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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
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NERVOUS GIRLS.

Register and Leader: That Amer
can girls are abnormally nervous and
correspondingly lacking in health is
the belief of a writer in the Woman's
Home Companion, who points out the
fact that group Of girls is always
characterized by voices that are high
hurried and uncontrolled by maneuv-
ers that are annoying and by gen
eral atmosphere of unrest.
Biting the lips, twisting chains and
bracelets, arranging furs and jabots,
frowning, raising the eyebrows and
laughing in senseless and affected
way are some of the signs which this
writer sees of the nervous girl. That
many of these indications are true
any careful observer may realize.
And yet we have been especially
proud of American girlhood because
of it's open-air sports, its gay COM
radery, and lack of prudish affecta-
ton.
1t may be, however, that the very
multiplicity of tasks and pleasures
which the moderately situated girl
in this country enjoys is part of the
reason for her lack of poise and dis
cretion. She is hurried through
school, through her music, into So
ciety and about the world with kind
of fexerish pressure which can only
react upon the delicate organism
which she has inherited from par
ents who are proverbially nervous.
With the responsibilities of new
er and wider horizon Of activities be-
fore her, the girl of the present can
ill afford to lose the balance OF sanity
which good health affords. The large
army of self-supporting girls have
good deal to contend with, but in
some respects they are at an advan-
tage. for their steady employment,
regular habits and few indulgences
are likely to compensate for much of
the care and direction which their
protected sister experiences in her
preparation for fashionable young
womanhood.
1t is probable that a simpler, less
self-conscious and irregular mode OF
life until girls have reached the ma
turity which steadies and refines
would do much to correct the nerv-
business and irritability which has
lied to criticism and regret.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
WAS DISGUISED AS GARBAGE
CAN.
Jail Prisoner Adopts Novel Method
to Effect Escape.

When a garbage can, which he
was wheeling towards the garbage
dump of the east side Jail, at Los
Angeles started to run away the
other afternoon, trusty of the jail,
decided he had delirium tremens
and he started for the Office of Cap
tain Hensley, shrieking, I've got
'em! I've got 'em."
When he arrived before Captain
Hensley, the man swore that he had
seen the garbage can develop legs
get off small cart, and run away.
Investigation revealed that William
P. Green a prisoner at the jail was
missing. The man is but p years
old and weighs only 12O pounds. II
appears that he secreted himself in
one of the garbage cans and escap-
ed when the opportunity presented
itself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
COSTS FIVE CENTS TO SPEAK
ENGLISH.
University of Iowa Has Spanish Club
Which Fines Members When
They Fail to Talk i'm
Spanish.

To teach students how to talk
Spanish fiuently an organization
called the Spanish club has been
started at the State University. The
club is so Spanish that even its
press announcements in the Univer-
sity daily are unintelligible to per-
sons not acquainted with Spanish.
Every two weeks the organization
meets at the home of one of the
members and the time is spent in
telling Spanish stories, slearning
Spanish customs, and giving Spanish
stories. The members intend to give
a Spanish play some time this spring.
A fine of five cents is extracted
from any person who speaks sim
gle word of English during a meet
ing. For the two South Americans,
the four Filipinos, or the Porto Ri
can, who are members of the club,
there is no danger of financial insol-
vency from the provision, but for the
ten American members it has teeth.
Membership is limited to twenty
so only those students who are spe-
cializing in Spanish are allowed to
belong.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
GOOD SHADE TREES WORTH
500 APIECE.
Differ from Buildings in that Their
Value Increases With Time
While Building Values
Decrease.

A good tree in residence dis
trict of the Iowa town is easily worth
$780," declares Prof. r. B. Wylie,
botanist at the State University.
Trees are an asset as truly as build
ings, with the important difference
that they grow more valuable year
by year without expense for upkeep.
The opening OF spring is an invi-
tation to all Iowans to look to their
trees. There should be planting
where shade is needed and trim
ming of those that have been neg
lected. Trees grow well anywhere
in Iowa and an hours work will
start an elm that will bless home
stead through three generations.
The urgency of planting trees is
great at this time. Iowa has passed
the pioneer stage and is settling in
TO maturity. Population is becom-
ing fixed and people are building
in cement. Present family names
will be associated with farms and
homesteads for the rest of the cen
fury. There is coming a statewide
to make Iowa as beautiful
as it is rich. In this movement
could count for more than
for each lot or land owner to give
an hour year to his trees.
Tree planting is a paying propo-
sition. Shade trees constitute an ac-
tual increase in value to be enjoyed
by the owner as long as he desires
them and they are convertible into
cash when he sells. Trees costing
only twenty or twenty-five cents
apiece and little labor in planting
them improve the value of a place
hundreds of dollars.
rs there any more profitable in
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
Hatch Your Chickens Early.

Fresh eggs are highest in the late
fall and winter. This is because ev-
erybody's hens take their annual
vacation then.
Don't blame the hens; they always
Lave done it and they always will.
They stop laying eggs and grow a
new crop of feathers instead.
During this melting PERIOD" as
poultrymen call it, nobody has many
eggs to sell until the young pullets
begin to lay.
American breeds plymouth Rocks,
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds,
etc. begin to lay when about seven
months old. Leghorns, Minorcas, etc.,
begin when about six months old.
Therefore: If we hatch chickens
early in the spring they will begin
to lay when the hens are melting.
To produce late fall and winter
Eggs; Begin Matching March 1. Hatch
at intervals and have all the chicks
out not later than May 1.
If hens do not want to sit in time,
get broody hens from a neighbor or
set an incubator.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
TAVENER ESTATE FOR SALE

All of the real estate belonging to
the j. /. Tavener estate, in West De-
corah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, is
being offered for sale. There is in
all about sixty seven acres of land,
besides all of Block Sixteen (con-
tanning sixteen lots) in Morse's Adj
dition to West DEBORAH. On this
land is located the mill, ice-house,
dwelling house, barn and other out
buildings. The land will be sold as
a whole or in parts, as may appear
advantageous to owners and to buy
ers. For further information please
consult the undersigned widow and
heirs OF the said j. I. Tavener, or
Attorneys Boice & Hook.
Carrie w. Tavener, widow.
A. E. Tavener,
H. l.. Tavener,
Myrtle L. Mcintosh,
Nettie NJ. Gaffney,
Edna Olson,
12-tf. Heirs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the Appointment of
Anna Johnson, as administrators of
the Estate of Lewis Erickson deceas-
ed
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
administrators of the estate of Lewis
Erickson late of DEBORAH township,
in the County of Winneshiek, State
Of Iowa, deceased intestate, and
has taken upon herself that trust by
giving bonds as the law directs. All
persons having demands upon the
estate of the said deceased are re-
quired to exhibit the same; and per-
sons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
ANNA JOHNSON.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, April Al,
1917. 144
BOICE & HOOK, Attorneys.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
Lets Cattle Starve.

Prosecution for cruelty to animals
is to be the result of an investiga-
ton made yesterday afternoon and
this morning, at the farm occupied
by Clarence Mable, six miles north
west of Mason City, when, it is al
legged, ten head of fine Holstein cat
tie, out of thirty on the place, were
found dead from starvation and lack
of care generally, according to
Sheriff Fred Marsh, who made the
investigation.
Sheriff Marsh was sent to the Ma
bic place by Aaron Grimm, who holds
a mortgage on the cattle, to fore
close that document, so his interests
might be protected. When the She
If arrived he found the house clos
ed up, and no indication that any
one had been around at all for a day
or two, and the only living thing in
sight, NANCY, half-starved dog.
On entering one of three stables,
he alleges, he found the carcasses of
seven fine Holsteins, all badly ema-
eiated, stretched out on the dirt
foor, which was piled high with
filth, and had apparently not been
cleaned for long time.
In another stable he found two
more dead animals, and in a third
building the tenth one. About
twenty more cattle, weak from lack
of food, and suffering from expo
sure, were about the buildings
Mason City Globe Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
TO TILL THE RIGHTS OF way
EXPERTS WILL DECIDE AMOUNT
OF LAND BEING WASTED.
Start on Great Western, Whose
Right of Way is Typical.

Ames, Ia, April "a delegation
of experts from the Iowa State col
lege began last week a survey of the
right of way in Iowa, of the Chica-
go Great Western railroad with a
view to learning how much of the
land will be available for cultiva-
ton. 1t was said the action of the
road in asking a survey was believ-
ed to be forerunner of similar re-
quests on the part of the other rail-
roads operating in the state.
Statistics available here were to
the effect that the land in railroad
right of ways will average about
eight acres TO the mile. There are
approximately 1000 miles of track
in Iowa and cultivation of the land,
it was estimated, taking the aver
age yield of corn at thirty-five bush
els to the acre would increase the
Iowa output by 100000 bushels.
1t was announced the plan of the
railroad was to turn over the land
available to farmers working ada
cent farms, to be cultivated by them
and the proceeds to go to them and
not to the road itself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11

In District Court State of Iowa,
Winneshiek County, IS.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ger
trude Olson Nesheim, Deceased:
To the Treasurer of State, w. c..
Brown, and Andrew E. Gavle,
Tina A. Gavle, Martha Teresa
Gavle, Alma Gavle, Walter Ell
mer Gavle, Edna Geneva Gavle.
Norwegian Luther Orphans
Home in Chicago Illinois, Nor
wegian Lutherin Heather Mis-
sion of Madagascar.
You, and each Of you, are hereby
notified that the undersigned, duly
appointed and qualified appraisers Of
property charged, or sought to be
charged, with the payment of
COLLATERAL INHERITANCE TAX
will, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on the
2Sth day of April A. d. 1917, at Co.
Clerks Office, DEBORAH Iowa, in said
county and state, proceed to appraise
the property of the estate of said
decedent subject to the Collateral
Inheritance Tax, as provided by law.
Please take notice and govern
yourselves accordingly.
Dated March IA, 1917.
C. w. FREEMAN,
C. CHRISTEN,
LUTHER REED,
12-4w Appraisers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
Used Ice Mans Scales,

Here is an item from the Leroy
Independent and half dozen other
papers simultaneously, so it must
be timely and likewise cold fact"
maybe: "A young couple out in Kan
sas became the proud parents of a
little girl the other day. They want
ed to weigh the youngster as soon as
she was dressed, but had no scales.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
The Rich Young SQUIRT.

An Ida Grove boy attending the
state university at Iowa City borrow
ed big Cadillac eight car belonging
to another student, boy from Deni-
son, and went down town to get some
laundry for another student. 1t was
dark; steep hill; three women in the
road got confused and separated;
car running only ten miles an hour,
of course; couldn't turn out quick
enough; ran over one woman and
killed her; boy heartbroken, but that
doesn't restore the woman to her
family and friends. The Express is
maybe getting little fogyish, but
equipping a boy with an eight-cylin-
der car is not our idea of education.
The bane of the colleges is the rich
young squirts whose old fool fathers
allow them to run thru more money
in four years at school than they will
ever make in the course of their
lives. The Denison boy had as much
need for a big touring car at college
as he had for a cage of wildcats. The
colleges can teach languages and
science and philosophy and how to
use up a million-dollar income, but
they can't teach common sense-and
what a pity it is!-Knoxville Ex-
press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
NOTICE IN PROBATE.

To whom it may concern:
You and each of you are hereby
notified to appear at the Court House
in Winneshiek County, Iowa, on the
18th day Of April, 1917, at $500 o.
clock p NJ, to attend the probate
of an instrument purporting to be
the Last Will and Testament Of
John Curtin, late of DEBORAH Town
ship, in Winneshiek County. Iowa,
deceased, at which time and place
you will appear and show cause, If
any, why said will should not be ad-
mitted to probate.
In testimony whereof have here
unto subscribed my name and atiiX-
ed the seal of said office, this 26th
day of March, 1917.
S. J. MOORE,
1874 Clerk of District Court.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
Them There Winnnin.

What would you do, honey, if
you were left a widower?" asked
Mrs. Newlywed
The same as you would do If you
were left widow" replied Mr.. New
lywed.
boo, hoo!" bawled Mrs. Newly
wed, before we were married you
told me that you would never care
for any other woman"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
GODDARD'S
SILVER KING
SEED CORN

In ears. Grown, selected, tested
and Grated by the originator here in
this County.
Mr.. Goddard has turned over to
JUS every bushel of his seed. He
states that it tests nearly 100
These crates will not be opened but
Sold just as Mr. Goddard put it up.
All. authorities agree that SILVER
MING is the most profitable variety
that can be grown in northern Iowa
and southern Minnesota.
Only small amount of this pure
seed available. Better get some for
breeding purposes. Order early.
THE ADAMS SEED COMPANY
Marsh Bldg.)
DEBORAH, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11

Just then the ice man came along
and they borrowed his scales. To
their surprise the little one weigh
ed forty-four pounds
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11

Thomas Manion of Mt. Carmel
Pa, owns a 80 year old hen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-11
Canada Offers
I6O Acres Land
Free to Farm Hands
Bonus of Western Canada Land to
Men Who Assist i'm Maintain
ing Needed Grain Pro-
ductiOn.

The demand for farm labor in
Canada is so great that as an in
ducement to secure at once the nee
essary help required, Canada will
give one hundred and sixty acres of
land free as a homestead and allow
the farm laborer, who files on land,
apply the time he is working for 9TH
er farmers as residence duties the
same as if he had lived on the land
he had applied for. This offer made
only to men working on Canadian
farms for at least months during
1917, thus reducing the necessity
Of actual residence to 2 years instead
of 3 years, as under usual conditions.
This appeal for farm help is in no
way connected with enlistment for
military service but solely to secure
farm laborers to increase agricultur-
al output. A wonderful opportuni-
ty to earn good wages while secur-
ing a farm. Canadian Government
Will pay all fare over one cent per
mile from st. Paul and Duluth to
Canadian destination. Information
as TO low railway rates, ETC., may be
had on application to
I'D AMY II HEWITT
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-28
PUBLISHERS WIN FIGHT
u. S. Fixes Price of News Print
Paper at 3 Cents Per Pound.
Six Of Seven Indicted Manufacturers
Agree to Accept Price and
Conditions.

New York, Nov. 2S.-Until April 1
news print paper manufacturers, rep
resenting S5 per cent of the print pa
per output of the country, will sell
news print to publishers at cents
a pound.
After that the price is to be fixed
by the Federal Trade commission un-
der an agreement reached by the gov
ernment and six of the seven paper
manufacturers charged with violation
of the Sherman antitrust law.
Edward w. Backus, president OF the
Minnesota and Ontario Power COM
pany and the Fort Francis Pulp and
Paper company, did not agree to the
Scent price up to April /, but asked
that the Federal Trade commission
fix the price after Jan. 1.
The agreement is said to be salts.
factory to the Publishers association.
1t was the outcome of the govern
ment's prosecution of George HsMead,
chairman of the executive committee
of the News Print Manufacturers as
sociation; Philip T. Dodge, president
of the International Paper company; /;
Edward w. Backus, George Chahoo1,
Jr, and G. M. p. Bould, comprising
the executive committee of the News
Print Manufacturers association; AL
exander Smith, banker, and Frank j.
Sesenbrenner, paper manufacturer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-28
MEDALS FOR SAMM|ES
Fifteen U. S. Soldiers Given
French War Cross.
Cannot Wear Decorations Until Per
mission Is Given by
Congress.

With the American Army in France,
Nov. 28.-The French general COM
manding the sector in which the
Americans were stationed at the time
of the first German raid on the night
of November 2-3 has cited Is Ameri-
can officers and men and on these the
French war cross has been conferred.
The men were decorated and were
informed that they might keep the
medals in their possession, but must
not wear them until Congress gives
its authorization.
The ceremony was an impressive
one. An American major general pre-
sented the decorations and citations,
giving the regimental colonel those
for the men who were killed. They
will be sent to their next of kin.
The French general, in referring to
the action of the company, said:
ION the night of November 2-3, this
company which was in the line for the
first time met an extremely violent
bombardment, when it seized arms
and offered such stubborn resistance
that the enemy though numerically
superior, was obliged to retire"
The general specially cited in the
order of the day Corporal James d.
Bresham and Privates Merle D. Hay
and Thomas F. Enright, who died
bravely in hand to hand fighting with
the enemy who had penetrated the
first line"
The others cited were Lieut. Will
lam III. Mclaughlin, Lieut.. r. o. Pat
terson, Lieut.. E. F. Erickson, Sergeant
John Arrowwood, Corporals David M.
Knowles and Homer Givens and Pri-
Yates Charles Massa, William ID.
Thomas, George Hurd, Boyce G. Wade,
Robert Winkler and John ]. Jarvis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-28
SAP FOES laal.POHEa
Allies Wearing Out Enemy In
West.
Secretary Baker Points Out Objects
Behind Franco-Rritish Drives
italians Held Safe.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-The Allies
''slow yet relentless sapping" of Ger.
manys man power.
Reviewing the past weeks war
events, Secretary Baker pointed this
out as the object behind several Of
fensives and held it TO be more impor-
tant even than gain in territory
"Wastage of Enemy Forces"
''It is wastage of the enemys
forces" he said, "slow but relentless
sapping of his man power by contin-
ued and sudden offensive thrusts
which must eventually result In the
softening of his line in the West.
This is the ultimate objective of the
series of intensive offensives SO sue
cessfully pursued by the Allies dur
ing the past six months and is even
more important than the gain of ter
rain"
Teuton Aim FoiIed.
Baker held that the Teuton made
his Italian offensive ito extricate
himself from the increasingly diff
cult position in which his forces find
themselves in the West"
The German higher command was
apparently confident that i'm order to
save Italy from invasion" Baker con
tinued, such important contingents
of French and British troops would
he detached from the Western front
as to render any further Allied of.
fe1sives in this theater impossible" /"
STRATEGY Brilliantly Executed"
While such aid has been given,
Baker held it had not impaired the
West front efficiency. The Cambrai
victory, he held, had dominated the
past weeks military situation, though
ItaIy's steady resistance had been a
part of "one and the same move
ment."
The Allied ruse of keeping up its
Flanders bombardment to shield the
Cambrai movement; and use OF tanks
instead OF. artillery to clear the path
to Cambrai were praised by Baker
as "a strategy daringly conceived
and brilliantly executed"
Prisoners outnunber Casualties.
He said the British took more than
10000 prisoners, which was more than
their total casualties.
increased artillery activity was
noted in the sector where American
troops are training, indicating that the
Teuton is preparing for new raids"
Baker said. Small detachments Col
American troops) while on patrol
duty have gained some useful expert
ence.
"As for Italy. the morale of Italian
forces is improving daily and while
the situation is not wholly free from
critical aspects, defensive measures
appear adequate to meet the situa'
tion."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-28
FALL OF TWO TOWNS NEAR
Cambrai and Queant WobbIe Under
British Blows

With British Armies in the Field,
Nov. 27.-The sixth day of General
Bylg's great drive saw Cambrai and
Queant both wobbling from the crack
I'm the Hindenburg lines and everlast-
ing battering of British troops. Grow n
Prince Rupprecht's garrison at Que.
ant, head of the switch line is di-
rectly imperiled. The town is almost
surrounded.
Cambrai is useless to the enemy.
It has been cut off from Quent by the
British hold on Bourbon village The
Queant defenders, therefore, had only
a precarious line of communications
to the North.
The dominating heights of Bourbon
have been saturated with German
blood spilled in mad assaults to take
this promontory. Whoever holds
Bourbon wood holds constant menace
over the land for miles on either
side. The wood itself has been liter
ally blasted away. The village is q
crumbling powder of ruins.
The whole German sector is rocking
with the shock of impact of the Brit.
ish battering ram.