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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
Illinois Central r. R.
OF INTEREST TO
STOCKHOLDERS.
Free Transportation to Attend the An.
nual Meeting at CT icsgo.

Public notice is hereby given that the regular
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company will be
held at its offices in Chicago, Illinois, on We'd
nesday, October q, 1908, at II O'Clock noon.
To permit personal attendance at such
meeting there will be issued TO each holder of
one or more shares of the capital stock of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company as regis
tered on the books of the Company at the
close of business on Tuesday, September, 20,
1908, who is OF full age, ticket enabling him,
or her, to travel free over the Company'S lines
from the station on the Illinois Central Rail-
road nearest to his or her registered address
to Chicago and return, such ticket TO be good
for the Journey TO Chicago only during the four
days Immediately preceding, and the day OF
the meeting, and for the return journey from
Chicago only on the day of the meeting and
he four days Immediately following, when
properly countersigned and stamped during
business hours-that is TO say, between 900
a. m. and p. min the office of he Assistant
Secretary, Mr.. w. q. BRUEN. in Chicago.
Such ticket may be obtained by any holder
of stock registered as above, on application,
in writing, to the President of the Company
in Chicago. Each application must state the
full name and address of the stockholde eX-
actly as given in his or her certificate of stock
together with the number and date of such
certificate. No more than one person will be
carried free in respect 10 any one holding of
stock as registered on the books of the Com
pany A. q. HACkSTAFF,
1913 Secretary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
Notice of Final Report of Referee.
STATE or IOWA,
Wiunesheik County Dds

STATE or IOWA, IS.
Winnesheik County
To Charles II. Clark, Mary Winn, Bridget Fee
Annie VIM. Catherine Collins, Thomas r.
Mcdonald, Patrick II. Winn, Rose Kregel,
Robert l.. Lee, Dennis Lee, John IL. Lee,
Robert II. Lee, Mary Gassman. John Nc
CURE. Frank Mcguire, Mary MCGUIRE
Catherine Mcclure John d fly,
Frances Duffy, Ambrosa Duffy. Charles
Duffy, Edward Duffy, Kate Cine, and James
H. Corcoran, Administrator Of the Estate of
Michael VIM, Deceased; also Charles Nc
Manus, Patrick McManus, Mary A. McMan-
u. Margaret Duffy, and the unknown heirs
of said Charles, Patrick and Mary A. c.
Manus and said Margaret Duffy.
You are hereby notified that there is now
on file In the office of the Clerk of the afore-
SAID District Court the final report OF the I'M
dcrsigned referee in the case OF John Duffy VS.
Francis Duffy, ct al (the same being cause
No. ZIP on the records OF said District Court
and which report said referee asks TO have
approved; and in which he asks also TO be
perm tied to deposit with the Clerk of said
Disi rict Court, as provided bN Title 3, Chapter
~ of the Code of Iowa, the funds now remain.
ing i'm his hands as such referee. amounting
10 Sl4i2.2S, and which said sum IL Is claimed
belongs TO the above named Margaret Duffy
and Patrick, Charles and Mary A. McManus
or their legal heirs
You and each OF you are therefore hereby
required 10 appear at the court room In De-
corah in said county, on or before O'CLOCK
o. m on the 23d day of November, 1903, (the
same being the first day OF the regular No
vember, 1908, term of said District Court and
show cause, II any you have, why said report
should not he approved and said money dis
posed OF as by law provided In such cases.
dated Decor all, Iowa, October 3, 1903.
4O-i CHAUNCEY w. FREEMAN
Referee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The first thing which apple growers
in the northwest must consider Is the
hardness of the varieties selected. But
few of the varieties common to the east
will live when planted in Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. The
apples with sufficient hardness to en-
dure the climate Of the northwest have
nearly all been originated there and
are mostly unknown elsewhere. The
three most promising apples are
Wealthy, Patterns Greening and the
Northwestern Greening, the first two
fall apples and the last named winter
fruit. The next thing to be considered
is productiveness. The two first named
are very prolific and bear when young,
when six years planted; the Northwest
ern Greening is more dilatory and will
not bear crop until planted at least
ten years. OF course, In addition to
these varieties we have the old Ouch
ess, summer apple and hardy as an
oak. If one is willing to wait we should
say that, judging from the record the
tree is making this year, there could
be no safer investment than to plant an
orchard Of ten or twenty acres of this
Northwestern Greening its size and
fine keeping qualities insuring ready
sale at good prices.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

Just q couple of sumac leaves picked
by the roadside in early September, a
thing almost too common to be worthy
of notice, yet when examined seen to
be masterpiece of natures handi-
work in rich and artistic coloring. Not
even Rubens could so blend the gold.
purple and crimson as did the Septem-
Der sun on these leaves: with a thou
sand leaves. thousand color schemes,
each different, all artistic in the high
est sense.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

We knew of number of cases In the
middle of September where men had
from fifty to hundred tons of good
tame hay in their barns and from thir-
ty to fifty acres Of good corn in the
field. The hay will sell this winter for
from $3.50 to $500, but they will feed it
out and let the corn fodder which could
well take the place of the hay go to
waste. This is poor management. 1t
is one Of the leaks on the average farm
which should be stopped.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

AS between leaving a field of corn
two-thirds of the ears of which are
dented to take the chances of Sep
TENDER frost and cutting it up before
the frost we shall do the latter, believ-
ing that the corn will be better saved
in the shock. The fodder will be Of
much greater value. anyway, and we
believe that the ears will ripen better
than if frosted and allowed to dry out
on the hill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
SIXTY AND NOT WORTH A DOLLAR

SIXTY AND NOT WORTH A DOLLAR.
There Is something wrong where a
man finds himself sixty years old and
not worth a dollar in the world. 1t
was never intended that this should be.
There is no good reason why it ever
should be save in the few cases where
some extraordinary calamity Overtakes
q man and wipes out the savings of
lifetime. Still, there are lots of men in
this fix, all too many. You know them,
and so do we-men dependent upon
others or else at time when they more
than ever need the comforts of life
compelled to painfully toll for pit
lance in competition with younger and
stronger men to get the poorest sort of
q living. The causes why there are so
many of this kind are many and va
ried. First may be named the habit Of
improvidence, the failure to save and
economic when young, the living up
to every cent earned; then there is the
gambling and speculative mania which
possesses so many, the attempt to do
$4,000 business on $500 capital, the
reckless use of credit, the changeful
and migratory habit of so many, the
fOolhardy attempt to conduct lines Of
business in which men have not been
trained, the almost universal effort to
trot in a class away above ones record,
the discomfort with any line of bust
ness which can only pay small and
sure profits. In these ways a mans
financial energy is frittered away. and
as he starts on the down grade of life
he becomes discouraged and is either
compelled or permits himself to become
q dependent upon others bounty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The obligation rests upon you as a
good citizen to either cremate or bury
not just haul them off and leave them
to become an offense to your neighbor.
The law will compel you to do this if
your neighbor sees fit to invoke its aid.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The possibilities connected with the
corn plant are almost unlimited I'm.
provement in seed by selection, greater
accuracy in planting and more intelli.
gent care given the crop are going to
greatly increase the average yield,
while the list of byproducts from corn
is constantly increasing, there being
now no less than fifty-three useful and
merchantable commodities evolved
from corn aside from crude gluten and
starch. Good corn land is worth and
should never sell for less than 500 per
acre.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

1t is utter folly to keep writing and
talking about constructing mudproof
highways at an expense of 5000 or $500
per mile. 1t can't be done. The mud
proof highway, whether built of mac
adam or gravel. will cost much more
money, no matter how convenient the
supply of such material
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The careless hired man who is al
ways breaking or losing things Is a
great nuisance on the farm. If it were
easy to get hands the trouble could be
remedied by firing him, but where
help is scarce much of this kind Of
trouble will have to be endured.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

Where it can be done we favor burn
ing over all stubble fields before plOw-
ing A clean sweep of the field by fire
is a great weed and insect pest destroy
er. The value of the stubble as fer
tilizer is small. and the loss by burning
is partly recouped by the ashes left.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

Ten acres Of corn producing seventy
five bushels per acre would be rated a
fine crop and on most western farms
may be as easily produced as would
$50 bushels on twenty-five acres. To do
this there would have to be more care
exercised in selecting and planting the
seed, some fertilizing and extra cultiva-
ton and mighty few weeds allowed to
grow in the field. When man finds he
is not raising over thirty or thirty i've
bushels Of corn to the acre one year
with another he wants to take layoff
and study the corn plant and how to
grow it,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

Two acres Of willows planted on
some moist, rich spot on the farm, a
spot which is worth but little for the
production Of crops, can be made a
very profitable investment for the
planter. By cutting a fifth of it of
clean each year lot of good summer
fuel, poles and posts can be obtained.
Such grove should not be thinned,
but cut off clean, as 1t will then quickly
reproduce itself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The common people of Germany are
entering a vigorous protest against the
laws which have shut out the cheap
as the German is, he has come to the
point where he is at last tired of MUNICH
ing sausage made from old bus horses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

We noted a redheaded woodpecker
clingng to the base of an arc light
lamp the other day and found that he
was feasting on the bugs and beetles
which had met their death the night
before. The bird had struck soft snap
sure enough.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

Weeds not only hurt the farm which
grows them. but they hurt the sale Of
the property. We know of a case
where this years crop of weeds grown
around a farm homestead cost the
owner not less than $3.50 and came
near spelling the sale of his place.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The day is past in the west when a
man with three horse outfit will un-
dertake to work 200 acre farm, and
1t is a good thing for the farm and
the man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

A neighbor has five acres of potatoes
which are giving him yield of 200
bushels to the acre. He can sell them
for 40 cents as soon as dug. They have
cost no more to raise than a field of
corn. The crop will sell for more than
the land is worth upon which they are
grown.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The feeding value Of the fodder on
forty acres of corn where clover and
timothy hay is worth S. per ton is not
less than $500 where the corn is cut at
the proper time and cared for. If the
corn was put in the silo its value would
be still greater
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The rainfall Of the northwest bids
fair to be heavier for 1903 than it has
been since 1881. 1t was forty three
inches up to Sept. IL, and there are
three and half months yet to hear
from
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The land intended for an onion crop
should be thoroughly prepared the pre-
vious year. 1t should be well fortified,
frequently cultivated and be kept abso-
lutely free from weeds. No crop is so
hard to grow when the land Is foul or
indifferently prepared.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

A good many men are now of the
opinion that it is better to have 1000
in the local bank drawing per cent
than to have the money tied up in
some doubtful mining or land PROPOSE
ton, and it has cost them something to
get to thinking this way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
WANT
COLUMN

Rates-One cent per word nothing
less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

When a county is loser to the
amount Of 100000 or $4,000 by reason
of its bridges being swept away by
freshets there has been something
wrong with it's system of bridge con-
struction. Every bridge should be built
to accommodate the maximum flow Of
water, the rare and unusual floods, but
instead Of this in the interest of false
economy the water way is narrowed
when the bridge Is built. Careless and
ignorant boards of supervisors have
mulcted the taxpayers for untold losses
In this particular.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

1t is always better to take day of
and go fishing with your boys than it is
TO keep them at home and give them a
dollar to hoe out the potato patch
They will remember that day in the
woods fishing as long as they live.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
NIGHT LIFE.

The world of nature as ono sees Il by
day reveals only part of it's mystic
rious and manifold life. We say in
general way that when darkness falls
upon the earth all things sleep and rest
after a fashion. but really the advent
of the night is but the coming of the
morning-the waking up time-for
countless forms Of animal, vegetable
and autumnal months witness most
marvellous migratiOnS Of bird life. 1t
was cold and wintry yesterday, and
you wake in the morning feeling that
the winter is over at last because you
are greeted by the CHEEKY song of a
bluebird or robin which has Travelled
hundreds Of miles since sunset. You
stand out under Starlit sky in No
vember and the trained ear will detect
the whr Of countless wings or the sig
nal call of the leader Of myriad num-
bers of wild fowl, all headed for a SUM-
nier and warmer cline. Like an evil
spirit the owl in the dense, dark night
reads his owl world like an open book
and startles the belated traveller with
his uncanny call from some tree top
or silently fans himself through the in
visible air, pirate of the night. An
army of bats the whole night long
chase down another army Of night fly
ing bugs and beetles. while the whole
family of carnivora are night providers
and feeders. The life of the night Is
full of mystery and tragedy, the wild
beast seeking its prey, while only then
will cereus unfold it's exquisite bloom.
Longfellow evidently never compre-
hended the virility and activity Of night
life when he wrote:
Darker and darker the black shadows
fall:
Sleep and oblivion reign over all.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

We find that mourning doves bring
off three or four broods in season. So
late in the season as Sept. Is this year
we found a nest Of these birds contain
ing two callow young.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

1t has been harvest time in the Or
chard of late, the gathering Of the big
apples, about the pleasantest work
which we find to do on the farm. We
had much rather do it than work at the
tail end of a straw carrier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
Dizzy?

Then your liver isn't acting
we'll. You suffer from bilious
ness, constipation. Ayers
Pills act directly on the liver.
For 60 years they have been
the Standard Family Pill.
Small doses cure. Al a, ass:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

The ability to make q good loaf of
bread is an accomplishment which ev-
cry woman should possess before she
gets married. A woman cannot expect
If she feeds him on death slug biscuits,
soggy pie crust and burned or half
cooked meats. Men do not live to eat,
but they have to eat in order to live,
and what they have to eat has very
much to do with their temper, their pi-
ETY. and their health. Every woman
should take just pride in being ex-
pert and accomplished In her cooking
just as the man should In being expert
In his business or profession.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

He would not put the shingles on his
barn because 1.-The moon was not right"
as he expressed 1t; he would not plant
his potatoes either until 1.-The moon was
right" and he would starve before he
would sit down with twelve other per-
sons to meal and would forego the
benefit of a low excursion rate on a
railroad before he would start on a
Journey on Friday, and yet he knew
or claimed to know, just how the coun,
fy, state and nation should be run, be.
lieved In an overriding Providence
read the daily papers and had a good
deal to say about the enlightened age
In which he lived, when foolish SUI
perstition dominated all his actions as
much as though he were a Zulu OF
South Africa or Tagal in the Philip
pines. Queer combination.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07

CHECKING OFF QUANTITY
is easy enough, but checking off
quality is not such an easy matter
with some goods. But there is no
need of trying it with our
GROCERIES.
Purchasers do not even Rave to rely
upon our statement that these things
are excellent. Put anything to the
test of use and it's high quality will
be proved instantly.
And being of highest quality, they
are highest value.
Open from q. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Saturdays at 8 o'clock.
Telephone No. SO.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
FOR SAIE-I

FOR SALE-I will sell one or both
of my dwelling houses situated on
East Broadway and River street.
Pleasantly located; nine rooms in
each. Call on me for price. E. j.
RILEY. 37tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-10-07
f ARM FO

FARM FOR SALE-McIntosh farm
FIVE miles southwest of DEBORAH.
164 acres. good buildings, running
water. fine farm. Must be sole
soon. W. o. Nordheim. DEBORAH.
31tf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-29
neolal 10 Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader,
Shawnee, Okla, Dec 29.-The B.
weeks-oli child of Levi Bullfrog was
choked and had its head mashed Fri
day night at his home, Eve miles
west of here. Two Kickapoo Indians,
Tom Mahardy and Dick Harrison,
both drunk. went to Bultrog's hut
Friday night and demanded >sodgings.
On being refused, they killed the
child. The mother. grandmother and
grandchild were alone at the time.
Both are under arrest here and the
Indians are excited over the affair,
but not disposed TO make trouble.
Mahardy Is a tough Indian. having a
criminal record. Four Of his brothers
are now In the peaaentiary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-29
CRESCENT.
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Special to Daily Leader.
Crescent, Okla. Dec. g9.-Dr. Camp
bell and family spent Christmas at
the home Of his wife's parents near
Guthrie.
Mrs. N b. Lipperd is stlll in a pre-
carious condition, suffering from a
very bad attack Of dropsy
Or. G. A. Furrow. dentist was out
from Guthrie Tuesday making prepa-
ration to make regular visits here.
w r. HUFF has returned and viii
put in barber shop
Miss Neitie Morgan and Jay
Reeves we're united in the holy bonds
of matrimony. at the home of the
bride December 10th, the ceremony
being pronounced by Rev henry.
Mrs Dr. Ken-all is enjoying a visit
from a son, who resides at South Ha-
ven Kas.
A rather sad affair happened last
Saturday night in which two of our
residents we're implicated, and as a
result Ben Holiday is at home nurs-
ing several cuts about the body from
Ia knife in lhe hands Of J. w Hat
field.
Mrs F. l. Cress is entertaining
Mesdames TGte, Patterson and Camp
BEN, three sisters, all OF whom were
former residents Of this place
r. A. Griffen and wife have depart.
ed for an extenaei visit near Gar
nett Kas They win be absent about
four weeks.
Mrs Ester DonneI OF Pittsburg,
Pa. has arrived for an extended visit
to her sister Mrs Jas. Ralston, whoa.
she has not seen for many years.
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AN IMPORTANT LITIGATION
To ee Taken Before The United
States Supreme Court.
AN lMpoRTANr LITlaArIoN.
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Mangum, Okla, Dec 29.--In the
case of the state Of Texas against
Greer county for the recovery Of T..
2s6 acres Of land located in Hockey
and Cochran counties, Texas, Greer
county was recently gran ed a writ Of
error to the supreme court of the
United States by the chief Justice Of
the court of civil appeals Of the third
dis riot Of Texas. These are the lands
granted to Greer county by the state
of Texas, while it was organized as
county Of Texas, under the provi-
sious Of the general laws of that
ate for setting apart and issuing
state patents for certain amounts of
land for school purposes to each of
its several counties In 1888 patent
was issued by Texas ceding to Greer
county four leagues Of land in Hook
ley and Colaran counties. On Janu.
airy i2 1858, the coun judge convey
edtoStrain & swinbure 10,476 acres
Of this land, and five days later they
sold and conveyed the same to VIM
Cameron The lanl was patented to
Strain & swinburn IN consideration
of them building court house and
jail in Mangum bu sooa after the
completion Of the structure o strong
wind completely wrecked the build
ing Suit was instituted against the
contractors and heir bondsmen.
Judge Powers, Of this city. was EN-,
ployed to represent the county, and
he secured a judgment in favor Of
the county which, together with prin-
cipal and interest, amounts at this
time to about $4,000.
When Greer county became a part
of Oklahoma, Texas brought suit
against the heirs and assigns of VIM.
Cameron for the recovery Of this TO-
476 acres of land, but a judgment was
rendered in favor Of the Cameron
heirs, the court holding that they
were innocent purchasers The T.
2se acres that remained unsold are
still in litigation between Greer
county and Texas. but 1t is now be-
fore the highest tribunal. The case
has been tried in the dis rict court
of Travis county Texas, the court of
civil appeals AMI the supreme court
of the state. and in each trial Texas
has been unsuccessful If Greer
county should win the case it would
swell the school fund considerably