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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18
Washington Bureau of
The OttumWe Courier

washington, u. o., June 10.
Ever been indicted IN the federal
courtf
Has Uncle Sam an ancient claim
against you, or suit pending In any
court, that has been lying from one
to twenty years because nobody was
concerned about pressing 1t, or be-
cause you had pull" on the district
attorney and induced him to forget
to press matters?
Well. II 80, you should get ready for
trouble. The interior department and
the department of Justice are getting
their heads together With the purpose
of going over all the dockets, into
all the pigeonholes and records Of
both departments. finding all the &C.
tons that have been begun and drop
ped, or all the causes OF action On
which no suits have been started, end
getting ready to start perfect sat
urnalia Of cleaning UP" litigation. No
bedy's pull is going to be worth the
snap Of finger, II fs promised. No
case that hasn't been positively out.
lawed is going to be excused. Land
actions, Indian cases, patent cases,
all sorts Of them are to be dragged
out of the cobwebs. the dusk brush
ed away, and something done right
away.
"The processes of the courts" are
VIGOROUSLY slow in this country, but
nowhere are they SO slow as in the
prosecution of government actions by
the district attorneys. Nobody Is will
ing to estimate how many cases there
are, pending for years, which could
be dragged out and resurrected to the
discontinue of litisants; but there are
certainly thousands upon thousands of
| them, according to officials.
Secretary Garfield and Assistant At
torney General Woodruff Of the inter-
| Tor department have started the re-
forms. They couldn't do anything eff
| fective without the cooperation Of
the department of Justice SO an ar
rangement has been made for cooper
alton. A joint committee representing
the two departments has been arrang-
ed for, which will systematically go
into all records and lcok up the ante
cedents of cases which appear to be
pending but for any reason, or with
out any reason, have not been urged
! to trial
The investigation is a stupendous
task. Thousands of cases, It Is de-
clared, have been pending so long that
nobody now in ofice-district attor
neys, department officials or anybody
else-knows anything more about
them than the musty records show;
and these are often incomplete. They
aaye been handed down from one Of
fetal to another accommodating cob.
webs and must from year to year
Sometimes the failure of prosecution
has been due to the quiet exertion
Of political influence, sometimes to the
TACT that the district attorney was toe
busy with private practice to worry
about government cases that nobody
was worrying him about. Some oi
the cases represent big amounts. some
are prosecutions of ''bootleggers" Bn
big or little, If they haven't been out
lawed. they are all to be dug up anc
explanations required.
Every district attorney will be call
'lAd upon to explain The statue Of al
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18

Every district attorney will be call
I'D uDon to explain The statue Of all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18

With records giving the modest
number of 1900 horses sold during
the year 1905, $500 sold in 1908 and
already that large number sold In less
than the first six months of 1907, the
Ottumwa Horse Sales company have
just balanced its books for the month
Of May, after being in business q trtfte
oyer two years with showing Of
progress and growth that is unsur-
passed, If even eQualled by any other
Dttumwa institution.
Under the management Of Morris
Williams, secretary Of the company
and Lee Fleener, auctioneer, the con-
Germ has risen from comparatively
insignificant horse selling establish
ment, started in January, 1905, on
South Marion street, until 1t now
stands at the head of the list of stock
markets in Iowa and is by no means
the least of the large number Of horse
selling centers west OF the Mississippi
river.
Stability Of the Sales.
The Ottumwa horse sales have come
to stay. With growth in ripiIty
like that Of the mushroom, the insti-
tuition is founded upon the business
heads and minds of two OF the best
posted horssmen Of the state, Messrs.
Williams and Fleener.
Through the exercising of the strict
est integrity, close application to the
interests Of the business and q gener-
GUS system of carefully selected news
paper advertising. the sales have
drawn buyers from a gradually widen
ing list of the larger markets, until
at this time there is scarcely prin-
ciple horse market in the United
States that does not have one or more
, representatives at each and every
SALE
In handling the public, it has been
the policy and practice Of the sale
management from the start to sell all
horses under rigid guarantee as &c
having the right of careful trial and
inspection of the animal before set
Element Is required.
With those intrusting horses to the
company for disposition, the same
strict business policies are followed
By their absolutely square methods
Messrs Williams and Fleener have
established territory Of supply, the
growth and expansion Of which II
equal to that OF the sales. Like tbs
arms of giant octopus, their buying
agents have gradually worked theil
way over constantly enlarging area
until now horses and mules are ship
ped into Ottumwa from a scope of ter
ritpry ranging from twenty-five to one
hundred miles and more. Their agents
are carefully selected and shrewd
horsemen, each under the direct super
I vision Of the management.
Story Of the Company.
The Ottumwa Horse Sales company
commenced business in small way II
the latter part of 1904 In January
1905, It began under the present man
agement with Morris Williams secre
tary and Lee Fleener auctioneer.
All during the year 1905 tho salet
were held on South Marion street; bu
along In the spring Of 1905 when thu
barns were destroyed by a big Are
that wiped out much Of the block be
tween Washington and Marion streets
the place of business was transferred
to South Ottumwa
Commodious barns for the volum,
of the business at that time were con
structed near Myrtle street. AS tn,
fame of the Ottumwa sales spread an,
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w. q. c. ENTERTAIN.

The woman's Relief Corps Of South
ottumwa met socially Friday evening st
the I. o. O. F. hall on Church street.
with the J. M Tuttle Post q. Al. r.
Ice cream and cake were served. Six
ty guests Were present A delightful
evening was passed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18

THE MAGNETIC MAN.
us Church street

Port Huron, Ill, where he Will spend
some time with his sister and family
He stopped of a few days In iowa
City with his son, J. g. Leasure.
Secretary Taft spoke Wednesday,
afternoon in Iowa City. This weeA
also being commencement week there.
a great many people went from here
Among those who went were ]. r.
Kirby, ]. P. Gallagher, H. b. Hull. r,
w. Tomasek. T. r. Williams, Miss
Mary McEachran, Robt. McEAchran. "a
B. Ogden, T. E. Citizens and b. w.
Edwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

Women's Section.
Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

come and see him act. The boys promptly
presented their order at the theater that
nighAbut the manager thereof was vexed
at tEegsight of the urchins coming to claim
space which he viewed as valuable.
Though a box remained unsold. he told
them that all had been bought. The boys
were disconsolate. With boyish instinct
they did the right thing. They went around
the corner to the stage door, and in some
mysterious way eluded the crafty door man
and reached Mansfields dressing room. The
little fellows stated their case, and the
actor took a pencil and wrote: IF there
is no box for my little friends ] do not act
tonight" They returned in triumph, the
manager surrendered and Mansfield acted
his best for his grateful little guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
With Roadside Playmates.

The youngsters in the neighborhood of the
Mansfield car always have occasion to re-
member his visits. He inspires their games,
invents new ones, gives prizes, and then
when play has worn every one out the
children sit down with him under the trees
and he tells them wonderful stories. as
only he can. No one has SO ready claim
on this man as children. His own little
son is his consuming dc ght. and most chill
dren come in for share of his love.
A couple of months ago he wound up an
afternoons romp with his little comrades
by writing them an order for box to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
Two Immigration Commissioners.

President Roosevelt has decided upon
Commissioner Neill of the bureau of labor
and Prof w. r. jerks of Cornell Uni
yersity as two Of the three immigration
commissioners to be. named by him to act
with the six commissioners named by Con-
gress. The remaining commissioner has not
been chosen by the President Mr.. Neiii
served on the investigation as to conditions
In Chicago packing houses and IN .otner
WAYS. and Prof. jerks has done some spe-
ciai work for the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

scntillating, and punctuated '7ith clever
anhorisms quoted in half dozen Ian
epages. His earnestness and enthusiasms
when moved to speak Of his art. his career
or his ideals is infectious. There is great
fascination and magnetism in being in the
nresence of a man who thinks. Mr.. Mans
Held shrinks quickly from anything which
tinges of self-laudation, and from that form
of extravagant narration which Is the stock
in trade of some men. 41e does this for
two reasons; the first and strangest being
that he abhors the role of a poseur, and
second he has so often been misunderstood
and misconstrued that he finds 1t wisest to
guard his utterance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
Apostle Of Simple Life.

This description is SUCCESSFULLY character
istic of his life aboard his car elsewhere
1t solves the home problem. Unlike so many
other conspicuous public characters, Mans
fields life is simplicity Itself. His care
and taste is shown in his treatment of his
son. The boy was born in 1897 and was
named George Gibbs Mansfield. Many are
the stories of Gibbs precocty. He has
never been taken to a theater even to see
his father act, but his imaginative faculty
is developed to degree, and he reflects
even in his childish intutions the intellect
of his parents Mr.. end Mrs. Mansfield
spend much of their time playing with this
boy.
An acquaintance the other day spoke in
these terms OF the celebrated actor, and
he spoke out OF the knowledge of an ex-
perience covering several meetings with
him. There is nothing OF the supposed
austere, tyrannical or overbearing about Mr.
Mansfield IN his personal intercourse with
those few whom he welcomes to his home
or his car when en- route. His humor II
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AN UNRWALED DISPLAY OF
Women's Easter Apparel

embracing the cleverest ideas the of women ashonng
including many unique DIES gns Afternoon and Reception
Gowns Tailored Suits, Silk Dresses, Linen and Lingerie
Dresses Wraps Waists, Ours is the largest establishment
in Washington exclusively devoted the sale of Womens
Ready Apparel By reason of this fact we are in
position present bigger and exhaustive series of
elusive models and prices modest than those which its
lesser contemporaries Offer We believe assembage of
Easter Apparel be Complementary complete you
find anywhere.
Afternoon and Reception Gowns, SIS to $3.50.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
Try to Suppress Telephone Com.
petition.

The independent telephone lines ap-
pear to have scored the first point In
the fight against the absorption in New
FORK state BY the Bell telephone sys-
tenn Of various independent interests,
including the Stromb berg Carlson Tele-
phone Manufa acturing company. 3. ii.
Moulton, president Of the Tri.State
Telephone Telegraph company,
which uses the Stromber Carlson in
struments, received telegram last
week from James b. Hoge, presi-
dent Of the international elephone
association, stating that w. 81 ackson,
attorney general OF New York, had
secured an nsinjunct ction In the Rochester,
N. courts against the merger on
lanti-m onopoly grounds. The hearing
was set for March Z andl tho - will
lbe watched with much 81 & both
Investors and patro IS 81 phone
1114y
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
land on the inside instead Of outside
1.-THE prison bars.

81 - Z r. IS - - p
see one Of the big Chicago banks
has started a move to empoly none but
married men in responsible positions
and reckon they've got the right lead.
They figger that married man thinks
about his wife and children and does
not take money lightly. Marriage givs
a man sense Of responsibility which
bankers hav thusfar failed to realize at
it's full value. You see how it is. A nm
married man amt tied down with love
for his own like a father is. He amt
got a home that he is responsible for
and he ain't got regulations other than
his own to keep up and take pride in.
He ain'tsg0t the ties that draw him all
day when away from his home circle
and that help to hold him straight and
true. It's my observation that there's
nothin', SO good for a clean and thrifty
young man as to hav nice little wife
and nice little home and nice little
family goin'. He's got somethin' to
liv for then and save for and keep right
for. He's got responsibility that will
hold him so he amt SO likely to 90
astray. It's kind of queer that so many
of the thefts are by unmarried fellows.
.> FARMER BEN. !.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
That's What he Meant.

The words chiffonier" and "chauf-
feur'' look very much alike when writ
ten, though in conversation there is
sufficient difference in the pronuncia-
tion to distinguish very. readily. Re
Gently the following dialogue occurred
In which the words were used, though
one OF the parties thought for a while
that his friend didn't know any better.
What are you waiting for, old
man ~
'Waitin' for my chiffonier. We are
going driving in my auto.
20, no; you mean you are waiting
for you chauffe the man that drives
your car.
Nope; I'm waiting for my chiffon
Ter ubbornly replied the man.
Il beg your pardon" J" replied the
other. ga ffonier is a swell dresser,
and chauffeur is one who drives
your car
That's all right z replied the one olee
who knew. as a pretty woman. hand nd
somely dressed, came down the stair. :.
way and got IN the machine. I'm q
waiting for tchiffo nier' all right. ss1
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
A CHEAP FARM POWER.
s-7sE-.ls55
Gasoline Engines Coming Into More
General Use.

An engine is time and labor saver
on a farm. With 24-inch buzz saw,
wood enough can be sawed in one day
to last several months. An engine
will grind feed enough in one day to
last several weeks, and save toll, wear
of harness and vehicles going to mill.
In the dairy time and strength will
be saved running the separator and
churn with power.
Gasoline engines are used to quite
an extent by farmers and the time
saved in starting them is in their f.
vor. You can get frst-class steam
engines now that will be ready to run
ed, and if in good repair are apt to
rYn all day without stopping. Whether
70 get steam or gasoline, must be de-
cided by everyone for himself. II you
have wood lot, buzz saw and a
steam engine, you have the fuel prob
lem settled.
Be sure to get an engine that is
large enough. I first bought small
steam engine, using kerosene for fuel.
I found it too small for some of my
work and fuel too expensive, SO ex.
changed for larger size. This low.
cred my pocketbook some. I now use
three-horse power boiler and two.
horse power engine on a small farm,
I run a bone cutter, emery wheels,
grindstone, buzz saw and a small
farm feed mill. I cen saw two cords
pole wood per hour, grind two bags
feed per hour, cut 100 pounds bones
per hour, gum saws and grind axes in
a prompt and vigorous manner. ]
have found my workshop and engine
a very satisfactory investment.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
BO0StrOm on Public Schools

At the recent meeting of the Free
born county public school officials held
at Albert Lea Prof. Charles r, Boos
from, president of the Southern Mime
sofa Normal College of 'Austn,
spoke op the Public Schools, past, pres
ent and future. Among other things
Mr.. Boostrom said he was the product
of the country school and that he was
proud of it. He believes in the discl-
pline in the school of thirty years ago.
The rod judiciously applied, as in the
days of old, has tendency to make bet
ter men and women, and he wanted t ,
see. the rules of order which prevailed
in his school days restored. He said
that when teacher is employed she
should be Instructed to do two things
keep order and teach the pupils-but if
she was unable to do both well, to keep
order in spite of anything. He said a
teacher should be fully matured before
she is given charge of a school; the.
teacher should carry Christian charac-
ter ard be an example Of purity and
nobility to the pupils entrusted to her
care. The country school, he believed,
is the home designed by God, and only
the purest, strictest and most edifying
things should be taught there. The
country school room is the ideal place
of loarninr. tho Eunnnnor n,1rilc WI II
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
Do Not Gro wd the Season.

The first warm days Of spring bring
with them a desire to get out and en-
Joy the exhilirating air Ind sunshine.
Children that have been housed up all
winter are brought out and you wonder
where they all came from. The heavy
winter clothing is thrown aside and
many she'd their dannels.s Then a cold
wave comes and people say that grip is
epidemic. Colds at this season are
even more dangerous than in mid win
ter, as there is much more danger Of
pneu mo nj Take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy however, and you will
have nothing 80 feaI. il always cures,
we have never known q cold TO result in
pneumonia when it Was used. It is
pleasant and safe. to take. Children
Ike % sale ~ all drug ggists,
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
The Governments Care OF TIE
Western Coal Lands.

The wisdom of demanding for the
people fair price for their coal by an
equable leasing system has crystallized
into bill, carefully prepared by the
experts of the Administration. The
only hardship 50 far introduced by this
new departure has been the tying up
from settlement of large areas of land
where the surface is still suited to agri-
culture. The new legislation contem-
plates only holding fast to the coal un-
der the Homestead law, but obliges
the surface owner to permit the develop
ment Of the coal underneath, under
wise laws.
But the master stroke in this achieve
ment reaches further, in two directions
1t forms the third essential CLEMENT
the final necessary element, in the de-
yelopment of the West. Quietly, but
efficiently did the president promote the
Geological Surveys reclamation system,
which in its many projects outstrips
the Importance of the Panama Canal
At the same time the President threw
the whole weight of his national popu-
larity to the aid of wisely planned
forest service, which is broad enough
for the entire country, and is bringing
back popularity to the president and to
Pinchot with interest This third ad-
ministrative act, not only nurtured but
bred by the President alone, insures
fuel enough for the manufacturing de.
velopment of the west. More than
this, it suggests the necessary change
in the mining law which shall make it
the effectual supplement of the Home
stead act in the West.--From "Guard.
ing the Public Coal Lands" in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews
for March.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
Saved Her Sons Life.

The happiest mother in the little
town of Ava, Mo-, is Mrs. S. Rupee.
She writes: "One year ago my son was
down with such serious lung trouble
that our physician was unable to help
him; when, by our druggists advice 1
began giving him DR.. Kings New Dis
coVery. and l soon noticed improve
ment. kept this treatment up for a
few weeks when he was perfectly we'll.
lie has worked steadily since at car
penter work. DR.. Kings New Discov.
Cry saved his life" Guaranteed best
cough and cold cure by X. o. Void,
druggist. SOC and $1.OO. Trial bottle
free.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
Enormous Salaries of Congress
men.

As our readers know Representative
j. A. Tawney and others pushed
through salary grab bill at the recent
session of congress increasing their
own salaries from 5000 to $500 a
year. This is only q part however of
the real income a congressman gets
In addition to $3.50 a week every week
of the year whether they are in session
or not there will be an allowance of
$125 per year for stationery and news
papers. They will continue to draw a
mileage allowance OF 10 cents mile
for travel each way going to and COM
ing from Washington. In the house
of representatives they will have an
allowance of 81, 200 each for clerkhire
with no check on it's expenditure.
That is, congress has no way of know
ing whether they actually pay this
money out or whether they make them
selves their own clerks. In the senate
the arrangement is different, and each
senator must have clerk whose name
is on the pay roll. Many members of
the house make their wives their clerks,
or their sons or daughters. Where
this is done the total salary amounts to
over $4,000 year besides mileage.
The short session Of congress in
each alternate year lasts from Decem-
ber to March 4, three months. The
long session in other years lasts from
December till May, June or July, five
months or more. One terms service is
about an average of nine months, for
which the member draws total of
something over $4,000. 10 this is to
be added an occasional $4,000 on the
side from the lumber trust or other cor.
porate interests.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13
Letter to Rev. Father e. II. DevIin
Austin. MINI.

Dear Sir: This story cuts two ways
and teaches two sets Of people.
Father Calvin, Westerly, K. 1. had
his church and residence painted.
Good job; and this is how he went at
it.
Measured all carefully-seems to
have known Devoe. ..-} =.
Then got bids from the painters
paint to be supplied by them and by
him.
Saved so by using Devoe.
One of those painters ought to have
got that money.
Yours truly
F W DEvOE e Co
- . .- New York and Chicago
I. T. Tollifson sells our paint.
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13

PRACTICAL ROAD MAKING.
How Many Highways Through tho
Country Are Being improved.

Our two illustrations taken from
the New York Times show how hun.
dreds of miles of roadway in the rural
Mower County transcript., 1907-03-13

Steam Roller Finishing the Surface.
materials are not too expensive is the
cheapest in the long run as they make
a permanent road bed which will last
for years with slight repairs.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-12-02

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