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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
WEBSTER CITY
Man IS H0NORED
G. J. Long Becomes Member Of
American Association for Ad-
vancement of Science.

An honor came to G. J.. Long, city
superintendent, recently when he
was invited to become a member of
the American Association for the Adj
vancement of Science. This associa-
ton, which is connected with the
Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton, d. c., was founded many years
ago and now has a membership Of
some 1900 scientific men and ahellt.
fifty-fve affiliated national scientific
societies are in existence over the
country. During. the last week in
1916 the fourth national meeting Of
the association was held in New York
City and proved to be the largest
and most important gathering Of SCI
entific men hitherto held in this
country or elsewhere. The members
of this organization had not met to-
gether for ten years. Hereafter
great convocation week meetings will
be held every four years. Member
ship in the association furnishes a
splendid opportunity for a young
man engaged in scientific work.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Geo. w. Ste ) Resigns.

Geo. w. Steep, for several years
an efficient salesman in the Aug. +,
Mueller hardware store, has resign
ed his position. The new Vacuum
electric laundry owned by Mr.. Steep
and Marion Smith has been running
almost at full capacity since Mr.,
Smith took charge and the business
has grown to such proportions that
Mr.. Steep has decided to devote his
time to plant. He will solicit
trade in the surrounding towns and
look after other matters in connec-
|tion with the business.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
HOSPITAL Notes.

Two year old Vernen Hassebrook,
little son of MI. and Mrs. Geo. Hasse-
brook, who underwent a major oper-
alton at Mercy hospital last Thurs
day, was taken to his home near
Kamrar yesterday.
Miss leila Skeel of Kamrar under
went an operation for appendicitis
at the hospital yesterday from which
she is recovering nicely. Her moth
er, Mrs. w. Skeel, returned to her
home yesterday afternoon after
spending the day with her daughter.
Miss Carrie Samson underwent a
minor operation for the removal of
her tonsils at Mercy hospital yester-
day, returning to her home in KAN
rar in the afternoon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
NC FERREN GETS
DUE RECOGNITION
Is Made Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee and Member Of 9th
er Important Ones.

Des Moines, Jan. 16.-Speaker Pitt
this afternoon named the house ON
mittees. Hon. RUDE McFerren of
Hamilton county fares we'll. He was
made chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee and was made a member of
the following important ones: NUM-
cipal corporations, printing, public
health, public land and buildings,
public utilities, appropriations, con-
stitutional amendments, commerce
and trade. Mr.. McFerren stands well
in the legislature and is accounted
one of the level headed members OF
the general assembly.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Mrs. Cynthia Cantonwine on west
Second street is very i'll with a COM
plication of troubles after years OF
illness. It is not thought that she
q live long in the condition she
now is, and her son, Louis Canton
wine, desires to earnestly thank all
who have aided him in the care OF
her and assisted by sending comforts
to make her condition less distress
ing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
new WATER TANK
IS COMPLETED
Large Tank Erected by Illinois Cen
tral-Holds 100000
Gallons.

The large steel tank which has
been in the course Of erection by the
Illinois Central, is now completed,
save the painting of the exterior and
this job will be postponed until
spring. The big structure, which is
located a few rods west Of the old
tank, holds 100000 gallons of water
and empties 5000 gallons, the capac-
ity of the largest sized engine, in
three minutes. The tank was put
into service Saturday night and aside
from giving the station platform a
good sprinkling each time it is in
operation it is satisfactory.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
BUYS Farm.

o. w. Bige of Highview has just
purchased the old Perkins farm, five
miles south of this city, of l.. A.
Hedges of Blue Mound, Ill. The place
is now tenanted by Milton Messer-
smith. 1t contains 100 acres and Mr..
Bige paid $3.50 an acre cash. Mr..
Bige will not occupy the farm but ex-
poets to remove with his family to
this city the first Of March and will
devote his time to buying stock, as
in the past.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
FOR SALE OR RENT-the Univer.
salist church parsonage at 637
Boone street. Inquire Of ]. ].
Peterson. diff

Second hand, slightly used and
new pianos still to be had at special
prices, to reduce stock at the w. H.
Cook Piano Shop. Also hear the late
Columbia records-played on their
own Grafonolas, 15d2f1s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Stroke of Paralysis.

Mrs. David Darnell, residing
northwest of this city, on Sunday
sustained a stroke of paralysis and
still lies in a semi-conscious condi-
ton. The unfortunate woman is be-
tween forty and fifty years of age
and the case is considered a serious
one
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

ures Of the King Of American prair-
|ies-the buffalo. Several of these
are so skillfully taken with regard
to background, that they might have
been secured of the shaggy beasts in
their native surroundings.
There are several pictures of the
Immense prairie schooner which has
been gazed at by youngsters, with
wide open eyes and gaping mouths,
in the ,parades which always preced-
ed the big show of the afternoon.
There are several pictures Of the old
stage coach made in 1868, which vas
pulled by six mustangs and driven
Iby a regular old time stage driver
who cracked his whip delightfully."-.
The photograph faithfully repro
duces the whip as it is being crack
ed in the air. Several "close-ups" of
the schooner ad stage coach are edu-
cational in detail, showing the old
lynch-pin way of keeping the wheel
on the axle. There are Indian tee
pees-seven of them with their
.ridgepoles against the skyline, and
there is another picture of deep in
~terest showing Buffalo Bill, two buf-
falo bulls and the schooner. This
picture vas a request, for Mr.. Cody
said he had never had any taken Of
himself with relics of western life.
Then there are pictures of Jefferson
Strike Plenty, Running Horse, Jump
ing Horse and other prominent Indi-
ans. There is White Bear, the in
terpreter who acted as such for so
many years with the Buffalo Bill out
fit, and his wife, Mrs. White Bear,
and little Jennie White Bear.
Another beautiful print is that of
Carlo Myles, the half Mexican, half
American rough rider who was one
of the company travelling with Buff
falo Bill. This handsome rider was
so many years with the old scout of
the plains and when the outfit went
broke" at Denver a few years ago,
the old white horse of Cody's had to
be sold. Myles could not bear to
think that the pet of his master
should be sold to a stranger, so he
scraped together every cent he had,
sold his personal belongings to get
more money and finally by dint of
much economy, managed to buy back
the white horse and present him to
the former owner-Buffalo Bill.
When Mr.. Traver finished the COL
lection Of pictures, he sent the en-
tire lot to the wild west outfit at
Norfolk, Nebraska. When he secured
the photos he had promised each In
Indian and white man a picture for
himself and in sending them he
wrote a letter to Mr.. Carlo Myles
asking that the subjects in the pho
|tographs congregate at Buffalo Bills
tent and receive each his picture.
Weeks later, a letter from Mr.. Myles
expressing his pleasure over the pict-
ures found its way from somewhere
in Oklahoma to Mr.. Traver. Among
the other expressions of thanks from
the recipients of the pictures is the
one Mr.. Traver prizes most, from
Chief frontal: "Tell Mr.. Traver he
only white nan ever kept his word!'
Postcard pictures have been made
and are on sale at the Scriven groc-
cry store of several Of the subjects,
Including Buffalo Bill and the famous
Indian chief.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

The ladies aid society OF Cass Cen
ter church will meet at the home of
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Bosworth, nine
miles northeast Of town, on Thursday
for an all day meeting. A good at
tendance is desired and the ladies re-
quested to bring their thimbles. A
special invitation is extended to the
men folk.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Boy Motors.
9Th.

Ill SplLc VI Lie pdLeuL SOOu LllC
scout movement has done and is do
ing in Webster City, there ire still
parents who cannot, or will not see
it. They pay little attention to the
fact that their boy wishes to join
and still smaller attention to the
boy when he once gets into the or
der. Here is an article from Scout.
ling of sufficient interest for every
parent to read:
"He goes like q steam engine"
grandmother used to say when she
was discussing Johnnie. 1t vas be.
fore the days of the gasoline motor,
or she might have made a more apt
comparison.
Some men work that way, tits
true. Given fire and fuel, oil and
steam, they work smoothly and
steadily week in and week out. But
a boy is a different proposition.
Throw in the switch and connect
him with a new idea. Bang! He's
off-2,40O r. p. m.
Maybe he back-fires. Hard to tell
just what his reaction is going to be.
Women have the same trouble
with him that they do with their
automobiles. They crank him with
the clutch in, and he runs over them
and climbs a telegraph pole before
they know where they are at. They
throw in the reverse when they want
first speed ahead, and he backs them
through the fence and down into the
cabbage patch. The problem of con-
troll is always difficult.
Men have their troubles with him,
too, but if a mans memory is good
he is ~forewarned and forearmed. He
has been a boy himself. He knows
how it feels.
Like a gasoline motor, a boy skips
sometimes. Put, put, put, put-put,
lput-put. Usually it is no more his
fault than it is the fault of the mo-
tor. The spark plug is black and
doesn't spark. The batteries are
weak. The c%arbureter is giving him
too much gas, or too little. The oil
ing system is clogged and his bear
lings dry. The cooling system is out
of kilter, and he is running hot. The
load is too heavy and he stalls. Or
too light and he C All these
troubles are the fault of the opera
tor, not of the machine.
The scoutmaster of a boy scout
troop is the man at the wheel. If
he is awake, and alert, and under
stands his business, he will steer the
boy safely in the right direction I'M
til he arrives. II he is lazy, or care
less, or unreasonable, both will land
in the ditch.
The boy never fails to respond
promptly, keenly. What his re-
Spouse will be depends entirely up
on the scoutmaster's approach. The
scoutmaster's approach is affected
greatly by the attitude which par
ents of his scouts and the public gen.
orally take toward his earnest work.
Like motors, boys differ. Some
run best at high speed, some at low.
Some are better adapted to one kind
of work, some to another. The wise
scoutmaster studies his boy and
adapts his methods to him. The wise
parent ~co-operates.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Look at Your Speedometer.

The new city ordinance regulating
the speed of motor vehicles is now in
effect. although as yet no arrests
have been made. Machines may 60
one mile in four minutes-15 miles
an hour-in all parts of the city ex-
cepting in the following, where they
must slow down to one mile in six
minutes: On Second street between
Prospect and Superior streets; on
Seneca between Bank street and the
C. & N. w. r. r.: on Wilson avenue
between Bank street and the C. & N.
w. r. r.; on Des Moines street be-
tween Elm street and the Illinois
Central r. r. and within 600 feet
approximately one block) from any
school house. Policeman Thompson
is inclined to give this one warning
and then auto drivers may be con-
sidered to have received ample warn
ing and should profit thereby.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Case of Scarlet Fever.

The A. E. Womeldorff home south
west of this city, near the Catholic
cemetery, is quarantined for scarlet
fever, Virgil the young son of the
family having an attack of the con-
tagion. He is having about a usual
case of the fever which at its best is
a serious matter.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

The Frank B. Smith family will
move within a week or SO from the
Osborn flats to the I. w. Hyatt resi-
dence property on north Des Moines
street, recently vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Spinharney, who moved
into the front fiat in the Farmers &
Merchants telephone building.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Total since opening the rest

DOR ......... .20,457
The report compares very favorab-
ly for the rest room report of last
year which is as follows:
Total for the month ending Jan.
1S, 1916-690 persons. Exactly 444
more people used the Webster City
rest room from Dec. IS, 1916 to Jan.
13, 1917 than used the same accom-
modations last year. 1t surely has
paid to keep open the public comfort
station and open the room from early
morning until late at night, when
the great number Of persons accom-
modated, are considered.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Mrs. J. r. C. Hunter was taken
seriously i'll last Friday, the day fol-
lowing the burial of her husband.
Yesterday she seemed to be consider
ably better but today is threatened
with pneumonia.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Curt Conner, nephew of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Miller, who has been en-
ployed in the Miller store for some
time, has resigned his position and
accepted one on the w. o. Richards
farm, two miles north of town.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

J.. H. Higbee has been confined to
his home on James street suffering
with an aggravated case of pink eye
during the past week.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Miss Minnie Helmick and Miss
Gertrude Merrill are assisting in the
shipley & Black dry goods store this
week.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Letters received here from the boys
on the border say the Second Iowa
Regiment think they will be home
by Feb. 18th. Here's hoping!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
FIND LAW TO make
iowa DRY AS Bone
Attorney General Havner Holds
Transportation Companies Can
not Accept Shipments.

not Accept Shipments.
Des Moines, Jan. 16.-1n response
Ito requests and in view of the deep
Interest being taken in the ruling OF
the United States supreme court on
the West Virginia ase involving the
application of the Webb-Kenyon law,
Attorney General Horace M. Havner
gave out an explanation of the rul-
ling and its application to liquor laws
in Iowa. He declares that with the
construction given by the supreme
court of the United States to the
Webb-Kenyon act, section 2419 of
the Iowa code, will prevent the ship
ment into this state Of any intoxicat-
ing liquor except to permit holders.
His explanation follows:
"The three propositions discussed
by the supreme court Of the United
States in the case of the Clark Dis
tilling Company against the Western
Maryland Railway Company and the
state of West Virginia are as fol-
lows:
Il. The correct meaning Of the
West Virginia law as to the subjects
lin dispute; 2, the power of the state
to enact a prohibition law consistent
lily with the due process clause Of the
Fourteenth amendment and the ex-
elusive power of congress to regu-
late commerce among the states, and
10, assuming the constitutionality OF
the Webb-Kenyon act, what is its
true meaning and it's operation upon
the prohibitions contained in the
West Virginia law.
ION the first proposition the court
in discussing the West Virginia law
|said that there was no question that
the state had the right and the pow
er to prohibit the receipt of liquor
for personal use and that the law as
it was drawn in West Virginia APP
piled equally to shipments from out
side as well as those originating in
the state.
ION this second proposition the
court said that the government can
consistently with the due process
clause forbid the manufacture and
sale Of liquor and regulate it's traffic
and that there goes along with this
power full police authority to make
it effective. These things being true,
there was no doubt that the West
Virginia prohibition law did not Of
fend against the due process clause
of the Fourteenth amendment.
I'm discussing the third PROPOSE
ton the supreme court said: AS the
state law forbade the shipment into
or shipment of, liquor in the state,
whether from inside or out, and all
receipt and possession of liquor SO
transported without regard to the
use to which the liquor vas to be
put, and as the Webb-Kenyon act
prohibited the transportation in in
terstate commerce Of all liquor in
tended to be received, possessed, sold
or in any manner used, either in the
Original package or otherwise, in vi
~olation of any law of such state,
there would seem to be no Dom for
doubt the prohibitions Of the state
law were made applicable by the
Webb-Kenyon law.
with the construction given by
the supreme court of the United
States to the Webb-Kenyon act, sec
tion 2419 would prevent the ship
ment into this state of any intox-
icating liquor except such as can be
shipped to the permit holder under
section 2419."
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

There is some improvement in the
condition of Mrs. Levi Cottington
who has been a sufferer with neuri-
tbs and rheumatism for the last si~
months. !
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

The ladies aid society Of the
Christian church will meet with
Mrs. Dennis. Church Wednesday for
an all day meeting as there will be
work for the society. A chicken pie
dinner will be served at noon. Every
one is cordially invited.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16
Rest Room Report.

The report of the rest room for the
month ending Jan. Is, 1917, has just
been completed by the matron, Mrs.
j. c. Robson, as follows:
Number from out of the city. 2S4
Number from the country. 1876
Number of children ........ 80
Number from this city. ..... SGT
Total for the month. .1,134
Total c;nno nporior Tho roct
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

The young people of the Null
berry Center church will give an
oyster supper at the James Hemmin-
ger home, ten miles northeast of this
city, Friday evening, Jan. 18th. Ev-
cry one is cordially invited.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16

Paints and yarnishes 1t Teed's.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-28
19 Years
mn Taken from
I'LL the Files Of
@SO De NdIIep
::::-= C0untp Co.
sssts Of Mnsteen Years Aao.

The republican convention of VAL
ley county convened in Glasgow, Mon
tana, September 10, at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon.
With the exception of the assessor
and county ticket
and county commissioners the follow
ing ticket was nominated without
any serious opposition:
Senator-W. B. Shaw.
Representatives.. H. Hedges.
Sheriff.. r. Stephens.
Treasurer-W. H. Beary.
Clerk and Recorder-Jas. w. We
dunn.
County Attorney. j. Kerr.
Assessor-W. H. Mcbride.
Supt. of Schools-Jessie Bell.
Surveyor-T. M. Patten.
Commissioners-C. S. Stafford, H.
Bookholt, F. w. Whitbread.
Coroner-W. o. Robbins.
On motion the following township
officers were nominated by acclama-
ton:
Glasgow-Wm. Beede, Merle Man.
ey, justices of the peace; w. j. Grit
fifth, Geo. Hayden, c~onstables.
Saco-Wm. Taylor, Chas. Powell,
justices of the peace; Chas. Ordish,
Geo. Lowell, constables.
Culbertson-Aleck Mcbride, JUS
tice of the peace; Guy Casper, con-
stable.
Malta-Andrew Davidson, justice
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-28
THE FASCINATION or FRANCE

u L
To the French it looks doubtful.
Tommies are marrying French girls
and will stay, Spanish vineyard hands
in southern France are not pining for
Spain. Gurkhas, Arabs. Indo-C Chinese
and black men all say: "If they ship
US home, we'll return"
France is flattered, but scared.
"Look at France, now" cried 2
Frenchman. "The north is German,
the west English, the south Spanish,
and central France a midway" An
other retorts. Gin 10 years these
aliens will all be French" Which
consoles Frenchmen but increases the
anxieties besetting parents of Sam.
mics for in reality it takes no IL
years to make aliens French. Ter
months may.
Not all the myriad destinations o
French life combined will account fol-
it fully, yet the fact remains, ant
whoever lives in France risks living
there till he dies. So be firm will
Sammy. Say, "Promise to come home
Swear it. Put it in writing. Samuel
sign here."-Chicago Tribune.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-28

the festive deer .
Eugene Coleman, Dan Kyle, Ar
chic Mason and L. P. Mason attended
the democratic convention in Ana
conda on the 21st.
The ranchers in the vicinity Of
Saco and Hinsdale expect to ship
their beef to market about the 7th of
next month.
A ball was given at the Coleman
house Monday evening in honor of
Mrs. Jas. Kennedy, who has been
visiting her husband at this place.
H. C. Walker, the red-headed base
profundo and all around medicine
man of the Poplar Wigwam, attend
ed the republican convention in Glas-
gov Monday.
Passenger traffic on the Great
Northern has increased to such an
extent that thirteen coaches are now
necessary to handle the business in
stead of the former nine.
The caucus at the school house on
Saturday last resolved itself into a
hot political contest over the selec-
ton of delegates to the county con-
vention. The Mabee slate was put to
sleep in the first round.
The Ladies' Guild gave an enter
tainment in their hall last night that
was we'll attended and furnished
some rare amusement in the nature
of several fetching tableaus partici-
pated in by a number of ladies attired
in Greek costumes.
VIM. Newton returned from Great
Falls this week where he has been ir
the hospital undergoing treatment fol
an abscess that had formed in his
groin. William lost 81 pounds in two
weeks, but is fast regaining his usua
good health for which his many
friends are truly grateful.
The Gazette force is in Helens
attending the republican state con
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-28

vention. Parties wishing to leave
subscription money may throw the
same through the broken window
pane in the shop, which our landlord
has promised to replace as soon as
the rent is paid.
Big Jim Helmer of Culbertson was
a delegate to the convention in Glas-
cow Monday. It was Jim's first
visit to the place since it was built,
although he had been over the ground
many years before. Twenty years ago
Jim remarked to his friends: "There
will be a railroad up this Valley some
day. They called me a fool" he said
land l was, but the railroad was built
ten years later" jim got a shave
in the barber shop and otherwise en-.
joyed his visit.