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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-12

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No one dares as. yet to believe that
myths which while. so dear to us in
early years and in which we believed
so implicitly have been pronounced
false by the scientists and learned men
of today No one has yet been so in
trepid as to class the busy bee with
the Ratchet Of George Washington or
the apple of William Tell" said the
market man to the cub reporter this
morning.
yet there are those that claim that
the busy bee is not infallible, that
while he may not be lazy that he has
his off years. This murmuring is caus-
ed by the real shortage Of honey that
exists this year. Some of the more
charitable minded of the murmurers
suggest that the bee has been over
strained or as the football coaches
would put it.. he has gone, STALE"
At any rate the bees and the flow
ers did not get together last May and
June for their annual frolics. AS a
result the honey lovers of the city are
having hard time securing their
dotted dish and incidentally paying 15c
per pound for what they do get. This
is not because the bee is not still the
proverbial busy body that he is repre-
sented to be, but because-so the bee
raisers say-there we're numerous
rains in this part of the country just
at the time when the bees ought to
have been doing their best work.
AS a result Of this, most of the hives
contain only enough honey to keep the
bees during the winter. A great deal
OF the honey this year has been coarse
combed and not up to standard. al
though some is now being shipped in
that Is of fine quality.
There was an abundance Of white
clover in this vicinity this year, but
the insects did not take to it as they
usually do. In fact 1t just seemed to
be an off year for the bee and the PEG.
pie are suffering the consequences.T The
grocerymen will no doubt be able to
ship in enough honey to supply the
ordinary demand although 1t will bring
the price little higher than usual.
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HORSES SOLD FIRM.
Early Winter Demand Opens Broader
Than Twelve Months ADO.

Early Winter Demand Opens Broader
Than Twelve Months Ago.
Chicago, Dec. 11.-Arrivals for last
week reached 1857 horses, against L.
651 the previous week, 1.7O9 same
week last year. and 1902 the cores
bonding week in 1903. Commission
dealers generally anticipated much
lighter volume of offerings, and con-
signments,. while slightly below the
same week last year, were 600 head
larger than the corresponding week
in 1908. A feature of the weeks
transactions was the large ATTENDING
of southern buyers and the free sale of
desirable southerners. NO branch OF
the horse trade at the Chicago market
has shown such Improvement the cur
rent wear as the demand for smooth
800 to HOO Id. chunks for southern
consumers. The high quality of these
offerings has attracted the leading
dealers in this commercial class and
trade IN these offerings has increased
upward Of 100 per cent in the past
twelve months. Prices have also been
higher than any season !, in a decade
the bulk Of the consignments moving
around s60@S0, with inferior grades
changing hands at $40@55, and tor
offerings at s9O61OO and upward
Several dealers last week took from
two to four loads for shipment tc
Richmond and Norfolk, Va, and Mont
eomery and Albany, Ala. Big draft
ers choice feeders, drivers and wager
horses sold readily at uuotably m
changed prices for the week.
Horse Gossip.
The following dealers and shipper:
arrived with consignments of horses:
Charles Hicks, Western Union, Iowa;
j.: Allen, M. Roberts and l. W. Keelan
Chicago,
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FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield, Dec. 11.-Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce McElderry and sons, Of Ottum-
wa. arrived Saturday for visit with
Mr.. McElderry's parents in this city.
Miss Pauline Wray Saturday enter
tanned thirty-six Of her friends at her
home on Kirkwood and Third streets
in honor Of her twelfth birthday.
Guy Veburg. of Ottumwa, Kan, is
visiting his uncle, Geo. w. White.
The funeral of the late T. T. Hay
ris was held from the family residence
this morning at 10 o'clock.
Misses Hazel and Daisy Canterbury
of Eldon, are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. j. P. Lahey returned to Chi
cago Friday after a visit with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Carpen-
ter,
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AGENCY.

Agency, Dec. 11.-Under the auspices
of the Modern Woodmen camp, w. B
Townsend will deliver his lecture en-
titled Chips and Bark" In the city
hall Saturday evening, Dec. 20. The
lecture is free and everybody invited
to attend.
Rev. D. M Lower has received a
call to the congregational church in
Belknap. He accepts It in connection
with the church here. His subject on
next Sunday evening will be "Congre-
gationalism."
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes have
returned from a ten days visit in
Kansas City.
T. W. F. NJ. meeting at the res
idence of Mrs. B. M. Henderson or
Friday evening enjoyed a good socia
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Shank. of su.
perior, Neb., Is here visiting relatives
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DAWSON is HoNoREp.
New Iowa Congressman Is on Two
Good Committees.

New Iowa Congressman Is on Two
Good Committees.
Washington, D. c., Dec. II. -(Spe-
c;aD-Colgressman Dawson has teen
been given extraordinary recog.
milton by Speaker Cannon by
being placed on two committees
that on naval affairs and Pa.
cific railroads. The former is one of
the most desirable committees sought
after in the house and he is being gen.
orally congratulated, not only by the
Iowa delegation but by all the old
members. He is probably the only
new member to receive two committee
assignments to land upon one of which
there has been terrific pressure Daw
son is highly gratified with the as
signments. Hubbard of the eleventh
district, former state senator, got on
only one committee, that on insular af
fairs. F. ]. Stillman.
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THREE IoWANS HEAD AS
MANY COMMITTEES
Continued from Page ~.

Territories Edward L. Hamilton Of
Michigan.
Manufactures - Joseph G. Sibley of
Pennsylvania.
Public buildings and grounds -
Richard Bartholdt of Missouri
Labor - John J. Gardner of New
Jersey.
Invalid pensions = Henry G. Loud
enslager of New Jersey.
District of Columbia = Joseph w.
Babcock of Wisconsin.
Irrigation of arid lands - Frank W.
Mondell of Wyoming.
immigration and naturalization -
Benjamin F. Howell Of New Jersey.
Census-Edgar D. Crumpacker, Of
Indiana.
Library. T. McCleary, of Mime
sofa.
PRINTING!. B. Lands, of Indiana.
Industrial arts and exposition-A.
P. Gardner, Of Massachusetts.
Elections, No. flames II. Mann, of
Illinois.
Elections, No. marlin E. Olmsted
of Pennsylvania.
Elections, No 3-Michael E. Dris-
coll, of New York.
Illinois Appointments Made.
The President has decided to re-
appoint Charles B.. Morrison to be
United States attorney for the north
ern district of Illinois. 1t is also an.
nounced that the whole list of Illinois
appointments, over which there has
been some controversy, has been
agreed upon.
New Insurance Bill.
A novel method of seeking federal
control over insurance is proposed in a
bill introduced today by Representa-
tive Fred Lands of Indiana The bill
cites that congress has exclusive juris
diction over the District of Columbia
the territories and the insular posses
sions of the United States, in conse
quence of which authority is given the
department of commerce and labor tc
require full statements from all insur
ance companies doing business within
such jurisdiction. He states that pub
Lefty is one thing required and that
no insurance company can afford tt
quit business in any of the territory
named to avoid government supervi
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Dainty oods
Demand IL

TN EVERY Receipt that calls for cream
i Of tartar, soda, or baking powder, use
the Royal Baking Powder. Better results
will be obtained because Of the absolute
purity and great leavening strength of the
Royal. 1t will make the food lighter,
sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and
wholesome. 1t is always reliable and uni
form in its work.
Alum and phosphate baking powders
some of them sold at the same price and
some of them cheaper-will make neither
dainty nor wholesome food.
ROYAL POWDER co., YORK.
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THAT PRIZE CORN

has been coming in fast this past week
but SO many have asked US to ex-
tend the time on account Of delay IN
getting into the folds, that we have
decided to make the date Of closing
this contest Dec. Is.
Remember. our bank will pay Five
Collars in gold for the best three ears
Of corn brought 70 our banking house
by Dec: is.
We pay four per cont on time and
savings deposits and we will be pleased
to have you do your banking hero.
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CABINET is STRONG.
Continued from Page ~.

lions to the premier on having not only
ably united all sections of his party in
the ministry but on having displayed
great discrimination in giving its indi-
vidual members congenial posts. They
express the conviction that such cab
met will inspire confidence both at
home and abroad Tho names of Her
bert Henry Asquith, Sir Edward Grey
and Richard Burton Haldane alone it
is held will give great weight to the
ministry and insure that there will be
no revival of Gladstonian home rule,
despite the fact that the cabinet con-
tains a preponderence Of those favor
able to home rule.
The conservative organs point out
John Morley, has been sent to the
India Office, where he will have little
influence on internal politics.
Roseberry Is Omitted.
The omission of Lord Roseberry is
naturally the subject Of much COM
ment and there is considerable curl
osity as to what attitude he will adopt
when he addresses the liberal league
today. It is noticeable that his son-in-
law, the earl of Crewe, is in the cabi-
net.
The composition Of the cabinet pre-
sents no surprising features. 1t is
larger than was expected, the last cab
met numbering sixteen members. Six
of the new ministers, besides Sir
Henry Campbell have held
cabinet rank before, though most OF
them have held ministerial appoint
ments, while David Lloyd-G George, Au
gustine Berrill and John Burns have
never before held office Of any kind.
The rapid rise of John Burns from
the workshop to the cabinet, with a
salary of $4,000 a year. is a unique
figure indicating the growing import
ance Of the radical party and he is be
Ing congratulated on all sides on win
ming well deserved honor. He will
be the first labor member of the house
of commons to have attained cabinet
rank.
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say; No. 8 red. ss1a @ss1s No. hard.
S6@ss;, No. 3 hard s1k@s6; Dec.
ssss; Nav opened, S9M @ssA; highest,
s9as@891a; lowest, ssss@sSA; clos
ing, S91s @c.A
low. 46; No. 3 No. 8 white, 43@4SA;
No. 3 yellow, 43@431s; Dec, 44A;
May opened, 44A m44M; highest, 44B;
lowest, 44M closing, 445s.
Oats-No. 2. 31@31A; No. 8, 30A a
81; No. 2. white. S21s @3S: No. white.
311a@321s; Dec, BIZ @31% q May OPP
ened, 325s@32A; highest, 80; lowest.
32%; closing 32A @32%.
Pork-Jan., s13.42; May, s19.42.
Lard-Jan., s7.42; May, s7.S5.
Ribs-Jan. s6.97; May, s712@7.15.
Rye-Cash, 6S@69.
Flax-Cash, 96@1.02a.
Clover-Cash, $12.75:
Barley-Cash, 37@54
Timothy-March. sS.45.
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Viii Confer IN Denver.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 11.-Invi-
tatons to conference to be held bv
the national forest service at Denver
Jan. u. next. relative to cattle graz
ing in the forest reserves, have been
sent to the heads of several live stock
organizations The best methods for
the use of the reservations for grazing
purposes by payment of the fee fixed
upon by the secretary of agriculture
without Injustice to other users of the
reserve will be discussed.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

Saturdays Live Stock Market in Brief.
Weeks total: Cattle. $4,000; hogs,
21S,0o0; sheep, 100000; cattle values
sag to low level in past week: most
lots off rs to 40c--trade very uneven:
excessive marketing badly gluts beef
channels: only handy weight Xmas
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MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED FSEss
CHICAGO, Live Stock.

ChIca9oI 1.-Two STOCK,
Chicago, Dec. l1.-Cattle, receipts,
$4,000; 1Oc Lowell; beeves, s3.4O@6.7O:
cows, heiters, k1.4o@4.65; .:stockers,
feeders, s2.4o@4325; Texans, $500
4.25.
Hogs-Receipt$, $4,000; 5@1oc low
err; mixed butchdrs, $465@ 4971s; good
heavy, s4S5@4sB; rough. s4.60@A7o;
tight, s4.60@4S5A bulk sales, s4.S0@
400
Sheep RecetJAts, $4,000; 10c low
er; s400@5.60; lRAbs, $4.65@7.75.
Chicago bduoe Market.
Chicago. Dec. Wheat, No. 2 red
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sion so that all the companies will be
Senate Hears Rate Discussion.

Senate Hears Rate Discussion.
legislation in the senate today precipi-
tated by a bill introduced by Senator
Tillman which he explained gave the
interstate commerce commission pow
er to fix maximum reasonable rate.
Senator Foraker talked at some
length on the railroad question.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

( This market is ,:::-nis.. ed by the Cas-.
s'dy Commission company, members
Chicago board of trade. Local ofrlce
rooms % end 30. Hoffman, block r
9 French Local manager.
Wheat ~0psn EIieh low r,os.
Dec 49,. S6Es .s6& SO eea
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WOMAN is CHOSEN AS JUDGE,
Mrs. Macomber of Des Moines offici
in State OratoricaI Society.

Des Mcines. pee. 11-Mrs. J. IN
Macomber of this city has been chosen.
one of the three Judges on thought and
composition in the Iowa state oratori-
cal contest, which is to take place De-
cember Is. Mrs., Macomber has been
asked by the oratotrical council to serve
in this capacity.
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chieac, Poultry Market.

Chicago. Dec. IL Poultry, steady;
turkeys. 10; chickens, 8; springs, 3.
New York Butter and Egg Market.
New York, Dec. 11.-Butter, firm;
creameries, 1s@24A; dairy. 1923;
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CHICAGO Butter and Eqa Market.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-Butter, fancy
firm: others week: creameries, 10
23b: dairies. 17@20.
Eggs-Eggs, weak, 20@24.
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Wheat today, 10; estimated tomor-
row. 29.
Corn today, 4ss; estimated tomor-
row, 579.
Oats today, 21s; estimated tomor-
row, 22S.
Northwest Receipts
Duluth today, 1922; last year. SO.
Minneapolis today, 1853; last year.
1852.
Primary Receipts.
Wheat today, 1,243,000 bushels, and
last year, 1,52s,O0O bushels corn to-
day, 1,031,000 bushels and last year L.
2S5,000 bushels. II
Shipments.
Wheat today, 35S,000 bushels, and
last year, $4,000 bushels; corn today.
$4,000 bushels, and last year $4,000
bushels.
Liverpool Gables.
Opening-Wheat u higher; corn,
unchanged.
Closing Wheat, y higher; corn,
unchanged
Hog Market.
Receipts today, $4,000; left over, 81
600; estimated tomorrow, $4,000.
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HONEY IS SCARCE
coMRED SWEETNESS ON MARKET
IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND
AT HIGH PRICE

Bees Have Had An OFF Year and the
Lovers of the Bee Product Must SUI
fer: the Consequences - The Gener'
al Markets. i
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WHOLESALE PRICES.

One half cent raise in price for the
best quality of eggs. The other prices
In the local markets remain the same
FURNISHED by John Morrell & Co.. at
II a. M, Dec. 11.)
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steers escape decline; COW values
break in late days-off Is to 25c: can
ners very poon sale-heavy bulls de-
cline; bolognas and butcher KINDS
strong-calYes high sharp upturn IN
good feeders-others dull: early trade
in hogs at a steady range; market
weakens later with selling &c off; Dig
packers indifferent--expect big run TO-
day; sheep hold the late gain IN val
week; lambs show lOc advance on
week ago.
j Receipts.
Last weeks receipts, compared with with
the previous week, increased 31,SOO
cattle, 5O,100& hogs and 34,400 sheep.
Compared with the correspondent week
a year .ago there was an Increase OF
1880 cattle, decrease of 1880 hogs
and an increase of 2740O sheep.
= Cattle.
Extreme prices and bulk of beef
cattle sold here last week. quotations
for carload lots, with comparisons:
Extreme Bulk of
range. sales.
Monday, Dec. 4 s3.O5@675 s4.25@6,Oo
Tuesday, Dec. 5. 3.10@6.50 4.OO@5.5O
Wedn'd'y. Dec. 6 3.OO@700 4.10@6.0C
Thursd'y. Dec. 3.O0m6.75 1000 SIS
Friday, Dec. s :. 2.90@665 3.90@5.25
This week .s2.sO@7oo $4,000 80
Previous week :. 2.S0@6.75 4.10@6.00
Four weeks ago =2.SOm640 5000 $50
1904 :. 2.6O@7.65 410@6.00
1903 :. ..290m6.0o 3.75@5.10
1902 :. SOO17.25 4.35@5.65
1901 $50. :. 36515.60 4.65@6.50
1900 ;. :. :. s.50@7.50 4.65@5.65
Calves.
Prices for veal calves have been the
best in many weeks. a prime grade
landing up to $500 and there has been
urgent call from the local buyers for
all cLoice kinds at $700@7.75. Mod
crate. supplies of dressed veal on the
downtown market and high prices at
eastern points have stimulated the
demand here, and while the receipts
last week showed about 1000 increase,
everything was taken readily and most
closing sales have ranged SOC higher
than a week ago. Traders feel that
the boom in the trade is to be short
lived, however, and are warning coun-
try shippers to go slow in operating
on the basis of present values. Few
but plain kinds have lately gore UNI
der 1918 and aI'choice grade Of heavy
calves at ,$4.50@4.75, while only plain
lots sold below $3.50
- Representative SaIes.
Following are some Of the represen-
tative sales made in Chicago yesterday
showing the highest, medium and low
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New York Poultry Market.
New York, Dec. 11.-Poultry, dress
ed; steady; chickens, 1905; turkeysl
12@1S; fowls, 1903.
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New York Produce Market.
1915.
corn-Dec., SOS.
ST. Louis Produce Market.
ST. Louis, Dec. II. Wheat, May,
sassy. b,
Corn--May, 425s@42N.
Oats-May, 80 Is.
Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria, Dec. 11-Corn No. 8, 40.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-09

This being true it follows that any
effort to induce Americans to see
America is entitled to and should re-
ceive the unqualified support of all
America. Herein enters the element
of patriotism 1t is, of course, I'M
derstood that the OLD world, redolent
Of ancient things and rich in it's artis.
tic, musical and educational accom-
plishments, will always draw its quo
ia of seekers for knowledge and cul-
ture. It's beaten paths of travel will
always be thronged with pilgrims
from the newer lands-and that is as
it should be-but tits contended, and,
think, justly, that this splendid west
Of ours, with it's superb scenery, it's
unapproachable climate, it's exquisite
loneliness of landscape, lake, river and
mountain, and it's innumerable oppor-
tunities for profitable investment, has
not been receiving a Square deal
rom a certain class of American citi-
zens, who year after year SOW a har
vest of good American gold over the
capitals, pleasure resorts, health cures
md gambling hells of Europe To
many of these estimable ladies and
gentlemen 'the west" ends at Buffalo;
beyond are the provinces, with be-
nighted Chicago, st. Louis and Kan
sas City for their capitals, while on
the other side of the Mississippi river
lies the ultima thule, the Great
American Desert" peopled with howl
ing red Indians, desperate cowboys
and half-civilized miners. At least,
their idea of the west is vague and
haZy, with the vagueness and haziness
of careless ignorance of the marvellous
beauty and wealth of the great empire
being builded here by the best brain
and Drawn of America.
To all these people, many of whom
are earnestly and continually seeking
the beautiful in nature, the golden
west offers a treasure house filled to
overlooking with the rarest gems of
towering snow-capped mountains; no
BILE rivers, bearing on their broad
bosoms the commerce of a nation;
blue lakes smiling in the face of I'M
clouded skies; gorgeous sunsets,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-09
GALL OF THE WEST.
(By Hon. Fisher Harris.)

There are a thousand potential rea-
sons which led up to the movement
recently inaugurated by the CONNER
cial club of Salt Lake City, Utah,
looking to the ultimate diversion into
western channels of part at least of
the $150,000,000 now spent annually
in the old world by American sight
seers.
The agitation so far conducted has
been so warmly received and gener-
ously commended, that a convention
of governors of states, representatives
of railroads and commercial organiza-
lions and mayors of the larger cities
of the west, has been called for JAN
uary IS, 1906, at Salt Lake City.
That city has been selected as the
place of meeting because of it's central
location with reference to the inter-
ested area. When this conference
convenes there will be presented for
consideration and discussion two de-
tailed, complete and comprehensive
plans of subsequent procedure.
The first of these plans will have to
do with the how-to-do-it side of the
question, while the second will relate
to the what-to-do-it-with, or financial
phase of the subject. These plans
will, of course, be subject to such
changes, notifications or enlarge
ments as may be determined upon by
the conference or it's authorized COM
mittee. In any event, however, they
must be, when finally adopted, genu-
inely representative of all the states
and territories taking part.
The movement is semi-national in
character and manifestly too import
ant to be influenced by local inter
ests and too far-reaching in its splen-
did potentiality for good to be handled
in any other than the very broadcast
and most unselfish manner.
Underlying the whole proposition is
the thought that no great good can
come to any part of the west that does
not benefit all the other parts, and no
prosperity enjoyed by the west but
ultimately rebounds inevitably to the
welfare of the whole United States.