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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06
SIGNATURES

drawing so insane MethinkS- see him paw the
air, and bite the rungs out of his chair. l only
hope that some kind soul was there to push him.
with pole into the ice chest there to lie until
the fierce attack passed BY How sad it is so many
men climb up and ride upon a pen and splatter ink
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

method OF conducting elections. The Inquirer
reproaehes this city with being afflicted by
"a rage Tor primary REFORM and II the best
Philadelphia manner greatly prefers the old
way that works so smoothly In PennSYlYania.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

HE Philadelphia Inquirer disturbed about San Fran
and the immediate of this anguish the
amendments the city charter dealing with the
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

to be served by the propaganda What cor
poration literary bureau is supplying the stuff
The most recent evidences of this peculiar
industry are found in a spread of many
columns devoted to alleged proof that the
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

states the full control of the water power
sites now held in the forest reserves. One
of these bills is propounded by Senator Smoot,
one of Aldricl's most obedient servants, and
another is fathered by Representative Smith
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

one n finds that INDUS INDUSTRIOUS ~o onosb of j0upasn % sstens Rs
publicity the question naturally What interest is
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06
HATEVER

A |HATEVER may be the basis Of apportionment for
" " sentatives in congress- appears be reasonably G.
that California will get three additional members
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

highest basis so far mentioned or proposed is
one representative for every 225,0O0 of popu-
lation, and this would leave the state with a
major fraction of ~, ,544 over and above the
quantum required to constitute ten renresenta-
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

BALDWIN HOTELS. T. YP.. CITY. When
was the Baldwin hotel in San Francisco opened
In February. 1877.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
The Young Man Who is Dead.

The other day we overheard a
young fellow remark, Isn't this the
deadest town you ever saw? Nuthin'
doing from one week to another"
AS we revolved the question in our
mind we found ourselves standing
up for the town. Was the town
dead, or was it the young fellow?
This young man has no regular en-
ployment. The reason he has no
employment is because he doesn't
want any. He spends his days and
evenings circulating from billiard
hall to saloon. Roller skating helps
entertain him and public dance is
an oasis in the desert of dullness
encompassing him. A day of useful
labor is unknown to him. The ma
Jority OF men find their chief en-
joyment in their work, but he isn't
constructed along those lines. He
might trudge all day long through
the snow with gun, but labor-or-
dinary labor-the very thought of it
works upon him like the recollection
or a bad meal. Consequently, no
avenue OF enjoyment is open to him
along this line. An evening at home
with good book or magazine or
the daily and weekly papers-this
is very dreary proposition to him
as means of entertainment. He
never had an education not to speak
or He might have had. His par
ents were more than willing-they
were anxious to keep him in school
but he always had his own way and
so he cut out school early i'm life
as bore. Therefore he has no in
terest in reading anything but the
Saturday Blade or Diamond Dick
stories, and it seems too much like
work to read much of that at one
sitting. Poor young fellow! Through
his daily habits he has closed the
door to the chief avenues of real
enjoyment. He has narrowed his
own life to mere slit. His pleas
ures are limited to a few things.
And there is little hope for the
young man. The habits he has
formed are now quite fixed: his
tastes will undergo little change
from now on. He has become a will
ing slave to his conditions. The
office of no business man calls with
greater urgency each day than the
loafing place calls for his presence.
No. the town is not dead; it is the
young man.-Waverly Independent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
ARE STARTLING FIGURES.
tuberculosis Still Reaps Awful Har-
vest-PeOple Must Act.

The report of the state board of
health concerning the number of
deaths from tuberculosis is start
ling. There were 1,515 persons re-
ported to have died from tubercu-
whole number it would be bad
enough, but it is believed by those
in position to know that this num-
ber can be multiplied by two, thus
making more than 5000 persons
who died in Iowa last year from
preventable disease. And it would
be interesting, indeed, were it pos
sible to make an analysis of these
deaths. We would find no age or
condition had been spared, and that
while tuberculosis is a disease of the
poor, yet the rich had not escaped.
We would find young mothers smit-
ten in the midst of cooling babyhood
and playing child; the wage Garner,
the man who does the heavy work
has been destroyed; the minister,
lawyer, doctor, banker, farmer, edi-
tor, in fact, every profession and
trade has been compelled to walk the
great white way to death says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. What
awful havoc! What needless waste
of human life! What trag dy of sor-
row! What cause of crime! What
problems for charity! What finan-
cial loss!
If the economic aspect alone were
to be urged as reason for the aboli-
tion of tuberculosis it would be suf-
ficient as the loss to Iowa last year
approximated more than $4,000
100000. The large number of these
persons who died were young, just
at the highest point of efficiency and
greatest value to the state and the
financial loss involved is appalling
indeed. This disease reaps the larg-
est harvest of all contagious and in
fectious diseases put together, with
possibly the exception of pneumonia
and we have come to the time when
the people must act.
1t is worse than folly for intelli-
gent people, such as compose the
citizenship of Iowa, to permit tuber-
culosis to destroy untimely this vast
number.
Let the people read the startling
figures given here. Let them think
Of what the future must hold for
many children, then let the children
be taken care of and society protect
ed by restrictive measures.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
IOWA VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
Fight for Law for Reimbursement of
Cattle and Horses Destroyed Be-
cause of Disease.

More stringent laws governing in
ter-state shipments, uniform stare
laws and laws more uniform with the
laws of other states, and a law pro-
viding for the reimbursement of cat
tie and horse owners who have ami
mails destroyed because of disease,
are among the important recommen-
dations made in the report of the
legislative committee of the Iowa
Veterinary association by Chairman
Paul o. Koto of Forest City, state
veterinarian.
Interstate shipment laws in iowa
now govern only shipments of regis
tered stock. This point is very weak
and menace to the welfare of live
stock in the state. 81 have always
fought for law to provide for the
reimbursement of stock owners who
have their animals destroyed by the
state because of disease" DR.. KOto
said, "and l am going to keep up the
fight and win, even though / have
been beaten several times already.
Better and more rigid precautionary
laws and laws providing more better
sanitary regulations are also recon-
mended.
A story of the anthrax outbreak in
Woodbury., Plymouth and Cherokee
counties during last August and
September were told by DR.. w. E.
Miller of Cherokee. An interesting
feature of this story was an account
of how Julien Rentel of Leeds near
ly died of the disease. He contract
ed it by skinning bull which had
died from the disease. The attack
of this disease upon a human being
in the case of Mr.. Rentels is unique
in the history of veterinary practice
in Iowa. During this outbreak, cat
tie on seventeen farms were stricken
and over 100 animals died. 1t is
very fatal among cattle, and few
ever recover. DR.. Miller advised
more precaution in handling the dis
ease, and recommended farm quar-
antines of strict nature as well as
vaccination. Anthrax is compare
lively new to Iowa, all of the out
breaks of the disease here having
occurred within the last two or three
years. They have been only two or
three in number.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.

In his call for a Good Roads Con-
vention," Governor Carroll, among
other things, says: Il have decided
to ask those interested in highway
Improvement in our state to respond
to call for a Good Roads Conven-
ton to be held in Des Moines the
Sth and 9th of March next. The
most feasible plan which has been
suggested as to the makeup of this
convention is for the various County
Auditors to name at least one dele
gate from each township in their
counties, selecting as such delegates
men who are interested in highway
improvement and who would be will
ing to attend and participate in a
convention such as above suggested.
In addition to this it is desired that
all members of Boards of Supervis-
ors and the members of the General
Assembly participate in the delibera-
tions of the convention and that the
mayors of all cities of the first and
second class shall name at least five
delegates to this convention" 1t
is the purpose of this convention to
formulate a good roads campaign
and to recommend to the General
Assembly such changes in the road
laws as will make possible the inn
provement of the high ways of the
state in the most practical manner.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
WAsHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

One of the eccentricities of Amer
lean life is our celebration of the
birthday of the Father of his coun-
try. Whenever anyone undertakes
to get up a Washington celebration,
the first thing to be done is not to
suggest his mighty deeds in war and
craftsmanship, but to decorate the
room with a lot of paper hatchets.
It's wonder they did not carve a
hatchet on the Washington monu-
ment. Thus the name and fame of
our foremost leader is linked indis-
solubly with that of Mrs. Carrie
Nation.
However, it would be a mistake to
assume that the mighty genius and
dauntless courage of the father of
his country is forgotten by all. How
ever far his life may recede, the
world will not cease to venerate the
genius that held together an army
of undisciplined patriots, so poorly
equipped that they looked like raga-
mullins, and yet with this seemingly
hopeless force he overcame the
greatest military power of his day.
To do this it took both supreme mill
tary genius and superb vision OF
the destiny that rules nations.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
Election Dates for 1910

April 26-District and state nom
ination papers close.
May 6-County nomination papers
close.
June Primary election, first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
June.
June 14-Canvass of primary
vote by boards of supervisors.
June 20-Canvass of primary re-
turns of counties by state executive
council.
June 25-County conventions at
/ l a. m.
Between April 25 and June Is
Call to be issued for district con-
vention.
Between June 80 and July 2S-
District conventions shall be held.
Between June 23 and July 2
State convention.
November S-General election.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
FARMING, A PROFESSION.

One popular idea of farming is
that it is a laborer's job, that it re-
quires first and foremost, physical
ability to stand the work and not
so much of anything else; that any
body can be a farmer after a little
bit of practical experience and that
a man who has shown himself to be
good for noting else can 'go farm
it,
There is no popular impression
quite so fallacious as the above.
Farming today requires something
that cannot be picked upon the farm
alone or in the training school alone
and finally requires what neither of
these experiences can furnish. 1t
demands familiarity with the tools,
the ways and the work which can be
learned only by contact with the soil,
preferably while the future agricul-
turist is yet boy. 1t demands a
scientific knowledge of soil, seeds,
stock raising, diseases of stock, ma
chinery and a thousand and one 9TH
er details of science and nature. 1t
demands native ability consisting
mainly of perseverance, courage and
judgment. Finally, the farmer must
be good business man and general
economist. Does any profession,
take, for instance, law or medicine,
require such a general knowledge of
many sciences and such many sided
experiences attainable only by years
ION the job as correct farming of
of the present day, asks the Water
loo Courier.
Providing that the farmer has the
qualifications above named he has
about the best profession of any OF
us. He is the most independent
for when the trusts gobble up what
produce he is willing to sell before
it gets to the city consumer, he can
still feed himself. When famine
threatens, he has his cows, his
chickens and his vegetables and hay
laid away, even If his grain crop be
complete failure. He is king with
in his eighty acres or his quarter
section and can feed himself no mat
ter where the wind blows. He can
rot die of confinement, for lack OF
air and sunshine, which so many
city people crave even to the point
| of death. He is, next to nature, the
| first support and friend of man. He
is to be envied.
If the fathers of boys of today are
wise they will see that their sons
are given chance to learn how to
farm and to learn under proper ad-
yantages. Farming is the profession
of the future, for it means health
and independence and is not handi-
capped by the isolation and discom-
fort which were the necessary ac-
compartments of the occupation
when you and l were boys" Teach
your boy how to farm and he will
have a greater asset for making a
good, wholesome living than could
be given him by any other knowl-
edge.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23
MOTHER.

A mother went with light, swift
steps down the aisle of a hospital
tent, scanning each face upturned on
its pillow, until she came to the end
of the double row. Then she stop
ped, swayed a little, and swooped
like 'humming-bird down to the
place where her boy lay dreaming of
her. In moment his head was i'm
it's old place on her bosom, and as
life and light flooded his face, they
talked in low, happy tones not un-
mixed with ripples of soft laughter
Then cry, across the way, attract
ed the woman's attention. Mother,
mother. won't you come? am so
tired mother!" A soldier wild with
delirium called the beloved name,
again and again. Who he was no
one knew, but somewhere a woman
was praying for the sight of his face
somewhere a heart was breaking
in the silence and suspense. The
mother standing by her own soldier
boy, stirred and the eyes of the dy-
ing man rested upon her. Mother"
he cried, Mother" The feeble arms
stretched wide. You have come.
You have come" For one second
the woman hesitated. Then she
went over and clasped her arms
around the other mothers son.
Mother! Motner." His eyes were
dim with the dews of death, but her
tender kisses were upon his brow,
her arms held him as she had held
her own precious son. AS the feeble
hands of the stranger caressed her
he whispered. Lift me. mother!"
She raised him up until his head
rested on her breast. Then a glad
smile transfigured his features and
with another whisper of the beloved
name "MOther" he died
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

1t is mighty mean to patronize a
merchant who will trust you until
you get so far in debt to him that
you are ashamed to see him. and
then go and spend your cash some
where else where you could not get
credit; but there are people who do
it. The honorable way would be to
spend your cash with the merchant
who trusted you. even if you never
expected to square up the old ac-
count.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

A lady asked clerk to show her
a particular kind of goods that she
wished to purchase. The affable
clerk was very bow-legged, but with
his sweetest smile-ambling towards
the back of the store-he said:
Walk this way, please" walk that
way?" said the lady. Good graci-
Gus! l couldn't without danger of
falling and breaking my neck!"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Bradstreets reports quiet trade.
There usually is about now, when
people are economizing on food and
fuel to pay for summers ball games,
swell turn-outs and gorgeous mil
linery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Twenty-Five senators are worth
over a million. To what extent can
they sympathize with the man who
is ground between the advancing
prices and the immovability of his
own wages?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The dirigible balloon men who
propose to fly from Spain to New
York seem anxious to avoid the un-
dertaker's additions to high cost of
living.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

This has been a terrific winter on
all lines of business. Some men laid
plans to derail and rob an express
train out West. and meeting at the
appointed place they loosened a rail
and piled ties on the track. Poor
men, the train was so late that they
all froze to death before it came
through.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

1t was futile for Mr.. Taft to try
to smooth the fur of the good"
trusts in the New York speech. Moth
ing will suit 'em until Congress re-
turns to the old habit of passing
the appropriation bills and then go
ing home.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The government now predicts
weather week ahead. The mil
lions of people who order their lives
by the Old Farmers almanac will
think it needless for the government
to interfere in field SO we'll
covered.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Regular Republicans and Insur-
gent Republicans are still doing
business at the old stand, but the
Democrats have boarded up the
front windows and are living on the
interest of what they owe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The New York health department
is getting good results from inoculat-
ing for cancer. But this is not per-
suading the people to give up the
sporty stomach tanglers that must
help on such troubles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The bulk of our business men are
not worrying about the trust laws.
They are too busy trying to please
the public to spend much time try
ing to drive competitors out of bust
ness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Eggs are being shipped from Eu-
rope on account of high prices. 1t
indicates fundamental defects in our
farming, when this land of vast re-
sources can't feed itself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The stoppage of all things since
Teddy Roosevelt dropped out of
sight has not been equalled since
Joshua had the sun stand still while
he thumped the heathen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Only one out of 157 saved on the
French steamer ChanZy. But we'd
still take our chances on sea travel,
as against the many railroads that
can't get rid of the idea that two
trains can pass each other on one
track.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

While the Democrats have been
engaged in windy buster, the inter
state commerce bill moves along aid
seems sure of enactment. The Taft
smile is thawing the Congressional
icebergs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

AS history. fairly complete for
5000 years, shows no mortality from
comets, the people who are deter
mined to worry will have to pick out
some more imminent danger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Astronomer Lowell is almost sure
they are digging a new canal on
Mars. He almost hears them argr-
ing whether it shall be sea level or
lock type.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The public's attitude toward De-
wey may be repeated in Peary's
case. Fine. achievement is forgotten
in the pleasure of criticising meth
ods and manners.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Grow Indians came to Washington
to protest against carving up their
reservation. They forgot that the
only way for an Indian TO be reckon
ed a good citizen is to present an
obituary of himself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

George Washington used to worry
about entangling alliances with Eu-
rope. What would he say today to
the Infinitely more dangerous alli-
ances between politics and corporate
wealth?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Those overworked Martians who
have had to dig 4 1,000-mile canal
between May and November, should
organize a labor union.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Let us hope the coming Supreme
Court decisions give complete con-
struction of the antitrust law. After
20 years of unbusiness-like legal de-
lays, its meaning is still in doubt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Meat is higher than ever in New
York, spite of the boycott. Against
the armor proof protection of the
cold storage plants, the boycott is
merely a popgun battery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Peary should receive all due hon
ors for his big achievement. 1t took
as much courage and as much sci
ence as for Columbus to discover
America.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Now they want the Wells Fargo
melon investigated. Better to have
done it while the melon was ripen-
ing, than after it is carved, eaten,
and digested.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

These bloody battles in Nicaragua
are about as much out of order as
when the children got to cutting
each other while playing authors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The 18th anniversary of the Maine
explosion is celebrated. Why leave
o sacred relics to decay and rust
in Cuba's front yard any longer?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The Chicago federal grand jury is
looking up the price asked for hogs.
The prices asked by hogs would be
more inclusive subject.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

President Johnson of the Ameri-
can League gets $4,000 year, and
his chances for the Hall of Fame, on
popular vote, looks better than any
college presidents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

The French Antarctic expedition
failed to bag the South Pole. 1t
looks as if Uncle Samuel would get
both poles to set up as gate posts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Uncle Abdul Hamid's try at sui
eide was pretty foolhardy consider
ing the thousands of murdered
shades laying for him across the
StyX.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

New York milliners talk strike.
How the Easter choirs would rejoice
if the prevalence of old hats allowed
their warblings to have attention.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-02-23

Anyway the canoe clubs will re-
joice at the s4O,0O0.OO0 river and
harbor bill, which will open up many
sand flats to their craft.