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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20

upright in all his dealings. But he has
been cast by fate into maelstrom of
social economic change and is seeking
a refuge. He finds himself an object
of public antipathy solely because he
and his forbears for centuries past
have owned" one million and half
of acres of land in the north of Scot
land.
Now he is selling out his entire es-
tate in the British Isles and has come
to Canada to buy" a landed estate
wherein he might rest for centuries
to come. To his horror he finds Cana
da as bad as England. SO he has
turned his footsteps to the United
States with the idea of becoming a big
landowner" here.
Fearful to relate, the Single Tax
party has reared it's horrid front in
this country just as he arrives, and if
things keep on it is doubtful whether
he will be able to find any part of the
earth to which he can move, in which
he can purchase a monopoly that will
furnish him and his heirs forever a
living without working for it.
No, he will have to do like you and
me. He will have to invest his capt.
tai in some productive business enter
prise and live on the interest thereof
Hard fate, indeed, to be brought back
at last under the curse of Adam after
having handed that curse for centuries
tn the othpr fellows Horaip &c hic no.
demption, for he will acquire public
esteem, a clear conscience and an hon
orable record.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919.
KEEPING BUSY THE BIG THING.

Unless the people of this country,
farmer and city man alike, and railway
employee and worker in IA factory,
want to witness the most abject misery
that has ever come upon the land ey-
erything must keep moving. stop
page of the trains, of the factories or
of the farms spells disaster for us all.
The farmers are getting ready to SOW
another crop of wheat. They cannot
do so-at least they cannot seed an
adequate amount of grOund-unleSs
they have help. They must have labor.
They must have means of transporta-
tion and be able to secure fertilizers
and farm machinery. The man in the
city must have employment to enable
him to buy the wheat which the farm
er proposes to raise.
Whenever any man stops work, no
matter who he is, he IS making it hard
er for himself and everybody else. If
he fails to produce something or to as
sist in production, then he creates a
shortage to that extent, and the short
age precipitates higher prices. To sit
down and refuse to work because
prices are high is only helping TO make
them higher.
If the trouble of the world We're con-
fined to the United States, or to one
section of the United States, the rene
dy might be easy to find and easy to
apply when found. But it is world
wide; high prices prevail all over the
earth; unrest prevails; anxiety and
uncertainty prevail. SO while we
should not relax in our efforts to bring
relief, while we should devote much
of our energies to finding out whether
anyone in this immediate vicinity has
contributed illegally to the high price
of food, we should bear in mind that
no one can afford to stop working UNI
til the guilty party is rounded up.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
PREJuDGiNG ZONE OPERATION.

1t was inevitable that confusion
should arise in putting the new zone
system of trolley car fares into oper-
alton. Perhaps it is natural enough to
rail at the delays that have been occa-
stoned at the start, but it is yet to be
determined that these are occaSioned
as much by inherent faults of the sys-
TEN as by the speed with which it was
put into use and the unfamiliarity
with it's details.
Two things are plainly evident in
the present situation. One is that
nothing more is required for the sue
cessful physical operation of the sys-
TEN than the exercise of ordinary in
tellgence on the part of street car
men and the travelling public; and the
other is that there appears to exist
upon the part of certain car riders a
marked perversity that serves only to
increase delays and harass other pas
sengers.
Confusion, save where it is inten-
tionally caused, will, in the nature of
LHt CttSc, Dc Illdi hcUiy ltSS us Tic DuDllC
becomes more familiar with the sys-
TEN and learns to read the zone fare
tickets issued by the motorman and
to note the signs denoting the zones
through which the cars are passing.
Tactics of deliberate obstruction can
be dealt with by the police when they
arise.
Nothing is more certain than the
ability of NewarkerS and residents of
the state generally to adjust them
selves to the new plan, if they are so
disposed. This adjustment will take
place gradually and easily, despite
some delays to be attributed to the use
at first of makeshift equipment in the
cars and to the lack of training of the
car crews, which will disappear with
growing experience. In ten days the
novelty of the plan will be gone, and
in thirty it will be an old story, if the
car patrons give it a fair trial. Then,
ings of the plan be plainly revealed
in just proportions, and steps be taken
TO remedy them.
The zone system deserves a fair
trial. 1t has been tried elsewhere and
come to be the accepted thing. That
it's physical operation can be made
simple and efficient there is no rea-
son to doubt. This, of course, is en-
tirely apart from the question of the
fairness of zone limits and of the rate
of fare, which are subject tC revision
should it become necessary.-Newark
News.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
THE BOSTON SHOCK.

The state of affairs in Boston is well
nigh unbelievable.
Long boosted as the Hub of the
Universe" supposedly the center of
culture in the United States and the
dwelling place of the radical negrophile
elements, whose chief delight in the
past has been to accuse the south of
being savage and barbaric, Boston has
put the entire country to shame.
Bolshevik Russia can produce no
worse story than the breakdown of law
and order in the Massachusetts CAPT
tai
No mere strike of a police force
could be responsible for the letting
loose of the devils of greed and lust
such as Boston has witnessed.
There is something radically wrong
with this proud city.
Women were attacked by the score
according to Associated Press dis
patches.
Would this have happened in a
southern city, police or no police?
Perhaps the Bostonians who believe
their city shelters all that is good in
American civilization will think twice
in future before they discuss the bar
barity of the uncivilized south.
They must have got their culture con.
fused with that other brand known as
''kultur."
Bolshevik Boston! Shades of Will
liam Lloyd Garrison
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20

situation involving the sovereignty of
the United States thus falls to the
ground, shattered charge that never
had any right of being, but which
was used merely to intimidate the
ignorant and to create a false senti-
ment against the greatest document
that was ever written for the benefit
of mankind. The politicians can
never look back at their actions on
the League of Nations except with
commseration for themselves, for Il
critical world will never give Senator
Lodge and his followers great deal
of credit for their conduct of the
case, which deserved to fall fiat and
has The President has gained
ground on his trip.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
THE NEW JERSEY PRIMARY,

Next Tuesday will be Primary Day
in New Jersey. The big interest is
this year centered in the gOvernorship
There are four Republicans running
| for the nomination and two Democrats.
Of the former party candidates, New
ton X. Bugbee appears to have the
bulge, according to the investigations
made by New York and Philadelphia
| newspapers. There are strong inf1u-
ences behind his candidacy, and he
appears to be a politician with very
strong characteristics. Many of the
leading men of the state are for Bug
bee
Among the Democrats, Edwards
must surely win over any other man
Jim Nugent, being really weak
candidate. Both these Democrats
have made prohibition an issue, one
of the most foolish things ever under
taken. In the face of the now rec
ognized certainty of national prohibit
ton, it looks simple to talk about
being against prohibition" The anti
prohibition goose has been success
fully cooked, and it will be a long
time before the issue will ever come
up again.
Here in Bergen county the big
fight for Sheriff, where Bob Heath,
Democrat is fighting Joseph Kinzley,
ir., Republican, is the main contest.
The smaller offices do not cut much
figure this year.
In Fort Lee borough, George Hill,
at present councilman, is the regular
Republican candidate, with no opposi-
ton from his own or the Democratic
party. The statement has already been
published that Big Ed. White is going
to cut out the primary and run at
the general election through petition.
Something is needed to make the
world safe for consumers
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
ENGLAND HAS NO ADVANTAGE

AS President Wilson continues to
swing around the western circle, he
comes nearer and nearer to the point
of confounding his enemies His
speeches have been very strong, as
well as characteristic in giving clari-
fled interpretations of the League of
Nations, and the climax was reached
Wednesday in San Francisco when a
series of questions were presented to
him, among them the matter of Eng
lands having six votes to the United
States, only one This never was true,
and it is clearly stated in the con-
Stitution of the league. No final ma or
action on matters can be decided by
the membership of the league as Il
whole, which means that the minor
members cannot even vote On an
action by the council, composed of
United States, Canada, Australia and
India are merely members without
vote on anything pertaining to such
Il thing as war, or the punishment of
Il nation for violating the leagues
rules. All action by the council of
five must be unanimous.
President Wilson merely restated at
San Francisco what is already in the
league, and all of the capital" which
Senator Johnson, Senator Lodge and
others have made out of the impo-
tency of the United States in close
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20

nifty for every citizen, whether native
born or naturalized. Mr.. H. L. West
is the author and the last question is
his own.
In view of social discomfort, strikes
of policemen, railroaders, steelmakers,
dairymen and others, together with
what is wrong? Every Republican and
Democrat is struck dumb. Ask the
single taXer when you want to know.
EARSEN I. SOPEN.
West Palisade, Sept Is, 1919.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20

Something is needed to make the
world safe for consumers.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Road Committee of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of the County of
Bergen, New Jersey, at the office of the
Clerk of the Board, in the Court House,
Hackensack, on Wednesday, Septem-
Der II, at 10 a. M, for the construction
of drain outlet from the Edgewater-
Road to the point of water flow across
Anderson Avenue, Borough of Cliff
side.
Specifications may be seen and forms;
of proposals obtained at the office of
the County Engineer, Court House,
Hackensack, N. J.
All bids must be enclosed in a Sc
curely sealed envelope and endorsed:
proposal for the construction of q
drain outlet from the Edgewater Road
to the point of water flow across An
Park, n. J."
The bidders name must appear on
the envelope and failure to comply
Herewith may cause the rejection of
the bid.
All proposals must be accompanied
by certified check for ten (10) per
cent of the amount bid, made payable
to the order of the County of Bergen.
The right to reject any or all bids
for any cause whatsoever is hereby re-
served
WILLIAM BESWICK,
EDISON b. GORHAM,
WILLIAM H. ROBERTS.
OSWALD G. MEHRHOF,
Road Committee.
JAS. NJ. HARDNESS,
Clerk.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
A DUKE ON THE LEVEL.

The Duke of Sutherland is today a
subject for the illustration of the prin-
ciples of political economy just as the
Gar of Russia was an object lesson
for the study of absolute monarchy.
Personally he is reported to be a
most estimable man, honorable and
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
LEGAL NOTICE,

Creditors of Charles Frank, deceased,
are, by order of j. Blauvelt Hopper,
Surrogate of Bergen County, dated July
l4th, 1918, upon application of the sub
scriber notified to bring in their debts,
demands and claims against his estate,
under oath, within nine months from
above date
MARTHA FRANK
Ut Executrixt
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20

Creditors of JOHN AMANN, deceased,
are, by order of J. Blauvelt Hopper,
Surrogate of Bergen County, dated June
Both, 1919, upon application of the sub
scriber, notified to bring in their debts,
demands and claims against his estate,
under oath, within nine months from
above date.
MADELEINE AMANN,
Administrative.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
FOR SALE.

BRAND NEW straight piece tapestry
living room suite, made to order
Cost $500; price $175.; rare bargain.
Apply any time after 6 p. M, NJ Elkon,
Dearborn Road, Palisade, N. J., tel
800 Cliffside. ct
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20

A catechism of the Constitution of
the United States is in my hand Its
final question is: Q. Why should the
Constitution of the United States be
upheld? A. Because under its wise
provisions the United States has de-
veloped into a great nation of happy
and prosperous people, because it con-
tains sacred guarantees of protection
for the individual and because (note
this) it affords freedom and opportu-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-20
Amonu the IoWlx

Recently | moved among the Clover
classes" Poles, Jews. Italians, etc, and
my experience taught me that there
are precious jewels among those peo-
pies which may be discovered at a
minimum of research if the right SEN
timent is the motive. Not only does
adversely like a toad ugly and ven
omous bear a precious jewel in its
head" but the people in adversely also
carry the jewel.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
Ill. central.
PuTS0N trains
Regular Passenger Sched-
ule on That Railway
Being Resumed as
Usual Today.
OTHERS THURSDAY
OTHERS THURSDAY
Trains on Other Roads not
Back Before Middle of
Week.

Agent CIV. Harrison of the Illinois
Central railway has received notice
that all trains on that road will be put
back int6 service today, although the
original order was that passenger
train service throughout the country
would not be resumed as usual until
Thursday Neither the Chicago &
Northwestern nor the Fort Dodge. Des
Moines 4 Southern railway agents
here have received any notice of regll-
lar schedules being resumed today, and
do not expect the trains on those
roads to be back on duty before mid
night Wednesday.
The two trains into Webster City on
the Illinois Central which were taken
off are No. Il and No. IA, the first.
westbound, arriving here at 1858 a. m.
and the latter. eastbOund. arriving here
ut 3:34 y. m. These two passengers
will be back into service today. and the
local stops which were made by the
trains No. IL and No. 16 will be dis
These ,later trains had
been making all regular and flag Stop
formerly made by the two trains which
were taken out of service.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
MANY new MEMBERS
OF FARM BUREAU
Drive not Finished, but
Membership is 1926
p Now.

Although in some townships the
membership drive is not yet completed,
as nearly as can be estimated, there are
now ,235 members of the Hamilton
County Farm Bureau. The canvass
has been interrupted during the. past
two weeks by the heavy snowfall, and
there are number of farmers in sew
eral townships which remain to be Wis
tied.
In addition to the $500 membership
fee, farmers were asked to contribute
to Il special federation fund, and in this
county $4,O97 was raised.
The report Of new members, as near
ly as is complete. is as follows:
Fremont, 60: Freedom, 81 !; Marion,
ia; Cass, ia; Scott, 112; Els
worth, 1893; Lincoln, 100; Lyon, 9S !;
Williams. 90: Clear Lake, 81; Rose
Grove. 60; Independence, 40; Hamil-
ton, AZ; Boone, As; Blairsburg. 40;
Liberty, IS; Webster, 30.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
Land to Remain High.

Iowa land prizes at $500 to $500 per
acre are here 10 stay, and prices of
farm products will not go back to
where they were before the war. Presi-
dent Charles Z. Cameron so declared
in his annual address before the state
agricultural convention at the state
house in Des Moines few days ago.
Said he:
"a few years ago l made the predic-
ton in one Of my addresses to this body
that land in Iowa in the near future
would be selling at from $500 to $500
per acre." said Mr.. Cameron. THAT
has come true. No doubt the war
brought this condition about sooner
than natural conditions would have
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
Heyer.ThOml,sOn.

Thursday evening at 4:3O O'Clock
Miss Anna G. Heyer, eldest daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Heyer, of KAN
rar was united in marriage to Mr..
Theodore Thompson, eldest son of Ole
A. Thompson of Pontiac, III. The Rev.
II. n. GerdeS of the Presbyterian
church of Kamrar otiiciated. They
were accompanied to the parsonage by
Miss Bertha A. Cordes and Mr.. Ben
Heyer.
The bride wore very pretty gown
of pearl gray satin.
Miss Heyer is one Of kamrars pop
ular young ladies, and is loved by all
who know her.
The groom is also a popular young
man and is well known in and earound
Kamrar, having visited relatives here
many times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson will visit
with friends and relatives at Kamrar
until after the holidays and will then
go to Pontiac. ILL.,. their future home.
Many friends extend to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson their hearty congratulations.
They will be- at home to their friends
after March 1 OH the grOom's farm near
pputiac
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
GAS PETITIONS
GO TO COUNCIL.
Chamber of Commerce Will
Present Petitions to
City Council
Tonight.
ASK FOR ELECTION
Effort Being Made This
Afternoon to Complete
Petitions.
ASK FOR ELECTION

The Chamber Of Commerce expects
this evening to present to the city corni-
Gil the petitions it has circulated asking
q special election for the purpose OF
voting bonds with which to buy the
gas plant.
1t is not known this afternoon just
how many signatures have been secur-
ed. Around five hundred are necessary,
however. in order to permit the coun-
Gil to call a special election. This morn
ing the petitions were considerably
short of that number. due TO the fact
that the men having them in charge
have been delayed in circulating them
by the cold weather. Herculanean eff
forts are being made this afternoon
and it is expected that when the coun-
Gil cOnvenes this evening at 30, the
petitions will be presented.
There has been no trouble in getting
signatures--the work being merely Il
matter Of seeing voters.
The council will probably call the
election about Jan. -.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15

"a
The discount OH all bills paid within
the specified time will be 10 per cent.
whether fer cooking, power or lights.
Loss Not Estimated.
Just how much the loss during the
past year, will amount to cannot be
ascertained definitely until Ill accounts
have been checked at the esd Of the
year, and the electric meters are read
Jan. 1. The greatest loss OF the year
has been during the past six weeks,
due to the coal strike when a minimum
amount OF electricity has been used.
and the income has been hard hit"
During the entire year, however. labor
a;.tl material have been m3rs expensive
tl.AL ever befole, and in order to meet
these. increased expenses the council
has found it Necessary to make the
raise in rara;.
The ordinance will become effective
Jan. /.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
PUPILS viii Get Awards.

At least seven school pupils of this
city will receive certificates signed by
Governor Harding for having sold more
than 200 Red Cross Christmas seals.
These students are Virgil Carrier,
Howard Bige, Opal Jesen, Margaret
ironing. June McFerren, Mabel Yung-
elias and Dick Anderson. Mrs. w. j..
Zitterell, county chairman, has receiv-
ed $S9.12 from the schools as the pro-
ceeds from the stamps sold by the
school students.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
Post-Nuptial Courtesy.

Complimenting Mrs. Martha Ostrem-
Johnson. ii November bride, Mrs. w. j.
Zitterell and Miss Clara Gabrielson en-
tertained at a delightful dinner party
Saturday evening at the Zitterell home.
Covers for the twelve guests partici-
pating in the pleasant affair were ar
ranged at one large table, and deli
ciouS two course dinner was served at
6 o'clock. Dainty cards marked each
guests place, and large candelaDrnm
formed an attractive centerpicce. Fol.
lowing the dinner, Mrs. Johnson was
presented with Il miscellaneous shower,
a large basket of gifts being placed be-
fore her on the table. The evening was
passed in pleasant informal manner.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15

done. However. il is here. and lit is
here to stay. People ask me if think
land will stay at that price. and + SAY
it certainly will. 1t may not go higher
for some time, but do not think it will
go back.
do you expect farm products to 90
back TO the same level as they We're be
fore the war? | do not. Wages and
everything else thar enters into the
production of the farm has gone up.
In my opinion the farmer will con-
tinue to sell his hogs for $40 per hun
dred and over and his corn for 81 per
bushel and other things in proportion
for some time to come.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
CITY ELECTRIC
Rates !, WILL Be
HIGHER. Jan. |.
Council Will Pass Ordinance
Increasing, Rates to
Meet the Increased
Expenses.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY l
Municipal Plant has Been
on Losing Basis Past
Year.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY /

The city municipal. electric light and
power plant has been running on los
ing basis during the past month";, In
fact, expenditures during the entire
past year have exceeded the income
For this reason, the council has found
1t necessary to increase the rates for
electricity. The new ordinance pro.
viding for this increase is to be passed
at the meeting of the council this
evening. Tho new rates are as fol.
lows:
The Rates.
For lights first 100 kilowatt
hours per month, s cents per kilo-
watt hour. This rate was former
~ Z cents. All over 100 kilowatt
Z, hours per month, 6 cents per kilo-
watt hour. The old rate was
cents.
For power-first 100 kilOwatt
hours per month, 7ha cents per
kilowatt hour. This is an increase
OF ~ cents over the old rate. For
the next 100 kilowatt hours per
month 81 cents per kilowatt hour.
while 4 cents was the former rate.
For all over 200 kilowatt hours
per month, 4 cents per kilowatt
hour. This rate has been % cents
For cooking first 100 kilowatt
hours per month, 81. cents per,
kilowatt hour, increased from
cents. All over 100 !. kilowatt
hours cents per kilowatt hour,
or an increase OF cent over the
Olf1 ratio
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-12-15
Fort Dodge Wins Gun.

The cup given by the Des Moines
Register and Tribune to the champion
high school foot ball team of Iowa
has been awarded to the Fort Dodge
eleven. The jury which made the
award was composed of Robert Smylie
OF Shell Rock. ira Carrithers of Coe
college at Cedar Rapids, l.. II. Ladd of
Pomeroy, f. j.. Osgood Of Charles City
and Peter Welsh of Des Moines. Three
high schools We're given serious consid-
Grafton. They were Ames, North High
of Des Moines and Fort Dodge.