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the place of better wages, Mrs. Potts
said there were eleven windows in
the suite occupied by the Jacques
company, so that the girls had lots
of fresh air.
Mrs. Potts grew very indignant
when v. A. Olander of the State Fed
Grafton of Labor asked her if she did
not think such long hours of labor
untitled women for motherhood. She
did not think she should be compelled
to answer such an indicate ques-
ton and TayIor's objections saved
her the necessity. She admitted that
she had never even thought of such
an indicate matter.
Minnie NJ Walker, matron for a
year of the welfare work of the
Northwestern Elevated roads, told
without prompting how keen the
women ticket agents are that they
may be permitted to work ten hours
day and what lovely jobs they have
which permit them to sew and read
with the exception of a very short
while when they are ticket selling.
Under questioning from Agnes
Nestor of the Women's Trade Union
League, Mrs. Walker admitted that
loop ticket sellers only work 9 hours
a day because of the heavy work.
T. E. Donnelly, pres. R. R. Donnelly
Sons Co., printers, said that bindery
girls who work on piecework system
average only 81 or $3.50 a week
throughout the year and to shorten |
their hours would shorten their pay. |
His idea of the perfectly proper pro-
cedure was to let the girls work as
many nights as necessary and then
some time when there wasn't much |
for them to do they could get off
few hours in the daytime, which
would be at their own expense and
would not inconvenience the bosses.
He had interviewed many bindery
GIRLS and f0I1nd them all cIanOrino
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think statistics of infant mortality
taken from countries where shorter
and longer hours of labor are re-
quired should be introduced. He re-
luctantly agreed that women are not
as capable of working continuously
as men.
He told of the employers ,contri-
buttons to organized charity and of
the sacrifice of their capital to keep
on the payroll employees for whom
they had no work. He thought the
employers, if unhampered by Iegis-
Iation, would create an Eden for the
employees despite the wishes of the
workers to work night and day.
In response to a question put by =
Rep. Hicks, Donnelly said no compar-
ison should be made with New York,
where there is a 9-hour law, because
the sanitary conditions are so much
better here.
Just what sinecure the girl has
who works in a laundry was brought
out by Otto Rice, sec'y and gen. mgr.
Quick Service Laundry Co., men,
Der of the Laupdrymen's Assn of ILL
nois, which defeated and destroyed
the laundresses' union some years
ago.
He told how the servant in the
house gets up at 4 in the morning,
does the washing and ironing and
then cleans the house, cooks the
meals and does other chores through
out the day, while all the Iaundress
has to do is to stand on her feet for
ten hours day, and she may even
sit down occasionally if she desires,
as there is standing rule that she
may so sit His employees all crave
the privilege of continuing to work
10 hours.
Rice stated if there was any legis-
lation is should be to put Cinnamon
competitors out of business.
Rep. Hicks said he had interviewed
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guided Dudley
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
Negro Convict Shot.

Fort Madison, Ia, June 2S.-At-
tackled by convict armed with an
axe, Assistant Deputy Warden Ben
Skyles, this morning shot his assail-
ant, William Hall, colored through
the right arm.
The official had ordered Hall to
solitary" for an infraction of the
rules, and on the way the prisoner
broke from the guard and ran into
his cell, threatening anyone who
followed.
Skyles went in after him. Hail
produced the axe he had concealed
in his cell and advanced threatening
ly until winged by the deputy's bull
let. Hall now is in the prison hos
pital. Skyles was unhurt, Hall 10
serving five-year sentence for for
gerry. He has a bad prison record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
A Morgan Stands the Test.

The four cowboys, j. Ransom, R..
G. Payne, c. c. and George w.
Beck, of Seattle, Wash, completed
their grand tour of the United States
ten days ago by pulling up at the
gate of the Panama Exposition
They visited every capital and COW
cred 10000 miles. The purpose of
the trip was to demonstrate the en-
durance of our western range horses
and their ability to adapt themselves
to every variety of climate, change
of food and roads and all other tests
that will try to the utmost the met
tie and other qualities of the ami
mails.
Of the five horses that started
from Olympia just one stood the
test-a little spotted pony Of Nor
gan and Arabian breed that answers
to the name of Pinto. This sturdy
little pony survived all the tests i'm
posed upon him and in fact, seemed
to thrive upon them. Pinto was sick
just once, when he was afflicted with
acclimation fever in Maine, and de-
layed the party eleven days. Fur
lthermore, he made the entire trip
without a limp. Two of the origin
al five horses gave up in Montana, a
third at Little Rock, Ark, and the
fourth at Moultrie, Ga.
The shortest days journey was
ten miles, through the hot sands Of
Texas, and the longest was eighty
| five miles, from Leandore, Idaho, to
Dillon, Mont. The average mile
age a day during the entire trip was
TWENTY-FIVE miles.-Spirit of the
West, June 16, 1915. Er
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
Try Our Want Column.
WANT COLUMN.
Rates-One Cent per word. Moth.
ing less than ten cents.


STORE-For rent, and lots for sale.
Mrs. w. P. McClaskey, DEBORAH.
25-2wpd.
20. X. BARBER SHOP-Clarenc
Peasants, Prop. Shave loo.
Adv.-pd.
GRAVEL-And black dirt for sale
very best, delivered.f E. S.
Thune, phone 405-black. 25-4pd.
FOR SALE-Several Short Horn
bulls old enough for service, reds
and roans. Farm ten miles north
of DEBORAH. Address w. A. Van
Vliet, Prosper, Mimi. 25-2w
FOR SALE-Two building lots on
Mechanic street. Rud Bros. 15tf
FOR SALE-Black dirt for filling
or for lawns. Enquire of A. R.
Coffeen. 14tf
FOR SALE-River gravel. En-
quire John A. Jewell. Phone 24O
rings. 2ltf
FOR SALE-Two good lots located
in West DEBORAH for sale cheap.
Inquire of Christen Bros. 24-4pd.
FOR SALE CHEAP-The A. ID.
Thomas building by West Side
bridge. 1t contains three family
apartments. Rents for $40 per
month.
FOR SALE-Two good organs. Must
sell at once. Rud Bros.
FOR SALE-The big Piano and
Player Piano sale is on-the best
chance of your life to get that
Piano or Player at big cut. Rud
Bros.
FOR SALE-House with modern
conyeniences, garage and barn, liz
central location. Enquire or ..
Omdahl, DEBORAH Poster" or Ala
Mechanic Street. 24-e-o-wtr
LosT-Garnet brooch. Finder please
leave at this office. 26-lpd'
SALESMAN-For automobile oils
Good offer. The Middle States OIL
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. 26-l
FOR SALE-Two young Jersey
cows, three Guernsey and Jersey
heifers. Apply to H. F. Roberg
Decorah 26-2
FOR SALE--A number of switches
| at half price. Mrs. Jennie Trz
cinski, sol Maple Ave, West side
/ 26-l
FOR SALE-Cottage and two lots OF
Mechanic street. Enquire Ott'
Solberg, DEBORAH. 26t
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
Loss by Lightning.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of property is destroyed every
year by lightning. The farmer is
the principal loser. There is a rea-
son. Lightning seldom trikes in a
city because the multitude of wire
metal roofs and smokestacks, steel
buildings, etc., are a safety valve
on electrical conditions and few bolts
ever discharge. Out in the country
there is nothing to equalize the cleo
trical conditions of the air and it
accumulates until it goes to earth
with a crash, usually through the
most conspicuous conductor availa-
ble-a tree, a barn, or wire fence.
Statistics show that far more
barns are struck than houses, and
that almost every building properly
rodded is proof against being dam
aged by a stroke. Barns are usually
larger and higher than the houses
and conduct the electric shock from
the clouds to the earth. The nature
of the contents make destruction by
fire almost certain before anything
can be saved.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
GILBERT BEDE SAYS:

In the game of hearts it's always
your turn to play.
The grass widow makes hay
whether the sun shines or not
A woman may be born the equal
Of man but it doesn't take her Ions
to overcome it.
The world owes everyone a living
and is just as hard to collect from
as others who owe everyone.
When you get on the right track
be careful that someone else does
not get the right-of-way and come
up from behind and butt you into
the ditch.
We are careless of the things
that come to us naturally. That may
be the reason some women we
know take such particular care of
their compilations.
There isn't freak reform idea
of any kind that wouldn't work all
right if all people were honest
and for that reason most of them
will never work.
One of the worst features of our
free government is the BUNCH of
tattered candidates cards that dis
figure poles and old buildings from
one election to another.
You hear a good deal about fight
ing roosters, but did you ever take
notice of the way a prowling dog
or cat retreats before the onslaught
of the mother hen?
The man intoxicated with the nee
tar from woman's lips may feel
just as damphoolish over it the next
morning as the man who was on a
regular souse the night before
A girl in Germany has just been
married without the bridegroom.
The groom was at the front and
couldn't be present. Some day he
may wish that the war had never
ceased.
If there is anything in the old
saying about faith that moves noun
tains, the woman who believes ev-
erything her husband tells her has
faith enough to make this old world
reverse its motions.
We should not be so quick to ex-
press our own conclusions when
someone is found mot guilty" Think
of the many things of which we are
guilty which our own hypocrisy
keeps from becoming known.
A man feels completely neglect
ed both at the wedding and when
the first baby arrives-but he may
get some satisfaction from reflect
ing that those who go into raptures
over the wonderful things done by
delicate machinery give little con-
sideraton to the fly-wheel, without
| which the engine that operates the
machinery could not run.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
CLAY HILL
June IS. 1915

June rs, 1918.
Mr.. Ole Anderson visited with rela-
tives in Postville the fore part of last
week.
Mrs. Sam Stoskopf and daughter
Luella of Decorah are staying at John
Matters this week
Mrs. Jos. Linzenmeyer visited with
her son Frank in DEBORAH Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Tyler and chill
dren, Edward Seegmiller and Ben
Glover Sundayed at Glenn Stortz's in
Franklin Prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Tillotson and
Walter Stortz of Frankville called in
our burg Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy and children
from Massachusetts, arrived for an
extended visit at the Williams home
Miss Anna Hougsness of DEBORAH
spent Sunday at Harry Skinner s
home.
Mrs. Otto Dahljelm of DEBORAH Wis
tied with her friend Emma LINEN
meyer Sunday.
The friends of Geo. Griebel sur
prised him at his home Saturday eve
ming, the occasion being his birthday.
All present report fine time.
Miss Mildred Glover entertains the
young ladies of this neighborhood
this Wednesday afternoon.
Rudolph Novotny and family visit
ed at the John Matter home Sunday.
Several young people from here
attended dance in Frankville twp.
Saturday evening.
You better make up your mind to
attend the big dance at Marsh's hall,
in DEBORAH, on Monday evening July
5th. A good time is in store for all.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Grinna and daugh-
ter Anna autoed to Glenwood to Wis
it the latter's parents Sunday.
Miss Madeline Rastetter of Decor
all visited with Marie Broghamer a
couple of days last week.
Mrs. r. E. Morgan and children of
DEBORAH visited atsJ.J j. Rosas Sat
urday.
Mrs. Sam Geotleman entertained
the following families at dinner Sun
day: Mr. and Mrs. Hilleman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Foltz Of Hesper twp, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Sharp, Will Head
ington and wife of Franklin Prairie,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glover and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Dinger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
WEED CUTTING TINE.
Starts Two Weeks Earlier in Iowa
This Year.

Weed cutting time in Iowa this
year starts two weeks earlier than
IL former years. The recent legis-
lature changed the law making weed
cutting time July 1st to August 1st,
instead of July 15 to August Is. The
law as to noXious weeds remains the
same and they must be cut before
they mature. The attorney generals
Office is calling attention to the en-
forcement of this law. All land
owners are required to cut the weeds
along the roads adjoining their prop
erty. The railroads have consider
able weed cutting to do inasmuch
as they must cut the weeds along
their right of way,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
Packing Box May BE Made Into
Wardrobe for Baby.

Take a box about foot or sixteen
inches longer than baby's short
clothes and about two feet wide,
stand it on end, and screw eight lit
tie cup hooks, same as used in a
cupboard, up in the top end OF the
box. Next take little smooth pieces
Of board one-half inch wide and ten
inches long, wrap with piece of
muslin and tie with a piece OF tape
in the center, leaving loop. Now
take a little dress, fasten top but
ton, slip the little stick into each
sleeve, draw loop up through neck,
hang on to the little hook, and the
dress will not be mussed bit.
Diapers and shirts can be folded in
bottom of box, and curtain made
for front, and baby has wardrobe
all of his own. This costs about 20
cents, and is a big help, as every
thing can be kept together. The out
side of box may be papered to match
room, and on top may be Kept the
basket with toilet articles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
CONvICTs MORE NUMEROUS.
Number of Inmates Said to Break
Record.

Fort Madison, Ia, June rs
to the figures given out
today, there are now just 673 in
mates at the state penitentiary here
which is stated to be the largest
number in the history of the insti-
tuition.
Six more prisoners were added to
the penitentiary Wednesday and the
number of those admitted to the
prison in the past month has been
unusually large as an average. Most
of those received are short term
men, the bulk of the sentences run
ming ten years.
If the numbers continue to in
crease it will be necessary to add
another addition to the penitentiary
cell house, according to some alta
ches of the prison.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
Houston County Goes Dry.

Another victory for the s"drys'
was won last Monday when Hous-
ton County voted out the saloons.
The vote was heavy and the fight
close; only So majority. The vote
ran very uneven, some precincts very
wet and others almost solid for the
dry side Spring Grove town and
village broke the record for dry
votes, out of all ballots cast there,
there were only wet votes in the
village and in the town. The clos
ing of the saloons at Caledonia means
nearly as much to Mabel as it does to
Spring Grove and probably more than
the enforcement of County Option in
our own county, as Caledonia has
been the main distributing point
from which the booze element OF this
community secured their supply
Mabel Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
They Are Yours

These extras belong to you.
They mean less rim-cuts, less
blowouts, less loose treads. They
mean more rubber, more fabric,
more mileage, less trouble. Most
tire users know that, so Good
year tires far outsell any other. |
Prove it yourself this sum-
mer. It will bring you tire con.
tentment.
Any dealer, If you ask him,
will supply you Goodyear tires.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30

Men are now
adopting Good.
year tires faster
thanwecans sup.
ply them. We
have neverseen
anything like it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30

good as now.
This years
improveme nts
alone will cost
US 100000
this year. All
to give you ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30

ira wear. sAnd we shall spend
$t0o,0O0fon research this year
to find more improvements still.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30
Yet Note This

Yet Goodyear Fortified Tires
embody many extras. Five are
costly features found in no other
tire. The rest are found in few.
II we omitted those extras, we
could save on this years proba-
bic output S1,635,O00. We
could add that to our profits. yet
Goodyear tires would look as
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-30

Our last price reduction
made February 1st-Will save
Goodyear users about FIVE mil
lion dollars this year. And that
was our third reduction in two
years, totaling As per cent.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25

ham, Phelps, Pirie, Pitkin, Porter, Pur-
cell, Ranger. Ross, Ryan of Georgia,
Ryan of Richmond, Slayton. Smith of
Barre city, Smith of st. Adams city.
Stone of Woodford, Stone of Vergennes,
Ward of st. Adams town, Ward of Sun
derland, Wells of Randolph, Whipple,
Williams and Worden.
Absent or not voting-Abbott of Wash
ington. Carly, Clark, Cook. Cummings
of Benson. Demeritt, Garland, Gleason.
Hewitt of Plaintield. Hinton, Hoadley,
Rich, Stocker, Story, sweet and Wilcox.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BILL PASSES.
The bill abolishing the attorney-gen-
erals office was passed by the House
by a vote of 49, to AZ. This Is larger
than the vote yesterday ordering it to a
third reading, which was 164 to 80. 1t
was also amended to take effect on July
|. 1910. 1t is not expected to pass the
Seuate
filsh school students of Chelsea visited
the State House to-day as guests of
Representative Wilson and Lieutenant
Governor Hale Is. Darling. School chill
dren from Washington were also visitors.
The budget bill was passed by the
'''o' tV-udN. II creates n budget COIn-
mittee of seven State officers to make and
enforce a budget system. so that the
state fiscal system may be more scienti-
fically conducted.
Senator Simonds' bill requiring reading
of the holy Bible in public schools was
ordered to a third reading by that body.
1t requires at least ten verses every day
Tor historical, literary and moral instruC-
ton of the pupils. The superintendent Is
to edit the Bible SO as to leave out n
sections open to sectarian controversy.
The fate of the uniform system of ac-
counts In towns still hangs by a thread.
The Senate after passing it recalled 1t
and recommitted it.
DETENTION FARM BILL KILLED.
The detention farm bill was finally kill
ed by the House in the afternoon. Sew
eral speakers opposed it on the grounds
of economy. Mr.. Wilson of Chelsea to
get action postponed. so that the propo-
sition could be taken up later with a
smaller appropriation. This. however,
did not meet with favor.
The use of a slung shot, black jack, or
brass knuckles against another person
will be punished with "A five year prison
sentence If the bill introduced by Mr..
Burdick of Colchester and ordered to a
third reading by the House to-day he
comes a law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
OFFICIAL RECORD.
SENATE--MORNING.

Convened at 1000 a. m. Lieutenant
Governor Darling in the chair. Devo-
tional exercises by Chaplain Farman.
PASSED IN CONCURRENCE.
II. 81, relating to exemption from pay
mcnt Of annual license taxes.
II. 40, relating to Lake Eden.
II. III, relating to auctioneers' licenses.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT.
Northumberland Darling appoint
cd Senators Simonds and Noonan as
committee of Senate to investigate need
of more room for State library and
other departments.
THIRD READING ORDERED.
S. IS, relating to formation of passen-
ger trains.
H. go, relating to charter Of st. AL
bans.
H.. 20, relating to creation of city and
town Of st. Adams.
H. PA. relating to appropriations for
free hospital beds.
u. $50, relating to charter of village
of Bellows Falls.
II. 2S7, relating to charter of city and
town of st, Adams.
THIRD READING REFUSED.
Fl. %, relating to lighting of stations
along line of electric railroads; adverse
report.
II. les, relating to uniform accounting
In towns and cities: adverse report.
Senator Cady interrogated committee as
to why the bill received adverse report.
Senator Conant replied, because useless.
expense. no need of it. and very few
towns would take advantage of this act.
ports and records because nothing now
In common in town accounting. Senator
Conant inquired If Senator Cady would
favor an amendment paying secretary
Of state and auditor for their services
in perfecting the system. Senator Page
opposed because he thought town clerks
could keep the town books as well as
outsiders.
THIRD READING ORDERED.
S. 81, relating to loans to officers and
employees of trust companies as amended.
RECALLED.
S. 30, relating to granting a ferry to
w. N. Grant. senator Martin stated act
illegal because it is an interstate mat
ter.
HOUSE BILL REFERRED.
H. l49, relating to legal weight Of
maple sugar to manufacturers.
Adjourned at 1926 a. m.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
DISASTROUS GRANITE FIRE
Barrc Concern suffers $40. 900 LOSS
sixty Men Thrown Ont of
Employment.

Barre, Feb. 19.-fire of unknown
origin involved a loss of nearly $40
200 in the destruction early this morn
ing of the granite manufacturing plant
of George Straiton, Sixty men are
thrown out Of employment. Finished
granite ready for shipment, valued at
500. 900, was ruined.
John Paul. a night Waterman en-
ployed by several manufacturing CON
Germs in the Batchelder meadow dis
trict, discovered the fire a few min
utes before two o'clock. The five
started in the boiler and compressor
rooms and the polishing mill.
One-half of the 26O-foot main shed
was saved, and a much more serious
fire in a section congcsted by sheds,
shops. and "A garage was averted when
the tircmen made "A determined stand
between the main building and the
stock room.
The firm handles much work and
was unusually busy. The plant was
erected In 1904 and was one of the
largest In the city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
FIRE Loss NEARLY $4,000
Half Hours Blaze Damages Indies,
FURNISHINGS store of Hnr-
old Cohen.

st, Adams. Feb ia loss esti-
mated at between $500 and SO, 900 was
suffered In a fire late this afternoon
that burned nearly all the contents of
the ladies' furnishings store of Harold
Cohen in the Twigg building on Lake
street. The department succeeded in
subduing the flames in 80 minutes. The
loss on the buildings was $500.
There was considerable damage from
smoke to the furnishings in the tene-
ment on the second floor occupied by
Il family named Cushing. The st. AL
bans Frult company, which occupies
the building adjoining on the West al
so suffered some loss.
The fire is said to have originated
In the basement, where the bottom of
the furnace blew out. Mr.. Cohen a v
he heard the explosion and Immediate
ly the store was in flames.
Chief T. j. Guerin narrowly escaped
being overcome by smoke In entering
the Cushing tenement.