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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
QUEER DEFECT in STATUTE.
Building and Loan Laws Apply to Cor
porations Only.

POTdtiOnS Only
Des Moines, Sept. 20-A strange ov-
ersight in the laws relating to build
ing and loan associations has come to
light at the state house. 1t was dis
covered that an individual or a part
nership can transact a building and
loan business in Iowa without being
obliged to comply with the building
and loan laws. The statutes on this
subject apply solely to corporations
The discovery was made in dispos-
ing of the question whether the Home
Cooperative company of Kansas City,
Mo-, could transact building and loan
business in Iowa Not long ago, il
came to the knowledge of Auditor
Merriam that the company was dis
tributing literature and preparing to
transact business in Iowa that was to
all intent and purposes building and
loan business. AS the concern had
not complied with the building and
loan laws he wrote E. D. Beardsley,the
local manager, that this could not be
permitted unless there was compliance
with the requirements of the code re.
specting building and loan corpora.
tions.
The defense of the local manager
and of the company was that the
Home Cooperative company was a
partnership and not corporation. and
hence did not come under the building
and loan statutes. The matter was
referred to Attorney General Mullan
He has rendered an opinion that no
law exists to prevent the partnership
from transacting building and loan
business if it sees fit to do so. Cor.
Eorations only are referred to in the
laws relating to building and loan as
sociations.
Section 1890 of the code, which de-
fines building and loan associations,
says: Corporations organized for the
purpose of furnishing money to their
members upon sufficient security shall
be known as building and loan asso-
Citations" The language of the rest of
the section, which defines the different
kinds of associations at length, refers
entirely to corporations.
The attention of the legislature will
be called to this evident oversight,
which leaves wide loophole for the
introduction of building and loan
methods Attorney General Mullan
said yesterday he hoped when the leg.
islature met to have the law so COM
pletely safeguarded that it would be
impossible for either an individual or
a partnership to transact building and
loan business, save under the regula-
lions imposed on Incorporated building
and loan organizations.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
PROGRAM FOR p. E. o's.
Order of Business for the Fifteenth
Convention at Des Moines.

Des Moines, Sept. 20.-Programs for
the fifteenth convention of the supreme
grand chapter of the P. E. O. sister
hood to be held in Des Moines Octo-
Der s, 8, 10 and IL, have been issued.
of P. hall, East Fifth and Locust
streets.
Tuesday, October, s, at 2::30 o'clock,
the executive board will hold a meet
ing. At s o'clock in the evening, an
informal reception will be held at the
convention hall.
Mrs. M. B. Scott, of Memphis, Mo-,
first vice-president of the supreme
grand chapter, will be present We'd
nesday and will appear before the
convention. The welcoming address
will be given on that day by Mrs Flor
ence Carpenter, president of Chapter
", and the response will be given by
Mrs. Lillian P. Parmelee of Platts-
mouth, Neb., recording secretary S.
g. G. After period devoted to the
transaction of business, two minute
speeches will be given by past presi-
dents of S. G. G. and by past state
president. Chapter @ will entertain
the guests at a drive and tea after the
afternoon program.
The program for Thursday morning
consists of reports of committees
principally. Those who will appear
are Mrs. Emma Cadwallader Hyatt,
of Des Moines, corresponding secre-
tary of S. G. c., and Mrs. A. R. Dew
ey, of Washington, Iowa, chairman of
P. E. o. society. In the afternoon Miss
Minnie Rozelle, of Chapter V, will
give memorial address, followed by
paper, Social Economics" by Mrs.
Emma R. Pratt, st. Louis, Mo-, treas
urer of S. G. C. A paper on Clubs
will he read by Mrs. Siddie P. Rich
ards, of Waterloo, recording secre-
tary of |. G.. G. In the evening Chap
ter v will entertain the convention.
Mrs. Laura L. Allen, Superior, Neb..
second vice-president of S. G. c., will
take part in the program of Friday,
after which officers will be elected
and other business of Importance be
transacted.
Des Moines P. E. O's are making
preparations to entertain large mum.
Der of delegates and other guests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

Ecs Mc;nes. Sept. 23.-"I recli"s
Gwfalncss OF The crime which I ,ff@
committed" said Otis Green, the " a
who killed his wife on the streets
that city and then shot himself de-
stroying his eyesight, in his ward at
Mercy hospital. when man does a
deed such as l have done there is but
one thing to do, and that is accept the
consequences. l mean to grin and
lear it," AS the hospital patient spoke
thus he frightened his lips and clench-
ed his fists. Though l am blind the
sight of the gallows are constantly
before me- said Greene. 81 counted
the price before committed this deed.
Now l want to get well although l
know that l must suffer at the hands
of the law for my crime"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
DO THIS FOR THE BOY.

If your son would like to go, there IL
probably no. better thing you could do
for him the coming winter than to give
him layoff from teamwork and send
him to one of the many excellent agri-
cultural schools of the country. Never
mind If he is a bit raw and green and
backward with his studies;, course or
two at such a school will open the
boys eyes, create new ambitions for
him and make him worth twice as
much to you next summer on the farm.
As an investment for yourself, let
alone being one for the boy. it will pay
big interest. While the farm is the best
place on earth to raise a strong,
healthy, honest boy up to fourteen
years of age, he then should have a
chance to see something of the old
world and get his own measure.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
CORN CROP STILL SAFE.
Only Ten Per Cent Liable to injury
From Cold.

From Cold.
Des Moines, Sept. 20.-"Even with
the .rosts we have had, believe that
the corn crop of Iowa is safe, and that
not to exceed ten per cent of the en-
tire corn crop of the state is in such
condition that this cold weather can
affect it,
Director Sage, of the Iowa weather
and crop service, continues to be op-
timistic, and is as hopeful for the corn
now that the weather is cold as he was
a month of two ago when the heat
was the great bugaboo and burned
out corn crop was feared. Now it is a
froZen-out corn crop that is worrying
some people.
Continuing mis- discussion of the crop
condition and the effect of the present
dip in the temperature, Director Sage
said:
'The rains of the past week We're
rather hard on the growing things of
Iowa; for we had more than an aver
age rainfall, more than normal one.
The average throughout the state for
the past eight days has been about
two inches; Of course, in some parts
more than that, and in some less. The
heavy rainfall has retarded the harvest
work considerable and has put the
corn gathering back until now the cold
snap finds the harvesting little later
that it would have been otherwise.
Some of our reporters over the
state send in word that 80 per cent
of the corn is in condition where
frosts and cold weather will hurt it;
but | believe on an average for the
state 10 per cent is nearer the esti-
mate. We expect frosts tonight, but
the corn is in good condition to
meet it. Some reporters say with
cold weather for the next week or be-
fore the first of the month the crop
must suffer greatly. but I'm hopeful
that 10 per cent will cover all that is
in any danger,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
ANSWER TO osTEoPATHs.
Milton Remley Attacks Constitutions
ality of Law.

Des Moines, Sept. 23.-Milton Rem
ley, ex-attorney general has filed in
the district court the answer of the
state board of medical examiners in
the certiorari proceedings brought
against the board by l.. c. Parsons, a
graduate of the Still college of Oste-
opathy of this city, in an endeavor to
force the board to recognize diploma
of osteopathy issued by the Still col
lege and permit the graduate to prac'
tice.
Mr.. Remley bases his chief claim in
defense of the suit on the contention
that chapter SO of the acts of the 9th
eneral assembly, in which Mr.. Par
Ions bases his hopes by reason of the
exceptions made from the general rule
spply to terms and courses of study
Tor medical colleges, is unconstitution-
II and void, because it is indefinite and
uncertain.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
SHERIFF. is INDICTED
ApPanoose County Officials Must Fight
Charge.

Centerville, Sept. 23.-(SpeciaD-
Sheriff G. E. Climmie, Justice Robert
Henderson and Constable A. R. Smith
We're indicted by the Appanoose coun-
ty grand jury Saturday afternoon on
the charge of conspiring together to
defraud the county The grand jury
VIII be In session again Friday, when
indictments against other peace off
GERS are looked for Climmie was also
indicted on the charge of perjury the
specific charge being that he falsified
his returns to the board of supervis-
ors.i
1t is charged that Sheriff Climmie,
in conjunction with his co-defendants,
at divers times arrested tramps under
the vagrancy law. The justice, it is
claimed, would sentence them to a
term in jail 1t is alleged the sheriff
would turn them out the next day or
soon thereafter, procure another war
rant and arrest them again. This pol
icy, it is alleged, has been pursued for
some time, during which it cost the
county much money.
Finally the Centerville Business
Mems club took cognizance of the
matter, hired detectives and started
to probe the matter to the bottom
The detectives were disguised as
tramps. They submitted to arrest and
it is alleged the scheme as above out.
lined was practiced in their cases.
The matter was brought to the atten-
ton of the grand jury, the evidence
of the detectives taken and the indict-
ment of the officers above named pro.
cured. The matter has created sensa-
ton in this city, although it was not
altogether unexpected,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
Report of Census Bureau Shows the
Number of Factories in the State.

Report of Census Bureau Shows the
Number of Factories in the State.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 23.-The
airy report on the manufacturing in
per cent of increase since 1890, fol-
low
establishments, 14,S19; per cent of
increase, SO; capital, STOP, 733,767; per
cent of increase, SO; wage earners,
average number, $3.50; per cent of
increase, Is; total wages, s23,931, 900;
Fer cent of increase, II; miscellane-
Gus expences, $7,98S,767; per cent of
increase, 80; cost of materials used,
$101,170,357; per cent of increase, 2S;
value of products, including custom
work and repairing, $164,617,877; per
cent of increase, 80.
The number of manufacturing es-
Establishments, capital, and value of pro-
ducts for cities separately reported
upon follow:
Burlington $40 establishments;
capital, s5,235,624; value of products,
$5,334,196
Cedar Rapids. establishments, PAL;
capital, S6,256,624; value of products,
$12,715,S97.
Clinton, establishments 224; capital,
$4,537 200; products, $6,939,473.
Council Bluffs, establishments, 1913;
capital, $1,176,40S; products, $780,
$50.
Davenport, establishments, 416; cap
ital, $10774,707; products. s11,573, $40
Des Moines, establishments, 494;
capital, $7,911,764; products, s1O,4SS,-
1S9.
Dubuque, establishments, 400; cap.
ital, SS,117,S5S; products, $10952, 204.
Sioux City, establishments, 329; cap
ital, 1881 ,644; products, $15,469,7O2.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
CONVICTED OF MANsLAUeHTER
Jack SIavin, Once Under Arrest at
CenterviIle, Heard From.

Centerville, Sept. 23.-John Slaven,
or Jack Schlaven, who about year
ago was fonund at Jerome with a bull
let wound in his mouth, and who was
thought for time to be man wanted
in Chicago for murder, has been con-
victed of manslaughter at Perry, hav-
ing been tried on the charge of the
murder of young man known as
Doc" Dougherty. 1t is known that
this is the same man who was here
for he has written letters to acquaint-
ances in this city since being held on
the charge of murder
The killing of Dougherty took place
in May. 1900, as the result of drunk
en- carousal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
THE LINK MORROW CASE.
ottumwa Attorney Employed to Look
Up Evidence.

Douds, Sept. 21.-Great interest is
still manifested by the people of Douds
and vicinity in what is called the Nor
row case-the death of the little ten
year-old girl as the result of Grim
inal assault perpetrated perhaps two
weeks previously.
Work Esq. of Ottumwa, to aid in
the prosecution of the guilty party.
Mr.. Work was at Douds one day this
week and learned what he could about
the case. He also met the county at
torney there. We understand there
was substantial agreement between
him and the county attorney as to the
proper legal course to be taken
Another affidavit has been procured,
attested by witnesses in which the af-
fiant confesses the crime which is sup
posed to have caused the girls death.
The fellow is, or was, an attache of a
strolling show company. His name is
ShoWalter, and he is about Is years
old.
The girl was left with the show out
lit While the Morrows We're hauling
the show baggage to the next town.
The wretch claims there was no as.
sault; but that would make no differ
ence as the victim was under the age
OF consent. Under the laws of Kansas
he is liable to Imprisonment for thirty
years. After making his confession he
was arrested and is now under bond.
The question of jurisdiction is to be
considered. 1t is not yet decided
whether the prosecution must be in
Brown county, Kansas, where the
crime was committed, or here where
the death occurred
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
MILK INsPEcToR's REPORT.
Relative Condition of Milk Sold by OF.
tun1Wa Dealers.

Milk Inspector e. B. Hill has made
his monthly report to the state dairy
inspectors, relative to the condition of
milk sold in Otumwa. The figures IN
his repor' indicate the amount of but
ter fat found in specimens of the milk
sold by the various dealers mentioned
in the report. Thus "4.5" means that
in 100 pounds of the milk there are as
pounds of butter fat. and so on. For
most of the dealers there are three sets
of figures, indicating three examina-
tons during the month of September.
The report fOlloWS
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
LEG LuT oEF.
Young Man Near corydon Manaled by
Knives of Corn Sled.

Corydon. Sept. oo.-(SpeciaD- Yes
to-day afternoon, James Washer, a
young man about 10 years of age, liv-
ing about nine miles southwest of
here, had his left leg cut off by a
corn sled. The accident was caused
by one of the runners dropping into
a hole throwing the young man in
front of the knives and before the
horse could be stopped the leg was al
most severed. Young Washer was a
stranger in this section, having recent
ly come from Illinois. He is being
well cared for and will recover.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
UNPATRIoTic IOWA DEMOCRAT
Refused to Allow Schools to Close il
Honor of Mckinley.

Dixie Sept. 21.-On request of May.
of Bagley, who issued a proclamation
and request to all business houses to
close in memory of Mckinley, the
members of the school board asked the
teachers to close the public schools
for the day. c. d. Vaught, democratic
president of the board, nullified the
request and ordered the school to re-
main in session. 1t is the first case Of
the kind since McKinley's death.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
SAVING $500 nEFoRn MARRYING.

SAVING $500 BEFORE MARRYING.
A lady friend in Nebraska takes ex-
ception to statement made in these
notes some time ago to the effect that
young man should not marry until be
had earned and saved up the sum of
$500, she claiming that many young
people get married on much less money
and do well. This may be true, but it
in no way affects the general truth of
the statement made. tits like this: IL a
young man, say, twenty-four, with good
health and average intelligence, has
rot developed such habits of industry
and thrift as to enable him to save up
$500 or its equivalent in property, he
has not taken hold of life In sutfi-
GENTLY serious and practical manner
so that he is justified in asking any
girl to marry him. 1t is not so much
the money itself as it is the formation
of Industrious, economical and thrifty
habits which are SO necessary to his
future success. If a young man up to
twenty-four has spent upon himself ey-
cry dollar he has earned, he will not take
kindly to the self denial imposed upon
him in the care Of wife and family.
Poverty may have Its compensations,
but it is certain that new married folk
never realize them. Love, moonlight.
poetry, are ethereal accessories of
courtship, but can never take the place
Of plain beefsteak, potatoes and bread
and butter Indispensable to the mar
ried state. 1t will be mighty good
thing when the average American girl
will weave into her life romance the
thought Of the practical question of
whether the man she loves is able to
decently and reasonably provide for
her. A young man may be good in q
sense and still not be worth shucks
when it comes to caring for wife and
family-be lazy, shiftless or so gen.
orally incompetent and behindhand
that he drifts inevitably into the army
Of commonplace poverty, existing, but
not living. Woman can smooth man
down after she marries him, but 1t Is
very hard for her to put any get up
and dust into a lazy, shiftless, ornery
fellow. Better that you girls set your
caps for the Woodworking, practical
fellow who puts his money in the bank
instead Of blowing it in on cigars, red
neckties and livery hire. Then the
chances are that you have barouche
to ride In when you are forty and we'll
appointed American home to preside
over instead of having to take in wash
ing to get your girl new spring, hat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

A few days since we noted tele-
phone wire which stretched across n
river which was loaded from one end
to the other with swallows assembling
for their summer migration. 1t seemed
to be regular roundup. Every little
while they would take fight and de-
scribe an extended circle high up. as
though getting their bearings, and at
last, when all the truants had been
gathered in, at signal from their lead
er, away they went to the south, and
the last swallow disappeared until the
spring days come again. :. sx.a !. !.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
RoosEvELTs IN IOWA.
Two First Cousins of President Live
at AckIeV.

Ackley. Sept. 23.-Two first cousins
Of President Theodore Roosevelt re-
side in this city. Their names are Van
Worst Roosevelt and Theodore T..
Roosevelt. They are associated in bus
mess together and are the proprietors
of the Knickerbocker rolling mills, and
are also dealers in COAL They own
and operate Touring mills in this city
and in Belmond.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
IOWA EARLY LAW MAKERS.
Executive Committee Will Meet Tues.
day for 1902 Meeting.

Des Moines Sept. 23.-There will be
meeting of the executive committee
of the Pioneer Law Makers association
at the Art Gallery in the historical
building on Tuesday, September "a,
at o'clock p. M, for the purpose Of
determining the date Of holding the
eighth biennial session. All resident
members are cordially requested to
meet with the committee. Isaac Brandt
Is chairman of the committee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

Once in awhile We come across some
road supervisor who does his work so
faithfully and well that his constitu-
ents concede him the office as long as
he lives
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
c., r. !. & p. READY TO BUILD.
Active Work on cut-off Will BE
Pushed.

Centerville, Sept. 23.-The Rock Is-
land management. 1t is said, is making
arrangements to commence work at
once on the Eldon cutoff" from Tren-
ton, Mo-, to Eldon, Ia, which will give
that road a line thirty miles shorter
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

With frostless September we shall
have fine results from our fall garden.
Planted July 80, we had plenty Of
radishes in twenty days; in thirty days
the string beans were in bloom, and in
thirty-five days an early variety of
sweet corn was almost ready to tassel
out
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
POLICE FIND A cLEw.
Take Suspicious Letter From an An.
archist at Des Moines.

Dese Moines, Sept. 20.-On the per-
son OF wounded prisoner, an Anarch.
list, the police have found a letter
mailed from Los Angeles two weeks
pefore the shooting or President Nc
klnley that promises to furnish a clew
to a conspiracy.
The letter contains two printed cir
culars, strange mixture of letters
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

get in his necktie as memento of the
visit. The Phillips brothers made
fortune in the Mondike country, and
i are. going home to surprise the ma
itives at their old home in Iowa."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

1t is au fait now in select social cir
cbles to refer to q charming girl as q
potato and not as peach.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

A state supreme court recently gave
the opinion that country justice Of
the peace did not have to know very
much about law. This was well stated,
for mighty few of them do.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

The onion is never quite so attrac-
tive to us as when we get a sniff of an
onion stew in some neighbours house as
we so home to dinner, for as mean
root as is the onion it has good many
fascinating ways with it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

A Texas steer weighing 1900 pounds
sold on the Chicago market recently
Tor S132, or cents n pound.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

The average cost to n farmer to Sc
cure a telephone line and outfit is
about $50, and the charge for main
tenance is a mere nothing. When so
useful and practical a thing can be OBJ
tained at SO small a cost, no live, wide
awake farmer should be without one.
The telephone will pay for itself every
year, besides keeping the women folks
from having the blues.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26
AN OLD FOOL.

Here is the story of an old agricul-,
tural fool. His wife died, like enough
oyerworked. when he was sixty. He,
advertised for new wife and got one
from the Denver region. He paid her
$4,000 the day he married her. He,
managed to live with her four months
and then one morning when the chores
were done went out back of the barn.
and put bullet through his head. The.
Jezebel then trots into the probate
court and has one-third of the old
mans estate set off to her. Strange, but
just the way Of the world! !
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

Sheboygan county, Wis, maintains
105 cheese factories and but one cream
cry, and this is preparing to make
cheese instead Of butter. 1t would seem
as though the calf would have pretty
hard road to travel in that county.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

We noted lately the case of cream
cry which cost the stockholders $4,000
but short time ago being closed out
Mt sheriff's sale and bringing only $425.
Creameries depreciate in value pretty
rapidly when they are not used.