Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-20

bagging twelve wolves but the Cedar
Rapids Gazette complains that Com
missioner Of Corporations Garfield has
not ensnared so much as one snarling
combine.
IN. White is to go abroad remarks
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. There
are other Russian statemen who
might follow suit with added years to
their tenure on earth"
Says the Keokuk Gate City, "Apro-
pos the claim that the tapeworm Is a
sure cure for consumption, which
the disease
"The Ottumwa- Oskaloosa inter-
urban project has been revised, and it
now seems likely that the line may
be built at an early day" says the
Burlington Hawk-Eye. 1.-The project
to thus connect two Of the best towns
prove popular and the road no doubt
would at once become profitable in
vestment."
"Those college presidents ought to
charge Mr.. Carnegie another twelve
million five hundred thousand dollars
for devising such unique plan for
AClpill6 lllIl 6Cl Tlu u his SURPLUS
wealth." the Des Moines Capital
thinks.
Building prospects in the three cit
les are decidedly bright, according to
the Davenport Times. TN Davenport"
says the Times, "the contractors did
not wait until the frost was out to
begin the work of excavating."
Tho SfnI,v rifHy
remarks that 'if the New York demo-
Gratis are seriously thinking of getting
back to the people it is we'll for them,
IL they expect to do business in 1908
to start now. The way is far"
"Is it possible that gentle spring has
sent a substitute?" asks the Des Moines
Capital nervously.
The Iowa State Register conveys the
information that a banker farmer of
this state. died last week worth ST.
100000 whom the people outside Of his
own county had never heard.
1.-THE best years Iowa has ever seen
are just ahead" prophesies the jeff
erson Bee.
The Rockford Register thinks that
If colleges, universities, churches and
missionary societies should fatty re-
fuse Mr.. Rockefeller's money there
would be taken from him large part
Of the motive he has in amassing it.
Whatever has been the motive, Ne
braska has adopted reform whose
utility has been tested and has not
been found wanting" says the Sioux
City Journal. discussing the Nebraska
biennial leections law "The judg-
nent Of the late legislature is not like
~ to be overruled unless 1t shall be
by the courts. In that event Nebraska
will have to tackle the problem as Iowa
did, by means Of constitutional
amendment"
Ex-Mayor Brenton Of Des Moines,
who is working on the streets of that
city, says he will try to regain his
lost reputation, but the Marshalltown
Times-Republican thinks he means
that he will try to lose the one he has
at present.
The Des Moines Capital suggests
that If Shercliffe does not bear down
too hard on the loud pedal in testify
ing in that Dennison trial perhaps
Tom will send him loving cup in
token of his appreciation.
Billy Hearst Is said to be laying
foundations for another presidential
boom on the Dunno victory in Chica-
90. 1.-THE democratic party seems to
have Hearst on it's back" says the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican,
1t Is anything but year Of politi-
cal rest in the opinion Of the Cedar
Falls Record. Put your ear to the
ground 1t suggests, and you will hear
the runbling Of more political machin-
cry right now than at any time in the
history of the state"
AT the conclusion Of his present va
cation the President Is liable to find
himself badly in need Of good rest"
says the Des Moines Capital
The Dubuque Times suggests that
Mr.. Garfield will do well to reserve his
report on the Standard Oil investiga-
ton until he is ready to pronounce a
verdict Of guilty.
Senator Mitchell Of Oregon, would
stand better in public estimation If he
had met the indictments against him
outright instead Of trying to have the