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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-04
WEST POINT.

west Point.--A surprise party on
Miss Marjorie Bowers was held at the
nome of Mrs. Martha Williamson on
Tuesday evening. The party was
planned by the schoolmates of Mar
Jorie. and all present spent joyful
evening Refreshments We're served
me following We're present: Viola
Daube, Clara Mehl, IIariorie Byers
Meta Byers, Minta WEIGH, Florence
Sheets, Gertrude Gardner Henry Ger
lcke, Oliver Herstine, Robert Krimp-
Ter, Robert Wilson and Prof w. j.
Knobbs.
August kaltenf1eiter and Miss Marie
Younk We're united in marriage at the
residence OF Rev. Father Jacoby Tues
MISS Myrtle YoUnk, sister of the bride,
and Edward Kaltenfleiter. brother Of
the groom. After the ceremony a re-
ception was held at the home of MI
and Mrs. William Younk. They will
make their home in the house recently
vacated by Frank Bergthold. Friends
OF the contracting parties serenaded
them with an old-fashioned charivari
in the evening
flggen, who has many friends in this
city, having formerly resided here
was married to Miss Alpha Buck of
washington township. the ceremony
taking place at the residence of Rev
rather A. j. Zaizer at Ft Madison. at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning. A recep-
tlon was held at the home Of the
orlde's parents, where they will make
their Rome for the present
The smoke stack on the electric
power plant was blown over Sunday
afternoon, leaving the city without
lights Sunday night. A gang of men
erected the new stack Monday, which
mad been received few days previous.
and Monday night the patrons were
again furnished with light.
Frank Gingerich, who formerly re-
sided on farm in the vicinity of
Denmark, and who recently moved to
Dodd City, Kansas, spent a week in
this vicinity. While here he closed M
deal whereby Gilbert Lee becomes
the owner Of his "a acre farm, for the
consideration Of $4,000 Mr. Gingerich
returned to his new home Wednesday
evening.
Miss Verna Kiener returned home
Thursday from visit with her sister,
Mrs. w. ]. Duker at Burlington.
Miss Minnie Pogge went to Fort
Madison Wednesday evening to visit
with relatives.
Miss Hazel Stebbins came up from
Fort Madison Thursday to spend a
few days at the James Cantril home
In this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Conley were ri.
Madison visitors Thursday
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QUITE a RAcoNIEuR,

F"'7eas City Journal. W. S. Dick
ey, chairman of the republican state
is winning a reputation
as story teller, according to the St
Joserh Gazette. While at the Metro
pole the other nisht he told a story OF
a restaurant at Chicago.
"The only vacant seat was at a
table where sat a rather beautiful
brunette he said IT took the seat,
reading my paper while the waite,
was bringing my order The woman
arose and left before l did. finished
my meal. arose and went to the cash.
ier's desk to pay for my order.
"The waiter said to me: Here is
your sisters check My sister, I
echoed. Yes, she said you would pay
for her as WELL paid the s1.2O
which she had palmed off to me. |
then went back to look for her. She
was nowhere in sight Lying beside
the chair where she had sat | saw a
hand bag. I picked 1t up and as I
went past the cashier l said My sis
ter left her shopping bag was
just that much ahead
No one said much, but all smiled
at the apparently good story. Finally
H. B. Getchel said: What was in
the shopping bag
sChestnuts," replied the state
chairman
John Combe fell over backward in
his chair George F. Barnes laughed
until he choked and Major Bittinger
had to hold his sides, while the Iaun-
dryman rang for the two-for-25-cent
Havanas.
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via the railway lines across the North
American continent The distance be
tween New York and Yokohama is
Shown to be via Suez Canal 13,O40
miles; via the Panama Canal, 10,093
miles; via the Tehuantepec railway,
9,24a miles; via San Francisco Gland
and water), 7,727 miles, and via Port
townsend Gland and wateD, 7.4S9
miles. From New York to Shanghai
the distance is given via Suez, 1850
miles, and via Panama, 1885 miles.
10 Hongkons the distance via Suez
is ll,6lO miles and via Panama, H.
4lO miles; and to Manila the distance
is shown to be 1855 miles via Suez
and l1,546 miles via Panama From
chicago the distance to Hongkong is
via New York and Suez, 1892 miles;
via San Francisco. 1866 miles: via
New Orleans and Panama. 11,742, and
via Tehuantepec, 1929 miles.
From New York to San Francisco
the distance shown are, by rail across
the continent. S,191 miles, via TIE.
huantepec, 4,415 miles: via Panama,
5,305 miles, via Punta Arenas, 1909,
and via Suez and Singapore, 1862
miles. From New York to Nome,
Alaska, the distance via Port Town
send is 5,555 miles: via San Fran
CISCO, 1886 miles: via Tenuantepec,
7l50 miles; via Panama, SOLO miles,
and via Magellan Straits. 15,S40 miles.
The length of route from Vladivostoi.
Aslatic Russia, to New Orleans via
Magellan Straits, is 17445, while the
distance from Vladivostok to New
orleans via San Francisco and thence
by rail is but 7,1SS miles. The dis
lance around the world via the Trans
Siberian and our own transcontinental
railway lines is shown to be 1897
miles, being; from New York to St.
Petersburg, 1852 miles; from St. Pet.
ersburg to Vladivostok, $500 miles;
from Vladivostok to Port Townsend,
1857 miles, and from Port Townsend
to New York, 3,199 miles. The sail
ing distance around the world from
New York via Suez, Singapore, Manila,
Guam, the Hawaiian Islands, and Pan
anna Canal to New York again would
be 23.092 miles: being in detail, from
New York to Singapore, 1910 miles;
thence to Manila, 1886 miles; thence
to Guam, 1,506 miles; thence to
Hawaii, 1887 miles; thence to Pana.
ma, 1865, and thence to New York, O..
OPS miles
The table of distances shows what
factor the Panama canal is to be In
sowing the present day problems of
water transportation
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kEOSAuQuA.

keosauqua.-Mrs. Lydia Lewis
(colored), aged about 80 years. died at
the home of Mrs. Mary Crawford on
Monday night and was buried Tuesday
afternoon in the Purdom cemetery.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
Charles e. Perkins of the Congrega-
tional church.
Wednesday afternoon while DR..
Harris was drivinr out to Fred An
derson's. along the road parallel to the
railroad track. his horses became
frightened at the approaching train.
them from the buggy. They ran
through the Fry place to the road
leading to Mr.. Anderson's, where they
We're stopped. The horses were not
injured, but the harness was broken
to pieces.
IT, The Van. Van Buren, county district court
VIII adjourn this week. The Abner
Boston will case, which occupied al
most week of court, was decided In
favor of Mrs. Leila Burkett, to whom
Mr.. Boston had wlled his farm. The
relatives of Mr.. Boston contested the
WILL claimin" that he was of unsound
mind The case against Treasurer
Meek was called Tuesday afternoon.
A pure food inspector of Des Moines
visited this place Monday.
Miss Margaret Vance of Texas is
visiting with relatives here.
William Benning of Abba attended
the funeral of Mrs. Lewis Tuesday
Mrs. j. |. Israel of Bonaparte was n
guest of friends here Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Miss Grace Bilhymer of Lebanon
was visiting friends l-ere Monday.
Attorneys Mitchell and Hunter OF
ottumWa are attending court here this
week
Albert Canady aged 90, living
aSt Of ,i,,., III,
to the hospital at Mt. Pleasant Satur-
day eveninr of last week
oliver Ross is spending few days
In Keosauqua
A. S. Smith returned from Oskaloosa
Wednesday, after weeks visit with
his daughter, Mrs. Lulu Cantrl, who
accompanied him home.
Joe Johnson of Bonaparte was a
business caller here Wednesday.
Ed Ware Of Washington state and
Miss Maggie Ware of Pennington
We're guests of Mrs c. W. Dodds on
Monday
The teachers examinations were
held Tuesday and Wednesday at the
public school building.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Swiers were
Ottumwa visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Manning of
Aurora, Ill, are the parents of a son,
born jan 81.
odHluel fOSnOt lett Tor Lake Wfer,
Florida, last week, where he expects
to remain about three months.
M. Patten and Mrs. George Fellows
visited in Milton Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. FL. Ruby attended
"A Day at the Union Depot" played
at Stockport Tuesday evening under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society
OF the Christian church at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Smith have NOV
ed from Cantril to this place and will
occupy the residence belonging to Mrs.
Strong.
The protracted meeting which was
in progress at the Methodist Episcopal
church the past two weeks, has been
postponed on account of sickness in
the community
Mrs. Russell of Ottumwa had the
misfortune to fall on the lev pavement
at that place breaking her wrist She
son, Dr.. Charles e. Russell. at this
place.
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ing is a decided hindrance to the es.

ing is decided hindrance to the es.
Enlistment of new paper, as it
gives little opportunity to the publish.
er to familiarize prospective sub
scribers with the new publication
II is also the present rule of the
postoffice department that subscri-
bers may not receive paper through
the mails at newspaper postage rates.
If they are more than three months
delinquent in their subscriptions
While this may be regarded as being
something of hardship on the pub.
llsher, II protects newspaper readers
from the imposition of having papers
persistently sent to them by pub
Usher. without their consent, a prac-
t1ce that has been often employed by
publishers in order to swell their cir.
culation
But the most serious problem that
confronts the ambitious editor who
longs to establish paper, is the al
most prohibitive price Of news print
paper In times past. that is within
the last ten years, there have been
times when the market price of print
paper has been as low as s1.65 per
hundred weight. During the last few
years the price has fluctuated. but
remaining most of the time at about
81 per hundred. In the last six
months there has been a sharp adj
vance in the price. and today print
paper is selling as high as 1918 de.
livered at points in the Missouri riv-
er valley. That is there has been
an advance of from 20 per cent to IS
per cent OF the price that prevailed a
year ago.
These facts are simply given to
show why there are so few new news
paper ventures at the present time,
and why so many cheap daily news
papers have been increasing the sub
scription price and their advertising
rates.
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HIGHLAND CENTER.

Highland Center.-The Highland
Telephone COMPANY has bought E. M
Bowlin's town property and expect tc
move the switchboard there in the
spring
Miss Martha Wolfe was in ottumwa
Tuesday shopping.
Mrs. w. H. Grain is spending a few
days in Ottumwa
j. w. Mccormick was in Ottumwa
Monday.
Jap Newman went to Hastings
Neb., Monday morning
Grant Davis is able to be out again.
Revival meetings will begin at the
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
evening, conducted by Rev. T. j.
Petit.
The Ladies Aid society was we'll at
tended at the home Of Mrs. Browne
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THE PANAMA CANALS PART IN
SHORTENING SAILING
DISTANCES

The bureau Of statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor has
just issued map that contains much
of interest. 1t shows the chef rail
way lines and water routes Of the en-
tire world, the distance from port to
port across all oceans and seas, and
carries with it a marginal table show
ing the distances from, New York,
New Orleans, San Francisco and Port
Townsend to each of the principal
ports of the world, and from many of
the other cities of the United States
to those four coast poi,s
The map emphasizes the supremacy
of the United States in the matter of
railway transportation. For instance,
it shows that North America has in
round terms 100000 miles of railway,
of which 225,000 are found in the Uni
ted States. Europe as a whole has. in
round terms, 100000 miles, or $4,000
miles less than those in the United
States alone. Asia has $1,000 miles,
Africa 1900, and Australia and the
adjacent islands 1880.
A bulletin Just issued by the bureau
calls attention to many interesting
facts disclosed by the distance figures
accompanying the map as follows:
One fact of especial interest at the
present moment is that the sailing
distance from New York to Punta
Arenas at the southern end of South
America, via the Panama canal, is SIT
miles less than by the route which
ships passing between those two
points must now follow The tables
show distances from our own ports
via the Tehuantepec railway and the
Panama railway or canal. as we'll as
via the Suez Canal and the Cape of
Good Hope and Cape Horn routes and
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ROYAL NElGHBoRs
INSTALL 1908 OFFICERS

Kirkvile,-T Royal Neighbors OF
this place installed : the following
named officers Thursday night for the
ensuing term.
Oracle Mrs. Rhoda zentz.
Vice oracle-Mrs. Marilla Sinnif
Chancellor--Mrs. May Owen.
Receiver Mrs Maggie Pike.
Secretary-Miss Bertha McGlasson
Marshal-Miss Bertha Parks
Inside watch-Mrs, Jane Bennett
Outside watch--Mrs. Clara Brown.
After installation refreshments were
served and also on interesting pro-
gram was rendered, which was enjoy
ed by al present
Mrs. Bessie Beford and her little
daughter. Lurene left for their home
IN Dickinson, n. D., Monday morning
Ihey We're accompanied by Mrs. Bel
ford's father Jonathan Parks who
has gone to look at the country.
on January "a a stranger visited
klrkVille. who, when found out. proved
to be Professor E. A. McGlasson
president of the Northwestern Bust
ness college of Beatrice. Neb He for
merly lived in this town. but left here
at IL years of age and has been gone
twenty-five years. Besides being pres
ident of the college, he is the superin-
tendent of Presbyterian Sunday
school and has Bible class composed
or twenty-five young r,len who are
students in the college Mr.. McGlas-
son is nephew of l.. D. McGlasson
OF this place. E. A. McGlasson's faith
err George B. McGlasson, has Aeen a
mail carrier from the Wood River,
Neb., postoffice for six years.
Rev. Thomas Rowe closed his meet
ings last Sunday evening and Rev. w.
Lee Vincent began meetings at the
presbyterian church on Monday even
ing. Rev Mcneil of Libertyville will
be here to assist in the meetings.
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DUNREATH.

Dunreath. Mrs. Varrisco and
daughter and baby are visiting with
Mrs. Varrisco's son, Ed Varrisco, at
Scandal.
Mrs. Hettie Crook was Des Moines
caller Tuesday
Miss Sarah Crook, who has been
been staying with her uncle, Charlie
Dalton, at Des Moines
Miss Violet Crook visited with Alph
Amos Monday evening.
Miss Alpha Amos, who has been
working at Percy, has come home.
William Robson of Reasnor, is yis-
iting with relatives here.
Mrs. Bonnie Meekma and Blanche
were callers at the home of Mrs.
Meekma's aunt, Mrs. G.. C. Amos, re-
Gently.
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THE WEDDING.

10y Wex JOneS.)
Around the house the people crushed
To view the scene the better
And those who saw the lovely bride
Said, Lucky chap to get her"
She wore diamond solitaire.
No queen has got bigger;
She had veil of priceless lace.
And an almost perfect figure.
The figure: s20.00O,OOO.
The bridegroom's visage was all
smiles
His uniform all buttons;
His sword was long and fierce enough
To carve careers or muttons.
He had an air of silent pride
And spurs with jingly rowels,
His name was very long on fame.
But very shy on vowels.
The name: Bodghjkimnpqrst-
His heart was full of love and Joy,
HIS coat was full of shoulders;
His fine appearance pleased himself
AS much as the beholders
He looked upon his priceless bride,
And thanked his stars he'd found
her,
And swore no loss should e'er befall
With his strong arms around her
The arms: $20,000,00O
1t was very fine affair,
The flower of modern marriages;
And all the people went their way
In raptures and in carriages.
The bridegroom and the bride en-
braced,
A pair Of happy stupids.
Attended on their wedding tour
BY f1ocks and focks of Cupids.
The Cupids: S SIS
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LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The movement that is being made
In Iowa and other states for more
strict enforcement Of the liquor and
gambling laws should certainly be
aided in every consistent manner pos
sible. But the aid is not so necessary
in making laws as it is in attracting
and enlisting the serious attention of
the people, and it will be most effec-
tive if it is used to call their atten-
ton to the absolute uselessness of the
saloon and gambling house to a com
munity.
Collectively, the people are law
abiding. And when he himself, con
siders it as an abstract proposition,
almost every individual is in favor of
conforming to the requirements of the
law
Yet, individually, some people
break laws and do many things that
they feel that it would be wrong for
some one else to do. Some men will.
drink and gamble and thens work n
confluence game on their own con
science to make themselves feel that
While it cannot hurt them, it would
be wrong for some one else to do it
for instance, their son or brother.
Whether man drinks or CANDLES
must be decided by his own ideas OF
morality rather than by his fear OF
the statutes. Improvement in the
present conditions is really going 20
sbe the result of men taking these mat
tiers right home to themselves and de-
Gliding between the right and the
wrong. Let man ask himself
docs it benefit me to spend part
OF my wages every week for whiskey
and beer?'
Does it make my wife and chill
dren any happier or better for me to
stop at the saloon on my way home
every Saturday night and leave a part
of my check there before my family
gets their part Of it?'
is the fact that drink going to
make me any more valuable to nv
employer, or, is it likely to get me a
raise in salary?"
Whose fault is it that drink, the
saloon keepers or my own?''
The man who CANDLES can ask him.
self practically these same questions.
These are points that every man
should be Strong enough in character
to take up and figure out for him.
self
There can be but one answer
X Il x
Drinking and gambling do not stand
for good citizenship or for the good
morals of the community. The man
who continually spends his money for
intoxicating liquor and the man or bow
who spends his money in a gambling
house, are both really objects of pity.
The saloon keeper has no respect for
his regular customer-the proprietor
of the gambling house laughs in his
sleeve at the poor deluded sucker who
plays money in his house. The man
who drinks and the man who CANDLES
soon come to be looked upon as being
too weak to be trusted with RESPONSE
bilities.
Judging from the indications that
are apparent all over the country, it
seems that there is daily growing d
stronger demand for sober, industri-
Gus and honest citizenship. The moral
standard is going to be raised. This
is an era of law obeyance and if it is
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u
Thursday evening and attended tho
exhibition given by the school,
Clarence Wagler returned homs
from Des Moines Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Dennis Parish return
ed home Friday from a visit with Mr..
Parish's parents. and other, relatives
near Mt. Sterling
John Deiffenbachs spent Sunday Is
the E. c. Bussey home
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs Oren
Haney has been very sick the past
week
Charles Matthews, cashier Of the
Pulaski bank, left last week for two
weeks visit in Colorado. Irwin Miller
has charge of his work during his alb
sence.
Mike Augspurger left Monday even
Ing for Burlington. where he will take
osteopathic treatment.
Ira Brunk of Des Moines was here
a few days last week on business.
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AMADOR.

Amador.-An accident which might
have proven serious occurred Monday
while Hardin Garrison was hauling
hay at his home near here. Mr.. Car
rison was driving through a gate with
a load of hay when the wagon wheel
struck the gate post. This frightened
his team and they ran away, upset
ting his load of hay and throwing him
to the graund. When found he was
unconscious and remained so for sew
eral hours. Later he was attended by
two physicians and although he is vet
dangerously i'll 1t is thought he will re-
cover.
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SIXTH DISTRICT CONVENTION.
10 the Republicans of the Sixt
Congressional District of Ioma.

70 the Republicans of the Sixth
congressional District of Iowa:
A delegate convention of the re-
puDllcans OF the Sixth congressional
district of Iowa is hereby called to
meet at Oskaloosa in said district on
me 18th day of March, A. d., 1908. at
l;3o o'clock p. M, of said day, for the
purpose OF nominating two delegates
anu TWO alternates to represent the
sixth congressional district at the
national republican convention to be
neld in Chicago on the 18th day of
June, A. D., 1908, and to transact
any other business that may properly
come before the convention.
me ratio of representation will be
one delegate for each two hundred
votes or fraction thereof cast for All.
bert B. Cummins for governor at the
last general election. and one delegate
at large for each county in the dis.
trlct. The representation by counties
is as follows:
Davis county, delegates.
Jasper county. 10 delegates.
Keokuk county, II delegates.
Monroe county, 10 delegates.
Mahaska county, II delegates
PoWeshlek county 13 delegates.
Wapello county, II delegates.
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 Wilcox.
son of Sigourney.
Secretary Harold M. Boyer. of
Grinnell
Asst Secretary Roy R. Robinson
of Oskaloosa
Reading Clerk - L. E. Johnson of
Buxton
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PULASKI.

Pulaski.-John Augspurger was over
70 ottumwa Friday and Saturday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Burns left Fri
DAY and Saturday for Kansas, where
they We're called by, the death of their
infant grandchild.
a sled load Of young people went
out to the Fairview school house on
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Poor old Nick Pickard, brought
from Texas to answer for 29-year-old
murder he had never heard about, will
no doubt be greatly relieved to hear
that his namesake, the real murderer
was lynched at the time of the crime.
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Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere ap.
probation for the sympathy and kind
ly assistance rendered by the friends
and neighbors during our sad bereave-
ment.
Mrs. Sarah Mccoy.
Mrs. Annie Webb.
Brothers and sisters.
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The governor of Florida makes one
striking statement.

1T was observed by merchants in
dry communities that their bills were
paid more promptly, that the volume
of business was greater that the peo-
pie became more prosperous and the
towns improved more rapidly-both
as to public and private improve
ments-until now. people look upon
the question 10th from moral and 2
business standpoint"
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BURT LAFoRcE. PHI. c.. M. D.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
GLASSES scientifically fitted. Office hours
~ to IL q. m. and to 5 and to O'Clock
2. m. Phone. Office 2s9; residence. 81.
othce roo-3s, 10 and 12 Hofmann Blk
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Judging from the indications that
are apparent all over the country, it
seems that there is daily growing
stronger demand for sober, industri-
Gus and honest citizenship The moral
standard is going to be raised. This
is an era of law obeyance and if it is