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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-01-14

Miss Irma Chamberlain. Mrs Norman
, Riddle and Miss Berniece Judd. were
voted into the organization at thls
meeting The club also talked over
plans for their annual banquet which
is sceduled for the latter part OF the
month Various committees We're Sc
lected to work out plans proper for
the big event.
Mrs. Enos Cross and Mrs. ]. H.
were among the Denison visitors
Thursday. =.-.-. ..
o. S. Carlson was an Omaha business
visitor Wednesday.
w. c. Rollos has returned from a
several days visit with his brother,
George, in Alton, Ill. His father, j.
II. Rollos, who has been making an ex-
tended visit there, came home with
him.
The building owned by Joseph NC
Cole, known as the corner feed store.
occupied by w. II. Rule for many
years past, has recently been sold 10
Robert Docherty, who conducts a
creamery business three doors south OF
this place. Mr.. Docherty expects to
move to his newly acquired location at
an early date and we understand that
j. F. Rudd, who has been conducting
his grocery department in the rear
| room of the building to be vacated by
Mr.. Docherty, will occupy the main
room also hereafter. AS yet Mr.. Rule
has not secured place for his cream
and poultry business, but no doubt will
in a short time.
on Tuesday afternoon of the past
week the Royal Neighbor met in regu.
lar monthly session at the home of Mrs
George Binnall. An installation of
officers took place at this meeting, all
of the. newly elected officers being
present with the execution Of receiver
and chancellor, Mrs. A. J. Wight and
Mrs. Wilber Berry. The corps of Of
ficers for the following year are as fol-
lows: Mrs J. P. Hallowell, Oracle; Mrs.
A. H. Cook, Oracle: Mrs. Spray
Malone, past Oracle; Mrs. George Bin
nall, recorder; Mrs. A. j. Wight, re-
ceiver; Mrs. Wilbur Berry, chancellor;
Mrs. Dave Boham, marshal; Mrs. r. E.
Lusk, manager for three years;Mrs.
George Igan, seminal; DR.. F. M.
Mahin, camp physician. At the close
of the afternoon light refreshments
were served. The meeting next
month will be held at the home Of Mrs.
Claire Butterworth.
|, Mrs. c. D. Langley who has been
spending several weeks among rela-
tives here, left Tuesday for Cedar Falls
on a visit to her mother. She ex-
poets to stop here again before going
to her home in Enderslake, Neb.
John Ahart made a shipment of two
cars of hogs to Chicago and three cars
of cattle to Omaha Thursday.
E. G. Virgins was a caller at the
county capital Thursday.
Mrs. 0. ]. Judd went down to Omaha
Friday to see her mother, Mrs. Emma
Fisher, who has been sick.
John Matys returned the early part
Eof the past week from the st. Joseph
hospital in Omaha, where he had an
.c1.- 4.
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years. He came to Iowa in 1S43 and
the first crop he raised in the state was
on farm land that occupied the hills in
what is now East Des Moines and up
on one of these elevations now stands
the state house. In lS49 he Joined u
caravan and made the trip across the
plains to California in search Of gold.
In 1855, having returned to Iowa, he
homesteaded the land upon which he
died in Finggold county. His first
dwelling was a lob cabin, 1Sx1S feet,
and it had q kitchen, dining room, par
lor and sleeping room.
Grand Army men are striving to have
the mining town and post office in Mar
ion county named Andersonville given
some other name. John c. Ferguson
Post at Knoxville has made an appeal
to give the place some name that would
not bring up the awful experiences a
large number of union soldiers had in
a rebel prison by that name. w. L..
Brown and Harvey Allen, both of Knox
ville were prisoners in that prison and
out of $1,000 men held there only 49,
900 got out alive, the remainder dying
from exposure and disease. Resolu-
tions from a number of Grand Army
posts have been sent to Congressman
Dowell asking him to take up the mat
A big suit is on in the district court
at Rock Rapids, Lyon county, which
is directed against G. H. Mammon,
state selling agent of stock in e. Ne
braska enterprise. Mammon was in
dicted for obtaining money under false
pretenses. 1t is charged in the indict-
ment that he disposed of $114,535
worth of stock in the National Potash
company, the United States Potash
company and other potash concerns,
and of this amount r. VanZyl contrib
uted $50, 900 and the A. w. Lohr family
$29,73O. The company was a Nebraska
corporation organized to gather potash
from the dried out lake beds in Nebras.
ka for use in making munitions of
war. The buyers of stock are number.
ed by the score, but the two named
were the largest.
Motorists who has been brought in
to police court for violating a state law
making it a crime to leave the engine
of an automobile running when the
automobile is unoccupied have been sur.
prised at the severity of the punish.
ment inflicted, not knowing that since
the first of December a state law rather
than a city ordinance has been invoked.
Hereafter all cases of this nature, un-
der enactment passed by the 3Sth gem
eral assembly, will be tried in the state
rather than the city courts. This is ex.
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EZRA P. SAVAGE DEAD !.
Former Governor Of Nebraska and al
One Time q Resident of Crawford
County, Does Mt Tacoma

Ezra p. Savage. at on time resi-
dent Of West Side, and later Of Nebras
ka, died at his home in Tacoma, WASH,
on the afternoon of January Sth. He
was n years Of age. After leaving
Z West Side Mr.. Savage went to Nebras.
ka, where he became Interested in poll.
tics, and was elected lieutenant gov.
ernor, and finally became governor by
reason Of the resignation of Governor
Dietrich. 1t was during Governor Say.
ages term as governor that j. d.
Jones, former sheriff of Crawford
cOunty-having moved to Omaha
was appointed warden at the peniten.
tiary at Lincoln, and served as such
during the administration of Governor
Savage. Mr.. Savage was elected lieu.
tenant governor in 1900. He was a re.
publican In politics.
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Income Tax Facts You Should Know

Income Tax Facts You Should Know
In making out his income tax return
the taxpayer is required to show both
gross and net income. Gross income
includes practically every dollar the
taxpayer received during the year 1919.
In arriving at net income, upon which
the tax is assessed, he is allowed cer-
tain deductions, which will be explain
ed later, plus the amount of his ex-
emption. ss s aFt!7
Incomes below $4,000 are exempt
from surtaX. The single man with no
dependents and an income for 1919 Of
$4,000 will pay a tax of $40 instead Of
$50 as for 1918. and a married man
with an income of s2500 and no depend
ents except his wife, will pay $25 in
stead of $50. 8g.
The surtax rate is per cent on the
net income in excess of $4,000 and not
over $4,000, and increases by steps Of
per cent for each $4,000 of net income
up to and including 4S per cent on net
income in excess Of $4,000 and not
over 100000. From this point the
rates run as follows: F'ifty-two per
cent on net income over 100000 and
not over $3.50, 900, Sc per cent on net
income over $150,00O and not over $780,
000 60 per cent on net income over
100000 and not over 100000, 81 per
cent on net income over 100000 and
not over S500,000, "a per cent on net
income over 100000 and not over ST.
100000, and IS per cent on net income
over $1,OO0,OOO.
The following illustration will show
the average taxpayer whose net income
was more than $4,000 how to compute
his tax:
A single man had net income for
1919 of $4,000. First he deducts his per-
sonal exemption of $1,000, leaving bal
ance of $4,000. On the first $4,000 he
pays at the normal rate Of per cent,
$3.50. On the remaining $1,000 he pays
at the normal rate of 8 per cent, $50.
In addition he pays a surtax of $40, 1
per cent on the amount of his net in
come between $4,000 and $4,000. His
total tax is $3.50, as compared with
$3.50 for 1918.
A married man with two dependents
had a net income for 1919 of $500.
emption of $4,000. plus 5000 for each
dependent. On the first $4,000 of the
balance of $500 he pays at the normal
rate of per cent, $160. On the re-
manning $1100 he will pay at the nor
NAL rate of s per cent, $SS. On the
amount of his income between $4,000
and $4,000 he pays a surtax of l per
come between $4,000 and $500 he pays
surtax of 2 per cent. The total, nor
NAL and surtax, is 1888 as compared
with $412 for 1918.
Husband and wife whose combined
net income for 1919 equalled or exceed.
ed $1,000, must file a return, either sep.
| arate or joint, as desired. A widow, a
woman living apart from her husband.
or a maid. must file a return if her net
income equaled or exceeded $1,000. A
minor whose income for 1919 was $1,000
or more must make a return. If the
minors income was less than $1,000, it
must be included in the return of the
parent.
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similar position in Minnesota a double
the salary paid him here, is now filling
a ten year contract at $4,000 q year
as secretary of great fair and expo
sition at Springfield, Mass. 1t is inter-
estng to note the demands New Eng
land is making upon Iowa products.
There is a case pending in the
O'Brien county district court the out
come of which will be watched with
keen interest Jacob Van Marel has
commenced an action agoinst the Iowa
Light, Heat & Power Co., Albert J..
Hubers, a trustee for Holland township,
and Walter Aardapple, the county en-
gineer. The plaintiff alleges that the
defendants cut down, mutilated and de-
stroyed some fifty trees growing on his
farm and have set electric wire poles
and braces on his property without con-
sent. He asks treble damages and ex-
emplary damages agsregating $1,000.
The trees in question are part OF the
timber claim grove planted by the orig
inal grantee of this farm from the gov
ernment. The case will be in the ma
ture of test casesto determine wheth-
er a windbreak can be cut down in or
der to clear the way for the poles and
wires.
Ten men whose names are withheld
We're given full pardon on Christmas
day by the governor at the recommen-
dation of the state board of parole.
These men We're prisoners at Anamosa
and Ft. Madison, and had been out on
parole for one year each. Under the
terms of the parole they could not leave
the confines of the state. but this new
order rescnds such restrictions. The
board of parole grants no immunity
until a position has been secured for
the man to be released. Mem and wom-
en- in the employ of the state board Sc
cure such jobs as are suited to the abil-
ity Of the prisoner. The man or firm
giving the employment keeps secret
the record Of the man or men he EN-.
ployS so that the rest of the force are
in ignorance of the experience the work
ing mate has passed through. In a
factory in Waterloo six expert machin.
lists who served time are now making
good under assumed names.
Col. Mapes and his bunch of soldiers
have returned from guard duty at
Gary, Ind, to which place they were
sent at the beginning of the steel
strike. They are again in barracks at
Camp Dodge. Various activities have
been resumed at the big camp upon the
arrival of several hundred recruits.
j. d. Carter died recently at Ting
ley, Ringgold county, at the age of 95
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-01-14
HUGO GEBERT HONORED
Elected to Membership in the State
Historical Society of Iowa by the
Board Of CuratOrs

At the Regular monthly meeting OF
the board of curators held at Iowa City
January 9Th, Hugo Gebert, of Denison
was elected to membership in the State
Historical society. The practical char
acter of the work of the State Historical
society is seen in the fact that three
experts who have served on the re
search staff of the society-Dr. o. X
Patton, DR.. John E. Brindley and jacob
Van der Zee-were employed by the
iowa code commission to assist in the
compilation of the laws of Iowa. With
in the past month a comprehensive re
view of the legislation of the 3Sth gen
eral assembly of Iowa was issued by
this society. -.....r.. 80
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,ws and Comment About Iowa People and Events

pected to have it's effect in discourag-
ing violations of the law, inasmuch as
a graduated scale of fines is provided
which makes repetition of offenses ex-
,tremely costly to motorists.
Nathan Kipnis is the first Des Moines
man to return to Jerusalem to live. in
the Back to Zion movement. Mr..
Kipnis formerly was an instructor In
the East Des Moines high school. He
will make his home in the holy city.
At Humboldt, o. Lovrein and VIM.
Munson, during the coal shortage on
account of the strike, went to the TIM
ber in search of fuel. and they cut down
a big oak tree that had been dead for
several years. When the big tree
crashed to the earth the trunk split op-
en- and to the surprise of the men the
hollow portion of the trunk was filled
with choice honey. They secured Ii
pounds of sweetness and from the same
PROSTATE tree eight squirrels made for
liberty.
A nationwide search for Earl Love-
of Charlton, discharged soldier who has
been missing since last October, is be-
lieved to have resulted in locating the
missing young man FRANK KOCH HAS
written the parents from Dickson CITY,
Penna.. that he served with him in
France, was with him in Camp Merritt,
and that he is alive and well and will
probably be home in about a month.
That he was interested in some busl-
ness proposition that he had told him
all about, and that was why he sent for
the $500 and told them not to worry
about him for they would soon hear
from him. They also received the orig
inal telegram sent from Camp Merritt
which was in his Handwriting and this
satisfies their minds that it was he that
received the money.
William West who died recently at
the home Of his daughter. Mrs. Agatha
Ramsey, at Rock Rapids, was born in
Point Pleasant, O., in 1882 That was
the boyhood home of Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant and the two boys were playmates
and fast friends in their childhood. Mr..
West came to Iowa before the rail
roads. He first located near Council
Bluffs and farmed there many years.
He moved to AmeS while the college
was being built there. so he could edu-
cate his children. He was the first
mayor of AmeS and was a member of
the board of education for years. In
1894 he came to Rock Rapids where he
made his home with Mrs. Ramsey up
to the time of death.
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G. C. Donald, construction engineer
for the Consumers Service Stations
Inc, was in Denison Friday making
the preliminary survey for building and
laying out of the grounds for the new
service station. The building will be
erected at the corner of fremont and
and court street, the legal description
Of the grounds being a part of lots Z
and 8. in block So. This location is lust
west of the Henry Roeh wagon shop,
1t was the intention of the company to
locate on the Miller property north of
the Standard Oil service station. 1t is
expected workmen will soon begin work
ON the building.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-01-14
STORE
CHANGES HANDS
f. w. Buncller and II. NJ. Nash, of Des
MOines, Purchase DenisOn Shoe
Store of w. Nj. PetcOff
THEY ARE NOW IN POSSESSION
New ProprietOrs Are Experienced Shoe
Mel.--NIr. Buncller Formerly of the
Boys Department Store

The w. NJ. Petcoff shoe store changed
hands on Monday of this week, Mr.. Pet
coff retiring from the business, having
sold the stock, fixtures and lease to
Fred w. Buncher and r. M. Nash, of
Des Moines. Mr.. Buncher will be re-
membered as having been in charge Of
the Boys shoe department at Denison3
for the past two years. up until last
fall. He has spent the past fifteen
years in the shoe business, and knows
the ins and outs of the game from start
to finish. For many years prior to COM
ing to Denison he was connected with
the Seymour shoe company at Des
Nloines, and after leaving our city last
fall returned to this company. He Is a
gentleman of pleasing personality. well
versed in the exclusive shoe business,
and has for some time been ambitious
to engage in the business in DenisOn
for himself.
Mr.. Buncher has associated himself
with a man equally experienced, in the
person of r. NJ. Nash, a young married
gentleman who has also been connect,
ed for many years with the Seymour
people at Des Moines, and Mr.. Nash
expects to move his family to DenisOn
as soon as arrangements for q suitable
home can be made. The new firm will
handle nothing but the better lines Of
ladies' and gents footwear, and will
dispense with number of the lines
now carried in the Petcof store. In
the sale of the store will be the lease
of the Mccarthy building by the new
firm, and the quarters will be made
permanent. Mr.. Buncher and his part
ner have great faith in the future of
our city, and think that an exclusive
shoe store is one Of the much needed
enterprises.
We are sure the business interests Of
the city will welcome this new firm,
business such as they intend to con-
duct will be credit to any city: they
principles and any business so run is
helpful to other business. The Review
extends congratulations to Mr.. Buncher
and his associate upon the purchase
and upon being able to secure SO desir.
able location in which to conduct their
business.
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-BY-
j. W. J A r N GIN

A group of distinguished Chinese has
been looking over educational matters
in Iowa the past few weeks. These
men were commissioned by President
Ii Hung Chang, president of the Chi
neSe republic, to investigate methods OF
education in vogue in America. They
visited the Des Moines schools, several
consolidated schools in Polk and ad-
joining counties. the State college at
Ames and the State Teachers college
at Cedar. Falls. From that point they
visited some rural schools in the vicin-
ity. The party was made up of DR.. S.
Il. Yuan. president of the Union Prot
sstant college of Nanking, China, chair
man of the commission; p. c. Chen, II.
e. Tan, II. S. Kan. Y. X. Yong, c. l..
Chen, T. c. Wang, Il. Sui, Il. Chow, c.
Rem, C.i L. Hang, w. L. Liu and P. c.
Chang.
Little Rock is in Lyon county and it
was there that Prof. Harry E. Bowman
let indiscretion lose him a good job. He
was at the head Of the schools of that
place and had been having some diff
Guilty with some obstreperous young
sters and to convince them that he was
going to main order he strapped a big
revolver to his waist as notice that he
was cock of the walk" speaking after
the manner of the street. The school
board dismissed him and he took an ap-
peal to the county superintendent and
that official sustained the decision of
the board In a written decision Coun-
ty superintendent Gilman says: '"The
evidence discloses that while the super.
! intendent has been competent and sue
cesSful in the discharge of his duties
up to the time of his carrying the re-
volver and displaying it in and about
school, after said act, the attendance
dropped off perceptibly in the high
school and there was q noticeable un-
! rest among the teachers, both undesir-
able conditions"
A clue to the whereabouts of Harry
e. Ross, the Des Moines boy whose
mysterious disappearance has been the
cause Of a nationwide search, has been
found in his mother. Mrs. Clark Ross,
in Dayton, o. Mrs. Ross left Des
Moines for the east to trace in person
several clues she had received as to
her sons whereabouts. Harry Ross
| was reported wounded in action" and
later killed in action" though the war
department confessed having no posi-
tive information. Dozens of army men
have testified to having seen and talked
with Ross both in France, on shipboard
and in the United States, and his moth
er firmly believes he is still alive.
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Manuel E. Orkin, the younger of the
three Orkin brothers, at one time en-
gagged in business in Denison In the
building now occupied by j. B. Lyon, is
to be married January 18TH to Miss
Belle Fately, of New York city. The
wedding will take place at the Savoy hO-
tel, and those from Iowa who will at.
tend are Mr. and Mrs.. Phillip, Orkin.
Mrs. Chas. Pike and c.. NJ. White. The
Orlsin brothers, who were engaged in
business in Denison, were ]. b., Phillip
and Manuel. The Orkins located at
Sioux City soon after leaving Denison.
and later established a store at Omaha
and Lincoln. They now have stores at
Sioux City, Omaha, Lincoln and New
York. III .-I..g. r., .,-S l.s,t!4
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Henry Mesenbrink, of Charter Oak,
has accepted position with the electric
light department. of the city of Deni.
son. He has been the engineer in
charge of the Charter Oak plant for
some time and the Charter Oak Times
says he is a good man on an engine,
and hates to see him leave the Oak.
His family will probably remain in
Charter Oak until spring.
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Percy Beaumont, son of Mrs. Matte
Beaumont, of Denison,- is spending a
few days at Carnavon, where he is vis-
iting with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. B. C. Woodruff.
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About now people sit down in their
500 chairs under their $50 lamps to
enjoy the interesting articles about
thrift week.
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The fullness Of the waste baskets
about now may be accounted for by the
recent harvest Of January 1st bills.
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j. d. Carter died recently at Ting
ley, Ringgold county, at the age Of IS
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-08

New York, February 6--jprchibitio
and the S'ms-Daniels controvcrsy
were injected into the testimonial
dinner given here to Homer S. Cum
mings chairman OF the democratic ma
ticnal committee. at which Secretary
Daniels was the principal apcake9
One thousand invitations had been is
sued to The banquet, which was at
tended by prominent democrats from
all parts Of the country
The prohibition issue was brought
into the proceedings by Governors
Edwards, Of New Jersey, and Smith
of New York, and was greeted with
obviously mingled feelings by the din.
hers Governor Edwards was not On
the official list of speakers and was
called upon Unexpectedly after
Secretary Daniels had concluded hiS
address.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-08
TO ORGANIZE G.IINiIZE GEORGIA
FOR JEWISH RELIEF

Atlanta, Ga.-(Special. Every city
and town in Georgia with a population
of over 1000 persons will be organic
ed this week for the Jewish War Re-
lief Campaign, which begins February
%, when 100000 will be raised in
the state as its part in the $35,OOO,-
600 America will give for the suffer
ing Jews of Eastern Europe.
Campaigns have already been launch
ed in Augusta, Macon and Columbus,
and, while the fund will be primarily
raised among the Jews, many Chris
tians are making subscriptions. Au-
gusta is leading the state so far, which
the committee there says will be
maintained throughout the drive.
Reports Of the government officials
saw there are 5000 OO0 Jews in East
ern Europe, who are starving and
wholly dependent on America. 1t is
to furnish soup kitchens, bread lines
and shelter FOR these unfortunates
that spurred the Jewish War Relief
Workers to greater activities. The
reports brought back to America by
Herbert Hoover, government officials
and members of the Joint Distribution
Committee tell of starvation beyond
comprehension. Excerpts from let
ter written by Dr. (Major) H. l. Da-
Wis of the American Red Cross Com
mission to Poland, to Mrs. Davis,
says:
Thousands and thousands of chill
dren, old men and women without
clothing, warmth or food, are racked
by disease, and starving children are
crying for bread. In the city Of Pinsk
l saw hundreds Of children, women
and inmates Of hospitals who did not
have piece of bread for four days
Our people must help, the help must
be prompt, it must be generous, and
it must be continuous or we shall
have on our consciences the death,
horrible deaths-it would be more
merciful to kill them-of thousands
upon thousands of people, the great
est number of whom are Jews"