Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP.

Oct. 20, 1913.
The painters have finished their
work on Mike Kratz's new resi-.
dence, so the family expect to move
into it the latter part of this week
Some parts of the roads have
been washed considerable by the
late rains making it unpleasant for
traffic.
The next meeting of the F. w. M.
S. of the German M. E. church will
be at the home of Mrs. Fred Butz
near Ridgeway the first Thursday
in November.
j. E. Hopperstad has been NOV
ing some of his machinery to a
farm N. E. of Ridgeway that he and
his family are going to occupy next
spring.
Be on the alert, next week Fri
day evening is Halloween. Don't
get too bad boys.
Miss Gustafson will begin her
school in sub-district No. one, next
week Monday.
Frank Vrba and some of his
neighbors have been hauling lum-
Der for the formers new residence,
that he expects to build in the near
future.
Some of our people went west of
Cresco one day last week to at
tend sale, The latter are becoming
fashionable again.
The phones on the Otter Creek
line got to bucking one day last
week, so the company sent out a
man, who soon located the trouble
and made everything o. X.
Some farmers have been exchang-
ing their surplus produce for cash,
the past week. We never have any
use for cash, ii the other fellows
would let us alone.
Theo. Kratz and son Demo have
been busy the past week hauling
some of their cord wood to Cresco,
which they cut last winter.
Albert Koch who has bedn So,
journing in South Dakota for sever
al weeks, seeing the country and
looking after his crop interests, re-
turned home, the other week.
The members of the Lutheran
church had a surprise party on
their pastor, Rev. Jordahl the 9TH
er Sunday. A large crowd present
ed itself and all seemed much
pleased.
Sunday was a dreary day, a
great contrast from the day before,
which was warm and sunny, while
the former was rainy, turning into
snow later in the day.
| Some of the prospective teachers
are going to DEBORAH to try their
luck with the teachers eXamina-
tions. Teachers are becoming a
scarce article in many localities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Schild auto
ed to Cresco last Friday evening
| to do some trading in that town.
Wild geese have been seen imi-
grating towards the south to find a
climate more suited to their wants.
Souvenir post cards are dying of
old age. Some dealers in them are
trying to keep the breath of life in
them, by stimulents, but they are
doomed to go. Travelling men car
ry them only as side line.
Mrs. Mike Hruska went to Elma
Saturday, to visit her sister, Mrs.
James Hruska, a few days and also
to make the acquaintance of a
bouncing baby that came recently
to the latter home, for food, cloth
ing, etc.
j. j. Hopperstad has finished
threshing for this season and pull
ed into winter quarters. 1t has been
rather a long run and Mr.. H. is
well satisfied.
| Wolves are beginning to prowl
around in this vicinity again. One
was seen passing thru here, look
ing for his favorite dish of mutton
or other delicacy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kuntz auto
ed to Freeport the other day to Wis
it the latter's father, Mr.. c. F.
Bertossa, who is at the present
time quite sick.
Mike Kratz's new residence is
complete and the family expect to
move into same this week. They
will no doubt enjoy their modern
home.
Mrs. Louis Walter from Golden
Ridge, Howard Co. was visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kratz
for a number of days last week and
this.
Quarterly meetings will begin in
the Evangelical church here next
Saturday afternoon and continue
over the Sabbath. Rev. j. H..
Faust presiding elder of Cedar
Falls, will conduct the same, assist
ed by Rev. L. N. Day of Cresco.
No church services or Sunday
school was held in some of the
churches here last Sunday, owing to