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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19
MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Quite a Large Amount Of Business
Disposed 0f-Rest Room
Question was Up.

The council met last night in reg
ular session with Mccullough alb
sent. The reports of the various city
officials were read, approved and i'll
ed, having been held over from the
usual time unavoidably.
A petition signed by sixty people
was presented, asking for the reduc-
ing of the grade on the hill on east
Second street, from ten to twelve
feet, and for the graveling of the
same;- also pleading for the gravel
ing of the road leading from the top
of east Second street hill to the east
city limits. This matter was referr-
ed to the city manager with power
to act and he will in a measure grant
the request.
A petition was also presented ask
ing for concrete walks on Boone and
Broadway streets: on Webster be-
tween Des Moines and Prospect; on
Water between Funk and Wood
streets, and the walks were ordered.
Hanson & Tyler, also w. J. litter
ell, contractor, appealed for permits
sion to use half of Des Moines and
First streets for building purposes,
which permission was granted.
Bills amounting to the sum of ST.
905.S7 were allowed.
The city managers certificate of
cost for paving the intersections on
Des Moines and Ohio streets with
concrete was presented, accepted and
placed on file and resolution adopt
ed appropriating funds to pay for the
work done.
Ordinance 410 establishing the
grades on Broadway, Waunita
Heights, sparboe Court, Cedar, Web
ster, Ohio and Grove streets was CIV
en- its first reading.
/, A committee from the Commercial
League was present and asked what
the city would do with the rest room
proposition. Clark was in favor of
using funds out Of the general fund
of the city for aiding in the support
of the room; Kamrar was not oppos-
ed to the plan, but did not favor def
mite action until he is assured that
there is some law permitting cities
thus to use from the general fund
No definite action was taken. At
present no law definitely covers this
phase, although it is possible that
one may be enacted in the legisla-
ture which meets next winter.
H. B. Mckee appeared and made
complaint about some dirt that had
been put upon lot belonging to-
him on Cedar street. 1t appears that
the dirt was not taken from place
in the street that meets Mr.. McKee's
approval and he wants it removed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19

Engraved calling cards at this
Office.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19

Don't forget, the Freeman-Tribune
does job printing. The better kind.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19

Tams, in all styles and colors, for
all ages, at Amanda Johnson's.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19

DR.. T. B. Larrabee, osteopath. d-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-19
OFFICIAL CHICAGO MARKETS
Furnished by E. W. Wagner 4 Co.
Once In Crandall Big. Phone $40.
H. II. Sharpe, Manager.

Hogs estimated $4,000. Open
steady to strong; close strong at
early prices.
Top $11.50.
Hogs estimated for tomorrow 49,
600.
Hogs left over yesterday $500.
Cattle 5000. Open loo lower;
close 10c lower.
Sheep $4,000. Open 10c lower;
close loo lower.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
STOLE HACKMAN'S RIG.

Fred j. Taylor and John Holmes,
members of X troop of the Second
calvary stationed at Fort Ethan Allen,
have been arrested charged with the
theft of hack horse and have been
bound over to the March term of Chit
tenden county court under bail Of
$1,000 each. According to the stories
told by the several witnesses who APP
peared against the men, Alexander
Seymour left his sleigh, which he uses
as hack, in front of the Elks' club at
Burlington, and when he came out of
the club the rig had disappeared. Ed
ward Foley, another hackman, who had
a man on his hack, saw the men and
wheeled his sleigh to give chase. At
this the soldiers jumped from the sleigh
and ran away. They were later
caught.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
GREEN CUT BONE AND MEAT CAN
NOT BE BEAT AS AN EGG PRODUCER

Any Poultry Food that will increase
egg production more than 500 per
cent in the middle of winter when
eggs are high and scarce is certainly
something TO be sought after by Poul,
trymen. L, NJ. Boulds of Island
Pond, VT, writes to c. S. Page OF
Hyde Park, as follows :-"Your Green
Cut Bone for Poultry cannot be bet.
1t brought my eggs up from one or
two a day to seventeen so far. We
would not be withoutit. Enclosed find
check for one more barrel"
Green Cut Bone and Meat like that
sold to Mr.. Boulds will be sent by Mr..
Page, during freezing weather, freight
paid to almost any Station, for the
small sum of $500 for a 200 pound
barrel. Send money by Registered
letter, check, postal or express money
order and the goods will be promptly
forwarded.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
GRIEF CAUSES DEATH.

Mrs. Reuben Morrison, mother of
Geraldine Morrison, the l7-year old
school girl who disappeared from
st. Johnsbury mysteriousy five weeks
ago, died Sunday. She had been in
failing health the past year, but the end
was unexpected, due to anxiety over
her daughter Nothing can be learned
of the girls whereabouts. She was
traced to Boston where her travelling
bag was left at store near the North
station the morning of her arrival in
that city and never called for. Mrs.
Morrison was 40 years old, and she
leaves her husband and five children.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
VERMONT P. A. OFFICERS.

The full list of the new officers of the
Vermont Press association, elected
in Burlington Friday, follows: Presi-
dent, H. L. Hindley of Rutland; Sec
retary-treasurer, John T. Cushing of
st. Adams; vice-presidents, w. H.
Wheeler of Vergennes, Otto r. Ben
nett of Manchester, j. E. Appolt of
Hardwick, Joseph Aud of Burling-
ton, D. M. Tobin of Swanton, L. P.
Thayer of Morrisvile, Miss Sara X.
Parker of Bradford, C. 7. Fairfield of
Rutland, Mrs. F. N. Whitney of North
field, W. E. Hubbard of Brattleboro,
C. R. Jamason of White River juno
ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
RUTLAND MAN GETS RECOG-
milton.

George Haddad of Rutland an
Oriental rug dealer, wellknown through
out Vermont, has just heard from the
American Museum of Natural History
in New York, where he sent fossil
fish head which he picked up on Mount
Lebanon, Syria, while visiting his native
land in 1914. Prof. l., Hussakof, curator
of the department of ichthiology, states
that the fossil is new to science, be-
longing to the genus Ceolodus, and is of
the chalk period which makes it about
5000, 900 years old. Professor Hussakof
is to publish scientific description of
the Rutland mans find.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE.

Mrs. Clay Foss committed suicide
about 9 o clock Sunday evening at her
home on the Ira Ober farm near North
Hyde Park by shooting herself in the
head with % calber rifle. Mrs. Foss,
who was about 80 years old, had been
in poor health for some time and had
been obliged to use morphine. She
went to her room to retire and a few
minutes later her husband heard the
discharge of a rifle. He rushed into
the sleeping room and found the woman
with a bullet wound on one of her
temples. Mrs. Foss died in a few
minutes before neighbors arrived.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
Don't Scold Fretful Children.

That nervousness, fretting and rest
lessness Is no doubt caused by worms or
constipation. Instead of whipping or
scoldlng, give your child treatment of
Kickapoo Worm Killer. Nice candy
confections that kill the worms and are
laxative enough to move the bowels and
expel not only the worms but accumu
lated posons, These poisons and worms
bring on fever, make children nervous
and irritable, reduce their vitality and
make them victims of sickness. Get a
box of Kckapoo Worm Killer to-day at
your Druggist, only 25c.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
VERMONT NEWS.
DIED IN DOCTORS OFFICE.

Arthur P. Johnnott, son of Albert
Johnnott, retired Montpelier business
man, died suddenly Saturday afternoon
in the Office of DR.. +, E. Steele, where
he had gone for treatment. Death was
due to neuralgia of the heart. He was
born in Barre in 1854 and went to Mont
pelier with his parents when about nine
years old. For many years he was in
business with his father and Frank p.
Hall, the furniture and undertaking
business being carried on under the
name of Johnnott & Hall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
Baked Crab With Cheese.

Remove the meat from one or two
crabs, crack the claws and take out
the meat also. Flake the crab meat.
Butter baking dish and spread the
bottom with layer of white sauce,
then put in n layer of crab meat and
season with salt and pepper. Next
sprinkle over with fresh hreadcrumbs,
grated cheese and more sauce. Con
tinue this until the crab meat is used
up. Cover the surface with white
sauce, then sprinkle over with bread
crumbs and grated cheese. Put here
and there a few tiny bits of butter
and bake in a fairly hot oven for
aborv' twenty minutes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
EXCEED SMITH IN HEIGHT.

1t is claimed for H. C. Bogue and his
son, Max E. Bogue, of Cambridge, that
both exceed in height Fred R. Smith of
Bellows Falls, who, at the time of his
marriage few days ago, was claimed
to be the tallest man in Vermont, Mr..
Smiths height is six feet nine inches,
where as the senior Mr.. Bogue is seven
feet tall and his son measures seven feet
one inch. The latter is but Is years old
and weighs 900 pounds. The Bogue
family were for many years residents
Of EnOsburg.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
FIRE DEPARTMENT KEPT BUSY.


The fire department of Bellows
Falls was called three times between
2:30 and o'clock Sunday morning to
the building on Westminster street
owned by Dennis Scurletis. The first
alarm was for a small blaze in store
occupied by Fred C. Cookson, tailor,
and H. 2, Sweet, agent for a sewing
machine. Ten minutes after the de-
partment Rad left the place still alarm
recalled the apparatus to the building.
The fire completely Quilted the tailor
shop. The stock and fixtures in the
millinery store of Miss Mona Hennessey
were practically destroyed by fire and
water. The Olympian pool parlor was
Quilted and two pool tables were de-
stroyed, Goodell & Goodell, who con-
Quoted fancy work store and under
taking rooms, had a small smoke
damage. The third alarm was still
one and was for fire in partition on
the second floor, occupied as lodging
rooms by Greeks. Firemen state this
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
BRATTLEBORO FAIR HAS DEFICIT

The board of directors of the Valley
Fair association met Friday at Brattle-
boro and considered the financial state
ment of the 1915 fair of the association.
This shows that all bills have been
paid and that there is deficit of SO, 400.
Of this, 81 400 is represented by perma-
nent Improvements in the form of new
buildings made last year, of which part
is to be charged to the account of the
1916 fair. A deficit of $3.50 from the
July a races of 1914 has been paid,
which leaves an actual deficit from the
1915 fair itself of $1,650. Considering
the conditions under which the fair was
held last year, with heavy rain on the
opening day necessitating the postpone
ment one day, and another rainy day at
the close, the officials feel that the as
ISOLATION is fortunate in not having to
face a larger deficit.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
OLD STAGE DRIVER DEAD.

Sidney L. Morris, 83 years old, an
old-time stage driver between Towns
bend and Brattleboro, and for many
years a retired resident of West Brat
tleboro, died in Brattleboro Tuesday
morning. He was born in Wilmington.
Of late years he had spent the winters
in the South. His wife, who was Miss
Martha Taylor of Wardsboro, and one
daughter, Mrs. Ira Knight of New
York, survive him.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
REGISTER COMP'NY
Middlebury, Vermont.
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of
Thomas Franklin DelanO
late of ShOreham

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Adj
Olson, commissioners to receive, examine, and ad-
Just the claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Thomas Franklin Delano, late of
Shorcham, in said District deceased, and all
claims exhibited in Offset thereto. hereby give not
ice that will meet for the purpose aforesaid at
the late home of said T. F. Delano in the town of
Shoreham, in said District. on the 18th day of
March. and 18th day of August, next, from 10
o'clock A. M, until o'clock p M, on each of
said days and that six months from the 10Th day
of February, A. D., 1916, is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their claims
to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Shoreham, VT, this 18th day Of
February. A. ID. 1916.
julius Baker, / Cov,,,,issio,o.,
John Birchard, "0''''''''O"e'
Raymond NJ. Osborn, Administrator. Z
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
REQUESTS TO RUTLAND INSTI.
TUTIONS.

The will of James Russell, a well
known Free Mason of Rutland, who died
a few weeks ago, was probated Tues
day in the court of Judge A. G. Coolidge.
Mr.. Russell left 81, 900 to the Rutland
hospital, 81, 600 to the Rutland Mission
airy association, $500 to the Methodist
church and all of the residue of his es-
tate is to be divided among these insti-
tutions. Mrs. Thomas Mound of Rut-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25

fire was caused by an overheated stove.
The dodgers deny this. The building is
one of the oldest in the business section
of the village. The damage from the
three fires amounted to about $500.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
Prohibition
VS..
Local Option.
A Striking Contrast of The Two
Methods

N STRIKING Contrast Oh the TWO
Methods
L. Local option means at least 80 licensed ga
looms in Vermont each year.
PROHIBITION WILL CLOSE EVERY ONE
oFTIlEM
9. Local Option fosters the dive and the
bootlegger.. The saloonkeepers say, "They are our
best customers"
PROHIBITION with TEETH" WILL
PINCH THEM,
g. Local option means a million dollars Of
Vermont money worse than wasted in licensed
liquor saloons each year.
PROHIBITION WILL SEND MUCH OF
THIS MONEY INTO CHANNELS OF USEFUL
SERVICE.
A. Local option compels a dozen strong no.
license towns to suffer from the licensed saloons
OF town like Bethel which gave majority of
one vote for license,
PROHIBITION WILL PUT AN END TO
THAT NUISANCE,
g. Local option means the partnership of state
in the drunkard making liquor traffic through the
license fees received
PROHIBITION WILL DISSOLVE THAT
PARTNERSHIP
g. Local option in Vermont is favored Mt the
present time by the liquor interests Of the whole
country, just as they favor license in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
PROHIBITION Is VIOLENTLY OPPOSED
BY THESE SAME LIQUOR INTERESTS IN
VERMONT, JUST AS THEY OPPOSE LOCAL
OPTION IN THE LICENSE STATES OF NEW
JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA,
The only "BulwarlS of Temp
GRANGE" is Statewide
Prohibition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25

land, with whom he lived, gets bequest
of 81, 600, and her daughter, Mrs A. V.
Huffert of Rutland, a trust fund of
SIS, 900.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25

OpDOScu IL seven y q u - %
when Orange County Had
Saloons.
Mr.. Luther B, Johnson, the editor OF the
Randolph Herald and News, who is generally
recognized by the profession as the abest ourn-
alist in the state, is now advocating the present
law, as he has perfect right to do, but when
there was a license town adjacent to Randolph
in 1900 the situation looked different to HIM.
Under the present law the same conditions
might exist any year, and it is fair to assume
that his opinion of seven years ago would then
stand We quote from an editorial that APP
peared in the Randolph Herald and News in
1909 when Braintree had license
"Anyone atall conversant with the workingsof
the present. system readily perceives that the weak
point of local option is the complete failure to jus.
tfy its own name Local option in Vermont is not
local option yes vote in n certain town means
that the saloons in that town are open to anybody
who comes to them with the price, aud who IL not
on the blacklist, What does this mean2 1t means
that those from far and wide who banker for
intoxicants " i'll journey to this place as to well
in the desert, and drink fun aud deep 1t means
that the principal part of the saloon trade comes
from out of town; from towns that have forbidden
10y their vote the sale of liquor within them. 1t
MEANS consequently, that the most injury done
by "A saloon is without its own borders, inflicted
upon its neighbors, who have done all they could
under the law to pr tect themselves. but are com
PEELED to look on helpessly while some neighbor de-
files them through serving with liquor the few in
every community that make improper use of II,
This is not, we repeat, local option. 1t gives to
towns that voted against the saloon the problem
and the care and the expense resulting from
drunkenness for which they are in no way to
blame, 1t makes every town IA fearful Of the &C.
ton of Its neighbor as it could be of Its own, yet
absolutely without power to control in any way
what that neighbor may do that so vitality affects
itself That is not right, nor fair nor just"
"I.OCAL OPTION IN VERMONT
is NOT LOCAL OPTION"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
OUR
CLUB LIST

The Register and Toledo Blade,
full Of good reading, National
Weekly, 81 so
The Register and McCall's Maya.
zine, the finest of its kind for the
price, including one pattern, 81 SIS
The Register and Mirror and
Farmer, an excellent Farmers
Weekly, 81 so
The Register and Tri- Weekly
World, popular with everybody,
and taken largely, vi 05
The Register and The Country
Gentleman, old, conservative and
reliable, $2 90
The Designer and Register
for vi SO
The Delineator and Register
for 81 90
The Woman's Home Companion
and Register for va 10
Modern Priscilla, Ladies World =
and Pictorial Review and Mid
dlebury Register So IS
Middlebury Register and Farm
and Fireside 81 so
Good Housekeeping and Middle
bury Register $2 IS
Middlebury Register and
Christian Herald Sc 90
Middlebury Register and Catholic
News 81 so
Middleburyt Register and Farm
and Home 81 IS
Pictorial Review and Register 81 10
The Register and Rural New
Yorker, a weekly of great value
to farmers 81 90
THEABOVE RATES are for subscrip.
tons inside the State. An additional 2t
cents should be added to outside the
State subscriptions.
REGISTER COMP'NY
NIiddlebury, Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
Gov. Gates
For The Perry Bill
Having Been Misrcprcscnted by
the Local option Forces He
Comes ont for Prohibition.

Feeling that he has been misrepresented in
the booklet recently issued by the Vermont
Local Option League, Gov. Charles W. Gates,
Vermont's honored executive, furnished the
papers OF Vermont on Monday, Feb. IS, with
the following letter
81 have Just received a copy of the booklet is-
sued by the Vermont Local Option League. in
which my name, rs governor appears prominently
in such u manner as to lead the reader TO think
that | am in favor of local option on the liquor
question
81 have positive convictions on this subject az
many well know, but have purposey refrained
from allowing the use OF my official position to in
fuence the vote on the Perry bill next March be-
cause am deeply conscious Of my obligation, as
governor to all the people in the state and in the
course Of correspondence made my position clear
to the secretaries of both organizations.
Notwithstanding this, my name has been
used as above stated, by the Local Option league
without my knowledge or consent in such man
ner and in such connection that the impression
conveyed by its use not only misleads, hut also
grossly misrepresents my position. For this rea-
son | feel warranted In making this public
statement
'The words quoted in the booklet from my
inaugural address express my position precisely
and would not alter "A word used therein. They
were used in considering constructive work by
the state but not the destructive work of those
evils that call for exercise Of the police powers of
the state.
81 am not in favor of the principle of local
option as applied to the liquor question, but am in
favor of prohibition and shall vote for the Perry
Bill"
Signed)
CHARLES w. GATES.
"Whats the Matter with Gates?"-
"He's All Right"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25

Doan's Regulets are recommended by
many who say they operate easily, with
out gripping and without bad after eff
fects. 25c at all drug stores. -adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
State Wide Prohibition
Facts, Figures and Arguments for the Voter
Attention


Be sure your name is on the Check List Examine your Check
List at the first opportunity and your not there, and
you entitled to vote, see that your name there.
You want your own town dry Why not help make the ad
joining towns dry by voting for State Wide Prohibition
Nineteen in the Union have adopted State Wide Prohi-
btion Make it twenty March 7.
has taken years reduce the number Of license
in Vermont from 20 how many years will take to get rid OF
the 2o2 This problem will be answered March 7,
The 10000 citizens in Vermont who did not at
the last election Get busy and get your share Of these aya
homes at the polls March T.
Figured by counties Of the counties in Vermont had
majority for license 1915 and the ono majority in the state
lo6S. This can be doubled March you will yourself
and then get your neghbor to the polls.
Thefriends Of the present local option law say against
the Perry bill evil be toward temperance and good govern
men" In the referendum fails OF passage is nconcevab
that al the in Vermont will have voted license and the
opened licensed saloon the Toe OF temperance and god govern
Don't be fooled by such iaacou argument Vote dyes"
on the Referendum.
II State Wide prohibition the issue that its oppon
claim why should the National Liquor Dealers Association
of Cincinnati and the Brewers Association another be
spending thousands of dollars to defeat it ?
Thousands of letters and circulars being around the
urging the defeat the referendum March T.
These mailed from Burlington and yet the headquarters Of the
Vermont Local Option League at White River Junction.
"Iheres reason"
When the present law adopted 1902 its friends claimed
would uher dawn of better day" but dawn OF the
best day will be May l. 1916, when the Perry bill
will have become law and the open saloon egted out of ex
tenCe in the 'new Vermont
If business interiors with your voting on March cut out your
business Don't let anything except absolute necessity keep you
away from the polls that day.
STOP, LOOK, LISTEN" "SAFETY FIRST"
great issue now before the voters, for any desired
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-02-25
Then and Now

The Randolph Herald and News
FavOrs Local option now, but
Opposed II Seven wears ago
when Orange County Had
Saloons.