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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
For Sale.

Two Grand Daughters of Exile of
St Lambert. kIZZIE Gordon
No. l4s4O3, out of May Day No. 1O7s73
IA Id. tested COW, due End calf
ENID SWEREN No. 1-S+U4, out of
Patty Hzalice No. NJ. 1851, a grand
draughter of Thisbee End, - ID. test.
Due with 3rd calf.
These young CO US are all that could
be desired for lst class family cows !;
gray in color, large. well-shaped I'D
ders, fne teats, fine mixers, easily
MIXED : any child can milk them. No
correspondence necessary if you want
the cows, or either of thcln, Send a
cheek with order-they are guaranteed
just as represented or motley refunded.
Price SOS each f. o. b. cars. + irst check
gets the cows.
n ARAaH.aaA -.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
CLOSING uv7 SALE q JERSEYS,

Registered Bull-DAvIs Boy, S.
23O, 3 yrs. old, perfect form,
gentle, squirrel grey, black
tongue and switch, f. O. b.
carS-$5O.00.
Registered Cow-CLENDEN1N,
1868, 5 yrs. old, solid cream
color. and a rich mixer, no bad
habits, f. o. b. cars-$45.OO.
? LETTERS, eligible to registry,
IS mos. and SIX mos. old, solid
color. dark shaGings, f. O. b.
cars $4,000 and $1,000.
l "a grade COW, 6yrs. old, bred
to Davis Boy" and due to droI.
calf last Of November; an en-
cellent Cow-$4O.OO.
Also, a few choice Grade
Heifers at "A bargain. Inspection
invited.
S. M. ELLIS,
Clinton, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01

You Know What you are Taking.
When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula
is plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iror
and Qulnine in a tasteless form.
No Cure, No Pay. SOC.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
For Sale at a Bargain

$1,000 will buy my herd OF rs
cattle, an extra fine Bull at the
head, half Durham and hall
Angus, 4 years old. shows full
blood Angus. This bull G ,es.
20 cows under s years old.
81 steers two to three years old.
10 heifers one and one-half to
two years old.
II calves three to ten months
old.
Three short crops compels me
to sell is my only reason.
f. NJ. CARR,
OAKLAND, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
For Sale or Trade

Registered Jersey Bull 3H
years old for SIS.
? Jersey Bull calves, 7 months
old, $40 and Sl2H each.
Registered Poland China
Boar Is months old, weight about
300 lbs. A good hog and IN breed
ing condition. SIS f. O. b. Stark
vile. Address,
G. c. Bardwell,
STARKVILLE, MISS.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01

III. X. lHNlE.
Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01

Changing flocks or herds from
one pasture to another is condu.
Give to the health of the animals.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
~HoH~
Whv Not Raise More Null S.


No better mules are raised
.nvwhere than in Mix die Ten
le> see. Why not false them in
Ma ALBANIA, Georgia and other cot
ton states. The cotton growers
use more mules than all the rest
of the world together, and while
they can raise them as cheaply as
anybody on earth, they do not
raise one per cent OF what they
use. There is much truth in the
following from the Southern
Planter:
One great expense on the farm
IS the motive power. Coca work
can not be done unless we have
sufficient power. Light horses
,r mules can only do light work.
To do good blowing requires
strong, heavy stock to pull the
flows. For this reason we are
always glad to see good,- strong
cams. But these cost good
round sums of money. When
bought for cash, good mules are
high, but when bought on time
they are much higher. In almost
every community there are men
who make large money every
year simply by the difference
between cash and time prices on
mules. They buy them and sell
to farmers on time, and then take
the farmers notes on the banks
and place them as collateral and
get the money and pay for the
mules, and have a handsome
profit left.
All this comes directly out of
the farmers pocket, and often
makes a big hole ir his yearly
profits. This is simply bad
tinanciering. The farmers notes
get the money. Why did they
not get it themselves and save
heavy time per cent? This per
cent is hardly ever less than
twenty-five and is often nearer
fifty.
How can this be avoided? Very
,asily. Our farmers should raise
their own mules. 1t will be some
rouble and some expense, but it
will pay to have a little trou BILE
and expense when we can save
so much by it. A mule colt can
re raised for about twenty-five
lollars at two years old. This
mule would cost on the market,
It time prices, from one hundred
y one hundred and twenty-five
iol.ars. From two to three years
I'D he will pay his expenses. At
hree he will be worth one hun.
lred and fifty dollars. 1t is a
'erfectly safe estimate to say
hat they will then be worth over
hundred dollars. Here is BUSH
'ess that will pay one hundred
per cent.
This is worth going into as a
,eparate business. Mule farms
would pay. The mule finds his
most congenial surroundings in
he south. The climate and the
food suit him, Here would reach
lis highest development. BY get
ting good jacks and jennets, and
sood-blooded mares to breed
rom, we can raise as fine mules
n the cotton-growing states as
my where in the world. There
) no line of business that oilers
arger or surer profits.
The largest mule markets in
he world are in the South. St.
Louis, Missouri, is the largest,
and Atlanta, Ga, the second
argest mule market in the world.
over fifty thousand mules are
annually sold in Atlanta. About
five million dollars year for
mules that we could just as east
~ grow for ourselves. This i'm
mense leak will not b. stopped by
conventions and resolutions .
Each farmer must do his part by
beginning to raise his home sup
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
Stops the Cough
and Works off the Col,

Laxative Bromo- Qulnine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No Cure
No Pay. Price IS cents.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01

Ship corn to market in the fat
hog and steer.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-11-01
j. B. PERKINS, StarkvilIe, Miss.
CLERK WANTED.

At Ihrie. Miss. A good neighbour
hood and healthy location. Clerk
must be honest and attentive. State
age, experience, salary to begin on
and good reference. Good opportunity
for party who likes country and wants
to save most of what he makes.
For present address
III. X. HIRE.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
MINING FUND
Watch It Grow From Day To Day.

The following publit spirited citizens oi Sksgwav have agreed 10 pay monthly 'he sum SC, opposite their names 'o help 'ns fund of the Citizens Mining Committee
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
Notice

On and after this date the i1i1iug gate, dividing wharf from agpr lch' VIII es closet Co ail traffic when steamer ls ap' nroac Og tolk and will remain cloS,d un' m shipt lines lfe last and glng plank 1t iuS,ei for e i,>chirge ot passengers Express and blgglgemen and hct-l run nerS. will please t.ke nct.ce and govern themselvcs accoriicglv.
 ml,tw M0cre's Wharf Co.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
Masonic Meeting

There will be a regular meeting oi White Pass lodge. F. X. A N. d, Masonic Hlu, Friday Evening, March %, at TSo oc o'clock.
 Work in N. N.
 Slj)u,ning and visiting tre'he-n 1ie cordially Invited Co meet with us.
 By order ot .he NJ. M Tcorgc Huwarl Sccrvtlry.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
The PhiIoronhy of It.

Uncle Jim. what would you do ef fe bank failed tomorrowf
 Thank de Lawd dat never had Collar ter put In itr-Atlanta Consu tutlou.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
Remarkable Self Control.

Hes a man of remarkable self con trol, they say"
 Well. rather, Why. he can cover an entire golf course without sayiUg damn "HChicogo Post.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
E1nct Mrs. Jones.

Mrs. Brown Gndignantlyl-ls 1t true that he said was "iair fat and for typ
 Mir JoDes-rm not sure that he said ifqirn
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21
Drtssmaking Parlor.

Mrs. Boxlev has removed her drssSmlk ling plrlor Co Fifth avenue, next Co Frye '5uhn O., where she will be plcsSei lo see her old patrons ls well lS new ones.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-21

The Principal bath rooms are open when others are frozen uD Opposite '. & barracks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

only business street in the city, we
must say it ranks above the average,
for cities of its size. An extension
of this kind of paving is hoped for by
many and will be looked upon as true
progress A great many of the old
sidewalks were swept away by the
flood and are now being replaced by
cement walks.
The water supply of Decorah comes
from large well and is pumped up
into reservoir upon one OF our high
hills by the electric light company
and from there taken to all parts of
the city. Unlike so many of our
cities, Decorah has as good water as
any peasant.
The city is lighted by electricity.
There are fourteen 1900 candle power
arc lights running all night and a
large number of incandescent lights
running until 80 O'Clock; thus nc
person in Decorah needs tumble in the
dark, unless he has reason for prefer
ring darkness.
Decorah is particularly well provid.
ed with able men and is generally
lucky in choosing those vino are
worthy of the confidence and power
vested in our city officers These
officers are nobly directing their efforts
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

the same old site. The first teacher
employed was young man in the
greenness of his youth, fresh from Yer
mont, seeking location for the prac-
tice of medicine. At the close OF the
year 1854 the population was probably
about one hundred.
What gave the place an especial i'm
petus in the year of 1856 was the estab
lishment of the land office for the Tur-
key River Land District. In the win
ter and spring of 1866 nine banking
houses were in full operation.
The first court was in the log tavern,
Monday, Sept. 1, 1851, being no bust
ness it adjourned to October follow
ing. The first mail entered town
June 1851-in one letter, two news
papers-Lewis Harkins, mail carrier ;
10. Day, postmaster. 1t is said in
these days he carried the postoffice in
his pockets.
Here we skip considerable detail of
/
find the following account:
In our chronological record will be
seen mention of the Winnesheik Nor
NAL Institute, with Sherman Page as
principal. This institution suspended
during the war, Mr.. Page taking a
position in the army. 1t was after
wards revived under his management
for time, but Pedagogue Page soon
removed to Austin, Mimi. Its place
was filled by the Decorah Institute
under the management of Prof. j.
Breckenridge, his assistant, A. w.
Rich, and an efficient corps of teachers.
The Decorah Institute was established
by Prof Breckenridge in Sept. 1874
1t occupies the building formerly own
ed by the M. +. church and is situat
ed on Broadway, south of the court
house, where students obtain board a
actual cost, it being amply fitted fol
this purpose as we'll as for rooms fol
many of the students. The Decoral
Institute draws students from the adj
joining counties and states. There
were over 250 in attendance last year
and the number this year will probab
ly be larger, as at the commencement
of the school year there We're over $50
| Decorah was named after Waukon
Decorah, one of the prominent chief'
of the Winnebagos. He had lost al
eye and was familiarly known by the
whites as Zone eyed Decorah. " He
like Winnesheik, was an eloquent ora
tor, and would sometimes boast o.
having white blood in his veins
What are said to be the remains of De
corah, having been twice reinterred
now repose in the Court house grounds
near the northeast corner.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09
PHYSICAL FEATURES.

Decorah is situated partly in the
valley of the Upper Iowa River and
partly in the valley of Dry Run,
creek which empties into the river
near the edge of the town. These are
comparatively young streams. The
banks are steep, and in many cases
nearly perpendicular bluffs. The
slope of the river is sufficient to per-
NIT of three dams within the limits
of the city. The food plains are mar
row, though it is upon the food plain
of Dry Run that many of the finest
residences have been built. In form
ing its present valley the river has not
at all times followed the same course.
At present, as the river approaches the
city it runs close to the south and west
bank for a distance, then completely
crosses its valley, forming natural
division between Decorah and West
Decorah, and skirts its north bank for
some distance, while little farther
down it takes the middle of its valley.
But this has not always been the case.
When Decorah was first settled the
river occupied slightly different
course than at present. There is every
reason to believe that few centuries
ago the river flowed in valley tt
the north and east of West Decorah
but for some reason changed to it,
present valley, which is worn mucf
deeper than the old valley.
The soil in the vicinity of Decoral
has been formed in two ways. A par
comes from the crumbling of the beC
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09
SOME E1ERLY HISTORY.
An Historically numerical and Physical
Sketch Of he Mecca Of North.
eastern Iowa.

surveyor, or ranger, first looked in up
on the home of his red brethren, with
the infelt destiny of displacing, or
possessing, we are not able to say.
But in the month of June, 1S49, in the
midst of the picture we have just
sketched, though at the time some
what faded out, yet with 70 or 100
Indians gazing upon the spectacle,
their tents still standing-with the
graves of the dead scattered about
where now runs our streets and stand
our dwellings, in this month of June,
1849, could have been seen an ordinary
emigrant wagon, with horses detach-
ed, and arrangements being made not
for nights camping merely, but for
permanent stay. This, of course, as
everybody knows, was what is known
the country round as the "Day
Family" consisting of nine persons ;
starting first from Tazewell county,
Vir., the year previous, touching at
Cassville, Wis, then for short time
on claim in the eastern part of the
county, near John McKay's, thence to
this place.
The first thing was covering for
the head. and then more permanent ar
rangements for the winter. A tempo
rary cabin, 16x16, to serve ultimately
as stable, had already, by way of an
ticipation, been partially erected by
some members of the family who Sc
lected the site, and this was soon SO
far completed as to admit of moving
in, and the same night was a tavern
opened on the same premises, where
from that day to this the hospitalities
of the Winnesheik house have ever
been extended.
The same year, 1S49, came VIM.
Painter, native of Green county,
Ohio, who, the year previous on an ex.
ploring tour, through this region, had
seen such visions of mill wheels, turn,
ing lathes, possibly of woolen mills
even, in connection with the curves Of
our..river. The Morse family moved
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

horses, hogs and sheep are yearly
bought and sold.
Two telephone companies, the Stan
dard and the Bell center here.
At present there are prospects for
two electric routes, both to go into
Minnesota.
The number of places of business is
unusually large for a city of this size.
The following statements will give the
reader fairly good idea of the city.
We have three banks, the Citizens
Savings Bank, the National Bank, and
the Winnesheik County Bank, seven
exclusive clothing and dry goods stores,
twelve grocery stores, four farm i'm
plement establishments, four harness
shops, eight blacksmith shops, and
many other repair shops. six jewelry
stores, four drug stores, three first
class hotels and many boarding houses,
four music houses, three confectionery
stores, three stationery stores, seven
restaurants, five millinery stores, five
tailor shops, nine barber shops, nine
saloons, four hardware stores, and
many other establishments of smaller
trade.
Six papers are published in the city,
of which one, the Posten, is published
semi weekly and three, the Republi.
can, Journal and Pu b ic Opini IN
are weekly, and the other two, Col.
lege Chips, and Decorah Institute are
monthly.
All of our business men are thrifty
and enterprising, which accounts fol
the extent of the commerce in Decorah.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09
CIVIC MANAGEMENT.

Decorah is second class city, the
population being about $500, and as
such is divided into four wards. When
we speak of Decorah we want to think
of West Decorah as being included,
but though they have some things in
common they are never the less two
cities
|. There are annually chosen for De-
corah mayor, a city council consist
ing OF two trustees from each ward,
and treasurer. A city solicitor is
chosen every second year for two
years. Marshals, night watches and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

ly spoken of as Lower Salurian.
1t is peculiar fact that when the
ice sheet covered northern North
America there was a small place in
Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin,
which was surrounded ON all sides by
the glacier, but which was not con-
cerned. Decorah is near the edge OF
this place, though there are evidences
that there was thin covering of ice
which lasted for only a short time.
We find here few bowlders and some
pebbles bearing glacial marks, as we'll
as some soil which could not have
been formed from the decay of the un-
derlying rocks, yet all OF these are in
very small quantities compared to
what are found in most of the region
covered by the glacier, as the create
part of Iowa is level because of gla-
cial deposits. Decorah doubtless owes
her beautiful bluffs to the fact that
the ice did not cover the surrounding
country to any extent.
From the fact that the rocks in this
REGION are in horizontal layers, we
know that the country must at one
time have been a very level plain. It's
present roughness is due entirely to
the action of the rivers and creeks
which have cut its surface. In many
places near here this action is still
going ON quite rapidly, but the river
has reached so low a level that the
process is now tending more to level
than to roughen.
| In every limestone country caves
and underground streams are sure to
be found, and this is no exception.
| though fewer are found than would be
expected. The best known limestone
cave in this vicinity is Glenwood
cave, some five or six miles east of
Decorah. Trout Run spring, some
two miles southeast, is fine example
of underground stream which has not
yet sufficiently dissolved its bed to
form cave.
One of the best known physical
features in the neighborhood of Deco
rah is the Ice Cave, situated ON the
bluff just north of the town, but that
is an accident rather than anything
peculiar to Decorah. 1t was formed
by a landslide on the river bluff.
The reason for the formation of ice
there during the early summer and it
disappearance before winter cannot be
discussed in SO short paper as this.
1t is very interesting and fully de-
serves the many visits it receives.
This has been very prosafc treat
ment of the physical features about
Decorah, but the features themselves
are very charming to any lover of the
beautiful There is not the grandure
of mountain scenery, but there is a
charm in the rocky bluffs, the fertile
valleys, and the wooded hllsides.
Every hill top has its own peculiar,
enchanting view; every valley has its
turns and windings. The seasons too
bring their changes, so that one may
always find new bit of scenery
within easy walking distance of De-
J corah. If one wishes to study physio-
graphy, or geology there is abundant
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

ed there, along with these our recent
predecessors, of former race, i'll
accordance with their simple patri-
archical government, by their famil-
les and their tribes, came in here for
the burial of their dead; here to hunt
and fish; /; aye, here too, may we not
say, according to their idea OF the
good and bad spirits above them. TO
worship also. Often upon these
bluffs, as the hunters arrow, or IN
later times, the rifle missed its mark,
has he cast upon the ground bit torn
from his blanket, or plucked a bead
from his wampum or portion OF ms
ammunition as an offering to appease
the spirit, through whose displeasure
the failure had come, or TO avert 1t IN
the future Here, often no doubt were
the games and sports of the young
here, too, lamentations and sorrows,
even as in later time, in burial scenes
as some old warrior, chief, maiden,
or child was called to depart And
here, thanksgivings, too, doubtless
feasts of rejoicing at success of hunt
ing parties, or victory in bloody strife.
Yes, up to within the brief space of
twenty years ago, this beautiful valley
was full of life, primitive life OF
nature and man. But now the scene
is changed and we are here The
process has been rapid one. When
and by whom was the beginning OF
itp Precisely what white man as
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

The June number of the Decorah
Institute, the monthly paper published
by the students of the school of that
name, came to our table last week,
and we note from a perusal thereof
that it is devoted to sketch of the
city of Decorah, it's early history,
civic management, commercial advant-
ages, physical features. ETC., each
being grouped under different head
ings and written by different students
of that school. The articles are all
interesting, and no doubt will prove
agreeable reading to those who will
see this paper, consequently we take
the liberty to reprint the most import
ant of the sketches illustrating them
with some of the handsome cuts from
our Picturesque Decorah.
A SHORT HISTORY.
Rev. E. Adams, for some years past
or of the Congregational church OF
Decorah, in his Thanksgiving address,
"The First Things of Decorah, !"
preached Nov. 2S, 1867, said, I'VE
have to go back but brief period OF
time. Less than twenty years ago as
the sun rose in the East to look down
the quiet valley, where now are our
dwellings, these streets, gardens and
farms, no hum of business broke in
upon the stiffness of the morning
hour.
The natural beauty of the landscape,
ere marred by the white mans touch,
must have been of exceeding loveliness.
No wonder that for the red man here
was one of his favorite haunts upon
the banks of this beautiful river, fed
by it's springs and trout brooks, its
bluffs now becoming so bare, then
covered with forests, where roamed
the wild deer, the partridge and squir-
rel these wales. now at times bare
and dust covered, filled with waving
grass, plum trees, fruits and flowers.
No wonder, say, that from the out
side prairies the Indian trails center
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-07-09

in with Mr.. Painter, but soon built a
cabin ON the back part of the lot on
which the fremont house stood. In
this family was the first marriage as
the records have it:
Married-August %, 1852, Harry 7.
Morse to Hannah @. Chase. John S.
Morse, minister.
July 3, 1851, the first lawyer made
his appearance undertaking to walk
out from Lansing, he got lost by the
way and stopped the first night at a
Norwegian's house six or eight miles
east of here. The first carpenter in
town was man by the name of
Stevens, who soon after left for Cali
fornia
The mercantile business was started
at an early date in the summer of 1851
by Aaron Newell, with partner by
the name of Derrick. They opened
their stock of goods-not very large
one-indeed, some say about wheel
barrow full, in the smoke house ON the
Winnesheik premises. They after
wards built the first frame store on
the site now occupied by @. N. God.
dard.
In connection with the law and
commerce the Gospel soon came in
September, 1851, in the person of 9
Methodist preacher, who presented
himself at the cabin of Uncle PhiliI
Morse on the errand, as he said Of
looking up the lost sheep of the hous,