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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
EASY MONEY FOR FARMERS.
Foreign Methods Of Furnishing IL to
be Studied by National Com
mission on Farm Finance.

The finance committee has report
ed favorably to the United States
senate the Gronna resolution. 1t
provides for a national commission
on farm finance, to consist of three
members and to be limited to one
year. 1t is to investigate and report
upcn the systems of cooperative
land mortgage banking, and coop
erative rural credit unions, which
have achieved such stupendoUs sue
cess in Europe.
If this class of institution can be
enjoyed by American farmers, the
result will be of profound import
ance, says an editorial in Fam and
Home. The Nashville conference,
which considered this problem, takes
the same view. An official report of
the British government says that
these methods of cooperative rural
credit are "a modern discovery
which may be likened, as a factor in
production, to the discovery Of
steam"
Some millions of farmers in diff
ferent European countries are men,
bers of thousands of local and pro-
vincial credit unions that make q
business of seasonal loans to farm
ers, at reasonable rates. In Germany
alone, these rural banks are doing a
business of $1,000, 100000 annually.
Foreign cooperative land mortgage
banks do a still larger business, en-
abling farmers to borrow money on
mortgage at 8 1-2 to 1-2 per cent
and encourage them to repay it by
installments, so that in due time the
farmer owns his place free and clear
of all incumbrance.
Abroad, these institutions are the
outgrowth of over $50 years expert
ence. Their successful development
in this country, declares Farm and
Home, may be productive of more
good than all of the political reforms
now agitating the public mind.
The national commission on farm
finance should present all the facts,
so that the farmers in the respective
states may succeed In their financial
cooperation. The report should sug-
gest what state laws are needed and
also whether any national legislation
| is called for to promote the most eff
4 fective progress of cooperative farm
/ finance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
CAN'T LOSE SChOOLMASTER.
Like Boy on Burning Deck, Waterloo
Suburban Teacher Stays.

In a certain school district not over
seven miles from Waterloo the d.
rectors have been in the habit of en-
gaging a teacher in the fall for a
term of four months. Well, as gen.
eral thing, for the first month OF
two scholars would attend regularly.
Somehow or other, about the middle
of the term, parents would keep
their children at home, and the d.
rectors would at once notify the
teacher that his services were no
longer needed-that If he did teach,
il would be a gratuitous job on his
part. 1t so happened that new d.
rector was elected last fall, VINO
seems to have more honor about him
than his predecessor. Last fall an
other teacher was hired. When a
month or so had rolled away, the
narents commenced their accustomed
naughty tricks-that of keeping their
children at home and notifying the
teacher that he was no longer want
o.. but the new director told him TO
90 TO the school house daily, start
nm a fire. remain there until evening,
and If parents chose to keep their
children from school it certainly
would not be his fault. The teacher
did as ordered, and the consequence
is that he has been sitting in the
school house all alone, day after day,
for six consecutive weeks. The new
director tells him that he shall have
his pay and rations" precisely the
same as though the parents had con-
tinued to send the children.-Moul-
ton Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
DECREASE IN ACCIDENTS.
in 1911, as Against 100
in 1910.

n. S. Ketchum, chairman of the
state board of railroad commission
ers has issued a statement concern
ing the showing of the railroads
operating in Iowa during 1911, as
compared to 1910, according to the
figures compiled for the annual re-
port of the commission.
A marked decrease in the number
of persons killed and injured, big
increase in the salaries of employees
and the equipment of practically the
entire rolling stock of the different
lines with automatic couplers, are
some of the interesting facts in the
table.
During 1911 but five passengers
on railroads were killed as against
dfty-one the preceding year. Eighty
one employees were killed as against
1916 the preceding year, and 12S
other persons were killed in 1911,
while in 1910, LAT were killed. In
1910 there were $50 passengers in
jured while last year there were but
221; in 1910 there We're 1929 en-
ployes injured and last year 1929
There were 1877 others injured in
1910 and PAS in 1911.
While the total number of rail-
way employees decreased from 55, 715
TO 1889, the compensation paid
them increased from S34,S71,733.1 is
TO 5,205, 236. In 1910 there were
nearly 5000 cars not equipped with
automatic couplers, while in 1911
there remained but twenty-siX cars
not so equipped, out of the tota
number, 403,86S.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
COR RESPONDENCE.
PLYMOUTH ROCK.
April %. 1912.

April %, 1912.
Mrs. Mayme Elliott was sewing for
Miss Maggie Glass a few days last
week.
Albert Monsen, who has been sick
the past two months, is able to be
up and around again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steen Stinson and
daughter Minnie went to Cresco on
Friday.
Miss Flossie Davis and Willie
Sanders called on Johnnie Ellingson
Thursday evening.
Alfred Stinson and Oscar Sanders
called on Andrew Davis Friday.
Oliver Monson visited at Johnnie
Ellingson's from Friday until Sun
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike McCabe, Mrs.
Bert McCabe and Gertrude Mullaney
visited at Alice and Rosie McCabe's
Sunday.
Mrs. Gilmore of Cresco visited at
Andy Carolan's Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Mrs. A. G. Monson was helping
Mrs. Ole Monson Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Jones and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davis visited at
the A. J. Davis home Sunday.
A few young folks spent Sunday
evening at Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Nc
Cabes.
Miss Stella Monson visited Mrs
Sever Stinson from Friday until
Monday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
Early
Champion
Seed Oats

Recommended by Henry Wallace
of Wallace's Farmer as the best va
riety raised i'm Iowa.
The seed we have was grown for
seed purposes. Early Champion Oats
are small i'm size but yield splendidly,
especially on poor land.
Early Champion are the earliest
variety grown i'm Iowa and mature
before the extreme hot midsummer
weather, thus escaping rust. The
straw is short and they will stand
up where big-strawed oats 60 down.
The Early Champion is the safe and
sure variety. We have other varieties
also.
THE ADAMS SEED CO., DEBORAH, La.
Call at G. NJ. a. st. II. Elevator.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
Righteous Inclination.

so you want a divorce, do your
said the lawyer, peering over his
glasses az the worried little man in
front of him.
Eyes, sir. I've stood about all
can; my wife has turned suffragette
and she is never at home"
at is a pretty serious thing to
break up family, you know. Don't
you think you had better try to
make the best of it for awhile? Per-
haps it is only passing fad
That's what | have been doing,
but there are some things man
can't stand. | don't mind the cook
ing, and ! haven't kicked on washing
the wishes, but | do kick on having
pink ribbons run into my nightshirt
to try to fool the babies. National
Monthly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
Whit She Wanted.

The four year old daughter of a
popular New Hampshire clergyman
was ailing one night, and was put
to bed early. She said: Mamma, ]
want to see my papa" Her mother
replied, mo, dear; your papa must
not be disturbed" Pretty soon she
said again, Il want TO see my papa
The mother replied as before, mo,
your papa must not be disturbed" 1t
was not long before she uttered this
clincher: Mamma, | am sick, and |
want to see my pastor. The Chris
tian Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
A PROFITABLE CROP.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning
the Raising of Sugar Beets.

That the raising of sugar beets is
one of the most profitable crops that
the American farmer can undertake
is the statement of experts who have
been busy for nearly two years past
studying the farmers side of the
sugar beet as a crop. Here are some
of the conclusions announced as a
result of this investigation, conduct
ed in behalf of the United States
Beet Sugar Industry, an organiza-
ton of independent sugar manufac-
turers:
Sugar beets used as a rotation crop
improve the soil.
Soils which become sick" and un-
profitable through the introduction
by other crops of poisons which kill
other crops, and cause the lead to
die" are cured by treatment o. a
crop of sugar beets.
The higher crops of grain per cap
tia in Europe as compared with
America are due to the treatment of
soils by alternating sugar beet crops.
The sugar beets themselves sell
at high figure, being in themselves
higher priced crop and more profit
able than any other crop the farmer
can produce.
The tops of the sugar beets, used
for stock food, prove the finest food
tor dairy cattle or for meat animals.
Here are some of the reports re-
ceived from various beet sugar sec
tions of the country:
! Ordway, Colo.-James G.. Close
tried a comparison on an eighty acre
tract of twenty-four acres of sugar
| nf Of
beets, 39S tons sold at $3.50,
brought him, with the sale of the
tops for fodder, S2,239, a net profit
for the crop of $1,23S.S0, or roughly
$500 an acre. His alfalfa netted
$1,2S9.0S, or roughly $3.50 an acre.
Steamboat Rock, la. M. Will
liams sold $50 tons of beets for
$2,765 from tract of 33 1-2 acres.
His expenses were less than $500.
Winona, Minn.-A. F. Miller plant
ed 55 1-2 acres to sugar beets, and
received $5,19O.26 for his crop, a
net profit of $2,S50.4S.
Middleton, Mich.-Adney Reynolds
took a net profit of $1,700 from %
acres of land.
Billings, Mont.-Henry Schultz
says that during 1911 about $1,000
600 was paid to farmers Tor beetS
in that part of Montana, and that
after the tops were fed to sheep, the
farmers estimated their average
profit $50 an acre.
These examples are given by the
compilers Of the sugar beet statistics
as being taken at random, from
farmers in different parts of the
country
Evidence that sugar beet culture
benefits the land can be found by
comparing the government statistics
of the average yield per acre in the
United States with those of Euro
pean countries where sugar beets
have been among the leading crops
for many years. Germany, which pro-
duces more sugar than any other
country, or about one-ffth of all the
worlds production, and all made
from sugar beets, has the highest
average yield per acre of other crops
The comparison following shows that
in wheat, oats and potatoes the yield
is more than double those of the
United States.
acreage yield per acre in 1000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
SEED FLAX

The high prices for FLAX prevail
ing the past two years and the prob
ability of continued high prices in
the future make FLAX a profitable
crop to grow. We offer you the
choicest lots that we have bought
during the year, carefully cleaned.
Price $3.50 per bushel. Call at our
elevator-C. NJ. & st. P. track. If
THE ADAMS SEED CO., DEBORAH, La.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
(To be Continued

Fried Apples.-Select nice sour
Iapples and slice the round way in
Iquite thick pieces, roll in sugar and
-four, and mix well together, and
place in a pan containing melted but
ter Cover up tightly and fry to a
rich brown. Be careful to keep the
pieces whole.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24
Acreage yield per acre in 1000.
United States Germany

The efficacy Of the sugar beets as
soil medicine is due partly to the
service il renders sick soils, or those
which require merely to be invigor-
ated, partly to the peculiarities OF
it's growth and partly to the fact that
it gains it's chief sustenance directly
from the air and takes practically
nothing of value from the soil. Even
this little may be returned to the
soil by the farmer, since after the
extraction CT sugar from the beet the
residue may be used as a fertilizer
worlds production, and all made
sugar beet acts in several ways to
eradicate the trouble. 1t roots very
deeply i'm the soil, five or six inches
deeper than other crops, and when
taken out leaves its tenuous auxiliary
roots in the ground. These consti-
tute we'll distributed supply of in
dispense able organic matter which is
readily changed to humus, very
permanent soil constituent, which
forms its digestive element with abil-
ity 10 render harmless soil toxins.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-24

DR.. ST0CKDALE wants every person
who suffers from chronic disease-it makes
no difference how bad the case, or how long
they have suffered to call and consult him
He will make thorough examination Of
their case, tell exactly what can be DONE
whether they ere durable or not, how long
it will require and all about it. He treats
only chronic diseases. He has devoted
twenty years of his life to the study and
treatment Of diseases of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels and Kidneys; Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
Constipation and Diabetes; Heart and Nerve
Troubles, Rheumatism, Chronic Catarrh in
all its forms-in fact all Chronic Diseases.
DIR. SToCKDALE has a system of treat
men: which he bell, yes is the best known
TO. chronic diseases. He is able to cure
many cases that have resisted other treat
ments-that are considered incurabe. He
wants it distinctly understood that he does
rot undertake any case that he thinks is
ncurable, and will tell the patient candidly
Shen he has made the examination.
HE HAS A SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR
NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL WEAKNESS
OF MEN, WHICH HE WOULD LIKE TO
EXPLAIN IN PERSON. CALL AND GET
HIS OPINION AND ADVICE FREE OF
CHARGE.
If for any reason you cannot call or visit
him personally, write him for an examina-
ton blank at his home Office.
Address
DIR. B. A. sToCKDALE,
Utica Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-23
BABE IN ARMS
A BLEATING KID
ASSOCIATED Press)

Passaic \. ], Dec PA weIr
dressed couple boarded a crowded pub.
lie service corporation street car.
bound for Hackensack
The woman had baby in her arms
and watched it closely The habe was
dressed in woolen rompers. over Its
head was a warm cap. with blue
r.5bon fastened in wide bow drop
ping loosely at the neck
The child apparently was asleep,
for its mother held il tightly to her
breast The car mrehed forward as
the motorman started with a jerk
"B-a-a B.aa. came from the
baby, which had been given So
much attention by its mother, who
now looked blank and puzzled
The startled conductor pushed baco
the babes" cap-a young goat bleated
some more Quadrupeds and certain
bipeds cannot ride on public service
cars, so the conductor escorted the
fustered couple and their burden to
the street.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-23

WASHINGTON, r. c. nee 2l.-Fed
e,al plums are rapidly rpening and
plum picking time for the democrats
i fast approaching some partica-
larly ripe. luscious plums are now
hanging on the senate plum tree and
already crowd of hungry patriots
are on hand i'm order to &c present
when the tree S shaken immediately
after March 1. when the democrats
ONE into their own again.
National political topics are now a
secondary consideration and the in
auguration Of Presidentelect Wilson
occasions only the merest ripple Of
interest among officers and emdoyes
On capitol hill. who are just now con
ernine themselves move over the
question OF who will be the lucky little
Jack Horners. when Il comes to
uckinq the senate reorganization
Ipums
with the change of political com
p,exion h. the senate some ten or
fifteen officials, all republicans, draw
.ag salaries not despised, viii find
mat the exigencies of politics will
drive them from the plum orchard in
order that their hungry democratic
lDrethern may feast upon the fruits Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-23
DR.. Hartman Invites Doctors to Visit
His Office

interested in my article concerning
The doctors and their attitude toward
Peruna. assure You that / have the
letters that / quoted i'm the article and
that you are perfectly welcome 10
examine them if you will call at my
office And at the same time have
many other letters quite as remerk.
able as those, that You may examine.
In fact, ! will open to YOU my files.
which are so arranged that hundreds
of thousands of letters covering the
last twenty years, are available You
may spend as much time as yun
please in looking over the correspond
ence. To each letter have received
file in alphabetical order is appended
copy Of the answer they received.
You being the editor Of a medical
journal should especially appreei
ate if You would spend some time in
looking through my files ! am sure
you will find the most remarkable
letters you ever looked at They tell
the story of thousands of invallds VINO
have been afflicted with some chronic
catarrhal disease and have found
relief by taking Penna If
| should publish them all they would
make a library equal in volume to any
aw library in the city
Come right along Doctor You shall
rot only see the two letters referred
10 in my former article, but guar
,ntee that you will see scores OF
others equally as interesting and
taluable. Bring as many other doc
ors with You as YOU please
Pe-ru-na. Man-a-ln and La-cu-pia
by the Pe-ru-na Com
amy, Columbus, Ohio Sold at all
irug stores.
SPECIAL NoTlCE:-NIany persons
inquire for The Old-time Peruna
they want the Peruna that their Faith
RS and Mothers used to take The
Id Peruna is now called Katarno.
f your druggist or dealer does not
-eep it for sale write the Katarno
,ompany, Columbus, Ohio and they
ill tell you all about it.-Aov
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-23
Gossip From Washington

fetal place to be filled win Je that Of
parliamentary clerk, position now
held by Representatiye-elect Charles
r. crisp, Of Georgia Speaker Clark
Will make the appointment. and it is
considered very likely that the place
viii go 70 William c Hughes, the
present journal clerk of the nous
who halls from Missouri
by peculiar condition OF circum.
stances the positions OF sergeant at
arms in both the senate and house
win be open for contest after March
4. and a lively scramble is anticipated
When Sergeant at arms stokes Jack.
SON. OF the house died last June, the
place was given to Charles F BiddeI,
then Mr. Jacksons assistant on a
promise from Mr. Riddell that he
would not be candidate for re-
election at the beginning of the
sixty.thrd congress.
Mr Riddelt it lis understood. in-
tends to keep his promise but he is
an applicant for the position Of
sergeant at arms ON the senate side.
col. John (. Martin Of St Louis Mo,
the veteran sergeant at arms OF the
democratic national committee, is the
only other ayowed candidate
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-23
National Call Goes Out For
Big Parade OF Sufragists
ION WASHINGTON" THE CRY. VOTES FOR WOMEN" CHAM
PIoNs ASKED PARTICIPATE IN INAUGURAL
DISPLAY STRENGTH

I Mrs William Tod Hemuth OF New
York AIRS Stanley Mccormick OF
Boston Mass Mrs Emma b Sweet
Of Rochester y ~ and Miss Ruth
Rees of Connecticut.
Visiting Board Members Honored
This is the first time in the history
of the National American Woman's
Suffrage association that he board
has met in Chicago and all local SUI
frage societies have striyen to do
honor to the women while they are IN
the city The North Side branch ot
the Equal Suffrage association last
night gave reception at the home
Of Mrs William Wager G3l Rush
street, at which many OF the leading
emit The guests We're received by
men and women OF the city We're pres.
Mrs wager and Mrs Tiffany blake,
president OF the association. and
were presented to the guests from
out OF the city Mrs CYRUS Hall Nc.
Cormick, r., and Mrs Hobart Chat
field ChatfieldTaylor were also in
the receiving line. After an inform
al reception The guests We're conduct
ed to the ball room, where speeches
were made by the members Of the
national board.
This viii be busy day for the Wis
itors \ business meeting VIII De
held this morning at 9 o'clock at the
nome of Mrs Joseph T Bowen and
Mrs. CYRUS Hall Mccormick, Jr, viii
be hostess at luncheon Miss Jane
Adams viii entertain at dinner a,
Hull house, and this evening a big
mass meeting at Orchestra hall viii
be held.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. before re-
turning to her home in the East. will
so to Detroit. where she viii confer
with suffrage leaders in regard 70
their failure to carry Michigan for
suffrage this fall 1t has not vet
been decided whether the women viii
ask for recount or whether they
win peti+ion for another referendum
vote
The members Of the national board |
attending the meeting are Dr.. Anna |
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John IF. Anderson ct uX to Robert
a. Gaffney qcd, -, II. -; $1,000.
s. IL lots %, "a, block 70, f. &C
Susan +. EnsminseF to Robert A.
GaGffney. qcd, >, 10. p; $1.oo; 5. IL
lots 23. "a. block -, &. G.
Malcolm e. Frum ct ux to Warren
n. Bantley. wd; H. 30, -; 100000;
Bots ), s. block S5, Coyle.
VIM A. Henning ct uX to VIM
5Brown, wd. II, II. u; $4,000; Z. IL
S. e. IA. s. II, 4, w.
Harriett A. Kneisley ct mar to
eNIabel Grace Mckay, wd.; -. 10, -:
slOo 1-3 int. lots %, %, 24 block
s. G. p.
RIizateth IWiedusham ct mar to
Mabel Grace Mckay wd; y, II, 12<
$40: l-3 int lots p, %. a. block
81. &. P
w. L. Van Meter to Lucy Van
Meter wd.; -. 10 -; $6'ooo'OO;
II. w. IA %. 16. 3. w,
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CHARTERS ISSUED.


Bromide Athletic club of Bromide;
capl,al $1,000 lucorporators, Or J
p NcRael Dexter smith and Henry
Lawrence an of Bromide
Cox-flenr1 Grain company Of Car
mon capital. $4,000 mcorporators.
Charles n cox John Henry, j B,
Macy all of Carmen.
t,lo,l- nfnha,. -con1panv of Cana
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-23
CAN'T SELL BOOZE THERE
Woodward County Officials Destroy
Shipments Of Contraband Goods
And Make An Example

Woodward. Okla, Dec 20-Wher
a citizen near Cedaryale called a the
EXPRESS office at Belya and took into
his possession a shipment Of liquor
said TO have been ordered by linn fol
illegal sale. he was forcibly dispos
5essed of a box containing As riuts OF
whiskey
Just as the gentleman from tho
black jack country was in the act OF
loading his shipment of booze in Ai
buggy. Ed Durant, undersherifl anC
g. A. Farrand. deputy OF Belva. seiz
ed the box. and showed the assemble
nopulace one Of the ways IN whic.
.hel iduor laws of Oklahoma are en
forced by smashing each bottle Thv.
-he entire shipment OF six gallon.
ran away i'm little rivuIets and Wa.
drinl up D. the dry and thirsty sol
of Belva and as a result many Cedar
ale citizens will foreso their custo
mary Christmas eggnogs.
Sheriff b +. Richards County A.
rornev O. G.. Wybranr and Count
Judge Clyde IT, Wyand We're re-elec-
ed on a law enforcement platform
They announced that all shipments
of liquor TO Woodward county intend
ed for Illegal purposes viii be deal
with in the same summary manner