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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
Rebuild Pontoon Used Forty Years.

AIcGregor, Ia, Feb. 24.-The Mil
waukee Railway company has begun
work on the construction of its new
pontoon bridge on the east side OF
the channel of the Mississippi be-
tween North McGregor and Prairie
du Chen The bridge as it spans the
river between the towns crosses two
channels, both used by river craft.
Ever since il was built forty years
ago by James Lawler it has been nee
essary to operate two draws.
The east boat has been wearing
out rapidly of late years and this
summer is to be replaced by a new
one. The huge fioater. 210 feet long
and Sc feet wide, will be hinged to
cement piers resting on base of Pill
ing and concrete sixty feet below wa
ter level.
The old draw was nearly twice as
long as the new one will be. The
space left between is to be filled with
a huge iron span. A large crew of
men are now at work putting in the
piling.
There is only one other pontoon
bridge left on the Mississippi When
the McGregor-Prairie du Chen one
was first put in, it was operated by
Mr.. Lawler as private enterprise
for number of years. and the Mil
waukee company had to pay toll of
S. a car for every car that crossed
it. After a fortune had been made
out of toll collections Mr.. Lawler
sold to the Milwaukee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26

An old man sat at the crossroads
On a stone by the village street.
He was weary and worn and travel
stained
And faint from the dust and heat,
And his gray head dropped as he sat
there
With hunger and travel spent,
While the MONDAY throng went hur-
rying by
On their homeward journey bent.
And | passed by with the others
In the needless current caught
That recks nor cares for the stranger
poor,
Or the homeless wanderers lot.
But the picture left its image;
] could not drive it away,
And l thought of One who would
surely have paused
Had he been in the crowd that day.
How his eye sought out the outcast,
Who was barred from his fellows
door,
How he gave his hand to the woman
shamed,
And babe her sin no more.
] saw Him kneel by the leper,
AS he shuddered and cried I'm
clean."
And health and joy and manhood
came
At the touch of the Nazarene.
They are sitting there at the cross
roads,
Weary and faint-alone,
There are many bowed with sim
ner's shame
Or a shame that is not their own.
1t may be a friendless orphan,
Or slave in the thrall of drink
Your path may lead to happy home
And his to the rivers brink.
The wretched, the weak, the burden
ed,
The pilgrim with way-worn feet
They are sitting there as the old man
sat
At the place where the cross-road:
meet.
Oh, linger a bit at the wayside,
And let your heart be heard.
AS it bids you pause by your brother
man
And give him a cheering word.
For the life that loves is lovely
Andw the soul that gives expands,
AnG the heart that warns to broth
er's need
Is like to the Son of Mans.
And the need will be right royal
When he says to you and me,
Inasmuch as we did for the least Of
these
Ye have done ii unto me.
F. c. Wellman in Christian Herald
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
AN INTERURBAN LINE.
One Proposed Between Cresco and
Mason City-Line is Feasible.

Mason City, Iowa, February "a
f. III. Huber and j. w. Patterson
two of the booster spirits of Cresco,
have been in the city and are anx-
ious to secure an interurban line be-
tween this city and Cresco and are
offering all sorts of inducements to
the United Light and Railway Co.
Cresco has endeavored to secure
a Charles City extension to the Hart
Parr line, but there was not enough
encouragement for this to suit them.
it is probable if such line was con-
templated Usage would be an objec-
tive point along with Cresco. The
line would be quite feasible.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
Needed a Spanking.

AS we were coming over from Des
Moines the other day, tired looking
young mother occupied seat in the
rear of the car with a fretful girl
baby that kept crying apparently
without reason. At Marshalltown the
newsboy received supply of evening
papers and as he came down the car
aisle he said, "Times-Republican -
Cedar Rapids Gazette" and just as
he reached the seat occupied by the
woman with the crying infant, said,
Examiner. The won n looked at
him with considerable indignation
and said, 81 have examined her and
there's nothing wrong with her. She
just seems to be crying for spite. I've
a good notion to spank her. "-Tama
News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
PURE BRED HORSES IN IOWA.
Improvement of Horse Industry In
dicated i'm Report of Department
of Agriculture.

Something of the improvement of
the horse industry of Iowa is indicat-
ed in the figures compiled by Secre-
tary Corey of the Iowa Department
of Agriculture in his first annual re-
port on the stallion registration divi-
sion of the department. Seventy per
cent of the stations in Iowa are now
pure bred In Illinois 81 per cent are
pure bred and in Wisconsin 50 per
cent come under that classification.
Minnesota records show that 35.5 per
cent of the stations are pure bred.
The stallion registration law Ne
came effective January /, 1912. 1t
was enacted by the Thirty-fourth gen
eral assembly and its purpose was to
retire from public service all stall
lions affected with certain specified
hereditary, contagious or transmissi-
BILE diseases and to give to the pat
rons or purchasers of all stations or
Jacks reliable source of informa-
ton rs to whether or not stations
were of pure breeding, or whether
they were sound or unsound The
first year of its operation indicates
that it is accomplishing its purpose.
Secretary Corey shows in his re-
port that, for the period from jan
uary /, 1912, to December 81, there
were enrolled by the department 81
679 pure bred stations and 50 pure
bred jacks; 2,493 certificates of sound
bred jacks; 2,49S certificates OF
soundness were issued for 2,449 grade
stations and 521 certificates of sound
ness for grade jacks.
In this period sixty-eight stations
were disqualified for public service
on account of being affected with 9
disease which comes under the ban OF
the law. OF this number thirty-foul
were disqualified for bone and bog
spawn, fifteen for blindness, nine fol
cataract, seven for periodic ophthal
mia. Thus it is seen that by far the
larger number were disqualified fol
bone and bog SPAWN.
These figures do not show the tota
number of diseased stations retired
from public service during the pas
year. "A number of owners" say.
this report, ION becoming familiar
with the requirements of the law
shipped their stations out of the state
or otherwise retired them from ser
vice. On the other hand, veterinar
ians have notified number of own
ers that their stations would not pass
the requirements of the stallion ser
vice law but they failed to report
such cases to this department as the
law does not require that they dc
4 So"
The department is calling attention
to the fact that all old certificate.
must be renewed before April 1st anC
all new certificates must be issued
before that date. A few minor chang
es in the law are being advocated In
an amendment to the bill now before
the legislature. But this will in nc
way effect the time of renewal of GER
tificates which must be taken care OF
before April LIST.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
FOR BETTER SCHOOLS.
More Attention Should BE Given to
Work i'm the Grades.

Iowa people are manifesting the
liveliest interest in the work that has
been inaugurated by the better
schools commission for effective re-
form in relation to the public schools.
Ex-senator Byron w. Newberry of
Clayton county, a member of the
commission, gives the sentiment thru
out the state in the following:
1t seems to me that we have, in
school matters, been looking at the
steeple and ignoring the foundation
or the superstructure, as it were, y
he said. lin other words, we have
given not too much attention to ed
ucation at the top, but proportionally
not enough attention to education at
the point which affects the largest
number of our people. Now, / would
not deprecate in the least what we
have been doing for the high schools
and colleges and the universities. 1t
is all good and worthy. But we have
gone on assuming that the way to
best educate our people is to get our
high schools into position to fit the
boys and girls for college and then to
provide for the best college educa-
ton. We have done we'll in this re-
spect.
Yet it remains true that the eighth
grade of our common schools is prac-
tically finishing school for very
large proportion of our children. We
need to give attention to the needs
of those people who receive all their
education without ever reaching the
high school. The boy or girl in Iowa
who has half chance and really
wants a high school or college educa-
ton, can get it now; but what are we
doing for the great army of school
children who do not want either and
who perhaps would not be greatly
benefited if they were coaxed to &c
through the higher grades?
NOW, L WANT W Scc lut tlllc Wucl
teacher in the grades is just as vel
paid as one in the high school, wher
the teacher of a rural school is JUS
as competent as one in the grades
when the fact is recognized that We
ought to have and must have in the
grades and in the rural schools JUS
as effective professional teaching a!
anywhere, for then we will be reach
ing the mass of the people with the
best instead of the few.
And that is what the better school,
commission is trying to accomplish
We have proposed a number of sim
pie measures looking to that end. We
believe the people are ready for these
improvements in the school system
There is very great interest manifest
ed in this work and it is growing rap
idly. The legislature can do nothing
that will rebound more to its credi
than to take hold of this school prob
lem and work out something really
good. The people are ready for it,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
Iowa Oats Profit $3.50 Per Acre.

A net profit of $3.50 per acre on
oats is shown in the experiments con-
Quoted in 1912 by the Four County
Grain Development association, whose
report was recently made to the Iowa
Department of Agriculture. The as
ISOLATION held it's grain show in Ack-
ley, Iowa, January and the results
Of the experiments were there shown.
The counties in the organization are
Hardin, Franklin, Butler and Grun-
dy.
In these experiments it was found
that the average cost of growing a
bushel of oats was IL IL cents and
that it took thirty-eight bushels per
acre to pay for the cost of growing.
The following is an average of all
reports received from those conduct
ing the experiments in these COZ :
ties: Seed per acre, 3 IA bushels;
weight per bushel, 35 lbs; cost of seed
per acre, $1.75; average yield per
acre, SO Ia bushels; cost of crop per
acre, $1,000; value of oats per acre,
$17.UO; value of straw per acre, SO;
total value of crop, $4,000. Net prof
it per acre, $3.50.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26
Christian Science Meetings.

Christian Science services are held
every Sunday morning at 1O:45 and
Testimony meeting every Wednes-
day evening at 500 o'clock, at the
Elks' Home, formerly Unity church,
corner Main and River streets. Ev-
erbody cordially invited. 9tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-26

A married man has reached the
bottom of the ladder when he begins
to brag about his wife's relations.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
THE FARMER.

Usually a solvent farmer has
no trouble in buying whatever
he wants on credit. says the Sat
urday Evening Post. Usually,
too, he has no accurate idea as
to what the credit he gets actu-
ally costs him. 1t has long been
the rule, for example, to sell
farm machinery on six months
to three years. time. So much
farmers paper of this sort is
constantly outstanding that
some ingenious Wall Street per-
sons have formed a company for
the purpose of issuing deben-
lures against it, selling the de-
bentures to investors on a basis
netting about 6 per cent interest.
The farmer, of course, pays that
6 per cent, and then something
for the guaranty, something for
costs of collection, something
for bad debts.
The question is, How much al
together does he pay for the
credit? How much-if any
better could he do if he financed
himself and bought strictly for
cash? So with the groceries,
dry goods and professional serv-
ices he habitually gets on credit.
What does the credit really cost
him?
Solvent farmers need not ask
anybody to finance them. By
cooperating they can finance
themselves. If their notes are
good for so many hundred thou
sand dollars worth of imple-
ments, they are equally good for
the same number of dollars in
cash. We have no doubt that
a farming community which fl
nanced itself and bought for
cash would be considerably
ahead at the end of five years.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
ONE cow DAIRY.

Doctor Hamilton of this place
bought a Jersey heifer calf for
500. She came fresh on the 30th
of May at two years old. Ten
months from this time he had
sold to one family $67.50 of but
ter and milk and to other parties
5000, making a total of $l27.70
in sales during the ten months.
The Doctor says that the amount
of butter and milk used by his
family during this ten months
would about equal the feed ac-
count Of the cow. No special
care was taken of the cow, as
she run with other of the town
cows in the pasture during the
summer months. The Doctor
still owns this COW, which is now
a 3-year-old. We have no record
breakers around Mansfield in
dairy cows, but we do have a
country naturally adapted to
dairying. The Advertiser.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
PAYS WELL.

The production of poultry in
the Ozark region has brought
Missouri within five years to
leadership among the American
states in the production of poul-
try. Poultry growing is increas-
ingly profitable, climatic cOndi-
tons and accessible markets
combining to make it so. No
other production of the Ozark
farm has brought so much cash
to the farmer or to the farmers
wife. There is room for hun
dreds of poultry farms through
out the Ozarks.
Experience shows that the Or
ark region is particularly adapt
ed to poultry farms. Poultry is
unusually healthy. Short winters
are favorable to egg production;
a larger output can be counted
on. Rocky ground that is I'M
favorable for general farming is
easily utilized for poultry farm
ing. Turkeys and chickens are
sold in local markets at good
prices and ducks and geese are
in demand.
In many counties poultry
farms of ten to twenty acres
have produced sufficient to sup
port families in comfort. In
many cases, small farms may be
bought on easy payments, as
we'll as at low prices.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04

Best Pen Silver Laced Wyan-
dOttes: First, 81 second, SOC.
Best Pen White Leghorns,
First, 81 seconds, soc.
Best Pen Brown Leghorns:
First, 81; second, soc.
Best Pen Black Langshans:
First, 81 second, SOC.
Best Pen Buff Orpingtons:
First, 81; second, soc.
Best Pen White Orpingtons:
First. 81 90; second, SOC.
Best Pen Houdans: First, ST.;
second, Soc.
Best Pen Rhode Island Reds:
First, 81; second, soc.
Best Pen Black Minorcas: First,
81 second, soc.
Best Pen Black Spanish First
81 /; second, SOC.
Best Pen Cornish Indian
Games: First, 81 ; second, SOC.
Best Bantams: First, 81; sec
ond, soc.
Highest Scoring Cock: First,
81 /; second, soc.
Highest Scoring Cockerel:
First, 81; second, soc.
Highest Scoring Hen: First, 81
second, soc.
Highest Scoring Pullet: First,
81 A; second soc.
Best Pair Mammoth Bronze
Turkeys. First, 81: second, SOC.
Best Pair White Holland Tur-
keys: First, 81; second, soc.
Highest Scoring Gobbler: First,
81 ; second, soc.
Best Pair Geese: First, 81; sec.
ond, soc.
Best Pair White Pekin Ducks:
81 second, SOC.
Best Pair Indian Runner
Ducks: First, 81 ; second, SOC.
Best Pair Ducks, any breed:
First, 81 second, soc.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
DAIRYING PAYS IN WRIGHT
COUNTY, MO.
The Advertiser saws.

The Advertiser says:
Several farmers around Mans
field own a good herd of dairy
cows and make good profits sell
ing their cream to the cream
buyers here. Mansfield being
one of the largest cream ship
ping stations on the Frisco be-
tween Springfield and Memphis,
all cream shipments leave here
by express and not included in
shipments by freight as shown
in another item.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
Division C.-Domestic Exhibits.

Observation-Disclosures j. C.
Carter, j. ID. Reynolds, w. B.
Hitchcock, r. M. Rogers
and G. S. Burney.
Best Pound Butter: First, SOC
second, 25c.
Best Loaf Light Bread: First,
soc; second, 25c.
Best Loaf Light Bread made by
girl under Is: First, soc; second,
25c.
Best Angel Food Cake: First,
81 second, SOC.
Best Fruit Cake: First, 81 sec,
ond, soc.
Best Can of all Varieties of
Fruit: First, soc; second, 25c.
Best Collection of Jellies: First,
soc; second, 25c.
Best Strained Honey: First,
soc; second, Csc.
Best Honey in comb: First, soc
second, 25c.
Best Plate Homemade Candies,
all kinds: First, 81 second, soc.
Best Apple Jelly: First, SOC
second, Csc.
Best Blackberry Jelly: First,
soc; second, 25c.
Best Grape Jelly: First, soc
second, Csc.
Best Strawberry Preserves
First, soc second, 25c.
Best Peach Preserves: First,
soc second, 25c.
Best Collection of all Varieties
of Canned Fruits: First, SOC; sec.
ond, 25c.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04

Best Display of Potted Plants
First, 81; second soc.
Best Piece Drawn Work: First,
SOC; second, 25c.
HandsOmest Sofa Pillow: First,
SOC second, Csc
Hardanger Embroidery: First,
SOC second, 25c.
Eyelet Embroidery First, soc
second, 25c.
French Embroidery: First, SOC
second, 25c.
Best Piece Stencil Work: First,
soc second, Csc.
Best Hemstitching: First SOC
second, 25c.
Best Piece Of Battenburg
First, SOC; second, 25c.
Best Point Lace Handkerchief
First, soc; second, 25c.
Best Silk Quilt: First, SOC sec,
ond, Csc.
Best Display of Typography
First, soc +; second, Csc.
Best Sunbonnet made by girl
l6 years old or under, SOC.
Jest Apron made by girl 16
years old or under, soc.
Best Dressed Doll by girl 10
years old or under, 81.
Best Specimen Patching by girl
16 years old or under, SOC.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
Division School Exhibit.
Superintendents-J. A. HyltOn,
Arthur Arnold, Misses Ger
trude Keller. Sarah Gas.

Arthur Arnold, Misses Ger
trude Keller, Sarah Gas
kill, Ora Rippee and
Mrs. W. A. Black.
Best Map of Missouri, by child
under ~: First, 81 second, soc.
Best Map of Wright County, by
child any age: First, soc; second,
|25c.
Best Map of Douglas County,
by child any age: First, SOC; Sec
ond, 25c.
Best Map of Webster County
by child any age: First, Soc; Sec
ond, Csc.
Best Map of Texas County by
child any age: First, SOC; second,
25c. -
(Age will be considered in
Judging county maps.)
Best General Exhibit of Work
by Rural School: First, l set Cy-
clopedia, value, S. second, l Die
tionary, value, So; third, l set pic
lures, value, So.
Best Drawing S0-acre Model
Farm: First, 50; second, 81.
Best Specimen Drawing: First,
soc; second, Csc.
Best Specimen Writing: First,
soc; second, 25c.
Best Essay on "Our SCHOOL,:
First, 81; second, soc; third, 25c.
(No essay to contain more than
500 nor less than 300 wOrds.)
Best Percentage of Enrolment
from any Rural School attending
the show on Children's Day, Fri
day, Sept 26: School flag.
All entries restricted to pupils
who have not completed the 9Th
grade.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
Division D.--Fruits.
superintendent. s. Burney
Erod 0ottinn n I, Raanh

superintendent. .. Burney,
Fred Getting, G.. L. Beach
and A. p. Morse.
Best Grimes Golden Apples:
First, SOC; second, 25c.
Best Missouri Pippin Apples:
First, soc second, 25c.
Best Wine Sap Apples: First,
soc (; second, 25c.
Best Arkansas Black Apples:
First, SOC; second, Csc.
Best Ben Davis Apples, plate:
First, SOC; seconds, Csc.
Best Jonathan Apples, plate:
First, Soc; second, Csc.
Best Willow Twig Apples,
plate: First, SOC; second, Csc.
Best Roman Beauty Apples,
plate: First, SOC second, 25c.
Best Ingram Apples, plate:
First, soc; second, 25c.
Best Huntsman's Favorite Ap.
pies, plate: First, soc ; second, 25c.
Best Pears, plate: First, SOC;
second, Csc.
Best Peaches, plate: First, Soc;
second, 25c'
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
Free Flour Day

The Square Deal Mill had its free
-four day drawing in the Mansfield
park Saturday evening. The free
day fell on August IA Anyone buy.
ing -four on that day can get his
money back if he will call at the
mill before the fifteenth of Septem.
Der. There will be another free
flour day during September.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04

Pastures are fine this summer
and the let-up on the work of
doing chores after the cattle are
turned out makes us turn a deaf
ear to those who tell us to keep
our cows in their stalls all sum-
mer. The time may come when
we will do this, but when it does
there will be few farms of l6O
acres or over.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
ATTENTION, FARMERS.

Why pay the Old Line Insur-
ance company $1,000 per thous-
and when you can insure in the
Wright Co. Mutual at actual cost I
1t has only cost us 25 cents on
the 800 per year in the last three
years. Address, E. w. Yocum,
Secretary, Mt. Grove, Mo. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-09-04
Division G.-Cattle, Sheep, Swine
and Goats,

Superintendents-G. w. Miller.
James Friend, d.. S. Cantrell
and A. j. Wilder.
Best ShOrthorn or Durham Bull,
any age: First, So; second, 81.
Best Shorthorn or Durham Cow,
any age: First, So; second, ST..
Best Shorthorn or Durham Calf,
any age: First, 50: second, 81.
Best Hereford Bull, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Hereford Cow, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Hereford Calf, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Jersey Bull, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Jersey Cow, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Jersey Calf, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Guernsey Bull, any age:
First, 50; second, 81.
Best Guernsey Cow, any age
First, So; second, 81.
Best Guernsey Calf, any age:
First, So second, 81.
Best Red Polled Bull, any age:
First, So second, 81,
Best Red Polled Cow, any age:
First, So; second, 81.
Best Red Polled Calf, any age:
First, So second, 81.
Best Fat Steer, any age, regard
less of breeding: First, 50; Sec
ond, 81.
Cow showing highest milk test, So
Best Ram First, So; second, 81.
Best Eve: First, So; second, 81.
Best Spring Lamb: First, $3.50:
second, 81.
Best Poland China Boar: First,
So; second, 81.
Best Poland China Sow: First,
so; second, 81.
Best Berkshire Boar: First, SO
second, 81.
Best Berkshire Sow: First, So;
second, ST.
Best Duroc Jersey Boar: First,
SO; second, 81.
Best Duroc Jersey Sow: First,
80; second, 81.
Best Litter Sucking Pigs, any
breed: First, 50; second, 81.
Best Pair Angora Goats: First,
50; second, 81.