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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-04-11
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Last Monday night at Ovid County
Agent W. J. OFT held a grasshopper
meeting The pest district. commit
tees were nearly all present. The re-
ports were favorable, there being only
few men who have not completed
their work thus far.
Rev. W. D. Waller of Longmont,
Colo, has resigned his pastorate at
that place subject to call to be ac-
cepted in y. NJ. C. A. work in France.
Rev. Waller will be remembered as
having formerly been pastor of the
Methodist church in this city.
George W. Stanford and family, who
recently moved here from Fremont.
Ncbr. this week disposed of his farrl
and improvements on the south table
and expect to soon ship their house
hold goods back to their former home
at Fremont in the near future.
4. J. and E. R. Beckman returned
Monday moVing from Elm Creek, Ne
braska, where they were called on last
Thursday on account of the illness of
their mother, Mrs. Maria Soderlund.
They arrived at her bedside at 2:3O a.
m. and at s:45 a. m. she died, cause
of death being old age, she being aged
70 years and 9 months. She was bur
led in Williamsburg cemetery, about
three hundred friends paying the last
sad rites. She leaves to mourn her
loss four sons, two from the first un-
ion, A. ]. and f. R. Beckman and
two from the second union, C. V. and
+. O. Soderlund of Elm Creek. The
Grit-Advocate extends sympathy to
tho bereaved ones.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
MAKE CLEAN UP CONTINUOUS
Campaign Should Last as Long as
There Is Rubbish to Be Removed
or Painting to Be Done.

Don't call it Clean Up and Paint
Up "week" or, worse yet day." so
redolent of the annual, bath. 1t Is
what it's name implies-a campaign
for cleaning and painting; and cam
paigns be 1t noted, are continuous
things; they continue just as long as
there is anything worth campaigning
for; and in the Clean Up, and Paint
Up line eternal vigilance and industry
are the price of liberty from dirt and
disorder.
A real Clean Up and Paint Up cam
paign does not stop in week, month";
or season unless the town or COM
munity has reached the point where
1t can clean up and keep clean.
Hardly any phase of the Clean Up
and Paint Up work except street and
alley cleaning, can be more than fairly
started in six days. Local campaign
leaders in many cities have the right
idea as shown In the name adopted in
st. Louis in which something Is do
ing" every month in the year under
the auspices of the st. Louis "Continu-
Gus Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign
association"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
Here is a Hero.

1t isn't what a soldier does that
makes him a hero. 1t Is what he is.
The heroism is in him before there
is any chance to show it.
And so, it wasn't necessary for
to battle with the Prussians and die
that Ohio boy, now in France, to be
brave under fire to show the stuff he
is made Of This boys father has
been serving term in the Ohio state
penitentiary, with year yet to
serve.
The son wrote the governor of
Ohio that he was willing to die for
his country and that he would go in
happy if his father were pardoned to
take care of his mother. Governor
Cox Immediately cabled the word
"Pardoned."
Thru false modesty the boys name
has been withheld. 1t should be
made public. Any father and mother
with a son like that should realize
that the fathers crime is atoned in
the sacrifice and the overwhelming
soIicitude of the soldier who could
die happy If his mother were provid-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
TWO TYPES OF MERCHANTS.
Some Who Will Neve~ Consider IN
Advertising Proposition.

In every community YOU will find
some merchants who would never
consider any kind of an advertising
proposition. 1t is a matter of tenn
permanent and grows out of a mans
personal characteristics. not from
business circumstances or local con-
ditions.
1t is the nature of some men to
take what comes naturally and let
the rest go. They are built of the
LET well enough alone" policy.
They run along in the same rut year
after year. These people rarely ad-
vertise. 1t is not the desire of the
Public Opinion to say word against
them. Many of them are very honor
able, faithful, and reliable men.
But they lack the spirit of enterprise
and hustle, without which NO BUSH
ness can permanently hold its grip
in these times.
Other men are always reaching
for bigger and better things. They
are not satisfied with holding the
same trade year after year. They
are always reaching out for more.
The newspaper does not have to use
any long winded arguments to con
vince such men about advertising.
They believe in it already. The only
thing is for the solicitor to convince
them that his particular proposition
is sound and worth the money he
asks.
The advertising merchant is the
best one for the public to patron
iZe, because of the temper and
characteristics revealed by the fact
that he does advertise. This shows
that he is not satisfied with things as
they always were. The same spirit
of enterprise that urges him to seek
new trade by advertising, leads him
to seek better bargains, higher val
ues, and more satisfactory service.
So if our readers wish to know
what merchants can fairly be ex-
pected to give them the most for
their money, in quality, style, ser
vice and price, they can do no better
than to make up list of the mer-
chants that advertise in the Public
opinion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
PUTS 100000 IN
FIRST CLASS FOR DRAFT
Provost Marshal General Crowder
Lays Plans for a Rapid Increase
in the Army.
IMPROBABLE CALLS WILL
GO OUTSIDE HIGHEST CLASS
Youths Reaching Fl Years Believed
at Least 30 Per Cent VIII be
Placed IN Glass One.

Washington, d. c., April 22-Un-
der the classification of men for Sc
lective draft service Provost Marshal
General Crowder has advised the
senate military committee approxi-
mately 100000 will be placed in
class 1, from which, it is expected,
all future calls will be taken. These
100000, according to Gen. Crow
der, are exclusive of between $780,
600 and 100000 more annually.
it is estimated who will be made
subject to military duty under the
bill now in congress subjecting to
registration youths reaching their
majority.
From the 100000 men in class
NEARLY 20 Fer cent of the total
registration in the country-and
the additional number secured by
new legislation. Gen. Crowder has
advised senator's that it will be i'm
probable that calls will go outside
of the highest class. OF youths
reaching 81 years OF age, under the
new legislation, it is believed that at
least 80 per cent will be placed in
class 1.
Plans for the new draft, Gen.
Crowder has advised the senate COM
mittee, are somewhat unsettled by
the house amendment to the senate
bill, changing basis of quotas from
state populations to the number Of
men in class l., Which would give
credit to states for all men previous
ly furnished by voluntary enlistment
or draft.
Operation of the house amendment
according to Gen. Crowder, would
cause much inequality between states
in the new draft. Agricultural
states. he has advised the COM
mittee, would have to furnish the
largest quotas. and it is doubted
whether this would be advisable in
view of necessity for undiminished
food production.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
LAST CALL FOR SEED CORN. :
Notice to All Concerned Wanting
Seed Corn.

i. Please notify the County
Agent through your school district
census reporter within three days
after the date of this paper how
much seed corn you must secure
through Farm Bureau aid. 1t is
now necessary to know definitely.
what is wanted.
2, Every farmer is urged to use
his own seed corn or that grown
in the neighborhood in 1916 or
1917, and a great many farmers
can do this successfully if they will
exercise sufficient care in testing
the seed. On a good many farms,
better seed for home use can be
selected from "a crib testing as low
as 200, than can be Imported from
any other section. If it is necessary
to buy seed it should not be used
until you have made your own test
and satisfied yourself that it is bet
ter than what you could provide
from your own crib or in your vici-
nifty.
3. These are war measures OF
great Importance. We will win in
the fight for great corn crop if
each one will do his full duty for
himself and then cooperate for the
benefit of others. And winning
the corn fight this year will be a
big help toward winning the bigger
fight cover there.
4. We have inspected a great
many cribs of 1916 and 1917 corn.
We have some that will make good
seed corn. We have other cribs
still to inspect and test out We
have calls for crib corn for seed
purposes outside the county We
must supply our own county first.
We must help our neighboring
counties If we can. In order to do
this we must know what we need
we must know what surplus there
will be.
3. Anyone, everyone, is urged to
consider 1t his or her patriotic duty
to deliver the above message. to
anyone, everywhere at this time Of
dire Importance and to assist any
one at any time and all times II
making the single ear tests of al
available corn that may be made
fit for seed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
CLEANNESS SAVES
FROM FIRE DANGER
Clean Up and Paint Up Cam.
paigns Reduce Risks and In
SuranCe Rates.
SHOULD MOVE ALL RUBBISH
Greatest CONGREGATIONS, Which Start
From the Smallest Blazes Can
be Avoided by Precaution-
Denvers Don'ts.

The Clean Up and Paint Up cam
paign reduces fire insurance rates and
fire losses. In one year the campaign
reduced Cincinnati's annual fire insur-
ance premiums over 100000. In his
proclamation of last year, John L.
Winship, Michigan State Fire Marshal,
said: THE average annual American
fire loss for the last ten years period
was $230,O0O,000. This is $63O,OOO
each day, $4,000 each hour, or $500
each minute"
The annual loss through lack of
painting is greater than the annual
loss by fire. Cleaning up and paint
ing is long step toward fire proven
ton. This ribs homes and business
houses of Accommodations of rubbish
that are liable to start fires and are
menaces to community. Remember
that all fires are the same size at the
start At the same time, the alleys
should be cleaned; fences and sheds
should be repaired; vacant lots should
be cleaned and tin cans, paper and
dead weeds removed. at
M, Denver's List of Don'ts.
Hartford, Conn.,, instituted a clean
up and paint up campaign and then
it stayed clean. The following year
the fire loss was reduced $4,000 and
the death rate was reduced 5 per cent.
The result in Boston was that the
following year there were 1,OoS' fewer
fire alarms and, from health stand
point, it was declared to be the best
year in the history of the city.
The Denver Clean Up and Paint Up
campaign committee distributed an
effective fire prevention circular; the
"dont's" can well be followed by every
citizen in every community
do not permit rubbish, greasy rags,
paper and useless waste to accumulate
in or around buildings.
do not allow matches kept In your
homes, offices and stores in other than
metal boxes. Use safety matches.
no not allow children under ten
y years Vi age W uSt uldlSlicS.
''Do not use lamps and lamp burners
that are not clean.
do not forget to clean your chin
ney and stove pipes occasionally.
do not tamper with or extend cleo
tric wires; employ an electrician.
''Do not keep gasoline in other than
alright cans painted red.
do not fill tank Of gasoline stove
when lighted and by daylight only.
Rubber Gas Tube Dangerous.
''Do not permit rubber tube con-
nectiOn to gas stove.
do not empty ashes in other than
metal cans.
do not carelessly throw cigar and
cigarette stubs where they could cause
fire.
do not permit the, use of wood Gus
pidOrs.
do not fail to warn your children
Of the dangerous bOnfires."
Most preventable fires originate in
neglected rubbish, in back yards, at.
tics, cellars, etc. Clean Up and Paint
Up-make your home and community
sanitary heautiful and safe
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
S15,0o0,OOo SPENT
ON IOWA ROADS
A Large Sum Devoted to Highways
And Bridges During the Past
Year
MUCH PERMANENT
WORK PUT IN
The Bridges and Culverts Cost
S1,446,.9.. The Permanent
Work Done Meets Much
Favor

Ames, April 29-Roads and
bridge building and repairing cost
Iowa more than $15,000,000 last
year according to the official figures
issued by the Iowa state highway
commission.
Roads-county and township
cost S7,72S,670 and bridges and cul-
verts cost making a
total of SIS, 195,467.
Nearly one-third of this amount
was spent in permanent work. That
IS, work that will last for years
such as cutting down hills, making
fills, building grades and establish
ing drainage districts.
Last years expenditures were big
ger by $S2S,420 than 1916 and
nearly one-third bigger than years
, ago.
Possibly the most surprising and
unexpected development is the fact
that the total of $4,140,340 spent
on township roads, 1914 per cent or
$47S,771, nearly a half million
dollars, went for strictly permanent
work, while an additional 17.6 per
cent or $6S3,470, more than two
thirds of a million dollars more,
went for equipment and unused ma
terial, and for filling bridges and
culverts-expenditu of more or
less permanent and satisfactory ma
ture.
An additional 1873 per cent, or
$496,751, was expended almost en-
tirely for blade grader work, putting
the road to standard cross-section.
No class of road work shows
greater or more satisfactory results
for the money expended.
1t can be said with absolute fair
ness that 42.9 per cent of the town
ship expenditures went for work
of a more or less permanent char
acter and of very satisfactory ma
ture.
1t is not too much to expect,
judging from increasing favorable
attitude of township trustees. toward
larger expenditures for more per-
manent types of work, that the sea-
son of 1918 may see this proportion
raised to at least SO per cent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01

ed for
1t seems like this pathetic story
should melt the heart even of the
kaiser himself, says the Hampton
Chronicle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
WOMEN PAST 40 EFFICIENT.
Prove They Are Capable of Filling
Place i'm Industrial World.

Chicago, Feb. 35.-Womea past
the forty year mark are being given
their place in the industrial sun and
daily are disprovilg the statement
that they are incapable of filling i'm
portant positions. Miss Florence
Sehee, head of the bureau of employ
ment of the womals committee,
state council Of defense, is demon
'stratirtg in Chicago by replacing
men and young women in various
commercial and Industrial activities
with women past the two score
mark. The success with which these
women fill the positions is being at
tested, Miss Schee stated, ir, the
numerous testimonials of employers
and the steady increasing demand
for these women.
Miss Schee is specializing in plac-
ing women past 40 AID untrairnd in
commercial fields. Out of five hun
dred given employment only 15 have
failed to qualify, said Miss Schee.
Testifyi1g to the success of this
class of employees in commercial
work, is the following letter made
public by Miss Schee:
I'VE find that the women you
have recommended are far better
than we have ever had. They are
extremely conscientious and they
have a sense of loyalty to their work
and their employer that ore rarely
finds among their younger sisters.
We will take all we can get"
Il think it is ridiculous to say
that the unframed, unattached
woman, who has passed the age OF
40, can not take her place in the in
dustrial world" Miss Schee said.
when this type Of woman first be-
gan to apply for positions here we
asked employers to take her, il for
no other than patriotic reasons
But row we are receiving letters
daily in which heads of firms tell us
that these women are just as salts
factory and in many cases even more
so, thar men or younger women
They tell us that they are just as
efficient, aid more faithful ant
steady than the iothers.
The contentious that there was M
place for unframed women past AZ
was made recently at meeting o
the employment committee mem
bers. 1t was argued then that you'll
and training are essential to sue
cessful competition under eyistins
conditions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01

Lightning travels nearly mil
lion times faster than thunder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01

Lightning does not generate heat
in its path unless INSTRUCTED.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
time TO START Big
CLEAN UP CRUSADE
National Bureau Is Helping Thou
sands of Communities Push
the Attack.
READY FOR THE ONSLAUGHT
Headquarters o? Great Organization,
in Operation Five Years, Promotes
Cleanliness, Comeiiness, Cheer
mess and Conservation.

"Clean up and paint up"
Don't you hear the call?
Indoors and outdoors
Work for each and all!
Clean house-and paint house.
White or brown or red;
Tidy up the back yard
And paint up the shed;
Burn the alley rubbish:
Send the tin can hence
After that-the thought Is rich!-
Fix that alley fence
'Clean Up and Paint Up the Nation
al Capital" shouted Washington
newspaper in type that was spread all
over the top of a page, just few days
after Congress accepted Germany's
spring cleaning and painting cam
paign," added the same journal, in type
somewhat more subdued in tone. All
Washington heard the call and needed.
1t was the national capitals call to
arms. Everybody volunteered. There
was no age limit in either direction.
Nobody was rejected because of defec-
tive teeth, ingrOwing tOe-nails, strabis-
mus or hOusemaid's knee. The big army
mObilized overnight. 1t armed itself
broomsticks in hand, brushes ditto,
scrub-cloths, soap, water, rakes, paint
cans and buckets! '
No Lack of Preparedness.
Washington did not get it's orders
from the White House or from the big
building under the gilded dome mt the
top of Pennsylvania avenue. The ma
tion's capital took it's cue for this
campaign from middle Western city
st. Louis headquarters of the Nation
al Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign
bureau. There was no lack of prepar-
edness, for the bureau had been in OPP
erdtion five years. 1t was simply call
to mobilization. A similar mobiliza-
ton of local forces is taking place
right now in thousands of other COM
munities throughout the land-to pro
mote cleanliness, comeliness, cheeri-
ness and conservation.
This American national campaign
is an annual affair. 1t may be called
perennial, for somewhere 1t is going
on all the time. According to climate,
weather, local conditions it is control
led and carried ON. 1t is n modern cru
SADIE, Hometown being the Holy City
and every good citizen being Rich
ard Occur de Leon, lion-hearted
knight armed cap-a-pie with a rake
and paintbrush, mop and yarnish can
There Are Many Advantages.
Through this nationwide movement
health is being conserved, the sick
list is being shortened, the death rate
Is being lowered. Through 1t the
owners Of city and town property are
getting lower rates of insurance, for
it Is fire-prevention propaganda as
well as a crusade against dirt and d.
sease. Property values are increased
by this salutary work. Dwellings and
apartments and flats which are made
and kept clean and vanished and
painted to spick-and-span effect sell or
rent more readily than when left I'M
tidy and going to wrack and ruin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
WANT COLUMN.

Rates--One Cent per WORD Moth
Ing less than ten cents.
"...'."..r.,".".",,D"D'.". "",,.."S.e,s@r.s%.-.
FOR RENT--Modern residence on
Main st. after May 1st. Enquire
F. S. Thune, phone, Standard
phone. 17-4w.pd
WANTED-Girl at st. Cloud Cafe.
17-1w.
FOR RENT-Good residence; also
three goods lots, if desired Thos
Rossley, DEBORAH. 17-2w-pd
FOR RENT-Modern downstairs
fiat, 70S East Broadway. Also
several rooms upstairs if desired.
Phone Red 264. Mrs. Ella NARROW
Hicks. 17-2w.
FOR SALE-Single buggy, split
hickory leather top, head lights,
used less than a dozen times, also
an older buggy, single harness
set leather fly nets, extra shafts
and pole. sos E. Main st. Tiff.
LOST-Auto plate, No. 203621.
Finder will please leave at this
Office. 80 INV.
EGGS FOR HATCHTNG--From thor
oughbred Single Comb r. /. Reds,
Bean Strain Also thoroughbred
Ancona eggs for Matching. For in
formation call phone 81 or White
$50, or at Hanson e. Jansen's
store. Ed. H. Hanson? Z ~ 1872
FOR RENT-A convenient fiat. Call
in morning. Mrs. Griswold, Wash
ington ST. 15-tf
MONEY TO LOAN--On first real es-
tate mortgages. E. H. ministers,
DEBORAH, Iowa. 15-tf
FOR SALE-Thorough Ancona
eggs for Matching. D. E. Reed. En-
quire at Reed & Lemons, Decor
ah. 14-tf
rKEE-Earth for filling. Enquire
Miss davidson, 404 Jefferson st.
13-tf
FOR SALE-A stack of clover hay.
Archie Hoyt, Route a. 13-tf
FOR SALE-One Ford roadster, in
first-class condition, practically
new tires, $175, if taken at once.
McCall's Garage, DEBORAH. l2-tf.
FOR SALE-Used Ford car. Run lit
tie over 5000 miles. Bargain ii
taken at once. Call at O'Neil &
Olsops blacksmith shop. Att
WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Would prefer one who
would room out. Mrs. T. T. Hen
ming 313 Day street 15-tf
BOY WANTED-Bindery depart
ment Lutheran Publishing House.
Must be over 16 years old. 15tf
FOR RENT-Dr. Swezey's office of
three rooms and two closets, also
some office furniture for sale.
Mrs A. j. SweZey 16tf.
FOR SALE-A three burner gas
stove, oven and boiler in fine con-
dition Phone Red 448. 16-tf.
FOR RENT-Six room brick house
in good neighborhood now oc-
cupied by Ed. Stoddard at sos
East Main St., City gas, electric
light, city water, new paper and
paint. Newly cemented cellar
cement walks and curbing. All
recently repaired and put in first
class condition. B. H. Adams.
Agt. Phone No. 13 or Blue 2S5.
17-tf.
W Notwithstanding TO do at
home. Mrs. G. w. Payne, 7O3
Mechanic st. - 17-2W.-pd
FOR SALE-Barred Plymouth Rock
eggs for Matching. Three dollars
for Is, E. w. Cutting. DEBORAH,
Iowa 1S-lw.
FOR RENT rooms and bath on
1st floor. Modern, central loca-
ton, fine yard. 205 E. Broadway.
1S-1w-pd,
PEKIN DUCk-eggs for Matching.
Phone or write Raymond Kreut-
ter, r. R. 4, DEBORAH, Iowa.
18-1W.
FOR SALE-Furniture, will sell
cheap if taken at once, Inquire
at 507 Mechanic st. 1S-2w.pd.
WANTED-Girl at once. Good Face
for the right girl. Mrs. Chr.
Augustesen, phone IL. rs. SIG.
18-1-pd.
PASTURE-for cattle and horses
for the summer. Enquire at this
office 1S-3W-pd
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-01
Let Us Make Our Town
CIeaneSt in the World

The cleanest town in the world
is the best town to live in. Best
because it is the healthiest. Best |
because it has the fewest fires.
Best because it is the most beau ,
tiful.
This Clean UP, Paint Up cam I
paign reduces fire insurance
rates and fire loss; 1T increases ,
property values; makes gardens
of vacant lots; removes unsafe
buildings; swats the fly; devel-
ops school and home gardens;
makes cleaner alleys, yards and
homes educates children in fire
prevention and clean up meas
ures; plants trees, removes rub
bish; makes more attractive and
safer homes and places of bus
mess. 1t develops commune
ty spirit that permanently en-
sures a cleaner, safer. healthier
and more beautiful city.
Willing cooperation in this
work will accomplish wonders
magic transformation of our
city will be the result. 1t will
will you?
Cleanliness Is the best life in
surance. 1t is the best fire In
surance.