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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
HOW TO FEED

The domesicated animal is SO COM
pletely under the control of its owner
SO far as its food rations are concerned
that the science of feeding such ami
mails properly is one of the most impor-
tant things connected with farm man.
agement. So many men are ignorant
on this question. We know of plenty
of men keeping dairy COWS who think
when they have fed their cows all the
corn and hay they will eat they have
done the right thing. Then there are
still more that think if pig from the
time it is weaned is given all the corn
1t will eat that's the way to raise hogs.
Corn is most valuable food. but it is
only about half ration. and no ami
NAL, young or old, is properly fed when
fed corn alone. 1t makes fat, keeps the
animal warm, but is badly deficient in
flesh, blood and muscle making proper
ties and lis at best poor milk produc-
ing ration. How to feed stock is good
subject for study by every man who
keeps it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

that are the chief breeding places of
these insects the ravages of this dread
scourge have been almost stopped.
The exact nature of the poison in
many other diseases have been learn
ed and by injecting into the living
veins the anti-poison the danger has
been avoided and life preserved.
1.-THE course of natural laws is in
exorable Recently friend of mine
was accidentally shot and killed. Why
could it not have been otherwise?
Why could not something have turned
that shot away and his life been
spared? Daily we hear of men caught
and ground to pieces in some piece of
machinery that knows no feeling, no
remorse or compassion. We can not
turn aside the consequences of natu-
raj law. Our only escape from them
is by knowledge and avoidance.
I'VE hear often that it is impossible
to lead a righteous life and be sue
cessful in business. II ever God was
needed He is needed today. That same
cross in which Paul gloried stands to-
day as the revelation of the heart OF
God. We can trust that as truth. The
moral nature has no more imperative
command than to believe The iron
soldier stood as the expression of the
iron imperialism of the Roman en-
pire so the cross stands as the express
sion OF Gods thought for humanity"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
A coSrENrEp MAN.

One man who enjoys life is friend
of ours whose total worldly possessions
will not schedule over $4,000. He
has a small farm Of ten acres, good
soil which he keeps highly fortified.
He has comfortable little house, a
barn and outbuildings. He keeps one
big horse, which does all the team
work on the place; four first class
cows, few good hogs, flock of sew
enty-five hens and ten stands of bees.
He received this year $125 from his
poultry, 5000 from his dairy, 5000 from
an acre Of onions, 500 from his pota-
to crop, sold small fruits to the amount
of $125 and apples S11O, calves $50,
hogs $120 and honey $50 and has
plenty of good things left to carry him
through the winter. He and his wife
have done most of the work, she car
ing for the poultry and dairy and help
ing him during the small fruit harvest.
OF course this is no big thing, but our
friend lives a happy and peaceful life
and most Independent one and is, we
think, man to be really enyied.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers furnished by
Lowenberg G. Co.. real estate agents.
i07 South Court street.
l.. H. Hughes and wife to J. H. COL
lett, lots s, and s. block S, River
view addition to Ottumwa, $500.
P. M. Dilby and wife to f. G. Phelps
lot "a, block 80, Eldon, $500.
George Haw, Jr., and wife to Mrs.
Letha Green, lot Z, block 2, Garfield
Park addition, Ottumwa s11o.
]. H. Needham and wife to Chas. D.
Apley southwest quarter southeast
quarter, also part northwest quarter
southeast quarter, section 24-72-15,
$4,000.
III. c. Mutt to A. H. Cooper GO. C. d.
part west half southwest quarter
northwest quarter, section 22-72-1S,
$40.
Joseph Penick ct al to w. C. Penick.
90. G. d. part section 22-73-15, $l,-
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LITTLE GIRL KILLED.,
Cecil, Four-Year.oId Daughter of Yves.
ley TWedell, Run Over by Cars.

Saturday at 2:30 o'clock p. M
While playing near the railroad tracks
leading to the plant of John Morrell &
W, Cecil, the little four-year-old daugh
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Twedell.
who reside on South Iowa avenue, met
her death. 1t is stated the little girl
was playing in the rear of her home,
near the tracks and not seeing the APP
preaching cars, was run over and al
most instantly killed. The child was
taken to her home and DIR. j. B. Will
son was called, OUT it was too late to
save the life of the little one. The cars
passed over the body and death came
within few minutes after
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
MINISTER'S AND MONEY.

We have a large number Of minis
terial friends-men whose life work is
devoted to the care Of small charges
where the annual salary is only barely
enough to support life and ministerial
dignity. Some fine haired folks kick
If these men do little work on the
side to make few dollars. As we
look at it, a minister is under just as
much obligation to provide for his fam
ily-and most parsons have good sized
ones-as a man in any other line of
business. We take no stock in trust
ing to Providence and going on the
superannuated list when a parson is
sixty. He is entirely justified in max
ing every honorable effort to make
and lay by enough money to care for
him when he gets old. A rich sinner
is no doubt sad sight and SO Is a
poor saint
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
POSTAL RECEIPTS INCREASE.
Average Of 2 Per Cent for October,
Compared With Year AGO.

Washington, D. c., Nov. IA The
statement of the gross postal receipts
at fifty of the largest postoffices for
October, 1908, as compared with DC.
tober 1902, shows aggregate receipts
of $5,960,31O, a net increase of almost
per cent.
New York's receipts show an in.
crease of 10 per cent and Chicago Z
per cent increase. The largest per-
centage was % per cent at Atlanta,
with is per cent at indianapolis.
The decreases were: Philadelphia,
Jersey City, Peoria, Ill; ST. Paul and
Newark. N. J.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

:; is no longer proper to refer to the
help employed on the farm rs the hired
man, but, rather, as the gentleman
whom the farmer takes into his fanli-
ly TO skim the cream off the farm
products.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

The June flooded districts of Kansas
and Missouri which were planned to
corn after the waters subsidized have
produced a fine crop of well matured
corn after all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

1 The Wolf River apple, because Of its
large size and fine color, attracts more
attention and is the subject of more
newspaper items than any other apple
grown, and this, too, when it is the
most utterly worthless apple which
ever grew on tree.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Prices for labor and material are SO
extravagantly high that world of
contemplated building and improve
ment is blocked being held back pend
ing more favorable conditions for such
work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

The American hen wins out in the
egg laying contest which has been con-
Quoted by the poultrymen Of Aus
tralia. The varieties which took the
prizes were Rose Combe6 Brown Leg
horn and White Wyandotte.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

When we get hold of so called ag-
ricultural paper which carries more
| doctors and patent medicine ads, than
it does agricultural advertisements it
can pe set down for a fake SO far as
its benefit to farmers is concerned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

1t looks as though the eight horse
power gasoline traction engine, easily
manipulated and cheaply operated. is
to find an important place on the farm
of the future, not only to do the pump
ing, saving, grinding, but to haul the
pillow, seeder and drag-in word, dis
place the horse. There really seems to
be nothing to prevent it,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

The introduction of the creamery has
more than doubled the value of the
butter product of the west. Twenty
years ago the best dairy butter was
quoted where the writer lives at 10
cents per pound for October, and now
it but rarely is less than 20 cents and
more often brings % cents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

A twenty horse power thrashing en-
CINE or the big separator stuck in the
mud in the middle of some field has
been a not uncommon sight this fall
through the northwest, and it has been
no laughing proposition for the owners
of such machines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

California raises the most barley of
any state. 1t is there used largely as
a horse food in place Of oats. The Gal
latin valley in Montana produces the
best quality Of barley, all Of which is
reserved for the brewers at high prices.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Foleys Honey and Tar for coughs
and colds; reliable, tried and tested,
safe and sure. For sale by w. D.
Elliott, Corner Court and Main streets.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
QUESTION
A HARD ONE TO SOLVE
Continued From First Page

the democrats to defeat the measure.
These men will vote for the rule
and then when the bill itself comes up
Thursday they will vote against it as
they did before. Voting for the rule
practically passes the bill as there are
a good many democrats who are going
to vote for the bill when it comes up
and some republicans can vote against
it if they wish without endangering it.
The republicans of the Iowa delegation
will vote for reciprocity to man.
Judge Wade has not yet announced
how he will vote.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

! Railway ties which used to sell for
30 cents are now worth 70 cents and
are increasing in value every year.
When they are worth $1.40 each the
steel tie will displace the wooden tie
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

We know Of country school which
Is being conducted at an expense to
the taxpayers of $3S per month where
nice little schoolma'am has only two
scholars to teach. In such case there
certainly should be consolidation, prop
agation or some other kind Of "ation''
put into operation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

The care of milk on the farm is best
carried out when the milk is run
through farm separator just as soon
as it is taken from the COW, the skim
med milk fed warm to the calves and
the cream sent to the nearest cream
cry. This simplifies the dairying bust
ness for that large class Of farmers
who do not keep enough cows to make
and market their own butter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
No Venom in EN-.

No poisonous purgatives enter into
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Easy, but
prompt They cure or no pay. Only
Csc. F. B. Clark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Sioux City base ball enthusiasts
believe that that town will be admit
ted to the Western league.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Hay of Iowa
Falls have just celebrated their fifty
fifth wedding anniversary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

A few chickens-say fifteen or TWEEN
ty-may be kept on the average town
residence lot with profit, provided one
will give them the right sort of care
and food. 1t is worth something to
have plenty of nice fresh eggs and
what spring chickens family can use.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Turkeys are said to be scarce this
year. and they are sure to be high
priced. Chickens can well be used as a
substitute for the Thanksgiving din
nor. for, not one person in ten can tell
chicken meat from turkey IL he will
shut his eyes when he eats it, and then
it is Just as easy to feel thankful over
u rooster al, a slybbler.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Mrs. F. M. Fritzinger, a pioneer res
ident of La Porte is dead, aged 81.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
BRILLIANT ADDRESS
ENDS Y. w. c. A., SESSION..
CONTINUED From Page II
Dr.. Storms Address.

meeting for the delegates led by Miss
Paddock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
TROUBLES OF AMrRIcAN nARoNs

TROUBLES OF AMERICAN BARONs.
One Of the seemingly natural desires
of the very rich man in this country
is to acquire large landed estates and
equip and operate them somewhat aft
err the manner Of the old barons of
feudal times. This idea seems to be
wholly repugnant to Americans, and
in two cases, one in North Carolina
and one in the Adirondack mountains,
the owners have been having lots of
grief. The inclosing Of vast areas of
land. the stocking it with game, the
rigid exclusion of the native popula-
ton from their old time privileges of
fishing and hunting and the sort of
lordly ownership and aristocratic ex-
clusiveness associated with such
schemes make lots of trouble. While
such enterprises are beneficial in a
sense that they preserve much of the
wild life which would otherwise be ex-
terminated and many valuable expert
ments are carried on in agriculture
and horticulture as fine arts, still the
common people don't like them and
will not have them if it is possible to
prevent them. One OF the disadyan-
tages of wealth in this country is that
there are some things which a man
can't do. in which respect it differs
from other countries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Supplies of gas and oil are in no
sense permanent While some fields
/ last longer than others, the best soon
plays out This fact is very disturb
ing factor with all manufacturing in
terests dependent upon them. In the
long run it will be found that those To-
calities having large supplies Of coal
will hold the control of the manufac-
turing interests of the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

A very unique and successful method
of advertising it's work has been adopt
ed by the Iowa State Agricultural col
lege. In the fall OF the year day is
fixed for the entertainment Of farmers
from all over the state. Excursion
trains are run at cheap fare from all
directions, and as many as 10000 PEG
pie attend. The departments are all
open to inspection. the fine stock is
placed on dress parade, there is speak.
ing by distinguished men, and the
farmers go home and make haste to
send their boys there so many are
sent, In fact that the college cannot
possibly care for them with Its present
facilities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

We have a fine report of the success
Of alfalfa in Clay county, S. D., ad-
Joining the Iowa state line. The man
growing it thinks he has struck bo-
nanza, and he has. Hundreds of farm
ers in Wisconsin. Iowa, Minnesota and
Dakota have been experimenting with
alfalfa, and we lool, to see a burden Of
testimony at the institutes this winter
favorable to growing this valuable for
age plant
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

"A The rain falls on the just and the I'M
Just, but it sometimes happens that the
just fellows get more than their share
of the hail.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

The value of groves or belts of tim
Der on our prairie farms is manifold.
There is the practical value-fuel for
the farm, shade for the stock, home
for the birds, which we count our best
friends; then there is value in the
grove as a inodifier of climatic ex-
5tremes-hot winds in summer and
billiards. in winter, and an aesthetic
value in that the farm is thus beauti-
fed and the country landscape thus
made more attractive.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17
THE POOR OLD MAN.

Every healthy man has about forty
years of life in which to do his most
effective work, from twenty to sixty
years Of age. If he does not do some
thing worth while during those years
he never will. After sixty, while he
will have more sense and a larger fund
of experience, he will be physically
handicapped and cannot do what he
would. In most cases everything de-
ponds on getting right start between
twenty and thirty, for then his life
habits are formed. Once in a great
while a man will recover himself after
finding himself in financial hole when
he is fifty, but not often. At fifty or
sixty a man should be able to live on
his dividends and, while not dropping
all work, be at least relieved from its
slavery and tyranny. We always pity
real poor old man, for we we'll know
something went wrong with him. Ell
Their he was one of the many foolish
spendthrift young men or he was just
simply lazy and shiftless when he
could work or he did not know enough
to take care Of what he earned or was
the victim of some misfortune for
which he was not responsible. You see,
If a man will save only 500 per year
for forty years he will be worth $4,000
when he is sixty, saying nothing about
the accretion Of interest on his saw
ings. We are going to get the expert
ences of about twenty old men of this
class and find out why they find them
selves without dollar in the world at
sixty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

We came across drove of hogs the
other day where the owner had been
trying his hand at cross breeding. He
had got the Poland China. the Jersey
Red and the Chester White most beau
tifully mixed, each hog being red,
white and black, like tortoise shell
cat. We could not see what use such
freak methods Of breeding were. for
when he comes to market them the
lot il of uniform color and type would
surely bring him more money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

wiz WIZ III lSSlpioSlly w q uuun.
Judge Wade has not yet announced
how he will vote.
Congressman Wade has chosen as
his secretary Prof. Irwin S. Pepper,
formerly principal of the first ward
school at Muscatine. Mr.. Peppers
home was originally in Ottumwa
where he spent the past summer. He
is studying law at the Columbian law
school. AS all Columbian classes meet
after p. M. Mr.. Pepper can easily
attend to his studies, without interior
ing with his work as secretary. Mr.
Pepper also expects to do some news
paper writing while in Washington
Secretary Wilson, in all his service
in the cabinet of the President of the
United States has not ceased being a
"farmer'-using the word with all it's
best meaning. The other day local
woman's guild, which has for it's OBJ
ject the cultivation Of a love for flow
ers among all classes, held a meeting
and invited Secretary Wilson to speak
He responded with pleasure and hear
tily endorsed the work of the guild 81
speak entirely from the standpoint of a
farmer" said Mr. Wilson your work
in attempting to bring nature and flow
ers to the city is OF great value. For
my part | think it ID unnatural to at.
tempt to raise children in the city.
do not see how they can grow" Mr..
Wilson also spoke OF the work that
is being done at the department of ag-
riculture in the raising of flowers and
mentioned the chrysanthemum as an
example of what careful cultivation
has done for a flower. He said the de-
partment is working every day to Gre
ate new flowers-fiowers that were
never seen before. Many of these ef-
forts have been crowned with success
and others have bright prospects.
While Secretary Wilson is some--
times spoken OF as the farmer of the
cabinet his good sound judgment is oft
en- desired on matters far removed
from agriculture. A very important
conference of senators was held one
night last week at the white house
over the Cuban matter. Shortly after
the senators arrived Secretary Wilson
was sent for and remained for the rest
of the conference The only other mem
Der OF the cabinet present was Score
tary Hay The party OF senators in
Guided Hanna Fairbanks, Allison and
Spooner These four men have taken
part in the formation of more impor.
tant policies by the administration in
recent months than any other four men
in the senate. 1t is noticeable that in
all the big questions arising in the past
year or two the President has freely
and frequently consulted with republi
can leaders who have been at various
times most prominently mentioned as
his rivals for the republican nomina--
ton for president
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Stops the Cough and Works OFF the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No cure, no
pay. Price, 25 cents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

We have altogether too many people
in this country who simply will not
live removed from the crowd, the sa-
loon, the brass band and the insani-
tary conditions of tenement life in our
cities, which goes to prove that man is
not as wise as the animals, for all wild
as well as domesticated animal and
bird life will instinctively seek those
localities. and conditions which will
best promote their well being.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

We have reports of a fall bearing
variety of strawberry, originated in
the state of New York, which is prov
ing bonanza for the growers. The
beds have this fall yielded large crop
of choice berries, which have found a
ready market at very fancy prices-as
high as SO cents per box. A distinct
type of berry which would fruit in
September would prove very valua-
BILE acquisition and do as much to
sweeten up life as anything we know
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

The well proved adaptability Of near
ly all the northern Minnesota and
Wisconsin cheap land for the produc-
ton of clover and timothy is factor
of no small Importance regarding the
future of those sections. Where clover
and timothy will grow as it will there
1t means stock raising and dairying un-
der most favored conditions and
where these industries are a success
there follow wealth and prosperity as
surely as day follows night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

Illustrating the red tape methods of
the government, when we were visit
ing the botanical gardens at Washing
ton last May and noticed large palm
in the palm house which had pushed
it's top through the glass dome and
was then growing out of doors we
were informed that the dome could not
be fixed to accommodate the tree until
an appropriation from congress had
been secured for that special purpose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-17

A farmer in central Iowa imported
his seed oats this year from northern
Minnesota and. sowing them side by
side with oats of his own raising, got
fifty bushels per acre, while his own
seed gave him only ten bushels per
acre. This is good object lessen,
showing the value of changing seed
and in the case of cereals getting the
new seed from northern latitude. 1t
Is little practical fact which is we'll
worth noting and needing.