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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
MRS. SARAH ]. bURC|N
CALLED TO REST
Had Been Resident of Webster City
for 35 Years-70 Years
of Age.

Mrs. Sarah ]. Burgin, for thirty
five years a resident of this city and
well known throughout the commun-
ity, died Sunday afternoon at 1870
o'clock at her home on South Su-
perior street. The deceased had been
failing for long time but had been
confined to her bed for only about
three weeks. Her death was caus-
ed by tuberculosis and other compli-
cations.
Sarah Janet Levy was born in
Schenectady, New York, on March
2, 1S43, being 70 years of age at
her last birthday She was first unit
ed in marriage with a Mr.. Walfern
in her native city and to this union
was born a daughter who is still
living, but her whereabouts are un-
known. Later the deceased was
united in marriage with Jesse Bur-
gin and the family removed from H.
linois to Webster City thirty-five
years ago, Mrs. Burgin making her
home here continuously since that
time She had resided for thirty
years in the home in which she pass
ed away. To this latter union, three
children were born, two sons and
one daughter. Willie died at the age
of 10 and Allie J. Burgin passed
away in this city when he was 29
years of age. The husband and
father died many years ago. Mrs. H.
c. Horsley, with whom the mother
had been making her home, is the
only surviving member of the i'm
mediate family.
Mrs. Burgin was an excellent
woman in all the relations of life
and in her taking away the bereaved
daughter and family will have the
sympathy of all who know them.
The funeral service will be held at
the home on Superior street this
afternoon at 3 o'clock, conduct
ed by Rev. L. H. Sours of the Chris
tian church, of which society the de-
ceased was an honored member.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
Woodstock on the Boom.

The enterprising community of
Woodstock is following in the steps
of her neighboring city and putting
up a number of new dwellings and
planning improvements in the busi-
ness portion of the city.
Ross Parish is erecting a very
pretty modern home on his lot.
The foundation has been laid for
the new residence for Ilo Clifton.
George Wheeler is renovating and
repainting his store building. and
his mother, Mrs. Alice Wheeler, is
contemplating the erection of a new
restaurant next to the Wheeler gen
eral store.
1t s:s also rumored that Woodstock
is to have new drug store, but
the plans have not yet been definite
ly decided upon.
The new Adam Hauman home is
nearing completion.
Try the Daily a month
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
THE WAY iowa LOOKS
TO A new YORKER
The Best Agricultural Spot in the
World-Crops Never Fail
in This State.

Herbert n Casson of New York,
Reaper" THE Romance of Steel"
and other books, and lecturer on
business and advertising topics, de-
clared in an address before the Des
Moipes Admens Club last Friday
that the state of Iowa is at the very
pinnacle of agriculturalism. He said
that there was more machinery per
farmer in Iowa than any place else
in the world and that the value of
the hogs of Iowa is greater than the
pay envelopes of all the kings of
Europe.
i've got my eye on farm here
in Iowa and I'm going to buy 1t and
then go back to New York and tell
them | own farm out where farms
belong" He said: "A few years ago
| came to Iowa to write it up and |
wrote that Iowa was at the very pin
nacle of agriculturalism. When you
start to talk about agriculture in
Iowa you throw the dictionary out
of the window. You bust all def
uitions."
He said that down in Florida
there We're people buying parts of
the ocean and then filing it in with
land and calling 1t farm and that
Others were buying land out in the
deserts of the west and then buying
the water to put on it to make a
farm out of it.
1t is we'll established fact that
Iowa has never known a total crop
failure. The worst year in the his
tory of the state, according to the
local weather and crop records and
those of the Iowa Department of Ag-
iculture. was in 1894, the year that
so many of the states had practical
ly total failure of crops. In that
year Iowa produced over S200,0OO,-
600 worth of field crops alone ex-
elusive Of the fruits and live stock
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Alice A. Taylor and hush to Rube
McFerren-wd-lot s, blk As, w. c..
-S6OO.OO.
T. w. Cooper and VT to Rube Nc
Ferren-wd-lot l, blk 61, w. c.
100000.
Geo. w. Lee and VT to Lloyd
Briggs-wd--lot :, blk B, R. r. ad-
dition. w. C.-S3OO.0O.
Mary Frank and hush to John O.
Fisher-wd-lot u, blk 5, Lawn
Hill addition, W. C.-S400.0O.
D. c. Chase and VT to Pearl Tut
tle-wd-lot l, blk 4, Park addition,
w. C.-s75.OO.
W. C. Pyle and VT to Hannah l..
Quinn-wd-s one-sixth lots 1 and
., blk 6S, w. C.-s141.O0.
Morris A. Spater and VT to Oscar
Jenkins .and II. E. Craig-qcd-lot
:, blk /, Stanhope.-s1.00
c. & n. W. Railroad Co. to Os-
mond Danielson-qcd-- 9 15-100
acres in Sc sw 29-S7-23.-$215.0O.
o. f. Donaldson and VT to E. N.
Lee-wd-nw NV l4-S7-26.-S1.0 90.
John w. Adams is reported sick
with a severe attack Of erysipelas.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
In Motorcycle Accident.

Miss Helen Berg, daughter of DR..
n. c. A. Berg, who is attending the
state university in Iowa City, was in
a motorcycle accident the other day
in that place which resulted in her
injuring one of her ankles quite
badly. The injury was in the ma
ture of a sprain. However, it was
not severe enough to interfere with
the young lady's studies, which is
very Fortunate.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
Sad Death of Young Man.

George Leroy Crosby. son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. S. Crosby. who reside
southwest of town, died Saturday af-
ternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The deceas-
ed was nearly twenty-five years of
age and had been an invalid for a
number of years. being a victim of
tubercular troubles He was born
in this county, having many friends
in Webster township who will deep
ly regret his passing away.
The funeral services were held at
the farm home yesterday at 10
o'clock.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
Knight Larson.

Saturday afternoon at $50
o'clock at the Methodist parsonage
was solemniZed the marriage of Miss
Mabel knight to Anthony Larson.
both of this city, Rev. c. II. Kamp-
hoefner officiating. The young
couple left in the afternoon for Ne
vada for few days visit with the
groom's parents, after which they
will return to this city, where they
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
WEBSTER CITY, IOWA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1918.

viii! make their home. The bride is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Knight and a young lady Of many
excellent characteristics. The groom
is an interior decorator, who has
worked for some time with G. l..
Shryock. Mr. and Mrs. Larson will
make their home for the present
with Mrs. Larson's parents.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
First of the Season.

hold their first shoot of the present
season at the west side driving park
tomorrow, beginning at three
o'clock in the afternoon. 1t will be
a fifty bird event with targets one
cent each to all. The club expect to
hold regular weekly meetings from
now on. ....t. A
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
Buys Walton Property.

Wilson Walton and wife have sold
to Ray Miller their residence prop
erty in the 900 block on Bank street.
Mr.. Miller has purchased the proper
pect to make it his home
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29
Cops Dress Up.

The city policemen, Jude Bingham
and Bert Williams, are very resplen-
dent today in their new blue uni
forms with the official brass buttons
and regulation star.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29

Try the Daily a month.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-04-29

John w. Adams is reported sick
with a severe attack of erysipelas.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
Irrigation Report

The Census Bureau has just put out
a report on irrigation in the United
States.
1t has been found that 1878
farms are irrigated wholly or in part,
and that the acreage irrigated is 49,
1888, ABS, or 7.9 per cent of the i'm
proved area in farms in the states where
irrigation (other than for rice) is prac-
tised. California leads in the number
Of irrigated farms, Colorado coming
next and Utah third.
The inquiry about this subject gives
the great irrigation exhibit being pre-
pared for the San Diego Exposition
especial interest. Col. D. c. Collier,
President of the Exposition, believes
that this will be the greatest demon
stration of the utility Of irrigation that
has ever been made. From the earliest
times Of which we are able to learn irri-
CATION has been practiced, especially in
Bible lands, and also in what is now
known as New Mexico, Arizona, Mex
leo, and other portions of America,
where can still be traced irrigation
bitches that were dug by people the
very memory Of whom has persisted
The history Of irrigation shown at
San Diego will be no less interesting
than the demonstration of what is be-
ing done with its aid today.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
Church Services
Methodist Church

A new year has come to US. The
past is beyond our reach. With a
clean record before US may we not be-
gin right by attending worship of God
at every opportunity AS Methodist
church we greet all people, hoping
and praying that more will accept
Christ in the coming year than ever
before and pledging ourselves in the
service of our Lord, to do our part in
advancing His Kingdom. Will you
help us2 Max A. Jeffords, Pastor
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
REPARTEE.

Says the captain OF the tugboat to the
skipper OF the barge:
81 hain't anything agin you; but. to take
you by an large.
Ye're a fuzzy nosed gorilla that is always
crazy drunk,
An you otta be a-runnin' of a store fol-
sellin' junk.
Yere a iubber that is cross eyed, an yer
brain Is buckwheat cakes,
An I guess the way you got here-soms
one wished you on the lakes.
II they sold you for nickel It would be
an overcharge,"
Says the captain of the tugboat to the
skipper OF the barge.
Says the skipper OF the coal barge to the
captain OF the tug:
There's a padded cell awaitin' fer yer
special kind Of bug.
amt got a thing agin you 'cept the col
or of yer hair
An yer looks an ways an actions an the
kind OF clothes you wear.
I'm just kinda sorry fer you-fer yer tenn
per an yer shape.
As human ye're a failure. but you'd
make a handsome ape.
would git a Job as wild man II had yer
awful mug"
Said the skipper OF the coal barge to the
captain Of the tug
Then the captain of the tugboat climbed
upon the coal barge deck,
An the skipper of the coal barge fell upon
his brawny neck.
An they wrastled, an they pounded. an
they shouted, an they swore.
An It looked, the way they acted, they
was out for blood an, gore.
Says the captain OF the tugboat. "Well.
it's good to meet you here"
Says the skipper of the coal barge: Same
to you, Bill. Have a beer?"
An the two old pals an cronies arm In
arm they goes below,
For twas Just to show affection that they
cussed each other so.
Popular Magazine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
OPINIONS DIFFER

Ma is dry and pa is wet,
Something doing here, you bet;
Ma gets up and says that pa
Amt no sympathy for the law,
Waves her arms and hops around,
And pa, he tries to stand his ground,
Says that mas kind of crank.
And ma, she says that pas tank,
And that gets everybody het,
Cause ma is dry and pa is wet,
Ma is dry and pa is wet,
Argument and epithet;
Ma says down with the Saloons
Pa says ma is full Of prunes,
Waltzes up and waltzes down,
Says that they want to kill the town;
Bangs the table with his knuckes
And calls the drys a lot of ducks;
That makes ma red hot, you bet,
Cause ma is dry and pa is wet.
Ma is dry and pa is wet,
Home is horribly beset,
Pa says prohibitions bum,
Ma attacks the demon rum,
Pulls his ears and twists his nose,
Allemends and do-so-does,
Calls the vets lot Of soaks,
And pa gets mad until he chokes,
Biggest family ruction yet;
Ma is dry and pa is wet.
-Skagit County Times
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03

Bids will be received by the Wenatchee
Park Land & Irrigation Co., until 10 o CLOCK
a. M, Jan. 10, 1918, at their ONCE, Room .,
Halbert block, Wenatchee Wash, for the
construction of tunnel on the line OF
their irrigation canal about ID miles north
of Leayenworth, Wash. This tunnel TO ne
about 600 feet long. ,.,,
Plans and specifications may be obtained
Mt their office or at the engineers ofi1ce on
Beaver Greek.
pany each bid. Same to be returned upon
signing contract.
The right to reject any or all bids is re-
served ..,,, ~,
Wenatchee Park Land and Irrigation Co.
ByG. s. MERRIAM, Pres.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
LOVE TRIUMPHANT,

r YELEN'S lips are drifting dust;
Ilion Is consumed with rust;
All the galleons of Greece
Il Il Drink the oceans dreamiess
peace;
Lost was Solomon's purple show
Restless centuries ago:
Stately empires wax and wane-
Babylon, Barbary and Spain
Only one thing undefaced.
Lasts though all the worlds lie waste
And the heavens are overturned
Dear. how long ago we learnedl
There's a sight that blinds the sun.
Sound that lives when sounds are done,
Music that rebukes the birds.
Language lovelier than words
Hue and scent that shame the rose,
Wine no earthly vineyard knows,
Silence stilleI than the shore
Swept by Charon's stealthy oar.
Ocean more divinely free
Than Pacific's boundless sea-
Ye who love have learned II true
Dear, how long ago We knew!
Frederic Lawrence Knowles.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03

though a mill tax was passed by the
last legislature the institutions are ask
ing for more money than will be raised
by the tax, for the construction Of new
buildings. The Bellingham normal
school asks an appropriation Of 5000
900, the Ellensburg pormal school
wants $3.50, 900, and the Cheney nor
NAL school which was burned down has
asked for 100000. The state uni
versity needs about 100000 while
the state college will require $500, 1000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
Congregational Church

The subject for next Sabbath morn
ing's sermon at the Congregational
church will be Over a New Road"
In the evening, "A Code for 1913,
or Resolutions for the New Year" All
are cordially invited to attend these
services.
Preaching at Pine Flats at $3.50.
Rev. w. V. Davis, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
TIE WIEE SPEAKS

NOT all those women you have loved
~ and left,
o my beloved can stir my jealousy;
Not the light loves which you forgot for
me,
For my hearts fingers. made by life most
deft
Have mended all the rents their arrows
cleft
And from their old enchantment set you
free.
But one Is my despair and only She
The one who loved you, hopeless and be-
reft.
How can I give as much who hold your
heart
AS she, unloved. who gave with scorn Of
gain?
So do the angels. At her name I smart
And feel sordid bargainer who gives
For fair exchange. l cannot heal the pain.
am defeated by her while she lives.
Helen Hay Whitney.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03

Gov. M. E. Hay during the closing
days of his term has been besieged
with petitions for pardons, and many
men, women and children have made
the pilgrimage to Olympia to intercede
for those who are serving time in the
prisons Of the state. Only small por-
ton Of these petitions could be grant,
ed, however, as Gov. Hay says he
could not grant them without sufficient
reasons being shown.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03

The five institutions Of higher learn
ing, the state university, the state col
lege and the three normal schools at
Cheney, Bellingham and Ellensburg,
will ask for appropriations totaling about
s3,O00,0O0 as shown by the report Of
the state board OF control which con-
tains the estimates Of the amounts
needed to conduct these schools. AL
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
Advertised Letters

The following letters remain I'M
called for at the Leavenworth Post
Office for the week ending Dec. 80.
10
Bohn M w, Carroll c A, Landen
James G, Maswally Phil.
&c Davis, postmaster.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
free Scholarship

The Echo has fully paid up 500
scholarship in a first class business col
lege that some ambitious boy or girl
can have without paying one cent in
money for. Come in and we will ex
plain how you can get it. No fake.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03

A petition which was presented to
Governor M. E. Hay, asking for the
pardon Of Charles w. Wappenstein,
has been refused by him although the
petition was signed by some of the
biggest men in the political and finan-
cial world Of the State. Wappenstein
was convicted of asking for and receiv-
ing a bribe while he was chief Of police
in the city OF Seattle.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
THE NIGHT MIST.

IHE NlGh1 MIST.
A LII night ling the gray. embracing mist
- Has held In tender arms the tired
world.
The sleepy river its soft lips have kissed.
And over hills and meadows 1t has
curled
IT'S white. cool finger 1t has gently placed
On weary stretches of deep, drifting
sand.
The noisy city and the faroff waste
Have felt the benediction of its hand.
THE drowsy world rolls on toward the
day.
The fresh. sweet wind of morning softly
blows
The willinE mist no longer now may stay;
With first expectancy Of dawn II coca
Everybody else takes the Echo. Do
you ?
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
Lutheran Church

Next Sunday regular services will be
held, namely Sunday School at 9:45
A. NJ. and English preaching service
at 10:45 A. M.
L. ]. AveLallemant, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
THE COM RADES.

II N solitary rooms when dusk Is falling
| hear from fields beyond the haunt
ed mountains,
N Beyond the impenetrable forests
I hear the voices of my comrades CALI
Ing,
Home. home, homel
Strange, ghostly voices when the dusk Is
falling
Come from the ancient years, and l re-
member
The schoolboy shout, from plain and
wood and river
The signal cry of scattered comrades.
calling,
Home home, home!
William Canton.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
forrnatory.

That the fees collected in the past
two years in the Office Of I. M. How
ell, secretary Of state, amounted to
$271,234, will be shown by the bien-
NAL report OF that department soon to
be published. This is an increase of
.6o7 per cent over the receipts Of the
Office during the proceeding biennium.
1t is also shown that the increase in the
expense of the department is only .253
per cent.
c. c. Aspinwall, superintendent Of
the State Training School at Chehalis
will ask the lawmakers to make an ap-
preparation for the installation of NOV
ing pictures at that institution. Supt.
Aspinwall is a believer in the educa-
tional value Of such pictures.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
CANDOR.

"T KNOW what you are going to say"
she said,
And she stood up looking uncom-
Il monty tall.
"You are going to speak of the hectic
fall
And say you're sorry the summers dead.
And no other summer was like 1t. you
know.
And can imagine what made 1t so?
Now, aren't you honestly?" "Yes." said.
II know what you're going to say" she
said.
You are going to ask IL forget
That day in June when the woods were
And you carried me"-here she dropped
her head
"Over the creek. You are going to say
Do remember that horrid day.
Now. aren't you honestly" Yes" said.
IT know what you're going to say" she
said.
"You are going to say that since that
You have rather tended to run to rime
And'-her clear glance fell, and her cheek
grew red
"And have I noticed your tone was
queer?
Why, everybody has seen 1t here!
Now, aren't you honestly?" YES I said.
IT know what you're going to say" said.
you're going to say you've been much
annoyed
And I'm short of tsct-you will say de-
void
and I'm clumsy and awkward and call
me Ted,
And I bear abuse like dear old lamb,
And you'll have me anyway just as I
am.
Now, aren't you honestly?" "Ye-es." she
said.
Henry Cuyler Bunner.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
NEWS LETTER FROM
THE STATE CAPITAL
Great Preparations are Being Made for
the Inaugural Ceremonies of Gov
ernOr-EleCt Lister

In Olympia great preparations are
being made for the inaugural ceremo-
MES, on January IS, Of Governor-elect
Ernest Lister, who is expected to arrive
with his party on the Cheyenne" the
state naval training ship, and the state
troops may be ordered out in honor Of
the new governor. The Olympia
chamber Of commerce, which has
charge Of the local arrangements, will
act in conjunction with the commit
tees from Tacoma and Seattle, and
about 5000 guests are expected to at
tend the Inauguration, The new
Temple Of Justice will be thrown open
for the first time to the public on the
night of the Inauguration, when the
inaugural ball is held in the new build
ing.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03
Advertisement for BIDS

Let the Echo print your next job.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-01-03

There are 4,55o inmates in the diff
ferent state institutions, according to
the 9th biennial report OF the State
Board Of Control to the Legislature and
to Governor M. E. Hay. These 1859
wards of the state are DIVIDED among
the eleven institutions as follows: West
ern Hospital for the Insane, 1889;
Eastern Hospital for the Insane, $40;
Northern Hospital for the Insane, 113;
Institution for Feeble Minded, 1853;
Soldiers Home, 346; Washington Vet
erans' Home, 1873; School for Deaf,
1879; School for Blind, so; State Peni-
Tertiary, S71; State Training School,
1888, Reformatory, 607. King county
furnishes more state wards than any
other county, or 1887, which is a
little more than one fourth OF the en-
tire number, and King county pays
about one-fourth Of all the taxes Of the
state. From Pierce county there are
OBS state wards. in the various institu-
tons while from Spokane county there
are $50. The smallest number is from
Wahkiakum county, which has only
two. and these are in the Western
Hospital for the Insane. Chelan
county furnishes total Of A inmates
for the various state institutions. OF
this number is in the Western Hos
pital for the Insane, Is in the Eastern
Hospital for the Insane, ! in the In
stitution for the Feeble Minded, in
the Soldiers Home, ! in the Veterans
Home, S in the School for the Deaf, 7
in the State PenitentiMy, 6 in the State
Training School and in the State Re
formatory. ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-08-30

a Leader Want Ad VIII do It.