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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05
1T MIGHT BE THIS.

The mystery surrounding the death
of so much stock as result Of eating
the dried cornstalks in the fields seems
to be not yet solved. We venture to
offer the following, which. while it
may be far from solving the mystery,
may still possibly point a way to its
solution: 1t is well established fact
that second growth sorghum is most
deadly poison for stock which eat Of
1t. There are instances where second
growth corn-the shoots which spring
up where the corn is cut off before the
plant had arrived at maturity-pro-
duced the same deadly results. The
why of this we do not know, for both
sorghum and the corn are perfectly
healthful foods when of normal
growth. May it not be that the sus-
pended growth and development Of the
corn in many fields last season owing
to the drought and excessive heat, fol-
lowed thirty days later by conditions
which fostered a second growth. re-
suited in producing precisely the same
toxic conditions which are associated
with second growth where the stalk
was cut off? The phenomenon of sec
ondary polarization Of the cornields,
the result of this secondary growth
during 1901, as result of which SEEM
ingly worthless fields of corn were
converted into most productive ones,
was very common one and familiar
to all our readers through the corn
belt. May not the fatalities among the
stock be connected with this fact?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05
FARMING VERSUS RA1LRoADING.

FARMING VERSUS RAILROADING.
A young man wants to know If he
does not stand better show to make
his way in the world by taking up rail-
way work than he does to keep plug
ging ahing on the farm. We do not
think that he does, if he is only just
an average, commonplace fellow. If
he should, however, be one Of the rare
sort which when trained and develop
ed would have the ability to boss 5000
employees and increase the dividends
for the stockholders of road, he then
should skip off the old farm just as
quick as possible and get place as
section hand and commence to climb
for the top. But for just the everyday
young man who in the railway service
could never climb to anything higher
than freight conductor or local agent
at some little way station the farm Is
by all odds the better place; it is, a
safer place. A man is free from the
nervous strain incident to the railway
work, and fewer temptations beset
him, while, more than all, he Is indie
pendent and is not bossed by some
chump notch above him. The roads
are being consolidated so fast that the
number of choice positions is becoming
less and less, and promotion comes
slower and slower. Then the road is
no place for any man past fifty, just
when man is at his best; roads won't
have him. Summing the case up, it
may be said most truthfully that today
no occupation of any kind profession
al or mechanical, offers better induce
ments to the average young man than
the farm and it's varied interests-not
the old, slipshod. happy go lucky type
Of agriculture, where man does bust
ness with one 'gallus" and moon signs.
but broad. intelligent, practical and
sensible working of the soil and stock
growing. It's the best business In
America today when run right.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05
A WRONG WHICH NEEDS RIGHrIsG.


The work of the tax ferrets all over
the country has called attention more
than ever before to the system Of dou-
BILE taxation which is put In opera.
ton where a man sells real estate for
a small or partial payment down, TAX
ing the notes OF the buyer secured by
mortgage on the property sold for the
balance. The real estate Is taxed. and
then the securities are taxed, the law
working on the theory that when a
man worth perhaps $4,000 all told
buys ten thousand dollar farm he
has by virtue Of the simple act Of buy
ing such real estate and giving his
notes in payment therefor been able
to create q tangible asset Of $4,000
where not dollar existed before he
signed the notes. II this be simple JUS
tice. then should every mans ability
to create such fictitious credit. whether
he uses 1t or not, be taxed. Until this
wrong IL righted the moral sense Of
the taxpayers will never be awakened
70 the point % making Z full return Of
tAis elasS - Dsoperty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05
INCOME FROM BROWN LEGHoRNs.


We give this story as it was given by
q lady at recent Iowa farmers insti-
tute. She said that she had no chill
dren TO look after and devoted all the
time which she could spare from her
homework to the care of $50 Brown
Leghorn hens which she kept on COM
mon farm homestead. running at large.
Size said that these hens brought her in
an average income Of $1.50 each. most
ly from their egg product; that they
were free from disease, that they went
everywhere and because Of them no
attempt was made to.raise vegetables,
small fruits or flowers on the place. No
incubator was used. The hens were
fed literally. This statement conflicts
with the generally accepted theory
that more than $50 or 200 hens cannot
be kept on the farm homestead run
ming at large.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05
WINDS AND STORAGE BATTERIES.

WINDS AND STORAGE BATTERIES.
With the new Edison storage batter
les which so greatly cheaper this meth
cd Of utilizing electricity there should
open up smmense possibilities in the
line of using the winds of the western
prairie country. These winds blow and
blow forever. just as the breakers roll
on ever and ever upon the rocky beach.
limitless source Of energy and pow
er. The winds which blow over the
lands of the western farmer, II cor
rallied and harnessed. would light ana
warm his home, furnish all power
needed on the farm-plow. pump, irri-
gate. separate. churn. saw and grind
and the discovery of a cheap type OF
storage battery makes all this not only
possible. but great practical improve
ment for the coming farmer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

y The bushel box for the marketing of
apples is rapidly coming into favor.
The box is easier to handle and in size
much more nearly meets the wants of
the average consumer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

We find that peas of all kinds do bet
Ger sown early than when sown at reg
ular intervals during the spring. de-
pending upon the difference in time Of
maturing of the several varieties to
afford succession Of pickings. Peas
like cool. moist conditions while devel-
oping. For family garden we would
SOW about four kinds. which. II prop
erly selected will give a good supply
Of peas from the middle Of June to the
last of July.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

Timber tracts and groves of all sorts
may be very greatly benefited by an in
telligent ard judicious thinning out
and trimming up Trees easily ham,
and deformed specimens should be re
moved. A serious fault with nearly
all artificial groves lies in the too
thick planting Of the trees. something
which is not noticed when the trees
are young. but which. If not corrected
may result In the ruin Of the grove at
q later period. Sunlight and air are
absolutely indispensable to the vigor
Gus and healthy growth of all forest
and orchard trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

There bids fair to be an unusual de-
nand for good seed corn the coming
season. Many sections Of the corn belt
had no corn last year fit for seed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

The shortest crop the past year all
through the west and northwest has
been the crop Of freight cars in which
to ship to market the products of the
farms. The productive capacity Of the
territory referred to has been develop
ing much faster than have the trans
portati0n facilities. Double tracks on
many of the main lines Of road will be
years. We note that one road tthe Penn
sylvania SYSTEM has lately placed or
ders for new freight cars to the value
Of $lOOOO,O00.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

Few men will take any chances in
holding over any of the old corn crop,
for the chances are that it will be more
than ten years old before corn will be
worth as much as it will during the
6rst half of 1902.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

Make 1t as warm as possible for all
the sparrows which seek a home on
your premises. and you will have more
sther birds. Sparrows are pirates.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

There is lots of rag chewing over the
sugar tariff matter, but the consumer
can depend upon the agitation finally
resulting in bringing him nearer to the
time when he will get twenty-six
pounds Of sugar for dollar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

I Nothing makes a prettier lawn deco
ration than a circular bed, say twelve
feet in diameter, with dozen cannas
In the center and these banked with
xhe different varieties Of the coleus. A
fringe of dwarf nasturtiums may be
set on the extreme outer edge Of the
bed with good effect.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

y Along the last Of March we get few
small boxes. fill them with earth and
cow some celery. cabbage. peppers. to-
matoes, pansies and other desirable
things. Then in May we have a nice lot
Of strong plants to set out In the gar
den without having to buy or beg them
from the neigbbors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

The good citizen will clear the snow
from his sidewalk and from his neigh
boris, too, IL she be a widow.
! The first cheese factory was started
In Canada in 1864, and in 1900 the ex-
ports Of Canadian cheese were 10000.
COO pounds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

The potato crop of Colorado proved
q regular bonanza to the producers the
past year. The crop was large. as irri-
cation made the growers independent
pf drought, the quality was very supe-
fior and the prices out of sight. Hun
dreds of men made fortunes out of po-
xatoes this year in that state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

J The ignite coal deposits of North
Dakota and Montana are rapidly being
developed and are destined to prove
source of immense wealth to those
states. The only drawback to its more
general introduction is that it seems to
require stoves and furnaces Of spe-
tlal construction In order to secure per-
Sect combustion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-05

Our Wagon viii call for and Deliver Work.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
CANNOT FORGET
GIories of che Orient Do Not Efic'
 morics of Alaska.

Mrs F. W. French writes her father Mr. D. C. Brownell, a very interesting lel- ter from her new home at Shanghai. The versatile young woman describes the weird old Chinese town. with its mazes Of narrow streets. the dwarf ponies and sedan chairs, and tde teeming millions of people that are packed in the large city, and then shifts her descriptive powers to European Shanghai. where she resides in the Amer can colony.
 Heie ar. not only Europeans, with the military in gorgeous costumes predomi- nant, but Japanese, GurknS, SepOys and Seiks, all in their native costumes, with weird old China for a background. Though the middle of January, the weath. CT was warm and baImy. but regardless ot a constant round of pleasure amid scenes Of ever changing atiractveneSs, the ladv, who, but a lew brlet months a,o, was q relguing | ell of Skagwav, feels tinge of longing for the snow-robed mountains of Aa.ka.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

In October last F. wolland and D. J. Rich conceived there might be value in the immense piopnrev dykes that seam the great rocky spur which teseends from the base of Arctic Brotherhood mountain to Point Kean, and lies between Fortune Biv and the Sk1gwav river. A good assay was first obtained on cropping near Smugeier's Cove and later on the Skig- way liver near the point. They associated themselves with Cortes Fora, |. N. Jensen, .P. E. Kern, James A. Kettles, D. J. Rich, B. N. Simpson, Dr. Banghmln and Q. J. Olsen. All of thes- gentlemen stdked claims on the five great porphery lodges that extend along the rocky spur of the mountain west of town. They quietly proceeded to the active work Of prospect Ing and at thelT own expense have not only done assessment work upon their immense group of claims, but have driven a tunnel into the bowels of their ledge. at the point, a distance of between eighty and ninety feet, since during last Novem Der.
 The developing work Is in charge Of O.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
SCATtlING
Frightful Lack of Judgment
 By U. s. Authorities

lf there ever was amo,e apt Illustration than this of the old saw. to "eut of your nose to spite.your f8ee," we have failed to see it. Mr. Busbv was stationed at Skag- way In the first instance at the request of the transportation companies to facilitate the handling of American goods, and his removal to White Horse will entail an especial hardship on American shippers, in that instead of tsing examined at SkaS- way, the point of transhipment their goods will now have tOundergo inspection at the summit of White Pass.
 Verify. the broad, outstretehed wings Of the American bird of liberty do oeeaslon- ally cast a shadow over the best interests of American citizens.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
GET SEATS
The Way to Secure Comfort
 at the Final Game.

The Bremen and the MalamOots will meet in their final struggle Wednesday evening at Elk's Hall. After the cup has been awarded the ElkS and the White Pass will play an exhibition game.
 Tickets will be on sale at Biitt'S Phat' macy where seats may be reserved. Those already hold g tickets will be given first preference Those who do not take the pieeaution to reserve their seats must trust to luck for their comfort during the game. This arrangement has beeu made to make lt unnecessary for people to enter the hall from one to two hours befeIe the game in order to secure a seat.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
NO DOUBT ABOUT THE VALUE
 or THE ROCK
Five Big Ledges Have Been Tested for Free Gold and the
 Lowest Assay Obtained From Any of Them is S38O.

[ J. olsen, who Is assisted byiC. B. Bosh- hart, practical miner from Colorado. A long stretch of the Skagway river has been secured to furnish water power for the mine that Is now full expected to be devel- oped from this splendid prospect. None of the assays obtained from any of the properties in the big group run lower than s,.s,. while an assay of rock taken from the depths of the tunnel, went sI3,o7.
 The men who are engaged in this devel- op.ment are going to exploit their proper tv until they practically demonstrate its true value.
 They will then ineorpTite under the laws of South Dikota, capitalize and sell stock to open the mine and equip 1t with machinery. They hay. secured conven- lent millsite, obtained estim ties on equip. ment and fully expect to b. producing gold and owing dividends within the near future. Their mill and eoneentr Itors will be run by water power.
 The rock Is porphrev, pure and simple. There Is neither quartz or crystal manifest in the tunnel or on any of the lodges.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

D-wson, Feb. c Al the closing Of the polls at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the peo- p!e of D,wSon were keyed to a high pitch of excitement. The ,rowtS about the polling pl e-s, regardless thlt the ther' mometer registered 10 below, were at times dense, and included not only electors, but men, women and children of all grades Of society. As the names were called from the blllo,s during the count, the result from minute to minute, as a candidate fell behind, or dstaneed on the tally sheet, was communicated to the outside and passed along the line. A few minutes af- ter the count was made, everybody in Dawson knew the result of the election
 Henry MeClulay was elected mayor and
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
HENRY M'CAULAY IS THF
 MYOR OF DAWSON
he Election Suggests More Open Policy As to Gambl- ing Large Sums of Money Changed Hands

the alderman elected are Dr. Norlu y. George Murphy Peter Vaehon, James MeOonald. |. G. Wilson and Thomas Ajair.
 Five oilthe; K aldermen on the ticket of tie Dawson Daily News were elected.
 MaylOr elect McC ,ully was only elected by 10 votes over Dr. Thompson.
 The election suggests a more open town as ,o gambling,
 The ticket, as a whole, is well liked, as all of the men are very popular and thoroughly representative of the city.
 The betting ran high Large sums of money changed hands on the result.
 The count was over at 7;Io p. m, and all the press telegrlms were filed byS
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
HAS Tht SPEED
Tho Spokazo Is Now in tho Water
 ard Is up to Contract

At her builders trial trip the new steam ship Spokane of the p, C. $. ;. Co.,, de- veloped a speed of fourteen and a half knots an hour. The vessel will be placed on the run from the California metropolis to Los Angeles In place of the Santa Rosa until April. Next summer she will make sever-i tourist trips to Alaska.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
TRAIL SAFE
Quick Time Being Made Over
 Feniail.

Log Cabin. Feb. 6,-The AtlIn trail is ln spleadll condition and runs now oveI safe ice in a bee line across Atlin lake The mall and dog mushers are making Q.I,t and regular time.
 The ice on the Caribou trail, near Golden Gate Is reported thin and unsafe.
 /, Halferty, of the Tepee roadhouss has on exhibition some fine samples oi quartz from his claim at the fcot of Otter Lake, There will be much activity iu that district next summer
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
CAUSES SPECULATION
Who l. Going to Dawson In Mir.
 HawlIins' Foroel

There Is quite a httle spetulall n in lo- cal rairold circles, about the probability of several prominent W. p. & Y. empoyts engaging with Mr. Hawkins in his Yukon railroad enterprise. While it is already probable that some of Mr. Hawkins old emploveS have been offered work on his new enterprise, it is too previous to assert anything in the premises.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
EXACTLY
An Examiner Editor Under
 stands the Situation.

Washington. Jan. 2s.-E. ]. Livernash, Of the SIn Frlnclseo Examlner, during the hearing on the Chinese exclusion bill to- day, was asked how any domltiled re- sident In the Philippines, or in Al ska, for Instances, could be prevented from landing In the United Sites. Mr. Livernash said:
 ''lf there ever was an English crown colony under the Americi fllg r was Alask1." There, he answered. the rights of american citizens were invaded con tlnuallv, and protests against such con dtion were of no avail.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
AT CARIBOU
Lake Trail to Atlin is Now
 Being Broke.

Caribou, Feb. 6.-Ten tons of freight re being hauled from here over the ite with teams tJ Allin. As aoon as th- lrail is broke SO that the wet snow on the lee eln freeze in the ruts, it is believed ,hIt there will be at least month of good safe sledding.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Patrons of the Frye-BIuhn Co. are sup- piled with the choicest meats the market aff.rdS. all our meats have taste and nutrition that cannot be eXeelled in the citv, II you wish 10 enjoy your Sunday dinner select q rare-bit from our display,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
Re is Sole Agent

Wm. Britt Is sole agent for Skagway of the famous Gunth,r'S candy house of Chicago. There is probably no bon ton manufacturer in the wOrll who has gained the wide fame of Gunther.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Belle Of LexlugtoH Whiskey-e.ght years oll-just ou, Of government bond, and Three Crown Diamond Malt whis- kcy-strictly pure-at the Seattle Saloon
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Hotel Leland SI,, 2nd Ave. Phone Red 37or. Only three blocks from depot and wharf. RItes soc 75c and sI.oo. G' T. Olds, Seattle, Wash.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Just received at Royal Laundry latest appliance for lace certain work Next to new electric plant.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Resd ible. reliable, fsas d %; All the news all the time. Sen vdul .bSerip' ton. The Daily Alaskan. Phone D.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

1T you want to gain entrance into the homes Of the buying class, place your ad' srtsement in the Daily Alaskan.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

The Principal bath rooms are open when others are frozen up. Opposite U. s. barracks.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
Coal and Wood.

Lutavish has wood snd coal to burn, 1 The best in town. Phone 70 and 30.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

F Rent onc For Sale cards for sale 1t this office
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Celebrated Washbum mandollns, gull tArS and blnjoS. Biker'S Book Store.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Fet prices at Rov,l Laundry for tsmily work, special rates In rough dry. next 10 new electric pllntl
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07
Wanted

Q,. Nnri s.cond-nand furniture at |, .. Street second Hand Store. oppo- '. ,"srt of Trade.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-07

Tine watch repairing at P. E. Kern's.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
A Balanced Aquarium.

One Of the sorrows Of DR. Spencer,
who is in charge of the Aquarium, is
the persistence with which casual yisi-
tors plague him for advice as to how
to build and keep balanced aquarium.
Such an aquarium is one in which the
vegetable and animal lives balance
each other so perfectly that it is not
necessary to change the water. Dr..
Spencer has one in which the water
has not been changed for eight years
"Do tell me, MI. Spencer" said a girl
graduate from Boston the other day
"how I can balance an aquarium. First
my fish die, and then my water plants
die, and then they both die so fast tina,
l feel almost like a murdress every
time start new balanced aquarium.
"It takes several things for a perfectly
balanced aquarium" said the superb
tendent. you must take planorbinae
mullusca. fungi, phytozoa or zoophyte.
and any member of the class algae'
"Yes," said the fair inquirer, "thcL
what?' Mix them with forty year
of experience, MISS" said DR.. Spence.
The girl graduate from Boston alAos;
lost her glasses as she flew ont of TIKI
door-New York Press.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1902-05-02
Sioux Women at Home.

The women of the Sioux Indian
tribes are not indolent in their habits
but at their homes always find some
thing to occupy their time. They do
far more work than the men, but thew
don't know very much about modern
hou ekeep:ng. In their log cabins thew
have a bed in one corner, a trunk
against the side, bead curtains on the
wall sometimes and a large stove as
near the center as possible. In the
stove a coffee pot and tea kettle are
always resting and are kept constantly
filed. The Sioux woman is an inveter-
ate coffee drinker. She believes firmly
in it's efficacy as universal medicine
The cooking operations go on outdoor
in the summer, with primitive ar
rangement of cross-poles to support
the Kettle. In their homes the women
are always busy doing some kind of
beadwork Whenever a son or
daughter gets married or any other
excuse offers the Sioux woman pre-
pares a feast. She will spend her last
cent in a big entertainment Then
they all drcss up In their gayest co ors,
paint their faces and put on all the
beadwork they can on their children.
Their dress is simplicity itself 1t is
made with two seams. one at either
side. 1t is short in the back and front
and long in the sides. In addition
they usually wear a long beaded belt
and shawl. They never wear head
gear; even on the hottest days they
go hatless