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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18

st. Paul, June 12.-Attorney Gen
eral McReynOlds served notice today
that the Government was opposed te
giving the Union Pacific Railroad any
further extension of time within
which to dispose of its holdings of
Southern Pacific stock as ordered by
the Supreme Court. In doing so he
made known to the railroads attor-
neys and to United States Circuit
Judges Sanborn, Hook and Smith. at
a hearing in the dissolution proceed =
ings, his objections to two of the lat
est plans proposed by the railroad for
getting rid of its $12O,65O,0OO worth
of Southern Pacific storck.
A new plan was proposed for the
disposition of almost a third Of the
Southern Pacific stock held by the
Union Pacific. This plan provides for
trading Southern Pacific stock to the
Pennsylvania Railroad for the latter
company's holdings in Baltimore and
Ohio.
The court took the whole case un-
der advisement.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18
STORM MORO FORT.
American Troops Capture. En-
trenchment of Rebels Under Sultan
of JOIO.
session.


trenchment of Rebels Under Sultan
of JolO.
Manila, Pune 12.-The entrench-
ments of the rebellious Moros under
the sultan of Jolo at Bagsag were
taken by the American forces today
after a fierce battle in which the
American casualties were six killed
and IL wounded.
The killed were two privates of
Company B, Eighth United States in
fantry; three members of the First
company of scouts and one member
of the Twenty-ninth company of
scouts. Lieut.. Edwin II. Rackley was
wounded in the leg.
The casualties are regarded as
light in view of the stubborn resist
ance put up by the Moros.
The attacking forces had been
made up unusually strong as a pre-
caution, there being in addition to
the company of regular infantry, a
troop of cavalry, seven companies of
scouts, two companies of constabulary
with a battery of four mountain guns
and machine gun platoon.
Although there remains one point
still occupied in the mountains the
mountain guns will be in a position to
shell it easily. Brig. Gen. JOIN Per
shing, commander of the department
Of the Mindanao who led the forces.
declares he will continue operations
in Jolo until the tribesmer'e guns
have been taken and the island is
peaceful.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18
CHAPTER XIX.
The Cavalry Outpost.

I fingered merely long enough to
feel assured as to her safety, creep
ing closer until heard her simple
story OF the Majors fall from his
horse, and then watched through the
night shadows while the little squad
bore his unconscious form over the
crest OF the low hill toward their
quarters. Then | turned my face
eastward and tramped resolutely on.
| was first Of all. soldier, and moth
ing short OF death or capture should
prevent me reaching Lee with my
message. Let what would happen, all
else could wait!
Tho gleam OF the stars fell upon the
double row Of buttons down tho
breast of the coat | wore, and
stopped suddenly with an exclamation
OF disgust Nothing could be gained
by longer masquerade, and | felt In
eXpressible shame at being thus at
tired. Neither pass nor uniform
would suffice TO get me safe through
those outer picket lines. and If should
fall In the attempt. or be again made
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18
FIRST HEAT WAVE.
With Country Sweltcring There Is No
Prospect for Speedy Relief.

Washington, June 5.-Practically
the entire country sweltered today
under the first real hot wave of the
season, and tonight the weather bu-
reau experts held out no hope for
cooler weather within the next 4S
hours.
Omaha, Neb.. and st. Joseph. Mo,
were the hottest cities in the United
States today with the mercury hover
ing around SO degrees. Chicago ran
a close second, with the thermometer
registering 94
Washington suffered it's hottest day
OF the season and one heat stroke oc-
CURED. The maximum temperature
at the weather bureau today was go,
but the governments thermometer
registered 100 degrees.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18
10 choke back every utterancs. The
voice was Brennan's.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Reputation Of Woman

The Reputation Of Woman.
Like a flash occurred to me the only
possible means by which we might
escape oper discovery-an instant dis.
closure OF my supposed rank. coupled
with indignant protest. Already, be-
heving me merely some private soldier
straying out of bounds with woman
OF the camp as companion, he had
thrown himself from the saddle to in
vestigate. Whatever was to be done
must be accomplished quickly, or 1t
would prove all too late. To think
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18

The New York burglar who mas
queraded as a Belgian count wanted
to get rich quicker than he could hope
to do by means of the jimmy.-Wil-
mington Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18

cu Saturday in New York City
ycggmcn blew open two safes and got
away with the contents. This shows
that safe blowing is not Il rural di-
version. Wilmington star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-18
CALLS Time ON UNION PACIFIC GOVERNOR REFUSES RECORDS.
NO FURTHER EXTENSION FOE
THE DISPOSITION OF
STOCK.

Attorney General Serves Notice That
Government is Opposed to Giving
Union Pacific More Time i'm Which
to Get Rid of Southern Pacific
Holding - Supreme Court Orders
Stock RelinQuished July 1.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
NOTICE OF APPRAIs ENIENT.

State of Iowa, Winneshiek county
IS. In district court.
In the matter of the estate of Ma
tilda Smith, deceased:
To the treasurer of state, w. C
nrown and William II. Smith DEBORAH
Iowa; A. F. Smith, Centralia, Wash.
Horace Smith. DEBORAH, Iowa; Elmer
Smith, DEBORAH, Iowa; Eugene Smith
DecOrah, Iowa; William H. Sharp
DEBORAH, Iowa; Clara Halse, DEBORAH
Iowa: A. J. Sharp, DEBORAH, Iowa
Ralph Sharp, DEBORAH, Iowa; Josie
Sharp, Chicago, Ills; Matilda Barrat
Detroit, Mich; Ellen Headington, De.
corah, Iowa; Ed. Sharp, DEBORAH, Ia
Charles. Sharp, DEBORAH, Iowa; Eliz
abeth Ann Sharp, DEBORAH, Iowa
John Burrows, Hay Springs, Neb.
David Burrows, Lewiston, Mont; Ma
tilda Douglas, DEBORAH, Iowa; Sarah
Morrison, DEBORAH, Iowa; Eva Wicks
Burr Oak. Iowa; Fred Burrows, Vol
ga, SO. Oak; Minnie Bucknell, De.
corah, Iowa: James Webster, No. 372
K. Ninth ST., Riverside, Calf; Thorn
as Webster, 1851 Sedgwick ST., Cal.
Lucy Russell, Sarah Pillow.
You am each of you, are hereby
notified that the undersigned, duly
appointed and qualified appraisers OF
property charged, or sought to be
charged, with the payment OF a COL.
LATERAL INHERITANCE TAX, will
at 10 O'Clock a. m. on the 9Th day OF
March, 1913, at county clerks office
DEBORAH, Iowa, in said county and
state, proceed to appraise the proper.
ty of the estate OF said decedent SUBJ
ject to the Collateral Inheritance Tax
as provided by law.
Please take notice and govern your.
selves accordingly.
Dated February 3, 1913.
c. w. Freeman J
I. c. McMasters } Appraisers
G. Christen
6-4W
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
Notice to Real Estate Owners.

The assessors of the several town
ships in the county are having more
or less trouble in explaining raise in
land valuations.
In this connection | wish to state
that after the assessments were made
and the assess ors' books were return
ed to the auditors Office in the year
1911, the State Executive Council
sitting as a Board Of Review, raj ed
real estate valuations-except town
lots-11 u per cent. Taxes for the
years 1911 and 1912 were computed
on this basis.
1t is the duty of the assessors to
keep these valuations up to the val
uations so made by the State Execu-
tive Council and in order to do this
they must have the cooperation and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
Mr.. Hasten Nelson departed on

Mr.. Halsten Nelson departed on
on business trip to Cresco today.
Ben McGreevy was called to Ad-
ans, Mimi, Saturday, by his father
| illness
Miss Emily Benson returned to
Ossian yesterday, after business Wis
it.
Miss Nettie Fosse returned to
Ridgeway today, after several days
visit with her aunt, Mrs. o. p.
Thompson.
Miss Carrie Bond arrived yes
terday, from Niles. Mich, for visit
with her sister, Mrs B. F. Smith, who
is quite ILL.,
Mrs l.. A. Barrack concluded
her two weeks visit with numerous
relatives and departed today for her
home at Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. B. ]. Vaala and daughter,
Miss Cora, returned to their home in
Sauce, today. The latter has been
attending Valdez college.
Miss Julia Olson went to Albert
Lea, Mimi, today to resume her stud
les at the Academy, after several
weeks visit with home folks.
j. G. Kerr arrived home yester-
day after a few days business visit
in Chicago and an over Sunday visit
with E. j Enslow at Pontiac, Ill.
Miss Theo. McClaskey arrived
from Chicago yesterday, for several
days visit with her mother and broth
err, Mrs. Laura McClaskey and Royal
Everybody invited to eat supper
with George and Martha Washington
at the Congregational church, Feb.
21st. A fine supper served by the gen.
tlemen. 6-1
Mrs. Clarence Christen and
daughter, Miss Myrtle, went to Cres-
co today, for few days visit with
their mother and grandmother, Mrs.
Joseph Walton.
Mrs. F. y. Chase and baby daugh-
ter returned to Fredericksburg, Iowa,
today, after a two weeks visit with
Mrs. NJ. E. Chase and Mrs. j. Nj. Ber-
lnatz. the latter accompanying her as
far as Calmar
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
Found at Last.

We hear of a contribution basket
that has been invented for use in
churches. If person drops a quar-
ter or more in the box there is sill
ence; If he drops in a dime bell
rings; a nickel sounds a whistle and
penny fires blank cartridge. If
one pretends to sleep when the box is
passed, it awakens him with a watch
mans rattle, and kodak takes his
picture. We would not advise put
ting such a contribution box in use in
Clarion-the attendance at church
would soon be at mighty low ebb.
Clarion Clipper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
BEEF CATTLE IN IOWA

Continued from first page.)
months old and then sell them as
baby beef" or to feed them on the
skim milk and rough food until they
have reached the feeding stage and
then fatten them, taking twenty-four
to twenty-six months to each. Both
plans have been proved profitable, he
declared.
In an address on THE Beef Cattle
Situation Rex Beresford, beef spec
ialist for Iowa, set out concisely facts
which he has discovered by personal
investigation. BY test Of twenty
four average beef-producing farms he
found that the producers made prof
it of 81 head on each calf raised, a
sum which did not take into consid-
Grafton the profit the producer made
on the grain produced on his own
farm and fed to the cattle. This re-
suit was obtained last year when feed
was much higher than it is now.
He obtained significant compari-
son when he discovered that the av-
erage production of corn on ten beef
cattle farms was fifty-two bushels an
acre, while on farms confined to grain
production only thirty-eight bushels
of corn per acre We're averaged On
oats and hay crops the figures show
ed like advantage In favor of beef
cattle farms. In dollars worth OF
corn the farmer sells AZ cents worth
of soil fertility, declared Mr.. Eeres-
ford, while in each sale OF dollars
worth of beef there is concerned a
sale of soil fertility amounting to on
ly cents. Beef production requires
but little labor and for that reason
proves more attractive to the average
farmer than straight grain raj ing.
Mr.. Beresford asserted his belief that
a general turning of beef production
would do much TO keep the farmer
lads on the farms.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05

A great majority of persons afflict-
ed with eczema have no other ailment
which is accepted as positive proof
that eczema is purely skin disease
Meritol Eczema Remedy is made es-
pecially for eczema and all diseases
of the skin. If you are afflicted with
this terrible disease, do not delay u.s.
ing Meritol Eczema Remedy, as it can
always be relied upon. Sold by E. j
Parman, Druggist & Jeweler. Sole
agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05

.CANVASSERS-and crew managers,
live proposition. Quick convincing
demonstration. Big sales, large
I" profits, small outfit. Get particu-
" lars. Sterling Mfg. Co., Cedar
3 Rapids, Iowa. 6-1pd
FOUND-Black velvet lady's hat, on
middle Hesper road, three and one
half miles north OF DEBORAH. John
Rud, DEBORAH. SO
FOR SALE-A very nice, new, mod
ern house, six rooms and bath,
lot either 4Sx190 or 96x380. APP
ply to Berg, DEBORAH State Bank.
eff
FOR SALE-Gentle family driving
horse, 4 years old, weight 1900; l
double seated rubber tired surrey,
good as new; l single Haney bug
gy, l Portland cutter, l single set
harness, l auto blackboard. Dr.
Swezey. 6tf
MAN-Past thirty, with horse and
buggy, to sell stock condition pow
ders in Winneshiek county, $1,000
per month. Address Room 2, 11O6
Farnam ST., Omaha, Nebr 6-1pd
EIGHT-Hundred Dollars down. Fine
quarter section, 100 acres under
pillow. l mile TO church, school,
store. Particulars. Write Vivian
Morgan, Walcott, North Dakota.
6-1pd
LOST-Violin bow, between resi-
dence and Worth's Music Store.
Mrs. F. w. Boyd. 60
ROOM FOR RENT-Inquire of Gene
Rosenthal 6-1
MUSIC LOVERS-If you want an or
iginal, catching, tuneful, entertain
ing composition, send ten cents for
my newest Sailor Song" Will
Williamson, u. S. S. Warrington, -
New York. Clip
LOST-White and black hound, with
tail cut off three or four inches.
Finder notify John Bollinger, De-
corah, Iowa. Reward. 6-1w
WANTED-Two chambermaids, al O
girl 10 work in lunch room. ST.
Cloud Hotel 60
HUNTERS-No hunting or trapping
permitted upon my farm, west of
DEBORAH, under any circumstances.
H. O. Josvanger 5-3
WOOD CHOPPERS-W Wanted by j.
F. Nolan, DEBORAH, Route s. 3tf
FOR SALE-The futile property,
corner Mill and Main streets. Ad-
dress j. II. Hiatt, Mabel, Mimi,
or call at Ben Tuttle's, sos N.
Main ST. Att
FOR SALE OR RENT-E Eighty acre
farm. +. T. Reed. 3tf
FOR SALE-Beautiful parlor suits
and gas stove. A bargain. Apply
at Public Opinion office. 5l-tf
ECHOPPERS-Wanted by DR.. p. M.
Jewell, to chop 800 cords of wood.
soft
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS have
for sale lot of improved farms
in Red River Valley and Becker
County. Mimi. on very easy terms.
and a few Winneshiek County
farms. Also six residences in De-
corah. For prices and particulars
see Ed. X. Hovden. agent. 40-tf
FOR SALE-House and lot. The
John Foltz place in West DEBORAH.
Inquire of T.. S. Boice. 37tf
FOR SALE-National cash register,
used only short time. A bargain
IL taken soon. Inquire at this Of
flee. 46tf.
FOR SALE-Oliver typewriter, ma
chine as good as new. An early
call will get 1t reasonable. In
quire at this Office. 46tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
Proof of Esteem.

"AIy speech made an impression on
you then"
Yes" replied Farmer Corntassel.
THE way your audience sat still and
listened all that time showed that
these people must think heap of
you. Washington Star.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
support Of each land owner.

support of each land owner.
A few points worth remembering
are:
First, the assessor is simply carry
ing out instructions.
Second, that this raise went into eff
feet during the year 1911, and that
your taxes have been so figured for
the past two years.
w. r. SHEA, County Auditor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
LOCAL ITEMS.

GuAuay was SlOuuu nus uoJ ShH
he saw his shadow
&C. S. Marsh went to Chicago last
night, to attend the auto show.
-Enos Barfoot was down from
Cresco Monday, visiting relatives.
Banker o. p. Ode of Calmar was
a DEBORAH business visitor Monday
Miss May Morrison visited rela-
tives at Lime Springs the past week
Carl Erickson returned to Reed
err, N. d., Monday, to look after his
homestead
E. r. Haines came down from
Britt to spend Sunday with friends in
DEBORAH.
R Youngblood of Madison town
ship was business visitor in the city
Saturday.
Rev. S. A. Scarvie OF .Glenwood
township was business visitor in the
city Monday.
-Aiss Susie Marsh has been home
from Detroit, Mich, the past week
visiting her parents.
Mrs. L. R. Schrempf and daugh-
ter and Miss Florence Foley visited
at Postville last week.
Mr. Harry Baker of Ogema, Min
nesota, was visiting old friends and
relatives here over Sunday.
A NJ. Thune of Highland town
ship arrived home Thursday from a
business trip to Waterloo.
F. A. Hoyt Of Fayette was visit
ing relatives and looking after bu l.
ness matters here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Leytze
spent sevral days the past week Wis
iting his brother in Sioux City.
Clarence Johnson of Crookston
Mimi, has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs
George Bakken the past week.
Harry Baker concluded his visit
here yesterday and went to Madison
Wis, to visit at the university a few
days.
&C. c. Coutant of st. Paul was in
the city over Sunday, representing
the C. /. Johnson printers machinery
house.
Co. Supt. H. E. Miller acted as
one of the judges in the high school
declamatory contest at New Hampton
Friday.
Prof. Sigurd Rogue went to Min
neapolis Monday, to take post grad
'uate course at the Minnesota state
university.
IS. E. Green of Sheldon, Iowa
was the guest of his brother, We edi-
tor, and his parents, Rev. and Mrs. ~
II. Green, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A Waterbury
arrived home last Wednesday from
Kimball, S. d., after an extended Wis
it with his mother.
mir. A. l.. Stevens Of the Royal
and "Amuse" theatres of Dubuque
WdS TIE quest VI MI. WOll5i an VI
the Empire" Thursday.
Colonial supper, music and cos
tunes, at George and Martha Wash
ington supper, Congregational church
Feb. 21st. You are invited. 6-1
The Joe Shima and Richard
Bucknell barber shops have both been
much improved by the addition OF
fine linoleum floors the past week.
George Mizener has just install
ed fine new peanut rooster, one OF
the big modern Cretors, in his con-
fectionery and news stand in the Win
neshiek hotel building.
MIR. and Mrs. w. F. Abbey de-
parted on Thursday for Ann Arbor
Mich, for vislt with her parents
Mr.. Abbey will attend an insurance
meeting at Buffalo, before returning
MIR. and Mrs. b. o. Marsh and
his mother, Mrs. n. S. Marsh, went to
Chicago on Monday to visit relatives
and take in the auto show. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marsh will return via GAINESVILLE
Wis, for visit with Mrs. A. Nj. Han
son.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
Your Chicago Paper.

Remember that we still club with
any of the Chicago daily papers al
the same rate as heretofore, and will
be glad to get them for our readers
at greatly reduced prices. We Can
get you either the Record Herald
Tribune, Inter Ocean or Examiner to.
gether with Public Opinion for $4.25
per year. making the price of the
Chicago paper only $2.75. 49-ti
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
Notice.

Tie trustees of DEBORAH township
will hold a meeting at the court house
on Feb. -, 1918, for the purpose OF
Q Getting four superintendent of roads
and four supervisors of dragging, and
let dragging contracts.
BY order of chairman, E. l.. Beard.
Cd
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
WANT COLUMN.

Rates-One Cent per word. Moth
ing less than tel cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05

Few people think they get their
moneys worth out of kiss unless
they hear the smack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
BARONESS DECLARED MAD.
Suffering From an Illusion Of Gran
deur, According to Testimony.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. April .. 1913.
The mental condition of naughty"
baroness was inquired into by the regis
trar in lunacy and a jury in Dublin this
week. The lady is Baroness Gousage,
who is at present in an asylum at Nice.
Counsel explained that the baroness
was born in Ireland and i'm 1882 married
Baron Won Sternberg, a Russian. by
whom she had two children, daughter
being now in an asylum.
In 1898 the baroness was declared to be
of unsound mind, and was kept under the
care of the lord chancellor until 1909,
when she went abroad and married her
second husband, Baron Won GOusage,
who also predeceased her.
The baroness had a very peculiar form
of mental trouble. She had a naughty
disposition and thought no one fit to
associate with her The doctor in the
asylum at Nice testified that she was
suffering from intense agitation. refused
to be washed and refused to go to bed.
She had pride-madness, Or delusion OF
grandeur. She thought the water was
trying to poison her. She had bombar d-
ed her solicitor with kilograms, seven ar
irving in eight days and thought he and
her son were misusing her money
Baron Sternberg, SON gave evidence
and the jury found that the baroness
was Of unsound mind and inca pable OF
managing herself or her affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-17
The Meaning Of Disaster.
nv Or. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1918. by Frank Crane.l

What is the meaning of the tragedy OF
storm and flood devastating the country:
For that matter, what is the meaning
of Nature in her terrible moods, Of Fate
in her strange freaks of fury. of the erup-
ton of Mont Pelee. of the earthquake
at Messina, of the sinking of the Ii
tanic?
Primitive men had short and simple
answer: The gods were angry: they
must be propitiated by sacrifices of bulls
goats or human creatures.
Medieval men held about the same view
arranged in Christian terms.
In early New England days Puritan
preachers considered all disasters of ma
ture as punishment Of men for their sins
Modern intelligence may believe in q
moral universe. bu. cannot accept the
calamities of Nature as punitive. because
| they fall alike upon the just and the un
| lust In fact, modern intelligence is ceas
| ing to regard punishment as a part OF
| Natures order; Nature teaches. and while
at times her lessons are terrible, hey are
| never vindictive.
What. then, is the word of Nature IN
havoc?
and the Ohio floods do but three thing!
to men. They destroy property inf1ic
wounds and bring death. besides the at
/ tendant sympathetic suffering.
| These three things, however. are taking
| place all the time in a less conspicuou!
way Not day passes but property i:
destroyed, men and women are manned
and die.
These striking horrors therefore ar,
| nothing but Nature doing on a GranG
scale what she is doing daily.
| The terror of it is dramatic.
| Death wounds and loss of possession!
are a part of the order of things
| Why?
| We do not know. This is 1.-The problem
of evil" which Archbishop Whately called
1.-The problem of the ages" We know tn,
answer now as little as Eve when SHIT
took the head of her dead boy in her lal
and cried out to heaven.
| The soul of man is encircled by the un
known. 1t dwells amid strange light
nings. 1t walks by precipices. Safety Il