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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17
THE WEEKS DEATH RECORD.
Ole BUE.

One of the pioneer Norwegian resi-
dentsof WinDesi elk county, MIR. Ole
Bue. passed away early Saturday
morning at his home ia Canoe town.
ship, from heart disease. after a few
days siikness. at the age of eighty
years. He was born in Ha,danger,
Norway. and came to this country 81
years ago, and by his long residence
In this county had b come highly re-
spected for his manly. industrious
character. He is survived by one
brother, N. N. Quandabl, ST., of De.
corah; two sons, Nels. at home, David
in Highland township; and one sister,
Mrs Andrew Nesheim, of Canoe town
ship. Two sisters in Norway also sur.
vive him. His wife died about seven
years ago. The funeral services were
held yesterday morning. at the Spring
water church.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

We believe that any man owning a
farm of 40 to 100 acres can well afford
to pay more attention to poultry as a
money maker for his farm. AS it now
is, the poultry is usually turned over to
the women folks. and the men take lit
tie or no interest in providing suitable
facilities or food for the hens, simpl,
keeping them as free for-all foragers
the men never taking any interest so
long as they have what eggs they
want to eat and fried chicken when
the parson comes to dinner The aver.
age return from hens left to take care
of themselves is probably not far from
$50 to $40 on the average farm home
stead. This income might be easily
trebled if proper breeds were secured
and proper food, care and shelter pro-
vided. One sure way in which to add
to the income Of almost any farm is to
take better care of the poultry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

producing states. there is a wonderful
interest being developed in the study
Of the corn plant. Hardly an institute
is being held this winter which does
not provide for an exhibit of corn and
the payment of good premiums for the
best samples shown. and which does
not devote at least full half day to
lectures and discussions of corn in all
its phases from the preparation Of the
field for the crop to its final harvesting
The experiment stations are developing
many new and highly important facts
about this cereal. its type, pure breed
ing. culture and selection of seed, and
enough undisputed testimony has been
presented at these meetings to prove
beyond a question that it is easily pos
sible to increase the average yield of
the cornfelds at least ten bushels per
acre.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

II that blue grass pasture seems to
have sort OF run out. become weedy.
with bare spots here and there, get
out your disk just as soon as the frost
is out ten inches, put on four horses,
load the machine with all they can
pull and go over that pasture both
narrowing and SOW four quarts Of me-
dunn clover to the acre before the last
time over with the barrow. If you will
do this. you will have no reason to find
any fault with that pasture for cou-
pie or three years anyhow. Nothing
does blue grass so much good as to
use it just as if you wanted to get
rid of it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

A friend of ours. young man, q
farmer. has built up one Of the best
seed corn businesses we know Of in
side Of three years by studying the
corn plant, fixing type suited to his
latitude and applying common sense
rules of selection. He is simply over
whelmed with orders for seed, all be-
cause his labor was rewarded by win
ming nearly all the best prizes for corn
in state competition. He may now
grow all the corn he can and get fancy
prices for it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17
CYRUS ADAMS.

Mr.. Cyrus. Adams, the aged father
OF N. H. Adams of this city, passed
away on Thursday at his home in
Morenci, Mich, at the age of SO
years. He was highly respected resi-
dent of DEBORAH from 1865 to 1881, and
will be remembered by many here.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

While not promising boom prices for
farm products such as prevailed two
and three years ago, the year 1904 still
holds out a promise for large meas
ure Of agricultural prosperity for the
farmers of the country. During the
past year there has been gradual set
Ting of values down to a hardpan
basis, the speculative element has been
eliminated from all lines of business,
the water has been squeezed out of in
fiated securities and values Of all kinds,
and all this has been done without seri.
Gus damage to the country at large.
There is a healthy demand upon mill,
mine and factory for their products,
but a modicum Of unemployed labor.
and all the American people are hungry
every day, and the farmer must feed
them. All the cotton. corn, wheat,
oats. hogs, cattle. dairy products and
poultry the farms can produce will be
wanted at fair prices. TO put things
just right there should be q scaling
down of at least 10 per cent in wages
for farm help and all the commodities
which enter into the farm expense ac-
count
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17
JOHN HUSEBY.

Mr.. John Huseby, one of the we'll
known and highly respected farmers
OF Glenwood township. died last week
Sunday, from throat trouble, and was
buried Friday, the funeral services
being at the United Lutheran church
in this city. He was 60 years old and
leaves wife and large family to
mourn his loss.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

While wheat brings so cents. corn 40
cents, beef $3.50. hogs 81. butter %
cents and eggs 20 cents there will be
no real hard times in this country. 1t
takes fifteen cent corn and $3.50 hogs
to get the business cogs Of the country
out of mash.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

Here is a little alfalfa story: A man
six years ago came into possession of
farm in Ohio which had been skinned
to a finish, the clay fields, baked or
puddled, according to the season, refus-
ing to produce even so poor a crop as
ten bushels of corn to the acre. The
farm was rated as worthless for any
purpose. Without detailing all that
was done by the buyer to renovate this
farm, we will confine the story to what
he did with one field. 1t was first re-
duced to as good a filth as possible and
then sown with twenty-five pounds Of
alfalfa seed to the acre, moved three
times the first year and the cuttings
allowed to remain where they fell.
During the next four years the field
furnished an average Of five tons to the
acre Of alfalfa hay, worth about $50.
The field was then plowed up, and last
year he raised thereon a crop of seven
ty-fve bushels Of corn to the acre, with
the field In the best of condition for an
other crop. Perhaps this story may
give some of our readers what is term
ed hint.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

ANY man or boy who will shoot a
red squirrel lacks the first element Of
a genuine sportsman. He Is one of the
gayest. most harmless and interesting
Of any form of wild life. is worthless
for food purposes and should be al
lowed to live. yet some men will work
themselves up into perfect furore Of
excitement in the effort to kill one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

The stock shipper to the Chicago
market has struck hard lines. He can
neither get free meal nor treat to the
beers and must pay his fare home.
He is in a mood TO make things inter
esting for both the commission mer
and the railways if he can only get
the chance
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

A very curious fact was brought to
light lately. Right in the immediate
vicinity of the location of the first
creamery which was ever operated the
farmers are now selling their milk to
make twenty-five cent butter and buy
ing oleomargarine for their own use.
In this respect they are following the
example Of our Danish friends, who
have done this for long time. The
oleo costs just one-half as much as the
butter brings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

Two years trial has proved that
greatest abundance in those portions
Of the west where the rainfall is linn
tied to ten or twelve inches per an
mum. Now we will have our own yer.
micelli, spaghetti and macarOni fac.
tories. where these food products will
not be dried I'm some Italians back
yard along with the family washing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

The Scotch pine does well on the
clay hills and also on the low and wet
land. For southern Minnesota and
northern Iowa we rate it as one Of the
best of our conifers up to the time it
gets twenty-five years old, and then,
like some ladies, it begins to lose its
beauty and becomes bit scraggly and
ragged.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

Given plenty of corn in the fields
and an open body of spring water. the
wild inallard duck will winter as far
north as latitude AZ. Not far from
where we live large flock of these
birds is wintering under the condi-
lions named. while the ice is two feet
thick in the river and the mercury
down at times to 30 below zero. The
migration of all our wild fowl is sim
ply question of securing food and
water.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

The invention Of the reaping machine
threw 26,0OO.00O men out of a job
that is, the machines at work today in
the world represent the labor Of that
number of men. Eclipsing this story
is the one that the falls of the Fam
bezi river. in Africa. if fully utilized.
would result in turning 100000
horses out to grass, giving water
power more than five times as great
as that of Niagara falls.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

Congress has given the department
Of agriculture the large sum Of $780,
600 with which to fight the cotton boil
weevil. larger sum than has ever
before been given by the government
to eradicate farm pest, but the stake
is large. crop worth $500,0OO,O0O a
year
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17
MRS. HANKS.

Mis- Abbie Hawks the aged mother
of Mrs. Dawley in West DEBORAH,
passed away on Sunday at the age Of
81 The funeral services were held
yestel day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

For fertilizing the field SOW mann
moth, for pasture and hay SOW medi
UNI red, for pasture alone SOW white
clover, for the reclamation of wild
meadow lands SOW alsike clover. for
going is the gospel Of clover in a nut
shell
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

Ragweed and ironweed are two pests
which are able to hold their own with
blue grass and under certain conditions
will sometimes entirely kill it out If
these weeds have a hold in the blue
grass pasture, it is a good policy to run
just as they come into bloom.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

A friend asks us why II is that men
will saw wood with bucksaw for
living when they might earn more
money by keeping poultry. We do not
know. 1t is just ignorance. probably.
that there is any better way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

There are just four places to put the
small and defective apples-make them
into cider, feed them to the hogs. bar
rel them by themselves and sell them
for what they will bring or try and
work them off in the middle of a
barrel of good fruit. Most men try
their hand at the last method first
and lose their reputation for honesty
and good money besides. This petty
and always Improbable fraud belongs
with the watering Of milk taken to the
creamery, the putting of tailings in
the middle of the wheat sack and the
filing off Of the old ROSTERS spurs to
try and pass him off for spring
chicken.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

The two problems Of how to best
how to borrow money to buy some
thing you think you want are yer.
different propositions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

A decent and God fearing farming
community in the west recently had
a lot of nice fat horse meat palmed
off on them for steer beef. They ate
it and pronounced it good. The man
who played the joke on them showed
his wisdom by leaving the communi-
ty before the fraud was discovered.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

Ireland has suffered from two very
poor crops of potatoes owing to rot. A
uew variety of potato said to be rot
proof is commanding exorbitant prices
as result
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17
HOmeSeekerS Excursions.

On first and third Tuesday, Dedem-
Der 1908 to April 1904. to points OH the
c., M. & st. P. Ry.. and to southern,
southeastern and southwestern points.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17
BOLLAND.

The ten year old son of Ole Rolland
of Hesper township died on Monday
morning. Wa are without particulars.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-02-17

In the states of Illinois, Iowa, Kan
sas and Nebraska. the four great corn
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18
CAR CRASHES INTO HOUSE.
Children Asleep Upstairs Are
Tumbled From Bed.
REPUBLIC special.

REPUBLIC sPECrAT.
ScmcrS. Conn. Dec. lI.-An electric cay
on the Somsrs and Enfield Division "f tnc
TTartfor! and Springfield Street RAILWAY
left tho track at Johnson's Corner in
Scitico. and. plrncirg thirty feet across q
lawn. crashed through the side wall of -
house stopping finally when half its
length was within tho parloT. TIE room
above the par.o" was also wr""N.d.
This room was orcupIsf b. twn children
of Paul Richards. who wsr" thrown from
the bed in which they were sisep!nE. tli
fortunately sustained TO injury. Tie nc
torman. named Taylor. and Conductor
Icnrcrs .-Scapyi by jumping jus: before
the car struc,, the hors". There were Eu
passengers in The car.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18
TEN CENT CIGAR SAVED
TOWN FROM A FIRE.
Proprietor nj barber shop Gave Wan
'.a Good smoke" to Fill Ip Tank
Day Before the Blaxc.

Hyannis, n. Y. Dec. 1..-"Gire me a
good cigar and / will fill the tank With
water"
Go ahead. but remember that tho tank
holds 1900 gallons. and it must be pumped
in by hand
This contract. made by 'Sinmie' Ham
bin with Mr.. Bacon. proprietor Of bar
ber shop, or Friday. Is what checked the
fire which destroyed tho business section
OF the town early the next morning and
probably saved the town. He is now rec
ogniZed as the hero of The catastrophe.
When the fire broke out Il made It's
headway toward Baker place, although II
was fought stuhbornly by trenen and citi-
zens and at Bakers the fire-fShters InaIe
their last stand. Hamhlin Was with them.
and with the volunteers and a stream from
the chemical engine they stopped the
progress of the flames while the tniver-
Sal.st Church was being destroyed.
Firemen and Others say that had the
tank not been filed to the top with water
the flames could not have been subdued
Hamblin takes the honOrs showered upon
him with good grace. ana during the past
few days has Smoked many other good
cigars.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18
po,,nan for Thirty-onc Years.

Easton. Pa. Dec. 1T.-Wiliiam P. Horn.
for th,rtv-oue years a letter carrier in this
citv. having been one Of the original corps
appointed. is dead. During his long serv-
ice up to hts last Illness he had been of
duty but once.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18
roo MUCH ALCOHOL IN CIDER.
Soft Drinks Dealer Sold We're
3.42 Per Cent Spirits.

I.TsFL 18.IV II I'M
Clinton. Mass, Dec. T'.-In court Judge
Stone found Joseph Spi-ivoSel guilty Of J.
i,gaIly keeping liquors anG fined him $40:
<rielvogel was charged with keeping and
selling cider Of more than the le-a. per-
r.ntage OF alcohol. The three samples
aiken by the police contained respectively
"a. AZ and 3.i2 per cent Of alcohol.
>pielvoge. appealed ard he Vas held in
500 for the Superior Court.
on the charge OF maintaining a gam
and he was he'd in, 500 for the Grand
Jury. The police alleCe that on Thanks
giving Eve he had u chicken rattle at his
home on Ghace street.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
EXCITES THE IRE {

gestion not emanate from Europeans, some CHI
gentlemen opne know it to be fact that many
leading Chinese animated with sincere desire to do wen
by their countrymen much exercised about the DIS
asrous consequences which in for Chinese OIL
both nothing is done to check the daily exodus OIL
gamblers who fond of attending the gambling
hells of Johore.
1T that felow-colonists of Singapore arc
much in the position the residents of Hong Kong
were, few years ago. when the native town Of Kow-
oon opposite the city OF Victoria under the control
OF the Chinese authorities At that the Canton gov
erncnt permitted gambling and although the Hong Kong
government protested against the existence OF the hels
In such close proximity to the colony there no aba
nent of the nuisancethe the and we'll
being Of the colony-untii hints of unpleasant
prisais became very broad indeed.
Then the vceroy Canton became alarmed and sent
the Questionable houses before long they
opened necessating fresh renonsrances. followed by
repetition of compliance with the reasonable
request of friendly neghbor.
'.A sorts made by the Chinese authori
ties for failure promptly comply with the oftrepeated
requests of the Governor of Hong Kong and for failure
keep the hells closed when sealed and was not
until Chinese Kowloon into possession OF the British
government by lease that this serious menace to the
peace and welbeing of Hong Kong was
completely removed.
.'Now do not wish it TO be supposed that we imag
for moment that the government of JohOre
would deaf remonstrances respecting the
maintenance of gambling 'hels' in close proximity
Singapore We have referred to the Kowloon incident
merely that irrespective of other
Justification for action In the premises useful prece
for Intervention of the is not far to seek
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Wellington and Blucher

Among Crecvey's other friends the Duke @
wellington He saw the Duke the day following III
victory over Napoleon Waterloo and offered his con
gratulations. OF the meeting Creevey writes
He made a variety of observations in his short,
natural blunt way, but with the greatest gravity all
the time and without the least approach to any
thing like triumph or joy. "It has been damned
serious business he said "Bucher and have lost
10000 men. 1t has been damned nice thng-the near
est run thing you in your life Blucher lost
14OO0 on Friday night and got damnably licked
could not find him Saturday morning" He re-
peated so often its being nice thing-so nearly
run thing-that asked him If the French had fought
better than he had them do before. No
he said; "they have always fought the same since 1
l don't think it would have done if had not been
there
This in view of Emperor Williams assertion fey
weeks ago that Blucher would have defeated Napoleon
had not Wellington been present is particularly in
terestinS.
Wellington did to great deal for Georg
~ On occasion few months previous to the King
attempt divorce his wife, Queen Caroline, the DuK
said of him to Creevey:
by God you never such figure In your life Il
he isl There he speaks and like old Falstaf
that damn me if ashamed to walk into room
with him."
The apparent Inconsistency of wellingtons reproba
ton of blaspheny may forgiven. for George "
heoted even the way to his coronation.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Still More Unpublished

Is it pretty picture? 1t is certainly not over
drawn Mr. Creevey mixed terms of perfect equality
with mobiles during the first three decades
century. and knew many state secrets and
much private scandal of his day. Even
big crumbs from his table Sir
AaXwcl-whose industry is surely remarka able-
that the letters printed probably do not
amount to one-fftieth of the whole 1t seems
years Mr. Creevey projected history If
his times. but it probably would have been heavy
reading compared with his letters.
One of the earliest letters presented not written by
Creevey at all. but by his wife, who seemed only wit
popular than Creevey himself. She one Of q
party which accompanied the Prince Regent afterward
George " Brighton and under the date of october
% 1S05 in letter her husband had this to say:
When the Prince appeared 7 Instantly saw he had
got wine than usual, and it was still more evil
dent that German baron extremely drunk
: Afterwards the Prince led all the party to
the table where the maps lie to see him shoot with
air-gun target placed at the end of the ROOM
very skifuly, and wanted all the ladies te
attempt it, The girls excused ourselves on ac-
count o our short sight; but Lady Downshre hit q
fiddler in the dining room, Miss Johnstone door,
Bloomfield the ceiling,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
Swore at a Bishop

King Georges lack of popularity evidently was not
without reason, for Creevey wrote:
The King had appointed the Bishop OF Winchester
to administer to him the sacrament one of the
Sundays about Easter. The bishop was not punctuat
TO his tme when he arrived the King, in great
passion having been kept waiting abused and
swore at him in the most indecent manner, which
bishop very coolly said he must be permitted to
withdraw. he perceived his Majesty not then
in fit state of mind to receive the sacrament and
should be ready to attend future day. when
he hoped to find his Majesty in better state OF
preparation!
The unhappy plight of Queen Caroline. OF whom
King George tried vainy to rid himself forms IN
teresting chapter in Creeveys papers The writer
parenty sympaized with the Queen but then his
the ridiculous got the better of him. He present
the House of Lords when she appeared at the trial
letter his sepdaughter he described her ARRIVAL
Two minutes after the shouts of the populace
nounced her approach, two folding doors within
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24

NE writer in discussing conditions there deals with
~ the Gambling Farm. which, since the opening OF the
Singapore-Kr Railway, has, it seems, been doing
very much larger business than formerly owing to the
large and everncreasng influx of gamblers from Snge-
pore chiefly the wives daughters of Babas who leave
their homes during the absence of their husbands to In
duge in gentle futer' the Iohore gaming tables.
He continues:
1T would be bad enough if they ganlbed only with
their own made away with the liberal allowances
OF their ndulgent husbands but the state Of affairs as
serious aspect when and hundreds of wo-
men far to their jewelry, sell children and
even debase themselves satisfy craving which only
too often actual for the excitement at
tendant on futterng In the notorious Johore casinos
''This sort of thing has We assured already led
to great deal of domestic trouble and has doubtless also
resulted in criminal oenses of kinds So serious
indeed is the situation that quarters is urged
the should be approached () with view to
special legislation designed prevent Chinese from gam
bling tb) with view special representations to the
government of Johore
It is further urged that gambling is interdicted 50
Europeans, Malays and Eurasians concerned
the operation of the anti-gambing law could, with
advantage, be extended to cope with this and highly
Objectionable phase Of the gambling habit This sug-