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TWELVE PAGES
Vol. XXVIII.
GILBERTSON 9)R
BEPRESENTAiK c
Hon. (). Gilbertson, Representative
From Winneshiek County
Endorsed for Second
Term.
HENRY RUEN FOR
STATE SENATOR
Endorsed by Farmers Political Meet
ing Held at Court House
Last Saturday.
The farmers political meeting held
at the court house last Saturday
drew out about one hundred or more
farmers and a lively meeting was
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HON. O. GILBERTSON
held, in which political candidates
■for the coming election were dis
cussed.
The question of candidates * for
state representative and state sena
tor was taken up, and numerous
names were identioned, particularly
for senator, this office now being
held by Atty. Carl Reed, of Cresco.
Hon. O. Gilbertson, of Madison
Twp. who is the present representa
tive from Winneshiek county and
served his first term, was unanim
ously endorsed for a second term.
Mi*. Gilbertson was present and an
nounced the fact that any program
that was economical, sane and just,
and any program that could possibly
improve the condition of the farmer
he stood for and would make a figh:
for. Mr. Gilbertson has served one
term, and his constituents are willing
to send him back for a second term.
His work during his first term has
met with the approval of his con
stituents, and the fact of one good
term deserves another applies in the
case of Mr. Gilbertson, and we have
heard of no opposition to him for
a second term.
For state senator Henry- Ruen, of
Frankville township was endorsed
and Mr. Ruen will be a candidate for
this office in the Howard-Winneshiek
senatorial race. The present incum
bent is Hon. Carl Reed, of Cresco,
who is serving his first term.
Various candidates were proposed
for this office among them L'an Fal
ness, of Calmar Twp., who received
a majority of the first votes casf,
but he declined the honors. Others
were B. J. Kleve, of Ossian, Sam
Waters, of Frankville township, Pete
Ramsey, of Springfield Twp., Her
bert Gross of Decorah Twp. and
Henry Ruen, of Frankville Twp., the
latter gentleman being the choice of
the meeting.
Mr. Ruen is an Equity official and
has been prominent in the organiza*-
tion for a number of years. He is
well" known over the county, and
naturally will command, good-sup
port. The entrance of Mr. Ruen
will at least make an interesting
fight in the Howard-Winneshiek sen
atorial race.
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Democratic Congressional Conference
The Democrats of the Fourth lowa
Congressional District have been in
vited to attend a Democratic contei
ence at New Hampton next Friday.
E. J- Feuling, editor of the New
Hampton Tribune has been elected
Democratic committeeman for t;.e
Fourth lowa District, and he has
called the meeting to urge Demo
cratic citizens to enter the race for
congressman from this district.
The call states also the advisability
of offering the Amer ean people an
opportunity to vote for Democratic
county candidates in every \ ing ’**
county in this district will mso *■
one of the major matters up toi
discussion.
Otcoml) public ©pinion.
KNEESKERN CASE
CALLED FOR TRIAL
\ k of Getting a Jury in the Knees-
N. VMurder Case Started Yes
terday Afternoon.
HON. JUDGE TAYLOR
IS PRESIDING
Out of the First Sixteen Jurymen
Drawn From the Panel of 60,
The State Has Examined
Five.
The April term of the district court
for Winneshiek county opened here
Monday afternoon, with Hon. Judge
Taylor, of Waukon, on the bench,
and it promises to be a long and
busy session. Up until yesterday
Tuesday afternoon probate matters*
were taken care of and at 3:15 the
case of the state vs. B. F. Kneeskeru
was called.
County Attorney J. A. Nelson ap
pears for the state and is assisted
by attorneys Frank Sayre and C.
N. Houck.
Attorneys E. W. Cutting 1 , of De
corah, W. M. Allen, of Ossian, D.
D. Murphy, of Elkader and M. A.
Harmon, of Deoorah represent
Kneeskern.
The work of drawing the jury
started at 3:15. Sixteen jurors were
drawn from the panel of 60 who were
called for this term. Five of these
were examined yesterday afternoon
and three of the five have been ex
cused for cause. There is no limit
to the number of jurymen who can
be challenged for cause.
The piocedure is to draw 16 jury
men and then the attorney’s begin
the examination. Their are about
twelve different things a juryman can
be challenged for cause.
The state has made the examina
tion of the first five and after the
state finishes their examination then
the defense will make an’ examina
tion and some passed by the state
may be challenged by the defense.
The state has eight premptory chal
lenges and two strikes and the de
fense has the same.
Whether or not the Dotseth cose
will come up at this term w*e cannot
state at this writing. How long
the Kneeskern case will take cannot
even be guessed at accurately now
and how long it will take to get a
jury is another guess.
CONG. HAUGEN IN
AID FOB SOLDIERS
Big Meeting Held in Washington
Launches Campaign to Main
tain Summer Recreation
Ground for Veterans.
MANY SPEAKERS
BACK THE PLAN
Representative Haugen, Senator
David Walsh. Representatives
Moore and Andrew and
Others for Project..
The campaign to raise funds to
equip and maintain a summer camp
for disabled veterans of the world
war was officially launched with a
mass meeting at Central High school
in Washington, D. C., on Monday,
April 3, which was addressed by
many prominent speakers, among
them Representative Gilbert N. Hau
gen of the Fourth lowa district, who
is doing everything he can to help
the disabled veterans.
John H. Bykes, chairman of the na
tional legislative committee of the
Disabled Veterans of the W'orld
War, w*ho presided at the meeting,
outlined the plan of campaign that
has been mapped out.
“The disabled veterans do not wish
to make themselves objects of char
ity,’’ he said. “All they want is a
chance to help themselves. But before
they can do any work they must be
made strong enough physically. Our
plan in organizing this camp is to
have a place where the veterans can
go for an enjoyable vacation, and at
the same time, be making themselves
well and strong, so as to be able to
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The Glee Club from I uther T heo’og'cal Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., which will sing at the Luther
College Auditorium at 8:00 o’clock th is evening, April 12th. The concert will be of a sacred nature. A
letter from Sioux City, lowa, states the Glee Club has been met by parked houses throughout its tour, and
that pre.'S comments aie very fa vorable.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1922
GREAT PICTURE
COMING TO LYRIC
“A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur’s Court" Will Appear
For Four Days Starting
April 17.
ONE OF THE BIG
PICTURES OF SEASON
Drawing Packed Houses Everywhere
It Has Been Shown. Don’t
Forget the Dates.
"Fun with a purpose" Is what Mark
Twoln gave the world in “A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court.” which
presented by William Pox as a special
film production will be seen at the Lyric
theatre in Decorah tor four days, start
in* Monday, April 17.
Mark Twain wrote this great comic
' romance first to make the world latwtn
and second' to "show up" King Arthur.
Twain had not a very high opinion of
the Knights of the Round Table. Me
had heurd too much about them. Rns
kin and William Morris had been feeding
the public on the Middle Ages, and it
had in'Oimo the fashion to believe that
everybody d ad and gone was better
than everybody alive. Ternyson's
“Idylls of the King” made Mark Twain
sick. He was tired of the Middle Ages.
Ladies languishing in high, inaccessible
towers, waiting for knights to come and
rescue them, Hid not appeal to him at
all. He had been brought up on the
Mississippi, and he hud the idea that
one Mississippi riverman was as good
as several of tiie Knights of the Round
Table, and probably a lot better. Sir
Galahad he considered a wishy-washy
sort of hero; he preferred Tom Sawyer.
“I’ll show up King Arthur and his
well -known knights,” said Mark Twain,
in effect. So he wrote a hook describing
the adventures of a modern, smart,
clever young American at the Court of
King Arthur.
One of the first things this young
American, Martin Cavendish, discovered
was that Artl'Ut and the Knights were
victims of superstition. Then lie dis
covered that the plumbing of King
Arthur’s Castles was very bad Indeed. The
vaunted knights did not take a bath any
too often, and the ladies of the court
were not particularly attractive.
Worst of all. the Knights of the
Round Table wire no great shakes when
it came to fighting. Martin, armed w’ith
a revolver and a lasso, defeated the
whole eompanj of them in a great
tournament, and then turned ai-ound and
told the king that all this talk about
nobility was hunk.
Life in Lyonm sse was uncomfortable
for the Yankee until he had mounted all
the knights on motorcycles, given them
revolvers, and Improved the royal tele
phone service—and the plumbing.
This was all gie;U fun for Mark
Twain and his readers, and it did good
work in decreasing the sale of art
leather books of neo-medieval works
such as Morris' "Three Red Roses
Across the Moon” and Rossetti's "The
Blessed Damoael.”
o— ———
The Davenport Democrat finds
“It is difficult to understand why
the sold er should be allowed to bor
row only 50 per cent of the face
value of the certificate; almost any
bank will lend 75 per cent of the
market value of a certificate of stork
in a railroad or industrial f'orpora
tion if the s.ock is listed on the New
York stock exchange, tbo these
stocks at times fluctuate wildly, and
of course, have much less stable
value than the obligation of .he
United States government.”
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The Spencer News Herald says:
“Most fellows who object to a sol
diers’ bonus are thinking of their por
ketbooks. They may talk about the
harm it will do the boys; that you
can’t buy patriotism; that no money
will ever reimburse the fellows who
fought the Germans to a standstill
in 1917 and 1918, and all that kind
of stuff, but in reality they don’t
want to be taxed to pay for a bonus,
and that is the real reason they talk
against it.”
o
“I believe in fighting the enemy
with his own weapons!” bellowed the
radical orator. “Tell me,” came a
voice from the rear of the hall, “how
long does it take you to s.ing a
wasp?”
o
The dog fills an empty place in
man’s life—especially a “hot dog.”—
Adscript.
n
A grammatical point to remember:
Hens set and lay; folks sit and lie.
HOW ABOUT YOUR
AUTOMOBILES
;if the Old far Needs Overhauling
Bring It In. New Car Being
Looked Over.
GARAGES ALL READY
FOR SPRING (WORK
Decorah Well Supplied With Com
petent Garages to Take Care
of Automobile Troubles
f of This Section.
Now that spring is here every one
is experiencing tha: feeling of either
getting the old car out or else buying
a new one. If you are considering
a .hew car this spring remember
that the Decorah dealers offer the
best makes of cars. There is every
thing in a car tha: any one would
want, right heie in the home town
and the prices are as reasonable as
anywhere. When the car fever
strikes you interview the local deal
ers and you are sure to find a car
that will satisfy your taste.
If you are about to get the olj
car out or have done so already, stop
for a moment and consider whether
it is in fit condition to run the en
tire summer with out an overhauling
or a repair. For the best results
this summer start the car out right.
Have it in good running order be
fore you put it to work for the year.
Decorah is well supplied with com
petent garages and garage men so
let them help you start, the season
out right with your car running in
good order.
Few people realize the importance
of having a good overhauling done
on their car. By so doing the car
is thoroughly examined and every
loose place is tightened up. Stop
i>jn think of it ami you cun easily
see the damage a loose oolt could do
if it was let rattle for two or three
months. The expense of this one
little bolt might run up to a great
deal more than the cost of an over
hauling job. It may even lay your
car up for the rest of the summer.
The safest way and be.-t way is to
start out by having your car running
right, then the summer will more
than likely pass without an accident
or a breakdown to spoil the season’s
pleasure.
In buying accessories for your car
remember that- the Decorah dealers
offer you as good (material at as
low a cost as you can buy anywhere.
Forget the mail order houses and
consider the quality of the article
you are intending buying. The local
dealers offering you the best bar
gains are entitled to your patronage.
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To Prevent Hasty Marriages
Sioux City Tribune:—A New York
legislator has introduced a bill which
would make twenty-one instead of
eighteen the age at, which a girl may
marry without the consent of her
parents, and a second bill requiring
a three clay period between the is
suance of a license and the cere
mony. Both are good measures,
j While a girl of eighteen “may know
| her own mind,” it would not hurt
1 her at all to wait three years before
j marrying, if her parents object.
1 Parents, much wiser than eighteen
year-old girls, usually have good rea
sons for opposing daughters' choices.
The second bill would be improved
a great deal if the waiting period
were increased fiom three days to
I three months. The divorce problem
is not so much a matter of easy
: separations as it is a question of
I hasty marriages.
CITY PAVING GOES
AT $2.07 SO. YD.
Council Let Paving Contract for De
co rah Wednesday Night to Bemis
& Schliek of Des Moines.
V 1 UROLITH IU CONCRETE
WILL BE TOT IN
Paving Work Will Start Sometime
This Month. Council Feels
They Got Good Bid.
More paving will be done in De
corah this year. This question was
settled at the meeting of the council
Wednesday night, when they let the
contract for paving Water Street
from the bridge at the Milwaukee j
depot as far east us the creamery,!
and Montgomery street south to |
i Broadway, stopping at the Marlow
corner. The alley' 'in the rear of
the Rasmusen, Kjome & Son grocery*
store will be paved as far west as
the Posten office, the alley in the
rear of the Posten having been pav
ed some time ago.
The bids for resurfacing Washing
ton street from Mott & Co.’s corner:
to the bridge over Dry Run were
rejected. This block is paved with
brick, but the brick have been taken
up in fixing water mains, etc. so
often that the street has become
very rough. Nothing will be done |
at the present with this block.
Four paving contractors had bids,
in. Contractor Fred Carlson, of De- j
corah, was one of them. Mr. Carl- ,
son’s bid was $3.02. There are many
here who would like to have seen
Mr. Cailson get the contract, as
they know he does high grade work,
but his bid wouldn’t permit the
council granting it.* Other bidders
were:
Dearborn Construction Co., of Wa
terloo, $2.9«, per square yard.
Wishard & Smalley, of Charles
City $2.91, per square yard.
Bemis & Schlick, of Des Moines,,
$2.87 per square yard, and the con- ■
tract was awarded to Bemis &
Schlick.
Vibrolithic paving is said to be
a very fine grade of paving, and
something that will please the peo
ple very much. When finished it i
| will be 7’a inches thick. The con-,
j tractors will put in the 7 , i> inches
lof concrete and other material and,
then I*2 inches of quartzite or.
granite on top of all this and then :
put on a vibrator and work it in
until they have it down to the re-1
quired 7*2 inches. This last dress-1
ing takes out all air ami water and
makes it solid. This particular pav
ing has been down for 11 years on j
the West Dallas, Texas, Pike and has j
encountered the heaviest kind ol
traffic and there isn’t a crack in it.
The paving work will start some
time this month and the contractors
will start in at the fair grounds and
work up to the Water street bridge.
A number of sewer and water con
nections have to be made on Water
street before the paving goes in.
The street will be 33 feet from curb
to curb, which will give plenty room
for traffic. On Montgomery street
the width will be 30 feet.
Now if the board of supervisors
j will get busy and puit in a new
! bridge over Dry* Run at the Mil
waukee depot, an improvement worth
while will be made. This bridge
should be widenened, which every
body will admit, and we can’t ree
any reason why this work shouldn’t
be done at once.
One thing dead certain the paving
will be put in right under the watch
ful eye of City Engineer Hanson,
j as he is an official who will let noth-
I ing get by unless it is done right.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
For County Recorder
• T hereby announce myself us a candi
date for the (ifTiee of County Recorder
of Winneshiek county, subject to the
d-clskm of the Republican voters at
the primary election June 5 1982.
ALBEKT HAMMERSNBSS
For Supervisor, sth District
Tiie undersigned wishes to announce
Ids candiduev for the office of Super
visor of Winneshiek County for the
Fifth District. Decorah. Madison and
Glen wood townatotp, aubject in tiie de
cision of the Republican voters at ti»
primaries oa June 5.
K. F. BAKKKN.
For Supervisor, sth District
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for supervisor of Winneshiek coun
ty for the Fifth District, com prising
1> -orah, Madison ami Glenwood town
ships, subject t» tiie will of ti e i*o
pnlfllcan voters at the coining primaries
In June.
ANDREW T. ISTA.D.
The skirts nowadays can be termed
the heighth of fashion.
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TWELVE PAGES
NO. 15
BURRESON OUT
FOR SHERIFF
I __________
Well Known Local Hog Buyer Has
Taken Out Nomination Papers
For Ihe Office of Sheriff.
I OTHER CANDIDATES
GETTING IN THE FIELD
Four of Ihe Present Supervisors
Have Taken Out Papers, as
Well as Other Local
Candidates.
The political arena in this county
has been taking on active life the
past week and candidates have an
nounced for various offices.
On Monday* Ole Burreson, the well
known hog buyer took out nomination
papers for the Republican nomina
tion for sheriff of Winneshiek coun
ty, and his candidacy is received
with much favor by voters all over
the county. He is a man who stands %
high in the estimation of all and
will be given good support. We
understand that Sheriff Ellingson
will not be a candidate, although
he has many warm friends who
would like to see him in the field.
Other candidates out are Joseph
Corsen a well known young farmer
of route 4, and Frank Christen, of
Decorah.. Mr. Christen is one of
Decorah’s young real estate men,
associated with his father, Albert
Christen here. He is a world war
soldier and a fine young man and
commands a large following of
friends.
Other candidates for county offices
who have had their nominations pa
pers circulated and generously signet!
the past week are Clerk of Courts
S. J. Moore, Auditor 0.-car Winger,
Treasurer C. P. Seim, Recorder Al
bert Hammersness and County At
torney J. A. Nelson.
Four supervisors, who will be can
didatej all took out their papers last
week also. They are Martin Bergan,
E. F. Bukken, C. J. Burgess and
Joseph Bockmann. These men are
all serving their first term now, and
all are officials who have made good
| with their constituents.
Andrew T. Istad, of Decorah, has
taken out his papers for supervisor
in the fifth district, and has his
announcement in this issue.
The candidates so far announced
are all good men, and the voters
should not have much trouble mak
ing a choice.
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A CARD TO THE PUBLIC
From the Dollar Day Committe of
The Commercial Club.
The Committee appointed by the De
cornh Commercial club to take charge
of Dollar Days Sales on April 7th and
Bth. beg to say that In spite of unfavor
able weather and bad roads the Dollar
Days were very successful. As near as
we can ascertain all the stores of the
Dollar Days Sales were busy both days.
The m n landlse off< red In all tines wa*
of exceptional values and many said
"Dollar Days were holidays” rot nil
customers' who cam® to Decorah to
trade.
As early us* Friday morning the stores
ware busy and the rush keot up until
late Saturday night. In spite ol the
rain on Saturday afternoon.
Tiie Dollar Days stores prepared for
the rush, some with extra sales people,
and customers were waited on ptomptly
and to their full satisfaction.
in most all of the stores, many llr.es
of merchandise were offered much below
their actual o<>»t price. Customers were
quick to realize tills and many articles
were entirely sold out tiie first half day
of the sale.
Almost every line of trade was re
presented and a more varied lino of
goods offered than ever before. Kven
i the burlier shop and cobblers took part
in bargain offerings and did their extra
•bare of business
Tiie most commendable thing of it all
was that customers who came to De
cora'll to truth- found that the merchants
did exactly is they advertised and ev
' ervbody left the city feeling happy over
| the days •visit and the many bargains
i they took with them.
I'ians are already under way for on
i otlier similar event at sometime in the
1 near future. In fact It has been sug
gested that these days become regular
! holiday bargain days at Intervals during
: tit* year in the business life of De
coral).
Verv respectfully.
THE DOLLAR DAY COMMITTEE
DECORAH COMMERCIAL CLUB
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COUNTY AGENT ANSWERS
HENRY RUEN’S LAST CHARGES
j We have always disliked newspaper
fights and as far as we are concerned
personally we hope the public will not
look upon our articles as in any measure
waging a fight against Mr. Ruen or the
organization he represents. We wish to
say that tin Equity Society has done a
great deal of good and in no sense do
| we care to ta-llttle the organization or
attempt to detract from .my bensftt they
I have been In anyway. It i- really hard
■ for us to understand wily it is that here
in Winneshiek County they are making
a decided tight against tiie Farm Bureau
when both of these organ zation* were
organized primarily to benefit agricul
tural communities and vve would much
rather co-operate and are co-operating
with the association Just as far as they
will permit.
We are again accused of trying to
make people believt that taxes hove not
be,.-n raised in spite ol the fact that no
one hut a Rip Van Winkle could have
. \i- 1 • i during th li-t fifteen years ir.d
had any business obligations without
realizing just how great the increase
had been. We made the statement that
the Farm Bureau Tax Committee had
! appeared before tiie Executive Council
I and had secured redu« tloni- on tiie tax
able valuation of livestock. Over the
j state of lowa this amounted to ap--
1 proxlm.ucly 0.00 per quart< r section and
I we still have reason to think that this
I was true in Winneshiek county. Hud
Mr. Ruen meant to lie entirely fair he
would not only have published tiie live
stock upon which mluatlona were rall
ied, but also utv>lP those which wer®
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