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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
EXPLODED AMMUNITION.

A very prominent leader of the
anti-suffrage movement was heard
to remark recently that while there
was reason for the woman agitation
of forty years ago that reason has
been removed by the very large grant
Iof substantial rights woman has re-
ceived in recent years.
Two things are to be remembered
in this connection, one that the
grant of rights women have received
came directly from the agitation of
women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony, and another
that precisely the same question
mark was put after every one of
these rights when it was granted that
is now put after the demand for suf-
| frage.
Moreover, the rights that women
have secured in America as a result
of the woman agitation are not ell
joyed in England or Germany or any
country in the world in equal de-
gree.
The same hue and cry about the
destruction of the home and disinte-
grafton of the family has been heard
just as loudly when the question up
ior consideration was giving the
woman right to hold property or
control her own children as it is now
when the question is over the right
to vote.
The big disadvantage the oppol-
ents of suffrage labor under in this
campaign is that they have exploded
their ammunition in so many previ-
GUS campaigns, and in every instance
their alarms have proven to be
groundless.
1t is hard to be alarmed so many
times over threat of disaster that
never comes.-Des Moines Register
and Leader.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
TOWN BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT.
The Laying Out of Streets i'm Chez.
kerboard Form.

The prevailing mode of town de-
velopment for the past 25 years in
progressive towns has been to lay
out streets in checkerboard form at
right angles. Some theorists of civ
ic progress have advanced the idea
of late that a layout of curving
streets is more beautiful. They point
to German cities that followed this
plan to large extent before the war.
The right angled plan they condemn
as too stiff, formal, and geometrical.
In towns having hills or bluffs,
curving streets are frequently need
full to conform to the lie of the land.
But there are some practical objec-
tions to them on level ground. They
usually make more steps for man and
beast, though it is true that in some
instances they do cut corners. They
lead to irregular shaped lots, and
promote more scattered develop
ment of the town necessitating larger
expense for street and sidewalk and
sewer development.
The laying out of streets is mat
ter to be strictly controlled by NUM-
cipal authorities. In the more pro-
gressive towns it is usually so reg
ulated. In some of the older and
less advanced places, there is dis
position to allow real estate men to
run streets in any criss-cross way
that will produce the most house
lots. Straight streets connecting
with each other directly across town
have beauty of their own. If well
planted with trees, long and pleas
ing vistas are created, making a har-
monious whole, and giving an i'm
preston of space and dignified ar
rangement.
A great number of cities have of
late taken up the idea of town plan
ming boards. Few men would think
Iof constructing house without a
plan. If it is house of much value,
they call in a first class architect.
But until within few years, most
towns were content to grow without
any publicly adopted plan for devel-
opment. The result is frequently
crazy patchwork streets, the lack of
suitable park land, the failure to
secure lots needed in the future for
schools and other public buildings,
for which high prices will have to
be paid later.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
EXPRESSING TREASON AND
ANARCHY.

1t is reported that a fellow said
in a public place last week that if the
United States should get into war
with Germany he and his six sons
would fight for Germany. If he had
made similar remark in Germany,
against Germany, he would have been
backed up against wall and shot
full of holes, before he had a chance
to get twenty-four hours older. And
an ex-preacher, whose sense of CON-
mon decency is a minus quantity, is
reported as making the remark that
if President Wilson were to come to
Waverly he (the ex-preacher) would
like to be the first to get shot at
the president. Ii that ex-preacher
had made such remark about the
kaiser, in Germany, he would have
PASSED to his heavenly reward soon
after the words were out of his
mouth. Such talk is not German; it
is treason and anarchy. May be it
would be well if the authorities OF
the United States would take care
OF such irresponsible, blatant fellows
and put them where they could do
no harm. These crazy creatures ex-
pressed these reasonable and anar-
chistic sentiments thinking that by
so doing they would show that they
were good Germans. They are not
good Germans. Their talk is treason
and anarchy, and you can not blame
Gremany for wanting to get rid OF
such lunatics. Neither should you
blame us for being sorry thai they
were ever permitted to land in this
country. Now that they are here we
wish Uncle Sam would resort to
some decent scheme that would put
them where they could do no harm.
I-Waverly Republican.
The writer of the above, Editor ].
F. Grave, is we believe, himself OF
German birth and parentage. There
fore what he says is entitled to the
respect of all patriotic right thinking
people. 1t has the merit of timeli-
ness too because just at present the
country is about to give emphasis to
its loyalty and its patriotism in the
yearly celebration of it's preservation
from the assaults of those who
sought to destroy it over half cen
tury ago. The criticism has the right
ring to it and stamps its author who
was a good soldier in the civil war as
man who worthily fills a place in
the front ranks of the best citizen
ship of our country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
HAUCEN AGAINST The
RURAL CREDITS BILL
Little Interest in the Measure From
Iowa. Hawkeye Farmers Can
Borrow None It Reason
able r.
Intereso
FARMERS in THIS sTA1%,
DON'T Y J
Mr.. Haugen Also Criticized VIII,
Referred to as "Red Tape"
i'm the Bill.

Washington, d. c., May 15.-Op-
position to the federal farm loan
measure of rural credits bill was
voiced on the floor of the house Fri
day by Congressman Haugen, of
the Fourth Iowa district, who was
the only Iowa legislator who spoke
on the bill.
Mr.. Haugen acknowledged there
was little interest in the measure
from his state, because of the ability
now of Hawkeye farmers TO borrow
money at a reasonable rate of in
terest on their property, which he
declared had taken numerous rec
ords in altitude in the matter of val
ue,
He first attacked the provision Of
the bill, which appropriates 100000
annually as salaries of the three
members of the farm loan board. He
held that the federal reserve board,
now in operation, had sufficient
clerks and experts to handle the farm
loan matter.
1--WE already have the federal re-
serve board with large army of en-
ployes drawing large salaries with
very little to do" Mr.. Haugen said.
"Why not turn this branch of Uncle
Sans banking institution over to the
board already established, and thus
do away with the proposed unneces-
sary overheard charges, so that in
stead of the $4,000 men already in
the service now playing golf they may
have something to do"
Mr.. Haugen then criticized what
he referred to- as red tape" in the
bill. Under the BILL" he said, "the
borrower must subscribe for stock in
the farm loan association to an
amount equal to per cent of the de-
sired loan to be paid in cash on the
granting of the loan. SO If farmer
desires a loan of $1,000, he must
either pay $50 in cash, or accept only
$3.50 and $50 stock certificate for
his $1,000 mortgage.
The bill also provides that the bor-
rowed money must be used for the
purpose of purchase of land for agri-
cultural use and for buildings and
improvements TOR the farm under
penalty of the full amount becoming
due at once.
IF one dollar of the $3.50 bor-
rowed is expended for buying gro
ceries, the whole loan becomes due
and may be called in by the bank, .
he added.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
Memorial Day Dinner.
Narrow Roads.

Every so often the matter of mar
rowing the country roads of the state
comes up for discussion. says the
Harlan Republican. The discussion
is on now. The state has about
100000 miles of road, most of it
about four rods wide. If the width
were cut down to two rods, four
acres of land per mile would be re-
turned to adjacent farms, or about
100000 acres in ALL This land, at
$3.50 Per acre, would be worth about
$50, 100000. Roads could easily be
narrowed in level sections, in hilly
sections not. The width is needed
for the cuts which will have to be
made. When population becomes
dense and land hunger greater, say
in about so to 10 years. no doubt the
roads will be narrowed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

This farm of 234 acres would sell
for $500 an acre. That would bring
S46,S00 in cash. Personal property
is assessed at $2,224 which means
that it is worth at least So, 900. Add
this to the price of the land and It
totals $51, 800. Monies and credits
are assessed at five mills on the dol
lar annually, therefore, if this
Black Hawk county farmer were 20
convert his holdings into cash his
taxes would amount to $3.50 Instead
of $1S5.S7 as at present, difference
of $73.13, and yet there are those
who insist that a five mill assessment
on monies and credits is not equit-
able.
According to the equalization of
the taxable value of real estate made
by the executive council in 1913,
farm in Black Hawk county is val
ued at $72.09 per acre. Taxes are
paid on one-fourth of this valuation
or $18.03 per acre.
Perhaps no one item of expendi-
ture made by the state created more
vigorous opposition and protest than
did the amount set aside for the en-
largement of the state capitol
grounds, and yet out of an expendi-
ture in taxes of $1S6.S7 made by this
Black Hawk county farmer only 66
cents of it goes toward capitol eX-
tension. This farmer paid "a cents
more tax on his dog than he did for
this public Improvement
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
Deserves Another Term.

Burlington Hawkeye: William 5.
Allen, the present efficient and popu-
lar secretary of state of Iowa, con
tinues foremost in the public esti-
mates as his own natural successor.
Not much opposition has developed
to his denomination and that little is
not based upon the public interests,
but simply that someone else wants
the place. That is not sufficient rea-
son with intelligent voters for max
ing a change.
Mr. Aliens friends are proud CT
the official record he has made. The
work in the Office has more than dou-
bled since he took charge of it
the automobile license alone being
responsible for large part of the
increased duties. AS the Des Moines
Register in recent issue puts it:
mo other state in the Union can
equal the Iowa automobile depart
ment" The receipts will now amount
to about $2,000,000 per year. As
it comes in driblets, it involves an
immense amount Of clerical work.
Secretary Allen met the inundation
by inaugurating better system OF
handling the auto licenses. The en-
tire department of secretary of state
is well organized and has attained q
high state of efficiency.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
The Intelligent Jury.

Keokuk Gate City:-It is nothing
to the credit of the intelligence of
la jury that an accused person is ac-
quilted nine times out of ten, when
to the mind of the non-Juror it is
patent that guilt is established by
the evidence offered on behalf of a
county prosecutor. Just what men
tai kink prompts men, themselves
good citizens, to. condone offenses IN
o.hers to the extent of turning these
others loose unwhipped of the law is
hard to understand.-Keok Gate
City.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
Picking the Brainiest.

After a three months trip through
eighteen republican states, including
Iowa and the middle west, Howard
Hadley, a newspaper man and for
mer progressive, predicts the follow
ing lineup of men prominent in the
public eye today: Hughes, republican
nominee for president; Fairbanks
republican nominee for vice presi-
dent; Root secretary of state in
Hughes cabinet; Maj. Gen. Wood
secretary of war in Hughes cabinet
Roosevelt, United States senator from
New York to succeed O'Gorman. The
writer considers Hughes, Roosevelt
Root and Woods as the biggest
brainiest and most forceful men on
this side of the water" America will
need the "brainiest" statesmen il
possesses to conduct it's affairs in the
next four years, There is no room
for personal issues. We must have
forceful figures in the cabinet and in
congress, as well as in the presiden.
tial chair. More discussion along
that line will take the bitterness ou,
of the convention and lead to sen
sible selection of candidates. There
is plenty of work for all to do.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

We saw a young woman the other
day going at full speed in. sixt1
horsepower automobile. 1t was one
of those eight cylinder fellows AID
she was driving it with vengeance.
This girls father would make serious
objection if this same young lady
asked the privilege of driving a fris-
ky team of horses thru the crowded
streets, but ne permits her TO go thun-
dering over the pavements with the
speed of a lightning express train.
Not many blocks behind this pulsaI-
ing, throbbing automobile rushed an
other driven by boy of IS. He was
running around a number of autos
that were being driven by careful,
mature men. The number of deaths
from accidents because of careless
driving is appalling and while these
mishaps do not always come to these
reckless youths, yet the mere fact
that fathers will trust their children
with these powerful machines when
they would not think of placing them
in charge of a nigh spirited team OF
horses, furnishes food for meditative
contemplation Farmer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

Mr.. Meredith, who is to be the
democratic candidate for governor,
did not touch on state issues in his
address at the state convention st
Clinton, which, by the way, was no
disappointment to many of the dele
gates. Mr.. Meredith confined him
self to national issues, his intentions
probably being to gradually change
the appetites of Iowa democrats to
a new political diet, says the Du-
buque Times-Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

There are sixty daily papers in
Iowa and fifty OF them, or five out of
every six are advocating giving the
ballot to the women at the election
in June. With the weeklies the av-
erage is not so high. There are $50
weekly papers in Iowa and sic OF
these favor woman suffrage, or an
average OF a little less than five out
of eight. Surely this speaks we'll
for the cause of womans suffrage
and for the Iowa press.-Des Moines
Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
The First Woman Delegate.

Il will vote for Senator Cummins
so long as he is in the race. If he
should not be nominated-we I'd
Just be for any good republican"
The first woman delegate to the
Chicago convention, Mrs. Louise Lusk
of Missoula, Mont, proves to Iowa
at least her right to be there. says the
Des Moines Register G. Leader
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

The state dairy and food commits
sion Is making a consistent campaign
against firms selling ice cream not
up to the standard. Ten firms have
been prosecuted and fined. Evidence
for the arrest of ten additional man
ufacturers has been secured.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

Iowa newspaper publishers are
being required TO pay from $25 to
$50 a ton more for print paper than
they did six weeks ago, ard still the
manufacturers are telling congress
that there has been no raise over one
per cent during the last ten years.
There is great big hold up some
place, that's cinch, says the Hamp-
ton Chronicle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
II. R, For Peace.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune: -
All this talk about Roosevelt want
ing war is sheerest nonsense. lie
wants peace, and the surest way to
have peace is to maintain firm stand
and be prepared to take care of our
selves. A weak, vacillating course
is almost certain to enbroil us in
trouble.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

Among the undesirable aliens are
those blue-blooded fellows who come
here with no intention of becoming
citizens and spoil our sweet Ameri-
can girls by taking them away t.
wear European titles, when they
would look much prettier in mo-
ther hubbard keeping house for some
red-blooded American.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
STUDY OF A TAX RECEIPT.
Tax Schedule of Farmer i'm Black
Hawk County Submitted.

j. S. Holm, assessor of Cedar Falls
township, Black Hawk county, Iowa.
submits the tax schedule of a farm
er in his township who owns 23i
acres of land, personal property at
the assessed valuation of $2,224, and
one dog. The total tax amounted to
$1S5.S7, as follows:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

Your morals may have little effect
upon your success in life so long as
you are not found out; but the i'm
moral can not long keep 1t to them
lselves.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

The person who throws mud makes
no attempt to clean up his muss, even
after he finds his efforts have been
directed at the wrong mark.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17
MEMORIAL DAY
PROGRAM MAY 80
Observance of the Day Will be Held
in DecOrah. Parade Procession
Will Form at Ten O'Clock
on Main Street.
ATTORNEY f. J. HOOK
ORATOR OF THE DAY
Exercises Will be Held in Grand
Opera House. Picnic Dinner at
G.. A. II. Hall After tine
Exercises.

Inc muHleu drum s SaQ roll mas DedC
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few;
On fames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread
But glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead"
L. l.. Caldwell will act as officer of
the day, and Atty. E. ]. Hook will be
the orator.
Procession will form at 10 o'clock
a. m. on Main street, between Winnie
bago and Mechanic streets, facing
east, in the following order:
Merchants Band.
Col. Hughes Post and all veterans, in
automobiles.
Col. Hughes Woman's Relief Corps.
Orator and president of Relief Corps
in automobile.
College Band.
Decorah Fire Department.
Fraternal order and lodges.
Mayor and city council in automo-
biles.
Citizens in carriages and automobiles.
CCuOOlS VI TIE Clty.
Procession will move at 10:30 a.
m. and march east to State street,
north to Water street, west to River
bridge where will be held a memorial
service for the sailor-soldier dead.
The column will then countermarch
and return to the Grand Opera
House where the exercises will be
held.
Order of Exercises at Opera House.
Prayer.
Reading Memorial Day orders.
Singing.
Reading of Lincoln Gettysburg ad-
dress, by Mrs E. NJ Fleming.
Calling roll OF the dead.
Singing.
Address by Il. j. Hook.
Hymn, America" by all.
Benediction.
At the close of the service, the
Sons of Veterans will visit the burial
places of the city and decorate the
graves.
1t being impossible for the sons to
visit all the graves in the county
where veterans are buried and place
flags, wreaths and flowers upon the
graves, the committee requests that
comrades and friends living near
such places will attend to this work
and not let cne grave be overlooked.
A union memorial service will be
held in the Grand Opera House Sun
day May IS. Sermon by Rev. Willett.
Everyone invited to this as we'll as
the service on Tuesday, May 30th.
BY the Committee,
L. l.. Caldwell, Chairman.
Memorial Day Dinner.
G. A. r. Hall will be open after the
services at the Grand Opera House
where all members and their families
can join in the usual picnic dinner.
The Relief Corps will furnish cof-
fee and good share of other things.
but will ask all who come to bring
baskets so there will be an ample
SuDnIy
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

1t must crate On England to have
to measure it's money by the stan
dard of its estwhile colony.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-05-17

Who should worry about the cold
weather il he has buckwheat cakes
and syrup in plenty for breakfast?
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-12-08
The Greatest Weather
Prophet.

Rev. Irl r. Hicks, of ST..
Louis, the greatest and most
successful of weather forecast
ers, died on Oct. IL. 1916, after
"A short illness. Before he took
sick lie had entirely completed
his work on the great Hicks
Almanac for 1917 and had read
the proofs of all his weather
forecasts for a year in advance.
This noted Almanac is now
ready and is a fine specimen of
Almanac making. Prof. Hicks
portrait tainted by a leading
artist of st. Louis in May, and
this portrait printed in colors,
makes the frontispiece of the
1917 Almanac. The 1917 AL
manac is 80 cents Ivy mail. Prof.
Hicks monthly Magazine,
Word and Works, will also be
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Word and Works one year with
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Send 5 cents for a sample copy
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Company, 340l Franklin Ave-
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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-12-08
Every intelligent Person
Should Learn How
to Write.

More than a million people are employed
in the publishing business in the United
States, and all of them had to begin. !"
They are dropping odt every day, and some
ore must take their place. There must be
writer's for
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-12-08
Human liberation.

The human Information that goes
on IN the Russian province Of Pskoy
has good deal of interest for scien-
lists," a scientist said. IN fact, sew.
eral committees win visit Pskoy to
study the human hibernators there.
These poor peasants have very IT.
lie to do In the winter and very little
to cat. So they lie down In their
beds with a bottle Of water and
few loayes. and sleep and nibble,
sleep and nibble. TIL the coming OF
spring
"A man of 1870 pounds win sleep as
hours. awake and take a sip OF water
and a mouthful Of bread, then fall
asleep again for 40 hours more. A
loaf and a bottle of water will last
him a fortnight When, four months
later, he rises. pale and weak, and
begins to pillow the melted SOL, his 1870
pounds has fallen to 10, tlt other
wise he IS we'll enough. In& ID, these
Pskoy hibernators are noto1 Tor their
longevity
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-12-08
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