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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

Canada. But before they departed they
had sold their farms at big figures to
neighboring farmers rich enough to
buv them, and invested the proceeds
in farming lands in Canada, getting
five times as much land as the old
farm contained, and of equal, If not
greater, fertility, and holding large
balance of cash in bank. This neat and
handy arrangement enables the mi
grating farmer to settle his sons on
farms of their own, and 1t accomp-
fishes the same result for the farmer
in Iowa who bought him out. OF
course, 1t effects reduction in the
population Of Iowa, and builds UP
Canada, in both population and
wealth. But, what Of that? Will not
manifest destiny" bring about the po-
litical union Of Canada and the United
States-a peaceful, happy union? And
although that contamination will not
return those emigrants for their de-
scendants to the state Of Iowa, what
Of that? Will not state lines In this
republic be surely effaced IL the trend
In that direction goes on?
But the deserteu farm in Massachu-
sets is quite another proposition ans
altogether too sad for comfortable
contemplation. Perhaps 1t Is an ire.
mediable affliction, but we hope not
Yankee pluck, enterprise and ingenuity
may yet convert this seeming woe into
an actual blessing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
IowA's ABANDONED" FARMS.

Washington Po-t-The Boston Adj
vertiser asks: Whats the matter
with Iowa?" When some years ago
that query was propounded in relation
to Kansas it will be recalled that Will
liam Allen White answered it, and
simultaneously expanded from local
to national celebrity AS the Post does
not attempt the impossible, it will sim
ply say to it's Boston contemporary
that nothing is the natter with Iowa,
least of all the decadence of it's agri-
cultural interests. The Advertiser, re-
fe~.ing to a tale that las been told
many times in the past two or three
months, notes that between the years
1890 and 1900 Iowa gained in popula-
ton more than 100000, reaching the
respectable figure of s2200,0o0. But
in the last five years she has lost
about $4,000. The cities have not suf-
fered noticeablv, the greatest losses
being in the agricultural districts. Our
Boston contemporary says that such a
story has a familiar ring to New
England ears. for 1t is the agricultural
districts Of Massachusetts,, and not the
other New England states, that have
been depleted until there is great
string of abandoned farms reaching
from Maine to Rhode Island. Is Iowa
trying to raise a crop of abandoned
farms 2"
The innocence displayed in that In
quiry touching abandoned farms is al
most uncomfortable. In one sense a
great many farms in Iowa have beer
abandoned" Their owners have left
them and will not come back. They
have gone with their families te
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y. /. K
to the ratification of the agreement.
This is caused largely, it is said, by
the position of the Russian press and
the subsidized papers, which are
strongly pro-Russiaa, in Corea. One
subsidized paper in Seoul is even now
insisting that China grant new rights
to Russia in Manchuria and, together
with many Russian papers published
in st. Petersburg. is referring to the
outcome of the peace conference as a
decided victory for Russia. Such &C.
tions can only be expected to create
trouble in Japan. The members of the
war party complain that a treaty that
brings no peace but only a continue.
ton of Russian arrogance in the orr
ent, is no treaty at all and should be
disregarded by the Toxic government,
The lack of confidence in American
newspapers was misplaced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
Advice
FOR MEN

I can cure you Of any chronic us
ease that you may have. Perhaps you
do not realize how much your happi-
ness depends upon the state of your
health. If you are suffering from any
of the diseases which ruin the lives OF
SO many men. uniting them for bust
ness and marriage, call to see me.
can cure you.
My reputation has been built upon
my success an. the truth of the state
ments have made.
If, after investigation. (Which costs
you nothing) I find that I cannot cure
you / will tell you frankly, thus avoid
ing any expense to you, but
IF I UNDEDTAKE YOUR CASE
WILL CURE YOU.
If you are suffering from nervous
debility I want to talk to you. car
cure this trouble and, by SO doing, )
store you to health and vigor.
Remember that the longer case 1:
let run the harder it is for me to cure
and the more it will cost you.
See me on my next visit and let me
start you on the road to health.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
A GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE.

Topeka Capital.-There Is renewal
of gossip that the President would like
to get new secretary of the interior
in place Of Secretary Hitchcock, who
is not popular with coneressmen. Mr.
Hitchcock is not politician, never ap-
pears on the stump AMI Is routine
secretary. Notwithstanding all the
talk of his unpopularity, however, and
of the Presidents desire to be rid of
him, Secretary Hitchcock has held on
from year to year, so that there is
reason to suspect that the gossip is
pure invention by DESIGNING enemies
of Mr.. Hitchcock. of whom there is an
increasing number in influential
circles.
The fact is that this wealthy st.
Louis merchant and manufacturer is
almost new type of cabinet officer
for this country He has been content
to sit in his office and run his de-
partment as he would his manufacture
ing concerns, avoiding rather than in
viting publicity or fame. He is seldom
Interviewed, never makes speech and
is the only cabinet officer, who is not
heard to compliment his chief before
the country as occasion offers. But he
is the head Of his department al few
men ever have been; he knows what is
going on and 1T has not been necessary
to appoint any outside smelling COM
missions to examine his branch Of
the public service, for he has attended
to that himself. His unpopularity is
the kind that results from uncompro-
missing fidelity to the public.
| In the whole history Of the depart
ment of the interest there is no chap
ter that compares for moment with
the great work Secretary Hitchcock
has done and is doing in cleaning up
the gigantic land plundering frauds
| by which millions upon millions of
the patrimony of the people-the land
has been stolen by shrewd swind-
lers. in collision with members of con-
gress and officials and employees Of the
interior department. How much OF
this stolen land the government will
recover remains to be seen, but Mr.
Hitchcock, who knows more about ii
than an--body else, hopes to get bacl
a vast area and sena many ricf
swindlers to the penitentiary.
1t would be a misfortune to the gov.
eminent to lose Secretary Hitchcock
No man at this time can take his place
notwithstanding his more than Il
years. And it Is safe to say that moth.
ing is further from the President.
thoughts than to let him go until hi.
| great work is finished.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
RELkNAP.

Belknap, Oct. 11.-Mrs. T. d. Mum
and mother. Mrs. ]. N. Putnam left
Tuesday for three weeks visit at
Pratt, Kan. with their sister and
daughter Mrs. Della Roll.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Mccormick and
daughters, the Misses Maud and Irene
and son, Jesse, entertained a large
number of relatives and friends Sun
day. Those present were: Mrs. VIM.
Stark, j. S. Stark and daughter, Miss
Minnie. Of Yates Center, Kansas; Mr..
and Mrs. Fl. L. Stark, and daughter,
Fern and son, Joe, and Henry Curren,
of Floris, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Youn-
kin, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bolivar and
daughter, Miss Jimmie, Mr.. and Mrs
John Mcconnell, daughter, Miss Zoe
and son, Rollo, of this place: Mrs
Cora and Drs. G. H. and G. L. Cronk
of Bloomfield; w. L. Mccormick, OF
Ottumwa, George Monroe, Of Dunville,
and Will Coke Of this place. The din
her party was given in honor Of Mrs.
VIM. Stark, her son, ]. S. Stark, and
his daughter, Miss Minnie. who left
that night on the Wabash for their
visit with their many relatives and
friends in this community. Miss Cora
Mccormick. who is fine musician,
favored the guests with some excel
lent select ms. A number of groups
of pictures were taken by Mr.. Curren
of Floris. MIR. and Mrs. Mccormick
and family are excellent entertainers
and a most enjoyable day was spent
under their hospitable roof.
G. II. Middleton returned home Tues
- eveninp from Fort Pierre. South
Dakota, where he has spent the last
five months.
Miss Ella Hancock, of Queen City
Mo-, came in Friday noon from Chi
| cago, where she had been visiting fol
some time with friends, and left thai
evening for her home. While here
she was the guest of her sister, Mrs
Irwin Rice.
Clarence Blankinship left Friday
for visit at Ottawa, Kan. with his
brother, Wray and family.
| Mrs. Samuel Mcconnell, Of Floris
was the guest Thursday of Mrs. ]. 7
Mum, leaving that evening for the
c. F. Eberline home near Sherman
| chapel.
Mr.. and L1rs. Stevens and little
daughter, of Ottumwa, were injured
here Saturday evening by their team
becoming frightened by train ant
running off. Mr.. Stevens and Et
| Walker had been in the carriage and
jumped out to drive the colt bacl
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
MISPLACED MIsTRusT.

When the arrangements were being
made for the Portsmouth peace con-
ference there was much objection to
holding the meetings in America be-
cause of the well known ability of
the Yankee newspaper men to get the
news despite opposition and obstacles.
However, the representatives OF Ja-
pan and Russia we're assured that
there would be no cause for com
plant and that the American news
papers would do nothing to prevent
the conclusion of peace by the ENJOYS.
That the promise was kept faithfully
was shown by the successful termi-
nation of the conference after COM
paratively short time and the express
sions of thanks, especially from M.
White, to the newspaper men who
were at Portsmouth, acknowledging
their fairness and good judgment.
Thus the newspaper men and the
newspapers of America proved that
the confidence that was placed in
them was not unwise confidence and
that they can we'll be trusted with
secrets of state. But the question that
was raised in regard to them should
have been asked about the Russian
press. In fear lest the progress of
the negotiations should be given to
the world prematurely or in any but
the best form, the ENJOYS forgot to
worry about the work of the press
between the time when the ENJOYS
should reach an agreement and the
two governments should be asked to
ratify the treaty. That time is now
at hand and diSpatcheS from Toxic
tell of the great opposition in Japan
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
PULITzER's GOOD FORTUNE.

H. TOIiI ZERS GOOD FORTUNE.
The marriage of Ralph Pulitzer, son
OF Joseph Pulitzer, to n daughter of
the vanderbilts, Miss Frederick Van
derbilt Webb, recalls to some the story
of the rise in the world of the elder
Pulitzer. He came to this country a
steerage passenger and, when held on
board ship preparatory to being
shipped back because he could not
pass the immigrants examination, he
stripped and swan ashore Penniless
and naked, he was befriended by a
kindly fisherman. He drifted into the
newspaper business in New York and
later in st. Louis, where, after many
years of hard work, he obtained the
nucleus of his present vast fortune.
AS editor o. the World in New York,
he was first an enemy of the artistic
cracy of America. He made the World
a real newspaper, however, and won
pecuniary success. Now his son, who
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

is said to be splendid and worthy
young man, is to marry into one OF
the richest and proudest of American
families.
But according to the Peoria Stars
comment upon the coming marriage,
"The Vanderbilts are not SO select"
The Peoria paper supports its state
ment with the following:
THE old commodore began as a
ferryman from Staten Island to New
York. Then he went into the steam
boat business, and foreseeing what a
factor the transportation business was
going to be. he invested his money in
railroads, bought the Hudson River
road, its rival the Harlem road, and
then the New York Central, but he
never gave himself airs He was the
same plain old uncle to the last. 1t is
related that once in Saratoga he was
sitting on the porch of the piazza
when an old country looking fellow
came by and he hailed him with:
Hello Bill" the other said, Hello,
Cornell" Come up said Cornell,
and they sat down on the piazza and
had long talk about old times, for
Bill was one of the old companions of
his youth. One of the younger Van
derbilt girls. somewhat annoyed at
the familiarity of Bill, said to Van
derbilt: Grandfather, why Go you
talk to such an old tramp as that"
"Why, that's Bill jones'" responded
Cornelius, che bought beer OF
your grandmother over the bar many
a time" for it was fact that while
Cornelius was running the ferryboat
his wife ran little restaurant for the
pilots and chance passengers
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

By his early start in the race for the
congressional nomination A. l. Smith
OF Mt. Ayr, reminds the Oskaloosa
Herald of the story of Mrs. Johnson,
an Arkansas widow of color, whose
husband, at his death, bequeathed to
her a nicely cultivated farm. Accord
ing to the Herald:
"On the return from the funeral Mr..
Brown called on the widow and at
cnce made proposal of matrimony.
Mrs. Johnson said Mr.. Brown, 4
hopes / will not be deemed too sud.
den in making dis proposal so soon
after de funeral
".La, Mr.. Brown said the widow
y greatly respects you, but you is too
late MI. Smith he done spoke to me
at de grave"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

A burglar entered the home of
Theodor Macmillan Streu, pretender
to the throne of Servia, but he didn't
get anything except arrested. While
he is pretending, Mr.. Streu is provid-
ing bread and butter for himself, his
wife and the little Streu by acting as
station agent for the Rock Island at
County Line But fame as a pretend
err makes the would-be burglar over
look all such little discrepancies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

The mayor of Omaha has not been
enough in the limelight evidently, Pat
Grove. Tom Dennison, Mae Wood, At
torney Thomas and Chief Donohue
having taken up too much room. But
by his police ruled council session he
has sprung to the front and can stay
there for a while at least.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

Mayor Dunno is having more than
his share of hard luck. The Chicago
city council has put a quietus for good
and all upon his contract plan" for
municipal ownership. There are a
good many better things than being
mayor of Chicago, if a fellow wants to
get good rest O. nights.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
The insurance company

The insurance company officials
Who are being questioned SO closely
in New York, either have overlooked
a bet or are not being pressed hard
enough to drive them to adopt a last
resort. They can always have refuge
to the plea of insanity, the rock be-
hind which Dougherty, the Peoria
good man-gone-wrong, has taken
refuge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

DR.. Frank w. Cunsaulus told the
women Of his Chicago congregation
Sunday that they can live longer if
they control their tempers. The text
of that sermon will be one Of the dear.
est possessions Of many hen-pecked
man.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

The man who has no regard for gain
has been found. Attorney Hughes,
chief inquisitor for the New York
legislative committee examining into
insurance conditions, has refused to
accept the nomination for the mayor
atty of New York.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

York university. There are no crit
icisms to be made of the men who
have thus far been chosen, but when
the votes for the names of men like
William Cullen Bryant, James Feni-
more Cooper, Oliver Wendell Holmes
and "Stonewall' Jackson fall short of
the number necessary to elect, it be-
gins to look as if there was something
wrong in the system employed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

Now that the younger Theodore has
broken into the game of football at
Harvard, the President has had the
football question brought home to him
in earnest. His suggestion to the col
lege football coaches in favor of san
er and less fatal rules may have been
prompted by little fatherly desire to
see his boy grow up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

This years Iowa corn crop is dis
tinguished from those of other years
by the value of the "nubbins." Even
the little stubby ears have good corn
on them and the net result will help
materially to swell the total yield of
the Iowa corn fields.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

With McCutcheons "Boy in Fall
Time" Iowa people can say "'Ceptin'
spring and summer, we like fall the
best of ALL" And some of us will not
'cept even spring and summer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
changing lances and glances during
the sarvjce

The Marshalltown Zines Republican
lkens the condition of the country to
that of the family in older times, when
the provident prepared for winter by
filling the cellar with substantialitiesI
for the strengthening of the inner man.
That is about what this country Is
doing this fall says the Times Re-
publican. 1--WE are going into the win
ter with the cell-r full, prosperous
people with a prospect of further pros
perity."
The Burlington Hawk-Eye concludes
that the knocker isn't such a bad fell
low when he directs his blows at gem
uine evils.
But who has thought Mr.. Hull
would not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion?" asks the Davenport Times.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette expresses
the hope that the McCurdy family saw
ed enough out of their Commissions"
to provide for a possible rainy day.
--0-A
The Dubuque Times says that If the
general assembly desires to secure the
enforcement of the liquor laws
throughout Iowa in the simplest man
ner possible it will not authorize the
governor to appoint state marshals at
the expense of the -.blic treasury,
hut instead will authorize him to sus-
pend local officers for wilful neglect
| of duty.
! A Davenport justice of the peace has
decided that the burning of house in
which renter lives does not relieve
of a lease. "Ie that is the law" COM
nients the Keokuk Gate City, sit ought
to be changed forthwith. Law is sup
posed to be good sense. That isn't"
"In any event, it will be worth willis
! to watch young Geo. B, McClellan,'
says the Des Moines Register and
support Of Tammany and gain the es-
TEEN of Brother Parkhurst is certainly
no ordinarv figure in politics"
i The Massachusetts republican plat
| form was adopted without opposition
4 on the floor Of the convention. The
Sioux City Journal thinks this mus,
HI We been rather disappointing tc
those who have been talking about the
fierce fight now being waged in the
ranks of the Bay state republicans"
Il The Atlantic Telegraph thinks thai
Il Mr.. Smith of Mt. Ayr, who is contest
ing for the seat in congress, now oc.
cupied by w. P. Hepburn, will fint
that the republicans Of the eighth dis
trict are not going to fall over eacf
other in their efforts to endorse his
extreme radical views.
THE country should not lose its
head now when insurance companie:
are under investigation" counsels tn,
Iowa City Republican. Life insur.
ance is good thing, and the frauds
: Inearthed. extravagances told, anc
other unfavorable matters developed
should not lead those carrying insur
ance to conclude that they have mad,
a bad investment"
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New York Life might change its
name to Strenuous Life" Certainly
its lot is strenuous enough just now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

Joseph Ramsey Jr., former presi
dent of the Wabash He who tried
to down the Goulds is now a sadde1
but a wiser man.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
AS TO COLDS

Feed a cold yes, but
feed it with SCOTS Emul-
sion. Feeding a cold in this
way kills it. You cannot
afford to have a cough Or
cold at this season or any
other. SCOTS Emulsion
will drive it out quickly
and keep it out. Weak
lungs are strengthened
and all wasting diseases
are checked by SCOTS
Emulsion. It's a great
flesh producer.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street. New York
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

The names of Whittier and Lowell
and Sherman will be inscribed upon
tablets in the hall Of fame Of the New
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
FOR WOMEN

I can successfully treat you for any
weakness that you may be afflicted
with. Lack Of perfect health means
the loss Of nearly everything that a
woman holds dear in life and II you
are not perfectly well. call and see me.
Consultation costs you nothing ana
1t is always confidential. Many chronic
diseases. If taken In time re easily
cured by the skilled specialist and the
cost Is SO trifing, compared with the
suffering endured by their neglect,
that 1t Is infinitely cheaper to be made
well again.
II women realized how much their
mental balance depended upon their
bodily vigc they would not hesitate
to be cured. Do not delay coming to
see me but do so at once and you will
never regret it.
have been instrumental in restor-
ing happiness to hundreds of unhappy
homes and have great faith in my abil-
ity to successfully treat all diseases
peculiar to women.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14
PEOPLE OF IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given by DR.. j. c. Bonham

Mr.. zeb Smith, of Ottumwa, says.
II was cured C very bad case of
Piles after suffering twenty years"
Mr.. D. o. Ross, Abba, says: 81
had suspicious cancerous growth
on my lip. DR.. Bonham removed
it by use of X.Ray."
Mr.. VIM. Gibson, Abba. Iowa,
says: II was cured of a double
rupture and am well pleased"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

"The lot of life insurance agent is
never pleasant, but he deserves pc
culiar sympathy now" says the Ha-
warden Independent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

The Cedar Rapids Gazette expresses
the hope that the McCurdy family saw
ed enough out Of their commissions
to provide for a possible rainy day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

AS to the ques ion of the young
people going to church together, the
Waterloo Reporter concludes that the
young man who attends church with
a young woman makes 1t one Of the
habits of. his life and is not in i'm
minent danger of being lost to re-
ligious teachings because of Cupid ex-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

eff all the year was like October
there would be no place like Iowa tt
live in," says the Alta Advertiser.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

The Massachusetts republican plat
form was adopted without opposition
on the floor of the convention. The
Sioux City Journal thinks this mus,
h. We been rather disappointing tc
those who have been talking about the
fierce fight now being waged in the
ranks of the Bay state republicans"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

But who has thought Mr.. HUI
would not be a candidate for re-elec
tion?" asks the Davenport Times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

Whats all this fuss over that Sha,
boy doing a little work with hi
hands?" the Rockford Register woul
like to know.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

The Burlington Hawk Eye conclude
that the knocker isn't such a bad fel
low when he directs his blows at gen
, uine evils.