The people that investsd
their money in the inflated stocks were
sheared as lambs, but their coin is cir
culating elsewhere just the same. 1t is
to protect these innocent lambs and tC
punish the shearers that causes Teddy
to get out and hustle SO strenuously.
Owatonna Journal Chronicle: DR.
J. H. Adair has consented 30 be can
didate for district delegate to the ma
tional republican convention. The
Journal Chronicle for one enrolls itsal1
in his behalf. Dr. Adair's persona
character sufficient to satisfy tht
most ardent Roosevelt supporter anC
in addition he is frankly pronounced ir
favor of William Fl. Taft for the re
publican nomination for the presi
dency The selection of DR.. Adair as
a delegate means positive vote fol
Taft and that means a. vote for Roose
velt policies.
Hallock News: Some time ago, al
l Ou0 B A0AA ONyOl0 III tuo NOEluW0SV xeC
ritory met at Ottawa to devise som'
plan whereby they could help the farm
ers dispose Of some 0U0OOO bushels q
frosted wheat. On account of tn,
wheat being badly frosted it could no
be manufactured into flour. In fact i
was hardly fit for feed, and etill some
thing had to be done so that the farm
ers could realize something. howeve
little it would be, to tide them over un
til they could realize something on thi
years crop.
4; St. Peter Free Press: The st. Pau
Dispatch is authority for the statemen
that the politicians in the first distric
have selected Senator Campbell Of Aus
tin for delegate-at-large to the republi
can national state convention and ais
had an understanding as to the tw
delegates to be selected from the dis
trict. All Of them, no doubt, are fire
class men, but ats the same time
n would be highly interesting to knloll