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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
oRMANViLLE.

Ormanville, March S.-Born. recent
ly to Mr.. and Mrs. Ben McFarlin, a
son.
Harvey Orman. who has been ill, is
able to sit up part of the time.
The cattle in this vicinity are af-
flicted with black leg, several deaths
having occurred.
Oris Wood, of Ottumwa is the guest
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.
Wood.
Harry Riggs, of Des Moines, is here
experimenting the saving Of 1000 OF
5000 saw logs that are being felled
on his estate.
The shadley brothers are putting ur
their sawmill on the Riggs addition
to Ormanyille.
Isaiah Mann has returned to Ne
Draska; from there he will |go to Col
orado.
narman Rimes was caller at the
news depot Friday last.
Fletcher Slagle, of Drakeyille, spen
FRIDAY night with Mr.. and rs. Rimes
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Sigourney, March s.--Miss johanna.
Leichty returned from Ollie Tuesday
evening, where she had been visiting
for few days with friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. F. F. Haffner returned Tuesday
evening from an extended visit in diff
ferent parts Of Wyoming, with rela-
tives and friends.
Bert White and family, Of Esther
vile, have moved to the city, and Mr..
White expects soon to be in bust
ness.
Bert Meeker and family have moved
to town and located in the western
part of the city,
William Kolknan and family have
moved to the city. :.
County Attorney Hugo F. Goeldner
spent Monday in Kinross looking
after business.
Hon. j. t. Brooks, Of Hedrick spent
a few hours in the city Monday on his
way to Des Moines, after having
spent Sunday with his family.
Cap E. Miller returned from Louis
vile, Kentucky, on the early train on
Monday morning. He reports splen-
did meeting.
The board of supervisors met in
regular monthly session on last Mon
day and have been occupied upon its
duties since.
Court reconvened this morning tc
finish up some of the business left
undone at the former days of the
February term of court.
Blind Boone and his musical COM
pany have been arranged for by the
Epworth League of this place for an
evenings entertainment on March 26
Mayor j. P. Randall, of Delta, was
transacting business in the city las
Tuesday.
S. c. La Chapel, of Hedrick, was
here on business in the city Tuesday
| Kenneth Smith. of Hedrick, wa!
calling on friends in town Tuesday.
A. E. Stought. Of Delta, was a calle
In the city Tuesday.
David Harum" was presented a
the opera house last Monday evenin,
to fair sized crowd.
DR.. and Mrs. S. E. Bamford left to
cav for their new home in Hastings
Neb. Their household goods and eff
fects were shipped a few days age
The doctor has a brother there prac
ticing medicine, and he expects t,
make that his permanent location.
The order Eastern Star have plan
ned literary program and treat flo
this evening.
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Benefits For All.

The great popularity of the inter
urbans in Rockford and the country
around cannot but be noted by the
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Chas. Peck,

Mrs. Mary Heckart has arrived and
Mrs. Stephen Hasting visited her
daughter, Mrs. Stoker, last Thursday
afternoon.
will visit with her mother, Mrs. Lizzie
Heckart, for week or ten days.
Miss Ada Eakins visited with Miss
Sylvia Kindan Sunday.
Rev. ]. w. Hunt has returned from
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs Edward Tillotson and Miss
Lizzie Heckart and her brother, Ira
Heckart, visited with Mrs. Heckart,
of this place, Monday.
D. o. Thompson has moved to his
farm south of Bloomfield.
Misses Lacy and Minnie Kendall
entertained few of their friends at 9
party Friday evening.
Roy Brown and Ray bowers left on
the Wabash Sunday morning for Ere
mont to get work.
T. ]. Kendall has moved to his new
lily purchased farm Of D. O. Thompson.
The North Star school closed last
Friday.
Sarah Kendall Is quite sick.
o. f. Miller is elected sub-director
for school district No. 5 Of Green
township.
j. t. Woods is suffering from an at
tack of quinsy.
4 Chas.; Hunt went to Ottumwa today
Little Goldie Hunt, who has been
!. very sick, is very much improved.
], Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Miller were the
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.INTERURBAN P AVS.
ROCKFORD, ILL, AND COUNTRY
SURROUNDING HAS BEEN
GREATLY BENEFITED
Three Lines Radlate From That City
and Are Highly Beneficial to Busi-
ness Interests and to the Farmers
All Are Pleased.

Rockford, ILL.,, March e.-(Special)
Just as surely as commerce follows
the flag, just SO surely does prosperity
accompany the interurban. And
Dame Fortune does not bestow her
gifts sparingly nor with partiality.
She has plenty of prosperity to go
around. The big city and the little
town get it, the small farmer gets it,
the big land owner gets it, the mer-
chants get it, the city man who likes
a little home out at the edge Of town
comes in for his share, and prosperity
: leaks around the edges after the own
ers of the interurban themselves have
had their portion. Such, at any rate
is is; the TIT IN typical of In
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opposed to it. "But I'm for it now, be-
cause know what it will do for the
farmer he declared. Just today |
bought big bill of goods in town. l
would have been compelled to make
two wagon loads of it and haul 1t ten
miles through this mud III the inter
urban hadn't been running. AS 1t IS
L simply ran down to Rockford on the
car made my purchases, told the
merchant to send the stuff out by ex-
press, came back and was here IN
time to help unload it from the ex-
press car when it arrived on the IN
terurban. The expense is slight IN
fact, there's money in it for me pc
cause save so much time that would
otherwise be spent in going to and
from the CITY,"
Patronage is Large.
For the stranger, riding through the
country on the interurban cars. there
is a surprise in the large NUMBER OF
neople thew carly Passengers get on
and off at street crossings in the cities
and towns, at the farms and cross
roads, but there are always others TO
take their places. Though the fare is
less than is charged by the steam
lines it occurs to the observer that
the company must find the lnterur-
bans a profitable investment, and the
question was put to T. M. Ellis, VINO
! occupies an Office in Rockford ana is
! general superintendent for the ROCK
lord & Interurban company. MI. Ell
lis reply was a positive Yes. Eacn
Of the three Rockford interurbans
has proved a paying venture since
! ths start. The Rockford & Interurban
owns them and the Rockford city
lines. The company is controlled by
two Chicagoans and one ROCKFORD
man and they have. realized its rea'
sonable dividends since it's organlza
| ton. The cars are of modern type
are we'll kept and substantial. the con
ductors and motormen are courteous
and anxious to furnish good service
| the tracks are of heavy steel and the
roadbed is kept in good condition.
The best line out Of Rockford, ano
also the longest of the three, is the
one to GAINESVILLE Wis, about thirty
eight miles in length. 1t runs through
a rich country and touches Beloit ane
several smaller towns. Riding on i
| one sees the pretty scenery for which
the Rock river is noted and sees alst
a broad expanse of splendid farm
lands. The territory is about as thick
i " settled as that between Ottumw'
and Des Moines although the line II
not as long as the one contemplate
between those two cities. There ar
several farms ranging In size iron
1 200 to 1000 acres, as well as man.
smaller ones. The cars on all tn
4 lines make hourly trips, leaving Rock
ford on the even hours. On Sunday
in the summer and other busy day
i the service is every thirty minutes
The express and freight business !
done with separate cars running D.
their own motors. These. by the way
, are not at all unsightly, but resen
bic baggage and express cars on tn
steam railroads.
Benefits For All.
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Dainty Foods
Demand IL

TN EVERY Receipt that calls for cream
= of tartar, soda, or baking powder, use
the Royal Baking Powder. Better results
will be obtained because of the absolute
purity and great leavening strength of the
Royal. 1t will make the food lighter,
sweeter, of finer favor, more digestible and
wholesome. 1t is always reliable and uni
form in its work.
Alum and phosphate baking powders
some Of them sold at the same price and
some of them cheaper-will make neither
dainty nor wholesome food.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
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sIGoURNEY.

sigourney, March s.--Miss johanna.
Leichty returned from Ollie Tuesday
evening, where she had been visiting
for few days with friends and rela-
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"Get An Interurban."

els Ottumwa figuring on securing
an interurban,' said F. E. Sterling to
a. Courier representative. 'Then
don't leave any stone unturned to get
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it. It will be the best day Ottumwa
ever had when an interurban car
starts on its first trip, and the days
will keep getting better and better as
they go along" Mr.. Sterling is man
aging editor of the Rockford Republi-
can-Register and republican boss in
the county. AS matter of course he
knows every farmer in the county and
when asked what they thought of the
interurbans he replied: "They can't
get eonugh Of them. Pleased? Well,
just ask them. 1t puts them on a
level with the people who live in town
when it comes to trading or visiting
the city for an evenings entertain
ment The express cars bring their
purchases right to the farmers door
an hour after he places his order over
the rural telephone. Pleased? They
like the interurban SO well that they
can hardly realize now that life was
worth living without it,
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Damage Suits.

Alleging that for $3.50 he bought
horse from the defendant which was
represented to be sound and free from
blemishes but which was really blind
in one eye, George w. Arnold has
brought suit against 9. D. Emery for
5000 damages. Tisdale & Heindel are
the attorneys for the plaintiff.
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TWO YEARS IN PRISON.
Continued from Page ~.

have been furnished for the buiId1ng
of a house. Seneca Cornell is the at
torney for the plaintiff.
Mrs. Ella ]. Manchester vs.. H. Art
Smith, ct. al, is the title Of a petition
for Judgment for $2.346.63 on a note
and the foreclosure Of mortgage
Seneca Cornell is the attorney for the
plaintiff.
The Wormhoudt Lumber Co., is the
plaintiff in a suit for judgment fol
$149 against VIM. Byrum, ct. al. ano
the foreclosure of a mechanics lien
Tisdale & Heindel are the attorneys
for the plaintiff.
The Western Machine company is
the defendant in suit for judgment
for $163 on account brought by the
Moore-Hagerty Lumber Co. Tisdale
& Heindel are the attorneys for thu
| ,o;-
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A Money Saver.

Just one resident of the farming dis
trict could be found who would admit
that before the road was built he was
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terurban centers. Such is the case in
the towns through which Rockford s
interurbans run, such is the case in
the farming country that is counted
as the legitimate territory of those
lines. And such is the case wherever
interurban railways are conducted on
business principles by business men.
Rockford's Prosperity.
Rockford is bustling city. Its
business houses are modern, Its
streets are crowded every day. 1t has
few empty houses and fewer empty
store buildings. It has gained several
thousands in population since the 1900
census and is still gaining. And
Rockford people give much OF the
credit for their prosperous conditions
to the interurban lines. There are
three of them centering in this city
One runs to Belvedere on the east. an
other through Beloit to GAINESVILLE
Wis, on the north, and a third tt
Freeport on the west. Each one par
allels steam railway line, and Incl
dentally it may be mentioned here
that the interurbans have usurped the
local business, both freight and pas
senger, that a few years ago was thu
property of those same steam rail
roads.
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Farmers Like the Line.

And SO it seems when one talks to
the farmers themselves about it.
Choosing them at random, along the
routes of the lines it was impossible
to find one who was not loud in their
praise. One man, the owner of a
large farm about twelve miles from
Rockford on the Evansville line, said:
THE interurban is certainly great
convenience for the farmer Before
this line was built past my house
had to drive whenever | wanted to go
to Rockford. A twelve mile drive,
often through muddy and heavy
roads, can't be made in less than two
hours as rule, and this time is in
creased considerably by the work of
Harvesting, embarrassing and stab
| ling the team. Then there is the cost
Of the stable room in the city. But
now we walk to the gate, the car
stops for us, we ride into the city in
a little more than half an hour. make
our purchases or attend the theatre
or concert, catch another car out,
are set down at our gate, and there
you are. We can live on a big farm
like this, with all the pleasures of
country life, and can still be in touch
with the city just as well as if we
lived there
1 Another farmer told of an expert
ence of his own last summer. During
harvest time threshing ma
chine broke. A new part had
to be obtained at Rockford
The trip would have taken half
a day before the interurban line was
built and that time would have been
lost to the big force of men. But one
of them went to the city and returned
in only an hour and within two hours
after the break occurred the machin
cry was humming again.
i A third farmer was glad the inter
urban had been built through his farm
because it gave him an opportunity te
send his children to city schools
where they can obtain a better educa
ton than in the country schools with
out losing any more time from home
than if they were attending a cross
roads institution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
OUTLOOK
FOR SHEEP
Never Looked More Prom
ising
THAN 1T DOES TO-DAY
Mutton and Wool Will Com
mand a Good Price.
THAN 1T DOES TO-DAY

The sheep industry never looked
more promising than 1t does today. 1t
looks as though 1t would be impossible
to SO increase the production of wool
and mutton that either would fall in
price to point where 1t would not be
profitable TO produce them, especially
In the line OF meat. This is true for
the reason that all the meat eating
countries are demanding more and
more mutton. We believe that in con
nection with the farms of the corn belt
the sheep can be made Just as profit
able as the hog. lii way the sheep Is
scavenger In that 1t lives largely on
food rejected by other animals. 1t is
better farm fertilizer than the hog
and enjoys much greater degree Of
freedom from disease. 1t is also true
that a pound OF mutton can be produc-
ed on corn belt farm as cheaply as q
pound of pork or beef and the pros.
pect Is that producer would receive
more for his pound cf mutton in the
market than he will for either his beef
or pork. Taking the outlook as 1t Is,
we should regard the putting of a
hundred ewes OF some good mutton
breed on the average quarter section
farm as one of the very best things
that could be done.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
TUBERCULOSIS
AMONG HOGS
Attracting a Great Deal
of Attention.
A SERIOUS QUESTION
Confronting the Hog Rails
ers in Some Sections.
A SERIOUS QUESTION
k..a~.


The serious question Of the existence
Of tuberculosis among the hogs In the
corn belt Is one that Is attracting a
great deal OF attention, as well II may,
1t has been generally supposed this dis
ease has been confined TO the bovine
animals and that the hog Is rarely af-
tllcted with it. This conclusion is Who'll
ly wrong as the slaughter tests at the
stockyards OF the country show that 1t
IL becoming very common thing, 50
common that certain Of the hog prOduc-
come blackllSted In the markets. and
buyers are instructed 10 refuse TO take
any hogs from such blacklisted ter
ritory, owing TO the large per cent OF
the hogs which ut the packing houses
are condemned as being affected
with tuberculosis and which are sent
TO the rendering tanks. One OF the
largest OF the packing houses in Chi
cago reports the loss from hogs con-
denlned for this cause to have been
$1UO,OOO during the past year, and d
general movement is now on foot by
the packers 10 make the growers OF
these infected hogs stand the loss which
accrues from this source. 1t Is of in.
terest 10 note in this connection that
this blackllsted section of the country
represents the dairy sections where the
hogs are largely raised OH the biprod.
ucts OF the dalry-skimmed milk, but
terlnilk. etc.--shOwlng conclusiyely a
very close relation between the tuber-
cular COW ana the tubercular hog. II,
as II Is generally admitted. the use OF
milk from a tubercular COW will en-
gender the disease in the human being
IL Is easy TO account for the spread OF
The disease among the hogs and, further.
easy To see how the use Of meat prod.
uct 30 Infected may become a prolific
source OF still further Infection. So
serious has this matter become not
only from its possible danger to human
lie, but as affecting the profits of the
hog business at large that the matter
demands the prompt and united atten-
lion or our government and state au-
thOrlties. 1t is almost useless to take
action TO use sanitation for the treat.
menf OF persons suffering from tuber-
culosis while such provoking causes of
the great white plague are permitted
TO exist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
INDOOR SPORT.
The Adverb Game Makes Fun, and
Any Nu'-ber May Play.

The Adverb Game Makes Fun, and
Any Nu'-ber May Play.
Ihis Is a simple little game, In which
player wins by noticing the manner
IN which the other players answer his
questions.
The players take seats In row, and
one Is sent out of the room, lots bav-
lug been drawn to see who this one will
be. When he Is gone the other players
agree on an adverb, and when he is
called back he must ask each player
q question-no matter what--and the
answers are TO be given In a manner
expressive OF the adverb.
Let us say that the adverb selected
Is Grossly" then every question that
the recalled player asks is answered In
a cross or snappish manner. II "miid-
ly' be the adyerb the answers are CIV
en- accordingly. ''Laughlngly," care.
iessly," quickly" are other adyerbs
that might be used.
The player scores point when he
guesses the adyerb, and then some one
goes out In his place. If he falls to
score he has TO go out again. when an.
other adyerb is selected, and he comes
back and tries second time.
He continues going out aud coming
tack until hs auessss the word.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
SCIENTIFIC
T|LLAGE
In Southern Nebraska
Proves To Be
A WONDERFUL SUCCESS
With Land Considered
Worthless.
A WONDERFUL SUCCESS


A friend writing to us from south
western Nebraska gives very glow
Ing picture of the agricultural prosper
ity which prevails in that section. The
discovery that winter wheat could be
most successfully grown ON what had
always been considered land worthless
for any other purpose than pasture aud
the further fact that the growing Of al
falfa Is proving a wonderful success
have together brought 4 wonderful and
radical change In the condition and
prospects Of that country. Coupled
with these things has come for two or
three years past an unusual amount of
rainfall during the growing season,
which has resulted in the production of
very large and very profitable crops OF
wheat aud corn. by some II Is thought
that the cultivation Of the land has
brought about permanent change in
the amount OF rainfall. but this Is prob
ably an error. and the probabilities are
that dry seasons will return and ell
matte conditions he as they always
have been. Much has been learned.
however. in the line Of methods of cul-
ture which have for their object the
conserving OF the moisture. and by
these methods 1t is now claimed that
great success is obtainabe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22

"not only our walk, but those of our
ated that can't do half an hours work
with snow shovel without its bunging
me up"
Mrs. Rowser said no more until they
We're half through dinner. Then she OBJ
served:
mo one begins cleaning off his walk
until 1t stops showing"
1T was beginning to let up when ]
came in," replied Mr.. Bowser.
"Aren't you afraid that working with
the snow shovel will give you u lame
back?"
Look here, woman, can't you let a
matter rest? l told you when / first
came in that / was going to clean our
walk. When our walk is cleaned l am
going TO make it my business to find
out why other folks don't clean theirs
Nothing you can say or do will prevent
me-"
"But how can you boss other folks
around"
wait and see. There Is an ordinance
that says the walks shall be kept clear
OF snow. l obey It, ! will see that 9TH
erS obey It,"
And raise a row and have your
name in the papers again"
II don't care cents for all the pa
pers in the United States. If have to
obey the snow ordinance. other folks
shan't escape. Last winter, when, hard
| ly WALK nc ok n
great big fat policeman came along and
threatened to have me in court because
about shovelful Of snow remained on
ours. Let the discussion end right
here"
1t did. He went upstairs and got on
an old suit and then armed himself
with the snow shovel and began work.
or four hOuseholders on the other side
of the street We're also selling the Op-
p0Etunity. Mr.. Bowser was hustler
with the snow shovel, and at the end of
three-quarters of an hour he struck
hard pan all along the walk. He was
complimented on his enterprise by the
few pedestrians abroad, but he was
oliCht. w utll uIS were
finished he stuck his shovel into the
snow and walked through the gate of
the raext house on his right and up the
steps. 1t was a new family. and he
dtln't even know the name. His ring
at the bell was answered by a little
man OF peppery look, who saluted:
'Well, sir, what Is it?"
tgN-rt. e,i.l ltx
piled Mr.. Bowser
"And what of it?"
at is covered with a foot of snow"
"Any fool can see that"
"The ordinance says you shall clean
1t off,"
"The ordinance be hanged! Who are
you sir, that you come here and tell
me what must do?"
My name is Bowser, and live next
door. | have just cleaned my walk,
and dog my cats II I'm going to wade
through your snow because you are too
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
STARTING A pARrS.

We notice in many OF our smaller
towns attempts being made to secure
public parks, and II is very frequently
done by taking a piece of ground COW
cred with sod and planting young trees
IN holes dug In such sod. From the
very nature OF things tree SO planted
can never be success. They are al
most sure to perish. II park Is de-
sired the better way IL to plow the
whole tract deeply. and IL 1t is well fer
tillzed SO much the better. The next
year the land should be put ia the best
possible condition, when the trees may
be planted and some crop put on the
land that would require thorough cul-
tlvatlon. So planted the trees will
grow healthy and thrifty, and at the
end OF two years the lot may be seeded
down and good park obtained.