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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08
SHOULD SELL AND saUARE UP.

A reader in Nebraska owning good
farm Of $50 acres. upon which he has
lived for nearly thirty years, but who
is now in poor health, discouraged and
burdened with debt of $4,000, writes
us and wishes to know whether he had
better sell now at $40 per acre or try
to carry the load for awhile longer in
the hope of getting better price for
his land. We do not like to give ad-
vice in such cases. because 1t might be
acted on and it might be wrong. but
we will say this much If we were sit
uated as he is. we would sell. pay up,
get square with the world, buy small
place and get as much comfort as pos
sible. out Of the few years left. A
young man full Of health and vigor
might carry this load. but a man at
fifty-three is a fool to try. There is
lots of misery in this world caused by
men trying to carry load too heavy
for them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08
THRAsHING VERSUS sHREDDING.

We have lately been noting the rela-
tive merits Of thrashed and shredded
corn fodder. BY removing every other
tooth from the cylinder and concave
the corn can be rapidly shelled and
the fodder well shredded without in
jury to the machine. the average ma
chine easily disposing of twenty acres
of corn in day. The sole objection to
this plan is that the shelled corn is
never dry enough to keep without
spelling unless spread out thlnly over
large surface. The fodder is put in
excellent shape for feeding-just as
good as though shredded. There is
perhaps another Objectionable cobs,
which have value as fuel, are by
this method wasted. The shredders
are doing fine work now. husking the
corn in most perfect shape and putting
the fodder in the best of condition for
use. Either method offers complete
solution of the corn fodder question.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08
AS TO CATS,

Cats are all right, we suppose. but a
mouse was seen in the writer's house,
and cat must be procured to catch it.
The cat was obtained and installed as
a member Of the family-easy chair.
new milk, get ur IN the night to let her
out or in. and all that, and before she
caught that mouse we had batch of
six kittens which nobody had the nerve
to sack up and drown, and so we had
cats galore. concerts at night and rag
time till one could not rest. We then
went into the Carnegie business and
gave cats away. and some we deport-
ed, only to have every little beast re-
turn sooner or later. So far as we
know the poor little mouse which was
the cause Of all this calamity never
was caught and may be alive and well
today for all we know. 1t is best to
60 slow on cats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

A reliable remedy Is given to us by
an old nurseryman and orchardist for
the rabbits which are such a destruc-
tive pest among the young fruit trees
1t is to go to work as soon as the first
snow falls and place near the runways
of the rabbits slices of apple upon
which has been sprinkled just little
arsenic. The rabbits will quickly find
and devour the apple. when it is all
day with them. This plan will rid a
brush lot of every rabbit inside Of
three days.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

We are asked as to the hardness Of
the Northwestern Greening apple. An
orchard of $50 Of these trees planted
fifteen years ago in Waupacca county,
Wis. in about the latitude of st. Paul,
Mimi. is perfect and intact today, not
a tree being injured by climatic condi-
tons, and is producing from two to
five bushels per tree Of these tpe ap-
piles. The lowest recorded temperature
in the locality where this orchard is
growing is 4S degrees below zero.
which extreme temperature did not in
jure these trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

We wanted some two inch strips of
black walnut the other day cut three
eighths of an inch thick, with which to
lay a floor, and were surprised to find
that the sum of 8 cents per square foot
was the price. The same day we drove
by mans farm where there was a
stretch of old rail fence, every rail in
it Of black walnut, cut forty years ago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

After a man has got stuck on some
lightning rod deal or other fake scheme
and has endured the deserved re-
proaches of the good wife for his lack
of shrewdness and business sagacity it
is great comfort to him to come
home some evening to find that his
wife has subscribed for some book at
So which could be bought down town
for Is cents While all that might be
said upon such an occasion would not
be fit to print. it is always pleasanter
for the old man at home after the book
agent has made his visit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

1t was a most significant tribute paid
by MammOn to science when the great
packing house interests of Chicago vol
unfairly placed in the hands of the
Iowa experiment station the large sum
Of $4,000 in cash TO carry on expert
ments in the breeding and feeding of
stock
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

A hollow brick made about four
times as large as the common brick is
coming into quite general use as a
building material and has very much
In its favor to commend 1t. 1t is quick
ly and cheaply put into the wall. costs
about one-half as much as the solid
brick for the same space. makes an al
most frostproof wall and one which is
always dry. In way 1t is step to-
ward a radical change In our building
constructive methods. change which
Is forced by the wholesale destruction
of our forests and the greatly increased
cost of timber and lumber. The time Is
not SO very far away when the brick,
stone. cement and tile type of building
which prevails in European countries
will be compelled here, when we will
have more durable, warmer and sub
stantial houses and barns and fire in
surance companies viii do smaller
business
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

In one western state there are this
winter no less than 300 different lee
ture courses provided for, the cost of
each Of which will run from 5000 to
$1,000. and it is a fact that these en-
tertainments are not by any means
solely supported by townspeople. but
very largely by the people who live on
the farms of the several communities.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

Stock of all kinds will eat corn fod-
der more readily in cold weather than
when the weather is mild. They will
also eat it up much cleaner. This fact
suggests that the hay be reserved for
late winter and spring, disposing of the
corn fodder during the cold weather.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

The beef men clamor for protection
from shoddy as substitute for wool
while they are at the same time eager
for free trade in oeomargarine, using
their steers as dairy animals in place
of old bossy. There is no end of self
ish morality in this old world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

In planting grove Of native timber
II is well to remember that some vari-
cites of trees may be planted much
closer together than others. The soft
maple will bear thick planting. as will
the larch. catalpa and many Of the
conlfers. The cottonwood, on the con-
trary. will not stand thick planting.
but will nearly all die by the time they
are twenty years old.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

Every field of cornstalks whipping
about in the winter winds all through
the middle west represents dead loss
to the owner this year of easily So per
acre. Cut at the proper time and
shredded or thrashed the stalks on
each acre would have readily sold for
50 or SO, and, what is more, will be
badly needed before grass grows again.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

Lessons from nature are always of
the greatest value when needed, in
many respects better than those learn
ed from the textbooks. Now, here Is
an object lesson which any one may
study who will. In any rolling, bluffy
region. such as may be found border
ing all our larger rivers. 1t will be no.
ticed that the native timber always
grows more tall. healthy and thriftily
on the north slopes of the bluffs than it
does anywhere else. The reason is not
that the soil is richer on the north
slope. but that 1t is kept cooler and
moister. Why not apply this lesson in
the planting of our apple orchards in
all that territory where hot winds and
midsummer droughts prevail?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

1t is said that the Indian balks at
porcupine and the mink. When one has
seen one of their dog feasts, he Won
ders why they do even this.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

I'VE are asked which is the best of
our native plums. Like sewing ma
chimes and typewriters, there is no
best. For the general market the
Hawkeye ranks high, its large size and
uniformity making it first class SELL
er. The Wyant. the Rockford the Sur
prise the De Soto. the Hammer and the
Blackhawk are all good. while the boys
will let them alone until the last StOd-
dard plum is gone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

The knowledge Of scientific and tech,
nical subjects is being so vastly in
creased by schools. colleges. training
schools. books and papers that the
wages Of persons skilled in any par.
ticular line are being unfavorably af.
fected thereby. We know of case
where seven years ago a monthly SAL
airy of $65 was paid to young man
to run an electric light plant. while the
same plant is now as well run by an
other young man who is content to
work for salary Of $50 per month.
StenOgraphers and typewriters who
used to command high salaries a few
years ago are now paid but meager
compensation for their skilled ability.
In this connection we might mention
that Pat with his shovel and wheel
barrow has secured an advance in
wages during the same period Of time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

The men who get the positions Of
rural mail route carriers in the north
should be paid better wages than their
fellows In the south. In the north for
five months in the year it costs them
more to dress and more to keep their
teams because Of the cold weather.
Some congressman should introduce a
bill this winter in congress to remedy
this.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

Thrashed or shredded corn fodder
makes an admirable coarse forage ra-
ton for horses, whether they be colts
or working animals.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

movement in farm products than any
other commodity, only about 2 cents
advance being made over hard time
quotations.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

We mentioned lately that sheep
might be allowed to run for short
period each day in the orchard with
out injury to the trees. We believe
this statement is correct, but wish to
emphasize the fact that they must not
be left there. for they will soon learn
to peel the bark from the trees and
will stand up on their hind legs like
goat to do IL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

1t is worth noting that when italian
dairy interests recently wanted a first
class cheesemaker a call was sent to
Wisconsin to furnish the man, and
they got him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

1t is said that the apple tree borer
can be surely annihilated by first To-
eating it and cleaning out it's burrow
and then inserting the head of COM
mon lucifer match and plugging the
hole with clay. The decomposition of
the phosphorus and birthstone by con-
tact with the moisture in the tree gen.
crates a gas which makes short work
of the borer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

University inside of thirty
days after date of publica-
ton of this paper.
Memorial University is the
tribute of the American
people to the loyal men
and women of war times.
Send for booklet. Address
all communications to
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

! Variations in soil often have almost
as much effect upon trees as varia-
ton in climate.
The cold storage method for the cur
ing and maturing Of cheese seems to
be growing in favor.
And now comes farm economist
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

And now comes q farm economist
and AYERS that it costs as much to feed
a dozen rats as it does to feed two
hundred pound shote.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

A new settler. an apple crank. open
ed up new farm on the wild prairies
of northwestern Iowa twenty years
ago. There was not native tree with
In ten miles of him. He told his neigh
bors he was going to plant an orchard.
They told him he was fool, that
trees would not grow and laughed him
10 scorn as he proceeded with his work.
He set out five acres to apple trees,
protecting the orchard with belt Of
willows. gave the trees intelligent
care and waited for his reward. He
made the statement recently that dur
Ing the past ten years he had sold from
that orchard apples to the value Of
$6,00O and this done on the bleak.
black lands of the prairie region Of the
central west. where many people think
trees will not grow at all. This or
chard is In good, thrifty condition to
day and Ia an object lesson for all.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-08

A man who married fine looking
lady was accorded a divorce soon after
when he proved to the court that she
was not what she seemed-that when
she removed her false hair. her false
teeth, her false bust and washed the
paint from her face she was another
lady altogether. Oleomargarine. like
this lady. masks under false pretenses
lis not what it pretends to be-and so
should be divorced by law from the
dairy interests.
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newspaper on his Journeys afoot or in the sledse
leaving d copy in every hut. In every settle
ment he picked out the most intelligent among
the Esquinaus and impaired TO them gradually
all he knew himself They, again, taught their
neighbors, and these people in their turn spread
their knowledge among others, that to-day
there TO be found few grown up Esquin1aus
who cannot read a little. In Denmark there
was great interest in Moellers's newspaper, and
onlv recently contributions were made there for
the purpose of providing the publisher with a
new printing outfit And now that this pioneer
of journalism in the polar regions is dead, an
other Esquimau is TO continue the publication
Of the polar newspaper in the spirit Of its
founder.
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BOOK BARGAINS.

LARGEST AND CHEAPEST
RoOK SALE ever known. Over soS.ooo
volumes Of literature are offered al inc ~, Nv
est figures in the last century: oo.oov Mss
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Book Sc. to Csc. each g.. 900 Novels a 200
Works OF Fiction, &c to SOC eaCh' 100
Standard Sets. soc TO 5000: 900 ser
of Encyclopedias. s1tO TO s25 90. soon *
covering every branch Of hteTatuie a.
about one-fifth the price asked by inc puo.
fishers NO catalogues ISSUED oscoh ,!
hand school books review books ara Doo ss
Of all kinds bought sold and e1cHaLs 80
highest cash prices paid: calls al
free. COVERINGS N. Y. Book ENcnanEs'
s22 Broadway. near 12th-st. open evening.
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4 I-i4L SIRE.tI AND LA W RENE
~ street-New York Supreme Court. County of New
yo-k-American Mortgage Company. Plaintiff against
yyfIIIarn n DefendantsIn pursuance Of
Judgment foreclosure and sale duly made ana en-
entitled action. bearing date the 4th
day n Septenber the undersigned Referee in
said Judgment named viii sell at public auction at the
New York Real Estate Salesroo. No. III Broadway, in
Borough on Manhattan. City Of New York on the
2qth dav Of September, 1902 twelve O'Clock noon
that day by Vincent a Ryan Auctoneer the premises
directed by Judgment be sold and therein described
as follows: All certain piece or parcel OF land
civ ~ New York bounded and described as follows
BEGINNING al point souherly side Of One hundred
and twentyseventh Street distant hundred and fifty
formed by the intersection
Of Columbus formerly NINTH Avenue
yrith southerly One hundred and twenty
seventh Street: westerly along said south
Of hundred and twenty-seventh street
thence snuthery at right angles 70 one
hundred and Street one hundred and sixty
nine feet one-half inches 70 the norheastery
Side Of Street: thence southeaster along said
norheasterly Of Lawrence Street hftysx feet -FOUR
Inches thence northerly line parallel with the
westerly line Of Columbus Avenue about nnetyve feet
eight inches line of the Block thence west
erlv along line twenty-five feet and thence
norhev again parallel with Columbus Avenue ninety
nine feet eleven inches the southery side OF one
hundred and Street the point or place
Of beginning.
Dated New York, September 6th 1902 -
HENRY w. SACKETT. Referee.
BOWERS & SANDS. Attorneys for Plaintiff 81 Nassau
Street Borough Of Manhattan New York City, n =
following is diagram Of the properly 10 DC SOLO
described above:
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AN ESQUIMAU JOURNALIST.
LARS MoELLERs. WHO FOUNDED THE FIRST
NEWSPAPER FOR HIS COUNTRY.

LARS MoELLERs. WHO FOUNDED THE FIRST
NEWSPAPER FOR HIS COUNTRY.
The news comes from Greenland that Lars
Moeners. who. himself an Esquimau was the
first to bestow upon his countrymen the bless
tngs OF newspaper. is dead. Lars Moellers
was one of the Esauimaus who served Professor
Noroenski0lG as a guide in his explorations
He bright and intelligent, became quickly
Europeanized under the influence of Nordens-
kjold and his companions, and learned to read
Whenever he had little tine 10 spare he would
sit in corner Of his hut spelling from book
or a newspaper. He was especially interested
in newspapers, and constantly wanted TO know
how the news was gathered how it was printed
how the Illustrations We're reproduced and the
like. When taking leave from Nordenski0ld
on the latter's departure 10 Sweden the Esqui-
mau expressed his desire to become journalist
NordenskjoId laughed at this idea a Journalist
in Greenland Even il Lars Moellers had been
capable Of publishing a newspaper, he was
after ALL the only Esquirnau in Greenland who
could read, and the circulation Of a paper how
ever well edited. would therefore be confined
10 single reader. who besides did not pay
For his subscription, To this objection Moellers
REPLIED that in the beginning he would publish
illustrations only drawn by himself and repro
duced by him best he could. He had in
vented process for this purpose By means Of
IDS pictures he would teach his countrymen how
70 read.
Nordenskjold sent him from Sweden a small
printing press. together with type. paper. print
frsg ink ard everything necessary for the publ
cation Of a newspaper on small scale Soon
after the receipt Of this gift Lars Moellers
issued the first number OF his journal, under
the title Of Reading" although ii contained
aothing but pictures. He himself distributed his
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foreclosure Sales.
SUPREME COURT, COUNTY OF NEW

- York-WtIam Haigh Hartley Haigh. as exec
utors and trustees Will and testament OF
Hartley Hagh deceased. plaintiffs against John r Non
others defendants
In pursuance judgment Of foreclosure and sale ouly
in entitled action. and bear
ing date the Both day Of June. l902 l. the unoerslg1eu
the referee in judgment named VIII sell al puenc
auction at the York Real Estate Saesroom No ~
broadway in the Borough of Manhattan, city OF New
York on 18th day of September 1907 at II o cloes
noon on that day by Vincent A Ryan auct1oneer ue
premises by said judgment to be Sold and there
in follows
All that lot, piece parcel Of land with the
buildings erected situate lying and being IN the
civ County and State New York, and bounded and
sescrihed as follows Beginning point the south
Of Second street, distant one
hundred westwardy the souhwestery corner OF
one Hundred nd Second street and West End avenue
thence southwardly, parallel with West End avenue ono
the centre line OF the block
thence yeswardy said centre line twenty-five feet
thence rortvady again parallel with West End avenue
hundred eleven inches to the southery line or
one Hundred street; and thence eastwardy
along the same twenty-five feet TO the point or place of
bernning Said premises being now known No SO4
West One Hundred and Second street New York CITY
DATED New York. August 10th. 1907
DANIEL F. COHALAN. Referee
WILLIAM c ARNOLD. Attorney for Plaintiffs 120
broadway Borough of Manhattan tia New York City
its street number IS 304 One Hundred and Second
$780, One Hundred and Second
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Oath Street

oath Street.
The of the lien charge satisfy
which above described is TO be sold
776 25 with thereon from the 25th day july
1902. together with and allowance amounting 10
S350e6 with interest from July 30h 1902 together with
expenses sale. The approximate amount Of
taxes assessments which be allowed
purchaser Of purchase paid by the
Referee IL SIS. SIS.
Dated. New York. August 2fth. 1902.
ARTHUR D. TRUAx Referee
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LAWYERS
LARGE PROFITS SAVED

ON spectacles and eyeglasses by buying n,;. Of
the manufacturer. Prescfip eLet, Ht 1S'I
QUALITY lens asc.: other goods in proper
ton. w G. FAY OPTICAL MFG. CO. IT'S
Broadway
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ro sn,roxfr,ate amount Of the charge, to sat
vbrb the above bed property is to be sold is
sal ass with interest from the Goth day OF June
1ao2 together with costs allowance amounting 10
s60a thereon together with the expenses
% r5 az View York goth day Of August 1902
~0HAI,AN. Referee.
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