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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Move to Maine.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo N. Halfway.
who have been managing the Island
Farm at Floodwood, Mimi, nea Du-
luth, will move the latter part of the
present month to Bangor, Maine. tc
take charge of the Ayredale Stock
Farm near that city. This is a moro
lucrative position for MI. Halfway,
who since his graduation in this
branch of work, has made rapid ad-
vancement. Mrs. Halfway, former
ly Miss Gladys Mauch, who has been
making an extended visit here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. ],
Mauch, left Saturday for her homt
to pack the household goods prepare,
tory to moving.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
A Beautiful SIGHT.

Travellers on the continent who
have been to Venice bring home pic
lures of the dove-feeding in st.
Marks square in that Italian city. A
few years ago the Howe pictures in
this city gave a few pictures upon
the screen of the feeding Of doves
there and the Tapping of wings as
the pretty winged creatures arose
and alighted in great fiocks and will
be remembered by many. Webster
City has a similar scene this month
in the vicinity of the market square.
Farmers hauling grain to the scale
house to be weighed, leave a train Of
golden corn grains in the wake oil
their bobsleds or wagons. Hundreds
of doves, grey and white, alight in
focks on the ground and eagerly
snatch up the grain. They alght on
the ground back of the city hall and
in the roads leading up to the mar
ket place and make as pretty a pict.
ure against the white snow as one
may find in the city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Notice Of Probating Will.

To all whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office OF the
clerk of the District court OF Iowa
in and for Hamilton County, an in
strument in writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament OF
J. r. C. Hunter, late Of said coun-
ty, deceased, and that 2 o'clock p
m. of the 10 day of February, 1917,
has been fixed for the probate Oh
said will, at which time you can ap'
pear before the District Court, at the
court house in the said county and
show cause, if any there be, why said
will should not be admitted to pro-
bate.
Witness my hand affixed at the
court house in Webster City, Iowa
this 18th day of Jan. 1917.
G. H Swiney,
41F3 Clerk District Court.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Call for Stockings.

There are many calls for children's
stockings and there are probably
many pairs of children's hose with
partly worn feet in them, which
could be reclaimed with a little nee
dlework. Will not mothers look over
the stocking bags and send to the
Freeman-Tribune Office any sized
stockings for children. There are
also many calls for cotton or wool
blankets. Those having such articles
to give away will confer a favor By
telephoning their names to 35 or
697 and they will be called upon
when blankets are needed. These
are the days when there are all kinds
of chances to be a Good Fellow.
There were many prompt responses
to the call for girls clothing for the
large family for which clothing was
wanted, but there were no responses
for clothing for the eight and six
year old boys. If there are any
articles of clothing in the community
which would fit boys of these ages,
will the donors please send them at
once to the Freeman-Tribune Office.
The latest toilet goods at Teed &
Teed's. diff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Original Notice.

In the District court Of the State
Iof Iowa, in and for Hamilton county,
February term, A. d. 1917.
The Pioneer Insurance Company,
lPlaintiff VS.. Annie ]. Parker, Defend
liant.
To Annie J.. Parker, Defendant.
You are hereby notified that there
is now the petition Of plaintiff in
the above entitled cause filed in the
office of the Clerk Of the District
Court of the State of Iowa, in and for
Hamilton County, claiming Of you
the sum Of twenty-five hundred fifty
land 69-100 dollars as money justly
due from you, with interest thereon
lat 6 per zen from the 18th day Of
January, A. D. 1917, on bond signed
by j. E. Burmeister, o. r. Jones. and
the defendant Annie J. Parker,
which bond is in a penalty of five
Thousand dollars, bears date August
9Th, 1916, which bond has been
preached by the said J. E. Burmeis-
ter in his failure to account for the
sum of twenty-five hundred forty-six
and 94-100 dollars which sum-, with
interest from December 31st, 1916,
is claimed in said action. Said petit
ton further asks an attachment,
which has been issued, reference be-
ing had to said petition for other
and further particulars.
And that unless you appear and
defend before noon of the second day
of the next term, being the February
term of said court, which will COM
mence at Webster City, Iowa, on the
18th day of February, 1917, default
will be entered against you and judy
ment and decree rendered thereon
as provided by law.
Dated this 18th day of January,
IA. d. 1917.
Wesley Martin,
41F4 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
college MAN AND
GIRL MURDERED
Both Slain by Revolver Shots in
Girls Room.

Burlington, Kan, Jan. 15.1Clar-
.ence M. Wood, county surveyor OF
Coffey county and a former student
of Kansas university, was shot and
killed Saturday night.
Across his body lay that OF Miss
Josephine Holmes, a maid at his
home, who also was killed by q bui-
let from the same weapon.
At the %coroner's inquest yester-
day, Miss Alice Fisher, chum Of the
dead girl, testified that when the
marriage of Wood to an Atchison,
Kan, girl was announced, Miss
Holmes told her friends.
Clarence Wood will never live to
be married to her."
Wood, who lived at the home of
his %stepfather, e. w. Barker, pres;-
dent of the Farmers State bank left
his work at the court house about
S o'clock and went to the Barker
home.
Virgil Wood, a brother, found the
bodies in Miss Holmes room when
he came home twenty minutes lat
Wood, 20 years old, vas the son
Of a former Baker university pro-
fessor.
Miss Holmes, the daughter of o
farmer Of Hartford, Kan,
was IS years old.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Silver goods that Will always BIZ
silver, at Teed & Teed's. diff
Two Disgraces.

A gentleman residing in Omaha
who had occasion to visit Webster
City twice within the past month
was much surprised at our depots.
The first time he came he used the
Illinois Central railroad and express
ed wonderment that the railroad
company would have such depot ac-
commodationS for a town of the size
and Importance of Webster City. The
next time he visited the city he came
on the Northwestern and observed in
the Freeman-Tribune Office that he
had thought the Central depot was
a disgrace to the town, but the
Northwestern was worse. He sug-
gested that the shippers and business
men ought to boycott these roads I'M
til they built depots that were Of
some credit to the city. There is
not a town on the Illinois Central
road in Iowa of half the size of Web
ster City that hasn't better depot ia
cilities. Our citizens have plead.
begged and coaXed for better depot
facilities, but the company pays no
attention to our supplications. Why
not now try the bludgeon? How
would it do to make the company
take it's choice between maintaining
gates here, losing a large part of its
freight and passenger business or
building a decent depot? Then when
the Central is brought to time try
the same methods on the Northwes-
tern company, whose depot is even
worse than the Central's, if such a
thing be possible.
New cuttings in cut glass at Teed
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
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PERSONAL BRIEFS.
from Saturdays Daily

Mrs. Meade Hughes and little
son Marion went to Kamrar yester-
day for a few days visit with the
formers mother, Mrs. H. Busting, and
other relatives.
Miss Neva Strachan and little
sister, Miss fedora, went to Radcliffe
yesterday to join their mother, Mrs.
H. F. Strachan, in a visit with rela-
|tives.
Mrs. Geo. Spencer is making a
week end visit with her parents in
Des Moines.
The Misses Emma Miller and
Helen Cordes, teachers in the Web
ster City schools, went to their home
in Kamrar for the week end.
Mrs. Nat Jones left yesterday
afternoon for her home in Tama at
ter a fortnight's visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Greeley and
other relatives.
Miss Kathryn Stafford, who
teaches in Patton, came home today
for a week end visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. i. B. Stafford.
&c. A. Walrath of harrisburg is
a county capital visitor today.
Mrs. Edith Barr-Taylor Of Red
Oak, who has been making a short
visit with the J. B. Baxter family,
left this noon for her home.
Mrs. Alexander Mcconnell left
today for Fort Dodge where she will
visit at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Ernest Gates and family, for a
short time before going on to Pierre,
S. d., to make an extended sojourn
at the home of Judge S. c. Policy.
Mrs. Polly is also a daughter of Mrs.
Miss Betha cambridge, a high
school student, went to her home in
Williams today for over Sunday.
Mrs. J.. o. Stark and Mrs. Flor
Carver of Sycamore, ILL.,, who
have been guests of their sister, Mrs.
J. B. Hughes and family, left today
for points in California to spend the
of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Keisicker
went to Fort Dodge today to spend
Sunday with the ~1atter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Conkling, who are
there temporarily while Mr..
Conkling is employed as foreman OIL
the Prussia Hardware company's
building being erected by c. e. At
kinson of this city.
Mrs. w. HI. Baker and daugh-
ter, Miss Stella, went to Green
Island, Jackson county, today to at
tend the funeral Of Mrs. Bakers sis
ter, Mrs. August Krumvieda, who
passed away with heart trouble.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
(From Mondays Daily.)

Willie Yungclas was up from
the state college at Ames to spend
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. T. Yungclas.
Mrs. A. F. Bartlett arrived home
Saturday evening from Rochester,
Mimi, where she consulted the Drs.
Mayo in regard to her right eye
which has been affected for some
time. The Mayos say the case is a
rare one and do not hold out very
much encouragement, although they
favored al operation for the trouble.
Mrs. Bartlett expects to leave soon
for Florida to spend the rest of the
winter and may submit to an opera
ton later.
Master John Papas, small son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Papas, is in
independence for a two weeks visit
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. w. Mattice.
Miss Ida Reed spent Sunday az
the home of her brother, DR.. Charles
Reed and family, in Woodstock.
Fred German, a piano tuner
who has headquarters in the Rueg-
nitz drug store, S%undayed at his
home in Eagle Grove.
Clifton Furman, an Ames stu
dent, Sundayed with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Furman.
Miss Agnes Moore, who teach
es in Eagle Grove, returned to that
place Saturday evening after a
short stay here.
Lee Greiner left Saturday for
his home in Ollie, Montana, after an
extended visit here with his brother,
II. l.. Greiner, the j.. NJ. Whitson
family and other relatives and
friends.
The Misses Clara Zeihan and
Marian White were Sunday guests at
the home of Miss Emma Amundson
in Eagle Grove.
Mrs. j. H. Willie and son Frank
and baby grandson of Williams were
guests over Sunday at the home OF
the formers parents, Nj. and Mrs.
e. T. Rutledge and other relatives.
- Otto o. Schroeder, who has been
residing on his farm near Allen,
Sask., Can, for several years, has
rented his land and arrived here
yesterday to make his home with his
mother, Mrs. H. E. Schroeder, for an
indefinite length of time.
w. w. Pearce and son Gale are
expected to arrive home from Roch-
ester, Mimi, tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Markle and
two children of Oelwein are in the
city looking for rooms for light
housekeeping, expecting to make this
lcity their home. Mr.. Markle has ac.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

cepted a position as a printer on the
Herald.
DIR. r. G. Crumpton is q VIII
liams professional caller today.
IT. M. Hughes Of Williams Sun
dayed here with his sons, Meade and
Harry Hughes.
Mrs. Will F. Smith Of Des
Moines, who has been in harrisburg
for two or three days attending to
w. C. T. U. interests, is in the city
today and will leave this afternoon
for her home. Mrs. F. HI. Shafer Of
harrisburg also came over to Web
ster City today with Mrs. Smith, re-
turning to her home on the after
noon train.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Notice of Probating Will.

To all whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office Of the
clerk of the District court of Iowa,
in and for Hamilton County, an in
strument in writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament OF
Jacob Ostrander, late of said coun-
ty, deceased, and that 2 o'clock p.
m. of the 10 day of February, 1917.
has been fixed for the probate OF
said will, at which time you can APP
pear before the District Court, at the
court house in the said county and
show cause, if any there be, why said
will should not be admitted to pro-
bate.
Witness my hand affixed at the
court house in Webster City, Iowa,
this 18th day of January, 1917.
C. H. Swiney,
41F3 Clerk District Court.
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es at iced & Teed'a d-f-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
FARM SURVEY UP
IN CLAY COUNTY
Some Facts Cleaned From the Farm
ing Experiences Of Fifty-Nine
Tillers of the Soil.

farm survey of Hamilton county this
year and it is likely they will be sue
1cessful. These surveys are showing
what can be done and what is being
done on the farms of the state. Last
year was not a good year for large
crops, hence the showing in Clay
county is good.
A survey has just been completed
of that county, made by Prof. S. H.
Thompson, state farm management
demonstration; P. K. Whelpton, Of
the United States department of ag-
riculture, and Wa. Posey, county
agent of Clay county.
The object of the survey was to
find out whether or not the farm. of
Clay county were paying interest on
the money invested and a fair labor
income to the farmer, and if so, how
much.
Twenty sections containing fifty
nine farms, in the center of the coun-
.ty, were selected as a sample of the
farms of the county and accurate da-
ia was secured on these farms. The
total receipts, expenditures, interest
on the investment at 5 per cent, de-
probation on machinery, ETC., We're
taken into account.
"In spite Of the fact that 1915 IA
one of the poorest years in the his
tory of Clay county, n farm was
found to pay the farmer a labor in
come of s1,0S5 for the years work.
The average of the ten best farms
paid a labor income of $735, while
the average of the fifty-nine farms
paid a labor income of 1913. 1t must
be considered, however, that each
farmer had his house rent free of
charge, also, all the product that was
consumed at home in the way Of
dairy products, chickens, poultry,
eggs, meat, etc.
The average crop acres on the fif-
farms was found to be 1913
acres, while the average of the ten
best farms was 1913 acres. Twenty
one and two-tenths was the number
of mature cattle on the average Of
the farms, and 27.2 the number on
the ten best farms. The mature hogs
numbered 56.S on the fifty-nine
farms and sos on the ten best farms.
Ninety-one acres on the best farms
produced the equivalent of 100 acres
on the average Of the farms. The corn
yield on the average was %thirty-one
bushels to the acre, and on the best
ten farms it was "a bushels to the
acre. The average oat yield was for
ty-seven bushels and fifty-two bush
els on the best farms. For each 500
worth of feed put into stock it vas
found on the average Of the farms to
produce $119, and on the average of
the ten best farms, $751;.
Other facts cleaned from the. fig.
taken indicated that % the
large farms pay best; CD well bal
anced farms pay better than the
farms on which the stock and grain
were not Well proportioned; ca
stock farms paid better than the
grain farms; ca good stock paid
better than scrubs; 60 large farms
used horse and machinery labor to a
greater advantage"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Real Estate Transfers.

Carrie l.. Colt ct al to Geo. J. Ben
ton-wd-lot Is, blk so, W. c.
100000.
Geo. j. Benton and VT to Chas'
Nelson-wd-Iot Is, blk 60, W. G.
800.
Ida B. Snyder ct al to Otto L.
Kramer--wd-und. 44-45 lots l and
2, blk s, Blairsburg.-$977.77.
Bertha U. Slower, guard to Otto
l.. Kramer-guar. d-und 1-15 lots
1 and 2, blk s, Blairsburg.-$22.3S
The IAN Tox medicines, only al
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16


dustry regulations for packing plants
is that cuspidors must be provided il
all departments of the plants and 10
Gated at convenient places and tina
employees must use them. This par
ticularly applies to users of tobacco
DR.. Lundell figured it out that SAM
tary conditions in these places woult
be better if these cuspidors were mo-
needed. He first took up this mat
ter with the managers of the differ
ent plants in his district, who CO.
operated with him in every way
seeking to bring about the EXTERN.
ination of the cuspidors on the floors
of the packing plants. Meetings OF
the employees were held and address
|ses made by DR.. Lundell and others,
with the result that the employees
themselves started and perfected an
Organization, pledging themselves to
abstain from the use of tobacco, at
least while ON duty. The net result
of this whole matter is that in go
ing through the Armour and Swift
plants at Forth Worth the TWEEN
tieth Century Farmer representative
did not see any cuspidors except
along the Railways of the plants, and
these for the use of visitors only. We
could not help but be wonderfully
impressed with this movement and
must congratulate these packers on
the high standard of their employees
The packers, not to be outdone by
their employees, have set about to
beautify the grounds at these estab-
|lishments. We are showing here
with some photographs taken on the
grounds of the plants of Armour G
Company and Swift & Company at
Fort Worth, Tex, and the Armstrong
plant at Dallas, Tex. One looking at
these pictures cannot help but be i'm
pressed with the beautiful surround
ings. We have visited packing plants
in practically all parts of the United
States and can %truthfully say that
nowhere have we seen such beautiful
and well kept grounds as we have at
these plants.
Where unsightly, high, wooden
fences used to be now stand substan-
,tial, ornamental iron fences. Grow
ing over many of them are beautiful
Towering plants of different varie-
ties. In many Of the back yards OF
these plants, which were formerly a
sort Of dumping ground, can be seen
a perfect sod Of Bermuda grass,
through which run gravel walks boz
|dered by flowers of dozens of varie-
ties.
We are mentioning these facts just
Ito show the spirit of cooperation be-
tween employer and employe in these
plants and to show the careful man
|ner and surroundings, by which these
10 HEWEW EESh -TF#HN AaE@E
different meats used for food pur-
poses are prepared by these various
packing establishments. Can any
one doubt but that a man or woman
with any conception of pride and
cleanliness whatever will do better
work when surrounded by condi-
lions, both on the inside and on the
outside of an establishment, such as
we have described?
We are fully confident that the
movement started by DR.. Lundell and
the managers of the packing plants
in Texas will spread all over the
country, with the result that anoth-
|er important step has been taken in
projecting the public against unciean
food.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Your %neighbor may not be a sub
scriber to the Freeman-Tribune. He
should read Conditions on the Bor
der" and you would confer a favor
upon your neighbor, as well as the
publishers, by asking him to add his
name to the list. 12d3t1f1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
The Census.

/, A baby SON was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l.. Coyle, 545 Bank street,
Jan. Ia, 1917.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

The newest in Jewelry and watch
es at iced & Teed's. d-f-tf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
INV United Press \

Washington, April II (by Robert
J. Bender)-The food drive of the
United States was on in full blast
today. Railway officials and au-
thorities Of the various government
departments, were working out
plans for the transportation of food
to the United States and her allies.
President Wilson met Chairman
Denman of the United States Ship
ping Board, and completed plans
for the construction of one thous-
and ships to transport food pro-
ducts to the entente allies and plans
were laid for cooperation among
these countries to secure the safe
delivery of it. Plans were laid
before congressman to put under
cultivation thousands of acres of
unused lands and the President
conferred with members of congress
with view of modelling the farm
army. Resolutions were introduced
into the senate to exempt from
CONSUMPTION all men engaged in
the tilling Of the soil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Police Were Too Fast
To Catch Chicago Men
Two Men Held as money Makers"
are Brought to Court on Charge
of Disturbance Today

The police of Kenosha believe in
preventing crime and on last Sunday
night they broke up the plans Of two
Chicago men, alleged to be experts in
the making of money" The two
men came here to deal with foreigner
who has a saloon in the Weiskopf
building on Milwaukee avenue and
suspecting something, the saloon man
called in the chief of police and Officer
Bienemann. The two police officers
were concealed in a bedroom when the
Chicago men were brought in to tmake
the money! They did not get far
enough with the operation to give the
officers chance to charge them with
swindling. One of the men arrested
had two hundred dollars in currency
and considerable number of blank
envelopes. Tt was declared that the
envelopes were to be used to make the
money grow" The rush of the po-
lice to stop the swindle put an end to
the game before the men had shown
their hands. They gave the names of
J. Beoman and William COAX and
they will have hearing on the dis
turbance charge in the Municipal
Court during the day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Real SIGN OF Spring
Circus Coming Soor,
Kenosha on Tuesday to Book
Show for Later On.

Sure spring and summer are on the
way. The circus press agent is in town
and the advance guard of the Robinson
circus is right on the job posting up
the multicolored bills, proclaiming the
fact that circus day is going to come
for Kenosha on May 8. 1t will be one
of the earliest circus days in the his
tory of Kenosha, but the circus men
declare that the weather is going to
be all settled by this time. Of course
the Robinson circus is the biggest and
brightest that ever hit the trail-the
press agent says so. The same person
age declares that the herd of horses
with the Robinson shows is the finest
herd ever gotten together in this coun-
try and that the wild animal display
is better than any ever shown by any
circus in Kenosha. 1t is admitted that
the circus is starting on the long trail
a week early this year and that Keno
sha will be one Of the first stops made.