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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-15
BANK DEPOSITS
show BIG Cain
INCREASE OF MORE THAN A MIL
LION A MoNTI. SINCE LAST
MAY IN IOWA.

The bank statement which Auditor
of State B. F. Carroll, issued last
Saturday, shows an increase Of
$3,939,961 in deposits held in the
state and savings banks of Iowa on
Aug. IA, over the amount held on May
IA
This increase of a million and a
third dollars a month in these Iowa
institutions has carried the total de-
posits held in this class of banks over
the S2OO,0O000O mark. The national
banks are supposed to hold about half
as much more. AS there are about O.
100000 people in Iowa, the estimate is
made that the bank deposits per cap
tia in this state are about $3.50, or
over that Of any other western state.
The total deposits on Aug. IA were
1857 ,265 in the state and savings
banks, according to the official sum
mary, which the auditor will issue.
Bank Numbers Grow.
In the three months between May
IA and Aug. Ia the number of state
and savings banks in Iowa increased
eleven. The number increased thirty
two in the year between Aug. %, 1907,
and Aug IA, 1908.
The capital stock of this class Of
banks increased S33S,000 during the
three months ending with the call OF
Aug. IA.
The reserve remained practically
the same, about q per cent.
The following is consolidated
statement of the assets and liabilities
of the state and savings banks and
trust companies Of Iowa at the close
Of business Aug. IA, 1908:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Evans and
children, 100 North Sheridan avenue
have returned home after spending a
few days in Bloomfield visiting rela-
tives and attending the fair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-15

Judge George Gray, and probably with
Richard Olney of Boston.
Seekipo the Moral Effect
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-15

The following is statement show
ing the increase and decrease in the
different items of assets and liabili-
ties of the state and savings banks
and trust companies Of Iowa, compar-
ing the condition May IA with the con-
dition of Aug. IA:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-15
BRYAN VIEWS ON TAFT
EULOGY BY ROOSEVELT

Continued from page ~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BUYING
PAINT.

Everybody should know how simple
and easy 1t is to avoid all uncertainty
in buying paint materials. There are
many so-called white leads on the
market, which contain chalk. zinc.
barytes. and other cheap adulterants.
Unless the property owner takes ad-
vantage OF the simple means Of pro
lection afforded him by reliable white
lead manufacturers, he runs great risk
of getting an inferior and adulterated
white lead.
1t is to protect the paint buyer
against fraud and adulteration that
National Lead Company. the largest
makers of genuine Pure White Lead.
place their famous Dutch Boy Paint
er" trademark on every keg Of their
product, an absolute guarantee of its
purity and quality. Anyone who wants
to make practical test Of white lead.
and who wants a valuable free book
about painting. should address Ma
tional Lead Company. Woodbridge
Bldg. New York, and ask for test
equipment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
AND sAE LEFT HIM GUESSING.
Womsn's Directions Of Little Help to
Travelling Lawyer.

A New York lawyer was called re-
Gently to \ hamlet in Berks county.
Pennsylvania, in the interest OF .
large coal corporation. and now he IL
telling this story on himself:
He was driving along a country road
and feared he might have lost his
bearings. Tho village he wanted to
reach seemed elusive. SO he halted in
front Of farmhouse to make In
Quiries.
Madam" he called out to a broad
German woman. who stood looking at
him from beneath poke" bonnet.
"can you tell me how far 1t is to the
next village?'
"Oh, yust q leedle vays." came the
response.
But, my good woman. how far 10
TT II It two. four. six or eight milesf :
That's what I want to know"
Yah. I links So"
And tho Wall street lawyer drove
on . wiser man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
POINTER BY THE PickPockET.
Best Method for the Protection Of Z
Diamond Stud.

IAN acquaintance of mine had .
queer experience the other day." said
q man who has not much faith In any.
thing. "A short time ago he was in
troduced to a pickpocket by = friend.
The pickpocket is one Of the best in
the business.
MY friend didn't think anything
more about him, but the other night
he was In 9 saloon. after he had been
celebrating most of the day. He was
pretty happy and the pickpocket came
in. My friend had a diamond stud in
his tie with 4 screw attachment. Tho
pickpocket walked up.
You may not remember me- he
said. but l met you the other night
with SO and so. Take . bit OF advice
from me. You may lose that sinner
OF yours II you're not careful
Then the pickpocket looked at the
diamond. He said the screw attach
ment wouldn't stop a good thief from
getting the diamond. but he could fix
IT, He fshed around in his pockets
and produced a rubber band. which he
tied around the screw.
NOW he said, they can only get
your stone by biting It on"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
On Trial.

A Scotchman stood beside the bed
Of his dying wife. and in fearful &C
cents asked was there anything he
could do for her.
Yes. Sandie.' she said: I'm hop
Ing you'll hurry me In Craeburn kirk
yard"
But. my LASS he cried. only think
Of the awful expense! Would ye
no be comfortable hero In Aber-
deen?"
NO. Sandie: I'd no rest in my
grave unless l were buried In Crae-
burn
Its too much you're askin'." said
the loving husband. "and cannot
promise ye ony such thing"
Then, Sandie. I'll no give you ony
peace until my bones are at rest In
my native pariuh."
"Ah, weel. Maggie" said he. I'll
Just gio ye q three-month trial In
Aberdeen. an see how ye get along"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on oraps.Nuts.

The value Of this famous food 10
shown in many ways. In addition to
what might be expected from Its chem
.cal analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made OF whole
wheat and barley. is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all the
wholesome ingredients in these ce-
reals.
1t contains also the phosphate of
potash grown In the grains. which Ma
ture uses to build up brain and nerve
cells.
Young children require proportion
ately more Of this element because the
brain and nervous system Of the child
grows SO rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value Of
Grape-Nuts in not only building up her
own strength but in nourishing her
baby at the same time. She writes:
after my baby came l did not re-
cover health and strength. and tho
doctor said could not nurse the baby
As did not have nourishmeht for her.
besides I was too weak.
HE said / might try a change Of
diet and see what that would do. and
recommended Grape-Nuts food. I
bought a pkg and used It regularly.
A marked change came over both
baby and I.
my baby Is now four months old.
is in fine condition, am nursing her
and doing all my work and never felt
better in my life" There's Reason"
Name given BY Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above lsttsrf A new
one appears from time to time. They.
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
Maniac Kills Fellow Patient.

Pueblo.-Charles Now, a patient at
the state insane asylum, Thursday
hurled teacup at John Garvey. an
other patient, striking him over the
right temple, killing him instantly. The
accident occurred in the dining room
while the patients were being seated
for dinner. Two nurses standing at
either end Of the hall witnessed the
killing Now has been a patient for
twenty-five years. and was sent here
from Fremont county. The victim
came from Saguache county nine years
ago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
PeonIes a. . Medicine.

Peonies were originally esteemed
less for beauty of bloom than for value
~ q medicine. In recognition OF its
curative virtues. the peony was named
after Paeon. the physician of the
gods. An old writer says: About An
Infants neck hang peonie. 1t cures
Alcydes cruell maladie." Nor did the
use of the plant stop there. for peony
water was esteemed and drank in by
gone times. though whether as medi-
cine or merely as . refreshing tenn
writer's can say.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

vfsA LOCAL APPLICATIONS. they cannot reAeh
The sat OF the disease. Catarrh blood or oonstt-
tutionai dbeas and in order to cure must taks
internal remedial Nails CAtarrh Cure b taken In
ternaiy and acts directly the blood and mucous
surfaces Hairs Catarrh Cure not quaek medi-
cine. II prescribed By OF the best physicians
N this country for ycarn and regular prescription
II n composed OF the best tonics known. combined
mucous surfaces The perfect combination OF the
two ingredients b what produces such wonderful -
suits In ~ catarrh send for Testimonials free
y. J. CHENEY Il CO.. Propa. Toledo. o.
Sold BY Druexsts. price 7sc.
TAks Halls Family Pils for constipation
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
hauuott Renominated.

Colorado Springs.-The Republican
committee delegated to nominate a can
dlJate for congressman from the sec
ond district Thursday named Warren
A. Haggott, the present incumbent The
committee met in the chambers Of
Judge Robert Kerr at the county court
house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17

ago 1 sunered mis-
cry with lumbago.
e v e y movement
was one of pain.
Doan's Kidney Pills
removed the whole
difficulty after only
a short time. Al
though I do not
like to have my
name used publicly,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
4leep WALKING.

"Tiresoms preacher. that Dr..
Ninthly."
my goodness, yes! Why. the yes
try men had to advertise for SOM
namublists to act a. ushers. s."-Clevs-
land Leader.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17

I make an exception in this case. so
that other sufferers from kidney trou-
BILE may profit by my experience"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
A Broken Guarantee.

A Broken Guarantee.
II never guaranteed the horse not
TO balk. l merely said that he would
stand anywhere
But he won't. When he balks he
lies down"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
A TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit Of SUFFERING
Thousands.

Rev. g. M. Gray. Baptist Clergyman,
Of Whitesboro, Tex, says: -Four Year,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17

Thousands Of American women
In our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overd9. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse.
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
It Is to these faithful women that
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17

DEFIANCE STARCH iss ss..: :.'sss.as 1Isss.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17
LYDIA PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as . boon and q blessing,
as it did to Mrs. +. Ellsworth, Of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. 2.
Boyd, Of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
81 was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
suffered Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am 30 well that can do As big .
days work ~ ever did. wish every
sick womAL you'd try It
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty ye:rs Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, infls smmation, ulcera-
ton, flbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
7rg-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
-3n, dizziness, or nervous Prostitution.
Why don't you try itP
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided Thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-09-17

Sold throushout the world. Depots London, n,
GhaIte1house "a Paris, T. Rue De u Pa!1 jAqstr3;
Calcutta; China, Hong Kong Drug Co. Japan,
Maruya, Ltd, TOXIC; Russia, Ferrein, hescov
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
HENREICH CoNRIED RESIGNS. Ox Metropoiitan Opera House
 Yk To Retire

New York, Feb. iis--The resignation of Henreich Conried as director of the Metropolitan Opera House Company, was reported today at nesting or the directors of the company held in the library of j. Pierpont Morgan, and the announcement made tonight that M Conried would be succeeded by Signor Julio Gatti-Casazza, director of La Scala Theatre. Milan, Italy, and Andreas DippSI. German tenor, who has sung at the Metropolitan for number of years. The two directors are to have equal power. the former as general manager and Dippel as ad- ministrative manager.
 The reason given by MT. Conried for his retirement from the active man agement of the affairs of the company. is i'll. health. While his resignation does not so Into effect until May, Con ductor Gustav Mahler. director of the Court Opera House in Vienna, who has been conducting. here this season, Will take active direction of the company until the end of the season. To assist him the directors of the Metropolitan have engaged Bignor Toscaninis the conductor of La Scala, Milan.
 The policy of having the managers share In the profits of the season will at the end of this season be dropped and they will be placed on saIarles. The beneft performance for the man ager will be abolished. Another rad ical change in the financial policy of the company was decided upon at the meeting today. After a small dividend has been declared on the stock the remainder of the profits will be de- voted to endowment or pension fund or to some similar purpose. At the end of each season one or two nene- 1t performances will be given to Tn. crease this fund.
 To compensate Mir. Conried for the ioss entailed by his retirement from tha opera company, the directors voted A sum of money which is said to equal the amount of his salary and share of the profits for the remaining three years of his five year contract.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
St. Valentines Day With It's
 Tender Messages Comes Friday

f,l, ristlan calendar, good Bishop St. Valentine. had been put to death. dur ing the Claudian persecution. on Feo- ruary IA. A. 10. BIO, for the simple miracle of opening the blind eyes of his tailer's daughter. Accordingly the day of the festival was changed to Fepru- ary l4, and the name of the good Dish- op substituted for the old one. Lhe names of saints were substituted for those of maidens in the public draw. inrs and each youth was enjoined to initiate the virtues Of the saint whose name he drew.
 How long the Christian youth "stood for this we have no means Of knowing, but Saint Valentines name stuck to the day thenceforward. It seems. however that In the sixteenth century in France. inc boys were choosing girls names ana the girls boys names, so that each had two valentines; and again we find the church interfering. This time 1t
 vas the Bishop Saint Francis de Sales who endeavored to suppress the sur vival of Paganisfn by the same oid de- vice which Pope Gelasius had tried But good St. Francis reckoned with que confederation for human nature. the spring of youth and love-making, which, after all, exists in Christian youth as weIi as pagan. And so the voine people triumphed over this saint and returned by degrees to their heath enish practices. and cavalier ana iadv by lot, exchanged smiles and siiken fayors. Balls and fetes were given in honor of the festal day and in some places the tender bond endured for year, according to the old Roman custom.
 In those days valentines were pretty gifts to some friend chosen for the oay. The lady valentines of the sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries were honored not by anonymous verse, but by sub- stantiai gifts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

Valentine day comes Friday and with it many opportunities for those who have messages to. send, whether of love, Admiration or rcdicule. The postman will have his troubles, and the dealer In such novelties as valentines will have his season of prosperity.
 Frofd the very generous display or these little billets common to symbol ize the ..festiYal of love" Montgomery dealers anticipate an unusually gem erous pafronage in valentines this year. There are many new ones. many very handsome ones and many excruciating- iy funny ones.
 Like many another of our Christian customs and observances our Festival of Love" which we celebrate on Feb ruary 14, originally was heathen fes- t:yai. Long before the Christian era the Romans celebrated the feast of the Ltpercalfa--the joint festival of Juno and Pan--on February 15, each year. Pan was a rustic god, formed in siniili- tude of nature, whence he was called Pan. which means all It was -feign- cd By the poets that he struggled with Love, and was conquered by him and 1t became ,proverbial that Love con uuers aIi.v Juno was the Goddess of Marriage, the 'yoker' of youths and
 in the year of our Lord A. D. 49s. Rofnan youths and maidens still were celebrating the Lupercalia. at which the names of young women were cast into an urn and drawn by blind-folded men. The maid thus drawn was the young mans "valeutine" and the asso- citation resulting from this drawing of lots usually lasted for year. The l festival ended In an extrava gant feast. and, quite often, in scandalous orgies. This sort of thing became offensive to the church and Pope Gelasius ordered a change. Now, 1t so happened that one of the most austere saints in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
HESITATES TO RUN FOR
 THE POLICE COMMISSION

J. M. Kennedy, who his friends hoped would bow to their importunitiss and announce himself as a candidate for a position upon the Police Commission, has very forcibly announced that he will not make the race. but instead will ask for the endorsement of sec ond term. declared to be the Demo- cratic precedent. to be given to him as an Alderman from Ward Three. n M. Mizell, a prominent officer of the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad Company. with friends everywhere in Montgonl- cry, has not said nay, and 1t is hoped that he will make an entrance into a contest which his friends believe will be all for him.
 w. W. Hill, who has been mentioned said yesterday that he would not be q candidate, and W. A. Gayle, who had been importuned by friends. is expect ed not to be a candidate. Other persons mentioned have intimated that they did not wish to be candidates.
 The Police Commission, important as 1t is, Is expected to be potential fac- tor fin the municipal campaign but the interest in 1t has so far been tentative.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12

wiler and is giftea writer. she has written Plantation Ballads" and Is now at work on her first novel Of her the Greensboro correspondent says: ''Miss Martha Young has returned from trip to Livingston and Columbus. Miss., where she gave dialect readings. Miss Young is ifinitsble as a reader" Mobile Register.
 Birmingham's club women and many others are looking eagerly forward to the coming of Mrs. Gayle Oh February i3. Mrs. Gayle Is one of the promi- nent speakers on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Horticultural Society. February IS. fl. The fame of the Flower Growers Association of Montgomery has already gone abroad and Mrs. Gayle's account of the or- ganisation and progress of the work of her association is looked forward to with the deepest interest. and yet. the greater interest is in Mrs. Gayle. our Federation President. Mrs. Gayle will be warmly welcomed. and our club wo- men win feel nearer all Federation in- terests after meeting her.l-Federation Column in Birmingham News.
 Everyone is invited to the Silver Tea to be given by the Women's Auxiliary to the r. M. c. A. at the Association's s building. Thursday from { to |.
 Adv.-2t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
CoyRT,s LIaRr poCKnr.
Justices DowdeE asa sFn.ns.u Ar
 snaMnran. IT.. G.naa- - -

Justices DowdeIl asa sfnapson Are
 Suffering From Celas. .g
 The Alabama Supreme Court sat yesterday morning in a brief session for the purpose of hearing submis- si6ns of eases appealed from the ooun- ties of the Second Division. These are Bibb. Choctaw. Dallas. Greene. Wilcox
 ;. Owing to the unusually light doe Ret for this cali the Court adjourned over yesterday until Thursday when . special hearing will be devoted to tl1e criminal cases appealed from the Second Division counties. On Thursday also an output of decisions is expected and these will be the last untii April $ until which time the Supreme Court will adjourn after finishing with It's weeks work.
 There was just an even quorum Of the Court yesterday on accoant of the illness of Associate Justices J. R, Dowdell and !, T. simpson. the former being sick with grip at Lafayette and the latter suffering from q similiar iii- ness in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
Amusen1enfs
AIxfnr Cnner.y

The Rays in their final presentation of their hodge -podge, King Casey, lost none of the laurels which they won Monday night at The Grand. Tn fact, If possible. this clever musical and fun-provokinE combination threw more ginger into last nights performance than the first evening of their presence at the Grand. f.
 Johnny Ray again measured up to the laughing requirements of a fafr@ sized audience which braved an ugly atmosphere to see the musical comedy. The chorus also sustained its reputa- tion without faltefins and proved to be one of the best organizations of the season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
A Catholic Colony.

Corpus Christi, Tex, Feb. 1l.-Janles L. Tones, President of the San kion. ardo Catholic colony which owns s,OO9 acres of land near Kingsville, Father w, J. Fitzmaurice and several others from Kanhanna, Via, arrived here to- day. Several hundred Northern Catho- lie families are soon to be colonIZed on inc land and a church built.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
nefter I.ax for soIdlers.

Washington, Feb. 11.-It was decided today by the House Committee on Mill itary Affairs to incorporate in the army appropriation bill provision for an in- mined, nor has the Committee yet de- cided to recommend increase of pay for officers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
CAR LOAD OF AUTOS.
Patterson and InGnIIs Showing Lates
 Cars.

The beautiful, Mitchell Automobile which will be given by the Advertiser to the winner of It's pending contest is on exhibition at the garage of the Patterson and Ingalls, Motor Car Com pany on Monroe street.
 The company is the local agent or teb Mitchell car. It has just reaeiv- 6d A car load Of the handsomest cars, seem this year in Montgomery and they are now on exhibition at the gar age where those interested will De welcomed to make an investigation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
WEDDING IN EUFAULA.
Mr. SeIIgman Of Montgomery NTarrIes
 Miss Bear.

NAABs neMEs
 Eufaula. Feb. .-(SpeciaL)-- )--Gus- tav Seligman, of Montgomery, and Miss Dora Bear of this city were mar ried at the home of the brides mother. Mrs. Sam Bear. this afternoon at 3:s0 o'clock.
 The occasion was a quiet one which was witnessed by relatives and friends of the couple from several sections of this and other States.
 The bride is the youngest daughter of the late Sam Bear, for many years we'll known merchant of the city. and Is popular and highly esteemed by friends in this and other sections of the State. The bridegroom Is a young man highly esteemed, who for a num- Der of years resided with his brothers family here.
 Following the ceremony the couple left for their home in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
FaiIa to Report smnIlpo,

Birmingham, Feb. 11.-(SpeciaI.)-- B. Burlington was arrested today by the police on a charge of failing to re- port a case of smallpox. The police assert that there will be strict en- forcement of this section of the Code.