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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
Trapped Elephants.

In Jungle Trails and Jungle Peo-
pie" Caspar Whitney tells Of trapping
a herd of elephants and driving them
into the grail. Curiously enough, the
animals are quite docile until they once
discover they are confined, whereupon
they throw Off their good manners and
become rampant. Mr.. Whitney contin-
ues:
Some fight the posts, some fight one
another, in groups they surge against
the stout sides of the Enclosure. grunt-
ing prodigiously, and wherever ven
turesome spectator shows head be-
tween the posts he is charged. Not all
the herd are so violent. Some show
their perturbation by thrusting down
into their stomach reservoir and draw
ing forth water which they squirt
over their backs; others express con-
tempt for things generally by making
little dust piles, which they blow over
everything In sight, including their own
legs. Some utter the mounting low
note; some rap the ground with their
trunks, thus knocking out several pc.
culiar rafting, cracking high notes.
The calves squeak through their little
trunks shrilly and frequently.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
Too Pointed.

When somebody asked Graham
Saunders why he did not go to visit
the squire's family any more he hesi-
tated for a moment before he ventured
to put his reason into words.
I'm not one that's looking for
Sights" he drawled at last, land l
never paid much attention when they
spoke about folks that generally came
at mealtlmes nor any Of their remarks
about large appetites. Nor / never ap-
piled any o. their statements in regard
to not waiting for invitations or out
staying your welcome to myself. !
considered such talk wasn't worth no.
ticing.
But when squire come out to me at
about four thutty one afternoon when
l could smell baked beans cooking as
easy as I'm sitting here and said he'd
count it a favor If I'd note down
where the glass stood on our north
porch at 9 o'clock that night and at
8 in the morning, twelve thutty at noon
and p. m. for the next three days and
then let him know at the postoffice SOS
he could compare 1t with theirs, called
1t pretty considerable like hint for a
man that claims to have good man
ners, given to one that's got sensi-
tive streak, same as / have, though l
try to keep it out O. sight."-Youth's
Companion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
Their Belated
Wedding
By RITA KELLEY
Copyright, 1905, by E. G. PARCELS
ssssssssssssssssssssssses

Samantha Sanders had always want
ed cuckoo clock.
The sandwich man half a block
ahead announced them for sale for
$1.98-''fine cuckoo clocks, best made"
She was racing after him as fast as
her prim New England dignity would
allow. She upset a child with an all
day sucker In its mouth and left 1t
screaming on the walk. 1t hurt her
conscience terribly, but II for one mo-
ment she lost sight Of the sign he
might turn into q side street, and she
wouldn't know where to get the clock.
Samantha Sanders was the thrifty,
unromantic janitress Of bachelor
apartment building. Her father and
mother had died when she was fifteen
and left her without penny and with
an overweening desire to possess a
clock with a little bird that popped
out Of little door every hour, along
with more domestic ambition.
Samantha Sanders never had cared
Tor any one person so much as she had
for making a home. Hiram Shell had
asked her to marry him, but her thrifty
soul told her she would be happier
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18


making a comfortable living for her.
self than eking out bare existence
only he never stuck to any one thing
long enough and his inventions never
seemed to be the things people wanted.
Now she was almost up to the big
red and white sign. Never before had
she felt free to indulge her pet extrav-
agance but now with steady, tidy In
come and good clothes in plenty 1t did
seem that Providence had put that
sandwich man right there ahead of her.
Breathless and excited, she rushed
past the man to get front view Of the
clock. Oh, joy! There was the long
hoped for little face and the cuckoo
half emerging from his arch as though
the clock had stopped just as he start
ed to announce the hour.
Samantha clapped her hands in. an
ecstasy of rapture.
"Ohw she cried "Can / get one
down on Thirteenth street now?"
For the first time she turned her eyes
fl2m the sign to the man whose way
she had blocked. All the light Of joy
faded from her face and left 1t ashen.
Hiram she cried. Hiram Shellw
Yes, Samanthy," he said, meek as
ever, looking at the trim little woman
tcfore him and pulling surreptitiously
at his worn and soiled vest.
The pallor of her face changed to a
Gush Of anger and resentment as she
looked at the disheveled old man.
Hiram She'll" she said forcibly,
what you dom trampin' the streets
like this? Shiftless and good for moth
In, same as you always was"
Il don't know, Samanthy. / never
did seem to mount to anything" The
cuckoo clock swayed perilously near a
barber pole, but Samantha did not no
tice. She was looking at the mans
lantern Jawed haggard visage and
thinking hard.
Hiram She'll" she accused, you
haven't had enough to eat. You can't
keep your knees stiff."
He smiled weakly. "Well, II do be
hard of an on to get a plenty. 'spe-
cially when 1t takes quite a bit for
wire. My new patent clothes wringer,
Samanthy"-
Hiram Shell, you go right straight
down to Thirteenth street and tell those
clock people you haven't got sense
enough to pound sand In rat hole"
But even as she spoke her eyes were
moist. "And, Hiram, you bring clock
UP to my house. I'm going home now
10 get supper ready" She counted out
S2.O3 Is cents for car fare), gave him
her address and told him vigorously
TO hurry up before he forgot what he
was to do She left him standing stu.
peled In the middle Of the walk gazing
after her with meek II hungry eyes.
"She be just the same as ever" he
whispered to himself. "She'd "a made
me good wife. Samanthy would"
Samantha Sanders was busting fe-
vetshly about her rooms at the New
Rochelle apartments. True to her prov
ident New Englepd instincts, she had
a plentiful supply Of es4s. pie apple
butter and baked beans on hand. She
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

had ordered recklessly at the green.
grocers on her way home, and the Ia
BILE was beginning to look like feast
of plenty.
Poor old Hiram! She could not get
the image of his pitiable figure out of
her mind. Even the prospect Of the
new clock could not dispel the feeling
Of utter heartsickness. Hiram Shell,
whose father had been justice of the
peace, tramping the streets as sand
witch man!
There was a dull aching at her heart
that was incomprehensible to her until
just as she showed the brown bread
into the oven to warm. She stiffened
up with something like groan and
clapped her hands to her head.
I'D ought to "a married Hiram
She'll" she cried, with the bitterness Of
delayed realization. I'D ought to "a
married him! No one ever believed In
him. Just because he didn't get out
and work like the others they said he
was crazy! Geniuses amt like any
body else, and II anybody had ever en-
couraged him and helped him along he
might have struck somethin' that peo-
pie wanted. And here I've been COM
Portable and him trampin' the streets!'
Hiram was late in arriving. She
wondered indulgently whether he had
gone off to buy wire with that money
instead Of getting the clock. Strange
ly enough, she did not care much. The
thought was tormenting her that she
who always had put duty foremost had
after all failed in the greatest crisis Of
her life. Women were intended to
make men stronger, to bring out the
best in the men they loved, and She
He came, more haggard and all but
tottering, with two packages under his
arm. She took them from him, tum-
bled them heller SHELTER ON the sofa
and drew up an armchair for him close
to the table laden with good things.
Now, Hiram" she said, ''eat!"
He looked at her wildly for mo
ment, trying to get his breath. 1.-The
package" he said. as 1t all rightT'
"The clock? OF course. Go on an
eat now" She passed him the bowl
of savory pork and beans.
He pushed back from the table, peer
ing about.
Hiram Shell, IL you don't stop act
in the fool and set to eatin' I'll throw
out the cuckoo clock and be done with
it!'
mo, Samanthy, faint the clock; it's
that new patent clothes wringer been
making. Thought you might like 1t to
wash your clothes"
Samantha collapsed into a chair.
Hiram Shell, haven't done my
wash for five years. 1t goes to the
laundry"
"Well, now, amt that nice" He
pushed back the apple butter she hand
ed him. He had not touched a bite,
though his plate was piled high with
good things. Samantha saw his face
had gone white.
II guess I'd better De moving on.
The doctor at the dispensary he said
I'm ailin' some" He clutched at his
heart. ITS queer, right in here"
Samantha pushed him back into the
chair and ran for the brandy.
"Did-you call the ambulanceT he
asked when he opened his eyes again.
mo, / didn't, Hiram Shell. You don't
need no ambulance. All you need is
good square meal and the parson.
We're going to get married, Hiram"
He looked at her, with tears stream
ing down his cheeks.
"Well, now," he said. "Samanthy,
amt that nicer
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
Notice of Appointment.

Notice OF the appointment Of an admins
traitor of the estate of Haldor Anderson, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the subscriber
has been duly appointed administrator of
the estate of
HALDOR ANDERSON,
late OF Pleasant township, in the County of
Winneshiek, state of Iowa, deceased, interstate,
and has taken upon himself that
trust by giving bonds as the law
directs. All persons having demands up
on the estate of the said deceased are required
TO exhibit the same; and persons indebted to
ment to
OSCAR c. SIMENsON, Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa. July 8, 1905.
w. NJ. STRAND Attorney. 2S-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
NOTICE IN PROBATE.
To Whom it May Concern:

To Whom il May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby notified TO
appear at the court house in Winneshiek
county Iowa, on tn 2Ith day of Sept, A. D.,
1906, at 1870 O'Clock p. M, to attend the probate
of an instrument purporting TO be the last
will and testament of
TORBJOR MYRAN
late Of Lincoln township, in Winneshiek
county, Iowa, deceased, at which time and
place you will appear and show cause If any,
why said will should not be admitted to pro-
bate.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto sub.
scribed my name and affixed the seal of said
office, this 5th day of July, 1906. 1913
S. f. BRICKNER, Clerk District Court.
NJ. A. Harmon, Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

We are asked whether If crop Of
seed clover plowed under in late Sep
TENDER will so seed the land as to in
sure a stand of clover one year later.
We have known this to be done quite
frequently: The clover seed crop to be
plowed under. as stated, crop of corn
to be taken from the ground the next
year, this to be followed with oats
and fine crop of clover to follow with
out additional seeding. In ordinary
seasons this result may reasonably be
looked for
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
NOTICE In PROBATE.

To Whom II May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby notified to APP
pear at the court house in Winneshiek county
Iowa, on the oath day of Sept, A. D.. 1906. at
1880 O'Clock p. m, TO attend the probate OF an
instrument purporting to be the last will and
testamentof
SARAH SAMPSON,
late of Pleasant township, in Winneshiek
county, Iowa, deceased, at which time and
place you will appear and show cause. IL any,
why said viii should not be admitted to pro-
bate.
In testimony whereof have hereunto SUBJ
scribed my name and affixed the seal of said
office, this eth day of July, 1906 2S-4
s. E. BRICKNER. Clerk District Court.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The old time method of purginS
the system with Carthartics that tear,
grippe grind and break down the walls
of the stomach and intestines is super
seeded by Dade's Little Liver Pills.
They cleanse the liver, and strengthen
the whole system. Relieve headache,
biliousness, constipation, etc. -Brunt
& Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

A boy can never be interested In
farm work unless some effort is made
to make his work pleasant for him. II
he Is given poor horse to care for,
poor tool to work with, hard and I'M
pleasant work to do and no tangible
and visible money return for his tabor,
he will take the first chance to leave
the farm and try his luck at something
else. 1t is really very easy PROPOSE
ton to interest most boys in the farm,
but they must be treated as boys and
not as hired men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
Republican State Convention

To the Republican Electors of the State of
Iowa:
There will be delegate convention of the
republicans of Iowa held in the city of Des
Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, August ], '06,at
1880 O'Clock a. m. for the purpose of placing
in nomination candidates for. the following
Offices:
For governor.
For lieutenant governor
For secretary of state,
For auditor of state.
For treasurer of state.
For attorney general.
For judge OF the supreme court 1.-TWO candi.
datesl.
For clerk of supreme court.
For superintendent of public instruction.
For reporter of supreme court.
For railroad commissioner, two candi-
dates
And for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may properly come before said con.
ventiOn.
All voters of the state who believe in repub-
lican principles and who eHdorse the policy
OF the republican party, are cordially invited
TO unite under this call in the election of dele
gates to said convention. The ratio of
representation will be is follows:
One delegate at large for each county and
one additional delegate for each two hundred
votes or fraction of one hundred or over, cast
for Theodore Roosevelt republican candidate
for president at the general election held No
vember s, 1904.
The representation to which the several
counties will be entitled under this call is as
follows:
Cerro Gordo 49,. II Howard ... 10
Chickasaw ........ IL Mitchell ...... IL
Clayton ........... IS WlnDeshlek ...... Is
Fayette. .......... p Worth ........... 8
By order of the republican state central
committee. r. II. Spence,
Chairman.
George X. Eastabrook, Secretary.
Des Moines, Iowa, April IL. 1906
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The intrinsic value Of any soil lies
in it's ability to produce grass. If grass
can be made to grow on any soil it Is
all right. If grass will not grow it Is
best let alone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

many Of which are already under con-
struction by the government in this
country are destined to become among
the most noted engineering achieve
ments of the century. To carry the
life giving water on to worthless desert
acres and make them worth 500 or
more each is wonderful and benefi-
cent work t
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The agricultural department places
the value of the corn crop of 1905 at
billion dollars. No other crop grown
anywhere on earth is worth so large
sum.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The country school where ten OF fif-
teen little folks are taught by a bright
woman is about the best kind of school
to be found. 1t is better than town
school where thirty pupils are depend
ent upon the same woman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The stump Of tree represents some
Of the meanest and most destructive
work of men. 1t is too often economic
wreckage, the sacrifice of the useful,
the artistic and beautiful for paltry
present gain. Some men seem to hate
a tree ON general principles, when it is
one of the most beneficent gifts Of ma
turp
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The United States will have about
2O0,OOOOO0 bushels of the wheat crop of
1905 to spare, the crop last year being
one Of the largest ever grown.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

Cities which are located in the vicin-
ity Of mines of soft coal, where this
fuel, because of its cheapness, excludes
others. and which are usually befouled
with the omnipresent SCOT and smoke.
should devise some method of general.
ing all the light, power and heat re-
quired by the city out at the mines and
transmit the same in the form Of cleo
tricity and gas for use. 1t would seem
as though modern engineering skill was
equal to the solution of this problem.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The United States will never have to
meet any foreign competition in fur
nishing the worlds supply of cotton.
The best efforts Of European nations
to find some part of the earth where
cotton could be successfully grown
outside of the United States have end
ed in failure.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

Millions of people in the northern
provinces of Japan are in danger Of
starvation. The officials Of that coun-
try should get these unfortunates over
into Korea or Manchuria, where they
could find good land to work and
decent climate to live under
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The mission of a second wife is to
than he ever did when she was alive.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The owners Of those western Kansas
cheap lands not long since considered
almost worthless are making fortunes
out of them from the fine crops Of win
ter wheat which the unusual rains of
the past three years have enabled them
to grow
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The future of the million Of immi-
grants who came to this country last
year is a subject Of not little moment.
These immigrants are not Of the class
who have been heretofore gladly well
coined, but of that sort who shun the
country and converge in our cities to
still further add to the congestion Of
that ignorant and pauper class who are
such a menace to our municipal life. 1t
is going to be slow work and hard
Job to make over this class into the
kind of citizens whom America wants.
They do not assimilate readily, as did
the English, Scotch, Irish, German and
Scandinavian. Clustered In centers In
the cities they are given to the mainte-
nance Of their old world customs and
language and are more and more be-
coming dangerous element In the poll
tics Of the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

A friend wishes to know II the bac.
terial culture supplied by the depart
ment of agriculture is of value In treat
Ing land to be sown to clover. We hard
~ think that ii is. Nearly all land will
grow clover, save the few localities
where the soil because Of acidity has
become what is termed "clover sick"
The bacteria incident to the growth
and development Of the clover plant
are present in nearly all well drained
soils, and dressing Of ten or twelve
loads Of barnyard fertilizer to the acre
with manure spreader will in nearly
all cases insure vigorous growth OF
clover. The case seems to be different
with alfalfa, the bacterial life associat.
ed with the development of this legume
either being entirely absent or in such
limited amount as to make the inocu-
lation of the soil an important factor
In attempting to grow IL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

There are few signs which mark
the good farmer which never fail. One
is that he will not try to work more
land than he can do well, another that
he will insist on rotating his crops, an
other that he will keep at least a third
Of his land In clover or grass. He wiz
also save and use all the manure made
on the farm, and If he does not keep
registered stock he will at least keep
high grade animals. Then his fall plow-
Ing is done early-in August, If posi-.
bic. He will cut up his corn and save
the fodder. He is quite likely to have a
silo. and you will usually find in his
poultry yard well bred chickens OF
some one breed. He will keep his home
yard neat and attractive. have tool
house and a shed for his machinery,
keep his buildings painted and the
weeds cut along the highway on his
farm. He is sure to attend his town
caucus and is quite likely to go to
church on Sunday, while his boys and
girls will have the advantage of
normal school or college education.
He will be reader and thinker as
well as worker, having found out
that brains count for more than mus
Gle In farm work. You know himf
We do
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

Two Japs got hold of small piece
of land in Florida last year and made
$1,000 raising tomatoes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18
THE BARREN STALK.

There are plenty Of men who would
not for a moment think Of using a
weak. degenerate sire for their herds
who will still plant weak and degener-
ate kernels of corn, which at best can
only develop vigor enough to shove up
q weak stalk and throw of little pol.
len, never attempting to make an ear,
making up what has been found to be
not less than 20 per cent Of the stand
In many cornfield. In fact, the use Of
seed of low vitality. which Is the prime
cause of the barren stalk, Is almost as
great loss to the average corn grower
as though the seed would not germi-
nate at all, for this barren stalk but
RIBS Its more thrifty and healthy broth
er Of light, sunshine, fertility and mois-
tNre and Is worth nothing save for fod-
Ger. Then, further, its pollen, which 1t
scattcrs ever the field, Is always at
work lowering the grade Of all corn
with which II comes in contact. Better
40 stalk than this scrub parasite in the
cornfield.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

The other day we noticed man I'M
loading some crates of live poultry at
depot. They were piling the crates
one on top Of another, and as they
swung them up some Of the chickens
heads which protruded from the lower
crates were torn off. A protest being
entered against such a cruel method
Of procedure, the reply was that lit did
not make any difference, as the birds
were to be killed pretty soon any way"
There is altogether too much Of this
cruel. cold blooded barbarity prevalent
In connection with our treatment Of
dumb animals. While they may have
to be slaughtered for food, there is ev-
cry obligation resting upon our modern
civilization to see that it is done In the
most humane manner possible.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

We note the hiring of farm hand
for a year at $50 per month, board and
washing. This is easily equivalent to
the $45 per month paid to the clerk in
some city Office or store with the added
save up So where the town man can
one. We recall the time when the
farmer could hire just as good a hand
for So per month, and there were
more men after the twelve dollar job
than there are after the thirty dollar
one
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-07-18

A reader in Illinois wishes to know
whether speltz would be good crop
for him to grow on his farm, located In
central Illinois. We think not. Speltz
Is not as good or as useful cereal as
either wheat. rye, barley or oats where
they will grow, but has a wide field Of
utility in the dry or semiarid regions
where none of these cereals will do
well. 1t would be, however, all right to
experiment with small patch and see,
but we would have no confidence in 1t
as useful plant for the locality
named.