Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-07

"No Cigarette Smoking" "No Pro
family" signs hung on it's walls.
There are 124 men employed at Pr
du Chen cutting pearl blanks, anC
that city ranks sixth in blank produc
ton.
A man from near Elgin brought 8
load of dressed turkeys to Postville
recently which brought him close to
$3.50.
West Union now has fine re-
modelled and enlarged school build
ing, the complete cost of which has
been $4,000.
There are 1904 children of school
age in Clayton county according to a
census just finished. 1851 are males
and 445l females.
Tom Duffy, the agent at Portland
for the Milwaukee road, was held up
Thursday night by two masked rob-
bers and robbed of $l65 and his watch.
Arne Arneson. prominent citizen
of Spring Valley, Mimi, was instant
ly killed by the falling limb of tree
last Friday. He was a merchant,
village assessor and school clerk
A car of hogs shipped from Waverly
last week topped the Chicago market
Monday at So 70 per hundred. That
was the second time in ten days that
Bruner county hogs topped the Chica-
go market
E. F. Antoine, of Nora Springs,
Iowa, was the winner of the second
prize, $500, in the recent Minneapolis
Tribune election contest, while
several 81 prizes were won by people
of northeastern Iowa.
A man in Marshalltown dropped
deau the other day while shoveling
snow off his sidewalk. This should
prove warning to one or two people
in this town who persist in keeping
their walks free from snow and ice.
The Waukon Democrat thinks ALA
makee county would make a cracking
rood hunting course just now, accord
,ng to the returns at the county audit
RS Office. In ten days seventeen fox
calps were brought in for redemp-
tion. as we'll as three wolves and
three wildcat.
Blacksmiths and helpers in the
Great Western shops at Oelwein are
on strike. One of their number
violated the union obligation by work
ing on piece work and the union re-
quested his discharge from the shops.
The foreman refusing to discharge the
man the strike was ordered.
just now the top prices for land in
this corner of Iowa are prevailing
around Postville. Week before last
farmer who had paiu 1925 per acre for
his farm last year, bought "a acres
adjoining at $l9l per acre, and one of
his neighbors advertises his farm for
sale In the Review, los acres at 1925.
Mayor p j. Martin of Waterloo is
planning novel feature for the MEM
bers Of the Iowa League of Munich
palities. 1t is no less than recep-
tion in the massive Dry Run sewer.
The sewes is said to be the greatest
feat of drlinage engineering ever at
tempted Iowa. When completed it
willebe oker one-half mile long and
twelve f@et in diameter, built of
concrete.
Last wetk Mrs. John Kreycha, of
Charles City had somewhat narrow
escape from death by poison. For
some time lshe has been taking medi.
cine and " mistake got hold of the
wrong BOTH and took dose of some
kind of z1,c compound that was be-
ing used bl her son. The mistake
was discoveed at once and physician
was summonkd, who administered an
effective atidote and she was re-
Heved. While the effects of the poison
were quite Revere she is now all
right sE
The stockholders of the West Union
Driving Park Association held a
meeting ana elected the following
officers President, j. M. Usher
president Hunting Barnes
secretary, II. 2. Musser; treasurer,
G. K Owens directors, j. W. Dwyer,
+. 4. Hoyt and B. ID. Chandler. II
was decided. b, the stockholders to
make the coming races a big success
and to join tho cedar Valley Circuit,
providing Wesf Union can have the
first meeting, Otherwise to 60 it alone
as last year.
The followiibl agreement is being
very generally 5yimed by Webster City
merchants: ''tM, the undersigned
business firms c Webster City, de-
hereby pledge oIn{ another to discoun
tenance hereafter being solicited by
anyone at our plale of business dur
ing business hdus, to purchase tick
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