Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-24

HE VI ~ M w "A GOV hlE
about life, but we can and will learn.
Some Indian tribe, whose name have
cultivates certain water
plant which produces a seed that
makes delicious bread.
There is no question about the ca.
pacity of the ocean to furnish an abun' I
dance of food for many millions OF |
people, and the day will come when !
we will draw more extensively from /
the water than we do now.
Later, when men become men in |
realty, we will draw our food directly |
from the sun, as we Will our neat. |
When we eat wheat. vegetables, etc, |
We are eating stored-up energy OF the
sun in those plants Why not get TINS
energy directly from the sun Itself?
But that is far Off, and is not new. My
opinion about our controlling our at
mosphere is new, and the sooner we
commence making Investigations re-
garding it the better we will be. be-
lieve we can make the north ana
south poles as productive as Mantle
ba, or many parts of Canada now are;
and as the world becomes more and
IllOlC II 10 ioPA1'J 49,
ing-this will be done. The natural
cold on Mars must be even in it's trop-
les as severe as it is at our poles,
Judging by the distance it is from the
sun. it's tremendous orbit, ETC., and
yet there is no evidence, so lar as oo-
servation goes, that there is such in
tense cold on this planet. 1t is SIM
ply because the climate of Mars be-
%r No on fhnv mod
lily it,
Washington, March Ex-senator Al
lison does not contemplate any fric-
ton over the adoption OF the platform
at the republican state convention THIS
summer The senator does not ap--
prehend, in the first place that there
will be a disposition on the part OF
any man or faction to insist that any
thing of a distasteful nature be incor-
'porated in the, platform or to insist
that anything which stands for good
republicanism should be omitted from
the party pledges. Senator Allison
takes the view that the convention will
! be in the hands of good republicans;
men of good common and political
sense, who love the party because it is
and ever has been great party, and
that out of the conferences and dellb-
erations party statement OF princi--
pies will be evolved that will find gen.
eral favor and merit the support OF all
republicans.
1t is not known what action the Iowa
senators will take in the matter of the
Davenport postoffice question. Moth.
ing can be done by them in any direc
ton until the report of the postofiice
inspectors is made public, and this
will not be given out until the depart
ment deems it expedient. Up to this
time the department has no official
knowledge of any alleged wrong-doins
on the part of Postmaster Metzger
therefore the department can take nc
action, neither can any action from
any quarter be taken of an officia
character.
1t is assumed that when the report
of the inspectors is received and made
public that the Iowa senators will en-
deavor to secure a favorable ruling
on the part of the department. The
matter comes directly under the con
troll of Fourth Assistant Bristow, but il
rs ItIODdDlG JuSf dtlCllllob VI SAi>
postmaster general may be called tt
! the case and rthat he might offer som
suggestions Phe department has Gel
tain rules, however, ard they are no
particularly elastic, although the post
master general may, at his pleasure
determine the course OF procedure &C
cording to the peculiar circumstance
and other conditions entering into tn
; proposition. 1t is possible that in tn
: Davenport case the report may be o
f such nature that the department viii
III not deem any action necessary, Il
: which event it is possible that no pull
t licity will be given the report. AS
g general proposition all of the depart
j ments go upon the theory that the les
e publicity the better.
= The long-drawn-out controversy O.
S er the famous White House sideboar
n alleged to have been presented to Mr.
!: Hayes, wife of President Hayes, durin
S the time she presided as first lady {
e the land and which was knocked dow
e to a brewer in Washington, seems fiji
t ally to have been settled Accordin
S to the very latest evidence, the sid
: board which now adorns the bar I
7. the Washington brewer, was not pr
= scented to Mrs. Hayes by the Woman
S, Christian Temperance Union, but WI
S purchased in the ordinary way.
]? If these last statements are not co
n troyerted by later disclosures, it WI
e appear that great deal Of valuab
a breath of Congressman Gaines OF TIE
is nessee, and much time of the Hou
+ was wasted during the last days OF tt
e recent session. The thought that tt
sideboard which once adorned Il
d White House should now serve as
e bar in a brewery was a proposition tn
1t aroused the patriotism OF Mr.. Gain
p and he plead with the house to appl
* pirate any necessary amount OF mon
ID to rescue the relic and land it in t
IS national museum.
re Now comes Mrs. Margaret Dye Ell
: well known Washington lady, W.
ls says she recently had conversati
IN with President Roosevelt in which t
IL latter said the sideboard story as fiji
" published was myth. that no such
e ticle was ever presented to Mrs. Hay
N by the Woman's Temperance Unle
e Mrs. Ellis, who is high officer
'e the w. C. T. u, says it is fact tn