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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
DEBS VISITS
LINCOLN TOMB
DELIVERS ADDRESS AT TOMB
AND AFTERWARDS INTRO
DUCED AS ABRAHAM LIN.
coin OF MODERN TINES"

Springfield H., Oct. 26.-When
Eugene V. Debs and his red spe-
cial' arrived in Springfield today
pebs requested that without delay
he be permitted to visit the tomb of
Abraham Lincoln. Standing by the
sarcophagus, surrounded by grour
OF Socialist candidates for state Of
fees. Debs delivered an eulogy on
Lincoln. When introduced to an
audience Of 1000 people at the court
house this afternoon he was intro
cuced as the abraham Lincoln OF
modern times"
Debs declared that the ''slave
power which loathed and despised
lincoln was no more heartless than
the power OF capitalists which today
holds the working men Of the nation
In bondage"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
MORE LAND
FOR IRRIGATION
SINCE CAREY ACT WAS ENACT
ED, 847, 900 ACRES OF DESERT
LAND HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER
WATER.

Twin Falls, Ida, Oct. 26.-Con-
struction work has begun on two
more tracts under the Twin Falls ir-
rigation project, which will adj
100000 acres to the great empire
under the canals of that system. Con-
tracts have been awarded by the gov
eminent for the survey OF the Twin
Falls Bruneau tract, the greatest of
all the Twin Falls projects, and con-
struction on this great enterprise
Will be commenced in the early
spring. says a special to the Port
land Telegram.
Within five years, says one writer,
there will be 100000 acres Of land
under the canals of the Twin Falls
district all under practically one
system. a larger area than IL under
any one system in the famous valley
of the Nile.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
MAX F|CMAN IN
"THESUBST|TUTE"
FUN OF THE KIND THAT MAKES
ALL THE WORLD LOOK
BR1GHTER-T0NIGHT AT THE
TEMPLE THEATER.

Wholesome fun and laughter, the
KIND that makes the world look
fright to all mankind. will be the
order OF the hour for tonight at the
Tempe, when Max Figman presents
his new comedy success The Substi-
tute.' by Beulah NJ Dix and Evelyn
Greenleaf Sutherland. who wrote
mat strange though fascinating
play, THE Road to Yesterday" Max
f1gman made many friends in this
country by his clever pOrtraal of
The Man on the Box" He Is one
o. those actors who improves on ac-
quaintance and who takes his voca
tion seriously and always puts forth
the best that is in him. The public
realizes this and hence his populari-
". Mr.. Ffgman brings this time a
decided novelty which Is said to be
1ull OF quality 1t affords oppor-
tunity to demonstrate his real mer-
It's as an actor as we'll as a come
dian. In fact. THE Substitute" ID
totally different from anything Mr.,
F1gman has ever done. The play de-
r1ves Its name from the fact that
James Smith. the worldly and sport
I've New York lawyer MAX Figman)
agrees In the course OF the story to
IND substitute to All the pulpit at
the little church Of West Appleford,
Conn. because his prospective broth
er-in-law. young minister, has been
Frustrated by the heat while Jour-
neying to the place himself. Smith
does his best to find the substitute,
out rails. and In sheer desperation
and to keep his sacred word, goes
himself az the substitute. He has
neither the temperament nor appear
ance OF a sincere theclogian. and tho
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26

Since the Carey act was enacted
D! congress over $4,000 acres Of
desert land have been segregated nv
the state of Idaho for the commands
operating under the provisions of tn.
act. The segregation of as many
more acres of desert land has baan
app led for by the state and will he
reclaimed in the course of a few
years. The total area covered bv tho
Il Carey act enterprises of the state
is approximately 100000 acres,
Work under the Carey act in Ida.
no began in 1908, when a contract
for the building of the canal for the
Twn Falls Land and Wafer company
was executed. Two years later, in
March, 1905, water was for the first
time turned into the canal. There
are now 225,OOO acres under that
project. The Twin Falls North Side
project, to cover, when completed
$4,000 acres, is following it, and
will be completed the coming spring.
so that within four years from the
opening Of the gates at the Millner
dam, 100000 acres Will be under
ditch from canals radiating from the
dam at Miner.
Work has been begun on two
tracts OF $4,000 acres each adjoining
the first two tracts. and the segrega.
ton ha sheen made for the Twin
Falls Bruneau project, which will
cover. when competed, about 6OO,-
900 acres.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
PRISON TERM
FOR FORTUNE
BRINGS OUT CAREFULLY LAID
PLANS FOR THE THEFT OF
$60. 900. TERM IN PRISON AND
HIS RELEASE.

Seattle. Oct. 26.-"Bobbie" Mil
Ter. the debonair little chap who, two
years ago, exchanged couple OF
dollars worth Of birdshot for $69,-
coo worth of gold bricks on a Tan
ana river steamboat, incidentally
worsting a Walla WaIla man. is now
IN Seattle after an Is months SO.
1ourn on McNeil's island and six
weeks in Fairbanks.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
COFFEE

A middling steak and
hrst-rate coffee are better
than middling coffee and
first rate ste ak Con-
slider the cost.
Ysur grocer returns your money II you don't
Ike SHILLING Best; we pay him
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
YOU SH0uLn SEE FIN

DR.. W. H. Heating. the expert
eyesisht specialist of Salt Lake, is
now at the Raymond hotel. Don't
fail to see him about your eyes or
glasses II you are having trouble
with them,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26

Free
Reading Room
Open to public.
Room 226.
New Idaho Trust Building.
Upstairs Kjos store.
Hours 1 to s D. m.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-26
Eight-Inch Patent Tension
Spring Shears

The Shears being distributed by
The Evening Teller are manufactur.
ed Of the very highest grade steel.
perfectly tempered and heavily nick
81 plated on highly polished sur
race. The patent tension spring
taxes up all the ewar ON the siven.
30 that the cutting eSges win never
wear dull. A simnle turn OF tina
little thumb screw will adjust the
blades to cut anything from the
thinnest and most delicat fabric to
the heaviest material. Every woman
who has had the exasperating and
trying experience Of attempting to
cut with dull pair OF shears, viii
appreciate the value Of this new in
vention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

The Stars and Stripes, which causes
the heart Of every true patriot to beat
with pride, Is constantly changing
Like Topsy of old, it "just grew" To-
day officially is added the forty sixth
star to the emblem Of America free
dom, for the new state Of Oklahoma.
This new state has been admitted for
some time, but no star can be added
to the flag except on independence
day.
The story of the "Star Spangled
Banner" is intensely interesting, and
dates back many years before the
Declaration of Independence estab-
lished new world power. In the flag
are included ideas which came from
Holland and France, but mainly from
England. The pictures or diagrams
shown above trace the flag from it's
inception. 1t has been suggested that
the stripes of our flag, as symbol
of union, were derived from the ma
tional flag Of the Netherlands, adopted
as early as 1852. Early in the colonial
days the Union flag of England was
universally used. This was combi.
nation of the crosses of st. George
and st. Andrew. On January 16, 1707,
the Union flag was shifted to one cor.
ner on a white background, as indi-
Gated in No. 5.
The idea of IL as an emblem of the
thirteen colonies united seems to have
been predominant in all flags of the
early colonial days. We find among
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
IOWA INDIAN WARDS
GO TO UNCLE SAM

Iowa will have a population of three
hundred less than 1t had yesterday
when Governor Cummins signs the
deed for the famous Tama Indian
reservation, transferring title of the
property from the state to the federal
government. The title to the land,
while vested in the Indians, has been
held in the name Of the state. The
department of Indian affairs, however,
has maintained an agency and issued
annuities for a great many years to
the Musquakies, who inhabit the
tract of several hundred acres in
Tama county. However, the title was
never transferred to the government.
In compliance with the provisions
Of Act No. ITO of the Twenty-sixth
general assembly, the transfer will be
made. The reservation at Tama is
peopled by the Musquakie Indians, a
remnant of the Sac and Fox tribe
When the Sac and Fox reservation in
Kansas was opened, the whole tribe
was sent there, but a few refused to
stay, and returned to their old camp
ing ground along the Iowa river. They
refused to leave peaceably, and after
much conference the government
agreed to permit them to stay. The
land they settled on was state land
and has been ever since held in title
by the state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Yours truly
Thomas R. ].
1908
go STARS

others thirteen alternating stripes Of
red and blue, with a snake stretched
across, this having thirteen rattles
and bearing in his month thirteen ar
rows. Later the flag dropped the
snake, but retained the thirteen alter
mating stripes, this time in red and
white, with the Union flag in the cor.
ner as indicated in diagram No. s..
This was known as the Grand Union
flag of January /, 1776. This is the
flag that Paul Jones claims the honor
of having first hoisted on an American
ship. This was before the Declaration
of Independence and denoted union
Of the thirteen colonies with the
mother country. After the declaration
1t was highly important that com.
plete separation be designated In the
national emblem. The Union flag was
dropped from the corner and thirteen
stars in the form Of circle replaced
them This indicated the thirteen
original colonies in the stripes and
the thirteen states in the stars. AS
the different states were added to the
original thirteen, additional stars
represented them in the corner and
we find many designs for the ar
rangement Of these stars Thirteen
red and white stripes have remained
since the Declaration of Independence.
Other sugs ,stions have been proposed,
but no other national emblem has ever
been officially recognized. The above
lpicture shows clearly the different de.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
OUR NATAL DAY.

1t is well to reflect on the extraor-
binary growth of the United States
during it's brief history of 1872 years.
In the way of nations America is but
an infant but still it is the most pow
erful and most enlightened nation on
earth today.
From thirteen struggling common
wealths on the Atlantic seaboard this
people has traversed a continent and
established a foothold in the old
world. Islands of the seas have clam
ored for admittance to the union and
they have been taken in. The Mon
roe doctrine promulgated when the
nation was weekling has been rig.
idly maintained until today no foreign
nation thinks of meddling with the
nations of Latin America without first
the consent Of the United States.
AS now we celebrate IN
dependence will be celebrated II,
Porto Rico and in Panama. in Hawaii
and in the Philippines. We are truly
a remarkable and a fortunate people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
THE "eYMn AND MORALITY.

President Otto G. Schneider of the
Chicago school board declared in an
address delivered in that city few
days ago that the gymnasiums at the
public schools are the means of reduc-
ing crime and that there will never
again be public school building
erected in Chicago without a gymna-
SUM. The address was made before
the North American Turnerbund,
whose work along the lines of phys
ical development has done great good
in America, following the German Gus
tom. During his address Mr.. Schnei-
der said:
No city in the world takes a greater
interest in the mental and physical
culture training given in our public
schools. I can assure you that there
never again will be erected in Chi.
cago a school house without a we'll
equipped gymnasium. During the last
year 100000 children accepted the
benefits of the public and school gym
nasiums and we have statistics to
show that the general character of the
neighborhoods where these play.
grounds and gymnasiums are located
has greatly improved.
Proper gymnastic training is as
needful to the child as mental train.
ing, but 1t took some of US a long
time to find it out, and it required
twelve years of hard work to have II
established in the schools. Anyons
glancing down among this fine body
of German athletes can readily see
it's advantages.
This is a strong argument for sys
tematic physical training in connec
ton with school work. 1t not only
makes the student the more able tc
perform mental work but 1t reduces
crime, according to Mr.. Schneider's
statement. And 1t Is very reasonable
theory which he holds Bodily health
is conducive to mental health. Syste
matte exercise insures bodily health
| and hence insures morality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
FORMER OTTUMWA
B @ Y MISSING

Frederick Lynch, son Of Rev. j..
Hollister Lynch, former rectorof Trim
ity Episcopal church, disappeared from
his home in st. Louis, June IL accord
ing to the following item in a St.
Louis paper:
"a reward Of $50 has been offered
by Rev. ]. Hollister Lynch, pastor Of
the Episcopal church of the Redeemer,
Washington and Euclid avenues, for
information as to the whereabouts OF
his 15-year-old son, Frederick d.
Lynch, who disappeared from his
home. Oil Walton avenue, June IL.
Young Lynch is slight and tall, about
feet inches. He has light brown
hair, gray eyes, with long black
eyebrows, blond complexion and
rather sallow. He has two scars at the
back OF his head, toward the left side.
One Is round and about the size of a
penny; the other is straight, about one
inch long and is under the round scar.
When he left home he wore brownish
clothes and soft light gray cap. He
always wore his coat tightly buttoned.
Rev. Mr.. Lynch can be reached at the
Walton avenue address,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
DIVORCE IN HIGH SOCIETY.
Former lowan Sends Wife Home
From Mexico and Makes Love
fo Anofbec

r.
Mason City, July 4. - Divorced be-
cause he refused 10 remain at home
and give his wife some of his tim,
and because he would not attend the
theatre as often as she liked, and also
because he left her with only a
greasy" Mexican for company in an
old Mexican castle, which was the
family home, Gualterio G.. Palmer,
well known in Iowa and this city, was
remarked recently to Miss Lucy Lysle
at Zacetecas, Mexico
Palmer, who Is rich mine owner,
created sensation in this section OF
the state about year ago when he
sent his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Humphrey
Palmer, and her little babe, home to
her mother here in a private car un.
der the special care of trained nurse
and New York physician of high
renown. A few weeks later Mrs. Pal
mer filed pleading for divorce, al
leging neglect upon the part of her
husband, and the prayer was granted
in the local courts. Palmer obtained
permission from the court to visit his
child, which was to remain with its
mother, at least once year. He was
also required to pay a princely ali
mony. Mrs. Palmer No. 1 is now re
siding in Wisconsin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
SID DELIGHT s

an hour and being little behind
time, 1t was probably going a little
faster than that, but that dog was
running alongside of the engine bark
ing at Is before 1t got to the third
mile post.
Then / guess he thought maybe
else, so be started back down the
track and was there when climbed
down from the wind pump.
While he was drinking out of the
water tank. I slipped up and caught
him and put chain on him again. |
then tied thirty foot cord on the
chain and took him out where nau
seen chicken drop down in the weeds
and let him work up to where the bird
was.
Just as the chicken got up he gave
lunge and started after it. When
| he jumped he got me off my balance
SO couldn't pull back, and he pulled
so hard on the line that it raised his
front feet off the ground and he was
travelling on his hind feet most OF the
time
| had tied the rope to my belt and
before could get my knife out to cut
1t we were going across the field like
a comet. The dog was jumping on
his hind feet like kangaroo, and
was stepping from fifteen to thirty
feet at a stride.
Just as we got to wire fence l cut
the rope and the dog went through
while hung up against post. He
went across the road and in thirty
seconds he and a flock of chickens and
| another dog and two COWS were all
mixed UP in kind of a blurr.
/ oh, he's good dog. That is-he's
a good general dog. The great trouble
with him now is that he changes his
mind too often. He tries to hunt toe
many things at the same time. He is
entirely too general in his pursuit.
But / want to saw that if he ever
does make up his mind to center his
effort and decide positively to hunt fol
some one thing he will sure find il
If 1t Is on the top Of the earth.
/ put in three days looking for him
4 and in that time he had been seer
1 by twenty-one rural mail carriers
caused two runaways, been shot a.
four times and had chased ever!
farmers cat in four counties. For an.
distance up to 400 miles I'll back hin
against an airship.
u One farmer told me that he LOOKED
out of the window and thought tina
he saw wireless telegram goint
across the field, but an hour or 81
afterwards, he was talking about
with his neighbor, and he told hin
that he happened to be out in the roa,
! where he could see 1t good when i
went by, and 1t looked To him like
J dog, but he wasn't sure.
One of the mail carriers said h
J saw him run straight up in the al
, for three hundred yards and then turf
and run straight down again.
didn't see him do that but l be
lieve he can.
Yours truly
81 Thomas R. J.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
THE BOYS, CAMP.

The gala time for the boys of the
Y. M. G. A. will begin next week at
GARDENERS sheep ranch up the Des
MONIES river. The first crowd of
Young Americans will board launch
Thursday morning at the west end
boat house for the camp in charge of
E. J. Eigenmann, physical director Of
the association.
The boys will spend the time at the
camp in athletics, aquatic sports and
gymnasium work. They will fill their
lungs with ozone, the elixir of life
and breathe the pure fresh air of the
country. All who go to the camp will
come back with redeemed skin flushed
with the blood Of healthfulness. The
boys will be better off for the outing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
RiG REp APPLE.

A great worker is Mr.. Taft and a
quick one. He can clean up desk
full of official papers with more
celebrity than any other cabinet officer
When there is business on hand he is
loath to leave his Office, even though
the hour be late. At O'Clock he
touches the bell for his colored mes
senger and says:
William, bring me my lunch"
William disappears and in a mo
ment returns with big red apple or
plate. 1t is the biggest and reddest
apple that he has been able to dis
cover at the best fruit store in Wash
ington. This constitutes the secre
tary's lunch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
R.R. TIME TABLES.

A-Daiyy; B.. la.ly except Sunday
c.. Daily e.-ceul Monday.
BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., q. & @.
No Going East. Depart.
12A-Chic., Dubuque, Quincy 1875 am.
e2-Local freight .........5: a. N.
Burlington. ST. louis. 35 a. m.
1.B-Peoria Dub, Quincy. II: 40 a. m
6A--Chic., Limited 1901 pm
10B- TT. Madison. St Louis. $3.50 p. m.
4A-Chia.. st. L.. Quincy. 7:15 .. m.
2A-Cllic.. Feoria Rockford 1925 D. m
Going West.
6A-Omaha and Nebraska. 1920 a. n.
3A--Omaha. Oregon. Calf.7:50 a. m.
9B-Arriye from TT. Mao.11:4 e. m.
9A-Peoria to Creston 80. 900 o. N,
1sB-Arrive From Chicago. 10: 90 p. m.
IA-Chicaso to Denver -. s:cSr N.
13-omaila. Billings and
Northwest ...:....... 4.22 p -.
W. 8. Poker. Ticket Agens
4 O.. n. (. q p. TRAIN8.
.{o..- Going North. Depart
476-Des Moines, Omaha. 7:10 a. m
473-Keokuk Ottumwa ...s11: So a. m
471-Des Moines, Omaha .. s.: IS D. m
Going South.
l70-Keokuk, Kas City. -. 10: 85 a. m
2-Ottumwa-Keokuk 800. 4:15 o. m
474-Des Mofnes 60 Eldon. 1917 Q. IN
w. S. Parker. Ticket Agent.
sThe time given for train 47S is the
time Of arrival, This train is discon-
tinued here and returns to Keokuk az
train TAG.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
ROBBERS GET HIS ALL
SatcheI Of Humboldt Man Is Stolen
With Papers in it Worth
5000,

Fort Dodge, July Ill. Meyers Of
Humboldt, while waiting for an east
bound train in the Illinois Central
waiting room yesterday, had his grip
stolen in which were notes and other
papers amounting to between $4,000
and $4,000. He was enroute with his
wife to Indianapolis and had but re-
GENTLY severed his connection with the
firm he had represented on the road
for twenty -nine years and in the set.
Element had received salary and com
missions amounting to nearly $4,000
The police have been working on the
case, but SO far have failed to locate
the missing grip.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
MANY NEW TEACHERS
TO SUPPLY DEMAND.

Des Moines, July 4.-The examina.
ton papers of 5000 new school
ma'ams are being examined at the
Office of Supt. John F. Riggs this
week. The 5000 do not all represent
an increase in the teaching staff Of
the state, but a large part of the total
are beginners. The supply is esti
mated by Supt. Riggs to meet the de
ficiency in the size Of the teaching
force of the state.
About 10000 teachers are needed tc
fill the schools of the state. Every
year there has been a shortage ir
the supply. The deficiency has beer
gradually growing less every year
The outlook for the coming schoo
year is pronounced as indicating {
complete equipment of teachers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

an explosion which ignited the build
ing and resulted in the death of FIVE
girl clerks and one boy. Even such
casualties as this do not seem to
lessen the fatalities of the celebration
of the nations natal day.
One of the lucky circumstances sur
rounding the explosion was that none
of the customers were seriously In
jured but still there will be at least
six homes where the joys Of the
Fourth will be missing in Cleveland.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

signs for the stars as the states were
added. The new flag, which today for
the first time will be officially recog-
nized, contains the same thirteen red
and white stripes with forty-six in
stead of forty-five white stars on the
blue background. These stars are
arranged in six rows-eight in the top,
seven in the second, eight in the third,
eight in the fourth, seven in the fifth
and eight in the sixth.