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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
IOWA FkaMERS
E&M,!V'GE next
VIII be Organized in " Town
in Iowa Having 200 "a 'ore
Free Service Phonec
WILL BE CLEARING
HOUSE FOR IMPORTATION
Farmers Will be Furnished the
Markets Every Morning After
$3.50 O'Clock, Weather
Reports, Etc.

Bes Moines, Jan. 15.-Farmers of
Iowa, probably 100000 strong, will
be organized through the Farmers
Exchange during 1917, if plans an
nounced last week materialize.
rhe movement in Iowa, while not
of an Immediately political nature,
may affect reforms as radical as
those accomplished in North Dako-
ia by the Non partisan League, the
farmers organization which cap
tured the government of that state
in the last election.
Bdison Hornaday, of Des Moines,
and w. T. Sinnard, of Indianola, are
the moving spirits behind the Iowa
Farmers Exchange.
Offices will be opened in Des
Moines Friday. Active work OF or
ganization will be carried on from
here.
A Farmers Exchange will be To-
Gated in every town in Iowa having
zoe or more free service phones on
rural lines, according to the plans OF
Hornaday and Sinnard.
The system will then work like
this:
An Office will be opened in each
of these towns, with an exchange
manager, preferably local man who
knows local conditions, in charge.
The Exchange will act as a clear
ing house for information desired
by the farmers.
John Jones, farmer, for example
calls up the exchange manager
and says he has four steers to sell.
IRE manager will give him the name
of another farmer who wants to buy
.ers.
Another farmer wants a hired
man. The Exchange manager viii!
procure one for him.
Another farmer calls up to find
the market price of hogs. The ex-
change will furnish him market quo
tations after $50 o'clock each NOR
ming.
Weather reports, crop estimates
and all kinds of information of val
ue to farmers will pass through the
Exchange.
One such exchange has been in
operation at Indianola since Novem-
Der. 1t has been a great uccess, ac.
oording to Sinnard, who is manager
there.
1--WE simply sell service under q
cooperative agreement" said Sin
nard. There is no commission
charged, the So annually covering
all expenses TO the farmer.
Politics and religion do not en-.
ter into the workings of the Farm
ers' Exchange. If some candidate
is particularly obnoxious TO tn,
farmers, Of course we will work
against him. Or we will fight an,
condition that works against ths
the farmer But we are not politica
In our aims"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
Now q. +. GundersOn a. Sons.

Another deal was closed last
Thursday in the business of G. f.
Gunderson when he gave to h,s SONS
Otto l.. and Arthur A. third inter-
est each in his mercantile establish
ment in Ossian, Mr.. Gundersoh re-
tanning a third interest himself. The
new firm will be known under the
firm name and title of G. f. Gunder-
son * Sons.
The sons will practically conduct
the business in the future, as NJ.
Gunderson's impaired health will
not permit him 10 be actively engag-
ed in business. Mr.. Gunderson has
been in business in Ossian for many
years and his retirement means the
loss OF successful and substantial
business man from the business cir-
Gle of Ossian and Wlnneshiek coun-
ty.
The new firm will conduct the
business on the same high plane as
in the past, and their many friends
and customers will wish them sue
cess in their venture.-Ossian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
Nicholson Introduces Bill

Hon. II. p. Nicholson, state repre-
sentative from Winneshiek has in
troduced a bill in the house, amend
ing laws In regard to distribution OF
auto vehicle license fund and pro
vlding for oiling of roads outside of
limits of cities and towns.
Hon. l.. NJ. Enger, state senator.
mas been made chairman of several
important committees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

Europe can not continue to exist
In peace so long as racial distinc-
lions are over-eplphasized by separ-
ate sovereign powers" is the view of
the Cedar Rapids Go.atte. 1t saw,
men think alike. need alike, do
alike mean alike, begin alike and
end alike. Europe must adopt the
constitution of Bobby Burns: a
mans a man for that"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
HARDING IS NOW
IOWA'S GOVERNOR
He is for the Building of Roads by
Normal Taxation, also is for
Military Training
DEFENDS THE
DIRECT PRIMARY
Asked That Legislature Transact it's
business Speedily and to Adj
iOurn in Not to Exceed
20 Days.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 15.-W. u.
Harding took the oath of Office as
governor and E. r.. Moore as lieu
tenant governor in the house cham
ber of the capitol Thursday after
noon. Gov. Harding read an inau.
gural address TO the legislature with
recommendation on questions up
permost in public interest almost di-
rectly opposite to those of his prede-
cessor, Gov. George w. Clarke, in
his final message to the assembly
Tuesday afternoon.
Gov Harding presented an en-
[thusiastic defense of the direct .pri-
mary system, which Gov Clarke urg-
ed be abolished, and asserted that il
represents the most sacred right of
the individual. He asked that it be
preserved in its entirety.
Opposes Road Building Bonds.
On the road question, which was
the principal issue in the last cam
paign. Gov. Harding said the peo-
pie had registered their protest
against long time Indebtedness for
experimental construction. He as
serted road Improvements should be
made out of funds raised by normal
taxation and served notice that he
would use all Of the power of his
office against any program that con
templated bonds.
Federal aid for road building
Gov. Harding characterized as a
form of lottery legitimized by the
government for the extraction Of
money from the pockets of the peo-
sla. under conditions .salss temper
arily painless. Accepting such aid
he said, lis a dangerous expedient,
while not availing ourselves of it in
wolves the patent injustice of contri-
buting to fund from which we get
no benefit"
His predecessor urged the author
ization Of serial bonds for road
building and immediate action for
federal aid.
Urges Military Service.
Gov. Harding recommended ths +.
the national guard be preserved and
urged some form of universal mill
tary service. Every male citizen, .
he said, should be made to under
stand that he has duty to his coun-
try and should DE trained to perform
that duty well. The burden Of de-
fense should not rest wholly on the
shoulders of those who shall volun-
teer nor should we depend on that
accident to secure the training nee
essary to discharge that burden eff
GENTLY"
The new governor also requested
that the housing question and the
eradication of tuberculosis be given
consideration. He asked that the
legislature transact its business
speedily and adjourn in not to ex-
ceed seventy days.
Following the Inauguration, Sen
ator Whitmore introduced a series
of bills in the senate along the lines
of the West Virginia statutes, pro-
hibiting the shipment of liquor into
or within the state by common car
rier and also making the state alb
solutely dry. Senator Wilson intro
duced the prohibitory amendment
passed two years age. If approved by
this legislature the amendment for
constitutional prohibition will go to
vote of the people in two years
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

The Ottumwa Courier says the
Iowa wool crop is worth more real
money than the California straw
berry crop, but the world doesn't
know 1t because California has told
everybody about her Strawberries
while we Iowans have waited for the
world to discover our wool.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
Possibility Electrifying Rock Island


Oelwein Iowan: Speaking of the
recent trip of President Cass of the
Cedar Valley lines over the Decorah
division OF the Rock Island, the Wal
ker News says:
While there is nothing singular
about these big men coming over
the Decorah division of the Rock
Island for real JOY ride, this may
mean something more. A man who
is on the inside gave out friendly
tip several months ago that it was
possible that the Decorah division Of
the ROCK Island would be electri-
ned before two years. Under the re-
organization of the Rock Island sys-
tenn we understand a number of the
branch lines are to be disposed of
and 1T is known that number of the
big electrical corporations have
been figuring on this branch. This
branch is one of the best paying di-
visions of the Rock Island. and if
the Cass system should get it they
VIII no doubt make big improve
ment in the service President Cass
was In Vinton last week ana made
the statement that it was possible
that a line would run from either
Brandon or Urbana to Vintoh. and
possibly on to Independence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

In Europe newspaper for the boys
in the trenches is printed on thin
skeets OF dough, so that IL may be
eaten after serving its purpose as a
newspaper. Giving the Toys insids 2
riRformation as it were.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

Remarking that an editorial in
the Omaha ld'Herald says that
farming doesn't pay, the Sioux CITY
Journal suggests: Maybe that's one
reason so many OF Iowas retired
farmers are moving to California"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

Along with Villa and zero wealth
er and other undesirables." insists
the Council Bluffs Nonpariel,
should be listed the man who won I
clean OF his sidewalk"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

IF | owned newspaper, what |
would say in it just now would be
plenty" remarked man the 9th ar
day. He was invited to write what
ne wanted to say, with the assur.
ahce that 1t would be printed if his
signature accompanied it. He
promptly declined the tender, re-
marking that it would hurt his
business" which leads the Brittop
Is. D. Sentinel to observe that
there are lot Of people willing,
anxious in fact, for things to be said
III the newspaper. provided they
hurt the business of somebody elsa
and not their own"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

The most popular music in Iowa
now is the grunt of the 11-cent hog
and the cackle Of the egg laying
hen." says the Council Bluffs Non
pareil. And. believe us. we're not
without culchur, either
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

Jack Bette beat Bill Bette over the
mead with beet until it beat all
now near dead beat Jack Bette made
|of Bill Bette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

IL Is about as easy to be popular
with yourself and please the neigh
bors at the same time as it is to sit
on barbed wire fence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

III you want Success, you can get
II IRON Nature at the very reason
able price Of Brains, Hard Work
and Honor"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

Men are supposed to wear suits this
spring to match their hair, but we
can't imagine what the baldheaded
men are going to do.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17

Did you ever notice that the sizs
OF trouble depends on whether it's
coming or going.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
COWS FOR MACHINE MILKING
Farmers Should Study Herd From
Standpoint Of Fitness-Avoid
Defective Udders.

(By PROF c. LARSEN, South Dakota
State ColleseJ
Dairy farmers who wish to use milk
ing machines should study their herd
from the standpoint of fitness for
milking machine. The reason why
some men are successful with milking
machines and others are not can be
traced in part to the difference in cows
When the milking machine is in
stalled the owner will have better sue
cess If he will Gull out the cows that
do not readily and completely give
down their milk. cows with uneven ud-
der and placement of teats and cows
with very tleshy tcatS. Some herds
may not contain any defective cows,
some may contain one or two and some
herds may contain several.
Cows with such defective udders and
teatS should never be used as founda-
ton COWS. The heifer calves from the
cows that milk easily by machine
should be selected. 1t Is especially i'm
portant to select Il herd bull that comes
from ancestors that have well-formed
mammary organs, and better still to
select proved herd bull that Is known
to produce daughters of large, symmet-
rical and well-placed teats of good
quality.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
Guatemala's Fete Day.

All Guatemala celebrates the feast
of Minerva, the most elaborate observ.
ance in its calendar. The revival ?f
this feast, educational and patriotic
in it's motives, is the idea of the pres
ent president, Senor don Estrada Cab
rera. Like it's Roman precursor, 1t
marks the close of the school year,
and prizes are awarded for excellence
in scholarship. One of the prizes
500 gold and trip to the United
States-was given by an American
company for the best essay written in
English. Ceremonies intended to in
culcate love of country and devotion
to duty form part of the celebration.
There Is also an exhibition of the prod.
ucts of the republic held in connection
with the annual event. OF the ex'
hibits this year, coffee, sugar and sugar
cane deserve special mention. Ameri.
can-made plows and disk plows spe
cially adapted to sugar-cane cultiva'
tion were on display.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
He Loved Marie.

A sailor at the Seaman's Church In
stitute, just in from Cuba, came rat
tling down the stairs the other day
with heavy scowl on his face. He
approached the institute Interpreter
and threw down this letter addressed
to a young woman he had met during
the trip: "Dear Marie: The more !
think of you the worse / love you.
seen my sister and she says she will
teach you English in two weeks if you
cum here. Marie, l love you awful
and send you $50 for you to cum here.
l seen your brother and he Is wright
ing to you this minute. When l send
Il girl $50 for anything I'm crazy. AS
ever, Oscar" "Well," said the inter-
prefer. Make that just like it is, only
in Spanish" explained Oscar, "and
charge everything to me. I'll be right
upstairs until l get married"
York Correspondence In Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
The Sand
Pile
*
By KATHERINE HOWE

(Copyright, 1917, by w. G. Chapman)
When Jacob Ward failed, and short
" afterward passed on to more peace
ful world, not even being troubled with
the final settlement of affairs, people
wondered what was going to become or
the widow and daughter. There were
quite good many to wonder, for the
Wards had a town house and a couh-
try home and consequently were pretty
we'll provided with acQuaintances.
When two women who have been
kept in fine clothes, automobiles, serv-
ants and other luxuries find themselves
suddenly denied Of these things, nine
people out of ten generally ask: "What
Is to become of them?" They seldom
detach the people from the things; but
seem to regard the human entity as
helpless, or cipher without Its De-
longings, when in fact 1t sometimes
happens the soul needs to be detached
from things" to become something
more than cipher.
"Well," said Mrs. Ward to her daugh-
ter one InOTIlluS, ulleE thS oS'NiSh'Sh'
Of affairs had made 1t plain that they
had less than a thousand dollars In
the world, "here's letter from Cousin
Newell at last. He has asked us to
come there"
"Come there?" echoed Brenda doubt
fully. She had large gray eyes that
grew very dark when she looked at you
intently, and an adorable mouth that
was now slightly parted In expectation
Of further enlightenment.
eyes. Don't you understand-come
and live with them," said her mother
"Not for me-" answered Brenda with
decision.
Mrs. Ward looked up with intense
surprise. She had felt greatly relieved
at the offer, had thought 1t solution
of their problem, and had not dreamed
her daughter would object.
Brenda !" she cried, "you don't seem
to comprehend that we're just about
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
SUITABLE PLACE FOR cows
Stalls Should Be Provided for Each
Animai-PIenty of Ventilation
Is Recommended.

To give best results milch cows
should be provided with suitable quar-
ters for feeding and milking. Stalls
should be provided for each COW and
feed boxes and manger racks should
be so arranged that they will be of
easy access for cleaning at least once
every day. Twenty-Five dollars, plus
the labor, should tit any ordinary barn
with stalls for five cows and the neces-
sary feed boxes, managers, and cutters.
Plenty of ventilation Is necessary, be-
cause the COW is somewhat like the
human being she thrives best where
there is plenty of fresh air available.
Provision should be made to take care
of the manure. This can be done by
providing plenty of bedding in box
stalls. or, if stanchions are used, by
having water-tight cutters about IA
inches wide and 10 inches deep rum
ming full length of the stable.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
FERTILIZER FOR AN ORCHARD
Question Is Deserving Of Careful Con-
sideration Especially Where Thin
Soils Are Met.

= The question of fcrtlizng deserves
careful consideration, particularly, If
the orchards are on thin soils. Stable
manure is usually out of the question
as the manure made from the work
ing stock on the average fruit farm
does not go far even when applied
only In small quantities about each
tree.
Usually the cost of Stock-yard or
stable manure shipped by rail Is pro-
hibitive by the time freight and cost
of hauling from the railroad are added
to the original cost.
Feeding cattle during the winter Is
not satisfactory when the orchardist
has all his feed to buy. Cover crops
help out greatly, but do not afford suf-
flcient plant food for bearing peach
or apple orchard.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29

milk, qualified veterinarian should
be called upon to inspect and test each
COW every year.
With the assurance Of a healthy cow,
she should be housed in clean, we'll
lighted shed and provided with clean
yard in which to exercise. The milk
should be drawn into clean, small
topped milk pail and kept cool until
consumed.
Milk sours and spoils because of the
bacteria which enter 1t with dirt from
the cow and from pals not thoroughly
washed. Keeping these bacteria out
of the milk and preventing their
growth by keeping the milk cool, are
easy and efficient means of procuring
the best of milk from the family COW,
provided she Is free from disease.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
ORCHARD PRUNED IN WINTER
No Difference In Growth and Maturity
Seen Where Work Done Between
November and May.

Fruit growers do not need to wait
until spring to prune their orchards,
says w. G. Brierley of the division OF
horticulture at University farm. Re-
suits at University farm show little or
no difference in the growth and matur-
ity of the wood where pruning has been
done any time between November and
May.
If the usual care is taken to make
the cuts close to the main trunk or
branches no stubs will be left to die
and decay, though the covering of
wounds with white lead and oil paint
or with common grating wax warmed
to the consistency of cold molasses
will give added protection.
Moderate pruning Is better than
heavy cutting.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
JACK FROST PROVED POWER
Impressive Spectacle When Fifty Tons
of Rock, Loosened bv Cold, Fell
Thousand Feet.

Delicate frost tracingS on the win
ciful and harmless sportiveness, but
the hand that forms them is capable of
greater deeds and other kinds.
An official of the geological survey
tells of an experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive to the
spectator. He had been spending some
weeks in exploring the Yosemite VAL
ley and the great rocks" Ike "El
Captain" that wall it in.
Standing one day of late autumn
about the middle of the valley, he was
startled by report like Il cannon-shot,
which filled the whole valley with
echoes that roared and doomed, re-
piled and multiplied, in long-con-
tinued, glorious tumult.
AS the deafening sound died away
in sullen mutterings under the vzor
Of FL Captain, the spectator was able
to distinguish the point of attack by
the long, gathering descent of vast
quantity of rock.
The night had been cold one in the
valley, and on the 1000 and 5000 foot
levels of the upper rim the tempera-
ture must have dropped almost to
zero.
Frost, working quietly with his
Archlmedcan lever, had just succeeded
in shifting from the shoulder OF the
Sentinel triile of 80 tons or so OF
granite. For near Il thousand feet the
howlder fell sheer, swift and silent;
then, striking the cliff, it burst like
homb, scattered into a myriad flying
SlnrGS and splinters, and dislodged
smother of fragments that triekled
down to the valley in a stream that
lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck, dust began to rise into
the sunny air, slowly building up like
summer cloud and every bit as
snowy. 1t was the flour of granite,
powdered instantaneously by the ter
rifle shock.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-29
Didn't Want to Shine.

The old folks had come to New York
to see their son, who had secured
room for them at one of the most ex-
pensive hotels. The father, particu-
larly, was very much impressed with
the manner in which everything was
gi!ded.
LOT of gilt they have used here,
SON." he suggested.
When the old folks retired the son
suggested to his father that If he
would put his shoes outside of his
door they would "be shined."
mo, thank you, boy" he returned.
'Tll keep 'em in my room"
But why not?" persisted the son.
NO" answered the father; they'll
put gilt on em."-Youths Companion.