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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
COOPERATIVE STORE FAILS.
Succumbs After Fair
Trial.

The failure of a cooperative store
in Waterloo points its moral. This
store was heralded throughout the
press as the beginning of a great CO.
operative movement among labor
unions which would sweep the coun-
try as it has in England and Ireland
among the farming classes and it was
directly responsible for the organiza-
ton of at least one other co-opera-
tive store in a nearby city but it has
failed. The movement is set back
temporarily if not permanently.
But why did it fail? Without first
hand knowledge of the character of
the management there are certain
fundamentals exposed to public view
in this enterprise which are unsound.
The capital of this company consist
ed of the proceeds of stock sold to
union labor men upon the INSTALL
ment plan. Until said stock had been
fully paid up the capital was not in
the business, hence the company
started with insufficient capital and
it is matter of record with Dunn
and with Bradstreet that rs per cent
of all the commercial failures in the
country are due to the one cause of
insufficient capital.
Furthermore, in order to sell the
stock it was provided that the union
labor stockholders could have credit
at the store for a certain percentage
of their stock which operated to take
out of the business a large share of
its invested capital the moment it
had been paid in. With stockhold-
ers holding back on their promised
payments of invested capital and
with those who had paid in taking
their money out again in groceries,
the drain was too much for the bust
ness when an accumulation of bad
accounts had arrived as comes to
every merchant.
Thus this one experiment of a CO.
| operative union labor store in Iowa
goes under. Whether others will
follow, and succeed remains to be
seen. Their fate depends solely upon
the element Of management. There
is nothing in the cooperative store
which will insure success above pri-
vate enterprise, nor is there anything
in it to invite disaster except the risk
OF management and of sufficient cap
ital which every private enterprise
runs.-Marshalltown Times-republi-
can.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Grattan a Good Sport.

Mr.. A. F. Lee of Sparta, Wis,
owner and driver of Belle Colbert,
2:16, proposes to match Lodaller and
trot him here at Preston some time
in October, good day and track. The
owner of Lodaller is willing not only
to match Belle Colbert but almost
any other trotter with a record no
better than 2:15 that is willing to
come to Preston. Lodaller has won
his races because he was able to win
them, fact acknowledged by every
horseman at DEBORAH, Waukon or
Preston. Any party who doubts this
can make a pot of money by getting
a trotter to beat him.
At DEBORAH he had the field to
beat, all from one stable, while at
Waukon the secretary offered the
other starters each $40 extra to beat
Lodaller and they took him turn
about with the result that he put up
the fastest trotting race in the his
tory of the track. The contemplate
creatures who continue to besmirch
the reputation Of Lodaller by assert
ing that he is not a winner on his
merits, can win every dollar l have
in the world, if they can show that
any competitor in his four races this
year got anything from me but a
beating. | am willing the drivers
should be put on oath and / will bet
on the result. Nj. II. GRATTAN.
Preston Times
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
DEBORAH q Wholesale Center.

Mr.. Clark, representative of the
Western News Company, is at the
Winneshiek Hotel, with a complete
display of holiday goods of all kinds,
which he has brought here for the
inspection of store keepers In this
section of the country. He brought
fifteen trunks filled with holiday
goods, and the merchants for fifty
miles and more about come in here,
spend day or two looking over the
line and make such selections as
they desire. In this connection, as
well as in most every other way,
DEBORAH is on par with the big
cities of the country. Mr.. Hayward,
one of our citizens, also makes sim
liar displays for Niedeken & Co. of
Milwaukee nearly every year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
The Sweetest Wives.

The sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being con-
tented under any circumstances. Rich
or poor, high or low, it makes no
difference; the bright little fountain
of joy bubbles up just as unsteady in
their hearts. Do they live in a log
cabin the fire on it's humble hearth
becomes brighter than the gilded
chandelier in an Aladdin palace.
Probably Observation-Disclosures of the
happiness you will ever have, you
will get at home. The independence
that comes to a man when his work
is over and he feels that he has run
out of the storm into the quiet harbor
of home, where he can rest in peace
with his family, is something real. 1t
does not make much difference
whether you own your house or have
one little room in that house, you
can make that little room home to
you.-EX.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
"BILLY" is COMING.
One of the Popular Shubert Come.
dies Coming to the Grand
Soon.

1t will be good news to our thea
ire goers, and that includes about
everybody in and about the city, to
learn that the management of the
Grand have secured as the next at
traction the famous Shubert comedy
Billy" for Friday night, October
18th. This is the first attraction we
have had from the Shuberts, and g
comedy that has captivated the big
cities during the past season. We
feel sure that everyone who sees il
will be delighted with it, and tina,
our people will appreciate the effor
made to procure it, by giving the
company a cordial greeting and 8
crowded house.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Home From Norway.

DR.. L. Stabo and family arrived
home Friday from Norway, where
they have spent the summer visiting
among friends and relatives, and en-
joying the return to their native land
Immensely. DR.. Stabo also attended
to matters connected with the rails
ing of a million dollars among his
countrymen here as gift to Norway,
to be presented at the centennial in
1914. He is a member of the COM
mittee in charge of this movement
in America. He makes trip to Nor
way every five years, and enjoyed the
present one more than any previous
Journey he had made
= President c. X. Preus, knight OF
st. Olaf, arrived home yesterday
morning, bearing with becoming dig
nifty the honors bestowed upon him
in Norway by King Haakon, enthusi-
astic over the prospects for the fut-
ure of Luther College, renewed and
refreshed by the delightful trip
across the water to his native land.
He at once plunged into work at the
college, finding many urgent bust
ness matters awaiting his return.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Why 90 to Reno?

1t is not necessary to go to Reno
Nevada, if your wife speaks cross to
her husband or visa versa and either
wishes to be tiled loose" from the
other. Just go to Des Moines where
it's dead easy. Marriage licenses to
the number of 1,093 were issued in
Polk county in which Des Moines is
located, from July 1, 1910 to Sept
10, 1911. Divorce petitions filed dur
ing the same period amount to 753
or three out of every four couples be-
ing sick of their job. One man down
there asks divorce because his wife
asked him to rock the baby while
she prepared dinner. If your wife
hits you with the rolling pin you can
get a divorce dead easy in Des
Moines. They'll soon be singing, I'm
on my way to Des Moines" instead OF
Reno.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Signs of Fall.

The ears have been bent downward
for many days. Below them the
stalk is losing its green and taking
on the yellow russell husking time
and here and there yellow leaf
shows among the green tops of the
field. The meadows are short and
sere. Pussygrass carpets the grain
stubbles. Black patches of fall plow-
ing break the landscape into check
cred squares and rectangles. The
naples are taking on the crimson
tinge and the bright yellow of coming
fall CLEANS in the branches of the
elms. The blackbirds gather into
punches and flocks and chatter nois-
lily as a sewing circle at luncheon.
Here and there the pumpkins in the
corn fields shine with glimpses of
rudy ripeness. When the sun goes
down and we sit upon the porches
come premonitory gusts of chilly air
which promise cooler weather and
whisper of coming storm and snow
and heated furnaces.
There are signs of fall. The signs
are for another of those long, mild
Iowa falls rich with the ripeness of
things and strong as old wine with a
fruity soundness and the tang of a
full ripening. When the winds blow
cool and the sun shines strong and
the days are bright and warm and
the night medicinal with the strength
of north and west breezes. A long
motherly autumn in whose lap Iowa
rests content and satisfied. Weather
that Japan can breed, skies that Italy
can not equal, a valley of contented
rest peopled with happiness.
Iowa in an Iowa fall. Iowa and
her harvest and her climate and her
people:
10, l uncover the land
Which l hid of old time in the west
AS a sculptor uncovers his marbles,
When he has wrought his best"
-Marshalltown Times-Republican
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Annual Kite Tournament.

The third annual Kite Tournament
open to all the boys and girls of the
Manual Training and Sewing Depart
ments of our public schools, will be
held on Pleasant Hill, Saturday, Sep
TENDER Goth, at 200 p. m, weather
permitting. There will be three
prizes offered to the boys and two to
the girls. So far, there have been
Atty kites entered and everything
points to the most successful kite
tournament that has been held Show
your interest in the young people of
your public schools by Offering sug-
gestions and by your presence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
AFRAID OF PALZER.
Al Kaufman Gets Cold Feet and
Refuses to Meet PalZer.

Al Palzer Of Ossian and Carl Nor
ris of Oklahoma were matched to
battle on the Fourth of July last, but
Morris 'crawfished, after discover
ing that Palzer meant business. AL
Kaufman was then mentioned as the
only man who would box with Palzer,
and a date in October was set for the
bout. Kaufman travelled all the way
from San Francisco to go into train
ing, but now comes the startling
news that Kaufman "got cold feet
too, and refuses to meet Palzer. The
following from Palzer's manager,
Tom O'Rourke, will explain the sit
uation:
To the Sporting Editor of the Press
Sir-Al. Kaufman came east to
fight AL Palzer, but after arriving
here got cold feet. The New York
patrons of the boxing game know
that Palzer is one of the few heavy
weights that can fight, and since
Kaufman's arrival here he has found
out that Palzer is not the easy mark
that the man who brought him here
led him to believe, so that he has
decided to return. To make it in
teresting for Kaufman's manager,
Palzer will agree to fight for a win
ner and losers end, something that
the fighters of today have not cared
to participate in since the Horton law
days, as the majority Of the fighters
of today cannot be pulled into a ring
unless the money is divided. I hope
that Kaufman's manager will induce
him to stay over and mingle with
Palzer for about forty minutes some
evening. Sincerely,
Sept. IL. Tom O'Rourke,
-OsSian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
LIES INN.

The Wide World stands a welcom-
ing beside the sunny way,
For page and squire and knight and
dame to halt and ride away;
And crimson sweet the roses famed
that lay upon my breast,
When all the world was but an inn,
and / welcome guest.
The knights were lion-hearted and
their ladies lily fair;
The silver armours glittered bright
upon the roadway there;
When each far distant turning held
the promise of guest,
And all the world was but an inn
and l a welcome guest.
No knocks was there or Misery mol
step of grimy Toll,
But bold Adventure raised the latch
his palfrey heaped with spoil;
While Romance flew to hold his reir
and wait on his behest;
When all the world was but an inn
and / welcome guest,
And what care | that youth mus
fade and love locks turn to gray;
Forsooth, at every inn there lie:
some reckoning to pay!
I've warmed my heart beside theil
fire, partaken of their best,
When all the world was but an inn
and j welcome guest.
So why should | complain and curse
in spiteful accents shrill,
Because another draws his rein, my
wonted place to fill.
But ere Old Age the taper takes tc
light me to my rest,
I'll draw his chair and drink his
health, and make him a welcome
guest.
Martha Fl. Clark, in Smart Set
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Miss Lois futile an Aviator.

A card from our sister Lois, tells
us she has been flying high" hav-
ing recently taken twelve mile trip
with Aviator Rogers in an airship
at an altitude of 500 feet, and says
she wasn't scared a bit, and yet a
little tiny bit of a mouse would
brighten her into fidgets. Verify, wo-
mans idea of fear is a queer thing.
-Postville Review.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27

HVfVy - 'rO'Vy "'''' 'ts' <''' WITT
Still retains its high place as the
best household remedy for all coughs
and colds, either for children or
grown persons. Prevents serious re-
suits from a cold. Take only the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound and refuse substitutes. r. A.
EngbertsOn. Sept
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Some Murphy.

NJ. l.. Blackmar brought in po-
tato Saturday, which is on exhibition
in our Office window, that Is a real
one. 1t weighs / "a pounds, is OF
the "knocks-all" variety and is a
mighty fine specimen. Take a look
at it when you pass by.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Digestion and Assimilation,

1t is not the quantity of food
taken but the amount digested and
assimilated that gives strength and
vitality to the system. Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets invigor-
ate the stomach and liver and enable
them to perform their functions
naturally. For sale by all medicine
dealers. Sept
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Common Colds Must
be Taken Seriously

For unless cured they sap the vitality
and lower the vital resistance to
more serious infection. Protect your
children and yourself by the prompt
use Of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound and note its quick and de-
cisive results. For coughs, colds,
Group, whooping cough, bronchitis
and affections of the throat, chest
and lungs, it is an ever ready and
valuable remedy. r. A. Engbert-
son. Sept
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27

-Cravenette rain coats are just
the thing for fall wear. We have
them at prices IS, 80, $40, $12 and
$500. S. Larsen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27

Mems and boys sweater jackets
at from soc to 1915, made up plain
and with the new high collar. s.
Larsen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
Foley kidney Pills

Will reach your individual case II
you have any form of kidney and
bladder trouble or urinary irregular
tiles. Try them. r. A. Engbert-
son. Sept
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27

Cakes, nuts, candies, and deli
cacies of all kinds at the Ole Dotseth
bakery. Att.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27
You get Double Guaranty on this
Clothcraft Blue Serge Special

I'm the pocket Of every No. 4l3O coat you will
L. pure wool cloth, frst-class trimmings and
tailoring lasting shape satisfactory wear and serv-
ice. we back up this guaranty with our own, so
you are absolutely safe against defect or dssatis-
Iactlon IN material or workmanship of the Cloth
craft Blue Serge Special No. ALSO.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-27

Entered at the Post Office in Decorah, Iowa
as Second Glass Mail Matter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

and Gulf Coast company, Bessemer Coal
and Iron company, Black Diamond Burn
well Coal company, Cahaba Southern
Coal and Mining company, Choctaw Coal
company, Clinton Mining company, Cen
lral Coal company, Davis Creek Coal
company. DeSoto Coal and Mining COM
pany, Imperial Coal and Mining COM
pany, Montgomery Coal Washer COM
pany, New Collinsville Coal company,
Palos Coal company, Roden Coal COM
pany, Red Star Coal company, Short
Creek Coal and Mining company, Yolande
Coal company. American Casting COM
pany, American Bolt company, Ajax
Metal company, American Bridge COM
pany, American Radiator company, Avon
dale Mills, American Paper Box COM
pany, Birmingham Packing company,
Bessemer Soil and Pipe company, Bir-
mingham Stag company, Birmingham Oil
company, Birmingham Ore and Ma
chinery company, Bessemer Fire Brick
company. Buckeye Cotton Oil company.
Birmingham Mattress company, Central
Foundry company, Bessemer Mining and
Foundry company, Copeland English
Shale company, Continental Gin COM
pany, Cudahy Packing company, Decatur
Car Wheel Works, Empire Pillow Works,
Evans Bros, Fuenwider Concrete COM
pany, Gulf Refrigerator company, Harde-
Tynes, Hickman, Williams G. Co., Huston
Biscuit company, Kilby Switch Frog COM
pany, Jefferson Fertilizer company,
National Cloak Manufacturing COM
pany, Southern Btulithic company,
Standard Portland Cement company,
Standard Oil company, United States
Cast Iron Pipe company, Amzi
Golden Seed company, Birmingham
Realty company, Caheen Bros, First
National bank, Commercial State bank,
Citizens bank, Central Insurance bureau,
Dearborn & Co, Drennen & Co., Edge
wood Land company, Empire Improve
ment company, Forbes Piano company,
Fidelity Development company, Hillman-
Watts Land company. Louisiana Ma
tional Life Insurance company, Loveman,
Joseph & Loeb. Jefferson theatre, John L.
Parker, Steele-Smith, Wimberly &
Thomas, United States Fidelity and Guar
antee company, American Laundry COM
pany, Acme Laundry company, Imperial
Laundry. Model Laundry. White Swan
Laundry, Birmingham Transfer-Traffic
company, Camp Transfer company,
Transfer, Monarch Livery, White Gar
age, Taxicab company, Harrison Auto
company, Bessemer Transfer and Livery
company.
How 1t Figures Up
The total number of suits outstanding
against those above listed companies,
according to the statistics of November
Is, 1910, figures up as follows: Railroads,
1853: Iron companies, 200; coal companies,
143; public service, 81; city and county,
90; factories, "a; miscellaneous, CO.; traf-
ic. Ii; contractors, s; private, Id. The
number equals in all 1875, as heretofore
stated.
The suits filed in the year ended No
vcmber 10, 1910, amounted to 1923. all told.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
CONVICTION COUNTY
LIKES PARKS BILL

OPP, February Especial. 1.-THE
people of Opp and Covington county at
large heartily indorse the late local
option bill introduced by w. L. Parks.
their representative in the present
legislature of Alabama" said w. O..
Searcy last night. Judge Parks is one
Of the few representatives now in the
general assembly who was chosen by
all the people of the county without
opposition, and not man ever doubted
how he stood, nor was there ever a
demand made upon him as to whether
he stood for dispensary. barrooms, or
whether he was a state wide prohi-
bitionist. The people simply knew that
Judge Parks was gentleman. dem
ocrat and that he was able to repre-
sent them, and he was elected as Cow
ington's representative, and Covington
county is willing to trust him. Coving-
ton county was one among the three
counties of Alabama in which the sale
of whisky and other intoxicating bey-
erages was taken away without the
voice of the people, and they, as a
prosperous county of Alabama, cannot
be satisfied until they say by their
voice either for or against liquor and
1T will stand that way in the courts
and every other way
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
MICHIGAN ALUMNI
ATTEND BANQUET

New York, February 4.-The alumni
of the University of Michigan gave
national dinner" at the Hotel Astor
here tonight as a demonstration OF
what they have done and have In pro-
cess of accomplishment in the Hfe OF
the country.
At the capitol table" sat four Unit
ed States senators. 23 representatives
in Congress and Justice Day OF the
supreme court of the United States. all
of them graduates OF the University Of
Michigan, with Chase S. Osborne for
merly regent OF the university and
now governor Of the state.
Special trains brought guests from
Chicago and Ann Arbor. Detroit and
many other points in the west. One
thousand sat down to tables and the
balconies were filled with invited. on
lockers
The venerable James B. Angel, pres
ident emeritus, held place Of honor
beside President Harry B. Hutchins. and
introducing him POSTMASTER, Earl D.
Babst called attention 20 the fact that in
the 7b years Of her existence Michigan has
had but four presidents
Among others the programme included
addresses by Justice William r. Day, 20;
Senator George Sutherland of Utah, 49,;
James Francis Burke, '9s. representative
from Pennsylvania; Chase 8. Osborne.
governor Of Michigan and President
Emeritus Angel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
EDITOR OF NEW
DAILY ARRIVES
johnson Will Edit the New
Bessemer Standard
INTEREST IN ELECTION
People VIII Decide on February "a
Whether $4,000 Bonds Shall BE
Issued-Grand Jury to Con-
vene Tomorrow

Bessemer, February 4.-(Special.) -Allen
Johnson of Chattanooga, editor of the
Bessemer Standard, the new daily that
will make its initial appearance about the
middle of the month, arrived in Besse-
mer yesterday and has assumed his new
duties
Though young man, Mr.. Johnson has
made an enviable reputation in news
paper circles and has had wide scope
of experience in the work. He has served
on the staff of the Nashville dailies, being
at one time sporting editor of the Nash
vile American, and has done special work
for the New York dailies.
He resigned his position with the Chat
tanooga Daily Times to accept the posi-
ton of editor-in-chief of the Bessemer
Standard.
tional reputation and as writer ot
verse he has gained a name. His verses
have been copied by the leading papers
of the south. He is well qualified for
the position he has accepted and the man.
agement of the new venture is to be con-
graduated on securing his services.
Mr.. johnson Is a native of Virginia. Is
80 years old. and has spent the greater
part of his life in the journalistic field.
$4,000 Bond Issue
The question of the $4,000 bond issue is
being discussed, as the time to vote on
the proposition Is drawing near. AS will
be remembered. the city council author