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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29
AN ACRE of POTATOES.

We have three inquiries, one from
New York, one from Michigan and one
from Illinois, how most successfully to
grow an acre of potatoes. The ques-
ton of soil conditions has more to do
with the potato crop than any other
crop raised on the farm. In order to
secure q maximum yield the ground
should be prepared the year previous
and should consist preferably of clo-
yer sod turned under in September,
timothy and blue grass sod similarly
treated or piece OF hazel brush or tim.
Der clearing, The soil should be put into
the best possible filth or mellowness.
The potatoes should be planted during
, the latter part of May in rows three
feet apart and the hills eighteen inches
apart in the row. Use only medium
sized potatoes for seed, with two good
eyes to each cutting. The drag will be
found the most useful tool for cultivat-
ing the crop, and, the bulk Of the work
may be done before and just after the
potatoes come up. The crop should be
plowed to a good depth with corn cul-
tivator as soon as, the potatoes begin to
show in the row, no care being taken
to keep the plants from being covered,
few days after which they should be
dragged second time. During late
years the potato leaf blight has become
such serious menace to the crop that
spraying with the bordeaux mixture
has come to be looked upon as neces-
sity. AS to varieties to plant, 1t Is diff
cult to recommend any one variety as
superior to all others, as potatoes of a
certain type seem to do better in GER
tain localities than others. In those
portions Of the country where the grow
err cannot count upon an abundant or
sufficient midsummer rainfall early
maturing varieties will be found to
produce much better results than would
the late planted under exactly the same
conditions. In a general way it may be
said that the bumper crop of potatoes
is the result of the same measure OF
intelligence and care that would in
sure success in any other lipe Of work.
Climatic conditions have very much to
do with success in potato raising, the
best potatoes in the United States be-
ing raised on the cut off spruce lands
of Maine, the rule being that where
corn does well potatoes will be poor
crop. Very large crops of potatoes are
also raised in Colorado under irriga-
ton, but the tubers are very inferior
in quality, being sweet and soggy. The
cut off pine lands of northern Minneso-
to and Wisconsin furnish almost ideal
conditions for potato culture.
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THE FARMERS LIVING.

A late magazine writer attempts to
show that the average profits associ-
ated with agriculture are very much
less than those obtained by men in
other lines Of business but he entirely
overlooked one very important fact.
The salaried man, the mechanic the
merchant and that large class whose
yearly earnings do not exceed $3.50 per
year fine. that house rent and house
hold supplNF absorb the larger part 81
their income, while the man on the
farm has his home rent free and can
with dairy, poultry, garden and or
chard well cared for secure an album
dance of those things free which cost
the town resident the most money.
The, farm is not as general rule
properly credited with this item Of the
good living obtained directly from it.
Many a farmer would think that he
had struck snap if he could secure an
$500 position in some town, when he
would very soon find out that he had
left on the farm a better home and a
better living than $500 would secure
for him in any town.
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YAMPA.

Yampa, Nav 24-Judson Curtis OF
this place was in Ottumwa Saturday
I Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Fisher and
daughter Manda Of Hedrick, We're Wis
iting at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Riff
file Sunday.
Mrs. c. w. Burnaugh and Miss Iva
iMarlowe were calling on friends in
OttuInwa Monday.
Rev. E. A. Hastings of F1oris con-
Quoted services at this place Sunday
afternoon.
Several from this vicinity attended
the republican convention in Ottum-
wa Saturday.
G. B. Morrison has returned home
from an extended business trip
through the South.
]. s. Reno Of Agency was calling or
friends in this vicinity Sunday.
The farmers of this vicinity have
nearly completed their corn planting
The ground seems in better condition
for planting than it has been for years
The fruit seems little damaged by the
cold and frost.
S. A. Beall and wife were Agency
callers Saturday.
There will be preaching at the
school room Sunday, June 8, at 3 p
m. Also an effort will be made to or
ganiZe Sunday school,. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
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RAILROAD NOTES.

F. g. Brooks, a truckman at the Bur-
lington freight house, ard his wife, left
last evening on Burlington No. A for
Kahoka, Mo-, to visit with relatives.
R. Ours, a truckman at the Burling-
ton freight house, left this morning for
Lennox to make few days visit.
The baseball team of thesBurlington
freight house will clash tomorrow
morning at the old field with the Hawk
eyes. The team will line up as pre-
viously announced
]. F. Brady of Burlington, travelling
agent for the Merchants Dispatch
Transportation CO., was in the city to-
day On. business.
William Morgan, assistant bill clerk
at the Milwaukee freight house, leaves
this evening for Kansas City to spend
Sunday. FL
A freight car on west bound Burling.
ton freight train No. rs was derailed
last evening at Agency. No damage
was done and the delay caused by the
derailment was slight
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east side of Main street from the
square south to the city limits, is lin
ed with cement walk, a distance of
about one mile.
The exhibition band concert was
given In the park Saturday evening
attendance. The program was we'll
prepared and appreciated by all the
listeners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dupeas of. Wash
ington spent Sunday at the parental
j. S.. Pennell home in the northern
part of the city.
Mrs. William Mass of the east part
OF the city is considerably improved
In health and able to be about out of
DOORS
John Hanson was able to walk to
the public square one day last week.
and visit with his old friends about
town.
The baccalaureate sermon to the
class Of 1905 Sigourney high school
was preached in the M. E. church Sun
dav evening by the pastor. Rev. c. N.
Pace, The house was full to over
| flowing. and the exercises We're es-
pecially interesting. The music was
| rendered by a choir composed of the
singers of the different churches, and
they had prepared special music.
The sermon by Rev. Pace was pro-
nounced, by many, the best sermon of
its kind they had ever heard.
Sigourney, May 23.-A. M. Meas has
purchased the e. B. Hause property
| In the southeastern part of town.
The Boston store, a business house
that moved to this city a few months
ago, has gone into bankruptcy at the
request of creditors.
| Cap e. Miller. county superintendent
Of public instruction, returned from
his eastern trip last Monday evening.
Mrs Leo Pfaff, Miss Clara Sanders,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. White, Miss Gladys
Pfaff. Mrs. Chas. ID. White Mr.. James
Williams and family. Mr.. Marsh Her
rick, Mr.. and Mrs. George Richmond,
Mrs. Wallace Williams and Mr.. and
| Mrs. A. M. Richmond drove to Web
| ster last Monday morning to attend
| the funeral of the late Mrs. NJ F. Rid
dell.
| Miss Fern McClanahan was in the
city short time last Monday morn
ing on her way to Webster where
her parents are living. Miss Nc
Clanahan is living in the city of
| Des Moines and comes away from her
work to make her relatives and friends
a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waiter Plat of Mus
CtttiTS, returned 10 -llelT nome last
Monday, after having spent a couple
of days visiting at the William HUB
bid home in the eastern part of the
city.
A. W. Kadel and family Of Keswick,
spent the first Of the week in this city
| with relatives and friends.
Misses Eta Lally. Eva Smith and
Ada Maleby of What cheer, were Wis
| iting among relatives and friends here
last Sunday.
George >4Iaffner and Miss Mile
Strain were visitors in Keswick and
What Cheer the first of the week.
j. w. Lesan returned from his trip
to st. Paul and Minneapolis on the
early train Tuesday morning.
]. F. Seymour has received word
that his daughter, Miss Bessie. has
finished her probationary period in
the hospital in Chicago, and has now
entered upon the regular duties of a
nurse. The course she is starting up
on is.a three years task, at the end
of which time she will have been
qualified for the important duties OF
| a noble calling.
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WHAT THE TREE NEEDs.

The best possible conditions for tree
growth are those which nature provides
and which may be found in any unmo-
Tested tract of forest. Here we find
the ground shaded and well mulched
each fall with the years growth of To-
liage The moisture is retained and
conserved and the surface of the
grotsnd kept mellow and rich by the
decaying vegetation While these de-
sirable conditions perhaps cannot. be
duplicated in all places where it is de-
sirable to plant trees, we should still
strive to reproduce them as nearly as
possible both for our shade trees and
orchards.
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Sigourney, May 22.-Fred McClen-
nahan is spending a few days at the
home of his mother on South Main
street.
Moore, as a committee Of the Wo-
mans club" are soliciting for lee
ture course for the city this coming
winter, and are about the town seeing
If they can sell enough tickets to JUS
tify them in f1sking the expense Of a
first class course. 1t is intended that
the course, if it is secured will use
one Of the churches instead Of the
opera house as here to-fore.
Rev. Dick Wyant from near Free
port, ILL.,, was. in the city last Friday
looking after business matters. Rev.
Wyant will spend the greater part Of
this summer In school at the North
western university. in Chicago.
Mrs. VERNE Riddell and little son
are visiting at the parental A. M,
Richmond home In this city.
The weekly services In the M. E.
church were postponed the past week
have been at work all week taking
up carpets and giving the place a
general renovation.
Mrs. w. III. Richardson spent a few
days the last Of the week in Ottum-
wa with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Fred Gordon Of Cedar Rapids
visited her sister, Mrs. e. E. Phelps,
last Friday and returned to her home
in Cedar Rapids in the evening.
Mrs. B. &c. Mipteer spent couple Of
days the last Of the week with her
parents in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. L.esan left the
city last Saturday evening to be gone
for a few days vacation. Mr.. Lesan
goes to Minneapolis and ST. Paul
sightseeing. while Mrs. Lesan goes to
Mason City, to visit relatives.
Charles K. Needham went to OF
tumwa last Saturday morning to visit
friends and attend the Wapello coun-
ty convention.
Mile Roop of Ollie was transact
ing business in the city Saturday.
E. E. Phelps and Clarence Moore
spent Saturday afternoon in Hedrick,
attending to business matters and vis-
iting friends.
Frank Skates of Ollie was transact
ing business in the city last Satur-
day
Charles Dulin OF Webster was in
the city Saturday.
Clarence Moore spent Friday even
ing in Delta attending the graduating
exercises Of the Delta high school, and
visiting friends.
Art Parkes and children of South
English, came TO the city last Satur-
day afternoon to spend Sunday with
friends and relatives in the country
near here.
Miss Edith shanafelt returned from
Iowa City on Saturday afternoon,
where she had been visiting friends
at the college.
Andy Vogel is having cement walks
built at his home place on South Main
street. With but few exceptions the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29
BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham, May 2S.-Rev. j. ].
Gardiner was in Richmond Ind, last
week, attending the United Presbyter-
ian General Assembly.
Mrs. j. NJ. Bryant visited last week
in Ottumwa with Mrs. Jean Sim
mons.
Geo. Israel moved his family to
Fairfield last Monday, having pur-
chased the Sutton barn at that place
Miss Mary Lindsay, who has spent
the past year here. left last Tuesday
for Garnet. Kan, where she will re-
main this summer.
Mrs. Rolla Lawson of Keosauqua
was the guest last week of her pa
rrents, Geo. Simmons and wife.
Mrs. T. A. Sherman is entertaining
her mother, Mrs Cook of Salem.
Miss Weltha Norris is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. Jay Calhoun, in FL
don.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. HI. Alton attended
an undertakers' convention in Bur-
lington last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ruggles are visit
ing with Mr.. Ruggles parents at Win
field.
Ed. McNIillen and wife of Mt. Ster.
ling spent last week with relatives
here.
J. w. Hope and son 10 returned
Thursday from trip through Texas
and Kansas.
L. G. Boies returned Thursday from
Kansas, where he sold about one
thousand acres of land.
Miss Madge Norris of Keosauqua, Is
visiting with her parents, DR.. w. P
Norris and wife.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29
rHE HINGED MAN pRonLEM.

We have a farmer friend who seems
to have found happy solution Of the
difficulties connected with the hired
man question by building small house
on his farm and securing the services
Of married man. Under this method
the farmer knows where his man is
nights and he finds that the quality Of
service he renders during the day is
Of much better grade. Under this
system the housewife is also relieved
of the burden entailed in the care OF.
extra men in the home. In this case
the man, who is allowed to keep COW,
some chickens and pig, is thus bene-
flied to as great a degree as his em-
ployer.
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PLEASANT GROVE.

Pleasant Grove, May 2S.--Mrs. H.
K. McVey made a business trip to
Floris Thursday
Mrs. LAUREL Fine and son Trenton
visited at the M. B. Smith home
Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Hancock were
business callers in Floris Monday.
Jack Simmons and daughter Alta
visited Wednesday at the NJ. B. Smith
home.
Rossil Turner was a caller at the
Dewey Hancock home Thursday.
M. B. Smith made business trip to
Floris Tuesday
Jackson Peden was a caller at the
j. B. Kendrick home recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parrett and fam
lily were callers at Floris Wednesday.
Floris Tuesday.
P. c. Morain was in F1orls Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. McVey and son
Ronald visited Sunday at the ]. E.
Strickland home.
Mrs. Marion Hancock and Mrs.
Wesley Hancock visited at the j. B.
Kendrick home Monday.
Walter Crook and family spent Sun
day at the J. B. Kendrick home.
John Rominger and daughter visited
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
M. B. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs, John Parrett and fam
lily made a business trip to ottufnwa
Saturday.
NJ B, Smith was a business caller in
Floris Saturday.
Z Tom Agee spent Saturday in OF
utmwa
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Ken
drick, a daughter.
MIR and Mrc naua1y Eyaucork nd
daughter Gladys visited Sunday at
the Marion Hancock home.
Mrs. Jackson Peden visited at the
Otis Crisis home Sunday.
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YAMPA.

Yampa, May Attorney Lowen-
berg and wife Of Ottumwa were bust
ness callers in Yan1pa Tuesday.
Mrs. Maggie Smith is visiting
friends in Ottumwa.
Mrs. B. H. Burnaugh and daughter
Iva were OttumWa shoppers Tues
day.
C. w. Wiley and children Of Com
petine, were visiting friends in Yam
pa Friday.
Mrs. Florence Berner> of Illinois,. is
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr., and Mrs. Judson Curtis Of this
place.
B. H. and G. w. Burnaugh were In
Ottumwa Saturday.
C. s. Reed and VIM. Lint of Agency
were In Yampa Wednesday,.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29
HORSEMEN ARE HERE
TWO YOUNG MEN ARE RIDING
ACROSS CONTINENT in 1870
DAYS ON WAGER
Have Been on Road Nineteen Days
and Have Covered About 700 miles
Out Of Total Distance-Left For the
West This Morning,

Erom Mondays Daily.
young man attired IN western garb,
corduroy suits, etc, riding strong and
enduring looking horse, using west
ern saddle and with tent, saddle bags
ana other full riding accoutrement,
strapped to his saddle, rode into this
city from the east about $50 o'clock
last evening.
The young horseman was Henry {.
Iaylor of Bryan, Ohio. An observing
citizen might have seen shortly after.
wards another similarly equipped aid
attired young man with a close shayen
head come riding into the city. This
was Simeon M. Benner, also Of BRYAN.
and the companion of young Taylor.
lhese two young men are riding from
their home at Bryan, o., to San Fran.
asco IN l20 days on a wager of 81 900.
fhey left Bryan on May and have
)een on the road nineteen days, during
which time they have ridden an esti-
mated distance Of 700 miles.
They are riding to settle wager of
$1,000 made by Hugh McPhail, mana
ger of the Bryan opera house, with F.
F. Schamp, The wager has been a
standing one for two years. For the
last year Mr.. Taylor, whose father is a
prominent stockman Of Bryan, and
as been acquainted with and has rid
en- horses since an early age, has been
nxious to take the trip. For a long
ime he could find no companion for
he arduous undertaking. But one
lcky day there moved to Bryan, one
imeon M. Benner, the son of S, Ben
err, prominent sheep raiser of Def
nee county, Ohio.
Young Benner was also a horseman
md soon was anxious for the trip. Hav-
az purchased their outfits the young
len started on May from their home.
With only such money as they made
rom selling their souvenir pictures in
their home city. This has been their
sole source of income for the trip, as
hey are not allowed, by the terms of
he wager to receive money IRON out
Tide sources.
Will Ride 5000 Miles.
To cover the total distance, about
200 miles, Mr.. Taylor figures that
ey will have to cover an average Of
renty-seven miles day. So far they
ave averaged about thirty-fv Their
intention is to cut down the necessary
average to fifteen miles per day by the
time they reach the mountains, where
they cannot expect to make rapid pro-
,ress.
The two young men put up at the
star Livery barn last, evening and
there spent the night, sleeping in their
blankets by the sides of the horses
They left this morning for Abba. Their
probable route from Abba west will be
to Charlton, then Gsceola, then to to
Platsmouth and from there to Denver.
From Denver west they have not ar
ranged their route.
Change Horses Once.
The young men have changed horses
once apiece since leaving their home
city and at this time their progress is
impeded because of the sore condition
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session there. When he returns a re-
ceptions will be given him and his
samily at the Presbyterian church.
Light refreshments will be served.
Mrs, Mary Fulton Of Kansas, visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs w. S. Me-
Lain.
DR.. William Abegg and M. Stem.
mons and son. Garvi% took a trip
through the west last week.
The Cemetery association met FRI
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. p.
Johnson.
]. W.. Carson has sold out his store
to man from Chillicothe.
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THE MAN wITH THD HOE.

The most touching feature of Millet's
famous picture, 1.-THE Man With the
Hoe" lies not in the attitude and ex-l
preston Of the tman himself SO much
as in the style Of his hoe--a crude,
heavy, awkward implement, the using
of which would soon bring any man to
the level Of mental and moral degen-
eracy described in Markham's famous
poem of the same name. That hos
marks the distinctive difference be-
tween American and foreign methods
Of agriculture. The average American
hired man would not work half day
with such tool. Bright tools and
sharp tools are typical Of modern.
American agriculture.
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KiRKvlLLE.

Kirkville. May. 2s.Re A.. J. Alex
ander, wife and son Addison Of Belle
Plain, Kan, arrived last week to
visit friends here and at Wilson. On
FRIDAY last Rev. A. j. Alexander went
to Des Moines to attend the general
ASSEMBLY of Preshuterian churches in
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The proper training of a horse often
represents from one-third to one-haif
of Its value; hence 1t is a piece Of bad
management to take pains with the
breeding Of colt and put it on the
market In an unfinished and crude con-
dition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

If colony Of grackles or crow black.
birds propose to locate in the ever
greens around your home, as they are
very apt to do, they should be discour-
aged at bnce, as they are extremely
dirty and noisy neighbors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29
WANT SLOAN NOMINATED.
ottumwa Attorneys Petition Second Ju
dIciai Convention for Consideration.

A petition is being circulated In OF
tlImwa by attorneys, requesting dele.
gates to the second judicial republi-
can convention to renominatet Judge
Robert Sloan. The petition is being
generally signed. 1t refers to the pre-
eminent ability of Judge Sloan as a
jurist and of his long and successful
career as a Judge.
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scab in potatoes may be prevented
by placing the seed in a gunny sack
and soaking 1t for two or three hours in
formalln solution.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

A poultry fancier living near Chicago
will this year raise 5000 English
pheasants. 1T has been found that
these birds do very well in conflne-
ment, while it is claimed they will
bring good prices both for useful and
ornamental purposes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

The cabbage growers on Muscatine
island, in the Mississippi river, are set
ting out this year to quite an extent
plants shipped from points farther
south. which, it Is thought, will pro.
duce earlier heads than plants from
their own hotbeds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

Have any of our readers ever tried
the ferret as means of getting rid OF
the pocket gopher? We should be glad
to hear from them If they have, or to
receive the details Of any other plan
that has been found successful in Grad
icating the pest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

Being n marine plant explains why
an application of salt is always bene
fetal to the asparagus bed.
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We desire information as to the sue
cess OF failure of the new method of
feeding off the corn crop with stock,
which was quite generally tried last
fall by farmers In some localities, some
using steers and hogs and many others
sheep. If 1t is good thing others
should know about 1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

Under modern scientific methods the
art Of buttermaking has attained such
perfection that 1t is doubtful il any
better butter will ever be made than
has been and is being made. The only
trouble is that there is not enough of
the best butter made.
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Among the list of birds which were
quite plentiful when the western prai-
RE region was. first settled fifty years
ago and which have entirely disap-
peared are the small gull, the long
billed curlew, the plover and the blue
winged teal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

A number of capitalists located near
Pasadena, Cal, have conceived the
rather unique idea of starting an ele-
plant ranch and raising the animals
both for pleasure and profit. The out
come of the enterprise will be watched
with considerable interest
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29

The planting of a grove ont on the
prairie always attracts bird life, they
seeming to prefer the shelter and food
afforded by such conditions to life in
native timbered sections.