Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-28

nominate their county Omcers tLis
week Friday.
The cooks and walters of Oelwein
have organized a union, making the
18th trades union for that city.
State Fish Commissioner George
Lincoln deposited car load of game
fish of various sizes near Cresco last
week.
The main building of the University
of Minnesota was totally destroyed by
fire Saturday. Loss 1925. 1000; partly
insured.
Squire Payne of Fayette was struck
by train in Chicago while working
on bridge with painting gang, and
instantly KILLED.
The city council of Hawkeye has let
the contract for the installing of a
water works system for that town to
the Des Moines bridge & Co. for
So, 4S9.76.
Mrs. Will Norman of Charles City
attempted suicide by taking an over
dose of poisonous drug but was in
tercepted and antidotes administered
and she recovered.
The Kelly Canning company, of
Wayerly, have since Aug. 15, filled
400,000 cans of corn and paid out
So, 900 to the farmers. They can about
fifty thousand per day.
Judge Hobson of West Union has
granted the petition separating the
towns of Export and East Export
The trouble between the two places
occurred as a result of some of the
acts between the town officers.
Jos. Walleser, the Nashua boy who
won one of the Rhodes three-year
scholarships at Oxford. departed last
week to enter upon his studies. He
was given an enthusiastic farewell by
the school children and people of
Nashua.
Deputy Warden Waterbury, of Nora
Springs has notified the owners of
dams in his territory that the regula-
tion fish ways must be constructed at
once or the state authorities will put
them in and charge the expense to the
property.
A man named Henry Kamaka, sup
posed to have lived in South Omaha
was found dead beside the Great Wes-
tern tracks near Oelwein last week by
an incoming freight train. IL is
thought he had been stealing ride
when he was killed.
The Northeastern Iowa Teachers
association holds it's eleventh annual
meeting at Dubuque, Oct. 2O-2l-22.
Some of the greatest educators OF the
country have been secured for address
es and the gathering will doubtless. be
one of the most interesting yet held
by the association.
VIM. Petit and Edison Breemsr have
rather broken the ginseng record. In
a trip of five days. three of which
were spent in work. in Clayton coun-
ty, they took 1000 exceptionally fine
roots and lilo berries. The former
were sold to Mrs. Sarah Johnson and
the latter to O. II. Hoyt. -Fayette
Reporter
Manchester thinks she is becoming
quite metropolitan. They have two
bridges spanning the MaQuoketa, paved
streets and other Gifted features, the
latest of which is they have seven
resident boot -blacks. Now, if they
only had street cars and newsboys
they would be strictly in its. p.
Mail Press.
The service of conservation OF
Bishop-elect Linehan to the bishopric
of Great Falls. Montana, took place
at Dubuque Wednesday. Archbishop
Keane performed the ceremony, at
tended by Archbishop Ireland of ST.
Paul. The ceremony was of an un.
and priests from all over the country
were in attendance.
The Waukon Democrat gives plair
statement of facts concerning theil
fair. With an indebtedness of S4.00t
at the opening this year and poo
fair this fall both in attendance ant
attractions. the society is in very bat
shape. The Democrat advises the re
quirement of complete detailed reports
from officers and some level headed
common sense business management
backed up by the assistance of tn,
business men.
One OF the largest potato growers O
Michigan advocates washing potatoes
for long keeping He says he washe
his potatoes and has never lost on,
by rot after being put away in cellars
AS soon as they are dug they are haule,
to suitable rack where the hose /