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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
Improvements Nearly Done.

| The improvements which are being
made at the court house are now well
under way, and in fact, are nearing
completion.
plete change. Cement floors have been
laid throughout, and the walls and
woodwork have been freshly painted.
Fine electric light fixtures have also
been installed. An inside stairway has
been built in to the basement from the
entrance on the east side of the build
ing, an outside stairway having for
merly been the only entrance from that
side.
There are now three large Office
rooms in the basement. The board Of
supervisors will occupy the room to
the southeast, which is underneath the
county auditors Office. The northeast
room will be occupied by the county
superintendent. This room was for
merly three rooms and with the par
titions taken out has made splendid,
large, pleasant office room. Another
room to the northwest has been fixea
up for the sheriff's Office. The sheriff
has up to this time occupied the same
Office with the county clerk.
The room where the County superin-
tendent now has his Office will he fixed
up for the judges room and The room
now occupied by the Judges will be us
ed as an attorneys consultation room.
The court room has been re-decorat-
ed but the fixtures which have been
decided upon will not be installed until
in April, between the March and May
terms Of court. The new offices in the
basement will be ready for occupancy
in the very near future. =
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
Revenue Man Coming Here.

Collector of Internal Revenue
| Murphy announces that an income
tax officer will be in Hamilton county
at the following towns, and places, on
the dates stated:
Webster City, March l to March 81,
court house.
Williams, April / to April 3, i'll
quire Of postmaster.
Jewell, April 4 to April 10, inquire
of postmaster.
Collector Murphy, in a warning is
sued to taxpayers, instructs them not
to pay taxes in cash, but by check,
draft, or money order, and not to pay
any man representing himself to be
a government officer, and payment for
his services, as the government EN-
ploys and pays these officers to assist
taxpayers.
Every married person, living with
husband or wife, who had a net in
come in 1918 of $1,000 or more, count
ing in the earnings of minor children
is obliged to make an income tax re-
turn; every unmarried person, OF
married person not living with hus'
band or wife, who had net income
of $1,000 during 1913, must make a
return. The penalties for failure TO
make return, when required, are fine
and Imprisonment
Deputy collectors will have supply
Of forms for all taxpayers.
Before calling on the income tax
man, be sure to have all your figures
ready-a complete statement of all
the money you took in and paid out
last year. z
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Murray McMurray in the Iowa
Homestead: Much has been said and
written about the various branches of
poultry raising to show that one is
more profitable than the other Some
claim that the spring rooster business
is the most profitable and others that
the selling Of the settings of eggs and
mature breeding stock means more in
the pocketbock, but when you come
right down to brass tacks it all comes
back to one thing-the keynote OF
chicken raising, which is the hen that
lays is the one that pays. If she
won't lay the eggs not only in the
springtime when they are easy to get
but also during the fall and winter,
she is not paying proposition for
ninety-five per cent Of the people who
raise chickens.
And it is really remarkable how
many will give board and lodging to
la flock of hens that don't average
eighty-eggs a year. | know, for
boarded such flock for one year
the first in my poultry experience.
Since then l. have been making them
pay their way. In the last three
years my average egg production per
hen has gradually increased from JOS
| in 1916 to $40 in 1917 and 191 in the
! year just finished. This is. of course,
! for a flock of only twelve to fifteen
hens, but am sure that an average
Of 100 could be maintained for a
large flock of several hundred birds.
/ have several fundamental points
that I consider responsible for egg
| production. In the first place, !
would keep only pullets for laying. A
few hens may be kept over winter for
breeding purposes, but the pullets are
the ones that will lay the eggs. Sec
only, all my pullets are Matched dur
| ing March and April. The earlier
they can be Matched after March ],
the earlier they will lay. Thirdly, a
pullet must be fed and cared for cor
rectly and just about three-fOurths OF
the responsibility for egg laying can
be laid at this point.
MY chicks are all incubatOr-ha tched
and brooder-raised. l favor an oil
burning, colony brOoder as being the
simplest and easiest method of rails
| ing chicks. In my opinion, a brooder
has hen beaten. every time and !
have proved it in the number OF
chicks one has raised for me, to say
nothing of the care necessary to take
with hens, on the nest. incidentally l
might say. that a good many eggs are
Host by broody and sitting hens and
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
Taken Back to Penitentiary.

An idictment. was returned by the
grand jury during this term Of court
against Frank Adams and VIM. Marsh
for stealing an automobile.
Tie car In question belonged to J. D.
Adams residing south of this city. \
Ind viriven, the car te-.eewsa
to attend church and while she was at
church the car disappeared. She noti-
fled the police and the county sheriff
and then went to the Snyder-Kayser
garage to notify them to keep a watch
for the car, and upon reaching the gar
age found it standing outside in the
possession Of VIM Marsh, who was
ready to 60 for a JOY ride, having in
yited Frank Adams and two girls to go
for q ride. When brought befOre' the
grand Jury, Mr.. Adams exonorated
himself. proving that he had not been
in the car and had been invited by Mr..
Marsh to go for ride. The latter,
who was a paroled prisoner from Ana
mosa, has been IAN employee at the
Northwestern Felt Shoe factory in this
city. He was placed under arrest,
there being clause in the indictment
which would have held him over until
the next grand jury, but due to the
fact that he had broken his parole,
state officials came to this city after
him Friday, returning him to the
state penitentiary.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Mash, charcoal, oyster shell and grit
are always before them. I feed cab
bage and sprouted oats i'm the winter
to supply green feed and find 1t very
necessary to get an abundance Of VIM
ter eggs.
Just before the pullets start laying,
which is generally lin October, / in
crease the. evening feed to the rate
Of pint of scratch feed for six
chickens This is too much for hens
and will cause them to stop laying
and fatten up, but it seems to make
the pullets hum. My pullets averaged
eighteen eggs each in October last
year, nineteen in November and eigh-s
teen in December. regard those
figures as very good, but always have
hopes of doing little better.
l keep Single Comb Reds and Single
Comb Black Minorcas, which happen
to be the two breeds of chickens / like
for appearance and size. The Minor
cas- lay little earlier in the fall and
not quite so well in the winter and do
not get broody to any extent in the
spring. The Reds are wonderful. win
ter layers and ! have raised one Red
pullet that layed 242 eggs in a year,
while l have had several that layed.
as high as twenty-four and twenty
! five eggs a month during the months
of November, December and jan
uary. Other breeds are Just as
good,' but not for me; | am strong
for the Mihorcas and the Reds. One
| very interesting and really important
thing to consider if your are going
to get any where in raising chickens,
just as with any other business or
pleasure, is to know how you are get
ting along. To know this an egg rec
ord and an account book are neces-
sary, but to the true chicken lover
they are not work, they are pleas
IRE. When at the end of a year you
can sit down and see exactly what
your flock of chickens has done the
little time it has taken to keep records
is more than repaid in the satisfac-
ton it is to see whether you have sue.
ceeded well or have not come up to
your own expectations.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
HEN THAT LAYS, HEN5THAT PATS;
MURRAY JNcNURRAY nv HOMESTEAD
Success in Poultry Raising Does Not Come From Start
ing With the Highest Priced Birds, But From Intel
igent Management, Mr.. McMurray Says in Iowa
Homestead

for this reason alone it pays to break
up a broody hen and get her back to
laying as quickly as possible.
1t is the common thing for hen
to lose three months of egg laying
while she is raising brood of chicks
and | have known hens to stop laying
for over five months. Surprising eggs
to be worth only three cents each,
which is much too low for this year,
but which may be q fair average dur
ing the early spring months, for
three months the hen that broods
chickens, therefore, loses valuable
time when she would be laying sixty
eggs worth $3.50. ..5sl
feed the baby chicks milk mash
in hoppers and fine cracked chick
feed in litter Of chopped straw, with
charcoal, grit, and plenty of absolute
ly clean water always before them. ]
use a little potassium permangate in
the drinking water the first weeks and
rather lean to one Or two of the COM
mercial white diarrhea tablet remed-
les which seem to be about equally
good. These tablets are dissolved in
the drinking water and to my notion
aid in checking or preventing white
diarrhea in chicks.
After four weeks under the brooder
the chicks are placed in the out doors
house and left to shift for themselves,
except that on particularly bad days
or stormy nights they are given some
extra protection and are not allowed
to run out. Plenty of milk mash in
u hopper is before them all the time
and this remains with them for about
three months, when it is replaced with
a commercial made mash. find it
cheaper and easier to buy this mash
mixed from some of the feed houses
putting it out feed mixture of
cracked corn and oats about half and
half, with possibly some barley, sun
flower seed, etc, thrown in for variety
u TIC AdtC " oiiS pm. !" t"Sa y
small siX-weeks only chicks, gradual
ly increasing to one pint for ten
chickens when they are ready to lay.
This feed is fed twice a day, morning
and evening, and if plenty of green
feed and mash is before them l have
found it sufficient to bring them along
in good shape All the grain is fed
in deep litter OF straw.
keep the male birds away from
the females and thoroughly believe in
that plan. The chickens have a warm
house, electrically Lighted for an hour VI.
or two in the evening in winter, and
a good sized grass run in the summer.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Mrs. Cecil Anderson of Jewell is IL
visitor in this city this afternoon.
o. j. Tyler of Jewell is business
caller in Webster City this afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Snyder of Jewell visited
here between trains today.
Mrs. ]. II. WEIGH and Miss Flor
ence WEIGH of Blairsburg are Webster
City callers today.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Bottorff Of Will
liams are callers in Webster City to-
day.
Mrs. ElanOre Sinclaire Of Woodstock
was Websther City visitor this morn
ing between trains.
Mrs. Charles Brock and children of
Woodstock visited relatives in this city
yesterday.
The A. J. Staley family, who have
been residing south IF this city, left
today for their new home at Buck
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
Lose Little Daughter.

Little Ella Lucille Parish, one year
old daughter, of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Parish, died at their home near Wool
stock Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
after brief illness from pneumonia,
following an attack of Spanish influ-
enza.
Mr.. Parish and four of the other chill
dren are confined to their beds, all VIC
tins Of the disease.
The body will be placed In the MAUI
soleum at GraceIand cemetery in this
city until further funeral arrangements
can be made. which will not he until
the rest Of the family are able to fb be
up.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Of course the people of this country
appreciate the good will and conf
dence evidenced in the willingness OF
the allies that Uncle Sam shall under
take the duty Of bringing up
Turkey. but ii it's all the same to our
friends across the sea they can have
The job This country will probably
ind enough on this side of the Allan.
tic to take its full time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
senator schaffter Of this district

SENATOR Schaffter Of this district
has introduced bill in the senate
providing for an increase in the sal
aries of county officers. In counties
the size of Hamilton, having over
10000 and less than 25,OOO population,
the salary of the auditor is increased
to $1,000 per year. That Of the treas
urer the same and that Of the recorder
to $2,1OO. The sheriff's salary is fixed
at $1,000 and in counties where a
residence is not furnished $500 per
wear shall be allowed fer rent The
county clerk is to draw $1,000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

The American farmer may one of
these days find he lost something
when President Wilson signed the
present tariff law. That law was not
working well in 1914 and it is feared
it will not work well later on. Wait
and see.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
PERSONAL BRIEFS.
(From Fridays Daily.)

(Fr0m fridays DallyO
A. B. Miller of Ellsworth is a Web
ster City busirsss visitor today.
Mrs. NJ II. Henderson of Kamra,
was Webster City visitor yesterday
Sergeant J. f. Correll of Dubuque i.
visiting here at the p. J. Cunningham
home.
Miss Izetta Sadler of Eagle Grove j.
visiting in this city with her friend
Miss Stella Baker.
f. J. Brinkema of Kamrar was ;
county seat business visitor yesterday
afternoon.
Ormand Julian of Duluth, Minnesota
is visiting in this city at the Bascun
Huddlestun and Art Julian homes ant
with other relatives.
Mrs. George Calkins and sister, Mrs
F.. F. Christian, of Williams, were pas
sengers to Des Moines yesterday af
| ternOon.
Walter Wolff of Blairsburg was /:
business visitor in Webster City yester
day afternoon, Mr.. Wolff and famil,
left last evening for Yuma, Colorado
where they win make their future
home.
Ed Clabaugh of Sioux City, George
Clabaugh of Triumph, Mimi, Gilber'
Clabaugh of Blue Earth, Mimi, ant
Mrs. Jake Vance of Spirit Lake arriv
ed here. yesterday afternoon, called by
the death Of their father, Pearl Cla;
baugh, near Stanhope.
c.. A. Miller of -Grinnell, who has
been attending meeting Of North.
western insurance agents at Waterloo
arrived in this city last evening for a
visit at the home Of his daughter
Mrs. Murray McMurray.
Mrs. George Petrow of Fort Dodge
formerly Miss Jennie Breitenkamp OF
this city, leaves tonight for Chicago
where she will meet her husband, who
is on his return from England. He
just reached the other side when the
armistice was signed.
Mrs. H. /. Thompson, Mrs. A. n
Boeye and Miss Oritha Osmundson left
this morning for Leavenworth, Kansas
where they will visit Reed Thompson
and Adolph Boeye, soldier boys, who
but recently returned to the United
States from France and are now on
guard duty at the military prison. The
party will remain over the weekend
and possibly longer if accommodations
can be secured.
o. Shane and f. Ioerger of Williams
are Webster City visitors today.
Miss Frances Kleaveland of Jewell
is visiting her friend, Miss Lois
Meadow, in this city today.
Mrs. 0. A. VAIL left this morning
for Des Moines where she will visit
several days, returning home by way OF
Patton, for visit with Mr.. -Wahl's
mother, before the departure of he
Vail family from this city for their
new South Dakota home.
Mrs. n. +. Dixon and little son and
Mrs. Norman VanBramer of Minneapo-
lis. sister-in-law Of the former, who has
been visiting here for few days, went
to Mason City this noon for a sOjOurn
at the Ora Newman home. Mrs. Van
Bramcr will return to her home from
Mason City.
w. A. Wallace of Cherokee visited
here yesterday with his cousin, Mrs NJ.
w. Mansfield.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

ingham, Tama, county, near which
place they will make their future home
Mrs. i. G. Bernard of Woodstock was
a shopper in Webster City this morn
ing.
Mrs. w. w. Clabaugh, Mrs. Thomas
Gray and Mrs. Lars Peterson and lit
tie daughter, all from near Jewell
are Webster City visitors this after
noon.
ED Keegan, E. L. Roland and Jens
Jensen of Williams were county seal
callers yesterday.
Misses Mary and Bertha iCOrdes Of
Kamrar We're visitors in Webster City
yesterday afternoon.
X. r. Hanson and Casper EdvensOI
of Williams are county seat visitors to
day.
Miss Helen Winter of Duncombe is
spending the week end in this city
with her aunt, Miss Ella Buchanan
the school nurse.
Mrs. George f. Garth and daughter
Miss Edna, went to Clarion this moor
for an over Sunday visit with relatives
Mrs. n. G.. Clabaugh and visiting
sister, Mrs. John Caffery, of Lake Will
son, Mimi, went to Fort Dodge yes
terday to visit. relatives.
Gilherts tAnudson, Frank fFerbitz
W.ll Holt, and Hans Barkema Of jew
ell and vicinity were visitors in Web
ster City yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hendrickson ant
little son and Frank Mag, who il
employed ON the Hendrickson farm
were among those from Kamrar wht
were Webster City visitors yesterday
Mrs. A. J. Smith went to Algona
this noon for q weeks visit with q
nephew who resides there. Mrs. Smith
is the mother of w. e. Smith, manager
of the Woolworth ten cent store.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

The United States will lose moth
ing of value when the "a l. w. VS.
to be deported, are put aboard the
ship. There are perhaps about 1,OOO,-
oc0 more that ought to be served the
same way for the good Of the country.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Next year the republicans hope to
demonstrate that the war didn't make
this country safe for democracy
presidential candida te.-Des Moincs
Register. s
And the present administration Is
making the 1920 job Of the republi-
cans very easy.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

That is good movement Judge Bon
ner has started in Des Moines-the
building of a hotel for girls who work
for meager wages. II appears, too, that
it is a go. Plans are now being drawn
for structure that will accommodate
$50 guests.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Wars may stop short, like grand
fathers clock, never to 60 again. but
many people doubt it, and they have
reason for doubling it. At any rate.
the nation that fails to prepare for
eventualities may sorely regret It
when it is too late.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
Hanson, mayor Of Seattle

Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle,
seems to be made of the stuff from
which real men are carved. Oh, tlm t
some such man might occupy the
presidential chair for few days Mi.
Hanson does things. lie doesn't rely
npon fine sentences and the rattle OF
a typewriter when vigorous action is
required! -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

legislatures Of, three-fourths Of the
states would ratify such an amendment
to the constitution. However, the ques-
ton should be submitted, as majority
of the people appear to be in favor of
it
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

1t appears that there is going to
be no dearth of republican candidates
for governor of Iowa next year. 1t
is put down as certain that Nate Ken
dali, Charlie Rawson Lieutenant Gov
ernor Moore, Carl Kuehne alnd j. +.
Deems will be in the field. The peo-
pie ought to be able to select a good
governor from such a bunch of mater
ial.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

1t is strange that women suffragists
expected democratic congress TO
submit suffrage amendment when
not a reliably democratic state in the
union has yet given women the ballot.
The southern wing of the democratic
party runs the party and the south is
at least fifty years behind the times.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

1T is hardly likely that the suffrage
amendment would successfully run the
gauntlet of the states even though con-
press should submit it. The solid south
Is strongly against universal suffrage
and there is much opposition III the
east. hence it seems unlikely that the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

c. F. Brown, residing a half mile
southwest Of town, had a very sue
cessful sale of Aberdeen Angus thor
oughbred cattle at his farm Friday.
He sold forty-iye head of cattle aver
aging in the neighborhood OF $40 per
head. There were fifty buyers from
other states and from distance in
this state and over half the consign-
ment were sold to buyers from dis
lance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Well, the railroads Of this country
under the management Of Secretary
McAdoo, are NOT, the only ones that lost
money last year. According to tele-
graphic advices, the Serbian railway
losses reached forty million dollars. So
here is a parallel that the defenders OF
Mac can point to with or without pride.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

William Randolph Hearst refers in
the Chicago Herai.i Examiner to Col.
Harvey as "a pearl grey ass Well.
Colonel Harvey can well afford to have
a saffron ass bray at him in that fa-
shion.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

The American hen is doing her full
part in reducing the high cost of 'liv'
ing and the old rooster is making lot:
of noise about it, as usual.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

1t will not be many months until
the consumer will realize reduction
in the price Of meat and bread. 1t is
coming as sure as fate!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17

Mr.. and Mrs. James Fowler of Fort
Dodge are the parents of son, born
Thursday at Mercy hospital there.
Mrs. Fowler was formerly Miss Erna
frost and was employed for a time in
the Seymour Eichman store in this
city. Mr.. Fowler is also well known
here, having been with the local
branch of the Hanson & Tyler Auto
Company for some time. He is now
in service in France.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-02-17
WEBSTER CITY FREEMAN
Issued every Monday by the Free
man-J0urnal> Publishing Company
Webster City, Iowa.

If you have some money laying
around that you do not know what to
do with just invest it in the next issue
of government bonds.
The Monroe journal., 1919-02-11
COnquerS Rheumatism
In a Very Few Days

1t is an established fact that small
dose OF Rheuma taken once day has
driven the pain and agony from thou
sands of racked, crippled and despair
ing rheumatics during the past seven
years.
Powerful and sure; quick acting,
yet harmless and inexpensive, Rheu-
ma gives blessed relief almost at once.
The magic name has reached nearly
every hamlet in the land and there is
hardly a druggist anywhere who can
not tell you of almost marvellous
cures.
# you are tortured with rheuma-
tism or sciatica, YOU can get Rheuma
from English Drug Company or any
druggist, with the understanding that
if it does not completely drive rheu'
matte poisons from your system
money back.