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The Washington times., 1920-05-25
Turnover"

Swift & Company has referred
frequently to its small profit on
sales. This has raised the question,
how many times do you turn over
your capital?'
Last year Swift & Company
turned over its invested capital
Capital stock plus surplus) nearly
six times.
This, together with our large
volume of business, made it pos
sible to operate on a profit of only
11/e cents on each turnover. Since
there were about six turnovers,
our total profit amounted to about
z per cent on capital and surplus.
This profit amounted to II per
cent on capital stock alone. We in
clude surplus as part of our total in
vestment, because that is tied up in
plants and equipment and huge
supplies of products in process of
manufacture and on the way to
market just as is our capital stock.
If the turnover had been based
on inventory instead of on capital,
the figures would have been about
the same, because the average
value of our stock of goods on
hand was about equal to our in
vestment.
The profit, from ali sources, averaged
only " cent per pound on all products
sold, and obviously had practically no
effect on prices.
Our books arc audited by certified
public accountants, and are of course open
to inspection by the u. S. Internal Rev
enue Department. We want people to
know and to understand our business.
Swift & Company, u. S. A.
Washington Locale Branch, lo-I4C Center Market
d. T. Dutrow. Manager.
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The Washington times., 1920-05-25

THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR and
Nine, de Risno will entertain at
dinner tonight. their thirty
guests being asked TO meet the Sec
retary Of state and Mrs. Colby.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
BEWARE STOCK sHARPs.
Promotions Coming
Home to RoOst.

The get-rich-quick promotions Of
the last two or three crazy years are
coming home 10 roost, now that
money is tight and the price of COM
modities are dropping.
1t is stated in the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington that new
oil companies, ether hopeful or wild
cat, sold billion dollars worth of
stock to the farmers of one rich
western state in two years. These
farmers are now learning that most
of this money was absolutely thrown
away.
In Iowa, two fiashily advertised
packing house companies were start
ed and most of the shares were, sold
to farmers of the state by statesmen
who received commissions of 25
cents on every dollar they made the
farmer produce. One of these con-
Germs built a plant and failed in four
months. The other didn't get that
far; nevertheless, the million and a
half the farmers paid in is mostly
missing. The courts are now full of
lawsuits started by indignant stock
purchasers. . ., .a
Recently, a western farmer who in
a lifetime of hard work had de-
veloped a first class farm worth s40,-
600, went into a court and asked
that a guardian be appointed for
himself 1T appears that the stock
boomers had gotten him to sign up
for stock in, various shady oil COM
panies to the tune Of s175,O00. The
guardian rspudiated the notes and
the farmerf will not lose his farm. j
James Al Davis Of the Chicago As
sociatiou Of Commerce says: 1T is
safe TOT estimate that at this very
moment there are. MORE THAN ONE |
BILLION DOLLARS WORTH orr
wildcat investments being offerehl
@ the people Of this country II
Don't buy. Beware of the shSfpJt
'@I "'1''5 ... ~" - j
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION.
DEBORAH, Iowa.

Public notice is hereby. given that
a special election of the Independ-
ent School District of DEBORAH, in
the County of Winneshiek, State of
Iowa, will be held on the 10th day
of January, 1921, within said hide
pendent School District at the City
Hall, DEBORAH, Iowa, from one or
clock p. m. until six o'clock, p. M,
and there will be submitted thereat
to the voters of said Independent
School District, to be by them voted
upon, the following proposition:
.~ Shall the Independent School
District of DEBORAH, Iowa, in the
County of Winneshiek, State of
Iowa, issue bonds in the sum of
One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000,) for the pur-
pose of constructing and equip
ping new High School Build
ing? .....-..., ..
, The whole of said Independent
School District will constitute one
voting precinct, and the polling place
thereof will be las above mentioned)
at the City Hall, DEBORAH, Iowa.
At which time and place all of the
voters of said Independent School
District are hereby notified to ap-
pear.
This notice is given by order of
the Board of Directors of said indie
pendent School District pursuant to
proper petition with : the required
signatures, in accordance with Sec
tons 2820-d1 ct seq. Supplement- to
the Code of Iowa, 1913.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, this third
day of December, 1920. b..
,..,l C. F. BAREFOOT, ...
~ Secretary, Board of Directors.
49-4w. r.. 49,. =.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
NOTICE OF, APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the appointment of an
Administrator tef the Estate of
Agnes Graham, deceased. '~
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
Administrator of the estate of Agnes
Graham, late of the City of De
corah, in the County of Winneshiek,
State of Iowa, deceased, intestate,
and has taken upon himself that
trust by giving bonds as the law di-
reefs. All persons having demands
upon the estate of the said deceased
are required to exhibit the same;
and persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
r. H. TRACY,
Administrator.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, December
I'd, 1920.
BOICE & HOOK, Attorneys.
SO. 49-4,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
HERRING SPENT s2s,ss7.sO.
Little Fortune Spent, And Didn't
Land, Either,

Campaign expense statements be-
ing filed with the secretary Of state
since the election show that N. E.
Kendall; governor-elect; spent B.
252.2J, OF which $500 Scr+ to the
republican state eehtrai committee,
and s261.sO for railroad fare. Mr..
Kendall received nothing from
othefa for his expenses.
Clyde Herring, democratic candi-
Gate for governor, spent s26, $500,
in his campaign, according to his
statement of expenditures filed with
the secretary of state. More than
So, 900 was for printing literature,
etc. The democratic state committee
received from him 81 1870, and his
travelling expenses were 1,761 ,05.
Other candidates expenses were
Glen C. Haynes, for state auditor
$3.50; John Hammill, for lieutenant
governor, $445, OF which $3.50 went
to the republican state committee
and Fred Woodruff for railroad com
missioner $3.50.
Charles Cameron, democratic can
iidate for lieutenant governor dit
not spend anything in his campaign
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
Numerical.

We used to ask, How many chill
dren have theyT Now, to be correct,
one says, "They haven't any children,
have they" although There is one
child, l believe" is PERMISSIBLE
From Life. gl ,,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
Persistency Wins Success.

Few men succeed because they are
naturally brilliant. Success is due
usually TO persistence, determination
and ambition. Any man can cultivate
thOsg qualities
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
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ua DEBORAH, Ia. .
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-08
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The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Make Our Public Schools Efficient
Gentlemen of Congress
By BILL PRICE.

Through appropriations bond issue, Congress should
provide remedies at this session for the nadequaces
OF the public school system of the District The matter is
not that be ed with from year to year proper
education to be given the young people of this city, in
Guiding the children of members of Congress.
Rev. ABRAM SIMON, president of the Board of Edu-
cation, puts the situation clearly when he points out that
the District bill passed by the House. for the fiscal year
1922 pays virtually attention to the urgent pleas of
the people of Washington for legislative program that
will meet IMMEDIATE needs. Unless the situation is met
between and the end OF the session school system
must continue to deerorate Imperative necessities must
be cared for Foremost of all additional cassrooms
that Washington children may have opportunity for full
instruction throughout the school year Next to that there
should be adequate pay for the very best minds to the
instruction
DR.. SIMON very wisely states:
In the it Lust
forgotten that inadequate appropriations for public education
Money appropriated for educa
expenditure! The youth today
the citizen Of results inadequate school system
for democracy fail make adequate
ton for education?
Without financial support of edu-
cation Without sufficient the
best school system must deteriorae
Washington's appeal to Congress for quick action is
spontaneous There is division of sentiment in this city
the subject united people begs that its requests
be not overlooked.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
THE NATIONAL DAILY
Watch Advertising Carefully
Merchants Are Cutting Prices Drasticall
YOUR Opportunity.

Christmas and the free buying season over, and
bargain day is here.
Whatever was not sold before MUST be sold now To
whatever point is necessary prices WILL BE CUT
You know that goods for sale were bought last
spring or earlier in the midst of the Suddenly buy
ing fell off, Close economy by the buying public has upset
the merchants plans Goods have accumulated and MUST
be sold.
You will fpd in the advertisements bargains represent
ing great savings in many sales made at far
LESS THAN THE MERCHANTS PAID for the goods at
the factory.
Study advertising to your own profit and BUY WHAT
YOU NEED Sales will be forced and stocks cleared
out by advertising campaigns Then goods necessarily will
up to the regular manufacturing prices plus retailing
expense plus profit
Careful women and will read ALL the advertising
from hats to Shoes from furniture to real estate.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been associated with a young man four
years my senior Q'm seventeen) for about a
year. About four months ago, he went away
to college and he asked me to wait for him until
he finished college and got started in business.
l agreed. of course, as know l love him. He
promised to write real often, but waited three
weeks before 1 received one letter from him.
Ever since he has been gone, his letters have
been rather Indifferent. About a month ago, l
received one that made me very sad. | tell him
every time l go out with another fellow. In
this letter. he asked me II didn't think that
all fellows were just the same sometimes. and
the letter cold and indifferent that
never answered it, Don't you think I did right
in not answering his letter? keep telling my
self that / did right, but that doesn't seem to
console me at. all. ! guess 1t must be because
| love him Above all, Miss Fairfax, he is my
ideal, and know ] shall never find another fell
low that would take his place. lie Is without
fault in my sight Please advise what to
do as l love him. but still every one Of his let
ters hurts me, and not at all encouraging a
think they ought to be. Don't you think that
anyone would get discouraged. DAISY.
Don't be discouraged. This Is no doubt tho
first of many disappointments. This young man
is your ideal at seventeen. At eighteen, you'll
teen a third, and on, until some day you'll
meet the man. Then you'll not want to go
living unless no shares your life.
Seventeen is about the age that we begin to
idealZe men. And then our ideals grow tall
and grow broad, mostly broad with succeeding
years, until we find them, or most Of them, en-
bodied in only man. And we marry him.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Stars and Stripes

It is hard to believe that women arc as bad as
they are painted nowadays.
Congress will try again to kill the high cost OF
living-by talking it to death.
An optmist Is a man who enters barber shop
these days with only dollar in his pocket.
II you own n house now you are fined for ii oy
the Government, and IL you don't you arc nned By
the landlord.
Before marriage a man brags to n woman OF
what he has been doing. After marrying her
he's afraid she'll find out what he's been doing. ,
The man who Is always buying something that
he doesn't need soon ends himself unable to buy
things that he does need.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Beatrice Fairfax
ON
Advice.
WAIT A WHILE.
ON
ADVICE.


DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been going with a young man for over
a year. He has told several times that he
loves me. Also has told me that he is married,
but is not living with his wife, and is expecting
to get divorce
He has one habit that / do not like and doubt
him when he tells he loves II is this:
We usually argue and every time we do. he says
IL is to be the end. He stays mad only
two days and then he makes up. Please advise
me this matter. DOUBTFUL.
Tell him when he finally obtains his divorce
you'll listen to his declarations of love- and be-
lieve them and not until that time comes. Then
you'll find out just haw sincere he is
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
We T .ll,.',,:l i , &C., GOSSIP SIS
X. C.. B.

IN THE general IN WHISPERED
offices. tones.
OF A corporation. I'VE OUGHT to do
sumpin.
WHERE A kindly
boss. FOR THE old scrub
HAS ENDEARED 'Aoy'
himself. SHE'S GOT four
kids"
~ Az " AND THESE three
WHO WORK with lines.
h'n'' FROM OUT of the
THEY PLANNED a mouth.
CIV, OF THE office boy.
TO GIVE the boss.
HAD A strange effect.
FOR IT came to pass.
FROM OFFICE boy.
- THAT AT o'clock.
.. ON THE afternoon.
NEXT TO the boss. ).
GAVE WHAT he
could. IN THE boss office.
TO BUY the gift. THE OFFICE boy.
AND WHAT they CAME IN red faced.
raised.
AND IN his wake.
CAME THE "old
AND THEN one scrub lady"
night.
WHEN WORK was g..
through. OF THE office force.
AND THE boss had THE BOSS presented.
gone :. THE old scrub
THEY SAT around. lady.
49, WITH ALL the
AND ALL discussed. money.
WHAT SHOULD be THAT HAD been
bought. ra'seo.
AND WHILE they TO BUY gift.
FOR THE boss him
A WOMAN came. self,
n,,r,, Won , AND THE office
Win wv. ana pail force.
JUST AS she came. STOOD BY and
smiled.
'' S"' WHILE THE "old
tn MOP tho tlo scrub lady,"
., JUST QUIETLY
AND THE office boy. cried.
WAS MOVED to say. ] THANK you.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Mine was happy all right, for
/ had one quart left.
LESTER.
SLIGHTLY CONFUSED.

One of the grocer's signs reads:
Raspberry Jam, rs Cents the Jar"
isn't that dam jear?" the young
housekeeper inquired.
Eth? Beg your pardon" exclaimed
the grocer, with a startled look.
II sard isn't that dam dear. / mean
-er-jear dam: no, dear dam-er-
jam dear?"
And she blushed wildly and hur-
ried homeward. II. d. Is.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Expression

met her in a crowded car. and she will long
remember me-
! did not journey with her far; but she will not
forgct-not she,
The sweating people wedgod us in; my heel
came down upon my toe;
The thing she muttered sin; I'll say she
had expression though.
THE WORLD IMPROVES
Mosquitoes cease to come TO sip
our precious life blood while we dream:
The morning breeze begins to nip,
No flies are dropping in the cream
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

1t all happens for the best.
The gas oven you complained
about last summer as being too
small probably proved a bless
ing in disguise by refusing to
admit a large turkey at 65 cents
a pound.
CARITA AND MILO II.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
WHAT SHE WANTED.

She thanked them all for everything,
From Xmas card to diamond ring.
And as over her gifts she gayly haunted
She told them all, Just what wanted"
Put he who had no cash to blow
Just kissed her meath the mistletoe.
And then she shyly hunE ner head.
lust what I wanted"--the maiden said.
Ivy.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
Mr.. B. Baer
BY T. E. POWERS
ON
Cousin CaruSe.

Cousin Caruso stripped his vocal gears trying
to hang high ncte over the chandelier in the
patent medicine opera Il Eisir dAmore. he
sprained his scale over in Brooklyn and has
chance of recovering if his friends stop ringing
him up over the phone to ask him how his robust
tonss are
Caruso has a voice that would make a canary
bird pull in its beak like turtle. When he
c. the folks in the gallery forget they had to
climb steps to get there.
A couple of sprained iisaments in his roper
toire won't stop that man any more than amend
ments will stop thirsts. He is the only tenor
in the big wheel who can come out and take
sixteen curtain calls on a bad cough.
The old boy is not one of those pantomms
tenors from the hip and elbow school of singing.
when he yawns the larks go a hunger strike.
and even his sour notes are like the tinkling of
q woodland waterfall. Ha, the tinkling of
water. That used to be beautiful before it was
compulsory ,.;s, .sssss9
Caruso possesses the wide range OF a train
announcer plus the belllke note of the curfew.
this nation Is loser. Provided we have any
thing left to lose after this Congress starts re-
duciRs taxes by adding some more.
whatta orchestra that bird has coiIcd up in
his Adams apple. He can sing A. b or c and
make you think each letter is the whole alpha
bet. His voice wanders up and down like a
butcher shop fly on a string OF frankfurters.
Now his voice is playing with the tacks in the
the plaster on the ceiling. Each whsker on his
chin vibrates like string golden barn,
and he eats spaghetti with a tuning fork.
We've heard the village quartette tearing the
moss off the Old Achin' Bucket. but Caruso
could sing about an eyedropper and beat 'em
by vatful.
Jenny Lind's golden voice is gone forever, but
thanks to Edison, Caruso will live forever like
installments Thanks to science, his notes will
share the soothing silence of the midnight hours
with the creaking of the dumbwaiter vote.
Not to science alone. But thanks to the power
above.
The family upstairs.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
now TO TENDER A STEAK.

waiter" said the customer In tho
restaurant. "kindly tell tho leader Of
the orchestra to play something soft
and TENDER while ] dine. l want TO
SEQ II IL will have a tender effect on
beefstsak-" III. d BILLINGS.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
A MATTER OF OPINION.

Several girl poets who evidently
favor facial make-ups have recently
sent in these lines:
Mary doesn't rouge her tips,
Neither docs she paint
Is Mary a hit among the men,
You know darn well she amt
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
BROAD ASSERTIONS.

Ask kiss from the maid with the eyes
OF brown,
And she will turn you down:
Ask the maid with the eyes of black
And she will give you a wnack:
Ask the maid with the eyes of gray,
And she will turn you away.
But ask the maid with the eyes of blue
And she will give you two.
TUXEDO
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

New Year Day is almost
here. Therefore. won't some
body who knows give a formula
for making unbreakable resolu-
tons? HOMO
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
g. nEARl1 n5EEIffkIA
SCRIPTURE CAKE.

SCRIPTURE CAKE.
Al cups Of i Kings, iv, 90.
cup Judges, V. %, rs, last clause.
. cups OF jeremiah, vi, 20.
cups of l Samuel, Xxx, IL
cups Of Nahum, iii, II.
. cups of Numbers, xvii. 8.
pinches OF Leviticus. ii, l3.
6 jeremiah, xviii, IL.
u cup OF Judges, V, 4.
Season to taste of III Chronicles,
x, 0. MRS. e. NJ c.
I've got a brand new cake.
regular dandy boy,
Oh. he amt got no sense
But he's my pride and JOY.
Hair parted right in the middle,
Fringe on his upper lip,
Bright leather shoes and
A dime in his pocket:
] want to say he's hit.
Is he one of the parking kind
I'll say he is.
But I mean, he is a regular and,
III say he Is.
But does he take me to hops
And buy me sundaes and pops.
Dance and never wanna stop
And does he rave and crave
Almost every time.
He sees me nirt?
Does he wear a green tie
To match his yellow shirt?
Do I love him?
You bet do.
We're thick as peas in an Irish Stew.
POL AND BABE.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

Bill, ! hear you use barrel in
stead of a wastebasket, so it don't
have to be emptied but once day.
J. RAY LUSKEY.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
LOST TO SIGHT.

According to an Ohio professor the
word "booze" was born as far back
as A. d. 1900. Now It's merely a
figure OF speech. ANGEL.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

He-I think I'm quite a musician.
She-You ought to be with Wagner
He-Why. he's dead.
'She-I know it. H. d. &.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
HIS LABORs ARDUOUs.

whats the matter, Ward?" a friend
asked Washingtonian who looked
a little frazzlcd and worn out.
"I'm working myself to death try
ing to get a little liquor" was the
answer.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
SAFETY FIRST.

An OLD epltaph:
ITO follow thee l am content
When i know which way thee
went" ANDY NJ.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

The fat woman said to the
crusty guy standing near: Can
you tell me If ! can get through
this gate to the park"
He replied tartly: 81 guess so.
A load of hay just went
through" H d. Is.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

Food is getting cheap again.
Venison, though, will always DO
DEER.
Hiram uses IVORY soap on
his head.
HARPER'S FERRY.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
THE GAME IN II AND s

IL you play the game for tho sake of to
game,
Not to show on in pride and vanity:
You'll find a niche in this Hall OF Fame
This temple OF mirth and sanity.
JOE CONKLIN.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
LAYING DOWN THE LAW.

First Lawyer--Your Honor, unfor-
tunately ] am 'opposed by an unmt-
gated scoundrel.
Second Lawyer-And I by a notor
ouy prevaricator.
Judge-Will counsel kindly conhne
themselves to such matters as are in
dispute? REBECCA KRONMAN
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

Did you ever notice this,
When a fellow steals a kiss
From a righteous little maiden, calm
and meek.
How her scriptural training shova
In not turning up her nose,
But simply turning round the other
cheek? TUXEDO
The Washington times., 1920-12-27
LOVE IN THE EAST.

Yessu Kahn was an Eastern man,
Yubette was an Eastern maid:
SO they fingered there, Eastern pair,
AS long as the shadows stayed.
And they sat beneath a cocoanut tree
On a beach washed by the sea,
Where the monkeys chartered necessarily
And the moon shone bright as day.
viii you be miner" he was heard to say
Maybe SO, but not right away"
Then kiss me often" said he.
Not while the monkeys look" said she.
PLUTO.
Pearle-Who were the two fellows
l saw you with last night?
Sue--One was a cake-ester and the
other didn't have any money, either.
TOM CULHANE.
CHANGING up from her paper, wine
remarked: George, I do believe tha
Nolstead act is responsible for this
baseball scandal
"I don't see the connection"
why. the poor players so AFTER
highballs and can't GET anything but
a little pop" -. M. w.
The Washington times., 1920-12-27

Caruso has voice that would make canary
bird pull in its beak like turtle. When he
starts whistling for the grade crossing on High
G.. the folks in the gallery forget they had to
climb steps to get there.