Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-30
HOLDEN SPREADS GOSPEL
OF JUDlCI0US FARMING

day coaches which are usedt as lee
ture room during the stops and two
private coaches which furnikih sleep
ing and living quarters for the excur-
sion party. Each of the pri-Hate cars
has dining compartment and Ain these
the members of the party are Hfurnish-
ed their meals.
The Trip.
The train and party left Des Moines
yesterday and made the run to Bur-
lington over the Tracy cut-offrand the
old B & w. branch. Eight stops
were made during the day and the
days work ended in Mediapolis "a the
evening, Klinck, Atkinson, Wallace
and Sage did the talking at this meet
ing. Mr.. Klinck's talk was accon1pani-
ed by a stereopticon exhibition CIV
ing the charts shown In the lectures
during the daylight talks. This meet
ing was held in the opera house. Last
night was spent in Burlington and an
early start was made this morning on
the run toward Otumwa. THE first
stop was made at oclockAat New
London and here about $50 people
heard the lectures.
business men were at the station
when the train pulled into Mt. &Pleas-
ant.
Professor Holden and Henry Wal
lace, editor of Wallace's Farmer, did
the talking at this stop. Within two
minutes both the coaches were
packed with men eager and an
xious to hear the talks of which they
had heard so much. Professor Hold
en- spoke on the front day coach and
Editor Wallace in the second.
The time was, only too short and4the
ringing of the engine bell was the
signal for the cars to be cleared and
the train to be moving on to the next
stop, which was at Fairfield. Here
Messrs. Atkinson and Professor L, s.
Klinck did the talking. The crowd was
just as large and was just as eager to
get into the cars. Here Mr.. Caldwell
who handles the stereopticon and car
ries a Photographic outfit with him,
took a picture of the party as it was
leaving the train. A hurried run
brought the train to Batavia at 1885
on schedule time. The crowd was not
as large as the two previous ones.
About one hundred men swere crowded
into one car and Editort Wallace did
the talking.
At Agency, the burial place Of Cen
eral Street and Chief Wapello, which
was reached at 1910, only a compare
lively small crowd greeted the train.
Prof. Klinck delivered the lecture.
Senator S. H. Harper and Represent
tative A.W. Buchanan Joined the train
and were attentive listeners,to the adj
dress Of Prof. Klinck
Credit for Excursion.
The excursion is being conducted
by three important factors in the agri-
cultural life Of Iowa. First of these, Is
perhaps the Burlington Railroad COM
pany. The Burlington is furnishing
the train and all the expenses of the
trip. Second is the Iowa College Of
Agriculture, located at Anes Profess
sors F. G. Holden and L. s. Klinck
have for several weeks devoted prac-
tically all their time to the preaching
Of the gospel of good seed corn on
these trips. These men assisted at
times by Editors Wallace and Atkinson
have done practically all the talking
on the trip. The third important fac
tor is the Iowa Grain Dealers' associ-
alton. which has taken UP the burden
Of advertising the trips. In this they
have been very greatly assisted by the
Courier and other papers in the section
through which the train has been run.