Decorah public opinion., February 22, 1922, Image 1

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VoL XXVUI.
OLE MARSH MEETS
JACK DEMPSEY
Not in the Ring, But in a Dining
Car Coming Out of Kansas
City Last Week.
FORMER DECORAH IAN AND
CHAMPION DINE TOGETHER
Douglas Fairbanks and His Wife
Mary Pickford Other Cele
breties on the Train, Ole
Hobnobbed With
In a letter to his brother, B. O.
Marsh, last week, Ole Marsh, man
ager of Marion Plestina, the world’s
great wrestler, who is coming to De
«o rah soon, writes from Chicago
about meeting the world’s champion
puglist, Jack Dempsey, Douglas
Fairbanks ami Mary Pickford on a
train coming out of Kansas City on
the 13th. We quote from Ole's let
ter as follows:
I had a hurry up call to Kan
sas City Sunday, so rushed down
there and back, w r as there only
ten hours. Yesterday morning
when I went into to the dining
oar there was only one seat
left at a two chair table, so the
conductor seated me in it, and
when I looked across the table
who was there but Jack Demp
sey. He was all through eating,
but said “hello Ole” and shook
hands and we had a dandy visit,
and he paid for my breakfast
and asked me into his car. He
liad a birth in the car ahedd of
mine, so went in there and sat
and talked until we reached Chi
cago. He went through to New’
York and only stopped a couple
of hours. Treated me fine. At
the depot he called me over and
introducd me to a lot of friends
of his who were at the train to
meet him. On the same train
were Douglas Fairbanks and
his wife, Mary Pickford. Doug
and I had a long talk and he
too sat down and talked a long
time with Dempsey and I. Demp
sey said the next time he train
er! in America for a fight he
wanted Marin Plestina and me
in his camp for a month.”
» Ole will be in De* -rah with his
champion wrestler, Plestina in a few
days, and Call Jensen the giant
Norseman, who Plestina will wrestle
will also arrive about the same time.
The match will take place at the
CARL JENSEN
Cram! opera house, Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 28. Ole also writes that
the fans will see some show and
not to lose any sleep about that.
Jensen weighs 225 and Plestina
220. Jensen is not only a great
wrestler, but also one of the world’s
strongest men. One of his stunts is
breaking horseshoes, which he does
with his bare hands. Before the
match he will give an exhibition in
this act.
This match is under the auspices
of the B. P. O. Elks of De
corah, and will be held at the Grand
Opera House Tuesday evening, Feb.
28th. Seats on sale at E. J. Par
man’s drug store now. Prices 50c,
75c and SI.OO, plus tax.
The match between Plestina and
Jensen will be a great one, besides
preliminaries will be put on between
some of the fastest amateurs in the
city.
Don’t miss this exhibition as it
will be the last time you will see
Plestina in this country for some
time, as he leaves for Europe in the
spring.
Ladies are especially invited to
attend this exhibition.
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Hkcoral) Public Opinion.
CHAS. RAWSON
«. S. SENATOR
\ Pointed Friday by Gov. Kendall to
~ceed Senator Kenyon Who
Has Resigned.
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WILL St- *V/ UNTIL
SI IS ELECTED
New Senator HaA Chairman of
The Republican ..e Central
Committee of lowa
Since 1912.
Gov. N. E. Kendall, on Friday,
appointed Charles A. Rawson, of
Des Moines as United States Senator
to succeed Senator W. S. Kenyon,
who resigned to accept the judge
ship of the Eighth district circuit
court, made vacant recently by the
death of Judge Walter Smith, of
Council Bluffs. Senator Kenyon was
elected to the senate in 1911 and
filled the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Jonathan P. DolLi
ver. He was re-elected in 1914 and
again in 1918.
Mr. Rawson, it is understood will
serve only until a successor is elect
ed at the general election in Novem
ber. He will start serving immedi
ately.
Mr. Rawson was torn in Des
Moines May 29, 1867. His business
besides politics, is the manufacture
of bricks and tiling, with many side
lines. He is president of the lowa
Pipe and Tile company of Des
Moines, the Eldora Pipe and Tile
company, a director of the Teeter
Manufacturing company, vice presi
dent of the Des Moines Brick and
Tile company, director of the De»
Moines National bank and serves as
director of half a dozen Insurance
companies and trust companies.
Rawson Makes Statement
“I accept Governor Kendall’s ap
pointment with a keen appreciation
of the responsibility it involves. Sen
ator Kenyon and I have been inti
mate friends since boyhood aiul I
have watched with approval his
course in the senate. It will be my
ambition to carry on his work and
to justify the honor which Governor
Kendall has conferred upon me.
. “lowa is essentially an agricul
tural state and there can be no real
prosperity until farm products can
be ryarketed at a profit. I intend to
co-operate with the senatorial forces
which have for the past year been
active for agricultural relief.
“I want to do what I can to help
the farmer and wage earner of lowa
and to see that the service men are
compensated for their services and
sacrifices. I pledge myself to re
member that the citizenship of the
whole state of lowa is my constitu
ency. I will not be a candidate at
the June primary for the office to
which I have been appointed.
“THE LOUD GOD ALMIGHTY”
It goes without the saying that
lowa has had more bank robberies
during the past three years than any
other two states -in the union. The
biggest mail robbery in the whole his
tory of such crimes was staged at
Council Bluffs since the crime bliz
zard broke over the Hawkeye state.
Five or six men are now awaiting
hanging for committing revolting
murders within our borders and prac
tically every district court in the
state has a killer or a robber on trial
or awaiting the slow movements of
justice, quotes the Knoxville Journal.
And yet the Des Moines Register,
under head of “lowa Criminals Not
So Bad,” quotes Mr. C. J. Robb of
the Burns Detective afeency as say
ing in a recent Des Moines interview
that the “most recent crimes com
mitted in lowa were of a petty na
ture.”
That makes us feel lik exclaim
ing with the od negro woman when
a free thinker told her that hell and
the devil were all in the imagination.
Her reply was: “Lord God a’mighty
man, where you been ”
When the Rolfe Arrow “sees a
bareheaded woman with flopping ga
loshes going down the streets, we
wonder if some of our modem
women are forgetting to protect thoir
brains and using ever}’ possible
means to attract attention to their
pedal extremities. We wish that
some of the women who are using
those floppers might get a rear view
of themselves. They look like—well
rather slouchy.’’
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DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1922
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RE A BOOSTER FOR
ABETTER DECORAH
Renew Your Membership in Ihe Com
mercial Club Next Friday,
Feb. 24.
COMMITTEES WILL
CANVASS FRIDAY
Make the Hub For 1922 a Bigger
and Better One Than Ever Before*
In Its History.
Next Friday morning at 9:30 a
number of committees will canvass
the business section of Decorah in
the annual! membership drive for
members for the Decorah Commer
cial Club.
The club now numbers nearly 300
and it is the hope of the committees
to put the membership well over
400. A Commercial Club, which is
active, ami no can say but what
Decorah’s is a distinct asset to any
community. A perusual of some of
the activities of the club can be
found in a large advertisement on
another page of this paper. Look it
up and read it, also the financial
expenditures.
The club has planned numerous
things for the good of Decorah this
year, and Tf is up to every business
man to be a member of this organi
zation. Remember it is for your
good as well as for your neighbors.
The dues are $lO a year and
when the committee calls ljave your
money ready and join cheerfully this
progressive organization of boosting
citizens of the best town in the con
fines of the U. S.—Decorah.
Haugen Will Have Clear Sailing
Congressman Haugen will be a
candidate for re-election and his
thousands of friends in the district
will be more than pleased to sup
port him again. He has held thedr
confidence and has done the right
thing always. The Clear I>ake Mir
ror speaks of him in the following:
“Congressman Gilbert N. Haugen
will be a candidate for re-election
and the Republicans of this district
vecognizing his pre-eminent position
in congress, will give him a unani
mous endorsement in the June pri
maries. This is as it should be. Mr.
Haugen is the dean of the lowa
delegation and in service one of the
oldest members of congress. His
continuous retention in Congress
has given him a wide acquaintance
ami prestige that makes him >a
valued member of the nation’s law
making body. His advancement to
the chairmanship of the Agricultural
Committee, one of the most import
ant committees, establishes his rank
and standing with his felloyv co
workers and this district and state
( could ill afford to dispense with his
services and commanding position
and influence he has acquired in
congress and in the nation”.
“DECORIANS COME HOME”
Again, rings out o’er hill mid lea.
The call, “Decorums come home.”
The message floats from sea to sea,
“Decorah girls and boys come home.”
In tears we bravely said good-by.
Then kept the home tires bright for you.
And now glad joy supplant the sigh.
You’re coming home— ves, ws, ’tis true
Come home and tell us all our joys,
Your sorrows—yes, we’ll share them, too,
You’ve hosts of friends, but you know, boys,
That no one cares as home folks do.
Come home our old dunn corps to greet,
That thrilling sound of fife and drum
Remains with us a memory sweet,
And now again they come, they come.
You’ll surely come, a mighty throng,
It you love us as we love you;
Our hills will join our welcome song,
Old Glory wave a welcome, too.
Come Home!
—All Decorah.
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DECORAH BOYS
TO WEST POINT
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Congressman Haugen Has Named
Several Decorah Young Mon For
West Jfoint and Annapolis.
HAUGEN URGED
FOR THE SENATE
Has Declined the Honors and Feels
His Services Will be of Greater
Value in the House.
When the Hon. William S. Kenyon
resigned from the Senarte recently
Congressman Gilbert N. Haugen was
bombarded with letters and tele
grams urging him to become a can
didate for the vacancy. In spite of
the fact that the location of his
residence in the state, his attitude
on certain vital questions, ami his
long experience in Congress would, it
is believed have made his election
certain, Mr. Haugen declined to per
mit his name to be used on the
ground that his position as Chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture en
ables him, by pushing legislation
helpful to farmers, to be of greater
service to his constituents in the
House than he could be in the Sen
ate.
A bill providing a method for
stabilizing the prices of farm pro
duucts will 1 be prepared ami present
ed to Congress at as early a date as
possible" by the Committee on Agri
culture, which concluded last week
the hearings it had been conducting
on that subject.
Hearings were held last week by
the Committee on Agriculture on the
so called Game Refuge Bill, which
has for its objects the establishment
of public shooting grounds, the
maintenance of game refuges and
breeding places, the protection of
migratory birds, and requiring a
Federal license for hunting them.
As the result of competitive exam
inations conducted under the suner
vision of the Civil Service Commis
sion, Congressman Haugen has nam
ed the following young men to take
the examinations for West Point and
Annapolis:—For West Point, Warren
R. Price, of Decorah, as principal,
and Arthur Thomas Forson, of West
Union, and Robert S. Rinard, of Ma
son City,- as first and second alter
nates respectively. For Annapolis,
Lewis G. Tiffany, as principal, and
Ed C. Griffith, Richard H. Zahn, and
Sam Garfin, Jr., all of Mason City,
as alternates in the order named,
also Carl W. Anderson of Waukon,
as principal, and the following in the
order named as alternates, Calvin C.
Young, of Lawler, Frank C. Lomas,
of Cresco, Roscoe W. Barbour, also
Olaf Viste, of Decorah, as principal,
ami Donald C. Brown, of Rockford,
Haroild I. Nesheim, of Decorah, For
est P. Cavanaugh of Rockford, alt
ernates, also David C. Maddy, prin
cipal and Clyde M. Erickson, For
rest G. Newman and John M. GruJ»b,
all of Mason City, as alternates.
By \ iola Coleman-Toye
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STUDENTS UNION
IN BIG MEET
Declamatory and Debating Tourna
ment to be Held at Luther
College March 7 to 10th.
SUITABLE TROPHIES
WILL BE PROVIDED
Most Noteworthy Trophy to he
Awarded Will be the Luther
t College Cup.
Announcement is made below of
the piogram for the Lutheran Stu
dents’ Union Convention and Inter-
Academy Basket Ball, Declamatory,
and Debating Tournament to be held
at Luther College on March 7-10th,
1922.
The Students’ Union is a religious
organization exisiting among the 20
odd schools owned or controlled by
the Norwegian Lutheran church of
America. All or nearly all of these
schools will have delegates at this
convention. The convention is being
held at Luther College this year in
honor of the sixieth anniversary of
the college.
The Inter-Academy Tournament is
to some extent an innovation among
the schools participating. A basket
ball tournament was held at St. Olaf
college last year in which the schools
invited to Luther this year partici
pated, but to this single feature have
been added championships in debate
ami declamation.
Suitable trophies will be piovided
in all the events. The most note
worthy trophy which will be award
ed will be the “Luther College Cup”
a sterling silver loving cup, eleven
inches high, presented by the Lu
ther College Alumni located in North
Dakota. This trophy will be awarded
annually to the school winning the
championship in basket ball and will
became the property of the school
which is able to win it three years
in succession. Silver plaques will
be awarded to the champions in de
bate and declamation. Small indivi
dual medals will be awarded the win
ners in each fieild.
l'rogram of Convention and
Conference
(Tentative)
Tuesday, March 74h
10:00 A. M.—Organization Meet
ing Faculty Representative (Import
ant)
11:00 A. M.—Drawing for places
in Tournament.
1:00 P. M.—Basket ball Prelimin
aries.
8:00 P. M.—Final Inter-Academy
Declamatory Contest.
Wednesday, March Bth
10:00 A. M. Students’ Union Con
vent urn.
1:15 P. M.—Final Inter-Academy
Debate.
B:oo—Basketball Semi Finals
(Winner Series)
o:oo—Dinner Loyalty Halil, Faculty
Representatives, visiting pastors,
special guests.
B:oo—Concert Luther College Con
cert Band and Chorus Cantata. Mix
ed Chorus.
Thursday, March 9th
9:30 A. M.—Students' Union Con
vention.
1:15 P. M.—Post Final Debate
3:00 —Basket hall Semi Final (Al
so Turning Exhibition)
B:oo—Basketball Finals (Ailso
Turning Exhibition)
9:15 —Presentation Trophies and
Medals.
9:3o—Social Gathering, Joint Ses
sion. All visitors, invited guests.
(L. C. Sunday Association and
Young Peoples’ Societies)
Friday, March 10th
9:30 A. M. —Students’ Union Con
vention.
2:00 P. M.—(Note: This entire day
in closing given over to the Students’
Union Convention. See complete
program, January 24th issue, Luth
eran Church Herald.)
The Slow Pay Crowd
Retail merchants in many places
often remark that the people who
give them the most trouble in col
lections are not the ones who have
limited means. In one town where
the railroad track divides the com
munity, those on one side are sup
posed to have the more wealth. But
the business men of the place have
said they would rather extend credit
to a family in the section where the
ordinary folks live, than to one in
the wealthier district.
People who get in the habit of
spending money freely, are often
careless as to their financial stand
ing. They may be solvent, yet
their money may be so tied up that
they are short of ready cash. As
expectations are frequently disap
pointed, such folks often get beyond
their depth.
People of limited means are apt
to figure their expenses ar.d income
carefully. Many such families be-
Hves in cash payments, and wish
that the credit habit could be cut
out, so that they would not have to
be assessed for the losses caused by
the slow pay crowd.
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NEW MARKET
OPENS SATURDAY
Handsome New Building of llolm
herg A. Erickson , Ready for Oc
cupancy This Week.
MODERN STRUCTURE
IN EYFRY RESPECT
Interior All in White, With New and
Modern Equipment Throughout.
Credit to Community.
Hohnborg & Erickson, the East
end butchers are moving into their
handsome new business house this
week, the building now being com
plete for their occupancy. The build
ing was erected one door west of
their present quarters, and is one of
the handsome additions to our busi
ness houses.
The building was erected by con
tractor Albert Austad ami reflects
great credit on Mr. Austad as a
contractor who knows how to erect
fine, substantial buildings.
It is two stories, with a fine,
modem basement, built out of
ami brick of a handsome biown tex
ture. The second story is a modem
up-to-date flat of some seven or
eight rooms, with every convenience.
The building is 22 feet wide ami
90 feej long, the lot being 114 feet.
The interior of the buJlding is paint
ed white, and the floor is of white
cement tile. The salesroom has a
space of 20 feet from the door to
the counter.
The building has an up-to-date hot
water system throughout, and is
electric lighted with the most mod
ern fixtures.
An overhead cooler system is used
anti everything Is most sanitary.
In the rear of the salesroom- a
big spacious sausage room is equipp
ed with all modern conveniences.
In the basement there ure three
cooler rooms. One is the chill room,
( where •.]»«? meat is put ».fty take'-,
from the slaughter house, .tnd kept
for about a day to get the animal
heat out, then it is taken to the
cold storage or freezer room, which
has a capacity of 25 head of beef,
besides room for hogs and veal.
The pickle room is also in the
basement and here all pork will be
pickled the firm will make their
own hams and bacon.
Taken all in all the building is
one of the finest in the city and
Holmberg & Erickson are to be
congratulated on their progressive
ness in erecting the fine structure.
The building cost SIO,OOO and the
fixtures etc. will bring the invest
ment up to around $25,000.
Local firms connected with the
construction were: Contractor, Al
bert Austad; plumbing and heating,
Peter Johnson & Sons: electric-lights, •
T. M. Halvorson of the Delco Light
Co.; painting, Albert Stevens; ce
ment work, Fred Carlson; brick
work, Geo. Schulze.
Holmberg & Erickson located in
Decorah in July, 1919, and have en
joyed a constantly growing business
since opening up here. They are
progressive, up-to-date business men,
and are to be congratulated on oc
cupying this handsome business
home. *
A special opening sale will be put
on Saturday, besides souvenirs in
the shape of flour sifters and also
carnations will be given away.
lowa Jobless Exceed 50,000 Kport
The year 1922 opened for lowa
with many manufacturing plants
closed for inventory purposes, but the
latter half of January has witnessed
the reopening of a number of them.
Employment in manufacturing lines
is figured at 55.7 per cent normal,
according to the monthly report of
the department of labor received in
Dubuque Friday.
It 'is estimated by the federal
statisticians that approximately
0,000 men are unemployed 'in Des
Moines, lowa, and that the total
indications of improvement in this
condition during February and early
March.
“Babies should not be considered
good excuses for women not serving
on juries, but as good reasons,” de
clares the Sioux City Journal.
The Mason City Globe-Gazette says
“the main thing that ’.stricks in the
craw of the wets is the fact that
they are so infernally dry.”
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