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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
Fourth Liberty Loan.

Every patriotic person and every
family group should arrange to save
money for the purchase of Fourth
Liberty Loan Bonds.
AS means to this end it is an ex-
cellent plan TO open War Accent
in your bank book. Whenever the
salary is received and current obli-
cations are met with the necessary
working balance provided for. de-
duct from your regular account as
large an amount as, you can and
place it to the War Account, this ac-
count to be kept in parallel columns
in the regular bank book. This War
Account should be regarded as an ac-
count of honor, held in trust for the
war uses of the government, to be
drawn upon only for taxes, or pay
ments- on Liberty Bonds.
This plan can easily be carried out.
1t will act mainly as constant re-
minder that it is the duty of every
one to practice economy, and to not
make expenditures that are not
necessary for the conservation OF
health and working efficiency.
Luxuries can and must be dispensed
with If we are to do our fair share
in winning the war. 1t Is little
enough If we cut our living expens-
es down, and the sacrifices entailed
will be small indeed compared to
those made by our soldiers and sail
ors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
swindling soldiers Relatives.

Hawkeye Beacon: That swindlefs
are busy at work, even in wartime
is shown by the following letter,
written by Waucoma man, who was
too shrewd for eastern swindlers, ap-
peared in the Sentinel of last week.
Those with sons in the service are
advised to take warning.
To the Editor
Please print the following In
your paper to safeguard those who
have sons in the service:
Friday, August 2, 1918, kreceiyed
the following telegram dated from
Philadelphia, Pa:
John Flynn, Waucoma, Iowa. Send
s1OO Immediately, care of Hotel Bas-
sert, Brooklyn, N. Y, at once. In
trouble. Explain later.
Signed, Donald,
saw at once that it was fraud
The name was spelled wrong; also
nay son has been in France since
April. On August received three
letters and one postal from him II
France saying he was we'll and nap
py
Some one, no doubt, that got &C
quainted with him before he Wen'
abroad, got my name some way, AMI
intended to make easy money
1t is not wise to send money t'
men in the service by wire. YOU
have to waive Identification. so they
can get II without being identined
Any crook can don the uniform re
present himself to be the party car
collect, and no questions asked
Hope Others in my position ma!
be benefited by my experience,
John Flynn
/ Waucoma, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
Frank DEBORAH, Indian, Wounded.

Frank DEBORAH, full blood Winnie
bago Indian, was among those whose
names appeared in the daily papers
casualty lists last Friday. DEBORAH
was corporal and was a cousin of
Walkingday, deaf Indian who has
made near Lansing his home for
several months past, Decorah's
home was at Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Walkingday speaks and reads Eng
lish quite we'll He came to Lansing
from Oklahoma and appears to be
quite well educated He has been
hunting ginseng since coming to
this place.-Lansing Mirror
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Aug. II, 1918
/ The adjourned meeting of the City
Council was called to order by Mayor
z. j. Hook. In the absence of City
Clerk l.. s. Dale the Council appoint
led Alderman McAndrews Clerk pro
tenn.
Roll call by Clerk-The following
members were present McAndrews,
Mckay, Bucknell, Willis, -Hislop.
Bergeson, Engbretson. Seven mem
bers present.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Prof. Oscar Olson and DIR. T. G..
Hutchinson of the City Library
Board appeared before the Council in
reference to asking for a one mill
tax for Maintenance fund
Resolution of the Finance Committee.
Whereas-The following claims
have been examined and approved by
the Finance Committee, therefore be
it resolved that they be allowed and
the money necessary to pay the same
be and hereby is appropriated and
that the Mayor and the City Clerk
are directed to issue orders on the
Treasurer as follows.
Hans Olson, Special Police 5 800
Albert Hammersness Special
Police ,.......... 800
II. Fl. Common, Special Police 9.0C
Winneshiek Co. y of Taxes
on P. Coan Lots. ... 1856
VIM. Pollitt Moving Weeds 1910
o. NJ Quandahl, Salary Sew
er Inspector to Aug, 18th 27.5o
70, n. Quandahl Salary
Janitor City Hall to Aug.
l5th $500. -....... 200
%. N. Quandahl Cash for
Stamps ~. ,.... 100
g. A. Westby Repairing Paw
ing .............. 500
c. w. Freeman, Premium
on Plate Glass Insurance. 4.20
H. Engbretson Supplies -. 5.25
Winger & Bidne Tools, etc. s3.1S
Standard Tel. Co. Rental
Hose House for Aug. =. ESQ
Standard Tel. Co. Rental
Fire Alarm for Aug. -. $50
VIM. Dixon killing, Bury
ing Dog. ............ $50
y. Mcintosh Cutting Weeds 1885
y. P. Burns Grading Streets $500
VIM. Frye Grading Streets $3.50,
&c. Carlson Grading Streets 32.45
Henry Ellingson ST. Labor 1897
y. Flanagan Street Labor. 1897
H. Quamme Street Labor. ;. 1897
o. hansen Street Labor 13.47
"A. Miller Street Labor. -. 3.02
Ole j. Void Special Police 800
A. J. Francisco Refund for
Payment of Oiling Street
Twice 1917. ....... 2.5O
Harry Hislop Sweeping
Streets and Cutters and
shoveling ......... 1926
Theo. Olson Services at
Hochouse Fire. .,.. 800
Hose Co. No. Services at
Hochouse Fire. ..... $3.50
Hose Co. No. 2 Services at
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
Drank Lye in Mistake for Coffee.

John Wagner, a. son of Phillip
Wagner, near ossian, is in very
serious condition as a.result of drink
ing I've water from a. coffee pot.
Mrs. Ed. Wagner, as was a custom
was cleaning the coffee pot with lye,
and left it stand while on the stove
before emptying the I've water out.
In the afternoon John came in from
the field for lunch and thinking the
pot contained coffee as Usual, he
drank some of the I've in the pot.
He found in the yard, in awful
agony, by his brother, Edward
Calmar Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
BURR OAK BOY WRITES.
X. c. Wilbur Tells About Army Life
at Georgia Camp.
Camp Forrest, Ga.
Aug. %. 1918

camp FORREST, Ga.
Aug. %, 1918
Editor Public Opinion:
Dear Sir:-As sometime ago you
wanted the Winneshiek boys to write
to the papar, here goes. / am going
TO write about the. camp nd its en-
tertainments. Well to tell which is
doing the best to satisfy the boys
would be hard to do, but / believe
the Y. M. c. A is doing a whole lot
to help the boys in more ways
than one, and the knights of Column
bus are doing lots Of good and any
money spent for any of these are we'll
spend. Say do you send the paper to
Winneshiek county boys in camp?
Please let me know If you do.
Say, but it is hot down here. We
had two or three days where it
registered 120 in the shade. How is
that for hot weather? Well am
we'll and satisfied with this camp.
1t is we'll situated, only about Is
miles from Chattanooga, Tenn. It
Is on the grounds fought on between
armies of the North and South and
is worth seeing. I-came here about
three weeks ago, and when / arrived
there We're not more than $50 men
here, but now there are seven or
eight thousand, some change. Well
! will close, with best regards to the
people of Winneshiek county, es-
pecially the people around DEBORAH
and Burr Oak, my home town.
Yours truly,
Pvt K. c.. WILBUR.
Co. F. PA Reg. Engrs.
Camp Forrest, Georgia,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
The Newspaper Exchanges.

ANY newspaper man who does not
have a bunch of exchanges that he
reads and studies is not much of a
newspaper man." asserts the Mount
Vernon Record. Thru the exchanges
of newspapers ideas are exchanged
that are of great value, not only to
the newspaper man, but to their mil
lions of readers. To cut them off is
as wise as it would be to keep young
men from going to college because it
takes somA time"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28

ed recently by the committee. Roll
Call Vote: Ayes McAndrews, Nc
Kay, Bucknell, Willis, Hislop, Berge-
son, Engbretson. Seven Ayes no
Nays.
Motion by Engbretson seconded by
Hislop that the Water COMMITTEES
meet with the City Attorney and pre-
sent recommendations in changes of
Water Works Ordinance and reporC
at next meeting, Aug. Goth. Motion
carried.
Moved and seconded to adjourn
until 1870 p. m. Aug. 30th., 1918.
j. j. McANDREWS,
Clerk Fro. Tenn.
Six months, one and two year
business-shorthand courses are
given at Valdez College, DEBORAH,
Iowa. Take your choice. Theses
courses prepare for paying posi-
tions. Send for catalog.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28
PETIT Jurors. september Term.

List of Petit Jurors drawn and
summond to appear at the court
house in DEBORAH, Iowa. at 900 a.
m, Wednesday, September 25th,
l191S, to serve at the September
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-28

,Hochouse Fire. .. 800
Hose Co. No. Services at
Hochouse Fire .. 500
Hook & Ladder Co. Services
at Hochouse Fire. 90. 800
Howard Hurd Hauling Hose
/ Cart No. l to Hochouse
Fire ...>...a,,,..... $50
A. Gjevre Hauling Hose Cart
No. to Hochouse Fire. $50
II. Symonds Hauling Hose
Cart No. to Hochouse
Fire ......,... l.5O
IF. g. Maltby Hauling H-& L
Wagon to Hochouse Fire 2.60
L. S. Dale Salary City Clerk
TO Aug. 1st, 191S..... 1880
Geo. Hill, Sr. Excavating,
Grading and Working on
Streets .......... 1852
Motion by Hislop seconded by Will
lis that the resolution of the Finance
Committee be adopted-Roll call
vote: Ayes McAndrews, Mckay,
Bucknell, Willis, Hislop, Bergeson.
Seven Ayes no Naye's. Motion car
ried.
Motion by Engbretson seconded by
Bucknell that the action on the
resolution fixing levy's for the en-
suing year be deferred until Aug.
Goth, the Park Commissioners hav-
ing failed to file their report. Motion
carried.
Motion by Hislop seconded byWil-
lis that when this Council adjourns
that they adjourn until Friday night
Aug. Goth Motion carried.
Motion by Bergeson seconded by
Mckay that the Property Committee
be instructed to take the necessary
steps to make the repairs recommend
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
BLLY'S SON HURT
WHEN AUTOSCRASH
ON SNOWY Street

uSuG oS6rSo Il Sunday. BiliTS
hops IN the wGf against the Kaiser.
today 10 SuffsrinE from HIS nrst mis-
hap stnos b entered the service Of
UBelS Sam
me sutoaao6l1S he was driving late
yesterday GftsRnOon At North Capitol
ana K stfSSta nsrthwest, eoilidsd vita
the sutsaSbllG Of Noble hANiS. OF %
New YoVh avSnuS. George was pretty
baby GAEksn up and his machine
eessidsrGbly damaged. The sans
vas true Of LsWiB add his car. On
...sup. q ne snow, both cars were
movtnr ct . lew speed, and were ALE
to resume their journey.
sunday claims his machine was
struck b. the msohihe Of Lewis
whIoh sEidGsd at the intersection OF
the GltppSry street Lewis claims
tha4 Sundays machine struck his
car.
Rs0ponsfbElity 70 to be Fixed In
Police Court today.
oSSrEO Sunday secured . commits
sion IA the signal oorpa OF the army
lust before his father arrived In
washanEtOa to open his campaign.
He was driving . Governmsnt car
when the accident oceufrSd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29

Standing by the preachers entrance
10 the tabernacle, II you see Billy
snnerfe after . swatfest win 'ne
devil wearing q suit Of gray tweed
don't IMAGINE that the dark one ne
v,ors when he entered was stolen
from the evangelist during the M
tssn minutes 1t takes for his ruo-
down at the hands Of the masseur'
, No. nothing like the kind has nap
ushSd. Billy has simply msde =
change that's all, and the dark suit
YOU saw has been given to the clothes
nasSsur, otherwise known a. tAii Si
HS IN sure TO bring It back tomor-
row neatly PRESSED and spots on win
oefic,sI ersases in their official places
ana not scattered all over in oitouie'-
Ing wrinklss- ,.
No new wrinkle IL this Of Billy's
,or ths edification OF clandestine
$50 AGENTS unaware Of the analogy
kstvaen, evangelism and dress. NO
sIr-S1I IT'S been going on Tor some
fImE. Afternoons and nights, SIX oays
"a ths week during his campaigning
for the Lord.
Sweat F70ws Freely.
III. Lord. the wInona soul wizard
thinks, loveth q cheerful dresser al
most As much a. he does eheeriui
river, especially when he's head hiSn
IN combat with sin and handing the
devil q mouse eye here and q canh-
hover ear there. Then, Billy says,
there's some excuse TOT ,u
Sress,nx- for sweat doth flow freely
~ baS its embarrassing consequences
thIs sweat, states the evangelist, IN
ouantities of Gcqua perspira which
IrrITntSs those parts Of an evangel.
i1t'S toggsry in places where IT'S nos
wanted and where 1t will cause the
most discomfort-scenically ana phys
lcAlly. .,..L
But to come down to those clothes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
FARMERS PLANNING
DRIVE TOPUT FIFTY
MEN|N CONGRESS

A political drive to seat nifty
farmer Congressman in the House OF
Repr esentatives, to hold the gains
made BY the farmers during the war
after the return OF peace, 10 under
way today by the FarmerT Non
partisan League.
The farmers. through their repre-
sentatives, will insist upon Govern
ment ownership Of railroads, Federal
control Of shipping. and elimination
Of the middle man for all time. John
N. Basr, sole representative Of the
Nonpartisan League In Congress,
said today.
att IL astonishing how little inter
est washington now has in the farm
ing industry" Baer said today.
when II comes to business II II diff
terent. Business 10 organised. Busi-
ness comes to Washington and gets
not only credit but cash-for ship
building and munition making. !
have no complaint on that score
but I want the farmers to do the
same thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
THE CORRECT sNEEzE.

Many people who indulge In the
practice don't know how to sneezs or
have some physical defect that per-
mits the organization OF a sneeze, but
prevents Its full development. These
unfortunates should be given. atten.
ton. II normal they should have. in
structors, II defective they should
heve surgical relief. A sneeze should
be followed through. the Same as a
stroke with the mashie. and II fully
developed nothing could be more en-
joyabls. You may get the aitch. but
n you don't get the chez you suffer
the same as one who. having an idea
lacks the power OF expression,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Some New Grenades HurLea
By Billy Sunday

trying get the rich ducks into the church
and passing up the ordinary crowd.
Some people haven't Christianity when they en-
tered the church.
hitting the free lunch counters to get something
to
one-haf of the church scraps start in the choir loft
Jesus went Gods business He not stalking
claims Jupiter.
looking that crowd through glasses
who lined the front looking at leg show
you would stop giving card parties and weep
because your going the devil you would know what
passion is.
You say revival is injurious community You're the
biggest liar earth
Jesus would walk into the church today He would
"et you old ob old fouruhers; you've been
making my house clearing house for woess and you're only
pswn on the DEVILS chess board"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29

FOOD - just As necessASy - mu-
nitions and ships. We face . great
shortage Of food crope this year. We
need . billion bushels OF wheat. We
are not going to get it-and we are
not sven going to try to get IL, for
much land suitable for spring wheat
will lie idle. After two bad crops.
the farmers are without cash or
credit. They can't buy seed II II
Just as necessary and right for the
Government to provide money for
seed to these farmers as It was to
provide money for shipbuiiding. Yet
official Washington cannot see it
because the farmers are not organ
lied.
THE war has done much for the
farmer" Bacr went on. while he
feels that the Government, after hx-
ing the price OF his wheat, should
also fix the price of cotton, steel.
lumber, shoes, and clothink-the
things he has to buy-he IL not In q
mood for much complaining. The
railroads have been taken over, the
middlemen cut out, and the problem
of ship congestion solved. II these
steps were necessary In time OF war.
the farmers contend they are jun A.
necessary In time OF peace, and they
will night against any effort to return
to the old way OF doing things.".
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
ADMITS 80 ROBBERES,
BUT DENIES MURDER

BOSTON, Jan. 29.-Four persons to-
day Identified Harry Mahster as the
burglar who hurried from an apart
ment house where Patrolman Joseph
c. Reiser was shot to death.
Manstsr, who says he comes from
Oakland. Cal, was caugh in an
apartment here to which he was lured
by young woman with whom he
lived recently. when ths police told
AAnster they would hold the woman
- an accessory he admitted he was
guilty Of thirty apartment house
burglaries IN this city, but denied
numbering the policeman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
SPECIAL EXAMINATION L,
FOR POLICE TOMORROW

So difficult has Major Raymond w
Pullman, superintendent OF the met
ropolitan police department. found It
to fill the sixty-seven vacancies in the
-anks OF the force that he has made q
direct appeal TO policemen and other
members of the department ito pass
the word on to all persons who have
expressed a desire to come into the
department." that a special eKamina
ton will be held tomorrow for candI.
'ates who desire positions on the
force.
clock at No. truck house, Four
zenith and Ohio avenue northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
U. S. ASKED OBUIID
BIG FLEET OF BARCES

The United States was today asked
to construct a large feet OF 1000 ton
bargss. to operate through the Great
Lakes and the New York barge canal.
Dock Commissioner Murray Hubert.
of New York city. presented the sug-
Eestion to Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy Franklin d. Roosevelt. Chair
maA- Of the Shipping Board Edward
T. Hurley, and other responsible
offictalS. All gave him encourage
ment, and promised to consider the
plan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Or. Russell TO AID HOOVER.

DR.. II. L. Russell, dean of the Az.
riculture College and director OF the
agriculture experiment station OF
Wisconsin University, has been APP
pointed by Herbert Hoover to handle
production problems and connect tho
work of the Food Administrator
with the extension agencies OF sEri
cultural colleges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
U. 8. SEAMAN Is LOST.

william F. Roller. second class sea-
man. was lost overheard from the u.
:. S. Penobscot January IL, the Navy
Department announced today. Roll
er's home was at 631 Wood avenue,
Bridgeport. Conn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Plan Farners' PIatfoFn.

The political efforts Of the Nom
Partisan League now center IN the
Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana.
where they are strong. Before the
Congressional campaigns get well un-
der way their speakers win appear In
every agricultural community and
outline q platform calculated to at
tractethe farmer. They will point to
the achievements OF the league In
North Dakota and will tell the pNo-
pie that, Just as the farmer of North
Dakota now 10 getting q square deal"
30 the farmers Of the entire nation
will fare IL they are strongly repre-
scented in Congress.
A special session OF the legislature
OF North Dakota 10 now considering
the appropriation of money to provide
the farmers with seed. This measure
when passed will form q strong plank
In the platform for the Congressional
campaign.
"Tbe State OF North Dakota has Q
farmers legislature" Baer explained.
such q legislature can see the far
mers' needs. The other States have
the regular old-fashioned politician
legislatures. Business and corpora
ton needs are so big that they keep
before the eyes OF these legislatures
all the time and the farmer gets no
show. This condition will be cor
rected when the farmers arOorgan-
lied"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
FORCED TO
CHANGE CLOTHES
AFTERPREACHING

Its this way: Billy must really have q
change after each sermon, for he sim
ply gesticulates and sweatulates them
out OF all form, aroma, and seemlI-
ness.
II you've seen him in action and
been mutiple-minded enough to count
the number of his gyrations per min
ute, not to speak OF words, you'll not
wonder that, like the small boy who
lifted q dime from fathers trousers,
Billy thinks the chGnge will do him
good.
Clothes Wet ThrouEh.
Yes, it's q fact, aided and abetted by
the Quantities OF ice water Billy
drinks when talking OF hell, that his
clothes are wet clean through by the
time ten has been counted over his
PROSTATE sulphurous majesty In the
tabernacle ring.
After the last trail hItter's init has
clasDed that OF Bllly's in sawdust
conversion, the latter makes a dive
for his dressing-room, peels on his
clothes and limps them to the tailor.
Massage and rundown completed, the
lightning Satan.trouncer dons fresh
apparel from union to tweed and from
sock to tie. Hence the suit OF gray
you saw and the suit of black you
didn't see when you saw Billy emerge
from the sawdust temple.
And, speaking OF ties, they's not all
OF the blessed binding sort you hear
sung OF In the tabernacle. Not by any
means. Billy doesn't like anything,
haberdasheryly speaking that binds
Thus he often discards his scarf when
mixing II with the forces OF eVfl and
Supplants It with another when hos
tillties are over.
Same reason. same condition; wet
as the palm you left on the front
porch overnight.
Even Shoes Change.
Ditto shoes. Having an unregis-
tered but generally accepted patent
on everything he does, BiIly's Ieath-
er must necessarily be patent. too,
They're the only kind he wears at his
meetings. II you find him with others
on there wen walk to the tabernacle
barsfooted. hoof It up the trail and
ask him for the price of the car fare
home.
Then there's rests. but Billy ta-
booes them. So this lets US out. He
never wears or tolereates EN-. Can't
bear EN- Don't allow freedom Of
motion and all that sort OF thing.
Too binding and Unnecessary too.
Tailors' charges don't include this.
Don't imagine from all this that
stores are shutting down because
Sunday has exhausted stocks. There
may be changes but they're the same
old clothes going the same old rounds
from tabernacle to tailor and from
tailor to tabernacle. Although a
cheerful dresser, Sunday, with seemly
war time moderateness, is buying
only the essentials in clothes Just
now. Changing them the way he does
gives them that change OF pace"
newnesb of verve and nerve so essen
tial to modern dreadnaughts OF the
gospel, the greatest of whom 10 Billy
OF Indiana and Oregon