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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-18

People who reside in town like few just subside
0n work for place of diversion from their business They like
to farm little engage trucking, The occasion for this
diversion never greater than
The living scale is vital problem for every family Irish po
taoes which cost $500 at the be on this
land sweet potatoes which cost SIPS bushe be
produced 100 TO 200 bushels this Sorghum which
costs S5O gallon be produced this land gallons
to the acre. Chickens which cost rs cents pound
here Milk which is now % cents gallon and butter rs
cents pound can be produced here Vegetables which
much at the door be raised in abundance here Pecans
which NOW bring $500 bushe will grow luxurousy here
Melons which sold at so cents piece last will grow here
Cotton and corn and oats and wheat will grow here
All OF these iies which enter into daily living bill be
grown by tract right your door There never
was another opnortuniy like offered the people Of this c
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-18
Oil Opportunity Is Offered You Now

Six proven oil land the Burke Burnett field Texas
sold for SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Oil is to be
bored for very here Oil be struck and IL you
10 Is 20 of land may bring you fortune If
you land BUY NOW when the opportunity is offered
ALL OIL gas and mineral rights with this land However the
the right to take all of this land sod off
the market any time The the right
the price and all land remaining usod at any
time If you want tract phone todaytomorrow may be
late 1t may all be sold withdrawn Don't put all your
eggs in basketspead around that oil struck you
viii be close TO ii.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-18

Land ownership marks the better citizen There is pride
in lis possession II is the basis of all values Once man
becomes the owner Of land he becomes interested in all de-
yopments He has vital in all the public questions
He interested in taxes and roads and bridges Start your boy
girl the road to good citizenship by interesting them in
land Buy them plot of 10 Make the FIRST
payment and let them work it out Let them understand deeds
and records and fees and Interest him in agriculture
the nobes of all industries Teach him to produce something
early in lfg Let boy girl become liar with the
duties and responsibility of citizenship.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-18
A Few Choice Ten-Acre Tracts at $lOO an Acre

l-3 cash. balance to suit terms within
able weekly monthly, semannualy annually. Six
hOce tracts $50 Acre; $50
Acre. Your time and terms within fveyear limit.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-18
From Five Acres to For

Ceea
of twill
be
farming
land right at Columbus available for farming close that
tor general farming truck growing orchard and pecan O poultry raising melon and
right door the bottom the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-02
DUNLAP DEFEATS
N0NPA ARlELS 3 TO |
Game at Dunlap ON Sunday Last Be-
tween Dunlap and NOnpareils of
Council Bluffs Tight One
WAS CINcHED IN THE EIGHTH
Failure Of Double Play Proves Undo
ing Of the Nonpareils Who Kept
Dunlap ScOreless Until Then
(From the Nonpareil.)

rFOIIl tHe NOnparell.J '-A55
The failure Of double play in the
day, and speedy running proved too
much for the Nonpareils, the score go
ing to against the locals. Had the
play been executed the side would have
been retired and the score would have
read to In favor of the Nonpareils.
The contest was one of the best seen
at Dunlap this year, according to play
ers and fans there. The Harrison coun-
ty boys have a strong aggregation of
players that go after the runs and stage
clean game. They beat Logan "a to
and Missouri Valley to 0. and were
in fine trim for the locals Sunday. @
The contest was ScOreleSS until the
first of the fourth. The Nonpareils got
two men to second during the first three
innings, while the Dunlap lads failed to
reach first. In fact, they did not reach
third in any inning but the eighth.
when they took the contest In
the fourth Brown, captain of the Non.
pareils, doubled to center and scored
when Rayburn singled over second The
innings then were scoreless until the
last of the eighth when the Dunlap boys
cinched the contest.
The game was clean baseball through
out, even the oft hated umpire coming
in for actual praise for fairness. The
crowd cheered good playing by whatev
er team made, and even at times went
SO far as to "roast".th Dunlap boys
little. The opposing players did every.
thing possible to each other. but did 1t
in good spirits.
A crowd of Nonpareil fans and
Council Bluffs boosters accompanied
the team on the trip and kept the i'm.
mediate vicinity learning things about
the city. Y. ys
4 As5ll l--s- -.--a
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Fred Neumann home.
Elmer and Minnie Wulf, Anna Peter
son and Olga Taylor motored to Deloit
Thursday.
! Algot 'swsde and sister, from Kiron
and Sadie Frahm were fishing near Bro
gan Friday
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Neumann
In Denison a few days this week.
Fl. q. Retman. Gerhart, sHabenicht
Walter Richter, Fred and Claus Frahm
attended O maintenance Of way labor
meeting III Sioux City Sunday.
The Christ Nissen family were Sun
day callers at the VIM. DoZark home.
Mrs. n. q. Retman and son, frankie
and Mrs. Anna Habenicht were Sunday
callers at the Mrs. Claus Frahm home.
Mr. and Mrs. G. p. Swatrz and son
Georgie, and Mr.. and Mrs. George May
,nard, ,motored to Kiron Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Campbell and sons, Willie
and Sabin, and daughter, Garnet, OF
Deloit, were Sunday callers at the Fred
Neumann home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pithan and chill
iren were Sunday callers at the John
Pithan home.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Thiede and daugh
ter were Sunday callers at the John
kovar home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peterson and
daughters attended the memorial ser,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-02
WARD NORTH APPRECIATED
Denison Young Man. As Principal Of
the Rochester, Mimi High School,
Given Vote OF Thanks

Ward North, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James North, Of Denisen, has been fill
ing the position Of pr3ncAak of the
Rochester, Minn., high fGls, for the
past two or three terms and as show.
ing the esteem in which he is held
by the students Of the Rochester
schools we append thf following reso.
luton adopted by the 3class. of 1920:
We, the Senior graduating class of
1920 do hereby express our sincerest
thanks and apprecia ton to Mr.. Ward
r. NORTH our principal, for his inter.
est in us and hfs cooperation with us
during the past year. We, as a class
and as individuals can say that Mr..
North is as square a man as ever en-.
tered Rochester high school and the
example that he has put forth is one
Of sincerely and honesty. He will al.
ways be in our memoFy as one of
those rare straight, from the shoulder
men. ~ s..
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over the United States and beyond
make II a point to investigate the man
ner and methods employed in this pure
ly rural settlement Recently the fol
lowing visitors made up party on an
inspection tour: j. A. Miles, OF West
Australia; Miss Helen Toy, missionary
teacher at Canton, China; Vivinclo Trir
idad, special student at the state Ieach
ers college. from the Philippine Islands
and Professors Campbell and Stacks o.
the rural education department, Teach
ers college, Cedar Falls.
George s. Dick, inspector of consoli
dated schools in Iowa. declares Ala
bama will adopt the Iowa ideas in deal
ing with country schools In the south
ern state. Six school superintendent
from Alabama were escorted by MIR,
Dick to several consolidated schools In
northern Iowa and declared them to bt
better equipped than many OF the south
ern city schools. The visitors said
Iowa was ahead of all states SO far as
cerned. They advised Mr.. Dick that
Alabama would adopt the Iowa plan II
the visiting committee has its say upon
return home.
Representative Dowell will endeavor
to get a bill passed by congress for the
government to pay damages to- Vivian
Hood, the 16 year old high school girl
who was badly hurt in the amphithe.
ater at the state fair grounds while the
chemical warfare exhibition was being
given there. Representative DoWeE
lately had a letter from Judge McHen
ry, attorney for the young woman. with
reference to the steps necessary to re
imburse her. 1t is understood that
there can be no doubt of the validity
of the claim Miss Hood has against the
government and Mr.. Dowell will take
the matter up with the house commit
tee on claims. What the amount is
likely to be finally fixed on is uncertain.
The Baptists of Iowa are to have
great college at DeS Moines. Des
Moines college will be officially merged
into Union college on June Sth, when
the trustees of the new Union college
meet. The college will pass out of ex
istence and present officials will auto
matically be thrown out of office. The
agreement which was made five years
ago will be carried out At that ,timt
Central college at Pella and Des Moines
college were to be finally merged. Des
Moines college property was sold to tho
Catholics few years ago and the prop
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-02
WIN. DODGE u.
PASSES AWAY
Resident Of Iowa Since 1873, William
Dodge Dies at HIS Home in Arion
ON Friday, May e8th.
LEAVES WIFE. SIN CHILDREN
Funeral Services Conducted Sunday
Forenoon by Rev. Durant-Burial
at Oakland Cemetery

ARION. June 1Special--William
Dodge was born June "a, 1870. at Dew.
onshire, England. and died at his home
in Arion, May 28th. after an illness of
several weeks Mr.. Dodge was one of
the early settlers of Crawford county.
When a lad of sixteen years he came
from England to Canada. In the year
1870 he was married to Miss Annie
Ramsey, and in 1873 they came to Iowa,
having resided here ever since. TO this
union eight children were born. six Of
whom with the aged wife, survive him,
they being: William, bf Leavenworth,
Kans.; Henry, of Oakland, Calf; Mrs.
Jane Carson, of Armour, $. D.; John r..
of Sioux City; Milton r., OF Bagley,
Mimi. Percy and Robert A.. of Arion
Mrs. Maggie Anderson and Bertha de.
ceased Mr.. Dodge also leaves thirty.
four grandchildren and two great grand
children. III
Funeral services were conducted by
the Rev. Durant Sunday forenoon from
the home. Burial was made at Oakland
cemetery at DenisOn, srhe family hayo
the sympathy OF their naany friends
and especially to the aged wife is our
heartfelt sympathy extended.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-02
Dow CITY SCHOOL
EXERCISES THURS.
Large Audience Aattends School Exer
cises, Which Took Place in school
Auditorium Thursday Last
PROFESSOR LAURER SPEAKER
j. N. Bell Presents Class With d.
plomas and Evening Brought to q
Close by Singing Of Class Song

DOW CITY, June Especial
Glass roll: Clark A. Barker, Roger ~
Cooper Martha j. Leuck, Ruth f.
Leuck, Virginia G.. Marks.
Class motto, "Not won, just begun"
Glass flower, yellow rose.
Glass colors. yellow and white.
The commencement exercises took
place on Thursday evening at the
school auditorium and were attended by
with the members of the high school
faculty, marched from the hall and
took their places on the stage which
was beautifully and appropriately dec
Grated for the occasion. Miss Bernice
Jackson presided at the piano during
the march. The Invocation of the eve.
ming was given by Elder Chas. p. But
terworth. after> which two songs,
Spring Song" by Mendelssohn ant
Merry June" by Vincent, were rem
dered by the glee club. The salutatory
by Miss Ruth Leuck is deserving of
especial mention, as Is also the valedic,
tory given by Roger Cooper. A pretty
vocal solo, by the Waters of Mime.
tonka,"J rendered by Miss Ruby Rolls
contributed very much to the occasion.
The next was also musical number
by the girls chorus. Professor Lauer,
representative of the State university,
at Iowa City, was then introduced as
the speaker of the evening. He Is a
very able and fluent speaker. His ad.
dress was filled with good advice to the
graduates and was highly enjoyed by
all who had the pleasure of hearing
HIM At the close of the address the
girls chorus rendered a selection,
Voices OF the Woods. Then came the
presentation of diplomas by j. N. Bell
each one being received with much
qualification on the part Of those who
had striven SO faithfully for twelve
years to win. The evening was brought
to close by the class song OF 1920, the
benediction being pronounced by Rev.
G. A. Barker.
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News and Comment About Iowa People and Events

erty of the old Central university at
Pella was sold to the Dutch Reformed
denomination. The Baptists, having
disposed of the two rival colleges, pur
chased from the Presbyterians the ole
Highland Park college in North Der
Moines and this is to be the location OF
the merged institutions under the titlt
Of Union college. 4f
Mary Jester Allen is now in Des
Moines looking after the organization
of women who are eligible to vote al
the next presidential election. Inter
est in Mrs. Allen rests on the fact thai
she is niece of the late William #
Schools of instruction are being organ
lied and studies in citizenship are fea
tured.
w. H. Yates and thirty.fve other
West Grove farmers were found NOT
guilty of assaulting r. G. Dickson or
May 25, 1918, when Davis county dis
trict court jury reported to Judge Yer
million at Bloomfield, Sunday at II a.
m., after being out twenty-ones hours
Dickson alleged the attack was made
when he was solicited for Red Cross
funds. He was awaiting sentence In
the federal court, having been found
guilty of violating the espionage act. "A
brother has suit pending also against
number of his neighbors for assault
at the same time. A number of women
prominent in Red Cross work have sued
the Dickson brothers for a large sum
for slander. 4
Plans for the greatest drainage
Scbarna ovar., nrpiactal In IOwa nr the
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VIM. Vogt shipped two car loads of
hogs to Sioux City during this week.
Miss Lucy kake visited at her home
Thursday evening. Her brother and
sister accompanied her here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Smith and fam.
lily left for Bagley the last of the week
where they will spend several days
with frineds and relatives.
Mrs. l.. Bahnsen and two little sons,
accompanied by Miss Lena Hollister,
went to Ute Saturday to get the Bahn.t
sen Ford which was repaired and paint.
ed
. Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Kurse and son
were among the business callers in Den
ison Wednesday.
Willie Bristol, who is sailor on the
U. s. S. Rochester, stationed at New
port, Maine, and Albert Bristol, of Sioux
City. came to this city one day last
week to spend few days at the Charley
Bristol home.
Charley Bristol and family, accom-
panied by his two brothers, autoed to
Homer, Neb., Saturday, where they
will spend few days with their par
ents. The parents will be rather sur
prised to see the boys as they have not
been home for number of years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Wilson and family
and Miss Annie Detlefsen were county
seat visitors Saturday evening.
r Inc spray Malone ramly ana Jim
Graham visited at Dow City Sunday
Mrs. John Garrett and sons are the
proud owners Of new Buick six, which
they purchased last week.
We learn that Fred Kruse is also the
owner of new Buick six.
The NJ. Detlefsen family received
word from the formers niece at White
Lake. s. D., saying that they had a mar.
row escape from being drowned.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Kruse and family
and Mr.. and Mrs r. Kruse enjoyed
dinner Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Petersen and family.
Miss Alice Davis, who spent the week
with her sister. Mrs. Henry Schlee, re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Mahnke and child
We're business callers in Denison Mon.
day.
The VIM Rockwell family were Den.
ison visitors Saturday.
A dance was given at the William
Turner home Saturday evening.
John Turner went to DenisOn Satur
day for an over Sunday visit with his
parents. ~
Mrs. John Stephenson, Of Arion,
spent the latter part of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Turner near Ken
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Olson and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Mahnke and child spent Sunday
in Charter Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kuehl and family
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jurgen Detlefsen.
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!. w. JAR N AGIN

miraculously from horrible death
The youngster wandered from the door
yard and found a nice lot Of sand to
play In on the Illinois Central railroad
track. Sitting between the rails and
sitting the sand between his stubby fin.
gers, the little fellow was enjoying him
self, oblivious to all danger. Engineer
Byerly didn't see the child until his
ed the whistle and applied the air
train was almost onto it, then he sound.
as the engine pilot gently bunted him
brakes. The child continued to smile
prostrate and the train passed over his
body. The engine and two freight cars
passed over the child before the grind.
Ing brakes brought the heavy train tc
a standstill. The engineer and fireman
clambered down from the engine ant
hurried back along the train, expecting
to find the mangled remains of tho
Child. Their tense nerves relaxed quite
suddenly when they discovered the
child was alive and apparently unhurt.
In the closing days of the great quad
rennial conference of the Methodist
church a survey was made as to the
different occupations represented by the
lay delegates. There We're enrolled SO
lawyers and judges. OF merchants
there were 46. Manufacturers had 35
delegates, followed closely by the bank
ers with 33 and the professors with "a.
This includes the school men not listed
as ministerial delegates. There were
13 physicians. IL farmers, 10 lumber.
men. 10 insurance men, 10 real estate
men and editors. In lesser numbers
are engineers, undertakers, contractors
architects. hotel managers, carpenters
tailors, bakers, publishers, laundrymen
paper dealers, dentists. surveyors, pho.
tographers. river pilots. letter carriers
accountants. court ,Stenographers, dec
gators, .printes. etc. The Judges at the
conference were notable men in theil
respective sections. They were Judge
Charles A. Pollock, of Fargo, N. D.:
Judge Samuel c.. Brown, of Athens,
Tenn; Justice John Marshall, of the
Kansas supreme court: Judge Henry
Wade Rogers, of the circuit court of
appeals. New York; Judge Charles w.
Lynch. Charleston, w. Va; Judge II.
c. Conrad, of the supreme court of Del
aware. Conference members who are
public officials include Lieut.. Gov. Lu.
ron d. Dicksinson, of Michigan; Con.
gresham John G. Cooper, of Ohio, and
Leo Higgins. state senator. Mains. One
of the most distinguished business men
at the meeting was Ching c. Wang, a
director of the Peking -Hankow railroad.
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vices in Odebolt Sunday.
John Retman, of Denison, was call
ing on his brother, Henry, and family
Monday.
Fred Quade and family, Of Kiron. at
tended the movies in Boyer Sunday
night.
Frank MAYO in "The Brute Braker"
will be shown next Sunday night at our
theater in Boyer. Don't fail to see 1t.
s. w. Pithan, who has been visiting
with his son and family, went to Au-
burn Monday to visit with his niece.
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Mrs. John Ballard visited in Sioux
City last week, returning home Satur-
day.
Mr.. Robinson. the electric light ex.
pert, reports that the poles are all set
and that the rest of the work is being
rushed as fast as possible. However,
he is talking about sixty days before
the lights can be turned on. 1t is hop
ed that he over estimates.
S. j. Ref and Albert Petersen re-
turned last week from a land seeking
trip to Oklahoma. They don't seem to
enthuse very much.
A large swarm Of bees infested Main
street Saturday evening and DR.. Bon.
ney was on hand to round them up and
give them a good home. One day last
week a swarm came to his bee yard
and went into an empty hive. He gave
them q frame and brood and they are
now contented and happy.
John Didier. of Denison, is staying
with Ernest Hulsebus while working on
the electric light line.
Hans Asmus has recently purchased
a modern bungalow at Lake View and
will move to that place about the fif-
teen Of this month to make their future
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Asmus will leave
many friends here who will miss them
but will wish them much happiness in
their new surroundings
Mr.. and Mrs, James O'Meara, of
Denison, were Sunday visitors at the
J. P. Welsh home.
Jess Bennett, of Aberdeen, S. D., au
toed down Sunday to visit friends
While playing baseball Sunday after.
noon Philip Didier, in sliding to one of
the bases, sprained his ankle severely.
DR.. Bonney gave first aid to the injured
and sent him home to Denison for a
months rest.
1t is rumored that Mike Clinton has
already sold his Texas land and is en-
gagged In the restaurant business.
George Reve, of Minnesota. is work
ing in the Hulsebus garage.
Foster Hahn and wife. of Denison, Wis
tied a few days with Frank Hahn and
family, returning home Sunday.
Quite a number of Buck Grovites
spent Monday celebrating Decoration
day in other towns.
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the heirs After all OF these years nop,
ert r. Mayhem and sister We're locatso
In Indianapolis and they constitute the
last INK IN the disbursements OF lhe
funds. Fenton died IN hospital at Hot
Springs. ARK, IN January 1919. Just
before his death ne made VIII pe-
queathing ybO,OoO TO q Or. Cnoa!e, VINO
was his physician during ms last III.
ness. the remainder or the estate was
to be divided among the cnlldreh ol ren.
tons Nbfothersl ana sisters. Waiter
Banet was maue administrator OF the
estate ana immediately mace nation'
wide search for the missing heirs. AZ
vertisements We're placed III tne ieadlhg
papera Or the east ana soutn, anG q
through this medium the WinGoW OF
Mr.. Fenton's brotner was iocatea on
ranch near BerKieys CaiiI. She was
Drought 10 hnoxVilie, where sne salis'
ned the court tnat she was one ol Lhe
helrs ehtitleu u SHARE VI tiie piopci' ~
AZ the annual session OF tne Slat. I.
medical association MAJOR oneli VI
Camp l)odge maze vigorous appeal 10
the pnyslclans OF the state 70 use tneir s
influence IN obtaining recrults Ior; the
Fourth dlvision OF the regular army
now statt0ned at tnat camp. ne ex.
piained that all the lacliitles estaplisn.