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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-04
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE.

uly
Peter Forseth and family spent
Sunday evening at the Fred Koppen
home.
George Foltz and family autoed to
DEBORAH Saturday.
Will Stoskopf was a Mabel caller
one day this week.
Mr.. Lee of Mabel, Mimi, was a
caller in this vicinity Tuesday.
Leonard Johnson and family of
Chicago, ILL.,, are visiting friends and
relatives in this vicinity at this writ
ing.
Mr.. James Gates, wife and daugh-
ter from Idaho, and Mrs. John Gates
Of Burr Oak, visited at the Frank
Perry home Thursday.
Mr.. Wanless purchased COW from
Henry Sellman for 500 last week.
A large crowd attended the Liberty
Bond ice cream sociable at Albert
Van Vliet's Friday evening.
Miss Luella Feltis is staying at
the Pete Eggen home at this writing.
Will Hillema1 and family were
visiting at the Winters home Fri
day.
Robe. Tillapaugh was a Mabel cal
Ter one day this week.
Mr.. Fred Sellman of DEBORAH call
ed at the Henry Sellman home Satur-
day evening.
Henry Sellman and family autoed
to DEBORAH one day this week.
Weston and Arthur Stoskopf we're
Mabel callers Friday afternoon.
Henry Smalley and George Young
and family autoed to Caledonia Sun
day afternoon to see Miss Violet
Young.
Misses Gladys and Anna Haberly
of DEBORAH, have been visiting rela-
tiyes in this vicinity this week.
Henry, Charlie and Alice Sellman
were callers at the VIM. Feltis home
Friday.
Weston and Arthur Stoskopf drove
cattle to market Thursday.
Byron Stoskopf has been spending
q few days with home folks.
Lila Hilleman was a Burr OAK
caller Thursday afternoon.
Miss Violet Young was taken Ill
Friday night and Saturday afternoon
she was taken to the hospital in Gale
donna, where she was operated on
for appendicitis Saturday evening.
Miss Lille Rolfshus is visiting at
the lack Ericsson home at this writ
ing.
Henry and Charlie Selnnan were
Mabel callers Friday afternoon.
Z Miss Vera Koppen was q Hesper
caller Thursday.
A few from this vicinity attended
church in Burr Oak Sunday evening.
Henry Sellman aid family auto
ed to DEBORAH Sunday afternoon 10
see Mr.. Charles F'alk who is quite
Ill.
Robt. and Emmons Tillapaugh au-
toed to La Crosse, Wis, Saturday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-04

ond day of the September Term,
1917, OF said court, which will COM
mence On the seventeenth day of
September, 1917, at the court house
in DEBORAH. Iowa, default will be en-
tered against you, and a decree rem
dered thereon as prayed.
G. N. HOUCK,
25-4w. Attorney for Plaintiff.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-04

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be-it mshes no difference how Aad
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-04
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 September, 1917, at
200 o'clock P. M, to attend the pro-
bate of an instrument purporting to
be the Last Will and Testament of
Brita Horvey, late of Pleasant Town
ship, in Winneshiek County, Ia, de-
ceased at which time and place you
will appear and show cause, If any,
why said win should not be admitted
to probate.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto subscribed my name and affix-
ed the seal of said office, this 7th day
of June, 1917.
S. J. MOORE,
Clerk of District Court.
WILLETT & NELSON,
Attorneys. 24-4w
-O-
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-04
why YOU ARE NERVOUS

The nervous system is the alarm system
of the human body.
In perfect health we hardly realize that
we have a network of nerves, but when
health is ebbing, when strength is declin-
ing, the same nervous system gives the
alarm in headaches, tiredness, dreamful
sleep, irritability and unless corrected,
leads straight to breakdown.
To correct nervousness, SCOTS Emul-
sion is exactly what you should take; its
rich nutriment gets into the blood and
rich blood feeds the tiny nerve-cells while
the whole system responds to its refresh
ing tonic force. 1t is free from alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-04
Slushy Stanzas.

Said q lover lnto his best girl:
"Oh, what would ! give for suri'
And the sweet thing replied:
rYou need not be denied.
For thsyTs twenty-five cent? ~
She PEARL"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-03-22
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER


Be it known that this the 9Th day OF
the month of February in the year Of our
Lord One thousand Nine hundred and Sew.
erteen and Of the independence Of the United
States OF America the One Hundred and For
ty-fIrst,
Before ne, Charles F. Fletchinger, notary
public. duly commissioned and qualified in
and for the City. Parish and State aforesaid,
and in the presence of witnesses hereinafter
named and undersigned, personally came and
appeared John VI. Parker and John F. Finke,
Jr., hereto appearing in their respective ca
pacities as President and Secretary OF Jn0.
VI. Parker Co., a corporation created. organ
lied and existing under and by virtue Of the
laws OF the State Of louisiana, by Act Of
Incorporation passed before me, the within
named and undersigned notary public, dated
July 81, 1909. recorded in the mortgage office
for this parish in Book $50, Folio 403, which
said Appearers severally declared that, az a
special meeting Of the shareholders Of Jno:
NJ Parker Co., held at the dTncile OF said
Corporation in the City OF New Orleans. IN
der date Of February s, 1917, at which meet
ing there were present, either in person or
bey proxy, ach and every shareholder OF said
corporation. upon motion duly made and sec.
onded Article " Of the original charter OF
said corporation was, by unanimous vote o!
all the scockh folders present or represented al
said meeting, modified and amended, bur
only insofar as TO increasing the capital stock
OF said corporation from One Hundred &c
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars, divided istc
two thousand shares Of the par value OF One
Hundred Dollars each, and TO permit ia,
Board Of Directors 70 issue said additions
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3 parity. sad hqa.da:o-. shall remain IN
H.t.r ur-l tEr affairs ~ said corporation
they shall have full power and authority .
transfer and give title II all the property
and assets Of the corporation, and = tsstri7-
Ike the proceeds. In case Of the death, dis
ability or resignation Of one Or more liquid
aio->. the vacancy shall be nl.ed by the sur
vlyor IT survivors.
Article VIII.-No stakeholder shall ever be
held liable responsible for the contracts or
faults OF said corporation IN any further sum
than the unpaid balance due on shares OF
stock owned BY him, nor shall any mere III
forinalIty in organization have the effect Of
rendering this charter null. or OF exposing
any stockholder 70 any liability beyond the
amount due his stock.
Article IN.-Said corporation shall com
mence business Or operations as soon as one
Hundred 900 shares, or Ten Thousand Dol
shall have been subscribed for. and as soon
as fifty 800 shares. Five Thousand Dol
lars lS5.OoDuOD par value OF rs capital stock
shall have been paid in; and. IN order that
subscription list the subscribers have set
opposite their names the number OF shares
| OF stock subscribed Tor by each OF them.
| There i annexed hereto accurate, de
| tailed and itemized description as required
| Oy law OF the property 10 be conveyed 10 the
| corporation in settlement OF certain stock
subscriptions, together with statement OF
Thus done and passed in my office IN the
City Of New Orleans. La, in the. presence, o;
Messrs. J. Blanc Monroe and F. +. Kelly
competent witnesses OF lawful age, who have
| signed their namaes with said appearers and
me. notary. on the day and date aforesaid
| after reading the whole.
Original signed
| Witnesses: J. Blanc Monroe, +. f. Kelly
| Robson Dunwody, 800 s.. Charles Avenue
New Orleans La. - shares Robson Dan
wody 400 81. Charles Avenue, New Orleans
La, 25 shares; A l.. Dixon, o25 ST. Charlie
St. New Orleans La, . shares; \. L. Dixon
OBS st. Charles Street. New Orleans, La,
shares: T. c. Fraim. 1912 s.. Charles Avenue
New Orleans. La, share. -.
WATTS K. LENERICH,
Notary Public
|. the undersigned recorder Of mortgages, II
and for the parish OF Orleans, State Of Lou
isiana, certify that the above and foregoing
act of Incorporation OF the Gulf Motor Trucl
; Co.. Inc, was duly recorded in my office OF
this day in book 200, folio -.
New Orleans, La, March !, 1917.
(Signed) EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R
A true copy.
march IS p p april Il
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pae Hundred TA54,laI D lag, a: s.1-s. IN
.ac.- discretion 1- judgment: :Aa- .- a. other
respect, ,lti A~.i-.e " OBJ: he tll-'r- Mas
- remain N :p-ce 4ai e:trc-, as originally
written. a.. a, Viii -U0-e fully appear by
reference - .he proceedings had and The vote
aiken thereon a. the meeting ~ The stock
holders Aforesaid. q certified copy o: the MIN
I-c, thereof being attached - and made Par.
Sl.I APpea-ers further declared that. as
ALL appear from the Aforesaid minutes d
the meeting II Shareholders Oi said corpora
:l5r. they we-e authorized % appear before a
N authentic form. the Amendment - Article
" II the charter AFORESAID, and ;hey do now
appear before me. said notary. fO- the
purpose u carrying Oh: and giving effect 70
amending the charter Of said corporation IN
the particulars herein above mentioned and
SET forth, and . cause the SAID Amendment
% ne recorded and published required by
iaw. - serve and aval. the future may or
shall hereafter require.
Thus done and passed in my office in The
Cg;y Of New Orleans on the day, month and
wear firSc he-einbet0-e written, in the pres.
euce Z William A. Mazaret and George J
GJiel;er competent witnesses, who hereun;C
sign their names. together with SAID Appear
ers and ne, notary, after due reading Of th'
whole.
Original signed) Jno NJ. Parker. Prest.
| Witnesses: William A. Mazarat, Georg
! ]. Crodelfer.
CHAS. F. FLETCHINGER. Notary Public
| I, the undersigned recorder OF Mortgage
| in and for the Parish Of Orleans, State O
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the abov
and foregoing Act Of Amendment OF Jno, N
Parker Co, was this day duly recorded !
my office in Book 1906, Folio l42.
New Orleans. February 9th. 1917.
EMILE J. LEONARD, by. R.
I. the undersigned Notary Public hereb
certify the above and foregoing 10 be a tru
and correct copy of the original Act
Amendment 70 the charter Of Jno. NJ. PaTk'
Co.. together with the certificates OF the r.
corder OF Mortgages thereto appended as Ii
whole now appears on file and OF reco'
in my office.
Witness my hand ard notarial seal. al Ne
Orleans, La. this 18th day of Februar,
1917
IScaD CHAS. H. FLETCHINGER.
Notary Publ
feb IS . mchmch IS p
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-03-22

Dining room set, quartered oak,
early English fumed oak $1,000 up
Kitchen Cabinets $1,000. $1,000 up
Our special Club Plan. $3.50
2;5C makes you a member.
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AMENDMENT TO CHARTER

OF MARhS lSAANS IoMfRN1.
[ nited States of America, State of Louisiana,
Parish OF Orleans
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u0NEY tn IAN DIAMONDS
IIlUNII ~ s GOLD and SILVER
REMEDIAL RATES
4 Remedy for In. eIsrbjtaut
Interest Charged

Ncv Orleans. Ia. Mt-.h ! l-lT.
,SSnriD EMILE !. LEONARD, Dy. r
\ .-ar copy.
march = - - lpr,. l.
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White Layer Felt Mattress,
special .............S $1,000
IRON BEDS AT ........... 1915 up
solid quartered oak bed room
set ............... $1,000 up
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!, ,,see n.nos.n' .1 Library $500
set Library suite, Mahosany,
3 piece aI or TUNED oak $3.50
gOlos sa,tress $500 speriAi'
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CHARTER
; JAS. HAND LUMBER COMPA
INCORPORATED

Feb . march I 8 IS . p
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
FOUR MILLION SAVED BY
SPOKANE'S "DRY WAVE"

Spokane, Wash, Feb. 19.-Proh1-
bition prohibits some robbery, some
vagrancy, some business failures,
some insanity and lot of drunken
ness, according to the experience OF
Spokane, says the Spokane Chronicle.
Arrests decreased from 1852 in
1915 to 1,172 in 1916, the first year
without saloons. The police records
show 837 arrests for drunkenness in
1916, against 2,OS2 in 1915. Lar
ceny cases decreased from 324 to SO,
and vagrancy was cut down from L.
579 to 423.
People still drink beer and whisky
the permit system allowed this,
and bootleggers were never idle. But
Spokane's liquor bill was cut by an
even s4,OOO,OOO, according to the
best estimates.
Retail business houses generally
reported an increase of rs per cent
in trade Bank deposits jumped more
than $1O,OOO,OO0 and bank clearings
totaled $255,42O,401 in 1916 against
s192,732,1O9 in 1915. Bank transac-
tions reached $634,716,596 against
s5O3,369,59O during the last year OF
the saloons.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
WARNING IS SOUNDED
AGAINST PROPAGANDA

w. L. Noyes of Cando, N. D., who
is visiting relatives in Bemidji, is an
extensive farmer and familiar with
political conditlons in North Dakota
and for the farmers in the vicinity of
Bemidji he sounds note of warn
ing against becoming too, enthusi-
astic over the Non-Partisan League
and its propaganda. He states that
the farmers of North Dakota are be-
coming wise" to its Vaccinations
and are regretting that they ever
~@fell for" the game of the profess
sional organizers.
The Non-Partisan League has an
nounced it's intention of getting after
Minnesota and in fact has already
started on a campaign.
Mr.. Noyes says the Equity organi-
zation is good thing, but that the
Non-Partisan league is a "private
snap for a certain corterie of or
ganizers and promoters and that the
farmers are getting their fill of it's
activities.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN
MURDER; Third OF
TRIANGLE" IS SLAIN
(By United PreSS)

St. Joseph, NO., Feb. 19.--Mrs. Bar
bara Krucker, called the "other wo-
man" in last October's trial of Oscar
Mcdaniel, charged with uroxclde, Is
dead here today and her former hus-
band, John, from whom she was d.
vorced, is seriously wounded. He shot
her dead this forenoon and then turn
ed the revolver upon himself.
Mrs. Mcdaniel was found dead
by her husband one night, she hav-
ing been terribly beaten and shot. He
was states attorney and claimed to
have been lured from home late at
night by fake telephone call and
that when he returned found his wife
slain. He charged politics at the
bottom of the tragedy. At first his
story was given credence but an in
vestigation brought out many other
things which weighed heavily against
him, among them the eternal tri-
angle"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
COSTS father MORE
TO KEEP PANTS UP;
SUSPENDERS RAISE

Philadelphia, Feb. 19.-Prices OF
suspenders, belts, garters and other
articles in the line of haberdashery
have gone up scandaleously, accord
ing to clothing dealers, and they are
still on the upward slant. Keeping
his trousers up costs father twice as
much as it ever did before.
The 5O-cent belt and the two-bit
suspenders are just about extinct,
while it costs 40 per cent more for
dad to keep his socks from dragging
around his shoetops. Covering him
self as we'll as holding himself to-
gether adds more to fathers trou-
bles.
Five cents per pair has been added
to socks. Woolen union suits have
jumped from So to $3.50 and O4 and
from SIS to S6. Cotton underwear,
the union variety, has climbed up
ward a dollar or so. Linen 'kerchiefs
are up 10 and 20 per cent while silk
shirts have jumped dollar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
JARVIS FINED SIS
80 DAYS IN JAIL;
NO BILL AGAINST
=. EYERSONOF HAGLI
Christ Wilson Of Graceton Fined $50
and Given 80 Days; Sentence
is Suspended.
CASE AGAINST FELLOWS.IS
- FARCE; THROWN OUT COURT
Prosecution Fails to Appear; Verdict
for Eugene Smith; Other Dis
= trict Court Matters
CASE AGAINST FELLOWS.IS
- FARCE; THROWN OUT COURT

e. Emory Jarvis, convicted for selling
liquor to Albert Brabetz, who was Sc
riously frozen from exposure year
ago in Nymore, was today given a
sentence of 80 days in the county
Jail and fined SIS. He pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Christ Wilson of .Graceton, con-
victed of pointing firearms at hu-
man being, was fined $50 and SEN
fenced to 80 days in the county jail,
the sentence being suspended for a
year, during which he must report
to the court on the first day of each
= term.
Everson Freed.
No bill was returned by the grand
Andrew Wichlacz through the leg at
Hagali with a rife, the wound
causing loss of blood from which the
wounded man died. The charge
against Everson was murder. He
mistook Wichlacz for a deer, it is
asserted.
:. Billy Polak of Spooner was indict-
ed for Staying Steve Sadstecon Christ
mas even in a quarrel over some tax
. es. First degree murder is the charge
he is held under.
The grand jury is expected to re-
port this afternoon.
Fellows Case Farce.
The many friends of William Eel
lows are jubilant over the outcome
of the case against him, wherein
Lucy Pettitt was the plaintiff in
charge that an auto driven by Mr..
Fellows struck and killed a child.
All along Mr.. Fellows has denied that
his auto ever struck any one and
that he had never seen the child al
luded to. The case was thrown out
of court for lack of any one appear
ing to prosecute the charge after it
had been brought. It is stated that
the child mentioned died of kidney
trouble, so declared by a coroner s
jury and a physician who performed
the autopsy and the prosecution be-
came a farce.
In the case of Jesse Dade vs.. Eu-
gene Smith, the verdict was for the
defendant.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET
TONIGHT; LITTLE SLATED

Tonight is the regular meeting
night of the city council. The pro-
gram holds little of importance or
anything unusual and it is likely an
early adjournment will take place to
allow some of the members, who are
candidates for reelection, to look af-
ter their political fences for the bal
loting tomorrow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
CALLED BY SISTERS DEATH:
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

J. NJ. NEumdHH WeHC 10 DIsII111 o1f'
N. D., Saturday night, having been
called there by the death of his sis
ter, Mrs. L. F. Entrup. Mrs. Entrup
was injured in an auto accident a
week ago when the car in which was
riding was struck by a train. In
terment was made in st. Paul today
Her husband is we'll known in Be
midi, having travelled for drug con-
Germ and making" this town for sew
eral years.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
IS SECRETLY SENT
SATURDAY; MADE
KN0WNBYLANSING::
STEAMER sinks
(By United Press)

Washington, Feb. 19.-The state
department announced today that it
had sent to Germany a preemptory
demand for the release of 72 Amer
lean prisoners landed from the Yar-
rowdale. Secretary Lansing stated
the demand was sent secretly Satur-
day, and added that late last eve
ming the department had received
word from Berlin, presumably
through the Spanish ambassador,
that the prisoners would be released
shortly.
It is not believed this reply was
made to Saturdays demand, but is
the reply to the inquiry made several
days ago. The text is being with
held.
The demand sent Saturday was
prepared several days ago and is said
to be little short of an ultimatum.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
Drums ARRIVE FOR
CARNIVAL CORPS

The four drums for the lady drum
corps of the Carnival association have
arrived and are at Mayor Vanders-
luis hardware store. The drums are
of wooden shell anu regulation corps
drums. Practice will now commence
and it is practically assured that
more drums will be ordered and the
CORDS to become a big feature of the
Bemidji Carnival association.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
STEAMER SINKS SUB
(By United Press)

New York, Feb. .18.-The crew Of
the French steamer Guyane, which
arrived this morning, reported the
destruction of a German submarine
which attempted to sink the Guyane
off the coast of France.
The destruction of the submarine
occurred in a running battle. The
submarine fired three times at the
Guyane and the latter put a 65-mil-
limeter shell squarely into the sub
marine and sent her to the bottom.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
DAN CUP|D:TO REIGN
AT CATHOLIC CHURCH

Dan Cupid and the heart motif
will play a prominent part in the
decorations at the Valentine card
party given by the young ladies OF
the Catholic church this evening in
the basement of the church. The
doors will open at O'Clock, and
buffet lunch will be served at 10:3O
O'Clock
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
BACK FROM ST. PAUL

Miss Kate LaFontisee returned
Saturday night from st. Paul and
Minneapolis where she has spent the
past three weeks studying the spring
styles in millinery and also purchas-
ing stock for the LaFontisee millin-
cry parlors. Miss LaFontisee was
member of the Bemidji delegation at
the winter sports carnival.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
BOLIVIA CALLS FOR
C0NFERENCE0F NATIONS
(By United Press)

Washington, Feb. 19.-The Mex
ican embassy here today received a
communication from the Bolivian
government calling upon all Amer
ican nations to unite in a joint con-
ference on the complications arising
from the German decalartion as to
ruthless subsea attacks on neutral
vessels.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
SWEDISH SERVICES

Rev. B. A. Werklund, Swedish Mis-
sion minister, will preach at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Anderson, III
Fifth street, tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock, and at the August Konick-
son home Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to come and hear him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
HOLY SMOKE! TWO
CHURCHES ARE BURNED
nv United PreSS)

Youngstown, o., Feb. 10.-Two
churches were destroyed by fire at
Lowellville at an early hour this
morning when "yeggs" blew a safe in
a jewelry store and escaped.
The fire razed a business block and
sent 100 homeless into the cold. Tue
damage is estimated at $150,00e.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
BRITISH ADVANCE IN
FOG, SLUSH And MUD
(BY United Pressl

With the British Army afield, Feb.
19.-The Germany army of Crown
Prince Rupprecht has received sew
eral sharp traps on the knuckles''
during the last SO hours. The Brit
ish lines now overlook Miramount in
several places and officials are satis-
fed. The advance was made in a
fog and over thawing ground and
through mud.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-02-19
BACKUs REPUBLICAN

In the past couple of days
. there have been some inQuir-
les made as to the political
affiliations of G.. D. Backus,
candidate for alderman of the
Second ward, and that this
point may be settled it can be
stated upon unimpeachable
authority that Mr.. Backus has
been a life long Republican,
which fact his many friends
wish placed before any who
might be in doubt upon this
particular point.