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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-07
SALE DATES CLAIMED.

Jan. 10--Jacob vangness, east Of
Story City, closing out.
Jan. 1O.-L. H. Anderson 31s miles
southwest Of Stanhope.
Jan. 1o.-J. A. Hatfield, southeast Of
Williams. ~ ..s FL
Jan. 11-R. A. Malaise. northwest 81
Webster City.
Jan. 14.-C. F. Gardner. 2 miles
northwest OF Webster City.
Jan. Isl. Mcguire. northeast Of
Webster City.
Jan. le Thompson Bros, north Of
Ellsworth.
Jan. IS Osa 'Berve. northeast Of
Radcliffe.
Jan. 49, Bascom Huddlestnn. south Of
Webster City.
Jan. 21.-Alfred Supnes. 9 miles
northwest of Jewell, n
Jan. 81. Fred Lake. I northeast Of
harrisburg.
Jan. 21-John Reimers north Of Dun
cOmbe.
Jan. 22.-Warren Hayse. north Of
harrisburg. =,
Jan. 22-F. M. Zenor. one mile west
OF WOODSTOCK Poland China
brood SOW sale.
Jan. ga. G. Satire. 6A miles
southwest OF Jewell.
Jan. 2S-Robert Spielman. southwest
OF Webster City.,,p Il,
Jan. 24.-G. w. Flaws. northeast Of
Webster City.
Jan. 24.-Alden Thompson, near
Story City. Poland China bred
SOW sale. tsf.
Jan. 25-Edgar Prinsle. northeast Of
Webster City. Is
Jan. 2S-John Callan, southwest Of
harrisburg. 0.'s
Jan. 29J. Williams. south OF Wilke.
Jan. 29.-Heers Bros, = miles west
OF Story City.
Jan. 30. -Chas. Schuder; northwest Of
Blairsburg. 6.s5
Jan. 3O--John Lachmillsr. 2 miles
west OF Catholic cemetery. Web
ster City, Chester White hog
sale.
Jan. 31-sam Jacobson. northeast Of
Story City, closing out.
Feb. 1Thorson Bros. Story City,
closing out.
Feb. 81. A. Hagen, northeast Of
Story City, closing out.
Feb. 5.-Henry voss. west Of Wool
stock.
Feb. sc. Toppenberg, southeast Of
harrisburg.
Feb. GA. c. Johnson. I miles
southwest Of Stanhope.
Feb. 6,-John Essig. south Of Web
ster City.
Feb. cole skroyig, southeast OF
Radcliffe.
Feb. lie. w. Nelson, az miles
southwest OF Stanhope.
Feb Up. Huffman, south Of Will
Jams.
Feb. Peterson and Stsnsland, east
Of Sherman.
Feb. Thompson & Grove, Roland.
closing out
Feb. 9-Nels p. Paulson. Story City.
hogs.
Feb. s.-w. swatsley. northeast Of
Williams.
Feb. If. Huisman, near Kamrar.
Feb. lid. Morris, u mile east Of
Webster City, on Sketchly farm.
Feb. 12-Ollie Thornhill, near Blairs-
burg.
Feb. 1s-L. Bickford; northwest Of
harrisburg.
Feb. Blew Olmstead. near Dun
combe.
Feb. 14.-Godsell Brothers, miles
northwest OF Williams.
Feb. 14-Tom Mesa, north-east Of
McCallsburg.
Feb, Isl. A. Grouse, near Dun
combe.
teD. lf.-Wm. OAkI1uOs sVuSu VI
harrisburg.
Feb. 1S-N. B. Nelson, Roland.
Feb. ia. A. Olson, Roland, closing
out.
Feb. ia. L. Spike, near Dun
combe.
Feb. 19-Chas. Singer. northeast Of
Webster City.
Feb. 20.-Earl Smith, 4 miles north
west OF Stanhope.
Feb. 20.-Mrs. Mamie Wack. south
west of Webster City.
Feb. 21.-E. E. Cheever. brood SOW
= sale, east Of Webster City.
Feb. 21.-Allen Rhodes, south Of Dun-
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women t. win Enblens.

Women to Win Enblems.
Every woman in Hamilton county
IL to have an opportunity to win the
right to wear the Red Cross emblem
ON cap and gown. Heretofore, only
the one class of Webster City work
ers who took the instructions in
making surgical dressings from the
accredited Red Cross Instructor sent
here last June, have been entitled
to this privilege. Little point was
made OF the ruling and the insignia
has been worn by many who tech
nically had not this right. However,
plan has been adopted by the ma
tional chapter which gives and wo-
man who will spend designated
number Of hours in the Red Cross
work rooms the privilege Of wearing
the emblem here or wherever she
may be at any time.
With the beginning Of the New
Year. surgical dressings workers
are being registered for a class
conducted in the work rooms each
day. When the course Of instruc-
lions have been completed those
enrolled will be known as service
workers" and will be registered as
such at Washington, d. c.
After spending thirty-six hours at
the surgical dressings tables, a
worker may wear the Red Cross
emblem on the pocket Of the apron.
which must be a white. long sleeved
garment and worn with cap to
complete the costume for the work
room. The cap is familiar model
made with veil OF prescribed length.
When seventy-two hours are regis
tered. the entrant becomes an ac-
credited Red Cross worker and is
entitled to wear the Red Cross en-
blem ON the white Golf of the cap.
A hundred and twenty-six hour
period in the work rooms wins the
contestant the privilege Of wearing
the two-inch red ribbon band on the
apron pocket just below the Red
Cross emblem.
Eleven women have so far regis
tered for the contest and it is hoped
that q class Of one hundred or more
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nARKETS.

OFFICIAL CHICAGO MARKETS.
Furnished by E. ". Wagnsr 3 CO.
Office IN Bossert Bldg. Pierre ~.
II. u. Sharpe, Manager.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-07

Wedding Invitations printed ct
this ONCE.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-07
Work Comes from StOnega.

The auxiliary Of the Red Cross at
Stonega 10 live organization and
work comes in at frequent intervals
from this post. So far this month,
the following has come in:
January III helmet. 2 pairs OF
socks.
January 80 sweaters, 8 pairs OF
socks, 2 baby quilts.
January 5-1 i, pair OF socks, ]
sweater. Z Belgian baby quilts. 3
wool baby shirts. 8 baby gowns, 20
towles, 6 abdominal bandages, 2 bed
sheets, 100 wash cloths.
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RED CROSS NOTES
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Red Cross Contributions.
The Thursday Circle. group OF
women residing north Of Webster
City. with Mrs. Charles Singer as
president OF the organization, has
turned in IS to the Red Cross as a
contribution secured through fore
going their usual Christmas gift
bag.
Mrs. Dorothy Kamrar has made
the local chapter a gift Of $40.
Mrs. Esther w. Young has also
made personal contribution of $40.
Jewell Turns in Work.
The Jewell auxiliary sent in knit
ting today. the articles including
4 scarfs.
/ helmet.
pair Of wristlets.
6 pairs OF socks. "a
3 sweaters.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-07
Open High Low Clos

Hogs estimated $4,000; opening
10-25c up; close Is and 35c up; top
$16.s5.
Hogs estimated tomorrow $4,000.
Hogs left over yesterday 5000.
Cattle $4,000; 10-15c up.
Sheep 5000; strong.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
Hayin& Tools

The hayng season will soon open. Drop in
and we will save you money on Hay Carriers,
Sings and Forks We can give you last years
prices on them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20

the State Council of Defense arrange
for one cent fares on the railroads
during the harvest season and in that
way encourage laborers to come to
North Dakota as our labor supply is
obviously inadequate to care for the
immense harvest which is confident
ly anticipated. Resolutions were
drafted in accord with the request.
r. II. Bosard, director Of the War
Savings Stamp campaign and Nor
man Ellison, chairman of the COM
mittee having the drive in the city
in charge then outlined their plans.
Q. M. Champlin, general chairman of
the tractor demonstration addressed
the Criers, stating that Minot is ideal
~ situated as a distributing point
and that the day is not far distant
when Minot will out-distance the
western cities particularly in the mat
ter of tractor distribution. The
demonstration now taking place, is
a splendid indication of Minot's i'm
portance along these lines. With
the Criers and the Association of
Commerce rests the responsibility for
promoting the success Of future DEM
onstrations. A. w. Fulwiler of De-
troit, Michigan, one of the engineers
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victor.
The Major is fighting for his life.
He realizes that within a short time
he must bow to the inevitable, but
we must admire him for being so
game in the face of adversely. In a
letter received from Mr.. Murphy only
last week, he says: 81 honestly think
that my vital interest in things-the
mighty changes, economical, political
and social that will follow this world
upheaval, has much to do in keeping
me alive. Then. to, the sporting prop.
osition of holding off the fellow with
the scythe and the long whiskers, has
something to do with it Anyway,
thank God for giving me the oppor-
tunity Of viewing things from high
plane, as l realize that my work is
finished. l am constantly growing
weaker and no doubt the time is fast
approaching when the fellow on the
white horse will catch me off my
guard"
The Major once recited for the writ
err a short poem, setting forth his
creed, one verse of which we remem-
Der well:
IT'S folly to fight with the Infinite,
And go down at last in the wrestle;
The wisest man always shapes unto
Gods plan,
As the water shapes into the vessel"
The Major has taken broad-mind'
ed, philosophical view of life and does
not worry about what the near future
is most certain to hold in store for
him, realizing that his existence has
been shaped by the All Wise Ruler Of
our destiny, and is calmly awaiting
the inevitable.
Farewell, old friend, and may the
God of our fathers be with you.
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Town Criers Meet-Important Mat.
tiers Considered.

Town Criers Meet-Important Mat
tiers Considered.
The regular monthly session of the
Minot Town Criers Club was held at
the Association of Commerce rooms
Tuesday evening, following six
o'clock dinner served by the Girls
Military Squad. President W. F..
Jones presided over the business at
which the Club disposed of several
matters which will be of special public
interest. G.. D. Colcord read the
resolutions Of the Rotary Club in
which the Board of County Commits
sioners are asked to make some pro-
vision for widening the bridge across
the Mouse where the road leads into
Riverside Park. The present struc-
ture is a menace to pedestrians as
we'll as to motorists and resolution
acquiescing in. the movement was
speedily passed and the Town Criers
will lend their efforts with a right
good will to see a new structure
erected at that point before some
dreadful accident occurs. B. H.
Lesk read telegram from w. D. Har-
dy, of the Fargo Commercial Club,
asking the cooperation Of the Minot
Town Criers in a movement to have
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who designed the Holley carburetor.
now used on the Fordson and several
other well known tractors gave an in
teresting talk on the Importance of
a carburetor that will utilize kero-
sene as that fuel must come into gen
e era J.. use, the supply of gasoline al
ready showing signs of exhaustion.
Mr.; Fulwiler is practical engineer
and his remarks along this line were
listened to with unusual interest. com
ing as they did from one who was
tthh!oroly conversant with the situation.
his address brot out the fact that
the Holley company had been IL years
experimenting with a carburetor that
would meet the demand for a car
buretor capable Of utilizing inferior
oils for fuel. The one manufactur-
ed by the Holley company represents
the united efforts Of no fewer than
118 engineers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
TOWNLEY'S MISTAKE.

Even the smoothest of promoters
make mistakes that reveal their char
acter. The great blunder Mr.. Town
lev made was in sizing up the trend of
popular sentiment in this region last
summer. He believed North Dakota
was and would be against the war
He promptly determined to capitalize
this theory for his own purpose. He
seized the leadership Of the disloy-
alists, committed himself and his lead
ers to the pacifst doctrines, and
sought to sail into power on the ia
voring wings of sedition.
But Mr.. Townley guessed wrong
The people of North Dakota may
have been a little slow at first to
realize the relation of America to the
war. None of us itched to get into
the great world war if it could be
settled favorably without US, but I'M
Outstanding did come and with it a
growing enthusiasm of loyalty that
has shown itself in innumerable ways.
Mr.. Townley in due time discovered
his mistake and has attempted to re-
trieve it with a belated lip loyalty.
And the essential disloyalty of many
Of the leaders and organizers has been
revealed in such way as to lead to a
number of arrests, indictments and
convictions in court.
So the issue in the primaries of June
26, is very clear and urgent. If North
Dakota dominates for her Governor
the earnestly and theoretically pat
riotic citizen, John Steen, her loyalty
will stand indicated in a political
sense before the world, as it already
stands in every other sense.
The Independent again wants to
make itself clear in that this paper has
never attempted, nor does it do so at
this time, to even hint that the rank
and file of the league are disloyal in
any manner whatsoever. They are
just as good loyal patriotic citizens
as are to be found in the United
States, but Mr.. Townley and some of
the other leaders have tried to make
you believe that because they were
accused of being luke warm Ameri-
cans, the rank and file Of the leaguers
were placed in the same class. The
Minnesota farmers at Mondays pri-
mary election proved that they were
not willing to follow these leaders
blindly, and indications are that the
North Dakota election is going to be
a rendition of the one in Minnesota.
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the German contention is untrue
that the war was planned and de-
liberately forced upon the world by
Germany for purposes Of conquest;
and it explains the reasons for its
conversion of faith in strong and
ringing article, which should be read
by everybody in all the land. This
editorial, which frankly admits that
the sole guilt for the world war rests
upon Germany, reads as follows:
1t is our duty to make it. We,
too, were among those who laid the
blame for the world war at the doors
of English statesmen. We, too,
have time and again repeated the
assertion to our readers that these
English statesmen, jealous of Ger
many's success in the world markets,
attempted to 'encircle' it. We, too,
have repeatedly stated that Germany
is entitled to a place in the sun. We
did so in good faith. For we then
believed what the organs of the Ger
man Government proclaimed, and we
believed at the beginning of the war
and years thereafter what most of
the other German papers requested.
we were CHen July convinced CHdC
the program Of English statesmen
consisted Of nothing less than to stop
Germany's commercial and colonial
expansion. With US one-half of the
world of the western hemisphere was
convinced through the press of Ger
many. We believed in the press of
the Fatherland, which preached hat
red against England everywhere, fol-
lowing it's official press, where the
German voice was sounded. AS a
paragon of diplomatic baseness, Sir
Edward Gray, the dictator of foreign
affairs for Great Britain, appeared to
US. Now, we and with us the rest
of the world, then credulously listen
ed, are convinced of the opposite.
We know now that the British states
men, and with them the statesmen
of the Allies, did not only have no
war-like measures against Germany
in mind, but to the last minute en-
deavored to their utmost, to avoid
the war. The blame for the blood
shed lies with the German Govern
ment."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20

Certain candidates for state office
and other speakers are going about
the state, making cowardly and un-
fair attack on John Steen, candidate
for governor. They are telling that
John Steen is Withholding wrongfully
certain interest money earned by de-
post of foreign insurance company
and are attempting to leave the i'm
preston that Mr.. Steen is dishonest
in the performance of his duties. A
letter from Mr.. Steen elsewhere in
this issue fully explains the matter.
The interest money is in safe hands
Mr. Steen has it in his possession as
state treasurer, and two years ago,
had friendly suit started to ascer-
tain just where the money should 60
The Independent doesn't like to see un-
fair methods employed against any
candidate far office, regardless Of
what his politics may be, and John
Stems many friends certainly will
resent the attempt that is being made
to blacken his character.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
EVERYBODY WIS,

The state tractor demonstration,
which ends today, has been the big
gest thing of the kind ever pulled off
in the west. Men who attended the
big demonstration at Winnipeg in
1912, say that this one at Minot far
eclipses the one held there. 1t sets
record probably never equalled in
the United. States, considering the
quality of tractors entered, and the
character of the work done.
The demonstration is a new propo-
sition for those who handled it and it
is so much bigger than anyone ever
believed that it could be, that it tax
ed the effort Of every member OF the
various committees to pull 1T OFT IN
fair manner and without delay. 0. M:
Champlin, who has been the general
manager of the demonstration, proved
a happy choice for the hard place
which he has had to fill. He has con-
Quoted the big show in an eminently
fair manner. True, some mistakes
were made that will be remedied when
the demonstration is held here next
year, but they were not serious mis-
takes and the tractor men took what
shortcomings there might have been
with good grace. When we hold an.
other demonstration, more land will
probably be secured A tract of 800
acres, as large as it is, was hardly
big enough for the large number. OF
tractors, 20 of them we believe, that
participated. The tractor operators
had to loaf on the job somewhat or
they would have run out of land. But
there was glory enough in the dem
onstration to go all around. Not
poor piece of breaking was done, IN
fact the committees had to urge the
tractor and pillow operators to break
not quite so deep at times. Inc
breaking ran all the way from four to
seven inches deep.
The many thousands Of farmers
who witnessed the demonstration
have derived great benefit for they
have had an opportunity of seeing all
of the best makes of tractors work IN
one field and at the same time. Tins
has given them a better opportunity
of selecting the particular kind OF
tractor to fit their needs. The dem
onstration has been a fine thing for
the tractor men, for it has induced
MANY farmers to buy or to make ar
to buy in the future, who
otherwise would not likely become
tractor owners at this time: It will
do much for the Northwest for it will
enable us to break up countless tnous
ands of acres of virgin soil, to produce
crops needed in winning the war.
And incidentally, Minot comes IN
for some excellent advertising. ms
city has become the tractor center e.; OF
North Dakota. This is the loglcal as
tributing point for the northWest
Many big men in the tractor world
have been our guests this week and
they all speak highly of the name me-
in which the big meet was pulled off
We all admit that we were 71! g ae IL
horns" when it came to pulling on a
bic State tractor demonstration, but
we were srse willing to learn and did learn
many valuable things which W!ll help
m , when it comes to holding an
other demonstration of this KIND
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was the organizing and planning brais
of the League, is an experienced So
cialist politician. He was once Lieu
tenant Governor Of Colorado and lat
err was elected Commissioner Of Spo-
kane as Socialist. He was closely
connected with William Hayward,
head of the l. w. w." Does Mr.. Lig-
gett contest this set of alleged facts :?
Is Mr.. Liggett quite ingenious in
saying that the Socialist Party denies
that Townley is Socialist? Appar-
emily the professional Socialists of the
region where the League is most &C
tive are jealous of Mr.. Townley as a
thriving renegade"
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ALL EYES ON TOWNLEY.

The entire nation, and we might say
all Of the nations of the globe, are
watching with interest the results of
the fight which is being made by the
Townley machine to gain political con-
troll of the Northwest. The League is
now operating in thirteen states, be-
ginning first with North Dakota, when
it gained control Of the various state,
together with many legislative and
judicial offices two years ago. Mon
days fight in Minnesota, which was
lost by the League, was watched with
intense interest, not only by the vot-
ers of North Dakota, but those of
other states as WELL AS an illustra-
ton, we publish the following from
an editorial in the New York Times of
last Sunday:
"The National Non Partisan
League, by w. w. Liggett," writes to
The Times:
"Mr. Townley is Socialist"
you say. The Socialist Party says
he is not. At two different con-
ventions that party has denounc-
ed him and has advised its men,
bers not to Join the Non-Partisan
League.
A facsimile of Mr.. Townley's regis
tration blank in Golden Valley County,
N. D., April II, 1914, has been pub
lished. He there describes himself,
under oath, as belonging to the Social
list Party. He has been radical So
cialist. Among the magnates and mis-
sionaries of his League are many So
cialists or former Socialists. Mr.. JOS
eph Gilbert, for instance, IAN active
Socialist in the East" State Manager
of the League in Minnesota, convicted
by jury in May of making disloyal
utterances last August. Mr.. A. y.
Bowen, active among the Townley or
ganizers, belongs to the Socialist col
ony at Bowman. Mr.. 0. M. Thoma-
son, an eminent Townley advocate,
''has preached the hottest kind Of So
cialism in North Dakota and other
States for years." He was in the
midst Of the I. W. w. riots at Minot
some years ago, and was editor of
The Iconoclast, the State organ of the
Socialists. Mr.. Henry Teigen, private
secretary and confidential adviser to
Mr.. Townley at the st. Paul head
quarters, twas formerly editor OF the
Socialist Iconoclast."
Some time ago the Rotary Club Of
Wichita, Kan, investigated the
League, which is trying to spread in
that State. The club Investigation
Committees report says that Mr..
Townley twas employed as Socialist
agitator, + has long record as a
stimulator of class hatred and EXETER
of industrial disturbance" Mr.. Bow
en- "was candidte. for Governor OF
North Dakota on the Socialist ticket,
and is also an agitator of the soapbox
variety" Mr.. Arthur LeSueur, TX
ecutive Secretary of the League, lis
an attorney for the l. w. w." He sis
a Socialist of the rabid type and pro
tected the interests of the I. w. W."
"Mr. D. C. Coates, who until recently
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
MAJOR MURPHY's FAREWELL.

Major j. 5. Murphy Sellus Aei
message to his many old time friends
thruout the Northwest, in letter
Which VIII ei'' we are pleased to publish ,H in
e e of the Independent, during ,ts the the
past fifteen or sixteen years. nave e, mue
the privilege of enjoying numerous
letters from our former townsmaan
and s1Si' we all regret, more than Nv words !"x's
last farewell. While his body mas De- ;,
come so frail thru the ra ray seS o. mew VS.
Of his death may be expected at any
time, his giant brain has remained as
active as ever.
Major Murphy is giving "the fellow
on the white horse" equally as hard
battle as be did his old time political
opponents in North Dakota in the
early days. The Major usually won
out then and his friends hope and
pray that he will again prove himself