The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-05-28
Deaths Busy Season

waste OF lie neld daily DeIOfe our eyes.
The ptifu part of this continuous tragedy is that
most of these casualties entirely unnecessary and
might be prevented by the exercise of ordinary COM
mon sense. They due either to an insane desire
for speed utter disregard for the most element
airy rules of safety.
Many of the victims helpless passengers
whose lives at the mercy of crimnally reckless
incompetent drivers. Some accidents are appar-
emily unavoidable of course but in the vast majority
of they the result of pure careessness on the
part Of both motorists and pedestrians
And even the most careful driver is often helpless
when he encounters fool on street highway.
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AS Tax Assessors See 1t!
Lamentable conditions have been revealed in Fair
mont the past few days. The public has not hereto
fore had the slightest inkng of how bad things are
declared to be.
Residences and business structures, generally re-
garded handsome, substantial buildings to which
town boosters have pointed with PRIDE in reality
crumbling ruins, liable to collapse at any time.
Citizens whom neighbors have envied as wealthy,
enjoying possession of much cash and profitable in
vested capital have turned out to be the veriest paup
with not farthng in the bank. They really are
not quite where the next meal is coming from.
Fine houses, viewed from the exterior, are shabby
bare inside. Hardly stick Of furniture, and what
there is wholly without value, rugs or carpets on
Hundreds of well known citizens almost
entirely without necessary clothing. Not a rag do
they except the garments their backs, and
these old and vaueless. Few have suspected that
many of their fellow citizens just barely escape utter
nakedness
Gems and jewels, diamonds and ornaments have
entirely disappeared to buy bread pledged for
debt
Women ply the needle by hand The few sewing
| o1J ov,I hot
longer work at ALL Others toll long, weary hours
the wash tub not being able to washing machines
People tell time by the and the moon not at
all. They own neither clocks or watches.
All of boosted prosperity, all of the exterior
appearances of material comfort and well being is but
shallow pretense. We really in devil of shape.
These sensational revelations, we had best explain,
have not been disclosed through some industrial
vey investigation by welfare society. They
simply the conclusions that be drawn from the
tales of told Harry Serle the tax assessor who
is covering the territory. @S
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For the first time in several campaigns some of
the of former office holders appearing
campaign lists of Redwood County this term. Among
them is Joseph R. Keefe who seeks the office of
tor of the Brown Redwood district Another is George
A. Barnes candidate for the office of County Attor
ney an office in which he served for one term Both
have opposition Both are scrappy, seasoned
paigners and count their friends numberlessly 1t be-
hooves the fellows running against them to mind
their steps,"
Shifting The Gears
humorist's most serious business is trying to
make folks smile.
sport writer is of the few persons who get
paid for guessing wrong.
Lady Astor says having a husband is full time
job. And how about being one?
Many have fondness for old coins, but new
ones enough for most of us.
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Grating experiments have produced a tree grow
ing six kinds of apples at Coalville, England
machine has been devised to test the tenderness
Several Senators complain of shopping in their
offices. WE'LL the Senate has done much to encourage
the habit.
A senator declares that short sessions of Con-
gress involve waste of public money But
what of the long ones?
| claims OF aggrleved LADIES SUING for ahmony run
into the millions. And those old Forty-nners thought
they gold-diggers.
The law requires food and drug manufacturers to
correctly label their products. Now for low COM
polling customers to read the labels.
Formerly they were called common scolds and SEN
fenced to the duckng stool. Now they called re-
formers and put the lecture platform.
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Owing to hard times many native husbands il
Pondoland South Africa, unable to pay the faith
of their wives the purchase price agreed upon The
fathers will take their daughters back and place them