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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
CHAMPION SPELLER
MISS GENEvlEvE BROWN, OF RE.
VEAL SCHOOL, WINS SPELL
ING. CONTEST.

Genevieve Brown, 12 years of age, of
the Reveal school, is the champion
speller Of the Wapello county public
schools. Miss Edna Gardner,
teacher of Columbia township, is the
champion speller of the county. These
titles were won in contests held at the
Adams school building in this city
Saturday morning and afternoon under
the direction of Miss Emma Nye,
county superintendent.
About $50 contestants were entered
in the written contest for the pupils of
Wapello county, city and country
schools. Twenty-eight of the contest
ants correctly spelled the first three
hundred words given out at the morn
ing session. At the close of the sec
ond three hundred given out during
the afternoon five still remained with
clean records.
The Final fest.
Fifty words not included in the or
iginal list of 1000, formed the last and
final test. OF this list Miss Brown
misspelled but two words and won the
gold medal prize and the title of cham
pion speller of the Wapello county
schools. Second prize, which con-
sisted of a Webster's Academic Die
tionary, given by the American Book
company, was won by Miss Florence
Ford
Pupil Of Reveal School.
Miss Brown is pupil of the Reveal
school, west of Ottumwa and is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown,
who reside several miles west of the
city. Miss Ford is a pupil of the Ed
dyville city schools and is Is years Of
age.
During the marking and grading of
papers in the afternoon the old fash
toned spelling bee was conducted and
occasioned much merriment. The
prize, the blue back spelling book from
which the words were pronounced,
was won by Miss Edna Gardner, daugh-
ter of Supervisor A. ]. Gardner, after
an exciting contest. There were about
fifty entered in this event.
Deserve Commentator.
The five who spelled the 1000 words
correctly and entered the last and final
test were Miss Brown and Miss Ford,
winners of the contest. Hazel McDow-
ell, Ralph Gardner, and Claude Stevens.
Two others, Alta Marsh, of Agency,
and George Abegg, of Blakesburg, de-
serve special credit for each mis-
spelled but one word Of the 1000.
Those Who Assisted.
Miss Nye desires especially to thank
those who assisted in the work of
marking and grading the papers and in
pronouncing the words to the contest
ants. She also states that the work
of the teachers of the county in help
ing The children prepare for the con-
test was of great value and is. highly
appreciated.
County Contest.
1--WE feel SO elated over the. good
showing made in our contest" said
Miss Nye, chat l think we shall in
vite the good spoilers of some other
county to come to Ottumwa and get
beaten in a joint contest. think
that this would prove an interesting
event and l think that we would un-
doubtedly come out winner in such a
contest"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
CALLED BY DEATH.
MRS. MARTHA j. BYRNE PASSES
AWAY CAT HER HOME ON
CLARENCE STREET.

From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. Martha ]. Byrne,g wife Of N. p.
Byrne and we'll known and highly
esteemed woman died Saturday night
at 1925 o'clock at her home corner Clar-
ence and Summit streets, after ten
days illness. She was 62 years of
age and had been resident of Ottum-
wa for the past sixteen years.
Mrs. Byrne is survived by her hus-
band. three sons and one daughter,
Miss Mayme, DR.. J. F., Hugh E., and M,
L., all of this city Martha j. Fullmer
was born in Ohio September 6, 1912
and in 1874 moved to Muscatine, with
her parents. She was united in mar
riage with N. P. Byrne, May 81, 1872.
After their marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Byrne made their home in Sigourney
until 1889 when they moved to Of
tumwa.
Mrs. Byrne became convert to the
Catholic church in 1874 and was a de-
vout Christian woman. She had host
of friends in this city and was held in
the highest regard by all who knew
her.
Funeral Services Tuesday.
Inc funeral services Will be con-
Quoted from the st. Mary's Catholic
church. Tuesday morning at 8 O'Clock
Very Rev. F. w. Hoppman officiating
The funeral cortege will leave the res
idence at $3.50 o'clock sharp. Inter
ment will be made in Calvary GENE.
terry.
Funeral of Child.
The funeral services of the late
Clyde Hinsey Jenison, the 2-year-old-
old daughter of q. M. and Laura Jen.
ison, of Fon du Lac, Wis, who died
Friday, were conducted from the resi-
dence of j. T. Rowe, 324 West Fifth
street, yesterday at o'clock, Rev. p
Adelstein Johnson, pastor of the First
Congregational church, officiating.
1nterment was made in the Ottumwa
cemetery.
Death OF Child.
Josie Barton, the two-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Barton, who
reside on Waverly avenue, died last
evening at $50 o'clock from pneu-
monia. The arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been completed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
Floods Affect Burlington Road.

Council Bluffs, March g. The Bur
1ington railroad has been handling
trains FROM the Nebraska side over it's
Council Bluffs and st. Joseph line for
several days and traffic conditions in
the local yards have been badly con-
gested. Owing to the Platte river be-
ing threatened at Oreapolis, Neb., it
was deemed expedient to run all trains
from that portion of the road on the
Iowa side. recrossing here to and from
Omaha. Saturday the trains were
started again running in the regular
way.
Cresco will vote on proposition to
issue bonds in the sum of $3.50 to
new high school building.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
CARNEGIE READY TO TESTIFY.
Answers to Subpoena Calling Him to
Appear as Witness in Trial.

Cleveland, o., March g. - Andrew
Carnegie arrived in Cleveland at Z
o'clock Saturday night in response to
subpoena by the federal authorities
to appear as witness in the trial of
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick which opens
in the federal court this morning. Dur
ing Mr.. Carnegie's stay in Cleveland
he is the guest of Sylvester T. Everett.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

From Saturdays Daily.
Liquozone, 6 for $500. Sargents.'
Sargent guarantees Hyomei.
Blacklegoids for blackleg. Sargent's.
Wheelers Vitalizer, for $500,
Sargents'
Sargent guarantees Vinol.
Woolford's Itch Lotion, Sargents.'
Poultry and Stock Foods, Sargent's.
Willie Jenkins. of Gravestown. will
undergo an operation at the hospital
this afternoon.
q. Wilkins and wife Of Galesburg,
Ill. arrived this afternoon to visit j.
Watts, south east Of the city.
Mrs. w. Coffman who has been living
west of the city left on Burlington No.
this afternoon for Abba, where she
will make her future home.
Mrs. s. e. Clemens of Seymour re-
turned home this morning after having
visited her daughter, Mrs. r. L. Gil
bert, SGT West Main street, all winter
Miss Jennie Haywood of Eddyville
who has been visiting at the home of
Mrs. Elizabeth Mann, 312 South Ran
som street, for the past week, returned
to her home this afternoon.
Mrs. F. M. Alternately of Pleasant
vile, returned home this afternoon af-
ter visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. F. e. Crabell, who resides on Will
Hams street.
w. S. Lacey secretary of the Oska-
loosa Y. M G. A. was successfully
operated upon this morning for appen-
dicitis at the hospital at Rochester,
Minnesota. H. L. Spencer received
telegram telling him that the operation
had been performed and was entire
ly successful It was also very neces-
sary as stated in the telegram. The
patient awoke from under the amaze
sthetic at about 1890 o'clock this
morning and is now doing as well as
can be expected. Mr.. Lacy was taken
to Rochester by his wife and her
mother, Mrs. H. l.. Spencer, who are
now with him at the hospital. -Oska-
loosa Herald.
From Mondays Daily.
Chas. Harter, of Hedrick was in the
city today on business.
DR. w e. Creath returned this morn
ing on Burlington No. 8 from short
visit with relatives in Batavia.
Mrs. G. W. McCarty who resides on
West Second street, is visiting at the
home of her mother, Mrs. James
Shields, west of the city.
Miss Grace Warren, Of Chillicothe,
was an over Sunday visitor at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. McCarty,
on West Second street.
Miss Helene Townsend of Highland
Center, was the guest of Miss Edna
McElroy, 424 West Fourth street, yes
terday.
Mr., and Mrs. Samuel K. Johnson, of
Seymour returned to their home this
morning on the Milwaukee, after an
extended visit with friends and rela.
tives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Latham, of Cot.
tonwood, returned to their home this
morning on the Fl. Madison, after a
short visit with friends northeast of
the city.
Morris Polling, of Ottumwa, was
visitor in the city yesterday, the guest
of his brother, James Polling, of the
Oskaloosa Traction & Light Co. Mr..
Polling holds in that city position
similar to that held by his brother with
the light company here, and is one of
the most valued employees Of the COM
pany. y y y Henry Anderson, of
]. H. Anderson & Co., in Ottumwa, was
a visitor in the city today looking after
business interests and visiting his
brother, John Anderson of the Hub
Oskaloosa Herald.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

1t works like this: You will have rats
If you don't keep cats, and If you have
cats you make an unceasing warfare
on the best of our birds. 1t is hard
proposition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

Stock of all kinds eat corn fodder
more readily in cold weather than
when the weather is mild. They will
also eat it up much cleaner. This fact
suggests that the hay be reserved for
late winter and spring, dlsposing Of the
corn fodder during the cold weather.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The manager of one of our prominent
northwestern insurance companies said
recently: IF could do business exclu-
sively among Germans could write
risks at one-fourth the price am now
compelled to ask. When German has
loss we know it is an accident
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

With butter at 35 cents a pound and
fresh eggs at 80 cents dozen to the
consumer in January the way would
seem to be clear how to run some
farms more probably.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The state veterinarian of Nebraska
reports that 10000 cattle worth $780,
600 We're victims of the cornstalk dis
ease in that state last year. Cornstalks
when cut and shocked OF put into the
silo never beget this trouble.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The Poland China hog has not only
been mortgage extinguisher. but a
lusty builder of bank accounts for the
men who raise him these late years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
The state Of Georgia produced an av-
srage of 202 pounds Of cotton per acre
last year-not at all a profitable crop.

We don't care how much religion a
man may pretend to have, if he let's his
chickens tear up his neighbours garden
he has not got the right sort.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
The man who borrows trouble al
ways pays usurious rate OF interest

Two degrees Of latitude will make
nearly two inches difference In the
length of the ears of the corn which
may be successfully grown.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The waited corn fodder of the state
of Iowa, IL economically used, would
pay all the taxes Of the state and
build lot of macadamized highway
each year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
GOES TO DAVENPORT.
Rev. kueppenheime of Cleveland AS
sistant at st. Joseph's Church,

os - oSSSf3'' = SfFs@' 9'F'
Davenport, March 6-Rt. Rev. Cos
grove of the Roman Catholic diocese
of Davenport has appointed Rev. Bar
tholomew Kueppenheimer, formerly of
Cleveland, o., as assistant pastor of
st. Joseph's German Catholic church
in Davenport. Rev. Adolph Schneider,
who has been acting as assistant to
Father Niermann at st. Joseph's
church returns to his own diocese,
Marquette, Mich.
Bishop Cosgroye has also transfer
red Rev. Henry Malone from Avoca to
Churchville.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
Man Found
w no Wrote
Book
THAT REVEALS STARTLING So.
CRETS- JEALOUSY GUARDED
FOR AGES BY ADEPTSl

u IS
THAT REVAELs STARTLING So.
CRETS- JEALOUSY GUARDED
FOR AGES BY ADEPTSl
Explains the Workings of Strange
Force Overlooked by Scientists
for Centuries Past.
TELLS HOW MEN AND WOMEN
MAY.
Cure Disease as If BY Magic, and
Weld Powerful Influence Over
the Minds and Lives of Others.
THE DEAD BROUGHT BACK TO
Would Be Little More Startling Than
the Marvellous Thinos Done by
People Who Have Tried This
Wonderful Force.
STOP OTHERS FROM THINKING
The Wrong Way--Force Them to Do
Their Biddina-Read Their Secret
Characters Though Thousands Of
Miles Away Banish Evil
Thoughts and Habits--Hold the
Minds of Others Under Yogi.
Spell and Perform Aston
shing Feats That Amuse
But wiystify the Eyes
of All Who Behold
the Power of
Their Doinss.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

From Mondays Daily
Miss Myra Bolivar, of Belknap, is in
the city on business.
Owen Bradford, who is employed a.
Oskaloosa, spent Sunday with his wife
and baby, 213 South Willard street.
Mrs. ]. Harness, who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. S. l. Elder, ia
South Davis street, has returned to
her home at. Knoxville.
Harvey Swinney, Of Bloomfield, spent
Sunday with his brother, Isaac Swim,
ney, on Pine street.
Mrs. Jesse Black, of Milton, is Wis.
iting with her sister, Mrs. j. I. Fisher,
108 North Ransom street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

When town has but one railroad it
is an open question whether it is bet
ter to be at the mercy of the one road
or, by getting another, suffer from the
competition of the new towns which
such new road is sure to bring into
existence After a town gets two
roads the more it can get thereafter
the better.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

We noted man putting up supply
Of ice lately, and he was taking it from
an artificial pond which he had made
on draw on his farm. He would have
had to go eight miles for ice If he
could not hare got 1T on that pond.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The state of Iowa produced last year
1913, 100000 bushels Of corn on what
was proved to be not to exceed 70 per
cent Of stand, the seed used being
poor. From this it is easy to compute
what serious loss was sustained by
the state because of poor seed. 1t will
be better the coming season, for many
have learned an expensive lesson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
Tri- Weekly Courier.
CHANGING ADDRESS.

O1NNGfNG ADDRESS,.
SUBSCRIBERS wishing their address chang
ca VIII please give the name of the Post
once to which the paper has been sent as
well as the Post ONCE where they desire 1t
to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

A reader wishes to know how late in
the season buckwheat and millet may
be sown to insure good crop for the
latitude of central Wisconsin. Taking
one season with another, it would not
be safe to SOW these crops later than
July 4. OF course If there should be
no September frost the sowing might
be delayed until the 10th Of July.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
THE VERMONT FARMER AND THE
WESTERN CORNFIELD.


The thing about northwestern farm
Ing which most greatly impressed our
old farmer friend from Vermont upon
the occasion Of his first visit west was
the wasted fodder in our cornflelds.
He could not be made to understand
that farmer could ever pay his store
bills and permit such waste on his
farm. or course it looks just that
way to the eastern farmer who calls
five acre patch of corn big field
and who hoes and thins out every hill
by hand. Our friend insisted that we
left the best half of the corn crop in
the field ungathered and practically un-
used. He was withal sustained in this
view Of the case by the results of the
analysis made by government experts,
who prove up that 35 per cent of the
value Of the crop Of corn is contained in
the stalk and leaves When we tried to
tell our old friend that we had plenty
of men who had eighty acre fields Of
corn, which they tended themselves,
with little help in blowing and husk-
ing time, he only scratched his old
gray head and looked more bewildered
than ever. And when we told him that
the fodder Of eighty acres Of corn
would feed as many head of stock as
$50 tons of hay and that If we saved
it all we would not know what to do
with 1t he snapped out, "You fellows
have got altogether too large farms out
here"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07
sELEcTING ruE sEEn

While it is quite a little while till
springs work, it is still in order to say
a word or two about seed grain, the
wheat, barley, oats and corn which will
form the source of next seasons crop.
The easiest way is to make no prepara-
ton, but just go to the bin and the
crib and take out the grain and sow
or plant it, but it is not the best way.
AS crops are harvested and tl1rashed
there is always large per cent of the
grain which is totally unfit for seed
purposes-the small and inferior grains,
those weak in vitality, mixed varieties
and plenty Of weed seed. The wise
man will not SOW this sort of seed. All
seed of the small grains should be thor
oughly cleaned and be subjected to
such blast of air that all lightweight
and defective grains will be eliminated.
There is an old fashioned and pretty
good way to do this by throwing the
grain a little at u time with shovel
against light wind and only using for
seed those grains which, being the lar
gest and heaviest, you can throw the
furthest. This plan also disposes of
nearly all weed Seed. A few days can
well be put in during the winter in
testing and selecting the seed corn. 1t
is worth a good deal to know that 1t
will grow and that it has been so Sc
lected as to type and size Of kernel that
the planter will plant it accurately and
that the crop will be of uniform color
and type. These are jobs which can
easily be done during the leisure of
winter and are sure not to be done IL
the work is delayed until sowing and
planting time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

A man drained with tile tract Of
wet land year ago and grew this past
season fifty bushels Of good corn to
the acre. On the portion of the same
field not SO drained the crop was to-
tai failure. The first crop nearly paid
all the expense of drainage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

We once put a matched roof Of
coarse slough grass on cattle shed
which lasted for eight years with no
repairs needed. Barns and even good
houses are thatched quite generally in
the old countries. In the newer parts
Of the northwest this sort of a roof can
be used to good advantage on small
outbuildings -pigpens, machinery sheds
and the like.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

The hardest thing to meet in the adj
vocacy of improved types of corn is the
old idea that the big ear Of corn is the
best ear, and this regardless of the
size Of the cob, the depth of the kernel
and the proportion Of grain to cob.
Down in Missouri, where the cob is
worth more than the corn for the MAX
ing of cob pipes, this old standard is
perhaps all right, but is all wrong
where the corn itself is the thing
sought.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07


The question Of latitude alone does
not always determine the measure Of
winter cold OF the ability Of certain
plants to endure such extreme temper
allure, for in much of the north country
the winter brings very heavy SHOWS
early in the season, which remain on
the ground all winter making perfect
protection to many tender things. In
northern Michigan it is no uncommon
thing to leave potatoes In the ground
all winter. the depth of snow prevent
ing the ground from freezing at all.
Much farther south in the prairie re-
gions Of the west the light snowfall
permits deep freezing Of the earth,
which often results In the death of
'-,azer and the fruit trees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

An English stockman has succeeded
in crossing the American buffalo on the
highland cattle, and the cross is sue
cess, though the hybrids are so wild
that in the effort to ship two of them
to market one broke Its neck and the
other had to be shot in the car.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

One Of the interesting sights recently
at farm institute was class of thirty.
boys from twelve to sixteen years of.
age busily engaged in judging lot Of
corn. Their work was passed upon by
an expert, who in turn judged the thir-
ty lots of corn entered by the boys and
grown by themselves. This means
much for corn culture in the commu-
nifty whence come these boys.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

To be obliged to hunt for tool Just
when one wants to use 1T in hurry is
hard on ones temper. The small boy
is not always responsible either for
tools or other things left out Of place.
The proper care Of things-the putting
of them where they belong is just sim
ply habit, habit just as easy to &c
quire as that of leaving things kicking
around.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

That seedless apple business is well
under way. Five hundred thousand of
the trees have been propagated and will
be put on the market next fall at So
each. This bids fair to match the old
Bohemian oats and Belgian hare fakes
and is like the measles in country
community-bound to have good run.
Forewarned Is forearmed. The famous
apples of Sodom turned to ashes on the
lips.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

A very encouraging fact in the de-
velopment Of modern agricultural meth
DDS is found in the fact that $50 young
men from the farms Of western state
this winter left their work and took
short course Of two weeks in agri-
culture at the state college. The young
men all returned to their homes with
a broader view Of their profession, and
each will be missionary to spread the
gospel Of improved farming in his COM
munity.
What one acre will do when inten-
sively farmed is we'll illustrated in the
case Of man who died recently in
California. He owned but one acre of
land, upon which was his residence.
He and his wife had lived on this land
for twenty-four years, and when he
died his estate showed up savings
account Of $4,000. And still many men
who have 100 acres of good land find
themselves in debt at the end Of TWEEN
ty-four years and have lived none too
well at that. 1t is not more land that
men need, but the knowledge how to
work that which they have in q better
way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

Explains the Workings of Strange
Force Overlooked by Scientists
for Centuries Past.