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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-10-11

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
SPENDS $5OO,O0O
A WEEK FOR ROADS
Highway Improvement Projects at
Their Height Throut State
And Lots of Work Is
Being Done.
IOWA COMMISSION KEPT
BUSY SUPERVISING WORK
State Treasurer Will Begin to Draw
On Auto Funds in Various Coun-
ty Treasures to Meet Bill.

Des Moines, Iowa,-Money now
being expended on Iowa primary
roads, totals around $500,000 pei
week, records at the state auditors
Office show. Paving, grading, and
bridge building on the primary roads
over the state, are now at their
height for this season, and the state
highway commission has numerous
improvement projects under way
throut the state.
From now on the state treasurer
probably will have 70 draw on the
automobile funds in the county trea-
surer's Office every week in order
to have the wherewithal to meet the
road improvement demands.
The last legislature, it will be re-
membered, amended the motor We
hicle law directing that automobile
fees be retained in the counties in
which they were paid until drawn
on by the state treasurer. The
state treasurer is not permitted TO
have more than S500.O0O balance nor
less than 100000 on hand in the
automobile fund at any one time.
But with the expenditures now going
out at 100000 per week the state
treasurer probably will have to re-
plenish his fund weekly from now on,
as the old balance has been wiped
out.
This provision in the automobile
law permitting a county which was
doing paving to use the automobile
fees paid in~ by other counties in pay
ing for its work was bitterly fought
in the last legislature by the OPP
ponents of hard surfaced roads. The
anti-hard roads legislators wanted
this fund declared county fund in
stead of state fund and thus, be
available only in the counties in
which it was paid in. All efforts
along this this line, however, met
defeat.
Along with the money put up by
the state in hard surfacing primary
roads the government is putting up
a similar amount 80 that considerable
money is being spent by state and
government on this work.
Ten years ago before hard-surfaced
roads were seriously talked of the
annual expenditures in temporary
road work amounted to S11,000,000
in this state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
EX. PRES: TAFT CHIEF JUSTICE
Nominated by President Harding
Thursday for Supreme Bench.

William Howard Taft, president
president of the United States from
March 4, 1909, until March A, 1913,
was nominated by President Harding
Thursday to be chief justice of the
Supreme court of the United States,
and the. nomination was confirmed
by the senate a few hours later by
a vote of 60 to 4.
Three Republican senator's and one
Democrat voted ito prevent Mr.. Taft
from achieving the cherished ambi-
tion of his life. They were: Borah
of Idaho, Johnson of California, La
Toilette of Wisconsin, Republicans,
and Tom Watson of Georgia, Demo-
crat.
Mr.. Taft's nomination to fill the
vacancy oecasioned by the recent
death of Chief Justice Edward Doug
las White was sent to the senate
early in the afternoon. Immediately
thereafter few rumblings of dis
satisfaction were heard from Pro
gressive Republican senator's, who
have not relished Mr. Taft politically
since the disastrous party split in
1912. Bus there was no revolt and
an effort by Senator Kellogg to bring
about confirmation without delay in
the judiciary committee was success
fully engineered.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
UNHAPPY MARRIAGES
Philosophers and Educators Deplore
The Great Number Divorces.

Wonder how all these June brides
and bridegrooms are getting along?
Have their honeymoons been al that
was expected? Or are some of 'em
already getting little frayed around
the edges. suggesting that the we'd
ding garment was not made of very
enduring material.
Philosophers and educators are de-
ploring the great number of divorces
and they feel they are sinister fact
in modern. life. Can anything i. be
done to remove the cause of these
tragedies?
Commonly such matrimonial
wrecks are attributed to lacla Of
congeniality between the two parties,
also to the fact that many people
are welded after very short pc-
quaintance, when they know little
,about each other. But perhaps the
biggest cause of all, is that so many
married couples set up their house
keeping without those two, bears
lacking which no home is a sue
cess. These two bears are "Bear
and Forbear.'
1t takes lot of personal adjust
ment for people to live together. If
folks have a considerate spirit, are
willing to make allowances for each
other and not to expect perfection,
then persons of very different in
terests and characters often get
along admirably. Even if they do
not have a passionate love for each
other at first, yet as children come,
as they help each other along the
toilsome path, the deeper affection
grows, and the ties that bind the
heart strings become stronger every
year.
Two people may be interested in
precisely the same things, but if they
are selfish and inconsiderate, they
are jarring on each other every min
ute, each feeling that the other is
rot taking the fair share of the
combind load
Soon they are taken by some new
face or fancy and want to shift
partners. People who are passing
through their first matrimonial Jars,
should reflect on what miserable
tragedy separations usually are, and
ask themselves if they purpose to DO
everything possible in the way of
sacrifice and service.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Thought He was Citizep

C. C. Schroeder and Editor sWm.
Klingbeil were over frurt Posttille
Monday in the latterf nev Dodge
car for She purpose. Cd taking out
first naturalization papers for the
former. Mr.. Schroeder took out his
first papers in 1886 and supposed all
thru these years that he was a citi-
zen of the United States until at the
beginning of the war when the dis
covery was made that his papers had
never been completed. He immedi-
ately applied for the remaining pa
pers, but just a few hours before
the time set for the hearing Judge
Hobson received the message from
Washington forbidding the natural
ization of German subjects during
the war. Even then he failed to
discover that his first papers had
expired and would have to be re-
newed, so he is now applying for
first papers again.
Mr.. Schroeder has been a resident
of Postwille for many years and ever
since 1886 supposed he was a citizen
and has held township Offices and
voted all during those years. He Is
a loyal and worthy citizen and his
fellow townsmen hope he will meet
no further difficulty in obtaining
American citi2enship--Waukon Re
publican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
live STOCK PRICES
BACK 1918 LEVEL
Farm Bureau Federation Complies
Figures Showing Pre-war Values
And Average Revenue
Received by. Rail-
roads.
RAILROAD RATES 66 PER CENT
HIGHER THAN IN 1913
Bureau Figures Give Comparative
Prices for Cattle, Hogs and
Sheep at Chicago Yards.

Prices for live stock are now prac-
tically on the 1913 level, but freight
rates have increased 66 per cent as
compared with 1913 rates according
to figures complied by the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation.
"The average revenue received by
all the railroads of the United
States for hauling ton of freight
one mile during 1913 was 7.19 mills"
points out the farm bureau, "while
in January, 1921, the average re-
venue for hauling a ton of freight
one mile was 1892 mills, an in
crease of GO per cent The carriers
are therefore charging rates two
thirds higher than in 1913 while the
prices on all live stock except sheep
and lambs are at the 1913 level.
"The average price for beef cattle
at the Chicago yards during 1913
was $S.25 per hundred weight. This
10 iuCiieiSaiiy tHc SsiIlic Ndlut pdlu
during May, while April showed an
average price of SS.15. The average
price for native calves during 1918
was Sl0.10 per hundred weight. Dur
ing April 1921 the average price in
Chicago was S7.45 and during the
month of May IS. The average price
paid for fat cows and heifers in
1918 was s6.10 and during May,
192l.jt was s6.05.
THE average price Of hogs at
Chicst6 during 1913 was ss.35, per
hundred weight and during May
1871 was also $500 Yhe p1ioe cf
sheep during 1913 averaged $500. In
1921 average sheep prices were $4.95
for January, s4.75 for February,
$3.50 for March, S6.45 for April and
$6.25 for May."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
CHILD VICTIMS OF AUTOES


A large percentage of he many
automobile accidents consist of cases
in which children are run over. 1t
happens frequently that child will
suddenly dart into the street in front
of motor car. This Is apt to hap
pen. when a ball is thrown or hit
into the highway, but often some
vagrant impulse of the child mind
leads a little fellow to make bee
line across the thoroughfare in pur-
suit of some objective known only
to him.
The fact that the little one was
clearly the cause of his own mis-
fortune, does not make the outcome
any easier for the parents. And so
great numbers of homes are at this
moment suffering the loss of their
hopes, and must bear the weight Of
lifelong sorrow, on account of the
feeting suggestion that sent theit
offspring darting into the path of a
flying car.
A child's training must equip it to
meet the perils of the life about him.
1t is not much use to teach him to
brush his teeth and to chew his food
slowly, unless he is also trained to
deal with the perils existing on the
street In front of his house.
Every child has a right to some
free swing, in which he can throw
balls and run bases and play tag to
hearts content. But millions of chill
dren have no playground but the
streets, and any well travelled
thoroughfare is too perilous for use
for a playground as things now are.
The homes and schools must drill it
into the children until they know it
as well as their right hand from
their left, that they must look out
for cars when they venture into the
streets.
The automobile drivers of Decorah
should ge..e-s that they run a chance
of creating q lifelong sorrow for
others and unending regret for them
selyes,if they run over child, even
if the latter is to blame. They should
consider that c,lild may at any
moment run out from behind a
standing automobile, and when pass
ing through towns should go slowly
enough so they can stop if young
ster does something unexpected.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
HOME DISTILLINC
POPULAR
Many Samples of Liquor Being Sent
To State University at Iowa
City, for Analysis.
COURT OFFICIALS AMONG
NUMEROUS APPLICANTS
Samples From Seized Liquors Sent to
Determine Alcoholic Content
Average Samples Contain 8
to 10 Per Cent of Alcohol.

Iowa City, Iowa--Home distilline
| is growing in popularity in Iowa
judging from the increasing number
of samples of the anti Volstead
product sent for analysis to the
laboratories of the college of phar-
macy of the university of Iowa
Dean Wilber ]. Teeters, head of the
college, receives many samples of
home brew to test for various courts
in which cases have been brought
charging illegal manufacture and sale
of liquor.
Tests show that the average sam
Piles of home made liquor contain
from s to IL per cent alcohol; some
Of it runs as high as 20 per cent, ac-
cording to Dean Teeters. The
amount of alcohol depends upon the
quantity of sugar used.
For the most part the Iowa folks
are making their home brew. of
rhubarb, sorghum, and either corn
meal or rye", says Teeters. Some
times raisins are used. Dandelions
and clover head likewise seem to
have a large following"
Many Fear Poison
Frequently various articles of food
are sent in to the laboratory for
analysis to determine whether or not
they contain poison. Most OF this
work is done For private individuals
whs imagine some one is trying to
potion them.
L,cently a man brought in a
sizaAe4 ef saft Ia whith he feit sure
his Nwife had alaced poison. An
analysis showed the shaker to con-
tain nothing but pure salt, yet it
was rather hard to convince the man
that his suspicious were not correct.
Flour, sugar, peanuts and many
other varieties of food have been sent
in by persons who suspect someone
of attempting to take their life."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
our BIG FAIR
AUG. 8, 10, II, II
Preparations Going on Now for a
Bigger and Better Fair Than
Ever Be- g..
GREAT LINE OF
FINE AMUsES :
Th0ler0's Circus Has Been Secured
For the Entire Week, One of
Best Shows Travelling.

This years Fair will be held August
9-10-11-12, both day and night. Prep
arations are going on all the time, and
when the Fair opens the Grounds will
be in far better shape than ever be-
fore. The barns have been newly
painted, the roofs treated to new
coat of paint as well, and everything
will look It's best A new five-foot
woven wire fence has been installed
directly in front of the grandstand
which adds very much to the appear
ance of things and prevents all danger
of accidents. Four new sanitary
toilets for ladies and four for gentle
men have been installed on the ground.
Concessions in at least double the
amount ever sold at this time of year,
have been reserved. All the barns for
cattle and horses and all the pens for
swine, have been reserved and tempor-
ary ones will have 10 be made for the
overflow. There never was so much
inquiry in the live stock department
as this year. In the Floral Hall, In
-Quiries Us 10 space and for exhibits,
are the greatest ever known. The
Farm Bureau will have tent OF its
own on the grounds with the County
Agent in charge, and this tent will
also handle the exhibits from the
Iowa State College at Ames and the
' College demonstrators will make it
their headquarters. Amusements in
plenty have been provided and no
Fair in Iowa viii have better ones.
Prof. Raub and Lady Aeronaut will be
taken up in the aiY concealed in cam
mons, and at great height will be
fired from the cannons and drop to
the ground with the aid of parachutes.
The famous Seigfried, the champion
ski jumper Of America and former
champion OF Norway and Sweden. will
give hi.' hair-ra@ing ski-junlping per
formance each afternoon and evening.
This wonderful act will not be seen
in any other County Fair in Iowa. He
carries 200 medals won in Mid-Winter
ski-jumping all over the world and in
Fair work uses a framework 45 feet
in height. Tholero's circus has also
been secured for the entire week. This
is called the most wonderful pony, dog
and monkey act now travelling.
Prince De Hoshi, the japanese Prince,
in his wonderful act and slide for life
from a high pole, has also been Sc
cured. The Aerial Christiansons, a
high trapeze act will also be here,
the entire time. Plenty Of base ball by
two of the best teams in northeast
Iowa, horse races by the best horses
in the west. Merry Go-Round, Ferris
Wheel, and plenty Of shows on the
Midway.
Last, and by no means least,
.Thearle-Duffield Fire Works Com
pany Of Chicago, will have charge of
the big display of magnificent Fire
Works every night and we know that
the exhibit-will be by far the best ever
given on our Fair Grounds.
Splendid music is promised during.
the evening boweFv and the patrons of
the Fair may feel assured that this
years Fair will be. <he biggest and
best ever given in Decorah.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
MUST TAKE OUT !.
LICENSE TO DRIVE
Chauffeurs Must Have Licenses to
Drive Cars, Autos, Trucks
Etc. New Law in
Effec;
VERY FEW ARE
ON EXEMPT LIST
Farmers are Exempted, and They
Do Not Have to Take Out
Chauffeurs Licenses.

For the information of the many
drivers of autos and trucks, who are
uncertain as to whether they are lia-
bic for license as chauffeur under
the motor, vehicle laws OF Iowa, We
quote the following from section two
of said law, "Chauffeur shall mean
any person who operates an auto
mobile in the transportation of per-
sons or freight and who receives any
compensation for such service i'm
wages, commission or otherwise, paid
directly or indirectly, or who as
owner or employee operates am auto
mobile carrying passengers or freight
for hire, including drivers of hearses,
ambulances, consolidated school buss-
es, passenger cars, trucks, light de-
livery and similar conveyances; pro-
vided, however, that this definition
shall not include manufacturers
agents, proprietors of garages and
dealers, salesmen, mechanics, or de-
monstratofs Of automobiles i'm the
ordinary course of their business"
Senate file number SAB, as amend
ed by the thirty ninth General AS
sembly further provides "The word
or term chauffeur" as defined by
the laws of this state shall not ap-
ply to employees engaged in oper-
ating motor trucks for persons, firms
or corporations engaged in agricul-
tural enterprises" =.
Section eleven provides that "It
shall be unlawful for any person
.kssowff ssw chausrss, s.,4 cnpsased
for hire therefor, to operate or
drive motor vehicle upon the pub
lie highways, or streets of cities or
towns of this state, unless licensed
by the department as herein provid-
ed"
"The fee for chauffeur's license
shall be two dollars ($200) payable
annually and shall expire on the last
day of the year for which it is
issued"
Chauffeur's licenses may be procur-
red through the motor vehicle de-
partment, secretary of states office,
Des Moines, but for the convenience
of parties desiring same, the de-
partpent has furnished the county
treasurer with application BLANKS
for that purpose. These may be
had upon request at the county
office.
The department has. advised our
county treasurer that "the only
parties wino are exempt from taking
out charTeprss license are the farnl-
ers." aad they further state that one
of their INSPECTORS will be in this
vicinity in the near future check
ing up on aSskuffeurs licenses etc.
So if y6p are liable for such license
get it now before he gets you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06

Look into his history little and
you will find that She man who
boasts he is self-made is woman
made.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06

Every woman knows that man
who can knit, embroicor ard play the
piano VIII Ee~i be wizard of fin
aRee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Makes Els Case

Ever try any moopshine?
Once
They soy it's awful
81, II | proposed marriage to my
wife in it."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06

You con deceive a young child
about everything except his stomach.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Lawyers Nunsher is Growing Fewer

Iowa CitN fYwa-Forty. years ago
the college of law of the University
of Iowa was graduating attorneys at
the rate of hundred or more each
year. Today the average law class
number only about fifty in the senior
year.
The difference in number results
from higher standards now MAIN
tained by the college, according to
Dean Dudley o. McGovney. Forty
years ago first students who at
tended the law college were admit
ted with no entrance requirements.
For many years the course consisted
of but nine months of work.
In 1884 the law course was exr
tended to two years and in 1900 to
three years in keeping with the de-.
mand for better educated attorneys.
Students in law at the University
two years of general collegiate work.
of Iowa are now required to have
In college of liberal arts before
they can begin their law studies
proper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06

A famous Ex-President once de-
fihed gentleman to be a man who
never hurts anyone's feeling uninten-
tionally. 1t is easy to see that he
was right.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06

Considering the shortage of paper,
it is impossible for us to understands
why so many shoes stilh have paper
soles. =.
Evening journal., 1921-03-10
AT INDOOR RANGE
AGAIN TONIGHT

The four Thursday evenings re-
in this month will be busy
ones for the rihemen OF the Diamond
State Rife and Pistol Club.
The indoor season at the armory
ends on Thursday evening. March 81
and the race for high average and
the chest OF silver spoons grows
tighter with each succeeding shoot.
c. b. Lister gained a little flrmer
grip on first place last week when
he increased his average TO 1880
but II. Jones, c. Mclaughlin and W.
20. Webster punched still closer to-
gether the fractional figure Of .2S
towering the difference between sec
ond and fourth places. There we're
several changes in standing last
week and with all the rifemen run
ming as closely punched as the lead
ers several more revisions may be
looked for on the list after tonights
shoot.
All members who have shot in the
race to date are expected out tonight
as well as several local small bore
rifiemen who have become interested
I'm the various events regularly
staged by the Diamond State Club
and who have declared their inten-
tions OF becoming members.
Evening journal., 1921-03-10

farl" state. Let's all"
Keep out Of III" finishes the
press agent HE can lick a dozen
when he starts. Don't infuriate
himi"
I'm handle that gaioot!" II was
Buck Horn talking. Lucky I'm
fixed to pull one myself. and
amt gonna let that hombre bust
the boys. IL amt any joke now.
'In learn you to monkey around
a mans wife just because she's In
the moviesi" thunders Ruby's hus-
band. and he grabbed North by the
neck. One fist was doubled like an
old-fashioned ham.
Then entered Montana. In the per-
son OF Buck Horn. Whooping Wild
/ ly. with q long -barrelled six-shooter
/ in each hand, our first basemar
loped in. Where he'd been keeping
those guns l don't know.
Take your hands off my brother
you onery rattlerl" he yells In his
best Bill Hart. Il aim 10 punctur'
you prontol"
Bull Goliath showed his teeth
/ Dropping North. he started slowll
toward Buck.
You're going 10 be plum dis
! couraged. misteri" cries the Mon
tanan. I'm coming a-shootingi"
In a jiny that reckless rancho
was waking up Sunshine Bend. ant
revolver bullets were digging ul
dust all around Bull Goliath.
few shots were sufficient for IN
strong man Of the movies. He fiel
TO safety. his wife at his heels
Whooping, Buck pretended 10 FOL
low them.
We were all laughing again. Al
Except Edgar Adam North and Sim
Simpson. They were as blue as IN
proposed Sunday laws-but the
were of blond bathing beauties 10
the next trillion years.
IL (To BE COntinued.)
Evening journal., 1921-03-10
RAYMOND COMES
THROUGH WITH WIN

Ralph Raymond, local welter
flash" defeated Philadelphia Joe
yelling last night in the windup bout
al the Keystone smoker before one
Of the largest crowds Of the season.
Freddy Brank, substituting for
Little Bear in the semi-windup
against Jimmy Ireland, fought
three slashing rounds. but tired in
the fourth and Ireland hit him with
everything but the posts during the
remaining rounds.
In the main preliminary Johnny
Horba quit to Kid West OF Phila-
delphia. At the start Of the bout
West started the claret flowing from
Horba's nose. which bled profusely
during the first and second, and
Johnny decided not TO come from
his corner in the third.
Spike Hayden proved the master
over Frankie Mark In the wrest-
ling match when he pinned his
shoulders TO the mat in seven min
utes