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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21
Man Who established Oneida Insti.
tute in the Heart Of Cumber.
land Mountains in Ken.
tucky, Lectures Here.
BROKE UP FEUD LIFE OF PEOPLE +,
MOuntaineers are Direct Descendants
Of Men of Revolutionary
Times.

James A. Burns, born of four gem
erations of Kentucky mountaineers,
himself a rugged looking man and
with just enough of the mountain
0rogue in his speech to mark him as
Kentuckian, spoke to small aud
ence Friday evening at the Orpheum
theatre. He is modest and unassum-
ing, speaks in "a quiet and deliberate
manner, not eloquent but using the
very best English and he held the
iull interest of his hearers for al
most an hour and three quarters.
lis lecture was the fourth number
II the business mems lyceum course,
and was a recital of mountain feud
life and the establishment of Oneida
Institute in the heart of the Cumber-
and mountains.
MOuntaineers Feudists.
:. He characterized the mountaineers
If Kentucky as strange people.
They occupy one third Of the terri
( ory of the state and their noun
/, aims are covered with valuable
hardwood and underlaid with vast
deposits of COAL They have in their
/! geins the purest strain of Anglo
saxon blood. Their ancestors were
.evolutionists who were we'll edu-
,ated Isolation, seclusion and the
act that in early times they We're
$50 miles from market and even
today are forty miles away have
made for illiteracy and lawlcssness.
tlliteracy and the feud are charac-
eristics of the Kentucky mountains
Ger. -. ~ -
Mr.. Burns, president of Oneida
institute, told in simple English, but
n a graphic way, of the establish
nlent of Oneida Institute in the heart
If the mountain districts. 1t began
IS country school, the first build
ng being erected by Mr.. Burns, him
self, the purpose, being to eliminate
euds. This school was started fol-
owing an agreement among the old
n men in the mountains, who were
anxious to eliminate the feud. This
was in 1900. Mr.. Burns part in it's
establishment and the work of the
institute among the mountaineers.
reminds one of Booker T. Washing
on and the establishment of Tuske-
gee Institute.
There are now 500 students and
sixteen members of the faculty. The
.wo constant problems are teachers
support and students aid. For thir-
:een out of the eighteen years since
its establishment. the faculty mem-
oers drew no salary, but accepted an
equal division of the meager funds
on hand.
The school now owns 1000 acres
lnderlaid with coal. which will con-
stitute an endowment when a rail-
road is finally built-the railroad is
now forty miles away.
Mr.. Burns whole heart and soul
are in his work. and culture has
truly banished the feud from the
.erritOry tributary to Oneida Tnsti-
Cute. His recital was ample evil
dence of his true sincerity and he
awakened a widespread interest
here in the work he is doing among
the mountaineers of Kentucky, who
have been law unto themselves
ever since they settled there, fol-
lowing the establishment of this re-
public.
The lecturer deserved larger
audience, for his simple story so in
terestingly told, is one of general in
terest in every community.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21

man at DEATH" spoke Wendenburg.
"Otherwise, you should burn your
churches and your Bibles end society
must return to the element of brutal
ity and barbarism."
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21

j. o. Westrum.
c. Osterquist.
Werner Berglund.
John Andrews.
Joel Hanson.
S. P. Carlson.
Chas. Quick.
Rose Grove township:
S. A. Millsap.
c. E. Keane.
John Callahan.
A. J. Mccoy.
Nelson Knickerbocker.
Henry Rasmussen.
Harley Mason.
James Knickerbocker.
Peter Burke.
independence township:
Lloyd Bickford.
l.. N. Mason.
Albert Ruppel.
Ed Brewer.
w. A. Neel.
F. A. Gerber.
Frank Daniels.
J. E. Adams.
Fremont township:
]. W. latham.
William Van Note.
Andrew Geohring.
Arthur Christopherson.
Chas Miles.
Wilbur Northrup.
J. G. Beisner.
H. F. Price.
H. T. Yungclas.
Lincoln township:
w. NJ. Maakestad.
Doras Pearson.
Adolph Thoreson.
Haakon Severson.
Ed. Reussetter.
X. ]. Elwick.
Almond Lyders.
J. P. Dahl.
Martin Christianson.
Webster township:
Frank Mann.
John F.. Bell.
w. J. DeFrance.
A. NJ. Leksell.
c. H. Brown.
G. E. Kent.
A. P. Gleason.
Jonas Angstrom.
township:
j. NJ. Bottorff.
Roy Fowler.
Glenn Ricke.
George Fleming.
I. D. Mcclure.
Dennis Murphy Sr.
Will Ricke.
Ralph Hurd.
Joel Tuttle.
Trench fountain pens at Tt
'eed's. f-j-d-eo
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21
Farm Bureau Lays Plans to Make
Systematic Canvass Of Each
Township and List Corn
on Hand or Needed.
NINE TOWNSHIPS ORGANIZED.
List Of the Men in Each Township
Who Will WOrk.-MOvement
!. Statewide.

steps nave aIreauy DeeH taken ny
the Hamilton County Farm Bureau
to make a complete canvass Of the
t,unty for the seed corn information
ri 'ested by Governor Harding and
the State Council Of National De-
fense. The movement to secure
exact data on the individual farmers
seed requirements is national one
and a similar campaign is in pro-
gress in other states.
Each county is being closely organ
lied through its farm bureau. The
director of the bureau in each town.
ship names nine men to act as CO.
operators in the campaign and
through this committee a most thor
ough canvass of the township is car
ried on. Each cooperator is assigned
either four sections or his school
district and from every farmer 1iv-
ing therein he secures a statement
of the amount of seed corn surplus
he has or what he will need to buy.
At the same time he records the
amount of spring wheat and barley
the farmer has on hand.
The seriousness Of the situation is
plainly evident in the fact that
orders for more than four hundred
bushels of individual earliest corn
have been received at the testing sta
tion maintained by the Hamilton
County Farm Bureau in this city.
The supply from which the old corn
is being drawn is limited and it is
possible that late orders received
cannot be filed.
The townships in the county in
which cpoperators have been named
are Blairsburg, Liberty. Hamilton.
Lyon, Freedom, Cass, Marion, Rose
Grove, Fremont, Lincoln, Webster,
Williams and Independence. Other
township leaders are expected to re-
port soon.
census in the townships named are
as follows:
Blairsburg township:
Joe W. Bell
:. James Hemminger.
H. A. Stafford.
Chester Cooper.
John Scott.
B. F. Read.
Fl. l.. Doty.
Lester Berogan.
c. H. Robie.
Liberty township:
John Eppard.
Fred Doolittle.
Chas. King.
George Holt.
John Koop.
J. G. Knickerbocker.
Henry Deakman.
George Rairdan.
Robert SPeltz.
Hamilton township:
Will Stearns.
Nels Tolstrup.
Will Studley.
Mason Hill.
Otto Christensen.
Nelson Olson. +E'; -
Chas. Steinfeldt. Z
Clifford Taylor.
Roy Grouse.
Lyon township:
Willard Groves.
Peter s. Nelson.
Nels Hendrickson.
Sven Stout.
Ralph Brock.
r. A. Bonner.
Randolph Kallem.
Freedom township:
w. A. Jones.
f. F. Evans.
A. NJ. Crosby.
e. Gordon.
W. C. Holiday.
Hugh Nairn.
J. r. Silver.
w. J. Irving.
Cass township:
George NJ. Hollis
George Garth.
Chas. Mcconnell
Louis Bernard.
John Craig.
Chas. H. Daniels.
Fred H. Beisner
Wallace Hill.
George F. Brown.
Marion township:
Theodore Carlson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21

The finest perfumes and goods for
the toilet at Teed's. f-j-d-eOd-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21

All kinds of clocks at Teed & Teed's.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-01-21
WANTED-msrried man to work on

farm. Small family. Steady work.
Ralph Groves. Phone 27f110. 16d2j1f1 |
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

VEN the ampan fight submarine has been regd the
II shelves OF the soehouse the human mind while the have
been mixed in their death gappe in Pcardy and flanderL
the United had adopted attitude tonnage
months evidenced today the bending Of the British lines
the fight tin fish would have been by
In truth the situation and important the
the The whole
Foc pitched the that America will have 100000 available
1919 and what the dayO for
1918 II all depends ships
We publish official charts from Sir Eric Ged OF the British
admiralty showing the line bottoms curug upward the
ships sunk When these lines the danger will have passed
OF punching
ships sunk
Fifteen merchantmen lost
This loss below the The Of ships sunk has dropped rapidly
April The low record ships sunk unrestricted bby the high
recorded loss five
with the figures for last the line Of losses has dropped sheer the ad
line of hpbudrR The weekly losses big ships for the
first sixteen ships
Every day have the most regarding the Of the
shipbudg of fleet The selection ot the
NJ Shwab
ahead
Yesterday Washington reported Eddy company
tie had delivered 88Oton freg 100 the the keel
Of
delivery The
mark that OF than 100 hpudng yards will shoot
There the keenest competition for speed between the Atlantic
| and Pacific
Newark
eighth keel and filled the yard The
made that this will reach the peak production within
President Wilson has backed the possibilities Of the
extent Of $OG000 II the hulk aseawohy all
ships will
Chairman Hurley delivered great address week in which he summed
the accomplishments of this the shpudng problem
amazing chronicle achievement The important
that huge ground plant the building Of hundreds
preliminary work almost complete The delivery OF ships will be cumulative
The slow but work
kee simultaneously In week before this will
1915
will submarine May
takes bound upward that is not to be eSpeed--W. NJ H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
DESPISED BY ALL.

A VICTIM Of violence and creature OF contempt MAJOR
"a John NJ Birkner, charged with disoyal utierance'
was tarred and ieahered by cdnych in New Mexican
prison led about with rope around his neck amid the
hoot. and eer, Of those sons Of sin Not very particular
about their asocales as rule are the bad men OF the
southwest, but forcing the company Of pro-German on
their secu,on was too mueh and things happened which
arsnt permissible under prison rules or other laws and
regulations And II these outlaws who have so little re-
gard for their country find the shadow Hun an undesirable
what must be the feeling among truly patriotic eren''
Il must be pretty strong and II should be- Some oi the
pufveyor Of propaganda are dangerous tnemei ana al
are nsraes Of deepest dye Some Of them can be reached
by law but others more cautious and tmd in their ae
tiye, can be handled only by public opinion They must
be made TO feel that they parah in this country and
that America is now dedicated TO this war so thoroughly
that a the kaiser stands for is in permanent disiayor
From now on those who hope find the American climate
heahiul and American surroundings pleasant must be un
teseryedy for our side Of this Failing that contempt
is their fate and something worse their due.
Major Birkner denies his guilt but he is sent to prison
instead Of being placed under arrest in quarters, as officers
usually are for oii,nsss less grave reasonable doubt
OF guilt exists, And he major in our army supposed
10 he gentleman and patriot lie had to be that, OF
traitor for army officers are under oath The army has
way Of dealing with his kind and isn't gentle as civilian
law II this man is guilty he should he made example
Of before the country to show how he and his kind are
oahed by all whose lives are loyal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
YOUR NEGLECT MAY KILL.

DRITAIN was forced to enter the thick Of the fighting
- in the early days Of the wa, nation unprepared
America was more fortunate in having able allies prepared
to hold the line until forces get ready to strike But
the word now is to speed up and casually list grow
ing Some day one will come in to prove the Yanh arc
mixed in the larger action Part Of Great Bains short
age was in hospital supplies and facilities, that was
sometimes necessary TO operate on wounded men in the
Open without anasthecs and with insufficient dressings
and equipment Men died who should have lived TO fight
again because il impossible to give them proper care
Our wounded up to date have come in small numbers,
and have had the best attention possible but is not yet
too late for neglect to kill The big battles OF recent days
have caused heavy drain surgical supplies OF all sorts
The Red Cross which aids largely in these minstra
tions is working shon-handed. The women who are
neglecng that work when they could participate in IT,,
may be killing soldiers American soldiers, French Or
British and thereby aiding the Hun II is unpleasant
charge against earsesness and easy soth but is true
il ought to make selfish woman forget her seshnesS
And as the Red Cross needs workers now, It will
need money later big campaign for funds will start
next month, and Americans who have much must give
Nberally. Stingine" at such time may kill man. a'
well as neglect America has had time to prepare and
is to be hoped shall escape the teo Of neglect which
added to the suffering OF the heroic British forces Bu
we will not unless all bend their energies to help wal
is no longer merely an affair OF armies and navies The
magnitude Of this struggle requires assistance from every
source and procrasination in doing your part isn't pa
rotic Let us see that the Red Cross work rooms work
ullhanded and that is given when money Is needed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

FROM ANOTHER ANGLE.

G2RCrNTLY In these column, we set forth some'hmg
Al tSe short and simple. annals Of the poor rich man.
- servsn. girl had quit his happy home leaving ing
shoM t.sk, TO those who lived there by right oi posses
Also the difficulty Of obtaining another to take the
-. of the migrating maid wa, dwelt upon to some
eNh 9TH an explanation appended to show that glrs
Ar,a ~ake kindly 10 domestic service when other employ
~ sffers al Of which led 10 the more or less hopeless
0ook that Il Il up TO miady Of means to DO her own
osss for the duration Of the war, or thereabouti
v,Kich dissertation brought response from working
venan who take, some pride in honest toll Domesue
6s,ce practically applied, and learned in the widespread
sool Of experience her speciality and II Is her verdict
~ the helpless women to blame because their help
"a ouit and other helngs hard to find She objected
~ ouote her own plain speech ITO being treated like
rer and therefore wasn't following her chosen calling
:, ~. time despite the vacancies on many household
snfia
Ihis Indictment no doubt will cause the women Offer
- spoiovmeut 10 arise and snort in perfectly proper and
lndylhe manner they may rate the protesting person "
tshevik Of the scullery and all that sort OF thing bu
e the complaint may take In too much territory and
S,iny IL unjus, to some has its basis in fact in other
eoses.
Tb;s masculine commentator has always felt It were
S>.r t unit work than 10 labor under direct orders OF
Voman Women we think, harder to please than men,
ssd more likely 10 be penurious paymaser' That is part
y L. sad the rest that the great American home isn't as
rnneerssie ss used to BE- There growing tendency
snake the servant feel the nfeoriiy and menal nature
4 such service false standard no doubt but one re
tDenty In effect There was time, in the middle west
n least when the maid was called the hired girl and
treated as one Of the family but the old order ehanseh
nosgh 50 the girls notice it, and quit when they can
Meanwhile we are wasins the worlds greatest war for
mocracy and there i, work for all to do Having viewed
- servant problem from both sides without solving it,
Hs turn to other topics
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
WHAT EDITORS SAY
CASUALTIES OF PEACE.

There is nothing incongruous in Secretary Rediields
campaign for greater industrial efficiency and the emna-
on of the waste due to accidents while most public speakers
talking of Liberty bonds the II one-half Of
the 20 percent OF prevenabe accidents in our factories
could be done away with the country would not only gain
mmeasurably in production but in manpower and wealth
We would have more to fight more material for them
to fight with and more money to put behind them.
So anything that makes for greater safety in industry
increases the nations efficiency and builds solid
foundation for peace Mr.. Reded's figures startling
He says there have been 10000 accidental deaths and 1000
injuries each year in factories for the last years
II all OF these should at approximately the time
and place they would involve supendous casualty
list than the greatest battle But they scattered all over
the country, and it is only when view them in the ag
gregate that they appear great And to think that %
percent of them could be prevented-St Louis Republic
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
DgpplitlS
Ehptt1eS|
CSy( IhlF NEszScr
H-s-G,gCfr~nyT Hr1yE7
GARDEN pERILA

I'VE 7paded 10 nv acre 90 -ake
4 wartime garden vfi m
gmu0thest title MOT ru .er sv
A bard H. 'rr own he lrH r, one
less greens hat geu I'aase lur
iaddies. and lave rrs NJ eas m
beans and .ee'ls sut imam auuies.
And neighhor7 come d17g uH avi
I'm gan is all Hour riHug '0r
yagrant hens vii 1me hrs yav rur
treasured garden noiiInE tBo ogs
will come and lnrc r vice 1ev. (
waIlow II rour s,ture hen oul p
caA lur sage advice. lh Hen "a
p0nt forget rs and vrsn he 1nou-
light. white, intense. he World i.1e-
washes 4 NV will ,.rh 0rr .arreu
ienrr. and 'at rour tuBnaf0 uuasHe..
Some 1ight 4 l1r-r. rom alter RE.
perhaps a nav with aunlcs yrH crrs
and climb 10 r1nde- RE no w7 i.1w
all g0ur lnDirs ana r0gs 1g. sma
from distant lrnz, 1ng sag'rs asv1
come, l-yiting, 10 aat be mona -at
he lens passed 10 ,s niuv-1M n.
We nave raised nch ar-er sss p
.ert ncl ragr1nt -7ruEe Hur 20 ave-
yeDt and cried Alas lr1 7r- ur
boards ana Earurrfr ucr -
enlargement ls mE c' yrer ~
hoeing and { tesir0ve be- rencctui .iga
I feit, 10 'er .hlngs growing.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

no longer regarded as an advertisement
The reason why we have never joined
any of the Anti Everything Societies OF
Vice Commissions or Community Butt
In Committees is because we never ex-
pect to get so peeved at the world in
general that we will regard everybody's
business as our business.
There is always hope for a man until
he has choked his conscience so often
that it is afraid to speak to him.
II she wasn't afraid Of being immod-
est, any girl could tell a fellow that
the time to ask for kiss IS after you
have taken it.
When you get into . crowd on the
street do you get the impression that
you are the only one who is in a hurry
to get past1 So do we
1t isn't hard to get rid of your fair
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

weather friends. All you need do is ge,
into trouble.
Just for change, why do the fashion
publications not print plates showing
how the new styles will look on a Corn
Fed girl and pass up for one issue that
long lanky female who always demon
strates what is to be worm
The funniest joke a man ever hears is
the one the Boss tells in the mans hear
ing just before the man hits the Boss for
a raise
II doesn't matter how many randi-
dates are running for the same office.
every candidate will get promises
enough to elect him by a safe majority
When a mans wife is making { hot
for him he goes around signing that this
is a cold world.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
Our Dailv ]irthaav l.rrY

Admiral Eenrv iarvo1o }ousoau.
one OF he noted engineering xurrri
OF The United States law, 1urr a
Troy ~ T.. u Years ago oaaU
lanes Nyies Eugge. a. .. loHu--r~
president Of he British National ed
Grafton Of Discharged ana ls~0niiitsu
Sailors and Soldiers, porn -lin-
buryh, IS Years ago .ouar
Dr. Iohn Grier 5!bbru. 1r-siasrt 2
Princeton UNIVERSITY BORN Il l-oria.
Ill.,, 81 years ago 'odav
Prince Henry ;nnxor- u .ussu Wiz
1elmlna- II the Neither anu5. Inra =
Meckenburg ichwer'n. x ear- HEo
today
William A. Arr-,. representative q
congress Of ,he Eighth Kansas .i1rr'ct.
born At Elizabeih,own H.. 2 rar- &c
today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
LnkeMLh1e
His Column
Buy 4 BondI
CODNrDNT /OA9

That bond you buy
WIN take a man across
10 fill Eap.
To stop n Hun attack,
TO keep Kultuf out ~ Paris
Bayhap IN keep the swine
out NJ VOuf own home
In this, your land
Have you sent your man acrossf
where's your bOndl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

The only time some people think OF
putting their best foot forward is when
they think they have a kick coming
And many man of pronounced ideas
goes through life mispronouncing them,
The way of the transgressor is hard.
A girl bitten gets a life sentence at hard
labor because she stole mans heart.
Ny, how this old world does change
around Paint on woman's checks is
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

Although Doctor Nswiser has gone from us he continues
y whine At long distance in most unconVneing manner
h y within the range Of possibility that he has changed his
End but the things hs was charged with we're never re-
lused Chicago hasn't gained anything but population.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
The Wise Fool.

rise early and you will he healthy
and wise" observed the Sage.
That depends on whether you are an
early bird or an early worm" replied
ihe Fool
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19

There is private at CaUp Greene,
N C.. whom you can't call by name
without being a party TO a lying SLAM
der. His name is o. Slackor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
oh

Some fellows can tell a joke without
cracking a smile, and some are serious
when you imagine they are Joking But
what we started to say was that Ear
nest lester lives at Athens, Ga.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
The Limit

That fellow Smith ~ contrary
cuss," said Jones "Ile is simply bound
TO be on the wrong side in everything ="
That's right" agreed Brown. why,
II he lived in TsNa, he'd be a repub-
lican"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
Advice

A. hard luck you need never rave,
n you will just heed what I say,
You'll have dry weather N you save
Up something for n rainy day
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-19
And They'll Have To Go on Summer
Cars, George.

Luke McLuke says the girls are 60
ing back to hobble skirts this summer
And they'll have to take twice as
many steps to get anywhere and wear
those elftorture shoes, too.