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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-26
Japan and Russia in Line.

Secretary Hays demand for the pres
ervation of China came before the
beginning of the actual hostilities be.
tween Japan and Russia. Both nations
practically were forced to accept it
because each feared in case of re-
fusal the strong and constantly grow
ing navy of the United States might
be utilized to protect China.
AS it is the President will be enabled
to call attention to the fact, which is
deeply significant of the success of his
foreign policy. that although armed
ships of the United States have been
kept carefully away from the actual
theater of war, both belligerents have
refrained scrupulously from extending
the range of hostilities exactly as Sec
rotary Hay demanded they should do.
President Roosevelt will be entirely
justified if he sees fit to congratulate
the nation that these splendid results
were obtained without in any way en-.
tangling the United States with either
combatant or with other European
nations.
Preach Sermon Of Peace.
Thus in the face of great war the
mortality of which has shocked the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-26
Pay When Cured.

.
1t is The perfect confidence we have
INCUR treatment that warrants us In
adopting the above terms. We do not
require, any money Except pay for
medicine) until a psrfect cure is
made
DR. StockdaIe's reputation for cur
,ng chronic diseases is unsurpassed by
any other specialist In the state. He
is thoroughly reliable and invites any
who are interested to investigate his
standing. both financially and profess
siona,ly.
He positively cures Chronic Catarrh.
Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose Throat.
Lungs and Kidneys, Dyspepsia, Con-
stipation and rheumatism.
Men who are suffering from nervous
and physical debility. a positive guar
antee to cure.
Blood and Skin Diseases and
Diseases of Women. Consulta-
tion Free and Confidential.
ADDRESS,
DR.. b. A. aTOCKDALE
Citizens National Bank building.
Des Moines, iowa.
To see DR.. Stockdale ii Des MoInes
Office. call Mondays and Saturdays.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-26
Organized Six Years Ago.

The Janney Manufacturing company
was organized in 1898 and capitalized
at $125,00O, August /, of that year. The
shares were placed at $500 each. The
object of the concern according to the
articles of incorporation was stated
to be the manufacture of farm nipple.
ments and machinery, engines, check
rowers check rover wire and job
foundry work.
The officers of the concern at the
time of organization were President
G.. G. Janney, M. H. Janney, vice presi-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-26
Declared Insovent.

The Janney company according to
the petition, is declared to be insolvent
and indebted for money borrowed and
for money due to firms and creditors
for goods and chattels purchased by
the company to the extent of $751;
900. There are also other endorse
ments on trade paper totaling between
5000 and $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26

ship, and there is nothing in sight to
confirm the idea that too much money
is going into our navy.
From many view points this country
is IN the front rank. 1t has an immense
expanse of territory with a far extend
ed coast line 1t is generally recognized
that we must have navy of sufficient
size to protect this coast line and
guard it against encroachment. The
expenditure of $100,0O0,000 year for
charging the navy is a large sum but
this is big country, having people
for it's citizens who are capable of large
undertakings. These people propose
to see the navy keep pace with the
country's development in other lines.
They propose that our naval army shall
be equal to meet any emergency that
might arise in the protection of our
immense interests. During the war
with Spain the United States was COM
PEELED to enlarge it's navy huriedly by
purchase. In the haste of that period
some of the boats secured were any
thing but bargains. Congress has done
exceedingly well in the matter of pro-
viding sufficient navy in the future.
The lesson of the Spanish war has
been learned well. Congress will con-
tinue to meet the demands of the peo-
pie in this matter.
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theirs, and have said so in unmistak-
able terms. They know that such reci-
procity is not reciprocity at all. thav
know that 1t means no ADVANTAGE for
them whatever; but a positive disaS-
vantage. These Harrison county farm
ers are producing nothing that thew
could possibly hope to find a market
for in Canada under the freest possible
trade relations between the two
countries; neither does the Canadian
produce anything they do not or that
they could putfto any better advantage
under such an arrangement as that
proposed by Governor Cummins and
his followers; Thus it is reduced to a.
very simple proposition with the people
of Harrison county. They merely had
to ask themselves whether they wished
to remove the tariff on Canadian nro-
duce and stock and thus let the Cana
dian into the markets of this county
on an even footing with themselves
without securing anything in return.
Such a proposition at once was seen to
involve a gift and not trade, to be
one-sided and devoid of mutuality and
interchange of advantage and so the
answer was quickly arrived at. The
people of Harrison county are no more
selfish than the people of any other
section of the country, but their eener-
osity does not lead them in the direc-
ton of dividing their markets and the
markets of their fellow farmers of Iowa.
and the west. with their Canadian
neighbors who have nothing to give
them in return
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
CANNON AND HIS CABINET.

Washington letter to the New York
Cannon get more fun
out of his nomination for president
than William Alden Smith got in nomi-
mating him. He jokes about it to his
friends who venture into the speakers
room. to newspaper men, to the presi-
dent, to everybody. There is no one
subject upon which "Uncle Joe" never
had any illusions, and that is the presi-
dency. When. he was elected speaker
he achieved the ambition of his life
and he knows there is nothing higher
in the political game for him. He is
perfectly well satisfied where he Is.
However, that doesn't prevent his en-
joying good thing while it lasts. He
is busily engaged now handing out
nominations, and he is not hampered
by any pledges or obligations. William
Alden Smith, who started the boom,
has received the assurance that he is
to be secretary of state. Senator Long
of Kansas was booked to be ambassa-
dor at the court of st. James, and was
promised the appointment yesterday
when he strolled into the speakers
room, but after he had left it occurred
to the speaker that this ought to be
an administration wherein the senate
should not be the whole thing, and so
he sent word to Long that he would
have to give the Enthusiastically to
some equally worthy person who had
remained true to the traditions of the
house. The only other places that
have been promised are those of am
bassador to Germany and chief of po-
lice of Washington. Both of these
places go to newspaper correspondents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
THE PURCHASE OF A RESERVOIR

Another step has been taken toward
the transformation of the arid west.
The secretary of the interior has au-
thorized the purchase of the Hondo
reservoir site in New Mexico for the
sum of $4,000. 1t is in Chaves county
about twelve miles west of Roswell.
The site of this proposed reservoir
is a natural depression, which, with a
small amount of embankment, can be
given capacity of 100000 acre feet.
This will hold practically all the wa
ter that the Hondo will furnish during
low water years. 1t is proposed to
store here the flood waters of this
stream and draw on them through lat
eral canals for irrigating the lands be-
low the reservoir.
The lands that will be benefited by
the reservoir waters are naturally fer
tile and may be easily irrigated at
slight expense. They are free from
alkali and will be ultimately worth at
least 500 an acre when planted to
alfalfa and corn. If used for fruit
growing, to which they are specially
adapted, they may have a far greater
value.
No engineering difficulties are ex-
pected in the work. The natural reser-
voir will have to be enlarged and can
ais built for the inlet and outlet of the
waters. 1t is estimated that the cost
of constructing the reservoir and
bringing water to the arid lands will
approximate $240,OOO or $40 an acre
for a minimum acreage of 10000. 1t
is believed, however, that nearly 49,
900 acres will be served.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
A GOOD MOVEMENT.

A movement is on foot among a
number of business men to have the
Commercial Association to take up the
matter of securing city scales, and the
appointment of city weighmaster, by
whom coal and other commodities sold
by weight can be officially weighed
and wood measured. This is a good
proposition and one that deserves the
support of the entire public. Much of
the coal sold in this city is weighed
on private scales at the local banks
and however honest all the parties
may be, there is chance for wide
variation from the official and proper
weight on scales that could and should
be regularly tested to see that they
are right. One gentleman in this city
during the past week had load of
coal re-weighed and found it to be some
twelve bushels short of what it pur-
ported to be. A city weighmaster and
wood measurer is a crying necessity
for this city, and it is to be hoped that
the Commercial Association will press
this matter and its Importance upon
the city council and that the latter
body will take favorable action upon
the same.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26

In the eight southwestern states and
territories there are 1856 miles report
ed under contract of which 1858 miles
are in Texas, 526 miles in Oklahoma,
and the Indian territories, 1862 miles
in Missouri, 331 miles in Arkansas, 1863
miles in New Mexico, lis miles in Kan
sas and 95 miles in Colorado. In the
South Atlantic group, where 1,426
miles are under contract, 621 miles are
within the borders of West Virginia,
307 miles are in North Carolina, 204
miles in Georgia, 164 miles in Florida,
and ia miles in Virginia and of the
69S miles under contract in the gulf
and Mississippi valley states, 2S3 are
located in Mississippi, 1873 miles in
Tennessee, 121 miles in Alabama. sc
miles in Louisiana and 70 miles in
Kentucky. In the middle central nor.
thern and northwestern groups there
are 263 miles under contract in Penn,
sylvania, 204 miles in Illinois, 143
miles in Ohio and Ill miles each in
Minnesota and Indiana, while in the
Pacific states California has 80 miles
Nevada 21S miles and Arizona 81
miles under contract"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
OUTLOOK FOR RAILROAD BUILD.
ING

That railway construction work will
not reach the extended proportions of
last season during the coming year is
to be expected according to the judg-
ment Of railway experts. There will,
however, be considerable activity in
this line. The cause for the shortage
will be found in the fact that the check
which followed the disturbances in the
financial world last summer and fall,
the recovery from which has not yet
been complete. Those companies
which completed financial arrange
ments before the Wall street furry
are proceeding with their work as rap
idly as the weather will permit.
An estimate of the probable con-
struction work that will be put
through this year has been made by
the Railway Age and will prove
interesting in this connection: CAL
though important extensions will
be. made in all sections of the country,
the southern and southwestern states
will contribute the larger part of the
new mileage for 1904, over 70 per cent
or 1880 miles of the lines under con
tract being located in those regions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
KEPT ANoTHER's SECRET.

From the Kansas City Journal.-Bill
Fisher of Holton bought a horse a
short time ago. 1t was a fine actor and
had a good color. When Bill led it in
to the barn he discovered that it was
blind. A few days later Bill hitched
the horse up and drove him around.
A friend of his got stuck on the ami
NAL and asked Bill what he would take
for it.
"Well that horse cost me 1885," said
Bill. II always like to make little on
a horse trade. If you want the horse
you can have him for SITS" The
friend got in and drove around town
and then bought the horse. That ev-
ening he also discovered that the horse
was blind. He met Bill on the street
the next day
"Why didn't you tell me that horse
was blind?" he asked Bill.
WELL I'll tell you why" said Bill.
"The man I bought him of didn't say
anything about it, and took it that he
didn't want anybody to know it,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
WHY APPLES coNpucE TO
MORALITY,

chicago Tribune.-The apple as an
strument of morality is deserving of
serious consideration. But the subject
need not be narrowed to the apple. AL
most the whole category of more Of
Tess acld fruits Is to be included with
safety to the experiment
Figuratively, the American has been
charged with eating too much corn and
TOO little fodder. Steaks with their
protelds. have tempted his palate. The
starchy foods, with their carbohydrates
nave not seemed while. The result has
been an unbalanced diet. Ordinarily
the term unbalanced Diet has meant
Tor the laity mere bit of phraseology
adopted by the profession and apper-
tanning TO Its technicalities. Yet the
wrong dieter has suffered indefinable
pangs.. He has been hungry and vet
mas not known just what to eat Or
he has not been hungry and has craved
something which he cannot guess or
name. Under such circumstances he
has taken drink Of whisky for this
subconscious craving. Whether the
the whisky was the thing he needed,
at the least it has anaesthetized his
want.
Just here comes the philosophy of
the apple. Fruits for the most part
are water and carbohydrates. Consid-
cred from the point of nutritive worth,
the apple is close to nothing But as
apple sauce has always been the foil
for the succulent roast pig, so the raw
fruit finds it's digestive antithesis in
lean beef. 1t becomes a concession to
balanced ration, and. eliminating the
social features of drinking, it is con-
coded that the nearer balanced is mans
diet the less desire he has for alcohol.
Drink among the working classes of
Great Britain is declared to have re-
reived unmeasured impulse through
the scarcity of fruits and the high
prices that rule. Long ago the obser-
walton was made that the man over
fond of liquor had small taste for
fruits, just as the man Wits much
fondness for fruits cared nothing for
alcohol. .,
Let the st. Louis exposition institute
have something more than an Apple
day. Let us have an Apple month or
an Apple year If need be,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
STRAIGHT REPUBLIcANIsM,

Council Bluffs Nonpareil.-The Har-
rison county fellows have got their re-
publicanism on straight. There is no
equivocation or doubt about their nj
terances on the tariff. At their con-
vention at Logan on Wednesday thev
declared 1t to be their firm belief that
the prosperity Of the whole people of
Iowa lis SO closely interviewer with
that of our farmers that any assault
upon the business interest of the far
mer by permitting free entry of the
farm products and live stock from the
free and cheap lands of Canada must
necessarily prejudice and materially
injure the farmers of Iowa" This
plain declaration was followed by an
other for the selection of delegates To
the national convention favorable to
this view.
1t is evident from these resolutions
that the republicans of Harrison
county have taken an intelligent view
of the matter and reached the only
possible rational conclusion consistent
with their own interests. The farmers
of that county-and agriculture is
overwhelmingly the dominant interest
of the county-know the meaning OF
reciprocity with Canada in natural pro-
ducts. and they want none of it in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
rHE NAVAL PROGRAM.

The naval appropriation bill has
passed the house without any very SER
ious opposition. According to the pro-
visions of the bill one big battleship
of 10000 tons displacement and two
armored cruisers of 14,500 tons dis
placement will be constructed, aside
from three swift auxiliary cruisers, also
number of submarine boats and col
liers. When this program has been
completed in 1907 the United States
navy will have thirty-five battleships,
including twenty-four of over 10000
tons displacement which have been
launched since 1891.
Germany's naval program contem-
plates, by 1907, thirty-eight battleships,
fourteen large cruisers and thirty
eight small cruisers. 1t is expected
that three years hence the navy of the
United States will rank third in eff
fectiveness,i coming next after the ma
vies of Great Britain and France. But
Germany will be close competitor.
Il takes four years to build battle
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
SENATOR ALLISON.

Senator Allison entered the senate
In 1878, and there is now, says the
Washington Post, no one member
of that body who has served continu-
ously as he has done. Stewart, of Ne
vada, was a member, and John H.
Mitchell, Of Oregon, took his seat at the
same time. Stewart was out twelve
years and Mitchell ten years. John P.
Jones, of Nevada, took his seat at the
same time, but closed thirty years of
service last March. There were some
interesting figures in the senate when
Allison took his seat there for the first
time. From the south there was quite
an array of the so-called carpet bag
senators. Among the well-known per-
sonages the new Iowa man met on the
floor thirty years ago were Powell
Clayton, now ambassador to Mexico,
and Stephen w. Dorsey, Arkansas;
John B. Gordon, Georgia; John A. Lo-
gan and Richard ]. Oglesby, Illinois;
Oliver P. Morton, Indiana; John J. In
gals, Kansas; Hannibal Hamlin and
Lot M. Morrill,, Maine; George S. Bout
we'll, Charles Sumner and William D.
Washburn, Massachusetts; Zach
Chandler and Thomas W. Perry, Mich
igan; Alexander Ramsey and William
Window, Minnesota; Adelbert Ames,
Mississippi; Carl schurz, Missouri;
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, New Jer-
sey; Roscoe Conlzling, New York;
Matt w. Ransom, North Carolina;
John Sherman and Allen G. Thurman,
Ohio; Simon Cam eron, Pennsylvania;
William G. Brownlow, Tennessee;
James w. Flanagan, Texas: George F.
Edmunds and Justin S. Morrill,, Yer
mont; Henry j. Davis, West Virginia;
Matthew H. Carpenter, Wisconsin.
1t is quite a distinction to be the
sole survivor of an entire membership
of the senate. While it is true that
there are two men members now who
were there thirty years ago, Senator
Allison has seen them go and. their
successors take their seats and again
witnessed their return. He is the one
man who has been member and wit
messed complete change in the SEN
ate, himself alone excepted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
PANAMA STARTING WELL.

Panama is SCdrClnS out well on It's
national career. Already many i'm
portant matters have been settled by
its people regarding the affairs of the
government One of the most import.
ant is that Of its finances and none
tary standard. It has already been de.
cided that it's monetary unit shall be
a gold coin of the same weight and
fineness of that Of the United States.
AS a matter of internal economy this
is Of great Importance as there will
be much money flow into Panama from
the United States.
In It's external concerns the new re-
public is equally happy. Colombian It's
old suzerain, has reduced it's standing
army from 11,000 men to 5000. The
Colombian troops which were near the
southern border of Panama have been
withdrawn into the interior. There is
no longer the slightest danger of an
invasion of the new republic OF course
the United States guarantee of ,Pana-
mas independence would bring Colon
bia into collision with US if she should
cross the border of the isthmian re-
public This is all set forth very
plainly at the beginning of the treaty
recently ratified by the senate at
Washington. Bogota knows the sit,la-
ton on the isthmus just as well as
anybody in the United States and
accepts the situation.
1t is figured that the work of canal
construction can begin in about three
months, or some time in June or July.
The first part of the work will be that
of sanitation but as the United States
has its Cuban experience as guide,
it ought to be able to make a quick
and clean job Of abolishing the pest
nests OH the isthmus. Between 10000
and $4,000 men will. it is expected, be
at work on the canal just as soon as
the construction gets fairly under
way. With these there will be from
10000 to 10000 other persons in va
rions einployments which will bring
the population of the United States
zone on the isthmus up to 10000 or
$4,000 persons. These people will re-
uuire strong government but this
will be provided from Washington
without delay. The hum of industry at
the isthmus will soon begin. Long be-
fore election day in November 1904,
the task of uniting the worlds two big
oceans will be well under way. The
Panama enterprise incidentally will be
big tribute to the republican party.
1t will given tens of thousands of new
votes to President Roosevelt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-26
FACTS.

New York world. The antitrust
law was framed by republican, was
passed by a republican house and a
republican senate, was signed by re-
publican president
2 The law remained a dead letter on
the statute books during the entire
term Of Grover Cleveland, a demo-
years of democratic administration all
appeals and all efforts of the World to
have the law enforced were met with
sneers, jeers and open contempt from q
democratic attorney general, Richard
Olney. who pretended that the law was
unconstitutional, and who would do
nothing toward prosecuting violators
Of it.
8. The first effort to enforce the law
was made by Theodore Roosevelt, a
republican president The first attor-
ney general to vigorously prosecute Of
tenders and to test the law was a re-
publican attorney general, Philander c..
Know.
4. The decision of the supreme court
of the United States, given as a finality
from which there Is no appeal, uphold
ing the law as perfectly constitutional
and absolutely impregnable in every
respect as the World for twelve years
constantly insisted, was due to five
judges, every one Of whom is a repub-
lican.
S. The dissenting minority of the
court included every democratic judge
of that tribunal, to-wit: Chief Justice
Fuller of Illinois, Justice White of
Louisiana and Justice Peckham of New
York. All these distinguished demo-
Gratis not only voted against the con-
stitutionality Of the law, but denounc-
ed 1t as a danger to the republic.
6. Under these circumstances it does
not seem probable that the democrats
can make great capital in seeking to
monopqlize the ANTITRUST issue, and
charging the republican party with the
crime of being owned body and soul
by the trusts.
1t is just as well to record some plain
truths. however unpleasant or surpris-
ing
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WORK AND BOOZE WON'T MIX.

American Grocer.-Why will men
put spirits between them and duty?
Why booze during business hours? One
of the fundamental principles of die
tetics is: Never have alcohol in the
brain when it has work to do" Alcohol
is a poison which directly acts on the
tissue of the BRAIN Water used with
spirits act as a carrier. Many need to
remember that: Alcohol is "a good
servant but a bad MASTER" Even men
who have no objection to "boozing'' af-
ter the days work never booze during
business hours. 1t is fatal to health, a
menace to business, an injury to credit
1t never makes busy bee.