The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-03

on the golf course" Now we suppose the young
sters will be ranged in solemn little lines next
to the fence around the course where mother
can catch glimpse of them occasionally before
she let's drive.
While Minneapolis and st. Paul argue and
grow hot over who shall pay for the cleansing
of the Mississippi River and how that cleansing
shall be done, the old river rolls along just as
digustngly dirty and as much menace to the
health of these two cities it has always been.
If that condition were to exist between two out
in the-state towns the Twins would howl about
chick mismanagement" and lack of progress.
There is an adage about which foot wears the
shoe that seems to fit rather well.
There are still many Minnesota towns and
villages of 5000 population and less where bank
consolidation would be mighty good thing for
the community, A. ]. Veigel, superintendent of
state banks told attendants at the small town
conference last week. 'There are three hun
dred seventy-nin state banks in Minnesota with
the minimum capital of $4,000" Mr.. Veigel
said. "Nearly all of these are located in small
villages some of which are not even incorporat-
ed" The superintendent of banks also made it
quite clear that he is not intellectually in
favor of group banking which he says is "stl in
the experimental STAGE
The Minnesota highway department is still
receiving applications for appointment on the
state traffic patrol. Nearly 700 applications for
these jobs are already on file. The law limits
the force to 35 men, and according to c. M Bah
ccio of hirhxx IL
will more likely be started with smaller num-
Der and built up gradually Consequently a lot
of applicants are going to be disappointed Men
will be selected who are between the eyes of 25
and 35, and they must pass rigid tests to show
that they are physically fit. Preference will be
given to single men and to men who have had
military training or experience in handling high
way traffic. Those who pass the tests will go on
the eligible list and be appointed in the order
applications received. The men selected will
be given several weeks of intensive training be-
for they sent out on the highways.
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In spite of misstatements made by two of
the Twin City newspapers last week, faculty
members of the University of Minnesota who
were in charge of the small town conference re-
port satisfaction with its results and state that
they expect such conferences to be made annual
events at the university. "There were seventy
five persons attending" Dean Russell A. Steven
son of the school of business administration said,
and their interest in discussion of social, econ
omc and industrial problems of their towns was
keen. There were much smaller groups than
this met years ago when agricultural and other
short courses were first advocated by the univer-
sity and now these have grown to an attendance
of hundreds each session. We have made
good start and there are many good results to
come from these conferences"
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It's impossible to keep woman inactive just
by gagging her and tieing her hands. The Tele-
phone Press Service tells the tale of one who
outwitted thief who seemingly had all the best
of the argument:
Although bound and gagged by ban
dit who had invaded the office of the I'm
Utah Telephone Company at Vernal,
Utah, recently, Mrs. Hazel Hacker, the
night operator, succeeded in frustrating
the holdup. It was about $3.50 o'clock on
a Sunday morning that the bandit APP
peared, and as the operator reached for
the switchboard to call the night mar
shall he grabbed her by the throat and
choked her and then bound and gagged
her. Turning to the desk nearby, he pick
ed up the cash box, but the operator sue
ceeded in reaching with her foot the
switch which sounds the fire siren, with
the result that the bandit became fright
ened and made his escape.