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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18

The Kensington club meets this
week on Friday evening with Miss
Neva Garrick. ~
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18

OFFICIAL CHICAGO MARKETS
I1rniiAed By E "; w La 4 Co.
once IN Crandall Big. phons $40.
H. y. Sharpe; Mshaser.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18
THE CLUB CALENDAR.

Mrs. Varick c. Crosley will be
hostess to the members of the Har-
mony club Thursday afternoon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mccullough will
entertain the members Of the Five
Hundred club on Wednesday even
ing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18

Mrs. Albert Swanson will be hos
tess to the Priscilla club Thursday
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18

The Royal Auction Bridge club
meets at 1880 Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. F. J. Drake.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-01-18

I The Thursday Needle Work club
will meet on Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. n. c. Dudley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13

upon your breast the emblem of citizen
ship. Wear this badge always, and may
the eagle that is on it never see you do
aught of which the flag will not be
proud"
wonder if you are thinking what l
thought when l read that ritual and that
pledge. 1t seemed to me that here was
man who knew how to make America
real and vital to new citizen, who knew
well how to make the ceremony of nat
uralization the unforgettable moment
that it should be. And l thought: If an
officer of this government takes these
pains to welcome new citizen who was
born here, how much more eager the
government must be to greet the new
citizens who have come to us from for
eign countries. What is that ceremony
like?
So, one Tuesday morning, l went to
the second floor of the Federal Building,
at the lower end of City Hall Park, to see
our newly naturalized citizens of for
eign birth take the oath of allegiance to
the United States of America. Let me
describe what | saw
saw large, ugly room with high
ceiling-a courtroom, its yellow paint
ed walls hung with oil portraits of men
in judicial robes. At one end Of the room
was railed-in space. Behind the rail, at
a table, sat kindly faced man wearing
horn-rimmed glasses Behind him rose
the judges bench. Here sat man in
black robes, with stout, soothlng-look-
ing court attendant standing beside him.
Around the sides of the room and
across the other end were rows OF
benches. Here sat the applicants for citl-
zenship, with their friends and witness
es. Looking at these people | began to
realize why ours is like no other nation
on earth, and why, on the other hand,
it is little like every other nation on
earth. For here sat Italians, Frenchmen,
Germans, Irishmen, Poles, Swedes, Rus
sian Jews, German Jews, negroes, Eng
lishmen-men and women from every
corner of the civilized world gathered to-
gether to declare themselves Americans.
On the whole, modestly, even shabbily
dressed crowd, and a serious crowd. 1t
was a significant moment for these peo-
pie.
1t was not so serious to the people IN
charge. Not that they were flippant;
they were just bored. AS l came in.
they were administering the oath of al
legiance to one Samuel Kessler, young
Russian Jew.
Hold up your right hand" said the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
-ABSLU'LY 'NENTIRELY RENOUNCE 'NABJURE---"
Hybhemaed Might Not Be So Haearted in Their Amec0msm
if america More Who4earted in Welcoming 7hemto
Cihseushib- Not Eveu a Flag in the Naturalization Court

negro. He had with him two wit
nesses, white men.
"Hold up your right hands" said the
man in horn glasses. Up went three
right arms. Down came Thomas Car.
rolls, pulled down by the bailiff. In fat.
one of the bailiff's chief jobs seemed
to be that of standing behind applicants
and witnesses in order to pull their arms
up or down at the proper times.
The man in horn glasses spoke again.
Observation-Disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ?'he
observed.
The witnesses nodded.
The official turned to Thomas Carol.
Up went Thomas Carols right hand.
hoisted by the bailiff.
"Do you hereby 'clarenoath 'tyou abs
lu1y 'nentirely renounce 'nabjure-
humble. humble, acknowledgements
Marozzi"
Out went Thomas Carol, citizen and
I'D came Virginia Marozzi with her two
witnesses. After her came jacques VAL
lon, a Frenchman; Giuseppe Spolino, an
Italian, and Carl Gustav Erickson, a
young Swede.
William Morris Ullmanl' called the
man in horn trimmed glasses. "A young
German Jew came forward with his
three witnesses. They were sworn in,
and then the official prepared to admin
ister the oath of allegiance to William
Ullman.
"Do you hereby declare 'noath that
you absolutely and entirely renounce
and allure all allegiance-what? On,
no. That was the sixteenth, think
to all foreign powers and principalities,
mumble-mumble"-
didn't quite realize, at first, what
had happened. Then | knew. An Off
GER of a Federal court had stopped half
way through administering the oath OF
allegiance to the United States of Amer
lea in order to answer question put
to him by the bailiff.
Confound it, I'm not blaming the
mani | don't blame any of the court
officials. They must do their work as
it is laid out for them. They must do it
hurriedly, for there is much of it, and
thew have not sufficient time in which to
do it right. No wonder they are bored.
So would you be, if you had to natural
ize fifty persons in one scorching Au-
gust forenoon. Their government
doesn't care; why should they?
say their government doesn't care.
In that room there was not one symbol
that might suggest the United States of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13

MOT LONG ago the government
Y decided to admit some Ameri-
can Indians to citizenship. In
stead of being wards of the nation, liv-
ing by sufferance on a government reser-
walton. these picked Indians were to be
given title to their lands and were to be
made voters and taxpayers.
The problem of naturalization was a
bit delicate. 1t is difficult to know just
how to 60 about "naturalizing" man
whose ancestors were robbed by your
ancestors of the land you purpose to
give him and tax him for. The simplest
way would have been to give the Indians
paper. or something, and let it go at
that. But our present Secretary of the
Interior happens to be Franklin K. Lane,
and Mr.. Lane is an extraordinary being
"a public official with an imagination.
What he did was to write special
ceremony and ritual for the occasion,
and then travel out to the reservation
to conduct the ceremony in person. Here
it is:
The Secretary stands before one of
the candidates.
"Joseph T. Cook, what was your Ind
ian name?"
"Tunkansapa," answers the Indian.
"Tunkansapa, | hand you bow and
arrow Take this bow and shoot the ar
row."
The Indian does so.
"Tunkansapa, you have shot your last
arrow. That means that you are no
longer to live the life of an Indian. You
are from this day forward to live the life
of the white man. But you may keep
that arrow. twill be to you a symbol OF
your noble race and of the pride you may
feel that you come from the first of all
Americans"
The Secretary now addresses Tunkan-
sapa by his white name:
Joseph T. Cook, take in your hands
this plough" Cook does so. This act
means that you have chosen to live the
life of the white man. The white man
lives by work. From the earth we must
all get our living, and the earth will not
yield unless man pours upon it the sweat
of his brow.
Joseph T. Cook, give you purse.
1t will always say to you that the money
you gain must be wisely kept. The wise
man saves his money, so that when the
sun does not smile and the grass does
not grow he will not starve."
Mr.. Lane now takes up the American
flag. He and the Indian hold it together
Il give into your hands the flag OF
your country. This is the only flag you
ever will have. 1t is the flag of free men,
the flag of hundred million free men
and women, of whom you are now one.
That flag has a request to make of you
Joseph T. Cook, that you repeat these
words"
Cook then repeats the following after
Mr.. Lane:
"Forasmuch as the President has said
mat | am worthy to be citizen of the
united States, now promise this flag
mat | will give my hands, my head, and
my heart to the doing of all that will
make me true American citizen"
Inc Secretary then takes up badge
upon which is the American eagle, with
me national colors, and, pinning it upon
'Ne INDIANS breast, speaks as follows:
And now. beneath this flag, / place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13

man in horn glasses. "Do you hereby de-
clare on oath that you absolutely and en-
.tirely renounce and abjure all 'llegiance,
humble, humble, form power or prlncl-
pality, humble humble, mumble-Pat-
rick Gallegherw
Samuel Kesser looked bit bewil-
dered. He probably wondered what Pat
rick Gallagher had to do with his becom-
ing a citizen of the United States. lie
may be wondering yet; for, as ne did
not move promptly, the bailiff touched
him on the arm and waved him toward
a door. Samuel Kessler had become
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13

America. There was not even an Amer
lean flag. One thing, though, the gov
eminent did do. 1t set it's prospective
citizens singularly bad example in the
way of obedience to law. This was a
Federal District Court, and, as such,
was naturally without the jurisdiction
of local ordinances. So the United
States government calmly violated a
stringent law of New York State. 1t
kept a water cooler in public place
without providing individual drinking
CUPS. There was one tumbler bounti-
fully decorated with thumb-prints. |
was thirsty, but did not drink out OF
that tumbler. had seen some OF the
people who had used it. try to be
democratic, but l could not use that
tumbler.
In the lives of all of us there are two
supreme crises-two events predestlned
and inevitable: the day we are born and
the day we die. These new citizens had
chosen to add third great moment, not
inevitable, perhaps, but deeply signlfi-
cant. For what is naturalization but
voluntary rebirth, the remuneration OF
an old life and the choosing of a new?
In that moment a man says: Though
l was born in another country | am not
of that country. The things for which
it stands are not the things that desire
most. And so l choose this as my ma
tive land; here is freedom; here are
my idealsw 1t is as though a man
should choose for himself new mother.
How many men make that choice
lightly? Not many, think. What of
yourself? Suppose you found that the
United States no longer stood for the
ideals that meant everything to you;
suppose you decided to renounce ale
glance to this country and become the
citizen of another. Would you come to
that decision without thought and with
out regrets? Do you think that such
decision costs man nothing?
These men and women who take our
oath of allegiance are doing what we
naturally consider fine and commend
able thing. 1t is the highest compli-
ment they could pay us. But do not
forget that to thousands of men and
women in Europe they are committing
an act that is very like treason. And
these new citizens know that.
They are not altogether happy as
they take the oath. They are at the
crossroads. They may have lost their
love for the country they have left;
but they do not love ours-yet. They
approve of it, they admire it. 1t is for
us to make them love it, to make them
revere the flag that is its symbol.
And what are we to give them? What
do we give them? Is this to be our well
come, the memory we would have them
carry away of their first moment as
Americans-this hurried gabbling Of
meaningless words, this scramble
through perfunctory ritual that lacks
even the poor dignity of a grammar
school commencement?
The people we call hyphenated Ameri-
cans are in the wrong. of course. They
have no business to become American
citizens and renounce allegiance to an.
other country if they do not intend to
make that remuneration complete and
permanent. But perhaps they would not
be so half-hearted in their Americanisn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13

citizen. After filling in paper upstairs
he would be free to vote, and to pay
taxes, and do jury duty. His great mo-
ment had come and gone. Fifty years
from now he can tell his grandchildren
of the proud day when he stood up be-
fore a man who said: "Do you hereby
declare on oath-mumble, humble
Patrick Gallagher~
Patrick Gallagher, as you have
guessed, was not part of the oath of al
legiance. He was simply the next can
didate.
After him came Thomas Caro-,
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19
NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the
First Meeting of the County Board
of Equalization of Rio Grande Coun-
ty, for the adjustment and equiliza-
ton of the assessment among the
several tax payers of Rio Grande
County, Colorado, will be held at the
office of the County Clerk and Re-
corder of said County, at the Court
House, in Del Norte, Colorado, on
Tuesday the Fifth day of September,
A. ID. 1916.
Dated at Del Norte, Colorado, this
18th day of August, A. d. 1916.
Eek FARROW,
County Clerk and Recorder.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19
ANNOUNCEMENT A

My name having been designated
to go upon the primary ticket for
county sheriff at the Republican Coun-
ty assembly / ask the consideration
and support of the Republican voters
of Rio Grande county at the Primary
election, Tuesday, September IL.
e. S. ALTERNATELY.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19
THE WILLIAMS DAIRY
Phone b23Fl2 Auto Delivery
inst the Thing for Diarrhoea

about two years ago ! had Sc
we're attack of diarrhoea which lasted
over a week" writes w. G. Jones,
Buford, N. d. Il became so weak
that l could not stand upright. A
druggist recommended Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. The first dose relieved me
and within two days l was as well as
ever" Many druggists recommend
this remedy because they know that
II II reliable. Obtainable everywhere
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19
ANNOUNCEMENT

Having been designated a candi
date for the Office of County Clerk
and Recorder at the Republican
County Assembly, / respectfully ask
the consideration and support of my
Republican friends and voters of Rio
Grande County at the Primary Elec-
ton, Tuesday, Sept. 12.
B. f. AYERS.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19
FARMERS TAKING GREAT INTEREST IN THE
OPERATION OF new RURAL CREDIT SYSTEM

once for the purpose of study
ing the law to the end that they
may be prepared to avail
themselves of its provisions the
moment the district banks open
for business. l will be glad to
furnish copies of the law and
OF such explanatory literature
as may be issued by the Feder-
al Farm Loan Board. The
basic unit of the entire system
as l have pointed out hereto
fore, is the farm loan associa-
ton. Only ten farmers, or
prospective farmers, are re-
quired to form one of these as
soclatlons in any community.
The work of organization is
very simple and inexpensive.
Why not set about it now?
North Dakota's epidemic"
Talking of farmers organiz-
ing, reminds me that the gem
tlemen who cultivate the soil
OF North Dakota have given
the politicians of that state the
surprise of their lives.
1t would appear that North
Dakota legislators and govern.
ors in years past have failed to
take notice of the demands of
the farmers. The latter organ.
lied the Farmers Non-partisan
League and went into the re-
cent primaries with farm
ers' slate" They nominated
every man on the Republican
state ticket and a big majority
OF the state legislators and
every one comedies they will
sweep the boards in November.
The first thing they intend
to do is to establish a system of
state-owned elevators. Then
they are going after the hail
insurance combine, which has
been peculiarly oppressive in
That section, and put the state
in the insurance business.
They have other plans in
mind. In the meantime, ac-
cording to reports reaching
Washington, the politicians of
that section of the Union are
wondering if the epidemic"
will spread to adjoining states.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19
n, EDWARD HEATING
congressman from the Third Con-
uessional District.)

Washington, D. c., Aug. II.
am receiving a great many
;ro,,iries om concerning the FEEDER
III ,is Farm Loan Board, which
a. all have charge of the govern
ment's new rural credit system.
% Tbe farmers of Colorado are
evidently anxious to take adj
vantage of the low interest
rates which will follow the es-
enlistment of the Federal
farm loan banks.
As | have stated in a previ-
ms letter, President Wilson
has named the four members
of the Farm Loan Board, and
his selections seem to have
made a hit with the leaders of
the big farmers organizations.
Herbert Quick is probably the
hest known of the quartette.
For several years he was edit
or of a farm journal with a
tremendous circulation and he
has written a half dozen books
which have been among the
"best sellers. ," Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo will be
an ex-officio member and will
act as chairman.
One Bank in Colorado
The first work of the board
will be to divide the country
into twelve districts and estab-
lish farm loan bank with a
capital of at least $75O,OOO in
each district. We hope that
one of these banks will be To-
Gated in Colorado and that it
will have jurisdiction embrac-
ing the states of the Interna-
tional West.
1t is estimated by those who
are in position to know that
at least ninety days will be re-
quired to properly perform
this preliminary work. Others
insist that the board will make
a mistake if it opens the banks
for business before the first of
next year.
I'VE know that the farmers
are impatient to see the system.
in operation,"' said one board
member to me. "They may
rest assured that we will not
postpone the happy day any
longer than is absolutely nee
essary. But our friends want
to remember that we are set
tng up a brand new piece of
machinery, and that we can
not afford to have any break
Downs after we start"
Farmers to Own System
A correspondent. in the Ar
KANSAS Valley wants to be en-
ngntened concerning the pro-
vision of the law requiring that
borrower shall purchase
slock in the Federal farm loan
eahK to an amount equal to
1--WE per cent of his loan. He
seems seems to think this is a COM
MISSION mi under another name.
vi course, he is mistaken. The
new new system will not charge any
ttommlssion on loans. It is in
ended, ended, however, that the far
s4erS ~ers shall eventually own the
tI. ttoek !, OF the district banks and
t tnat they shall operate the sys.
pp5, Isn, SSUBJECT TO THE SU-
rfd,v ThR VISION AND DIREC-
r1n riTN OF THE FEDERAL
MnRM lAKM LOAN BOARD, THE
aEM I'M BERS OF WHICH WILL.
T11M Tnw AVS BE NAMED BY
ihE II; PRESIDENT.
shlo Inc district banks should be
tbo;, ,e 10 pay good dividends on
wiii Will 9 stocks and the farmers
das;,lnd; ni lnd the investment a most
r0ro9 mG one pretends that the
raasl maal credit law is a perfect
in insure: al But it is a long step
ba h. .ne a right direction. It will
and an amended from time to time
evs,,i @ III the end it will benefit
pisosS S man who cultivates a
p'ece OF ground anv wh oro ho
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-19

The Congressional Record of Aug.
2, under the head of nopinations for
postmasters, gives the name of Mar
jOrie j. Bloom to be postmaster at
Devils Lake, N. D., in place of H.
S. Devies, resigned, and further on
Mrs. Blooms name is confirmed
Devils Lake is a city of some 5000
population. The appointee is the
wife of John H. Bloom, formerly of
Rio Grande county, who is now con-
ducting a daily paper in that city.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-26
ROY AND VICINITY

Bridgman vas a Rockland visitor
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marlin Skinner and
daughter were Rockland visitors Sat
urday.
L. O'Harra sold his 100 acre farm
to Ernest Cooper last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Roy moved
down from their homestead on the
Divide and expect to spend the winter
here.
Walter Carey was / county seat Wis
itor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Scrimsher were
Rockland visitors Saturday.
Yves Tureman was a Roy visitor last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Newman were
American Falls visitors Thursday.
{. G. Sprig of the Roy Hardware
store was a business visitor at the
county seat Friday.
Married, at the Methodist parsonage
at American Falls, Friday, October 20,
by Rev. Miller, Miss Zelma Logan and
Harry Meade Davis. The bride was
a teacher at Roy and during her short
stay made many friends who were
sorry to lose her from their midst.
The groom is an enterprising young
man of American Falls. The bride
was a very capable teacher and the
trustees were sorry to lose her ser
vices. but their loss has been Mr..
Davis gain. Their friends wish them
every happiness for a long and hap
Ply fife.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-26
IDAHO'S MOVING PICTURES.

Governor Alexander has made CON
siderable fun of the moving pictures,
showing Idaho's wonderful resources,
that were to have been displayed to
visitors at the San Francisco fair.
These pictures were shown at var
ious points in Idaho and they greatly
stimulated the interest of Idaho peo-
pie in their W state. To many they
proved a revelation. 1t was felt, and
with ample reason, that presentation
of these pictures to strangers would
deeply impress them and do more than
any other agency to attract the at
tention OF homeseekers and investors
to this state.
The San Francisco commission, APP
pointed by Governor Alexander did
not see fit to use these pictures, for
reasons known only to them. If there
was any waste of funds, therefore, it
was due to this needless failure to
utilize the pictures, for certainly the
expense of collecting them was amply
justified.
Ii may always remain a puzzle to
| Idaho people as to why these splendid
moving pictures were not used. but
there is another large question mark
in the minds of Idaho people i'm con-
nection with the states participation
in the San Francisco fair and that is
why Governor Alexander has never
made public any statement of the
money expended by his commissioners,
which amounted to around $50 900.
If a Republican governor had failed
to make public ccoun of these funds,
Governor Alexander would have been
quick to charge or at least i~nsinuate
all sorts of things. His dereliction
has resulted in many surmises in the
minds of the people.
IL will be recalled in this connection
that when Governor Alexander went
to San Francisco that, whereas, he
talks of cotton socks in Idaho, he tool
with him to the fair a gold braided
stan that outshone any at the ex-
position in point of magnificence and
aristocratic bearing.
On Idaho day the anagemen of
the air v a banquent for Idaho
people, which had been the custom
with reference to all other states. In
harmony with the practice of the
management, Governor Alexander was
given the bulk of invitations to dis
tribute as he might see fit. These,
Governor Alexander bestowed with Q
lavish hand upon his San Francisco
friends, %snubbing and leaving out a
large number of Idaho people who
were apparently not good enough for
our governor on such q brilliant &C.
casion.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-26
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS.

cursions solve them. Many autoists,
too, are finding out our rates are
cheaper than using their own cars.
Ask about them. Agent O. S. l.. II. r.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-26
FARM InANS.

For farm loans see Weber and Ban
ko. office next door to Evans Stat,
bank.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-26
DRESS NAMING.

Mrs. G. w. Squires, room is. Claassel
apartment, American Falls.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-26

Milk and Cream delivered any plac
In the city. Phone 6S-w. A. v
Davis. II