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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

The Maine experiment station has de-
termined by analysis that 10 cents
worth Of common bread and milk con-
tains more than twice the amount Of
nutriment than 10 cents worth of any
of the greatly advertised cereal food
preparations. and, besides this, the
bread and milk tastes better.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

The farm work of 1904 should be wei
planned out this winter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
Hoo Market,

Receipts today, $4,000, left over, g.
500; estimated tomorrow, $4,000; Of
fetal receipts yesterday. $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

It Is often difficult to get bait which
will attract rats into trap, for these
rodents are very wise and crafty, but
we are told that there is one kind of
bait which they never can resist and
will run any rat risk to obtain, and
that is pumpkin seeds. Try this bait.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
\ NJ a S
GOODS

75c Gold Filed rings at =. .4se
SOC Gold filled rings at $500. ..24c
81 Locket with chain ;. j. $3.50
50c Tie pin ;. -. :, 35c
75c Gold front cuff buttons 4Sc
25c Perfume at ...... -. -. 15c
SOC Perfume at 1850. !. .39c
Regular 75c perfume 49,. :. .4Sc
soc Ladies fine handkerchiefs at 35c
Best Soc Handkerchiefs at 4. ..24c
zoe Handkerchiefs 2 for I. $50
15c and 1Sc handkerchiefs at J. loo
Regular 1oc handkerchief at :. ..5c
700 Games at &c, 10c, 15c and !, .24c
Toys and dolls. Large assortment to
select from at is per cent saving.
SOC Neckties at >. 80. PIC
25c Bow tie at ), .10c
Best $1.00 Dress shirts at CSC
Sl.25 Mems dress shirts at 1850
Odd sizes in CSC and 75c shirts 4Sc
$3.50 Mems sweaters S1.9S
Best $500 Mems sweaters 1.4S
In cheap sweaters down to =. I. 500
9l.za Album ..y.. $50. ;. -. 500
Best " albums s. ..l.69
Flnest s2.5o album -. -. 1925
$3.50 Toilet case ..2.o5
s2.15 Toilet case 80. ..2.39
s1.75 Toilet case l.4s
sl.s9 Toilet case SOC
a Z iiahakerchiei box .49c
SlO0 Handkerchief box J. -. soc
THE FAIR
i1s E. Maia Street
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

A prominent paper in the west states
that one Of its patrons this year raised
100 bushels Of popcorn on two-thirds
Of an acre of ground Af1davits should
always be attached to this class of ag.
ricultural yarns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

Query: If it is right to appropriate
the public money to get water on to a
desert why not to drain swamp?
And yet every drainage enterprise SO
far undertaken has been by private en-
terprise.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
New YORK produce Marke,

New York, Dec. 2s.-Wheat- May,
S6Ac.
Corn, Soc
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

At this season Of the year the "side
hunt" is very common feature of
western so called sport. While this sort
of hunting or sport might be permits
sible in a jack rabbit country. where
these animals are pests, in the major
portion of the country. where wild life
is all too scarce anyway, such hunts are
little short Of barbarism.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
Tri- weekly Courier.
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ONCE to- which the paper has been sent as
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~ 49,. - a $3.50, sa E., sou.u &c uiop,
~ r.. 1850 SS~n ~ .salope :. Wouid
- e''-,s,'- - - - 2 -
r,,5,,s 90 =, y, .,,a ~ dru,v AZ. -.
az ,,,ths,,+ 49,, sts,e ua4.an .,M III w.
o. o.. $500 any ~ In .'on Mnn give
on s'ass uuiins ui'e summer.
-,
one " tne very oest caves we ever
saw neser sven nau ah ihtrouuction 10
Jus !. lno 9 anu ua aiMass pa"led as soon
as - neetu 'is' nulu u 'le iarin sepa-
NJ. -, ....
-, 1850. So " noss sens
49,, ~ a.. As.s - Ao"n DO sosefn-
' .s a.. 10y .As sAas Ivy hnu 'nelr
ms as =. - 80 :. th,. IT.. - 1000 We
>'>~- - 90 800 = '-, ~ - Aeo'
90 1oo per n uent y, ths treient charge SINCE
100. .uen .le ciarse was a cent ana
d iraeion per ION per mlle' now II IS a
iiae'ion over e'ires- quarters OIL cent.
- .
Suely. = :. 40 Iisht 10 appropriate
.ne puplls money . get wafer on 10 a
o. s a. se en..ise 80
- -. "a AZ u''o Deei W pitSu.e Gu
-. pA-e' --
nrorn;na+ = n. l., ~. -. .....
mot nra ~ ~, $3.50 +h,s $50. $50
ion hnsbals of nonnorn an ~ ~ 49,, ds
of on core :, aronrd Ama.n;t, .,,a',Ia
ricultnral YARNS
The state of Nav yorl, voted 81 ~ :
late election Tho anormons hond ;s.ra "a
S1o1 an, 00O for the enIa roernen+ 49,, - +ha
Erie canal This imnrovement means
more 10 sthe western nrodncer +ban a.
does r. the FARMERS of tbe stata ~ Now
We are wont to think of a gold mine
as the best illustration Of concrete
wealth and profit, but here is the Cal
umet and Hecla copper mine giving
its stockholders total of $50. $50. OOO
in dividends since its opening on an in
vested capital OF only s.. 100000.
-
will attract rats into tran. for these
rodents are very wise and crafty. hut
we are told that there is one kind Of
bait which they never can resist and
will run any rat risk to obtain. and
that is pumpkin seeds. TRY this bait.
---------
The Maine experiment station hos do.
termined bv analvsis that 10 cents,
tains more than twice the amount IF
nutriment than 10 cents worth of any
of the greatly advertised cereal food
preparations. and, besides this. the
bread and milk tastes better.
---
AZ This season of rho year tho ..s,do
hunt" is . verv common feature of
western On called snort While this cor,
Of hunting or SNORT m,oht ha narmis.
these animals are pests, in the major
portion of the country. where wild life
is all too scarce anyway, such hunts are
little short of barbarism.
-
Every farmer has some one question
touching his farm work which he
would Ike to have answered by some
man who is competent to answer #.
! Now, the right thing to do is to attend
your county institute and lust ask flat
yourself and lot of your neighbors
as well, Go and ask that question.
Continued experiments IN the cold
curing Of cheese are showing remark
ably satisfactory results a very s1,.
perior quality of cheese being thus oh.
tanned. 1t is now found that if sucb
cheese is given q covering of paraftin
there Ia a great saving in the sbpinla 90
a. Z ~ i, = 80, q.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

When some whippersnapper Of a
clerk is promoted to $500 position in
some government department, 1t is con-
sidered Of sufficient Importance to be-
come part Of an Associated Press re-
port and be published in all the daily
papers, but when bricklayer or stone
cutter or carpenter cleans up as much
or more in year nothing is thought
Of it,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

Every farmer has some one question
touching his farm work which he
would like to have answered by some
man who is competent to answer it.
Now, the right thing to do is to attend
your county institute and just ask that
question. You may thus be benefited
yourself and lot of your neighbors
as well. Go and ask that question.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
9ssta MAN AND THE soIL.

No man in any profession or business
is so safe as he who owns and tills a
piece, large or small, of old Mother
Earth. So much of the living for him
self and family may be thus obtained
that he is in large measure made in
dependent, SO far as his living is con-
cerned, of panics, hard times, salary
reductions and lay-offs. We look for
the time to come when the knowledge
OF how to use piece of land to the
best advantage in producing those
things which sustain life will be count
ed as the most valuable knowledge
man can possess. This present rush
for the cities, the expressed contempt
in which agriculture has been held in
the past as business, the fierce strug-
gle between employer and employee
and every SO often the closing Of fac
tory, shop and mine, with all the at
tendant suffering, are, we believe, going
to give way in measure to the more
sensible plan of men seeking their liv-
ing direct from the soil, greatly to their
own benefit and that of the country at
large. There is no more prosperous
country today than agricultural France,
where the land is owned in small tracts
and worked by the owners. Ten acres
is small farm, it is true, but when in
telligence and skill are applied to ten
acres it beats any $1,000 salaried place
on earth. We feel that no better advice
can be given to thousands of men than
this-to get piece Of land and learn
how to intelligently work it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

It matters not what vocation young
man may follow he will always find
that the better his education the more
successful will he be. A college educa-
ton will make him a better farmer,
better miller, a better auctoneer, a
more successful manufacturer, as well
as better lawyer, doctor or parson.
The ignorant fellows are hereafter al
ways to be found at the tail end of the
procession.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

Continued experiments in the cold
curing Of cheese are showing remark
ably satisfactory results, a very SUI
perior quality of cheese being thus OBJ
tanned. 1t is now found that if such
cheese is given covering of paraftin
there Ia great saving in the shrinkage
incident to the curing process. II bet
ter cheese was made there would be
much more Of 1t used.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

1t is estimated that the deer killed
last fall in northern Minnesota would
have brought the large sum of 100000
If they could have been sold in the
open markets Of the country. The rigid
enforcement of the game laws is re-
sulting In making deer very plentiful.
not only in northern Minnesota, Wis
consin and Michigan, but also on Long
Island and in the northern portions Of
Maine and Vermont,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
Liverpool Cables.

opening-Wheat. unchanged; corn,
unchanged.
Closing Wheat. * lower; corn, "
lower
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

1t is considered quite the proper
thing to criticise the packing houses.
but we recall the time when with
twenty fat hogs on hand we had to
have a hog killing bee and when the
carcasses Were frozen haul them fifty
miles and stand around on the street
with them half a day waiting for bet
ter offer than $2.25 per hundredweight
for our dressed hogs. Since the pack
ing houses were organized there has
always been ready market for the
meats produced. and that. too. on the
hoof.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

Contracts are being let by the gov
eminent for the great irrigating plant
in the Tonic basin on the Salt river in
Arizona, the first work undertaken by
the government under the new law.
This work will include a dam 100 feet
high, the impounding Of the water in a
lake eighteen miles long and over half
a mile wide, with a depth of 100 feet,
and the reclamation of 100000 acres
Of what is now utterly waste desert
land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

The robin that nests by your door
in the northern states and is rigidly
protected by law becomes the pothunt-
er's meat as soon MS he gets into win
ter quarters down south and is merci-
lessly slaughtered in the cedar swamps
where he makes his winter home and
sold in the markets of the south at 5
to 10 cents a dozen, But perhaps If
these southern pothunters did not thin
these birds out we of the north would
be unable to harvest any berries at all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

There is one pitiful side Of what is
termed the unparalleled sport the hunt
ers have enjoyed this fall ON the lakes
and marshes Of the west and In the big
woods Of the north country. Thousands
of men have been engaged for weeks
In the killing Of wild fowl and deer,
but for all the game which was secur-
ed there was almost as much more
which was lost and left to perish from
wounds, slaughter pitiful to contem-
plate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24

With the advent of winter in the
northern latitude where the writer lives
there comes great shortage of bird
life. Only few species are hardy
enough to stand the severity of the
northern winter. A few bluejays and
crows, the English sparrow, the chick
adee, an occasional flock of cedar birds,
the snow bunting and once in awhile a
sap sucker sum up the list of our win
ter birds. II the winter proves mild,
now and again a meadow lark and a
blackbird will be found lingering
around some sheltered clump of conf
fers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13
Utah Mine MANAGER Attacked.

Eureka. New. Jan. 81. A. Tray
lor, manager of the York and Nevada
Copper Company's mine near Ely, in
White Pine county, was attacked
Wednesday in the company's office at
Keystone by twelve men, said to be
members of the Miners Union, who
intended running him out of town.
They caught Traylor and threw him
down, but he managed to break away
and commenced shooting, killing
James Stages, Sam johnson and ].
Smith and wounding three other mem
bers of the party.
A strike has been on against the
company for several weeks, on ac-
count of a reduction in wages ordered
by Manager Traylor.
Traylors home is in Denver Ere
vious to going to Nevada he was con-
nected with the American Smelling
Company at Durango, Mexico.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13
Utah's Mineral Output.

The fact that copper in Utah mines
is found in connection with gold and
silver, while the silver is found with
lead and other metals has enabled
many properties to go ahead with
their operations and even increase
output and dividends while copper
mines in Michigan have been forced
to suspend operations. Utah mines
paid dividends amounting to s5,025,-
800 during the year, an increase of
s5TS, 600 over the previous year. The
silver-lead mines of Park City and
other camps lead in dividends, with
the copper mines of Bingham close
behind. The rest is scattered among
properties producing various metals.
Accurate figures on the output of
metals are not yet available. but it is
known that the production is greatly
increased over last year, being at
least s20.000,0 900. compared with s17,.
$50, ,457.59 in 1901.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13

explanation and Senator Barela ex-
planned that this action was taken to
expedite business, and believing that
the committee chosen could handle the
matter more satisfactorily.
Senator Farwell wished to know why
Senator Newell was chosen for elimina-
ton rather than any other senator,
Senator Barela went into the redis-
tricting of the state which has caused
this temporary difficulty. He seemed
to suggest that the Republican wing
might make any recommendation it
liked before the committee. The COM
mittee took this stand out of consider
alton for an "old-time colleague"
Senator Farwell thought this action
contrary to all precedent; that any
citizen holding certificate of election
was entitled to be sworn in at the open
ing of the session He cited the case
of B. Clark Wheeler in the Ninth Cen
eral Assembly and Senator Meyer in
the Twelfth. He said that the present
condition was the result of an error,
and if it was the intention to give SEN
ator Newell a fair hearing before the
committee he had nothing further to
say at this time.
The report of the committee was
then adopted. and Senators Barela.
Taylor and w. H. Adams were ap-
pointed committee to wait upon
Judge Campbell and ask him to ad-
minister the oath of office. The judge
was standing in the rear of the room
and the seventeen new members were
speedily inducted into office
The lieutenant governor called the
Senate to order and the roll was
called. Immediately after this formal
ity the Senate adjourned until 10 this
morning.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13
Colorado Dividends in 1902.

AS the precious metal output for
1902 is calculated at s44 ,S71 ,464, figured
by the News. it is seen that the total
dividends paid in Colorado last year
are equal to more than twenty-six per
cent. of that Fl 5ure, which compares
with twenty rer cent. in 1901, twenty
sight per cent. IA 1900, twenty-four per
cent in 1899 and twenty-one per cent
in 1898. The average for the five
years is 23S per cent. which speaks
well for the paying character of min
ing and metallurgy in the leading gold
state of the country. The record by
counties follows:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13

Compared, these tables show an ap-
parent loss in gold. silver. lead and
copper amounting to s4.430,333. due
largely to the demoraliZed condition OF
the metal market during the year, but
a substantial gain in zinc output. An
other cause lies in the lower average
grade of ores treated.
During 1902 the zinc output was un-
precedentedly large. There were pur-
chased and exported 10000 tons of
this material. which averaged thirty
two per cent metallic zinc. At an av-
erage price of Az cents, the total
value was s1,72s.000.
The Canon City zinc works pro-
duced 1854 400 pounds. all of which
went into the manufacture of paint.
AT an average value of 4I2 cents, the
value was S173,44S. During 1908. by
reason of the erection of two other
great reduction plants at Pueblo and
Canon City for the treatment of zinc
ferrous ores, the yield will be very
largely increased.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13

Washington. Jan a-The American
Beet Sugar Association held its annual
session here yesterday and passed res
olutions withdrawing its opposition to
the Cuban reciprocity treaty, but rec
ommending that the treaty be so
amended as to express in precise Ian
guage what is intended to be secured
by it to the beet sugar manufacturers
of the United States, viz
That during the period of five years
covered by the treaty no sugar export
ed from Cuba shall be admitted to the
United States at reduction of duty
greater than twenty per cent. of the
rates or duty thereon as provided by
the tariff act of July "a, 1897.
The association also adopted res
olution protesting against the unneces-
sary stimulation of the sugar and to-
'bacco industries in the Philippine is
lands by means of further tariff reduc-
'tions; thus, as the resolution stated.
the people of those is
lands. where the labor is but few
cents day, to produce those things
which this country can produce, rather
than such commodities as we are I'M
able to produce.
The action of the association was not
unanimous. the vote on the passage OF
the resolution standing 3 to although
Henry T. Oxnard, president of the as
sociation. said he had enough proxies
with him to make the vote IL to 2.
The opponents of the resolution
claim there are thirty or more fac
tories in the association, and that the
representation at the meeting does not
comprise half of the factories in the
association. None of the sixteen fac
tories in Michigan was represented in
the meeting. except that Julius Stroh
of Detroit, treasurer of the association,
was present
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13
ROUGH TREATMENT
OF NON-UNION MEN

Philadelphia. Pa, Jan. 9.-The non
union men yesterday continued to oc-
cupy the attention of the coal strike
commission in presenting evidence OF
lawlessness in the anthracite coal re
gion during the strike. The testimony
included many acts of violence, from
murder down to plain assault and pet
ty larceny. Dynamite played large
part in the alleged persecution of non
union men and their relatives. Five
witnesses testified to their houses be
ing damaged by high explosives.
One youth said he was stabbed. Sew
eral of the witnesses swore to having
been boycotted, and others told of be-
ing beaten by crowds and others of be-
ing stoned Besides this a young wom-
an told the commission that she was
dismissed as a school teacher because
her brother chose to work during the
strike.
One witness told of having been pun
lshed by a mob forcing him to walk fif-
teen miles at the head of cheering
crowd of strikers. Other testimony
was also presented in the endeavor to
show that reign of terror existed in
the strike-a affected territory.
The most interesting story of the
day was tnat tOl0 Dy lHOHlaS NdsH-
aiski of Hazleton, a clerk for Pardee
& Co, who married the night of Sep
tember 18th He was at work at the
colliery. and his neighbors began to
denounce him. The night of the we'd
ding small crowd gathered at the
Catholic church, and as the bridal
party entered the edifice Washaiski
and his bride were called "scabs.
Coming out after the ceremony. he was
assaulted by the waiting crowd, which
had greatly increased.
The driver of the carriage was not
permitted to take the couple home. and
the witness sought refuge in the pas
tors residence and the bride was es-
corted home by friends. While in the
pastors residence the crowd remained
in the vicinity. calling the bridegroom
vile names and yelling "scab" at the
rector of the church because he had
performed the ceremony. Later on.
the witness said. he managed to get
away from the house and spent the
night in the colliery. being afraid to go
to his home. The bride spent an anx-
ious night, as some unknown person
came to the house and threw stones at
the place.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13
COLORADO SENATE ORGANIZED
LEAVING OUT HON. S. Y. NEWELL

Denver, Jan. 9.-The Senate recon-
but in the absence of quorum, a re-
cess was taken until o'clock.
At o'clock the galleries were well
filled, the lobby crowded, and all the
members in their seats. The roll was
called and Senator Barela, as chairman
of the credential committee, made the
following report, and moved its adop-
ton:
Your committee on credentials, to
which was referred the credentials OF
members elected to the Senate of the
Fourteenth General Assembly of the
state of Colorado, beg leave to report:
That the persons named in the re-
port of the secretary of state appear to
have been duly elected as members of
the Senate. with the exception of Hon.
S. V. Newell, claiming to have been
elected from the Twenty Senate
rial district. That there is reported as
having been elected eighteen senators.
while only seventeen are entitled to
seats or to be sworn in. Under the cir
cumstances, your committee is of the
opinion, and beg leave to recommend
that all of said persons holding GER
tificates of election from the secretary
of state, except said Newell, be sworn
in, and that as to the question present
ed by the said Newell, and by oppon-
ent, Hon. j. C. McShane, the whole
matter should be relerred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections
when appointed which committee can,
after full investigation, report wheth-
er or not either of said claimants is
entitled to a seat in the Senate, and if
so, which"
Senator Farwell asked for further
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-01-13
India's ProdiaaI SpIendor.

Delhi, Jan. 9.-Almost incalculable
wealth of gold and silver was dis
played in Wednesdays procession, as
the seemingly never-ending medley of
elephants, camels, troops, musicians
and carriages representing the differ
ent Indian states passed and maneu-
vered before the dais. The elephants
carried howdahs and trappings of the
purest gold and silver There were
carriages of pure silver and sedan
chairs of gold.