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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

spun the thread of the railroad. Far
away cleaned the broad expanses Of
Lake Superior.
The men paired off naturally and fell
into a dragging, logged walk. Thorpe
found himself unexpectedly with Big
Junko. For a time they plodded on
without conversation. Then the big
man ventured remark.
I'm glad she's over" said he. ~ got
n good stake COMM"
YES" replied Thorpe indifferently.
II got most 5000 COMM persisted
Junko.
might as well be 600 cents" COM
mented Thorpe. st d make you just
as drunk"
Big Junko laughed self consciously,
but without tue slightest resentment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03
VALUABLE INDIAN LANDS.

We note that unimproved lands Of
the Creek Nation in the Indian Terri
tory have lately been sold in competi-
tive bidding as high as $50 per acre,
and the choice lands Of that nation are
worth every cent oft, for they are in
the garden spot Of America. An alb,
origine may be trusted to select the
best land to be had and to find the
easiest and shortest route over the
hills if he can't be trusted for anything
else. There are thousands of acres of
land in that nation worth 500 per
acre Just to grow cotton for five years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

The man with the fourteen foot seed
err, the four horse disk and the twenty
two foot harrow makes very short
work of putting the crop in on 200
acre farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

1t has been poor year for the feed
ers and fnishers of beef cattle unless
they have been feeding the very best.
The feeders of low grade stock have
not realized over 20 cents bushel for
the corn fed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03
BAD RESULTS OF RENTING SYSTEM.

BAD RESULTS OF RENTING SYSTEM.
The most discouraging feature Of the
agricultural development Of the coun-
try is the unmistakable tendency to-,
ward the renting Of the land and thes
steady decrease in the number Of land-
owners who work their own farms.
There Gun be little real improvement OF
agricultural conditions where the
farms are occupied and worked BY
transient renters operating on short!
time leases. Such system strikes at
the very foundation of successful and
improved agriculture ~ no stock, no.
clover. no rotation of crops; just con-
tinued round of land skinning and soil
robbing and the placing Of the brand
nearly all rented farms. It seems
strange that landowners will permiti
such wasteful and ruinous policy
when not only themselves, but the ten
ant as well and the farm itself, would
each be benefited by the longer lease
which should always include the stock
keeping proposition and the reasonable,
rotation of the crops. We know Of
thousands Of acres Of what was few
years ago the most fertile land In the
world which has for years been worked
by new tenant each year and which
this year will return only scant and
improbable crops at the best, not one-l
half Of what It is capable of producing
when properly treated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

York state farmers either can't or
won't raise sugar beets, and large
factory in that state, costing $250,0O0,
is to be removed to Wyoming. The
American hates to grow a crop which
makes him bend his back.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

When the dead leaves are burned up
either in the fall or spring, the very
best mulching material to be had is de-
stroyed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

Cuba raised magnificent crop Of
high grade tobacco the past year, SO
much that the shed room for the cur
ing was totally inadequate, and in
some cases the people moved from
their houses and lived in tents in order
that they might use their homes for
curing the crop.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

There is no use in talking about
balanced ration to millions Of the
earths inhabitants, for they have to
eat just what they can get.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

1t is about an even thing which Of
the three will most sorely tax mans
patience a gasoline engine with a
spell on, balky horse or windmill
which is idle for want of wind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

1t is an interesting fact in nature
that the pollen and the silk Of the corn
plant are SO arranged in the order Of
their development that they are never
in conjunction-that is, it is made al
most impossible for the plant to fer
tilize itself, the pollen from one plant
being used to fertilize the silk of some
adjacent plant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

Put 100000 people in the state Of
Kansas, heather and idol worshipers,
ignorant and superstitious, governed by
a despotism, unskilled in agriculture,
and in climate, size of territory, popu-
lation, development and government
you will have the kingdom Of Korea.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

Owing to the war Japan has become
very liberal buyer in this country Of
flour, salmon, barley, bronchos and
canned fruits, commerce which is
bringing much prosperity to our Pacific
coast communities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

The chinch bug, the Colorado beetle
and the hog cholera, three Of the most
destructive pests which ever visited
the western farmer, seem to have had
their day and for time at least have
disappeared. What pest is to take their
place is not yet clear.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

We know Of farmers, unskilled horse
men, whose three-year-old colts, rough,
shaggy and unbroken, just in from the
fields, bring them from $1O0 to $3.50,
this because the horses kept to work
the farm are grade Shire or Percheron
mares, bred to first class heavy draft
sires.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

The opportunity now offers for men
who have met grief in their specula-
tons in northern lands, oil stocks, min
ing schemes and cattle ranges to try
their luck with some stock in coffee
plantations in Mexico and Central
America. Millions in it, according to
promoters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

While the sheep may be rightly said
to wear the golden hoof when kept on
the farm, no animal is more destruc-
tive when given the range Of land de-
sired for the growth of timber. The
sheep should be absolutely excluded
from all the forest reserves set apart
by the government.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

We noticed a statement recently
made by one of the big packers to the
effect that there was an actual money
loss to him of 81 in buying a steer and
selling the meat and that he had to de-
pend upon the offal and byproducts
to make this loss good and give him
his profit. One can do as he pleases
about believing this offal story.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

The enormous amount Of S50,0OO,OOo
is paid out each year in this country
for commercial fertilizers, wholly used
in the eastern and southern states.
The territory where the use of such
fertilizers is either compulsory or
found to be profitable is constantly
pushing west and now includes good
portion of the state Of Ohio.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03
CLOVER FoR THE ORCHARD.

CLOtEH FUR IdE OktCdAttU.
We are seeding down twenty four
acre orchard Of apple trees to red clo-
yer this spring. The trees now fully,
occupy the soil, and further cropping
with cultivated crops is out Of the
question. The clover will be sownI
without any nurse crop and will bel
gone over with the mower when weedsl
and clover are large enough to cut mi
July. The second growth will be al,
lowed to remain on the ground for.
winter protection. II the blue grass.
creeps in, as it is bound TO do, the or,
chard will be redisked in two years
and the clover seeding repeated. After,
a careful study Of how best to care for,
an orchard in the north country we
have come to the conclusion that the
above is the best way. We have one
fear, however, and that, that the pock-
ct gophers may invade the orchard for
the clover, which they are apt to do,
and then prove destructive to the roots
Of the trees. This will have to be-
watched.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

There are COW keepers and then
there are dairymen-more Of the for
mer than Of the latter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03
CHAPTER Xxx.

E.TlALLACE CARPENTERS search
| M expedition had proved a fail
U ure, as Thorpe had foreseen,
but at the end Of the week,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03
ORNAMENT THE HOMESTEAD.

ORNAMENT THE HOMESTEAD. !,
The Intelligent and judicious orna-I
mentation of any homestead, whether
in town or country, by the planting Of
trees, shrubs and vines gives to such
place distinctive added value In dol
lars and cents aside from the pleasure
derived by the owner and the public I'M
an aesthetic and artistic sense which
such work affords. A grove of Scotch
pines or other conifers, OF 200 trees
betting the farm homestead on the!
north and west in the prairie sections
will add at least $500 to the value OIL
the farm when it is sold. A well cared
for family orchard and small fruit gar
den will do the same thing and will in
variably be quoted as one Of the valu-,,
able accessories OF the place If it shouldI
be advertised for sale. Deciduous;
trees, properly planted on dividing
lines or grouped on the knobs too rough
for cultivation, always give the farm
an added value, WHILE. on the other
hand, the ramshackle, neglected, bare
homestead always is deteriorated in,
value on that account. 1t pays to do a
good many nice things, and this is one
Of them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

The trouble which many farmers
meet with in having fences on bottom
lands and across runs and streams
swept away by freshets may be to
some extent prevented by planting a
row of willows on the line up to the
bank Of the stream and using the trees
as posts. This only applies to such
streams as do not carry large masses
Of floating ice in the spring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

No plant we cultivate peters out and
loses its vitality and productiveness so
quickly as the Irish potato. The best
Of the new varieties only lasts about
fifteen years and many not that long.
This deterioration Of the potato is much
more rapid all through the corn belt
than 1t is in the territory north of it.
All through the corn belt the use Of
northern grown seed is almost impera-
tive If one would expect to get crop
Of the tubers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

A few years ago measure was seri-
ously considered by congress to appro-
PIRATE the sum of S1,000,0O0 for the
purpose OF externinating the Russian
thistle a pest which it was feared
would overrun all the farms of the
west. The appropriation was not
made. and while the weed drifted
down into the corn belt. along the
rights of way of the railroads. it never
obtained any foothold. and even where
it worked its way into the fields in
Dakota it is now no longer feared. Pr
geon Grass. wild barley. purslane and
rasweed are what take the heavy toll
from the corn belt farmers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

1t is an easy matter to improve
poor herd Of stock. The sum of 5000
properly invested will do it-$1O0 now
for registered sire and two years
later another. While doing this the
very poorest of the herd should be
culled out. Four years on this line
of work will make over the herd and
add 100 per cent to its value. And
this applies to both beef and dairy
herds and for that matter to all our
domesticated animals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

One year with another 1t will be
found safer to delay the sowing Of rape
on the field of small grain where this
plan is followed for at least ten days
after the small grain is sown. If sown
at the same time 1t is apt under favor
able weather conditions to make too
rapid growth and swamp the grain.
We saw twenty acre field of oats last
year entirely spoiled in this manner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

A new line of railway 252 miles in
length was formally opened in China
in February. The building of this road
was very much like the running Of
stick through an ant hill. The Celes-
tial takes kindly to the cars when he
once gets used to them. though he
fights them most vigorously at first
for the reason that the building Of the
road disturbs the bones Of his ances-
tors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

We are asked will turning the pigs
into patch Of rape produce scurvy.
We have one or two reports Of skin
disease where hogs had the run of
rape field, but whether chargeable to
the rape or not we cannot tell. One
thing is sure, however-we have seen
more scurvy looking hogs which never
saw stalk of rape than can be found
in any rape field. Plant rape for the
hogs and proportion the size of the
field to the number of hogs to be fed.
so that they will keep it closely fed
down.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

While only just beginnng-a sort
Of kindergarten school. as it were-the
work done at the many farmers insti-
tutes through the corn belt. in the line
of educating corn growers as to what
good corn really is, is already produc-
Ing very marked results. The POSSIBLE
tiles connected with the culture of corn
nre Just being revealed. and the final
result is sure to be an immense in
crease In yield and great Improvement
in quality. No one thing discussed 1T
the institutes the past winter attracted
such widespread interest,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

Where has the black oat gone?
Years ago it was a standard cereal.
1t had a stiff stalk and never crinkled.
1t never rusted and yielded large
crops. The meat was just as good
and nutritious as that Of the white
oat, but it's color banished it. The
degenerate condition Of the oat crop
over much of the country would sug
gest the wisdom of trying the black
oat again.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

A farmer aged sixty three writes us
that year ago he sold a nice little
farm and bought residence in town,
as so many do. He says he finds the
life of the town utterly unbearable,
though his good wife likes it pretty
well, and wants to get back out in the
country again. There are many men
in this fix. What man should do is
to get small place close to town Of a
few acres, where his wife can go to
pink teas and club meetings and he can
still keep Il horse. cow, pig and putter
around on piece of land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-03

Climatic handicaps may be found in
every section Of the country. The
glorious sunshine of the far west is as
ISOLATED with scarcity Of rainfall; an
excess of water makes an aquatic ex-
istence for Washington and Oregon;
the blizzard, extreme cold, hailstorms
and cyclones vex the residents of the
great northwest, while the genial cli-
mate of the great south is largely cou-
pied with poverty of soil. 1t is hard
to find a spot where soil is good. mar
kets handy. mercury always above
zero, rainfall sufficient and plenty Of
sunshine.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-19
Rafael Perez y Perez

En- Ia plentiful de Ia vida, en- Ia for
de su juventud Ia cs1do al rudo golpe de
IL muerte Ell jover cuyo nombre sirve de
epfgrafe estas l1neas.
Una cruel enfermedad de esas que
no puede veneer Ia ciencia medica, fu6
destruyendo lentamente IL existencia
del malogrado joven.
Hoy en- ell hogar de los distingoidos
esposos don Celestino dofia Josefa Pc
rez tiende sus crespones ell dolor, y estos
amantlsimos padres vierten Iagrimas de
amargura por la eterna desaparici6n de
an carIfoso hijo.
Vlviran slempre en- Ia tumba del jo-
ven Perez, que hubierA lleRadO ser CO.
mo ell venerable don Celestino, IN pa
triota irreductible, IN hombre virtuos1-
simo, 1til y bondadoso, las siemprevlVAs
del recuerdo y del carino sin tibieza y
sin doblez.
La pena que agobia Ia familia Pc
rez es grande y honda. Nosotros Ia COM
partimos; nosotros .iloramos tambien la
ausencia uel que vivira de hoy para
siempre en- IN mundo mejor: en- ell mum
do donde es eterno ell rein&dO de L. JUS
ticla, del amor del bien.
CORREsPONSAL.0
Comerfo, Abril de 1904.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-19
hOti(idS generates

FALLECIDo: Ha fallecidO en- esta pO
blacion ell nino Juan Rodriguez Lopez,
hijo de dona Silveria Lopez y don Ra
fael Rodriguez de Cayey, despues de
haberse agOtadO tOdOs los recursOs de
la ciencia.
Enviamos a la familia Rodriguez,
nuestrO sentido pesame.
~ <HOTEL COCOYA~: Admite abo
nados mensuaies preciOs sumamente
m0dicOs. Buena mesa.
NAGUABo: Ell Inspector de Sanidad
del distritO NOrte, senior Saldana, in
forma la Junta Superior de Sanidad,
que va en- descensO la epidemia de va
rOlOide deSarrOllada en- NaguabO.
RAPTo SEDUCTION: IgnaciO Coma
les fue detenido en- ell barrio Angeles
de Utuado pOr rapto. El cabo Cline
neZ de Cayey. detuvO Quintin ROdri'
guez pOr seduction de la senOrita Mer.
cedes Martinez.
TRASLADOS: POr Orden frmada pOr
el Ayudante de POlicia, el Is del actual
SO ha acOrdadO el trasladO de dos cabOs
y de seis policias que prestaban servi'
clio en- la Isla.
CUATRERo: Ell captain Silen tele-
grafIa desde Juana DiaZ participandO
que 81 Sargento Pietrantoni guardia
PalaciOs detuvierOn al cuatrerO Jose
Amaro~, en- el barrio <Agua Salada>
eocupandOle un caballO zaino colorado,
rObadO en- Salinas.
AGGRESSION: Ell CabO Carreras, del
sido agredidO con arma mOrtifera ell nj
no Jose Guzman, por epifanio y Roge
llO Martinez, que fuerOn detenidOs.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-19
EL PETROLE0 NO ES UN SUBSTITUTE
Del Aceite de Hlgado de'Baoalao

Durante la presente escsSez de aceite
de hfgado de bacalao, alguno ind ustriales
han hecho grandes esfuer4os para populart-
zar en- provecho propiD ell nso del petroieo 9
para fna como substancla alimentlcia.
Bastante r1diculo es en- verdad, por no
caliicarlo de otro modo, ell aseg2rsr que ell
petroleo puede substltu1r al aceite de hfga-
do de bacalao
La gran reputation de que goza ell acei
tie de hfgado de bacalao cd dehida sus
grandes propiedadss nutritivas alimenti-
cias. En- vardad, ei aceite de higado de
bacalaO no solam snte eS IN aliment !, sino
que eS el me4O alimentO que Be couoce Ga
Mcdtctna y adn no Sc Ia pudtdo encontrar
en- Ia naturaieza otro al1mento igLal, v
anunciar Ell petr0leo como un Susrituto del
aceite de hlgado de bacalao. es atribuir al
petroleo parafiEa propiedades que no tie
ne El petr0leo carece de La propiedad
esencial de TODD alimento, es decir la de
ser asimlab!e. El petr0leo parafna no
solamente no es una substantial asimilabie.
sino que cuando sc toma interiormente es
expelido en- su t,taidAd por las evacuacio
nes intestlnales, cansando Indigestion, frri
tacion del est 3mago de los int sstinos.
enfsrmedades del hgado del pancreas
con frecuencia diarrea desinteria.
La presente escasez del aceite de hf
gado de Dacalao ed IN caso exceptional Que
no durara muchJ tempo, pero que ha
demostrado va Id gran demauda que cons
tantemente nay en Ell mundJ por este pro.
ducto alimenticio Mies de personas i0
venes y anclaDos, usan contfnuamente este
aceite y su. saiud y su vida dependen de Al
Afortunsdsmente la mayor paIte del
aceite de bacaLao que Sc consume en- el
mundo es admi nistrado baio la forma de
<Emulsi6n de ScotLs prsparada Dor los se.
nores Scott q Bovine Qaimicos de Nueya
York, quienes debido sus muC hos amos
de experIencia en Ia materla, vieron yent.
la escasez con much5s meses de antictDar
cion hicleron grandes acopIos dol aceite.
aunque para ello tlvieron que pagar ore.
ciCs enormes. ESQ no obstante, Ell precio
corriente sl detale de la Emulsion de
Scott no ia sido slterado paede obsenef-
Sc en- las boticas dregueriGs al mis- no
precia de siem pre-.
El Petroleo Parafna puede ser bueno
para lubricsr maquinas otros u.os indu
triales, pero Ia Emulsion de Scott ca In
dnica buena para ei cuerpo humane.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-19
En- HONOR De HOSTOS

COpiamOs del LsSti9a D5QYt0 de SantO
Domingo:
<Entre la collaboration selecta que
del exterior ha recibido ell senior Des'
CHAINS para el libro que Sc imprime ac
tualmente en- honor del senior HOstOs,
figuran dos pleas igualmente simpaticas
8 igualmente hOnradOras del ilustre an.
tillanO, suscritas pOr Ricardo Palma, Ell
eminente poeta y escritor peruano-
La primera de aquellas dos pleas
literarias cOnsiste en- unas notas para
la biografia de HostOs con datos desco
nocidos hasta hoy relatives la vida
y obras de este en- el Peru. Ia segunda
es un bello <HOmenajeo, en- verso, un
breve y sentidisim0 cantO sA la memoria
del ApOstOl~
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-19

clase de prebendas aunque para conse-
guirlas Sc hundan los pueblos,
NADIA; que va no nos queda otro Ca
mino que Ell de Ia protesta virll, mantle
niendo enhiestra la bandera de 10 dlgnl-
dad puertorriquef1a por encima de todas
las tiranfas Y trabas de uuestros enemi-
gos, hasta alcanzar con esa noble actl-
tud, que en- no lejano tempo brlile en-
lontananzl ell sol de la justicia.
No es de hombres serios 6 lntellgen-
tes llevar & un pals por sendas escabro-
sas nj tampoco puede existir en- los que
asf procedan ning1n espfritu de patrlo-
tismo que les gufe al bien, cuando vemos
que cada vez nuestra Borfnquen expert
menta por culpa de ellos las crueldades
mas intensas.
Para que Sc convenzan de que su
obra es 6 todas luces nefAsta, ahl tenels
Ell qolpe acestado & Comer1o, quitandole
gu iuzgado municipal en- ell que gastaba
muy POGO ell mnnicipio Y dOnde sc re-
soIyfAn sus asuntos civiles mas impor-
tantes. Hoy debido III traslado de este
& BAyam6n sufrimos muchos perjuiclos.
siendo 10 mismo que 81 Sc nos lanzsce si
v6roice de una de-gracia irremediabie.
al abismo iusondable en- que los vecinos
de esta jurisdiction vendrau soportar
ell torniquete y pagar los vidrios ro-
tos. Tai pArece que nuestrOs leglsiado-
res no pensAron eu Ell grave dafo que ha-
cen este pueblo con la menciOnada ley.
Despu6s del nuevo despoio es nece-
saria la protesta.
Comerfo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-04-19
COMERClAL

Los sef1ores Garcia y Mendez,
del comercio de San Juan, nos par
ticipan, en- atenta circular, que
desde ell dfa 16 del presente mes y
por escritura otorgada ante el No
tario don Herminio Diaz Navarro,
cesa, por veneer ell contrato, en- sus
operaciones, la casa mercantil que
giraba on aquella plaza bajo La ia
zon social de Garcia {. Mendez,
quedando la liquidation de 81 acti-
vo y pasivo a cargo de Ia nueva So
ciedad colectiva que girara bajo La
razon social de -4Lejdrdr0 M6ndez
q Hermdn0 para continar en- los
mismos negocios de sus anteceso-
res de cuya liquidation 50 ha hecho
cargo.