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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
YIELD OF IOWA ACRES.
Beaten to a FRAGILE, From
$500 to 5000 Per Acre
q Year.

A little curiosity has arisen over
the respective values of crop yields
per acre in Iowa and in some of the
states that are habitually advertised
as being wonderful producers.
To make local application in the
case the Argo asked D. H. Hall
| for figures on his fifteen-acre place
adjoining West Union on the north.
Mr. Hall has been farming that place
for the past twelve years continuous
| ly, and while being a Civil war veter-
an he is not so young or vigorous
as some men. The records which he
has carefully kept indicate that the
right man and Iowa soil make COM
bination that make Colorado and
California go some.
The poorest return Mr.. Hall ever
got from strawberries, which are
always his principal crop, was last
year, 1908, when he gathered only
5000 quarts from two acres. His
berries almost always sell at 10 cents
quart, so last year he got only
$3.50 an acre from his crop.
This year he had 1900 quarts on
two acres, for which he got II cents
quart, making his income 1925, or
$412.50 an acre. This was the high
est price per quart he ever got.
The banner year for yield was
1906, when he picked 10000 quarts
from two acres, but that was his low
est year for price, the berries bring
ing " cents quart, which at 1O,-
900 quarts an acre made his returns
per acre amount to $3.50.
In 1905 Mr. Hall had an acre and
a quarter in berries, and from that
much land picked 1000 quarts of
berries which sold at 10 cents, MAX
ing the income S1,100, or $88S per
acre.
The three years 1901-2-3, one dry
and two wet years, were very even
in production, the yield each year
being just about 5000 quarts on
land varying from three-quarters of
an acre to one acre. The berries
sold at 10 cents a quart, which would
make the financial returns $500 per
acre in case a full acre was used
each year. which was not the case.
Mr.. Hall does not stop with straw
berries. He puts quarter of an
acre in onions each year-has done
so for twelve consecutive years. He
has never had less than 100 bushels
on this piece of ground, and in
some years has run as high as 225
bushels. His onions, always mark
eted at Oelwein, bring an even half
dollar bushel almost every year.
In the poorest year, therefore, the
onion patch produces at the rate OF
5000 an acre, and has yielded as
high as $3.50 an acre. The usual
production is close to 200 bushels,
which is at the rate of $500 an acre.
A matter on which Mr.. Hall bears
down hard is the fact that he gets
these results without any of the great
expense and labor which the far west
ern farmer has to apply to the prob
lem of irrigation.
Good for Iowa!-West Union
Argo.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
Still With Us.

Mrs. Stubs (reminiscently) All,
for the good old days, John!
Mr.. Stubbs-What old days, Ma
ria?
Why the days of your grandpar-
ents, when there were so many brass
knockers.
Mr.. Stubbs-H'm! Maria, there
are plenty of knockers around now
and all of them seem to have an
abundance of brass.-Chicago News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29

If your farm machinery is not
worth sheltering in winter it is not
worth keeping. Better trade it for a
dog and then shoot the dog.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
DOings of the City Fathers at Their
September Meeting.
Sent Ia 1000

Sept. Is, 1909.
The meeting of the City Council
was called to order by Mayor Daub-
ney. Members present, Graham,
Helwig, Baker, Knutson, Caldwell,
Engbretson and Hislop.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The report of the City Treasurer
was read and accepted.
Resolution of the Finance Commit
tee whereas; the following claims
have been examined and approved
by the Finance Committee. There
fore, be it resolved, that they be al
lowed, and the money necessary to
pay the same be AMI is hereby appro-
priated and the Mayor and Clerk are
directed to issue orders on the City
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29

1t is false economy to buy cheap
glasses. M. j. Soukup, Optometrist.
+ 3Stf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
WANT COLUMN.

Rates-One Cent per word, Notn-
ing less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-29
GMe;c Chln son
BY HARRY j. GREEN.

DEBORAH, IOWA, SEPT. 20, 1909.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
MUCH MONEY in HIDING
Fabulous Sums Hoarded in Tin
Cans and Stockings.
MIGHT be BROUGHT OUT.
BY Postal Savinga Hanki, According 70
the Postmaster Gensral- Other
Nations Have, Aaopted Idea.

Washington, d. C.-Postal savings
banks, which. are just now being Ia
vorably discussed in all parts or the
country, do not embrace a new sub
ject The United States Is practically
the only one OF the great nations
which has not adopted the idea.
The postal savings system was es-
tablished in Great Britain in 1861. In
1907 they had on deposit $950,00O,-
600.
In statement before sub-commit-
tee on postottices'and postroads, POST
master General George Won L. Meyer
said: Il feel we are going to get out
eventually through the postal savings
bank, if established, $50,000,000 of
new money, which has lost its func'
tion
The postmaster general takes the
position that all depositors will be
skeptical about some banks, and some
depositors will be skeptical about all
banks. The result is, he says, a fab
ulous sum of money is hidden in tin
cans and stockings.
But you can't find any one in this
country" said Mr.. Myer, who IS
afraid to trust Uncle Sam. II Uncle
Sam says: I promise to pay on. de-
mand' everyone believes and knows
he will pay on demand. II there was
postal bank boarded money would
soon be on deposit with the govern
ment, as every one prefers drawing
interest If there is no risk, and .de-
post can be Withdrawn at any time
/ the money may be needed. The moi
ey that is now boarded and out OF the
channels Of trade would be turned
lover to the banks by the government
lanSf would thus stimulate trade. -
such system as the bill reported
provides for would make IL possible
| for 100 persons to save their earnings
where one does now, and would make
| it impossible for. any depositor TO ever
lose a cent"
1t is pointed out that under pres
ent conditions large proportion OF
laboring people, and those who would
constitute the saving classes, are 10
Gated in rural districts and territory
more or less remote from banking
centers They are deprived OF bank
ing facilities, and of the stimulus and
encourag cement that accrue to these
who carry savings account in a
aThe easy introduction TO the art Of
saving reads the report, lis to pro.
vide a convenient and safe means OF
savirrs. A lucrative means is less es-
gential. A place near at hand, where
a dollar may be deposited, and may
be secure against the temptations Of
1.-The burglar, the theft and the saloon
keeper, even if it accumulates but
very little. has everywhere proved a
strong inducement to saving: me
postofice is near to every citizen;
the savings bank must always be re-
mote to the most.
1t appears to be little known facc
that Uncle Sam has already expert
mented with the postal bank, getting
satisfactory results.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
PROHIBITION WINS IN TENNESSEE
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
Conditions Greatly Improved in Wreck
ed Italian Provinces. i.

Messina, Italy. Balmy weather has
prevailed for the past two or three
days at this place, and it is a great
blessing, making 1t possible for the
troops and survivors Of the eartn-
quake to live more or less comtor..
ably in the open. Occasionally there
are earth shocks, but the people have
become accustomed to them. Two
severe shocks brought down many
56en walls in Messina.
General Mazza, VINO is in supreme
command, has adopted stringent meas
ures in order to protect the people
and the peoples property. In addition
to establishing a police service around
the city, he has issued orders that
any person found excayating without
permit will be shot.
General Mazza's command extends
to both sides of the straits. In an in
tervieW he said that some semblance
of order was at last being re-estab-
lished. The work is now systematic
ed, and the situation, he believes, is
Well-in hand.
The United States supply ships
Yaunton and Culgoa, have arrived and
are distributing the cargoes Of provis-
ions they carried.
The United States battleships Con
necticut, Kansas, Minnesota and Yer.
mont, under Rear Admiral Sperry, the
commander OF the Atlantic feet, have
arrived at Naples. r
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
AKSEL HANDLES DISPENSARIES.
Governor of South Carolina Makes
Suggestion on Liquor Question.


Suggestion on Liquor Question.
Columbia, S. C.-In his annual mes
sage to the general assembly of South
Carolina, Governor Martin F. Ansel
recommends, among other things, that
''wet" counties, except those contain
ing cities of $4,000 population and
over, be allowed only one dispensary
each; that the dispensary law be
amended by making all the counties
dry, allowing those desiring dispen-
saries to vote them in; that wet
counties be denied the privilege Of
operating bottling, mixing or BLEND
ing plants, but be required to buy and
sell in original packages.
He also recommends that the imml-
grafton feature of the department OF
agriculture, commerce and immigra-
ton be cut out and labor bureau
added; that a new building for the
supreme court be erected on the cap
i.ol grounds; that substantial increas-
es be made in the salaries of supreme
court justices, circuit judges and state
house officials from the governor
down. that amendments be made in
the insurance law, giving the commits
sion authority over investment conf
panies.
It is not believed that statewide
prohibition law will be passed at the
present session, but that the matter
will be referred to the people to vote
upon in primary next summer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
House Follows Senate, Passes Bill
Prohibiting Saleof Whiskey.
EFFECTIVE in SIX MONTHS
Tennessee Ranges Herself With GeOr-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Caro-
lima and Other "Dry" States.

Nashville, Tenn.-The bill to pro-
hibit the sale Of intoxicating liquor
in Tennessee passed the lower house
of The general assembly by a vote
Of 81 TO So, Fifty votes is a majority
Twenty-Five republicans voted for and
one against the measure.
The measure passed is the one
passed in the senate by vote OF ~
to 10, and now goes to Governor Pat
tersen. He is expected to veto II,
but, under the constitution, his veto
only acts as a Suggestion, not as a
stay, and bare majority may pass
a bill over the executives un1avora-
BILE action.
The governor is allowed to hold a
bill five days Ii at the expiration of
this time it has not been returned to
the assembly, it becomes q law with
out his signature. State-widers ma1n-
tain that the governor action is not
material, as his veto will not be sus-
tanned. The bill provides that prohi-
bition becomes effective July /, 1909.
The battle attending the passage OF
the prohibition bill was probably the
fercest ever known in the Tennessee
house of representatives For almost
five hours it was waged, the local OPP
ton or administration forces contest
ing every inch of the ground.
Amendment after amendment was
presented and promptly voted down
by about the same majority as that
given the bill on final passage. A
great outpour of oratory came from
both Sides
Throughout the discussion the gal
leries were packed and several times
the speaker, at the request OF local
optionists, asked the sergeant-at-arms
to exclude visitors from the floor of
the house. an. ~ %
When the final vote vas announc-
ed the cheers from the galleries were
deafening,5 the demonstration on the
floor and in the galleries lasting sew
eral minutes. The state-widers are
iubilantly asserting that the bill will
be passed over the governors veto by
about the same vote originally receiv-
ed in the house.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
CHARGED WITH GRAFT
Senator TilIman. Of South Carolina, Re-
plies to President Roosevelt.

Washington, D. C.-By direction VI
President Roosevelt, the secret ser
vice. Swallowed Senator Tillman VI
South Carolina on the theory that he
possibly was interested in an Oregon
land grab and the result of that
investigation is now, before the SEN
ate.
President Roosevelt made public
the details Of an investigation by the
postoffice inspectors and secret serv-
ice agents of Senator Tillman's cor.
nection with an alleged land grab
in Oregon.
AS he presents the evidence to-
Senator Hale, in response 10 the lat
ter's request to the heads of the Va
rious executive departments for q
statement Of the operations Of the
secret service, the president under
takes to show:
THAT Mr.. Tillman used his infu-
ence as a senator in an effort to
force the government to compel a
railroad corporation to relinquish Its
control Of land grants from the Uni
ted States in order that he and his
family and his secretary j. B. knight.
might profit through purchases of the
land; that the senator used his gov
eminent franking privileges in nu-
merous instances for the conduct vi
private business
The language Of Senator Tillman In
Idenouncing the st. Paul and Pacinc
timber syndicate Of Portland, Ore,
on February 10 Of last year, is said
| to have been responsible for the ref
erence in the presidents reply.
That President Roosevelt dislikes
Tillman is no secret. That Senator
Tillman detests President Roosevelt
is equally well known. Several times
| Tlllman has bitterly attacked Rooses
| welt on the floor of the senate.
Declaring with vigor that he had
told no falsehood and broken no law,
Senator Tillman, in the senate replied
:, to the attack Of the president in con-
nection with the senator's negoJlA-
| lions for the purchase OF certain Yves
tern lands.
Mr. Tillman asserted that the pres
lident's accusation wis due to aninius
based upon personal malice and ha-
tired and desire to get revenge en-
Ben Tillman."
The South Carolinian told in detail
the whole story of his attempt to pur-
chase nine quarter sections Of land
in Oregon, and how he cancelled his
order and denounced the promoters
as sWindlers Wien he heard they
were making improper use Of his
name. He sdenied that he had been
guilty even Of indIscretion in the deal-
ings. and demanded the fullest inves-
tigation Of every phase Of them.
1t was not the kind of Tillman
speech the senate has been accustom-
ed to hear, and had expected on this
occasion There was little "pitch-
1 forlling' in it. Only once did he ac-
cuse the president of falsehood.
Throughout the address tho conserva-
tive touch of Senator Bacon, who aid
ed in it's preparation, was felt.
In spite Of this the audience, which
packed the floors and gallaries, was
undoubtedly in sympathy with the
/ speaker.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
ONLY 10 EILLIONAIRES in N. Y. CITY
According to Personal Tax Returns OF
That CitE.

New York City.-Onlyl ten million
aires are left in New York city, ac-
cording to tentative personal assess
ments on the tax books for 1903.
While the number Of men in the
millionaire class is DECREASING year
after year, the number Of women Is
increasing steadily and this year con-
tains six names.
The ten millionaires are: Andrew
Carnegie, S5,O00,000; William K. Van
derbilt. 81 100000; John D. Rockefel-
Ter, S2,5OO,000; Clifford V. Brokaw,
81, 100000; Mrs. Russell Sage, $4,000
600; Lila Gilbert, $1,5O0,CO0; Flor
ence a. Satterwhite, $1,5O0,OOO; Alice
G. Vanderbilt, $1,OOO,OOO; Countess
szechenyi, $1,OOO,0OO; Ida A. Flagler,
s2.OOO,OOO; total, $22,00O,OOO
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
PIGS BLOOD OF VALUE.
Recommended for Use in, the EearIy
STAGES Of tuberculosis.

Chica.o, Ill.-Pig's blood. medically
prepared, is Of the highest value i'll
the cure of incipient tuberculosis, ac-
cording to an announcement made
here by DR.. Darrell E. Ricardo. BY ex-
periments carried on Independently,
DR.. Ricardo says he arrived at the
same conclusion as DR.. r. G.. Rosen,
berger, of Philadelphia that tubercu-
losis first manifests itself in the
blood of the patient.
81 have found pigs blood to be Of
the highest value in tuberculosis
cases." declared the physician. 1.-THE
reason for that is that pigs blood con-
tains more hemogelobin than COW
blood. Swine are fed better than cat
tie. and there is a heavy strain on the
cows from being MIXED Cattle also
are subject to tuberculosis, while I
never heard of a case Of that disease
among swine"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
JAPANESE ARE ANGRY
By Anti-Jap Legislation Threat
ened by California.
GREAT SURPRISE EXPRESSED
That Bills Should Be Pushed JUST after
Hearty Welcome IN Japan Of
u. S. Fleet.

Toxic. Japan. - Following the re-
ceipt of special cable dispatches from
San Francisco relating to matters
now pending before the California
legislature, japanese newspapers at
this place elaborate upcn the strained
relations that may arise through the
passage Of bills and the enactment OF
laws sorbidding the ownership OF land
and the attendance Of public schools
by Japanese residents Of the state.
A majority Of the papers assume the
passage OF the bills as probability,
and nrotest against them ais an injus-
tice to the Japanese now living ID
California.
The .Asahi. the Jill and the Nicni
Nichi express surprise at what Is
termed an evidence Of unfriendltnesS
after the sincere effort on ~5apan'S
part to prove her friendship toward
the people Of the United States
The situation Is seriously embar-
RAISING to Americans residing in Ja-
pan, and especially so as the incident
follows so closely the creation OF an
excellent feeling through the visit Of
the Atlantic feet the American CON-
mission to the Japanese exposition
and the excursion Of business men
from the cities of the Pacific coast.
The foreign Office is endeavoring
to convince the protesting newspapers
that the action Of the California leg
is lature does not represent general
American sentiment. but the publfca-
tions continue to be extremely pessi2
mistic in their tones. and some Of tho
editorials OF the opposition press, be-
coming violent. are liable temporarily
to inhame popular opinion and serl-
onsly hamper the exercise Of Ameri-
can influence In Japan for many
wears. s. 49,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
BURIED In SOUTHERN SOIL.
Union Soldier Made Request on His
Death Bed.

Columbus, Ga.-The dying request
of ]. M. Foster of Massachusetts state
that he be buried in the south was
granted when he was laid to rest in
the Masonic lot of Linwood cemetery
by the members of that fraternity.
He came here six years ago to be-
come superintendent of one of the
large cotton mills of Columbus. He
died at the city hospital, where he
had received the tenderest attentions
from the Masons. He was a member
of Masonic lodge at Walthan, Mass.
Mr. Foster was union veteran and a
member of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, but he fell In love with the
south when he came here.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
PROHIBITION Law In ALABAMA.
Federal Judge Jones Refuses to Block
1t by Injunction.

Montgomery, Ala.-Judge Thomas
q Jones of the United States district
court for the middle district of Ala
hama has denied the Injunction ask
ed for against the Carmichael pro-
hibition law. Contrary to the expec-
tations of the petitioners, Judge Jones
did not pass upon the constltutionality
of the act, holding that this was a
proper question for the courts OF, the
state.
In explaining his opinion, the judge
stated that the matter was proper
one for the supreme court Of the
state. and that, in the event of a re-
versal of the law on his part, the
same matter in state court might
hold good, the state courts holdings
taking precedence.
The decision Of Judge Jones refrain
ed from passing on the validity Of the
general prohibition act The effect Of
the decision is to deny for the pres
ent the injunction asked, and leave
the constitutionality OF the law to
the state courts.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
CALL ON NATIONAL BANKS.
United States to Withdraw $25,
600 of Deposits in Banks.

Washington, D. C.-The secretary
CT the treasury has announced call
on the national bank depositaries for
approximately $25,0OO,O00 Of govern
ment deposits, S15,000,000 to be paid
on or before January %, 1909, and
the remainder to be paid on or be
fore February 10, 1909.
This call on national banks for the
return to the treasury of $25,000,000
is not made necessary by any urgent
need Of cash, the balance on hand and
available for all purposes being fully
$29,000,000 with the revenues show
ing slight increases over one year
ago.
The secretary's desire to provide
ample funds for treasury needs at the
beginning Of the new administration
tbout eight weeks hence is believed
to be the only purpose in making a
call at this time. The banks are said
to be in condition to spare the cash
without any embarrassment, and it
is believed that most of them are
quite willing to surrender conSid-
cradle share Of the government hold
ings
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.

Rev. Charles e. Stowe,- in an adj
dress at Hartford, Conn, declared
that his mother, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, conceived "Uncle Toms Cab
in from vision she had in church
She wrote the book from back to
front, starting with "Uncle Toms"
death scene.
Otis Eddy Wood, who had the dis.
tinction of being the first man who
ever received telegraph message
by sound, is dead at his home in
Etna, N. Y. He was n years old.
In early life Wood was an associate
of Samuel r. B. Morse and others
in the promotion 81 the telegraph.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
l2,47O,226 BALES GINNED.
The Census Bureau Reports on the
Cotton Crop.

Washington. D. C.-The census bu-
reau reported 12.47O,226 running bales
Of cotton ginned from the growth OF
1908 to January last. against $751;
sos year ago, and 1886 ginneries
operated, against 27,276 a year ago.
The percentage of the whole crop gin
ned to January / Is 90 per cent for
1909, and 90.4 per cent for 1908.
The report includes 231.S21 round
bales. and S8,016 sea island bales for
1908. 1t counts round bales as half
bales and excludes linters. The cot
ton ginned to January /, 1907, and
1906, were 11,741 ,O39 bales and $685.
426 bales respectively. The total crop
of 1907 was 11,057,822 bales, Of which
92.7 per cent was ginned to January
l. The crops Of 1905 and 1905 were
12,9S3,201 bales and 1O,495, 105 bales
respectively. The running bales by
states, ginned to January. / last and
ginneries respectively follow:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
Chinese Children Sing Hymns.

New York Christian hymns
sung by Chinese children dressed in
silk native robes and their native cos
tunes was an unicNe incident at the
Madison Avenue Baptist church.
Sixteen tiny celestial tots sang
Onward Christian Soldiers" and Il
Love to Tell the Story" in lisping
pigin-English. A boy, T. M. Fung,
compared Christopher Columbus and
( George Washington, while other chill
dren made speeches in English
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
Admiral Evans Lectures.

Boston, Mass.-Rear Admiral Rob-
ley D. Evans delivered lecture on
the fleets cruise before an audience
composed largely of Boston society
women. The lecturer sat while talk
ing. He said the Japanese do not
want to fight the United States, be-
cause they will have to fight for their
lives when the Russian Bear comes
to be fought again.