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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
COAL SHORT $4,000, 900 TONS.
And All Due to Lack of Cars to
Move Mine Output.

An estimate that at least 50,000,-
600 more tons of coal than were pro-
duced il 1917 could have been taken
out by miners in the country is con-
tanned in a statement by John L.
Lewis, vice president of the United
Mine Workers of America, made pub
lie
Mr.. Lewis formerly was statistic
ian of the organization. He sent to
all locals in the union a question
naire asking the number of idle days
due to car shortages. Many of the
locals did not have the required in
formation For that reason exact
figures for all coal fields are not
available. Concerning the central
competitive field, the statement says:
"Ohio-Out of a membership of
1858, embraced in the 450 local
unions, SO locals reported. with g.
500 members, loss of time due to car
shortages the equivalent OF 1921,
5SS tons.
"Illinois-Out of a membership
Of $3.50 embraced in 307 local
unions, 3S locals, with 2,137 mem
bers, reported loss Of time due to
car shortages the equivalent of q
314,273 tons.
Pennsylvania (bituminous) -
Cut of a membership of 1892 en-
braced in 422 local unions, A locals,
with a membership of S,762, report
ed loss of time due to car shortage
the equivalent of 1.22S,6OS tons.
'IndiaIa-Out of a membership
of 24,649, embraced in 202 local
unions, 20 locals, with a membership
of 1927, reported lost time due to
car shortage the equivalent of 1923,
315 TONS
The total of 100000 tons was
estimated by Mr.. Lewis by figuring
the average idle time reported, and
applying that figure to the total
membership.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Hen Causes $4,000 Suit.

Iowa City, Feb. 4.-That a little
rid hin" may become as famous in
Iowa courts as the Jones county CALI
case is possible. Levica Mclaughlin
owned hen. 1t disappeared from her
hennery. Now she is sued for So
600 by Mrs. c. T. Wright, as the next
friend of Master Ebert Sager, aged
IA. Mrs. Wright with whom the lad
lives, avows that Levica accused Ell
bert publicly of steal ng the hen. She
brands the accusation as malicious
SANDER.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
GERMANY LIKE SOAP BUBBLE.
Writer From Germany Says Kaiser
and Militarists Are Near End
of String.

Cedar Falls, Ia, Jan. 28.-How
people are forced to work long hours
on very little food, how many Of
LIES necessities are missing and the
dreadiness of conditions in general
are pictured il communication from
Halle, Germany, received by Cedar
Falls people recently. The letter from
Halle, dated Aug. Is, was Struggled
past the censor into Denmark and
finally found its way to America and
to Cedar Falls. The writer is of Dan
ish extraction and a citizen of Ger
many.
Extracts from the letter say:
Everything here looks dreary.
We have almost nothing to eat, moth
ing to drink, no clothes, no shoes, no
socks, and the few things left avail
able are only to be had at eXorbitant
prices. A suit of very poor quality
clothing costs from 200 to 800
marks-from $50 to SIS.
This week we are allowed eight
ty grams of barley grist, five pounds
of potatoes, 900 grams of bread, 90
grams of butter, and on such a bill
of fare we are forced to work from
ten to twelve hours a day. And we
are compelled to work. We are all
Cn1Ainrc in, civilian al n N o,,,f
quit working when we are dissatis-
fed with local conditions and go
somewhere else for employment; we
must stay where we are.
1--WE are without coal or peat bril-
quotes; we have no kerosene, nor
gas; we have no thread for our sew
ing machines, no yarn to mend our
stockings; we have no pork nor lard.
We are getting a little beef-but it
is very little. To make a long story
short, we are practically destitute.
I'VE have not had a drop OF rain
since the middle of July. 1t is not
true that we have a good harvest,
as the newspapers claim. We may get
a fair crop of potatoes, but that is
about all. Our bread is made mostly
of bran mixed with bark and straw.
Germany today is like soap
bubble. They are blowing it up big
ger and bigger, and finally it will
burst. And l hope it will happen
soon.'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
ADVERTISING BEST.
Increased Tendency National Adyer-
tisers to Use Local Papers.

Many national advertisers put
enormous sums of money into adver-
Using in magazines, meanwhile
spending much less in local news
papers.
A study of that situation was re-
Gently made by the advertising man
ager of the Ford Motor Company. He
found that in 81 cities of the United
States, the 149 newspapers had a
total circulation of 100000. In
the same cities, a group of the prin-
cipal leading magazines had but
$4,000 circulation.
This test was of course made in
the larger cities. But similar ratio
would hold good through the coun-
try at large. In any particular COM
munity, the circulation of any one
magazine is but a small fragment of
the population compared with what
the local newspaper gets. 1t is prob
able that the circulation of The Pub
lie Opinion is greater in DEBORAH
than that of all the leading popular
magazines put together.
During recent years there has been
a largely increased tendency for ma
tional advertisers to use tie local
papers. They are beginning to real
ize that that is the only way to get at
any considerable section of the peo-
pie.
Local merchants could get lot of
help on the advertising problem by
putting it up to the statesmen who
come around to represent nationally
advertised goods. If retailers gener-
ally would ask these statesmen to tell
their advertising manager that the
retailers want their goods advertised
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
SEVERAL KINDS OF GIRLS.

A good girl to have-Sal Walton.
A disagreeable girl-Annie Mostly.
A fighting girl-Hittie Maginn.
Not a Christian girl-Hettie Ro-
dexy.
A sweet girl-Carrie Mel.
A very pleasant girl-Jennie Ros-
ity.
A sick girl Sallie Vate.
A smooth girl-Amelia Ration.
A seedy girl-COra Ander.
One of the best girls-Ella Cant.
A clear case of girl-E. Lucy
Date.
A geometrical girl-Rhoda Don
dron.
A musical girl-Sarah Made.
A profound girl-Mettie Physics.
A star girl-Meta Oric.
A clinging girl-Jessie Mine.
A nervous girl-Hester Ical.
A muscular girl-Callie Sthenics.
A lively girl-Annie Nation.
An uncertain girl-Eva Nescent.
A sad girl-Ella G.
A serene girl-MOllie Fly.
A great big girl-Ella Plant.
A warlike girl-Millie Tary.
The best girl of all-Your own.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Rooster Brings $4,000 for Red Cross.

Manson, Ia, Feb. 4.-More than
$4,000 was obtained here at the
Red Cross sale held Saturday and
running over into Sunday. The cold
weather and snowstorm kept a big
crowd away, but the bidding was
spirited and the people We'd with each
other in spending their money. More
than 5000 was netted by the women
On their Saturday dinner and supper
and their Sunday dinner. Layman &
San. the Newell auctioleers, gold
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
almost midnight The bantam rooster.
woodrow Wilson, brought $6,O99.50.
He was bought by Knierim men and
will be sold at their sale next Satur-
day, after which he will be sent on a
tour of the United States until he
has earned 100000 for the Red
Cross work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
China Has Men In France.

New York, Jan. China alrea-
dy has $4,000 men behind the firing
lines in Mesopotamia and France, DR.,
Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador
to this country, said in an address
here today before the chamber OF
commerce of the state of New York.
When the Chinese commissioners now
in the United States return to their
own country, their advice to their
government DR.. Koo said, undouAt-
eddy would result in increased MILL
tary activity. China intends dong
her utmost in this struggle against
autocracy, the ambassador declar'
ed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Stayed With Wife Long Enough to
Get Her to Sign Exemption Claim.

Shenandoah, Iowa, Feb. q
Ralph Hicks, a drafted man
who indicted by the grand
jury for wife desertion has been plac-
ed in the county Jail at Sidney. He
has wife and two children at Ham
burg. 1t is alleged that he abse1ted
himself from them for some time
and only returned to get his wife to
sign his QUESTIONABLE making affi-
davit that he was her only support.
AS soo1 as he secured this he desert
ed her. He was arrested in Council
Bluffs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

in the home paper, great many
advertising managers would supply
the funds for this purpose Many of
them are doing it now. Let retailers
generally take that attitude, and re-
quest this form of cooperation from
the corporation whose goods they
are handling, and they can get lot
of help toward publicity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
NOn-Partisan League Gets Poor In.
PRODUCTION.

The noI-partisan league, which
was conceived and brought forth in
South Dakota and is seeking to estab-
lish itself as an influential national
political organization, was back of
the meeting at st. Paul at which La
Toilette got off that miserably trail
torOus speech, that has brought him
and the meeting in question into such
ignominious disrepute. 1t appears
that this meeting was called ostensi-
bly, so that the leader of the move
ment, Mr.. Townley, could set forth
the economic and political aims OF the
new party. Little was done along this
line. the meeting degenerating into a
ree-for-all denu1ciation of the gov
ernment for having taken sides in the
European struggle. 1t may be that
ths farmers of the Dakotas will stand
for this sort Of propaganda-a politi-
cal wolf in sleeps clothing, but
here's a prediction that 1t will make
mighty slow Roadway in most other
states, where not even farmers are
rated as traitors, and where patrio-
tism is at least at par.-Rockford
Register.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Hog Sells For Big Sum.

Ames, Ia, Feb. 4.-One hog, 1.-THE
Queen of the Chester Whites, "
brought $1,OO5 at the w. T. Barr
Chester White sale. This is believed
to establish a record price for one
hog. The animal was sold to A. G..
Satire of Stanhope There were forty
seven pigs sent into the ring and the
average price for the entire forty
seven was $203.SS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Great Drroc Sire Dead.

Logan, Iowa, Feb. fixing the
Colonel, known as the greatest sire
Of the Duroc breed is dead at the
home of the owner, o. S. Larson, of
Logan, few years ago. Mr.. Lar
son turned down a $4,000 offer for
this hog. II the last fall sale Mr..
Larson realized nearly $4,000 for
the offsprings of this hog. The head
of king the Colonel" will be shipped
to Chicago and mounted in the office
of the Duroc Bulletin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Here is a Good Combination.

If you want good daily paper for
1918, take the Chicago Tribune. n
clubbing with Public Opinion we will
give you both papers for one year
for $5.15. If.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Christian Science Services.

Freeman building, I'd floor. July
20, 1917.
Sunday 10:45 A. M. Subject
Spirit"
Wednesday evening Testimonial
Meetings s O'Clock p. M.
Sunday School, IL o'clock.
Free Reading Room opened from
2 to P. M. daily except Sunday.
A circulating library Of all Mrs.
Eddy's works are also kept at the
reading room.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the church services and visit
the reading room.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

"Just to prove once more that he's
something of politician, the gov
ernor." observes the Waterloo Times
Tribune. has shaken off the support
of Jim Pierce
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

"How fast the years go by" signs
the Cedar Rapids Republican. and
they seem to be going faster and fas-
ter"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06
Three Stages in Battery Service

3. For the man whose battery
needs repair-Old age, abuse, &C
cident or some other cause may
injure a battery. We have trained
experts, proper equipment and tools
everything to handle any battery
job and do it right.
When at last you need a new
battery, we have the finest and
sturdiest one ever built the "Still
Better Willard" with Threaded
Rubber Insulation. 1t costs little
more, but it's a mighty good in
veStment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-06

I. For the man With a new
battery-We start man right,
show him what to do and what to
avoid, and give him certain amount
of free service from our experts
till he is thoroughly posted on bat
terry care.
2. For the man whose battery
is in the prime of ife-Free test
ing at regular intervals, free advice,
helpfulness and courteous coopera-
ton always. Quick repairs at fair
prices if some little thing gets out
of order.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
A LnyaltY That Counts.

From The Fort Smith Times Record.
 The United Mine Workers, in their annual convention. are giving labor in other lines an example that will take hustling to emulate with success. They are affected more closely than is any other line of trade, by the orders of the fuel ad- ministrator and 1t is significant of the way the rest of us should conn port ourselves that they have pledged to him theif unqualified support and cooperation in his great task" together with a promise of maximum production of coal possible in the mine fields operated by organized labor. With that kind of cooperation anything and every thing is possible in this very critical time.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
FEW "HOOVERlsMs.o '

Are you observing meatless Tues day and wheatless Wednesday?
 How many pounds of sugar can you buy at one time? Write and tell Hamp Williams, federal food administrator for Arkansas.
 In the matter of food, do not mis- take substitution for starvation. The United States Food Administra- tion asks you for the former in or der to guard against the latter.
 The food supply of the world is short and getting shorter. You can not take eighteen million men out of production and put them into de- struction of human products and expect things to go on as before- U. $. Food Administration.
 Do you know those little shops in the country towns and villages that the called Emporiums. That is a kind of fancy name for depart ment store where you can buy all most everything you want. We'll, a COW Is kind of emporium animal. Just think what we get form itl Meat, leather, milk, butter, cheese, blue, bone, buttons, fertilizer. Be good to your cow.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
MORE RED CROSS GOODS.
Mena Chapter Ships 22O Pieces of
 Hospital Goods.

Mrs. R. Goff and Mrs. Wright
 Prickett were busy today at Red Cross headquarters packing a ship ment of hospital garments which will go to the Southwestern head quarters m St. Louis for distribu- tion to points where most needed. The shipment included 220 pieces as follows: 30 bed shirts, 70 pajama suits, 32 wash rags, g pairs of bed socks and 8 dozen hot water bottle bags. The wash rags, bed socks and hot water bottle bags were pre- pared by the members of the young ladies auxiliary, and of the bed shirts. i9 were made on Friday by the members of the Guild of the Episcopal church who came to headquarters at 9 o'clock in the morning and remained all day
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31

road and springboard that such as she might flourish. They did not under stand that, but she did
 What is it, Barlow?" she repeated. Have you just come down the lakeT
 "Yes'm." he answered. Say, Jack don't happen to be here, does hep
 NO: he hasn't been here," she told him.
 The mans face fell.
 Whats wrong?" Stella demanded She had swift divination that some thing was wrong.
 "Oh, I dunno's anythlng's wrong par ticular," Barlow replied. Only well, Lefty he sent me down to see if Jack was at the Springs We aint seen him for couple uh days"
 Her pulse quickened.
 And he has not come down the lakeT
 q guess not" the logger said. "Qh, l guess It's all right. Jacks pretlS skookum in the woods Only Lefty got uneasy. It's desperate hot and smoky up there"
 How did you come downl Are you going back soon2" she asked abruptly.
 q got the Waterbug," Barlow told her. I'm goin' right straight back"
 Stella looked out over the smoky lake and back at the logger again. A sudden resolution born of intolerable uncer' tainty, of feeling that she could only characterize as fear, sprang full fiedged into her mind.
 "Wait for me-" she said. I'm going with you"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
CHAPTER XVIII.
"out of the Night That Covers Me"

O@N Oi tne N19Hh ' nat OoNeFs mSs THE Waterbug llmped. Her engine
 misire continuously, and Barlow
 lacked the mechanical knowledge to remedy It's allment. He was atisfied to let it pound away so long as 1t would revolve at all. So the boat moved slow. ly through that encompassing smoke at less than half speed. 0utwardly the once spick and span cruiser bore every mark of hard usage Her topsides were foul, her decks splintered by the tramp Ing of calked boots, grimy with soot and cinders. It seemed to Stella that everything and every one on and about Roaring lake bore some mark of that holocaust raging in the timber, as if menacing and marring all that it affect ed and affecting all that trafficked within its smoky radius.
 But of the fire itself she could sec nothing even when late in the after noon they drew in to the bay before her brothers camp. A heavier smoke cloud, more pungent of burning pitch, blan- keted the shores, lifted in blue, rolling masses farther back. A greater heat made the air stifling, causing the eyes to smart and grow watery. That was the only difference.
 Barlow laid the Waterbug alongside the float. He had already told her that Lefty Howe, with the greater part of Fyfe's crew, was extending and guard Ing Bentons fire trail, and he half ex- pected that Fyfe might have turned up there. Away back in the smoke arose spasmodic coughing of donkey engines, dull resounding of ax blades. Barlow led the way. They traversed a few hundred yards of path through brush broken tops and stumps, coming at last into a fairway cut through virgin tim. Der, 8 sixty foot strip denuded of every growth, great frs felled and drawn far aside, brush piled and burned. A breast work from which to fight advancing fire, 1t ran away into the heart of q smoky forest. Here and there black ened, fire scorched patches abutted upon it's northern flank, stumps of great trees smoldering, cracking yet. At the first such place half a dozen men were busy with shovels plotting out streaks of fire that crept along in the dry leaf mold. No, they had not seen Fyfe ' But they had been blamed busy. He might be up above
 Half mile beyond that, beside the first donkey shuddering on its anchored skids as it tore an eighteen inch cedar out by the roots, they came on Lefty Howe. He shook his head when Stella asked for Fyfe.
 "He took twenty men around to the main camp day before yesterday" said Lefty. "There was a piece uh timber beyop6 that he thought he could save I-weil ! took a shoot around there yesterday after your brother got hurt Jack wasn't there. Most of the boys was at camp loadin' gear on the scows They said Jacks gone around to Yum. blin' creek with one man. He wasn't back this mornin', so though maybe he'd gone to the Springs dunno's there's any occasion to worry. He might "a gone to the head uh the lake with them constables that went up last night. How's Charlie BentonT'
 tTo be continued next week,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
Confirmation of Tax Title.

Notice IS hereby given that the undersigned will make application, by petition. to the Chancery Court of Polk county. Arkansas, at the April, 1918. term thereof. for the confirmation of tax title to the fol- lowing described lands situate in Polk county. Arkansas, to-wit: The Sh SEA of Section 22 in Township , South, Range 30 West. said tract having been sold by the collector of revenue of Polk county, Arkansas, for the non-payment of the taxes due thereon for the year 1912: that at said sale, which was made on the 9th day of June 1913, John Singfield became the purchaser. and after two years. no one having offered to redeem the same. said lands were conveyed to the said John Singfield by w l.. Parker, clerk of the County Court of Polk county, Arkansas, and on the Eth day of May 1917. the said John Singfleld duly conveyed said lands to petitioner herein, who is still tue owner thereof.
 Therefore all persons who can set up any right to the lands so pur- chased in consequence of any in f0fmalitv or any irregularity con- nected with such sale are called upon to show cause at the April, 1918. term of the Chancery court of Polk county, Arkansas. why the sale so made should not be confirmed.
 January g, 1918.
 c. c. GATLIN. ist pub. Jan. 2i, i9iS Last. Feb. 2S.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
Notice of Confirmation of Title.

Notice is hereby given that theRs has been filed in mv office as Clerk of the Chaneery Court of Polk Coun- ty. Arkansas, a petition for the con- firmation of the title to the South half (less a strip in Northwest COZ ner, 265 chains North and South, and 1885 chains East and Vest fn Section 3i, in Township South. Range 29 West, in all 77 acres, moEs or less, and located in Polk County, Arkansas and the duieting of the title to the same in C. G. MillikaA, the petitioner herein.
 All persons claiming said lands, or any interest therin, are hereby warned to appear in tho Polk Chan cery Court in the next six weeks and show cause. if any there h>. why the title to the said lands should not be confirmed in said g. G. Millikan.
 Witness my hand as Clerk of the Chancery Court, and the seal there of, or this 26th day of December, 1917. w. l.. Parker. Clerk. Adv. ist pub. Dec. 27, 1917.
 Last pub. Jan. 3i. 1918.