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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-22
Corrugated Metal
Road Culyerts
THE BEST BRIDGE POSSIBLE TO
MAKE

We wish to call your attention to a
new departure in culverts--a continu-
our road culvert made OF heavy sheet
metal, corrugated, galvanized; and riv-
eted together. making ctllvert of
great strength, and durable, and cheap.
err than any other culvert made. Does
not brea1. In handling or crack and fall
to pieces by freezing; requires less Ia
Dor to put it in position. will not fall
down at outlet IL protection gives
away. Being riveted together in one
solid culvert full width Of roadway,
they can be hauled the same as saw
logs. making transportation much
cheaper than tile, stone or brick; re-
quires no cement at points and no ex-
ira preparation Of ditch. If you ever
used vitrified sewer pipe you perfectly
understand how unsatisfactory it has
proven.
Nobody knows better than the trus-
tee or road superintendent how ea.
pensive 1t Is to keep constantly repair
| ing the small water passes OF our
wagon roads. Tile, wood and brick all
fall to pieces. Corrugated sheet metal
culverts will last a life time, and are
easily put In place.
| All sizes of our patent corrugated
sheet metal culverts have given per-
| feet satisfaction wherever used 1t
stands to reason they should, for they
meet all requirements. Cheap, durable
and easy to handle. non-breakable and
not to be washed out and destroyed by
! floods.
| We are prepared to furnish all sizes
on short notice. We will quote you
prices which are proof that we can fur.
nish the best culvert for the least
money of any one making road cul.
verts.
Write us for prices and catalogue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-22
in games and vocal and instrumental

in games and vocal and instrumental
music. s.
Mi. and Mrs stephen Hickman left
Thursday for Colorado Springs on
pleasure and business trip.
Miss Ellen Smith spent the day
Thursday at the home of her parents
in Russell.
The Misses Laura and Celia Hess
were Ottumwa visitors Thursday.
Joseph Parkins of Darby was at
tending the soldiers reunion yester-
day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-22
slGouRNE Y.

SlSCafney. sept. 2U.-MlSS ONE
Clark returned to Des Moines Tues
Drake university and will devote her
time IL The completion Of a course in
Music.
A. II. Hunt is home from Garland
Wyoming, where he has been for the
past several months with a survey
ing crew. He will rteurn next week
and work until winter.
Allen Hawk Of Martinsburg WAS a
business caller and visitor in the coufl-
ty seat Monday.
John @. Lewis and wife started for
the west on Monday evening. Their
destination is Seattle, Washington, but
they are undecided as to how long they
will stay or where they will spend the
time.
Fred Gordon and wife of Cedar Rap
Ids are visiting relatives and friends
IN the city. Mr. Gordon expects to
leave within a day or two while his
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Richardson
drove to Fairfield recently for a visit
of several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ramsey left for
Seattle, Washington on Monday even
ing, where they expect to make their
future home. They disposed Of their
property and personal effects and go
with the intention Of making 1t their
permanent home.
Misses Edna and Adele Page re-
turned home from Chicago last Satur-
day evening
Mrs. Margaret Linder started for her
home in Seattle, Washington last
Monday evening. She was called here
by the death of Mrs. g. W. Dobie a
couple Of weeks ago.
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FAIRFIELD.
Fairfield Sept. 21.-Dr. +. w. Ed
monds, the optician, VINO has been To-
Gated here for the past year has NOV
ed his family to Burlington junction.
Mo- where he will make his location.
The marriage ceremony OF MISS
Emma Beatty and Samuel l.. McChes-
ney was solemnzed Wednesday after
noon at the home Of the brides par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. r. Beatty. OH
East Burlington street, in the presence
of fifty invited guests. The. ceremony
was performed by Rev. w. +. Jones, of
the Presbyterian church. The Beatty
home was very prettily decorated In
autumn leaves and golden rod. The
bride is well known in Fairfield In
church work she has always been
prominent. Mr.. McChesney is well
known in Fairfield and vicinity, having
| been assistant postmaster for several
years. Mi. McChesney and his bride
| left Immediately after the ceremony
| for a wedding trip to Colorado. and
will be gone short time, after which
they will make their home in Fair
field.
| Rev. Forest Hizer Of Lineville, spent
d few hours in Fairfield Friday
At Ballard hall last night, the Young
Mems and Young Women's Christian
associations of Parsons college YER.
pleasantly entertained the students OF
/ the college at their annual reception
4 given in honor of the new students
The evening was spent In various
entertainments, after which dainty re.
] treatments were served.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
THE "TELLING PERIL"

Prominent Medical journal Suggests
81 Crusade Against Noise.
The yelling peril is the new title for
the street noises against which the
medical profession has been protesting
for a generation or more, according to
an editorial utterance Of American
Medicine. The matter has recently
been discussed by the Lancet in an edi-
torial which calls attention to the harm
done to the sick by avoidable noises,
particularly at night. Attention is call
ed to the pandemonium of sounds in
American cities. Yet it is not at all
certain that this is the main cause of
the nervousness and dyspepsia which
are assumed to be so common among
Americans, though neurologists recog-
nize it as n cause of nervous break
down.
Modern transportation has introduced
an awful nuisance of this nature, which
seems irremediable, though inventors
ere constantly at work to reduce it to
a minimum. Boys are naturally noisy
and must act like barbarians now and
then to blow off steam on holiday
nights and When their football team
has artistically done up the enemy, but
there is no reason why night should be
made hideous at other times. BY all
means let the crusade continue. for it
might be the means of saving many a
life in the balance when a few hours
quiet sleep would turn the scale. 1t is
a matter which American Medicine
thinks the American Civic association
can take up among its other numerous
good works. 1t is more than a nuisance
it is destructive of nerve tone and Il
menace to health, SC that physicians
can justly aid in the effort to abate the
evil.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
The Adventures
By II. B.
MARRIOTT WATSON
Copyright. 1898. by Harper & Brothers

by his time we were plain TO her
occupants, as plain as they were to us.
and | could make out Hood himself
standing by the big mast with one arm
abou it. a Greek stood zeal him, and
one was at the helm. He stood without
moving, watching us with those steal
thy eyes l knew so well. The roar of
the rain and wind upon the water was
~deafening. We descended into the
trough of the waves, and when we rose
Hood stood ut his post, his hand stretch
ed forth to the Greek. The next min
ute he held a gun to his shoulder.
out!' | sang out to the bows.
The two boats were now quite close
tossing on the same piece Of water.
Even through that hurry burly the
sharp report reached my ears, and at
the same time Scrcombe staggered and
went back against the sail. 1t was all
instantaneous. The Greek shifted his
tlller, and the yawl shcercd off. Mont
gomcry pulled Scrcombe uD and prop
ped him in the bows.
Its all right, my lad" he said
THAT black devil got me. I meant to
do for him. Well, it's luck"
We gave him some brandy, and he
spoke no more, breathing with diff
Guilty.
I turned to Sheppard. "Let her
away" I cried f%uriously. "We'l have
that bloody scoundrel or die for it,"
The boat dipped her nose and once
more forged over the yawrs counter.
keep a watch on him." I cried.
Montgomery took his pistol from I'M
der his waistcoat. l gripped mine. I
think we We're all taken with the FRENZY
Of bloodshed.
"Board her" cried Montgomery.
clay her along.w l shouted. "Lav
her along"
Sheppard twirled his tiller, and the
lugger struck the starboard quarter Of
the yawl with a crash. Instantly
Montgomery leaped, pistol in hand,
upon the enemy.
At that instant a shrill scream of
terror from the Greeks stayed my foot
in the act to follow. l beheld Hood,
with his raised arm holding Il knife,
his nostrils %distended, but his eyes
were not On me or toward the boat.
They were directed across the empty,
yelling sea and that gray mist of rain.
These facts passed in a moment. l had
an instantaneous impression Of that
devil with his implacable and imper-
turbablc face. leering as it were upon
me, and then | heard his shout. and his
arm went up toward the sky. Mont
gomery had stumbled into the yawl,
and his han, had knocked down the
man at the Lo.:3. Tho y3Nvl tossed and
Tapped in t.lr hcaviE~ water. Hood
leaped toward the L.ln. | saw him
gesticulate at Mont@oM:>.".'. am it WAS
only then that l looked il the direction
in which his C-"' We're So.
Simultaneousl.. there rose upon the
gray dawn. compounded horribly with
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Be Loyal to Your Own Tow,

The inordinate love of the dollar too
often makes men unpatriotic and dis
loyal to the town and community in
which they live, says the Iowa State
Register and Farmer. To save q little
they will send away from home for
supplies, refuse a dollar toward public
improvements in their own town, BELT
tie and degrade home enterprise and
yet be the first to advance the price of
their property as a result of the pa
tient, self sacrificing work Of others.
Loyalty to your own town is lust as
commendable a type of patriotism as
n can find, and, no matter how much
your patriotism boils over on the
Fourth of July in a general way, if YOU
are disloyal in little things to your own
town you are Il poor citizen of the re-
public. You are like him who makes
long prayers in the church and laws
his wife and neglects his children at
home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
BEAUTIFYING A STATION.
How IL Village Depot Can Be Made
Attractive.

How IL Village Depot Can Be Made
Attractive
Coming into the suburban village by
the steam railroad, ones Introduction
to it is the station. This should be
made attractive both in its architecture
and in its gardening surroundings, but
it should not have Il commanding stu
alton in respect to the town. says
American Homes and Gardens. 1t is
partly in protest against the things that
the railroad exemplifies and stands for
that the town is populated.
The railroad is a convenience that
must be made use of, and we may sof-
ten all we can its points Of contact
with the town. but wen so its steel
touch will leave Il scar that should not
be emphasized. In 4 suburb. 1T any
rate, direct ways Of communication
from various parts of the town should
focus to the station. but the ideal would
be to have them center in the con-
course radiant with Towering shrubs
behind a bank Of which the little sta
ton would lie half hidden.
The vista down the various streets
would not then suggest hurry. noise
and dust, but a pleasant TRUSTING place.
a little park, where babies might be
brought to meet their fathers return
ing from work in the city.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
| had nothing to say, and he sank In

had nothing to say, and he sank in
to silence again.
There's that steamer coming back,
GreatoreX," he said after a time.
l looked and saw that he was right.
They'll pick you up" he continued.
Then: See here, this things been bad
ly managed. It's been a stomachful
for all of us, but there's no need to
make it worse than it Is. But I'll tell
you what. This gunshot is not going
to be easy for you, not by a long slice.
1t looks ugly, G%reatorex, and that's a
fact. a yawl run down-thcre's no
harm in that-but when it comes to
letting blood, why, there's sure to be
questions"
The lights Of the liner cleaned a
hundred yards away, and a voice hail
ed us.
CHATS gospel TRUTH said Scrcombe
thoughtfully. "And the treasures at
the bottom Of the sea, along with one
good man at any rate" Once more he
was silent, and nee more he resumed,
speaking with difficulty: ave got my
cruel. See here, this is my affair. I'll
not play Jonah in the circumstances"
He ceased and, raising himself upon
an arm, looked toward the liner. Then
with a swift movement Of his body he
pulled himself upon the gunwale and
rolled off into the water.
I uttered a cry and rushed to the
edge of the heaving boat. There was
no sign of body, alive or dead, in that
tumulJuous waste of waters.
Sheppard sat trembling, with his
hand on the tiller. He whimpered.
The boats head fell off and fell on,
and We rocked on the disordered face
of the sea.
| went over and look the tiller from
his hand, and l put her nose toward
the liner.
THE ENn
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
IDENTIFYING PARK TREES.
Forest Service Ready to Cooperate
With Towns In Correct Naming.

Forest Service Ready to Cooperate
With Towns In Correct Naming.
To aid in disseminating accurate
knowledge Of tree species and their
habitats the forest service is now Of
fering cooperation to towns and cities
in the Identification Of their park and
street trees, says the New York Posts
Washington correspondent. Not to
speak of the general lack of precise
knowledge as to the common names OF
many trees, there is no very close APP
pronch to uniformity in the use Of
names where attempts have been made
in towns and cities to nume trees for
the instruction of the public. In II few
cases more confusion than %cnliGhtcn
ment has resulted from such attempts.
The plan which has been taken up Of
fers the correct identification of park
and street trees where the town or city
desires to label them. In this WAY both
the correct commOn names and the true
scientific names will be given wide.
uniform usage.
Towns and cities DESTROYS Of protiting
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
1t Is Dangerous to Neglect a Cold.

How often do'we hear 1t remarked
Its only a cold" and few days later
learn that the man is on his back with
pneumonia. This is of such common
occurrence that a cold, however slight.
should not be disregarded. Chamber
lain's cough remedy counteracts any
tendency of a cold to result in pneumon-
ia, and has gained its great popularity
and extensive sale by its prompt cures
of this most common ailment. 1t always
cures and is pleasant to take. For sale
by y. E. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Tourists SIeepers Te Chicago.

An innovation in sleeping car service.
The Great Northern railway company
has met the demand for through sleep
ing car service to and from Chicago.
The Oriental Limited. the new Great
Northern train. is o equipped with
a new tourists sleeping car. operating
between Seattle and Chicago and inter
mediate points. The rates on these cars
are about one-half of the standard sleep
ing car rates and no change of cars is
necessary between points On the main
line in North Dakota and Montana and
Chicago in either direction. Ask your
your local AGENT for further information,
or apply I" + !, Whitney. passenger
Traffic manager. st. Paul, MINI.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

Before us loomcd the bluck huM of On
ocean liner.
those dreadful noises Of the storm, a
great shrill sound, and upon our port
bows loomeI the black hulk of an
ocean liner making for the sea.
That was the impression of one mo-
ment. The next she was upon us, Il
mOnstrOuS n of death. Her cut
water struck the yawl a%midships.
" # * s.
Even to this hour | have never been
able to discover the sequences Of that
and dissolve in a mist Of water, and
then my next recollection was of bump
ing and grinding in the boat against
the iron she'll Of the liner. Windows
full Of lights passed before me, and
voices called, and her we were swung
wilderness Of brawling water.
The liner sheered off into the dark
ness. and there was nothing visible.
Sheppard kept the tiller hard. and we
rolled and tossed together. The wind,
as though its dreadful mission were
fulfilled, dropped suddenly away, and
we We're conscious Of q silence. Sud
denly Scrcombc's voice broke on us,
startling me.
GIVE me Il little brandy, Create
rex.''
handed him the flask, and he set
his lips to it. Put your hand down
here" he said. pointing TO his breast,
! did so. That's the place. | know
when I've got my dose. was always
good ut that" He was silent for Il mo
mcnt. I'm glad | saw tho man die"
he said presently. Il was right, after
all. sworr I'd zee him out. But I'm
aDrrv about the bOv,'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

Inv uerrn"1i iui,ro nave nvcn @rt-
ting it in the neck from the blacks Of
southwest Africa. the French and Eng
fish have both been licked by the ma
tives in Nigeria, and yet some people
think it Il compliment to ask the Unit
ed States to police Morocco. Admit
ting that this country could trounce
all the blacks in Africa ut the first
round. that is no good reason for but
ting n" Perhaps it will turn out that
the policy of Africa for Africans.
whether good. bad or Indifferent, is
the only one we care to stand for.
Time enough to champion hat cause
when 1t is up to us.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

A good complexion is impossible with
the stomach out of order. II pasty sal
low people would pay more attention to
their stomachs and less to the skin on
their faces, they would have better
compilations. Kodol for dyspepsia
will digest what you eat and put your
stomach back in right shape to do its
own work. Kodol relieves palpitation of
the heart. hatulence, sour stomach, heart
burn. etc. Sold by Burke & Go.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Sciatica Cured After Twenty Years of
Torture.

For more than twenty years MI. j. B.
Massey, of 1922 Clinton st, Minneapolis,
MINI, was tortured by sciatica. The
pain and suffering which he endured dur
ing this time is Beyond comprehension.
Nothing gave him any permanent relief
until he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
One application of that liniment relieved
the pain and made sleep and rest pos
sible, and less than n bottle has effect
ed a permanent cure. If troubled with
s~ciatica or rheumatism why not try a 25
cent bottle of pain balm and see for your
self how quickly it relieves the pain.
For sale by N. e. McGruer Langdon
and Easily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Fall Of NIAGARA River.

Niagara river, in it's course from
Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. falls a dis.
lance OF 627 feet. a survey by the
United States engineers, who meas
ured the flow Of the river below the
falls, shows that it discharges 10000
cubic feet of waite a second from tn
one lake to the other. BY a simple
calculation it appears hat in it's dc
cent Of tw~enty-seven niles from lake
to lake, Niagara river develops the
equivalent Of about 100000 theoret.
ical horsepower.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Elood-Cusclinq Cry for Beans.

A wild man who recently ]terrorized
the residents Of Moultrie, Fla, and
who was described as "a tall, ape-like
creature, h!&eops, with long. bristly
hair, and giving forth wild, blood
curdling cries" proved to be. when
captured, a Boston simple life en-
thusiast who was trying innocently to
get close 10 mother Eature.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
SPARTAN POLICE CAPTAIN.
He ordered the Capture of His Son
Dead or Alive.

he ordered the Capture of His Son
Bead or Alive.
Within Il few years the son OF Il DO
lice captain in New York was charged
With shooting Il nan He had been Il
wild boy, had enlisted from a southern
state where he had been for several
years before the Spanish war called
his militant spirit INTO life. ana when
he came back from Cuba. where he
distinguished himself for bravery, he
opened Il saloon next door to his ia
Tiers station house.
After the charge Of assault with in
tent to murder he fed. The crime, if
any had been committed. was while
his father was away from the city. The
captain returned to duty presently
and, addressing the policemen lined up
TOR instruction before him at 6 o'clock,
said: There is another matter which
must exact all your vigilance. 1t is the
arrest of a man charged with murder
Gus assault in this precinct. The shoot
ing took place in Il dance hail. There
seems to be little reason to look for
any other person than my son. I want
aim brought to this station dead or
alive. You all know him. He kept the
saloon next door. and YOU are familiar
with his face. | expect to find him
here. and l expect You to fetch him.
could not be q father and say this
without unSpeakable pain. l could not
be Il captain Of police in this or any
precinct and give you any other in
structionS.'
The police filed off to their posts and
left the Roman father bowed with
grief.
Weeks passed. The police did not
bring the son to the station house. but
at last he gave him elf into custody.
In the shuttle of justice that takes
place in the magistrates courts before
accusations reach the grand jury he
was discharged. There was sworn
testimony that he was at the other end
Of the dance hall. that the wounded
man WAS shot With his own pistol, that
the accused mover carried Il weapon
that the trousers he Wore that night
contained no pistol pocket. that he was
not at the hall that night at all and
finally that the identification made by
the victim was uncertain. So the son
Of the police captain walked the streets
a free man.
But the captain had another son who
had never seen his brother. who had
left home before the Younger son was
born. Nor had he known his brothers
name. because it was never mentioned
in his presence until he discovered his
identity in the daily newspapers, where
it was blazoned forth in startling head
lines.
Then he ran into the station house,
where the captain sat with the night
force lined up to receive instructions as
before. With the headlong impetuosi-
ty of youth he cried: Father, what's
this story about your son shooting a
man,? All the boys at school are talk
ing about it. l fought them. l want
to know what it is, father. What is it?
He's my brother, isn't he? Is he your
son? Who is he? Tell me-"
The captain gathered the boy to his
arms and With a wave Of the hand
sent the policemen away to their duty,
many of them with humid eyes.-New
York Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Not Buyinp Gold Bricks.

"Do you take this woman for better
or for worse?" asked the preacher SOL
EMMY.
"Well, for better, l should hope" re-
piled the cheerful bridegroom. you
don't suppose l have been investing
money in a marriage license and a suit
Of clothes that l may never have oc-
casion to wear again for worse, do
you?"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10

py- THIS cooperative plan may apply to
the forest service either for the serv-
ices Of an expert on the ground where
the undertaking is a large one or, in
the case Of smaller projects, for identi-
hcation by correspondence. In the lat
ter case numbered specimens of the
trees n a plat showing their location
should be sent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-05-10
Not if as Rich as Rockefeller.

If you had all the wealth of,,Rockefelle1
the Standard Oil magnate, you could not
buy a better medicine for bowel com
plants than Chamberlain collie. cholera
and diarrhoea remedy. The most emin-
ent physician cannot prescribe a better
preparation for collie, and diarrhoea, both
for children and adults. The uniform
success of this. remedy has shown it tc
be superior to all others. 1t never fails.
and when reduced.with water and sweet
ened, is pleasant to take. Every family
should be supplied with it. Sold by y.
d. McGruer Langdon and Easily.