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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
/! WOMAN AND SON ARE DEAD.
Poverty and Sickness Drive Couple
at Fostoria, o., to Suicide.

Fostoria, O., Feb. 5.-Mrs. Jacob
Yochum, aged so, and her son Will
liam, aged 19 years, were found dead
in their bed rooms. They had been
missing for three days and investiga-
ton led to their dead bodies being
found, with all evidence pointing to
suicide by strychnine poisoning The
mothers poverty and the fact that
the son was suffering from an incur
able malady is supposed to have led
to the suicide.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

We rot" that farmers in some parts
Of Idaho liaTe been fattening their hogs
on peaches. prunes and apples, so great
was the crop of these fruits and so
small the demand for them. Some day
perhaps the cost of transportation will
be so reduced that this surplus of the
finest fruits i'll the world can be
brought within reach Of the masses of
the central west.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

1t would seem as though there was
need of some missionary work along
the line of teaching a portion of the
American people that wood alcohol is
not the right sort of stuff to Ticker up
on. While it has the taste and smell
OF old rye, it is as merciless as mob
law and always makes a job for the
undertaken. In fact, it is about as
good u servant to this gentleman as
the familiar gasoline can.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

1t is said that geese are very subject
to tuberculosis. Perhaps this is the
right name for pate de fois gras.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The rot destroyed the potato crop Of
northern Michigan the past year, the
damage being estimated at $1,OOO,OOo.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The Whitney No. 90 apple or crab is
commended by nearly all our nursery
men as good stock for top grating.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

But few farmers in the north now
do their own butchering outside of an
occasional sheep and the old hen when
they want her for potpie. and this
latter the good wife too often is made
to do. The fat hog and the steer for the
winter supply of meats are turned over
to the local butcher, who kills and
dresses the animals, the farmer only
having 10 take his meat home. This
is great Improvement over the old
way, when Hezekiah would get big
kettle of water to the boiling point
and then take an old rife and run a
hog down for the killing. The women
folks are now relieved of the dainty
job Of cleaning "inards' and such like.
And here we want to say that no wo-
man should be compelled to catch old
hens and chop their heads off. The
hired man, with no soul to save, should
be made to do this work
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The year book of the department of
agriculture for 1899 is the finest thing
of it's kind ever issued by the govern
r1npnf
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

Last years crop of cotton in Texas
was of the value of $15O,OO0,00O, or
Soc, 100000 more than Iowa's corn crop
was worth,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

Alfalfa is apt to give butter disa-
greeable flavor, and care has to be ex.
,ercised in feeding it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

South Dakota did mighty good
thing when she snapped off the jack
rabbit and the town site boomer for
old Bossy and Biddy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

We lost one Of the finest apple trees
we had this fall-a tree six inches
through the trunk and apparently in
perfect health as the result of Just
one sharp gust of wind which broke
it off close to the ground. An eXami-
nation showed that some years pre-
viously a borer had unseen made it's
waysinto the tree and had so bored
its way that one side Of the tree was
chambered and honeycombed to such
an extent that on. that side the tree
was deprived of support and anchor
age and thus fell an easy victim to the
summer wind. Borers are very like
bad habits-they must be looked out
for when they are very small.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
Harkes.

The miners here want no more than
that which the balance of the coal
field will ask. We want no more than
justice. F. w. Fowler, Sec.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The dentists of the country have come
to the conclusion that the liberal use of
meats in this country is the main
cause of the poor teeth so common
among the American people. We think
that this is farfetched conclusion, for
the American Indian in his barbarian
days was almost exclusively meat
eater, and no class of men ever had
better teeth or teeth which lasted Ion
ger than did they. Among wild ami
mails the carnivora always have better
teeth than the herblvora. Sugar and
tobacco are more to blame for the
white mans poor teeth than meat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
STAY, LET rHE OTHER FELLOW GO

A young farmer who was coaxing
his first mustache and taking his first
shine TO the girls wrote the editor of
a leading society periodical, inauiring
what he should do when he was call
ing on his girl and another young gen
tleman also came as q caller. This
editor tells him that the correct thing
is for him to at once take his hat and
retire, Now. while such thing may
be correct form in a social way, and
as to that we neither know nor care,
our advice is for young man No. to
stay and stay until he sees the other
fellow safely Off If the situation is
unpleasant for the two of them, let the
last one go. This society editor EVIL
IDENTIFY does not understand this court
ing business or he would not have adj
vised the young man as he did. You
just stay, my boy, until you have to
CO. If you would win the lady fair.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

J The largest oil well ever drilled was
set to flowing in the state of Texas
three weeks ago. Its product is esti-
mated at $4,000 barrels day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

A trolley line can be built and equip
ped for about what it would cost to
macadamize highway if the material
for macadamizing has to be imported.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

Bologna bulls" constituted classi-
fcation of the stock sold on the Chica-
go market. This does not take in the
well bred and well fatted bull whose
meat finds ready consumers at the city
restaurants in steak and roasts, but in
cludes the superannuated and aged
scrub sires which, having become liter
ally as tough as they look, are through
the agency of the sausage grinder
transformed into toothsome bologna
which the laboring man of America
masticates while he pities his foreign
representative who has to chew the
same sort of a sausage made Of old
horse.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
A LEssENED RAINFALL.

1t is frequently said that the rainfall
of the Mississippi valley states is not
as heavy as it was so years ago. A rec
ord which has been kept for so years at
a point in east central Iowa shows that
there is a good foundation for this be-
lief. The record by decades is as fol-
lows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

7 An English writer who recently
visited this country made the criticism
that the American people Hacked the
power of repose." If we could have in
troduced him to hired man we once
had he would never have said this.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

One steer of a newspaper man in
Iowa aftirms in his paper that olcomar-
garine is wholesome, pure and de-
lightful food product" If Iowa COWS
could only read this and he should ven
ture into some clover pasture where
fed the dairy herd, there would be a
eloyely scrap on in less than minute
Ebetween the editor and the "head Of
Ethe herd" Verify this is wicked and
adulterated generation in which we
live when the ghastly conglomeration
of degenerate fat and caustic chemicals
masking as pure butter can receive
such an Endorsement from the Iowa
press. the recognized advocate of the
progress and patriotism of its people.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

Every man owning and living on a
quarter section farm is entitled to and
should have farm home which costs
not less than $1,000. and this home
should have modern conveniences.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

Curtain speeches are to be prohibit
ed in Berlin theatres in the future.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

4 Cheap clover seed is almost invaria-
bly, adulterated seed Some tests made
by the department at Washington
showed that seed selling for So q bush
el contained no less than 2O92S weed
seeds to the pound The most common
ladulterants are foXtail sorrel, plan
tain, dodder and Hungarian grass. Seed
(which cost $7.20 per bushel had but 226
weed seeds to the pound.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
Foster.

Editor Courier: now write to
give you an idea of what we are in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

Let us not neglect the social and
intellectual side Of life during
the winter season. The farm work
during the busy time is so press
ing in its demands that but little
time is left for mental improvement
and social intercourse. Have at least
one good housewarming during the
winter, inviting all your friends and
neighbors. Have your good wife invite
all the ladies for an afternoon tea, and
let the young folks have candy pull.
Invite out some of your town friends
some evening and give them taste of
good farm fare and hospitality. Any
how, don't crawl into your shell and
just milk COWS. feed hogs and stuff
stoves all winter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
THE JOINT CONFERENCE.
Demands Are Numerous and But Few
Are Considered.

Columbus, O., Feb. 4.-The scale
committee of the joint conference of
miners and operators was in session
all day Saturday and adjourned I'M
til this afternoon, without having
made any material progress toward
an agreement
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

4 Something more than a profit of $50
an acre will have to be shown up by
beet growers to induce men who are
raising 80 cent corn, So hogs, Sc beef
and making 20 cent butter to get down
on all tours and thin beets on hot
July day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

They say that the second number OF
the Commoner was even more so.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

There was 100000 worth of buggy
whips manufactured in this country
last year, and large per cent of them
were given away to get the farmer to
subscribe for SO called agricultural
paper which was worth less than the
whip.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The burden of testimony from plum.
growers is to the effect that where
poultry is kept in the plum orchard
the trees are more thrifty, the fruit
of better size and freer from insect
pests and the yield larger.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The marked change in the volume of
water in all the rivers and lakes of the
Mississippi valley territory would seem
to harmonic with the above record.
The problem in the near future would
seem to be not how to get rid of the
rainfall but how best to conserve 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

4 The agent of a firm which makes q
specially of constructing systems of
,waterworks for email towns was try
ling to work the council of q small
western town not long since and had
the gall to claim that water in an ele-
waited tank 25 feet above the level of
the street would have sufficient force
to throw a fire stream to p height of 35
feet. He failed to get the contract.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

The rural mail business is proving to
be the terror of the fourth class post
masters, for hardly any of these routes
is established that does not knock one
or more of these postmasters out Ola
job.
The doctors tell the writer that this
is great boy year out on the farm,
lots more boys than girls being born.
Possibly nature is doing something to
help remedy the hired help trouble on
the farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

n An otherwise pretty good farmer
who, putting an acre Of potatoes in in a
slipshod sort of a way each year, had
never been able to get over so or 60
Bushels per acre got pleasing surprise
when he gave his l2-year-old boy. an
acre Of land to have what he could
raise upon it, the boy planting it to po-
tatoes and harvesting 225 bushels. The
boy first read up on potatoes, planted
selected seed, took good care of the
crop and thus beat the old man all to
pieces,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

If you want fancy price for your
road horse, there is almost as much
In properly fitting him for the market
as there is in the breed The country
is full of slouchy, ungainly, i'll gated
lunkheads of horses which, had they
been properly handled and broken il.
would have made attractive and stylish
animals. AS much in this line can be
done for horse as for a young man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
Complaint on X. C,

There is some complaint from the
mines along the lines of the C. B. &
X. G. over the price paid, but it is not
thought this will cause dissention.
The minor demands that will be made,
1t is said, are all technical, and while
they are not of general outside inter-
est, they mean great deal to the
mine worker.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07
The Mine Inspection.

One thing that may cause trouble is
the action to be taken in reference to
the mine inspectors. 1t is claimed by
the miners of some of the sub-districts
that certain inspectors think too much
of the operators, and do not do their
duty. This question, it is said, will
be discussed at the convention, and
some decided resolutions passed upon
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-06-19
WILL DEVELOP
ANOTHER GROUP.
Toronto Capital Going Into
Deer Greek District.

J. n. MeCallum left Saturday with an
ou'fi, to start work on another group Of
claims located just north of the Macs
Luck property. known as the Macs Hope
group. on Deer creek, east of town.
Active development work will be pushed
on this bunch, from which assays on top
run from 90 cents to So 40. More or less
work, as yet little depth having been at
tanned, has been done on these claims, in
the way Of tunnels.
The property Is said to show splendid
surface indications and Is well worthy of
considerable money being spent for fur.
ther development. Toronto capital Is be.
Ing invested IN the property.
The Deer Creek district Is attracting
considerable attention OF late and much
development. work Is being done there.
Large bodies OF low grade free milling
ores, the veins being true tissures, are the
predomina,ing characteristics of the dis.
triu. As everyone familiar with mining
matters knows, these are the conditions
from which big mines are made, which
pay princely dividends and In such prop.
critics large capital Is seeking investment,
II being a safer proposition than farming
or banking.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-06-19
Took out $i4OS In Fifty Days.

As an Illustration OF the rich placer
ground along all the creek bottoms In
this district, } N. Mckee and his two
sons, 81 and Harry, last week made a
cleanup at their plaeers on ten cent creek,
three miles northwest Of Granite, and Sc
cured six pounds Of gold dust, amounting
to SIAoS. All they used In washing II out
was two pieces Of ordinary hose, and this
cleanup was the result Of fifty days
rk.-Granite Gem.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-06-19
That Lawton Whitney Wagon Road.

a move is on foot 10 establish a wagon
road from Whitney up Camp creek, over
the divide aud down Beaver creek to Ala.
mo and Law,on. The promoters OF this en-.
terprise are the citizens of Whitney and
the Sumpter Valley railroad Alamo and
Lawton people are asked to cooperate by
paying for tha, portion OF the road on this
side OF the summit. From the present
status OF affairs, the Standard sees but lit
tie utility TO our people In furthereng such
a project. The distance from Lawton to
Whitney Is anywhere from eighteen to
twenty.one miles, aud to Sumpter II Is
about sixteen miles. Freight rates to
Whitney are ten cents per hundred great.
er than to Sumpter, and why should we
pay the increased freight rate and haul
our goods greater distance, Is not alto.
gether clear The Sumpter Valley rail-
road owns the townsite Of Whitney and
obviously Is interested In It's development
as a supply point. II this Is true the rail-
road company should make some conces'
sions In the way OF reduced transportation
rates In order TO draw the tide OF trade
and travel from the town Of Sumpter.
Until this is done we cannot see why our
people should become enthusiastic over
the construction Of wagon roads to further
what on the surface seems nothing more
nor less than a town booming scheme
Lawton Standard.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-06-19
Placer Claims for Sale.

An extraordinary chance for the pur.
chase Of fine placer property with plenty
Of water. oil ready for profitable work.
Some cash and time. VIII bear investi.
cation. Address N. j., care Of MINER.
Sumpter, Oregon.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-06-19

Prompt attention to orders for cut flow
ers and floral pieces. City Green House
Baker City. Oregon.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-06-19
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-01
SOUTH RIE5A1E.

Geo Dortcn Of Clarksville, Tenn,
arrived here last Monday to visit his
daughter Mrs. W. 5. Wallace.
Miss NJ. Jean Nelson is confined to
the house by illness.
Mrs. Geo. Brown who has been sick
for the past two weeks is reported
better.
There were a few Pre.Memorial
Day exercises at the High School
Wednesday p. m.
A number OF the young people from
here went to Barnet pond TO spend
Decoration Day. Among those who
went were Misses Eliza NJ. Wilson,
Margaret Beaton. Margaret Stacy,
Mrs. c. H. Grant, Misses Nettie NJ.
Carpenter, Annie r. Beaton and Rob
Hosmer, Geo. Fl. Grove, Adna NJ.
Terry, C. a Grant, Geo. R. Beaton,
Il. Greedy Randall, Alex T. Beaton
and Rev. Thomas r. Turner. All en-
joyed nice time.
As there were no services at the
[. P, church at Ryegate Sunday g
number of the people attended the
churches here that day.
Mr.. Brewers family of Woodsville,
haYe moved into the house recently
vacated by Rev. Samuel A. Jackson.
! Mrs. F. J. TewSsbury was in Wells
River Friday.
Mrs. 7. S. Gray was in Groton Sat
urday.
The concert given by Miss Amy
Murray in Gibson hall Thursday eve
ming was largely attended. After the
concert there was a dance at which
Haley's orchestra of Woodsville play
ed At the intermission ice cream
and cake, coffee and doughn1ts wa:
served at "Oakley's Tavern"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-01
Horse Thieves Meet a
Tragic Death Before Mob
IN CALIFORNIA
Old Man Hall With Three
Sons and a Pal

Alturas, Cal, June Calvin Hall
aged y and his three sons Frank, jim
and Martin Hall, and Dan V. Yantis
who have been stealing horses here
for years were arrested yesterday and
were ke ot under guard by three Off.
GERS. a mob Of 10 masked men took
them at O'Clock in the morning and
hung them to bridge near Lockout.
The officers were 0verpOHered and
compelled to help. The mob disap-
peared within i've minutes. Sheriff
Street and District Attorney B5nney
have gone to the scene OF the hang
ing.
Lookout, the scene Of the lynching,
is in the Hot Springs valley oa Pitt
river. 25 miles from AlturaS, the
county seat Of Modoc county. There
is no telegrapnic communication with
the valley and the news Of the lynch
ing was brought to Alturas by a cour'
ier. The residents Of Hot Springs
valley are nearly all cattle raisers IN
MOdoc county.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-01
TITUS FAMILY TROUBLES

Chelsea, June AT the hearing
before Justice Comstock in the cases
Of 0. D. Tracy and Mrs. Bessie ]. tt
tus both waived examination and
bail was fixed at $500 in the case Of
Tracy and 800 in that OF Mrs. Titus.
States Attorney Conant appeared for
the State. and r. NJ. Harvey for each
Of the respondents. Bail was furnish
ed and the parties were released from
Jail Thursday afternoon.
f. J. Titus. the husband now wants
pay for his Injured feelings and no
sooner had Tracy been let loose Oh
bail, than Sheriff Adams arrested him
on complaint Of Titus for ALLEGATION
Of his wife'S affections with damages
at $4,000, Bail was furnished in
this case also and it is reported the
affair mas been settled and will not
come to trial. The sum paid Titus is
not made public but propably he was
satisfied with the amount.
Titus has also presented petition
for a divorce which will come before
the June term of Orange county court.
Mrs. Titus has gone to the home OF
her parents in Cldremont, \ Fl. This
is understood to be in line with an
agreement sigued by her and Titus
whereby she was to leave the premi'
ses Monday taking only her clothes
and was to receive a certain sum Of
money in return. By request the
time was extended to Wednesday,
There is little boy six years old who
went with his mother and will remain
with her for the present at least.