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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-05-21
Week Beginning May "a
Is CleanUp Week.

The town authorities have
designated the week beginning
May "A as Cleanup week aud on
Monday aud Tuesday the streets
will be cleaned. Everybody IS
requested to clean up their
premises and place all garbage
in boxes, barrels, ETC., in front
of stores and residences ready
for the wagons to haul away
eunesday morning.
Let everyone do his best t.,
make the town as clean and at.
tractive as possible next week
after which the health depart
ment will make Inspection,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-05-21
CIVILIZATIONS
GREATEST TRAGEDY.

Extract from article by W. D. Lewis,
president Texas Farmers Union, op-
posing woman's suffrage:
I'VE are willing to join in every eff
fort to elevate woman but will assist
In none to drag her down. The de-
scent of womanhood is the most awful
tragedy in civilization. AS she sinks
she may, like the setting sun, tint the
horizon with the rays of her depart
fng glory. She may tenderly kiss the
mountain tops of her achievement
farewell; she may, like the sinking
sun, allure the populace with her
beauty as she disappears for the night
but when she steps downward, the
earth is as certain to tremble and
plunge into darkness as death is to
follow life" y
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-05-21
TIL: BATTLE Of
THE TIRES

agricultural and Commercial Press seryicel
1t is interesting to watch the forces
of civilization battling for supremacy.
The struggle now going on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liveliest contest of the TWEEN
tieth Century.
The struggle is a silent one and
there are no war correspondents to
write vivid descriptions of the con-
flict but the results are more far
reaching to present and future gen
erations than the war of Europe.
The rubber tire has been maneuver-
ing for point Of attack for several
years and has captured few unim.
portant positions in traffic, but it has
now pitched a decisive battle with
it's iron competitor by hurting mil
lion "jitneys" at the street railways
and the battle is raging from ocean
to ocean. Upon the result of the
struggle depends the future of the
rubber tire. If it is compelled to re-
treat, it's doom is sealed, but if it wins
the battle it will revolutionize the
transportation methods of this nation.
II the rubber tire conquers the
street traffic it's next struggle is with
the railroads of the country, and then
the greatest battle between economic
forces ever fought out on the face
of this earth is on, for iron is the un-
disputed master in transportation, and
is fortified behind billions of dollars,
and millions of men.
Stephenson applied the steel tire
to an iron rail in 1914, but it was 1869
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Point, which bound
the country together with bands of
steel. 1t took the iron tire fifty-five
years to creep from ocean to ocean,
but the rubber tire while warm from
genius sped across the continent like
an arrow shot from the bow of Ulys-
ses. The roadbed was already pre-
pared and therein lies the power of
the rubber tire over that of iron, for
government builds and maintains the
public highway.
But iron is a stubborn metal and
it has mastered every wheel that
turns; has fought battles with every
element above and beneath the eartf
and has never tasted the wormwoot
of defeat, and when rubber hurls it
full force against this monarch o
the Mineral Kingdom, it may rebount
to the factory stunned beyond recov
cry.
The rubber tire first made it's az
pearance on the bicycle, but it prove
a frivolous servant and was dismisse'
for incompetency. 1t has always beel
too much inclined to revel in luxur,
to be taken seriously as a utility ma
chine and it's reputation is not one t,
inspire confidence in heavy traff
performance.
But to those who care to watt int
dreamland, it is enchanting to not
that there will be marvellous differ
ence between a rubber and an irol
age The rubber tire will scatter tn,
cities throughout the valleys for will
transportation at every mans door
why city? 1t will traverse the con
tinent with net work of Macadan
highways as beautiful as the boule
ward built by Napoleon. 1t will par
! alyze the law making bodies of thi.
| nation for how could the legislatures
run without the railroads to operat,
| on?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-05-21
e. C. IA r T e r,
Gard Of Thanks

We desire to thank our friends
for their acts Of kindness and of
sympathy during the short i'll
ness and the death Of our darling
baby boy.
MI and Mrs. w. I. Musser
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-05-21
.rne Farmers Exclamation.

rhe Farmers Exclamation.
Every now and then we read about
a lot Of quail following hen up the
road" said the summer boarder.
Yes replied Farmer Corntossel.
How dc you explain it,"
Various ways, Sometimes the phe-
nomenon is due to the fact that lots
Of people don't know the difference
between a quail and a young brown
Leghorn."
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-05-21
F. Nj. Greer & Co.
He Saw.

First Business Man-To what do
you attribute your success?
Second Business Man-To the fact
that l was always first at the Office.
For II years caught the 6:15 into
town.
First Business Man-Ah, see. All
due to your early training. Columbia
Jester.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
The Test of Revivals.

Rev. Billy Sunday is drawing tens
of thousands to his revival taberna-
Gle in Philadelphia. There is no
Vaudeville monologist who uses such
assortment of slang. He appears to
believe that a person who will not
assent to his own personal creed is
headed straight for the pit. And yet
lie does seem to have some power
| to reform character.
Brother Sunday, as a believer in
the literal Bible, must have reflect
ed upon that passage where the Lord
said unto Moses, Draw not nigh
bither; put off thy shoes from off
this feet; for the place where thou
standest Is holy ground" In mod
ern terms, that signifies that the
name of deity is not to be flippantly
used, and that places of worship are
| to be entered with reverence. Billy
Sunday, with his comedy stunts, is
certainly no Moses of the Exodus,
who approached the presence of God
| in the Burning Bush with fear and
awe.
Some offences against good taste
can be overlooked if character is re-
newed.
But the real test of a revivalist' S
work is not the line OF men who hit
the sawdust TRAIL. The country is
full of revivalists who possess GER
tain magnetism, before which all tie
difficulties of changing habits seem
to vanish.
The best test comes when the
preacher is gone. the crowd scatter
ed. and a man is up against the old
temptation to take the easiest way.
The obscure pastor OF the home
church. the unknown worker in a
Sunday school or fraternity, is per-
haps more often the real agent in a
mans amendment. 1t is comparative
ly easy to get men to confess their
sins amid the contagion of friendly
crowd. Quite another for some weak
willed fellow TO walk the straight
and narrow path with the boys
joshing him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
The Significance of Our Formulation.

An excursion steamer may be able
to carry 1000 persons, if they are
evenly distributed. If they all crowd
over on one side, 200 might over
load her.
The census experts are now debat-
ing whether the United States pas
sed the OO,O00,000 mark on Jau
y, or will pass it on April 2 Which
ever is nearer correct, in many dis
tricts our country already shows
symptoms of over population.
Yet the experts say there is room
here for population reaching into
billions, if the farm lands are inten-
lsively cultivated.
Our cities seem to think that when
they pass the half million or million
mark, they have accomplished some
wonderful human achievement.
Actually what has happened has
been that a lot of human
sheep. dazzled by lighted streets and
flashy entertainments, have aban-
doned the economic functions for
which they were best fitted They
rush into occupations already too
crowded, while the basic task of pro-
viding food lacks workers.
Our population, speaking roughly,
is increasing at the rate of about 20
per cent in 10 years. The agricul-
tural population of food producers
remains somewhere near stationary.
Of course food prices rise.
When you hear of a boy VINO
thinks of leaving some farm for some
store or some factory, ask him
whether he is going because he
feels some peculiar fitness for the
new work, or merely because he
wants to get to some place where
there is something doing"
If the latter is the fact, as is US
ually the case, then tell him that he
is selling out his chances on a ris-
ing market, the products of which
are scarce, in order to buy into a fan
ing market, where there are too
many workers. That is poor policy, if
he has an ambition to rise.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
WANT COLUMN.
Rates-One Cent per word. Moth.
ing less than ten cents.


FOR RENT-The rooms above L..
Peterson's store, formerly used for
lodge purposes. Well adopted for
offices or other purposes. Modern
conveniences. Apply to III. j..
Hutchinson. 5-tf.
FOR SALE-A. B. Chase organ, by
Miss NJ Davidson, 404 Jefferson
Street 5-3
FOR RENT OR SALE-My store
building. Enquire of Mrs. VIM
McClaskev. SO
FOR SALE-Two short horn bulls.
One old enough for service. VIII
McLain. 4-2w
FOR SALEM. B. Turkeys. Young
males $500 each; females $500
each Mrs. Pearl Watros, Cresco,
Iowa, r. 6. 4-3pd
FOR SALE-Good dry wood. En-
quire j. P. Burns, or Phone 500,
DEBORAH.
FOR SALE-Duroc bred sows.
Have been vaccinated by stimuli
taneous method and have been reg
istered. E. w. Cutting. IT
FOR SALE-20O acre farm in Glen
wood township. For particulars
and price write or call on John S.
Williams, 307 Broadway, DEBORAH.
36tf
FOR SALE-My residence on East
Main street. Enquire M. j. Mean
drews, at residence. 30tf
FOR SALE-Buffalo robe. Inquire
at Ben Bears store or of Theo.
Throndsen. 2-4pd.
FOR SALE-A rev more NJ b. Trr
keys from prize winning stock. Pri-
ces reasonable. w. c. McLain, r..
r. 8, DEBORAH. S-tf
WANTED-A salesman for this and
adjoining county, to sell oils,
greases, paints, and specialties to
farmers. Good pay to right man.
Must have horse or auto. Steady
work. No aids wanted. Adj
dress, The R. C. Valentine Com
pany, Marshalltown, Iowa. 5-1w
NOW WANTS WORK-On farm. Is
a seven day adventist and does not
work on Saturday. Call at this Of
fice. o1 5-1pd.
FOR SALE-The house on the ALI
d son property, to be removed imme-
diately after March LIST. Apply to
Rev. Father Have or b. j. Mckay.
at Citizens Savings Bank. 90
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
KANSAS CITY MARKETS.
Reported by Our Correspondent on
Daily Live Stock DOings.

Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb. 1,
1915.-There was a. strong demand
for stockers and feeders last week,
and prices advanced 10 to 10 cents,
holding the gain till the close. An
extra large proportion of the supply
was thin cattle, sixty per cent of the
total receipts being shipped back to
the country. Choice feeders sold up
to $7.T5, good feeders around $3.50.
fancy yearling steers $500, good
stockers $500 to $7.50, young
springer cows $5.75 to $500, good
heifers $6.15 to $3.50, fancy spring
er heifers $500, well bred young
feeding bulls $5.75 to 1928, choice
stock calves $7.25 to $7.65. Kansas
has been the heaviest buyer since
the first of November, and continues
to have an Unsuitable appetite for
cattle. Receipts today are $4,000
head, almost normal supply, the in
crease due to the closing of Chicago
to outbound shipments last week.
are making most unsatisfactory
market, most sales 10 to 25 lower,
and trade very slow. Feeders are
anxious to stop board bills on cattle,
and commission men encouraged
heavy shipments for today, believ-
ing liberal shipping orders from
eastern killers would insure a good
market. This line of reasoning
would have worked out all right on
a run of twelve to sixteen thousand
cattle, but it failed on twenty-five
thousand. Sales of stockers and
feeders are lower in sympathy, sales
of feeders largely at $715 to $3.50,
stock steers 1915 to $7.35, few
fancy cattle above these prices, in a
class by themselves. Springer cows
and heifers are firm today, demand
good for them, choice young cows at
$5.S5 to 1925, heifers 1925 to
$685., a few fancy heifers around
500. The foot and mouth disease
is the chief disturber in the cattle
market, otherwise conditions are ia
vorable for good firm market on
all classes.
J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
HOW TO ADVERTISE.

Erie w. Allen, head of the de-
partment of journalism in the state
university of Oregon, in ADDRESSING
the citizens of Glendale, Ore, on the
subject, 'The Newspaper in Your
Town." said:
Advertising in the country paper
is the best investment a country mer-
chant can make. The merchant IS
advertising should be news. 1t should
tell something very definite about
what the store offers, and the copy
should be changed frequently The
advertising columns should be made
as interesting as any other part of
the paper, and the merchants lad
should appear with the same regular
ity as the editors news. An adver-
tisement in the local paper is by no
means charity. 1t brings big returns
first, in direct business when it is
handled with little common sense
second, in building up the communi-
ty.
THE paper should be made as I'M
portant an agent of a towns I'M
provement and prosperity as the
church or the school. The great
problem Of the small town in these
days of Capitalization and parcel
post is to make itself a good place to
live in and a pleasant place for the
country people to come to. II il
doesn't do that it is doomed to disap.
pear.
| mo town should be so shortsight-
ed as not to give every encourage
ment to the man who is trying 70
make a newspaper there. He is in
one sense the most important citizen
He can do more for the town botl
at home and abroad than any other
one man. He should be backed uI
in his effort to do business at bust
ness prices and in a business way
1t would be Iust as sensible for you
to let your schools run down, as t.
let your newspaper run down.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Paving Cash at Sales.

Abel, Ia, Feb AT a time when
portions of the country are FEELING
financial stringency it is noticeable
that at the recent stock sales thai
have been held near Abel compare
lively very little time paper has been
given in payment for purchases. AZ
a sale held Friday near Abel the
sales approximately were $500 AMI
cash was given for almost all of it
About $1,000 worth of short time
paper was given at this sale.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Not Her Fault.

An old gentleman, always polite
to women, was asserting one day
that he had never seen a really ugly
woman. A woman with a flat nose
overhearing him, said:
Sir, look at me, and confess that
I'm truly ugly.
Madame, he replied, like the rest
OF your sex, you are an angel fallen
from the skies, but it was your mis-
fortune, rather than your fault, that
you happened to alight on your nose,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
RAVENA.

FEB. l, 1918.
Ben Eimers and Otto Schneebergar
departed on Tuesday for Chicago 10
attend the auto show
Anton Anderson called at Nord-
ness on Tuesday.
Ed Bake of DEBORAH is stavins ?
at the ole Benson home at present.
Duke Floody of Ossian visited ut
F. f. Schroeder's on Sunday.
Ambrose Shekelton of LaWler cal
led at August Lansing's on Tuesday.
Ole Benson and Ed Bake have
been busy the past week hauling ice
from Ossian.
Mr.. Harvey of near Castalia called
at John Duvee's on Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ole Anderson enter
tanned crowd of young folks al a
dancing party at their home on We'd
nesday evening.
Ben Einck of Happy Hollow called
at August Peck's one day last week.
Edo Lang of near Frankville call
ed at Julius Browns on Friday.
Miss Ida Strand of Nordness did
some sewing for Mrs. julius Brown
on last Friday.
Mrs. George Thoma returned 10
her home at Postville on Thursday
after weeks stay at the John O..
Meyer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sven Tovson called
at DEBORAH on Saturday.
A few of this vicinity attended the
funeral of Mr.. Lang in Centennial on
Saturday.
George Cremer is staying at the
Wenzel Lansing home at present.
Henry Huinker of Ossian called at
Joe BrOghammer's on Monday.
Clarence Eimers visited at the
Herman Bush Sr. home at Calmar
the past week
Philip Barthelma Sr., August
Peck, Herman and Wenzel Lansing
each sold horse on Saturday to ].
Siegel of Chicago.
Ben Eimers and Otto Schneider
ger returned on Sunday morning
from Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Kleisart of Os-
sian have moved out to Wenzel Lam
sings at which place they will STAY
the coming year.
Rev. Blessin of Eldorado spent
Sunday at John Meyers.
| Fred Thoma and Alvin Never OF
Postville spent Sunday at John O.
Meyers.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. o. Meyer had
their infant baptized on Sunday
naming him Lloyd Fred Alvin.
Miss Edith Delou visited at J. V
Decou's near Castalia a few DAYS
this week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Topel were
pleasantly surprised at their home
Saturday evening, when a large parry
of friends walked in with their lunch
baskets and informed them they had
come to help them celebrate their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. All
report fine time
Chris Leer came over from Post
vile Saturday for an over Sunday
visit al home.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
Futile Ratings.


Since the world began, men have
hurled upon the more or less devoted
heads of women sartorial disappro-
val. jeremiah began it, and the end
is far from yet. Curiously, one
phase of complex woman man has
never adequately focused: her ten
dency. toward lateral methods when
reLrisals were up to" her. Had i.
success would more frequently have
crowned his reformatory labors.
Few men realize the power of 81
lence, or that suggestion ranks ana
thema. For generations, the o'er-
whitened face, the rouged cheek, the
dyed hair, and the mouth Redeemed
hideously have furnished text for
pulpiteers and husbands. Rare are
the converts recorded. Chiefly be
cause masculine objections were OBJ
viously confined to kinswomen. More
women these days go clean-faced, not
because common-sense has taught
them the futility of such beguile-
ments. The hobble skirt too eager
ly adopted by the masses disappear
ed So, given little more time, will
this unrighteous garment that is au-
daciously slit where it should be dec
orously sewed That spirited wo-
men respond slowly to lordly scold
ings or priestly ratings is known
to women. Moreover, fashionable
women dress not to lure the male,
b to better, or bother, their sartor-
ial competitors. That the sex mag
net has it's place and hour is true.
but to slit their skirts in order to
increase their admirers would indeed
be to flaunt the flag Of desperation.
When they slash wickedly, if so il
be, it is merely to proclaim the fur
ore cry from Paris. It's silly world
my masters, in which fashions state
ly and modes trifling alike pass in
to the nevermore. Why make their
BRET life so dolorful? Surely by now
no living devotee to Partisan vagar'
les can hope to save her face witt,
any trousered being, hence, little
charity, kind sirs, modicum of kind
ly patience, and 10, the skirt volum-
inous carefully sewed all around
will once more be the thing.
A fashion-loving mother, wife, o.
sister may not be as wise as ser.
pent, according to man. but that she
is as harmless as a dove is more
often true than her self-elected men.
tors wish to believe.
,Modernity in the feminine is more
afraid of being thought dowdy thar
wicked, because for the former the
critical world has no tolerance
whereas wickedness is condition us
TALLY of the judges mental attitude
That so personal a matter as thu
width of skirt should engage mel
high in the worlds estem is absurd
for, as go the denominations of fash
ION, SO will disappear the equal!
awful" Turkey Trot" and Tan
CO." Meanwhile, a sudden happen
ing, a serious call, a demand for ten
der service, is only required to prove
that noble, souls oftener than no
wear butterfly gear.-Minna Thoma:
Antrim in Lippincott's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03


The tariff revision has failed in
its predicted slaughter" says the
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, quote |
in the Democratic Allamakee Jour.
nal, which says, same column, LET
the railroads raise their rates. They
will put to work 100000 men, now
idle. This in turn will put to worl;
400, 900 men in allied lines, now
idle" Please explain how these
100000 men became idle since
your democratic tariff was passed
and how granting the railroads the
privilege of mnlcting the public by
increased rates is going to help the
country. And why should the adj
ministration, or it's agents, give the
railroad the right-or rather, the
wrong-to fleece the people by high,
er freight rates? %, it will increase
their purchasing power." Yes, for
owners of railroads, but the rank
and file can still go up to that most
henefcient Democratic institution,
the free lunch counter.-A. NJ. in
Waukon Standard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

"If you want to be honest with
yourself and with those who are
honest with you think of this before
you send away for your next bill CT
goods" advises the Grundy Demo
crat. IF you must send away for
goods send your own money and not
the other fellows who you owe it to-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

DR.. Cook is surely humorist. He
wants Congress to decide whether OF
not he discovered the North Pole.
Discovering the Pole by act of Con-
gress would be the prize joke Of the
age.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

Should you feel like saying some
thing real mean just be patient and
wait a little while, and somebody Is
sure to relieve you Of the necessity,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

Worry is the interest we pay On
borrowed trouble.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

Who hangs himself in the chin
ney should not complain of smoke.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

TO those who desire good health.
Life Insurance companies gladly take
Chiropractors. If they consider
Chiropractors good risks there must
be many arguments in favor of the
new science that are worth investi-
eating.
Ask us about the many prominent
and important personages in the
world of science and letters who en-
dorse
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
DIXON & LINZENNIEYER

ARNESS, ROBES,
BLANKETS. WHIPS. ETV
First Class Repairing, Washing,
Oiling, Etc.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03

4 The sins of others appear so glar-
Ing that most of us entirely overlook
the glare of our own.
The good that is in you is of small
use as long as il stays there.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-02-03
AN OPEN BOOK.

Any advertiser is welcome
at any time to make the
most rigid inspection of the
subscription list of Public
Opinion. All account books
in this Office are open to
prove our every assertion.
This business has been built
by us from the bottom by
straightforward. honest treat
ment of the public, else it
never could have been the
success it is. We deeply
appreciate your patronage,
!, and we will continue to strive
for your confidence, attend
ing strictly to our own bust
ness, courteous to all others,
and working only to serve
you better.