Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-31

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AS to the investments in northern
lands made by Iowa people during the
last few years, the Fairfield Ledger
says it. isn't the amount actually In
vested that is going to cause trouble,
but the amount yet to be paid. Set
Element day." the Ledger predicts, sis
going to work hardship on many. so
called investors who have paid 10 per
cent down and speculated on 80. And
it is going. to come"
The Keokuk Gate City is opposed to
the opening of Pandora boxes unnec-
iessarily, and therefore it advises let
ting the mulct law alone. It<also sug-
gests that the communities that feel
themselves aggrieved would do well
to bear the ills they have rather than
to fly to others they know not of.
The Mt. Ayr Record does not believe
that the people generally care much
whether elections are annual or BIZ
ennial, but it is positive they would
like an arrangement whereby the Des
Moines mayoralty contest would oc-
cur only once in about ten years. 1.-THE
whole thing" says the Record, has
become very monotonous to the aver
age village and rural life. Could not
something be done in the way of re-
to be exceedingly bitter How the
weary one does long for rest
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald
(denl.) is convinced that only the
presence of Mr.. Hoar on the republic
can side of the senate saves him from
becoming wholly bad.
( A Waterloo paper said the govern
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Des Moines. but the Vinton Eagle
takes the opposite view and suggests
that, the need being a fact, it is well
enough to have the post built in Iowa.
"A good way to convince the equal
suffrage association that the people of
Iowa do not want woman Suffrage
suggests the Hampton Chronicle, us
for the legislature to submit the ques-
ken it is not likely that the ladies
would maintain a paid lobby around
the halls of the capitol building every
time the assembly met"
o.
The Washington Press says that the
telephone, something no one would
do without, has many evils to answer
for among them being the way it
cheats humanity out of needed physi-
Vel C<ASiSioS. II VIII us I'LL, IHG
Press predicts, relapse into lazy ways
and stay indoors instead of getting out
and hustling in the open air. Less
hello and more vigorous walking
would improve all our healths and give
tonic to our morals and add to our
virtues by making us hearty, hale and
stalwart."
The Cedar Rapids Republican re-
CARDS the military and garrison post
at Des Moines Il joke. 1--WE do not
see it So" says the DEBORAH Republic
can. I'm times of peace nice, plea
SAINT and healthy quarters are needed
for the army that will have to be sta
toned somewhere. What litter place
than Iowa?'
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
the opposition to the road law is based
on the desire to have better roads
without paying money or labor for
the Improvement.
Dowie declares that any man who
votes the ticket democratic is Jack
ass, and the Webster City Journal sug-
gests that there are times when Eli
jah Number Three shows an inteIli-.
gence which is almost human"
in agriculture Iowa." says the Des
Moines Capital. leads all the states in
the union, not this year, but. every
year. 1t is the state that can win