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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
Fitting Apnlause...

miss starley always gets hand In
that role"
at is only fitting she should. 1t fits
her like a glove. Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25

"Jim, I'm dead broke"
"Then no wonder you look all gon'
to pieces. s."-Baltimor American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
Dimes at Home.

Briggs-"Whittler says he has to get
away from his family once a week" !"
Griggs-"How does he manage it!'
Dimes at home."-Life.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
The Case Stated,

"Spofflns says he owes everything
to his Wife"
Eyes, everybody knows he's borrow;
ed the best part Of her money."--Bal.
timore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
Explained.

"My daughter, don't use powder on
your face SO much. 1t Is SO loud"
But, pa, this is noiseless powder" !"
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
Suitable Kinds.

"What measure would you select for
line Of light poems?"
why not try gas meter?"-Balti-
more American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
The Nav of Il.

How on earth can they weigh souls
as they say they do?"
II guess they use a spirit level
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
Very Much So.

Have they running water In the
house you've rented?"
II should say SO. There isn't 9
place In 1t that isn't leaking. g."-Balti
more American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
The Way of It.

"a waitress, like poet, is born to
her work"
"How do you make that out?"
Because she is one maid of order"
Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25

DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong, sick women
well, no alcohol. Sold in tablets or liquid.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
quite So,

Don't take notice of the cook, dear"
How can help it when she's just
given it?"-Baltimore American.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-05-25
GranuIated EyeIids.
Sore
Eyes

Your Druggists SOC per Bottle. Murine Eye
Salvein Tubes Csc. For Book OiiheEyefreeask
Druggists or Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
ADAMS SEED co.
BUSINESS EXPANDING
Company Will Spend Large Amount
Money ON improvements on
Building and Business.
LARGEST SEED FIRM
in NORTHEASTERN IOWA
They Ship Seeds to Nearly Every
state i'm the Union. Business
Growing Every Year.

The Adams Seed Company of this
city, today announced plans for the
|remodeling of the buildings upon
their property on West Water street.
The improvements will consist of the
adding of another story to their big
main seed house, the erection of an
other three story warehouse at Nos.
4l9-21 West Water street, and the
installation of machinery which will
increase their present capacity by
about five times. Work will com
mence early next month.
This company specializes in high
grade seeds, and, while the major
part of their business comes from
Iowa and Minnesota, they ship seeds
into almost every state n..the Un-
ion. ..........
The success attained by the Adams
lin building up one Of the largest
timothy seed markets in the country
and of the best industries for North.
eastern Iowa, is only another exam
pie OF what can be accomplished by
Intelligent effort and close applica'
Ition to business. ....
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
Did YOu Know This?

According to President Johnson,
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
his company recently received orders
for a total of 140 locomotives from
the Russian Government.
Air cooling methods Of the rapid
fire guns now in use have proved in
adequate and the soldiers seem to
think that water-cooling Is superior.
IAN American has obtained a Gu
han patent for a machine that culti-
Yates growing, sugar cane, work that
has had to be done by
haRd.rst'n
,ssPOrous lead, filled with a micro
scopic cavities, has been invented by
a Danish scientist to diminish the
weight and increase the surface OF
storage batteries. %
BY adding about IL per cent OF
to mild carbon steel an
English inventor has brought out a
metal for tableware that is rust and
tarnish proef.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
Did You Ever Notice 1t?

We wonder how many readers
have noticed the difference between
the man who has been married
but a short time and one who has
been married for several years. You
can always tell young husband
from an old one. When a man has
been married a few months, you
will generally see him working in
the garden or fixing up about the
house and while he works he whis-
ties or sings. or occasionally looks
up toward the window to see IL any
one is watching him. A year later
he is still working in the garden but
the smile has changed to a frown
and he occasionally looks toward
the house wondering why in thund-
er breakfast is not ready. Another
year rolls by and his looks would
sour milk. but he is still at work,
stopping occasionally to kick the dog
or throw a brick at the cat. The
next year we find him sitting on the
front porch, smoking a pipe, while
his wife does the digging in the gar
den. Now just watch our young
men, as one by one they are caught
in Cupid's net. and see il this rule
does not work out the problem cor
rectly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
Clear the Slate.

In earlier days it was common for
buyers to say to the, store keeper.
Put it on the slate" which happen
ed to be the usual ledger for keeping
accounts. When the customer got
hold Of some money he would come
in and say, more or less cheerfui.ly,
Clear the slate" and the account
was wiped out with, cash in hand.
Clear the slate is the slogan OF
immense practical worth. Men who
walk the streets. with the conscious
ness that they owe no man any
thing, show it in their walk. Their
knees don't sag. Their chins don't
drop. Their shoulders are up. chins
up, heads up, and they look the
world in the face without a notion
of lodging anybody. A nation made
up Of citizens who made it business
to keep the slate clear could quickly
lead the world in the business of be-
ing free men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
A Story With q Moral.

A man who was too economical
to subscribe for a paper sent his lit
tie boy to borrow the copy taken by
his neighbor. In his haste the boy
ran over a 81 stand of bees and. in
ten minutes looked like q warty
summer squash. His father ran to
his assistance. and, failing to notice
barbed-wire fence, ran into that.
cutting a handful Of flesh from his
anatomy and running q 81 pair OF
pants. The old COW took advantage
of the gap in the fence and got into
the cornfield and killed herself eat
ing green corn. Hearing racket,
tho wife ran out, upset four-gal-
lon churn Of rich cream into a bas-
ket Of little chickens, drowning the
entire hatch. In her haste she drop
ped a $25 set of false teeth. The
baby, having been left alone, crawl
ed through the spilled milk and into
the parlor, running brand new $50
carpet. During the excitement the
oldest daughter ran away with the
hired man, the dog broke up eleven
setting hens and the calves got out
and chewed the tails off'n four fine
shirts on the clothes line. (Now Is
the time to subscribed
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
Artist and COunterfeiter.

There used to be an old foreign
counterfeiter in this country who
was a yeritable wonder with the
brush and pen. This man literally
painted pictures Of twenty dollar
notes which were works OF art. He
used no tools except his pens and
brushes, and it took him a week to
do the portrait Of banknote. He
figured that his handicap was worth
about SO a day and worked under the
idea that the world owed him a fair
living and should not object II MS
talent led him toward portrait paint
ing, with twenty dollar bills for
models. Even jail terms failed to
impress him seriously with his
wrongdoing. A collector OF curios
once offered $500 for one Of his
specimens of bill portraiture, and
the value of some other was said TO
be even greater, SO marvellous was
the delicacy of his brush work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.
DeCOrah Has Citizens Who Have
Given Unselfishly of Time and
Effort.

A noted worker for civic improve
ment was asked the other day what
were the conditions that made Towr
improvement societies permanently
successful and useful. ~.
"Well', he said, "it isn't any,
thing to do with organization or ma
chinery. Mostly it is a matter of per,
sonality. You look up the history OF
every successful town improvement
work, and you usually find some one
or two people have gone. into ii
heart and soul and have stayed with
it right through.
Very frequently it is simply
some one mans or one woman's fad.
There may be a lot of workers VINO
will follow where others lead, But
there may be but one or two or very
few who will take the principal. re-
sponsibility and keep the thing alive
and working -
How trifiing the rewards of .ordin-
ary life do seem compared with the
happiness that comes from this kind
of community service. The mere mo-
ney maker or pleasure seeker goes
through life and drops out and in a
month he is almost forgotten. The
man who has made himself felt il
some town improvement work leaves
a record that lives on for many
years. 1t will bring him more pleas
ure than money and more happiness
than houses and land and automo-
biles. The honor and affection of his
townspeople are his.
Decorah has among its citizens
those who have given unse,fishly OF
time and effort. But If there could
be more of this public spirited devo.
tion, a greater willingness to- work
for the public benefit, some greai
advances could be made here, and
our town made the most attractive
in this section. Are there not those
among US who are willing to heet
this call for larger community work
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
TRYING TO HIT THE FARMER.

/ 81
Some of the cheap officials in the
agricultural department at Washing
ton are now making a grand stand
play to have the government take
charge of the food supplies Of this
country and to place an arbitrary
Price on the products of the farm.
That recommendation shows just as
much real craftsmanship as hundreds
Of other Recommendations these
understudies with the soft jobs at
Washington have been trying to pro-
mulgate. and the amusing thing
about the whole thing is that no 9TH
er person in the country takes them
seriously except the fellows who try
to get first page in the newspapers
on this subject.
Just the minute the farmer begins
to get something worth while for his
labors q few fellows want him locked
up and his crops confiscated, but you
u0NcI Ack11 VI IAAI SdA6 az y" ooAA6-
ton getting busy and landing on the
food kings Of Chicago. New York
and other places who purchase these
farm products at a very low price
and then hold them for 500 or more
per cent profit. No. Of course not
because the holler about control OF
prices against the farmer is made
more to take the curse off these food
manipulators than it is to help the
people of the country to secure low
er prices. .
Every move the government has
made in this respect has been one
great big joke, and it seems that the
more it investigates the higher
the prices go. The officials never &c
after the steel trusts or the lumber
trusts, or the nail trusts, or any otkel
trust, seemingly, except the farmer.
who raise the food stuffs. He is thu
one they want to take a whack at II
order to keep the public attention
from the real manipulators Of higf
prices Of food stuffs. 1t is a grea
game.-Hampton Chronicle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
MEANING OF THE WORD
IOWA.
And How the State Was Named
'Hawkeye."

This subject is still discussed at
times in the newspapers and by the
public in general. No especial light.
however, has been thrown upon it.
1t would seem that the word Iowa
is an Indian name and was long
thought to mean "here is the place" |;
or at times has been translated to
mean mice land" Antoine lie
Claire, an intelligent half-breed who
lived near Davenport, wrote in 1860
to the late T. s. Parvin, Iowa means
this: A tribe of Indians were in
search OF a home, or were hunting,
and when they reached a point they
admired and was entirely satisfac-
tory to them they said, Iowa
this is the place. 1t would appear
then that the word Iowa meant the
ideal or selected location or place.
The Muskwaki Indians from time
immemorial have claimed the above
translation Of the word"
The nickname Hawkeye is not
from hawks eye or anything of the
kind, but is a term much used in ear
ly days concerning any one who was
about to locate in Iowa which was
then known as the Black Hawk pur-
chase. Blackhawk, the great Indian
chief, was hopelessly defeated In
battle at Battle AK, Wisconsin. In
1892, and the country was then
thrown open to settlement. The de-
feated chieftain became a sort OF
hero in the eyes Of the public and
the papers printed wierd tales about
the bold and fearless warrier. The
word Biackhawk was common and
it was only natural that the early
settlers who came to this territor,
of Iowa were known as Hawkeyes
land that the word cfings to them Ard
the state perpetually.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02

The Mitchell County Press thinks
it's going to be mighty embarras-
sing to loafers this summer. With, the
country wanting single men, and sc
many occupations wanting married
men, no man who is any good at all
has any excuse whatever for doing
nothing. The idlers will find them
selves very unpopular. we predict
Our advice to any such around Usage
is to get busy right away. II you
can't get job, enlist-ors perhaps,
put 1t the other way, II you can't en-
list, get a job-be of some use to
your country. V itFgv eg u..
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
Total bridges & culverts $6.629,O0O
Bridge and Culvert Expenditures

Many Auto Accidents.
Iowa has a grusome record Of 1919
people killed in highway accidents
during the year 1916, according to
the report. Fifty-three of these
deaths came On railroad crossings.
All told newspaper clippings carried
reports of 1884 motor car accidents
with more or less serious injury to
2,574 persons
These records" says the report
"are compiled entirely from news
paper clippings. The commission
has no other means aside from the
clippings, of securing this informa,
tion. Inaccuracies IL dates, names
and addresses will quite likely be
found in these reports. 1t is also
quite likely that there were addi-
tional deaths not accounted for in
this record and that. there were
many more serious accidents.
TOO great speed for the condi-
tion Of the road and the traffic on it,
IL responsible for the great majority
of accidents. 1t would appear that
fully 80 per cent Of the accidents are
from motor cars. A few accidents
result from car breakages and con-
siderably larger number from iinex.
perienced drivers. 1.-THE Sreat ma
jority are due to absoluteeseckless-
ness. Nesi- Y,
lone Driving Dangerous.
1T Is rather appalling. too. to
consider the number of accidents in
which a lone driver Of a car is found
dead or fatally hurt beneath his
overturned or wrecked car. Several
men during the past winter have
CONTINUED on last psse.)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
According to the Electrical World

According to the Electrical World,
Glasgow, Scotland, has a suburb
without a single chimney. The ksus-
ca, which are Of the bungalow type.
are all completely equipped with
electric heating. lighting sand cook
ing apparatus. This is said To be the
only settlement in the world tn which
the use Of fuel has been entirely
eliminated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02

Motor trucks to the value OF $780,
900, 900 have been sold to the Eur
|opean belligerents, by the United
Estates. 'f mi
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02
iowa SPENDS VAST
AMOUNTS on ROADS
Report of Highway Commission
ShoNs $15,OOO,OOO Paid Out
Last Year.
MANY AUTO ACCIDENTS
IN THE STATE
Record Shows 100 Persons Were
Killed and 2,834 Hurt on
Highways.

The Iowa highway commission
has just issued it's revised report for
1916 showing that the state spent
nearly $15,OOO,OOO on roads and
bridges during the year. This is near
~ $1,O0O,OOO more than the esti-
mate by experts earlier in the year.
The figures are compiled from
the reports of expenditures made by
the counties. Roads took $7,164,S10
and bridges and culverts S7,172,246.
OF the sums spent, 40 per cent
of the road fu1d went for perma-
nent work and 1913 per cent of the
bridge work Of the year was perma-
nent.
Surplus ON Hands. =
While counties and townships
spent the huge sum of nearly $751;
OO0,OOG, they had on Jan. 1, 1917
nearly. $1,0OO,O0O additional for
road and bridge work. the commits
sio1 says. However, there are bonds
outstanding amounting to about So
O34,968, SO that on Jan. /, 1917,
the state had net obligations
amounting to 37,166,456. for road
and bridge work.
The road and bridge expenditures
for 1915 and 1916 were;
NoS Nos'i HNi'
Permanent work .$l,l59,164
Repair a1d maintenance. l,l43,3S2
Tractor grading ....... S59,2O5
| Filling bridges and cul-
| verts ..;......, 49'Vio
matar;a, e27 ea0
! iM;.oau,noous os7 O7Q
i -~ & -
Tot.1 ro.as xaaac c.65
..n
oouhty No'u TApe"'ii'"fes l"o.
Permanent work ...$1,3o9,So4 4
Repair and maintenance. 932,142
Tractor grading ...... 513.6OO
Oiling roads ........ 2S,OOo
/ Machinery and unused
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-02

precede the calling out of the first
100000 officers of the general staff
hope there will be found in the ranks
of the regulars and guardsmen such
a supply of men competent for these
positions that the future of the later
armies will be assured beyond doubt.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-11

~ "HssesANodd8H5n6l
l had taken the prccautIon or moving
around between him and tho door, so
that when he started to leave / tripped
him neatly and sat on his chest. This
Is very effective type of jiujitsu for
heavy set man to employ.
However. | couldn't sit on him oil
night. For one thing wanted to
sleep. Finally IN ingenious scheme
solved my difficulty. I removed his
coat without unbuttoning 1t, which is
aonc by grasplng firmly the two tails
IN the back. one in each hand, and pull
ing SidcwiSc. Treated in this fashion,
even the most extensively made gar
mcnt will separate along the back seam
and may then be taken Off from the
front After had the coat In my pos
session | tore 1t into strips, which |
tied together and made a rope with
which bound his ankles and wrists.
When had him all done l lit Il match
to make sure it was good job.
You'll be sorry for this" he growl-
ed. "Mrs. Green has been abducted to
IIuntingdon's island and murdered by
lake pirates. Won't you let me go? l
will save her. Remember, if YOU don't
l know what you look like and I'll put
you IN Jail For assault"
at isn't customary" l commented,
houses to have any one put in Jail. SO
long"
I went out.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-11

seriously, don't you? If you help me
I'm willing to cough up couple of
dollars in real money. which Is more
than my editor will be apt to stand for
In my expense account, but If you don't
I'll find out anyway because It's way
| have, and you'll probably be dis
charged for not catching me-"
"But it seems to me that I have
caught you," I intcrposed mildly.
"Hardly," he rctortcd. "From the
glance l got at your figure when lit
the match I should judge that you
could run hundred yards in ten fiat
minutes, that is-while I am some
Splinter, as you will have to admit II
you watch me during the next few
seconds. am off,"
But he wasn't. While no was talking
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-11

between It and the waves. This being
accomplished, lie started tho machin-
cry, and we lurched forth into the
night once more.
Bill split his time between steering
and mcnding the engine, keeping up
running fire of conversation, not with
me, but with the motor. When she'd
cough weakly Bill would hit her In
some apparently tender spot with the
fiat of monkey wrench and say:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-03

The Cemetery Association will meet
with Mrs. Lyman Schryver Tuesday
evening. w. L. Jackson has been hired
to NOV the cemetery and keep up the
lots. In former years all lots have
been cared for by the association. Be-
cause many lot owners who are able
to pay their dollar assessment have
failed to respond. thus making the eN-
penses Of the association heavy, only
those lots will be moved whose own
ers pay for their care.
The young peoples class of the Re-
formed Sunday school gave a white
elephant social In the church par
lors Wednesday evening About fifty
were present and q pleasant evening
was enjoyed with games and music,
Refreshments were served.
r. P. Smith, L. l.. BiSby. and Il. r.
Clark accompanied consignment or
six carloads Of cattle and hogs to Chi
cago Sunday.
Miss Ellen rudy went to kensett Sat
urday to visit her aunt. Mrs. kirk
Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. TT. Ralston left Sat
urday for Howard, o., where they Will
visit before going to Boston to spend
some time with their daughter Mrs.
d. c., Steelsmith.
Mrs. Louise. Crist is seriously III OF
pneumonia. Her daughter, Mrs. II. II.
Sanders, OF Chicago, came Tuesday to
be with her mother.
Miss Edna Pratt and Miss Lois Har-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-03
LOCAL MARKETS.

Prices Paid TO Farmers BY Marshai'.
town Merchants.
Tho following prices are quoted by
Marshalltown dealers for the different
varieties Of farmers provisions. grain
and produce.
The Batesole Grocery - Company
quotes the following prices:
Butter-40,
Eggs-2s.
Benedict Flour, and Feed Company
will pay the following prices at theii
place Of business in this city. subject
however, to market changes:
Corn-New ear Las.
Oats--66.
The following market quotations an
furnished by II. willard, Son q Co.:
Clear medium native wool-40@45.
Coarse and low-3s@40. \
Light, hne-32@86.
Heavy, nne-3o0 IS. ~
Pelts-5D. Is andS1.50. .
No. l. hides-1z ~ So AZ
No. 2 hides-l6. ,.,.
Horse hides, tail on-6.00 to 100.
Hog skins-40 to 30 cents.