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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
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Easter Island Sorry Place.

Iowa Falls Sentinel: A dispatch
from New York under the date of May
20 says: III a daily train was ever
operated on Easter Island, 1900 miles
off the coast of Chile, the natives would
eve gather at the station to see it
come in" said DR.. William A. Bryan,
professor of geology at the University
of Hawaii. who arrived yesterday on
the steamer Santa Teresa from South
American ports after scientific eXplora-
ton of the South Sea Islands.
DIR. Bryan is n brother of W.. r.
Bryan, of Iowa Falls, manager of the
local branch Of the Iowa Telephone
Company. He has been in Hawaii for
the past twenty years. Easter Island,
mentioned in the dispatch above, is
one Of the most uninhabitable spots
in the world. DR.. Bryan was in Iowa
Falls about two years ago visiting his
brother for a short time.
DR.. Bryan, speaking of his trip to
Easter Island, said the go natives OF
the island are not energetic; neither
are they curious, for when his ship
arrived there, the first in eighteen
months, it was greeted only by one
man, seated IN n box on the pier, fac.
ing in the opposite direction. He did
not even look around.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Exports and Imports Decline.

A drop of $135,OOO,OOO In exports and
Of nearly S3O,OOO,OOO in imports in
April as compared with the preceding
month of March is shown by the total
value statement issued by the bureau
the department of commerce.
Exports in April valued at
1854 100000 against $3.50, 900 in
March of this year and $715,OOO, 900 i'll
April Of last year. For the ten months
period ending with April, exports
amounted to Sc, 734, 10000 this year, an
increase of $1,O34,OOO,OOO over the
|amount Of So OO,OOO,OOO in the same
period Of the fiscal year 1919.
Imports in April amounted to 1885,
100000, against 1924. 100000 in March
OF this year and $273, 100000 in April
of last year. During the ten months
period ending with April, imports were
S4,254, 900, 200, an increase of $1,7SO.-
100000 over the amount of $2,474, OOO,-
1000 in the ten months period Of 1919.
Imports Of gold during April formed
the largest monthly total for several
Years, amounting to $5O,OOO,OO against
ISL, 100000 In March and $4,000 0 In
April a year ago. During the ten
months period of the fiscal year, i'm.
ports OF gold were $11O,OOO,OOO IN
1913. Exports of gold during April
were $44.OOO,OO approximately the
same IS for previous months of this
year, compared with exports of less
than $2.OOO,OOO in April Of 1919. In
the ten months period, exports of gold
amounted to 1853 900 against $32,
100000 in the same period a year ago.
The imports Of silver in April,
amounting to $1,000, 900, and the ex.
ports, amounting to $17,OOO,OOO, were
nearly the same as the average for
previous months of this year. =
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
High School Annual DELAYED.

The best laid plans o. mice and
men gang aft aglee," is now the motto
of the management of the high school
annual. 1t was hoped that the com
pleted production might appear and be
delivered today, but unexpected delays
at the print shop, incident to the short
age of print paper, scarcity of expert.
elced help, etc, have rendered it i'm.
possible to have them ready.
Just how Don they will be done is
not yet known, but the public are assur-
cd that at the earliest possible moment
the books will be put into their hands.
The committee in charge of the work
much regrets this disappointment to u
generous public, whose courtesy is be-
sought to overlook this unavoidable
delay. Announcement will be made SO
that subscribers may receive the work
at its completion.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
House Ant Remedies.

The home economies division Of Iowa
State college have given out the follow
ing rules to help the housewife in her
annual battle with the red ant or com
mon ant that infects the pantry.
The best way to lid the house of
these pests is to locate the place they
are coming from. Usually a nest can
he found and this can be destroyed by
putting kerosene on it. If the nest
cannot be located one good way to trap
the invaders is to saturate sponges
with syrup and borax. This kills them
when they come to get the sweet. Also
n solution Of arsenic and syrup will de-
.stroy them, but care must be taken not
to leave it where children will get it.
Another tried method is to put a
saturated sponge, containing sugar and
sodium arsenate, in a glass jar with a
perforated cover. The ants will collect
in 1t. especially if placed on a run way
where they have been travelling.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
TO EXCHANGE
Librarians
America and England to
Exchange Librarians
to Promote Mutual
Understanding.
PLAN UNDER WAY
Encourage Adult Self du.'
cation in the two
Countries.
PLAN UNDER WAY

An exchange of library assistants be-
tween American and British libraries:
soon may be arranged, according to-
plans now under way. Recent commit.
nicatiOns between a representative OF
the American Library association and.
l.. Stanley Jast, chief deputy librarian
of the Manchester. England, public H.
braries, have revived a plan first pro-
POSED years & Other prominent
British public libraries considering the
project are those of Glasgow, Birming-
ham, Liverpool, Leeds and Croydon.
and cooperation of American Libraries
is declared to be assured. The plan
probably will have the backing Of the
Library association of Great Britain"
and of the American Library associa-
TONS committee OH international re-
%lations.
The exchange of librarians, cOmpar-
able to the system of exchange pro-
fessors. would promote a mutual under
standing of methods of encouraging
adult self -education in the two coun-
tries. The revival at this time OF u
project first proposed in 1908 Is declar-
ed by the American Library association
10 Dc I'LL llulCdiiUu VI tlc SlVN Il6 ISNh"
~ization throughout the world OF the
importance Of public library service
as n guide for the citizenship Of Il ma
ton. Growing interest in public Ii
brary service has been observed in
France, OccasiOned to some extent by
the library service Of the American Ii
|brary association for the American
Expeditionary Forces in the war. Pc
land and CzechO-S lovakia have estab-
|lished public library systems, having
|sought the expert guidance Of the
American Library association through
tits European headquarters in Paris.
TO promote library extension In
america, the American Library associ-
|ation is raising a books for every
body" fund Of $2.OOO,0OO. In seventeen
Estates, less than One-fifth of teh p0pu-
IlatiOn has access ito free public librar-
les, the bureau of education declares.
land the average for the nation is less
than fifty per cent.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
The Shack.

You kin talk Of life In a palace.
And of wearin' a jeweled crown,
And Of life in a marble cottage
Where the nabObs flock from town
But give me a home OF the prairie.
Where the sod's ne'er been turned
. back;
There's nothin' that makes for content
ment
Like life in a homestead shack.
You can talk of the joys Of Twin
Where the slaves Of the city toll;
There's nothin' to wrench the heart
strings
Out here on the virgin soil;
Just give me a door facin' westward,
And a cOffee-and-bacOn snack,
And a dreamy old pipe in the evrnin'-
I'm strong for the homestead shack.
The sun peeps in at the dawnin.'
And 1t reddens things up at night
There's nOthin' to break the silence
And set a mans thought to flight
There's pride In his hard achievement
VI settin' the wilderness back
Aid there comes the glory Of con-
quest
To him in the homestead shack.
Arthur Chapman.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Bcxinninc Of Homo Journal.

Richard Spillane in Forbes Maya
zine: Mrs. Cyrus II. X. Curtis from the
beginning was very much interested
in her husbands publication. She was
especially interested in the Tribune
and Farmers woman's page particular
ly because she saw so many places
where 1t could be improved.
WHO wrote this?" she would ask
now and then.
Usually her husband would reply
II did. Why do you ask?
Its utterly ridiculous she would
say and then she would laugh and tell
why 1t was absurd.
This sort Of criticism continued un.
til he remarked to his wife that II
she knew so much Of what was wrong
and what was right about a wOman's
page maybe she could get out u better
one than he was producing.
She said she could.
Not only that, but she did. What Is
more, she got out so good a feature
page that soon 1t became the feature
Of the paper.
And out Of the wOman's page Of the
Farmer and Tribune came the Ladies'
Home Journal.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Winchell.N eedham.

To a group of twelve. girls, all init
mate friends, Miss Winchell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Winchell, Friday
night announced her marriage to Mr..
Edwin Leroy Needham which took
place Feb. 81 at Fort Dodge, the SER
vice being read by the Rev. Brooks OF
the Methodist church there. The bride
was a member of this years high
school graduating class and had kept
her marriage a secret until she had
completed her senior year.
Mrs. Needham leaves Monday for
Omaha where she will join her hus-
band and where they will make their
home. The groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. l.. Needham Of Mainstique,
Mich, and is at present an Omaha
representative Of the Western Electric
company OF Chicago. Although he is
unknown here he will receive the con-
CALCULATIONS of many on his choice OF
a bride who, through her charming
personality, is the pOssessOr of a large
circle of friends. In her school work
Mrs. Needham has made an excellent
record and though the announcement
of her marriage comes as a complete
surprise, she will receive sincere well
wishes from her fellow students and
teachers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Fourth in Iowa Falls.

Iowa Falls Sentinel: Pledges have
come in literally of money for the big
Fourth of July celebration which will
be held in. Iowa Falls on July i. 1t
is understood that the full amount will
be raised in a short time. The event
will be in the nature Of an %old-fashiOn-
ed Fourth, and the entertainment COM
mittce. is working out a program which
will surpass anything ever given at n
celebration Of this kind in the history
of the city.
In the morning there will be a big
parade, and NJ. NJ. Kickles, head of
entertainment committee, says that up
till the present time. there are ore
than, fifty who have promised to enter
floats in the parade.
One ball game Is assured, and there
will be one other engaged later. There
will be potato races, sack races, Ford
barrel races, fat mans, lean mans,
short mans and long mans races, a
creased pig, creased pole and other
similar contests. There will be a big
dance on the pavement Mt night. This
will he a big day-One that should not
he missed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
A Much Massacred Man.

Maj. Gen. james G. Harmord in the
Worlds Work: Much of the literature
about Armenia was Of the class that
In another cause might have been class
ed MS propaganda, hut the witnesses
were unimpeacllable in the case Of poo:
Armenia. as we were soon to lea RI on
the ground. One member of the mis-
sion told Of mn Armenian he had met
In Paris who. when asked If the stories
we had heard of the Armenian massa-
ores were really ms bad as represented.
replied: 'Yes, quite as bad! Why, l
have been massacred twice myself"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Each in His Own Tongue.


"A fire mist and a planet,
A crystal and a cell,
A jellyfish and a saurian,
And caves where the cavemen dwell,
Then Il sense Of law and beauty,
And a face Turned from the clod-
Some call 1t Evolution,
And others call it God.
A haze on the far horizon,
The infinite, tender sky,
The ripe, rich tints Of the cOrnfields,
And the wild geese sailing high,
And all over upland and lOwland
The charm Of the gOldenrod-
Some Of us call it Autumn,
And others call it God.
Like tides on the crescent sea beach
When the moon is'new and thin,
Into our hearts high %yearnings
Come yelling and surging in,
Come from the mystic ocean
Whose rim nO foot has trOd -
Some of us call it Longing,
And others call it God.
A picket frozen on duty,
A mother starved for her brood.
Socrates drinking the hemlOck,
And Jesus on the rood,
And millions who humble and nameless
The straight hard pathway plod-
Some call it Conservation,
And others call it God.
William Herbert Carruth.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Determination.

Houston Post: With a wall of dis
tress she threw the horrible thing from
her. 1t was toe much-too much!
Her recently acquired husband heard
her sobs and rushed into the kitchen.
What is it," he asked tcnderly, as
lie drew her to his bosom.
Il can't do it" she cried. Il can't
do it,"
"Whaty"
Get that chicken apart"
She pointed to a fowl which lay on
the table.
a light of stern resolve shOne in the
mans eyes as he rolled up his sleeves.
"lIl do it," he vowed. i've
never tackled n before, but seems to
me that IL l car take a motor car to
bits l shouldn't be beaten by a mere
hen"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
FARMERS Can
NOT ETLAb0R
Acreage Of Some Crops is
Being Reduced as Re-
suit of the Short
- age.
MISSOURI HARD HIT
Say They Can't pay Wages
Offered by Manu-.
features.

Reports that farmers in various sec
lions Of the country are deliberately
reducing the acreage of cultivation this
year with a view to insuring high
prices for such products as they may
produce continue to come to various
centers in Webster City.
These umOr are sometimes carried
on the grain wires, but more often they
are found in printed statements that
are forwarded. Some of the reports
assert that the alleged reduction OF
production is due entirely to the short
age Of labor to be procured for farm
activities.
No Unused Land Here.
A reduction in cultivation Of from 10
to II per cent is reported In some
localities. Webster City grain opera
tors assert that while the wheat acre-
age may be reduced in Webster City
territory there will be practically no
unused land and all Of 1t will be plant
ed to some form of food product.
A labor shortage of 23 per cent Is
reported on the farms of ,twenty-one
counties in the state Of Missouri. On
these same farms it is stated that
5000 labOrers are required to cult
vatc them properly.
Help too Expensive.
The statement received In Webster
City says that farm bureau agents in
Missouri have publicly stated that
"some farmers are deliberately cutting
down production rather than hire help
even when available at the wages de-
mandeN. The farmers claim that with
the present prices of food products
they cannot compete with the manufac-
turer for labor
There is a tendency" continues the
statement, ito limit the acreage to
what the farmers and their families
can cultivate properly and this is less
than the number of acres a few years
ago, for the sons of the farmer have
gone to the cities for employment at
more r%emunerative wages. 1t l0Oks
as though there was to be restriction OF
acreage to the point where there will
be ample profit to the cultivator of the
soil"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Seeing lntelligently.

Forbes Magazine: In training chill
dren or training students or training
employees 1t is extremely important to
develop in them the faculty of observa-
ton, for much can I've learned by seeing
with seeing eyes" The principal value
Of travel is that it broadens ones vision
and knowledge through the things and
people see in various countries. TO
become wise therefore, teach yourself
to observe closely. This, In turn. Will
help to store your head with power to
see things not visible to l~ess-sectng
eyes. And is 1t nOt true that success
depends largely upon seeing things
more clearly and seeing farther than
other people? Intelligent seeing in
ones knowledge, and knowl'
edge increases ones ability to see.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
The FOotlights.

They dance all day. the daffodils,
In yellow frocks and fluffy frills,
Their partner is the satyr breeze
That smites the oak trees knobbv
knees,
And pipes n little haunting tune
1t learned from Pan beneath the moo
When Spring was never coy or cold.
And all the world was blue and gold
Amid the gardens dews and damps,
The tulips light their crimson lamps;
Like incandescents, row on row,
Along the winding walks they glow,
Illuminating every bed
With lambent globes Of vivid red
The footlights for the daffodils
That dance in yellow frOcks and friils.
Nina Irving in the New York Times.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
4 4 4 4 So 4 4
LISTEN, BOYS! 4
I BY Ivanh0e Whitfield. 4

. There are a hundred reasons why the
farm is the best place to live. You hear
oceans of bunk and see acres of print
ed propaganda. about every mans hand
being against the farmer; that heifs
skinned to a fragile and hOrnswOggled
out of his rights; that his horns are
long, his work hard, and SO forth, and
so on. And while there is a lot of truth
in it, don't allow that fact to blind
you to the other side of farm life, the
good side.
You have a notion that the city boy
with his beautifully creased pants and
his eight hour day has 1t all over you.
Forget it! He works for Big Bust
ness, mostly, which lean that he is
one of hundreds of clerks in a depart
|ment store, factory or other big estab-
lishment. He puches a time clock and
is identified. by a number. Working
conditions are often as rotten as the
human animal can stand for. If a
piece worker-and he probably is-he
does the same. thing over and owe and
over. days, weeks, months, with no
chance to grow, nc room to expand his
soul, and no opportunity to develop ini-
tiative. He is merely a cog in a great,
|heartless, observation-disclosures
machine.
Your work is different. It is cUn-
structive. You can do big things, Origi-
nal things, if you will. To grow a
splendid field Of grain is an accom-
|plishment to brag about. Subduing a
piece Of stubborn soil and making 1t
productive is a real achievement.
Breeding pure-bred animals good
enough to win ribbons and things at
fairs and stock. shows makes a counter
clerks eight-hour job look like a
d0ughnut with the rim gone, while run
ming a big tractor pulling a pair Of
~fifteen-inch bottoms and a harrow is
SO far ahead Of the average piece work
ler's dinky task that it would be silly
Ito attempt u comparison.
So stick to the farm, son, even
though half the farmers you meet are
Hooking down their noses. and talking
lOf moving to town. Farming is a
much better business than 1t was when
Your dad and. l earned our first money
packing bundles and riding leaders in
1.-THE harvest field. And slowly but sure
lly, that will bring agriculture into its
lOwn, and thousands Of. men who are
Leaving 1t for the eight-hour stuff eff
Ifered by the city will wonder, when 1t
lis too late, what crazy influence put
their judgment on the blink.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Trees as Memorial.

The tribute to the Salt Lake county
(Utah) boys who made the supreme
sacrifice in the world war will be a
grove Of towering trees with winding
pathways a place where The mothers
of those boys who smi!ingiy gave up
their hopes and ambitions for those
stalwart sons, might wander ami
mingle their memories Of baby laughter
and boyish condolences with the singing
Of birds and the perfume. Of flowers.
1.-THE Road to Memory will be the
name of the grove. 1t will be a place
where the little old mothers may fold
their tired hands and dream of the days
before the world was stretched on the
cross of suffering and the world war
was something that idealists said
could not be. In this grove will be
planted many flowers, red flowers,
which are the color of hearts blood,
with blue flowers, which bring thoughts
of loyalty and sacrifice, and with white
flowers, which signify eternal peace,
the words .'The Road to Memory will
be written.
The planting of this grove will re-
quirc only $1,000. The federal govern
ment has promised to give enough blue
spruce trees to make a background for
the grove, and the superintendent of
the Salt Lake parking system has plans
for the purchase Of 1876 hardwood
towering trees. The trees will be
placed 60 feet apart and at the base
Of each tree a bronze tablet with the
name Of the hero and the place where
he fell engraved on it will be pegged
down until the tree has grown large
enough for the tablet to be fixed on the
tree itself. Plans are being made fol
the passing of an ordinance by the city
commissioners which will dedicate and
set aside for all time as sacred ground
the 20 acres which will be used for the
memory grove. The blue prints of the
grove are being prepared.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
A Keen Man.

London Answers: 1t was dark and
late at night. as a horseman could he
heard approaching a territorial camp.
Halt Who's there?' barked a voice.
"Regimental commander"
"DismOunt, and advance to be recOg-
niZed." X
The colonel dismounted and came
over to the soldier, who presented arms
with Il snap.
proceed. colonel" he said.
As he labOriOusly got back on his
horse the colonel asked:
by the way, who posted you there"
ooh, nobodM!" replied the sentry.
I'm just practicing!
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Not Foreeful Enough.

Chicago News: A %garrulous lawyer
was arguing a ease. He had rambled
on in such a desultory way that 1t be-
came. very difficult to follow las train
of thought and the judge had yawned
OminOusly.
Whercupon the long-winded lawyer,
with a trace Of sarcasm, said:
II hope, your honor, l am not un-
duly trespassing upon the time of the
court
My friend" observed the Judge,
there is a considerable diffCrnece' he
tween tiespassing on time aud en-
croaching on eternity"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Shopping Etiu,lctte.

Houston Post: Mother was very
keen Oh correct department and never
lost u chance Of Installing it into Mabel.
There's one important thing, my
dear" she said. You must never
point at anything"
But, mamma, objected the girl,
suppose l am shopping and don't
know the name of u thing!'
Then let the clerk show you every
thing in stock until he comes to the
article you want"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Grant Me Thy Peace.

Lord, through the coming year l make
no plea
For wealth or power; neither that of
grief
l have no portion; but where'er l bc.
Grant me Thy peace.
| ask not that my days shall pleasure
know:
Nor that from sorrow l shall find re-
lief:
In hours of joy, i'm hours of pain or
woe,
Grant me Thy peace!
Elizabeth Cranncll.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31
Orders Must he Obeyed.

American Legion Weekly: A lieut.
enant was inspecting the tents after
taps to see that all the lights were out.
Approaching n e that was between
him and the moon, lie comma nded.
You in tent three. put that light out 7.
Didn't you hear taps!'
MY lights are out" answered
a voice from the tent. 1t must be that
moon"
Il don't care what it is" answered
the lieutenant. sharply, put it OUT
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-05-31

Washington Star: What has become
of the chaps who used to send in arti-
cles signed '~TaXpayer?? " inquired the
journalist.
II wonder" rcjoincd Senator Sorg-
hum. Maybe we've got 'em so busy
paying taxes they haven't time to com
pose essays"