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VoL XXVIII.
ONLY FEW DAYS
TO THE PRIMARIES
Senatorial Campaign Contii* to
Be the Headliner. Picket
Forces Are Sanguine
CANDIDATES FATE
SETTLED MONDAY JUNE 5
Prediction Made That Pickett Will
Get More Than 35 Per Cent
Total Vote Cast.
Only a few days of vote seeking
remain for the political candidates
•whose fate is to be settled Monday,
June 5.
The political headliner continues
to be the republican nomination for
United States senator, but a revival
of interest will be necessary before
election if anything like the full
vote is to be cast.
Present estimates on the prob
able outcome of the republican sen
atorial fight vary widely, giving
rise to the prediction that the vote
will be divided among all of the
candidates to such an extenlt that
a convention nomination will be
the final outcome.
The Pickett forces are openly de
claring that the battle is between
Picked: 'and Brookhart, and that
the other candidates will not get
e jgh votes in the primary to pre
vent one or the other of these can
didates from They pre
dict that Pickett will get more than
35 per cent of total vote cast in
the primary.
On the other hand, the follow
ers of Thorne, Francis, Sweet and
Stanley claim l:hat their candidates
have as good a chance if not bet
ter than either Pickett or Brook
hart. The Thorne forces are claim
ring that the well known rate expert
is making great headway, particular
ly in the rural districts, which are
looked to as the heaviest voting pre
cincts in the state in the present
campaign. But Brookhart men aay
Thome will finish in fif:h place.
The mails are being resorted to by
candidates for state office who have
a fight on their hands to win voters.
Col. Leon Ainsworth's supporters
claim he will win over State Treasur
er W. J. Burbank who is campaign
ing for re-election.
Walter Riamsav is regarded as a
certain winner for secretary of state,
a position he has filled most accept
ably r.he past two years.
W. H. Bender, May Francis and
P. E. McClenahan are working hard
to land the nomination for state
superintendent of public instruction.
There are many contests in vlari
ous parts of the state for state rep
resentative and state senator.
The congressional fights are in
the third, fifth and eleventh dis
trict s. State Senator Ray P. Scott
of Marshalltown is making a hard
fight against Congressman Cyrenus
5 Cole in the fifth and up in the
eleventh W. P. Dawson of Cherokee
•. county is working hard to defeat
Congressman Boies of Sheldon.
Death of Mrs. W. 0. Casterton i
Mrs. W. O. Casterton, youngest'
Itlaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert j
MHalse, passed away at the family,
ahome in Highland township May IS,
||1922, after a brief illness due to an
fettack of pneumonia. The deceased
j§was bom in Highland township,
®VVinneshiek County, lowa, on Feb. 25
1858, and was sixty-four years, two
Jt onths and twenty three days old
when death claimed her. She was
% arried to W. 0. Casterton on Oc
tober 8, 1878. Four children were
|»orn to the union, two of whom died
|n infancy. The surviving children
‘■tie Miss Hilda Caster:on at home
And Mrs. Myrtle Newhouse, of Burr
Oak. She is also survived by the
Apreaved husband 'and two brothers.
jßhe was a kind and loving mother
the sympathy of all is extended
to the bereaved family in their loss.
■The funeral services were held on
Mauiday May, 22, at the Friends
in Hesper, Rev. Slack offici
ating and interment was in the Hes-
Bkr cemetery.
■Relatives from a distance who
Store in attendance at the funeral
Hie Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Halse. Mrs.
Halse, Florence, S. D., Mr. and
Rooney, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Haw
of La Crosse, Wis., Mr. and
Ryan, Winona, Minn.
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■ommercial Club Luncheons <)\ t-r
Commerca! Club held their
|H Monday luncheon at the Winne
jßtok Monday, until later in the fall,
the luncheons will be.resumed
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DECORAH MEN
IN GERMANY
Fred J. Rosenthal Writes Interesting
Letter to Wife on Board
Steamer Resolute.
Have ' Great Trip Across. Sea
sick. Bothered Them Some
For Few Days.
My Dear Elizabeth:—
Well here goes for another letter
which I hope will show you that I
feel like myself again, that is, fully
recovered from my three days of
seasickness. I feel fine and can eat
heartily. Everything is more than
sailing. I got up bright and early this
mornling, about five o’clock, thinking
that we may be able to see land, but
no, not yet. I think we are about
100 miles from the English coast.
Plymouth is where we stop first.
From now on we will have a change
and thing’s will become still more
interesting. We will stop at Ply
mouth six hours, and at Bologne we
will stop two i hours. Expect to
land at Kuxhaven Friday, May 12,
at 7 a. m. We just got our railway
tickets from Kuxhaven to Hamburg,
and hope when I get there I w*il
receive a lot of mail, which will make
me happy.
They are most all Germans on
our steamer, one seldom hears a word
of English now. I am in the gents
writing room, and most all are play
ing cards—“Sixty-Six,” and drinking
their beer. The orchestra 'leader
just came in and made a visit, and
certainly he had to have a glass also.
Tuesday the director from some
singing society invited all German
singers to the first cabin for a re
hearsal. We practiced for about an
hour, and yesterday, Wednesday
morning, we practiced an hour again
and in the evenf.ng at eight o’clock
we gave a concert for a full house,
and it was very good. After the
concert the officers of the Resolute
set up a great lunch (and certainly
beer included). After the feast we
went on deck and promenaded for
about an hour, and fay land, we
certainly enjoyed ourselves. It must
have been one o’clock before we went
to bed. We expect to give anothei*
concert in the First Cabin tonight,
which no doubt, will mean another
good time. The officers of the ship
are very good, I must say, they are
so kind and polite, and I get: any
thing I ask for. The meals are very
good and good tasting; the flavor of
all is so good. The cooks are Ger
man, and Hamburger beer goes with
meals. I am enclosing a menu so
you can see what fine things are
being serve** to us.
The steamer and the sea is quiet
now', very calm and fine, one would
not know that he is on a boat. I
donlt feel the boat at all now, but
for a few days it w'as certainly rough
and wild, but taking it as a whole
we have had a fine voyage.
Well I think I have written enough
now about our trip, now how about
you? Are you feeling fine? You
must write me a good long letter
upon receipt of this one. The whistle
on the steamer is blowing something
terrible. They say we are entering
the English channel, and it is very
fogy. Six seamen are keeping watch
ahead. The whistle blows every half
minute, so it is hard to keep my
thoughts on writing, getting a little
excited too. Well good bve dear,
take good care of yourself. Greetings
to all the children and all our good
friends.
Carl O. Hagen, the well known
Winnebago street tailor and his wife
and children leave tomorrow, Thurs
day, June 1, on a trip to their old
home in Sigdal, Norway. They ex
pect to be gone about a year. They
will be accompanied by Mrs. Harry
Martinson and son, of this city, and
Mr. Anton L. Solum, of Alexandria,
Minn., who arrived in Decorah Sat
urday night. It has been 12 years
since Mr. Hagen visited his old home
and 27 years since he left there to
come to .this country.
A letter from Aron Loe and fam
ily to Mr. Hagen informed him that
the Loe family had arrived in Chris
tiana, Norway, on May 9. They were
former tenants on the Alf. Qualley
farm in Madison township. They
sailed on the “Bergensfjord,” and it
took just 9 ! a days to make the trip.
This is the same steamer that Mr.
Hagen and party will sail on.
Senator Carl W. Reed came dowu
fiom Cresco Monday and interviewed
a number of the voters here. Sena
tor Reed is up for re-election for a
second term form the Winneshiek-
Howard district. Two other candi
date- are in the field for this office,
Winneshiek county men, Henry' O.
Ruen and H. C. Gross, and a merry
race is on for the nomination.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31,1922
NDED AT KUXHAVEN
FRIDAY MAY 12
Steamer Resolute,
May 10, 1922, 2 p. m.
Your loving husband,
FRED J. ROSENTHAL.
Leave for Norway Tomorrow
Senator Reed Here Monday
WOMEN WILL BE
DELEGATES
To be Voted for at the Primary
Election on June 5, One From
Each Precinct.
COUNTY CONVENTION
WILL CHOOSE DELEGATES
Necessary to Elect at Least One Wo
man in Each Precinct in
County as a Delegate.
To the Republican Women of Winne
shiek County:
The delegates to I’.he County Con
vention are elected at the primary,
the county convention chooses dele
gates to the Judicial and State Con
ventions. So, in order l.hat the in
fluence of the women may be felt in
the affairs of our state, it will be
necessary to elect at least one wo
man in each precinct in the county
as a delegate to the county conven
tion.
At the bottom of the primary
ticket you will find a space left to
write in the names of delegates.
Be sure to send ait least one wo
man, preferably your prednct chair
man, to the county convention. This
is the first time we women have
have any part in the choice of can
didates so let every woman feel it
her duty Ito go to the Primary on
June sth.
MBS. NORMAN WILLETT,
Chairman Women’s Division.
Methodist Church Notes
During the months of June, July
and August evening services will be
gin one half hour later than hereto
fore.
On account of Commencement Day
exercises there will be no mid-week
service.
Children’s Day will be observed on
Sunday, June 11th. The entire morn
ing service will be in charge of the
Sunday school and an excellent pro
gram is being arranged.
Next Sunday’3 services include: —
Sunday School at 10 o’clock; Morn
ing worship at 11 o’clock; Epworth
League at 7 P. M.; Evening Wor
ship at S P. M.
The Epworth League hour next
Sunday evening will be devoted to
organizing a Junior League. The
program will be in charge of the
Senior Epworth League members.
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
Fine Parade in Morning, But Rain
Mars Balance of Day.
Memorial day opened up bright
and clear this year, but before the
day was over rain fell and spoiled
the day for many activities planned.
The program was under the auspices
of Anton Bematz Post, American
Legion, Nels Nelson, post comman
der. The parade was one of tire
finest memorial day parades in years,
the civil war and world war sol
diers, gold star mothers, womens
Relief corps and various other or
ganizations, many school children all
went to make up a very fine parade.
The program at the Grand after the
parade was well attended, the Me
morial address being given by Rev.
Geo. Woodall, of the Methodist
church. After the opening number
by the orchestra Rev. McVettie gave
the invocation. A solo by Mrs. Leo
nard Moe and selection by a quart
ette were very much enjoyed.
The Legion club rooms were open
to all ex-service men during the day
and a picnic dinner was enjoyed
there. Taken all in all the day’s
program was a fine one and the
Legion is to be complimented on it.
Cass-Parker Shows Better Than Ever
The Cass-Parker-Rachford show
which opened up a week’s engage
ment here Monday still holds its
reputation of being one of the best
dramatic companies ever visiting De
corah. The company is high class in
every respect and they put on de
lightful plays. They will enjoy a
big patronage the balance of the
week.
St. Olaf Choir Was Fine
The St. Olaf Choir of Northfield,
Minn., gave two concerts in Decorah
Sunday, in the afternoon at the col
lege auditorium and in the evening
at the Grand to two good audiences.
It is without doubt one of the finest
organizations that has ever visited
Deeorah and our people were de
lighted with the fine programs ren
dered.
Money. Some make it, some get it
ready made.
604,000 WOMEN
VOTERS IN IOWA
They Will Cut a Big Figure in the
Primary Vote on June 5, if
They All Come to
The Polls.
LEAGUE URGES
ALL TO GET OUT
Women are Warned Against Think
ing It is Useless to Vote
at Primary.
The lowa League of Women Voters
mailed out their May build-in last
week, containing an appeal to the
women of lowa to go to the polls on
June 5. In it the women are wanted
against thinking that it is useless to
voire at the primary and are told that
no nomination of any candidate will
go to a convention if the voters do
their duty. Following are some of
the extracts from the bulletin:
“Don’t you realize that every
couniry office is to be filled? The
president of the United States or
the senator or representative in
congress do not assess your proper
ty nor levy and expend your taxes.
National officers do not make, in
terpret or execni e your state laws.
National officers do not dictate your
educational policy or expenditures.
“The men and women you select
in your party Monday, June 5, as
candidates for county and state of
fice, are the ones who will directly
affech your homes and happiness.
“A candidate, to be the choice of
his party, must receive 35 per cent
of Che votes cast for that office.
Some of us have been discouraged
and confused by the calm assurance
that “the final chotce will go to 'the
convention.” No selectin will go
to 'the convention either for coun
ty oi state offices, if the men and
worm i of lowa do their duty.
“Hite i». 804,U0h ♦.•. tin
in IoA-a. If each one of us re
garded the privilege of suffrage as
our right to decide by vote, we
would not have to delegate thait
privilege to a handpicked group,
selected in a party caucus, whose
names are phnted on a poster and
voted on by an indifferent few in
each precino:. Don’t let George do
it; it’s up to you.”
Death Mrs. Leticia Barthell
Mrs. Leticia Barthell, one of -he
well known pioneer mothers of De
corah, passed away at her home on
South Washington street last Wed
nesday, having lived to the ripe old
age of 83 years.
Letici a McHugh was born in Utica,
New York, Feb. 2, 1839. She was
united in marriage with Wm. Bar
thell a: Waukon, lowa, Sept. 12,
1855. Five children survive to mourn
her loss. They are Mrs. Fred B.
Tillotson, of Milwaukee, Wis., Dr.
J. F. Barthell, of Howard, S. D.,
H. T. and Charles Barthell, Decorah
and Walter H. Barthell, Charles
City. The husband and father passed
away .-ome years ago.
Mrs. Barthell had lived in and
about Decorah for the most part of
her life, and was well and favor
ably known to the entire commun
ity, ami her death bifngs sorrow .to
all.
Soon after coming to Decorah she
united with the Congregational church
under the pastorate of Dr. Ephraim
Adams, and had been a most loyal
member of the church all her life.
When health pennitted she seldom
ever missed a sendee of any kind
and her devotion to her God and His
church was a matter of note. As
the end approached she made many
references, in conversation with her
loved ones, indicating her firm faith
in God and her confidence that “He ia
able to keep that which I have com
mitted unto Him against that Day.”
Funeral services were held at the
home on Friday, May 26th, by tire
Rev. George Woodall, pastor of the
Methodist church. Interment was
made in the family plot at Phelps
cemetery.
Fred Cooley holds the black bass
record for this section for tills sea
son so far, we believe. Yesterday
morning he went down to the lower
dam and caught a black bass nine
teen inches long and weighing over
3 pounds. It was a beauty and
Fred received all kinds of compli
ments on it.
If you are planning a vacation,
there should be no vacillation, about
vaccination against ityphoid.
Fred Cooley Gets Big Bass
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LARGE CLASS AT
LUTHER COLLEGE
Thirty-four Candidates for the De
gree of Bachelor of Arts, One
Largest Classes in Col
lege History.
BACCALAUREATE SERVICES
SUNDAY, JUNE Ith
Rev. T. A. Hoff, of Minneaoplis, a
Graduate of the Class 1904.
Will Preach the Sermon.
The next week is full of events at
the college. On Friday the Uni
versity of Dubuque will come to De
corah to play off the game which
was cancelled earlier in the season
on account of the serious illness of
the Dean of the University. The
Dubuque men will stay in Decorah
over night to compete in track meet
the next day. The track meet will
be culled early in the afternoon in
order to give time for the first
number on the program for com
mencement week.
The commencement week festivi
ties open on Saturday with the Al
umni outing to which all visitors at
the college during commencement
week are invited. The party will
leave the college at three or four
o’clock in the afternoon and proceed
to the Washington Prairie parsonage,
where, through the courtesy of Rev.
Paul Koren, the pastor of the Wash
ington Prairie parish, the stone
church and parsonage grounds will
be inspected, after which a picnic
lunch will be served. Saturday eve
ning there will be an open air band
concert on the campus.
Baccalaureate services will be
held in the F. N. E. L. church on the
evening of Sunday, June 4th, Rev.
T. A. Hoff, pastor of Our Saviour’s
Lutheran church, Minneapolis, Minn.,
and a graduate of the college in the
class of 1904, will preach the sermon.
Monday, the sth, examinations for
all students close at -8:00 p. m. At
3:30 a ball game will be played with
Upper lowa University, the last
game of the season for the college.
The sixty first annual commence
ment of the college will be held in
the college auditorium on the morn
ing of June fith at ten o'Mock. Thirty
four men are candidates foi *he de
gree of Bachelor of Arts, the next
to the largest class that has ever
presented itself for this degree at
the college. Between fifteen and
twenty will be graduated from the
Senior high school and a class of
about twelve from the junior high
school. The commencement address
will be delivered by Prof. Ivar A.
Opstad of the class of 1911, super
intendent of city schools at lowa
City, low-a. The Luther college Al
umni Association will hold its annual
meeting in the college chapel at 4:00
p. m. In the evening at 7:00 the
alumni banquet will be held in Loy
alty Hall.
The following will be candidates
for the degree of Bachelor of Arts:
Anderson, Carl Austin.
Baalson, Arthur Gustavus.
Bottolfson, Edwin 01 ia.
Dahl, John Rudolph.
Daley, Knudt Sherman.
Elevstrom, Victor A.
Fad ness Nels Lewis.
Fadness, Noel Grant.
Grevstad, Erling Carolus Bastian.
Heskin, Oscar Edward.
Jacobson, Paul Benjamin.
Jordahl, Verner Trygve.
Jorgenson, Einer J.
Kraabel, Maynard Orvis.
Kvammen, Elmer Johannes.
Larsen, Erling Noer.
Moe, John Melvin.
Navveson, Bert Henry.
Olson, Malcolm Hartwick.
Opsahl, Hubert Theophile.
Paulson, Arthur Christopher.
Peterson, Hamlet Edwin.
Queil, Gustav Julius.
Requem, Paul Sigfried.
Rickansrud, Thorle’g Martin.
Rognlie, Irugolf Herman Marentius.
Rovang, Elmer John.
Rugland, Gerhard Theodore.
Rugland, Sigvart Luther.
Sorlien, Syver Olvin.
Stavaas, Martin Orlando.
Stoen, Charles Citford.
Tollefsrud, Edwin 0-wald.
Ylvisaker, Walther Olaf.
Death of O. P. Hovey
Ole P. Hovev died at his home in
this city last Sunday on Oak street,
death being due to Brights disease.
The deceased was born June 24, 1862,
in Norway, and came to this coun
try with his parents when five years
old and settled in Winneshiek comi
ty, and had been a resident here ever
since. On Dec. 22, 1892, he wa3
united in marriage to Clara Hanson,
in Madison township. Six children
were bom to the union, Esther,
Lloyd and Beatrice at home, Mrs. C.
J. Falck, Clarence and Mrs. Oscar
Vick. The deceased was a highly
esteemed citizen, well liked by ev
erybody and his death brings sorrow
to all, and the sympathy of all is
extended to the bereaved one 3 in
there loss. The funeral services were
held today Wednesday at 2:30 o’clock
from the United Lutheran church,
Rev. Norman, of Cresco, officiating,
interment being in the Norwegian
cemetery.
Pity the-poor fat man with
imperfect fifty-six.
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NO. 22
THE PRIMARY
ELECTION MONDAY'
Polls Will Open at Nine O’clock hi
the Morning and Close at Eight
in the Evening.
CANDIDATES ARE
ALL WORKING HARD
Five Candidates in the Field for
Sheriff. Contests for Other Of
fices on Republican
Ticket.
The primary election will be heid
next Monday, June 5,* and the can
didates are now all going down th*
homestretch, their canvass for votes*
drawing to a close, but will be kept,
up until Saturday night. With the
women voting this year a big vote
will be out.
For state representative Hon. O.
Gilbertson has no opposition.
For state senator three candidates!
are in the field. The present offi
cial tie Senator Carl W. Reed, of
Cresco, and he is opposed by Henry
O. Ruen and H. C. Gross, and the
gentlemen have made a very
thorough canvass of the field.
The United States Senatorship will
be another hard race with five can
didates running. It looks like Char
les E. Pickett, of Waterloo will be
high man here.
The Fourth district congressional
nomination will undoubtedly go to
Hon. G. N. Haugen again. H.s op
ponent is Atty. Kehoe, of Riceville.
Rep. Haugen is as popular as ever
with his constituents and all hla
friends here will be pleased to vote
for him again.
For county attorney on the Re
publican ticket there are two candi
dates, County Attorney J. A. Nelson
being up for re-election. Attorney
Nelson has made a mighty good ‘of
ficial and has scores of friends who
will be f?nd *o vote for ai ti
i Hl* record in office Is good and he
I has made a top notch official. He
j will be opposed an the primaries by
| A tty. W. M. Strand, who was county
attorney some years ago.
For sheriff the republicans have
five candidates in the field, Frank L.
Christen, Walter H. Bucknell, Gil
bert A. Anderson, Joseph E. Korsen
and Edgar Severson. They have
been canvassing pretty thoroughly
and a big vote for sheriff can be
( anticipated.
j For clerk of courts S. J. Moore
has no opposition in the Republican
primaries.
For county auditor there are two
candidates, the present auditor, Os
car Winger and Clarence E. Sever
son. Both candidates are making a
strong appeal for votes, and both
have many friends.
For treasurer C. P. Seim is the
candidate, for Recorder, Albert Ham
mersness and for Coronor L. B. Wil
lis. They have no opposition.
For supervisors there are four re
publican candidates: M. C. Bergan,
first district; C. J. Burgess, 3d dis
trict; E. F. Bakken and Andrew T.
Istad in the sth district.
The following are the democratic
candidates and none have opposition
ionly in the second supervisor district.
For County Attorney
Nora L. Goheen, Calmar.
For Treasurer
A. J. C. Wingate, Prosper R. 1.
For Clerk
Chas. A. Whalen, Decorah.
For Sheriff
Geo. E. Cooney, Ft. Atkinson.
For Recorder
Mary H. Gossman, Decorah.
For Auditor
J. A. Peck, Decorah. *«.
For Supervisor
J. W. Griffith, Ridgeway 3d dis
trict.
G. W. Peckham, Castalia, Ist dis
trict.
Jos. F. Swehla, Spillville, 2d dis
trict.
• Joseph Bockmann, Calmar, 2d dis
trict.
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Moved Insurance Office
Rene Rosenthal has moved his in
surance office and is now located
over Fred J. Rosenthal & Sons store.
Owing to the large amount of “Fed
eral’’ accident and health insurance
written in this agency it has been
necessary to get an office up town.
! Phone black 156.
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, Goes With Advertising Agency
i F. W. Maas, formerly vice presi
dent of the Adams Seed Co. is now
covering lowa, Minnesota and Wis
-1 consin for Vanderhoop & Company
advertising agency, of Chicago. f