Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-15
NORDNESS
ON our regular correspondent.l

Miss Minnie Gjvre arrived home
last Thursday night after sojourn
with relatives at 500 Falls, S. Oak.
Two. ladies accompanied her for a
short visit.
o. Strand is remodeling his barn
and granary by raising the roof on
the granary and replacing the roof
with shingles. He has carpenter
assisting him and on Friday Nils
Hippey took charge of his milk route.
John Remming was on our streets
last Friday and on Thursday drum
mer made this point in the interest Of
one of the Milwaukee shoe firms
When our voters go to the polls to
cast their vote at the next elections,
we wish for them to bear the follow
ing question in mind and answer it as
it fits them: Have l accumulated
enough wealth that l may store my
money away and live on it with no
income? If your answer is No, then
vote the republican ticket; if yes you
should vote the democratic ticket, for
they want free trade, and free trade
will ruin your income, and in order
to make living you will be COM
PEELED to go to the foreign countries
where our provisions would be pro-
duced, to secure work, as free trade
will stop our home industries and
they will be at standstin as we
would have no protection, and where
labor is cheap and the product is
cheapest, there is where the provi-
sions will come from with free
trade Free trade is all right for
the man that has fortune to spend,
but it will not do for you and me.
The graders that were north of
town working on the railroad are
now at work south of town. They
are fixing the track up in good shape
which will put it in better fix for
the winter.
The station agents mother arrived
last Wednesday to visit them for a
few Gays Her home is in Muscatine
county where she says frosts have
not been hard enough to destroy
vegetation.
We noticed fine flock of about 100
geese travelling towards the south east
last Thursday evening. Look out
for cold weather.
0. Strand is the possessor of a new
steel range which he purchased at
Ossian last week. One stove of such
quality will last life time and sure
ly is convenient, but if it were not for
the prosperity that we were having
we couldn't buy such an expensive
stove.
The fencing gang arrived here last
Thursday to repair the company right
of way fence near the out skitrs of
our Village which is in need of re-
pairs since the high waters which de-
stroyed it for great distances The
crew are compelled to go to DEBORAH
for board, as we are not fortunate
enough to have hotel here and none
of our citizens wish to keep them.
Mr.. H. Hanson departed last Tues
day for Wis, where he went in search
of farm He is thinking of quitting
section work and going to farming.
Mr.. III. has been in the employ of the
b. @. r. g. N. and @. r. l. & p for
about ID years and now that he has
raised two boys he is going to sec
what success he can make with them
at farming
We noticed few of our older ladies
returning from one of their gatherings
last Thursday. We did not learn
where they met but presume it was
under the auspices of the Aid Society.
Last week was an exceptionally
good week for our men with the
threshing machine, and they seemed
to make each hour count as they were
at it from and O'Clock in morning
until dusk, and few more farmers
are rid of task
Nils and Ole Hippy were busy max
ing a second crop of hay last week
cry permitted them to be away.
Say, are those county court houses
that the Opinion have for a frontis-
piece, attracting your attention, and
are you deciding the question the
right way? You had better help Sc
cure us fine court house where those
valuable papers that interest you may
be kept and then you need not fear
their being destroyed.
The @. r. l. & P. will have their
extension to Minneapolis and ST. Paul
completed and opened for business by
Nov. End. Now if they would run
their DEBORAH line on north and con-
meet with their main line, we would
have fine outlet and more train
service. With such an outlet we
would have a direct route to the
above mentioned cities, which attract
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