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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
Oldest Iowa Mason.

w. G. Lister is authority for the
statement that Martinsburg, Ia, is
the home of the Oldest Mason in the
state, B. F. Crocker, who is "a years
cid, who joined the order when he
was % at Clarksburg, Ind, in the
year 1S4S, which makes him Ma
son of sixty-eight years standing. His
record since that time follows: Di-
mited to New London, Ia, lodge in
this county, where he dimited. When
the Martinsburg lodge was organized
in 1858 his name appears as one of
the charter members and as the first
senior warden of the lodge.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
RAIDING GARDENS.
Men Come in Dead of Night With
Bags Ready to Dig Potatoes.

Garden thieving used to be largely
confined to small boys. 1t might be
exasperating to lose the apples or
grapes on which one had put good
honest labor and sweat. But at least
one could feel that it represented no
positively malicious spirit of crimin-
ality.
Today in the outskirts of any large
town, the man who keeps a garden
must expect more vicious attacks on
his property. He will find men COM
ing in the dead of night with bags,
ready to dig potatoes, carry off mel
ons, pumpkins, or any other heavy
weight vegetables or fruit. Auto
mobiles are often used for this thiev-
ing, which is seemingly done on long
distance expeditions. The thief may
have travelled 80 miles for his fall
supply of vegetables, and it is not
easy to trace him.
Families who keep a healthy and
active watch dog with good sharp
teeth have about the best protection.
His barking may annoy the neigh
bors now and then, but these are
times when few kinds of prope. iy
can be left lying around loose after
dark.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

Automobile accidents seem to be
spreading to European royalty. The
Queen of Holland and her daughter
were in collision in The Hague
woods and the German kaiser and
one of his sons were seriously upset
in an accident the nature of which is
still more or less concealed. The
automobile has it's mishaps- in all
parts of the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

In Canada they are complaining
because the government imposes
taxes, a tariff, on wheat from the
United States, and as long as Canada
has such a tariff Canada cannot ship
into the United States duty free as
provided in tie Underwood bill. The
reprisal clause blocks the access to
our markets. On the whole, it is
Canada, therefore, that is protecting
the American wheat grower from un-
due competition. Our own govern
ment has abandoned the farmers to
that extent, but Canada is standing
by them. 1t is kind of Canada, as
Kipling would say,-Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

Halfdan Bendeke, vice consul
from Norway to North Dakota, died
suddenly at his home in Grand Forks
Wednesday night. Death was caus-
ed by blood clots on the lungs. Mr.
Bendeke was IS years old and hal
represented Norway in North Da-
kota Is years. He formerly was
grand master of the Masonic grand
lodge of North Dakota. He was
prominently known among Morse
men throughout the Northwest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

When legislators don't know what
to do, they can always get out OF the
difficulty by having a commission ap-
pointed to investigate, which will re-
port in favor of having still another
commission look into the matter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
VIII Give to Many Men. Con-
tractors v ,tGive Preference
to Local.. q, And There
Will BE ork For
All w. >Tan
DoA e
SUPT. j. G. BRIDGES
is ExPERT
Has Put i'm Complete Sewer Systems
i'm Sioux City, Waterloo, Dewitt
and Other Cities. Company
Has Fine Standing.

Mr.. Sieg of the Moore-Sieg Con-
struction Co., the firm which has the
contract for the installation of the
sewer system, has been in Decorah
several days, making preparations
for the active construction of the
work, which will start in earnest
within the next few days.
Mr.. J. G. Bridges is the superin-
tendent directly in charge of the
work and he will have several of the
companies best foremen and me-
canics with him. Two of the latest
type trenching machines will do
most of the digging. These machines
are very powerful and will do the
work of 20 to 25 men. However
there will be work for from fifty TO
seventy-five men. Mr.. Sieg says that
their company always gives prefer
ence to local men, and anyone who
wants a job will be Accommodated,
providing they can do the work. AS
the company can never get enough
men in the town in which they work
they take from job to job twenty to
thirty foreigners, who are well expert
enced in this class of work. Many OF
these men bring their families with
them and they are always peace
able and Industrious class of labor
ers.
Mr.. Bridges has had great deal
of experience in this class of con-
struction and for several years pre-
vious to working for this compsGy,
he was assistant waterworks super
intendent at Waterloo. He has
done a great deal of paving work
which the Moore-Sieg company also
specializes in and has put in COM
plete sewer systems in Sioux City,
Waterloo. Dewitt and other towns
in Iowa. 1t is assured that with
this organization and standing OF
this company that our people will
have one of the best sewer systems
in the country.
The company will also put in ser
vice connections from the houses to
the sewer, and those who wish to
know the cost, or wish to make ar
rangements for this work can call
priI 70 oil m
see him at his office, which is on
Water street across from the City
Hail.
Some information on the kind
and amount of material might be
interesting to our readers so Nj
Sieg has given us the following
data.
There will be over one hundred
and fifty car loads of material used
which would take five trains with
the largest engines to pull. The pipe
is a salt glazed vitrified sewer pipe
and is much different from ordinary
farm drain tile, as the joints are
cemented and it is impervious to
water or other chemicals of The
ground. Vitrified sewer pipe has
been known to have been in the
ground over fifty years without any
noticeable deteoriation. Most of the
pipe will come from Red Wing
and st. Louis, Mo-, which cities have
the largest sewer pipe factories IN
the country.
The brick which make up the
manholes, which go at every stree!
intersection, if put into one brick
chimney would make chimney four
feet inside diameter and over four
blocks high. Also several car loads
of cement, reinforcing rods and cast
iron pipe will be used.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29


AS the first city in Iowa to adopt
the city manager plan, under the new
law, Webster City is getting more at
tention than any other city. There is
evidence from other states that under
a city manager plan, municipal affairs
can be conducted with more dispatch,
with more energy, with more certain
ty and success than under the pres
ent mayor and council plan. There is
also evidence to show that the gen.
eral expense of conducting cities OF
medium size may be materially re-
duced under the city manager plan
enough, at least, to pay the cost
of the manager and his department.
Objection is made by some to the city
manager plan because it is central
izing" local government too much
and takes the power of control di-
rectly away from the people. But
this objection may be met to some
extent by the fact that there is still
a city council of three members to
have their hand on the city's busi-
ness and select the manager, though
they do not execute the laws or do
the city's business. At any rate, the
success or failure of this new plan
at Webster City will mean much to
all the cities in Iowa, for in a few
years many will be wanting to try
this idea of business efficiency in
municipal affairs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

The Marietta News hands one to
the fellow who discontinues his paper
without paying for it. He says "Our
idea OF whole hog with sausage
meat for brains is the fellow who
reads his home paper for years with
out paying and then swears he never
ordered it."-WOW! !!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

An exchange asks what has become
of the farmer who used TO get up at
four a. m. to work in the corn-ileld!
Well he probably doesn't get up mucn
before seven now, as that is early
enough to go motoring.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

Between watching both the nag
and the pennant in these strenuous
war and base ball times, the average
male citizen is kept pretty busy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

The October bride goes to the al
tar deeply concerned about the decor
ations and the dresses, and inciden-
tally making a few bows for the rest
OF her lifetime.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

The man who swears over the wire
at the telephone operator would
smile and smirk upon her If he met
her face to face.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

Thirty or forty careless people are
killed monthly by automobiles in
New York, where pedestrians should
stay on the sidewalks or climb tele-
graph poles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29

Many farmers are responding to
the demand for clean milk by taking
pains to protect their water supplies
from contamination.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
SAVES So ON CITIZENSHIP.
Pays to Become Citizen of the United
States.

1t pays to become a citizen of the
United States-if you can save IS.
That at least, is the opinion of
Larits Gasolesen, native of Den
mark, and he backed up his opinion
Thursday at Waterloo by making ap-
plication for citizenship, incidentally
saving the sum of $S in securing a
hunting license.
The last session of the Iowa legis-
lature passed a law fixing the cost
of hunting license secured by an
alien at $40. Gasolesen did not
know that fact when he applied to
Auditor Rainbow for a permit to do
the nimrod act. He was under the
impression that the fee was 81 to ev-
eryone. He admitted he was a ma
tive of Denmark and had not been
naturalized and was dumbfounded
to learn that the license he sought
would cost him $40.
Auditor Rainbow suggested that
he apply for naturalization papers
which would permit him to secure a
hunting license for 81. The propo-
sition looked good to Gasolesen and
he hurried to the Office of the clerk
of the district court, made out and
signed the necessary application for
citizenship, paid 81 therefore and re-
turned to the auditors office where
he secured his hunting license for
another dollar, thus saving $S and
taking the first step toward securing
the protection of the United States
in case his native country gets into
the kind of entanglements that seem
popular just now across the sea.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
COUPLE HELD ON MANN
ACT CHARGE RELEASED
Wife Comes From East and Asks
Prosecution Against Husband
and Woman Dropped.

The tangle around Joseph Vargo
and Mrs. Michael Ozsvath Of New
Brunswick, Y. J.. who were arrest
ed by Detective Sergt. Barnhart and
Detective Diver Friday afternoon for
alleged violation of the Mann act.
was cleared up Sunday evening when
Mrs. Nargo arrived in the city and
refused TO prosecute her husband.
causing the police department to
turn the couple loose.
Mr. and Mrs. Vargo patched up
their difficulties, and the three per-
sons left for New Brunswick last
night. Mrs. Nargo had been search
ng for her husband since ne left
New Brunswick on oct. % with Mrs
pzsvath. She seemed TO hold no
enmity towards either the husband
or the woman who has been living
with him for the past two months.
but asked that neither of them be
prosecuted.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
DRIVE L0AFERS FROM
INTERURBAN STATION
Street Car Company Takes Action
Against Men and Boys
Who LOiter.

Drastic measures on the part OF
the street car company during the
last two months has had the effect
of Kidding the interurban station OF
many Of its loiterers who have made
it a habit 10 pass the time there.
One and often two inspectors have
kept watch OF the station daily and
hose boys and young men who have
been found waiting longer than a
sufficient time TO permit all cars to
pass have been invited TO leave. In
the case of some few who have
objected TO obeying orders 10 leave,
the inspectors have been forced to
add emphasis TO their instructions
by the aid of their boot 1t is the
purpose 10 continue making the sta
ton IN undesirable place for those
who seek TO use & merely as a
lounging place d"ring the cold
months
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
GIVE SIXTy-FIVE
K. OF c. DEGREES
Michigan City and Chicago
Teams ExempIify Work.
800 Attend Banquet.

Sixty-fve candidates were given
the second and third degrees Of the
order of Knights Of Columbus Sun
day afternoon and the annual initia-
tory banquet was served in the big
dining room Of the oliver hotel to
800 members ard guests at $3.50
O'Clock in the evening.
The second degree work was con-
ferreS by the Michigan City degree
team in charge of Henry Olinger,
grand knight OF the Michigan City
council. The third degree work fol-
lowed, being conferred by the Chi
cago council degree team under the
supervision Of Charles L. Chambers,
grand knight of the Chicago coun-
Gil.
Addresses were made following
the banquet by prominent men Of
the Knights OF Columbus order of
the various cities OF the country.
Rev Thomas Burke acted as toast
master, and the principal address
was given by Rev. p. j. Carroll. He
spoke of the knights who we're united
10 the council and congratulated
them on their step.
The parlor was beautifully dec
Grated in the colors Of Notre Dame.
with pennants of the college stream
ing from the walls and ceiling.
Other speakers and topics we're:
"Our Membership" Earl S. Dick
ems of Chicago, former secretary to
Rev. John Cavanaugh, president Of
Notre Dame.
instructor in dramatic arts at st.
Mary's.
Short talk by James G. O'Brien of
Chicago, assistant states attorney.
The Candidates" Emmett Leni-
han.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
HIBERNlANS TO GIVE
BOOKS TO LIBRARY
Religious Orders OF Women i'm the
United States" by Mrs. T.. Il.
Dehey OF City.

At the meeting OF the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians and Ladies' aux
Hilary held yesterday afternoon at the
knights OF Columbus rooms it was
decided TO present two books 10 the
South Bend public library. These
books are the Religious orders Of
Women in the United States" by
Mrs EHnor Tong Dehey Of this city
The presentation will be within the
next week.
A number OF applications for
membership were received al the
meeting sunday and four candidates
were initiated. During the business
meeting some attention was given
TO the history OF the Hibernians and
Ladies auxiliary by John J. Hayes
OF the South Bend lodge. This book
has just been received. Ii covers
the history Of the order for a period
OF 80 years. The book. which is a
volume OF so pages, contains a pic
ture OF Fr John r. DeGroote. c. s.
G.. chaplain OF the South Bend lodge
Mr. Hayes. the author, is we'll quail
fed 20 write Of the order having
been a member for is years and
being now in his first term as state
secretary OF the order.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
n. D. ALUMNI WILL
BUILD NEW HOME
Final Plans Made for Joint
Building With K. of c.
on Campus.

Another large building will be
erected at Notre Dame within few
months. A S125,0OO alumni and
Knights Of Columbus building is TO
be added to the new library quad
rangle. 4 special meeting Of the
alumni committee was held at the
university yesterday and final plans
were made for the new structure.
The new building is 10 be modern in
all respects and viii be the last word
IN up-tO-date club houses.
The committee which met yester-
day ct Notre Dame was composed
of the following men FIR. William
Maloney, secretary Of the Alumni
association, and the other officers Of
the alumni. as follows: Byron Y.
Canahaley Of Chicago, Ill; John
OCOnnell of Chicago, ILL.,; Judge
John Eggerman OF Fort Wasue. Ind;
John O'Sullivan Of Chicago, H., and
Warren A Cartier of AIuskegon,
Mich.
Although the plans for the build
ing were not made public last even
ing, it was fully decided to have the
laying Of the cornerstone of the new
building one of the big events Of
the commencement exercises in June.
To BE Ready i'm Year.
It is the plan of those in charge
to have the home completed within
a year so that it will be ready to
accommodate the guests at the cen
tennial celebration The new build
ing will be erected directly across
the drive from Corby hall and will
face that hall 1t will be on the
newly added drive which passes the
new library site. Plans are now
well under way for beautifying this
spot and Notre Dame will chen have
one Of the largest university
campuses in the United States.
The alumni building will have a
X Q. chamber room and the re-
mainder of the building will be de-
voted 10 suites-san rooms for the
visiting alumni and their wives.
Modern dining rooms, parlors and
the like will be other important fea-
lures Of the building. The first plans
for the building were made at the
meeting of the Alumni association
last June, when a committee was
appointed to consider the matter. 1t
was then decided to take action at
once. Definite plans for the build
ing will be made public when FIR
John Cavanaugh, president of the
university, returns from Michigan
City
The plans for the new building,
however, rest entirely with the alum
nj body. The money for the con-
struction Of the building VIII be
raised entirely by that body Last
June $4,000 were subscribed for in
10 minutes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
MOTHER OF FORMER
LOCAL PASTOR DIES
Rev. c. Claude Travis, Son of Fort
Wayne Woman-Was Well
known Here.

News was received in South Bend
Sunday Of the death of Mrs. Travis,
mother of Rev. c. Claude Travis,
which occurred Sunday morning at
her home at Fort Wayne. Mrs.
Travis is we'll known here, as she
was present at the wedding of Miss
Ada Campbell and Rev. Travis, her
son, last summer. She also spent a
week as a guest at the home of
Marvin Campbell during the Thanks
giving holidays.
Rev. Travis was for several years
pastor Of the Grace NJ. Z. church
here. and was also at one time pastor
of the Mishawaka VI. E. church. At
present he is at the head of the
Fort Street NJ. f. church of Fort
Wayne.
Mrs. Travis will be buried at Craw-
louisville Tuesday afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
THREE SOCIETIES
APPROACH COMMUNION
Sc. Vincent dc Paul, Forcstcrs and
Holy Name Members co
I'm Body.

81. Vincent de Paul. Catholic or
Ter Of F'oresters. and the Holy Name
society OF 81 PatriCk's parish APP
preached holy communion in a body
At the 1870 mass sunday morning.
Following the mass. breakfast was
served 20 the members in the parish
aall. followed by the quarterly
|neetings OF the 81. Vincent de Paul
and the Holy Name society.
The collections that have been
|nade by the Holy Name committee
|,or the purpose Of fttne up the new
gymnasium Ia the parish hau. made
J favorable report and the work viii
j. begun Immediately after the holi-
BAYS. Frank J. Murphy. william
(AcInerny. J. A. Kaufer and W. =.
urey made short talks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
FEDERAL INSPECTOR
Is NOW AT LANSING
Foot and Mouth Disease Inyestiga-
tor Meets With Live Stock
Commission.

DIR. Fl. l. Foust. who has charge Of
the work of the United States depart
ment OF agriculture on foot and
mouth disease investigation, viii be
with the state live stock sanitary
commission az Lansing, Mich, for
several weeks. Or. Toust has had
charge OF the work at the Niles sta
ton for some time. and any calls for
him should be directed TO the COM
mission.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
How to Cure
Coughs and Colds

Discovery touches the cold germs
they begin 20 shrivel and die. Your
irritation ceases. The cough eases
and you begin TO get better. DR..
Kings New Discovery is just laxa-
tive enough to expel the dead germs
and poisonous secretons.
The ingredients in DIR. Kings New
Discovery make it an excellent
cough and cold remedy. Don't en-
dure the annoyance Of coughs and
colds. Don't keep on suffering
Don't take the risk Of more serious
illness. Take Or. Kings New Dis
cOvery. Watch your eating and
habits. You viii find your cough
and cold under easy and natural
control and be assured Of speedy
recovery. At all druggists.-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
FIRE BREAKS IN PIG PEN
No Damage DOne-S1O i'm Rubbish
Pile Blaze.

Two small runs were made by
the fire department Sunday. At
1850 o'clock Sunday afternoon a
small lblaze started in a pig pen near
Railroad st. No damage was done
by the fire. Fire starting in a rub
bish pile in the basement did about
$40 damage to the residence of J. c.
Click. 18th and Vine SITS. River Park.
at 1:10 O'Clock. The building is
owned by John whitwer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
Notre Dame NewS

A special football edition OF the
Notre Dame Scholastic will be dis
tributed TO the students Of the uni
versity this morning Special fea-
lures have been added TO the college
paper and a summary Of the season
is among the features Of the issue.
Rev. William Bolger returned last
night from St. Joseph, Mich, where
ne took charge of the Catholic par
ish there because Of the illness Of
Father Esper, the pastor.
A special meeting Of the junior
class was held in the Sorin law
room yesterday forenoon. Re-
ports on the banquet given recently
were read and other matters of i'm
portance were discussed No def
mite date for the junior prom has
yet been set
The basket ball players Of the
Notre Dame Day Students assOcia-
ton will elect a captain for the en-
suing year this afternoon. A special
meeting has been called for the pur-
pose of perfecting plans for the ath-
letic side Of the association. Owing
TO the conflict in dates, the dance
date which was set for the 18th,
will have to be changed since the
Michigan Aggies viii meet the NOtre
Dame basket ball team here on that
evening. The matter will be brought
up with the project of discipline this
morning.
One hundred and fifty minims and
their invited guests crowded the
minim dining hall last night and
amid feasting and true holiday spirit,
cheered the athletic season just end
ing. The venerable Bro. Cajetan was
the POSTMASTER, and spoke earnestly
and at length Of the work being done
in his, the minim, department
Among the invited guests were Rev
John Cavanaugh, the president Of
the university, and Rev. Frs. Walsh
and Carrico.
After the speeches, Bro. Cajetan
awarded IS minim monographs and
40 n. ID. pins. G. +. Martin of chi
cago furnished'the monographs to the
winning soccer teams, while the
winners in football were likewise re-
warded by receiving the college pins
the gift of DR.. Boyd Snee of South
Bend.
The captains Of the winning foot
ball and soccer teams are: Charles
Shannon, captain of the winning
football team and likewise of the
first soccer team; +. Summerville.
captain Of the second football team.
and +. Mckinley Of the second soc
Ger; L. Watson. captain OF the third
football team.
Charles Shannon sang a song.
When / Leave the World Behind"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
TO ASSIST AT EXERCISES
\. II. :. OF Westminster Presbyter-
ian Church Offers Help.

Members of the young peoples So
ciety OF Westminster Presbyterian
church stated TO Mrs. Herbert War
ner, chairman Of the tableau COM
nittee that they would take part in
the municipal Christmas exercises on
Christmas eve at the court house.
Various church choirs Of the city
have volunteered their services for
the entertainment and a large cho-
rus is expected.