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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
!. |rs A DusTLEss aUToMoBIIE
Test OF a Machine Designed to Abate
Great Nuisance

Consul Halstead, of Birmingham.
reports that much of the opposition
In England to motor cars is due to
the amount of dust they create, and
that in consequence there Is consider
able difficulty in renting houses To-
Gated in roads used by motor cars.
The consul says.
"A private demonstration was re-
Gently given with Spyker car, which
had been especially, designed with ref
erence to the dust nuisance, and for
comparison the Spyker and several
other cars. both English and foreign,
We're driven down selected portions of
a road, while photographs were tax
ZEN to show how much dust each
raised The Autocar reports the road
was of a. sandy nature, and It's dust
producing qualities so great that when
one of the cars was driven over it
at a speed OF forty miles an hour the
cloud Of dust was so great that 1t was
five minutes before the atmosphere
was clear enough for the trial of the
next car, SO that the photograph could
be taken.
driven at twenty miles an hour over
indicates. according to the Auteear's
photographic reproduction and re-
port, that 1t was as near dustless az
possible. due to the fact that the
Dody Is somewhat higher Oft the
ground than usual. and that the pro-
tectiye metal apron gives a clear,
smooth, clear run for the air passing
beneath the car, and. the fly wheel
being inclosed,, no vortex is set up
thereby to disturb the dust lying up
on the road. The exhaust also IL
discharged at a good elevation and
through a fan shaped qrifica directly
toward the rear of the car, where It
Is claimed 1t tends to destroy the vac
cum caused immediately In the rear
Of the vehicle by Its rapid passage
through the-air. and to which is due
the rising of the dust from the road.
The Autocar believes that this quality
OF dustlessness, having been proved
q salient feature OF the Spyker car,
1t will be appreciated by those con-
siderate people. who feel more than
purturbed when driving through the
country and leaving pillar OF dust
behind them, even when their pace
Is Kept down below the legal speed
limit. especially as 1t tndorses their
views expressed from time to time
with regard to the effect OF attention
to the clear run given to the
atmosphere beneath a car. New
York American.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
STATE DEPARTMENTS WORK
Larger Force Is Needed and There
Should Be Revision of Methods
Now Fsfahlished Nv law

recommend more adequate provision
than has been made heretofore for the
work Of the department of state. With
n1. Sw n there tSs nas Rsen ana I
portance Of the work to be done by that
department, both In Washington and
abroad This has been caused ,s ny ne ths
Increase of wealth among our people,
which enables them to travel more gen.
orally than heretofore. the increase OF
.vestment in foreign countries, and the
councils Of the civilized world There
has been no corresponding increase OF
the department having charge Of our
foreign relations.
Working Force Is Too Small
Neither at home nor abroad Is there
sufficient working force to do the bus
ines properly. In many respects the ,sys..
twenty-five. or even ten, years ago. Is
inadequate now, and should be changed.
Our consular force should be classified
and appointments SHOULD BE made the
executive to assign the members Of each
class to duty at such posts as the in
terests of the service require. instead Of
the appointments being. made as at
present to specified posts. There should
be an adequate inspection service, so
that the department may be able to
consulate is being done. instead Of de-
pending upon casual private informa-
ton or rumor. The fee system should be
entirely abolished, and a due equivalent
made In salary to the officers who now
exc out their subsistence by means Of
fees. Sufficient provision should be made
for clerical force In every consulate.
composed entirely Of Americans. instead
Of the Insufficient provision now made,
which compels the employment of great
numbers Of citizens of foreign countries
whose services can be obtained for less
ates the office quarters, and the clerical
force are inadequate to the performance
Of the onerous duties imposed by the re-
cent provisions of our immigration laws
as we'll as by our increasing trade. In
many parts Of the world the lack Of
cations, and consulates detracts from
the respect in which our officers ought
to be held, and seriously impairs their
weight and influence.
More Money Needed
Suitable provision should be made for
the expense of keeping our diplomatic
officers more fully Informed Of what Is
being done from day to day in the prog
er countries. The lack Of such informa-
ton, caused by insufficient appropria-
lions available for cable tolls and for
clerical and messenger service, FREQUENT
ly puts our officers at q great disadvan-
sage and detracts fr9m their usefulness
does not now correspond either to the
Importance of the service to be rendered
and the degrees Of ability and expert
ence required In the different positions,
or to the differences In the cost Of liv-
ing. In many cases the salaries are quite
''ie-' THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
Woman First in the World

1.-THE Arctic Eskimos have their
tradition of the origin of man much
the same as the Caucasian. and their
tales Of the prowess in battle, their
sagas relating the past glories of
what is now an almost extinct race,
are as Thrilling as some of those that
tell Of the wondrous deeds Of Odin
and Thor. or those Grecian ancients
whose deeds are yet preserved in
prose and poetry
So says DR.. Jonhn P. briggs, the
medical missionary at Point Hope,
who has lived among the Arctic ma
tives almost continuously for fifteen
had his origin within the arctic cir
Gle. According to Eskimo tradi-
ton" says Dr.. briggs. the first
man was made not from the dust Of
the earth, but from piece Of chew
Ing gum-for be 1t known that the
Indian is the original gum rchewer as
well as tobacco smoker. But woman
was first. The first woman was lying
one day on her couch Of furs. chew
Ing gum. Growing weary. she took
1t from her mouth and fashioned it
into the form of man. Tired then.
she fell asleep, to find, upon her
awakening. that the breath Of life
had been breathed into the figure of
gum Of which she had been the arcl1i-
tect, and, 10, man was Jhere! And
SO the world began to be peopled."
1t is related as a fact that high
upon a mountain to the north and east
Of Point Hope are the skeletons q
three ooniaks, or boats. in good
condition. They have been we'll pre-
served during 20, years or more
by climatic conditions. and may have
been the original Noah's arks. They
at one time in all probability rested
upon the beach st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
An Affirmative Answer

The late Alpheus D.. Dubois, the
New York school teacher, who,
though his salary never exceeded sS.-
900, managed to accumulate for
tune Of $3.50, 600. was a man OF thrift
and of system.
Mr. Dubois" said a school teach
err. was systematic in everything
He even kept a book of examples OF
school childrens literary style,
This book was very interesting
He showed 1t to me one day, and I
still remember, under the head Of
'Bombastic and Hifalutin',' an essay
Of one paragraph on the question.
Which was the greater general,
Caesar or Hannibal?"
THE assay ran;
".When we consider the times in
which these two great generals lived
the conditions under which they gov
erned. the people over whom they
reigned, and the difficulties under
which they fought, we are compelled
to answer in the affirmative. ,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
OLD FASHIONED RAG CARPET

What has become of the old
fashioned rag carpet?" queries an
Iowa editor.
There are a. few Of them left. and
you will find them in the quieN and
peaceful homes Of the old fashioned
folk In Missouri and Illinois, And
you couldn't make d room look as
restful with Turkish rugs, and VIII
ton carpets and Assyrlan dewdads. as
you can with warm, thick "hit-an'-
miss" rag carpet like our grandmoth-
ers used to make. When you walk In
on one of those rag carpets you just
feel like kicking of, your shoes,
finging your, coat in q corner. and
Hopping down In front Of the stove
to get real, genuine rest.
None Of your dinky little old din
gy rugs that decorate a polished floor
like a postage stamp on No. 10 en-
velope. Not muchl When you step
on that rag carpet you know Its
tackled down and that 1t won't slip out
from under you and throw you up
against q lot Of bric-a- brac piled in
artistic abandon on a wobly onyx ta-
BILE that stands precariously on three
gold fish globe IL It topples over. Not
much 1t won't. You know that car
pet, made by bright eyed old moth
er Whose cheeks were rosy and whose
mouth always wore q smile, and not
by sore eyed Turk sitting cross
legged on g dirt floor and weaving
Impossible designs out OF rags that
came from nobody knows where---I
say, you know that carpet will stay
right there under your feet and not
go to forcing you into gymnastic
exercise that will betray your stir
old Joints and your forty-four inches
around the waistband.
The old rag carpet Is q perpetual
invitation to a good time. When you
see 1t you know you are Welcome.
But when you enter q room with a
waxed floor and a Job lot of imported
rugs scattered here. and there. you
Just feel in your bones that the host
is wondering II the nails in your shoes
are going to scratch the floor or break
a thread in the rugs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
DR.. Bull Needed tho Money

When DR.. Bull. the now famous
specialist. began ( the practice Of
medicine as a young man. he num-
bered among his first patients a cer-
tain Mr. Darlie of Woonsocket, r..
l.. Fol-. time the young physician
treated his patient successfully for a
very painful tunor on the neck.
One day the doctor called to in
quire after his patients progress. AL
though assured that the latter was
enjoying health he had never known
before, he at once assumed an air
of the greatest concern and advised
speedy operation.
But" said the astonished con-
yaiescent in broadcast Scoth. "Dinua
We tell me yourself an operation
wasna necessary! I'm feelin' better
than haze two year gone. an .whal
dye want to cut me moo fur %
The physician hesitated a moment,
then resumed, embarrassedly: We'll,
you see. my good man. need Tho
money"
"oh," said the patient, much re-.
lieved, IF its the siller ye're after,
a. right. was afeared We war OVER
anxious for the experience"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
CRUCIAL TEST FOR Old MAN

A New York dispatch says boxing
devotees In the east are taking consid-
cradle interest in the coming contest
between Bob Fttzsimmons and Phila-
deiphia Jack o,Brien. The bout ~
not only attractive because 1t should
result In 9 liberal display of fistic
pyrotechnics. hut because 1t will also
give a true line on Fitz's present stat
US as a ring man.
o'Brien is Just tho man Ito make
Fitz extend himself because he has
speed and cleverness. Were he q
boxer of the rough and ready order,
one ever ready to take q punch or give
one, 1t might be a case of the one
reaching the proper spot first. wins
ming.
It is pretty good betting that o.
Br1en will make a clever fight, his ia
vorite kind. Barring accident he
should make Fitz bring all of hts SCI
ence into play and also show Just how
much speed he still has, as we'll as
his STAYING and recuperative powers.
O'Brien knows too much to wade
right in at the start and exchange
punches with the man who has been
knocking out big men for over 30
years.
1t was claimed at the time Of the
sFits .Schreck f1asco that Bob's under
p1nning was not all that 1t should be
and that he could not stand strenu-
GUS spell of training or the hard leg
test incident to a ring encounter with
a willing worker.
The O'Brien bout will tell all this.
Fitz has been going along for long
time now and II he retains one half
his former ability to live through
business contest. 1t will only en,I,ha-
size the fact that he Is ono OF the
greatest boxers who ever entered the
ring,
That he himself also appreciates the
fact that he is meeting a shifty mar,
and will need all possible speed, is
evidenced by the fact that he has sc
leoted two lightweights as training
partners. Billy Rhodas and George
Menstc. He 10 not the first clever
man to pursue the same tactics. Jim
Corhett used to box with little Cas-
per Leon when he was training for
an important battle. Fitz knows he
isn't as fast as he formerly was. and
he is doing the sensible thing in se-
Letting two fast young men as help
ers, Just how many fights Fitz has
engaged In will probably never be
known,
One scribe tried to figure II out
once, but the type didn't run that
high. AS he afterward remarked
Bobs battles ran up into three figures
and he didn't care where you put the
decimal point either.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
PENSIONS FOR LIFE SAVERS
Heroic Service These Men Render
Receives Scanty Recognition

call your especial attention to the
,desirability Of giving to the members
Of the. life-saving service pensions such
as are given to firemen and policemen
in all our great cities. The men in the
life saving service continually and in the
most matter of fact way do deeds such
as make Americans proud of their coun-
try: They have no. political influence;
and they live in such remote places that
the really heroic services they contin-
ually render receive the scantiest recog-
milton from the public, 1t is unjust for a
great nation like this to permit these
meet death in the performance of their
hazardous duty and yet to give them no
sort of reward. II one of them serves
30 years Of his life In such position he
should surely be entitled to retire on
half pay. as a fireman or policeman does.
and If he becomes totally incapacitated
through, accident. or sickness or loses his
health in the discharge of his duty he
or his family should receive a pension
just as any soldier should. call your at
tention with especial earnestness to this
matter because it appeals not only to
our Judgment but to our sympathy. for
the people on whose behalf ask 1t are
comparatively few In number render
incalculable service of particularly dam
gerous kind, and have no one to speak
for them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

educational and public buildings and for
harbor improvements and military and
naval defenses. 1t can not be too often
repeated that our aim must be to de-
vvelop the territory of Hawaii on tradi-
tional American lines. That territory has
serious commercial and industrial prob
lens to reckon with: but no. measure OF
legislation. admitting Chinese and re-
strlcting them by statute to field labor
and domestic service. The status Of SER
Witty can never again be tolerated on
American soil. We can not concede that
the proper solution Of its problems
Is special legislation admitting to
Hawaii class Of labor as de-
MED admission to the other states and
territories; There are, obstacles. and
up a. representative American communal
~ IN the Hawaiian Islands; but 1t is not
In the American character to give UP In
the face of'.difflculty., Many an Ameri-
can commonwealth has been built up
against odds equal to those that now
CONFRONT Hawaii.
Hawaii Should be Made American
Not merely half-hearted effort to meet
Its problems as other American com
munittes have met theirs can be accent
ed as final. Hawaii shall never become
a territory IN which governing class
OF rich planters exists by means Of cool
ie labor. Even II the rate OF growth of
the territory Is thereby rendered, slower,
the growth must only take place by the
admission of immigrants fit in the end
American citizenship. Our aim must be
TO develop the territory on the same
basis of stable citizenship as exists on
this continent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES
Two States Ought to be Made Out of
the -Four Southwest Territories

I recommend that Indian Territory and
Oklahoma be admitted as one state and
that New Mexico and Arizona be adj
cation upon us to treat territorial sub
divisions, which are matters OF con-
venience only, as binding us on the
Nothing has taken up more time in the
congress during the past few years than
the question as to the state hood to be
granted to the four territories above
mentioned. and after careful considera-
ton OF all that has been developed in
the discussions of the question I recon-
fend that they be Immediately admitted
as two states. There is no justification
OF making the four territories into two
states has been clearly, established
In some OF the territories the legisla-.
ling. The congress should by law forbid
this practice, the harmful results of
which are obvious at glance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
INDIANS AND CITIZENSHIP
Sale of Liquor to Them When Land
1. hnIders Should ha Prohihifed
INDIANS

Of the Indian question which has been
mos sharply brought to public atten..
the Indians induction into citizenship.
This has made itself manifest not only
In great access of litigation In which
the citizen Indian figures as party de-
position to levy local taxation upon his
personality, but in decision Of the
United States supreme court which
has hitherto rested the governments
benevolent effort to protect him against
the evils Of intemperance. The court
holds, in effect, that when an Indian be-
to him, a citizen Of the state in which
his land is situated, he passes from un-
der federal control in such matters as
thi and the sac acts Of the
toxicants become substantially inopera-
tive. 1t Is gratifying to note that the
states and municipalities of the west
fare of the Indians are taking up this
subject and are trying to supply, in q
measure at least, the abdfcation Of its
trusteeship forced upon the federal gov
press upon the attention of the congress
the question whether some amendment
OF the internal revenue laws might not
Pc OF ad IN those
''bootlegsers," who are engaged at once
in defrauding the United States treasury
of taxes and, what is far more import
ant, in debauching the Indians by car,
rying liquors illicitly into territory still
completely under federal Jurisdiction.
Need Of Better Schools
Among the crying present needs Of the
Indians are more day schools situated
in the midst Of their settlements, more
effective instruction in the industries
pursued on their own farms. and a more
liberal extension of the field-matron SER
vice, which means the education Of the
Indian women in the arts of home-mak-
ing. Until the mothers are well started
in the right direction we can not rea-
sonably expect much from the children
who are. soon to form an integral part
of our American citizenship Moreover,
the excuses continually advanced by male
adult Indians for refusing offers of re-
munerative employment at dis
lance from their homes is that they
dare not leave their families too long
out Of their sight. One effectuai remedy
for this state of things is to employ the
minds and strengthen the moral fibre of
the Indian women-the end to which the
work of the field matron is especially
directed. I trust that the congress will
make its appropriations for Indian day
schools and field matrons as generous
as may consist with the other pressing
demands upon It's providence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
NATIONAL PARKS IMPORTANT
CALIFORNIA; Gift Should be Accepted
and Niagara Falls Preserved

I call your attention to the generous
act of the state of California in con-
Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove.
There should be no delay in accepting
the gift, and appropriations should be
made for the including thereof In the
Yosemite National park, and for the care
and policing of the park. California has
acted &C most wisely as well as with WI great
certain mighty natural a features Of our
land which should be preserved in per-
petuity for our children and our chill
d d.s children In n my y Judgment the
made into a national park: It is great
ly to be wished that the state of New
York should copy as regards Niagara
what the state of CALIFORNIA has, done as
allowed to interfere with the preserva-
ton of Niagara Falls in all their beauty
and majesty. II the state can not see to
that she should be willing to turn 1t over
to the national government, which
should in such case Of possible, in con-
junction with the Canadian government
of preserving unframed Niagara Falls;
just as 1t should gladly assume a SINH
lar burden and responsibility for the
pep and 1t has al
National park. Adequate provision
should be made by the congress for the
proper care and supervision OF all these
national parks. The boundaries of the
Yellowstone National park should be
extended to the south and east to take
in such portions Of the AUDITING forest
reservation as will enable the govern
ment to protect the elk on their winter
range.
Preserving Buffalo Herds
The most characteristic animal OF the
western plains was the great shaggy
named wild OK, the bison, commonly
known as buffalo. Small fragments of
herds exist in domesticated. state here
and there, a few Of them in the Yellow
stone park. Such herd as that on the
Flathead reservation should not be al
lowed to go out of existence. Either on
some reservation or on some forest re-
serve like the Wichita reserve and game
refuge provision should be made for the
preservation of such herd. I believe
that the scheme would be Of economic
advantage, for the robe Of the buffalo
is of high market value, and the same
is true of the robe Of the crossbred an
imals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT
Disease, Pestilence and Drought Have
Handicapped the Authorities In
Improving Conditions

During the last year the Philippine Is
lands have been slowly recovering from
the series of disasters which, since
American occupation. have greatly re-
duced the amount Of agricultural prod
ucts below what was produced In Span
locusts the drought. and the cholera
have been united as causes to prevent a
return OF the prosperity much needed in
the Islands. The most serious Is the
destruction by the rlnderpest of more
than IS per cent of the draft cattle, be-
cause it will take several years of
breeding to restore tho necessary num-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07
IVY FOOD authorizations
Fer Laws Needed For Protection
9tp ~
tho Consumers

sT.teocn,naend that a law be enacted
Regulate Interstate commerce in mis-
ns s,,s snaseraee o,,,d to9d rate drinks
sFste manufacture and commerce, and
nd tend to secure the health and well
8B OF demonstrating public. Traffic in
Ae..ffs which have been debased or
Ee:.e purchasers should he forbidden
rhe law ferbidd!ng the emission of
s,sa black or gray smoke in the city
B washington mas been sustained by
courts. Something has been ac-
Inplishad uuder it. brt much remains
he done If we would preserve the cap
|; sitv from defaceiaent by the smoke
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

xk4SEted n China. The main factor in,
V1ss1Icfng this boycott has been the re-
sentiment felt by the students and bust
nsE people of China. by all the Chinese
\ AYeers against the harshness of our
IIsW toward educated Cinnamon of the
Tr1f essional and business classes.
& Thts government has the friendliest
feeiing for China and desires China's
wsil-being. We cordially sympathize
with the announced purpose Of Japan to
stand for the integrity of China. Such
an attitude tends to the peace Of the