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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
The Emmetsburg Reporter is qui

The Emmetsburg Reporter is quite
content to be standpatter when 1t
scans the list of representatives and
senators who have been pro-German
in the war. Loyalty is one of the
characteristics that enters into the
makeup of good standpatter," the
Reporter continues. "He must stand
for what he thinks is right or he
would not be a member of that de-
spised NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City Jour-
nal.
But nobody despised the standpat-
tiers They simply marched on and
eft them in tho rear. However. there
aA,e no progressives or standpatters
Nav, as those terms have been under
mood in the past. The standpatters
low. practically all patriots and so are
progressives and they are ali
Durl king together to bring this war TO
turn)eedy close by achieving victory.
a ni-om Cedar Falls comes the re-
.na of small acreage production that
,.lows what can be done with Iowa
soil when weather conditions are fav-
orable and prices good for produce.
a. G. Larson just sold his ten acre
farm a half mile west of that town for
$4,000. The sale has brought atten-
ton to the little farm and it has been
revealed that this year Mr.. Larson
took 1000 bushels Of onions from sew
en- and a half acres, selling them at
ST to $1.25 per bushel. He sold fruit
and potatoes from another acre that
brought his total income from the
land this year up above the $4,000
mark. II such results were secured
in California, Texas, Colorado or other
boom sections of the country the facts
would be heralded throughout the
land by display advertisements, in
the big newspapers and magazines
and it would be brought to the atten-
ton of every tourist who visited the
sections being exploited But here in
Iowa it is accepted as matter OF
course and further than a news item
recording the sale and telling OF the
fine returns nobody ever hears OF it.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

"By hinky, feels like the temperature
was going up!'
The words were hardly said when the
wind shrieked down on them, bringing the
striking weight of leagues of snow. 1t
seemed to reach to the sod, whirl up the
six-foot depth of white particles, and
wrap them insstrangling folds.
Utah fought on blindly, grimly, for
an hour, in the hopeless effort to make
the shelter of the "clump of trees he
had sighted that morning-the snow
covered shape humping above the horizon.
Then the huskies refused to try further,
for all his shouts and lashing. They lay
down in their traces, and were showed
under before Utah could cut them free.
Blinded all but smitten down by
the storm, which came on with speed of
eighty miles an hour and a weight as if the
prairie itself had up-ended, Utah felt his
way along the dog line to the sled, un-
bound William Goose and tied him to his
own waist, then worked to release the
rugs and sleeping-bags. He could not
turn the sled up against the storm to pro-
tect them, so he disposed William Goose
close to the runners and lay down beside
him. The blizzard's S caprice would decide
whether they were to be esheltered or buried.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

"I guess it's good night, pard, he said
not that he expected to be heard, for he
could not hear himself. II hate to cash
in, at that; for we We done some Marathon,
you and me has He rolled as close to
the other man as possible.
THE sled was high enough to protect
them slightly from the hurricane. The
white sea, filling all space between earth
and sky, raced across the universe and
over the two man atoms in almost hori-
zontal pillows. The constable, against
the runners, was clear of the fall. Utah's
body was buried, but he had laid his head
on the other mans chest and SO saved
himself from smothering. The chest was
fuctuating with sound-in other words,
Constable William Goose was singing
Family under the screaming white wind
food Utah heard:
@Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take
ave amt going to need no blessing,
pard, COZ we amt going to wakel Sing
away, little fella-seeing you don't know
what you're up against.
Some time later he muttered drOwsily:
Funniest thing-I keep thinking it's
Evening star., 1917-03-18

warming up! Who ever heard of warm
blizzard? Maybe I've gone beany myself
or I'm getting advance heat waves from
the place I'm headed for
He found himself wondering idly how
deep the dogs were buried, and vague
recollection to the effect that he might
have made port if he had left the madman
in the igloo crossed his mind; then he fell
asleep.
Constable William Goose, native son
of the Albertan and Saskatchewan prai-
ries,-where Utah was a stranger r,-knew
the meaning of this blizzard, against
which neither man nor beast could stand
and which yet blew warmer than the still
air that preceded it. 1t was the chinook,
direct from the British Columbian Rock
les, with gathered sea-mellowness behind
it from the Gulf Stream.
Utah had fallen asleep with the con-
" viction that he would never wake; he
slumbered on past dawn.
Constable William Goose managed to
lift himself slightly by the elbow and
waist. He looked across the dark brown
earth tract, where fingered only the last
memories of snow-the watery surface.
The chinook had first transformed the
Evening star., 1917-03-18
MAGAZINE SECTION for March ls, 1917

SUCKING up Ine Uanlp from the mud and
beating the soil into dust under the fail
of its hot wind. A few miles distant a
mound lifted its outlines above the plain
The shape of r. N. w. M. P. Station is
not to be mistaken. Constable Goose
saluted it with song.
Utah awoke, came back from the grave
in which he had laid himself prematurely,
and regarded the miracle of clean-swept
prairie stretching under bright sky
toward Fort Gordon. The dogs stood
with backs to the wind and heads down,
letting the warm chinook dry them.
Awed silence held Utah for several
minutes; then, his feelings compelling
him to expression, he gave vent to his
favorite expletive, "By hinky!' He fol-
lowed this with the biggest whoop he
could muster from within his weakened
frame. 1t was hoarse, cavernous, hun
CRY, petering whoop, but fraught with
emotion. He sat beside William Goose
shoulder.
"See that little house over yonder?
Yeh, boy! See that little house?" he
chanted in enthusiasm.
Constable Goose, feeling the heat had
loosened his fur park. The uniform was
conspicuous. 1t caught Utahs eye and
thought, and held them. A faint sound
of music cut across the wind-signifcan
music, the reveill6.
"Pard,7 Utah said slowly, a got to do
some studying. Yeh, little fella. That's
no place for me to take policeman. They
wouldn't know you personally, COZ it's
the other end of the earth from where you
started from-but, little fella, your clothes
is unfort nit for me-"
In due course he made known the result
of his cogitations.
"Pard, you're going to lend me that
little coat; see? l kind of hate to do
this to you; but, after all, you don't know
what's occurring pore OF bean, you.
Maybe 'twon't workout l owe myself
chance. Come, now. Gimme the little
red coat. Nice little fella. Nice little
coat. Whoa, boy"
By such gentle Establishments, seem.
ingly, did he prevail upon Constable, Goose
to doff his garment. Constable Goose kept
silence. His blond-lashed eyelids were
lowered. Behind them, blue eyes cleaned
with mirth.
INSPECTOR McNAB and his crony
MacLean were sitting down to a mid
day meal prepared by the women of the
MacLean family, when word came OF
the arrival of stranger policeman with
prisoner.
"The prisoner is clean daft in the held,
he says" Sandy, the messenger, reported.
"And I'm thinking the constable is daft
too, for he says his name is William Goose.
And if you please, sir,"-here Sandy's
voice sank to shocked hoarseness,-
"he's on dress parade"
WHAT The Inspector dropped his
fork.
"What!" Miss MacLean's s voice thrilled
wildly. She sped through the doorway
like shot from gun.
By the steps of Inspector McNab's
headquarters stood tall, strongly made,
lean man in an ill-ftting scarlet uniform.
His broad shoulders stopped, and his
anatomy generally grouped itself in the
slanting, unregulated ease of the cattle
man. His scared face was gaunt, his
crafty twinkling eyes were almost lost in
the hollows left by hunger and hardship.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27
BREAK \ CHILO'S
COLD BY GIVING
SYRUP OF FIGS
Cleanses the little liver and
bowels and they get well
quick.

when your child suffers from colo
don't wait; give the little stomach. liVer
and bowels a gentle thorough cleansing
at once. When cross. peevfsh. hstiess.
pale. doesn't sleep, eat or ect naturally
if breath is bad, stomach sour give
teaspoonfuI Of California syrup OF
Figs and in a few hours all the clog
ged-up. constipeted waste. sour bile and
undigested FOOD will gently move out OF
the bowels and you have well, play
full child again.
III your child coughs. snufles and has
caught cold or is feverish or has sore
throat give good dose of California
Syrup of Figs" to evacuate the bowels
no difference what other treatment IS
given
Sick children needn't be coaxed TO
take this harmless fruit laxative Mil
lions Of mothers keep it handy because
they know its action on the stomach
liver and bowels is prompt and sure.
They also know a little given to-day
saves q sick child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for q 50-cent bottle
OF california Syrup Of Figs. which
contains directions for babies children
Of ali ages and for erown-ups plainly
ON the bottle Beware If commercials
sold here. Get the genuine made by
California Fig syrup Company Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27

know just when to cut the stem from
the plant IF cut too nearly ripe, or
full, as the term goes, the bunch
may stand poor chance Of ever
reaching market IN a merchantable
condition On the other hand, fruit
for England is cut thinner" than
for the United States. that IS, the
separate fingers. or bananas. in the
bunch are not so fully developed or
az large in circumference as those
cut for the States. Bananas for
England are cut about three weeks
earlier in the course OF their develop
ment than those for New York. This
brings up the interesting fact that
the English public has demanded an
increasing amount of bananas. At
present. beca-se of the war, the
regular service has Leen interrupted,
only occasional shipments being
made. Across the water, IN Eng
land, the varied equipment. the ware
railroad paraphernalia to transport
the fruit rapidly from steamer 70
consumer have been provided. But
in the JIrited States. with rs enorm-
Gus consumption of bananas, the vast
equipment for the lisnat,h of the
fruit to all parts Of the nation is far
more comprehensive and complete
than that in England.
The development Of the banana in
dustry in the American tropics has
carried IL its vanguard to far places
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27
By HAMILTON NJ. WRIGHT.

All hail to the banana, king of
fruits and best of foods! In some
parts Of South America men,
women and children live largely
on bananas. They are the basis of
the food supply. like rice in India
Often the people live almost ex-
clusively on them, especially in the
country districts. The banana, her
metically sealed in its golden case,
comes as near being a universal food
as any food on earth. But the fame
Of the banana has spread abroad.
There has reached Colombia a
pamphlet, entitled Substitutes for
Meat" published by Mayor Mitchels
committee on food supply in New
York. The committee gives the ba-
mana prominent place. The report
states that: Bananas contain most
of the nourishment that meat does,
and if eaten with bread and butter
make an excellent lunch without the
addition of meat. Most children pre-
fer banana sandwiches to meat sand
witches, and they cost less"
So much for the banana as food.
We all eat them. Government and
other Official reports in France. Eng
land and the United States eXalt the
banana. Little can be added Yet
few of US realize the extraordinary
methods by which this perishable
fruit is brought thousands of miles
from the tropics and sold cheaply
enough for any mans dinner pail
The banana we eat today may have
come from Central America or even
from Santa Marta in South Amer
lea. one Of the most picturesque cities
in all the American tropics, and rest
ing in the shadows of the mighty
snow-capped Sierra Nevada noun
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

You have swollen feet and hands
gtH. achy joints, sharp shooting rneu-
rqstic pains torture you. You nave
aching back. pain the lower abdomen.
diffculty when urinating I.ook GUY
These are danger signals. 1roubie Is
IN one form or another. has set in II
may lead TO dropsy or fatal Bright s.
disease II not checked.
Get some GOLD MEDAL HaarleU on
Capsules Immediately. They are an OLD
prepar tion. used all over the world TOT
centuries combining natural healing oil
and herbs wei known to physicians
and used by thousands i'm their daily
practice. The Capsules are not an eN-
detrimental rnake-shift. patent medi-
cine" Or salt" whose effect IS only
temporary They are 2 standard rem
edv ard act naturally. gently and
auiclle. But when YOU 70 10 the drug
s-ist. insist on getting the pure. original
TTaarleu1 0l IN CAPSULES. BE sure the
name GOLD MEDAL. is on Ire box. and
thus protect yourself against counter
feits.-AdY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27

striking on the back of a donkey will
often make it seem like a zebra, in
the distance. One understands how
the Royal Bengal tiger received his
stripes in centuries of hunting
through the jungles. The oxen en-
ployed In the banana plantations are
giant creatures, thick of neck and
deep of shoulder, and often larger
than our biggest Holsteins. Many
of the Indians are Of light complex
ion, short stature. with hugh Shout
ders, narrow lips and greatly muscled
on the arms. thighs and calves They
carry the huge lunches of bananas
as though they were toys.
All the bananas are cut green.
While there are many different va
rieties of the banana, the only one
grown commercially here is the eros
Michel, which is considered the finest
favored OF ell the forty or more diff
fcrent kinds.
The cutting Of bananas IS. of itself,
a fine art 1t takes an expert to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27

caught on the shoulder of the second
man, who is known as the "colero."
AS the bunch is about to reach his
shoulders it is cut from the plant.
The "colero" carries the newly-cut
bunch to one of the innumerable
roads that pass through a banana
plantation and lays it in the shade on
q cushion of banana leaves. Then it
is picked up by an ox-cart or a spur
train. also cushioned with leaves,
and carried to a shed along the main
line
Banana express trains usually con-
sist Of about IS cars They carry
about $50 punches TO a car. A
steamer of the White Fleet can carry
from 50 600 to 10000 bu7ches on a
trip. But within a few hours after
cutting the first Of the bananas win
be passing into the hold Of the
steamer. 1t takes little time to load
a car. The men carry the punches in
a fast moving line from the shed to
the car door, where they are caught
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27

and laid on the soft leaves. Often
the cars are loaded in advance and
the train picks them up as it goes
down the line Then the train runs
to the wharves at Santa Marta,
where the fruit is loaded aboard ship
by travelling belts which carry a
continuous stream of punches. The
hold Of the steamer has been arti-
ficially cooled to receive the bananas
and an even temperature is main
tanned till the ship reaches its port
in the United States or Europe.
The cutting of the banana stems. !"
as the lunches are called. has its pic
turesque features. Sometimes the
plants may be from % to 80 feet
hi~h and one Who stands beneath the
huge green fronGs feels as though in
some great jungle. Often, too, the
leaves almost exclude the suns rays,
and, then again. especially if the
plants are younger or smaller. bright
yellow beams like golden bars filtc
through from the tropical sun. These
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27

tains of South America Though less
known than the Andes, these giant
peaks are scarcely less picturesque,
for they rise to heights Of $4,000
feet above sea level But wherever
it came from, from the time a bunch
of bananas is cut until it reaches its
destination in the United States. it
is shielded from the sun, from heat,
and from bruises and is protected
from the cold as it is borne from the
tropics into the chill of northern
winters
Through the quaint little city of
Santa Marta, founded by the early
Spaniards. there pass every year
about six million lunches of ba-
nanas. Bananas may be harvested
every day IN the year, whenever they
are ready. For this fruit there is no
spring. fall. winter or summer, and
the fact that the supply can be
created has made Of banana growing
q gigantic industry, developed an i'm
mense mechanism to handle it. and
converted thousands Of acres of
waste land into fertile plantations.
Running out from Santa Marta is a
railroad line which passes through
the great banana fields, with spurs TO
feed the main track 1t is about sixty
miles long. When a banana steamer
is about to arrive word is sent along
the line and the cutting begins. A
man can cut from 200 to 500 lunches
of bananas a day. During the cut
ting the men work in pairs. One Of
them, called the "pullaro," carries
long sharp pole, which he thrusts
into the soft, juicy body Of the ba-
mana plant about two-thirds of the
way up. The upper part of the
plant, loaded down with he bunch of
bananas, slowly topples over and is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27

cZak (Crumpacker Bros) VS. Frank
j. Batajczak
1856 Inn 3-Pers mi. Jacob Green
tB. II. Gordon) VS.. Consumers Com
pany
1857 Bm. 1-ForecI. r. 2. Mtg; Ham
mond Bldg. Loan * saw. Assn IL.
r Mcyer) VS.. Herman Gehrke. ct al.
I5S6S I'm Piers. Damages; Frank
Gombich CB. IT. Gordon) VS.. kon-
stan Frankowski.
1850 RIM 2-On Liquor Contract; Joe
RENDER 1B. H. Gordon) vs. John
Pivarnlk
1880 RIM. Peers. Ini Carroll Gill
Oh II Gordon) VS. The Hammond.
Whiting * East ChEo. Ry- 90.
Cases Filed Feb. 2Ist.
1881 RIM. 3-Acct; Erick I.und tMc-
Aleer & Dorsey) VS.. School Town of
Highland.
1882 Rln. t-Commissions. George IL
Smith II. T. Fetterer vz Alexan-
der Londonderry
1898 Rm. Pet. to change name:
in the matter of the petition of
Joe Demesh TO change his name Of.
r. Fctterer)
Cases Filed FEB. 22nd
1884 Tm. 2-Divorce; Agnes Olson
%. *. Stinson) vs.. Emil Olsen
1895 Rrn. ON appeal bond Morris
L. Greenwald & Co IS. Nick and
Joseph Ciszezon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27
TIZ" FOR ACHING,
SORE, TIRED FEET
Use 'Tiz" for tender pulled
up, burning, calloused
feet and corns.

People who are forced 10 stand ON
their feet all day know what sore, ten
der. sweaty. burning feet mean. They
use "Tiz" and "Tiz" cures their fee
right up 1t keeps feet in perfect con
dition. "Tiz" is the only remedy in the
world that draws OUT all the poisonous
exudations which puff up the feet AMI
cause tender. sore. tired. aching feet u,
instantly stops the pain in corn cal
louses and bunions- It's simply glori-
Gus. All, how comfortable your feet
feel after using "Tiz" Tou1I never
limp or draw up your face il pain
Your shoes WON'T tighten ana hurt your
feet,
Get a 25-cent box of 'Tiz" now frora
any druggist. lust think, whole
years foot comfort for only p cents.
Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27
by WILLIAM PHILIPS s1na1s.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Feb I-(By MaiD-To
md out what it is like up there. dangl-
ing for hours in a tiny basket swung
under an observation balloon mile
above the suow-and-tce covered earth
while a forty-mie gale cuts by fresh
from the pole / was today allowed to-
make the ascent do not care 70 make
another. Euoush's enough.
NIidwinter. four inches Of snow. Their
mometer lowering around zero The
trees crack and crack in agony as The
ground-breeze swavs their sti0ened
limbs. As YOU climb out of your motor
car. in which you were more than half
Croze, Your nose is red. Your eyes are
watering and your feet twin append
geS of pain hands. horrible hurting
things; fingers about to snap off
Your "sausage"-as observation ball
looms are known throughout The armies
lis being held down by the side Of the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-27
An Indiana WOman's Ad-
vice to Delicate Young Girls
and Weak, Nervous Women

Mrs. Marvey Goss who resides az SIS
South 11th ST. Goshen. Ind says:
When I was a young girl just coming
into womanhood 1 suffered greatly.
This caused me to become all rum
down. weak and nervous. MY mother
gave me Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion and I have never been troubled
since I married and am the mother Of
four strong healthy children and I
have always taken this medicine dur
ing expectancy and afterward 10 give
ne srrenern. which 81 always did I
consloer was very fortunate iu know
ing Of 'Favorite Prescription as 1 am
sure it saved me lots Of trouble and
suffering as well. ] would especially
recommend Favorite Prescription to
Young girls just coming into woman
hood and to expectant mothers"
Get Favortte Prescription today
either in LIQUID or tablet form from your
druggist. if you want to better your
physical condition speedily 1t is "a
wonderful prescription prepared only
from natures roots and herbs. with no
alcohol to falsely stimulate and no mar
cotic to wreck the nerves. Ingredients
IN wrapper.
Another woman 10 testify is Mrs.
Clara MeIntire Of 7195 +. Sample St,
South Bend. Ind She. also. SAYS: some
time ago I had womans trouble quite
badly Through this I became all run
down. nervous and weak I had medi-
cine from the doctor but 1t did not help
me. was very much discouraged
when I learned Of Or. Pierce's Favorite
Prescrip:ioa. 1 took it as directed and
1t cured me Of these ailments and rel
stored me to health and strength and
later when my daughter was coming
into ,romas.aood she suffered terribly
aud became an rundown ANA eNtro nelly
nervous ~he voald be $50 had al times
thai she would haTe Mysteries j had