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BY HARRY J. GREEN
PBCOBAH. IOWA. JULY 2fi. 1922
CHICKEN THIEVES BECOME
MENACE
Floyd County Organizing Vigilante*
Charles City, lowa—Chicken thie
ves, ravaging the chicken houses of
Floyd county fanners by night, have
increased their activities to such an
extent in the past month that resi
dents of the county, through the
enedium of the farm bureau, are or
ganizing to stamp out this lawless
■activity. i
A meeting of representatives from
each township was called at the
courthouse at Charles City recently
and the problem discussed.
Poultry dealers in the section have
'been warned to be on the watch for
persons of suspicious character who
4iave chickens for sale, and vigilance
measures ■'re being taken by each
fanner in the county for the protec
tion of his flock.
The county ,attorney has been en
listed in the chicken thief drive, and
has stated that of all despicable crim
inals he loves the chicken thief the
Jca.-t and will do everything in his
power to apprehend and convict of
fenders.
Operations of the thieves have
much worry and dismay to
farm wives, who often times plan to
take a vacation trip on the proceeds
•of the sale of her flock, t or buy some
much needed household furnishings,
the farm bureau director states.
Night patrols on the,roads of the
townships have been suggested, as a
means of combatting poultry depre
dations, as well as individual identr
cation marks on the fowls.
Keep Coaf Dry.
If coni is kept in a dry, airy place
ft will burn much better than if placed
In a close, poorly ventilated cellar.
Coal that is excluded from the air
soon gets rid of its gas and the ab
sence of this renders It more waste
ful when burned.
NOTICE IN PROBATE
To whom it may concern::
You and each of you are hereby
notified to appear at the Clerk’s
i TT ~’’
attend’ the probate of an
instrument purporting to be the Last
Will and Te stament of
S. O. Severson
late of Pleasant Township, in Win
neshiek County, lowa, deceased, at
which time ami place you will ap
pear and show cause, if any, why
said will should not be admitted to
probate.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said office, this 29th, day
•of June, 1922.
S. J. MOORE,
Clerk of District Court.
By C. R. SELL AND, Deputy.
E. J. HOOK, Attorney. 27-4
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
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Notice of the Appointment of Exe- i
wutor of the Estate of O. A. Berge,
•otherwise known as Ole A. Berge, de
ceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
Executor of the estate of
O. A. Berge otherwise .known as
v ,t>l? A. Btrge
late of (lienwodu township, in the
•county of Winneshiek, State of
lowa, deceased, testate, and has tak
en up himself that trust by giving
jhonds as the law directs. All per
4?ons having demands upon the estate
of the said deceased are required to
exhibit the same, and persons indebt
ed to said e-tate are called upon
to make payment to
ANTON MELVIN BERGE,
Executor.
Dated at Decorah, lowa, July 11, 1922
ELLIS J. HOOK, Attorney. 28-4 w
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned have organized a cor
poration for pecuniary profit under
the provisions of Chapter 1, Title 9
•of the Code of lowa and amendments
thereto.
Tlie name of this corporation shall
be the ONEOTA OIL AND LEAS
ING COMPANY, and its principal
piace of busine.-s shall be in the city
of Decorah, county of Winneshiek
and state of lowa.
The general nature of the business
to be transacted by this corporation
is to buy, sell, acquire, transfer,
assign arid develop oil and gas leases,
to act as brokers or agents in buy
ing, selling, and acquiring oil and
• gas leases, to borrow and loan money
on oil and gas leases and royalties,
to buy, sell, and lease real estate
in the state of lowa, and to do any
and all acts necessary to carry out
tbe above purposes and powers.
The capital stock of this corpora
tion shall be Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) and shall be divided in
to shares of ten dollar- ($10.00) each.
No stock shall be issuer! until the
corporation has receiver! payment in
■full thereof at par in cash or in
property, provider!, however, that
when stock is to be issuer! for any
thing other than money it must be
on proper action of the board of
•directors and subject to the approval
of the Executive Council of the State
of lowa. . m.
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The existence of this corporation
shall begin on the date the Secretary
of State issues his certificate of
incorporation, and shall terminate at
the expiration of twenty years from
said date, unless sooner dissolved by
a two thirds vote of its stockholders.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be managed by a board of three dir
ectors, who shall elect a president, a
vice president, and a secretary trea
surer. The number of directors may
be increased by the stockholders at
a regular or special meeting called
for that purpose. The board of dir
ectors shall be elected by the stock
holders pt the annual meeting to be
held on the first Monday in Decem
ber of each year. Until the first an
nual meeting which will be held on
the first Monday in December, 1922,
the following shall be the directors:
Oscar Brown, Decorah, Iowa; George
E. Fagg, Decorah, Iowa; and Par
nell Shea, Decorah, lowa. And until
the first annual meeting the follow
ing shall be the officers of said cor
poration: President, Oscar Brown,
Decorah, Iowa; Vice President,
George E. Fagg, Decorah, Iowa; Sec
retary-Treasurer, Parnell Shea, De
corah, lowa. All officers shall hold
office for the term of one year or
until their successors are elected and
qualify. The board of directors shall
have authority to fill all vacancies
occuring in its membership between
the annual meetings, by the appoint
ment of a qualifed person to hold
office for the remainder of the term.
Every director shall be a stockhold
er ami if any director shall sell or
transfer his stock in the corporation
he shall at once cease to be a direc
tor. At all meetings of the stock
holders each stockholder shall be en
titled to one vote for each share of
stock held by him, which vote may
be cast in perron or by proxy duly
authorized in writing.
The highest amount of indebted
ness to which this corporation shall
at any time subject itself shall be
an amount not in excess of one-half
of its capital stock then issued and
outstanding.
The private property of the stock
holders of this corporation shall be
exempt from corporate debts.
Dated this 11th day of July, 1922.
OSCAR BROWN,
GEORGE E. FAGG,
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SOLDIERS’ BONUS LAW
AN ACT authorizing the state of
lowa to become indebted in the
amount of twenty-two million dol
lars, and providing for the issue i
and sale of bonds of said state
in evidence thereof, to procure
funds for and pay a bonus to per
?ons who served in the military
or naval service of the United 1
States at any time between the j
.-ixth day of April, nineteen hun- r
died seventeen, and the eleventh 1
day of November, nineteen hun- <
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to administer such payments, pro- ]
viding for an additional bonus for ■
persons under disability,-providing
for the imposition, levy and collec
tion of a direct annual tax sufficient
to pay the principal and interest
on said bonds, providing penalties
for the violation of the provisions
of this act, providing for applica
tion of any surplus to the retire
ment of the indebtedness herein
created, and providing for sub
mission of this act to the people to
be voted upon at the general elec
tion to be held in the year nine
teen hundred twenty-two.
Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of the State of Iowa:
Section 1. The state of lowa is
hereby authorized to become indebt
ed in the amount of twenty-two mil
lion dollars, ($22,000,000.00) and in
evidence thereof there shall be issued
and sold negotiable coupon bonds of
, said state, as hereinafter provided,
. and the proceeds thereof shall be
paid into the treasury of the stale
j to be expended for the payment of
I a bonus to the persons defined in
section four (4) of this act or for
i the benefit of such persons, aS pifi
scribed by section eight (8) of this
, act, and for expenses incurred in
f carrying out the provisions of this
act. i
Section 2. The treasurer of the <
state is hereby directed to cause toll
be prepared negotiable coupon bonds i
of this state in the amount of
twenty-two million dollars, ($22,000,-
000.00) such bonds to bear interest
at the rate of not to exceed five
per cent per annum, which interest
shall be paid semiannually. Such
bonds shall be issued so that said
indebtedness shall be payable in
twenty equal annual installments, the
last of which shall be within twenty
years from date of issue. Said
bonds shall be signed by the gover- j
nor, under the great seal of said
state, attested by the secretary of
state and countersigned by the |
treasurer of state, and the full faith,!
credit and resources of the state of
lowa shall be pledged for the pay
ment thereof. The interest coupons
attached to said bonds shall bear the
lithographed facsimile signatures of |
said officials. The treasurer of state j
shall >e!l said bonds to obtain funds j
to carry out the provisions of this
act, and to make the payments here
inafter provided. Such bonds shall
be sold at not less than the par
value thereof and accrued interest
thereon ‘o the highest and most
responsible bidder after advertising
for a period of twenty consecutive I
days, Sundays excepted, in at least
two daily new.-papers printed in tbe
city of Des Moines. Advertisements
of .-ale shall recite that the trea
surer of state, in his discretion, may
reject any or all bids received and,
in such event, he shall readvertise
for bids in the form and manner
above described as many times as
in his judgment may be necessary
to effect a satisfactory sale.
Section 3. The proceeds of such
bonds so paid into the treasury of
state shall constitute a bonus fund
and -hall be distributed to the per
-on- entitled thereto, as hereinafter
prescribed. Said twenty-two million
dollars ($22,000,000) is hereby ap
propriated out of said bonus fund for
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DECJRAH PUBLIC OPINION, DECORAH, IOWA
the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this act.
Section 4. Every person, male or
female, including army, navy, and
marine corps, nurses who served in
the military or naval service of the
United States at any time between
April 6, 1917, and November 11,
1918, and who at the time of enter
ing into such service was a resident
of the state of lowa, and who was
honorably separated or discharged
from such service, or who is still in
active service, or has been retired
or has been furloughed to a reserve,
shall be entitled to receive from the
proceeds of such bonds as a bonus,
the sum of fifty cents (.50) for each
day that such person was in active
service, such bonus not to exceed a
total sum of three hundred and fifty
dollars ($350.00). No person shall
be entitled to such payment or al
lowance whose only service was in
the students army tra ning corps or
who received from another state a
bonus or gratuity of a like nature
provided for by nhis act, or who
being in such sendee, received civil
ian pav for civilian work. No per
son shall be entitled to such payment
or allowance who being in the mili
tary or naval service of the United
State.-, subsequent to April G. 1917,
refused on conscientious, political or
other grounds to subject himself to
military discipline or to render un
qualified service. The husband or
wife, child or children, mother,
father, sisters or brothers, in the or
der named and none other, of any
person as defined in this section. v>no
died while in the -ervice or who has
deceased before receiving the benefits
of this act, shall be paid the sum
that such deceased persons would be
entitled to herumler if such de
ceased person had lived.
Section 5. Before receiving pny
sum under the provisions of this
act, the applicant .-hall file with the
clerk of the district court of the
county in which he or she resides or
resided at the time of induction into
service, or with the adjutant general,
application therefor on forms provid
ed by the adjutant general, such ap
plications to be so filed on or before
December 31, 1924; provided, that
when such application is filed with
the clerk of the district court it
shall be the duty of said clerk to
transmit said application to the ad
jutant general forthwith. Such ap
plication shall state facts sufficient
to establish the status of such ap
plicant within a class as defined in
section four (4) of this act, and shall
be duly verified.
Section (i. Who ever knowingly
makes a false statement, oral or
written, relating to a material fact
in supporting a claim under the
provisions of this act, shall be pun
ished by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00), or be Im
prisoned for not more than one year,
or both, and shall forfeit all bene
fits he or she might have been
entitled to under this act.
Board” to consist of the state audi
tor, the state treasurer, the adjut
ant general and the adjutant of the
lowa Department of the American
Legion. It shall be the duty of said
board to examine into such applica
tions ami make any other examina
tion necessary to establish facts, and
approve or disapprove the same.
Whenever any such application is
i approved by said board, it shall be
• the duty of the adjutant, general io
> prepare a voucher and transmit the
- same to the state auditor; said auui
- tor shall issue a warrant for the
amount stated therein, and the state
- treasurer shall pay such warrant out
of said bonus fund. No assignment
s of any right or claim to benefits
- hereunder made prior to the issuance
- of the state auditor’s warrant herein
i provided for, shall be valid, and any
1 transfer or attempt to transfer 'any
f such right or claim or any part
1, thereof by any beneficiary prior to
e the issuance of such warrant and the
e acquiring or attempting to acquire by
f any other person of any interest in
ii or title to such claim prior to the
r issuance of such warrant, shall be
- ;i misdemeanor and punishable as
s such.
Section 8. After the payment of
all approved claims and expenses of
administration ot the board herein <
created, all funds remaining in the
hands of the bonus board, after De
cember 31, 1924, not in excess of
two million dollars, $2,000,000.00) ,
shall constitute an additional bonus
to be administered by the (bonus
board for the amelioration of the j
condition of residents of this state
within the classes as defined in .sec
tion four (4) of this act, who are
suffering from disability. All fimus
remaining in the hands of the bonus
board after December 31, 1924. in
exce-s of the two million dollars
($2,000,000.00) disability fund, shall
be applied to the payment of the
debt herein created.
Section 9. The bonus board is
hereby empowered to employ such
assistants and to incur such other
expenses as may be necessary for the
administration and carrying out of
the provisions of this act and the
! funds necessary for such admiiristra
■ tion and carrying out of the pro-
I visions of this act shall be expended
from said bonus fund; such assistants
as said board may determine shall
give bond in such amount as may
be fixed by said board, and shall,
whenever practicable be persons
within the classes as defined .n sec
! tion four (4) of this act.
Section 10. All payments and al
lowances made under this act shall
be exempt from all taxation, and
from levy and sale on execution, and
all bonds issued, hereunder shall oc
exempt from taxation.
Section 11. To provide for tne
payment of the principal of caid
bonds so .issued and sold and the
interest thereon as the same become
due and mature, there is hereby im
posed and levid upon all the taxable
property within the state of lowa,
in addition to all other taxes, a tlir
ect annual tax for each of the >ears
said bonds are outstanding, sufficient
• in amount to produce the sum of
i one million one hundred thousand
• dollars ($1,100,000.00) each year for
• twenty years for the payment of
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principal of said bonds and sufficient |
in amount to produce such additional
sums as may be needed to pay tne,
interest on such bonds. The trea-I
surer of state shall annually certify J
to the executive council, prior to the |
time for the levy of general state,
taxes, the amount of money required
to be raised to pay the principal and
interest on such bonds maturing m
the ensuing year and said executive
council shall annually fix the *aie
percentum necessary to be .evied
and assessed upon the valuation or
the taxable property within this state
to produce funds sufficient to pa>
the principal of and interest upon
such bonds as the same become pay
able and such additional annual
direct tax shall be levied, certified,
assessed and collected at the same
time and in the same manner as are
taxes for general state purposes.
Section 12. If any clause, sen
tence, paragraph, or part of this act j
shall for any reason be adjudged by
any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder of the act, but shall he
confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, or part thereof
directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment has been
rendered.
Section 13. This law, after legal j
publication, shall be submitted to the j
people of this state at th? general
election to be held in November, nine-!
teen hundred twenty-two, and shall i
not take effect unless at such •'■o4-
tion it shall receive a majority of
all votes cast for and against It.;
Separate ballots shall be provided for
the electors which shall be in sub- j
stantially the following form:
(Notice to Voters: For an affirms-j
tive vote upon any question sub-!
mitted upon this ballot, maik a crosM
mark in the square after the word
“Yes”. For a negative vo:e, make a
similar mark in the square following ,
the word "No.”)
“Shall the follow- Y£S
ing public measure, !
being an act of the ___ _____
39th General As
sembly, be adopted so
and approved?”
(Here insert in full this law)
Section 14. This act shall take
effect immediately upon its adoption
and approval at such election.
Approved March 23, A. I). 192 L
I, Walter C. Ramsay, secretary of
state' for the State of lowa, and
custodian of the Laws and Acts of [
the General Assembly, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of a certain eiiaci- j
ntent of the General Assembly known
as Chapter 332, Acts of the Thirty
ninth General Assembly, and wa.'
approved by the Governor on March
23 A. D. 1921.
I further certify that this publica
tion is in 5,
the
electorate of the question of incur
ring debts by the state.
Given under my hand and the seal
of my office affixed this 27 day of
June, A. D. 1922.
(Sea!) * W. C. RAMSAY,
27-13 Secretary of State.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk of the City of De
corah, lowa, until 7:30 P. M., August
2nd, 1922, for the furnishing of all
labor and materials for the recon
struction of three filter beds, the
building of two pile and timber out
lets, and the work in connection
therewith, all in accordance with the
plans and specifications therefor pre
pared by the City Engineer.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for $500.00 payable to
the treasurer of the city of Decorah
as security that the successful bidder
will enter into contract for the work
and will furnish suitable bond ac
ceptable to the City Council.
The City reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids or to award
the work as seems to be best inter
ests of the city of I'ecorah.
July 18th, 1922.
F. M. Hughes, City Clerk
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NOTICE IN PROBATE
To whom it may concern:
You and each of you are hereby
notified to appear at the Court House
in Winneshiek County, lowa, on the
18th day of September, 1922, at 3:00
o’clock P. M., to attend the probate
of an instrument purporting to be
the Last Will and Testament of
Ole (), Hovey
late of Orleans Township, in Winne
shiek County, lowa, deceased, at
which time and place you will appear
and show cause, if any, why said
will should not be admitted to pro
bate.
In testimony whereof I hereunto
>ubscribed my name and affixed the
.eal of said office, this IMh day of
July, 1922.
S. J. MOORE,
Clerk of I/istrict Court.
McCOOK & LYONS, Attorneys
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Yearly Coal Production.
It is reported that al»<>ut (fW.OOO
pounds o( coral, worth S7(X(,(KN) arc
tukui each year from the coral Iteds
of Japan. The work is done hy divers,
the master diver receiving and gruel
ing the coral as it is brought in. Whole
sale and exporting firms kee p repre
sentatives there to Inspect the coral
und make* bids for it. The color has
much to do with the value. The most
extensive is “boke,” a pale quince
color; next in value is pink, then
white, light red and dark red.
Our Oyeter Beds.
There are oyster beds along the At
lantic- all the way from Cape* Cod to
Mexico, but the bivalves are not found
in the open sea. The oysters would
have been exterminated if it had not
been for the practice of planting the
heels.
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Closing Out Sale
SAL-TONIK
At Less than Half Price
If vou own live stock don’t fail to use Sal-Tonik.
It is a Disease Preventive, Worm Destroyer, Tonic and
Conditioner.
Made of Tonic, Salt and Medicinal Herbs pressed
into 50 lb. blocks and used in place of salt.
GUARANTEE
The makers guarantee that animals which have
access to Sal-Tonik will keep in “5
GAIN FROM 1-2 LB. TO 1 LB. PER DAY MORE ON
THE SAME FEED. Once tried always used.
At this reduced price, the cost is about 5c PER
MONTH PER HEAD.
(Note-The standard price of Sal-Tonik every
where is $4.25.)
PRICE
One 50-lb. Block $2.25
Five 50-lb. Blocks, each 2 r~
Ten 50 lb. Blocks, each
The Adams Seed Co.
.Decorah, lowa
Public Stenographer
Miss Madalyn Mass
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Winneshiek Hotel Bldg.
A Full Measure
of Service
THE First Quarterly Summary of Refinery
Statistics issued by the Bureau of Mines
(1922) states that 25 °/o more gasoline was
purchased by consumers in January, Feb
ruary and March, 1922, than in the correspond
ing period of 1921. Many well-informed
marketers are predicting that there will be an
insufficient supply of gasoline this summer in
the Middle West.
The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has
increased its facilities so largely that it feels safe
in stating that it will be able to render to the
people of the 10 states it serves that degree of
service which the public has come to expect
from this organization.
The manufacturing facilities of the Standard
Oil Company (Indiana) have a capacity of
more than one billion gallons of gasoline per
year. These facilities are being operated 24
hours every day that patrons may be certain
of securing their requirements of petroleum
products as they need them.
When the flood tide of demand occurs, car
owners will realize that the Standard Oil Com
pany (Indiana) has anticipated their needs fully
and completely.
When a motorist fills his tank at a conven
ient service station in some remote corner of the
Middle West, he may never stop to consider
the vast and complicated machinery needful
to put that gasoline where he wants it at the
moment he needs it most. But he will appre
ciate that it is there.
He may never know that serving him involves
experienced executives of trained initiative and
resourcefulness; enormous expenditures for labor
and raw material; great, modern refineries con
tinuously operated; immense storage facilities;
a magnificent distribution system; and the uni
form effort of an organization of 25,000 men
and women. All this is back of that small quan
tity of Red Crown gasoline which every summer
tourist confidently expects to purchase and
surely finds at all points in the territory served
by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana).
This the Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
considers genuine service.
Standard Oil Company
(Indiana )
910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago
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