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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15

From our regular correspondent.

! From our regular correspondent.
July Is, 1908.
Miss Helena Dostal was at Milwau
kee this week
Misses Celia Campbell and Emms
Swenson of Cresco are guests Of Mis-
ses Ruth Meyer and Jeanette Coulter
Rev. Wyatt and son Daniel were
DEBORAH visitors today.
Miss Evelyn Miller entertained q
number of her girl friends at five
o clock tea Saturday.
Miss Mabel Bernatz Of DEBORAH anC
Winnie Swenson of Oresco have been
visiting at the II. j. Giesen home the
past week.
Will Johnson went TO Monona today
to accept position there as operator.
Miss Emma Olson left for visit in
st. Paul today.
Miss Libbie Hitler and Miss Armon
Meyer home today.
The S. r. Wager family dro9e to
DEBORAH Sunday to spend couple OF
DAYS with relatives.
Komie Huber of Fort Atkinson spent
Sunday here
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins went to Min
neapOllS saturday accompanied by
their niece Katharine Gibson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed of Chicago and
Mrs. Dorchester of Minneapolis are
guests at the VIM. Millward home
Miss Minnie Meyer returned from a
visit at Marion Thursday.
A number from here attended the
ball game at DEBORAH Sunday.
Miss Bagan of Leroy is here visit
ing her sister Mrs. Moore.
The total receipts of the NJ. E L..
A. SIS bazaar Thursday was about
1872.
Miss Laura Gilmartin visited at
Austin last week.
Mrs Ida Ferguson of Dubuque is a
guest of Mrs. DR.. Roome.
Louis DIESEL was up from Ossian
Sunday.
Misses Laura and Tillie Becker of
Ossian were guests at the j. ID.
Becker home Thursday
Miss Eva Diely is visiting relatives
in Austin this week.
Miss Wolf and Miss Emily Tenold
of Chicago are here visiting at the
Tenold home.
Miss Allie Johnson returned this
week from Galesburg. Ill. where she
has been visiting.
Miss Elizabeth Millward has been
i'll the past week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
Proving His Motto.
swell, SIR" exclaimed the millionaire

"Well, SIR" exclaimed the millionaire
"what do you want this morning."
1--WE come again to ask for your
daughter" said the poor but ambitious
young man.
Haven't | told you six times over
on as many different days that it Is
out of the question? What do you
mean by bothering me In this way?
You are making nuisance of your.
selfv
"If seem to be more persistent than
circumstances warrant, l must insist
that you, sir, are to blame"
"Mew shouted the indignant old man.
81 don't understand you"
There" said the man who loved his
daughter as he pointed to a motto over
the bankers desk, lis my excuse for
coming here day after day, If at first
you don't succeed, try, try, try again
Do you believe in that sentiment, or
have you put it up there simply to de-
ceive people?"
After he had scratched his head
awhile the mean old plutocrat said:
Eyes, l believe in that. l haven't
succeeded yet in making you under
stand that my daughter shall not be-
come the wife of a fool, but am going
to keep on trying till do! Good morn
ingw
And that time he did it.-Strand
Magazine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
BAILEY SPRINGS.
m Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
July IL, 1908.
Miss Lena Iverson returned home
from DEBORAH SATURDAY. after a week s
visit with relatives and friends.
o o Johnson's entertained large
number of their friends and relatives
Sunday they all enjoyed good time.
The Y. L. 5. of the Lutheran
church of Hesper meets at the Elmer
Peterson home Sunday.
Miss Hattie and Conrad Johnson
Sundayed at home
Will Koppen was a business visitor
in DEBORAH Saturday.
Mrs. Oehler and son Vernon of De-
corah is spendi g weeks visit here
at the @. PAIL home.
Duffy Queal Sundayed with home
folks
The l.. A. s. met at the home of @.
Corsen last Tuesday
There will be another dance at the
T. Thorson home Friday you are all
invited
There was another rain and hail
storm here yesterday mounting.
Oscar Olson returned home Saturday
evening from where he has been
working near Freeport.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
BURR OAK.
From our regular correspondent

From our regular correspondent
July l3. 1908.
Mrs. Alice Morrison is very poorly.
We learn Canton and vicinity was
visited by a hail storm yesterday
morning and crops were as badly
damaged as they were here last
month.
Vincent Kimber made a business
trip to Lansing Wednesday.
Chas. and Earn Reed have rented
the shop of L. Little and purchased
the stock inside.
Mrs. Brittendal of Bluffton spent
Sunday with her sister Mrs. Shelley.
Misses Ada Lincoln and Agnes
Darling spent couple OF days last
week at Independence.
CIV Shelley with his brother Lester
had runaway while out with the
meat wagon last week. II the team
had not got loose from the wagon the
results would probably have been
more serious.
Those that could attend the society
at Darrington's Thursday enjoyed the
day: the next meeting will be the 32d
at the parsonage.
J. Shaw, wife and son Irving Of
Minneapolis spent couple OF days
last week at the Briggs home.
NJ. Whsle and daughter Charity
spent couple of days last week at
West Union.
,rMrs. Florence Briggs has concluded
her clerkship for j. +. Briggs and
will be greatly missed by both her
employers and customers.
= Mr.. Meyer of Arlington made a
business trip up here last week.
Hazel Briggs went to DEBORAH Sat-
urday to spend couple OF weeks
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Masters.
Guy Feltis departed Friday for
Dakota.
Mrs. Jno. Thompson returned Sat-
urday evening from her visit at
Austin.
Ionia Briggs is spending few days
atlthe Lang home in Blutfton.
Mrs. Susan Perry returned Saturday
after several weeks visit at MARSHALL
town. Iowa, and Austin, MINI.
Roger Edmunds of Decovah is a
guest of Lloyd Whitbeck.
The l.. A. s. cleared &c. so at the ice
cream social on Emmons' lawn Sat.
urday evening; could have sold mucf
more cream II they had had it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
SPRING WATER.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
July Ii, 1908.
A severe storm of rain and hail
passed through here last Sunday
morning. No serious damage was
done although the hailstones varied in
size from a hazelnut to plum
Mr.. and Mrs. Thore Doe of Ossian
visited with their son Theodore from
Tuesday till Saturday.
j. Langhaas of Bailey Springs.
with Peter Johnson and George Fitch
of DEBORAH took out the old bridge
here last week.
Helmer Thompson visited in High
landville Sunday evening
Sam Ellis shingled 9. Stortz's big
barn last week.
Mrs. J. Gross and her two
daughters Misses Lizzie and Hattie of
Clay Hill were visiting in our burg
last Sunday.
Otto;Olson and Otto Thompson were
in Canoe putting up some new tele-
phone posts last Tuesday
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
SPIELVILLR.
rom our regular correspondent

From our regular correspondent
July l3. 1908.
G. Heuser and wife of DEBORAH
spent Tuesday with relatives.
IAN aunt of Mrs. j. II. Haug arrived
here Tuesday from Fort Scott, Mo-,
for an extended visit.
Miss Emma Klimesh left for Austin
last Tuesday to spend the summer.
Miss Emma Kulish returned home
Tuesday last from Monona after a
weeks visit at the home of her sister.
Mrs. Tom Novak spent the past
week at Schley with her daughter.
Miss Josephine Klimesh drove to
the Fort Tuesday last, her brotherin.
law and son of Omaha returning home
with her
Mrs. G. Wilson and family of Mil
waukee are visiting at the home of j.
H. Haug.
Mds SCHUYLER Of Chicago and +. T..
Kapinos were visiting at the home OF
Mrs. Hutchinson at Elgin, Iowa the
past week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
FRANkVILlE
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
July 10, 1908.
Erie Smith, Erie Birdsell, Lester
Cooper and Jimmie Kneeskern at
tended German church in Ludlow
Sunday evening
Several of the farmers hereabout
have recently purchased new moving
machines.
Mrs May Birdsell very pleasantly
entertained number of young friends
Wednesday evening in honor of her
nieces Ethel and Bessie Waters of
Huntington. Iowa, and cousin Miss
Hazen of Wisconsin
Quite crowd of Frankville people
including Mr.. and Mrs. Germie Mer-
rill. Mr.. and Mrs. Kelse Webster,
Mabel and Alba Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin Hughes, Joe Ryan and sisters.
Sylvester Slorah and sister. Earl
Birdsell. Gerald Moose. Lyle French,
Claud Van Wey and Herbie Padden,
attended the dance at Ginapps the
Fourth and all report very pleasant
time.
John Rowe. wife and baby and Mr..
Rowe's sister from La Crosse were
guests at the Anderson home in Glen
wood Sunday.
Charles M. Collins of Chicago, COL
iector for Swift & Go. was guest of
his cousin Mrs ID. w. Smith and
family last week.
Herb McNair, with his household
goods, farm machinery. etc. departed
for Dakota about week ago; Mrs.
McNair and her father MIR. Packard
will remain here until Herb gets
house built ready for their occupancy.
This is one of our very best families
enjoying the respect and esteem of all
who know them and all hate to see
them go. yet realizing that our loss
may be their gain all join in wishing
them the fullest measure of success in
their new home.
Misses Ethel and Bessie Waters en-
joyed visit at the home CT their uncle
Bert Waters south of Postville few
days last week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Sherman Bollman en-
tertained large number of their rela
tives at an ice cream party Sunday
Afternoon
Joe Slorah. wife and baby were
Fourth of July visitors at home.
Mrs. John Ewing of Pinchville was
visiting Frankville friends last Thurs
day.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frannie Padden was seriously Ill last
week but is much improved at this
writing.
Henry Moose was on the sick list
last week but is sufficiently recovered
to resume his duties on the cream
route which Gerald attended to dur
ing his enforced lay Off
Work on DR. Kiesau' s new barns is
progressing finely; the one down on
the farm will be finished in few
DAYS and the one here in town Is
rapidly nearing completion.
Grant Birdsall has purchased George
Sherman s barn and in the near future
will have it moved to his farm.
Tom Bollman and wife returned
from their Sheldon visit last Thurs
day.
Will Stock and Herbie Padden were
DEBORAH visitors Sunday.
Uncle Charlie Beebe has changed
his place of residence from Freeport
to Frankville. being an inmate OF the
Romeo Padden home since last week.
The members of the Reform Salems
church in Ludlow will hold an ice
cream social at the parsonage Monday
evening for their pastor Rev. Gaenge
who is soon to leave them to accept a
call to the passionate of church in
Cincinnati. The r. S. pulpit will be
supplied with q student from Wiscon-
sin until such time as the congreg-
alton shall be able to secure pastor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
Was in Poor Health for Years.

Ira W. Kelley. of Mansfield. Pa.
writes: 81 was in poor health for
two years. suffering from kidney and
bladder trouble. and spent consider
able money consulting physicians
without obtaining any marked benefit,
but was cured by Foley's Kidney
Cure, and I desire to add my testi-
mony that il may be the cause of
restoring the health of others.' Re-
fuse substitutes. Engbertson's Phar-
macy. I'm
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
Garrick's Wit,

David Garrick on one occasion passed
Tyburn as a huge crowd was assem-
bling to witness the execution Of q
criminal. "Who Is he" asked the
great actor of friend who accompa-
MED him.
IT believe his name is Vowel" was
the reply.
"Ah," said Garrick, 81 wonder which
Of the vowels he is. for there are sew
eral. At all events 1t Is certain that II
Is neither u nor Ip'-London Saturday
Review.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
Quite NJ atural,

"Of course" said the tourist, 'you
know all about the antidotes for snake
bitter"
Certainly" replied the explorer.
"Well, when snake bites you
what's the thing you dor"
"Yell."-Philadelphia Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
Too Beautiful For Words.

Helene-What do you think? Lieu.
tenant Won Ruiz told me yesterday
that looked so ripping in my new
frock he could kiss me Magdalene-
oh, when he saw me In mine he said
nothing. He just kissed me.-Meggen-
dorfer Batter
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15
CLAY HILL

From our regular correspondent.
July ID, 1908.
EGeo. Schamel of DEBORAH was a
business caller at Frank Headington's
Tuesday.
P..Miss Addie Schimming concluded her
visit at the A. l.. Tyler home Monday
and returned to Princeton, Mimi.
Mrs. Frank Hanson enjoyed visit
from her sister. Mrs. Eberbart OF
Elkdaer, last week.
A sociable at Charley Glovers July
22nd everyone cordially invited.
The children in this vicinity en-
joyed picnic in Rastetter's woods
Sunday.
sWill Morrison OF Burr Oak was a
business caller at j. j. Seegmiller' S
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Haas OF Decor
an visited at Gilbert Pearson's last
Sunday.
Andrew Fletcher, a Scotch writer,
who died in 1718, wrote to the Marquis
Of Montrose, the Earl Of Rothes and
others, II once knew very wise man
that believed that II a man were per-
mitted to make all the ballads of a
nation he need not care who should
make the laws of nation"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-07-15

Otto III. of Germany massacred his
chief mobiles at feast, and then Otto
himself died of a wound from poison
ed arrow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Slashed j aiIer with Razor.

Frank Schon, white, who has been in
Jail here for three months charged with
stealing a cow from a man named
Brown at Seabrooke, this county, made
a bold attempt to escape Monday even
ing.
When Jailer Ollie King, who has but
one arm, took Schon a glass of milk
Schon rushed at him with a razor and
the men had desperate struggle during
which Mr.. King received several severe
cuts in his arm: He then managed to
trip Schon down the steps where the
prisoner lost his razor. Schon managed
to get the keys from the jailer and made
his way to the outer door. King saw
the prisoner was succeeding in getting
the Jail door open and he dealt him a
death like blow ia the head with his fist
which landed the prisoner out in the
yard on the ground. He then held the
prisoner down until, with the assistance
of one of the women inmates who
brought him a lantern and rope, he
bound Schon hand and foot. The jailer,
then weak from the loss OF blood, un-
locked the cell of a prisoner named
Jones and the two men dragged Sch on
back to his cell on the second floor.
1t is said that the razor was brought
to Schon Monday in baked cake, de-
livered to him by his wife.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Encourage Timber Growing.

The State Forestry Department of
Pennsylvania has plan which it thinks
will greatly encourage the growing of
timber in that state 1t involves the es
tablishement of what are termed auxili
airy forest reserves. Its principal fea-
lures are described as follows When
ever the owners of woodlands will.
agree to turn oyer timber lands to the
control of the Forestry Department
that department shall designate such
lands as auxiliary forest reserves. For
a period of 10 years no timber on such
lands may he cut, and during that time
no such lands shall be assessed for tax
alton at valuation exceeding 81 per
acre.
This is plan which apparently
might work we'll and without any par
ticular expense to either party. The
state would simply take over the con-
troll of the property with its incidental
protection and the owner would be re-
lieved of practically all taxes. At the
end of 10 years it would be returned to
him with the added value resulting
from 10 years of undisturbed growth of
timber,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
For Honest Election.

Acknowledgement Isaac Lobe Straus
is preparing an opinion upon the Cor
.rupt Pract ices act which he will send
out in the form of official instructions to
States Attorney Owens and the States
Attorneys of the counties and the Sup
ervisors of Elections.
In this opinion Mr.. Straus will anal
we the act and will show clearly what
the States Attorney of each county and
The city can do to prevent violations OF
he law. Mr.. Straus will also hold, it
is said, that the law applies to registra-
ion as we'll as to the primaries and to
The general election. The language of
the act. Mr. Straus says, is sufficiently
broad to cover the registration as well
As the primaries, and the intention OF
5he act was to apply to them all. Reg
lstration is merely preliminary to the
election, and is, in fact, part of the
election machinery and the act ap
plies.
The Attorney-General is also expect
ed to attend the meeting of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, called
by Chairman Murray Vandiver on Sep
TENDER 3, and will then explain to the
members of the committee the provis-
ions of the law and the steps necessary
to be taken in each county to comply
with it. Mr.. Straus drew the Corrupt
Practices act and is the authority in the
State on it. He is convinced that it
will prevent bribery in she coming cleo
ton and that by reason of it the election
will be freer from corruption than
any in this State for many years.
The Attorney General has given two
opinions to DR.. Joshua w. Herring
Comptroller, of interest to members OF
the bar and to foreign corporations en-
gagged in business in Maryland. The
opinions relate to Section 70 of the new
Corporation law regar ding the franchise
tax to be paid by foreign corporations
which maintain an office and regularly
exercise franchises in this State.
In the first opinion the Attorney-Gen-
eral holds that the tax imposed by Sec
ton 70 is franchise tax and not simply
tax levied upon the amount of capital
employed by foreign corporation in
this State, and that therefore the mini
mum tax of $25 year must be paid by
all foreign corporations which maintain
an office and regularly exercise fran
chises in Maryland. The question
arose in reference to the Croker
Wheeler Company, New York corpo
ration.
The second opinion rendered by the
Attorney General is to the effect that
the franchise tax prescribed by Section
70 is not payable for the year 1908, but
becomes payable for the first year in
1909, for which year and during succeed
ing years it must be paid be fore the first
day of April.
This opinion is an important one. as
the true construction of the law upon
this point has given rise to much dis
cussion and doubt among members OF
the bar and foreign corporation officials
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
gotal ann 4ersunal.
The Fair.

The following awards were omitted
from our issue of last week:
Live Stock Observation-Disclosures
driving class-span 16 hands, Samuel t.
Sweeney, Wildwood; span 10 and under
16 hands, Joseph c. Mattingly, Oxon
Hill; span 10 hands and under, II. W.
Clagett, Rosaryvil!e; standard oreo
stallion, A. B. Suit; saddle, 81. W. Clag-
EFT, first; s.. E. Sweeney, second; Per-
cheron stallion, E. Ward, Anne Arun-
del county; draught stallion, u. =.
Buck, agent, Marlboro, first; j. r.
Richardson, Mellwood, second.
Works of Art-Water color, Mr..
Thomas Green; crayon drawing, Miss
Marguerite Clagett.
DISPLAY OF Cut Flowers-Miss Bes-
sic McGregor
The prize offered by the Patuxent
Planters Club, for the best exhibit OF
field corn was won by Mr.. F. SnoWden
Hill.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Good Oyster Crop Predicted.

With the opening of the oyster season
not far distant the packers of the city
have been notified by their correspon-
dents all through the tidewater coun-
ties that the prospect is for bigger
catch than last year. But while this is
true. it is not believed that the bivalves
will be as large as in former years.
This, Mr.. William Heyser believes,
is due in large part to the rapacity OF
dredeers and topgers who take oysters
unfortunately Mr. Heyser advocates
putting certain sections of the bay on
the closed list each year, thus giving
time to grow.
The catch in the bay between the
Choptank river and Annapolis, it is de-
clared, will be much better than that
lower down. Oystermen on the former
section report that they anticipate fine
season. Below those engaged in the
the industry report that while the oys-
tiers seem to be plentiful, it is proba BILE
that they will not be as large as last
season.
From these advices the packers OF the
city are preparing for at least normal
season and are taking an optimistic
view of the outcome.
Mr.. Heyser said Monday that the
running of what were fine natural beds
in the vicinity of North Point and Fort
Carroll counties, because the companies
dredging channels continue to dump
mud there, smothering the oysters.
These beds once were among the most
prolific in the bay and added materially
to each seasons catch, but for several
years their product has been diminish
ing until they are said to be practically
barren.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Governor Going Afoat.

trip with the Shellfish Commissioners
September 4.
On the trip the Governor intends to
inspect the work done by the commits
sion in the tidewater counties. He
wishes also to hear what complaints
there are in reference to the workings
of the law and desires to gain first -hand
knowledge of what has been done and
what is proposed to be done, so that a
the next session of the Legislature he
will know exactly what legislation is
needed to perfect and complete the law
The Governor will make the trip on
one Of the State steamers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
The Marlboro High School.

A High School for boys and girls
will be opened in the Academy building
here Sept 18th and unusual advantages
of education will be provided for
advanced pupils.
Prof. VIM. s. Jackson, of OXFORD,
will be principal, and he will be aided by
a corps of Assistants.
1t is the desire of the trustees and the
School Authorities that this school
may be encouraged and patronized not
only by the people of this vicinity. but
that students also may be induced to
board in the Town, or come on the sew
eral trains reaching here in the morn
ing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
For Joint County Institute.

Preparations are under way for the
joint county institute of public school
teachers to be held in Annapolis from
September Z to II. Teachers from St.
Mary's, Prince Georges and Charles
counties, in addition to Anne Arundel,
will attend.
In addition to the institute lnstruc-
tors. previously engaged by the State
Board Of Education, the following have
been secured to deliver lectures on var
ious subjects during the sessions:
Mr.. C. B. Gilbert, superintendent of
the high school, at St. Paul, MINI /;
Mrs. w. w. Mcdonald, model teacher
at the State Normal School of Pennsyl-
vania. and Miss Hannah Coale, of the
Maryland State Normal School. About
300 teachers are expected.