Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-09

says: THE city should have forbid
den the plating of land below high
the necessary improvements. 1t is a
comparatively easy matter to sell lot
at a low price to a stranger who
knows nothing of local conditions. In
the end all the people of the city are
asked to make conditions good, while
the men who sold the Objectionable
property have all the profits of the
ruled If they commenced to think about
the time they incorporated and kept
thinking occasionally as they increased
in size"
SAINT Kirkpatrick, Of Ottumwa,, has
announced himself q candidate for the
democratic nomination for congress in
the sixth district" says the Keokuk
Gate City, and continues: The con-
vention will be held at Oskaloosa, Au-
gust 30, and there is a chance that he
however, will continue to represent
the district at Washington"
Mr.. Parker notes the Marshalltown
Times-Republican. Davis money
doesn't talk"
"The trusts which are In control OF
the democratic party don't appear to
be at all partial to western men," says
the Cherokee Times, commenting on
Charley Walsh's failure to secure re-
election. None of the officers go fur
ther west than Indiana, and 1t was
little doubtful even as to Taggart-"
The Des Moines Capital, referring to
the Rosebud drawing, says that good
many people believe that the remainder
of the public lands should be sold for
the highest cash price to people who
want to buy them, adding: "Specula-
tors have made a farce out Of the
home stead law during the past TWEEN
ty years.
How short the road from states
manship to renegade" says the En-
Mr.. Maxwells drop in democratic es-
TEEN. Likewise" adds the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil, ut might be remark
ed, How short the road from admir-
alton to epithets.'"
But it will not do to say that no
food-stuffs shall go into Japan, mere
ly because, after their arrival there,
they may be passed on to the army in
the field" declares the Sioux City
Journal. "The high seas must be open
to neutral commerce in the necessities
OF life. Not only must the residents
or Japan be given the right to procure
the necessaries of life, but the coun-
try which has them for sale must be
given opportunity to dispose of them.
These are two inherent rights which
must not be disturbed because state
of war is existing in Manchuria."
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If space at the st. Louis fair be-
comes crowded, the Council Bluffs
Nonparel thinks that additional room
may be found by opening the gates to
the g"Aeriel Concourse," as that par
ticular department Of the fair seems to
lack both exhibitors and spectators.
"a few weeks ago." says the Cedar
Rapids Republican" we We're told that
say nothing about politics was found
In the fact that he had such a great
respect for his judicial office. While
he was keeping still, an arrangement
made with the managers. he used his
Judicial office as an excuse. It would
never do for judge still on the bench
to say that he believed in the gold
ledSl llOI western
delegates had been fooled and the
nomination bagged."
3D..
Burlington Hawk Eye.-Ground was
broken in Ottumwa a few days ago for
new modern, up-to-date hospital.
Not SO many years ago there was a
strong prejudice against the hospital
In this section of the country. 1t is
said that nothing is harder to wear
away. than an old prejudice. but the
rule had Its exception and the preju-
dice against the hospital formed that
exception. It has given way to the
heartiest appreciation, and today the
one thing above all others that dis
tinguishes the progressive, wide-awake
American city, is its hospitals. The
libary may be few years behind the
time, 1t may be housed in an antiquat-
ed structure, and it may be woefully
lacking in many respects, but the hos
pital must be abreast Of the times.
Within six months the new hospital in
Ottumwa is to be completed and the
association hopes to make it a modern
institution In every sense Of the word.
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"The child labor problem is compli-
Gated" says the Dubuque Times, "by
the fact that many parents actually
need the assistance of their children
III hCCpluS LHe WOlL lTO1n the OOOr ana
by the further fact that the child I'M
der IA who will not attend school is
better off in the factory than on the
street."
1T looks very much as If Venezuela
will have to secure a new ruler before
foreign interests in the turbulent lit
tie country can have any assurance of
protection" says the Sioux City Jour-
nal.' Perhaps President Castro is
merely filling his strong box. prepara-
tory to trip to Paris meanwhile ar
ranging to stir up as much grief as
possible for his successor"
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1.-THE democratic campaign is simly
raid" declares the Marshalltown
Times Republican. MIR. Parker is
simply sight draft on the national
treasury, drawn by Hill and German
and the corporations they represent.
They need the offices Theirs is the
selfish issue Of the man who needs
the money"