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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-20

Mrs. Cochran Of Troy. n. Y,
known as the baby" of the corps
OF Civil War nurses. who saw &C.
tive service In 1861 to 1865. says
she is for anything but war"
As n bride of is. she entered the
service as hospital nurse at Keo
kuk. Ia. She is 70. and says Pres.
dent Wilson is one of the nations
greatest heroes for keeping out OF
war.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-20

Rag doll Fresno, Cal, woman
had kept 20 years burst. and inside
she found $3.50 in gold her mother
had concealed there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-20
BILLINCSLEY IS
FINALLY TAKEN

Logan Billingslcy walked into
Sheriff Hodges office late Thurs.
day afternoon and asked to be al.
lowed TO post his ball on a new
warrant issued against him in con-
nection with liquor found last July
In his warehouse on Westlake ave.
Deputy sheriffs had failed to ar
rest him. tho he was around his
headquarters at the Planters ho-
tel for two days.
Billlngsley said he understood
that prosecutions against him for
past actions were to have been
dropped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-20

In a chest a Wooster, o., man
bought at express sale for 30 cents
he found s27, two new suits of
clothes and a kit of burglar tools.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-23
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received al
his Office by E. E. Inns, City
Clerk Of Meade, Kansas, up to
Six CO. o'clock p. NJ, Friday,
April 7, 1916, for furnishing la b.
or and material and constructing
a Reinforced Concrete Reservoir
at the City Pumping Plant.
When filed with the Clerk, bids
shall be accompanied by a certi-
fed check on a Meade, Kansas,
bank, or by Cashiers check on
any bank, IN the amount of One
Hundred $500 O0) Dollars.
Plans and specifications for
The proposed improvements may
he examined at the Office of the
City Clerk or the Engineers; or
complete sets of plans may be
secured from the Engineers,
Black&Veatch, Interstate Build.
ing, Kansas City, Missouri, by
deposlting Five ($5 00) Dollars,
which will be refunded to unsuc.
cessful bidders only, on the re-
turn of the plans within ten
days after bids are received.
The City reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
S. D. ADAMS, Mayor.
E. E. INNS, City Clerk.
BLACK & VEATcH, Engineers,
Interstate Building,
Kansas City, Mo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-23

RS. Lizzie Lilies, OF Butklin,
a guest at the pume of her
t, Mrs. John Granger, this
*.
. Ed Layton mas returned from
,neas City whore he went TO
Irchase new 6xtt res lor his
~taurant. The building has
IN enlarged and remodeIed
d when re-opened for business
III be one of the most up to date
places in the city.
A train OF % cars loaded with
Ford automobiles passed through
Pratt last Thursday morning.
The cars we're consigned to Los
Angeles, California and were
shipped direct from the factory
Detroit. With a total of eig bit
autos to the car, this would make
1874 machines included in the
-hlpment.-Pratt Union
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-03-23

Monday.
A nifty line of suits just in at
Briggs & Briggs at Fowler.
VIM. Jobling was down from
Fowler Monday.
Geo. DeCow is here from Lake
Charles, Louisiana.
Corporal Dan Donate, of Lib
eral, is in Meade this week.
w. P. Bunyan, of Kansas City
was in Meade Wednesday.
C. E. Boyer and wife, of Plains
were in Meade Wednesday.
F w Flick was in 81 Jo-eph
the first of the We on 'uSI -.
Mrs. ]. w. ku ST. = rs
spent last Sa'u w."
II n >
h,na ,,,,u. ia,
The M & NJ
Overland, pnr-
Stamn.r
JE. Ro 81
trin,o Kan
the week
Mrs Fuh
an extended
Arkansas
A. + Sn,
wa, bus,n N
the first f =.
Good work All
at Briggs & Bri INV
- " N' ""
TIA Tuesday
): M W"o6 is err 'ct'np an We
~ -.o...
u l.. Talbot stopped /" Meade
Something new at the movies
every Thursday night. See and
Mrs. l.. A Carter has moved
INTO the MarshalI property winch
she purchased some tlme ago.
X. nj. Palnter ann J.C Z. Braden
went 10 Iopeka MONDAY, where
tney go as deIegates 10 the re
WI" 'ion'
w. S. Gibbons and G. L. Gar
linphouse were visitors IN Lar.
ned the hrst OF this week.
Are overall advancing? Not
at Briggs & Brigrs at Fowler
still selling at 95 cents.
pou \, M.A..
turned from t.o-week's s,a,
IN Excelsior Springs Missouri
much improved in health.
IN. No.
~,
ou..n;uo ~.
,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
LELAND MCMILLAN WINS.
Thirteen Year Old Winneshiek Boy
Raises Best Corn.

Last spring bankers of Winnie
shiek put up prizes to the amount OF
$3.50 for corn contest for Winnie
shiek boys. Each boy entering was
to plant and care for an acre of corn.
Eighteen entered the contest, the
movement being started by County
Superintendent of Schools H. e Mil
Ter last spring. Thirteen boys stayed
by it, and Leland Mcmillan, son Of
John Mcmillan of Hesper township,
was the winner here. He planted
Minnesota No. 13. Besides 21 bush
els of seed corn he got 10 1a bushels
of corn which is worth $1.00 bushel
at the market price now. He gets a
free trip to Ames, leaving Friday,
and in comapny with 80 other boys
goes to Chicago to the International
Stock Show, expenses all paid. Be-
sides this he has chance to win
against the entire state, also Of being
the winner in the northern section.
Special prizes are given on the best
ten or best ear in the state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
REST ROOM READY
NEXT SATURDAY
Will be Opened to the Public Satur-
day, Dec. 2. Will be Free to
the Public.
ROOM is IN BASEMENT
EMIL ROSENTHAL'S GROCERY
Civic Club Would Appreciate Any
Donations in Line of Fixtures
and Furnishings.

The Civic Club of Decorah, which
is composed of some $50 ladies Of
the city, and which was organized
| here last spring, has been doing
some excellent work for the good of
the city, and the visitors who come
withon our gates. Through their ef-
| forts fine toilet was erected in the
City Park this year, which cost
considerable sum. After this project
was taken care of the ladies turned
their attention to Rest Room,
which could be used for visitors to
Decorah from the country and sur
rounding towns. 1t was their inten-
tions to open this next year, 1917,
but they changed their plans and
have already rented the basement
room under Emil RosenthaIs gro
cery store and the room has been fix
ed up in fine shape and will be open
to the public free of charge on Satur-
day, Dec. 2, and everybody is most
cordially invited to take advantage Of
the room.
Now the Civic Club would appre-
ciate any donations, such as rugs,
chairs, tables, cupboard and looking
glass Those who wish to donate
these articles can communicate with
any of the following ladies, Mes
DANES E. j. Curtin, C. j. Weiser, L.
o. Eastman, T. c. Hutchinson, Ray
Algyer.
Ladies who live in the country are
cordially invited to join the Civic
Club if they so desire.
We think this move for a rest
room is mighty fine thing. The la
dies from the country who come ID
Decorah to do their trading will now
have place to go and rest up, leave
their wraps, make it a meeting place,
etc. A matron will be in charge Of
the rooms during the holidays, and
an effort is being made to have some
one in charge of the room all the
time The ladies of the Civic Club
are entitled to all kinds of credit for
the work they are doing, and we ere
sure it will be appreciated by ALL No
lady in the city or who comes to De-
corah from the country or surround
ing towns need be bashful about TAX
ing advantage of the comforts of this
Rest Room, for remember you are
all welcome.
Again we say, hats off to the la
dies, their efforts along these lines
are very worthy, and they should be-
given every encouragement possible.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
AUTOS REGISTERED
RATE 100 A DAY
State Has Taken i'm $1,741,7OO.74 in
Fees for the 1916 Registration.
MANY MOTORCYCLES
in THE STATE
The Average Fees Paid by Each
Automobile Owner for Regis
tration in 1915 was $S.5S.

The state automobile registration
department has taken in $1,741,-
700.74 in fees for the 1916 regis
tration, according to a report issued
recently by Roy Williams, deputy
secretary of state.
New automobiles were being regis
tered at the rate of 100 a day, up to
the closing of the 1916 registration
season on Nov. 1. By the close of the
year the fees will have exceeded ST.
100000, Williams says. The 1916
records show a marked gain over last
year
The average fee paid by each au-
tomobile owner for registration in
1916 was $S.5S. The department
took in S1,636,164.63 for register
ing 199,661 machines.
The average fee paid for register
ing motorcycles was $2.S1. The de-
partment received $1S,9SS.42 for
registering 6,754 motorcycles.
There were 2,641 dealers regis
tered. Receipts from dealers, extra
plates and transfers amounted to
SS6,547.69. Also $1,000 fees for
1915 were collected in 1916.
Penalty for failure to register was
added after April l.
The low average for registration
of cars is accounted for by the fac1
that there are many machines which
have been registered and in use for
more than four years and therefore
are entitled to registration for half
rate, The fee for new Ford is So.
Tie average Zee per car for the year
was $S.5S. March was the heaviest
month for receipts, auto owners
rushing in to avoid paying the pen,
atty which was added on April /.
The 1916 registration began in
November, 1915. The ceipts for
1916 registration by months was as
follows: November, 1915, $65,612;
December, $265,331; January, 1916,
$30S,736; February, s144,940;
March $410,7O2; April, S10S,941;
May, $101,645; June, $92,124; July,
$59,306; August, $5S,S14; Septem-
ber, S22,00S.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
WHY SHOES COST MORE.

We begin to see why the price Of
shoe leather in this country is ris-
ing to heights that keep American
families figuring harder than ever
says the New York Evening World.
100000 worth of leather
was exported from the United States
in the year ending last June as
against $57,000,000 in 1914. Among
our 1916 leather customers is new
one, Italy, which has taken $14,-
100000 worth. 20,000,000 pairs of
shoes have been shipped from this
country this year for the use of the
armies in Europe. The Department
of Commerce report from which
these figures are taken notes also
that the Chinese are giving up san
dals and have bought from us three
times as many shoes this year as
| last.
Here it is again. While emergen-
| cy prices can be counted on abroad
the claim of the American consumer
to the manufactured product of his
own country comes second. If there
are shoes left or if there is time to
make more after foreign contracts
have been filled, American custom
ers may have them-at continually
advanced prices.
Nor is it shoes alone. We should
like to see American producers in
more than one class lined up and
tested for their patriotism. With
how many of them is it America
first? With how many: Profit
first of all'?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
BRYAN AND PROHIBITION,
Washington Gossip is. That He Will
BE Presidential Candidate in
1920.

That William j. Bryan is out for
the 1920 nomination of his party on
the prohibition issue is the widely
expressed opinion in Washington 1t
grows out of an interview in which
Mr. Bryan declares he will de yoto
his time for the next four years to
putting the democratic party on .'ec-
ord for prohibition.
With half the states dry it is rec
lognized in Washington that Bryan is
bound to be big factor in the dem
ocratic convention of 1920. Il. is
we'll known that President Wilson
has opposed the national prohibition
amendment. However, Mr.. Wilson
is not expected to seek a third term.
Aspirants for nomination include
Bryan, Clark, Underwood and others,
who are certain to arise. Bryan thus
far is the only PRESIDENTIAL possibil-
ity on the democratic side for 1920
who is prohibition champion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
THE MODERN THANKSGIVING
DAY.
The Occasion for a Good Many Fam.
ily Reunions.

According to the rhetorical proc
lamations issued by presidents and
governors, and according to histori-
cal traditions, Thanksgiving Day is
religious occasion. We are to meet
in our churches and publicly render
thanks to God for His goodness. AL
so in private devotions we are hum
bly, to express our gratitude.
The average American passes over
all this very lightly. He is a bit
ashamed of religious feeling. If there
is sentiment OF gratitude in his
heart he would not confess it,
Thanksgiving Day is principally a
day for eating a big dinner, usually
more than the human stomach can
take care of. There are aftermaths
of indigestion. In a great many pla-
ces it is day for football. The chur-
ches are sparsely attended.
No occasion can have real signifi-
cance where the principal event is
eating a big dinner. Turkey courses
do not promote moral, spiritual, or
civic advance. But there are ut
least two phases of the day that are
in every way worthy of it's best ira
ditions.
1t is still the occasion for a good
many family reunions. Not as many
as formerly, for families are scatter
ed now. The servant question, the
high price of food, act as check
Not so frequently do you see those
enormous tables filled with parties of
ten, twenty, or thirty relatives. The
large Thanksgiving Day reunion is
apt now to take place at hotel. The
return to the old hearthstone is much
of myth. But it is q mighty good
thing to renew the old ties of rela-
tionship. There ought to be a GER
tain binding relation of intimacy be-
tween blood kindred, but it would
never survive were it not for these
occasional reunions.
Undoubtedly there are more deeds
of charity today than ever before.
This is the best kind of expression Of
the feeling of the day, better even
than any church service. So long as
so many turkeys and pies and cakes
are delivered unostentatiously at the
doors of the Door, the very best SEN
timent Of the day is preserved.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29

Speaking of bumptIous leaders who
assume the role of herders of docile
voters the Toledo Blade says: Year
after year, men undertake to bring
their brethern to the polls to vote
them after the manner of sheep. And
year after year there is disappoint-
ment among those who counted upon
such contracts. Often the candidate
who thought he had the farmer vote
in his vest pocket has found. after
election, that the votes he received
had most Of them the pale complex
ion of the city streets. We recall a
candidate who was to get the church
vote. When the count was made he
had fewer votes than there were
names on his petition"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
CRIMINALS CHLOROFORM HOGS
Loaded Into Wagon After Being Put
to Sleep by the Drug.

West Union, Ia, Nov. 27.-Steal-
ing hogs at night has never been a
very popular form of crime in Iowa,
for the reason that the thief has
heretofore been unable to figure out
any way of muffling the squeals of
the porker.
But enterprising stock raiders
have solved this problem at last by
chloroforming the hogs, and loading
the limp bodies into wagons before
the animals come out of their artiii-
cial sleep.
Thieves early this week chloro-
formed eight fine fat hogs belonging
to Ed. Boelschner residing two miles
east of Hawkeye, and carried the ami
mails from the hog house to a wagon
in the road about 100 feet distant.
This is the third time Boelschner
has lost hogs by mysterious thefts
this winter, and he has been wonder
ing how the job was done. This time,
however, the thieves left two large
chloroform bottles behind them, and
the odor of the drug was very evil
dent about the hoghouse.
County Attorney Cooney of West
Union has been investigating the
crime, but has SO far been unable to
find any clue to aid him in capturing
the miscreants.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
WILL FLY OVER ATLANTIC.
Relative of DecOrahians to Make
Transatlantic Airplane Flight.

Kjell Nyegaard, nephew of Mrs.
Randina Hjerlied, of Norward, aunt
of Banker H. c. Hjerlied, of Decorah,
is coming to the United States to pre-
pare for a transatlantic airplane
flight. Mrs. Helen Hjerlied-J ohnson,
of this city, visited her aunt in Nor
way two years ago and met Mr.. Nye-
gard. The following from the Min
neapolis Journal of last Saturday,
tells about the proposed trip of Mr..
Nyegaard:
Paris, Nov. 1S.-Kjell Nyegaard, &
Norwegian naval lieutenant, and
Hugo Sundstedt, a Swedish naval
captain, will sail to New York soon
to prepare for transatlantic air
plane flight. They will carry as a
passenger Lieutenant Nyegaard' s
wife, who was Mile. Foranze, the
most beautiful actress in Paris and a
creator and originator of styles for
five years before the war.
Lieutenant Nyegaard is the ward of
the Norwegian ambassador to France
and enlisted at the beginning of the
war in the foreign legion and was
wounded. He then entered the avia-
tion corps and was twice wounded
slightly
He will take tiny Ponjer airplane
for flying stunts, on board the same
ship. In the meantime, Captain
Sundstedt, who is a graduate Of the
Henri Farman aviation school, and
flew from Paris to Stockholm in 13
hours in July, 1914, stopping only at
Bremen, will attend to the construc-
ton of the transatlantic airplane.
Lieutenant Nyegaard expects 20
purchase a Curtiss machine of larger
type than that built for Rodmau
Wanamaker. He intends it to be a
triplane of 131 feet Widespread
equipped with six motors of 100
horsepower each. capable of lifting
So tons, carrying six persons, and
with water propeller, so that If
forced to alight on the ocean, it may
proceed as a powerboat.
They expect to start from New
foundland in April or May, when ia
vorable winds prevail, and reach Ire
land in 20 hours, continuing to Lon
don without stopping if all is we'll.
The performance would win the Paris
Matin and London Mail prizes Of
$4,000 each besides other cash
awards.
Il ami going to make the flight be-
cause / need the money" said
Lieutenant Nyegaard. "All my prop
erty in Germany has been confiscat-
ed because l fought with the French.
with a little Ponjer biplane hav-
ing a Widespread of only 13 feet and
carrying fuel for six hours flight can
fly $50 miles an hour. | can leave
New York at daybreak, reaching San
Francisco the same night"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
OSSIAN MAN SUICIDES.
Vim. j. Spillman, Barber, Cuts
Throat From Ear to Ear.

Yesterday afternoon between three
and four o'clock the body of VIM
Spillman, a barber, of Ossian, broth
er of Joseph Spillman, was found in
a grove about a mile out from Ossian,
with his throat cut from ear to ear.
He was found by o. J. Lee, who was
out setting some traps in the grove.
Officials at Ossian were notified, and
Coroner Nj. d. Jewell, of Decorah, was
called over. A coroner's jury brought
in a verdict of suicide, while temper
Iarily insane.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
Why Flour is High.

The rapidly advancing price of
-four and other wheat products is
ample for worry on the part of the
householder who has husky group
of youngsters dependent on him for
support and the necessary filling OF
hungry stomachs. Wheat bread, or
dinarily one of the most common AMI
economical articles, of food, is rap
idly climbing to place with the lux
uries and threatens to get beyond
the reach of that portion of human
ity not burdened with incomes of
taxable proportions. And the end,
it is feared, is by no means yet.
There is more or less talk about
combines" corners" board Of
trade manipulation" ETC., to account
for the soaring prices of wheat and
-four. But the actual, the undeniable
fact is light wheat crop in this
western hemisphere. The most accur-
ate estimates obtainable at the pres
ent time place the wheat yield in
the United States for 1916 at about
three-ifths of the 1915 crop, while
Canada likewise announces a marx
ed reduction in amount from her US
ual bumper output. Russia always one
OF the great wheat-producing coun-
tries of the world. can be depended
on to store her own crops for future
needs. while the other nations ot
Europe, France, Germany, Austria,
ct al, ordinarily heavy growers ct
wheat, are at present more concern
ed in raising hell than wheat A lin
tied supply of any product coupled
with an insistent demand work inev-
Iitably and unerringly to the deple-
ton of the consumers pocketbook
Which is exactly the situation today
in the wheat and flour market.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
Public Sale Advertising.

The George News publishes the
following opinion of Col. P. A, Lesse.
a prominent auctioneer of that sec
ton, on public sale advertising. Col.
Lesse says:
Il have cried hundreds and hun
dreds of sales and have studied the
ways and means of accomplishing
what every farmer really wants and
deserves a successful and satisfac-
tory public sale. After all my ex.
perience and observation, l have con-
cluded that the page sale bill offers
the best publicity medium. The farm
ers seeing it get the idea that it is no
small sale. 1t brings added interest
and respect to your sale. not to men
tion the added attention you get. lc
the farmer gets sale bill larger
than a page it is just a little too
clumsy to handle. But the page is an
ideal size and though it costs more I
firmly and honestly believe that it
pays to use it. A page bill, and
page advertisement in the home
newspaper, with smaller advertise
ments in neighboring papers, GER
tainly places the sale on such foot
ing that the auctioneer who knows
his business can step into the ring
with confidence of doing good days
work and making his patron some
good money"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
High Living Costs Trouble Norway.

Minneapolis, Nov. 27.-Norway
has more high cost of living trou-
bles than the United States, accord
ing to c. Nj. Akersveen, a merchant
of Leeds, N. d., who was at the Rog-
ers hotel last night on his way
home suChristiania, Norway.
Beef is selling at about As to so
cents pound, American money"
said Mr.. Akersveen, 'and eggs are
60 cents a dozen. But wages are
good, 50 to SO day for common la
bor and $3.50 to $3.50 for factory
workers-the highest in Norway's s
history"
Fortunes have been made in the
shipping business, Mr.. Akersveen
said, since the outbreak of the war.
Most of the commerce between Eng
land and Russia is being carried on
In Norwegian ships, he found.
Just before Mr.. Akersveen sailed
for home, Nov. /, after a month
with friends he learned that the
Norwegian government had advised
its shipping companies to buy nc
more ships while the present cost OF
materials prevail. lest peace should
be declared and the bottom drop out
of the shipping market.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29

E. T. Mredith reports that it cost
him over $4,000 to get beat for
governor of Iowa. Maybe that Is all.
but it scarcely seems possible that
the expensive campaign could have
been made for three times that much
money. However, $4,000 is a good
deal to pay for the kind of licking
Mr.. Meredith got.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29

IF it is suggested that the women
voters, with their thankfulness for
being kept out OF the war and their
eagerness to stay out of it, decided
the issue in favor of Wilson, it can
be pointed out that suffrage Illinois
gave one Of the largest Hughes ma
jority in the country. and that suff-
rage Oregon also spoke out emphati-
cally for Hughes" says the Sioux
City Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-11-29
Didn't Drink Out of Courtesy

1t took 700 plates from which to
feed the Harding banqueters in Sioux
City and 200 of the guests were out
siders, coming from three states. No
liquors of any kind were served at
the banquet and no man was COM
PEELED to take drink even out Of
courtesy.