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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
A RAILWAY CUT.

There is long forty-fve degree cut on
a railway right Of way, the subsoil ex-
posed for a depth of thirty feet-clay,
gravel, stones, quicksand-a most un-
promising site for vegetable growth, but
now watch and see how nature tackles
this job. The first year because of the
washing but little vegetation can OBJ
tain a foothold, but few stalks of
sweet clover get hold, and some quack
grass and bindweed, and little by lit
tie, as the face of the cut becomes set
tied and partially covered with growth,
a legion of vagrant weeds and plants
seek a oothold-sunflower aster, gold
enrod-and in a few years, if the Sec
ton hands will let 1t alone, there will
be found one of natures floral master
pieces. Nature hates bare ground, and
poor indeed is the soil and scant the
rainfall where she will not hide the
skeleton form of old Mother Earth with
some form Of verdure.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
POULTRY POSSIBILITIES.

In the past the central idea in con-
nection with the keeping Of poultry
as a special business has been to Sc
fure as many winter high priced eggs
as possible. To make a success Of this
phase of the business much expense
and labor were nvolved-Special &C.
commodations and special food and
care. Before the advent of cold stor-
age the winter egg was high priced,
while the spring and summer egg was
very low priced. This has all now
been changed and there is much profit
in keeping fowls for their spring and
summer eggs, even If they do not lay
an egg during the winter season. This
is an important thing, for at small
expense one can now start in the bust
ness and make money from his flock
at that time of the year when the
weather Is warm, the range good,
green food abundant and but little
work involved in the care of the flock.
1t is hardly likely that future prices
for March, April and May eggs will
again go below IA or 10 cents to the
producer, and it thus goes without say
ing that the production of eggs dur
ing this period of the year at these
figures is very inviting proposition.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
THE STORY 1T COULD TELL.

That big bowlder which lies down in
the pasture could tell you an inter-
esting story if it could only talk-how it
was born during some dim period of
the old worlds history; how it long
lay buried deep, subjected to pres
sure inconceivable; how as the crust of
the earth cooled and the mountains
were formed by the contraction it
was heaved up from its bed, to be
later seized by the clutch of mighty
glacier, slow drifting to the south, then
to be released by the sun and dropped
in your pasture. Gnarly and scanned,
smoothed by the awful grinding of its
long trip, hoary headed and indestruct-
ible, it lies there rated as nuisance,
but nevertheless with a wonderful
story to tell not only TO you, but to
your progeny ten thousand years from
now
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
Notice to Bidders.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
| bids will be received by the City of
DEBORAH, County of Winnesheik, State
of Iowa until 100 O'Clock p. M, on
the 26th day of September. A. D.. 1904,
! for curbing with Portland cement
both sides of Maple avenue in the 9Th
ward in said City of DEBORAH, Iowa,
| between the west end of the bridge
over the Upper Iowa river near Beder
mans store, and the east end of the
Tavener bridge over the Upper Iowa
river thereon, according to the plans
and specifications now on file with
the City Clerk.
All bids must be addressed to the
CITY Clerk of the City of DEBORAH.
| Iowa. and must be ACCOMPANIED in q
separate envelope by certified check
| in the sum of 5000. 90 payable to the
order of the City Treasurer of said
/ City, as surety that the bidder will
! enter into contract for doing tine
work in compliance with the terms Of
the bid, and as security also that he
will give a bond for the faithful per-
Torrance of the work should the con-
tract be awarded to him.
That payment shall be made by said
| City of DEBORAH, Iowa, for such work
as follows, o-wit:
BY bonds or certificates issued
against the lots or parcels of lots
AUDITING on such street improvement.
and based upon special assessment
to be made upon such lots or portions
of lots TO pay for said Improvement.
provided, however, that the proper
tomato cost of said Improvement to
be borne by said City shall be paid
for out of the General Improvement
! Fund.
The City reserves the right to reject
any and all bids or any part or parts
of any bids.
The work shall be completed on or
before November LIST, 1904.
That all sud- bids or proposals will
be opened and acted upon by the City
Council of said city, at the City Hall
thereon, on the Goth day OF Septem-
Der, 1904, at z 100 o'clock p IN. of said
day. 5I-2
f. W. DAUBNEY. Mayor.
f. M. HUGHES. City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
AUGUST FLOWING.

All land which can possibly be plow-
ed in August is immensely helped for
its next crop. August blowing fixes
the weeds, and all vegetable matter
then turned under becomes sufficiently
dccayed so that it makes plant food
available next season Then is the
time if ever when the pillow should be
set down an inch or two and little
new soil be brought to the surface. or
course August is a very busy time,
what with the securing Of the crops
and the thrashing, but in the long run
it will pay any man to stack his grain,
pillow his land early and do the thrash
ing late in the fail.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
CHEAPER FUEL.

A process which provides for the in
lection of q blast of hot air during the
cohing process makes possible the cox
ing of low grades of soft coal which
have heretofore been considered worth
less for this purpose. Such coke can
be produced at one-half the cost Of
hard coal and is an equally clean and
heat producing fuel ton for ton. This
discovery means much for the west,
where it is soft coal, with its dirt and
smoke, or hard coal ut S1l per ton.
The first plant for the manufacture Of
this coke is being built at Des Moines,
Ia
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
wooncHuCks AND GoPHERs.

People get mixed on ground hogs, or
woodchucks, and pocket gophers,
which animals, while related distantly,
are but little alike. The woodchuck
is seldom found far away from tim
Der or rock lodges and, so far as we
have noted, is never seen in the prairie
section and never burrows in the fields,
living on green food. particularly clover
when it is handy, while the pocket
gopher is a prairie pest. an under
ground turnover and mound builder,
a root eater and one of the most
troublesome pests OF meadow and
pasture lands all through the west.
This gopher is not more than one-fifth
the size of the woodchuck and is very
rarely seen above ground.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
{. N. & st. P. Excursions.

Kansas City-American Royal Live
Stock show, Oct II to %, 1904. Tic
kets on sale Oct. Is to %. Limit Oct.
"a, 1904. Extension to Nov. s may be
had by payment of so cents at Kansas
City. Fare $13.75 round trip.
Cheap one way rates to Pacific
Coast. San Francisco. Los Angeles
and other points $32.O5. Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle and other points,
500. 3d. Spokane. Ellenberg and other
points $26 IS. Helena. Butte and
other points $24. 30. Ogden. Salt Lake
and other points $24. 80. Billings and
other points $19.95. On sale every
day from Sept. Is to Oct. Is, 1904.
Tourist sleeper to San Francisco and
Los Angeles leaves Calmar each Tues
day. passenger given choice Of routes.
Charles City, Iowa-Woodmen pic
mic. Sept 1920. limit Sept. 30. Fare
50. 30 round trip.
Mason City-Grand Lodge /. o. o. F.,
Oct. Is to 10, limit Oct. "a, fare So. as
round trip.
Lacrosse, Wis. Inter State Fair.
Tickets on sale Sept. 10 to "a, limit
Sept. &c, 1904. Rate SO. AZ round trip.
Ell Paso, Texas-National Irrigation
Congress. Tickets on sale Nov. 10 to
~, limit Nov. %, 1904. Thirty day
extension may be had. Rate one fare
plus SOC round trip.
Homeseekers tickets and points on
Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and
same territory as advertised in April,
1904. S. V. Potter, agent.
To Clear Lake and return. On sale
every Saturday until Sept. "a, 1904,
good returning following Monday af-
ter date of sale sass round trip. S.
V. Potter agent
Special excursion ticket will be sold
to Detroit, Mich. and Put in Bay,
Ohio, every day until Sept. 30. 1904,
good returning until Oct 81, 1904, at
one first class limited fare plus So for
round trip via the route of the ticket.
Special Homeseekers Excursions to
Dalhart. Amirillo. Colorado, San An
cello, Brady, San Antonio. Galveston,
Corpus Christi, Rockport, Alice and
Kerby, Texas, and points east thereof.
Tickets on sale Sept. 10 and 27 Fare
of $23 40 for the round trip.
Minneapolis of Gideons
Tickets on sale Sept. 2S to 30, re.
turn limit Oct Is. Fare So. 80 for the
round trip.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
tickets will be sold to ST. Louis and
return Sept. A, and IL, also each Tues
day and Thursday of September. $40
for the round trip. Limitl7 days.
The Minneapolis. Los Angeles tour
list car will run each Tuesday COM
mencing Sept 20, via Calmar and
Kansas City. Leaves Minneapolis
s :36 a. m. each Tuesday. Leave CAL
mar 2 40 p IN. Tuesday, arriving at
Los Angeles $50 a. m. the following
Saturday.
Mason City-Grand Lodge l. o. o. f. i,
Oct. IS to IS. Limit Oct "a; fare
SO. As round trip,
Special Homeseekers' tickets will
be sold to points IN Kansas, Nebraska,
Wyoming and the Black Hills district
in South Dakota Sept. 80, 1904. at
S22 10 for the round trip. Tickets
limited to 81 days from date Of sale.
Home Visitors Excursions to Indi-
ana, Ohio and Kentucky. Tickets on
sale Sept 6. 10, 20. 81 and Oct. IL,
1904 Return limit 30 days from date
of sale. One fare plus 50 for round
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
Kendallville and Burr Oak Telephone Co.
Valuation 80 per mile.

Highland n. + Farmers Telephone Co.
Valuation $40 per mile.
Highland Twp. IL miles ...................xl0
Bear Creek Telephone Co. Valuation sli per
mile.
Highland Twp miles Observation-Disclosures. 10
Canoe Telephone Co. Valuation SIS per mile.
Canoe Twp. 20 miles ............. ..........Sl6O
Cresco and Kendallville Telephone Co. Val
uaton Sl2 per mile.
Fremont Twp. 7.25 miles ................... 81
Fremont Farmers Telephone Co, Valuation
Sl2 per mile.
Fremont Twp. $50 miles Observation-Disclosures. 30
------
Farmers Central Telephone Co. Valuation
Sl3 per mile.
Pleasant Twp. $50 miles. ,.................. III
Glenwood Farmers Telephone Co. Valua-
ton $3.50 per lhlle.
Glenwood Twp 30 miles ......,............ 100
DEBORAH Twp. miles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
Lincoln Farmers Telephone Co. Valuation
Sl2 per mile.
Lincoln Twp. ~ miles Observation-Disclosures. 20i
Ridgeway Corp. 3 miles ....,,,..,........... 30
ouiHlei y ihiies..'. w
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
Cheap Rates to the Southwest.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on September Goth, Ocotber. 4th,
and 18th sell tickets to points in Texas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory and New
Mexico at extremely low rates. For
further information apply to any Great
Western Agent or j. P. Elmer G. p.
A., Chicago, Ill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
DOG DAYS.

There is popular fallacy which as
sumes that the so called dog days form
a period when dogs are more liable to
go mad than at any other season Of the
year, and so they are ordered muzzled
just when they need the most breath
ing room. We have noted during a
period of many years that more dogs
are affected by hydrophobla during the
winter than in the hot weather and
that any special restrictions placed on
them during the heated term are not
justified by the facts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
Trim Your Trees.

All trees with branches hanging
within 10 feet from the sidewalk mus
be trimmed within 10 days, by order
of the City Council.
F. NJ. HUGHES, City Clerk.
Dated Sept. IA. 1904 1874
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
One Fare Plus SOC.

for the round trip or st. Paul or Min
neapolis. The Chicago Great Western
Railway will on September, 2Sth, Goth,
and 30th sell tickets at above low rates.
For further information apply to j. P.
Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago. ILL.,, or any
Great Western Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

We return 10 per cent to all Our
cash customers Tin premiums) when
their purchases amount to $50. Our
stock of hardware, stoves and ranges
is so complete that buying this
amount of necessaries is easily done.
n. r. Croft. 3S-1
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

The ladies of the Congregational
church will hold their rummage sale
the last week in September. 35-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

f. M. HUGHES, City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Iowa State Register and Public
Opinion, both one year, only $l.75.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-27

record and without any expression
from him, it being at that time inn
pr able to secure d statement from
him, as he was i'll in the east.
This morning, however, the In
dependent is able to give the COVER
nor's own Characterization of the
stories, and there is no mistaking what
he says on the subject. The executive
spent while yesterday reading the
articles that have been written by re-
publican papers with this story as
text, and when the Independent asked
him IT he had heard of the alleged
coalition between himself and the
Amalganated, he replied
''Yes, read about it,
what have you to say regarding
the story?' he was asked.
Polecat Starts Early.
1T reminds one." said the governor,
with smile, that the political pole
cat has started on an early campaign"
Have you an idea as to where the
story originated"
1T is long leap from Montana to
Washington. but one readily recog-
nzes the pungency of the odor as be-
longing distinctly to the Montana
variety
what about the story itself?" the
governor was asked.
II have never was the answer,
'had occasion in the past to ally my
self with corporate influence to insure
political success, and certainly moth
ing has transpired in this state since
the last election to make such a course
desirable now
81 have endeavored tor long time
in my humble way to demonstrate by
official conduct that every interest in
this state was safe under the law and
that no pernicious interneddling in
politics by corporations was justifi-
able.
$50 far as these influences are con-
cerned, the most that I could ever rea-
sonably hope or expect is that sooner
or later they will realize the folly of
continued efforts to control politics. -
AS to the Future.
"Have you made any plans for the
future?" The independent inquired.
II have no settled plans as yet for
the future,' Governor Toole answered.
'but if it shall seem prudent and
proper to aspire to other and further
political honors, my claims, however
undeserving, will be submitted for
popular and not for corporate ap-
proval."
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-27

ing. The bulletin is further embel.
lished by photographs Of eruptions OF
tick fever at different stages of the
disease and plates showing parasites
of tick fever and eruptions.
DR.. Anderson desis mates the disease
as "Spotted or Tick Fever OF the
Rocky Mountains: A New Disease -
He suggests as name for the disease,
"Tick Fever" as there are already
two diseases called Spotted Fever" ("
He reports that the disease is not
con t,ned to the Bitter Root valley but
exists in other parts of Montana, Ida
ho. Nevada and Wyoming He says
that the disease does not prevail south
of 40 degrees or north of AZ degrees and
at an average elevation of 5000 to 1000
feet above sea level. The disease pre-
walls exclusively in the spring and
early summer. In the Bitter Root
cases the earliest was March II and
the latest July 20. All occupations
that cause the person to be exposed to
the bite Of ticks are subject to the dis
ease. Persons from Is to so years of
age more often contract the disease as
they are more actively engaged in
outdoor work. The youngest case
was 1S months and the eldest "a years
old. In 121 cases, IS were males and
As females, probably due to the great
er liability to exposure on account of
occupation.
AS to remedy the doctor says, THE
good results that have followed the
of large doses of qui-
nine the five cases in which it was
used having recovered-give much
hope that this disease, which is so
much dreaded, may in the fnture be
robbed Of many Of it's terrors."
The report describes the parasite,
that "is very probably the cause of
spotted (tick) fever" at considerable
length and accords the credit for the
discovery of the parasite to Doctors
Wilson and Chowning Of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
The bulletin contains a table in
which is compiled a complete collection
of all the cases, 121 all told, which have
been reported by physicians of Western
Montana since 1885, together with
history of many cases.
With regard to the method of infec-
ticu the report says:
"The life history of the organisms
of malaria and Texas fever naturally
that some insect was con-
Continued on Eighth Page.)
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-27
EXHAUSTIVE REPORT BY DR..
JOHN r, ANDERSON.
A FAMOUS GOVERNMENT SPECIALIST
Suggests q New Name Geographic
Observation-Disclosures of Infec.
tlOn-GOOd Results From
Quinine.

The Western News is in receipt of
Bulletin No. IA, of the Hygienic Labor
atory of the Department of Public
Health and MarineHospital Service
issued by the United States govern
ment, and which is an exhaustive re-
port by DR.. John F. Anders on on the
"spotted" or stick" fever.
DR.. John F. Anderson. Past Assist
ant Surgeon of the Division of Pathol-
ogy and Bacteriology of the Marine
Hospital Service was detailed by Sur
geon General Walter Wyman to come
to Montana to investigate the so-called
spotted fever which has prevailed at
times in Western Montana. He ar
rived at Missoula about May of last
year and spent several months, in col
laboration with the Montana State
Board of Health, DR.. S. B. Wilson of
the University of Minnesota, who was
employed by the state, DR.. J. J. Buck
ley and other physicians of Missoula
and Ravalli counties, investigating
the "new disease
DR.. Anderson has submitted an ex-
haustive report, which bears the i'm
press of patient and thorough research
and profound study. The bulletin is
illustrated by maps of portion of
Western Montana showing location Of
cases of ''tick" fever. These are con-
fined to the west side of the Bitter
to the Big Blackfoot, Rock Creek and
Black Pine. Another map shows To-
calities of reported cases of tick fever
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-27
TOOLE TALKS OF ALLEGED ALLl-
ANCE WITH AMALGAr1ATED.
ANOTHER LIE HAS BEEN NAILED
Political Polecat Begins Work Early
Animal Supposed to Be at WASH
ington-BeloDgs Distinctly to
the rlontana Variety.

While Governor ]. K. Toole was in
the east, some 'inspired' Washington
correspondent of several republican
weekly newspapers in Montana took
advantage of the time and place to
send his papers story in which Gov
ernor Toole was reported as having
formed political alliance with the
Analgamated Copper company for
the purpose of getting control of the
state at the November election, says
The Helena Independent.
According to this "inspired' writer,
the Governor, in consideration of GER
tain support recently given and here
after to be rendered. was to receive
the support of the Amalg gamated forces
in race for reelection to the COVER
norship, with dyed-in-the wool
Amalgamated man on the ticket as
his running mate. Finally, SO the ''in-
spired' writer spoke, in the event that
the legislature should be democratic,
Governor Toole was to be elected to
the United States senate and the Anal
ganated man would be placed in the
executive office.
RdiCuled the Idea.
Recently the Independent editorially
referred to the correspondence that
had evidently been sent out from
Washington with well-defined
though not well-concealed purpose
and ridiculed the idea that Governor
Toole had any part whatever in any
such deal as that detailed by the Wash
ington man. This article was based
on the knowledge Of Governor Toole's
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-01-27
CONVICTED OF RAPE AND GETS
FIVE YEARS.
FRANK MORRIS FINED SlOO AND COSTS
Courts Ruling Victor For Klippert
Louise Beavers Granted a d.
v0rce-Other Proceedings
Of Court.

Egbert E. Faucet, convicted of
rape, was taken to Deer Lodge yester-
day and lodged in the penitentiary,
where a jury has decreed he must
spend five years.
The second trial of Faucet began
late Wednesday afternoon and was
given to the jury about 1880 on Thurs
day. The Jury was out about four
hours and brought in verdict of gull
ty and fixing the punishment at five
years imprisonment.
The case was prosecuted by County
Attorney Baker and S. G. Murray of
Missoula, the latter being retained by
the father of the victim. The prisoner
was defended by Attorneys Calkins,
Myers and O'Hara.
The jury as finally selected consisted
of Lamar Chaffin, T. L. Patty, D. F..
Boyer, Frank Wallin, F. E. Lock-
ridge, James Barr, G. W. Fowler,
Frank Strong, James Mize, Al Biddis-
comb, j. h. Brown and Joseph Blod-
gett, Jr.
Florence Tillman, victim Of the
assault, who is now about nine years
of age, gave her testimony almost
word for word as she had related it at
the preliminary hearing, nearly year
and half ago, and again at the trial
last August. Her mother, Mrs Mary
Tillman, Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Rey-
nolds, DR.. J. T. Brice, S. Sedgwick, J
D. Watts also testified for the state.
Former Sheriff H. L. Tucker of North
Yakima, Wash, testified as to an ad-
m:ssion made by Faucet when he