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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
SUNDAY BAND CONCERTS.
DEBORAH Merchants Band Will Open
the Season at City Park Next
Sunday

The concert season of DEBORAH
Merchants Band, Is pieces under
the dictatorship of Carlo A. Sperati,
will open at the City Park on Sunday
evening, June 22d at 7:30p.m.
After Sunday the 22d, it is the
intention to have these concerts re-
gularly every Sunday afternoon, COM
mencing at $3.50 at the park, and
unless otherwise notified the public
may come and enjoy these concerts
every Sunday afternoon. A special
invitation is extended to all the peo-
pie to come and visit the park as
everything will be done to make
their stay one OF pleasure.
Arrangements are also in progress
so the band will give concerts on
the streets Of DEBORAH during the
summer season at least once a week.
More particulars about that will be
announced later
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Killed in Runaway.

The remains Of Arthur Kreiger, a
nephew of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Rosen-
thai were brought to DEBORAH last
Thursday night for burial. The boy
who was sixteen years old was kill
ed on June near Tower City, N. D..
on the farm of his parents. He was
in a field fixing fences, and had a
team hitched to the running gears of
a wagon, which had few planks on.
The plank slipped up on TO the hors-
es and they started to run The boy
was thrown off and the wheels of the
wagon ran over mis- head, crushing
the skull.
The boy was son of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Kreiger. The mother is a
sister of Mrs. Emil Rosenthal and
was born in this county, near Locust
The funeral services were held in
DEBORAH Friday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Emil Rosenthal. Rev. See
hus officiated and interment was in
the cemetery at Locust.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kreiger here extend sincere sympathy
to them in their loss.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Death of Mrs. Almeda Mckinney.

Mrs. Almeda Mckinney, mother Of
c. E. Mckinney, Of DEBORAH, passed
away last Saturday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. B. o.
Shipman, in Minneapolis. where she
had made her home for about a year
past. She had been in ill health for
about six months.
The deceased was born in Cattaru-
gus county, New York 70 years ago.
For many years after her marriage
the family home was at Canton,
MINI. Before going to Minneapolis
she had made her home in Dubuque.
The husband passed away seven
years ago. She is survived by five
children, Frank, of Dubuque; Mrs.
Nellie Hahn, Dubuque; Mrs. B. o.
Shipman, Minneapolis; Herbert, Bell
view, Iowa and c. e. Mckinney, De-
corah.
The funeral services were held at
Canton yesterday, Tuesday morning
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Aeroplane Service at McGregor.

Clifton Olson, McGregor boy who
was in the aviation service, now flies
in his own machine which he pur-
chased in Chicago last week and
made the trip home in it, alighting
at Prairie du Chem. When the war
brought this country into the fight
ing Olson was but sixteen years of
age, but he enlisted at Jefferson Bar
racks in the aviation department and
was sent to Kelly field, then to RAN
tout, shortly afterward to Waco,
Texas, and then the ground school
at Austin. He was an instructor at
all these government posts and
though only lad he won his way
to the front. A short time ago he
was honorably discharged at the re-
quest Of his mother and he came
home.
The young man finds no lack of
passengers and despite the unfavor-
able weather has taken quite a num-
Der of parties up in the air, among
the number several McGregor and
Prairie du Chem women. He expects
soon to have pontoons for his plane
and make water landing at Nc
Gregor. After couple of weeks at
McGregor and Prairie du Chem he
expects to go to Lake Okoboji and
other summer resorts and give pas
senger trips through the summer.
He will be accompanied by his bro
, ther Rollin, recently returned with
the Rainbow division, who will act
as mechanician,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Trees Should be Trimmed.

The trees on many of the streets
of DEBORAH are badly in need OF
trimming. Huge branches over
hang the sidewalks, which are a
menace to pedestrians. The average
person dislikes very much to touch
a tree. They are like pets and they
don't like to hurt them. But a good
trimming does them good, just as
much as it does boy to get his locks
clipped off after six months growth
The law about trimming trees should
be enforced to the letter and every
limb in town oVerhanging the walks
at certain distance should be cut.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Farmers to Fight Paving Vote.

Waterloo, Ia.-An attack on the
legality of the steps thus far taken
in the election on hard surfacing and
the bond issue is promised by farm
ers in East Waterloo township, where
both propositions were turned down
by decisive majorities
Just what point Of the proceedings
will be attacked has not been made
known, but it is reported that the
farmers referred to will go the lin
it" in expenditure of money for le-
gal advise to fight the introduction
of paving in the rural districts and
the fiotation Of the bond issue.
The main object so far learned,
is the payment of benefits to cover
one-fourth of the cost of paving.
These benefits are to be assessed
against adjoining property and back
a certain distance from the road.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Who Wants a Good Home?

If there is anybody in the field
for good home, up high and dry, in
a fine location, they can call at this
office for particulars. An extra lot
goes with the home and the property
will be sold dirt cheap. Don't let this
opportunity go by if you want good
home. Better call on us today, as we
know this property will be snapped
up.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Streets, Children and Automobiles.

Streets, Children and Automobiles.
The Newton News dealing with the
traffic problem suggests:
BY all means children should not be
permitted to play in the streets. Such
a place is mighty poor place for a
play ground. Parents should see to
it that their children are kept out Of
the streets.
The parents of most children are as
anxious to keep them safe as the pub
lie is to avoid injuring them, but so
long as children are children there
will be children in the streets of the
residence districts. They will dash
out under the very wheels of the pas
sing cars to rescue a ball or in their
play unheedful of their danger and in
most cases unknowing and unnoticed.
The burden of caution and pre-
caution will always be upon the
driver. Children will be children and
will be careless as children are and
have been, and will continue to be
careless. Drivers must be careful.
No law or ordinance was ever made
that will keep children entirely of
the streets.
Fast and careless driving is re-
sponsible for most accidents tc
children on the residence streets and
for accidents elsewhere and every
where. There is no good reason why a
man with a motor car should insist
that he be granted right to go the
mile from his home to the center OF
town in three minutes and that
everybody else must look out fol-
him. And when the statistics of ac,
cidents are analysed it will be found
that for nine out Of every ten the
joy rider is responsible.
The advise to parents, however, is
good advise. After the accident il
does not set broken bones or recall
a dead child to life to say that the
child had right on the street and
that death was due to reckless
driving. Parents seem to fail to real
ize that under present traffic condi-
tons city street is as dangerous a
play ground as railway track.
What is lacking is enforcement oil
slow driving on city streets and con.
gested districts and mutuai common
sense exercised by autoists and par.
ents and pedestrians.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Christens Sell Fine Farm.

Albert Christen & Son, the De-
corah real estate dealers are doing
a fine business in selling farms this
year, having disposed of large
number Of fine ones. Last week they
sold one of the very good farms of
Frankville township, the W. j. Wat
ers place of 200 acres, which sold
at $3.50 an acre. The renter, who had
been on the farm, for some time, a
Mr.. Rolfe, was the buyer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Teacher Rescues Drowning Babe.

Marshalltown, Ia.-Viewing from
an automobile child struggling in
the waters of Riverside cemetery
lake, Miss Margaret Ferris, primary
teacher in the Abbott school of this
city, jumped from the car, waded
and swan to the child and rescued
it from drowning after it had gone
down for the second time.
The child, Ernest, the 3-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Gooding,
had been wading with other small
children near the shore and got out
over his depth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
The TRIMMING OF THE TREES
All Trees i'm Streets, Alleys and Pub
lie Places of DEBORAH Must be
Trimmed Eight Feet From
Ground
The Ordinance Will be Enforced i'm
All Instances Where Trees are
Not Trimmed

For some time past there has been
much complaint coming from various
parts of the city about branches of
trees overhanging too low over the
sidewalks of DEBORAH, and therefore
/ want to notify property owners and
persons in charge of the property
that all such trees must be trimmed
high enough to comply with the law.
Below will be found the city ordi-
nance relative to trimming trees in
the city of DEBORAH and will be
strictly enforced unless the property
owner complies with it at once:
Section One. That all shade
trees now or hereafter planted in
the streets, alleys or other public
grounds in the city of DEBORAH shall
be trimmed and pruned so that
their branches shall not be less than
eight feet from the walk where they
interfere with public travel; PRO
VIDED, that no person shall be COM
PEELED to trim or prune trees be-
tween the 18th day of March and
the 18th day of June of each year,
unless the same interfere with travel
on sidewalks.
Section Two. When the owner,
agent or occupant Of any lot or par
eel Of land fails to trim or prune
trees opposite said lot or parcel of
land, as required by this ordinance,
it shall be the duty of the Street
Commissioner of the city to strictly
enforce the requirements Of this
ordinance.
Section Three. After the Street
Commissioner has given ten (1O)
days notice to the owner, agent or
occupant of any lot or parcel of land,
requiring him to prune the trees,
as provided in Section One of this
ordinance, or if the owner or agar!
cannot be found and the said premis-
es are unoccupied, then by posting
hotiSC hNS VI udyo upOu Sdiu lbt
or parcel Of land. Street Commits
sioner shall proceed to trim and
prune said trees as provided in Sec
ton One hereof, and actual costs
and expenses of same shall be re-
ported by the street commissioner to
the Council, with the name of the
owner of said lot or parcel of land,
when known; thereupon the CITY
Council shall declare an assessment
upon the said lot or parcel of land
and the owner shall be notified, if
known, of the costs of all such work
and expenses connected Herewith.
If the said assessment, with 6 per
cent interest from the date of levy,
is not paid in to the City Treasurer
in full, by the first Monday in Sept
ember following a levy of the assess
ment, the balance remaining with all
interest, shall be certified to the
County Auditor, and shall be col
lected in the same manner as other
city taxes.
R. BUCKNELL, Mayor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Free Chautauqua at West Union.

The claim is made in behalf Of
West Union that the city has put an
other West Union idea" on the map
by establishing an entirely free
Chautauqua. The local citizens are
signing up a paper subscribing funds
with which to pay outright for a
good chautauqua program to be Civ
en- for five days June 81 to 25 in
elusive, and then the gates will be
taken down and the gatekeepers
chased away and everything in con-
nection with the chautauqua will be
absolutely free to all who wish to
come. There. will be no charges for
reserved seats nor for anything else
on the side.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Livery Cars Pay Extra License Fee.

Livery Cars Pay Extra License Fee.
Deputy Collector Dunsmore was in
Waukon last week assisting dealers
in complying with the. new revenue
law. One provision is a tax on taxi
cabs or BUSES. 1t is SO a year for
fivl passenger car and $40 for a
seven-passenger car This tax must
must be paid by everybody who uses
their car for hire and those who
have been in the habit of using their
cars for such purposes are liable to
be nabbed and subject to a fine of
from 500 to $1,000. James Clancy
had to pay SO for his bus and
others who have been doing a livery
business, are liable to get caught
Waukon Journal
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Lieut.. Haugen Made a Major.

Lieut.. Lauritz Haugen, after twenty
months service in the aviation corps
of the army has been honorably dis
charged with the rank of major in
the reserve force of the air service
Major Haugen will assist his father
Representative G. N. Haugen Of
Northwood, Iowa, chairman of the
house, committee on agriculture tenn
porarily while considering several
business propositions which have
been made to him. a
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Swallows Open Safety Pin.

Cedar Falls, Ia.-Marion, the five
year-old daughter of Mrs. Reuben
Mckittrick, is at the Sartori hospital
suffering from the effects OF a serious
and delicate operation which she
underwent late yesterday evening
for the removal of an open safety
pin from the stomach, which the
child accidentally swallowed early
yesterday morning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Congregational Church,

Subject next Sabbath morning
The Wisdom of Gods Fools" and
in the evening Lincoln or Lenine-
Which," Everybody welcome.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Missionary Here.

j. c. Eveland who has charge Of
the Mission for the American Sun
day School Union arrived I'm DEBORAH
this week where he will make his
headquarters. He will have charge
of six counties in the Northeastern
part Of this state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18
Basket Social.

There will be basket social held
at the Sharp school, Dist, No. Z,
Canoe Twp. five miles north of De-
corah on the Burr Oak road, Satur-
day night, June II about $50,
Everybody welcome, so come and
have good time. The rest of the
evening, after supper will be spent
in playing games. Girls please bring
baskets and everybody come.
PEARL FoSs, Teacher.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18

Karl ID. Fisk, the optometrist
will be in DEBORAH for his next visitN
Friday, June 20.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18

Generosity is rather a matter of
mood than nature.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18

Subscribers will confer favor upon
us by notifying us at once of fail
ure to receive the paper regularly
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-06-18

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The sun., 1919-05-18
Forcing a Writer

1T is to be hoped everybody will like
Il Prof. Canby's novel, Our House, bet
ter than we do. 1t doubtless deserves to
be liked. 1t may be a personal idiosyn-
Grassy rot TO be able to get excited over
the struggle of some homunculus to be-
come genius and make a writer out Of
himself.
But it is not rs if the world were sadly
in need of books-now is it, It is not as
if writing were still more or less Of ne
eromantic art, practised by the few to the
admiration and awe of the many If there
is q man living to-day whose creative i'm
pulse is so dead he never in himself has
said he must write book, he should see
a doctor. Abnormality is a dangerous
symptom.
Why Prof. Candy should have called
his story Oar House is a mystery. 1t
should have been called Orr Aathor, or
something of that sort. Our House disap-
pears almost in the first chapter. 1t is
the story Of Robert Roberts (almost
The sun., 1919-05-18
"The Open Air Theatre"
MR.. SHELDON CHENEY is one of

4V1 the most jealous and intelligent
exponents of the new movement for bet
ter things in the American theatre Of
to-day; his interests lie rather In theatre
construction, decoration and management
than N the drama itself, but in these i'm
portant realms he speaks with authority,
enthusiasm and charm. His persuasive
manner has accomplished more than the
volunirous outpourings of more learned
writers. His earlier books, The Yew More-
nsent IN the Theatre and The Art Theatre,
were at once records of achievement and
prophecies for the future.
His latest book, The Open Air Theatre,
ought to be of still greater practical value
than the earlier books. The open air
theatre bids fair to become In some man
ner community centre; there is some
thing about any out Of door institution
that seems to belong by right to the com
munity.
The chapters range IN scope from his
torical account of the Greek and Roman
theatres to the garden theatres Of the
United States. The historical material is
purposely reduced to the harest outlines
and more space IS devoted to modern ex-
periments. The concluding chapter, The
Drama Of the Open, is full of concrete
suggestions and the reader is casually
lured into day dreams of the sort Of thea
tire he would build If he had the chance.
This is the truest and surest kind of prop
uganda. The author is conscious that his
plan is not only workable but that it has
worked; all he is now trying to do is to
afford US the impetus and the necessary
information to go and do likewise.
The Open dir Theatre is a guide book,
The sun., 1919-05-18
Lad: A Dog"

UNI lDEN lAl4L1, we beileNc That
- our own enthusiasm for Albert
Payson Terhunes Lad: A Dog, means
more than that Of an infinite number of dog
lovers. IL you have had at one time as
many as five dogs Of your very own who
barked as if their threats were being slit
when you nearel home in the small
hours, and if at another time your
supposedly faithful watch dog and
sole guardian had been discovered
covering in the woodshed the morn
ing after your house has been robbed
bare, your good opinion of anything that
has to do with dogs is worth while. And
Mr.. Tcrhune's story has given us only
the most absolute satisfaction. We who
were won't to look upon all dogs as mad
until proved otherwise and as creatures
for whom muzzling is among the noblest
OF institutions have found our hearts
melting as common wax In the hands of
Lad and his MASTER
Every one is familiar with Ouida's "The
more | see of men, the better like dogs"
Well, the more you see Of Lad, the better
you like Mr.. Terhune, who was his mas
ter and is now his inspired biograpLer.
1t would have been so easy for a man
lacking his good taste to commit the in
justice of oversentimentalizing facts
which are in no need Of Establishment.
"Any man with money to make the pur-
chase may become dogs owner But no
man-spend he ever so much coin and
food and tact in the effort-may become
dogs master without the consent of the
dog" Mr.. Terhune says, and having been
accepted as master to a dog such as Is
born only once or twice in n generation,
he uses his close relationship to arouse
our sympathy and understanding for all
dogs.
Have You ever thought, for instance,
what it would be like to be muzzied for the
first time and lost in a crowded section of
New York; to be mistaken for mad by an
idiotie woman and chased by policemen
and small boys; to be attacked by an I'm
muzzled dog when you had escaped all
the rest? These are only few of the
evils in the life Of dog to which our at
tention is drawn through Lads story. Mr..
Terhne is particularly bitter about four
day dog shows, muzzles and the cruelty,
often unconscious, Of human beings. He
has the true sportsman's appreciation Of
a good dog fight and some of the grizzIi-
est possible sprinkle his pages.
LAD: A DOG. BY ALBERT PAYsoS Ter
HUME. f. P Dutton & Co. $l75.
The sun., 1919-05-18
"Hidden Treasure"

a RE you farmer7 Have you ever
L L been onef Would you Like to
be onef For those who can answer these
questions in the affirmative John Thomas
Simpsons Hidden Treasure is written.
Farming" says Mr.. Simpson, Ks the
most profitable and independent Of all oc-
equations to-day, when carried ON in the
night way"
Hidden Treasure, a tale of modern
farming, is the story of ehore boy of
IS who made the old farm pay. 1t shows
what can be accomplished on a run down
farm and what modern farm implements
to do it with.
The coming of Bob Williams to Brook
side Farm was the beginning of its re-
construction After two year course IN
agriculture at the State College and much
study of the farm bulletins issued by the
United States Department of Agriculture,
Bob, with his lively Imagination and
quickwittedness, knew pretty nearly what
use to make Of the farm loan associations,
modern machinery and fire proof barns.
An interesting story is woven out of his
enterprise. The book is illustrated with
many fine photographs.
HIDDEN TREASURE. By JOHN THOMAS
SIMPSON, Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott
Company. sl.50.
The sun., 1919-05-18

but well written guide book, for any one
who cares about establishing a theatre in
this country that shall be something differ
ent from the theatre We have been forced
so long to depend upon, a theatre that
may be fresh, original and inspiring.
THE OPEN-AIR THEATRE By Shell
DON CHENEY. Mitchell Kennerley.
The sun., 1919-05-18
EN- OY NJ E N 7
An Extraordinary
Marriage Experiment
THE HOLIDAY
HUSBAND
BY DOLF WYLLARDE

By DOLF WYLLARDE
Author Of Eric" The Story of Edsn,"
fThs Rat Trap" etc. Cloth, $1.5e net.
Would it be worth while to risk tho
happiness Of all future years for the
E.ke Of two wesks of forbidden pless1re3
This was the question Vervain asked
herself and answered IN the affirmative
When shs returned to hsr everyday
duties from her, two weeks holiday she
considered the matter over and done
with; but Dame Destiny had a TRUMP
card to play; she brought forward the
only man Vervain could have married,
and Just before the marriage became q
tai accoHpk she brought back from the
Front the al-but- forgotten holiday hua+
band, anil then Read this atorY
and see what became Of the girl who
had to extIicate herself from this ba-bed-
wire fate ENHANCEMENT.
A DetectiUe Nocel
With Reai fhrills
The sun., 1919-05-18
the
SHRIEkING PIT
By ARTHUR J. REEFS

Formerly of Scotland Yard
CO author OF "Thc Nys'ery Of The Doarns,'
'The Hampstead Mystery" etc.
Cloth, $50 net
In addition to a bathing mystery,
there is a clever American detective
who solves the murder puzzle, haunted
pit for thoOe who like ghost stories, a
charming heroine and a manly hero
suffering from sheIlahock. All-in-all a
satisfying and gripping detective story.
Ledcock SORES
the Kaiser Problem
The sun., 1919-05-18

Tony Sarg has made pictures for Don
Marquis's Prefaces. To be consistent
they should be mere preliminary sketches
-nof
The sun., 1919-05-18

A book catalogue clipped by E. A. in
Montana offers Jaua ahead, by Herges-
heimer; and Alfred A. Knopf insists. it Is.