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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
THE SENATE SHOULD ACT.

"Why should any senator u to the
White House for instructions? Why
should the president be charged with
the extra legal duty Of making up SEN
~atOrial minds? 1t is neither a service
nor a kindness to the president to de-
mand his opinion in advance on a vital
matter of policy. He is entitled to
know what the senate itself thinks Of
questions of moment. He may have to
yield to the senate. Requiring him to
serve as . censor or umpire as between
senators is to make his position more
difficult. The president should be pre-
scented with an accomplished fact in
respect of the treaty. Secretly he may
prefer his way out Of a dilemma. AT
any rate, the people have the right to
ask that the senate act with a proper
sense of its own responsibility as an
essential factor in making the treaties
that bind this nation."-ChicagO Daily
News. -.
The News hitsthe bulls-eye that time.
The senate sisenot a servant OF the
president and is not bound to look at
public questions as ,he. does. yen
Senator Hitchcock and other Demo
cratic leaders dare not make a sugges-
ton about the %league-treaty covenant
without chasing over to the White
house and finding out what h presl7,
dent thinks of it. Why. II might
think that a duly elected United States
senator is nothing more than a mere
cabinet officer who is not supposed TO
have any ideas and if he should hap
pen to have one must not express 1t I'M
til he secures presidential approval.
1t is little wonder that even the presl-
dent himself has come to regard the
senate as pigmy minded. If Mr.. Hitch
cock and the other rubber stamps in
the upper house. of congress would
assert their independence they would
at least be entitled to the respect OF
the white house. whether they would
get it or not. In their present attitude
of syc6phacy they are not entitled to
the respect of anybody. The senate
ought to go ahead and adopt such re-
s~ervations TO the league-treaty as II
deems proper and them let the presi-
dent do with it as he likes.
80 49,
If the question is to be carried into
the campaign the issue would the be
clearly defined and the people could
vote intelligently. .
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
LISTEN TO THIS.

The Republicans will make the fight
of their lives for the Southern vote
this year and with the help of the
Democratic leaders they may get it.
Florida Times-Uni0n, Dem.
The Timcs.Union may feel that there
is some hope for the Republicans to
this year carry some of the southern
states, but it, along with Republicans
in the north who have such ideas. will
find on the morning following the cleo
ton that the south is just as sOlidly
Democratic as it has been for fifty
years. The south gives no considera-
ton to men or principles. 1t takes it's
Democracy straight and gives the same
to such men as Alton b. Park
as it rolls up for w. j. Bryan. Yet
politically Alton B. Parker is as far
removed from w. J. Bryan as Senator
Lodge is removed from President Will
son. Negro domination" is the scarce
crow that keeps the south half a cen
fury behind the times.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
L0WDEN and HOOVER.
FARMS Near HUBBARD
Homesteads of two Families
Were Only a Mile
Apart.

The homestead OF Il. 0. Lowden, the
father Of Frank o. Lowden, stands one
mile from the Hoover farm near Hub
bard. On the, grounds Of the Hoover
farm is an old one room log cabin of
pioneer days in which the grandparents
of Herbert c. Hoover once lived.
Thus the families of the two leading
Americans discussed for the presidency
lived in the same neighborhood and
their families were neighbors in the
earlier days, Though drifting widely
apart during the life time Of the two
distinguished citizens. 1t would be a
romantic sequel If one or the other Of
the scions Of these two pioneer houses
should.be president and the other vice
president of the United States. To po-
litical observers about Hubbard, the
fact that these families have lived near
or in Hubbard has political significance.
1t has been noted that when a man
has once been a resident of Hubbard
or of Upton township, when he be-
comes a candidate for Office he is sure
winner. Something in the atmosphere
of that prairie town and township
seems to inspire political success.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
OF COURSE THEY A v

"The people have the inalienable.
u%nalterabie and ~indefeasible right to
change or alter their form of govern
ment whenever the happiness, peace
and prosperity Of the people require
it."-Glen E.. Plumb.
Mr.. Plumb is author of the plan
proposing that the government shall
take yer the railroads by purchase
and turn them over to railroad en-
ployes to operate.
There is no question but that the
people have the right to change or
alter their form of government, but the
majority have only that right and
ways and means by which it can be
accomplished are provided in the con-
stitutiOn. The people hvae frequent
|ly exercised this ''inalienabfe, unalter-
able and indefeasible' right and an
amendment to the constitution that
will abolish a thing that has been
tolerated for years has just been rati-
fed by the people and is now the or
ganic law of the land. Yet a lot of
fellows like Mr.. Plumb are attacking
the prohibitory amendment and de-
clare it a usurpation Of power. How
ever, it was carried to a successful
issue by strict adherence to that
organic law that gives 'the people the
.inalienable right" to do that very
thing.
The majority are not going to sub
nit to changes or alterations ina their
form of government except by consti-
tutional methods. The south tried that
in 1861 and the. majority, led by
Abraham Lincoln and other lovers Of
the constitution, used rather drastic
methods to preserve the constitutional
form of doing such things.
John C. Calhoun was going to nullify
the constitution by usurping the
right on the part Of South Carolina
to levy its own import duties. Andrew
Jackson happened to be president at
the Stime. "Old Hickory was not
strong on polished essays and scholar
ly state papers, but when he spoke the
country knew he meant what lie said.
He told Mr.. Calhoun and those in
league with him that if they under
took such Il thing he would, hang them
all. Well, they didn't undertake Ii.
The constitution was vindicated and
South Carolina abandoned her threat
ened policy of treason.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

also found that American. shopkeep-
ers were much worse than French
ones when it came to charging a sol
der for anything. And they also
found that they had to pay a war tax
on every little thing they bought,
which hurt, for France. and Germany
exempted the soldiers from this annoy
ing Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
The foregoing clipping was sent the
Frceman-Jo Journal with a request to
publish. 1t will appear to many people
that the Sentinel is not justified in
making such broad statements. So far
as the observation Of the Freeman
Journal. has gone, conditions are not
exactly as represented. The soldier is
respected in this country, while the
slacker is not. Nearly every soldier
who left a job in Webster City, we.
believe, has got it back ii he wanted it.
When any considerable number retnrn-
ed from service they We're met ut the
trains and given royal welcomes. :. In
fact, this custom prevailed until the
soldiers themselves made it plain that
they would rather not be met by de-
monstrations Of that kind.
1t is not likely that shopkeepers in
this country charge soldiers more
than they charge others and it. is not
likely that the self-respecting soldier
is looking for special fav9rs in this
direction. In business transactions all
persons should be treated the same.
That is democracy and soldiers are
not expecting any other consideration
from shOpkeepers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
OyERDRAWN.

A life on the ocean wave was the
song of the majority of members OF
the First Division one year ago. Some
of the command had not as yet sailed
from Brest, but Il large part OF the
division was embarked and was on
its way-to America after twenty-six
months spent in France and Germany.
To say that the members OF the COM
mand were happy is to put it mildly
but then-they. did not know what
they were leaving and what they
were going to find in America. They
thought that veterans would be wei
but they found that 1t was
the slackers who held all of the good
places and were thought the most OF
by the people in this country. They
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
IL ~ and on 1S,hlL IL n & Co's Add

w III ,&EAfE HNesENN< NlFNHNNE2 'tl.ETtn-
Il II and all 1S'blk IA F. s Cos Add
W. C..s22,ooO.
Clemen Peterson and VT to Alfred
Jensen-lot 6,Y7sblk 10 W. Il s Co.'S
Add W.s c. -.$$2,1OO.
). o. w, Bige, and wf to b. +. Cum
~mingssI,lots 81 blk 100 w. +. 4 Cos
Add W.C.zAsl2,O0O.
Kathryn G. johnson and hus to
Emma West-lot Is blk z w. f. & Cos
Add w. G::.S3,OOO.
Laura +. Olson ct alto "A. Burk
-sw my 35-sG-24-s13,OOO.
Laura F. Olson ct al GA. A. Burk
35-sG-24-s52,OO0
Frank r. Ristrim to John 8. Bjus-
.trum-s u NV 2s-s6-a6- $4,000.
Nettie Lee and lus to ClemM Peter
son-ne NV west Of r. R. 32-s9-25-,
$4,000. ,h
Jacob ,sexaner to Fl. J.. Gariock and
W. NJ. Young-w u NV and n " sw
and S a off ii side e u NV s5-s6-25-
$77,S5O.
j.. L. Burnstedt and VT to John Car
mody-sw 16-S9-24A$48,OOO.
Leo L. Reagan to John Carmody-
w h S-S9-23-- $SG,40O.
Ollie Thornhill ct al to Leo r.. Rea-
ga.-w ~ SIG 500.
w NJ. Healy and VT to John Car
mody-se 364S9-24 and strip of sw
31-S9-23-$4S,225.
George Wareham to John A. Hagen
ne 500.
I.orine Ellwood and hus to Albert
Olson-und u interest Of S u Sc and
n u ne 24-S7-23-$24,OOO. !.
II. NJ. Carson and VT to G.. F. Garth
NV and II 10 a. sw 9-SS-25-$6O,OOO.
!, Oscar Eangerman and VT to A. j..
md Henry McCoy-se 5-SS-23-$52,OOO
p. A. Swanson to Elmer Nilson-e "
tx 20-sG-26-$23,29O.
(. Fred and Grace Allie to Anna S. and.
Lillian olsen-s Y sw 2s-s7-24-$21,-
l4O.
Laura A. Hoag Aet al to George f.
Caruth-s u NV 3-SS-24-$24,OOO.
A. J. Peterson and VT ct al to +. A.
Nayser. ct al-se and S i rods Sc ne
31-sS-25-$335,O75.
y. C. Chase Jr and VT to Fred C..
Stewart-lots !, 2. !, blk ~ Il. r.
Add W.tC.-$G,5O0.
Murray McMurray and VT to Harry
L%eftwich-lot 4 blk II Lawn Hill Add
w. $1,000.
Ember:t o. Madison to John Reilly
part o. J.. "2' Stanhop.$4O 600.
Margaret ID. Evans ct al to Frank
Klein-und 80 interest lots $, 6, z, 8
blk 6 Jones and S. Add w. c.
81, GGG.66.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

Fewer men of larger capacity
would do the task BETTER" said Secre-
tary Lane when speaking OF the work
of the federal government in his part
ing report to, President Wilson. That
is what might be called a slam at Mr..
Wilson's selections of brains for his
cabinet. Another characteristic state
ment of thisE,man who has served his
country more than 20 years, the last
seyen in the cabinet, was, 'As mat
tiers are now devised there are too few
in the government whose business it
is to PLAN" Mr.. Lane probably dis
covered this many times when wishing
to plan things While a member Of
the cabinet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

Greve-lots Il, u, Il, 10, 16, II, i
blk Z lBlairsburg-$1,,O0O.
Lucinda Shelton to- VIM. G. Daily
lots /, 9 blk ia Homer-$1,1OO.
Elmer w Melon adsW. R. Vest
tract on W side see t5-s6-25 also lot !
blk d Kepler Add stanhope-s2,756.
Carrie G. B~ergeso,r,to J.. ". ROM
IN Is sw and s 81 a. sw NV and sW
sw 13-s6-24-S3O,4OO
Carl Sparboe. and VT to Iver J.. His
-sw.sw and " nw, lex tract) 1886
23-$4s,OOO.
Robert Fisher and VT to T.. W. SUIT
tons II Sc and II, II he 3G-s7-2G-
$4,000.
John A. Wilke to George Rich
ne and sw sw u 2-s3-23-$4O,O0O.
n. C. Alexander and wi to Peter
Miller-lots 1, 2, 3, blk ''B" Il. r. Ado
w. C.-$2,0OO.,
George ~BroweEDand VT to A. NJ
Johnson-lot in OusL. "a" Lawn Hill
Add w. C.-$1,5OO.. rY
Dora NJ. Daniel to Walter G. Claude
lot . blk.1O5 D.& p. r. II. Add w
C.-$S,5OO. +. 4
Albert Guhl and vito Guy A. Hal
prsonrse sw anf NV sw and swSnW
G-S9-26-$41, G55.25. its.a
Barney Benson and wi to A. w
Lundwick-n " and sw sw, o-s6-25-
$4,000.
TREASURER of County to v. G. eros
ley-lot 2 blk 81 w. G-$11.1G.
Sarah r. Knowles to w. w. Critten'
den and wf-lot 8 blk 5 Funk & Cos
Add w. C.-$3.5OO.
Freda Oppenheimer. to Marie Ber
man-e so 1T lot 13 blk 81 d. & p. r
Il. Add w. C.-$5,S00.
Anna s. Charlsoni to, Oscar s. Charl
son-e " sw and W " Sc and Sc nc
Z -S623-$5.OO0. @rI
Joseph Bjustrum and VT to John A
Patterson-part sw sw 10-SG-26-
$1,000.
Jonas L%undquist totG. A.>and V. p
-Lundquist-w ~ swl l9-SG-25-$15,O5O
Anna Drake ct alto Arthur Berve-
ne, 14-ST-23-$$34,4OO.
B. +. Cummings and VT to v. II
Wehrheim-lot Fl blk 100 +. 4 Cos
Add w. C.-$1.y -
Il. A. McMnrray'. and VT to Anna
Hartman-lot 6 blk, 4 Lawn Hill Add
w. C.-s5Oo.
Clyde Sweazey, to Anna Hartman
lot Z blk 4 Lawn Hill Add w. c..
$1,S0O.
VIM. Spicer. wid'r TOD. p. Rasmus,
sen-e 80 it lot 10 Mill Lot-$1,400.
Andrew Raven and VT to Peter and
Kristine Raven-lots 5, 6, Z, s., 8 and G
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

The Freeman-Journal has noticed
several farm sales that have taken
place since the first of March and
prices seem to. be higher than last year.
One sold down in Wapello county
200 acres-at $312.5O per acre, and
the dispatches say that is the top for
that locality. Another one up in
Sioux county went at $500 per acre.
This was Il quarter section. A half
section out in Buena Vista county went
at $367.50. Verify, the outlook for
real estate movements seems more fiat
tering than it did a year ago. How
ever, it is hardly likely that there will
be as many sales this year as
last.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
FOR RENT-400 acre improved farm
just half mile from good Minnesota
town, only "a miles from Iowa line.
Otto schweer, Mapleton, MINI.
3-15f.2
For County Clerk.

In this issue of the Freeman-JOurnal
will be founl the announcement Of F.
E. Beshey, who is n candidate for the
nomination of county clerk, subject
to the will of the republican voters in
the June primaries.
MI. Beshey is a prominent and wide
ly known Cass township farmer. He
has lived in that township for thirty
five years. One year he ran a general
store at Woodstock! He has been prom
inent of late in the Hamilton County
Farm Bureau, having been among
those who gave much time to getting
members during the recent drive.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
Real Estate Transfers.

Hans Hanson and VT to- John O. Lar
son-e Y Sc NV sw u 4-S6-24-S25,1OO
John O. Larson and VT to Sverdrup
H. S~ansgaard-e Y Sc and NV sw 4-SG-
e4-$34, 200.
G. j.. Mahcr and WI to William T..
Ewing-n Y ne and wv ne 1O-S9-2G-
$s42,O
Clarence r.. Linn to Albert Ander-
son-sw sw 267S6-2G-$9,O0O
Thore j. Hoversten and VT to Jacob
Sexaucr-s' u he 35-S6-25-$14,G00.
Il. P. Anderson and VT to Jacob
Sexauef-n X sw w u NV and S ~
Sc NV .35-S6-25-S43,OSO.
Martha Larson ct al to S%verdrup II.
sansgaarde u W h sc 5-sG-24-
$11,4OO.
Halvor f. Myrah and VT to Peter
Owenson-se Sc 35-sGt24-$l2,20O.
Emil A. varland and VT to G. G.
Harris ct al--ne 23-s7-23-$4s,0oO.
G. I. Dingman and VT to ID. G.
ChaSe-part sc Sc ne ne NV NV anu
e u NV S-SS-25-$13,200.
J.. Z. Burnstedt and VT to John V.
chalmer-e 200 # lot "A blk 4 Add
Jewell-$1,GO0.
A. III. Greeley and VT to Albert T.
Smith-lot 3 blk 1 Ships Add w. G.
81 800.
Ell. Martin and VT to G. A. Barnett
80 r. lot IA and w 5 ftrlot Is blk 4
w. f. & Co. Add w. C.-$3,75O.
j. j. Ramsay and VT to Emil Wurch
Sc IL and ne ne 11-sS-25-$52,O00.
Milton J. Mattice, and VT to George
Z. Glass-e " sec 20 20-S9-23-$9G,s 500.
Ella Mickle and hush to A. G. Rup-
pel--w u sw 23-SS-25-$1S,000.
A. G. Ruppel ana VT to John Van
Langen ct adv u sw 23-SS-25-
$4,000.
Sarah a. Beckner to George l.. Dilts
lot 2 blk IS w. C~.-$2,000.
Thomas III. Basket and VT to Clara
c.. and Sven NJ. J~Ohnson-lot II, II,
13, IA, 10 and s 23 it Is blk l Lundells
S. and part o. j.. A. Stratford-$9.00O.
Sander Waterman and wi to Chas.
Hamen-S. d. O. l.. Il" and Re Plat
@. L.. So Kamrar-S15O.
Hulda A. Claude and hush to Fred
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
TINE TO CALL A HALT.

Cedar Falls Record: The demands
made by the various departments Of
the government of the present congress
aggregate more than four times the
total Of the year before the war. This
alarming condition Of the public mind.
the will to waste and the tendency to
extravaganza. must be curbed if the
government is to escape bankruptcy.
The fever of spending is in the air
and the ease with which money is
taken from the pocket of the. taxpay.
err has encouraged the pork hunters
to increased efforts. The swivel chair
veterans have been given all the en-
enlargement in the world and every
department is full of dead timber.
Clerks have been on the payrOfis with.
ont work for months and finally be.
coming conscience stricken resign in
disgust.
Inside information filtering out Of
Washington is of an alarming ma
ture. Partisan politics dominates
every move. Special interests are ac-
tive. Class appeals are becoming more
and more insistent. The Plumb plan
chiefs are receiving letters at the rate
of. about three thousand per day, the
majority of them containing dollar
contributions from employees Of rail
roads and others who seem to feel that
the only way to get all there is in the
traffic is to kill the goose. Greed runs
riot and waste and inefficiency has
full sway.
1t is time to call a halt and patriotic
Americans regardless of political affi-
liation must demand lof their repre-
Sentatives that we return to sane liv-
ing conditions. l
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

I 4
An Iowa farmer who took stock IN
the pork, packing plant that was to
be established at Des- MONIES is $40,0oO
poorer than he was. but. has secured
some valuable information about in
yestments in wildcat schemes and
about listening to the soothing voice
of bIue-sky artists. The Freeman
Journal can't understand what an
Iowa farmer who has made Il fortune
out of Iowa land is thinking about
when he buys snch stock i'll preference
to investing in the stuff that has made
him rich. This farmer could have i'll
vested that $4,000 in land that he
could see every day in the year ana
he absolutely sure of a steady ana
reliable income. But perhaps he
should not be condemned. You know
the American people love to be hum
plugged.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbus University, seems to think
he is really and truly a candidate for
the Republican nomination for presi-
dent. Mr.. Butler ought to know that
the American people have had all the
college presidents they want i'll the
white house for at least 100 years.
II Mr.. Butler doesn't know that he is
hardly wise enough to be mayor of a
second class city, to say nothing about
being president.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

Senator Fall, chairman of the com
mittee that has been conducting an
inquiry into oggr relations with Mexico
reports hat the Mexican government
has issued orders that Americans who
testify before the committee shall not
be permitted to cross the line into Mex
leo. The result has been that business
men along the border have been pre-
vented from supplying the committee
with much valuable information.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

The national house has passed an age
and disability pension act for veterans
of the Spanish and Philippine wars,
and the China relief expedition. The
bill provides that any person who
served ninety days. was honorably dis
charged and is mentally or physically
disabled not as the result of his own
vicious habits, shall receive a pension
of $12 a month if he is 62 years of
age; $24 if q years of age, and $50 if
70 or more years old. -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

Nj. Beshey has neveer held a political
office. 1t is his intention, however, 20
make a countrywide campaign and to
meet as many of the voters as possible
between now and primary time. He
expects to put up a strong fight and
in the event of his nomination and
election, will give the people Of the
county the best Service possible.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
A number of farmers owning land in

A number of farmers owning land in
a drainage district in Clinton county,
believing that bids to do some drainage
work planned would be too high, or
gained a corporation Of their own, sub
mitted bids for the work and secured
the contract. Their bid was consider
ably less than any of the others. 1t
will be interesting to know how they
come out. II the work is managed
with care and ability, they will prob
ably save some money. Otherwise they
will lose.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15
Remarking that Governor Lowdel

Remarking that Governor 1owden
is running strong" the Eldora Ledger
states: 1t is very gratifying to Har-
din county folks, to know that a for
mer citizen, that we claim as our own,
is 50 seriously and favorPbly consid-
cred for the high office of president of
the United States
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

The women~''put it all over the mem
at the school election at Des Moines on
the Sth inst. For directors, Mrs. Bert
Mckee received 1903 votes, Mrs. Err
nest Olmstead secured 2,541 and the
nearest male competitor was Raymond
III. Wright, whose total vote footed up
to 1913.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

d. Ward King. inventor of THE King
road drag. is dead. Mr.. King became
famous all over the west through his
discovery that the frequent dragging
of dirt roads by n very simple and
inexpensive devise would greatly I'M
prove those roads. Mr.. King was in
Wehr.er City Il few years ago, making
an address before Il good roads meet
ings, and those who heard him upon
that occasion will regret to learn OF
lis death. He was Il real public bene-
faetor and did something worth while
for mankind. He never made any
money out of his discovery, giving it to
the world free Of charge. Such men
deserve Il place in the hearts of the
people.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-03-15

Frank A. Venderlip, the well known
New York banker and linancier, is sf-
ter the federal reserve bank and in
Il recent address in New York City
took the board to task for not check
ing speculation and accused the man
agement Of being influenced by politi-
cal considerations. He pointed out
that the secretary OF the treasury. al
ways a political appointee. is head of
tire federal reserve system: and the
controller of the currency, also Il politi-
clan, is ex-officio a member of the Or
ganization. Our fate lies largely in
the hands of the federal reserve
board" he is quoted as saying.