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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
SUES ALLIANCE COMPANY.
William E. Corbetr Says He Hasn't
Got His Insurance.

William E. Corbett filed suit sin the
district court this morning against the
Alliance Cooperative Insurance COM
pany, of Topeka, for 81, 610
Corbett owns farm south of Topeka
and had his stock and buildings in
sured with the company for 81, $50. The
insurance was put on the property
June 8, 1901. and July 10, 1901, fire de-
stroyed the barn, corn crib, eight horses
and a steer. Corbett says the COM
pany did not pay the loss, and he sues
for the amount he claims to have lost
by the fire.
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Kansas City PRODUCE.

Kansas City, Jan. 25-Close-WHEAT-
May. 75c; July, 74Ac Cash: No. 2 hard,
751ac; No 3 hard, 75c; No. 2 red, S51hdS7c;
No. 3 red, S4@S5c; No. 2 spring, 74@75c.
CORN-Jan. Coo; May, 62c. Cash: No.
mixed, 6115@62c; No. white. 6SQ64c; No.
white. 6116@63c.
OATS-No. 2 white, 46156471kc.
RYE-No. 2, 5965915c
HAY-Choice timothy. $13.50Q14Oo; choice
prairie $500.
BUTTER-Creamery. 1Sa22c; dairy. fan
cy, 1Sc.
EGGS-Fresh 20G201kc
WHEAT-ReceiptS, 10 cars.
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Treaty Will Soon Be Signed.

Pelxin, Jan. 25.-It is expected that the
Manchurian treaty will be signed with
in a week Diplomats here do not man
ifest much interest in it, as they do not
believe any written treaties will in the
slightest degree affect the policy of
Russia In Manchuria~ A separate con-
tract with the Russo-Chinese bank Sc
cures to the bank complete control OF
the railroads and mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Kansas CITY Livestock.

Kansas City, Jan. 25.-CATTLE+Re-
ceipts, 100 head. Market unchanged. Ma
tive steers. s5,00G6.75; Texas and Indian
steers, $4,000. so: Texas cows. $2.50d4. Is;
native cows and heifers. s.. 756525; stock
ers and feeders. 49, 50Q475 bulls, 81 50Q450;
calves. $40066.25.
Receipts, 1000 head. Market SC
hi higher Bulk Of sales s soGe.4 As; heavy,
s6.00d6.4 IS; light, $55OQe.2O; yorkers, IS. 1850
.SHEEP-Receipts, 100 head. Market I'M
changed. Muttons, $4.00G5. 25: lambs, s.. 500
500: western wethers, $4.50a5.O0; ewes.
$4,000 so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Sheriff Elein Resigns.

Another Kansas sheriff has resigned.
He is George EIgin, of Logan county.
Governor Stanley received notice of
his resignation today, and appointed
John E. Nolind, of Russell Springs, to
succeed hirn This is one appointee who
is not afraid of the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
VIM. 81. Long Hurt.

VIM H Long, a man employed in a
Santa Fe section gang, was badly hurt
this morning while unloading a heavy
iron crossing from car at the Wolff
packing house. Mr.. Longs right hand
was caught under the iron and terribly
crushed He was taken to the Santa
Fe hospital. His hand may have to be
amputated. Mr.. Long lives at 107 North
Lake street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

Liverpool closing cables: Wheat, sd
higher; corn, sd higher
Kansas City grain receipts: Wheat, 10
cars; corn, 1873 cars; oats, cars. year
ago: Wheat, n cars; corn, 81 cars; oats, u
cars.
Northwest grain receipts: Minneapolis,
Minneapolis 1874 cars; Duluth, go cars.
Chicago grain receipts: Wheat. 81 cars;
corn, "a cars; oats, 107 cars.
Kansas City: The corn situation is
clearing up some here and If get
smaller receipts, which 1 think we will,
we ought to have cent or two better
prices.
Kansas City: Futures. good Monday,
were quoted as follows: May wheat-Puts.
Puts, Gle: calls, 62s4c; curb, 62ssc bid
Western live stock receipts
City. Hogs. Cattle.
Chicago ...... ..................1z,00 900 200
Kansas City ..........-..--.... 5,000 wv
Omaha $1,000. ...-....-.....-. SOW 1UO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Burns Anniversary.

The one-hundred and forty-third an
niversary of the birth of Robert Burns
is to be celebrated by the Topeka Scot
ish society at the knights and Ladies
of Security hall on Saturday evening,
January %. There will be addresses,
recitations, Scotch music, vocal and in
strumental, and a Scotch supper.
cents for ladies. All are invited, espe-
ciaily all Scots, and all of Scotch
descent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Had a Good Time.

A J. Smell wanted to attend a party, but
was afraid to do so on account of pains
in his STOMACH. which he feared el,- would
troubles to a lady friend, who said
'Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
for the party bought bottle and take
pleasure in stating that two doses cured
me and enabled me to have a good time
at the party" Mr.. Smell is a resident of
Summer Hill, N. Y. This remedy is for
sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

HOGS
HEAVY-s5 95G6 25
LIGHTS. 20G5 So.
ROUGH-$5. 70GI5 80.
PIGS$3. 7015.20
CATTLE.
STEERS-$4 OOG450.
HEIFERS-$3 .0Jd4-25.
COWS-$3. O00f3.75.
VEAL CALVES
HEAVY-$3 O064O0.
LIGHT-s4. O0Q4.50.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT.72c
NO WHITE CORN-62c.
MIXED CORN-53c.
OATS-50c-
PRODUCE.
BUTTER-18c.
EGGS-20c.
PRAIRIE HAY-By the car, $9o0q12. so;
by the ton, $10.O0d14.O0
ALFALFA-By the car. s11OOG1s.Oo; by
the ton. S12-00Q14.O0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
EXPANDING AGAIN.
Mills Dry Goods Co. Secures Addition
al Space.

The Mills Dry Goods company has Sc
cured additional floor space in the up
per stories of buildings adjoining on
both sides. The concern already occu-
pies four floors in its present main
building $50 feet deep. The new rooms
include the entire third floor. fifty
feet wide. of the Davies building adj
joining on the south and space TWEEN
ty-five by seventy-five in the second
story of the building adjoining the main
store on the north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Topska aide Market

Topeka, Jan. Is.
Prices paid in Topeka this week Basel
on Boston quotations
GREEN SALT CURED NO. Ike.
GREEN SALT CURED NO. 2-S1sc.
NO. ! TALLOW-5c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
o. S. Minister Bowen Married.

New York, Jan. PA dispatch to the
Herald from Caracas, Venezuela, says
en- will be married today Saturday TO
Miss Carolyn Clegg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Roediger's improvements.

Roediger, the cleaner and dyer, has
received two new machines for use In
his establishment-an oval cylinder
cleaner and a centrifugal extractor for
French dry cleaning These modern
and up-to-date machines keep the
Roediger works up to their usual
standard of best in the country.
c. F. Menninger, NJ. D., office 727 KAN
sas ave. Tel. 10: residence 1851 Topeka
ave. Tel. IS. Office hourse to 5 p. m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
BOSOM FRIENDS

of spotless character-our laundry
workers and your shirts when they
know each other. The introduction
depends upon you. Just send us your
address. viii call for the goods and
introduce them to our workers. Wen
send them back on time, and you'll
wear them with pride that comes from
having ga friend in your BOSOM"
You choose between Gloss or Do
nestle Finish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
New york money market.

New York Jan. 25.-Noon-MONEY-
Money on call nominal No loans Prime
exchange firm, with actual business in
ba mixers bills at 81. S704-S71s for demand
and at 81 8414 "a. S415 for so days: posted
rates $4.S5 and Sass; commercial bills.
81. S3I504.S4
lars, 44kc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mr. 1. E. Russell. aged IA, died at his
home 1916 Lane street, last night of
apoplexy. The remains will be taken
to Ellsworth, Kas., for interment.
Mrs. Lorena Anderson, colored, died
at her home, 1915 Washington street,
yesterday of heart disease. The funeral
will be held from the residence Mon
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

'sCure the cough and save the life"
DR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
cough and colds, down to the very verge
of consumption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema or other torturing skin dis
eases. No need for it. Doan's Ointment
cures Can't harm the most delicate
skin. At any drug store, so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Range of Prices

FURNISHED by the Kemper Grain COM
pany, 1O4 Board of Trade, Kansas City,
Mo, through their Topeka office, at 10
West Sixth street. Phone 1851
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
THE CRYSTAL.

Topeka's Progressive Laundry; c. II.
Matthew'S proprietor. So Van Buren, ST
Sc. First laundry in the state to introduce
Domestic Finish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

FURNISHED by A. G. Goodwin, Commits
sion Merchant. COL Kansas ave.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

Wall Street. New York. Jan. 2S.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Kansas City Gram.
Kansas City, Jan. q.
Omen High LOW Close Yes

FURNISHED by A G. Goodwin. Commits
sion Merchant. COL Kansas avenue.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Sugar Market

New York. Jan 25.-SUGAR-Raw firm.
Fair refining. 3 1-16c: centrifugal, SO test;
9-16c: molasses sugar, 2 13-16c. Refined
firm Crushed, s5.25; powdered, Sass; gran
ulated, A-75-
COFFEE-Quiet No. Rio, &c.
MOLASSES-Ffrm- New Orleans, $50
4c-
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Range of Prices on Stock.

FURNISHED by A. G. Goodwin. Commits
sion Merchant. COZ Kansas ave-l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Cotton Market.
New York Stocks

Galveston. Jan. 25.-CoTToN-Ffrm at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25
Ice Firm Sells to Mutual Company.

Owing to well known reasons, we
have been forced out of the ice bust
ness. and we have now sold all the
equipments of our ice business to the
Mutual Ice and Cold Storage company,
and we shall in the future be found
working in the interest of this COM
to handle the business satisfactorily to
all concerned. Our old customers will
kindly send orders to the office of the
Mutual con pany, 521 Kansas avenue,
upstairs, phone SOC, new phone 206 and
same will have prompt attention
WINSLOW & RANEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

fine assessed by "hiZZOner TINS morn-
ing was a little three dollar fixture for
J. r. Coulter, one of the two hackmen
who started a free show at the Santa
Fe depot night before last. The evil
dence handed in leo the court to be-
lieve that the other party, E. H Travis,
was not to blame for the occurrence.
and he was discharged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

Thieves cut through the back door of
the Coughlin- Martin hardware store
last NIGHT. They were frightened
away by Patrolman Summers before
they secured any booty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
UNDERGROUND LARCENY.

Another case Of underground robbery
comes to our notice, case where an
old and unfailing well of water ceases
to give supply. presumably because
of the tapping Of the vein which sup
piled it by neighbor, and the old
query of what can be done in such a
case is fred at us. AS we understand
the case, just nothing at all. When
a man buys a piece of land, he gets
title from heaven to China, as high
above him as he can see and as far
below him as be can bore. If he strikes
water. gas, oil, mineral and coal. all are
his which are included within the sur
face boundaries of his land. If in bor-
ing for water or Oil or gas he thereby
taps the source of supply of his neigh
boris well, it is his good luck and his
neighbours bad luck, provided his sup
ply comes through natural avenues,
but if he dug down and then bored
longitudinally to tap his neighbour
supply he would be liable for trespass
and damage. The only relief in sight
for the case suggested is to drill deep
er and strike another vein.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
M SIGH ROCK.

A friend writes and wants us to give
him the name Of some book which will
tell him all about the new localities OF
North America, their climate, products.
rainfall and all that, so that q fellow
can find out where to go to get some
good cheap land. There is no such book
published. the makers of books these
days being given to the historical novel
and love scrapping yarns. A book
which would impartially and fairly set
forth the facts as to all the newer parts
of the country. giving full information
such as u seeker for farm and home
would naturally desire, would be in
great demand in this restless. migra-
tory age of ours. What pamphlets and
books are issued are by interested per-
sons who are looking for suckers and
never give oil the facts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
WANTS A STOCK RANCH.

A gentleman living in Chicago writes
us that lie has $4,000 which he wishes
to invest in stock ranch and wants
to know where to locate. He can go to
the range territory Of Oklahoma or
Texas and find good openings for in
vestment, or he can try the range coun-
try Of the western Dakotas with al
most equal promise of success, or he
can take up the breeding Of blooded
stock on the higher priced lands of the
Mississippi valley in the corn and clo'
yer country and perhaps do just as
well. If the question Of health for
himself enters into the matter, as in
this case it does, we would recommend
the Dakota plan as the best. A five
year bout with Dakota range condi,
tons will make the rundown, wheel
ing Chicago business man feel like a
three-year-old corn fed Dakota steer
make him all over of such good stuff
that he will not care a cent whether
school keeps or not.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
SEEDTIME.

1t will soon be seedtime again, and
the question Of seed will come to the
front No law affecting agriculture
works with more relentless and merci-
less precision than this: Whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also reap"
The man who plants small potatoes,
the tips and butts Of corn and unclean-
cd and small grains deliberately invites
a crop of inferior quality, while the
man who will carefully select all his
seed, often changing for the best seed
grains and roots produced north Of his
locality, eliminating all immature.
dwarfed, imperfect seed, by the opera
ton Of the same law invites the best
which nature can give him. If you
have, for instance, rather sandy loan
soil which you wish to sow to wheat,
oats or barley next spring, 1t will pay
you well to sell your seed grain and
buy seed raised on some stiff clay soil
some distance from you, or vice versa.
We believe that there is definite loss
connected with using the same grain
for more than three years on any
farm. Especially will such change be
found beneficial in potatoes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
BEWARE OF THE BULL.

One of those all too common tra8e.
dies where the old man falls a victim
to the bull at the head Of the herd
comes under our notice this week. the
old man being run into corner OF a
barbed wire fence and damned ak to
pieces by the Infatuated brute. Not
the ugly dog in the neighbours yard, or
the smallpox, which drives whole
community wild, or the dead gasoline
can, or the carnivorous corn shredder,
or the gun in the hands of the small
boy, is a thing to be so much feared as
that quiet, logy brute in the barnyard
who is given by his owner a reputation
as immaculate as that of presiding
elder, but who when the fit takes him,
as it is more than likely to do sooner or
later, becomes in an instant a merciless
engine Of destruction with which man
is utterly unable to cope. To all intents
and purposes he is a ton of agricultur-
al nitroglycerin and should be handled
and cared for with as much caution as
this most unreliable and deadly explo-
sive. Good regulations count for moth
ing with bulls. They should always be
out on parole, with the vigilant eye Of
the authorities upon them. 1t is most
wretched ending Of long and success
full agricultural career to be hunted to
death by bull on the farm one has
worked so hard and so long to develop
and improve.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
Boards AND BACTERIA.

And now comes the New York state
milk commission and issues the edict
that the men who milk the cows which
supply the city with milk must shave
Off their boards and wear smooth faces.
for the reason that boards are supposed
to be nests Of bacteria. This would
seem to suggest the great propriety of
employing only women to do the milk
ing and thereby avoid the sacrifice of
those natural appendages given by the
Creator to cover up an ugly mug. IT
the beard has to so. why not the hair
of the head, and this suggests new
use for the Chinaman minus his cue.
for he would not have to shave his
face, not being given to whisker devel-
Opment. 1t is evident that II the pres
ent rate of progress in dairy matters
continues the old hair In the butter Is
h9sly to become at best only pleasing
fiction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
NOT UP TO 1852.

While prices for corn and its meat
products have ruled high of late, they
still do not yet touch the top notch fig
ures Of 1880. In that year beef reached
$3.50 and the average price for the
whole year was $G.25. while corn touch
ed 81 cents in July and that on crop
considerably in excess of that produced
in 1901. Hogs went up to 1925, and the
average price for the year was S7.63.
Present conditions would seem to favor
still higher range of prices on these
products than now prevails before a
new crop is ready for market
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
Notice of Appointment of Administrative.

Notice of the appointment OF Administra-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
subscriber has been duly appointed admins
tritrtx 10 the estate of Henry Klein la'e OF
Decorah township, in the county of Whine
h as taken upon herself that trust by giving
bonds as the law di 'ects. All persons having
demands upon the estate of the said deceased
are required to exhibit the same; and persons
indebted to the said estate are called upon to
make payment to
ANNA KLEIN.
Dated at Deconh, Iowa, January 3lst, 1902
FRAN SAYRE, Atty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
WINTER MELONS.

A variety Of both musk and water
melons imported by the agricultural
department from Asiatic Russia which
will keep all winter is proving great
success in Utah, These melons are
picked in October and require two
months to ripen after picking and are
at their best in January and February
They are said to be equal in flavor tc
the best Of the summer melons and are
becoming very much sought for. They
were unknown in this country five
years ago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
PIANOS AND HOGS.

While waiting on a train to let q
westbound freight pass recently we
noticed two freight cars which follow
ed each other particularly. One was
loaded with hogs bound for Omaha and
one with pianos. This combination,
hogs and pianos. very fifty represents
the present condition Of western agri-
culture, the symphony of the hogyard
passing by a beautiful evolution into
the sonata and nocturne Of the piano
the old granger shoveling corn into the
hogyard while his daughter runs trills
and fantasias on the piano in the par
lor, q clear case of cause and effect.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19

Prices Of almost all kinds Of farm
produce are at the present time out
of balance, so high that farming has
become one Of the most lucrative Of
employments. This condition will not
continue. The economic law of sup
ply and demand will get in it's work
and restore prices, if not to their for
mer low level. ut least to q harmonious
relation between cost of production and
market value. The man who is buying
high priced land on long time expect
ing 1901 returns from the crops is pre-
pairing the way for some mighty hard
shedding on dry ground inside of three
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
The Most Wonderful Machine
Known to Science.

Schaefers Patent Healer, electric and
producing what is known as a silent
discharge, emitting the Ultraviolet OF
Invisible Rays. This wonderful ma
chine CURES all diseases of q func-
tional nature, and nine.tenths of the
diseases mankind is heir to, are
functional. 1t also cures many or.
ganic diseases. Ii you are ailing, no
matter who has failed to cure you or
what your troubles are, go to DIR,
Fitch and take treatment on this Won
derful machine.
HE GIVES NO MEDICINE OF any kind
az asks for no nay until you are cured OF
very much benefited. DIR. Fitch has mnde ar.
rangemeuts with Jacob Anderson, To board
and lodge invalids. and care for same on
same floor with his Office
DR.. Nj. 3. Fitch,
Rooms 10, IL and IL, Sampson Block
4-3m DEBORAH, IOWA
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19

We came across man not long since
who has built up quite patronage as
a breeder of pure bred Poland-China
hogs, and we incidentally found out
that his brood sows for the next crop
of pigs were all. with the exception Of
one, young sows not over eight months
old Jan. /. In doing this this man is
not only doing a serious injury to his
patrons, but it will inevitably hurt his
trade and good name as breeder.
Pure bred stock intended for breeding
purposes should never be the product
of an immature parentage. but of aged
and well developed stock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19

When young man first goes a-court-
ing, he always likes to take his best
girl out riding behind snowy and
high strung nag. AS he gets further
along he prefers the steadiest old horse
on the farm or in the livery barn.
Queer, is it not? The reason, however,
can be found If one will look far
enough.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19

In the hill countries where the land
is under the pillow it is good policy to
keep all the draws and natural water
ways in sod. even if the fields are
thereby broken up. The water must
find way off during heavy rains, and
where these waterways are under the
plow the loss by erosion is very great.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19

We always put faith in boy who is
not afraid Of work-good hard manual
labor. Work is the best developer and
preserver of the moral and physical
qualities which go to make up a manly
man. Show us the plodding. industri-
Gus boy not ashamed Of good hard
work, and we will show you the future
successful man, and if he sings while
he works so much the better.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19
Good Lands in Minnesota
at a low price. T,
.,8.
Good Lands in South Dakota very cheap!


neapoi the c. NJ St p r. well dcounty with schools
Southern Minnesota producing
variety
this locality
be time If land
purchasers lived
bought
Dakota position
personally refunded
guarantee every proposition make.
Geo. MI. Clark.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-02-19

On rolling Ind billy lands under the
plow in regular rotation of crops
nothing so we'll prevents the washing
of the soil as to have it well filled
with clover roots, and nothing else will
be so good for the crop as a source Of
humus and fertility.