Decorah public opinion., June 07, 1922, Image 1

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Vol. XXVIII.
A MAGAZINE
SECTION FOR
PUBLIC OPINION
The lowa Magazine Will be Issued
With This Paper Every Other
Week, Starting June 28.
PROVIDES INTERESTING
MATTER FOR ALL
No Increase in Subscription Price,
Magazine Goes as Development
Of Service to Our
Readers.
Co-operating with seventy-five other
foremost lowa county newspapers
throughout the state, the Decorah
Public Opinion will in this month
begin the publication of a feature
magazine section, The lowa Maga
zine, which will be distributed ev
ery other week as a section of the
Public Opinion.
The publication of this magazine
section is an entirely new venture in
county newspaper work, and although
it has been in a process of organiza
tion and formulation for *the past
five years, it is only now ready to
become an established fact. \ The
lowa Magazine feature section will
make the Public Opinon a stronger,
better, broader, and more serviceable
aiewspaper than it has ever been be
fore. The feature magazine section
(will be of much advantage to citizens
of the state and readers of this
newspaper.
The magazine publication is made
possible by the association of these
newspapers covering all parts of the
Ftate, and these publishers uniting
will represent a larger circulation
than any other lowa publication. The
magazine will thus go primarily to
(the residents of the smaller cities,
towns and rural communities who
make up the backbone of the state
of lowa, and may well be said to
from the better half of lowa, both
in numbers and in quality.
The lowa Magazine will represent
land serve lowa people as no other 1
publication has been able, hitherto, ;
to do. The papers associating them- s
pelves into the group which will dis- 1
tribute the lowa Magazine as an
additional section of their papers, re- '
present the stronger county papers in
the state and collectively they pro
vide a circulation of about 140,000.,
No other publication will reach the
estate so thoroughly’ as does this ma
gazine section. The Public Opinion
feels elated that it is one of the
papers on this select list because it
will thus be able to serve its readers
more, effectively than it could other
wise do, even with the greatest of
effort dn the local office.
The magazine will provide a most j
interesting body of reading matter
for every’ subscriber. Beginning in
the first number which will appear
on June 28 a serial story by Harold
MacGrath, “The iMan with Three
Names.” There will also be in this
number a special greeting to lowans
from President Warren G. Harding.
There will be a short story, “In
April”, by Bernice Brown, an lowa
girl whose short stories in Collier’s,
The Delineator, McCalls, Everybody’s
and other national publications have
been so interesting. There will be a;,
splendid story about Haniord Mac-
Nider of Mason City, national com
mander of the American Legipn,
written by Frank F. Miles, editor
of the lowa Legionnaire. There will
be a story by an lowa farmer tell*
ing how he has built and utilized an
upstairs hoghouse. Cyrenus Cole,
Congressman from the fifth district,
will write of lowa affairs at Wash
ington. There will be a timely ar
ticle telling how lowa schools are
now teaching citizenship. Curator
E. R. Harlan of the state historical
department will tell how lowa his
tory is preserved and there will be
two solid pages of pictures showing
lowa’s progress in the past. Ototury.
There will be a story
of the vigilantes In the vlrio® lowa
counties and there will be a
page—Happy land, conducted by Efrie
lie Stapp, an lowa girl who is now
juvenile editor for the Houghton
iMifflin Publishing Company in Bos
ton. There will also be a story giv
ing the verdicts of lowa women on
juries.
These things hint at the general
line of interest which will be ap
pealed to in the magazine ~|ption
issue after issue. There will be fic
tion, stories about lowa people, lowa
farm and town business, lowa gov
ernment', lowa parks and scenic dis-
HN&
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUN, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JI'NE 7,11)22
SPILLVILLE WILL
CELEBRATE AGAIN
Citizens Getting Ready for Another
Full Fledged Celebration
Fourth of July.
BIG PROGRAM
WILL SOON BE OUT
And it is Promised That Not a Dull
Moment Will be Found During
the Day or Evening.
Spillville is getting ready for an
other full fledged celebration on the
Fourth of July, which means another
big time for the people of this sec
tion.
Committees are at work and a
program is being arranged that will
leave no dull moments throughout
the day or evening.
Among the sports the outstanding
one will be the base ball game.
Spillville has a real team this sea
son, having lost only one game this
season and that by the narrow mar
gin of 2 to 1. Last Sunday they
trimmed the fast Waucoma team 14
to 3.
Another big feature will be the
eats, and a committee has that end
well under way and the usual boun
teous feed will be assured.
The grounds and facilities for en
tertaining big crowds have been ex
tended. A new base ball field, second
to none, has just been comple:ed, and
a nine hole golf course is another
recent addition to the amusement end
of the park. Being conducted on a
public basis, every goffer may en
joy the game without paying high
cost membership fees. Tennis courts
are also on the grounds, as well as
barn yard golf (horse shoe pinching).
A croquet court, swings and other
things for the kiddies are being in
stalled. Watch for the large posters,
Which will soon be Olfr giving the
rrogHt-* I’*" 1 ’*" an<l arrrmgir y-T
dates to be in Spillville July 4th.
tricts, lowa communities, lowa
schools, in short, there will be a
succession of interesting matter and <
j many’ pictures that will be very vital
'to all residents of the state. In ad
dition, from time to time, there will
be many* features about this parti
cular community. There will be an
especial effort to interest the farm
men and women, and there will be
many stories about farm undertak
ings of an unusual sort. Readers
of the Public Opinion will find it to
their interest not to miss a s;ngle
copy of the paper, inasmuch as the
magazine section will add features
hitherto impossible for the publishers
to present. Those who read the first
'.number of the magazine section will
'undoubtedly be eager to see those
.that will follow. There will ba no
• '.increase in subscription price of the
; Public Opinion The lowa Magazine
. * Section will go to all subscribers sim
s! ply as a development in service to
, its readers. The Public Opinion has
.been constantly increasing the
! amount of reading matter appear
i ing in its columns during the past
few years and the lowa Magazine
s Section is just another development
5 for the good of its readers.
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PRIMARY VOTE
LIGHT MONDAY
Smith W. Brookhart, of Washington,
lowa, Nominated for United
States Senator, Carried
Winneshiek by Big
Vote.
SHERIFF’S CONTEST
WILL GO TO CONVENTION
State Senatorship Race Close One,
With Senator Reed in Lead
About 85, With Henry
Ruen Close Second.
Des Mo!nes, lowa June 7, 1922.
Public Opinion, Decorah, lowa.
Practically complete returns
give Brookhart 41 per cent with
130,000 votes for United States
senator; Thorne 51,000; Picket;:
50,00; Francis 40.000; Sweet
34,00; Stanley 13,000. All pre
sent state officers renominated
except Miss Francis wins state
superintendencv. Robinson no
minated congressman third dis
trict. All o her present con
gressmen renominated. Haugen’s
majority over Kehoe ten to fif
teen thousand.
lowa’s state wide primary' was held
Monday and from the returns it is
evident that a very' light vote was
cast.
In Winneshiek county the Republi
can vote was something over 3,685.
The women didn’t turn out in as
large numbers as was expected, and
the male vote was not out in force
either. The weather was ideal and
the farmers were busy’ and it is
evident that many didn’t turn out to
vote throughout the state.
There was no contest for office in
the democratic ranks and interest was
centered on a number of offices on
the Republican ticket where spirited
competition prevailed.
For United States Senator six
candidates were in the field. This
county was carried by Smith Brook
jigi jUliniiMim. te; la-
nearest competitor, Pickett, of Wa
terloo getting 572.
Secretary of state Walter Ram
say won easily here with a vote
of 2438 to Leffert’s 535. For trea
surer of state Burbank, the present
incument won over Ainsworth here
2142 to 700. Bender for superinten
dent of Public Instruction was high
man with 1392.
For Fourth district congressman
Hon. G. N. Haugen won out hand
somely getting 2523 votes to Kehoe’s
701. Haugen led five co one all
over the district.
For state senator in the Winne
shiek-Howard district the race was a
hard one with three candidates in
the field. From the face of the re
turns from Howard and Winneshiek
it is conceded Senator Carl W. Reed
was renominated, but he got a
mighty close shave, with only about
85 votes to spare, according to the
returns yesterday’. Henry Ruen, of
Winneshiek ran him a very close
race and it might take the official
count to determine the result. As we
got the returns they gave Reed 1920
votes and Ruen 1835. H. C. Gross
was third with 1201 Ruen
carried Winneshiek big, nearly doubl
ing the vote of his competitors, butj
his vote in Howard was light. Reed
Semi-Official Republican Vote Cast at the Primary Election June sth, 1922
U. S. Senator
Brookhart
Pickett ,
Francis
i
Thorne
Sweet
Stanley
o
Ramsay rj
£
Leffert
©
Burbank
;J
I
Ainpwo) fh
Beiwler . ;
F rancLs \
McClellnhan
Hauigen
Kehoe |
Ruen J
Gross * fc,
Reed l
Severson |
Winger i i
Christen _ |
Korsen »Mi
Severson % j.
Aiwlerson
Bucknel! £
Nelson , ;
Strand t« t
Bakken [
Is tad 4 f.
101 C in Howard to ISI for Mr.
a. Gross’ vote in Howard was
As the vote now stands Senator
I was renominated, and whether
official count will change it re
is to be seen.
le race for county auditor "a.-
a spirited one, with two cand.*
s in the field, County Auditor
ger and Clarence E. Severson,
latter wining out by a majority
!80.
tie contest for County Attorney
between County Attorney J. A.
k o n and Atty. W. M. Strand, At- I
ey Nelson winning by a majority
,795. He was given 2,654 votes,
i the fight for the sheriff’s no
tion. five candidates were in the
1 lf Frank Christen, Joseph Korsen,
< *rt A. Anderson, Walter Buck-
Edgar Severson. 3685 votes
ie cu't for sheriff, which was the
I ;est of any of the office>, but
t result of the vote showed that
r nomination was made as the high
ii, Christen, lacked a few' of hav
i the required 35 per cent. He
e ived 1278 and his nearest oom
] itor, Anderson, rece.ved 1266, gi\-
i Christen a majority of 12, which
i i three tenths of one per cent
rt of the required 35 per cent.
' s contest will have to be settled
the county convention to be he.d
i the court house Saturday, July 1.
1 ire are 161 delegates from the
v riou< township and precincts to
[ [ticipate in this convention and
H. J. GREEN.
n ke the nomination,
bounty Clerk S. J- Moore, Trea
pr c. P. Seim, Recorder Albert
H nmersness, Coroner L. B. \Nilii>
w -e all renominated by a big vote
w bout any opposition.
h the supervisors contests, Super
vi >r E. F. Bakken of the fifth dis-
Tfct who was a candidate for re
ellrtion was defeated by Andrew
i Jfcd for the nomination by a major
itlof 239.
Supervisor M. C. Bergan of the
firttt district and Supervisor C. J.
Burgess of the third district were
both accorded renominations with
hi M>tes. „ |
4 democrat, tSJa
feated for re-nomination by, we un
derstand about 22 votes by Joa. I.
Swehla, of Spillville.
The Decorah lodge of Elks is pre
paring to initiate one of the largest
classes of new members in the his
tory of the lodge on Thursday, June
15, when 110 new members will be
taken in. The “Mavericks” will be
initated at the Elks Home at 4
p. in. sharp, and 6:30 p. m. a ban
quet will be held at the Winneshiek
Hotel. After the banquet the Elks
will repair to the Grand opera house
where the branding of the Mavericks
will take place at eight o’clock. All
Elk- are requested to bring their
card to be admitted to the big show,
as none, but “Good Elks will be
’admitted. Watch for the big parade.
Planning Community Sale
A move is under way now by’ a
number of the progressive merchants
of Decorah for a big community sale
thi- month. A number have already
signified their intention to hold a
big three days sale, and a committee
will interview others this week and
try to arrange for a definite date, so
. that announcement can be made of it
next week.
Secretary Treasurer g t of j nst . Congress State Senator Auditor
of State of Stat<
Elks to Take in Big Class
MERITOL HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
Stockholders Discuss Progressive
Plans at a Meeting Held
Monday Afternoon.
BUILDING UP A GREAT
INSTITUTION HERE
Decorah’s Largest and Most Promis
ing Business Institution Rapid
ly Increasing Trade and
Production of
Factory.
The annual meeting of the stock- j
holders of the American Drug & I
Press Association was held a - the j
company’s offices in the Decorah fac
tor}' on Monday afternoon, and the
reports of the officers and managers
exhibited the splendid growth and
the excellent prospects of Decorahs
largest industrial institution. Since
the first of January the business has
increased about seventy per cent
over the same months of last year,
with good prospects for doubling the
business before the year closes.
Increased lines of products, ad
ditions to the force of traveling
salesmen and to the factor}' em
ployes, new and improved mach-
J finery for increasing the efficiency
and* output of the factory, and the
development of modern ideas of
manufacture and salesmanship mark
he opening of a period of expan
sion that promises the rapid de\e!op
ment of a plant here that will em
plov hundreds of people and spread
the name and fame of Decorah and
Meritol to every hamlet and cross ■
roads in America.
The payment of the regular divid
end, which has never failed to be
paid during the past years of fin
ancial depression and disaster to
many institutions, the conservative
careful business policy of the man
agement, and the unexcelled charac
• fer and uuaißy of iw
has placed this institution upon a
good footing, high in the confidence
of the public, and sure to expand
and develop as rapidly as good bus
iness judgment will justify.
The officers of the company were
re-elected, as follows:
President —Harry J. Green.
Vice President —H. B. Winter.
Secretary—l. W. Brunt.
Treasurer —E. J. Parman.
Directors—H. J. Green, H. B. Win
ters, I. W. Brunt, E. J. Parman,
Wm. Kern.
The American Drug & Press As- J
sociation is owned and operated by 1
business men of Decorah and far
mers of Winneshiek county. Its ]
goods are sold in Meritol stores n i
more than 1,500 cities and towns i
throughout all sections of the United !i
States. It affords the one great op-,
portunity’ Decorah now has to carry
its name to every’ part of this coun
try, to provide employ-ment for
large numbers of men and women,
to bring vast sums of money’ here •
from thousands of miles in every
direction, to pay this out largely to !
Decorah people, in fact, to return
an hundred fold to this community
all that its people give it in support
and in patronage.
Whenever you buy anything that
NO. 23
INVITATIONS FOR
THE HOMECOMING
Will be Mailed Out This Meek to
Former Winneshiek Residents
Scattered Over the
United States.
THE BIG WEEK
IS Al'G. 7 to 13
Homecoming Buttons Mill he Here
Soon. Enough for Everyone
in County to Wear One.
Invitations are be ng mailed ou~
this week to former residents or
Deco rail and Winneshiek county, in
viting them to be present in Deconih
the week of August 7 to IS, in
clusive, to attend the grand Home
coming which will be held that week.
So far the committee has names and
addresses of about 350 former ro
dents, but at the list i* far
from complete, and more names are
wanted. They can be mailed to Mr.
Ben Bear, who will see to it tnat all
get a special imitation.
The executive committee has had
several meetings the past two weeks,
and other committees will be ap
pointed later to assist in making
■ this Homecoming the grandest at
• fair ever held in this section of the
state. . ,
The big Winneshiek county fair
will be on the same week, so the
visitors will be assured of one grand,
continual round of pleasure. A nrve
program of entertainment will be
provided and not a dull moment will
lie encountered during the entire
week. j
The committee has ordered a
large number of Homecoming but
tons, which will be here soon, and
it is hoped to have enough for ev
ery person in Winneshiek county to
wear one. .
Homecoming posters will soon be
displayed depicting the greatest week
lin the history of lojjv.
• I Remember the- dfr'.es -
1 visiting the best town in the beat
■ state in the union Aug. 7 to 13.
I o—- ———
• Graduates From Mt. St. Josephs
Graduates From Mt. St. Josephs
College
Miss Virginia Soukup, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Soukup, of De
co rah, graduated Monday from Mt.
St. Joseph’s college at Dubuque, fin
ishing the academic course. Her
mother was present at the exercises,
and they arrived home last evening.
The commencement ad drees was de
livered by His Grace, the Most Rev.
James J. Keane, who conferred the
honors on the graduates.
Meritol produces—medicines and re
medies of every kind for man or
beast, toilet articles of every’ des
cription, soaps, perfumes, candies,
cigars, rubber goods, etc., why’ not
insist upon Meritol. You are guar
anteed the best goods in the market,
your money back cheerfully if you
i are not pleased with them, and you
are doing something for Decorah
and Winneshiek county, contributing
! your share to building up a great
plant here that means more value
ito every’ home, every farm, every
business and every professon in
Winneshiek county. A-k for Meritol
every- time, wherever you may be.
Sheriff
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