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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
JAMES WILSON
DIES AT TRAER
Was IL Member OF President McKinlcy's
Cabinet As Secretary Of Agriculture
Serving for Many Years
ALWAYS ACTIVE IN AGRICULTURE
Became Known As ''rama Jim" While
Il Member of the Iowa Legislature
Served in Congress

James Wilson, better known as
"Tama jim former secretary Of agri-
culture. died at his home near Traer on
last Thursday. He was born in Scot
land in 1885 and emigrated to the Unit
ed States in 1852, and settled in Tana
county, where he has since resided. At
ter securing u common school education
Mr.. Wilson attended the State Agricul-
tural college at Ames and in 1851 prlr-
chased a farm of his own in Tama coun
ty and entered on his career as farm
er, stock raiser and student of agricul-
ture.
He began his public career as /; men,
Der of the Iowa legislature in 1867.
serving three terms, the last OF these
as speaker OF the house. 1t was while
a member of the Legislature that he &C
CURED the name of "Tama JIM to dis
tinguish him from another James Will
son who also served in the legislature
He was "Tama Jim" because he came
from Tama county. He was elected to
congress in 1873 and again in 1876 and
took a prominent part in the proceed
ings of that body.
In March, 1897, he was appointed
secretary of agriculture of the United
States by President Mckinley. and he
then began the greatest work of his
life. The activities of the agricultural
department at Washington We're ex-
tended from year to year by Secretary
Wilson, and at the close of his twelfth
year in the cabinet the activities Of the
department extended into agricultural
science. plant and animal breeding:
farm management; soils; vegetable pro-
duction: insect pests: useful birds: mar.
keting; animal industry; crop reporting:
agricultural chemistry; pure food and
drugs; road improvements: weather SER
vice: forestry; reclamation: agricultural
education and extension: the gathering
of agricultural statistics. encourage
ment of farmers corporations and
many other subjects. He is credited
with having re.establiShed the Morgan
breed of horses, securing Il crop Of Co.
600, 900 bushels of African d,lrum wheat
and the introduction of new varieties
OF rice for the south. the introduction
of new varieties of alfalfa.
Since his retirement from public life
Secretary Wilson led quiet life on
.sis-sarIn near Tama. which he, had en-
larged from time to time since its orig.
inal purchase.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
News and Comment About Iowa People and Events

watch fob. emblematic of his victory.
l.. e. Mackey. another Iowa entry. of
StanwOOd. failed to place within the
select fifteen who received trophies.
Iowa has fourteen counties that
will pay from 1000, 900 to sc. O00. 900 in
taxes for the 1919 assessment and 1920
collection. Her class of million dollar
counties will be enlarged next year. as
twenty-siX Iowa counties will pay from
s725,000 to $990,000 each in taxes this
year on the 1919 assessment. The total
Of all taxes to be collected this year on
1919 assessments amounts to $50 495-
235.15. This is an increase of SAT 995.-
1927 over the 1910 collections. when
taxes of all kinds amounted to $32 800
045.SS.
At the state meeting of sheriffs in
Des Moines it was told how mustard
gas. such as the soldier boys had to
endure in the trenches in France. had
thwarted the burglars who blew open
the safe in a bank at Grimes near
Des Moines. A bottle Of gas was kept
hanging inside the door of the safe.
When the robbers burned through the
door with an acetylene torch they burn
ed through the bottle. liberating the
gas. They left Immediately. after grab
bling a couple Of safety deposit boxes.
Had not the gas been there Sheriff STAG
ey of Dallas county believes the men
would have burned through into the
bank safe where the currency is kept.
The sherffs were shown the operation
of the acetylene torch. when the safe
door from the Granger bank was burn.
ed in two in less than fifteen minutes
by an operator at the convention.
Organizing by counties to farestall
bank robberies promises to become
statewide in its application. Cerro Cor
do county is the first to organize. slim
ulated because of the recent blowing
open of the bank at Thornton. Under
the plan ten deputies in every town in
the county will act as a vigilance corps.
These deputies. soldiers if they are oh,
tainable. will work directly under Sher,
if E. r. Marsh, of Mason City. They
will be allowed to pick as many assist.
ants as are needed. The duty of these
vgilants will be to keep firearms--Short
Shotguns will be the chief weapon
close at hand and be in readiness TO re-
spond to calls from the sheriff at any
hour in the day or night. Such an or.
ganiZation, it is said. would have result
ed in the capture of the Thornton yeggs
In Mason City members of the legion
will act as the vigilance corps. accord
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
A PROCLAMATION
State Of Iowa, Executive Department..
To the Farmers of Iowa:

State of Iowa. Executive Department.
To the Farmers of Iowa:
Your attention is again directed to
the serious situation that often con.
fronts the state in the Springtime on
account of the lack OF good seed corn
Because of the high valuation of our
land, it is essential that the very best
seed possible be provided
Wages are high and hired help hard
to secure. 1t is. therefore. primarily
essential that everything possible be
done to increase the production of
corn per man power. One hundred per
cent seed corn will very greatly in.
crease the production of corn per acre
and the production per man power.
Permit me again to urge every
farmer to save enough seed corn this
fall to supply his needs for next season.
and if possible, a surplus for the fol-
lowing season. BY doing this you are
following wise and sound business
principle. as we'll as rendering a service
to agriculture generally and our whole
country.
Therefore. by virtue of authority in
me vested. l. W. l.. Harding. governor
OF the state of Iowa, call upon all of
the farmers of this state to help in this
important work and for the purpose of
concentrating upon this matter l pro.
claim and set aside the period commenc-
ing-September goth and ending Oct. ..
1920-SEED CORN WEEK, ana earn.
estly urge that this period he made oife
of general participation in this great
work. -.
In testimony whereof I have hereun.
to set my hand and caused to be af-
fixed the great seal OF the state.
Done at Des Moines this 10th day of
August. 1920.
w. l.. HARDING.
Governor
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
MARRIED AT COUNCIL BLUFFS
Miss Susie Murdoch. of Den;son, Mar.
RED Last Wednesday to George
Stock, of Council Bluffs

On last Wednesday, August 25th
Miss Susie Murdoch. a resident OF Den.
ison. was married to George Stock, OF
Council Bluffs. The marriage took
place at the Methodist parsonage at
Council Bluffs. The wedding was Il quiet
affair. only relatives Of the groom be.
ing in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs, Stock are spending a
few days in Denison this week visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Muir
dock. She is well known here in Den
ison, where she has a large circle of
friends.
The groom is the only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. w. Stock. of Council Bluffs.
and is an estimable young man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stock will make their
home in Council Bluffs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

| More than $61 900 in state aid will
be distributed to one room rural
schools in Iowa this year. Miss May
Francis reported to the county Superln.
tendents at their conference at the
state house recently. SiXty-seVen coun'
ties have standardized their one room
schools to meet state requirements and
will participate in this aid There are
over 10000 such schools in the state.
and 100000 pupils attending them.
State Supt p e. McClenahan explain
ed that as long as there are so many
one room schools in the state 1t is the
duty of the state and school authorities
to make them the best schools possible.
Miss Helen Stewart of New York
City is to have charge Of the course in
public health nursing. which will be
offered by the University of Iowa, be-
ginning with the academic year next
September. The course will be open
only to graduate nurses. Miss Stewart
who is a graduate of Brown university.
and of the New York hospital training
school for nurses. has been director OF
public health nursing for the Ohio state
department of health.
Thirty rods east of the old United
Brethren church near Fertile, Worth
county. Iowa. lies huge fiat boulder
measuring Is feet in length and eight
feet across at its widest point. On the
smooth surface in the center of the
rock is Il well defined imprint of Il hui
man foot Speculation is rife as to the
source from which the stone came.
Some aver that it drifted southwark
during the glacial epoch when great
boulders We're scattered prOmiScuorsly
but apparently with system in Il chain
across the state. The foundation for
Iowa's capitol buildings is of these boul.
ders procured in the vicinity of Cedar
Falls. The footprint was apparently
made while the stone was in IA plastic
condition and may have been by rep
resentatve of a race that occupied the
far northland ages ago.
The sending of IA couple of men to
the reformatory at Anamosa because
they did not comply with the law in
the transfer of an automobile suggests
that people generally ought to post up
on the new enactment. Here is a vital
piece Of information taken from section
20 of the law: 1T shall be unlawful
for any person. firm. aSsociat ton or cor
poration to buy any second hand or
used automobile. or motor vehicle. with.
out requiring and receiving from the
vendor thereof certificate OF registra-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
DIDN'T CONNECT
With THE BALL
Dow City's Crack Team Defeated by
Denison on Local Grounds Last
Thursday Afternoon
TRIMMED BY A SCORE OF TO
Best Game of the Season and Every
body Was Good Natured and Got
Their Moneys Worth

The Dow City ball team was defeated
by Il score of to by Denison on the
local diamond last Thursday afternoon
in one of the fastest games ever played
here. There was record breaker at
tendance at this game and Dow City
was we'll represented on the bleachers
and SAW their crack team dragged
down into defeat. The game was one
OF the features of the old settlers day
celebration and this fact helped to draw
a good crowd.
Considerable interest in this game
was manifest for a week for it was gen.
orally understood that Dow City was
coming prepared to take home the ba.
con. Early in the game. however, the
visitors from down the line lost their
confidence and it was plain that Deni.
son had the edge on them. ~
Both teams played excellent ball,
with few errors. and there was enough
hitting with excellent fielding to make
it an interesting game. Dan VosS did
the umpiring and his decisions were
fair to both teams. a-,&
Slattery, of Holstein. did the twirling
for Denison allowing Dow City but two
hits. Slattery, Il Southpaw. had remark
able speed and the visitors were not
able to connect with the sphere. Will
son did the twrling for Dow City and
he allowed but five hits and retired ten
of the Denison batters.
Denison played almost errorless ball.
One error was chalked up against Jack
OConnor for endeavoring to field a fly
out of his territory. Outside of this
our boys played like professionals and
We're on their toes every minute. ..
1t was a good clean game throughout
and without the rag chewing so COM
mon in a holly contested game.
The score was as follows:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
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]. W. J Arm ACIN

y yahiCla of apv kind o,,ar,t,d IN tbo
nublic biohwavS of tho rtata ir,.,,,a;n,r
motorcvcIes INV 1;1btino da,,;ra go.
four candle mower enninned Win . no.
Hector Unless rho same rbau no en- do
signed or ar,nnged Thai Tho diraotIr "a
f1ected mr. undiffrsed heon of s,cl, I;s,,t
when measured * feet mr. move ,boad
of the light shall, NOT rico ,bove 40 ;nch'
es from the level of tho s,,rfaca IN
which the vehicle stands ,ndsr ali oon.
ditions of load If a snot ii~bt 10 ,,saf,
on y motor vebica II shah ha unlawful
for any nerson RI direct its ravs to.
wards the owes If the driven or occ,,.
pants of an annroa chino vebicIa or to
the left Of the center of travalad WAY,
when p,aetip. ,notber yob;cla M ,,ar
son shat, onerote :, motor vabicIs On
with an electric pub or any other light
ing device OF Il greater capacity than
% candle power, no matter how the
same may De shaded, covered or OBJ
Scufed.
Forty MeXicans. including six women
and several children who have been
held in the Polk county Jail since July
eth for violation of the immigration
laws. were taken to Chicago and placed
on board special prison train and tax
en- back to the Mexican border. The
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

ton and transfer from the officer whose
duty it is to register or license motor
vehicles in the state in which said motor
vehicle is registered or licensed, show
ing the factory number. license mum
Der. description and ownership of sale
motor vehicle. or to sell or offer fOI
sale any second hand Or used motor We
hicle without furnishing to the vendee
of said motor vehicle. certificate OF
registration and transfer from the Of
ficer whose duty it is to register or
license motor vehicles in the state In
which said motor vehicle is registered
or licensed. showing the factory mum
Der. description. license number and
ownership of said motor vehicle
Any person. firm. association or cOrpor
alton found guilty personally or by
agent of violating any of the provisions
of this section shall be imprisoned in
the penitentiary not more than five (5I
years or be fined not more than one
thousand dollars. or be imprisoned in
the county Jail not more than one e.
year"
Alfred Nj. Bailey. Il 1916 graduate in
taXidermy at the University of Iowa
Bailey of Iowa City, has been appointed
by the government to have charge of
several stations established in the Unit
ed States in Alaska for the purpose of
fostering the breeding of reindeer for
the use of meat in this country. His
headquarters are to be at Juneua. Mr..
Bailey has been serving as curator at
a New Orleans museum for the past
three years. The plan is to institute
three big ranches and Mr.. Bailey is to
be chief warden. Suggestions for the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

ing to Hanford NIcNider. post command
er. The twelve members have already
been sworn in.
David Griffin. brought up on farm
near Manson, Calhoun county, now a
globe trotter, recently left San Fran
cisco for Japan, stopping enroute on
a party of tourists and together they
visited the volcano of Mauna Loa.
which is in a state of eruption all of
the time. They visited the world
famed Lake of Eternal Fire" and stood
on its brink hundreds of feet above
the Seething mass of molten lava stone
on a ledge that jutted out over the en-
ragged pillows of fire. The party had
not left the ledge more than fifty feet
when it fell into the molten mass be-
low with crash. The entire party
would have lost their lives in the mott
en- lava had they tarried at the abyss
two minutes longer.
Plans have been completed for Il fish
hatchery at Clear Lake which is eX-
pected to eclipse any of its kind in the
state. The hatchery is to be located
on the north shore Of the lake and will
have Il frontage of $40 feet. The build
ings combined will be 34x60 feet. The
number has not been decided. The
hatchery will be in operation by next
spring. according to present plans.
Prof. George d Eaton, Il former
Iowa educator. recently of New York
City and now on the executive board
OF the national committee for the pre-
vention of blindness. is scheduled for
IA lecture tour through Iowa during
the coming winter. according to word
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Miss Garnet Campbell. of Deloit, WIS.,
tied several days last week at the Fred
Neumann home.
Mr.. and AIRS Ed kropf and daughter,
Arlene. were shopping in Dentson last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Fl. w. Pithan and Mr..
and Mrs. John Neumann, Sr. visited
several days last week with relatives in
Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Koenck and family mo-
tored to Everly Thursday for a visit
with relatives They returned Saturday.
Attorneys Welsh and Bell. of Deni-
son. We're Boyer business callers one
day last week.
Claus Fran, Ernest and Elmer Kuil-
berg and Edw Nissen spent few days
last week fishing at Lake Okoboji.
Miss Helen Donohoe. of Omaha, was
a guest at the S. E. Donohoe home the
past week.
Bob Darling was a Denison business
caller Tuesday. as-
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Dozark and son
and Mrs. Carl Kock attended the Geo.
Sweet show at Odebolt Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs S. +. Donohoe and Miss
Helen Donohoe attended the movies IN
Odebolt Tuesday night.
Arvin Paulson and Louis Quade at
tended the fair in Des Moines few
udyS last week.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Neumann, Mr..
and Mrs. John Neumann. Jr. and Mr..
and Mrs Henry Gronau and family mo-
tored to Des Moines Sunday to attend
the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. p. Swartz and son,
George. motored to Omaha Friday.
Several from here attended the carni-
val in Vail last week and report good
time. e. y
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Donohoe and
Helen Donohoe were Friday evening
callers at the Erred Neumann home.
Joe Dozark attended the fair in Des
MoineS last week. -.a !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Neumann motOred
to Denison Saturday.
A burglar alarm has been installed
in the Farmers and Merchants Savings
bank. This is a good thing but we hope
there never will be cause to use 1t.
Otto Martinson returned from WIS
ConSn Saturday.
Those who spent Sunday at Lake.
wood park We're Mr.. and Mrs. H. Is.
Hansen. Mr.. and Mrs. John kovar and
son. Paul. Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Donohoe
and Miss Helen Donohoe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nels Taylor and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Hansen. Floyd Cornish and John
Sykes and family.
Joseph Pithan had charge OF the
Bloomer cream station during the alb
sence of Walter Neumann.
The Frank and John Retman families
of DeniSon spent the week end at th0
II. G.. Retman home.
Miss Hazel Plat, of Sherwood, is a
guest at the Frank Shaw home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01
LESLIE PRUTER WINS PRIZES
West Side Young Man Wins Good
Prizes on His Poultry Exhibited
at the State Fair

The poultry awards at the state fair
have just been announced. and we no.
tice that our friend. Leslie Pruter, Of
West Side, was successful in being
awarded number of prizes on the poul.
try he took to the fair. In the S. c.
Brown Leghorn, Mediterranean class,
he won second place on cocks: first on
cOckerels: second on hens. and first on
pullets. He competed with some of the
best poultry raisers in the state, and is
to be congratulated upon his success.
Score one for Crawford county.
Mrs. Ed Struck of Schleswig was
shopper in the city Thursday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

John Woodruff returned from Idaho
on last Friday. 1t will be remembered
he went to Idaho last spring in order
to put in the crops on his land. This
he has done and has the promise of
an exceptional crop. His land is not
far from Idaho Falls. and is the heart
of the good land belt of that communi.
ty. He owns so acres of Crawford coun
ty land yet. and is here at this time
looking after his interests. He expects
to return to Idaho about the 18th.
Miss Alta SwaSey, of Dow City, Wis
tied here Thursday with friends.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Koepke departed
Monday for Los Angeles, Calf, where
they will make their future home. They
sold their household goods Saturday at
public auction and the sale was large.
~ attended everything being disposed
of at a good price.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

John NIumm. editor of the West
Side Journal, was in Denison Monday
between trains on his way back from
Wall Lake where he enjoyed brief
outing He made the Review office
pleasant call while in the city.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-01

Miss Marie Hammer returned Sum
day to Manning after a pleasant visit
of a week here with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John Hammer. Miss Hammer
is saleswoman in the large department
store at Manning.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-05

Albert Albert !" 1t was well received,
What contrast! Up goes the
United States navy crew to receive Its
trophy for its victory In the eight
Dared rowing event. 1t is a statue Of
Pailas and was donated by Count G..
brunetta dUsseaux, and Will be held
py the Annapolis crew until the 1924
Olympic games.
Then up goes Aileen Riggir., water
spr1te, to receive from King Albert
the challenge vase presented by the
Countess of Cass-Miranda. The photo
graph reproduced herewith faithfully
shows the scene. No wonder good
King Albert smiled with pleasure. Of
rered his most sincere congratulations
and patted the hand of the nice little
American girl who had defeated the
women high-divers of the world.
Little Miss Riggin was a pleased
young lady Just before she sailed for
Antwerp. In passing 1t may be said
that this fourteen-year- old girl who
has won many contests and holds IN
Vulnerable prizes and the 1920 Metro
f>-Ae"AA NAsuA1PiOhSIAiP lOI lAnCY QlV-
ing. is a happy unspoiled child,
youthful and unsophisticated for her
years--a truly worth while representa-
tive of the best In American sports.
She was delighted at the honor in
trusted to her and highly enthusiastic
over the prospects OF. an ocean voy-
age.
Not that an ocean voyage Is any
thing new to Aileen. She took her
hrst trip across the Pacific when she
was only four years old. Her father.
Alexander RIggin Of 1876 Remsen
street. Brooklyn, Is a paymaster in
the United States navy, and In 1910
Mrs. Riggin. with four-year-old Aileen.
sailed to the Philippines to Join him.
1t was in the warm waters of Ma
Mia bay that Aileen at the age OF six
learned to swim. She took to the wa
ter like duck, as she says. and mad
died with ease but without form.
Two years later came trip around
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-05

sent out recently by the Manitoba gov
eminent to take census Of the herd.
After closeup view of the noble
beast. they estimated the spread OF
Its main antlers at so inches, believed
to be the greatest In the world. With
the prongs included. they declare, the
20 inches would be greatly Increased
The great buck, according to the
woodsmen, Is In his prime, and In phys
jcal proportions stands out In the
herd like veritable monarch.
The four woodsmen sent out to take
the census Of the herd watched for