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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31
TAXING OF EQUIPMENT eomPA-
MES, PROPERTY.

One of the mos. important bills be-
fore recent legislatures and one in
which Hon. A. w Buchanan, Wapel-
10 county's representative assisted in
passing, was TINT fixing the taI assess
ment on the lHroperty of freight lines
and equipmer6. companies within the
state. This law, proposed by the Tween
ty-eighth general assembly, made taxa
BILE a large humber of cars, owned or
leased by firms. for the transportation
of their products which previously had
escaped taxation. This law thus de-
fines sucll companies and specifies the
property to be taxed:
Every company engaged in the bus
mess OF operating freight cars, not 9TH
erwise listed for taxation in Iowa, for
the ira sportation of freight, whether
such freight be owned by such COM
pany or any other person or company,
over tpay railway line or lines. in whole
or in part within this state, such line
or Ii fles not being owned leased or OPP
erat Jed by such company, whether such
car +, be termed box, fiat, coal, ore,
| ia ak. stock, gondola, furniture or re-
| fl is orator cars, or by some other name,
/ ssha II be deemed to be a freight line
company Every company engaged in
/ the, business of furnishing or leasing
4 eaasi of whatsoever kind or description
I 4 % be used in the operation of any rail
7 road line or lines, wholly or partially
/ within this state, such line or lines moi
| being owned. leased or operated by
! such company, and such cars not being
otherwise listed for taxation in Iowa
n shall be an equipment company"
Every company included in the
above provision of the law is required
0 thereby to make yearly reports to the
e executive council, verified by the oatl
It Of an officer, containing the location
equipment and business of the com
l. pany together with other Information
el that shall be required by the council
This report. together with other infoi
il nation the executive council may b.
Eel able to collect, shall form the basis 0
t. the tax assessment against the proper
lg ty of said company. In case such re
or port is not made or is delayed beyon
specified date. such companies "sha
lie forfeit and pay to the state OF low
lie $1o0 for each day the report is della.
!. ed"
s. This act, according to provision {
ne the measure. called for the first repol
is from these companies in June, 1870
EBy ghis bill thousands OF dollars WEI
added TO the taxable value. OF propert
" inithis state and the tax collected {
the result of the enactment OF tn
% measure will reach a considerab
n Esum.. Every bill of this character
te tosthe interest of the people of Wape
ryl 10 county and the state inasmuch as
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

The miners of Keb remember the
assistance they received from Mr.. Blu
chanan when the bill for the employ
ment of shot firers in the mines was
before the legislature. After thor
.oughly investigating the conditions
that existed in the mines of Iowa, Mr..
Buchanan became convinced that the
measure was good thing and would
tend to conserve the safety of the
miners of Wapello county and the
state and gave the bill his strongest
support, Such man they believe ii
will be well to keep as their repre-
sentative in the state legislature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31
FACTS FROM COUNTY RECORDS

In presenting facts and hSureS Win
regard to the administration of coun-
ty affairs the Courier flsls repeatedly
urged that the voters of Wapello
county go to the court rlC,use and from
the records there find out for them
selves how the business of the county
has been conducted. We have called
to the attention of our readers the fact
that during the past decade the bust
ness of the county has shown a great
increase owing to the, expansion of the
varied interests of the county. 1t has
been shown from the county records
that during this pe.iod OF republican
administration the debt of the county
has been decreased from $250,000 to
about SCI 900, how the taxpayers of the
county were saved over $4,000 in 1902
in the care of the insane patients as
the result of the board of supervisors
action in complying with the require
ments of the state board of control and
other matters of equal Importance.
The record shown by the county
books does not bear out the charges OF
extravaganza that have been made at
various times against the board by the
members of the democratic aprty Last
year the democrats of the county sue
ceeded in electing member of the
f,a,rd Tbic p,ambar was Dlelpad tO
an administration of economy. How
he has carried out that policy is shown
by the county records. There has been
reference made, during the past few
weeks by uniformed parties, to the
amount of salary drawn by j. NJ Nc
Elroy and r. j. Reinier, republican and
democratic members or the board re
spectively Mr.. Reinier began his du
ties as supervisor in January, 1908
For services since that time Mr,Rein
Ter and Mr., McElroy have drawn the
following amounts for compensation
T. ]. Reinier ........ $3.50. $34S.4l
J. M. McElroy ......... ...... 800 Al
i BY the above figures the voters o
Wapello county can judge for them
selves as to how we'll the democratic
economical administration has beef
carried out.
In whatever department of count.
business the voter may look he vii
find that the republican administration
thereof has been just as economical a
the interests of the county and bust
ness Judgment would justify This i
the kind OF an administration the re
publicans have given the people OF tn
county for the past ten years, and
is the kind of an administration tina
they propose to continue. tits impor
ant, therefore that the voters OF tn
county should know exactly condition
as they exist and knowing this the
may, be relied upon to choose tina
which has proven and will continue I
be for their own interest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

distributes the taxes among greater
number of interests and lessons the
burden on each Individual. In this
work Mr.. Buchanan assisted and Wa
pello county voters should keep this
fact in mind when they go to the polls.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31
Mystic.

Mystic. Oct 30..Roy Fulkerson, formerly
of Allerton. is moving to this place and
will work with 3. E. Brown in his barber
shop.
The Rebekahs gave an entertainment and
social at Lcppers hall Saturday night.
The new street lamp has arrived and
Mystic will soon .'see the light
The announcement of the marriage of
Miss AIuude Miller. former resident OF
this place. and Chas. Hoag. at Quinian,
Oklahoma. Oct IA. has been received BY
friends of the bride in this city.
Bert Stone has moved to Evansville
John McNcal, who formerly resided here,
was injured in a railroad collision near
Brookield. Mo-. last week. having both
legs badly crushed. He was fireman on
one of the engines and his father. w. Nc
Neal, resiles near here.
Mrs. Sarah Congcr. mother of Frank De-
lay, died in Platt Center, Kan. sunday,
October "a The remains We're brought
here and inferred in the Elgin cemetery
| "Wednesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

The question, Where will Jerry
Sullivan be the day after the cleo
ton" is one that can be answered
as we'll now as then. The only adj
vantage then will be that The voters
of the state will know just how deep
he has been buried.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

To the voters of Wapello county.
Sit down and carefully ponder the
questions presented by Secretary
Shaw in his address last Monday
night just before going to the polls
and then cast your ballot for your
own interest and the welfare of your
family.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Remember that during the year
1902 the republican board of supervis-
ors saved the taxpayers of Wapello
county over $4,000 in the care of SO
of its insane charges by making pro-
visions for their care at the county
farm instead of sending them to one
of the state hospitals for the insane.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Experience teaches that there is
no practical difference in free trade"
and tariff for revenue only no mat
ter what stories democratic spell
binders may tell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

80 horses We're sold for $4,000 or an
average of 1912 per head. We would
like for any democrat who thinks it
possible to show us a like occurrence
during the free trade era OF 1893 to
1897
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Women county superintendent have
been eminently successful in many
counties in the state and it is safe to
say Wapello county Will take place
among the leading counties of the
state with Miss Emma Nye as super
intendent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31
TESTIMONIAL TO REPUBLICAN
PROTECTOR

Here is a proposition that must be
satisfactorily elucidated to Iowa farm
ers before the democrats of this state
can expect them TO su d port the theory
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Keep in mind the fact that the re-
publican county supervisors have re-
duced the county's Indebtedness from
about $250.000 to about S61 900. All
this has been done during the past ten
years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

When the miners of Wapello county
stop and think that today, boys who
would not have been given work about
the mines at any price are now EN-
ployed at from S2.56 to $2.71 per day,
they believe that it will be best to
standpat for present conditions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

CAS- there are practically no demo-
Gratis in the state to debate with" says
the Des Moines Capital, perhaps it is
hardly to be wondered at that republic
cans should feel disposed TO debate
with each other"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

AS election day draws nearer repub-
licans are becoming more convinced
that the outcome of the present CAM
paign is of more than present import
ance and this fact is having its effect
in causing them to determine to go
to the polls on next Tuesday and help
make that result what they would
have ittbe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31
Siuourney.

f
Sigourney. Oct 3o.-Afrs. Edwin franklin
entertained the KerrFranklin relatives
Tuesday night in honor of Mrs Mary A.
PEBBLES. of New York City.
Mrs. John Cogley Is visiting at Richand,
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Alexander.
Mrs. Barrett has returned from her
Iowa Falls visit with her daughter.
Rev w. \. Potter. of Ainsworth. stopped
in Sigourney Thursday between trains on
his way home from Webster where he was
called to perform the marriage ceremony
of Mrs. Nell Carmichael and Frank Funk.
/ Ruth Gibbons and the Hamiltons will
have Halloween party at the d. w.
| Hamilton residence.
The p. E. o. people will celebrate Hal
lowe'en at the Robert Cpdegraf home.
! r. A. Schipfer and ]. S. White and wives
and Mrs. D. w. Lucas are attending the
grand lodge Of Eastern Stars at Iowa City.
I Wm. r. Minteer. of Chicago. who was
! recently married to Elizabeth Posteons OF
| Gault. Ontario. will soon visit relatives
/ and friends in Sieourney.
! Josiah Utterback has issued invitations
| to the marriage Of his daughter. Addie. TO
| W. b. Armstrong, Thursday evening. Nov.
Louie Kracht and wife have returned
! from a pleasant visit to Kansas City with
the Stockton family.
q. A. DeutschInan of Burlington, is
4
| Quincy
/ AT the close of the September term reso-
buttons We're passed by the Sigourney bar
and ordered spread on the district court
4 records. expressing sympathy and condo
lencc for the late G. d. Wocdin family
Short emotional speeches We're male by all
the attorneys,
Don y. Howard and Pearl Killmer were
married Wednesday al the Presbyterian
4 parsonage by the Rev. Philip Palmer. They
viii reside at Kcota where Don is TO have
charge of the electric light plant
A marriage license was issued to VIM. I'll.
Farrs and Daisy l.. Herr.
Joseph McKelvey and Wade Kirkpatrick,
Of Hedrick are in town.
. Mrs. Adna Utterback and daughters. Ale
tn and Ruth. are in Sigourney. making a
farewell visit preparatory to going TO their
future home at Fl. Collins. Colorado.
Rev l.. II. Humphreys, of Delta. was on
) the streets yesterday.
Marshall Mcfarland and wife. of What
! Cheer. visited at the T, +. Ford home
syesterday
5 Mrs. j II. Murray aud daughter. Of
What Cheer. We're transactins business in
{ Sigoulney Wednesday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Although this is supposed to be the
warmest week of the Iowa campaign,
the Des Moines Capital does not be-
lieve there is particle of danger
that the prairies will be set on fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31
NEIGHBORHOOD NEwSS
ooOOOOOOOCOOOOoOOOoOC
Foster.

Foster, oct 3e.Mayor David AM
lerson wus in Hilton Sunday visiting
friends
Frank Mort of Galva, H.. has Sc
cured work with the Phillips Fuel
company and will work here this
winter.
The Hon. X. +. Kendall of Abba
spoke TO one of the largest audiences
here last Monday evening that ever
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Citizens of Wapello county have
found Dr. f. w. Mills capable coro-
ner and they are preparing TO return
him to that Office
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Some day. the Hawk-Ey asserts,
Mars "wiIl be compelled to turn his
sword into a plowshare and the world
will turn its best energies to something
better than the art of killing human
beings"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Wapello county voters should keep
in office the men who they know will
endeavor 10 liquidate the remainder of
the county debt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Ottumwans are still talking about
that speech of Secretary Shaw's and
wondering why they could not have
seen it that way before.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Republicans should remember tina
the majority this fall is of more thai
ordinary significance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

c. R. Allen for county surveyor is a
man who the people of the county
know will handle the affairs of that
Office in most satisfactory manner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

The Iowa corn crop and weather has
already gone republican. Now for the
elections next Tuesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Remember that talk don't count
it is the votes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

at is a mistake to say there is moth
ing at stake this year" says the Cedar
Falls Record.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Some people don't have to go out
looking for misery says the Cherokee
Democrat. They can sit down and
think of it,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

The Knoxville Journal votes to have
the idle state buildings at Knoxville
used as an inebriate hospital. Such
an institution, it thinks, is preferable
to either an insane asylum, a
penitentiary or woman's reforma-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

Every Indication is that the corn
crop Will yield the usual republican
majority says the Boone Repub-
lican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

The Keokuk Gate city notes that
the weather has already gone repnb
lican.
The Burlington Hawk Eye comedies
that all the world at peace is 4 CON
diton Of the future, but il believes that
civilization is slowly but certainly
forcing War into the background.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

The Ida Grove Pioneer suggests that
Mr.. Bryan ought to remember that
the best plan for sinking man is to
keep his mouth shut.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

'As safe and profitable investment
there is nothing better than Iowa land
and few things as good" concludes the
Keokuk Gate City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

what Iowa needs to make a real
lively political campaign" says the
Melvin Argus, is an opposition with
better heads and not so many tails
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-31

I'VE have forgotten whose turn it
is to defeat woman suffrage this win
ter-the senate or house" remarks the
Des Moines Capital, commenting on
the preparation the women are MAX
ing for renewed assault on the
legislature.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
The Inventors of Stoves.

One Of the first attempts at making
a closed stove of iron was made by
Cardinal PoigDac ia 1909. ana seven
years later an attempt was made to
introduce stoves Of this kind into Eng
land, but without success. owing to the
prejudice of English people i'm favor of
seeing theil' fire.
The Franklin stove was invented by
DR.. Franklin in 1745, and quarter OF
century later. in 11171. and during a
few years following the discoverer of
electricity invented several other
stoves. one of which was designed for
burning bituminous coal and which
had a downward draft and consumed
It's own smoke.
Count Rumfo;rl was the next person
to make an invention looking to the
Improvement Of stoves and during the
ten years between 1855 and 1885 de
gised several Improvements
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
CORRESPONDENCE.
Milton.

Miss Beulah North whois to graduate
from the advanced course at the White
water Normal next week, has accepted
position in the Ashland schools.
E A Holmes, who has been the express
agent here for years, is anxious tc resign
as he has much other business. No one
has been found 10 handle the business
and the y S Express Co threaten to
abandon the office.
Mr. Williams, representing Henduech-
err & Co, of Chicago. is here completing
arrangements for putting in an acetylene
gas plant in Milton and one in Milton
junction. Plans are not we'll developed
yet but will be as fast as possible.
The annual high school picnic was
held at Lake Koshkonong last week.
The children all had fine time with
only one mishap to mar their pleasure.
One of the horses used on the bus sud-
denly became tired of life and lay down
and died, leaving the pupils to raise $50
for his owner.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
Power of a Swans Wing.

Swans" said an official of the zoo,
have great strength of wing. 1t is
said that with a blow of its wing
swan can break q mans leg, and l
nave no doubt this is so. a doctor told
me one day, as we stood together by
the zoo lake, that one Of his first cases
had been that of a man whose arm
a swan had broken with its wing.
1.-The accident occurred in Arkansas,
on Swan lake, body Of water where
these birds abound. 4 huntsman was
fire hunting,' when a swan, making
for the light, flew straight at his head.
He put up his arm to shield his face,
and the powerful wing Of the big white
bird struck him like a club. Both
bones in the forearm were broken; 1t
was a compound fracture.
eff a swan accidentally can break IN
this way a mans arm, there is, in my
opinion, no room to doubt that it could,
if it desired, break with a we'll direct
ed blow q mans leg. "-Philadelphia
Record.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
Infant GeniuSes.

When he was but Il SchOOlbOy i'm the
Jesuits' college at DIXON Jacques BOs-
suet was known as one OF the best
classical scholars in Europe.
At eight Louis de Bourbon, prince OF
Condo, was q perfect Latin scholar.
Three years later he published a work
on rhetoric, and at seventeen Ire WAS
appointed governor of Burgundy.
Fenelon displayed SO much precocity
that he won fame as Il preacher of rare
elOQuence when he was but fifteen
years of age Pascal wrote treatises
on acoustics at twelve, ut which age he
was busily occupied in constructing
elaborate circulating machines. and at
sixteen he published Ibis treatise Oh
Comic Sections" which Descartes re-
fused to believe was n0t the work Of q
great master.
John Stuart Mir was studying Greek
ut three, had practically mastered the
language at seven and Il year later
was acting as SchOOtnaSter to his
younger brothers and sisters. John
Rusllin actually produced a manu-
script work in three volumes before
he reached his seventh birthday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
Incidents of FOREIGN Travel.

Mr.. c.. T. JohnstOne in Travel says
that experienced wanderers in out Of
the w2y places are thankful for what
they can get. and he instances trav-
eler who was proposing to pass the
night at Njegus. tiny village IN Mon
tenegro.
"Have you succeeded in finding q
ROOM" asked Mr.. Johnstone.
yves"
as it q cood rocn:"
"N-not bad. There are three other
people going to sleep in it,
ooh, we'll, that's ali right. Is tie
bed cle&:a?"
''N-2o. 1 Goa't know that the bed is
clean. But rl,cn one can get clean beds
at home"
In one cont:~ental hotel q German
lady sunmone.< tie waiter IN the din
ing room and id;
Close chat v-~.ldow CT shall die"
"Garcon," c::> damned an English lady,
leave l. opq>l or sail eXpire,'
AT this post q French-nan interposed
politely: Leave it open till the Ger
man Lady has died, and then close i
till the English lady has expired. Then
we shall be able to do as we like!'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19
What q Toad Enjoys.

There are few things more amusing
than to watch toad submitting to the
operation OF back scratching. He
will at first look somewhat suspicious
~ at the twig which you are advancing
toward him. But after two or three
passes down his back his manner IN
dergoes q marked change, his eyes
close with an expression of infinite rap
ture, he plants his feet wider apart ana
his body swells out to nearly double
it's ordinary size. as if to obtain by
these means more room for enjoyment
Thus he will remain until you make
some sudden movement which startles
him, or until he has had as much pet
ting as he wants. when, with puff OF
regretful delight. he will reduce him
self to his usual dimensions and nor
away, bent once more on the pleasures
of the chase.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-06-19

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