The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-07-08

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SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS
on the improvements made to IL main routes
in the original Minnesota trunk highway
system since its origin explain quite definite
ly why towns along highway II are still yell
ing "get us out of the mud' after II years
under that system.
Of the IL routes, two are completely
paved. They are the road originally design
ated as three" from La Crosse through
the Twin Cities to Breckenridge and "12'
from Hudson, Wisconsin, through the Twin
Cities to Madison. Original number ten
from Minneapolis to Wheaton is 80 per cent
paved while number one from Albert Lea
to Duluth and the North Shore and number
seven from Winona through Mankato to
Lake Benton are three-fourths paved Class
ed as two-thirds paved are original number
two from Duluth to Moorhead and number
nine from La Crosse to Luverne Half-pav
ed are number five from Blue Earth through
the Twin Cities to Swan River and number
eight from Duluth to East Grand Forks.
Number IL from Duluth through Interna-
tional Falls to Donaldson is classed as 20 per
cent paved while original number six, Lu-
verne to Crookston and Noyes, is about ten
per cent paved.
U. S. II, which was originally designat-
ed as -four from Jackson to international
Falls via Redwood Falls, Willnar, Wadena
and Bemidji has the least permanent i'm
provements of the group, only seven per
cent.
Routes passing through the Twin Cities
are in each case paved in the metropolitan
area, which was not mwise considering the
heavy traffic and high maintenance cost
there. Less justification can be found for
some of the northern Minnesota hard sur
facing but in any case the statistics support
the contention that southwestern Minneso-
ia roads, particularly I'll, - are due for ex-
tensive development.
THE APPOINTMENT OF HERMAN
Wenzel of St. Paul as state conservation
commissioner drew sufficient number OF
favorable comments from Republican papers
of the state to indicate that the new COM
missioner "starts even" in taking over the
department which has had so much unfav-
orable publicity under the five man arrange
ment.
Friends of MIR. Wenezl point out the in
teresting fact that he has reared a family
of IL children. He is barber and through
his trade became interested in labor unions
and politics. One who has supported such
accustomed to the words, economy and con-
servation in a practical sense.
The Park Region Echo (Alexandria)
suggests that we need man at the head
of the department who can make two trees
grow where none grew before, adding that
the father of IL should be able to do that.
The conservation commissioner post
was much sought after. It is an extremely
important position, made more difficult for
the next few years due to the change in set
up and the reorganization necessary. The
state can. only wish Mr.. Wenzel the best in
cooperation and success.
MOVIE OF A MAN READING
Mary's Little Lam: "Ha, ha, ha, here is a
good one on JONES'" Pause. by golly
here's a dinger on Brown, bet that burned
him up. Ha, ha, ha." Another pause ''Yep,
yep, she heard that yarn about Smith That's
similar CALCULATIONS. Then: whats this
They put in that yarn about me. What dirty
so and so told that. That blank, blank
paper. I'll stop my subscription. I'll sue,
I'll, I'll" Important pause. "Oh well, I
suppose Jones and Smith and Brown got a
kick out Of it."
TRULY THIS Is THE GOLDEN AGE
of agriculture. Driving along the road you
see farmer driving a shiny new car to a
nearby field. He gets into the tractor cul-
tivator, where he tolls until noon, when it's
home again for dinner. When you look back
40 or SO years, one realizes that there are
such things as gentlemen farmers.-Lake
Wilson Pilot.
SOLVER OF MANY PROBLEMS,
political and otherwise, Editor Erickson at
Springfield, spares the womenfolk of his
community the necessity of studying mag
azine articles or seeing theatricals or movies
on that 1897 worry, "How wife should un-
dress before her husband" He suggests
the ladies retire before friend husband
comes home.
BRONKO NAGURSKI WENT TO
grade school, high school and college. Now
he is the world champion wrestler. Use that
on Junior when he fails to appreciate the
opportunities opened by securing an educa-
ton.