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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14

first part Of September There may
be things that will come up after
that which will require changes in
minor details, but the data gathered
will in most cases be sufficient to
make this merely a short office Job.
There are many other things that
have to be done besides getting out
the plans proper, and they include
specifications, assessment roll, esti-
mate cost, bidding blanks with
quantities, changes in bridges. re.
port to the council, description of
property to be condemned etc.
These are not written in the order
that they should be done, but rather
to give an idea of what Is left yet
to do. ~"
1t is not possible at the present
time to give any idea Of the exact
location or extent of the changes in
the course of the creek, or what the
work will cost in the aggregate, but
it is only a matter of short time
until Information will be available
for publication. - ,-T
am swell pleased with the way
the work is progressing, but owing
to the high cost of everything now,
the contract for the actual straight
ening and fixing of the creek may
not be let until next winter, when
no doubt a better contract for all
concerned can be entered into.
Respectfully,
r.. BUCKNELL, Mayor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
More Street Oil Coming.

The council decided last week to
cancel the order for the two remain
ing cars of street Oil that was so
1efe in showing up here, but the day
they were to cancel they received
word that the oil had been shipped
a week ago Monday, so the council
decided to let it come, and it is ex
Iected most any day now. Only one
Gar was received this year so far,
and it takes three or more.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
More Trees to Trim,

While a good many of our resi-.
dents obeyed the tree trimming or.
der given recently by the city. still
there are a number of trees thai
have not been touched, with branch
es hanging over the walks. Please
attend to this matter at once,
the street commissioner will b,
given orders to do the work if not
attended to by property owners.
r. BUCKNELL, Mayor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Ice Cream Social ~ Canoe.

The Y. p. S. will give an ice
cream social at the Canoe church on
Sunday afternoon July 20. Rev.
Glesne will speak at three O'Clock
and ice cream and cake will be serv-
ed afterwards. Members are re-
to bring cake. A kind in.
is extended to everyone.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Great Sale at Bears.

The Ben Bear Clothing Co.. are
advertising great sale of H. S. &
~. suits in this issue of Public
Opinion. Mr.. Bear was called to
Chicago last week by special appoint
Hent with the firm and he secured
these suits. The sale opens next
Saturday and runs four days. Look
Rr the ad and read the prices.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14

81 This has been one of s1he most
successful Read shows FOR many
years and now it's in the Movies
rith the big Earthquake scene, the
train wreck, the hotel fire and all
and YOU SURE WILL LAUGH!
And then there's 1.-THE LOST CITY"
and a "SCRERN MAGAZINE"
speaking OF THE LOST CITY, any
patron will tell you they never saw
such Animal stunts in their life. u
sure is extra good. but il ought TO
be for we are paying just THREE
TIMES as much for il as we were
asked for any other Serial
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14

Night clerks in restaurants now
complain that they are forced to lis
ten to the. troubles that used to be
told to bartenders.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
You Are Invited

to attend our suit sale Saturday. If
you buy suit you can save from
$40 to $40 on your purchase.
BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
IL YOu RuY

suit during our special suit sale
Saturday you save from $40 to $50
on your purchase. BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
When You Can Buy

suit at $42.5O that cost much more
than this price to manufacture, its
worth your while to make the pur.
chase. BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Notice.

DR. T. G. Hutchinson dental once
gillsbe closed an OF next week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-07-14
Christian Science Services.

wednesday evening Testimonial
Meetings 3 D. m.
SUNDAY 10:45 a. M.
. Subject Life"
SunaaS school ~ O'Clock.
Reading Room open "Wednesday
and Saturday from 2 to 4.e*
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
WE NAME A CANDIDATE

ITO FORGIVE is human. After yester-
- day afternoon, therefore. we are
moved to nominate the weatherman for
the presidency Of the United States.
The honor is one wisely reserved for men
whose blunders and mistakes are all be-
hind them, and Tor that reason alone the
weatherman should appeal powerfully to
voters of discernment.
VIII the weather gentleman accept the
nomination?
We have a conviction that he would
flee from it.
What bitter things the opposition press
would say about the ruthlessness of his
egotism and the obstinacy of his tenn
per! What grinding denuncaton would
be uttered upon every hand because Of
the harshneSs of his general disposition
lately revealed, 1t would be said of him
with justice that he got the nation into
difficulties from which it was hard to
! escape, that he refused to listen to ap-
peals or advice. He went his own wav
and let the storms rage. Because of him
transportation was paralyzed, traffic was
impeded everywhere and there was a
shortage OF coal and a shortage of food.
Even now we can hear Henry Wise Wood
lifting his voice to indict the weather.
man as the inspirer of bolshevism and all
| forms of social unrest.
Even the friends of our candidate
would turn sadly away from him. They
would talk about his growing irritability
| and NOUN his habit of vacillation. Thev
would say that the wretched confusion
and uncertainty of his later policies is in
! tragic contrast with an earlier idealism
expressed in happy Aprils and the lush
| green days of remembered Junes.
| Yes. The weatherman doubtless would
refuse to run. He already knows some.
| thing of forces that prevail in the uni.
verse and defy human will ami human
! efforts to tame and order them. And ht
may have a sneaking suspicion tina. such
forces rage in the world of internationa,
politics just as they rage about the head
of the multitude to make life hard in the
| streets, on the railroads and wherever
/ work is to be done. The solitude Of tho
| Weather Bureau is to be preferred TO tho
! solitude of the White House. The world
in general knows too little of the ele.
ments that rule in both places. But &
weatherman knows what to expect and z
! President, in these days, doesn't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
WHITE HOUSE CENSORSHIP

HAS the public any interest in the mo-
mentous questions of peace now be-
ing juggled pcrilously between Mr.. Will
son and the premiers of England, France
and Italy or is the fate OF the League of
Nations a matter Of private concern to
handful of high officials?
1t is clear that Mr.. Wilson addressed
a harsh note to the allied leaders to force
new Fiume compromise.
1t is equally clear that European
statesmen have been following a course
not quite in accord with American pur-
poses and aims as they We're expressed
at Paris.
The resulting complication and the
mystery in which it has been wrapped at
the White House have actually tended to
endanger the treaty in the Senate. They
have increased Senate antagoniam toward
the League Of Nations. Yet the world at
large is not permitted to know what is
going on.
The succession ct rumors and denials
from the White House is a cause for
new doubts and perplexites. An official
denial was issued Of the report that the
President had threatened to withdraw
the treaty from the Senate 4 denial Of
this denial followed
So far no one knows the truth of the
matter. The White House is one place
where the country should expect frank
ness and truth. The press has had to
bear the blame for misleading reports
accepted in confidence from the Presi-
dents representatives.
Open covenants openly arrived at?
The sub-Presidents, whoever thew NAV
be, seem never to have heard Of such
things
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
THE FIVE-DOLLAR WAGE

Injustice to the men has continued too
long Responsibility lies with those higher
up
THIS statement was printed in this
L column on June 20. 1918, in support of
an appeal for standard S5-a-day wage
for policemen. Since that time great
many good men have been forced out of
the service and those who remained have
had to suffer hardship.
The interesting thing now, however, is
the light that has broken upon Charlie
Hall. 1t took Mr.. Hall and his friends
almost two years to perceive the right
ness and decercy of the suggestion.
One of these days the 50 wage for
policemen will be a reality. Then there
will be nothing in the attitude Of Mr..
Hall and his friends to indicate that they
tut-tutted and pooh-poohed and refused
even to recognize the need for wage re-
forms in the police service until public
opinion and change in administration
forced them to change of front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
EMBARKING FOR JERSEY

THE captain cocks his eagle eve.
l. The deck hands lock the gate.
Commuters pinch in every inch
Their suppers.will not wait
The ancient paddle wheels 90 aop.
TOO too" the whistles biarr.
Begins the ride across the tide
Of icy Delaware.
The Voyage
The ice cakes crunch about the bow
They grind beneath the deck;
In trembling fright each Jerseyitc
Gets blue about the neck.
The Voyage Ends
"We'rc safe" the skipper bellows fo,,L
And he cuts another nick WIN"
AS he has done each well stecred rim
Upon his walking stick.
And then he hobbies
TO the other T!lot house
For the return
Voyage
A la Amy Lowell
ROBIN GooDfELLow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
TIMES GARLAND


TlME brings garland
l. For every soul when born;
Sometimes tits bright with flowers.
Sometimes it's thick with thorn
And every man must bear it
Fair be it, or forlorn.
1t lengthens with his living,
1t lasts as long as he.
Sometimes it brings him sorrow,
Sometimes it gives him glec;
And what twill be tomorrow
His eye cannot foresee.
1t may be torn and dusty.
1t may be spread with dew;
1t may be twined Of roses
1t may be all of rue -
But-be it sweet or bitter.
None may his wreath eschew.
However frail and fragile
The woven thing appears,
Though he be strong and agile
+ Twill hold him all his years
Or mock he it with laughter,
Or wet he it with tears.
Sometimes twill glisten wanly
When dawning on his view;
0fttimes he greets it signing
'Tis faded while tits new.
With waning CLEANS of withered dresms
That never could come true.
Alas, its fairest blossoms
All, could he but retain
But he must lose the loveliest
The like to ne'er regain
And vanished beauty haunts him,
And memory brings him pain.
Samuel Minturn Peck, in the BoSo
Transcript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
Woman in Politics
Business Clears Arena
Political Field Barren
Paradise for MediOcritieS
Women May Change Things
nteIligence Un0ccupied

were active are likely to be only the women's
auxiliary that Mrs. Gait so much breads.
If women have the interest in politics they
have everything else necessary to give new
life to the rather dull business of self-gov-
ernment-superior intelligence, time, money,
energy, a gift of intrigue and the art of So
cialzing organization.
q q q
T IKE everything in life, it is all a question
IL of interest.
Perhaps more women are interested in
having their plain gold wedding rings mod
ernized than in whether their sex in politics
is and always shall be merely the ladies'
auxiliary.
The simple gold band on the third finger
of the left hand which our mother wore is
no longer the fashion.
with platinum.
So far as ring may do it, the married
woman of years standing may be made to
feel as if she were on her honeymoon again
and painfully conscious of the circlet on her
left hand.
Briefly. says the jewelers. advertise
ment, I'VE eXpertly cover the plain gold
wedding ring with sheet of platinum, Our
engraver then chases an appropriate design
upon that platinum, which will place YOUR
plain gold wedding ring in the same class
with your modern platinum jewelry'
This renewal of youth may be got for S:3,5
Jurgen when the gods gave him his youtb
back in book was followed by an uncomfort
able shadow.
The woman with her youth back in tho
shape of platinum overlaid wedding ring
may be followed by a shadow. pcrhops bv
more than one, several ''of each" as Daisy
Ashford would say.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PH PHILADELPHIA, ]

which he says had "a minor root in our
inadequate transportation facilities and
their responsibility for intermittent
operation of the mines.'
Equally perspicacious and more ex-
plicit are the suggestions for taking the
government out Of the shipping business
and at the same time preserving and
fostering the magical revival of the mer-
chant marine due to the war. The pres.
sure on the government now attempting
to manage 1900 ships "to take refuge in
rigid regulations and fixed rates" is
naturally detrimental to underbidding by
much smaller private concerns.
Hoover reasons-and it is hard to dis
pute his logic-that the maintenance of
the high rates will increase the number
of government-owned idle ships, while
the private fleet grows. The vicious cir
Gle may be visualized in the forecast
that eff we reduce rates we shall be un-
derbid until the governmental margin of
larger operation causes US to lose
money
The means of stabilizing the marvel
ously stimulated industry of American
shipbuilding is outlined in an appeal to
our shipyards to employ their excess re-
sources in filing foreign orders for ves-
sells and for the government during this
transition period to sell sets of three or
four of the standardized fabricated cargo
steamships and to devote the proceeds to
the construction of single ships of a bet
ter and faster type.
The mere summary of Mr.. Hoovers
reconstruction plan, fails to do justice to
either its intensely practical values or to
the hopeful spirit of self-analytical
Americanism which pervades it, His
warnings against socialistic radcalism
/ are informed by a sound sense of eco
nomics and fervent respect for our pc
culiarly national social philosophy, which
! is as inimical to eXtravagant repressive
measures as it is to hysterical panaceas
for conditions which occasion no alarm
among clear-headed persons.
Mr.. Hoover significantly points to the
only contingency which could ever pos
sibly subvert the social structure of a
land safeguarded by the anti-radical
solvent of an overwhelmingly large
farmer population. This extremity is de-
HHeu as d ieHeA VI CoHlIHueu dIIeulpI W
control this country by the interests and
other forms Of our domestic reaction
aries
Neither toryism, radicalism, windy op-
timism nor lettering despair colors
Hoover's survey of our affairs. Common
sense is its heartening quality.
Political parties, unless they are plan
ming to summon a squad of undertakers,
can hardly refrain from accepting some
of his well-defned tips.
Whether he is of presidential timber
or not, he has designed a platform which
should bring new life to any party which
is bold enough and clever enough to
speak up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
l. Name a play by Shakespeare in which
the scenes are laid in the now much
discussed region of Dalmatia along the
Adriatic?
?. What is a dahabeeyah?
3. What kind of weather does rapid rise
in the barometer indicate:
4. What country is called the Banda
Oriental?
>. What noted Paris editor was shot !"
Madame Caillaux?
6. Who was the goddess of fruit trees "
Roman mythology?
:. When did Germany declare her inten'
ton to wage unrestricted submarine
warfare?
s. In what time was the Atlantic crosseu
by the avators Alcock and Browne
last June?
8. How many times did Roosevelt run i0'
the presidency?
TO- What is the original meaning OF 'D'
word pandemoniumE
Answers to Yesterdays QUIZ
/. The Septuagiut is the Greek Verslo" ,Is
the Old Testament Ih'i""''7 ao
Apocrypha, said to have been maui
about 30 B. c. by seventy tranS''
tors.
.. The first name of Cardinal h'c"e"''
was Armand. M
8. Eurydice in classical mythology was
wife of Orpheus. 49,
4. Claudius Ptolemy, geograpner oa 'nc nSu
audria, who lived in the sec0nu G To q
tury A. D., believed the world TO W
globe and worked out syS'e"
longitude and latitude o...
Z The financial panic in Grover onrrd Cd
lands second administration o''''
in 1898. s.,nd
G, Caffeine is q vegetable alka'o''
in tea and coffee plants .,;.
7. Emma Nevada was celebrated el.s S' horn
can operate soprano 6eD enc T Her real
in Austen, Nevada, in leo-'
name was Emma WiXom'
The Hebrew word "ichaooo
urn yo1oo is an important rive. rive,
o. Of the state of Mississippi, 80 - vicLs
into the Mississippi river ABOVE
burg. ., France,
10. Rene viviani, ex premier Ioers on hi'
Wait 10 The United States ID "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19

Europe must begin before we can have
the data necessary to guide us in framing
new tariff laws.
1t is not understood that Senator Pen
rose objects to proper tariff on dyestutts
to encourage the development of new
industry here, and it is hoped that he is
not opposed to the removal of the most
glaring defects in the internal tax laws.
But so far as a general revision is con-
cerned, men familiar with the situation
agree with him that it would be best to
postpone it until we know little more
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
SMITH AS PROVOST EMERITUS

NO ONE need be surprised if the trus-
tees of the University Of Pennsvlva-
MA respect the sentiment Of the alumni
expressed at the Wilmington meeting, and
make DR.. Edgar Fahs Smith provost
emeritus with salary when his resic-
nation takes effect in June,
Such disposition of the matter will
commend itself to the judgment of the
community at large. Doctor Smith has
devoted his life 10 the institution and has
risen to its head. Fairness and Justice
both require that his services shall be
recognized in such way that the re-
naming years of his life may be spent
in dignited and comfortable ease, with
no greater demand on his time and at.
tention than it will be convenient for him
TO meet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
DELAY THAT is NOT DANGEROUS

SENATOR PENROSE'S tclephoned
- message to Washington that "there
will be no changes in the tariff and reve-
nue. laws at this session" is 4 repctitiop
of what he has said before.
1t is his belief, shared by many of his
colleagues, that changes in the revenue
and tariff laws should be postponed until
a careful study can be made of the effects
Of the war upon the economic condition
Of the country. No one knows at the
present time what tariff changes are ad-
visable because no one knows the adjust
ments necessary to meet postwar condi-
lions.
The balance of foreign trade in our
favor in 1919 amounted to about $4,000
100000. and the countries which bought
cur goods are finding it difficult to pay
for theHD Economic rehabilitation Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
AFoUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect the
new administration to concentrate its at
tcntion:
The Dciutvdrc r.rer bridge
4 drpdoch big enough to accommodate the
largest hips.
Development Of The rapid transit system.
4 contention hall
A buildin1 for the Free Library.
Al Art Museum,
Enlargement Of the acGter supply.
Homes 70 accommodate the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
Even if the Kelly bill,
For Goose or Gander which makes it a penal

Even if the Kelly bill.
For Goose or Gander which makes it a penal
ohense for any EN-
ploycr engaged in interstate commerce 10
refuse TO bargain collectively with labor,
had common sense to back it, there would
still be some room for criticism. Collec
tive bargaining is desirable, but it is not
desirable to clutter up the statute books
with unnecessary laws. II such law we're
enacted it ought to be backed up with en-
forceable declaration that decisions arrived
at should be binding on both parties; and
that the abrogation Of any agreement should
be sufficient cause for a civil action for
damages to lie against either business
corporation or labor organization, and
for criminal action against each and every
individual responsible, with u term of i'm
prsonment as a penalty. If law is to be
made, let it have plenty of teeth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19

1t has been pointed out time and again
that hard work is the only cure for the eco
nomic neurasthenia from which Euronc is
suffering. 1t may be that Il functioning
League of Nations will be the factory wbistle
that will summon the world to its lob.