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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
A GOOD PLATFORM

Believing thoroughly in the prin-
ciples and policies of the republican
party | shall advocate them to the
best of my ability and along the broad
est possible lines. Tolerance, how
ever is jewel only less valuable than
consistency, and while will be con-
sistent in support of republicanism |
will also try to be tolerant and fair
toward those who do not agree with
me politically. Abuse and misrepre-
sentation will be resolted to no more
In politics than in business. The man
so narrow as to be able to see only
one side of political issues has no BUSH
ness running newspaper"
The above is taken from an intro
ductory editorial signed Paul S. Jun
kin, the new editor and publisher of
the Creston ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and in
a few words 1t lays down the course
he expects to follow as editor Of the
paper he has recently purchased from
G. F. Sllirvin. The statement con.
tanned in the last sentence Is worthy
the consideration of all, and especially
of all editors. With such platform
as the above it is safe to predict that
Mr.. Junkin's campaign will be a good
one and successful.
Mr. Junkin this week took active
charge of the Creston paper and will
continue as its publisher. His many
friends in Iowa. both within and out
side of the newspaper profession, wish
him WELL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
SOLDIERS FOR HARPER.

1t is with a great deal of pleasure
and pride that the Ottumwa friends
and acquaintance of Hon. S. H. Har
per of this city read the many endorse
ments of his candidacy for state com
mander of the Grand Army Of the Re
public. Captain Harper has, since the
organization of the Grand Army, been
an active and enthusiastic member
and has given his aid to every move
ment calculated to better the condi
lions of the old soldiers. Cloutman
Post of this city. has urged the can.
didacy of it's honored member and he
has been endorsed by other posts in
various parts of the state. Captain
Harper is well known throughout
Iowa, his service in the state senate
having brought him general recogni
ton.
The encampment of the Iowa Grand
Army will be held at Oskaloosa within
a few weeks and the old soldiers OF
that city and of all Mahaska county
are making elaborate arrangements to
entertain the many visitors. Ottumwa
will be well represented at the gather
ing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
TIE NAVY

The greatest argument in favor OF
peace for the United States govern,
ment is her own splendid arrange.
ments to maintain her own position
among the nations of the world. The
increase in the number of warships
favored by Secretary Morton of the
navy department is not, as some PEG.
pie think, a dare to the other govern
ments, but a move in self defense and
a wise investment of money.
The efficiency of the units of the
navy was tested In the war of 1898 and
the results were in every way crafty
ing to the service of the nation. Elk
pensive as modern navy must be it
returns to it's owners in security and
the assurance of freedom from aggres,
sion a profit impossible to calculate
In no section of the country is the bill.
lion dollars that has been spent upon
ships and personnel seriously grudged
or regretted. The strongest argument
that the administration has to urge in
favor Of a continuing liberal treatment
of the navy is the establishment as 1t
exists TODAY
Since 1883 the United States govern
ment has been engaged in the task of
building modern naval establishment
competent to cope with the fighting
ships of the other great powers and
large enough to protect properly and
adequately the national interests in all
corners of the world. The civil war
revolutionized naval architecture, and
in 1865 most of the ships in the federal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

fleets We're already obsolete. For near.
~ twenty years congress made no eff.
fort to keep the nation abreast the
other powers of the globe in this de-
partment and when at last the legisla-
tors we're. aroused to the necessity of
action our armament on the seas was
contemplate and negligible in compar
tson with those of even countries of
the third class.
When the national demand for a suf.
ficient and creditable navy became too
strong to be resisted, the work of con.
struction was begun under an appro.
priation Of S14,819,976.S0 made by the
Forty seventh congress in its second
session. Chester A. Arthur, of New
York, was the president who approved
this appropriation act and William E.
Chandler of New Hampshire was his
secretary of the navy. From the day
on which that act was signed by Presi
dent Arthur the work of building ships
has gone forward steadily. until today
in strength on paper the United States
ranks among the sea powers of the
world as the third Great Britain, fol-
lowing her policy of keeping her naval
establishment stronger than the com
bined fleets Of any two Of the other
powers, heads the list. France comes
second. The United States stands
ahead of Germany, Russia, Italy, Japan
and Austria in the order named.
1t has taken over twenty years and
the expenditure of nearly billion dol
lars by the United States to bring
about this condition of affairs. Every
year since 1888 an appropriation has
been made for the construction Of
ships and the maintenance of the
squadrons. From the sum granted in
1883 the appropriations have grown
constantly larger as the needs Of the
nation expanded. In 1888 the total
sum appropriated was $26,263,654 In
the next three years the appropriations
we're slightly smaller. In 1895 the Fiji.
| ty-fourth congress allowed S30,615,714
for the departm emit. Since that year
the appropriations have increased
steadily, reaching $1O3, 633 liz for the
fiscal year 1904. The twenty-five an.
nual appropriations have amounted to
| 1871, 116, 119.74 in the aggregate. and
the additional appropriations, includ-
ing the $5O,OO0000 voted for the ma
tional defense fund in 1898, have been
$133,911, 894.O4, making total of $685..
lO28,014.O4.
OF this sum s6s,47S.54S has been
spent for our thirteen completed bat
tleships, $s,770,432 for two completed
armored cruisers, s28,627,988 for thir-
teen completed protected cruisers, and
$3,791,312 for three unprotected cruis.
ers. Fourteen battleships are under
construction at the present time, to-
gether with ten armored cruisers and
twenty-three vessels of other classes.
The navy consists of 265 ships of all
classes fit for service, ranging from
the eleven first-class battleships to the
fourteen supply and hospital ships,
with forty-seven vessels under con-
struction, ranging in power from bat
tleships to tugDoats Fifteen unser-
viceable wooden steam and sailing YES
sells are carried on the list.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

Duke of Orleans for $675,000 and is
now worth between $1,000,000 and ST.
100000 Napoleon placed it in the hilt
of his favorite sword and lost it to the
Prussians at Waterloo. 1t is now the
property of the kaiser.
The Star of Africa was almost the
same shape and size as the Regent, but
it was a yellow stone, of rather infer
ior quality. Until the discovery of the
Regent. the Star of Africa was the
most valuable stone that had been
found in the Africa diamond mines
Not many years ago diamond of
the finest water was found in one of
the Kimberley mines, which became
the property Of Porter Rhodes. and it
was named after him. 1t weighed $50
karats and was meyer cut. Mr.. Rhodes
once refused 100000 for half inter
est in the diamond.
The Star of the South was found
some years ago in Brazil and taken to
France. 1t has never been cut, and in
the rough weighs 154k karats. 1t is
thought to have been one of large
cluster.
"A stone is owned by the King of
Portugal which is said to weigh 1850
grains but it is not of the best quail
ity and it's value is unknown.
Other famous diamonds which have
been discovered in Africa are: That
of the Sultan of Matan in Borneo,
which weighs 367 karats; the Austrian
diamond. 139 karats. valued at $780,
900; the Orloff diamond, purchased
for Empress Catherine II of Russia,
said to have been the eye of an idol
at Pondicherry."
i One troy ounce is equal to 1915
karats, which makes the weight of the
latest discovery one pound and three
quarters troy. BY multiplying the
square of the weight in karats by any
sum from $50 to 500 the value of a
diamond is roughly estimated. BY this
method Of computation, which how.
ever, cannot apply to diamonds of the
largest size, the value of the Premier
mine diamond would be over 5000, 0OO,
| coo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
THE GREATEST GEMS.

The discovery of the largest dia,
mond the world has ever known, which
was announced from South Africa a
few days ago, has caused many eyes
to turn toward the diamond mines of
the Kaffir company and it is expected
that the number of visitors to johann
nesburg will show a considerable in
crease during the next year.
Apropos of the discovery of this
large diamond, the following history of
stones from the Rochester Post and
Express will prove interesting:
"The history of the Premier mine
reads much like some strange fairy
story 1t was bought of Boer farmer
two years ago for G55,000. The earn
ings of the company, whose original
capital amounted to only 100000, were
9667,738 the first year, and nearly
three times that amount last year The
market value of the shares amounts
to G1O0GO,0OO and between October,
1904, and January 1905, shares rose
to between e40 and $50. Small idea
can be conveyed. even by these i'm
mense figures Of the diamond, deposits.
Last fall the company's prospectors
located diamondiferous earth, within
400 feet of the surface which was es-
timated to be worth G124,000,O00.
"The discovery recalls the history of
the Kohinoor and other stones which
have become famous. The Kohinoor
or Fountain of Light is one of the
crown jewels of England. Long before
the birth of Christ it was obtained
from one of the Golconda mines. In
the fourteenth century. after having
passed through many hands, the pagan
monarch Alladin added it to the treas
ures of Delhi and it finally fell into the
hands of Nadir, Shah Of Persia. who
named it the 'Kohinoor.' Runjeet
Singh, one of the native princes of In
dia, during a war with the shah. plum
dered the Persian capital and the dia-
mond again changed hands. In 1850
when Punjaub became a part of the
British empire. Runjeet Singh gave it
to Queen Victoria. She had it recut
and it's weight was reduced from 1856
to 1923 karats. 1t was then valued at
100000.
"The Regent is large diamond of
the finest quality, weighing 200 karats,
about the size of large walnut. Be
fore cutting it weighed 40 karats. In
1718 it was purchased by the Regent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

who are fortunate enough to be pre-
pared to Withstand the cold may enjoy
severe weather, the Republican sug-
gests, but how about those who are
not possessed of these comforts, and
who by no means can be possessed of
them? Weather tuch as we have had
is a thing to be dreaded rather than
to exult over" continues the Republic
can. 1T means Untold suffering to
those who have to live in houses that
are not well built and whose coal bins
are not supplied With the fuel neces-
sary In such an iLclement season, and
the number of thee is considerable"
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Its a good thing for the public that
the Sherman antitrust law was passed
at time when tie trusts didn't sus-
pect 1t would eve be used" says the
Sioux City Tribure.
The Marshalltcwn Times Republic
can thinks 1t would be only justice.
with the mercuryat 81 below, il the
next editor who pixies his nose into the
weather mans business with a rhap-
sody on Iowa wilter weather should
have it frozen off.
Are Missouri Republicans in poll
tics just for fun ?" asks the Burlington
f1aWk-Eye. 1t game that re-
publicans Of other states are not en-
joying with any aopreciable zest."
>
These are significant days for the
American people" says the Centerville
1owegian. "Histor, is being made at
an automobile rateof speed
Conditions mustindeed be bad in
Sioux City. judging from the following
from the Tribune: Walking is dan
gerous on many Sbux City sidewalks
for prohibitionisti in broad daylight,
because the snow vas allowed to stay
on the walks and become mass Of
ice. But it is certain death to the or
binary citizen at night, when the town
Is supposed to be sooer and the lights
are turned out"
The Des Moines Register and Leader,
speaking Of the connection made in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

There is one place in Iowa where
the people don't know or care whether
the temperature is high or low,
whether it rains or SHOWS, whether
Sunday comes once or seven times a
week. or whether school keeps or not
That place is Keokuk. Since congress
passed the bill granting powers to the
Reconsideration company to build
a dam across the Mississippi, Keokuk
has been too busy rejoicing to give
even thought to weather or any OF
the other misfortunes flesh is heir to-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

congress over Gen. Miles, says:
Gen. Miles is superannuated. II an
other war should arise he would not be
fit for service. And yet men can be
found who actually grow indignant be-
cause Gen. Miles is not to be cared for
at public expense during the remainder
OF his life at $4,000 instead of at
a distinct service to the country by
forcing the consideration Of petty
graft to the front"
The Davenport Times diagnoses the
czar's case correctly It says he Is
suffering from too much grand duke.
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Sensible shoes for men and femi-
nine clothes for women. This is a
contamination devoutly to be wished
says the Des Moines News. Not too
far back, mind you, to the hoop skirts
and furbelows, to the point of femi-
ninity where one would not be likely
to mistake the sex of his vis-a-vis at
dinner function
1T is fortunate thing for Governor
Folk that he did not start his career
of reform in Illinois," says the Creston
Adyertiser-GaZ HE might have
had to stand trial before the state
legislature or the Chicago city council
for SANDER"
LATE Young having located the
Southern Cross at Colon, the Marshall
town Tines Republican thinks it
would be interesting to know whether
or not he retains the double cross" for
use in Polk county republican conven-
TONS
The opinion Of DR.. Brown of the
New York board of health that idiot
children should be put In a dog pond
and drowned" suggests to the Water
loo Courier that 1t is good thing for
Brown the practice was not in vogue
when he was born.
1T was expected Of course that the
beef trust would beef" remarks the
keokuk Gate City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

a
Hon. ]. B. Butler, ex-senator from
Webster county and a democrat, need
not have apologized in public for not
voting for Roosevelt" says the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. ut would have been
sufficient if he had paid $40 fine for
voting for Parker
yellow journals the other day pub
lished the story of a ship that went
details as if an eye witness had sur
vived the tragedy and returned to
some wireless station to give the re-
port" says the Davenport Times. "The
next day the belated steamer arrived
in port. Apology? None, just another
sensational story of how the ship rode
out of the storm
Raymond of the Chicago Tribune
has at last cotton around to the point
where he is disposed to interpolate the
phrase In Justice to Col. Pete Hep
burn. Of Iowa. ~ remarks the Des
Moines Capital. For several weeks his
articles have savored strongly Of the
same sentiment, except the space mark
has been omitted from between the
'in and the Justice"
The Oskaloosa Herald says, IAN
epidemic Of appendicitis exists in Dav-
EXPORT and adds, With the reputa-
ton Davenport enjoys it ought to be
able to take something for it,
The correspondents tell about the
bitter cold in Manchuria and then go
on to say that at times the mercury
has registered "a degrees of FROST"
says the Sioux City Journal "As we
translate 1t over here that means
eight above or first class picnic
weather."
1T may be customary for federal
judges to draw more from the govern
ment for expenses than they actually
expend, but custom cannot justify
them" declares the Greston Adver-
tiser- Gazette. 1.-THE sooner the seal Of
disapproval is put upon the practice
the better
A Burlington paper that has been
rhapsodizing about the delights of 20
degrees below weather is rebuked by
the Cedar Rapids Republican. People
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

The Honorable Peter Hepburn does
not seem to worry nearly as much
about his position on the railroad bill
as do many others who have appointed
themselves as his critics.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

What long thermometers they must
have UP in North Dakota-Des Moines
Capital.
Maybe they are the same length but
no doubt the zero is within a quarter
of an inch of the top of the tube.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
A Plain Success Story.

This Is another success story - a
plain unyarnished tale of man who
succeeded in an ordinary way.
1t is the story of the success of Rob-
ert M. Fair. who has recently retired
as one of the managing partners of
Marshall Field & Co.. Chicago, worth
$2,000,000 or more.
At the age. of 13 young Fair went
into the Office of dry goods store in
New York City. His salary was 81 per
week. Asked the other day why he
accepted such wage he said. 1T
was all could get. tried to get $1.5O
but couldn't. You see wanted to learn
the business"
The boy was willing and anxious to
begin on the bottom round of the lad
der.
The young mans wages were slowly
increased And he was getting expert
ence. Finally he quit the New York
firm and went to Chicago That was
in 1863. He landed in Chicago with
80 in his pocket. But the next year
he had saved his first $780, Remember
young man, that's the point-he saved
$100.
III 1913 ne was taken into the Office
OF Marshall Field as "a young man ac-
quainted more or less with conditions
in Chicago" He had been keeping his
eyes open. Fair became successfully
credit man. member of the firm, man
aging partner.
He made himself indispensable. The
firm could not well get along with
out him.
Mr. Fair says the greatest lesson he
ever learned was when as boy his
employer gave him this motto: Don't
keep busy to be working, but busy to
do something
He made his work count.
His story is simply one of hard
work intelligently directed. His career
contains no sensational splurge or
shrewd doings. He did not get rich
quick. He got rich because he i'm
proved his chance and came up nat.
urally - the only safe way
His motto would be a good thing
for any young man to paste In histhat:
So Il So II - " .
+" Don't keep Busy to be =
= Working, but keep =
" Busy to do Something. =
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

Charles w. Armitage of Kankakee
ILL.,. formerly resident of Ottumwa
has been moved to indite the follow
ing ballad to"The Beautiful Snow CT. .
Mr.. Armitage favored the Courier with
copy of his poem, which finds abund.
ant echo these nice snowy days in OF.
tumwa. 1t follows:
Oh, the beautiful sEow(?) as it swirls
two and fro
And piles in great drifts around YOUR
door;
You shiver and sneeze with each pass
ing breeze,
AS you clean your sidewalks once
more.
1t covers the ice so smooth and SO nice
For the snare you had better watch
out, - E9s
Or you'll stand on your hair, with
heels in the air,
And a hollo of about
All, the blizzardy breeze, 1t shrieks
through the trees,
In wild and demoniac glee,
And pneumonia's germ in your system
will squirm,
And great will deaths harvest be.
Meth1nks the hobo" who wrote beau
tiful snow (?)
Must have lived in a southerly cline
Where famed by the breeze through
blossoming trees,
In hammock he idled his time,
Well chance the cane brakes, where
lizards and snakes
And crocodiles lazily crawl,
In preference to snow and fourteen
below,
And a rip roaring blizzardy squall.
We long for sweet flowers, and greer
shady bowers,
With Strawberries lucious and nice
The beautiful snow (?) we hope viii
soon blow,
To the land where they do not make
ice.
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His Clock Had Stopped.

His Clock Had Stopped.
"Your homer. the clock is too slow"
"All right. Mr. Attorney"
Its very important, your honor, I
must catch that ear for dinner
Call right Mr.. Attorney. we'll ad.
journ court in time
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11
PEOPLE OF. IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given by DR.. j. C. Bonham

Mr.. Zeb Smith, of Ottumwa, says
was cured of very bad case of
Piles after suffering twenty years"
J Mr.. DO. Ross, Abba, says: 81
had suspicious cancerous growth
on my lip. DR.. Bonham removed
it by use of x-Ray."
Mr.. VIM. Gibson, Abba, Iowa,
says: II was cured of double
rupture and am we'll pleased"
We are constantly curing pee
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

A Burlington paper that has been
about the delights of 20
degrees below weather is rebuked by
the Cedar Rapids Republican. People
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

The Des Moines Register and Leader
speaking of the connection made in
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1T was expected of course that the
beef trust would beef" remarks the
Keokuk Gate City,
Bisbee daily review., 1905-06-17
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE COUNTY OF cOCHISE,. TERRI TORY OF ARIZONA:

Tn the matter of the estate of J. d. Moore, deceased. Notice for posting of settlement Of account.
 Notice is hereby given that E. R' Pirtle company. a corporation, the administrator of the estate of J. J. Moore, deceased. has rendered and presented for settlement and filed Tn said court it's final account of it's ad- msnistration of said estate, and that Friday. the 16th day of June, 1905, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the court room or said court, at the county court house in Tombstone, in said Cochise county, has been duly appointed by tne said court for the settlement of said ac' count, at which time and place every person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions In wIiC ing to the said account and contest the same.
 Dated June 12, 1905.
 F.w. GooDBODY, Clerk