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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
AN EAR OF CORN.
\ Fellow OF an investigating Turn Of
Mind Has Counted the Kernels
of an Ear of Corn.

A man of an investigating turn Of
mind has counted the kernels on an
ear of corn. 1t was a good sized
Iowa ear, apparently, for il measured
1872 inches in length and had twelve
regular and beautiful rows of dim
pied corn" In his own words: Each
row contains 62 grains, making 744
good sound grains of robust yellow
corn on this one ear. What wonder
full possibilities arise before our mer-
tai vision! These 744 grains planted
next year, each bringing forth che
ear of corn, mean 744 ears. If in
turn the corn from these 744 ears is
again planted, the next year we have
the astonishing yield of 553,536 ears
CT corn the third year away from one
single kernel nearly nine thousand
bushels.
Who would have thought it? Twen-
.ty.seven hundred dollars for three
years work and waiting, from one
ear of corn. It's enough to make
every city man lock up his office, put
up the business shutters and HE him
self to the country. Especially is this
the temptation when this eloquent
tribute to corn is read:
mo artist ever painted anythin g
so beautiful as this ear of corn. No
captain of industry" ever devise
anything so valuable to humanity.
No race suicide" marks OF degener-
acy are visible on this rugged son OF
a long line of illustrious ancestors.
There it lies, silent and speechless,
yet how grandly powerful is its tribe
1t contains The fires of the bottomless
pit when treated in a certain way
which changes its name to that OF
John Barleycorn. 1t contains the saw
ing qualities that sustain tNe world
and put fleets of commerce on every
sea as a food product. When the
grains are separated and sent on
their various missions of usefulness
or ruin, as the case may be, the cob
remains, perchance to do generous
and philanthropic work in bringing
happiness and sunshine to many ali
old grandfather in the chimney cor
ner smoking the cob pipe of content
'ment."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
GOLD IN CEDAR RIVER SAND.
Bed of Stream at Waterloo Said to
Be Really AuriferOus.

Waterloo, July 10.-Traces of
gold were found Saturday in sand
taken from the bed of the Cedar
river in quantities which it is believ-
ed would make extraction profitable.
The gold was discovered when
Arthur Runyan and C. G. Holden got
sand to test a dry placer machine
which Mr.. Runyan has perfected af-
ter two years work. When the
was run thru the machine, free gold
of finer quality than that mixed in
the sand by Mr.. Runyan was noted
1t is estimated that there would
probably be about s cents worth in
a yard of sand, and according to
mining men, it is profitable to work
sand containing 6 cents worth a
yard.
The machine thru which Mr.. Run
yam discovered the gold works upon
the principle of gravity and blows
the sand out while the gold is re-
tanned in pans. The patents were pur-
chased by Mr.. Runyan from a physi-
clan who was in the west for his
health.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
To Get Rid of Red Ants.

The troublesome little red ants
that appear as if by magic about mid
summer, and take complete control
OF the pantry at the time when sum-
mer heat makes other trials hard
to endure, may now be routed by a
very simple remedy. A practical
housewife made the discovery by &C
cident, and it has been found salts
factory in every instance in which it
has been tired. Simply mix five cents
worth of tartar emetic in an equal
amount OF white sugar, make it quite
moist with cold water, put it into
small dishes and set it on the shelves
where the ants are troublesome. The
ants will disappear quite as mysteri-
ously as they came, and there will be
no dead ones lying on shelves and
floor. Do not throw the mixture
away, but save it for further attacks,
as it can easily be moistened and
rsed again when you go to the pantry
some warm, moist morning and find
sugar bowl, cookies and all sorts of
sweets and cereals swarming with
the troublesome summer pests.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
How CoCoanuts Grow.

Why do cocoanuts have "eyes?"
This, say the naturalists, is the rea-
son: Cocoanuts generally grow at
the edge of seas or rivers, and a
good many of the nuts as they be-
come ripe fall into the water. The
nuts are covered with a thick husk,
which has a waterproof covering, so
that they will float AS they float, the
three eyes, which are all at one end
of the nut, are always on top.
Once in the water, nature goes to
work. From one of the eyes there
comes shoot that sends forth broad
leaves that act as sails. The wind
catches these sails and watts the CO.
coanut on a journey that may be
many miles long. AS it sails, the
other two eyes send out roots, which
at first grow among the fibres of the
woody husk.
In time the cocoanut is swept on
another shore, perhaps on another
island. The roots embed themselves
in the soft earth, the sail becomes
the trunk, and very shortly thrifty
cocoanut palm is growing where none
grew before.-The Youths Com
panion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
Every Town Has Them.

Every town has lot of lazy devils
claiming TO have such weak backs
that to split the kindling and wood
would lay them up for a weak. They
allow their wives to take in washing
10 keep the family but they are will
ling to bet the drinks that they can
shoulder a two bushel sack of wheat
standing in a half bushel basket.
They sit around the warm stoves in
the business houses discussing the
tariff and other kindred subjects
when they could not formulate the
enacting clause Of receipt to oper
ate manure spreader on a farm.
But when one of the self confessed
passes in his checks
his wife instead of holding a jollifi-
cation meeting, will weep over this
worthless cadaver and spend a years
income on a funeral outfit, when he
deserves to be kicked into eternity in
his shirt tail.-Ham Robinson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
CAN EVERYTHING THAT'S FIT.

Can-this is the one word which
sums up the advice that the home
economics workers in the extension
division at Iowa State college are Civ
ing this month to the Iowa house
wife. Can everything that's green,
they say. There is no excuse for let
ting anything go to waste which
might possibly he canned and pre-
served for the winter days, when
fresh foods are not available.
Not only should strawberries,
cherries and other fruits be canned
but green's and vegetables should be
canned as well. Beet tops, water
cress, spinach, asparagus, sour dock
dandelions, wild mustard and any
other plant, either cultivated OF
wild, that will serve as edible greens
may and should be canned.
Can plenty of cabbage and cauli.
flowers as it comes in season. Let
tuce, carrots, parsnips, beets, tur.
nips and sweet potatoes, tomatoes
corn, lima beans, string beans and
peas all can be easily and economic
ally canned by any Iowa housewife
Not only should, the farm woman
can, but the city woman as well. Ar
arrangements might be made for some
one in the country to supply her with
beans or other vegetables in quantity
at reduced prices if she is unable t.
buy economically in the city market
Methods of canning any of the veg.
etables are easy. If the housewife
is unfamiliar with them, however
she may write to the extension diyi-
sion Of the Iowa State college, al
Ames, for bulletins which will ex-
plain them in detail.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
THE BOY AND THE bayfield,.
July Once Dreaded by the American
Country Boy as Time of Haying.

July was once a period dreaded by
the American country boy, as the
time of "haying." To be sure it
was relieved by the turbulent and
expressive joys of July 4. But ev-
cry other day, often in the consecrat-
ed hours of the national birthday, he
was driven to the bayfield, with rake
and fork. How his heart rebelled
against the humdrum toll!
By one of the mysterious dispen.
sations of Providence, the smallest
boys were put TO work in the most
exhausting post. While the older men
were down on the barn floor where
the cool breezes swept in from the
wide open doors, it was the function
Of the boys to receive the hay under
the caves of the structure, and push
and trample it down into the small
lest possible compass. Only by much
Itreading could the dried grasses be
compressed into reasonable space.
1t was perfect inferno of heat,
the air filled with choking dust, the
NOV baking from the sun beating on
the roof. With nc particle of breath
from out of doors it was like the fur
mace where walked Shadrach, Mes
bach, and Abednego Of old bible
times. The men down below seemed
positively to gain satisfaction from
covering them UP with fast coming
forkfuls of the dusty hay.
Still there were certain allevia-
lions. The can of iced water sweet
ened with New Orleans molasses and
spiced with ginger from the pantry
is still recalled. Also at the close
there was an Elysian dip in the
swimming hole.
Today the youth may swing il the
hammock with the summer boarders,
while Polish and Swedish farm hands
perform these tasks for which their
physique is ample, greatly lightened
by modern machinery. But certain
habits of toilsome industry that gaiE
ed their hold in the fathers soul
from the regular performance of such
hard labor may be lacking in the
son.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
Do You Know of One?

Do you know of mail order house
that has ever contributed one cent in
taxes or otherwise toward defraying
the expenses of this town?
Do you know of one that has ever
contributed a cent toward our chur-
ches or our schools?
Do you know of one that has ever
contributed cent to the welfare CT
the community IN any manner, shape
or form?
Do you know of one that has done
anything but pull money out of re
ommunity-money which never
comes back?
If not, why do you continue to en-
rich people who never do anything
for you or yours, and yet demand
their pound of flesh in advance?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
Difficulty at
Scranton

Mrs. H. B. 81 Of Scranton,
Pennsylvania, was N a bad condi-
ton. She could scarcely eat. and
couldn't digest what she did eat.
Her weight dropped to 81 pounds
and she was anaemic, very nervous
and generally run down.
She found in HEMO strengthen
ing and satisfying nourishment that
gave her the strength she could not
get from ordinary food
In two months she weighed liz
and looked healthy and was healthy
and still is gaining.
Makes a delicious food drink by
simply adding water.
We suggest that you try SOC
package with our guarantee of
satisfaction.
h. j. PARMAN, PHARMACIST
DEBORAH, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
Learn a Little Every Day.

A mail and express auto, travers.
ing the wilds of Colorado, has a ban
dit proof cage in the rear for valua-
bles.
1t is estimated that insects and ro-
dents destroy $1,OOO,OOG,OOO worth
of agriculture in the U. S. every year.
The whistle of locomotive can be
heard distance of $500 yards when
the air is still.
United States rice expectation
quadrupled in a year.
Roasted coffee is an excellent dis
infectant for sick rooms.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
A Popping Time.

A wholesale corn popping incident
occurred at Danbury, Conn, Sunday
night when a barn containing 100
bushels of shelled popcorn took fire.
The owners family was awakened by
the cracking, and, on looking out,
saw the snowy mass of fresh popped
corn pouring out of the barn door.
1t is said the white heap of popcorn
was larger than the barn before 1t
was burned.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12
GODS BLESSING
BRINGS RICHES
Through Christ a Great Blessing
is Coming to World
Blessings Future and Blessings Pres
ent-Blessings of knowledge
Blessings of Health-Blessings of
Heart and Mind-Especial Bles-
sings For the Church-Bride of
Christ to Be FabulOusly Rich
Blessing OF Divine Favor and Eel.
lowship Even Now.
New York City,

New York City,
July 2.-P a tor
Russell spoke this
evening at the
New York City
Temple, w. 63rd
ST., near Broad
way. His discourse
was based upon
the wise mans
words, The bles-
sing Of the Lord
maketh rich; and
He addeth no sor-
row with it."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12

Constipation causes headaches,
sallow color, dull sickly eyes, makes
you feel out of sorts all over. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea viii ban
ish constipation. Try it without fail.
A. ]. Sorenson. 27-2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12

-Ansco cameras, Speedex films,
Cyco paper. Muller Bros, Jewel
ers. 24-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-12

Miss Anna G. Lamm, corsetiere
for The Spierella Corset, 228 Water
street, DEBORAH. 5-tf.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
u6lTNE PARENT NOW
WITH UNCLE ON FARM
Relatives Promise That Boy VIII BE
Well Treated Saves Mrs
MART

Rather than hr tried ior alleged
cruelty to her p,car old SON loyd. Mrs
Nau MART a former resident o' tins
city, Slipped away lo a farm near Ban
ur IN laldo county according 60 Ezra
Drm, probation officer
Ten women residing IN Capitol lllll
near Mr., Mar'5 home filed an ml0r.
nation on the county court Wednesday,
august 80 charging the mother with
cruelty Mr., Mar1 failed to appear
'or trial last Friday aud 1t was reset
Tor TUESDAY and order, given hy Coun.
U Judge iW,,k lut her arrest She
could not he found
An elderly man aSkcdOiiutt yesterday
what would be done with Mrs MART
# ,he returned. and was told she would
be- prosecuted Questioning revealed he
was her uncle and that she was residing
with him
Upon hts promise that he would see
the boy 20, kind trea,men, the uncle
was informed Mrs Mariz would not he
brought back 10 this county--as long
as he kept his promise.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08

Were Held Up, Denies lie is One
Sought

4 Cannon - years DID, charged
with "holdng up Clark Hudson for
mcr member OF the school board. and
George Broadwcl and with shooting
the lomer last Saturday night was ar.
mlgncd TIN, morning before Justice ot
the Peace Douncll Cannon pleaded uo,
guilty His preliminary hearing wa,
set Tor September -
Cannon has been positively identified
by both Hudson and Brpadwell a, the
'lootpad" who shot Hudson m the face
Saturday night
Hudson and Rtoadwel were ordered
TO put their hands MP b, a man with a
gun who Jumped from a doorway ON
North Robinson between Fifth and
Sixth streets at 10 10 o'clock Saturday
night The order was accompanied hy
a shot which passed through iludon,
check the highway man immcdlatcl,
running away hludsons injury is no,
serious.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
DOME ON CAPITOL
IS DURANT'S WISH

Representative W y Durant of
Bryan county. who has been a member
Ut the house commurc ON approprla
uou, OF every legislature since state
hood {, IN favor ot an Appropriation
at the forthcoming legislative session
tor dome for the state capitol
II ought to have been put there IN
the lirst place" said Mr. Duraut, who
wa, IN Oklahoma CIV thi, morning
Tie think, the session of the lcgi>la
turc IN January should bc held IN the
new building, If there will be no IN
reference by wurkmcu and II the Sc,
sion dor, NOT DELAY construction
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
Kansas Soldiers
End Motor Trip

SAN ANTONIO Texas. Sept x
The First and Second regiments 'i
kan>a, infantry. travelling IN motor
trucks. reached here shortly before II
o'clock TODAY and went into camp soon
after completing their lSj-m,lc trip
from Elglr Pas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
T. r. to Increase
Work for Hughes

NEW YORK Sept 3 Theodore
Roosevelt according tu information
from the republican national hcadQuar.
tiers today has been asked to take 4
more active part IN the Hughes cam.
palgn and has consented TO conSid
cradle addition TO the number Of
speeches already arranged for him
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
President RENTS
Conspiracy Fine

WASHINGTON. Sept g President
Wilson today rcmttcd a 5000 Tin,
mpo,cd ON { " NrNahon oi Phlh
dcphn, convicted m 1913 with several
associate, m the International Lumber
company ol couSplrng 10 use the mail,
tD lrirlud
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
Mrs. Diggs, Pioneer
Suffragist, Dead

KANSAS CITY Mo, Sept 8 Mrs
Anna |. DlggS, a lecturer Tor womau
suffrage in tho days when popui,m
held sway in Kansas died today in De
uolt Mich, according to word re-
cciycd by relatives here. She was 70
years old.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
WOMAN PROSECUTOR
FOR ALLEGED SLAYER
DESIRED BY WOMEN

~ HlCAGO. sept \ Representa-
II tive women OF Chicago are pre-
plrluv a petition to States At
turncy lloyne. requesting that he
appoint special woman prosecutor
To try Mrs. Iva Barnes If she is
brought to trial, charged with mur
dcrng her husband Mrs. Cath
crime Waugh Mccullough Suitra
pl>t and member ot noted law
firm. announced she might offer her
service, IN an effort "a ascertain the
truth IN the Bamc, case She also
said She would like to have the
Jury composed OF women
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
Work Train Hits
Freight; Three Die

FORT WORTH Texas, Sept F.
Three men, white man and two ne
groes, were killed and two others in
iured a, Lillian this afternoon. when
an, international & Great Northern
work train colldcd with irelph,
train. according 10 reports received
here
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
INVESTMENT STOCKS LEAD MARKET UPWARD
Money and Metals
EAD AND sPgLTER.

NEW YORK Sept, 5 LEAD S6t'p
$50. surltor firm. spo, East 81 Louis
delivery >NISf. At London. lead. ia',
r@. sprltrr $50
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08
Rival Captains
Jealously Guard
Number of Sales

INSTRUMENTATION has broken out IN
the rank, oi the ticket selling army ol
the Chamber ot Commerce and Nta'c
FAIR association Mar,halS and cap
tam, OF team, were asked at the time
they were given their pasrcboards To-
make report, OF the number OF admrN
sion, sold each day to campaign head
quarter, IN the Lee Huykm> hotel So
tar not a formal report IVA, been made.
Ignorant OF Sales,
Because ot rhl, tact campaign head
quarter, is entirely ignorant OF the
number ot ticket, sold thus Tar From
here and there come report, that TIN,
or that team ma, disposed OF from lOO
go WO and lOO tickets, but the report
is usually unofficial and a, mcou-
urmcd as French ,ommwjquc, during
tine first mouth ot the European war
One Girl Sells 100.
Individual team worker, have re.
ported large sales. One little girl ht!
disposed OF more than lOO tickets lat
night and Commander u-Chlct' J. O.
Stevenson says he has talked with SC,
cral other Juvenile worker, who hay.
sold as many
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-08

In the Want Ad, viii he found the
direct route between employer and
emRloye.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-06
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Elgin is installing new municipal
electric light plant which will include
an up-to- date white way lighting sys-
tenn for the streets. Elgin is six years
old and is typical of North Dakota
hustle.
The small pox epidemic in Grand
Forks and East Grand Forks has prac-
tically been checked No new cases
have been reported for some time.
There have been $50 cases, but no
deaths.
A 7-year-old messenger boy at
Grand Forks was given a gold bead
necklace to deliver but instead skip
ped to Fargo, where he was caught
and brought back to face criminal
charge.
A year to the day from the time
he was kicked in the face, his nose
being broken, William Rupe, residing
near Leonard, was again kicked by the
same horse-this time sustaining a
fractured hip.
w. E. Hoover, for the past eleven
years superintendent of the Fargo
city schools, has announced his candi-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-06
Suits now $5.95 to $2975

manager, L. B. Newell, who, it is al
legged, absconded at the time the com,
pany failed. The court held that the
directors were not liable for the re-
mainder. Creditors of the corporation
claimed the directors were liable for
losses because Of their neglect to ex-
ercise proper supervision over the
manager.
A sheriff in one of the south-end
counties is said to have captured so
much booze from the bootleggers that
he has converted it to the use Of anti
freeze in his automobile, and it is also
stated that he maintains deputy to
watch the machine while he is not
around so that many of the old soaks
about town cannot tap the radiator.
Because she jumped into thirty
foot we'll and was rescued with much
difficulty, and because she stabbed her
self, Mrs. Nestor Korooney was re-
Gently arrested near Dogden. She
was charged with insanity.
Stricken blind through alleged fail
ure of Canadian military physicians to
give him proper care after treatment
with typhus serum, Marion Smith, a
former homesteader from Hettinger,
N. D., is receiving attention of mill
tary authorities in eastern Canada.
Smith was vaccinated at Calgary and
shortly afterward became blind. Pro-
vision has been made for a monthly
pension for him and his homestead at
Red Deer, Alta, has been turned over
to him with the government patent.
Valley City Courier, Dec. II: The
Courier is gratiied, indeed, to see the
many kind and favorable notices Civ
en- our citizen, Hon. N. C. Macdonald,
our Inspector Of rural and graded
schools, who is to be a candidate for
the nomination for state superinten-
dent at the next primaries. Many of
the state papers have spoken very ia
vorably and very highly of Mr.. Mac
donald and his candidacy seems to, be
we'll received from all over the state.
That he is and has been faithful
and efficient servant Of the people is
conceded by everybody. In his work
as inspector Of consolidated, rural and
graded schools, he has shown that he
has ability to further the best inter-
ests Of the states educational work.
The wonderful growth of these rural
schools since he has had charge of
that branch of the work testifies to his
efficiency. He knows just what the
schools of the state need and is we'll
equipped to hold this responsible po-
sition. He is thorough scholar, q
worthy gentleman, and now that the
present efficient state superintendent
has said that he will not again be a
candidate for the position, we feel
that Mr.. Macdonald has very good
chance to win the coveted position.
His large acquaintance all over the
state should be big help to him at
the coming primaries. The Courier
would be pleased to see him win out.