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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

There is quite difference of opinion
among growers of clover as to the best
manner i'm which to save the hay crop,
which through the north has to be cut
about the LIST of July, season OF
heavy rainfall, the weather very often
spelling all the crop. 1t is claimed
that il the clover is first well wilted
and entirely free from outside mois-
ture it may be placed I'm NOW with
safety, the heating process curing 1t
into very fragrant and palatable food.
We believe that il haymow- were
built out of doors, box, so to speak,
with bottom and sides made as nearly
air tight as possible, then the hay In
the condition referred to packed in, be-
ing tramped down solid with horse
while filing and then the whole COW
cred with some material to keep the
rain out, clover hay Of good quality
could be thus secured.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
BREDE b. SANDER.
Notice of Appointment.

Notice OF the appointment of Anton Arne.
S IN as Administrator of the estate OF Ole q.
Arneson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed administrator OF the
estate Of
OLE G. ARNESON,
late of DecOrs Twp, in the county of Winnie.
shiek state of Iowa, deceased, intesiate, and
has taken upon himself that trust by giving
bonds MS the law directs. All pei sons having
upon the estate of the said deceased
indebted TO the said estate are called upon TO
make payment to
ANTON ARNESON,
"a Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa. Feb. 10. 1906.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Some men think If they seed their
land down to timothy they thereby
rest and renovate the soil. If timothy
is removed from the field, either as
hay or as crop Of seed, it drains on
the fertility Of the soil to as great an
extent as any grain crop, but IL the
crop is pastured off the land Is bene-
fitted. Timothy possesses no power to
fertilize the soil as does clover Seed
ing down with timothy will clean the
land, but not enrich 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

There is close alliance between fur
men who wear these coats now being
able to draw their checks in four fig
ures. The time was, and not so very
long ago, when they could not afford
to buy a fur coat and when the only
business they had with the bank was
to secure IL possible the extension Of
loan at 10 per cent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

If one has land which he must rent,
If such land is getting worn out and
weedy, IL cookie burs are a more thrift
ty crop than corn, the best thing to do
is to get the land into grass, and, while
the rent it will command as pasture
will not be more than half what it
would for cropping purposes, there is
this TO be considered-that grass will
kill the weeds and gradually restore
fertility to the soil.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

The finest saddle animal we ever saw
was well bred and well trained iron
gray mule. What that mule did not
know and could not do no horse need
try for.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

The disk and the blue grass pasture
should be better acquainted. Rough
and harsh as its process may be, there
is nothing the blue grass likes better
than to be all torn up in the early
spring with disk. If the pasture is
hidebound and weedy disk it. II you
want to double its feeding capacity
disk it. double disk it, then scatter a
trife of medium red clover seed and
barrow it thoroughly, and you won't
know the old pasture lot.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

The cement crosswalk for city streets
is supplanting all other kinds. 1t is
cheap. durable. easily cleaned and
every way satisfactory. The stone.
brick and wooden crosswalks will have
to go.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Tobacco and cotton do for the south
ern soils in impoverishing them just
what the growing of small grains and
corn do for northern soils, only they
get in their work quicker.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

While the deciduous trees may be
safely trapsplanted in the fall Of the
year. nothing but failure can be looked
for when evergreens are so treated.
Set out in the fall they will surely die.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Rural mail carriers without excep-
ton speak in highest praise Of the new
method of dragging the dirt roads.
Wherever the roads are thus treated
the work in delivering the mail is
greatly facilitated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

The rural mail service has produced
some very radical economic and social
changes. 1t has killed the city weekly
newspaper; 1t has multiplied the num-
Der of small daily papers; it has seri-
ously injured the trade of the country
merchant; 1t has made farm life great
ly more attractive and endurable.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

When the electric arc light was first
introduced it was assumed that for
municipal illumination the higher up
the lights were placed the better, and
the first arc lights were placed in lofty
towers. Experience proved this thing
all wrong. and now the lights are plac-
ed near the surface of the ground, near
to the people. This suggests that II
a man desires to have his light shine
he will best succeed by not elevating 1t
too high
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

An acre Of good blue grass pasture
will make So worth of beef in year.
As this return can be secured at the
nominal expense Of sailing the stock
and looking after the fences, it makes
such land worth at least 500 per acre.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

The Alberta country is showing up
as a great winter wheat country, the
most important discovery yet made
there
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

A young farmer friend Of ours re-
Gently married city girl who was
blissfully ignorant Of everything per-
tanning to farm life. AS she wished to
be a helpmate to her husband In a
large and practical way, she wisely de-
cided to take short course in ag,
riculture at one of our western col
leges, taking up work in domestic
economy and the fundamental princi-
pies Of horticulture and agriculture.
Queer as this thing seems for woman
to do, it has resulted in making her a
most enthusiastic and progressive wo-
man, thoroughly in love and sympathy
with all that pertains to successful
work OH the farm. 1t makes 1t pleasant
for her husband also, who finds in her
a willing helper and a valuable ad-
wiser ut all times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Inasmuch as the average boy wants
to shoot something about as soon as he
is weaned and as there is very much
risk in allowing boys to use firearms,
why would it not be good plan to
train them in the use of the bow and
arrow ana let them practice upon the
sparrows. which might thus be so east
ly killed and which are becoming such
a nuisance all over the country? Be
cause they are unmolested these birds
have become exceedingly tame and will
permit any one to approach within four
or five feet of them. A boy with bow
and blunt headed arrow could soon
become an expert in knocking them
over and thus crafty his love of sport
and desire to kill something and be do
ing some good to the country without
risk to himself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Pound for pound the mule will sell
for more money than the horse, and
pound for pound it is worth more.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Going to grass" will prove the Sc
cret of success for many man in an
agricultural way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
Notice of Appointment.

Notice OF the appointment of an Executor
of the estate of Brede b. Sander, deceased
Notice Is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed executor of the
estate of
BREDE B. SANDER,
late of Glenwood township, in the county of
Winneshiek. state of Iowa, deceased. testate,
and has taken upon himself that trust by
giving bonds as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of the said
deceased are required to exhibit the same;
and persons indebted TO the said estate are
called upon to make paymentto
BEN b. SANDER
"a Execu or.
Dated at DEBORAH. Iowa. Feb. 3, 906
w. Nj. STRAND, Attorney.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

If you want to get a breed Of hens
that won't want to put in the good
part of the summer sitting get the
Leghorns. If you want lots of eggs
get Leghorns. If you expect to make
much money from chicken meat do
farm homestead, garden and orchard
all stratched up do not get them, but
just for egg production alone and
where large number of hens are kept
and have to shift for themselves there
is no breed equal TO the Leghorn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
VALUE OF INTERURBAN RAILWAYS.


A good many farmers are not proper
ly alive to the Importance Of the inter-
urban railroads as affecting the valua-
ton of their farms, and in many places
offer good many distractions In the
way of building such roads by asking
exorbitant prices for the right Of way.
The time is soon coming when the fin
est homes in the country will be found
along these interurban railroads. Men
from the city will seek to acquire few
acres Of land adjacent to such roads,
where they may enjoy for themselves
and families all the advantages of pure
air, abundance Of room and the almost
unattainable fresh and wholesome prod
ucts of the farm. Wherever there Is a
movement on foot to build such road
every man whose land it crosses could
well afford to donate the right of way,
as the building of the road will surely
add from 80 to 20 per cent to the value
of his farm for the purposes above in
dicated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
Hot Springs, Ark. Florida

Daily Sleeping Car without change Chica-
go to Hot Springs. with connections at Mem
phis from fncinnati and Louisville.
Through "Dixie Flyer" Sleeping Car Line
st. Louis to Jack sonville via Nashville, Chat
ia noOpa and Atlanta
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

-Camphor ice 10c at Brunt & Par
mans.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Western banks show constantly in
creasing lines of deposits. 1t is inter
esting to trace out where this accumu-
lating wealth originates. We find that
it is mostly agricultural wealth, that
it is farmers who own the stock Of the
bank, largely form the directory and
whose money it is which forms the
large line of deposits. Tracing out
where and how they get this money,
we find that the largest contributor Is
the hog, then the COW, then the steer,
then the hen. We also find that the
grain raiser and the grain seller only
rarely has any bank deposits and that
what he makes one year he is almost
sure to lose the next
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
Havana via New Orleans
The Cuban Special

Havana, Cuba, Is best reached via the I'LL
nois Central through service to New Orleans
and the new ocean liner, twin-screw, nineteen
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

A friend recently tried to justify the
growth of weeds in his cOrnfield on the
ground that while they did not look
good they still, when plOwed under,
returned to the soil an equivalent in
humus for all other elements of fer
tility taken by them from the soil.
This is false reasoning. On the same
ground there would be many people
whose existence in the world could
only be excused on the ground Of the
value of their remains for fertilizing
material. The soil and the world are
each the poorer for producing both the
weeds and the worthless human.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
Mexico, California

Tour Of all MericO, via Illinois Central X. r.
under escort OF Reau Campbell, General Man
ager the American Tourist Association, Quin-
cy Building, lib Adams st., Chicago leaves
Chicago January 30. Select clientele. Limit
ed. All exclusive privileges, independent
travel. Special Pullman Vestibule Train,
i,rawing- Rooms, Compartments. Library and
Music Room, with the largest Dining Car In
the world, and the famous Open Top Obser-
walton Car Chililitli. Special Baggage Car
Tickets Include all expenses everywhere.
Special Tours OF Mexico and California via
the Illinois Central and New Orleans under
the auspices OF Raymond * Iphitcomb, will
leave Chicago Fridays. Feb. Ind and Feb I'D,
for Mexico and California, the last TO include
stop-over at New Orleans for the Mardi
Gras. Ebtire trips made In special private
vestibule trains OF finest Pullman's with din
ing car service. Fascinating trips, complete
In every detail.
Illinois Central Weekly Excursions 10 Cult
J0raid. Excursion cars through To Los Ange-
les and San Francisco as follows: Via New
Orleans and the Southern Route every Friday
from Chicago; every Tuesday from Cincinna
ti and Louisville via Omaha and the Scenic
Route every Wednesday from Chicago.
FULL PARTICULARS concerning ell of the
above can be had OF agents OF the Illinois Gen.
trail and connecting lines or by addressing
either OF the undersigned. April
A. II. HANSON, p, T. M. Chicago, Ill.
>. q, HATCH, u. +. A., Chicago, Ill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
ANNOUN GENIE N rs
Illinois Central r. r.

The Illinois Central maintains Double
Daily Service. and operates the best of trains,
with Dining Cars, Bnffet-L library Cars, Chair
Cars. and Sleeping Cars. from Chicago, St.
New Orleans. The best road for reaching the
Winter Tourist resorts OF the South, includ.
ing
New Orleans, vicksburg,
cuIfport, Miss, Hammond,
La.
Mardi Gras at New Orleans Feb. q. 1906.
Gulfport Is a Mexican Gulf Coast resort hav-
ing the new, fine "Great Southern" HO'el.
Regular steamship sailinRs from New Orleans
for Mexico, Central America, Panama. West
Indies and Europe. Send or call for descrip-
tive matter In regard to the above.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

The bushel box is rapidly displacing
the old fashioned barrel as package
for marketing apples. 1t has much to
commend it. 1t compels more honest
packing of the fruit, not affOrding SO
much of a hiding place for culls. 1t
dispenses with the expert services Of
cooper in the making Of it; it more
nearly meets the requirements of the
average family than does barrel of
fruit, while there is a very material
gain in the matter Of freight charges,
there being no waste space in filling
car. We understand that the first cost
is about the same as that Of the barrel,
and, not being greater, we look to see
the apples Of the future 60 to market
in boxes rather than barrels. The fine
condition in which the fruit growers Of
Colorado and Utah are putting their
apples on the markets this season fur
nishes ample proof that the box is su
perior to the barrel.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14
S. s. Prince Arthur

leaving New Orleans every Wednesday at
Friday morning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

latter Dec. 26) every Tuesday from Chica go
and st. Louis direct TO the boat side. send
for Cuban literature.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-02-14

Do you happen to have field of
wornout, unproductive land, a field
which only gives you twenty bushels
of oats or corn to the acre, and would
you know the easiest and most practi-
cal method of restoring fertility to
such q field and making it productive
and profitable? The following has
been done with very great success and
is commended to our readers: First
seed the land down to mammoth cl0-
yer, the next year turn the crop under
In September, then follow with a crop
OF corn and then with wheat, oats or
barley. In this crop Of small grain will
be another good stand Of clover, the
product of the clover seed turned I'M
der. Follow the clover crop turned un-
der again with another crop of corn.
The result Of this treatment will be
that the first crop of corn will In all
probability give you fifty instead Of
twenty bushels an acre, while the Sec
ond crop will go sixty rather than fifty.
This method Of restoring wornout
land is but little understood and rarely
followed, but it Is the one practical and
sensible methods of accomplishing such
a result In no manner can poor land
be made productive and fertile so east
Iy and so cheaply as by following the
suggestion above given.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
MARRIAGE AN INCIDENT
Speaker at Women's League in Chicago
 Said So.

Chicago, June 9.-Marriage has become a mere incident in the life of woman; man is but an appendage. an adjunct, corollary of women. In short, man is not nearly as im- portant as he, with fatuous self con- ceit, imagines himself. So speakers at the session of the National Business Women's league in the Palmer house declared yesterday-all the speakers being women.
 In art, in music, in literature, in medicine, on the stage, as nurses, as court reporters, and in numerous oth- CT vacations, professions, trades CT craftsmen are by no means the whole thing. Most startling of all, a man as husband does not summarize the entire universe. A husband is an in cident, not creation.
 "Marriage?" asked Miss Louise Lee Hardin of Denver, president of the association. why marriage is no longer everything in a woman's life. It is getting relegated in the mind Of woman to its true place in the proportionate scale of things and is becoming an incident. Marriage is but an incident in the life of a man, why should 1t not be so in the life of woman? Women of to-day must have other interests in life besides the hearth, and I think 1t is very good thing for woman herself and for the nation as a whole that we are becoming weaned to some extent from the idea that marriage is the be-all and end-all of a woman's career"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09

treaty which concluded the confer ence. The following acknowledg- ment has been received from ths chief rabbi of Morocco:
 "Tangier. April 23, 1906. Your Ecellency:
 With deep sense of gratitude 1t Is my pleasant duty to express to you my warmest thanks for your inter- vention in the name of your govern ment at the sitting of the Algeciras conference on April last in favor of the Jews of Morocco. ...... "As representative of the leading Jewish community in Morocco, am sure am faithfully Interpreting the sentiments of every one of my CO., religionists in this country by re- questing you to be good enough to convey to President Roosevelt and the American government the expres- sion of our grateful feelings for their noble and generous intervention on our behalf. I pray God to send his blessings on the liberal American na- tion, the champion of justice and tho supporter of the weak and the op- pressed. May she have amending prosperity and be always great at the vanguard of nations for the well fare of human.
 "I have the honor to be. sir,
 Signature in Hebrew)
 "MARDOCHEE BENGIO.
 "Grand Rabbin A Tangier. ITO His Excellency, Henry White,
 esq. American Ambassador.
 Rome" ... .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
SNEAK THIEVES AT WORK.
Upion City Saloon Keepers Surprised
 When They Opened Up To-day.

Sneak thieves paid visit to few saloons in Union City last night or early this morning and when the pro- prietors of the places which had been broken into came around this morn ing they were greatly excited. The cafes entered were those owned by w. Plikaitis. William Ruczkowski and Joseph Grenis. In the first place the crooks got SIC out of the till be. sides helping themselves to any amount of liquors. Plikaitis did not know what to make of 1t when he saw that his money was gone and made a big holler about 1t.
 In the other two places not much money was taken from the cash box es. as the owners had left only small change in them. A goodly amount of drinksbles was pinched and Grenis found that the booze men even had the nerve to iuggle keg of beer out of his cellar. In all three places en' trance was made through the cellar
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
BALDWIN ST. IN BAD WAY
Competent Judge Says s100,OO0
 Would Put t In Good Condition.

A very competent judge of road ! making and of cost of changes incl dental to changing grades on streets
 that are built up, says that to put Baldwin street in proper condition for public travel the cost would not be far from $100,000. He thinks it should be taken hold of now and sug- sests that the bond issue commission
 De requested to provide for it in their recommendation. At the time the trolley plans to lay tracks in that street were approved not word was said about what was bound to come later, and besides when they got ready to do the work and during it's whole progress nobody asked the city to show him the grade. In order to lay the rails there it was necessary to do some things that made the grade far worse than it ever was be- fore, but the thing was kept quiet and everybody was so much scared of the trolley and its advocates at that time, those who saw what was going on and knew what to expect were afraid to open their mouths. Now everybody wants to know why the trolley was allowed to do thus and so, and those who are loudest in denouncing officials are just the ones who couldn't be moved to speak on the question before the harm was done. A public hearing was held on the matter, but few took any notice of it. The trolley was needed badly, but before 1t went there some pro- vision should have been made to ap- portion the expense. You may say what's the use talking about it now. There is. It comes within the scope of the bond issue commission and the property owners in that street should see that 1t comes before them at the proper time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
Deadly Climate.

Karachi, a port in northern India, has a most unpleasant climate. The parched desert country behind Karachi has 6 terrific heat. Jocobabad. 30 miles away. often records 125 degrees Fahrenheit. The ore man train a day carries a cofin in the hot weather sea- son for the use of passengers" if need be, and in one year long ago 23 European engine drivers died while working their trains.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
TO ASSIST JEWS
Secretary Root Gets An AcknoWledg.
 ment From monoco.

Washington, June 9.--One of the last and strongest instructions given by Secretary Root to the represen
 tatives of America at the Algeciras conference related to the protection of the Jews in Morocco. and the pro- curement for them of equal privi- leges, guaranteed by the signatory nations. Through Mir Whites efforts such provision was inserted in th.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
Couldn't Fool Her.

Old Hunks-I've read that straw. berries are bad for the eyesight, and I believe that's what ails my eyes. We have been eating too many strawber. ries lately.
 Mrs. Hunks-If there is anything the matter with your eyes 1t isn't caused by eating strawberries. It's looking at the price tags on the boxes Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-09
Favored of Fortune.

Lord woivertoa Is one of fortunss p-irs favorifes. Eighteen Fssrs sso he v,s couparstivsly a poor zaa. vtsh an income of . thousant CT ss. HIS elder brosher died unexpectedly md ne succeeded to a e<>ste of nora thsn s1se. co . year and . sisie