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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29
VISIT TO SPAIN
AN INTERESTING ONE
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its streets are narrow and dirty, its
people about one-third beggars; we
do not wish to make this place our
v'nter home.
We first visit the cathedral the f.
nest in Spain, its painted windows
are of the finest in the world. Its
tower is $50 feet high. Saville was
the home of Murrillo, the great pain
ter, and much OF his work is in this
great cathedral. It's organ has 540O
pipes and all together it is an i'm
posing waste of effort.
We visited the Alkazar, the new
home of the king, and for hundreds
of years the home of royalty. The
beautiful garden below this in which
the queen and children were seen
was an eden of beauty. We visit
many other places of ancient beauty
and are driven to our hotel; our room
cold, cement damp place, would
not be even appreciated by an in
mate of our Jail.
Our dinner, nine course meal
had nothing about it to create a de.
sire to make it our home.
In the Office are bills for a fan.
dango, and we decide to see the
Spanish dance, and as the hour is
near, wind our way through the mar.
row streets and after winding uI
some rambling stairs are in a dill,
apidated hall, we secure seats and
soon most of our eXcursionists are
with us, and the dancers appear.
| He is an unnatural man that does
not admire grace and feminine beau,
| ty and in Spain nature has painted
| it's maidens as in no other country
we have seen. What complexion, nc
paint can improve it; those eyes, car
you imagine more. beautiful; what
wealth of hair, surely nature has
heaped her wealth on these Spanish
girls.
Soon the hurdy gurdy commences
and with other music the pace is set
with high combs in their hair and
draped from this comb lace shawls
their hands in the air with castinetts
clanking in them, keeping time with
the hurdy gurdy and gliding steI
up and down the long hall, like but
terflies they fairly flew; there was
nothing improper or carrying with
1t the lndecence OF our own bear hue
maudling. We left the dance hal
with the sad thought that at 35 these
same once beautiful girls will have
the shadow of old age cast over
them, and instead of beauty, prema,
ture old age.
AT eight tomorrow we are tC
start for Grenada, ten hours dis
tant. At the hour we are at DIR ap-
partmentain our little car and soon
moving through a fine farming coun-
try. as before, spoken Of about half
SET to olives and all we'll cultivated
with crude tools. As we ride by the
stations and read Santa Fe, San Dia-
go, San Francisco and are pointed
out the Sire Nevada mountains we
almost dream that we are on our
own west coast. 1t was from this
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29
The Obstacle to Farm Cooperation

The Obstacle to Farm Cooperation.
Wherever farmers have been get
ting together the past winter, the
subject of cooperative methods has
been discussed
Is the farmer too Independent and
isolated a personality to cooperate
successfully? He can toll in the hay
field from dawn to dark, with won
derful industry and persistence. But
long solitudes have made him an in
tense individualist. Sure of food
and fuel in his little homestead, he
defies the world of commerce and
society.
Farm cooperation is not new in
this country. Abortive efforts have
Hcen made at it for years. They en-
countered spirit of suspicion. The
moment he put out of his hands the
function of marketing or buying, the
farmer saw crookedness. If mis-
neighbor, by better methods, produc-
ed superior article, he got better
prices, which less successful competi-
tors attributed to favoritism.
A recent writer in the Saturday
Evening Post, describing conditions
formerly existing in the lumber bust
ness, told of the discrimination
against the product of the smaller
dealers. 1t is very easy for an un-
fair grader to slip up the product of
the big man, and slip down the pro-
duct of the little fellow. OF recent
years, as the result of the forming OF
trade associations, the sentiment OF
that business is against unfair dis
ordinations.
Similarly the farmers can aver
such abuses in cooperative work, a:
other trades have done, by cordia
union, frank discussion of errors, in
sistence on the square deal. No maj
ever gets ahead who is too suspicion
of his fellow-men. There are plent,
of bright, square men who can han
die farm cooperation honestly an
efficiently. The farmer must fin
them and trust them, or forever sui
fer from the limitations of the ind
vidualist.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29

en- immage and these lions have
been made so that one could hardly
confound them with that beast.
The slender elegance of the col
umns, the draped conopy above the
beautiful mosaic work, all are pleas
ing to the eye; all is frail and per-
rishing and fast being replaced, so
one is confused to find the original
beautiful coloring, but surely
where remaining it is a wonder.
| Here is the room where Washing
ton Irving lived and did his writing
In another Ferdinand and Isabella
received Columbus after his discov-
cry of our favored America. We pass
| out on a lookout, overlooking the
beautiful valley far below us. To
the right is the gypsy settlement now
living on the site of what was once
a city of 100000 people; back of us
is the modern city. Ones eyes can
feast on the scenes from here but
lest we tire our patient reader will
not farther describe. The writer
lacks language to do justice to this
work and leaves it to the readers
imagination.
We are driven to the Alhambra
! gardens, still beautiful, but showing
they were once grand, see many 9th
er sights that we leave to the read,
er's imagination.
On the morning of the 14th, we
again take the train. This time fol
Gibraltar, that famous rock-the
greatest fertilization in the world
1t is a nine hour ride from Granada
to Gibraltar and most of the way g
similar country as before described
i AS we near e sea we come into &
scattered scrub timber country; the
trees, much like our prairie burr
oak, these are the cork tree of com
merce; the bark has been peeled
down to the eXogenous and far vi
into the limbs. The tree still live!
to at some future time again receive
the same treatment. From the de
pleted state of these trees We were
shown the cause Of so many new in
ventions to retain liquids.
At 5 P. M. we are at Algeciru
and soon are on a transport to th'
great rock We look out into tn,
harbor and there is at anchor GU
:. good ship Rotterdam ready to carr.
us to the many other interestin:
scenes. We are landed at Gibral
tar and soon have a permit from tn,
guard station to enter the tunneleC
mountain. This mountain is fairl.
ratholed with passages for arma
ment; you ascend through them a
short distances you see great disap
pearing cannon pointing out through
holes drilled so as to command tn
narrow strait. From every side yol
look out through these openings, III
ship could pass through with war
like intent and stand the plungin!
fire from this location These for
tifications have cost $175, 1000, 900
and under the enlightened Englisl
! government secure the peace of al
| Mediterranean counties. We dis
4 miss OUR carriage as we get into tn
city and wind our way to the whar
/ Sapd are soon on our good ship read,
for other scenes, this time at Algers
Africa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29

section that went out those early
missionaries that built those still re-
naming missions on our west coast
and CARED the olive and the vine
there.
AS we near Granada we come into
the first rolling, stony country we
have seen in Spain. We rise higher
and higher and soon are in the
modern city of Granada AS we
ride through its streets to our hotel
we are ipressed that here is an i'm
proving condition. The streets light
ed with electroleers, new cut stone
buildings being erected, good pave
ment-this seems like a new Spain.
We are driven to our hotel, the Ala
media, and when shown to a fine
steamheated room with elder down
puffs on our bed, feel we are in a
place we could make home for a
time. A fine ten course dinner, serv-
ed by pleasant walters, a walk after
through the fine shopping district
and we retire with the thought that
tomorrow we are to see that won
derful Alhambra of which in child
hood we read.
Granada has a population of about
20, 900. 1t was the seat of govern
ment of the Moors during the time
that they maintained sunremacv in
southern Spain; the city built along
the bank Of the river Jenll, has d
beautiful location.
On the morning of February 10
we drive first to the great cathedral
a splendid structure decorated with
jasper and colored marble. The
high dome supported by % great
pillars, contains the remains of Fer.
dinand and Isabella, in the beauti-
full tomb and we went down under
and there saw the beautiful carved
marble confirms of these dead. Here
rests all that remains of these pow
erful rulers that drove the Moors out
of Europe. We drive on to a beauti
full monastery where again is piled
a wealth of labor and material We
passed into rooms where the great
doors were made entirely of ebony
and ivory, put together so as to look
of solid material again we saw en-
tire rooms finished in like material
Our team is headed for the great
Alhambra. This wonderful culmin
alton of Moorish architecture is 10
Gated 200 feet above the valley anC
inclosed by high walls; our roa6
serpantines around the mountain, VI
grade by the only timber of size
We saw in Spain. Finally we are be-
meath the towering walls of the great
palace; we are disappointed and car
hardly understand how these walls
have stood so long, as they werC
built in the 18th and 18th century
The material used is brick cobble
stone and mortar and is fast disinte
grating; it shows none of the dura-
bility of the other ancient palaces
we visited. AS we enter the grounds
On the right we see the great pal
ace erected by Charles the 9Th. We
aIight and are allowed entrance to
the Alhambra it's architecture is diff
ferent than anything we have be-
fore seenf theresare two large courts.
the court of the fish ponds and the
court Of the lions. Theugh-zone
would not imagine this spoutipg
fountain was intended to represent
lions, the hMohomedan religion does
7, or nary,it tho y,aolyinor Of anu "
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29
Winneshiek County Farms.

/ have for sale % farms surround
ing DEBORAH, ranging from 40 acres
ND to 300 acre farms at very reason
able prices ard terms. ! also handle
Becker County and Red Rive Valley
lands and city properties, for prices
and particulars, write or call at my
Office over Mott & Co. store.
ED X. HOVDEN. DEBORAH, Iowa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29

The boy or girl who hates to go to
school will some day be telling their
children of their lost responsibilities.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-29

Some women take boarders so as
to be able to afford a husband.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
RUSSIA A DANCING NATION.
And Red 10 tho All Pervading Color Of
the Real Native.

the Real Native.
RED Is the obsessing color Of the
real Russian. Ills word for beautiful
Is 'preskrasnee.' says writer.
which means literally very red A
peasant girl in gala dress is red from
the scarf on her head to her bright red
boots. often relieved only by the white
blouse. on which again is red embrod.
cry. The snow white steps of state in
the Kremlin are called the red stairs
as a tribute to their beauty and with
no suggestion Of their color. ~
Russia is not barbnric. 1t Is simple
and childlike. whence its enormous
charm. And it is a dancing nation: the
dances are national. unique and quite
unoriental. Peasants may be seen in
their log built villages dancing AWAY
until they almost drop from fatigue.
The Russian dance is full Ut vitality.
spontaneous and strenuous: the east
ern dance is restrained. suggestive and
sometimes sinuous.
Russian literature Is supposed to be
consistently gloomy. or course there IL
q tendency to depression. but 1t would
be equally correct to assume that Ger.
man literature consists only Of clas.
steal annotutions and scientific treat.
ises "-Chicago News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
HEAVY SHOWS TO
BRING BIG CROPS
Soil In Fine Shape as Result
Of White Blankets.

Washington.-FOr q number Of years
the country at large has not enjoyed
such general SHOWS as whitened the
countryside during February and
March Of the present year. Also It
has been the occasional catastrophe
that one great heavy snow has fallen
late in the season to be followed by q
quick thaw and consequent floods
Now the soil sharps, seeing that condi'
lions are more nearly ideal this sea-
son than for a number of springs, are
encouraged to believe that 1914 is des'
tined to be year Of bumper crops.
DR.. j. A. Bonesteel Of the bureau
of soils is quoted:
''Since the snow blanket took its
time in departing we will have bet
ter crop start this year than for sew
eral years. To date conditions could
be hardly more ideal. We had snow
after snow-not too heavy. but per-
sistent enough to keep the ground Gov.
cred we'll and the tender shoots Of the
wheat in perfect condition.
"This is particularly true Of the east
ern states generally. but at the same
time conditions are far better in the
middle west than is the general aver
age.
I'm the corn belt. where there was
a considerable depletion Of the crop
through too persistent drought last
season, the snow will prove Of meal.
culable benefit. The corn belt ought
to have splendid start, ...
"Where snow remained long time
and there has been extensive oppor-
tunity for it to seep down into the
earth. carrying its moisture from one
to two feet. the soil-is prepared to de-
velop sturdy roots for the cereal crops.
The plants therefore stand better
chance against possible deficiencies In
the matter Of rainfall during the period
Of tbeT growth"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
Be A SP|NSTER AND
LIVE LONG, He SAYS
Life Insurance Man Gives Sta.
tlstics on Death Rate

New Yo7k.-The spinster lives longe,
than the married woman.
The business woman lives longer
than the business man.
The woman who takes out an endow.
ment insurance policy lives longer
than the woman who takes out q
straight life policy.
These facts-and Arthur Hunter, &C.
tuary Of leading company, said they
were facts-were gathered last year by
experts in the employ of the forty
three leading companies in this coun-
try.
Mr.. Hunter didn't explain why the
unmarried woman survives the matron
nor why the business woman outlives
the business mali, but he revealed why
the woman who takes unto herself an
endowment policy lasts longer than the
woman who has to die to win.
'"The endowment woman just gets
up her spirit and determines to live
until the policy natures" he said. ''The
other woman signs, oh. what's the
use?' and shuf1les off,
Mr.. Hunter said there were more
fatal accidents in this country than
elsewhere because of the American
"I'll take chance" spirit. The Amer
lean, he said. takes all sorts of risks to
save time and inconvenience. The for
eigner doesn't do that at home. but
when he comes here he becomes in
fected.
1.-THE mortality rate among engineers
and firemen is eight times that Of men
in other callings." he said, and among
policemen about 40 per cent higher
With policemen it is on the increase"
Mr.. Hunter said that the business
woman kept herself going by a deter
mination to fight 1t out. She had some
thing tangible. something to live for
whereas the business man takes his
work as matter Of course and is apa'
thetic.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
DESERVED THE LEGACY.
Tho Gift Left by tho Old Turk Was
Properly Bestowed.

Tho Gift Left by tho Old Turk Was
Properly Bestowed.
A Turkish story runs that. dying, A
pious man bequeathed fortune to his
son. charging him to give f10O to the
meanest man he could find and f100 to
the most foolish.
The most foolish man is another
story. As to the meanest. accounts
ogreed that a certain cadi filled the bill.
Accordingly the dutiful son offered him
E1OO.
But I can't take your f100" said
the cadi. II never knew your father.
There was no reason why he should
leave me the money"
Its yours all right" persisted the
mourning youth.
II might take 1t in q fictitious trans
action" said the cadi. relenting. Sup
pose-I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll sell
you all that snow in the courtyard for
E1OO.
The young man agreed. willing to be
quit of his trust on any terms Next
day he was arrested. taken before the
cadi and ordered to remove bis snow
Mt once. As this was a command the
young man was utterly unable to ex-
ecute, he was fined Ego by the cadi for
contumacy.
AT least" the young man said rue
fully as he left the court. fathers
f1OO went to the right man."-New
York World.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
STARVING, HE HAD $1o,050.
Aged Man Accepts Charity and Loss'
His Wallet.

HIS wallet.
New York-James A. Farvin, assist.
ant station master at the Pennsylvania
station. has lost his faith in human ma.
ture. He helped supposedly starving
man and then found him possessed OF
thousands of dollars.
The man was evidently exhausted
and about to collapse.
1--WE not had bite to eat in two
days." he murmured.
Having helped the old man to seat,
Mr.. Farvin rushed a porter away for
hot coffee and sandwiches. The old
man ate ravenously and wept as be
told his story. ...
The old man said his name was Uriah
Lane and on foot he had dragged him.
self all the way from up state in an ef-
fort to reach his son. whom he had not
seen since they parted at Sag HarbOr
after a quarrel twenty years ago.
The 4:15 train for Sag Harbor war
nearly due. Deeply affected. Mr.. Far
vim tried to cheer the old man up, paid
his fare. $3.04. to Sag Harbor and gave
him the change from five dollar bill.
Just afterward Mr.. Farvin caught
sight of wallet lying under the chair
on which the aged man had sat. Open
ing it, he found the name Uriah Lane
on the flap. Inside were eight $1,000
bills, crisp and clean; twenty 500 and
ten IS bills-$10,O50 in all.
When Mr.. Farvin overlook the old
man he demanded to be repaid for the
sum already advanced. After much ar
guEent the old man did so.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
Turkish Smoking Pipes.

The 'hookah" Is large tobacco pipe
much used in Turkey. Persia and other
eastern countries. 1t consists o: two
bowls, one placed over the other The
upper bowl contains the tobacco and is
connected by tube with the lever.
which Is partially filled with water.
The connecting tube passes down into
the water. The stem, which Is usually
a long flexible tube. is connected with
the air space above the water and thus
the smoke must pass through the wa
ter before reaching the smoker. In
passing through it Is cooled and de.
prived Of most Of its harmful constit.
uentS.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
MEETING OF The
WOMEN OF ECKELSoN

Last Friday Mrs. w. T. Craswell,
Miss Nellie Farnsworth and Miss Caro-
Ign Wood, of the Normal School and
Superintendent Minnie J. Nelson went
to Eckelson, where they held meet
ing at the school house for the ladies
of the town and community. Mrs.
Craswell sang a number of beautiful
songs, Miss Farnsworth gave an ad-
dress on conservation in the Home"
and Miss Wood and Miss Nelson also
gave talks. The meeting was very
we'll attended and an enjoyable after
noon was spent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09

Henry Uloth, one of the well-know1
to do farmers Of Getchell Prairie town
ship returned home Saturday evening
from Fargo, where he had been visit
ing for several days. He likes Fargo
very we'll, but Valley City is more tc
his liking. Air or other conditions
seems to effect visitors to the Gate
City, as he said he met several of the
Barnes County Politicians on Broad
way, but they failed to recognize him.
Now in Valley City he says the same
Politician can even see him around
the corner and are there with the glad
hand and how are you Henry.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
TIRE REPAIR FIRM OPENS
and READY FOR BUSINESS

The Valley City Tire and Repair Co.,
are now very comfortable situated in
the building 301 Front St., prepared
to take care of anything in the way
of tire repairing. Mr. B. H. Sullivan
and B. R. Pfusch are both men of ex.
perience in the tire repair business
and in the new quarters will be in posi-.
ton to tax care of the business en-.
trusted to them is a workman like
manner.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09

The old reliable Northwestern feed
and sales barn is now under new
management. Horses boarded by the
day, week or month and good care
given every animal left in my care.
Have some good sound young horses
for sale, call and see them, they will
be priced right. Farmers when you
are in town put your horses in my
barn, you will always find the hay
chutes full of good hay and you will
also find me there to help put up
your team. Special attention given
the ladies at this barn. Positively
no booze fighters allowed to loaf in
this barn. 3-3l-2 tW*
S.P. SOUTHWICK, Prop.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09

The upholstered seats which were
delayed, have finally arrived and are
in place at the Grand. There are six
ty-six of them arranged along the out.
side of the building. They are very
comfortable and will be sold at a
slightly advanced price over those in
the body of the house. Manager Wal.
dron is leaving nothing undone to add
to the comforts Of his patrons and as
"a result is receiving a very liberal
patronage.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
Fate Of Marshal Noy,

It has been maintained by many that
the famous Marshal Ney. whom Ma.
poleon called the 'bravest Of the
brave" was not executed, as history
makes him out to have been. but sue
ceeded. by the help Of friends. in max
ing his escape to America. where he
lived to an advanced age. dying in
peace in his own bed. The theory IS
advocated by many is that Ney went to
North Carolina. became a school teach.
er and made many friends, to the N ore
intimate of whom he confded his Sc
cret. But there is not much tn the
story except it, novelty
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
Next Meeting Will Be Held
At Sanborn. All Camps
In the County Repre-
scented.
684 MEMBERS IN COUNTY
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1914.
l~<

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1914.
The various Modern Woodman
lodges were represented here We'd
nesday in a county convention. The
meeting was called to order in the K.
P. hall at 2 p. m. Several matters
of business was taken up and C. E.
Lockwood was chosen delegate to Bis
marck state convention which will be
held May 6. NJ. J. Englert was chosen
alternate. There are 6S4 members OF
the order in the county and the gem
eral feeling is that the insurance is
very good. Sanborn was selected as
the next meeting place for the county
convention.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09
PRESIDENT M'fARLAND
IS AT BISMARCK
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1914.

President George A. Mcfarland OF
the State Normal school here, left
on Wednesday evening for Bismarck
where he has been called to address
the meeting of the Missouri Slope
Educational association. While in
Bismarck, President Mcfarland will
attend a meeting of the alumni Of the
State Normal school to begin plans
for a great graduate reunion during
the meeting of the state educational
meeting there next fell.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09

Dave Herbert of Langdon, is in the
city for surgical treatment on account
of a serious injury received on a gaso-
line engine. He became tangled up in
the engine in some way and before he
could free himself, his arm was badly
injured.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-09

FOR SALE-One span young mares,
weight 1900 Lbs. One span young
CEILINGS, weight $500 lbs. All grade
Percherons. James McFadgen, Rog-
ers, N. D. Phone 605N. 2-25-wtf