Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-29

Kramer as postmaster at McGregor TO
succeed A. q. Boyle, resigned There
were a number of candidates for the
position.
Mason City is making an effort to
secure the permanent location of the
M. B. A. headquarters in that city
and the $780, 900 building to be con.
structed by that order.
To think that mite of a child only
1.2 years of age, could climb to the
top of 60 foot windmill tower and
there play freely on narrow shelf
only foot wide, is almost unbeliev-
able, but such feat was actually &C.
complished near Story City. The
father brought down the little one un-
hurt.
The second annual convention of
the Iowa Elks' association will be
held in Waterloo and the reception
which will be rendered the visiting
Elks who will be in the city in droves
on Aug. 4-5.6. promises. to surpass
anything in the way of splendor and
hospitality that has been pulled off in
the city in decade of several years.
Charles City is just now in the lime
light. Vivi Lindaman yesterday won
high honors by shutting out the
Chicago Nationals 5 to 0. Champion
Gotch umpires our ball game this
afternoon, and the Boston ball team
will give as an exhibition game Aug.
2lst, besides possessing the best ball
team in northern Iowa. AS sporting
center, Charles, City is on the map
good and plenty.-Herald.
A peculiar case exists in Mills
county. The owner of fine 116 acre
farm borrowed 90, 800 and gave a
mortgage on his farm for security.
The Missouri river began eating its
way into the farm and the owner
traded off the farm, the new owner
assuming the mortgage. In course of
time the farm changed hands several
times and finally practically the
whole farm disappeared into the re-
morseless nav of the river. Now the
question is who is to pay that 81, 500.
A few days ago while Mrs. Harry
Gobel was out little distance from
the house stray swarm OF bees set
tied down on her hat. She stood still
long enough to give the whole swarm
time to locate and then took bee line
for the house ana after quietly remov-
ing her hat with the be es and placing
them in front of an empty hive. she
had no trouble in persuading them to
leave the hat and go into the hive,
and thus added one more colony to her
growing apiary. Now. Mrs. Gobel
NAV be afraid of mouse like any
other women, but it is evident that
she is not much afraid OF the busy
little bee. Nora Springs Advertiser.
The sheriffs of Mitchell, Worth and
several other counties are looking for
a man named John Myrlan. who, on
Sunday last, stole $75 in cash. some
iewelry and lot of notes, from
Andrew Fadness, a farmer for whom
he had been working near Toeterville.
Myrlan hired an auto at st. Ansgar.
and arrived in Northwood that eve-
ning. but left for the north on the
30 morning train. OF the ~. 700
worth of notes he had taken all but
one for $3.50 were duplicates and not
negotiable. Myrlan is As years of age.
and three or four years ago was an
inmate of the Worth county poor
house, He is described as feet 2
inches tall, weight las pounds, hunch-
backed, bald headed, etc. -Northwood
Index.
r. E. Harrison of Dunlap, Iowa.
has invented another appliance that is
intended to turn farm life into o
"rosy" condition where hot baths,
steam heat and other city conven-
FENCES hold sway. He has invented
an appliance for sending the mail out
ON the rural routes by electricity.
Wires are strung along the road with
proper switches all of which Is
automatic. One man can deliver the
mail to five or six rural routes by
eIectricity. Baskets are hung on the
wires. which travel at the rate OF
about two mile, minute. A basket
Is started for certain farm house and
the switch is set. Arriving at the
farm house it dumps the mail into
box and picks up another box contain
ing any mail to be sent out. As soon
as this box has returned another is
started out for another farm house.
Since the baskets travel so fast the
mail is soon all delivered. Delivered
K in fact in much less time than by the
1 carrier methods. and bad roads form
x no hindrance whatever.
Constipation.