Decorah public opinion., March 15, 1922, Image 1

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STUDENTS’ UNION
CUNVENTION
Came to a ( lose at Luther College
Friday Evening With Singing
of Luther College Sixtieth
Anniversary Cantata
CONVENTION WAS
LARGELY ATTENDED
Declamatory Contest,' Debates and
Basket Ball Games Aroused
Much Interest.
The third annual convention of 'the
Lutheran Students’ Union came to a
close last Friday evening with the
singing of the Luther college Six- 1
tieth Anniversary Cantata, written
by Rev. Paul Koren with music by
Prof. Dahle for the sixtieth anni
versary' of Luther College last fall.
The convention was opened on
Wednesday morning by Rev. O.
Scriver Thorpe of the "University” ,
church in Minneapolis. Rev. Thorpe
preached a most inspiring sermon on
the convention theme, “Christian
-Consecration” following a test chos-J
en from John 12;26: “If any man
serve me, let him follow me.” Con
secration to the task of service in
the church was the key note of Rev. |
Thorpe's sermon, which was ably car- i
ried out by the speakers of the fol- 1
lowing days. |
Thursday morning Dr. G. M.'
Bruce addressed the convention on
ihe theme “The Meaning and the 1
Demands of Christian Consecration,” j
setting the back ground for the more
•detailed discussions of the following
day. Friday morning Prof. J. N.
Brown of the Canton Lutheran Nor
mal School spoke on “Christian Con
secration in Student Life” follower!
l>y a short discussion of the theme
by J. Melvin Moc of Luther College.
Hon. Lancelot A. Gordon, Assistant ;
Secretary of State for Wisconsin ;
spoke of Christian Consecration in •
Social Relations and was follower! by ;
Mr. Gunnar Peterson of St. Olaf 3
college who discussed the theme fur- ;
ther. The afternoon's program in- 3
mmtm ninit- ■■ bjilltiiw. * ***•■■>»» *
•of a Profession” by Rev. B. E. Berge- \
j-on of Zion Lutheran church, Min- 3
meapolis, Minn; a discussion of the 3
topic by Mr. Byron Nelson of Lu- 3
ther'Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.; and ;
“The Need of the Heathen World for ;
►Consecrated Leaders” by Dr. L. H. ;
Breadfladt of the Dept, of Patho- ;
logy of the John Hopkins University ;
.Medical College, Baltimore, Md. In ;
the evening Rev. C. K. Malmin of ;
Heion Minn., spoke on the :
need of Christian Consecration on ;
the foreign mission field anrl Prof.
C. M. Wes*wig of the Luther Theolo
gical Seminary r St. Paul, Minn.,
spoke on “The Glory of Consecrated
•Christian Life.”
So much that was instructive and
inspiring was sa : d in the speeches
that were delivered that it would be
quite impossible to give a resume
of them in one short article. The
college will probably print a report
of the convention in pfflnphlet form
which will be available for all who
may desire it. All that can be said
here is that there was an air of
genuine earnestness about the whole
convention which made a deep im
pression on all who had the pleasure
of attending the sessions and will
undoubtedly have a lasting influence
on those who were so fortunate as to
have been elected delegates.
Music for the various sessions was
furnished by Mrs. Helen Hjerleid
Johnson, Mrs. A. M. Rovelstad, Mrs.
1.. A. Moe, Sylfest P. Orwoll, the
Luther College Glee Club, and a
bass quartette composed of E. Tol
defsrud, Gunnar Malmin, S. Orwoll,
And Karl Sheel. The concert by the
Luther College Concert Bawl under
Professor Sperati on Wednesday eve
ning was undoubtedly oYie of the best
concerts the band has ever given in
Decorah. I
A‘s the business session of the
Union, Mr. Lester Pierson of the
Luther Seminary was elected presi
dent for the coming year, J. Melvin
Moe of Luther College was elected
vice-president, and Miss Constance
Weswig of St Olaf was eleceted
secretary. The treasurer of the bun
ion is a joint officer with the Na
tional Young Peoples’ Luther League.
The first and second days of the
N. I. C. A. Conference Tournament
were by contests in de
clamation and debate.
Tfhe declamatory contest was the
opening event of -the tourifament on
Tuesday. Eight entries from Clifton,
Gale, Luther Academy, Canton Nor
mal, Augustana College and Normal
School, Waldorf College, Luther Col
lege Preparatory, and Red Wing
Seminary took part in this event.
First place was given to Miss V.
Adelade Teslow of Minneapolis, re
presenting Gale College of Galesvilie,
Wis., second place went to Miss
Hilda Larsen of Inwood, lowa, re
presenting Canton Normal of Can
ten, So. Dak., thin! place went to
John Haugen of St. Paul, Minn., re
presenting the Luther Prep and hon
orable mention to Miss Olivia Berge
of Wallingford, lowa, representing
Waldorf College of Forest City,
lowa. Miss Teslow, who won the
gold medal and the plaque for her
school recited ‘‘St. John’s Fund” by
Homer Greene.
The debate held the following day
was the final of a series which has
been run off through the winter. In
Continued on page 7.
Vol. XXVIII.
Uctorul) public ©pinion.
JURORS DRAWN
FOR APRIL TERM
■\% Panel of Sixty Names for Jurv
* ervice Has Been Drawn for
< f - «he Next Term Opening
% April 10.
"V
HON. H. TAYLOR WILL
PRESIDING JUDGE
Twelve Names ’ Men Living in the
(City of Decorah Drawn in
The Panel.
The next term of the district court
for Winneshiek county will open in
Deoorah on Monday, April 10. HOll. |
I H. E. Taylor will be the presiding'
judge.
An unusually large panel, sixty
names, have been drawn for ‘the
coming term, as two murder cases
are on the docket, and the presump
tion is will be tried at the April
term.
The name of only one woman,
Tillie Juve, of Decorah second ward,
appears in the list of f>o names,
j The trial jurors drawn are sum
moned to appear on Tuesday, April i
11, at (hree o’clock p. m.
[ I—L. A. Ludden —„ Fremont
2P. Hammervold .....Fremont j
3 Henry Sellman Hesper
4 Henry Harvy .Hesper '
5 Henry Barth Hesper
6 K. Bjorgo Highland |
7 C. 0. Casterton Highland i
8 — Jens A. Traaen .Highland i
9 John D. McCauley Bluffton j
10— Carl Bo Ison Glenwood
11— 'Sander Anfinson Pleasantj
12 — Will Hanson Pleasant j
18—Sidney Ruth Pleasant i
14— Harry Stoskopf Pleasant
15— H. O. Tweet —Pleasant
16— Herbert Luhman Lincoln
17— Louie Beal Lincoln
18— Ole Chr sten ..Madison
19— M. J. Drew Madison
20— P. A. Ask Madison
21— G. O. Kvale Madison
22 F. J. Drew .Madison
23 Ed. Tc’stad . ...Deoorah
—Geo. Williams Decorah lsjt
26 T. H. Orvella Decorah 2d
27 — J. V. Strayer Decorah 2d
28— Juve Decorah 2d
29 Frank W. Arneson—Decorah 3d
30— Fred C. Lent Decorah 3d ;
31— C. R. Selland * Decorah 3d'
32 John McCall Decorah 4th
33 John Bollinger Decorah 4th j
34 A. M. Sherry - Decorah 4th
35 — Fred Amunrud Decorah sth
36 — E. C. Grant Decorah sth
37 Arthur Lee Glenwood
38— Joe Ryan Glenwood
39 E. A. Grimso Glenwood
•10 —Albert Rogen Glenwood
41— M. V. Kinkor .Sumner
42 Loesch Sumner!
43 0. A. Skor —.Calmer 1st 1
44 James C. Wagner Xalmar 2d
45 'Helmer Johnson .Springfield 1
46 Helmer Orvella" Springfield j
47 — Fritz Krogsund Frankvflle
48— Adolph Kurash —. Jackson
49 — Joe Kurash .....Jackson
50 — Leo Schneberger Washington Ist
51 — Peter H. Schmitt Washington 2d
52 Martin Meyer ...Washington 2d
53 Matt Hayek Washington 2d
54 Elias Meyer Washington 2d
55 Kittle KibteLson —Military
56 — Nick Hageman Military
57 John Collins Military
58 — Herman Bohr Military
59 — Knut Rogness Military
60— P. H. McManus —Bloomfield
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Unconscious Tribute to Higher
Education
Decrying too much education, an
Allamakee county farmer writes a
piece to the Waukon Journal and
( closes wi'.h the suggestion that the
farmers of his township arrange for
a meeting and “get a speaker.” an
I unconscious tribute he pays to high
er education, the very thing he is
censuring! It is the well educated
man he wants to hear speak. Where
does he think the educated speakers
would come from if we had no means
whereby our youth may become
educated? —New Hampton Gazette.
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Congressman Haugen has declared
himself strongly in favor of the Sol
diers Bonus bill. “I believe the
quicker the soldiers bonus bill is
passed the better,’ he sad, I
am opposed to a sale tax, .but
there are other ways in which the
J necessary funds may be raised. If
Canada can raise $85,000,000 as a
I starter for the relief of her boys,
I Uncle Sam should be able to do as
well; and if the government can pay
other war claims aggregating er.or-
I mous sums—some of which are mere
ly moral obligations—it can and
should pay the bonus.”
The man who would like to travel
but hasn’t the money can’t under
stand why those who have money
' ever stay at home.
After its too late to do him any
’ good, many a man discovers he has
1 made a business success and a hu
man failure.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1922
DRILLING FDRIUIL
TU START SUON
Head Driller Arrived From kan-as
Yesterday, and Machinery is
Being Set up on Bakke
No. 1 Lease.
EXPECT TO BE
DRILLING IN WEEK
People Are All Enthusiactic and Ev
erybody Anxious for the Drills
To Be Set in Operation.
James Beardmore, of Eldorado,
I Kansas, head driller for the Decorah
j Oil and Gas Company arrived in De
corah yesterday,to take up his work
in getting things in shape to start
drilling for oil on Bakke No. 1 lease.
All the heavy machinery which ar
rived last week has been moved to
the lease, and the company is now
laying water lines and stringing the
cable, and expect to be in operation
to drill the latter.part of the week.
The roads are getting fine and
large numbers have been visiting the
lease daily. The stockholders in the
company are all very enthusiastic
and buyers are visiting the offices
of the company in the Winneshiek
hotel building daily. A little stock
in this enterprise will be worth while
to any person.
Mr. Oscar Brown who has had
charge of the stock selling here can
be found at his office in the Winne
shiek and will be glad to give any
prospective purchaser all desired in
formation. The Decorah Oil and Gas
Company is going to prove one of the
biggest things opening up here in
years, and many progressive people
are behind it.
rauumcui x.-x-T’n
R. Alyger Elected President at Mcet-
The Decorah Commercial Club held
their annual election of officers last
Thursday evening. For the past two
years the club has been presided
over by President Geo. W. Johnson,
who made a very efficient officer anil
always worked hard for the best in
terests of the club, and he retires
with the distinction of having de
voted his very best efforts for thj
good of the club and city and this ,
thanks of many are due him.
The new president, Mr. Alyger, is
a man who has no political aspira
tions to entangle him, and lie takes
the reins of the club with a *free
hand to administer his very best ef
forts for the good of Decorah. He
is a gentieman well liked by every
body and one who will give a square
and the club is to be congratu
lated on electing him president.
Other officers elected were F. E.
Biermann and R. B. Bergeson, first
and second vice presidents respective
ly, W. F. Baker, treasurer and Atty.
J. A. Nelson, secretary. These latter
two officals were both re-elected. Mr.
Baker has been a very efficient
treasurer, and it goes without say
ing that Mr. Nelson has been a
ihigli class secretary. He has given
Local Committee Wants Names and Addresses
of Far mer Residents.
The publicity committee of the Winneshiek County Home Coyiing
desires "to secure the names and addresses of all former residents of the
county, in order that invitations may be sent to them to join in the big
home coming festival, August 7th to 13th.
The readers of this paper are urgently requested to send in the names
of relatives or friends to whom they desire invitations to be sent. Clip
out and use the blank below:
WINNESHIEK COUNTY HOME COMING COMMITTEE,
DECORAH, IOWA
Please send invitations to the Home Coming to the following former
residents of Winneshiek County:—
Name
Name
Name
Name
Mail or hand this blank to Winneshiek County Home Coming Com
mittee, Decorah, lowa, or to the editor of this paper, who will see that, it
reaches the proper officials.
inn Thursday Night.
Winnesheik County Home Coming
Address
Address
Address
Address
WILL VISIT DLD
HUME IN GERMANY
Messrs. Fred J. and Emil Rosenthal
Leave Latter Part of April on
Trip to Their Birthplace
The Province of
Posen, Ger
many.
WILL SAIL MAY 2
ON STEAMER “RESOLUTE”
Will he Accompanied by Wm. Kern,
Of Locust and George Wiest,
Of Fort Atkinson.
Messrs. Fred J. and Emil Rosen
thal, of Decorah, Wm. Kern, of Lo j
cust and George Wiest, of Fort At
kinson, have their plans all laid for
a trip to Europe.
The gentlemen will leave here the
last of April and sail on May 2 on
the steamer “Resolute”.
The Rosenthals were born in the
Province of Posen, Germany, and
this will be the first trip to their .birth
place since coming to the United
States. Fred J. Rosenthal came to
this country 40 years ago, and about
four years later his brother Emil
arrived, and they have never been
back to the old home. When Fred
J. came over in 1882 he left Ger
many on May 8 on the steamer Van
ilalia and was about 16 clays on the
water. Now the same trip can be
made in five or six days.
The gentlemen intend visiting the
principal places of interest in Ger
many, France, Switzerland and Po
land.
The Messrs. Rosenthal have two
sisters and two biothers in Germany.
The party will remain in Europe
until next August, sailing for home
on the eight, which will hardly give
the. i time Li makes ..eur “Homeeom
.iag CVlehration” here it nron-
Marriage This Afternoon
This Wednesday afternoon at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Glise in this city, will occur the mar
riage of Miss Gertrude A. Glise to
Mr. Theo. H. Emmons. The cere
mony will be performed by Dr. M.
Willett of the congregational church.
The attendants will be Miss EHa
Underbakke, bridesmaid and Mr.
Glen Reed best man. The bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Glise, Mr. Glise being one of the
prominent merchants of Burr Oak.
She is a young lady of grace and
refinement and possessed of a beauti
ful disposition which has won her
friends on every hand. The husband
of her choice is a son of Dr. and
Mrs. W. H. Emmons and is one of
Winneshiek county’s finest young
men, and held in the highest esteem
by everybody. The happy young
couple will be at home after April
1, at Burr Oak. Their host of
friends join with us in extending
most hearty congratulations and best
wishes.
much of his time to the work of
the club and made an ideal man for
the place, and his re-election was
unanimous and very satisfactory to
all members.
Yours truly,
WORK THECOUNTY
AGENT DOES
Some People Wonder Just What the
County Agent Does and What
He Puts in His Time At.
HAS STRENUOUS PROGRAM
ON EVERY WEEK
Total of Forty-Five Callers Re
ceived During Past Week, and
Forty Personal Letters
Written as Well.
Sometimes people wonder just what
the County Agent puts his time in
at and just what he is supposed to
do. A report of last week’s work
will undoubtedly give the public an
idea of the work of a county agent.
On Monday material was gotten
together for the Farm Bureau Ex- j
change which is published each!
month. This exchange was a six •
page, eighteen column issue, giving I
some details of the work of the
state federation, the marketing com
mittee, hints on different items of
fatm work.
On Tuesday a pruning demonstra
tion was put on a mile and a half
south of Ridgeway. On account of
the impassable roads the Agent went
on the train to Ridgeway and walk
ed to the place of meeting. Thirty
five people were present and ar
rangements were made to form two
spray rings, each composed of five
men and spiay materials were order
ed to take care of ten orchards as
well as the spraying equipment for
the two rings.
On Wednesday a meeting was held
in Washington township whore a
farmer had been having serious dif
ficulty with a disease in his flock uT
.. U if • - _
in regard to the control of the dis
ease had been sent to him about a
week beforehand and the disease was
well under control by the time the
meeting was called. Fifteen inter
ested farmers and poultry raisers at- (
tended this meeting. After lunch
another pruning demonstration was
conducted at a home two miles dig-j
tance. How, when, and why to,
spray and what materials to use was,
discussed as well as the value of
using certified potatoes for seed, j
About sixty-five people attended this
meeting.
On Thursday the Agent and Mrs. '
Dack were in Fremont township for|
the orchard and dress form work.
An all day community meeting with
sixty-five people present was held.
In the evening a community meeting
was held at Steen Henderson's in
Orleans township with an attendance
of between 150 and 200 people. A
general good time was enjoyed and
topics of interest to all were dis
cussed. Reverend Norman and Rev
erend Wells were present and gave
interesting addresses and two of the
schools of the township assisted in
making the program interesting.
On Friday pruning work was con
ducted at Orlando Bukkes in Frank
ville township and two dress forms
were made by the women present,
Mrs. Dack assisting in the work.
About forty-five people were present
and all went away feeling that the
day had been profitably spent.
On account of the conditions of the
roads the work was seriously handi
capped and transportation had to be
had by train, autos in a few cases,
buggies, spring wagons and lumber
wagons, but tne four days’ work re
sulted in the holding of six meetings
with a total attendance of four hun
dred people.
Saturday was a Jtrnsy day in the
office, having twenty callers, writ
ing fifteen letters, and addressing the
Farm Bureau Exchanges.
A total of forty-five callers were
received in the office during the week
and forty personal letters written as
well as three circular letters with a
total circulation of three hundred and
twenty-five letters, and the 1,500
Exchanges mailed out.
Arrangements were made with
twenty farmers to use certified saed
potatoes for a test plot this year.
I his ought to be a good demonstra
tion of the value of these potatoes
compared with the home grown.
Lots of people are worse off than
you are but that’s nothing for any
body to brag about.
When you get some'.hing for neth
ing, that’s what it is worth.
TWELVE PAGES
NO. II
EQUITY TD PUT
IN WIRELESS
i
St»>ck Shipping Association Planning
On Getting Daily Markets by
Wireless.
*
VOTED TO PUT
IN PLANT HERE
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W ill Get the Markets Every Morning
And Will Effect a Great
Saving in the Work.
The Decorah Equity Shipping As
sociation is planning on an up to the
minute market service for L'ecorah.
The society recently voted to install
a wireless outfit at the Rock Island
yards here to get the markets every
! morning. This service is becoming
very popular over the country just
I now, and it is said to be a very rea
sonable service also.
The installation of these outfits
cost in the neißihboihood of SIOO
we understand, and the operation
costs but very little after that.
The Equity besides getting the
markets every morning, will be able
to pick many other bits of news
off the w'ires and get it here while it
is hot. They say the workings of
the wireless is very simple and is
proving very effective wherever in
stalled.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORS ELECTED
135 \ oters Out Monday, Win. J*.
Hart and B. F. Lennon Elected.
The election of two directors fc
the Independent Sctf*ol District A
and C. O. Hagen, was held here Mon
day. The election didn’t resemble
some of the old time school elections,
as very few seemed to know that an
election was to ebheld, and with no
dyed in the wool candidates out
fighting for the job, no interest much
was shown. At that 135 votes were
cast, and 24 of them were spoiled,
which shows some folks don’t know
how to vote yet, a simple ballot like
-the school election ballot.
Messrs. Barfoot and Hagen, the
retiring directrs, were not candidates
this year, and the ballots appeared
without the names of any candidates,
and voters wiote the names in.
Messrs Halt and Lennon received
the majority of the votes and were
declared duly elected. How the vote
stood.
Wm. S. Hart —62
B. F. Lennon
Roy Tracy —29
|T. T. Henning - .36
Dr. A. F. Barfoot —-28
Mrs. R. Alyger 1
R. B. Bergeson 4
Mrs. •E. W. Cutting 1
Geo. Pfister 1
M. I). Wells 4
Prof. Gjerset 1
Prof. S. Reque 1
A. T. Holton 2
Ed. Grant 1
Chas. Johnson 2
E. J. Hook 1
l E. P. Willims 1
C. O. Hagen 1
Dr. A. E. Conrad 1
Wm. S. Hart is not the famous
movie 4 actor, but is just as good a
man in every way, and even better
looking. Mr. Hart has been a resi
dent of Decorah for about five years
i and resides in the first ward. He
came here from Mabel, Minn., where
he was a s*toek buyer. He was form
erly on the school board in Mabel.
Mr. Hart is an aggressive citizen
| and we believe will make a good
I member of the board. Everybody
knows Mr. Lennon, as he is one of
the piogressive young business men
of the city, a member of the imple
ment firm of Rf-ed and Lennon, and
will make a fine addition to the
school board.
I The board is now consituted as
follows: W. F. Baker, President;
Mrs. E. W. Cutting, H. M. Cuin
| mings, W. S. Hart and B. F. Lennon.
I One of the reti’ ng members, Mr.
Barfoot, was on the board for many
i years and has given much of his
I time to school interests, and made
a very good member.
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If “everybody picks” on you, you
deserve it.
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Probably nobody ever believed an
apology.
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The social swim is full of fish.