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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
ATTACK ON HARVARD STUDENTS
Preacher Says Youths Gravltate Be-
tween Saloons and Theatres.

Boston, Mass, May 22.-Dr. G. A.
Crane at the Peoples temple made a
violent attack on Harvard students
during speech opposing the proposed
law to permit saloons to keep open un-
til midnight. He said
"The chief among the buyers who
demand it are not commercial travel
ers1 but verdant youths at Harvard
who are deluded in the notion that
rushing from the green rooms and
questionable, theatres with actresses
to hotels is a mark of manliness and
yirility
These tender shoots, these easy
marks for the saloon, furnish most Of
the custom for the midnight extension
law issued in the name Of a restrictive
license"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
DOGS.


Dogs, like great many other things
that might be named, are well enough
when they serve definite purpose, but
are the worst kind of nuisances when
they miss their calling. Whether owned
in town or country, the dog which is
not trained to do definite things and
whose only mission seems to be to
chase passing teams and bay at tile
moon has no plausible excuse for liy-
Ing. The best CANNES are admitted to
be spreaders Of disease among both an
imals and human beings and may go
mad at any time. Much more, then, is
the gadding, good for nothing cur an
economic excrescence that should be put
out of the way at tho earliest possible
moment. In q general way it may be
stated that good dogs are the result Of
The same conditions that produce the
well behaved and respectful boy and
girl, In which they are taught to do
some useful thing ana show regard
for properly constituted authority.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
STOCKPORT.

Stockport, May GA number OF
the members Of the base ball team at
tended the game in Bonaparte Sum
day.
Mrs. w. F. Plumer visited over
Sunday in Stockport.
VIM. Canley and wife visited in. OF.
tumwa Sunday.
0. w. Allen has completed new
barn on his lot.
Stockport will celebrate the Fourth
or July. All necessary arrangements
have been made and ample money
subscribed to carry 1t to successful
Issue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
IS lMPROV Ed
POPE DEscENos TO AUDIENCE
ROOM AND RECEIVES cARDI.
NAL MERRY DEL VAL

Rome, May 22:-The Improvement
IN the condition of the pope continues.
He was able this morning to descend
to the apartment where he gives his
audiences and received Cardinal Merry
Del Val, secretary of state, and Mon
seigneur Bisleti. major domo of the
Vatican, and Cardinal Katschthaler,
archbishop Of Salisbury, with whom he
conversed for some time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
FREE GRAIN ALCOHOL.

NO measure so keenly affecting the
Industrial and agricultural interests of
the country has been before congress
IN long time as that which has re-
Gently been favorably reported by the
house committee on ways and means,
which has in view the removal of the
tax Of $2.O7 per gallon at present levied
on grain alcohol. At first thought this
may not seem to the average reader of
especial Importance, but It Is highly SO.
Free alcohol for Industrial purposes
will revolutlonize the fuel problem SO
far as internal combustion engines,
lighting and cooking purposes are con-
cerned. Careful estimates which have
been made agree that it can be made
Tor 10 cents per gallon, while many
authorities put the cost at less than 10
cents. In view Of the fact that grain
alcohol can be used to good advantage
as substitute for gasoline in almost
every utility, and as the latter has been
gradually increasing In price, the field
opened up along this line alone will
readily be seen to be one Of utmost
Importance. Besides the uses mention
ed 1t is absolutely necessary in the
manufacture Of smokeless powder, pho
tographic plates, celluloid products,
transparent soaps, ETC., in which uses
1t has been practically driven out be
cause Of the very high internal revenue
tax mentioned above, wood alcohol be-
Ing used in It's place. The greatest OBJ
lection which has heretofore existed to
a removal Of the tax on grain alcohol
has been the fear Of it's use as q bev-
erage. This Is now entirely removed
by the use of process whereby alco-
hol of this character Is ''denatured'-
l. e., rendered unfit for use as a bev-
erage. In this condition it is intensely
nauseous and cannot proftablys be re.
distilled Besides being cheaper than
gasoline alcohol Is much safer and can
be made from many products Of the
farm which are now wasted-grain
spoiled for feeding purposes, potatoes,
cornstalks-in fact, anything that con-
ta1ns sugar and starch. Should the
tax be removed It would result in the
Establishment Of hundreds Of small
distilleries all through the agricultural
sections of the country, which would
provide close market for the prod
ucts not now probably used and re-
suit In lessening transportation charges
on q most excellent and cheap fuel.
Every farmer who reads this article or
has read Of the matter elsewhere should
write his congressman and senator
urging cordial support of the meas
ure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

A well polished hoe and spade are
almost Indispensable u one is to have
any pleasure Is using them, and one
way to keep them polished is never to
lend them,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

Western crows have not yet got into
the habit of pulling up the newly plant
ed corn, as they do down east. It is
to be hoped that they will not, as the
birds are so plentiful they would make
bad work with the cornt1elds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY AT AGENCY.
Committees for Agency, Round Point
and Temple Cemeteries Appointed,

Agency, May 22.--The executive
committee for Memorial services ap-
pointed the following committees:
Flowers Miss Jessie Allen, Mrs.
John Dwire, Mrs. Fannie Gilbert Mrs.
M. L. Davis, Miss Hulda Crenner, Miss
Ethel Rourke, Miss Ollie Riggs and
Miss Ethel Warner.
Decoration of church,. D. Newell,
Miss Name Reynolds, Miss Fannie
Nye, Miss Hattie Minge, Miss Lulu
Enyart, Chester Reynolds and Burl
Riggs.
On marking graves-E. T. Allen, A.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

That bunch Of farmers certainly had
a hand in something worse than a
poker game who dubbed together and
sent to distant catalogue house for
their timothy seed because they could
get it cheaper than from the home
dealer. When 1t arrived some Of the
buyers were suspicious Of its appear
ance and sent sample to their state
experiment station, where careful in
spection by experts showed it contain
ed. besides timothy seed, seeds of the
Canada thistle and those Of other nox-
ious weeds. Those economically in
clined may indulge this tendency in
the matter of purchasing ordinary
foodstuffs and wearing apparel. which
are likely to be bogus and shoddy and
no SER GUS results ensue. but when Il
comes to the matter Of grain and grass
seeds IT is worse than playing with fire
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
An Illinois fruit grower has Invented
q folding strawberry box which bids
fair to como into popular use.

Thirty years is given as the life Of
the red cedar post: that Of white oak.
is eight, red and black oak four, elm
seven to nine and cataipa twenty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

It takes something more than simple
grit and push to win success. Asso-
ciated with these qualities there must
be intelligence and common sense.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

There is an asparagus firm at Ogden,
Utah, which has 1875 acres planted with
this vegetable. They harvest their first
crop from this. tract this spring, most
Of the vegetable being canned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

When harvest time comes we can al
most always see where had certain
things been done differently in the
spring results would have been much
better. Right now is the time to look
our for these things.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

Down on Chesapeake bay they fatten
oysters on corn, just as the northern
farmer fattens his hogs. The oysters
are placed in cool cellar and wet
down with salt water. Cornmeal is
then sprinkled over the pile, which they
greedily devour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

One way to tell good COW is to
watch those that the dairyman does not
want to sell, and vice versa, we might
add.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

"Root Maggots and How to Control
Them" is the title Of circular No. 63,
which is issued by the department Of
agriculture at Washington and tells Of
the best methods of combating the
maggots in growing cabbage and on
ions. It will be sent free by applying
to the department.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

a carload Of honey recently brought
$4,000 on the Kansas City market, be-
ing sold at 1925 per case.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

One hundred pounds Of wood ashes
contain five pounds of potash and are
particularly valuable as an orchard
fertilizer and as "a renovator of loose
sandy Soils Coal ashes, on the other
hand, possess no fertilizing value for
any growing crop and should not be
,sed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

The cabbage worm craze is a thing
OF the past, and people are now eating
regular rations Of boiled dinners and
sauerkraut without so much as
thought as to the consequences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

The shade In the summer for stock
Is not more acceptable to them than is
the sunshine in winter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

In cases where King road drag Is
not available and one has not the time
at his disposal to make one roads may
be greatly improved by a thorough
treatment with common drag just
after rain and while the earth is still
in moist and mellow condition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

The annual wall from southern peach
growers has been raised relative to an
alleged destruction Of 80 per cent Of
his years crop and the absolute ruin
IT many orchards. One redeeming fea-
ire of the situation is that, as rule,
e peach growers are pessimistic and
morally more scared than hurt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

The department of agriculture has
recently issued bulletin No. 247 rela-
tive to the control of the codling moth
and apple scab. 1t is valuable circu-
lar and should be in the hands Of all
orchardists.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

Some idea Of the extent to which
flower culture is carried-the point at
which it amounts to fad-is conveyed
In the news item which states that
$4,000 was recently paid for single
orchid at London flower sale.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

That is a pretty good hired man who
does not have to be called in the morn
Ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24


There is O man in the western part
of Iowa who has made $1,000 the past
season buying poultry and feeding it
on the milk he bought from nearby
creamery. He allowed the milk to
sour and fed 1t in shallow troughs after
1t became thick, And, to use his own
words, you would be surprised to see
how they take on flesh with It." These
milk fed chickens are sought after by
both Swift and Armour at good prices.
This man commences work where the
farmer or the farmers wife leaves off.
He finishes the productgets it into
marketable condition. Poultry should
be fatted for market with just as
much care as the hog or the steer. II
it pays this man to do it, it will pay
the man who raised the poultry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

The difference between being over
loaded with work and having what one
can attend to in proper manner is the
difference between drudgery and slav-
cry and enjoyable, satisfactory occupa-
ton. Try to get shut OF the extra, un-
necessary burdens, and particularly
those you have voluntarily assumed.
Life is short at best, and you will be a
long time dead, and it is better to en-
joy life's blessings and compensations
as you go along than to be forever head
over heels in work, SO that those about
you will look forward to your demise
with a sense Of relief and be glad of a
day off to attend your funeral.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

AS general rule, all over the north
country where it has been used the
large tile for, the culvert in the high
way is almost total failure and its
use for this purpose is being abandon
ed. The trouble is that watersis allow
d to settle on the bottom; then the
'ost comes and cracks the tile and
nders it worthless.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24


There seems to be an element OF JUS
tice in the demand Of shippers for what
is termed reciprocal demurrage bill,
which, while .levying a penalty on the
shipper for delay beyond given limit
in the loading of his car or cars, also
demands the payment to the shipper
by the transportation company Of a
similar amount for failure to furnish
cars at specified time, nonperform-
ance of which duty is often attended
with serious loss to the shipper because
Of the consequent failure to get hts
products to market IN time to get the
highest prices. It looks very much In
this instance as though what was
sauce for the goose was also sauce
for the gander."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

A member Of the Missouri state
board Of agriculture. after making d
careful estimate, states that II two
kernels Of corn were added to every
ear produced in the state the value Of
the crop would be increased to the ex-
tent Of 100000. 1t is in view Of fig
ures such as these that such tremen-
dous Importance is attached to the Cos
pei Of good seed corn and scientific and
intelligent culture, Of the crop that is
being preached all over the corn belt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

Tests made by the Illinois expert
ment station show that cows kept in
any open shed during the winter
months, provided with abundance of
good feed, water and plenty Of bedding
and stabbed only at milking time made
better showing in the matter Of milk
yield than cows given the same ra-
tons. but kept stabbed all the time dur
ing the period mentioned. The expert
ment would seem to show that the
cows kept in the open shed were In a
better condition Of health and more
hardy than those confined.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

Farmers bulletin No. PA, issued
the department of agriculture, on
food value of different products,
ties that cottage cheese prepared
18th cream compares favorably both
composition and digestibility with
IF and other meats and that on the
N where milk is produced this food
ne of the cheapest that can be used.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

he plan of renting land on. shares
> very old, it being common practice
,nnong the Romans. who exacted one
enth of the crop for the use of the
Ind. When the land in England was
occupied, the same plan was followed.
A farm of 1000 acres brought the fol-
lowing rent in the eighth century: Ten
asks of honey, II casks of strong ale,
casks of small ale, 300 loaves of
lead. 2 oxen, 10 wedders, 10 geese, 20
mems. 10 chickens, 10 cheeses, 1 cask Of
butter,I5 salmon, 20 pounds of forage
and lilo cells.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

A good example is just about as
atching as a bad one, and along agrt-
iltural lines we think more so. No
an can go to work and increase the
,ductiveness of his fields, raise bet
/ crops and stock, fix his home
rounds UP and put into his home
odern improvements but his less en-
arising neighbors are stimulated to
wv his example.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

The general introduction of the farm
parator and the shipment of the
cam to the central creameries have re-
lifted in materially lowering the grade
the butter made owing to the varia-
ion in the age and quality of the
cream. In order to overcome this trou-
bic the creameries have adopted the
plan Of grading the cream received,
paying good premium for No. / and
a lesser price for No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24

A dairyman who ships his butter to
cream receiving station of a central
-eamery, where it is tested, complains
US that he is not given fair test
nd wants to know what he can do to
emedy it. We know Of but one way,
ind that is to get a Babcock tester and
rest the cream himself before he ships
!. The expense is slight, and with the
machine he can tell at once whether he
getting square deal or not.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-09
TRIBUNE MORNING, DECEMBER 1906

plea for missionaries. Over these /
have seen old missionaries shake their
heads. AT the recent meeting of the
Council Of Missions of the Presby-
terian and Reformed churches, which
struggled with the present burning is
sues, it was declared openly that no
more new missionaries should be sent
here until the present problematic
situation hns been adjusted, 1t may be
that some men already here will have
to return home. To a mere observer it
appears reasonable that a man who has
been in japan many years without hav-
ing learned the language, or acquired
the Japanese viewpoint, or attained
sympathetic and fraternal relations
with the native Christians, should con
slider himself called to some more con-
genial field of labor. A recent issue of
in Kobe in the interests OF the Ameri-
can Board Mission, contained these
striking sentences: 1.-THE time for
extra Territorial Christianity in Japan
is rapidly drawing to an end, if it is
not already passed. Missions and mis-
sionaries are being tested. They have
accom- pplished mighty WORK in the
even greater work in the present and
immediate future. Will they meet the
test and rise to the opportunity that is
theirs?"
On this last point tine japanese are
quite insistent. They say the new day
demands a new kind of help from
America. Instead of men to do preach
ing and teaching-for which some as
sert there are now sufficient qualified
Japanese-they want men of the char
acter and calibre of President Charles
| Cuthbert Hall, Of Union Seminary,
New York, who made 2 pronounced
| impression during his recent visit to
| Japan. They want statesmanlike lead
ers, men of large culture, great learn
| ing and broad sympathies. The best
| that America has in the way of teach
| to Japan to lead her native leaders
| and inspire her native inspirers.
In the meantime the majority of
missionaries, as well as many Japan
ese, declare that Japan still needs the
missionaries. The native church is
not strong enough. either in men or
money, to go it alone. Japanese
empire say frankly that this whole
uproar is a Toxic product, and they
hint at ths ambition of certain Toxic
leaders to control the Japanese church,
An English missionary told me that
the control of funds could not be
turned over to japanese until the lat
ter, as nation, have learned new
ideas of trusteeshlp. He cited the case
of treasurer who used trust funds to
paw his fathers debts, saying naively
that his obligations to his father took
precedence to all other obligations. On
the other hand, some missionaries as
sert that such charges are the mere
race prejudice of the white man
Out of the confusion of hundreds of
conflicting opinions upon this allah.
sorbing topic of Japanese ecclesiastical
independence, | have gathered at least
one conviction, namely, that so long as
the present state of uncertainty and
turmoil exists, the American missionary
organizations would do we'll to send no
more young preachers TO Japan, al
though the field for unordained teachers
| is largo.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-09

preacher, He talks largely about
Japan furnishing a distinct type of
Christianity, and about Japan s forth
coming substantial contribution TO the
sum of Christian knowledge. He de.
mands considerable theological license
for himself, The spirit Of Christianity
seems to appeal to him more strongly
than its definite doctrines Liberty
is his word; he cares little for the Old
Testament, and IL is by no means the
invariable rule for Japanese Christians
to shut up their shops on Sunday.
The old straw Of the similarity between
Christianity, Buddhism and Confucian.
ism has been pretty thoroughly
thrashed over by the Japanese
preacher, whose national pride is in
tense. One famous clergyman-who.
like most japanese, feels that he holds
n brief for Japan and Will admit little
that seems IN any wise to reflect upon
her-assured me that from of old the
japanese samurai have held n belief in
one supreme being. and that Chris.
tianlty was but little fuller expires.
sion of this teaching.
The newest III theolo~' anDeals TO
the native minister, and in the short
history of the japanese church there
thcologically; perhaps the lack of cen.
turies of Christian trainino and tradi.
tiou has something to do with this
want of theological balance. Many
who were once shining lights in the
Christian church shine no more; the
abandonment Of their religious posi-.
ton was in the case of many japan.
csc part of the reaction OF few wears
ago, At present there seems to be a
more distinctly evangelistic trend
among the Japanese churches; and re.
| vlvals are reported from several direc.
tions. One ecclesiastical leader. who
had come TO be regarded outside the
orthodox Fellowship is now reported to
! be veering back to his old moorings.
The foregoing is an endcayor TO give
n clear glimpse of n situation that
| seems to be understood very slightly
in America. Back here one hears
eachoes of fervid reports of Japan s
Religious Awakening - and Japan s