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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
RURAL NAIL DELIVERY,
Service Cost $4.,377,O7O i'm 1914.
$3.50 More Families Taken in.

III any congress man in 1898 had
be appropriated for the purpose Of
carrying mail around to the houses
of farmers, he would have been
thought crazy. Yet that is what the
service cost in 1914. Not merely
that but the deartment has just ia
ken in $3.50 more families.
The enormous cost of this service
causes criticism. The expense per
route is much more than was thought
in the beginning. The carriers and
their friends have become a power
FIJI political interest. They demand
ed and secure liberal payment.
The people along route are said
largely to pay for it, by the stamps
they buy and those that are bought
to deliver mail matter to them.
Possibly, yet the same people might
be living elsewhere and buying the
same stamps at a regular post office
were there no route.
AS a time saver the service is very
effective. 1t is cheaper for one man
to spend day taking mail to hum
dred farmers, than for hundred
farmers each to spend an hour or
two day driving to the post Office.
The critic may say to this, however,
that the cost of the service should
be paid by the farmer, since he gets
the benefit of this enormous time
saving.
Country and city must each think
broadly of the interest of the other.
There are certain drawbacks of lone
illness to life on the farms. This has
led people to rush to the towns, and
has made living costs higher for all
town dwellers. Unless the town
people wish this tendency to con-
tinue, they must go the limit TO
bring modern conveniences to the
outlying rural sections.
Rural delivery gives the farmer
daily touch with the markets, so he
can buy and sell intelligently. 1t
brings the newspaper promptly TO
his door, so that he does not feel is
olated. The little mail cart is the
thin thread that binds him to the
moving world. Any politician who
should favor cutting it out would
be regarded as just as crazy today, as
if he suggested all this money in
1898.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
Clothes and the Tax.

A clerk in the Chicago revenue
Office remarked, on the day that the
last income tax returns were brought
in, that as a general thing, the shah
bier clothes people wore, the bigger
return they handed in. Perhaps
he exaggerated. Yet men came in
who did not look as if they could
sign a check for three figures, yet
they showed up property worth mill
lions.
This converse relation of clothes
and prosperity is noticed in all
stages of society. Savings banks Of
fcials, particularly those dealing
with recent immigrants, bear SINH
lar testimony. A Pole or Hungar-
ian creeps humbly into the bank, as
if he doubted his right to stand on
it's marble slabs in the presence of
free born and lordly Americans. An
inexperienced clerk might feel like
setting a dog on him as a tramp.
Lo and behold, he pulls out a
greasy but protruding wallet, and
begins to count out the fives and
tens, all soiled and redolent of long
repose in his perspiring pocket. When
the 'wad" is complete, it is several
times as much as the fashion plate
five o'clock tea clerk behind the
counter could produce.
In business life good clothes are
the badge Of hope and ambition. A
we'll creased pair of trousers gives a
man a sense of confidence that reli-
gion can scarce bestow. Well fit
ting and cared for clothes suggest
both past success and habits of at
tention to detail that cannot fail to
impress a stranger favorably.
Once the big golden goal of wealth
is reached, the character often tends
to soften. A man rises later in the
morning and abates his habits of in
dustry. Also the minor amenities
of life may begin to look formidable
Brushing off dust and polishing boots
and scrupulouS cleanliness may
seem like an effort. Man is at his
best in many ways in his days OF
struggle and toll.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
4 Wise Iowa Mule.

You can believe it or not-just as
you want to-but r. NJ. Eighme of
Hardin township has a big mule out
at his farm that can tell time to a
dot At 6 o'clock in the evening
this wonderful mule rolls his eyes
sunward, pauses briefly, and emits
bray that can be heard all the way
from Farlin to Dana. That bray
means it is quitting time, and Eigh-
me says the mule is so strictly honest
that he will not turn loose his clar-
ion call until exactly the tick of the
hour. OF course, having some un-
ion notions about work, the mule
likes to quit at the end of the row,
after the bray mind you, and, If
worked overtime, he always insists
on taking the time off the next
mornings hitch-up. If anybody tries
to get the harness or his back before
the time is "made-up" he takes ii
out in kicking a few boards off the
barn .-Jefferso Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
MODERN FABLES.
The Fable of the Village Apollo Who
Left Town.

Once upon a time in little 1906
model county seat there dwelt under
the roof of his immediate paternal
ancestor a gay and spritely youth
named Ferdinand. And Ferdy' s
name bore with it many tales of evil.
for here, be it known, Ferdy fit in
| to an assignment of labor like two
hundred and ninety pound damsel
fits into a twenty-four inch Spirella.
The village sages figured Ferdy as OF
10 account, the business men Won
dered just how long the old man S
bank account would hold out, and
the young men secretly envied him
and wondered how he continued to
get by.
But the young ladies could see no
alloy in Ferdinand and whenever the
folks referred to him as synonym
of shiftlessness they arose to his de-
tense with the declaration that he
was a perfectly devine dancer. Now
dancing was Ferdy's long suit, his
forte, his strong point. Bounded
MATERIALLY by the latest model hair
cut, posterially by patent leather,
and bodily by broadcloth, Ferdy
was as nimble as a fly on a plate
glass window. The Palace France.
the Gander Glide, the Serpentine
Slip, of any of the new gyrations
that draw the shekels into the cOf-
fers of teachers of modern dancing
were as easy for him as lying in
bed until ten in the morning, listen
ing to the sound of his fathers axe
dissecting logs into stovewood.
But one day Ferdy's source Of
revenue died. After the funeral. the
executors learned that the sole heri-
tage of the legatee consisted of two
hundred dollars in unpaid bills, most
ly of his own contraction, and about
seventeen dollars in real coin of the
realm. linn ediately the denizens be-
gun to see strange illusions. They
pictured Ferdinand in overalls and
exercising at real labor. But Ferdy
had no such Authorizations. Imme-
diately upon being informed OF his
financial status he spent six bones
for new pair of dancing kicks, and
that night while the city slept Fer
dy beat it.
A year passed and none of his
creditors heard from him. Even the
Ladies Aid had lost all interest in
him when the bolt fell. One morn
ing as Deacon Simmon was secretly
reading the theatrical page of city
paper, he saw Ferdy's face smiling
at him and below the picture the
type said: Brilliant Young Dancer
Signs Vaudeville Contract at. Mon
strous Salary" The reverend gen.
tlemen at once circulated the news
ever the town, always backing it up
with the words, Il always told you
he would succeed"
MORAL-You never can tell by
the noise they sometimes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
FASHIONS OF YEsTERYEAR.

Tell me, 1 pray, in what garret's
gloom,
Linger the styles of a by-gone
day?
Wedding garments of bride and
groom,
Have they persisted and passed
away?
Why not keep them, though now
past?
VINO can tell when they'll reappear?
The old is returning the modistes
say,
Where are the fashions of yester-
year?
Gone is the skirt of ample room,
Worn when the crinoline held
sway;
Gone is the dolman, gone the plume
Worn on the tCnnet Of silk MORE
Gone is the silken pannier-gay.
Gone is the hustle big and queer
Gone is the petticoat array
Where are the fashions Of yester-
year?
Chishons and new mown hay" per-
fumc
Hair nets and curls in chaste dis
play,
Tlack lace mlts and "Maiden's
Bloom"
Incot weave3 md matlasse,
Elton jackets with braid inlay,
Easques with points at front and
rear,
Smelling salts with which 20
play
Where are the fashions of yester-
year?
LII. EnvOi
Mineset gowns are now aufait,
Put they'll grow old, you need not
fear,
There is no model that will stay
Where are the fashions of yester-
year?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue Of special execution,
issued out of the Office of the clerk
of the District Court, in and for
Winneshiek County, State of Iowa,
dated the 31st day of June, A. d.
1915, and to me directed and deliv-
cred, / have levied on the following
real estate, situated in Winneshiek
County, Iowa to-wit:
All that part of the south half OF
block No. fourteen, original plat Cr
DEBORAH, Iowa, lying west OF the
right of way of the Chicago Milwau-
kee e st. Paul Ry. Co.
Which property / shall expose for
public sale as the law directs, on
Saturday the 10th day of July, A.
ID. 1915. at the hour of 8 o'clock A.
M. of said day, at the front door OF
the court house in DEBORAH, in said
county, or so much thereof as shall
be necessary to satisfy judgment
for the sum of $1,392.0O, damages,
with interest from the goth day of
April, 1915, at the rate OF Z per
cent per annum, $53.92, Attorney $
fee. and $3.50, costs, which Maggie
Welding recovered on the 9TH day Of
MAY. 1915, in the District Court OF
said county, against Alvin Noecker
and Carrie Noecker, together with
interest and actruing costs.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, the 9th
aav NJ lime 1915. 24-2
"'' O. o. ELLINGSoN.
Sheriff
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
BOOSTERS AND KNOCKERS.
Sidelight on Road improvement and
the Get Together Spirit.

1
couple weeks ago the call went
out through this community-"Ev -
erybody now, all together, get out
and attend the road bee," People
responded quite unanimously to the
call and the effect is noticeable on
the public highway. OF course there
are few in every locality that are
so pig-headed that they wouldn't
hitch up their team and pillow few
burrows along the roadside even if
you paid EN- the price of the team.
Such people are incurable and do
not possess any community spirit at
all.
Every city and community has its
public spirited citizens, its narrow,
selfish individuals and it's knock
ers." The first class is generally the
smallest and the second class the
largest. The third class may be
little larger or little smaller than
the first.
If there are more knockers than
booster" in a town the place is al
ways dead one. You do not have
to ask anyone to find out the condi-
lions. A town with handsome build
ings, good streets, up-to-date stores,
a library, good churches and other
similar institutions is a boosters"
town. 1t is the kind of a place in
which you want to live.
The same is true of country
neighborhood, with it's we'll dragged
roads, well kept fences and good
houses and barns.
Knockers are not the only people
who are a detriment to a communi-
ty. There is the narrow minded, sell
fish class. Generally they do not
have enough energy to knock.
They are towards, afraid to do any
thing either for or against the COM
munity.
If it is proposed to do any public
improvement they keep very still, in
the hope they will not be asked to
contribute.
They are so small and stingy in
all of their acts that they are uni
versally despised. They never get
anywhere in life or achieve any real
success because they have no inter
est in their community. Every group
of enterprising citizens look on
them with scorn and they are soon
completely ignored.
These people are a detriment TO
any community. They are worse
than knockers" for even knock
err can be changed into booster
once in awhile.
The man who has no interest in
anything or anybody except himself
is generally hopeless.
Do not let yourself get into this
class.
If all the farmers would take their
team and show enough community
spirit to go out and work on the road
for a day or two each year, we would
soon have it as one farmer residing
along the county line put it: THAT
piece of road increased the valuation
of my farm dollar per acre.
FARMER JOHN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23

Try Our Want Column.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
Kitchen Kinks,

When making juicy pies. insert
two or three pieces of macaroni in
the center of the pie to stand up
right. The juice will bubble up into
the macaroni instead of running over
the crust.
If hash is stirred, it is better to
use a fork instead of a spoon, as it
will make the hash lighter. Instead
of stirring hash, some cooks allow
it to remain until it is nicely brown
ed on one side, then turn with pan
cake turner so as not to break the
crust that is formed. This makes
nice looking dish when the hash is
slipped onto a platter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
Revenge.

During the South African war,
when the country was under mar
tial law. letters sent home by British
soldiers had to pass thru the hands
of censor.
A private in a Yorkshire regiment
had sent four or five letters home
telling his parents about the doings
of the regiment and portions had
been obliterated by the censor, and
were therefore illegible on their ar
rival at the destination. He decid-
ed to even accounts with the censor,
and at the foot of the next letter he
wrote:
please look under the stamp
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
Homemade Gypsy Wagons for Vaca.
TONERS.

In the July Woman's Home Com
panion a contributor suggests a
camping caravan for vacationers and
tells how to make one. He says that
for a family vacation trip there is
nothing so comfortable as this home
made gypsy wagon. Following is an
extract from his comments on the
subject:
For those who want a novel, com
Portable vacation trip there is moth
ing that equals caravaning in a
home-built gypsy wagon. In Eng
land the country roads are full OF
these caravans during the summer
months. Such vehicle renders the
travellers independent of hotels and
boarding houses; it is not expen-
sive to build or to maintain, and
it turns camping-andItramp
trip into quite a luxurious thing
indeed, it is a complete house on
wheels. 1t contains two hunks
which form seats in the daytime, a
folding table, kitchen table, a
stove, and a case of drawers and
bins, lockers, a feed box and tank
for water
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
At the censor's office the letter

At the censor's Office the letter
was opened and read, as usual. The
officer in charge spent some time in
steaming the stamp from the envel-
ope, so that he could read the mes
sage he was certain he would find
there. At last his patience was re-
warded, but his feelings can be bet
ter imagined than described when
he read the words:
WAS it hard to get OFF,"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23
Pooh!

Alice was very enthusiastic re-
garding the rev minister, and
young Winston was inclined to be
rather jealous
"Oh, he is superbly eloquent"
cried Alice. He can move his hear
ers to tears
We'll, that is but paltry accom-
plishment, Alice" replied the young
man sarcastically. II would scorn
proficiency in an art in which every
sneeze is my equal and every peeled
onion my superior"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23

When you feed a mans vanity he
doesn't ask questions about how IL
is cooked or fild fault with the way
it is served.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23

And they say the war has COM
PEELED Americans to buy at home.
Let's start a war in Humboldt coup-
ty,' proposes the Humboldt Repub-
lican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-23

AS long as man tells a woman
how pretty she is he is making a
beautiful hit with her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
CLAIMS TORPEDO BOAT
CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE
John Thomas Complains to Com
merce Department Against the
Barney's Actions on River.

A complaint made by John Thomas
OF the Arm of Weber & Thomas to the
effect that the torpedo boat Barney Is
constituting itself a nuisance on the
river. endangering smaller craft, and
that it's pilot recently directed its
searchlight upon his launch and held
it there, has been referred by the De-
partment of Commerce to the Navy
Department, under whose Jurisdiction
the Barney comes.
In letter to the Department of Com
merce. Mr.. Thomas declared that while
coming up the river the night Of July
20. IN the launch ]. H Bradley, of
which he was in charge. the Barney,
also coming up river. blew to signal
that 1t was going to pass the J. H.
Bradley. 1t then blew a distress sig
nal, Mr. Thomas asserts, but no sooner
had this been done than the torpedo
boat passed the launch within ten feet
Mr.. Thomas also declared in his letter
= to the Department of Commerce that
Z the Barney's searchlight was directed
Z nance of the laws of the river.
" On1cials of the Commerce Depart
ment this morning said that the mat
ter had been referred to the Navy De-
: partment, and that the bureau Of navi-
/; cation could not interfere in the case
7 as the vessel comes without the juris-
: diction of the Department of Com.
merce. Were the proper specific proof
s laid before the department, an of1icial
said. tending to show that the pilo,
Of the Barney willfully held his
searchlight upon the smaller launch
the bureau OF navigation might pro.
coed against the pilot in question te
tho extent OF taking his license away
from him.
officials Of the Department Of Com.
merce were reticent about expressing
any opinion as to whether the Basney
10 constituting itself q nuisance on thu
river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
WILL RAE ENTIRE VILLAGE.
Ohio Commissioners Decide It Cheap.
er Than Ruild Reservoir.

DAYTON. Ohio. August 6.-In line
with the plans for prevention Of future
foods such as wrought disaster to this
city and the Miami valley in March.
1913. the entire village Of Osborn.
Greene county, with its 400 families
and moro than 1000 population. will be
wiped from the face Of the earth.
The food conservancy commission has
perfected plans for acquiring all of the
property Of the village at a cost Of
approximately $1.b00.000.> The commits
sioners Of the conservancy district esti-
mated that the cost Of building q
great reservoir to make Osborn safe
from food danger would be far greater
than raising the property located there.
Property owners have agreed TO the
terms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
Wife Of Detective Keindienst Want,
Separation and Alimonv

Mrs. Viola s. Kleindienst, through At
torneys Henry E. Davis and Joseph =,
Reeves. today filed suit against her nus
band. Raymond o. Kleindienst. for abso-
Lutte divorce, alimony and the restoration
Of her maiden name. In her petition Mrs.
Keindienst says that before her marriage
she was Miss Viola S. Hendriclkson, and
that she and the defendant were married
in Rockville October Is. 1908.
Statutory grounds are the basis Of The
suit, dates and places being set forth In
the petition.
Kleindienst is now at liberty under bond
pending the outcome Of an appeal from a
sentence Of three years Imprisonment
Mrs Margaret Stout IL named in the peti-
ton for divorce filed by Mrs. Reindienst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
LATIN-AMERICAN TOUR
PLANNED BY FINANCIERS
Closer Business Relations Committee
Meets and Decides Upon
Visits.

NEW YORK. August 6.-The commit
tee appointed by Secretary W. q. Nc
Adoo Of the Treasury Department, after
tho recent pan-American nnanciau con-
ference, to bring Latin America and the
United States into closer business rela-
tions met here yesterday at the call Of
the chairman. James A. Farrell. presi-
dent Of the United States Steel Cor
poration, and made tentative plans for
visits to South and Central America,
The American business men will make
the trip at the Invitation Of tho BUSH
ness men of those countries who re-
Gently toured the United States. It was
agreed that the Americans should 20
singly or in groups as best suits their
convenience.
A plan and scope committee was
named as follows: Chairman. James
A. Farrell; Senator Duncan U. Fletcher
Of Jacksonville, Fla; John Barrett Of
Washington. director general of the
an-American Union; Elliott Goodwin
of Washington, general secretary Of
tho Chamber Of Commerce Of the
United states; James J. Shirley and w.
s. Kies of New York and r. H. Patchin
Of Washington. secretary Of the Ma
tional Foreign Trade Council
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
Resistance of Russians
Now Growing Weaker,
Says Austrian Report

AUSTRIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
August 6-The Russians apparently
met with difficulties in conducting their
retreat in the region beyond the vieprz
river, where only q few roads inter-
sect the extensive swamp district. The
Germans and Austians are continuing
to press them hotly, not giving the
Russians time to retreat in an orderly
manner.
The resistance of these forces has
become visibly weaker and their move
ments more confused. Many prisoners
continue to be taken daily. and 1t is
expected that many more will be cap
tured before the Russians emerge from
the swamps, whore the roads are in
adequate for moving heavy baggage
and ammunition trains in addition to
the troops.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's forces
have crossed the Ewinta. which emp
ties into the Vieprz near Lencsna.
On the front to the west of Ivango-
rod the Austrians had relatively slight
losses in taking the outer forts. al
though the desperate fighting lasted
ten hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
FIND IDEAL ANTISEPTIC.
Dr.. Alexis Carrel and Dr.. II. D. d.
kin Make Discovery in Franco.

PARIS. August Or. Alexis Carrel
of the Rockefeller Institute OF Medical
Research and DR.. Henry D. Dakin of
the Lister Institute have discovered,
after exhaustive experiment at the
Compiegne Military Hospital. what
they claim to be the ideal antiseptfc
The most powerful antiseptic known
to science is hypochloride of lime, but
its use is injurious to the tissues,
owing to its acidity. and 1t does not
keep.
Drs. Dakin and Carrel have found
these two defects are remedied, re-
spectively, by the addition Of carbon
ate of lime and boric acid.
Wonderful results have been obtained
with the new antiseptic. and il applied
in time. it is said to make infection in
wounds henceforth impossible.
Prof. Landouzy explained the new
antiseptic to the Academy OF Science.
whose members agreed that the dis
covery will be Of great importance in
surgery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-06
ITALIANS SHELL TRAINS:
500 AUSTR|ANS BURNED
Rome's Forces Win Several Miles Of
Trenches at Polazzo-Gorizia
Bombarded.

GENEVA, via Paris. August Ga dis
patch to the Tribune from Laibach says
"shells from the Italian artillery se'
fire to two trains on tho Borgo-LeWcf
railroad while they were on their way &c
Royereto. Tho first train was filled Will
troops, Of whom 500 were burned te
death Tho second was carrying ammunl
ton, and eight cars Of it exploded.
Eat Polazzo eight attacks BY ths
Italians were repulsed. but the ninth at
tack resulted in the capture OF sevefa
miles of newly constructed trenches.
1.-THE Italians have brought up mor'
heavy guns against Gorilla, the systemati'
bombardment Of which has begun. TIT
Austrians are replying feeoiy.