The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-05-15


And now somebody has discovered that
"whoopee" was used rather frequently by such
jazzy writer's of the past as Shakespeare and
to be modern anyway.
90
Charles Meyers who faces prison for life
under the conditions of the Baumes law says he
doesn't mind-that 'life is easier inside of pri
son than outside" That is an awful criticism on
social conditions-chief of which is that it is
difficult for the most of men with prison
record to get employment.
We call your attention to some more Justice
Minneapolis policeman got out of his car to
tag a misparked car belonging to some long
suffering citizen, and alongs comes another Of
fcious cop and tags Mr.. First Cops car And
since it one of those triple jointed tags that
are about as easy to get away from sheet of
sticky fly paper July day, Mr.. Cop had to
go into court and work his way out Plenty good
enough! We restrain our glee with difficulty.
large percentage of the box cars hauled
west the transcontinetal railroads are empt
les. Panama Canal competition makes it i'm
possible for the railroads to get loads on the
west haul at rates established by the interstate
commerce commission. In fact unfair rates
make it economical for commodities to be ship
ped from well toward the middle west to the
Atlantic coast and thence around through the
canal to the west coast. The railroad haul goes
to the powerful eastern groups. Hauling box
cars empty in one direction means loss. This
loss must be made up in higher freight rates
from northwest points east. The cure: Let
the interstate commerce commission adjust rates
SO that our western lines reaching the Pacific
coast can compete with the Eastern group-Pan-
anna Canal combination. A small revenue would
be better for western roads than none at all and
any gain would mean lowering of rates on
the east haul.-Lake Wilson Pilot.
90
Most anybody can be an editor. All an
editor has to do is sit at his desk six days in
the week, four weeks in the month, twelve
months in the year and "edit" such stuff as this:
"Mrs. Jones of Lone Creek let can-opener
slip last week and cut herself in the pantry"
"A mischievous lad of Bungtown threw a
stone and struck companion in the alley last
Tuesday,
Joe Doe climbed on the roof of the house
last week looking for leak, and he fell strik-
ing himself on the back porch"
"While Harold Green was escorting Violet
Wise from church social last Saturday night,
a savage dog attacked him and bit Mr.. Green on
the public square,
"Isiah Trimmer of Lebanon was playing with
a cat Friday and it scratched him on the veran-
da"
Mr.. White, while Harvesting broncho last
Saturday, was kicked just south of the corn crib"
Anybody can "edit" an newspaper It's the
easiest and softest snap in the world.-Swift
County Monitor.
Why don't farmers mark their name plainly
on their mail boxes? During the past week
the writer has visited nearly twenty farm homes
in Nicollet, Scott and Blue Earth counties and
an awful time we had finding out where some
of them lived! Directions invariably included
the words you'll find his name on the mail
box so many miles from such and such a cor
ner after you passed the little white school
house that you'll find after you've crossed the
bridge that crosses the creek that runs along the
railroad for forty yards" And ten chances to
one-tenth of chance when we had worked our
way through this labyrinth there wasn't the
least sign of name on the box. Then we had
to let down six gates, jump three wire fences
and get chased by one mild looking Holstein cow,
six granting pigs and an offcious, young pup
or two before we finally got near enough to the
farmer in the dell to ask him what his name
was. And usually the farmer we wanted was
a quarter of mile back! It's a lot of trouble
for strangers to find unmarked farms and the
mail box offers lovely place upon which a name
plate could be placed. stencil and some white
paint could do real service on those boxes.
$50
1t is no reflection upon the incoming coun-
ty agent of Redwood County that many residents
Of the county see with deep regret the going of
Lynn Sheldon. Personally the writer feels his
resignation to go to new field is distinct loss
to the county however worthy his successor may
be. During Mr.. Sheldon's tenure of office the
work with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Red
wood County has become outstanding among all
the counties of the state, and through him this
work has lost none Of the precedence and high
standing it gained when the men and women
who carried on before him were doing their
part With the adult farmers Mr.. Sheldon has
done much-enough to win him high praise from
people both within and without the county from
those who have closely followed his work. But
with the young farmers and potential farmers
wives his work has been exceptional. We wish