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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-04-18
Dress Goods,

There is a serene consciousness in being we'll dressed. Peo-
pie who wear good clothes are looked up to-so dress we'll. You
can dress especially we'll from this black dress goods stock of
ours and at a very moderate cost. For tailored suits and sep
arate skirts we are showing new and handsome showings in
.diagonals, Venetians, Cheviots, Examines, Poplns, Meltons and
tucked novelties. Prices range from SOC to $500 per yard.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-04-18
COrsets.

We have said it time and again
that you cannot afford to wear an
ill-ftting corset. Your health as
we'll as your form and beauty de-
ponds upon wearing a corset that
fits you perfectly. We make a
specially of carrying the leading
brands of corsets made in the
United States, and our saleslady
makes a specially of fitting you
correctly. The best corsets that
the world produces are for sale
sale here. The brands we carry
are:
The Royal Worcester Corset
II different shapes. You are al
ways sure to find the corset that
fits you just right. We carry all
styles and when you get a Royal
Worcester you know you get the
very best.
French Flexibone, Coronet cor
sets, Flexibone Moulded, jackson
corset waists, etc., give you a var
iety to select from not found in
any other store in Devils Lake.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-04-18

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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-04-18
Dress Innings.

No dress, no matter how good
the cloth nor how pretty the col
ors, nor how beautiful the design,
will fit or wear we'll if the Innings
are poor. All the fancy creations
in beautiful Innings are now being
shown at this counter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-04-18
Devils Lake will be prepared to go
some when the time comes.

See Koch Bros, for painting,
fine decorating or calsomining.
They are experts at the business.
Reasonable prices. 4-6
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-04-18

We feel that w cannotm make ANY arpmen to- stpng, nor state acts to xpiiteyfo the b
for the benefit of your table and health. We lever Keep Up our policy Of aboanga
Nothing but u foods will ever b. sold over these counters and prices willie waysbe wthn ue
week: 1 crl load nice clean salt of all kinds l carload ground feed corn and oats we h
and field seeds. See for price on nht seed. We pay Itcp dozen tre gs,a and y
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
APPLES ON cRAn TRUyKs.

Here is nut for the apple man to
crack: Two apple trees, one located
near Dubuque and the other on the
prairie in north central Iowa. are hale
and hearty and bearing good crops of
fruit at thirty-two years of age. There
is nothing very remarkable about this,
but when we say that both these trees
are Seek No Farther apples, top graft
ed on the stock of Siberian crab, the
Seek No Farther being an apple which
it is utterly impossible to raise upon a
root graft in the territory named, it be-
comes a fact of much interest for all
fruitmen. These trees, surviving the
climatic changes and shocks of thirty
two years and bearing abundant crops
of one of the best apples in the world
on their little Russian trunks, is an OBJ
ject lesson which should be needed by
all those who are interested in growing
fine apples. We also know Of iona
than apples SO top worked which are
bearing fine crops Of splendid fruit in
southern Minnesota, territory in
which the Jonathan apple is no more
at home than is our colored brother.
Facts like the foregoing should be
needed and acted upon by our fruit
men,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
PROFITS OF COTTONWOOD TIMBER

At late meeting of the Southwest
ern Horticultural Society of Iowa a
gentleman of good reputation made the
following statement with reference to
the profits Of timber culture on the
western prairies: Twenty years ago
he planted a row of cottonwood slips
four feet apart half mile along the
highway fronting his farm. The trees
grew tall and thrifty, and as they at
tanned large size drew upon his farm
field adjoining for width of three
rods, occupying thus about three acres
of land. Last fall and winter all but
100 of the trees were cut, and from
them We're made $4,000 feet, board
measure, Of serviceable lumber and $50
cords of wood. The lumber sold for
SIS per thousand and the wood was
worth 1925 per cord, or cash value
for the timber grown on these three
acres of $1,O42, or $347.50 per acre, or
an annual income of $17.37 per acre
for each Of the twenty years. 1t should
be stated in this connection that these
trees grew upon the loess soil of the
Missouri slope, soil wherein the cot
tonwood tree finds its most perfect de-
velopment, and we do not believe the
above record could be duplicated upon
the average prairie soils of the west.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
LIVE STOCK AucrroNEEns.

We are asked what sort of tcompen-
sation is received by the live stock
auctioneers-not the little fellows who
cry the common farm sale, but those
who sell the blue blooded Shorthorns,
Doddies and Herefords at fancy prices.
Inquiry develops the information that
the best of these auctioneers receive
from 800 to $3.50 per day for their
services and sometimes more when
they sell on commission and strike a
good lot of stock and buying crowd.
10 be able to command these prices
for their services, however, they must
be a walking encyclopedia of the pedi-
grees of the best stock in the country
and possess, what is not common
trait, the ability to in some degree hyp-
notice men and make them buy and
pay prices which If let alone they
would not do. Not many men are nat
urally fitted for this business, for a
man should have u reversible con-
science and Il tongue hung on ball bear
ings to make brilliant success at it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
PATE DE Eo1E GRAs

The above is the name of high
priced delicacy much affected by the so
called epicurean rich, and what is it?
A matured goose is shut up in box so
small that it can just stand upright
and stick its head through the hole in
the top. 1t is then fed the most concen-
trated foods highly seasoned with con-
diments. This feeding is done forcihly,
the food being forced down the gullet
of the bird with stick made for that
purpose. Soon after this treatment be-
gins the liver Of the bird becomes en-
larged and diseased and keeps on
growing in size until it will weigh as
much as the liver of good sized calf.
The bird is kept until it is just ready to
die, when it is killed and the liver TAX
en- and given special secret treat
ment, when it is packed in jars and
gold labeled and then passes through
the usual channels of trade to the cpl
curean consumer These diseased hy-
ers bring the producer, the small farm
ers of Alsatia, from 81 to 81 apiece,
and the more diseased the goose which
produced them the higher price they
bring. Now, if tempted to order pate
de foie gras" on your bill of fare at
some tony restaurant, you will know
just exactly, what you are getting and
eating. fI
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
A FAVORED SPOT.

There is swaziland specially favor
ed territory which embraces the east
ern half of South Dakota and the
northwestern one-fourth of Iowa
where, timely rains falling, most
magnificent crop of corn was secured.
about the best ever raised in that sec
ton. 1t is needless to comment upon
the kind of prosperity which follows in
sthe wake of fifty Bushels Of cofhto
. the acre at 60 cents bushel. 1T means
the, doubling of farm land values
whereon the crop was raised, mort
gage extinction, new houses with
modern improvements, the substitution
of elegant carriages for lumber wagons
when the corn raiser goes to kirk or to
wedding or funeral; it means college
for the, boys and girls, new steel
range for mother in the kitchen and
piano for the girls in the parlor. What
about the fellow who is forced to buy
this corn at this price? Oh, that's an
other question and not part of this
item.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
ORIGINAL Notice.

State of Iowa, Jefferson County, IS.
To Daniel Altman and wife or their I'M
wife or their unknown heirs, defendants
YOU are hereby notified that on or before
the I'd day of January, A. D., 1902, there
will be on file in the Office of the clerk of
of Iowa, the petition of Jacob Baldoser,
claiming to be the owner in fee of the
following described real estate situated In
said county, to-wit: The west ten acres of
quarter of section thirteen Q3), and the
southeast quarter of the southeast quar-
ter of section No. fourteen q4) all in
township seventy-one (7D north of range
lei Altman and wife sold and conveyed
said ten acre tract unto James w. Hunt,
and that their deed was lost or destroyed,
that George W. Gibbs and wife sold and
conveyed said 40 acre tract to said James
w. Hunt and that their deed was lost or
destroyed and never filed for record. And
that said Hunt and wife and their grant
ees over 40 years ago conveyed all above
described real estate unto Alexander
Shields who remained in the actual and
peaceable possession of the same till date
of his death in 1896, and his heirs since
that date until they sold and conveyed to
plaintiff.
And praying that said Daniel Altman and
wife, and Geo. w. Gibbs and wife, and the
unknown heirs of all said parties be for
ever barred from making any claim to said
real estate adverse to plaintiffs right and
title therein.
Now unless you appear thereto and de-
fend on or before noon of the second day
of the March term, A. D., 1902, of said
court, to commence and be held at Ottum-
wa, Wapello county Iowa, on the oath day
of March, A. D., 1902, default will be en-
tered against you and judgment rendered
thereon, as prayed for.
~. d. JONES.
Attorney for PLAINTIFF.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
PACIFIC COAST LUMBER.

With the disappearance of the pine
forests of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota big forests of Oregon and
Washington are beginning to be drawn
upon to supply the demand for lum-
Der in the central west. Dimension
lumber-boards, scantling and joists-
up to sixteen feet in length Of this Pa
cific coast product is now being laid
down in the towns and cities of the
central west for SCI to 500 per thou
sand feet by the carload, or at price
which brings it into direct competition
with the product of the northern pin
cries. This coast lumber sells at the
mills for 81 to So per thousand feet
and the freight is about SD per thou
sand feet. The great benefit of reduc-
ed rates from the coast is thus easily
seen, and it is likely to materialize be-
fore long.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
A NOTABLE GATHERING.

No more notable gathering has been
held in Ottumwa than that which took
place at Armory hall Monday evening,
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian association. 1t was a ban
quet given to prominent citizens in or
der to interest them in proposed i'm
proyements to be made in the associa-
ton building and to keep pace with the
notable in many respects, and in no
other was it more interesting than that
it brought together business and pro-
ifessional men, young men and men of
all shades of belief all united, how
ever, in sympathy with the main OBJ
ject. 1t was notable in another re-
spect, in that it brought to the city
the governor of the state who came to
testify to his deep interest in this
movement. 1t has been seldom that
Il governor has visited Ottumwa for
the purpose Of making an address on
{; ~ subject aside from politics. Dur
i.g the coal palace period Governor
q oies was here and spoke on general
subjects; Governor Drake was here on
one or two occasions reviewing the
National Guard, and spoke briefly. The
chief executive of Iowa is tied down
to duty, especially during a session OF
the legislature. 1t was therefore a
high compliment Governor Cummins
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06

The worlds sugar supply is very
large and is constantly increasing.
Modern methods of culture and manu-
facture applied to the sugar cane and
the sugar beet are revolutionizing this
Industry. Once put Yankee brains and
machinery in conjunction with the
sugar producing soil Of Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines in cane Gull
ture and manufacture and with the
vast irrigatable sections of the desert
west Of our own country in beet culture
and America need not depend for a
single pound of the vast quantity Of
sugar which it consumes upon any for
eign nation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
OUR, FARM MACHINES IN RUSSIA.

American reapers, harvesters, horse
rakes and mowers are being adopted
in nearly every part Of agricultural
Russia to the exclusion Of all other
kinds. Few people realize the tenor-
nous field this opens to the American
manufacturer of farm machinery, the
cereal producing area Of Russia far ex.
ceeding in extent that Of this country.
There are vast sections of Russia
where even yet the Russian peasant
cuts all his grain with a scythe or era
die, tramps the grain out with oxen
and winnows it with the wind, as in
the old Mosaic times. Born a serf out
Of generation of serfs, this ignorant,
vodka drinking. illiterate clod Of the
soil is SLOW to sense his opportunities
and waits the magic touch Of modern
progress to enable him to build states
like those Of our own northwest out of
the Siberian wilderness.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
ONE I-UN-,Ep YEARS AGO.

1t is a@m; ter of history that hun.
dred years 20. before the fine roads
of England hal cen built, the farmers
living contigrt > = the city of London
vigorous. tested against the use Of
public money for the improvement of
the fearful winter roads leading to the
city on the ground that such improved
highways would hurt their sales Of
produce by enabling farmers from q
distance to bring their stuff to market.
The years may come and the years
may go, but old human nature remains
just the same.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
THESE MAKE A MISTAKE.

We know of some men who are 60
ing to get their heads into sling by
going daft over this land craze, and
these the men who buy farms at SIS an
acre, making a small payment down
and expecting to pay the balance out
of profits made on the farm. These
forget that these high priced farms are
many of them pretty well run out
been cropped for forty or fifty years
and that existing high values for all
farm produce are abnormal and not at
all likely to continue beyond the time
when the law of supply and demand
shall equalize prices. 1t is all right to
buy such farm for an investment,
paying for it when the deed is passed,
as it will rent for enough to pay low
rate of interest upon the investment,
but this is very different proposition
from that of trying to pay for such q
farm from its products.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
A QUESTION OF TASTE AND OF
HEREDITY.

I, Certain Indian agents in charge Of
/, reservations have issued instructions
and orders forbidding male Indians
from wearing long hair The wearing
of uncut locks, the instructions state
is not in keeping with the advance
ment the Indians are expected to make
in civilization. 1t is not believed that
this order emanated from the interior
department but is a fad of some sub
ordinate, who imagines that he has
discovered how to tame the Indian on
I short notice and make white man of
him.
1t was just such foolishness as this,
that precipitated the Ute war several
years ago and resulted in the death of
.Meeker, the Indian agent. 1t had not
occurred to Meeker that the customs
of the people which have been handed
down through the centuries, for gener-
alton after generation, cannot be
changed in a day nor in year, nor
perhaps in series of years. Meeker
attempted to enforce one OF his alb
surd orders and there was an outbreak
that cost the lives of many human be-
ings and the government many thou
sands of dollars
Not only must the Indian have his
hair cut, but he is to refrain from face
painting, and here it maybe remarked
that reforms ought to begin at home
and the women off the reservations
should be compelled to set a good ex
ample to the barbarians.
Recurring to the question of long hair.
1t is doubtful if such an edict as these
western Indian agents have promulgat.
ed, could be enforced in some sections
of Missouri and Arkansas at the pres
ent day, among the white male inhabi
tants. There is tradition existing
among the southern people that long
hair is an emblem of independence
and short hair of servitude. This be-
lief comes from the far distant past,
perhaps transplanted from Europe
where the peasant was obliged to wear
not only short hair but a cap, to indi-
cate his lowly origin The noble. or
any gentleman of high degree, on the
contrary could put on hat with a
feather in it, and on his shoulders
were the tresses that he wore proudly
to indicate his superiority There is
something of this pride foolish as we
may believe it to be. that exists today
in some of the southern states and
how absurd it would be on the part OF
the state to interfere with that pride
or custom by clipping the locks of any
southern gentleman, rich or poor, higl
or low. This leads to the observation
that the 10" of the west, is fully as
proud if not more so. as the man who
wears his hair long in Missouri OF
Arkansas.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06

General Weyler who won the title
of Butcher Of Cuba is to be in high
favor with the young king of Spain,
who will be old enough to assume the
reins of government next May. Wey-
Ter is foe to liberalism; indeed he
has publicly proclaimed that it may be-
come necessary to establish dictator
ship and has made it known that he
will not hesitate to establish himself
in that capacity if it becomes neces-
sary. This is threat directed at the
republican party of Spain which is
numerous and well organized. The re-
publicans are more dangerous to the
dynasty than the Carlists. Spain has
had an experience as republic and
the republicans have never forgotten
how basely they were betrayed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
THE FRET" cLARksoN SERIES OF
ARTICLES,

The hand and brain of ]. S. Clark
son (ReD are clearly manifest in the
series Of articles now appearing in the
Des Moines Register. The last one
that has appeared was on Sunday, Feb
ruary 2, entitled early Iowa and the
people who lived here; the white fleet
of prairie schooners in which the PEG.
.pleacame.a Underethis title the writ
er has, in eight columns, given a gra.
phic description of the days of early
settlement,the difficulties and trials to
which the pioneers were subjected
the influences that prompted the mi
grafton; the lofty purposes and aspi
rations Of these state builders; the
anxieties and perplexities of the heads
of families; the privations of the chill
dren who were thus taught the lessons
Of sacrifice; the privations of all
young and old, in laying the founda
lions of state which has since be.
come great and exceeding all their
hopes and expectations.
Mr.. Clarkson was youth when he
came TO Iowa, the son of sturdy far
mer, educated beyond the standard OF
farmers of that day, put farmer in
body and in spirit; stalwart and ready
to take his place in the ranks of toll
but withal a cultured gentleman who
gave to his sons the aspirations OF
their lives which have made deep JIM
press upon the history of Iowa.
The series of articles now being
published require no establishment 10
fit them for the pages of volume that
will be a concise history of the state
There is no one that can do this work
equal to the one who has taken hold
of it. 1t is to him labor of love
The result is a delight to every citizen
of Iowa who has an honest pride in
the great state of the northwest that
lis pushing forward to a still greater
destiny.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
LEGAL,
Treasury Department.

UnIce OF Comptf0IIer Of the Company.
Washington, d. c., January Sd, 1902.
whereas, by satisfactory evidence pre-
made to appear that 1.-THE Ottumwa Ma
tional Bank in the city of Ottur1wa, in
the county of Wapello, and state of Iowa,
Act Of Congress to enable National Bank
ing Associations to extend their corporate
existence and for other purposes" APPROX
comptroller of the currency do hereby GER
tify that THE Ottumwa National Bank
in the city of Ottumwa, in the county of
TO have succession for the period specified
in its amended articles of association.
namely until close of business on January
Sd, 1922.
lSeal. and seal of office this third day
of January, 1902. WIN. B. RIDGELY
Comptroller of the Currency.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06
TREE PLANTING.

1t will soon be tree planting time
again, and we would like to offer a
suggestion about tree planting around
the home lot. Please do not set the
trees out on regular lines, squares and
the like. The only trees set in rows
should be those bordering the street
and those in the orchard. The best
model for tree planting for home en-
bellishment is to be found in the native
forests or, rather, in the openings at
the edge of the timber-natural and
artistic combinations of forest tree,
shrub and vine, with an interval of
grass meadow between. Find some
pretty spot of this sort and study the
way nature has arranged the trees and
shrubs. Another thing, don't get the
trees too near the house. They seem
all right when young and Go no harm,
but they ss,on grow, and then you see
the mistake you have made, and rare
ly can there be found man with cour-
age enough to lay the ak to the root
of the handsome and thrifty tree which
he has himself planted. Nothing SO
spoils the front yard or lawn as cou-
pie of evergreens set twenty feet dis
tant from the house. Evergreens are
all right, but they should grow alone
and be grouped with other deciduous
trees to give fine effect. In home
decoration more attention should be
given to the common woodland shrubs.
| The common hawthorn tree, the
wild crab apple, the sumach, the elder
berry, the wild cherry and in vines the
Virginia creeper, the partridge berry
and woodbine should each have a
place on the home grounds.