Mower County transcript., 1913-12-24
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS.

Atchison Globe: If man you call
on squirms and wiggles and looks
troubled he's busy aud wants you
to go.
Albert Lea Tribune: Among the
real estate transfers at Mankato that
were recorded at the court house Mon
day the one that will be of most inter-
est to the people Of that city is the sale
of the Governor A. o. Eberhart resi-
deuce. al 228 Clark street to Ella Smith
White. The price of this property was
$500.
WaterviIIe Advance: One kid with
skates on or one sOilod dove will set
more tongues wagging and attract
mere attention in single day than
will the good deeds of SO good men and
virtuous women in years labor for
the uplift of a community. The test OF
good citizenship comes with the prompt
arrest and punishment of the evil door.
Blue Earth Post: The Hon. Henry
Rines, 1t would appear at this time, has
practically assured the nomination for
Auditor of State. The line up of many
of the prominent Out-tield workers is
causing more or less concern among
tho intielders these days and indica-
tions point to one of the livellest prim-
ary campaigns in the history of the
State.
Wykoff Enterprise: Everybody is
dunning everybody but everybody
seems To care for everybody about as
much as everybody cares for nobody,
and nobody cares for anybody anyhow
Nevertheless the day of settlement is
at hand and customers worth having
will make special effort to settle up
with our merchants before the first OF
January.
Thief River Falls News Press: If
the members of the state board of con-
troll will take into consideration only
meritorious qualifications, and if they
will follow the dictates of their own
consciencas, they will appoint to the
position to be made vacant by the
resignation of Henry Wolfer as warden
of our state prison, the one to whom it
of right belongs, Frank A. Whittier, al
present parole Agent of the prison al
Saltwater.
North St. Paul Progress: The Amer
lean Medical association is sending out
a warrant that the tango and Other
modern dances are dangerous to both
health aud morals. The association
maintains that the dances tend to
nervous diseases in the youLg and are
dangerous for tho old because they
overtax the heart by too much exer'
tion. And as far as undermining gooC
morals these kind of dances dill the bill
There is no good excuse for theil
practice.
st. Ansgar Enterprise: Had tht
"Blue Sky" law which is now on tht
statute books of Iowa been in force
several years ago, probably there ar
some people not five thousand miles
from St. Ansgar who would not nov
be mourning quite so much for wealtz
that was theirs but is not. Under thl'
law only around fifty companies hav>
so far been authorized to sell their cap
ital stock thruout the state. The pre-
sent law is sure to save the people 8
large amount of money.
saltwater Gazette: The runor pre-
walls that Sam lvers0n, state auditor
who has been in office several years, ,ha
amassed fortune of 800 900, but i
didn't come from his salary. He il
alleged to have made lucky invest
ment in Alaska some years ago. Ant
il is also alleged that Walter J. smith
the state treasurer, with several others
including Ed + Smith and Thomas D
O'Brien made hit in mine nea
Virginia, that will give all OF then
money to combat the high price o
living.