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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
ROAD NOTICE.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
The Commissioner appointed to
vacate a road commencing at the
corner OF the Me- NE Il
Sec. l, Bloomfield Twp. Winneshiek
County, Iowa, and running thence
south to the SW Cor. of the SEA
NEA Sec. /. Thence East and term
mating at point twenty-five feet
West of the East u corner of Sec.
/, Twp. SO NJ, r. Z West Of the 5th
P. M, has reported in favor Of the
vacation thereof and all objections
thereto, or claims for damages,
must be filed in the Office Of the
County Auditor on or before noon
of the 10th day of September 1917.
A. D. or such road will be vacated
without reference thereto. Said road
now runs through land owned by
Theodore Dreier and Christian
Hasse.
Signed OSCAR WINGER,
1872 County Auditor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Red Cross Adorns Park.

A large and very substantial Red
Cross was erected in Central Park at
Charles City Monday by the commit
tee in charge of the Red Cross prop
uganda in Floyd county. The big
cross faces the street On the east side
and attracts the attention of all who
pass. In the center Of the cross is
very attractive picture of a Red
Cross nurse and a Red Cross dog
painted by Jack Hart, the local paint
and brush artist. The picture is real
~ a work of art and does great
credit to the artistic skill OF Mr..
Hart.-Charles City Intelligencer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

Sneak thieves broke Into Justice
"A. G. Beatty's office Monday night at
Independence, and confiscated there
from a quantity Of alcohol which the
iustice had in his possession as 2
result Of the Hathaway liquor case
Of last week. The thieves broke
through the transom of the office
door. The booze was secreted in the
prdvate room adjoining the Beatty
office. They gained entrance to this
room by breaking open the door
thereto. Their booty consisted OF
four gallon jugs, two full and two
Zach about half full, also a quart
hottie nearly full and two or three
mint BOTTLES full. Marshal Donovan
sound one of the jugs broken on
sasond street N. e., near the gas Of
Ace building the next mornins. He
ALSO discovered oae Of the jugs OF al
1oYol puried in the manure pile near
Me- FIRST avenue n. p, barn wherein
"a kent the horses used on the paw
~ operanons here this summsl.~
,devsndsncs Bulletin Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

Taking things philosophically Is
the only justtfiable kleptomania.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

An Incident happened in Elma last
week that reminds one Of the 20
Skinnay" stuff il ''the days Of real
sport" as illustrated in the cartoons
in the Sunday papers. The owners
OF a threshing rig had brought to
town their outfit, consisting Of a
tractor engine and two separators,
and left them standing on the va
cant lots south of the band stand.
Along about six o'clock the whistle
on the engine sounded several sharp
blasts and the townsfolk who noticed
it supposed the engineer was whist
ling for water. The whistle contin-
ued to blow at intervals Of ten to
fifteen minutes until dusk came on,
when the blasts more frequently
pierced the stiffness of the night air.
Passersby could note no engineer
nor flunky Of any kind about the
outfit and the continued footing of
the shrill whistle became positively
uncanny. Next morning the mystery
was solved when Irvine was found
tied to the whistle cord and strung
along through the grass several hun
dred feet to the basement OF the
Chapman Lumber Company's cem-
eat shefy indicating where Skin
nay" had lain prone on his "bellay"
and footed to his hearts content
Hlma New Era
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Presented His Folks With a Car.

Clear Lake.-But few people
these days have the good fortune TO
be presented with fine new Paige
six auto. But this was George Os-
borne's good fortune. He was down
at Hampton visiting his son, DR.. G..
F. Osborne, when the son brought
out this fine car and presented 1t to
his father and mother. This was a
very commendable act on the part
of DR.. Osborne. Too many sons for
get all about father and mother ex-
cept when they expect some great
favor from them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Taught 125 Terms of School.

The Elkader Democrat says j. E.
Stainaker Of Lodomillo township has
taught 125 terms of school in the
rural districts of Clayton county, 1913
OF them in Lodomillo township, AID
has had charge of the school in dis
trict No. 5 in said township for nine
teen years. In the forty-five years
that he has taught his wages have
advanced from SIS a month to $50 a
month.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Funeral Director Striick by Car and
Badly Hurt.

Mount Pleasant. Ia. July AT
the close of the funeral services of
T. Y. Lynch Of Fairfield, F. D. Ker-
rick. the undertaken, was struck by
an automobile as he stood beside the
hearse instructing the driver. The
machine, driven by young woman,
Knocked Kerrick down and passed
completely over his body. He will
recover.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
INSTANT ACTION
SURPRISES MANY HERE.

This grocer's story surprises local
people: II had bad stomach trou-
BILE. All food seemed to sour and
form gas. Was always constipated.
Nothing helped until I tried buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mix
ed in Adleri-ka. ONE SPOONFUL
astonished me with it's INSTANT ac-
ton" Because Adler-i-ka Pushes
the ENTIRE alimentary tract 1t re-
lieves ANY CASE constipation, sour
stomach or gas end prevents appen-
dicitis. 1t has QUICKEST action Of
anything we ever sold. r. A. Eng
bertson, druggist.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Caustic.

Gust as the minister was about
to kiss the bride, someone turned on
the fire alarm"
"Some friend Of the minister, ]
presume. Life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

College men never graduate in a
hurry-they do it by degrees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Press Gang At Church.

The cursory examinations which
many recruits allege they received in
the earlier days of the war were far
greater tests of endurance and STAN.
ina than the recruit of 30 years ago
was wont to receive. In those days,
If a man could count all his limbs and
had sufficient teeth to enable him to
crunch the hard army biscuits and salt
beef, or bite off the end of a cartridge
before putting 1t into his old Brown
Bess, .he was certain of being accepted,
In earlier times, however, there was
no pretense at medical examination at
all. When Queen Elizabeth resolved
to assist in raising the siege of Calais
in 1896, the lord mayor and aldermen
Of London received instructions to
raise a thousand men for this service,
and on Easter Sunday they proceeded
to several churches with their con-
stables, fastened the doors, and select
ed from the congregation the number
of men required. Without any medical
examination they were equipped and
sent TO Dover.--TIt-Blts
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Carnauba Wax.

Carnauba wax is made from the
leaves OF the carnauba plant, indigen-
GUS to the state Of Piauhy, Ceara, and
Rio Grande do Norte, In northeastern
Brazil, whose roots are used locally as
medicine, whose branches are used for
bridge and housebuilding because they
resist the attacks Of insects, and whose
fabers are used In rope and paper
making; the wax has been used extern
sively In adulterating beeswax, but Is
finding an honest market on It's mer-
Its, not only for candle manufacture,
but for coating the insulating mate
rial of electric wires, etc.; the annual
production of wax In Rio Grande dc
Norte is about $50 tons year, valued
at about $25O000; perhaps three
fourths of this is exported but the for
ests Of carnauba plant can produce. II
developed. many hmea this quantity.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
OLD PARIS" AGE BELIEVED
Said to Have Lived to Be 152 Years
old--Lived Under Reigns of
Ten Princes.

"Old Parr" was an Englishman
whose proper name was Thomas Parr
and who broke the modern record by
living to the ripe old age Of one hun
dred and ffty-two years, an exchange
says. The British cyclopedia gives
this account of him:
Thomas Parr (14S3-1635), English
centenarian, known as old Parr,' is re-
puted to have been born in 1883 at
Wilmington, Shropshire, the son of a
farmer. In 1900 he is said to have left
his home and entered domestic serv-
ice and in 1913 to have returned to
Wilmington to occupy the small hold
ing he then inherited on the death of
his father. In 1858, at the age of eigh-
ty, he married his first wife, by whom
he had son and a daughter, both of
whom died in infancy. At the age OF
one hundred and twenty-five, his first
wife having died, he married again.
His vigor seems to have been unim-
paired, and when one hundred and
thirty years old he is said to have
thrashed corn. In 1885 his fame
reached the ears of Thomas Howard,
earl of Arundel, who resolved to ex-
hibit him at court, and had him con-
yeyed to London in specially con-
structed litter. Here he was presented
to King Charles l, but the change of
air and diet soon affected him and the
old man died at Lord Arundel's house
in London on the 14th of November,
1856. He was buried in the south
transept of Westminster abbey, where
the inscription over his grave reads:
"Tho. Parr. of ye county of Salopp.
Born in ammo 1883. He lived in We
reigns of ten princes, viz: King Ed
ward 4, King Edward 5, King Richard
3, King Henry Z, King Henry 8, King
Edward 6, Queen Mary, Queen Eliza
beth, King James and King Charles,
aged 152 years, and was buried here
November 5, 1885,"
That the son Of a small farmer who
had started in life as q hired man (the
British cyclopedia says he left home
and entered domestic seryice), should
have been buried in Westminster abb
bey, shows that the story of his great
age was believed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
VAUGHN
Elected President of the
rIaChInists

Hamilton Lodge No 24l, Ma
chinists Union, met in regular ses-
sion Wednesday evening. This
being election night, the ball was
packed. Much routine business
was transacted, after which the
election of officers took place and
resulted as follows:
President, Chas. Vaughn; vice
president Joseph Flynn, record
ing secretary, John Bios; financial
secretary, Edward Butler; treas
urer, Harry Berry; conductor, E.
Stephans; sentinel, Chas Fallert;
trustees, eighteen months term, T.,
M Zilliox; six months term, Carl
Gstz; delegate to Trades Council,
Ted Smith; business agent, Ted
Smith. Bother Smith wilt assume
his duties as business agent on
January Dad.
A communication was received
from the Grand Lodge Stair &
that the government wanted 1900
organized macninists, 50 that 5hey
may be dealt with inteiligently.
Quite q number expressed their in
tention of offering their services II
the government.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

ers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help
ers of America has taken the lead
ership in this city for initiative,
enthusiasm and espousal of patri-
otto doctrines.
"Old 341" as the Union is popu-
larly known lopgshore, has num-
Der of "boys" at the front in
France with the colors, and recent
ly raised substantial sum of
money for the purchase of Christ
mas kits for mem bers abroad and
in training here. A service flag
is also in process of construction
and when flushed will be draped
over the charter Of the organiza-
tion
The union is in the hey day oi
its career and its members are en-
joying unprecedented wages.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
TYPlsTs MAKE BAD ERRORS
Slips Are Very Amusing in Some In
stances, and Hard TO Explain
in Many Others.

If some lady typists can make a
mistake they will, and some of their
efforts are very amusing, humorist
relates. One typist produced the re-
mark, in regard to a rather conceited
man, that his one weakness was on
ion sauce" the real word being 'om-
niscience." Another, in an obituary of
a great theologian, spoke of his belief
in the immortality of the soul" Just
the omission of the st" from "immor
tality" made all the difference.
Some few years ago speaker at a
meeting waxed very sympathetic over
the death of the wife of q manager of
the company at some fever-stricken
place In West Africa, and the report
ers who were afterwards getting out
this speech together to save time were
In a jocular mood. At the end of
the pathetic Grafton the one who was
debating said, for joke, and to
amuse the others, Loud Laughter"
and the foolish girl, who was as much
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
BEFORE THE WAR
Impressive Fact in Nature Is Stiffness
and Quiet on Earth, Says observa-
tory Director &. L. Larkin.

One of the most impressive facts in
nature is the stiffness and quiet here
on earth. writes Edgar Lucien Larkin,
director Of Mount Lowe observatory.
Ancient roarings, thunderings of pent-
up potential of electricity, the terrific
energy of heat the exploding surfaces
Of millions of suns so many times
larger and energetic than our sun,
itself 100000 times larger than the
earth, had to be hushed down into
stiffness, quietude and silence to make
ready for that amazing event, the Gre
alton Of life on worlds, revolving
around genial suns, giving out life-sus-
tanning light and tempered heat.
None can imagine this perfect bal
ance of titanic forces, for, with slight
increase or decrease of the suns radi-
ant energy, all life on earth would van
ish. How accurate the adjustment Of
mighty powers, that living things,
where imminent death always turks,
could even appear and then survive.
The mere item of the careful adjust
ment of the heat energy output of
the sun for reception and use Of the
most delicate organisms on land and
in the sea, this even balance is beyond
Imagination, and one of the marvels
of the careers of the earth and man.
With the creation of life on earth,
Mind Supreme appears, so far as man
is able to see, rested and retired.
There is no trace of the action of the
Original Mind now on earth. The 603
laws of nature, their force, is all that
can be detected in action now.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Your Union Is
What You
flake 1t

Il cannot be expected tba; To-
cal will flourish, succeed and pros
per Of its own accord.
If not properly taken care of, it
will gradually diminish in mem
bership and influence, and finally
die.
The past his ory Of organized
labor is s;rewn with the wrecks Of
anions that came into existence
over night aud went out ia the
same way. The work Of organiz-
ing and reorganizing over and over
again is a costly proposition; we
have had our experience in that
line, ard know VIII reof We speak
We want an up to date, wide
awake, progressive organization.
To have such, every member, with
out experience, must do his part.
To make your Union a success
you must attend its meeting regu
larly, pay your dues promptly,
support your officers, enforce your
laws. conduct your meetings
promptly, do your duty willingly,
be heard on all questions affecting
the good and welfare of yonr union,
assist and encourage your fellow
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
Good Advice
give it up.

A trade union is like bank. If
you expect to get anything out Of
YOU must put something into 1t.
No union can honor the drafts Of a
member on its support its corf-
dence and its moral backing unless
that member gives 10 the union his
support The union run on any
other principle goes hankrprt The
blindness Of many men 70 these
elementary principles accounts for
the weakness of manv locals aud
for the indiffereuces Of many who
are or have been noninally union
men.
These men want to reverse all
The laws OF nature and of business
to keep getting forever and 20
give never. They want the union
to stand by them in their demands,
to assist them in sickness and to
defend tb u IN difficulties, and
when he union fails 10 do this
they never stop 70 ask whether
they are entitled from what they
have put into the union to the b, Ip
they ask at its hands.
II you wish the maximum re-
turn on your investment iu organ
lied labor, choose that investment
wisely in all its parts. Give il
your financial help not grudging
ly when your card IS due, ut
gladly and generously when it
must make special appeal. Give
ii your moral support always not
as though its officers were seeking
to take an unfair advantage Of
their position, but freely and frank
iyJ d. ASl4p" u AdLtSadSI. 1lNS al
your constant encouragement MOI
merely on the floor of the meeting
room, but in the. shop, theatre ard
among non union men The poor
est advertising organized labor
gets is from it's dissatisfied mem
bers. Give your union your pres
ence and your counsel-not alone
when the delegates TO the conven-
ton are chosen or the little
"plums" are awarded, but in the
transaction of all its business.
There are few "plums' in the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

Now that Congress has passed
the amendments to the nation wide
prohibition resolution, it serves no
tice upon every long haired, weaz.
ened and lanky wind jammer that
from now on there will be plenty
of m ney in the Jackpot, and if he
desires to get into the picking
while the picking is good, he must
hustle and rustic in the next seven
years.
Just why the time is set at seven
years is not known at this time,
but 1t must have some reference to
the Biblical seven lean years and
seven fat years. The seven fat
years are now In store for the lorg-
haired boys, and it will spell seven
an years for thousands upon
thousands of workingmen and
others.
Within the next seven years
thirty six states must ratify the
prohibition amendment at their
several state legislatures. Should
thirteen states fail 10 get down and
crawl II a hypocriical fashion the
United States viii still continue to
be free country, where a man
may worship as he chooses, and
where man may jump from one
political party to another without
securing permission from some
rabid element whose chief deligh;
is 10 put a chunk of ice down the
inside ot the other fellow collar.
There should be good picking
for some Of the Legislators in all
those forty eight states, especially
where one can show that he is away
up on legal procedure, thus p ac
ing himself into a good paying jut
with the drys, while est nsibly be.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
10000 Lumber Workers
Secure S=HOur Day
After u. 5. Mediators investigate
Timber Situation

addition the Association will
initiate in the new year a far
sighted program of dealing with
the complex problems of industrial
relations peculiar TO the lumber
industry of the Northwest. This
means that the national policy as
TO working hours, conditions con-
ducive TO stability, and standards
justify'ng expectations for maxi
mum productive efficiency have
been introduced into the great in
land empire embracing vast sec.
tions of the States of Washington,
Idaho, Montana and Oregon, hsv,
ing an annual cut of two million
feet of timber and employing six
teen thousand men. The pioneer
action thus taken by the Western
Pine Association makes your Com
mission confident that the lumber
industry of the Northwest in its
entirety will soon adopt a policy
which will be a unique contribu
tion toward the effective execution
of the war program"
The President sent the following
reply by wire to Secretary Wilson;
"The action of the Western Pine
Association gives me the deepest
satisfaction and l hope that you
will have occasion to express that
qualification to the officers of the
Association. Please accept my
warmest congratulations on the ex-
traordinary work you and your
associates ale doing I sincerely
hope that you are entirely we'll and
strong again, Was distressed to
learn that you were unwell
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
National Prohibition

ing on the payroll of all the peo-
pie. There will be millions of dol
lars thrown into this fight, and as
one cf the long. lanky, scraggly
fanatics has it: What in blazes
do we care about your little war
with the Central Powers; we have
a greater war on-war on rum.
They snickered up their sleeves
when a ukase emanated from the
Car of Russia forbidding the man
ufacture OF vodka. And yet the
wealthy and welI-to.do people Of
Russia continue to take their daily
bath in vodka. But the great mass
Of Russians did not get any, and
since that time everything has
been as a summer Nay party in
poor old Russia. The kind of a
May party that some Of the long
haired boys would eventually like
to see pulled off in other countries.
Thoee states where the big fight
will occur are Connecticut, Cali
fornia, Delaware, Florida Illinois,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary and
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mis-
sour, Nevada, New Jersey New
York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Texas, Vermont, Visor.
sin and Wyoming.
To the casual reader it would
seem that it would be a difficult
matter to turn the legislatures Ia
these states upside down an shake
out any Of the brains which they
contain, but that is just what the
money Of the probinitionists viii
try to do.
As We said, The picking from
now on will be extremely good
and the man whose morals are easy.
Of approach will liue his pocket
box. Cincinnati 1hTonicle.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28
TynleaI American EIonuenoe.

Following is the peroration OF q
speech delivered in an intercollegiate
oratorical contest in central Kentucky,
1896:
STANDING upon the last decade of
the grandest century ever measured by
the flight of worlds, 4 dipt into the
future as far as human eye could see;
saw the vision of the world and the
wonder that would be- saw the Amer
ican continent formed; saw 1t the
great sun Of the solar system Of ma
tions around which all revolved, giving
life and liberty to each and prosperity
and happiness to all; saw its ports
filed with the argosies of commerce: |:
its brow blooming with the wreath OF
science; the breath Of heaven blessing
Its flag; yet, In the vigor and buoy
!ancy Of youth. scorning pessimigm and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-28

member. give due consideration to
the opirions Of others, stand for
right aud justice at all times, rea
son together on all questions,
avoid unnecessary wrangling and
rag chewing, stand by your colors,
uplift the standard of labor, never
be ashamed of membership in your
union, let the history Of the past
be your guide fer the future, re-
member your obligations at all
times, remember, too, that organ
ization is your only hope Never
give it up.