Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-04-29

We have yet ~ y the first objec.
tion to Senator Allison writing the
state republican platform.
1t is estimated that the number ol
bibles issued last wear from all the
printing presses was over 1900, 00(
copies. Bible study is evidently in.
creasing.
The only way to get rid of evils
within and without ourselves is slow.
ly and patiently to admit that they
exis. and then tackle them one by one
until they die.
If you have the lawn mower over
hauled and sharpened now you will
probably avoid saying good many
things that it isn't we'll for you to
say later on.
Tomorrow is the Tooth anniversary
of the signing of the Louisiana pur-
chase treaty, and on that date will
occur the formal dedication of the
great st. Louis exposition.
| Professor Charles R. Van Hise, the
noted geologist, has been elected
president of the University of Wis
consin at salary Of $500 and resi-
dence, to succeed the late DR.. Adams
/ ~
1t is said that our soldiers in the
Philippines are very nearly all bald
headed. It is said that the warm
weather causes the hair to be almost
continually wet, thus causing bald
ness.
If Carnegie will only donate to
Winnesheik county the structural iron
and steel that is coming from his
foundries for our bridges and court
house, he may do as he pleases with
his public libraries.
Major D. @. Cram. of Dubuque,
deputy district attorney of the northern
district of Iowa, died last week. Hon.
Geo. W. Swords, a prominent lawyer
and politician of Iowa City. has been
appointed to succeed him.
| We have been unable to find single
instance where, after trying both sys-
TENS fairly, the farmers preferred the
inferior district school to the superior
central school, providing the condi-
tions of transportation and the details
had been properly attended to-
| The value of good roads is tersely
stated when it is said that good
highway will increase the value of a
country place from 10 to 20 per cent
or more. This rise becomes a perman-
ent asset to be relied upon. Houses
located ON good roads are in constant
demand.
If the reader really wants an entire
ly new plot we commend him to the
diverting one in 1.-THE Winning of
Margaret Mervin," by Clifford
Howard, in the May Lippincott. The
way two young lawyers did not win
the girl of their choice is decidedly
clever, and laughable in the telling.
The steamer Minnesota" recently
launched in the east for j. j. Hill
and which will be used in Pacific
ocean traffic, is the largest freight and
passenger vessel ever built. 1t has a
capacity of $50, 600 barrels of -four and
2,774 passengers On land this cargo
would require a railroad train seven
miles long to haul it.
The u. s. fish commission is send
ing out millions of future game fish
for stocking the rivers and small
streams of the country-shad, pike,
perch, salmon, trout and black bass
Particular attention is being paid to
the stocking of virgin streams with
black bass for which many hundreds
of requests have been received.
When one stops to consider that
Andrew Carnegie has given over
$7s, 100000 for the founding of public
Libraries and educational purposes,
$52, 900, 900 of this being in America,
and that he has not taken dollar of
the principal of his fortune for this
purpose, the great good that might be
accomplished by the wealthy men of
the world can in measure at least
be realized.
Under the new liquor law in New
York saloon licenses range as follows
In cities of more than 100000
population. 81. 200 above 800. 900, 1915
above $4,000, $3.50; in cities or vii.
lagos above 10000, 1895 above 5000
$3.50; above 1900, $500; in any other
place. $780, The liuuor dealers are sc