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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
Safeguard the Children.

Notwithstanding all that is done by
boards of health and charitably in
clined persons. the death rate among
small children is very high during
the hot weather or the summer months
in the large cities. There is not pro-
badly one case of bowel complaint in
a hundred, however, that could not be
cured by the timely use of Chambe
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. For sale by Engbretson' 4
Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
THE OLD NAN ON THE PORCH


We see him wherever we GO, at farm
home and city residence-the old man
on the porch, sitting reading. some
times smoking, his life work done and
he only waiting. Often a little grand
child will be in his lap, and youth and
old age will be comparing notes, grand
pa telling stories of the long ago and
the little one prattling of her childish
interests-not very far separated from
each other. this old man and the child.
And as they sit there, removed from
the rush and business of the busy
world, the old man recalls the past, the
pioneer days of his early manhood, the
struggle to build home in the new
country, the discouragements and
hardships and the final success, and as
the one prattles and the other dreams
golden hair and gray beard blend and
they sleep, the little child and the old
man on the porch.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
Cost of SEEING the Worlds Fair.

From any point within 800 miles OF
st. Louis person may travel to the
Worlds Fair this year, view the won.
ders Of the Exposition for three days
and expend the same money he would
pay in any other year for train fare
alone. This is an absolute fact.
The Western Passenger Association
has agreed on a ten day excursion rate,
250 miles or more from st. Louis, for
one and one-fifth fare for the round
trip.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
Cheap Round Trip Rates

Via Chicago Great Western Railway
every day to September 30 the
Chicago G-eat.Western Railway will
sell tickets to st. Paul. Minneapolis
Duluth, Superior, Ashland, Bayfield,
Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo
and Salt Lake City at about one hall
the usual rates. Good to return unit
October 3lst. If you are contemp plating
a trip apply to any Great Western
Agent or j. P. Elmer, G. P. A. Chi
cago, Ill. for complete information.
23-l2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
HOmeSeekers Excursions.

THE Chicago Great Western Railway
will on the first and third Tuesday III
to October Is, sell tickets to points il
Alberta, Arizona, Assiniboia, Canad
ian Northwest. Colorado, Indian Ter
ritory. Iowa, Kansas. Minnesota
Missouri, Nebraska. New Mexico
North DaA ota, Ok lanoma, Saskatchewan
Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Fol
further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer
G. P. a.. Chicago. Ill. t-11-1S
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
NOTICE IN PROBATE.
To Whom IL Nay Concern.

You and each of you hereby notified to an
pear at the Court House in Winneshiek Coun-
ty, Iowa, on the 18th day of Sept, 1904. at 1880
O'Clock p. M, 10 atteAd the probate of an i'm
strument purporting TO be the last will and
testament of Thomas Morrison, late of Burr
Oak twp, Winneshiek County, iowa. deceas.
ed, az which time and place you will appear
ana show cause, If any, why said will should
not be admitted to proba e.
Ia testimony whereof have hereunto sub
scrlbed my name and affixed the seal of said
office this lst day of June, 1904.
A. l.. HAAkENSON,
Zo-i Clerk District Court.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
First and Third Tuesday of Each MOntI

First and Third tuesday of Each Month
The Chicago Great Western Rail
way Will sell Homeseekers Tickets al
one fare plus 50 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, 1904-07-20

We notice that In one county in the
cotton belt where public sentiment
forced all the colored people to leave
there was reported in October 81 ,0OO,-
600 worth of cotton spelling In the
fields for want of hands to pick 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20
FARM LIFE AND THE TOWN GIRL.


We are asked whether young farm
er runs much risk when he marries a
town girl. That is not easy to answer.
He certainly runs the risk which every
man does when he takes a wife, wheth-
er she be from town or country, and
in some cases her town education and
social ties may unfit her, for awhile at
least, to properly do the work pertain
ing to the lot of farmers wife; still
we have known 80 many nice town
girls who married farmers and made
such excellent helpmeets that if we
took shine to town girl we'd get her
and take the chances. A bright woman
has always the faculty of adjusting
herself to her environment, and such a
wife will in all probability bring much
of refinement and culture to the coun-
try home over which she is called Oh
to preside.
Through much Of the west farmers
need more to learn how to raise crop
OF potatoes than how to improve their
corn or their diaries. Not one farmer
In twenty where the writer lives raised
last year enough potatoes for his own
use and has to buy what he gets at
over 81 bushel.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

We note with pleasure the numerous
cases where men are buying two or
three heads of thoroughbred cattle.
usually COWS or heifers, for the pur-
pose of starting herd of good stock.
1t is not their intention to enter the
lists of professional breeders, but sim
ply to secure such a grade of stock for
ordinary farm uses as will give the
largest and best returns. 1t is safe to
say that herd of twenty or thirty
such cattle, very soon obtained from
q start made In the manner above re-
ferred 70, viii one year with another
bring a man in twice the profit he
could get from the same number Of
common or scrub stock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

House paint insurance and its OBJ
jects, with a whole lot of other help
full suggestions may be learned from
the Improved Lead Oompany's free
booklet to be had at II. A. Prastmark
q Son. 2S-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

When an uplettered and unskilled
young man of eighteen can earn $3.50
a day picking corn this is not bad
country for that sort.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

The final estimate Of the 1903 crop
of wheat is 26O,OOO,O00 bushels of
spring wheat and 444,000,000 bushels
of winter wheat. Foreign countries
need every bushel we have to spare.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

Irrigation develops alkali In much Of
the arid lands of the west, in some
cases to such an extent that the land
becomes utterly unproductive. Rather
curiously it has been found that a
thorough undertaking Of such land
will remove the difficulty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

In the fall and spring migration of
hawks, eagles and their kind we note
that they never pursue direct line Of
flight, but travel by regular course Of
gyrations, each sweep of the circle of
their fight carrying them in the direc-
ton which they desire to go. The sand
hill crane quite frequently adopts the
same style of migration.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

A neighbor who sowed small field
to alfalfa last spring upon which he
had herd of hogs running in the sum-
mer tells us that even if the alfalfa
should all die out this winter it still
was a very profitable investment for
him. Nothing which was fed the hogs
suited them as well as the alfalfa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

The rice crop of Texas is a fine one
this year. 1t is estimated at 100000
sacks, worth $14,000,000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

1t has been settlement time for the
spectators of late. and they have been
having rocky time of 1t, and not only
the spectators. but the banks and
moneyed institutions which have been
backing them in their wildcat enter
prises. The men who have made haste
to get rich are learning the same old
lesson over again. The man on the
farm looks on serenely at the smashup
of paper fortunes unless he, too, has
been foolish enough to bite at the bait
of the promoter. II he has he is doing
all the moralizing necessary on the
subject
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

The growers Of sweet corn for the
canneries in the west have had very
profitable year. AS much as $50 per
acre has been realized In some cases
for the product of an acre Of sweet
corn, and lot of valuable forage was
left for the dairy cows. Then the crop
so disposed of makes very light draft
on the fertility of the soil and leaves it
in fine condition for succeeding crop.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

"A good thirst is a luxury don't
waste it on poor drink. Treat it at
Brunt q Parman's soda fountain.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

1t is always in order to take clover
for a text, the clover which If grown
will always maintain the farm fertili-
ty. The curse of the one year system
of renting farms is that it always
knocks the clover business out. 1t is a
fact beyond dispute that on any Of the
naturally good soils of the Mississippi
valley the proper rotation of clover
with other crops will forever prevent
the soil from wearing out-in fact,
where it is grown as it should be the
land will become more fertile and pro-
ductive each year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

The government for years has appro-
priated $15,000,OO0 annually and over
for snag pulling and bar dredging Of
the rivers, many of the streams work
ed on being of little or no value for
purposes of transportation. While do
ing this there has never been q dollar
spent for the improvement Of the pub
lie highways. The government can
well afford to sat good example in
highway construction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-20

About the firsr record we have Of
share rents for farm land is that con-
nected with the ogerrunning of Europe
in the middle ages by the Huns, Goths
tribes exacted from the conquered peo-
pie one-third of all their farm produce
as tribute. A later illustration Is that
of the Mormons, who have always ex-
acted one-tenth of the crops of the
saints to maintain the church
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
VIII Relieve More Troops.

Denver. April Cit was announced
yesterday by Governor Peabody that
n large number OF the infantry sta
toned at Trinidad will be relieved
from duty some time this week. This
has been found possible. as reports
from that place Indicate that condi-
,ions there are sufficiently quiet to
Justify reduction OF the guard. Just
how many men will be relieved from
duty is not yet decided upon. The
governor stated yesterday that this
matter would be left to the determine
ton of Major Zeph T. Hill. the com
manding officer. Many Of the men
have been given furloughs during the
past few days, and once home have
been allowed to remain there. The
present force in the Trinidad field is
about $50 men.
Further reduction of forces will also
be made at Telluride. where the cav
airy troop b of Meeker will soon be
relieved from duty. This will leave
only troop A. the local cavalry. in the
field, which was the situation immedi-
ately before the abrogation OF martial
law in the district before.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Water Company Wins

Denver. April 6.-ht Golden yestor.
day argument was completed in the
case in which tho Denver Union Wa
ter Company asked for temporary
injunction restraining the division en-.
gincer and water commissioners from
interfering with the storage OF wuter
In Cheesman lake during the non.irri.
eating season.
The ditch companies contended that
there is no regular irrignting season.
but that the bitches are entitled to
water whenever the farmers want It.
In rendering his decision granting the
temporary injunction. Judge Dc
France held that there is an irrigating
and n non.irrigating season in Colo
RADIO. the irrigating season being from
April LIST to November 1st during
which only surplus flood water can be
stored, but that during the non-irrigat-
ing season. running from November
1st to April LIST the storage reservoirs
are to be given preference in the dis
tribution of water. The hearing for
making the injunction permanent will
come up later. when the case will be
tried upon Its merits.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because II
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains lG Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
S,arches are put up in A'pound pack
ages. and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries To sell you a
l2-oz. package II Is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose OF before he puts in Defiance,
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large let
rers and figures 'l6 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ana
money and the annoyance OF the Iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
CITY OWNERSHIP
is FAVORED IN THREE CITIES.
Chicago Can Own Street Railways
Milwaukee and Lincoln VIII
Build Municipal Lighting
Plants,

Chicago. April G-The so'callcd
Mueller law. authorizing the city Of
Chicago TO acquire. construct. own.
operate and lease street railways. and
to provide the means therefor. was
made law In Chicago yesterday. by
majority vote under the referendum
clause OF the bill IL was adopted by the
electors OF this city. The vote was
l52.i3i for and 30.lUi against. the to-
tai vote cast being 230.77i. This was
the only proposition submitted To the
voters. except the two questions re-
iatilE TO the South park system. that
was mandatory.
The three questions Of public policy
related to immediate municipal owner
ship. the licensing of street railways
instead OF granting franchises pending
municipal ownership. and proposing
that membership ON the board Of edu-
cation be made nm elective instead OF
an appolntiye Office.
The latter question received bare
majority uf the votes cast. The vote
was 1853 for and 81. .l2i against. AS
the total vote cast WAS 22s, $40. ma
jorIty would be lli.7Ii. The PROPOSE.
tion uf clcctlnR members OF the board
OF education. therefore. received 1872
votes more than n majority.
ON the question OF Immediate munlc.
ipal ownership OF street railways the
vote was l2O.7ii for and 5O.S93 against.
and on the question directly connected
with Immediate municipal ownership.
providing for the licensing OF street
railways. the count showed that i2O..
ISL voters favored this question of
public policy and iS.0sj voted against
II.
Tho fl,.aa ,u.z,In,a a., ,,,,t,tI. ,,tt.,.
express nothing more than the Hcntl-
men's Of the voters who participated
in the election. There Is nothing bind.
Ing In the vote and. contrary to the
opinion OF some. II not OF mandatory
character.
Milwaukee. Wis. April 5.-Mil-
wauECc to-day voted To build n $780,
900 municipal lighting plant. The vote
was surprise In some quarters.
though such u plant has been pledged
for years by all the parties In their
party platforms,
II will probably be Ave years before
the lighting plant Is really In effective
operation. ms the clty's own contract
with the private company extends for
several years 10 come. II IS said. how.
ever. that when the plant II actually
strnicd II will effect saving Of about
- i.3 per cent. to the users OF electric
lisht and n saving to the city OF about
the same amount. The private com
pany which Mt present supplies the
city has offered to sell TO the city In
iivc years. but II Is not believed that
this offer will be accepted.
Lincoln. Ncb.. April 5.-Thc Rcpub.
licanE elected their city ticket to-day
by maJoritics ranging from COO to
] 100. The proposition to vote bonds
for u municipal lighting plant carried.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Kansas City Republican.

Kansas City. April G.-UnoflIciai re-
turns from onc-third OF the city. in
Guiding decisive precincts. assure the
election OF the whole Republican city
ticket. headed by Jay II. Ncff for may
or. by pluralitics ranging from 1000 to
1900. except that Police Judge Brady
Democratic and Labor candidate. Is
probably reelected by n small plural
ity. The new Council will have n Re-
publican majority.
The city government has been In the
hands OF the Democrats for four years
and two years ago no Republican.
even In the ward tickets. were sue.
cessful.
There were two full Democratic
tickets In the field yesterday. headed
by W. T. Reaper and George Shelley
respectively. The former ticket had
the support Of the Democratic state
organization and OF Mayor James
Reed. who is n candidate for governor.
and the result OF the election Is looked
upon as advantageous to the guberna.
torial candidacy OF Joseph W. Folk OF
st. Louis.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Maine Mountain Disappears.

According to n Caribou. Maine. dis
Patch. woodsmen recently brought
news that Bald mountain. small.
steep hill in the Tiboque valley. only
few miles from the New brunswick
lac. has disappeared. In its place q
small lake now exists. II Is believed
the mountain dropped out OF sight dur
ing the earthquake OF March 2ist and
that tho tremor which then shook New
England really had its birth in the
Maine woods.
Bald mountain was an oddShnped
cone with extremely steep sides and
was seldom explored. The general be-
lief is that II was the crater Of an
extinct volcano. Around the base OF
the mountain small hot springs once
existed and the rock formation In the
neishborhood bears evidence OF vol
canic origin.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Western Pacific stops Work.

Salt Lake City. April 6.-The Des-
eret News says that, following the
re.commencement of active construc-
ton OF the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake railroad to southern
California, the building of the West.
ern Pacific railroad, which was to run
to San Francisco via the Beckwith
pass route, has at last been temporari-
ly abandoned, at least at this end of
the route. The three corps of engi
neers which have been engaged in run.
ming line through Nevada have been
laid off.
The recent amicable understanding
between Gould and the Santa Fe and
Hartman lines, coupled with the con-
ditions surrounding an approaching
presidential election, are said to be the
causes Of the cessation in the work
of pushing the line to the coast.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Bowerman to incorporate.

Denver. April Ga dispatch from
Gunnison last night says: The petit
ton and maps OF the Bowerman town
site were filed in County Judge Heth-
erington's Court to-day and favorably
acted upon. The first election to vote
upon the incorporation question of
that new mining camp will be held
April 30. A delegation of Bowerman
citizens were here to present their Pc
tition to the court.
Judge Hetherington appointed the
following Bowermanies as commits
sioners of election: p. C. Grady. f. A.
Burdick, w. d. Hatton. II. l. Lyons
and j. w. White.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Alaska Trip Planned.

A large party OF senators. repTezen-
tatives and private individuals interest
ed In the commercial progress OF the
great Northwest are arranging to take
an extended trip through Alaska. the
Klsndike and Nome districts. rounding
out the unique journey by spending the
Fourth Of July on the bleak shores OF
northern Siberia.
II Is probable that this will be ths
largest exclusively Sightseeing aggre-
cation which has ever invaded Uncle
Sans northern territory. II Is under
stood the number who have already
signified their intention to go approx
mates nearly 100. Special trains are
to be chartered for the transcontinehtai
trip, and special steamers and trains
will conduct tho party from Seattle To
Skagway, over the world-famous White
pass, down tho Yukon TO Dawson. and
the rest OF the land OF the midnight
sun.
The idea Of visiting Siberia on the
Fourth OF July and distributing thai
virgin atmosphere with the din. OF
American firccrnckers and chorus OF
''E Pluribus Unum" Ia the happy
thought OF ono OF the members. who
believed some opportunity should DO
given the statesmen and other officials
OF tho government who contemplate the
trip. to display their proverbial patriot
Ism.
Through the courtesy OF Count Cas-
tini and the good ofiices OF the Russian
embassy ut Washington. tho party has
been given assurances that each mem
Der will receive special passport. per
hitting tho landing at East Cape. on
the western shore OF tho Behr!ns sea
Tho party will cover all OF tho
ground visited by tho Senate commit
tee on territories. under Senator Dill
iingham. las, summer. but. In addition.
will include much OF Alaska which that
former senatorial aggregation over
looked.
II the present arrangements are car
rIcd out. the party will start from ST.
Louis May 18th. although somc OF tho
members have significd their Intention
to fall in line along the route from ST.
Louis to Seattle.
The special train will go almost due
west to Denver. Colorado Springs. Salt
Lake and San Francisco. While In
Sacramento tho members Of tho party
Will bc received by Governor Pardce.
A week will be spent In Houthcrn Cali
fornin. and the start made from Seattle
the early part of June. Tho party ex-
tecta to return to the states by August
LIST.
Tho itinerary has been arranged BY
John r. Cium. pos,office inspector At
New York. who has made half a dozen
trips through the northern territory.
and who hns become known In that
part OF the country as the father OF
the Alaskan postal service"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Elections In Kansas.

Kansas City, April G.-Elections for
minor offices were held in the larger
cities of Kansas yesterday. In To-
peka, Lawrence and Wichita, the Re
publicans elected all their candidates
and in Leavenworth and. Kansas City.
Kansas. the Republicans elected a ma
jority of the officers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08

ons.way Esconi-clhHs colonIHt tick.
cts at tn. following low rates Will he
on sale daily from March ! To April
% inclusive, via Union Pacific II. H.;
To San Francisco. Los Angeles,
San Diego. and many other Calf
toInia points i:.,..;.''' i,;,;;,,..;,;.i -"
Vancouver and Victoria. VIA Hunt
InEtnn and Spoknns ......,.,.:. =hto
To Tacoma and Seattle. VIA Hunt
instOn and Portland, or via Hunt.
lngton and Spokane s.ss.-...... .av)
To Portland and to Astoria. AFh-
land. EoHcburs, Eugene. Albany
and Salem. Including branch lines
In Oregon. via Portland ...s..... ssVo
To Spokane. all intermediate main
and branch lines on .. u, - y, Co,
also to wcnhichcc and INFERNO.
tiutr points s.sssssssa asssssssssss 80
To Uuttr. Anaconda. Helena. and all
intermediate main lin. points,. NO
Very liberal Etop-uN-fs allowed IN
Nevada, California. and at and west OF
pocat-iin, Idaho.
For full Information call on your To-
u. II. GRIFFIN.
Cenl Agent, u. u. u. u.
.ii nth St. Denver.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08
Election at Lincoln.

Lincoln, Neb., April 6.-The Repub-
licans elected their city ticket yester-
day by majorities ranging from 500 to
LOO. The proposition to vote bonds
for municipal lighting plant carried.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-04-08

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but a better quality and onc'thifd
more of Defiance Starch for the same
price OF other starchcs.