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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
CUT OFF PINE LANDS.

A reader of these notes writes us ask
ing whether the cut off pine lands Of
northern Wisconsin are desirable as an
investment for man with small CAPT.
tai with view to making farm. We
have never examined these lands per-
sonally and feel loath to advise. This
much may. however, be said in gen.
eral way: If this land is a clay or loan
soil, if it is covered with fair growth
of native timber, such us poplar, oak,
birch or maple, it is perfectly safe in
vestment at the low prices asked, pro-
vided one is willing to make the fight
of retaining timber farm, but If the
soil is sand, covered with small jack
pine and but a sparse growth of other
forest trees, we should look elsewhere
for farm, even If the land were offer
ed as free gift. 1t may be said. how
ever, touching this last mentioned sort
of land, that much Of it is being re-
claimed and occupied by clearing and
cropping alternately with clover and
potatoes and that some of the finest po-
tatoes in the Union are SO raised. The
question of the quality of soil is the
most important one in connection with
the selection of farm and should al
ways receive the most careful consider
alton; next to this the average rainfall
for series of years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
A LIVING ON FOUR ACRES.

A laboring man with $500 in money
saved up and wife and three chill
dren asks us whether he could buy
three or four acres of land near a town
Of 5000 population and make a living
off from such tract Of land and If it
can be done wants us to tell him how.
It would, exceed the limit of space at
our disposal to give in detail the in
formation which he wishes. We can
only say, first, that he can make a
good living from such q tract and, sec
ond, that it will have I'd pe FUSED as
garden and for the growing of small
fruits in order to do so. An acre of
strawberries or raspberries properly
cared for will; of themselves give the
man who cares for them almost as
much money as the man will earn at
days work for the whole year. With
such a tract COW may be kept, some
chickens and pigs enough to supply
the family with a good share Of the
meat needed. An acre in onions or
melons will bring in from $75 to 500,
while large bed Of asparagus will
bring in lot of money before other
crops are marketable in the spring. If
to these things be added a small green
house, where winter radishes and let
tuce can be grown and some flowers
roses, carnations and chrysanthemums
he can make his little farm source
of income throughout the entire year.
Many man is working by the day
year in and year out for, say, $500
who could immensely better his condi-
ton by doing something on the line
above indicated.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
OWN A PIECE OF LAND.

No better thing can be said of Amer.
lea than that it is still possible for
even the poorest man, If he will SO
elect, to become the owner of the
home in which he lives, the house and
lot in the city If he be laborer or me-
chanic or the land which he works II
he be farmer. The owning of ones
home does much to dignity and elevate
American citizenship. 1t links the citi-
zen with the government and is an in.
spiration to patriotic effort and service
The baronial and landlord system of
land ownership which is everywhere
in the older countries such a barrier
to home ownership by the poor man
is here as yet practically unknown
While men must Of necessity be rent
ers for time perhaps, we sincerely
pity that one who is contented to be
always renter. No better mark can
be set by the young married couple
than this: That every effort shall be
made and every reasonable economy
practiced in order to secure as soon
as may be home Of their own, wheth-
er 1t be in town or country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
NEVER OWE A DOLLAR.

We know Of large number of able.
bodied young men from 20 to 25 years
old who have never saved up dollar
and now spend every dollar they earn,
some Of them before it is earned. It is
from this class that come the financial
scads of community, the fellows who
beat every man who is foolish enough
to trust them. Here is recruited a
good many Of the brake beam brigade,
the old PETERS who end their days in
county poorhouses, the class who claim
that the world owes them living
whether they work or not. We have
frequently referred to this matter of a
young man saving a part Of his earn
ings We do SO once more, for we re-
gard this as a matter Of supreme i'm
portance in shaping the future of any
young fellow. If young man cannot
and will not save any money before he
is %, with no one but himself to pro-
vide for, he will in all probability be q
poor man as long asthe liyee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
WHEN TO cAron ON AND LET G.

WREN TO CATCH ON AND LET GO,
1t takes pretty smart man to know
just when to take hold of some new
line of farm work or let go of one
which he has been carrying on. AS
we have noticed it, the man who adopt
ed some line of farm work and stuck
to it year in and year out, when it
paid well and when it did not, has
been the man who best succeeds. It
is rare thing to find a man with a
big crop of potatoes when they sell
for 40 cents in the field or with a lot
of wool to sell at % cents a pound or
barn full of hay to let go of at $40
per ton. The common rule is that men
will rush into new crops or new kinds
OF stock when SUCH crops and stock
are bringing top Prices, when the wise
man, If he wished to make a change
would make such change when there
was the least demand for such things,
correctly reasoning that when any
commodity was selling for less than
1t cost to produce it a scarcity and
high prices we're almost sure to ensue
in the near future. When a man can
buy sheep for 81 head, then is the
time to go into sheep. When a good
horse sells for $40, then raise colts.
When pork sells at $3.50 per hundred
weight, fill up the hog yard. But bet.
ter than doing this, keep the crops
and stock on the farm diversified to
the largest extent possible all the time,
regardless OF the ups and downs of
prices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
DIsAppoINTED.

A friend three years ago bought of a
nurseryman a dozen plum trees Of a
supposed choice variety. He has given
the trees the best Of care, and this year
they have fruited. Two of the IL trees
only are of the variety bought, three
are of another kind worth raising, and
seven are utterly worthless, bearing lit
tie scrawny fruit no better than can be
found in any plum thicket along the
river. Our friend is hot under the col
lar and expresses himself in very un-
complimentary terms concerning nurs-
erymen in general and his man in par
ticular. And there are others.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
MORE ABOUT poes.

A lady reader of these notes in Min
nesota wishes we would say some
thing more about dogs as an all around
nuisance. We not long since, under
the head of 'gThe Dog Poisoner," said
about all that it is probably best to
say. People will never agree upon
the dog question. A dog may have
f1eas and hydrophobia, may suck eggs
and steal chickens, may scratch up
flower beds and bite the parsons shins
when he calls, may kill sheep and chew
the stufting out Of his own brother on
the next lot, and there, will always be
some sentimentalist to defend and
pity him, some fool woman to pet and
slabber over him. Dogs have their
proper place in the economy of the
world, and 1t is only when removed
from their proper sphere that they be-
come nuisance. AS an aid to man
of his property, as a beast Of burden
and means of transportation in some
countries, the dog performs useful
part, and for some people who have
the disease the dog, as friend and
companion, has q mission, but when
we see, as we did not very long ago,
lady on the cars letting her baby
squan unconcernedly in the arms of a
nurse for want Of needed maternal at
tention while1she Rugged and petted
little measly brute Of pug, it does
not look right. We are very much of
the opinion that the world would be
better off without dogs than it is with
them. rrr
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
ND n0..0.s0..aos.O~o..o~os4o
WARRIOR GAP.
Continued from pnge 81

ing out from the grasp of some mem.
Der of the clerical force, who, at his
masters bidding, had thrown himself
upon the, young officer, who then.deft-
ly tripped his heels from under him
and dropped him on the floor, while
LOOMS confronted the others who
would have made some show of obeying
orders. And then there.was the whirr
of whip lash, crack and snap ahl
swish, and red welt shot across Bur
leigh's livid face as he himself stag.
gered back to his desk. With raging
tongue and frantic oath he leaped out
again, leveled pistol in his hand, but
even before he could pull trigger, or
Folsom interpose, LOOMS stick came
down like "a flash on the outstretched
wrist, and the pistol clattered to the
floor.
Good God, boys! what are you do
ing?" cried the trader as he hurled
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

There is constantly growing inter
est being taken in the use of the cleo
trio trolley line for the purpose of con-
Meeting the smaller towns. This form
of transport service may be termed the
poor mans railway, the right Of way
almost always being available on the
public highway, grade being no obsta-
Gle and involving no expense to over
come and the cost of operation being
immensely less than either steam or
horsepower. Transportation improve
ments of the future are going to be
closely identified with the electric rail-
way.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

There is only just one way in which
to properly take care Of the weeds
which infest the highways, and that is
to put the surface Of the sides Of the
road In such shape that mower may
be used upon them, running the ma
chine over them about three times dur
ing the season. The weeds may thus
soon be exterminated and nice blue
grass sward obtained.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

If the grove in the pasture is so
dense and thick that the grass will not
grow under the trees, we would thin
out enough of the trees SO as to permit
the grass to grow. High priced land
cannot proftably be kept to simply
produce growth of common forest
timber. Trimmed out, however, good
pasture may be secured and enough
timber retained to secure the best de-
velopment of the trees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

1t was once popularity supposed that
the sooner a coating Of manure was
plowed under after it was applied to q
field the better. Men know better
now. In no manner can the accumula-
lions of the barnyard be SO economical
ly and satisfactorily applied to the soil
as by putting them on the pastures
and meadows with manure spreader.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

If you do not make any contribution
to the county fair exhibit and simply
go yourself TO see what there is to be
seen, don't make fool Of yourself by
criticising the exhibits and telling
your friends that you had stuff at home
which would have beaten anything at
the fair all hollow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The Red Polled cattle combine in
large degree beef and milk qualities,
perhaps as much as or more so than
any other breed of cattle. Where cattle
are wanted of the dual purpose type
they seem to fill the bill very well.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
BY ]. S. TRIGG.

The effect Of four storms which late
ly visited the limited broom corn pro-
ducing territory Of Illinois will be felt
by every person who has to buy a
broom the coming year. The good
broom will cost twice as much as it did
two years ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
Agitated.

Ada hope he won't do anything
rash!
Alice-Was he very much excited
when you refused him?
Extremely. He said he would com.
init suicide or die in the attempt
Puck. I.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

There is no successful milking ma
chine yet placed on the market, and it
is perhaps just as well. If the produc-
ton and sale of oleomargarine are not
in some manner restricted, it will take
something besides milking machine
to enable the legitimate dairy business
to hold it's own.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The fall season may be the most con-
yenient season for many farmers to do
their road work, but it is also true that
this Is the worst possible time of the
year in which to do such work, SO far
as the highways are concerned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Droughty conditions on the western
ranges have lowered the price of feed
ing cattle, and the feeders in the corn
belt will be able to get the sort of stock
they want to feed at more reasonable
prices than last year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The wheat crop of Washington state
has averaged 26 bushels per acre for
the past 20 years. Climatic conditions
there are more favorable for the
growth Of winter wheat than in any
other state in the Union.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
Illinois Central R. R.
OF INTEREST TO
STOCKHOLDERS.
Free Transportation to Attend the
ANIMAL Meeting at Chicago.

The Board of Directors of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company, at a meeting held July IL
1000 adopted the following preamble and reso.
luton:
Upon the recommendation of the President
the resolution adopted July q, 1897, authorizing
the free transportation of stockholders over
the company's lines, to Chicago and return, at
the time OF the annual meeting of stockholders
was reconsidered and amended SO as to read as
follows:
RESOLVED. That, until the further order of
OF one or more shares of the capital stock of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company, as regis
tered on the books of the company, a ticket
enabling him. or her, to travel free over the
company's lines from the station on the Illinois
Central Railroad nearest to his or her register
ed address, to Chicago and return, for the pur-
pose OF attending, i'll person, the meetings of
OF stockholders. Such ticket to be good for
the journey to Chicago only during the four
days Immediately preceding ana the day of the
meeting, and for the return journey from Chi
cago only on the day of the meeting and the
four days Immediately following, when prop
erly countersigned and stamped during bust
ness honrs-that is to say, between 900 a. m
and $500 p. Ain the Office of assistant secre.
tary, Mr.. w. G. Bruen, in Chicago. Such ticket
may be obtained by any registered holder of
STOCK on application, in writing. to the presi-
dent OF the company in Chicago. Each appli-
cation must state the full name and address, of
the stochhoider exactly as given in his or her
certificate of stock, together with the mum Der
and date of such certificate. No more than one
person will be carried free in respect to auy one
holdlng OF stock as registered on the books of
the company.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Some men think they have done
good thing when they cut the weeds
on the highways and around their
premises after such weeds have gone
to seed. This is too much like locking
the stable door after the horse has
been stolen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Acareful test made at one of our west
ern experiment stations showed the
cost of producing a bushel of corn to be
1913 cents. Taking q series of years,
this is much below the actual cost Of
producing the bushel Of corn on the
average western farm, but few men
being able to do it for much less than
20 cents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Exports of corn from this country
have risen from 3O,76S,213 bushels in
1891 to 2O9,348,273 bushels in 1899.
But little Of this amount has been
used for any other purpose than cattle
food, the foreigner as yet not appre-
ciating corn as food for himself and
family.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Some hypocrites try to make a
cloak of their religion when there
isn't actually enough of it to make a
bathing suit.-Chicago Daily News.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Those nice Kansas girls got ten times
the amount of advertising all over the
country by going out into the harvest
fields and helping to save the splendid
wheat crop of that state than they
would in any other possible way. We
hope they may each get good hus-
band before next harvest time, for they
deserve one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
Not the Kind She Meant.

She-I think your friend Hickey ii.
80 very entertaining; he is Away.
making such dry remarks.
Rickey's Rival-Yes. One can't come
anywhere near him but It's: "Let's &c
take something" -Richmond Dispatch.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Give Frenchman bone, an onion
and a couple of crackers and he will
concoct from them most savory and
palatable soup.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
The Mans idea.

Mrs. Churchley-We are going tc
give our dear pastor a ao-day vaca.
ton! What do you think of it?
Mr.. Churchley-Well, think il
would be better to let him take day
off every Sunday for 80 weeks!-Puck
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Fifty bushels of succotash to the
acre-15 bushels of wheat and 35 bush
els of oats-is quite common crop
and yield through much Of the west
this season. This mixed crop is be-
coming more and more favorite each
year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
Adapted.

She-What is that old saw about
"When in Rome
He (who has traveled) in
Rome do the Romans or they'll do
you.-Philadelphia Press.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The millennium will never come in
the south until melon patches and
smokehouses are made inaccessible to
the colored brother.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Just SO long as eggs are sold by
count and not by weight just SO long
will some men be tempted to keep all
the big eggs at home for their own
use. That's human nature.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
saved from a Hard Ltfe.

"Harry, you used to have some lit.
erary ambition, hadn't you?"
eyes, I had; but, fortunately, my
wife's social ambition crowded it all
out."-Indianapolis Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The Missouri penitentiary feeds 2,O74
inmates and feeds them well for a
trif1e less than 8 cents a head per day.
This well illustrates the economy there
is associated with cooperative cook
ing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The great cornfields of the corn belt
were all out of the way of the frost by
Sept. this year. a thing which has not
happened for many years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The large sum of $21 900 is offered as
prize money at the combination Short
horn and Hereford cattle show to be
held at Kansas City this fall.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

Iceland and New Zealand are two
countries where so far no cattle dis
ease has ever existed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

A spring lamb was killed and frozen
In New Zealand and shipped to New
York, II. 600 miles, in perfect condition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

II any soft corn is wanted this year,
1t will have to be boiled. 1t will not be
found in the corntields.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The Nutwood Driving association at
Dubuque has dissolved and the track
will be abandoned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

A thrifty housekeeper has discovered
that garden toad placed in the kitch-
en- during the night soon rid the place
entirely Of waterbugs and cockroaches.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

If the full feeding value of the stalks
upon which a crop of corn grew was
realized. the cost of producing bushel
of corn would be greatly reduced.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The lazy man never sees any beauty
in a sunrise.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

AT the great Plat sale of Shorthorn
cattle in Chicago Iowa breeders took
"a head at a cost of 81, 265.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

take the Wabash line with through
sleeper Ottumwa to st. Louis, making
direct connections in Union depot
with all lines running through cars to
above points. Time the Same and rates
always the cheapest. A trial Of this
.oute will always convince you of its
many superior advantages. 1t is to
the eastern traveller what the Rio
,Grande and Colorado Midland are to
the western. Turn up and out of thu
old rut and try route that will please
you in every way.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The shoes worn by the London
horses used Oh cabs, omnibuses and
freight wagons are corkless. From the
American standpoint this seems queer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25

The next annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Illinois Central Railroad Company will
the held at tue office of the company in Chicago
on Wednesday, September %, 1900,at noon. For
the purpose of this meeting the Stock Transfer
Books will be closed from the close of business
on September IL to the morning of Septem-
Der n.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC
GOING EAST. Depart
No. 22S-Ottumwa to keokuk. ...... 700 a. m.
202-Des Moines to keokuk. .. lo:35 a. m.
204-Des Moines to Eidon. ~. 1923 p. M
24-Freght, Ottumwa to Eldon. ass D m
GOING WEST. Arrive
227-keokuk to Ottumwa........ 6:45 p m.
Depart
201-Eldon to Des Motues. .....-- $40 a. m.
203-Keokuk to Des Moines. 49,. i2:l5 D. M,
233-Frt, Eldon to Des Moines.. 1882 a. m,
2Sl-Frt, daily, Eldon to Monroe sos p. m
Unless otherwise specified. all trains aredaily
except Sund AZ
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-25
A. J. PACKARD.
Passenger Agent
L. w. VAN PATTEN.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
TRAINS LEAVING UNION DEPOT
". y. Parker, Ticket Agent

W. y. Parker, Ticket Agent
BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., &oRR
- ~, s9iNo EAST. Depart
buoue & Quincy. .............. 1850 am
2I-Chicago ..................... AIS AM
NI-Local Freight. $3.50 am
10t-Peoria, Dubuque Quincv.... .12:o5 pm
6s-Chicago LIMITED 1:225 pm
4F-Chicago, st Louis d Quincy. 7:05 pm
St-Fast Mail. ...............!...... 1887 pna
T-Chicago. Peoria q Rockford. .11:40 pm
5+-Omaha, Council Bluffs and Ne
braska 1:22am
l5-East NAH ....................... 2:5I ana
9lt-Local Freight. ................. 6:2o am
3+-Omaha, Kansas City, Denver,
Hot Springs, Deadwood, Or.
den, Portland g. California 80. S:2s am
Ts-Fast Mail Observation-Disclosures. ;. 9:0S ana
9+-Des Moines, Lincoln aud Puget
Sound 81. 80. :. 1890 pm
Gil Bluffs Observation-Disclosures :4s ON
1*-Denve ~ OMAHA. II :o5 pm
sDai1y. tEA~ept Sunday Nos Z, 8 and l5io
notcarry passengers. -