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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-03
new EQUIPMENT
IS INSTALLED
Economy Meat Market Undergoing
Many Changes-New Equipment to
Facilitate in the Business
ICELEss REFRIGERATOR PLACED
New System for Keeping Of Accounts
Added and the Interior Of Room
Thoroughly Overhauled

Wilbur Roberts of the Economy mar.
ket has been making some decided i'm
provements to his market the past
month"; He has built an addition to the
rear Of the building, the dimensions be.
ing 30x20. This room Is to be used ex-
clusively for the making of sausage and
bolognas and for the accommodation OF
the necessary machinery. The old ice
Refrigerator so long in use in the mar.
ket has been discarded and a new and
modern amonia plant has been installed
alta cost of $4,000. This is a very fine
refrigerator, having a plate glass front.
and the woodwork being of highly pol.
ished quarter sawed oak. 1t has ca
Dacity for eight beeves and eight hogs
besides compartments for the. proper
keeping of lard, butter, cut meats. etc.
The refrigerator is electric lighted. and
the cost of operation very slight COM
pared to the inconvenient and old time
refrigerator. 1t is said to pay for itself
within four years Just in the saving of
ice alone. eti Iii
4 "A new system for the keeping Of nc.
counts has also been added, the new
system being "The Champion This
consists Of a large fireproof metal case,
with many compartments for the diff
ferent accounts, and the entire busi-
ness. asl far as bookkeeping is concerned
IN kept III TINS case. More room mas
been made in the front of the salesrOom,
the counters have been moved farther
to the rear. and the bookkeeper's booth
has been removed altogether. Plaster
board now adorns the walls and ceiling.
and this is panelled and the effect is
very noticeable. With the additional
room in the front of the building Mr..
Roberts will be better able to display
and handle the line of canned goods.
and expects to enlarge this stock A
new sausage machine electrically oper-
ated has been installed, and with this
machine in operation more attention
will be paid to the making of home
made sausages, hamburgers and the
like. When fully completed Mr.. Roberts
will have an ideal market, and his
friends are pleased to note his evident
prosperity.
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A Square Deal For Every Country Boy and Girl
Consolidated Schools Will Help
Solve the Problem

majority of the cases, will not go back
to the one room rural school.
Children enjoy riding in the buses,
enjoy the better building with sanitary
conditions, the better teachers, larger
classes and the social advantages of the
larger group. 1t is an uplift to the
country boy and girl and an inspiration
to the town pupils.
1t does cost more than the old, but is
worth several times the cost.
The transportation problem is being
solved so need not stand in the way of
the better school.
Recent tests made by our government
as to the ability of our soldiers show
necessary to hold big jobs. What is
true of our soldiers is true of our peo-
pie. This should not be true. America
should spend more for the education of
our boys and girls, especially in the less
favored districts. so that they could
have equal educational opportunities
with the more favored.
Why hesitate? The better schools for
country children are coming. Why not
have them now?
The farm bureau of Iowa and other
organizations are for better schools for
the rural communities.
z Boost for better teachers, for better
schools and forget that the cost will be
more. They are worth many times the
cost.
( A good school is the best investment
that any community can make.
Yours for better schools,
F. N. Olry,
County Superintendent of Schools
Denison, Iowa, Feb. 2S, 1920.
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When our government was formed 1T
was the intention of it's founders that
all should have an equality of oppor.
tunity. 1t was true that all did have
when all lived in the country with very
few towns in existence and each home
made the articles needed and used in
the home and ON the farm and all at.
tended the one room schools All were
neighbors then with equal opportunities
for education and advancement.
Gradually different communities be.
cause of better surroundings left the
rest and advanced more rapidly until
today they have nothing in common.
With them the one room school was
improved until today we have the best
high schools, or the colleges or uni
,Yersities. g{til%s
Il The large units with men of more ,ex.
perience demanded better educational
opportunities. along with social and
economic advantages until now the
boys and girls who are fortunate
enough TO live in these groups have
added opportunities over the others who
lacked the larger outlook. Sy n l5 ts3
Because of the better educational ad-
vantages many people have moved to
towns until 81 per cent of our people
live in the towns and cities and As per
cent in the country districts.
Five times as much money is invest
ed in our town and city schools as in
our rural schools. They have better
buildings. better equipment. and better
trained teachers, with much more ex-
perience. Towns, until lately, have
paid higher salaries for all classes of
teachers and have tried to get the best.
1t is not surprising that the boys and
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girls living In towns have advanced
much more rapidly than those boys and
girls who have not had an equal oppor-
tunity.
The country boy and girl who attend
school little more than six months a
year for five or six years can not expect
to compete with the boy and girl who
attend nearly nine months a year for
twelve years.
II we will give the country boys and
girls the best kind of consolidated
school there will be difference in in
terest in school and it's work and they
win see to it that they are as well or
better trained than their friends in the
town school.
Many attempts have been made by
several of the states to solve the prob
lem of better schools for our rural chill
dren and the best solution found SO far
is the consolidated school offering four
year high school course.
Today Indiana has 900 consolidated
schools, Colorado 105, Louisiana 900.
Minnesota 30S, Illinois 20 besides many
town high schools, Nebraska 40, North
Dakota 526. and many other states have
several. Iowa has 1873 in operation, ITO
in the process OF formation and $50
more considering the question.
One.sixth of our state is in consoiidat-
ed districts, 2212 one room schools have
been closed. 50, 900 Children attend these
schools, 10000 pulfls are in these high
schools and 1870 are iii the twelfth
grade. Nearly 2,0e0 horse drawn and
motor buses translDrt these children to
and from school every school day.
Parents who have children, in large
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-03
Overheard in Department Store

Customer-I'd like to look at some
shoes.
Salesgirl disappears, cones back
with pair of shoes.
Customer-Those are very good look.
ing shoes. How much are they?
Salesgirl-Sixteen dollars, and bar.
gain at that Our next shipment will
be twenty dollars a pair.
Customer can't think of paying
that. I'm school teacher. Haven't
you any more reasonable?
Salesgirl-O. l understand. l taught
school myself until I had a nervous
breakdown and had to give it up. Now
you see l am clerking, making much
more money with no responsibility or
nervous strain. When leave the store
my work Is finished for the day. 1t was
not so when left the school ROOM Now
1 have two weeks vacation each year
on full pay, when taught I had two
weeks vacation at Christmas time with
out cent of salary which meant that
must pay q six weeks board and room
bill out Of four weeks salary. | had
n weeks vacation in the spring with
out salary, then when the summer va
cation came l had no income for two
and a half months. which meant I had
to find a position every summer. But
/ need not tell a teacher this, you know
it already. Yes, we have cheaper shoes,
Just minute, please.
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BOYLAN INVEN1S ].
AN A OIL CONTROL 3 |.
Denison Man InNents Oil Control Cir.
cult Breaker to be Applied to
Gasoline Engine 'lI
MAY MANUFACTURE SAME HERE
Continuance Stops Engine When Oiling
System Fails-Breaks Circuit When
Engine Stops, Thus Saving Battery q

A. r. Boylan has recently patented
a cOntrivance which will, without ques-
ton, be welcomed by every owner of
an automobile and find a ready sale.
1t is an oil control circuit breaker
which can be applied to any gasoline
and serves two purposes. When the
oil in the system runs out or If for
any reason the oiling system fails to
function it automatically breaks the
electric circuit stopping the engine.
In addition to this when the engine is
stopped it breaks the electric circuit
and thus eliminates the danger of the
storage batteries running down.
The writer had the opportunity of
seeing this little mechanism several
weeks ago-in fact before Mr.. BOylan
but Mr.. tBoylan has worked on 1t for
about two years and ouly last winter
had it perfected- to the point where he
was satisfied with it. Several are
already installed ION cars here in Den.
ison and they are. doing all the invent
tor claims for them. With the ap-
pliance the oil gauge on the dash of
the car is not necessary and drivers
need have no fear OF burning out bear
ings for lack Of oil. &. Eb. 49,.
MR.. Boylanr has been advised by his
pdUelil y3ltOAuCyS fllAat INCiS - iiOtHAAlss
similar to this contrivance and with
out question 1t will find a ready mar
ket. For several years some Of the large
companies have been working on q
switch device which would automatic
ally shut off theo current when the en-
gine is stopped but have not been able
to invent anything that can be de-
pended upon at all times! The inven-
ton of Mr.. Boylan will do this abso-
lutely! The beauty of the contriv-
ance is that it can be manufactured
at a low cost and installed on a car
should not cost more than ten dollars.
AS yet Mr.. Boylan has made no
plans for the marketing for this oil
control circuit breaker but he plans
to demonstrate it to some of the large
manufacturers. He stated to the
writer that he would like to manufac-
ture it here in Denison if possible.
Mr.. Boylan left yesterday for Omaha
where he will demonstrate his inven-
ton at the automobile show.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-03
HOW TO WRITE ADVERTISING

An advertisement is well written
when it makes an appeal to one of the
basic desires of the buying public. If
you can find out what people most want
and show that your goods supply that
want, you have sold them.
Z A writer said before the war that the
basic desires Of women buyers in such
lines as dry goods. clothing, house fur
nishings. cts, is for style, service and
economy. The same writer today would
probably reverse the order of import
ance and put it economy, service and
style.
If you can show that you are giving
exceptional value, that your goods have
enduring qualities of wear, and that
they have the touch of modern style,
you will sell them.
The ad writer should bend all his
thought to making his notice convince
the public that his goods have these
qualities. Quote prices. demonstrate that
the stuff comes from the most reliable
sources, vet is offered at bottom prices
and show that it is fresh and up to
date.
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The I4aboring Mans Wages.

Manufacturers Record: The labor
ing man today is not as much over
paid as he was formerly underpaid.
That is fact which we must ever
bear in mind. For some years we
were hccustomed to low wages for
labor and to low prices for farm, pro
ducts. pr 1t is difficult to adjust our
selves to- the new conditions. Never
was there a time when the cost of
living justified paying a man onlys s$1.5O
a day, and yet there were many years
when labor in the south ono the farm
and in the trough work around the saw
mill and the furnace got only 60 to
20 cents a day. That meant starva-
ton, and tattered clothes and living in
huts Instead of living in homes.
The rise from,o these low wages
to the high wages of today was
being gradually made before the
war. The war gave sudden
and big boost In many cases the
advance was too great, and it brought
about what might be called an intox.
ication OF easy money. Millions of
people were so stimulated by this new
realization that their labor was worth
something that they naturally spent
their wages extravagantly and grew
less efficient in their work. 1t would,
however be ran unspeakable curse to
tne WOFu anu uSiSteT " CISiIAduoH
to see wages go back to the old figures
of former years. Civilization ought
to have something higher for the lab
oring man than such rate of wages,
and when men, cease J., to denOunce
these higher wages and do their ut
most to encourage the laboring man to
encourage the laboring man to greater
efficiency !, on the assurance that II
they increase their production their
higher wages will be maintained, we
will have gone a long ways toward
bringing about happier conditions be.
tween employers and employees and
between those, who have" and those
in the past $"who had not" s5
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Becker for $4,000 damages because
of injuries received when two Of his
teams ran away, frightened eby a dog
belonging to Reckler. n Reckler disown,
ed the dog and claimed he was a tramp
that took up his abode there. but the
evidence showed that he had paid taxes
on the animal and that clinched the
ownership. The case attracted unusual
interest because OF the nprominence OF
ing the responsibility of owners for
Whatever damages results from dogs,
We're freely submitted. The jury de.
creed that $4,000 would be sufficient
contribution on the part of Reckler and
it was so ordered by the court.
Hon. Bruce Wallace died recently at
his boyhood home at Atlantic. where
his brother still resides. He was born
and educated at Atlantic. When TWEEN.
ty he went as secretary to his father,
Thomas r. Wallace. when the latter
was named to the post of American con.
sulate at Creferd, Germany. When the
elder Wallace was transferred to post
at Jerusalem, the son remained in the
secretarial service in Germany. Last
fall he returned to the United States
and passed successful examination
for a consular post. He was assigned
to Jerusalem and expected to go there
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-03
TOWN BOOSTING /

Town boosting is something more
than machinery. You cam have n fine
organization and a splendid program.
But IL there is not some energixing
force back Of it, the whole thing will
be hot air. tis 5SatYas ya4if
Some one has got to put work and
enthusiasm into the proposition. NJ IN
fortunately it is not usually possible to
put over. "a successful town il boosting
movement simply on volunteer effort.
Many towns have made the mistake
Of not hiring and paying for the organ.
izing and managerial ability they need.
ed for such a movement. In one town
that could be named the board OF trade
formerly paid $500 a year to their Sec
retary. 1t would not be true to say
that they only got $500 worth of work,
because the secretary was a public spir-
tied man and probably gave work worth
twenty times that amount. But much
needed work went undone. Now the
same town is paying somewhere about
$4,000 for a first class man, and getting
big results.
Whether city can pay for a compe-
tent managers entire time or not is a
question to be studied under the light
of local conditions. Many towns that
could do it. could at least hire enough
detail work done so that the leaders OF
the movement could put in all the time
necessary for the big issues.
But even paid workeres do not solve
the problem. The big men Of a town,
the men who are looked up to for lead
ership, must put their shoulders to the
wheel. Without pay, save such re-
wards as they get from the advantage
to their own business and their own civ.
ic pride, they must put their enthusiasm
into the movement, If they will put
the same energy into community prog.
ress that they put into their own busi-
ness any town can be pushed ahead
with IA whoop. 1t is so elsewhere and
it can be so in Denison
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and Michael tipping the scales at 4
pounds and ounces. They were born
February 10th and have been placed ain
a baby incubator where they appear to
be thoroughly contented. They are
said to resemble animated dolls rather
than real babies. #i; ~ ,tsf.3 isJs
shall county has purchased a e stone
quarry in order that q supply of
crushed stone may be secured to be
used in permanent road construction in
that county. The supervisors have
purchased two stone crushers, five
dump cars and machinery to operate
them, the purchase price coming to
$4,000. The machinery is to be deliv
cred within sixty days. A switch from
the M. & ST. l.. railway is being laid
SO that the crushed stone can be loaded
for shipment to various parts of the
county. Marshall county voted bonds
to the amount of two million dollars
for road paving. Thus far Clinton,
Linn. Marshall and Greene are the on
ly counties on the Lincoln highway
that have voted for paving. Boone.
Story and Tama voted 1t down and the
others have not yet acted.
Statistics of the Iowa state highway
COMMISSION 1Or tHe year 1919 SHOWS
that the total number of Iowans killed
in highway accidents during that year
was 203. The total Of all automobile
accidents for the year was 2,SO9.. There
were 2,70S persons who suffered brok
en- bones and serious injuries. The rec
ord of the state with regard to automo.
bile accidents is improving. The total
deaths from such causes in 1917 amount
ed to 2S1 ,rand there were $500 accidents
with 5,20S injured. The total number
of deaths form highway accidents in
1918 was 237, with total injured of
$3.50. The totals for the last three
years show 721 death and II 1856 injured
as result of automobile accidents on
the highways of the state.
Sac City, Sac county, is proud of it's
former school boy, Prof. Ellis G.. Graft
who is superintendent of the city
schools of Indianapolis, Ind. and whose
educational prominence led to his elec-
ton to the presidency of the depart
ment of superintendent of the, Nation.
al Teachers association which recently
held it's annual meeting at Cleveland
o., where the leading educators of the
nation assembled to participate in a
program formulated by Superintendent
Graft.
E. NJ. Smith, aiprominent farmer
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residing near Renwick, Humboldt coun-
ty has brought suit against his neigh
bor, Charles Heggen, for $50,00O dam
ages because the latter struck him a
vigorous blow in the face. with a bundle
of automobile number plates. The diff:
Guilty was the elimination Of, bitter
feud that grew out of the war. Heg-
gen was accused of being pro- German
along with others in the neighborhood
Smith was active in putting across the
various war activities and in so doing
he aroused the enmity of Heggen. The
wrangle disrupted a cooperative thresh-
ing company and led to all kinds of
friction. The assault was the outgrowth
of the bad feeling engendered at the
time. The damage suit will be fought
to a finish as both sides have employed
strong legal talent.
From Atlantic comes the report that
Mrs Julia Forgy Mills, widow of Oil
yer Mills, who helped establish and op-
crate an underground railway
through Cass county in the days of
slavery, died at her home in Lewis at
the age of IS years. Oliver Mills was
a personal friend of John Brown. He
served in the legislature from Cass
county and was at one time president
of the state agricultural society
BY vote of IS to 40 it has been de.
creed that Lakota is to be the perma.
nent name of what formerly was Ger
mania in kossuth county. The name
Of the place was changed during the
war and after a years delay the post
Office department recognized the new
name. Recently agitation was started
to change the name back to it's prewar
status and a warm campaign followed
in which ugly charges were made
against leading citizens because of pro-
German sympathies during the war.
Some of the most enthusiastic workers
in dropping the old name are of Ger
man descent.
. A Des Moines girl. Miss Joyce Lap.
ham. daughter of Rev. and Mrs. j. A.
Lapham, has been appointed field sec.
retary of the Y. w. c. A. for the south
central district, comprising eight states.
Miss Lapham has just concluded a
months training at the national head
quarters and will have charge of activi.
ties in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Georgia, Mississippi. Tennessee, Ala
bama and Kentucky, with headquarters
at st. Louis.
At Newton, Jasper county. Emery
Dougherty brought suit against Fred
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village out on the frontier. The cap.
tain told him when hesgOt ready for a
bell he had the very one that was need.
ed. and SO an order was given for the
bell and in due time $3.50 were raised
to pay for it. Before the church was
completed the bell was placed on a pole
and served to call worshippers to the
school house where services were being
held. Since that time three different
church edifices have been erected by
the Presbyterians. each an improve.
ment over its predecessor, but the same
old bell is still doing duty. 1t is pattern
ed after a steamboat bell, but much
larger and is made from q combination
of metals of which bell makers of the
present have no knowledge. The bell
was brought to Sioux City on a steam.
boat up the Missouri river in 1861.
Charles Ehle. of Cass county, has
brought suit against his wife, Grace
Jahe Ehle. the disturbing factor being
a full blooded Sioux Indian upon res
ervation in Buffalo county. South Dako-
ta, where the Ehles spent several
months the past season. The Indians
name in native parlance Is Big Eagle.
misunderstanding, but when he en-.
tered the government Indian school he
assumed plain John King as his cog
nomen. Mr.. Ehle claims in his petition
filed with the clerk of courts at Atlantic
that the Indian used all of the wiles of
a shrewd devotee in his efforts to be-
guile the pale faced woman and he sue.
ceeded in spite of the protests of her
lawful, spouse. He asks divorce and
further pleads that the name of the
woman before her marriage be restored
to her that her disgraceful conduct may
not bring reproach upon an ,honored
name. 7tlsi
Considerable activity is noticeable in
military circles at Camp Dodge Over
200 recruits were added to the list re-
Gently and a vigorous campaign is be-
ing featured. The Fourth division of
the regular army Is to be brought up to
a contingent of $4,000 men, Col Rush
Wells, formerly of the 315th infantry
and commander of Dodge's famous dis
charge center last summer, has been
placed in charge Of the recruiting Office
at the camp.
Black Hawk county claims the small
est pair of twins of which there is any
record in this country. The names of
the little waits are Julia Rose and
Michael Robert, children of Mr. and
Mrs. ID. II. Sullivan. The combined
weight of the twins is only pounds.
Julia weighing pounds and 13 ounces
4