Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-11-09

lnLelllS0HC electorate OIL LH0 present
day gives thought to citizenship and
qualifications as we'll as the claims of
party and politicians.
Burlington Standard Democrat: Il
don't like this town" 1t is only oc-
casionally that we hear such re-
mark but when we do we wonder
how much people like the person who
makes it, Most of us like this town
because we know and like each other.
We enjoy our daily interchange of
views. But we feel sorry for the
poor fellow who is "out of tune"
His noise is no music to our ears.
Fennimore Times: Thursday
evening the first number of the lee
ture course was held. After it was
over the attendants quietly returned
to their homes, at seasonable hour,
there was no disturbance or noise on
the street, and the citizens could
sleep in peace. The next evening
there was a dance in the same build
ing Tt lasted late and the noise and
disturbance on the streets was kept
up nearly all night. And yet there
are some people who contend that a
course.
Darlington Democrat: The new
and first woman senator of America
gets to the fundamental of things
when she says: "At the knees of
the mothers of America are taught
the 1homely virtues" How different
this sounds from the prattle of the
would-be orator or the statesman
A little common sense for a change
From that teaching comes the moral
strength of our manhood and wo-
manhood. The family is the founda-
ton, it's teachings the guide of the
government of, by and for the peo-
pie. This venerable and honored
woman in a simple and understand
good government.
Bloomington Record: The Wis
consin State Fair kept up it's record
of being a losing proposition finan
cially in 1922. 1t came out 100000
behind. There are few if any fairs
in the state that could exist without
state aid, which for county fairs in
1922 amounts to $250,000. To be
entirely frank, we sometimes wonder
if all this expense is worth while
if this estate aid" does not influence
many of our fair managers in the
direction of rank extravaganza in
making up their program, and if it
is really an encouragement to agri-
culture or toward the employment of
acrobats and other side issues that
are of absolutely no benefit to a real
honest-to-goodness agricultural fair
Jefferson County Union: Will we
ever see coal at pre-war prices?
1t is our opinion that cheap coal
must wait for cheap transportation
by water. Recently, tables were pub
lished showing that lake, ocean and
canal transportation could be carried
on at one-sixth the cost of rail trans
portation. Canal transportation in
America is in it's infancy. Little
dinky canal boats travel up and down
little dinky canals, but such a thing
as a 500-foot freighter sliding along
wide canal 80 feet deep cannot be
seen except at the 500. The Ameri-
can public is enthusing over the
Lakes-St. Lawrence canal because
it is proposed to cut it wide enough
and deep enough to float ocean going
steamers of great size The European
idea of a canal does not appeal to
Americans.
Reedsburg Times: The province
of a newspaper is to present the news
of the community in an impartial,
concise, readable and interesting
manner. In this respect it assumes
something of the nature Of a public
utility and fills, in a certain measure,
a philanthropic purpose. People
subscribe for paper because they
want to know what is going on in
the community. They like to see the
names of their friends and acquaint-
ances mentioned in the news CO.