Decorah public opinion., September 20, 1922, Image 1

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TWELVE PAGES
Vol. XX* r TII.
V _
BEN BEAR
FROM NEW YORK'
Pioneer Clothier Sends l's an Inter
esting Letter About His Acti
vities on Buying Trip.
WHOLESALE HOUSES
ARE CROWDED
Attended a Big Convention of Cloth
iers Which Was Held in Madi
son Square Garden.
Dear Public Opinion:
In my entire purchasing career
since 187 G, I never came to New
York so late as this time. First,
because I wanted to be at heme for
‘‘Homecoming” and because I am a
delegate from lowa to the convention
of the retail clothing association,
which has just closed, and without
going in to detail, it was one of the
biggest gatherings of the kind, which i
was ever staged by the association.
Clothiers from all over the country*
were in attendance, and it was in
deed a busy time from early morn
ing until late at night. The conven
tion was held at the Madison Square
Garden, one of the largest convention
halls in the city, occupying one
complete block and the arrangement ;
for entertainment of the thousands
of visitors was simply perfect. Many
noted speakers were in attendance,
who speke not only of matters inter- (
esting to clothiers, but also of nTany .
problems which at the present time «
need serious thought and attention. (
The style show which was one of the i
features of the week was indeed ad
mired by ad present, as it showed i
the wearing of clothes by men and
women from the earliest time, until ,
the present. This show was staged ,
by the theatrical people engaged for
that purpose, and the expense of
the same was taken care of by the
Wholesale clothing manuf«ctuir rS*" trf ,
N«w York; all delegates ami visitors
were entertained royally.
On Tuesday evening a ball was
given to the visitors in honor of the j
occasion, and on Wednesday evening;
a special style show entertainment, j
and on Thursday a dinner at the j
Commordore Hotel. In fact those;
who were here were certainly en« [
tertained and all left feeling welt i
repaid for the time spent.
New York is about the same, only ,
more life, if that were possible.j
Streets are crowded, hotels are filled, i
apartment houses are all rented, in , 1
fact I haven’t noticed an empty,
space anywhere. Restaurants are
surely doing a fourishing business.
Theatres are crowded to the doors,
while picture shows, a good many,
run a continuous performance.
New buildings are going up, and
I have seen no idle men about. In
fact the entire city looks prosperous. 1
While there has been considerable
difficulty in this city on account of
jiubway traffic conditions, the ex
tensions that are being made provide
the daily traveler with fair means
of getting to and from the subur
ban districts all on a five cent fare, j
Many travel twenty miles at a 5.
cent price from sections of the
Bronx’ to Brooklyn where they work.
The fare in the city, on surface lines,
subways, oKelevated roads are the
cheapest things in New York. In
fact it is about the only thing that
is cheap.
The automobile traffic in New
York has grown to such volume that
the lighting and tower signal traffic
have been installed in practically ev
ery main avenue of the city. On
Fifth avenue, where these tower
signals were placed, the merchants of
that street didn’t like the appearance,
so they got permission from the
council to erect new ones, just seven
of these signal towers and paid $70,-
000 for them.
The appropriation for th s year for
police and traffic service, of $34,000,-
000, is alone an indication of the
way this department is obliged to
extend its work and support.
\ The traffic policeman is the whole
thing. He is in absolute charge of
th* traffic and the chauffeurs of
autW* know that his order must be
obe\Vd.
Comparatively speaking there are
but mv auto accidents because the
regulators are perfect and must be
observe.
It was one time thought, that due
to prohibition, the “Great White
Way” of New York would be a thing of
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Dccoml) Public ©pinion.
LUTHER COLLEGE
NOW OPENED
With the Largest Enrollment in the
History of the School, and
Prospects for Great Year.
LAST YEAR’S FACULTY
PRACTICALLY INTACT
Many Improvements Made at th*
College the Past Year. New
Radio Equipment Installed.
Scholarship and ' Christianity a*
the foundation stones for the type
of education offeied by Luther Col
lege were the points emphasized by
Dr. Oscar L. Olson in his opening ad
dress to the faculty and student
body on Thursday, Sept. 14th. Only
with proper attention to the-e fun
damentals can Luther College fulfill
her mission of giving young men a
liberal education founded on the work
of God.' Scholarship must come as
the re-ult of hard work in applying
ourself to the task assigned by the
college through its teaching staff.
Choosing from his text, (Proveb- I.
1-9) the words “The fear lof the
Lord is the beginning of knewledgei
but fools despise w sdom and in
struction.” He spoke of the import
ance of guarding well the time spent
at schools in order that none should
by their indolence “despise wisdom
and instruction” and thus make
themselves “fools”. Finally, he most
earnestly exhorted all, both teachers
and students, that they should make
“the fear of the Lord the beginning
of wisdom” in order that a truly
Christian spirit might be evidenced
in all the relations on the campus,
both in the work and in the play.
The school year which was thus
opened already gives good promise
of being markedly successful. The
faculty of last year has been kept
practically intact. Prof. Orlando
Qualley is studying on th« Buhl
Sept. 16, 1922.
CTjfsstcaT FelTowsfnp at the Univer
sity of Michigan but with this ex
ception no one has been lost. Mr.
Hamlet E. Peterson of last year's
senior class has been added to the
instructoral staff, his work will be
in the preparatory department.
The student body has already
reached most encouraging propor
tions, 245 men being enrolled by
Saturday evening, Sept. 16th. Of
this number 76 are freshmen. This
is an increase of 51 over the total
enrollment for the corresponding
time last year. While the freshmen
class already exceeds the largest
class of any previous year by 5.
Indications *ue that last year’s re
cord for att> .dance will be exceeded
with a good margin.
The college plant has also been im
proved in every respect. The drive
up to the main building on the cam
pus has been paved as an extension
to the paving done by the city on
High street. The installation of
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Drilling has again been resumed at
Bakke Lease No. 1 by the Decorah
Oil & Gas Co., after a shut down
of a week or so, on account of losing
the bit in the hole. The company is
getting inquirers from big oil com
panies in Tusla, Oklahoma, about
conditions here, and it looks like
some big companies w*ant to get in
on the field here. The Decorah Oil
& Gas Co is now down in the same
formation where they hit the big
gas wells in Carson and Potter
counties, Texas. Various geologists
have also been writing for informa
tion. Things never looked brighter
at the well than they do now, and
Everything seems favorable for a
strike of oil or gas.
Ben Bear Home From Market
Ben Bear arrived home yesterday
from Vis 93d trip to New Y'ork,
where he made his fall and winter
purchases for the Ben Bear Clothing
Co., purchaiing one of the finest
lines of clothing this popular store
ever carried. A letter from Mr.
Bear, which arrived too late for
publication last week, appears in this
issue. \
Tendered a Kweotion
Last Sunday Bertha
Bender, of Hesper gave aVecep: on
to about 200 relative- andVriends
in honor of her daughtei
M iss Anna to Mr. Theo. fhouvpson,
of Sattre. The bride received a lot
of beautiful gifts and the evening
was spent in dancing. They wiH
make - their home in Waukon.
DECORAH, WINNESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922
Oil Company Drilling Again
“THE NIGHTCAP”
COMING TO GRAND
Will Appear Here Thursday Night,
Oct. 5, is a Comedy of Mystery
tq the Thinking Mind.
CAST HAS BEEN
CAREFULLY SELECTED
The Story Will Live Long in the
Public Mind, Three Big Melo
dramatic Comedy Acts.
“The Nightcap” is a comedy of
mystery, built for wholesome enter
tainment and is refreshing to the
thinking mind. It is a guessing con
test, diverting by the steady flow of
humor of a ludicrous character of
gloomy nature, a/id is tautly acted
from end to etui by a remarkably
well balanced cast, Max Marcin and
Guy Bolton have written a story
that will live long in the public’s
mind, in their t g melodramatic
comedy in three acts, and not until
the last few minutes of the play
is the mystery unraveled.
A New Y'ork banker invites three
of the directors of the institution to
his country home for a week end
party. Long after dinner ami danc
ling, he asks them to have a “night
cap” with him, and the brandy, which
is of old vintage, is brought out.
After their indulgence, the banker
tells the directors he is short s6ooi
-000. That in the eyes of the law
they are equally guilty with him. He
has a pistol ready—the bank must be
saved—and honor, too. He suggests
that he must be killed; he is insured
for SBOO,OOO. He begs to be shot to
death, but who will do the killing?
He cannot very well be his own exe
cutioner—all his life insurance pol
icies contain suicide clauses —so even
by dying he can’t pay off his huge
shortage to the bank of whlich he ' >
president, unless another hand puA'S
the trigger. Our embarrassed hero
invites sudden death at the hand of
one of the directors with a bewitch
ing wife; he is in that lady's cham
ber when the director unexpectedly
returns from town and enters his
wife’s room, gun in hand. But It
is the husband, not the hero, who
gets shot to death ami rethickens
the plot. Meantime our embarrassed
hero has made a SIO,OOO bargain
with a crooked butler, who shall col
lect that amount when his is
found with a bullet in his head.
Complications set in and tis so full
of thrills, comedy and romance, it
is, not until the final curtain that the
mystery is solved.
The cast has been carefully select
ed, the production is the same as
when shown at Playhouse, Chicago,
during the eight months of capacity
business.
DISTRICT COURT
IN SESSION
Kneeskern Case Expected to be De
cided by Judge Taylor Some
Time During This Term.
JURY EXCUSED
UNTIL NEXT MONDAY
Large Number of Probate and Other
Matters Taken Care of by Judge
Springer Since Monday.
The September term of the district
court ooened here Monday afternoon
with Hon. Judge Springer on the
bench.
Owing to the absence from the
city of several of the local attorneys,
the jura* was excused until next
Monday.
On Monday, the opening day of
court, Frank Kneeskern’s attorneys
filed a fifth amendment to his motion
for a new* trial, and on the same
day he filed his reply to the state’s
resistance to defendant’s motion for
a new* trial. This case will come for
hearing some time during this term,
and will be decided by Judge Taylor,
who will come to Decorah, but just
when nobody knows at this writ.ng.
A large number of probate matters
have been taken care of besides the
following causes:
Anna P. Jaeger vs. J. J. Pfister.
Referees report of sale of real e--
;ate approved and referee s deed to
Anna Bolger of date Jan. 24, I—,
aP Jane e E. M.ller vs. F. A. Roth et al.
On motion C. C. Burgess, Kay and
J. H. Burgess substituted as plam-
Bank of Decorah vs.
Olai A. Kjarland et al. Judgmen.
against Olia A. Kjarland and M nme
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1923 BUICK SEDAN
IS A BEAUTY
One of These Handsome Seven Pass
enger Sedans Now Owned and
Driven by Mr. Walter
Mott.
BIG, ROOMY
Equipped Throughout for Comfort,
and Has All Improvements
That Seems Possible in a
Motor Car.
The new seven passenger 1923
Buick Sedan has arrived at the Wol
dum Motor Car Co. in Decoiah, and
the first one has been sold to Mr.
Walter Mott, who is now driving it,
and it is one of the finest cars we
have seen in a long time.
In appearance and in fact, the
Buick seven passenger sedan for
1923 is a larger, lower and more
beautiful closed car. The top Lne i
lower than it was last year, and the
body has been lengthened. This, with
the 124 inch whee'base, gives the
interior roominess that is the first
requisite in a seven passenger sedaa
and forms the basis on which many
of the improvements have been made.
The body is Fisher built and is
not only more right but is more
luxurious than ever before. The
cord tires are 4*z inch section. On
the gear shift lever is a positive
theft lock, operated by the same
Y'ale key that locks the light ng and
ignition switch. On the floor is a
heater, easily turned on or off and
adding materially to the comfort of
this car in cold weather. The roof
is made of a new sound proof ma
terial that is most effective in dead
ening all exterior sound waves and
in preventing the drumming sound
often encountered in closed cars.
Many structural improvements have
been made throughout, bo ! v,
such as stronger reinforcements, tne
use of carriage bolts instead of wood
screws in securing the frame, one
p ece body panels and new type anti
rattle window light construction.
Taken all in all it is about one of
the finest cars one would wish
to ride in, and it rides like a Pull
man passenger coach, with the new
spring suspenson of improved canti
lever type, the main spring leaves
being made of vanadium steel. The
entire construction is the last thing
in motor cars and it looks as if it
was a car that could never wear out.
The demand for Buick’s have been
heavier this season than ever before,
and while the Woldum Motor Car Co.
have been fortunate in getting en
ough cars here to supply most of
the demands, they are still short of
a few orders, which are being filled
as rapidly as possible.
FOOTBALL HERE
NEXT FRIDAY
Red and Blue Team of Decorah High
School to Open Season With
Calmar Here.
SQUAD GOING
THROUGH STIFF PRACTICE
Prospects for a Successful Season
Are Very Bright, Players all
Have Fighting Spirit.
With the opening of the football
schedule only a few days off, Coach
Kelton is sending the fcotball squad
through stiff work outs and scrim
mages this week. Several long
scrimmages have been held to size
up the material to see how the boys
are putting into operation the fun
damentals that have been covered.
Prospects for a successful season
are bright. The fighting spirit of
the veterans back this year is note
worthy and the new men competing
for line positions are heavy and
anxious for work.
The backfield will be built around
Captain Bauder, who broke his
shoulder last year and was idle, Hen-i
ning, who has been brought back
into the backfield and Algyer, a
good all around man. The remain
ing position is being eagerly fought
for by Johnson, Sheel and Stevens,
all second string men last year.
The forward wall is sure to be
well taken care of by young huskies.
Peck at center is using his 173
pounds of beef to good advantage
A
EASY RIDING CAR
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SINFUL, TO HELP
DE VAIERA
W rung and I sc less to Send Money
to Irregulars. Declares
Buffalo Prelate.
FREE STATE DOESN’T
NEED IT IS SAID
Understanding With England Never
So (tood. According to Catholic
Back From Irtdand.
Among the 40S first cabin passeng
ers who arrived yesterday from Liv
erpool and Queenstown on the White
Star liner Adriatic was the Right
Rev. William Turner, Catholic B:s
--hop of Buffalo, who returned, with
his brother, the Rer J. F. Turner,
of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers,
after spending two months in Ire
land. The Bishon said he returned
to America convinced that Ireland
was at the threshold of real freedom
and a place among the nations of
the world. He said it was sinful to
send money to DeValera’s irregulars,
while the Free State did not need
any.
“The soul of Ireland is still right,”
he continued, “and all that is needed
now is a little more patience to see
a prosperous, free and peaceful Ire
land. The Free State Government is
in good hands. Cosgrave is a real
leader, a constructive thinker, and
told me that he and his advisers
would carry out the treaty to the
letter, as would England. The un
derstanding between the two count
ries, England and Ireland, was never
so good as it is today.
“1 was to have met Michael Collins
in Dublin the day he was killed. His
death has cemented the best friends
in Ireland. The Free State Govern
ment, were an election to bo held to
morrow, would get 99 percent of the
total vote. The military system of
the irregulars is broken. The annoy
ance the irregulars have been caus
ing is about to end.
“Some of the irregulars, by their
acts, hoped to bring the British sol
diers back to Ireland, but they fades!
and are about ready to stop their
V* - SHOT
misled by persons vmo put selfish
ambitions before the good of Ireland
and by fanatical women. The Count
ess Markowicz is walking about the
streets of DuMin trying to get ar
rested. /* j
“The Britim have been most pati
ent with Ireland,” Bishop Turner
continued; “more patient, I feel, than
the American people have been. I
say advisedly that it is useless and j
sinful for Americans to send money
to the irregulars in Ireland. As for
the Free State, it does not need
American money, either, for it is ai
recognized nation now and has credit
to draw upon.”
The Bishop added that the house
in which he lived at Kilmallock, his
native home, was under siege two
weeks. Shots flew freely there in the
latter part of July, he said, but the
engagements have now dwindled
down to light skirmishes and have
no real military effectiveness.
Nelson Wins Case at Waukon
Last week at Waukon Judge Spring
er heard a habeas corpus case, be
ing the case of Groth vs. Groth,
husband and wife, involving the cus
tody of their eighteen months old
child. Mr. Groth was formerly a
veterinarian at Ossian, and sometime
ago he and his wife went to live
with his parents. Things did not
run smoothly, and one day the wife
had gone to a neighbors ami during
her stay there the husband appeared
and proceeded to take the child by
force. She then instituted proceed
ings to regain custody of the child.
The court, after hearing the evidence
gave custody of the child to Mrs.
Groth, but not to take the child
from the state, unless a bond be
furnished. She gave born! and went
to Milwaukee with the child Satur
day to make her home with a bro
ther. Attorney J. A. Nelson, of
Decorah, handled the case for Mrs.
Groth, W. S. Hart, of Waukon, ap
pearing for defendant.
Married Y'esterday Morning
Yesterday morning at ten o’clock
at the parsonage of the F. N. E. L.
church occurred the marriage of Mr.
Myron Ramsey to Miss Lena Ann
etta Plank. Rev. I. B. Torrison offi
ciated. The bride is a daughter of
Mrs. Anna Plank and the groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Ramsey,
■and is a well known automobile re
pair man in the employ of the Me
stad garage. Their many friends ex
tend congratulations and be-t wishes.
Autoed to North Dakota
Cash : er A. Anfinson of the Winne
shiek county State Bank ami brother
Anfin, of Sattre arrived home Sun
day from an auto trip to Valley
City, N. D., Echo, Madison, Fergus
Fall, and other points.
TWELVE PAGEB
NO. 38
WRITES FROM
SWITZERLAND
Carl R. Haug, of Spillville, Sends l’l
An Interesting Letter About
His Trip to Zurich,
Switzerland.
WILL ARRIVE HOME
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
j Says His Vacation of Past Two
Months Spent There Has Been
Very Enjoyable.
Weiningen, Zurich,
Switzerland, Sept 1
Mr. Harry Green.
Dear Sir:—
Just received the Public Opinion
of Aug. 16th, and after reading about
the great success of the Home Com
ing it made me feel as though I
would of liked to have been there at
that time. The event certainly show
ed that t>eop!e who once were resi
dents of Decorah never fail to visit
it sometime, sooner or later.
My vacation of the past two
months that 1 have spent here have
been very pleasant ami enjoyable in
all respects, also very beneficial to
health regardless of the continuous
change of food conditions that I was
obliged to experience in my travels
through the country.
Zurich where I am spending most
of my time is a city about 200,000
and is situated on Lake Zurich. It
is considered the prettiest and clean
est city of Switzerland, and find it
modern in all respects. Often times
stand on the Quay and admire the
wonderful scenery, especially on a
bright day when one can see the
snow caped Alps in the distance.
Visittd the golf links which is in
connection with the famous Hotel
Dolder, the retreat for our American
tourists, was rather astonished to
find so perfect a course and could
not help but think how long it would
take the Oneota and Riverside Golf
Clubs to perfect such a course.
The hotel is reached by a private
railway.
Notice very many American pro
ducts here, such as Society Brand
Clothes, Hanan Shoes, Watenßai^
j Pe l)i, c*r»
such as Nash, Overlands, Chevroiets,
and of course our popular Ford is
seen extensively. On a Sunday* af
ternoon a pleasure seeking autoist
can not participate in joyriding as
they do in the States, as it is pro
hibited to run autos, or motorcycles
from noon until 6 p. m. due to give
the many hikers the freedom of the
highway. Often walk through my
brothers vineyards which is in splen
did condition this season, and nothing
interfering the quality and quanity
of the vine (not grapejuice) is very
promising for the coming fall, which
is looked forward to very anxiously
by the people. Our Voldstad law
appears to be a perplexing problem
to the natives here, they cannot
seem to understand why so broad a
nation as ours find a glass of wine
or beer so harmful, and I agree with
them. The vineyards are cautiously
taken cate of and especially so in
heavy rainstorms when there is dan
ger of hail accompaning it. The
method they resort to at that time
is shooting of powerful sky rockets
which are manufactured for the pur
pose, it may seem strange, but a
very practical method.
The crops in general are very
good here, but the prices of farm
products quite low comparative to
wages.
On Sept. 9th I plan to leave for
Paris, where I expect to spend a
few days, and then from there on to
Boulogne where we will embark on
the S. S. Rotterdam for the good
U. S. A. and the loved ones at home.
Sincerly yours
CARL R. HAUG
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Father Hogan Home
Rev. Father Hogan, pastor of St.
Benedicts Catholic church arrived
home Thursday from his trip to his
birthplace the city of Limerick, In
County Clare, Ireland, where he vis
ited his mother, whom he had not
seen in twenty three years, and he
found her enjoying good health. He
sailed from Montreal, Canada on
June 24. He enjoyed his visit very
much, although there is much inter
nal trouble in Ireland just now, two
factions fighting. On walking down
the street one day in Dublin bullets
whistled over his. head. It looks
now as if there will be a peaceful
settlement and the country will unite
on peaceful terms, no di übt.
A reception was tendered Father
Hogan at the church on Thursday
evening, ami a fine banquet was
tendered him, which vis attended
by a large crowd. Father Hogan
related some of his experiences in
Ireland, and the evening proved a
most delightful one.
o
Attending Regiment’s Reunion
O. O. Lomen went to Minneapolis
last week to attend the reunion of
his old regiment the 3d U. S. In
fantry, in which he served as *
Field Musician for nearly five yean
in the early eighties.
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