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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
Sopy!ghs lgOI, BY Charles King

thlnss and many soldiers Captain Ma
mans money could not buy, and n
rudef shock and harsher awakening to
his true position this plutocrat battery
man could not well have had than
came to him in that scene at the sta
ton. He had gone thither to meet and
escort to his quarters two prominent
ana wealthy railway officials from the
Instant east, one of them relative Of
MS wife. He had counted on their
coming to make profound impression
III 1he Dig garrison, and his arrange
tnents for their entertainment included
TWO days of quail shooting, a riding
party, some special drills and three or
TOUR elaborate dinners, with dancing
10 follow in the evening. His first i'm
preston On catching sight of the crowd
at the station was one of complaccncv
me ofilcers and men were gathered
there to get an early glimpse of his dis.
tinsuished guests. 1t never occurred
to him that Langdon would be going
away on that train, still less that any,,
number OF the garrison should 20 to-
DID him farewell and godspeed. He
figured that Langdon would have TO
hang about the post day or two set
ting UP his affairs. He had made in
quiries as to the amount in which
Langdon was indebted to the mess and
TO the establishment still maintained
at the edge of the reservation by the
descendants of an old time post trader.
When, therefore, he stepped from his
stylish carriage as the footman spranc
down and opened the door, he was
startled and shocked by the apparition
OF Langdon himself and stunned
speechless by that bitter denunciation.
CHANGING about him, he saw some half.
q hundred soldiers, with a sprinklincr
OF civilians, and not one face that re-
hected anything but sympathy for
LahSdon and dislike for himself. The
rush OF the incoming train released him.
from the humiliation Of his position. as
the men swarmed about Langdop. ea-
ger to clasp his hand, while the can
tain, friendless and alone. fastened 10
lHe rear sleeper to meet the magnateg.
10 lead them to his carriage he wasiI
to return through throng
Oh ms own men just as the train began
TO move, and stentor of a sergeant
shouted, Three cheers for Lieutenant
Langdon, the best officer of Batterv
u" whereat, with lusty lungs and
swinging caps, the soldiers shouted
again and again until the train slipped
away round the bend under the bluff,
and not one Of their number had so
much as look, much less a salute, for
he captain. 1t was no time to resort,
o discipline then. "I'll fix 'em for this
When l get 'em back to barracks he
wore to himself, but the sorest heart
d, bitterest man to return that morn
ng from the railway to the post was
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
IRRIGATION L1M1rAr1oNs

A greatly mistaken notion prevails
with regard to the possibilities con-
nected with even the best planned
schemes Of irrigation, the popular idea
being that millions of acres Of desert
land can be thus reclaimed. The pos
siblllties connected with irrigation are
at best very limited indeed when com.
pared with the vast desert area of the
whole country. In only specially fa-
vored localities is any irrigation sys.
tenn possible, these localities having.
suitable reservoir sites, flood supply,
OF water available and a tillable area
OF land of such contour as to permit
the proper distribution Of the water.
There are only really very few such
places to be found.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

he who rolled homeward in his cush.'
toned chariot with liyeried reta;sers.
on the box and untold wealth beside
him.
1t chafed him, too, that Woodrow.
May and other young officers should.
gallop past him ON the homeward wavg
without so much as peep at his, i'm
posing companions or a touch of the
cap TO him. The magnates We're vast
iy interested in the dashing riding of
Inc party and in Mays beautiful thor.
ouShbred and asked questions concern
ing them which only added to Nathan's
Keen sense of humiliation and defeat
he couldn't reach May, for that young
gentleman was Melville's adjutant and
Kept his mount in his own little stable
IN rear Of the bachelor quarters. But
woodrow was poor and rode battery
saddle horse, and that evening at sta
Dies the captain sent for him and, with
cutting emphasis, Informed him that
the order permitting officers on tempo
rary duty with the light batteries to
use public horse applied only to occa-
sions OF drill, parade or prescribed ex-
efcise. NO officer in my battery, SIR
he concluded, "can be permitted to use
my horses to scatter dirt in the faces
OF my guests and to race impudently
past the battery commander without a
SANITATION OF any kind" Woodrow
$1,000 at attention, saluted, waited a
moment and said, Anything further,
81! to which Nathan responded
Ihats all, SIR" And then as, with
another punctilious salute, the subal-
tern was about to turn away the idea
that had been uppermost, the sting
ana humiliation Of the morning clamor-!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Sent Torrance crashing oUer the table.
before tattoo, and number of officers
were seated on the veranda chatting,
smoking and slipping cooling drinks.
Torrance had been chief offender, and
him he hailed.
MIR. Torrance" said Langdon, his
eyes ablaZe, his lips very white, "you
are reported to have said thus and SO
this afternoon"
81 did" said Torrance, rising from
his chair. What have you to say
about it?"
This"' was the only reply as sting
Ing blow sent Torrance crashing over
the table.
The instant action of officers present
stopped further hostilities. Nathan
sent LanSdon to his quarters in arrest
and his company clerk to work.
Charges and specifications ten pages
drawn out were preferred No plea
was listened to. A court was ordered
N due season, and it had no alterna-
tive. On q still October evening the
order that day received from Washing
ton was formally read to the command,
and next morning when the depart
ment inspector had them all out for an
early review he, without whom re-
views seemed hardly complete, looked
sadly on from a far corner, a practical
ly ruined man.
But there were friends to go with
MIN to the station after his brief inter-
view with Melville-noble hearted Mel
vile that day-May and Woodrow and
others Of the boys, besides some scores
OF boys in blue" who had slipped
away and We're bent on giving their pet
lieutenant parting cheer, and there
was an incident that became historic.
The railway station was like all far
western stations of those days, an or
binary brown frame building with pro-
Jecting roof overhanging the platform
ana broad, open space at the gable
END, and here it was in the presence Of
half dozen officers and quite a swarm
OF citizens and boys in blue" off duty.
the memorable renoontre occurred. The
instant Captain Nathan stepped from
his handsome carriage, with the whis-
Tie OF the express already sounding far
down the Pawnee, he found himself
confronted by Langdon, whose dark
features took on no flush of the wrath
that consumed him, but whose erect
ana slender form, patent in its athletic
proportions even through the simple
civilian suit he wore, quivered from
head to foot. 1t was vain for Nathan
to dodge. The words came like the
sting of whiplash:
You are no longer my superior Off
Ger, Nathan, and there's only a moment
to say my say. Your language at the
club this morning has been told me.
Now hear my reply Today we stand.
you in the pride of your wealth and
power. | with the world to begin again.
More than to any man in the regiment
l owe my troubles to you. Yet |
wouldn't exchange my soldier record
FOR yours if reinstatement were offered
me this minute. No! I'm not to be in
undated by any gesture. All / have
70 say is that if God spares my life
2efore ten years pass our places shall
= reversed-,you will be at the bottom,
at the top. Now you may CO."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
LAzYBoNEs WON OUT.

( We suppose that it ought not to be
so, because it puts q premium on shift
lessness, but it is fact this year
through much of the country which
mas had such an excess Of moisture
during the growing season that the
lazy, shiftless farmer who had let his
land run down and did not half put
IN his crop Of small grain has bet
ter crop than his forehanded neighbor.
whose rich acres produced such a bur-
den OF straw that his crop was greatly
injured if not ruined entirely.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
HOMEVlslTORs' EXCURSIONS.
To Ohio and Indiana.

On Sept. 2, 8, 16 and 90, 1902, round
trip excursion tickets will be sold at
all stations on the Iowa Central rail.
way to points in Ohio and Indiana at
an extremely low rate. Tickets limit.
ed thirty days from date of sale. This
especial low rate is made for benefit
of Chic and Indiana settlers in the
west to visit the old home. For fur
ther information call on your local
ticket agent or address A. B. Cults,
G. z. and t. A., Minneapolis, MINI.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
$3.50, Cleveland and Return 40 so

On September Goth and 27th. via
Nickel Plate road Return limit Of
October 2Sth may be obtained by de-
posting tickets in Cleveland. Three
trains daily, with vestibuled sleeping
cars. American club meals, ranging
In price from 35c to 81 in dining cars.
Also meals la carte. City ticket Of
tlce, Chicago, Ill Adams street. For
detailed information address John Y.
Callahan, general agent, 113 Adams st.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
One Fare for Bound Trim

or $500 to Cleveland, O., and return,
via Nickel Plate road, September Goth
and 9th, with extended return limit
of October 2Sth by depositing tickets
in Cleveland. First class equipment
and service. Three daily trains. Chi
cago passenger Station, Harrison St,
and flfth Ave. Write John y. Gala
han, general agent, 113 Adams street,
Chicago, for particulars.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

A railway company in the west set
out several miles of its right of way
across the prairies with larch trees.
primarily for their use as windbreak
to prevent the winter SHOWS from fill.
ing the cuts on the road. These trees
after thirty years growth We're cut
down the past winter, and the. only
available use which could be made Of
them was to convert them into fence.
posts, for which purpose the larch is of
little value. The experiment showed
that trees grown on the prairie need
protection by grouping and massing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
CHAPTER IL

Military matters at the great cavalry
and artillery post on the Pawnee were
not altogether harmonious during the
fall and winter following Eric Lang
dons departure. There were some
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

We believe it to be good advice to
suggest going very slow on feeding
much new corn to the young pigs. We
know that they will grow and do well
on it, but whether it induces it or not
there seems to be some underlined con-
nection between the new corn and the
cholera.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The black things on the farm are
among the best to be had. There are the
black Percheron horses, the Polled An
gus and Galloway cattle, the Poland
China hog, the Black Spanish and the
Langshan fowls, while the most fertile
soils are black.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The COW is proving to be the re-
deemer of South Dakota, the creamery
business in that state being developed
at wonderful rate. The COW, wher-
ever kept, always works an improve
ment in agricultural conditions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

There is a small compensation for
the men who have this year lost their
crops on the river bottom landslide
overflow has done something to enrich
the soil,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The quality of a potato depends al
most wholly upon the kind of soil on
winch 1t is grown, the amount of
moisture available for the plant DUR
Ing its growing season and the size
of the tubers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

"A Minnesota sow of no particular
breed has in three years brought her
owner fifty-eight pigs, which he in
turn has fattened and sold for $3.50. 65.
This very forcibly suggests the wis
dom OF Minnesota growing less wheat
and raising more hogs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The great dam across the Nile river
at Assouan will be completed in an
other year and water be thus made
available to convert a vast area of
new desert land into the most fruitful
Of fields.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

"That settles it," said an old farmer
who was just on the point of renting
his farm and moving into town when
told that rural mail route was to be
laid past his door. "I'll build tenant
house, keep my old home, have my
daily paper and die where have work
ed for forty years." III,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The goldenrod and the daisy are two
wild flowers which appeal to the ar
tistic and aesthetic sense and inspire
the poets. but in many parts of the
country, particularly in the east. these
plants are two of the very worst weed
pests which the farmer has to fight.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Every year new varieties of straw
berries are brought out and doomed
for the purpose of selling at high
prices to the growers of this berry.
The old sorts are just as good as they
ever We're and in most cases better
than any of these new kinds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Most men know that corn, less than
any other of our cereal crops. depletes
the fertility of the soil on which it Is
grown, yet not all know why this is.
Corn to a greater extent than any 9th
er cereal is carbonaceous or fat produc-
ing, and as this carbon element is all
derived from the sun and air the crop
therefore draws lightly on the soil.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The range cattlenen have a great
prospect ahead = the best growth of
grass known for years and an abnor-
mally high market in sight for their
fatted cattle this coming fall.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The unusual rainfall of June and
July, covering an immense area of the
semiarid lands of the west, has in
sured wonderful crop of grain Of all
Kinds where men had faith enough to
sow the seed. The western parts Of the
two Dakotas, Kansas and Nebraska
will have full crop this year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

There is difference of 100 per cent
In the weight of dozen eggs This we
know. for we made the test in a store
where eggs were bought and sold. One
dozen OF the largest eggs weighed just
twice as much as a dozen of the small
est ones. The small eggs always get to
the market, whether the large ones do
or not. In France eggs are sold by
weight, and they SHOULD be so sold
here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Purely grass fed Texas cattle sold
for S6.45 per hundredwe.ght on the
Chicago market in July. At 11xse fig
ures the growing of such isle is
bonanza.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

We notice that when boy has earn
ed and saved UP $25 he is more likely
to want to put his future eaigings with
the nest egg than he is to- blow his
money in for pop and cigars.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

When farmer INDUCES in a one
hundred and fifty dollar surrey for his
family to ride in, he should invest s25
more III set of buggy harness for his
team. Such carriage drawn by pair
or heaVy work horses in plow harness
makes a ludicrous combination.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
Democratic State Convention, Des
Moines Sent 9 1000

For the above the Burlington Ronta
will sell round trip tickets Sept. and
2 and for No 3 Sept. 8, good for return
Sept. 4, 1902, at one fare for round
Trip. w. 5. Parker, Agt. Union depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

There will be some most desirable
agricultural opportunities developed
In the coming years in connection with
the government irrigating schemes.
Many sagebrush plain is to be con-
verified into fruitful land filled with
prosperous farmers and nice homes.
The water is there, and the rich soil
Is there, and the genial sunshine only
awaits the bringing of the land and
the water together to do its part and
produce the finest Of crops. 80 ss
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Meat values are almost certain to
maintain higher level of prices for
the coming four years than for the
past decade. This will surely have an
effect upon the price of eggs and poul-
Try and make the keeping of hens a
more profitable business than it has
been for many years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Weather conditions are such this sea-
son that the corn belt is likely to
move back to the south again about
100 miles, perhaps more. Hard June
frosts and excessive moisture are not
favorable to corn crop grown north
of latitude 40.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

July rains and July heat so stimu-
lated the growth of weeds this season
that it has been the fight of a mans
life to keep them down.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The prospective crop of hogs in many
sections of the country, assuming that
the price remains at So or over during
the winter, will of itself, providing the
cholera does not make it's appearance,
bring an enormous revenue to the pro-
ducers. thousand dollars at least for
every quarter section farm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The country schoolma'am is at best
transitory. 1t usually only takes from
three to eighteen months for her to
capture some nice young fellow, and
then goodby to school teaching. 1t is
better SO, even though the school may
suffer as a result. While matrimony
brings about many misfts and lots of
trouble, it is still best for most every
one to run the risk.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Farm rents are moving up, adjust
ing themselves to the increased value
OF farm lands. From So to 81 per acre
Is now being asked for land rent where
" and $3.50 have heretofore been the
usual prices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The reports on the culture Of the
macaroni wheat imported for use on
the semiarid parts Of the west are
very encouraging. A new and val
liable cereal has thus been provided
for large section of the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

L the burdock is sliced of with a
sharp spade four inches below the
crown of the plant, it is the end of
that burdock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

1t is always either too hot or too cold
or too wet or too dry for some men;
never just right Born in the wrong
stage OF the moon, these came kicking
Into the world, go kicking through it
and kicking out of it and will be kick
ers at paradise conditions if old Peter
lets them through the gates.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
MILK AND HOG CHoI,uR.

During seasons when hog cholera Is!
prevalent 1t has been noted that what!
are known as the creamery and dairy
sections of the country suffer much
less from the disease than those sec.l
tons where the steer takes the place.
OF the dairy COW. The reason assigned,
is That pigs in the dairy sections get
good ration of skimmilk, one of the
best balanced rations to be had, andj
are thus better fitted to resist the dis.
ease than purely corn fed hogs. ....,,,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

Now, what's right in this case? A
wandering swarm of bees dropped
down on to tree on mans farm.
While he was going to the house to get
a hive for them a man passing along
the highway spied the bees and, enter
ing upon the mans farm, had them
hlved before he returned. Whose bees
are they?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02
Americans cook their food altogetbe,

Americans cook their food altogether
too much from hand to mouth, with
the result that the baking powder can
ana the frying pan go hand in glove
with the patent medicine man and the
dentist. Withal, this style of cooking
lays big burden of work, on the
housewife. Bread, pastry, cakes and
meats should not be cooked every day.
A baking day once week, or at most
twice week, is enough in all reason.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

This is what rape will do as sheen
food: One hundred and twenty-five
grade Shropshire lambs were fed for
seven and one half weeks on fifteen
acres of rape and made an average
gain Of three and one-half pounds per
head per week, or, in other words.
made a gain in selling value of $1s1
on the fifteen acres in that time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

We came across model farm gar
den the other day-an acre or so Of
land adjacent to the farmhouse laid
out in long strip and everything
planted in long, straight rows SO as to
admit of machine cultivation. Enough
small fruits and vegetables was thus
easily raised to supply four families
and at minimum of labor and trou-
BILE
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

So far the past year the grain gam
blers on the boards Of trade have
gambled in the producers interest. All
corners attempted have been Of the
bull type, and while the farmer has
rarely been able to reach the fancy
figures resulting from such manipula--
ton of the markets, still the general
effect has been to stimulate the cash
market for grain, and to this extent
the farmer has been benefited.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

The new crop of hops is being CON
tracted for on the Pacific coast at 20
cents per pound. This is fancy price.