Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Northern Iowa hardware dealers
will hold their annual picnic at Clear
Lake July 14.l5.
A large marshy pond in Hardin
county is being ditched by machine
hauled by 4S bulls.
1t is rumored that new ten thous-
and dollar hotel will be erected in st.
Ansgar this summer.
The annual session of the Upper
Iowa Conference, M. E. church, will
convene at Davenport on October 9Th.
William Buckworth, aged 3S, is in
Jail at Northwood tor assaulting
criminally 15.year-old daughter Of a
Worth county farmer.
Miss Lueretia j. Jennings Of James
willie. Bremen county, has filled a
$4,000 damage suit against S. N.
Byran OF Waverly for breach of promise
The contract for the Waverly Car.
negie library has been let to f. W..
Chapman of Waterloo for s., and
the heating and plumbing to Curtis
& Sons for $77S.75.
Owing to the date set for the nans-
ing Woodmen Picnic conflicting with
the Militia Encampment and Normal
Institute, another postponment has
been made to August gath.
The home Of the Waterloo Elks
lodge was recently destroyed by fire,
and they have decided to erect fine
$50. 900 temple in the middle of the
Cedar river, which divides the city
into two parts.
A. Simmer, the Waverly philan.
thropist, offers to give s., 900 to Mount
Sanai hospital, Milwaukee for the
erection if building of the hospital
will raise like amount. Mr.. Slim
mer is one of Iowa's greatest philan'
thropists.
Butler county is after the peddlers,
the Board of Supervisors having de-
cided to tax them 800 a year.
Whether they canvass year or day
they must pay the one hundred The
action was caused by the complaint Of
retail merchants.
The Waterloo, Cedar Rapids
& Northern raiiway-a short line roat
lis trying gasoline engine similar
mr.
guaranteed to haul two passenger
coaches at speed of forty miles an
hour, and is taken on six months trial.
A Marshalltown girl VINO was visit
ing friend and stopping on farm fol
the first time in her life, startled the
good old farmer one morning by rush
ing into the house. screaming at the
top of her voice: "Come quick, the
little pigs have got the big pig down
and are eating her up"
A Moberly, Mo-. minister applied
for an increase in salary. Salary"
cried one of the pillars Of the church
"why thought you worked for souls. ;
"And so do" replied the minister
"but I cannot eat souls, and if
could, it would take good many
souls the size of yours to make ,
square meal. F"
A little girl once asked her father
PA, where were you born?"
I'm Boston, my dear.
"And where was mamma born?"
"In San Francisco, my dear"
land where was born?"
I'm Philadelphia. my dear.
WELL" exclaimed the little dear
isn't it funny how we three peopl
got together.
The stage of water in Clear Lake i
getting SO high that there is fear o
its overlooking and ruining valuabl,
farm lands. The Board of Supervisor
went to Des Moines week ago ant
placed the matter before the state Exc
cutive Council, with a view of draw
ing off portion of the water, but 81
much opposition developed tnat moth
ing has been done as yet.
An exchange thus fifty describes tn
meaning of the term local enter
prise If you can think Of anything
that can be done to beautify or buil'
up your town, 60 and do it. Keep you
capital at home; patronize home in
dustries help your merchants to sci
more so they can sell cheaper; Away
get your work done in your own tow
if possible; subscribe and pay for tn
home paper. don't steal or borrow tn
reading of it. If you follow thes
suggestions and your town does no
improve and build up 1t will not b
your fault. Try it.
Two Killed by Trains.