The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-07-06
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cent cut in state department expenditures.
While such a ruling works some unfair
ness on departments already practicing
strict economy, and we assume there were
some, it is no doubt preliminary to deeper
cuts where they are found to be possible.
Certainly it is wiser course than cutting
out certain government services without
careful study of their worth and popular
demand for them.
Some of the reductions will no doubt
be in the nature of experiments. We trust
such is the case in the decision to reduce
KINDS time on the air from "a to 16 hours
daily.
1t is an established fact that the hours
from midnight to 8 a. m. at the crime bureau
radio station on week days were dull ones,
with few calls and presumably few listeners
among the peace officers over the north
west However there is much to be said for
Saturday and Sunday night vigils when
traffic is heavy during the summer months
and highway patrolmen may have need for
this help.
1t is also true that several Minnesota
cities in the 10000 to $4,000 population class
are installing radio stations with which it
may prove highly advantageous for the
state station to maintain nightly contacts.
While there can be little complaint on
the curtaiment of service in the interests of
economy at the present time, a wave of early
morning robberies, or some other develop
ment of that nature might make It impera-
tive that the night shift be restored, 1t is
hoped that budget makers will not overlook
these possibilities in making what seem to
be practical savings. !
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TALK OF OIL IN THE SPRINGFIELD-
Redwood Falls vicinity is extremely inter-
esting, particularly SO to persons who recall
that back in 1923 prospectors looked over
the area with oil in mind.
According to Tom Arnett, veteran Red
wood well driller who toured the country
with the promoters of that day, the new
survey of presumed oil deposits comedies
with the 16 years old survey. "a
Locating an oil deposit in this section
and getting to it are two different things,
Mr.. Arnett points out. Underlaid with de-
post of fint-hard blue granite, the OIL
assuming it is there's well protected by
nature.
Redwood Falls has long desired to get
through the granite with no more valuable
product in mind than good drinking water,
but to date this city and several others
around us, depend on surface wells for their
supplies. Depth of the granite varies from
surface outcroppings to several hundred
feet but Mr. Arnett knows of no wells in the
vicinity that go through it. Drilling in blue
granite is an endless and costly if not i'm
possible job, he points out.
Redwood Falls is more likely to con-
tinue as first rate farming community than
to become an oil boom town, surrounded
with unsightly derricks, pumping constant
ly, in Mr.. Arnett's opinion.
WE HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF
'goofy" news releases and communications
from state and federal departments but one
this week takes the cake. 1t devotes nine
paragraphs to advising editors how they.
should handle news of drowningS so they
don't leave the impression that Minnesota
lakes are not safe for tourists"
Our adviser would have us prominently
mention CAUSE of the drowning, such as
overloaded boat, standing up in boat or ven
turing out in stormy weather, yes, even
bathing in unknown water or swimming too
soon after heavy meal.
AS if any newspaper man needs to be
told that cause-whether it's fire, drown
ing, car crash or suicides part of the story
if it can be determined! And as if any tourist
doesn't know that Minnesota's 10000 lakes
are 10000 places to drown, If the person who
goes near the water doesn't know as much
about swimming or boating as the safety de-
partment does about newspapers.
A MAN ARRESTED AT RED WING
for driving offense not only pleaded guilty
but admitted that he should be arrested and
fined, commended the officers and the court
for doing their duty thanked them for good,
public service. Tins has happened one of
the things that are supposed to never hap
pen. The customary is for one apprehendedi
for law violation to be indignant, cry per
secution," abuse the authorities .-FairmontI
Daily Sentinel.
ABOUT THE FIRST THING THAT a.
dictatorship does is to take away the bar
gaining power of labor unions, and tell the
laboring man when and where and how he
shall work. 1t also tells the farmer when
and what and how he shall produce and sell.
It's great system for those who like that
kind of thing.-Morris Tribune.
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