Vindicator And Republican (Newspaper) - August 6, 1919, Estherville, Iowa VOLUME L EMMET AUGUST 1919 NUMBER 32 PAVED ROADS FOR EMMET The County Carries Hard Roads Pro position by Substantial Majority FARMERS VOTE AGAINST IT Proposition Up it This to Make Start The election Monday on the paVed toads proposition was in favor of it by a substantial the fact that no systematic effort was made to get out the The vote polled was a comparatively light one considering the importance of the matter at The towns all voted for paved but all the precincts in the county in which there were no towns against some of the townships almost unanimously The branding proposition was not up at this but will doubtless be presented at a future The Vote in detail is as follows For Against 1st Ward 191 18 2nd Ward 198 18 3rd Ward 174 21 Estherville township 38 Emmet township 4 45 20 36 Lincoln township 48 34 Iowa Lake township 6 Armstrong 163 84 Swan Lake township 18 48 Center township 34 67 12 Mile Lake Township 12 44 High Lake township 21 52 Jack Creek township 2 48 Denmark township 33 82 16 18 Totals Majority 964 VR 278 Big Land Deal hi Emmet and Kos suth Counties Adams dnd Adams have purchased acres of land in Kos Buth and Emmet counties formerly belonging to the Wells Seven hundred acres of this land is in Em met and about in Kos suth H owns a section adjoining the Kossuth county lo near thus making more than acres of land in one him owned by of made a spe cial trip to that place to make the This was in the Wells and it might interesting to thai it comprised only about onetenth of the This is perhaps the biggest land deal ever pulled off inthis coun as the property is probably worth to Buys Spencer Laundry Dickey who has held ah in terest in the Estherville Steam Laun dry f has purchased the steam laundry at Spencer and took charge of the business the first of the Dickey knows the laundry busi ness from A to Z and is young man with whom it is a pleasure to do busi The Spencer will find him business man and a very excellent Mulock has purchased an in the Estherville laundry and will associated with Rowley in its Sherin Off on Vacation who recently re signed as manager of the ex press business in this left Tues day evening for a vacation of two He will visit in Minneapolis and Duluth also spend some time with a daughter in Fall Sherin has had charge of the American Express business in Es therville for several years and has made an enviable record as an effi cient and painstaking The express business has grown ly in that time and he would like to secure a place that is less It is hoped that there will be an open ing with the company so he and his family will not leave Stafford of Des Moines is now filling the position made vacant by the resignation of He has had years of experience in the express is a gentleman of pleasing and will doubt less make good Edwards Boy Receives Bumf Hamilton the young son of had hands and face badly burned Thursday while i tending his fathers popcorn A caa of gasoline used an fuel ex the boys hands and because of the confined space burned His face fortunately escaped with Ugh tor burns than his I Dickey Married L until recently MORE OVERSEAS BOYS HOME Selby Emmet Robb and Paul Peterson Arrive This Week jS who has been over Seas with the aviation corps the past returned to this city Sunday He ia a brother of Ed Broms of Estherville and before his enlistment was employed as train dis patcher at the Rock Island Emmet Robb and Paul two overseas ar rived in Estherville Tuesday They were both in Germany for some time and over a year in Vr Jtl JOY TRAVELING PUBLIC IN NEW HOTEL REGULATIONS Forbid Roller Common Drinking Cups and Other Evils The traveling man in Iowa is a happy mortal these No more to keep his feet under a sheet no more dodging around from one variety of bed bugs to another no more roller towels in hotel wash rooms no common drinking cups to give him everything from colds to not on Copies of the new hotel law passed by the last session of the general as sembly have now been distributed to hotel owners over the state and state inspector of is on the warpath the avowed in tention of bringing home the scalps of hostelries violating the Henceforth the drummer be housed in a room properly and scrupulously He will bewell fed in a dining room tightly screened from and the kitchen in which his food is pre pared will be riot only tightly but scrubbed The re which preserved his steak will be in a sanitary and the which it be Use of soiled or unsanitary napkins or other table ware is prohibited under the uir eluding in all the greasy Neglect to comply with the provi sions of the is misdemean and a penalty of fine or thirty days in jail is Offending are also liable to lose their announced Ten Not Urging Thrift If the possession Of acces sible emergency fund is not essential to the safety of every man and fam the citizen to have a preparedness enable him to take ad vantage of Ihe fleeting dont urge If the practice of Thrift steady spend ing will not better the habits and condition of every man and dont urge If consistent investment in War Savings Stamps will not form a basis for the family to own a dont urge is not to of the merchant to have thrifty patrons who pay their dont urge If War Savings Stamps will not provide way for the young man to save up capital to begin a dont If Thrift and War Savings Stamps will not enable the boy and girl to save substantially toward a college dont urge occupants of poorhouses will not be tremendously reduced in number by our conversion into a Thrifty dont urge If the code of Save First Spend Afterward will not enable every man to look his creditor in the eye and say Receipt that dont urge If Thrift and War Savings Stamps are not a safe investment that you can offer your your employee or your dont urge Thrift in Honor of Miss r Vera Locker Eva entertained a number of young ladies at the home of the lat ter Tuesday evening at a kitchen shower in honor of Miss whose marriage will take place the latter part of Regular Meeting of War Mothers The Emmet County Chapter of the War Mothers will hold their regular meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall on August at A is ft in New Place of Business The new firm of Rosseau Eiden are moving into their new quarters in the building recently vacated by the Thompson They have had and re making it very attractive in appearance and clean and These gentlemen should have a very prosperous business in their new Mrs Frag TO SUFFER Attorney General Determined That Cost of Living Shall Be Reduced NO QUARTER TO OFFENDERS Profitters and Hoarders Will file Hunted Down and Vigorously Prosecuted August President Wilson will address a mes sage to Congress relative to the cost of living situation as soon as he has time to write The it was said tonight at the White will recommendations sub mitted to the President by Attorney General Palmer and Director Barnes of the United States grain said after a confer ence with President Wilson that he had made no Recommendations to the President as to handling of this years wheat Barnes said he would issue a statement tonight explaining the atti tude of the grain The he would clear up an apparent misconception on the part of the public that a free market in wheat would result in a price lower than the government August termined to reduce the increasing cost of department of justice agents in all parts of the country have been instructed to report all violations of the Lever food control act and to fer ret out all hoarders and profiteers in food This announcement by Attorney General Palmer today after a hour conference with President Wil son was the first indication of the plan to be pursued by gavern ment in meeting the nationwide re quest for relief from high May Ask New Laws Not only will all existing law be the attorney general but serious consideration is being given to possible additional laws considered necessary to meet the Enforcement of the food control hitherto lodged with the legal department of the food administra will be taken over by the depart ment of Palmer will be ordered in all cases of profiteering and unfair punishable As Wheat Prices In reply to questions as to whether the president had authority to restore wheat to the attorney general said I think the grain corporation has some such authority but I think you going too far in speculating along that Marriage Licenses Harvey of Graettinger and Carney of Owen and Dorothy McArdle of John Peterson of Dolliver and Bessie Crabtreee of f peaks Well of Supervisor McDonald McDonald has been elected to fill the office of supervisor in Emmet county made vacant by the death of The selection was made by the clerk and re moved to Es therville from this county and we be lieve the committee acted wisely in selecting He is an excellent business man and is progressive in every STANDS FOR PARK SYSTEM Governor Makes Address Before Conservationists July of a great national embracing the vast forest around Mc and du was urged by Governor Harding of Iowa in an address be fore a conservation conference held here today by representatives of northern Mississippi valley states in connection annual meeting of the Iowa Conservation Governor Harding also urged that numerous smaller parks be formed in northern Mississippi valley states and made strong plea for conservation of Every lake and place that resembles lake should be preserved and increased m size and he becom Every lakeside and every stream should be lined with trees with various objects in viewy fuch as creation of water utility for building and manufacture for food production The conference was attended by re from Illinois and iff addition to the members of the Iowa Conservation It began yesterday and will end Wsr Wivst SJM Meeting The wives and sisters sol and the Odd at AMERICAN LEGION IS NAMED Maurice Doyles Name Memorialized r Emi 91 of the here e So of the War which Wednesday Emmet County Post American will I after as thb Maurice it decided at the the Worl was held at Maurice Doyle the first Emmet boy to be in the great and sd it appropriate that the post composed of many of his friends who fortunately es his sad should bear his ier matters business were tak en up atJ this but the main purpose was selection of a A Marvelous Convention The Young Peoples Luther League Choral Union of the Iowa District will hold its first convention at Story August Great preparations are already Several committee meetings have Nearly everything is The men who have been charged with the responsibility of arranging for the coli vention are Io wa vice Os Iowa Clear Iowa Iowa president Choral Minnesota and Carlo VR Lets The Iowa State Fair From Keokuk to Council Bluffs and from Sioux City to Dubuque theres not a community whose motorists are not talking of the trip to Des Moines for the week of August 20 to They ore tuning up the motor and in the tires for a visit to the Victory the 1919 title for the annual State Fair and Live Stock Ex local motorists who are plan ning make the the National Touring Bureau of the Goodrich Rubber Company have prepared the above road map for their guidance to the Capitol The Victory will surpass previous exhibitions in almost every department Products of Iowas orchards and as well as made in the breeding of pure bred live stock will be m more r be contests between biles and Grand circus acts and vaudeville and in ad dition a midway carnival of 25 shows will furnish ft full lineup for the amusement Two of more than merit will be the Battle Chateau Thierry which depicts bat tle trench fighting and air plane maneuvers by a gorgeous dis play of fire works and Auto said tobe the most thrilling sport ever For those who make the trip to Des by automobile the fair com have arranged an 80 acre wooded damping site where the motor ist may tent and live out doors during the No charge will be for the use of the grounds and tents and equipment may be rented on the grounds at rea sonable vP Forger Caught in Estherville wanted by the author at Storm Lake on a charge of forgery was captured in by Sheriff The fellow was spotted at the post office while casing for his mail and arrest ed upon leaving the He spent the night as the guest county and the hext day was taken to Lake by the sheriff of Bucna Vista Scherer also answered tothe name of Johnnie Nuptials At the McArdle home on North Sixth street Wednesday evening oc curred the marriage of Miss Dorothy McArdle and Owen both of Toibet Only the immediate relatives were Immediately after the ceremony a wedding supper was served which the young couple left for where they have a bride is one of most popular young She graduated with the class of 1916 from the Estherville high school and since then she has been teaching The past year she taught in the Washington Morton is well known and loved by the Es people who will wish the young couple much happiness in the years to Morton is a splendid type of young manhood and has shown himself worthy of the young lady whom he has for hie life They will make their home on the Morton all the happiness in the them in their wedded The largest cheek ever deposited in left at the Des July 25th for r working to United It bore Captain Pud A had SHOPMEN WALK OUT Rock Island Men Vote at Five Oclock Monday Evening and Walk Out Tuesday ALMOST A UNANIMOUS VOTE Boiler Makers and Sheet Metal Workers Are Affected At five oclock Monday evening he Rock Island shopmen took a vote on the question of joining the strike of Railway which is now rap idly spreading over the United The vote to strike was almost unani only a few voting in the nega Tuesday the men refused to go to work and now the strike is The men who walked out are the boiler makers and sheet metal about 100 it i like that in the shop at Silvia and is against the high cost of living The men want the government to do something to cut down cost of and to do Otherwise they want a increase in their wages the strike will spread until road shopman in the United States is out and that this will involve all the great railroad The machinists nnd boiler makers ask an increase from 68 cents to 85 cents an hour and the other workmen demand an increase from 48 to 68 cent an It is hoped that some agreement can be reached before this strike results in the tying up of trains and a gen eral suspension of railroad The and car men did not go and with their assistance and the the Rock Island local the passenger most of the freight trains are so far kept VK Great Expenditure for Better Roads The United States is in the greatest highway building campaign in the history of the The aggre gate amount to be expended this year on the roads nnd lanes of the coun try would build and duplicate another Panama Canal to figures collected by B Goodrich Rub ber combined forces of the federal states and coun in new maintenance qil the nations network of This is the first complete survey of 1919 good roads The amounts to be spent in each state in the Union follow Arizona f Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New New North North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas West Roughly Goodrich officials estimate that the expenditures for highway im provement approximately per capita to emphasize each woman and child in the United States would contribute this much for the building and bettering of roada were taxation on such a Were the expense apportioned cuton an average basis each state would pay The era of good roads talk at last been succeeded by the era of good roads Public sen timent is solidly behind extensive highway building says one of the Goodrich highway corre but the enthusiasm must not The millions being spent wH be spent in vain unless un to roads the It will not IOWA LAND TAX IS LOW Taxed on Per Acre Basis Although Iowa farms are selling as an land in the state will only be taxed on an ave rage valuation of per ac cording to a compilation of township assessors reports recently completed by the state auditors Assessors place the total taxable valuation of rural land at and place live stock valuation at Moneys and credits are shown to be T Gray Company to Buy Cream The Gray Produce Company at 503 East Howard have in stalled a cream buying station and are prepared to take cream at top mar ket They will ship to the Bea trice Creamery Company at Des Galloway Sells Cottage Galloway recently sold his cot tage on West Des Moines street to Anna Webster of Wis Webster will move into her new home about September Jake near New is the rattlesnake killer of At Wau the county he sent to the county of the tails one followed by a consignment of thirty the next and following day thirtythree were in three He received a bounty of 50 on each VR V Norwegian Lutheran Church and will be entertained by Ben Olson on Thursday at 3 Prayer meeting will be held on Thursday at 8 at the The parochial school will have their picnic in grove on Suit August All are invited to old as well as Meet at the church at 11 will meet on Sunday at Carl Shaw will ad dress the the United States is well above and the war restriction brakes applied brought road building to a stop in many Three great factors have largely responsible amazing the incentive for eral aid appropriations the passage of enormous issues for good roads in many states and the attention on the urgent need of good roads by the Reports from state highway com missioners to the Goodrich give some interesting individual fea Construction in Virginia during the next six years of miles of high way at a cost of more than 000 has been In the New England Rhode Is Vermont arid New Hampshire have been interesting in closing up short gaps oh their main which are improved for the entire The same condition has been true in New where numerous projects are being linked up with an extensive network of roads which are already hard sur One of the features of this years work will be the completion of the which will be by the states cooperating with other and with the For in the highway will be improved in many one of which is over a distance of miles at cost of and the attraction will be of concrete and bi At the aamo time Georgia will be working on tha road from Atlanta through to Ma a distance of 72 miles and a con of the Dixie Highway in In Tennessee and Ken tucky projects are under way which will serve further to famous which cuts thru the central section of the country from north to entitled to the palm for con sistent road This state which has more automobiles per cap ita khan any other state in the spent in neighborhood of 000 during both 1917 and and spending this Iowa has an ideal road building When their system is completed it will be not only the equivalent of a trunk line system converging to the but to a trunk line clear across the state from east to west through every and north and south through every county as The Iowa plan will give each the most notable road achievement of any state in the Nowhere else has a system been adopted that treats every county alike or that reaches every district Texas leads the nation in highway expenditures this year with 960 Texas also ltd Within her borders miles of unimproved against miles of Indiana and Minnesota Texas in expenditures ing in the order
