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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28
OUR cANDIDATES--TAFTA AND SHERMAN

Ger. He has given close attention to
the exaeting duties of his office and
performed them we'll. Then why
should Republican vote to deny him
a second term? Sheriff Qualley has
shown peculiar qualifications for this
office. These columns have recorded at
intervals throughout the past two
years how he has gathered in many
offenders of the law, among them a
forger who was wanted in various
states. but had evaded all former at
tempts to capture him. There are
many other instances also. The sher-
i'll has been busy man. and the fees
in his office since he has been sheriff
have come very close TO paying the
salary.
Cheap politics has been INDUCED in
to quite an extent in this campaign,
but the rankest yet is the attempt of
the Decorah Journal to dupe the vot-
ers with false representation OF the
deputy salary matter. The facts are
that a recent session of the state legis-
lature passed law requiring sheriffs
to appoint deputies. but neglect ted.
probably through an oversight, to pro-
vide for the salary of the deputy. Let
it be remembered that all other dep
utv coanty officers draw salary from
the coonty. In order to test the law
the sheriff of Fayette county brought
suit to collect salary for his deputy be
fore Judge Hobson, and he decided
that the county must pay the salary o.
the deputy. holding that the creating
of this office by the Legislature natur
ally carried with it q provision To-
salary. In accordance with this de
cision, sheriffs all over the state tilet
bills for deputy salary, and Sheriff
! Qualley did the same, last April
The Fayette county suit was then ap
pealed TO the supreme court for tina
decision, and pending tins. Mr.. Quail
ley thought the honorable thing {,
do would be to withdraw the bill un
til it was decided, and he so notifie,
the Board of Supervisors, but the,
told him just to let the bill rest ther,
until the case was decided TIL,
Board at its last session called up thi,
bill and with bold resolution spread
upon the records, refused payment
Whereat the cat in the corner laughed
Such trash will only react If Mr..
Oarolan be elected he is entitled
to salary for his deputy. every honest
voter wants him to have it, and the
same is true of Mr.. Qualley.
The only question to be decided by
Republicans is; HAS Mr.. Qualley
performed his duty honesty. efficiently
and zealously?" Ii he has, he is en-
titled to the vote of every Republican
TheWest reports bumper crops of al
KinAo inaInhinu Tafk
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

site direction. Along collegiate lines
he has had exceptional preparation.
but in fitting himself for college pro-
fessorship, his studies have taken an
entirely opposite direction to that nec-
essary for the management of the pub
lie schools. He has had but little if
any experience in common schools,
and since he has been engaged in col.
lege work the common school system
of Iowa has been almost revolutioniz-
ed by new laws and new methods OF
teaching. He has never been in any
wise associated with public school
work in the county. He has never
attended teachers meeting, a teach.
ers' institute, nor taken teachers
examination in this county.
On the other hand, ,Winneshiek
county now has County Superintend.
ent who is conceded by the people OF
all classes to be one of the best county
superintendents in Iowa, and without
superior in this office In the history
Of this county. He was borne on a
farm. received his bovhood education
in country school. then went 10
town and spent year in the town
school. after which he began TO teach
a country school. eight wears ago.
and practically ever since then has
! been engaged in public school work.
For four wears he taught country
schools, then followed three years in
charge OF town schools, and then two
wears as student and teacher under the
late John Breckenridge, one of the
best trainers or public school teachers
in the west Graduating here from
the higher course with honOrs. he sup
plemented his common school anC
academic education with two sum
mers work at the state university o
Iowa in the departments of Psychology
and Education. He has since beer
serving as County Superintendent anc
is now on his fourth term. So it may
te said, his life has been exciusivel,
devoted to this work. A close stud
ent of everything pertaining to the
public schools. an attendant and lead
ing participant in teachers conven
tions, in love with every phase Of his
work. very popular among teachers
and pupils. he can almost be classed
as an ideal county superintendent.
In reality the county is debtor tc
him, rather than the reverse. He has
brought the schools OF the county to a
plane never before known. He has
given the best of his life, the ordinary
! wears of business or professional prep.
aration, to the county, and for years
his wife assisted him in office work al
no expense to the county. Besides
that, for seven years he paid his own
expenses and kept his own horse and
buggy for driving ont to visit the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

A Democratic guarantee for the re-
turn of borrowed umbrellas would
touch the hearts OF millions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Bryan is not taking about the tariff.
His vote in congress for ths Wilson
German bill bought it's own sad elo-
auence of subsequent disaster.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

The Republican party, Mr. Bryan
says, is in full retreat Perhaps 1t
could make better speed ii the road
wasn't so cluttered up with deserting
Democrats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

The Democratic Campaign Text
Book can hardly be reckoned among
the seasons "best sellers" but its
originality as a work of fiction cannot
be denied.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

There is much speculation as to the
sort of platform the perpetual candi-
date will adopt in 1912. But when
ever it may be the paramount Issue
will inevitably be w. j. Bryan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Mr.. Bryan declares that he stands
by his record. He should stand close
or it will fall over and smash him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Reports from the front state that
Candidate Bryan looks somewhat
worn. His political policies present
a somewhat similar experienc
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

You know what Republican prosper
ity means. Take no chances upon q
return to Democratic hard times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Mr. Bryan has suffered two defeats
at the hands of an Ohio man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Vote for Taft. for Lacey, for Haug-
en- and for Carroll, the Republican
candidates.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

"Shall the People Ruler" shrieked
the parrot. and the eagle screamed
90 You bet,'' or words to that effect.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28
Current Comment.

Vote the Republican ticket and you
will make no mistake.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Mr.. Bryan challenges Mr.. Taft to
take the people into his confidence. Il
isn't necessary. The people long ago
took Mr.. Taft into theirs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.

REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President
WILLIAM II. TAFT
of Ohio
For Vice President
JAMES ) SHERMAN
of New York
For Presidential Electors at Large
THOMAS t. ANDERSON
of Warren county
JOHN II. ANUNDSEN
of fCerro Gordo county
For Governor
b. +, CARROLL
OF Davis county
For Lieutenant Governor
GEORGE w. CLARKE
of Dallas county
For Secretary of state
w. G. HAYWARD
OF Scott county
For Auditor of State
JOHN l.. BLEAKLY
OF Id clnnfu
For Treasurer of State
w. w. MORROW
of Union county
For Attorney General
II. w. BYERS
ofShelby county
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
JOHN f. RIGGS
of Keokuk county
For Clerk of Supreme Court
III. l.. BOUSQUEr
of Marion county
For Railroad Commissioner
N. s. KETCHUM
of Marshall county
For Presidential Ele tor, 4th District
ID. III. BOWEN
of Allamakee county
For Representative in Congress
GILBERT N. HAUG IN
of Worth county
For Representative ...............P. NJ. Jewell
For County Auditor.........".........l Llnnevoluu y
For County Attorney. ....."""";:..N Willetl
For Clerk of fCourts................S. r.. BIlcknei
For County Superintendent ............E. j. HOOK
For County Treasurer r................G. Jorgenson
or Snerln..... - Suaiicy
For County Recorder...............H. :. Stinson
For County Coroner. j. Swezey
For County Surveyor -.......F. +: Cratsenbere
For Supervisor, LIST dist.........Joh /. Bake
For supervisor, Sd sist.. ............W A. Langt
For Supervisor, 4th dist ............o. NJ. Selne'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Mr.. Taft calls Mr. Bryan's speech
making IAN oratory of fancy" Only
few years ago Colonel Watterson
called il an oratory OF infancy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

TheWest reports bumper crops Of al
kinds, including Taft votes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

Candidate Bryan isn't saying a
word this year about the Wilson. Cor
man bill which he helped to enact and
which President Cleveland denounced
as "a creature Of perfidy and dishon-
or" Gan il be that MIR. Bryan is
ashamed of the only important meas
ure he ever helped to place on the
statute book?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28

THE United States Post Office
Department requires all sub
scriptions TO weekly newspapers
to be paid. Look up the Yellow
Address tag on this paper and see
how you stand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
DR.. L OF FOOD
Pres. of Board of Health.

What shall / eat?" is the daily in.
curry the physician is met with.
90 not hesitate to say that in my
judgment a large percentage OF dis
ease Is caused by poorly selected and
improperly prepared food. My per-
sonal experience with the f~ully-cooked
food, known as Grape-Nuts, enables
me to speak freely of its merits.
From overwork | suffered several
years with malnutrition, palpitation
OF the heart and loss of sleep. Last
summer was led to experiment per-
sonally with the new food, which |
used in conjunction with good rich
cows milk. In a short time after !
commenced its use the disagreeable
symptoms disappeared, my hearts ac-
0 became steady and normal, the
functions of the stomach were prop
erly carried out, and | again slept as
soundly and as well as in my youth.
i look upon Grape-Nuts as a per-
feet food, and no one can gainsay but
that it has a most prominent place IN
a rational, scientific system OF feed
ing. Any n who uses this food Will
soon be convinced of the soundness
of the principle upon which it is man.
ufactured and may thereby know the
facts as to its true worth" Read
The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
There's a Reason"
Ever read tha above letter? A new
n appears FROM time to time. They
are genuine. % ne and full Of human
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
June 1 KNOWN AS REINFORCEMENT DAY
National Prosperity Association Helps Restore Work to 5000
Men--Evidences From Pittsburg That Good
Times Have Come Again.

st. Louis. - The Simmons Hard
ware Company, the Ferguson McKin-
ney Dry Goods Company and the Ely
Walker Dry Goods Company are
among the manufacturing and job
bling companies which decided to re-
employ several thousand idle work.
men on June 1. The National Enam-
cling Company and the Helmholz
Furnace Company have also decided
to join the advance guard in the re-
employment movement, as the Ma
tional Prosperity Association was adj
vised that these companies had al
ready begun putting a percentage of
their idle employees back to work.
The corporations mentioned will re-
engage 1000 to 5000 men In their fac
tories and shops.
National Prosperity Association at its
last meeting fixed June 1 as re-employ-
ment day. 1t concluded to call on all
the manufacturing, mercantile and
financial corporations of st. Louis to
give work to as many idle men as
possible, and even to recall more men
than are needed right away. The
plan has taken definite shape in St.
Louis, and the committee expects to
have a comparatively large list of
companies which have acceded to the
request.
The committee also approved forms
of letters to manufacturers, mer-
chants and financiers of st. Louis and
other cities regarding unemployment
day. Railroad officials are also in
cluded. officers Of large concerns in
all parts of the country are requested
to notify the association as to the
number of workmen and clerks who
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29

Dr. John D. 0Bden Cites Several Gases Which He Asserts He Has Cued-Eperiments
Along Same Line as Those Which Demonstrated Existence of Dphtheha
and tuberculosis GermS

show the h~ysterical form of attack
when brought to the Massillon State
Hospital, and the patients when dis
charged from the hospital as cured.
81 know" said DR.. O'Brien, "that
it is a bold statement to make that
the germ of paresis has been discov-
cred. Many scoffed when the germ
theory of diphtheria and tuberculosis
was advocated. We feel warranted
from the number of cases treated and
from the satisfactory results of the
experiments made, in stating without
qualification that paresis is a germ
disease. We also feel that, from the
Work done, we have found the baeil-
lus. We have cured patients, are
helping many now and expect to go
forward with the work"
DR.. O'Brien has confined his work
to living subjects; no pathological in
vestigation has been done on post
norton subjects. He 10Y has germs
in cultures. He says that, like a
farmer, he is seeking to find the best
culture in which to grow bacilli from
serum extracted from patients, and
to that end is doing considerable ex-
perimenting.
DR.. O'Brien began his experiments
by taking serum from the spinal col
umns of living patients. With this
he treated dogs, rabbits and rats, with
results which proved to him that the
animals inoculated contracted WELL
developed forms of paresis. He then
used the treatment on human pa
tents.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29

will be re-employed and the date
when the men will be taken back.
Two large dry goods concerns told
the committee that they decided to
celebrate Employment Day" by put
ting back some 5000 employees.
Similar assurances have been made
by other concerns, and the committee
believes that June will mark in a
large degree the return of prosperity.
Pittsburg.-That a return to pros
perity has come was evidenced here
when it was announced that many of
the Carnegie Steel Company's mills
had been started up again.
The Carnegies started their Twen-
ty-ninth and Thirty-third street mills
here, also two more of the Home
stead group. The Singer Nimick
Mills, making hoops and bands, were
started full after an idleness of sew
eral months. The Carter Iron Works,
outside Pfttsburg, were also started,
and the National Tube Company,
which has been repairing mills at
McKeesport, announces that it will
ask for an additional appropriation
Immediately for more repairs.
Evidence of returning prosperity is
furnished by the announcement that
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
has ordered the Standard Steel Car
Company to begin construction of
1000 all-steel cars for that road. The
new cars will be used to handle the
tonnage between the coal and coke
regions and the lakes. The order
calls for 1000 specially designed all
steel coke cars, and 1000 ~all-steel
gondolas. The contract was origin
ally awarded last summer but held
I'm
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29

Massillon, Ohio.-In the laboratory
of the Massillon State Hospital DR..
John D. O'Brien reiterated a state
ment recently made by him before
the American Medico-Psychological
Associations Convention at Cincin-
natl that he had discovered the germ
of paresis, and that the disease is
durable. He summed up the result
of his experiments in these two dec
larations: That paresis undoubtedly
Is a germ disease and that the germ
has been discovered; that, while in
the experimental stage, sufficient tests
have been made to show that paresis
Is durable, and that he has specific
to point to as definite results.
DR.. O'Brien does not believe it
would be proper to make public the
names Of the patients whom he as
serts the treatment has cured, but
he gives the specific cases as a news
paper man of Washington, D. c., who
was treated for paresis and is again
at work, cured; a civil engineer of
prominence in Nashville, Tenn, who
Is cured and at work, besides a num-
Der of people in Ohio who were
brought to the hospital with acute
forms of the disease and cured. 9th
ers who are 0 at the hospital still
under treatment are showing marked
progress toward recovery.
DR.. O'Brien has at hand, in addi-
ton to his own statements and re-
ports from hospital authorities in re-
gard to the successful treatment of
paresis, patients photographs which
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
many DROWNED IN FLOODS
Thousands Driven From Homes in
Oklahoma and Texas.
More Than 1000 Houses Inundated
5000 Persons Without Shelter n
Property Damage $4,000 600.

Dallas, Texas.-An unprecedented
rise in the Trinity River, following
torrential rains by which the waters
passed the record of fifty-two feet
made in 1866, resulted in the Heath
here of four persons, the destruction
in this vicinity of more than $1,000
600 worth of property, the driving
out of their homes of 1000 persons
and the destruction of telegraph and
telephone wires, railroad bridges and
tracks, paralyzing outer communica-
ton and travel of all kinds Test and
Southwest. A poor residential quar-
ter of the city was put under several
feet of water, and thousands have
lost all of their household effects,
while the residence part of North Dali
las was cut off from the Business part
of the city by the waters. The water
works plant was placed out of COM
mission and the lighting plant was
inundated.
Conditions as bad or worse prevail
at Fort Worth, between which and
Dallas the electric line service has
been abandoned. The list of dead at
Fort Worth and North Fort Worth is
now seven. while 5000 are homeless.
Mayor Hart has issued a proclamation
asking for local aid, and food and
clothing were distributed.
Parts of the Texas and Pacific and
the Santa Fe railroads bridges have
gone down. and service to the West
has been abandoned. At the North
Fort Worth stock yards $500 sheep
and other stock were swent from the
yards into the river and drowned.
At Forth Worth the body of a woman
foated down stream, creating panic
among the negro refugees. A negro
child was washed from its mothers
arms, in the Rock Island Railroad
yards at Fort Worth. and has not
since been seen. An unknown white
man. drowned in the suburbs of Fort
Worth. left a farewell note. found
lodged in a tree. A negro attempted
to pilot two men in a buggy through
deep water opposite the city park in
Fort Worth and was thrown from his
horse and swept away. Relief camps
have been established both here and
at Fort Worth.
Waco reports that the Brazos River
and its tributaries are higher than
ever before, overlooking thousands of
acres of land, driving people in The
low lands from their homes. washing
out railroad tracks and bridges. COM
pletely tying up traffic. Five inches
of rain fell in two hours.
Reports from Oklahoma say that
the rainfall there has broken all rec
ords; all of the railroads were put
practically out of commission; people
in the low lands have been driven
from home and are camped on the
hills. The greatest sufferers are. West
Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Tulga.
jerks, Muskogee, Shawnee and Sa-
pulpa.
The natural gas supply of Okla
homa City was shut off by the burst
ing of a huge main near town. Five
persons were drowned neal Oklahoma
City and many persons were injured
by the destruction of their homes by
the rushing waters.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
Jottings About Sports.

Stewards of the Pennsylvania
Breeders and Racing Association an
nounced an attractive program for the
first rae meet of the organization.
Melvin w. Sheppard, the American
distance runner, is so eager to be a
New York policeman, that he may not
accompany the Olympic team to Eng
land.
w. B. Burroughs. of the Illinois
University, scored a double win in the
field events at the Pennsylvania relay
races. In the shot he easily outdis-
tanced Kruger, the intercollegiate
champion.
The harness horses of Judge Will
lam H. Moore won three blue ribbons
at the show of the Riding and Driv-
ing Club, of Brooklyn.
August Belmont's Normal III. beat
King Edwards Perrier, the ~favorite,
in the Two Thousand Guineas race
at Newmarket, England.
Since the crew work at Yale Uni
yersity has assumed more definite
shape the prospects for a good varsity
and freshman crew are bright.
Battling Nelson is beginning to
provide himself for graceful retire
1aent, and as a first step In that d.
rection he has bought himself q farm
near San Francisco
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
Stub Ends of News.

Rear-Admiral Sperry took com.
mand of the Atlantic ~battleship fleet.
Secretary Taft arrived in Washing.
ton, returning from his trip to Pan.
anna.
A bill to create an Appalachian
forest reserve was passed by Con-
gress.
The battleship seet sailed from
San Francisco for ports on Puget
Sound.
Frank Merritt, of New York City.
repeated his offer to give himself to
science to be experimental on in the
search for a cure Tor consumption,
Advices from Paris and Geneva
show a large number Of Americans
now touring in Europe.
The General Deficiency bill, the las.
of the great appropriation measures.
was passed by Congress.
Bubonic plague appeared at Porto
Cabello, Venezuela, and a fever sun
posed to be yellow jack"
A crowd estimated at more than
200 200 persons went to Coney Island
for the opening of the S
William Clausen, an art dealer
was arrested in New York City. on
the charge of selling spurious paint
fnRs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
Amonr the Workers.

British coliery enginemen decided
at a recent meeting to join the Ma
tional Federation.
A strike against the "open shop"
plan caused 900 stone cutters to go
on strike at Quincy, Mass.
The hod carriers international
body has 292 branches of the ~associa-
ton distributed in the United States
and Canada.
The Federated Council of the or
CARNATIONS of the shopmen employed
at all points of the N. Y, N. H. and
H. Railroad was made permanent re-
Gently.
Every Kansas City brewery was
tied up by a strike of 500 workers
for an increase in wages averaging a
dollar a week.
The number of persons employed
in the mines of the United Kingdom
in 1907 was 940,618-an increase of
58.273 v 1906.
The men employed on the railroads
In Kansas earn on an average of-$1,-
1874 a year, while it costs them
$773.77 a rear to live.
Representatives of organized labor
denounced and defended Mayor Nc
Cleilan for his veto of the bill pro-
viding vacations for New York City
1UWP4QfeEs
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-05-29
A Great Smoker.

A Pittsburg millionaire said at q
dinner:
Il lunched with Sir Thomas Upton
at the Ghezireh Palace, in Cairo, just
before he set out for his tea planta-
ton in Ceylon, where the ex-Empress
Eugene was to visit him. When the
coffee came on I opened my gold case
and offered Sir Thomas a beautiful
aromatic cigarette fresh from the
factory down the street.
No, thank you,' said he. 4 am,
with n possible exception, the big
gest smoker in the world, but I never
smoke cigars o cigarettes
What do you smoker said l..
Bacon he answered. New
York Tribune.