Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-30


Manchester.
The laying of the corner stone OF
the new Odd Fellows temple at Ma
\ son City has been postponed to May IA.
Fire at Red Oak Thursday morning
burned a whole block from street to
street, entailing a loss of 1925, 600
insurance $4,000.
The mayor of Rockford has ordered
that for thirty days all CANNES found
running at large and unmuzzled shall
be shot on the spot
The death of l.. l.. Ainsworth leaves
Capt. Powers of New Hampton the
only surviving member of the senate
of the Sth General Assembly.
Fort Dodge Elks have been granted
concessions by the city council and
will erect a 800, 900 hotel. The pro-
perty will be granted immunity from
taxes for ten years.
The low stage of the water has had
much to do with diminishing the num-
Der of raft boats which ply the upper
waters of the Mississippi. The an
nual June rise, however, may revive
business somewhat. Lansing Mirror.
The Nashua Reporter tells OF a
communication received by Joe Trigg
editor of Farm, Orchard and Gar
den.' which reads as follows: Dear
Editor Our COW has gone dry. Do
you think we could sell her for dried
beef? If so, where?"
The negotiations which have been
pending between M. +. Meyer of New
Hampton and S. @. Slitor q Son Of
this city were concluded yesterday and
the hotel known as the Slitor House
passes into the hands of Mr.. Meyer.
The consideration was $1,000 Wan
kon Standard.
1t is definitely announced that the
National Memorial University now be-
ing erected at Mason City by the Sons
of Veterans of the United States, will
be open to receive students in Septem-
Der. Prof. w. A. Doran has been
chosen as head of the preparatory
school of the university.
We are told that pretty girl enter
ed drug store on Water street the
other day to purchase bath sponge
When the good looking young clerk
stepped up promptly and inquired her
wants she got ratified and asked for a
sponge bath. The clerk Immediately
tainted, but is getting along nicely.
Judge L. E. Fellows of Lansing,
past grand master of the Masonic fra
teriiity of Iowa, has been selected as the
grand orator and historian for the
coming session of the grand lodge at
Dubuque, and will present history OF
the jurisdiction for the past decade
AS historians are selected but once
in ten years the election is considered
great honor.
Last week Mr.. Gedney, of the Ged-
ney Picking Co. was here and selected
the site for the building of the factory
1t will be located just north of the
Great Western stock yards. While
here Mr.. Gedney engaged Frank Boeck
to work in the interests of the COM
pany in this section this year. w. G.
Vatke, representative of the comp
any. came Monday and in company
with Mr.. Boeck is now canvassing the
county, letting contracts for the grow
ing of cucumbers. Usage News.
Dave Young has made some improve
ments in the violin manufactured by
him, adding number of pieces OF
different kinds of wood, and it now
contains nearly 5000 pieces. Mr..
Young says that the additional pieces
has made it more valuable instrur
ment because of the fact that it now
gives a clearer and perfect sound,
and we hope. that Mr.. Young may be
able to dispose of this instrument at
a handsome price. -Waukon Repub-
lican.
Girls, did you ever think OF it that
boys have more self respect than the
members of your sex? There is not a
young man of any degree of response
bility that would be seen walking
down the street with drunken girl.
You might search the streets with a
fine toothed comb and not find young
man who would lock arms and go
promenading with n lady who was
putting a cigar or squirting tobacco
juice around ON the sidewalk. Girls
have no hesistancy in accepting the
company of the two characters and too
many of them are only too anxious to
accept the companionship, heart and
hand of anything that wears pants.
Society will become refined when
girls demand of boys who wish to pay
them attention the same purity OF
character that the boys demand of the
girls Over the heads of the vouno