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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07

affair, but Lieutenant Governor
Harding won the nomination by a
big majority. In Winneshiek he beat
his three opponents more than two
to one, receiving 1905 votes, and
Allen, Cosson and Kuehnle received
574 together. 1t was a sweeping vic
tory for Harding, IOwa's next gov
ernor.
In county affairs Sheriff o. o. Ell
lingson and Martin Bergan were the
contestants on the Republican ticket
for the nomination for sheriff, and
Sheriff Ellhgson won out by the big
majority of 926. He carried all the
wards in Decorah and every town.
ship but Highland and Washington
I'd. Highland was lost by four votes
and in Washington I'd Bergan receiv-
ed 4 and Ellingson 3.
Charles Johnson won the nomina-
tion for county recorder, receiving
951 votes. w. B. Coup got 730 and
Magne Forde 206.
In the supervisors districts the
contest on the republican ticket in
the third district, between Ole ].
Linde of Ridgeway and Harry Har-
vey, of Burr Oak, resulted in a VIC
tory for Mr.. Linde by small ma
jority. The race between these two
gentlemen was spirited. In the first
district on the democrat ticket, Ed
ward Schidemantel won over his op-
pOnent, w. II. Schutta.
John Williams in the fifth district,
o. G. Haugen in the first and J. p.
Kuhn in the second all received a
good substantial vote, and they had
no opposition on their respective tic
kets.
T. F. Connor was nominated by
the democrats for supervisor in the
fifth district and Chas. Ryan of Fre-
mont in the third. W
A semi-official table of votes will
be found on page six of this issue.
Following is the vote on woman
suffrage in this county:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07
THE EX.PRESIDENT CROP.

Should President Wilson fail of
reelection next November, and
should neither former President
Roosevelt nor former President Taft
be elected president again, the Unit
ed States would have next March the
unusually large number of three ex-
presidents-that is, of course, pro-
vided death does not reduce the
number.
Not since 1885 has the nation had
three living former presidents. In
that year Cleveland succeeded Arthur
and the latter became an ex-president
with Grant and Hayes. Three times
have there been four living former
chiefleAecutives, but only at one
period, and then for less than a year
have there been five living men who
had occupied the Office of president.
Thatswas from March 4, 1861, to
January II, 1862.
Lincoln sat in the White House.
The five men then living who had
been president of the United States
were Buchanan, Lincoln's immediate
predecessor; Pierce, Fillmore, Van
Buren, aud Tyler. The last two died
in 1862, Tyler in January and Van
Buren in July. Tyler at the time of
his death was a member of the Con-
gress of the Confederate States of
America. Van Buren, died in retire
ment at his home at Underwood, N.
Y. He was 70 years old.
In 1925, 1S45 and 1857 the Unit
ed States had four living former
presidents. In the year first named
they were John Adams, Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe. In the Sec
ond year they were Tyler, Jackson,
John Quincy Adams and Van Buren,.
and in 1857 Van Buren,, Tyler, Fill
more and Pierce.
Several times one or two men su:-
vived to welcome retiring Presi-
dent to the ranks of the former exc
cutives. But on two occasions a
President has left the chair to assume
the lonesome distinction Of being the
nations only living ex-president; thas
II is, to find surviving none of his pre-
decessors. Such was the case in
1877, when Grant finished his Sec
ond term, and in 1909, when Roose-
welt made room for Taft. In the for.
mer case Johnson, Pierce and Fill
more had died since Grant took Of
fee in 1869, and in the latter case
Cleveland and Harrison had died, the
former in Roosevelt's administration
and the latter after Roosevelt's pre-
decessor, Mckinley, assumed Office
The presidents who died in Office
William Henry Harrison, Taylor,
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley
were never of coarse, expresidents.--
philadelphia Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07
HARDING wins
GOVERNOR NOMINATION
Received 1446 Votes in Winneshiek,
More Than Twice as Many as
His Three Opponents.
ELLINGSON WINS
NOMINATION RY BIG MAJORITY
Charles johnson Gets Nomination for
Recorder. Woman Suffrage
Lost Out in Wimeshiek .--
by 696.

Mondays primary election drew
out one of the heaviest primary votes
ever held in this county. The ques-
tion of woman suffrage, no doubt had
a good deal to do with the big vote.
Suffrage lost out in this county by
696. The city of Decorah carried for
suffrage by so votes. We under
stand it lost in the state by about
5000 or 5000, the country districts
voting heavily against it and cities
for it.
The nomination for the governor
ship of Iowa was a hotly contested
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07
Zinc For War.

Missouri produces 60 per cent of
the American output. which itself
is 80 per cent, of the worlds. The
mine, in New Jersey, is al
most unique in the purity of its our
put, and since the war this mine has
leaped to preeminent place among
zinc mines, having paid the unparal-
lelled stock dividend Of $50 per cent,
after endless cash dividends. The
owners of a certain abandoned mine
in Missouri recently learned the steel
trust was erecting big smelling
plant at Danora, Pa, and rehabilitat-
ing their old hole in the ground they
sold it to the trust at such a profit
that the stockholders divided mil
lions. The owners of 152 mines in
the United States have earned $45,-
600, 900 in the past year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07

overland. Postmaster Biermann pres
sed some of the city and rural car
riers and clerks into overland SER
vice and they have hauled big loads
of mail over from Calmar daily.
Monday they brought in 63 sacks.
Today B. M. Graham is hauling the
mail in his auto truck. Two trips dali
ly have been made and the mail SER
vice has not been half bad, under
the circumstances, and in day or
two it will no doubt be pretty regu-
lar.
Many barns and other outbuildings
were washed away, but all the resi-
dences in the path of the water, with
the exception of the Stoskopf home
lwithstood the rush of water, and the
work Of cleaning up is going on fast.
A relief committee, consisting of
Messrs. Ben Bear, H. A. Warner and
L. B. Whitney, went out with list
and in the .neighborhood of $4,000
was subscribed in very short time
by our citizens, list of which is pub
lished below. Many of our people
whose names does not appear on the
list made substantial contributions
of their own accord and put the mo-
ney where they felt inclined, and
where they felt it would do the most
good. The money collected by the
committee was turned over to COM
mittee of some IL or Is ladies who
distributed it about the flooded dis
trict
T. F. Connors lumber yard on Main
street just east of the main street
railroad bridge was practically all
washed away.
The business sections of the city
Water and Main streets were not af-
fected by the water.
While the damage done to the
homes which were flooded is not so
great as to financial loss, the fact of
the water and mud entering the
homes makes it very disagreeable,
but 1t will only be matter of few
days when these places will be put
in good condition again, and the fine
homes and yards fixed up IN good
lshape.
Sunday Decorah entertained a
large number of visitors who had
some to see the damage done by the
water. There were perhaps 800 au-
tos here, bringing several thousand
Visitors. The restaurants and hotels
were taxed to supply food for all of
them, and every restaurant in the
city was out of bread about supper
time.
From the Ellend Dahlen home,
just two miles northeast of Calmar
two lives were sacrificed to the flood
Ellend Dahlen himself and his maid
en- sister, Synerva, who made her
home with Ellend, both losing their
lives in the flood of water that swept
through the premises. Ellend, his
sister and his wife's brother George
Numedahl, were working or choring
out in the barn yard. AS the rain be-
gan to pour down they went into
building that was built on a good ce-
ment foundation, and used for ma
chine shed and hen house. This
building, although securely bolted to
the foundation was swept away and
the occupants were soon struggling
in the raging waters.
George Numedahl finally clung to
wire fence quarter of mile be-
low the place. and worked himself
out hand over hand along the fence
to place of safety.
The other two were swept on
down the valley and the lifeless bo-
dies were found five miles below their
home in Mr.. Wheatman's pasture. It
was a terrible fate.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07

The egotist thinks it is an easy mat
ter to please everybody. He is self
and that's all there is to it
to him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07

This hero worship makes us tired
ecause we never expect to be hero.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-10-07

In the eating zone ia Old Little New
York which means the White Light
restaurants make their Do
but almost as frequently a. new PLAYS
The restaurant business These nights
is very much Ike the shog business
It is a production with scenic effects
IN front and gastrononio effects on
the side Hardly a week goes by that
does not witness The first night OF
restaurant production In or about
Broadway. with Tho result that here
is a groun o. well known folk .ho
double as first nigaters going from
the theater to the restaurant to at
tend the important function Of irving
out a new floor and ragt!me or.
chestra The usual fret nshters at
tended ihe formal opening for the
season Of Murrays Roman Gardens.
Some Of the unique cabaret numbers
included the Fountain Fantasy toe
dancing. and Zig Gag Rag
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you mean you'd like to marry
Walter and keep on with your own
work Just the samei" asked Cora.
Certainly Why not27
Cora Temple couldn't just say why
not Somehow she felt there was a
reason at the bottom Of the problem
If only she could get at it. But Cora
had been reared in a conventional
home She had always possessed
good mind and brisk reasoning pow
ers. but only since her marriage. with
all its problems. had she really tried
to think out reasons FOR thngs-im-
portant things ike economies, indi-
yidual freedom and responsibility.
social inequalities and kindred causes
for peoples doing or not doing this
thing or that
Have you told Walter Stedman
how you feel about it?" she asked
Janet
That's just the point Cora;
haven't actually urged our marriage
upon him. He knows pretty well my
views He knows I'm not Of conven-
tional mind And yet Cora, somehow
do hate to be Bernard Shaw's 'pur-
suing woman Janet laughed, and
Cora decided there was much Of the
conventional still left in Janet. what
would you do in the circumstances.
Cora?' Janet added suddenly. I'm
just dead tired OF waiting
we women all get tired of waiting,
guess" said Cora. And when cir
cumstances don't come to our rescue
our primiiiyeness comes to the sur
face and | wonder If We aren't all
every one of pursuing women
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BELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
provesit. 25c all druggists.

Ito forget the scandal in the ayp-
tion branch which preceded that
exhibition and possibly partially
explained it.
The country will hope that this
War department board inyestl-
eating itself. which is what the
inquiry amounted TO, is Justified
in lis report, but the verdict
would be more cheerfully accept
'el il there was corroboratiye evi-
dcnce IN the shape Of an aerial
fleet aud staff Of ariators APP
proaching the European stand
ards Ia proportion to the size OF
our army During the Summer
we had less than 80 trained mill
tary and 30 naval aviators. and
of the 200 civilian licensed pilots,
only about 4 dozen had made
cro>s-cotmtry flights Of 100 miles,
and not one had military training.
If this condition has been so
remedied in the interval as to war
rant the country in future conf
dcnce and serenity it is strange
that nothing has been heard Of it
until this board made this report
The subject is worth a more de-
tailed description. 50 that the
country may know about how far
into the future it will be ncccs-
sary to view in order 70 acquire
that serenity and confidence
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New York.-Dayid IIarum, was i
not. who said in the company OF "eai.
tbs and entirely fashionable men oi
New York that it would be fun to
see how many of them would duck i
he said Low BRIDGE Right here
in the metropolis Is the cry Of warn
ing now heard many times a day since
tire Fifth avenue stages began to 20
up to Riverside Drive TO get the
full sensation OF low bridge ascend
to the very top OF the stage some.
where in the neighborhood OF ~ Pat.
rick's Cathedral You will thus be
composed and prepared tor anything
when it takes swift, detour to the
west at Fifty-seyenth street. plunges
along in front Of Mrs Vanderbilt s
house ana then comes TO a shivcrln-
halt. "Now then" says the conduct.
or. all Of YOU be careful Here Is
where we 20 under the elevated rail
road. and this company has been run.
ming these stages UP here for a long
time and We ain't never lost lie.
It's safe. all right, if YOU keen your
head down and don't get ahsentmind.
cd any of YOU and raise up to smooth
ont your dress anything like that
II YOU thing of II forget It, Perhaps
there Is several feet or more Of space
above the head Of person of ordin-
ary dimensions as the tall auto makes
It's din under the elevated girders. but
It doesn't seem like It. The lady from
-afar who has invested in the highest
creation in millinery eXtant feels
that there is not half an inch OF
space to spare. She bends down un-
I'll the mass, of felt and feathers
crunches against the rail of the stage.
That's right look out for the head,
madam, says the allseeing conduct
or. Don't you mind my head SAYS
she. i've had it for 3 years. but this
hat got today and I'm going to save
il. The stage again dives under the
elevated structure at Columbus ave.
nne and Sixty.fifth street There is
plenty of room at this spot, but the
conductor usually sings ont; low
bridge again. Now. every mothers
son Of vow. low bridge, and II any
thing happens don't forget that | told
YOU to stay where YOU was put
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A cold does not get we'll Of itself
The process Of wearing out cold
wears You out, and your coueh le
comes serious Il neglected. lacking
coughs drain the energy and sap the
vitality For Il years the happy
combination OF soothing antiaeptie
balsams in Or Kings New Discovery
has healed coughs and relieved con
gestion. Young and old can testify
to the effectiveness OF Or Kings New
Discovery for coughs and colds Buy
a bottle today at your Druggist soc
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ria arst r.htbous IN nis eon.
rarco Of postor hoehor
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A DIRECT ACTION JUDGE.

Whether il be slanming a big
fine on a great corporation, heav-
ing brick al a higher branch Of
his own court or cmulating Solo
mon in deciding which Of two
women. is the mother OF a baby,
Judge Lands Of the United
States court at Chicago has a habit
.of getting at the root Of things
lie is not limited SO much by tech
nicalities as governed by "A desire
to see justice done, whether the
doing of it pertains to the partlc-
ular case before him or not. In
fact. were he in another field, he
might not inappropriatelN be said
to have that passion for service.
Comment was made the other
lay on THE action Of the iuriSt in
crilicising the court of appeals
which had released man he had
sentenced for perjury and who
appeared in Judge Lands court
AS bondsmau in a bIackmail case,
although the Judge had given or
dcrS that he was not to be allowed
around the Federal building
Needless TO add, the prospective
1ondsman was not passed But in
he quzzing Of him and others
Judgc Lands obtained some light
ON handbook and other gambling
,ames. and on some of the chaps,
IS me- said. about when he had
been seeking TO learn something
or quite 4 while From the cigar
,torc man who ran 4 book and
got his information over the telc-
lhone, to the highest telephone
lfficials. the Judge went for the
information he sought, ordering
hem brought to hiS court IN turn.
l'hc result is as pretty Il llllle
randal as ever Chicago has hand
ed to il on short notice this long
imc
II is shown that gambling IS
unnng wide open in the city by
lake Michigan and that the an
horitics have been negligent III
not putting "A stop to it, il, indeed
they have not been actually con
aiying at what has been going ON.
There are limitations that the dis
ress in official circles reaches
ven 10 the highest places in City
Han. and there are painful queries
IS to why Judges cant stick to
heir Job of administering the law
md let the other authorities look
lter the enforcing Of it, OF
curse. there may be ground Tor
riticising the Judge in this as IN
Dther matters for inclining to over
step the bounds of his jurisdiction
md taking upon himself tasks
lelegated to others. But there
seems TO be a feeling in the Illinois
metropolis that he has done the
ommunity a service. At all
events. when folks are critlcislng
he courts for their proverbial de-
ays and condcmning judges for
prcferring precedent and techni-
eality to common sense. they will
have 10 except Judge kenesaw
Mountain from the list of crit.
|ciscd.
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WAITING FOR MARRIAGE.

A swift and saifying friendship
grew up between Cora Temple and
her husband S secretary Janet Thayer.
II was a real JOY in Cora's life. Espe-
cially now that Davd's work as tene-
ment commissioner often kept him
away from home evenings while he
was getting his first firm grip Of the
situation
hTe two young women used to spend
whole evenings together talking Of
the things that never lacked interest.
perhaps because they had no fixed
solution-love. friendship, marriage,
the psychology Of husbands and wives,
Of sweethearts and friends, work am
bition. questions of the day and per-
sonaities Perhaps it was because
they talked so many personalities that
they wers SO interesting to each other.
For each. they soon found, could dis
cuss herself her experiences and
views, and the others self, expert
ences and views whit perfect honesty,
good nature, understanding and SYM
pathy.
That's why said Janet one even
ing, I'VE made friends SO quickly be-
cause we're Interested in the real
things of life and aren't afraid to talk
about them. I'm your kind and you're
my kind and when two congenial
souls come together il doesn't take
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-10-07
HOW cArARRA is CONTRACTED

Mothers are sometimes so thought
less as to neglect the colds which
their children contract. The inflam.
nation OF the mucus membrane, at
slrst acute. becomes chronic and the
child has chronic catarrh. disease
that is seldom cured and taat may
1roYe life's burden. Many persons
Who have this loathsome disease will
remember having had frequent colds
II the time it was contracted A lit.
lie forethought, bottle OF Chamber
aims Cough Remedy judiciously used
md all this trouble might have hecn
avoided Ohtainahlc everywhere.
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FORGET YOUR ACHES

Stiff knees. aching limbs, lame
back make life burden Il YOU
suffer from rheumatism. CONT. lum.
bago, neuralgia, get bottle Of Sloan S
Eminent, the universal remedy for
pain Easy to amply; it penetrates
without rubbing and soothes the
tender flesh Cleaner and more ef-
feefiyc than mussy ointments or poul.
tiecs For strains or sprains sore
muscles or wrenched ligamen's.
Sloans Liniment gives quick relief
Keep it on hand for emergencies At
your Druggist, 25c.
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STORY YOU CAN BEGIN AT ANY TIME.
Her Side-and His
HOW CORA AND DAVID TEMPLE SOLVED THEIR
MARITAL PROBLEMS.
Rv ZOE REcxIEy
BY ZOE BECKLEY.

long to know each other through and
through That's the way IL was with
Walter and me, We belonged from
the first
/ You'll be happy husband and
wife" said Cora confidently, because
you have all three strands of the love
rope You have the mental the
sprituai and the physical fitness.
Your marriage is sure to be success
full"
/ That's why" answered Janet slow
ly 1T seems such a pity to wait and
wait and wait We've been engaged
more than year now, and marriage
seems as far off as ever. Walt is
splendid He's broad minded, modern
in his view. tolerant and sympathetic
And yet, Cora. he has certain con
ventional streak "A sort of leftover
from the ages theory that he alone
must make the home and provide for
its maintenance
"They all have that streak, smiled
Cora faelingly And sometimes |
love them for it,"
M es-but it didn't post
pone your marriage You wouldn't
love il SO much. maybe. dear, II You
had to watch your precious youth slip
by month by month, year by year.
wishing for a home and a close COM
rade. and not having them just because
OF stupid tradition"
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20 anywhere and leave him-but Mar.
joric's Mother and Teacher did. Even
Marjorie, herself, thought it would
make her learn her Lessons more
luickly-because then She would get
through and have her Kitty to play
with.
Half the Morning had gone by and
. he children were having their read
Ing Lessons. Marjorie was reading,
The Cat sat on the Floor in front
If the Fire
Meow. meow cried Kltty-for he
had followed Marjorie and unseen by
anyone had walked into the School.
"Is that a Cat?' asked the Teacher.
Meow the Cat answered quite
/ plainly.
"lt isn't my Cat, said Marjorie.
for mine always wears little Bell,
md he can't move without it jingling.
We gave it 10 him partly 10 make him
happy and because he couldn't catch
Birds then
81 thought | heard a Cat said the
Teacher, but now ! don't Look
around Children and see if you can
find one
"All the Children looked and not a
'at was to he seen. For Kitty had
hidden himself in a great Box filed
with wood at one end of the Room,
and had moved so as not to ring his
Bell
THE Lessons went on and the Cat
NaS forgotten about. II was not long
b%ore a strange smell of smoke filed
The Room and the Teacher aud Pupils
soon became very nervous.
They looked all over to see If some
Thing could be burning and then the
sounds from Kitty came again.
Meow, meow, meow. he walled,
and his Bell iingled from his Neck.
Oh, such cries of terror
"'Thats Kitty shouted Marjorie.
Oh oh, do hope nothing's happened
tC him. Where can he beY
And still the cries came-and they
sounded queer and muined.
"Iye found him. shouted Mar
lorie and, look She gasped in hor-
ror
"Thcy pulled Kitty out-but a Fire
1ad started in tie Wood Box-andl
that was where Tie smell of burning
was coming from.
"The Jantor of the School came
rushing in with Pals of Water and
quickly put out the Fire.
"We would never have known
Nhcrc the Fire was, said Marjorie
proudly, if it hadn't been for my Kit
~ And She hugged Kitty tightly. who
laa hot been hurt but only very much
frightened