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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
STATE CAPITAL ETcHINGs.

There are some signs of an effort to
revive democratic newspapering in Des
Moines at an early date. Formerly
there We're two democratic weekly pa
pers here. but the Gazette winked. out
some time ago, and the Democrat
alone has the field. Its name is all
that is an assurance that 1t has poll
tics save the record that it is regularly
selected as one of the papers to do tae
county printing. More recently there
has been talk of a new paper beng
started with H. NJ. Rebok. formerly
Indian agent at Tama, as editor. Mr..
Rebok has moved to Des Moines and
was connected with the democratic
state committee. Mr.. Jackson, chair
man of the committee. encouraged the
idea that there should be democratic
paper here. Since the talk has started
about Rebok starting semi-weekly
democratic paper the Democrat has an.
nounced that it will: become semi
weekly and occupy the entire, field
The movement for, a democratic daily
paper never got any further than a
movement,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
PEOPLES PULPIT.
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Mr.. Editor:-I have seen numerous
notices in the state press lately rela-
tive to the use of the insane hospitals
at Cherokee and Mt. Pleasant for the
confinement of inebriates There ap-
pears to be some objection to placing
these people with the insane, and |
think there are good reasons why the
insane and the inebriates should be
kept in entirely separate buildings.
The state owns a good building
and grounds near Knoxville. that has
a capacity for at least 200 people. This
building was erected for hospital for
the, blind, but there never were enough
patients to justify the expense of run
ming the institution. As a hospital for
the blind, it was discontinued some
two years ago, and the building stands
today wholly unoccupied. The state
board of control might use this build
ing as an inebriate hospital, temporar-
lily at least.
1t is true that there has been no ap-
preparation made for this purpose
but there is no doubt that the next
general assembly would legalize any
action of the board in a matter of this
kind. think the board ought to open
the Knoxville building, as a temper
airy hospital for the inebriates. The
law permitting the confinement of this
unfortunate class will remain on our
statute books in some form. The pres
ent law has some. weak points and
needs to be amended. and the next
general assembly will do well to give
1t the most careful consideration.
S. H. Harper,
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experience in such matters. Probably
those who pay the taxes directly will
be chary about how they vote on these
matters, but there is a great body of
voters who pay no taxes directly, who
viii not be convinced that every man,
however humble, does pay taxes either
directly or indirectly. They will vote
enmasse for the additional taxes ard
the additional Indebtedness. They will
find later on that they have made an
error, for with the rise in taxes come
increased rents, both for houses and
for rooms. The fiddler has to be paid
after the dance is over, and very few
escape. The bulk of this will fall on
owners of realty. The majority of very
wealthy men, whose property is in
stocks and bonds and in bills payable,
will escape these extra taxes, just as
they escape the ordinary taxes, but
the householder and the house-renter
will soon find that his burden is intol-
cradle.
Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids will not
be the only sufferers Every city in
Iowa will go at this matter and they
will go at it hard. The pace will be
fast and furious for awhile. We have
faith to believe that a reaction will
set in and that remedy will be ap-
piled; but in the meantime much will
be done that cannot be undone. The
tax burdens, which in the immediate
The cholera epidemic will have to
make strenuous efforts in the Philip
pines else it will be distanced in its
ravages by fatality of the disease
among the inhabitants of Jerusalem
and the Holy Land.
future will be assumed by municipali-
ties, with much eagerness, will prove
burden to this generation until the
latest day Of it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
CARE OF lNEsRIATEs.
(Keokuk Gate City,

II = : q
There is a growing conviction that
the last Iowa legislature made a mis-.
take in providing for the confinement
and care of inebriates in the insane
hospitals of the state a few DAYS
ago Chairman Cownie of the board of
control of state institutions was quot
ed in these columns to the effect that
the arrangement is working demorali-
cation to the hospitals and tAe best
interests of the insane In various
quarters doubts are expressed as to
the wisdom of the new law, coupled in
some instances with demand for its
repeal. The following from the Sioux
City journal is a conservative 9eXpres-
sion of opinion on the subject:
The state of Iowa is learning that it
undertook large contract when it adj.
dressed itself to the job of curing dip
somaniacs by treatment in insane hos
pitfalls. The inebriates- soon find the re-
straint irksome and III number of in
stances have made escapes. Nothing
but actual Imprisonment or the pres
ence of large body of attendants will
hold these men when moved by thirst
or the desire for more congenial enyi-
ronment If these latter day reform
dreams of making people good by
legal methods are permitted to run
their length the efficient population
will soon find ample employment chas,
ing the deficient to schools and mfr.
maries and prisons and keeping them
there.
The contract is undoubtedly larger
Ole than anybody anticipated, and the
attempt to meet it has been far from
satisfactory to date. In view that in.
ebriacy is disease, victims of the
drink habit are legitimate subjects for
state care and restraint. 1t is entirely
proper for the state to deal with them
as individuals, as with the insane, and
in doing SO it is not amenable to the
criticism of attempting to make people
good by the wholesale. But the plan
of housing them with the latter is
clearly mistake. If the state is to
persist in its care of inebriates it must
provide separate institution for them
II order to ensure the best results for
all concerned. Whether it should en-
ter upon such an undertaking is mat
ter for thoughtful consideration. But
in any event the insane hospitals
should be relieved of their present bnr
den Of responsibility So
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
FOUND I'M THE TALL GRASS.

Alton Democrat: The peculiar cir
zumstances related in last week S issue
regarding Guy Gleysteen's dog, which
crawled into Will Braskamp's big bass
horn and became lodged so it couldn't
be got out. has caused considerable in
terest, and many have inquired since
as to whether the dog had been dis
lodged. or not. We are able this week
to set the public mind at rest as to the
dogs fate and also to give some fur
Their information as to the cause of its
strange conduct. The dog is out and
the mystery is solved. 1t came. about
in this way. A hobo who went into
Guys restaurant for lunch learned
OF the affair and said that he had
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

unfurled, the shackles of human tyr
amy and oppression should forever
fall at the feet of Columbia, and that
from that holy Sabbath morning every
wind that swept through the hills and
the valleys of Cuba and the Philip
pine islands, as well as the breezes
that swept through our Rockies or
chased the mist from the Alleghanies,
should sing the same song of universal
freedom and of the glory and the
greatness of people, country and
flag" forever consecrated to the ge-
MUS of universal liberty.
-:o:--
Congressman-elect William Lorimer,
of Chicago-There are many good men
in our party, but "Uncle joe Cannon
comes nearer combining all the good
qualities that a speaker should possess
than any one whose candidacy has
been considered The Illinois delega-
ton will work to elect him, not only
with loyalty, but with enthusiasm, and
he will, in my opinion, win easily. 1
believe that with him in the chair the
best interests of the country would be
promoted, and that the business of the
house would be carried on with a min
imum of friction.
Robert ]. Burdette-Yes, my home
is now in California and the lovely city
of Pasadena has the honor of being
my postoffice. At home l am, contrary
to the usual order, more renowned
than anywhere else. 1t is a place
where many tourists come and not
iron was pointing out my abode to
some visiting friends from the east.
There said she, lis the residence
of R. ]. Burdette the well known
author and poet" A lady in the COM
pany said she knew of me as a prose
writer, but had never heard of me as
a maker of verses. ooh, yes" said
No. 1, "he writes nice poetry, too, but
doesn't sign his own name to it. All
This poems are signed James Whit
comb Riley"
Congressman "Joe" Cannon, Illinois:
If the republicans are to revise the
tariff before the presidential election
they should do. so at special session
of congress in the spring. To revise it
just before the presidential election
would leave business in a suspended
state and result in the defeat of the
republican ticket That was the result
of the Mckinley tariff. In the present
prosperous state of the country, it is
well to let the tariff issue be raised by
the democrats. If they want to pro-,
pose lettering the satisfactory indus
trial conditions of the country by re
vising the tariff, let their offer be left
to the people. Republicans should not
fear the result.
A tariff commission as proposed by
the President in his Logansport speech
and anticipated as part of his mes
sage, has been tried before and found
useless. Congress feels that it is its
duty to make tariff laws and does not
need the assistance of executive com
missions. The report of such a com,
nilsson would have no more weight
now than it did when President Ar.
thur appointed such body. 1t would
result in an agitation which would
have disturbing effect on business.
1t would be better for business if il
were positively known that tariff re-
vision would be taken up by the re
publicans in special session immedi-
ately after the next presidential cleo
ton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Keosauqua Republican: There
We're more apples harvested in Van
Buren, county this fall than there has
been in any single year for a long
time. 1t has also been long time
since the apples in this section were
so nearly perfect as they are this
year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Baskerville Republican: The ex-.
tremely and unusually warm weather
the past two weeks has caused an un-
seasonable growth of vegetation,
Strawberries have blossomed and rip.
ened; dandelions have taken a. new
life and are in blossom again; grass
is as fresh and luXuriant as after a
June rain, and all vegetation is taking
on new life. The weather is simply
salubrious and delightful.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Waverly Independent: There is in one
of the townships of Bremen county a
family with children from to 10 years
OF age, the Oldest a boy. The children
can not read. When any person, not a
member of the family, approaches the
house, the children, from the youngest
to the oldest, hide. They will peep at
the caller from their hiding place, I'M
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Glenwood Opinion: Not many
men are as active for their years as
is James Hubbard, of Lyons township.
He is a well preserved man of II
years of age, and the past season
planted and cared for thirty-fve acres
of corn, besides doing other necessary
work about the farm. He is one of
Mills county's old settlers, coming
here from southwestern Missouri in
1854, the year of the great drought in
that region.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Glenwood Opinion: Wood is extra
ordinarily scarce this season. The de-
mand has been great on account of the
scarcity of hard coal. brought about by
the recent coal strike in Pennsylvania.
Farmers bringing wood into town to
dispose of it with no difficulty. In
fact, citizens will buzz around a wood
wagon like flies around a sugar bar
rel. The man with fuel TO sell is a
highly respected and important citi-
zen these days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Sheldon Mail: Sibley enjoys a rar,
distinction in an aged couple, both O
whom are past 80 years, of age. j. L
Robinson in few months will pass hi
95th birthday, having been born on Feb
ruary ~, 1903. His wife was borI
January S, 1910, and is almost SO years
old This couple have been married TO
seventy-two years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

I Joe Trigg: We are asked why it is
that there are so many LAWYERS and so
very few farmers representing the
people in congress and in our state leg
islatures. 1t is the farmers own fault.
The lawyer early in his career acquires
the gift of CAB, the ability to speak in
public, and he naturally gravitates into
a political spellbinder and soon ac-
quires the art of hypnotizing the grang-
ers into thinking he is better fitted
than they are to make laws and ad-
minister the functions of government.
When the granger wakes up this thing
will not be SO. While the lawyers are
good enough fellows and we could not
very well get along without them,
there is still no sort of sense in letting
them run the whole show.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14

has been in course of development dur
 inG the past 3eor. eal has magniG-
 cent showing. < tai:ty-ton smelter
 was erected on the E.ue Dick nine.
 Slate creek. and is n,w in operation
 The prope: ties Of the .Ari@oui El3a Ben
 Copper ccmuany six miles south oc
 Mayer. have been extensively davei- oped and ho.st:ng plant of large ca pacity installed. This company pur- chased two ranches anu water rights
 2t Del Rio. twenty miles north of Pres
 cCtt, for the purpose If erecting a large shelter for 1he reduction o. the Blue Bell On cs.
 \ score Of coTuanicS We're organized
 by local men for the iIUr.sse of devel- oping mines ii TaNapai county during the year. Al of these companies have accomplished considerable development, work CT their respective properties. The McCabe Extension is down nearly 30G feet. They have a fine hoisting plant on the property. The Home Gold company has reached a deIth of 200 feet and is now sinking tp the 3y0 foot level. The Empire Extension is down nearly l51 feet and is equipped with d steam hoistag plant. The ChaDparal Mining company has gained q depth of 20 feet oil 1t property in Big Bug district. The White Horse group has oCe tunnel -oJ feet in and another l50 feet. The shaft is down
 l25 feet and d crosscat at that depth has exposed q twenty foot vein oc high grade milling ere. The Merchants Mining company has opened up q large body O. high grade orc, the result of steady development last year. Machin- cry has been placed on the Jerome Canyon Copper -comUany's property ana steady progress has been made in the development of its properties. The Venture hiI Mining company accom- plished 535 feet in driving the Socrates tunnel in oa :ts property. Ci. W. Mid Gleton has coaaUe ted steady operations on tie prouerty of the Copper Cobre company in tine HradshaNs and Colin Timmons. as manager Of the Copper Prince group in hureNa district, has accomplished a great deal ci develop meat on thsse mines. N. $. Taft X Co. on Lynx creek. have installed hoistir@ WcrEs oa the Annie property and are opening uD one O. the best mines in the county. The Revenue group is beicS extensively developed. \ hoistinS plant capable of sinking i.ooo | feet has been yi2Cr1 on thr Mudhole. : The George a. TreadWru mines have also been steadily developed.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14

are a number of quartz claims bearing gold, yet the gold in the placer ground does not resemble quartz gold a all The most of these veins carry some base metal, copper and lead, but all assay in gold. There is no water in the district for washing gold on a large scale and only by dry process of placer mining can this ground be worked. Strange to say, these big washes have never been prospected. A few shafts sunG to q depth Of eight, ten or twenty feet to bedrock, will soon prove the value of this gold placer field. The mines are near the Southern Pacific railroad, not over ten miles from that great thOroughfare.
 A contributor to the Los Angeles Mining Review says there is no doubt but that the country surrounding this EeW discovery will prove of very great valLe Plenty of water could be ob- tained near the valley and pumped tip to the mines ii they are found to be as extensive and lich as appearance in dicates.
 Colonel Thomas Ewing of Los An geles. president of the Southwest Min CTS association, who recently visited that portion of Arizona. las some 50 or more ounces of placer gold from this section.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
A NORTHERN ADVENTURE
Whose Sequel Took Place Yesterday
 in Front of Courthouse.

A sheriifs sale. following the fore closure suit of Charles NValz against Denny Madigan, took place yesterday morning from the north front door Of the court house. The property sold was Waterless ranch near Gila Bend where Madigan settled many years ago when the Giia Bend reservoir was the most talked of enterprise in the terri tory.
 At an early stage of the Alaska eX- citement both Walz and Madigan joined the northward rush. It was about that time that the Copper river country began to come into prOnii- hence, but long before anybody had penetrated far enough into the country to find the wealth that has been un- | earthed in the last two years, Walz and Madigan went into that region and the former decided that there was nothing there or anywhere else in the north. Madigan's faith had not yet been exhausted and he determined to stay until he found what he had gone so far in search of. He had raised funds for the expedition by borrowing S30G from Walz. Most of that sum had been invested, with a like amount put up by Walz, in supplies Madigan couldn't think of leaving so long as any
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
DEAL FOR LEAD PROPERTY
Hand Bros. Mines ill Cochise County
 Soil to P. H. Clark.

Mir F. J. Hands, the well known mining man of GaleyVille, is q Tomb
 tone visitor. MT. Hands and his ,rother have closed negotiations for heir property in the Chiricahuas u P. |. Clark of Los Angeles and asscci- ates says the PrOspeCtOr. The Hands
 roperty has long been regarded as one
 f the most promising lead mines in Arizona. The ores from the group
 arry high percentages in lead and sil- yer and it is essentially q high grade fead property. Shipments of ore have Heen made and the returns paid fer the development of the entire group thus ar, and exposed some good bodies of ,re which but require eXtrac tion. sam ,lea of the ore is the galena sulphurct
 f lead. of bright shining metallic lus- er. a mass uf cubic specialization, md carries high values. Other forms f lead ore also occur. Further deVel- ,pment of the group il is expected will open 2 steady producer and Mir. Ciarl: md associates propose proving its merits and demonstrating it's possibii- ties by introducing capital to expose he hidden wealth and bring the prod ,lct into the commercial marts of the #-Orlu.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
A NEW PLACER FIELD
Rich Gravel Beds Found At Foot of
 Chiricahua Mountains.

In Cochise county. at the foot Of the treat Chiricahua range of mountains, l ve-y importa.t discovery of placer old has been made within the past
 ew weeks. The gold be1ring gravel cXtends along the foothills a distance If five miles and down toward Sulphur
 brings valley for three miles. The
 old is coarse placer gold. of high trade. running over SIS per ounce at the mint. It resembles the best placer old Of California and looks as if it mad been washed a long distance. But little work has been done, only a few openings, and none of those in the main washes where a placer miner would look for the greatest results. In ,ne place a small trench Of about 50 eet in length, two feet wide and 13 inches deep. has been run in one of the Impressions CT small gulches on the
 Hillside from which nearly $1,G00 of
 eautiful, bright gold hos been taken out by banning. The hills surrounding he Sulches all prospect.
 Adjacent to thls placer ground there
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
Mines and Minerals
 @ Arizona
MINING IN YAVAPAl
ReEiew Of the Last Years Work and
 the Present Outlook.

The Prescott Prospect prints the foi- lowing review Gi mining operations ia Eavapai courty during the last ye>. with something of E, forecast or wh"t -.3as ir looked fer during the yc;;i- ,3 ,cue:
 Th-le has been more actual devei29- n.e-t Of mining property in Yavapai county. Arizona. during the year 1891 than has heretofore been accomplished il any year since i;5 inception.
 A great deal or nev, mining nachir- Doth Ior the extraction and reduction cf ores
 While tfe figures showing the actual production O. copper. gold and silver. u,.ieCited to the mines Of Yavapli county for 1901. dp not exceed to ai-.- marked degree those of 1@Go. the pre9- ar.tioHs that haV- been made for the systematic and steady operations If the future will enable the statisti- ,is. w;o complies tho data giving tha ,,roGu, ton Cf precious metals in TaVa- pii couut:- dj:i i;:s 1992, u present fi.- ues that will show al remarkable i.- .rcase over last ye- r's production.
 The older plants that contributed in th- past to the output oI gold ard Sl- e-I iro.n Y2yapai county were nearly aIi shut down during 1901, most of them being ir the Bradshaw countrY. the mining section that first attracted the
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
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 and Months of
 Suffering
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Arizona republican., 1902-03-14

of the supplies were left. Walz re turned to Arizona and set about mak- ing up the money he had wasted. The next year Madigan got as far south as Seattle, cripple, his feet having been frozen. Three times his friends sent him money to come back. The last re nittance brought no reply. and as Madigan has rot since been heard from, he is believed to be dead
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
CHRONIC DTARRHOEA.

MT. c. B. Wingfeld, of Fair Play, Mo-, who suffered from chronic dysen- tery for thirty-five years, sa--s Cham berlain's Coli,. Cholera and Diarrhoel Remedy did him more good than any other medicine he had ever used. For sale by Elvey &, Hulett.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
CURED OF GRIP AZ %.

Gentlemen: I take pleasure in informing you that although i. am 70 years old have been cured cf q severe attack of toe grip by us:nS Duffy l'Ure Malt Nh.skey.
 MRS F. IA REAL. BeaG!ng. Pa. Zee II. 1J,l
 Gentlemen: h"5 a very bad spell oe grip, and DU-' 5 Malt MhisI-ey ci.d me good it is L.t-.. than ail the medicine 1 have taken. JESSE [. WEBB. Vest Chl:tar. Pa., .:oN. 2u. Ic1i.