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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
COOPERATIVE EFFORT.

Cooperation among the farmers has
given them very successful insurance
companies. we'll managed and profita-
Bile creameries and cheese factories,
successful elevator and shipping asso-
Citations for the marketing Of their
produce and now has put them nearly
all into close touch with each other
with cooperative farm telephone sys-
tens. The old fashioned idea Of going
It alone is fast going out Of date, and
farmers are learning Of the many ben
eflts to be derived from cooperation.
They might in many communities even
go further and by putting three. four
or half dozen farms under co-opera-
tive management, with a thoroughly
competent head, SO operate the farms
as to greatly increase their productive
ness. in a way devotirg each farm to
the special crop it was best fitted for.
and by pooling results. as do the rail-
roads, declare each landowner a divi-
dend proportioned to his interest in the
pool. Some men simply cannot plan
and lay out work to any advantage.
While good workers, they need some
body to lay their work out. The diff
ference in the measure of success
which comes to different men engaged
in agriculture lies largely along this
line-the difference In their ability to
plan out their work and avail them.
selves Of the opportunities which are
common to them as well as their more
fortunate neighbors
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
SHOT By HOBBIES
WEBER HAS HOLE
THROUGH KNEEcAP AS RE-
SUIT OF SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Man Released Yesterday From Fifteen
Day Sentence for AssauItlns Hobbies
Goes to. Hospital as Result OF Guar
rel Last Night. 81

From Saturdays Daily.
For shooting hole through the
right kneecap of James Weber,
colored man, whom he claims bit OF
a piece Of his lip in saloon fight sew
eral months ago, George Hobbies, an.
other well known colored man was ar.
rested last night by Night Captain
Peter Gallagher. His preliminary
hearing in police court on a charge
OF assault with intent to commit
murder has been set for Saturday
morning, February 18.
The shooting OF last night was not
exactly based upon the former charge
made by Hobbies but probably grew out
of circumstances in connection with
It, Weber completed fifteen day
sentence yesterday upon Jury verdict
In the district court, charging as.
sault upon Hobbies. The police are Of
the opinion that deal was arranged
by Weber and possibly his associates
to get revenge on Hobbies for the for.
mer prosecution.
The shooting took place shortly
after 8 o'clock, across from the OF.
tumwa Iron works, near the corner
occupied by the Nichols Manufactur.
ing company. Hobbies lives in a little
cottage near the corner. His story
is that he had retired for the night
when q messenger came asking him
to come to nearby saloon. He did
not respond and q second call was
made. Hobbies then went to the
saloon had q drink or two with Lew
Phillips, colored man, James Web
Der and some others. Hobbies started
back home in company with one Of the
men. Weber and Phillips were fol
lowing short distance back.
At the corner by the! Nichols Manu-
featuring company, Weber called te
Hobbies, according to the story told
by Phillips and Hobbies. and asked
him to wait moment Weber ap
preached and asked something about
some clothes Webber claimed ha6
been left at Hobbies home
:, Hobbies Shot Twice.
A quarrel quickly arose and
Weber made a rush with a knife, sc
1t was claimed Hobbies began re
treating and Weber followed FOL
some distance, when Hobbies fred twte
shots, the first striking Weber IN the
right knee.
Weber assisted by Phillips wal
able to walk east on Main street ant
north on Court to the drug store o
\ e. C. PIERCE & Co., on the corner o
Court and Second street. Here tn
ambulance was called and Webbe
was taken to the station. DR.. WI
liams arrived about 10: o'clock an
Weber was taken to the Ottumw'
hospital where he was given medica
attention.
Reverse Positions.
In the suit In district court whicl
viii probably develop from the shoot
ing the positions Of Weber an
Hobbs will be reversed. In the FOL
mer trial which was held at the pres
ent term Of court and from whic
! Weber got fifteen day sentence 70
/ assault Hobbs was the prosecutin
witness and Wehber the defendan
In this case Hobbs will be the defene
ant and Weber the prosecuting wi
s ness. The positions Of the lawyer
4 In the case will also be reversed
/ County Attorney W. w. Epps, VIII
{! pros secuted Weber with the assist
ance of Hobbies. will now prosecut
| Hobbies with the assistance OF Wei
beo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
NAY Be LOST
FEARS EXPRESSED FOR SAFETY
OF MEMBERS or cHARcoT
ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Paris, Feb. lit is greatly feared
that the Antarctic expedition com.
manded by Doctor Charcot which
started over a year ago in the hope OF
reaching the south pole, has been
lost. 1t is known to have encountered
terrible storm in April OF last year,
and has not been heard from since
that time. =
Sugar has started back down the
line
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
EAST END ITEMS.

EloHl EdLnIddS 9 = 49,. - i
The G. S. G. club of the East End
church gave most ex-
cellent exhibition of the needs and
conditions of the heather nations Of
the world in its rendition Of the Mis-
sionary Drama" before large audi
ence in the church auditorium last
Thursday evening. The club cleared
about $25, which will go toward the
fund from which the club sustains
Japanese girl in the school Of Miss
Anna Foster in Japan. This club Is
made up Of members OF the Sunday
school class Of Mrs. H. D. Robinson.
Ben Bissell Of John Morrell & Co..
was compelled to stop work last Tues
day, suffering from rheumatism.
Abe Ashby and M. G. vannice are
the latest additions to the IRE depart
ment.
Paymaster c. Bennett, who was
away from duty for q short time on
account of sickness. is able to be at
his desk again.
J. Miller was called home last Thurs
day by the fatal illness Of his brother
in-law, Charles Carson.
Geo. Lovelace, who Is switchman on
the John Morrell & Co. engine. was of
duty a short time this week. but was
able to return to work again Tuesday.
Geo. Holland, Of the lard refinery,
was on the sick list few days last
week but is improving.
Lon Lewis, weighmaster at the stock
yards, who was sick few days, was
able to be at work again Monday.
Cyrus Lesan, janitor Of building D,
is attending court as a regular juror
this week.
Harry Hill. of the killing gang, who
has been living on a farm for the past
year, moved to the city last Wednes-
day.
VIM. Stills of the cutting department
will move on farm in the near future.
Assistant Timekeeper Will Ramsell.
who has been off duty three or four
davs this week, playing basketball
with the Y. NJ. G. A.. has returned
home.
Supt F. ]. Bullock has been COM
PEELED to be absent from work few
days this week, q sufferer from the
grip. a
: James Kelter, Of the local room, who
has been very sick at his home In
SOulu OtluuWd, ISIuIuOu W WI = 1ctos
Monday.
Fred Drake, of the cutting room,
went to Eldon today, to attend the fu.
neral Of his friend. the late Oliver
Drake.
Joe Feeley, of the boys trimming
room, badly cut one of the fingers Of
his left hand last Monday.
]. P. Forsyth, who has gone to San
Antonio, Texas, for, bis health, will
return home soon.
4 Comrod Shank, of Eldon. brought In
some choice hogs last Wednesday
! T. H. Berry, secretary OF the Pack
ing House Mutual Aid association
who was on the sick list for shor'
time, Is better and returned to wori
last Monday.
h Captain A. r. O'Brien, an old SET
captain for twenty years, but now al
evangelist, was sightseer here las
Monday.
. Joe Lewis, night weighmaster at thu
stockyards, expects to move on a farm
. some time in March.
Edwin Wright, an old employee II
| the local room, but now student II
, Parsons college in Fairfield, was her
] on a brief visit with his parents thi
, week.
; Fred Oleson of the packing room
} was compelled to stop work Frida
morning end go home, on account
illness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
INJURED IN WRECK.

Passenger and Freight Trains Collide
At Undertook, ILL.,, Today.
Springfield Ill. Feb. II. An east
bound Wabash passenger train ran
into freight at Undertook early to-
day. Freight Fireman Grammary Of
Springfield was the only person in.
jured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

One way to tell good COW is tc
watch those that the dairyman does
not want to sell, and vice versa, we
might add.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

Cold storage cured cheese is proving
great success. This is cheese taken
right from the hoops and cured slowly
in room at a temperature not exceed
ing so or IS degrees. 1t takes about
nine months for the cheese to mature
under such conditions, but in so doing
there is much less loss from shrinkage,
and mild and delicate flavor is Sc
cured almost impossible Of attainment
under the old way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

Every man owning and living on a
quarter section farm is entitled to and
should have farm home which costs
not less than $1,000, and this home
should have modern conveniences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

II you think you must have quick
growing deciduous tree there Is moth
ing better in the whole list than the
soft maple or 4ycamore. 1t will grow
almost as fast as the cottonwood or
the willow, is free from the insect pests
and furnishes quality of wood for
fuel purposes easily worked up and
every way superior to most Of the soft
woods, so called.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

The true center of gravity for most
farmers will be found to be the fact of
getting out of debt and staying out, the
being content with moderate sized
farm and getting all out Of it possible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

An addition Of twenty feet in height
is to be made in the great Assouan dam,
on the Nile, in Egypt, which when done
will bring an additional 100000 acres
of desert under cultivation. Scientific
irrigation is making of the oldest coun'
try on earth new one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

A man can perhaps carry little
more whisky and carry it little Ion
ger on farm than he could in bank,
but it is just as sure to round up the
granger at last as it is the banker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
IDAHO AGAINST PoLYaAMY.

Western State Provides Punishment
Equal to That for 6igamy.
$50 sssss $50 .
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 1.-THE house :
= OF the Idaho state legislature to-
day passed the senate BILL provid-
Ing for fines and imprisonment as
a punishment for poIygamy and
adultery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

Broad leaved vegetables all exhaust
the potash in the soil where they are
grown. This fact explains why cab
bages, turnips and beets, containing lit
tie or no starch, never leave the ground
in better shape, save, as being hoed
crops, they may clean the land, and
why crop Of potatoes if properly
cared for always improves the land for
a succeeding crop. This potash is stored
in the leaves Of these plants and not in
their roots, and in the case of sugar
beets it is necessary to leave she tops
and crown of the plant, which are cut
off before grinding, on the land.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

Drilled corn will yield about eight
bushels per acre more than corn plant
ed in the hill, and the ears will be more
uniform in size. This plan is to be
commended for clean soils-clover and
blue grass sods-but where the soil is
full Of weeds it is better to stick to
the hill system.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

A friend writes, inquiring how, he can
get some clover to grow on his blue
grass pasture. He cannot very well, to
have it remain there as permanent
fixture, but he can do this: Next spring
take four horse disk, well loaded, and
give the old hidebound blue grass a
thorough scarifying both ways; then
drag the field down smooth and SOW
about five quarts Of medium clover to
the acre. This will insure more or less
clover for two or three years and longer
II 1t is allowed to seed on the ground the
second year. 1t will also wonderfully
rejuvenate the blue grass and probably
nearly double the feeding capacity Of
the pasture. This is not hard thing
to do and is absolutely certain to bring
good results.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

The promoters Of the st. Joe, Al
bany and Des Moines electric line an
nounce that they will let the contracts
for the grading and construction in
March.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

The Amana society Of Iowa, one Of
the very few successful communistic
societies of the country, are great gar
deners. Among other things, they raise
seven or eight car loads of onions each
year. sowing the seed in a hotbed early
and ransplanting the little onions to
their place in the fields. The onions so
raised are very uniform in quality and
size, and because Of the fact that they
are matured a month before other on
ions raised from the seed sown in the
field the growers are always able to get
a much higher price for their crop.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
RUN DOWN BY TRAIN.
Mrs. Ward Rlsser Of Abel May Die an
Result Of Injuries.

Resut OF injuries. -
Des Moines, Feb 11.-(Special)---
Mrs. Ward Riser Of Abel is seriously
and possibly fatally injured as the re-
suit of an accident at Abel this morn.
ing when she. was run down by a MIL
waukee freight train while crossing
the railroad tracks in a sleigh.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

II the farm is getting too rich to
raise small grain rent 1t. That will fix
It in short order.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

Wood is being rapidly displaced by
other materials. Save for posts it is no
longer used as fencing material, the
old rail fence and the board fence hay
ing entirely disappeared. Steel has su-
perseded wood almost entirely for
frame structural purposes in bridges
and buildings. Cement walks have re-
placed the board and plank walks. It
is doubtful If there is plank road left
In the United States, and they were
very common in an early day. Slate
or prepared roofing material is rapid
~ taking the place of shingles. Straw
board displaces wood as box material.
In vehicle and car construction steel is
taking the place of wood Coal, oil,
gasoline and gas are becoming the COM
mon fuel supplies of the people at
large. Water power and the dynamo
are the coming sources Of power, SO If
the forests Of the country are going,
never to be replaced, the skill and inge-
nuity Of man in hundred ways are
busy deyising substitutes, and perhaps
after all the greatest loss will come in
purely aesthetic way, for the beauty
OF the forest can never be replaced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
NO PEACE
IN SIGHT
RUMoRs PURPoRTINe TO COME
FROM LONDON ARE DIS
CREDITED.

London, Eng, Feb. II. - Stories
purporting to emanate from London.
concerning negotiations for peace in
the far east find no support and no
credence in responsible quarters
here.
Gail my information Is quite to the
contrary" said Baron Hayashi the
Japanese minister today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

When you have taken 200 bushels Of
potatoes from your land you have re-
moved two bushels Of potash, one Of
the most valuable Of plant foods.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14
Japs Capturc Eminence.

Toxic, Feb. II. - The Japanese cap.
tured an eminence south of Chang
Chichia Thursday, driving off two COM
panies Of Russian infantry The Rus
SLAMS have continued Smelling Oyama's
center and left since Thursday.
1000 Russian Dead.
The Russian dead buried after the
battle of Heikoutai. totaled 1000. The
Japanese on that occasion captured 81
900 rifles.
kuropatkin Tells Of skirnnish.
st. Petersburg, Feb. IL. Kuropat-
kin telegraphs to the emperor, Our
sharpshooters on Thursday repulsed,
a Japanese attack on an eminence
three miles southeast of Tunkou."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

A school man found that his classes
did not take the interest in their work
that he wanted them to. There was
much listlessness and Indifference and
his work was to him unsatisfactory.
very common experience with school
teachers. He reasoned correctly that
If he could interest his pupils in some
particular line Of work-get them as
interested in 1t as they would be in a
picnic or half holiday or circus
they would then do better work on
other lines Of study which were dis
tasteful to them. So he took up for
about twenty minutes each day the
study of simple everyday things which
in way all the pupils were familiar
with-the architecture of birds nest,
the changing pupil in cats eye,
snow crystal, the weeds which grew
in their gardens. the way in which a
horse and cow lie down, how a leaf
feeds the plant or tree. the germina-
ton of seeds. where the dew comes
from, the relation of the tassel to the
silk on the corn, why popcorn pops, the
natural enemies Of the sparrow and
the mouse, why rivers run crooked.
why some plants rob and others fer
tilize the soil. why a dog always turns
round two or three times before he lies
down, why and how birds migrate,
why baking powder makes the cake
and biscuits light and lot Of just such
simple. practical things. having his pu-
pills find out all they could about the
topic to be considered, with the result
that every child became at once in
tensely interested and was only too
glad to do good work on other less at
tractive lessons in order to get them
well out of the way for this twenty
minute special work, which was used
later as basis Of language study, the
scholars being required to write all
about the things selected as topics for
this course. Perhaps there may be a
suggestion here for other teachers, for
it is probably true that children are
always eager to learn about the things
which they know something about and
| which are Dart Of their lives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

Read the Want Columns today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

O. &
The wild instinct Of our native birds
and animals is curious thing. A farm
er In Texas captured a Canada gander
alive and mated him with flock Of
tame geese. These hybrids, the result
of this cross. resembled the tame goose
ancestry more than they did the wild.
They appeared to be thoroughly domes-
ticated, and no attention was paid to
them in the way Of restraining them.
All went well till early December, when
one day flock Of wild geese passed
over, and their calls were answered by
the hybrids who, without any premedi-
tation, took to wing and followed their
untamed relatives off to the gulf Of
Mexico. The call Of the wild is strong
one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

We know that it is but stating an old
truth over again when we say that for
all young and growing animal life on
the farm, for laying hens and milking
COWS, heterogeneous foods are far better
than carbonaceous foods. heterogeneous
foods make muscle, blood and bone;
carbonaceous foods make fat. Glover,
oats, bran, oilmeal and skim milk are
the common heterogeneous farm products,
while corn is essentially carbonaceous
food, fat maker. This is why the
hen which is fed wholly on corn grows
fat and ceases to lay, why the COW
which has corn diet becomes fat and
shrinks in her milk yield and why lit
tie pigs fed largely on corn lack good
frames, muscle and bone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-14

One watching the habits and ways of
wild animal and bird life will note the
fact that when left to their own in
stincts such animals and birds will al
ways lay on surplus Of fat in the fall
to help tide them over the seventies Of
the winter season. Thus we find all
kinds Of game in the best condition il
the fall; also the skins of all fur bear
ing animals and the plumage of all
birds. There is lesson here which
should be needed by all stock raisers.
An animal poor in flesh in the fall Is
always hard animal to winter and
usually an Improbable animal to keep.
This applies with special force to milk
cows and oil young stock. Stock al
lowed to become thin in flesh during
the fall months will usually stay thin
all through the winter and come out
next season spring poor.
A friend called on us recently while
on his way to the Pacific coast in
search Of an ideal place for home.
He said he had an idea that some
where in some of the valley country Of
northern California or southern Ore
gon he could find a spot where the soil
WIS rich, the rainfall ample, no snow,
no ice. no billiards., no droughts, no
tlsinder ana lightning, no cyclones, no
blight and bugs to destroy his crops;
where when he planted shrub, flower
or tree it would do it's best unhindered
by elemental, climatic or insect enc
mics. Maybe he can find such place
but If he ever does he will have tt
sprout wings and seek higher eleva
ton than he can find on this old earth
The truth is that nearly every locality
has its peculiar drawbacks. None is 81
good as was the garden Of Eden ant
hardly any SO bad that man canno
make success Of living If he goes at /
in the right way. If our friend doe
find the place he is after he is goin.
to let us know, for we have the none!
saved up to buy ticket to the place.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-11-28
YolisMi@m.

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Bates unb goneoroia ctr. wobnbaft,
uurbe tusgen Steblens zines Gabr.
robes berbaftst. Yariot tuurbe geffern
Dor @eri9t bsrb6rt. Die unteriu&uns
III ieboa ni@t gu gnbe seffbrt tporoen,
unb auf nd9ften Samfag bertagt.
Surep2arns, Is Sabre alt.
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baft, bsibs- Der i@war3e1 &ahe ange=
b6rig, tuurberl tusssi Steblen bon aus-
setrasensn 3eitunsen berbaftet. Sbres
iu9enbli9en alters tuesen. tuurben fe
In benz 5risnblp Sum In @erwabr &C.
rlouimert.
MarionS $. SapIor, ar4i'
teet, 1916 Bart Nbe. wObnbaft, murb'
rpsssn &auferei ber6aftet.
3~erter SIaughter tuuroe In
Mnits, 2oufana, iusgen Branofiftung
fefgenommen. Slau9bter bate fG
bur9 @slobiaterlssung freigesauft.
miBbrau9te iebo& oieie Greibeit uni
entHob. Slaughter tuurbe in Snoia.
riapolis tptsber einsefangen unb tpirf
beute bur& Sobn Saal. Sheriff it
8ansipota pariib, Co.. mad limit
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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1905-11-28
Neme SmeorporatiomeH.

Golsenoe @sieli9aften rei3ten beim
Staatsietretdr ibre Sncorporations=
papiere elm:
Die Star Sbobsl anb Range Co..
2imitso, 0incennes; Betriebscapital
500. 900; Sirsttaren. gomarb @at-
ion, eugene Sod, GntOn Simon.
CHARLES girbam unb Wilium u.
@ulbp.
Die v@bicago .2inton Goal @ompa=
np", Clinton; Bstrisbcapiial $40, 900;
Sirettoren. Wiliam 8. SamiIton,
SplDefer Sdeele unb Sames Mnbretp.
Die utter Grain @ompanp", Sar=
lington. Wonigomerp @ountp; ge-
PHILOSOPHICAL Sc. $3.50; Dtrsctoren, Sobn
%. Gteuart, 2eslie @ornaree uno ger-
1arb priee.
Bic ,@alopap Grain Company,
Clinton; 8striebseapital 800, 600;
Sobn 80. Galloway. Yrdfbent; Sobn
u. &iobls, 8ice-p rdfoent; Settle s.
Welrman, Sefretdr unb S4abmsiffer.
.potago Sribs go. 1885,. llnabbdn.
giser Oroen Der &otbmds ner. Goun.
taintomn. SbsIbp @ountp.
Wilbur grsfine, Sefretdr Der Mka.
grstiue Wilin9 @ompanp., 3eiste BEN
Stats Sefretdr an. baB ii9 oas
8aarcapitaI bon $50, 600 auf $780,
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