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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-01

the results are so much better, keep
ing them so much quicker, 1t makes
a vast difference in the outcome. Mr..
Augustine says it makes great deal
of difference in the condition of the
cattle and their safety from bloat
by having salt and su1pher in the
pasture SO that they can get it easily.
He keeps it around in different
places so that it is almost as con-
venient to get to as the water in
the bitches. He says that animals
in such a pasture gain about three
pounds a day and the price of three
pounds of beef per day is very good
pay for pasturing animals.
Mrs. Augustine raises the White
Bramah chickens. A few weeks ago
dealers from Pocatello looked over
her chickens and engaged what she
had to spare at twenty-five cents a
pound. When they were ready for
delivery he took them and delivered
them to his customers in Pocatell0
and Mrs. Augustine's check aver
aged $3.50 per hen. She thought
that it was profitable to raise chick
ems at that price and the dealer said
that his customers were all well
pleased with what they received.
Mrs. Augustine says that the Bra
nah hens lay such large eggs that
seven of them make as much weight
as twelve of the ordinary hens eggs.
She does not like to sell her eggs
by the dozen because she delivers
almost twice as much food and
weight for the price of dozen eggs
as others do, and the small eggs fix
the price.
E. S. Dearborn bought eighty
acres of the Dubois place in 1917
at the price Of $185 per acre. He
is raising fifteen acres of potatoes,
no beets, two acres Of corn, about
forty acres of hay and twenty acres
Of grain. He dipped all Of his seed
potatoes last year and is dipping
them again this year. They have
had some trouble with the corrosive
sublimate. Each one of them who
has been handling the potatoes in
cutting the seed has been sick at
the stomach some times and they
think it is due to the potatoes or
absorbing some of the poison thru
the hands. Last year the Idaho
rurals that they dipped before plant
ing yielded 237 sacks to the acre
and the seed they planted without
being dipped or sorted yielded only
1875 sacks to the acre. That con-
WINGED them that it was worth while
to dip and sort their seed. Their
russets yielded III. sacks to the
acre; the russell is smaller potato
and does not yield so high as the
rurals.
j. W. Fay is raising forty acres
of potatoes, thirty-f1ve of wheat and
thirty-five of oats and no beets.
C. F.. Stone has forty acres OF
land. In 1920 he was tired Of farm
ing and sold out all Of the imple-
ments and stock and took a trip to
the coast, but came back and has
been farming since that. He is well
pleased with his trip, thinks it was
we'll worth its cost, but wants to
STAY on the farm now He is raising
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-01

about six acres of potatoes, no beets,
and some grain. Mr.. Stone is a
relative Of J. ]. Spicer, formerly a
resident of Moreland, but who now
lives at Weiser, Idaho. He has been
there since 1915; he left here on &C
count of his hath and has had good
health since he went to Weiser.
C. w. Kirk has forty acres Of
land, is raising three acres of pota-
toes, no beets, twenty acres of hay,
five acres of grain, and eight acres
of Grimm alfalfa. He has about an
acre of pasture and raises some
sheep.
Continued next week
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-01
RIVERSIDE

Wednesday night, May II, the
sixth and seventh grades gave q
party in the school building with
the trustees and some of the par
ents in attendance. Games were
played and refreshments served.
Thursday night the eighth and
nineth grades gave a party and
dance in the school gym with the
Packham orchestra in attendance.
! The nineth grade graduates are
Ruth Wynn, Laura Gooch, Shirley
Shinn, Owen Peterson, Ronald Bit.
ton, Agnes Kirwan,- Eliza Harrocks
Melvin Bowman, Virgie Halverson
Vella Fackrell, Effie Wray and Abby
Fresh.
The eighth grade graduatesLMerc
Margaret Adams, Nora Gardner
Wesley Gardner, Owen Taylor
Lowell Greer, Gurman Kolsen
Martha Kolsen, Leda Bowman, Els
Ivie, Rossel Ellis, Arthur Ogden and
Virginia Parks.
There was no Sunday school held
Sunday on account Of the stake con.
ference in the tabernacle.
Many of our people attended the
two days Of conference Saturday and
Sunday, also the Saturday evening
concert and the baccalaureate ser.
vices given by the Blackfoot high
school.
Miss Vatia Taylor left Saturday
| for Deer creek, where she will teach
school all summer.
William Bartlett of the stake Sun.
day school board attended the Sun.
day school last Sunday.
Mr.. Sessions Of the Kicks academy
of Rexburg was the speaker in the
afternoon meeting.
The mutual improvement associa.
ton meeting held Sunday evening
was we'll attended.
Next Sunday, June 4, ward confer.
ence will be held in the afternoon
/ with some of the stake presidency
in attendance.
A lady from Cheyenne, Wyo., has
been hired to teach here next
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tolman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Bitton, Miss Flora Davis
and Miss Robinson motored up from
Pocatello, Sunday and visited
| friends.
Mrs. Stringham of Dubois is here
visiting with her sister Mrs. Car
Fackrell.
E. T. Malcolm and daughter
visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Craw.
ford Sunday afternoon.
Monday the men and boys raked
and cleaned the Thomas-Riverside
| cemetery so that everything was
ready for Decoration Day.
Decoration Day all the people who
had relatives or friends in the
Thomas Riverside cemetery spent
part of the day fixing up and dec.
Grating the graves.
Tuesday night Varian Hale and
Mrs. Althea Bitton attended board
meeting in Blackfoot.
Wednesday evening all of the
ward singers were out in force. The
Bee Hive girls and choir membrs
mmbers are practicing their songs
for stake M. I. A. day at Thomas
June 2.
Many people attended the high
school exercises in Bla6kfOot last
Friday evening.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-06-01
TIPS TO THE RADloiST

The higher the aerial the
stronger the signals. An increase
of five to ten feet in the height
of the fiat top aerial will in
crease signals.
Addition of variable con-
denser to the secondary or to
the primary Of a loose coupler
often helps to tune out the
undesired signals.
The sliders Oh tuning coils Of
ten make poor contacts with
the slide rod. Thus much Of the
signal strength is lost. You can
overcome this by soldering
flexible wire to the slider.
Increase length Of spreaders
Of two, three or four-wire aerials
from six to ten feet for best
results. Each wire should be
from four to six feet from it's
neighbor. Two wires one or two
feet apart are no better than
one wire. Likewise four wires
on short spreaders are no bet
ter than one wire.
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Continued next week
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
CONG. HAUGEN IN
AID FOR SOLDIERS
Big Meeting Held in Washington
Launches Campaign to Main
tain Summer Recreation
Ground for Veterans.
MANY SPEAKERS
BACK THE PLAN
Representative Haugen, Senator
David Walsh, Representatives
Moore and Andrew and
Others for Project.

The campaign to raise funds to
equip and maintain a summer camp
for disabled veterans of the world
war was officially launched with a
mass meeting at Central High school
i'm Washington, d. c., on Monday,
April 8, which was addressed by
many prominent speakers, among
them Representative Gilbert n. Hau-
gen of the Fourth Iowa district, who
is doing everything he can to help
the disabled veterans.
John H. Bykes, chairman of the ma
tional legislative committee of the
Disabled Veterans of the World
War, who presided at the meeting
outlined the plan of campaign that
has been mapped out.
''The disabled veterans do not wish
to make themselves objects of char
itv." he said. "All they want is a
chance to help themselves. But before
they can do any work they must be
made strong enough physically. Oul
plan in organizing this camp is to
have a place where the veterans car
90 for an enjoyable vacation, and at
the same time, be making themselves
well and strong, so as to be able tc
Continued on page seven)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
To Prevent Hasty Marriages

Sioux City Tr.bune:-A New York
legislator has introduced a bill which
would make twenty-one instead of
eighteen the age at, which a girl may
marry without the consent of her
parents, and a second bill requiring
three day period between the is
suance of a license and the cere-
mony. Both are good measures.
While a girl of eighteen may know
her own mind" it would not hurt
her at all to wait three years before
marrying, if her parents object.
Parents, much wiser than eighteen
year-old girls, usually have good rea-
sons for opposing daughters choices.
The second b.ll would be improved
great deal if the waiting period
were increased from three days to
three months. The divorce problem
is not so much a matter Of easy
separations as it is a question Of
hasty marriages.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
HOW ABOUT YOUR
AUTOMOBILES
If the Old Car Needs 0yerhauling
Bring 1t In. New Car Being
Looked Over.
GARAGES ALL READY
FOR SPRING WORK
Decorah Well Supplied With Com
petent Garages to Take Care
of Automobile Troubles
of This Section.

Now that spring is here every one
is experiencing tha: feeling of either
getting the old car out or else buying
a new one. If you are considering
a new car this spring remember
that the Decorah dealers offer the
best makes of cars. There is every
thing in a car tina. any one would
want, right here in the home town
and the prices are as reasonable as
anywhere. When the car fever
strikes you interview the local deal
ers and you are sure TO find car
that will satisfy your taste.
If you are about to get the Old
car out or have done so already, stop
for a moment and consider whether
it is in fit condition to run the en-
tire summer with out an overhaunng
or a repair. For the best results
this summer start the car out right.
Have it in good running order be-
fore you put it to work for the year.
Decorah is we'll supplied with COM
petient garages and garage men so
let them help you start the season
out right with your car running in
good order.
Few people realize the importance
of having good overhauling done
on their car. BY so doing the car
is thoroughly examined and every
loose place is tightened up. Stop
BIO think of it and you can easily
see the damage loose bolt could dc
if it was let rattle for two or three
months. The expense of this one
little bolt might run up to a great
deal more than the cost of an over
hauling job. 1t may even lay your
car up for the rest of the summer.
The safest way and best way is to
START out by having your car running
right, then the summer will more
than likely pass without an accident
or a breakdown to spoil the seasons
pleasure.
In buying accessories for your car
remember that, the Decorah dealers
offer you as good material a, as
low a cost as you can buy anywhere.
Forget the mail order houses and
consider the quality of the article
You ale intending buying. The local
dealers Offering you the best bar
gains are entitled to your patronage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
BURRESON OUT
FOR SHERIFF
Well known Local Hog Buyer Has
Taken Out Nomination Papers
For the Office of Sheriff.
OTHER CANDIDATES
GETTING IN THE FIELD
Four of the Present Supervisors
Have Taken Out Papers, as
Well as Other Local
Candidates.

The political arena in this county
has been taking on active life the
past week and candidates have an
nounced for various offices.
On Monday Ole BurreSon, the we'll
known hog buyer took out nomination
papers for the Republican nominal
ton for sheriff of Winneshiek coun-
ty, and his candidacy is received
with much favor by voters all over
the county. He is man who stands
high in the estimation of all and
will be given good support. We
understand that Sheriff Ellingson
will not be a candidate, although
he has many warm friends who
would like to see him in the field.
Other candidates out are Joseph
Corsen we'll known young farmer
of route a, and Frank Christen, of
Decorah.. Mr. Christen is one of
Decorah's young real estate men,
associated with his father, Albert
Christen here. He is world war
soldier and a fine young man and
commands a large following of
friends.
Other candidates for county offices
who have had their nominations pa
pers circulated and generously signed
the past week are Clerk of Courts
S. ]. Moore, Auditor Oscar Winger,
Treasurer c. P. Seim, Recorder AL
bert Hammersness and County At
torney ]. A. Nelson.
Four supervisors, who will be can
didates all took out their papers last
week also. They are Martin Bergan,
f. F. Bakken, C. j. Burgess and
Joseph Bockmann. These men are
all serving their first term now, and
all are officials who have made good
with their constituents.
Andrew T. Istad, Of Decorah, has
taken out his papers for supervisor
in the fifth district, and has his
announcement in this issue.
The candidates so far announced
are all good men, and the voters
should not have much trouble max
ing a choice.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC
From the Dollar Day COmmitte of
The Commercial Club.

The Committee appointed by the De-
cOrah Commercial Club to take charge
Of Dollar Days Sales on April 9TH and
Sth, beg to say that in snite OF unIay0r-
able weather and bad roads the Dollar
DAYS were very successful. As near as
we can ascertain all the stores of the
Dollar Days Sales were busy both days.
The merchandise offered in all lines was
of exceptional values and many said
Dollar Days were holidays for all
customers who came TO Decorah 10
trade. -
were busy and the rush kept UP unth
late Saturday night. in spite OF the
rain on Saturday afternoon.
The Dollar Days stores prepared for
the rush, some with extra sales people,
and to their full satisfaction
In most all Of the stores. many lines
of merchandise were offered much below
their actual cost price. Customers were
quick to realize this and many articles
were entirely sold out the first half DAY
Of the sale.
Almost every line Of trade was re-
presented and a more varied line of
goods offered than ever before Even
the barber shop and cUbblers took part
in bargain offerings and did their extra
share Of business.
The most cOmmendable thing of it all
was that customers who came to De-
corah to trade found that the merchants
did exactly as they advertised and ev-
erybody left the city feeling happy over
the days visit and the many bargains
they took with them.
Plans are already under way for an
other similar event at sometime in the
near future. In fact IL has been sus-
gested that these days become regular
holiday bargain days at intervals during
the year in the business life OF De-
cOrah.
Very respectfully,
THE DOLLAR DAY COMMITTEES
DEBORAH COMMERCIAL CLUB
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
|KNEESKERN CASE
CALLED FOR TRIAL
OK of Getting a Jury in the Knees
Murder Case Started Yes
terday Afternoon.
HON. JUDGE TAYLOR
is PRESIDING
Out of the First Sixteen Jurymen
Drawn From the Panel of so,
The State Has Examined
Five.

The April term of the district court
for Winneshiek county opened here
Monday afternoon, with Hon. Judge
Taylor, of Waukon, on the bench
and it promises to be long anC
busy session. Up until yesterday
Tuesday afternoon probate matters
were taken care of and at 3:15 the
case of the state VS.. B. +. KneeSkerr
was called.
County Attorney j. A. Nelson ap-
pears for the state and is assisted
by attorneys Frank Sayre and c.
N. Houck.
Attorneys E. w. Cutting, of De-
corah, w. M. Allen, of Ossian, D.
d. Murphy, of Elkader and M. A.
Harmon, of Decorah represent
Kneeskem.
The work of drawing the jury
started at 3:15. Sixteen jurors were
drawn from the panel of go who were
called for this term. Five of these
were examined yesterday afternoon
and three of the five have been eX-
cused for cause. There is no limit
to the number of jurymen who can
be challenged for cause.
The procedure is to draw 16 jury
men and then the attorneys begin
the examination. Their are about
twelve different things a juryman can
be challenged for cause.
The state has made the eXamina-
ton of the first five and after the
state finishes their examination then
the defense will make an examina-
ton and some passed by the state
NAV be challenged by the defense.
The state has eight premptory chal-
lenges and two strikes and the de-
fense has the same.
Whether or rot the Dotseth case
will come up at this term we cannot
state at this writing. How long
the Kneeskern case will take cannot
even be guessed at accurately now
and how long it will take to get a
Jury is another guess.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
COUNTY AGENT ANSWERS
HENRY RUEk'S LAST CHARGES

We have always disliked newspaper
fights and as far as We are concerned
personally we hope the public will not
look upon our articles as in any measure
Wagiug a fight against Mr.. Rueu or the
organization ne represents. We wish 70
say that the Equity Society has done a
great deal of good and in no sense do
We care to belitJle the Organization or
attempt to detract from any benefit they
have been In anyway. It is really hard
for us to understand why il is that here
i'm Winneshiek County they are making
a decided fight against the Farm Bureau
when both Of these organizations We're
organized primarily 10 benefit agricul-
rather cooperate and are cooperating
with the association just as far as they
will permit.
We are again accused Of trying 10
make people believe that taxes have not
been raised in spite Of the fact that no
one but Rip Van Wiukle could have
existed during the last fifteen years and
had any business obligations without
realizing just how great the increase
had been. We made the statement that
the Farm Bureau Tax Committee had
appeared before the Executive Council
ana had secured reductions on the tax
able valuation OF livestock over the
state Of Iowa this amounted th ap--
prONimately $4OO per quarter section and
We still have reason to think that thiS
vas true in Winneshiek county Had
Mr.. RUen meant To be entirely fair he
would not only have published the lWe-
stock upon which valuations were rals-
ed but also upOh~ those which were
Continued on last page.l
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12
GREAT PICTURE
COMING To LYRIC
"A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court" Will Appear
For Four Days Starting
April IL.
ONE OF THE BIG
PICTURES OF SEASON
Drawing Packed Houses Everywhere
1t Has Been Shown. Don't
Forget the Dates.

"Fun with a purpose" is what Mark
Twain gave the world in "A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthurs Court" which
presented by William Fox as a special
film production will be seen at the Lyric
theatre in Decorah for four days, start
ing Monday, April H.
Mark Twain wrote this great comic
romance first TO make the world laugn
and second to "show up King Arthur.
Twain had not a very high opinion of
the Knights of the Round Table. he
had heard too much about them. Rus
kin and William Morris had been feeding
the public on the Middle Ages and 1t
had become the fashion to believe that
everybody dead and gone was better
than everybody alive. Tennyson's s
"Idylls of the King" made Mark Twain
sick. He was tired of the Middle Ages.
Ladies Ianguishing in high, ina ccessible
towers, waiting for knights to come and
rescue them, did not appeal TO him at
all He had been brought up on the
Mississippi and he had the idea that
one Mississippi riverman was as good
as several of the Knights of the Round
Table, and probably a lot better Sir
Galahad he consideted q wshy -washy
sort of hero; he preferred Tom Sawyer
''Ill show up King Arthur ana his
well known knights" said Mark Twain.
in effect. So he wrote a book describing
the adventures of a modern, smart,
clever young American at the Court Of
one of the first things this young
American, Martin CaVendish, discovered
was that Arthur and the knights were
victims of superstition. Then he dis
covered that the plumbing of King
Arthur's Castles was very bad indeed. The
Wanted knights did not take bath any
too often. and the ladies of the court
were not particularly attractive.
Worst of all, the knights of the
Round Table were no great shakes when
IL came TO fighting. Martin, armed with
a revolver and a lasso, defeated the
whole company of them in a great
tournament. and then turned around and
told the king that all this talk abous
nobility was bunk.
Life in LyonResse was uncomfortable
for the Yankee until he had mounted all
the knights on motorcycles, given them
revolvers and improved the royal teie-
phone service-and the plumbing.
This was all great fun for Mark
Twain and his readers, ana ii did good
work in decreasing the sale OF art
leather books of neo-medieval works
such as Morris ''Three Red Roses
Across the Moon" and Rossetti's "The
Blessed DamOzeI"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12


held, in which political candidates
for the coming election were dis
cussed.
The question Of candidates for
state representative and state sena-
tor was taken up, and numerous
names were mentioned, particularly
for senator, this office now being
held by Atty. Carl Reed, of Cresco.
Hon. o. Gilbertson, of Madison
Twp. who is the present representa-
tive from Winneshiek county and
served his first term, was unanim-
ously endorsed for a second term.
Mr.. Gilbertson was present and an
nounced the fact that any program
that was economical, sane and just,
and any program that could possibly
improve the condition of the farmer
he stood for and would make tigh;
for. Mr.. Gilbertson has served one
term, and his constituents are willing
to send him back for a second term.
His work during his first term has
met with the approval of his con-
stituents, and the fact Of one good
term deserves another applies in the
case of Mr.. Gilbertson, and we have
heard of no opposition to him for
a second term.
For state senator Henry Ruen, of
Frankville township was endorsed
and Mr.. Ruen will be a candidate for
this office in the Howard-Winneshiek
senatorial race. The present incum-
bent is Hon. Carl Reed, of Cresco
who is serving his first term.
Various candidates were proposed
for this office among them Ian Fal-
ness, of Calmar Twp, who received
a majority of the first votes cast,
but he declined the honors. Others
were B. j. Kleve, of Ossian, Sam
Waters, of Frankville township, Pete
Ramsey, of Springfield Twp, Her
bert Gross of Decorah Twp. and
Henry Ruen, of Frankville Twp, the
latter gentleman being the choice OF
the meeting.
Mr.. Ruen is an Equity official ano
has been prominent in the organlza'
ton for number Of years. He Is
well known over the county, ane
naturally Will command good sup
port. The entrance of Mr.. RueF
will at least make an interesting
fight in the Howard-Winneshiek sen
atorial race.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-04-12

The Davenport Democrat finds
at is difficult to understand why
the solder should be allowed to bor-
row only 80 per cent of the face
value of the certificate; almost any
bank will lend rs per cent Of the
market value Of a certificate Of stock
in a railroad or industrial Corpora
ton if the sock is listed on the New
York stock exchange, tho these
stocks at times fluctuate wildly, anC
Of course, have much less stable
value than the obligation of he
United States government"