The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-14

Redwood Falls business and professional
men accepted the new Civic and Commerce
association budget plan, which includes a
full time paid secretary to be chosen soon,
was a revelation to the handful OF men who
undertook the, drive and made the scores OF
interviews. About SO per cent OF those seen
so far signed on the dotted line.
There is an apparent eagerness on the
part of the business community to get the
thing started, to switch the burden OF civic
progress from officers of the organization
onto the shoulders of a man who won't have
to neglect his own business to handle the
community's jobs, but viii be paid for such
activities.
The response indicates, also, faith in
the community's future and in the opport-
unity for its development along many lines.
They do not expect miracles or propose to
launch on any uncharted course, but plan
to inspect every suggestion offered and get
Fundamentally behind those of real COM
munity Importance.
1t is recognized, of course, that the sue
cess of the program depends in large part
on the success of the directors in choosing
the right man for the position, a task which
they assume with some misgivings, but the
spirit indicates healthy desire to take a
forward step-a willingness to prod pro-
gress rather than sit tight and take only the
breaks that come our way.
MINNEAPOLIS MAY UNDERGO A
major operation this spring and get rid of
deep-rooted graft and corruption but the
chances seem better that iodine will be
swabbed on few of the open sores and the
cleanup left until some later date.
Noisy trials of small fry, with long de-
lays between, are not the usual preliminary
of purge in the high places.
Few cities really cleanup until there is a
strong public demand, whipped up by some
crusading agency which often is news
paper. The Mill City SO far lacks such
leadership.
~ THIS WEEKS HIGHWAY DEPART
ment bulletin says: after several years of
Aanalyzing the causes of motor vehicle acct
DENTS. the department. accident recording
bureau has come to the unacceptable conclu-
sion that high speed appears as q contribut-
ing factor in the cause of the largest per-
centage of the more serious accidents"
The department proposes to revoke or
suspend drivers licenses of speeders.
ALL THIS TALK ABOUT WHETHER
Senator Shipstead will run on the Farmer
Labor or Republican ticket, or perhaps strike
Independent, strikes us as so much political
writer's baloney. He'll run as Farmer
Laborite and get elected. His opponents
will walk and get some experience.
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THE SUDDEN WILLINGNESS OF
France and England to send needed troops
and war materials when Finland this week
sought peace that would spare it from the
fate of Poland and Czechoslovakia at the
hands of Russia was fair example of the
way politics is played in Europe.
NEWSPAPER EDITORS HAVE REA-
son to grow old before their time A Kansas
widow is said to be suing newspaper for
saying in an obituary notice that her hus-
band had gone to happier home. South
Dakota Press.
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TT TAKES A PONDEROUS WRITER
like H. G. Wells to figure out one like this :
"She had lot of fat that didn't fit."-Will-
mar Journal.
IT STANDS. TO REASON THAT THE
more you talk the more likely you are to say
something you shouldn't. looming Prairie
Times. S'7