The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11

LARGE building projects here will pro-
vide employment for great many carpent-
ers and others in the building trades this
spring and summer. Persons who plan pri-
vate building projects will be wise to speak
early for Workmen to avoid delay and dis
appointment
FUNNY how the world has changed It
was but few years ago and men and wo-
men fought hard battles against poverty
before they forgot their pride and allowed
their names to appear upon the list of those
getting aid from the county. Now the coun-
ty has to investigate every case to keep peo-
pie from getting their names on the list.
Some people think the list is a sort of social
register, and they work harder to get their
names on the scroll than their parents work.
ed to keep it off.-Austin Herald.
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MOST of us have little conception of
what million dollars is like, to say moth
ing of the staggering billions voted by con-
gress so frequently. However statistician
has figured out that total government costs
in 1886 amounted to S142 per person or $3.50
for each family of four. In 1913 the nation
al income was $343 per capita, the total debt
of governing bodies $59.29. In 1886 the per
capita income was 1859, the total govern
iiShI OooI' P1HH
A TRIP over almost any bituminous
road in this section at this season of the
year creates doubt in the mind of the driver
as to the economy of such roads. Granted
they are q big Improvement over gravel, they
still cannot be regarded as the ideal substi
tute for paving. Where concrete road comes
through the winter like new, great many
of the black top roads will not be good again
without considerable patching if not relay
ing.
STATE employees and Governor Ben
son are travelling opposite directions on the
civil service reform provisions proposed to
the legislature with scrapping of all the re-
forms the probable result. Mr.. Benson does
MT choose to play unless he can use his own
deck.
"A CRYING need today is a better milk
supply for small towns and villages" O.. E..
Reed of the U. S. department of agriculture,
told dairymen in St. Paul last week. He in
Dictated that residents of large cities gener-
ally are getting purer milk than hamlets
close to the source of supply.
1T MAY be that this generation of chill
dren is being ruined. Children, it seems, are
always being ruined by something. The
generation that is now old in its youth was,
ruined by the round dance" The genera
ton at present just verging into the elderly
was ruined by the unspeakable "coffin NALL
alias the cigaret. The generation squarely
in middle age today was ruined by the dime
novel which sold for nickel. Probably II
modern children weren't being ruined by the
else.-Baltimore Sun.
WHILE you are worrying about the
prospects of big increase in income taxes,
don't forget March Is is the deadllne for
pavment of taxes on 1886 income. There
are pretty stiff penalties provided for TEL
lows who come under the act but tall TO
make reports and pay up.
THE GAZETTE has watched with in
terest the efforts of former Weeklles TO
establish themselves as dailies in certain
other Minnesota towns, some OF them not
great deal larger than Redwood Falls. Most
of them are doing commemorate JOB OF
serving up the news in more frequent help-
ings but news is on the expense side OF a
newspapers ledger. Serving it ottener IS
decidedly more expensive than serving week
" portions. On the revenue side, the only
appreciable gain seems to be in cigaret ad-
vertising placed far more literally in dallles.
We suspect most of the publishers OF new
dailies would like to return to their weekly
| schedule.
THE 40 HOUR week is going to seem
entirely too short for the fellow who really
enjoys working.
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APPARENTLY many of the reforms so
urgently sought are not for the persons
seeking them. We heard recently OF labor
paper hot after higher wages and shorter
hours for everyone-eXcept it's own en-
ployees who work long hours for starvation
. pay.
REDWOOD FALLS is sometimes laugh
ed at about it's studious efforts to keep its
celebrations clean. 1t is expensive to put
on an entertainment without the objection
able features which do contribute literally
to festival Golfers. Wholesome entertain
ment is more difficult to get, but is worth
the effort.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that the state
highway patrol is opening drive on vehicles
operating only one light prompts the COM
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