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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-03
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

The Board of Supervisors of VIM
neshiek County, Iowa, will receivs
bids on the following materials, all
material to be up to the specitica-
tions of the Iowa State Highway
Commission.
All bids to be on file ip the office
of the County Auditor in DEBORAH,
Iowa, by 1880 P. NJ, Wednesday,
January II, 1928
Minimum los 900 feet: Maximum
10000 feet, 3X12xl6', ~ and 20
lengths. Glass 80" minimum g.
dimension (FuU Sawed and also on
Glass &C" mimimum 2ANll&' d.
mension, Fir lumber.
Minimum 27,0e0 feet; maximum
80 900 feet. 3x12-2O' length, same
classes as above, Gum lumber.
Ten (10) pcs. 8XlONlS and Ten
lO) pcs. 10x20-20' fir lumber.
Also one carload Of cypress piling
in 16, 1S and 20 #. lengths.
All prices on above material to be
f. o. B. Winneshiek. county.
Instructions to Bidders
|. A certified check for five @
per cent? of bid, made payable 70 the
county auditor, shall be filed with
each bid, which in case of the bidder
receiving the award, should he fail to
execute a contract and file a bond
for 100 per cent of the contract
within fifteen (15) days after the ac,
ceptance of the bid shall be forfeited
to the county as liquidated damages
I 2. All bids must be on regular
form furnished by the county, seal,
ed and plainly marked. No bid, vii
be considered which contain a clause
in which the bidder reserves the
right to accept or reject a CONTRACT
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-03
nmarded him hn AZ BOARD.

awarded him BY the board.
3. The county reserves the right
10 waive defects and to reject any
or all bids.
A. The successful bidder will be
paid in county warrants bearing five
Is per cent? interest.
5. Time of delivery must be stat
ed in the contract
6. Successful bidder will be re-
ouired to prepay the freight char
ges.
Dated at Decoran, Iowa, this IND
day of January, 1923.
CLARENCE f. SEVERSON,
1-ew County Auditor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-03

infalhble, just az the fngerprint.'
Prof. Peterson is now working out
a system of classification for the
noseprintS."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-03
Duplicate Keys.

have on hand large assortment
OF key blanks, also a number OF
trunk keys and can duplicate almost
any kind Of keys on short notice.
NJ. o. Dalvey, DEBORAH, la.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
A Powerful Picture, With an AII-Star
Cast, Soon to Be Shown at
Leading Theaters.

dered the dinner. I'm goin' -
take you to = place where tlsez
stay open till in the mornin' &
he announced loudly.
ooh. Jimmy. an me in this wet
>suit-ruined that's what ii ID;
it's ruined, an how'll ever pay
for it,
s'Don't let that worry you.
Don = I'm payir' for that sum:
here take this hin an buy your.
self . new one; that's the kind ,of
a guy ans
Max Pluto. quite unaware
whether he was going to the flak
or starting for dinner, departed
with Angie, who almost wepbrat
parting from Sara. 81
And now" said Jimmy. 'WS'fs
on our way. DOLL always liaissw
you was all there" his arm csrcisd
around her waist. ~.
mo, Jimmy don't you see I'm
nervous-I gotta Get home and
get In some dry things you can
see that Jimmy, can't your 8
It didn't take superhumans 8,
teIligence to understand tlaRs
woman soaked to the skin was iii
no condition to 50 to an all-night
cabaret.
I'm wet through and shiverffg.
Jimmy" Sara pleaded, .'but you
leave It to me tomorrow niglft
I'll fix 1t you've been grand,
and tomorrow night the slky's my
limit
You mean it," There was fire
in Jimmy's eye.
Cross my heart, Jimmy; you
see how it is, me wet through;
I'm catching cold now L
Tomorrow night-tonight's what
you mean" said Jimmy, realizing
that the clock had started its
Christmas Day round.
Yes. Jimmy, tonight. Christ.
mas Night
Alta girl" He thrust forward
his head to tell the chauffeur the
new address.
Go Be Continued TomorrOu.)
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
GOOD NIGHT STORIES
81 SVRE 10 READ THEM TO. YOUR CHILDREN.

mot me-. cried .Chatty Chip
munk. II wouldn't harm you
friends for anything. I know some
of my relatives have stolen things
at different times, but not me.
I've never touched a thing that
doesn't rightly belong to me-
Nor l." joined in Red Tail
Squirrel. 81 wouldn't harm any
of you. And I'm sure I wouldn't
think of entering Mama Rabbits
burrow for anything. I've never
BEEN inside her house without an
invitation
Just the same, believe him
guilty." screamed Jenny Wren.
And she flew at his head trying
to pick out his eyes. 81 believe
him to be the thief. Send him OUT
of these meadows at once and
you'n have no more trouble.
''Let me at him. cried Mama
Rabbit, and she made lunge ut
Red Tail Squirrel, when the two
little bunny boys came bouncing
in between them and circled her
knees with their paws.
ooh, Mamar' they cried, with
big tears rolling down their
cheeks. cit wasn't he at all! Tt
was Old Ermine himself. We saw
him through the keyhole and hid.
He was angry.
"And I caught him myself"
laughed Chatty Chipmunlz. mer-
rily. He led the crowd Of ex.
cited little wood folks over to
the place where Robber Ermine
was trapped and before you could
say ''scat" they hustled him out
of the meadow.
From that day to this the babies
of the meadow folk have not been
bothered. -
Jenny Wren apologized to Red
Tail Squirrel and every one was
happy again. When Ermfne went
the meadowland- was rid Of the
worst robber it ever had.
Copyright. 1898, Newspaper Feature
Service, Incl
Another interesting story to
morrow.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

:" HY are you grinning al
" me like that, sed Ma to Pa
last mite at the supper
label.
I was smiling, I was not grin.
ming, sed Pa.
Thare amt no differns between
smiling & grinning, + sed to Pa.
Doant be foolish.
See here. yung man, sed Pa, if
ever heer you calling me fool
ish I will turn you oaver my
knee, sed Pa. Thare is a big diff
ferns between smiling & grin
ming, sed Pa. Wen we smile, we
are happy, & wen we grin we are
.daffy, sed Pa. A grin is silly &
a smile is butiful, Pa sed.
Then If a smile is butiful, sed
to Pa, you must of been grin
ming.
Our littel son is riding his IA
Their kind of hard this eve, sed
Ma. Ma was laffing at Pa.
I doant mean anything, I was
only joaking, sed to Pa. Only
doant see how a smile cud maik
you butiful, I sed to Pa. Yure
map is too big & round to be bu-
tiful, sed to Pa. t..~H
Bobbie, sed Ma. you must not
speak In that rude way about
yure only parent on your IA
theirs side. sed Ma. You must re-
speck yure fathers age and gray
hairs. sed Ma.
Never mind about my age &
gray hairs, sed Pa. I am not so
old that l need any sympathy
from a littel simp like Bobby,
sed Pa.
1 amt no littel simp, I sed. If
you call me that aggenn I will
run away & live with the Injuns,
I sed, and then I will find gold
mine & I will cum back proud &
hauty to my old hoam & you will
Rev the day you. called me a
simp, sed to Pa.
You have got it all mapped out.
haven't you, Bobbie? sed Pa.
Yes, I sed. l will cum back
proud & hauty & rich, & tho pee.
pull will Se-leck me to Congress, I
sed, & I will go to Washington &
chum with the President of the
Union States, l sed, 4 then you
will be sorry you ever called me
q littel simp. l sed.
l sin-seerly hoap you will be
President, Bobbie, sed Pa, but You
are what the race track gents
used to call vary long shot, sed
Pa. About a millyuh to one shot,
Bobbie, sed Pa.
Maybe l will fool Pa, the, !
bet Abe Linkun's father & George
Washington's father didant know
thay was going to be the fathers
OF Presidents of the Union States.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline MichaeIis-

ASAANASGS~A4GS
r CEG since James Watt once
sat and dreamed beside the
4=A kitchen fire; the boiling
water missed and steamed, the
kettles lid raised higher. "Ah-
ha" quoth Watt, "some force is
here which no one ever knew.
Into this mystery I'll peer and
start a thing or two" And that
was Just what jamie did, al
though it does seem strange to
think that kettles lifted lid could
bring about such change. For
from the heat of torrid climes to
lands of Polar snow you'll find
that in our modern times it's
steam that makes things go. And
since this power has had control,
it's always done things best;
they've a billion tons of coal to
give the mules a rest. Steam
moves the trains and boats that
LII dFOuIlu dOOuL Jul map IL
made a most tremendous hit from
Zululand to zap. A lot of folks
are just like steam before Watt
happened by; they never find a
useful scheme for force they
might apply. They fritter all
their time away and work with
might and main at lifting kettle
lids each day when they might
run train. They spend a
mighty store of strength in some
unfruitful spot, and then their ef-
forts fail at length; they lack
Mr.. HIATT. If no one chances by
to show just what they ought to
do, they wildly snort and puff
and blow and soon exclainl.
We're through"
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
Read This Story Of Every Day Life on
This Page Day by Day and Then
Watch for It on the Screen.

"I,ll say / am. Look at her
there's the guy with your Teddy
.Bear-a big, white woolly one
that's the sort of q fish / ami"
who said fish," asked Max
Pluto, waking for moment from
the stupor into, which he had
fallen.
Its all right, Max, dear" An
gle assured him. You got me
my fish, and 1 amt got nothing
to say" and she held the wet
rubber leaf up as though it were
a jewel from the collection of a
queen.
The grinning attendant who
had rushed forth into the streets
and corraued a white bear, deliv-
cred it to the astonished Sara,
while Jimmy settled with the
grand air of man to whom
money meant nothing.
Life is made up Of contrasts;
no one in the big restaurant
was troubling about the other
half--thet half that doesn't have
enough to eat and knows nothing
Of wine or fine foods or dancing
to the music OF high-priced
orchestras.
To Sara that other half, EN-.
bodied in her own wretched me-
mage, in Harry, the helpless hus-
band. in her helpless baby, was
crying with a mighty voice.
She had told Harry she had to
work at the store-nothing un-
usual on Christmas Eve, when
the last rush to buy was in full
swing. And Harry, sitting with
the baby and staring out at the
falling snow, wondered how she
would get home. The streets
must be hard to negotiate. He
was afraid Of the snow. 1t rep
resented to him an actual menace
come to drag him to the grave,
and yet he was resolved to face 1t
and bring his wife home.
He rocked the boy and lulled
him to sleep: put him in the crib
in the room that served as bed
room for three. and went into the
other room to look out again at
the storm.
He could trust the child to sleep
for an hour. He put on his coat
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
BY Blanche Silver.
A Queer Little RObber.

!" HERE was quite stir
among the little woodland
- people when Mama Rabbit
ran out of her burrow early one
morning crying bitterly.
Whatever in the world has
happened?" asked Chatty Chip
munk. Something dreadful must
have happened, for I've never
seen you in tears before. Please
tell US what's wrong and we'll all
help. Has anyone hurt your feel
ings?"
BY this time there was quite a
large crowd collected beside the
rabbit house and everyone was
trying to. get near enough Mrs.
Rabbit to find the cause of her
tears.
.'Oh. my babies!. My babies"
sobbed Mama Rabbit. Someone
has entered my house and stolen
them while was away. I told
them not to open the door to
anyone. The door was locked,
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

~ NE Of my readers has asked
how she can acquire slim,
~ shapely ankles.
It is natural that a woman
should desire pretty ankles, espe-
cially in these days of short
street costumes and draped hens
which so merc:lessly reveal any
defect of the ankles.
am going to suggest a little
exercise so easy that it can be
repeated many times without IA
tigue. and SO inconspicuous that
1t can be practiced almost, any
where while quietly waiting,
whether for a cue at a rehearsal,
for an elevator in a crowded
office building or at home in that
moment or two before the tea
kettle boils.
It Is excellent not only for the
ankles, but also for the instep
and calves Of the Iegs-in fact, if
persisted in, it will do wonders
for the shape of the lower legs.
Stand straight on the balls Of
your feet, heels together, toes
turned slightly out. Rise as high
rs You can on the balls OF your
feet. then on your tcas, giving
them a good stretch. then return
to position. Repeal ten. twenty,
thirty, even fiFt ;iraes. until
you're tired. IEia exercise w.l.
melt away any 81 lirous fat on
your ankles and Wi make their
muscles trim and flex.he
Dancing also tends 70 make the
ankles small and the lower legs
symmetrical. Swimming is an
other excellent aid.
To wear properly fitted shoes
Is most important of all. In walk.
in barefoot there is a normal,
flexible movement Of the sole, in
step and ankle so thatthe bal.
of the foot touches the ground
first, then the heel. This correct
method of walking keeps the
ankle muscles active and trim.
Properly-made street shoes have
flexible soles and permit an even
distribation of the weight of the
shoes that aids in the same
method Of walking.
Very high-heeled, improperly
balanced shoes or slippers, il worn
on the street habitually, will cause
the ankles to spread and grow
weak. They are equally bad for
the calves OF the legs and the in
steps. They even affect the shape
Of the knees, making them an
guiar and bumpy, and they are
believed to cause disturbances OF
the nerve center OF the spine. OF
course. on occasion, as dress
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
KEEPING THE
HOUSE CLEAN
An Acknowledged Expert i'm All
Matters Appertaining to House.
hold MANAGEMENT,
BY Loretto c. Lynch

nOt0 management.
A MAN who makes a bust.
A ness of renting furnished
\ n apartments asked me to
accompany. him the other day TO
select some cleaning equipment.
But why do, you bother fur
nishing cleaning equipment for
the tenant?" l asked him as he
drew forth rather detailed list.
Well" said the man, sit is to
my own advantage to provide the
necessary implements for clean
ing, for it is my experience that
where these are lacking, the
cleaning end is frequently neg.
lected.
Have you ever thought, Mrs.
Housewife, how much it costs you
at the end of any given time,
either in loss of health or in ex-
ira effort or in extra labor to
clean up a place that has been
neglected just because the proper
cleaning equipment was not al
ways on hand? A carpet or rug
that has been gone over at regu-
lar intervals with a first-class
vacuum cleaner seldom has to be
uprooted and sent off to be pro.
fessionally cleaned.
The handy dustpan and brush,
conveniently placed, saves that
bit from being ground into the
floor covering. The crumbs
quickly brushed up, lessons the
chance of Mr.. Mouse and his
cousins and his aunts Or Mr..
Roach and his friends looking
upon your home as a feeding
ground.
Then there Us the aluminium
sheet that sells for about twenty
five cents, which when placed
in water with "a teaspoon of
salt and teaspoon of baking
soda, by galvanic action, cleans
the most furnished silver in q
twinkling.
Are you placing on your table
furnished silverware just because
you lack the quick, easy ievlce
for cleaning it? All the bet<Er
shops are having spring sales.
Do you need cleaning equipment?
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

called out from the bedroom.
Santa Caus."
mot yet" said Harry, brought
back to earth again. Ego to sleep.
sonny"
From neighbor Sara had Sc
cured a small pine bough, and
Harry had fixed a little stand
and set it up, emblem OF .
Christmas. tree. On it he had
hung bits Of cotton fashioned into
shapes grotesquely like horses
and elephants. camels and bears.
There were no candy canes,
and no candies, no luscious lolly-
pops, no little toys that delight
the baby heart. AS he sat before
the puny branch he pictured the
opulence OF the store windows;
he wondered how those fathers
and mothers felt who could buy
what they wanted; he wondered
IL this boy OF his would follow the
path he had followed and suffer
the misery he had suffered.
And over ali the ache and the
pain there came the wonder about
sara: SuppoSe something had
happened to her. It was past.
midnight now and Sara had never
been 80 late before.
All sorts Of terrible pictures
fIoatsd before him. He saw her
everywhere save in the place
where she really was. And II he
had seen her there with Jimmy
Fitzgibbons the little light that
burned for him would have gone
out.
He was spared that. Strange
noises OF the tenements woke the
baby more than once each time
with the hungering cry Of Santa
Caus." And each time the man
said patiently, mot yet. sonny"
and hushed him to sleep.
But though Harry could not
visualize Sara, she could visual
lie him. There was an exultant
glow in her veins; the two bills
lay close to her heart. She was
hugging the woolly teddy bear in
arms that ached for the boy IN
the crib.
The time came to go; Jimmy
callsd for a taxi with the same
/ air Of grandeur that he had or
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
Angie Call Cheap Little in the Tenement
- Nth Commandment" Soon to Be Shown Here.

and turned up the threadbare col
lar, left the gas low and softly
closed the. door and started down
the stairs.
1t, was hard work tramping
. through the streets to the Mann
moth; it had been long time since.
he had done it, and the snow made
it harder. The name of the big
store was blazoned in electric
lights. but when Harry got to the
employees entrance he found lone
Waterman there.
He had been there when Harry
worked in the wrapping room.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

Hello, Harry?' he said. with
the friendliness Of Christmas Eve.
'wha. you doin' around here?"
II come to go home with sara."
said the man.
What's the idea? Amt, no one
here tonight
"she's been workin'," said
Harry.
Stores been shut since 8, "ssaid
the Waterman, except for the.
wagons takin' out things ~
You mean they amt no clerks
here
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
YOUR BEAUTY


, shoes, there is little or no harm in
wearing these high-heeled slip
pers If they are well made and
large enough to fit properly.
The proper mode of walking
will do as much for the symme-
try Of your ankles and knees and
the calves Of your legs as the
proper carriage of the neck and
spine does for the proper posture
of your neck, chin, shoulders
chest and abdomen.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

but my babies are gomez And
the poor little mother sobbed as
IL her heart would break. What
shall we do?"
Catch tho thief and punish
him." cried Red Tail Squirrel.
1T was Just about a week ago
heard Mrs. Robin complaining
about some one stealing her eggs.
She blamed me until 1 proved l
was innocent
"And only yesterday diseeNs-
cred two of my eggs were stolen
out of my nest" chirped Jenny
Wren. II iEept quiet abeut ii.
for felt the stiii-huRt plan weuid
soon bring the rebber to bay. But
now really and truly believe 1t
was either Red Tail Squirrel or
Chatty ChipmumlE.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

landings; he had never realized
how much effort it was to climb
stairs. When he opened the door
of the place he called home the boy
was still asleep. &.
He dropped into q chair; his feet
were wet; his soul. was crushed;
he had faced his bitter enemy, the
snow, and it had sent him back
beaten. Itewas as the doctor has
said: Death was ahead of him.; he
realized how weak he had grown
and he suddenly laughed aloud, a
terrible laugh.
The boy awoke: his piping voice
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
TELL THESE
AT DINNER !. :

Birds nesting strictly pro-
hibited," read the notice which
caught little Emily's eye. what
a shame"' she exclaimed indfg-
nantiy. Fancy not letting the
poor little birds build their nests
where they like!'
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
Do You Know

A train drawn by a single en-
CINE. recently brought 10000
bushels of grain over the Ca
madam Pacific lines. The train
was 900 mile long.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
(Screen Version Novelized.)
By Jane Mclean.

N ARA poised herself on the
RIM Of the great pool and
~ leaped into the water; the
walls shook with the noise of
handelappingI and the shouting
Of men and women.
Alta girlr' Jimmy's voice rose
above the tumult. fI didn't think
you had it in you'll
The manager and half dozen
walters dashed to the pool and
fished the dripping man and won-
IN out. Streams of water made
rivulets on the dancing floor, but
Max Pluto chung grinly to the
rubber leaf he had torn from the
fountain.
You can't get away with this
stuff here:'' the angry manager
said as the dripping couple sat
at Jimmy's table. here, show these
people outE'
'Wait q minutes' Jimmy was
on his feet; he knew the power
OF the big bin. Its only a little
fun" he said, slipping q hundred
dollar note into the managers
palm.
Il see-I see" said that gentle
man! 1Ha-ha! well il that's all It
It was-let 'em alone' He waved
the walters away. Jimmy was
left with his companions in glory;
the eyes of the room were upon
him.. he was a marked man. Some
woman nearby pointed him out
as q millionaire from the West.
The remark was balm to jim
my; he was in the seventh
heaven. I He thrust the second
bin into Sara's hands. "You take
this, kids you're a game little
sport, TIL tell the world
The girl bedraggled and shiv-
ering. went on with the comedy,
sYou're a good sport, too, Hmmy!'
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
This Dav IN History

THIS is the anniversary Of the discovery in 1926 d
Bela comet. It's period is trfle over six years
In 1916 it in two parts. Since 1852 it has not been
and is supposed to have broken up.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
mot since 6 o'clock. W
long" He vanished inside,
Where Was Sara?

Where was Sara II she hadn't
been working, and why had she,
come home to tell him especially
that she was working? .
He tried to think in vain. The
i idea that she could have gone
away on Christmas Eve to dance
and make merry never entered his
mind. He plodded back to the tene-
I nent: he would have to sit up and
wait for her. He leaned against
the balustrade on the various
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

THE next article will ..cdI with
walking as an exercise for your
figure.)
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

THE unusual story, "The Nth
Commandment" by Fannie Hurst
has been created into powerful
photo play by Cosmopolitan Pro.
dncfions-direef3on Of Frank BOr.
gage, scenario by Frances Marion.
IL viii be released as q Paramount
picture.)
The Washington times., 1923-02-28
By Maria Jeritza,

- NE Of my readers has asked
how she can acquire slim,
~ shapely ankles.
The Washington times., 1923-02-28

. HY are you grinning at
" me like that, sed Ma to Pa
last mite at the supper
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-14

Of the Ohio Miners Union and still
later president of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor He was something
of a power in politics, too, as he
demonstrated in more than one cam
paign He crossed the party lines
easily and always took group, with
him, and what is more usually landed
on the winning side. In 1913 he gave
notable service in the Ohio Patriotic
League, supporting for reelection
former Governor James M. Cox. Hav-
ing son in the service, he asserted
that every home where a service star
hung could well be a place of forma-
tion cf branch league.
Moore was one of the powers in
support of the recently defeated old
age pension bill and was no mean sup
porter of workmen's compensation in
the numerous battles over that prin-
ciple."
Stanley Ogg, of this city, seventh
vice president of the Ohio State Fed
Grafton of Labor, attended the funeral
services.