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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-08

secured for Ottumwa and 1t was then
seen that the appropriation sought for
the Improvement of the federal build
ing would be wholly inadequate to
permit of remodeling the structure SO
as to accommodate both the court de.
partments and the postoffice. In tho
interval Major Lacey had been retired
from congress and the influence of
Senator Allison was sought in secur-
Ing an appropriation sufficient to per-
NIT the erection Of a new building to
house both the court and the post
Office departments on the spacious
plot of ground now occupied by the
government building.
Senator Allison gave assurance that
he would prepare bill for an appro.
priation to erect new federal build
Ing in Ottumwa and he has kept his
promise. And with his support en-
listed in the matter there is every
hope that the measure will be sue
cessfully carried through congress.
Senator Allison has the respect and
confidence Of every member of both
houses Of congress and they know
that he would not ask for this appro-
priation unless the aim for which 1T
was intended was a worthy one, and
that the money thus secured would
be used for the best interests of ALL
A new federal building is wanted
IN Ottumwa not only by the people
of this city and county, but the people
Of the entire southern judicial dis
trict. The Ottumwa federal court is
a big institution, attracting court at
taches, jurors and parties interested
in litigation from all this section of
the state. At present the sessions of
the court are held in cramped quar-
tiers In the county court house, and
this building is needed so fully for the
uses Of the county officials and for
county business, that there are no
conveniences for the parties coming
to Ottumwa for the federal court SEES
sions. A suitable building devoted ex-
clusively to the use of the postofflce
and federal court departments will,
for this reason, be more than bene-
fit to Ottumwa solely.
Great credit is due the local COM
mittee. of which Major Samuel Mahon
is chairman. Major Mahon has per
sonally attended to the bulk of the
correspondence and detail work con-
nected with it, and he has certainly
performed it in very effective man.
ner.
If the bill is passed, as is earnestly
hoped, the Ottumwa federal court
building will be an enduring monu-
ment to Senator Allison, and a testi-
monial of his interest in southern
Iowa.
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spine. of Boni's deadly anger as he
slapped Helie with his glove, and Of
the invincible courage he displayed as
he spat in Helie's face.
Is it any wonder that this marriage
was failure? Just imagine an
American girl brought up in land
where the kids at school learn before
they leave the primary grade that
their fists were given them as aids
In the settlement of all questions of
honor. marrying a man brought up
to believe that he shows the highest
degree of courage when he slaps an
adversary with a glove, and that he
proclaims his bravery to the world
when he has spat in his opponents
face and has kicked him when he is
down.
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DAVIS co. MAN
is A SUICIDE
LIFELEss BODY OF WILLIAM MI.
MAR OF WEST GROVE FOUND
HANGING TO RAFTERs.


Bloomfield, Feb, 6.-(SpeciaD-Wil-
liam Minar, wealthy and highly re.
spected farmer living near West
Grove, was found hanging to the raft
ers In his barn late yesterday. Mr..
Minaras mind has been failing for
sometime and his family has kept
close watch on him. Yesterday, how
ever, he appeared very much better
and expressing desire to do some Of
the chores around the barn, his wish
was granted with the result that a
few hours later his life1ess body was
found hanging to the rafters with a
rope fastened around his neck.
He leaves a wife. one daughter, at
home and several other children, resid-
ing elsewhere.
The funeral was held this afternoon.
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DR.. w. E. Shallenberger,
145 oakwoo6 Blvd, Chicago.
Reference: Drexel State Bank.
CAN TRfL,

Cantril.-The meetings closed att.the
Christian church Sunday evening, The,
interest was good throughout the
| meetings. One united by letter. Cam
tril Is church town. Neariy aaf thei
people living here belong to afrb
church Or another, hence there % 1os
the usual number Of converts IN tfs
protracted meetings that are segn In
some places, but much good is done
IN spiritual way to the membership
| and community
A Fix became suddenly III at his
nome Sunday morning while buiidinaa
the fire. He fell In faint, In vlfGIJ
he lay for some time before recovering
sufficiently to get to the phone and
summon help. Mrs. Walin. his das1Eh-I
ter. took him to her home to care for
him that day. Mr.. FIX is well past
seventy years of age.
"The Cankee Detective" was given,
by the high school Saturday evening
and although the weather was very
untav orable, they were greeted with e.
fun house. The following was the cast
of characters:
Robert Miller-Keene We1lbora
Capt. Dudiey-Alin Stott
Splfnters-Burr Harbidge.
Sufton-Archie Silver. X
Robt. WILSON Harold Smith "A
Tucker-Chauncey Creath.
San-Gerald Smith.
Granny WizZle-Georgia Smith.
Lula Observation-Disclosures Keller.
Mrs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Work.
Neva Creath the little daughter OF
DR.. Creath. is on the sick list.
Protracted meetings began in the
Methodist Episcopal church Wednes-
day evening.
Charles e. Varney will lecture in the
Methodist Episcopal church Saturday
evening This will be the last num-
Der of the lecture course.
Dora Ruddle is very sick at this
time
g. K. Darnell made trip to Kansas
this week.
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LEAN DO.

Leando-The recent cold snap has
increased the ice crop. and many are
awaiting themselves of the opportunity
OF putting up a quantity for future
use.
Word was sent here Saturday that
DR.. Fred Nelson who was raised nea1
here is seriously sick at his home IN
New York City with pneumonia. Ills
mother Is with him.
VIM Swiess OF near Leando, has
been quite poorly the last week, but is
some better at present.
Frank Crandall is sick with the
measles at his sisters in Leando.
Miss Alice Applsoufst of Chillicothe,
Is visiting at the home Of e. A. Nelson
and other relatives.
A. r. Benntng is still poorly, with
little hopes of recovery.
r. p. Grubbs is preparing to build
a new blacksmith shop In town In the
near future.
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! lot of reading at "odd times" He had
to sleep In little room at the rear Of
one of the stores in which he worked,
and at night, after the store had been
closed, he did lot of reading in this
little room. He read books that were
worth while. He was known as a
mighty smart boy" because he knew
all about what was going on In the
world. People used to say that he
would be heard of in the time to come.
He clerked first in grocery store and
then in a drug store and he made
friends everywhere. Herein has been
one great secret of his success in life.
He has always had both friendly
and helpful spirit. People knew
that John Johnson was always ready
to lend a hand in any time of need.
He became one of the most popular
young men in st. Peter the Minnesota
town in which he lived
When John Johnson was twenty-five
he was asked to become editor of the
paper published in his town, although
he had never written any for the pa
pers and had had no experience as
an editor. But the idea pleased him
and he threw himself heart and soul
into the work of editing paper. He
edited it SO we'll that it Increased his
already large circle Of friends. Then
the people began to talk about send.
ing him to the state senate. and pres
emily he found himself a member of
that body.
A great many men who were not of
his political party voted for him be-
cause they knew him to be an honest,
manly man. His record in the senate
vas so good that when it came time
to eject a governor in the state of
Minnesota in 1904 people began to say
thai John Johnson was the man for
the place. He did not think that lie
could be elected because he was a
democrat and the state was strongly
republican, but he accepted the nomin-
otion end he got there in way
that WIGS as much Of a surprise to him
as to anyone else. It was a wonderful
personal victory. It was the sort of
victory that Honest Abe Lincoln
had when he was elected presid emf OF
the United States. People voted for
the man and not for any platform or
party. Governor Johnson's plurality
The first time he was elected governor
was 7.StG The second time h. vas
elected his plurality went away UP to
$4,000, many thousands of men not of
his party voting for him. This was sim
ply because he had been an honest
and able governor Then he never got
the least bit Of what we somewhat
vulgarly call the "big head To the
people of his native town and to the
people everywhere he was still just
plain John Johnson His old friends
felt just as free to call him John"
as they did before he became COVER
nor. The absolute simplicity of his
character made him friends every
where. There was no veneer anywhere
about John Johnson. Now the element
that has contributed most to the sue
cess of this governor Of great state,
who was once very poor Swedish
boy helping his mother, who was a
washerwoman- the quality, or the
two qualities that have carried him
forward, have been his actual love of
work and his broad human sympathy.
A kindlier man than John Johnson
never lived. That helps any man to
become great.
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John A. johnson.

(By Paul Carleton in the magazine
The American Boy'O
Thirty-three years ago a little
Swede boy of thirteen years was 60
ing about the town of st. Peter in Min
nesota drawing a rude little wooden
wagon in which he was taking home
the clothes his mother had washed to
support herself and her children. This
little Swede boy was John A. Johnson,
and he is today the governor of Min
nesota. More than that he Is talked of
everywhere as probable candidate
FOR the presidency of the United
States on the democratic ticket. This
may lead some of you wise boys who
arc up in politics" to ask how it hap
pens that democrat is governor of a
state that gave Theodore Roosevelt a
majority Of 161 900 at the last presi-
dental election. The rather surprising
reply is that John johnson, the demo
cratic Swede, is the only man the
democrats elected on their state tick
ct the year John Johnson was elected
governor. and it Illustrates the fact
that hundreds of men often vote for
the candidate they regard as the best
A'As%LA. IN AhatlOl WldI LIS pOlltlCS Inlay
be. 1t was his personal popularity and
his unassailable integrity Of character
that made John Johnson governor Of
his state. He has had a remarkable
career has this man of the people, I"
and he Is man it is worth while for
the American boy to know something
about.
The father of Governor Johnson was
Gustav Johnson, Swede, who came
to our country something more than
fifty years ago. He was blacksmith
and a good one and prosperity might
have attended him, but for that evil
force that makes wrecks of so many
men of ability rum. The fact that
he had a drunken father was no
small obstacle in the road to success
that lay before John Johnson. The
drink habit fastened itself on Gustav
Johnson to such degree that his
wife and children were better off with
out. him when, he wandered away and
left the support of his family to his
overburdened wife Then It was that
the boy John left school at thirteen
years of age and manfully assumed a
part of the support of the family I'M
til he was fifteen years old when he
issued a philippe to the effect that
his mother should work no more at
the washtub for others, for he would
be the breadwinner for the family.
He Would' be the head Of the family,
and he sustained the position nobly.
He got place in a store in which he
was such a good clerk that he was
paid a good deal more than most
clerks Of his age are ever paid The
fact is that young John Johnson
seems to have made good" in about
everything he has undertaken. Why
Because he has always thrown him
self so heartily into his work When
he has anything to do that thing is,
for the time being, the only thing of
any consequence in this world. Then
he never had the least desire to live
on Easy street. Perhaps he knew
that that street leads right up to the
House of Never, and he was youth
who wanted to "get somewhere" He
knew that he could not do so without
more information than he had acquir-
ed in that few years in which he had
been at school. so he did wonderful
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THE FEDERAL BUILDING.

OttumWa and WapellO county are
very grateful to Senator Allison for
taking up the measure to secure a
quarter of million dollar federal
building in Ottumwa, and not only
the city and county, but the entire
court district will be still further in.
debted to the senator IL this matter
can be pushed to successful compile
ton.
Ottumwa's postofice has long been
Inadequate OF late years the service
has been seriously hampered by the
lack OF room. This matter was
brought to the attention of Major
Lacey during his last term in con
gress and he introduced bill for an
appropriation ample to make the i'm
provemsDts then needed on the fed
eral building.
Subsequently through Congressman
Lacey's efforts the federal court was
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Cures permanently the cases he I'm.
oeftakes and SENDS the incurabie home
without taking fee from them. Tn4Dl
ls why he continues his visits year
made q few visits and stopped. br.
Shallenberger is an eminently success.
ful specialist in all chronic diseases
proven by the many cures effectaa In
chronic cases which have baffled Ne
skill OF all other physicians. Its hos
ttaa experience and extensive ptas-'
ice have made him SO proficient that,
ne can name and locate q disease Ia II
few minutes.
Throat and Lung diseases Eye and
Ear, Stomach. Iiver and Ktdneys,
Gravel, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Neu-
ralgia. Nervous ard Heart Diseases,
Blood and Skin diseases, EpilepsY, /
Bright's Disease and Consumption 81
and Female Organs. Liquor and 70.
bacco habit. Staminering cured ana
sure methods to prevent It's recurrence
yiven. A never failing remedy for Biz
Neck s"
PILES FTSTULAE and RUPTURE
guaranteed cured without detention
rom business. Special attention given
to all Surgical cases and ali diseases
OF the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat ana
/
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Ara you nervous and Respondents
weak and debiihated tired mornings:
no ambition-iifeieAs; memory poor:
easily fausuec; excitable and irratabie
eyes sunken: red and blurred: pimp:es
on face; Dreams; restless, haRRard
looking, weak back; deposit in urine
| and drains at stool; distrustful: want
Of confidence. lack of energy and
| strength?
DISEASES OF MEN AND PRIVATE
DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Blood Poison, spermatorrhea, vari.
cocele, Hydrocele, Debility, Nervous
ness, Dizziness. Defective Memory.
eto, which ruins mind and body, Dos1.
lively cured.
WONDERFUL CURES.
Perfected in old cases which hapA
been neglected or unskiitfuNy treaks,d
No experiments or failures Hs ms
dertakes no incurable cases, hut c,arSo
thousands given up to die.
Consultation FREQ and Confsaent7nk
Address
DR.. W.. E. Shallenbereer.
1916 oakwoo9 Blvd, Chicago.
References: Drexel State Bank.
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SIXTH DISTRICT CONVENTION.
To the Republicans of the Sixth


Congressional District of Iowa:
A delegate convention Of the re-
pubIcans of the Sixth congressional
district of Iowa is hereby called. to
meet at Oskalooss in said district on
the 18th day Of March, A. D., 1908, at
1870 O'clock D. M, of said day, for the
purpose Of nominating two delegates
and two alternates to represent the
Sixth congressional district at the
national republican convention to be
Aeid in Chicago on the 18th day of
June. A. D.. 1908. and to transact
any other business that may properly
come before the convention.
The ratio of representation will be
one delegate for each two hundred
; votes or fraction thereof cast for Al
bert B. Cummlns for governor at the
last general election, and one delegate
at large for each county in the dis
trict. The representation by counties
is as follows:
Davis county, 6 delegates.
Jasper county, f3 delegates.
Seokuk county, IL delegates.
Monroe county, 13 delegates.
Mahaska county, II delegates.
PoWeshiek county 13 delegates.
81, w &pSl'o SodHCy, - uSicSdIcS.
BY order Of the Congressional COM
mittee:
Ellsworth Rominger, Chairman.
VIM. Reece, Secretary.
The temporary organization Of the
convention selected by the committee
is as follows:
Chairman = Judge K. e. Willcock
son of Sieourney. -
Secretary Harold M. Boyer, of
Grinnell.
Asst. Secretary = Roy r. Robinson
of Oskaloosa.
Reading Clerk = L. E. Johnson of
Buxton.
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WAR ON BOOTLEGGERs.
Employees in the Coal Camps Of tn
State Propose to Drive Them
AWay,

Des Moines, Feb. 6.-Led by Viii
liam Buxton of Buxton, coal miners
OF Iowa, are conducting campaign
against bootleggers, who infest the
coal mine camps Of the state. The
shooting Of G. H. Morris, one of the
largest coal mine operators of the
state, by J. G. Cain, who had been
prosecuted as bootlegger, is prebab-
ly responsible for the systematic
campaign now being conducted. With
two pay days month there are regu-
larly a large number of miners who
lose several days each pay day., AMI
aside from this the sale of liquor
breeds lawlessness, which the opera
tors desire to stamp out
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Editor Courier.

Editor Courier:
A few days since you published a
very interesting and sensible article
written by Mr.. w. B. Bonnifield on the
question of proposed remedies for cur
rency reform now before congress.
Mr.. Bonnifleld is veteran, banker,
having begun his career as such in this
city in the early days of the civil war.
The legal tender greenback was the
then basis of our currency circulation.
He as banker, has had practical ex-
perience with all the changes from the
time of making greenbacks legal
tender to the present time, and his
article is timely and valuable. Boiled
down to a short and single sentence
his advice to congress is: Let the
present money system alone" And
he Is right. What is the matter with
the currency or the National bank sys-
TEN? All our money of whatsoever
kind, is gold standard money So no
act OF congress can improve the
quality of our currency
We have much greater per capita
OF currency than we ever had before,
and | believe much larger per capita
OF circulation than the people of any
other commercial nation. So the guam
ity of circulation need not be in
creased. We now have an ample cur
rency for the needs of everybody doing
a legitimate business in a legitimate
way. The quantity of currency will
adjust itself to prudent business
methods.
If the present congress instead of
tinkering with the quality or quantity
Of the currency of the country would
expend its energies so as to prevent in
Hated capitalization of corporations
doing an Interstate business, and to
make unlawful the buying or selling
OF commodities, stocks, etc, on mar
gins, 1t would be doing something of
real value for the people. It seems to
me that some Of the measures now be-
fore congress are in the interest of
high flnanciers who want currency
suited to the gambling methods at the
large financial centers. A very promi-
nent man in an address to brokers and
other business men of New York City
Is quoted as saying that wall street
as school for embezzlers is a worse
gambling hell than Monte Carlo"
Nor do believe it good thing for
the government to keep hoard Of two
or three hundred millions in the treas
ury to be dumped into stock gambling
centers to tide gamblers over an
emergency. believe the National
revenues should not exceed the needs
Of economical expenditure, and that
the government should retire from the
banking business. The government
should put a quietus on Wall street
methods everywhere. Then panics
will be less. frequent.
W. H H. Asbury
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place for the past two years, has sold
his interest in the business to Mr..
Rapp. Mr. Stevens expects to engage
in farming in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs John Swanson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. John
son.
The Misses Ella Harlem. Lena An
derson. Pearl Smith and Alice Peter
son were royalty entertained at the
home of Miss Winnie Baker, In honor
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cHlcAeo's ALCOHOLIC APPETITE.

According to Arthur Burrage Far.
well. Chicago has an unusually devel-
oped appetite for alcoholic drinks.
Mr.. Farrell claims that $1,00O,00O a
week, or $52,00O,O0O year is spent
for liquor in Chicago and then he
goes on to say that the 100000 a
week now spent would buy:
Flour 100000 brls at $3.50 5 100000
Groceries Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Milk. 1,250000 OTIS at cts 100000
Stoves, 100000 at $40. -. 100000
Coal, 100000 tons at So -. 100000
Wall paper ............... 100000
Carpet, 100000 yds at 81 80. 100000
Furniture, 100000 sets at
$50 100000
Clothes. 100000 suits at $40 100000
Overcoats, 100000 at $40 -. 1000 600
Hats, 100000 at SO -. 49,. 100000
Shoes, 100000 pairs at So -. 100000
Childrens Shoes, 100000 pairs
at s1.50 acknowledgements. 100000
Hose, 100000 pairs at Csc 100000
Flannel 100000 yds at soc 250,00O
Cotton goods, 100000 yds
at lOC ................. 500, 900
Wagons to deliver the goods,
5000 at 5000 ........... 100000
Workingmen's houses, six
rooms, bath and all modern
conveniences, 5000 at
$4,000 each ............ 100000
Chicago's experience would make it
appear that the touching ballad:
Father. Dear Father, Come Home
With Me Now; you've drunk up the
cook stove and swallowed the Cow"
was not altogether fiction when it is
shown that during year the people
Of the windy city have gulped down
in stems and decanters the equivalent
of 100000 barrels of flour. million
and a quarter quarts of milk, a quar-
ter of million stoves, 100000 tons Of
coal, a million pairs Of hose and 500,-
600 yards Of flannel, to say nothing of
5000 house and lots.
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1t is easier to turn the light on q
neighbor than 1t is to get out of IL
when the neighbor is manipulating.
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w. H. \. ASBURY
Gives views
STAND TAKEN BY w
B. BoNNIFIELD REGARDING
CURRENCY QUESTION.

w. H, H. Asbury has written a
letter to the Courier in which he
gives approval to the views ex-
pressed a few days ago in an ar
ticle contributed by w. B. Bon
nifield. Mr.. Asbury writes as fol-
lows:
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A man may be without influence ie
he has been dead long enough !.
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DR.. ShaIIenberqer

.
The Regular and Reliable Chicago
Specialist, who has visited otturnwa
since 1908. win be at
Ottumwa, Ballingall Hotel,
Thursday, February II
Zone day only) and return every 20
days.
Fairfield. Leggett House, Tuesday,
February Is.
Abba. Monroe Hotel. Wednesday.
February Is.
sigourney. Merchants Hotel. Friday
February %.
Office hours 8 a. M, to 5 p. n.
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Perfected in old casss which hspA
been neglected or unsfiitfuuy treafsd
No experiments or failures. He uf1-
dertakes no incurabie cases. but curSa
thousands given up to die.
Consultation FREQ and con6dsnt7,s
Address