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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Rams View Of Elks.

H. L. Ram: The B. p. O. E. is
a close corporation of care-free
gents commonly known as Elks. The
ceremony of initiation is very sim
pie, consisting of check in three
figures and a whispered consultation
with the Head Moose. It is easier
to join the Elks than it is to get
into the Methodist church, but the
requirements are somewhat differ
ent. There is no goat in an Elks
lodge except the candidate, and his
mind is so taken up trying to side
step a violent and unprecedented
demise that there are no tee-hees
left in his system. After a man has
Uttered past the inner guard in 3
moment of reckless daring and a
bright new union suit, his appetite
for blithe and sparkling repartee
will yield to a consuming desire 70
lean up against the Supreme High
Tankyrorous with an ak helve. Mo-
body works in an Elks lodge after
1900 o'clock except the janitor and
the semi-annua1 dues, and they go
on forever. There is no grand hall
ing sign of distress among the Elks,
either, for every member carries =
roll that you couldn't throw through
a horse collar. The Elk whose table
manners are above par has the en-
tree to our most exclusive social cir
cles, the sole exception being the w.
C. T. U. At that, we would rather
trust to the mercies of a benevolent
Elk than leave any loose coin in
the immediate vicinity Of a crooked
deacon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Public Sale.

/ will sell at public auction at
what is known as the Kriel farm
at Rocky Ford bridge, seven and
one-half miles northwest Of Web
ster City and two miles southwest
of Woodstock, on Wednesday, Dec.
10, 1911, commencing at II o'clock
a. M, the following property:
A Horseshoe brown mare-Nor-
heavyweight 1000 pounds, in foal.
One sorrel road colt coming two
years old. Two geldings coming
three years old, weight about 1900
pounds, well matched. 102 head OF
cattle. 60 yearling steers weighing
about 700 pounds. All good and In
good condition. 80 head of heifers
weighing about 700 pounds. All fat
ready for the butcher. grade bull
two years old. / grade bull coming
two years old. thoroughbred full
blood Durham bulls, pedigree fur
nished. 229 sheep-90 lambs, 135
ewes. All native sheep bred and in
good condition. 4 full blood bucks.
SO hogs.-10 full blood Poland
China sows. so stock shoats,
weight $50 pounds, full blood Po-
Hand China boars. one two years old
the other one year old. One two
year old Chester White. 600 oak
posts. One new hay loader. One
six foot Deering binder and many
other articles not mentioned. Free
lunch at noon.
Terms: All sums of IS and un-
der cash. Over that sum a credit
Of one year will be given at eight
per cent interest on bankable notes.
No property to be removed until
settled for.
A. ]. BUICK, Prop.
Col. A. o. Boughton, Auctioneer.
J. N. Omstead, Clerk. It'll
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
IF We did it Not"

Times-Republican: Our own chill
dren comfortably clad and kept
ought to remind that other children
shiver in half heated homes and
tremble with cold on the street. TO
enjoy comfort needless Of the plight
of others less fortunate is the SUI
preme of selfishness. To be warm
and we'll fed and content and care
less of suffering is swinish salts
faction.
Somewhere women and children
were cold and hungry last nigh.
And perhaps in the same block were
those who might and would have
relieved want had they known Its
extremity. 1t is not sufficient ex-
cuse that they did not know. They
should have known. That Is the bur-
den humanity puts upon success. lt
is what He meant by that admoni-
ton which carries its own penalty
eff We did it not
When the north wind is out ana
the trees crack with frost, when
women and children hunger and
freeze let none think the excuse
that he did not know will hold. Who
should know if not those who have
power to relieve? Men with that
power become as gods holding tho
keys Of hope and despair. It Is their
responsibility as it is their oppor-
tunity
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

pressed it.. Some Of those revival
ministers surely were fiery expon-
ents, and some of them were very
powerful orators of that school
which finds its eloquence in the oc-
casion rather than in studied rules.
The two weeks or four weeks Of
revival meetings were incidents in
the calm repose Of the winter in a
village community. The gatherings
were looked forward to with no
small gift of anticipation. Good
mothers busi1y scrubbed and baked
in the prospect of entertaining the
preachers and their families.
Often week Of prayer, in charge
of deacon or leading sisters, pre-
coded the more momentous evert,
paving the way for its success by
arousing the neighborhood to a
piously receptive mood for the show
ering of the spirit.
To say that zeal and enthusiasm
frequently abounded at the old time
REVEALS is moderate description: an
almost supernatural state of mind
was common among the more de-
vout, when sanity appeared to trem-
BILE in the balance. Like western
prairie fire, the old revival swept
with flame and roar. But unlike the
burning of the grasses, it was, or
aimed to be, grateful shower OF
sweet spiritual rain, nourishing the
root and bud of eternal hope.
Many, who see but little cheer in
the frigid materialism of today, will
regret the decline Of the summer
camp meeting and the winter reviy-
al-their red hot sermons and their
glorious hallelujahs.-Will Cham
berlain in Sioux City Journal.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
KENYON and Society.

Columbus Junction Safeguard:
Hon. C. Carpenter entertained SEN
ator w. S. Kenyon at dinner at his
home last Thursday evening aud
later in the evening gave an infor-
nal reception in honor of the junior
Iowa senator at his office. 1t was
not a partisan affair, and standpat-
ters, progressives and democrats. or
at least one democrat, J. c. Bell
were present. Quite number OF
the local citizens took advantage or
this opportunity to meet Mr.. Ken
yon and they were pleased with his
personality. Kenyon Is like all mod
ern politicians and men in public
life, he is prince of fellow to
meet. He is as common as an old
shoe and very approachable. He Is
not society snob and says he does
rot take time for high falutin' 50.
ciety stunts at Washington. He at
tended one In his honor and they
put on so many trimmings at the
table that he didn't know where to
begin at and where to finish. He
mistook some kind of pudding dope
they had fixed up fine for croquet
ball and couldn't tell ice cream
from baked squash and it was too
much for him. He went home and
had his wife fix up something to
eat. Maybe we are not getting this
exactly the way he told 1t to us, but
this is near enough. he claims to
be polite enough not to eat with his
knife and we take it that he does
not fasten his napkin on with
fork, but a busy man at Washington
has little time for keeping posted
on all the little fads they trump up
and call society"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
BOYS vs.. Girls.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The
pedagogues who were gathered In
state convention at Des Moines re-
Gently do not place the girls on as
high pedestal as the boys. One Of
them announced this doctrine, with
no one to contradict him.
Girls enjoy the distinction of be.
Ing far worse than boys when they
take 1t into their heads to annoy
their teacher, say the pedagogues.
According to the rural school teach
err, no boy Is 80 bad that he will not
be frank In admitting his wicked
ness and sportsmanlike in receiving
his punishment. But the little viz
ems who raise "Cain" on the girls
side OF the school room are less will
ling to play fair than the boys. The
teachers say that they are sly and
will not own up to their guilt when
accused OF the most evident breach
OF discipline.
We don't believe a word OF It. A
girl will tell the truth as quickly rs
q boy, provided the teacher Is In
sympathy with her and has her con-
fldence. The writer taught school
as sort Of substitute, once upon a
time, and for the purpose Of clean
ing up school which went by the
name OF "hell's half acre" There
wasn't bad girl even in that 'vicin-
ity and they helped clean UP the
hoys-and they were cleaned up,
without a doubt. During all that
brief period no girl ever told lie
and none ever needed to be pun
ished. Out of that voluminous ex-
perience we want to defend the
girls, even II no one in the state
teachers convention had the cour-
age to do It. We are for the little
girls every time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
SHOULD GIVE THE
BOY A SQUARE DEAL
Kicks and Cuffs the Usual Greeting
Received by Boys in Their
Home Town.

Why not give the boy chance:
Not your own boy, for you undoubt-
edly give him all the chance in the
world and believe him to be the only
real smart thing that ever happen
ed, but your neighbours boy, the boy
OF one of your fellow townsmen, a
boy you have known all of his days,
says the Manson Democrat. You
have seldom stopped to give him a
kind word or a pleasant look, have
you? You have never given him a
bit of work, or never boosted for
him when he started out In some
undertaking on his own hook, but,
quite to the contrary, you have US
ed your hammer whenever anything
was said about him. Whenever he
passed down the street you have
chimed in with the other loafers
and called him a fool, a dude, a
good-for-nothing, or something
equally as sneering. You have en-
larged on his bad points and forgot
ten to boost his good ones and II he
tried to do something for himself
you have sworn that he could not
possibly accomplish 1t for the reason
that, in your estimation, he did not
have brains enough, he was too lazy,
too ornery and generally too despis-
able and degenerate to ever amount
to anything except highwayman
or a tramp. How many Manson
boys have you boosted in their
efforts for success? How many
Manson boys have had to go away
from home to amount to anything?
Nearly every Manson boy who has
gone away from home to make his
way in the world has done well. A
few boys who stayed here have done
well. Many boys who have remain
ed here have turned out to be loaf
ers and no-accounts. Probably a
kind word or act from you in their
behalf at some time might have
helped them to make men OF them
selves. The boys who have won out
here in Manson have done so by
sheer force Of their grit and ability
but they never get boost from a
lot Of their neighbors, in whose eyes
they were regular candidates for the
penitentiary when they were young
men. Is it any wonder that boys
are born in small towns, grow w
in them until they are ready to dc
for themselves and then desptse the
town and declare they will never
live in 1t, simply because they have
never been given square deal by
the men OF the town? It would be
far better If every man would boost
for the boys Of his town instead OF
knocking them and eternally giving
them the worst Of it. Why not turn
over new leaf today and give the
boy chance?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
COMPILE ROSTER OF
THE 56TH REGIMENT
Lieutenant Colonel N. P. Hyatt and
Adjutant vern E. Hale
Complete the Work

ant colonel Norman p. Hyatt of
Webster City, in command of the
5sth regiment, iowa National guard.
during the six months leave Of alb
sence Of Colonel William T. Chant
land Of this city, and Captain Verne
n. Hale, adjutant of the regiment
with headquarters in this city, have
Just completed the compilation of
the roster of the regiment. 1t is as
follows:
Colonel
William T. Chantland, TT. Dodge.
Lieutenant Colonel
Norman P. Hyatt, Webster City.
Majors
Albert C. johnson, Ida Grove.
Winfred H. Bailey, Sheldon.
Shepherd B. Philpot, Fort Dodge.
Adjutant-
Captain Verne E. Hale. FIT. Dodge.
Quartermaster
Captain Arthur F. Daley. Algona.
Comm1ssary-
Captain Leory Wesvott, Cherokee.
Assistant Inspector Of Small Arms
Practice
Captain John A. Steward. Mason
City.
Chaplin
Major Ebenezer S. Johnson, Sioux
City.
Battalion Adjutants-
First Lieutenant George M. iced.
Webster City.
First Lieutenant Ralph J. Laird,
Algona.
First Lieutenant Harold J. Smith,
Webster City.
Battalion Quartermaster, Commits
sary Officers
Second Lieutenant Thomas King
land, Lake Mills.
Second Lieutenant Fred p. Leh-
man, Sioux City.
Second Lieutenant Leonard s.
Smith, Ida Grove.
BATTALION ORGANIZATIONS.
First Battalion
Major Albert G. Johnston. Com
manding.
First Lieutenant, George M. Teed,
Adjutant.
Second Lieutenant, Leonard s.
Smith, @. M. Csy. Officer.
Companies. c. B. D. and A.
Captain George L. Lawson, Com
manding.
vice-major. Winfred H. Bailey.
absent on leave.
First Lieutenant, Ralph ]. Laird.
Adjutant.
Second Lieutenant, Fred e. Leh-
man. O. M. Csy. Officer.
Companies e. H. G. and F.
Third Battalion
Major, Sheppard B. Philpot, Com
manding.
First Lieutenant. Harold J. Smith.
Adjutant.
Second Lieutenant. Thomas ],
Kingland, @. M. Commissary Of
ficer.
Companies I, M. L. and X.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
THE THANKSGIVING
SHOOT BY GUN CLUB
Webster City Gun Club Holds Con-
test at the Driving Park
in This City.

The Thanksgiving shoot held by
the local gun club at the driving
park proved one of the best events
of the kind of the present season.
e. Collins, who has an enviable rec
ord as clay target shooter, won
first place in the contest. The pro-
fessional gunners who were to have
been present, failed to put in an APP
pearance for some reason. The ten
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Grove is visiting here today.

Grove is visiting here today.
Mrs. Calvin Orr of Humans
vile, Mo-, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Tillie Mechanism of this city.
Mrs. Harry E.. Davidson Of FIT.
Dodge is visiting friends here today.
Misses Edna Hoppe and Ida
Frysle returned to Fort Dodge today
after a visit here with friends.
Mrs. John Wilke returned to
her home in harrisburg today after
a visit with her parents.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05
Will Build Duncombe Bank.

Duncombe News: The CONTRACT
for the erection Of the new building
of the Duncombe Savings Bank was
let this week to c. r. Atkinson or
Webster City Mr., Atkinson Is one
of the prominent contractors OF the
state, having erected the Wahkonsa
hotel and the First National BANK
buildings at Fort Dodge, the Fist
National Bank building at Mason
CITY and many other fine buildings
in the state. He will begin work at
once on the new structure II the
weather will permit and push same
forward as rapidly as possible.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

Conklin. the one best pen, guaran-
teed. The largest Conklin pen
stock in the state. Any and every
style point. Ruegnitz Drug Co. d-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

For sale, 40-acre farm. 5 miles
from Stratford. 6-room house, good
cellar, good well, double corn cr'ba.
good new barn. some fruit. Inquire
John w. Adams at Shooting Gallery.
11-7d1mof4t4'
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

H. A. Maxon, painting and paper
hanging. Phone AIS. d-f-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

F. A. Boysen. DENTIST. Second 81.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-05

These scores were made from a
possible two hundred
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-14
NJ NAMARA
TRIAL IS A
SLOW GRIND
Two Days Consumed Without
Selection Of a Single
Juror
(By Associated Press.)

Los Angeles, Cal, oct l4--Aftcr
two days OF court session in The trial
OF James b. Mcnamara for the muir
der of Charles j. Haggerty, a victim
uf the Los Angeles Times explosion
and re on October l., 1910, no juror
had been selected even tentatively
and no decision had been reached as
to the eligibility of the first talesman
examined. Although court proceed
ings moved forward without inter
ruption, the magnitude OF issues IN
VOWED in the examination Of u. T.
Nelson, the first talesman, made pro
ceedings deliberate.
When court adjourned, arguments
on Nelson's status remained nnilnish'
ed. At the close of court Sheriff
William A. Hammcl and a deputy es-
icorted the prisoner. unmanacled. from
the hall of records through the ad.
Joining court house corridor and
across the narrow street where ms
brother, John j. Mcnamara, Is con
fined. awaiting his turn for trial
Contest over Penal Code
provision of the constitution ol
the state differing somewhat from
ina constitution Of the United States
sections of The state penal code re
garding the qualifications 81 jurors
land a contest over the meaning ol
tne record OF Nelson's S examination
combined to furnish points OF confess
which affect not alone the taleSmar
under examination but every ptospec
tive Juror. and for this reason, were
stubbornly contested.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-14
To USE WAR
AEROPLANES
IN TR|P0L|
viii Be Used in Scouting and
to Drop Bombs In Camps
Of Turks

Rome Via frontier Oct. i4-lt is
semi officially asserted that Italy has
notified the powers that she Will send
IA fleet to attack Smyrna and Saioni-
ki if other massacres of Italians, like
those reported by consuls to have
taken place on the HodjaZ railway, in
the boundary line between Egypt and
Syria occur The consular reports
stated that Is Italian laborers were
massacred at Kerak, Syria, in Octo.
ber
General Valerie has been entrust
ed with the entire work of organiz-
ing the occupation of Tripoli. 1t is
said the cost is estimated at 100000
and the occupation is expected tc
continue at least twenty months be
fore Tripoh can be entrusted to a
civil administration.
In addition to II aeroplanes. two
dirigible balloons viii be sent &c
Tripoli to be used in scouting and
also to drop bombs in camps Of the
enemy. The bombs have been man
ufactured for this purpose and it is
said their explosive force will cover
a wide range.
Sixteen Hundred Killed
TranEfort-on-the-M Main, Oct. Ii
The Frankfurter Zeitungs CORE
spondent at Constantinopie forwards
dispatch dated Tripoli, saying:
"a fierce engagement occurred be
tween the Turks anI Italians on q
| hill in the neghhorhood Of The city
he Italians lost 800 killed and
wounded The Turks casualties
were slight"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-14
IN MEMORY OF
CoMRADE j NJ. SHEPERI

Hall Of Hartranft Post No. 3, Grand
Army of the Republic department OF
Oklahoma. TO the officers and mem
hers of Hartrantt Post NO 8. G. A.
r.:
Your committee heretofore appoint
I ca, submits for yonr action. The fol
/ lowing report
/ Whereas, announcement has been
made to This Post thN Comrade }. N.
shepherd, a member hereof departed
tl1s lille Saturday September 3Oth,
A. ? 1911; and
Whereas, We have heard with pro.
found regret this announcement and
as nearly as The human mind can do
so, we realize that this is the inner
itance Of all mankind. however mys-
terious, and incomprehensible to our
finite minds yet we are not always
prepared for the reception of such am
lnouncements whatever brand Of
philosophy we possess; and
Whereas, we have known Comrade
shepherd long and fayorably, as
c0mrade, loyal citizen ana Christian
patriot and may assert, that although
passing The oft said three score years
asd ten if life is truly measured hy
good words acts and deeds; in short
the good that one does, the passing,
fleeting years between mis- birth and
departure Gin body) cannot nearly
measure the length OF time COmrade
Shepherd lived in the body among
his c0untrymen; therefore
BE II Resolved, by this Post, that
this official and public expression be
given, in cOmmemoration Of the use
lui and exemplary life Comrade
Shepherd has given as a heritage TO
his Creator and his country. his
family and friends and the immediate
communities in which he lived
BE II Further Resolved, That We
tender the hereayed family and
friends that pure, sincere, heartfelt
ana sOldierly condOlesce, cha -acteris-
tic of the teachings of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and due TO the
memory OF every comrade whose life
measured by the rule Of right living,
has lived as we believe COmrade
Saepherd has done.
Resolved Further, That as a mark
OF appreciation of that life which we
say (although erroneously) has gone
from rs, the Charter OF this POST be
draped in mourning for a period of
cirtY days and that each comrade
study and emulate the consistent ami
useful life of the subject of those ex-
pressiOns.
Resolved, That as a further mark
of the esteem in which our comrade |
was held, COPY of this report a. |
tested by the commander and adult |
ant, be presented the family OF our |
deceased comrade.
Resolved Further, That the press /
be given q copy hereof
G.. Nv BILLINGS,
J. Il TAFT,
w. b. HEROD.
Committee
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-14
HILL 'AC|N'
ALDR|CH' s
BANK IDEA
Says Il Is Not GuaTded Against
"CapitaIlsiIc or Political
COrruptlan"
Special to Daily Leader.

Springfield, H.. Oct 1l-Critlciz-
ing the Aldrich plan for currency re-
form as uneconomc and not free
from the entangling Influence % poll.
tics, James j. Hill, the hnancier ana
railroad man, in an address before
| the Illinois Bankers association, de-
clared himself against the plan pro
lposed by the former senator to rem
edy the evils of the present curren-
lcy system.
As to the proposed reserve associa-
ltion, which would be the guardian ol
a great trust fund for the benefit ana
aid of banking interests, Mr. Hill de
clared that political connection il
inherent in the constitution OF the
plan and that though it might be an
effective agent for currency reform,
| it would not guard this central
bank which would have control over
the wealth of the country from cap
italistic or political capture.
Senator Aldmch himself deciar
ed +" said the speaker, that the great
national organization of banks Whieh
lit is proposed TO create must be kept
! free forever from control Of politics
on one side, and powerful combina-
tions Of capital on the other. Meth
er organized capital nor political IN
terests could he kent out OF contro
If the plan advocated by Senator Al
tdrich was adopted.
1T is not for congress to plan "a
currency reform" said Mr.. Hill. The
bankers of the country should take
1.-The initiative. and with their busl-
ness experience and knowledge OF
lconditions, shape law subject 70
their own control and acceptable TO
the people.
Our monetary system has always
| been unsatisfactory. The pubic Will
not wait much longer, and II the
bankers do not do this work, con.
gress will and currency reform VIII
suffer like every other great econnllc
issue after it has become football
for party politics
| Mr.. Hill earnestly advocated the
lco-operation of all branches ol lnius-
| try, especially the banking lnierests'
! with the farmer for more agrlcul'urai
development. He deplored inc uhs ~
| lisfactory business condition tnc
country. which is caused by the con
| stant agitation against corporate
wealth, as many important business
| interests are either under lre or al
wavs apprehensive of assault
| In conclusion, he prescribed "
panacea for the trust evil WAen ne
declared that I'VE should torce me
capitalizalion Of every concern
which engages in interstate trahlc
| into the light and make It's owners
show it's birthright