Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02

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will be held at Oskaloosa in May. Thel
senator Is an able man and would fill
the position with credit to the Grand
Army"
Noting that the President will pass
through Iowa in the night the Des
poets of the state are so bright, per-
haps he feels that seeing 1t by day
light might cause a severe strain upon
his eyes,"
Charles M. Sheldon Of Topeka, has
broken out again and wants to know
what the Master would do to Rockefel-
Ter, and the Sioux City Tribune
answers: This was decided when the
Master met the money changers in the
temple"
The Keokuk Gate City notes that
lightning has just struck one of the
Egyptian pyramids-the first instance
of the kind in $50 years. and says:
Maybe Mr.. Bryan's case Is not en-
tirely hopeless after all"
: o.
IF you want to be in the swim shoot
bears, but If you can't shoot bears,
shoot bob cats" suggests the Cherokee
Times. IF bob cats are not handy,
common cats will do. Exterminating
those who love to serenade in back
yards at night is sure to win the pub
lies gratitude"
If Joseph Jefferson may be describ-
ed as an actor Of the old school. the
Sioux City Journal wonders why
new school was established,
Commissioner. Prouty says that the
railway is the father of trusts, and
this gives the Cedar Rapids Gazette a
clue to the personality of the husband
of the tariff, reputed to be the mother
of trusts.
he has retained William J. Bryan to
appear for him in court, the Cedar
Rapids Republican wants to know If
Mr.. Bryan will call such retainer a
return to the common people.
o.
The Creston Advertiser Gazette as
serts that it is the women who are
the staunch and earnest and helpful
friends of the public library" GO into
gests, land see how much of the work
of sustaining and cultivating and i'm
proving it develops upon the women
The men as g. rule are fifth wheels ir
the enterprise. Generally they obey
orders pretty well, but the women dc
the planning and the real work"
Don't borrow trouble" advises the
Cedar Rapids Gazette. 1.-THE rate of in.
| fnrnof To h}orh I'D
eral times a day."
The Charles City Intelligencer. with
| TIE wisdom born of long experience
prophesies that as soon as the censu.
figures are pronounced and the kick.
| Ing Is over most Iowa towns will begir
to grow marvelously and will continue
to do so until 1910. when the usual set
back will again be experienced.
O.
The Sioux City Journal fears tina
| If all the money made by means Of re-
bates should be retired from circula.
tion the interest rates would go vi
with a jump.
Grover Cleveland has amply dem
i onstrated that he is brave man,
4 says the Jefferson Bee. Even, Jap
i ar-ese. who laughs at the cannon
/ breast as a delight, would hesitate be
! fore boarding in its lair the Nationa
! Federation of Women's clubs. Their
. will be no more clover for Grover"
1.-THE editors of Iowa are courteou
and kindly lot" observes the Marsall
/, town imes-Republican. "If there
any one who has not been but wishe
to be mentioned as excellent timbe
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some complaisant Iowa editor will Sc
that his desire is satisfied. And
dozen or go other editors will smil
, and toss a posey. Nominating cover
nors is the state pastime in Iowa"
o.
The Dubuque Telegraph sees no nee
to be alarmed because Iowa is not max
Ing rapid progress in population. y
is growing in wealth." says the Tele
| OF its soil. the excellence of the stoc
shipped and the high intelligence {
|. its people"
another reform slated for Iowa
says the Cedar Rapids Republican, q
a revision of the laws relating to tn
5 chartering Of corporations, revisio
i that will make the executive counc
! the judge Of whether the proposed cor
\
The legislature will hesitate for son,
: time before placing such power in til
:, hands of the executive council
/ 1--WE expect to see Tom Taggal
; dragged to the surface again soon
f declares the Council Bluffs Nonparei
. They have law enforcement crusac
: on in Indiana"
: The executive council has prohibite
y smoking in the corridors of the sta
! capital building pending the work
S repair now in progress and the Ced;
r Rapids Republican suggests makir
!. the prescription permanent. "Wf
i should men use the state house as
= smoking room?" the Republican ask
IF smokers are barred it will not ket
T anyone in Iowa from running e
i, Office
d The Vinton Eagle says that If SCI
r ator Dolliver is kept at his post. viii,
], is likely, another ten or fifteen yea
= :. will place him at the head of the Sc
a. "a