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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Come. Let Us Reason Together.

In these days of fine cata1ogs, cara
fully prepared and catchy advertise
ments, some people are led to believe
that after paying large city rents.
issuing catalogs that cost thousands
of dollars. TO distribute, and paying
as high as $4,000 for a single adver-
tisement, articles can be sold cheap
err by he people who do these things
than by the home merchant. Besides
all the above expenses, we know of
a catalog house that pays interest on
S9,000,000 bonds to raise the neces-
sary money to pay for the goods that
are lying in the hands of express and
railroad companies awaiting delivery.
None of these houses are the manu-
facturers of the goods they sell but
are obliged to buy them, the same as
our home merchants. Now, use a lit
tie reason and ask yourself if it is
possible for them to give you the
same weight ard quality any cheaper.
You also know how you are obliged
to wait many times, for the desired
article, which your fellow-townsman
could deliver promptly.
If you will think the matter over
there are many reasons why the To-
cal merchants should receive your
patronage if his prices are as low
and there are also many reasons why
lis prices are doubtless lower, for
the same quality of goods. OF course,
as a rule, your home merchants do
rot sell seconds" or lob lots" of
goods but straight goods, give him
the preference and you will not be
the loser.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
The Indian Doctor.

The Indian doctor caught the Britt
boys all right for about $50 after all
He first gave SO cents for Is cent
pieces and then gave dollars for
halves. When the boys gave dollars
expecting to get two dollars they
found that fashions had changed. He
was a good Indian though not dead
enc. He admitted that himself and
would have been glad to admit more
If necessary. He has gone, so has
his show. He took some money with
him that he earned; he took some
more with him that the boys gave
him. There was nothing small about
the Indian. He came here with a
medicine show and sold medicines.
If they did not cure anyone, at least
they have up-to-date killed no one.
Some fellows want to get beaten any
how and an Indian might as we'll do
il as anyone.-Tribune
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Experience Brings Familiarity.

An exchange says that colored
citizen was brought before police
Judge charged with stealing chickens
He pleaded guilty and received SEN
tence, when the judge asked him how
he had managed to lift those chickens
right under the window of the own
er's house when there was a dog
loose in the yard. &C Hit wouldn't
be no use, judge" said the negro,
''to try to 'splain dis to yo' ALL If
you was to undertake it you like as
not would get your hide full of shot
and not get no chickens nuther. If
you want to engage in any rascality
you'd better stick to the bench, wha
yo' is familiar
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
The self.supporting Woman.

1t does make us tired-slang is
excusable hereto read the census
giving the number of women engaged
in self-supporting occupations, said
list including clerks, typewriters,
school teachers, etc., but not one
wife and mother. AS if the woman
who darns her husbands stockings,
keeps the children's faces clean,
cooks for a family of dozen, more
or less, keeps the house in order,
washes, irons, bakes, mends, sews,
sweeps, nurses the sick, spanks the
erring, and keeps an eye on a thous-
and and one things from early morn
till late at night, and then sleeps
with one eye open lest Tommy kicks
the bed clothes off or baby shows
signs of Group, were not self-support-
ing. But come to think of it, she
isn't. She supports all the rest of
the family, and, in nine cases out
of ten, has neither time nor strength
left to look out for herself.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

Till the ground till it fills the till.
It's poor land that can't hold its
sown.
Carelessness is really laziness un-
der more polite name.
Ever see the man who works like
a bee every place but at home?
The potato bug is destructive, the
chinch bug is as bad, but the humbug
beats them both.
Sometimes a man is so busy get
ting a lodge grip that he loses his
grip on his business.
Man is an admirer Of the beautiful.
He invariably selects the umbrella
that has the prettiest handle.
Behold the patient OK. He vaunts
no speed records, but he gets the
load to the barn all the same.
A little vanity is good thing in a
man. 1t will usually keep him from
going to town collarless and coat
less.
If woman paid as much attention
to the picking out of man as she
does to a hat, how much happier she
would be.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
COntentment.


Contentment. What a world Of
comfort that single word contains.
Blessed is the person who has learn
ed the meaning of that word in its
best sense. In this world We are
wont to look at the other fellows
station as better than ours. The
farmer boy looks with envy on his
country cousin as he sees him be-
hind the counter or in the office and
thinks how easy his work must be;
the city man looks out across the
well-kept fields of the country
draws the pure air into his lungs
and longs for the life of the farmer;
the toilers in the shops look upon
teachers and those in professions
and envy them in their white hands
and tidy looks, not dreaming of the
long hours they must bend over
their lessons or books of reference
after the six o'clock whistle has
blown. that they may be masters Of
the situation in their particular line
We would not stife ambition but
encourage those who desire to climb
ambitions ladder to fame; in doing
so, learn to spell contentment-spel
it correctly in all it's varied shades
of meaning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

~ F all the old festivals that Of
(S Christmas awakens the strong
w est and most heartfelt associ
atoms. There is tone of solemn and
sacred feeling that blends with oul
conviviality, and lifts the spirit to
state of hallowed and elevated enjoy
ment. The services of the church
about this season are extremely ten
der and inspiring; they dwell on the
beautiful story of the origin of ouI
faith, and the pastoral scenes that ac
companied it's announcement; they
gradually increase in fervor and
pathos during the season of Advent
until they break forth in full jubilee
on the morning that brought peace
and good will to men. / do not know
a grander effect of music on the moral
feelings than to hear the full choir
and the pealing organ performing a
Christmas anthem in a cathedral, and
filling every part of the vast pile with
triumphant harmony.
1t is a beautiful arrangement, also
derived from the days of yore, that
this festival, which commentaries
the announcement of the religion of
peace and love, has been made the
season for gathering together closer
again those bands of kindred hearts,
which the cares and pleasures and
sorrows of the world are continually
operating to cast loose; of calling back
the children of family, who have
launched forth in life and wandered
widely asunder, once more to assemble
about the paternal hearth-that rally,
ing place of the affections, there to
grow young and loving again among
mementos of childhood.
There is something in the very sea.
son of the year that gives charm to
the festivity Of Christmas. At other
times we derive great portion of our
pleasures from the mere beauties OF
nature. Our feelings sally forth and
dissipate themselves over the sunny
landscape, and we live abroad and
everywhere" The song of the bird
the murmur of the stream, the breath
ing fragrance of spring, the sof
righteousness of summer, the gold
en- pomp of autumn; earth, with it.
mantle of refreshing green, anC
heaven, with it's deep, delicious blue
and its cloudy magnificence, all fill u.
with mute but exquisite delight, ant
we revel in the luxury of mere sensa
ton. But in the depth of winter
when nature lies despoiled of every
charm and wrapped in her shroud o.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

sheeted snow, we turn for our graft
fications to moral sources The dreari-
ness and desolation of our Landscapes;
the short, gloomy days and darksome
nights, while they circumscribe our
wanderings, shut in our feelings also
from rambling abroad, and make us
more keenly disposed for the pleas
ures of the social circle. Our thoughts
are more concentrated; our friendly
sympathies more aroused. We feel
more sensibly the charm of each 9TH
er's society, and are brought more
closely together by dependence on
each other for enjoyment. A season
when heart calling unto heart.
The pitchy gloom without makes the
heart dilate on entering the room
filled with the glow and warmth of the
evening fire. The ruddy blaze diffuses
an artificial summer and sunshine
through the room, and light up each
countenance with a kindlier welcome.
Where does the honest face of hospi-
tality expand into a broader and more
cordial smile-where is the shy glance
of love more sweetly eloquent-than
by the winter fireside? And, as the
hollow blast of wintry wind rushes
through the hall, clasps the distant
door, whistles about the easement, and
rumbles down the chimney, what can
be more grateful than that feeling of
sober and sheltered security with
which we look around upon the COM
Portable chamber and the scene of do
nestle hilarity?
Amidst the general call to happi-
ness, the hustle of the spirits, and stir
of the affections, which prevail at this
period, what bosom can remain in
sensible? 1t is, indeed, the season of
regenerated feeling-the season for
kindling not merely the fire of hospi-
tally in the hall, but the genial flame
of charity in the heart.
Surely happiness is reflective, like
the light of heaven; and every counte-
nance, bright with smiles and glow
ing with innocent enjoyment, is mir
ror transmitting to others the rays Of
supreme and ever-shining benevo.
lence. He who can turn churlishly
away from contemplating the felicity
of his fellow-beings, and can sit down
darkling and repining in his loneliness
when all around is joyful, may have
his moments of strong excitement and
selfish qualification. but he wants the
genial and social sympathies which
constitute the charm OF merry
Christmas.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Telephone Displaces Telegraph.

The telephone has achieved an,
other victory over the telegraph. Fol
the first time in the history of the
Dubuque division of the Illinois Cen
trail, train orders are now being de,
livered by telephone. The innova.
tion became effective this week. Or.
ders are sent from the dispatchers
Offices in Dubuque to the various sta
lions, and the operators will com
municate with those Offices by phone.
All other messages will be sent by
telegraph, as usual. The time is not
far distant when the Morse system OF
telegraphy will be a memory. Tho
telephone and wireless telegraph will
take its place, as surely as the sun
rises and sets.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Boots and Men.

Boots go on feet; so do menI
Boots have soles; so do men. Boots
shine when polished; so do men.
Boots sometimes get tight; so do
men. Poor boots are run over; SO
are poor men. A boot to get on
needs pull; so does man. Some
boots have red tops; so have some
men. Some boots lose their soles !;
so do some men. Some boots are
imitation calf; some men are the
same article. Some boots cant
stand water; neither can some men.
When a boot is well soaked it's a
bad case; SO is man. A boot to be
of much account needs a mate; so
does a man. A boot when heeled
is comfortable; so is a man.-Ex
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

They tell it that in the village of
Washington, Iowa, citizen went to
the meat market to buy twenty cents
worth of steak The butcher sliced
1t off for him, he handed the market.
man a quarter, received a nickel in
change and departed. When he ar
rived home he could not locate the
steak he had bought. He found the
nickel loose in his pocket, and then
discovered what he had done. He
had absent mindedly put the nickel
in his pocket and the steak in his
pocketbook.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

Don't judge a man by his clothes,
God made one and the tailor made
the other. Don't judge man by his
family, for Cain belonged to good
family. Don't judge a man by his
failure in life, for many man fails
because he is too honest to succeed
Don't judge a man by the house he
lives in; the lizard and rat often in
habit the grander structure When
man dies they who survive him ask
what property there is left behind
the angels who bend over him ask
what deed he has sent before.-Ex
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Short Bits of Wisdom.

Self-conceit is self-defense.
Will is the minds lever.
Good comes by talking it.
Self-control is acknowledgment.
1t is the last step that counts.
The parent of peace is patience.
Reform is not matter of wish
but of will.
Kill the truth by lie and its ghost
will walk.
A wise man will weigh even 9
FOOLS advice.
Humility is a flower that grows
upon the soil of suffering.
Where there's a will there's 9
way" where there's a way, let there
be will.
A beggar can be as proud as 6
prince and a monarch as humble a.
mendicant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

Nothing on earth is more beloved,
esteemed and honored in the world S
great heart than noble youth,
one whose character is pure. whose
aims are high, whose life is a model
essay"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

An Illinois man is being sued fer
a divorce. He set a rat trap in his
trousers pocket when he went to
bed, and hung the pantaloons on the
bed post, and caught his wife be-
fore midnight
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

When the Sunday School teacher
asked an Ossian boy, What is the
greatest of virtues?" he replied glib
ly, "Buttin' I'M"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

A Chicago woman says blind girls
lake the best wives. / suppose it is
because they cannot see through
their husbands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

1t doesn't make so much differ
ence about the Inventions merit, if
the stock selling scheme works well.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

Beware of the stranger who dis
plays a friendly interest in you. The
chances are he has an AK to grind.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15

The man who is his own worst
enemy usually blames other people
for his hard luck.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-15
Ginger SnapS,

Till the ground till it fills the till.
It's poor land that can't hold its
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-21


Notice is hereby given that default
In the payment of a certain note Sc
cured by certain mortgage, execut-
ed and delivered by Ward County Fair
and Racing Association by c. H. Par
)ker, president, and by L. 8. Champine
secretary, mortgagors to the Second
National Bank Of Minot. N. OAK, =
corporation, mortgage. dated the
21st day OF ydne, 1905, and filed for
record in the Office of the Register OF
Deeds Of the County Of Ward and
State Of North Dakota. on the 3rd day
of July, 1905, and recorded in book
80 OF mortgages at Page 81 at $3.50
O'Clock a. m. on that day,
Now. Therefore, by the power OF
sale therein contained said mortgage
will be +foreclosed by sale Of the
premises In such mortgage and, here
matter described. at the front door OF
the court house in the city Of Minot.
in the county of Ward, and state OF
North Dakota, at the hour of 2 o'clock
p. M, on the -27th day Of November.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-21
SUMMONS

State of North Dakota. County OF
Ward,-ss. f.. t..
In District Court Eighth Judicial
District.
Frank Tempelman, Plaintiff, VS.. Jourg-
en- Olson, and Abram Fanckboner,
Defendants. -.
The State OF North Dakota to the
Above Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to ans
wer to the complaint in this action.
and to serve a copy of your answer
upon the subscribers within thirty
days after the service Of this sum-
mons upon you, exclusive Of the day
of service; and in case of your failure
to appear or answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default, for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Minot, Norm Dakota, this
l4th day Of August, A. D. 1909.
Ryerson & Nash,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Office Resi-
dence and Address, Rooms Is and IL,
Lee Block, Ninot, N. D. "
90 1917 '.s
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IA. D. 1909, to satisfy the amount due
upon such mortgage on the day Of
sale. The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold
to satisfy the same are described As
follows, VIZ: The Southwest quarter
;sW IA OF Section twenty-five Us
in township one hundred and fifty-five
1850 N Of range eighty-three 1887
W Of The fifth principal meridian.
That no action or procedure at law
or otherwise has been had or institute
ed to enforce the collection OF said
indebtedness.
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date Of sale the sum OF hve
thousand nine hundred and sixty-one
dollars and ninety-dve cents l$b SOL
95) dollars.
The Second National Bank, Cor
Iporation, Mortgages.
James johnson. Attorney for Mort
rapee:. 1917 I'LL
]
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Auction Sale

l will sell at public auction at my
farm 10 miles south and 2 miles west
OF Minot on Sec. 33-153-S3 on Mon
day, Oct. rs, 1909 Sale to commence
at 10 a. m. sharp. Free lunch at
noon.
The following PROPERTY:
gray gelding 6 years old weight
1850.
black gelding years old VT. 1900.
span mules IA years old wit. 1900
l gray mare.
mich COWS all to be fresh from
Nov. 4, 1909 to March 1910.
steers calves 1 year old this fall.
heifers calves l yepr old this fall.
Chickens.
DeLaval cream separator.
/ flax attachment TO-: mower
De ring binder with fax attach
menI as good as new.
Deering mower ....
| Milwaukee mower.
1 Deering hay rake.
l disc harrow.
1 2-section steel harrow.
l McCO. mick self rake reap r.
farm wagons.
set li"ht harne S.
sets work harness.
buggy.
Many other articles too numerous
to mention.
Terms of sale-All sums OF $40 and
under cash on all sums over that
amount one years time will be given
on bankable notes with interest at
! ten per cent. per cent discount fol
cash.
No property to be removed until
settlement is made II the above date
should be stormy, sale will be held
the following day.
E. Valley, Owner, J. T. Louderback
.Auctioneer.
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(Not Coal Lands.)


NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, uhl1eo
States Land Office at Minot, N. D.
Oct. 13, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
@, Gasmann, of Max, N. D. who, on
July 2, 1908, made Homestead Entry
No. O56 for w IL Sc Ia W IL NE
IA, Section Is, Township 1872 N
range SO w. Fifth Principal Meridian
has filed notice Of intention to make
final communication proof to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Register and Receiver OF the
United States Land Office, at Minot
North Dakota, on the 9th day OF
November, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses
q. G. Whittier, Ha1vor Haugberg
both of Max, Arthur Giles, Ole Hauge-
berg, both of Olive, N. D.
Thomas E. DISCARD, Reg
10-14 Ills
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SUMMONS


State of North Dakota, County Of
Ward.-ss.
In District Court, Eighth judicial
District.
Francis Charles Manley, Plaintiff,
Eliza B. Marley; John. Manley; Eliza
b Marley as Guardian Of John Man
ley, an incompetent; Ann Weber;
and ka:e Maitland, Defendants.
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear and answer the complaint in this
action, a copy of which is hereto an
nexed and herewith served upon you,
and to serve cory of your answer
upou the subscriber within thirty
days after the service Of this sum
mons upon you, exclusive Of the day of
service; and in case of your failure to
appear or answer judgment will he
taken against you by default for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
L. w. Gammons,
Attorney for Plaintifr,
Minot, N. Oak.
The complaint in above entitled ac-
was entitled action was filed with the
clerk Of said district court on Sept.
IL, 1909. 81. ,
L. W. Gammons Atty for Plaintiff
9-30-11-4
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Diarrhoea Remedy is today the best
known medicine in use for the relief
and cure of bowel complaints. It
cures gripping, diarrhoea, dysentery,
and should be taken at the first
unnatural looseness of the bowels. 1t
Is equally valuable ror children and
adults. It always cures. Sold by p
v. Mccoy 4 CO.
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Stallion For Sale

Stallion five years old weight 1850
in ordinary condition, will make a
ton in flesh. Registered Percheron
He ds right in every way and / will
give guarantee that animal is right
have no use for him, and if taken al
once, me will go for abou. half the
price that horses of This kind usually
bring. Don't delay too long.
1914 to VIM. Carroll, Minot, N. D
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Great Land Rargain

On account of my wife's health
must leave the country and offer fol-
sale three quarters of fine land ad-
Joining two miles from town, good
buildings on each quarter, all can
be broken, price $22 an acre. crop
payment. Also fine quarter three
miles from Velva, 120 acres broken.
all can be broken, price $4,000, crop
payment. Fine buildings. VIII sell
separately or collectively.
Thos. A. Colte-,
7-29 tt Minot, N. =.
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Notice to Premium Winners.

There are still a good many prom
iums from the Ward county fair that
have not yet been claimed. The win
ners can have the same by calling
at the Commercial club in Minot
Kindly call address Frank Young
man Secretary, as soon as convenient.
John Wallin, Secretary.