The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-02-26
Longevity of. Organizations

a CTIVITY is the life of any organization. There
~ must be present the spirit of action. The or
| Z ganization must seek to accomplish certain
things And the manner in which this is achieved de-
ponds upon the initiative of it's MEMBERS and the CO.
operation between committees or members, and it's
executive
Illustrative of this thought is basket ball or
football team. Members would not be satisfied by
merely going through the routine grind Of drill and
practice day after day without "doing something"
Invariably, this "doing something" must be before
crowd of spectators, in the of band in the
presence of audience.
Without adequate expression the life of an organ
ization is seriously impaired. Interest wanes, and
eventually the organization to function, for it
is purposeess 1t has fulfilled its mission. 1t is
somewhat similar to that has not lived. For
life is also expression and the manner in which this
expression is gained, accounts for either
failure.
Exempied differently did you ever know of
civic organization that failed because it always
sup and doing something" for the benefit of it's
bers and community at large? Again, it is activity
that spells failure, the longevity of an in
stition organization.
Misplaced Economy
n ROWN County is the last county that has not pub
lished its financial statement for 1880 which ac-
- cordng to law should be published for three sue
cessve weeks thirty days after the county board of
commissioners have convened the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in January at which time receipts and
expenditures of the preceding year accurately
made out in full.
According to Editor Erickson of the Springfield
Advance Press the county board has a pet peeve
against Brown county printers who have discontinued
the ruinous competition Of underbidding Representa-
tves from this district have been prevailed upon to in
troduce bill into the state legislature to limit pub
LEGATION only week instead of the three week
qurement as it is now.
Remuneration for only weeks publication
would not be sufficient to enable newspaper to pay
other county newspapers to circulate the financial
statement. Fees derived from second and third public
alton make this circulation possible Newspapers be-
eve in giving readers not of just paper, but of all
papers in the county the privilege of inspecting the
county financial statement The public is entitled to
know how the money spent and for what it is spent
It is decidedly unfair to give only readers of certain
paper in section of the county this service.
In event that the legislature deems it advisable
to reduce the number of publications from three to
week. then Editor Erickson suggested the rate of
remuneration should be made correspondngly higher
in order to enable the designated" newspaper pay
other newspapers for circulating the financial state
ment
eve don't believe that the state legislature is 60
ing to follow the suggestion of the Brown county board
in limiting the publication of the financial statement
to week without putting into effect such plan
which will insure greater publicity to the affairs of the
counties thus reducing the possibilities of graft and
| malfeasance in office.
eff change is to be made, let it be PROGRESS
SIVE one."