Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-29
take the place of Judge Lee, who is
not candidate for reelection, no
mistake will be made.

not candidate for reelection, no
mistake will be made.
The wise men of the United States
senate received severe shock few
days ago. When Postmaster Gener-
al Burleson issued an order increas-
| ing the size of packages that might
be sent by parcel post and changing
! the rates of postage, the senate or
dered him to appear and show what
authority he had for such conduct.
It was then revealed that the senate
had Joined the house in giving the
postmaster general that power when
the law establishing the service was
passed year or so ago.
The Manchester Press says Bryan,
no matter what you may think of
him, is great moral force and gives
more than he gets in each lecture.
Granted, but Bryan would have CIV
en- more by way of example had he
not complained of the small size of
of his $4,000 salary The Free
man-Tribune admires many things
about Bryan, yet it cannot but be-
lieye he did a great wrong to his adj
mirers when he said he had to make
addresses for money to enable him to
| live in Washington.
| 1t is clearly evident that Col.
Mulhall, self confessed lobbyist, is
doing some tall Misrepresentation
stunts. AS the Freeman Tribune OBJ
served at the outset of this investi-
CATION, Mr.. Mulhal is not entitled
to credence on his own account and
all that should be accepted is what
substantial evidence he may present
in the way Of letters and other doc
uments. What he wrote himself
amounts to nothing, as he may have
lied in order to make his employ
ers believe he was earning his sal
airy.
A bull pup in Chicago few days
ago caught hold of a swiftly NOV
ing automobile tire and his owner
few moments later took him from
the branches of tree fifty feet
away. The dog was twenty feet
above the ground. 1t didn't hurt
him any, but since that incident
he seoots under the back porch
when he hears an automobile COM
ing. Heretofore he always chased
the aatos for block or two.
It beats all what some mayors get
into their heads. Geo. F. Cotterill,
mayor of Seattle, undertook to keep
the newspapers of that city from
being sold upon the streets. The pa
pers had said some things which
the mayor didn't like and so he pro-
ceeded to put them out of business.
They promptly secured injunctions
restraining the mayor from interior
ing with their affairs and now they
are being sold as usual.
Iowa is not yielding one iota in
its claim of being the best corn
state in the country, acre for acre.
Never in the history of the corn
belt has this product made such
wonderful and magnificent growth
as during the past month. The
late spring put corn back and by the
middle of June it was far behind
the average for that time of year.
But now much of it Is tasseled out
and it has color denoting vigor
and strength. The mountains Of
the west and the Grand Canon of
Arizona look good to the tourist,
but for the finest sight in all out
doors take a drive through the pros
porous farming districts of Iowa
about this season Of the year.
To be palmer and more specific,
believe that the men and women of
the country who must struggle year
in and year out to live comfortably
and maintain their families decent
ly will find the struggle more ardu-
Gus under the proposed law than