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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
Annual Convention Commercial Law League
of West Baden and French Lick Springs.

West Baden and French Lick Springs,
Ind. July 25-29. The Chicago Great
Western Railway will on July % to
% inclusive sell round trip tickets at
one fare plus 50 to West Baden and
French Lick Springs, Ind. Tickets
good until August II for return. For
further information apply to any
Great Western agent or j. p Elmer.
G. P. A, Chicago, Ill. 26.5
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
First and Third Tuesday of Each Month.

The Chicago Great Western Rail
way will sell Homeseekers Tickets at
one fare plus 81 to points in Alabama.
Arkansas. Colorado. Florida, Georgia,
Kansas. Kentucky, Louisiana. Mexico.
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska. New
Mexico. North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Tennessee. Texas. Utah. Virginia.
and Wyoming. For further informa-
ton apply to any Great Western
agent, or J. p Elmer. G. P. A. #.
Chicago, Ill. t-12-15
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

-Colfax water, both carbonated and
still process Delivered in jugs to
any part of the city. The best miner
al water known. j. 7. Tucker. 25.3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
NOTICE IN PROBATE.

To Whom ii May Concern:
You and each of you hereby notified to APP
pear at the Court House in Winneshiek Coun-
ty, Iowa, on the 10Th day of Sept, 1904, at 1870
O'Clock p m, to attend the probate of an in
strument purporting to be the last will and
testament Of Thomas Morrison, late of Burr
Oak twp, Winneshiek County, iowa deceas.
ed, at which time and place you will appear
and show cause, if any, why said will should
not be admitted to probae.
In testimony whereof have hereunto SUBJ
scribed my name and affi xed the seal of said
office, this 2lst day of June. 1904.
A. l.. HAAKENSON,
26-4 Clerk District Court.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A friend has a dozen thrifty hard
maple shade trees with trunks six
inches In diameter growing where he
does not want them and wants to know
If he can successfully remove them to
another location. A tree as large as
these and presumably with a heavy
and wide spreading top, as such trees
would usually have grown where they
had plenty Of room, could not well be
moved and have it live unless the top
was also mostly removed. AS most Of
the feeding roots of such tree would
be cut off In the process of removal,
it would be necessary to cut back the
top to correspond, and in the case Of 80
large q tree the mutilation would be
a severe shock. We have set many
shade trees out-maples and elms-and
have always had the best success by
trimming the top down to bare pole.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The Jersey two-year-old cow Tonona
TX. ate during the year 1903 $623S
worth of high priced feed, but her milk
product sold for $3.50. She gave an av-
erage of twenty-five pounds Of milk
per day, but it was nearly all cream.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
NOTICE.

or Amendment of the Articles of Incorpora-
ton OF the Nordness Creamery Company.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice Is hereby given that ON the Sth day
March. 1904, at the Annual Meeting of the
Nordness Creamery Company, the following
amendment to the Articles Of Incorporation
OF said company was duly adopted, namely;
Changing the time OF the Annual Meeting Of
tie stockholders of said Incorporation from
the second Tuesday in March to the third
Monday in Januaryievery year.
Witness the President and Secretary of
said company. this Bird day of May. 1904.
E. +. Soland President.
j. A. Bragestad.
Secretary and Geneaal Manager
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
SHOULD PAY THEIR WAY.

You see. Providence or bad luck or
the irresistible logic of events has
made the republic of the United States
In a moral and legal way responsible
for the intellectual, spiritual and phys
zeal wants Of a matter of 100000
aborigines, half breeds, scrubs and
mongrels Of the humans Of the tropics.
1t is responsibility which cannot be
evaded, and we shall have them on our
hands as long as the republic lasts, to
feed when hungry. to settle their in
ternal disputes. to educate and police
them and to fight for them when they
get into some ruction. 1t Is a great and
very costly contract In humanitarian
ism - biggest any nation ever under
took. These crude barbarians can pro-
duce in their tropical countries certain
commodities which are needed In this
hemp, tobacco, sugar. bananas and the
like. We favor most unqualifiedly
such revision of our tariff laws as will
permit the American people to have
the benefit of these products at the low
est cost to ourselves and so In some
measure make these heather pay their
way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

We saw ten acre field Of red clover
the other day In which there must have
been at work last season a thousand
pocket gophers, for they had literally
honeycombed the field from end to end.
This fellow is great pest in the clover
fields.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Florida produced 100000 boxes of
oranges the past season. The planta-
tions have largely recovered from the
disastrous freeze of a few years ago,
and the crop will increase yearly from
now on.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The Frenchman has learned how to
use the culls of American apple or
chards in the shape Of dried apples
and manufacture dry champagne
which when sent over here graces the
boards Of our nabobs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
THE VALUE OF THE TOAD.

An ingenious writer has figured out
that each toad kept in the garden is
worth the sum Of S19.44 on the basis Of
cutworms being worth 1 cent apiece,
the price paid by some market garden
ers to have them destroyed In any
event the toad is most valuable
friend of the gardener, as it is proved
that one will In ninety days eat 2,160
cutworms, 1900 myriapods, 2,160 sow
bugs, 8,240 ants, $50 weevils and $50
ground beetles. The toad is a logy,
hideous and incessant night worker,
the devil on four legs for all ground
Insect night life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

No matter II seeds do retain their
vitality more than one year, we would
always use seed of the previous years
growth if we could. Age with seeds
usually means impairment
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Sometimes the hired man needs q
starter just as much as the cream does
to fit 1t for churning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A very attractive bit Of lawn decora-
don can be made with dozen cannas,
using for the center of the bed plant
Of the dark foliaged type and surround
ing this with others of medium height,
with the outside row made up of the
dwarf kinds. This arrangement Is for a
circular bed. A dozen plants are enough
for six foot bed, and they want a
very rich sandy soil and during the
hot weather all the water they can get
They should not be set out until the
last Of May, and will cost about dol
for plants at your greenhouse.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A graceful trailing vine Of some sort
always adds beauty to porch or a re-
cessed corner of the house The Vir-
ginia creeper, the rambler roses, the
moon flower, the passion flower and
clematis can each be used with much
satisfaction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
Notice of Appointment.

Notice OF the appointment OF an Admins
traitor OF the Estate or Hans o. Baartvedt
Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed admi nistrator of the
estate of
HANS o. BAARTVEDT
late of the County OF Winnesheik, State of
Iowa, deceased, intestate, and has taken upon
himself that trust by giving bonds as the law
directs. All persons wing demands upon the
estate of the said deceased are required to ex-
hibit the same; and persons indebted to the
said estate are called upon to make payment
to 254
g. Grundeson, Administrator.
Eugene G. Johnson, Attorney.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa June 10th 1904
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Hen manure may be used for a lawn
dressing to advantage If mixed with
three times its bulk of earth. 1t should
be used very sparingly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The value Of succulent ration for
stock in winter, especially the dairy
COW, the brood SOW, the ewes and the
poultry, is conceded by all, and while
various root crops will furnish such a
ration it still can be more easily and
cheaply secured through the silo than
in any other way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

All patent medicines advertised
are sold byBrunt q Parman. 2ltf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
THE VALUE OF WEAK THINGS.

THE VALUE OF WEAK THINGS
The weak things In the world per-
form an important mission. much as
we are inclined to despise them. The
tiny insect fertilizes flower. plant and
tree. The weak fuse alone makes pos
sible the general use of electricity In
both lighting and as power The weak
wooden peg in the corn pillow saves the
machine from being wrecked when a
stone or grub Is struck. Many a weak
woman stands as guardian angel be-
tween her strong husband and hard
old world. A little worm clothes the
world In silks and satins, microbe
makes possible the delicate flavor Of
much Of our food. tiny specimen of
marine life has built some of the finest
harbors In the world, and the penny
forms the basis of our missionary con-
tributions. Despise not the small
things.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The very finest quality Of wheat.
oats, barley and fax that we have ever
seen produced in this country came
from the far north. where 1t is nip and
tuck for these cereals to mature be-
tween spring and fall frosts The quail
ty of these cereals Is not only high, but
the yield is immense in the good crop
years. but 1t looks like taking quite a
risk to run the chance Of frost when
the wheat is in the milk or a six inch
fail of snow when the oats are well In
bloom
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The Italian Is the worker in the
wheatfields of the Argentine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

An agricultural journal formulating
a dairy ration for one Of its readers
advises giving the cow all the wheat
straw she will eat in connection with
other foods. We do not believe that
wheat straw or sawdust has any place
on the bill of fare for the dairy cow.
There is about as much milk in wheat
straw as there Is in fence post.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Adulteration Of food products has
gone further in the line of sweets from
the maple tree and buckwheat -four
than in almost any other thing. No
man who handles these products Is ex-
pected to guarantee their genuineness,
and If he does he is not believed.
Every state should have pure food
law not to prevent adulteration, but to
compel the selling Of such adulterated
food products for just what they are.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
MlLDER RULE IN RUSSIA
The Gar Now Upholds Prince Mir
sky Minister of Interior:
Reforms Are to Go Into Effect rs Soon rs
the Zemstvos Have Met-Represen-
tatives 10 BE Chosen by Zemstrn-.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Princc Svia-
.topolk-Alirsky, tie Minister Of the In
terror. has been victorious. The at
,,tempts to force a postponement Of the
zemstvc conference have failed Em-
peror Nicholas was not frightened at
the spectre of a constitution held up to
him by the opponents Of the zemstvos.
and at an audience which he granted
to the Minister of the interior he gave
sanction to the conference.
All true friends of the zemstvos' pres
idents, who are assembling here, are
counselinS moderation. The principal
thing which is expected to be accom-
plished by the conference is a proYi-
sion for the continuance Of similar
meetings in the future and q change in
the method of selecting representa-
tives of the zemstvos in the Bureau Of
the Department of the Interior.
Heretofore representatives to. the
number of fifteen have been appointed
from the zemstvos by the Minister Of
the Interior. The zemstvos' presidents
probably will propose that these rep
resentatives shall be selected by the
zemstvos themselves, and it is under
stood that this change meets the ap-
prevail of Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON.

AS the result OF an early morning
fire In a row of two-story houses op-
posite the west side of the Postofice
Department Building, two men were
burned to death, n MAI a both
legs broken and two women inmates
were severely injured by iumping out
of a second-story window. The two
men were burned beyond recognition.
The fire started a little before :
o'clock and quickly spread through
several houses. The occupants were
all asleep, and those who were saved
made their escape by jumping. The
property loss was small.
Postmaster General Wynne appoint
ed Frank H. Galbraith Superintend-
cnt of Mails at Chicago. ILL.,. at 5000
Il year..
Prince Fushimi. the adopted brother
of the Mikado. arrived in Washington.
The State Department received adj
vices that Great Britain and Mexico
would favor arbitration treaties with
the United States.
President Roosevelt announced that
John Hay will remain Secretary" or
State throughout the next Admins
tration.
John Morley. the English author and
statesman. arrived at the White House
and was the Presidents guest for two
days. A dinner was given in his honor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
Popularity of National Aid.

No internal Improvements would
more materially benefit the country at
large than good roads. No section OF
the country is more enthusiastic for
good roads than the South, and as her
people seldom receive assistance in any
way from the National Treasury that
method that might be adopted for gen.
eral internal improvements. 1t is graft
flying to know that this cause meets
the approval of the Southern delesa-
lions in Congress, particularly the en-
tire delegation from North Carolina.
One of the best speeches made on the.
good roads question during the last
session of Congress was by Represen-
tative Gudger, of the Tenth Tor noun
tain) District of the Old North State.
It is becoming quite evident to the
minds of our solons that in order to
Secure reelection it behooves them to
cet in line for better roads. This gil
cantic movement for better roads is
by the people, and the wishes of the
people should, and must. be granted
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Revised election returns in Porto
Rico show that the Unionists carried
five districts and the Republicans two.
The Unionists Won in the principal
towns. Tulio Larrinaga was elected
Commissioner to the United States.
The House of Delegates stands twen-
ty-ive Unionists to ten Republicans.
The steamship Mongolia arrived in
Manila, from San Francisco. Cal, hav-
ing on board Ma.ior-G General Henry c..
Corbin, the newly appointed comman-
der of the Division Of the Philippines.
General Leonard Wood. the comman-
der ad interim. with his staff. met Cen
aral Corbin and escorted him to Fort
Santiago. Salutes were fired and the
troops were paraded.
Private Sibley. who deserted from
the Sixteenth United States Infantry
early in the Philippines i"nsurrection
and joined the insurgents, but who sur
rendered to the authorities on October
10, was convicted and sentenced Ii
other day to ten years imprisonment
and q fine Of $4,000.
Nine scouts of the Thirty-eighth
Company and an American attached
TO the Hospital Corps were killed in
an ambush in Samar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
DIVISION CHIEF KILLS HIMSELF.
Albert Relyea Sends Bullet Into Head
Sitting at His Desk.

Washington, p. Correspondent. it is
believed. on account of ill health, AL
bert Relyea, a division chief in the
office Of the United States Treasurer,
killed himself by sending q pistol bull
let into his head when sitting at his
desk. He fell forward with arms ex-
tended and was found in an uncon-
scious position by fellow employees who
rushed in on hearing the shot. Blood
from q big wound in the head streamed
over the documents OH which he had
been working q few seconds before.
The revolver with which the man blew
out his brains still lay in his relaxed
grasp.
An ambulance was called and in it
the insensible chief was hurried to the
Emergency Hospital. There four sur
geons worked over him for more than
an hour, but they could not recall him
to consciousness and he died in less
than two hours after being taken into
the institution. It vas found the ball
had traversed the brain and torn two
holes in the skull.
Mr.. Relyea was Chief Of the Re-
demption Division. He anne hither
from Connecticut. In consequence Of
an attack of illness his health had
failed steadily of late. He was fifty
years old.
Information Of his suicide was wired
to his friends in New England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
BIG ABATTO|R FIRE SWEPT
Jersey Civ Stock Yards DESTROYED
BY ConAagration.
HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS ROASTED

.Squeals of Hogs. the Bleating OF Sheep
and the Lowing of Cattle Heard For
Blocks as the Flames Ate Their Way
Into the P%ens-Thrce Fire Alarms Were
Necessary-P. Il. X. Tugs Aid Fironien
Jersey City, \. J.-Destroying four
large wooden buildings in which We're
penned live hogs and sheep, a fire in
the Jersey City stock yards early in
the morning caused a loss of $4,000
AS the fire lighted up the sky, the
grunts and squeals of 500 hogs, 300
sheep and fifty calves, which were
roasted alive, penetrated the air. At
the height Of the fire 4 spectacular in
cident occurred when two huge smoke
stacks toppled over.
The fire ragged from 8 until Q o'clock,
and ate its way over a space 800 by
when they reached the large pens,
where most of the cattle were kept.
The stock yards. which are situated
at the foot of Sixth street, below Hen
derson street, extend along the Hud-
son River for half a mile. All the
buildings were of wood, and not more
than two stories in height.
Shortly after 8 o'clock Il Waterman
shifted burning straw, and soon dis
covered a blaze in the fat rendering
establishment. This grew in fierce
ness so quickly that a third alarm was
necessary. When the firemen arrived
they found difficulty in gaining access
to the yards, and six tugs from the va
riouS railroads beat them in getting
streams to play on the blaze. Soon the
fire, famed by a north wind, spread
to the hog abattoir, then to the sheep
abattoir. and next to the engine and
boiler rooms.
It ragged so fercely that the Fire De-
partment of the Pennsylvania Railroad
was called.
The Roadway which the fire gained,
the iremen say, was u to low tide.
Mud clogged the fire plugs and reduced
the water pressure.
In addition to the live stock burned,
there were in the various abattoirs
more than 5000 dressed carcasseS
which the flames consumed.
BY the destruction Of the engine
building the power for the refrigerat-
ing plant, the electric dynamos, and
for heating the various buildings was
cut off. Consequently the 1000 head
of dressed beef in the abattoir near the
river must be disposed of at once. The
entire work Of the yards will be
stopped for a number Of months.
The fremen did not gain control Of
the fire until near 9 o'clock. By that
hour the damage done amounted to at
least $2O0,0O0, part Of which is cov-
cred by insurance.
This fire is the first since the entire
yards were swept away in 1891.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
Macidaln Ronds.

In the construction of a road in any
kind of soil it is essential to properly
locate, grade and drain before surfac
ing and rolling, if the best results are
to be obtained. Good materials are
equally essential, but often, however,
it pays better to use an inferior mate
rial found in the locality, if a more
desirable quality cannot be secured
from a distance. The system Of con.
structing macadam roads upon mod.
ern and scientific principles Is consid'
cred superior to others, although more
expensive. The macadam road built
of crushed ebert, trap rock or good
limestone, will endure the ordinary
volume of traffic almost an indefinite
period of time with but little additional
cost of repairs, especially if only wide
tires are used, as wide tires are road
makers and narrow tires are road
breakers. Any material that will re-
sist wear, and has sufficient cement
ing qualities to render the roadbed
imperyious to water, is desirable.
Either gravel, mixture Of clay and
sand, or mineral oil, when properly ar.
piled, make a less expensive and at
the same time a most excellent road,
when local conditions are favorable.
The use of irst-class machinery is also
Indispensable to successful road build.
ing. The county authorities could
make no better investment than to pur-
chase a complete plant of the very best
road building machinery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-12-07
FOREIGN.

A cablegram received in New York
City said that Colombia had named
Enriques Cortes Minister to the United
States.
Baron d'Estournelles dc Constant, the
we'll known italian advocate of arbi-
t~ration, was elected q Senator for the
Sarthe.
l. vas announced at the British For.
eign Office, after q Cabinet meeting,
that the details of the Anglo-Russian
convention for the North Sea Inquiry
were practically complete.
Henri WALTON, Father of the French
Constitution Il special cable dispatch
states, died at the Institute, aged nine.
ty-two.
Cardinal Mocenni died from heart
disease at the Vatican, in Rome, Italy.
The Italian Extreme Left party lost
about twenty seats in the recent cleo
lion; troops suppressed disorders at
Milan, Florence and Genoa.
A tentative proposal for an Ameri-
can-Austrian treaty Of arbitration was
we'll received by Count GCluchowski,
the Foreign Minister; Austria will be
represented at The Hague Peace Con-
ference. ~
President Diaz announced that Mex
leo was preparing to issue bonds for
S10,000,000 to carry out vast irrigation
plans.
The Kings birthday was observed
in Great Britain and her colonies. The
Lord Mayors show at London was
married by bad weather.
Lord Lansdowne, at the Lord May.
or's banquet in London, Eng, made a
bold plea for intervention by means of
arbitration in the Russo-Japanese war.
Russia has abandoned plans for the
mobilization of two classes OF Polish
reserves.
Prince Mirsky, the Russian Minister
Of the Interior, 4 special cable dispatch
states, has pardoned several political
prisoners.
NJ. Delcasse explained French policy
in the Mediterranean in debate OH the
Anglo-French treaty relating 10 New
foundland, Egypt and Morocco.
Brazil's projected loan Of $4,000, 00.G
is believed in Buenos .Ayres 10 be due
to rear of European aggression IN hel
southern colonies.
Queen Alexandra has been in con
slant communication with the Dowa'
ger Empress of Russia i'll the interest
it is believed. Of i truce between Rus
STA and Japan.
The American Legation ut CONSTANT
nople has demanded from the Porte
r%eparation for the attack on q cararal
: belonging to I'm American frm.