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Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
LIGHT
Use of Fuel Oil for Power.

The use of oil as fuel for power by
public utility plants should be restrict
ed. 1t Is essential for the operation
of airplanes and automotive vehicles
and has many advantages for marine
use.
Since the supply Is limited, it is
important to conserve it for their
highly important purposes, or even re-
strict its use to this field. In order to
do so, Of course. adequate power
sources must be provided for the pub.
lie utilities. This may be accom-
plished by larger use of water pow
er. which is taking place on large
scale in California, where hydro
electric stations are rapidly replac'
ing oil-burning power plants.-PopulaI
Science Monthly.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
WOMAN'S HOUR.

Mans conduct varies little through the
day;
His minutes follow In the selfsame way
The episodes in his diurnal range
Reiterate the humdrum dearth of f-change
But, when the vanguard of the night
draws on,
And when begins fair woman's hour, the
wan
And uneventful train of Life's routine
Gives way before the mistress of the
scene.
Man never knows two evenings just the
same
He's up against an ever-shifting game;
Perhaps he draws a smile; maybe a frown
Confronts him; peradventure out of town
He drives for dinner; haply at his home
He dimes (when relatives or friends have
Gomez;
Ofttimes it's bridge, a dance. swim. q
show;
To church, has he, tits said, been known
to go,
LIES endless variations, one by one,
Succeed each other with the setting sun.
There are no vestiges of days routine.
When shadows come; for then is wO-
man queen.
'Tis well for you and me. Were it not 50.
Who knows how deep on us the moss
would grow?
Harry Barrows in the New York Times.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
SCHOOLS ON KAISER'S ESTATE
Former Property Of the German En-
peror in Turkey Has Been
Put to Good Use.

A magnificent estate at Sivas, Tur-
key, the property of the former Ger
man emperor, has been decided over to
Miss Mary Louise Graffam, mission
airy. This estate was acquired by the
German ruler in the era when German
dreams of world domination included
the seating of German dignitaries in
all lands on scale befitting the rep
resentatives of a dominant nation. II
is not stated by what process the title
TO the estate has fallen to Miss Graf
fam, but 1t Is thought that pressure
was exerted by the Turks, who had
come to have high regard for her
Self-sacrificing service. At any rate,
she is now maintaining her orphan
age on the property and has installed
her industrial schools, comprising
shops for carpentry, tailoring and
weaving. Before the war Miss Graf
sam's work included teaching algebra
and Bible in the high school at Sivas
and trigonometry in the teachers col
lege. She was church organist, mis-
sion treasurer, director of relief work
and itinerant missionary, and when
the war came she volunteered for
service during the typhus epidemic,
being made matron and head of the
Red Crescent hospital, an unsalaried
worker, Communicated as an alien en-
envy.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
FRANKVILLE

Mrs. May Miller of Decorah spent
Monday and Tuesday here with rela
tives and was also working for the
Journal contest.
Sam Waters, Sr. returned to his
home in Decorah Thursday after a
visit here with his son Chris and
wife.
Glen Letchford and Ray Waters
were among the Postville business
callers Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Hilmer
spent Wednesday with relatives in
Ludlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Crabtree
came down from Decorah for a few
days visit here with his mother
Mrs. Elma Crabtree.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. +. kneeskern
and Roy Kneeskem were among the
DEBORAH callers Thursday.
Miss Hulda Ewings of Lansing
visited her brother Mel Ewings and
family from Thursday until Saturday.
Mrs. Walter Pilgrim and daughter
Florence visited relatives and shop
ped in Decorah Thursday.
Dr. Juen of Ossian was a profess
sional caller at Chester Meeker's Fri
day afternoon to see heir baby.
Irving Crawford transacted busi-
ness in Decorah Friday.
i A class Of four were confirmed at
the church Sunday morning. Those
in the class were Iuez and Leslie
Birdsell, Loren Snitker and Eddie
Blue.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. r. Hughes ant
Mrs. Emma French were DEBORAH
visitors Saturday.
Ralph Bachtel and family from
near Bethel spent Sunday at the Ra!
Waters home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Drew o.
Decorah spen. Sunday here with he,
grand mother, Mrs. Rilla LetchfOrd
Miss Christine Depping came hom'
Saturday from several weeks stay a
= the Charles Depping home nea
Waukon.
John Murphy of Ossian spent sew
= eral days the past week with his aun
Nancy Wilson.
r. Quite a number enjoyed a part
o at the Harry Harvey home Saturda
d evening given in honor of Harvey
twenty sixth birthday. Those froI
= a distance present were Mr.. an
n Mrs. Floyd Harvey and Flossie Hal
vey of Castalia, Norman Wick an
" Miss Bernice Feltis of Decorah.
e Mr.. and Mrs. Hobert Waters
Austine, Mimi, are the proud pa
e ents of a little son who arrived ;
their home recently.
y Max Waters has been entertainin
II the mumps the past few days.
Rev. Peck goes to Dubuque Tue
I day to attend the Presberty meetin
IS Oscar Paddin spent the week er
is with relatives in Decorah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dt.o Hagar ar
1t little daughter of Ludlow visited
e the viii Hagar home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Striker al
Y children and Geo. Sherman we,
, fishing at Myron Sunday.
n Mrs. Irving Crawford and sc
d Cleoyne came home Monday from
k few days visit with relatives in Wa,
e kon.
Carl Van Wey was a Decorah ca
e Ter Saturday afternoon.
r Mrs. Fred Stock is at home fro,
r. a visit at the Henry Hagar home
Ludlow.
}. Mr.. Hourhad a bee Thursday
5 haul grain from Postville.
Olga LivingOod has been on tn
4 sick list.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE

Miss Vera Koppen returned home
from her work at the hospital at
Spring Grove for an indefinite stay
Monday.
Johnnie Barth was a business cal
Ter in Mabel Wednesday.
Walt Darlington and Martin john
son were Hesper caller this week.
Those who attended the Mission
Tea at the parsonage from this vic
Unity were Mesdames, Ed. Daring
ton, Fred Darlington, Gladys Pea
cock, Willie Welch and Alvin Hawks.
Ole Usgaard and wife are staying
at the Willie Welsh home at this
writing.
Jake Richert and son and Charles
McMillen were Hesper caller Satur-
day evening.
Ed and Fred Darlington were Hes
per callers Saturday.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
NORTHERN CANOE

Vernon Perry brought home MS
new Fordson tractor Monday.
Olaf Eggen visited at the Ben
Eggen home last Sunday.
Mutt and Jeff were out flShlns
Sunday, but did not catch any i Ils,l
SO they will have to try their luck
again. IT.. ,oos
to the saw mill Wednesday. -,
Those who are going to erect Slios
this spring are, John Kirkeby, Ing
;ert Brovold, Peter Danielson, Elnar
Peterson and Fred Fisher.
Clarance Ramlo was Burr YAK
shopper Wednesday.
Mildred and Arthur Eggen made a
short visit at Jack Rut1rldgeS "e'
nesday eve. no De-
peter and Dan Danielson were De-
corah shoppers Wednesday.
Johnie Rensvold was a caller at
Rem Eggen's last THURSDAY.
John Langaas is assisting Peter
Peterson with carpenter work a'
onite a few in this neighborhood
ore irving their luck with incubators.
Mrs Ben Eggen and son Harvey
called on Mrs. John Peterson nooo
Friday. L f,.o,,,
Otto Vikesland hauled lumber from
the saw mill Thursday.
Alferd Barth has hired out to Ing
iert Brovold for the coming season;
Fritz and Ruby Ruffridge visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Rutfrloge
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Dan Halse called on nome
folks Thursday afternoon.
Don Sears called at the Coy nome
Friday evening.
Edgar Langaas has been entertain
ed by a boil on his neck.
Knute Rhode was business cailer
with Arthur Eggen Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Teepe ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Barth autoed
20 Decorah Saturday.
Sam Barth returned to his home
n Decorah after spending few days
With his SON Harrison
Dan Danielson was a Burr Oak
shopper Saturday.
John Kirkeby and Ole Olson were
)ecorah shoppers Saturday. !
Grandma Eggen is some better at
his writing.
Quite a few from Northern Canoe
.ttended Easter services at Hauge's
hurch.
Automobiles were spinning in all
directions Easter Sunday.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
The Willy Chinese Aoain.

There is a Chinaman In San Jose
Cal, who believes in grasping Oppor-
tunity. There was bylaw fOrbidding
the playing or running of lotteries.
and making the penalty deportation.
The Chinaman, who wanted to return
home, recently appeared in the office
of a councilman and requested that
he and his family be deported. He
told the councilman to send a police
man and he would find him, his wife
and mis- seven children all selling lot
terry tickets. The council has now de-
cided 1t must find some other way to
fight Chinese lotteries.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
BURR OAK

The Easter Services which were
held i'm the NJ. h. Church were very
good. The church was decorated with
white lilies and many other kinds
of flowers which helped TO make the
program a success.
Charley Politt and family spent
Sunday at the b. NJ. Wicks home.
Mrs. Albert Newhouse and daugh-
ter Stella went to Caledonia on Sat
urdav to see Mr. NewhOuSe who Is
in the hospital there. Mr.. NewhouSe
lis getting along fine and Will soon
be home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Reed are spend
ing. the week with Mrs. Reeds broth
er, Merle Smith and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred elise made a
business trip to Decorah on Wednes-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. jim Price spent the
week end with Mrs. Prices mother
Mrs. Daniel Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert VanVlie'
moved Saturday in with Mrs. Van
Vliet's mother and will live there
until Mr.. elise finds a place to live
Mr.. and Mrs Brayton Whitne!
and son Manford spent Easter Will
Mrs. Whitney's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. Sullivan.
Frank Sullivan accompanied by Nh
and Mrs. NJ. O. Satire autoed T.
Decorah Saturday night to Spent
Easter there.
Mrs. Geo. Smith is slowly improv
ing and on Wednesday went dow
to see her new granddaughter.
Mrs. LuelIa McMartin spent a fey
DAYS last week with Mrs. Alic
Morrison.
Victor Headington has been on tn
sick list for few days.
Mrs. Grace Pierce spent Frida
night and Saturday with her siste
Mrs. Lew HalSe.
Mr.. Ralph Fredenberg spent Sal
urdav night and Sunday with HI
daughter Mrs. Chas. Murdoch and hi
mother Mrs. Fredenberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Kimball eXpet
to move this week TO their new HON
they recently purchased. ..
Miss. Anita Pierce spent Saturda
night at the Alice Morrison home.
Gene HeadingtOn drove TO Decora
on Sunday to take his son Clittor
hack to school. Clifford lost a wee
of school on account of having tn
mumps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Undertake
and Mr.. Emery Wilbur spent EaSte
with Mrs. Undertakes parents, Nj
and Mrs. T. C. Ward. q,
Word was received from Mrs. Rut
Wilbur on Saturday that she wa
very poorly and they was AFRAID J
was an attack Of appendicitis, whlci
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19

I'm the drawer? Why can't"
"But, dear"
"Oh, don't dear me. It's the but
tons which are dear, judging by"
"Do listen, John. The buttons are
inside, because"
"Of course they're inside. Inside a
dry goods store, and you too busy"
"John! John! do be reasonable
and listen. l tell you the buttons are
inside because you've got your shirt
on inside out"
"Then why the dickens couldn't you
say so. instead of wasting my valuable
timer" he said, as he took a flying
leap back to the bedroom.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Asbestos in Great Demand.

Asbestos is employed in the manu-
proof theater curtains, cloth for thea
ter wall Innings and scenery; firemen's
clothing and fireproof rope; roof shin
giles or asbestos slate, stucco, plaster.
lumber, mill board, asbestos paper and
Insulating; covering for pipes, fur
naces and locomotives. to prevent ra-
diation of heat; as filler for high-grade
paints; for heat-resisting table mats
and for tempering the heat of gas
stoves in cooking
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Nicknamed After Death.

Certain kings of England are known
in history by various nicknames, but II
is interesting to note that these names
did not appear until a number or
years after their death. Edmund, for
example, died In 1915, and is first
spoken of as Ironside in 1927. Edward
l appears in an almost contemporary
chronicle as 'cil 90 les lunges jambes"
he with the long legs-and did not
become Longshanks till about 1000.
Richard III is first called Crookback
by Shakespeare in the third part OF
the play Henry VI
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Earth's Glacial Period.

Biologists base their statements con.
cerning the existence of the glacial
period mainly upon evidence In the
form of boulder clay and various other
forms of deposits. The first scientihc
references to glacial action were sug-
gested by the Alpine regions and are
to be found in the works of Charpen-
tier and Aggasiz. Man did not exist
prior and during the early part of the
glacial period. The first evidence or
his existence is to be found in the
later glacial period.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
An Appetite Gaze.

Our bodily temperature depends on
several things. The most important
thing is food. After we eat heavy
meal our temperature rises. 1t is like
shoveling fuel into furnace. More
fuel, more heat.
The "hungryometer' is made up Of
a coiled thermometer arranged in a
case that will slip into the vest pocket.
IL keeps tabs on the heat Of the bouy.
When the temperature falls below a
certain point, it is time to eat.
Unfortunately, the thing does not
tell people when they should stop eat
ing. If 1t did, it would be of far
greater value than it is.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Cow in a China Shop.

Mention of bull i'm a china shop
suggests destruction swift and COM
plete, but COW spent quarter OF an
hour in china shop in the main street
of Tipperary without breaking or up
setting single article. Entering the
shop while the owner was absent, it
went behind the counter and then
passed into a room at the back. Turn
ing round, it reentered the shop on the
outside of the counter and, treading
carefully, left without doing the slight
est damage, To the great surprise of
the crowd outside.-London Daily Mail.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Woman's Queer Mania.

Five full-size teaspoons were taken
from the stomach Of a Todd county
(ky0 woman when she was operated
on recently. An X-ray photograph
previously made showed the spoons
very plainly, one being by itself and
the other four together. Just when
or how she swallowed the spoons is
not known. Her mind became affect
ed several months ago and she was
sent 30 the Western State hospital for
treatment. She often threatened to
swallow spoons or said that she had
swallowed them. but no laceration of
her throat was visible.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19

self for the usual
morning arterca-
ton. "Confound
it, Maria (! how
many more times
have / got to ask
you to be sure
a n d see t h a t
there are no but
tons off my shirt
before Won Dut IL
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Shocked Cat Disappeared.

While cows were being driven from
the pasture to the barn in Nova
Scotia one accidentally stepped on
small kittens leg, breaking it, The
farmer got his gun and shot the kit
ten. At the same moment the mother
cat came up and seeing her kitten
killed ran away. The cat never re-
turned although she had been a great
pet Of the family for years.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19

developed far beyond that in the
New England states fifty years ago.
Whether these differences will pre-
vent degeneration in rural Iowa re-
mains to be seen. The child welfare
station feels that the future of Iowa
childhood depends to large degree
upon the successful meeting Of the
danger"
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19

we hope will not prove serious:
ST. Paul's United Lutheran Church,
Burr Oak, Iowa. Sunday April 20.
10 o'clock a. m. Sunday School, IL
o'clock a. m. Divine Worship in Eng
lish. 8 o'clock p. m. Union Services.
Come, and worship with us.
C. f. l.. Pieper,
Pastor.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
lmproNinu COMPANY

"My library lamp smokes and goes
out nights. What would you advise me
TO do?" a lady inquiries.
1t evidently needs reforming, ma
dam. Try putting IT in the parlor with
the upright piano. - Boston Tran
script.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
The LARGEST Farm,

The largest farm in the world Is
managed by a former American,
Charles Noble, at Nobleford, Alberta,
Canada. II has more than $4,000
acres under cultivation and return
of S1,000,0O0 is expected on II this
year.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
Positively Devastating.

Trying as it is for girl to dis
cover that her idol has feet of clay,
1t is worse for her 10 find that he has
head of bone.-Boston Transcript.
Decorah public opinion., 1922-04-19
o. The ~
Scrap Book
WHY SOME WIVES GO INSANE
Just a Sample of What Mrs. BuiIyby
Has to Endure From Her
"Lord and Master"

Mr.. Bullyby came bounding down
the stairs, and his wife prepared her.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08
Making Presidents of Farmers

great many whose are 50 familiar in Farm
BueaV affairs not known twenty-five miles from their
farms Their fame farther than
ton for good citizenship in their own locality.
They quit blowing day attend meeting and put
committee The farmer who does his committee work we'll
In gratitude for his services his neighbos elect
County Farm Bureau Holding this Office he stands good
becoming member of the committee the State Farm
Bureau.
It's only Office and the was
shucng his 100 absolute obscurty
finds himself attending live stock marketing
on which farmers like himself have clear United
States attend He makes
Perhaps he called Washington and goes President
the White House. All the while developing he has
stuff in him. and ability speak the minds and his
neighbos He responsibility and responsibility him
great.
There leader in the American Farm Bureau
the State Farm Bureau Fedeaons by lust
such path This democratic choosing leaders from the
the kynoes Of the the Farm Bureau
why all the Farm Bureau work has been practical why
phen have exactly covered the vital farmers
And there inspiration working for organization there
every chance perform service talents
is lid the Hay pitching farmers the kind
which Farm Bureau leaders made The the township
fruit marketing saney guiding Bureau
Federation tomorrow His only limits within himself.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08

Cooperation within the ranks is the
thing about the Farm Bureau that speaks
most for the organization. In no other
organization of its size is the individual
member so important; in the Farm Bureau
there is no recognition OF interiors or
superiors. If there is final authority it
is the man on the farm. He elects the
officers, hires the experts, and directs the
policies. 1t is not dependent upon the
personality of any one human. No
Napoleonic general is marshalling it's
progress.
In its government it is true democracy.
Referenda are taken on all questions
where the administrators are rot sure Of
the farmers sentiments. Before the
American Farm Bureau Federation sub
mitted a legislative program to Congress
a QUESTIONABLE was sent to the entire
membership Of million farmers and fur
ther activities were based on the answers.
Community meetings were held in the
1000 organized county Farm Bureaus in
the United States and a Eyes" and mo"
vote taken on such questions as personal
rural credit system; the increasing Of the
limit on Federal Land Bank mortgage
loans from $1O,O 900 to SIS. 900; the issuance
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08
Democracy

of all tax-free securities; the Excess Profits
Tax; General Sales Tax; the Packer
Control Bill; farm-to-market roads and
the construction Of trans-continental high
ways; the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
waterway; short-sellmg in agricultural
products and truth-in-fabric legislation.
At another time when the Joint Com
mission of Agricultural Inquiry wanted
some real evidence from the farms, the
Farm Bureau held county hearings in
every organized section and got real facts
and figures from farmers, bankers, sheriffs,
school teachers, preachers, dealers, etc.
There is no inner political enclosure
leaving the mere member out in the cold
in this organization. There is no holy OF
holes" The farmer who is in, is in and
ready to greet the next one with a glad
hand. There is work enough for every
one. The greatest york Of ALL the work
for which the national organization
primarily exists, lies in the township in
the Farm Bureau community club. When
you sign your check for the membership
fee, do so with the knowledge that no.
where in the organization is their sigma.
ture more important than your own.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08

Plants Have Heart and Pulse Beat.
Plants have heart and pulse and
q 'blood circulation" very similar to
that of the animal world. This is the
sensational discovery Of Sir Jagardis
Chandra Bose, the famous Indian
botanist. According to Sir Jagardis,
great quantities Of water are absorbed
daily by the average tree. This water
is driven up to the very top Of the
tree and then breathed out again
through the leaves. Experiments
were carried out by Sir Jagardis at
his botanical institute In Calcutta. He
says there ID no characteristic mani
festation Of animal life which could
not be found in simple form in plants
also. The plant has heart beat and
Q "pulss" astonishingly similar to that
Of animals. Besides. 1t also reacts
upon stimulation in almost the same
way, and shows that 1t possesses 1
nervous system.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08

Bureau federation and worked out a uni
form system of bookkeeping for the state
and county farm bureaus. He made a
record and the Executive Committee
promoted him to head the Department
Of Organization on January I, 1922.
Mr.. Gunnels came to the American
Farm Bureau Federation from the States
Relations Service Of the United States
Department of Agriculture, where he was
assistant chief of the Office of Extension
Work. He was born at Crete, Nebr., in
1883. He was reared on the farm. He
was graduated from the agricultural
college Of the University Of Nebraska in
1915, and became instructor in agronomy.
He resigned from this position to become
county agent Of Seward county, Nebraska,
in 1916. Here his work attracted 80 much
attention that he was promoted to be
county agent leader for Nebraska in 1917.
During 1918 and 1919, he was director Of
the Agricultural Extension Service of the
University Of Nebraska, and went to the
States Relations Service in Washington,
D. c., in 1919. Then the Farm Bureau
got him and he is now busy multiplying
the membership by two.
Taking care of the fifty cents that each
Farm Bureau member pays to the National
organization is the job Of Charles E,
Gunnels. His IL the responsibility ol
showing whse every penny Of the Feder.
atoms income goes. He has to keep a
record of the receipts and expenditures ol
every department and state for inspection
by anyone who is interested. A written
statement is presented at each meeting ol
the National Executive Committee and
at each annual meeting.
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08

Mr.. Gunnels came to the American
Farm Bureau Federation in 1920 as as
sistant secretary. Then they made him
treasurer to handle the money. In his
capacity as assistant secretary he had
charge Of the relationships between the
Farm Bureau and the agricultural COL
leges and extension departments as we'll
as between the Farm Bureau and the
States Relations Service Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture. In his
capacity as treasurer, Mr.. Gunnels handles
oil of the funds Of the American Farm
The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08
What Would You Do?

My sisters eldest child is girl.
When she was six years old, twins
were born. Soon after this event the
family came home for a visit. One
day when there was company and we
were all seated at the dinner table,
Mary's childish voice rang out loud
and clear: "Aunt Josephine, what
would you do If you had twins?"