The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-05-11

kZE1IE, REDWOOD FAL1S. MlNNESUI
Sometimes a man Of strong convictions real
ly has those convictions, and sometimes he is
just unpleasantly stubborn.
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A pessimist remembers the lily belongs to
the onion family, an optimist that the onion be-
longs to the lily family.-Duluth Herald.
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] There are two guys you want to let alone.
One Of 'em is dog gnawing bone and the
other is newspaper man going to press.-Bon-
ham (Texas) News
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| ''The South deserves our sympathy" said a
writer recently in writing of the Lower Missis-
sippi tragedy Sympathy is fine thing but
dollars and cents will rebuild more homes.
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Country editors are now busying themselves
about picking candidates for the 1928 campaign.
Why hurry! Let's get the 1927 crop into the
bins first-that is heap sight more important.
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"Ther's book 1 want t. read"
said Mrs. Tilford Moots, speakin' of
best seller, "but I amt got no place t.
hide it."-Abe Martin.
It's just possible Mrs. T. M. was referring
to Elmer Gantry
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We take these three items from the Mime
sofa Health Journal: Those who bolt their food
shouldn't eat nuts; who eateth meat hath swol-
len feet and spendeth dough with doctors; the
fellow who carries a buckeye for rheumatism
should carry black eye for his paganism.
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Albert Lea is in line with the trend of the
times and on May 10 will vote upon the adop-
ton of the council-manager form of government
for that city. eve believe this business form
of government will save the taxpayers thou
sands of dollars each year," enthusiastically de-
clares Burt May of the Tribune.
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The recent legislature placed AS additional
laws on the Minnesota statute books, that num-
Der of bills having been passed and approved.
This is twenty-five more than the number passed
two years ago. Twenty-six bills met defeat
through the governors veto. The total appro-
priations amounted to $4O,629 ,834.28, after
trimming of about million and a half dollars
by the governor who made good his prediction
pledges to reduce taxes. The appropriations
amount to $14,518.98 less than those of the 1925
session.
merchant became the father of nine
pound boy. He proudly told the editor about it.
When he found no mention of it in the next weeks
paper he promptly jumped the editor
II sent the notice out in circular letters"
said the editor.
The merchant is still trying to figure out the
big idea.
The next week the merchant brought in a
notice of his daughters marriage. The editor
pasted it on a billboard. Then the merchant
took the hint-Exchange.
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Gasoline taxes in this country yielded net
revenue of 87,603,231 in 1926, according to
data collected from the various States by the
Bureau of Public Roads of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. A tax imposed in
all but four states at rates ranging from 1 to
cents per gallon, the average rate being 238
cents. The tax collections indicate that nearly
eight billion gallons were consumed in the states
imposing the tax and it is estimated that nearly
Two billion gallons were used in the four states
in which no tax was imposed
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"It may be true that the younger generation
includes those who toll not, neither do they spin,
and who are called problem As an offset to
this number attention is directed to those am
bilious lads who have this week donned sackcloth
and hauled ashes. There are more pleasant ways
of spending vacation. Acting valet for last
winters clinkers on their journey to the dump is
no spring song, but the job is there and the boys
want to earn some money. Perhaps there is yet
hope for the younger generation. We vote aye"
-Montevideo News.
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Do you know that Trunk Highway Number
should be the principal road into Minnesota
from the south? And do you know that II the
towns along Number do not get some work
done up north where the gravel is thin the traf
fic is going to divert to the east where they are
putting through paved route. We folks in this
part of the state are paying heavy taxes for
highways Let's insist on a real through paved
route for Highway 4, U. S. Highway H. Tour
lists who run into the mud up around Willmar
are not going to tell their friends to take that
route Every town on Number should cooper
ate in getting action on some permanent build
ing or we are going to lose out How about 1t