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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
IDEALS AND PRACTICES.

Perhaps Mr. DcbS is right when he
saws there would be no wars if the
starting of them were left to the people.
He is also right in saving that the men
who are responsible for wars ought to
be nut i'm the front lines of battle. But,
lust the same. nothing is left for Il
country that is attacked to do hut to
defend itself. Mr.. Debs knows very
well what would have happened ia
Belgium and France had not the heroic
peoples of those countries so manfully
defended themselves against the at
Jacks of Germany. Belgium WAS over
run as il was. but the aid she gave
France at the beginning Of the war Ell
abled France and Great Britain to get
ready to meet the enemy III time tC
save France from Bclgium'S fate. II
would be fine if the ideal conditions
depicted by Mr.. Debs and other social
lists could he realized. but the world
must he accepted as ii is and as lsnosc-
welt once said: Liberty will not tarry
long with Il people who will no. fight
for it.
Wonder if Mr.. DcbS has heard of
what is going on in Russia. he gov
eminent Of which country has received
lis warmc>t approval: 1t is now re-
ported that the soviet army numbers
600 900 men. Soviet Minister of War
TrOtZky declared that the training of
this army must he intensified this viii
ter in order that they may he fully
prepared for war next spring. In the
course of Il fiery speech before The Rus
sian congress ut Moscow he revealed
that 10 per cent of the red army have
been workingmcn. and that 60 Der cent
Of all the forces were peasants. That
means. Of course that the soviet gov
eminent has withdrawn from prOlilc-
tive occupations. such as agriculture.
about million men. and have as
Sclnllnl them. and about 6MtMW other
individuals. into the biggest standing
army in the world Not only is The
productive capacity of those men lost
10 Russia. but millions of others are ut
work producing material and supplies
with which to maintain the army and
furnish it with implements of war
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

An automobile thief in Chicago the
other day made bad 'pick up" He
took car standing in the street with
ont investigating the contents of the
back seat. He had not gone far When
fearful yelling and bawling came
from the rear part of the automobile
and the thief at once realized that he
was not only guilty of stealing Il car
hut that the charge of kidnapping could
also be lodged against him. as II robust,
lunged yOungster of about Is months of
age was making the wclkin ring with
the most Oatlandish yells that the auto
desperation he was at II loss to know
what to do. but realized that something
must he done ut once To avoid arrest.
He dashed into a telephone office aud
called up the police. asking for imforma-
ton as to how to stop q leathcr-lungcd
kid from yelling. admitting that he had
stolen an automobile without knowing
that there was baby in the back seat
81 can't stop his screaming. beloved
the thief. land amt quite mean
enough to choke him" The frantic
mother had reported the kidnapping TO
the police and they tried to corner the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
MISUNDERSTANDING

Another thing that it might be we'll
to keep in mind. The money spent on
the primary highways Of the state como
from federal aid and from automobile
ploymcnt the expenditure of this money
for draining. grading and gravcling of
highways PUTS his money into circlla
tion. creates a. local demand for feed
and helps lis to support the needy OF
the community. To refuse now to go
ahead with projects of this Kind would
he silly.-Cctlar Falls Record
The Record is usually very careful
in its statements. but in this instance
what ii says is misleading All the mon
ey expended on tie primary roads of
Iowa does not come from the federal
government and automobile faxes.
There is Just one federal aid road in
Hamilton cOunty--the Grant highway
and we suppose the same is true in
Black Hawk county. where the Record
is published. On federal aid roads the
government pays half the expense of
drainage. grading and gravclng. the
automobile tax bearing the other half.
except for the right of-way. which the
counties must pay. If Il federal aid
road is paved, the federal government |
pays 80 per cent. t;,c autombile license |
fund ~ per cent aud ahutting property |
owners 81 per cent.
On primary roads that do not GET .
federal aid. the cost Of grading, drain |
ing and gravclng comes from the auto
mobile tax. but the county must nav
for right of-way and surveying. which
amount to considerable in many in
stances. If these primary roads are
paved. 81 per cent of the cost i clar"-
ed to the abutting property.
What the people object 10 more than,
else in road improvement is
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
THERE ARE MANY BLOCS.

| The attacks that some Of the EASTERN
crS have been making on the socalled
farm bloc are rcacting and the people
are being reminded time and again that
blocs are nothing new. They have been
in operation in this country for many
years. but have been sliding along rs
quietly as possible without names. How
ever. they have accomplished much for
the special interests they have served
all this time II might he held without
endorsing the principle of hlocs, that
the farmer, in self defense. has finally
found il necessary To employ the same
tactics that other interests have been
employing.
The people of Iowa. especially read
crs of the Des MOineS Register. nave
been delighted of late at the many evil
dences appearing in the columns of that
raper indicating that il is again get
ting in the fight for the people. The
old Register used tn he Il hard scrap
p,r. for the square deal for iowa and
the great common people aud used to
he dependable leader. But Il few
wears ago il began to drift from its
mOorings and showed evidences of los
ing faith in the cause of the people.
However. it is getting back int" the
arena and indications are that it will
soon be fighting along the lines it held
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
The Model Farm.

Farm Life: Tie Chicago. Rock Is
land & Pacific Railway company. win
the help of Jewell Mayes. Missourl'S
secretary of agriculture. has been COM
piling data on farm management. Since
the territory surveyed is about average
for the whole country. it is Interesting
TO see what the experts saw about the
model farm, containing 100 acres. and
the live stock combination which may
be supposed to prove most profitable
On Il central Missouri farm OF 100
acres YOU should have:
Three hundred laying hens.
Ten good ia Try cows.
Five selected brood sows.
Forty head of breeding ewes
A complete garden for vegetables
and berries.
A fruit orchard and vineyard.
4 man doesn't have to he an expert
agricult,nist to know that farm
equipped as above would be profit
fable and successful plant. taking 1t for
granted that the system of cropping
and rotation provided feed and pastur-
age for the stock listed above. OF
course. sufficient work stock. tools and
euuipmcnt would be necessary. And
plenty of help We would he glad 10
have our readers express their opinion
as to whether the above is really a
model farm.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
mrs. FRED RUPPEL
DIES IN CLEVELAND
Former Webster City Wo-
man Passes Away
Burial Here.

Relatives in this city received tele-
gram Friday morning announced the
death of Mrs. Fred Ruppel, which oc-
CURED in Cleveland, Ohio. that morn
ing. The body will he brought here
for interment.
Mrs. Ruppel was Il sister of Mrs. ..
i. Gilmore. living southeast OF this
city. Mr.. Ruppel is Il brother OF 4. T.
and +. II. Ruppel. both of this city.
Mrs Ruppel was born in the Saratoga
neighhorhood. south of this city. ana
lived here until she and her husband
left some twenty wears ago. They To-
Gated at several places. before 1ihahs
settling in Cleveland. The husband
and two sons survive.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

the penchant of the state highway COM
mission TO change routes. tear mp talr-
y good roads. entailing a lot of expense
that should he done away with in Il mes
like the present.
Moreover. it doesn't matter now an
Improvement is paid for. it all comes
out of the people in the end. The pro-
pie pay The automobile tax and the fed
cral tax also comes out of voX ropull.
There is nc other place for it To come
from. True. as The law HOW stands.
counties must go ahead With the inl-
provcmcnt Of the primary roads or ihey
will not get the money they have paid
and are entitled 10 use and they must
eXpcnd ii just as the state highway
commissions says if they cNpend it ut
all. That is where thc law is wrong.
Simply because thi> money has been
paid into the treasury is no rra son
why it should not be iudciouSly used
ana maze 10 go as lar us poSSiDie. XIV
price of road Improvement is coming
down. especially that of paving. Int
where changes are ordered in old c<-
t:bliShcd highways the cost of right-of-
WAY is often very heavy
The counties ought to get Il fair pro-
portion of the automobile fund to use
on the roads mt the discretion. of the
boards of supervisors. using some of ii
to relieve taxation on roads not in the
primary system and for bridge work.
Under such a plan property taxation
could he materially reduced. and it is
imperative mt this particular time tina t
the burden of taxation he made easier
TO bear.
When times were flush and the poo
pie had plenty of money practically
everybody was urging road improve
mcnts. So inSistent was the demand for
better roads that many counties went
quite heavily into debt. issuing bonds.
Now these bonds have become quite q
burden and there is enough money de-
rived from the automobile tax to care
for at least the interest and to make
necessary improvements on the primary
road system.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
Land If 1925 ar Acre.

Fort Dodge Messenger: Proof thai
Webster county farm land is still con-
sidered valuable. in These days OF low
prices. was seen yesterday when a -ol
acre farm. located one and a half miles
northwest OF Ca llcndcr. WAS sold Tor
So2J an acre. The deal. which was
cash transaction. was completed
through the office of Leslie 4 Ashford.
local real estate dealers. Dunlap Broth
prs, of Jefferson. were the owners OF
the farm. which was sold to Hill Th"r-
son of Somcrs. The transaction is the
largest land deal on record so far TINS
year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
1t need be no indication of serious

1t need be no indication of serious
dissentiOns in the ranks of the republic
can party at Washington merely be-
cause some republican senators or mem
hers of the lower house do not always
themselves. Men who have convictions
and the courage to stand by them must
have differences tilat cannot always he
to compromise in order to get some
thing. and it is often better to yield a
little than to defeat very important
measures. However. one cannot con
sistently sacrifice IL principle in the
interest of party harmony.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
peonle who think VIM. Hohenzollern

People who think YIN. Hohenzollern
has not suffered enough for his sins
may change their minds after lie mar
rics and has tried to live for year
with his beautiful. fascinating young
bride who is none too old to I've his
granddaughter" Old Cassius NJ, Clay
tried that game once upon IA time and
paid dearly for his experience. T One
thing can he said. anyhow. to the eerdit
Of Mr.. HOhenZOllern. He has not tried
to capitalize his notoricty by going in
to movie pictures.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
Farmers Who Make Money.

Farm Life: Here is the sane, ripen-
cd. valuable Judgment of Il man whose
word we are willing to take about
farming. The man is |. j. Matthew's
the County Agent of Pulaski county
Indiana. He is one of our most treas
,;red contributing editors. The word he
passes along is as follows:
\ few years ago, both agricultural
Journals and institute lecturers advised
man to specialize. BE an expert in
some one thing" was the gist of their
remarks. That was poor advice. lie
an expert in many things, would have
been better.
We have yet to see any large num-
Ter of instances where specially farm
ers have made any great success. When
they do hit the hall about right. they
make killing. but they don't get u
whack ut it often enough to make it a
practice to he recommended.
Examples of what straight wheat,
cotton. tobacco. corn and oats farming
has done. include tOo many failures to
make it Il practice to be recommended.
Farmers who have many interests
good flock Of hens, a few good cows.
a few apple trees well cared for, a field
of alfalfa. Il reasonable patch Of pota-
tocs-are the farmers that make
money. at least little each year. Men
farming on this scale are those who
use their money to make improvements,
|rut i'm labor saving devices for the
mother. school the youngsters, land
scapc the home grounds.
Discussing Il certain man. Il NJ ichi-
gan county agent said: "He never did
make any money until 1--WE prevailed
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
ROvEMENTS IN
STRATF0RD MANY
More Than $4,000 in I'M
prOvements Spent There
in 1921.

StratfOrd Courier: Although the last
year. 1921, was a year of financial de
preston, there We're many worthy per-
manent improvements made in STRAIT
ford which amounted to 4 good many
thousand dollars Many new homes
were built. some new additions were
made in business buildings and all in
all the Courier does not believe that
any town in the country anywhere car!
show a better permanent Improvement
record than Straiforl made last year.
Some of these improvements We're com
menced late in the year 1920 but were
not cor:pletcd until last year and with
one or two exceptions all were 1921
property additions.
And things are looking fine for this
YEAR. too, in the building line. q. +.
Hook has the basement partially eNca-
vated for residence on his lots facing
the city park and Just south of the Blu
beck residence ]. i. Shacffer has til"
basement cNcavated and the founda-
ton in for bungalow on his lots in
east Stratford where the old cement
block plant used to be located. And we
are informed by persons who are in
position to know that plans are already
under way for several new residences
and perhaps one fine business block.
The list of improvements given be-
low does not include small items hn.
additions to real estate which run into
81 900 or more:
G. O. Franksain business block. cS-
timated COST, $4,000
Albert Sackrison residence. $4,000.
Gust Lindquist residence. $4,000.
G.. J. Carlstedt residence. $1,000.
Electrolier installations $1,000.
Il. NJ. Holt, two residences, total cost.
$14.5Oc.
George Atkinson, remodeling of res
idence. $1,000.
Olof Berglund. remodeling home. cs-
timated S1.50G
T. w. Johnson, remodeling residence.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

S1.j00
<Adolph Westman residence, estimated
$500.
Erie LindquiSt residence. $4,000.
Il. T. Ferlen residence. $3.50.
Julius Sciksen bungalow. $4,000
c. O. Franksain residence mot YET
completed and value unknown).
Will Enhlng home. $1,000.
Peter Anderson residence, $1,000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
Financial authorities say that money

Financial authorities say that money
is much easier in the east than il was
Il year ago and that the west will feel
the effect before long. Interest rates
are going down and i, is predicted that
" another year pre-w;ir rates will pre-
vail in almost every section OF tho
country. High interest charges lave
seriously affected the west. especially
the farmers. Not only did interest
rates advance materially. but commits
Sions were increased from | and ~
per cent to 2la to ) per cent and even
higher When rates get back to five
per cent with one per cent commission
tor five year farm loans the result
VIII be speedily felt in Iowa..
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
There is going to he deep and lons

There is going to he deep and lonS
disappointment in this country and III
every other civilized country if The
arms conference adjourns without az
complishing much worth while. 1t
started ont so fine that many. perhaps.
were led to expect too much. However,
indications are that more will he ac-
complished than anybody hoped six
months ago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

Corn that is put through old bessie
and made into butter is bringing pretty
good prices even in these times of de-
pressed values for the products of the
farm. 1t is reported from the dairyins
sections of the country that they are
enjoying fair measure Of prosperity.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

thief. but he made good his escape.
leaving the car and the crying baby in
the street. wnich were soon recovered
by the police. 1t must he admitted
that that thief is not wholly bad. Some
would have been brutal enough 10 have
chol1ed the child into silence. The
moral is: Don't leave baby in an au
tomobiIc in the street without guarding
The auto.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

Government astronomers say the
earth is moving northward at the rate
of one foot per year, according to the
Washington Herald. Well. at that
rate. we shall he mile further north
in $3.50 years.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

There is not going to he much road
paving done when it takes Il wagon
load of oats to pay for barrel of
cement Guess the cement men would
MT use many oats if it took wagon
load of cement TO buy a barrel Of oats.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

Just how far the scientists will sue
coed in making gold out of other met
ais nobody knows, but everybody knows
that Henry Ford has made tons of gold
ont of tin, pewter and iron.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16
so capably and so well few years ago


so capably and so well few years ago
In the course of Il recent defense OF
the socalled farm bloc, or rather in
showing the necessity of the farmer
protecting himself, the Register said:
''Now the Register would again sug-
gcst that it is not calling attention to
the group organization of cement. or OF
steel. or of oil. for. the purpose OF arous
ing Indignation against group organiza
ton. All the Registed has in mind is
to suggest what is plain on the face Of
it, that if blocs are to be tolerated or
encouraged for cement or oil or steel.
then the labor drganiza ton and the
agricultural bloc are not only logical
but inevitable. in fact it would be sheer
folly for labor and the farmer not TO
he in bloc in market controlled by
blOcs.
",The Register is not going to argue
whether the price of cement ought to
he leveled for the country by an ar'i-
trary Burlington freight rate-put up
on the Des Moines user of cement from
Mason City-or whether steel made al
Gary should he shipped to Dies MoineS
with Pittsburgh rate, or whether oil
should be sold all over the United
States at prices arbitrarily fixed in the
offices Of the Standard company. There
are those who believe that this sort of
grouping and marketing is tllc next step
in the development of big business.
but the Register Is going to argue
that if the railroads are TO be grouped
and made the preferred creditors of the
United States. If oil and steel and sugar
and tobacco, and all the others are tc
be grouped and distributed without re-
gard for local supply or demand. then
the farmers and lahorers are not awake
to their own future if they do not group
and come into the group market with
their best and brainicSt experts to de-
mand and to secure a fair rating in the
general exchange.
'One thing is sure. either the bloc is
right economically or wrong. If right.
then it is right for the farmer. If
wrong. then il is wrong for steel and
oil, and they are the first and most
gricvOuS OffclllcrS. TO make Il great
cutlery becaust the farmer has shown
zap in congress as Il farmer, when oil
and steel have been there for nearly "A
generation as pil and steel. is absurd.
Moreover. it i not foolins anybody.
The agricultural bloc is almost the last
of the blocs. Perhaps the farmer has
been so far behind about il that the
others had figured him out of the race.
and that is the cause of the Indignation.
''In Canada The farmer has gone
much farther tlan with us. There he
has his own political party and is rep
resented in this parliament by sixty |
members. The farmer leaders have re-
fused TO accept places i'm the liberal
or 10 he counted as part of
thc liberal party The political leaders
who believe that the agricultural bloc
will disappear with us and the old par
ty alignmcntS restored as they were.
unless something is done fully as inn
p0rtant as putting the farmer on the
federal reserve board, is not reading
the lesson of the Canadian
farm bloc"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-01-16

You can't always judge Il man by his
wife's clothes. She might have bough,
them on her own credit.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-15
No Discussion of
Nine Game Series
By Major Leaguers

NEW YORK, Dec. 14,-There was
no discussion of the suggested return
to nine games in place of the seven
in the world series and no agreement
was reached between the two leagues
to open upon the same day next sea-
son 1t tOday's joint major league
conference. AS the situation stands
at present, the National league is
down to begin the 1923 play Tuesday,
April II, and the American league,
Wednesday, April IS. 1t appeared to
be the general opinion, however, that
when the schedule committees meet
in February this confusion of opening
dates would be recttf1ed.
The so-called lively ball and the
superabundance of home runs did not
figure in the magnates' conference,
according to official announcement.
1t was decided that the drafting
rules should be amended to permit
the drafting season to commence the
first day of the world series each
year and that the draft meeting shall
be held in the city where the first
world series game is played. The
waiver rules were changed to provide
that club asking waivers on a player
and then Withdrawing such waiver
request must do so in % hours after
notice of claim, or forfeit right to
such player.
The so-called transforming situa-
ton which resulted in suspension of
Babe Ruth and other players early
last season was remedied by the
adoption of a rule that no player shall
participate in exhibition games after
Oct. 81, and that all future contracts
between players and clubs shall con-
tain this provision.