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even if the products of independent con-
Germs cost them ~ cents per gallon more
than the Standards products cost, they
could yet make good profit at prices
considerably less than the Standard eX-
torts; in other words. the Standard gives
the consumer none of the advantages due
to its superior efficiency.
Again, the statistics of the Waters
Pierce Oil company above mentioned
show that during 1903 its az erage profit
on the marketing of Illuminating oil in
the United States was 2.6 cents per gallon.
and that it made 400 per cent on its in
vestment in the United States. Had the
Waters-Pierce been content with 10 per
cent on its capital, it would have made
only OF cent per gallon on the average
This excess of 10 cents per gallon above
the amount necessary to give an aver
age competitive profit, occurring in the
marketing branch of the business alone,
was greater than the difference between
Standard and Independent concerns in re-
the business-pipe-line transportation, re-
filming and marketing cannot ex-
coed IL cents per gallon.
Proof of Monopoly.
The proof is therefore clear that the
enormous profits of the Standard Oil
company are due not merely to superior
efficiency, but also to monopoly power.
Independent concerns could, If they had
the opportunity, afford to sell oil at
prices Tess IMAM the GLdDQdIU Dfi
the average in the country as a whole.
The Standard Oil company gives the pub
lie none of the benefit of its superior eff
ficiency. but. one the contrary, charges
prices higher than those which would eX
list in the absence of such a combina-
ton
This comparison of Standard and indie
pendent costs also confirms the conciu-
sion previously reached that the Stand
ard can claim no credit for such reduc-
ton in prices as has taken place since
the early history of the industry. If in
dependent concerns can today sell oil
prOfitably for less than the Standard
charges, ii follows that Independent con-
Germs, in the absence of any great COM
bination. could have reduced prices more
than they actually have been reduced.
This conclusion is the stronger when It
is borne in mind that, had the Stand
ard never secured any such domination
in the industry, there would almost GER
tainly nave arisen a number of indepen-
dent competing concerns in the oil in
dustry. eacn considerably more efficient
than even the most efficient of the pres
ent independent concerns. 1t would be
absurd to argue that the independents
today are more efficient by reason OF the
existence of the Standard. Doubtless they
have borrowed some Improvements which
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PREPARING FOR
GREAT JUBILEE
Citizens of Sacramento WIFI
Make the irrigation Congress
a Striking Event.
UNIQUE PROGRAM PLANNED
TWO WEEKS OF DIVERSIFIED
PLEASURE.

Sacramento, Cal. Aug 4-Plans for
what is expected to be the greatest ir-
r1Saton celebration in the history of this
country were announced here today by
the board of control of the Fifteenth Ma
tonal Irrigation congress. There will be
a two weeks series of festivals. cele-
orations and Jubilees held in connection
with the irrigation congress. which
opens In this city Sept. p Heretofore the
congress has been largely western in its
composition, but this year a special eff
tort mas been made to give to it a ma
tlonal character. The program has been
arranged to cover a very wide range OF
SUBJECTS, including much that is of In
terest 10 the east we'll as to the
west.
Irrigation Parade.
The principal features of the celebra-
! ton which will mark this event will be
magnificent irrigation parade. This will
be composed Of especially designed floats
allegOrically representative of irrigation
and its development from the most an
cient times; other floats representing tia
irrigated states and typifying the spirit
of the occasion, and a splendid train Of
military and civic organizations and other
special features. One of the striking fea-
lures of the parade viii be the great
, Chinese water god, a Chinese dragon sew
eral hundred feet in length carried
through the streets by sons of the Flow
cry Kingdom whose ancestors looked To
this monster for the waters with which
to flood their rice paddles thousands OF
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Oil company. an affiliated concern). 27.O3
cents, Lima, o., 1929 cents; Richmond
Cal. 32.S cents: Florence, Colo. Omitted
Oil company, which sells all of its prod
uct to the StandaTd), 1916 cents. The Lima
plant is the most typical among these six.
1t carries by-prOducts to a greater degree
of elaboration than the others, and in this
respect corresponds closely with most of
the independent refineries whose costs
have been secured. The operating costs
of the Lima plant are almost exactly
the same as the average for the nine in
dependent plants. 1t is possible that some
of the larger Standard refineries are able
TO bring their costs a few cents per bar
rel lower, but the difference between the
average operating cost for all Standard
refineTies and for the more efficient indie
pendent refinerieS cannot, at the outside
exceed one-eighth cent per gallon.
1t is not possible TO compare the eff
cheney of Standard and Independent re-
fineries with respect to the yield of prod
ucts secured from crude. The fact that
there is so little difference in operating
costs, however, indicates the probability
that there is also very little difference
in regard TO yields. 1t is probable that
taking account both of the operating costs
and yields. the Standard refineries can
produce finished products at a cost ap
prOximately one-fourth cent per gallon
less than the independent refineries; the
difference cannot. at the outside, be
greater than one-half cent.
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those of the Standard refineries) show op-
Grating costs of refining ranging from
about "a cents per barrel of crude to about
80 cents. and averaging about 29i4 cents.
Data regarding the Standards operating
costs of refining were secured for six
plants. as follows: Sugar Creek, Mo,
and Neodesha, Kan. tcombinedl, 15.46
cents per barrel; ChaisOn. Tex. (Security
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Elaborate IIIuminations.

The electrical street illuminations will
be most elaborate. FestOons of mean
descents will be everywhere, while prom
inent corners will be adorned with cleo
trio windmills and other special de-
signs, ali typifying irrigation.
Other features will be fruit festivals
musical and social functions. steamboat
and yacht excursions on the Sacramento
river and railway excursions over the
state.
The Interstate Exposition of Irrigated
Land Products and Forest Products,
which will be the principal event aux
Hilary to the congress, promises a SPLEEN
did aSsemblage, especially Of the pro
ducts of irrigation. The list Of trophies
for interstate competition is now com
plete and consists of twenty magnificent
loving cups provided by prominent west
erners at a cost of from $3.50 to S130
each Farmers prizes TO the value OF
many thousands of dollars will be dis
tributed among individual exhibitors.
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Refining Ind ustrY.

Much less difference appears between
Standard and independent concerns in the
refining business. Data secured from nine
independent refineries Ohe only ones
whose costs are closely comparable with
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Difference in Cost Slight.

The difference in costs between Stand
ard and Independent concerns in the mar
keting of petroleum products is very
slight Although by means of unfair
methods of competition the Standard has
been able to prevent Independent con-
Germs from establishing the system of
tankwagon delivery as widely as they
would have done under normal conditions,
the independents nevertheless market a
large proportion of their oil by this meth
cd. The accounts of several independent
concerns operating the tank-wagon sys-
tenn in large cities. supplemented by care
full estimates by other similar concerns.
show substantially no difference between
their costs and those of the Standard
In six cities for which approximately cor
rect data We're secured the tank-wagon
marketing costs of independent concerns
ranged from 0.Ss cent per gallon to 1.5I
cents per gallon. The following were the
costs for the principal cities concerning
which information was secured from
Standard concerns: Chicago, 0.95 cent per
gallon; st. Louis, 122 cents: Richmond
Va, 1872 cents; San Francisco. 1.S9 cents
Los Angeles, 1.30 cents: Sacramento, 49,
cents; Portland, Ore, 1.34 cents; Denver
235 cents. This comparison shows nc su
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Feathered Fishers Search Salt Waters in Vain and Gather
Harvest at Mouths of Rivers-MyriadS of Birds

tens and tventies Some of them were
frightened and started to run-they could
not fly-and sprawled on the ground lu-
dicrously. Although the birds were driven
out in great herds from the bunch the
number on the rock did not seem to de-
crease. Finally after 500 had been count
ed the scorers struck There seemed to
be twice as many left as had been count
ed I'D the man who bet there were more
than 80 won in a walk.
On a sand bar nearby little gulls went
in swimming with the neighboring peil-
cans and romped up and down the sand.
The gulIs were almost devoid Of feath-
ers and seemed to be younger than the
pelicans. but they could run and swim
better than the pelicans.
With the BuffaIoes.
From Egg island the party went to An
telope island. Here a herd of fOrty-flve
buffalOes range along the hills as wild
as the vast herds that once roamed the
prairies The herd grew from twelve ac-
quired years ago by J. Z. DOOly and
placed on the island. They are given the
freedom of the island. which is about fit
teen by eight miles. Each year there Is
a buffalo hunt and three or four are
killed. y half dozen buffalo calves are
raised every year.
The landing at Antelope island was
made on the east side. il was two-mlle
walk to the ranch on the island winch
was reached at lunch time. y mule that
looked enough like Maud" to be her twin
sister appreciated the hour and was see
ing that her small family was cared for
After lunch ana water at the spring the
explorers went to hunt buffalo with a
camera Far away on the hills the buff
falo could be plainly seen with field
glasses but they were out OF range ana
no one could get close enough to them
to get any photographs
The Noble Teddy"
Running with a bunch of fancy Here
ford cattle was Teddy, hybrid, known
as a cataIO 'sTeddy's' father was full
,innaod h11ffaln and his mother Here-
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The inhabitants of airdviIIe.

Farther to the south a little pile of
rocks protruding from the lake dignified
by the name OF Egg island, is the me-
uopohs OF Blrdvlile- Here is the nesting
place of every species of the winged
population of the lake The eggs are now
nearly ali Matched out and the young are
getting well feathered
All of the marine fowl nest on the
ground and it is necessary for them to
have an out-Of-the-way place where the
eggs will be unmOlested. Members of the
blrd colony on Egg island seem to be
nelghooriy among themselves and not al
together inhOspitable to strangers. Tall
cranes and cormorants, the wise fowl of
the island. stood on one foot, stretched
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the curve and out on to the trestie work
across the lake came the Overland Linn
tied. The boat was so close to the cut
OFT that the approaching train was easily
caught by the kodak
Near the Lucin cutoff are the mouths
of the Weber and Bear rivers. Above
these hover the fishing birds. Carefully
poised in the air with wings outStretched
peering constantly at the water is the
best fisher bird of them all, the grotesque
appearing pelican. He sees a fish car
ried into the salt water by the current
OF the stream. Without a moments hes
itatiOn he tits himself forward and shoots
straight as an arrow into the water As
he rises to the air again the tail of a
fish Is seen prOtruding from his bill but
it soon disappears into the depths of his
volumlnOus pouch, to be taken to the
young pelicans off on lonely isle thirty
miles away. Before preparing Tor an
other dive he cocks his ungainly looking
head at the less fortune of the fishers,
as if to say:
.'HOws that for high?"
The gUils are content with a little perch
which they catch and wing off to a
rocky beach TO consume, followed BY a
flock OF other gulls who want to take
1t away from the lucky one. The gulls
are too nervous to make good anglers.
They fit about the water backward and
forward, with an envious eye on the staid
pelieans, who seem 10 have a monopoly
on the science of good fishing
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At Pilots Peak.

A short rest was necessary after which
the tramp was continued over the barren
rocks and through the sage brush six
miles farther across the island to the foot
of Pilots Peak, where the party had ar
ranged to meet the boat Here on the
rocky beach the water constantly grinds
on the great boulders sculpturing them
into fantastic shapes. The bathing at this
point is of the best on the lake
The return to Saltair was unmarked by
any features save the keen enjoyment of
the evening on the tranquil water which
the night before had threatened a briny
grave for everyone aboard the little boat.
Those in the party were Ross c. Davis,
James Budd, VIII White, NJ 5. LeaveT, A.
II. Kelly, sr., A. II. Kelly. jr-, DR.. NJ.
Mcdowell. L. r. Robinson, Captain d. L.
Davis, Dewey" Davis, A. L. Weaver.
Fred Shields o. f. Ball, w. r. Foulger
and F. V FitZGerald
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is marked like a Hereford but his form
is that of the buffalo The hump on the
back of the wide head, the short horns
and the long; shaggy beard, are inherited
from his untamed father. His expanse of
forehead is twenty-fOur inches. Teddy
Is the only cata1o on the island. There
are several half-buffalOs in different buff
faio herds in the country, but in each case
the cross was obtained through a domes-
tic bull and buffalo COW and Teddy has
the distinction of being the only half
buffalo son of a domestic COW as we'll as
the only male catalo alive. He was born
on March 4, 1901, the date on which Theo-
dOre Roosevelt was inaugurated vice pres
iCent
Scattered over Antelope island and the
mountains on it are the horns of wild
goats and anteloDes, and far up on the
cTags an occasional wild goat can be seen.
From the ranch the party walked to Fish
Springs, two miles away. While walk
ing over a hot dusty trail thanked by dried
buffalo grass the three trees and the green
grass at the spring made it look like an
oasis in the rocky desert. The vision was
shattered, when on reaching the spot it
proved to be a stagnant m!re with water
unfit to drink
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The Noble Teddy"

ford cattle was Teddy a hybrid, known
as a catalo. "Teddys" father was a full
biooded buffalo and his mother a Here
ford cow He is larger than either bur
falO or a cow, weighing $500 pounds he
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-11-07
LovlLlA.

Lovilia.--Mrs. w. Il. Pollock of Des
MONIES Is visiting with her uncle and
aunt Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Young.
this week.
Miss Ida Streeter, who is attending
school at Ottunwa. spent Sunday
here. the guest of her parents.
Miss Myrtle Jackson Is spending
this week in Des Moines.
Mrs. A. #. Cobb was a business CALI
err at Abba Saturday
Miss Muriel Myers, who has been
quite i'll for some time, is much bet
tor at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Connolly returned
Monday evening. after several weeks
visit with relatives in st. Louis, Mo.
and Ell Reno, Oklahoma.
j. H. Barnard returned Saturday,
after a two months pleasure trip
through Colorado and California.
Mrs. A. c. Spencer was shopping In
Abba Saturday
Ralph Clutch has accepted position
at the Royal Restaurant vacated by
H. l.. Amber.
Mrs. c.. M. Donley of Rosenberg,
Texas, spent last week at the home OF
Mrs. Jennie Miser.
Mrs. j. j. Green of PeIsin, H., Is vis-
iting at the home of her parents, MI.
and Mrs. Charles Young.
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four years ago, and his subject then
was Mature Ages; his second was
on the subject of Sunset; his third
was Growing Old" and Sundays SER
mon was taken from the ninth verse
Of Paurs letters to Philemon, Such
one as Paul. the aged" Mr.. Pal
Young ass we a Ma the od e re
cd human life with the earth's nature
production. The youth. as the YER
dure green, springs forth with all It's
life. beauty and happiness, but soon
the frost comes and like the leaves
that wither and fall, life GIBBS and
flows away into the beyond. Mr.. Pal
mer had his subject well in hand and
and all went away feeling well repaid
for coming to hear him. The program
was interspersed with good music by
the choir.
The WelscF Funeral.
The funeral of the late John N.
Welsch was held at Sigourney Satur
day and his remains We're laid to rest
at the West cemetery. The funeral
was conducted by the Rev Charles N
Pace, and Rev. Byran assisted by the
Odd Fellows and the M. W. A. lodge
judge Clements Is fipishing his Oc-
tober term Of court today and many
matters which We're unfinished when
he took sick week or two ago have
today been disposed Of. Among them
was. the case Of the state vs.. w. f..
Carson. who was found guilty by the
jury of wife desertion and today was
the time fixed for pronouncing judg-
ment. In the meantime the defen-
dant and his wife made up" and came
before the court, saying that Mr.. Car
son was willing to live with his wife
and asked the court for leniency.
Judge Clements imposed fine of $500
and costs and on the agreement that
Mr. Carson would live with his wife.
Judgment was suspended by the court.
Other Ncws Of Interest.
w. h Young Of Hedrick was in Sig
Quincy Saturday looking after busi-
ness matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Foster Of Win
throp Iowa, are making an extended
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final report Of temporary guardian.
Final discharge, see order signed.
Estate of Mary e. Linn, deceased.
Petition to sell real estate. j. c. Cal
houn appointed guardian adlitum for
defendant and file his answer as such.
Order signed.
Guardianship of Fanchion Good,
minor; application for order. Order
signed.
Estate of Jacob Wagner, deceased,
final report; final discharge.
David Davis vs. John H. Davis, ct al
partition, Order signed.
Annabelle Brown VS.. G A Brown.
divorce. Default Of defendant en-
notice by publication. Decree signed.
Maud A. Wolf VS.. T. o. Anderson
to quiet title. Default on notice by
publication. Decree signed.
Lowell Valentine VS.. George Welln-
ington, to quiet title. Default of all
defendants on notice by publication.
Decree signed.
J. w Brewer VS. unknown claimants
of real property, ct al, to quiet title.
Default Of all defendants on notice ny
publication. Decree Higned.
Gertie M. Bethnod VS.. H. Victor
Bethnod. divorce. Default of defendant
on personal service Of notice.
Garfield Baldwin, ct al VS.. Rosetta j.
Dustin. ct al, partition. w. NJ. Walker
appointed guardian adlitum for minor
defendants and files his answer ~
such. Decree signed
John S. Smith, ct al VS.. Ellen Golf.
ct al, partition. ]. p Starr enters as.
pearance for defendants, Frances
Goodwin and George Goodwin end is
given until third Monday to plead.
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Morris Williams
IOWA AND TEXAS LANDS
AND HORSE SALES.
TWICE, OVER THE LARGEST
HORSE MARKET in IOWA.
Auction Sales Every Other Friday
Private Sales Daily.
HORSES s25 TO $50 LoWER.


Chicago reports them SIS to $50 low
er than at the opening of the. fall
trade, Kansas City $35 to $50 lower st.
Louis $40 to s25 and eastern markets
Still worse. In view of these condi-
lions 1t will not be considered strange
that we, sold them at last Fridays
sale at considerably lower prices than
have been prevailing for come time.
We had very fair supply--both IN
numbers and in quality, and we also
had four new buyers on the market.
three from various points In Illinois,
and one from Bridgeport Conn. Other
representative buyers We're two buying
for Buffalo. one for Baltimore, two for
St Louis, several for Ohio and Penn
sylvania. feeding horses. but they all
say they must buy them lower. Now
this loss? That is the main question
we are all interested In, ] hope SO, but
! do not believe they will get back to
where they were. The little money
scare, born of fictitious boom In Wall
street stocks wherein 1t was expected,
after the princes of finance had built
their little tower of hollow gold bricks
that the sucker money from over
this vast country, teaming in wealth,
would flow in ike the sands of the sea
and bracs and bolster it,--but wherein,
the people, educated on tho subject of
inflated stocks, and the public booming
and secret selling methods of the
same princes by the writings Of such
pastmasters in the business as Thomas
Lawson.--acted on his advice and In
stead of rushing in their money to buy
these bricks" as they were inflated.
simply handed them more bricks with
which to build their frail structure,
and the result was nevitable-some-
thing had to "drap", and 1t did "drnp."
This moneyscare, l say. will soon
pass, but horses have been too high
and must, in my opinion, decline In
price. Never to as low point az
they reached in '93 or '94, but down
to reasonable valuation. A four
year-old draft horse at $3.50 will pay
well for his raising-and II our farm
er5 will keep up the quality they can
always figure on getting that much or
more for a good horse.
Don't let this money scare worry
you, just keep cool, and it will soon
pass. Teddy is at tho helm. and we
want to keep him there. Don't mat
ter what your politics are, keep the
man there who is working for the in
terest of the people.
Sale Friday, tho 18th.
MORRIS WILLIAMS,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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SEYMOUR.

Seymour.-The Seymour high school
team won In the game Of football play
ed with the Chillicothe team at that
city Saturday. the score being 20 to IL.
In favor Of Seymour. The local team
expects to play Fairfield next satur-
day.
Mrs. Leroy Ware arrived in Sey-
mour last Thursday from Milwaukee,,
where she spent most of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Harris Of.
Wheeling, West Virginia, who have
been visiting Mr.. Harris's brother,
Wesley Harris. left Tuesday morning
for Kansas, where they will visit an
other brother.
T. j, Richardson left Monday for
South Dakota on a business trip.
B. l.. Surber OF Powersville was a
business visitor In Seymour Tuesday.
Charles Whitmore OF Cedar Rapids
Is here on business this week
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"THE OLD PEOPLE"
Rev. Philip Palmer breaches Fourth
Annual serman at the First
Presbyterian Church.

Sigourrey. Nov. Sunday Rev.
Philip Palmer of the Presbyterian
church preached his fourth annual
sermon to "the old people" A special
invitation was sent to every old person
in the city and conveyances were pro-
vided for any one who desired to at
tend and thought it hardship to walk
to the church or had no conveyance of
their own. The weather for the day
was very fine and the church was well
filled. A large percentage of the audi.
ence present were of those who are
nearing and some who have passed tile
three score and ten
This was the fourth Of a series Of
sermons which Mr.. Palmer has preach
ed to the old people and each success
'sive one proves to be more interesting
than the previous one. His first was