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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
than ever that the movement will ulti
mately be successful

than ever that the movement will ulti.
mately be successful.
National aid to good roads, as
plain, practical business proposition,
has more meat In It for the general
welfare than hundred river and har-
Dor bills, or the requirement of any
or all new territory to be found be-
tween the rivers and the ends of the
earth. The entire constitutionality of
the proposition is now almost univer-
sally admitted, and the necessity, for 1t
In all parts Of the country is SO urgent
that congress cannot long refuse to
recognize 1t as national obligation.
"The continued and continuing force
of the movement, however, must de-
pend upon the people themselves. The
people are sovereign under our system.
Fore they make and unmake men. It
Is occurring every day. The popular
will is the commanding force in re.
public like this. The right of petition
is recognized principle of our gov
eminent. II the people demand ma
tional aid to good roads, national aid
to good roads will come The man
and the hour will arrive together.
There can be no two opinions about
that"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

interested member Of that ever grow
ing body Of enthusiasts who are max
ing stronger and ever stronger de-
mand for good roads.
The United States is far behind the
other countries of the world, except
ing only very few, in the matter of
road building. There is no national
appropriation in this country for road
building. 1t is looked after locally and
hardly can two adjoining districts be
found which are worked on the same
plan. The district officials change
often and each new one has a scheme
of his own. The work is done by peo-
pie unskilled in the science OF road
building, and all in all the American
system is one of which no American
can be proud.
Those who have made the most
careful study of conditions and of the
good roads question in America are
unanimous in the opinion that with
out national financial aid the aims and
hopes Of the good roads enthusiasts
can never be realized. In order to Sc
cure national aid the members Of the
National Good Roads association are
bending every effort toward educat-
ing the people as to the need for good
roads, the systems employed in for
eign countries. and the amount that
wnl be needed in America. Promi-
nent among the members Of congress
who are interested ID the movement Is
w. P. Brownlow, member from Ten
nessee. Mr.. Brownlow has been ac-
lively engaged in efforts to secure a
government appropriation for road
building and though as yet unsuccess-
full he has not by any means given up.
In an article written for the Good
Roads Magazine for June Mr.. Brown
low says:
at has occurred to me to say
through your publication to the friends
of national aid to good roads that am
in receipt of information from all parts
of the country Of the most encourag-
ing character, and carrying assurance
that the subject has firmly fixed itself
in the minds of the people. The SEN
timent in its favor is growing stronger
all the time, and / feel more today
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
The Hessian fly assails the wheat,
Foul rust corrodeth Plenty's horn
But crops will get there with both


The Hessian fly assails the wheat.
Foul rust corrodeth Plenty's horn
But crops will get there with both
feet"
In recent issue the Milling and
Grain News Of Omaha says:
The usual grist of bad crop reports
expected just before harvest have
been received this week." Then, after
telling about disappointing stories Of
winter wheat yields in Texas and Kan
sas and Hessian fly damage in the
same old complaining counties in Ne
braska, the Milling and Grain News
goes on to say: can average crop can
be counted on in Nebraska, despite all
adverse reports. Iowa reports excel
lent prospects, but corn is backward.
The northwest has had favorable
weather and no new conditions have
developed. Canadian prophets predict
the largest crop ever raised In the
northern country"
In Iowa, according to the monthly
bulletin issued by the state weather
and crop commission, the conditions
on June 1, were very encouraging. The
report In the bulletin is an average or
a summary of all the township reports
made by observers throughout the
state, and follows:
"Corn-The reports show an In
crease in more than half the counties,
and a slight decrease in some of the
others, wherein portion of the acre.
age prepared for corn was too wet to
plant prior to June /. The average
increase for the state Is about 3 per
cent. The number of acres by coun-
ties can not be given until after the
completion Of the state census, now in
process of tabulation.
THE average condition of the corn
crop was estimated about 80 per cent
or about the same as last year on cor
responding date. A considerable por-
ton OF the crop, however, was
scarcely visible above ground on June
"The other staple farm crops are
rated as follows, in condition:
Winter wheat, 1O2 per cent; spring
wheat, SO; oats, 95; barley. 90; rye SO;
flax, a.; potatoes, 81; meadows, 100;
pastures, 81.
Condition Of fruit Apples 80 per
cent, plums 70; peaches, 35; cherries,
65; grapes 80; strawberries. 1O3; rasp-
berries, SO; blackberries, "a.
Condition of live stock - Cattle,
100 per cent; sheep, 90; hogs, 90;
spring pigs, 90; horses, 90; foals, 95.
Condition of crops June l, 1904 -
Corn, 80 per cent; winter wheat IS;
spring wheat, "a; oats, 90; barley, SO;
rye, 81; fax, 85; potatoes 95: mead.
ows 90; pastures, 81.
1.-THE area Of spring wheat sown this
year has been reduced probably 10
per cent below the area harvested last
year The oat acreage is about the
same as last year. Barley acreage has
been reduced z to 10 per cent"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
THE WHEAT FIELD.

'Rah, 'rah boys, tramps, Sons of Rest
and all others who have no steady en-
ployment will be drafted to Kansas and
the other wheat states this year to help
harvest crop that promises to be far
beyond the average. It is not compli-
mentary to the college student to class
him with the Weary Willie brigade,
but they have started 1t themselves
and hereafter, wheat, tramps and col
lege colors will be jumbled up to.
gether in our minds.
Translated into common terms, the
government statistician's figures of
acreage and condition would mean a
yield of 432,000,00O bushels of winter
wheat and 297,000,Ooo of spring wheat,
or an aggregate Of 729 100000 bushels
of both varieties taken together. This
calculation, of course, is subject to the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Pope Plus x, has created a sensa-
ton by going into politics. But he is
not running for Office, nor boosting
any favorite candidate. Indeed, he is
not exactly pushing into the arena
himself, but he is urging his follow
ers in America to do SO. In an en-
cylical to the Catholics of this coun-
try he advises them explicitly to par
ticipate in elections and to defeat all
attempts by socialists to obtain con-
troll OF the political situation. The
pope's information regarding Ameri-
can institutions had evidently i'm.
pressed him with the idea that So
cialism is not to be desired, and he
Is anxious to do his part to prevent
it's growth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

exigencies of the weather between
now snd the harvesting.
From the present outlook the wheat
crop Of 1905 will be much the largest
ever gathered except in 1901 The Yield
was 552,000,000 bushels in 1904, 637,-
100000 in 1903, $4,000 900 in 1902 and
74S,000,000 in 1901. The 1901 crop was
100000 bushels larger than that Of
1905 will be If the present indications
are sustained by the weather condi-
lions from this time to the end Of the
season. There have been instances in
which the promise early in the season
has been more than realized through
favorable weather later on. 1t is pos
sible that this years crop may actually
equal or exceed the record-breaking
yield OF four years ago, but it will be
decidedly unsafe to assume this as a
probability.
But even If the 729,0OO,OOo bushel
estimate should be cut down few
millions by unfavorable conditions be-
tween now and the gathering of the
crop, the yield can still be heavy. This
Is a factor of great Importance for the
railways 1t ought to strengthen the
stock market. Likewise 1t should in
sure food at reasonable prices for the
consumer while giving good revenue
to the producer. Wheat is very i'm
portant crop for the farmer and the
country. The farm value of the yield
OF 1904, as estimated by the depart
ment of agriculture on December 1
last. was $51O,oOO,OO0, as compared
with $1,0S70OO,00O for corn, our i'm
perial crop. Owing to the high prices,
the wheat crop of 1904 brought to the
farmer more money than any previous
yield of that cereal. and $43,OOO,OOO
more than did the record breaking har-
vest of 1901. There is strong prob
ability that the crop Of 1905 will con-
tribute more to the farmers wealth
than did that of any previous year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
PULL TOGETHER

Considered from every standpoint,
there is no question before the people
of America today which outranks in
general interest and Importance the
question of good roads. That there are
SO few people, comparatively, who are
actively interested in 1t is due to the
fact that they do not understand it in
all its details. Once explain the good
roads movement to a man. and ex-
plain it thoroughly, and he is much
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
FOR MEN

I can cure you Of any chronic uis-
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
80 many men, uniting them for busi-
ness and marriage, call to see me. I
can cure you.
My reputation has been built upon
my success an. the truth Of the state
ments I have made.
II, after investigation. (Which costs
you nothing) I find that cannot cure
you will tell you frankly, thus avoid
ing any expense to you, but
IF I UNDERTAKE YOUR CASE I
WILL CURE YOU.
II you are suffering from nervous
debility want to talk to you. l can
cure this trouble and, by so doing, rs
store you to health and vigor.
Remember that the longer a case is
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, 1905-06-24
TELLS YOUR FORTUNE.

The Kodol Almanac tells your for.
tune by the planets. It gives this in
twelve monthly installments, dated
from about the goth Of one month to
the Goth of the next.
We reproduce what it says is the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
ADDRESS Or. j. G. BONHAM.
Elks Block. Ottumwa. Iowa.

= r " 8 {
Hamm travels on pass las been
elaborated until certain people believe
that Hawkeye packing house products
are carried free" says the Cedar RAPE
ids Gazette
THE Mississippi river insists that
people shall take notice that it Is still
dimensions" remarks the Davenport
Times.
Lawson certainly loses none OF tho
lurid quality as he proceeds with his
magazine writing, in the opinion Of
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Marshalltown Times -Republi.
can watching Norway's efforts to get
president. exclaims, What a pity Mr..
Bryan doesn't speak Norwegian"
zone might as we'll expect to pre-
vent the needle from pointing to the
pole as to expect that the small boy
can be kept from coming in contact
with the dangerous swimming hole"
declares the Des Moines Capital.
Noting that two young Cinnamon
have been admitted to West Point, In
the Sioux City Journal says: "The ma.
lions of the earth are coming to the
United States to learn how to live AMI
how to die"
Evidently there are no subscribers
to Tom Watson's magazine in the First
congressional district of Nebraska"
says the Sioux City Tribune, "or they
would have turned out to that con-
gressional convention which no one
attended"
/
DIR. Dalrymple hit American social
lists hard JOLT" declares the Clinton
Herald, but they will bob up later on,
and claim they were never touched.
They are more persistent than WISE"
GOV. Cummins seems as anxious to
keep Shercliffe in the state as though
he. was really valuable citizen" res
marks the Newton Record. IF he had
been extradited several wears ago this
state would have been better off"
In the view of the Clarinda Herald
the greatest cause of trouble for the
laboring men of this country is the
walking delegate sent out by the
unions. To hold his job he must make
ana all that he can do is to make
trouble by stirring up discomfort
among the real workers.
o.
Grover Cleveland wants honesty In
Jected into the management of the
Equitable. The Council Bluffs Nom
pareil suggests that to avoid shatter-
Ing the constitution of the patient II
might be well to administer the rem.
edy in homeopathic doses to begin
with.
"'Rah f. Polk and just ordinary
Sunday decency!" cries the Harlan
Republican, as 1T observes how Gov.
Folk closes the saloons on Sunday
in Missouri.
In the opinion of the Indianola Her
aid the men who say they want tarife
raised and lowered don't mean what
they say. What they say is more for
talk than want for tariff reduction,
The TT. Dodge Chronicle wonders
how woman can pass by all the
war, strike news and sensations OF all
sorts to the household hints page with
out stop? Oh! woman, thou art
mystery Questionable"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
FOR WOMEN


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 If you
are not perfectly well, call and see me.
Consultation costs you nothing and
It is always confidential. Many chronic
diseases, if taken in time .e easily
cured by the skilled specialist and the
cost is so trifling. compared with the
suffering endured by their neglect,
that it is infinitely cheaper to be made
well again.
If women realized how much their
mental balance. depended upon their
bodily vigo- 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.
I 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, 1905-06-24

The Marshalltown Times Republis
can watching Norway's efforts to get q
president. exclaims, What a pity Mr..
Bryan doesn't speak Norwegian,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Lawson certainly loses none OF tho
lurid quality as he proceeds with his
magazine writing, in the opinion Of
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

"The Mississippi river insists that
people shall take notice that it Is still
subject to fluctuations and excessive
dimensions" remarks the Davenport
Times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

One might as well expect to pre-
vent the needle from pointing to the
pole as to expect that the small boy
can be kept from coming in contact
with the dangerous swimming hole"
declares the Des Moines Capital
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Hamm travels on pass las been
elaborated until certain people believe
that Hawkeye packing house products
are carried free" says the Cedar Rap
ids Gazette.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Noting that two young Cinnamon
have been admitted to West Point, in
pursuance of special act of congress
the Sioux City Journal says: THE ma
lions of the earth are coming to the
United States to learn how to live ami
how to die"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24
PEOPLE OF IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given by DR.. j. c. Bonham

Mr.. zeb Smith, OF Ottumwa. says.
I was cured of a very bad case of
Piles after suffering twenty years."
Mr.. Q. o. Ross, Abba, says: "l
had a suspicious cancerous growth
on my lip. DR.. Bonham removed
1t by use Of X-Ray."
Mr.. VIM. Gibson, Abba. Iowa.
says: II was cured of double
rupture and am we'll pleased"
We are constantly curing PEG
tism, Kidney and Bladder Diseas
Lung Troubles, Diseases of Womt
Diseases, Sexual Diseases, Blood a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Mr.. B. J. Hartman, Bladensburg,
Iowa. says: II vas cured of a rup-'
ture which was large. After suffer-
ing thirty years was bad case"
A. j. Allen, Blakesburg. Iowa,
says: IL was cured of rupture over
a year ago and can recommend DR..
Bonham's treatment"
Mr.. Lambert Funk, Agency, says:
Several years ago DR.. Bonham
treated me for catarrh. / was cured
and have had no trouble since
e of Chronic Diseases, Rheuma.
J, Catarrh of the Nose, Throat and
/, Variocele, Hydrocele, Nervous
I Skin Diseases.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

The FIT. Dodge Chronicle wonders
how woman can pass by all tha
war, strike news and sensations OF ali
sorts to the household hints page with
out stop? Oh! woman, thou art q
mystery unfa thomable."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Evidently there are no subscribers
to Tom Watson's magazine in the First
congressional district of Nebraska"
says the Sioux City Tribune, cor they
would have turned out to that con-
gressional convention which no one
attended"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

Gov. Cummins seems as anxious to
keep Shercliffe in the state as though
he. was really valuable citizen" res
marks the Newton Record. IF he had
been extradited several wears ago this
state would have been better off,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

DIR. Dalrymple hit American social
lists a hard JOLT" declares the Clinton
Herald, but they will bob up later on,
and claim they were never touched.
They are more persistent than WISE"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-24

In the opinion of the Indianola Her
aid the men who say they want tarift
raised and lowered don't mean what
they say. What they say Is more for
talk than want for tariff reduction.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22
Halfway Kate Le.i~l,'ion.


At the biennial convention OF th'
Order of Railway Conductors. recent,
held at Portland, Oregon. resolution:
were unanimously adopted yoicin:
heir sentiments as to TIE effect Of pro
pcScd railway rate legislation On H.,
i,3C0,0U railroad employ es, whom the.
in part represented. These Resolutions
Endorse the attitude OF Tresidcn'
Roosevelt in condemning secret -rha les
and other illc.alities. and commend tht
attitude Of the heads of American rail
ways, who. with practical unanimi.y
have Joined with the President on this
question" They then respectfully
point out to Congress the "inadvisa bill.
ity of legislation vesting in the hahds
Of commission power over railway
rates. now lower by far in the United
States than in any other country" be-
cause such regulation would result in
litigation and confusion and ineyita bly,
tend to an enforced reduction in rates,
irrespective Of the question Of the abil-
ity of the railroads to stand the reduc-
ton, especially in view Of the increased
cost of their supplies and materials"
They further protested against such
power being given to the present Inter
state Commission because 1.-THE pro
posed legislation is not in harmon,
with our idea Of American juris
prudence, inasmuch as 1t contempIates
that single body shall have the right
to investigate. indict. try, condemn and
then enforce its decisions at the cost
of the carriers, pending appeal, which
is manifestly ineQutabie."
The conductors base tEeir demand
for only such legislation, if any, as
would secure and insure Justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
parties concerned on the ground that
the low cost of transportation lis the
result of the efficiency of American
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant improvement and de-
velopment of territory. while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value of intelligence among en-
plOyes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employees obtain
In pressing their claim against leSis-
|atiOn adverse to their interests, they
point out the fact that 1.-The freight
rates Of this country average only two
per cent. of the cost of articles to the
thus making the freight rate
SO insignificant factor in the selling
price that numerous standard articles
ire sold at the same price in all parts
If the country"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22
(My Mary Nnmick

Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass . is fully quail
fiedto give helpful advice to sick women
Read Mrs. Dimmick's letters.
Her first letter:
Dear Mrs Pinkham-
g have been sufferer for the past eight
years with q trouble which first orig mated
from painful rGlenstiustion-the pains Were
excruciatng. with inflammation and ulcera-
ton of the womb The doctor says | must
have an operation Gs cannot live | do not
want to submit to an operation if can posi-
bly, avoid it. Please help me.n-Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, Washington, D. G..
Her second letter;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham =
You will remember my condition when !
last wrote you, and that the doctor said l
must have an operation or | could not live.
l received your kind letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
we'll As my case was SO serious it seems u
miracle that | am cured. | know that | owe
not only my health but my life to Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound And to your
advice l can walk miles without an ache or
a pain, and l wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what you
can do for then."--Mrs. Mary Dimmick 59th
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, d. C.
How easy it was for Mrs. Diralnicls to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.
and how little it cost her-a two-cent
stamp Yet how valuable was the reply.
As Mrs. Dimmick says-it saved her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-07-22
UNCLE MATS" GREAT SECRET
Did Visiting Minister Little Good I
Find 1t Out,


Having accumulated a considerabl
property, the late Nathaniel Whitmor
OF Gardiner. Mass, more famlliarl
known by people of the Kennebcc va
Icy as Uncle Nat" Whitmore, receive
naturally enough. numerous request
from various organizations to ccntrit
uto toward the work in which thes
organizations were interested. Sc
dom. however, did he respond to til
appeals.
On one occasion the minister CT
certain church in Gardiner approache,
him. only to be politely turned away
. many others before him had been
on the plea of poverty.
But, Mr.. Whitmore," said the di
vine. you are reputed to be very rich
What, pray, since you have no chil
dren, do you intend to do with you
money when you die?"
Uncle Nat" rubbed his long, bon.
hands together. and with a siniste
smile. on his face. replied:
MY good sir, that is secret hay'
never confided to anyone, but as vol
are a minister of the gospel, and will
presumably, hold inviolable anything
may say, I'm going to tell you."
The clergyman assured Mr.. Whit
moro that the secret would be wei
kept. whereupon the latter drew clos,
and. In . tone of the greatest conf
dence, said:
When ! die I'm either going tt
take my money with me or leave /
behind"