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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
.I,..',.IVUAL Meeting
Of AMERICAN
PL0WMEN
National Farmers Union Renders I'm
selfish Service to Agriculture.
BY Peter Radford.

The National Farmers Union will
hold it's annual convention in Lincoln
Nebraska, on September seventh, and
will round out the eleventh year Of
its activities in the interest of the
American plowman. When that con.
vention is called to order every farm.
er in America should pause and bow
his head in honor of the men gath.
cred there to render patriotic and
unselfsh service to agriculture. That
organization, born in the cotton fields
of Texas, has grown until geograph-
ically it covers almost the whole Of
the United States and economically
it deals with every question in which
the welfare Of the men who bare
their backs to the summer sun are
involved. 1t has battled for better
marketing system, rural credits, cheap
money, diversification, scientific pro-
duction, agricultural legislation and
has carried on it's work of education
and cooperation in season and out.
The Farmers Educational and Co.
operative Union of America brings
the question of organization squarely
before every farmer in this nation.
Without organization the farmers can
neither help themselves nor be helped
by others and through organization
and systematic effort all things are
possible.
The farmers of the United States
contribute more and get less from
government than any other class Of
business. They have better securities
and pay q higher rate Of interest
than any other line of industry. They
market more products and have less
to say in fixing the price than any
other business and they get more
political buncombe and less construc-
tive legislation than any other class
of people. Tho farmers can only &C.
quire such influence in business, In
government and In economics as win
enable them to share equitably the
fruits of their labor through organiza.
ton and every farmer on American
soil who desires to help himself and
his fellow plowmen should rally
around the Union.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
Reserves His jokes.

Mr.. Jerome K. Jerome. the humoe'st.
we are told. Is q somewhat silent man.
He will entertain you In his charming
country house. let you watch him play
tennis. row you In a boat or drive you
in a motor, but he will not make Jokes
for your Observation-Disclosures Ga
zette.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
Is II Worth While?

Is it worth while that we jostle brother
Bearing his load on the rough road of
life?
Is it worth While that we Jest at each
other
In blackness of heart-that we war to
the knife?
God pity US in our pitiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each other;
God pardon us all for the triumphs we
feel
When a fellow goes down: poor heart
broken brother.
Pierced to the heart; words are keener
than steel,
And mightier far for woe or for veal.
Were it not we'll in this brief little jour-
ney.
On over the isthmus. down into the tide,
That we give him a fish instead of a
serpent
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
For ever and aye in dust at his side.
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look al the herds all at peace on the
plain,
Man. and man only. makes war on his
brother,
And dotes in his heart on his peril and
pain
Shamed by the brutes that go down on
the plain.
joaquin Miller.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
POLITICAL GossIps

When one class Of people has any.
thing to say, it has become largely
the custom to make a political issue
out of it instead Of friendly discus.
sion, to print it In law book instead
of a newspaper and to argue it be-
fore jury instead Of to settle it in
the higher courts of Common Sense.
As result, political agitators, polit.
ical lawyers, political preachers anc
masculine women are powerful in
politics and dissension, selfishness, in.
tolerance and Mysteries run rampant
in public affairs, for when the low,
damp, murky atmosphere of misun,
derstanding envelopes public thought
it breeds political reptiles, vermin.
bugs and lice which the pure air of
truth and the sunshine of understand,
ing will choke to death.
We have too many self-appointed
interpreters of industry who are in.
capable of grasping the fundamental
principles of business and who at best
can only translate gossip and add
color to sensational stories. No BUSH
ness can stand upon error and might
rules-right or wrong. No industry
can thrive upon misunderstanding.
for public opinion is more powerful
than Kings sword.
When prejudice. suspicion and
class hatred prevail, power gravitates
into the hands Of the weak, for dema.
gogues thrive upon dissension and
statesmen sicken upon strife.
The remedy lies In eliminating the
middleman-the political gossip-and
this result can be accomplished by
the managers Of business sitting
around the table Of industry and talk
Ing It over with the people. Inter
change Of information between indus
tries and the people 10 % necessary
to success in business a. interchange
In commodities. for the people can
only rule when the public under.
stands. Away with political interpret
ers who summon evil spirits from
their prison cells and loose them to
prey upon the welfare Of the people
IN the name Of NY County"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
"C0FFIN NAILS" ORDERED
FOR ARMIES OF THE ALLIES.
4oo,ooo.o 900 Cigarettes Must Be DeIiv-
cred by Sept. I.

The allies have signed contract
with a large American manufacturing
firm for 100000, 900 "coffin nails" They
are not metal nails to tack up collins
with, however, but are the good old
coffin nails" of the text books on
physiology, the same old "coffin nails"
dear Aunt Maria warns small Billy
about.
The 4OO,OO0,OOO cigarettes are to be
delivered to the allies on or before
Sept. /. The order will keep the factory
handling it busy night and day, it Is
stated. In order to get the Smokes"
completed on time the factory will
have to turn out cigarettes at the rate
of 100000 day, or about 1000 for
every minute Of the day, which IS
"goin' some" every man who "rolls his
own" will admit.
IL the allies smoke the cigarettes at
the rate of manufacture, a cloud Of
smoke forty feet high should engulf
the German empire, statisticians figure
out.
Four hundred million cigarettes
would form tobacco bridge covering
the Bug river from bank to bank from
source to mouth. The papers" used
would carpet Europe as with a white
pail. II laid end to end those 100000
600 cigarettes would stretch from Paris
to Berlin and from Berlin to Paris
nineteen times.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
PHILIP

Philip, the Hoeodonian king, while
Arowsy with wac was trying q case
and the prfsonor after sentence vac
pronounced, exclaimed, Il appeal"
And to whom do you appeal?" In
CURED the astonished monarch. Il
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip
sober replied the prisoner. and the
king granted the request and at r.
hearing gave the prisoner his liberty.
The people drowsy with the wine Of
discord ofttimes pronounce Q verdict
on public questions which they reverse
in their more calm and deliberate mo-
ments. The next best thing to make,
t1S 10 mistakes 10 to correct then
Ford for Sale AHERN Bros.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13

Air Of the Desert.
What II the air Of the desert any.
howw
81 suppose 1t Is The Camels Are
Coming. Baltimore American.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
DRIVING THE BALL.
Records Show That Golfers Can Guide
Baseball Siusssrs.

Records Show That Golfers Can Guido
Baseball sIusssrs.
On several occasions debaters i'm.
bued with the spirit Of argument and
research have taken up the question
as to how much further a golf ball
can be driven beyond baseball wal
lop.
There are at hand no official records
Of long flights In either game. meas
ured to the ultimate inch and establish
ed as the last word in the case.
But there is this to go on-Fred Mer-
kle and Hans Wagner startled the
populace on two occasions by driving
baseball over the left field fence in
Pittsburgh. This fence is 400 feet from
the home plate, and each drive landed
at least forty feet beyond the fence,
making total carry Of 40 feet.
Walter johnson once smashed a
drive over the score board in Cleve-
land, situated 400 feet from the plate.
This smash also carried about 40 feet.
So in the way Of fight. not including
roll, no ball player probably ever
drove beyond $50 feet No man has
yet hit the center field fence at the
Polo grounds. which is 4SO feet from
the plate.
A long driver in golf can frequently
carry between 225 and $50 yards. And
on one occasion Jesse Guilford. the far
driving wonder from Intervale, chris.
tened tho Now 1amnshiro Siepo Gun
smote a golf ball that few 312 yards
from the tee. This totals 936 feet, or
about twice as far as any athlete has
ever been able to hammer baseball
on its way. There have been golf
smashes we'll above 1000 feet, but
these included the roll. which is too
much matter of baked out turf and
wind to be used in any official way
Grantland Rice in Golfers Weekly.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
SO, ooo, 900 A MONTH % SENT
TO 0El0lUM.

whereas Edward J. Williams.
the treasurer who disbursed the
funds to meet the cost Of the con-
struction Of the Panama canal.
paid out e, 100000, per month on
the average during the years
1868. he, rs assistant treasurer
OF the commission for relief IN
Belgium, has been distributing
$4,000. 900 per month since the
German occupation became Ct
fecttve. says the Chicago Chris
tan Advocate. The economy
with which this fund has been
administered by the commission
and its splendid system OF dis
tributing food, regularly, prompt
~ and economically, suggests to
William B. Parker, the omcial
historian Of the commission, that
we have here a practical Illus
tration Of how successful col
lective marketing for an entire
nation may be.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
Air Craft =. Storm Refvoe.

1t might almost be said that one Of
the safest places to be in during a
thunderstorm Is an air craft floating
free in the air, as the electric fluid will
almost assuredly obey the powerful
attraction Of the earth. Captive bal
looms. however, are quite another
thing. the steel cables by which they
them exceptionally liable to be struck
during IN electric storm.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
TIVE Rare Earths.

TIVE Rare Earths.
Gas nantes depend for their bril-
fancy and durability upon two rare
earths, thorium and cerium. These
alone made gas NANTES possible. They
are extracted from certain sands
known as monazite, which are found
In vast deposits In Brazil, and in large
quantities In Canada, India, South
Africa and North Carolina.-New York
World.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
Not Disappointed.

VOS Ot0app0tht0o.
do you nnd," besought the raptur-
Gus maiden Of the experienced matron.
that marriage has realized all your
expectations?
"Oh, yes" replied the matron. but
you PEE, I never expected much when
I entered the holy estate Of mAtri-
moDy."-Richmond Times Dispatch.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-13
p,reentaas Of Seats Sunk.

Percentage Of Boats Sunk.
Out of almost 10000 vessels which
had entered or left the port Of Liver
pool since the German submarine
blockade began only twenty nine were
sunk by German submarines. These
figures were given in speech at Liv-
erpool by Sir A. Norman Hill, secre.
tary Of the Liverpool Steamship Own
ers' association.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-04
LITTLE DAMAGE
IS EXPECTED
FROM L0CUSTS
Brood vi Now Making lis APP
pearance throughout This
Section.
,~ee,AL eexarsreNorse.s

WASHINGTON, June Brood
VI OF the cicada, commonly known
as the seventeen year locust, is eS-
pected to appear In May and June
this year IN scattered localities COW
ering much of the northern and cen
tral states lying between the Hud-
son and Mississippi rivers. extend
ing along the Appalachian elevated
plateau into northern Georgia and
South Carolina This particular
brood made its last appearance In
this territory in 1895
The seventeen year locust covers
in its range nearly all OF the United
States from the Mississippi valley
eastward The curious feature of its
regular periodic appearances and its
long snbterranean Life give; it per
haps the greatest popular Interest
which attaches to any insect on this
continent, and lead to many inquir-
les with every temperance OF any
important brood. There are two
races of this insect Cd the seven
teen year race. which occurs in sew
enteen different broods over the
northern, and central United States;
C2o the tnirteen year race. which
occurs IN different broods through
out the southern states from Texas
eastward When any Of these broods
are characterized by great swarms
they naturally cause fears for the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-04
Uric Acid Poison
Undermnes Health
Rheuma Drives It from the System
and Eliminates rheumatism.

Y Ever since Rheuna has been sold
IN this vicinity. the sale of this mar
yelous rheumatism remedy has been
steadily .on the increase. This Is due
to the fact that Rheuma- is guaran-
teed to eliminate rheumatism or mon
ey back
1t is quick acting remdey. too.
You do not have to wait a long time
for results. Rheuma starts at once 70
act on the kidneys, liver, bowels and
BLOOD. and before 2fs hours the pois.
onoa1s uric acid, the CHIEF cause OF
rheumatism. has begun to pass out OF
the body through the regular channels
u is also good for govt and neuralgia
one S0-cent bottle viii prove to
any Rheumatic sufferer that Rheuma
surely will cure rheumatism Sold by
Wells & Haymaker Co. aRdGan drug
sts.-Adyertssement
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-04

It Is claimed that there are seven
OF Shakespeare's autographs in eS-
istence. $500
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
LAD LOSES AN EYE
ON THE GOLF LINKS
First Game of Robert White Proves
Costly 0ne-ls Struck by Stick
in Hands of Companion.

Des Moines, June 14.-The frs,
experience of Robert A. White, ar
1S-year-old West High school boy
on the golf links yesterday proved
an exceedingly costly one. AS a re.
suit of being accidentally struck
with a golf stick in the hands of a
companion White will lose the sight
of his left eye.
With several friends White was
playing the Waveland course short
ly after noon and the group was tee
ing off on No. II, northwest of the
club house, when the accident oc-
CURED. White had just made his
drive and was standing waiting for
the others in the bunch to play. A
back swing from the drive of one of
his companions struck White in and
just above the left eye, cutting a
painful cash in his forehead and
crushing the eyeball.
DR.. H. C. Willett, who was at the
club house, rushed the lad to Mercy
hospital, where an examination
showed that it would be necessary
to remove the eyeball. He will be
operated on today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
Company c in Eagle Grove.

Company c left on the early morn
ing train Sunday for Eagle Grove
where they spent the day with the
Eagle Grove company. The morn
ing was devoted to maneuyers by
both companies who were of almost
equal strength and at noon a camp
dinner was served cooked over camp
stoves in the open. The officers Of
both companies were also present to
give spirit and strength to the day.
In the afternoon the companies re-
paired to the base ball park on the
river where game between the two
companies was played. Here also a
field meet took place in which all
kinds of athletic stunts, swimming,
bathing, ETC., were the sports of the
hour. There was a fine turnout and
a good time was enjoyed by the
members of both companies.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
CARRANzA AND
VILLA BOTH KEEN
FOR WILSON NOW
Each, in His Note, Sets Out Elab.
crate Claims for United States
Recognition.
HAVE EXACTLY RIGHT PLAN
Presidents Programme for Quiet
Fits Nicely With Their Own,
Say Generals.
HAVE EXACTLY RIGHT PLAN

Washington, D. c., June H.
General Carranza has now issued a
proclamation claiming that as he
controls large territory and has in
stituted civil administration there
in he logically is entitled to recog-
milton, while General Villa has sent
note to the United States favoring
President Wilson's recent sugges-
tion that the factions in Mexico
unite for peace. He also has made
overtures directly to Carranza.
Villa claims that he, too, is in
possession of a large area of Mexico,
and that law and order exists with
in his jurisdiction. Request is made
for recognition of the convention.
Manuel Bonilla, minister of COM
munications in the Madero cabinet
and former governor of the state of
Sinaloa, has arrived here as the per-
sonal representative of General Viii
la, bearing dispatches and the note
in question, which will be transmit
ted to the state department through
Enrique c. Llorente, Washington
representative of the convention
government.
General Carranza also has a num-
Der of personal representatives here.
Each faction is following a course
which it hopes will ultimately OBJ
tain for itself from the United
States the actual moral support"
promised in President Wilson's
statement.
The Villa troops have been hand
icapped by a lack of ammunition,
with which General Hill is said to
be well supplied. Gen. Pablo Coma
les, another Carranza commander,
is moving toward Mexico City. 1t is
understood that the convention gov
eminent has about 10000 troops in
the capital and that the approach
ing Carranza forces probably will be
met in the outskirts of the city to
decide the question of possession.
Until a new secretary of state is
appointed to succeed Mr.. Bryan, it
is not thought there will be any de-
velopment of the recently announc-
ed policy of President Wilson, in
sisting on settlement by the Next
cans, with the alternative of other
means being employed.
Meanwhile relief work is being
conducted on a large scale by the
American Red Cross with as much
vigor as ever.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
CHICAGO CARMEN
GO ON STRIKE
Walkout Of 14,50O Traction EN-.
ployes Ordered at Midnight.

Chicago, June IA strike OF
the 1850 employees of the surface
and elevated traction systems was
ordered at midnight last night. The
men were directed to finish their
runs and return their cars to the
barns.
The strike was called after an all
day conference of the transportation
officials, labor leaders and Mayor
Thompson had showed the two in
terests at odds on the question of
increasing wages, which the men in
sisted must be guaranteed before
arbitration could be considered
The police began arrangements
for protecting workers who were
ready to take cars out, today. All
police furloughs were recalled and
all available men held at police sta
lions ready for emergency duty.
1t was announced that James v.
Larkin, with guard of fifteen de-
tectives, will escort i've car train
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15

gagements are in progress from the
sea to the Woevre and even beyond
that distance, with here and there
infantry fighting. The French have
attempted to force the Germans at
some points out of their strong en-
trenchments and the Germans, have
been endeavoring to recover lost
ground. A big German offensive
was predicted several days ago, but
has not materialized, although it is
still expected.
With Monfalcone and Gradisca in
their hands, the Italians have be-,
gun an attack on Gorilla, further up
the Isonzo river, and one of the Aus
TRANS most fortified positions.
The Italians already have cut the
to the north and
south of the town, so that it now
depends entirely on the difficult
mountain road to the eastward.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15
RUSSIANS DESTROY
A TURK SEAPORT
Many Ships Belonging to Mussul-
mans Are Sunk, Says Petro-
grad Statement.

Petrograd, June 14.-Russian tor
pedo boats on the night of June 10
destroyed many buildings of the
Turkish seaport of Samsun on the
Black sea, according to an official
statement given out in Petrograd,
under date of June IL. Many Turk
ish boats, the announcement says
were sunk.
The text of the statement reads:
con the night of June 10 our tor
pedo boats had an engagement with
the ex-German cruiser Breslau and
caused her some damage.
"At Samsun our torpedo boats de-
stroyed the buildings of the port and
sank many boats"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-15

Berlin (via London), June H.
The Berlin morning papers general
| ly comment more or less extendedly
on the American note along the
lines followed by the Saturday even.
ing papers.
While there is a general DISPOSE.
ton to recognize the friendly tone
of the note, and the fact that it
makes further negotiations possible
the press is divided, roughly, into
two parties, one of which appears
disposed to enter into negotiations
looking to a compromise on a new
basis, while the other, by implica-
ton, or expressly, rejects any de-
parture from the course heretofore
followed.
Among the representatives of the
latter idea is the Tagliche Rund-
schau, which declares that while the
note seeks way to a compromise,
it seeks it along lines (which must
result to the disadvantage of Ger
many" 1t continues:
1.-THE note, therefore, is calculat-
ed only to postpone a settlement of
German-American relations, and not
bring it about. The friendly tone
we acknowledge, but the declaration
that the sinking of the Lusitania
was unparalleled in modern war
fare, seems opposed to the charac-
ter of upright friendship"
The Rundschau defends the sink
ing of the Lusitania, and, in con-
clusion, declares, land the watch
word is the torpedoing will go on !"
The Kreuz Zeitung emphasizes
Germany's right to prevent the ship
ment of ammunition to an enemy
by every means. 1t also is unable
to see what England can offer in re-
turn for the abandonment of the
submarine, "since the plan to starve
Germany has failed"
Count Won Rantleow, in the
Tages Zeitung, says:
eff President Wilson persists in
his refusal to recognize the German
declaration of war zone, we are
not able to conceive of an agreement
or even a real understanding" He
adds: president Wilson puts aside
the chief part of the German note
as unimportant. When he appeals
for morality and humane rights, let
him extend these noble motives first
to American munitions. Germany
cannot abandon the use of her best
implement of war merely in order
that Americans may sail the war
zone on British ships"