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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31

service.
Official figures for the allies adj
duced in discussing the plan for in
surfing American soldiers, show that
seventy-five men out of thousand
are killed, fifty out of thousand
are totally disabled and seventy-five
are partially disabled In a year. In
brief, deaths ald serious casulties
will not exceed 90 per cent Of the eff
fectivs force. Eighty out Of every
hundred men should return home as
good as new. And those who return
disabled will be rightly taken care Of.
Effective preparation of aircraft and
other means of offease may reduce
this total for American troops.
War is terribly grim and serious
business but there is no reason to
make it worse than it is. Patriots
carelessly giving currency to entirely
wrong impressions should stop it at
once. Others should be made to stop
it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31
The Way They Feel About It.

If you die in Bearden or its envir-
onment without being subscriber to
the Courier AID We hear about it, we
will note your passing with only three
lines in the Courier This is the pun
ishment we have decided upon for
those who do not subscribe for the
Courier. Delinquent subscribers who
die will be given obituary notice not
twelve lines in length. A
half column notice with heavy black
line at the top and bottom will be ded-
icated to the passing Of paid-up sub
scribers. And for subscribers who
have paid for one year IN advance we
will provide several verses of poetry,
unlimited prose and the usual heavy
border.--Bearden (Ark)
Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31
OFFICIAL BOARD PROCEEDINGS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AT THE AD-
JOURNED. SEPTEMBER SESSION,
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1917.

1:30 p. m, Friday. October -. 1877.
The Board met according to law and
was called to order BY the chairman.
All members present.
The Board then commenced to can
tion hold on October IL, and at see
o'clock .. -. adjourned tall o:Se next
morning.
s:ae a m. Saturday. October 70, 1917.
and was called to order by tho chair
man. All members present. They again
took up the canvassing of the votes,
and at noon adjourned till 1880 D. m.
1880 p. m. Saturday, October 20, 1917.
The Board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the chair
man. All members present.
They continued with the canvassing
of the votes. which they finished by five
o'clock, and on motion adjourned till
1880 p. m. Monday, October 20, 1917.
The result WAS as follows.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31

Jaf1ersonS Ia, Oct. 2s.-Hemor
rhagic septicemia caused the death
of twelve steers at the w. l.. Har-
baugh place near here last week.
The steers were part of a shipment
received from Omaha, and had been
in the pasture but short time when
some of them became sick. the
twelve head dying within few
hours. Vaccination by the state vet
erinarian stopped the disease. Hem
orrhage septicemia is a disease In
cattle like cholera in hogs. Surround
ing farmers have vaecinated their
herds. Mr.. Harbaugh paid $3.50 per
head for the steers at Omaha.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31
Hanged In Fork OF Tree.

Oaawa, Oct. 29.-William Smith
aged Al, lost his life accidentally
near Onawa, by being hanged il the
forks of tree, thirty feet from the
ground, while securing wild honey.
A limb Smith sawed off hit him,
throwing mbackwarGwdth his aeck
in the work of two limbs, where
he hung suspended, unable to extri-
cate himself. Before his father, who
was on the ground, could secure help
to level the tree the man was dead.
He leaves a widow and four children.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31
Don't Exaggerate the Danger.

Chicago Herald: There are many
gloomy, though not necessarily un-
patriotic souls, who seem obsessed
with the idea that every man select
ed for the army is already condemned
to death. II giving utterance to such
an idea they are not only giving cur
rency to an absolute untruth but are
their country very bad
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-31

Moved, seconded and carried to ad-
journ.
]. p. KUHN, Temporary chairman.
OSCAR WINGER, County Auditor.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
HARK, HARK, THE PELICAN!

Here, by your patient leave, is the
latest and most random flight OF me
debated pelican. Incidentally, II Is
the 1920 version to arrive; nor can It
be blamed only on the husband OF our
most persistent singer OF The star
Spangled Banner"
Sir: Ny friend, Lou Tellegen, who Is
addicted to the verse habit, tells me
that the aboriginal Pelican Pome
was written by a newspaper friend OF
his and that 1t runs as follows:
The gourmand, Tim Kelly's queer
Whose beak can hold more than his
When told You can cat more than
Kelican."
Looked at the huge belly
or Timothy Kelly
And murmured, in sadness, THE Hell
LOU rELLEGEN's Friend.
IRRESPONSIBLE TRANSLATE >ns.
y-rHEoPHILE GAUTIER.
To Vsrs Librist.
Vers de societe,
Like boots that need a horn
You say,
Gives to your Muse q corn.
Yet II her feet 60 bare
She must about her look
With care
Lest she should get the hook
In form of wasting worm
That leaves one imbecile-
A germ
True poets burn to kill.
Then let the good girl flee
From both extremes, and choose
like mel
Sound orthopaedic shoes.
M. NJ. NJ
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
Get Ready for the Veterans

Washington is making ready to
welcome the veterans of the Confed-
eracy. Here and there, as a part of
the decorations, the Stars and Bars
are blossoming forth alongside the
Stars and Stripes. It is the great
est opportunity since the peace be-
tween the States for a demonstra-
ton of the unity Of the country. It
is most desirable that at this time
that demonstration be made most i'm
pressive. 1t is largely in the hands
of the citizens Of Washington to &C
complish this.
Every Washingtonian should let
the badge of the Confederate vet
eran be the ticket to his enthusiastic
welcome and whole-souled hospital
ity. Go out Of your way to be cour-
teous and kind. The most of the vet
Grams viii be aged men. They will
need assistance, directing, care. Give
it to them willingly. Let the South
land know that those who come from
its confines are doubly welcome and
send the veterans back to the homes
filled with a sense that we were glad
to welcome them and sorry to have
them go.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31

Mabel, Alexandria-No, Mabel, sue
cotash cannot be raised simply by
planting the can alone. The best re-
suits are attained by grating. Plant
the bean as early as possible; when
the vine has come well up cut slit
in the stalk and insert corn seed.
Two weeks later plant the top OF
(steriIized) can in the same hill In
due time the upper branches Of the
bean tree will fruit into rich sueco-
fash, the lower limbs bearing open
cans. The first frost drops the fruit
into the can, which then seals itself
and is ripe for harvest.
A. NJ. E., HyattsviIle-The object in
cutting out the eyes Of the potato is to
blind It; to keep it from seeing what
you are doing. Otherwise its struggles
are difficult to control Perhaps the
ordinary method OF stunning 1t FIRST by
a sharp blow Is rather brutal Chloro-
form is doubtless better. but somewhat
expensive.
Jane, GEORGETOWN do not know
any kind OF beet that will do we'll In
a soil of gravel six inches deep over
a concrete subsoil. Try parsnips in
stead: IL they fail the loss is trifiing,
as they aren't worth anything any
how.
d. NJ, Anacostia-Radishe are the
easiest and safest crop for a small
child to raise. A sc packet will grow
enough for a township.
H. w.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
HUGE MEDICAL FRAUD
DISCOVERED IN SOUTH
Hundreds Of Quacks Use Bogus
State Certificates.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May S1.-A 81
Eantfc issuance of fraudulent certifi-
Gates to practice medicine in Ten
nessee, Georgia, and Florida, by forg-
cry and otherwise, has been uncovered
in Memphis by special Government
agents representing the revenue de-
partment, who for several months
have been investigating violations OF
the Federal narcotic laws
The scheme used to get these GER
tificates, it is announced, began when
a physician procured a good certi-
ficate from the Tennessee State
board of medical examiners and from
the Memphis medical board His
name was removed with acids Then
a Photographic plate was made of
the original. 1t was sent to Atlanta
where hundreds of the fake" eertifi-
Gates were printed and later issued
to doctors" who, under It, practiced
in Tennessee, Mississippi. Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, and elsewhere.
Hundreds OF counterfeit certificates
of graduation from the Memphis
High School were used in procuring
medical board certificates
The Washington times., 1917-05-31

calm effrontery which marks her
kind. The country is at war, con-
scription is about to begin, and all
good citizens are urged not to give
aid or comfort to the enemy. There
upon pacifists deliberately hold meet
ings to protest against war; they
might just as well hold meetings to
protest against epidemic disease or
sudden death.
Prof. Balch remarked to a re-
porter casually that she expects no
trouble" at tonight's meeting. "The
peace mass meeting in Washington
the very night President Wilson
asked Congress for a war declara-
ton was orderly" said she, slipping
easily over the obvious fact that a
peace meeting at such a moment was
intrinsically and in its essence dis
orderly meeting, and that order was
the result of the largest gathering OF
police in the history of the Capital.
"The Bryan peace meeting, when
the submarine issue was most acute,
was orderly" The fact that at that
time the country was still kept under
the anesthetization of neutrality"
makes no difference to the pacifist.
The pacifst dislikes war equally
whether the country is actually at
war or not. 1t is a theory, not'a con-
dition, which inspires these rhetori-
clans.
At the present time, on the eve Of
the national registration day, such
paciist meetings are inherently dis
orderly, and their hackers stand In
no questionable position-they are
doing the work of sedition and
treachery to the law Of the land and
the country whose citizenship they
abuse. 1t would be most salutary
procedure to place considerable
number Of the anti-draft offenders in
Jail as by law provided. The whole
country would benefit by a little
tonic action Of this kind.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31

suspended owing to representations
from Germany.
Berlin feared for the safety OF
shrines and other holy places and
still more the effect upon the worlds
public opinion.
The order Of expulsion, however.
is still hanging over the heads OF the
residents OF Jerusalem, and the con
suIates and public institutions have
their belongings packed and their ar
fairs in order TO leave should the
Turkish commander, D1emal Pacha,
enforce IL.
The expulsion of the Jews from
jana, according to the same source
of information, was due to the CHI
caneries OF the Turkish officials, VINO
when the Jews in Galilee sent horses
and carts to aid their co-religionists
in their exodus requisitioned all the
horses and then provided for their
transportation in vermin infested rail-
road coaches, which caused an imme-
diate outbreak OF spotted typhus
among the wanderers.
The Jewish colonists were permit
ted to remain, owing to urgent repre-
sentation of German officers, VINO
pointed out that the provisioning OF
the Syrian army would be affected
II the Jewish farmers were expelleo-
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
Discouraging Motor Trucks

The principle observed in levying
taxes is to put the burden first on
Injuries. On this basis if automo-
biles are to be taxed at all there is
some justice in taking per cent of
the cost Of passenger automobiles
which are presumably intended for
their owners ease or pleasure,
though such a definition is not al
ways accurate. But the Governments
proposal is to make this ruling cover
motor trucks as well as passenger
cars. Alvan Macauley, president of
the Packard Motor Car Company, in
a letter to Senator Simmons protests
against this inclusion on the ground
that trucks are a part Of the ma
chinery Of business. Speaking of
their use in Europe he writes:
They are regarded by the warning
governments as just as important a
part OF war equipment as are the can
non themselves. being used to bring
provisions to soldiers, ammunition to
the guns, and largely, where railroads
are not available, to move all the
equipment OF warfare.
Some OF the European governments,
among them Germany. and we believe
France and England. subsidize all
trucks used industrially that are
adapted to transportation uses in
time OF warfare. Every encourage
ment Is given to their production in
quantities and to their widespread
distribution.
Mr.. Macauley cites also the fact
that trucks are needed in hauling the
absolutely necessary food supplies to
market, holding down the cost Of
living in many cases by decreasing
the need for middlemen. They sup
plement the railroad where the rail
road is in greatest danger of break
ing d, under its already intoler-
able burdens.
Tax the farmers plow, by all
means. Tax the grocery wagon. Tax
the baby carriage. Tax the one boss
shay. And when all that is done it
will be perfectly proper to tax the
motor truck. But not till then.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
ANSWERS ARE FILED
FOR MCLEAN ESTATE
Reply Made to Suits Involving ILL
nois Mining Properties.

Edward B. Mclean and Edward A.
Mitchell. guardian ad lltem for Vim
cent walsh Mclean. and John R. Nc
Lean, I'd. children OF Edward B. Nc
Lean. today fled answers to the two
suits recently Instituted against the
Mclean estate by Frederick H.
Bugher for the purpose of securing
an additional one-third and one
twelfth interest in the valuable min
ing properties in Hardin county.
Illinois, in which 1t was claimed that
John r. Mclean had a full two-thirds
interest at the time Of his death.
The answers are filed by Attorney
Wilton ]. Lambert, and that Of the
guardian ad litem on the part OF the
infants adopts in so far as applicable
the statements made in the reply of
Edward B. Mclean, in which 1t is set
forth that he denies that his cousin,
the plaintiff, Frederick II. Bugher, as
heir OF his mother, Mrs. Mary Mclean
Ludlow, Is entitled to any greater in
terest in the mines than a right TO
receive one-sixth Of the profits there
from.
1t is pointed out that the property
referred to was owned by the Argyle
Lead and Flour Spar Mining Com
pany, a West Virginia corporation,
until the year 1895, when through a
receivers sale, the property was pur-
chased by John r. Mclean individ-
ually, and II Is averred that John r.
Mclean held adverse possession from
that time up to the time OF his death.
u
making the purchase. the defendants
father. John r. Mclean, spent $780,
900 upon the property from his own
funds, and as a pure gretuity gave
each OF his two sisters an equitable
interest In one-sixth OF the profits.
through one of whom the plaintiff
claims. All allegations OF the petit
tions claiming that any partnership
existed between John r. Mclean and
his sisters are emphatically denied.
and Il Is averred that settlement was
made with Mrs. Ludlow continually
up to the time OF her death on the
basis of the one-sixth interest in the
profits, and that these settlements
were accepted by her in full of her
Interest In the property
An interesting letter is referred to
by the defendant, said to have been
written by Mrs. Ludlow to John r.
Mclean on March I, 1918, in which 1t
is stated that plaintiffs mother was
writing to assure her brother that she
understood her interest in the prop
erty was only one-sixth, which was
held in trust by him. 1t is also
claimed by Mr.. Mclean that Mr..
Bugher. after the death of his mother,
accepted in full for his share in the
mines one-sixth OF the profits, and II
is claimed he never raised a question
in regard to the sufficiency of this
amount until after the death OF his
uncle, John r. Mclean.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
Supply and Demand

A lady, who, we judge, has not
given much study to economics,
writes to US disputing the PROPOSE
ton that "the price is eventually de-
termined by the relation of the sup
plies available to the buying orders
and the Spectator stands to lose as
well as to gain" She says:
You know very well It is ridiculous
to say that prices are regulated by
supply and demand. They should be,
but so per cent of the supply is hid
den away in storage and on the
market, so that with half Of the sup
ply against the whole demand prices
will be high and stay high, for rather
than allow them to fall the so per
cent of supply held back will be al
lowed to rot first
This is to look at only one corner
of the subject. The writer forgets
that the proportion Of the supply
which is held in storage-supposing
that any be so held-is to prevent
famine and famine prices in the
commodity in the season Of non-pro-
duction. But, in fact, high prices al
ways, and for reasons that even a
child can appreciate, bring into the
market all the supplies in sight. The
depletion of reserve stock is only
checked by the refusal Of the public
to buy above a certain price level.
It is sheer nonsense to say that
food is ever allowed to rot in stor-
age. Common sense shows the alb
surdity of the idea. So does expert
ence. In fact, material is often sold
at a loss, even disastrous loss, out Of
cold storage rather than that it
should rot and thus become total
loss. The ideas incorporated in the
few sentences quoted are only held
by cranks or those who refuse to as
certain the truth and think sanely
about it.
One more sentence from the same
letter is worth quoting as a sample
of incomplete and ramshackle infor-
nation:
You have said that farmers would
lose by restricting crops. Not so. A
farmer told me he saved seed handling
and half carriage by raising 1000 head
OF cabbage at 10 cents rather than
1000 heads at cents.
1t all depends on how much land
he had and how he used it. If the
production of only 1000 head of cab
bage led him to leave half his acreage
idle, he would be heavy loser by re-
stricting his production. Truly he
might grow something else in the
other half-say potatoes-but, then,
taking the market broadly, he would
be simply raising the price of cab
bage to lower the price of potatoes.
There is no such thing as fighting
natural law. When we can make an
apple fall to the sky instead Of the
earth, when we can make the moon
rise in the west and set in the east,
when we can make ice hot and fire
cold, then we can upset the law Of
supply and demand and not until
then.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
II In Doubt Register

The Times has for a week or more
been giving much space to the publ
cation of questions and answers re-
garding registration. Questions con-
tinue to come in and as far as pos
sible we shall continue to answer
them. There is one answer, how
ever, that will apply to all inquirers
IF IN DOUBT REGISTER.
That is the one safe thing to do.
II you do register you avoid all trou-
bic. If you do not register and it
develops that you should have regis
tered you wills find yourself facing a
severe penalty for failing to obey the
law.
There may be a definite reason IN
your case why you are not called
upon to register, but to establish
that reason may require a ruling
from the War Department. Do not
wait for the ruling. IF IN DOUBT
REGISTER.
You may think that you are not
eligible to serve and that the matter
of registering may be a waste of
time. You are not the one to decide
on your eligibility. The proper au-
thorities will do that. Until they Off
cially determine your case there is
doubt and IF IN DOUBT REGIS
TER.
The law is definite, the duty is
plain, the punishment for failing to
obeyis severe. IF IN DOUBT REG
lister
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
Going Some.

saw last night Monkey and a Make
shift at a party
Where a Tsetse-hy in goggles fondly
thought she was Astarte.
And a copper colored Cuckoo was a.
daffodiliallying
And calling very softly that the others
might come rallying.
The baciIli OF Bacchus were ALLOWING
wine in cases
To the thirsty Thermadosis with their
Monday morning faces.
And I really was delighted with the
many things / saw
With a Jigger teaching Joggers how to
jail tagging Jaw;
ing to a Ukelele
Whose tone was ripping. raspinE as a
Mukumumulele
That dancing DER the roadway in a
very naughty nightie
Was telling everybody he was Venus
Aphrodite
With Lizard grumpy. greenish when
he wasn't looking pale
A-uckllng Of his eyeball with a very
nasty nail.
While he danced upon his tootsies like
a Footie at a turtle.
And he wriggled like a WiEgle round
a woggy old Mock-Turtle.
But burly. busy Day-Dream making
homeopathic honey
Couldn't see the humor in the sights
which were so funny
He grabbed this luckless Lizard and
he made him go and liz,
And no one now can tell me where
that poor, wee Lizard is.
But Lizards not a monkey, and the
Monkey at that party
Was such a funny monkey that 1
never laughed so hearty
Till the dawn was on the skyline and
with a merry aching head
1 tumbled to my senses as tumbled
out OF bed.
EDMUND LEAMY.
Bukoba, Lake Victoria.
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
MADE TO CARE
FOR WAR GAS CASES
DR.. William A. White Leads in Or
ganizing Psychiatric Work:

NEW YORK May 31.-Plans for the
care OF soldiers and sailors whose
minds become affected because OF pol
son gas, shell fire. shock. or other war
causes, were announced at the second
days session of the convention of the
American Medico- ARCHAEOLOGICAL Asso-
citation. DR.. william A. White. OF
Washington, said that plans had been
formed to organize and equip psychi-
atric units for the army and navy base
hospitals. The first will be at the
Marine Hospital at Staten Island. in
charge OF officers OF the Public Health
Service.
Dr. Thomas W. Salmon has been
sent to France and England to study
methods OF treating nervous and men
tai war disorders
The Washington times., 1917-05-31
Today'sCaIendar
WEATHER FoREcAST.

For the District OF columbla-Prob-
ably showers tonight and Friday:
warmer tonight: moderate to frssh
southerly winds
For Maryland-Probably showers
tonight and Friday: warmer tonight
in east portion; cooler Friday IN west
portion; moderate to fresh southerly
winds.
For virEinia-Probsbly showers to-
night and Friday: warmer tonight in
central and east portions: cooler FRI
day In extreme west portion: moder-
ate to fresh southerly winds.
The western storm OF the last two
days Is now central over southern
Wisconsin, with high pressure to the
northumberland. and general rains
havefallen in the Missouri, upper Mis-
sissippi and Ohio valleys. Tennessee,
and the upper Lake and western low
er Lake region. There were also rains
and SHOWS in Montana and Wyoming
and rains In Utah and Colorado. Else-
where the weather was fair with gen
eral high pressure. except In the
Southwest. where another disturbances
has appeared.
II Is warmer in the East and South.
with temperatures slightly above the
seasonal average IN the interior, and
generally cooler In the West and
Northwest with temperatures con
siderably below the seasonal averegs.
There will be showers and thunder
storms this afternoon and tonight in
the Lake region. the Ohio valley, Ten
nessee, and the northern portions OF
the East Gulf States. followed By
generally fair weather Friday, except
in the lower Lake region There viii
also be showers tonight or Friday In
New England and the Middle ana
South Atlantic States.
1t will be warmer tonight in the In
terror OF New England and the Mid
die Atlantic States. cooler tonight In
the lower Ohio valley, western Ten
nessee, and the northern portions OF
the East Gulf States. cooler tonight
and Friday in the upper Lake and
western lower Lake region and the
upper Ohio valley, and cooler Friday
IN the eastern lower Lake region
storm warnings are displayed On
the Great Lakes, except Lake Super
Tor, where small craft warnings are
displayed.
the winds along the New England
coast will be southeast to south. be-
coming fresh: on the middle Atlantic
coast fresh southerly: on the south
Atlantic coast moderate east and
southeast; on the east Gulf coast mod
crate southerly.
Steamers departing today Tor Eu-
ropean ports win have southeast 10
south winds. becoming fresh Fhday'
with rain to the Grand Banks.