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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
COUNTY OFFICERS BONDS.
Thirteen WapeIIo County Officials
Bonded for $2a6. 900.

Thirteen of the officials who serve
the people Of Wapello county are
bonded to insure the faithful and hon.
est performance of their duties, and
the aggregate amount for which these
bonds are good is $23S,000. They
have a range in amounts from $780,
600 down to $500. The largest is that
of the county treasurer and the small
est is given by the county surveyor.
The Signers.
The officials of Wapello county at
the present time rightly have the con-
tidence and respect of the prominent
and more wealthy residents, and on
the bonds the sureties are some Of the
most widely known men in the south
eastern part of Iowa. Only three of
the thirteen officials are bonded by
bond companies, and this is merely a
matter of choice, as they could have
easily obtained local backing"
The Largest Bond.
The largest bond is that of r. P.
Dana, the county treasurer. This in
sures the county to the extent of $780,
900, and the names on the bond rep
resent several times that much. They
are as follows: ]. B. Mowrey, A. Gil
Harrow, j. T. Hackworth, B. W. Searle,
T. d. Foster; w. .Bonnifield, George
Haw. M. B. Hutchinson, ]. B. Sax, S.
H. Harper, ]. H. Merrill, w. R. Dag
gett, Samuel Mahon, e. T. Edgerly,
Calvin Manning, Frank Won Schrader,
]. w. Garner, w. G. Wyman, Frank
McIntire B. P. Brown.
Two Alike.
Two of the bonds are in the amount
of 100000 each, this being the next
highest amount to $15O,O0O among the
bonds. One of these is the bona Of
H. w. Michael, clerk of the district
court, and this is signed by Calvin
Manning. w. R. Daggett, S. H. Harper
and ]. H. Merrill. The other $4,000
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

Tic beef iacl ciaiacr for protection
from sEoddy rs a Substitute for wool
while they are ut the same time eager
for free trade III oleomalEarine. using
their &.ccrs as dal.T animals in place
o. Ola bossy There is no end o. self
isl morality in this old world.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

And now comes farm economist
md AYERS that it costs as much To feed
dozen rats as il does to feed Il two
hundred pould siiotc.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
SHOULD SELL AND SQUARE UP.

A reader in Nebraska owning a good
farm OF 3G0 acres. upon which he has
lived for nearly thirty years but who
is now in poor health. discouraged and
burdened with Il debt of $4,000. writes
us and wishes to know whether he had
better sell LOW at $40 per acre or try
to carry the load for awhile longer in
the hope of getting Il better price for
his land. We do not like to give ad-
vice in such cases. because it might be
acted on and it might be wrong. but
we will say this much: If we were Sit
uated as lie is. we would sell. pay up.
get square with the world, buy a small
place and get as much comfort as pos
sible out of the few years left A
young man full of health and vigor
might carry this load, but man at
fifty-three is a fool to try. There is
lots of misery in this world caused by
men trying to carry load too heavy
for them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

Butter hos responded less to the bull
movement in farm products than any
other commodity. only about 2 cents
advance being made over hard time
quotations.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

The cold storage method for the cur
irg and maturing Of cheese gems TO
be growing in favor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
WHAT SHOULD HE DO.

From central Illinois comes request
for a little advice The writer,
young man of twenty years. has been
working on a farm until he has got
the sum of $3.50. saved up. He wishes
TO know whether he kad letter spend
part or all of this money in securing
a course of training at the state agri-
cultural college, whether he had bet
ter go west and invest it in a piece OF
cheap land or dig away for awhile lon-
ger and get enough together to rent Il
good farm. 1t would lie easier to adj
wise did wc only know the young man
personally, fer so much depends upon
the man himself. In a general way
we woEld advise him to take n part of
his money and this winter take a
three months course Mt the college as
81 starter. If it should prove that his
Introduction to the scientific side of
agriculture awakened new ambitions
and Inspirations as it is very likely to
do, he will not need any advice as to
what To do next. 1t is always we'll
that as 4 man is introduced TO a larger
field his power of seeing the ever wild
ening horizon of his being is also en-
larsed. and for many young nan all
that is necessary is to place himself
where he may see. He then can 30 it
alone. Men trained in agricultural sci
cnce are in great demand--thc men
who can Judge stock. manage big
farms. dairies and creameries. run
stock ranches and manage men in sub
ordinate capacity. Their show for adj
vancemcnt and emolumcnt is vastly
better than with the railways, in the
law, medicine, pedagogy, the pulpit.
The world must be fed. The food
must come from the farm. The man
who knows how to raise the most and
the best food at the smallest cost is
going to be n much wanted man in the
coming years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
The man with an orchard needs to
watch as we'll as spray.

Thrasl.ed or shredded corn fodder
makes an admirable coarse forage "a
ZION for horses, whether they be colts
or working animals.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

We wanted some two inch strips Of
black walnut the other day Gu three
eighths of an inch thick, With which to
ley a floor, and We're surprised to find
that the sum of cents per square foot
was The price. The same day we drove
by mans farm where there was a
stretch OF old rail fence, every rail in
it Of black walnut, cut forty years ago
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

We mentioned lately shat sheep
might be allowed to run for a short
period each day in the orchard with
ont injury TO the frees. We believe
this statement is correct, but wish to
emphasize tie fact that they must nor
be LETT there, for they will soon learn
to peel tie bark from the trees and
Will stand up OH their hind legs like a
goat to do it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

Stock of all kinds will cat corn fod
der moge readily in cold weather tllan
when The weather is mid They will
also eat it up much cleaner. This fact
suggests ti!at The hay be reserved for
late winter and spring. disposng of the
corn fodder during tie cold weather.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
.OTTUMW AN ELECTED.
w. j. Hicks Made Director in Iowa
Spiritualists Association.
THEY DECLARE AGAINST VACCINATION
At Annual Meeting in oskaIoosa, Some
Very Important Resolutions Are
Adcpted-Cfficers for the Coming
Year Elected-Meetrg a Success.

w. ]. Hicks, of this city, has been
elected members of the board of di
rociors of the Iowa State Spiritualist
association, which is now holding it's
annual meeting in Oskaloosa. There
are large number of Ottumwa spirit
ualists il attendance and the meeting
is great success. The spiritualists
have arranged for committee to go
before the state legislature and work
for an amendment to the laws of Iowa
governing the practice of medicine.
Besides much other business being
transacted officers for the ensuing
year We're elected as follows:
President-Dr. c. A. Hinton, Of Os-
kaloosa.
Vice President. D. Vail, of Mar
tshalltown.
secretary-stella A. Fisk, of Keo-
kuk.
Directors-Daniel Davis, of Oska-
loosa, Nellie Enoch, of Ferry; W. ].
Hicks, of Ottumwa; E. H. Richardson
of Belmond.
Delegates to National convention
Mrs. Nellie Enoci, of Ferry; John D.
Vail, of Marshalltown; Stella A. Fisk,
of Keokuk; Daniel Davis, of Oska-
loosa
Alternates-W. T. Hamilton of Well.
man, Mrs. M. ]. Eads of Marshalltown,
Mrs. Eva Mccoy of Marshalltown and
l. II. Hamilton of Hayesville.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
THE r1x!Ty OF NATURAL Laws.

THE FIXITY OF NATURAL LAWS.
If there really We're any definite
changes in the rainfall, the prevailing
winds. the temperature and seasons rs
some are wont to claim there is. the
whole economy of the universe would
he thrown out of joint. 1t is to only n
very limited extent that man in any
manner changes the existing order of
things. He may by removing the for
ests promote floods and possibly frost
ard he may to some extent modify the
i'll effects Of drought by surface cult
walton and irrigation or the blast of
the simoom by the planting of groves,
but he cannot add drop to the aver
age rainfall or temper any extreme Of
heat or cold. lengthen or shorten sea-
son or abate in the smallest degree the
midsummer heat or the midwinter
cold. AS it was and is. so it will al
ways be. and his success in living will
lie wholly along the line of adjusting
himself and his work to natural laws
which are as Interchangeable as the laws
Of the Modes and Persians. The hard
winters, the droughts, the floods, the
untimely frosts, which made past years
memorable will all return again when
the cycle of their rotation is complete.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

The Chinese court has been rehabili-
tated by making the clothes of the
common people little shorter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

In one western state there are tiiis
winter no less than 800 different lee
ture courses provided for. the cost Of
each Of which will run from 5000 to
$1,000. and it is fact that these en-
tcrtainmcEts are not by any means
solely supported by towEspeople., but
very largely by the people who live on
the farms Of the several communities.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

Variations in soil often have almost
as much effect upon trees as a varia
ton in climate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

After man has got stuck on some
lightning rod deal or other fake scheme
and has endured the deserved re-
proaches of the good wife for his lack
of shrewdness and business sagacity it
is a great comfort to him to come
home some evening to find that his
wife has subscribed for some book at
So Which could be bought down town
for 10 cents. While all that might be
be fit to print. it is always pleasanter
for the old man at home after the book
agent has made his visit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23
THRAsHING VERSUS sHREDD.NG.

TARASHiNG VERSUS SEIR EDDLNG.
We have lately been noting the rela-
tive merits of thrashed and shredded
corn fodder. By removing every other
tooth from the cylinder and concave
the corn can be rapidly shelled and
the fodder well shredded without in
jury to the machine, the average ma
chine easily disposing of twenty acres
of corn in a day. The sole objection to
this plan is that the shelled corn is
never dry enough to keep without
spelling unless spread out thinly over
large surface. The fodder is put in
excellent shape for feeding-just as
good as though shredded There is
perhaps another Objectionable cobs,
which have a value as fuel. are by
this method wasted. The shredders
are doing fine work now. husking the
corn in most perfect shape and putting
the fodder in the best of condition for
use. Either method offers a complete
solution of the corn fodder question.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

The knowledge of scientific and tech
meal subjects is being so vastly in
creased by schools. colleges. training
schools, books and papers that the
wages OF persons skilled in any par
ticular line are being unfavorably af-
fected thereby. We know Of case
where seven years ago a monthly sal
airy of $50 was paid to young man
to run an electric light plant. while the
same plant is now as well run by an
other young man who is content to
work for a salary Of S35 per month.
Stcnographers and typewriters who
used to command high salaries few
years ago are now paid but a meager
compensation for their skilled ability.
In this connection we might mention
that Pat with his shovel and wheel
barrow has secured an advance in
wages during the same period Of time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

we are asked which is the best of
our native plums. Like sewing ma
chimes and iypewriters, there is no
best. For the general market the
Hawkeye ranks high, its large size and
uniformity making it Il first class sell
or. The Wyant, the Rockford. the Sur
prise, the De Soto. the Hammer and the
Ilackhawk are all good while the boys
VIII let them alone until the last Stod-
dard plum is gone.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

In planting grove Of native timber
it is well TO remember that some vari-
cites of trees may he planted much
closer together than others. The soft
maple will bear thick planting. as will
the larch. catalpa and many of the
coniferS. The cottonwood on the con
trary. VIII not stand thick planting,
hnt will nearly all die by the time they
are twenty years old.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

o. 4
FySSss, $3.50 SiGi.2ag S;S:s.ss>,sSsS
Hs >x-=!G;:.:s:,,>,< %.s>4SsI
1894 ,~Easss7S me-. E,lsaa
1890 CT
Variations in sol, oftc, have almost
rs rucb effect upon trens os vario.
ton in climate.
-
The cold storage method for the cur
Ing and maturing of cheese gems To
he growing In favor
And now comes q fern economist
md overs thet il cos+s rs n111ch tn food
;. io.c, r,te rs IL ,,acs +, feed f., tyyn
hupdrel n0,,d s,,otn
n 10 -vrr,r, ,,ot;,,.r t,,oi. whom E+oIion
1s;rv interests recently wanted first
c,,ss t.,,oc.,,,o,;p,. y cou was sent 10
Wisconsin 10 furnish the man. and
---
Tic beef i1ca ciailcr for protection
from shoddy rs Il Substitute for wool
for free trade in oleomarsarine, using
t!ler &.ccrs as dairy animals in place
o. Oh Eossy. There is 10 end Of self
isl morality in this old world.
der iaovp readily in cold weather tllan
when The weather is mid They will
e.,
suggests ti.gt The l!ay be reserved for
late winter and spring. disposing OF the
corn fodder during the cold weather.
In one western state there are tiiis
winter no less than 300 different Ice
turp courses provided for. the cost of
e1ooo MI - ;s. !, f,at +h,, t,,nso .or,
1o.tainnorts ora NO, Inv orv no.rs
.ofeI,. c,,,,1,orted hx, +,wrcpeo,,,o b,+
,.ar,, ,or,a,,. IN. ,,,n ,,oo,,a ,y,n 1.-Two nm
,ha f,rns nf +ho sa,nroj co,nn,unitios
1rrorv fola o4 o,,ns+ol,,s u,bi,,n;ro
obou+ in tho u;p4or wind. all +hrar,rb
+ho r,;dd,o ,,.os.+ ro,,,osa,,+s, do,a -
70 the owner this yaar Of easily s, nor
acre. Cut at .the proper nme anu
siiredded or thrashed the stalks on
each acre "ouid nave feaGlly sold 1ol
10 Oh %, anu, WHAT is more. VIII pe
baaly needed before grass grows again
The men who get the positions OF
rural mail route carriers in the north
should be paid better wages than their
tellows In the south III the north fol-
more to dress and more to keep then
teams because OF the cold weather
Some congressman should introduce q
Dill this winter in congress to remedy
THIS.
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In planting grove Of native timber
it is well TO remember that some yari
cites of trees may he planted lnucl
closer together than others The soft
maple will bear thick planting. as vii
the lIrcll. c;italpa and many of the
conifers. The cottonwood. on the con
trary, VIII not stand thick planting
arn tp,anty wears oId
-
Nn ora asked which is 4bo hast q
orr nativa n,urns like sawino M,
chimes and ,vY,ewritars +hora is y,
hast FIR ,,,e rnnnro, markot III,
I4,v.eva ranks hiuh itS largo eiya , ~,
untsorn,itv maxine II !, frst class coll
Or The yyvon, rho Rockford ,he SIR
mis-. tho DO Soto ,ha Hammer and III,
rl,c,.hawl. ,rn ,,I roo1 wbiln tho nov,
,viIl Iet them ,,orn un,i, tho Inc, stod
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

A man who married fine looking
lady was accorded a divorce soon after
when he proved to the court that she
was not what she seemed-that when
she removed her false hair, her false
teeth. her false bust and washed the
paint from her face she was another
lady altogether. Oleomargarine. like
this lady. masks under false pretenses
lis not what it pretends to be-and so
should be divorced by law from the
dairy interests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

Lessons from nature are always of
the greatest value when needed. in
many respects better than those learn
ed from the textbooks. Now, here is
an object lesson which any one may
study who will. In any rolling. bluffy
region, such as may be found border
ing all our larger rivers. it will be no.
ticed that the native timber always
grows more tall. healthy and thriftily
on the north slopes OF the bluffs than it
does anywhere else. The reason is not
that the soil is richer on the north
slope but that it is kept cooler and
moister Why not apply this lesson in
the planting Of our apple orchards in
all that territory where hot winds and
! midsummer droughts prevail?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

1t is said that the apple tree borer
can be surely annihilated by first To-
eating it and cleaning out it's burrow
and then inserting the head of com
mon lucifer match and plugging the
hole with clay. The decomposition Of
the phosphorus and birthstone by con-
tact with the moisture in the tree gen
crates a gas which makes short work
OF the horer
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

A new settler. an apple crank. open
ed up a new farm on the wild prairies
of northwestern Iowa twenty years
ago. There was not a native tree with
in ten miles Of him. He told his neigh
bors he was going to plant an orchard.
They told him he was a fool, that
trees would not grow and laughed him
to sccrn as he proceeded with his work.
He set out five acres to apple trees,
protecting the orchard with belt of
willows. gave the trees intelligent
care and waited for his reward. He
made the statement recently that dur
ing the past ten years he had sold from
that orchard apples to the value of
$4,000, and this done on, the bleak,
black lands of the prairie region of the
central west. where many people think
trees will not grow at all. This Or
chard is in good, thrifty condition to.
day and is an object lesson fGr ALL. mr.;
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

The men Who get the positions OF
rural mail route carriers in the north
should be paid better wages than their
fellows in the south. In the north for
five months in the year it costs them
more TO dress and more to keep their
teams because Of the cold weather.
Some congressman should introduce a
bill this winter in congress to remedy
this
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-23

Every field of cornstalks whipping
about in the winter winds all through
the middle west represents dead loss
to the owner this year Of easily So per
acre. Cut at the proper time and
shredded or thrashed the stalks on
each acre would have readily sold for
SIS OIL 50, and what is moro. will be
badly needed before grass grows again.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
A Tough Proposition.

The condition of Ireland agricultur.
ally is steadily improving owing to the
more liberal LAND laws. The per cent of
Irish immigration to this country Is
steadily decreasing, largely due to this
improved condition. This is a distinc,
loss to America, as Pat more than any
other man has contributed to the
splendid system of internal improve
ments of which America is so proud
In place of the son Of the Emerald Isle
we are now getting beggars from Italy.
fortune tellers from Alaska, tramps
from Turkey and scads of all degrees
from the despot ridden and bankrupt
principalities of the Mediterranean.
America has lone marvellous things in
assimilating foreign types and convert
ing them into a homogeneous citizen
ship, but she is now receiving 1t the
rate of half a million head a year of
raw material which bids fair to tax the
assimilative power of the country to
the utmost. When we say that only 80
per cent of this crowd can either read
or write, it is easy to understand what
a job we have on our hands
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14

spache in moind that wud touch his
heart. Ord rache out me hand and
say, 'Hinery, vas whist du haben,' and
that be's a spache that no well bred
dootchman wud let pass unheede0, and
amy wan who have had the proper hop
culture. as have tn Prince wud say,
make it a '%snit,'"
you seem well posted" said the edi-
tor, "as to what would please the prince.
| believe that If l were to meet him that
a few quotations from Goethe Dr. Schil-
Ter would please him more than any
thing else"
"'Tis a sad poet he'd be-" quoth
O'Fallon. " Sure OF wint into a gar
den vance where there was a lot av
s~toodents as called themselves German
s%toodents. Plat be they stuoyin', says
Oh? Languages said tn waither. 1t
must be dead languages they be study
in, say OF, judging be tn odor. Nit
says tn waither, that be's limburger
cheese yer smellin.' Send fer tn I'M
dertaker,' says OF, 1T be's tonne fer a
funeral"
Its my opinion" said Uncle Bill,
that Prince Henry will have the sup
port NV all the prohibitionists IL he
wants ter run fur Office when he gifts
here, cause the Prince Henry cocktail
Is now gittin ter be a fad, an that Is
made without liquors. They use
oranges, ~pineapples, cherries ANAL that
stuff. but I'd have ter see him turn
down a glass NV beer before | could
consistently support him as a prohibi-
ZIONIST"
When he turns down a glass av
beer, remarked O'Fallon, at would be
in a way that will meet tn APPROVAL av
his royal highness, King Gambrinus,"
do yez moind, and OF be's thinkin' that
he'd hold up his glass In hit most ap-
proved stole and say, 'prosit.' But phat
makes me feel kindly towards him and
his big Brudder Bill is becase av tn
fact av their revivlng tn silver ques-
ton in this country
in what way are they reviving the
silver question:" asked the editor.
Haven't yez seen in tn papers how
the yacht HohenZoilern be's all fitted
IN wild silverware?" inquired O'Fallon.
"Sure all tn people av this country
wants is t follow tn fad av a royal
prince on tn silver question, and thin
we'll show yez phwat is phwat."
'One thing l am glad NV" declared
Uncle Bill, "is ter see the prince take
such an interest in the American hog.
That's what the farmer wants, an after
he gifts through shakin' hands with j.
Pierpont Morgan, an a few more av
the nabobs, he'll come out an take a
look at the farmers royal blooded
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-14
The Mission of Clover.

No plant for all the north country
agriculture can preach so good a SER
mon as clover. 1t is the almost perfect
dairy ration, tames the lumpy, sour
and contrary soil, subsoils the hard
pan, renovates and fertilizes the poor
soil, works days and nights during the
two years Of it's existence not only to
produce the best food grown upon the
farm, but to enrich and nitrify the
earth and increase the yield of all fol-
lowing crops for not less than five
years. We can offer nothing better
for the average farmer than to advise
him to make a serious business of
studying this valuable plant and its
beneficent mission.