Decorah public opinion., May 24, 1922, Image 1

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TWELVE PAGES
Vol. XXVIII.
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
American Legion and All Ex-Service
Men Requested to Wear
Their Uniforms.
The Memorial Day observance this
year will be under the auspices of
Anton Bernatz Post, American Leg
ion, on Tuesday, May 30. Post Com
mander Nels Nelson, of Anton Ber«
matz 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 a: 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. The Woman’s Relief Corps.
1 7. Gold Star Mothers and aged
(Auxiliary women in automobiles.
) 8. Band.
1 9. Garfield Circle.
i 10. Relief Corps.
11. Boy Scouts in uniform.
» 12. Campfire Girls (uniformed).
). 13. Band.
' 14. Mayor and City Council (in
automobiles.)
15. Fire Department.
‘ 16. School children (bearing
flag and carrying small hand bou
quets to throw onto the water.
17. Band or drum corps.
After decorating ceremonies march
back to Opera House where l.he fol
lowing program will be given.
1. Opening number by orchestra.
' 2. Invocation—Rev. McVettie.
3. America—Sung by Audience.
1 4. Reading of Orders from head
quarters, Post Adj.
5. Solo—Mrs. Leonard Moe.
6. Memorial Address—Chaplain
by Quartette.
8. Ceremony for Deceased com- i
Star Spangled Banner —Sung ]
by Audience. , ]
10. Benediction— Chaplain Mood- ]
U The American Legion would like to
have everv ex-service man out in
uniform for the Memorial Day exer- *
cises and requests that they as- j
pemble at the Post Club rooms at j
9:30 A. M. Don’t Id: the lack of a!
uniform keep you away but come
anyway, as a mark of respect to
(those comrade 5 of yours who died in
(the service of their country.
Anyone having flowers that can be
used in decorating the graves for
Memorial Day are requeued to leave
them at the Post Club rooms Mon
day afternoon, May 29, or phone
Miss Hustvedt. ,
The legion club rooms will pe
open to all ex service men Memorial
day and anyone wishing to ha\e
picnic dinner there will be furm-hed
hot coffee bv the ladies Auxiliary.
Wear a Poppy on Memorial Day
“To you from falling hands we throw
The torch —be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep—tho poppies
grow in Flanders fields.”
Remember, the poppies are grow
ing between the crosses which maik
the resting places of our boys and
men who made the supreme sacrifice.
Memorial day poppies will be sold
exclusively by the Auxiliary of the
American Legion Post, in the dif
ferent stores and on the streets or
Decorah, soon. They cost only 5c
a poppy. Show your heart is in the
Tight place by weaving one, or, bet
ter still, a bunch of them on Mem
orial day.
Competing For Hoad Money
Big sums of money are being
spent this year, and there is a tre
mendous competition to see which
localities and routes shall get these
funds. The economic life or death
of a neighborhood may depend on
whether or not it gets the road it
desires. The funds are far below
ithe needs of the country, and tho»e
who distribute them have a seiiou
iresponsibility.
The pleasure driving crowd want
the main line roads reconstructed ait
great expense, the farmers ask le.->
costly improvement so they can haul
products without getting s:uck dn
*h© mud and sand. Personal influ
ence and pull should not count, and
ithe choice should be based on facts.
The business men of every section
should be consulted as to the in**
provements that would do the great
est amount of permanent good.
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Hcteral) Public ©pinion.
“CLARENCE” IS A
REAL COMEDY
%
' Class Play Decorah High
S S rj t-/ ' Will he Given at Grand
'"/ May 31.
SEATS GO ft
SALE .
lass of Forty Six Will Graduate This
Year. Exercises to be
Held June 1.
“Clarence", a comedy in four acts,
is the Senior Class play of Decorah
high school which will be given tit
the Grand Opera House, Wednesday
evening, May 31, at 8 o’clock. “Clar
ence” was one of the “five million”
and he served where he was sent —
though it was no further Ithan Texas.
As an entomologist he found
field for his specialty in the great
war. So they set him to driving
mules.
Reduced to civil life and seeking
a job he finds a posLion in the home
of a wealthy New York family. Be
cause “he’d been in the army” he
becomes guide, philospher and friend
to the members of this quarrelsome
and temperamental family group.
Clarence’s position is an anomalous
one. He mends the bathroom plumb
ing, he tunes the piano, he plays
( he saxophone and around him re
volves such a group of characters
as only Booth Tarkington could of
fer.
“Clarence is not a farce, depend
ing upon exaggerated humorous
situations to win laughs from an
audience. D: is, however, a delight
fullly wholesome comedy and is as
American as “Huckleberry Finn” or
pumpkin pie.
Seats are on sale Monday, May
29, at Parman’s Drug Store. The
cuil ain will rise promptly at eight
o’clock. Be sure and remember the
hour.
Players in the order of their ap- <
pearance:
Mrs. Martyn Angeline Melaas “
Mr. Wheeler Harold Olson <
Mrs. yheeler Agues Swenson ‘
Cora Wheeler
Violet Pinney Kathryn Willis
Clarence Wanren Pnce ,
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 tne
class of 1922. The address of the
i evening will be given by Dr. L. D.
iStarbuck of the University of lowa.
■ The subject of the address wdl be ;
“Other Autocracies and Their Lure.
The ; Scenes *
1 \L. I—The anteroom _to Mr.
, Wheeler’s private office, New fork.
:i Act ll—Living room of Mr.
/Wheeler’s home, Englewood, N. J.
' i \ct 111. —The same, that evening.
‘ Act .IV—The same, next morning,
'j Ladies’ Costumes from Connor-
P ' Knight. , _
,| Men’s Costumes from Bears,
e , Furniture from Decorah Furniture
j Company.
WOMEN CAN VOTE
At the Primary Election Without Ca
to Jury Service.
The women can vote at the pii*
m ary election without fear of being
<lrawn for jury service. Many wo
men have stated that they will not
vo:e because it subjects them to jui> i
service. However, they can vote at
the primary election on June sth and
it will not subject them to jury ser
vice.
The jury lists are made up from
‘he poll books at the general elec
tion in November. The primary poll
books are not used to make jury
lists, nor for any other legal purpose,
so it is absolutely safe for the wo
men to vote in the primary election
without fear of being drawn for jury
service
Every woman should vote at the
primary. The women are usually
for the best and cleanest man. That
the way to keep the party to which
you belong in the lead. Nominate
the best men, and usually they will
receive the election in November.
The first important thing is to
nominate the best men The women
can assist greatly in that effort by
voting at the primary on June 5.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
“Colonel Brookhart's hope of copping
a republican nomination in lowa is
taking onthe appearance of' a plugged
dime.”
The life of a New York subway
steel rail is three years. On a steam
road the same rail lasts ten years.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24.1922
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
Will he Held in the Grand Opera
House Thursday Evening,
June Ist.
FORTY-SIX WILL
FINISH THE COURSE
NDAY MAY 29
Baccalaureate Services W ill be Held
At United Lutheran Church
May 28th.
Graduation days will soon be here,
and this year on June first forty
six young people will finish the
course a: the Decorah high school.
The commencement exercises will be
held in the Grand opera house.
The address of the evening will be
given this year by Dr. E. D. Star
buck of the University of lowa. H:s
subject will be “Other Autocracies
and Their Cure”.
Programme
Invocation Rev. George Woodall
Song—“ When Twilight M eaves”—
Beethoven
High School Glee Club
Address —“Other Autocracies and
Their Cure” Dr. E. D. Starbuck
Song—“By the Sea” Feans
High School Quartette
Awarding of Eighth Grade Diplomas
C. C. Gammertsfelder, Superintendent:
Presentation of Class of 1922 to
the Board of Education.
A. C. Lynch, Principal
Awarding of High School Diplomas
Song—“ Good Night” from—Martha
Mixed Quartette
Benediction Rev. George Woodall
The Baccalaureate services for the
class of 1922 will be held at the
United Lutheran church Sunday,
May 28, at 10:30 a. m. Rev. O.
Glesne will preach the sermon and.
his subjec: will be “The Profitable
Life.”
Processional—Largo Hande
Hymn Number Seventy-two
Confession and Kyria
Gloria
Scripture Lession
Hymn Number Eleven
Gospei Lesson and Confession of
Faith
Solo—“ Eye Hath Not Seen” A. R. Gaul
Mrs. Helen Hjerlied Johnson
Sermon—“ The Profitable Life”
Hearts'
Quartette
Offertory—“At Dawning —Cadman
Closing Hymn, Number Forty-eight
Benediction , _ w .
Recessional —Postlude In F.—-We>t
Follows a list of the members of
the class of 1922.
Program
Gertrude Anderson.
Rudolph Vincent Anderson.
Henrietta Christine Bakken.
Elsie Bolger.
Curtis B. Bollman.
Agnes M. Burreson.
Esther S. Carlson.
Rov Evert Carlson.
Hester Estella Cutting.
Geneva C. Darling.
Cora Egeland.
Viola Eittreim.
Hilda M. Ellingson.
Sylvia Rosamond Ellmgson.
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.
Oscar Lomen.
Frances L. Lennon.
Marjorie Marsh
Lester F. McCauley.
Angeline Melaas.
Harold I. Nesheim.
Harold A. Olson.
William Orlando Olson.
Warren R. Price.
Frederick J. Rosenthal.
Margaret A. Rubie.
John J. Schimming.
Margaret Dorothea Schremser.
Elda Schwarz.
W T alter Strand.
Agnes Dagny Swenson.
Olaf Viste.
Sigrid B. M. Viste. _
Alma Voiding.
Julia W'emark.
Lenora Marion Wheatman.
1 Madge Whitney.
• Kathryn B. Willis.
Girl Cut in Two
Waterloo, lowa—The body of 12-
year-old Marion Lowe, daughter, of
R. W. Lowe, an Earlville hardware
dealer, was cut in two when run
doWn by an Illinois Central passen
ger train on a bridge near Earlville,
Friday af .ernoon.
C. F. Clermont, the engineer, said
he saw three little girls on tire bridge
as the train went around a curve
and that he sounded the whistle.
Marian’s companions fied to safety,
but the Lowe girl stood in the middle
of the tracks, apparently too fright
ened to run.
The bridge Is at the foot f an in
cline and the engineer said he was
unable to stop the train in time to
prevent the tragedy.
THE HOMECOMING
WEEK AUGUST /
Invitation- to Former Residents of
Winneshiek Mill be Sent
(>ut Soon.
SCORES OF NAMES
HAVE BEEN SENT IN
The Famous Old Decorah Drum
Corps M ill be One of the Big
Attractions.
Preparat ons, under the auspices of
the Decorah Commercial Club, for
Winneshiek county’s big Homecoming
to be held the week of August 7
to 13, inclusive are now underway.
Leters of invite ion will be sent out
to the hundreds of names already
handed in to the committee.
I( is up to everybody in Winne
shiek county to see to it that their
friends and relatives visit Decorah
thaC week and enjoy and renew old
scene? and acquaintances.
The big Winneshiek County Fair
will be held the same week, and
visitors can be assured of the biggest
and bes: time Ithey ever had in the
old home town.
The famous old Champion De
corah Drum Corps will be one of the
great attractions, and the boys are
all preparing now to be on hand.
Many of the homecomers who were
here in 1909 are planning on coming
again. Watch the papers for further
particulars.
CLUB WORK
IN RHYME
Miss Emily Lennon Recounts Some
Important Features in Current
Events Club.
RECITES A POEM
W ELL WORTH WHILE
Feat ares of the Past Year Given in 1
Thyme in Most Interesting <
J. -1 ,
C J O
That it has been successful, each one
knows.
Thanks .to the kindly service of Miss
Bates
Who has planned well our program.-,
fixed our dates,
And, with Mrs. Lincoln, made our
meetings such
That we’ve enjoyed them \er>,
very much.
But should outsiders say our meets
were fun, . .
Our minutes show up all the wor
we’ve done. . - ~
W’ho would have thought last fall
when we began
That all the work which then we
dared to plan ~
Would be accomplished? With prde
we tell • ~
How we our country s history’ stuui
ed well.
Kept in close touch with topics of ,
the hour, , „ j
Discussed the “rank and file and
those in power.
What this, that and the other one
should do; „
What laws devised! If Congressmen
i but knew!
, But not alone with theories, have we
dealt, ~ , .
For those in need of aid we ve also
helped.
Through the Salvation Army’s chan- 1
nels great,
Our help has gone beyond our native
state. ,
We’ve sewed and given to deserving
poor, .
These are the things that count and
shall endure.
Newspapers spread our food sa.e far
and wide.
Till other people our bright scheme
have tried.
I
| And I may say without fear of a
snub
Decorah is right proud of this, our
club. ~ ,
And as I look around this room and
see , •
Efficiency and culture facing me .
And say—well—shall I say it.
What’s the harm?
The finest type of feminine grace
and charm.
I say Decorah can well make a fuss
Over a club of women like to us.
It is not every city has the name
Of adding such a hundred to its
fame.
i .say w» Are Decorah’s jjundred
strong,
Ready with pep and help the town
along.
Readv to do our bit where’er we can
Ready to help a struggling fellow
man.
Nay! Do not look disturbed, I shall
not stay
5 And preach to you upon this closing
) day,
II thank you for your courtesy to me,
• Which I appreciate most gratefully.
QUEEN OF SHEBA
AT THE LYRIC
World’s Most Spectacular Motion
Picture Opened at the Lyric
Monday for Four Days.
BIG CROWDS
A School Children's Matinee M ill be
Given Thursday Afternon at
Small Price 10c.
“The Queen of Sheba,” William
Fox's great photoplay, which opened
at the Lyric Monday is proving
one of greatest pictures ever shown
here. The last: performance will be
given tomorrow, Thursday night. On
Thursday afternoon a school chil
dren’s matinee will be given. It is
a photo play that everybody should
see, as it is one of the best shown
here in years.
The ancient kingdom of Sheba
groaned under Ithe usurper’s heel.
Armud, the try rant, taking- the
throne by treachery, held it by ruth
less deeds. The maidens of Sheba
shuddered at his name, and men
who had wives or daughters muu.er
ed in impotent rage.
Sheba the beautiful, the rightful
ruler, dwelt with her father in their
tent by the sea shore. Proud in their
poverty, she and her sister Nomis
knew that in their veins flowed the
blood of kings, and prayed for the
day when the people, roused to fury
by Armund’s cruelties, would rise
and dethrone him.
Thinking to deal a dealth blow to
his enemies, Armud seized Nomis
and carried her off to his palace.
Scorning his embraces, she drowned
herself in a pool. Sheba swore to
avenge her sister and lay the usurper
low.
By woman’s wiles she won him. (
In marriage to Sheba he saw his ,
opportunity to strengthen his throne 1
and win the people’s acolaim. But
on the wedding night, before all the
feasting guests, while the slave-girls
danced and the minstrels sang, Sheba
ctoVrHbiwrmcnrwr
of the old prophecy, had been thrown
up by the waves of the ocean before
her eyes.
Sheba won the hearts of the people
by her wise rale. The ancient glory
of the realm returned, and its fame
spread 1.0 all the nations of the earth, i
But more glorious than all the plea
sures of the kingdom was the beauty
of its queen. Of this men spoke
everywhere, so that its renown reach
ed the ears of great King Solomon
himself, far away, across the de-erts
of Arabia and the burning plains
! of Egypt.
J. W. Daubney Will Relinquish Office
Id
ARE ATTENDING
DEPUTY AUDITOR TO RESIGN
Owing to 111 Health.
Auditor Winger, >Ne Understand,
Will Appoint Ex-Service
Man to Position.
Since arriving home from Texas, ;
where he spent the winter, Deputy i
| Auditor J. W. Daubney, feels Lhat J
1 his health will not permit him to,
j carry on his work as deputy county j
i auditor, and we understand will hand
jin his resignation to Auditor Oscar
j Winger.
I Of course Mr. Daubney hund
j reds of friends who will regret: this,
but a person’s health comes first.
I Under the circumstances Auditor]
Winger will have to appoint a new
j deputy, and we understand he has
, fleeted a well known young ex
service man for the Iposl.ion, a
young man who proved h s worth
[ as a soldier, and one who will make
good and be a very worth while
official in the auditor’s office.
Riverside Golf Links
G. F. Heuser was a Decorah visi
tor Monday and he reports tire River
s:de Golf Links at Spillville are now
open, with a nine hole course, and
visitors are cordially invited to visit
the coui -e. A number of games
have already been played and it is
proving a most delightful place.
“Six months ago lowa was some
what bent,” admits the Muscatine
Journal, “no denying that fact, but
the old state is straightening out
rapidly.” '
Reformers have a chance to be po
pular when they begin on themselves.
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TWELVE PAGES
OIL STRUCK
LAST NIGHT
At Least Strong Indications of It
Appeared at Bakke Lease
Number One.
M HISTLES HERALDED
THE NEWS HERE
Big Casings to be Inserted in the
M'ell Today. Drillers Are
All Jubilant.
The screeching of the big whistle
at Bakke Lease No. 1, of the De
corah Oil & Gas Co., last might
abounl: eleven o’clock was the signal
that signs of oil were discovered.
The big hole, which is down around
900 feet was filled up with water,
and in taking it out evidence of
oil came also. Contractor Fagg
states that the evidence looks the
ben: for oil that he has seen in his
IS years drilling experience.
Large new casings are being in
serted in the hole today, and after
these are in the work will go on
rapidly and a flow of oil might come
any day. Last Sunday parking space
was at a premium at the oil well,
hundreds of cars being there, many
of (them from a long distance. Two
refreshment stands are operated
there, and the visitors enjoy the
visit very much.
Sudden Riches Do Not Change Gar-
rison, Owner of Land on Which
New Pool Is Opened.
Sudden riches after a life of SO
years spent in struggle to make both
ends meet and provide for his wife
and six children is the experience
of E. P. Garrison, on whose land
the Midwest & Gulf Oil Co’s dis
covery well in section 2-10-9 Okfus
kee, Oklahoma, is located.
Four years ago Mr. Garrison, who
is a native of Georgia, emigraited
to Oklahoma. He bought 160 acres
of land in Section 2-10-9, paying $35
an acre for it. Everybody told him
he paid sls an acre too much, as it
was too s*ndy to raise anything on.
He paid a few’ dollars down and
the rest »in installments, working
around on other farms and odd jobs
to help provide for his family.
wa«. ‘ifart/vl ha
failure. It was at midnignT, wrert
the bit pounding below 3,100 feet,
that the oil suddenly filled the hole
and Mr. Garrison’s days of poverty
were over. The new town of Gar
rison City has been named after
him and he is one of the most popu
lar members of his community, the
i change in his finances not having
changed his disposition.
“All I want is enough for my
, family”, he says, “and the rest I
' I intend devoting to religion and belp
of my fellow men. I know’ what
i, it is to be poor.”
“Tools” Accidentally Dropped Into
Old Well Near Caddo, Uncover
A Gusher Oil Strata
Breckenridge, Texas, —Profitable
accidents seldom occur, but occasion*
allv one does take place. Such was
the Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co. at vis
No. 8 Tullos, 4 miles north of Caddo.
This well had been producing around
130 bbls. a day from the Caddo lime
for more than two years.
It was being cleaned out last week
and through some cause or other
the tools were accidentally dropped
the entire length of the well.
As soon as the tools were recovered
and brought back to the top the
hole filled up quickly and an immense
flow of oil followed, which is esti-
I mated at from 3,000 to, 5,000 bbls.
1 daily «*,.•
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Banks Were Cloned Monday
The banks of Winneshiek county
were closed Monday and the bankers
v ere in attendance at the meeting
Group 4 of the lowa Bankers As
sociai ion held at McGregor. Cashier
r B. J McKay of the Citizens Savings
, j Bank has been the secretary the
pa-t year. A big time is reported
by the money handlers.
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i x Win and Lose Ball Games
e The Decorah all stars lost at Wau
e kon lad: Sunday by a score of 3 to
4. Anderson pitched for Decorah and
Sorlien for Waukon.
Luther played three garner the
past week. They won from St. Okif
here Wednesday 5 to 1, and lost
again Saturday 4 to 2. They won
from Minnesota Thursday by a score
of 4 to 3.
An Apple and Rose Tree
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hexom have
a tree in their yard attracting all
kinds of attention. I. is a combina
tion crab apple and ro.-e tree, anl is
now in full bloom. It is one of the
finest trees we have seen, and there
is only one other in Decorah like it.
A cold bath i? a better stimulant
than a cold bottle.
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