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DOLLAR DAY SALES OPEN HERE NEXT FRIDAY.
SIXTEEN PAGES
Vol. XXVIII.
HAS INTERESTS
IN MONTANA MINE
Dr. John Symonds, Former Decorah
ian, Interested in Glengary Min
ing Co. in Montana.
PRODUCING COPPER
GOLD AND SILVER
Mine Located 65 Miles From Rail*
road. The Doctor Made Trip
To Mine on Horseback
And Skis in Feb
ruary.
Dr. John Symonds, a former well
known Decorah boy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Symonds, of West De
corah, arrived Saturday from Miles
City, Mont, on a visit to his par
ents and many old friends here.
Mr. Symonds is a dentist and has
been located in Miles City for 12
years. He is also interested in min
ing, being connected with the Glen-
gar yj Mining Company? a company
which has copper, gold and silver in
terests in Montana. They have 77,
©OO tons blocked out now, which
average $95 a ton. They have
tunnel in 1400 feet and are in 155
feet of solid low grade ore. The
mine is about six miles north of
Cook City, Montana and 65 miles
from a railroad, but a road is going
to be built to the mines from Colum
bus, Mont.
On Feb. 22, Mr. Symonds and an
other gentleman started out on a
perilous trip on horseback and skis
which consumed four days to reach
■the mine. Two days were spent on
horseback and two days on skis. The
snow was six feet deep in some
places and four in most of the places.
They got lost in a snowstorm one
day. Ranger stations are situated
about 23 miles apart. They got lost
between the Cook City and Soda
Butte ranger stations. They were
lost for about two hours and had
about concluded that they would have
to stay out all night, but they fol
lowed their trail back to a timber
tract, and had to feel their way
practically every foot of it, and they
*~hllv encountered one of the ranger
.stations.
Mr. Symonds says the country out
their abound with elks, mountain
sheep and buffalo, and they are a
pretty sight to see.
Mr. Symonds has been interesting
some of his friends here in the Mon
tana mining proposition.
The Mining Journal, published an
London, England says the Glengary
Mining Co. has decided to erect a
laige smelter at Laurel, Montana, a
town on the line of the Northern
Pacific for the treatment of the ores
of the Cooke City district. The
smelter is to be built on the unit
system, and the first unit is. to be
of 1000 tons capacity daily. -As
the mines capacity increases, addi
tional units will be added to the
reduction and smelting plant, lhe
equipment will be of the most mo
dern type, constructed according to
specifications involving the use of
electric currents in separating the
metal from the dross or residue. The
Glengary Mining Co. has a capitaliza
tion of .$1,500,000. The company
claims show rich in copper, gold,
silver and lead, and it is said that
better than $2,600,000 worth of ore
is exposed and cross-sectioned on the
property. The Glengary has exposed
two mammoth views of copper, si -
ver, gold and lead, which nm Per
pendicularly into the earth. The ex
posure of the ore on the surface is
15 to 20 feet across, but evidently
increases in size as it goes further
into the ground. This as shown by the
fact that, aVtheugh the tunnel v jY* s
been run 150 feet into the ore body,
the vein has not been. passed
through. How thick the vein is at
that point is unknown. Some enth
usiasts declare that the City
district will in time develop mto the
richest mining district in the whole
country.”
_ Death of Stener Lee
Stener H. Lee passed away Satur
day at his home in Curtin’s addi
tion, his death being due to Chronic
Brights disease, after onl> a
day’s illness. The deceased was born
in lowa Jan. 18, 1862, and was 60
\ ears old when death claimed him-
The family home was in Springfield
Twp. many years, they moving '
, Decorah about two years ago. He
survived by his wife two sons and a
/ daughter. Dr. Henry M. Dee. -1-
I neapolis and Miller Lee of Waterloo
and a .laughter Eleoove. He »• “
| .arrived by two brother, and fou
Stera. He waa a man of h.gh
ideals and enjoyed the respect of
everybody. He was an
isen'in every way and will he
misted. The funeral was held -1
, n ev . Glesne offie.ated at the
home and the remains were taken t<
Springfield where Rev. Quammen of.
hcaiated and interment tooa place.
justice is go ng to be an expensive
commodity if mixed juries tha. fad
to arrive at a verdict make it nee
e.,ary to try cases two or .
times.
Ukcoroh Public ©pinion.
ROBINS TO TALK
ON NEW SUBJECT
<c
“\ Limitation of Armaments and
t f ‘ y ’awry of War, or World
\ -uptcy Which?”
He Given by
Tomor
-1
ADMISSION WIL
BE G. / 75 CENTS
A Packed House Should* Greet This
Popular Lecturer. His Sub
ject Will be Interesting.
The following extracts from a let
ter received on Sunday from Ray
mond Robins, who is to lecture at
the grand opera house on Thursday,
April 6, are self explanatory.
“I write to suggest the change
from the subject “ Civic Corruption
and the Way Out” to that of “World
■Limitation of Armament ami the
Outlawry of War, or World Bank
ruptcy—Which ?”
“In the twenty years of my public
speaking I have never spoken before
upon any subject that has interested
my audiences so greatly nor that had
so immediate an application to cur
rent events.
“I have just returned from a
series of engagements in the South
west. I spoke on this theme in Kan
sas, Oklahoma, and at Dallas, Texas,
and before the Knife and Fork Club
of Kansas City last Tuesday night.
“If you change your topic to this
one, I will guarantee that the change
will be approved by the audience and
your judgment at the conclusion of
ithe lecture.
“I will of course abide by yout
final determination, of which you will
advise me on my arrival at Decorah.
“I quote from a letter received
this morning from the Civic Federa
tion of Dallas, under whose auspices
I spoke in that city: ‘You made a
most profound impression on our peo
ple. Never have we had before such
universal response, personally and by
phone and by letter. The Dallas
Open Forum has been set on the
highest plane it has yet occupied in
the public mind by your masterly
address.V "
In view of these circumstances, the
committee has decided to accept the
subject preferred by Mr. Robins.
The lecture will begin at 7:15, in
stead of 8 o’clock.
. The Committee.
THE CANDIDATES ARE OUT
Nomination Papers Being Taken Out
By Candidates for County
Offices.
Four Supervisors to be Elected Be
sides All Other County
Officers.
Politics have been rather quite in
Winneshiek this spring until the past
few days wthen various candidates
have signified their intention to run.
Four supervisors are to be elected
this year, and we understand the
four present officials, Martin Bergan,
first district, Joseph Bockmann, sec
ond district, C. J. Burgess, third dis
trict and E. F. Bakken, fifth district
will be candidates again. They have
made mighty good officials and their
candidacy will be received with favor
by their constituents.
Other candidates, who we under
stand, have taken out nomination pa
pers are Clerk of Courts S. J. Moore,
Auditor Oscar Winger, Treasurer C.
P. Seim, Recorder Albert Hammers
ness, County Attorney J. A. Nelson.
Sheriff Ellingson has not taken out
any papers yet, and whether or not
he will be a candidate, we do not
know.
Ole Burreson, the hog buyer, has
been approached to become a candi
date for sheriff, but he has not de
cided yet whether to be a candidate
or not.
The above officials are men who
have given the county high class
service. Each and every one of them
have given the best of satisfaction
and are popular with everybody in
the county.
Editor Elected Mayor Ossia.i
Editor T. F. Schmitz of the Ossian
Bee was elected mayor of Ossian
last week. His opponent was A. C.
Heck, former editor of the Bee.
Schmitz won out by a big majority,
receiving 118 votes to Heck s 31. 3 he
Bee says: There was no campaign
issue except: .“defeat the young men
or they will install a sy
stem and* pave the streets.’’ That
was the issue of those who can well
afford to pay for enjoying the conven
iences of life.
Another thing that causes a chick
en to cross the road i 3 a show win
dow with a good mirror in it.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5,1922
DOLLAR DAYS
ON THIS WEEK
Live Merchants of Decorah Putting
On The Biggest And Best
Bargains in Years.
ON NEXT FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
Scores of Bargain Ads Will be
Found in This Issue of
Public Opinion.
Next Friday and Saturday, April
7 and 8 promise to be red letter days
tin Decorah, when the big Dol’ar Days
bargains will be offered to the peo
ple of this section.
The columns of Public Opinion are
teeming o.':er with fine advertise
ments our live merchants of
fering the biggest and best bargains
in years. Don’t miss one of the
advertisements, printed in the six
teen pages of this paper. Every
ad has a message that will be of
interest to you. Remember the sales
open Friday morning and continue
until Saturday night. Read tjte ads
and profit thereby. Everything
points to immense crowds being in
Deco rah Friday and Saturday, so be
on hand early and get your share of
the wondeiful offerings.
W. M. Hughes, of Mason City, has
entered the race for congress in the
fourth district, as has also L. J.
Kehoe, of Riceville. They will make
the race againsl Congressman Hau
gen, who is a candidate for the re
nomination.
A gentleman named Ontjes, an at
torney at Mason City, paid Waukon
a brief visit last week and inter
viewed some of the Republican lead
ers here as to what support he might
expect in case he decided to become
a contestant of Congressman Haugen
at the coming primary election. He
was taking a trip through the district
to see if there was any'desire to re
tire Mr. Haugen at this time. Mr.
Ontjes will certainly be deemed a
courageous young man if he tackles
the job of beating Gilbert. We see
it announced that L. J. Kehoe, an
other attorney, who hails from Rice
ville in Mitchell county, aspires to
the nomination alse, but whether as
a Democrat or Republican, is not
stated.—Waukon Democrat.
“Everybody ought to be , glad to
contribute something. But it seems
that there are those who object to
paying a few cents in sales tax or
otherwise to help the boys. A bonus
cannot be allotted to the soldiers un
less the people put up the money to
pay it,” ;ays the Monticello Express.
“Those who kick absolutely on any
contribution have cooled off decidedly
since the* time when the boys were
promised much when they marches
away to war. Let us keep our prom
ise. Let us show a willingness to
meet our share of the necessary cost.
The Carroll Herald asks, “Doesn’t
it make one tired to hear some slick
slob who stayed home and made
money during the war accuse the
soldier boys of wanting to “capitalize
their patriotism’’ in live request for
a bonus?”
A man’s wife may place burnt
offerings before him, 4 but that's no
sign that she worships him.
rr . vr.-v-.-. 0
Three in Field for Congress
Wants to Run Against Haugen
ANOTHER PARK
FOR DECORAH
Wills of the Late George and Anna
Marie Phelps Gives SIO,OOO
For This Purpose.
MATTER IS NOW
UNDER CONSIDERATION
Attorney E. R. Acres Explained the
Proposition Before Commercial
Club on Monday.
Prospects are now that Decorah
will have another fine park to be
called the “Phelps Park,” as SIO,OOO
is available for this purpose by the
wills of the late George Phelps and
wife. Aftty. E. R. Acres was the
Phelps estate attorney here, and he
explained the provisions of the will
before members of the Commerical
Club at the Monday luncheon at the
Winneshiek, in the following:
To the Gentlemen of the Commercial
Club of Decorah, lowa:
George Phelps died in CheLtingiiam,
England, November 7th, 1907 leaving
a last will dated July 20th, 1906,
which was probated in the District
Court of Winneshiek County, lowa,
February, 1908, by the terms of
which he devised an income from
certain real estate in St. Paul, Min
nesota, in trust to Charles J. Weiser
of Decorah, lowa, said trust to con
tinue during the life of Charles J.
Weiser and his youngest son, there
after to continue in the Phelps ceme
tery, a corporation of the State of
lowa. The will provides that the
trustee shall set aside $500.00 per
year until the sum shall aggregate
$5,000.00 and directs the trustee to
pay the $5,000.00 to the city of De
corah, lowa, if at the expiration of
fifteen years after the death of
George Phelps the city shall have
established a park to be known as
the Phelps Park upon condition as
follows:.
The authorities of the city of De
corah, lowa, shall acquire for park
purposes grounds adjacent to and in
the vicinity of the Phelps cemetery,
said grounds so acquired to become
and remain a public playground for
the citizens of Decorah, lowa, and
designated ‘‘Phelps Park” within fif
teen years from the date of my death
provided the same shall cost SIO,OOO
or less. In case the park is estab
lished the trustee is directed to pay
one-half of the cost-of said park and
to pay to the city of Decorah the
sum of $500.00 each year toward
the maintenance and care of said
park. The income from the St. Paul
property is the rent therefrom on a
99 year lease about 80 of which has
expired.
You will note the clause for estab
lishing a park says, “Adjacent to or
in the Vicinity of the Phelps Ceme
tery”. Adjacent to and in the vic
inity of the Phelps Cemetery means
just what it says.
Anna Marie Phelps, wife of George
Phelps died in Cheltingham, England,
and left an American will which
has also been probated in this court.
By the terms of which she bequeath
ed $500.00 to supplement the amount
bequeathed by George Phelps.
Hence if the city of Decorah will
establish a park adjacent to or in the
vicinity of the Phelps cemetery cost
ing $10,000.00 before November 7th,
1922, it will be refunded to the city
from the two estates and the city
will receive from the tnistee of
George Phelps $500.00 a year for
the maintenance of the park. The
park will come under the manage
ment of the Park Commissioners of
this city.
DISTRICT COURT MONDAY
Judge Taylor Will Open The April
Term Here Next Week.
The April term of the district
court will open here next Monday
with Hon. Judge Taylor on the bench.
The causes noted for trial are the
State Vs. Claire E. McKinney, R.
F. Dewey vs. Fayette County, lowa,
(change of venue), Gust Sheggrud
vs. Ruth Wood, Conrad & Kuhn vs.
Morris Meyer (appeal from J. P.
Court), Morris Meyer vs. Dr. A. E.
Cotua<l, E. W. Cutting vs. Karoline
Kippe, et al, E. W. CuttiTig vs. J.
J. Daly, F. H. Nagel vs. Wm. Lar
son, Nels Nelson vs. Gunder Tinder
holt, Spring Giove Lumber Co. vs.
J. C. Macinerny.
Whether the murder trials of Mat;
Dotseth and B. F. Kneeskem will
come up at this term we are not
prepared to say, and whether or not
they will will not be known until
court opens. The probability is that
these trials will come on.
It may be true that worry kills
more people than work, but it’s pro
bably because more people worry’
than work!
Your bank account will give you
exactly what you saved. Your life
insurance policy will give you exactly
what you intended to save.
LOOK OVER THE BIG BARGAINS
WIRELESS RADIO
WORKING FINE
T. M. Hnlvorson Has His Wireless
Working and Friends Have En
joyed Concerts From
Chicago.
CREATING LOTS
Speeches, Concerts, Etc. Can be
Heard From a Distance of
500 Miles.
T. M. Halvorson, the Delco light
man, has his Amrad Wireless Radio
Phone in working order now, and had
it connected up Monday night, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Mott, who also have a wireless out
fit.
The writer had the pleasure! of
listening in on the wires at the Mott
home Monday evening, and excellent
concert singing in Chicago was dis
tinctly carried into the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Mott, which proved most
delightful. The orchestra and sing
ing could be heard as distinct as if
the singers were right in the room.
In a few days Mr. Halvorson expects
to pick out any broadcasting station
within a radius of 500 miles. He will
also sell these Radio Phones in De
co i ah.
The spectacular development of the
wireless telephone commands more
serious attention than any discovery
within the recollection of the present
generation. That it is bound to prove
the greatest civilizing influence of
the century theie can be no doubt.
It will far outstrip the talbing ma
chine and even the motion picture
because its potentiality lies nearer
to the root of things. When the
American farmer can be brought into
conversational contact'with the le
motest part of his country things
are going to move. What is to hap
pen to the local band when the boys
and girls of every town and hamlet
dance to the music of the world’s
greatest master of the jazz broad
casted from a central point. Business
men will do well to give serious and
immediate thought to this new de-j
velopment. Already the effect of the j
wireless is being felt in the talking
machince industry. True human na
ture likes to pick concert to its own
liking, to “put on” the record that
pleases for the moment, but when the
standard of the ready made concert,
as it will, takes into consideration the
variety of tastes and wishes the
home reproducer is destined to the
discard.
Quite apart from its commercial
aspect however, let us hope the gov
ernment will not let slip by unused
this great potential service for the
people. Wireless communication can
be marie to lower the death rate, it
can be made to check the growth of
insanity, it can be the means of
making healthier and happier mo
thers and children, it can spell the
spread of sanitation, it can cure the
cold and halt the fever. Its blessings
can be reflected in the remote ham
lets where plain God fearing Ameri
can people find their homes and do
the work of the hour far removed
from medical skill and simple social
science. For the farmer the possi
bilities are limitless. Five years or
even less should see in the cabinet of
the United States a Secretary of
Communications—the biggest job in
America.
B. J. Reynolds, -the well known
photographer completed 25 years of
business in the same gallery in the
Ben Bear block on April 1. He
occupied this building first in 1897.
During all these years he has con
ducted a high class gallery, and has
one of the best equipped photograph
galleries in the state. 25 years in
one location is proof that his work
has been satisfactory, and his busi
ness very substantial. He has every
facility that a high class gallery
should have, and his business career
here has been a great success, and
his friends congratulate him on
rounding out a quarter century of
successful work.
It is announced that the third
Ai buckle trial will be a long drawn
out affair. Guess “Fatty” still has
some money in the bank.
Remember there are times when
the almighty dollar will not go as
far as a little politeness.
* '
OF INTEREST
In Business 25 Years
MSVflft' * ’V ■
SIXTEEN PAGES
NO. 14
ANOTHER OIL CO.
FOR WINNESHIEK
Farmers Near Satire and l.ocust
Planning on Drilling
For Oil.
MASS MEETING
BEING HELD TODAY
Another Company From Texas Will
Come Here and Start
Operations.
Farmers in the vicinity of Sattre
and Locust are planning on a mass
meeting today to get enough acre
age for an oil well to be drilled by
a company from Texas. This will
make the second oil drilling outfit
for Winneshiek county.
The Pioneer Oil & Gas Co. are now
drilling on Bakke Lease No. 1. They
were delayed last week several days,
on account of waiting for the cement
to set in a crevice they encountered,
but started drilling again last Mon
day morning, and everything is going
fine.
SAYS OUR COAL
IS GOOD QUALITY
Analysis Made of the Coal Found at
Freeport Proves it Good Quality
Soft Coal.
EXPECTS TO DRILL
DOWN DEEPER
Strike Wilt be Developed and Hole
Drilled Down 65 or 70
Feet.
Chas. Me Hart, of this city, who has
been prospecting for coal at ' Free
port near the site of the old paper
mill, has had a sample of the coal
struck analyzed by Prof. Sheels of
Luther College, and following is the
analysis.
Moisture 5.00
Volatile Matter 31.72
Fixed Carbon ... ; 59.03
100.00
Prof. Sheel says it is real good
quality of soft coal. Mr. Mollart
intends to develop the prospect and
go down about 65 or 70 feet. The
drillers went down 48 feet, and had
done nothing since until an analysis
of the coal could be given out. The
prospect for a good b g coal mine
looms big. Old timers feel that it
is there and plenty of it. With the
deeper drilling this fact will soon
be either affirmed or discredited.
WRITES ANSWER
FOR EQUITY
Henry Ruen Sends in a Few Remarks
In Answer to the County
Agent.
GIVES OUT
VARIOUS STATISTICS
Says Equity Has No Personal Grudge
And Dislikes to Get Into
These Arguments.
In the County newspapers of Mar.
22, our County Agent replies to the r
Equity stating that the article signed
by the Equity Society is misleading.
We beg to disagree with him in that
respect. We wonder who is trying to
mislead. Why don’t the County
Agent, in place of giving us figures
showing us there has not been any
increase in the tax levies from 1907
to 1916, give us the figures of the
year 1910 showing the average asses
sed value per acre in the county be
ing $.’37.84. In 1911 the state ordered
17.5 per cent raise which brought the
average up to $44.83; that in 1913,
the state ordered another raise,
this time 11 per cent. This brought
the average up to $48.76. In 1915 the
assessors returned the land value at
$49.87 an acre, and in 1917 at $50.39
an acre. Then again in 1919 after the
assessment had been made the State
ordered another raise, this time 28
per cent. This brought the average
value up to $64.95 which since 1910
is an increase of nearly 72 per cent.
Now in place of trying to show
there hadd>een no increase in the tax
levy why; Sid he not go to the AudL
tor’s office and get the raise in valua
tion. Who is trying to mislead? ..Is
not our County Agent trying to show
that the maintenance of our County
Officers. Supervisors, County' Engi
neer, County Agent, County Nurse,
and in fact our County Government
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