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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Official Publication of the Proceed
ings Of the Supervisors.

1880 p. m. Thursday. June 2sth, 1917.
The BOARD met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the chair
man. Members present were J.. s. Will
liams. j. p. Kuhn, c. Morton and o. G.
Haugen. ~
This being the date and time set for
opening the bids on corrugated cul-
verts as advertised for. the Board pro-
ceeded to open and check the bids that
had been filed.
The following had filed bids
Minneapolis Steel. and Machinery Co.
of Minneapolis. MINI.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co., of Minnea-
polls, MINI.
Lyle Corrugated culvert Co.. of Min
Midland Metal Mfg. Co., Of Ottumwa
Iowa.
Klauer Mfg. Co., Of Dubuque, Iowa.
The Lyle Corrugated Culvert Co.
being the lowest bidders on Glass A
material. were on motion awarded the
contract
Various matters were then taken up.
Moved, seconded and carried to adj
journ till $3.50 next morning.
$3.50 a. m, Friday, June 10th, 1917.
The Board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the Chair
man. Members present were c. Morton,
J. p. Kuhn, J. 8. Williams and Q. L.
saxvick Minutes of previous days
Moved, seconded and carried that
Road Petition No. 117S be laid over till
next session. At 800 a. M, the Board
on motion adjourned to make road
i:ss p. M. Friday. June goth. 1917
The Board convened after their road
trip and were called to order by the
Chairman. All members present.
Moved, seconded and carried that
portions of the county roads between
Burr Oak and Bluffton, and between
Button and DEBORAH be ordered sur
veyed.
bills that had been filed against the
county, and at 500 p. M. adjourned
till $3.50 next morning.
$3.50 a. M. Saturday, June Goth, 1917.
and was called to order by the Chair
man. All members present. They then
continued with the checking of the
claims.
bills as audited be allowed and the
auditor instructed to issue warrants
against the proper funds in payment OF
the same.
contract and bond with T. Murdoch as
county road superintendent of the third
district be approved
Moved, seconded and carried that the
contract and bond of Knute Sander as
cement foreman in the fourth district
be approved.
Moved, seconded and carried that the
bond of Ernest Bergman as cement
foreman in the third district be APP
proved.
Moved. seconded and carried to adj
journ till 1 O'Clock p. m.
1917. ~ = 49,
The Board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the chair
man. All members present.
Moved, seconded and carried that the
resignation of Will NJ. Lee as county
engineer be accepted, resignation to
take effect August LIST, 1917.
Minutes of last two days meeting
read and approved
SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
TO KILL POTATO BUGS.
Soon as Egg Clusters Appear Use
Lead Arsenate.

Watch for the cluster OF orange
colored eggs on the under side OF the
potato leaves. When they appear,
begin to spray for the potato bug, adj
vises the Ames truck crops man. 1t is
wise to start spraying early in the
season because the young larvae are
so much more easily killed then.
This year it is about three times
as economical to buy lead arsenate
rather than Paris green to combat
potato bugs. Lead arsenate is lit
tie slower in its killing action, but
has the advantage of sticking to the
leaves better and does not burn the
foliage.
In the average home garden lead
arsenate may BIZ applied by sprink-
ling it from cheese cloth bags on the
plants or from a quart can with holes
punched in the bottom. II liquid
spray is used, dissolve pounds OF
the powder In 100 gallons of water.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Many Uses for Wood.

Among the products made exclu-
sively from wood are charcoal, with
out which we could have no formal
dehyde; cellulose, which, converted
into viscose, furnishes US with arti-
fetal sausage skins and artificial silk
from which neckties stockings,
braids and tapestries are made.
Nine-tenths of all paper is made
from wood. In one mill the mill
waste of long leaf pine has been
turned into brown paper that has
a variety Of uses; cut into strips, it
is spun into threads and woven i1to
bags, mating, burlap, suit cases and
furniture.-New York World.
A man marrying girl never tones
her down, but she may subdue him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

When a statesman breaks down
from from overwork, it is usually
near the close of POLITICAL cam
paign.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

You may have observed that 1T is
the liquor interests which find the
most fault with prohibition.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Rats in the Trenches,

AS rat catchers in the trenches nc
animal, not even the ferret, can com
pete with the terriers and spaniels that
have been taken to the front in large
numbers by the French. Some months
ago an army order announced that each
soldier fetching rat-catching dog &c
the trenches would be entitled to twC
extra days leave on his next permis
sion, and since then nearly every mar
going back to the front has taken q
dog Of some description with him. Be
sides the two days leave the owner OF
the dog is entitled to five centimes OF
one sou for each rat that his dog kills
and it is said that some soldiers have
made n good thing out of this as
"side line"
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's DiapepSin" cures sick,
sour StomaChs in five minutes
Time III

Really does" put bad stomachs In
order-"really does" overcome indiges.
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes-that-Just
that-makes Papes Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator In the
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste, re.
member the moment "Papes Diapep
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvellous, and
the Joy is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's Dia
pepsin will give you a hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom'
achs regulated. 1t belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
In case of sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Ady
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Il 'CASCARETS"' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiouSneSs,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.


Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
He Wouldn't Pay.

Maj. ]. A. Ryan of the Fifth cavalry,
u. S. A., is responsible for the follow
ing story:
"A young couple from the rural dis
trict came to a city minister to be mar
'ried. The young fellow found that he
did not have enough money with which
TO pay the marriage fee. He promised,
however, to pay him in potatoes when
they were ready for digging.
1.-THE minister waited for some time,
but the potatoes were not forthcoming.
One morning, being near the young
mans farm, he called and inquired
the reason.
"Well, to tell you the truth, par
son. said the farmer, I'd like to give
you the potatoes, but she amt worth
t.'"-Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Graves of European Soldiers.

In the first months of the war man
was commonly buried close to the
place where he fell. Wherever there
has been hard fighting there are many
low crosses sticking out Of the ground
in the fields, In cottage gardens, In
corners of farmyards and orchards
even on roadside strips Of grass
Where the ground has changed hands
good deal you may see, quite close
the gabied cross of the Germans with
"Hler ruht In Gott' UIcre rests IN
God), and the beaded wire wreath OF
the French with "Mort pour Ia France
(Dled for Franco, and the paln lined
cross Of the English sin loving memory
Of one or more officers and men.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Good Resulting From War.

Carlyle has said somewhere that civ.
illzation rides on a gun carriage. So
does the genius Of public health. The
Spanish war initiated, through its medi'
cal officers, another war-the one with
yellow fever. The battle against ty-
phold was waged more vigorously and
Systematically In the American army
than anywhere else. The building OF
the Panama canal, largely for naval
purposes, completed the conquest OF
both yellow fever and typhoid. The
number of lives which have been and
will be saved by these two victories Of
science undoubtedly exceeds many
times all the losses of the present war
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love skinner's Maearonl
and Spaghetti because Of its delicious
taste. Ii is good for them and you
can give them all they want 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co, Omaha, Nebr., for beau
dful cook book. 1t is sent free to
mothers.-Adv.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

have an eight pound baby girl. ] know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman breads. ~ Mrs.
NELLIE FIsHBACK, 1921 Christy Ave-,
Louisville, KY.
Everyone naturally breads the sur.
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing else
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation un-
necessary.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
A Warnina.

"You limit your conversation to AT
occasional COO" commented the eagle.
The dove admitted the fact.
"Well, you'll have to talk a great
deal more than that If you hope to keer
ap your reputation as a peace pro
motor."
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

finished. The doc.
tors said / would
have to be opera
ted on and | simply
brok 9 down. A
friend advised me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's V ege.
table Compound,
and the result is l
feel like a new won.
an. ] am well and
strong, do all my
nxr-,, ho,,oa Uork and
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The system

Take the Old Standard GROVE 5
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
STOP Thai HACKING COUGH.

Mansfield (fOrmerly Hungarian)
Cough Balsam heals the infamed and
lacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for ba-
bies. Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Equal to the Demand.

81 never use any but pasteurized
milk in the city," said the new board
er "can you furnish it?'
"Yes, indeed ~ was the confident re-
ply: "Our COWS re kept in the pasture
all summer."-The Christian Herald.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
A FRIENDS
ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri-
GUS Surgical Operation.

Louisville, Ky.-"For four years I
suffered from female troubles, head
aches, and nervousness. / could not
sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk. If tried to do any work, l
would have TO lie down before it was
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

A woman always thinks she is bet
ter than other women and man
thinks he's no worse than other men.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Natural Result.

"The car / was travelling in was
telescopod In the collision"
"What happened then2
~ saw stars"
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
Its Sort.

"GOod story this about the rattle
snake, wasn't itT'
Yes; rattling good story"
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
In a Novel.

"Well this heroine marries early, /
must say"
"Huh?"
page thirteen"
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

You may notice that when some
men promise you things they always
qualify the promise with great big II.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

The car shops Of one Of the leading
railroad companies Of this country turn
out d box car every six minutes.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

Oil fuel is used to some extent on
no fewer than 40 railroads in the
United States.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

To avense our wrongs costs more
than to protect our rights.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

The chief enemies Of plants in heavy
soils are damp and cold during the
rainy months.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

For genuine comfort and lasting pleas
ure use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day.
All good grocers. ADV.
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS
"Femenina" is the wonder worker for all
female disorders Price 81 90 and soc. Adv
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24
DROPS NOBLE TASK
AMERICA CAN'T LONGER KEEP
WATCH OVER WELFARE OF
soNERs OF WAR.
HAS DONE THE WORK WELL
With Prospect Of other Neutrsls Fol-
lowing Its Lead, What Nation VIII
Guard the Interests Of Those Un-
fortunates?
By GEORGE CLINTON.

Washington.-In the stress of events
accompanying and following the break
ing off of diplomatic relations between
the United States and Germany, has
anyone thought of what the severing OF
the bonds between the two countries
means to hundreds of thousands per-
haps millions Of prisoners of war?
1t Is within my knowledge that the
German government has been not only
satisfied but gratified at the manner in
which the wants of the German pris-
oners in Great Britain and in France
have been safeguarded by the Ameri-
cans connected with our cOuntry's en-
bassias In the two countries whose du-
ties included the oversight of the men
taken on the field of battle, later to
enter the camplike prisons of France
and of England.
America, until Saturday, had in her
charge the welfare of perhaps a mil
lion prisoners Of war in Russia, of an
other 100000 in France, of 10000 in the
British isles and of hundreds of thou
sands in the German empire.
Not only did the members of the
American embassies in these countries
keep watch over the welfare Of the
prisoners in the permanent camps OF
the different countries, but on occasion
they travelled to the different fighting
fronts there to observe the treatment
which was accorded prisoners, newly
taken IN battle, while they were on
their guarded way to the temporary
internment camps at the rear of the
limos
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24

whatever they chose concerning the
supposed intention Of the admlnlstra-
The Harrison times., 1917-02-24


The members Of these organizations
desire that Il building to be approved
by the fine arts commission shall be
erected in the capital and that In 1t
there shall be shown at all times and
at all seasons the products Of the fields
and Of the factories Of the different
states. II Is intended to make 1t an
educational exhibit and at the same
time to set forth the advantages Of this
state or that state for those who de-
sire to enter into business or TO ac-
qulre land for farming or other pur-
poses
It is expected that this subject Of
what might be called states building
will be discussed at the convention Of
the governors OF the states which has
been called by the Federation of Cltl-
zens' associations of Washington and
which will meet here the day following
inauguration day. 1t Is expected that
congress will be asked to furnish the
money to buy the site for this great
building. It Is probable that the struc-
ure Itself will be erected by funds con-
trIbuted by the states which enter into
the project and which expect to benefit
thereby.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
EXPRESS OFFICE
ENTERED LAST NIGHT
Burglars Take Whiskey. Beer, Bundle
and Old CoinS-Glass Broken Out
of South End Door.

The Office Of the American Express
company in the south end of the new
railroad station was burglarizcd some
time last night. Two quarts Of whis-
key, four bottles of beer, the contents
OF 4 bundle that probably was clothing,
some old coins and a dozen mutilatcd
pennies constituted the booty known
to have been taken. \ trunk in the
office was pried open and it may be
that something was taken from that.
The owner is to make an inspection,
The desk of Agent Il. NJ. Stone was
pricd open, but nothing Of value was
taken. An effort to pry open one mon
ley drawer was unsuccessful. The other
was unlocked and only a few pennies
were taken from that, and 100 two-ccnt
stamps were left untouched.
One light Of glass III the door at the
south end Of the station which opens
into the express office was broken out
and entrance gained in that way \
small scrcwdriver in the office was uset
to prv open the desk and trunk. The
break was reported to the authorities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
ROOSENELTS NAME
A LEGENDARY POWER
Former Premier of France Appeals to
Wilson to Send T. r. Overseas
Immediately

PARIS, Mav 2s.-Former Premier
Clcmeneeau in an open letter to Prcsi-
dent Wilson, printed in his paper,
l. Homme Enchaine, appeals to the
President to send over Col. Roosevelt
and his companions. NJ Clemenceau
IN part;
I'm invaded France at the present
hour there is a name which represents
10y / know not what force OF intuition
the beauty OF American intervention.
1t is that of Roosevelt. Whatever may
be the reasons. and without attempting
to analyze the phenomenon, ! yield to
the impcrious need to tell you that the
name of Roosevelt has in our country
at this time an enormous power. II
would he an enormous error in any view
10 neglect a force which everything
urges US to make use of as soon as pos
siblc While HoH have learned thai
the first American unit has arrived at
the front and with what zest generals
Il and privatcs saluted the noble, starred
banner, however, you should know. Mr.
/ President, that more than enc stout
rhc>roncd poilu said to his conrad,
| in au astonished voice but where !:
! Roosevelt | don t See him
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
FISH DAY TODAY IN
MUNICIPAL COURT
Merrill Dodge and Abbott B. Richmond
Each Fined S25 and Costs-Short
Salmon at luther Raves.

1t was fish day i'll the municipal court
today Merrill Dodge, who was charged
some time ago by Game Warden +. II.
Mctchalf with having caught short
trout, pleaded guilty in the municipal
court before Judge 4. L. Cudworth to
having caught three short ones. lie was
fined SO and costs, which he arranged
to pay. Harold L. Whitney was his
counsel.
Abbott b. Richmond, III the watering
trough on whose farm those trout were
found, pleaded guilty to having had III
his possession three short trout. lie paid
ia fine Of 80 and costs. O. b. Hughes
was his attorney.
Dodge had worked for Mr.. Richmond
and had been discharged The fish
were found in the trough by the ward
Ell.
Luther Kaye appeared in court te
see what disposition would lie made q
a tandlocked salmon that was under the
required legal length Of Is inches 'fhC
fish was found in his home late las
night hy Deputy Sheriff T. l.. WellmaI
and Game Warden Metcalf, who wer,
armed with Il search warrant. The dis
position Of this ease was held over unit
] this afternoon. State IS Attorney W. r
/ Daley appeared for the state in al
these eases.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
HUNDREDS DIE:
IN TORNADOES
Seven States in South and
Middle West Suffer
From Storms
DESTRUCTION BEGAN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Last i'll Series Started Yesterday and
Swept from Illinois into Kentucky,
Arkansas. Tennessee and Alabama =
Crops on Thousands of Acres Ruined

Toluadoes during the last three days
in seven states Of the middle west and
the south have killed nearly 25o people,
injured more than 200, wrecked thou
sands OF houses, killed hundreds of head
of live stock and devastated many
thousands of acres OF growing crops,
according to summaries carlr today.
The latest in the series of tJrnadoes
started Sunday afternoon apparently in
the vicinity OF Wilisville in south
western Illinois, swept southward
across the Ohio river into Kentucky,
down the Mississippi into Arkansas aud
Tennessee and finally vcered eastward
toward Alabama where the storm ap-
Iparcutlv spent itself.
The dead in the southern states was
roughly estimated at leo and the injured
at several hundred. Only meagre ne
ports of the loss of life and the prop
rrtv damage have been received.
The destruction began Friday III An
dale. Kansas, where 26 people were
killed and Gu injured. Late Saturdas
( a tWisttr. probably the most severe et
the series. struck the rich corn belt ot
central Illinois. killing II persons ane
/ Iinjuring 500 in Mattoou. At Charles
| ton, near Mattoon. 81 were killed ans
/ $50 injured. The property damage II
/ the two cities is estimated at + 100000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
MADE MAIDEN SPEECH.
Representative Rankin Of Montana Gets
Big Ovation After First Effort

WASHINGTON, May Is Rcprescn-
tatiyc Rankin of Montana made her
maiden speech on the floor Of .he house
today and incidentally won her initial
fight. She succeeded III amending b. Il
unanimous vote III the committee Of
the whole the food bill 50 as to provide
that III making the proposed food survey
the services Of women shall be used III 50
far as practicable.
Tremendous applause greeted Miss
Rankin when She arose to speak and
when she concluded members poured
from cloak room and Hobbies 10 hear her
speech and she had the largest audience
that has attended any session on the
food bill
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-28
FLAG UNFURLED AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Most of Exercises Held Inside on Ac-
count of Rain = Address Last
Evening on America at War.

The exercises at the First Baptist
church, yesterday in connection with
the unfurling Of the new flag were
seriously iDtcrfered with b4 the rain.
With the exception Of the raising Of
the flag and the singing Of The Star
Spangled Banner the exercises were
I'LL held in the church.
The address by CAPT. Gibson was in
spiring and uplifting and received
commcudation from the large audience
that assembled.
The flag measures 10 feet by Is feet
and is notable addition to the patri-
otc demonstration of Main street
The address by Rev. Mr. Tomkinson
Sunday evening on America at War
was oae Of the best that he has ever
delivered. In connection Herewith lie
narrated his experience in various
cities within the last few weeks and
made an especial reference to his in
tcrviews in Toronto last week with
prominent Canadian officials and aIso
with many Of the wounded and per
mancntly crippled militiamcn from the
trenches.
The description of the various phases
| Of inyalidism was most vivid and
stirring and the consequent appeals
for the expression of the highest type
of patriotism were very impressive
| In connection Herewith, it being
/ Red Cross day, he very strenuously
urged much greater activity on tht
part of all in the furnishing of Tho
Ineedcd supplies for the Red Cross Of
feials at the front in oracr that tin
wounded might be efficiently cared fo
and not be subjected to the dangers ot
septic poison if wounds were dressee
under improper conditions.
Mr. Tomkinson also made "A specia
plea for the support aud reinforcing o
the Y. VI. e. \. work at the trout, lay
ing especial emphasis on the tremcn
dous temptations to immortality whici
were surrounding and would surroun,
the young militiamen after they wen
to the front,