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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
LETTER FROM FATHER WARD.
Is Comfortably Located In His New
Home at Iowa City.

From Wednesdays Daily.


The Courier is in receipt of a letter
from Rev. Father +. j. Ward, formerly
OF Ottumwa, in which he says that he
is comfortably located in his new home
at Iowa City, and hopes in time to
learn to love the people of that city
as he did those of Ottumwa where he
resided for so many years. Father
Ward said he had met number of
ottumwa young men who are attend
ing school there, and that these meet
ings are always a source of much de-
light, in that he realizes that they are
from Ottumwa, and can talk to him
about people and affairs of this city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The average hen under average con-
ditions will, we find, earn her owner
81 year. Thus 100 hens will bring in
return of 500 dollars, but this rule
will not apply where more than 100
hens are kept unless they are kept in
separate flocks 1t is very doubtful if
300 hens kept in one flock would bring
in more than so cents each, while the
risk from disease would be greatly in
creased.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Weed seeds in the soil will terminate
to about the depth Of two inches. Be
low this depth they will remain dor
mant until brought nearer the surface
by the cultiyator or plow. If there was
no other reason, this alone proves the
wisdom of giving the corn a shallow
cultivation after the second time
through. Deep blowing later brings up
a crop of weeds to grow and flourish
after the corn is laid by.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
whtte. At,ack Colored Miner.

Carbonate, Ill.,, April 10.-News has
reached this city of an attack made by
three men, all white, on one of the
colored miners employed at. the Brush
shaft, where all men employed are
non-union. SO Ear as known the col
ored man escaped uninjured,. altho
many shots We're fired. This: is the first
outbreak since the celebrated trial at
Vienna, which involved the differences
at that shaft.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Inasmuch as it will be the same old
fight with the weeds this season, it is
we'll to remember that the younger a
sweed is killed the easier it is killed.
The rake in the garden and the drag in
the cornfield' just before the weeds
show up are what fixes them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

A lady reader writes us from faroff
North Dakota, asking how she can raise
strawberries in a country where they
have very hard winds and much dry
weather-a country where the settlers
tell her strawberries cannot be raised.
While the conditions described may
not be at all favorable, we still are of
the opinion that If our friend will set
out bed and mulch heavily with fax
straw between the rows, irrigating the
bed in the dry time, she can raise all
the berries she wants. The strawberry
Is the one berry which will do well al
most anywhere If it is given proper
care. 1t must have sufficient water.
however.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The thrifty orchard tree is far less
liable to the attacks of blight and in
sects than is the one just struggling
for an existence. A robust and vigor-
GUS condition of the tree is just as
much a protection to it as the same
condition is to man in the warding
off Of disease.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Range herds Of cattle, which in a
blizzard would drift with the storm
until they found the shelter Of some
spot in the hills, are menaced with a
new danger in the shape of the many
barbed wire fences which settlers have
strung across the country. The cattle
SO drifting in a storm strike one Of
these fences and are stopped and soon
pile up and are frozen to death.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

There is very marked shortage in
the visible supply Of corn, and the
price can be controlled by the corn
growers for the first time in several
years. The feeding demand has been
enormous, while the export demand is
constantly increasing. The country
will be 6O0.OoOOOO bushels short before
a new crop is harvested.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Seeding land down to timothy never
rests it. twill help to clean the land;
that's about all. If crop Of seed is
taken, it will draw more heavily on
the fertility Of the soil than would a
crop of grain.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

An Iowa man has demonstrated the
fact that ducks. may. be kept in almost
any number together and fattened for
market. He is feeding $4,000 very sue
cessfully this spring in one lot. No
other poultry can be so kept and fed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Massachusetts, appropriates the sum
of 100000 annually with which to
fight the gypsy moth. Only a few
years ago scientist imported few Of
these moths as curiosity, and they
some way got away from him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Bromus inernis, the Hungarian bronze
grass, is attracting quite good deal Of
attention. 1t appears to be grass spe-
cially adapted for the semiarid regions
Of the country. We have good reports
from it in the western Dakotas, where
clover and timothy. do, not do we'll.
Where clover and timothy can be sue
cessfully grown. we do not think it will
be wanted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The best possible use to make of the
dairy bred steer calf is to make veal
of him as quickly as possible. He
really should not be allowed to live
more than two months, or some unso-
phisticated and innocent purchaser will
later on be trying to make beef ami
NAL out OF him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Breeding mares should be moderately
worked up to the time of the birth Of
the colt, and after that, if possible, the
mare should be turned out on grass for
two months. ID f
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Migrations by farmers to localities
having marked climatic contrasts with
those Of the country where they have
always lived are, rarely satisfactory.
Thus the Minnesota man is rarely con-
tented 20 live in Mississippi; nei-
ther does the Georgia planter find a
.congenial home in the Dakotas. 1t is
not climatic conditions altogether
which bring about this result. There
are the questions Of methods, customs
and habits Of the people, which vary
to very great degree and which the
newcomer from faraway locality
does not readily fall into line with. If
n change of location is desired, it is
better to select such place for a home
as will most nearly correspond in point
of climate, character Of settlers and
general environment to that of the
country where one has always lived.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

For the first time in a year the so
days ending March /, 1899. showed no
further advance in the prices Of staple
manufactured commodities. This fact
may be accepted as evidence that the
level of high prices has been reached
and that future changes in price will
be in the direction of lower values.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

1t is a good deal OF trouble to care
for them, it is true, but nevertheless
1t is the early lambs which pay best to
raise. Coming in January and Febru-
airy, they thus escape the ravages of
the stomach worm, which is such a
pest to those later born.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Any good land located in the grain
growing territory of the northwest, no
matter whether it be timber or prairie,
which can be bought at prices under
$50 per acre is sure to prove "a safe
investment. If markets and railroads
are for the present far away. it will
only be very short time until they
come.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

A vessel loaded with hemp from Ma
Mia to New York got off her course
and was 1871 days between ports. Ev-
cry day that she was delayed beyond
the usual time Of making the trip she
made good money for the owners OF
the cargo owing to the advance in the
price of the hemp in this country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The drag is the best tool to use in
the cornfeld so long as it can be used
without injury to the corn. 1t should
be used far more than it is before the
corn is planted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

One hundred and twenty bushels of
seed corn were recently purchased in
Philadelphia and sent to Egypt to be
planted on the Nile delta.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

a late writer in an agricultural pa
per advises the trimming of the feet of
the bull. This is trimming at the
wrong end. The bulls horns more
than his toes need the trimming.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

"a cribbing horse is spoiled horse.
This sort is hard to work off in a trade,
as he will nearly always give himself
away before the trade can be COM
pleted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

California produced oil and oranges
last year each Of the value of $4,000
900. The whole of southern California
is oil producing territory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The catbird will furnish more good
singing in return for the berries it
steals than any other of our fruit
eating birds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The new Siberian railway is opening
up vast regions Of land well adapted to
the. growth Of all cereal crops. The
best part Of this new country is analo-
gous to our northwestern prairie lands.
Settlers are rushing into this region in
enormous numbers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The prospects for good crop of fruit
this year are excellent, this statement
applying to nearly all the fruit grow.
ling sections of the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Corn raisers north4of latitude 10 de-
grees should plant no variety of corn
which will not ripen in 10 days from
the date of planting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The United States has imported Ma
Mia hemp to the value of $4,477,45O
since the title tosthe Philippine Islands
was acquired.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Agrade Hereford steer killed in Chi
cago q short time ago dressed out q
per cent meat. 1t was years old and
weighed over ton. This is the best
record Of meat to live weight ever re-
corded.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

England takes 10000 quarters Of
dressed beef from Chicago each week.
That is where all the best western fed
steers go.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Il a race horse, Flying Fox, sold re-
Gently at auction in England for $685.
! 600, and a Hereford bull, Thicksct,
sold in Missouri for S.. 100.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Exports of corn from this country
have increased from 100000 bushels
30 years ago to 177,0oo,0Oo bushels in
1890.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

"a bush fire in Australia, fire similar
TO the prairie fires of the west when it
was first settled, recently burned over
100000 acres Of grazing lands and
destroyed 1000 sheep and 1000 cattle
and horses.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

y The month of March is usually
v4hdal desecrator of the vernal season
forth Of Mason and Dixon's line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

Tobacco smoke is the best remedy
for the green lice which are such q
pest on house plants. Most men will
he glad to burn up good Havana in
this way. Place cone over the plant
and let the smoker blow the smoke in
Qnder it,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

"A willow post cut in June and the
bark peeled from it will last twice as
long as one cut during the winter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12

The Wealthy apple is rated as the
best apple for its season in Ohio.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-12
! BY j.. S. TRIGG.

II a man plants juneberries, he will
have lots of bird visitors.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
8 Gents

Everybody knows that
DOBBINS' ELECTRIC
soap is. the best in the
world. and for SO years it
has sold at the highest
price. It's price Is now 8
cents. same as common
brown soap. Bars full size
and quality. same as last
80 years. Order OF your
grocer. Your choice Of 80
ascent books sent free for
each 9 wrappers and z
cent? for postage.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

street, and give Keogh & Hannifan a
ca;l.
Keogh & Hannifn run the famous
"Pan American" buffet ut 20 Monroe
street. Give them a call.
For fine livery patronlxe william
Eisfelit, SO Racine avenue.
The finest carriages, most stylish
turnouts and most careful drivers can
be ordered by telephone from J. H.
Blrren's elegant stable, PAT and 24O
Webster avenue.
Murray Z Company, who lead In the
awning business, and who were located
on Randolph street for eleven years, In.
vite you to call at their new mammoth
establishment, $40 to $50 South Canal
street.
"Almanaris" II the highest located
spring In Waukesha, 100 feet above
Fox River.
Try q "high balr' made from "Al.
mnnaris' water; It won't cost you any
more than lake water.
Ask f% "AimanarIs." and Insist on
having Il.
Almanarls Ginger Ale Is the best In
the world. Try 1t.
The telegraph manual issued by the
Western Electric Company will teach
any one the art Of telegraphy. TO get
Q copy address Department 9 g, West.
ern Electric Company. 242 South JET.
ferson street, Chicago. and inclose %
cents.
Mr.. A. G. Powers, the Napoleon of
mineral water commerce and identified
with the American Mineral Water Co.,
has shipped u consignment Of al.
manarls' water to the Paris ExpOsi.
ton. We will next hear of hOnOrs and
medals. He has also sold a car load
In Porto Rico. where his agent guaran'
tees the sale Of ten thousand cases a
year.
"Almanarls" Is used on all trans.
oceanic steamers rs preventive OF
sea'slckness, nausea, and IL an auXil'
larry to delightful voyage.
| Tho Npavc0,iO 2trou N, ~ N uov, hnNl.
just issued from the press aud herald
Ing the advance thought Of the new
century, expressed In fascinating mar
rative, contains a true history Of the
discovery Of this electric water. Ev
cry one should read 1t. A beautiful
cloth-bound volume of this thrilling
story Of facts and experiences-a class
lc-will be given to every one purchas
Ing case for family use. "Almanaris'
Is put up IN one-half gallons (stilD
quarts, pints and half pints (sparkling)
and Is rapidly superseding Apollinari,
water, the John the Baptist Of "Al
manarls." 1t is In all first-class no
tells, restaurants, and fine sample
rooms, aud Is supplied by the Amer
lean Mineral Water Co.. PIT East Kin
Gle street. Phone, Central or.
The Union Traction Company vii
have Its franchises renewed next yea
Just as It wants them. The people will
get no concessions. Things have beer
arranged and Chicago will be sold. Thi
time the ''refOrmers" will do the sell
ing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
HAS kERFOUT LAID DOwNr


business Men and Citizens Generally
Are Wondering over the Com.
piaCcucy of the Comptroller In the
Matter of the Sharks.
1t Is only few months since the
sharks went into court and tied up the
pay of the whole police force of Chi
cago for weeks, because 800 policemen
had made assignment Of their salaries
to them, and they insisted on having
these assignments recognized by the
authorities or the sharks would not per-
init the city to do business.
The sharks really think that they own
the city government.
After this action of the sharks In IT,.
ing up the pay rolls, Comptroller Ker.
foot came out In grandlloquent an.
nouncement to the effect that assign.
ments Of salaries and other paper In the
hands Of sharks and scalpers would not
be recognized by the. city.
But the sharks are doing bigger
business at the City Hall than ever. and
everybody Is talking about Kerfoot.
People are surprised ut Kerfoot.
Has he laid down?
~G~
II the chattel mortgage people who
were never noted for their popularity
can escape their just taxes, how long
will the people stand It?
II the United States Internal Rev.
enue office would look up some Of these
men II might make some big hauls.
Very few Of them put stamps on the
documents until they deliver the inter.
est note paid over and over again to
the victim.
The Eagle is having the victims IN
the public offices tabulated and will
publish them.
1t will also publish the names of the
protectors In the water Office, the water
pipe extension, the county cOmptrol.
1er's. city comptroller's, school teachers
and other departments Of the city and
county governments.
~9A
The sharks Of Chicago claim to have
combination which divides up $780,.
600 year with city and county 9th.
clals.
-
r,. r..,... o.r,ono,, ,orrs 4. r,or.
Ing up some rars facts about 10 per
'"" ~
A simple search OF the Recorders rec.
60 DtaIs
O.us SUI" w l"''' '"'"s" "''"' ''''"'
"'"''"'
Who In the County Comptrollera
once gets rake-on from the Upper
centers:
Who In the City Comptrollers once
gets rake-on nom the 1O'per'ceoters
The 1O.per-centers are the leechei
who charge 10 per cent. month foi
Thov rocontIv t,od nm tho my ~ .be
whole polIce force Of ChIca9o. sImnl,
because nm ont az nm men bad m
The county Comptroller, 1t 10 alleged
kindly pays these assignments and
puts the assignments" In the employ
es envelopes.
a Similar system oDtalns IN the CITY
sG wer1 rent n,r,, :. .,.u. :, .,,. o.,
city or county officials?
Surely they would not helm 10 skIr
the poor employees Rratuitousiy,
~eA
In the meantime the sale Of polio,
helmets and uniforms, combined will
the loanins Of money to policemen ant
n...n.,'.,, LII, .u.,,s..., S ~" "''''
rho 49,, w." 10. 49," $500, 49,. -
.... =. Ss.. 80 w.. o,, LII . - ~. "'..
ia th,. t.,n. 49, '.ooS, Nv. "o n r.o !.
cot. tho s,,II rooord. ~ t,,o.o oH,nor. =,
the law It will publish all Of the facts
nov many c'. , ~ .nc county wou''
~
,.t S you , Ma weber, ,s. C" az or" so ~,
CIork street. nenr Harrison. Won IN,
aiwovs and N conner there-mnkInp
"tonch /"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

AEELr ~
ITEMS OF INTEREST
For the correct hat, patronize Dun.
lap, the Palmer House halter.
Try "Almanaris" on the side. lt
won't cost you any more than bottled
lake water.
For tents, awnings and waterproof
covers 60 to Murray & Co., 829-838
South Canal street. These people are
leaders In this line Of goods.
Mako lemonade from "Almanaris''
water-vcry nne.
"Almanaris" 10 equal TO imported
water, and doesn't cost you any more
than common old lake water, put up BY
local bottlers.
One Of the most successful and relia.
BILE contracting firms In Chicago ID that
Of Nash & Dowdle, suite 211 and 2l2.
las LaSalle street, In the Roanoke
Building. The members Of this firm
are well known and most highly re.
spected by the most solid business men
In Chicago.
A. 4 mixer with tine wines and liz.
uors. "Almanarls' has no equal.
The oldest and most reliable firm Of
city and county surveyors and civil en-.
gineers 10 that Of A. H. Summers &
Son. II you have any work In their
line, give them q call, 40 1t will pay
you to do 20. for they will please you.
One OF the best.iiked and most pop.
ular business men In Chicago 10 Tom N.
Donnelly. the jeweler. at 118 Dearborn
street. Mr.. Donnelly enjoys the con.
6dence and patronage Of the very best
people In Chicago. and II you want the
hast goods. IN watches, dtvNonds and
jewelry, at reasonable prices. the man
to patronise 10 honest Tom Donnelly, al
lis Dearborn street.
Mr.. Kenneth Mcpherson. the popular
merchant tailor, at $50 Ogden avenue,
II turning out the finest winter suit.
ings on the West Side. 1t will pay you
to give Mr.. Mcpherson call.
Almanarls. ut Is the Water OF
Life" Read Psychic Stream.
One trial of "Almanaris" will con
vince the most skeptical.
Dunlap's famous hats and silk um'
brellas are the best In the world.
One of the best places In Chicago Il
get a square meal Is at the Masonic
Temple Restaurant. corner State and
Randolph streets. w. 8. Hull, the c0ur
te0us manager, Ia an experienced hote
man. He has made the Masonic TEN
pie Restaurant one of the most popular
eating places In Chicago. Give Mr.
Hull call.
Man wants but little here below
But, be 1t understood,
No matter whether high or low,
That little must be good;
Which may explain why men of taste
Who always get the best,
Their heads by Dunlap hats are grace'
When they would be we'll dressed;
For Dunlap blocks, the critics tell,
In style and texture oil excel.
Try a High Ball made with Altman
arls Water. Its equal IL unknown!
The instability Of Almanaris Waite
IL marvellous.
Almanarls is a natural Mineral Wa
ter.
Almanarls Is a positive stomach col
receive.
Il Keogh & Hannifan's Ia one of til
g,ratest places In Chicago. j. II. Gu
ter's famous goods always on han'
Don't forget the number--70 1onrt
~ fsS ~ "A. =. LII. u s..ls n IS u. X. (.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

"Almanarls" 10 equal TO imported
water. and doesn't cost you any more
than common old lake water. put up by
local b0ttlers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

The Union Traction Company will
have Its franchises renewed next year
Just as 1t wants them. The people will
get no concessions. Things have been
arranged and Chicago will be sold. This
time the "refOrmers" will do the sell
ing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
Dunlap's famous hats and silk um
brellas are the best In the world.

One of the best places in Chicago to
get a square meal IL at the Masonic
Temple Restaurant. corner State and
Randolph streets. w. 8. Hull, the cOur.
teOus manager, Ia an experienced hotel
man. He has made the Masonic TEN.
pie Restaurant one of the most popular
eating places In Chicago. Give Mr.
Hull q call.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST

For tents. awnings and waterproof
covers 60 to Murray & Co., 829-838
South Canal street. These people are
leaders In this line Of goods.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-06-02

Keogh & HanniHn run the famous
"Pan American" buffet ut 20 Monroe
street. Give them a call.