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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
Short Cuts in Cooking

BY using apples in variety OF ways
we can serve appetizing dishes right
along. One of my favorite ways is to
remove the core with sharp-pointed
knife without making hole through
the apple, fill the cup left in it with
dressing made of butter, flour and
sugar. Take half cup of butter.
sugar to sweeten, and with fork beat
enough flour into it to make sti1
paste, fill the apples with this and
bake.
Another favorite way of ours is to
pare and core. put in saucepan, sprin-
kle with sugar. flour, butter, add lit
tie water and boil slowly or bake.
Serve with cream. And the editors
way is o. X. We had jellied apples
for dinner. They were excellent and
that encourages me to pass the good
things along.
Our folks like bread pudding and 1t
is so easy to make. Break stale bread
Zone cup) in a pudding dish, break
four or five eggs on it and stir; add
sugar, butter, nutmeg or cinnamon,
fill the dish with milk; bake one hour.
Make book of tried recipes; write
in it good things you learn with the
date of the experiment and the name
of the friend from whom you learned
it. Mine is "a years old. I would not
part with it but keep adding to it. The
girls like to study it. 1t was made in
spare moments and like an old friend,
can be depended upon.
Have a store list with pencil and
paper in the cupboard and keep stock
ed up. Look to the emergency shelf,
we all like to serve a nice meal to the
unexpected guest. MRS. E. M. NJ
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
Original Notice.

In the district court of Iowa, in
and for Hamilton county, May term
A. D. 1915.
Peter Trampel, Plaintiff VS.. Har-
vey Bradshaw and Mrs. Harvey
Bradshaw his wife, Frank G. ELLIS
and Mrs. Frank C. Ellis his wife,
Fred l.. Ellis and Mrs. Fred L. Ellis
his wife, Mrs. H. M. Blodgett and
her husband, and all the
unknown claimants, claiming any
interest adverse to the estate OF
plaintiff in and to South Half OF
South West Quarter of Sec. 81, in
Twp. So North, Range "a West 9Th
P. NJ, Defendants.
To the above named defendants
also including unknown claimants
as defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that there is now on file in
the office of the clerk of the district
court of Iowa, in and for Hamilton
county, petition of plaintiff, stating:
That plaintiff is the owner in fee OF
South Half of South West Quarter
of Sec. 21, in Twp. SS North, Range
"a West 9Th P. M. in Hamilton
County, Iowa. That plaintiff asks
that his title to all of said real es-
tate be quieted and established in
him as against the adverse claims OF
all defendants, including unknown
claimants as defendants. That de-
PENDANTS make some claim to said
real estate adverse to the plaintiff
herein. That plaintiff and his grant
ors have held adverse possession OF
all of said real estate for more than
ten years last past under claim OF
right and color of title, and plaintih
is now in such adverse possession.
That names and residences of I'M
known claimants is unknown to
plaintiff and he has sought diligent-
ly to learn same, and said petition
is incorporated herein and made a
part hereof by reference. And un-
less you appear thereto and defend
before noon of the second day of the
May term of said Court, which will
commence at the court house in
Webster City, Iowa, on May Third.
1915, default will be entered against
you and judgment and decree rem
dered thereon as provided by law.
I. J. Sayrs,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
State of Iowa, SIS:
The above and foregoing Original
Notice is hereby approved and same
is ordered published once each week
for four consecutive weeks in the
Webster City Freeman, weekly
newspaper of general circulation,
published at Webster City, Iowa.
Dated at Webster City, Iowa,
March 10th, 1915.
e. M. Mccall,
Judge of the 18th Judicial Of Iowa.
-. 49F4
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Harvey 1ngham of the Register
and Leader thinks he could run the
offices of county supervisor in pref
ty good shape and declares that at
least seventy-five per cent of the su-
pervisors of the state ought to be
removed for incompetency. Well,
Harvey has nothing on the super
visors in one respect. Nearly every
one of them is sure that he could
run the Register and Leader better
than Harvey does and no doubt they
wonder why Gardner Cowles keeps
such fellow at the head of the edi-
torial department. It is so easy to
improve upon the other fellows way
of doing things.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
THE STATE PRINTING.

The Webster City Freeman-Trib
une guesses that the state could save
lot of money by abolishing the Of
fees of state printer and binder ant
letting the work by contract. Expert
testimony from Illinois and Mime
sofa leads the committee to believe
that Iowa is getting her printing
and binding considerably cheaper
than her sister states. There are
but two or three shops in Des Moines
of sufficient capacity to properly
handle the states work and ii
wouldn't be long until an air tight
combination would have the state
right where it wanted it. The Free
man-Tribune is just guessing.-Ce'
dar Falls Record.
James Pierce of the Iowa Home
stead, submitted a proposition to dc
the state printing at saving OF
$4,000 a year and offered to put uE
satisfactory bond to insure the
faithful performance Of the agree
ment. This offer has received little
consideration. It is met with the
charge that "Pierce is sore and
wants to get monopoly himself.
But what difference does it make
whether he is "sore'' or not. When
the Cedar Falls Record wants to buy
big bill of goods it goes where il
can do the best and doesn't stop to
inquire how "sore" the competitors
may be. If the state can save $10,'
600 a year it ought to do it and the
people ought to thank Pierce fol
getting so "sore" that he made il
possible for this saving.
The fact that "there are but two
or three shops in Des MONIES or SUI
ficient capacity to properly handle
the states work" has nothing to dc
with the proposition to abolish the
offices of state printer and binder
The work need not be done in one
or two offices, nor need it be done in
Des Moines. Part of it could be ex-
ecuted in Cedar Falls, some in Wat
erloo, Dubuque could bid on some OF
it. Sioux City printers would not
turn it down and it might be posi-
BILE to prevail upon some of the Web
ster City offices to accept few jobs
James Pierce charged that during
the incumbency of Bernard Murphy
of the state printers Office he farm.
ed the work out, receiving a com.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

There's always a fly in the ONT
ment. Now the Webster City Free
man-Tribune has projected itself in
to the spotlight by posing as the sole
newspaper defender Of the Johnston
bill. Shame on you, Mont!-Cedal
Falls Record.
You see, Lars, the Freeman-Trib.
une didn't pause to take an inven'
tory of the newspaper pros and cons
as it is a matter of little concern tc
us whether we are on the side of the
majority or not. It is much easier
to float with the current, but it is
better sometimes to try to go it
alone. No matter what the final
outcome of the movement to abolish
the state highway commission may
be, it is safe to predict that the COM
mission will not be so lavish in the
expenditure of the peoples money in
the future. $4,000 is pretty big
sum for the commission to cost in a
single year and some of the items OF
expense charged to the state is a
disgrace. But if the commission has
learned by the near escape it had to
oblivion that the people have some
rights which it is bound to respect a
great victory has been won.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

The editor of the Saturday Even
ing Post concludes that the Harrison
drug law is wrong because of the
condition of many dope fiends since
the act went into effect on the first
of March. He points to the fact that
many of the victims of the cocaine,
morphine, heroine and opium habits
have been driven insane and that
many crimes have been committed
because of the inability of these poor
men and women to secure the drug
that is almost necessary to their ex-
istance. Under the law these people
can get the drug if in the Judgment
of a reputable physician it is neces-
sary, and no doubt it is necessary in
many cases. But the condition of
these confirmed slaves to the dope
habit is the strongest kind of evil
dence in favor of the Harrison law
or some law designed to make it i'm
possible or at least very difficult for
young men and women not addicted
to the habit to acquire it. The state
has a right, aye duty, to look after
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

If, as stated in the news dis
patches, an American citizen lost his
life when the Falaba passenger lin
er was destroyed a few days ago by
German submarine, what is the
administration going to do about it?
One of the passengers who escaped
says the submarine was flying the
English ensign just before the fatal
attack. III deaths resulted from the
sinking of the ship.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

By the time 1916 shall have rolled
around it is likely the American peo-
pie will have had enough of a non
protective tariff, and will even con-
sent to a tribute ta1:ff if that be nee
essary to escape from the effects of
one that is too low for protective
purposes The present tariff has been
in operation for eighteen months,
but the demand for exports on &C
count of the European war has neu-
tral:zed it's bad effects. If Europe
were now knocking at our doors
with her cheap goods and al
lowed entrance at low duties our
shops and factories would be idle
and the demand for the return of
the protective principle would be
widespread.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

ston bill to make the state an old
fashioned mudhole!'' exclaims the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Bread and water and the stone
pile will tend to restrain the boot
Logging cult" suggests the Oelwein
Register.
The Correctionville News thinks
the time has come to call halt on
the practice of putting a few scrap
ers full of dirt in hole or gully
where it will be washed away by the
first rain, and of working the roads
(and the taxpayers) by grading to
the extent of scraping the weeds
from the side of the highway and
piling them in the center of the main
travelled track"
+ + +
The Perry Chief notes that the
legislature will hold night sessions
and expresses the hope that it will
not pass any bills that will not stand
the test of daylight.
.... + + +
Gust why should there be such a
protest in our legislatures against
honest and intelligent roadmaking,
at a time when the general public
sentiment is more unanimous than
ever before?" wonders the Des
Moines Register and Leader.
..s- + + +
"The Iowa legislature ought to
give careful consideration to a bill
which extends the power of the Cos
son removal laws to include all
county, township, city and town Of
ficers elected or appointed" declares
the Des Moines Capital.
+ = + r.... 81
els it yet too late for Iowa to set
aside one small beauty spot to show
the later generations what the state
meant to the first settlers?" asks the
Waterloo Courier.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

the welfare of it's future citizens and
while it is to be regretted that the
effects of the law at this time are so
terrible upon the confirmed users of
dope their welfare may we'll be sac
rificed for the welfare of those who
are to supercede them in the various
walks of life. Any law that will
break up this fearful habit is worth
much effort and sacrifice.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Republican leaders in Washington
are elated over the report, which
appears to have good foundation
that Colonel Roosevelt is going to
announce his return to the republi-
can party in the near future. With
the colonel back fighting for repub-
licanism the democratic party will
find mighty hard shedding in 1916,
unless the republicans make some
foolish choice in a candidate for
president-such as Taft, for in
stance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

About as mean a thing as a legis-
lator has done in Iowa for many
years was done by Senator Chase the
other day. County officers all over
the state were rubbing their hands
in anticipation of getting hold of a
few additional dollars on account of
the bill to increase their salaries.
when the senator slips in an amend
ment providing that no increase
shall be allowed to officers already
elected.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
SALOONS ARE DOOMED.

usual the BILLY" Sunday revival in
Philadelphia has started wonder
full temperance movement in that
city. Preliminary plans for the
most aggressive anti-saloon fight in
the history of Philadelphia will be
discussed Saturday at a meeting of
the Federated Committee of Temper
ance Organizations. Inspired by
the cumulative effect of the recent
Bryan meeting for total abstinence,
the "Billy" Sunday campaign and
Governor Brumbaugh's fight for To-
cal option, the temperance forces be-
lieve that the time is ripe for
launching a campaign to abolish
the saloons from the Quaker City.
The movement as planned will
have no sectarian limitations and no
denominational boundaries. 1t will
be as much economic as it is relig-
ious, and business men will be asked
to support it. The first step will be
to start a pledge-signing campaign,
with corps of speakers and organ
izers, with the object of obtaining
100000 signatures. 1t is proposed
to have converts of "Billy' Sunday
enrolled in "trail hitter" organiza-
tions. These trial hitters' will
find an outlet for their enthusiasm
by visiting churches and Industrial
plants. The American Anti-Saloon
League, the National Abstainers'
Union and other of the leading tenn
perance and anti-saloon organiza-
lions have signified their willingness
to cooperate in the campaign.
In Chicago a great campaign is
being planned against the saloons
for 1916 and Chicago has invited
Sunday to hold a series of meetings
in that city during 1916. Where
the campaign is not for total aboli-
ton of the traffic, the sentiment is
crystalizing quickly and certainly
towards greater restriction and cut
ting down the number of the sa-
looms.
For instance in Kansas City, Mo-,
the telegraph dispatches state that
death sentence was yesterday pass
ed on 100 saloons, now in operation
there. Thirty licenses were reject
ed, which means they must close i'm
mediately. Seventy saloons were
ordered to quit business by July a.,
while 40 keep alive" licenses, own
ed by breweries, were Cancelled. Ev-
cry saloon against which the school
board has protested was rejected.
On Main street, between Twelfth
and Twentieth streets, on the direct
route from the union station up
town, only one saloon will be allow
ed to the block and it must be in the
middle of the block and have a CT
gar store or similar business in
front. No display windows will be
allowed.
The board of police commission
ers has adopted rigid policy OF
regulation. The movement contin-
ues to spread and there seems to be
no diminution of the tidal wave. The
national prohibition of the manu-
facture of liquors is certain to come
in the wake of this movement.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
mission Of $4,000 to $4,000 per year,

mission of $4,000 to $4,000 per year
and did nothing to earn it. This
charge has never been denied and
Mr.. Pierce gave his authority fol
making it, which was no less per.
sonage than the man who gave Mr.
Murphy the big rake off.
There is no guessing" about this
nor is there any guessing" about
the $4,000 saving offer made by
Mr.. Pierce.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Charles City Press says the
unseemly scramble for the governor
ship cheapens the Office.
"The state highway commission
should be non-salaried body of ex-
pert engineers, with the sole duty OF
passing upon the qualifications OF
county engineers" urges the Clin-
ton Herald.
+ + +
The Hopkinton Leader says lit
will not hurt the railroads to spend
a little time in financial purgatory''
that they had it coming to them.
about eighty members of the
present house of representatives in
Des Moines are first termers, and q
considerable number of these may
also be set down as last termers,
remarks the Council Bluffs Nonpar-
iel.
+ + +
"The teachers pension PROPOSE
ton will probably not pass this leg
islature, but it will be still disable as
good campaign material and plat
form lumber" remarks the Mason
City Globe-GaZette.
= + +
MANY boards of supervisors need
watching, and there is no better
watchdog at hand than the present
highway commission declares the
Marengo Sentinel.
+ = +
Heaven help the Iowa senate if
it blindfolds itself and staggers
along the trail opened up by the
house when it voted for the john
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Germany is the first in medicine,
music and the arts of war, but she
appears to be getting the worst of
the great conflict at this particular
time. Her submarines are doing con-
siderable damage, but her armies in
be slipping back slowly.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

A we'll graded crown covered with
plenty of gravel makes a good
enough road for anybody and will
be in good condition at least eleven
months of the year. Hard surfaced
roads will come later, but for num-
Der of years yet the gravel highway
must be the rule. Then when the
time comes to pave there will be q
good firm foundation to build upon
and that is the main requisite of a
substantial paved highway.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Des Moines is making hard fight
to clear the city of bootleggers and
many of them are being hailed into
court. 1t costs, according to state
ment of w. J. Pilkington, president
of the citizens association, about five
dollars to get a bootlegger before
the courts.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

1.-THE allies are still hammering
away at the Dardanelles," say the
dispatches. But they seem to be
hammering without avail. Must be
Germans are at the guns in the Tur-
kish forts and the guns must have
been made in Germany.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

An English commission house is
offering to sell Russian wheat in
America, to be delivered in three
weeks. Possibly the firm is trying
to make the world believe that the
Dardanelles will be opened to the
allies by that time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

To be perfectly just is an attri-
butte of the divine nature; to be so to
the utmost of our abilities, is the
glory of man.-Addison.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

When cake icing is too hard so that
you can not spread it on, add little
water, drop at time. When it Is
too thin, add sufficient powdered sugar,
first rubbing out the Jumps.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

AS a revenue cutter President Will
son seems to have begun where
Grover Cleveland left off.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

The legislature may as we'll save
the time it is wasting in trying to
pass a bill to repeal the capitol ex-
tension act or any part of it. Gov.
Clarke would lose no time in veto
ing such a bill. The governor has
one hobby and that is capitol extern
sion,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

1t is hoped that the people will
not get the highway commission
mixed with highwaymen. There is
a difference.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

years the democratic party has not
materially reduced the high cost of
living. Isn't it about time to look
around for a new crew to do the job {?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

If tablespoonful of sweet milk is
added to each yolk of egg when max
ing custards, the mixture will not
curdle when added to the boiling milk.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

ed Bremen county in the Iowa legisla-
ture for many years and has some
thing Of a reputation as an opponent
of the Doctors profession, says that
if there is anything affords him
more pleasure that the killing of a
bill that the doctors want enacted it
is the passing bill that the doctors
want killed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

The city council of Des Moines is
finding that it can economic. 1t
is like the rabbit climbing the tree.
1t had to. About the only law-mak-
ing body in the world that seems I'M
able to economic is the congress of
the United States when it is in the
hands of the democratic party.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

The Notifications Of the Panama
canal are declared by army and navy
men to be the most complete in the
world.-Springfield Republican.
And the same thing was said
about the Notifications of Antwerp
only eleven days before the city fell
into the hands of the Germans. 1t
appears that no Notifications are
strong enough to Withstand the at
tacks from the latest guns if the
guns can get within range. The on
ly thing that is saving Constantine
pie is the fact that the Dardanelles
are winding, with high bluffs to pro-
tect the forts. If the British and
French ships could get at the forts
they would level them in short Or
der.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06
Banker Takes Own Life.

Honolulu, April 3.-Mark P. Rob-
inson, capitalist and vice president
of the First National bank of Ha-
vail, shot and killed himself here
early yesterday. In note he indi-
Gated that his act was caused by a
nervous condition due to insomnia.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Marriage licenses have been issu-
ed to Theodore Frandson and Amy
Skogerboe, Charles Murphy and
Louise Stabler.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

With Colonel Roosevelt back in
the republican party democracy will
stand about as much chance for sue
cess as the dove of peace has in Eur
ope.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

The Iowa house has passed bill
repeating the "non-partisan" judic-
larry law. May it pass the senate and
be signed by the governor.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Oh, yes, levies are reduced when
valuations are increased. When the
aggregate value is increased one
hundred per cent the levies may be
cut one or two per cent and in iso-
lated cases possibly five per cent.
handling of the price of coal by the
mine operators. When the miners
get an increase of five cents a ton
for digging the coal the operators
add fifty cents a ton to the selling
price, merely to even things up.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

Drawing paper for sale here.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-06

What in tarnation will there be
left for the next Iowa legislature to
do after this one gets through ?
Castana Times.
Well, they can put in good
share of their time repeating the
laws this legislature will enact.