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A Government Hunter
THE OBSERVER.

tions of the country over which he has
hunted. this resolution has given many
wild animals a new lease Of life, as
they we're able to make getaway"
on the Sabbath. One interesting story
is told of how Lilly followed a bear
through three states before he finally
cornered the animal and was able to
kill him.
His hounds once SO enraged q noun.
tain lion that she finally attacked
Lilly, who was unarmed except for a
four-inch pocket knife. With this
weapon he killed the beast after a
strenuous encounter
Lilly knows the range country SO
well and is so familiar with the routes,
habits and haunts Of the lions that
occasionally he kills as many as three
lions in half an hour. He knows Just
where to set traps in the canyons and
coves, while he is able to pick out the
most desirable spots to lie in ambush
awaiting the approach Of prowling
beasts.
Uncle Sam employs approximately
300 professional trappers and hunters
to assist western stockmen in exter-
minating wild predatory animals from
the range country. These hunters
have killed 70.713 predatory animals
in the last three years. which has re-
suited in direct saving estimated at
nearly $s.s0o.o8o year to the stock,
men Of the Rocky mountain section.
The total killed consisted of 6o,473
coyotes. 1904 bobcats. 1929 wolves,
20l mountain lions and 1877 bears. Tho
pelts Of the animals killed were sold
for approximately 100000, which, Of
course, Is of considerable aid to the
government in financing the work. In
addition to animals killed by trapping
and shooting, great numbers Of coyotes
have been killed by the carefully or
ganixed poisoning campaigns cen
Quoted by the biological survey.
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The Skag Fisher.
( COMMISSIONER HUGH M. SMITH

COMMISSIONER HUGH N. SMITH "
OF the fisheries bureau said: ~
THE prime virtue Of good fisher :
man IL patience. Nobody ever de-,
veloped into a good fisherman whoa,
hadn't the patience Of Job. e., ..,a
There's a Washington boy who is''
going to make champion one of
these days. ! saw him the other after
noon hshing in the Potomac, and 1
said to him:
What are you fishing for. seny
'Skags.' said he.
What are skags? asked. % -.
"a" Dunns.'' said the koy.,..k, sA,'t.,,,
never caught none yet" sI p,
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THOUSANDS court publicity while
select minority prefer to re-
main unnoticed in the darkened

main unnoticed in the darkened
background but have fame
thrust upon them. The latter class
holds Benjamin v. Lilly champion
lion hunter.
Born OF good and prosperous fami-
ly. Lilly. while still in his teens. re-
sponded to the call of the wild and
became a free-lance hunter. Loaded
with sixty-pound pack, he broke
his way through the Louisiana cane
brakes in search of game-no varie-
ties or species barred, from bears to
wild cats. Adeptness with firearms
and courage were his resources. AS
rule, every time his rifle cracked some
animal dropped or Topped it's way into
the underbush badly wounded, and
for the last half century Lilly's rinc
has been splitting fire and his fame
las sure shot" has spread through
Louisiana. Texas. Arizona, New Mexico
and northern Mexico.
Ben Lilly was one of the guides
who accomplished the late Col.
Roosevelt in his hunt through the
Louisiana canebrakes. Subsequently
Lilly collected specimens of wild
animals for the biological survey of
the Department of Agriculture and
at various times during the last six
years he has been in the service OF
this bureau as professional hunter.
Although he now is sixty-fve years
old, he is as active. as daring and
as certain in drawing a bead" as any
OF his associates, some Of whom are
young enough to be his grandchil-
dren. Lilly is giant for work. and
even at present is able daily to tire
out Two or three sets of dogs in
rounding up some range yarmint Hi.
circle of friends among the westerp
ranchers is extensive and apprecia.
tive.
On the basis that the wolf kills
$1,000 worth Of live stock a year. the
bear and mountain lion $500 each of
live stock. and the coyote and bobcat
each do $50 worth Of damage, Lilly
has saved the western stocknen enor.
nous amounts. In the last six xA.rs
he has killed 1877 mountain Iona ana
sixty-hve bears. including several
grizzlies. Lilly Is unassumins and dis
inclined to talk about his experiences.
and on this account no accurate record
Is available concerning his total mum.
Der Of 'scalps.
Lilly attributes his physical provess
and activity to his out-ef-door life and
to his .abstemisus nature, as he has
never used tobacco or intexicants Of
any description. He has followed q
aEeA rule Of never hsntiAg .Sn Gun. >
day, and, according to runner in sec.
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family ten years got a lot of fine
rides at agents expense. The third
week out I managed to snag seven
or eight rides for my tailor, whom
had owed a long, long time. He not
only extended my credit on the suit
] bought summer before last but also
promised to make me new suit with
two pairs of pants. At that rate I
should say I shall not need another
suit at least until after the kaiser's
trial.
AS l said in the beginning. however,
I have not as yet bought a machine.
Nor shall / il l have to pay money
for it. If l can get one free or pos
sibly trade in what loose property I
have, same consisting of an old shot
gun. two decoy decks. a horsehide-
covered trunk and one pair of felt
boots in good repair. I may have my
own car. Otherwise, Mr.. Ham and
will continue to struggle ever the
question OF Shall it be Ave or seven
cents" and the devil take the hind
most.
THE OBSERVER.
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Around the CITY.

DUCK ~ MN anu the play tutheo INV
. rev.
In their scuiss the ball was spnrted
along by 4 sudden whin .: wind UNI
Ill 1t rolled into a sewer At the cor
ner Of the curb.
But it was a great game while 1t
lasted.
A CRATE on a commission market
sidewalk was inhabited by six
pigs.
They were too large for sucklings
and too babyish to be called shoats,
Each was white with pinkish be-
meath, and all of them were sprawled
out in the abandon of sleep I'M
troubled by any prescience OF the
butchers knife-except one that
pok ed it's nose between the bars anu
called out an incessant wee, wee.
wee" like that other pig that went to
market but was lucky enough to get
home again.
He was as wide awake as any pig in
clover, and in his teency-tinecy eyes
was an almost human interest in the
people who passed and who. the most
of them, paused to comment on the
cuteness of him. seasoned with that
pity that all of US feel when called
on to face an animal we are ready
to eat later on.
All of which-to quote the dear law
isn't worth the paper it is written
on-except that, of all the unusual
things in this world, who would ex-
pect to meet up with a temperamental
pig?
X X
7 OOK at what Frank wrote:
- Like most old fellows. l like
when you go back and talk about old
time people and places. Why don't
you recall the chimney sweeps, the
man who went around town ringing
a bell when a child got lost CASUALLY
followed by children who bid fair to
time arrests, when the police had to
drag and fight the culprits all the way
to the station-the city hall, for my
section-and lots of other old-time
things? Or was 1t before your time?
frank"
II there is any nice. obliging gentle
man around here who remembers
when Washington was a small town
in knee pants-it is too much to ask OF
US ladies-wi1l he please tell Frank"
about the chimney sweeps n every
thing!
OF course, he must know, for him
self. all about Hogarths sooty irnps
and of the sweepies who crawled
down the chimneys of Dickens land,
and of how the renowned Jack black
ened the only green velvet sMit he had
to his name that time he went to
seek his fortune. and had to take the
chimney route to the giants castle SO
he could kill him and set the lovely
maiden free-but Frank" wants to
know about homefolks who lived in
the days that were but are not. SO,
dear Mr.. nice, obliginE gentleman, IL
you please
MAMIE LANCASTER
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IN
lot Of gilded sycamore balls in
the street-whereupon. something
happened that-to quote a dear brown
sugar woman in the street-"You
amt lible to see onct in a thousan'
yeahs.' 10.
Two sparrows. hidden from the
shower In some sheltered branch Of
the tree overhead, must have noted the
cleaning lady's performance, for the
rain having ceased and Tie wind
tapered to zephyr ripples, down
they few and began to play ball
In their fight for possession, they
Sent the bail up ana down the street
until its regularity Of motion appar-
entity changed their desire for cen.
quest unto a spirit of fun. Each bird
hoped to base with a yards space
between. And they trundied that bal,
from one to the ether as II they had
been boYa And Is IL they had done
II before.
After . bit one sparrow jumped on
the haii and WAS thrown AS it turned.
The other sparrow hoped on and
WAS thrown. Then they tried II over
sad over. until one Of the chaps say.
Of % by teetering its fee. as jay.
Glers do on the stage.
TIE other sparrow must have felt
within himSeif that he could do that
sane. for he few on ihe ball, upset
.tis rival and shufleA along vieasri.
~rsly until sth-, other sparrow got
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up az any Sood land 1V-cent store.
l honestly believe that the flivver
prevaricator Is the worst liar in the
world. Why. one Christian gentleman
who owned a'fiiv actually look ed me
squarely in the eye and solemnly de-
clared that he got hirty-eight miles
a gallon out of gas in his fiiv. Another
declared that on one occasion when
he was up at Braddock Heights and
had no gas he coasted all the way to
Washington on just nothing at all.
Furthermore, after a fiiv owner has
talked you deaf. dumb blind and halt,
he will up and say.
Besides all OF that, they run. A
fiiv will go anywhere that u goat can
CO."
The medium priced car owner has
another argument. All he Dies is
point to the entire United States
Army and says:
Page the personnel Of the Army
il you want to know about my car"
Thereupen you page the Army and
get more opinions than YOU can
among the civilian population. Seine
soldiers say certain makes Of cars rsa
hne In this csuntry, where they are
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

No. 2: l hose cart, spanners, z
stoves, 10 rubber coats, hydrant
wrenches, 3 tables, l,400 feet good
hose, hydrant gate, 100 feet poor
hose, 2 axes, 8 nozzles, ladder hose
clutches, 2 fire pyreness, 2 automatic
couplings, l siamese coupling, IS
chairs, chemical
HOSE CO. NO. 3. Members:
R. G. Price, H. Jensen, Ed Grant, H.
Tavener, B. Alstad, c. Alstad, Ed
Hanson, NJ Schaub, J. Mcintosh, D.
Mcintosh, E. V. Gillett, H. Symonds,
F. Bernatz, F. Goltz, S. Olson, Wells
McIntire.
Inventory of apparatus of Hose Co.
No. 3: hose cart, hydrant gate,
5 tables, lantern, II chairs, I
chemical, 3 hydrant wrenches, stove,
IS feet extension ladder. l samese
coupling, IS rubber coats, 2 nozzles,
4 spanners, wrenches.
THEO OLSON,
Chief of D. F. d.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
l.. B. WILLIS.
H. ENGBRETSON.
r. B. BERGESON.
Report on Water Works.

DEBORAH, Iowa, April lst, 1917. .
| believe | am justified i'll saying
that the past year has been the most
successful year in the history OF the
City Water Works Department, and
the reason for the success is mainly
through the friendly cooperation OF
all concerned.
The collection Of water rents has
been better than i'll the past owing to
the go-and-get-it spirit. Many bad
leaks have been located and repaired
which has cut down the pumping bill
considerable, and there are many
more to locate which should bring the
pumping bill still lower which no
doubt will be done in the near future.
In my report last year | suggested
that check be kept on the water
used at the park by installing two
meters which was done and matter
of record on the water book.
Another matter | suggested last
year in regard to losses of water rent
through tenants moving out from
residences and not settling their water
bills and no ordinance to compel the
property owner to pay has also been
remedied by an ordinance.
Material on hand. II meters, E
train gears, "a strainers, g measuring
chambers. 6 upper castings, o lower
castings, 6 iron bottoms, 80 bolts and
nuts, "a lock nuts, "a stuffing box nuts
| gross cork, "a discs, "a tail pieces
| gross leather gasket, 80 meter
gaskets, II rubber gaskets,
Tools on hand: valve key, | street
key, 2 banners monkey wrench,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

B. M. Graham, Bud Bucknell. Geo
Hislop, L. c. Christian, Al. Anderson,
James Ward, Frank German, R,
Hjerlied, Albert Wangler, Jno. Boil
linger, Fred Bierman, K. T. Orr, E. P.
Shea, We're Mckinney.
Inventory of apparatus of Hook
and Ladder Co.: truck, / ladder
600 feet), 5 pixies, desk, braces,
l ladder (46 feet), 2 tables, II chairs,
4 axes, ladder GO feet), 3 lanterns,
10 feet rope, small pike pole, set
iron hooks, 2 horse blankets,
chemicals, chimney cleaner,
pyreness.
HOSE CO. NO. 2. Members:
Frank Bloomfield, liver Ringdahl, R.
Rima, Dennis Koran, F. c. Werhan,
Frank Arneson, Adolph Gjevre, Theo-
dore Moen, J. S. Price, R. Noecker,
Gust Haugen. Ben Vine, J. H. Hal
vorson, H. 0. Teslow, Mat Dotseth,
Oscar NeSheiin, Theodore Olson, J.
Lewis.
Inventory of apparatus of Hose Co.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Report of Finance Committee,
March 81, 1919.

April &, IVY.
To the honorable mayor and city
council
We beg leave to make the following
report:
The total balance on hand April /
1919, is $3,766ll, according to the
report of the treasurer. There are a
few vouchers still outstanding, which
will show up in the report of the city
clerk.
The sewer fund which was over,
drawn last year S2,0650O, has been
reduced to an overdrawal of 81 ,30942
the overdrawa having been occa-
stoned by extensive permanent inn
provements which were not paid for
by bonds.
The grading fund shows deficit of
S87l .48, which is caused by con-
siderable amount of crawling on the
streets during the past year, street
sweeping which was charged to
general fund before, and large
amount of work done in connection
with park road We recommend that
an entirely different system for col
lecting OF poll tax be installed, mas
much as the number of people actually
paying poll tax is not at all in COM
pariSon with the number of voters in
the city.
The water works contingent fund
shows a gain of about $500 over the
year previous, in spite of the fact that
a great deal of permanent improve
ment and repairs have been done on
the pumping plants and machinery
With the exception of about $4,000,
the entire revenue from the water
works department, also old accounts,
have been collected the past year. the
total collection being about S6,500.OO.
We recommend, inasmuch as property
owners are held for water taxes. that
water be shut off within sixty TO
ninety days after bill is rendered, if
not paid, or that due notice be sent
t othe property owner, if the property
is leased by tenant.
During the past year Sl5,0OOOO in
sewer bonds due in 1886 were ordered
refunded. Sl4,00000 new bonds have
thus far been re-issued as refunding
bonds. We expect to get the remain
ing 100000 at later date. While
it was necessary TO pay $4,000 for
these bonds, the total saving to the
city IN interest, after all expenses are
paid, will be approximately SS,0OO0O
The assessment necessary Will be
three mills for nine years, as com.
pared with two mills for twenty years
The strict enforcement of dog tax
as we'll as the collection of licenses
has resulted in a slight increased
revenue this year over the past.
During the past year we have in
stalled a complete system OF book
keeping for the city, together with {
full line of blanks, etc, and if the
system, as outlined, is carefully car
ried out, the city will at any and al
times have a complete report and
balance of its business in the variou:
funds.
All. of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
Chairman
H. ENGBRETSON.
B. ]: MCKAY.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Report of the Fire Committee.

DEBORAH, Iowa, April oth, 1919.
To his honor the mayor and city
council OF the city OF DEBORAH,
We, your committee on fire, beg
leave TO report as follows
To be brief and save repetition. we
refer you to the several reports from
secretaries OF the different fire COM
panieS as to the roster of the men,
bership of the fire department, appa-
ratus on hand, and of needed supplies.
Also the fire chiefs report, of fires
during the year, estimated loss and
amount of insurance, all of which Is
on file.
DEBORAH has one Of the best volun-
tcer fire departments in the State of
Iowa and should be encouraged. So
liability is one of the governing ele-,
ments which tend to efficiency, and
we would call your attention to some
conditions that now exist.
The Hook and Ladder Co. meeting
room is in bad repair and should be
re-painted and ,papered and otherwise
made a cheerful place for the COM
pany meetings.
Hose Co. No. rs building is in a
| bad location OF the city and the entire
building needs overhauling Some
thing must be done for this company
in the near future TO keep up its
interest, They are company OF
willing workers at fires and are en-
titled to better quarters.
A bell should be placed in the tower
on the Town Hall in the Fifth Ward
| for fire alarm purposes, as there is no
means for calling the company
stationed there - for fires, and at
times this is absolutely necessary.
All OF which is respectfully sub
mitted.
GEO. HISLOP,
Chairman
J. J. McANDREWS.
II. ENGBRETSON.
| Fire Committee
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
r. B. BERGESON.
H. ENGBRETSON.
Report of the Water Works Com
mittee, March 81, 1919.


= We, the undersigned, wish to make
the following report:
We recommend that the water
works committee be authorized to
take care of not only machinery but
the buildings as we'll, instead of
having two committees on one propo-
sition.
We. recommend that the sewer
system be placed under the juris-
diction of the, water works committee
and that the city clerk be superin-
tendent of the water works and sewer
systems and that the Office known as
the sewer Inspector be abandoned,
but that some one be employed under
the jurisdiction OF the city clerk and
water works committee to look after
all necessary outside work i'll con-
nectlOn with these systems.
We recommend that the roof of the
South Pumping Station be painted
and new cutters put on and that a
ventilator be put on the well-house
and that North Station be put III
shape at once.
We also recommend that North
Pumping Station be used at least a
day in every 90 days, and city reser,
voir re-cleaned soon as possible this
spring as same was not cleaned last
fall as there was no pump III shape
to work at that time.
We further recommend that all ole
and new water petitions for mains be
granted if possible. 1t will save the
city a large amount of pumping as
there are a great number of long
service pipes that have several user:
on, and as we have found in those
service pipes most of the bad leaks.
The machinery in North Pumping
Station is remodelled and supposed tc
be in A condition.
We recommend that new cement
floor be put in North Station.
In Mr.. Ole Quandahl's report yot
will find invoice of all tools, pipe ant
meters.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

l plier, l wire brush, 2 screw drivers,
l set forms for Strengthening meter
castings.
During the past year 120 meters
have been cleaned and repaired, many
of them being damaged by frost
through negligence by the people in
whose residences they were. The cost
of repairing frozen meters have been
charged to the owners.
| would suggest that in the future
the city buy only frost bottom meters
or as they are commonly called "arctic
meters" as they are more quickly and
easier to repair and much cheaper.
Respectfully submitted,
o. N. QUANDAHL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Proceedings of the City Council of
DEBORAH, Iowa, April 7, 1919.

The adjourned meeting of the city
council was called to order by Mayor
N. Willett.
The following members of the
council were present at roll call:
McAudrews, Bucknell, Hslop, Berge-
son, and Engbretson. Mckay and
Willis being absent. ..
Minutes Of the meeting held on
April End were read and approved.
Alderman Hislop read the yearly
report of the fire committee.
Annual reports of the following
officers and committees were read by
the clerk: City treasurer, city clerk,
sewer inspector, fire chief, light COM
mittee, water works committee,
property committee, finance COM
mittee, and committee on streets and
alleys.
Motion by Hislop, seconded by
McAndrews, that the reports be
accepted, published and placed on
file Motion carried.
No other business appearing and the
term of Office of each of the men,
bers of the council having come-to an
end, motion was made by Hislop.
seconded by Engbretson, that the
council adjourn sine die. Motion
carried
MARK D. WELLS, City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
Report of the Fire Chief.

DEBORAH, Iowa, April 7, 1919.
To the honorable mayor and city
council of DEBORAH, Iowa.
Gentemen:-
| beg to submit my annual report
of the DEBORAH Fire Department for
the year ending March 81, 1919
HOSE co. NO. |. Members:
John Dahl, Ed Goltz. Peter Finberg,
Ira Rima, Ben Bergeson, A. Ham
mersneSs, NJ. J. Muser, A. Bernatz,
Ole Hammersness, Ole Void, John
Fagerli, G.. Hammersness, Ed Herwig,
Will Tylet, E. Rosenthal, John Halse.
Inventory of apparatus of Hose Co.
No. /: hose cart, Is rubber coats,
| lantern, ! siamese coupling, l,4OO
feet good hose, 3 nozzles, Z spanners,
$50 feet poor hose, fire pyreness,
hydrant wrenchcs, hydrant gate,
, ,.-as A Iadder hpra ct,,tris a. ~ 1880
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

shovels, 3 snow scrapers, 2 scythes,
2 rakes, 2 axes, 3 pickaxes, sledge,
| tile spade, 3 bars, l drill, 2 pair
rubber boots, 2 saws, hammer,
2 lanterns, ! water pail, wrecking
bar, long-handled tile spade, 2 road
graders, 4 road drags, street sweeper,
| mower, 2 wheel scrapers, slush
scraper, l plow, l wagon and set of
dump boards, street oiler, cement
tamper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16
GEO. HISLOP.
Report of the Committee on Streets
and Alleys.

Report OF the Committee on Streets
and Alleys.
To his honor the mayor and city
council of DEBORAH, Iowa.
Gentlemen
Your chairman on streets and alleys
beg to report that this committee feel
proud OF the work done by aforesaid
committee for the year 1918.
|. A tool house was repaired and
a needed addition was built so all
kinds of city tools can be taken good
care of and not go to waste and
destruction or loss.
2. This committee can cheerFully
and honestly recommend your present
street commissioner to be. the right
man in that position. Our obServa-
tons are that he makes every man
employed do his duty, and that he
does not allow bolshevism or Sinking,
3. The tools care in our estimation
is very essential, provided your next
chairman of street and alleys does his
duty. All city tools are i'll good order
except street sweeper and one grader,
List of tools owned by city are
attached hereto, all of which is
respectfully submitted for your con-
sideration
II. ENGBRETSON,
Chairman of Committee
on Street and Alleys.
Y. r. BERGESON.
Y. v WILLIS.
X. BUCKNELL.
Iirt CT City Tools.