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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
w. Va. Rejects Yale Track Date

Morgantown, ". Va. Feb. l5,--An INV.
zion Tor 4 dual track meet between Yale
md West Virginia University. has been re-
fused by the Mountaineers b. cause the ath-
ictIC field here Is not In good condition. YaiS
asked that the West NirEin,Mns stage a track
as The field which is being improved will
not bc ready by that time. the invita- Lon
,,-aa not accepted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
Seaman Wins Referees Decision

national amateur featherwcight champion
won the referees decision over Jimmy Blute
of Yorkvi'l", in the twelve round bout al
tho new star Sporting Club Judges failed
to agree 1T tho bouts termination. forcing
the referee TO decide.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
Collins and Heddon In 1872 Final

Cleveland. Feb. l5.-Percy Collins. OF Chi
cago. the champion. and Charles Heddon.
OF Dowaglac. Mich. former title holder.
meet here tonight in the final game OF the
rational amateur ~ balli'ine billiard cham
pionship tournament.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
BAKER to Give Decision Soon

ts.sman' 'p,Ni aNi Feb l5.--Frank Hakcr. third
sodsvr 70 the Yankee owners made SpubIie
overall JaHH he would let them know IN
As ssus s"SS whether he would return 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Next Sunday afternoon on tho E5/yoo,
grounds. at Thlrty-hrst and DIcEins"n
strectf', !, 6onSht match VIII be played be-
stars. The proceeds win go To- on - thc
Haywood PLAYERS. who was scveriy injured
In recent game.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
Boots and Saddle

Sister Susie will start in the fourth
race at Havana today, we'll placed.
Currency and American Eagle are other
sprightly ones in the four. and a half
furlongS dash.
Horses in the other events showing
good recent form are: First: Grey
Bump, Starkader. Rhadames. Second :
James, Frank Burke, Douglas Fair :
banks. Third: First Consul, Arthur
Middleton. Senator James. Fifth :
Ilocnir. Huntress. Litholick. Sixth
Night Wind, Attorney Muir, Mather.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
FlGURE-SKATlNG DATES
Three Day Championship Meet to
Be Staoed Here

The schedule for the international
figure skating championship of Amer.
lea. which Will be held at the Philadcl-
phia Ice Palace February %. 26 and
%, has been announced by John Lewis
Evans. chairman of the championship
committee. The championship, the first
of it's kind to be awarded to this city,
will be- held under the auspices Of the
Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane
Society. the oldest organization of its
kind in the country.
Schedule:
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FEBRUARY %

FEBRUARY %
$40 a. m-Women's Junior. school figures.
80 D. m-women's junior. free skating.
800 p. m.-Men's Junior. school figures.
FEBRUARY 90
$50 a. m.-Women's championship. school
100 D. m.-Men's championship. school ng-
100 u. m.-Mens Junior free skating.
i:3O D. m-Women's championship. free
skating. ,,
FEBRUARY -
1O9Oa .n-Pair skating championship.
II .0O A. m-Waltzing championship.
ii 40 A. m -Ten-step championship.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Dobson, has found its stride. and surprlssj
the local fans here when II scored 4 rnaI,
90 > against New York +. g. on Saiurd%t
DObsOn 8till looms as n poss bio winnrr ~
.he amateur cup again this season "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

81, ,rnnnspi,, Hmn.,I,"n ram ish alwaSs playing
tween the Vi"triX and Haywood. Th" Vine
street eleven IL a much stronger team wst
the dOwntowners gave II the worst trimmin,,
II has had this season. scoring 0 goals To- d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

ON,dMlraSo-When the club ow,.-v -, ,,o
trranvo association met here today to
wcr" that "t lhc 1921 season, tndicat oNs
oTS"pro op De adopted, although some Of The cimH
season. r1nN"r l54-game pchoduic. The
major Ica'mn, 'n open April l3, the date Of tho
Carried o,,, provided the l0sgame program IS
"u'' President Hickey said
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

'ormSru mont, TrN.-Walter C'B'n'D Schallcr.
ourfeIddd, NrGli and Chicago American League
cub roroMh"m Mh"m the beaumont Texas League
IraClic Coast League. viii not Nav % nro. -"
10 IoIt baseball this summer. acc0rding
'''r received today by tho local club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
offers Leonard $4,000 for Bout

Milwaukee, wis, Fob. 15.-Benny I.on-
ard. lightweight champion has been oirered
$50. 600 by Tom Andrews. local promoter
TO nee' RltChIc Mitchell Of Milwaukee her,
some time in March. The bout would be \
tcn-ruund no:decsion affair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Jockey u. Marineill the crack lightweight
apprentice. actoundrd large crowd at ri.
luana the other day by winning Ave races
MarinelliS = victories on Barbara Shilling and
J. j. Murdo"k were comparatively easy, but
he was compelled TO put up sCnsationnl
rides on ErmantHna, Irish Maid and Yukon
TO pilot them to victory. His ride on Irish
Maid was described as particularly brilliant,
The first traIn,oad OF horses for Shreye-
port lcit New Orleans yesterday to be fol-
signments The meeting will open on Feb.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15
Baseball Happenings

:, New iork-I.arry Doyle. new manaaer Of
u,non,oRt0 lnernatiOnal League team an.
,his s mere today his team would train
"I4nln play second base on the team
"Gench ,,'ns the report that he would be n
Ntw York Alec y. Gaston the cat,nor
no Wrn "Wan"n by the New York Nationals from
lN. MnWaukee American Association club,
rUuDceS 1921 contract, It was m.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Iinrdwick 4 Magee will now face tho
Flcishcr yarnerS in the seminal round h,,t
since tn" rug team 10 drawn In an AliicS
amateur cup contest next Saturday. this
stm!tnal Cor the lEdustrIal cup viii not he
played til February 20. N' W.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

This years Coal Iron and oil Circuit viii
consist OF Apollo, August I to Z: New Ken
.ington, Dubois Pulaski PunxsutAWney
Conneaut Lake. Butler Titusvtlie Dayton,
Ssaueb0Eo and New Castle,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Miss Marque, S1Ot by Sir Marque, win
70 raced this year by John Toy. OF thi.
Ity. who rates her highly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Dan IAary has a royalty bred two-yca r-old
sorrei tiIIy In training. sired by Etawah
9'o3L a.i out OF the great race mare
IiuJa Guy, 2:OOt4 by Guy AXworthy, 2:OSi.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

Next Saturday the members Of tl.e Mount
HoIly Matinee Driving Cub will meet in
thon 'tn,yn To transact business OF Importance
im"luding the election OF officers for the com.
ins tcAsunB work
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
Where DO Poets corpose1

But dc poets ever write I'm .ardsnsf
Swift. who wss by Way Of being a
poet. built himself a garden seat az
Eogr park when he served Sir VIII
han Tempe, b.. ! d9.'t know that he
wrote poetry there. Rather, Il -Ss IL
place for reading. gura. in his pros
Porous days, wrote at Tvickenham.
With the Sound Of his artificial water
fan ia his ears. and he walked 10 take
the air in his grottO along the Thames.
But do poets really wander beneath
the moon 70 think their verses? Do
they compose on summer ave BY
haunted stream I doubt whether
Gray conceived his "Elegy" in an actu-
al graveyard. smell oil. One need
not 500 the thing described upon the
very moment Shelley wrote Of noun
tains, the awful range Of Caucasus, but
his eye at The time looked on sunny
Italy. lbsen wrote Of the north when
wing in the south. when Bunyan
wrote Of the delectable mountains he
was snug inside a jaiI.-CharIcs s.
Brooks In the Century Magazine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
USE roo MANY BIG WORDS7
by Writer for the Employment
of Mouth FiIiers."

Mouths are getting larger The rea
son is simple. Words are getting big
ger.
And In order TO make simple thing,
complex, language architects are add
ing to the front and rear of ordinary
words constantly. 1t requires elias
bic lips to navigate the latest 1926
vocabulary.
IL has come TO pass that the bigger
the word the less il means. For in,
stance, congressional" does not mean
any more than its first syllable
Con" if results are any criterion.
Misrepresentation" stands merely for
false"
Movements against space ting
words have not appeared to move
much. Simplified spelling was popu.
lar, but many persons thought 1t didn't
look classy" on commercial and so.
cial stationery.
Bald-headed men who spend their
lives on Grating committees continue
10 announce that they advocate
coordination of facilities" which they
might simply say: Lets work to-
gether."
We pity the ordinary Zulu who talks
in srunts-but he is years ahead Of
Us as far as concentrated language is.
concerned. For instance, his mere
srunt means: xii that garrulous mis-
sionary, and put him in the pot for din
Rer. Life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19

for, by Bonds, or Warrants drawn
against such funds of the City of
DEBORAH as can be by law used for
such purposes, and by Special As
sessment Certificates or Bonds,
drawn in accordance with law, in
anticipation of the funds to be Gre
ated by a special assessment against
the abutting and adjacent property,
benefited by such street improve
ment, to the extent that the same
are assessable by law, said assess
ments to be made in accordance with
the laws of the State of Iowa govern
ing such special assessments; such
certificates and bonds drawing so
interest payable annually, all in ac-
cordance with the law. Said pay
ments to be made, and said securities
issued as soon as by law provided,
and as soon as possible after the
completion of said contract and its
acceptance by the City Council.
The contractor shall give good and
sufficient bonds in the form to be
supplied by said city, obligating the
and his bondsmen to the
faithful performance of the contract,
and to keep said improvements in
good repair for the period of five
years from the date of the accept
ance thereof by the City Council,
and to punctually pay ali laborers
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
Resolution Ordering Construction of
I'm Improvement and Directing
Advertisement for Bids
Thereof.

Be it resolved by the City Council
Of the City of Decorah Iowa, that
pursuant to a Resolution of Neces-
sity, proposed at meeting of this
council on the 2lst day of January,
1920 and duly passed at a meeting
held on the oath day of February,
1920, it is hereby ordered, upon mo-
ton of this council, without petition
of the property owners, that the i'm
provements described in said Resolu-
ton Of Necessity, consisting of pave
ment, curb, or curb and gutter, on
Broadway Street, from the west line
of Court Street at its intersection
with the said Broadway Street,
thence west TO Grove Street at its
intersection with the said Broadway
Street, thence west, southwesterly,
and south following the alignment of
said Broadway Street TO the inter
section Of Jefferson Street with the
said Broadway Street, thence south
TO the south line of Vernon Street
at its intersection with the said
roadway Street, said improvements
to consist Of one, or any combination
Of two, of the following types of
pavement, to-wit:
/. Brick pavement, with inch
concrete base at sides and 6 inches
at center; brick TO be laid in bitumen
fiber.
2. Bitulithic pavement, top coat
with inch concrete base at sides
and 6 inches at center.
! 3. Concrete pavement, inch top
coat, base inches at sides and c
Inches at center.
! A. Sheet asphalt, with inches
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
AMERICA WORLD IN ITSELF
Englishman Writes Enviously Of Our
Variety of Climate and Other
Blessings.

Here in England We settle down in
q. town and only a violent exertion OF
wiz power can eXtricate us. In the
Usites States 4 man may try twenty
ederent towns and twenty different
states before he finds one that suits
him, Raymond Radcliffe writes in the
New Witness LOndon).
Here We have practically no choice
Of climate Tor lack OF climate). On the
other side you can get the bitter cold
Of North Dakota or the almost tropi
sal heat Of Florida. You can be blown
10 pieces on the prairies or lie snu.
- a cleft of the hills looking over
Rle Pacific. You can spin cotton in
Connecticut or grow il in Georgia. You
have q world TO yourself. and one OF
the most beautiful worlds that has
ever been discovered. You are not
crowded, there is plenty of room for
everybody. You can rough il any
where, but If you want luxury. Fifth
sEense has more wealth than any 9th
81 street 10 the world. not even except.
iag Bond street.
That Is why people go to the United
states. and why flasy 9tsp there They
get freedom. If il no rnsrs catch-peR-
NJ pEsrsse, 1t is the basic fset OF life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
Preserved Aushand,s Heart.

The heart Of John Ballot. lord ~
Barnard castle who died in 1863. was
embalmed and inclOsrd in an ivory
caskct richly enameIed with silver.
His affectlonate widow, DevOrgilla.
used TO have this casket placed on the
table every day when she ate her
meals. and ordered It 10 lie laid on her
own heart when she was herself placed
in the tomb. She was buried, accord
ing 10 her own direction, hear the al
tar in New Abbey. which she herself
had founded IN Galloway, aud the
casket cDn'aining her husbands heart
was placed on her bosom. From This
Incident the abbey received the name
n Dolce Cor, or Sweetheart Abbey.
and for rs arms bore In chief a hear,
over two pastoral STATS. and in base
three mUllcts 81 five points"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
NOTICE OF PETITION TO SELL
REAL ESTATE.
In the District Court of Winneshiek
County, Iowa.

In the Matter of the Estate O.
George Drummer, Deceased:
;; To Lillian Atkinson and Albert
Atkinson, her husband; Frank w
Drummer and Sarah Drummer, his
wife; George o. Drummer and Edith
Drummer, his wife; Nettie Beamei
and Carol w. Beamer, her husband;
and to whomever else it may con-
lcern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now in file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court in and
for Winneshiek County, Iowa, a pc
tition of Emma Drummer stating that
she is the surviving widow of George
Drummer, deceased; that he, the said
George Drummer, died at his home III
DEBORAH, Iowa, on the 14th day of
May, 1917, leaving Last Will and
Testament, which has been duly ad-
mitted to probate; and that by the
terms of the said Last Will and
Testament, the said Emma Drummer
is bequeathed for her use and sup
port, the real estate of which the
said George Drummer died seized and
possessed; and that "she TO have the
right to sell and dispose of any part
of il, If necessary for her support
and maintenance" and asking that
it be ordered and decreed that it be
necessary to sell the following des-
cribed premises, to-wit: A parcel of
real estate described as commencing
at the northwest corner of Lot No.
l, Block No. 81, in the Original City
OF DEBORAH, Iowa, thence east along
Water street al feet, thence south
to the south side of Lot No. in the
said Block, thence west al feet, to
the southwest corner of the said
Lot No. 4, thence north to the place
Of beginning, and otherwise describ-
ed as Lot No. 2 and the west / foot
off Lot No. /, in the Subdivision of
Lots !, 2, 3 and 4 of the North Half
Of Block No. 81, as per recorded plat
thereof filed in the Recorders Office
Of Winneshiek County, Iowa, Febru-
airy IS, 1878, in Book A, page IL;
and that your Petitioner be author
zed to give a deed, in the event of
sale, to the said premises without
any further orders of Court; and
hat the said Lillian Atkinson, Frank
W. Drummer, George y. Drummer, and
Nettie Beamer have an interest in
he said premises only in the event
hat the said Emma Drummer dies
without having first sold and dispos-
ID of the premises in question.
And you are further notified that
he said matter will come on for a
learing on the first day of the next
ocular tenn of the District Court,
icing the February, 1921, term of
he said Court, to be held in the
Jourt House in DEBORAH, Iowa, COM
nencing January 81, 1921: the said
natter TO come on for a hearing at
200 p. m. of the said day, or as soon
hereafter as the same can be heard;
nd, unless objection is made to the
aid Petition, the same will be al
owed as prayed.
WILLETT & NELSON
Attorneys for Emma Drummer, Pc
itioner.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, this 29th
lay Of December, 1920.
52-4.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19

employed on said work and all per-
sons furnishing materials therefor.
All proposals must be made on
blanks furnished by the City Clerk,
and each bidder will be required to
state his prices for doing all NE
items in each section on which he
makes a bid.
The City reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Contract will be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, unless all bids are
rejected, or the council for cause
shall find it necessary to threw cut
one or more bids.
Copies of the plans and speciica =
tons are on file with the City Clerk :.
+ nj. Hughes, at DEBORAH, Iowa, and
with the engineers, Hanson & Ait.
filliSch, at DEBORAH, Iowa.
All bids will be opened in oven
council meeting to be held at ehe.
council chamber on the day and hour
above fixed, and contract will be
awarded at that time, or at such
subsequent time to which the council
may adjourn. 7,
Published b. order of the Coy
Council of said city, and dated at
DEBORAH, low, It's 9Th day of
January, A. d. 1921.
F. M. HUGHES, City Clerk.
2-2.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
ISN'T NATURE WONDERFUL?
American Socialists and hulti-hli-
honaires in the Same Bed.

Seyenty-fve organizations repre-
sealing a half million workers il
New York City voted resolutions II
faysr of the United States entering
into trade relations with Soviet nus
sia.
Showing that labor is entirely
syayed by sentiment and that the
truths and facts have nothing to 90
WITH the thing when they dip INTO
matters that are not personal 10
themselves. -,
ItaIy's uorkingmen were just Ike
these New York labor resoluters ana
90 the Italian government ordered
Grade to begin with Russia forth
with. A shipload of goods was dis
matched to Russia. In payment Rus
ala returned steamer load OF
wheat. The grain was in very poor
.ondition, dirty, part of 1t rotten
and much of it half ruined by mols-
ryre. When sorted and graded, the
pyice obtained did not begin to pay
for NE Italian cargo to Russia.
Ne matter. Italy sent another snip
Of perfectly good merchandise. The
return vessel carried what was stat
ed to be wheat. But the cargo was
literally mixed with broken glass; 1t
contained many tons Of brick dust
and chips, and the grain was filled
WITH the worst kind of unmenionaoie
Slth.
Phe thing was done deliberately.
Russian Bolsheyism didn't propose to
pay for what it got and made no
bsnes about it.
The action towards the Italian
goods was perfectly in accord with |
she policy Of the present Russian |
government. 1t is contempt Of the |
world and is only asking for trade |
with the nations in order to express !
its contempt Of those nations in box
ear letters later on.
Fhe other day, the Russian Soviet 1
foreign Office gave orders to its re
preventative in the Unitet States !
20 cancel all contracts here. At once /
a few American -uulti-mi,lionaires !
who had secretely negotiated big
deals with the Soviet government got /
busy and in a few Jays they Tad +.
made trade with Russia" All issue
fer Mr.. Harding's new sdininisIat-
ion.
And the labor Socialists second TIE .
motion. Ye Gods! Socialists and
ruiti- millionaires in alliance, Isn't |
sstpFe wonderful?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Notice to Contractors,

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk of the City of De-
corah, Iowa, at his office in said city,
until 1880 o'clock p. NJ, on the I'd
day Of February, A. d. 1921, for the
construction Of the following des-
cribea improvements in said city, to-
wit:
Or Broadway Street from the west
line of Court Street at its intetsect-
ION with the said Broadway Street,
thence west TO Grove Street at its in
tersection with the said Broadway
Street thence west, Southwesterly,
and south to the intersection of JEFF
ferson Street with the said Broadway
Street, thence south to the south
line of Vernon Street at its inter-
section with the said Broadway
Street. Said improvements to consist
of pavement, curb, or curb and gut
ter; such pavement to b constructed
in one, or any combination of two
OF the following types Of pavement,
to-wit:
/. Brick pavement, with 4 inch
concrete base at sides and 6 inches
at the center.
2. Bitulithic pavement, top coat,
with 4 inch concrete base at sides
and inches at center.
3. Concrete pavement, 2 inch top
coat, base inches at side and 6
inches at center.
4. Sheet Asphalt, with inch con-
crete base at sides and 6 inches at
center.
5. Tarvia double seal, macadan,
base 6 inches, wearing coat 21a
inches.
The approximate amount Of the
said work is:
10000 square yards Of pavement.
SIP linear feet Of curb or curb and
gutter l,0l0 Gu. yards excess grad
ing so IT. of II" v. s. pipe, laid. 7
manholes, adjust to grade. 6" drain
tile, laid, per #. 3"x12" oak headers,
IN place, per foot. excess concrete,
per yard.
All bids must be accompanied i'm
a separate envelope by a certified
check made payable to the Treasurer
OF said City in the sum of so of
the bid submitted, which certified
check will be held as security that
the bidder will enter into contract
for the construction of the work and
VIII furnish the required bond, and
III case the successful bidder shall
refuse or fail to enter into contract
ana furnish required bond, his CERT
| ned check may be retained by said
city, as agreed and liquidated dam
ages.
Payment will be made the contract
or as follows:-Upon completion of
the work fully described in the said
resolution OF necessity, according TO
contract, and the acceptance Of the
same by this Council, the cost of
construction Of same shall - ,,~;I
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
Resolution Approving Plans and
Specifications.

Whereas, under the order and
direction of this council, plans and
specifications for the construction OF
curb and pavement on Broadway and
Upper Broadway Streets have been
prepared by the City Engineer; and
Whereas, after full consideration
thereof, this council has found and
determined that said plans -
specifications ale proper enA Suitable
to be used in the construction Of the
said improvement
Now therefore, Be it resolved by
the City Council of the City Of De-
corah, foTa, that said plans and
specifications above referred to be
and the same are hereby approved
and adopted.
Adopted and passed by the City
Council this 5th day of January A.
D, 1921.
F. NJ. HUGHES, City Clerk.
Approved by me this 9Th day Of
January A. ID. 1921,
K. BUCkNELL, Mayor.
Presented by Alderman Bngbretssn.
Sesonded by Alderman Reed.
2-2.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-19
WILLETT & NELSON

Attorneys for Emma Drummer, Pc
titioner.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, this 29th
day of December, 1920.
52-4.