The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-19
THE BUMPER CROP NOW BEING


Driving through the country, one IS I'M
pressed with the number of new homes,
barns outbuildings, silos and fences being
built and the extent to which painting, re-
shingling and general repairing and remodel
ing is going forward, even in the busy sea-
son. Once the harvest is over, some such
improvements will be made on practically
every farm in the county.
improvements within the home, better
farming equipment, new clothing, new cars,
electrical equipment as the REA project pro-
crosses, in fact every conceivable kind OF
merchandise will be in heavy demand with
the increase in the buying power of our farm
people, Factories in the east are pushing
production, anticipating the new market for
goods which will do more to restore natural,
healthy prosperity than all the stop-gaps
and artificial stimuli of the last five years.
In town we are almost totally depend
ent upon the prosperity of the country for
our success and happiness. We watch the
dark clouds which may mean hail. In dry
seasons we hope for rain and we are as
alarmed with reports of grasshoppers, army
worms and the dozens OF other hazards as
are the farmers themselves.
It is essential as the era of heavy buy
ing breaks upon us that we have in stock
sufficient merchandise of the kind and quail
ity wanted. We taught the public to expect
service. 1t is essential that we continue to
give that service, even when business reach
es swamping proportions. 1t is even more
important that we anticipate wants and buy
so that we can sell at right prices. There
will be plenty Of competition for the bust
ness this year as in the past.
This much is the job of the individual
business man and firm, but his duty is not
done there. We owe it to our customers
and to ourselves to work meanwhile to make
the city more attractive to visitors, to make
the trip to and from the farm more pleasant
with better roads and to set forth frequently
in advertising, the advantages OF shopping
here. No matter how good business is, it
can be improved by promotion.
So far we have been put off in our eff
forts to have highway II, major general
trade as well as tourist artery through the
city, properly improved. We must be insist
ent in demands that the grading OF the route
south of town be completed this fall as pro-
missed We are doing great job in the i'm
provement of streets and sidewalks, but the
parking problem remains with us. It must
be solved.
We must respond more readily to sug
gestions, such as the very simple and mex
pensive but highly practical one made two
weeks ago in The Gazette by Saturday
night visitor, that benches be provided,
possibly on the courthouse lawn, for tired
shoppers. ....
We have made mammoth stride this
summer in the improvement of our schools.
We also need postoffice and must redouble
efforts to get one An airport has been sug-
gested frequently and while very few of our
visitors fly here, most enterprising towns
have ports. Airmail service would be a de-
finite advantage to every merchant. We
should investigate the chances of getting it.
Our business district has been built up
and improved considerably during the sum-
mer. 1t would be credit to town twice
the size of Redwood Falls. A big growth in
population can be expected only when resi-
Dental building has caught up with the de-
mand for homes. Every encouragement
should be given for the building and i'm
provement of homes.
Redwood Falls can make great progress
in the next year. A good crop in 1888 would
be an even greater stimulus since many
farmers as well as merchants need this falls
income to "get squared around" after being
hard hit in recent seasons. It is up to each
Individual to put some thought on what he
can do toward the building process, how he
can help the entire community 60 forward.
REDWOOD COUNTY SHOULD MAKE
a concerted effort to bring the state corn
husking contest here this year. Unless al
signs fail the crop should be one of the
finest ever harvested here, on par with any
in the state. Certainly the county has 9
claim to recognition in having produced the
only national champion the state has had
Ted Balko, by consistently winning state
titles and constantly being in the money at
national meets, has done more to popularize
the sport in Minnesota than any other man
OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING AT
night: Those road buttons cost lot but
they are some help. Better still are the
glass turn" and "stop" signs which show
up bright at night +. More people are
dimming their lights when they meet you,
but more of them still don't. If truck box
es were only half as wide as they are, most
truck drivers would still drive in the center
of the highway More people seem to be
driving at reasonable speeds. Perhaps it is
because so many of the speeders are in the
graveyards.