The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-27

.ETTE, REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA
It looks as though there still might be a few
weeks of weather suited to the consumption of
buckwheats.
A lot of young people start going around
together about the time they first meet in a
revolving door.
A court has ruled that a man doesn't
have to listen to his wife talk. Which shows
how ignorant thing court may be.
Most people wait at least five days before
entering into a contract of any Importance. But
the state legislators insists that that is too
long time to consider the marriage contract
which, after all, is fairly important.
"When the neighbors drop in to borrow the
weekly collection of handbills, posters and cata-
logs that proves that they are just as good
means of advertising as this paper" says Ole
Lavang of Lanesboro in his Weekly Get 1t?
These are the days of more and more install
ment plans. Now there is an effort being made
to so arrange things that fines may be paid by
Judge And in one case where man wished for
number of things he couldn't afford he is said
to have so arranged things that he had pledged
himself to pay $72 each week in deferred pay
ments," while his salary was $50 a week. There
is plenty of merit in the plan if wisely used
but it seldom is.
The House of Representatives has passed a
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counties to spend, practically without restriction
or supervision, upon the roads of the county. If
county boards were continuous over long periods
this wouldn't be quite serious. But county
| boards change from time to time-and there are
other reasons why pork barrel methods may
easily be resorted to. There is every temptation
to spread this sum out so thin to meet the de-
sires of all parts of the county that it will do
made mistake.
Thomas eastman of Owatonna, excellent
citizen and persistent pessmist, says his objec-
tions to the Minnesota Farm Plan, worked out
and endorsed by more than 100 editors, all good
friends of the farmers, is because it is non
controversial which is to say that it is SO self
evidently all right that everybody and ex-
cept Thomas of Owatonna approves it. Had
Thomas been around when Moses brought down
from the mountains the Ten Commandments,
he would have been the first to raise howl
about the conspiracy between the Creator and
Moses for the suppression of human liberty
St. Cloud Journal-Press.
Il the private automobile driver would adopt
the requirements Of the bus driver, accidents on
the highways would undoubtedly be cut more than
| rs per cent. What are the requirements of
bus driver? "He must be experienced in hand
ling cars; he is forbidden to converse with pas
sengers, he is not allowed to smoke while driving,
! and must stop before crossing railroad tracks"
The private auto driver is lost in conversation
with his passengers more than SO per cent of
the time. AT times he takes both hands
from the wheel to light cigarette pipe or cigar.
And how many private auto drivers stop, or even
slow down, when they come to railroad track?
No wonder accidents on the highways
the increase The innocent must suffer for the
absent minded, incompetent, don't -give-a-whoop
man at the wheel-Albert Lea Tribune
The county board of Redwood county
will submit the question of maintaining a
county agent to the voters at the spring
elections on March IL. This will give them
an idea of what the farmers think of the
| county agent. Several years ago the coun-
ty agent idea met with considerable objec-
ton in the country. Of late, however,
| hear little complaint. The cost to each far
| mer is very little and with the federal
| government, state and farm bureau
bers paying the bulk Of the expense,
| should think that the county would be glad
| to help to the limited extent required The
value of county agent is difficult to mea-
sure in dollars and cents Even the farmer,
! who doesn't want the county agent derives
| an indirect benefit from the general i'm
| provement in farming conditions brought
about by the farm bureau and county agent.
| Springfield Advance
We can't believe there is anyone in Redwood
county so blind as to vote against the continu-
alton of the service from which the county has
benefited for so many years.
An interesting test showing the relative sell
ing power of merchandise that is advertised and
that which is not, was recently conducted by the