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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
WEBSTER CITY
MAKING STRIDES
Ross Crane Says City Ought to Have
National Reputation in Ten Years
as Leader in Modern
Municipal Methods.
SPEAKS ON CITY WELFARE
Lectures Tonight ut Methodist Church
on Subject of Interest to all
Voters.

"There is no reason why Webster
City should not have a national repu.
tation ten years from now, as she has
over the state now as q municipal
.ow9ership and city manager tnwn-
- community tkAt is ma1lne hisesfs
because It does things in the most
modern ways" said Ross Crane this
morning in the Freeman-Journal Of
flee. Mr.. Crane looks upon this city
as a community that is making great
strides as a leader among the cities
of the nation in the management of
it's municipal affairs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
Big BUYERS in Scott.

The list of $1,000 subscriptions to
the liberty loan bonds in Scott town
ship was headed by Andrew Christian
son, probably the oldest pioneer set
tier in the township. This township
was allotted $4,000 and went $4,000
above this quota. The men there who
took $1,000 bonds are as follows:
T. L. Thompson. A. A. Espeland
j. A. Hagen Sam Jacobson
Will Henderson Tjernagel Bros.
Osmund Mortvedt Ole Welland
Peter Guam Carl Sparboe
Ben Henderson J. O. Henderson
Knute Helgeson T. A. Ostrem
Iver Hia Ole S. Olson
P. M. Phillips Oscar Mortvedt
Andras Braland John Sparboe
George Ness Andrew Christianson
Window ulooo onv oSvo of ToaNso
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
Likes New Work.

During the recent split-up at Camp
Cody, Deming, N. M, when so many
of the boys were without home for
several days, Matt House was appoint
ed battalion supply sergeant with the
129th. In writing to friends here
about the change, Matt says he likes
his new work fine and is beginning to
feel quite at home.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
WITH SOLDIERS
At THE front
Frank Calkins, q Well Known Webster
City Man, Enroute to European
Front With Regiment Of
Engineers.
A CARD FROM SOUTHAMPTON
Mr.. and Mrs. Calkins Have Two Sons
In Army and May Give Two More
Under Draft.

According to q card just received by
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Calkins their son
Frank Calkins, a well known Webster
City young man, is now at the front
on the continent. The card was nail
ed from Southampton October and
contained no other information save
that he landed safely and had had a
good voyage.
Frank Calkins enlisted at Omaha
early this summer in Company F, the
4 second regiment engineering corps
stationed at Fort Logan, Col. Upon
going west he thought, OF course, that
he would be in camp there for several
months at least. However, he was
there but few days when his regi-
ment was sent to Ell Paso, Texas,
where. they remained in camp until a
couple of months ago. They were
then transferred to Washington, D. c..
When making the trip from Ell Paso
to Washington, eight trains were re-
quired to carry the soldiers and their
equipment. They have 500 head Of
horses and mules for use in their work
of engineering. Since Frank left the
nations capital six weeks ago no word
has been heard from him and his rela-
tives here did not know he was en-
route to the war zone.
a..
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

Miss Eta Metcalf has accepted the
bookkeeping position in the Wool
worth store, filling the vacancy made
by the resignation of Miss Ethel Bu-
zick, who leaves next week for her
new work in Mankato, MINI.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
MEMBERS GERMAN LUTH.
ERAN CHURCH BUY BONDS
Most of Members Of Webster City
Church Subscribe.

It will be of general interest in this
community to know that most of
the members of the German Lutheran
church here have subscribed for lib
erty bonds Rev. Koenig and leading
members of his congregation have
done much toward boosting the sale
of these bonds in Webster City.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
COLLEGE GIRLS DO BIT
FOR FOOD CONSERVATION
Hundreds Students Respond to Call
For Cooperation.

The Iowa division of the women's
committee has sent an appeal to all
our colleges asking the girl students
to cooperate in the effort to enroll
Iowa women in the federal food ad-,
ministration by securing at least two
signatures to the food conservation
cards from acquaintances in their
home towns. Hundreds of these have
responded, showing desire to do
their bit for their country.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

A fine new cement block foundation
replaces the old one under the G
Wesley Smith residence on Bank
street. The appearance of the house
is greatly improved by it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

Cards received by friends here to-
day announce the arrival Of seven
pound daughter-Dorothy Pauline
which came to brighten the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. p NJ. Richards of West
Branch, on October 25. Mrs. Richards
was formerly Miss Mabel Wheeler, a
popular Webster City girl.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
Two New Babies.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Yaus are the
happy parents of a fine new son, born
Oct. 25.
A 80 pound daughter was born 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Knight October
"a.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

If any woman desires food pledge
cards for herself or her neighbor,
they may be had by telephoning Mrs.
Alexander Groves.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
Establish Ditch.

The N. 0. Estrom drainage ditch,
No. 219, located in Ellsworth town.
ship, has been established by the
board of supervisors.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

WANTED-man to husk corn, house
furnished. Also to chop wood after
corn husking. s. T. Hall, Lehigh.
Route. No. !. 25d1j1f1s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

You save money II you buy It at
Teed q Teed's. d-t-ftf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29
Want Iowa Newspapers.

Iowa boys encamped at Deming
New Mexico, want Iowa papers, maya
zines and similar publications. In a
communication from C. Henry Smith,
camp librarian at Camp Cody, Mr..
Smith asks that Iowa people be re-
minded of the fact that Iowa's boys in
the south want Iowa papers. He has
also asked every newspaper in Iowa
to send one copy free to the Camp
Cody library for period of seventeen
weeks.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

Sterling belts for gentlemen at
Teed & Teed's. d-f-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

The varnish you want, any size,
or anything, at Teed's. d-f-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

Watches. watches. watches. at
Teed & Teed's. d-t-ftf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-10-29

Window glass. any size. at Teed's.
d-t-f-rf
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

The food supply is excellent In quality
and ample in quantity.
Under the existing federal law,
it is made a penal offense to dispense
liquor within five miles of any en-
campment or to establish immoral
resorts. 1t is also penal offense to
sell at any place, at any time, intox-
eating liquor to officers or soldiers
in uniform. And the law requires
that the uniform be worn at all times.
We are going to see that these laws
are enforced.
"There is no doubt that the men
drafted into the regular army will
return to their homes improved ply
sically, mentally and morally, and
with broader ideas of life and a feel
ing of stronger devotion to their
country. In short, they will be better
citizens.'
Camp Lewis is 16 miles from Ia
coma. On the journey there one
passes scores of long trains of cars
carrying material and supplies and
scores of motor trucks vieing with
each other in their noise making. A
ten-minute schedule is maintained by
an auto line. You pass Camp Muir
ray, four miles from Lewis. 1t was
home for regulars, guardsmen and
engineers before the war.
1t looks like new western city
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21
Camp Le1ujs Looks Like Pioneer City
Minus Booze, Gambling and Bad Men

Ten thousand workmen have built
and are putting the finishing touches
on the new and implanted buildings,
They have constructed dozens of
criss-crossed railway hospital build
ings, mess halls and barracks. There
are 1877 of the latter, strung out in
a line. There is vast parade ground
places for the artillery and for all
other war paraphernalia. 1t looks
like a city of the old west minus Ii
quor, bad men and gambling halls.
At the entrance of Camp Lewis a
big sign tells you: "This is reser-
walton under military control. Sen
tries are on duty. You should halt
on command" You promise yourself
that you will do just what the SEN
tries tell you, with no back talk. A
sentry, with bayonet fixed on a cap
able looking weapon, is no man to
get foolish with.
General Greene maintains his head
quarters in the administration build
ing, the size of which shows the i'm
portance of Camp Lewis. The click
of hundreds of typewriters, the hum
of voices and the hurrying to and
fro of military clad men cannot but
impress the raw recruit, as he arrives
in his civilian clothing, with the i'm
portance of the situation of which he
has become a patriotic member.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

joyable to the recruits, after the first
thrill of inconsistencies has worn
away" said General Green in an in
terview. ut will make better men
of every one of the soldiers. Temp
tations and opportunities for vicious
indulgences will probably be less
than in civil life and the restraints
of discipline will be greater.
"While the intensive training
means hard work, there will be some
hours of leisure and facilities will be
given for harmless, innocent but in
teresting recreation. The Y. M. c.
A. will be an active agency in the lat
ter particular.
''There is probably no better place
in the United States than this camp
at American Lake as far as health
conditions are concerned. The camp
is very sanitary and will be kept so.
Modern improvements in sanitation
and hygiene have wiped out all camp
diseases which formerly produced
greater mortality than incidents of
battle.
"Under the enforced prophylactic
treatment, typhoid fever has for some
years become practically unknown.
"The water supply is 100 per cent
pure, and there is no possibility of
it's becoming in any way contamin-
ated. Bathing facilities are adequate.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

Montana's first contingent of the
new national army is safely housed
and hard at work at Camp Lewis,
near Tacoma, and the second contin
gent is commencing to arrive. Work
of making real soldiers out of the
young patriots is we'll started.
The soldiers are being assembled in
squads and the first contingent to be
CHARTERED at Camp Lewis, which in
cludes five per cent of the drafted
men from all the northwestern states,
was $500 By not having all of the
$4,000 soldiers, who will be trained
there, arrive at once the army Off
Gals sought to avoid congestion. The
first arrivals hardly maze showing
for there had been 10000 workmen
quartered there constructing build
ings and making ready for the army
Camp Lewis is one of Is similar
cantonments scattered over the ma
ton. It is ideally located, situated
close to forest of pines and cedars
With it's pretty lake and 10000 acres
of level land for army maneuvers, it
presents an imposing sight. Major
General H. A. Green, veteran of
many experiences in ~ years of army
service is in command.
Life at Camp Lewis will prove en-
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21
ANOTHER POWER
UNIT ON MISSOURI
HIGH DAM ON MISSOURI BUILT
BY POWER COMPANY AT
HOTTER PLANT
Must Fill Reservoir Slowly to Avoid
Shutting Off Water Supply of the
Power Plants at Great Falls
Beautiful Lake Will Be Made in
Canyon Visited by Explorers.

With the completion of the Hotter
hydroelectric plant of the Montana
Power company, so miles north of
Helena near Wolf Creek, another i'm
portant unit will be added to the
power producing facilities of Mon
tana. Construction work has been
finished, but generating of juice will
not commence until about November
/, as the giant reservoir will not be
filled until that time, it being i'm
possible to turn the entire flow Of the
river into it because the water sup
ply of the Great Falls plants would
be shut off.
The new plant will generate 49,
900 kilowatts. Its dam has been
built of reinforced concrete, is 1850
feet long and 100 feet high, making
it the highest dam in the company's
system of water power development.
Chain of Lakes on Missouri.
The filling of this reservoir, with
the Hauser lake and Canyon Ferry
plants, will convert the Missouri river
into chain of lakes for distance Of
SO miles, making a total storage
available for stream regulation on
the Missouri at Great Falls of 150,-
600 acre feet. The Hotter lake will
impound 10000 acre feet-in other
words, sufficient water to cover a
flat surface of 10000 acres one foot
in depth.
Water to Fill Picturesque Canyon
Above the dam the Missouri will
be turned into a majestic lake. For
a distance of 20 miles the water will
be backed up through the picturesque
canyon of the Gate Of the Mountains,
so named by Lewis and Clark, and
considered one of the most beautiful
scenic spots in the country. Here
tofore it has been impossible to make
a trip through the canyon except by a
canoe or small boat, because of the
rapids, but the building of the dam
will raise the water level and make
the surface still so that boats will be
able to go up stream as we'll as down.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21
BILLINCSCR0WER RAISES
SPUDS ABOVE GROUND

Billings has developed a Burbank
OF the potato industry. j. F. Engle,
a rancher living near the western end
of the Sugar City, has produced a po-
tato that initiates the tomato vine
and bears it's fruit above the ground.
In confirma ton of his work Engle
displayed the vine in one of the bust
ness houses, where it created much
curiosity. Instead of the tubers
growing beneath the earth, as ordin-
airy tubers do, the vine had more
than dozen potatoes on one of the
stalks above the earth.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

"A line of coaches to Salt Lake and
Bannack was started, Immediately
after the settlement Of Alder Gulch,
by A. j. Oliver & Co. No mail
route was established by the federal
government until year later, and
letters and newspapers were for
warded by express to the recipients,
who paid 81 each for them cheer
fully
Streams of Gold.
The weather during the first two
years was favorable to the miners,
and every effort was rewarded with
gold In 1864 miles of drain bitches
penetrated the mineral claims and
the product for the year exceeded
$50, 100000. The largest nugget
found weighed $715.
The population was multiplied UNI
til it reached at least $4,000. At the
first election held after the territory
had been formed, in October. 1864,
Madison county cast $3.50 votes.
In the meanwhile, for the time
being, Bill Fairweather, whom fate
had sent forth to discover these col
lossal riches, had money enough and
to spare, and one who knew him said
he literally threw away the gold he
garnered. He used to ride up and
down the main street of Virginia
City and scatter gold dust right and
left to see the children and China
men scramble for it. What he did
not throw or give away he drank up,
In 1868 Fairweather left the camp
y,
on up to Alaska, where he prospect
ed. Never contented, always a drift
err, he returned to Montana in 1872,
and finally in 1875, on the 25th of
August, he died at the 'Robber' s
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

for few hours but found only a
little gold. The next morning they
started to return to Bannock
AS they reached Alder Gulch, OPP
posite what afterward was known as
Fairweather bar, Bill said: IF there
isn't any gold here we won't pros
to Bannack,' and when they reached
the flat, he alighted and began to
unsaddle.
Makes the Big Strike.
AS they had travelled only five
miles, the others asked what he
meant by stopping there. He replied
that he was going to prospect. The
others in the party rode on short
distance, but decided to face about
and return to Bill. They, too, I'M
saddled and turned their horses
loose. Fairweather and Edgar began
panning gravel and soon discovered
that they had made a rich strike
They remained there for five days
before returning to Bannack with the
news of the discovery.
1t was the discovery of Alder
s
separate territory of Montana, fol-
the stampede that followed news o.
the rich placer grounds created a
| Virginia City camp of $4,000 PEG
pie.
June -, 1868, there was not {
| dwelling house in what is now Madi
son county. When the news of the
strike reached Bannack, a stampede
to Alder gulch started. Every mar
| who was not anchored and coult
seize horse hit the trail. The frs
crowd comprised over 800 men, som,
80 of whom walked and carried
their belongings on their backs. Thu
throng increased daily by the arriva
of men who represented every par
of the union and the nations of boil
hemispheres.
ToWnsite Laid Out.
June 18th the Verona Town Com
pany recorded it's claim to 800 acre.
of land on which Virginia Cit,
stands. The name Verona was useo
in number of legal papers executed
at the time. but this was soon chang
ed to Virginia City, which first ap
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21
peared an the county records June
4

peared an the county records June
18th.
The extent Of the pay streak being
unknown, the object of every person
was to secure mining ground in the
neighborhood of that which had been
first prospected by the discoveries,
and as it was generally believed that
the bars of the river were the gold
en- safes of nature, many parties
walked over as worthless the rich
est deposits in the creek in their
eager search for what they consd-
cred to be valuable claims. Within
80 days there was revealed by hun
dreds of industrious hands the auri-
ferrous bed of an ancient river which
surpassed in magnitude and the uni
form distribution of it's golden treas
ures any other placer ground that
has been discovered on this planet
A thousand claims were located in
the gulch.
The first dwellings were brush
shelters of alder and pine boughs,
supplemented with blankets. Other
excavated caves or "dugouts," and
the best habitations were wagons and
tents. The mill on which they were
dependent was located above Ban
mack, 70 miles from Virginia City,
so the axe was the most useful tool
and soon log cabins occupied every
convenient space upon the banks of
the creek
An Independent Republic.
The legislative assembly of Idaho
did not convene until December,
1868, and in the interim the mining
district was an independent republic.
A Judge and sheriff were elected by
the residents of the district, and al
though the miners courts were
neither in law Or fact tribunals of
record, their decisions were final and
the officers executed the judgments
without opposition. Dr. G. G. Bis
sell was the first judge elected.
Richard Todd was the first sheriff
and Henry Edgar the first recorder.
They were elected June 8. September
8 j. B. Caven was chosen sheriff
but resigned a few weeks later, when
Henry Plummer, then sheriff of the
Bannack district and chief of the
road agents. was elected in his place.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21
CAMP COSTS $6,517,468
American Lake Least Expensive Per
Capita of Men Housed.

Information has been given out this
week by the war department that the
army cantonment at American Lake
cost $6,517,468. Though this is
the largest cantonment in the coun-
try, accommodating As, $40 men, the
cost per capita of the completed
army city is only $142, the lowest
per capita cost on the list. For
buildings alone the Government
spent So, 300; for water and sew
ers, $1,3o9,643; for roads, $4O6,-
500.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

Roost" at Virginia City, and was
buried on the hill overlooking the
stream that to the touch of his pick
had yielded millions upon millions OF
gold to the world.
Around his grave is an iron fence
with the following inscription:
civilian H. Fairweather, Captain
of Party that discovered Alder Gulch
May, 1868"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21

Bill Firweaher Cheated Deaf Hands Hostile Indians and
That Did Not
Him; Indians Be-
Threw Hand
of IL to
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-09-21
BUTTE & SUPERIOR
DROPS $2o,000,o00
SPECTACULAR DECLINE FROM
sos PER SHARE TO
AROUND $50.

Suit of Minerals Separation Co. to
Recover Huge Sum for Infringe
mcnt of Patents One of Causes
Contributing to Fall of Stock in a
Year.
Evening journal., 1917-07-07
DOLLAR DAY Sale WILL
Be Held ON AUGUST 5

At a luncheon OF representatives Of
Wilmington newspapers and some
members OF the mercantile commit
tee of the Chamber Of Commerce, held
at the City Club at noon today 10 dis
cuss plans for the coming Dollar Day
of Wilmington merchants, August 8
was fixed for that sale. Those who
attended the luncheon we're Sellars
smith. John c. Saylor. William F..
Metten. Jacob Enders; II. X. Warning
ton. Harry T. Bowles. Charles Topkis'
Clarence ]. Pyle. Nathan Miller, p. j..
Often and j. i. Krauss
Mr.. Topllis was chairman OF the
meeting and il was decided 20 try and
get persons throughout the State out
Side Of Wilmington interested as well as
persons in the city. These committees
were appointed;
Out-of-town publicity, Messrs, Metten,
Pyle and Warrington; street car adver-
tising. Nathan Miller; publicity, Mr.
Krauss. and window cards, Mr.. Smith
Mr.. Saylor was named a committee
to<prepare a statement TO be signed by
merchants members of the Chamber OF
Commerce who viii participate in the
Dollar Day sale
Evening journal., 1917-07-07
SHORTAGE OF SMALL
CORN NOT UNUSUAL

A report that the banks in this city
were experiencing a shortage Of quar-
ters and half dollars was denied by
the majority Of the bankers today For
the most part they we're at loss
to understand how such a report could
have gained ground. bus the matter
was cleared up by Robert p Robinson.
president OF the Central National
Bank.
Mr.. Robinson said that the short-
ago was nothing unusual as there Is
often q doarth OF change in denomina-
tion below onehalf dollars and espe-
olally so of change Of denominations
below quarters.
when such a contingency arises
said Mr. Robinson. "it Is most ire
quontly felt by one bank. in which
case the other banks help the one
experiencing the shortage 70 a sufli-
cient supply What little Shortage
has been experienced here has already
passed and all OF the banks believe.
are we'll stocked up on the small
change"
Evening journal., 1917-07-07
BY W. S. FORREST
Ited press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
PARIS. July lit was a providen-
tlal and timely accident to the rudder
of one of the transports bearing the
first contingent OF american troops
to France that may have saved that
vessel from a torpedo fred by a Ger
man submarine.
The attack occurred the night be-
fore the American transports and
their conveys had met OF a certain
spot in the sea for rendezvous with
some of the American war vessels al
ready in European waters.
The night was inky black and the
water was shimmering with phosphor-
Gus, according 20 an eyewitness who
told the story today. AT 1890 p. m
/ the vessels suddenly veered from theil
customary cruising formation, th'
/ transports continuing on one course
while the naval vessels switched q
another
Suddenly those on the transport