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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23

! MTS. II. a, r1SISSy ielt tOudy ~
Waukon to visit relatives.
Miss Anna Refsdahl is visitin
at the home of c. G. Lemdhe of 81
Paul this week.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Woods ar
the happy parents of a baby boy
born to them on June 8.
Mrs. j. o. Johnson went t
Superior today to attend meeting
From there she goes to Spring Grow,
en- visit.
Mrs. c. w. Beamer and son, o.
Wallace, Idaho, are here, guests a
the home Of her mother. Mrs. Geo
Brunner'ands sister. Mrs. A. Atkinson
A baby girl was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Meyer on June IA
at the Decorah. hospital. Their friends
extend. congratulations,
Good work shirss 1925 each
You save fully 20 per cent on any
work shirt if you buy at BEARS.
Miss Ragna skabo returned to
Christiania, Norway after several
months. visit with DR.. and Mrs.
Stabo.
DR.. A. c. Woodward arrived
home Friday night from visit with
his children at Minneapolis and
Spencer. Mrs. Woodward will not re-
turn until about July first.
Mrs. J. w. Miller returned to
Isabel, S. D. Thursday, after being
here in attendance at the funeral of
her mother, Mrs. Thos. Graham and
a visit with relatives and friends.
Good Panama hats $500 each,
new styles, guaranteed quality.
BEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Cunning
ham, of Keokuk, were guests last
week of the latter's sister, Mrs II.
A. Schremser. They came here in
their auto. They departed again on
Thursday. .ar4 .....,..
Mrs. Joe NJ. Lower returned
home to Usage Monday, after a
weeks visit here. Her mother, Mrs.
Schrubbe had been visiting her there
and she accompanied her home to
DEBORAH a week ago.
PROF. Thomas Wollan, of Con-
cordia College, Moorehead, Mimi
spent Sunday in DEBORAH on his way
to Chicago. where he will Study at
the University of Chicago this sum-
mer.
Misses Charlotte Larson. Sofia
Swenson and Gladys Arnes returned
from Minneapolis last week, after at
tending the Choral Union concert,
June -.
Mrs. A. P. Hay returned to
Lyndhurst, S. c. Thursday, after
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Geo. G..
Flanders, who accompanied her
home.
-aobt. Conner, of Oelwein, a
emDer or the dry goods nrm CT
Conner Bros. G Knight, was a De
corah visitor Sunday. He returned
home Monday. 7
Postmaster F. E. Biermann and
his aunt Miss Mary Christopher de-
palted Monday for San Francisco 20
attend the democratic national con-
vention, which meets there next
week.
~ Will Franshan, of Bozeman,
Mont. was a visitor here last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Christen. Mr.. Franshan is q
cousin of Mrs. Christen. He left on
Saturday for Cresco to visit rela-
tives there. .s
We show the biggest lines OF
young mems nobby suits at $40. We
know these values cannot be match
ed anywhere in America.
BEARS.
Cash paid for eggs at Eeuul
market. tt.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23
White Pearl. Most Valuable.

Pearls that come from the coast OF
Australia are of many shapes and col
ors. Those under ten grains are sold
blythe ounce; above that by the grain
Color has a deal TO do with the value
The white pearls go mostly to Europe
and the yellow ones to India. In Aus
tralla an ounce Of good white pearls
will fetch up to $500, but sometimes
realize only ifth of that amount. The
yellow pearls may be rated on an av'
erage OF about bal. the value of the
white ones. u ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mrs. B. A. Slocum was a Cal
mar visitor Thursday.
rs Miss Nellie Olson was shopper
here from Calmar Monday.
s-Pure sweet chocolate at SO cents
the pound at Parmanss drug store. Z
Lloyd Ostrem spent Sunday here
from Charlie" City with his parents.
sS-Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Bromley
went to Chicago Saturday night on
Ill, visit. -, ''N'' .. -...s
Mrs. c. Taylor went to Cres2o
Saturday, to- spend $50 Sunday with
friends '~1@4-@ " y.
Miss Rose Kelly came up from
Dubuque Monday on visit to rela-
tiyes here. =
: Mrs. Emma Kirkbride arrived
home Sunday from a visit in Min
neapolis.
Mrs. A. Wingard came Friday
from skyburk, Mimi. on a visit to
relatives.
Miss Gusta Gilbertson, of
Waterville, visited her sister here
last week.
Miss Ida Gaustad went to Mason
City yesterday on a visit to Mrs.
Emmet Hoare.
Mrs. X. Gjerset and daughter
Agnes visited at Albert Lea several
days last week.
Mrs. Anna Holverson, Of Des
Moines, is here visiting her brother,
Gilbert Estrem.
Mrs. w. P. Foley, of Cresco
visited relatives in DEBORAH a few
days last week.
Mrs. E.. B. Thomas, of Algona,
is here on visit to her mother, Mrs.
Caroline ,Schrubbe.
Mis- Gladys Thornton arrived
home Saturday from visit at
Pennington, Mimi.
IS. Eddaen returned home to
Lisbon, Wis. Monday, after spending
year at Luther College
s, Mrs. Burt left Monday for OF
tumwa to attend the G. A. Il. con-
vention on there this week.
Mrs. VIM. X. Naeseth returned
to Rochester, Mimi. Thursday, after
visit with relatives here.
Miss Myrtle Lermonth returned
to Portage, Wis. Friday night, after
a visit with Mrs. D. c. Graham.
Mrs. V. NJ. Gregg and daughter
Alta went to Riceville Thursday to
visit her sister, Mrs. F. W. Lee.
MIR. and Mrs. R. E. Anderson of
Minneapolis visited his mother, Mrs.
Jacob Anderson, here last week.
Mart Karman came up from
Washington, Iowa, Saturday on q
short visit to his parents and friends
here.
Depend upon yourself. If you lack
training take a course in the Man
kato Commercial College, Mankato.
Mimi.
Miss Emma Halvorson returned
Thursday from Minneapolis, after a
visit with her aunt. Mrs. L. Chris
TOPPER.
Bug Finish reliable and
effective insecticide for potato, cab
bage and tomato plants, at Parman's
drug store. ~
Miss Alice elise was here last
week from Crookston Mimi. on a
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. elise.
Mr. and Mrs. A. p MyraE left
Monday for Blooming. sask., Canada
IN visit to their daughter, Mrs T
A. Severson.
Mrs. A. f. Barefoot and Mrs. II.
$. Bulls left Thursday for Chicago
to visit the latter's daughter, Mrs,
Henry Reeves.
-Thos. Rossley returned home on
Thursday from Whittenberg, Wis
where he was looking after some
land he owns there.
Mrs T. Haakenson, son Arnold
and daughter, Mrs. T. e. Rughley
returned to Albert Lea Saturday
after visit with relatives here.
Mrs. r. II. Miller and daugh-
ter Lottie came up from Spencer last
week and are guests at the home OF
her sister, Mrs. w. H. Thompson.
Prof. o. A, Tinglestad and wife
went to Chicago Sunday, where they
will spend the summer, the Profess
sor taking a summer course at the
University Of Chicago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-23

A Few Straw Hats.
Only one of kindr--if we can fiji
you-5O~cents each. BEARS.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
Evolution Of Man Foreseen.

In one Of his recent lectures Sir OIL.
yer Lodge, eminent English scientist,
announced that the earth would prob
ably continue TO exist for 20,GoOOOO
years more. These are, of course,
round numbers. Some scientists esti-
mate that the earth will live for ten
times this age. There have been anil
mails of one kind and another on this
planet for fully this length of time.
The dinosaurs are believed to have
lived through some such period The
age Of man, which is probably only
a few thousand years, seems the mer-
est trife by comparison. When we
consider how man has developed dur
ing recorded history, which IS less
than ten thousand years, we may hope
that he will evolve to an infinitely
finer type in the future.-Boys' Life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
Big Trade In Old Papers.

A curious item Of commercial news
is that the east coast district Of the
island Of Sumatra In 1918 imported
SS6,S35 pounds of "second-hand news
papers" from the United States I'm.
ports Of the same kind Of merchandise
from January to September l, of last
year, were 572,5S5 pounds. The papers
are wanted to cover young sprouts Of
rubber trees and sugar cane. The eli
mate of the island is very hot-as
might be surmised from the circum-
stance that the equator runs through
the middle OF it-and, to prevent the
sprouts burning up In the fierce sun
shine, sheets Of paper are spread over
them. Old newspapers serve the pur-
pose very WELL each sheet being held
down with stones at the corners. In
Hawaii the same method of protection
Is adopted, but in that archipelago
sheets Of rice paper, imported from
Japan. are used.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
SEES INFLUENCE AS HANDICAP
Charles M. Schwab Insists That Char
acter Is the Biggest Asset in
Modern Business.

Influence! The worst thing that can
influence. So declared Charles Nj.
Schwab in q talk to Princeton students
upon how to succeed in business, re-
marks LeSie'S. Young fellows who
excuse their failure on the score Of
having no influential friend to give
them a boost get cold comfort from
Mr.. Schwab, who has come up from
the ranks, and who now goes so far as
to advise any young man who has an
influence not to use 1t to get start.
Mr.. Schwab laid down as the first
fundamental Of a successful life, "Un-
impea chable integrity" Character is
the biggest asset In business. A whole
array Of brilliant qualities will not
take the place of this cornerstone Of
enduring success. The whole tenor of
Mr.. Schwab's heart-to-heart talk was
new emphasis on the oldfashioned
qualities Of loyalty, industry and per-
ststence. The >oung man who pos
sesses these traits IS bound to succeed,
for opportunity was never so great as
1t is today. No industry is more high
ly organized than the steel industry,
vet with all the progress made in the
last 20 years the industry is far from
Its zenith. So great is the magnitude
OF modern industry in all branches
that opportunities for leadership, in
stead Of decreasing as some imagine,
have actually increased in proportion
as industry itself has grown.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
cHAMPLiN URGES NEW WHEAT

A much wider trial of the variety
of winter wheat known as Kanred,
especially in the southeast quarter of
the state. is urged upon South Dakota
farmers by Manley Champlin, exten-
sion agronomist at State college.
Kanred was developed by Professor
Roberts at the Kansas experiment sta
tion at Manhattan from a selection in
a field of ordinary hard winter wheat,
commonly known as Turkey Red.
The South Dakota State college ex-
pertinent station secured small lots
of Kanred from Kansas three years
ago and placed the variety on trial
in comparison with other kinds of
wheat at the Brookings and Highmore
experiment farms. Kanred was not
expected to prove as hardy as Dakota
grown Turkey Red wheat, but con-
trary to expectations this new variety
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
FUTURE AUTO MOTIVE POWER
Interesting Speculation a. to What
VIII Take the Place Of Fast
Diminishing Gasoline.

Gasoline will continue to 60 up In
price. A few years from now we
shall have to use something else as
fuel for our automobiles. The Ques-
tion is, what?
The government bureau OF mines
thinks that we shall get the requisite
substitute from coal. In every city
there will be "by-product coke ovens"
which will extract from the coal q
light oil available for the purpose. The
coke can then be used In our furnaces
and for other ordinary fuel purposes.
One ton of soft coal In the process
Of coking yields about three gallons
Of oil first rate for motor fuel. At
present prices the heat in the oil has
20 times the commercial value Of the
same amount Of heat in the form Of
coal.
Germany during part Of the war was
practically shut off from every supply
of mineral oil. She depended for her
motor fuel entirely on coal. putting the
latter through by-product coking
plants. Before long we shall be
obliged to do the same thing in the
United States
Part of the light oil in coal is toluol,
which in time of war is needed for the
manufacture of INT. Modern warfare
requires enormous quantities of the
substance for making high-explosive
shells. During the first part Of the
war the allies came near defeat for
lack of II.
Another by-product from the coking
OF one ton of soft coal is 5000 cubic
feet of gas, available for cooking and
other household uses. The coke It.
self makes an admirable smokeless
be persuaded 20 uSe it.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
"Rent Free" Houses.

At Llewelyn, Pa, there are GO empty
houses which for years have stood I'M
tenanted, veritable deserted village
in the beautiful valley Of the West
Branch of Chester creek. Even the
war with its demands, failed to repeO-
pie the town. About month ago some
of the houses were rented and jitney
line was established between the town
and Chester. Still there remained 60
houses that were fast going into decay
by reason of not being occupied. The
owners conceived the idea of having
the properties fixed up by giving them
rent free to workmen who would repair
them and take care Of them. The only
stipulatiOns made in selecting tenants
are that they be respectable and thrift
ty people who will take pride in main
tanning and improving the houses and
that they agree 70 make all repairs at
their own expense.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15

The hog market scored an uneven
advance during the week, after open
ing weak and sharply lower. At the
close, choice sorted droves were bring
ing $15.009b.25, though a majority
of sales were scored at $1400014.25
with a few good mixed loads up to
$1440 Buyers insisted on quality and
sorted closely. Pigs were scarce with
top sales ticketed up to s14.00. Re
ceipts were $4,000. Heavy packers
were quotable at s12OO@13.OO, and
heavy mixed at 13.50013.75.
Light receipts all week had a bene-
fetal effect on cattle values and the
market closed 50c@75c higher. Steers
were scarce and in the minority, the
bulk Of the runs being she stock. 4
few loads Of steers sold at $4,000
1880 with one small lot at $500 which
is the normal top, Most Of the bust
ness is being registered at $S.00Q
1100 with Gamer steers down to $400
Prime heifers are quoted up to S1?.00,
bat there is little business above $40. so
or $1100 and most COWS are selling
at S6.00G900. with Gamers and cut
ters at $3.0095O0. Bulls are selling
at S5.50Q7.50 with vealer top at s11.75
Stocker and feeder trade and dairy
COW business was very light. Re
ceipts were 15,4Sf
Sheep and lamb trade showed a lit
tie recovery and lamb prices are back
to $14.00 for top stuff. Fat ewes sold
at $600Q6.50 with top rated at $500
Wethers are quoted at $6.O0Q75O and
yearlings at $6.OO@10O0. Receipts
were 1896.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
JAPAN REALLY BACK NUMBER
Writer Brings Forward Arguments to
Prove That the Chinese Are the
More Progressive.

II may strike the western reader as
simply funny, but more than one Chi
nese friend has assured me that II is
the japanese people who are really
conservative. And they back up their
assertion by evidence other than the
way In which Japan has clung through
all historic viciSsitudeS. to primitive
theocracy, John Dewey writes in Asia
Magazine. They point out. for exam
pie that thousand years ago the Jap
anese borrowed the present style Of
Clothing and Of household furnishing,
of sitting and sleeping on mats, from
China; that China has changed sew
eral times, moving constantly in the d.
rection Of practical utility, Of ingeni-
Gus adaptation Of means to needs. The
Chinese cuisine Is another argument.
1t is doubtless the most extensive in
the world in the variety Of material
employed for food, and also the most
varied in its combinations. Academic
analysis may despise arguments drawn
from food, clothing, shelter and fur
nishings. But when one notes the va
riety and ingenuity Of the processes
and appliances used In daily life and in
the crafts, one is certain that the Chi
nese mind is naturally observant and
adaptive. But it seems unnecessary to
labor the question. Many charges have
been brought against the Chinese, but
no one has ever accused them of stu
pidity. Their undoubted conservatism
is something to be explained rather
than an explanation Of anything.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
A SANE SYSTEM

In these days of tinkering with the
social machinery, it is refreshing to
learn Of one plan for the betterment
Of our daily lives that demands nei-
ther revolution nor evolution for the
attainment of its objective.
Community service is helping Amer
lea do for itself in peace what as
war camp community service, it aided
a warning America to do Just as in
war the organization enabled commu-
mites to get the greatest value for
the men in uniform from their recrea-
tional resources, so now it aims to
stimulate communities to obtain for
all the people the best results from
leisure time opportunities. But, there
is one great difference between the
war work and the peace work, in the
great struggle we were building for
war and destruction; we are building
now for peace and construction.
Community service is getting to-
gether the finest elements in the ma
tons life, regard for our neighbors,
affection for our homes, interest in
the place where we dwell, and blend
ing them into force working, not for
our soldiers at war, but for our sol
diers come back from war, for the
men and women at home, for every
body in each community. Mothers
and fathers, sisters, sweethearts,
brothers, can all unite in community
service with the satisfying knowl-
edge that their endeavors are going
to be reflected in better, sweeter,
brighter local conditions.
This will meet with the approval
of every American. During the war
a new spirit of comradeship was born
in city town and hamlet; a spirit par
ticularly conspicuous in those places
uniting through war camp community
service to extend hospitality to the
men in olive drab and blue. All who
shaded this spirit or came in contact
with it hoped it might not be per-
mitted to lapse with the coming Of
peace. In community service this fine
product of wars tumultuous days
finds its perpetuation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
Perfumed Petrol.

VIII motorcars in the future per-
fume our streets with the scent Of at-
tar Of roses instead of the evil-smell-
ing mixture which offends our nostrils
as they pass?
The question IS suggested by the
statement that a quarter Of million
gallons of motor spirit can be produced
in the Hyderabad state of India by
distilling the flowers Of the mowra
tree.
Mowra flowers a,e very rich in su-
gar. and a ton Ol'vle dried flowers
produces as much as 80 gallons of %
pG cent pure spirit. They have long
been in use for the preparation Of a
native alcoholic liquor; but only a
small proportion of the trees available
is needed for this purpose.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
TO PRISON FOR WITCHCRAFT
Statute That Will Appear Absurd to
Modern Understanding.

1t has been little more than 200
years since anyone was convicted or
witchcraft on this continent, says the
Columbus Dispatch, and we supposed
that there would never again be any
more convictions. But 1t seems that
such prosecutions have been revived,
for here comes report from Cana
dian court to the effect that young
woman over there has lately been sem
fenced to prison for 'practicing witch
craft" for all the world like the ac-
cusations that used to he filed against
people in this country.
The young woman in this case
claimed 10 be able to tell who commit
ted a certain theft In her neighborhood.
She said a farmers oats had been
stolen by man and boy; that they
drove a bay mare, and proceeded west
ward after the robbery, and that they
would be found at a certain, place,
about 40 miles away. The officers
found her story to be true, and ar
rested the parties who robbed the
farmer, but as the young woman who
gave the information was In no pO-
sition to know the facts she related
except through communing with "the
spirits" people began talking about
her being witch, with the result that
an ancient statute was invoked and
the girl prosecuted and sent to jail
for her pains in aiding the officers Of
the law. If 1t were not all duly record
ed in the newspapers we could not be-
lieve 1t.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15
Resourceful PreVaricator.

A Lancashire man, who was afraid
of his wife, arranged to go TO the races
with some friends, and explained 70
her that he was going fishing. On his
way he called at fish shop and asked
the proprietor to send some fish home.
Fish was very scarce that day, and a
lot of Gods heads were delivered. When
hubby returned home, after an enjoy
able time, he said 70 his wife:
"Well, lass, did you get the fish |
sent your
81 got a lot Of Gods heads" was her
reply.
"Quite right" was the retort. you
never saw such fish in your life as we
had to tackle today. Before you could
land 'em, you had to pull their bloom
ing heads off !'-Lopdon Answers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-07-15

came. through the winter with bet
ter stand than the Dakota grown Tur-
key Red and made better yield. In
the year 1919 it made an especially
good showing At Brookings, where
spring wheat was nearly a failure On
account of rust, scab, ETC., Kanred
yielded about 20 bushels per acre. At
Highmore, where the best spring
wheat produced about 20 bushels per
acre, Kanred yielded nearly 80 bushels.
In view Of the fact that Kanred has
proved hardy for three winters at
Highmore and Brookings, it seems
worth while to give it much wider
trial. Five to ten acres Of this va
riety may be planted on large num-
Der of farms. Under. present condi-
tions the man who attempts to grow
Kanred winter wheat will risk about
SIS per acre in the hope Of securing
an increased yield of about 10 bushels
of wheat per acre.