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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
RESOLUTION.

A delegation representing conscien-
tious directors, or members of the
Mennonite church from Johnson, Wash
ington and Iowa counties, appeared
before the Council September % and
asked that they be excused from con-
tributing directly to the Fourth Lib
erty loan, agreeing to give, if neces-
sary, five times their quota to other
war work. The request was denied
and the following resolution passed:
THAT it is the sense of the Iowa
State Council of National Defense that
there is no room in Iowa for the So
called conscientious objector." That
every resident of Iowa should respond
cheerfully and literally to all war
measures, and in the manner required
by the proper authorities, and that
the request of the representatives Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

ing relatives at Fayette and Rowan.
Mrs Towsley was in Strawberry
Point Wednesday.
Miss Roffath, nurse from Dyers-
Vile, is here caring for Bertha Putt
who is quite i'll with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcel Perrinjacquet
are parents of son, born, Monday
October 7th.
Mrs. Eda Boyer was caller in
Strawberry Point Wednesday,.
Mrs. Charley Hammond and son,
Harry, were shopping in Strawberry
Point Friday.
Mrs. Nellie Eaton is here from
Armstrong, Iowa, visiting relatives.
Mrs. Ford, who is staying with Miss
Susan Annis spent Friday in Straw
berry Point.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
C. r. REGGINTINE FOR SUPER
VISOR.

C. r. Reggintine of the River Valley
neighborhood is making brief calls
when time will permit in his candi-
dacy for supervisor to succeed +. A.
Mead. The people of this section OF
the county are going to give Charlie
a royal support, from all indications,
and without regard to political affili-
ations. Mr.. Reggintine is a prosper
GUS farmer who has always stood high
as friend and neighbor and citizen in
this community. He had already made
his arrangements to retire from the
farm and enjoy the fruits of his toll
while his sons took his place. But
the war upset ALI calculations with
him as it did with many others. Mr.
Reggintine early announced that
whenever Uncle Sam needed his boys
they were ready for service and he
would stay home and run the farm.
He has two sons now in service, one
in the navy and now in the transport
service conveying the boys safely to
Farnce, and the other at Camp Cor
uOH eagerly dN LIS lui IL W So w
err to the trenches Mr. Reggintine and
one small son of II years are kept
more than busy on the farm and do
ing their best to keep up production.
Mr.. Reggintine's claims to consider
alton for supervisor are that he comes
section of the county that has not a
member on the board, and that his OPP
ponent is now filling his third term
in that office and is asking for a
fourth. The argument that three
terms for a supervisor are plenty
is well taken and will have earnest
consideration of the voters of the
county. The Leader, having known
Mr.. Reggintine for several years, feels
that it would be negligent of its duty
as representative of the community If
it did not reflect the high standing in
which he is held and his entire wor-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Martin have NOV
ed into the Geo. Tyrell house. Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Durfey have moved
back to town and are occupying their
home vacated by Mr.. Martin.
Floyd Hatch made a business trip
to Chicago this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Gray and children re-
turned home the first of the week from
Cedar Rapids.
DR.. Howard Of Strawberry Point was
a professional caller here Tuesday.
Mrs. A. j. Elliott visited her sister
and family at Arlington the first Of
the week
Bert Fowler and two children are
here from Waverly spending a few
days with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Curran are visit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
PRESIDENT WILSON'S "NO."
fnac Moinoc Popictor


Never has question SO moment
Gus and so far-reaching been settled
so quickly, so positively, so effective
ly and with such united nation back
of it as the question of the peace pro-
posal advanced by Austria. President
Wilson devoted only two sentences
to turning down the proffer of Sc
cret and nonbinding peace meeting
More words were unnecessary; they
would have weakened the force of the
answer. President Wilson has writ
ten many memorable state documents.
1t is highly probable that his mes
sages to congress have been read in
their entirety by more people than
ever glanced through such documents
from former presidents. Brevity,
clarity and forcefulness have made
the nation sit at the presidents
feet and listen to him. Two or three
columns of ordinary newspaper type
have suffieed for the president in his
reviews of the nations affairs to con-
gress. AS a result, he has been read,
and being read he has Influenced public
opinion more and welded the nation
closer to him than would have been
possible by any other course OF pro-
cedure. In his various speeches and
messages which constitute the declar-
alton of our war aims and objects,
he has been equally concise and force
full. Never, however, did he rise to the
occasion in more inspired manner
than when he dismissed the well-nigh
insulting peace proposal of Austria
with the few words which were all
it deserved.
A clever entertainer sojourning in
Des Moines thi sweek creates laugh
by asserting, from the stage, that If
a diplomat says yes he means maybe;
if he says maybe he means no; If he
says no he is not diplomat. Measur-
ed thus, President Wilson is no dip
lomat, for he said no most emphatical-
ly and unequivocally. But IL he is no
diplomat he can find solace in the fact
that he is real leader and genuine
patriot at time when such men are
needed to counteract the influence OF
the diplomats with their INSCRIPTIONS
Germany used her dip
lomats to foment trouble in Mexico
and to propose an alliance between
Mexico and Japan against the United
States. Germany used her diplomats
to betray Russia and to prostitute the
alleged leaders of the Russian people.
America has no need of any such dip
lomats. What it needs is man like
President Wilson who can say no,
mean it and find a united nation back
of him when he says it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
EDGEWOOD.

Mrs. Rosenkrans came home Tues
day from few days visit with Man
chester relatives.
Allen Hansel came home Wednes-
day from a trip to South Dakota.
Mr.. John Sevey, who has been a
patient sufferer for seveal months
passed away at his home in Edge
wood, on Sunday morning, October
9Th. The funeral services were held
in the Congregational church on Tues
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

day afternoon Rev. G. H. True Of
| ficiated
Edgewood people are very much
pleased to hear that Rev. Bretnall
has been returned to Edgewood for
another year
Mr. William P. Adams and Miss
Meta Brockmeier of Colesburg were
united in marriage on September 25th.
Edgewood friends have received
word of the death of Grant Shepard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Shepard,
former residents of this place. Grant
passed away at the Great Lakes Naval
Training station near Chicago.
Quite a number of our Edgewood
citizens attended the funeral of Mrs.
Bert Fowler, which was held at Gree
ley, last Sunday
R. C. Wheeler and wife autoed to
Independence last Sunday
Mrs. Amanda Reedy has been spend
ing a couple of weeks in the George
Flemming home.
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Coolidge and
daughter, and Mrs. NJ M. Coolidge
autoed to Fayette last Sunday. Mrs.
NJ NJ Coolidge remained until Tues
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Steve
Funk.
Mr. Harley Everett, formerly but
termaker for the Farmers Creamery
Company at this place received the
highest score in the whole milk class
at the Waterloo Dairy Congress
Miss Lyle Steifer spent part of
last week in the Ora Hines home on
Bear Creek
DR. and Mrs D w Newman and lit
tie son, and Mrs. Alvira Newman and
daughter, were over Sunday visitors
in Iowa City, making the trip in the
formers Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery are here from
Erie, Illinois, visiting their daughter
Mrs. R. c. Cooking.
Miss Jennie Robbins was home last
week from Des Moines, where she is
teaching
Ben Pulley of Oxford junction was
in town a few days last week.
Mrs. Witt and daughter, Nellie Wis
tied in Dubuque recently.
DR.. ID. w. Newman spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Calrnar attending a
Dental association.
Roy Pilgrim, who is attending
Cornell College is quite i'll with
Spanish Influenza.
Mrs. Nancy Robbins visited her son
in Manchester last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Beohm on Bear
Creek are the parents of daughter
born October 9Th. Miss Lena Ben
son of Strawberry Point is caring for
the mother and child.
Mr.. Arson Alger was here last week
| from near Staples, Mimi. and spent
a few days with his mother and other
relatives.
Mrs. Clarence Jones of Manchester
visited in the Welterlen home the
first of last week.
| Herbert Hesner spent few days
in Waterloo and Chicago recently.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Elliott OF
Oelwein are the proud parents OF a
son, Gordon Eugene, born, October
3rd
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Putt came home
Wednesday from Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Eva Rhines attended a w. C.
T. U. convention at Perry last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Hird and chill
dren of Dubuque were in Edgewood
last Sunday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

thiness for the office. Were it not true
he would not command the cordial
support and good will of his loyal
section, where his successful efforts
and citizenship have been under OBJ
servance for many years. The coun-
ty can do no better than elect Mr.. Reg
gentine by a big vote.-Hopkinton
Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
X. OF. C. WAR ACTIVITIES.

Practically all of the fifty-two X.
of C. councils in Iowa have arrang-
ed to observe Liberty Day" October
u IN response to the request Of Presi-
dent Wilson that the 426th anniver-
sary of the discovery Of America by
Columbus be used as an added impetus
to boost Liberty bond sales. In Sioux
City the bond drive will start that
day with a big patriotic celebration
and the day following class of 300
viii be elevated to the Fourth degree
the highest honor in the ceremonial
of the Knights of Columbus
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
THE KAISER MUST GO.

The Presidents reply to Germany,
which appears on the first page OF this
paper, fixes what may be termed a
mile post in he hisory of the present
war, if not in the history Of the world.
This government will have no DEAL
ings with the kaiser and his crew of
inhuman monsters. Germany must
change it's form of government, or
Germany will be put to the sword.
That is the substance of the Presi-
dents reply. That decree establishes
a national precedent Hereafter every
government must observe the STAN
dards of civilization, or become an out
law among nations the same as
thieves and burglars are among men.
There are three reasons why the
German autocrats are panic stricken
and are throwing themselves at Will
sons feet and begging for peace.
list. Their armies can not long
withstand the constant blows of the
Allies
End. Turkey and Austria are at the
parting of the ways. They have had
to sever their relations with Germany,
if they can secure almost any kind of
peace terms from the Allies.
3rd. The long-suffering German
people, if their Chancellor can be be-
lieved, are ready to throw their Jonah
overheard. The chancellor says that
he is supported by the will of major
ity of the German people when he Of
fers to accept the peace terms laid
down by President Wilson in his adj
dress of January sth and subsequent
addresses. In one of these subsequent
addresses the President made it quite
clear that the destruction of Germany's
autocratic government was one of his
peace terms.
During the past week the Allied ar
mics have continued to forge ahead
every day at some part of the battle
line in France. The railway line from
Berlin to Constantinople has been cut
by the Allies. This skaters the kali
sers dream of dominion in the far
east, and also, makes it quite desirable
for the murderous Turk to secure
some kind of peace before he is invad-
ed by an avenging army that will de- |
mand blood in satisfaction for a mil |
lion murdered Armenians
Who can tell what the coming week |
may have in store for mankind? HUI
manity is fast approaching the thresh-
hold of new conditions, and the Presi-
dent of the United States is the master
builder of the new era.
Sordid interests must not be per-
mltted to interfere with his plans and |
impair their future usefulness
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

The Kaiser in his campaign Of
frightfulness in Belgium and France
violated Gods laws, laws which are
never amended, never suspended. new
GER repealed. While vengeance belongs
to the Lord, President Wilson wants
the German people to have chance
to deal with the monsters who have
mislead and misrepresented them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16
POLITICAL SPEECHES NOT WANT.
ED THIS YEAR.
Cedar Rapids Republican,

Cedar Rapids RepubIlcan.J
Those who are thinking of making
political speeches this year might as
well forget it. They will not be
called for and they will not be &C
ceptable to the people. No one will
make votes by talking for them. All
that the men who are running for
offices can do to help themselves to
votes is to 60 about serving their
country in some way or other as best
they can. Patriotism is now the only
kind of politics to talk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

The Des Moines council of the X.
of C. has the right system. They buy
Liberty Bonds by assessing each men,
Der, the bonds becoming the property
of the council, which has just author
lied the purchase of $4,000 worth OF
the Fourth Liberty bond issue.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

That Iowa knights are just as chiv-
alrous as those of We olden days when
strated recently when J. l.. Blunt of
Charles City and Mike Driscoll, Dan
bury gave up their reservations on
board a ship bound for France
to several Red Cross nurses who
had no place to sleep. The two
men who were going overseas as K.
of C. secretaries slept all the way on
deck In appreciation of their gal
lantry the nurses presented the two
Iowans with copies of Tennyson's
''Idylls' with the inscription: ITO the
finest men in France, whom all the
Red Cross nurses love-" Helen Nc
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

John Ryan. for several years the
popular steward at the Hotel Black
hawk in Davenport has gone east to
sail for France as X. Of c. secretary.
Iowa is responding generously to the
call for secretaries and many appli-
cations for service overseas are be-
ing handled by Joe Mccormick Of Ced-
ar Rapids, state secretary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

81 have seen real men of perhaps
thirty or thirty-five years of age act
ually cry they were so happy when
food and hot chocolate was distribut-
ed by the knights of Columbus work
ers," writes Lieutenant Everett s..
Bailey, 163d U. S. Infantry, A. E. F..
in letter to A. G. Bestenlehner, fl
nancial secretary of the K. of c. at
Muscatine. eff you folks in the states
could but see the number of boys
who use our huts to get touch Of the
home life, you would feel amply re-
paid for any sacrifice you have made"
Lieutenant Bailey asserts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

Caffrey of Boston acted as "spokes-
man" for the nurses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-16

The September issue of the Iowa
magazine, published by the Great Iowa
Association contains an article on the
war work of the Knights of Columbus
in Iowa. 1t is illustrated with pic
lures of the main building at Camp
Dodge, J. j. Meyers Of Carroll, SUI
prene director; J. H. Devaney of Cas-
cade, state deputy and other officers.
]. F. Ashe of Waterloo has report
ed at the X. OF c. war activities bu
reau in New York for secretarial SER
vice overseas. Passports also have
been requested for PauF Presley Of
Dubuque. Both will probably sail i'm
the next contingent Of X. of G. secre-
tarieS for France
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12

corded in. our office so that there is no
mistake or guess work.
There is besides good wages
splendid opportunity for man to get
started on his own account. There are
some who came into the valley to pick
cotton last fall who are leasing land
this spring, and will grow their own
crops.
One of the most striking illustra-
lions of thrift through cotton is that
of a man with an invalid wife and six
small children who came here TO pick
cotton three years ago-in 1914. This
man was $500 in debt when he arrived.
He is now worth $4,000 cash and is
growing cotton on an extensive scale.
Another man came in broke four
years ago, picked cotton at first,
awaited himself of an opportunity and
now owns 100 acres, is out of debt
and expects TO plant 500 acres TO cot
ton this year
Mr.. Knox asks the cooperation of
every grower in the matter of labor,
especially in regard to labor from Mex
leo, and this cooperation means CO.
operation with the federal govern
ment. This labor must be returned to
Mexico as soon as the specific work
agreed upon is finished. This labor
cannot be inticed by others without
committing an offense against the fed
eral government.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12
FINE CARLOADS
Of COTTON NOW
SHIPPED WEEKLY

About five carloads of baled cotton
a week are moving out of the Salt
River valley at present. This cotton is
going to the eastern market. Cotton
of the grade shipped from this valley
is quoted in the east around IS cents.
There has been considerable specu-
lation as to when there will be enough
cars available to move the Arizona
cotton crop with more regularity and
in larger daily shipments, but none has
been able to give any reliable Informal
ton. 1t is a matter for the govern
ment to decide 1t is believed however
that when the warm weather reduces
the demand for coal in the cold states
and when the present rush of grain
east for shipment to the allies abates
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12
GOOD YEAR FOR COTTON

What kind of a year is this
going to be for cotton?' is ques-
ton often asked these days. And
the answer usually is, That de-
ponds on what kind Of a spring
we have
From present indications there
is to be an early spring. This will
mean that the cotton will get an
early start. Last season was from
thirty to forty days late, and to
this was largely attributed the
falling off in the quantity of cot
ton to the acre that was harvested.
Growers appear enthusiastic over
the prospects for the coming sea-
son. 1t looks like a good cotton
year to them and they are making
their plans accordingly. They say
a normal, or early spring. with a
finer grade of cotton seed to plant,
and with larger experience to back
them up, should bring by far the
best and largest acreage yield in
history.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12
$4,000 MEN WILL BE NEEDED
To HARVEST COTTON CROP
IN ALL DISTRICTS Of ARIZONA

1t viii take approximately $4,000
persons to pick the cotton crop of 1918,
according to a close estimate made
yesterday by w. H. Knox, secretary Of
the Arizona Cotton Growers associa-
ton.
Mr. Knox in his estimate anticipates
that there Will be 100 1000 acres planted
TO cotton in the salt River valley alone,
with 2000 acres to cotton in the Flor
cnce district 10000 acres in the Casa
Grande district, 2000 acres in the Par
Eer district on the Colorado river, and
$4,000 acres in the Yuma district This
makes a total of $4,000 acres which
Mr. Knox estimates will be planted
throughout Arizona this season.
The Arizona Cotton Growers asso-
citation, which is strictly cooperative
organization deals exclusively with
the labor situation, and is Familiarity
known as the labor organization among
cotton men. To this association has
been assigned the gigantic task of pro-
vidinS labor for planting, cultivating
and harvesting cotton grown in Ari-
ZOna. Mr.. Knox in a talk before cotton
growers at the Water Users building
Saturday said that at least $4,000 addi-
tiOnal laborers would be required to
adequately harvest the 1918 cotton
crop. lie estimated that there We're
5000 cotton labOrers here at present
and that this would be ample to put in
the crop and attend to it until picking
time.
we get labor from every possible
source said NJ. Knox in speaking to
the editor Of The Arizona Republicans
Cotton Edition. But we try to get
each year ds many as possible whom
we believe VIII remain permanently in
the state.
I'VE get many of our pickers from
the southern states. The most of these
are white, We do not encourage ne
groes to come, not that we are drawing
the color line in the sense that it is
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12

known in the SOUTH but because of
certain policies agreed upon after
conference with leading citizens of the
growing sections, looking to harmony
among employers and employees.
25,000 More Are Needed
I'VE will need $4,000 additional
pickcrs when the harvest begins. Just
where we are going to get this labor
nobody knows at present. But We
have got to get it and we are going
to get it. That is positive. When there
is will there is Il way, they say, and
when person has got to do a thing
he simply will do it. lie can't get
away from it. So we are going to get
those $4,000 pickers. After we have
got as many pickers from this country
as possible there viii still be a large
shortage, and the only apparent source
from which to meet this shortage is
Mexico. The government last season
gave us permission to bring laborers
over the border from Mexico for the
purpose of working in the cotton, with
the specific understanding that we
would return this labor to Mexico
when no longer needed here.
We will carry on an extensive labor
getting campaign in the southern
states this season and will probably
extend this campaign into the northern
states.
We in the cotton districts of Ari-
IONA have certain inducements that
cannot be found in the old cotton
growing sections of the south. There
are hundreds of cases where expert
picllers last season made from 81 ito S.
a day right along, day in and day out
Such returns are unknown in the
southern cotton districts.
"One of our Mexican families started
broke in October and today has 500
in the bank. Another started broke
last October and now is $500 to the
good. We have many such cases re-
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12

tanned by lease or purchase some 10000
acres of Salt River Valley land. OF this
vast acreage about 1000 acres were
planted 10 cotton last year and the
most of the remainder will be planted
to cotton this year This company is
operated and owned by the Goodyear
Rubber company of Akron, o., one Of
the largest manufacturers Of automo-
bile tires in the world. This company
decided to grow cotton here after cot
ton from this valley had been tested
out and proved TO he the best for use
in The fiber parts of automobile tires.
The Southwest Cotton company has
developed thousands of acres of raw
desert land and is building two towns
in the center of the two districts in
which it is operating. These towns arc
being built for permanency because of
the wonderful future seen in the cotton
industry of this valley.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-12

sunshine are best of germ destroyers.
Raising hogs for market is a good
business here, While golden profits will
be realized by a few through hog men
who first establish farms in this valley
for raising registered stuff for breeding
purposes.
Poultry and turkeys do well in Casa
Grande valley and when it becomes
more fully developed, will be one of
the chief resources. The dry air and
freedom from morning dews makes
this an ideal turkey country. The local
demands for poultry products are good,
and prices received are such as to give
satisfactory profits to those engaged
in this business.
5000 Acres in Cotton
But cotton this year will be the big
crop. 1t is estimated that from 10000
to $4,000 acres will be planted to the
long staple product 1t is reported
that seed for 1900 acres has already
been purchased