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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12
The GARE AT ARMS

A gallant soldier four years old
Was longing for the fray,
And yet the cruel hand of fate
Seemed always in the way.
He longed to mount foaming steed,
And gallop off to war,
To slaughter foemen with his sword
Pray, what are tin swords for?
His mother said, and smiled.
why such notion, child?'
His mother never seemed to see
How old her boy had grown,
Although she left him in the dark
To go to sleep alone;
All wide awake he used to lie
And think, and think, indeed,
About surging battle line,
About gallant steed,
His mother bent down near,
Nov go to sleep, my dear"
All staring wide awake he lay
And watched for his steed to come,
He strained his ears for the cannon's
peal,
The beat Of the sturdy drum;
He rode away on his rocking horse,
away-away-
He left his mother far behind,
This soldier brave and gay.
His mother took a peep,
"The Dabys fast asleep"
F Virtine Frost in Good Housekeep.
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ley the Wabash, Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain railroads, the Western
Coal and Mining company and the
Rich Hill Mining company, all sup
posed to be competing companies, are
all under one management and are op.
Grated in such way as to stifle com
petition.
AMI his is but the beginning of the
fight. presumably. The reform virus
has become inoculated into ruling
powers of practically all of the middle
western states, and when the legisla
tors adopt the laws recommended by
the governors in their messages, and
the attorney generals begin to enforce
them there will be trouble for the cor
porations breaking out in all quarters
The year of 1907 bids fair to be a
greater reform year by far than 1906
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12
IowA,s GREAT WEALTH.

The state of Iowa, small in area
compared to many of her sister states
west of the Mississippi, is second only
to California, with its mammoth area,
in the wealth of it's property values
The extent of its wealth is shown in
bulletin recently issued by the cen.
sus bureau, which quotes figures Sc.
cured IN 1904, and shows!the increase
at the close of 1906.
The figures cover all kinds Of prop
erty, including real property and i'm
provements, farm implements and
machinery, gold and silver coin and
bullion, manufacturing machinery
tools and implements railroads and
their equipment, street railways, water
works, etc. The figures appended give
the story of the development:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12
FIRE AT ALBA.
A. r. Barnes Property Damaged
Horse Sale "Wednesday.

Abba, Jan. 10.-Fire broke out yes
terday about 1880 p. M, in the prop
erty owned by A. R. Barnes and occu-
pied at present by Walter Dooley and
family. The fire department respond
ed promptly, but the fire being be-
tween the ceiling and roof, was reach
ed with difficulty and considerable
damage was done the property. Mr.
Dooley succeeded in removing all his
household effects. but these were dam
aged to a great extent by water and
breakage.
ottumwan Auctioneer.
Owing to the lack of horses, the
horse sale yesterday was not as sue
cessful as the former ones. A number
of buyers were present, among whom
We're Billie Griffith and William Gee
Pleasant; John Moore and John
Simms, of Bussey, and Morris Holmes
of st. Louis. Lee Fleener of Ottum-
wa auctioncd the sale.
Persona! and Otherwise.
William Wilkin, who makes his
home with his son, George w. Wilkin
at this place. is verv i'll at present as
the result of either fall or stroke
of paralysis.
H. G. Hollingsworth of ottumwa
was calling on old friends at this
J. H. Balm was in town on business
Wednesday,.
Allen Hilton Of Hilton was bust
ness visitor at Abba yesterday.
D. H. Hawthorne of Hedrick trans
acted business at this place yesterday
evening.
James H. Elder Of Monmouth. Ill.
was visiting friends here the first Of
the week. Mr.. Elder is mail clerk or
the Burlington between Burlington
and Chicago.
Mrs. j. H. Easter had his right hand
injured while acting the part OF
Santa Claus on Christmas morning
and still carries the injured member
in sling. A blood vessel was broker
in a fall and two large blood clots
have already been removed.
Attorney George Dashiell Of Beloit
Kansas. is making pleasure ant
business visit at Abba
L. S. Collins Of Knoxville is bust.
ness visitor here this week.
1t is thought that the waterworks
will be so far completed at the enc
Of the week as to test the pipes. In g
short time the system will be giver
over to the city, completed
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The cLEWs LETTER.

"Sell on all good rallies, and buy
only on pronounced breaks" This is
the advice given by Henry Clews the
New York financier in his weekly
market letter. He bases this state
ment upon the shrinkage in stock ex-
change values during the last few
months, and the surprise is, he says,
that no trouble has thus far resulted
from such causes.
1.-TWO factors. the stringency in
money and the knowledge that the
big interests are disguised sellers,
constitute the weakest element in the
stock market situation" said Mr..
Clews. January is usaully a month
of good investment buying Some
times this investment demand appears
in December. At one time it looked
as if there would be little demand for
securities of any kind from investors;
the latter having lost confidence in
existing values and not being inclined
to come into the market with any
freedom until there has either been
a substantial recession in values, or a
radical improvement in the money
market; either of which would tend
to restore the normal relations be
tween interest rates and investments. "
But Mr.. Clews is inclined to take an
optismistic view of the situation
cit is long period since market
opinions varied SO widely" he says
"Some authorities are exceeding pes,
simistic, while others are equally op
timistic. Much depends upon the
point of view and the commitments
of the observer. Our great Industrial
leaders are naturally very hopeful
Those engaged in the development OF
great enterprises find that consump
ton is still ahead of production and
that mush continued activity will be
necessary to meet current demands
This country has risen to point
where it is producing As per cent Of
the worlds pig iron and nearly 60 pei
cent of the worlds copper and YET
there is shortage in sight for both
establishments connected with these
industries in many cases have orders
on their books which keep them fully
employed for year to come Men in
such position cannot but feel hopeful
At the other end of the line are ou1
| fnancfers and disinterested observers
who are impressed with the over-ex
tension of credit, with the imitation IT
values, and with the unpleasant de
4 velopements in political life arising
from past abuses of the money power
In the latter they see tae possibilities
of much political agitation and more
or less adverse and rash legislation
aimed chiefly at great corporations
This dispobition of the public to pun
ish the latter is becoming more anC
more pronounced, and cannot be ignor
ed. Ere long, it will be factor affect
ing values; if it is not SO already
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12
CORPORATIONS THE TARGET.

Strenuous days are ahead for the
corporations. With the governors urg-
ling upon the legislatures laws that will
permit of less abuses of corporate
power. and with an interstate com
merce commission that is developing
wonderful faculty of arriving at the
root of abuses brought to its attention,
to say nothing of the presence in the
White House of a Square deal'' Presi-
dent, who keeps on eagle eye out for
the transgressions of the captains of
industry, the path of the trust mag
nate is not altogether rose strewn.
While the interstate commerce com.
mission is in Chicago finding out the
inside history of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific consolidation and the
truth Of the charges that these two
transcontinental roads have under the
same management stifed coast to
coast competition. Attorney General
Hadley Of Missouri is prosecuting GUST
er suits at Jefferson City against the
Gould interests, alleging mammoth
combine.
According to Attorney General Had
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WILL VISIT oTTUMwA.
Bloomfield Royal Neishbors Will Be
Here January 10.

r1ore January IL.
Bloomfield, Jan. 1O-The Rosewood
camp of Royal Neighbors installed Of
ficers Tuesday evening and Initiated
two candidates. T. T. Tolbert and Ed
Shaw. The camp has accepted an in
Vitation to visit the Woodbine camp
in Ottumwa on January IS.
Other Items of Interest.
Mrs Clay Martin and Mrs. Tom
Brewster have returned from Lake
View, where they have been visiting
their father, G. Wells, who has been
paralyzed for some time and was re-
Gently removed from Indian Territory
to Lake View. His daughter Mrs.
Jane Morris, of this city, is now at
his bedside
A. c. Lester has sold his business
block on the northeast corner of the
square to Mrs. Mary Young.
Mrs. Leigh Sprowls Of Cincinnati.
Ohio. returned Wednesday to make an
extended visit at the Davies home.
Bert Wishard has returned from
Muscatine. where an accident occurred
in which he sprained his shoulder. He
hopes to be able to return in a short
time.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap-
sion on Wednesday at the home of
DR.. G. c. Heady. Luncheon prepared
by the society will be served at noon
and social pleasure will be combined
with the work of the day.
N. S. Johnson left Monday
for Des Moines to attend
meeting Of the Grocers' Insurance
company, Of which he is a member OF
the board.
G. w. Tarrance of West Grove is
spending few days on business here
and is viSffinc q tho Nf
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T.. Hatton have
returned from Kansas City, where
they spent the holidays with their
children.
Mrs. Charles D. Fortune entertained
few friends at dinner at 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening, the affair being
complimentary to Mrs. w. A. Sheaffe1
Of F't Madison
Claude c. Mccain leaves next
Monday for Sioux City to attend The
Marble and Granite Mems convention
which opens on Tuesday. Mr.. Nc
Cam is vice president of the asso-
citation.
Mrs. Nina Heaton of Des Moines is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Jennie Saun.
ders.
James stooksberrv of stiles has solo
his stock of merchandise to j. p
Hare.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Hutton spent
Monday evening with friends In Mil.
| ton.
Hon. w. H. Taylor and wife left
| Wednesday for an extended pleasure
trip through Kansas and Texas en-.
route to California, where they will
spend the winter. The first poin
made will be Coffeeville, Kansas
where a short time will be spent Will
relatives. Kossa. Houston, Galveston
Ell Paso and San Antonio Texas, ar,
mapped out as interesting points to b,
visited before going to Los Angeles
California, where they will remain un
til May.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12
MATTHEW'S PARSONS WEDDING.
Ceremony at Charlton Wednesday,
Other News.

Otner NEWS.
Charlton, Jan. 10.-At the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Parsons last
evening occurred the marriage Of their
daughter. Miss Bertha Parsons, to
Floyd Matthews Of wyoming, Rev
Palmer performing the ceremony in
the presence of the relatives and
friends. They will leave soon for the
west, where they. will locate.
Walter Woods Injured.
Walter Woods had the misfortune
to get his left hand caught In a cog
wheel on the ditching machine Wed
nesday and mashed the third finger SO
badly that amputation was necessary.
Other Charlton News.
H. S. Melville is confined to his
home this week with the grip.
George Percefeild will leave tomor-
row for Chicago. where he will re-
main the balance of the winter.
Mrs. Eli Gray and children are
spending the week in Humeston with
relatives.
Two of the children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgan Williams are very sick
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Allison Of Ba-
tavia were visiting in the city Wed
nesday.
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AN HONOR DESERVED.

The announcement that Judge C. G..
Cole of Des Moines, founder of the
Iowa College of Law at Des Moines,
later one of the Iowa supreme court
justices and at present dean of Drake
university, is to receive one of the
pensions from the Carnegie foundation
fund will be received with gratifcation
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12

pointed John Mohler janitor Of the
court house, Moses Kiger steward Of
the county farm, John Mclean over
seer OF the poor and Stephen Parkins
bridge foreman, but there is no count.
physician None has applied and
the board has not appointed one.
situation Is unusual.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12

Island restaurant to William Coo. Mr..
Shouts will retire from business life
on account of extreme age.
An alarm OF fire from the Dewey ho-
tel yesterday afternoon called out both
fire departments. The blaze was caus-
ed by a defective fiue and was easily
extinguished.
The board Of supervisors has reap
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Totals s2s,o5s ,ooe 900 s4,s47 200. 900

The hgures SHOW That OF the SEVEN
teen states mentioned in 1894 Iowa is
given second place, although it has
not the area of California or the min
eral wealth of some of the western
states to add to it's wealth. And Cal
ifornia and Minnesota are the only
two states of the seventeen which
show a larger percentage of gain since
1QOd
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Professional Cards.

In this cut the second
lumbar vertebra OF
the backbone is III
proper relation with
the first but not with
the third; therefore
he great trunk nerve
is free as it passes
rom the spinal cord
through the first open
ing but severity pin.,cs,h-
ed In the second. The
Chiropractor eau Ia.
stantly adjust spine
No. 3, ma xing the
secoud opeu ing a 9
large as the first. thus
removing pre- s S u : {
- - e a ruAC whtc Ia
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FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield, Jan. 1o.-After years in
the restaurant business in Fairfield
George Shouts has sold the Rock
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Is tbe or,y - d,spase Then ar only
then can nature restore you. See CdA "a
RAY PARKER, D. c., Baker buiiaihe' i''o
10 G:30p. M.
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:. r. r. TIME TABLES.
All c., B. & @. Trains depart from tn
Washington street Union depot.
BURLINGTON RoU.... c. 8. & q.
w. s. PARKER, Ticket Agent.

No. Going East. Depart
l2a-Chic. Dubuque & Quincy 2: 90 a. m.
92l-Local freight ..........5:20 a. m.
10b-Peoria. Dub. & Quincy 11:4O a. m.
6a-Chicago Limited... 1:41 p. m.
4a-Chic., st. L. & Quincy. 7:10 p. m.
Sa-Fast Mail ....12:12 a. m
2a--Ghfcago Peoria & Rockford II % D. NJ
1sh-Bnrlington & st. Louis -. .7:35 a. m
16a-Fast Mail ............. 4:55 a. m,
Going West.
5a-omaha. Council Bluffs &
Nebraska ..........12:45 a. M
15a-Fast Mail .2:52 a. m,
sa- Omaha, Kansas city, Denver.
hot Springs, Deadwood, Og-
den, Portland California 7:45 a. m.
.a-Fast mail ...:..-5.......... S:22 a. m.
9b-Peoria to Creston 1:30 D. m
13a-Iimited .............. 1888 p. m
11b-Chic. to ottumwa, arrive 10 .. m.
1a.C,hicago to Denver: Has p. m
a.-laily; b-except sunday Nos. Z, 8
and 10 do not carry. passengers.
Via Fort Madison-Goinq East.
Ft. Madison & st, Louis DE-. 3:35 o. m.
Going West.
from Fit Madison & st.
Louis Oh 11:5O a. m
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DENTISTS.
DR.. TULLlS.
Dentist. ).

structed.
Crown and bridge-work expert.
Office over Cullen's dry goods store
Main street, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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FHVSIcIdHS anu oUT4eotlS'
Third floor. Hoffman, Block. Chronic ais-
eases of Lungs. Stomach. Liver and Kid
neys. blood and Skin Diseases. Catarrh.
rheumatism. Diseases of women after
Office ans Residence 966 Calls promptly
answered
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ELIZABETH M. THOMPSON.
Osteopathic Physician.
Graduate American School Osteopathy,
Kfrksville, Missouri
Office. 227 N. Court ST. New phone 1874.
Hours. 800 to 1900 and 1 80 to 400.
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BURT l-AFoRcE. PHI. G.. NJ. D.
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat Specialist.
Glasses scientifically fitted. Office hours
10 to - n. m. and 2 to s and to 8 o'clock
p. m. Phone. office. $50: residence. 81.
Office rooms 10 and 12 Hofmann Blk.
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DIR. A O. WILLIAMS.

Surgeon q. r < q R'y Go.
q. r.. r. s. s Co.
Residence. PIC Mouth Jefferson street
Office, 100 Court street Residence tele
pho,ie. 10: office telephone. 90. ottumwa
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
DIR. w. L. Fisher. Candidate for COrO.
ner Presents Past Official Record
as His Best Recommendation.

DR.. w. L. Fisher, whose announce
ment will be found In another column
of this issue, in seeking the nomina-
ton for coroner to succeed himself,
offers to the people his past official
record as the best recommends alton he
can give, as to what he will do if re-
elected.
He has now held the Office to which
he aspires to be reelected for four
years and has shown himself to be u
conscientious and efficient official, do.
ing his duty at all times and whenever
possible. avoiding unnecessary ex-
pense to the parish. The Doctors
record is open and above board and
he invites careful inspection of the
same by the voters of this parish.
DR.. Fisher who is native OF
Washington parish, is the son of one
OF the sturdy planters of that parish,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
Child Burned to Death at Sulphur
Sunday Morning.

Sunday morning between the hours
of nine and ten, the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Rudolph Trahan was burned
to the ground and their seven-month s.
old baby was burned to death.
Mrs. Trahan had left the baby to-
gether with two older children, in the
house, the baby lying near the stove,
while she went out to look after the
COW. While she was away the older
children got hold of the gasoline can
and in some way it became ignited
and upon the mothers return some
time later, she found the room in
which the children had been left in
veloped in flames. She rushed for the
door, but as she opened it a part of
the burning roof fell upon the baby,
making rescue impossible. Mrs.
Trahan herself, was badly burned
upon the face and arms. The other
two children escaped in safety. The
building and contents are complete
loss as Mr.. Trahan did not carry any
insurance.
There is a moral to this, which all
ought to see: that fire. small children
and gasoline or kerosene make com
bination that are sure to produce dis
asterous results.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
DRlLLlNG!AT WELSH.
C. Z. Smith Of Port Arthur, Tells
About Exploitation THERE'S go.
Ing Down Deep After 1t.

That deep pay oil stratum exists
in the Welsh, La, oil field, the same
as at Jennings and Anse La Butte,
which can be developed and a great
oil field brought in, is the belief of c.
K. Smith, we'll known citizen of
Port Arthur, who is now drilling In
the Welsh field.
Mr.. Smith passed through the city
last evening, being en- route from a
visit to Port Arthur to Louisiana.
II have been drilling well at
Welsh for some time said Mr..
Smith, "snd the prospects for ibring.
ing in a flowing will at great depth
are very fsttering. We bailed the
we'll Saturday at depth of about L.
700 feet, but the results we're not sat
isfactory and we have decided to
drill deeper. There are at present
about eight oil wells in the lWelsh
field, but they all draw their supply
from shallow depths, and their az
gregate production is not consider
able.
"It is we'll known that the great
gushers in the Jennings field were de-
veloped from the deeper strata, and
the coming in of the Anse La Butte
field, with the deep wells drilled by
the Lake Oil Co., shows that the same
is true of that field.
~ believe that the deep stratum at
Welsh can be proftably developed
and the we'll now being drilled will be
sunk to much greater depth if oil is
not sooner encountred."
Mr.. Smith says there is no doubt
the Anse La Butte field being in, and
that already there is rush of oil men
to the scene to begin development, the
Beaumont oil men, as usual, being in
the van of the proceSsion.-Beaumoh
Enterprise.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22

and lived upon the farm until he twas
twenty-five years old. In the spring
of 1895 he wasI graduated from the
medical department of Tulane Uni
versity. After practicing medicine in
Franklin for five years, he moved to
Lake Charles, where he has resid ed
ever since. Four years ago he ran
against DR.. Watkins for the ONCE OF
coroner and won with majority OF
633 votes. He now has large prac-
tice in Lake Charles, where he is
recognized as one of the leading
physicians of the city.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
Nude Body of Unknown White Man
Found Near Rice.

Wednesday morning, as Victor
Corbello was passing through a
field about two miles south of Rice,
while hunting, he came upon the
body of an unknown white man.
He returned to Rice and a mes
sage was sent to Coroner Fisher,
who in company with some depu
ties from the shersff'S office, iboarj-
ed No. 10 and came up to Iowa
junction. from whence they were
conveyed to the remains. They
found the body, which was entirely
nude, lying upon its face with its
hands folded under it. Upon
careful examination no marks of
violence could be found, and the
only marks of Identification was an
old scar about three inches long, a
little to the right of the left nipple,
and club nail on the left fore
finger. He seemed to have been
a man of about forty-6ve years of
age, would weigh about 40 pounds,
light complexioned, with about a
weeks growth of red beard on the
face. The jury was unab lie to ar
rive at any verdict. The body was
ordered buried in the cemetery at
Rice.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22

Scripture Lesson. Rev. A. B. WEIGH
PRAYER. .............. Rev. R. 7. Price
Song, "Yes Well Rally"
Magnitude of the liquor traffic .......
...... ...........Rev. Jas. Ellis
Prohibition-It effect on commercial
interests ..........:. Alec Lawson
Song, "In her home the mother sits "
Prohibition-It effect on the indust-
rial classes. ..... .Jno. H. Cooper
Prohibition-Its effect morally, So
cially and politically ............
............ Rev. H. M. Grain
Song, "Just Before the Battle"
What is being done III. Z. Robinson
Song, "Fill the Ranks With Voters. y
Can we abolish the salOon?-How?..
......... -. Rev. J. A. Carruth
Song, America.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
Program of Cni0n Temperance Meeting
at the Baptist Church Sunday
Evening, New. "a.

There will be a union temperance
meeting at the Baptist church in
Welsh Sunday evening, beginning at
Z o'clock, conducted under the auspic-
'es of the Anti saloon League. The
various churches OF the city have
kindly consented to give up their reg
ular services and all unite in making
this a grand temperance rally. The
following program viii be furnished
and promises to he a treat to all who
hear it. Extra seating has been pro-
Vided so that everybody may he ac-
commodated. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to come out and hear
about some Of the Things that are be-
ing done in temperance work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22

Thanksgiving Supper
For benefit of Uniform Rank W
O. w. at Welsh Camp l76, Nov.
%, 1907, in the Bell building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
Thanksgiving Supper

For benefit of Uniform Rank W.
@. W. at Welsh Camp, l76, Nov.
%, 1907, in the Bell building.