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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
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No. Going East Via Cut on. Time
6a-Washington, Muscatine, Dav-
EXPORT ana Chicago ...5:s5 p. m.
Muscatine. Day-
sab-bsyenport hsirhf 49,. 6:Io :. m
0olne West.
Sa-Ka. . city and Intermed,.
s.-se sss csi,iieoth:: n.a 1G:ss a m
e8b Chill cotke freight ....... 100 a. "a.
S ss.-esiIlessss:: t srssst =
Going Eas, Via fia.ion.
lob Marion, Cedar Ranids and In
,ose-Marioan. cedar Rapids and 10 a m
nd. lnfsrmediate $1,000. 5:45p m.
''o-c omina West Via M;rr,o9n;4 o .. m.
ec-Marion, Cedar Rapids An In
losb-S sI%faa's Cedar Rapids and = :. N.
a.-daily: b-szcept sunday; cSescep s
WABASH TIME TABLE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

~ Is stated that to interest a woman
IN 20 articlsk the best way is to paasis
1t down from $40 to $79S.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

"In view of some of the propositions
which the Iowa general assembly is
being called upon to consider it may
be premature after all to say that
populism is Dead" says the Des
Moines Capital.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The Dubuque Telegraph says that
the extent of the movement from the
farms to the cities enforces the need
for raising vigorously the cry, Back
to the farm"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

w. II. G. Jaaues. 10 r. Jacques.
JAQuES & JAQuEs,
Attorneys at Law.
1o7 North Court street, Both
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

"It it about an even thing between
living on one Of the fashionable boule-
wards Of Chicago and holding the
position of messenger on an express
car-liable to be held up and robbed
at any time is the way the Iowa
State Register sizes up the situation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The Waterloo Reporter says that the
proposed change to the primary law,
so far as the rural voters are con-
cerned, looks like throwing away all
the influence they have and getting a
large lump of nothing in return
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

That's positively the first tims Mr..
Hartman has taken over the Illinois
Central this year says the Sioux City
Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Look up the history of George D
Parkins. read all you may find about
him that comes from unprejudiced
minds and you will find that he is not
and will not be controlled by any cor
poration, neither does he want to
break into the United States senate
says the Atlantic Telegraph.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
cHfcAeo.RocK lsLAN.. q PACIFIC
Depart

No. Going East: Depart.
b9oe,sk l Kansas CITY. C.li,.
bao2L1fSIes a M ss, s0p Is Keoluk n
a204-EldoH, Davenport and Chi
cagr 10:i7p. m.
b274-Locni freight sos o. m.
Going West.
a203-Des Moines, Ruthvcn, West
Nehrasks apd Washington,
Mnscstine. Davenport and
bso1. iR3essaSl De: Maoiaei. and 90 = n
b2o5-Neokus. Des Moiines -na o = !"
omana, ..-.... 1903 p. %.
a-daily: b-eycept Sunday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
Tri-Weekly Courier.
Founded 9Th August, le4e.

y THE COURIER PRINTiNa CO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

IF Colonel Mann had devoted him
self to editing wedding invitations for
New York's newly rich he would not
now be on the road to prison." says
the Sioux City Tribune.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Senator Hepburn, who is In charge
of the pure food bill at Washington. is
sick with appendicitis can entirely
unnecessary Intervention of fate"
says the heartless Council Bluffs Nom
pareil. 1.-THE good senator will die Of
old age before his appointed mission
is Discharged"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

When the rate bill is up in the
senate there will be real debate. It
will be earnest and vigorous, and for
the purpose of affecting results" says
the Des Moines Register and Leader.
''The house should return to the days
when it was a deliberative body in the
true sense, or it should abolish these
interminable displays of set oratory."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The Clinton Herald Gazette foresees
that there is going to be more politics
to the square inch in Iowa in the year
1905 than the Iiawkeye state has ever
seen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

"There is going to be more politics
to the square inch in town in the
year 1905 than the Hawk Eye state
has ever SEEN" predicts the Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

All c., M. g. Sc. p. end Wapasi, trains
depart from Jefferson Street Union
depot. !. p. WHELAN, Agent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

a. w. LEE. Publisher
las. F. POWELL. Business Manager
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

The Iowa City Republican asserts
that the proposed primary law is dead
and that the farmers have sealed its
doom, adding: THE legislators are
hearing from thern.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
ATTORNEYS AT Law.

Thomas r. Kirby Lloyd L. Duke.
KIRBY e. DUKE.
attorneys and Counselors at Law.
Phoenix Trust Bldg, South Market
street Ottumwa. Iowa Telephone,
new SAT.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

'Tt has been wisely suggested that
the closing of saloons at o'clock Sat
urday evening would send great
many pay checks home that at present
drop into the saloon cash register
says the Marshalltown Times Repub-
lican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
R. R. Time Tables.

All G. <. q q. and c. r. !. 4 r. trains
depart from Washington street
Union depot.
w. s. PARKER, Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Editor Candidate Rathbun, of the
Marion Register, states that he is
more than satisfied" with the situa-
ton as to the governorship nomina
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
It Was Started by the Issuing of 4
Fake Weather Report.

Sonzetimes we strike an idea that
would maze us millionaires if We only
possessed the ability to carry it out,
remarked a veteran newspaper man.
who was talking shop with several
others
Nov. l claim to be the original in
ventor or discOveTer of the syndicate
idea" continued the veteran. 1T is my
ow q fault that 1 didn't follow it up and
make the thousands of dollars that
other people have made"
Tell Us about it," said one of the
group.
We'll, it was a good many years ago
that I was a young fellow getting
about So a week down i'm Baltimore,
Md 1 found it pretty hard living those
days. and was constantly casting
about for ways to make a little money.
had two companions who were about
as hard up as / was. but one day had
a thought. One of the boys was on the
telegraph desk of the paper and the
other read exchanges and had some
time to spare.
My plan was to fix up a sort Of press
bureau. and by using the mails and by
filing q few words OH the wires We
managed to get up q pretty good pony
news service for use in some of the
smaller towns in Virginia where they
had newspapers that tried to put on a
good deal of style. We managed to
make $50 q week on the side, which
was a gOdsend TO the three Of US. But
about the only thing that we couldn't
steal enough of to make a. good show
ing was the weather report and this
was Of the utmost importance to those
papers on the coast. The fishermen
had TO have 4 weather report, and de-
pended largely upon the papers for It.
We got over the difficulty by taking up
a report, and we made some pretty
good guesses for a long time. But our
finish was on its way. and IL came
about most unexpectedly.
i don't know whether il was on the
23rd Of the month or not. but il must
have been about that time from what
happened We had sent out to a Nor
folk paper our faxed weather report
and there had been nothing To indicate
that there was going to be any great
change in the weather Well sir. that
Norfolk paper had not got our report
more than 10 minutes before there
came 10 one of the worst tOrDadnas
that that region had ever had. 4 num-
Der of boats put out on the strength
of our report, and several of them
were wrecked.
we went out Of business the next
day. because We figured that every one
would be denOuncing and branding us
as takers forever after. If we had only
gone ahead. put on a bold front and put
UD a story about getting the wrong
message, I suppose We could have gone
on selling our report and we might
have been rated as the original syndi-
cate men today.
1T was not long after that before
other Syndicates sprang up with capi-
tai behind them. and they didn't have
10 fake weather reports Some Of
them nave made Just as big mistakes
as we did. but these mistakes. come
over the wires. and they had something
10 show \ man only gets about one
good idea in this world. and when
he does he ought to make the most of
# - u
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18

to the men. The former loses money it
would have received in fares, the ag-
gregate running often into many thou
sands Of dollars, and the employees lose
wages that can never be replaced. Loss
OF wages inevitably entails hardship
not only on the men themselves, but
on their wives, their children and 9TH
ers dependent upon them for the ne
cessaries of life.
And I'm this connection il is only fair
to say that to the friendly services Of
B. II. Roberts. a man who knows what
it is to toll, who knows what it means
to earn his bread by the sweat Of his
brow, the happy outcome is largely
due. As the special representative Of
the men Mr.. Roberts presented their
case forcefuIly and clearly He com
manded the respect of the company's
representatives and they gave his
statements the most careful attention.
It is greatly TO be hoped that the
agreement entered into on Saturday
VIII be faithfully kept by both parties
to it. If it is there will be no danger,
for some time TO come. of any further
entanglements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
4 HAPPY soLUTioN.

The street railway employees. the
naEement Of the company and the
public are to be congratulated on the
happy outcome Of the recent uegotia-
tons between the men and the compa-
nv. The men are 10 be congratulated
because they have gained several i'm
portant points; The management of the
company has reason TO feel cheerful be
cause. although concessions were made
10y il. the men also made concessions.
The public may congratulate itself on
the fact that it has been saved great
Inconvenience and hardship. for the
stoppage Of the street cars would have
brought about real distress TO practic-
ally the entire population.
The successful result of the negotia-
tons shows now much better it is for
employers and employees to meet to-
gether on a friendly basis than TO re-
gard one another with suspicion and
distrust. The interests Of the two are,
after all. Identical The employees can
not be prosperous unless the employer
is prosperous. and in no event can
either be successful unless there is rnu-
tual cooperation. Had the men. in the
instance under discussion. gone ahead
Under the theory that anything tending
Ia hamper or embarrass the company
should be done. had the company pro-
ceeded along the line that it was not
morally required to look after the vel
fare of the men. a disastrous strike.
disastrous for both parties, might have
resulted.
The Herald is sincerely glad that this
industrial battle was averted. The
strike or the lockout is an expensive
method Of settling q labor dispute. Tt
is expensive to the company. expensive
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
TIE PAVING coNTRAcT.

The Salt Lake public IS indeed long
suffering and patient but it has grown
extremely tired OF the programme pur-
sued by the reform" council in the
matter of the paving contract. The
work should have been awarded long
since 60 the Barber Asphalt company.
The bid made by that corporation when
The first proposals were opened was lar
the lowest, and there is TO question
about the cumpanys responsibility. On
the preteNt. however, that the Barber
people should not have had any more
city work while their suit against the
municipality is pCudiug ali bids -eyere
rejected.
This was done ian order to give Pat
rick J. Moran another chance at The
work. Welt Moran Eot his other
chance TheEe is plenty of prima facie
evidence TO show that he and the Bar
Der company have entered into a COM
binatiou and that notice has been given
that no other bidders need apply. When
the bids were opened last FRIDAY even
ing it was seen that MOTan's bid on the
three streets ON which he bid before
was S1I.459.+o higher than the Barber
company's former bid on the same
work. Nevertheless. the Barber bid the
second time was higher than Moran's.
n this does not constitute clear evi-
deucc of CuHution then it would he i'm
possible to procure such evidence For
the second proposals Second South
street from Third East To Tenth East.
vas included. On The basis OF the bids
ON the other streets the city would
have saved S2S.2S2 by awarding the con-
uuCt to tine Barber company in April.
80 MAYOR Thompson directed the board
10 reject All bids. which il promptly
did. Whether OF not this action is bind
ing on the council is an open question.
Some hrst-ratc lawyers say She board
OF public works has no more authority
to reject all bids than it has to award
q contract without the consent Of the
council. The duties of JHe board are.
il rs claimed merely advisory and 1t
must report To the council before the
incident may he said To have been Of
ficisily closed. If Moran is as strong i'm
The council as he claims TO be he may
get the contracts at his figure
In any event. the people are tired ~
tho delay \ large percentage Of the
paving assessments have already been
paid in The council should either
award the contract or it should make
q definite announcement that no paw
ing will be done this year for the rea-
son that the city is not i'm possession
OF enough money. thanks TO the re
form" administration reckless eXurav-
agaucos. to pay its share OF the cost
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
MODERN MEDICINE.
.udgeD


I went 10 a modern doctor to learn what
it was was wrong
I'd lately been off my fodder, and life
was no more q song.
He felt of my purse, as they all do. ne
EaZed at my OUtStretched tongue,
He took off my coat and weSkIt and bark
ed at each wheeling lung.
He fed me a small glass penStalk with
figures upon the side
And this was his final verdict when all OF
my marks he'd spied:
DO YOU eat fried eggs? Then Quit it.
You don't Then hurry and eat en-.
Along with some hay that was cut in
May
There are no other foods TO beat EN-.
Do YOU walk Then stop iHstaHtCT-
For exercise will not do
For people with whom il Goesn e agree
And this is the rule for YOU.
Just quit whatever YOU do do
And begin whatever YOU don l.
For what You don't do may agree with
As whatever you do DO don't"
Yea. thus saith the modern doctor. Ira
dition be double burned.
What the oIdsters knew was nothing COM
pared to the things we've learned.
There's nothing in this or that thing that
IS certain in every case
Any more than single oOnnetS bcCOm-
ing to every face.
It's ali in the diagnosis that tells US the
patients fix
The modern who knows his business is up
to host Of tricks
Do YOU eat roast pork Then stop it.
You dout2 Then get after il quickly,
For the lOng-eared ass gives the laugh to
grass
And delights in the weed that's prickly.
Do YOU sleep with the windows OpCn2
Then batten them good and tight.
And swallow the same old fetid air
Through all of the snoozesome night.
Just quit whatever YOU do do,
And do whatever y0B don't;
For what you don't do may agree with
YOU
As whatever you do do don't.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
HE WENT TO CHURCH.
But the Song of the Robin Led Hin,
to Illuminate.
Chicago NewSl

Yes said the dreamy-eved man .T
went to church on Sunday I'm the sub
urb where L live Right at the beriprirg
OF the service, while L was fidretipp
around trying 10 find soft spot on the
hardwood pew, robin began to sing lust
outSlde the variegated window
NOW, tnat robin had an odd effect nr
me, Tor, white all that ANYBODY cO11Id SEC
OF men stayed in there in the dim religions
light OF the nave just as sure as. there is
i IiiotileI DdIl OF fellow that can play
hockey from the rest of him, lot of ms,
was out with that robin. which was iusf
soaking IN sunshine and singing, as If Inc
10 lla4 KEPT II bottled up i'm him just as Ions
as ne could without iniuriaa himself
Inc robin and I went down the hill
from the cemetery TO where a big oak
Tree grew. Below the oak a little ravfne
started IN that raVinC. reached by the
sun and sideStepped by the cold winds ON
account OF its inacceSSibfIitv were the
Iifst spring flowers. These little white
ana purple fellows that bob up among
some dark-COlOTed thiCkish leaves are The
KIND that grow there. with some fragile
WHO flowers on bendy stems with little
SpanSlN leaves growing in circles around
the stalk clear up to the bIoom-Z-ou know
Inc little white and purple chaps have a
rant scent TO 'em-tbe smell of the con-
centrated QUiHteSSenCe of Sprinetiue-s
subtle and effervesCent sweetness.
Pooling around where the little flow
eTS are, the robin and I remembered that
the big Spanish needles pokcwee1 stalks
ana hoFSeweed made a perfect jungle last
1ail There are no hOTSeWeeds or poke
weed stalks or Spanish needles these now
me sod is fresh and green and sweet
and the ground has only few dead tree
trunks and some Totted leaf mold to iudi-
cate where the coarse things once grew
We also noticed that the flowers were
timer and larger and more fra grant than
were The ones we found there last wear.
The robin went right on singing. He
seemed TO be trying to tell me that here
around us we had a practical illustration
Of the resurrection lesson. The flowers
had sprung from the apparent absolute
deafness into newer and more beautiful
life. The big. gross cUmberers of the
ground that had been unsightly to the
eye and offensive to the uose-nnavbe
these were sins in that former life and
were now all gone Not trace of them
was TO he seen. Only beauty and sweet
ness and purity and hope and promise
were there. There was music of the SDoD-
taneous variety. light direct from heaven
visible resurrection in that biz out-of-
door temple whose services we were at
tending the robin and l. I had revert ed
IT was a delightful atavism for melville
the robin. singing Smartiy on q low twig
of the oak and getting rid Of n lot more
Of Isis flute notes. was 50 much the wiser
for having never left the beautiful first
principles Of IL all. Then
MY wife woke me TO tell nee the offer
tory was being PLAYED. End ] vent after
my weasel skin. conscious again that ]
was in a handmade church
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
BIRDS LONG JOURNEYS,
tPaU Mall GazettcD

That birds of the family termed surf
birds in the Hawaiian islands should leave
that paradise of the Pacific to so and rear
their young in the tundras of Alaska
would seem TO many an extraordinary
proceeding Yet il is SO; the tuTnstouc
and the black bclIied plover and the Pa
cific golden piover make the long jour
nev of about 1900 miles thither annually.
SHOWS of the Arctic regions, in melting,
leave the cranberries and other low-grOw-
ing fruits Of the great swamps of the
tundras- which stretch across the bosom
Of the Arctic circle. as fresh as when they
were first ripeued by the perpetual sun
shine of the Arctic summer.
Under the deep covering of sHOW the i'm
n1cnse quantity Of food has been lying
during the winter months, for the SHOWS
frozc il before the birds had time 30 gath
or il all aud they preserved il both from
the effects Of frost and decomposition.
fresh and pure as when il first Tipened,
toward the end of the Arctic summer.
In August the birds beginning their mi
grafton southwark, have to leave much
untouched.
Millions Of our own European birds so
To the tundras OF Siberia and to Iceland
and Greenland and other northern re-
sorts. rearing their young there under the
same conditions. The birds that leave the
warm islands of the Pacific in May so In
good plumaEe. across TO California to
Strike northwaTd to Alaska They return
about the middle of August. old and young
alike, in very poor condition, exhausted
by their long voyage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
How to Furnish Your Suburban Home
MAReARET E.s ANesTER.
BY MARGARET e. SAN

bamboo chairs are -ndispensa BILE. II
the suburb By shore or hills is haunt
cd by the fiendish small mosquito. that
pest so much to be dreaded because CT
it's song and its bite. and It's power to
carry malaria. our venanda as well as
all our windows and dCors must be
carefully wire-scTeened.
A word must be said about sanitary
plumbing. Whether the house be large
or small, tie necessity for perfect
plumbing is the same. One bathroom
is not enough, If two or three can be
had. The top notch Of real luxury II
attained when a house has bathroom
sttached 10 every bedroom. Where this
cannot be managed. let there be- BATH
room on every floor not forgetting thar
the hard working maid servants need
this comfort quite as much as do their
employers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-18
zLoopsHEp IN RUSSIA.

Blood is flowing again in Russia. In
various parts of the country Jews are
being hunted down and slain without
mercy. There is no discrimination.
Men. women children, old and young
rich and poor, who are guilty of The
horrible crime Of belonging 10 the Jew
ish faith are ruthIessIy butchered. More
barbarous crueItfes are practiced on the
Jews in a week in Russia than Butch
er" Weyler practiced on the Cubans in
his whole career. And It was 20 pre-
vent WeyIer's expressions that the
United States went to war with Spain.
There is no possibility Of outside in
PREVENTION for the Jews I'm Russia,
more's the pity, but there is hope for
those UnFortunstes in the impending
revolution. If the car carries out his
implied determination 10 dissolve the
douma q revolution viii follow as sure
" as the night follows the day No
human power can avert it. But whether
OF not the revoIutionists can find
leader who Will lead them to victory is
an open question Certainly the man
is not now in sight.
There is hope. though, for revolution
airy success in the very army with
" hich the car hopes TO crush any out
break. The dispatches published yes
terday told how the guards in the rural
districts had cast their lots with the
peasants and had refused to protect
the landlords. That this disa 8ection
extends into the army is certain. but
just how large a proportion Of the army
is disaffected only a revolution can de-
termine.
Russia has never faced d more SC
rious crisis than it is facing today. The
nation is walking. as it were. above a
great powder magazine and carrying a
suffering torch. \ spark may set off
the explosives at any moment and blow
the empire into fragments