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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
$4,000 Electric Ry. Given Away.

To the three boys under fifteen
years Of age living in Winneshiek
County who send us three largest
lists Of words made from the letters in
SAVINGS ACCOUNT" we will
give, absolutely free, three miniature
electric railways with cars, track,
batteries etc. ready TO run. Use no
letter twice unless it occurs twice in
SAVINGS ACCOUNT. There are
no other conditions. Your lists must
be in this Office on or before Friday,
March LIST and awards will be made
March End. Address Savings Dept.
5-6 The National Bank of DEBORAH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
To the Young Man.

Young man, did you ever stop to
think about tomorrow? Does it ever
enter YOUR mind that possibly you
are going to be without shelter whe m
the bleak days of after years come !?
Do you ever stop to think that the
parental roof that now covers you
and the parental hands which now
feed you will some day go the wav of
all material things and be no more?
You poke fun at the poor devils about
town who wear ragged clothes and
work out in the SHOWS of winter and
the boiling days of summer for
pittance. but that is what you will
come to unless you get hustle on
yourself. There is just certain
amount of work you will have to do
in this world. and certain number
of things you will have to learn, and
the sooner you get at it the quicker
you will find yourself on easy street.
Some fellows start out too late and
cash in their checks before they reach
easy street. Learn trade The man
who builds the wall gets bigger wages
than the man who carries the mortar
The man who hires the ditch dug is
the man who makes the money, not
ne man who digs it. Try to be the
man who hires the job done. Topeka
CapitaI
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
Dam Nearing Completion.

Work is progressing steadily on the
completion of the power dam down
the river. Yesterday the last of the
concrete work on the dam was being
put in, and for several days they have
been busy driving piles below the dam
to make a solid apron SO as to kee!
the water from washing ont under
it. The machinery is all on the
ground and nearly installed, the
dynamo being partially set up
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30

Mr.. Lars Peterson Eide, passed
away at his home in this city on
Monday morning, from heart disease.
He was on the streets Saturday in
usual health, but on Sunday wa
taken sick, and toward evening be.
came unconscious, remaining so un-
til his death He was born in Nor
deide, near Bergen, Norway, June Z.
1882, coming TO America in an early
day, and settling on the Canoe. in
this county. He bought a farm near
Springwa alter. some years later living
in Freeport for "A year, and twelve
years ago purchasing farm near
that place. He has resided in DEBORAH
about a year He was twice married,
in 1868 to Karen Christina liver Is
daughter, to which union five chill
dren were born, two of whom are
living; in 1876 to Helga Handsdatter
Nordshilder, to whom six children
were born, all of whom. with the
mother, survive The living chill
dren are Mrs. Charles Waldahl, Gel
vein, Iowa; Mrs. Martin Akre,
Pleasant townships; Mrs. Jonas j.
Akre, Pleasant Henry, Campden, N.
ID. and Clarence, Martinius. Helmer
and Mrs. Belle Digerness, at home.
The funeral services will be held
this Wednesday afternoon at two
O'Clock from the home and at three
O'Clock from the United Lutheran
church. Rev. J. O. Hougan official
ing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
Ambrose Duffy in Jail Here.

Yesterday noon Sheriff Thos. DUAL.
ley arrived from Rock Island, Ill. 4,
having in his charge Ambrose Duffy,
whom he placed in, Jail here, await.
ing trial on three indictments returned
against him by the recent grand jury.
AS is well known, lie has been held at
Rock Island, pending a charge of
larceny, but there was not sufficient
evidence to find an Indictment against
him, and he was secured by Sheriff
Qualley upon requisition papers is
sued by the governor a few weeks
ago
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
The Brigand i'm Sicily.

How strong Is the influence of the
brigand in Sicily is shown in recent
proceedings at the Caltanlsett assizes
where four Of the band Of the notori
GUS Chief Failla Molone were to be
tried. The jurymen and witnesses, IN
stead of appearing, sent joint petl
ton to the court praying to be ex.
cused so long as the chieftain, who
has already dozen assassinations ia
answer for, remains uncaptured.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
Denatured Alcohol.

We received our first shipment OF
denatured alcohol this week This
alcohol is IN every way as good as
the pure alcohol with the exception
that it cannot be used internally. II
is far nicer than wood alcohol and
will doubtless displace that article.
We will be glad to supply our Gus
toners with denatured alcohol when
this article is wanted. We carry tn e
Pyro brand. which meets the govern
ment requirements in every particn :
lar
Brunt q Parman, Druggists 6-lw
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
The Wise Old Parrot. .

Talk about the instinct Of the low
er orders! / built little two-story
house for our parrot not long ago, and
the very next morning after l put her
in it she looked out of the window and
greeted me in very profane fashion"
why should she do that?"
complaining about the house, l
fancy"
"But why should she swear at your"
+ "Took me for the janitor, no doubt"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
Pleased With Texas.

Spring Valley, Mimi, Jan. 20, 1907.
The crowd which went with Thos.
Frankson on his excursion to Texas
have returned, and they speak very
mighty of the panhandle country of
Texas. There were over 6,400 acres
sold on this trip. Mr.. Frankson will
run another excursion February 9Th.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
How 10 Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are
those. who are habitually constipated
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
chronic constipation by stimulating
the liver and bowels and restores the
natural action of the bowels. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau-
seate or grippe and is mild and pleasant
to take Refuse substitutes. Brunt
& Parman l-5
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
Card OF Thanks.

Auditor and Mrs. |. Linnevold de-
sire us to express their sincere thanks
to their many friends and neighbors
for their kind assistance during their
recent bereavement.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
WHY Suffer From Rheumatism

Do you know that rheumatic pains
can be relieved: Ii you doubt this
inst try one application of Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm. Ii will make rest
and sleep possible, aud that certainly
means great deal 10 any onea ddicted
with rheumatism. For sale by Eng
bretson's Pharmacy. 33
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30
Auction Sale.

On the old 7. III. BUSINESS farm,
Frankville township, Feb. Goth.
Horses, cattle, machinery. etc. will
be sold. Gilbert Running. 5-2pd.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30


and the pupil, invariably, has head
aches. If manifest Hypermetropia is
combined with the latent, the vision
is INSTRUCTED for far and near sight.
Astigmatism is also a very common
defect which is due to an irregular
curvature of the cornea and RAYS of
light entering the eye are refracted
differently in different meridians.
The patient usually has continuous
headache and the vision also is i'm
peded.
These defects are all errors of re-
fraction and must be relieved by wear
ing glasses.
/ diagnose and correct all the above
errors according to the latest methods
in opthalmology, by prescribing pro-
perly fitted glasses to correct each
defect, at prices that are reasonable.
DAVID PALMER.
Graduate of Physiological Ophthalmic
Optics
Reading glasses. $l50 AK Gold
Filled Frames, So. 90. Special price
for special ground lenses. Eyes tested
free. Will be at Gullickson's jewelry
store, every Saturday. East Water ST.
CIV
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-30

-a5c wool mittens l5c. Buttons.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO UPSET
MRS. G.. 8. CLIFFORD OF GRAND
FORKS LOSES LIFE ON WAY
TO ST. PAUL.

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. Airs.
George B. Clifford Of Grand Forks, a
leader in society and wife of an in
vestment banker, was fatally injured
this afternoon in an automobile acct
dent west Of Ashby, fifteen miles
east of Fergus Falls. She died less
than hour after the accident. Her
skull was fractured when the heavy
car. running backward down a hill,
was overturned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford and their sons,
Ralph and Bernard, were on their way
to St. Paul and Minneapolis to visit
the state fair, and Mr.. Clifford's
brothers, Fred and Joseph, who live in
Minneapolis. Ralph Clifford had been
handling the automobile. When the
party was a short distance up the hill
west of Ashby it was decided to
change to a lower gear, and while this
was being done the car started back
ward.
The brakes were applied. but they
failed to hold. and the auto sped down
the incline. Near the bottom Of the
hill the car tipped onto its side. Mrs.
Clifford vas thrown out. Her skull
was injured and she lived only q few
minutes. The other occupants of the
car escaped injury by jumping.
Following the Clifford car was that
Of r. H. Mccoy of Grand Forks, with
Lawrence Mccoy acting as chauffeur,
and Mrs. r. H. Mccoy, Mrs. William
Houghton Whitehead Of Grand Forks,
and Mrs. A. A. Ladd of St. Paul. When
the accident happened the Mccoy car
was rushed to Ashby at full speed.
The party returned with a physician,
but he could do nothing for Mrs. Cliff
ford was dead.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
SHOOTING is CHARGED.
Owner Of Land 10 Alleged to Have
Wounded Tenant During Quarrel.

UO1oUS 0uTbUS AOatTVIs
That a murder was not committed
out on the Sioux reservation near
Kennebec, it is alleged, was due to the
poor aim or the excited condition of
the man behind the gun.
Harry Brisbine is farming some land
owned by Jewel Jensen, and the ten
ant took some threshers to the place
to thresh out some food for his horses.
Jensen followed his tenant thither for
the purpose Of preventing the thresh-
ing being done. Brisbine asserted his
rights in the question of threshing,
and when he attempted to carry them
out by ordering the men to go to work,
Jensen, 1t is alleged, secured his shot
gun and commenced firing on his ten
ant. Brisbine was shot in the leg at
the knee, cutting the tendons and tear.
ing OF the upper portion of the bone,
making an ugly wound.
The wounded man was taken at
once to the hospital at Chamberlain,
and his neighbors went out with a SUBJ
scription paper to raise some money
to pay the expenses, and in less than
half an hour they had more than $50.
Jensen made his escape at the time,
but was apprehended later and placed
under arrest. At the preliminary ex-
animation he was put under bonds Of
81, 900 to appear in circuit court.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
WRONG DRUG cRAzES,
Pharmacy Clerk Is Found Serving
| cod. - lnoaoin,, ~,.%>~.>

Pharmacy Clerk Is Found Serving
Soda to Imaginary Customer.
Before his sweetheart, who had
heard of his accident and was hurrying
to him, could reach his bedside, Nor.
ton Moses, the young son Of Sheriff
William Moses of Butte county, died
at Spearfish as the result Of an over
dose of cocaine taken in mistake for
iodine.
Noses had not yet completed his
schooling, and was employed for the
summer months as a pharmacist in
the drug store of G. l.. Smith. Re-
Gently he nearly lost the sight of one
~" through an explosion Of chemicals
iv vas preparing in a prescription
and was suffering 81 much from the
eye that he got up in the night, and,
going down into the drug store,
reached in the dark for the bottle of
codiile to alleviate the pain. Instead
he got the bottle Of cocaine which lay
beside it on the shelf and took a large
quantity.
Shortly afterward the proprietor was
awakened by hearing young Moses
shouting below. Rushing down he
found the boy a raving maniac dealing
| out soda water, ice cream and other
goods to specter customers in the
store. With the greatest Of difficulty
| the boy was put to bed and a ply
sician called, but in a few hours Moses
died in agony. He was twenty years
old and a graduate of the Spearfish
normal school, and n Of the most
| popular boys in town.
He was engaged to be married to
! Miss Emma Hodgkins OF Terry, who
Is nearly crazed with grief.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
STUDENTS GET PARDON.
Young Men Who Confessed Crime A.
ter Revival Service Leave Cells.

r. G. Buschwiler and e. S. Jordan,
two former students of the South Da-
kota university at Vermillion, were
released from the ~penitentiary through
executive clemency. Gov. Coe l. Craw-
ford having p%ardoned them.
B%uschwiler and Jordan while stu
dents at the Vermillion university
made up their minds that West hall,
one of the university buildings, and a
number of old, dilapidated shacks in
he city had outgrown their usefulness
and should be destroyed. They ap-
piled the torch and the buildings We're
burned to the ground. 1t generally
was believed in Vermillion that the
Tres were of an incendiary origin, but
suspicion never pointed to the two
students.
Later, during the course Of a revival
meeting, the W. college students were
converted. They talked the matter
over between themselves and made up
heir minds to make a confession.
When the confession was made public
it caused a sensation throughout the
city, and especially in college circles.
The two young men went into court,
pleaded guilty and told their story.
They were sentenced each to five
years Imprisonment. On April 5, 1906,
they entered the doors of the peniten-
tiary to pay the penalty for their mis-
deeds. Hardly had the doors of the
prison closed on them when a move
ment was started for their pardon, and
after having served sixteen and a half
months of IL cir sentence, they again
we're free men. They departed for
their respective homes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
NEED SCORES OF TEACHERS.
Salaries Are Raised to Discourage
Matrimony.

With the opening of rural schools
but a few weeks away, county superin-
tendents are confronted by a dearth
amounts almost to a famine. Superin-
tendent Of Schools Jorgenson of
Brown county is short forty teachers,
only thirty applications having been
received while seventy teachers are
required. The same condition is said
to prevail in other counties of the
state, and county boards are becoming
seriously alarmed at the outlook.
While Cupid undoubtedly has made
sad havoc in the ranks of the teachers,
he Is not solely to blame for the pres
ent situation. Supt. Jorgenson at
tributes the shortage to several
causes: First, the raising of the stand
ard necessary for a teacher to attain,
many teachers who hitherto have been
holding third-grade certificates being
unable to qualify under the new re-
~luirements. Another cause is the rails
ing of the age limit of teachers from
seventeen to eighteen years. But the
greatest reason for the scarcity, un-
doubtedly is the fact that many Of
those who hitherto have been engaged
In teaching married. Numbers of
young women have come here from
eastern states to take positions in the
schools and the prosperous young
farmers have been quick to discover
the fact that they were extremely de-
sirable material from which to make
farmers wives, and are wasting no
time in gobbling up the choicest Of
them.
AS the result of the scarcity, many
Of the township boards are offering
higher pay for teachers than ever be-
fore has prevailed in Brown county.
Teachers holding second-grade certif-
Gates are being offered $50 and $55
per month, while the holders Of third
grade certificates can command from
$50 to $45. The salaries heretofore
prevailing were $45 and $40 for second
and third-grade teachers, respectively.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
BOUND By AGENT.
Company Cannot Set Up Excessive
Valuation,

The supreme court has sustained
the lower court of Faux county in the
proposition that when an insurance
agent sets the value upon property
placed in a policy the company is
barred from setting up the plea OF
overinsurance as a defense in case of
a fire lass.
The case was that of E. D. Smith
OF Seneca, Faulk county, who was car
rying a policy Of $500 in the Mutual
Cash Guaranty company when he suf-
fered a total loss of his building and
! stock of merchandise. 1t appears hat
the insurance was taken out in May,
at which time the premium was paid,
and the loss occurred in November.
The company set up as defense that
the fire was incendiary, and the build
ing and stock overinsured. The trial
showed that Smith eft Seneca the
morning before the fire, and was in
Redfeld, sixty miles away, when it &C.
Cured: that the valuations on the
property in the policy were placed
there by the agent of the company,
who had reduced the building vaiua-
ton on request CT Smith when he
wrote the policy, and that the pre-
MUM was paid and receipted for and
the policy issued, and the court held
that it was good and should be paid.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
OLD RALLY.
Senator kittredge Talks on the Pan.
anna Canal Project.

ANA NdndI TFCJeCI.
The usual good time was enjoyed by
old settlers and others at the annual
reunion and picnic Of the Union Coun-
ty Old Settlers association, held in Elk
Point. The old settlers turned out as
v before. Many came from the
cities in nearby counties, including
Vermillion, Yankton, Akron, Harvard
en-. Westfield, Sioux City and Penca.
The Elk Point cornet band opened
the exercises with martial music, after
which the address of welcome was de-
uvered by E. c. Ericsson of Elk Point,
followed by a response by Mrs. Ed
ward Tollefson of Richland. w. H. II.
Fate of Richland then spoke of the
trials and adventures of the pioneers
Of the early days. The forenoon pro-
gram vas then closed with an address
by w. p. Chamberlain of AVIAN, gener-
ally known as the South Dakota poet.
A basket dinner was partaken at noon
on various lawns in the city by the old
settlers and the visitors.
The afternoon exercises opened with
the annual address by the president of
the old settlers association, B. Wilson.
Senator A. B. Kittridge was intro
duced and spoke on "The Panama
Canal" Following this was a good
ball game at the city park between the
Elk Point and Akron teams. Elk Point
won by a score of 10 to 2. The bal
ance of the afternoon was taken up in
various outdoor sports. The evening
program was concluded with a band
concert. moving picture show and a
big dance at the opera house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
In and About the State
GRAIN BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Hail Cuts Total Yield, but Crop Shown
Up Well,

UP wei.
The result of the crop year through
this state is commencing to show
through the results of threshing,
which now is being carried on in all
the surrounding counties. In this
eounty and to the west and north In
various sections the yield has been
cut down an appreciate extent owing
to the devastating hailstorms which
passed through here along the middle
of July.
One nan in Aurora county was the
most unfortunate with the hailstorms,
four of which passed over his farm
within two weeks. The first tool about
half Of the crop, and the second prac-
tically finished it. After that two
more hailstorms visited his farm, but
there was nothing left in the way Of
small grain to be destroyed.
Outside Of tn ehailed district the
wheat and oats are making a good
showing, better than was anticipated
with the late season to start with. In
this county wheat is ranging from ten
to sixteen bushels, while oats are
threshing out between forty and fifty
bushels per acre. An Illinois farmer
was here this week, and he stated that
the oats in this vicinity were far
ahead Of that grain through Illinois
and Indiana; hat they averaged more
per acre and weighed out heavier.
Out on the Sioux reservation wheat
and oats are making a splendid show
ing, and the report Of a farmer near
Kennebec was to the effect that his
wheat averaged t~wenty-four bushels
per acre, yielding him 1000 bushels Of
No. / wheat. The oats are showing
just as heavy a proportionate yield.
The corn crop on the reservation
however, is going to be light this sea-
son. This result comes from most 1T
the corn being planted on sod, and
with ~thescarcity of rain at the proper
time it has not developed the same
that it did last year under more moist
conditions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
LONE MAN "LlCkS" FIVE.
Fierce Fist Fight on Depot Platform
at Miller.


at Miller.
A fist fight of great ferocity between
one nan and five antagonists occurred
on the depot platform at Miller a mo
ment after the ~west-Dound passenger
train pulled in, causing a scattering OF
women and children and a general
commotion during the two minutes
that the train stopped.
The five men had been quarreling
on the train as it came east, and when
1t stopped they got off and dared the
other to come out and fight. He &C.
cepted the challenge hurriedly, and as
his foot struck the platform, struck
right and left at the five, who, with
hsts flying, were trying to hit him.
The lone man seemed to be the best
knocker, and soon had one of the five
rolling toward the car wheels, with
the other four on their knees or down
most Of the time. Finally, in his des'
peration to win out against the lone
fighter one of the five drew a Iona
whisky bottle from his pocket and
struck the lone man on the head with
it, cutting his face fearfully, though
not telling him, the liquor splitting in
all directions on the few b%ystanders
who remained near. Pieces of the
glass few about and one bit landed in
the eye Of one of the five fighters and
had to be taken out later by a doctor,
The train whistle footed and the vic.
torious fighter caught the rear end OF
the car and went with the train, the
five remaining in Miller to be fined 50
apiece the next day.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06
OTHER STONE FOR 8. o. CAPITOL
Commission May Not Wait for Sioux
Falls Quarries.

Commission May Not Wait for Sioux
Falls Quarries.
While the capitol commission ac-
cepted bids on plans which call for
the 8 of Sioux Falls stone in a por-
ton Of the building, it Is not improba-
BILE that the plans will be changed SO
as to cut out this stone. The quarry
men asked until next spring to furnish
the stone which they we're to supply,
which was granted to them, as the
foundation Of field stone is about all
which can be completed this year. But
now the Sioux Falls people are asking
that the time to supply the stone from
their quarries be extended to next fall,
which would mean the complete tying
up Of work on the structure for an
other year. II they cannot get their
material upon the ground to allow the
work to proceed early next year other
stone will undoubtedly be used.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-09-06

A brewery, the first in the Black
Hills, is to be established in Rapid
City by local capital. The Rapid City
Brewing company, composed entirely
of Rapid City men, will shortly file
incorporation papers with the state
auditor. The capitalization is to be
800, 900, half of which is already sub
scribed. Ground has been selected on
the outskirts Of the city and repre-.
s~entatives Of the company are now in
Chicago to purchase the necessary
machinery for the new plant, which it
is hoped to have in operation By
spring.