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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
Kendall Bill Out of Committee,
Burlington Route Homeseekers Excur.
Stons

On the list and 3rd Tuesdays of each
month the Burlington Route will sell
round trip homeseekers tickets to
points in the west, northwest, south
west and southeast, at rate of $500
plus the regular one way rate. Good
for return twenty-one days from date
of sale. For full information call on
or address w. S. Parker, Ticket Agent
Union depot.
Burlington Route Excursions.
Very cheap one-way settlers tickets
via Burlington Route to points in the
northwest will be on sale daily during
March and April, 1902. to Billings,
Salt Lake, Ogden, Butte and Helena
Spokane, Umatilla, Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle and Vancouver. For full and
complete information regarding stop
overs and rates to all points call on or
address w. S. Parker, Ticket Agent,
Union depot.
Personally Conducted Excursion
to California leaves Ottumwa every
Thursday and Saturday via the Bur
lington route. Tourist tickets now on
sale via Burlington Route to all winter
resorts. Address undersigned for full
information. w. S. Parker, Ticket
Agt, Union depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
ALFALFA.

An Iowa farmer the past season Sc
cured two crops Of hay of two tons per
acre and a third crop of five bushels Of
seed per acre from his field of alfalfa.
The hay brought 500 per acre and the
seed $50, or more than half what the
land was worth. In this connection we
wish to emphasize the great value Of
this alfalfa plant for all localities
where it-pan be grown. All through the
great corn belt of the country the crops
produced are but poorly balanced so
far as their feeding value is concerned
being low in flesh forming elements and
high in fat formers. For this reason
stockmen and dairymen have to draw
at heavy expense upon the bran and
gluten products Of other sections Of
the country in order to secure fairly
we'll balanced rations for their stock.
Wherever alfalfa can be grown this
deficiency in flesh forming food is fully
met, and the man who grows it may be
absolutely independent of any and all
other high priced protein foods, for al
falfa meets every need in this respect.
We would suggest that every farmer
try a small piece Of alfalfa just as an
experiment. While in many cases the
soil conditions may not prove suitable,
still in every case where they are it
will prove bonanza to the grower.
Among the special good qualities Of
this plant are the following: 1t enrich
es and nitrifies the soil as does clover;
it is drought proof; it is rich in protein
and great dairy ration; hogs can be
grown and fattened for market upon it;
it lives forever Give alfalfa trial.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
Rock Island Route Excursions.

Cheap one-way settlers tickets via
c., R. !. & P. to points in the north
west will be on sale during March and
April, 1902, to Billings, Salt Lake, Og-
den, Butte, Helena, Spokane, Umatilla,
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Van
couver. For full and complete infor-
nation regarding stop-overs and rates
to all points. call on or address w. S.,
Parker, ticket agent. Union Depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
Rock island Home Seekers Excur.
sionS

On the first and third Tuesday of
each month the c., K. I. & P. will sell
round trip excursion tickets to points
in the west, northwest, southwest and
southeast at rate of So plus the regu-
lar one way rate. Good for return 81
days from date of sale.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
Very Low Rates to California.

The great Rock Island route will
have on sale during March and April
very low one way rates to all Califor-
MIA points, also to points in west and
northwest. Address undersigned for
full information. w. S. Parker, Tiki
ACT, Union Depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
All About Spirit and okoboli Lakes.
A descriptive and illustrated boolx.

let of Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in
northwestern Iowa, located along the
line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids G.
Northern Ry. will be sent free on APP
plication to the undersigned. This
book also contains the game laws of
Minnesota and Iowa. There are a
number of good boarding houses and
hotels around these lakes, and plenty
of good cottages to rent.
Jno. G. Farmer,
A. G. P. & T. A, B. C. R. & N. Ry.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
THE VALUE OF A GOOD EXAMPLE.

A good example is just about as
catching as bad one. and along agri-
cultural lines we think more so. No
man can go to work and increase the
productiveness of his fields, raise bet
ter crops and stock, fix his home
grounds up and put into his home
modern improvements but his less en-
terprising neighbors are stimulated to
follow his example. For instance,
where man of this progressive type
keeps his side of the highway neatly
mown and trimmed free from weeds
his neighbor across the road is almost
compelled to do likewise or else have
his own slovenliness thus continually
emphasized. There have to be pioneers
in this good work of agricultural prog
ress and development, those who set
the pace and pave the way for better
conditions. With such examples to pat
tern after the masses are ready to fol-
| low
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

: The lovers of bullfghting in Spain
tried recently to get up fight be-
tween bull and an automobile. 1t
was a total failure, as the machine
scared the bull out of his wits, and he
would only run, tail in the air, and
below as loud as he could.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

There are hundreds Of stacks of good
straw all through northwestern Iowa
and southwestern Minnesota, which the
owners would not sell last fall save at
an exorbitant figure, which will have to
be burned inside of thirty days to clear
the ground for another crop.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

A brick business block is among
the improvements assured for Well
man this spring.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

For all practical purposes it may be
said that genius is just another name
for hard, persistent work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The good hired girl is dead sure to
get married just about the time the
family which employs her thinks it is
fixed just right. 1t is a way hired
girls have.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The farm hand is feeling quite cocky
this spring and talks about $25 per
month, his board and washing and no
cows to milk. And he has not got to
the end of his string either. for he is
studying the government eight hour
plan with a good deal of interest.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The skunk is one Of the nuisances of
settlement and civilization. There are
a hundred Of these beasts now where
there was one when the country was
first settled.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The most expensive system of farm
home water supply is where the wife
is made to lug in all the water from
the well. We know of case where
this system of waterworks cost $500 in
doctors bills to make repairs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The last large body Of white pine left
On the state of Wisconsin was sold re-
Gently. 1t was estimated to contain
30O,O00,0o0 feet of lumber and brought
100000. Northern pine forests are
almost thing Of the past.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

A piece Of land in the city of New
York sold recently at price which if
you could realize the same figure for
your quarter section farm would bring
you in the sum of $685., 324,OOO.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

II you plant juneberries, you may be
sure that the birds will get every berry
unless you cover them up.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The Danish Baldhead cabbage is rec.
commended to US as one of the best
cabbages grown for winter use. 1t is
not large variety, but wonderfully
solid and may be kept well until spring
We shall try it this year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

The best field of corn which we know
of as grown last season was produced
on gumbo soil on clover sod turned
over the middle of May, and the corn
plows kept working in the field until
the middle of July. The last plowings
were done with a single horse, and the
corn growers neighbors stopped on the
highway long enough to tell him he
was fooling away his time while doing
the work. He got sixty-five bushels
per acre. they twenty-five bushels.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

In all those sections where the rain
fall does not exceed twenty-five inches
and where the springs are almost al
ways dry seed Of all kinds, including
grass seeds, should be planted deeper
than where moister conditions prevail.
In such dry localities we would put
clover and timothy in with the small
grain and cover from two to three
inches deep, and we would plant corn
from four to five inches deep and pota-
toes six inches.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

1t is great misfortune that most of
the information which farmers as a
whole obtain about fruit and fruit
growing comes from tree peddlers. If
you want to set out an orchard, large
or small, go to that man in your own
immediate neighborhood who has been
most successful in producing fruit and
abide by his advice, letting the stories
of tree peddlers entirely alone. There
are hundreds of thousands of dollars
thrown away each year in the purchase
of orchard and garden stuff from ped
dlers which is wholly unsuited to the
locality where sold.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

There are many evergreen groves
now growing through the west, and in
many cases these groves have been pre-
empted by the crows as roosting and
nesting places to the great annoyance
Of the owners and the detriment of the
groves. In one case lot of city sports
were tnvitSd out to grove so tenanted,
and the crows were slaughtered by the
hundred, but when the guns left the
birds returned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

No general and specific rule can be
given for the adornment Of farm
home, as conditions differ so much, but
any person may easily study his
home and its surroundings from an ar
tistic standpoint and learn what may
be done to improve the looks of things.
A good sized dooryard from which the
hogs and poultry should be excluded is
very essential; SO are straight fences
kept in good repair, paint for the build
ings and the location of the stockyard,
and particularly the hogyard. well
away from the house. The trees should
be kept trimmed, and the old truck
which accumulates on every farm
should not be piled around promiscu-
ously in the front yard. No work done
on the farm pays better than this of
keeping things sleeked up.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

! We do great many foolish things in
bur ignorance. Years ago, not knowing
the sexual differences in different va
rieties Of the strawberry plant. we
planted bed of the wrong sort--old
maid plants-and, while they grew fine
ly and blossomed profusely, not ber-
ry did we get for all our trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

A majority of the corn growers are
agreed that it pays to cut up the corn,
but they are by no means agreed as
to the best method of handling and
feeding the fodder after 1t is cut up.
Some favor feeding it in bundle 9th
ers say that it pays to thrash or shred.
Much depends upon the kind of stock
it is to be fed to. If steers for beef, it
is best fed in the bundle; if dairy cows,
it should be shredded and some other
ration substituted for the corn The
horse will use it to the best advantage
if shredded. Any way is ahead of leav.
Ing the crop in the field to waste.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

One of the most noticeable changes
going on at the present time is the
marvellous increase in the manufacture
and use of cement, brick and other
building materials, excluding wood
The wooden age. SO far as architecture
In America is concerned, is rapidly
passing away. Cement and concrete
are largely displacing stone for heavy
foundation work both in the erection
of buildings and bridge piers, while
brick has become one of the most pop
ular Of materials for street paving.
Cheap structural steel and the prod
ucts Of clay banks and kilns are revo-
lutioniaing building methods and will
do much to limit and lessen the ire
mendous fire losses which the wooden
built communities have to endure.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

When America gets as large an army
of paupers and has to support as large
standing army as do the nations Of
Europe, then we may expect to secure
rs fine class Of macadamized high
ways as may be found in those coun-
tries. Military necessity and the pau
perization of the masses have made the
good roads of Europe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

We are asked whether alfalfa can be
made to grow successfully on soil
where there are coarse gravel subsoil
and permanent water to be reached
within ten feet Of the surface. We
should say that these were just the
conditions where alfalfa would thrive
and do its best. AT any rate, any man
valuable forage plant thorough trial.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

] Now, here is a new thing which
seems to have merit. A Kansas man
has patented new method Of seed
sowing for the garden. He attaches
the seeds of the garden vegetables to a
narrow tape by machinery. spacing the
seeds on the tape at the proper dis
,tance. You then 60 to the store. and
instead of buying q paper of seed you
get SO many yards Of seed, and, max
inss the furrow to receive the seed, you
stretch out the tape and cover it up,
and the job is nicely done. No crooked
rows and no back ache by this method,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

! Even the godly minded man never
seems to get much good out of Sunday
even when he has, been to kirk and
Sunday school when he finds at chore
time that the hired man has gone off to
see his girl and left all the cows for
the good man to milk. He will do the
milking because he has to, but all the
time he will be thinking things which
If spoken right out would not harmo-
nize with the parsons sermon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

Applies to sub-districts 2, and ~
That in accordance with the state
law the company shall furnish all nee
essary timbers at the mouth of the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25

undoubtedly pick the scale TO pieces.
as it WERE before adopting it, if it is
adopted, and before this adoption the
questions relating to the uniform day
wage scale and the shot firers must be
settled. This will, beyond doubt, re-
quire much time and furnish occasion
for much oratory before it is settled,
if it is settled at all, and no one can
say what the final decision of the
Joint convention will he
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-11
Testers Cotton Statement.
HESTER'S COTTON.

HESTER'S COTTON.
(By the Associated Prcss)
New Orleans, La, Oct. 10.-Sccretasy
Hesters statement of the worlds visible
supply of cotton, issued today, shows the
total visible to be 2.11t.S51 against l.
93S, 121 last week and 1855. 104 last year
Of this the total of American cotton Ia
/ ,662, ISL against 1496,121 last week and
1 400. 1G4 last year, and of all other kinds
including Egypt. Brazil, India. etc. 49,
600. against Az, 600 last week and 45S, coo
last year.
OF the worlds visible supply of cotton.
there now is a1oat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 40S 900,
against S17 900 last year; in Egypt $1,000.
against 81 600 last year; in India 21S.00u.
against 22A,0 900 last year, and in tho Uni
ted States 791 900, against 753 900 las.
5ear.
Secretary Hestcr's weekly cotton state
ment, issued today, shows for the ter
GAYS of October, a decrease under las,
wear of 5000 and a decrease under the
same period year before last OF 10000.
For the forty days of the season tina.
have elapsed tho aggregate is ahead OF
the same days last year562, 600 and ahead
If the same DAYS year before last 2i5,00o
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 102,S07, against
$50. 3eS for the same seven days ending
October 10 last year, and 1918 year be-
fore last.
The movement since September L. show,
receipts at all United States ports to be
.S25. Psi. against Sl6,17S last year over
| land across the Mississippi and Ohio ant
Potomac rivers to Northern mills ant
Canada 52.21S against 5S,012 last year
| Interior stocks in excess of those helt
| at the close Of the commercial year us.
| 5t2. against 1S3.30i last year. and South
| crn mill taldngs 2i7,500. against 223,3o'
| last year.
The total movement since ScptembcI
| 1st is 1,Si3.5i9 against 1921 .29i last yea
| and 1.59S,7i1 year before last.
| Foreign exports for the week has bcei
| 1918. against 13040S last year. MAJ
ing the total thus far for the season $50,
| e7. against 53o,015 last year. The tota
| taEiug5 of American mills North an
| South and Canada thus far for the season
i have bcon 42t.200. against 366.550 las
! year. Stocks at the seaboard ard the =
leading Southern interior centres have III
creased during the week 1920 bale
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-11
THE GREAT PARADE
Eighty-Five Displays Have
Already Entered,
The Directors and Division Chiefs Met Yester.
day and Dscu ;sod Plans. All Entries
Must Be in by the 18th.

The directors of the State Fair parade
met with the chiefs of the various divi
sions yesterday morning in the Governor s
office and talked over many details or
this great feature of the coming Fair.
There were present at the meeting, be-
sides Messrs. Sherwood Higgs and Henry
w. Miller, who are directing this part OF
the Fair, Department o, Mr.. Thomas H..
Ennis, of New York, who has charge or
getting UP the floats and decorations;
Col. Alfred Williams, chief of the mill
tary division: Mr.. Daniel Allen, chief or
the mercantile division; Mr. j. 5. Wynne,
chief of the industrial division, and MISS
Julia B. Howell, chief of the floral divi-
sion; and Mr.. w. H. Brewer, chief of the
! bicvcle division.
Miss Howell is assisted by Messrs. w.
]. Andrews and w. H. King.
The list of those who have already
signed agreements to take part in the
parade was gone over carefully, and
many names were suggested of parties
who would be likely to enter. 1t was
found that eighty-fve agreements had
been signed for the different divisions of
the parade.
1t is absolutely necessary that all en-
tries be in by October 18th, as the decora-
tors and builders will begin work then.
Messrs. Copeland & Co., of Richmond, and
| Middendorfer, of Atlanta and Richmond
will be engaged upon the floats and in
! decorating the eXtcriors of buildings. In
/ addition there will be many scenic artists
and sign workers.
Orders for flowers for the decorating
! of vehicles or floats may be sent to Mrs
! Harry Loeb, who, with the ladies of st
! Mary's Guild, has undertaken this work
and is turning out paper flowers at a
| great rate.
! The mercantile division is filling III
rapidly. as we'll as the industrial division
Already thirty-fiyc have entered the
bicycle corps and that division is limited
to fifty Those wishing to enter should
! give their names to Mr.. Brewer at once
All bicycles will be checked and looked
after at the Fair grounds by uniformed
! attendant.
The carriages and traps in the fora
division will be specially escorted by ~,
marshals, who will assist the ladies il
every way possible during the parade
tand, so some say, after they get to the
| grounds too. But of that hereafter
Quite a number of ladies have alread!
| signed to take part. and many of thu
matrons of the city will loan their car
riages to the young ladies to decorate
and use.
All of the various schools of the cit1
have been invited to enter the parade
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-11
A NEW TEXT.
Southern Preacher Gives Food for
Thought.

Coffee works in many different and un-
suspected ways. Mr. E. l.. Wesson,
pastor of Baptist church OF Sardis, Miss,
writes
L loved coffee from my infancy, and
never knew of it hurting me until | was
80 years old. l suffered with headaches
IL forced to do without it, and sometimes
used it three times a day but headache
had been one of the ills OF our family,
and therefore l thought it was an inner
tied evil for which coffee was special
remedy, but about nine years ago, | be-
gan to suffer from sleeplessness, which
continued until it seemed as if my nerves
would wreck for want of sleep. and yet
could not sleep.
A friend suggested that / quit coffee
except for breakfast which l did, and Sc
found that l could sleep a little better,
but my headaches continued, and my
nervous system would sometimes seem as
II the very fibres of my flesh were NOV
ing within me. 1t went on until three
years ago I began to suffer at night with
an itching sensation on my limbs below
my knees and on my arms below the
elbows. and sometimes all over my body,
but there was no eruption on the skin:
the flesh was smooth and white / con-
suited several good physicians. but with
no avail
/ had no idea that the coffee I drank
i'm the morning caused it. but finally de-
cided to stop coffee for a while. and try
Postum Food Coffee Wife made it &C
cording. to directions. so that liked it
equally as we'll as coffee | had no idea
that it would relieve the awful itching
deep down in my flesh, but thought |
would try it to see if there was any vir-
tue in 1t. had used it only few DAYS
when ] discovered that the itching was
not so severe. When | had used it ten
DAYS. my wife said. What is the matter
with YOU? You do not seem TO be trou-
bled with that itching sensation l told
her that 7 did not know what was the
cause. but I knew that was not troubled
with the itching any more and was
thankful for it.
| then went over TO preach in another
town. and while there drank some strong
coffee. and the itching returned. When
/ came back homo. I commenced using
Postum again. and the itching ceased
Then I decided that coffee in some way
produced the itching. | drank Postum
three times n day and rest as well as
] ever rested. and never have headaches
any more. I believe that hundreds oil
preachers who suffer from Indigestion
nervousness and worry would find rest
and health II they would quit coffee and
use Postum.