Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PEOPLES PULPIT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

public. Since I have been in this city
| have noticed two or three things
which to my opinion if remedied
would be Of great help to the general
public and especially to strangers.
Did you ever observe that there is
no place in the city for person to get
drink of water on hot day; have
frequently been down on Main street
and almost famished for drink of
water. Lemonade and soda water do
not quench thirst Now, why would It'll
not be good idea for the city fathers
to put in one or two hydrants at the.
most convenient places. and at the
same time have a place to catch the
waste water SO dogs could drink and
thus prevent case of hydrophobia?
If it is not done by the city council,
1T would be good advertisement for
some business firm to keep barrel
of ice water in front of their place of
business. In some places the w. G. T.
U. or the young peoples societies look
after this matter.
Another important matter to the
public is the streets. 1t is very en-
barrassing to stranger who comes in
to the city to find the way after leaving
the business section OF the city, as
there are very few street corners
where can be found the names of the
streets. And there are comparatively
few citizens who can give the desired
information
Would it not be well for the council
to take this matter in hand also, and
accommodate the general public by
placing the names of the streets on
the corners. 1t could be done at little
cost and would be very helpful not on
ly to the residents of the city, but also
to strangers.
After seeing how well the police
force was regulated, and how nicely
they managed the great crowds on July
4, have been made to wonder how
city with such good police regulations
could fail to see the necessity of the
foregoing necessities.
Every citizen who is interested in
the welfare of the city should work in
cooperating with the officials to make
the city better and more attractive.
The individual who is not willing to do
that, ought to get out.
NJ. /. GordoL.
We see in the daily papers that John
P. Reese has accepted the nomination
as a candidate in the sixth district
against John Z. Lacey. have nothing
against Mr.. Reese going to congress,
but if he wants to get there he should
run against a different candidate. We
don't want to overthrow man that's
doing all he can toward the elevation
of labor Major Lacey has done more
for the working people this year than
all the rest of the people of Iowa put
together. He secured the release of
John Haddow, and had bill passed
through congress providing for shot
firers in the Indian Territory and that
the companies must pay for the same.
This is all that could be done by con-
gress as that body cannot legislate for
the states.l There are men running for
congress that have never done single
thing towards labor. Those are the men
we want out of congress and labor
mer to replace them. A candidate
against Mr.. Lacey next term might as
we'll run against locomotive. II
there are 5000 miners in the sixth dis
trict, it is their duty to vote for Mr..
Lacey, man that has done something
for their benefit, whether he is dem
ocrat or republican. Some people
think if we should lose Mr.. Reese ont
of our union that it would be death
blow to us. Gladstone, the prime min
lister of England, died and England is
more prosperous today than ever.
| William Mckinley also died and, al
though he was a great man, we never
miss him for a moment, and if Mr..
Reese falls out of our ranks we will go
ahead just as well. 1t takes more than
one man to run country or any or
ganization. l say the same as l said
before: If Mr.. Reese was candidate
against someone that never had done
anything for our benefit, then would
say, Let us do all we can to get him
there, then we would have two from
Iowa instead of one. Dan Thomas.
1 Church Attendance in Summer.
| 1t has often been observed of late
years that too many churches freeze
up in hot weather" and complaints of
pastors of poor attendance in the hot
ter months Of the year would indicate
that the saying is too often true.
The seriously interested Christian
will sometimes inquire if such a condi-