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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
Packing House Items.

TdShiuS tpShSS asShios
Earl Bott, operator at Des Moines,
and formerly an employee in. the offices
of John Morrell e Co., was a visitor
at the packing house last week.
R. D. Rogers, stenographer, is on
the sick list.
James McGahey, of the hog ticket
desk, is on the sick list.
Mrs. Belle Morrison was a business
visitor in Floris Monday.
Roy Smith left Wednesday for a fly
ing trip over the Iowa territory.
Tip Randall, of South Ottumwa, was
a visitor at the scales Office Thursday.
William Stinson was on the sick list
Monday but has returned to work
again.
John Browner, who has been on the
sick list since Tuesday is improving
slowly.
DR.. H. B. knight of Fairfield, was a
business visitor at the packing house
| Monday.
DR.. F. w. Hinnitt, president Of Par
flee Tuesday.
A. A. Lewis and Holl Spilman were
witnesses before the grand jury Fri
day morning.
Milt Walling, of the local room, has
gone to Ft. Madison for few days
visit with relatives.
Mrs. John Lohring, of Riverview,
who has been very sick for the past
week, is now greatly improved.
/ IL,
passed through successful operation
at the hospital, is improving rapidly.
Mr.. Martin has returned to work af.
ter a few weeks lay off on account of
an accident in which he hurt his foot
William Parkinson, foreman of the
sausage chill room, has been off duty
since Tuesday on account OF sickness
Norman Hall has recently returned
from Cedar Rapids and accepted q pc
sition in the beef killing department
John Lloyd, of the Iowa end Hi
nois division of the A. d. T. Co., was
business visitor at the packing house
Thursday.
Earl Rhine, of the order desk, was
off duty Monday and attending re
ception given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Rhine.
George Strobel, bookkeeper, who
has been off duty for a few days suf
fering from the effects of a boil, has
returned to work.
Elmer Moffitt, who was employed a.
the East End Supply company, befor,
the fire, has accepted position will
the Grant Moffitt Co.
Chas. Muldoon, inspector of the for
eign meats, who has been on the sicl
list for the past three weeks, is great
ly improved and hopes to be able t.
be about soon.
Mr.. and Mrs A. B. Clark and famil,
of New Market, have moved to OF
tumwa and will make their futur
home in this city. Mrs. Clark is
sister of Mrs. A. B. Osler of East Mail
/ street.
, d. H. Warner, of Cedar Rapids, wa
4 visiting in the city over Sunday. MI
4 Warner is in the service of the A. [
T. Co. and was in charge of the mel
who put in the new system at tn
| packing house last summer.
Services will be held in the dinin
room Sunday evening, it being the las
Sabbath of the month. Rev. ID. A
Murray expects to illustrate his SCI
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
If the Cincinnati Enquirer speaks

If the Cincinnati Enquirer speaks
for Ohio there must be little jealousy
existing just at present as evidenced
by the following from that paper:
The gentleman who succeeds Mr..
Shaw as governor of Iowa should not
harbor even in the innermost recesses
o. his dreams the idea that he, too,
will get the treasury portfolio. Iowa
has run about to the limit. Ohio
ought to have a chance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

Floriculturists work hard in vain to
chrysanthemum. Nature is cranky on
her color schemes. and there are some
things which she will not let man do.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

We have friend who owns a ten
acre orange orchard in California. He
tells US that one year with another this
orchard pays him net dividend OF -
per cent per annum upon a valuation
of $1,000 per acre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

All women admire beautiful arms
and would like to possess them. In this
connection we may say that the arm
such as the Venus de Milo lost is best
developed over the hot suds and the
Washtub.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

1t is now claimed by scientists rep
resenting the British museum that
they have deciphered the inscription
of an ancient tablet showing that the
ark was 1885 feet long, 705 feet wide
and 25S feet high. You are not re-
CURED to believe this. 1t is only the
song of the scientists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The Youths Companion of January
1G in commenting on the gifts of rich
men to institutions of learning makes
"a wise observation in saying that
"Gifts to such institutions conditioned
on the raising of an equal amount BY
the institutions themselves are applica-
tions Of the doctrine of self and there
fore are to be commended"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The north country, belted and blan-
keted with deep SHOWS of winter, es-
capes the loss by erosion and washing
away of soil fertility which the south
country has to endure as a result of
the excessive winter rains.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The very hardest thing for some men
to do is protect themselves. When ap-
preached by some gentlemanly, smooth
talking representative of some fake or
fraud, they have not the moral cour-
age to obey their first impulse and bid
the fellow hegone in curt and bust
nesslike way, but fear to be considered
impolite, and 80 listen to the plausible
story, feeling their power to protect
themselves slipping away little by lit
tie until they succumb and fall an easy
victim to the wiles of the sharper. 1t
takes sand to say Cit" and many a
man would be hundreds Of dollars bet
ter OFF did he but have the sand to say
this inelegant but expressive word at
the proper time and place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

There never has been time when
there were so many new men--chaps
who live by their wits-interested in
the small savings of the farmers Of the
country and lying awake nights to de-
wise some plan whereby the granger
may be relieved Of such savings.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

1t will always be that the man who
has a herd Of healthy hogs when all
his neighbors are losing theirs with the
cholera will enjoy a carnal satisfaction
which would be denied him if his
neighbors were as favored as he.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

Nearly 9oOOO,OOO pounds of butter
were shipped out of the state of Iowa
during the year 1901, which would sell
for at least is per cent of that
amount, or about $16,OOOOOO in cash
to the producer. OF this amount Wa
spello county yielded over 100000
mounds
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
There is Just one reason and one only

There is just one reason and one only
which fully explains the difference in
prices of farm lands in the old settled
eastern states and the farm lands ly
ing in the Mississippi valley, and
that is soil fertility. While the scien-
fist may the average farmer cannot
probably operate depleted soils with
fertilizers, and soh it comes that the
impoverished acres are being neglect
ed for the richer and more productive
soils of the valley.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The Champion and Bokara peaches
have been grown successfully the past
year at least 100 miles north of what
was supposed to be the limit Of peach
culture, while large areas in Kansas
and Nebraska are proving to be first
class peach growing territory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

We were at country home not long
since, and just as soon as the evening
meal was finished grandpa, an old
man of eighty-two, Immediately pro-
ceeded to clear up the table, gathering
all the dishes up and removing them
to the kitchen, then sweeping up the
crumbs from table and floor as nicely
and neatly as any woman could have
done the work. Asking why he did
this, we were told that for many years
he had cared for an invalid wife and
had become very handy and capable
in the doing of housework, and now in
his last days the habit chung to him,
and he was permitted to do this sort Of
work to please him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
SCHEMES AND sCHEMERs.

If the farmers generally are in re-
ceipt Of as many glittering prospectus
es describing the great fortunes to be
made in oil wells and mines as we are,
it will be a wonder IL some of them do
not fall from grace and swap their
bank accounts for finely engraved stock
certificates in these wildcat enterprises.
Just let them all alone. These stran-
gers are playing you for sucker. You
have got your hard earned money
where it is safe. Bite at these schemes,
and it will be as completely gone as
though you had stuck it into the stove
and burned it up.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The Poland-China hog has not only
been a mortgage extinguishers but a
lusty builder of bank accounts for the
men who raise him these late years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

You shd uld know that Foley's Hon
ey and Tar is absolutely the best for
all diseas,ss of the throat and lungs.
Dealers are authorized to guarantee It
to give satisfaction. Sold by all drug
gists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

One weather prophet now comes for
ward and AYERS that because the wasps
have hung their paper nests low down
on the tree it will be mild winter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
Ottumwa Teler daone Company
Buys $4,000 Switch Board.
OTHER IMpROvGME tNTS TO Be MADE
Company Will EXP end $4,000 Here
Early in the spl ing-AIso Placed
An Order for a Newly Patented
Telephone.
[From Saturdays Daily.

VS. Dai uy.J
close 4 in this city yes
by O. fumwa will soon
the Fl pest equipped tele-
in thtt state Of Iowa. The
company purchas-
Itch b bard, and Office fix
new li1lilding now under
ection on West Second
lrd to cost $4,000, in ad-
5, the contract calls for
amt , uniting to $4,000
a total cost for the board
ures a lone of $4,000. DR..
e resi- aent director Of the
ounce Il also that besides
any " hould expend in ad-
$1,000 more in fixing up
the city, putting them
condi tion, so that when
was Installed in it's new
,uld h ave one of the fin
system hs in the state.
jim w hrk at Once.
con tract was closed
omber tg-Carlson company
md it was instructed to
the new switch board
he cor tract calls for the
t Of 1.-The new equipment
not litter than April Is.
I'd an ii Office equipments
to bts built by the COM
will t:ake until that time
be completed.
acity of 5000.
witch board is one Of the
and will contain every
known to science. 1t is
at tbiis board will be the
he kind in Iowa, and will
,ne ia have all OF the lat
S. II will be built to ac-
1000 telephones, and the
expects that this
an accommodate Ottunn-
u years to come.
\ NesM Phone.
ny also contracted for a
ted Office and residence
itch will be installed as
cts into its new Office.
IT require a ring in order
ce ntral Office, and all the
as to do is to take down
when that signals the
!. When he hangs up hill
alsp signals central thaS
err is through talking, and
then disconnected.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
THE CANNING FACTORY sw1SDLE.

THE CANNING FACTORY SW1NDLE.
There is another hole into which you
can drop your wad mighty easy, and
that is these gold plated schemes pro-
NOTED by men who seek to establish
canning and picking factories at every
crossroads. They spin smoother yarn
than the devil did to Eve. While I'M
der proper conditions and when engi-
neered by reliable home men the es-
tablishment Of canning factory in
community may be made of great ben
eft, it is very easy to put them where
from the very nature Of things they
can never be a success, just as it was
and is now with the establishment Of
creameres in those localities where
the farmers were all hog, horse and
beef and not COW. Creameries must
have milk, and canning factories must
have raw material to work with and q
market for their product. the latter
being often the most important thing
Of all There should be a whole lot Of
elaboration and care before biting at
these canning schemes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

You will probably find it easier to
fool some grown man than that ten
year-old kid of yours when you do
something mean.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
CIRCULATION.

n The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation OF all
other Ottumwa papers combined.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

We know of farmer who recently
paid $40 for stack Of wheat straw
containing not over ten or twelve loads,
and very few years ago this man
always had match lit to fire the straw
produced on his farm just as soon as
the separator was hauled away from
the field.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The state board of health may ask
the legislature for addi' 'onal author
ity in coring with contagious dis
eases.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

1t takes not less than twelve years
to produce a serviceable red cedar post
from the time of planting the tree.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

More care should be used in the mat
ter Of giving the hogs a change of food.
Many of the losses in the herds are
caused by using no sense in changing
rations. Especially is this true when
the pigs are taken from the grass and
first fed corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

A 47-aclne tract Of land adjoining
Mapleton, has just sold for $500 cash
or little over $121 per acre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
Founded 9Th August, 1649.

Published sen-weclsly OIL Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Office: liz South Market Street.
Telephone editorial or business Office No a.
Address the Courier Printing Co., ottumwa, Ia
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The commission men of Minneapolis
met with a committee of the Minneso-
ia State Horticultural society during
it's last meeting to discuss the matter
Of fruit packages. 1t developed during
the interview that there never had yet
been enough Wealthy apples grown to
begin to supply the demand when they
were packed in neat boxes holding less
than a. bushels each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

Kings are costly and cruel luxuries.
At the coming coronation banquet of
the king of England no less than a
thousand skylarks are to be sacrificed
to make lark pie for his majesty. No
wonder the skylark scars as near heav-
en- as it can for the chance to sing it's
sweet notes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The Murphy seems to be at home in
Alaska, $4,000 bushels having been
raised in that far north territory the
past season by just two men. They
were good ones, too, for the farther
north a potato can be grown the bet
ter will be it's quality.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

Work for Ottumwa; preach the doc
trine that it is the best town in the
-statesand the state the best there is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

A friend of ours who has been and
is still an extensive raiser Of hogs tells
us that the average price which he has
received for the past five years for his
hogs has been $4.20 per hundredweight.
This makes an average price of 40
cents per bushel for all the corn fed
these hogs. e2Ia H
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The doing Of the farm chores should
not be piled on to the top of a hard
days work in the case of the hired
man. Ten hours work in the field and
then ten cows to milk is calculated to
take the feather edge off the youth
who aspires to d knowledge Of practi-
cal agriculture.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

Only the very hardest in man. vege-
table and animal can survive in these
intercontinental ATTITUDES where the
mercury has range of 1GO degrees.
The small, underfed rice eater of a
Filipino If planted down in central
Minnesota and clad in fur coat and
sent to the timber after load Of wood
when the mercury was 10 degrees be-
low would only make about one trip
before he would turn up his toes and
migrate to the heather heaven.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
THE FORTY ACRE FARM.

We are asked how forty acre farm
located near a good town can be oper-
ated so as to secure the best returns.
cial and manufacturing center enjoys
some rare advantages. One important
thing is that large supply of valuable
fertilizers are available at cheap rates
street sweepings, the products of the
many town barns and livery stables
and stockyards Of the railway compa-
MES. This enables one to grow crops
which pull heavily on the soil without
damage to the farm. In many places
no better use could be made Of such a
farm than to devote it exclusively to
furnishing a milk and cream supply
for such city and the keeping Of as
many hens as possible, for pure milk
and fresh eggs are always most salable
commodities and very profitable to the
producer The land might also be used
to advantage as a vegetable garden
the growing of early potatoes, cabbage,
tomatoes, celery and asparagus-while
strawberries, raspberries and other
small fruits could be made to pay we'll
To make money we had rather have a
forty acre farm contiguous to the GER
tain market of good city than Ice
acre farm way out in the country de
voted to the growing Of such staples as
cotton, wheat, corn, hogs and cattle
The successful operation Of such 6
farm demands the best type Of inten
sive agriculture-twe crops from thu
land in year-and studied effort tt
produce the best in quality.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

The most benignant climate Of this
country is to be found in those parts of
the Pacific slope where normal climatic
conditions are modified and tempered
by the influence of the Japan current,
country where all that is best in
grain, fruit or flower attains its high
est degree of perfection.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28

We have a friend who always keeps
his seed corn in the field over winter
letting it remain in the husk until
spring, when he gathers it. He tells
us that corn so kept never fails to ger
inmate. Such seed corn is pretty well
cared for when one looks at it. 1t
ripens and becomes thoroughly dried,
and the husk affords an almost perfect
protection. Anyhow. be this way right
or wrong, it is natures way and she
does not often err.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily Courier, 1 year, by mail. .$4.On
Sen,i-Weekly Courier, year -. i.5o
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
Western Packing.

There has been slight decrease in
the marketing of hogs throughout the
country. The total western packing
is $4,000 compared with 565,00o the
proceeding week and 100000 last year.
Since November / the total is 1885,
900 against $685., 900 year ago. Prom
inent places compase as follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-28
Local Movement Of Hogs 8Uh
stantially Increased.
1850 PACKED HERE DURING WEEK
John MorrelI G. Co. Do Not Experience
Scarcity in Market as Other Places
Western Packing Since November
I, 7,4s5, o0o-other Statistics.
IErom SATURDAYS Dailx.l

There has been a substantial in
crease in the local marketing of hogs
during the past week. There has
been very little change in the prices
paid in the local markets. During
one day there was jump from $6.10
to $500 but this has dropped again,
and the price paid today is $6.10, the
same as one week ago. Instead of a
scarcity of hogs that has been pre-
dicted by some dealers throughout the
country, the local market has made a
considerable gain in the number of
hogs handled During the past week
John Morell & Co. have packed 81, 900
hogs as against 11,700 last week and
1880 the week previous, gain Of
$500 over last week.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-11-10

Diplomat ais Qebeng@
retter. Dem 9otidaftsratb BEL Der
6iterreidii1zungarifden 8otidaft in
Berlin, Grofen 9burn : 8alio{fina,
ipurbe lebtbin BON &oifer Milbelm
e~igenbGnbig bic Nettungsmebai1e Iber@
retht. Mls 9raf Sburn Dor einisen
Monaten bon einem Spaaierrttt 5uz
riidfebrte, bemerfte er auf Der Qiehten=
feinbriide in Berlin cine Meni1en-
anfammluns. Nuf fein 9efrdgen err
fubr Ct, bab eben Elm Mann, offenbar
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mbfidt, in ben
Ronai seiprungen fei. Sn biefem
Mugenblid taudte urten Der Mann aus
benz WaFer auf unb rief UNI 9ilfe.
grof 9burn fprang a~usenblidli4.
obne feinen Reitanaug ~abaulesen, in
ben 4anal, unb ss selans ibm, BEN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nod lsbenb ans
rfer au brinssn. 9israuf ent5og ct fid
rofh ben Iebbaften Snmpatbiefunb<
gebunsen Der 3ufdauer unb rift bapon,
obne feinen Wamen gu nennen. Die
poli3ei iteIte aber Na1forf9uneen
mad benz Better an. unb ols fie bieIen
IN Der perion bes 9rafen Sburn err
mittelt battle, beuntraste ie obne befen
Mtfen bic @erleibune Der Rsttungs<
mebaiIIe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-11-10

Seine Dual fomnt Der ourb &beu=
niati8mus peruriadten gleitb. Ourh
ben @ebrau1 pDn elmer & 9lmenbs
Necett Wp. 1851 miro ipfort 2ins
oerung geidaffen. 6. s. S6miot,
OOuitOn, geraS, gaert.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-11-10

Mus Wanila miro beridtet,
oaB eS gelungen lit, Der 8duber
babbaft 81 tueroen, melhe ben Shul=
iuperintenoen montgomery ermoroet
bqtten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1902-11-10

Die b0dte Stsrb1i9@
feitS3iffer bon alien 2dnbern
ber grbe bat Guatemala. Sic bstrdgt
burhfhnittlid Al auf 1000 ginpob@
ntr i'm Sabre. Jn Neuieelanb iterben
basegen Don 1000 perionen idbrlid
II
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-02-15
UNIONS AID PROGRESS.
Charges Replied to by the British
Federation.

charges Replied to by the British
Federation.
LONDON, Dec 23.-The management
committee of the General Federation of
Trades Unions has issued reply to
the charges that the trades l,ns
stand in the way of British material
and Industrial progress and prevent
England from keeping up the compe-
tition of trade and industry.
The committee admits that trades
unions are opposed to forcing employees
to work harder than they ought, with
due regard for their health, and that
the unions will not permit heartless
employers to get the life blood out of
the workers by driving them to over
exertion.
The committee asserts that where or
ganized labor has had control the con-
d1tions of the workingmen have
greatly improved with resulting ben
eft to the community, and an in
creased demand for everything that ad-
ministers to the general comfort and
welfare. On the other hand, agricul~
ture, which is not Protected by trades
uniOnism, is in a wretched condition.
The charge that trades unions DIE OPP
posed to improved labor saving ma
chinery is denied. On the contrSfy the
unions favor all genuine Improvements.
Chicago American.