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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-17
TRIP TO THE IsrHMus.

One who has looked with disinter-
ested view upon the construction of
the Panama canal, not realizing it's
magnitude, as many doubtless have,
may be inclined to the opinion that
President Roosevelt is merely on a
junket: that instead of going for o
bear hunt in the wild west he is going
on pleasure trip on battleship TO
the Canal Zone.
This is far from the truth. In the
hands of the President has been
placed task of the construction Of
canal through the isthmus of Pana-
ma This might not be so extraordin-
airy in itself, were it not for the fact
that numerous attempts, followed by
failures, have been made at the con-
struction. Millions of dollars have
been expended. Foreign corporations
have undertaken the task, other engi.
neers have worked on the Panama
strip, but none have been able to open
ocean into ocean, and permit the YES
sells to pass from one to the other with
out. going around the Horn"
During the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt numerous problems
have been presented in which. he has
interested himself, but 1t is safe to say
that none have received more atten-
ton than the construction of the Pana-
ma canal. In this connection a great
amount of power has been placed in
the hands of the President and the
canal commission. They have gone
ahead, advised one with the other
and done what they thought best The
Drnci1ant hoc
ports of the work and the conditions,
but criticism upon criticism has been
put forth, some, perhaps, having merit
and some having none.
1t is not to be wondered at, then,
that President Roosevelt has had.a de-
sire to visit the Canal Zone himself
and find what the exact conditions are
with reference to the construction
and the labor and the progress on this
one of the greatest engineering feats.
There has been some curiosity express
ed as to whether he would change
any of his policies upon returning in
case he finds things different than he
anticipated He may 1t is certain
that he will If he feels that it is necs-
sary. There are years of work to be
done on the canal yet, and while
Roosevelt did not go there to view the
situation before it was commenced, it
is still early, and his visit, doubtless.
will nave considerable to do with the
future policy of himself and of the
commission in continuing the work TO
completion.
One thing is quite certain, the Presi-
dent has gone at the job as if he in
tended to build a canal. He has pro-
badly reorganized the failure of 9TH
ers on the same grounds, but none
would know it. judging from the deter
mination and certainty with which he
has undertaken this great task. A
weaker and less energetic man might
have hesitated some under such re.
sponsibility. :.
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STUDY FOR TEACHERS.

Chicago has problem in dealing
with it's public schools. An effort has
been recently made to divorce the
system from politics. The big city
has not been so fortunate in this as
some smaller ones have, and thus it
has had a hard proposition upon it's
hands. However, the whole city has
interested itself recently in the affairs
of the schools and there is hope there
that some good will result.
The management committee has re-
Gently taken up large numoer Of
new movements in connection with
the system and one that was act ID
upon favorably at meeting was to
give all teachers ten afternoons every
alternate year for the purpose of study
or hearing lectures. It is probable that
this will be received with welcome by
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PENNINGTON.

Pennington, Now 15.-Captain W. A.
Duckworth of Keosauqua is the guest
Of DR.. and Mrs. N P. Knight.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Haffner
Tuesday, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Reisner and baby
of Warrensburg, Mo-. are visiting Mrs.
Reisner's uncle Conrad Hassler.
w. H. Coulter was Burlington Wis
itor Thursday.
Merritt Barton, who has been a pa
tent in the st. Joseph hospital at Keo-
kuk for the past six weeks. came home
Monday afternoon.
Ruth Noske Of Bonaparte was an
over Sunday visitor at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. Gustav Moske.
D. A. Martin Of Kahoka, Mo-, visited
with friends here Tuesday.
L. ]. Stricken was In Keosauqua FRI
day.
Chapter o, P. E. O., met Monday
evening with Mrs L. L. Bickmores A
number Of interesting sketches on the
noted men of today were read and their
portraits decorated the walls Mrs
Owen received the prize for guessing
correctly the greatest number of the
portraits.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-17
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, Noy. 15-The case of o.
L. Belknap, indicted for obstructing
the highway went to the jury wednes-
dav3 evening. The state claims that
Belknap in fencing his unenclosed land
put the fence where it was established
by description; some twenty-five or
thirty years ago. The defense claims
that there is no highway at the point
where the fence was erected-Sectian
s4-70-13, and showed that the, highway
was changed by the board Of super
visors and established in an entirely
different place from where the fence
was built, and that the said forty
acres have been lying out to the COM
mons with travel going at will where it
would The case has been on trial a
week and will be very expensive case
to the county. County Attorney T. A.
Goodson and John F. Scarborough rep
ers are for the defense.
The "old fashioned" festival given
Tuesday evening by the P. E. O.'s was
a very successful affair and the re-
ceipts amounted to $46. The entertain
ing features Of the affair were well
carried out. those In attendance enter
ing enthusiastically into the SOCIAL spir-
it of the hour and enjoyed the old fash
toned festival quite as much as did
IIelT parents III years gone ny.
Attorney Geo. T. Sewers will try a
case in Lancaster. Mo-. where B.
Lamb has been sued by his daughter
in-law for alternating the affections Of
his son. claiming 100000 damages. Mr..
Sewers will defend Mr.. Lamb. The
case comes on for trial in Lancaster.
Mo-, November Is. Judge Vermillion
excused Mr.. Sewers from further at
tendance on his court and he left We'd
nesday evening for Lancaster.
The sale of farm stock and imple-
ments held at the Fred McNeal farm
Tuesday was we'll attended and good
prices were obtained. Mr.. McNeal has
rented the farm to Will Luke and will
move his family to Milton. where he
has recently purchased clothing store
in partnership with Paul Rhodes.
At the regular monthly meeting Of
the town council held Tuesday evening
Cyrus Turner, city marshal asked the
council to lower the license for roller
skating Kinks. which is SIS per month.
No. action was taken. Mr.. Turner in
tends opening rink in a short time
and it is hoped that it may prove to be
a popular winters amusement. The
first rink opened in the city some years
ago was destroyed in the south side
fire,
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WALNUT GROVE.


Walnut Grove, Nov. 15-B. H. Drum
mond G. F. Donley, L. c. Williams, g
w. Reeves, H. r. Williams, d. T.
Evans, ]. N. English, A. r. Harter, C.
g. Harter. Wayland Funk, Arthur
Bradfeld and George Mahafffe were IN
Kirkville Tuesday afternoon.
A. F. Harter, L. Drummond, John
Rowland, A. J. Fairchilds. B. H. Drum
mond. s. A. Kitterman, Miss Frances
Harter and Grant Davis were in OF
tumwa Wednesday.
Floyd Citizens. Harry Williams, I.
Drummond. L. c. Williams and Burl
Drummond were in Fremont Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Drummond, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. G.. Williams. Mrs. Ray
Citizens, Mrs. Matte Citizens, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Reed, Harry Williams,
Floyd Citizens, Harry Evans, Johnnie
Harter, Ed. Evans. Ray Harter Miss
Edith Spurgin. Cleve Harter and Mark
English were in Kirkyille Friday, at
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THE scHooLMAN IN POLITICS.

\ New York Mail,-The /, black eye
given by Professor Burgess, at Berlin,
to the scholar in politics" is a some.
what grievous wound, no doubt but it
is not an incurable one. 1t may be
that we want the scholar in politics
more than we do the scLoolmaster in
politics And yet, though the training
OF the schoolmaster or professor is
an oracular one, inclining him to
blurt out his views magissertaily OF
all occasions it is to be remembered
that we have had some college men
| in diplomatic life who have steadfast-
| ly turned their backs on all tenpta-
lions to make assets Of themselves.
Illustrious among such have been
Ambassador Andrew D. White. long
president of Cornell university, and
James Russell Lowell, who went from
a professional chair in Harvard to
be minister to Spain and afterwards
ambassador to Great Britain
In truth it probably depends On the
temperament of the individual educa-
tor whether his experience as
guide and commander of youth shall
make him good or bad diplomat
He may bend in one direction or the
other. To impel him the wrong way
there is the continual temptation to
omniscient discourse on any or every
subject that comes up in the class
room, which the teacher is under. 1t
is an awful responsibility to have the
final SAY" on everything I'D be free
commentator, and the court of last
appeal upon Caesar, Cicero. Shakes
peare, Bancroft, Washington, Jefferson
Lincoln and every man and every
epoch in which man has lived. Your
talkative and confident schocmaster
always has an opinion on questions IN
history, scholarship and morals which
goes little deeper than Hunles or
Locke's or Paley's or Parkman's. II
does not matter particularly what view
he takes, since it must be accepted
anyway. The point with the uracu-
lar schoolmaster is to assume always
to have an opinion of his own I'm.
less he possesses saving grace, little
by little he becomes the prize donkey
of the pedant herd
On the other hand the educator who
must keep his school in order and
awaken and train nascent intelligence
which may be quite keen, and balance
his relations with the trustees or his
committeeman in such way as to-
increase their respect for him and
their dependence upon him, may him
self receive training which will flt
him admirably for public position. His
profession develops in him the quail
ties of self-reliance, resource, COM
mand, reflection. II in learning to
command others he also learns to com
mand his tongue, he may indeed be a
valuable public representative. I'll
they are judiciously chosen, we cannot
have too many scholars in politics.
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DR.. w. E. Shallenberger,

tending the show given by the old-l
maids.
Neal Albertson was in ottumwa F'ri-l
day on business.
L. Drummond and L. c. Williams
were In Ottumwa Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Glass and daugh-
ter. Margie, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Me-,
Claim. Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Jones, Of
Kirkville, and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Drums
mond spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. G. Williams.
Miss Cecil Lewis and Ben Lewis Of
near Ottumwa spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. B. H. Drummond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Reeves and FAM
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Citizens.
The first snow fell Sunday, Nov. IL.
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Cures permanently the cases he un-
certakes and sends the incurable home
without taking fee from them. This
ls why he continues his visits year
after year. while other doctors have
made few visits and stopped. DR.
Snallenberger Is an eminently success
fui specialist in all chronic diseases
proven by the many cures effected in
chronic cases which have baffled the
skill Of all other physicians. His hos
pltal experience and extensive prac-
tice have made him SO proficient that
ne can name and locate a disease in a
few minutes.
Treats al cases of Catarrh. Nose
Throat and Lung diseases. Eye and
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sIGouRNEY. r. r. D. NO. 6.

'sigourney, r. F. D. No. 8, Nov Is
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Ferry of Sigourney
drove out to their farm Wednesday.
Mrs. Clara Lemon and daughter, jess
sic, visited Thursday at Mrs Sarah
Utterback's, in Sigourney.
Dean Bower visited at Pleasant
Grove Sunday.
John NJ Coy, wife and daughter.
Myrtle. Of Sigourney. visited relatives
here the first of the week.
Frank Tremmel drove to Sigourney
Sunday.
Milt Lemon and wife went to What
Cheer Saturday.
1t is important for the man who
comes in contact with the trade to
take lot of things without returning
them.
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DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS

The Oskaloosa Times (Dem.) says:
The election Of A. B. Cummins for
governor was due to the fact that
about $4,000 democrats voted for
him and more than Offset the repub-
lican detection. Why they voted thus
is mystery, but vote for Cumimns
they did"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-17
SKATERS SINGULAR CASE.

Chicago neutrality-suspicious. may
differ respecting the military genius
of the late William r. Shafter, but
even those who deny him the possess
lon of great skill cannot deny that he
took Santiago de Cuba and ended the
war with Spain. In war as in peace
it is results and not theories that
count
General Shafter was not diplomat
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Office Hours 8 a. m. 10 6 .. m.

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No experiments or failures. He un-
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Consultation Free and confidentiaI,i
Address
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1916 oakwood Blvd, Chicago.
References: Drexel State Bank.
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sieoURNEY.

Sigourney Nov. 15.-Jesse McCreery
is packing his household goods and
preparing to leave this city to make
his future home in Oklahoma He has
not as yet decided just where he will
lacats. They >haYa been long time
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canal will have and does have the
opportunity. The trouble has been
that they do not want to risk their
lives by living on the Canal Zone.
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Chronic Diseases Permanently Cured
DIR. SHALLENBERG
he Regular and Reliable Chicago Specialist Treats Chronic
Diseases Only Will be at
Cttumwa Ballingall Hotel Thursday. December 6.
lone day only and return every % days
Fairfield Legget House, Tuesday, December d 1906.
Abba, Monroe Hotel Wednesday. December S. 1906.
Sigourney. Merchants Hotel Friday December 2. 1906.
8 TO m
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-03
cHoULD HAVE DIVORCE.

We rise to endorse the plea of Mrs.
Thomas Stockton for a decree of abso-
Lutte divorce from her husband, Thomas
Stockton, Of UniOntown, Pennsylvania.
If a divorce is ever justifiable it is in
her case. Mr.. Stockton, testifying in
her own behalf, said:
Judge, I just couldn't stand it any
longer. I am only 10 years old, and
it's too much. If 7 were older I might
endure it; but it's too much. Ny hus-
band is a mover, judge. He insists on
moving once a month, at least, and
twice a month is what he really wants.
We have been married a year, and in
that time we have moved into nineteen
houses. I stood that, but when he de-
clared recently he was about to move
for the twentieth time I f1ared up and
said just wouldn't"
The judge has not rendered his deci-
sion, but it is difficult to see how he
can hesitate. Here is as clear a case
rs was ever made out. No woman
should be expected to live with a man
been said that three removes are equal
to one. fire. If this is true the Stock
tons can have very few of their orig
inal household possessions left. An
other theory has it that it is cheaper
to move than to pay rent. Assuming
the idea to be correct, the rent bill of
the StOcktons cannot have amounted
TO much.
The case is unique in that it is
usually the man who objects to NOV
ing, the woman who insists. The only
charitable view to take Of the Stockton
case is that the man is crazy No sane
man would want to be subjected to the
discomforts Of moving more than once
a year, at most. and not that often if
it could be prevented. And Mrs
Stockton's objections tend TO show.
what few men suspect, that women
are forced to put up with discomforts.
too. when they move.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-03
GARFIELD ON TRIAL.

The trial of the packers in Chicago
is developing into a trial of young
Mr.. Garfield. It is a pity that this
should be true, for there viii be time
enough to try MIR. Garfield later on.
And all that will be necessary to con-
Wet him in the court of public opinion
OF being altogether too friendly with
the packers will be a transcript Of the
testimony in the hearing now under
way in Chicago.
Thursday it was developed that Mr..
Garfield was more than willing TO be
on friendly terms with the Meat trust
people. He consented to, and actually
did, permit them or their representa-
tives to see a typewriter copy Of his
report before it was printed for public
perusal. and perhaps before even his
superior officers knew what it con-
tanned. The report was, in the main,
satisfactory to the packers.
At least one of the Swifts testified
on the witness stand that the only
thing he objected to in the report was
a reference to the marriage of one of
the Swift girls to a member of the
Nelson Morris & Company firm, and
the resulting transfer of stock. This
little family matter might just as we'll
have been left out Of the report, Mr..
Swift thought. and the public will
agree with him. 1t certainly was not
important.
The really important features of
the report, the statements, colored by
the packers to suit themselves, as to
the methods of doing business. the
assertion that the trust made a profit
of 80 cents per head on beef cattle,
were all entirely pleasing to the mag
mates who read and o. KID the report
for young Mr.. Garfield.
If we may judge from recent disclo-
sures the Garfield inquiry was insti-
tuted solely for the purpose of giving
the public a better impression of the
Meat trust. The surprising feature of
the whole affair is that the trust per-
mitted Mr.. Garfield to make any re-
port at all. And another surprising
thing is that President Roosevelt has
permitted Mr.. Garfield to remain in
Office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-03
THE GROUNDING.

If there is any dependence whatever
to be placed in the old theory that if
the grounding fails to see his shadow
on February spring is at hand, Salt
Lakers might as well prepare to plant
their early vegetables. The ground
hog couldn't have stood under an cleo
trio light and seen his shadow yester-
day, for the weather was a continue
ton of the gloomy variety we have
been enjoying if you don't care what
you say-fOr ten days.
Only think! If the grounding had
seen his shadow he would have retired
to his burrow to sleep six weeks
longer. You are advised. however, not
to put too much faith in the ground
hog theory. The other day two men
nearly had a fight over it because one
insisted that no grounding could pos
sibly tell when the second of February
came around. while the other insisted
that the knowing little beast kept a
calendar in his underground office all
the time. We don't adhere to the cal
endar theory, but we are perfectly
willing for you to believe in it if you
want to.
Far be it from US to attack any
mans politics, religion or superstitions.
We have a pet superstition of our
own 10 the effect that if the chief of
police and the able assistant city at
torney are not first sure that citi-
zen knows nothing whatever of his
own knowledge about gambling, that
citizen will never be summoned in any
gambling prosecution.
To recur to the grounding theory.
Again we beseech you not to put too
much dependence in it. Don't change
your underwear and don't dare to
come out next Sunday with bran new
ice cream" trousers on, though the
latter, if worn by somebody else, are
a sure Sign of spring. The winter is
not over yet, by a long shot. We are
not to get out of the clutches of the
coal man and into the clutches of the
ice man for six or eight weeks, at the
earliest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-03
EREE LEE INSURANCE.

There will be more than one opinion
as to the propriety of the Equitable
Life company in carrying insurance
policies of $1,000 each on the lives of
900 employees without charge. In de-
Tense of the system it is claimed that
the concession was made in lieu of an
increase in wages, and that it is a
custom followed by many great cor
porations. Now it may be true that
some corporations give their employees
free life insurance, but they do not
carry them free for years.
The amount Of money involved in
the Equitable proceeding was not
large. The cost estimate was $13 per
employe per annum, a total annual
cost Of $11,7OO. That does not amount
to a great deal Neither is it such a
tempting proposition that many en-
ployes would prefer it to an increase
in wages. We doubt if the policy hold
ers in the Equitable would object very
strongly to it. The cost, averaged
among the holders Of policies, would
not amount to II re than few cents
to each.
The free insurance story throws a
new light, however, on the Equitable
management. 1t shows that the salary
grabbing was not equally divided. that
there were some employees who were
not growing rich at the expense of the
policy holders. Obviously a man to
whom a free life insurance policy of
$1,000 is an inducement to remain with
an employer cannot be drawing a very
large salary.
It doesn't seem to have occurred to
the old Equitable management that the
interests Of the policy holders and of
the employees would have been best
subserved by a fair salary division.
Mr.. Alexander and Mr.. Hyde between
them drew 100000 a year and did
mighty little work for it. If they had
been content to take down, say a mod
est 100000. $4,000 apiece, and put the
100000 saved in the employees salary
fund, the latter would have been en-
riched by more than 800 a year each.
And lot Of other high salaries might
have been cut for the benefit Of the
clerks.
This does not seem to have occurred
to the management. 1t preferred to
place the entire burden on the policy
holders, fact to be regretted but ex-
pected, in view of all the disclosures.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-03

The retirement of George NJ. Bacon
from the city engineers office is a dis
tinct loss to the city and a decided
gain to Mr. Bacon. Under the crimi-
nally short-sighted policy Of the pres
ent administration it was made i'm
possible for Mr.. Bacon to continue in
the employ of the municipality and
retain his self-respect. It is a great
pity that he could not have finished
his great work on the Big Cottonwood
conduit, work that there is now
reason to fear viii not be accomplished
to the satisfaction of the public.