The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02

WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SCHEM-
ers plan building boom to keep the nation
on recovery road, Redwood Falls has had
perhaps the biggest year OF construction
activity in it's history, the continuation OF a
building splurge which began in dwellings,
three years ago this fall and this year was
more pronounced for work in the business
district
The new high school alone represented
more building work than has been IN pro-
gress at one time here in years but it was
the result of fortunate fire and it's size was
attributable partly to the aid available from
a generous government Strictly CONNER
cial and honest signs of the building up OF
the city as a trade center are the compile
ton of the splendid Falls theatre, the strict
ly modern Budik office building and now the
equally -to-the-minute Hillger Brothers
garage which is practically ready for open
ing.
Three such improvements in one year
constitute a great forward stride although
they do not tell the full story of Redwood
Falls progress, even in the business district,
for the list of firms with new store fronts
and other major improvements completed in
recent months is long and there are several
new firms in the business picture.
The number of homes provided during
the year has about kept pace with building
in recent years, although held down some
what because all available builders were
busy Builders and material men look for
the busiest home building season in years
next year, plus more work in the business
district if plans now being considered ma
terialiZe.
If the government would add one
much-needed federal building to this list,
1888 might even rival 1887 in the total
amount Of announcements here
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS NOT
anxious for an unemployment census, ac-
cording to commentators, believing that the
expense of getting an accurate count would
be far out of line with the value of the tig-
ures while any slipshod count would be
practically valueless. Political foes of the
president attributed his lack of enthusiasm
to an unwillingness to face the facts as they
might be revealed in the census.
From the results of the count on even
so small scale as was necessary here, we
are inclined to side with the presidents
Judgment that such census would result
in pile of meaningless statistics.
A few practical jokers could be expect
ed to return cards and no doubt smile Will
be appreciated by the clerks given the end
less task of sorting the cards at Washing
COIl, UuI Gue COuuC was IOI SApCSCOo W w 9
count of all people who have job which
doesn't suit them, or of retired people who
neither need or desire work. Statistics were
already available, certainly, as to the num-
Der on government projects and on direct
relief. 1t is doubtful if much more will be
cleaned from the cards returned.
Most small towns, we presume, took
some pride in having comparatively few I'm.
employed. Larger cities, more ''cagey'
about anything which may eventually lend
some aid in another twitch on Uncle Sans
leg, perhaps saw dividends in large reports
of voorhees,.
A PHILADELPHIA BRIDE, TIRED
of answering the doorbell, put this sign on
the door: 81 need no shoe strings, refri-
gerators, vacuum cleaners, life insurance
chewing gum, repair work-or anything
else" 1t worked 100 per CENTRED Lake
Falls Gazette.
1T WILL SOON BE TOO LATE TIC
do your early Christmas shopping early
next it will be too late to do it late and after
Christmas it will undoubtedly be too early
to do next years, early.