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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31
BIG PICNIC BY
FARM BUREAU
Annual Affair Will be Held at City
Park Saturday, Sept. 10,
With Fine Program.
BIG BASKET
DINNER AT NOON
A Farmers Wife, Mrs. Fred Brow.
nell, of Winterset Will Speak
in the Afternoon as
Well as Others

The annual Farm Bureau picnic
by the Winneshiek County Farm
Bureau, will be held at the City
Park in Decorah, Saturday, Sept. 10
and it promises to be one Of the
biggest days Decorah has had in
years.
A band concert will be on the
program all day, and local addresses
viii start at 1880 a. m. AT the
noon hour a big basket dinner will
be enjoyed. Free coffee will be
served to all.
In the afternoon a fine program
of speeches will be on. One Of the
addresses will be given by a farm
er's wife, Mrs. Fred Brownell, of
Winterset, Iowa. She is real
farmers wife and lives on Salm,
but those who know her says she
has been able to 90 some great
things for the women Of her home
sounty' Madison.
z. H. Cunningham, secretary Of
the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
will also give an address, and will
give some of the inside dope on the
work of the Farm Bureau Fedora
ticns
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend. The stores of Decorah will
close in the afternoon from one
o'clock to three so everybody can
have the opportunity of visiting the
park and enjoy the program.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31
While a Century Passed

More than a century elapsed be-
tween the day the plans for st.
Peters church at Rome were sub
mitted and the day of the compile
ton Of ne magnificent structure.
Consequently, no one man can
claim full credit for its creation,
though the Italian architect Bram-
ante deserves the lions share, for
he made the original design under
orders from Pope julius III. about
1903. In 1906 the pontiff laid the
first stone. julius successor, Pope
Leo X. realized that the country's
greatest artists should be called into
consultation in experimenting the
construction. In 1914 he instructed
Raphael and two of his contempor-
aries to undertake the historic task,
md after the demise of Leo Y. the
work was committed to Pope Paul
Ill to Michael Angelo, who devised
the great dome. st. Peters was
completed in 1926 and oonsecrated
on November is Of that year.-New
Work Sun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31
|DECORIANS ARE
BEAR HUNTING
j. b. Reed and E. w. Oxley Fam
lilies Having Great Time at
Lester Park, Near
Duluth.
BEAR STEALS JAR
OF PEANUT BUTTER
Decorahians Enjoying Life on Big
Camping Grounds, with Large
Number Other Tourists.

A line from E. w. Oxley locates
himself and family and the J. B.
Reed family at Lester Park, Duluth,
Minn., where they arrived on Aug.
%, making the trip by auto. A
clipping from a Duluth paper en-
closed gives an interesting expert
ence the Reed family had with a
big bear in the park. Mr.. Oxley
says their are a lot of tourists
there every day, there being in the
neighborhood of rs cars there fhc
night he was writing, and they are
from every state in the union. The
following is from Duluth paper.
Is Duluth returning to its pioneer
state, when it was a common occur.
rance for bears to enter the settle
ment and raid the settlers pork bar
rels? A DEBORAH touring party and
a motorman on Hunters Park line
street car think so-for each en-
countered a big black bear ambling
about the eastern section of the city
yesterday.
The motorman said he was forced
to stop his car at Hawthorne avenue
at $3.50 p. m. when Bruin shuffled
from the woods near the track and
proceeded to cross the street in the
path of the car. As, he was crossing
the rails, the motorman said, he
stopped and looked around at the ap-
preaching car with mild concern.
The car drew to within 20 feet Of
the bear and stopped. Apparently
certain of his safety, the bear con-
tinted his observation of the car for
several minutes and then took biz
awkward way across the track to
the woods on the opposit side. The
bear failed to frighten passengers on
the car who viewed him with curios-
ity.
The report of Mr.. Bears Sec
ond appearance in the haunts OF
man was made by Mr.. and Mrs. j
B. Reed of Decorah, Iowa, who said
the bear visited their camp on the
tourist camping site at Sixty-first
avenue East late yesterday after
noon.
"He ambled from the woods to with.
in so feet of the camp without show
| ing the slightest fear of us" Mrs
Reed said. "Mr. Reed shouted and
made gestures for fully 10 minute,
before he finally turned about anC
walked back into the woods. He was
the largest bear either Mr.. Reed OIL
myself had ever SEEN"
The loss of a jar of peanut buttel
from their camp larder Mrs. Reet
has laid at Bruins door.
"We attended the circus Thursda!
night" she said, "and when we re
turned we found the camp in a stat'
of confusion. Everything portable
was strewn about. We gathered tn,
/ things up, but found that only a ia
of peanut butter was missing. | be
lieve the bear we saw was the prowl
er who paid our camp visit AM
that he was returning yesterday fo
snother taste of peanut butter"
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed are en- route t,
Hibbing. They have been camping il
Duluth for a week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31
GOLF CLUB HOLDS
PUBLIC OPENING
Oneota Golf and Country Club
Members in Most Enjoyable
Informal Opening of
Club Thursday.
SPLENDID PROGRAM
CARRIED OUT
President Leytze of the Club Opened
Program by Driving OF
Guided Ball at Six p. Nj.

An informal opening of the One
ota Golf and Country Club was held
last Thursday, Aug. %, and a large
gathering Of members, their wives
and friends were in attendance.
The program was splendidly ar
ranged by the committee in charge.
There were several good games of
golf in the afternoon, which were
not only enjoyed by the participants,
but by those present who have not
as yet been bitten b. the bug.
Mr.. A. Leytze, president Of the
club, opened the exercises at six
p. m. by driving off a guided ball,
thus informally opening the golf
course.
At $50 a splendid dinner was
served to all present, and the ladies'
who prepared and served the dinner,
were highly praised for their menu
and quality Of the eats.
The committee on decorations had
so arranged the Japanese lanterns
and quantities Of flowers that the
club house presented most attrac-
tive appearance, which added great
ly to the pleasure Of the evening.
After the dinner President Leytze
gave a short talk, which clearly in
dicated the deep interest he has in
the success of the club.
His address was followed by
delightful solo by Mrs. Arthur +.
Fritchen, with Miss Caroline Smith
accompaniste, which was enjoyed by
all present.
The president then introduced
Mayor F. w. Conover, who made a
very pleasing talk, principally con-
cerning golf, admitting in most
candid manner that he was not
exactly crazy over the game, but
those present have the idea, Judging
from his talk, that the genial den
tist and head of the best city in
Iowa, has been bitten by the larg-
est golf bug in this part of the
country.
DR.. Conover's address was follow
ed by solo by Mrs. Geo. w. John
son in her usual pleasing manner,
with Miss Smith accompaniste,
which was heartily appreciated.
Atty. C. n. Houck was given the
last place on the program for the
reason that his subject, as chair
man of the rules committee, re-
quired that he give an instructive
talk on the rules to be observed
by players engaged in the game Of
golf. He gave a careful explana-
tion of each rule, advising each
member to familiarize himself with
the rules, stating that the greatest
pleasure of the game could early
be obtained by careful observance
Of the rules.
The entertainment was concluded
with dancing, music being furnished
by Helwig's orchestra. Every one
who attended the opening is un-
stinted in their praise for all those
who contributed to the perfect sue
cess of the events of the day, which
will long be remembered as most
happy and pleasing occasion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31

"The airplane continues to NOW
down its victims. Yet, the airplane
has its good points. Usually (almost
always it victims are those who
embark on the perilous adventure" /"
points out the Knoxville Express.
"Unlike..the auto, it does not seek
ont and run down the innocent, by
standef orethe hurTying pedestrian.
The danger of being run over by a
passing airplane Is practically nil.'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31
One Big Difference

Whenever a Preston automobile
driver hits a chuckhole he wonders
why roads are not like the Romans
built them. But it should be re-
membered that old Roman roads
which are still in good shape today
were built with very cheap labor
slave labor. The ancients did not
have much of a labor problem and
had very little labor costs 'to-oontend
vith.-Preston Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31

The Spencer News Herald asks:
"Why anybody will pay money to sit
on bench and watch another fellow
play. a game with a ball when he
can go out and play one himself is
more than we can figure out. That
is one reason why golf is rapidly
replacing baseball ,as the national
game"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31

Total :. a ,260
Winneshiek County autos sold
and removed to other Iowa
cOQnlleS az
Wineshiek county autos sold
and removed from the state 10
Trucks sold and removed to
Iowa counties .............. A
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31

The Burlington Hawkeye says:
"There Is one thing that must al
ways be kept in mind. Every local
officer is under oath to do his full
duty toward the enforcement Of all
state laws as well as local ordi-
nances. Those who fail are violating
that oath and it Is up to the citizens
to guess at the reason"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31

IN the opinion of the Muscatine
Journal, "there never was a more
propitious time 20 buy than the pres
ent, for certainly prices win start
climbing again, with the bottom hay
ing been reached
, 1921-10-22
PLAY SUSPECTED
IN CASE OF MAN WHO
DISAPPEARED, REPORT

Fearing that foul play is responsible
for h disappearance of Olaf Mathien
sen. Who until last Saturday was ar
employe OF the Larsen and Jourgen,
sen company. authorities here today
have undertaken an extensive hunt in
order TO find some trace of the man
or some detail that might throw some
light on his absence.
That Mathiensen was missing was
reported to the officials several days
ago. Little attention was paid to the
report because II was thought that
the man had just left town for some
purpose n hat he would show up in
due time.
After a week elapsed and nothing
was heard of the missing man friends
Sound that he had taken none OF his
Belongings from his room here. A,
the time he disappeared he is known
TO have had considerable money and
some valuables in his possession.
Working on tho theory tina the
man is tue victim of Some Individual
aere who was attracted by the money
and jewelry the man had In his o
uession. orders were issued today to
have h underworld districts thor
ougily combed here.
, 1921-10-22
NOTORIOUS R0ADHOUsE
CLOSED SEVERAL Times;
IDLE RUM0Rs ARE UPSET

Charging that limitations which
have been publicly made here that the
Golden Gate Inn. the notorious road.
house which was burned TO the
ground. the fire being OF incendlary
origin. was allowed to operate with
knowledge OF tho authorities wa,
strongly denied by the shcriff's office
today.
For the benefit Of people who do
not know the real conditions Il was
said the a that the roadhouse had
been closed at least two weeks prior
to its destruction should be interest
ling"
During the regime of Sheriff Mar
iquis. this place often came under tile
attention OF the authorities. II was
ordered closed several times. and ar.
rests have been made at various times
pr people who were thought to be con.
lnected with its operation. There has
been no official regret expressed that
the scene Of many a wild
came TO Its end in the in
which 1t did.
, 1921-10-22
CITY CANCELS
LATE CONTRACT
/ FOR CEMETERY
Successful Bidder Unable to
Give Bond When Time
Extension Is refused
by Council.

After stormy sessions in which the
city officials attempted to force w. o
Logan. a contractor to carry out the
contract for the grading and improve
ment OF the city cemetery which was
awarded to him recently when It wa,
found that he was the low bidder for
the municipal, undertaking. the agree.
uient wal cancelled.
Cancellation OF the contract was au.
thorized It Is said when Logan was
unable TO furnish bond wher tho city
refused to allow him until ysnuary !
TO finish the work.
When the arrangements with 10.
gan were suspended It is understood
that L. =. Blanchard. the next low
bidder was asked to ssum the work
at this contract Logan bid So, e32. so,
while Blanchard agreed to take the
work for 1886.
Proceedings to award tho contract
TO Blanchard will be formally under.
taken ut the Monday night meeting Of
the city council. 1t is probable that the
city fathers will outline their proceed.
ure against Mr.. Logan at that time.
, 1921-10-22

T Although ar official valuation has no,
been placed N tho seized drugs, II
was reported hat they were worth
o than 100000.
Come Of the drugs were found
cached behind salon paneiling and
more in the engineroom. The raiders
said they also had discovered liquor
hidden under the flooring II the en-
gineroom.
A long bench. It was said. had been
placed over this part OF the ioorlng
and when several men sitting on this
bench refused to move. a f~ree-for-all
fight followed. in which the lights
were switched off and several shots
fired in the darkness.
The three men arrested were held
In $500 bail each for n hearing
October 20.
, 1921-10-22
CIVIC SUBJECTS TO Be
DISCUSSED 1T FORUM

Subjects coming under the general
head OF city planning will be taken
up at the chamber Of m Forum
meeting to be held Tuesday noon.
Many informal talks on the accom-
plishments of the city plan and i'm
|provement committees will be made.
Important announcements in connec.
ton with plans on section 16, the
property Of the community extension
corporation will be made.
, 1921-10-22
Casper Kids Swarm
At Big Matinee

Five hundred Casper kiddies this
afternoon attended h five-cent mat.
fnee at the Columbia The manage
ment OF the theater realizes that a
nickel to h average kid means what
a dollar does to the grown-up person
and for this reason has made 1t pos.
sible for tho boys and girls to get
a real afternoons entertainment for
five cents.
Lawrence Wall. manager Of the
Sapphire Girls. has a clever comedy
for today's bill hat gets n thousand
laughs on every line. The attendance
records are more than justifying the
popularity OF the Sapphire Girls and
the popular prices appeal to the pub
lie.
, 1921-10-22
100000 DRUG
CARGO SEIZED
BY u. 8. AGENTS
Contraband Found Cached Behind Salon
PaneIing and Other Hiding Places
in Search of Italian Vessel

NEW YORK, Oct 22.-Dramatic seizure of drugs aboard
the steamship Cretic became known yesterday with arraign-
ment of three men charged with assauiting customs officers.
The raid was made Thursday night on a tip received from
American authorities in Italy who have been working secret
" for months. The Cretic recently arrived here from Genoa.
, 1921-10-22
NOTICE.

Some one has stolen two signature
rubber stamps and pads from my OF.
flee In the Midwest building. Be-
ware of n and all printed matter
bearing my stamped signatures.
J. J.. GIBLIN.
10-2a.Iot
, 1921-10-22

Jewelry Ind watch repairing by cx.
pert wcrkmen. All work guaranteed
Casper Jewelry Mfg. Co.. O-S Bldg.
, 1921-10-22
Life

Tho woman who "a live outdoor
and take vigorous exercise is usu
a1ly hon1thy md -an d.
, 1921-10-22
The Sign
On The
Door"

In our opinion the
Sign On the Door, is
Norma ~Talmadge's great
est production for First
National.
Imagine her as the it,
tie wife who wants to
save her step-daughter
from a rogue and while
in his den he sees her
husband como to avenge.
It is a drama tkni I'M
pels; is vivid, vibrant
and a wonderful epoch in
the making of modern
pictures.
This is positively Miss
Talmadge's very latest
picture and is released by
JOS. M. Schenck and was
directed by Herbert
Great Falls tribune., 1921-05-15

gearing, in the linkage to. the front
wheels, etc. The wobbling occurs !
mostly on rough roads and is brought
about by spring action causing tne
steering to move back and forth aimos1
as quickly as the springs move up anu
down. New reduction gears IN the
post usually stop the trouble, but 1oI
a real cure you must reduce the pay
in the whole steering system, lnciua-
ing wheel bearings.
Dear Barney Oldfiled:1. Please
tell me the best way to wash car
so that it won't lose its glossy ap-
pearance.
2. What causes a grinding noise
when / run my car in low gear!
3. Do you think cut-out helps the
car?
4. Do you approve of cork inserted
in transmission's lining ?-P. J. r.
L.. A new car ought to be washea
with cool water only. Never use warn
water When car is new the 1ln'sh
is not "set' so you should avoid rup-
bins the body. Use the hose freely
and wipe off with chamols SKIN.
After four washings you can rup .he
body with q sponge to remove nluu
spots, but before that time let the
water flow off the dirt.
?. All cars make noise III any
speed but high.
3. No.
4. Yes
Great Falls tribune., 1921-05-15
GOOD ROADS REMOVE
SMALL TOWNS FROM
ISOLATION -VO0RH|S
Nash Motor Car Manager Says
That Highway Development
Is Great Progress.

with an aggregate fund Of one
billion dollars appropriated by the fed
eral government and by the various
states, highway construction this year
is likely to make healthy progress,
says Charles B. Voorhis, vice president
and general sales manager for the
Nash Motors Co. While not all of
this fund is available for expenditure
at once, there is at the disposal of the
various state and county officials mon
ey sufficient to begin roadway de-
velopment this spring on a large scale.
',The record fthe development of
transportation is an important page
in the history Of the worlds progress,
for as mans means of communication
have bettered, SO has his physical well
being improved and his mental growth
progressed. Through the medium of
good roads those, heretofore practically
isolated in small community, are
brought into close touch with the
larger center of population.
But while our railroads have been
developed to point that have made
them model for all other nations.
our highways until within very recent
years. have remained but trails.
with the advent of the motor ear
and motor truck. the necessity for
good roads became apparent. The
limited radius of the horse-drawn bug
gy became entirely insufficient for the
gasoline propelled vehicle and there
developed real effort to improve
our highways. As matter of fact,
there is no longer any serious opposi-
tion to plans advanced for road con-
struction or Improvement
Most of us. | believe. realize the
necessity for permanent highway CON
struction but few of us make it our
business to see that the work actually
is accomplished. The highway program
to be carried out this year should re-
ceive the Endorsement of the progress
sive citizen"
Great Falls tribune., 1921-05-15

afterward. Some cars, on the other
hand, are built primarily to make a
good appearance SO that they win be
sold. The mechanism is minor mat
ter. Such cars will naturally show
breakdowns in the weak parts. In
some chassis the transmission is un-
dersized, or perhaps only the bearings
are so. In another the rear axle may
be very cheap make. IN third
it may be cheapness in the engine
Cheapness means low grade materials
and undersizing Of parts. especially
bearings, so that money can be saved
in manufacture. t doesn't pay to buy
such car, but the average buyer is
unable to study a chassis so as to
be able to pick out weak spots That
is why | urge all prospective buyers
to study automobile mechanism, so as
to be able to know the good from
the bad in units.
Taxis Are Assembled Cars
Now the taxicabs are assembled
cars which is mighty tribute to this
class of vehicle as opposed to the
car made entirely in one factory. OF
course, is is by no means a low
priced chassis, but even then, the SER
vicing is the thing that makes them
live SO long.
One Of the essential things in con-
nection with servicing these cabs is
routine fabrication. The cabs are
fitted with nipples which take a pres
sure lubricator 50 that every part can
be fabricated quickly and easily. Since
the cabs run day and night, there is
little time allowed for cleaning and
fabrication. This time amounts to
four hours per day. During this period
engine Oil is changed if necessary, the
universals, spring bolts, steering con-
nectlons, etc, are given a good supply
OF grease by means Of the pressure
device. Transmission and rear axle
housings are given additional oil every
week, because these cabs run on an
average Of $50 miles per day Every
day the wheels are tested for align
mnt and for shake in the bearings, the
and the whole car gone over. to see
that every unit is in good working
order.
The average driver today can do the
same thing. It takes the taxi com
pany just four hours to attend to all
of this and to wash and polish the
cab and paint the tires. The aver
age driver doesn't run $50 miles per
day every day Of the year so that if
be will attend to these important mat
ters Of adjustment and fabrication
every 500 miles he will be safe.
Make Adjustments Immediately
When wheel bearing shows play,
it should be adjusted Immediately SO
the wear will not increase. In engine
wrist pins become noisy due to wear
they should be replaced before the
piston basses are hammered out of
shape and new pistons needed.
Valves should be ground when neces-
sary and not after $40 worth of fuel
is wasted.
There is another lesson in the taxi
cabs 1t relates to the lubricants to
use. The engine oil in the taxicabs is
fairly heavy even in winter. but the oil
is the best grade obtainable. The
clutch is a disc type designed originally
to run dry. but the company found
from experience that it runs better in
oil, so they had the clutch housing
built to retain oil.
There is a lot of difference be-
tween greases. Some greases contain
a lot Of excess acid or alkali This
ruins bearings and other metal parts. |
The best grease should always be
used.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-05-15
ASK ME"0
Questions Azsw,1yedM
AamY0z5zeH :
Questions and Answers

Dear Barney Oldfield II am max
ing up my car as racer. The motors
are equipped with tapered lower push
rods or pins. | have taken these out
and have put in the flat or mushroom
type. With this change I will have to
grind the camshaft and would like to
know what degrees to grind it to in
order to get the greatest speed and
power-V. J. B.
In the first place l can't see how
you are going TO grind camshaft
without true master cams. You cannot
do perfect job in the ordinary shop.
1t is my suggestion that you get in
touch with the engineering depart
ment Of the factory that makes your
car and ask their advice about the
change in timing, as ! do not know
the timing that would be best for
racing in that particular engine.
Dear Barney Oldfield There is
something wrong with the front wheels
or steering gears of my car, as
can't keep it in the road because it
wobbles SO. / got new king bolts and
bushing and had mechanic look it
over. but he couldn't find what caused
the trouble G. s.
The wobbling is characteristic and
is due to excessive play in the exposed