The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-04-20

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1889
IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO BE
said for April snow, it's that it never stays
long.
LOTS OF FOLKS WHO AREN'T
strong for the farm program will be glad
nevertheless when those AAA checks arrive.
HEARD ON THE STREET THIS
week: I'd rather continue to be poor than
pay my help the kind of wages he does and
get rich. n
BE NOT SURPRISED, LEST YOU BE
considered greenhorn, that bills to reduce
the size of the legislature failed of passage.
A coNrEMPoRARY SAYS A GOOD
speaker must have three qualifications.
Stand up and be seen speak up and be heard,
shut up and be appreciated.
ANY MAN WHO TENDS TO HIS
business 100 per cent is an asset to his COM
munity. If he still finds time to help with
community events, he's a No. l citizen.
COLLEGE MEN OF OUR DAY DID
many foolish things, but we are proud that
none of our classmates got their pictures in
the papers at the expense of helpless gold
fish.
ONE OF THE MOST HOPEFUL AND
optimistic outlooks is that picture Of 93-
year old man with head buried in seed
catalogue. -Chatfeld News.
THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
has a very commendable code concerning
| a., LII L.,
Society would benefit if comic strip artists
adopted few ethics.
WHEN THEY'RE BEING WORN WE
get the idea that they are supposed to be
hats, but when they are just hung in shop
windows we contend they ought to be label
ed
THERE is GOOD NEWS IN THE RE-
port of Eldon Rowe chief of the state high
way patrol, that every convicted drunken
driver to date in 1889 has suffered fun loss
of his drivers license by revocation Red
Lake Falls Gazette.
WE WE'RE TEMPTED TO CALL SUN
days rain and Mondays snow million dol
lar storm as we did in balmy days of pros
perity. Marked down to current farm prices
it should be worth a half million, which still
is lot OF money.
SAN FRANCISCO ON THE WEST
coast and New York or, the east are beckon-
ing all Of us to their world fairs. But when
the word comes from northern Minnesota
that the fish are biting, many of us will make
Decline with our vacation money.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ION
to Nicollet" day for Redwood Falls which
would be lot of fun. We want seat,
somewhere behind first base, preferably,
but lets not get mixed and call it an adver-
Using tour instead of what it really will be,
an outing.
A GOING CONCERN TO-DAY IS ONE
that has paid half it's real estate and per-
sonal property taxes, one-fourth it's income
taxes and will be able to make good it's
checks for old age pension and unemploy-
ment taxes. If the owner is eating three
squares day he is entitled to be spoken of
as an executive.
STANDARDS OF LIVING ARE PER-
haps most accurately judged by the number
OF modern convenences enjoyed. In this
respect telephone statistics just compiled for
the entire world are most interesting
There are in the world nearly 40 million
| telephones. While the United States has
only one-seventeenth of the worlds popula-
| ton, we have nearly one-half it's telephones
We rank first in phone development among
| all nations with 1909 phones per 100 popula-
ton. New Zealand is second with 1197
| leading Canada, in third place, by scant
margin.
Sweden heads European countries with
| lilo sets per 100 Swedes while Denmark
has l1.25 for second. Other leading Euro
pean nations in the telephone industry rank
as follows: Switzerland 1926, Norway 7.61,
Great Britain Gal, Germany 5.31, Belgium
At, Netherlands 4.65, Finland 448, Austria
4.12, France 81. The average telephone de-
velepment in Europe is 2.47 per 100 persons,
about one-sixth the United States percent