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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To John Kuhn, Mrs. John Kuhn, his
wife, Irene Eleanor Tilden, 80.
Tilden, her husband, and the un-
known owners and claimants of
the north one-half of the south
west quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter
of section eleven, and lot number
one of the northeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of section
number ten, all in township 80
north, range s west of the 5th
P. NJ. in Winneshiek County,
Iowa, Defendants.
You are each hereby notified that
there is now on file in the Office of
the clerk of the district court of
Iowa, in and for Winneshiek county,
a petition in equity of plaintiff, Flor
ence Halsey, as guardian of the es-
tate of James w. Halsey, person of
unsound mind, alleging that her said
ward owns the fee simple title to
said real estate and that her guar
dams deed to the same has been
duly and legally executed and ap-
proved by said court and ordered de-
livered upon the payment of the pur-
chase price named therein. That the
vendee refuses to accept such deed
until the title has been quieted in
the following particulars. That a
patent was issued by the U. S. to a
part of same to defendant, John
Kuhn, on Nay LIST, 1852, but there
is no deed of record from said pat
entee and wife, it seeming that such
was executed and lost without being
recorded. That on June 3, 1853, a
warranty deed to another part of
said real estate to Irene Eleanor Til
den was executed and recorded in
Book P. at page 455 of the records
of the recorders Office of Winnie
shiek county, Iowa, and by accident,
a clerical error and mistake the said
grantee conveyed the same as Irene
E. Tilden. That the title of defend
ants and all of them in and to said
real estate has been barred by an
adverse possession of much more
than forty years.
Plaintiff prays that the record
entry of said deed in Book P at page
ass be so reformed and corrected
that the grantor shall read Irene
Eleanor Tilden and further that the
title and estate of James w. Halsey,
plaintiffs ward. in and to all of said
real estate be established as alleged
against the adverse claims of all de-
PENDANTS to this action, and that all
the defendants and all persons
claiming by or through them or
either of them be barred and forever
estopped from having or claiming
nay right or title adverse to said
James w. Halsey in and to any of
said premises.
And that unless you appear there
to and defend on or before noon of
the second day of the January Term,
1912, of said court, which will COM
mence on the 10Th day of January,
1912, at the court house in DEBORAH,
Iowa, default will be entered against
you and judgment and decree rend-
cred thereon.
E. w. CUTTING.
5O-4 Attorney for Plaintiff
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20

any Crismas dinner but had foar
pounds of candy an hav ct moast OF 1t
an my torpeder bote is sailin CRATE in
the bath tub.
p. nj went to the winder to
look out an forgot the bath tub an
the VOTER run over an the ceelin OF
the parlor fell axdently an grandpa
an pa an unkel joe an ma was axdent-
ly hurt so the dokter Is bak agen an
the plummer Is comm II thay can
fined him.
z p. m.-Gramma and grampa and
unkel joe has gone hoam an pa is
settin down stares with his arm in a
sling WHARF the plasterin broak 1t an
he SEE when 1t gets well he will tend
to my case it is a sad world for
littel boys that Is full Of happiness
one moment an filled with greet the
mex an our cook has quit because 1
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20

rers at target an histry book an
pare Of mittens an sevrul sacks an
boxes Of candy an hav ct sum moar.
1880 a. m.-Pa an ma KEEP astin me
why dident eat no brekfust an pa
sed he bet Ide ben etin candy alreddy
in spite of his orders that I shuddent,
but ma sed no doubt the excitement
of Crismas was enuf to take away my
appetite.
unkel Joe Is here. Thay brot me sum
moar candy an indjun suite with a
tommyhawk an a torpeder bote, that
winds up and sales in the VOTER.
8 a. m.-Pa showed me how to run
the trane on the track an broke the
engin, but he SEE it can be fixed.
Unkle Joe Civ me doller an went
out an bot sum burd shot to shute In
my air gun an sum candy.
10 a. MT isent cold If you don't
sit rite beside the parlor winder WHARF
broke 1t axdently shutin with my
air gun. Pa Threatened to lick me,
but grampa sed boys will be boys an
he was wors than me when he was
my aige.
IL noon.-It wuz too bad about
gramma, but l cuddent help 1t. l wuz
playin injun on the trale and Mlssus
Perkins frum mex dore wuz here and
she wuz talkin with gramma an run
up behine them an tommyhawked
gramma an Misses Perkins an then
started to scalp Missus Perkins, but
jest her hare cum off an she looked
so funny sittin thare bollhedded that
gramma tainted an choaked on her
false teeth when / hit her with the
tommyhawk an Missus Perkins went
hoam an gramma had to go to bed
an the dokter cum and Civ her medsin.
8 p. NIT Is a loansum Crismas
indede to PUNISH me thay made me
stay upstares an wuddent let me hav
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20
OH, JOY!

I'm glad l amt no millionaire,
Fer l kin trot round anywhere,
And do just what l bloomin' please,
And when I'm takin' of my ease,
No interviewers bother me
And write more than they really see.
No muckrakers are on my trail,
To try and land me in the jail.
They don't hang round and stare
and cape
And twist my doings out of shape.
When I go out and buy some pills,
They do not diagnose my ills
And say that l have lived too fast,
And fake up doin's Of my past.
They do not come with leap and
bound
Each time I chance to turn around,
And pry into my private life,
And tell about my early strife,
To win Dame Fortunes gladstone
smile.
In headlines you can read one mile.
I'm quite content just as l am,
AS happy as the storied clam.
The wrestling match l have with
Fate
Appeals to me. It's simply great.
I've heard that idleness is crime,
So keep working all the time;
And so you see / don't care
Because I'm not a millionaire.
For all PHILOSOPHERS forbid,
1t wouldn't matter if l did.
Roy X. Moulton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice OF the Appointment of ar
Executor of the Estate of Aase
Dahle, Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
executor of the estate of
AASE /. DAZZLE,
late of Madison Township, in the
County of Winneshiek, State of Iowa
deceased, testate, and has taken up
on himself that trust by giving bonds
as the law directs. All persons hav-
ing de lands upon Tie estate Of the
said de eased are required to exhibit
the same; and persons indebted to
the said estate are called upon ia
make payment to
OLE o. DAZZLE,
Executor
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, Dec. 9Th,
1911.
Frank Sayre, Atty. 50-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20
A BOY WHO HAD "HARD LUCK"

The boy was unlucky. There is
no doubt about that. Some boys are
unlucky and this boy was one of
the unluckiest. He missed several
grades in school because of the un-
faltering pursuit of hard luck on his
trail. When he went out in vacation
time to work on a farm and thus
earn a new suit of clothes or a BIZ
cycle, he invariably had the bad
luck to go to a cruel, overbearing
employer and got back home within
forty-eight hours. Father bought the
suit, however, and that was hard
luck for father. Whatever this boy
tried to do he met with the hardest
kind of luck. After he had left
school and mother suggested that he
might get job at factory or in
the shops, somebody had the good
luck to be ahead of him because he
had the hard luck to oversleep that
morning or stopped just few
minutes at the billiard hall on the
way. When he got job he always
had the luck to get hard one, a
mean boss, or something turned up,
and his hard luck lost it. And so he
grew up victim of hard luck. 1t
was hard. His mother died and the
family was broken up. Here he was
thrown on the world at the age of
23, homeless, with little schooling,
without trade or special means Of
livelihood after his father married
again. 1t was pitiful.
Then he had a piece of good luck.
He married. She was a foolish in
dustrious girl who had been brought
up to work and foolishly figured that
her husband would be like her father
who always had good luck getting
a job. But the jim held. Hard luck
still pursued him. When her baby
was three months old she was taking
in washing. She was husky and will
ing and did five washings a week.
At $3.50 apiece that was $3.50. With
rent at Sc month they got along on
it mostly. Now and then something
easy turned up and he picked up a
few dollars. Not many, for now he
had the hard luck to be physically
unfit for hard manual labor. Some
thing was wrong with his heart or
kidneys or lights, something obscure
which defied the doctors to deter
mine, but he seemed to suffer ter
ribly when put face to face with hard
work.
And so it went through the years
All the time hard luck bayed on his
trail like a bloodhound. The Sc
house had shrunk to pig pen shack
which a rich man rents for 81 a
month, an outrageous old shed, the
mere ownership of which is likely
to further contract the needles eye
gate to eternal bliss. The hard
working girl lives there an old gray
woman with knotted calloused hands.
She wears with gratitude the cast-off
clothing of other women. Hard luck
still clenches it's talons in the old
man who was an unlucky boy. He
mows a lawn now and then, stopping
to envy it's owner and mediate on
the good luck of some men as against
his own. In the winter he makes
interest with the overseer of the poor
to the extent of fire and food. Hard
luck hangs over the 81 house as it
hung over the Sc place and shadow
ed the housn where the boy was
born. And when the county under
taker comes to drive the withered
bodies of two old people to the pot
ter's field, hard luck will walk in the
miserable cortege and stand beside
graves unwatered by tears. It's hard
luck.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20

The quicker a cold Is gotten rid
Of the less the danger from pneu-
monia and other serious diseases.
Mr.. B. w. l.. Hall of Waverly. Va,
says: Il firmly believe Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy to be absolute
ly the best preparation on the mar.
ket for colds: / have recommended
Il to my friends and they all agree
with me-" For sale by all medicine
dealers. Dec
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20

axdently shot arrer frum my pistol
into her ear an scaret her SO she
dropped pan of dishes that wuz mas
best chiny an broak them all up an
she has quit an the fire engines cum
because tried to fire up my broaken
ralerode engine an thay got the fire
out but thare is whole in the side
OF the house an pa swore dredful an
so ask why do thay CIV little boy
things that cause them SO mulch trub-
BILE
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20
JoRnnY:s
christmas
4JOurnal&
Ii 81 ~
IL INl6ur b Nes6it -
30 o o o % o. g

Ga. m.-Got up an went downstairs
In my mite close an was pickin things
Of the Crismas tree wen pa an ma
cum down an sed for gudness saik boy
yule catch yure deth Of coled; go bak
to bed until 1t Is time to get up.
Sis a. m.-Put my close on an
went down stares agen an ct ten silks
Of candy an two ornges befoar pa
cum down an sed he wud whip me II
I dident go bak to bed an let him
get sum slepe after bein up so late
the mite befoar. but ma sed Jon
doant destroy the Crismas Joy for our
boy; let him aloan.
$3.50 a. MI hav got a ralerode
track an trane an hookin ladder an
a set of dunn bells, an injun clubs an
air gun an a pistol that shutes ar
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-12-20

With the Coming of Middle Age
there Is letting down in the ply
steal forces often shown in annoying
and painful kidney and bladder all
ments and urinary Irregularities.
Foley Kidney Pills are a splendid
regulating and strengthening medi-
cine at such time. Try them. r.
A. Engbertson. Dec
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
Hardware Stock Purchased by ].
E. Miller this Week.
HARDWARE AND IMPLEMENTS
Well Pleased with Country and
Make it Future Home.

Through a deal consumated this
week j. E. Miller becomes the owner
Of the Bertsch hardware stock and is
now in possession Of the same. Mr..
Miller, realizing that hardware and
implements went together and be Of
fered an opportunity to secure this
stock of standard goods at a very
reasonable price, closed the deal and
will now conduct the joint business.
This will give him one among the
largest stores of the kind on Camas
Prairie and even the city Of Lewiston
has not better or bigger stock Of
hardware and implements. He is hav-
ing archways cut through the dividing
walls and will allow the hardware
stock to remain in the present loca-
tion.
Yesterday in speaking Of the pur-
chase, Mr.. Miller, among other things,
said:
"Two years have elapsed since l en-
tered business in Idaho county,
and while my former home was in one
of the best sections Of the west, from
my observations in the length Of time
| have been here, | am fully con-
WINGED there is no better country on
earth to tie to and intend making
Idaho county my home for all time to
come. | opened business with the
idea Of supplying the farmers with the
best in the agricultural implement
line and to do business on fair mar
gin of profit and make for my store
the reputation of "your moneys worth
or. your money back and have en-
joyed good patronage as result. |
think that | am justified in saying.
judging from the patronage extended
me, that many of the people Of Idaho
county have become convinced that
that the j. E. Miller Implement Co.
is the 'place to buy Implements and
| hope to condnct the hardware de-
partment along the same general lines.
Standard goods will be handled and
the public can rest assured the prices
will be as reasonable as l can safely
make them.
Mr.. Bertsch, who has been in the
hardware business for the past ten
years, has many friends in the city
and country who have bier loyal to
him through the years Of his business
career, aud we think it can be quite
safely said that Mr.. Bertsch has re
turned this loyalty. He has been a
most pleasant man to deal with, prices
were reasonable, and quality Of goods
high, and every transaction made with
him was satisfactory if it was withir
his power to make it SO. In retiring
from business he wishes to thank tht
people for past favors and assures
them that the new purchaser will ex
tend full measure of valne for every
dollar spent.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
Grangeville and Idaho County
There in Numbers.
THREE CARS STOCK FROM HERE
Band and Big Bunch of Live Wires
There to Do Things.

The live stock show, being held at
Lewiston this week, is now in full
swing, and reports eminating from
there are to the effect that the ex-
hibition is good one and the lectures
made by those who are foremost in the
stock business of the Northwest are
meeting with great success. Many
entries of stock have been made and
the competition for the prizes promises
to be quite keen. Grangeville and
Idaho county are well represented,
both in attendance as we'll as number
Of exhibits, and also the enterprise of
boosting the show and carrying out
the plans is to great extent the
work Of Idaho county citizens.
Sunday special stock train from
here left for the Gateway City with
three cars of stock from the county
seat town and more picked up along
the high line. Those shipping from
here were Ed. Knorr, one car of fat
cattle, and one Of fat hogs; VIM.
Jones, one car of fat cattle.
Tuesday morning, the opening day
Of the show, boosters to the number Of
fifty left. Grangeville for Lewiston,
determined to keep this section before
the public eye. Two sets Of badges
were supplied and the visitors from
Camas Prairie left properly tagged.
interchangeable band was taken down
and remained until tonight at the
show, their services being paid for by
the business men of this city.
VIM. Jones Of Grangeville is promi.
nent among the officers Of the associa-
ton, and is spoken of quite often in
the press dispatches as doing his part
to keep things moving. Bert Garfield,
who claims Big Hole, Montana, as his
home, but who really belongs to Ida
ho county, was put in charge Of the
most novel feature Of the parade, the
historical pageant, feature depicting
life in the west from the forty-nine
to the present time. Landlord Tamb
lin Of the Imperial, who is acting al
chaperon for the band, is seeing to il
that that end Of the Grangeville con
tingent is properly handled, as well a
boosting for Idaho county and scat
tering optimism to the four winds
And Edd. Knorr is working hard +,
make the show a success.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
Uphold Idaho Print Law.

The constitutionality of what is
known as the public printing laws Of
Idaho has been upheld BY the su.
preme court and the writ of habeas
corpus Of Emmitt j. Gimmell, assessor
and tax collector for Latah county
has been quashed and the defendant
ordered into the custody Of the sheriff.
according to notice received from the
clerk Of the court by County Attorney
Suppiger and Morgan & Morgan, at
torneys for the prosecution.
Mr.. Gimmell was arrested on COM
piaint Of Editor P. L. Orcutt Of the
Star-Mlrror, Moscow, who charged
him with having county printing
done in Spokane which could have
been done in Latah county.
The law requiring county and state
officials to have all printing for their
Offices done within the state had not
heretofore been tested in the courts of
Idaho.
Mr.. Gimmell, when informed of the
decision, said: Il never violated the
law, any way, and / will be ready for
trial as soon as the rush of taxpaying
time is over"
The state press association Of Idaho
contributed to the prosecution.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14

AAs AvA&Ase~AOs
At a meeting Of the local K. P.
lodge held Tuesday evening the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
Charles Waldum, C. Co. George
Kerr, V. c. c.; w. H. Casady, Pre-
late; M. B. Gary, Master Of Arms;
DR.. H. J. Smith, Master of Work;
VIM. Campbell, K. Of r. and S.; M.
G. Rambo, Master of Finance; W..
w. Brown, Master Of Exchequer;
Earl Mclean, Inside Guard and w.
G. Brown, Outside Guard.
A big turkey dinner will be given
at six o'clock on the evening of Jan
uary % to which all Knights and
friends and Phythian Sisters and
friends are invited.
The X. F. lodge Of this city is
among the strong fraternal orders and
will make an extra effort after the
first Of the year to increase the mem
bership. PytManism offers much tc
mankind and the writer speaks from
personal knowledge when he states
that it is among the best Of the
secret societies of today.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
State has Loans Of Over a Million
Dollars.
$4,000 IN IDAHO COUNTY
Ada and Canyon Counties Get the
Big End Of the Money.

Idaho is not only doing land
office business but it is doing bank
ing business rs we'll. 1t has loans
out on land of upward of 81, 100000.
and has applications on file for prac-
tically as much more.
This money comes from the public
school fund and the various other
trust funds. 1t is loaned now at 6
per cent. 1t was recently increased
from 5 per cent. 1t has never been
higher than 7 per cent. The rate Of
interest is made to conform in
measure to the condition OF the mon-
ey market. 1t has been suggested
lately that the rate be put back to 7
per cent
One argument in favor Of raising
the interest rate is that some now
secure large loans from the state at
low rate of interest and then loan it
to other persons at a much higher
rate, thus speculating on the money
of the state.
A few days ago prominent man
appeared before the land board and
made an earnest plea in behalf of a
loan to certain farmer, says the
Boise Statesman. 1t was discovered
afterward that the farmer owed the
amount to the prominent man who
made the plea.
Applications for loans are sent to
Register Jenness; he submits them to
the land board. If they are allowed
the land is then appraised by rep
resentative Of the state and loan is
made approximating one-third Of the
appraised value Of the land.
There have been very few losses,
Register Jenness says, and there are
likely to be few as the land is con-
stantly appreciating in value.
Naturally there are many applica-
tions for money that cannot be met.
Naturally, too, there is more or less
jealousy between the counties as to
which is getting the best of it with
the land board in the matter Of loans.
Naturally, further, there is much
misinformation as to the real status
Of affairs. To put the matter in the
right light the register has compiled
figures to show the number and
amount Of loans outstanding by
counties; the number Of loans that
have been approved by the board but
not yet completed by counties; and
the applications for loans that have
not yet been acted upon by the board.
The loans now outstanding in force
November "a are as follows: ~
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
Haines and Morrison Out For
Governor.
CLAIM THE NORTH SHUT OUT
G. o. P. Leaders Plans, Antipodal
Types of New Entrants.

Boise, Idaho, Dec. Pit may be
definitely announced that John M.
Haines, former mayor Of Boise, will
be q candidate before the republican
primaries for the nomination for
governor, and that coincident with
the declaration of Mr.. Haines, the
candidacy Of former Governor John
7. Morrison will be launched. Mr..
Haines will be the business mems
candidate, and will be supported by
the large financial interests Of Boise,
while the Morrison movement will
be brought forward by the moral ele-
ment, SO prominently represented in
the Men and Religious Forward move
ment; not in any sense that that
movement is to be made political
one, but that it will naturally seek
to impress itself upon the affairs of
state.
Mr.. Haines' candidacy will be q
formidable one on account Of the
financial backing it will command,
while, on the other hand, Governor
Morrison's wide acquaintance and
standing will assure him goodly sup
port against all comers.
With these announcements will be
put an end to the twaddle that the
nomination must 60 to the north. II
Judge Ailshie had stood for the nomi-
nation, or, perhaps, even to Judge
Dunn; but now the party leaders
turn at once to the south, and the
northern candidates are dismissed
from consideration.
It will be free for all, and to the
announcements of Haines and Morri-
son may soon be added those Of Sweet
ser, Fred w. Gooding and others.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
Prohibition Until 1920.

1t will be at least eight years before
the restriction prohibiting the sale Of
intoxicating liquors on the Nezperze
Indian reservation is raised, according
to communication on the subject re-
ceived from Superintendent Sharp of
Lapwai. In the meantime those on
the reservation who have an appetite
for firewater will have to 60 to. neigh
boring towns to quench their thirst or
rely ON the goods delivered by the
reservation bootleggers. However, if
the coming eight years of prohibition
continues along the same lines as has
the past, there will be no great suffer-
ing, as the people in the territory
affected seem TO get about as much
liquor as those elsewhere,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-12-14
Republicans in Debt.

Charles J.. Heitman, chairman of
the republican state committee, has
sent a call to the committees in each
county, asking them to contribute to
the ''debt of honor" owed by the state
committee. This debt is $4,000, which
has been accumulating for six years.
When Barney O'Neil, now Of Van
couver, b. G., was chairman, he went
on note for $4,000, and this is yet
owing in part. Mr.. Heitman proposes
that each county respond to an assess
ment on the basis Of the number of
votes cast at the last election for jus.
tice of the supreme court.