The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-10-13
Thoughts While Opening Our Mail

Thoughts While Opening Our Mail
rERE is the weekly release" from the Farm
n Bureau favoring the income tax amendment
still farmers say the bureaus ISM ooins
a thing for them"
Another saws farmers can burn 10 cent cheap
er than they can buy $40 coal-tough coal dealers
but it may get rid of the Surplus" of farm products.
Weekly letter from the state department OF con-
servaton saws pheasant will open OctoDer
15 We knew that. Tough to be game bird. Here's
Larry Hos comment men who Jump the gun on
pheasant shooting Well find place for this farther
down in the column
State Highway release" says state jobs are
to be let soon Is it? No. the Bridge street bridge
hasn't been included in the call yet. Someone will be
killed down there before they get to it.
More releases" from the Republican Central COM
rnittee and the Olson Volunteer committee Plenty OF
money to spend radio advertising yet the news
papers supposed print this poorly disguised ad
vertisng free. Least that said for Regain is ne
hasn't resorted to this racket.
Here is a circular addressed to publisher who
left here five years ago. This firm certainly keeps an
up-to-date mailing list
Another weekly release" from the taxpayers
ISOLATION Wonder where they get their money?
"Guide mental development of children" says
public health education release" Nothing said about
guiding them from publicity writer's
A Christmas seal campaign release" Seems like
the 1881 campaign was completed only Yesterday.
And now we getting down to business. Here
is an advertising order from big distributor. Incl
IDENTIFY of the few which didn't suffer last year.
And here four subscription payments, three bills
and two want ads with stamps enclosed.
And the office boy wonders why the waste basket
is full EVERY night.
County Comparisons
INTERESTING financial data on Minnesota counties
III ~ lo n
nesota Municipalities and printed in its October
publication
In population Redwood county with 20 $50 per-
sons ranks fftyeghth of the states 81 counties and
has average of 23.4 persons per square mile in
which it ranks fortieth. Twenty-Five counties have
greater populations, AZ thcky settled Cook
county is No. in both columns with only 2,435 per-
sons, average of 1.6 persons per square mile.
The assessed valuation of Redwood county per
square mile is $22411 ftysxth in the state while
per capita assessed valuation is eghtieth in the
state $-5751. In other words individuals in only
counties of the state considered richer while
81 counties are valued higher per square mile. Most
of these are industrial counties.
The county's Indebtedness per person is $53.S1
GOA per cent Of the assessed valuation In indebted
per person Lake of the Woods county ranks high
est eighy-seventh in the state with $19205 while
its percentage of debt assessed valuation 3648
Redwood county ranks sixty in percentage of
debt to assessed valuation and seventy-sxth in in
debtedness per person. Carver, Mcleod and Goodhue
counties first in this regard having no indebted
ness.
In percentage of tax denquences, Redwood is
average county forty-third in the list The
age person in Redwood county owed 1882 in delin-
quent taxes at the beginning of this year 969 per
cent of the average persons direct taxes for $780,
And After Election?
THE Literary Digest poll which foretold the land
slide in favor of Herbert Hoover four years ago
predicts greater sweep in favor of
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It's prediction this week is that the president will
carry not more than ten states, that only four five
are definitely in his column Minnesota which has
cast Democratic electoral vote, is this year
listed not doubtful" but as definitely Roosevelt"
Whether one is Democrat or Republican there is
something to rejoice in if election this time
suits in landslide At other time in the nations
history perhaps has the administration so badly
needed vote of confidence. Whether this sweep be
in favor Of change to retain the party in power
the effect will be highly beneficial Business revival
is already the way in the east; textiles furniture
products related to northwest agriculture
are going up, apparently delaying only for the de-
finite settlement which will be made on election day.
Within month after election experts calling the
turn predicting better days, and hoping for land
slide important aid
originator of Chcagos famous "one-way rides" died
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