The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-17

Virginia, which state went Republican
last fall for the first time since the Civil
war, is now on the fence as whether they
should elect Republican or Democratic
governor.
If they elect the best man for the job re-
gardess as of party affiliations, they will be
making mistake.
Thirty years ago General Fred Funston was
rounding up Emilia Aguinaldo leader of the re-
bellion against the United States in the Philip
pines. In this campaign Funston won fame by
swimming the Persig river while pursuing to the
capture of his dark skinned quarry. Never mind
the evidence of enlisted men that the water was
only knee deep where the big swim took place.
The point is that today Fred Funston Jr., and
Mr.. Aguinaldo, Jr are fellow classmates in the
West Point Military Academy, both training to
be officers in our army, where they may pos
sibly campaign together some day sensation
ally their fathers campaign against each
other Yes, this is wonderful country-Fair-
mont, Mimi. Sentinel
A plan has been brought forth to provide
farm relief for the Midwest and flood relief for
to reforest hundreds of thousands of acres of
agriculture land in the upper Mississippi, Ohio,
Missouri and tributary rivers, which engineers
say will hold back the moisture and prevent the
lower Mississippi from getting within five feet
of its recent flood stages. At the same time such
action would take SO much land out of produc-
tive competition that the remainder could be
farmed at good profit so the hackers claim.
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if it will do what the engineers say it will do,
it should be adopted. Of its likelihood in proyid-
ing farm relief we are doubtful There is not
much advantage in taking millions of Midwest
ern acres out of production if Congress is going
to finance Boulder Dam and similar projects
which will bring millions more acres under the
pillow in other sections of the country.
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Advance information secured here and
there, would indicate that Governor Christianson
is the popular man to take Senator Tom Schall's
place next year when that gentlemans term ex-
pires. That he will be seriously opposed, how
ever, is indicated in the following taken from
Vim Weber's Murray County Herald
"For the past six years Minnesota
has been under serious handicap
Under an act of Congress the common
wealth has been entitled to two Senators
but, in reality, it has but one. Senator
Shipstead has been the one to whom
Minnesota could look to for proper re-
presentation
This being true the Herald believes
that there should be change and that
there is but one in the state who,
in all respects, is qualified for the Sena-
torial seat, and that man is Governor
Theodore Christensen.
But in event the Governor should
make up his mind to file for Senator, his
course will not be smooth sailing There
are those who would go to any means to
defeat him, because he has dared to defy
the Hennepin County powers, and he can
well expect all the trickery and chican-
cry of these enemies to be cast against
him.
In all probability the one way of keep
ing him from winning the Senatorial
tcga is multiplicity of candidates and
it can be assured that the Hennepin
ty group will see to it that the field of
candidates is not lacking in numbers.
Already we hear the name Of ]. A. A.
Burnquist mentioned There will be
others. The plan is to get
many candidates in the primary contest
that Tom Schall will have no difficulty in
securing the Republican nomination.
Of course the time for election is far
distant, but the Herald cautions its read
ers to watch the battle of wits and to
main calm and collected"