Mower County transcript., 1908-05-13
editorial meetings and he will be great
ly missed in q large circle of friends.

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OTHER EDITORS OPI1I0XS
Jackson Republic: It would seen
that the State insurance department
was in league with the lightning roc
men. 1t is persistent in it's recOmmen
dation Of lightning rods.
Bemidji Sentinel: 1t is estimated
that Speaker Cannon is making one
thousand Democratic votes . day BY
his method of preventing any legisla
tivn for the relief of tho country.
St. Ansgar Enterprise: The reports
of the principal Iowa railroads shows
that they have carried so many more
passengers under the two cent law than
they did before that there is an increase
in earnings on the most of the roads.
Albert Lea Tribune: The congress
men may be getting even with the pres
ident now, but when the returns come
in next November the voters will show
how they don't appreciate the cuteness
of some of our near-statesmen.
Cannon Falls Beacon: Either Speak
er Cannon is fool or he is a traitor to
his country, and in either case he
should be deposed and a man who has
some comprehension of party need for
legislative action and the country's
need of effective laws for control Of
corporations elected in his stead.
Window Citizen: One of the nerv-
lest requests was made to M. L. Fisch
the other day when an utter stranger
accosted him on the street part way to
his home with, "Say, Boss, I want to go
to st. Paul right bad and 1 thought
maybe you would just as soon hand
to hike" but few minutes later ap-
peared at the back door of the Fisch
residence asking for handout.
Winnebago City Enterprise: County
chairman in the st. Paul Dispatch says
that the State Treasurer Dinehart has
ambitions along the gubernatOrial line
We wish to go on record right here
that there are several hundred th0us.
and men in Minnesota who would
make worse governors than Clarence
Dinehart.
LeSueur News: What will the people
say this fall in Novembera The best
friend the people have had in the presi-
Dental chair in years is about to leave
it. His interest in the people is made
light of by the congressional trust, who
refuse to serve the people in any way.
This blame should be placed where it
belongs, on the republican majority.
St. Louis Republic: "I love all hu-
manity-north, south, east and west
it makes no difference" says John D.
Rockefeller. 81 am glad to be able to
say that love each and every one of
my fellow men. 1t is q great thing to
be able to say that truthfnlly." Don't
get peevish when the price of gasoline
goes up; just remember how much
J ohm D. loves you and be good natured
about it.
Blue Earth Post: The public exami-
nor has added $4,5OO to oil inspector
shortage, and the Warner
shortage reduced from $4,000 to SO. 600.
After the public examiner is all through, ,
it will be shown that the democratic
appointee tried to get just about tho
amount as bis illustrlous repub~
]lcan predecessor.
Taylors Falls Journal: Minnesota
will! vote upon four cOnstitut onal
amendments this year, wide open tax,
road and bridge fund, permitting the
state to do hail insurance business,
and providing for educational qualifica.
tiOns for county school superintend-
ents. The matters have not been con.
sidered sufficiently for voters to know
know which to vote for.
Wykoff Messenger: Those Lanes.
boro home and land seekers whe dritted
into the Dakotas during that unseason
ably warm wave the fore part of April
hardly got into their shacks when win
tor returned. A week of hardship and
privation, the kind that made our fore
fathers weary, was endured by this
tenderfooted bunch and some OF, them
returned home as fast as steam and
steel could carry them. o. :
Wells Advocate; Albert Lea is put
ting in short course in agriculture fO]
boys of the 9Th to 9Th grade. 'rher,
are 800 ,pupils interested and each viii
be given a bed .12 feet long By four fee
! wide to be planted to seeds. Ther,
! will be sixteen kinds Of seeds used il
the experiments. The work will be un
der the supervision of a teacher from
/ the state school of agriculture and it i
! expected that the work will be alon,
the same practical lines as the work il
manual training. ~ -...
Duluth News Tribune: 1t is time
get away from the "misfit courses" Q
the high schools and from the idea tha
they primarily should be college prepal
atory schools. The conditions here al
not yet as acute, maybe, as in Ne
York, though largely probably becaus
very much fewer in the West prepa1
for college in private schools. But th
folly of high schools wholly subservier
to the colleges is no less apparent he1