Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-01-01
Haufen for Governor.


| Hausen for Governor.
The talk of Congl essman Haugen of
this district as a candidate fer gov
ernor will not down. He is recog-
nized in all parts of the state as the
one man who can solidify the party
and attract united support from all
factions. Every day or two some
paper or some prominent man sug-
gests him, and he cannot fail to feel
complimented by the numerous bou-
quets that are being handed him. 1t
is generally believed, however, that
his aspirations are more a long the
line of congressional preference, and
it is not at all improbable that when
the proper time comes within the
next few years he may be the party's
choice for United States Senator.
In this connection we reprint dis
patch from the Washington. D. @.
bureau of the Des Moines Register and
Leader. the recognized organ of the
Cummins political machine:
Members of the Iowa delegation
here are greatly interested in the
question whether Representative
HaugeL is going to be candidate for
governor.
1t is understood here that MIR.
Haugen has ambitions to be governor,
and that his trip west during the holi-
day recess is for the purpose of confer
ring with politicians and looking
over the ground. Whether Mr.. Haugen
will run cannot be said so far as in.
formation here is concerned, but it is
known that he has been urged by in
fluential Iowa politicians to get into
the race.
It is known that the leading anti
Cummins men see in Mr.. Haugen a
possible candidate who, as they be-
lieve, can defeat Lieutenant Garst's
nomination, and by SO doing cripple
the Cummins forces.'
With deficit of nearly $500 and
with only two months wages to the
teachers paid since Sept lst, the
Clear Lake school district finds itself
on the verge of a period of panic.
The exact deficit in the treasury now
is $3.50 with debt Of 81. .374. A due
the teachers now and which is ac-
cumulating at the rate of $685. per
month. It will take nearly IS, 600
to pay the teachers from now till
June according to the budget Of the
treasury and while there is a small
apportionment due in January it will
come nowhere near meeting the de.
ficiency and the apportionment which
comes later is usually applied on the
coming Year SO il leaves things in
rather bad plight.
The Ossian Bee very sensibly an
nounces an increase in its subscrip-
tion price from 81. 90 to 81. %, along
with the general advance all over the
country. The only mistake it is max
ing is not raising to $3.50. The st.
Paul and Minneapolis'papers are to be
increased from $500 to 81. 90 per year.
This has become necessary by the
steady increase in the price of print
paper the past two years, amounting
to 38 per cent the past six months.
Besides this, practically everything
else that enters into the making of q
newspaper has materially increased.
In spite of all this, we know Of cer-
tain newspaper not thousand miles
away that you can buy at any price
You are willing to pay, from ten cents
|up. Now is the time to walk up to
the pie counter.
When the United States acquired
the Philippine Islands the Spanish
charts indicated that there were about
/, 300 Of them. After few ships had
punctured holes in their bottoms in
water which. according to the charts.
was deep, the question of making
charts was taken up by the United
States coast and geodetic survey, and
the result to date has been to arouse
grave distrust of the Spanish guides
to navigation. DR.. Q. E. Yeagle who
has been attached as surgeon la
thomer. for the last two years. arriv-
ed home from the Orient last week.
DR.. Yeagla says that the American
survey. which will NOT be completed
for ten years, already shows that
there are 1900 islands in the archi-
~ lanO Tsho Acnor;oou curvoyOrc
found the Spanish charts full OF re-
markable inaccuracies.
The permit for the new La Sale
hotel. to be erected at La Sale and
Madison streets, Chicago. was taken
out last week. With the furnishings.
the hotel will represent an Investment
of approximately $3. 500. 600. and with
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