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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
CHANGE in AUTO
LICENSE NUMBERS
Each County Will Have Key Num-
Der. Winneshiek County's
Number is 81. New
Numbers Expected
BY Nov. 1.
KEY NO. 81 WILL
BE ON EVERY PLATE
Method Insures Identification
Car at Glance, And
~ Expected to Work
Fine.

A radical departure in the issu-
ance of automobile license plates
will be made in the state of Iowa
in 1922 according to notices re-
ceived by County Treasurer c. p.
Seim from w. M. Colladay in charge
of the state motor vehicle depart
ment.
The new numbers are expected
here by Nov. /. Each county will
be assigned key number. Win
neshiek county has been assigned
the key number 81. The first license
number to issue here will be 97-1
and will go on up 2, 3, d, 5, etc.,
with the key number 81 on all num-
bers. There are approximately
1920 autos and trucks in Winneshiek
county. The number 81 will appear
on every license number issued for
Winneshiek.
1t insures the identification of a
car at glance. Instead of issuing
numbers starting with one and al
lotting series to various counties
and some ending near the 100000
mark, each county in the state will
be given key number. There are
80 counties in the state, and Winnie
shiek's number is 81. Polk county,
whore Des Moines is located will
have No. /. The numerals behind
the kcS number will designate the
number of the license.
is said for the plan that 1t will
facilitate the issuance of licenses,
the Identification Of stolen cars and
make tracing of them much easier.
Another new enactment which will
aid in checking up on cars brought
into the state is designated as the
used car dealers report which must
be turned in by licensed used car
dealers on every car brought
into the state by Jan. 5, 1922. This
list will contain every car on hand.
Thereafter AS hour cards on which
an entry showing every foreign car
brought into the state must be made
will be given dealers. This makes
obligatory notifying the automobile
license department of every car sold
to a second hand dealer within a
AS hour period.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

almost in a single night when her
dancing became sensation.
1t was just two years ago that
Miss Bronel graduated from the
University of Washington and de-
cided then and there that she would
go on the stage. For three years
her parents had allowed her to take
up dancing-just to please her
whims--during her college days
yet, little did Dad Bronell, ever
dream that Barbara would persue
the stage as a vocation, especially
after all her college training-so
when Barbara made it known twL
years ago, there was war in the
Bronell family and Barbara was on
the defensive. 1t took almost a
month of arguing, coaxing and
pleading on the part of Barbara to
persuade her unrelenting parents to
! even listen to her. Just about that
time the Julian Eltinge company was
advertised to appear in her home
city. Mr. Eltinge had heard of Miss
Bronell's ability and called at her
home in person, learned under whom
she had studied, saw her dance and
proceeded Immediately to win over
her parents--he won her battle and
Barbara, much to the delight of her
parents, danced her way to their
widest enthusiasm when the Eltinge
company played Spokane, which was
her first professional performance,
and the following morning Barbara
was on her way to stardom.
Little did she realize when she
left home that she would become the
! featured dancer on the Worlds tour
with the Eltinge Company, for to
be favored above thousands of dan
GERS with years of experience was
hardly dreamed-the tour extended
through the Philippines, China and
Japan, returning to America six
months later, when the season ex~
pired. Miss Bronell has since con-
fined to the two-a-day houses in
vaudeville, until the present engage
ment wherein she sought an op-
portunity to more fully portray her
talents as a soubrette, as well as a
dancer.
| When LeComte and Flesher's new
musical extravaganza, listen to
Me-, is presented at the Grand
Opera House, Wednesday night. New.
End Barbara Bronell will be much
in evidence as singer, dancer and
comedlenne.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
RED CROSS NURSE
MAKES REPORT
Miss Quammen, Public Health Nurse
Has Inspected Three Hundred
Pupils in County Up TO
October 18th.
CARE OF TEETH
ONE OF MAIN NEEDS
Parents Should See to il That Chill
dren Should Obey the Simple
Rules of Hygenic
Living. >.

Miss Quammen, County Public
Health Nurse, of Winneshiek Coun-
ty Chapter, American Red Cross has
submitted a report up to October
Is. She has been here now six
weeks, starting her work Sept. L
She has visited Is schools and in
spected 500 pupils.
73 per cent of the children inspect
ed were found to have teeth that
needed dental care, "a per cent had
enlarged tonsils, 16 pupils had de-
fective vision.
Since receiving the scales she has
weighed III pupils. Out of this num-
Der so pupils were found to be un-
derweight, seven per cent or more.
Some Of them were suffering, not
merely from one, but several defects.
1t is a reoo gnized fact that every
child who is handicapped by some
physical defect, however slight, fails
to attain the full physical and intel
lectual development of which he is
capable.
Parents who realize that their chill
dren are being permanently hand
icapped through some defect which
can be corrected will surely not de-
lay in seeking proper medical at
tention.
They will also see that their chill
-dren are taugh. to obey the siainle
rules of hygenic living, cleanliness,
proper amount and regular hours
of sleep, fresh air and exercise, cor.
rect food habits, etc.
Miss Quammen has Ford car
and will visit every school in the
county. She is said to be doing very
fine work, which will result in lot
of good.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
MORE FARMER INDEPENDENCE
Forty-Six Families Near Griswold t.
Slaughter Own Meat.

Atlantic, Iowa-Forty-six families
of farmers in the neighborhood OF
Griswold are being supplied with
fresh meats thru the maintenance OF
a community slaughter house.
One beef is slaughtered weekly
and the carcass apportioned among
the several families according to
share basis. There are twenty-five
shares outstanding, these being di-
vided among the several families
Some of the families hold a single
share, others only parts of share
each. Each share furnishes a critter
in rotation.
The plan was put in operation last
spring and has proven a success.
Another, tho smaller community
beef club is in successful operation
among farmers living in Pymoss
township, north of this city.
A successful club of this kind has
done business in Harrison county
many years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
YOUNG WAR HERO.
BURIED SUNDAY
Rem mains Helmer Peterson, Winnie
shiek Soldier, Awarded Dis
tinguished Service Cross,
Brought HON TiHr
Burial. n.
FUNERAL SERVICES ",
HELD LAST SUMO
Was Cited fer Gallantry and
Bravery in Action, Carrying
Messages Through Heavy
Artillery and Ma
chine Gun Fire.

The remains of Helmer Peterson,
another one of Winneshiek county's
brave young soldiers, who lost his
life on the battlefelds of France,
were brought to Decorah for inter-
ment last Friday. The funeral SER
vices were held from the United
Lutheran church Sunday afternoon.
The remains were escorted by the
members of Anton Bernatz Post,
American Legion, and the process
sion was led by the Odd Fellows
band. The ceremony at the church
was conducted by Pastors Rev. O..
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
Noah Had Knockers, Too

Noah, with great big smile, stood
leaning on the rail, as out across the
rising tides the ark began to sail;
and turning then he said to Ham,
"My boy, just see them scamper;
they are the guys who stood by
and tried my work to hamper. They
always said | was a fool, my job was
no account; today they are headed
for the hills, while we go to the
mount. They always had their har-
poons out, and used them rain or
shine, and said the time was COM
ing soon when surely I'd get mine.
They kept it up from year to year,
while | kept driving nails, and said
they'd bet hundred yen the old
boat never sails. | never used to
say word, but kept on saving
lumber, though | felt lot relieved
when it began to thunder. And So
my boy, remember this, and paste
| it in your hat; those knockers never
will get a chance to land on Ara
rat. If they had joined and worked
with me, and made the old ark
rustic, they would not have to worry
now and for the high spots hustle
So, when you see guy that works
hard at his job each day, give him
boost and not knock as you &c
on yonr way; and when the rains be-
gin to fall, and you are feeling rot
ten he'll come along and boost foI
you to show he's not forgotten."-
Selected.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

= r r y
Helmer Peterson, Jan. 29, 1919
Glesne and Rev. T. o. Tolo, the lat
ter delivering most eloquent SER
mon, paying high tribute to the
desceased. Pastor Tolo was followed
by Atty. E. p. Shea, Past Post
Commander of the Legion, who de-
livered fine eulogy. The services
at The grave were in charge of the
Legion.
The pail bearers were Donald j..
Haugen, Gisle ]. Lee, Clarence john
son. Casper Selland, Harold Thomp-
son and Irwin Olson. They all served
with the I'd Division, the Division
the deceased served with at the time
of his death.
Relatives and friends from dis
tarce in attendance at the funeral
were Martin Peterson, Knoxville,
Tenn; Clarence Peterson, Stanley,
Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Waldahl,
Browerville, Mimi; Clarence w,
Waldahl, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. NJ.
o. Vik, Hans Hanson, Roy Hanson,
Clarksfeld, Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans Storebo Minneapolis.
Helmer Peterson was born in
Canoe township on May 10, 1889
and was a son of the late Lars
ana Helga Peterson. He grew to
ycang manhood in this county, where
he was universally liked. He was
possessed of a sunny disposition
and to know him was to be ms
friend. He was we'll and favorably
known in Decorah, and few years
az, was an employee of the Public
Opinion Office. Helmer was young
man who lived clean and honor
able life, and when he entered the
army he demonstrated that he was
made of the right kind of stuff. he
loved his home and his country, ano
his record in the army will keeE
his memory green for years to come
He was awarded the Distinguishes
Service Cross for gallantry anc
bravery, which is an honor thai
those left to mourn his loss car
cherish for all time to come.
The deceased is survived by the
following brothers and sisters:-Mrs
C. A. Waldahl, Browerville, Mimi.
Mrs. Martin Akre, Highlandville
Mrs. Jonas Akre, Pleasant Twp, ID
p. Eide, Decorah township, Clarence
Peterson, Stanley, Wis, and Martin
Peterson, Knoxville, Tenn.
Helmer Peterson entered army SER
vice Sept. IS, 1917, joining Co. II
35lst Inf, at Camp Dodge. He lef'
Camp Dodge Nov. rs, 1917, and ar
rived at Camp Pike on Nov. 81, hav'
ing joined Co. E., 946 Inf. He lefi
Camp Pike June II, 1918 with Co
No. 2, Camp Pike June Automatic
Replacement Draft Infantry, arriving
at amD Me ritt, N. j. june i3
.hflr rd on iasi page
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26
LISTEN TO Me-
AT GRAND NOV. z
Big Musical Extravaganza Coming
To Decorah Next Month. Said
To be One of Finest
Ever Presented Here.
FAMOUS DANCER
IN THE CAST
Packed House Will Greet the At
traction. Get Your Tickets
Early at Parman's.

The big, new musical extravang-
ANA, Listen to Me- will be pre-
sented at the Grand Opera House
in Decorah on Wednesday night,
Nov. 2, and it comes with the re-
putation of being one of the highest
class attractions seen here in years
Bewitching little Barbara Bronell,
with big blue eyes and mans size
bundle of talent leaped into fame
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

Contentment gives a crown where
fortcne hath denied it.,-Ford.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

Iowa has the smallest percentage
of illiteracy of any state of the AS
and this small percentage is to be
wiped out if the plans Of the state
department and the Iowa State
Teachers Association Go not mis-
carry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

An exchange says that the United
States is the only country that has
to put up bar to keep immigrants
out of it, and still people inside of
it are dissatisfied and finding fault
with the government.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

To borrow is human; to forget
about it is more so.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

Many a young lawyer fails because
he practices at the wrong bar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-10-26

'If tariff on farm products is de-
sirable, what is the best form of a
tariff? In our opinion, the best kind
of tariff is that which will serve
most effectively to maintain prices
of farm products at a level most
nearly equivalent to the cost of pro-
duction," says Wallace's Farmer
"As a minimum cost of production
for farm crops, we favor the idea
that the price should be high enough
to return 6 per cent on the pre-wai
value of the land and to pay in ad-
dition, for the farm labor put into
producing the crops, wage as mucf
above the pre-war level for farm
labor as city labor is above its pre-
war level"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
U. S. TO USE SAME STAFF
FOR POSTS IN AUSTRIA
appointment Of Arthur Hugh
Frazier as Charge d'A6aires
Expected.

Ths-State Department is preparing
to employ virtually the same stan of
men who have been representing the
United States In Austria semi official
ly as the American diplomatic and
consular agents under the new peace
treaty, ratification of which was pro.
claimed Friday by President Harding.
Appointment of Arthur Hugh Frazier,
United States commissioner to Aus
tria, as American charge d'affaires ad
interim, is expected to be announced
within a day or two, officials of the
department said.
His appointment would follow the
precedent established in the case of
Germany, Ellis Loring Dresel, COM
missioner to that country, having
been named several days ago by
President Harding as charge d'affaires
at Berlin.
The consular staff will be very lin
tied, probably not exceeding three
men, it was said by department off,
Gals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
OVER HALF OF PEOPLE
GAINFULLY EMPLOYED
1920 Statistics Show Majority of
Persons Above Ten Years
Old at Work.

More than SO per cent of the to-
tai population of the United States
ten years of age and over in 1920 was
gainfully employed. the census bu-
reau has announced. Out of a total
population Of s2,7se,315 persons ten
years OF age and over, 41,609,Is2
were gainfulIy employed at the time
of the deeennial census last year, or
sos per cent. the bureau announced.
The total was made up in the fol-
lowing number of persons engaged
in the several general occupational
classes, in the order of their nu-
merical importance: Manufacturing
and mechanical industries. 12,Sl2.7Ol;
agricultural. forestry and animal
husbandry, 10.s51,014; trade, 4,244,-
1854: domestic and personal service,
3,400,365; clerical occupations. 3,11s.-
s55; transportation. 3.066,305: pro-
fessional service. 2,152.464; extraction
of minerals. 1,os0,s54 and public serv-
ice. 771.120. the latter group including
employees Of the United States.
Costs Of government for the city Of
Portsmouth, Va, for the fiscal year
ending December 81, 1920. amounted
to $1,622,996, or a per capita cost of
$2961, the bureau announced. Total
revenue receipts in 1920 were $1,20l.-
621.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
LLOYD >GEORGE-The Man and His Times

Rapallo Lloyd George secured the agreement OF
the allies-cordially assented to by President
Wilson-to the constitution of supreme war
council consisting of one member of each of
the allied governments to direct the war, and
of a military committee with Marshal Foch at
the head to advise them to the military
policy to be pursued. On his way back Lloyd
George stopped in Paris to make that speech
in which for the first time the public were told
with perfect frankness the truth about the war.
But the Germans were not going to wait.
The submarine campaign had failed The at
tack on Italy had failed. Every hour the
American forces were growing and though they
did not expect them in effective numbers till
the autumn of 1915 they realized that in the
United States the allies had gained an ally of
immeasurably greater strength than Russia
So they determined to make one more effort to
win the war before the American troops ar
rived.
All during the autumn and winter, therefore,
of 1918 the secret maps showed the transfer
Of the German divisions from Russia to the
west. Steadily the tale rose till every effective
German division was in place ready for the
final blow-the blow everybody felt coming.
X X
The winter had been difficult War weari-
ness was acute. The losses of 1917 had been
terrible. Pacifsm raised it's head. Lord Lans-
downe WROTE his famous letter seeking for
peace by consent. But Lloyd George stood
steadily for victory He believed that nothing
save defeat would break the control Of Ger
many by the Hohenzollern and military despot-
ISM And he believed that unless defeat and
disaster were inflicted on the nation which had
caused the war;. there would be nothing to pro-
tect humanity from going through this terrible
experience again. AS he put it in a we'll known
speech:
There is no security in any land without
certainty Of punishment There is protec-
ton for life property or money in a state where
the criminal is more powerful than the law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20

miles away. Never did I see him lose heart
or falter, however weary or overweight, but
few others knew how he felt the steady march
to death of the cream of the British youth
during those autumn months Of 1917.
The one redeeming feature in the situation
was the declaration of war by the United States
on April 2, 1917. From that moment Lloyd
George felt secure. He knew the immense re-
serves they. commanded and he was confident
the American people would display the same
energy and capacity in organizing for war that
they had done in developing the industry and
production Of their own country. STILL for the
moment, except by under Admiral Sims,
where they played an immediate and notable
part in defeating the submarine campaign, the
advent Of decisive American forces on the field
of battle was necessarily far off.
\ X X X
From the moment he became prime minister
he concentrated on the main problem Of how to
win the war. He knew that it all depended upon
effective coordination of the allied efforts. Up
to the present Germany had been able to at
tack and destroy defeat them one by one
and they had been unable either to make an
effective combined attack or to save one an
other In 1915 Germany had broken Russia and
the western allies were without shells. In 1916
she had attacked France and Russia had been
paralyzed. In 1917 the allies attacked without
proper cooperation and while Russia was in
revolution, and Germany .withstood them with
out serious difficulty. And in each winter she
had laid low a little ally-irst Serbia, then
Rumania. What was she going to do in the
winter Of 1917-18?
Lloyd George was convinced that she would
endeavor to destroy Italy before American aid
could arrive, and early in the year he had in
sisted on preparation being made to render her
effective assistance in case Of need. But unity
of effort was more difficult. There was the
difficulty of placing the troops Of one nation
under the command of general Of another
nation. There was the difficulty Of inducing
the various governments to forego their indie
pendence sufficiently to submit to common
authority. There was the language difficulty
and the opposition Of national and personal
pride and inertia all along the line.
X X \ 4
It was the disaster of Caparetto. foreseen
by Lloyd George. that enabled him for the first
time to bridge the gulf. No sooner was the
defeat Of the Italian army announced than the
plans for assistance were brought into play, and
Lloyd, George himself hurried OF to Italy. The
succor Of French and British troops was sufi-
cient to stop the Austro-German attack. and at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
By Philip Kerr
(His Secretary, 1917-192l)

largely by the valor Of the American troops at
Chateau Thierry. Then they prepared another
blow which to be the final one. Foch, ex-
planning the plans to nobody, began to denude the
line of all its best reserves. They were steadily
and quietly moved south The Americans. not
yet fully trained, were given more and more
of the line to hold. People began to be anxious
at this concentration in the south. Did 1t mean
panic? asked some. Did it mean political pres
from Paris? asked others. But Foch kept
his counsel and when the third German attack
was delivered in July he suddenly launched that
counter attack by French. British. American and
Italian troops which neither the Germans nor
any one else expected, and which turned the
tide. Then came the attack of August on the
Amiens front, in which British, Americans and
Australians took the leading part, and which
forced the first general retirement. This was
followed by blow after another. including
the smashing of the Hindenburg line by the
Canadians, the American forces playing a stead
lily more decisive role as the months went by,
until in October the military might Of Germany
was more and the negotiations for the armi-
stice began. Unity of command and the advent
of the American Army in time. as Lloyd George
had foreseen added to the valor Of the allied
troops had won the war. i.-
X X X
There were some anxious moments over the
armistice. The German government underworld
to sidetrack the allies by negotiating with
President Wilson alone The notes In which
President Wilson discussed the armistfce with
Germany did not as Is we'll known, entirely
satisfy the allied leaders. who were afraid that
they might be faced with the alternative Of
having to accept an armistice which was in
decisive, Of continuing the war for another
year. However, the negotiations were finally
transferred to Paris where they were handled
by Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Orlando and Col.
House. They decided that the allies were SO
exhausted, and the prospects of the winter were