Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-05-22
"A Million Dollars for Old Norway.


day night. John w. Arctander, one of
the speakers, proposed to the 2, SOC
Norwegian Americans present that
they raise million dollars to be pre-
sented to Norway at the time of its cen
|-tennial of Norwegian independence,
Nay II, 1914. 1t is to be the gift of
the natives of Norway in the United
States to the mother country, and the
suggestion met with universal ap-
prOyal. He proposed that one quarter
of the amount be used to clothe the
naked mountains of Norway, and
make them more beautiful as we'll as
profitable. Another quarter in drain-
ing the desolate swamps, so that they
might produce the finest of crops
The remainder to be used for in
dustrial development or such other
purposes as the committee should pro-
vide.
The committee suggested by Mr..
Arctander and approved by the meet
ing is as follows: Senator Knute Mel.
son, Alexandria former Governor G.
N. Herreid, Aberdeen@ SD. Cover
nor J. o. Davidson, Mfadisop. Wis.
E. II. Hobe, st. Paul; Consul +. H.
Gade, Chicago Olaf. o. Searle, Min
neapolis Professor H. G.. Stub, Ham
line; Professor f. X. Johnson, ST.
Anthony Park; Professor Sven Ofte-
dal, Minneapolis; Professor N. J..
Lohre, Jewell. Iowa Ludwig Arctan-
der, Andreas Ueland and Henry j.
Giertsen, Minneapolis; Elder San
dagger of the Norwegian nj. E. church
Dr. N. Fl. Schjelderup, Lauritz S.
Swenson, Minneapolis; Nicolai
Grevstad, Chicago; Rasmus B. Ander-
son. Madison, Wis. B. Anundsen,
Decorah. Iowa.
This committee is expected TO get
together as soon as possible to con-
slider the general proposition and
either to constitute itself general ex-
ecutive committee or to appoint an
other and probably larger general
body
Some details of the approaching
western trips of Secretary Taft are
announced. The secretary will leave
Washington May Goth for ST. Louis
where he will deliver an address MAY
30th before the National Millers' as
sociation, returning to Washington
June lst. On June 9th, lie will leave
Washington again for Milwaukee
where he is to deliver an address on
the evening of June 10th before the
Merchant and Manufacturers as.
sociation. June llth he will be at
Davenport. Iowa, where he will visit
the Rock Island arsenal and be din
ner guest of the City Press club,
June 18th he will be in Iowa City
where he speaks at Iowa State univer-
sity. At Minneapolis June 18th he
will deliver a speech at Minnesota
university. June l4th he goes to ST.
Paul to visit Fort Smelling and dine
with the Commercial club. He goes
to Sioux Falls. South Dakota, on the
18th. He will inspect the condition
of Ute Indians at Fort Meade. South
Dakota June l6. At Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, 18th, he will make an
inspection of the fort and June Goth
he will address the Ottawa, Kansas,
Chautauqua.
A gentleman of Waterloo whose
business takes him into different
parts of the state over country roads
makes strong plea for the more gen.
eral use of the King drag. The
gentleman practices what he breaches
and in Blackhawk county where he
owns large farm there is never a
rain that the drag is not used on the
roads around his place. The drag on
certain stretch of road has been
used three times this spring and the
road is described as being like a race
track, and in fact could be used for
that purpose if desired. This same
gentleman says that the drag is being
generally used in the vicinity of
Waverly and the roads in that part of
the country are incomparably better
than the roads in this vicinity. -
Waterloo Courier.
Detailed reports from every section
of the state to Director Sage of the
Iowa crop bureau indicate that the
acreage devoted to corn this season
will be larger than ever. Last year
the corn acreage in Iowa was 9, 443.
96O acres and the output was 3SS, 600,
COO bushels of the best corn that lowe
ever produced. From present indi-
cations, the increased acreage, with
anything like a normal season, will
yield even greater returns than last
year.
Iowa will use 81, 600, 900 to SO, 800. .O0C
worth of binding twine in harvesting
this years crop. A correspondent
has computed that this represents be-
tween 20 million aud 23 million
pounds, which would stretch over
81, 7SO, 303 miles, or belt 81 bundles OF
oats OF the circuriference of the world.