The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-08

If every subscriber in arrears were to nav
up right now the Gazette could be tout of the
woods" by Christmas To you it is only two
dollars; to us it is keeping our credit good.
I'll
Each American pays an average
OF two dellars year for the support of
the army."-Exchange
Seems lot to give for cause like That
when one could get good newspaper, say like
the Gazette now, for the amount.
~
An English girl stole dance dress, and the
judge before whom she was brought for trial
sentenced her to go to bed at ten o'clock every
night for three years. Might be good thing
for the health of some Of our girls if they
would do little stealing moral stamina
would suffer by the commission of the theft, but
think what an immense amount of good all that
sleep would do them.
eve must believe that anything that thought
can conceive be achieved. We must realize
that the whole universe is ultimately one and
that at bottom there be no contradiction in
it. When we realize that conflicting customs
in laws can be reconcled, we can abhor war suf-
ficiently to take all the steps necessary to cast
it out, and America can set its own house in ord
er and fit itself to take the lead."-Alice Ames
Winter.
cit is not improbable that these two, Loeb
and Leopold), who offended the sight of God
and endanger the safety of men, will be on the
streets again in nine years, if not before. If we
are going to have life imprisonment as penalty,
let's make it life Imprisonment. If we don't
make that penalty really for life, let's quit fool
ing ourselves by calling it life Imprisonment. 1t
doesn't fool the criminals. They know."-Judge
Kavenagh in Minneapolis Journal.
49,
The state spent 100000 to estab-
lish farm school at Grand Rapids. The
legislature appropriated $25, 900 to main
tain it this year. Only thirteen students
have enrolled in the school. This is
pretty expensive education. The school
established by the legislature against
the recommendations of the University
regents Last year the legislature pass
ed bill establishing another branch
farm school at Duluth Governor Christ
hanson vetoed it. 1t cost him the vote
of st. Louis county, perhaps but he did
wise act. Farm school attendance is
growing smaller instead of larger and
there is no need of additional branch
schools.-Springfield Advance.
This idea of making the University for ALL
the people occasionally handicaps the work of
making it a really effective institution for ANY
of the people. A legislator out to "get some
thing" for his district doesn't always see things
one hundred per cent straight 1t would seem
that the President of the University and the
Board of Regents might well know best what are
the chief needs of the Institution which the state
has put under their control. certain senator
elect from the southern part of the state has |
long wanted demonstration station for his sec
ton of the state. Let's hope he is not successful
in persuadng the Legislature to create another
burden like the one at Grand Rapids.
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We have just been wondering if Redwood !
Falls isn't pretty nearly ready to adopt the Com
nunity Chest plan which has proved workable |
in many other cities, some of them no larger |
than Redwood Falls. Each year during the
months of November and December, and at inter-
walls at other times through the year, there |
are campaigns made for several and various |
causes. For instance we have within the |
fortnight, been called upon for Red Cross, |
Near East Relief and Christmas Seals. These
are only three of many. 1t would be matter
of convenience and economy of time to
have campaign made for the year, the amount
thus collected to be prOp0ftlOned among the var
ious causes always supported by the city. The
whole plan necessitates careful working out on
strict business basis but the ultimate result of /
such an arrangement is that there is no dupli- |
cation of effort, no lost time motion, and the
people solicited not burdened by many calls |
when one could do the trick. Also there is
good bit of psychology involved! The frequent
calls make US all think giving away LOTS |
of money-when matter Of fact it doesn't |
aggregate to very much. Five dollars, given one
dollar at time, for five times for five different
causes, seems about what TWENTY dollars would
if it were given all at one time and Jumped under
the one head of "My benevolences for the year."
AS matter of fact none of us is giving whole
lot-a statement of the amount collected for
these causes in the year would show very small
amount per capita for Redwood Falls Redwood !
County. But because we have to give little |
many different times, feel sorry for ourselves
and growl more than bit about the many de-
mands made upon u.s. 1t has not been since war
days that any Of us have given to the point of
sacrifice-and giving less than that is not really |
giving. We firmly believe we would have more
money to do the necessary charity work., and
with less feeling of hardship for each of us, if
We gave one sizeable sum each year and knew