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The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19
SOME VERY SOUND TALK FOR
THOSE WHO WANT PROSPERITY,
Mr. De La Crox Presents Some Facts OF rea. Interest Ii
the Making of Prosperous Section Of Country-Pro!ab!e
Suggestions Are Made That Should Receive Consjdera
tion BY Every One

We nave ana what we are usually 10
lnoSe whom We can in no way repay;
hehte it IS the more incumbent on
US 70 hand to others the courtesies
kindnesses and more substantial aid
we nave received, for in no other way
can We discharge the obligations we
ourselves are under.
The Point of Arrested Deye!oDgoent
Ie return to the point Of arrested
deNelopment: That is exactly where
the county now is. Oxford has grown
and thriVen partly at the expense Of
the county. Many families have NOV
ed to town for the educational ad-
NantageS and many more because
farming did not pay as We'll as fac
tory work. We cannot continue to
prosper unless town and county go
hand in hand: in other words, the ap-
Glication of brains and energy are
necessary right now to carry the COM
munity beyond the dead point.
Our merchants have formed a COM
mercial club for this specific purpose
it is a very live and active force in
the right direction, ready to respond
to and investigate suggestions from
any source for the common good. Our
merchants have already subscribed
the sum necessary to the organization
of an agricultural society; it only re-
mains for the farmers TO buy as much
stock as they are able: all can afford
= few shares at $100 each and no one
of them can afford not to be identified
With this forward movement.
Cold, Incontrovcrtible Facts.
1t is self-eVident that renters on the
Guarter-share basis do not pay the
land owner, and with the rising price
Of labor holdings have ceased to be
worked at profit. During the last
lew wears such cOlOred field hands as
( he n f3i
manded. To q man owning three hun
dred or more acres the sale OF half
Of it in fifty or sixty acres tracts VIII
make what is left worth as much as
| the whole was originality Will great
! " improve the appearance OF his
neigh bOrhOod. because any one earn
ing living off a small farm Will nave
to do his work more thoroughly, IN
other words, inteSiVe cultivation makes
I, thrifty looking section and small
! farms make near nelghDofS ana
| friends, an element of social life now
sadly missing five or ten miles from
| town.
| If YOU are a renter and jumping e
| 3 bout from one poor, washed out and
! starved piece of land to another, YOU
| will always be q renter until YOU have
! saved up enough to buy for cash stock
and tools necessary to make crop
and have on hand sufficient meat and
I
| If Won have the above, you can buy q
| few acres and run in debt for 1t with
the hope Of paying out. II you nave
| not work for some one else til you ge'
| the price of stock and tools together
| If YOU buy a horse on credit you
! pay $50 for a 800 animal 10 pu'
it another way. you give fifty days
work at s1OC per day. which is
eouivalent to working two months, te
nav for the loan of 500 and you still
have 500 to pay in cash before the
| ;,orse is yours. No business IN the
world can be considered on TINS pasls
Fertilizers and everything else bough'
The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19
(Oxford Ledger. J

To the Editor: The writer wishes
7, express his appreciation of the
courtesy which has recently allowed
him so much space in your columns;
also to say that he does not wish to
force opinions on any one but to call
atAntion to live issues before this
country so that all our citizens col
lcutiyely thinking, shall work out each
step forward SO that it will be TAX
IN intellisently, remembering always
that no individual can secure d per
manent benefit to himself unless he
has at heart the good Of the whole
Graded school Conditions.
In every life there is a point
OF arrested Development, that is
place at which farther progress along
any one OF more lines is not easy nor
rapid. TO proceed beyond this point
requires perseverance. patience, steady
application, more energy, capital
brains or leisure or one hundred 9th
TT contingent considerations. A per-
tjnent illustration is the graded school.
in which the primary class exceeds
the senior class as to L. \. b, be
cause Tor the above causes or one hun
drrd other contingent considerations.
three-f0urths of the scholars have
met their point Of arrested develop
ment and dropped out.
The Individual Citizens Duty.
Now the question for the town, and
having arrived at the place where
county is the same as for the scholar,
further progress has become difficult
shall we go forward by doubling our
efforts or drop out of the race to be
cne OF the graduating class? For a
country to move forward means to act
collectively: to act collectively does
not mean for few to do it all, but for
every one TO do his share. In town it
means just such work as the CONNER
cial Club is undertak king. The busy
merchant appointed on committee
must apply the same interest and at
ienrion 70 it that his business requires
nt him and look for compensation of
his services in the growth and I'M
rortance of his town, of the satisfac- =
ton of knowing he Is doing his duty
aS 4 good citizen does not seem Il Suf-
1cient reward.
Ia View Of the fact that so many are
working shoulder to shoulder, con-
tributing both time and money to the
common veal there are forced into the
lmeiight others who have made their
competence. owe their education, the
superior opportunities for their chill
dren, the doubling in value of their
real estate and pretty much everything
they call their own to the accident OF
iiNiIs DeeH porn III tITdDNltlc county
Yet they fail to contribute any person
al effort to the uplift moVem ent
Among them are men OF independent
means whose conversation indicates
that they consider the nominal clut
dues as onerous; as was recently re-
marked, Il do not see where | should
get value received by joining the club,
Neritabla 'tight-Wad' one that q
bali merchant would have
found it hard to express more sue
cinr0y.
Ahat a Man Owes
W. are all hOpelessly indebted tc
SoIne one for our start in life. for wha
The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19
THE BIRDS DON'T LIKE TAR on
CORN.

Some farmers recommend the use
OF cold tar on corn to prevent cows
and blackbirdS picking it from the
ground. Use teaspOonful Of tar to
q peck, but do not put 1t on the dry
corn Add it to warm water sufficient
to cover the corn, and wet the corn
with 1t, drain and mix with a lew
handfuls Of land plaster.
The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19
TIL, PEOPLES iI.ON ER.

Every body knows the gladiolus in
way. II has been called The Peo-
pies Flower" because more people
can get more satisfaction out Of il
without special skin or facilities than
from any other flower. A. i cut
flower. nothing hut the expensive or
child lasts s. 3u1 no other flower
The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19

has such variety and beauty OF col
oring.
Nevertheless TIE modern gladioluS
is almost unknown to large ma
jority Of our people, because OF the
reat improvement which has been
made in q comparatively short time
G. 8 Woodruff.
The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19
IAEOR-SANING LOG ROLLER.

On every farm where there is tim
Der OF large size there ought to be a
canthook. an implement shown in the
picture for the purpose of removing
heavy logs. 1t will save tremendous
amountof heavy lifting and one man
The farmer and mechanic., 1910-04-19

til tllne are IN the same class
Inc farmer who MORTGAGES All his
effects goes around the homestead law
and sells himself To the man who
holds his note. No one knows the
value OF money better than the mer-
chant Nho sells on time and it IS he
also who Will generally sell closer for
spot cash than any other dealer Try
nm once and prove it.
Intense Cuiti,atioE the slogan
Climate, soil, market and labor: the
ifrst three are here. the fourth con-
s1tutes the problem. Every year a
few more farmers find they come out
better at the end CT the season if they
underta Ike only 50 much crop as they
and their children can carry on, with
pfhapS little extra labor. hired by
the day, This, then, is the solution:
small holdings Of land and intense
cultivation.
The Animal as an Investncnt
A man with 30 acres can keep five
sheep and clear 100 per cent. on
them; with more he probably will not
do so We'll. He can raise d calf or
two. and have Il nilch COW or steer
worth 4 cents gross weight to sell
yearly, which will pay his taxes. He
can raise Il horse or mule colt. the
easiest 500 that ever came his way,
The writer has sold $500 worth and
upwards of pigs and shoats annually
bought a kernel Of corn 10 feed them.
There is q plantation in the county
conducted BY q young man, which now
has 200 pigs and shcats. He expects
to raise corn enough to fatten them
his net profits ought to exceed S1,0o0
this year. Any small farmer can ar
| range to have Il litter of pigs born
every six months, sell all he cannot
care for and still have meat for his
family and some to sell. If enough
| farmers Will give this matter their
attention the Chicago packing houses
! will be driven out of business in the
| county.
/ Money in Trucking.
Al clI dal'key Wnc probab bly, never
raised 4 salad head of cabbage in his
! life has been bringing cabbage leaves
! and tufnip salad to town i'll carryaiI
| md sri!ine them to his own race for
q nicllle a handful for tWenty-odd
! years. He has demonstrated two
! things, w: tt;at it is not ditticClt to
provide for the necessities Of a simple
| life ard 1nsat commercial success is at
! tanned By tI;uin9 out what your mar
! ket will buy and then producing it.
Dutchn.t.E, who rented a place
| north OF Oxford sad he could raise
| five cents worth Of onions on one
square loot Of land, hence a very tcF
acres would be ali he cared to have
| He has now bought place Itti iotSi
| ham.
Take a seed catalogue and check ur
| he vegetables that do Well on you
| land, then see how many of them are
| for sale at the stores and ask your
| selves in sober earnest why YOU lei
| the Richmond commission merchants
| sell your market,
! IHrancc is ore of the most denselS
populated and at the same time mos'
| prosperous countries. Land holdings
average less than twenty acres each
Still almost every man and woman
o1e;. forty wears cid has upward OF
$4,000 ia real estate or in cash IN a
savings bank. Granville county can
look like one vast well-kept garden IL
all work together to pass the point OF
arrested develOpme
LOUIS DE LA GROIN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
HOME INTERESTS FIRST.

The home paper has become so es-
sential a part of the reading of every
we'll informed family, that there are
few people nowadays who sacrifice
their own local newspaper in order
to get metropolitan sheet. A great
many families feel both to be neces-
sary, but if one has to choose, there
are today few who would pick the
distant journal in preference to the
one close to their more intimate in
terests.
After all, the average citizen is
far more concerned about the affairs
of his own home city than about the
affairs of the world. No matter how
much he may read about congress,
about foreign affairs, about general
politics, if he fails to know what his
own home government is going to
do about his taxes, if he fails to
know what kind of schools and
streets are being provided for him,
if he is ignorant of the activities OF
the societies and churches conducted
close by him, he is a pretty poor
sort of citizen. To the housewife,
the home paper is absolutely essen
tial, because it conveys the most I'M
portant business news, the offerings
Of the home merchants.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Reat Ont MayOr.

Ten days on bread and water
rather than work was the feat of
two members of the family hobo
who terminated their sentence to-
day, gaunt, hungry and mad but
victorious. They were sentenced for
ten days, being intoxicated. They
had the money for the fine but re-
fused to part it with so were sent to
Jail for that time with the direction
that their fare be bread and water.
1t was expected like similar victims
of this kind they would soon yield
and work rather than starve, but
they were heroic and when brought
before the mayor this morning still
determined to fast rather than work.
The mayor tried to send them back
to Jail but was told after seeking
legal advice that they had served
the sentence imposed and had to be
let go. They went and the first thing
was a feed The white race is now
indicated. The only 10 day bread
and water hero heretofore was a
negro.-Mason City Globe-Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Fire Drills in Schools.

The value of fire drills in schools
was aptly illustrated in the recent
J.. S. disaster. Leo Gagne, aged
about nine years, and his mother OF
Duluth, Mimi, were among passen-
gers on the Inflated steamer and at
the first sound of the fire bell Mas
ter Leo marched directly from one
of the upper decks to the staging
below and waited there for the
gates to open, being among the
first ashore. His mother found him
later on and he told her how he got
off and thought no more of his
lucky escape than if it had been a
fire drill in school.-Allamakee
Journal
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the Appointment of an
Administrative of the Estate OF
Martha Dayton, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
administrative of the estate of
MARTHA DAYTON,
late of DEBORAH Township, in the
County of Winneshiek, State OF
Iowa, deceased, intestate, and has
taken upon herself that trust by
giving bonds at the law directs. All
persons having demands upon the
estate of the said deceased are re-
quired to exhibit the same; and per-
sons indebted to the said estate are
called upon to make payment to
JENNIE l.. DAYTON,
Administrative
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, July IS,
1910.
C. S. BOICE, Attorney. 2S-4.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
July a Hot Month.

That July has been an unusually
hot month is shown by the report
of the government thermometer in
charge of F. II. Baker of this city.
He says that during the first % days
of July the maximum temperature
was "a degrees, and on only for or
these days did the maximum drop
below 80 degrees. The highest
temperature was 105 dgrees. This
is a record seldom equalled.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Some Cow,

Minnehaha Gerben, C. A Nelson's
Holstein COW, has made quite a
reputation during the year ending
June /, 1910. Prof. j. w. Merrill
of the state experiment station at
Ames, under whose supervision the
cow was handled and tested from
time to time, says Minnehaha gave
1e, ,264 pounds, or 8 tons of milk
which made 56.4 pounds of butter
during this year. This cow was 3
years and IL months old when she
entered this contest. You will
agree that Minnie is quite an eater.
During the year she consumed
1850 pounds Of bran; 1,04S pounds
of ground barley; 500 pounds of
gluten feed; 249 pounds linseed
meal; 68 pounds crushed corn; $50
pounds alfalfa meal, and 1876
pounds of Quaker dairy feed. For
roughage she has had pasture in
season, besides eating 300 pounds
of beet pulp; 5000 pounds ensilage
and 1880 pounds clover hay. The
total cost of the feed was $90.91.
The gross amount received for the
milk $217.64 leaving a net profit of
$126.73. So you see Minnehaha is
worth noticing.-Bremer County In
dependent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Does Your Head Ache?

Want something to stop it quick
ly? Get a box of Meritol Headache
Powders and obtain relief in TWEEN
ty minutes. They are marvellous in
their action and positive in results.
Meritol Headache Powders contain
no Morphine, Cocaine, Choral, An
tipyrine or Acetanilid. They are
unexcened for sick. and nervous
headache and neuralgia.
Guaranteed and sold by Brunt &
Parman, Druggists, Members Am
erican Drug & Press Ass ociation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
A Crime Against Babies.

The fact that ninety babies have
been found dead in bed in Iowa dur
ing the past year, has led the coro-
ner of Des Moines to come out ad-
vocating the making of a law max
ing it a crime for parents to take
infants to bed with them. That the
most cases of death were accidental
the coroner does not doubt, but he
says babies are easily smothered,
and parents should never take them
to bed with them, and declares that
it is criminal to do so.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Sunrise AGED Couple.

A large company of friends and
neighbors happily surprised Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Hustled on Saturday, 1t
being her SD birthday. The eve
ming was very pleasantly occupied
and there were many wishes for
long life and happiness to this es-
teemed couple.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
DEBORAH Ball Team at Canton.

The DEBORAH base ball team have
booked a game for August 18th, at
Canton, Mimi, on the occasion of
the annual DAY Off," when they
will play the fast Caledonia, Mimi.
team. This is always a big event,
and the game will be undoubtedly
close and exciting one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
The Prices We are

Making on summer suits would al
most make you think the weather
was cold. You know 1t isn't, and
We know these clothes at prices we
are offering them will save you 25
to 40 per cent on the dollar.
BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Sale of Home Baking.

The Womans Relief Corps will
hold a sale of home baking in the
Engbretson building one door west
of Mrs. Engbretson's millinery
store. next Saturday, July goth, be-
ginning at two o'clock.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
Methodist Sunday School Picnic.

Next week Tuesday, August I'd,
the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School will hold it's annual picnic
at Cummings spring, north OF the
city. All members of the Sunday
School are invited.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-07-27
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Special Meeting of the City Council
Held Last Week.
July goth, 1910.

July goth, 1910.
In the absence of Mayor Daubney,
Mr.. Hislop was elected mayor pro
TEN.
Members present, Graham, Knut-
son, Caldwell, Engbretson and His
lop. Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Helwig
absent.
Resolution of the Finance Committee
Whereas, The following claims
have been examined, and approved
by the Finance Committee, there
fore be it
Resolved, That they be allowed
and the money necessary to pay the
same be, and hereby is appropriat-
ed and the Mayor and Clerk are
directed to issue orders on the City
Treasurer as follows:
Olaf Tolstad, street labor SIS. .
Joe Russell, street labor -. 600
VIM. RUSSELL street labor 49,. $500
Mat Eida, street labor -. $500
c. Bulger, street labor $50. 72.00
VIM. Frye, street labor 80. $500
A. Lincoln, street labor -. $3.50
Motion by Engbretson, seconded
by Graham, the resolution be adopt
ed. Roll call vote: yeas, Graham,
Knutson, Caldwell, Engbretson and
Hislop. yeas, no nays. Motion
carried.
Petition of ]. B. Wist and others
asking for the extension of the wa
ter mains on Main st. was read.
Motion by Graham, seconded by
Engbretson, the petition be receiv-
ed and placed on file. Motion was
carried.
Motion by Engbretson, seconded
by Graham, the chairman of the
Water Works Committee be auth
orized to have the reservoir cleaned
at once. Motion was carried.
Motion by Engbretson, seconded
by Caldwell, the board sidewalk on
the east side o. the First Nor. Luth-
eran church parsonage be condemn
ed, and that a new cement sidewalk
be ordered in. Motion was carried.
Motion by Engbretson, seconded
by CALDWELL to adjourn. Carried,
F. NJ. HUGHES,
City Clerk
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-09-16
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mrs. D. Harry Hammer Of Chicago
has a collection of $1,000 cartoons. in
all Of which Uncle Sam is the chief
character.
Not only is Mrs. B. R. Ruffun Of
Roosevelt, New Mexico, regularly
ordained deputy game warden. but she
gets right after and arrests the fell
lows who shoot birds out Of season.
A very proud old lady resides at
Deerield, Wis. She is the mother of
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota,
and she recently celebrated her ninety
fourth birthday anniversary. Mrs.
Nelson and her husband came from
Norway to Chicago in 1910.
Mrs. s. e. Commerford, president Of
the College Equal Suffrage club of
Spokane, Wash. has arranged to have
Oct. 4 set aside as woman's day at the
Spokane international fair. The pro-
gramme on that day will be devoted
exclusively to the interests Of women.
Florence Shepard, gown manufac-
turer, and now rated among the lead
ing business women Of the Hub. is a
rare type Of business woman who ven
tured Into Boston at an early age and
with no other assets but good health
and pair Of willing hands started
out by making hats for So per week in
a Boston millinery store.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-09-16
Sporting Notes.

Wrestler Gotch cleaned up $4,000
the past season.
Henry st. Yves, the French Mara
thon runner. will turn aviator.
An Irish polo team will come over to
this country in September and play in
eastern tournaments.
George ("Candy'D Lachance, the old
Boston first baseman, is umpiring in
the Connecticut league.
Paterson, N. j., is the only city in the
country with a population Of over
100000 which is not represented by a
league baseball team.
1t Is said that the reason Catcher
Archer Of the Chicago Cubs can throw
SO speedily and accurately from a
crouch is that scar on the arm from
an old burn has affected the muscles
in such way that he gets power and
control impossible for other catchers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-09-16
The Contrary Chinese.

We bake bread; in China they steam
it.
We divide the day into twenty-four
hours; they into twelve.
Our calendar is based on solar time;
theirs is based on lunar time.
Our given name precedes the sur
name: theirs follows the surname.
The needle of our compass points to
the north; theirs points to the south.
Our children stand facing the teach
er to recite their lesson: theirs turn
their backs to the teacher.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-09-16
For Musicians.

Every day that we spend without
learning something is day iost.-Bee.
thoyen.
I'm what am because | was indus
trious. Whoever is equally sedulous
will be equally successful.-J. Sebas-
tan Bach.
If all were determined to play the
first violin we should never have a
complete orchestra: therefore respect
every musician in his proper place.
Robert Schumann.