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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24

du Chen to take treatments for In
| flamatory rheumatism.
Walter Kneeskern was a Postville
visitor Tuesday.
Eugene Owens made a business
trip to DEBORAH Tuesday.
Rev. Mason, Chris. Waters and
Grant Bollman went to Jessup Tues
day to attend Presbytery From
there Rev. Mason went to Hazelton
to visit a friend.
Will Kneeskern and Lee Peck de-
| livered chickens in Ossian Tuesday.
Frankville was well represented
at the county fair this year as a
large number went Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
Miss Lena Samuelson went to De-
corah Wednesday for a few days
visit with relatives and attend the
| fair.
Will Shutta is preparing to
build a fine new barn on his farm
west of town. l.. c.. Spaun has
commenced work on the basement
Mrs. Amelia Shattuck came down
from DEBORAH Wednesday for a Wis
it with her son, Charles and wife.
A. ID. Mckay transacted business
| in Ossian Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swenson are
the proud parents of a baby girl,
who arrived at their home Wednes-
day evening Sept. 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs George Bovemsor,
Mrs. Emma Peck and daughter Lip
| ha, autoed up from Waterloo
| Thursday to visit relatives here and
attend the Co. fair.
| Mrs. Geo. Daniels of DEBORAH is
staying at the John Swenson home.
Misses Lydia Paddin and Alma
Leer spent Thursday and Friday in
DEBORAH visiting at the John Holm
home and attending the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shattuck
and Mrs. Amelia Shattuck autoed
to Postville and Castalia Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Peck were Post
vile shoppers Friday.
Mrs. George Webster of Ossian is
visiting relatives here since Thurs
day.
Will Kneeskern and Claude Van
Wey were Postville callers Friday.
Frank Peck of Waterloo was Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. James Peck
Sr. and other relatives here Satur-
day.
Earl Livingood was a Postville
visitor Saturday.
Miss Maude Van Wey came down
from DEBORAH the last CT the week
for a visit with home folks.
Miss Cynthia De Witt came over
| from Waukon Friday to spend
Sunday with home folks.
Charles Crawford and Clara To-
pei who are attending school in De-
corah spent Sunday at home.
The w. c. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Kate Peck Thursday afternoon
Sept. 25th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Topel autoed
to DEBORAH Sunday afternoon.
Walter Pilgrim made business
trip to Ossian Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. j. j. Van Wey en-
tertained about twenty of their rel
atives at dinner Sunday.
The w. C. T. N. ladies met al
Mrs. Kate Pecks Monday morning
to pack several boxes of flowers to
send to the Chicago deaconess
home.
Herb Waters autoed to Waukon
on business Monday morning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24
SNAKES IN IOWA POSTOFFICE.
Fourteen Reptiles Killed BY Uncle
Sans Employees In A Few Days.

Iowa City,, Sept. 22.-Snakes are
causing CONSERVATION in the Iowa
City postoffice. During the past
few days fourteen have been killed
in the building.
The first indication that the rep
tiles had taken up their home with
Uncle Sam was when a clerk found
one coiled around a door knob. La
ter three were found under a pile
of mail sacks. How the snakes get
into the building Is a mystery.
The postoffice is in the center OF
town and the reptiles have not been
seen outside the building.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24

Demonax when asked: eff / should
burn a thousand pounds of wood,
how many pounds of smoke would
it make? replied, weigh the ashes;
all the rest will be smoke
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24
What Kind of Store?

A good store, satisfying store,
store of high standards and fair
prices, -above all safe store. In
brief, a store that you will like and
can trust. That's the, kind of a
store you will find ours to be.
lone and see us.-Adv. Ben Bear.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24
Auction Sale.

Saturday, Oct. 18th. Team Of
mules, wagons, farm machinery,
etc. Mrs. H. n. Larson, Decorah.-
Adv. 39-1w
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24

What one man tells another:
Be sure to go to BEAR S.-Adv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-24

Conversation is bore when you
have to make it.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

which require special treatment. and
in rolling country such conditions
are not infrequent. Often a fiat place
several rods In length or II seepy spot
needs special attention.
The distance from the drag at which
the team Is hitchel affects the depth
Of the cutting. Shortening the chain
tends to lift the front slab from the
ground. A longer hitch causes the
blade to cut E,ore deeply. The length
of hitch may be regulated by iengthen-
ing and shortening the chain at the
end which runs through the hole In the
blade end of the drag.
The advantages to be gained from
the persistent use OF II road drag may
he summarized us follows:
First.-The maintenance of u smooth
servicenble earth road free from ruts
and mudhoIes
Second.-Obtaining such road sur
face with the expenditure of very little
money and labor In comparison with
the money and labor required for other
methods
Third.-The reduction of mud In wet
wearhcr and Of Dust In dry weather.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
The -
Scrap Book



A Memphis character well known
about town as brilliant. but bnszy. was
persistent In his applications for loans
aud extremely careless about repaytng
them. Several years ago this mum had
Induced local bank TO loan him $40
and had given his note therefor. At the
end Of each three months he invariably
appeared and asked that the note be
renewed. and as there was nothing else
to do the bank always renewed 1t. One
day he went into the bank and said to
the cashier:
I'D like to renew that paper Of mine
you have here"
Certainly" replied the cashier. "l'tl
nx 1t up for you
The cashier made the proper prepa-
rations for the renewal. and as he was
fixing up the paper he said:
"Say. the directors were talking about
this paper of yours the other day.
They decided they wouldn't charge yon
interest on 1t any longer"
That's very considerable of them"
was the reply. II am glad to hear 1t. !
am under obligations to them"
mo-" continued the cashier. We're
not going to charge you interest; we're
going to charge you storager'-satur-
day Evening Post.
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Mud and III, Direct Market.

The city Of Aurora. ILL.,. opened a
city market. designed to bring farmers
and consumers together for direct sell
Ing About loo housewives Hooked
to the SPOT on the opening day, to be
met by one solitary farmer. He had
driven eight miles with two chickens.
twelve dozen eggs and n barrei Of ap-
pies. The roads for miles around An
rora had been thick with mud. and
the market had not been sufficiently
advertised to persuade the farmers
that trip over such roads would be
Justified. The accessibility of the mar
ket r. one Of several things needed he
fore the grower can spend time tn sell
bis own product In small lots.
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FARMERS ARE VITALITY
INTERESTED IN GOOD ROADS
They Are the Ones Who suffer Most
Frsm Bad Highways.

1t is the farmer who is most directly
and vitality interested in the improve
ment of the country roads. Whatever
may he the ultimate destination of
farm products their first movement IL
over the country roads. Every i'm
provement In highway. be 1t wa.
terway. railway or wagon road,
means an enlargement of the oppor.
tunities Of all those engaged in any
kind Of business contiguous to 1t.
Operating farm is In the highest
sense conducting business In which
a high grade Of intelligence is required
to insure success. The farmer Is our
greatest producer. His products are
his crops Of meat and foodstuffs. I'm
like the manufacturer. he cannot load
his products In cars at the scene OF
their production and be relieved Of the
responsibilities of transportation.
To him falls the duty Of hauling his
entire saluble production to the near
est and best market-perhaps mile or
probably twenty miles. With bad
roads his hauling must be done when
weather conditions are most favorable.
thus keeping him and his team away
from farm work.
This haulage must be counted as
part Of his cost OF production. 1t re-
quires labor. time. wear and tear of
teams, all of which are elements In re-
ducing his profits. and the advantage
or greatest amount Of profit. other
things being equal. goes to him who,
living along good highway. is able to
more cheapIy transport his products.
OF two producers one Of whom lives
ten miles from market on a bad road
and the other fifteen miles on II good
rond the first. although closer to the
market, will have no advantage over
the other living farther away.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
CARPET FOR ROADS.
An Improved Elastic and DustIsss Gin.
der 10 . Necessity.

A lecture was recently delivered by u
member of the road board before the
Royal institution of London on "The
Road. Past. Present and Future" The
lecturer said the problem was to find
the best mode by which rond should
be constructed 80 that its surface
would not be broken by traffic. SO that
the transit might be easier for both
passengers and goods. a road which
would form neither puddle holes nor
exude mud from vehicles and create
no dust when the weather was dry.
One thing was universally recog-
nized-thnt the road of the future
should be n truly bound road in which
whatever kind Of stone was used the
stone should be held together so TINT
1t would form n crust. The lecturer
suggested that what he called car
pet or an elastic skin should be adopt.
adopted as the covering.
The carpet. he thought. should be
made of bi:uininous material mixed
with sand and placed on the roads in
various thicknesses according TO the
nature of the traffic. 1t should go on
In liquid form. solidifying quickly. but
always remaining resilient and com
pressible and NO integrating with the
crust of the road that there could be
no shifting OF the surface below.
The advantage of such carpet. II
was said. would be to permanently pro-
tect the crust. and just as cnrpet on
the floor sofrens the step so would this
carpet for the roads silence the noise
and reduce the shock Of rolling We
hicles 1t was admitted that the origi-
nal cost OF n road 10 hid would he
more thnn that Of mud bound rOad.
but spreading the cost over a series Of
years It would probably not he 80
great. Aimee the crust Of the road IT.
self would not have to be renewed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

Capital, George Walker. an amateur
yacbtsm M of Savannah. says he used
to have n darky hand on his Georgia
plantation who loved ease and fishing.
When he wasn't fishing be was losHng.
One night there was rain almost
heavy enough to be called cloudbur~t.
and the next morning all the low plsces
on the plantation were flooded two fee1
deep. Passing the negro's cabin. Cat
thin Walker found him scented In
ensy chair mt the kitchen door. fshina
In small Iinddie Of muddy water That
had been formed there,
Henry. you old fool" said Capiaiu
Walker. what are you doing there?'
BOSS" said Henry. us Jest nshia'
little"
well. don't you know there nre no
fish therei" demanded Captain Waikee.
yes. subj" said Henry: II knows
dat. Hut dis here place Is 20 baDdyr-
Saturday Evening Post
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and to the shifting of the position and
weight of the operator. both OF which
are essential considerations.
The other mistake is in the use Of
squared timbers instead Of those with
sharp edges. whereby the cutting eff.
feet of the sharp edges Is lost and the
drag Is permitted to glide over instead
Of to egualize the Irregularities In the
surface Of the road.
A dry cedar log Is the best material
for drag He'd elm and walnut when
thoroughly dried are excellent, and box
elder. soft maple or even willow b
preferable to oak, hickory or ash.
Drags are often constructed Of
pianlss instead Of logs. There Is moth
Ing In the construction Of a plank drag
that calls for particular mention ex-
cept the strengthening Of the planks
along their middle line by 2 by q
inch strip. A triangular strip may be
used under the lower edge of the blade
to give it the proper cutting slope.
The successful operation of drug
involves two principles. which, when
thoroughly understood and intelligent
ly applied. make road working with
this implement very simple. The hrst
concerns the length ind position Of the
hitch. while the second deals with the
position of the driver on the drag.
Each influences the other to large
extent. and successful manipulation of
the drag is dependent upon an under
standing ~ 10th OF them
For ordinary purposes the snatch
link or clevis should be fastened far
enough toward the blade end Of the
chain to force the unloaded drag to
follow the team at un angle Of As de-
grees. This will cause the earth to
move along the face of the drag
smoothly and will give comparatively
light draft to the team. provided the
driver rides in the line Of draft. Some
times, however. conditions are met
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
The Beck Of Years.

In sleep 1 turned tho volume Of my years
The leaves were many. rough and soiled
and married,
And here and there . line was blurred
and SCARED
Where to erase It I had tried with tears.
No page was perfect, but through all there
Fair lines and many spaces white and
clear
All. small they were. the blotted lines
too near.
But each showed where higher thought
began!
unlnowinxiy I traced these pages inter-
lined
thought them but loose leaves soon
torn and lost
knew not then the tears which they
should cost
When in the western sky my sun de-
clined.
Could but write them now how fair they
all should look
When the great angel comes to close and
seal my book!
-Ninetts M Lowater.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
HOW TO USE
THE ROAD DRAG
Get the Right Materials end
Don't Make Il Too HsaIy.
plANks OR LOGS ARE BEST

Two Principles Involved In the svs.
esssful Operation Of the Oras-pssi.
ton Of the Driver and Length ss tl,s
Hitch to Be Considered.
The earth road is by far the most
common type of highway in this coun-
try. Its cheapness in comparison With
other types OF construction and the alb
sence i'm many sections Of the country
of rock. gravel or other hard natural
materials for road building will render
its use necessary for many years to
come.
There are at present in this country
about 100000 miles of such roads.
most of which must be maintained BY
some means more or less Inexpensive
The split log drag Is Of great service on
roads of this class. and an increasing
mileage of the rural highways OF this
country is being kept in repair econom-
ically and well by the use Of this sim
pie implement.
Two mistakes are commonly made In
constructing drag. The first lies In
making 1t too heavy. 1t should be 10
light that one man can ensily lift It.
Besides. light drag responds more
readily to various methods Of hitchihg
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
A College
4. reak
Story For Graduation
Days
BY john 3. PETERSON

Charlie Bangs. senior ut b. univer-
sity. was walking across the campus.
thinking about his commencement ura-
ton ON the influences of the Greeks
and Romans on modern civilization.
when he WAS recalled from the ancients
to the present by meiodious feminine
voice saying:
Can you direct me to David Bar-
toms rOOm?'
Churlie's cap came of. and he stood
at polite attention. peering into two
liquid brown eyes. But before be sue
ceeded In making complete shift
from the forum at Rome to the campus
on which he stood the owner OF the
eyes continued:
go to students room II she's his
cousin. isn't IT."
"Certninly."
THERE'S another thing. I've never
seen Dave. wouldn't know him. and
! might well. might think some one
else was he"
The student was by this time on the
suibl'" vi tue toiicSc tuihiuS w I"ee-
ty girl hunting for her cousin More
over. he was In possession of the fact
that she wouldn't know her cousin
from Adam. Now, an idea occurred to
Chnrlie that would not likely have &C.
Cured to any one but that indescrib-
able parsonage. college student. 1t
hung ON the tip Of his tongue for few
moments. then went forth:
"You are
"Mary Mills"
Whit did the scamp do but give her
q smack!
'YOu don't mean that you are Davew'
singular. Isn't 1t. that We should
have met In this way. right here on the
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Til, Man with tn. umbr.Il..

One Of the famous SCH r'torx Of Paris.
man renowned for his resOurcefui-
ness and his humor. was caught In .
downpour Of rain and took refuge In
a doorway. There WINS NO taxi to BE-
obtained. the tiacres that passed were
full. and there was no prospect Of tia
rain abatlng. At the moment gen
tlemnn passed. well dressed and carry
ing large umbrella. The sculptor
saw his opportunity. shook hands with
the stranger and Installed himself un-
der the umbrella. 1t was a c0iuci-
dence that they should have met. He
had been looking ont for his acquaint-
ance for the past fortnight. He talked
necessarily about n hypothetical fam
fly and other matters until they reach
ed the studio. Then the sculptor dis
covered his mistake and apOIogized-
The apology was accepted coldiy. 10
the man with the umbrella was invtt-
ed to inspect the studio. He declined
and babe ''au revoir." The sculptor
entertained his family with the russ.
One member remarked that his tie was
dIsordered. He put up his hand. His
pin was missing. So were his wstch
and his purse.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25


When the late SILICON Hutchins own
ed two newspapers In st. Louis he
kept standing along the top Of the edi,
tOriaI page of each. while the Dis
patch and Times nre under the same
proprietorship. they are under distinct
and separate management" One day
ne lenrned that Stanley auntiey.
author Of the "Spoopendyke Papers.
his correspondent at Jefferson city,
had been celebrating unwiseiy. He tel
egraphed, diminishing him. and signed
the message ~. a." a
Huntley replied: ri was gay last
night and am sick today. Ny condi.
ton Of today and my condition of last
night. while under the same proprietor.
ship. nre un..er distinct and separate
management"
Hutchins wired back. retaining
Huntley and raising his salary.
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muLLEN's MISTAKE.
Thought He Rseoanixsd the Psrtrsst.
but Cha ,ssd HIS Opinion.

Thought He Rseesnixsd the Psrtrs'ss
but Cha sssd HIS Opinion.
Festus J. Wade. ~. l-o'iis bank
er, hud friend. police raptsin. VITO
died. The friends Of the dead Isoiscs-
man wanted to give the wi'i"s sn ap-
propriate memorial md 10 srthsd
enough money TO have 'ArRs oil
portrait painted by iocal artist. rho
dead policeman's name was O'Rrten.
When the portrait wins fnished u waa
AIKEN to the house of the widow and
placed on exhibition. All who sut'-
scrihed to the fund were invited ~
come and see II. and they assembled
one night The portrait was unveiled
by the artist. Half Of those prsseut
said 1t was a good likeness and half
said 1t was very poor. The dispute
was warm. Finally the artist. seeing
his fee slipping away from him. as
there seemed no basis Of settlement ~
to the merits of the picture. suggested
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WHEN ABE REACHED THE APPOINTED PLAou
SHE FOUND HIM WAITING.
campus! I've been expecting you. but
didni know exactly when you would
TX here
why. 1 wrote you that l would ar
rive this morning. Didn't you get my
letter.
NO"
well. I declare! posted It the day
before yesterday"
didn't get 1t. Where are you stay
ing?"
"Oh. I'm not staying anywhere. ]
only came for the day"
well. I'll try to make it pleasant for
you This being Saturday morning. l
haven't but one recitation. and I've
juxt come from that. 10 there Is no
reason why | shouldn't devote myself
t0 you Let me see-would you like to
20 through the college buildings?"
"Ever 10 much"
Now. David Barton was Charlie
Bangs chuui. and vice versa David
had been caught in one of those boy
fsh amusements so dear to the college
student and 10 annoying to the faculty
and had been the day before sent to a
neighboring village to rusticate for the
rest Of the academic term. In this view
of the cnse his chum's action toward
David had not reported his escapade
and consequent punishment to his par.
ents and proposed. II possible. to keep
them In ignorance Of both. This would
have been a salve to Charles cOu
science II be had had any conscience
in such a matter. but since he had not
no salve was needed. Nevertheless be
lind double reason for foisting him
self on Miss Mary Mills as the real
and only David Barton. her mothers
sisters aon. In the first place. II gave
him pleasure: 10 the second. he wished
to prevent the young lady going back
home and giving away the fact that
David was persona non grata within
the college precincts.
Charlie felt. al he expressed II after
wards. like Canadian bOatman steer
ing a canoe down rapid The avoid
ance of girenwnys required the exer-
else OF his wits. Had 1t not been that
he was in II position to break the thread
of the dialogue whenever he chose
he would have been overturned dog
en- times. When the young lady began
to speak of u person he should have
known all about-certanIy bis own
father and m0ther-he would call her
attention to a dOrmItory presented to
the cplIege ny u member Of the class
Of 81. or clock tower in memory Of a
man In Ds who died while at college.
or a library building erected BY sub
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

In '.Coal OIL Johnny's" nush times he
went to hotel and registered, but the
clerk would not give him room he
cause he Ind no baggage. Johnny was
not going to be stopped by anything
like that Although 1t was well along
In the evening. he went to the house
Of o trunknnker and woke him up.
He mnde him dazzling offer. and the
dealer came downtown and opened
up. Two expressmen were dug up
similarly. The oil prince Fortunatus
then went back to the hotel and said.
u want TINT room: also | have twenty
trunks. and ! want them all delivered
In my room Immediately"
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A pu..I. to Sill Ny..

James WhltcOmb Riley. the HNNSeF
poet. used 70 tour the country with
Bill Nye In lecture courses One night.
while the two were behind the scenes
In the theater of some eastern town.
Riley got tired of Whiting while Nye
tried to mike himself beautiful and.
tiptoeing to the drop rurtnin. reer~d
ont into the auditorium. He came
back to Nye's dressing room In CON.
sternntion.
Great Scott" he whispered. This In
awful. There amt pesky handful Of
people ont there. BIIl!' s9s
II don't know why there isn't. Jim"
replied Nye dreamily. continuing 10
"wrassIe" with his tie. We've never
been here before. Brooklyn Eagle.
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GOOD ROAD DoN'rs.


Don't lsavs grass and weeds
on the shoulders and in the gut
tsrs.
Don't dig the mud out Of the
cutters and throw II upon the
road.
Don't lsavs dirt in piles on the
road.
Don't throw grass and weeds
upon the road surface.
Don't dump stone or gravel on
an old road without first pre-
pairing the surface to rsesivs il.
because you thereby cause will
full waste and wosful want.
Don't place new material on
the road without isvsiips and
} shaping IL 80 that the grade and
cross section Of the road will be
unchanged.
Don't expect travel to spread
and roll the now material. One
half Of the money spent 10 vast
Cd BY this method.
Don't put new material on an
) old hard road surface before first
picking or Ioossnins the old COW
, sring. II 10 good for the quarry
} man and gravel owner, but bad
for the taxpayer and road user.
Don't try to do work without
proper tools.