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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
WHERE FRIENDS FAIL.

There are many persons enthusi-
astic over startling court action in
order to satisfy some personal griev-
ances, says the FIT. Dodge Messenger.
The suit is generally brought in one
or two persons names with the I'M
derstanding that all interested will
chip in on expenses. Regardless of the
trend Of court procedure some Of
the friends" who take time to think
the matter over during the interim
between the time of entering court
and the legal action realize that they
are far enough aloof from the case so
that they can pass the expense buck
on to the individuals in the suit.
In Cedar county two pro-Germans
started suit for the grievances of be-
ing forced to contribute to war
work. They asked 100000 damag-
eg from number of citizens. Papers
were not filed correctly and the suit
was thrown out. The costs of. the pro-
ceedings up TO that time were $500.
The Germany lovers find that their
loyal friends have ducked and that
they must pay the costs of the action
in which their friends expected to
enjoy some Of the fruits.
A few months ago a citizen at
Rockwell City furnished the money
for sleuths to gamble and buy boot
leggers' wares in order that evidence
might be secured to convict the law
violaters. The transgressors were
caught and fined, but the man who
advanced the cash is the goat since
he can find no source for reimburse
ment for the funds which he eXpend-
ed. The city council turned down his
claim for about $500, and his friends
who We're so anxious to get the
violators have disappeared.
These two instances furnish ex,
amples Of court friendship as they
relate to settling personal grievances
In such cases it is best to secure the
Jackpot before the court enters into
the conflict.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
Newlyweds Surprised.

On Monday night a number of
neighbors and friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Qualley very pleasantly sur
prised them at their home in the
First ward. A bounteous supply of
good things to eat were brought
along. The evening was passed with
games and other amusements an
the crowd departed wishing Mir. and
Mrs. Qualley a long and happy mar
ried life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
Groom 20, Bride 60.

Waverly, Ia.-Henry Wildhaven,
well-to-do farmer, 70 years old, and
Mrs. Sophia Roathe of this city, 81
years old were married here today.
The ceremony was very simple, and
only few friends were present. The
aged but happy couple drove to the
groom's farm in an old fashioned
buggy, which their friends attired
with bright ribbons and many shoes,
making very remarkable sight.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
Sergt. johnson on Way Home.

We received a few lines Thursday
from Sergt. Clarence c. Johnson, a
Madison township boy, who has been
stationed at Colbence, Germany, and
to quote his own words he says:
To My Dear Friends:
Will just drop you few words to
let you know that l will be in New
York by the time you all read this
letter, and expect to be in DEBORAH
about the 18th Of August"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23

The Dubuque Times-JOurnal says:
After hidden foreign propaganda in
this country has been rooted out, per-
haps a United States senator can
then stand up for American inter-
ests and not he denounced as an
offensive partisan"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
Rev. Father WhaIen, Chaplain.

Cresco, Ia, The Howard county
post Of the American Legion has
elected officers as follows: Com
mander, Lellis l.. Lowery; adjutant
Lola Glass; finance officer, Leonard
l.. Lyons; historian, Tom Perry;
chaplain, the Rev. Father Whalen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
Fell Nine Stories.

Jewell, Ia.-Funeral services for
lay Foval, 43 years old, who was
killed by falling from high building
In Milwaukee, Wis. July 2, We're held
here and burial was made In Lakin's
brother OF Bert Foval and Mrs. Bes-
sic Gilly, both OF Jewell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23
Rubllf OpIulon.
BY HARRY j. GREEN.

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DEBORAH, IOWA, JULY %, 1919.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23

imported. This amounts to $3.50
tons, valued at $1,5O0,0OO.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-07-23

All the paraffin wax for candle
in South Africa has to be
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26
Demand for Lumber Far
In Excess of Supply
Shortage of Stocks and Advanc.
ing Prices General Trade
Condition

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 25.-"Lumber,s
a trade authority, says:
"The fourth advance of the wear in
prices of Douglas fir went into effect
last week at all manufacturing and
distributing centres, and that the new
advances of approximately SO per thou
sand on all grades arefbeing we'll main
tanned is evidenced by the fact that
mills are sending back orders submit
ted on previous quotations. Shortage
of stocks is the general rule through
out the entire lumber market and ad-
vancing prices is the general tendency
''ln Southern pine orders for the
week exceeded production by about
27,000,000 feet, while shipments for
the same period were nearly 100000
feet in excess of production Many
mills in the Southern pine district are
refusing orders, while others are ship
ping out green lumber in response to
insistent demands of customers. Hard
wood production is showing a slight
increase, still it is not keeping pace
with demand.
"Production everywhere Of lumber Of
all kinds is still far below normal.
This is particularly true of the North
Carolina pine district, where weather
and labor conditions are still interfer-
ing to considerable extent with mill
operations. The demand for lumber
these days is coming from all consum-
ing centres. Dealers are buying quite
extensively to meet constantly
increasing home-b building demand and
woodconsuming industrials are enter
ing the market in quest Of material in
larger numbers daily. Maple and
hardwood flooring are in especially good
demand, and prices of both items have
advanced materially during the last
week"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26
shipments by companies for April fol.

Penn Mex Fuel Company, e39 ,676.O9;
Aguils Oil Company, 815,6l5; Standard
Oil Company, 64765S19; Island Oil
and Transport Corporation, 672, ,681 90 ;
Texas Company, 500 ,25S.57; Mexican
Gulf Oil Company, 539,76762; Huas-
teca Petroleum Company, 529, 9,684.S1;
Cortez Oil Company, 45O,6S4; Freeport
OH and Fuel Company, 437,541 O2;
East Coast Oil Company, 424, 1896;
Pierde Navigation Company, 6S,1S1;
National Petroleum Company, 65,S02;
Tai Vez Petroleum Company, 6O,35745;
lnterocean Oil Company, 51,737.S8;
Corona Oil Company, 51,O7297.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26

April show larger increase than was
expected. All previous records were
exceeded, the total figures, for coast
wise and export shipments being g.
25a,573 barrels Of the crude, refined and
dist'lled product. The increase is due
to additions that have bean made to
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26
W WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY

SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REpORT)
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26

the fleets Of tank vessels. There is an
available supply of crude petroleum far
In excess of pipe line and oceangoing
transportation facilities. 1t is the cx-
pressed belief Of oil operators here
that from now on the shipments will
mount up enormously each month. The
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26

PITTSBURGH, PA. May 23. 1919.
TO STOCKHOLDERS OF
WEsTI NGIOUsE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Board of presents following tn
operations its proprietary companies TO
ST. 1919. together with the
financial and other of that date
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26
Record Oil Shipments

Finaneeal BuyeaM
speetal Covyespondsues
sTAAPfco, Mexico, May 2S.---oil ship.
seaats from Msxiss ter ths month Of
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26
Consolidated
Exchange

Unit of trade on this exchange, 10 shares1
Following table gives total transactions for
the week ended May "a, with the high. low
and closing prices
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26


$12OOOO0O
Shaffer Oil and Refining Company
Mortgage Convertible Sinking Fund Gold Bonds
June / Due June1
Authuized
r @ ] $ ] $::ss $ :s:$ ;::$ s::s s; $ H.: @ &
Conveh rntoPa tipingP Preferred cunuatv
iionany Guaran
STANDARD GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY
'""e 2 s "~" ss% ~ a %sa 1 s m d d~~%~ 7"" ~
Business Oil andR villa the oil
andA Associates in the dContnent fields
Security. A6st lien stem
direct first edepoitof LATERAL These
omprs 9produin ngweNs
mdm barIe e6ner,5 tankc twenty6v
sees gtas.ov miles o esandg
and The critics havea value
these dsto utsand-
ing according to appi@l of independent checked
Cmpan
Earnings. dductono of Fedora
enee eaning lon naudts f Warwick MITCHELL
Co. over four axmumin
this issue and for 1918 $3898878 than five times
iumi t qurement
Sinking Fund.- seminnual fund payments commencing
December 1919 gradual yinreaa to thepar
o this o $0oo0o0 will provide less
$ll26OOOO baore tury
Wh nd issued dand e~n~ b
95 andln
Montgomery & Co.
Bonbright & Co. H. M. Bylesby & Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-26
ASSETS

fric Manufacturing Company which
accounts Of that company included in this report
The Essingon Works chine
IN the early part Of the and these works
hgo b and naval ships for the United When
TSye the of turbines reduction from
make avasbe much needed sddtonai space
the Tner 9eations OF your Company at East Pittsburgh
East Springfield viii,
certain in an ra Sondon IN n that @
operations VIII begin at the Springfield about Sep
ton The Increase in Investments principally subp-
of Lien m TSf Bonds hs @ cte @ Gs
hodns Of Of rh % T sssEsd @ ns GI
Company, Ltd as stated in last years
ventores at mnimum amoun4 @ W p a @ af fbev show
reduction of $1,000 900 with last year.
LIABILITIES
An issue Of s15 900 900 One Notes February m
ke aoun s %us dne Feea Fe h proceeds 's used to retire
The @ Th balance s1 900 Of e 40
face value of the Fifteen 1924 were
h 5s M % os the
The aGcruals for include estimated amount IN.
the present Federal Tax Law which will be FOR payment
The balance sheet shows protection o.
meG1unts ana Notes Rseevable inventories and other y
More than 600 employees entered the Naval and Msr .
Deparmen and favorabe aSnSons IN h hav p bee
for the apply for
The accounts yeur Company proprietary
companies have been audited Sells Certified
your Company under
take pleasure In recording their OF the de-
by order of the Board of Directors
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
WON EN- RESOLVE

The attitude of the women of South
Dakota toward the big national and
state issues was reflected by the reso.
lLtions adopted by the convention Of
the South Dakota League of Women
Voters held at Mitchell. These give
strong support to prohibition and SUI.
frage, equal pay for equal work by
women, separation of the boy and girl
inmates of the state reform school at
~Plankinton; express strong opposition
to the referendum of the state pro-
hibition law; indorse the movement for
the uniform ballot in the various states
and pledge support to the following
movements: Better trained and pet
ter paid teachers, Americanization of
foreigners, protection of children, re-
moyal of i~lliteracy, uplifting the stand.
ard of citizenship, bill for physical
training for children in the rural
schools and supervised play.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
KEEPING IN CLOSE TOUCH

Farmers who sell vegetables oil
other farm produce to consumers or
retail stores find that taking pains to
inform themselves on the condition of
the market is very much worth while.
Y. equently a telephone inquiry or ref
to the local paper will reveal
a demand or lack of demand that seri
ously affects the value of a product.
The information so obtained may sug-
gest a delay in taking the produce to
town, and give the seller a consider
ably better price. In advertising goods
for delivery through parcel post it is
particularly important that the farmer
keep closely in touch with the demands
and tastes Of prospective customers
To advertise goods at the wrong time
is to throw away money. To offer
them for sale at THE most favorable
time and at proper price means getting
the largest returns for labor and in
Vestment.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06

farm is dreary and dull compared to
the opportunities offered by a great
industrial or commercial center. AS
as the youth of the country out
grows the little red schoolhouse on
the hill it Immediately turns toward
the reported fabulous wages paid in
the city. with never a thought of the
higher proportionate expenses.
AS u population has increased, SO
in proportion has our agriculture met
its needs. Despite the fact that the
rural populations have migrated to the
cities, and there is many times less the
per capita population employed in the
nevertheless this deficiency has
been ~eeQualized By the invention of i'm
proved farm machinery and labor saw
ing devices. If we are to continue to
advance along agricultural lines Amer
lea must establish not only more and
greater experiment stations, and model
similar to those established in
nearly every state under the super
Of the department of agricul
ture, but also we must have special
lists to conduct individual research on
broader lines.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06

BILE the elimination of the present Sc.
rious deficit under the standard re-
turn, which was arrived at by striking
a three-year average of railroad OPP
erations under private management,
During July and August a slight sur
plus was exhibited, but these figures
did not include the recent wage in
creases granted the shopmen and were
a fractional part of the accrued de-
felt. Current estimates of the ultl-
mate deficit to be shown by the gov
eminent as a result of it's two-year
experiments in operation are in the
neighborhood of $500, 900 900.
The annual expenditures for all gov
eminent purposes prior to the war
amounted to 81, 500, 000, 900, and the
total bonded Indebtedness was approx
imately $1,000, 600, 900, the interest
charges on the amount being prac.
tically $22, 900 900 a year. When the
books are all put in order the United
States will have interest-bearing oblt
cations amounting to about $34.000,,
000, 900, and the annual interest and
sinking fund charge will approximate
something like l 1000, 900, 900. These
figures make it perfectly plain that the
interest charges alone of this gov
eminent in the future will be eQuai
to, if not greater than the total cost
of maintaining the government prior
to the war. These are stern figures.
yet the American people carefully ana
deliberately incurred the big obliga-
tons they represent. Congressman
Ricketts,, of Ohio, voices the obliga-
ton of Congress toward the public
most admirably. He says: THE
American people should stop, look and
listen. They have apparently gone
money mad. They are standing on
tiptoe, all working on a high ten
sion. The people of the United States
need to be rebaptized in pure, unadul-
terated Americanism. They should be
taught the lesson Of industry. Our
national debt is staggering, but we
must meet it and pay it. How are
we to do it? Go on making extrava-
giant appropriations? No; curtail
them. 1t is up to Congress to de-
wise the ways and means"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
WHAT DID WE FIGHT FOR?

Tom Jones Meek, former associate
national director of the Four Minute
Men, in the New York Times-Is il a
game the senators are playing? A
game with the heart Of the world"
for a ball? One might think so from
press reports. am disguised.
order at home and abroad" "hu-
nan progress" and "our country's
honor are linked in the same breach
with party politics." personal pique
and prejudice" and packed commit
tees Are we so barren of states.
manship that in this awful crisis we
stop to count noses? Is the progress.
siye spirit of the fathers, so constant
ly invoked, entirely dead in the de-
Scendants?
Is American common sense so dead
that, with the world in fux, those who
would reject the treaty at the same
time insult every friendly nation?
With strikes, social unrest, hunger,
bolshevism, and the black cloud of an
other world catastrophe filling the
Cil III VIII SlOOll, 10 IL COIISIIuCIlNb
craftsmanship to reduce it to chaos
worse than that of war by rejecting
the only bond now holding it together?
| love America. Everything | have
or hope for is here. So many genera
tons of my people have lived and
died here that | do lot even know
from whence they came. Yet, Ameri.
can as | am, | cannot help but feel
that there is something of dishCnor,
something dishonorable, in telling the
world now. Even America somehow
does not seem all in all.
Perhaps during the war ! became
a dreamer and an idealist. Perhaps
| should not have believed quite so
implicitly all the thirgs we told the
soldier boys, the workers in our mines
and factories, the school children with
their thrift stamp cards. Maybe we
didn't fight this war to end war"
Maybe we didn't fight it ito make the
world safe for democracy" Maybe
we didn't pledge ourselves" to the other
nations on the bases of the fourteen
points, but if we didn't then some
body lied to me and our government
got me to repeat the lies to my fellow
citizens.
| am too loyal an American to be-
lieve that, no matter what great sena-
tors say. Some of the things they
say would have locked them up a, year
ago.
This war isn't ended until it is end,
ed right. Germany is whipped; Aus
tria is whipped; but the thing we
fought is not whipped until we estab-
lish 1.-The reign of law, based upon the
consent of the governed, sustained by
the organized opinion of mankind"
That is a good definition of the league
of nations.
To accomplish such establishment
| am for the best plan yet proposed.
If there is any better plan months
of debate have not revealed it. Ev-
erybOdy took a hand in amending the
first draft of the covenant, and if it
isn't perfect the way is open to amend
again, but the all essential thing right
now is to go ahead on the basis Of
the best we have been able to get,
and quit trying to inject domestic pol
itics into international affairs. If it
is Wilson'S triumph-well, Wilson is
an American.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Continued from Page ID

Continued from Page IL
ing adoption of the legislation"
Director General Hines goes on to
say that the vital need is for the ex-
penditure of large sums by the rail-
roads in acquiring new equipment and
charging and constructing terminals,
shops, engine houses, turn tables,
trackage and the like. He remarks
that just before 1918 this rehabilita-
ton work by the railroads had been
arrested by the difficulty of securing
materials, labor and lev capital: that
in 1918 these factors and the war re-
q~uirements prevented construction,
and that during the calendar year
1919 there has been u~navoidedly an
almost complete stoppage of all these
matters" In other words, equipment
is still insufficient, tracks themselves
have not been adequately renewed, and
terminal and shop development, needed
to keep the trains moving swiftly, has
been delayed, all this despite the fact
that the money actually spent out of
revenue has been far higher than ever
before. A deficit has been rolled up
and the railroads themselves have
greatly d~eteriorated. This declaration
by the director general confirms what
the railroad executives had previously
told Congress in their earnest warning
that not only must there be legisla-
ton for the return of the railroads,
but also this legislation must be such
as to make it sure that investment in
railroad securities would be attractive
to the public. The old requirements
of $500. 0O0. 900 a year for normal bet
terment work are no longer sufficient
as materials and labor have about
doubled in cost. A billion dollars a
year. therefore, would be nearer the
normal requirements and, as the fed
eral railroad administration remarks,
even normal requirements have not
been met during the last three years.
Mr.. Hines makes it quite clear that
without new equipment and without
early legislation upon which new con-
struction and planning can be based,
there is grave danger Of a 1920 con-
dition 81 serious as to effect not only
the railroads. but also all industries
which depend upon the railroads for
transportation. Up to date Director
General Hines has declined to initiate
rate changes which will make posi-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
DON'T NEGLECT A
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Go after it with Sloan's
Liniment before it gets
dangerous

Apply a little, don't rub. let it pene-
tyote, and--good-by twinge! Same for
external aches, pains, strains, stiffness
of joints or muscles, lameness, bruises.
Instant relief without mussiness or
soiled clothing. Reliable-the biggest
selling liniment year after year. Eco
nomical by reason of enormous sales.
Keep a big bottle ready at all times.
Ask your druggist for Sloan's Linz
ment 35c, zoe. Sl.40.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
THE MOTH AND THE CLOTHES

Society Woman-"I see by today's
papers | am referred to as one OF
fashions butterflies"
Her MISUNDERSTANDING the way
you go through clothes | should think
moths would apply better.'-London
Eighty.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
BOOM A CIGAR

"Phew! How car you smoke such
cigars as this one you've given me-"
Il can't. That's the one you handed
me yesterday. Transcript.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
BRITISH ENVY

The Sammy-"Over in America we
gotta lilac bush fifty feet high"
The Tommy-"I wish ! could lilac
that."-Saturday Journal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
HEAD-WoRk

Two heads are certainly better than
one for a barrel.-Times-Union.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
EFFICIENT FARMING ANSWER

An efficient and permanent system
Of agriculture Is the real basis of the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
WHAT 1T is

Bolshevism-A blowout on the tire
of world-politics.-Motor News.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-13
STORAGE OF VEGETABLES

Ii properly stored after harvest, veg
etables a be made a source OF con-
siderable income to the farmer who is
located near good-sized towns or cities.
In such places a constantly increasing
number of people are living in apart.
ments and flats, where they have stor-
age facilities for only small quantities
of vegetables, or in houses heated by
furnaces in the basement, making that
part OF the house too warm for the
storage OF vegetables. The automobile
or motor truck has made it possible
for the grower to get his vegetables