Le Sueur ?5ews: Business men in
the towns along this branch iof the
St. Paul road are starting an agita
tion for a better train service. There
are no Sunday trains, and the busi
ness men s$.y that this section pro'
duces enough business to warrant
better service. They want an earlier
train to the twin cities during week
days and more up-to-date passenger
coaches.
Montevideo X.eader: The fellow
who advocated that his was the on
ly good farm in all that neighbor
hood, didn't help the sale of his own
farm or that of any of his neighbors.
People who wamt to buy farms are
not anxious to Invest in a region
where all the rest are poor. Had he
spoken well of the other farms pos
sibly he might have secured a buyer
for his own.
Searchlight: Now it is hard to see
a man eating pie and delicious sand
wiches just because he has a thrifty
wife, while his comrade eats soggy
bread, and if the man with the pie
can be made to feel sufficiently al
truistic to divide voluntarily, it
would be very nice for the pieless
brother but who ccmld convince him
that it was lawful that he should
do so or that it is a necessary sub
ject for legislation?
St. Ansgar Enterprise: Even in
this day when we hear so much about
increased length of life it is a most
remarkable thing to reach, the cen
tury mark, but such has been the
good fortune of Mr. S. Houg, father
of the late Prof. H. S. Houg1, who re
sides at Elgin, la. A gathering is
held there this week to properly ob
serve this remarkable event, and
there is a goodly number of St. Anfr
gar relatives in attendance.
