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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
1
The Decorah Republican Physician and Surgeon announces office hours from 10 a m to 12 m and 2 to 5 p m Sundays 31 s m to 2 p m. Rooms 8 605 residences and 9 Citizens 5 Bank building. Robert E Conrad M D.
A reflective column blends poetry with current events. It notes Villa’s ongoing threat, high living costs, and trade concerns, plus commentary on politics, taxation, newspapers, and peace terms.
D N Lewis assistant commerce counsel was appointed to succeed Clifford Thorne who resigned. Lewis will serve the remaining two years of the term with a salary of 3000 dollars annually. He has twenty eight years of state service and is under fifty.
A popular movement in Australia seeks to preserve the giant stringybark trees, noted as the tallest in the world, highlighting conservation efforts and public support for protecting these iconic giants.
J W Jarnigan reports from Des Moines that on a strenuous campaign Hon M B Pitt of Harrison County was elected Speaker of the Iowa House with 48 votes. Arch W McFarlane was chosen speaker pro tem and W C Ramsey chief clerk. Senate clerical staff was named with L P Holt and L E Stamm assistants, plus J J Maher and Frank Glassner in key posts. The article notes prior career details for Pitt, mentions other caucus selections, and previews public notices on rodents bounties, prohibition, and legislative plans.
In a year ending 1916 report to Governor Clerke the Iowa Highway Commission warns gravel surfacing is best under current conditions and urges 1917 budget shifts from bridge building to road work, noting rising material and labor costs. Recommendations include federal aid acceptance, repealing outdated laws, consolidating township revenues, permitting emergency road work, advertising contracts, limiting motor funds, and enabling city help outside town limits.
The 9 to 2 decision declares the Webb Kenyon law constitutional, upholding interstate shipment restrictions to block liquor from wet to dry states and West Virginia’s prohibition on personal liquor receipt by common carriers. Chief Justice White notes federal power to support state liquor laws while preserving individual use limits.
A waterspout is described as continuously spinning and collapsing when it stops. Observers estimate its rotational speed at about six miles per minute from roughly a quarter mile above sea level.
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