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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
VAN buren, CO..
OFFICIAL GUILTY
CASE OF STATE OF IOWA EFT AL
VS.. R. E. MEEK, VERDICT
IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF.

Keosauqua, Feb, 22.-(speciaD--
In the district county late this after
noon, Judge Anderson presiding in the
case of the State of Iowa, Chester
Barker ct al, VS.. r. G. Meek, treas
urer of Van Buren, county, the verdict
was rendered in favor Of the plaintiff,
Mr.. Meek. being found guilty of mis-
conduct during his term of Office. An
appeal will be taken to the supreme
court. MIR. Meek, on giving bond Of
$500 shall rtain his office. Hunter
& Mitchell, of Ottumwa and William
Walker of Keosauqua, represented Mr.
Meek.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
AMADCR.

Amador-Will Atwood is moving to
Ottumwa
Mrs. Loran Shields returned Thurs
day from a visit in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Will 'Kershiner has been very
i'll the past week
Will Atwood and family visited at
the Charles Schwartz home Sunday.
Edith Cromwell spent Sunday with
her friend, Gertie Schwartz.
MesdameS Nandorn and Wilkinson
attended the funeral of Mrs. John
Rush in Ottumwa Sunday
Mesdames Mike Schwartz and Newt
Shields spent Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Peter Schwartz
Mrs. James Phillips has been very
i'll the past few weeks.
Miss Mile Lafolet, who has been
staying at the Ralston home, returned
to Blakesbure. Monday.
Several from this place attended the
masquerade ball in Blakesburg Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Schwartz spent a
few days last week at the parental
John Schwartz home.
Caleb Myers Of Leavenworth,
Kansas, is visiting his brother, f. Ny
ers. and family.
Mesdames Nandorn and Mcfarland
spent Monday with Mrs. Will Atwood.
James Smith is very Ill, being con-
fined to his bed
Mr.. and Mrs H. Garrison spent
Monday EVENING at the E. Myers
home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schwartz and
daughter, Gertie, and son, Leo, went to
Ottumwa Monday for visit at the
James Schwartz home.
Harve and Clara Berry spent an
evening last week at the home of Ira
Haning.
Newt Shields has been baling hay in
this neighborhood for a few days
George Myers of Ottumwa is a guest
at the E. Myers home at present.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25

Charles Fletcher was business
visitor in Des Moines recently.
B. R. Proper Of Burlington is max
ing short visit with relatives here
Mrs. D. H. Cresap was in Ottumwa
Tuesday, where she spent the day with
her daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. O. G.. Corns Of Chicago.
Lawrence Finn has returned home
from visit in Jacksonville, Mo-
Mrs. Jack Huston of Mt. Sterling
is spending few days at the home Of
Mrs. Alma Huston.
B. r. Vale was a recent business
visitor in Abba.
E. A. Rea sold his hardware store
here to Messrs. Hill and Blackburn of
Green City. Mo-, and an invoice of the
stock is now being taken.
Austin Rogers of Perry is a guest
of the Christian Schmidt family.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
BONAPARTE.

Bonaparte.-Dr. c. P. Schenck has
received an appointment as examiner
for admission to the state sanitorium
for tuberculosis near Iowa City.
The Royal Neighbors initiated four
new members into their order We'd
nesday evening. After the work was
over. refreshments were served
Mrs. l.. NJ. Ware has gone to Bur
lington for a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. John Donnelly and family.
Jacob Entler Of Evansville. Indiana,
arrived yesterday for visit with rela-
tives. This is Mr.. Enters first visit
to his old home in twenty-four years
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obeyed and the punishment to have its
intended effect

In ouR legislation and administra-
ton, we must favor no class but pro-
tect the interests of all our citizens.
While the nation may devote its pow
ers to this end so far as matters are
within federal control, our state gov
ernments and local communities must
not miss their great opportunities. In
the use of all these powers, according
to their constitutional distribution, for
the development of our resources, the
encouragement of agriculture. the i'm
provement of the conditions of labor,
and the safeguarding of the freedom
of commerce. we shall progress toward
the attainment Of the aims Of liberty.
Let US realize our mutual depend
ence and rejoice with Washington, not
in power, but in service: not in dis
tinction, but in duty well performed;
not in what we have gained, but in
what we have given.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
DOUBLE WEDDING AT PEkIN,
REV. WALKER OFFICIATING.
red the double wedding Of Joseph R.

Pekin.-At high noon. at the home
of Joseph Nelson near Pelsin, occur
Nelson and Miss Clara Smith and
Clarence Cline and Miss May Nelson.
The four young people are among JEFF
ferson countys best young people and
start out in life with fair prospects.
About 10 guests were in attendance
and an enjoyable time was expert
enced by all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25

nelly was held from the residence in
this city Thursday morning. Rev. B. K.
Brokhart officiating. The remains We're
inferred in the Williamson cemetery,
in Pleasant Ridge township.
Mrs. j. H. Schuette, and Clarence
Hutchinson. sister and brother of Mrs.
Lawrence Smith, arrived this morning
from lola. KansaS.
Casper Fraise of Nevada, Mo-, ior-
mer resident of near this place, is in
the city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
ARNOLD
Jewelry & Music Co.
11a EAST MAIN STREET.

taken to the Ottumwa hospital Mon
day for treatment.
Mrs. William Gardner is seriously i'll.
Mrs. Sadie Ranley and daughter re-
turned Saturday from an extended
visit with relatives at Sigourney.
Rev. c. c.. Davis returned Monday
from Brighton, where he went Friday
evening to fill his appointment at the
Christian church
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-25
UNFORTUNATE MEN.

Two Government Employees After Be-
ing Saved from Icy Waters of
River Killed by Train.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 22.-Saved from
drowning after terrible struggle in
the icy water Of the Monongahela
river at Elizabeth, near here only to
be run down and killed by train on
reaching the shore, was the fate last
night of ]. W. Draper and F. B. Gar
rett, two government employees. E.
Stoner, a companion who saved the
men, from the water, was also hit by
the train and was probably FATALLY In
1ured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
DRAG THE ROADS.
Not Too Late Yet to Do Much to I'm
prove the Highways.

An Illinois farmer says of the drag:
The drag is making more good roads
than any implement or machine ever
invented The nice thing about the
drag is that it is inexpensive, and it
utilizes the material at hand for filling
up ruts and depressions. / have trav-
eled extensively during the year just
passed, over Illinois, Iowa and Nebras-
ka. 1t is no trick at all to pick out
every stretch of road where the plank
drag has been used The secret of
making good, hard road-beds, well
rounded, is starting the drag on the
outer edge of the road, and working
the dirt toward the center Of the road.
In this way all ruts are filled, and the
crown Of the road is so high that it
drains perfectly and the best part Of
the dirt is in the center, where there
is the heaviest wear. Those who have
undertaken to keep the roadway ada
cent to their farms in condition say
that the time required to do the work
is practically nothing. Roadmasters
in many townships are now using avail
able money to provide drags and keep
them on the roads at the right time.
Look up the good points Of the King
drag. Make one and have 1t ready for
business when the proper time comes
in early spring"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

to be driven and the weight lifted and
allowed to fall on it. A little practice
will enable one to drive posts in soil
that seems too hard. The rig is USE
full also in putting down driven wells.
To drive a well, says the Farm and
Home, 1A-inch pipe is preferred.
The length should not be over six
feet. The first pipe to be driven must
have point of iron or steel Any
blacksmith who is an expert at weld
ing can readily make point solid in
the end of the pipe, and then bore nu-
for the first IS inches of it's length
above the point. Before driving, a
coupling must be screwed down tight
and fast on the thread that is to con-
meet it to it's mate, so the thread may
not be injured. Also on top of this
coupling must always rest block of
lead or seasoned hickory, to receive
and distribute the concussion, to pre-
serve the pipe from destruction.
The pipe is driven the same as q
post, another length being attached
as fast as one is sunk in the ground.
One rule must never be forgotten
Each length of pipe must be threaded
so long as it screws into the coupling
and rests Quits, they call it,, on the
end of the pipe beneath it, This
prevents splitting the coupling and
leaky joints.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
MAcH,NE.eRouNp PAINT.

Occasionally one hears the ''hanc.
mixed" paint of the painter slightingly
spoken of as "unscientific" and mot
thoroughly mixed" The facts are all
on the side of the painter and his hand.
prepared paint.
1t is the most Scientific" paint there
is, because 1t is made on the spot to
suit the particular purpose for which
1t is to be used. 1t is as scientific as
a good doctors prescription. II the
painter did not mix 1t thus 1t would
be as unscientific as patent medl.
cine. Moreover, the paint which a
good painter turns out is made OF
genuine white lead and pure linseed
oil. II he does not mix 1t himself he
is not sure what is in 1t, and conse-
quently his client cannot be sure.
As for not being thoroughly mixed
by machinery. that is simply mis-.
statement. White Lead as made by
National Lead Company is thorough
ly incorporated with Z or s per cent.
OF pure Linseed oil in the factory, max.
ing a paste. This paste need only be
thinned with additional linseed oil to
make it ready for the brush.
The thorough incorporation of pig.
ment and oil has already been accom-.
plished before the painter gets 1t,
To know how to tell pure white lead
isa great advantage to both painter
and HORSEPOWER. National Lead Com.
pany will send tester free to anyone
interested. Address the company at
Woodbridge Building, New York, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

project some six inches all about the
house. The roof is made to curve
gracefully out to the caves that over
hang the walls. If the doorway is on
the north side, no door need be used
during the summer; but this should
be in place in the winter, and the lat
ticed windows should then have a sash
fitted to them, or one opening can be
fitted with sash and the other two
covered with board shutters. A few
vines or a shrub or two may be planted
at the base of the walls to add to the
attractiveness. So simple a little
building can be easily made by the
household mechanic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
ONE LESSON WHOLLY WASTED.
Little Surprise Planned by Billlger
McSwat Not a Success.

"LobeIia," asked Mr.. McSwat, who
was rummaging in one of the closets,
"have you done anything with that
old coat of mine that used to hang on
the last hook in here?"
YES" answered Mrs. McSwat. Il
gave 1t to the Volunteers"
you did, did you?" Well, you'll
be sorry to learn, perhaps, that there
was o five-dollar bill in 1t which
was going to give you IL found that
coat undisturbed at the beginning Of
March"
20, think not, Billiger. searched
1t thoroughly before gave it away"
you're pretty smart woman,
Lobelia, but 1t didn't occur to you to
look inside the lining"
20, yes, 1t did, and I found the five
dollar BILL l spent 1t for the rubber
plant in the front parlor that you have
admired so much and wondered how
l managed to buy out Of my allowance.
You're a pretty smart man, Billiger,
but there are times when you don't
look the part"
There being no further business be-
fore the house, Mr.. McSwat adjourned
without form.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
PioW Up Thin Meadows.

II meadows are thin they had better
be plowed up than left to lie in hope
that they will recover their old vigor.
1t is difficult to apply manure effec-
lively from the top. If the land is
plowed up and given free application
of manure and then put into some
crop that will require cultivation. more
progress will be made than can be
made In any other way. Many a thin
meadow is kept year after year, hard
ly paying for the work put upon 1t in
moving and curing the light crop Of
hay, which is often very wiry. When
a meadow becomes thin II is good
indication that 1t should be put into
some other crop for few years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
CROPS AND MOISTURE.
Timely Cultivation viii Save Much Of
Latter for Former.

Much of the moisture taken up by
our soils is lost through lack of time
~ cultivation. At no time is this
waste greater than in spring time.
During the fall, winter and early
spring the moisture that falls is taken
by mother earth only to be, sent back
by capillary action to the surface
when spring opens and the sun begins
to shine and the winds begin to blow.
This upward action of the soil moist
ure can only take place in packed sur
faces, such as are found in fields that
have been plowed the fall before and
have been packed by the rains and
snow clear to the surface. If nothing
is done to check this waste, hundreds
of barrels of water are lost every day
which the coming crop may sadly
need before the season is closed.
How may we check this great
waste? Simply by early stirring Of
the surface soil so as to make an earth
mulch, says Forest Henry in the
Northwestern Agriculturist. Anything
that will fine the surface soil to the
depth of two or three inches will do
the work A smoothing harrow may
perhaps be put at the head of the
implement list for this work. Ordinari-
ly two borrowings as soon as the
ground works well will do the work.
This early surface cultivation has also
another important mission. 1t keeps
the surface soil from crusting and
from becoming lumpy. How many a
farmer in the past has neglected this
early work in his cornfield and then
later was compelled TO plant his corn
two or three inches deeper than he
wished in order to put it in moist
earth.
Early surface cultivation will keep
the soil moist very near the surface
so as to insure termination as soon
as the crop Is planted.
The benefits from cultivation are
only just beginning to be realized by
few progressive farmers. Will you
be one that will be profited by it the
coming season?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
new ARRIVALS IN CANADA
NEARLY 100000 IN 1907.
ABOUT SIXTY THOUSAND FROM
THE UNITED STATES,

Now that 1t is known that In the
year just closed nearly sixty thou
sand from the United States declared
their intention of making. their homes
in Canada, it might not be out of
place to search for some reasons that
would bring this about. These people
are but following the example of the
fifty-five or sixty thousand who did
ffe same thing the year previous, and
an almost equal number who the year
before that but followed the example
of the thousands of the year proceed.
Ing. An excellent climate, certain and
positive crops Of grain of all kinds.
good markets for their produce, land
and good land, too at low prices,
easy terms of payment. (not forget.
ting the 100 acres of land given free
by the Government, particulars of
which the Canadian Government Agent
whose name appears elsewhere will
tell you about and then the splendid
social conditions. The situation Is
pretty well sized up by writer in one
of the magazines. Quoting from this
article, we find this: Those of us
who made good in the States" inter-
jected another settler as If to con-
tinue the story of his neighbor, "have
had it easy from the start; a little
money is mighty good thing on COM
Ing into a new country. But those
who make an entry, or even buy lands
at low rates, are able to square things
in two or three seasons crops. There
are hardships in building shanties,
and then with increasing prosperity
getting things into shape for better
homes. But affairs go much as in the
States. We have the largest liberty In
the world; there is more home rule IN
the Provinces than in the several
states Of the Republic. Taxes are
light and with only few million peo-
pie west Of Winnipeg we don't get in
each others way. Ones friends over
he line probably thought we would not
i've through the winter; and while 1t
is cold, real cold, 1t is free from the
moisture experienced In the east.
Schools are good as encouraged by
thS lhO ShbSi ~
American promoter and Yankee drum
mer see to 1t that we take notice of
The latest improvements and best agri-
cultural machinery. Altogether we are
rs near to affairs as we would be on
Dur own farms In the States. Winni-
peg bears the same relation to us as
Chicago did at home; and Edmonton
with the surrounding region advances
as Omaha did in the days when we
were as young as the boys yonder.
We get together much as they did In
the oranges over the border; the gov
eminent has established experimental
schools of agriculture, and progress in
every line is stimulated. This Is a
great region for grazing" we hear the
Calgary citizen continuing, "and then
with building elevators of wheat at
one dollar a bushel, many of us find
time to go over to the live stock ex-
hibition in Chicago or visit old friends
during the course Of the winter.
Every man is taken for what he Is
worth or for what he can raise; and
In this good air and on this fertile soil
we intend to show our old friends
that we are made of the right stuff
that we are chips of the old block
who built up the American West"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
One Type of Gate.

tried many different kinds Of bracing
and at last got my present way from
noticing the bracing in truss bridge.
| like to use five-inch bars or boards
and three-quarters of an inch in thick
ness, according to weight of lumber.
The bracing is of the truss or double
x style, putting two pieces V-shaped
on one side of the gate, and on the
other side an inverted v, as shown in
cut. A gate Of this style properly
hung will not sag; even a 12-foot gate
will hold up WELL
OF course, in doing a good job of
gate hanging the hinge post must be
firmly set and strongly braced The
screw of the bottom hinge should not
be screwed in the post quite so far
as the top screw, and to make a
gate open uphill the bottom screw
should be put further back in the post.
About half-inch in either will gen
orally be enough. This makes the gate
rise from the ground when opening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
VOICE OF The PRESS.

Brooklyn Standard Union:-A col.
lege freshman is a person who must
on no account infringe on the exclu.
sive right of the other uudergradu.
ates to be fresh.
Toledo Blade:-When a bank
closes its doors there are always a
lot of men in town who narrowly
escaped by not having had any
money to deposit
Richmond Dispatch Some
men work for their living, and. some
men become receivers of defunct
banking institutions in little old New
York.
Omaha Beetle new Henry
James icomedy is given in three
acts. 1t will be interesting to learn
how the dramatist cut Henry
James sentence into three parts.
Manchester Union:-Count Szeche
nyi told his Viennese friends that he
liked America, but he complained oil
his dad treatment by section oil
the press. If Szechenyi thinks the
American press treated him severely
he should interview Maxim Gorky.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
THE BARNARD.
Clean It Every Day and Keep It Look.
ing Tidy.

The barnyard is often the most I'M
slightly spot on the farm, but 1t need
not be SO. If the habit is formed of
cleaning the barnyard each day it
can be kept as tidy as any other part
of the farm. 1t should be cleaned as
soon as the cattle are out of 1t in the
morning. The droppings should be
thrown into portion of the barn
yard that is set off from the rest of
the yard and which should have a
cover over it that can be easily lifted
and lowered, says the Farmers Re-
view. The parts of this receptacle can
be made adjustable, so that 1t can be
enlarged on demand. The cover over
the manure keeps the latter Just moist
enough SO that the fertility does not
get out of it. The drying up Of the
manure when the latter is left In piles
Is a very wasteful process, as much
of the nitrogen works off into the air
unperceived by the farmer. When the
droppings in barnyard are allowed
to lie about they dry up and most of
their first value is dissipated into the
air.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
MADE HIS MEANING CLEAR.
Professors Son Translated Fathers
Speech Into the vernacular.

A college professor, in company
with his son, was enjoying walk in
the country, when he met an old
farmer. 1t had been very wet sea-
son, and the professor, thinking to
start the conversation in way that
would prove interesting to the farmer,
remarked
There has been a rather abnormal
precipitation of late"
The farmer seemed somewhat en-
ibarrassed, and the professors son,
who used different vernacular,
though he was student in the college
to which his father was attached, at
tempted to straighten out the matter.
Drawing the farmer to one side, he
said in superior way:
"The governor means that we've
been having devil of lot of rain"
-Harper's Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
FARM NOTES.

Every farm should have some live
stock.
1t is never wise or profitable to keep
an animal in poor flesh.
The trained veterinarian should be
encouraged and patronized.
No one who has to labor for a living
should slight small indu.,.rie'.
There is certain satisfaction in
taking yearly inventory of the farm.
1t is the best way to find the leaks"
too.
Keep the land as rich as possible.
Angleworms work more in rich land
than in poor land, and they constantly
improve the soil.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It's great strength as stiffen-
err makes half the usual quantity o.
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
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lnpRl(!lVEFf3S{fs
HOMEMADE POST DRIVER.
1t Can Be Used to Drive Well
Also.

Posts may be driven with speed
and economy on many farms, ii well
sharpened and the right method is
followed. A real post driver Is one of
the most easily made things and one
OF the most useful that farmer can
get up. Uprights are bolted across
to sled, or rough plank sled may
be made for the purpose.
The standards may be IL or 10 feet
high. To them is bolted cross bar
which supports the hoist for the
weight. For this a block of iron or
lead weighing not less than 25 pounds
must be obtained, and it must have
staple or ring in it so it may be
lifted. The post is placed where it is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
REPARrEE.
Younger-I wonder If l shall lose
my looks, too, when am your age?
Elder-Youll be lucky IL you do.
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, rs they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease. Catarrh Is blood OF const
tut!Onal disease and IN order 10 you must take
internal remedies. Halrs CatarTh Cure Is taken IN.
ternally, aud acts directly tho blood and mucous
surfaces. Hairs Catarrh Cure IA not quUck u,edi
enc IL was prescribed by OF the hest physicians
IN THIS country years aud areguar prescription
IL IL composed OF the best touicr known, combined
with the best blood pur aers, actng directly on the
mucous surfaces, The perfect combination ot the
two ingredients II what produces such wonderfui re-
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F.J, CHENEY a CO., Props., Toledo, U
Sold by Druggists price use,
Take Hsl's Family rus Cor constipation.