Decorah public opinion., May 17, 1922, Image 1

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FORTY-SIX TO
GRADUATE JUNE 1
Large ( lass to Finish Decorah High
School Course. Class Play
May 31st.
‘‘CLARENCE” IS
Baccalaureate Sermon to be Delivered
Sunday Morning May 28, by
Rev. O. Glesne.
The one act plays given by the
public speaking class in the high
school assembly room last Friday
evening were a decided success. The
stage settings, although handicapped
by the small size of the platform,
were extremely effective, the setting
for the florist shop deserving the
adjective “beautiful”. Miss Ferguson
is to be congratulated on the excel
lent characterizations offered by her
pupils. The audience was delighted.
On Friday of this week, May 19,
will be held the school Exhibit in the
Public School Building. May Day
performances will be held on the lawn
in front of the school house, begin
ning at 6:30 P. M. if the weather
in favorable. The children in the
grades have been drilling faithfully
under the directions of Miss Berg
erson and their room teachers for
this event and it is hoped that the
townspeople will turn out in large
numbers to enjoy the spectacle.
Admission tags will be sold by the
pupils in the grades. The fee is a
dime.
The building will be open from
2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. and again
from the time of the conclusion of
the Lawn Fete -until 10:00 in the
evening. The girls of the sewing
class will present a style show in
the Assembly room at 4 o’clock in
the afternoon and again at 8:30 in
the evening.
Exhibits of the different grades
including those of the sth Ward
school will be on the cloak room
walls as before.
Penmanship and high school art ex
hibit will be found in room 4. Man
ual training work will be on display
in the Library and Science Room.
The work of the Sewing Class will
be on display in the Assembly Room.
The products of the cooking class will
be in room 1.
.
If yu forget where these exhibits
are look for the directory on the
first floor.
Light refreshments will be sold
by the girls of the Domestic Science
class. The baked goods on exhibit
will be on sale but the buyers will
not be permitted to take their goods
until 9 o’clock in the evening.
The attention of the citizens of
sth Ward is especially called to the
fact that the sth Ward school ex
hibit will be in the Main building.
On the morning of May 19, be
ginning at 9 o’clock, the athletes of
grades 4,5, 6, 7 and 8 will engage
in a track and field meet at the
fair grounds. The events and handi
caps allowed for each grade are as
follows:
50 yd. dash, 7th grade 1 yd., 6th
grade 2 yd.; sth grade 4 yd.; 4th
grade 6yd.
100 yd. dash—7th grade 2 yd.; 6th
grade 4 yd.; sth grade Byd.; 4th
grade 12 yds.
Relay one half mile, 8 men—7th
grade Byd.; 6th grade 16 yd.; sth
grade 32 yd.; 4th grade 48yd. (per
team)
High jump—7th grade 2 in.; 6th
grade 4 in.; sth grade 8 in.; 4th
grade 12 in.
8 lb. shot—7th grade 1 ft.; 6th
grade 2 ft.; sth grade 4 ft.; 4th
garde 6 ft.
Broad Jump, 7th grade 4 in.; 6th
grade 8 in.; sth grade 16 in.; 4th
grade 24 in. »
Pole Vault, 7th grade 3 in.; 6th
grade 6in.; sth grade 12 in.; 4th
grade 18 in.
A large felt banner will be given
to the class getting the highest num
ber of points. First place counts 5,
second place 3, third place 2, and
fourth place 1. In the relay the
count will be 10, 5 add 2.
An admission fee of 10c will be
charged. Anybody that can spare
the time to see this big track and
field meet will get more fun for a
dime than they have had since the
day of nickel movies.
Commencement Week Activities
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Sunday morning, May 28 at 10:30
A. M. in the United Lutheran church
Rev. O. Glesne will deliver the Bac
calaureate Sermon before the class
of 1922. Following is the program
of the Baccalaureate service:
Processional
Hymn No. 72
Confession and Kyria
Gloria
Scripture Lesson
Hymn No. 11
Gospel Lesson and Confession of
Faith.
Solo
Sermon ‘The Profitable Life”—
Rev. O. Glesne.
Anthem
Closing Hymn No. 48
Benediction.
Recessional
Great Comedy is Class Play Coming
May 31
The humerous side of life in the
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TITLE OF PLAV
iUccornl) Public ©pinion.
DECORATION DAY
SERVICE MAY 30
Observance of the Day in Decorah
Will Be Under Auspices of
Anton Bernatz Post,
American Legion.
BIG PARADE TO BE
HELD IN THE MORNING
\
Anuei ',m Legion and All Ex-Service
kf' p Requested to Wear
Uniforms.
The Memor. •>/ Day observance this
year will be u the auspices of
Anton Bernatz I- American Leg
ion, on Tuesday, M. - 30. Post Com
mander Nels Nelson, * Anton Ber
natz Post, American legion, has
issued the following program for
•the day.
Parade starts at 10 o’clock sharp.
Line of March: East to Ronan’s cor
ner, north to Water street, thence
west to river bridge.
Assemble at 9:30 at Post office for
head of parade, extending west on
Main street. Order of parade:
1. The National Colors (carried
by color guard). Everyone should
solemnly uncover when the colors
pass.
2. Band.
3. Members of G. A. R. in auto
mobiles.
4. The American Legion and All
Ex-Service men. Wear uniforms if
you have them but come anyway.
5. The Legion Auxiliary.
6. Gold Star Mothers and aged
Auxiliary women in automobiles.
7. Band.
8. Womens patriotic organizat'ons.
9. Boy Scouts in uniform.
10. Campfire Girls (uniformed).
11. Band.
12. Mayor and City Council (in
automobiles.)
13. Fire Department.
14. School children (bearing flags
and carrying small hand bouquets to
throw onto the water.)
15. Band or drum corps.
After decorating cermonies march
back to opera house and break ranks.
Please come to attention and place
hat over the heart facing the colors
when they pass and when National
Anthem is rendered.
great army training camps of the
recent world war, as well as the
comedy side of ex-doughboys’ varied
attempts to enter new fields upon
their return to civilian life, are
interpreted in a side splitting way
by Booth Tarkington in his latest
comedy hit, “Clarence” which will be
given by Seniors of the Decorah
high school as the class plav here
May 31.
The cast of ten players which will
present this play, has been rehears
ing for over four weeks under the
direction of Miss Ferguson and has
now reached a point close to pro
fessionalism in their ability to “put
it over.”
Players in the order of their ap
pearance:
Mrs. Martyn Angeline Melaas
Mr. Wheeler Harold Olson
Mrs. Wheeler Agnes Swenson
Bobby Wheeler Evert Carlson
Cora Wheeler Viola Ettreim
Violet Pinney Kathryn Willis
Clarence Warren Price
Della Laura Hjelle
Dinwiddie Curtis Bollman
Hubert Stem Charles Jewell
Thursday evening, June 1, also in
the Grand opera house, will be held
the commencement exercises of the
class of 1922. The address of the
evening will be given by Dr. E. D.
Starbuck of the University of lowa.
The subject of the address will be,
“Other Autocracies and Their Cure.”
Follows a list of the members of
the class of 1922.
Gertrude Anderson.
Rudolph Vincent Anderson.
Henrietta Christine Bukken.
Elsie Bolger.
Curtis B. Bollman.
Agnes M. Burreson.
Esther S. Carlson.
Roy Evert Carlson.
Hester Estella Cutting.
Geneva C. Darling.
Cora Egeland.
Viola Eittreim.
Hilda M. Ellingson.
Sylvia Rosamond Ellingson.
Cora Rebecca Evenrud.
Sylvester Handley.
Harold F. Hoeg. •
Maude E. Hines.
Laura M. Hjelle.
Theodore H. Jaeger. • '
Charles W. Jewell.
Ella J. Johnson. * *
Morris Johnson. 1 *•
Oscar Lomen. (
Frances L. Lennon. %
Marjorie Marsh t
Lester F. McCauley. I
Angeline Melaas.
Harold I. Nesheim.
Harold A. Olson. * I
William Orlando Olson.
Warren R. Price.
Frederick J. Rosenthal.
Margaret A. Rubie.
John J. Schimming.
Margaret Dorothea Schremser.
Elda Schwarz.
Walter Strand.
Agnes Dagny Swenson.
Olaf Viste. fc
, S : grid B. M. V’iste.
Alma Voiding. 1 ’
Julia Wemark.
Lenora Marion Wlieatman.
M;’dg9 Whitnev.
Kathryn B. Willis.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17,1922
NEW SHOE STORE
OPENS TODAY
Handsome New Shoe Store of John
C. Hexom & Son Opened to the
Public Today.
STORE ONE OF THE
FINEST IN STATE
The Fixture** Are the New, Modern,
Compact Equipment Which Has
Economized on Space.
John C. Hexom & Son opened their
new shoe store to the public today,
and it is one of the handsomest ap
pointed shoe stores in the state.
The interior and exterior of the
store presents handsome appearances.
The store had one of the very latest,
modern fronts installed, with deep
display windows, which are very
attractive.
The wood finish on the interior of
the store is in silver grey oak, while
the chairs are of maghony of the
classic Colonial design. The chairs
are similar to the ones ysed by Hex
om & Son in their old store, but the
present store enables them to give
more room. The chair arrangement
adds to the decorative effect and
also enables them to serve more cus
tomers with maximum speed and con
venience.
The fixtures are the new, modern
and compact equipment which has
economized on space. All the inter
ior fixtures, such as show cases, hos
iery cases, shoe shelving, office equip
ment and dividing ledge all harmon
ize.
The window fixtures are of the
Adam period decorative design, fin
ished in old ivory and light blue.
The window back grounds are of a
panel type and French windows.
In this new establishment Hexom
& Son will have one of the finest
appointed shoe stores to be found
anywhere and you can be fitted" to
footwear under most favorable and
pleasant surroundings. The various
types r*T fixture? in this stove are
used in majiy"of"the finest American
shoe shops.
Hexom & Son will also operate
their old store where they had been
located for a number of years ana
will keep the grocery department
going until later in the year.
Millions and Advertising
Extraordinary precautions are tak
en by the police to guard John D.
Itockfeller, Jr., even when he starts
out to attend his famous Bible class.
Indeed every now and then the de
tectives are compelled to invade the
church to protect the young man
from possible violence. To thousands
of persons the name Rockefeller is
inflammatory. The constructive char
ities, the civic helpfulness of this
family are lost to light in the great
er vision of a money grabbing octo
pus that for years has been planted
in the back of popular imagination.
Truly the millions of the oil king
have brought more terror than hap
piness, all of which (condition >is
largely due to the exclusiveness with
which the elder Rockefeller lived for
years. To the public Rockefeller
was not a personality. He was an
institution. He forbade contact with
his fellow beings. His photograph
was never seen. He never
to the people or for the • people
through the only means of com
munication, the newspaper. He held
aloof and became hated and despised.
It was not until some thoughtful
person impressed the old man with
the value of advertising that the bars
were let down and the people permit
ted to know something of the Rocke
feller life and activities, and then
some of the people began to under
stand. But even so the old man
started too late ever to reap reward
for whateveV of constructive work
he may have done. Indeed it is
doubtful if his son will see the days
of honor that to some extent at
least may be his due. Truly the
sins of the father are Visited on the
children even to the third and' fourth
generation. Never has there been
a morfe striking lesson in advertising
the gradual change of the public
mind toward the Rockefellers since
they tore the mask of secrecy from
their lives. The happiness, yes, even
the life of the millionaire, today is
dependent on the power of adver
tising.
o——
.Tne American Indian became a
victim of tuberculosis and civiliza
tion at the same time.
ST. OUT CHOIR
COMING MAY 28
Will Sing Here Under the Auspice*
of Decorah Commercial Club
at Grand Opera House.
CONCERT AT COLLEGE
AUDITORIUM IN AFTERNOON
Tickets Will be on Sale at Parman’s
Drug Store Midday, May 22.
Admission $1.50
The St. Olaf Choir froip St. Olaf
College, Northfieid, Minn., will give
two concerts in Decorah on Sunday,
May 28. The choir comes here un
der the auspices of the Decorah Com
mercial Club. They will give a con
cert in the afternoon at four o’clock
in the college auditorium and at
8:15 at the Grand opera house. Tic
kets will go on sale on May 22 at
Parman’s drug store.
The Milwaukee, Wis., Sentinel of
April 9, has the following to say
concerning the choir.
An evening of the most superb
ensemble singing was the reward of
the audience which sat in rapt at*
tention Friday night in the Pabst
theatre, listening to the St. Olaf
Lutheran choir sing as it has never
been our lot to hear a chorus sing;
before.
There have been many such organ
izations, but it is to be doubted if
there is ano.her in the world, which
adds to perfection of pitch such
beauty of diction, marvelous shading
and oneness of tone quality. Their
phrasing is impeccable and the clar
ity and vitality of their choirs
is absolute as the human voice is
capable of giving. The flexibility of
the ornamented passages, the skill
ful blending of the contrapuntal ef
fects in not only Bach, but almost
every number was sufficiently amaz
ing to make even a seasoned veteran
sit up.
There was not ,a point lacking.
Rhythms, tempi, pianissimi, all were
given -with a precision and smooth
ness that would do credit to a sym>
phony orchestra (which indeed it
strongly resembled at times) and all
memorized. Attack, release, shading,
all were not only musicianly, but in
fused with a spirit of devotion which
was thrillingly beautiful.
WHERE ARE THE PROFITS
Business is up Approximately 50 Per
tent So Is Living Compared
With 1914.
Judge Gary, presiding genius of
the United States Steel Corporation
informs us the steel business has
doubled in the past year. Have the
profits of the farmer doubled?
The railroads have greatly improved
their income in the past year. Has
the cost of living for those who work
on the railroads shown any propor
tionate decline for the workers?
Business is up approximately fifty
per cent and so is the cost of living
even compared with 1914. Where are
the profits going?
The meat packers are now consid
ering a still closer combination by
which they can effect greater econ
omies and increase their profits.
What about the man who raise and
sells the steer? When he talks com
binat'on an alarm is sounded that
echoes among the money changers
from coast to coast. When are we
to find that financial Moses who will
lead the people to some combina
tion that works for the public? We
have developed the exploitation of
the cow until the meat of the animal
is only a small portion of the profit
accruing from his predestinated
slaughter. We turn the beast into
everything from hair combs to floor
varnish and pay a hundred profits
in every hair of his hide. We have
made the by product more valuable
than the product itself, and yet by
some strange hocus pocus the people
are hungering and paying extortion
ate prices for the bit of meat they
can afford to buy. Our meat is sold
abroad at figures Americans despair
of seeing in this country. When the
public voice is raised, however, it is
soon quieted by our old friend
Statistics, who proves to us beyond a
doubt that the margin of profit on a
cow is so small that, it cannot be cut
without disappearing altogether. It
will be a good thing when the public
schools^give to the rising generation
a course in corporation arithmetic
and business analysis. As we stand
the Chinese puzzle is a simple pro
position compared to the mental fog
caused by economic juggling.
GOOD GRAOE COAL
STRUCK BYOILMEN
Decorah Oil and Gas Company Strike
Vein About Thirteen Feet Deep
At Bakke Lease No. 1.
HAVE REACHED A
DEPTH OF 703 FEET
Expect to Strike a Commercial Gas
Flow When Down About
1,200 Feet.
The Decorah Oil & Ga.> Company
are down 703 feet at Bakke Lease
No. 1, but will be delayed drilling
for a couple of days now on account
of the breaking of a welding on a
bit.
Last week while at a depth of
275 to 288 feet a good grade of soft
coal was struck, a vein about 13 feet
deep. The coal is of good quality
too, and it looks as if we don’t geO
oil we can mine coal here, anyway.
A showing of oil was found at a
depth of 535 feet, and all indica
tions point to striking a rich vein of
it. The company, as we understand
it, expect to drill at least 4,000 feet.
Mr. Fagg, the contractor, informs
us that they exppet to strike a good
grade of commercial gas at a depth
of 1,200 feet, which will be used to
fire their boiler
When down 800 feet 12 inch casing
will be used, and 800 feet of thi.-?
will be set.
Enquiries from oil companies are
coming in every day, and pro spec's
are looking better every day to make
a rich strike.
The roads out to the oil well are
in fine shape now and b g crowds
visit the place daily, many strangers
from a long distance being among
the visitors.
AN OLD HORSE
BROUGHT FORTUNE
Four Legged Pullman Outfit was
I raded For a Whole Section
Of Land.
OIL WAS FOUND
Place Now the Center of the Great
Humble Oil Field Which Has
Produced Millions.
Houston, Texas—A few years ago
an old man was driving a decrepit
horse and a ramshackle buggy
through some swampy, rough coun
try near Houston. He met a man
who squared himself in the road so
the rig could not pass, and began to
laugh. When asked what he was
laughing about he said he wondered
why the man in the buggy didn’t
get out and let the liorse ride a
while—he looked as if he needed it!
This made the old man angry, so
to square things with him the man
in the road said, “Now look here,
pardner, I was only making fun of
your rig because I thought of buying
it. Tell you what I’ll do—l’ll give
you a whole section of land lying
right back there (pointing over his
shoulder) for your four legged Pull
man outfit!”
The man in the buggy was a good
sportsman and possessed a sense of
humor. Smiling, he said, “Your’re
on, old top. Climb in—the hoss is
youm!”
They drove into Houston and a
deed for the 640 acres of laqd was
made over to the owner of the horse
and buggy, who had not seen the
land. A few weeks later he went out
to look it over. It was swamps and
mosquitoes. He was so disgusted
that he tried to get the man to bring
back his old horse and take back Ri3
land, but there 'was nothing doing.
He knew a good bargain when he had
made one, so he refused to take buck
the land.
That 640 acres of land is the very
center of the great Humble oil field
which has produced hundreds of mil
lions of dollars worth of oil and is
still going'strong. That old worn-out
horse and squeaky buggy brought
at least two hundred million dollars
which, so far as is known, is the
highest price ever realized on a
four legged animal and a four wheel
ed vehicle.—Western Oil Derrick.
Better that we purify polluted
water than to try curing those w*ho
drink it.
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BaMMNur.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
GIVES 5500.00
Towards the Paving of the Two
Blocks on Hill Street West
Decorah. Citizens Contribute
SISOO
NEW CATTLE BARN
FOR FAIR GROUNDS
Invitations to Home Coming Visitor*
Will be Sent Out Just A* Soon
As List is Complete.
The Decorah Commercial Club
held their regular meeting last
Thursday evening, and it was called
to order by President Alyger.
Numerous important matters were
discussed and considerable business
was transacted. Plans were formu
late*! some time ago to pave the two
blocks on Hill street, West Decorah
from the State road leading to Lu
ther College, and the proposition was
put through by the city council. As
there are a number of vacant lots
on this street, the Commercial Club
decided to assist the property owners
in paying for the work, and contri
buted SSOO towards it. Besides a
committee collected $1,500 from the
business men, making a fund of
$2,000 which will go towards defray
ing the expenses of this work.
The matter of a new, modem cat
tle barn at the fair grounds was
also discussed at length and it was
suggested that cattle breeders of the
county and citizens of Decorah get
together and discuss the matter and
see what can be done. An up to!
date barn would cost perhaps $6,000.
It would certainly be a fine thing if
this proposition could be brought
about.
The fa.r premium list has recently
been sent out to a great many peo
ple the past week. As previously
announced tli# attractions are with
out question the be.-t we ever hath
In fact all are state fair attractions
Special arrangements have been
made with Walter Raub, the balloon
ist, who will be here with entire
new stunts.
The big homecoming will also be
held here fair week and the Com
mercial Club will send out invitation
cmpleted. Other committees for the
letters just as soon as the list ia»
(lomecoming will be appointed in a
very short time and all details
announced.
ON THE LAM)
“If lowa should send to the United
States -eiiate a radical of the type of
Biookliart he never could become a
constructive legislator,” says the Sac
Sun. “He might add one more to
the objectors’ class in which LuFol
lette stay and, if he possessed the
ability of LaFollette, might be able
to deceive enough people for a while
:o make them think he was rendering
them valuable service, but he could
add nothing to the luster of the state
and accomplish nothing of lasting
value to any worthy cause. What is
needed is a man of level headed, con
structive character, responsive to the
be-t progressive ideals of our citizen
ship—apt one who will attempt to
bolster his own cause by untruthful
assertions and false promises, nor one
of unsound economic principles.”
Man Worth 98 Cents
A woman employee of a paper
manufacturing company, tired of
hearing men boast of their import
ance, dug up the fact that, accord
ing to scientific investigation the in
gredients of a mau, plus water, are
as follows:
Fat enough for seven bars of soap.
Iron enough for a medium sized
nail.
Sugar enough to fill a shaker.
Lime enough to whitewash a chick
en coop.
Phosphorous enough to make twen
ty two hundred match tips.
Magnesium enough for a dose of
magnesia.
Potassium enough to explode a toy
cannon.
Sulphur enough to rid a dog of
fleas. .
This, whole collection is worth 98
cents, and that-in a day when things
are three times a 3 high as they used
to be.
- -o
If it were as easy to acquire habits
of industry as it is to take on those
of laziness, there wouldn’t be work
for more than half of those now
employed.
———o
You can “make hay while the
sun. «hines” almost any time if yeu
furnish your own sun.
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