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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-08-16

road ---- 2S67S|
Gard. DR.. Il. r., services-fum-
igating and medical aid for
Door - - -------- ob.VO
r. d., lamb killed
by wolves, amount claimed
$1,000 ----- ---- ------- S.UO
r. D., sheep killed
by wolves amount claimed
$500 - AO.EU
Gardner 6 Powers, nails for
bridge. for repair at court
house and battery for tract
or 1oSU
Drug Co., drugs for
Door - 1880 44.OS
Glaman, j. E., inspector at
county pit - ----- 115.2O
Graham, S. r., dragging coun-
ty road = 1850
Glaman, Fred j.. work at
gravel pit $500
Harrison, W. H., trip to
Rockwell City and return S67
A. j., examination
of county - 1890
Holt, Williams & Peterson.
providing for p0or----- 1855
]. NJ, care of
court house lawn - $500 14.SO
Holt. A. S.. blackSmithing
for county farm - - 11.95
Hanson & Tyler, oil for county
farm - $500 O.O
Holiday, E. W., postage for
July - - - -------- o.OO
Hack. Lewis, dragging coun-
ty road ----- ------------ 1U.OU
Hall Bros. dragging county
road ---- 500
Halvorsen, Christ, thing coun-
ty road and extra work
crossing -------- 247.25
Homken, Frank, thing county
road - 514.33
Holt, Williams 4 Peterson
provisions for poor --- 34.S7
Hoon, S. A., repairing bridge 11.00
Hoag. f. d., engine repair,
new road, county road re-
pairing and expense ------ 1876
Hall, B. NJ, patrol primary
road,s patrol county road
and hauling tiles ----- 66S.SO
Hall, B. NJ, graveling county
roads - 80 --------- 266c.61
Hall, Mrs. Oscar, work in
treasuer's office ---------- $500
Hannah, James, inspector at
gravel pit - - ------- 10000
Iowa Telephone Company,
rent for August and toll
for July - ------- ------ J6.4O
Iverson, John j., dragging
county road - 1900
Jewell Record. publishing
notice for county super
Johnson, Berger, cash allow
ance for July ---- - 1900
Jewett, Olive, work in audit
OrS Onlce 1885, ---- lVO.UU
Jewett. Mrs. Geo, plants for
county farm - 1885 6.25
johnson, II. f., dragging coum-
ty road - - -- $3.50
Johnson, j. O., thing county
road - 91.5S
johnson, Harold, graveling
county roads ----- - 30.3S
Johnson. N. O., dragging and
filling bridges ----- $500
johnson, H. o., crawling coun-
ty roads --- - ---- 1O11.24
johnson, Fl. NJ, Mach. Rep.
city Of Stratford, new road
and county road repairing 1875
Johnson. O. j.. session and
mileage - -- $500
Johnson, q. j., com. work and
mileage and Il. r. fare - $3.50
Reuter- & Esser Co.. supplies
for court house -- 1850
Kimmel Mrs J.. E.. care Of
poor - $500 - - $500 $50
Kane's Variety Store, dry
goods for county home - 11.45
kOOp W. W. dragging comfy
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-08-16

ance for July ---------- 1900
20 Riley, Bernice, cash allowance
for July $40
10 Ross, Donald, cash allowance
for July 6.UU
100 Russell Grader Mfg. Co.,
,65 scrapers and drag for coun-
ty road - ------ 1880 1860
Ruegnitz Drug Co., drugs for
E6O county home - 8.95
Ringstad, O. NJ, dragging
county road 23.OO
20 Ranger, # NJ, dragging coun-
ty road - 24.OO
10 Ricke Glen, dragging county
ROAD ------ 80 EUVV
SO Rollins, l.. E., tiliDg county
road - - ----- lI0O
.02 Stamp, Donald H., assistant
state examiner on Audit Of
Hamilton county records
for the year 1910 --------- 126.42
,S2 Svenson, John F. B., print of
court house for convention
bureau --L 10
$50 Stelp, Mrs. 8. A., cash allow
ance for July - - $3.50 1000
200 severtson, Hans, cash allow
ance for July - $500 - 1900
ZOO Swift, Maggie, cash allowance i
for July S.UO
500 Smith, Roy, conveying child
100 to hospital at Iowa City 1884
Shaffer, ]. NJ, session work
s47 and mileage - 1870
Shaffer, J. NJ, com. work and
Ito mileage - --------- J57.OO
Stigge, H. c., farm work at
200 county farm 00.UO
Stigge, Mrs. H. c., cook at
500 county home - ---- 25.OO
slade, H., dragging county
500 county road - - ------ 1900
Smith. Frank, dragging county
k42 road - --------- 24.VO
Swanson, A. Co., building
1851 bridges 49, 2465S
Swanson. A. Co.. pump for
$50 gravel pit - 400
$50 Snow. f. F., postage, ex-
press and travelling ex-
l.0ll penSeS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LOW
Sewers Guy, dragging county
road - 1000
).55 Standard Oil Company, oil
and gas for tractors - - 9O.S8
6.75 Sayre, w. l., hauling gravel
for county road ---i--- $40
500 Swanson, A. Company, build
ing bridges ----- ---I- - SALtS
3.20 SPAIN & Rose Lumber Com
pany, lumber for bridge
7O0l county and poor - $3.50 0757
Sarlie, Nnaf, dragging county
500 road - ----- 400
sunde, A. T., crawling county |!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-08-16

Celebrate in Stanhope Sept. 9th.
1898
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-08-16

On motion. Board adjourned to meet
afternoon of this date at o'clock.
Afternoon Session Aug. 4, 1920.
Board met pursuant TO adjourn
ment. all members present.
Board proceeded with allowing bills
filed against Hamilton County and on
motion the following bills were allowed
and auditor authorized to issue war
rants for the same:
Name Nature of Claim Amount
Allowed
LouX. Chas. T., dragging and
work Oh road ------ $500
Larson, Martin. cash allow
ance for July - 1900
Latimer Bros. dry goods for
county home -- ----- 321O
Lander, A. W., repairing
bridge -- ------ 1000
Little, Fl. A., salary county
engineer, mileage and mis-
cellaneous ------------ 242.sO
LOyeless, James, assistant
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
NOT FOR LAME c

1t is pleasing to hear that Congress does not
propose to make the economy and efficiency
commission" a refuge for "lame ducks"
It isn't often that a lame duck Is emcient:
seldom is he economical. Often he's a man, re-
pudiated by the people who best know him. a
man voted unfit to be a member of congress.
WHY should anybody consider him worthy Of a
nosition still more important? Answer: Nobody
but the lame ducks themselves!
This, in some minds. may raise the question::
What is a lame duck?
In business the lame duck is one unable TO
meet his obligations.
In public life a lame duck is a politician, de-
feated at the election. who, having contracted
the habit of feeding at the peoples expense
doesn't like to go out and earn his own living.
He wants to cling to the governmental payroll.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24

and received. The average pay of
a first grade commercial operator
is $125 per month with board.
@. Was the Statue Of Liberty
actually brought to this country
from France? If so, how was 1t ac-
complished Pr. C.
A. The Statue of Liberty was
brought over disjointed in the hold
of the French transport "Isere."
The various portions of the statue
we're. afterwards put together in or
der to be erected in it's present po-
sition.
Q. What does it cost to enforce
the Volstead CIV. II.
A.The Treasury Department says
that the enforcement of the nationa.
prohibition act costs $2,065,6o3.3S In
the fiscal year 1920.
@. How long are the youths
of France required to give military
service PAT. X. A. .
A. Beginning with October, 1922.
the period of French military SER
| vice will be IS months, instead of
two years. as it is at present.
O.. In Double Pedro. are the play
ers required to discard all cards
except trumps or may they use
Their own discretion w. B. Il.
A. According to Hoyle, in the
| game of Cinch. or Double Pedro.
"the trump having been named each
| player discards. face upwards, all
cards in his hand except trumps,
ard dealer gives each in turn, be-
ginning with eldest hand, enough
cards to fill his hands out to six"
Q. Which team has won more
times in their annual football con-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24

and other territory adjacent. These places
realize the necessity of expansion They may
not accomplish their object this year Of next
but they are working in the right direction.
south Amboy is in the same boat with Perth
Amboy. Just as we are entirely surrounded by
woodbridge township on the land sde'
so South Amboy Is surrounded by
sayreville township. The only way either place
can grow 10 to take all or part of those town.
ships. While Sayreville is a little too big for
south Amboy to swallow all at one time, there
IL no reason why Perth Amboy and Wood
bridge should not get together for their mutual
benefit.
= BY annexation to Perth Anboy large tracts Of
what is now ordinary farm land Of little taxable
value would be turned into valuable residential
sites. Broad avenues and boulevards would
soon be cut through which. developed under q
city plan and coming system, would become
highly restricted property. Perth Amboy could
also proceed to lay out a real park system
embracing a park of many acres in the Wood
bridge area thus adding greatly to the attrac-
tiveness OF Woodbridge and enhancing the
values there. Left to herself the greater part
of the land that now constitutes the farm dis
trict of Woodbridge would remain undeveloped
for many years to come.
Perth Amboy needs Woodbridge and there is
every reason to believe that Woodbridge would
prosper greatly through joining with this city.
It is time the two places were getting together
on some proposition equally advantaseous to
one another.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
A GOOD BEGINNING.

A rood beginning has been made by the
Board of Aldermen in making up the city bud
get for next year. II they succeed in effecting
a saving of $4,000 without impairing the
efficiency of the city administration they will
have accomplished wonders. The final result
il yet to be seen.
In the tentative partial budget published yes
terday there was q general increase in the ap-
preparations for the various departments OF the
city. These increases we're not large. but in
most instances they will at least keep the de-
partments functioning during the coming year
while the country is struggling with the greatest
economic problem the world has even faced In
an effort to get back to normal conditions.
There are bound to be some disappointment,
and some of the things that we're planned for
during the coming year will have to be laid
aside for the time being. Before any great de-
velopments take place in the matter Of parks or
Fairgrounds, harbor development and the ex-
tension of streets and sewers there ought to be
q city plan adopted
For a city plan the aldermen propose to allow
81, 500, the same amount that was allowed last
year. 1t would have been possible to have spent
$1,000 very advantageously in thisI matter and
by the end of the year the city would have been
that much further along. However. the money
that the aldermen have tentatively decided TO
appropriate for a city plan is enough to make a
start. The regret il that the 81, 500 appropriat-
ed last year was not used. This puts the city a
year behind. The fault was in the failure to
agree upon a city plan commission to carry on
the work. Had this commission been appointed
a foundation could have been laid with the
money then available and the $500 appro-
priated this year would have carried the work
much nearer completion.
However. the past is gone. No time should
be lost after the first of the year in naming a
competent city plan cornmission-a commission
made up OF men who are not involved in politics
and who are above the ordinary influences that
are bound to be brought to bear when a city
plan commission actually gets down to work.
These men who make up this commission ought
to be the very best the city can produce regard
less OF politics or where they live. They will
have a big task on their hands. but it will be a
task that will mean more for the future of
Perth Amboy than many people now imagine.
The Board of Aldermen, in fixing tentative
sums for the various departments have appar-
emily tried to give every branch of the city gov
eminent a square deal and at the same time
protect the taxpayers from an excessive burden.
On the whole. a good start has been made. If
done there will be little cause for complaint.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
RIPPING RHYMES


The Christmas bells again ring out a mes
sage sweet and clear: and m is round
about. and happiness is near; so let us all
sing. once again, as on an elder day: God
rest you. merry gentlemen, let nothing you
dismay." Forget the once and the mart,
the weekday hook and crook, and loosen up
your withered heart. as well as pocketbook;
the children play; God rest you, merry
gentlemen. let nothing you dismay. The
Christmas time with peace is fraught. from
strife and sorrow free: and every wish and
every thought should kind and gentle be: in
worlds beyond our mortal ken this is a holy
day; God rest you. merry gentlemen. let
nothing you dismay! Today. from Eden's
watch the risen star. as In the days of old:
and al those shepherds watched 1t then. 80
may we watch today: God rest YOU. merry
gentlemen. let nothing you dismay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24

the United States Geological Sur
vey says that no one knows exactly
how long the United States will con-
tinue to be the main producer of
radium, or how much the earth
holds. Our carnotite mines in Utah
and Colorado yield ninetenths of
the worlds radium and the amount
isolated from the product of these
mines is slightly increasing each
year.
There are smaller radium produce
ing mines in Bohemia, Portugal,
southern Australia. Afghanistan
and Cornwall, England. Most OF
these countries produce but a gram
or so a year. while the United States
is producing 20 grams.
Originally, radium was isolated
by Madame Curie from pitchblende.
and for a time pitchblende was
sought as the source of supply. But
blende to be found and now most
of the radium made is derived
| from carnotite. This is a bright,
canary yellow metal, which occurs
in soft sandstone, nearly always
with fossil woods and often with
the fossil bones of long-extinct an
imals. At first il was found only on
the surface and on the edges of
| cliffs. which led to the belief that
it did not exist under the rocks.
But lately some experimental drill
ing revealed carnotite a. far as 60
feet below the surface, so that the
resources for producing radium may
be far greater than has been sup
posed.
Producing radium is a prosaic.
exacting task. The carnotite is
mined laboriously and in enormous
quantities. for, as one Arm puts it.
it takes a dozen carloads of ore to
yield a thimbleful of radium. The
deposits in u West often occur
in desert land so miles from a
railroad and half a dozem~ miles
from water supplies. The strings
of burros, that bridge the desert
miles, laden with waters and sup
plies are the one picturesque touch
about a radium mine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
ANNEXATION TALK.

All kinds of annexation talk is going on
among the cities of this section of the state, but
there seems to be no effort on the part of Perth
Amboy to extend its boundary so that this city
will have room to- grow.
Elizabeth has started an agitation for the an
~nexation of the Roseiles and Linden. South
Amboy is laying plans to take in parts of Sayre-
Vile township. New Brunswick keeps up the
a~sataijoa for the annexation Of Highland Park
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24

O. Please inform me as to COM
~pensation received by members of
Congress at different periods of our
history.-W. A. c. ~.
A. BY a law passed by the hrst
Congress in 1888 members or the
House and Senate in addition TO
allowance for mileage. received $Sa
day for each days attendance IN
Congress. In 1916 the compensa-
ton was increased to $1,000 a year
for members of the House and SEN
ate and $4,000 for the speaker OF
the House and the Vice President.
In 1873 the Senate and House mem
bers received $500. The Vice
President and Speaker received
s1O,0 900. Today the munerati
for senator and representative is
$500, the NJ president anu
speaker receiving $4,000 each.
O.. What is the temperature OF a
cold storage room where artificial
refrigeration is used?-R. E.. D..
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the temperature Of a cold stor-
age room where artificial refriger-
alton is used depends entirely upon
the type of goods stored therein. II
is possible to-. and they frequently
do, keep the temperature at zero
and below for some classes of goods.
@. What is the greatest number
of bales Of cotton produced by Tex
as in one year?-C. Z. L.
A. Texas produced f,sS0.0o0
bales of cotton in 1912, which was
the greatest crop within the last 90
years.
O.. Please give information re-
garding demand for wireless opera
tors and salary.-C. w. NJ.
A. The demand for wireless oper-
ators is far greater than the sup
ply at the present time. There are
two grades of operators. the first
grade operator and the second
grade operator. In order to obtain
q first grade operators license it is
necessary to be able to send and
receive 20 words - minute. In or
der to obtain a second grade license
IL words a minute must be sent
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
DR.. Vance's Christmas Sermon
GOOD WILL TO MEN

rb,. was the song the angels sans down from
heavens heights on the waiting, wondering
, world that first Christmas. OF all songs " -
~. an. our Town and broken world needs most
now.
Men need to be reconciled to one announcer.
Have we not had enough of hate, of antasonism
and alterations and arrangements? have we
NOT had enough of fighting? 1t it not time tor
men and nations to be friends? Ine war IL
over. Let us bury its animosities.
The war-hurt nations need bread and WORK
Thsy need raw materials and markets. Tney
need credit and capital. Their need for all this
n desperate. But they need good will more
than they need bread.
How often shall a nation forgive a sister ma
lion, Seventy times seven, which Is q heavenly
way of saying there must be no such thing as
unforgiveness.
This il the note Christmas snouid souno
through the earth on this anniversary of the
savior'a birth. We cannot better honor HiS
than by ~forgiving one'another.
The ministry that is needed today is the
ministry OF reconciliation. God has no song OF
hate for the Christmas angels to sing to men.
leave there thy gift upon the altar; first be
reconciled to thy brother. then come offer thy
gift"
Human brotherhood must take in humanity,
else it is a counterfeit. y
The invisible choir is hlling the sky again.
The angels are preparing to sing their Christ
mas hymn. Listen. What will they sing? They
look on our. strife-rent world, and then they
sing an old song:
Peace on earth, good will to men,
From heavens all-gracious King.
O, rest beside the weary road =
And hear the angels sing"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
Our Daily Special.
Money Makes The Auto, Go.
Luke McLMEe Says

Luke McLMke Says
Any school boy can tell you that people who
know the answers ask the most questions.
A man who has a new suit of clothes and q
shabby overcoat never hnds it cold enough to
button the overcoat.
Every time a wife finds q railroad timetable
In her husbands pocket she has visions of him
running away with a snippy Chicken or a paint
ed Blonde.
The farmers are getting SO wise that some of
these days we expect to hear Of q come-on man
from the City being bunkoed in a rural COM
munity.
II the H. c. of L. doesn't soon slump Mother
will be sending Johnny to the store for eight
carats Of beef and four carats OF butter.
Scientists have discovered that paprica will
take the place of booze In quenchins the desire
for liquor. Huh! the bootleggers discovered
that long ago.
A boy hasn't any use for a knife that isn't
sharp enough to cut his fingers at least once .
day.
Patience may be a Virtue in other people. But
it Is a Necessity in a wife.
q Many a man who has taken a chance would
be glad OF a chance to put 1t back.
And It is only natural that a Chtcke2-hearte
Husband should be a Henpecked Husband.
Why Is 1t that6 baby won't cry itself asleep
until it has cried everybody else awake?
Almost any husband will stop washing the
dishes for his wife long enough to tell you how
to >run this ding -blatted country OF ours.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Direc-
applies strictly TO information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly n briefly.
Give fuil name and address and en-
close W cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24
DEVELOPING WATER SUPPLY.

The several water companies that supply a
number Of towns and cities in Union and Mid
dlesex counties, including Plainheld. Elizabeth,
Railway. Metuchen. Woodbridge and adjoining
townships. are having a hard time securing
sufficient water to meet the demands. The
situation has become acute that the cities are
demanding relief.
The water companies have made a proposition
that a new company be organized to be known
as the Somerset Water supply Company that
would supply all the other companies Interested.
This new company would then issue &1o,ooo,0o0
IN bonds for the purpose of developing a water
supply from the Raritan and Milestone rivers.
1t 4. proposed to buy 500 acres OF land at the
junction of these two rivers near Bound Brook,
construct a dam across both rivers. operate
pumping stations, sedimentation basins ana con-
truct a reservoir near Oak Tree.
But a. a preliminary to his plan it is pro-
posed that the different municipalities con-
cerned sign a contract for a term OF thirty
years, the rates to be nxed by q board of
engineers one of whom will be appointed by the
corporation, one by the municipalities and the
third by the two engineers already appointed.
The bonds Of the new corporation would be
offered for sale to the people of the. munich
palities which are served by the respective water
companies that would get their supply from the
Somerset Water supply Company. In other
words, tn water companies practically ask the
different municipalities to finance the COM
panies while the companies make the profit.
Naturally the question arises, why do not the
municipalities combine and construct their own
water supply? If they have got to finance the
water company anyway, why should there be
any middleman to take a profit? Middlesex
county is vitality concerned in this matter and
the operations should be watched very closely.
Water supply for the people of New Jersey
is becoming a serious problem. The time is
coming when the state will probably have to
take hold Of the whole problem and see that
water is provided for oil. In the meantime, we
cannot see why any municipality should tie it.
self up to some water company for a period Of
thirty years. at the same time helping to finance
the company.
Jersey City has a similar problem with the
East Jersey Water Company and finally escaped
from the clutches Of the corporation by buying
II out and developing its own water supply. The
same process is open to Elizabeth, Plainfeld and
the Middlesex county towns that find themselves
In a serious situation under the present ar
arrangement. Municipalities have made a great
success of operating their own water works.
Potable water is the first essential Of all COM
munities and it ought not to be in the hands of
private concerns.
Before signing any contract or agreeing to
any bond issues. the municipalities directly con-
cerned in this latest proposition for a water
supply ought to get together and see what can
be done toward developing their own water
system.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24

MY, my." said the Old Fosy. as ne looked
~, from the Newspaper he was reading. Il see
where this fellow Speeder. who inherited a
million dollars the day he was born, mas an.
nounced that he is broke and bankrupt. what
= fool and spendthrift he must have been!
"Huhi" rrunted the Crouch. Tin other words.
he hasn't the cents he was born with
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-24

test, the Army or the Navy?-W. F.
G.
A. This years game being won
by the Navy. evens the score OF
games won by the two academies.
They have met % times, each has
won IL games, the contest in 1906
Resulting in a tied score.