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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
The Country Paper.

The most scantily appreciated
piece of property in the world is the
country newspaper. A dollar and a
half for country newspaper for
year is the cheapest investment a
man ever makes. 1t brings richer
and more abundant returns than any
other dollar and a half you spend
in the whole twelve months.
Fifty-two times in the twelve
months you collect the interest on
that dollar.
wives and daughters gather from
that little paper some paragraph of
information, some item of news,
some CLEAN of patriotism, some NOR
al hope, some stimulus to greater and
nobler effort that is worth more
than the cost of the paper.
Some people say II never read a
country paper because there is moth
ing in it," That Is the reason there
is so little in it. because so many do
mot read it. 1t cannot be large,
strong paper if the people do not sup
port it. Every town has as good a
paper as it deserves, because a paper
is usually valuable in proportion to
its patronage.
You pay dollar and half a year
and get all the country news, births,
deaths, marriages, divorces, the pro-
ceedings of the courts and of the
board of supervisors. You see the
real estate and other things adver-
tised for sale and many times are
able to make Or save enough on one
/ deal to cover the cost of subscription
many times over
A dollar and half is the price of a
ticket to good show that only lasts
a couple of hours, it is the price of a
jug of Nhiskey which is soon gone
but the headache lasts longer, it is
the price of many other things which
VIZ SWIM 5ohc anu III WnlCl the
money is spent cheerfully. But when
it comes to spending that much for
the home paper, which comes every
week in the year some people hang
on to it as though they expect it to
save them from starvation
The country paper is the genuine.
fearless representative of the people.
Most of the great metropolitan pa
pers are strictly business enterprises,
and more or less in the service of
monopolies, forceful political factions
or controlling money interests of
some kind.
No combination of capital thinks of
buying the country newspaper, be-
cause they are not considered of
sufficient Importance to justify the
investment. Hence they are left free
to speak their honest convictions and
reflect the sentiment of the territory
in which they circulate.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
Boomerang of the Smile.

What's the worth of a smile?
Your whole bank account.
What business ever prospered on
hard luck stories?
What clerk ever talked his way to
promotion through an ugly down.
turned mouth?
What's the worth of smile?
Your whole happiness.
Who ever fell in love with a
scowl?
What home ever prospered on
temper or tears?
There are times always when il
you've any particle of nerves" in
your makeup you have to either
laugh or cry. Then laugh.
The ugly burst of temper never
wins anything but disgust and just
a little shrinking.
The ever-present tale of woe never
fails to grow tiresome
Lies good to you! Know it! The
trials of today may not even be
memories tomorrow. The mountain
of the moments to come shrinks to
the mole hill of the moment that is
past. You can't help but smile to
think how you worried. Smile first
and you'llNforget to worry.
Don't imagine smile is always a
self-sacrificing, martyr-like. sanity
arrangement. 1t isn't. 1t pays.
Smile at your troubles and even
your enemies will admire you for it.
Storm out your self pity and your
best friends will turn their backs.
A smile Is beautiful boomerang.
1t goes out and cheers the folks
around you and then comes back
and helps you forty times as much
as all the others put together.
What's the worth of smile?
Everything!-Des Moines News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
Highway NOtice-No. 1908.

To all Whom it may Concern:
The Commissioner appointed to
view highway, commencing at the
intersection of center line of High
way No. 131 with the N. e S. center
line OF Section 9 at point 2.65
chains north of the n Corner be-
tween Sections 9 and 16, T 98N.
Range west of the 5th p. NJ:
thence following the center line of
Highway No. 1871: N. SO co. E.,
2.8S chs. N. 3 co. W., 2.13 chs. ::
N. 80 co. E., S3 clio links to point
for beginning of proposed alteration
in Winneshiek County, running
thence from Station o, N. go E,
LAC chs. to Station 1: from Station
l, N IL go w, 30 chs. to Station
q, from Station 2, N II 0O' E,
9.4S1a chs. to Station 8: from which
point the South u Corner of Sec
ton bears west 5.063 chs, from
Station N 81 As e, Isl ~ chs. to
Station 4: from Station 4, N ~ 0O'
e, PA chs. to Station s. from Sta
ton 5, N. 80 go e, $50 chs. to
Station 6: from Station 6, N S3 co.
E, 4.25 chs to Station Z and there
terminating in Highway No. 131.
Said road to be three rods wide and
affecting lands owned by j. j. Rosa
and Jane Pattee has reported in
favor of the location thereof, and
all objections thereto or claims for
damages must be filed in the Audi
tors office on or before noon of the
oath day of October, A. ID. 1909, or
such highway will be located with
out reference thereto.
|. LINNEVOLD,
Auditor of Winneshiek County,
Iowa. 1874
w. b. REED, Deputy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29

w. H. Klemme VS.. p. X. Holland
ct al-Settled, costs paid.
Severt Hildahl VS.. E. F. Bak-
ken-Default, judgment for $703.87,
interest and attorneys fees.
DR.. A. F. Barefoot VS.. Ole j. Void
ct al-Settled, costs paid.
Palmyra Springs Sanitarium Co.
VS.. Jacob w. Wells ct al-Default,
judgment for $209.82 and interest.
The Standard Telephone Co. VS..
John Vance-Temporary writ of in
junction granted as prayed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29

For first class hair cut or
shave go to the Central Barber Shop.
Hauswirth & Shima proprietors. We
now have a four chair shop and can
give you quick service. Shoe shining
parlor and baths In connection. 26tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29

See the coming Western coun-
try, southern Saskatchewan, the
bread basket of the West. Cheap
rates. See Frank II. Reum.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29

-Lactone Buttermilk cents al
Brunt & Parman's fountain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
INCREASE IN BUSINESS
 OF NATIONS BANKS

washington, Dec. 1O.--An increase in individual deposits of s4oo,15s,a22. in loans and discounts of s30s, ,4Fs.s57, and in total resources of sss4.ats.4sS-these are the features shown in the Comp troller of the Currency's statement of the condition of the national banks on November 16. this year. as compared with the last reports adopted in 1908, as of November 27.
 Loans and discounts of the banks on November 16 amounted to $5.14S,- 7S7,594 and deposits were $5,l69,5l0,s83.
 The percentage of legal reserve to deposits on November Is was 2l .Sl as against 22.32,a year ago. Banks in the South make stronger showing in the percentage of reserve than at the time of their report to the Comptroller In response to his call for condition on September 1. This Is considered re- markable in view of the fact that be- tween September and November large amounts of money are drawn from the banks to meet expenses of moving the crops.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
EXPECT MANY CHANCES FOR CHURCH EXTENSION
BOARD MEETS AND HEARS DIR. Mc-
 MURRAY SPEAK.
Agent of Methodist General Confer- ence Tells of The Work In Southwest And Among
 The Negroes.

opelika. Dec 10--tSpecial)--The an- niversary meeting of the board or church extension of the Alabama Con- ference was held this evening In the new Trinity Church and the large audience was addressed by pr. W.yF. McMurray Of the board of church ex- tension of the General Conference.
 Dr. McMurray, who Is said to be practically sure of becoming Bishop at the Ashevilie General Conference in May, ably championed the cause of chufch extension especially in the Southwestern states and territories. He declared that the church has too long neglected this branch of work and that the assessments for the ex- stansfdn mdEk nave heeniso smell that respect for the sum Is lacking.
 He briefly reviewed the work of church extension in Alabama and de- ciared the board of church extension had aided in building nearly half the Methodist churches of the state.
 He pictured the Richness of the Southwestern states and territories, and said that Arizona, in particular. is a field for Methodism because 1t Dcosts the Baptists $30e above the ex- pense of building a church to provide a wind mill. bored well and pool to baptize1 in.
 The cause or cnurcns extension Work among the negro Methodists was ex- plained and the Conference was asked to raise s550 to aid the work. In a few minutes a good portion Of at4was pledged s
 Resolutions were adopted Spledging the support of the Alabama Confer sence board of church extension to aij in the Building of churches at Auburn, Ala, and Washington. D. C.
 The report of the treasurer of the board showed a deficit of $25o on tue years assessment
 J. c. weatherIy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Chicago's Wool Warehouse Will No
 Affect Hubs Business.

Affect, Hubs Bussme@1.
 Boston, Mass, Dec. 10.--The recent erection of a great wool warehouse in Chicago. has not yet threatened the 'primacy of Boston as the wool market of America. and the second largest in the world. according to statement is- sued by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers tonight. The Chi cago warehouse is the Outgrowth. 1t is stated, of discomfort among some Wes. tern interest with what are alleged tc be arbitrary methods of Eastern buy CTS, and the purpose is to. eliminate the middlemen and bring wool growers and manufacturers together. .. 1.
 The National Association places the number of sheep fit for shearing in the United States at 42.293.205, an increase of 1,9S1. .6k7 over 1e0a..
 The total wool production of the United States this year is estimated at 32s,f10,74s pounds. an increase of S. S63,137 over last year. The 1909 value of the wool clip Is sss. .s29.746 as com pared with $6l.707,51e for 1908. The imports of foreign wool for 1909 were 266. .40s. BOA pounds against i25.9so.52a in 1908.
 The estimated production of tns world In 1895 was .6s2.sss.77s pounds and 2,s04.1s6.546 pounds for 1909, an increase in fourteen years of only Ill., l49,773 pounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
METHODIST PREACHERS WILL BE
 SHIFTED BY BISHOP.
Rev. Henry Trawick To Be COntinued As Presiding Elder, But May Leave Montgomery-May
 Promote Mir. Johnson.

opelika. Dec. 10-(Special)-Th ever present question asked by all present at amy Methodist Conference is where are the preachers going for the next year?" The interest of the present session of the Alabama Con ference as usual centers about this phase of the Conference business.
 It has heretofore been the custom Of Bishop Morrison not to permit a Presiding Elder to remain in one place for a greater period than four years. and from the rumors that are rife about the Conference 1t Is safe to say that the Bishop will not vary from his rule at this time. If the Bishop follows this custom 1t means that at least six and possibly seven 6k the ten Presiding Elders of the Alabama Con- ference will be changed.
 Rev. Henry Trawick of the Mont gomery district is not among the number that have served longer than four years and this may mean that he will be retained by Bishop Morrison. It is not improbable. if current rumor is to be believed, that he will be shifted to another charge when the announcements are made,
 There is another rumor that Rev. Henry T. Johnson. of the Dexter Avenue church. Montgomery, Is to be made Presiding Elder. He may have charge of the Montgomery district.
 When the Conference fiyst convened and in fact when the delegates were on their way to the Conference. 1t was said that there would be but few changes by the Bishop. If ever such rumors were given credence 1t Is time to cast them aside, for it may be safe ly asserted that many sweeping changes are to be announced by Bishop Morrison next Monday morn inE.
 J. G. weatheriy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
peInx Custpn,a shake-up.

Boston, Dec l0.--There VIII De no wholesale reorganization. of the GUS toms service until Congress takes def mite action on the civil pension bill," said Secretary Of the Treasury Mac Veagh In the office of Assistant Treas- urer Edwin U. Curtis today. The Sec retary said also that Sthere was much undervaluation in all parts of the country, which he believes the new tariff will curb. as It will allow eus- toms officials to assess duty on goods for their value In this country fire Spective of their value abroad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
N0TIcE.

Beginning october 1st. the Haygood Transfer Co. will require cash for all service performed. the same as all other public service companies. , Drivers Of vehicles will be provided with the proper amount of change.
 For the conyenience of patrons. books of tickets ranging from s1 to e will be sold for hack service and can be had at 10 per cent of at our ofice f4 Montgomery street.
 Haygood Transfer Co
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Don't fail to see the Baby Opera matinee this afternoon. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
arnny VoInmen in I.ihrnrx.

Washington, Dec. I0.-Aceessions of almost priceless value form part of the 1e7.677 volumes added during the last year to the library of Congress. making the total number of volumes in that library 1.702.6S5, according to the report of the Librarian of Con- gress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Mother ana YoraE Turned.

Concordia, Kan, Dec. 10.--Mrs. Frank Hicks and her four children. aged from three to ten were burned to death today when their home caught fire from the explosion of an oil stove. The mother saved a baby but was trapped and burned when she ran in- to the house after the other chill dreI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
EIaer sereIl ncnd.

Nashville. Tenn. Dec. 10.-Elder l.. R. Sewell, for 50 years an evangelist in the Christian Church. and one of tie best known men throughout ,tlzs south ern branch of fthe church. died hers today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
NOTICE.

On and after october 1st we will is. sue duplicate checks for baggage handed by US, whether going 10 or from depot. These duplicates will be required upon delivery of baggage by our agents.
 Haygood Transfer co
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
BOSTON RETAINS SUPREMACY.

Se- -Su-wd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

.G. M. Spivey of tue Congregational Church ministry. and r ". Weaver, of the Congregational Methodist min iatrv. were admitted Into full confer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

addressed tne CoHtefehCo lFAio@J morning and told of the needs of that branch of the churcns missiohsry work.
 She told of @ visit she and others of the home mission work made into the sIums of New Orleans. and of young Norwegian girl they found there who spoke English with the musical accent of the North.
 "we asked her." said Mlss Head. ''how she came to be in such place, and she told us her story: how she had been forced to come to America because of troubles of brother in Norway; that she had come to New Orleans because she had heard 1t said even in Norway that woman was bet Ger treated in the southern portion of America than In the Northern States. She landed at New Orleans. answered all the questions put to her and then stood aside not Knowing where 10 so nor whom to seek for advice. Finally a woman came to her and told her that she was one Of an organization that helped strange girls landing In Amer ica to find work and aided them until they did find work. The young girl. a stranger in a strange land. thought that she was indeed fortunate to have reached such hospitable shores. and fol- lowed the woman. to be betrayed by her Into a life of shame
 This" said Miss Head, was the be- ginning of the work of the Weman's Home Mission Society at the wharyes of the Southern ports"
 As Miss Head told this story thera was scarcely @ dry eye in the house. and if she had asked for money for the cause, a thousand dollars might easily have been raised.
 A resolution empowering the trus- tees of the superannuate preachers fund to sell the property of that fund. make deeds to same and reinvest the pro- ceeds of the sales, was adopted.
 The Conference then recessed until 30 o'clock Saturday morning. Rev :. pr. Hamiil pronouncing the benedfc- tion.
 Saturdays bushes will include the election of the fifth clerical delegate to the General Conference meeting in Asheville. N. C.. the first Wednesday in May.
 Practically all the standing commit tees and the general boards Of the conference will report.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02

Cooks was of such a type. not built
on the lines of any Arctic explorers
sledge, that ii could not possibly have
lasted for a march of a day with a
standard load of five or six hundred
pounds.
Ninth. That DR.. Cooks snow shoes
were of an impracticable type for use
in the Arctic and were not the kind
that would conduce to speed.
The Whitney Case
Tenth. That DIR. Cooks leaving of
his records>St Etah was a scheme on
his part by which he could claim they
were lost or destroyed and so could
escape being forced to produce them
to substantiate his claims.
Eleventh. That no man who had
carried the American flag to the pole
would leave such a slight and easily
transported article in the charge of a
perfect stranger.
Twelfth. That DR.. Cook did have
fresh dog teams from Etah and could
have carried his burdens to Upper
navk
Thirteenth. That when Harry
Whitney went on board the Jeanne he
did not take time to go back to Etah
and get the articles he must have
known were valuable to DR.. Cook.
Fourteenth. That il DR.. Cook did
leave such priceless articles at the
Eskimo village, Mr.. Whitney would
have been anxious to have rushed
them to the United States"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that Is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous lin
ing OF the Eustachian Tube. When
the tube Is infiamed you have a
rumbling sound of imperfect hearing.
and when il Is entirely closed, deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition OF the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case Of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free. F. ]. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists. IS.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02
ROBERT GIVES
FOURTEEN REASONS
Why Frederick Did Not Reach the
Pole-Peary at Last Shows
His Hand

New York, Oct 2-Commander
Robert E Peary gives the following
fourteen reasons for not believing
that DIR. Frederick Cook reached the
pole:
First. That Mr.. Peary and Matt
Henson either individually or togeth-
er, talked with every member of the
Smith Sound tribe of Eskimos and
obtained testimony that corroborated
that OF E-Tuck-A-Shoe and APPEL
Lab, the Eskimos, who accompanied
DR.. Cook. that DR.. Cook had not been
out Of the sight Of land.
Second. Tnat. in violation of a
custom Of Arctic exploration. Dr., Cook
has not brought back records left in
cairns at points he asserts he had
reached, notably the one left at Cape
Thomas Hubbard i'm 1906, by Peary.
Third. That DR.. Cooks story that
he travelled from Annatok to the pole
and then back to Jones' Sound, a
distance Of more than twenty five and
one-half degrees, or about seventeen
hundred miles, is one sledging season.
is impossible. He points out that
this is more than twice the best pre-
vious record of eleven degrees. and
Mr.. Peary's best record this year of
fourteen degrees.
Fourth. That his general equip
ment was such that 1t would be ply
sically impossible to have accom-
plished the feat.
Fifth That DIR. Cook maintains he
carried a glass mercurial horizon on
his trip of seventeen hundred miles
whereas Mr.. Peary used a cast iron
horizon so that it would not only be
saved from being broken, but could be
heated when the mercury froze. This
is necessary sometimes, Mr.. Peary
contends, as mercury freezes at mi
nus 50. Cook reports finding it as
cold as minus 73 degrees.
Sixth. That Prof. Marvin brought
back from 1888 duplicate records OF
Mr.. Peary's march and of his own to
prove absolutely that Mr.. Peary
reached that latitude.
Seventh. That Captain Bartlett
brought back from S7.4S duplicate re-
cords of Mr.. Peary's march and Of his
own to prove absolutely that Mr..
Peary reached that latitude.
Eighth. That the sledge Of DR.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02
SWEPT OVER NIAGARA

This terrible calamity often hap
pens because a careless boatman ig-
nores the rivers Misunderstanding
ripples and faster current. Natures
warnings are kind. The dull pain or
ache in the back warns you the kid
neys need attention if you would es-
cape fatal maladies-dropsy. diabetes
or Bright's disease. Take Electric
Bitters at once and see backache fly
and all your best feelings return. AT
ter long suffering from weak kidneys
and lame back. one 81 bottle wnoiiy
cured me-" writes J. r. Blankenship.
of Belk. Tenn. Only Soc bottle at all
druggists.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02
COOK IS COLLECTING THE CASH

New York. Oct. I'm the plaudits
of his admiring countrymen, DIR. Fred
erick A. Cook, the discOverer Of the
north pole. is now reaping one part of
his reward, and the other part. name
ly. the tangible recompense of success.
is also beginning to materialize.
In a few days the explorer will start
on a Iecturing tour that cannot fail
to be remunerative, but the New York
Herald set the financial bali a-rolling
yesterday when its treasurer handed
to DIR. Cook a check for $4,000 In
payment for his stirring narrative OF
the conquest of the north pole. written
exclusively for the Herald, and now
in course of publication in its col
umns and in the leading newspapers
of the United States. England, France,
Germany, Austria and Denmark.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02
SHOUTED FOR SHIP SUBSIDY
Taft's Announcement Brings lnnnnens'
Applause from Seattle
Audience

Seattle. Wash. Oct. 2.-Speaking
before the largest audience he has
faced since his trip began-a crowd
that overlooked the natural ampithea-
ter of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Elk
position with its seating capacity OF
nearly O,O00-President Taft yester-
day announced that he would urge at
the coming session of Congress In his
message the enactment OF ship
subsidy law.
Mr.. Taft declared that the country
is ready to make such experiment and
that something must be done to build
up an American merchant marine. His
utterances on this subject were re-
ceived with great applause
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1909-10-02

and Sink the lucklesS n0ating rib,
the human demijohns of noise will
rise and pull their shoppers. and the
teams will fight and roll around like
suffragettes and coppers.
The nuts will ripen, and the quail
Will whistle in the glen,
The prohibitionists win chase
The brewers round again;
The hunters moon will sail the
skies,
The days grow soft and tender,
And the farmer will make faces at
The cruel money lender.
There won't be any doubt about
prosperity returning about the time
the sassafras and the sumach get
to burning upon the hill, and the
farmer rolls between the fields of
stubble, his hands upon the steer
ing wheel Of his brand automobile,
his back against the leather seat,
the gOldenrod saluting, and now
and then the dulcet horn melodious-
ly footing.
And then November will return,
With Fall and Winter married,
And the luckless turkey will be
slain
And decently cranberried.