Humboldt Republican (Newspaper) - July 2, 1920, Humboldt, Iowa FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN HUMBOLDT AND ADJOINING COUNTIES JULY CANDIDATES FILE BILLS OF EXPENSE CAMPAIGN COST Great Reduction Made By More Free The following bills of campaign ex penses have been filed at the court house by the various county candid CITY DELIVERY IS PROGRESSING AGENT HERE GOVERNMENT HAD SPECIAL MAN GIVING THE TOWN THE ONCE Garfield Atty Byrnes Treas Osmundson Auditor Clerk Emrie Clerk Treble Recorder Tour It will be remembered by those who were close to the candidates and their campaigns several years that a list of expenses such as are given would have caused great re Many candidates in the old times paid as for cigars They bought them by the or boxes at a and gave every man they met a There have been campaigns in Hum boldt county that cost or We have in mind one politician who wanted the vote and besides making a campaign of the stationed men at every polling place with lists of voters fav and they chocked every and used several teams to bring to the polls every man who was favor able and who had not The cost of this campaign was quite a bit over one thousand WORK PROGRESSING ON THE BIG CUT ON JOHNSTON HILL STEAM SHOVEL LABORS AND STUMPS AND HARD PAN BLOCK That big steam shovel is scooping and grunting on the big cut through the Johnston hill on the road for tihe new cement bridge at the west end of Sumner The earth there is filled with a mass of tree and every must be dragged loose from their tenacious When some of the biggest are reached the shovel scoops out under and then Will Johnston comes down with a load of dynamite and blows them into the At such times there is a scattering of all help for places of The big shovel we are have to make four trips through this cut to finish the road The shovel only has a length sufficient for half the road Therefore it will require two trips to complete the Then it only has a depth ca for half the depth The second two trips will be made in the earth underneath where it work ed the first time Twenty feet is what the machine can dig in and the cut through the Johnston hill will be thirtyseven feet deep in The mills of the Gods grind but exceedingly post office inspector was in giv ing the town the once over prepara tory to establishing the city delivery Ho stated that part would be simply to put up her street signs and have the people put up their house The street signs are practically no and the town can easily afford to have them put The house numbers will have to be put up by the owners of the houses This the government will in stall the street mail boxes and start the Of course there arc requirement concerning walks to the residences to be but there is little difficulty City mail delivery is simply an other step away from the village class and toward the city It is one of the between a town of good size and a It is ai and there is not a town in tin United States that has installed i and does not want It has a few draw Letter carried over the routes call for tw Some firms with heavy mailing list object because of There has been some objection to the free delivery by business houses that prefer to go to the postoffice for their Such houses can get their mail at the Accepting free delivery is There is some objection to free de livery by merchants who have busi ness houses by the ing that the flow of people into the benefits their This also is proven in error by business houses that have been through the es of the free delivery sys In a nut if Humboldt is to advance and take her place with the EDAR VALLEY RACES NEXT WEEK AT TUESDAY AND WED Reports from Fort Dodge indicate hat the Cedar Valley Circuit races be held at the new Fair ind Exposition July will be a record Over one hundred harness horses and run iers have been entered for the ten ig events aggregating in In the list of entries are from all parts of the United among them being several Irand Circuit performers such as Dure Hanley and others of equal There will be several starters the pace and a new half mile track record will undoubted ly be There will be three harness races and one running race each day and in hippodrome acts will intersperse each hea and a big spectacular fire works production in the evening There will also be aerial warfare demonstrations by a fleet of aero in the afternoon and evening ascensions and sport Free admission to the grounds on Tuly Plenty of room for picnics for auto Usual charges or seats in the Grand July 5th will be celebration the peo nies national Something do ing from early morn until late at A glittering galaxy of music midway of fun by the goround for the match in in the Preparations are being made to take care of the crowds that will mingle WE CELEBRATE SATURDAY NEXT Mammoth Dav of Pleasure and You Join Saturday next is the great It is Complete program on page Everything is being done to give the people the best day ever seen in The weather man promises fair and No rain If he deceives us it will go hard Come to Humboldt Bring i mr Spend the day with GRAY IRON PISTON AGENCY TAKEN Saul has taken the agency for the sale of the DeLux a light piston that is rapidly being adopted scores of auto users in This s a lightweight piston that adds materially to the power and economi use of an It is made to suit every It is said to educe the gas consumption heavily ind adds to the power of the Saul has installed several set these pistons in cars in id and they are giving ex 1 and enjoy themselves on this LAYING CONCRETE IN DAKOTA CITY RIVER BRIDGE progressive towns of she must get in line with modern improve and the establishment of a city delivery is an CURBING ALL CRETE NOW GOING AT PARTY CONVENTION AT DAKOTA CITY SATURDAY NEXT SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS FAILED TO NOMINATE DELEGATES FIGHT ON LAURENS TO HAVE ANOTHER BANK THIRD FOR LAURENS PARTIES HAVE ORGANIZED AND SOLD STOCK IN NEW FINANCIAL There will be a warm time at the republican county convention to be held at Dakota City Saturday of this There are several precincts in the county that have failed to name but they may be fixed up between now and the Interest is reviving since the fail ure of the state primaries to choose a candidate for and it is known that the nomination is to be fought out in the state It is an open secret that several can have their men in the field right now in Humboldt seek ing to turn the delegates this way or for a candidate for There will doubtless be a fight to through instructions for a certain though understand three candidates have men working for men The work of laying the concrete for the paving through Dakota was started at the bridge across the Des Moines river by the Dakota City mills Monday The paving has been in some and the sand and has also been Long piles of material are laid up the road and await only the mixing and addition of cement to finish the job The and was put ir operation and the roadway will soon be finished up the Dakota City hill through under the North western A group of financiers have been in Laurens selling stock in a new bank for that This will make the third bank for They have purchased a building and will open for business as soon as it can be fitted and proper material Anderson of Hamburg and his Wildberger of are the organizers and hold a majority of the It would seem that Laurens could be accommodated by two and everyone will admit that two good banks are better than three poor so the object of the new move is hard to BODE WINS GAME FROM HUMBOLDT SUNDAY LAST TRAMP PRINTER HITS TOWN FIRST IN MANY A tramp printer hit Humboldt last first in many If this chap had come along two years ago a brass band would have met him at the outskirts of the village and have with him to the main hotel and made him But now he found but scant He was given a meal and sent on his he was not a very ing He Took a Sammy the popular man ager of the Iowa Telephone Company at Livermore left for Lone Wis where lives his lady Miss Gladys daughter of Mil dred Fuller of that place and it was his avowed intention upon de parting to make her his lawfully wed ded the wedding event to trans pire at the Methodist manse June NINE TO PRETTY CONTEST FOR SEVEN INNINGS OUT OF Humboldt lost a game of base ball to Sunday none to The game was a pretty contest for seven out of nine and for that period would have resulted in a one to nothing score for During the other innings there was a lot of free and some costly which account for the A good crowd was present to see the and were well satisfied with the re for Bode had the strongest we would hate to umpire a base ball game in Bode that went against The players of the Bode team art all but there is a per cent of the rooters up there who cant see anything good or fair or honest unless it is in the Bode Jessy the oldest son of and James was born While he was yet young he was and soon af ter in July he joined the Danish Baptist church by Of this church he was a member until his March 1919 he was mar ried to Miss Susie who now survives For several months brother Wiuff fought with heroic courage and self the dreaded But while the disease apparently was kept at he was suddenly taken sick with and he died June a few hours after the sickness was As soon as it transpire that Mr Wiuff was taken his sis ters and beside other rel hurried to his bed But he was No tender love couk hold back when death said He leaves behind to mourn his departure his Jessy his par and James Wiuff three sisters and two besides many relatives and The funeral took place June the 20 from the Danish Baptist church where Wilder officiated as un and Jacob Anderson as Miss Edith Prouty of Humboldt was to Ira Prichard Philadelphia on Friday of last week The w riding occurred at the Prouty Wykes residence and was quiet an A small company o intimate friends of the family wer The ceremony was perform by Judge Coyle and was s that the marriage occurred a which was th moment astrology declared th most In the course of th it was said that was both a song and a As song It is the most joyous song of th human As a prayer it is th deepest prayer of the human song and a prayer the marriage seem The bride is widel She is a lawyer and was as in the practice with her fall the late until h death since which time she engage n the practice She has bee counsel for the R for several She has bee in club As of the sisterhood t he United Slates she gained great both on account of her ability and her fair judicial She has been active in politics nee the approach of suffrage for wo nn and has been mentioned in con with high places in the affairs f Uie Her many friends feel lat Humboldt loses much through r The groom is n pub and bookseller and is the head f the house of Logan f Philadelphia and New nd Prichard will spend the in travel in the United States nd will later go SAUL SELLS PHOTO BUSINESS IN HUMBOLDT TAKE ACTIVE CHARGE OF IOWA STATE RIGHT FOR LUXE Saul has disposed of his holograph business in to Sullivan of who is w in and will take ac ve of the stale right for the a lightweight gray n piston that is finding great favor ith motor car users in all parts of he United The new business occupy every bit of time Saul as hence the The new L is a of ability and experi and is taking over an excellent in He is readi ng out for and conies with he very best recommendations as a and business FRANK GROVE BANTAM CHAMPION REGAINS TITLE WILL STAGE WRESTLE IN HUM BOLDT JULY HIS MORE LOCAL Hopkins was down from Brad Fred Bradburn was down from Rose Adams was down from Jack Henderson was down from loar Nopens was down from Con South and Carl Flemmig were iver from Miss Celia Wolfe was visiting a time in Maurice Bouer left for his home in North where he will MISS PEARL CUNNINGHAM RESIGNED HER Miss Pearl Cunningham has resign her position as deputy county au and will take a well earned va She has been in auditors for several and is perhaps s well posted on the work of the of fice as anyone who has been in the house in recent In is well known that had she been a man she would have been county au before this She is an example of what a compe earnest lady county official can and her departure will be felt at the court The following from the Texas concerns a young man who is now in and who holds the bantamweight champion ship of the world as a can The young man in question is a nephew of Sam of The article follows Frank Bantamweight Cham Wrestler of the world dumps his man from New so quick that the fans of Texas ami Okla are surprised at his great strength and Champion wins first fall in 2 12 minutes with the and double wrist Sec fall came with the Champions famous toe which was very pain ful to his Champion helps young in the second fall to his The little champion from showed the fans what he was made of and showed that he was in the pink of His next match he says will be with a man from at the 15 of He thinks young Hell will be his next There were somewhere around 4000 fans at the Some other matches were pulled off that were and all of you saw so there isnt any use of going into detail about We want the champion to sign up to an other match here as he has made good around these parts and has made a big Champion Frank Grove has also made a big hit with Mic Texas and Oklahoma girls we as some of the fans saw him shake hands with about 20 of Married at A marriage that is of more than WVS BAD MUD HOLE A DAY There is said to be a mud hole near LuVerne between the Peterson place and Matt Baumgartners where on one Sunday recently Peterson pull ed twenty out of the It is not stated what he charged each but if fee was he reap ed a good In the mean time the board of supervisors should get busy on that Leaving for New York Prindle left for Salem New this where she wil make her She has a there who has been ill some am he has been very anxious that she come east to She v raised in that and has many friends she like Humboldt and if her people were here would rather live here than in any other place in the Hum boldt would rather have her stay here To Take Vacation Through Scoville and wife will leav this week for a trip by auto Minnesota and North Da They will be absent a month and will return August The Drs Scoville have certainly deserved the and Scoville says that i the fishing in the Minnesota lakes i anything like it is said to the will have one glorious tim passing interest to people occurred at June when Miss daughter of and Pink hum was united in marriage with Allan The ceremony was at the home of the about thirty relatives were pres A bountiful wedding dinner was The young people will make their lome in where Her has a position with a firm of law It will be remembered that graduated from the law col luge of the State University this Hosts of friends wish them the best in A Well Balanced On another page is an nent of our Humboldt las always had strong chautauquas ul this year the program is unusually ligh class and well There t plenty of acting and both and four great lectures including Prof Oscar Olson of Luther Special feature A lecture on Bird and bird music by the Bird man f the dramatic Indian girl Kathryn the cartoonist and landscape Davis and others of equal From beginning to end the program is varied and popular and at the same solid and A good is the next thing to a college The Humboldt board has selected these numbers and asks your It is your chautau qua and a Humboldt institution and the support of everyone in Humboldt and Season tick ets will be on price Secure a Carley Dead of Delbert son of and Frank Carley who are now making home at Council passed away of Diphtheria this He had been ill for some time with var one seemingly following he other in rapid and the ast and fatal one was the dreaded Miss Marion Thomas left at once for the stricken The Carleys have the sympa liy of their many friends in Hum Closing Out The Humboldt Tire Company sit at the west end of Sunnier ave nue by the Smith has an adv in this issue that will in terest every tire owner in the coun They are offering a series of re on This is a genuine and is made to clean up and help out following a slack spell aused by the failure of the boiler in the They have purchased a new boiler and put in a new tire ex and are now in shape to wait on you and minister to your tire Their reduction is not for extra pay for old but a reduction on genuine new Ideal Corn Sunday was one of the real hot days of the Monday followed with a big and then more Drove Through From and Stoebe of Calif are spending some time with They drove after the outside the Wonder if he shook their hands as hard as he did young ko Young was scared to death the minute he entered the ring with the and this match has caused him to retire from the mat This is the second man Uie Champion bantam has put away and made retire from the mat game and if he keeps on he will have to re tire as there will not be any men for him to Prank in the on the night of the af ter the that he would take anyone on from 114 to 118 pounds ringside in the and he bars no He says he will not wrestle any more for less lihan guaranteed and expenses for him and his so lovers of the wrestling world let us get busy and have him here Grove says he never re better treatment anywhere than lie did while We hope the Champion wins again on the 15th of and we believe he will at the rate he has been FARM Letter from Iowa Fleece Wool Grow ers Have returned home from a of At Des he car shortage and embargo was taken up with the committee of Iowa which are now working to lelp solve the AL Chicago and Uie advance of money on wool was threshed and now we have the Federal Reserve banks offering the discount worth of bills of lading and Warehouse receipts which cover our Iowa So there should be no further difficulty in obtaining an advance on your As I have said this is con year and growers should not sell their good wools at 30 to per There will be a good market in the and if producers will only stay with their organiza the future market will be high I trust that you will urge the con of all good Coarse i i u i 01 ai goou coarse through and had a most h h Stoebe will be remembered braid se 1 at They trip here where he was raised to and his many friends will be pleased that he is doing well in the far Renwick Couple The marriage of Shirley Short and Miss Henrietta Arne occurred at Goldfield last Following the ceremony some of guests lock ed the bride in a bathroom to prevent the couple from slipping away on their The bride tied an old scarf to the radiator and tried to lower herself to the ground from the but the scarf broke and she took a She was quite badly injured in the fall and it will be sev eral days before she fully The guests achieved their object but are grieving at the are going to sell very low on the Farm Bureau Closes Twine Last Friday the Farm Bureau dis posed of its last car of This made three cars of Deering twine which the Farm Bureau was instru mental in getting for the Two of these cars came to Humboldt and were handled through Smith The other come to Bradgate and was handled through the Farmers Elevator at For one entire month the Farm Bu every farmer in Bode Depot We forgot to mention last week that the Rock Island depot is now wired and has electric The cost was taken care of by Agent Thoelke and the people of the through subscribed enough to keep the burning in the waiting room for one winter at Wonder when the Company will light the the opportunity to get his twine for cents per if he cared to make this cash pounds f twine was thus purchased by one The Vernon Township Farmers and the Arnold Club ordered a The Arnold Club has the Ply mouth twine at per Spending Some Time In Humboldt Fred Karlson came in from Twin this and is spend ing a few days here with He says everything looks good out there and that he is highly pleased with the
