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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
NEED MORE MONEY
FOR iowa SCHOOLS
Supt. "A. Nj. DeyOe Recommends In
creases in Appropriations by
Next Assembly.
DEMAND NORMAL TRAINING
IN THE SCHOOLS
Students Manifest Marked Improve.
ment i'm Grades-Take Advan.
tage Of Tuition Law.

Requests for increases in appropri-
ations for normal training work and
consolidated schools have been made
by A. M. Deyoe, superintendent of
public instruction, in his report to-
Governor Clarke. The recommended
|t:Ons will be sent to the legislature.
The appropriation of $125,OOO for
normal training work, should be in
creased to $150.0OO, the superinten-
dent says. This fund is distributed
among the schools of the state which
maintain normal training courses.
Each school which meets the state re-
quirements in this work receives
$3.50 year from the state fund.
The consolidated school appropria-
tion for the last two years was $780,
900. Mr.. Deyoe says that owing to-
the increase in number of districts
and the expected growth of the idea
in the next two years, the fund for
state aid should be increased to
$125,O00. This state aid is distri-
buted on the basis of $1,250 for the
first year and $3.50 annually thereaS-
ter to every consolidated school which
rleets the state requirements.
MANY rural and village commun!-
ties have taken steps toward provid-
ing public school advantages equal
to those found in many Of the larger
towns and cities" said Mr.. Deyoe.
Splendid modern buildings are be-
;ino tyected in cities, towns and Will
ages and in the open country. The
school house is becoming the center
of community educational and social
activities. About 200 localities have
voted to establish consolidated dis
tricts. Several consolidated districts
have built homes for teachers. In
many communities school plots con-
sisting of several acres are furnished
for parking, Fairgrounds and expert
mental work in agriculture.
Three thousand five hundred pu-
pills were enrolled in the high school
normal training courses during the
year 1915-1916. Eleven hundred
certificates to teach were issued to
graduates from this course at the
close of the school year in June. A
marked Improvement in scholastic
preparation and in teaching spirit are
manifested by these students as COM
pared with applicants for certificate
with no special training.
Two thousand two hundred thir-
ty-four persons were enrolled in instr
tutions offering approved courses to
meet the requirements Of twelve
weeks of normal training. Six hun
dred siXty-eight were classified in the
department of rural education in the
state teachers college and 1,4OO stu
dents were enrolled, preparing to
teach in the elementary grades. All
of which indicates advancement in
teacherItraining preparation.
"The number Of pupils enrolled in
high schools taking advantage Of tho
high school tuition law was $4,000
which is approximately one-fOurth of
the total high school enrolment in
the state.''
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

ate of the Wisconsin University and
has a brilliant education. His work
in Cleveland has been of the highest,
and his new invention is heralded )
one of the greatest things in years.
We are pleased to note the progress
of this excellent young man, and hope
that he will achieve lots of glory
from this new invention.
The following is taken from the
Cleveland, Ohio, Plain Dealer, and
will be read with interest by the many
Decorah friends of Mr.. Mott:
William Roy Mott, research engi-
neer with the National Carbon Co.,
has developed a new flaming arc
lamp, the light of which cannot be
distinguished from day light
1t has been the dream of illumi-
mating engineers for years to invent
la light Of this description. and the
elimination of Mr.. Motifs research
es has brought about a realization OF
this dream.
The new light will prove of inesti-
mable value to the arts and sciences.
1t will be used in photograph and
movie studios, for indoor exposures
to give the right lighting effects. An
other use will be found in the paint
and dye industries for color match
ing in the laboratory.
Retail and wholesale clothing
houses will also find the white light
valuable in the salesroom. The colo.
values are practically identical with
those Of daylight.
The new light is said to be more
intense than brilliant sunlight. One
hundred hours exposure to Mr.. Motifs
flaming arc is claimed to be equal in
effect to eighteen months of sunlight
in color fading tests for dyes.
The new light will replace the
greenish hued mercury vapor lights
in the studio and engraving room.
Mr.. Motifs invention constitutes a
most valuable discovery and will pro
badly revolutionize many OF the
lighting methods Of the day.
Mott has also developed a method
for electrorlating with chromium
This process may replace nickel plat
ing"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

There isn't any question about tho
recent election putting quite a damp
er on woman suffrage. A good many
thousands of male voters have rubbed
their sore places since November z
and wondered how they ever happen
ed to get enthusiastic over the prop
osition as they contemplate the fact
that every state except Illinois where
women vote was carried by Wilson.
Opponents of equal suffrage have al
ways urged that women, if enfran-
chised, would vote on sentiment
alone and not on practical facts, and
now feel they were justified by the
success of the slogan "He kept us out
of war;" 1t is undoubtedly true that
not enough attention was paid to It
by the republicans, for it was so abb
surd they did not suppose anybody
could be fooled by it.-Independence
Bulletin-Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
THE PRICES ARE CLIMBING.
How to Make Economies is One OF
the Topics of the Day.

With prices climbing up to altitu-
dinous heights, the newspapers are
full of schemes and experiments anil
advice about the cost of living. Econ
omics experts are suggesting menus
and housekeepers are beset with ad-
vice. One of the recent experiments
|ie that of Health Commissioner j. d.
Robinson Of Chicago, who is trying
out 40 cent daily diet with a squad
Of experimenters in Chicago. He con-
tends that 40 cents day is ample for
good and wholesome food for any
person.
In all probability it is. But it re-
quires a certain firmness of human
nature to maintain a limitation on
ones expenses. The housewife goes
to the butchers shop determined not
to spend more than 40 cents on the
family dinner. But when she gets
there she finds the cheaper cuts of
meat are gone. Or she sees lot of
attractive foods put up in fancy box
es. Or bacon, fruits, or cakes look
so attractive that she can't resist the
temptation. She goes home finding
tnat her 40 cent dinner has cost her
dollar or more.
Formerly it was SECOND nature to
consider every penny and nickel.
Now most people have a very COM
Portable feeling about expenses. II
they spend more than they expected
for certain article. they think hope
fully that they will make it up else
where. But they never do. Their ap-
preparations for all departments of
expense are exceeded, and at the end
of the year they are surprised to find
themselves in debt.
Administering a household econo-
mically has become science in these
times. 1t involves spending lot of
time at the grocery store and at the
butchers shop. Also lot Of time in
the kitchen. 1t cannot be secured by
issuing orders over a telephone, nor
handing out commands to a more or
less ignorant servant.
- 1t involves watchingy for bargains
and keeping an eye on newspaper ad-
vertisements. 1t means testing out
the less expensive foods to find those
that are appetizing and nourishing.
There are plenty of ways of saving
money even in these times for people
who will make study of it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
MOTHERS BILL.

A iten-year-old boy overheard a
conversation about certain bills to
be paid, and conceived the idea of
making out bill for his own SER
vices. So the next morning he laid
this statement of account on his mo-
Tiers breakfast plate.
Mother owes Willie for carrying Z
coal six times, twenty cents; for
bringing water lots of times, thirty
cents; for going ten errands, fifteen
cents" His mother read the bill.
but said nothing about it. That eve
ming Willie found on his plate the
seventy-five cents and also another
bill which read as follows: willie
owes mother: for his happy home
for ten years, nothing; for his food
and clothing, nothing; for nursing
him through a long illness, nothing,
for being good to him, nothing; to-
tai. nothing" When Willie saw the
seventy-five cents, he was pleased.
But when he read his mothers bill
his eyes grew dim and his lips quiv-
cred. Then he took the money to
his mother, threw his arms about
her neck and begged that she should
let him do lots Of things for her.
Mothers bill is rarely presented,
but it will pay each person to think
1t out and over for himself and then
lay it in love and service.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
THE BOYCOTT ON EGGS,

In New York state they are talking
about an official boycott of eggs thru
out the state. This is to be under
taken as a protest against the in
creased prices, the profits to go to the
men who bought eggs last spring aud
put, them in cold storage. Their hopes
of enormous profits lie in the fact
that the people need the eggs and
that it is the habit of these times to
put the screws on the consumers.
We believe the movement started
IN New York is good one. We hope
to see 1t succeed. There is no sense ir
being held up when eggs are things
that we can get along without, for
a season at least. A few eggs are alb
solutely necessary. but these, it may
be assumed, will be supplied by the
hens which are still laying and with
eggs which may be brought up from
the south, to which New York has
easy access. But for ordinary table
use eggs can be dispensed with by
nearly all, as they are practically
dispensed with by many during the
winter months. It used to be when
the hens did not lay eggs the people
did not eat them. And the people in
those days were just as well OF.
When the buying of eggs is stopped
On large scale the prices. will come
down. or the supplies which are vas.
will decay in the storage houses. the
government having set limits of time
on which eggs may be stored and
sold after storage. An egg in storage
is in state of arrested decay-an egg
in fact. deteriorates from the time it
has been laid.
Let the boycott on eggs proceed
and let the people quit buying other
things that are being advanced arbi-
trarily by the men who have succeed
ed in getting control of the supplies
or such things. That will bring the
greedy speculatofs to time quicker
than the enactment Of more laws.
says the Cedar Rapids Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
new COMPANY
" CALMAR
The Miller Wagon CS Capital
i.ed at s1So,ooo, w. pne-
shiek Men at HesN
. old FIRM TAKEN
OVER BY NEW INCORPORATE
The New Men Are All Well Known,
Reliable Business Men, With
Plenty of Business Integrity
Behind Them.

Calmar has been put on the busi-
ness map in big letters recently by
the Incorporation Of a $15O,OO0 CON-
pany. The Miller Wagon Company.
The officials are H. Miller. pres; Hon.
H. p. Nicholson, vice pres; w. B.
Miller, sec. and Miss Bertha Miller,
treas. The following Is from the
Calmar Courier:
We are pleased to be in a position
to announce to our readers re-or-
ganixation of Calmar's oldest bus.-
ness enterprise, that will not only
augment we'll for that business insti-
tuition, but also for the already prom
inent town Of Calmar and communi-
ty, in which this town is centered. We
refer to the wagon and sleigh fac
tory Of H. Miller, Jr., which was es-
" tablished in the year 1866. 1t was
Mr.. Miller's ambition for some time
past to round out half century In
the successful manufacture of the
Calmar Wagon, though Mr.. Miller Is
pretty we'll along in years, the Good
Creator of the universe has permitted
him to round out the goal of time he
desired to be permitted to reach.
This said manufacturing institu-
ton, in order to better handle the
increasing business and to further
enlarge the plant, has been organiz-
ed into stock company which shall
be called The Miller Wagon Com
pany, capitalized at $150.0O0.OO. Tie
incorporatofs are II. Miller, w. p.
Miller, o. A. Tenold. Hon. H. p.
Nicholson, A. Schindelar, A. H..
Knutsen, o. p. Ode.
The new company took over the
business December 1st, 1916.
Things are not quite lined up yet
but the intention of the new corpOr-
alton is to rebuild the plant, erect a
large modern fire-proof building and
install new machinery and make the
capacity Of the factory several times
more than the present plant. The
Calmar Wagons are we'll distributed
over Iowa, Southern Minnesota,
South Dakota, and Eastern Nebraska.
and are really rolling advertise
ment of the factory and the town of
Calmar. Here is to the success of the
new company.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
The High Cost of Living.

An employe Of one of the Indepen-
dence coal companies was down town
Tuesday. A prospective coal custom
or accosted him and inquired: "What
ts the price of coal today?" The pros
pective customer told the employe
that he was funny employe when
he did not know what coal was selling
for But the employe got even.
Why, he said. how should I know.
Neither of the bosses has been in for
20 minutes. ."-Independence Bulle-
ttn-Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
Writes Graft ON Check to Pay Fine;
It's Called Libel.

Two weeks ago p. f. Rocket OF
Waxahachie, Texas. was arrested and
fined IS for speeding. He paid his
fine with a check and noted on the
document, "Fine and costs on graft .
Next afternoon a Dallas county
grand jury indicted Rocket for
criminal libel on the justice of the
peace who fined him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

There are 1888 rural schools in
Iowa and 27,230 teachers, according
to report made by the department
OF public instruction. The schools
required the following revenue for
the last year: Teachers, $12,6O1.-
917; schoolhouse, $3.926,84S; con-
tingent. $5,192,213; school building.
$1.904,336.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

There are 67S.S46 pupils attend
lng the public schools Of Iowa. OF
this number s4s.s01 are boys and
13t,646 ere girls. The boys have q
majority Of 7.76s.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

Iowa farmers marketed 10000
552 dozen eggs in 1915, receiving
$2O.593.72O therefrom. This is one
tenth Of the value of the corn crop
for the state for the saTne year, W.
B. Barney, dairy and Fl commits
sioner. reports
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06
DEBORAH BOY, IN
LIMELICHT IN OHIO
Roy Mott, Son of Mrs. Bertha Mott of
This City Has Developed New
Flaming Arc Lamp, Which
Cannot be Distinguished
From Daylight.
BEEN DREAM OF ILLUMINATING
ENGINEERS FOR YEARS
The Light is Said to be More Intense
Than Brilliant Sunlight. OF
Inestimab:e Value to Arts
and Sciences.

William Roy Mott, Decorah boy
and son Of Mrs. Bertha Mott, of this
city, has recently come into much
prominence in Cleveland, Ohio. where
he has been for the past six years
with the National Carbon Co. as re-
search engineer. Mr.. Mott is a gradu-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

Speaking Of politics and petit
coats" it is the Nevada Representa-
tive's idea Of the late election that
Hughes was beaten, not by the re-
publicans in petticoats, but by repu5-
licans who are not in petticoats but
Ought to be-"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

Iowa produced 17,29S,SOS pounds
or condensed milk last year. This
was only small fraction OF the
amount used in the state during the
same period, it is said
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

Prince George of England, who
IS only fourteen years old, is an ex-
pert with knitting needles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

This years strawberry crop of the
United States was worth $4,000
900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

Canada has herd Of 2,077 buf-
falo owned by the Dominion govern
ment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

A smile is more contagious than
a scowl-and much better for those
around you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-12-06

II we ever have woman ruler she
%iil advocate peace at bargain pri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
MILLIONS IN 1T
Col. Mulberry Sellers Appears
to Have Returned to Earth.
He Sends His Circular to Sew
eral Topeka Business Men.

o. E. Walker and several Topeka
business men have received a novel
proposition from the California
Ranching company concerning the
starting of a great cat farm. The let
ter which has been received by several
prominent men is self explanatory and
is as follows:
Dear Sir: Knowing that you have
some interest in the fur business, I
take the liberty of presenting you
derful business proposition and which
no doubt you will take a lively inter-
est in and perhaps wire US the amount
of stock that you wish to subscribe
towards the formation of this COM
pany.
The object of this company is to
operate large cat ranch in or near
Oakland, California. where land can
be purchased for this purpose.
To start with we collect about, say
one hundred thousand 100000 cats.
Each cat will average twelve G2)
kittens per year. The skins run from
ten (10) cents each for the white ones
to seventy-five (75) cents for the pure
black. This will give US twelve mill
lion (12.0O0,000) skins for a year to
sell on an average of thirty (sO)
cents a piece. making our revenue
about ten thousand (s10,00o) a day
gross.
A man can skin fifty cats per day
IOE TWO ASA-OVy- II Will ldkc
about one hundred men to operate the
ranch. and therefore the net profit
will thus be about nine thousand, eight
hundred (s9,SO0) per day
We will feed the cats on rats and
will start rat ranch next door. The
rats will multiply four times as fast
as the cats, therefore if we start with
one million rats. we will have four
rats a day for each cat, which is
plenty.
Now then, we will feed the rats OF
the carcases of the cats from which
the skins have been taken, giving each
rat a fourth of a cat. 1t will thus be
seen that the business will be self
sustaining and automatic all the way
through. The cats will eat the rats
and the rats will eat the cats, and we
will get the skins
Awaiting your prompt reply, and
trusting that you will appreciate the
opportunity that 1 give you and hoping
you will grasp same and get rich quick
remain. yours very truly,
CALIFORNIA RANCHLNG co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
BRAVE MEMS BONES
Gruesome Reminder of Crimean War
Is Piles of Unburied skeletons.

Bazeilles, France, Jan. lin this
little village which, in 1871, furnished
inspiration for the famous painting,
THE Last Cartridge" the Germans
have taken UP "peace-time" labors
They found, greatly to their sur
prise, that the bones of the dead Ger
man and French soldiers of As years
ago still lay, unburied, in a vault in
the local cemetery, which was in con-
sequence a veritabIe catacomb The
most the French had done was to sep
arate the French from the German
skeletons.
The Germans began overhauling the
cemetery at once, striving first of all
TO weed out from the confusion of
bones such as were not human. The
skeletons of former soldiers were then
divided into groups, and buried on tho
left hand side of the central cemetert
building. Fitting, and imposing, mon
uments then were erected above The
tardy graves, which today only serfe
to heighten the contrast between tie
eventual fate of the German and the
French soldiers of 1870 and 1871. The
French skeletons lie in confusion TX
actIy opposite the German tom bsto res
About fifty of them have ben
thrown together in each division or
compartment of the catacombs, Ind
mixed in with them are plainly His
cernible bones of administrative
most part horses which perishei az
did their riders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01

tory In the memory of pioneer resi-
dents of the town. there are first or
second hand stories of that day that
would send men and women to jail
under the state law If the deception
were repeated. The town had spent
its money lavishly cor liquors and the
struggling little passenger train
brought another cargo of wines and
champagne as token of regards from
the railroad.
Party at Tefft House.
The big party that day was held in
the famous Tefft house. H. D. Nc
Meekin was proprietor of the popular
hotel and the general host at the re-
ception for the railroad officials. NC
Meekin had established various west
ern hotels and the Tefft house was one
of the most popular places west of st.
Louis.
1t was McMeelkin's record that day
which won for him the good graces
of the high officials of the railroads.
When the road opened the Union Pa
cific hotel, McMeekin was placed in
charge of the place. He died in 1885.
There are a number of people in To-
peka who recall vividly the entrance
of the Union Pacific into Topeka and
the loud footing of the engine which
pulled the first passenger train into
the town. 1t was during the year
which followed the building of the road
into Topeka that the line was ex-
tended west to Junction City through
WamegO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01

Russia needed a reliable agent in II I
Balkans, nor could 1t be overlook
there that experimets in republic
government by a Slav people wern
calculated to make life for the
manoff dynasty easier. For (
years. Peter drew his Russian re,
nues, and, 1t is asserted here, ne
lost an opportunity to serve in retui
The arrangement made Serbia a We
able appendix to Russia, and, so far as
the European war has now pro-
crossed, proved Serbia's undoing.
Whether or not King Peter will ever
rule in Serbia is hard to say at this
moment; in the central powers the be-
lief, of course. is that Serbia and it's
king are no more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-01
TO ATOMS
Fifteen Killed When Cars of
Dynamite Explode.
Twelve Were Train
Carried War Munitions.

Laredo, Tex, Jan. Fifteen per-
sons were instantly killed. a score in
jured, some probably fatally, many
railroad cars were destroyed and 9TH
er property damage effected in Mon
terey, Mexico, yesterday at noon, when
box cars containing dynamite and
hand grenades for the Carranza army
were exploded.
Passengers from Monterey brought
news of the accident to Laredo. Ac-
cording to the description furnished
by them several cars loaded with
dynamite and hand grenades had been
placed in the center of a train near
cars occupied by the soldiers. The
cause of the explosion has not been
definitely assigned, but it is believd
that the dynamite was Jared while
the cars were being switched, the ex-
plosions of the hand grenades follow
ing Immediately
Twelve soldiers in the adjacent
coaches were blown to atoms and
their lacerated flesh and bones were
strewn over the railroad yards. The
three other dead were children who
succumbed to severe burns. The moth
er of the children who was standing
by, miraculously escaped death, but
received serious burns.