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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
DOINGS Of THE
LAW MAKERS
AT MONTPELIER

Inc SENATE ana House mas agreed
on the codification of fish and game
laws at last, and the commissioner
has fairly good law upon which tc
work out his ideas. The House did
not lat first concur in the Senate
amendments, but accepted a confer.
ence committee report.
The committee of conference re-
ported that $4,000 was needed for re-
pairs and barn at the States Prison,
and the two branches accepted the
report after some wrangling.
The bill for conservation of elec-
trical energy, went to the governor
for signature, Saturday morning; as
well as the one protecting gas compa-
nies from injuries done to their
meters. The bill for the State Agri-
cultural School will get a favorable
action in the House, Monday, when
it goes to the passage. An effort is
being made to get more law on the
unorganized towns and cores. The
recent murder resulting from fight
in Avery's gore, in Chittenden
county, is the cause Of further legis-
lation.
The regular session approp ration
known as the budget, was introduced
on Friday morning. 1t provides for,
$2,389,000; On increase of about
100000. The weights and measure
bills are having a fight to get through
the House. The farmers and
merchants will not allow anything to
be put over them that will pull the
wire down to close weighing of
articles.
A esolution is expected that liti-
cation, which has been started be-
tween Vermont and New Hampshire,
is stopped, and an effort is being
made to have a commissioner ap-
pointed in each state, to endeavor to
settle the boundary between the two
states. 1t is also, to endeavor to re-
move the toll bridges between the
two states, by purchasing them.
The bill for the State House, was
passed in the House Friday, although
referendum was attached to it
This is for the purpose of killing the
bill, because the proposer of it we'll
knew that the vote could not be
taken at the March meeting this
year. 1t was their way Of hedging
from taking the responsibility of Kill
ling or passing the bill; but it pro-
vides that now building may be
constructed in 1915, if the next legis-
lature does not vote it down.
The bill for medical inspec ton of
schools has passed the Senate and
the House will concur in amend
ments made by the Senate so that
something Of a medical inspection
will occur, although it will be con-
fined to poor children.
The governor has approved a
plurality law by which the men
having the largest vote on the
fourth ballot shall be declared elected
This will do away with the old time
fights which have occurred. Another
bill relating to the E. and T. Fair
banks Company, has been introduced
in the House. Their former one was
vetoed by the governor, who, by the
way, was i'll part of the week with
the prevailing distemper.
Woman suffrage met a second
Waterloo, if there be one, on Thurs
day, when the House killed Senate
81, which was for equal rights.
The appropriation amounting to
nearly 100000, but spread over
three years, has been made for the
-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
NORDNESS.

Oct. 20, 1913.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. X. Strand and
Arnold visited Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Johnson sunday.
Mrs. liver Opdahl visited at o.
Rustad's home Tuesday and Thurs
day last week.
Mrs. Sanaker and daughter Jen-
ME of Luana are visiting at the Gar
den home.
Miss Mabel Hoyey and brother
Paul were Nordness callers last Sat
urday.
Mrs. A. Johnson called at o. X
Strands last Friday.
Mrs. Sanaker and daughter Jen
ME and Misses Marie and Lille
Garden spent Sunday at A. G
Smithling's.
Abe lnustad spent Sunday evening
with home folks.
Miss Marie Garden was a passen
ger Tor DEBORAH Thursday.
V. V. Johnson and daughter LIE
ma visited at Quandahl Saturda!
Sunday and Monday.
Peer Ramsey was caller IL
Nordness tuesday.
ole Royang was seen in Nordnes
Monday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
Tax Paying-Common Sense.


Times+Republican Second pay
ment of taxes is past due and must
be paid in every county in the
state or the delinquents will be adj
vertised and penalties charged but,
of course, no one knows the exact
amount due. An archaic state law
requires that the owner or agent
must appear in person at the coun-
ty treasurer's Office and pay the tax
es but every other bill that anybody
owes nowadays is sent OUT by mail
and can be paid by bank check.
Business in general has become
modernized in fifty years bat not so
the public business.
Some county treasurers struggle
within the limitations of the law to
accommodate the public, but their
systems are seldom understood. In
Marshall county last springs tax
receipts contained the full years
tax so that by deducting the pay
ment made then one can knox what
is due now but that statement has
been forgotten for six months and
next spring there will not even be
that much of a notice available.
What is needed is statement OF
account due sent out thirty days
prior to each settlement date. The
extra clerical help and postage
should be paid out of public funds
as the services would be Of inesti-
mable value to the public. People
need not then journey many miles
to the court house to pay their taxes
but could send check just as they
pay their coal bills.
The Times-Republican collects
subscription accounts from many
thousands of farmers in twelve
counties and practically all of them
now pay by check. Hardly man
! is without his telephone connection
with the county treasurer's office.
Why ask him to journey III person
to pay a tax bill at the county office
when every other account he owes
! in the world is evidenced by state
ment rendered. Why should the
| public cash Office do business with
out a single change in method since
the civil war when every other bust
ness progresses with the develop
ment of our people?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
RAVENA.

Oct. 20, 1913
Corn husking has commenced In
this vicinity
Henry Huber of Calmar called al
Philip Barthelma's Sr. on Thursday
John Barthelma of Cresco spent
Sunday with home folks.
Ole Oryella Of Red Oak called al
ole Andersons on Saturday.
Frank Dora and Cecilia Lansing,
Miss Sigma Tovson, Walter Meyer
and Albert Jones all attended a
wedding dance at John Berg resi-
dence in Washington Prairie, given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Anderson
and Miss Olena Anderson called at
DEBORAH on Saturday.
Albert jones spent Sunday with
home folks at Glenwood.
Julius Brown called at DEBORAH
on Friday.
John Duvee and Joe Broghammer
autoed to Monona on Saturday af-
ter some oil.
John Duvee autoed to Postville
on Wednesday.
Herman Bush and Henry Giesen
of Calmar called at Ben Eimer's on
Wednesday.
J. N. Leithold of Postville called
on Herman Lansing on Friday.
A few of this vicinity attended
the Anderson-Berg wedding in Red
Oak on Wednesday.
Miss Evelyn Schweinefus return
ed on Wednesday from her Chica-
go visit.
Herb Kleisart of Ossian did some
pump work for F.. f. Schroeder on
Tuesday.
Philip Wagner of west of Ossian
called at Philip Barthelma Sr.'s on
Thursday.
Mrs. f. F. Schroeder was a De-
corah passenger on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schroeder Of
Ossian visited at Herman Schroe-
der's On Wednesday
Mr.. Scott of DEBORAH called at
Wenzel Lansings Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Brown and
children autoed to Charles City on
Saturday for a few days visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Einck.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

nors Of western states have had
their pictures taken working on
the road" While it is doubtful if
the first blister has been raised on
the Gubernatorial paws, yet the. en-
thusiasm that has been added to the
movement in this manner has been
very beneficial. Washington has
been greatly interested in such
meetings as were recently held in
Detroit, as well as gatherings that
have taken place in Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Colorado, and other
states. 1t is a certainty that good
roads legislation will be popular in
the regular session of Congress
when it convenes this winter
Hard to Keep Track of Mexico.
The Wilson Administration has
evidently given up trying to keep
it's thumb on the Mexican situation
Pats famous flea never jumped so
swiftly nor uncertainty as Huerta,
but since less than five thousand
Americans are said to still remain
in the troubled regions of Mexico
the strain upon the Washington
government inflicted by the inter
national nuisance in the southwest,
has been considerably lessened.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
PEDESTRIANS MUST ACT THUS!
Rules for Your Conduct, as Set Forth
by Autoist.

Rule Pedestrians crossing
boulevards at night shall wear
white light in front and a red light
in the rear.
Rule 2.-Pedestrians before turn
ing to the right or left must give
three short blasts on horn at least
three inches in diameter.
Rule 3.-Pedestrians must, when
an inexperienced automobile driver
is made nervous by pedestrian, hide
behind a tree until the automobile
has passed.
Rule Pedestrian shall not
carry in their pockets any sharp sub
stances liable to cut automobile
tires
Rule Pedestrians shall not, in
lodging automobiles, run faster,
than twenty miles an hour.
Rule pedestrians must regist-
er at the beginning of each year and
pay a license fee of So. Number Ii
cense tags will then be issued to
them. No rebate will be allowed il
they do not live through the entire
year
Rule Pedestrians, before Ii.
cense tags will be issued to them,
must demonstrate before an examin-
! ing board their skill in lodging,
| leaping, crawling, and eXtricating
themselves from machinery.
! Rule pedestrians not wearing
numbered license tags will be held
responsible for all damages done to
automobiles or their occupants by
collisions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
1t Can BE Done.

Somebody has said that it couldn t
be done,
But he, with a chuckle, replied,
That maybe it couldn't" but he
would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in, with the
trace of grin
On his face. If he worried he
hid It.
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done-and he
did it.
Somebody scoffed ooh, you'll new
er do that;
At least no one ever has done 1t.
But he took off his coat and he took
off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd
begun it,
With the lift of his chin, and bit
of a grin,
Without any doubt or quiddit;
He started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done-and he
did it.
There are thousands to tell you it
cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy
failure;
There are thousands to point out to
you, one by zone,
The dangers that wait to assail
you;
But Just buckle in with bit of a
grin,
Then take off your coat and go
to it;
Just start in to sing as you tackle
the thing
That cannot be done"-and
you'll do it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST
AT NATIONS CAPITAL

Continued from first page)
tons Chief wants to be the whole
show himself
''Adulterated Fabrics
The principle applied in the pure
food" law passed in 1906 seems
likely to be extended to pure ia
brics. Bills with this in view have
been introduced in Congress from
time to time, but as they have COM
manded no particular public support
they have not progressed very far.
1t is now said that President Will
son is very much in favor of some
sort of legislation such as that pre-
sented by Representative Linquist
of Minnesota. This bill provides
for the regulation in interstate COM
merce of all "adulterated fabrics. -
1t is common knowledge that the
consumer is frequently worsted in
the purchase of silks, linens, wool
ems, and even cottons, and unless
the purchaser be a good judge of
goods there are no laws to prevent
adulteration" of all kinds of ia
brics. The remedy proposed is to
compel manufacturers to label their
goods, showing of just what mater
ial they are made.
The Perils of Navigation.
In view of the second great dis
aster at sea in a year it is some
what comforting to know that the
Department of Commerce at Wash
ington has been at work for long
time studying the perils of naviga-
ton, and Secretary Redfield's COM
mittee has just prepared its recon-
mendation which will be submitted
to the International Conference in
London. The recommendations COW
er every phase of safety equipment,
dealing particularly with the use
of electricity, search lights, wireless,
life boats, lanes Of travel, ice pa
troll, etc. Since the Titanic disas-
tor there has been no further
thought among Iavigators of con-
structing a 'non-sinkable ship such
as was claimed for the i'll fated Ii
ner. The energetic investigation
of these disasters, and the rules
that are being laid down for better
protection of life and property on
attention of all the civilized gov
ernments. Our own Department of
Commerce is cooperating closely
and constantly. ~
Boom For Good Roads.
One after another of the Cover
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
An Improyised Excuse.

Tommy was absent from school
for one entire day. But he brought
a note of excuse the next morning,
which would prove that he had been
detained at home legitimately. The
writing was hardly that of a femi-
nine hand, and the note appeared
to have been written laboriously.
Furthermore, the penmanship seem
ed to be strangely familiar to his
teacher. The note read as follows:
Dear Teacher: Please excuse
Tommy for not coming to stool yis-
tidy, he couldn't come. l tore my
pants. Yours truly, Mrs. Mulligan. y
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
Married in Chicago.

The following article taken from
the Chicago Record-Herald of Octo-
Der 18th tells of the marriage OF a
former Calmar young man.
The marriage of Miss Jane Fuller
Rollo, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
William Fuller Rollo OF 494S Sher-
idan road to Abram Lyle Kaye, son
of Mrs. John Brayshaw Kaye, OF
Calmar, Iowa, took place Wednes-
day evening. Owing to the illness OF
Miss Rollos mother, the ceremony
was performed in the presence OF
the immediate family only. Mr. and
Mrs Kaye left at once for Spokane,
Wash, where they will make their
home.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
The Old, Old, Story.

'Tis the old, old, story; one man
will read
His lesson of toll in the sky;
While another is blind to the pres,
ent need,
But sees with the spirits eye.
You may grind your souls in the
self same mill,
You may blind them, heart and
brow;
But the poet will follow the rain
bow still,
And his brother will follow the
pillow.
John Boyle OReilly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

Blobbs-How did poor old Wig
wag ever happen to get engaged to
Miss Yellowleaf? Slobbs-I believe
they were sitting in a hammock and
a caterpillar got down her back.
The next day she announced their
engagement.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

Because a mermaid can't dance
is no reason why she shouldn't en-
Joy a Goldfish ball.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

This witness does not know what
he is talking about. Very likely he
is one of the experts in the case
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

Many man has some difficulty in
expressing himself, and he's too big
10 send by parcel post.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

A. man looks as proud over driv-
ing around a colt he has just bro
ken as a girl does steering around
a young man she has just become
engaged to.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

Owner-''What will it cost to re-
pair this car of miner Garage
Prop.-"What ails it?'' Owner-'I
don't know Garage Prop.-"Thir-
ty-four dollars and siXty-three
cents. Puck
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

A wise man puts his ears on the
job and gives his tongue a rest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

Her father-Have you a family
tree? Her lover-No, but l have
10000 acres of pine timber in Wis
consin Her fatherGreat! Have a
drink, a good cigar and the girl. @
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

Continued from first page)
tons Chief wants TO be the whole
show himself
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
RACE IS P[AN|VED
To BOOST ROUTES
Midland Trail and Lincoln
Highway Going After
Tourist Trade.

The rivalry over transcontinetal au-
tomobile routes has become mania IN
many western states, where different
sections ara offering all kinds OF In
ducements to secure this travel. In
Colorado this rivalry is especially no
ticeable between the boosters Tor the
Midland trail, as laid out by A. l.. West
gard and the boosters for the Lincoln
highway leading directly west from
Colorado Springs, Colo. In order to
settle the question Of supremacy be-
tween the two routes race Tor o
purse Of $500 between Colorado Springs
and Grand Junction over the Lincoln
highway, and Denver 10 Grand Junction
over the Midland trnn, has been ar.
ranged. The purse has been subscribe bed
by the business men of Idaho Springs
on the Midland trail
The people of Leadville, Colo, have
undertaken the task Of putting their
section OF the Lincoln highway In shape
by having a good roads day on May
%, at which time the whole town will
turn out and work on the roads. This
date has been turned into an annual
good roads day in that county and
everybody turns out and does day S
work on the highways.
From .Tulesburg. Colo, comes the in
formation that the Platte Valley. Trans
continental Good Roads association has
been formed to boost the trail through
Nebraska along the Platte river They
have sent to Salt Lake for delegates
for a convention to be held at Ere,
mont, Ncb., on May %. The avowed
intention of this organization is to Sc
cure transcontinental travel.
During the past week +. s.. Gedney
of Elko, New, called upon the auto,
mobile department. of The Tribune and
gave q good account of work being
done in his section Of the state on
roads. It is the intention of the people
of the northern part OF the state to
open a route along the line OF the
Southern Pacific. declares Mr.. Gedney,
which he hopes will be finished this
summer. Mr.. Gedney is interesteds in
seeing the Wendover route opened into
Salt Lake and asked what work had
been done in that direction.
II is noticed that all of the organi-
cations i'll the west today which are
working on the rival transcontinental
routes have Salt Lake as one of the
objective points in their routings.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18

, Just past did not overlook tho Paeific
coast states. In fact, it seems to nave
left it's good things in even greater
quantities than in some other places,
says Mr., Ford
f'T always enjoy my visits to the
coast because Of the streuuonsness OF
the life I find here. Perhaps it is only
fancy, but it seems to mo that Califor,.
nians epitomize all that is typical OF
American life and American instltu'
| tions.
"Perhaps one Of the reasons that IN
fluence mo to so regard people is the
fact that here in greater numbers than
anywhere else in tho country one finds
automobiles California is the leading
state in the column showing the ratio
OF automobiles to population. There
are more cars in this state according
to it's population than in any othor IN
the union.
"But. despite this, Ford dealers and
managers OF Ford branches tell me that
never before in the history Of tho au'
tomobile business on the coast has the
outlook for big business looked so prom
| ising.'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
.F|RESTONE TIRES
ON SPANISH HIGHWAY

The old Spanish highway from San
Juan to Ponce, Porto Rico, IS today the
setting for a sight which would make
the old Spanish grandces gasp, could
their spirits but return.
Where stage coaches and carryalls
used TO bump along from hacienda to
hacienda, today AUTOS whiz past max
ing record time between the two points
mentioned
IT takes twelve hours by rail to make
the trip, when trains arc on schedule
and before that couple of days were
needed to drive the distance, Now the
Atlas line Of autos makes it in five
hours.
Considerable difficulty was expert
enced at first in operating the auto linz
because of the effect the climate hat
on tho rubber tires Of the cars. De
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
MONTH Of MAY IS
MONTH OF TRAVEL

Twenty years In the pen' Is the
startling title Of striking message
just sent out to Jeffery statesmen and
dealers by E. s. Jordan, secretary OF
the Thomas B. Jeffery company, Ke.
nosha, Wis
This message Is In connection with
an unusual campaign being conducted
by the Jeffery organization which has
resulted in an enormous increase in the
sales OF Cross Country cars.
Jordan says in his message to the
dealerst
The greatest crime In the ousi-
ness world Is loafing. IF the other
fellow lost as mach by it as the
man who does it, then society
would fix the penalty at twenty
years In the pen. No one else suY
fers but the loafer, so who should
worry7
When the sun came out the other
day, the desire Of every man in
America with slS75 in his bank ac.
count to own a car like the Cross
Country was multiplied inst about
one thousand times
1t makes no difference what a
mans business is today-eyer
since he has Travelled on two legs
he has longed to travel north on
the hrst day of May, just as he
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
PROSPERITY WAVE
MEANS FORD CARS

DETROIT, May 17.-With things
booming on the coast and especially
around San Francisco. where already
there is an air Of feverish activity in
preparation for the big exposition TO
be held there in 1915, it looks as if
there would be more automobiles seen
in that section Of the country this year
than ever before, Henry Ford, who
has been spending this winter around
Los Angeles, SO sizes up the selling
situation In tho far west.
"The great wave Of prosperity which
swept the country during the summer
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18

longs to travel south on the first
day OF November.
Every live prospective motor car
buyer III the country today wants
to go somewhere. He would like
to travel. He is Just itching to get
out into the country and forget his
business for an hour or two each
day.
He couldp' t see you with SIX
ty-inch telescope IN mldwinter-
You couldn' u touch him with n for
tyfoot pole on one of those drlz-
zly days in March. Perhaps it
was only week ago that he him
self thought he was too busy to
talk about buying a car.
But see him today when the sun
is out and the roads are dry and
tho grass is greenland you see
him on the one best day of the
whole three hundred and sixty
five. You couldn' & pick a better
day, Tomorrow Will not be as
good. The next day will be weaker
still.
This is the day on which he feels
as his ancestors felt thousand
years ago. He is sick OF four walls
and "a ceiling. He wants to get out
and Craze. He wants to loaf, bnt
he doesn t dare. 1t takes too much
time without an automobile.
It's crime for motor car
dealer TO loaf minute In the
month of May. There are more
sales, there is moro money and
more success wrapped up in the
month of May than in all the other
months Of tho year put together
People move on tho first day Of
May and they keep on moving all
through May, Some are still NOV
ing in July.
But May is the month for ac-
tion.