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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
win Soon be Ready.

The starting Of the new city pow
er plant is now a question Of but q
few days. The work Of setting up
the two engines will be completed
as soon as the packing for the heads
arrives. All Of the boilers have been
fired and tested. The finishing
touches on the switchboard are be-
ing put on and It will be in working
order very soon. The first large
shipment Of. coal to be placed in the
new bins arrived in the city Satur-
day. The elevator for this work
is not yet complete and 1t is neces-
sary to handle this fuel with show
ella =
Supt. Mullins is already; establish
ed in his new Office and gives, q very
imposing picture Of solid comfort n
his new quarters. Though nothing
definite is yet settled It Is now
thought possible to start the new
plant by the latter part Of this
week.
The completion Of Webster City's
new municipal electric light and
power plant marks one Of the no.
table improvements made here dur
ing the past few years. That the
people appreciate the new plant and
are much interested in it is proven
by the fact that almost any time of
day visitors may be found there.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
"Why I am a Univesalist. .

At the Universalist church Sun
day morning the pastor spoke from
the subject, "Why am Universe.
list" Among other things he said:
II am a Universalist because
believe in both God and Man. am
Universalist because believe In
the possible Interpretation Of the
world and Of life, because I believe
the creation is growing success
and not a continuing failure. be-
cause / believe that love is the
greatest not only Of the human but
Of the divine graces, and that man
can never lose from the Glove Of
Cod which sometime and some
where will save him.
am Universalist because be-
lieve God as capable as human
needs require. / am Universalist
because God has written his belief
in men and mans worth in the rock
beds OF the earth The story OF the
world is from the time 1t was fire.
mist shaping out Of chaos. into or
der, building toward the, tins
when man should occupy it and mas
ter its forces. No other reason can
be given for those findings in the
bowels of the earth which minister
alone to human needs and comforts.
am a Universalist because God
in creation Is building for man, and
man in creation is finding toward
God. Creation is the staring be-
tween God and man and upon this
stairway man Is climbing upward
through the cycles finding nearer
God as he mounts and learning t-u-
.er of himself. Creation is an un-
folding process, and each person in
the unfolding defines life one step
higher.
Universalism believes in the fall
OF man, but 1t believes his fall is
upward and that man today is bet
ter than he has ever been, that he
occupies higher ground. Universe
lism teaches that the new expert
ences Of man In all his history have
established new voices from God to
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Almost Unanimous.

A gentleman who is circulating a
petition on Elm street for concrete
paving has secured the signature OF
every property owner in the two
blocks he has canvassed, save two.
One of these said he was in favor of
concrete, but did not want to sign
and the other is widow who has
not yet been seen. The sentiment
on Elm is practically unanimous for
concrete. That is, If they must
pave. Quite large number do not
want to pave yet, as they think
sewer and water connections should
all be put In first.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Barn Burned.

A large barn on the old Mcdonald
place near Duncombe was destroyed
by fire Friday morning. P. G.
Davidson resides on the place and
discovered the fire at about one
o'clock a. m. The building and all
its contents were destroyed. Mr.
Davidson lost two calves, seven
horses, twenty-five tons Of hay, five
sets of harness and many other arti-
cles. The barn was valued at $1,000
and the entire loss is not far from
$4,000, partially covered by insur-
anca
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Good Shingles Properly Applied


still offer the conservative home
builder the best value in q roofing
yet produced. Where many fail,
however, in getting the real worth
out of their shingles is in mailing
them on with an inferior nail. Can't
expect a 25-year shingle to give you
the proper service If 1t is put on
with a 5-year nail. This is fire.
quently done and the result is that
the single gets the blamenot the
nail. OF course, in some instances
the shingles may be at fault, but If
you are careful and get shingles
made Of heart wood with good
straight grain, manufactured full
thickness and properly dried, you'll
never have 4 kick coming. Let us
show you shingles that are right
and tell you about the nails.
There's No Place Like Home"
4 diff Young & Clifton.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Road Mapmaker. Reach Mcaregor.

Mason City, Dec. 4.--Mapmakers
for the North Iowa pike passed
through north Iowa Friday and Sat
urday. arrivingehere Saturday morn
ing, en- route east to McGregor,
which they reached Saturday even
ing. The party was composed Of H.
Huebinger, civil engineer; C. r.
Babcock, photographer, and L. r.
Maynard, publicity man.
From McGregor the car goes to
Clinton, then to Omaha on the old
army pike; from there back to DAY.
export and thence to Keokuk.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Sometimes Wrong.

| Mayor Sparboe's declaration that
1.-The people do not always know what
lis best is true, but the public otic-
ial who keeps close to vox populi
does not often 60 wrong. Possibly
the people made mistake In asking
for a sixteen inch sewer down Sec
ond street, but that is not parallel
case to paving. The people wanted
a sewer badly. They had been ask
| ing for the improvement a long
time. The size of the sewer was a
question for the engineer. The
thing the people wanted was the
sewer and the question of size had
not been thoroughly discussed. The
paving issue has been more or less
discussed the past three years and
the people have become convinced
that concrete is the kind they want.
OF course they may be mistaken.
They some times are. Were they
absolutely infallible some members
Of the council would not now be
charged with that responsibility.
However, the council makes mis-
takes, too. The election Of a man
to that body does not endow him
with superior wisdom. Nobody pc
titioned the council in regard to the
kind OF heating plant to put in, and
see what a mess they made Of it.
And look at the bum work done by
the council for many years on street
crossings. Not until concrete was
used were crossings fully satisfact-
ory.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
DvoRAK SENT TO NEW JAIL

Cedar Rapids, Dec. 4.-Blackhand
letter No. IL has been received by
John L. Adams of Scion, but the po-
lice are inclined to sniff at it, as a
possible companion mfssive to No,
10. which they are inclined to be-
lieye is bogus possibly coming
from people who desire to make q
point that the writer Of the original
letters is at liberty.
Don't prosecute, unless you want
to be hurt was the trend Of the
command to Mr.. Adams. "We'll
kill you was another threat, con-
tingent upon his continuing the
prosecution Of Joe Dvorak and other
prisoners.
The writer Of the latest letter put
no postage on it, when he dropped
1t into a mailbox. Mr.. Adams was
compelled to pay for the stamp that
brought the threats to him.
Mr.. Adams, In company with
Charles F.. Evers, the detective who
did some OF the preliminary work in
ferreting out the five members OF
the gang with his blood hounds
were in the city yesterday afternoon
when Joe Dvorak was arraigned.
Dvorak waived the preliminary
hearing and in default Of the secur-
ing OF a $4,000 bond, he was COM
mitted to the Jones county jail at
Anamosa and was at once taken
there by United States Marshal Hea-
~. He will be held there this win
ter awaiting the action OF the Unit
ed States grand jury which meets
on the first Monday of next April.
The other suspects who have been
arrested are out on bonds, all being
held to await the action of the
grand jury. They are Harvey Mil
Ter, Miss Della Zajicek, DR.. Frank
Ham, the veterinarian, and Frank
Wonick.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
KILLED IN Auto Accident.

Waterloo, Dec. 4.-Harry Kehe,
81 years old, wealthy farmer Nv
ing three and one-half miles north
OF this city, instantly was killed on
Logan avenue Saturday when he lost
control of his automobile while re-
turning home, travelling at high
rate OF speed. His head was crush
ed. He leaves a wife and four chill
dren, the youngest six weeks old.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
A Christmas Consideration.

Closely in conjunction with the
holidays occurs the Webster City ap-
pearance Of one of the worlds great
pianists- Rudolph Ganz-at the ar
mory, Dec. 18th, the third celebrity
In our 1912 artist course and
manager w. H. Cook suggests CAM
complimentaries as notable Christ
mas gifts, likely to surpass in I'M
portance and pleasure conferred,
anything representing the invest
ment of an equal sum of money by
the donor. Inasmuch as free stud
ent's ticket goes to each purchaser
of two concert or season tickets, one
may satisfy their own hunger for
what is fine in piano playing and
without additional cost, usher into
the realm of great music some recep-
tive young friend. Many not immed-
lately interested in music will quick
ly recognize the value to wide
awake student of the intellectual
stimulus of hearing the classics
masterfully interpreted.
The piano to be used by CAM is
the same (full artists concert
grand) used in New York City and
is said by Mr.. CAM to be the most
superb upon which he has played;
SO that the audience will receive
such Impressions as can only be con-
veyed upon a great piano In the
hands OF a great pianist. The I'M
pressions made upon critics by the
playing OF Rudolph CAM may be
estimated from the following clip
pings from the Continental press:
"Liszt's Dante Sonata swept over
the keys in diabolically electrify-
ing fashion"-Berlin National Zeit-
ung, April q, 1911.
Rudolph CAM won the hearts OF
his audience"-De TELEGRAPH, Ans
terdam, March %, 1911. Chopin he
played with much tenderness, List
with a most brilliant bravura and
supremacy that is imposing
Peste Nap Lo, Budapest, March %,
1911. Ellis technical virtuosity
(mastership) is incredible"-Die
Post, Berlin, April Is, 1911; and
from music centers every where
come enthusiastic acknowledgements
Of the greatness of CAM, among
great pianists. Such adjectives as
astounding, incredible. unequalled,
powerful, refined, convincing, ele-
CANT, etc., occurring throughout ev-
en- In the reviews Of the most sea-
soned European critics.
Webster City's good fortune IN
getting one of CAMS thirty Ameri-
can concerts, should be recognized
by q filed house.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Hurt in Corn Shredder.

Paullina, Dec. Otto Kneieer
was injured aeverely while opsrat-
ing corn shredder Friday. His
hand caught In the machinery and
nearly was torn on.
John Mueller Is recovering from
the injuries he received week ago.
His overalls caught in the setscrew
OF corn shredder, drawing his leg
into the machinery and breaking It.,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Teachers Prefer City to Countzy.

Creston, Dec. Alive Of the rur-
al schools in this county are with
out teachers for the winter terms,
not for lack Of teachers holding car
tiflcates. but because many Of those
eligible to teach prefer not to 30
into the country schools for the
winter. The school directors Of those
districts are doing some lively skir-
mishing to find some teachers will
ling to accept the proposition.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Secures Contract.

Henry Teget, of the Hawkeye
Construction company of this city,
was in Nevada Friday and secur-
ed the contract for the construction
Of a big drainage ditch in Story
county and the company is making
arrangements to begin the work as
soon as possible. The contract
amounts to more than $4,000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Real Estate Transfers.

Iowa Rail Road Land go. to W. G.
Brick & Tile o.-qcd-lots 1, 2, 3
and 4, blk 112, D. & P. R. R. add
w. C.-$1.00.
Louise Swanson to Bonnie Swan
son-qcd-wH sw-se sw-23 and
me- nw-se nw-wk ne-26, s3
and 26-8S-23.-$1.O0.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Experts Here.

1t is reported that several paving
experts have been in town the past
few days In consultation with mem
bers Of the council. OF course each
gentleman represents the best kind
OF paving In existence and each has
a very taking way OF presenting the
merits Of his wares. However, the
Freeman Tribune believes and hopes
the council Is not disposed to take
snap Judgment. The matter Of the
material to be used ought to be held
open until the last, to the end that
the lowest prices can be secured on
various kinds Of pavement. If the
council decides in advance upon
bitulithic, for instance. the bitulithic
men will know they have a cinch
and can charge all the traffic will
bear--and that will be plenty. Or IL
brick is selected the brick men can
trim their sails accordingly and
hoist the high priced banner. What
ever is finally done, the council
ought not decide upon any partfcu-
lar material until the bids are in,
and the question of specifications
should be very carefully considered.
Right here is where the graft comes
In. Some certain make of brick, or
patented article, oftentimes succeeds
in slipping into these specifications.
unknown to any one until 1t Is ever
lastingly too late. The same thing
is worked in state legislatures and in
congress. Now is the psychological
moment for the council to become
insurgent and keep the people In
formed OF Just what is going on.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
hand Caught in Shredder.

Marshalltown, Dec. 4.-When the
corn shredder that he was operating
became clogged, William Robinson,
a Rhodes farmer, started to remove
the stalks and caught his hand In
the knives, with the result that the
entire hand will be lost.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Box Supper.

The pupils of the Boak school,
thre and half miles northwest OF
town, have invited all their friends
and neighbors, as we'll as patrons Of
the school, to a box supper next Fri
day evening, Dec. 9Th.
Annette Mcfarland, TT.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Some Corn Crop.

Jewell Record: Torger Nelson
informs us that he has finished
husking corn, that he had in 80
acres this year. and that his crop
went from so to rs bushels per acre.
averaging about Sc bushels. Mr..
Nelson is delighted with the re-
turns for his years labor In the
corn field and declares that one
can't call stuff of on crops in good
old Iowa until the harvest is over.
w. C. Merritt, living three miles
north Of Kamrar, had in forty-eight
acres of corn this year that averag-
ed SIS bushels to the acre. Fifteen
acres was spring blowing that aver
aged only 80 bushels, which means
that the balance Of his field went
around IS bushels to keep the aver
age up where 1t was at the 55 mark.
J. w. Rump probably has the big
gest corn crop in southern Hamil-
ton county this fall, at least 1t is the
largest that we have heard Of. On
the old Mcclure section" Mr.. Rump
had in close to 800 acres Of corn
and has crop that will total right
around the fifteen thousand bushel
mark. He had 20 or 80 acres yet
to husk Monday morning, but has
ten teams in the field this week and
the corn is finding its way to the
crib mighty fast.
Melvin Hanson, OF Randall, is an
eighteen year old boy who for q
youngster OF his age Is making a de-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

he is such an easy mark for paving
experts who are adopts at catch
ing that particular brand Of inno-
cents.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

cidedly good corn husking record
this fall. He has been working at
the Rump farm the past couple OF
weeks and has been cribbing IS to
80 bushels ever day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-11
ALL NIGHT ON SOUND. Moonlight Excursionists Grab Pre- servers When Ship Hits Shoal
 Here

New Haven, Aug. 11.-Early yes terday morning there landed at Savin Rock a crowd of some 30 men and 30 women who had left that place early on the evening before for a moonlight sail to Bridgeport. The excursionists on the Zita Mae left Savin Rock a jolly throng, but their experiences made them rather shy about further moonlight sails In the first place a breakdown in the ma chinery stalled the boat for some time. Later it was found that the ship had gotten beyond Bridgeport in the darkness which had overcome the moonlight and had hit upon the shoals at Point No Point Life preservers were grabbed and every one made preparations for desperate life saving but the ship was gotten off all right without the need of such heroic meth ods and arrived here about o'clock in the morning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-11
Veto Bill Passes
 And There'II Be
 No Puppet Peers
Lords, by Vote of 131 to IA, Yield to Asquith, Ending Parliamentary Struggles

London, Aug. 11-There will be no creation of "puppet" or ..blackleg. {" peers, as the four or five hundred mo- ble Lords in posse, whom the Liberal Government would have created had the Parliament bill been rejected by the upper House, were dubbed by the Unionists.
 When .heir strength came to the test of the vote, the no-surrenderites were found to be less numerous than they claimed to be. Thus, in the view of the Liberals, the will of the people has been made to prevail. In the view of the opposition, the outrage upon the King and Consti- tution'' has been completed. Today" cries The Daily Mail, "the fIoodgates of revolution are opened, and the two-chamber Government is swept away. The only satisfaction is that the power of imposing a brief check on reckless legislation has been retained by the Lords.
 'The Ministers have made the King their unwilling agent in coup d'etat, but the battle for British liberty has
 only just begun. Under the lead of
 Mr. Balfour the Unionists will close
 their banks for a supreme effort to restore the balance to our Constitution,
 punish the outrage on the King, and repeal the Parliament bill.
 Whether or not this prediction will ever be realized, the chief fact Of the moment is that the responsible lead CTS of both sides are heartily glad that the present phase of the so-called con- stitutiona1 crisis has ended where it has.
 Premier Asquith's Government last night enforced it's will upon the peer age by the narrow vote of 131 to IA. By this vote the House of Lords de- cided to accept Viscount Morley's mo- fe% f1~ n~I, ,c amendments to the Parliament bill, which practically limited the power of the House of Lords to a two years suspension veto, and vastly increases the prerogatives of the House of Commons.
 The great constitutional struggle, which began when the House of Lords nearly two years ago rejected the bud get of David Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is ended, for a time at least, and with the greatest change to Great Britain's working Constitu- ton since the passage of the Reform bill.
 The process of voting consumed nearly an hour, and the result trembled in the balance until the last moment. The Government owes its victory to the votes of between twenty and thirty Conservative peers who threw in their lot with the Liberals to save their own caste from loss of prestige by a great increase in it's numbers and the King from the necessity of exercising the royal prerogative, from which ev- cry one believe he was most anxious to, be saved.
 The Archbishops of Canterbury and York and nine Bishops also lined up with the Government, although the ec- clesfastical lords generally keep aloof from party questions. The Bishops of Bangor and Worcester went with the Halsburyites, "the last ditchers."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-11
KNIGHTS 2F COLUMBUS TO CHARTER TRAIN AND ,
 PARADE IN BOSTON

Headed by the Wheeler & Wilson band, John F. Rogers council, Knights of Columbus will take a special train to Boston on October 12, to partici- pate in the immense parade to be held in that city on Columbus day. It Is estimated that there will be 60,- 900 men in fine, and the paraders will be reviewed by President Taft and other notab1es.
 Rogers council decided last night by unanimous vote to accept the in vitation from Boston and parade, and 1t was further arranged to charter train to leave Bridgeport the night before. It is expected that from 200 to 250 local members will take the trip. Following is the committee which will make the arrangem ents: William Flynn, William J. Garrity, J. W. Ryan, F. J. Brennan and D. P. Harrigan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-11
HONEST MEDICINES
 VERSUS FAKES

President Taft's recent message suggesting an amendment to the Pure Food and Drugs law in it's relation to Prepa red Medicines, does not refer to such standard medicines as Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and Foley Kidney Pills, both of which are true carefully compounded of fn- gredients whose medicinal qualities are recognized by the medical pro- fessiof itself as the best known rem edial agents for the diseases they are intended to counteract For over three decades Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound has been a standard remedy for coughs, colds and affections of the throat. chest and lungs for chill dren and for grown persons, and it all other preparations of it's kind. Fo- ley Kidney Pills are equally effective and meritorious. F. B. Brill and Cur tis Pharmacy. P3 s5135