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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

An Ohio county agricultural society
last year gave prizes to persons rails
ing the most and best garden stuff on
fellow who got first prize grew ON his
patch: Ninety hills Of sweet corn (be-
tween the hills Of corn beans were
grown, IL hills Of squash, 81 poles but
ter beans, As hills cucumbers, n toma-
to vines, 33 hills lima beans; next row
contained beets, radishes, satisfy and
carrots, while In the next were parsley,
lettuce, parsnips, celery, peas and
string beans. Are there any of our
readers who have done better than
this?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

Both city and country women would
be benefited could they exchange places
a few weeks out of every year. The
former would get needed outdoor air
and exercise, while the latter would
be benefited by a change from work
that Is at times long continued and
somewhat monotonous.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

Some men are known by the com.
pany they keep and some by the con-
dition of their back yards.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

In general way hired help appreci-
ate the same kind of treatment at the
hands of their employer that the latter
would like were he in their place. This
may require the exercise Of little i'm
agination, but it Is well worth while
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

There is many fellow who would
not knowingly tell lie or steal cent
from his neighbor who would not hest
tate moment at loading his hogs up
with buttermilk or soft coal just before
taking them to market.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

City advantages are, as a rule,
bought at an expense of fresh air, free
dom and cOntentment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

The rattle Of hard coal down the
chute into the cellar is the fly in the
ointment of our summers sweet con-
tent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

The farmer does not need to be old
in experience to appreciate the fact
that the price of many things he buys
goes up by telegraph and comes down
by wheelbarrow communication or
something slower.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

Every form of distressing ailment
known as piles originates internally.
The real cause of the trouble is in
side. Manzan is put up in collapsible
tubes with nozzle, SO the medicine can
be applied where it will do the most
good, and do it quickly. If you are
suffering with piles you owe yourself
the duty of trying Man Fan. Sold by
Brunt & Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

Experiments are now being made in
which cement tile is being used in
place of the ordinary drainule. While
it is too early to speak authoritatively
as to the durability Of the cement prod
uct, the durability Of cement when put
to other uses would seem to indicate
that it would prove entirely satisfac-
tory In this particular. Where sup
ply Of sand is available the cement tile
can be produced at about One-fourth
the cost Of the ordinary tile. We would
be pleased to report the experience
which any of our readers may have
had with this new kind Of thing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

Men and women at sixty years, like
horses of twenty, should run out to
grass.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27
ACRES OF sUNFLowERs IN ILLINOIS.

ACRES OF SUNFLOWERS IN ILLINOIS.
There are a number Of farmers in
southern Illinois who have raised a
few acres of sunflowers for two or
three years past. Iowa will see a
farm Of this character for the first
time this year. The land devoted to
the culture of the sunfiowers consists
Of FIVE acres, the seed having been
planted with corn planter, the crop to
be cultivated and tended the same as
II 1t were corn. The proprietors have
contracted their entire crop to seed
house for from $1!F5 to So per hundred.
weight. The seed is used as stock food
and is fed. to parrots. A good oil is
made from the seed, while the stalks
may be used for kindling.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27
THE CHIEF DANGER TO ORCHARDS.

DhNuhAN ~
Several years experience in caring
for a large orchard leads us to believe
that there is no enemy of the apple
tree that at all compares with the little
white borer which works In the trunk
at and just below the surface Of the
ground and whose presence is usually
indicated by the sawdust-like excreta.
The trees should be carefully examined
at intervals during the summer and the
bOrers dug out with a sharp knife.
Where the bOrer is In its second year
and cutting 1t out would necessitate
too large a wound for the tree, a wire
or plant twig may be inserted and the
pest killed in the tree. 1t is well in
making the search to scrape the trunk
carefully to an inch and a half below
the surface of the ground, as the hole
out of which the brown dust is dis
charged sometimes gets covered up,
thereby concealing the presence of the
borer. Keep the borer out Of your or
chard, and you will be practically as
sured that 1t will be thrifty and vigor-
Gus, with very few trees missing as
the years 60 by.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

One who has given the method a
thorough test states that fresh eggs
may be very effectually sealed SO as to
keep from late summer to spring by
simply placing them In a wire basket
and submerging In kettle Of boiling
water for ten or fifteen seconds and
then quickly removing. This seems to
cook very thin layer Of albumen,
which Theoretically seals the egg and
insures its keeping properties.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

A piece Of legislation that bids fair
TO be productive of immense good to
the agricultural and horticultural inter
ests OF the country was passed last
winter as an amendment to the Hatch
bill Of 1887. This amendment was pro-
duced by Congressman Adams Of Wis
consin and provides for assistance to
the state experiment stations to the
amount of $1,000 for the first year and
S2,o00 IN addition To this amount until
the limit Of $4,000 Is reached. The
funds thus made available for the state
experiment work come at a very op-
perfume time, when there Is scarcely a
station but has numerous practical ex-
periments and tests which only require
additional funds for their necessary
execution.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27
COUNTY EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

A departure that gives promise OF
adding greatly to the value and effec-
tiveness of the work now being done at
the state experiment stations and one
that has been much discussed of late
has In view a carrying out of the prac-
teal work done at the places mention
ed at the different county farms. In
stead of being compelled to study state
experiments at long range and having
to digest bulletins which are more or
less technical and whose data and find
ings are to some extent invalidated
because Of q variation in latitude, eli
mate or soil condition, under the plan
proposed these experiments are to be
carried out under conditions that are
The work to be done Mt the county sta
tons gives promise of being especially
valuable along the line Of testing the
value of different kinds Of corn, grain
and grasses that are at present grown,
and later the Introduction of new va
rieties, the conducting Of feeding ex-
periments and the putting to practical
test OF the many suggestions mat grow
out of the state work. The line Of ex-
pertinent proposed is to be carried on
under the direction of the state author
tiles, who will receive the cooperation
Of the county board of supervisors. In
the writer's home county work Of this
kind is to be undertaken, the board
having set aside a certain sum for the
prosecution of the work. This year the
seed corn that has been planted in the
county is to be given thorough test
and an oracular demonstration given of
the advantage and disadvantage of
planting good and poor seed. The plan
outlined would seem to be one that had
in it the possibility of almost limitless
extension and development and one
fraught with great results for the agri-
cultural interests of the whole country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

the cereal corn, which is by virtue of
its right and achievements king
through all the central western states,
Chicago is planning big corn festival,
which is to be held some time next
October, when prizes as high as $4,000
will be offered by the various roads
centering in the city for the best sam
pies Of corn grown In territory tribu-
tary to each Of them. 1t is to be the
largest affair Of Its kind ever attempt
ed and will doubtless result In giving
a decided impetus to the scientific cul-
ture of thoroughbred corn.
, 1906-11-12
People Will Revolt.
RAISE IN SALARY
FOR LOCAL MINISTER.

The first quarterly meeting of the
present conference veal of the Laramie
Methodist church was held at the
church Saturday night, with Rev. j.
C. Bickel of Cheyenne, superintendent
of missions for the state, present and
presiding. The routine business of
the church was gone over and the
members voted an addition to the sal
airy OF the pastor, Rev. J. t. Pierce,
bringing his pay to $500 a year. Rev.
Bickel preached yesterday morning and
evening to large congregations. you
may say for me-" he said to a reporter
fol The Republican, that the Metho-
d'sts of the state are looking to the
Laramie church for magnificent re
ports. The church has n of the best
pastors in the west and it is fortunate
in securing his services, as his own
conference In Missouri was 10th to give
him up. The Laramie church has al
ways been right in the front rank and
DR.. Pierce is just the man to keep it
there. In this he will be ably assisted
by his wife, a noble Methodist woman
, 1906-11-12
CITY Of P|TTSBURC
in STATE OF TERROR

ionable East End. who was shot by
burglars who entered the Smith home,
is extended by the robbery of Charles
R. Lawrence early yesterday morning
at Fifth avenue and Brady street. al
most in the heart of the city.
Found Girl Nailed to Sink.
The crucifixion case was brought to
light by the screams of a woman in
a tenement on Forbes street, near the
Jones & Laughlin steel mills. Neigh
bors rushed in and found Mrs. Jean
Mitchell, 10 years old, in the kitchen,
huddled in a kneeling position on the
floor, with both hands nailed to the
draining board of the sink, with the
blood running down her arms.
Woman Was Unconscious.
Alongside of her lay a Ratchet, the
weapon which had driven the two big
nails, and which was then used to
draw them OUT The woman was In
conscious and was taken to a hos
pital. She can make no statement.
, 1906-11-12
MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION
OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.

Some time during the night twenty
three panes of glass at the East Side
school were broken maliciously, includ-
ing a pane in a door that will cost
several dollars to repair. 1t is be-
lieved two boys are implicated in the
raid Inc that the police will be able
to convict them of the offense. Super
.intendent Lee and Principal Filler to.
day delivered a lecture to the stu
dents on the upper floor, telling them
of the breaking of the panes and warn
ing them of the evil of throwing stones
and the careless handling of firearms.
Several of the larger boys of the
school are enlisted with the officers of
the school and the city in securing evi
dence that will send the young perpe-
traitors of the outrage of last night
either to the county Jail or to the re-
form school,
, 1906-11-12
WORK OF OFFICERS.
Entries and Receipts in Wyoming Dur.
ing Past Three Months.

Washington, Nov. 12.-W. A. Rich
ards, commissioner of the general land
office, has issued a statement showing
the number of entries and receipts
during the first quarter ended Septem-
Der 80, 1906, of the various land offices
Of the United States from the sale of
public lands. The total number of
land entries of all classes was 53,646
acres, an increase of 12,3SS acres over
the first quarter of the preceding fiscal
year. The total receipts for the first
quarter of the current fiscal year are
$2,15S,004, an increase of $7S9,666 over
the first quarter of the preceding year.
The work of the land office in Wyoming
follows:
, 1906-11-12
INSTANTLY KILLED
BY AN AUTOMOBILE.

Mr.. ad Mrs. James e. Weightman
of this city have gone to Rawlins,
summoned to attend the funeral oil
their nephew, little Dean Weightman'
the 4-year-old son of Mr.. and MIS-
William Weightman of Rawltns, VINO
was struck by an automobile yester-
day afternoon, about 5 o'clock, II
almost instantly killed. The little
fellow was playing in the street ana
when the Luckfeld automobile came
by the dust was blowing 60 that the
chauffeur did not see the lad. the
front of the automobile striking him
In the back of the head. His neck
was broken and he lived but a few
minutes. Mr.. INT Mrs. Weightmar
were wild with grief and requiret
the careful attention of friends al
through the night. The little fellow
had visited his relatives here and wai
as sweet a child as ever came to thii
city. The parents and friends viii
have the deep sympathy of hosts o
friends in the two cities.
, 1906-11-12
MURDERS AND RoBBERIES ExcIT-
ING THE PEOPLE TO A HIGH
PITCH AND MAYOR
TAKES ACTION.
Young Business Mar of Fashionable
East End Shot by Burglars in His
Home, Prominent Man Robbed in
Heart of Business Center and
Young Woman Found With Nails
Driven Through Hands to Sink. .

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 12.-"Pittsburg
terrorized and likened to a mining
camp or a frontier town." is the tone
of all of this mornings issues of the
papers. With three murders, a num-
Der of robberies on the highway, &C
companied by violence, and an at
tempt at c%ruciixion in twenty-four
hours, added to the large number
that have occurred in the last two
weeks, Mayor Guthrie and Director of
Public Safety Ridgway last night put
on a number of extra police without
legal provision for their compensation,
trusting to the effect of public clamor
on the select and common councils for
favorable action on this move.
Record a FrightfuI One.
The record for twenty-four hours,
besides the murder of Henry F. Smith,
a young business man of the fash
, 1906-11-12
FORGIVENESS BY PHONE.
Pretty Young Society Belle Uses Long
Distance on Mamma.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 12.-Under
the pretense of going shopping, Miss
Carrie Riley of Bala, Pa, a pretty
young society belle, and a cousin of
Mrs. Wilson Miner. the rewedded
widow Of Charles T. Yerkes. eloped
to Wilmington yesterday and there
married Philip J. Fitzpatrick of New
York. Then she ~telegraphed to her
mother, Mrs. Lille E. Sanderson, and
shortly afterward by telephone re-
ceived her forgiveness.
, 1906-11-12

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. IA wreck oc-
Cured today on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Woodville, Ind, about
thirty miles from this city. Reports
so far are conflicting. but the majority
of them place the number of lead at
fifty killed and burned to death and
twenty-five seriously injured.
Many Are Immigrants.
The majority of the killed and in
jured are immigrants. The accident
is said to have been caused by a con.
fusion regarding signals, which al
lowed the immigrant train to pass a
station when a freight was approach
ing from the opposite direction.
Came Together at Full Speed.
The two trains came together at
full speed, and the impact wrecked
both of them completely. A number
of the cars of the immigrant train
were hurled down a ten-foot embank-
ment and Immediately caught fire.
Although every possible effort was
made to extricate the passengers from
the ~wreckage, the flames spread so
rapidly that this was impossible in
many ase
Many Killed Outright.
1t is known that a score of the i'm.
migrants were killed outright and the
engineer of the immigrant train vas
so badly injured that his recovery is
impossible.
Train Dispatcher at Fault.
Railroad officials say this afternoon
that not many were burned to death
in the wreck. Forty of the badly in
jured were sent to Mercy hospital.
The accident was the result of the
misdirection of a train dispatcher.
Late Reports Grow Worse.
The Indiana wreck grows worse.
1t is now reported hat ffty-three are
dead and e~iGhty-fve injured.
, 1906-11-12
Senate committe Meets.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 12.-The
senate Indian committee, including
Senators Teller of Colorado and Clark
of Wyoming. met this morning. 1t
will start this evening for the terri
tory. The inquiry is to be thorough
and far-reaching. 1t is said the high
officials fear the result. which may
place the interior department in a bad
light.
, 1906-11-12
UNDERWENT OPERATION
IN TOLEDO HOSPITAL

w. a. Comfy was in the city from
Peak lodge yesterday afternoon, in tel
egraphic communication with his wife,
who has successfully undergone an
operation at st. Vincent's hospital, To
ledo, O.. Mrs. Comfy went east sew
eral weeks ago. After the operation
she seemed to be mending, the physi-
clans so informing her husband yester-
day. She is now almost certain OF
complete recovery.
, 1906-11-12
OFFICIAL RECEIPT FOR
SAN FRANCISCO RELIEF

A. C. Jones. cashier of the First Ma
tional bank, through whose hands way
forwarded $3.50 raised by the people
of this city in cash for the relief of
the sufferers from the San Francisco
earthquake of April IS, this morning
received from the assistant secretary
of the San Francisco Relief and Red
Cross funds an official receipt of the
amount, with the note: please ex.
tend to those interested and accept
for yourself u sincere thanks for this
Kind gift, which we assure .'ou is
deeply appreciated"
Daily Republican. SO cents a month
, 1906-11-12

the mine, who has had a force of men
al work for the past month, was inform
ed this afternoon of a new strike of
ore at the 200-foot level, the ore being
richer than any heretofore found even
in that mine, The body encountered
has been sought for for some time, Mr..
Tannehill says. He Immediately tele-
graphed the facts to President Woot.
ton at Madison.
, 1906-11-12
ANOTHER ACCIDENT
CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE
that out of the 1876 persons on the train
forty were killed, thirty-fve others in
jured and sixty escaped unhurt.
Fast Mail In Wreck.

st. Louis, Mo, Nov. 1.-Two coaches
and a sleeping car on the Missouri Pa
cifc fast mail train from Kansas City
were thrown from the track by a brok-
en- rail and turned over near Eureka,
Mo-, early today. Eleven passengers
were injured. The most seriously in
jured are C. A. Brown, internally, and
Rev. Manley j. Barker, injuries to
back. Both are of st. Louis.
, 1906-11-12
WILD OVER PICTURE
OE GRANDDAUGHTER.

Prof. and Mrs. F. W. Lee this MORN
ing received photographs of their
Granddaughter, little Miss Carlisle OF
CHEYENNE. and both r quite pleased
with the appearance at this time Of
the little miss. shes as handsome as
either of u.s." both said today.
, 1906-11-12
CADETS ATTENDED
FUNERAL. OF CoMREDE.

Companies A and B of the univer-
sity cadets attended the funeral of their
ccmrade, John Hull Sutphin, in a body
Saturday afternoon, and today they
are wearing an emblem of mourning,
according to the United States army
regulations,
, 1906-11-12
ANNEXATION MAY
Be ONLY SOLUTION
GOVERNOR MACON GREATLY
DISCOURAGED OVER CONDl-
TIoNS IN ISLAND REPUBLIC.
Riotous Demonstrations Constantly DC.
curing and Color Line Strongly
Drawn by lnhabitants-Senate In
dian Committee Preparing to
Visit Indian Territory.

Havana, Nov. 1.-THE political and
social situation here is very serious.
Riotous demonstrations are constantly
occurring, and the country is full of
unrest. The color line sharply drawn
on the race question is prominent,
and the leaders are fighting between
themselves. Governor Magoon is dis
couraged. Annexation Seems the only
remedy.
, 1906-11-12

Cleveland, o.. Nov. 12.-Trouble
seems probable in railway circles.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers insists upon more wages all
over the country. Forty-seyen rail
roads west of Chicago are asked to
grant the demand It once. The broth
erhood may join with other trainmen
in the movement for bigger pay.
, 1906-11-12
LIGHTS BROKEN IN
PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

In addition to the damage reported
last night at the East Side school, Mrs
DR.. McCollum tells of a pane of glass
IN her homo at the corner Of Fifth n
Thornburgh streets being broken and
a tone was hurled through the window
OF Mrs. Higgins home on Seventh
street, missing that lady's mother by
only a few inches. The police are max
ing an effort to round up the offenders,
, 1906-11-12
Court House Notes.

M. c. Brown and. others today filed
proof of labor on the New Telephone
mining claim.
A United States patent to Charlie
Daley, dated June 81. 1906, for 100
acres of land in section %, township
p, range II, was filed for record, and
with it a warranty deed transferring
the premises from Mr.. Daley to Hart
wig Martens for $3.50.
w. G. Matthews today presented
n coyote pelt for bounty.
, 1906-11-12
General Shafter Dying.

Bakersfield, Cal, Nov. 12.-General
Shafter, the nero of the Cuban war,
was still alive this morning, but he can
only live a few hours. The doctors
say he cannot live through the day.
He has acute pneumonia.
, 1906-11-12
One Killed at Detroit.

Detroit, Mich. Nov. Zone man
was killed and three probably fatally
hurt this morning when a freight
train on the Michigan Central ran
away and crashed into a big structure
on Third street, doing great damage
to property in the neighborhood.
, 1906-11-12
FIfty-three Are Missing.

Valparaiso, Ind, Nov. Fifty
three out of 167 immigrants who were
OF a Baltimore and Ohio train which
collided head-on with a freight train
this morning at Woodville, ten miles
north of here, are missing. and it is
believed their bodies were consumed
by the fire which destroyed six coaches
Of the immigrant train.
, 1906-11-12
BIDS RECEIVED FOR
LAYING WATER MAIN.

The shareholders of the new Sew
enth Street Water company will meet
tonight and open the bids received
for the laying of the four-inch main
from Grand avenue, where it will con
meet with the main, to Park avenue,
a distance of five blocks, 1t is thought
likely that the award of contract will
be made and the contractor ordered
to begin work without further delay,
in the hope of getting the pipe in be-
fore cold weather.
, 1906-11-12
Death List Cut To Forty.

Chicago, Ill, Nov. 12.-Oficials of the
Baltimore ap5 Ohio o that they
received positive news from the
wreck at Woodville, and it was known
, 1906-11-12
HELD SERVICES FOR
THE coLoRED PEOPLE.

Rev. Lansdell yesterday afternoon
preached for the colored people at
their hall in the Collins block, being
present again last night. at the close
of his own services. Arrangements
have been made to hold services every
Sunday afternoon or evening for the
present. The meetings yesterday were
well attended and interesting.
, 1906-11-12
GOULD COMING WEST.
President of Missouri Pacific Going to
Pueblo and Perhaps to Denver.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 12.-George
J.. Gould and a party of railway men
left Kansas City this morning for
Pueblo on an inspection trip. He prob
ably will visit Denver also.
, 1906-11-12
SOLD HIS CATTLE
AT SOUTH OMAHA

Samuel S. Brownlee of Walden re-
turned yesterday afternoon from South
Omaha, where he had been with a cou-
pie of cars of fat cattle, which he dis
posed of at satisfactory figures. He
left for home this morning.
, 1906-11-12
More Paw for cInarmakers.

Denver. Colo. Nov. 12.-The 500
members of the Cigarmakers' union OF
Denver have won their fight for a
81 raise per thousand cigars, and the
Cigar Manufacturers association today
put the new scale of wages in force.
, 1906-11-12
LOOKING FOR VISIT
FROM HIGH OFFICIAL

Members of Pride of the West lodge,
colored Knights Of Pythias, are look
ing for an official visit shortly from ID.
c. Cole Of Cincinnati, supreme repre-
sentative of the order. the exact date
of which has not been announced yet.