Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-27

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and the public spirited citizen, defeat
ed by the location of cold storage
house on plat of land intended for a
park. While he may have no objec-
ton to Anheuser-Busch, and would not 1
for business or other reasons want the
brewing company to leave town, he
somehow feels that as good location
on some other spot of land in the city
might be found. A block of land with
a public library building on one cor
ner, liquor house on the other and
an excuse for park between them, is
queer miXup, manifestly out OF the
order of the eternal fitness of things.
The lot on which the brewery building
is located is part of the original park
and was willed to Mr.. Ballingalls sis
ter. While the city hesitated in rails
ing the money to purchase it, the An
heuser- Busch Co. stepped in and
bought it. Though the deal was gen
eraly regretted on all sides, it could
not be helped at the time and a large
building was erected on the ground.
But it is never too late to do good,
and the sooner it is done the better.
| Ottumwa can never do better thing
than to purchase the property and
have it removed, and the Brewing Co.
would win the good will of even the
tetotalers of the city if it would move
to another location. The thirtsy OF
tumwan will drink the beer whether
it is cooled at the union depot or a
mile away, and as libraries and brew
cries do not trot in the same class,
| they should be given different places
on the program. Cities like Ottumwa
| and Oskaloosa, which are not big
enough to support large parks, should
preserve these small spots in the best
possible condition. Merry-go-rounds
and cold storage plants are all right in
their places, but public parks are not
the places for them.-Oskaloosa Her
aid.
The Truth at Last.-In case the Des
Moines Leader fails to land its candi
date Cummins as the nominee of the
republican convention, will it under.
take to see that he is nominated by
the democratic convention? 1t may be
a question whether the newly fedged
independent organ can swing the dem
ocratic party as easily as it seems tc
handle the republican contingent, blu,
it can make one of its characteristic
bluffs, and that is something.-Bur
|lington Gazette.
Needless Defense.-The Oskalooss
Herald gives the following needless
3 defense of Major Lacey, who certainl!
t has the right to,express himself in re
gard to his personal preferences TO
: governor: "Since Major Lacey enter
ed congress, twelve years ago, he has
3 had and expressed his preference TO
: governor in each Of our state conven
lions. This is the first time the CLAIM
has been made that he has no right tt
any preference on the subject. W.
), will say one thing for Major Lacey
that while he has fearlessly voiced hi
! preferences among the candidates TO
E governor in former years, he has al
ways stood by the nominee, and vii
be on the stump this year for tn
choice of the Cedar Rapids CONVEX
ton. He has never gone on a ia
journey previous to any other stat
convention. There is no good reaso
) why he should do so now. Major Lat
= ey is a republican and as such has
= right to his preference on matters pc
q tanning to the welfare of that party i
q state and nation, and neither surprise
+ nor threat can take that right ava
nor COW Major Lacey from exercisin
. that ight"-Council Bluffs Nonparei
. Deserving of a Monument-A fe
/ days ago, woman walked into one
It the mercantile establishments of tn
n town, and announced that she wishe
d to pay an account of long standin
y She gave her name. No one about tt
a. establishment was acquainted wit
re her Reference was had to the book
but they revealed nothing. The wor
d an then explained that the bill W;
a. past due twenty years ago; that 81
y had never had the money to pay it u
Re til now, but having come into the pc
ID session of small legacy, she desire
1T to discharge her obligation. Aft
II much search the account was found
some old profit and loss account, ar
d. the account was balanced.
n This women deserves a monumer
10 There is honesty and good faith fl
is you that is seldom exemplified. N
e, q ward from her about the accou
n having been outlawed; not thoug
I'd upon her part that the firm could {
OF ford to lose better than she could G
IN ford to pay 1t. No doubt that de
al had been a thorn in her pillow {
these years. Inability to pay was Il
ut sole reason why the obligation w
n not discharged long, ago.
ne In what pleasing contrast is til
n. spirit with that which is displayed
or so many who care not how they 6
he things, so they get them, who mai
We o splurge and cut dash at the G
o. pense of others, and who breathe
he sigh of relief when the five year lin
Ill has expired.
he We say she deserves monument.
is Cedar Rapids Republican.
ed %
of Rinesters' Organs Rebuked.-T
to Grinnell-Herald presented the folio
ne ing editorial rebuke of the Marsha
he town Times-Republican, Des Moir
Ike Capital, and the other organs of
he ringsters now attempting to fol
tie their candidates upon the republic