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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Attend The Caususes.

Republican Caucuses will be held
throughout the county today. The
five wards of DEBORAH will hold
theirs this evening at 1880. The first
ward in Geo. Ode's land office near
the Commercial Hotel; second ward
Ingvoldstad lumber yard Office;
third at city hall; fourth ward at
public school building and fifth ward
in West DEBORAH school, Men and
women viii attend these caucuses, so
remember the hour.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Two More Residences Sold.

Yesterday Adolph Gjevre, who is
assisting Geo. P. Ode in the land
business, sold two residences, the
Mrs. l.. S. Dale place in West Decor
ah to Frank Kennedy at a considera-
ton of $4,000.
The other sale was the former
Frank Muller residence in Curtin's
addition that was purchased by
w. Ward some time ago. This was
sold to S. l. Tollefson, the gentleman
who purchased the John Seekatz re
sidence last fall.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
STA SS

You VIII remember some time ago
We gave you the big III reel Product
ton INTOLERANCE" for Is and
25c prices! They have now cut this
mp into TWO features, namely THE
FALL OF BABYLON" and 1.-THE
MOTHER AND THE LAW" An
agent was here this week trying to
book these into the STAR at prices
Of % and SOC each! Quite naturally
we turned him down having shown
the greater part of the TWO for one
half OF what he expected to get for
ONE.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
bought Goddard Residence,

NJ. II. Montgomery purchased the
ormer c. n. Goddard residence from
Alvin Rollins on Monday. The home
is directly across from the Montgom-
cry residence that burned last Dec
ember. The family will occupy it I'M
til they get their own home rebuilt
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Collected sa66.17 in DEBORAH.

Mrs. E. ]. Parman, chairman OF
the Y. w. c. A. drive here Saturday
informs us that $266.17 was collect
ed in DEBORAH. The rest of the coun-
ty has not been heard from yet,
which of course will swell the total.
Mrs. Parman desires to thank every
body for their generosity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
guhlif Opiuiuu,
BY HARRY j. GREEN.
DEBORAH, IOWA, APRIL IA, 1920
Given Enjoyable Surprise.

About 200 friends gave Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Kelly, of Button town
ship a happy surprise last Sunday.
They brought many good things to
eat and besides presented the popu-
lar couple with many useful gifts.
besides a purse OF money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
FOR SUPERVISOR, Sd DISTRICT.

hereby announce myself as a
candidate for supervisor of Winnie
shiek county for the third district,
subject to the decision of the Repub-
lican voters at the primaries in June.
WILLIAM MIDDLEBROOK,
l9-tf. Fremont TWP
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Amphictyonic Program.

The Amphictyonic Literary Soc
iety of Luther College will give its
annual public program at the audi
forum April, 20. The admission will
be 25c, and fine program has been
prepared,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
To Our Friends.

We wish to extend our most sin.
cere thanks to our friends and neigh.
bors for their sympathy, kindness
and beautiful flowers during the re,
cent illness and death of our be-
loved husband, father and brother
Mrs. James Curran,
Mrs. William Sexton.
Margaret Curran,
Mrs. Thomas Conner,
Mrs. Michael Drew.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
HARRY schremser Is out.

The many friends of Harry Sch
remser were pleased to see him out
yesterday, after his long seige of
illness from blood poisoning. He is
getting along fine, we are glad to
state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Buried at Long Beach

Herbert l.. Meyer arrived home
Wednesday from Long Beach, Cal
where he was called by the death of
his father. The funeral and inter-
ment of his father took place at
Long Beach
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Congregational Church.

Prof. Spencer, of Grinnell College
will speak along some educational
line next Sabbath morning and de-
liver a steroptican lecture in the
evening upon Grinnell College.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
Broke Arm CranKing Car.

Chas. Frye had the misfortune to
break his right arm last night, while
cranking an auto. DR.. Jewell attend
ed him and he is resting easily now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
For Supervisor.

/ wish to announce to the voters
of the 4th Supervisors district, that
l will be candidate for Supervisor
subject to the will of the Republican
voters of the 4th district at the June
primaries.
GEO A LIJNDY
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14
GEO. A. LUNDY
The United lutheran CHURCH.

Morning service in English at
1890. Evening service in Norwegian
at 1880. Sunday School at 9:20 a. m.
Luther League at $50 p. m.
o. GLESNE, Pastor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-04-14

Things in this world are not we'll
balanced or it wouldn't be so much
easier to lose money than to make it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
- - %-s-------S
RUNNING WILD


The national family has been run
ming wild. II has plunged into deb
by living far beyond its means. IN.
family can avert Insolvency only by
cutting down its overhead Of expen-
ditures and adopting habits OF
thrift and economy on the part OF
liz Individual memsscc;s..
Local and federal taxes have been
sky rocketed as result Of war ac-
tivities.
Nearly every human effort that
was formerly met by the individual
has been foisted upon the taxpay-
er.
The federal government must be
brought to earth and couple Of bill
lions cut from the budget.
Every state government must re-
trench. This Is easier said than
done, when the pressure Of official
ism Is all for expansion. But every
western state could pare of a mil
lion or 30 from its fixed charges.
The war Is over and every pro-
Queer and employee cannot be paid
on a war time basis Of profit.
Taxation has reached the point
where 1t Il the greatest hindrance to
Investment and development Of In.
1ustry.
Next to the duty Of the individual
man, woman and child to save and
bank accounts, IL the
iuty Of lawmakers to stop the as
scale Of public expenditure.
'urb the demands Of self expanding
and reduce the fixed
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23

or the eleven bond and note issues
two are 30-year bonds, one for 20
years and another for 20 years. The
yield to the investor ranges from 7.3
per cent to 1856 per cent. The larg-
est single issue was for $4,000, 900
at a yield Of 7.S5 per cent.
The public utilities have not re-
ceived increases In rates In proper
ton to their increased operating
costs and fixed charges. The costs
Of labor and materials that make up
the cost OF operation for public utili-
ties have not benefited from the
downward trend Of prices.
Inasmuch as increased revenues
have not been proportionate with the
increased costs for labor, materials
and money, prices will have to de-
crease materially before present
charges for public utility service
will be less and increased rates in
many cases are still necessary to put
the utilities In q sound financial con-
dillon,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
WHAT HAPPENED TO WHEAT
Federal Commission Lists Up Seven
Factors


Factors
The Federal Trade Commission
OF which Victor Murdoch is a mem
Der, lists these seven factors for tn,
low price Of wheat:
I. A world wheat crop bigger
than In 1919.
2. Concentration OF foreign gov;
eminent buying In one commission
which bought heavily In the spring
but later reduced its demands.
3. Unprecedented importation
from Canada this fall, coupled with
discount rate OF exchange.
4. The record breaking yield of
corn and oats which helped depress
wheat prices.
5. Slackening Of the domestic
demand for -four this fall.
q. General decline OF all commo-
dity prices.
Z. Change I'm credit conditions
with the resulting disposition of
to refrain from accumu-
lating or maintaining usual stocks"
until conditions are stabilized.
Wheat has declined In price less
han many commodities" the COM
mission wrote. land less than most
agricultural products on the basis Of
prices.
THE decline In prices would ap-
'ear to be in part due to countrywide !
md worldwide conditions"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1920


Once little Virginia O'Hanlon. aged
3, wrote this letter to the New York
Sun:
Dear Editor: am 8 years old.
Some Of my little friends say there
\ no Santa Claus. Papa Says ~ ~ y9Y
see II in the Sun. it's So Please ten
~ the truth, rs there a Santa
!Olauss"
[ke reply written by Frank
Church, an editorial writer on the pa.
per, has become Of the classics Of
Christmas literature:
virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
The skepticism Of a skeptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be
which Il not comprehensive to their
little minds. All minds, Virginia,
whether they be mems or children's.
are little. In this great universe Of
ours man Is mere insect, an ant,
IN his intellect, as compared with
the boundless world about him. as
measured by the intelligence capa-
BILE Of grasping the whole truth and
knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there Is a
Santa Claus. He exists as certainly
as love and generosity and devotion
exist and you know that they abound
and give to your life its highest beau
ty and Joy. Alas! how dreary
would be the world II there were no
Santa Claus. 1t would be as dreary
as II there were no Virginias. There
would be no childlike faith then. no
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23

poetry, no romance to make tOlerable
this existence. We should have no
enjoyment, except in sense and sight.
The eternal light with which child
hood fills the world would be extin-
guished. Not believe in Santa
Claus? You might as well not believe
in fairies. You might get your papa
to hire men to watch in all the chin
neys on Christmas Eve to catch
Santa Claus, but even II they did not
see Santa Claus coming down,
what would that prove? Nobody
sees Santa Claus, but that Is no sign
that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor men
can see. Did you ever see fairies
dancing on the lawn? OF course not,
but that's no proof that they are not
there. Nobody can conceive or i'm
agine all the wonders there are un'
seen and unseeable IN the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rat
tie and see what makes the noise
Inside, but there Is a veil covering
the Unseen world which not the
strongest man, nor even the united
strength Of all the strongest men
that ever lived, could tear apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro-
nance can push aside that curtain,
and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is 1t all
real? All, Virginia, in all this world
there is nothing else real and abid-
ingi No Santa Claus! Thank God
he lives, and he lives forever! A
thousand years from now, Virginia
nay, ten times ten thousand years
from now--he win continue to make
s1sd the heart Of childhood"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
GIVE BUSINESS A CHANCE

Western legislatures should learn
the lesson Of the recent election,
where the people voted down nearly
every initiative bill on the ballot.
What is the meaning Of this?
Some of the bills had merit and many
were dangerous propositions. PEG.
pie are tired Of too much legislation.
Legislation that affects invest
ments, securities, and the very basis
Of credit, like banking and insur-
ance, should be taken up glngerly.
Give the business Of our country
a chance to come back and during
the period Of readjustment hamper
1t as little as possible with expert
ments.
State and federal interference
with business and industries has
been carried too far and the country
wants a rest from lawmaking.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
WHITE PAPER GOES UP
No Reduction In Costs Of the News
paper

No Reduction In Costs Of the News
paper
While prices on nearly all com.
modities are going down the contrac,
price Of white paper, the kind the
Star Is printed on. is going up. The
price to the Star has been advanced,
beginning January I, from 1920 to
$3.50 ton. This price is for the
first six months Of 1921. Hereto
fore the price has been made for
three months In advance. The in.
crease means an added cost for white
paper to the Star Of $50, 900 a month.
Kansas City Star.
The Star and other city papers buy
in trainloads and pay about half
what the smaller papers are charged.
Higher prices for paper have also
been quoted to the country papers.
The Canadian paper trust which
controls the price seems determined
to get plenty-and the publishers
can't help themselves.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23

Congress Is now engaged In the
fascinating occupation Of passing the
buck on the farmer situation by ap-
pointing committees to Investigate"
the situation. Probably a hundred
committees have been appointed in
the past two years to investigate
something or other and that Is the
last you hear Of II. But the APP
pointing makes good reading back
home" and the average person thinks
something Ia being done.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
MONEY RATES BIO PROBLEM

Public utility financing reached
the highest total for the year in Oct
ober For that month $3S,293,3O0
In stocks and bonds and notes offer-
ed for sale. The cost Of money stu
continues to be high, the lowest yield
to the inventor, on any Of the issues,
being 7.3 per cent and the highest
8.5 per cent. The cost to the utili-
ties, Of course, Is higher, as the ex-
pense Of putting out each issue and
placing 1t in the hands Of the pur-
chasers who retail 1t to the inves.
tor must be borne by the utility.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
TROOPS OUT OF FUNSTON
-, 7saso-,-- a
sc6eds,is For EatfaiafAent Is An
Ans,6,lReed at Funston

A schedule for the entertainment OF
the remaining units Of the Seventh
division from Funston to Camp
Made. Nd. following the departure
Of the 18th brigade, the 65th and
seth infantry. on December 8, has
been officially announced as fol-
lows:
Field artillery brigade leaves
Camp Funston Jan. 8. s
Sanitary train leaves Funston,
Jan. Z.
Division headquarters leaves Fun
ston Jan. Q.
Field signal battalion leaves jan
uary IL.
Fourteenth brigade leaves Funston
Jan. IS.
Seventh division train and mill
tary police leave Funston. Jan. 10.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
GROWING WHEAT is THRIFTY
Dickinson Crop Promises to Be Sue
ceSsfuI

The $4,000 acres Of Dickinson
county wheat is promising well. The
state report says 1t is several per cent
better than one year ago. In Geary
county the report is: While most of
the wheat over the county is looking
good, there are some fields that are
not making a normal growth. Farm
ers say that this grain was put in
late in the season and that there has
not been sufficient moisture to per-
nit a steady growth. Some of the
better fields of wheat are being pas.
tured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23

II is natural that the house OF rep
resentatives at Washington should
be favorable TO more members. or
course, there are about 200 more now
than are needed and make too large
body to work efficiently but the
more offices the more Jobs and why
not go to II.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23

President Wilson has paid $780,
900 for a new home In Washington
which indicates that he has been
thrifty in saving his salary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23

IF. G. DenisOn has purchased
G. Fl. Holden's pretty bungalow on
West End. The Holdens will move
to Kansas City next month and Abb
lene will be sorry to lose the family
from the city.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-12-23
M&kAeNT

charges Of government which have
become exorbitant and industrially
paralyzing and -pr0hibitory.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-03-23
ARB0R DAY WILL Be
OBSERVED IN I he 5
SCHOOLS Of COUNTY
County Supt. Sends Out Let
ters To Superintendents
And Teachers

Arbor Day will be observed in Ohio
April 8. County Supt. of Schools J.
G. Marriott is very anxious that the
schools all over Knox county have
some appropriate program on this
day and to encourage its immediate
preparation ne has prepared the fol-
lowing communication, which will be
mailed to all teachers in the county:
MY dear Supts. and Teachers
Friday, April 8, 1920, has been
designated by the governor OF Ohio
as Arbor Day. Every school in the
state OF Ohio is asked to give special
attention on that day to instruction
by special programs in the planting
of suitable trees, the care and main.
tenance thereof, and to- the not less
worthy subject of giving protection
to the bird life of the community.
Real sentiment is given express
sion in the planting Of young tree
and watching its development to ma
turity. The place birds occupy in the
destruction of plant pests, and the
increase thereby in the production of
food products is recognized by all.
1t is hoped that YOU may be able to
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-03-23
SAND LOT PLAYERS
ARE ENCOURAGED
lBy Associated Press to The Banncr]


= lBy Associated Press to The BannerJ
DETROIT, March 2S - Plans to
arouse increased interest in sand
lot baseball were considered at a
meeting here yesterday of the Nation
al Baseball federation. A campaign
will he conducted this season, it was
announced, to interest the larger cit
les in the United States in organized
juvenile baseball, and group the cit
les into regional districts.
One of the aims of the federation
is the establishment at Washington
Of national department of recrea.
,ion >which would provide the means
for a4-athletes in the country unable
to purchase their own equipment.
New rules reducing the size of the
balls and bats used by boys under 16
years of age. and providing for seven
instead OF nine inning games proba-
bly, will be adopted by the conference
Nhcre.,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-03-23
SECRETARY SPENCE
HAS BLANKS FOR ALL
EX-SERv|CE MEN
Interesting Information Will
Be Given Out AT The
Y. M. E. A.
File EN-, boys! File EN-!

'aS Oht oOyos Tlle eH
Well, boys, II Is "all set" now fof
you to put in applications for the free
scholarships for ex.service men. Sec.
retary Spence will receive them al
any time, and is provided with nee.
essary blanks and instructions from
New York headquarters. or the two
classes Of scholarships, one is gener.
al, and good for all classes in Y. M.
G. A. schools and all correspondence
courses, ard the other is collegiate,
good for colleges, technical schools,
and universities. There are thou
sands of the former for the nation.
but only few hundred of the latter.
All applications must be made to the
local committee, OF which d. M.
Spence is secretary, which will itself
award the general scholarships, but
forward with it's recommendation all
collegiate applications to the state
committee at Columbus. Orphan chill.
dren Of service men who died in ser.
vice in the late war are equally en-
titled to these scholarships
The main differences between this
new educational service and the ed.
ucational work which the Y. NJ. C. A.
has done for years is that this is a
nationwide instead of being limited
to a locality having Y. M. c. A.
school; in this the tuition and text.
books are free instead of being paid
for by the student; and this is open
to all of the persons mentioned in
stead OF being limited to Y. NJ. C. A.
members. These are to, be distributed
in proportion to population absolute
ly without distinction or discrimina-
tion. These are good in Y. NJ. G. A.
classes where conducted; and where
such classes are not conducted they
are good in comprehensive cores
pondence course of very wide range.
even including agricultural courses
for the men on the farms. 1t is ex-
pected that two-thirds OF all the
scholarships will issue in these cor
respondence courses. Great pains
have been taken in getting these up.
the man in charge being one who
made a national success of a cores.
pondence school In an eastern city.
All of the work is along practical, vo.
cational lines, directly tending to i'm.
prove conditions and our citizenship,
and attacking bolshevism and similar
menaces at vital point.
File 'em, boys! File right, file left,
file every way!
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-03-23
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR MAIL ROUTE
BY LARGE PLANES
Letter Mailed In Chicago In
The Morning Will Reach
New York AT Night
Only Eleven Hours Required
10 Make Trip Between
The Two Cities
fBy Associated Press to The pAnncrI

1By Associated Press to The pAnnerJ
CHICAGO, March 23-Aerial mai
pilots, flying DeHaviland four planes
travel the distance between New
York and Chicago between dawn and
sunset. Special delivery matter is
delivered Oh the day it is sent FROM
Chicago, according to postal officials
Anyone may send letters by mail
by simply endorsing them "via. air
plane" No postage other than the
two.cent stamp is needed. Pack.
ages, however must bear postage at
the rate of two cents per ounce and
may not exceed 80 inches in lie ogth
and girth combined
About II hours is required for the
trip to New York city The mail
leaves the Chicago field at a. nj.
Central time, according to schedule,
and arrives at the Long Island field
at y. m., Eastern time. Nearly an.
other hour is required to convey it
to the New York city postoffice. The
first plane goes only to Cleveland.
The mail is transferred to another
plane which takes it to New York,
making stop at -Bellefonte, Pa.
Thus a special delivery letter mail.
ed at the Checkerboard field, Chicago,
before 5:45 in the morning is deliv.
cred in New York in the evening. II
the sender is unable to reach the
field he must mail it at the postoffice
at midnight to make the o'clock
plane.
The best rail time between Chicago
and New York, at present, is almost
Il hours, postal men say. A letter
mailed at the postoffice at noon will
reach New York at 9:45 the next
morning.
Occasionally very bad weather de-
lays the plane or makes 1t impossible
to make the flight. Only an average
of one flight per month has been call.
ed off on the Chicago to Cleveland
leg of the journey since last May, ac-
cording to A. r. Dunphy, who has
charge of the Chicago field.
THE mail pilots are not fair wealth.
er flyers says Mr.. Dunphy, discuss.
ing the death Of Clinton Stoner, who
took off from the Chicago mail field
in fog on the morning OF March 10
and was burned when his plane
crashed near Goshen, Ind
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-03-23
FILES DIVORCE SUIT
AFTER MUCH TRAVEL
fBy Associated Press to The Banner,

fBy Associated Press 10 The BApncrj
EDwARDsvIl'LE,, ILL.,, March 90
Having travelled the distance of the
earth's circumference twice in vain
effort to persuade his wife to live
with him, George Pastor has filed suit
for divorce, alleging desertion.
He asserts he left Hungary shortly
after his marriage 25 years ago and
came to America. After obtaining
employment he wrote his wife to
come here, but she refused.
Since then, he says, he has made
fiye round trips to hungary, involving
approximately 10000 miles, in fruit.
less attempts to get her to return
with him.