The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-01-16
SMALL TOWN TALK

A German inventor has produced paper
that won't burn. 1t will be used for profane
correspondence we assume.
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The Kansas City Star cannot understand why
Minnesota women want to serve on Federal Jur-
les when they are not obliged to do So Does the
Star understand why Minnesota men want to
give this service? But they do.
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Maybe Minnesota is gin every way and every
day getting better and better" At any rate the
January 1927 census of penal institutions in the
state showed a total of 1868 and in 1929 this had
dropped to 2731. Evidently the crime wave is
slowly ebbing.
Minnesota's deposits in savings banks in
creased 100000 during 1928 according to fig
ures compiled by Thomas F. Wallace, Minneapo-
lis banker This ought to prove something or
other but since we had no personal share in the
accumulation of this sum can't say just what
And now the Minneapolis Journal and the
Tribune of the same city are having heated
argument as to which played the larger share in
the council expose and all this grand jury, mix
up. They sound like couple of country week
lies that haven't any better sense than to use
their papers the medium for a personal row.
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81 don't think my son got justice. He ought
to have got death. Life Imprisonment is too
much" These are the words of the mother of
John Curry, found guilty of the witchcraft MUIR
der in Pennsylvania The boy was fourteen and
life is long. We are inclined to agree with the
mother that death would have been easier for
him, and assuredly easier for her.
The highway issue may be brought to a
successful conclusion without boodshed yet. Pro-
ponents Of the big bond issue, realizing it is go
ing to be impossible to put it over in the face
of the governors consistent resistance, are look
ing with something approaching favor at Ted's
suggestion for refundng county reimbursement
bonds outstanding against the trunk highway
fund, and at his approval of the increased gas
lax.
Every city is entitled to an occasional scan
dial just by way Of giving it something to talk
about. But it does appear, at least on the sur
face, that Minneapolis is rather overriding the
matter One alderman turns Estates evidence"
and such scurrying! Indictments are about
as plentiful as candles at Christmas-and about
as Illuminating. What Minneapolis is probably
doing is trying to grab some of the limelight
that usually floods over St. Paul when the session
starts.
President Coolidge and President elect Hoo
yer seem to be somewhat overplaying the CASTOR
and Alphonse act. Coolidge won't suggest to
Congress because he is going out and Hoover
x1op booarco ho ic yati in Isn't If SiV tn
have an Inauguration four months after the ell
ecton, making such a situation possible. And
the short session of Congress is working on
much the same basis. Sometime this old United
States will learn something about "waste" in
government-and the findings will have nothing
to do with the increase in salaries for Congress
sional stenographers.
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Judge Charles F. Hall formerly of Granite
Falls and now head of the State Childrens Bur-
eau in ST. Paul has some legislation of benefit to
the women and children of the state, and of great
significance to the state a whole Care of the
feeble-mnded outside of the institutions is one Of
the things Judge Hall will request Withdraw
al or amendment of the law permitting the ap
pearance of small children on the public stage is
another desire of his and provision for the I'M
have the marriage waiting period bill passed,
only his judgment thirty days should be required
between marriage license and marriage ceremony
instead of the meager five days in the bill ready
for introduction in the state legislature. These
are among the things Judge Halls conservative
and mature judgment, based on years of expert
ence in juvenile and probate courts and as head
of the childrens bureau tells him will help to in
crease the efficiency of Minnesota's child welfare
laws, which are said to be already among the
finest if not the finest, in the nation. Minnesota
will do well to consider his suggestions and to
act on them as generously as is possible.
Many are the comments on the recent mes
sage of Governor Christensen upon the occasion
of the opening of the legislative session. Some of
the comments are pretty superficial, some are
unkind and lacking in understanding because the
governor stepped pretty hard on some of their
pet plans and schemes. But men of understand
ing men who have studied the situation of the
state as whole and not just one little section
of it, are loud in their praise of the wisdom of
the governor in demanding that Minnesota slow