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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

The one bird which has far more
than paid his way in our orchard, this
season is the catbird. Morning laml
night when he was counting, when he
got to housekeeping, and long aftershis
family was gone, has hVsung hisEarias.
The robins have been Intermittent. the
orioles only players at one might
stand. but the catbird has been always
lage choir pjs
A nice girl raay teach school for four
or five years. but after that she will
grow older faster as a teacher than she
would as wife and 4 mother. -.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

You may think that you have got on
to the secret of controlling sex IN the
breeding OF your domestic animals, bat
you have not, and no man ever will.
To give TO nan this power would be as
disastrous as it would be to give him
the power to regulate the weather and
the rainfall.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

If you have 10 cows. it will pay to
lock Up the farm separator propositions
In doing it. however, regard must be
had as TO the disposal of your cream.
If one of the members of cooperative
creamery working under the creamery
separator plan, it may be best to let
the farm separator alcne until such
time as it can be generally used by. the.
patrons of such creamery. But if you
are selling cream TO a gathered cream
creamery, or make your own butter. or
supply milk and cream for town Gus
toners. there is not the least doubt as
to the economy of the farm separator
even If you have not more than 10
cows. LIZ
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

While the marked rise in value Of all
farm lands during the past Two years
has made the holding of such land very
profitable regardless of how the farm
may have been worked. this condition
will not continue and IN the future
what money is made from the farm
will have to be made from the cult
walton Of tic land and not from the
advance in value of the land.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

AT 10 cents per quart. which has been
the market price. it would have taken
over $50 TO have supplied the writer's
family With the strawberries we have
picked and used from our own bed this
season. Then, there was the sausfac-
ton of raising them, which was worth
something.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

While a little late to be of use for
this seasons cherry crop, we give the
Following plan for keeping the birds
away, sent us by lady reader of these
notes: Tie long strips of newspaper
say foot wide and the length Of the
paper. near the end with strong Irvine
and fasten u number OF them To the
outer twigs Of the tree. The birds are
afraid OF this arrangement and will
let the cherries alone. Our friend says
that she has saved her crop Of cher.
rles for several years in this manner.
This can be remembered for use next
season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

A man should be very careful not
only of himself, but of his horse, when
the mercury touches the 100 degrees
notch. Under such a temperature if
the horse ceases to sweat he needs look
ing after 1t is we'll to remember that
the horse cannot stand heat any better
than 81 man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

When the Lord wanted to plague and
punish the Egyptians. he sent small
things in vast numbers to do 1.-THE
plaques Of lice. of flies. of frogs-and
just SO today the farmers worst enc
mics are the periodical raids Of small
things in countless multitudes--chinch
bugs, grasshoppers the IIessian fly.
potato bugs and all the numberless
species of crawling. biting, sucking and
singing things which in few short
hours fall upon him just as they did
upon Ethe Egyptians of old, and blast
and wither his crop.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

Leroy l.. Pote, Saltwater, Okla.
Frank NJ Hunter, Marietta, l. T.
Johnson " Cogswell, Grafton, Kan.
Walter Shaw, Bellevue, Tex.
Robinson G. Nevans, Colina, Tex.
Leopold Spear, st. Joseph, Mo-.
Paulina Shara, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Wheeler c. linn, Elk City, Kan.
Sam w. Galloway, Enid, Okla.
Lewis F. Freeman, Springer. L. T.
John c. Bowen, Massey, Tex.
Theodore E. Coleman, Ardmore, IT.,
Fred R. Mcconnell, Woolsey, /. T.
Robert Cooley, Guthrie, Okla.
Leroy S. Chaplin, Appleton City, Mo.
Ed. Linn, Watonga, Okla.
John r. Young, Shawnee, Okla.
Anton Mayer, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Thomas G. Riggs, Springdale, Ark.
Hiram w. Smith, Fort Sill. Okla.
Hugh O'Brien, Wichita, Kan.
Warren s. Coleman, Ninnekah, /. Tt.
Thomas J. Sheppard, Kansas City,
Kan.
Jacob Lawson, Perry, Okla.
Alexander b. Stovall. Belcheville,
Tex.
Martin s. Mccullough, Mullvane.
Kan.
Lou Berry. Ell Reno, Okla. y.
Stanley S. Vandevere, Oklahoma.
City, Okla
Sophia F.. Mckay. Enid, Okla.
Columbus s. Jones, Georgetown, Tex.
ulrich Shepherd. Gilman City. Mo.
William 8. Sam,lels IHllsdale. KAN
Francis NJ. Scott, Ell Reno, /. T.
Pat o'Brien, 81 Reno. Okla
Dan w. HaiTigaH, Trenton, Tex.
Charles A. Savage, lola, Kan.
The Conservative, 1901-01-03

and therefore "the strongest candidates
just at present" If the Tribune photo
graphs correctly the situation, why not
put up the senatorship at auction, sell it
to the highest bidder and put the money
in the state treasury?
The Conservative, 1901-01-03
/" j. S terli n g
Morton suggests
Governor Furnas
MONEY AND
SENATOR'S.

as suitable man for senatorial toga,
forasmuch as he has delved in and de-
veloped Nebraska for half century
The point is we'll stated but the COVER
nor hasn't been attending political con-
ventions, besides which his bank &C.
count is lean"
The above is from that most othodox
organ of republican principles, policies
and practices, the we'll edited Fremont
Tribune. What can this mean?
Is it possible that service to the party
outweighs service to the state? Is it
possible IN the estimation of Editor
Hammond-a Mckinley appointee-that
clean bank account" is an impedi-
ment to political promotion in the
organization to which he and the presi.
dent and other great and good citizens
belong? THE CONSERVATIVE is amazed
and dazed by the Tribune, when, by i'm
plication, it declares that, among the
republicans, ,senatorships are delivered to
the highest bidder.-The Conservative
The Tribune holds that service to the
with the people who choose United
States Senators, as rule. 1t is GER
tainly so in the case of Senator w. V.
Allen. It is likewise true of w. j.
Bryan, who never did thing for his
state, worth mentioning-never had a
good word for it in all his torrents and
cataracts of words. We were speaking
of practical politics-politics as she is
"politicked"
1t is also possible that a clean bank
account" is an impediment to men be-
coming candidates for admission to the
Millionaires' club, which meets in one
end of the National Capitol.
Money is necessary in Washington life.
General Manderson secured his high
reputation there as senator, largely by
his genius, it is true, but by interlarding
it with his five thousand a year salary,
plus four thousand more every year for
twelve years.
1t is true, too, that the richest candi-
dates for the two Nebraska togas are
also the strongest candidates, just at
present. They are D. E. Thompson and
Edward Rosewater. Tribune.
Colonel Hammond evidently agrees
with the ancient editor who remarked in
Ecclesiastes, ninth chapter and eleventh
verse: 1.-The race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong, neither yet
bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men
of understanding, nor yet favor to men
of skill but time and chance happeneth
to them ALL" And from Hammond 6
republican or purely partisan standpoint,
Pat Grove, demonstrating that he was
of great service to the party and that he
prevented most gigantic frauds at the
election in South Omaha on November
6, 1900; and that the legislature was thus
,nada Rennhlican might sit in the sen.
The Conservative, 1901-01-03
In the early six
ties, a June after
noon of more than
THE TWISTED
TREE.

usual calm and sweetness drifted into
our lives. 1t was vibrant with birds,
and serene, in the sunshine, as sleep
ing baby under the smile of it's mother.
And we walked out among the small,
growing conifers which she had planted
to the northward of the cottage, and
marveled at their symmetry. There
were tiny White Pines, and Balsam Fir,
and Arbor Vitae, all rejoicing in vigor-
Gus health and running race at grow
ing Incredulously we talked of the
coming years when our children's chill
dren should gambol in the summer
shade, or shelter from the winter blast,
beneath the spreading arms of those
pigmies. And with pleasant forecasts
of the possibilities, in human life, that
we were trying to discipline and prepare
our sons to achieve, while the sun,
already down, draped the horizon with
glorious coloring, and the tranquil night
was stealthily shaking out it's veil Of
clouds in which to mourn another
departed day, we came into the cottage
and to rest, and to sleep and to dream of
stately pines, their perennial verdure,
and the signing winds that in time to
come would make music in their
boughs.
But while the stars are swinging signal
lights to prevent collisions of worlds
with worlds in their journeyings through
space
"The sky is changedl And such change Oh
night
And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous
strong"
And in the morning bruised and
mutilated, and prone upon the ground
lay the Arbor Vitae which had been so
trim and pretty only the afternoon
before. 1t seemed hopeless wreck
beyond the reach of human remedy.
But gently, with the tender touch,
known only to hands that have lovingly
fondled sick children, she took up its
fragments one by one and brought them
together in braid and twist, and where
the lacerated limbs met joined them,
amounting them with warm wax
tying them fast to each other. And
like a manned child the poor little thing
responded to gentle treatment and again
began to live and thrive. And now
after thirty eight years, that Arbol
Vitae with it's twisted, dual trunk and
intertwined limbs is telling most
graciously of the deft fingers which
bound up it's wounds and nursed it back
to life while her grandchildren wonde,
that so strange personality in trees
could ever have been evolved and made
] permanent by woman's love of home
and it's establishment
The Conservative, 1901-01-03
The state of Utah
founded by Brig
UTAH PARADOX.


founded by Brig
ham Young and the Mormon church is
quite paradoxical in political conclusions.
In the November election it repudiated
the fusion ticket and it's populist candi-
date for the presidency. But at the
same time it ratified and adopted the
worst part of the Kansas City platform,
by voting to so amend the state consti-
tuition of Utah, as to make the initiative
and referendum part of that organic
law. 1t provides for the application of
the referendum to the political sub.
divisions of the commonwealth of the
Latter Day Saints BY petition certain
proportion of the voters may
demand that any new legislation
shall be submitted to them for approval
or rejection. And fixed proportion of
the voters in any town or county may
initiate any legislation and submit it to
the local vote for ratification or dis.
approval. If the Utah legislature so
elects the country will soon see the
initiative and referendum under full
headway among the saints and sinners
of Deseret
In this country the referendum-that
is the voting by the people upon what
shall be or shall
not be law-has
always been in vigor as to the constitu-
tions of the several states and as to
changes proposed in either of the organic
laws of those states. But here in Ne.
braska the people have never taken
enough interest in proposed changes for
the constitution to carry an election for
one. And at the November election of
1900 nineteen states of the American
Union passed upon constitutional amend
ments and revisions and in all the nine
teen states less than three .ffths of the
votes polled for presidential electors
were cast as to constitutional changes.
In South Dakota 7S per cent of the
men who went to the polls voted on the
question of repeating the existing pro-
vision for state control and management
of the sale of liquor, while in Mississippi
SO out of every 100 expressed their
opinion regarding an amendment chang
ing the apportionment of part of the
school fund as between the two races.
On the other hand, there were states, as
Florida and Idaho, where the proportion
of voters who took the trouble to vote
either way on an amendment sank as
low as %, and even 81 per cent.
How long will it be before the refer
endum in Utah will refer to the popular
vote the question
of monogamy on
the one hand and polygamy on the other?
And after the people of a sovereign state
shall We declared for polygamy what
Doxyor will tho fadara1 oOvarn m ont hava
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

ON l1ers. but = here Tie ght could.
not be secured 81 purchase he pro-
ceeded under the law Of eminent do
main.
This much for the practical and
'''tilifarian side of the prof The
Isecondar Object which followed
naturally was the cons tructlon Of a
lake that will add greatly to the
bea.lf y and attraetiveness Of the
city Visitors have said to me that
Redwood only need ed a lake added
to it's other attractions to make it
complete, and a lake Y e now are go
ing to to have The area will be all
that will be necessary for boating,
fishing and pleasure purposes It
will be navigable for boats and
steam launches from the dam to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

Bissen S Rapids, a cut Of which is.
.shoWnsin this article, a distance Of
three and half miles with a width.
varying from a few rods to from an
eighth to quartz of a mile, and 80
feet as a maximum depth.
There has been no measurement
to get at the approximate area Of
the lake. but it is sufficient to say.
that it will be greaterA than Lake.
Como at st. Paul and that it will be
large enough to make it a first class
summer resort. The land on each.
sid Of the proposed lake is admir-
ABLY adapted for the cons truction OF
afrst class pleasure drive. The
banks are wooded on the entire.
south side and also on the north, ex-
Ecept for about half a mile and the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30
APPROACHING COMPLETION.
IS Redwood Falls Citizen Gives aid idea Oh
What May BE Done.

70 THE EDIToR he new dam
which for snfnesrrontbs has been a
subject Of gen 81 public interest
is approaching com oIation aud 4
feel inclined to lay hold on it for :
contribution % e fund Of Red q
wood S attrac tions md Utilities
It's primary purpose is to- IN
crease the storage capacity Of the
Redwood and add to the power Of
the Burmeister mil The power
proper for a give volume Of water
will be increased one and a hall
times while the utility Of the water
of the river by reason Of greater
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

storage capacity will be largely
augmented, just how much is as
yet an unknown quantity.
The dam IS being builtjust where
the first break is made in the gDeiss
or granite that forms the delIs Of
the Redwood, Whicnreach from that
point to near the Minnesota river.
The opening in the rock which is
nearly erpendicular on each side,
is about 100 feet. with rock form; !
3tion on each side Of such a charat !
ter as to give the best possible pr
lection to the lake, where the greas !
est pressure will come.
The crest Of the dam will be ADO t
200 feet Ions, 25 feet vide at tile
bottom. eight feet at the top and %
feet high with two feet flash boards.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

Its built Of concrete broken rock,
gravel and Portland GENE and
the construe elton IS Of the best
and will last for ages The old log
and earth dam put ID BY Worden 81
Ruter in 1868 served its purpose
well; but was temp orary and must.
now give way to the permanent at Al
better natural loca ION.
Mr. Burmei sister doubtless got.
tired Of seeing all the surplus water.
run away and has take measure toI
store it5up In the initial steps to.
secure the gsht 70 food adjoining!
lands, he has had the most hearty
|co-op ration Of a commit tee Of bust.
ness men who assisted greatly il.
leffecting 9 settleme nt with property
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

IA
Boulevard would be high enough
the entire distance Of seven miles
TO give a vie y Of the city and lake.
For reside nces there are many
choice sites where the natural tim
Der and views Of city country and
lake would add to- the beauty Of the.
home he question may be asked, /
how are the necessary improve
ments rs be made understand
that it is the purpose. Of the commit
tee, 81 which M Burmeister is q
member, to ask the city to take the
matter ID hand and appoint park
commission and proceed der the
law for the openin g and care Of
park
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

About miles from the the where will
between and flooding all OF the hill shown ~ the
- before secured claiming was
Commencing Baldwin
81 nrmeister Fred L Warner C Fred Thompson and Julius
The the this place
both took accidental baths after shot
Here first
nent, his
overhoWed the When considered that there
island OF good
and which will be entirely submerged Mr.
Goodrich donation stands all the prominently
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-10-30

BISSELLS RAPIDS,
will backing the the
filed The
ids
the
small napa launches will able these
Rapids after the reservoir is filled
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
big Five" Teachers Association.

The "Big Five" Teachers Associa-
ton, comprising the counties of Clay
ton, Fayette, Howard, Allamakee and
Winnesheik, will hold its annual meet
ing in DEBORAH this year. The dates,
though not definitely determined, will
probably be May 18th and 18th. We
expect to have more than three hun
dred teachers in attendance, and Of
that number more than half should be
of our own teachers. We have one
hundred and forty-eight districts hold
ing school, with total of one hundred
eighty-four teachers places, so it is not
unreasonable TO hope for representa-
ton of over one hundred and fifty from
this county. Every school board in
the county should grant teachers the
Friday on which the meeting occurs
and deduct nothing from their monthly
salary. We trust every teacher in the
county, and those hoping to teach soon
VIII plan to attend this meeting. No
pains will be spared to make this II e
best meeting yet held.-Winnesheik
County teacher.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
To the Penitentiary,

Sheriff Christen and Deputy Otto
on Thursday took to Anamosa for inn
prisonment the following from this
county: Arthur Lewis, five years;
Otto Christopherson, one year; Oscar
Thompson, five years; Frederick Sch
ultz, two and One-half years. The dill
gent and successful efforts of Sheriff
Christen and his assistants to bring to
justice the criminals of the county
have been a matter of comment and
qualification to our people. They are
to be congratulated upon their success
as they have been unusually succ ssful
in apprehendingc criminals and furnish
ing evidence for conviction.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
A Very Creditable Show.

a good sized audience witnessed
"The Hottest Coon in Dixie" at the
Grand last evening, and the general
verdict was that it was the best colored
show that ever played in DEBORAH. 1t
was clean, refined and yet spicy
entertainment throughout, and the
wonderful agility and strength of the
Carter brothers, the beautiful solos of
Miss Hawkins and Others, and the
work of the colored comedian called
forth repeated encores. The show is
worthy of any theatre.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
Another Store Room Beautified.

During the past two weeks j. II.
Mackenstadt's store building has been
in the hands of painters and decorators.
By an entire re-arranging of the interior,
removing the partition, making it
into one large room, with the working
departmental the rear, paint and paper
was also applied, and now the room is
as neat and cosy as any building in the
city. This change affords excellent
light, so that the customer may see
just what quality and color he is select
ing from the large stock offered.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06

Prof. Ivison, of the Homecoming,
Md, suffered terribly from neuralgia
of the stomach and indigestion for 10
years and after the doctors failed to
cure him they fed him on morphine.
A friend advised the use of Kodol Dy-
spepsia Cure and after taking a few
bottles of it he says, at has cured me
entirely. | can't say too much for
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1T digests
what you eat Wangler Bros.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
Ready Printed Signs.

For the convenience ofthose desiring
signs for their respective uses, we have
printed the following on heavy card
board and will retail them at ten
cents each:
House to rent
Rooms for rent
Girl wanted
For sale or rent
Board by the week
Board by day or week
This place for sale
No smoking allowed
Don't spit on the floor
No minors allowed
Closed-legal holiday
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
Teachers Excursion TO the Pan-American
Exposition.


The Passenger Department of the b.
c. r.. & n. R'y is arranging for a
teachers excursion to the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo, starting
from this point. A special train will
be provided, consisting of chair cars
and sleepers, to which will be attached
dining cars between certain points en-
route.
This excursion will be under the per-
sonal direction of Mr.. Il. o. SOule, G..
A. p. d., who will be assisted by a. l..
Steece, Il. p. A., Mr.. f.. B. Shaw, En-
cursion agent of West Union, Iowa,
Prof. l.. Hezzelwood of Iowa Falls, and
Mr.. ID. w. FANS of Independence, la.
Tours will be arranged beyond Buff
falo and full information can be secured
by addressing any of the above repre-
sentatives, or
JNo. G. FARMER, y. G.. p. Il II. A.
81 Cedar Rapids, la.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
At the Churches.

BAPTIsT-The morning subject will
be, Joy" the morning subject will be,
"Front Face"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for next
Sunday morning, "a Cup of Cold
water" and in the evening, "Mark
Twain and the Missionaries to China"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
Worn Out Flows.

Flows that need anything from a
broken bolt to broken lay or mould
board are the kinds of trouble we are
after. We have one of the best equip
ped shops in northern Iowa for pillow
work. Only skilled workmen are al
lowed to touch particular parts.
SO JOHN ONEIL,
3l2-3l4 w. Water St., DEBORAH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
Mrs. Stub Dead.

A telegram was received here Mon
day announcing the death at Christi
ania, Norway, of Mrs. H. G. Stub, a
former resident of this city. Death
was the result of an operation. The
many friends of the Rev. Stub and
family extend sympathies.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
THE LOCAL MARKETS.
Following are the DEBORAH markets at thu
time of going to press:
We Make Shirts to Order.

If you will come in we are certain to
show you the most complete up-to-
date line of domestic and imported
shirtings, ever seen here. Further,
when you deal with us, you patronize
your home merchants-you need pay
no express charges, and still better,
you save about 50 cents to 81 90 on each
shirt 10 Ben BEAR.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-03-06
Horticultural Meeting.

The Winnesheik County Horticult-
ural Society will hold its next meeting
next Saturday afternoon, commencing
at 80 o'clock, at the court house. A
large attendance is desired