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ments was brought forth. if.
Miss Mabel Cole went over to Buck
Grove Thursday evening, where she
spent a few days with her sister, Miss
Blanche, who was taken sick and un-
able to attend to her teaching duties the
greater part of the week. Mrs. r. E.
Lusk substituted for the former IN the
fourth grade of the local school during
the day Friday.
Mrs. j. A. Brill presided at delight.
full dinner courtesy at her home Thurs.
day evening, the affair honoring Mr.. and
Mrs. Clair Butterworth. Floyd Sharp
and wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson But
terworth. The occasion was greatly
appreciated by each participant.
W., N. Schouten held a closing out
sale at his farm Tuesday which was
, largely attended and well patronized.
The Schouten family expect to, load
their goods the latter part of next week
for, Hudson, Colo. ,.aj
Eldridge Killion came up from Dun
lap Tuesday evening to attend the l. ..
o. F. meeting.
| Elder J.4SW. Smith, of Independence,
Mo-, who was here in attendance at the
recent L. D. s. convention, left on last
Wednesday for Denison with a view to
holding series Of meetings there, pro.
viding. that the illness situation would
permit. II not he expected to go on to
Deloit. z. r. Butterworth accompanied
him TO Denis0n and rerilafned s0Ser
night. e
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Cue We're up
from the Willow Wednesday to attend
| the Standard Bearer meeting, .attsr the
Frank Glassburners home,F and also
made d visit at the home of her par
| ents, Mr.. and Mrs w. III. Rule.
/ Mrs. j. f. Rudd has returned from a
! two weeks visits at the home, Of her
fdaugflter, Mrs. A. f. Calundan, and
husband in Trip, s. Daaftttaga a.
[, Mrs. Gideon Wright and little daYgh-
Iter, Anna, who have been spending
some time in Manila with their dangh-
| ter and sister. Mrs. Myrtle Stefin. have
returned to this vicinity and are keeping
house for Howard Stepanek.
| Wilber Berry and wife, Mrs. Eugene
Crandall Albert Miller and Harold Fien-
hold represented Dow City in Denison
Thursday.
| Miss Mildred Jones has been spending
J the past week in Moorhead on a fare
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SMALL BOYS
START FIRE.
Residence Of George McHenry Damaged
by Fire Thursday-Carr0lI McHenry
and Jimmie Conner Start Fire
MRS. McHENRY TO THE RESCUE
Boys Playing in Basement Use Excel.
siOr and Packing Hay-Hlde
In the Clothes Chute

Two small boys and some matches
were responsible for fire at the res.
idence Of Geo. McHenry on North
Main street Thursday forenoon and had
It not been for the quick arrival and
emcient work OF the fire department
the beautiful home would have been
destroyed.
Carroll McHenry and Jimmie Connor,
both but little over four years OF age,
were playing in the basement and dis
covered some excelsior and packing
hay. They conceived the idea OF start.
ing a bonfire in the coal bin and man.
aged to locate some matches. to start
it with.a The fire proved more sucr
cessful than they had hoped for. for the
wooden partition of the bin was soon
ablaze and the flames mounted to the
ceiling. Becoming alarmed and afraid
that Mrs. AIcHenry would punish them
for the prank. they ran into the laun-
clothes chtrte, closing the lid after
them. 1t was only a few moments
later when Mrs. McHenry who was up
stairs in the bedroom smelled smoke
and rushed into the basement to find
the furnace room a mass Of flames and
the smoke SO dense she could not see.
She was, of course, alarmed for the II
safety Of the children and frantically
called them, but did not get response.
knowing that Carroll often hid in the
clothes chute, it occurred to her they
might be there. The room was SO
filled with smoke she could not see but
raising up the cover she felt the mis-.
creants huddled down in the box and
rushed them up stairs to safety and
turned in the alarm.
When the fire department arrived
the east end of the basement was a
mass of flames but with the use Of the
hose the, fire was soon extinguished.
Most of the furniture on the ground
floor was removed by neighbors and
friends.
+ The damage amounted to several hun
dred dollars. All of the down stairs
will have to be redecorated and some
of the floors and woodwork refirished
while smoke and vapor damaged some
of the furnishings. The loss is COW
cred by Insurance.. F
The two boys in question have had
the scare of their lives and it will be a
long time before they will play with
matches again. 1t Is amusing to hear
their version of the affair. neither one
putting all the blame on the other, be-
| ing contented ito divide the honors
| .s.ams iiy. e' a3cth scrnEsters agtat fl,at
zone OF them did not scratch y thA
matches but was told to do so by the
{ Eother,,@e y Ted. It not been for the. pres
ence of mind Of Mrs. AIeIIenry doubt
less both woiild have suffocared III the
clothes chute 49aff folts
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were in Denison Thursday, the latter
having dental work done. II $50. &
Miss Mae Killion was a passenger to
Dunlap Thursday afternoon, where she
enjoyed several days visit at the ..
E. Bramson home and with her friend,
Miss Irene Ratliffe:
Mr. and Mrs. j. III. Bonsall and Mrs.
r, C. Howorth were Dunlap visitors
Tuesday, Mrs BOnsall having dental
work done. while there.
e. N. Chamberlain and wife returned
Wednesday noon from several weeks
soiourn in Virginia, ILL.,, to which place
they were called by the illness and death
of her mother,
Mrs. Clyde Rose, of Arion, has been
spending the past week here caring for
her mother, Mrs. Catherine Henry, who
! has been seriously III. At this writing
she lis reported considerably improved.
Harry Huntington was in town last
wednesday from Crescent greeting ac-
quaintances.
The Standard Bearers met in regular
monthly session Wednesday evening at
the Frank Glassburner home with the
usual good attendance. Miss, Ethel
Cole, president of the society. had
charge of the devotional exercises. af'
ter which the study of the hour was
taken, over BY Miss Caroline Shirk. The
lesson was found IN the thlru cnaptet
| OF the textbook, the theme Of: discussion
Dealing largely with the comparison OF
1.-THE countries tof, China and India. An
excellent lesson was developed under
Miss. .Shirk's able leadership. The re
manning hours were spent informally. "A
series OF games comprising a varied
SORT In which the valentine note was
effectively brought out occasioned much
merrfment. At the close Of the evening
Mrs Glassburner treated the company
to d two course repast and the yiarids
offered at this time were such as tc
evoke the highest praise from all. The
meeting for next month is scheduled
to take place at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Dillenberger, Miss Ethel Cole
being the appointed leader
j. III. Killion, Jay Divine, B. NJ. Nc
Elwain, E. r. Pagan and Zeph Fien
hold motored, to Woodbine one evening
recently and attended a meeting of the
1. o. o. F. encampment at which time
degree work was put on. At a meet
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ing of the local order Tuesday evening
degree work was also carried out.
A. L.. Jackson was in Denison last
Wednesday on a business mission.
Clarence Ransom and Harold Fien-
hold were Omaha visitors Tuesday, at
which place the former had a car OF
cattle on the market
Ben Houston, who is representing the
Standard Oil company in Dunlap, came
up Tuesday to get some repairs for his
auto truck. His wife came that eve
ming and remained for a few days visit
at the George Rule home.
Jay Ahart went to Omaha Tuesday
and entered the Methodist hospital to
undergo medical treatment for high
blood pressure. For some time past
his health has not been good, which is
thought to be due to an attack Of in
lueriza All trust that he may find
the desired benefit through treatments.
Mrs. John Ahartt went with him to
j Omaha. y#
G. o. Miller left Thursday evening for
Madison, Wis.,, on . visit to his old
home and with relatives and friends.
He will probably spend several weeks
there. ~ y n N
R.{H. Fishel was a business visitor in
Denison Thursday He,shas completed
his work as census enunlerator. at
which he has been busily engaged for
several weeks, and has now turned in
~ The members u s6s I, Rapest church
met Wednesday evening in the church
building for the purpose of holding the
I. annual business session and roll call.
Mrs. A. H. Harper, church treasurer
and secretary; of the Ladies Aid. gave
splendid reports from; the two organ
izations,, and Mrs. "A. B. Carlson. ,secre-
tary of the Missionary circle, also pre-
sented a fine report OF their work for
the past year Officers We're elected,
which resulted in the choice Of Mrs. J.
p. Goodman for church clerk; Mrs. "A.
B, Carlson, treasurer, and Miss, Marian
Carlson. pianist. The election of Sun
i, day school officers resulted as follows:
! Mrs. T. q. Allen, superintendent; Mrs.
A. Fl. Harper, assistant; Clark Barker,
secretary treasurer. Miss Marian Carl
son, pianist; Misses Clara Mae Munsey
and Louise Fredericksen, librarians. At
ter all the business transactions We're
concluded nice service Of refresh
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Carl +. Kuehnle, of Denison, captain
of the varsity gymnasium team at the
University of Iowa. and Lawrence Ran.
dali, also of Denison, who is president
Of the junior class, college of medicine,
Were among the guests at the Fink
bine-kuehnle banquet given at the JET
ferson hotel in Iowa City to nearly one
hundred representative men Of the uni
versity. The hosts were w. c.. Fink
bine. of Des Moines, and C. f. Kuehnle,
of Denison, both Iowa alumni, who re-
tain a group of university men inter-
ested in the university's welfare. At
the banquet this year the Iowa memor-
ial union project was the subject of dis
cussion. Invitation to the banquet is
considered a great honor. inasmuch as
the list of guests is a roster of leaders
in undergraduate life.
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mands have so far not been met as the
board has no power to do so. 1t Is stat.
ed they are drawing the minimum wage
under the state law, from $50 to $50 q
month. They demand $50 to $10O. The
allotment of funds for the school year
will not permit the increase and it is
understood the teachers are under con-
tract for the school year--and in case
of violation of the contract they Will
not be allowed to go to any other school
to teach until the expiration Of their,
contracts. a sF 80
Fifty years ago Calvin Merrill, resid-
ing on farm in Dubuque county. saw
the need of hog tight fence. UP to
that time woven wire fences were un-
known With crude equipment he
proceeded to weave common fencing
wire so that it would meet his demands.
From the success of his experiment
came the woven wire industry and while
he never received any large sum OF
money for his invention he always
maintained that the satisfaction of hav-
ing done the farmers of the country
good turn was compensation enough
Mr.. Merrill died recently at the home
of q son in Canada.
George Broderick. of Villisca, fell
eight stories down an elevator smart III
a sky scraper in Detroit. An ambu-
lance driver in rushing to the place Of
accident to get the victim of the acci-
dent ran over a man crossing street
corner Broderick recovered conscious
ness while in the ambulance, while the
pedestrian, who was taken into the
same car, died on the way to the hos
pital. He was only detained in the hos
pital a few hours while cash in his
head was sewed up.
f. C. Eustis, of Atlantic. Cass county,
has written his old neighbors from Cali
fornia where he is spending the winter
that Iowa visitors are being held up
without stint by hotels and boarding
houses. So great has become the scan
dal of profiteering, writes the Atlantic
man, traffic officials of the railroad en-.
tering Los Angeles met with the Cham
Der of Commerce of that city and said
that unless the profiteering stopped rail
road advertising favorable to the Sun
set state would be stopped and in its
stead would be run advertising telling
the people to go to other winter resorts.
Rentals have increased from 100 to 800
per cent, says Eustis. Apartment
houses which formerly rented for $40
and S75 month now cost from $l25
to $225 month.
Recognition of, the bravery and sacri.
flee of soldiers and sailors from Knox
willie and Marion county is to be made
permanent by the erection OF monu'
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Ev,,e'rl:y,b'o'ldy's /, Colun,ll. !.
Denison, Iowa, Feb. IA, 1920.

Denison, Iowa, Feb. Ia, 1920.
To the Editor:
In an attempt to correct some very
prevalent erroneous opinions in regard
to the two trucks which Crawford coun-
ty has received from the United States
government, through the state high
way commission, permit me to make
the following statement:
They are not the property of the coun
ty, but instead. are only loaned to this
county by the state highway commission
for use by Crawford county on road and
bridge work. We are not required to
ply anything for the trucks or for their
use, but are required to pay the trans.
portation expenses involved In the de.
livery Of them to Crawford county. to
pay the cost of their. proper rnainten-
ance and to report to the state highway
commission the cost Of such inainten.
rance. 3ssf,E,g ,,y b. 4 fj Il
!. The. first truck received was a used
DENLY 2 ton, with but little equipment.
It was driven from Camp Dodge to
Denison. The list price OF that truck is
now $500. It's present value is eSti-
mated from $500 to $4,000. That truck
was used for q short time last fall in
gang maintenance work ons'1 county
roads. The total cost, to the county,
for that truck has not exceeded $50.
The second one, a new one ton Pierce.
Arrow, with very complete equipment,
was shipped to Denison, unloaded as.
sembled and placed under proper shell
ter. at total cost not to exceed SIS.
That truck is undoubtedly worth $4,000
to $4,000.
The county expects to receive one or
| two more good trucks this year in the
allotment of U. s. army equipment. A
building will probably be erected for
the proper care of county owned equip.
ment. During the past three or four
months the DENLY truck has stood out
in the open with canvas cover over the
hood and radiator. In has been in.
spected and oiled at frequent intervals
to prevent rusting and has not suffered
from it's exposure.
The proper use Of these trucks, un.
der the conditions before stated, should
prove economical for this county.
III. B. Fishel,
County Engineer.
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deaf at Council Bluffs, is dead at the
age of so. Il He resigned his duties at
Council Bluffs last fall because of the
burdens imposed by age. He served
two terms as member of the state SEN
ate from Lee county and in territorial
days he served as governor Of Wyom-
ing. asiiE .S 80
Fort Madison is the only city, in Iowa
that has had real Mexican problem
the past three years. When the war
broke out the government permitted the,
Santa Fe railway management toslocate
a large colony Of Mexican laborers in
that city. Several hundred have been
living there since. They have not prov
ed the best citizens and the people in
that vicinity are glad to get rid of them.
According to the contracts made with
the Mexicans they were to quit Ameri
can soil by February 11th. The law
also stipulates that no more contract
labor can be brought into the United
States and the men can re-enter only as
individuals and pay the SO immigration
dues.
A tour of inspection is to be made
over the Lincoln highway. starting on
June LIST. The trip will be made in a
feet composed Of SO white automobiles.
The tour will extend from New York
to San Francisco. 1t will take six
weeks to make the trip and several side
trips are planned A band will accom-
pany the procession and the consul Of
the highway organization from every
state through which the highway passes
will be along. d. E. Goodell, of Tama
City, holds that title for Iowa and will
be one of the party. E. l.. Beard, f..
M. Ingham and H. T. Sherry. of Tama
City, will also accompany the official
inspection tour. It is expected that
numerous state delegations will act as
escorts through the several states.
At q public sale in Decatur county,
after the manner of such doings, a free
lunch was served. In order to have
sufficient supply of meat the front quar-
| ter Of a small beef was cooked the night
before the occasion. Large copper ket-
ties were used in the cooking process.
After dinner there was the sickest lot
of people ever seen in that county, the
amount of beef consumed. In fact the
sale was practically broken up. Cook.
ing meat in copper kettles and permit
ting it to cool therein is a dangerous
procedure.
At Wilmington, Della. the good ship
US, S. Mason City, built by the Beth
lehem Shipbuilding corporation. was
LAUGHED in regulation style. Miss Eliza
beth Muse, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Win II. Muse, of Mason City, was spon,
sor. Miss Muse taught school for sew.
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FARMERS AND A SIX HOUR DAY

Mitchell Republican: When labor lead.
ers began talking about a six hour work
ing day they lost all chance of a politi-
cal affiliation with the farmer. The lat.
ter. rising before daylight and often
NOT finishing until long after dark,
knows that his long hours cheaper the
,ahor unions. Naturally the farmer
does not believe one class should be al.
lowed to work very short hours and at
the sane time save money through the
long working day of another class. A
f,,Ii days' work all round, no more anc
No less. ought to be the rule.
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Some peoples idea of a rest Is to go
TO the nearest big city and dodge auto.
mobiles on thickly congested street
When a man takes very long time
"a write a letter it may be merely that
he Is q simplided speller.
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J. w. JARNAGIN

ment in the public square at Knoxville.
1t will be the finest in the state outside
of the big monument on the capitol
grounds, in Des Moines. The monu
ment will stand to q height of 80 feet
with IL foot base. It's total weight
will be approximately 100000 pounds.
Its construction is to be Of selected dark
gracing the top win be Of the type of
the civil war soldier. On each ofathe
four sides win be an inscription, '"The
G.. A. r. The American Legion"
Spanish War Veterans and "WOman'S 8
Relief Corps Near the base on tab
let the words Erected to the memory
of all departed soldiers, sailors and ma.
rines," will appear.
Ludwig Blatschke, Of Plymouth coun-
ty. was born in Austria and retained
many of the customs Of his native coun-
try. He owned q good farm near Kings
ley. When the world war broke out he
became so worried that his mind gave
way and in a fit of desperation killed
himself The estate was being settled
in accordance with law when America
got into the war and this threw the
amount Of the estate that was to go to
heirs in Austria into the hands of the
custodian of the enemy alien fund. The
case came up for adjustment in a re-
cent term of court at LeMars.
Two Iowa men, A. L. Plummer. of
Des Moines, and G. w. Wensel. of Mar
shalltown, have entered the second an
nual horseshoe pitching tournament
which is scheduled for the week of Feb
ruary 23d at st. Petersburg, Fla. Quoits
is the classical name for this ancient
and revered sport. Hon. c. A. Rankin.
the famous moulder-orator from Penn
sylvania who participated in numerous
political campaigns in Iowa. his latest
effort being the interest of the state
marshal law. has published a manual
in which the rules of the game are clear
ly set forth.
Rev. H. w. T.. Mahood, prominent
In Methodist circles in northwestern
Iowa where he has filed a number OF
good appointments with credit to him
self and satisfaction to his parishioners,
has been engaged by the Armour Pack
ing company to have charge of it's vel
fare work and also the first aid work at
the Sioux City plant. He has been chos-
en- as the editor of the Armour Oval,
a weekly publication. He will have su-
pervision not only of the welfare of the
employees but also of their families
from every standpoint. The salary that
goes with the position is far in excess
of that paid the average minister.
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AT the automobile shows now they
are lighting cigars with dollar bills.
A lot of the patriots who are willing
at great sacrifice to place themselves
on the altar Of their country's service
are now providing themselves with
mimeograph machines for publicity pur.
poses.
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H.af-
-i.r Secretary, of, the Navy jOsephus Dan.
iels recently conferred distinguished
,honors, upon four Iowa men VINO mao
distinguished themselves in the late
war. 1t 1tCitations. for, bravery lnciudeu
ChQrles NJ Nielsen, Of Thornton. Serro
Gordo bounty; r.. ,kagah OF washington,
Washington county; Edmund Gron'
of BelmOnd,l Wright county, ana y. q.
College, of, Adel, Dallas county. me
last. named is dead, For. exceptionally
meritoriOus and distinguished service
as coxswain of one Of the sailing launch'
es at the naval air station, Fromentino,
France. College displayed remarkable
spirit of devotion to duty. Due to nec'
essary exposure he contracted pneu'
monia and died.
ary this year will have five Sundays,
and this will not happen again until
1948. Prof, D. w. Moorehouse, of
Drake university, says that similar in
cident will occur also in 1876. A lot of
us will not be living at that time.
y \
Mrs. Leon Harlan, of Hawarden,
Sioux county, has received notice of the
marriage of her sister, Mrs. May Refs.
er, to Senior Gustavo Bazan, assistant
secretary of war under President Car
rama at Mexico City. The lady has
been n Red Cross nurse for many years
and during the flu epidemic in 1917 she
was visiting her sister at Hawarden and
munity. Prior to coming to Hawarden
oha had Snenf ahout fifteen wears of her
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It is not true that no one is inter.
ested in, the Investigations OF govern.
ment extravaganza. as those looking for
easy marks find many useful tips.
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Many eloquent political appeals are
being made by the check DOCKS or the
candidates. ~
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John p. White, former president OF
the United Mine Workers Of America,
who represents the miners on the
commission Of three appointed by
President Wilsonsto investigate wages
and conditions in the coal industry.
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Hon. n. w. Rothert, for many years
superintendent Of the school for the
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Recognition of, the bravery and sacri.
flee of soldiers and sailors from Knox
vile and Marion county is to be made
permanent by the erection Of a monu-
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At Wilmington, Della. the good shir
us, S. Mason City, built by the Beth
lehem Shipbuilding corporation. was
LAUGHED in regulation style. Miss Eliza
beth Muse, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Win r. Muse, of Mason City, was spon
sor. Miss Muse taught school for sew