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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
The Housewife Gets Her Moneys
Worth

Time was when the housewife
practiced loose methods in purchas.
ing her foodstuffs.
But not in this age of the high
cost of living. Today she practices
business methods, and she makes 1t
a point to get her moneys worth.
In her selection of foodstuffs she
devotes much thought. She studies
the food market and familiarizes
herself with the different brands of
foods.
When she strikes the right article
she sticks to it. She wants the best
at the lowest cost and she gets il if
she follows the right methods of Sc
lection.
The housewife should give careful
consideration to the baking powder,
tea, coffee, -four and other similar
foods if she is to get full value for
her money.
There is always one best brand in
every line, and it is the housewives
duty to find that brand
Some women prefer one kind OF
Baking Powder while other women
demand different kind. There is
one Baking Powder that has been on
the market for years-Calumet-
which apparently from it's steady
sales and increased popularity, hits
the happy medium and pleases every
housewife no matter what her de-
mands.
In purchasing foods be sure that
you practice caution and you'll get
the best.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
Deaf as an Adder.

The expression deaf as an adder
is from the Psalms of David, where If
appears in the following form
Their poison is like the poison OF
serpents. They are like the deaf adj
der that stoppeth her ear which will
not haiken to the voice of charmers,
charming ever so wisely" East In
dian travellers tell us that there is a
widely prevailing superstition in the
east to the effect that both the viper
and the wasp stop their ears when the
charmer is uttering his incantations
or playing his music by turning one
ear to the ground and twisting the
point of the tail into the other.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
Age Discussion Ticklish Tonic,

You're looking as young as ever.
Ihat compliment will always be the
sweetest in the world to every wo,
man. But it usually comes from one
OF our men folks, and we feel secret
~ that their affection sometimes
blinds them to the change that our
own sex see in us.
we women are rather apt to be
outspoken on the question of other
peoples ages and the phrase. "Oh,
she's getting old now" falls all too
readily from our lips.
How i hate that remark" said
a friend once. We've all of us got
to grow old, but ] do wish people
would keep their views on the sub
Ject to themselves"
Gracious" exclaimed Twenty. .
the other day. Just married did
you say? Why, she's quite old" The
thoughtless word, although inno-
Gently spoken, were somehow con-
veyed to 49," who is particularly
sensitive on the subject. And at the
bottom of cur hearts, what woman
is not trile sensitive where age is
concerned? It's natural to be SO. but
the recollection should make us
careful concerning the manner in
which we discuss others.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
SPEAKING OF OLEO.

Congressman Haugen is quoted
as favorable to a lower oleo tax fix.
ing standard of color for oleo and
removing certain restrictions on the
butter substitute. He is said to
have declared that no legislation OF
the sort could be brought before
this session but he believes that il
can be worked out next year.
AS matters stand the tax on oleo
is being paid and the advance in
that article consequent upon the
high butter prices is being paid by
those who can least afford to do it.
Butter or oleo is a necessity in the
poorest home. Butter is at a price
that precludes its use in many wage
workers homes and oleo has follow
ed it as far as il can and keep its
market. And the man who pays It
is the one with family to keep on
the smallest income in time of ex-
traordinary high cost of living.
The buttermakers and dairymen
are beginning to see that the high
tax on oleo is a serious injustice and
are said to be ready to compromise
on lower taxes and fewer restric-
tions.
But why not this session? Why
not afford this relief when it is most
needed? Why wait year when the
necessity is apparent?
Oleo is healthful While we are
used to calling it a substitute for
butter it is entitled to stand on its
own feet as a product and not as
satisfactory. And there is as much
good sense in complaining of the IL
cents that each user of oleo must
pay for colored oleo as in complaint
over high coal prices. There is plen.
ty OF oleo as there is plenty of coal
And it may be added that colorinl
oleo is as much part of its produc.
ton as an attractive food as color
ing butter. OF course crooked deal
ers may sell oleo as butter but tht
tax has not prevented that. The way
to get at those persons is to fix 6
sufficient penalty under the purv
food laws and enforce the law thor.
oughly. Perhaps at that we should
have persons willing to take tine
chance at bootlegging butterine a!
we have, those who take the chance
at bootlegging whisky but it is mo-
of evidence that the tax on whisky
has eliminated or even decreases
bootlegging.
The big tax on oleo should come
off and the restriction against color
should be removed. A healthful and
cheap food should not carry a pen
al taX.-TimeS-R epu blican
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
PROFIT By THIS.
Don't Waste Another Day.

When you are worried by head
ache;
BY lameness and urinary disor-
ders-
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Follow DEBORAH peoples example.
Use DoCn's Kidney Pills.
Here's DEBORAH testimony.
Verify it if yo wish:
Chas. o. Moore, w. Water St., De-
corah, says: AT times l nave severe
pains across my kidneys and l can
hardly bend over to put on my shoes.
The action of my kidneys is irregular
and often my ankles swell. l always
use Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
from Wangler's Pharmacy, at such
times and / am fixed up in quick or
der. | recommend them at every OPP
portunity."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Moore uses. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Try Our Want Column.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31

ducers, could be eliminated if there
was method of communication es-
tablished between the man who rails
es the stock, the man who feeds it
and the man who has the corn for
feeding.
Still more expense could be elm
mated, Governor Harding said, if
Iowa had packing plants of its own
and could share in the profits it pas
ses on to others.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
TO TEST PURE BRED CATTLE.
Another Attempt to Get Tubercula
Law Passed i'm Iowa.

| Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. S.-Eradi-
eating the ancient foe of man and
beast, tuberculosis, from the state,
Through legislative enactments
which will control the disease in
cattle and hogs is being planned by
Legislators and others interested in
the health and hygiene of the state.
A bill will be introduced into the
coming general assembly providing
for the tuberculin testing of pure
bred dairy and breeding cattle.
That the situation is serious has
been known for some time. Two
years ago A. r. Holbert of Della
ware county introduced a bill for
the testing with tuberculin of all
dairy and breeding cattle. This bill
passed the house but failed of pas
sage in the senate. However, during
the last few months, the department
of tuberculosis under the state
board of control has been making
some extensive Investigations and
has obtained the cooperation of the
live stock, dairying, packing and
other interests and it is understood
a measure is being drafted for early
Introduction afteE the legislature
convenes.
The essential feature of the biN as
it is now proposed will require the
ftuberculin test Of dairy and pure
I bred breeding cattle providing for
partial compensation by the state TO
the owners of condemned cattle, the
state to own all condemned cattle
The federal government offers aid
in this work and it is believed that
the government will provide the
necessary money to pay it's half of
the cost of destroying cattle.
The promoters of this bill have
dug up statistics from the packing
houses and elsewhere which show
that the Iowa hog is being discrim
mated against by the packers be-
cause of its prevalence to tubercu-
losis and that buyers pay from thir-
teen to twenty-five cents less a hun
dred pounds for Iowa hogs as com
pared to western hogs because thew
have to discard certain per cent OF
them. Cattle also suffer a penalty
because of this. The Iowa hog is re-
garded as about the finest meat ami
NAL in the world, but he has to be
pretty thoroughly inspected for tu-
Derculosis. 1t is therefore claimed
that the producers of hogs and cat
tie in the state would be money
ahead and the people would be free
from an annoying and persistent
source of infection if cattle could be
tested for this disease.
A federal report shows that for
the year ending June 80, 1916,
there were 2S5,605 head of cattle
slaughtered at Iowa abattoirs, Of
which eight-tenths of one per cent
were condemned on account of tu-
Derculosis as unfit for food. In the
same period there were killed at
Iowa stations 2,S43,794 hogs, o.
which 426,67S were retained on ac-
count of tuberculosis, and of those
retained S.793 were condemned as
unfit for food on account of tuber-
culosis. The economic loss, It is
pointed out, reaches into the millions
of dollars.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31

There are a number of variations
that one can plan from the usual
wiener roast menu which generally
consists of wieners, buns, catsup.
pickles, with perhaps pie as sort
or dessert. For instance one can use
the campfire to roast corn. After a
part OF the wood has burned to GOALS,
a crate can be placed over them, and
the sweet corn, still in the shucks
placed over the bars. There is a flaw
or given to the corn, roasted this
way that no other method of cook
Ing will give it. The same is true of
roasted potatoes. The jackets are
left on, the potatoes washed and
placed over the crate or better on a
nat stone. Butter and salt are of
course necessary, accompaniment
for both the potatoes and corn.
Canned beans are also good to
serve at a wiener roast as they are
always likedJ
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
SICK WIFE STORY SURPRISES
DEBORAH.

me following has surprised De-
corah: A business mans wife suf-
fered from dyspepsia and constipa-
tioh Tor years. Although she dieted
she was so bloated her clothes
would not hit. ONE SPOONFUL
Duckthorn bark, glycerine, ETC., as
mixed M In Adler-i-ka relieved her IN
SIANTLY. Because Adler-i-ka emn-
Ties BOTH large and small intestine
IL relieves ANY CASE constipation.
sour stomach or gas and prevents
appendicitis. 1t has QUICKEST ac-
lion OF anything we ever sold. r. A.
EHgberts0H, druggist.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31
Details Wanted.

Whar you git dem hens, Rastus?
Raised 'em
Frum whar-eggs or coops?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31

Some Of the larger herd were found
near Diagonal and Sharpsburg.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-31

All $1,000 cash. will
- good, approved bankabe drawing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
WANTS THEM TO KEEP BEES.
Expert Says II Is an Excellent Indus
try for Wounded Soldiers.

Minneapolis journal; Wounded and
disabled American soldiers who return
from European battlefelds win become
bee keepers, if the prediction Of John
Jager, superintendent of the bee cul-
ture department OF the Minnesota state
fair comes true.
Mr.. Jager believes that the United
States government will provide for its
unfortunate soldiers who become in
valid through war service, and that it
will also provide a course of study for
these soldiers that they might be pre-.
pared successfully to carry on the bus.
mess.
In order to do this, however" he
explained, 1t will be necessary to have
new federal laws which will provide a
course of study for the soldiers and
also give them the financial aid needed
to start an apiary. once started, they
viii be able to take care Of themselves.
as the profits are large"
Mr.. Jager told what a wonderful
state Minnesota is for the bee keeping
| industry, and how the annual crop Of
honey is about 10000 900 pounds, which.
valued at 10 cents pound, brings a
revenue Of 100000.
While the annual honey crop Of this
state is worth close to $1,000 600. ="
stated the noted authority, there is
about nineteen times as much which
goes 70 waste. That means that about
Sl90O0.OOO is wasted annually because
this amount Of honey is untaken."
When asked for the solution 70 this
problem, Mr. jaeger explained: The
reason for this tremendous waste Of
honey IN Minnesota is that there is a
| big shortage Of bee kepers-there are
not enough bee keeprs to harvest the
! iiowage, in other words.
Mr.. Jager then argued that the most
successful bee keepers are not the
farmers. They have too much other
business 70 attend 10 TO give bee keen.
ing the proper attention Teachers.
clergymen and doctors - professional
men-are the most successful bee keen.
ers'' he continued, "and ii is surprising
how many Of these are giving up their
work in the cities 10 go out into the
open TO make their living with bees
and a good living, too
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
CANIOUFLAGE.

Wichita Beacon: You have run across
this word often during the past year
II is another Of those subtle shades
Of weaving which have no equivalen,
in the English language The French
saw it first.
a tiger Is striped because he turks
in the tall yellow grass where shadows
fall in sharp streaks 4 leopard is
spotted for similar reasons. a rabbit
crouching in the dead grass or brush
is hard to see. They are supplied with
natures camOuflage.
No matter what the background may
be, a spotted object is less distinguish.
able than one Of solid color. because
the outline is more nearly destroyed
4 part Of the coloring is almost sure
TO fade into the background.
And so big guns are painted in
splotches, and pictures and trees and
grass painted on long strips Of canvas
which hide vital military operations.
The color OF the uniform is also cam
outage. 1t has been found that olive
drab quickly melts into the horizon
and becomes invisible.
The war has brought back many
primitive devicei and perhaps chief
Of them is camouiage. protective
principle or even the simplest form OF
animal life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
HE CAN'T BE IRISH.

New York sun: Shades of St. Patrick
and Mahomet A Murphy has applied
for exemption from military service on
the ground that he is subject to and
owes allegiance to the sultan
Murphy's first name is George. and
he resides at 138 West Sixty-third
street. When he filed his claim with
William Ives Washburn, secretary Of
the district appeals board, this morn.
Ing, it was at first thought to be a
joke, but the Oriental Celt asserted to
the contrary.
He was born in Constantinople
twentysiX years ago Of Irish parents,
and although he has resided here for
several years has never applied for
citizenship papers. Therefore. Murphy
claims he is on the other side Of the
fence in this great war and cannot be
compelled to take up arms against the
sultan's friend the kaiser. The fact
that a Murphy sought to dodge a fight
was suspicious in itself.
The claim was refused by Local
Board 121, which held Murphy fit for
service, hence his appeal
Two other strange applicants pre-
sented themselves to the district board
in the persons cf negroes of the San
Juan hill section, who claim to be Ger
mans. Their names are Albert Jack
son and Henry Morse.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
WOMEN BARRIERS MAKE A HIT
Many Kansas City Men Get More Ere
nnent ShaVeS Now.


Kansas City Star; Women in pink
overalls were tried as last resort Of
the Tri-City Barber college TO break
the deadlock in trade that had existed
for some weeks between that college
and rival institution next door.
The deadlock was broken. The police
had to be called to restore to traffic
the street in front of the shop and to
keep order among the men holding
you're next" numbers.
Men of all ages and boys waited, not
very patiently, outside the shop and
surged forward as each patrons was
called inside.
IT'S great" a finished product said
enthusiastically as he left his chair.
Inside Miss Maxine Howerston, Miss
Elsie Kossler and four girl classmates
twanged their razors over worn strops
and smiled down into the faces Of their
customers
j. B. Nicely, dean Of the college, paid
strict attention TO his cash register
which kept up an almost incessant
ring as the artifcially created patrons
passed in a steady stream in and out
Of the shop.
Nothing wrong az ALL" Mr. Nicely
assured Richard Elliott patrolman, who
had been detailed 70 investigate the
crowd at Fifth and Main streets
Competition was little keen and
we decided to give our patrons some
thing new"
The Innovations popularity was un
questioned. Every north side man dis
covered, Immediately he heard the news
he was IN need of hair cut or a
shave The six chairs presided over by
the girls never lacked customers, while
the men students, their chairs vacant
looked on.
All the girls wore their hair bobbed
Their overall garments were suit az
fairs Of ping chambray, with pockets
that caught some falling hair and the
tips, and pink belt Mr.. Nicely told
Patrolman Elliott he would have -four
more at work Monday. II was infor
nation the patrolman didn't receive
! pleasantly.
He went out Of the shop, drove the
crowd away again and started to the
station. When he reached the city hall
Elliott looked back.
The crowd had gathered again. larger
than before.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
ROXANA COMPANY
READILY RESPONDS TO
DEFENSE COUNCILS CALL

The ready response Of the Roxana
Petroleum company to the call Of the
Council Of Defense for Carter county
for funds to use in the work of pro.
noting and maintaining the organiza.
tion in this county, indicates the will
ingness Of the larger companies to aid
In movements Of this sort. for they
readily appreciate the fact that the
large amount Of oil in storage in the
Healdton field at this time makes this
the most vulnerable point that might
be attacked by an enemy or irresponsible
agitators. The growing strength OF the
l. w. w. and kindred organizations in
rural districts and the agitation that
has been going on persistently for some
time, creates a menace which must be
reckoned with by every concern OF any
proportions
The Council Of Defense will at once
initiate the work Of organizing home
guards throughout the county. The
plan proposed by the state is for one
company in the county. made up Of
four platoons, to be recruited al various
points in the county, more especially in
those districts which need protection
This company will be under the com.
mand of captain and lieutenants and
these officers and their men will be
under the direct authority OF the sher.
III and will be subject to his orders ana
act under him I'm any case of emer.
gency The members of the home guard
will be at least partially outhtted by
the state and will be required To drnl
lat regular intervals and TO maintain
the same discipline as has heretofore
been required Of national guard com.
panies.
The organization Of the county coun-
ell and the Subsequent mastering OF the
home guard is In the hands Of an exec.
.utive committee appointed by Governor
Robert l.. Williams This committee
comprises substantial citizens known
generally to the people o. Carter county
and has entered upon its work with zeal
and intelligence, not only looking toward
the protection Of lives and property dur.
ing the war but also taking into fun
consideration the conservation Of food
products and the increase In production
10y the best means known Il is serious
business with this committee. and there
Is no question about the efficiency with
which the work OF this council viii he
carried out
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
What Man Should Have and Re at
the Age of 25.

the Age Of S5.
Jack Lait says in the American Mag
azine:
AT 80 citizen should have a wife
and children; he should have per-
manent trade, business or profession;
ne should own a home; he should have
money in bank and a commensurate
endowment policy half paid of; he
should be through with experimenting
and on his way, realizing the dreams
he dreamt when ne had time to dream,
walking over the paths he laid in the
road-building years, hiking on his sec
ond wind beyond the point to which
he laboriously strained his way there
tofore.
Youth is a tonic and its manifesta-
tions are grit and gameness, hope and
yearning, ambition and hard tackling
energy and pep and good as new recov-
cries and gay times and extraYagances.
But youth is a bargain commodity
priceless to own, cheap to buy.
He's only a boy says the world.
and he goes at so cents on the dollar.
Therefore youth is the time to in
vest, and sometimes later comes the
time TO collect. Somewhere is the turn
ing peak. | think it is marked '35'"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-27
New York Cotton.

New York, Sept. 27.-Reports Of cold
rains in the western belt and appre.
hension that the tropical storm might
reach the middle gulf coast encouraged
buyers in the cotton market early TO.
day. The opening was steady al an
advance of lS to 33 points in conse.
quence with October selling up TO 24.3O
and January to 23.6S. or about q to 30
points net higher.
There We're also rumors that bullish
private condition figures would be is.
sued later in the day. and bunish spot
advices from the south. Realizing was
quite active at times but was readily
absorbed with the market showing a
generally firm tone toward the end of
the first hour
Liverpool cabled that southern mar.
kets showed a disposition 10 hold firm.
H and that there was no pressure OF
offerings there.
Reports that storm warnings had
been issued for parts Of the Gulf Coast
ana the official prediction for frost I'm
parts OF Oklahoma and Arkansas We're
factors in the late morning advance
"hich carried active months about 30
TO 40 points net higher with December
selling at 239l and January e3S2. DE.
mand tapered on al this level. however
ana the market showed reactions OF
several points early In the noon hour.
underseliing 10y early buyers who were
disappointed 10y the showing OF a Chi
cago report. making the condition go
against 67.O last month. Rumors cir
cdlating yesterday and this morning
had created expectations OF more
bullish showing.