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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
A Busy Week.

The commencement festivities for the
sc members of the class of 1921 will
occupy large part of this week. Sun.
day evening was reserved for bac-
calaureate services at the NJ. E. church,
with Rev. II. Il. Percy to deliver the
sermon.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings the
class play, 1.-THE Cook-Lady," will be
given.
This is a delightful play, full of fun
and life, and Miss Lola Hughes is a
director who puts valuable training into
the cast. so that the class play is fine
feature of the years work.
The FrOlic.
Thursday afternoon the class frOlic
will be held Mt Lincoln high school
This is a lot of fun for all concerned
and the class day program in the even
ing will give everybody bunch of
hearty laughs. The class historian has
flourishing past to tell about for each
member, while the prophet can give q
lot of illumination upon the future
The class legacy is always full of rare
and rich GU inheritances-often pecu
liarly uncomfortable for the legatee
Then there will be very attractive
stunt" by the class and a class song
made for this special occasion.
Commencement Program.
Thursday night at s O'Clock the com
mencement program will be given in
Lincoln auditorium. This is the climax
OF the years activities. and is intended
tc be dignified close for the weeks
entertainment.
The program follows:
Andante from Symphony in C---Hadyn
High School Orchestra.
Invocation Observation-Disclosures
Rev. Harry f. Shook
America triumphant Boys Glee Clul
SOlo-Kenneth Bourne.
SnlutatOry
Eunice Karr.
OratiOn-SOuth American Development
Jerome Sparboe.
OratiOn-HistOry of Third Degree
William Macgoey.
OratiOn-What We Owe to the Pilgrims
Ganrga CantOnwina
Cleopatra GavOtte
Orchestra.
OratiOn-.AmericaniZ ---------
LeOrra Porter.
OratiOn-American Advancement.
Estille Vauble.
ValedictOry INSTRUMENTATION
Virgil WOmeldOrfY
Iowa Kelly Cool
Girls Glee Club.
Presentation of Glass to BOard-
Supt ID. NJ. Kelly.
Presentation of Diplomas ---
Warren b. Dodge, president board o
education
Benediction----R Arthur Metcal
Metropolitan Life March, -Osche
Orchestra.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
ARMY Dinner
Ab|GEvENT
Dinner at the Universalist
Church With Speed Con-
tests and Stunts
Following.
AUTO RACE NOW ON
Men Plan to Shingle Church
by "Aut0 Race"
Method.
AUTO RACE NOW ON

Nearly fifty men gathered at the
Uniyersalist church Friday evening for
the army dinner and stunts arranged
by the Mems club. At about 6:45
o'clock Merlyn Best sounded the wei
come mess call, and the men lined up
in true army fashion to receive their
plates filled with roast beef. mashed
potatoes, baked beans, etc. prepared by
Carl Odor, a former army cook.
After the dinner speed test was
held between the hounds and the JACK
rabbits, and many amusing stunts were
performed. Ed Prince was the captain
of the hounds and Ray w. Miller led
tho rabbits. After all the dust had
cleared away, it was discovered thar
the rabbits had outrun the hounds. j.
NJ. Blake and Charles Gerber were the
Judges, ]. r. White the official scorer,
and David Maricle the starter. The
contest closed with singing. but
Princes hounds couldn't make noise
enough to scare the Miller rabbits.
Then all Joined in three or four OLD
time songs.
Another Contest.
Another test of speed has been ar
ranged by this enterprising Mems cluD
an automobile race to raise funds Tor
re-roofing and decorating the church.
1t is expected that some twelve or M
teen cars will he entered, with group
associated with each driver as team
to advance the respective cars. For
every twenty-five cents secured, the
car is advanced one mile, so that If
team secures twenty-five dollars, that
car has travelled one hundred miles,
The contest began Friday night and
closes at p. m. sunday, June IL.
when meeting will be held at the
Tniversalist church to determine the
winner and make plans for some suit
able stunts the following night.
Some Penalties.
In this contest, the fifteen days will
he regarded as fifteen hours, and any
car that does not travel at least one
hundred miles will be counted as hav-
ing gone into the ditch. At the close
Of the race, the winners will be Toasted
and honOred at the expense of the los
ing teams, while those cars that ran
off into the ditch, if there shall be any.
will subject their drivers and teams to
such kitchen duty as DISTINGUISHING. etc.
A meeting of drivers or captains will
be held at once to complete details.
Among the cars entered thus far are
the Buick, Case, Chandler, Chevrolet,
Dodge. Ford, Hudson, Hupmobile, JEFF
fiery, Overland, Paige, Studebaker,
velie, and Willys-Knight. One or two
others may also get into the running.
The Hupmobile secured start OF
twenty -four miles last night, and the
Ford was started on its way. If any OF
our readers care to advance the cause
of any of these cars, they are invited to
communicate with Rev. Harry Shook,
pastor of the church. Phone S55
Suitable tags have been provided so
that contributors may escape repeated
solicitation.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
Trade in all Lines
Stagna,lt in Greece

Athens, May 2S.-Business in Greece
has fallen off to such an ext0nt tha.
American commercial representatives
find themselves without anything to DO.
Trade in all lines has become stagnant.
The shipping business is Frustrated.
The only vessels to arrive in Salon:Ei
harbOr during the last three weeks
were two hospital ships bearing dead
and wounded from the AnatOlian front.
The government is buying nothing
except limited quantity of food sup,
plies for the army. 1t is Withholding
payment on all outstanding accounts
Every franc is needed for the ASH
Minor campaign.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
(From Saturdays DailyJ

Mrs. r. f. Riley of Stanhope was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Miss Matte BRANDON of Kamrar was
shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Geo. Holt of Ellsworth was
shopping in the city yesterday.
Mrs. A. G. Satire and Miss Hazel O.
Satire of StanhOpe were in the city yes
terday.
The Misses Martha and Emma Twedt
of Ellsworth were Webster City visitors
yesterday.
The Misses Myrtle and Clara Olson
of Ellsworth were shopping in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. +. A. Boeye of Boston, Mass,
is in the city visiting at the home of
Mrs. A. n. Boeye, Sr.
Mrs. Leonard Lindeback and Miss
Ruth Olson Of Ellsworth were visiting
and shopping in the city yesterday.
DR.. r. S. Mitterling and little son
left this morning for Fremont, Nebr., to
spend Memorial day.
Oscar Hensel, of Alexandria. formerly
of this city, is business visitor here
today.
Mrs. Roy O'Brien is assisting as
saleslady in the Penney store for an in
definite period.
Mrs. Nelson Nicholson and three chill
dren of Harrisburg were Webster City
visitors yesterday.
Harold Newman of Mason City is In
the city for few days visit with
friends.
Among the Williams visitors in the
city yesterday were Mrs. Jess Halde
man and two children and Mrs. A. J
Oswood and Mrs. ]. V. Oswood.
Among the Jewell visitors in the city
yesterday were Mrs. Fred Thompson
Mrs. l.. +. Wehrheim, Mrs Nels Thomp
son. Mrs. Bertha Westre and Wallace
Westre.
Rev. Arthur Metcalf left today TO
Hampton to spend Sunday with hi
brother, Rev. Walter Metcalf and fam
lily. He will occupy his brothers pulpi
tomorrow evening.
Miss Maude Barr, English teacher o
the Iowa State college at Ames. spen
last evening in the city with her aunt
Mrs. J. Il. Baxter and family, while OF
lher way home to spend Memorial da.
lat Manchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ingertson wer
lin Jewell last evening where they at
tended the annual alumni banquet o
Jewell Lutheran college. Mr.. Ingertso
returned home this morning, while Mrs
Ingertson remained for visit with he
father and other relatives. He viii
Join her tonight and they will renal
over Memorial day.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
Locomotive Memorial
to Fallen Employees
(By The Associated Press

London, May 2S-A locomotive has
been selected as memorial to the
employees of the Great Central railway
here who fell in the war. The engine,
which is n modern one and in use on
the main line, has been christened
"Valor" and beneath the title has been
placed the inscription in large letters !:
"In memory Of the employees OF this
company who fell in the war 1914 Is"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
COMM NCEMENT
We PROGRAM
Opens With Baccalaureate
Sermon and Closes
With Commencement
Program.
CLASS PLAY A TREAT
Busy Week for the Eighty
Six High School
Graduates.
CLASS PLAY A TREAT

Sunday Observation-Disclosures
sermon by Rev. r. Il. Percy at
the Methodist church.
Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings-Class play, The Cook-Lady,"
at the Orpheum.
Thursday afternoon-Class frOlic
at Lincoln high school auditorium.
Thursday evening-COmmence-
ment program at Lincoln high
school auditorium.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
Perfect LOgic.

Minneapolis Journal: MY dog has
ten tails" *
Nonsense :"
'Ill prove it. No dog has nine tsils,
and since my dog has one more tail
than no dog, my dog has ten tails"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30

Gravel delivered, 81. 80 load. Will Finck
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30
Real Estate Tras,sfefs.

Edith Van Buskirk, ct nj to Ira l..
Lavender-lot . blk GO Webster City
.$1,7OO.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30

Let us print your letterhea IL.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-05-30

Calling cards at this office.
Evening star., 1921-09-15
Runnymede at Auction.
rom the New. York World.

FROM the New, York World.
Old times must be .considerab bly
changed in ENGLAND and old manners
gone when it becomes necessary for
peer to rise in the House of Lords
and protest against the sale of Runny-
mede Meadow. Is there more sacred
piece Of ground in the British Empire
than the spot where the barons
exacted the Magma Charta from King
John seven ceutries ago? Putting
Runnymede up at auction for sale as
part of the crown lands would seem
to come near constituting govern
mental sacrilege. 1t is as bad as a
proposal to sell independence Hall in
out Bunker Hill Monument to an ad-
vertising syndicate.
If the historic site Is to be sold, an
American might appropriately be-
come the purchaser. AS the editor
of the London Spectator says in a
public letter. Magma Charta is part
of the law of the United States as it
is part of the law of every English
speaking community" To let the
place of it's origin go into private
of national trusteeship. Was there a
serious basis. after all. to the sug-
EeStion made last year Of selling
Westminster Abbey? Is even St
Paurs safe? 1t will not be forgotten
that various historic churches in Lon
don were recently marked for disuse
If not demolition.
No doubt a country rich in historic
associations accumulates patriotic
landmarks which become obsolete
with the passing of time. But in the
United States, where every Washing
toms headquarters is preserved and
where new commemorative tablets
go up almost monthly, the proposal
to sell Runnymede Meadow will ex-
cite amazement. There are some ma
tional shrines, after all, which should
be proof against proclamation.
Evening star., 1921-09-15

pentier. They are insects.
A horse weighing fifteen hundred
pounds can pull on q level a weight
of two and a half tons That Is a
load equal to about five times his own
weight. allowing for the weight of the
cart.
But q bee can draw more than twen-
ty times its own weight, a caterpillar
has been known to be capable of pull
ing twenty-five times his own weight,
while a blow-fly has been harnessed
and found able to drag more than one
hundred and fifty times its own tiny
weight. i-
In an experiment with a small horn
beetle. weighing two grammes. this
insect was found to be able to raise
and lower a piece Of stick weighing
two hundred times as much as itself.
in order to. rival such a feat a man
would have to lift q railway truck
laden with about eight tons of coal.
He calls attention also to the feats
of agility which insects perform.
These outdo anything men are able to
accomplish.
For instance. several Of the smaller
species of grasshopper can jump as
much as two hundred times their own
Evening star., 1921-09-15

length. The best a man can do il
about four times his own length. To
be up to the grasshopper's mark. be
would have to jump a little under
half a mile, which is not being done.
You have admired the swift fight
of birds such as the swallow and the
swift, but a dragon-fly darting around
over q summer pool gives q much
more astounding performance.
I: Probably the hover fly excelS in
speed any otter living thing. And
the muscle power he puts forth must
be simply prodigfous.
And the exploits of quick leaping
and rapid aviation OF the common
house-fiy are wonderful enough when
we stop to think of them.
AS architects and engineers the in
sects as far excel men as they are
beyond us in. muscular strength.
The cell building OF the honey-bee
has been the subject Of many a vol
ume. and the extraordinary craft and
social organisation Of ants has often
been described.
A termite or white ant raises it's
hills to a height of fifteen feet, and
constructs them SO solidly that even a
heavy beast like the buffalo can stand
on it without breaking through. The
pyramid of Cheops ia but ninety
times the height of man, but these
anthills are more than six hundred
times the height Of their tiny builders.
Evening star., 1921-09-15
The Place for Alpnonse.

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
"Alphonse" said the heiress. Il have
been thinking"
thinking Of me. precious?" asked
Alphonse.
"Indirectly. yes; ! have been think
ing that il you married me, everybody
would say you only did so to get my
money"
what care / for the unthinkable
world?'
But, Alphonse. I will marry you."
"My own dar@
And I will not have people say un-
kind things about you. so l have ar
ranged to give my fortune to the mis-
sionaries. Why, Alphonse. where are
you going?'
Alphonse paused long enough on his
way to the door to look back and
mutter: I'm going to be mission
ary"
Evening star., 1921-09-15
Perils Of the Links.

From the New York Tribune.
So the insurance companies are Of
fering to write golf insurance-have
been able to assess in dollars the risk
a golfer assumes when he goes on
the links.
But this. perhaps, is less grotesque
than scoffers will assume. Golf has
Its hazards. as every duffer knows.
Bunkers, traps ponds, brooks, bitches.
swamps and bramble bushes-that's s
what up-to-date links are made of, it
seems to the twenty-four- handicap
man. There are other hazards. Any
one who has intercepted a drive with
his skull can testify that a golf ball
Is a dangerous missile. And the
back-swinS of a brassie resembles in
impact the kick of Missouri mule
A round on one of the congested
public links is often bit of trench
adventure.
When thousands of persons are
chasing one another from tee to tee
with irons and baby cannon balls
somebody is likely to be hurt. But
certainly life is becoming compli-
Gated when even the sport that the
physicians commend for it's health
giving qualities gets tangled up in
the actuaries' mortality tables.
Evening star., 1921-09-15
A1RP1ANEs oUTsPEED BIRDS
Feathered Fliers Have Best Of It
in Ascent and Landing.
From the Scientific American.

| Every one surely who has watched
the fight of the swifter birds has
made his own estimate as to their
speed. The speeds attained by the
carrier pigeon. the duck and the
faster of the sea birds have formed
the subject OF, endless guesswork and
inevitable exaggeration. Birds which
are incapable. even when at full
stretch. of doing more than forty to
fifty miles an hour have been credited
| with 100 and more.
Now the fact of the matter is that
nothing is more difficult than to judge
Of the speed OF any object through
the air by mere human observation.
Fore-shortening due to perspective
alone renders it impossible to tell
above some fixed point on the
ground. and almost invariably the
estimated speed is far beyond the ac-
| tual. At the present time the highest
| well-authenticated speed is that of
homing pigeons, some of which have
| reached a speed of sixty miles an
hour over comparatively short dis
| tances.
But now comes Col. Meinertzhagen.
a noted ornithologist in Great Britain.
| anti-aircraft duties in the war. he
| trained his men in instrumental work
by making them take observations of
J the fight of birds. These he COL
IecteQ and then COnnrmeQ tnelr re-
suits by instrumental work himself.
He tells us that the speed of birds.
as thus accurately ascertained, is far
below what it is popularity believed
! to be. varying from twenty to forty
| miles for the smaller passeres to from
forty to fifty miles an hour in the
case of waders. Those speeds repre-
sent steady flight, but when a bird is
frightened by an enemy. or when 1t is
pouncing upon it's prey. it can ac-
celerate greatly for a limited time.
He estimates that for a short dis
tance the swift can reach speed of
100 miles an hour.
The airplane, therefore, has greatly
surpassed the swiftness of the birds
both in it's power of sustained speed
and in it's maximum speed. From 100
to 120 miles an hour can be main-
tanned by many of the standard ma
chimes, and we know that last year
the racing speed was carried up to
from $50 to 100 miles per hour, while
recent models are credited to be even
faster.
Where the birds still greatly sur
pass the human flying machines is in
the matter of taking off and alight-
ing. The seabirds, and all birds in
fact. by changing the angle Of in
cidence of their wings, are able to
reduce their landing speed at a rate
which the airplane and the seaplane
cannot at present approach.
Evening star., 1921-09-15
A Chance for All.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The young man who says he has
no chance willfully ignores the fact
that no golden age" Of the past, in
/ any land. ever presented such golden
opportunities as America offers him
today
If there Is mo chance" for those
who come on the stage to play their
part in the drama of life today, what
chance is there for those who are
born a thousand years from today?
Many. many centuries ago Solomon,
,, in a fit of the blues, said there was
nothing new under the sun. But SO
much has happened since Solomon
that 1t sometimes seems as If hardly
anything happened before Solomon.
The best thing about America is not
a mountain or river. a magnificent
city or a renowned cascade. a noble
building or even great man; the
best thing is the chance it offers to
each on level with all to make his
way to the front and to win a success
of the right sort.
One who is aware Of America and
the privilege of an American becomes
very weary of the talk of pessimists
who rail at fate because their lot has
been cast in with the manifest destiny
Evening star., 1921-09-15
Fiction Takes Slump.
From the Atlanta Constitution,

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Fiction writer's are discouraged about
the outlook for their wares for the next
year. Several New York magazine.
have hinted that they were well sup
piled with articles and stories. And OF
top Of this the tendency is downward
in prices paid the author. One maga :
zine. noted for its articles, suddenly
appeared with its last issue in entire
fiction form. The announcement was
made that the newspapers SO thoroughly
covered the article field that the maga :
zine saw no reason to run articles. Thd
movie rights for authors have also
slumped. The movie producers are at
a standstill and it will be many months
before they begin casting about for ne "
scenario material. But in the meantiln.
as one philosophic author remarked;
There is nice green grass for grazing
in Central Park. and there is alway :
room for one more on the park benches
Evening star., 1921-09-15
It Cured Her.
From the Edinburgh Scotsman.

From the Edinburgh Scotsman.
Not hundred miles from Folkstone
few months ago a wife lay very III.
Having bought up clever orphan
girl, the sick woman called the young
woman to her and said:
Il shall soon leave my little chill
dren motherless. They know you and
love you, and after I am gone l want
you and my husband to marry"
The young woman. bursting into
tears said: I'VE were just talking
about that"
The wife recovered
Evening star., 1921-09-15
THE STRENGTH OF THE
LITTLE FOLK.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1921

I have just witnessed tremendous
feat Of labor. 1t was not the digging
of a Panama canal. the building of a
Roosevelt dam nor erection of Wool
worth building. But. in some re-
spects, it was more amazing.
1t was two Sexton beetles burying
q dead mouse. And 1t could only be
compared to two men digging grave
for an elephant and burying him in
it. in half an hour, and with their
bare hands.
The strongest creatures in the
world, in proportion to their size and
weight, are not government mules.
bulls, hippopotami, Dempsey nor Car
Evening star., 1921-09-15

of this glorious land of ours.
If they would but look abroad and
u they could but realize how others
yearn for the blessed boon they
scorn! To stricken races and to
peoples bending low under the yoke
Of the burden of life from day to day
it is inconceivable that an American
should be blind to the blessing Of his
heritage.
Evening star., 1921-09-15
Reinforced.
From Harper's Magazine.

Two contractors of type unfortu-
nateIy too familiar were talking of
some buildings which had collapsed
before they were finished.
'Well, Billerton,' said one. you al
ways have better luck than l do"
Better luck? How's that?'
why. my row of new houses blew
down in last weeks wind, you know.
while yours weren't harmed. All
were built the same-same woodwork,
same mortar, same everything"
Yes" said the other. but you for
get that mine had been papered."