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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

It beats all at how small price peo-
pie sometimes value their good name
when transactions Of a certain type are
being negotiated. Many's the fellow
who wouldn't sacrifice his good name
for $500 who will do SO without a
uualm in the sale of diluted milk, adul-
terated foodstuffs, shady eggs or dis
eased hogs or cattle. In last and
fundamental analysis, with every arti-
Gle that a body sells, is transmitted
his own estimate of his reputation and
good name, and it is quite certain that
the public Is wont to adopt the stand
ard Of judgment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

The man who has a wife and fam
lily and who refuses to take the home
paper during the busy season because
he hasn't time to read it has an ex-
tremely warped and selfish disposition
and needs making over badly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28
AGRICULTURE AS A PROFESSION.

.
With so many of the SO called busi-
ness professions full to overlooking |
and with hundreds of graduates of the |
various schools of the country entering |
them annually, it is well to emphasize
the inviting field which is thrown open
to young men Of today along agriculture
al and horticultural lines. 1t is ques-
tionable If there is an occupation In
the whole list Of business pursuits that
is today being given more careful study
and along which more striking results
are being attained than that Of intelli-
gent and scientific agriculture We
know Of no vocation which today offers
larger return for effort put forth nor
enc in which the young man will enjoy
larger measure Of independence than
the one here mentioned. While success
>can only be attained by the application
Of brains, industry and perseverance,
it Is at the same time true of success
to be had in any other field. Modern
machinery familiar to all, coupled with
the conventences to be had in the line
Of daily mail delivery, telephone serv-
ice and the extension Of electric car
lines, has resulted in practical meta
morphosis of the conditions of country
life which existed thirty years ago,
while general education advantages, to-
gether with opportunities to follow sci
entific study at the various state agri-
cultural schools, enable those who have
the mind and will to secure adequate
preparation for agricultural and horti-
cultural pursuits. We have in mind an
illustration to the point. On completion
Of high school course and not having
well defined preference for any par
| ticular vocation, young man we
know, after thorough conference on
| the matter with his father, who was
abundantly able to give him any kind
of professional preparation, decided to
prepare himself for position in the
forestry service of the federal govern
ment. In view Of the scarcity Of we'll
equipped men in this line Of work there
is little doubt that there will be half
dozen places waiting for our friend
when he completes his course at the
state agricultural school. And this Is
but one Of a dozen special lines In
which there is urgent demand for awell
equipped students. For those who have
not the necessary educational equip
ment to take up the advanced work,
there are special short courses which
have in view fitting the student for a
more intelligent pursuit Of the ordinary
agricultural operations having to dc
with the care and judging Of stock, the
study and handling Of soils. drainage
study Of seed corn, grains and grass.
es and allied subjects. Looking the
field over as whole and taking into
account the hundreds Of young mer
who are fitting themselves for the pro
fessions, as we'll as the increasing vol
ue Of land, which makes almost i'm
l perative the application of the creates
possible measure Of intelligence ant
! practiced skill, it is safe to say tina
l there is no occupation which offer
I more inducements than agriculture ant
: its kindred fields
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28
BUTTER STORAGE EXPERIMENTS.

BUTTER STORAGE EXPERIMENTS.
A bulletin recently issued by the
dairy division of the bureau Of animal
industry at Washington gives some In
teresting data relative to the expert
ments which have been conducted dur
ing the past year in the making and
storage of butter. Last summer 5000
pounds of butter made. in Kansas and
Iowa were placed in cold storage In
Chicago. Some of the questions as to
which these experiments were expected
to give results were u the effect of
pasteurization, (2) the amount of salt
to be used, 81 temperature Of the stor-
age rooms, a. the use Of cans hermeh-
cally sealed for storing butter, To- the
keeping qualities Of good compared
with poor butter, and (0 the action Of
air In contact with butter In storage.
The butter was made from FIVE lots Of
cream, three Of which were sour when
received at the creamery and two
sweet From each lot Of cream two lots
Of butter were made, one pasteurized
and the other not. and part Of each lot
Of butter was lightly sailed and part
heavily sailed. The butter was packed
in tubs and cans, some Of the cans be.
ing only partly filed, so as to test the
effect Of air. A part Of each lot OF
butter was stored ut different tempera
lures, and the whole lot remained in
storage eight months. The results
showed that the butter containing 6
low percentage of salt kept better thar
that heavily sailed, that butter in full
cans kept better than in cans only
partly full, and, lastly, that butter
made from cream received sweet KEEP
better both in storage and after re
moval than butter made from the SOU
cream.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

That is stale and Anticipated theo-
logical conception which views a state
of true happiness as only possible be-
yond the grave. We question If when
the light Of the resurrection morn
breaks upon the eyes Of the redeemed
of earth they will view skies bluer,
flowers more fragrant or lovely, grass
Of more satisfying tint or trees more
stately than have been provided by
the Creator to cheer us in our earthly
pilgrimage. Heaven may be here and
now if we but realize that it depends
upon condition of the human heart
In which kindness, helpfulness and love
abound.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

While there is no trait that should
be more generously exercised or whose
effects are more wholesome or salu-
tary than charity. it is badly prostitut-
ed when its exercise affords a cloak
or shield for preventable rascalfty.
There is the charity which uplifts and
yet another which may tend to de-
grade.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

Perhaps there is no more charming
instance of gratitude than that to be
observed in the return which we re-
ceive from the flowers to which we de-
vote our care. A bed Of roses in our
yard furnishes a daily thank offering
of beauty and fragrance, and though
its messengers are mute they teach a
helpful lesson Of purity and unselfish-
ness
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

A friend of the writer reports excel
lent results In Kidding his fields Of
weed pests by blowing them in Au-
gust In case of most Of the ANNALS
this means the turning of the weeds
under before the crop of seed is ma
tured, while the batch that usually
sprout from the plowed surface are
in fine shape to get nabbed by the
frost. Our friend further says that he
gets even better results from what
manure he may have to haul out by
putting it on the land after it Is plow-
ed with manure spreader and disking
it in in the spring than by putting 1t
on the stubble and blowing under later
in the fall or the next spring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28
Annuls Sentence.

Odessa, Aug. 25-Gov. Gen. Kaulbars
yesterday for the first time annulled a
court martial's death sentence. The
case was that Of a peasant named
Rymsha. whose political offense was
committed to ten years at hard labor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

There is probably no other agricul-
proaches in point of monotony and
dead level Of WEAKNESS that of sheep
herding There are instances where
these men who have charge of big
herds Of sheep in the western states
have gone crazy or committed suicide,
driven to do SO by sheer desperation
of lonesomeness. All kinds of devices
are tried to vary the monotony of the
herder's life-anything that will tend
to make him forget the herd in his
charge and give him a change. 1t is
under such circumstances that one
comes to prize human companionshlp,
and even the presence Of an intelligent
dog is highly valued.
Cement, which Is today coming into
so general use for variety of pur-
poses, is known to have been used by
the Chaldeans, Egyptians, Greeks and
Romans, its most ancient form being
simply burned limestone, used much as
lime is used today. The Romans were
the first to add clay to lime for the
purpose Of making cement that
would-harden under water. The most
important discovery In the manufac
ture Of cement during period Of
twenty centuries was made early l.
the eighteenth century, when it wa:
discovered that the quality of hydraul
ic cement depends upon the amount O.
clay in the limestone. The Portland
cement of today was given it's nam'
by al Englishman who patented /
process of burning lime and clay ant
gave the name because of the resem
blance of the product to the Portland
limestone
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
WARFARE ON FULLERTON
POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE WITH
:" GRUDGEs FIGHTING WARDEN s
DISAPPOINTMENT. IT,. :. .

Duluth democrats are right after the
official plums which Governor johnson
has to hand out. w. F. McEwen of
Duluth was at the capital today and is
understood to be candidate for state
labor commissioner. Another Duluth
man, j. J. Grove, is being backed bY
the enemies Of Sam Fullerton for ap-
po1ntment as executive agent of the
state game and fish commission, A: B.
Clan Of Grand Rapids is after the same
place, but Grove, who is a travelling
man, is reported to have the STRONGEST
backing.
Prominent politicians of both parties
are active in the fight on Fullerton,
whose policy of enforcing the game
laws against big as well as little Of
renders has made him bitter enemies.
Two Of the leading democrats are own
ers OF restaurants which Fullerton has
pulled, for selling game. A promi-
nent lumbern1an is backing a petition
against Fullerton that is being circu-
lated among business men, and his
grievance is said to be that Fullerton
stopped the sale OF venison to lumber
camps. These active enemies, and the
make Fullerton s road to disappointment
a hard one. His term is not out untii
June. He and H: G.. Smith of Mime
apolls then come to the end of their
tour year terms as members of the
board. The other three members of the
board are democrats and johnson ap-
polntees, who hold over. O. J. John
son OF Glenwood is good for two wears
more. Carlos Avery of Hutchinson and
John Fl. Grill of Sherburne were an
pointed within the past year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
LUMBERMEN DON'T WORRY
SAY PRICE AGREEMENT DoEsN,T
PUT THEM IN THE TRUST
GLASS,

Lumbermen in Minneapolis are in
clined to doubt the existence of the
lumber trust'' which Senator Kit
tredge proposes to investigate. In fact,
they say "gentlemen's agreement
to fix minimum price is absolutely
unnecessary, as the retail men will pay
anything that the manufacturers ask
tor their lumber and return thanks for
the favor.
The danger just now, SAYS a. manufac-
turing lumberman, is that prices from
causes named will 90 too hi 9Th and kill
the retail business. Some manufacture
ers have therefore placed a limit on the
maximum charge, for they don't want
to put an end to profitable trade. It
IS thus self-regulating to a certain ex-
tent.
Demand is said to be the strongest
factor in regulating market conditions
today and the scarcity of cars is said to
be secondary. The lumbermen in the
west are not trying verey hard to sell
fer not to sell on a future market
price. For that reason they are cur
failing selling expenses and living low.
Altho it is admitted that POSSIBLY q
manufacturers agreement NAV exist in
Minnesota, the retail men declare posi-
lively that they have no sort Of COM
bination whatever. They are paying
high prices themselves for lumber, and
charge their customers on the same
basis, but to them it appears that the
demand in it's relation to the supply is
the couse Of the high cost to them.
selves for the timber. Naturally, how.
ever, the car shortage has a strono
bearing on the question also.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
SMALL J0BBERS HIT
AT MERCHANDISE RATES

complaint was made before the state rail-
roaa commission today against the new sIn
TIES tas,s on merchandise compared with existing
mission The charge was made that the exist
ing rates favor the twin city jobbers and are
ooad t9 the smaller obbers At Mankat
merchandise distribution.
1t was. stated that . Tobacco sugar, vinegar.
syrup and other commodities are sold at a fixed
There seemed difference of Opinion SetWeey tbe
small jobbers of the state and the twin civ
asaers esf on the tn uhee Ha of The twin
and controlled the market at practically every
northwest point. making delivered Quotation
IN every instance The small outside jobbers as
sugar was bought directly here in the twin
cities. one St. Cloud merchant claiming to have
purchased shipments of 10000 barrels in Sin.
gle order direct from. st. Paul. >,...-.s. -
1.-The new arrangement Of freight rates ner-
t NUS me twin cities and Duluth jobbers to
take tar adIY7aatage Of the carload rates, while
rate said H. Evans Of st. Cloud. one of the
speakers rs for So the co@plainants.
favoritism in the new rates to Duluth. "Ail
state is taken away from the twin cities and
The fact was also brought out that the twin
city jobbers. by doing business on large
scale, are able to secure certain stock at much
into consideration in making Rates. The tWin
city men declared that this factor should not be-
considered. and that they should not be pen
q larger scale than the ''small fry and do
1t on cheaper business principles. -
-, Those present at the, hearing today. final de-
included j. w. Cooper j. r. Kelley and J. IL
sharp, representing the st. Paul jobbers; H.
6. Cotton. ST. Cloud and others from Mania to
and Duluth. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
CHAMBER CONCERT

venth, violinist, and Carlo Fischer,
celllst, gave program of chamber
music last evening at the Unitarian
church under the auspices of the
Thursday Musical. The first movement
OF local artists to put the best music,
TOR much that is bst is chamber music,
before Minneapolis music lovers in
this way, is thoroly commendable and
quite worthy of the consideration and
the encouragement these artists re-
ceived. The reading given the Tschaik-
oWsky trio, Opus so, and the trio by
Schutt, a modern composer, was not
wholly pleasing.
The Tschaikowsky trio was the more
difficult number of the two, but on the
whole received the better reading, for
there was in it true seeking after the
real musical feeling and intention of the
composer. The performance was some
what raw, technique often occupying
the players more than Interpretation.
With a better preparation the three
individual conceptions might have mel
lowed into one. Several Of the varia-
tlons Of the Tschaikowsky number were
finely done, with finish and feeling, and
the coda was beautiful as it sunk into
quiet, poetic close.
The poetic "Fairy Tales,' which
Schultz has embodied in his trio, seemed
to elicit the same consideration from
the artists that childhood fancies fire.
quently draw from adults. The intrin-
sic beauty of the composition was
missed by the performers. Their inter
probation as whole was rollicking and
rudely fantastic. The tambourine effect
given by the strings in the last move
ment to the staccato accompaniment
to the piano was out of keeping with
the spirit of the composition.
Mrs. Alma johnson Porteous sang
the HSummertime' song cycle of Lam
don-Ronald IS. The songs were well
placed. for her rich contralto. Altho
Mrs. Porteous was not in the best Of
voice, the audience enjoyed the num-
bers and warmly applauded her. Mrs.
Harriet Walker Runyan as accompanies
was most happy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
]. OF N. GLEE CLUB

The program presented last evening
in the First Baptist church by the Uni
versity of Minnesota Glee and Mandolin
club was varied in character and ex-
ceedingly, pleasing to the audience,
made up largely Of university students.
Both the clubs have been working
hard all year and the results their lead
ers showed rebound to their credit. The
Mandolin club, under the leadership Of
Jack E. Haynes, undertook number
Of selections that lie outside the usual
repertory- essayed by college organiza-
tons, and the better the class Of music
The best number, given, by the club
was the descriptive fantasy by Sam
uels, "a Day in Arcadia.' The shad-
ing from the quietly dawning day to
the .rollicking fishing song, the call to
mathis with the sounding church bell,
and the sturdy blacksmith song was
shown with nicely and finish. Schu-
bert $ familiar "Serenade,' arranged
for the Mandolin club, was fortunate
selection for the encore, and the club
played it beautifully. Mr.. Haynes shows
real .musicianly feeling in all his con-
Quoting and meets with more than or
binary success
Grieg's "Landsighting'' was the
-AASoo - do VIGIL DIS GuC lQOSG
successful number given by the Glee
club The body of tone is clear, fresh
and buoyant, and the parts nicely bal
anced: William Norton, leader, brought
out the religious tinge to the feeling
Of the number. The closing number,
How Calm the, Stars,' by Men
delssohn, was likewise we'll sung. In the
encores the club delighted the audience
with the humorous songs an audience
always expects from such a club.
Mendelssohn Jones sang the s'Song
of the Sword,' from Tofana, with
much dash and spirit, and responded
with a tender song of Wilson G..
Smith IS. G. G. Champine, who is one
of the best mandolinists Of the north
vest, played the brilliant "Waltz de
Concerto with his usual technical skill
and temperament. "Cavatina,N by
Raft, which Wall G.. Coapman played.
was thoroly enjoyable. Tho his tone
is not large, 1t is thrillingly sweet and
charged with feeling. Both these solo
lists responded with encores. Miss
Frances Chamberlain, tho suffering from
a cold, sang Greene's "Sing Me to
Sleep with the Mandolin club, ef-
fectively. The arrangement for the
club proved very good, and Mr.. Haynes
accompanied the soloist almost without
fault.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08

Judge E. M. Johnson, formerly of the
Hennepin county district bench, was
unanimously elected by the library
board yesterday to fill the place made
vacant by the resignation of Frederick
Wells. Business interests required that
Mr. Wells spend a great deal of his
time away from Minneapolis, and on
that account he resigned from the
board. His resignation was accepted
yesterday and Judge johnson was ckos-
en- as his successor. Judge johnson was
a member Of the first library board or
ganized in the city, and is thoroly ia
ml!lar with library work.
The. salary Of Miss Countryman, city
hhfbr raca was raised from $2,25O to
$1,000 at yesterdays session. Two of
her assistants, Mrs. f. B. Reed, head of
the catalog department., and Miss Ma
PEI Bartleson, assistant in charge of
the children s departments, both re-
ce1ved raises in salary, Mrs. Reed get
ting an increase from $1,000 to $1,000,
and Miss Bartleson from $50 to $50 a
month. o''3 WV -
The board decided to open a. new
branch station at Prospect park, and
permission was granted the COLLEGE
women 8 club to give weekly concerts
IN the seven corners branch station.
1t was decided to open the library for
a. general reception on New Year s. day,
Thls was done two years ago and
proved popular. %, o"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
BATTLE ROY AT ON
P0SIOFFICE SITE.
A. G. PAUL TELLS HOW VICTORY
WAS WON.
Secretary Shaw Is Already Won by
w. II. Eustis to Block 40 When Min
neapolis Delegation Unites on SO and
Talks Him Into Delay Almost Brace
Game.

The Minneapolis delegation of bust
ness men that went to Washington to
attend the postofice hearing before
Secretary Shaw on Thursday won a
distinct and remarkable victory, &C.
cording to A. G. Paul, who attended
the meeting and returned to Minneap-
oils today.
harder proposition than is generally
known. William Henry Eustis was
ment block 70 for S55ooo ene ana gdVe Was
also ready with cash bond to bind the
transaction. In addition, Secretary
Shaw was ready and had decided to
select block 40. ~@ s..
Ihe hearing was as interesting as
any business gathering have attended
for some time" said Mr.. Paul. who
was in Washington on business and
joined the delegation after it arrived.
I'VE had little time to prepare our
plan OF action. It was not known lust
what Mr.: Eustis had up his sleeve, and
mad we known that he was ready to
guarantee to deliver block 40 for $780,
900 and furnish cash bond for its
performance, we might have been more
worried. In the short conference pos
s1ble before the hearing, it was decided
to unite on block 80 and stick to it,
and, above all things, to fight block 40.
1.-The meeting was informal. Secre-
tary Shaw was ready with a huge man
OF the city and we gathered about a
large table and were ready for business.
Secretary Shaw asked the questions and
they were answered by the man pre-
pared on the point in question. There
/ were few interesting little word Skin
mlshes,, but the talk was for the most
uuo %o
the secretary was decided in favor of
block 40.
II believe that in selecting block 80
to put our fight on, we selected the only
other block in the city that Mr.. Shaw
would have considered. It is a fact
that he prefers 38 to 40, but inasmuch
as ne has had no actual offer he was
ready to choose. With this opening we
were able to make the arrangements we
did. MI. Shaw said that he would be
better satisfied with three quarters of
block 80, or $4,000 feet, than with all of
4O. When Secretary Shaw was asked
how much time he would allow the
business interests Of the city to work
up the proposition, Mr.. Eustis came
forward with the suggestion that ten
days would be sufficient.
THAT was vigorously opposed and
the time was finally extended to Feb.
is: l am certain that had we tried to
talk anything but block 3S to Mr..
Shaw he would have turned us down
and taken block 40, which Mr.. Eustis
was ready to offer. Mr.. Shaw is on.
posed. to further appropriation for the
site.'