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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09

motion going in the same direc-
ton.
When teams, saddle horses or
pack trains approach, automo-
biles will take the outer edge of
the roadway regardless of the
direction in which they are CO.
ing, taking care that sufficient
room is left on the inside for the
passage of vehicles and animals.
Teams have the right Of way.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
The County Seat Contest

In the closing paragraph OF its
mention Of the contest brought
by Ekalaka against Baker for the
honor Of the county seat of F'al-
lon county the Baker Sentinel OF
last week says:
1.-THE last card has been played
in this contest and all doubt as to
the legality Of the election has
been removed"
Brother Conser would have his
readers believe that when the
Supreme Court handed down it's
decision giving Baker all honors,
the charges made against Baker
proponents had been refuted and
that her e%scutcheon had been
wiped clean of any stain Of cor
rupt practice in the county seat
campaign.
Bakers conductiOn OF the cam
paign was admittedly dirty and
in direct violation Of the sense of
the corrupt practice act, but they
got away with it simply because
the act was not constructed broad
enough to include within it's
meaning that a town running for
the office Of county seat was a
candidate.
The Supreme Court decision
contains the following:
AR incorporated city or town
is a municipal corporation" con-
tinues the opinion, land the judy
mert is advanced that we have
in these several sections recog.
milton of authority for attacking
the right Of a city or town de-
clared to have been chosen the
seat OF county government. The
terms employed in the definition
are very broad, but we are salts
fed that they were not intended
to comprehend a candidate fo]
county seat honors. The refer
ences are all to a person declared
elected to office"
The charges outlined in Appel
lent's brief were of a serious
nature but had the opportunit,
offered to bring the case to tria
the proof Of the accusation
would have been forthcoming
In filing a demurrer Baker ad
mitted these charges. They ha!
violated the sense Of the law an,
brazenly admitted it but the let
ter Of the law provided a loo
through which they have craWle
to safety.
Eka!aka has been accused g
being a poor loser. Ekalaka ha
made her fight in an honest
straightforward manner and los
Baker, through share practjc
and questionable methods, hs
gotten away with the grape!
No, the blot on Bakers escutcl
con has not been washed out ne
will it be as long as she continue
TO do business under her preser
management.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
AUTOMOBILES IN
PARK AUGUST |
Pleasure Parties Will Be Al
lowed to Visit the Nation
al Playground

Copies of the rules governing
the operation Of automobiles in
Yellowstone National park after
August l, when the great nation
al pleasure ground will be open
to the auto owners, were received
here last week, having been sent
out by the department OF the in
terror.
The park will be open only to
such automobiles as are operated
for pleasure and not to those
carrying passengers who are pay
ing, either directly or indirectly.
for the use Of the machine. Mo-
torcycles are not permitted to
enter the park.
Tickets of passage must be Sc
cured and paid for at the soldier
station where the automobile en-
tiers the park and will show the
name of the owner, license num-
Der of the auto, make of machine
and manufacturers mum l.,
name Of driver, seating capacity
Of machine and number Of pas
sengers.
The fees will be as follows:
For runabouts or single seated
cars, SIS; fve-passenger cars, ST.
so; for seven-passenger cars, $40:
for larger cars. SIS.
Muff1er cut-outs must be closed
while approaching or passing rid
ing horses, horse drawn vehicles.
hotels. camps or soldier stations.
Automobiles while in motion mus
be not less than 100 yards apart
Persons desiring to enter the
park in an automobile must salts
fy the guard issuing the passage
ticket that the machine in gener
al and particularly the brakes ant
.ires are in frst-c'ass working
order and capable of making tn
trip and that there is sufflcien
gasoline in the tank to reach tn
? next place where it may be oh
tanned and carry two extra tires
: All drivers will be required t
effectually block and skid tn
rear wheels with either foot Q
E hand brake. Gasoline may II
. obtained at all hotels, permanen
: camps, and general stores.
= Speeds must be limited to l
: miles per hour ascending and l
miles per hour descending stee
= grades and to eight miles pc
hour when approaching shar
! curves. On good roads wit
straight stretches, and when n
} team is nearer than 200 yards
: the speed may be increased to z
, miles per hour. Horns must h
: sounded at all curves when tt
road cannot be seen for at lea!
= 200 yards ahead and When al
= preaching teams or riding an
: mails. No automobile will be a
= lowed to pass another while
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
Ford and the Farmers

If Henry Ford carries out his
latest plan, he will make a radio
al change in American farming
and rattle the dry bones in the
agricultural implement trade.
He has bought a thousand acres
Of ground near Detroit as the site
for a factory to build farm tract
ors. The establishment when
finished will employ 20. 900 men,
reach of whom will get Ford
wages, and a chance to buy his
own home at its actual cost to
the company. The tractor turned
out at this factory will cost the
farmer 5000 and will contain the
same engine now used in the
Ford car.
Only the man with some prac-
teal experience in farming can
see the full possibilities of such a
tractor, 1t will cost as much as
one good horse, and do the work
of five or six horses. 1t will pull
a gang pillow Of from two to four
bottoms" thus enabling a farm
er to get his blowing done quick
". 1t will pull a mower or bind
err. Its motor can be used to
cut ensilage, pump water, saw
wood. 1t will be the handiest
kind Of general farm servant
as we'll as the cheapest, for a
gasoline engine eats only when
it IS working.
Such a tractor will enable a
farmer to sell tWo-thirds of his
horses and still cultivate his land
) better than ever before, since he
: can pillow deep and in dry weather
without stopping to consider the
feelings of his team. Much land
noW used to raise horse feed will
: become available for better pur-
poses.
Finally, one may note that ii
T Henry Ford enters even this cor
e ner of the farm implement bust
I ness the makers Of agriculture.
machinery will have the first rea.
competition they have encounter.
@ ed in years. A Ford tractor fac.
p tory, expanding after few years
r to a shop for the manufacture Of
b other farm tools, would do more
h than a dozen federal prosecutions
@ to bring down the price of The
machines which handle American
crops. 1t is a pity the country
e will have to wait a year or tWt
c before that factory is open fo]
It business. Helena independent.
j. There is no excuse for not hav
l. ing your life insured. See S. J
n EmsWiler.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
Notice of Appraisement.

Taxation of Collateral Uncertain
ces. In District Court, State of Iowa,
Hamilton County, IS:
4 In the matter of the estate of Bri-
ia Wedin, deceased:
To Martha Ed of Kilafors, Hanabo
Soken, Sweden and Alians Mission OF
New York.
2 You are hereby notified that the
undersigned duly appointed and
qualified appraisers of property
charged or sought to be charged
with the payment of a Collateral In
heritance Tax, will, at 2 o'clock p,
M, on the 9th day of Dec, 1915, at
the Hamilton County court house,
Webster City, Iowa, in said county
and state, proceed to appraise the
property Of the estate of said decd
ent subject to the Collateral Inheri-
lance Tax as provided by law.
Please take notice and govern
yourself accordingly.
Dated Webster City, Iowa, Nov.
goth, 1915.
Fl. NJ. sparboe,
Samuel Bateman,
P. w. Lee,
32F3 Appraisers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
Fine job work at this ONCE.
Sherif's Sale.

/ State of Iowa, Hamilton county,
IS.
Manuel Romero VS.. Henry s. Rib
hey.
Notice is hereby given, That by
virtue of transcript execution is
sued out of the Office Of the clerk of
the district court, of Hamilton coun-
tN Iowa. upon a Judgment rendered
in said court in favor OF Manuel
Romero and against Henry S. Rib
hey / have levied upon the following
described real estate as the property
Of the said Henry s. Ribbey, to-wit:
All Of Henry s. Ribbey's interest
in and to Lot Number two (2) in
Block Number Sixty-seyen (67) in
original Webster City, Hamilton
County, Iowa.
And that I will, on Saturday, the
9th day of November A. d. 1915, at
300 o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the front door Of the court
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Iowa who give their hearers any.
thing better in the moral and uplift
line, than is given their readers by
such papers as the Sioux City Journ.
al, Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Burling-
ton Hawkeye, Denison Review, Iowa
City Republican, Keokuk Gate City
and many other Iowa papers that
might be mentioned.
- The Chicago, doctor who refused
to execute an operation upon, a hope
lessly deformed infant with the
sanction Of the mother is coming in
for large pieces of criticism and
commendation. The child was born
after the mother had had long and
severe siege Of typhoid fever. It
would have been mentally and phys
ically deficient as long as it lived =
"a hopeless idiot Of twisted and I'M
natural proportions. That the child
and the public are much better OF
with the child dead there can be no
question. It would have been q bur-
den to itself, to its mother and to
society during all the days of its
life. Still who is to say when surgi-
cal skill shall be withheld and when
a human being shall be permitted to
die in helplessness? The world is
divided upon the questions involved
in the death Of the child under con-
sideration. For itself the Freeman
Tribune feels like standing by the
mother and doctor. They had an
awful hard problem to settle. Had
they taken the opposite view and
had the physician performed the OPP
Grafton, this paper would have felt
like commanding them for that.
When an infant born in wedlqck is
in such condition that a normal
mother will consent to let 1t die the
world ought to be at least charitable
to her. She must have taken the
course she did wholly in the interest
of the child. There is no sacrifice
that a normal mother will not make
for her offspring.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.

Booker T. Washington, probably
the greatest man Of his race who has
lived during the last half century,
died at his home in Tuskegee, Ala
bama, yesterday, from hardening OF
the arteries. Mr.. Washington was
born in slavery about the year 1853,
the exact date is not known His
family, of course, was very poor, but
Booker showed the stuff that was in
him when after the emancipation
he worked his way through school
and graduated from an academic
course in 1876. He then became in
structor in Hampton institute and
founded an Industrial School for Ne
groes at Tuskegee in 1881. He had
little or no means at the time, but
the school has grown until it now
has $500 acres of land and one hun
dred buildings worth perhaps half q
million dollars.
Mr.. Washington was endowed
with great good sense and unusual
ambition and had the faculty OF
making most of his opportunities,
and of making opportunities. He
was a predetermined, cultured man.
but owing to the color Of his skin
was subjected to insults and ill
treatment by white people who were
nowhere near his equal in any re-
lspect. In his death his race has suf-
fered an irreparable loss and the ma
ton Is bereft OF man who has made
the world better by his having lived
in it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
TAFT AND HARRISON.

Washington Star: Mr.. Taft con-
firms what Chairman Hilles has Just
said, that he will not be candidate
for the republican nomination Tor
president next year. His name is oc-
casionally mentioned in that con-
nection, though there have been no
suggestions Of concerted move
|ment in his behalf.
In the latter part Of 1S95T-when
democratic failures and divisions
were giving the republican hopes for
the next year. some Of his former
supporters went to Gen. Harrison
and said to him, in substance: you
are the man for the emergency. You
were defeated in 1892 through par
ty objections. Mr.. Blaine, who had
the credit Of nominating you IN
1888, led the discontinued and
brought in the democrats. In office
the democrats have failed. Their
tariff legislation particularly is a
mess, and the country wants the re-
publican party restored to power.
Come. general, give the word, and
well start a boom for you"
"You are very kind" replied Gen.
Harrison, in substance, "but / must
decline. / think myself, the party
will win next year, but it is entitled
to a new NAME. and must withhold
mine. 1t has honored me with one
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

term in the presidency and with q
denomination, and I should be, as
am, content with that. There are
some excellent men available, AMI
II expect to see one of them chosen
1t is unnecessary to add that Mr.
Mckinley who was chosen, had nc
more loyal or influential supporter
than the former president.
The men now suggesting Mr.. Taft
for next years republican nominal
ton follow the Line of the Harrison
men. They regard him as the man
for the emergency, because he was
defeated through party detection
led by the man who had nominated
him for president four years before,
and because, as they contend, the
democracy in office has failed, par
ticularly with its tariff legislation.
and the country wants the republi-
can party in power again.
Gen. Harrison's nomination in
1895 would have revived some old
,quarrels, and in that way made\ the
republican task the more difficult.
The new man proved unifier, Har-
rison and Blaine men pulling to-
gether for his election. And it was
lucky they did, for Mr.. Bryan, Civ
ing the country its first taste of his
capacity as an agitator, stirred the
electorate nightly, and looked, and
was, very formidable leader Of the
oppOsition.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Tradition should not influence
the American people against any
policy they wish to adopt. The
thing to determine is this: Is the
new plan the better? Yet many peo-
pie will say traditions and past us
ages are against this and that policy.
The way to do is to look forward and
accept new conditions with courage
and fortitude.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
Notice Of Appointment Of Executric.

Notice Of Appointment Of Executric.
In the district court Of the State
of Iowa, in and for Hamilton Coun-
ty, in probate.
In the matter of the estate of L.
L. Treat, deceased.
To whom it may concern: Notice
is hereby given, that the undersign-
ed has been appointed and has quail
flied as executrix Of the estate of l.
L. Treat, late of Hamilton county,
Iowa, deceased. All persons in any
manner indebted to said deceased or
his estate will make payment to the
undersigned; and those having
claims against said deceased or his
estate will present them in manner
and. form as by law required, for al
lowance and payment.
Dated this 9th day of November,
A. D. 1915.
Tressa l.. Treat,
Executrix of said estate.
32F3 w. ]. Covil, Attorney.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

house in Webster City, Hamilton
county, Iowa, proceed to sell said
property. or SO much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy said execu-
ton, amounting to Twenty-eighi
and $1,000 ($2s.5O) Dollars Debt
and Five and 9O-100s ($5.9O) Dol
lars Costs, together with interest
and accruing costs, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder for cash
Rufus Nelson,
Sheriff of Hamilton County, Iowa
Dated October %, 1915. 31F2
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
DEMOCRACY IN WAR.

Clinton Advertiser: The greatest
democracies have their weaknesses
and these weaknesses invariably are
made most apparent in times Of war
We are seeing proof Of this fire.
quently in Great Britain and occa-
sionally in France. In Great
Britain In particular there are
divided counsels and no censorship
has yet been capable in dealing with
the jealousies Of parties and classes
War, and especially war on q grand
scale, is still as It always has been,
an enterprise Of monarchs rather
than Of peoples.
We have had painful proof Of this
in all the conflicts in which as a ma
ton we have engaged. It was or
democracy, militant in the begin
ming, that almost made failure OF
the Revolution. It was our democ-
racy that at one time threatened dis
aster in the war Of 1872. 1t was our
democracy that first led to the civil
war, and then, as a result of It's own
dissensions, protracted the struggle
and added to its ferocity.
Yet democracy has the habit OF
victory and despotism is accustomed
to defeat. Democracy goes to war
invariably with quarrel at nome
Democracy enters battle knowing
that the fire in the rear may be as
troublesome, If not as deadly as the
fire In front. But in the long run
democracy usually wins, not because
1t is always led but because the ideas
that inspire It are uncomfortable
The hosts of an autocrat fly or sur
render when faith in him is lost
Democracies form and reform under
new leaders until at length they
gain the day.
Il U
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

A preacher at Cedar Falls in ser
mon recently made the statement
that the largest single force in the
country is the $4,000 newspapers,
but. he held that the reading Of these
newspapers by many millions of peo-
pie is not conducive to the highest
and best culture, maintaining that
the newspaper sis an enemy OF
thinking" because no thought is re-
quired to assimilate what the news
papers contain. As the Freeman
Tribune looks at this matter the
newspapers are on par with The
preachers. There are able newspa-
per writer's and there are able
preachers. Some editorial pages fur.
nish lots of food for thinking people
and some furnishing none. The same
isttrue of preachers. To which class
the Cedar Falls divine belongs the
Freeman-Tribune doesn't know, but
if he fails to realize the shortcom-
ings Of the pulpit as well as OF the
press he probably belongs to the
family of ministers who have little
of consequence 70 give their congre-
cations. Few ministers there are In
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

eastern Iowa. The state ought to
get behind Senator Kenyon for a ma
tional park and the sooner possess
sion of the land is secured the better
bargain can be negotiated.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Emperor Franz Josef seems to
have more lives than cat. He has
died a dozen times or more since the
European war began and is in con-
dition to die yet many times.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

President Wilson is very fond Of
birds OF all kinds, but Just now
seems to have. an aversion to a GER
tain species of lame ducks that are
infesting the national capital look
ing for HANDOUTS. .s.llhio YIN ssp pi
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Webster City moves some every
day and here's hoping she may go
faster next year than this.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

The Anacona should not have
been molested at all. 1t was an-Out-
bound vessel, carrying passengers
and had no munitions aboard. Its des-
truction. with his precious human
life, is crime. /
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

There were five congressional
elections this year and republican
candidates were successful in four Of
them. "
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Possibly before the country can
get prepared for war the danger Of
war may appear less than at present.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

1t is easy for the United States to
ask the nations of the world to dis
arm their armies, because the United
States has no army of any compare
tive consequence to disarm. Possib-
ly our, influence would be greater in
that direction If we were Offering to
make some sacrifice ourselves.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Thomas Edison says that the
greatest problem now confronting
the American people consists in
proving that a democracy can be ef-
ficient.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Negro store keepers at Des Moines
and some other places throughout
the country closed their stores dur
ing the hour of the funeral of the
late Booker T. Washington, as a
mark of respect to the memory Of the
greatest map of their race produced
during the century.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

But. President Wilson, isn't it
foolish for nation that is too
proud to fight" to expend half a bill
lion or more dollars getting ready to
fight?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

Mr.. Bryan says the world today
needs a Pentecost, not an Arranged
don. Well, the world has an Arma-
geddon and it must make the best of
it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

The captain of the AncoIla, sunk
by a submarine, declares that the
ship received no warning, while the
submarine commander insists that
the vessel tried to escape. hence the
sinking. And there you are. The
Teutonic allies will stand by the sub
marine commander and the entente
allies will support the captain of the
Ancona. In the meantime the
slaughter Of innocent passengers
will continue and Washington viii
continue to be aroused"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

The day after Taft "came out" for
Root the newspapers reported that
Roots boom has collapsed" A boom
that wouldn't collapse with such a
dead weight attached to it WOULD be
remarkable boom indeed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23
A sPEcK on THE HORIZON.

Boone News-Republican: Der:
Keltz is on the political horizon
again.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

FOR SALE some extra good Chest
or White bears, spring and fall
farrow. Cholera immune with
double treatment. ]. H. Lach-
miller, : miles west Of Webster
City. Phone 1909. d-f-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader
thinks that spending money for mil
itary preparedness is like paying it
out for life insurance. 1t is all right
to pass it up if you are absolutely
sure that nothing will happen.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-23

John J. Hamilton of Cedar Rapids,
former democratic nominee for gov
ernor, has made the statement that
he is out Of politics. He took this
course when some Of his fool
friends" were suggesting his name
in connection with the goYernorship
a few days ago. It is well. Any man
who can write such a-letter as Ham
ilton wrote anent the Charlie Thorn
as parole isn't fit to be governor OF
Iowa, and it is fortunate that Mr..
Hamilton recognizes that fact.