Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-20

date. laboring men were paid 81. 90
and Sl.25 per day, and the future of
Decorah seemed gloomy, indeed.
Today,
Decorah is unequivocally the best
city of its size in the state of Iowa.
Decorah has more brick street paw
ing than any city of its size in Iowa.
Decorah has more miles of cement
sidewalks and curbing than any city
of it's size in Iowa.
Decorah has the finest and most
complete system of waterworks of any
city of its size in Iowa.
DEBORAH has the finest $3.50, 900 court
house, located on the most beautiful
public square, of any city of it's size
in the northwest.
Decorah has the finest SO. 600 hotel
of any city of its size in the north.
west.
Decorah has the finest $40, 600 opera
house of any city of its size in the
northwest.
Decorah has the finest 500, 600 con-
crete water power dam for generating
its electricity in the state of Iowa.
Decorah has the finest public school
system, with $4,000 high school
building, of any city Of it's size in
Iowa.
DecOrah has four modern newspaper
plants, which in point of equipment,
circulation and aggregate amount Of
business, no city of it's size in the
United States equals. This includes
the Decorah Posten. the largest Nor
wegian newspaper in the world, with
a circulation of AZ, 900 twice week.
Decorah is the head of the Norwe-
gian Synod of America, Luther Col
lege, (now erecting new $50, 600 dor
mitory), and the large Lutheran Pub
fishing House) enlarging its field every
year, being located here.
Decorah has the promise of the fin
est equipped three-rail electric in
terurban railway system Minneapolis
to Chicago) in the United States,
with the company's shops and division
point located here.
Decorah has the finest $3.50 con-
crete bridge of any city of its size in
Iowa, over stream similar to the
Oneota river 49,
Decorah has government appro-
priation for federal post Office site,
and soon fine federal post office
building will be erected here.
Decorah has the finest, most up-to-
date, most completely stocked business
houses in all the various lines of
trade of any city of its size in Iowa.
Twelve years ago Mr.. G. N. God
dard was mayor of Decorah. He was
defeated for reelection after one term
in Office. During ten of the years
since then DR.. f. w. Daubney has
been mayor. and no city in Iowa has
made greater material progress than
Decorah. To DIR. Daubney's progress
sive spirit, to his administrative abil-
ity, his mature Judgment, his constant
solicitation for the peoples interest,
and his zeal i'll aiding all public i'm
provements. must be given the credit
for at least a part of the above. AL
though he himself would pre- fer to re-
tire from the position he has filled so
long and so well, practically all clas-
ses have urged him to again permit
the use of his name as candidate,
and he has consented. LII reelected,
as he should be. the city will still
have as its administrative head a man
in the prime of life, able and COM
petent in every way to properly rep.
resent the city, just such a mayor as
Decorah needs now more than at any
time in its history.
Over in Sloan, Iowa. the supervisors
damned a lake that was fed by the
Missouri river when it gets on ram
page, and now the water is up in the
river and the people are damning the
board of supervisors because the dam
is not high enough. When the river
is high the dam is low, and when the
ri-er is low the dam is high. The
expense of the dam made it high so it
is high dam anyhow, and now the
voters say it is dam high in price and
dam low in security. Some jack made
a mistake in his estimate and now ths
game is to put another supervisor in
his place. and there is your high low
jack and the game. Britt Tribune.
Some lofty soul has said this:
"When the final summons comes foI
me let there be no pause in the busy
life of the world, for no one is in
dispensable: let there be no pomp OF
ceremony to safe the curious eyes OF
the Indifferent. for that is but a source
of caustic comment. shall bt
mourned by the hearts that loved me,
missed by the souls whose compile
ment | was from their sincere tribute