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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
OUR RED CROSS PIG CLUB.
Nice Notice Appeared in Last Thurs
days Chicago Tribune.

That the Winneshiek County
Red Cross Pig Club Is getting rec0g-
milton over the country will be
noted by the following from the
Chicago Tribune:
"Winneshiek county. Iowa, has
organized a Red Cross Pig club to
operate under the Red Cross COM
mittee of that county. The farmers
propose to help the Red Cross by
each donating pig, and before the
movement is hardly started there
have been pledged 29O porkers.
There will be 200 solicitors, all
farmers, working in the county.
Each farmer will have three sections
Of land to visit. 1t is not known how
many pigs there may be in Winnie
shiek county, but the Red Cross is
going to get lot of them.
Each farmer will keep his own
Red Cross pig until fall, at which
time carload shipments will be made.
The committee is not resting with
it's pig campaign. For the coming
winter the executive committee Is
asking other people. not in posi-
tion to give and care for pig, to
make monthly contributions of SIS
and up"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03

A mother in Chicago had her
son arrested for evading the draft.
She didn't raise her boy to be .
Stacker. -. ,tA ,zey1a
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Somewhere IN France,
June 8, 1918.

q
June 8. 1918.
Ny Dear Mother and All:
Az we are out of the trenches
again will try and write a few
lines. Everything was all o. X. this
time except the first three days I had
trench fever pretty bad. but stuck
to my post until / got better. Quite
. few OF the boys had to leave the
trenches and 60 to the hospital for
= few days. The Germans tried to
gas us d couple of times. but as luck
would have 1t they didn't get any
Of Us. Well we hiked to the next
village today and took bath. Gee
Il was fine. They have dandy bath
house there. They marched us in
at one end and we undressed and
turned in our clothes and when we
got through washing we got our
clothes at the other end, all steri-
lized: got clean underwear and socks
for our dirty ones. That makes 1t
nice as we hardly have time to do
our own washing.
Wsll ous morning when ~ wers
D centinaed 81 last IN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
Somewhat Reminiscent About the
Times When He Was Printer.
In This Office.
CAN STILL HEAR
SONG OF THE PRESS
Got Gassed Sometime Ago and Was
in the Hospital Getting Well
Again Now
Somewhere in France
June 8, 1918.


Dear Friend Jack:
Just few lines oldtimer to lei
you know that I am we'll and happy
hoping you are the same. Say how
are you and the Meritol getting
along now. That place Of business
got on my nerves, especially when
stood day in and day out feeding
that old press way back in the cor.
Iner. can still hear the ric-bang OF
the machine NOW. But that's a thing
Of the past How are all the boys
Tell them all hello, and if ever gel
back I am going to bump you for a
job. Ha! Ha! Jack you were the
last one l worked for before I wen:
to Charles City and enlisted, SC
that's little for the Public Opinion
understand that Burton Gilman
got in at last; he sure wanted to dc
his bit. didn't he? But Jack France
is no place for this chicken. / LETT
my company in England and have
not been with them since. 1 then
went to the front with another
Organization and got gassed, so ]
I am back getting well again. l
don't think I will ever return to
the 16Sth, as never did like that
outfit.
haven't received but one paper
since came to France. dom
know what .s the matter. / receives
Well I guess have written as much
stuff as I can think Of, so will close,
hoping to hear from you soon.
remain your old printers devil,
Pvt. HENERY w. BLAESS.
1st Corps, Base Div. Depot.
Headqr's Co. A. E. F.
A. p. o. 727.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
RED CROSS PIGS ARE
ROLLING IN FAST
Hundreds Have Signed Up to Give q
Fig to Red Cross Since Our
Last Issue
MANY SECTIONS OF
COUNTY NOT REPORTED
When They are all in Big Train
Load Hogs Will Leave Hero
Next December

The Winneshiek County Red
Cross Pig Club is growing by leaps
and bounds, and is reaching pro-
portions beyond the thoughts of the
most sanguine. We published a
large list of names last week of
those who donated a pig, and this
week a much larger list of new
names is in evidence, and are being
added to daily.
A full list of pig club subscribers
was sent to Treasurer Ben Bear
from o. P. Ode, Calmar, G.. F. Heu-
ser. Spillville and Mark Pouska, Of
Ft. Atkinson, too late to be printed
this week, but will appear in next
weeks papers.
The northern part of the county
is doing fine also. as well as Fre-
mont and Orleans, but returns are
not in yet, and we hope to give a
complete report of their work in the
next issue.
This Red Cross Pig Club will
prove one of the greatest things
any county in the country has done
for the Red Cross. 1t means a huge
sum of money given for a noble
cause by as fine lot of patriotic
sons of America as breathes the air
OF these grand old United States.
Following is the list of subscribers
to the club since our last issue:
II
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
George Payne Sends His Parents
Parachute HD Picked Up One
Night While on PA rOl
Duty
CAN BE SEEN IN
OUR OFFICE WINDOW
Got His First Smell of German
Gas the Other Day. Keeps
His Gas Mask With Him ,
All the Time
Somewhere in France
May 80, 1918

May 80, 1918
Just a few lines to say l am
fine and everything is fine. The
old Alemand has been putting up
a few tricks lately here, but he
has not got anywhere with It yet.
We are in support line and a
couple of nights we had a little
gas, but only had to wear our masks
a short time, as our camp is on a
hill and the gas stays in the low
places. I suppose you are reading
of the new offensive all along the
line. understand that gas Is
their chief weapon in the new al
tack. If fellow is careful and
keeps his mask clean and always
with him. there is not much dan
ger. But of course there aro .,rs
of careless fellows about their
masks. A few nights ago l got
my first smell Of German gas.
always keep my mask with me,
even II they are an awful nuisance.
We have a gold service stripe
now and guess we get blue one
soon. for three straight months
at the front.
There is fellow in our bunch
now by the name of Nat Payne.
While was in CO. E held the
undisputed right to the name
wayne, bus NOT shete. Ammunrud
ts sun the same; hello from MN.
Things must be lot different in
Decorah now alright.
I am sending a souvenir, para
chute from German star fearer,
which I picked up half way across
No Mans Land one night while on
patrol. 1t will interest you all
maybe.
With love. your son,
GEORGE PAYNE.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
With love, your son,
GEORGE PAYNE.
Somewhere in France
June 2. 1918.

Dear Folks:
Your last letter found me o. X.
Hope you all are getting along as
we'll and hope Anna is better. We
have had quite q dry spell here.
The roads. even though they are
all macadamized. are getting some
what dusty. But this kind Of weat-
her suits me a lot better than the
wet kind. We are still up on our
little old warning ground where
we first started. and we are holding
the front line at present. We are
pretty we'll acquainted with the
country around here now. You
see we have been here over three
months. Just like a season for an
old farmer who has three or four
farms and you keep moving back
and forth from one farm to the
other. as we do from first line
back to third, second, etc. sup
pose you read of the big protector
gas attack they gave us here. Gee!
Gas is some stun. Most all the
vegetation is killed, or dried and
withered. 1t killed small ever
greens and withered the leaves on
some trees. Just like a heavy frost
had hit things. To look at some
Of the places you would think fall
was here. You asked me why l
don't number my letters. I started
to, but forgot the last one ! sent
and 80 let tt go.
don't see why you don't get
my insurance policy. But l guess
1T Is alright. as am keeping 1t up
for $3.50 with each month. l sup
pose there are some back in the
states drawing on their policies al
ready. ! suppose things are pretty
high there now. But you ought to
|see the way the French soak US for
grub here. s1.O0 per dozen for
eggs; $1.0O a can for canned fruit,
and SO on. $3.50 for an ordinary
meal. Can the states beat that?
These French towns all boom when
the Americans take them over.
Well guess / will go for"soupy".
1T is $3.50. With love to all, from
your SON
GEO. PAYNE.
p, s.-Here Il : buttsrcup fro..,
|the so-called No Mans Land. It
|wtli make auite ! soueeniz
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03

American farmers have done
their duty by raising fine wheat
crop" says the Cedar Rapids Ga
sette, Nov we can do ours ~ not
eating It,"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-03
HARRY mctAIN TELLS
keuT KILLING HUNS
Came Over ds the American
Lines, Later y. aut Patrol Of
so Men to M Y sem and
the Germans< "a
Routed
AMERICANS LOST "
ONLY ONE MAN
Ga10 He Didn't Have His Shoes on
n the Trenches in all the Time
He Was on Duty in
Trenches
Somewhere in France
MAY 20, 1918

Lear Mother and All:
\ Received your letter a couple OF
days ago. Was glad to hear from
you. I am well and hope you are
the same. The other Decorah boys
are well, except Nick Samuelson. he
has not been feeling we'll for daY
or two, think he has trench fever.
Well we have been up in the front
lines again since / wrote last We
had pretty good luck this time. ex-
cept for losing one of the boys, Carl
Cavins, of Charles City, one of the
old 1st Iowa boys. He was = SER
geant in the old 1st Iowa and was
the first one to drill me after I en-
listed. He mas shot through the
heart by German sniper. l hated
to see him go, as he and l used to
be great friends. The Germans tried
to gas us last night, but failed. A
bunch tried to make raid on US
too. but failed as well. We killed
II that we know of and pretty sure
we got at leas. as many more be-
fore they got back in their trenches.
We got four prisoners. This front
has been pretty dead until lately It
has been getting exceptionally lively.
They have been using quite lot
OF gas this last week. A Co. got
gassed Sunday night. don't know
hows maavsare dsad,s hat Z eaSss
anlte few. This gas is awful. I
zdeoad 1t more than anything else,
because It is deadly. If you get a
good whiff Of it you are a goner.
Believe me carry my gas mask.
You spoke about me writing every
week. but 1t is impossible as we
can't write while we are in the front
line you know. You needn't worry
about me when you don't hear from
me. because when you don't get any
word you know I am all o. X. II
anything should happen you would
know It In q very short time. BY the
way ! got Irene's picture all o. X.
It was fine she looks like q regular
soldier. received q couple of let
ters from Bernice since I have been
back from the front lines. answer
ed them right after received them.
The last one I got from her was
Just 20 days ON the road. One Of
the other boys got letter from his
girl that was on the road only 10
days. ! say that Is going some. You
asked about my insurance policy.
! understand that II you want It you
will have to write IN to Washington
for It. guess you know how much
insurance ! have don't you, its
$4,000 II you don't happen to know.
I haven't any allotment. l have
been keeping my money here in case
Of an emergency. have been loan
ing It to some of the boys. We were
pAld Sunday. That was our April
pay. Well as 1t is getting too dark
70 write. will have to ring OF for
tonight.
Love to all.
HARRY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
~ - y v " y y
BUT TWO VOICES WILL BE HEARD

Who are the people going 10 listen after this
world is over?
win they listen to the fellow who keeps his mouth
shut and hides home nobody will know where he
stands in this struggle for liberty,
win they listen the patriot who is not afraid
to say where he stands and does say SO
When this war is ended-and none doubts that it
viii be ended when the full weight OF our man-power
and wealth is thrown against the enemythere
must inevitably follow social establishments be
pared only and financial reorganization
the world over. New leaders viii have come forward
with courage write into law such measures as
needed guarantee the reconstruction Of this ma
ton anad her associates in the With courage,
moral and physical. born Of conflict. they will continue
the direction public affairs they directed
lions field of battle. There will be no temporiz
ing no halfway evasion. for politics and
partisanship will consideration and recognition
only as they indicate their purpose 10 help and not
hinder
When such comes, anad II will come. surely
as this survives. viii be only voices
the discussion Of how best to proceed. One VIII
be the voice Of him who offered himself the other OF
him who did all he could help in this present
struggle No need fear that they will not be known
The soldiers record. made by his clerk and
historian. viii be better known to his neighbors
friends back home than VIII be the record of those
whose performance is less obscured by intervening dis
lance and the Of battle. The Stacker Of today
viii find public notice and popular opprobrum OF to-
day will escape than Hun machine guns.
The stay-at-home in this may well prepare
to give of himself For should he
succeed deceying his neighbors with American flags
draped about Stacker home; with hurrahs and patri-
song singing, they viii avail him naught when
the pack is cut for the deal lie must then show
the proof Of his loyalty. He have both the
taton and the goods Possession OF less than fair
share of Liberty Bonds, propoItionate to his means
is likely be accepted the best evidence Of his
having failed make genuine sacrifices here ait
home. No stayathome in this crisis, if he expects
exercise influence and participate in issues of state.
again such press solution permit
his fondness for his dollars stand in the way his
unreserved support OF his when such sup
port IS as seriously needed as now His best Did
for public esteem and leadership then. is
found a subscription Liberty bonds, meas
actually to constitute personal Offering
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
UNCERTAINTY pEmoRALlzEs.

The amazing suppression Of casualty particulars
by the department still continues and fills homes
all the land with intense suffering
The Fort Wayne News SAYS
we believe that of intelligence viii ques-
ZION the quality of judgement behind The British mills
atry machine The outbreak OF the found England
With army almost pitful and With IN
infinitely more pitiu facility producing munitions.
Vet England has built up magnificent machine
while she has tremendous sacrifices in conducting
the greatest in history. We say, therefore that
her military judgement well be challenged
Attention is called this because her policy
is radically different from that adopted ay own
government In England the people given he facts
and are given them quickly possible Not only are
casualty lists published but ii is stated just where ac-
tons have taken place. 1t is correctly assumed that
The has eognizance Of All this and thaia with
hold it England. therefore. would be chld play
Yet in the Omitted States casualty lists withheld
the end that hundreds of thousands OF homes are
burdened with anxiety. and o the il this
country given splendid opportunity discon-
tent and disturb national morale by circulating
rumOrs of disaster troops in France.
Give people the honest facts and they Will steel
themselves 10 endure any 1t is the calling
uncertainty that demoralizes and breaks down.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
THE TREASON OF HIDDEN GOLD.

There are some men in America who are ~eaoheing"
their gold
There are few people timd and selfish shat
they are hiding up the yellow metal where they think
4 safe from fire. robbers and requiston by the
government
What folly, As if anything could be safe when
Government is in danger. As if anything be
valuable when Liberty ansd Independence are over
thrown
Every dollar Of American gold that is hidden away
where the American government cannot find it
traitor dollar because it is holding up Dollars
worth Of War Preparation II is helping HohenzolIern
Every American dollar that is not brought out into
light and laid the altar of Liberty in reality,
a handful OF German marks reasonably aiding in the
American democracy and in the overthrow Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12

where he's
BOUND and determined to scratch
If he itches
40 matter where he may be.
VENICE must be delightful place
to live in
YOU never see a IA year old kid there
driving a huge touring car
GOING round a street corner on
three wheels at the rate of 40 miles an
hour.
If some . these oil wells gu.hea
like the
PROSPEcTUSEs their promoters
WE would be able TO take it easy il
We lived TO be 100 years old.
THE ever-joyous Abe Martin
FINDS some of the saloon open but
the bologna
AND the arguments missing.
BIARsHFIELD CWIsD News apollo
eizes TO its readers for telling them
10 set the clock ahead an hour instead
Of setting it back
$ ALL right old chap. anybody tina
lives in a state that
STANDS for Lafollette is excussbIe
for anything
ONCE in while az We
SEEK monasterial seclusion on the
other side of our
! MoAT and portculns
WE feel that soma of these fellows
who think they are invaluable because
they are doing the whole war themselves
SHOULD remember that one Of the
most valuable
ADJUNCTs Of the war
IS a lowly manure spreader and thar
Heaven
WILL bless him for doing his bit
THOUGH he does stink
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
THE PASSING
|sHOw|


THERE is no question in our MIND
THAT the lady eats in our neighbor-
hood
WHO snif scornfully at tie
NEIGHBoR's cat Just out Of the ma
ternity hospital exeitedIy
CHATTER to each other that they
just knew
SHED get into trouble for making
EYES at every man cat she met
CHARLESTON. w. VA. Leader says.
The vessel was chrlstened the Coyote
by Miss Phyllis Hughes she is 27S feet
long with beam Of ten feet
SOME beam for even a West va. gal
THE finest thing about Indiana's go
ing dry. from a standpoint Of this To-
cality. is
THAT we viii never be called upon
again to drink any of that Fort Wayne
beer
PROBABLY the Beasts big gun
KILLED those church women in Paris
while seeking for a Red cross hospital
to lombard.
MIR. HOOVER msy force us to live on
shredded door-mats
BUT he'll have ar awful time forcing
Us
TO keep a pig in the parior.
SOMEHOW the older man gets
HE finally reaches that period OF life
County that I Will be a candidate for
denomination for the office Of County
/ Commissioner for first district. subject
& to the decision Of the republican prl-
maries. May Z.
ais GEORGE o. scHAAF.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
UNloNlzlNc The IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY.

Flushed with victory obtaining shorter hours
and better for employees the packing industry
the Chicago Federation Of Labor crusade
that may have farreaching effects here II proposes
to unionize If 100000 employees in the iron and
steel industry this country. That means an eight
hour day, perhaps different and the right
ganize Some these conditions obtain among smaller
companies The right organize denied by the
steel trust and many large corporations
This declaration probably brings no surprise to
steel magnates They are TOO shrewd men to expect
that sooner or later attempt made to or
ganze their employees. And from the standpoint the
labor unions perhaps better time could be aside
for this purpose
In many respects the steel industry is wholly diff
ferent than It few years I operates
less under the wartime restraint Of the gov.
eminent. The president by congress authority dc
termines the prices il shall charge. The government
has say about its output. is be made who is
to get it, In other ways it is under control In the
future there is the possibility Of temporary gov
eminent control Some senators have insisted the
government permanently taking the industry.
Making huge profits the past few years. steel con
Germs have been disposed voluntarily grant con
tinued wage increases. Yet employers prohted in
a measure that makes the gains Of employees small in
proportion, a condition that has its symptoms unrest
smoothed by the various boosts. So far
there has been no complaint Of inequalities. but
the not perhaps would be heard
about the question or long hours.
At this time S hard to definite what the attitude
of the chief producer will be unionizing
but if is past history i criterion il viii be
ngly opposed % ii Yet in world Of changing ideas
conditions have arisen. When the steel trust was
first organized il contained much water and it had
produce earnings to make this stock worth while to
yield interest it, huge bonded Indebtedness. Work
men. who toed long hours and at decent pay have
through the years lent value 10 these securities and
the world-war period has finally squeezed out
Of them ana given rhem substantial value. ID con
sequence the old Morgan theory keeping labor under
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12

\ young L. s. sailor On shore leave wandered into
a shop in an English and the miss at the
showed him feminine fnery and suggested
it would be nice to send his sweetheart back home.
Hell mo- responded the young I'm going
send her suspender button of the kaisers
a souvenir OF my trip
That young and thousands more Ike him dc
serve the support Of all Of back home.
Buy Liberty bond and back him
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
Republican Ticket.
YoR COUNTY TEEASU hER.

EDITOR HINES:
Please announce through your paper
TO the voters that Roish B. Bradford.
for ten ycars deputy treasurer Of Lake
county. asks ~ be promoted TO treas
urer rho date Of the Republican
primaries is May :. 1913. "a kind word
means little to you. Il means lots to
Brad"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
roR rowNsz1P AssEcooa.

Editor IlAIhs.
please announce my name as candi-
data for the office of Township Assessor
w calumet Township. Lake County. In
diana. on the Republican ticket. subjec.
~ the viii Of the voters at the primaries
~ be held in May 2 1915
a. JOHN AIFADDEN.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-04-12
Lake Cofsrlfy's
Roll of Honor

S0~AO
Lake CouAty's dead In the war
with Germany and Austr4a-Wun-
gary:
ROBERT MARKLEY. Ham
mond; drowned of coast OF New
Jersey. May 20.
DENNIS HARMON. Indiana
Harbor; ptomalne poison. at Fort
Oglethrope. Chattanooga Tenn
June II.
FRANK M'ASLEY. Indiana
FIarbor; killed in France at Bat
tie of Lille. Aug. Is.
ARTHUR BASELEH. Ham
mond: died at Lion Springs. Tex.
Of spinal meningitis. August IS.
JOHN sAMBROOKs. East Chi
cago; killed in France. Sept 1e.
ARTHUR ROBERTSON. Gary:
killed in France, Oct. 81.
LIEUT.. JAMES VAN Alta
Gary: killed at Viny Ridge.
JAMES MAC KNIFE, Gary;
killed at virny Ridge.
DOLPH BIEDZYKI. East Chi
cago; killed In France. Nov. 81.
Z. BURTON HUNDLEY. Gary;
killed In aviation accident At
Taliaferro fields. Everman. Tex
Dec. 1. 1917.
HARRY CUTHBERT LONG,
Indiana Harbor: killed in soci-
dent at Fl. BiisA Texas. Dec. 10.
DERWOOD DICKINSON. Low
ell: died somewhere in France. OF
pneumonia. Dec. IL.
EDWARD c. KOSTBADE. Ho-
bart: killed by explosion in
France. Dec. "a.
THOMAS V. RADCLIFFE,
Gary; killed somewhere in France,
Feb. "a.
FRED SCHMIDT. Crown Point;
died of pneumonia in Brooklyn,
March :, after being on torpedo
ed steamer.
CORPORAL EDWARD N. SUI
LIvAN. Gary: killed somewhere
in France. March g.
MICHAEL STEPICH, whiting;
Camp Taylor; pneumonia. March
IA.
ROBERT AsPIN. Gary; Co. F,
15ist infantry: Camp Shelby. ty-
phoid: March IT.
CLIFFORD E. PETTY. enlisted
at Hammond. Jan. 8. in L. S. cav
airy. Died at Delrio, Tex. April
3
WOUNDED.
ROBERT NJ. BEATTY, Ham
mond. Trench mortar. France.
Feb. 26.
p. A. SPARKS. Highland.
Trench mortar. France. Feb. %.
HENRY BATEMAN. Hammond;
goth engineers. France, April :.