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w. N. w., DENVER, NO. z-1s15.
Among the Elite,

Then they never have a family
jar?" .
They occasionally have what might
be termed family jardiniere. As aris-
tocratic people they only quarrel In .
very refined way
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For the treatment Of colds, sore throat.
etc, Deans Mentholated Cough Drops give
sure relicf--5c at all good Druggists.
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cause he has forgotten that he nigh,
fail
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12

A female cynic is one who declares
that all men are alike.
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LITTLE ALBERT'S VALENTINE

KIsER
A little poor Girl goes to school.
And she's in my class there,
Her fathers dead and SO she cant
Have pretty clos to wear
And sometimes when the other girls
Have parties. they ere sure
To not remember to invite
The little girl that's poor.
Her mother has to work. and they
Live up above a store.
Because. you know. she hasn't got
A father any more.
And once when was tellin' her
What Santa brought to me
She cried and said she wished some time
She'd have Christmas tree.
Last week she ceusht the chicken po,<
And has to stay In bed;
I had it once all over. too.
And ! was nearly dead
And .Jtnhs the bitter stuff you take.
Cause nothing elsen cure
It makes Kind Of sorry for
The little girl that's poor.
I had a quarter in the bank.
But it's not there todey
Cause yesterday sent a lot
OF valentines away
A nickel one to Grace. and one
To Blanche and Ruth and Dot
And one to some one that guess
The others all forgot
Id uke to stand ground somewhere
And see the postrnan when
He knocks above store today
And hands out something, then
I'd like to kind Of listen there.
For I'd be pretty sure
To hear some happy suessin' by
A little girl that's poor.
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Great thoughts seldom come In very
big packages.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
He "knows Manners"

In Washington they are telling q
good story on one of the newest West
ern congressman. Almost as soon as
he deposited his carpetbag in the m,
tons capital he went out and pur.
chased Handbook of Etiquette" and
began to study it diligently. So he
was quite prepared for any emergency
when a member of the French EN-
bassy came to call upon him. First
calls" said the handbook, should be
returned Immediately When the
Frenchman started to go his host ac
companied him to the front door.
where he donned his hat. "Ah," said
the departing guest, Monsieur Id
going out, n'est-ce pas? Is it Eat you
go to make re little promenade?"
The congressman smiled with con.
scious pride. why, no, SIR he ejacu-
lated firmly. You foreigners aren't
the only ones that knows manners. ]
am going home with you, sir, to return
ysur call, sir"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
THE MENACE A MENACE.

Some one sends the Freeman
Tribune a copy of The Menace, an
i-Catholic periodical published
at Aurora, Missouri, with certain
articles marked. The Menace charges
that the Catholics are threatening
President Wilson with defeat unless
he vetoes the immigration bill. The
Freeman-Tribune has little use for
the Menace and takes no stock in
it's TRADES against the Catholic
church. But the Catholic church
should not, as a church, undertake
to influence the president of the
United States in the exercise of his
duties. This is true of any other
church and it is principle of our
form of government that must be
1t appears to the Free
man-Tribune that The Menace is
trying to influence the president
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
WORTH CONSIDERING.

Times Republican: Senator Chase
and a following will endeavor to
cut the width of four rod roads
down to fifty feet by act of the leg
islature. The advocates Of the
change argue that no attention IS
given or use made Of more than 81
to 80 feet of the roads and that the
remaining space is mainly devoted
to growing weeds. The eight foot
strip on each side would revert to
the property owners.
Senator Robinson of Hampton,
will introduce bill to provide for
the paving of country roads by
forming paving districts after the
manner of drainage districts and
assessing the cost as in drainage to
those benefited. A provision Is
added, however, assessing a part OF
the cost to the county.
The two senators should get to-
gether with their bills and their
purposes. If the road is to be paw
ed the question of narrower high
ways settles itself. Under such con-
ditions a 80 foot road would be wide
enough. Also the reversiOn OF an
Is foot strip to the abutting land
owner would have some influence
unon his WILLINGNESS to sign up and
bear his share of the road district
improvement. 1t would assist very
materially in paying the annual
road tax. An acre of Iowa farm
land properly titled goes a lclg way
toward taxes.
Senator Robinson has the right
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
TOO MANY NEWSPAPERS.

Cedar Falls Record: The Republl-
can at Waverly has been absorbed
by the Independent. In the shume
The Democrat takes the linotype.
The German paper, The Phoenix
takes the presses and the balance
of the material is for sale. For years
Waverly has struggled along under
the burden of four weekly papers.
have paid four times for
duplicated lists. The town hash
had any more use for four newspa-
pers than a cat has for two tails
and her business men have been
bled in the effort to keep them all
out of the hands of the sheriff.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
Address letters to
DIR. WILBERT SHALLENBERGER
788 Oak~~ OOd Blvd. CHICAestD. ILL.,

H. Sierks by name, that it was he
and not Fender who actually MUIR
dered the woman and her child.
There are, it is said, circumstances
which have been uncovered by an
assiduous and persistent attorney
from Portland that confirm the con-
fession of the insane man.
His only excuse was that he was
drunk" is the declaration of Rev.
w. G. MacLaren, the chaplain to
whom the confession was first made,
in speaking of it to representative
of the press. There was no justifica-
ton; no reason for the crime. 'His
only excuse was that he was
drunk"
Sierks, by the way, has been an
inmate of the insane asylum for ov-
er two years, being driven there
within year of the time he slew
the unprotected woman and her lit
tie boy, just because "he was
drunk"
The abolition of capital punish
ment is warranted on the one
ground alone that it prevents the
legal Staying Of an occasional limo
cent man. There are many other
valid reasons supporting the abol-
ishment Of legal executions.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
AN OREGON EXAMPLE.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Score
for the abolition OF capital punish
ment, and chalk up another against
old John Barleycorn, whose list OF
transgressions is already nearing
the bottom of the long page-and
perchance it may be the last page
of the account book.
Out in Oregon, Governor West
last fall conducted a campaign In
favor of a law under their direct
legislation procedure for the aboi-
ishment of hanging in the state, and
when the date for the adoption or
rejection of this new statute by the
people was finally set for early No
vember, the governor reprieved
several convicted murderers under
sentence Of hanging until after the
election.
The governor was roundly con-
demned for this action, and per-
haps in no case were the anathemas
more frequently hurled in his direc-
ton than as regards one John Arth-
ur Pender, who was in jail under
sentence by the highest court of the
state to be hanged October % for
the particularly diabolical murder
of one Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and
her little son in their isolated cot
tage one September day three years
ago. The proof seemed quite clear
that he was the guilty man, though
he had always protested his inno-
cence, and the appellate courts whose
aid he had invoked had uniformly
decided against him.
Within the past few days there
comes from the state insane asylum
at Salem the story Of the confess
sion by young man there, John G.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

plan, the most feasible and the cas-
lest way. The drainage district sys-
tenn is the one most applicable to
permanent roadmaking in this state.
However, the senator's bill might
be improved by a provision of state
aid. Permanent road improvement
is a proposition that the state can
we'll afford to favor and encourage
with a fair percentage of the cost.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

n
by creating the impression that the
Catholic church has threatened him
with defeat if he vetoes it. 1t is
we'll known that the president is
opposed to the literacy test and it
is unfair to imply that if he refuses
to add his signature to the bill that
he is Influenced by the threat of
any church. The Freeman-Tribune
believes there should be an intel
lectual test, but there is a broad
difference between literacy and in
telligence. It is most desirable that
immigrants be able to read and
write, but it is more desirable that
they have good characters and live
clean lives and believe in popular
government. Following are a few
opinions along this line that might
be of interest to the few who take
The Menace seriously:
William Dean Howells says:
"Literacy is not fair test of ed
ucation. Great numbers Of people
with trained and able minds can
not read or write"
Andrew Carnegie says:
There are some European coun-
tries not yet in position to have
schools, but when a family in these
can save sufficiently to pay for pas
sages to our favored lands, no other
test need be applied. This is suf-
ficient, for it means years Of faith
full labor, careful saving, and ambi-
ton to improve conditions for them
selves and their children, who find
free education here in our public
schools"
John H. Finley says:
"Having known the sons of thou
sands of aliens and having witnessed
their eager struggle for an educa-
ton, 1 cannot believe it wise or
a just restriction which have barred
from entry to this country the par
ents of any of these on the ground
of illiteracy, especially as some OF
the parents had no opportunity to
become literate in the lands from
which they came"
Charles w. Eliot says:
"The literacy test is in my judy
ment useless as a means of sitting
the desirable from the undesirable
immigrants, for many desirable inn
migrants may come from backward
countries where children have no
opportunity to learn to read and
write.'
Jane Adams says:
eat this time when we are hop
ing that the United States may take
leading part in new information
alism which will mean such world
reorganization as will guarantee re-
spect for the rights of the differ
, ent nationalities, the passage of this
law would be peculiarly unfortun-
ate. How can we urge Russia, Aus
tria and Germany to recognize the
claims of peoples against who we
are. at the same moment, discrimin-
ating?"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.

Eds. Freeman-Tribune: am a
candidate for school director of the
Independent School District of Wen
ster City, Iowa, subject to the will
Of the voters at the school election
on March Sth, 1915.
H. L. Hampton.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: I am a
candidate for school director of the
Independent School District of Web
ster City, Iowa, subject to the will
of the voters at the school election
on March Sth, 1915.
Arch Foster.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

The Iowa saloon man who cannot
see the handwriting on the wall is
sadly in need of the services of an
optometrist, is the opinion of the
Glidden Graphic.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
STATE PRINTING.

Sioux City Journal: While the
subject of retrenchment and reform
is under consideration in Des
Moines it will be interesting to note
the disposition of the legislature to-
ward a more businesslike handling
of state printing and binding. Sug-
gestion of need for reform along
this line is old. 1t has never been
received seriously in the past. I'm
til recently, however, all talk OF
economy in the public service was
regarded as more or less of a joke.
Now there are indications of public
demand for an earnest effort to
economic in all branches of the
government. There is little reason
to doubt that both efficiency and
economy might be conserved by do
ing away with the Offices Of state
printer and binder, reducing the
volume of matter printed under
state offices and letting contracts on
competitive bids for such works as
may be authorized.
It is not necessary to assume there
is positive graft in the present sys-
TEN. It is sufficient to admit there
is looseness, leading inevitably to
inefficiency and extravaganza. There
is no incentive to reduce the guam
tity of work turned out-guite the
contrary. There is no inducement
to economy of time or material or
labor. In an easy going atmosphere
extravaganza is unavoidable. It is
not necessarily the fault of individ-
uals. 1t is more the fault of the
system-or lack of system.
James M. Pierce, the Des Moines
publisher, who has long contended
for a more economical disposal Of
state printing and binding, has Of
fered to do all the work that would
be handled through the state print
err and binder for the next two years
at a reduction of not less than $1O,-
600 from the amount charged for 1t
under the present law. It is not
expected that this offer will be &C
cepted. 1t was intended to indicate
the measure of economy that might
be effected in this way. Mr.. Pierce
suggests that if the recommended
lions of the retrenchment and re-
form committee should be accepted
the saving in printing and binding
bills might run from so to rs per
cent. The report of this committee
called for reduction in the volume
of printed reports and the elimina-
ton therefrom Of duplication. If
these sources of extravaganza could
be dried up a substantial saving
could be made even under the pres
ent system.
There is, however, no good reason
for adhering to a system that Is
economically indefensible. 1t may
require a little hardening Of the leg
islative heart to abolish offices
which have been looked upon as es-
tablished political institutions-of-
fees for which some good fellows
politically may be in line. Still it
might be better to put up with the
unpleasant consequences of such a
move than later to face the hard
heartedness of the voter whose pa
thence has given out before a con-
slant succession of increasing tax
receipts.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
COUNCILMAN AT LARGE.

COUNCILMAN AT LARGE.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
nounce me as a candidate for c0un-
Gilman at large, subject to the
will of the voters at the coming
primary. F. A. Schroeder.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
nounce that l am a candidate for
reelection to the Office of council
man-at-large subject to the will IT
the voters at the coming primaries.
Fred Hahne.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

This talk of an emperor is sheer
est nonsense, no matter how much
influence President Wilson may have
with congress. No matter If he die
tates every line in every law enact
ed, the people elected him and they
can retire him next year. An emper-
or is in for life or until overthrown
by a bloody revolution. Some OF the
simple minded people of this coun-
try fear a monarchy if a president
is elected to third term, but a
third term or a fourth term presi-
dent would be no nearer a king or
an emperor than is one term pres
ident.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

DR.. Shallenbereer Is an eminenty successful
Specialist In the treatment OF Chronic Diseases.
from his large practice and extensive hospital
experience which have made him so profcieRt
that he can name and locate ~
few minutes. He has successfully treated many
of the most difficult cases of Chronic Diseases
of men and women. That Is why his reputation
has read.-why he has continued his visits
year after year while other doctors have made
Dr.. Shallenber9er treats Diseases of the Eye.
Ear. Nose. Throat. Lungs. Heart, Blood. Skin:
BLADDER. ccnsumption IN an early stage. Ca
tarrh, Ringing In Ears and Deafness. Paralysis.
Neuralgia. Epilepsy. Sick Headache, Gottre.
matism of joints and muscles. Also treats
diseases of women scientifically.
PILES CURED WITHOUT KNIFE.
Fissure. Fistula and other rectal diseases
treated without surgical operation.
Surkioal Cases and Rupture Given
Special Alteration.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are you nervous and despondent; easily excl.
ted and irritable; weak and debilitated; tired
mornings; without ambition. energy or strength:
confidence in youfselfi Have you sunken. red
or blurred eyes; pimples on your face; weak
back, or deposit In urine7
PRIVATE DISEASES SPECIALITY.
Cases of long standing especially desired
Wrong treatment and incorrect diagnosis nave
often resulted In the worst affections. varicoeele
Hydrocele, Blood Poison, Syphilis. Unnatural
Discharges, Weakness. Emissions. Debility,
Nervousness. Dizziness. and Defective Memory.
which ruin body and mind. 1t Is highly tmpor-
tant you obtain the services of physician who
has established good reputation for treating
these diseases.
Dr. Shallenberger has made years of study
of Private Diseases of men and women He
knows and uses the most scientific methods of
treating them. Hundreds of women suffer UNI
told agony with diseases which have been neg
lected or unskillfully treated
WONDERFUL CURES
have been made by him. You should consult
him IL you have any Chronic Disease. A Spec
lalist who has made lifetime study of such
diseases Is certainly prepared to give you the
best results, and If you sick. You need scien-
tific treatment.
Dr. ShallenberRer spares no effort to cure his
patients. He knows that good results mean as
much to him as to the patient. Most OF his new
patients come through the recommendation OF
others whom he has treated
He prepares nearly all his medicine from his
own special formulas, and uses nothing but
pure drugs.
Consultation and Examination Free and
Confidential.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
Candidates Announcements.

Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
nounce me as candidate for the Of
fee of mayor, subject to the will Of
the voters at the spring primary.
E. e. Valentine.
Webster City, Jan. Is.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
1ounce me as a candidate for mayor
subject to the will of the voters at
the coming primary.
P. M. Banks.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
CITY TREASURER.

Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
nounce me as a candidate for city
treasurer, subject to the will of the
voters at the spring primary.
e. F. King.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

vicinity of Paris. Both sides have
been greatly weakened, but the conf
parative strength of each is about
as it was then.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
LIBRARY TRUSTEE.

LIBRARY TRUSTED.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
nounce me as a candidate for true
tee Of the Kendall Young library.
subject to the decision of the voters
at the coming primary.
R. i. jones.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

1t is impossible to please all the
world and ones father.-La For
tame
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

Our advice to the legislature IS:
Don't carry the bluff of investigat-
ing the graft charges of Gov. Clarke
too far. Something might be UNI
earthed that. would surprise even
some members of the general as
sembly, and they all know that pet
ty graft is and has been INDUCED
in for years in the employment OF
needless help and the purchase OF
needless supplies. The governor
certainly deserves the commenda-
ton of the people for hi suse OF the
word graft" 1t is far better under
stood than "recklessness" "extrav-
agance," and means the same. Sena-
tor Kenyon has complained of the
things transpiring in the national
congress, but the wise old heads OF
congress, who have been on the JOB
many years, know that the more
they say about the senator's charges
the more facts not calculated to inn
prove the public's opinion Of con-
gress will be revealed. Every econ
omy, commensurate with good gov
eminent and good service, ought to
be practiced by all public bodies in
the expenditure of the peoples
This rule should be rigidly
enforced from the congress of the
United States down to the city
councils of the smallest villages.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02
ASSESSOR.

Eds. FreemanTribune: Please an
nounce me as a candidate for asses
sor of Webster City subject to the
will of the voters at the primary.
VIM. Meekins.
Eds. Freeman-Tribune: Please an
nounce me as candidate for asses
sor of Webster City, subject to the
action of the voters at the spring
primary. H. S. Bourne.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

The board of supervisors OF Ger
70 Gordo county have been furnish
ing work to men who need 1t and
at the same time making an i'm
provement that ought to be worth
all and more than it costs. They
are graveling twelve miles of road
from Mason City to Rockwell and
two roads leading to Clear Lake are
being bettered. There are many
counties in the state where work OF
this kind is needed, but a majority
of the boards will defer the matter
until next summer when labor is
scarcer and of course wages higher.
The Cerro Gordo board is doing the
right thing at the right time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-02-02

President Wilson has vetoed the
immigration bill, giving as the
main reason for such action the
literacy test. He points cut in his
veto message that such measure
would keep the door of opportunity
closed to those who have had it
closed all their lives. The president
thinks the questions of character,
ability to make a living and the
qualities of good citizenship are
paramount and should be the con-
trolling factors in determining who
shall and who shall not be admit
ted. The Freeman-Tribune agrees
with the president and is glad ne
vetod the bill OF course there will
be efforts to pass it over his veto.
but it is not likely they will sue
-,
coed.