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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10
There is no highway Of
but there are many by.

~ ~.
scure one. There is no highway Of
legislation. but there are many by
ways. ].
At another time he paid this
humorous tribute to publicity.
There ID one very disturbing quail
ity In man, and | have experienced
It myself and dare say You have.
When you are q long way from home
and sec no neighbor from near your
home you give yourself an extraor-l
binary latitude in your conduct, but
II you were ON che desert OF Sahara:
and met one OF your immedlats;
neighbors coming the other way On;
"a camel you would behave yourself
until he got out OF sight.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10
ACKNOWLEDGE II.
Webster City Has to Bow to the Ia
evitable Scores Of Citixens
Prove ~,

After reading the public state
ment OF this representative citissn
Of Webster City given below. you
must come to this conclusion: y
remedy which cured years ago.
which has kept the kidneys In good
health since. can be relied upon to
perform the same work in other
cases. Read this:
Elmer o. Woodruff. 1919 s. su-
perior st.. Webster City. Ia, says:s
-Four years ago contracted =
heavy cold which settled In my kid
neys. causing suc1 severe bAckachea
that was obliged to lay on from
work for eight or ten days at . time.
i could hardly get about tho house
and found It dimcult to strsightsa
after STOPPING. At night was un-,
able to rest we'll. 70 no position as
sumed was comfortable. A friend
finally recommended Doan's kidney
Pills and / began their use. TO mp,
surprise l obtained relief after tax
Ing few doses and was soon enc
tirely cured" (From statement give
en- March Is. 1s07.)
+ The Test OF Time.-On July 30,
1908, Mr. Woodruff confirmed ths
above statement saying: "Ths cure
effected by Doan's Kidney Pills in
my case has been permanent. I am
only too pleased to again recom-;
mend this excellent remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
n. r, sole agents for the Uuitsd
States. Remember the name Doan's
and take no other Diff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10
Big Track Bleache1s Fall.

Springfield, III, Oct. 5. Two sec
tions OF the bleachers at the race
track state fair grounds collapsed
yesterday afternoon. About seven
hundred and fifty people were pre-
cipitated to the ground. twenty boz
ing injured. Thomas Wing Of De-
catur may be fatally hurt. The In,
juries to the others were slight.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Sympathy is the ability to sur
round ourselves with an atmosphere
In which other find themselves at
their best.-Percy Collins.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

e s.
Speaker Clark's declaration In
favor Of annexation was an indis-
Greet utterance for one occupying 9
position OF authority. and had
much to do with the result because
Of the use made OF it.-William
Jennings Bryan In the Commoner.
But Champ Clark. called chump
by some, was not speaker Of the
house when he relieved himself OF
that bit of pleasantly about annex
ing Canada Since occupying the
speakers chair Mr.. Clark is q little
more cautious about opening his
mouth. Mr.. Bryan must know that
a mere congressman may take many
liberties that one in a higher sta
ton must forego. Possibly Mr..
Bryan will recall that q number Of
years ago there was certain dem
ocratic member Of congress from
Nebraska who dealt freely in fiap-
doodle and extravagant CAB. But
time has tempered that former con-
gressman's judgment and put some
restraint upon his tongue. Time
~ D. - Z.
was when he would talk just as
fiippantly as Mr.. Clark talked anent
reciprocity and annexation. but the
weight Of years has p,,rsuaded him
that such course is "indiscreet."
Men, as well as the world. move
forward.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

An open question: Which WELD
ed the greatest influence in foic-
ing the Canadian agreemen.
through congress the president o.
the democrats?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

If Senator Cummins wants Iowa
at his back in the next republican
national convention he has only to
speak the word. What say you,
Senator?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

They say Oklahoma is going 70
send Haskell to the senate. Well,
why not? Didn't Illinois send Lof-
inner. even though Illinois had to
override the people Of the state TO
do It?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Sentiment in favor of presiden
tial primary in Iowa is growing
rapidly.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10
WILSON'S FAITH IN PUBLICITY.

WILSON'S FAITH IN PUBLlCIFf.
Dubuque Times-Journal: At all
times and places. says . writer In
Success Magazine" woodrow WIZ
son has counselled opening our gov
ernmental processes to the light.
Thus 1t Minneapolis:
Every community is vaguely
aware that the political machine
upon which it looks askance has GER
tain very definite connections With
men who are engaged in business on
large scale. and the suspicion
which attaches to the machine itself
has begun to attach also to business
enterprises just because these con-
nections are known to exist. II
these connections we're open and
ayowed. II everybody knew Just
what they involved and just what
use was being made Of the alliance
there would be no dificulty In keep
Ing an eye upon affairs and in CON
trolling them by public opinion. But
unfortunately the whole process Of
In America = : very OBJ
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Editors who are condemning Gov.
Carroll for withholding executive
clemency from the Rainsbargers
might take different view were
they confronted with the RESPONSE
bility.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

There are 40 county superintend-
ents. FIVE county clerks, five county
treasurers and six clerks Of the dis
trict court, 10 registers Of deeds,
two probate judges and one mayor,
all women, holding office in Kansas.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Senator Stephenson admits that
it cost him 100000 to carry the
Wisconsin primaries. but he init
mates that he got his moneys
worth.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

the real friends Of good govern
ment. The people Of Wisconsin love
LaFollette because they know him.
The people Of the United States
will love him some day because
they will know him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

The trust newspapers that hest
tated in defending the sugar trust
steals in evading impost duties and
by swindling in weights, come to
the rescue when the trust robs the
people by arbitrarily increasing the
price Of sugar.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

against the farmer as is now going
up against the trust. Very natural
~ a paper that holds to the opin-
ions OF the Cedar Rapids Republi-
can is a standpat advocate. It can
not help 1t. The symptoms. reveal
ed in the foregoing, simply betray
the condition.
Henry Wallace expressed the
opinion that w. ]. Bryan made q
| better address at the conservation
congress than President Taft. This
statement on the part Of Mr.. Wal
lace is received with grimaces in
some quarters, the ultra Taft con--
tingent intimating that such ex--.
pressions could come only from
democrats. How absurd! Mr..
Bryan Is one of the best orators in
the country. Moreover. he Is a
careful student OF public questions
and it is no discredit to the presf-
dent, or to any other man, to say
that Bryan's speech was the best
one delivered at the congress. II
| : y "a t r ~
| is not treason to the republican
party or to Taft to speak the truth
even though the truth may be COM
plimentary to the Hon. w. ]. Bry-
an. an American citizen worthy Ct
universal respect and a man whose
personal honor and integrity has
never been successfully attacked.
The Freeman-Tribune is out OF
agreement with Mr.. Bryan upon
many subjects, but it has great re-
spect for his personality and is
pleased to testify to the high char
acter Of this popular leader.
A sponge to wipe out the past.
a rose to make the present fragrant.
and a kiss to salute the future. An
Arabian Proverb.
/ II there are democratic candidates
| for Office who do not agree with the
editor Of the Courier-Journal In
| this "a matter related to ardent
spirits) then he does not agree with
them. But since members Of the
same party do not and cannot at
ways be OF the same mind about
everything, Mr.. Wattersoh exercises
his prerogatiye in preferring q fool
or scamp Of democrat to . fool
OF scamp Of a republican; there
being, he is sorry to have to say,
modicum Of both in each party.
Lsuisville Courier-Journal.
i OF course 1t never occurred to Mr..
IWatterson that the other fellow
might not be the only fool or scamp
In the democratic party. The Free
man-Tribune recalls that some years
| ago when Mr. Waterman was billed
to speak in certain Iowa town the
engagement was cancelled because
the colonel had stopped on in one
Of the cities and had made a fool
OF himself as some put it. To be
sure, the colonel would not agree
that he had been guilty Of such 9
thing. but democrats who disagree
| win him upon the liquor question
will also disagree with him upon
the proposition that they are eth
er fools or scamps. Since the coll
onel marched through the slaugh-
ter house to an open grave" In 1896
he has hardly been In proper mood
Ito pass judgment upon the conduct
Of others.
They say LaFolletts's boom this
year for the presidency Is not ex-
nnc<od to land him nAxt wear. hut
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

The Iowa drouth is broken, the
grasshopper pestilence mas passed,
the Lorimer Investigating commit
tee is resting and the great disas-
ter at Austin, Pa, is now matter
Of history, but the Illinois leglsla-
ture is again in session.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

against the farmer as Is now going
up against the trust. Very natural
" paper that holds to the opin-
ions Of the Cedar Rapids Republi-
can is standpat advocate. It can
not help 1t. The symptoms. reveal
ed in the foregoing, simply betray
the condition.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Delivered In city, per year.. $0.VV
D. L. HUNTER. Business Mgr.
w. f. HUNTER ..........E Editor
Omcial Paper Of City and County.
Sympathy is the ability to sur
round ourselves with an atmosphere
In which other find themselves at
their st.-Percy Collins.
Sentiment in favor of presiden
tial primary in Iowa is growing
rapidly.
If Senator Cummins wants Iowa
at his back in the next republican
national convention he has only to
speak the word. What say you,
Senator?
An open question: Which WELD
ed the greatest influence in foic.
ing the Canadian agreemen!
through congress the president o.
the democrats?
Senator Stephenson admits thai
it cost him 100000 to carry the
Wisconsin primaries, but he int.
i T. x ~ .
mates that he got his money
worth.
They say Oklahoma is going u
send Haskell to the senate. Well
why not? Didn't Illinois send Lof
inner, even though Illinois had II
override the people of the state u
do It?
Editors who are condemning Gov
Carroll for withholding executive
clemency from the Rainsbarger'
might take q different view wer,
they confronted with the responsi
bility.
There are 40 county superintend
ents, five county clerks, five count.
treasurers and six clerks Of the dis
trict court, 10 registers Of deeds
two probate judges and one mayor
:
all women, holding Office in Kansas
The trust newspapers that hest
tated in defending the sugar trus
steals in evading impost duties ant
by swindling in weights. come t
the rescue when the trust robs tn
people by arbitrarily increasing tn
price Of sugar.
The Iowa drouth is broken, tn,
grasshopper pesrilence mas passed
the Lorimer Investigating commit
tee is resting and the great disas
ter at Austin, Pa, is now matte
5-l 4 b
OF history, but the Illinois legisla
ture is again in session.
Dave Brant, of the Iowa City Re
publican, who declared before there
was any probability of presideIt
tial primary in Iowa, that he woult
defray the expenses OF such primary
in the Fifth congressional district
may have chance to make good.
The opponents of Taft in Iowa
are much more considerable Of Mr.
Taft personally than are the La
Toilette opponents OF Mr. LaFol.
lette. It would not detract fror.
the prestige OF Mr.. Taft here II his
leading supporters would treat La.
toilette at least decently.
The politicians who stand close
to Senator Young, according to re-
port, are saying that the colonel
will contest with Senator Cummins
in 1914 If defeated next year by
Senator Kenyon. The colonel seems
to have such an intense itching fol
ONCE that nothing will satisfy him
President Taft received hearty
reception at Cheyenne. but 1t did
not compare with the one given
Roosevelt year ago, when Teddy
was private citizen. Roosevelt is
the. type OF man the west admires
This does not mean that the west
does not respect Taft, because I;
does.
"Aldrich for LaForlette," scream
ed a headline in one of the big
dailies the other day. But upon
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

They say LaFollette's boom this
year for the presidency Is not ex-
pected to land him next year. but
to put him In the running In 1916.
But LaFollette can hardly at any
time stand any show for the presi-
dency. He isn't the kind Of man
that the country could enthuse ov-
Coon Rapids Enterprise.
The Enterprise may be right and
It may be wrong. II the people Of
the United States knew Senator La
toilette as the people Of Wisconsin
know him 1t is barely possible they
would regard him with the same
affection. Bob LaTollette has done
more for the square deal In Wis
consin than any other man ever at
tempted to do, and that the elector-
ate OF that state appreciate his
worth anu HiS cAoitS Wos oOuANal
antly demonstrated when he car
ried the primary a year ago by
more than 100000 majority; and
that. too, when he was opposed by
popular candidate and the most
resourceful machine the state ever
knew. II LaFollette were nomin-
ated for the presidency the plain
people OF this country would learn
OF the things he has done. They
would read the record Truth
would have an inning and this man
who has been misrepresented and
misunderstood more than any pub
lie man In the history OF the ma
tion would take his place In the es.
timation of the commonality beside
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Dave Brant, of the Iowa City Re-
publican. who declared before there
was any probability of a presideH-
tial primary in Iowa. that he would
defray the expenses OF such primary
in the Fifth congressional district,
may have a chance to make good.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Little Charles City is talking Of
suppressing the smoke nuisance.
Possibly Charlie thinks he can
make the world believe that he is
of much more Importance than he
really is. A Smoke nuisance in a
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

The opponents Of Taft in Iowa
are much more considerate Of Mr..
Taft personally than are the La
toilette opponents OF Mr.. LaF'ol-
lette. It would not detract from
the prestige OF Mr.. Taft here If his
leading supporters would treat La
toilette at least decently.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10
ENTITLED TO CREDIT.

Cedar Falls Record: Preslden'
Taft is entitled TO great deal o.
credit for preserving peace durini
his short stop IN Webster City. Here
is the personnel Of the reception
committee: Hon. J. L. Kamrar
Daniel Cady Chase. Mayor Sparboe
e. H. Richeson, Representative r
J. Lund, Geo. c. Tucker and w. z
Hunter. Had the whole bunch beer
thrown into sack what lovely
ruction would have followed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

Nate Kendall, of the Sixth Iowa
district. representative in congress
from Major Lacey's old bailiwick, IS
strong progressive republican;
was elected as such and has long
record In accord with progressive
republication. Yet there may be
those in Iowa who will say Nate IS
not good progressive because he
is supporting Taft in preference 10
LaFollette. However that may be,
it is likely all republicans in Iowa
will be supporting Taft after the
next national convention. The
Tribune believes a pro-
gressive republican can support
Taft in the preliminary skirmish in
this state without sacrificing his
standing as progressive. If not,
the progressive camp is entirely too
exclusive.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

"Aldrich for LaForlette," scream
ed headline in one of the big
dailies the other day. But upon
reading the article the excited read
er discovered that it had reference
to the governor of Nebraska rather
than to the late senator from New
Jersey, which was quite relief to
the friends of LaFollette.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

A sponge to wipe out the past
a rose to make the present fragrant
and kiss to salute the future. An
Arabian Proverb.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

town of the size Of Charles City
looks like joke. Even Webster
City cannot boast Of such thing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

President Taft received hearty
reception at Cheyenne. but 1t did
not compare with the one given
Roosevelt year ago, when Teddy
was a private citizen. Roosevelt is
the type OF man the west admires.
This does not mean that the west
does not respect Taft, because It
does.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-10-10

The politicians who stand close
to Senator Young, according to rc-
port, are saying that the colonel
will contest with Senator Cummins
in 1914 II defeated next year by
Senator Kenyon. The colonel seems
to have such an intense itching for
office that nothing will satisfy him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24
Minins For Coffin pianIs..

One of the most curious industries in the world Is the business of mining for coffin blanks. which is carried on in upper Tonkin, a portion of the French possessions in southeastern Asia. In a certain district in this province there exists great underground deposit of logs. which were probably the trunks of trees engulfed by an earthquake or some other ,convulsions of nature at a comparatively recent period. The trees are a species of pine known to the natives and also to some extent to Eu rOpean commerce as "nam-hou." The wood is almost imperishable and has the quality. either through its nature or as the result of its sojourn under ground, of resisting decay from damp. This quality makes 1t particularly val uable for the manufacture of cofi1ns, and for this purpose 1t is largely ex- ported to Europe The trees are often yard in diameter. They are buried In sandy earth at depth of from two to eight yards and are dug up by na- tive labor as demand is made for them. -Harper's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24
When a Ship Turns Turtle.

To turn turtle means, in nautical language, that ship rolls too heavily
 fails to recover herself and after a brief period on her beam ends turns topsy turvy, Sc that her keel points ekyward. Then, of course, she sinks
 Frequently the compressed air impris
 oned in her hull blows her bottom out as she goes down, or if she is a steam CT her boilers burst, with like results
 As a rule, ships turn turtle because they are burdened with too much "tor hamper or from lack of sufficient bal last, or both causes combined. Rarely does 1t happen that there are any sur
 vivOrs, but there is one notable excep. tion in the case of the battleship Cap. tain, which was lost after this fashion in the bay of Biscay. In her case ex. actly three minutes elapsed from the time she first turned turtle until she finally sank. and forty of her crew oi 6OO men clambered up her side as she rolled over and on to her keel. Of these eighteen men were eventually rescued and were able to describe later on precisely what occurred
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24
A Problem ma, s.umpsd Rous.e.

A Problem ma, Stumpsd Roussea
 A curious little book is an old, ol, treatise on aeronautics by lear Jacques Rousseau, called "Le Nouvear Dedale." Like Leonardo da Vinci ant Cyrano de Bergerac. Rousseau wa. haunted by the dream of aerial navi gation. We read: Men walk on the earth, they sail on the water and swim in it. Is not the air an element, like the others? What business have the birds to shut us out of their preuisel while we are made welcome In those of the flshesY Rousseau took no stock in any theories propounded by the Darius Greens of his day. He sifted the matter for himself and thought 1, involved two problems. First to dnd a body lighter than air, so that il would rise. He imagined that sooner or later such a body might present itself. There was no telling. But what stumped him was his second problem-how to make that obligine body stop rising and how in creation to make it come down. This was too tough tor Jean Jacques, and he wound up his book by admitting it. For a long time "Le Nouveau Dedale" re mained unpublished, appearing only in 1901.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24
.Weme. en warship..


 In the British navy of Nelsnnis day it was not uncommon for wives to live aboard men-o'-war with their sailor husbands. Scarce one of England's walls of oak" in Nelson's time but had some woman aboard who brayed the perils and hardships of the sea in order to be with her husband In nearly every one of the twenty-seven line of battleships under Nelson's command in the great battle of Traf nlgar was one or more women. wives of sailors. Surprise may be expressed that English men-of-war's men were permitted to have their wives aboard. It was only by special permission of the admiralty that this could be done and then permission was granted somewhat in the light of a penance for sanctioning the press gang system. which was largely in vogue at that time. Men were seized in the streets and other public places and compelled to serve in British warships because ''the king needed men," Some of the men thus seized had political influence and. being unjustly compelled to serve in the navy. were permitted to have their wives share their involuntary seryitude.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24
The American Baby.

The American baby has fine strong ancestry. The young men ot England who were impatient of reli gious restraint and of physical oppres sion; the young men of Germany touched with the dream of democracy the pick of northern Europe. the strong. the fair. the self reliant, the conscientious English at bottom. but with dash of the best blood of other races-this is the American baby, and no king and no lord ever had 6 bette' heritage. Take it as 1t goes. in Mas sachusetts. in Ohio. in Michigan. ir Washington. in California. the average American baby has in It's veins mor' of the blood of the Plantagenets than any king now. living has. It was hi, fortune to have come from the daugh ter lines and the lines of the youngel sons. not from the elder son. whom British custom has marked for the aristocrat-David Starr Jordan.