Manchester Democrat. [volume], March 16, 1921, Image 1

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AFTER ILLNESS OF SEVERAL
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FUNERAL WAS HELD SUNDAY
Eight Years. Sougbt BeUel from
Lang Trouble In West
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Guy win^ Bishop. W eight -years a
faithful city mail carrier of Man
cheater, and who, during the past few
years, has made a'heroic fight against
tuberculosis, passed away at bis home
on Ehfit Howard Street on Friday
«m cam
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March 11th, 1921, shortly after the jQ^pp
soon hour. Mr. Bishop 8P?nt a year in
Ma UMaAorn WnnHmfln 8ftnitfl.riim at
The last days of his life were marked
by intense-suffering.
Funeral services were held at the.
WethOdist -Eplscowl church on Sun
4ay afternoon at 2:3V. Rev. S. R. Beotta?
had charge of the services.. Members
of |he Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows had charge of the services at
the .grave, .and attended the 'services
at the church in a body. Member!
of the Rebekah lodge also attended
the services in a body.
''yjr- Guy W. Bishop was born at Belle-
Tllle, Kansas, April 3rd, 1887, and
r- came to Manchester with his parents
when he was four years of age. Ho
"was a son of the late Nelson Bishop.
As a boy and young man he attended
the pchoola of Manchester. On August
25th, 1910, he was united in marriage
with. Miss pazel M. Keith, of Delhi,
and td tiem was born one child, a
daughter, Charlotte Lorraine, eight
^..yeara old..
bo
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survived by the wife, who
oared for him during the many weeks
of Uness with singular devotion and
did everything humanly possible to
allay Ms suffering the little daughr.
-ter and by his mother, Mrs. Arthur
IHesae?: and sister. Mr«. France3 \VU*
son, of this cityT Two brothers, J^mw
and Oscar, preceded him in, death.
•His father passed away In Manchester
•'. on March 27th,'-1907. .-A.
7 'Mr. Bishop was a-memfier of"the
Methodist Episcopal church of Man
-$hes£er, and' of the I. O. p. F. and
Modern Woodman orders. He was held
in thof highest esteem by the mem
bers of these organizations, and will
be greatly missed by tho^e who' bad
^farndd'to lovo him.
He was one of the most ambHIous
ind dependable young man in the cam
munity and long after his strength
pf&-
women of Delaware. County,
died at her home on Bast Main street,
FHday, 'ferch 11th, 1921, after- an
Illness of several weeks. Funeral serr
vices ^were hold from the home Mon
day afternoon Rev. S. R. Bcatty hav
ing charge of the services. Intettnent
"W#s made In Oakland cemetery.
ter, and in 1874 the family moved to
the Shelden homestead northeast 'of
Manchester, where they liyed for thir
ty-years. In 1909 "Mrs. Shelden came
to Manchester which had been her
borie since. Mr. Shelden passed away
inN the family home on East Main
street on December 28th, 1920.
Deceased is survived by the follow
ing children: Mrs. C. fc. Ryan, Misa
Ida Shelden. ana C. *T. rfhelden and
R. W. Shelden, all of this county
B. F. Shelden of Frederick,. South
vDakota B.J. Shelden of Wendell, Min
nesota one son being deceasedsElevui
grand. children and one sister, Mrs.
Allen Deitrich of Carteraville, Iowa,
and four* brothers, Matthew Itfassee of
Nashua, Iowa Wm. Massee, of San
1 Jose, California John Massee ot Man-
Chester and Thomas Massee*, of Lls
bon, North Dakota also survive her.
Mrs. Sheldon's death removes from
this county one of the early settlers,
•who braved the hardships and priva
*tkm incident to the llfs of the pioneer,
and performed her part nobly in bring
tag about the devlopment of the coun
ty. She was^ a home-loving woman, and
labored 'unceasingly for those In the
borne.
Those who were attached to her by
tender familjr ties have the sympathy
of their friends in the sorrow ttrafc
has come to thenv because of her
d«ath^i%^ ,•
—Robert Davis went to Dubuque
last Friday to spend a few days
with his SODS. -r^ir j+
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BRTBRED AT POSTOFFICE AT
IbnkMter, Itira. SNMi-Clan Matter.
CHURCH ACTIVITIES MARCH TERM OF
LUTHERAN
Palm Sunday—Examination of Con
firmants at 10:00 A. M. Confessional
services at 10:30. Divine services with
PISSES AWAY AT HIS HOME HEBE administration of the Lord's Supper
services at 10.30, Divine services with j|mni /ira woAit vnFmnivA
Easter Sunday—Confessional ser
vices at 10:30 A. M. Divine services
with administration of the Lord's Sup-
v.ni/.vui ab pu„ K-n r&rrier for per At 11:00 A. M. These services are Numerous Cases Set for Hearing Dur
jwployed As llty Jtail i^rrier w»r
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In German.
English services on Easter Day. at
7:30 P. M'
mi CONGREGATIONAL
Church School at 10:00 A. M. Morn
ing worship at 11:00 A. M. Subject
of the sermon: "Conversion as a
Fact."
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 P. M.
Union service at 7:30 P. M. Rev
union service at 7:30 v. M. «ev.
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i»wu "'r: DUOjeCb ior IU?
the Modern Woodman Sanitarium at
Woodman, Colorado, where he was ro-1 -**,••*•
celving treatment and where he seem
ed to be.-gaining- for a time. After
liia r.etuifn home on March 3rd .1920,
BSahop appeared in much better
—"r
preach the sermon. I
SabJect t„ the
sermon: "Dqwu to
the Sea ta shjp8
METHODIST
Sunday, March 20th. Prekchlng af
10:3Q A. M. Subject: "Knowing Christ"
Preaching at 7:30 P. M. Bible school
at 12 noon. B. Y. P. U. at 6:45 M.
Thursday evening prayer meeting- at
7:30. M, W. AKERS, Pastor
ST. PAUL'S
Sunday, school at 2:30.
at 3:30 by Rev. Pritchard.,
uiuuii ouu iUU, noon, at which time a highly inter
began to fail he Would follow ltafes
esting
ot work as his-condition would p?rr given. :$/
given. -4§~
—Iowalies 137,000,000 ivaflable frbifi
national, stale and local sources for
road and bridge construction. Texas
leads with $60,000,000 and New York
iB seconjl with $55,000,000. Iowa is
'nit.
The sympathy ot this community is
'wiUi the stricken wife and little
daughter, in their great affliction,.
BENJ. SHELDEX' £YI .-
Mrs. BenJ. Sheldgp, one oj' the
V.
Preaching
~K. P. DaUce at Castlr Hall Thurs
day, March 24* Music by Quaker MiU
orchestra.
—Mrs. J. R. Kaltenbach of Dubuque
Ib th^ guests of friends in Manches
ter this week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reian'er are
the parents of a_daughter, bom Tues
day, March 16th.
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—Mrs. Phin Wandell of ^dgewpod
'fa the guest of Jher daughter Mrs. John
Norrijj, in this city today.
-fhMrs. J, A. May enjoyed a visit
several days last: week from her
broth#?, Mr. Toney, of Sioux City.
—AUan Barr, who has been spend
ing the winter months with his son,
Jay Barr, and family in Los Angeles,
California, .arrived home last week.
-•—Mr,- and Mrs. Martin, Parker ot
Waterloo were guests of the latter's
sister, Mrs. Solon Hamblin, several
days, last week.
jrrBirds
do much to combat pests, in
a,
recent examination it was found that
in 27 birds examined 86 had coniroon
bug ports,to their stomachs,
—Mrs. Hemy Gooahife and Mrs, J.
M. Jones entertained^' a compaiiy of
friends at a afaw^lrtr dinner at the
)iome of th« fo'r^^^^Tueeday ev»r
«lng.
—The TouflSt Club net at the honje
of Mrs. S. IC Beatty Tuesday after-
aqd profitable program was
—J. P. Sloan and family are mov
ing into the* Hamblin bouse on East
Fayette gtreet, so long the home of
the Bgggg family. Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Belknap, who have been living in the
Hamblin fi'ouse are moving into the
stftte of rooms ovier the Plaza Theater,
viac^ted. by Mr. and Mrs. Sloan.
•Earl JjfiClere who- hare been em-
France® Mary Massee was bom near ployed in the Omaha branch office of
Home, New Yor\, September 9th, lSatf, the- Sampson Tractor Company,, is
iid was in her 84th year at the-j spending a tew days with relatives
time Of her death. At the age of nlae
she came with her parents to Aurora,
Illinois. Oil January 12th, 1869, she
•was united in marriage with Benj.
Sheldon. In February, 1865, Mrs. Shei
den and family came to this coun
ty" and located on what is ktaown as
ajjd friends here this week. Mr. Le
Clere has been transfered to the com
pany's offices at Detroit, Michigan,
beginning his work there the first
of next week. Mrr LeClere will leave
for Detroit on Friday of this week.
—Mrs. Bess Graham Holscher of
-ty ana located on wnai is Known —Mrs. Bess Gm£am Hoiscner or .-eretarv of the coun
ithe Carpenter farm south *of Manches* Huron/ South Dakota, tfas in Man-
cheSlef last Thursday to attend the
funeral services of.the late Robert
Mory. Mrs. Holscher and her mother.
Mrs. H. C. Graham, resided in Man
chaster for many years, building the
home now Owned by Mr. and Mrs.
M. J. Yoran. Mrs.-Holscher went from
here to Earlville, to visit her husband**
family before returning to her home
in South Dakota.
—Mrs. Ursa Hills fi&binson has been
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rob
inson for several days. Mrs. Robin
son has. many friends in Manchester
who are always glad to see her. She
•reports her mother who lives in Des
Moines, as Just recovering from a se
vere attack, of pneumonia. Mrs. Rob
inson expects to leave next week for
her home in Idaho, add tf her mother
Is sufficiently recovered from her ill
ness she will accompany her to Idaho.
—The pipe organ copunittee from
the First Congregational, churchy were
at Farley last Friday to inspect tha
organ in the handsome new Catholic
church, and while there they visited
Charles Barnette, editor of the Far
ley Advertiser. They
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found Charles
busy, as only a newspaper man bas
to be In order to keep the wolf from
the door ot his home, or the sheriff
from taking possession of his joint
Mr. Barnette's friends in Manchester
will be glad to learn that he is
building up a substantial business in
Farley, and that he has been mak
ing money in spite of tLe unusual
times In the business world.
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at 11:00 A. M. All services in Eng
lish. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
THREE DIYOKCES A RE GRANTED
v„. Two
Barr vs. Brown. Eqnity,
March 21.
Messner & Co. vs. Holbert. Law,
Hackbarth vs. Mcintosh. Law.
Myers vs. Rubley. Law.
Chllds vs. Lewis. Lair!
Penony, Admr. vs. Dudley. LaW.
-March 28
Bradley vs. Bradley. Equity.
In Re Estate Wnr. Mead. Equity".
Judge Wood made the following en
tribs on th» law and equity calendars
during (he two opening days ot the
term:— ..
IAW.
C. A Curtis vs. Hugh Clemans. De
fendant given 20 days to plead.
Independent School District df Man
chester vs. Ruth Dudley. Defendant
given thirty days to plead.
Smith-Gwynne Co. -vs. Farmers Com
mission Company of Earlville. De
fendant's motion for cost bond is
sustained. Bond fixed at'$100.
George BeniftJtt vs Henry Goodhlle.
Defendant given 30 days to plead.
The Northland Feed and Gfain Co.
v?. 8. J. Schlrmer. Defendant-given
30 day* to plimd.
R. B. Garjlck vs. B.f^Lacaa- ,De
tault of afl deK.«®nit^.'
Maude Gltfw vi. JLe^ *0- t.
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A. F. Slack vs. Manchester & Oeflida
Railway Company. Defendant given
thirty days to plead.
Hfnry Brouson vs. W. D, Robertson.
^Default. Judgment for $400. Attach
^ment confirmed. ^.1 •-.
Delhi Savings bank W. D. T. Broors.
Default. Judgment for $438.28. In
terest -and coats.
Equity
Ida Pegumji vs. Wm. Pegump. Default.
Qlvorce granted to Plaintiff, also
custody of minor child.
Lytia SmlUtV8, Charles 8mith. De
fault, Divorce granted plaintiff.
Tbos.'tR. Holbert vs. Unknown Claim
ants et al. Fred B. Blair appointed
guardian ad litem for all defend
ants under legal disability.
E. J. Putz vs. Unknown Claimants
et al. Fred B. Blair appointed gukrd
ian «hl litem for all defendants un
der legal disability.
Claude C. Cline vs. Unknown Claim
ants et al. Leo. F. Tierney appoint
ed guardian ad'litem for all defend
ants und^r legal disability.
Hannah E. Britt vs. Unknown Claim
ants et al.. Fred B. Blair appointed
guardian ad litem-tor all defendants
under legal disability..
W. A. R. jBlanchard vs. Unknown
'Claimants et, al. Leo. Tierney ap
pointed guardian ad litem for all
defendants under legal disability.
Hattie Hines vs. Henry R. Jlines. De#
fault. Divorce granted plaintiff.
COUNTY FLEECE WOOL GROWERS'
ASSOCIATION MEETS
The wool growers in Delaware CSttn
ty met at the Court house last Satur
day with a fairly good attendance.
nlzat}^' gaVe
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PRESIDING
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OYER PRESENT TERM. GRAND
JURY IS AT WORK,
Vi.llowln?
log Next Two Weeks. Following
Entries are Made.
Judge Geo. W. Wood of Waterloo
opened the March Term of the
.'Dela
ware District Court on Monday, one
of his first tasks being the empan
nellng of the Grand. Jury,, which is
now deliberating over matters vhich
bad accumulated during the winter
months. It is expected that the grand
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Jury wlU
ovi v„: tomorrow.
Sunday »rvl.e. .1 10:30 A. M. and 'f ."Sff.tha'
Uioai* vlHUUVWUOMwg V4 *»V».<p></p>-Religion."
Great Characteristics of-
and there seemed to be hopes Eyening topic: "The Modern Pharisee.
Mb having overcome tha ravages
of the insiduous disaase. A few months
.Ago the disease agaitf fastened its
grip
upon him and he failed rapidly.
Other services as usual.
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A I S 4
®*pecte(^. that the grand
^plete itB work today or
tomorrow.
Tha trial Jury will report for ser
vice on Monday, January 21st, at which
Judge Wood made the following as
signment of cases for the next week:
Sareta 1#.
'Klaus vs. Blair. Law.
March 17
a talk on th
tho
At
ty organization, gave a talk on
conditions of the wool market,
present, according to our-last report,
about 15 per cent of the wool has
been sold and we hope thfit it will
all be sold before the next- clip comes
in. The teen that were present sign
ed up an agreement to sell their wool
through the pool for three years.
These blanks are at the Farm Bu
reau office and any wool
grower
who
has not looked them over, we wish
would stop in -and do so.
The men are also having blankets
made up from the wo6l. We have
samples of four woolen blankets, and
anyone who has pooled wool at, the
warehouse In Chicago "can order some
of these blankets made up from his
wool.
AT THE PLAZA THEATER
Wednesday, Douglas McLean and
Doris May in "Let's Be Fashionable."
Thursday, Will Rogers In "Jes' Call
Me Jim." Friday. "The Iron Rider"
starring William Russell also the Fox
News. Saturday, 11th episode of "The
Lost City," a Christie Comedy and
Mutt A Jeff Sunday and Monday
Norma Talmadge In "The Branded
Woman". Tuesday Dorothy Gish in
"Remodelhffc her Husband," also Pol
lard Comedy. Wednesday, Charles Ray
in "Paris Green." Coming April S and
7, "Humoresque."
—K. P. Dance at Castle Hall Thurs
day, March 24. Music by Quaker Mill
orchettra. ,.
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DELAWARE COUNTY HAS
STATE PARK.
Through the efforts of Representa
tive C. H. Dpolittle this county now
bas a second state park, which pre
serves the Silver Lakeland dedicates it
to public use for all tima. The State
Park Board has adopted the lake and
the seventy or mpre acres included
within its meandered boundaries and
will begin the work of improvement
during the year. A cement face to
the dam which now holds the water
in bounds, or steel plies wljich will
prevent seepage of the water, vcill
raise the level of the lake by several
feet The plans includ the use of a
drsdge to improve the shore line and
throw up suitable banks which will
permit Of a driveway about the lake.
The moss will be removed and the
lake will be stocked with game fish.
Silver Lake lies right up to the
Delhi corporation'line? 'and is a
beautiful body of water which will"
be made additionally attractive by
these improvements. It was the con
trolling influence in the pioneer days
in locating the tow» of Delhi, and
Si'any enjoy&ble g&tb^rlngs, picnics
and camp-meeting have been held in
the oak grove above its rippling sur
face. Oue time there was a power
boat operated upon it The lake is
fed by springs and therefore its per
petuity is insured by an inexhaustible
supply. Besides its easy accessibility
from Delhi these are twp main roads
passing the lake, at its very' edge—
one on the north and one on the
south shore. The south road, which
Is the. country road connecting Delhi
find Hopkinton passes over the em
bankemeat or dam wbfch now holds
the water to its present level.
There las been for many years
some discussion amottg local citizens
as to the preservation of the lake
for park purposes, but no "serious ef
fort was niadd until "Representative
Doollttle took the Matter up and
presented the prospelt to the State
Park Board. The durability of the
location, and the facft that Silver
Lake Ts one of the vary few natural
bodies of water in eastern Iowa, at
once appealed to the State Board.
Not only Delhi and vicinity is to be
congratulated that Silver Lake is to
be preserved to posterity, bur tha
whole county will hivp a pride hi ith
second park, which ai|y. not be quite
as picturesque in its native beauty
"but very convenient for thousands of
people who will find fSJsasureai on* Its
Shores. The county owes, Its a'pprO
ciatioft to Mr. Doollttle for his Suc
cessful effo^s ^Hopkl$ion Leader.
IOWA TO SEE HEALTH CLOWN
Fornilr Circrfs Star Now Aids la Help-
s,
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MANCHESTER, IOWA, MARCH 16, 1921.
NEW
|ng Children's Health, In
Many States p..
Cho-Cho, former clown with Barnum
and Bailey and famous as a performer,
is to tour Iowa this spring for the
benefit of Jbe child health organiza
tions. This tour has been arranged
by the extension department of Iowa
State College and Cho-Cho will visit
21 counties and make 40 public ap
pearances, beginning April 25.
Cho-Cho lectures to children princi
pally, altho he will talk to grown ups.
Ha appears in his costume*of a clown
and in his own manner- instructs In
the proper manner of brushing teeth,
uses milk, eating fruit and vege
tables each day, the value of drinking
at least four glasses of water daily,
playing out of doors, proper bathing'
weekly and the' right amount ot sleep
to get daily and the valge of fresh
air aB gained by open windows.
Cho-Cho has travelled in all parts
of the United States and-his visit to
Iowa will afford children and grown
ups a change to hear his unique yet
forceful presentation ofr. real health
thlks.
He will appeaf in only a limited
number of counties and it is' hoped
by those i» charge-of the tour
children from the adjoining territories
will -make an effort to go hear him.
The counties listed "*for. entertain
ments are:—
Pottawattamie, "Humbolt, Franklin,
Bremer, Story, Iowa, Des Moines.
Woodbury* Wright. Butler, Black'
Hawk, Polk, Johnson. Clinton, Btena
Vista, Webster, Floyd, Hardin, Powe
shiek, Jefferson'and Delaware.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS NEXT
MONDAY.
The next regular, meeting of the
Manchester Commercial club will be
held at Keckler's restau*nt on Mon
day evening, March 21st The club
will have as it's guest at that time
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, a man of interna
tional fame as la temeprance lecturer,
who will address the people ot Man
chester in the armory duriijg the eve
nlng. Every member of the club should
be present'
REIMER-ROWE
Married, at the Metliodistjjarsonagc
on Wednesday, March 9th, .1921, Miss
Lizzie M. Reimer. of Oneida, Iowa,
and Mr. John E. Rowe, of Manchester,
Rev. S. R. Beatty reading the mar
riage service. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe
Will make their home on a farm near
Oneida. Friends extend congratulations
to Mr. and Mrs. Rowe.
ST. PATRICK'S DANCE
A big dance will be held in the
local armory on Thursday evening,
March 17th, St Patrick's ." day, at
which time Maree Skel's orchestra
will furnish the music. Elaborate plans
are being made for this event Tick
ets to dance, $1.00 plus the war tax.
Spectator's 26c, plus the war tax.
—Frank J. Keiser was a business
visitor in Dubuque oa Monday
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SCHOOL ELECTION
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PASSES QUIETLY
R. D. GRAHAM AND C. B.'BAUM
4 GARTNER ARE ELECTED
DIRECTORS
COLLABD GETS HANDSOME VOTE
Sixty Women Braved Disagreeable
Weather to Exercise Right of Fran
... chlse at School Election
The annual school election for the
Independent School .District of Man
chester was held on Monday, March
14th,-and a total of two hundred and
thirteen votes were cast A good natur
ed* contest tod been worked up dur
ing the recent weeks, there being
candidates In the field for the posi
tion of directors for the term of
three years. C. Baumgartner, whose
term expired this year, was a candidate
for reelection, and for the- place on
the Iioard held by Mr. Cal Stimson,
there were two candiSates—R. D. Gra
ham and Victor Collard. There also
had been more or less talk of- fil
ing the name of some woman to make
the race tor a place on the board.
It seems, however, after the public
BpirlteLladies had canvassed the field
thoroughly there was none who would
consent to make the race.
Notwithstanding the very disagree
able weather all Monday afternoon two
hundred and thirteen citizens, came
out to yote. Sixty of. this number were
women.%
The voted'when" counted showed the
following: R. D- Graham, 169 Cbas.
Baumgartner, 153 Victor Collard, 83.
The name tit Mrs. Hugh Clemans was
written on one ballot, and that of
Miss Lucy Shimmin, was also written
on one "ballot. Five persons spoiled
their ballots by writing names on the
back of them, or else writing names
on thet dotted lines and then gortet
tlng to make the in the square be
fore the name. Two of the five spoiled
ballots had an In the square before
each of the three names printed on
the ballot
NEW VFLCANIZ1NG PLANT OPENS
Clarence Cox, who has been em
ployed in the Press office for4 some
time, has installed his. vulcanizing
plant in the Gilssendorf building on
Main street and will bqgin ^repairing
tired arid tubes ceat r.«eck.' Mr. Goxd
also carries a large stock of United
States tires and tubes and other autb
mobile* accessories. Mr. Cox is an ex
perienced tire repair man, having
operated a successful business- at Oel-_
weln for several years. We wish him'
success in, his new venture,
—F. H. Wood of Sioux Falls, Da
kota, has been In Manchester on busi
ness, and while here he visited among
a number ot his old-time-friends.
—Mrs. E. T. Alford of Waterloo was
St visitor in Manchester on Tuesday.
and Mrs. B. W. -Grems are
.visiting friends at New Hampton, Iowa
this week.
—rCounty Engineed Henry Klaus left
last week on a trip to Los Angeles,-
California expecting to be away for a
few weeks.,
—A J. Gildner spent several days
the first of the week in Chicago,
purchasing goods tor their chain
store system.
—Joppa Ghapter of the White Shrine
of Jerusalem will hold its regular
meeting at the Masonic Temple on
Wednesday evening, March 23, 1921.
—Harry Munson, who was so Criti
cally ill for a few weeks, 1s able to
be about on the streets again, a fact
his many friends are pleased to learn.
—The Ladles Kensington of the Con
gregational church will meet in the
church parlors on Wednesday, March
23rd. Mesdames Sloan and South and
Miss Powell will be the hostesses.
—Copious showers fell Sunday and
Monday, and as a result the old Ma
quoketa river has been up several
feet It has interferred somewhat with
the work on the new bridge, but no
appreciable damage has resulted so
far. The rains- were a real Godsend,
since the ground froze up dry last
f^ll. The roads In most places have
been in horrible condition as a result
of the showers.
•—Clerk O. R. Dunham issued mar
riage licenses to' the following per
sons during the past" week: John E.
Rowe and Lizzie M. fteimer John
Raltt and Sadie Raitt Arlte T. Smith
fend Evelyn Luella Bergren.
—Miss Olaf Beeman, a teacher in the
Manchester schools. Is seriously ill
at her, home with inflammatory rheum
atism. Her friends hope (hat she may
soon be restored to good* health again
and be able to resume her work In
the schools.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lawrence
of York, Nebraska, have been
guests of tbe latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Steadman, for several day3.
We are pleased to state that Mr.
Steadman Is able to be about on the
street#, these days, afl$r having been
confined to his home by a very critloal
illness.
—The ladies of the Methodist Epis
copal church andicqti^gresation will
hold a social in the parlors of the
churchon^Wednesday afternoon, March
23rd, at 2:30 o'clock. A short pro
gram will be given and light refresh
ment wilt be served. A bappyjim^ 1$
assured allfthosa who come.
Mrs, C. B. Baumgartner and daugh
ter, Miss Elizabeth Baumgartner went
to €edar Rapids Monday morning
Miss Baumgartner bas been having
a serious time with impacted wishom
teeth. Some weeks agi^ ibe waft, ob
liged to. submi' to an operation in a
hospital at De* Moines, and on Mon
day she was obliged to undergo anoth
er operation to have' two more im
pacted teeth removed.
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"Pussyfoot" Johnson at Armory, March 21.
When "Pussyfoot" Johnson as chief
enforcement officer under the Inter
ior Department of the National Gov
ernment was putting Law-Defying
Bootleggers, who were defcauching the
Indians with liquor, behind peniten
tiary bars by the thousand, tha liquor
interests brought very strong pressure
to bear on President Theodore Roose
velt to Induce him to instruct John
son to let up but the reply of that
noble man, who has chosen "Pussy
foot"" Johnson for this very task be
cause he knew it entrusted to him
he could depend on the job being
thoroughly done, was—"Let Johnson
alone— more power to his elbow."
Johnson was let alone—that is, he
was not hindered but on the contrary
he was backed to the limit by the
Strenuous" Rqosevelt, and as a jre
sult a total of more than 7,000 illicit
liquor dealers were sentenced to pris
on terms, and protection t8 the In
dian tribes, beyond what was thought
a possibility, was afforded.
"Pussyfoot" has always been a man
of "deeds" rather than ot "words"
Ot course, he is widely known as a
journalist and newspaper writer he
..knows how to say things in print that
people will read. Until his trip'to
England and the Continent, a couple
of years ago, be never made much
effort on the platform^ But his ex
pa^ience overseas has developed him
into a most'thrilling, Interesting and
fascinating-public speaker. Overseas,
be has spoken In the largest halls in
the great cites Of the British Isles
and on the Continent, addressing vast
-multitudes of people' who hung on
his words with rapt attention. He
has become exceedingly popular as
an after dinner speaker, addressing
Clubs and gatherings of this char
acter.
Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell says—"t Representative Springer's
used to love the orations of the late
John B. Gough—they made me weep
and boil, alternately but for these
days, I prefer the verity, the direct
ness and the sense of humor of
"Pussyfoot" Johnson. I have come to
love Mr. Johnson just as, when a boy,
I loved 'Mr. GreatAeart.'
If you fail to hear "Pussyfoot"
Johnson, you will miss one ot the
rarest treats that will ever come your
way. Remember he will speak at the
Armory, Manchester, March 21st, at
8 o'clock P. M.
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OVER 1000 BILLS
FACE LAW MAKERS
SENATE PROPOSED ADJOURNMENT".
APRIL 8—WORK SPEEDED UP
—RUNNING ON
WORKING WOMEN ARE HEARD
Working Women Declare Against Spe
cial Privileges—To Share and
Share Alike With Men
(G. L. CASWELL.)
Des Moines, Iowa, March 14, 1921.
"There, I think that will keep you
going some," declarad Speaker Arch
W. McFarlane as he brought down tho
gavel with such a rap that members
of the house who had been slumber
ing during tbe long, tedious reading
of 130 bills by titles awakened to bear
the announcement of tbe Speaker that
the dead line had passed and that no
further bills, except appropriation,
could be introduced at this session of
the 39th General Assembly.
Members ot the Legislature return
ed from their vacations with their
pockets filled with new bills. After
consulting with constituents they
learned'that a numbar of sections of
the code had not been threatened
with amendments and new measures
were prepared t,o meet the emer
gency. Tuesday had been set as
the last day for the introduction ot
general bills and the total number
were increased as follows:
Senate: February 25, total num
ber of bills
March 8 (Final) New bills
Total Senate bills
House, February 25, total nuin
ber of bills
March 8 (Final) New bills
Total House bills
Total number of bills in both
houses
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1,032
The last bill in the senate was In
troduced by Senator Foskett of Page
county S. F. 752 and relates to the
membership of the board of educa
tional examiners. Representative
Sampson of Audubon had the distinc-
Hon ot introducing the last House bill
H. F. 821 relating to qualifications of
applicants for teachers' certificates.
The character of these two bills might
indicate that elucatlon comes last in
tho minds of legislators but such ia.
not the case. There are more bills
relating to education Introduced than
on any other subject.
Running On High
1
Legislator? returned from their re
cess with renewed energy and "pep"
and are now running on high. From ..
appearances in the lobbies the citi
zenship of the state is well repre
sented in an effort to have legislators
put on the emergency breaks in pass
ing over dangerous roads for them.
Two sessions are held daily with com
mittee work being done evenings.
Legislation is speeded up to the high
est notch with an effort to complete
tha session at as early date as pos
sible, .—
Sifting ComuiItte«8
By providing for a sifting com
mittee in the Senate a definite pro
gram will be outlined for the ^andi
ing of legislation. Important mea
sures- will be given preference and
appropriation bills will have the right
of way.
Cigarette Bills Introduced .*
Suddenly several cigarette and to
bacco bills have appeared in th§.
House. This was to be expected as
a result of the complete failure of
the. present drastic anti-cigarette laws
whim are not enforced or even re
gard with respect- anywhere In the
State. One of the new bills Is by
Representative DOdd of Howartf coun
ty, and it provides for a high license
to sell slgarettes with such restric
tion "and safeguards to prevent their
sale to boys that its advocates be
lieve it would be far more effective In
that respect than the present laws,
which are prohibitive of cigarettes to
anybody. Another bill is by Repre
sentative Rankin of Lee county, and
provides for a license on all tobacco,
cigar and cigarette dealers in an
amount from $5.00 per year In the
larger towns," annually. It is said by
its advocates that this law would
shake out the bootleggers «t cigaret
tes who let minors have them by mak
ing the licensed 'dealers guard
against that sort of selling, and that
the law would at the same time raise
a' revenue of $300,000 a year for the
state school funds. It is likely that
one or the other ot thesa bills will
pass, as there is demand for some
more workable law than tbe one at
present to stop the sale ot cigarettes
to boys and at the same time not
make criminals of all the Legion men
and other users of cigarettes who are
going to have them even if they have
to ship them in from other states. At
present Iowa Kansas and North Da
kota are the only states having the
law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
entirely.
Farm Measure for Cities
bill to
blace rata fixing for public utilities
with city councils and boards of su
pervisors subject to review by a
court composed of three district
pudges named by the chief justice of
the supreme court of Iowa is meet
ing with'general approval and both
sides of this disputed municipal and
state problem have so tar been un
able to pick many flaws. Mr. Spring
er's' original intention was to make
this process applicable to rural elec-
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