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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20
L1GHTEN KITCHEN LABOR.

Modern appliances have revolution;
lied the labor and worry of the Kitchen
have dispensed with much Of woman'9|
toll and vexation in preparing the food
for the family and caring for the home.'
Some men insist that their wives shalt
get along in the old way-the way theis|
grandmothers did. These men need|
killing, for they will always avail
themselves Of every modern improves
ment to tighten their own labor. Many
man can do no more humane on
Christian act than to see that his over
worked wife is fully supplied with all
modern kitchen conveniences and appli4
ances. The Indifference Of many meu
to this thing is ample Justification for d
siot among the women Of their homes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

A very great and promising wheat
harvest is looming up for Kansas pro-
vided the weather is favorable during
the r!pening and harvesting period.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

1t is always bad mistake to sell
the good brood mare from the farm,
for she is always worth 10 the man
who owns her not less than 81 per
pound.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

If rain should happen to be needed in
Kansas this year the farmers will hard.
ly dare to ask for it in view of what
they have had the past two years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Things are looking better for the
beef men, and it is hoped that the two
past years of loss and disaster are to
be followed by more prosperous year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

An Oklahoma rancher recently paid
$500 each for thirty-two head Of buf-
falo to add to the herd which he al
ready has.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Most young men are ANXIOUS to get
a start, but they want to understand
that pool room, a saloon and a race
track are no places at which to get it..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

A million immigrants from foreign
countries are looked for this season. It
is not easy to see just where this many
can be placed. If they were all of
the right type, it would not seem so
hard problem to meet, but the most
of them will be pretty poor truck
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The mere matter of uniformity Of
size ana color of the eggs from a flock
Of pedig-eed chickens is Of itself a
sufficient reward for all the trouble tax
en- to secure such flock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Better roads and no higher rate of
taxation come with the introduction
of the new method Of working the
earth roads, and this is just what all
the people want.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The egg money received from the
poultry ION the farm carries with it the
largest margin of profit of any money
got out of the farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The blossoms which appear on the
strawberry bed set out this spring
should all be removed and no fruit be
allowed to set. The young plant neels
all its vigor to induce healthy growth,
which the bearing Of fruit prevents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

There is a locality in the west where
the freq industry has become so prolt-
able that chattel mortgages are placed
by the owners OF the marshes on its
frog population.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Hay always keeps with smaller per
cent Of waste in large stack than in
small one; hence an investment in a
stack cover always pays. With the
cover stack, may be kept open for
several days and be made Of any size
desired.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

A group of Wild crab apple trees in
full bloom, just product of nature. is
about as fine combination CT bloom,
beauty and fragrance as anything the
most skilled botan:st could devise.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

There are two tidbits on beef car
cass-cne the brisket when boiled until
perfectly tender and e:ten cold an: the
other the rump cut treated in the same
manner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The rnince pie and The breakfast ka III
represent about all that many, CO.'S
can do in the way Of food economy,
and these two compounds have got
such bad reputation that they are
always viewed with suspicion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

a friend tells us that the difference
between men and women in spending
money is that. give man and wonl-
an $50 each, the woman will spend all
her money and get value received,
while the man will spend half Of his
and get beat and keep half In his
pocket
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Larger and better tomatoes can al
ways be grown when the vines are rig
orously pr.lncd. 1t Is always n poor
policy to let a tomato vine. spread IT.
self over space ten feet square.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20
When dog once gets the sheep kill
ing habit he can never be reformed,
and the sooner he Is killed the better.

The Japs deserve more land to live
on and work whether they succeed in
getting it out Of the present scrap or
not.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Sweet corn has slightly higher feed
ms value than field corn and is moro
relishcd Gy ell stock when fed in the
bEnt!ic CT in Il green state 1t is for
the dairy COW the choicest sort of des-
SORT.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Don't encourage the grapevine, wood
in your yard! While the vine will look
pretty on The tree for awhile, it will
surely kill it in the end.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

A policeman carries big stick and
Epeak-s gently to the cook.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The buehirds, the wrens and the
sparrows will often have protracted
fight for the possession of some choice
nesting place. We find where such
u fight is on that it pays to shoot the
sparrows and let the others settle it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The traction engine Is coming more
and more into use on the large farms
as motive power for blowing. Some
very remarkable and effective work Is
being done by these engines on the big
small grain farms Of the northwest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Some women's clubs are very prac.
tical and useful. One such has this
spring made special effort to exter.
inmate the dandelion, really killing
two birds with one stone, getting a LOT
Of nice greens while they were rid.
ding their lawns of the pest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The oil fashioned Yankee corn is
preferred DOM east by all eaters of
johnnrca!se, injun pudding and rye
and injun bread. One man in Wiscon-
sin makes the raising OF this sort Of
corn very profitable just to supply this
eastern demand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The milk haulers and the rural mail
carriers will especially appreciate a
bettered condition Of the country dirt
roads. In many places this spring the
milk and cream were sent. to the
creamery on a stoneboat, while the
carriers had to make their rounds on
foot if they went at ALL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

A car load Of wool sells for about
$1,000 today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

An easy way to fertilize the rose
bushes is to dip up few pals of the
enriched water which will stand in a
Darnyord after heavy rain and put
it on the rose bed. The bushes will re-
spond to this sort Of treatment with
larger and more blossoms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The coming novelty in transportation
is to Ea the gasoline cara car which
Will carry its own motive power and
rival both the trolley and the steam
car in matter Of speed. while surpass-
ing them in economy of operation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

1t Is very easy to get too much shade
around the home. Two things should
be watched-one, that the sunshine Is
not barred from the roof of the house,
for green shingles make big doctors
bills; another, that there should not be
so much shade on the lawn that the
grass will not maintain vigorous and
sealthy growth. The green roof and
tie bare and patchy lawn can be found
y connection with all too many b~-es.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The best results growing out Of the
seed corn campaign made in some of
the states this spring will be to In
duce corn growers to select and gather
their seed corn before any frost hits it
In the fall when, if properly cared for,
every kernel will grow the following
year when planted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Lawn trees are best s. ected from the
slow growing or the dwarf types Of
trees. The blackberry, the hard maple,
the black cherry, the mountain ash, the
wild thorn and crab apple, the cut leaf
birch, all make admirable lawn trees.
The soft maple, the cottonwood, the
box elder and willow should never be
used for this purpose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

The fear that was quite general on
the part of the smaller towns that IL
trolley lines were constructed between
them and the larger towns it would
prove detrimental to the business In
terests of the smaller town is proving
to have had no justification, the COM
mon result being that the business Of
both towns is stimulated and benefit
ed. Opportunity to do business always
begets more business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

1t is all right to 60 for the dandelions
every spring, for they make a healthful
and palatable dish of greens, but we
do not believe that all that were ever
dug ever limited their production one
particle. The seed of this plant is so
profuse and SO easily distributed that
the effort to destroy it by digging it up
Is like trying to bale out the ocean
with tin cup.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

We have good many reports this
spring Of Duroc Jersey sows having
litters of from fifteen to twenty pigs,
some men getting an average of ten
pigs to the litter from ten or fifteen
sows. In this respect at least the Du-
roc Jersey is long way ahead Of most
other breeds Of hogs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

To take care of field Of corn Just
right we want broad. light harrow, a
weeder to use should the conditions
be just right, double shovel plow for
the one deep blowing which the crop
should have and surface cultivator
for the last two plowings and, should
the season be very dry one. single
horse cultivator to go through the field
after che corn has tasseled out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

We are asked whether bees are real
~ Indispensable in the process of fer
tiilzing the bloom on fruit trees. Prob
ably not wholly. The winds and many
kinds of insect life have a part in
this work, but the bee no doubt is
one of the principal agents in securing
perfect fertilization. Bees and or
chards always so well together.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

If your credit is good at the bank
for $500 and you have thirty head of
stock to carry through next winter, it
will pay you to borrow the money and
build silo. You can more than half
pay for the silo the first year by utiliz-
Ing your heretofore wasted corn fod-
der and selling your hay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-20

Some pretty good papers, whose edi-
tors should know better, get badly
y liked as to the dried currants sold by
the grocery stores and the currants
grown in our gardens. The former are
not currant at all. but seedless
grape which comes from Greece, while
our home grown currants are never
found upon the market in dried state.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
wrIght-Moudy.

Perry K. Wright and Miss
Ruby Moudy drove TO the resi-
dence of A. Showalter last Sun
day evening and were united in
marriage by Mr.. Showalter.
The announcement of their
marriage came as a surprise to
their many friends, although
they had expected il.
The groom is a prominent and
thrifty farmer of Elkhart town
ship. He is respected by all who
know him as an honorable and
upright gentlman, worthy the
prize he has won.
The bride is the only child OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Moudy and
was born and raised in Adrian.
She is an amiable and refined
lady and is held in high esteem
by every citizen of this city.
The happy couple will reside
on the farm, four miles south.
west of Adrian. Adrian Journal
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
waterInr the GArden.

There Is n great diversity OF
opinion as to how the garden
should be watcred during the
hot, dry days Of summer. My
plan is TO simulate Nature as
nearly as possible. do not be
lieve in daily sprinkling, as Ma.
ture does not water her flowers
that way, but gives them a good
soaking at intervals followed
by a spell of cloudy weather. 10
best follow Nature, give the soil
a good soaking early in the even.
ing, right down 20 the roots of
the plants. If the garden is wen
drained, as II should be, there is
not much danger of giving too
much, and this watering should
not be repeated until the soil has
dried out. A safe average dur
ing July, August, September
is twice a week and this will usu-
ally be found sufficient. How
ever, should the situation be a
dusty one, there will be no harm
in spraying the foliage of the
plants daily; but as plants are
not amphibious, they do not like
to be soaked with water every
day.-Womon's Home Comanion
for July.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29

We have been making some in
quiry among farmers who know
when the quality of land is good,
and can easily be made better.
The general impression among
farmers with whom we have talk
ed is that the county farm is
poorly managed, and that it can
be managed not only TO pay and
comfortably keep our poor, but
that it can be made 10 pay the
county a reasonable profit over
all other expense. We want 10
see our county court make a good
record on the management Of our
county farm in the future.-Re
publican Press.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
The assessors of Vernon conn.

The assessors Of Vernon coun.
ty met nc the court house in Ne.
vada Saturday, June 10th and
agreed on the assessed value Of
property for taxation that assess.
ment be made on u basis of 40
per cent Of the cash value, except
on money, notes, bonds and bank
stock, II was agreed TO assess
the following articles at the fol.
lowing value: Horses $25; asses
and iennets left 10 the assessor;
average mule S25; average yearl.
ing mule S15; three.year.old
steers $3.50; average two-year.
old steers S14; average yearling
steers So; mich cows $l2; two
year.old heifers SO; yearling heif.
ers S.; sheep S1.50; hogs . cents
per pound; goats $1.50; average
pianos ST5; average organ IS to
$40; household goods at full 40
per cent value; money, notes,
bonds and bank stock at so cents
on the hundred dollars.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
The siad Dog FaIlacy.

In all my own experience with
dogs / have not only never seen
a mad dog" but have never
known a dog owner-and by that
| mean a man who has had eX.
perience in keeping dogs-who
has seen one. If, then rabies is
so exceedingly scarce hydropho-
bia becomes really an impossi.
bility and the fear of il should be
dismissed without 2 thought.
A person may get bitten, Dot
in the language of the New York
tough, Forget it," II il is a
bad bite il may twitch later ON
and you may begin worrying, so
it is a good plan 10 get rid of the
twitcbing or throbbing in order
Ia forget. ! have been bitten so
often that / think no more of i
than a mosquito bite, and this il
what l do:
II IL is on the hand / put il un.
der the faucet and wash thor.
oughly, with the object of clean,
ing the wound and preventing
Inflammation from any dirt OF
foreign substance. While doing
this someone is getting the bi
carbonate of soda and some clear
rags or lint. With water "a cream
paste Of the soda Is made suhl
tieRt ~ PLASTER the wound well.
then pattiRg sQme ON a rag IL is
applied 10 the wound ala bound
up. II in the course OF an hour
or more the application seems q
be drying a little water is pour
ed on the bandage to soak thro
TO the soda or the hand dipped IN
WATERFALLS. Watson in Country
Life in America.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
of Cheating.

False weights were found in
the ruins of the oldest city that
has yet been exhumed. And
false weights will probably be
consumed when the earth drops
into the sun and the heavens are
rolled together like a scroll. An
cient records and ancient statute
books are full of evidence that
Ievery new practical device-from
capitalistic and labor nionopolies,
secret rebates and majority own.
ers swindling minority owners,
down TO authorizations and crook
ed scales-was familiar to our
ancestors of the plateau of Iran
before the migratiOns. Vice is
the old inhabitant; virtue is the
newcomer, the immigrant, re.
cieved with reluctance and com.
PEELED to fight for every inch of
ground he gains. Reader Maya
zine.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
Read the TRIBUNE. si.oo.
Excursion Rates via MO. Pac,


Excursion Rates via Mo. Pac.
Lewis and Clark Exposition,
MAY s5rd to Sept. goth, $4,000
round trip.
Grand Lodge Modern Woodmen,
Milwaukee, June 10th to 18TH,
$I7.a5 round trip; return limit
June 10th.
Special excursions to Colorado,
Utah, and Wyoming on sale June
Ist to Sept. goth, return limit Oct.
81, n fare plus soc round trip.
Special excursion to Louisville.
KY, June 10th to 18th, account
annual reunion Confederate Veter-
ans, $Is.5o round trip, return limit
July roth.
Summer tourist rates to Eldorado
Springs, Eureka Springs, Ark. and
Sloan Springs, Ark, June Ist to
Sept. goth, one and One.third fare
round trip,
Summer tourist rates to Hot
Springs, Ark, June Ist to Sept 80,
one fare plus $s,oo for the trip.
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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
Frisco Excursions.

Buffalo, n. ", July II to q
1905, annual meeting Grand Lodge
b. p. o. E., one regular first class
fare, plus $500. On sale July 7,
S and 9, return limit July IS, 1905.
Annual Convention Natl. Edu.
cational Assn, Asbury Park. N. j.,
July 3 7, one regular rst class fare
to New York, plus 1886. On sale
June IS TO July I, return limit July
10, 1905.
Hot Springs, Ark, daily to Sept.
SO, u Ist class fare plus So. 90 /;
return limit 80 days.
Denver, Colo, Aug. I6.so. Aug.
I6-IS and Aug. i6.I9, account an
nual meetings FratemAl Order OF
Eagles, Natl. Assn. Of Fire Ins.
ARts, and American os,sopathlC
Assn, on sale Aug. -, "a and IS.
Return limit Aug. IS, fare ST6.os.
Lewis & Clark Exposition, Pori.
land, Greg, daily 70 Sept 90, re.
turn limit 90 days going and return
ing direct route, $4,000 diverse
routes at q slight advance.
Summer Tourist rates TO Colo,
RADIO, Utah aud Wyoming points
on sale daily June Ist TO Sept. soi
return limit Oct. SIsti Denver.
Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
$3.50 round trip, Glenwood Spgs
$5o.5o round trips Ogden. Sal
Lake CITY, Utah, Grand Junct,
Colo, and Rawlins and Waleott
Wyo., $3f.5o round Trip. VerJ
low rates TO other tourist points.
Chicago and Milwaukee. sass,
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Harvest Excursions Ist and ard
Tuesdays in each month At very Low
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yonr ticket.
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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29

Any OF our tarHeE readers, who
are interested, should HOi faii 10
make note Of the fact that IL. T..
Robinson says in this issue Of the
TRIBUNE that he has money to loan
at reasonable rates on good farm
security. He's got the money and
If you have the security you can get
4.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
Legal Notices.

Friends and subscribers to ,hi,
paper will confer a favor upon us
by ordering their legal notices
printed IA this paper. They can
Ihta see for themselves whether the
notices are correct or not.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
THE OPPORTUNITY OF TODAY

The opportunity FOR thr man
with little means 81 prubanly bet
ter to-day boz the prairie states ui
the Southwest than ever before Zen
the history oi the nation 10 he
sun, there ~ not the ynsr open
choice of land for the ~homeatsl1s
that existed iu the ius liiu luubs
then taken up under Government
laws are nov prosperous farms
ana ranches There ls uead ui
more hands 60 develop the Couu
try. Ia iho Southwest Indian
Territory Oklahoma aud 1'rSuH
m vast nrrns 81 uuimprnved land
not yet producing the crops ui
which IL rs capable. Practically
the same thing o. true of tile
towns. Few lines OF business are
adequately represented. rherr
ara Openings uf nll sorts for wide
awake men. Are sou uupY
II You arr Interested toil us
what you want. how much you
have to Invest, and wc VIII gladly
furnish thr Information. Write.
for a copy ui our paper. lhc
Coming Country. It's free. Ad
dress
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Box ~, ST. Louis, Mo,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29

II YOU want good fire insurance 4,
don't forget that / represent one of
the best companies IN the United
States.
GEo. L. HUCKEBY.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-06-29
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1905, at greatly reduced rates via
Missouri Pacific Railway.
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