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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21
ALLISON COT
new BUILDING

washington, May 19.-(SpeciaD-
BY an amendment insisted on by
the senate appropriation committee,
of which Senator Allison is chairman,
the house and senate today agreed on
an appropriation of $15O,00O to be
available Immediately for the inves-
tigation of mine explosions and safety
appliances for the protection of min
ers. The amendment originated in the
senate committee and was carried to
success by the powerful influence Of
Chairman Allison, who cordially sup
ported 1t. The national investigation
of mine explosions is of vital interest
to every miner in the country and has
the Endorsement of the United Mine
Workers of America and the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. Union labor
leaders here are highly pleased with
the action of Senator Allisons COM
mittee in behalf Of the miners. Sena-
tor Allison was busy all day with con-
ferences on the big appropriation bill
concerning which he is the best in .
formed man in congress. Late this aft
ernoon Senator Allison managed to
get away from the appropriation con-
ferences to attend another important
conference on the Aldrich-Vreeland
financial bills.
The action of the senate in unani-
mously authorizing the financial COM
mittee, of which Mr.. Allison is rank
ing member, to at once begin an in
vestigation preparatory to tariff re-
vision by the next congress, again
places the Iowa senator at the front
in tariff revision and assures Iowa
n II inf in, 70
! iff legislation If Mr. Allison is retain
ed in the senate by the resolution the
committee is especially directed to re-
port what further legislation is neces-
sary to secure equitable treatment for
the agricultural and other products Of
the United States in foreign countries
and in this Iowa farmers are vitality
interested.
Allison Got Ottumwa Federal Building
The records of congress show that
credit for the Ottumwa postoffice ap-
preparation Is due to Senator Allison
and that it was obtained by him in
spite of the fact that the sixth Iowa
district is represented by Democrat
who had no hand whatever in getting
the appropriation. Mr. Allison intro
duced bill appropriating $225,O0O
for Ottumwa on February 8, and it
passed the senate by unanimous
vote March 8. Representative Hamil-
ton did not introduce his bill for OF
tumwa until February Is, two months
and half after the senate passed the
Allison bill and it was referred to the
house committee
The house on Friday voted 100000
for Ottumwa. Meanwhile. Frank Sim
mons of Ottumwa, close friend of
Senator Allison, was here, and added
greatly in getting favorable action of
the house committee. Major Lacey
also had paved the way before his re-
tirement by getting the last congress
to authorize the Ottumwa postoffice
enlargement and start it with an ap-
preparation of $4,000. None Of the
credit belongs to Hamilton, the Demo
crat, which the Cummins press give
! him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21
ELDON.

Eldon-Hon. Clyde G. Sparks, of OF.
tumwa, was in Eldon Thursday
Miss Bertha Jackson, Of Douds, is
visiting friends in Eldon.
w. G. Taylor was in Ot+umwa on
business today
Millard Hughes was in Ottumwa on
business today.
c. w. Finney was in Ottumwa ON
business today.
Van Baldwin was in Ottumwa on
business today.
Harry Johnson and Price Camblin
were in Ottumwa today.
Frank Alley went 10 Ottumwa to-
day.
Paul Watson, Of Dns Moines, was
in ElGon today.
j fl Sutline, of Keokuk, was in Ell
don today.
Miss Helen McGrew, Of Fairfield, is
visiting in Eldon.
Mrs. 0. X. Vass, Mrs. Will Gerver,
Mrs. Will Brown, Mrs w. E. Warren
Miss F1oy Murphy. went to Ottumwa
Friday to attend the meeting of the
Royal Neighbors.
JohI Atkinson, of Mexico, Mo-, was
in Eldon Friday.
Isaac Pickard, fuel agent of the Rock
Island, was In Eldon Friday.
Miss Lola Truit went to Selma Fri
gay evening TO Spend rev Gays.
Miss Mabel Swain went to Fairfield
Friday to visit friends.
Mrs. A. w. Roberts returned home
from Ottumwa Friday evening
Mrs. H. C. Vass returned home from
Ottumwa Friday evening.
Mrs. F. o. Weber was in Ottumwa
Friday.
L. H. Kirkpatrick, Of Ottumwa, anG
John Culbertson, Of Keokuk, were
calling on Eldon friends Friday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21

Now, if the weather man will shut
off the rain faucet, farmers would like
to shoot a little corn into the ground.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21

turned from Arizona and will spend
the summer with relatives in this
vicinity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21
Former Iowan In California Dead.

Oskaloosa, May 19-Word received
here announces the death in Los
Angles of A. Edison, a former well
known resident of this city and Mar
shalltown. Mr.. Edison is survived by
his aged wife The deceased had
been an invalid for some time. due TO
paralysis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21

The Philadelphia Watch Case Co.,
OF Philadelphia, Pa, make and war
rant this gold filled case for twenty
years continuous wear. 1t is made
from two pieces of solid gold, with a
base metal between TO give 1t
strength and stiffness and should you
be able to wear it out before twenty
years we will replace same with a
new case free of any charge. All new
designs and hand engraved, they are
really handsome watches.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Democratic Convention.

Pursuant to resolution OF the Dem.
ocratic county central committee a
county convention Of the Demo
cratic party Is hereby called to meet
at the court house In Greeley, Colo
RADIO. on Saturday. June g. 1908, at
. O'Clock p. M, which con sentton
will elect twenty-six delegates to
the Democratic state convention at
Glenwood Springs to be held June
10, 1908.
Primaries will be held In the sew
real precincts of Weld county on
Tuesday, June 2. 1908, from 1890
O'Clock .. m. to 8 30 O'Clock p. M,
notice to be given by precinct COM
mitteemen.
The several precincts Of Weld
county shall be entitled to represen-
tation In the county convention Is
follows:
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14

dents should be coming In here TINS
summer,
Things are looking and Feeling
very different since the splendid ra'n
and snow OF last week. The car
penters' hammers that were to ne
heard only in few places, and Win
but little energy or life, are no"
pounding away In dozens OF places
rushing new homes and other build
inps to competition. The business
men are sprucing up their stores
with renewed hope OF q great busl'
ness year-a hope that will not be
disappointed. Above all, the farm
ers, the men whom we all depend
upop here for our living. are busy
tearing up the soil and planting the
seed that will spell riches to the
community next fall. There Is
plenty OF money here also to carry
everybody through the summer. The
financial furry last fall cut down
expenditures to the minimum. while
there was no curtailing Of income.
So much for the farming Interests,
Greeley is just now enjoying STEADY
influx Of exceedingly desirable resi-
dents, who have heard OF the place
and find 1t better than represented.
Several business men OF the right
sort have located here within the
past two or three weeks, and are all
ready beginning to make their
presence fell. in the way OF Investing
money in homes and in business here
More will follow these men as a
iirect result Of their coming. j for
nothing else, Greeley has splendid
'uture before her as a city OF homes
'nr the well-to.do middle class, that
orm the very highest type Ut Ameri-
AN citizenship. Let us encourage
hat class of people to come here
industry is good, but not g. good as
xcellent men and women.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Project IS ASSURED
Denver Reservoir and Irrigation
Company Financed

The big Denver Irrigation reservoir
,rterpirse has now been fully financed
by the sale of $5.000,000 worth OF the
company's bonds In Chicago. The
FIRST part of the system to be complet-
cd will water 5000 acres OF land be-
,ween Greeley and Denver. and even
tuolly water will be brought to nearly
10000.
Work has already been commenced
ON n big reservoir one-half miles north
of semper. Colorado. This will alone
cost s1.50O.OO and will have stor-
age capacity of 100000 acre feet.
Another big lake will be constructed
near Hudson, with a capacity Of 10000
acrefeet, and Marshall Lake near Ell.
dorado Springs will be enlarged to .
similar capacity. The company has
secured some old bitches In the Bould.
er and Clear creek valleys as part
of their system. The land to be wat
cred lies on both sides Of the Platte
river. mostly in Weld county.
The water for the project will be
obtained from four sources. The flood
waters from Clear creek and South
Boulder creek are two Of the sources,
and the others are through the Stand.
lev tunnel which is to be bored near
the head of South Boulder creek to
bring water over from the other side
of the range, and through Berthoud
tunnel already constructed.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
A VALUABLE WORK.

This week the state of Colorado
will be asked to buy q relief map OF
itself, a papier mache construct ion,
showing by elevation and ooloring
the mountain ranges and plains and
water courses: In q word, the physi-
cal makeup of our state. 1t Is
usually easy work to sell one . photo
Of himself, and ~e hope that the
officials In charge of the mattss@1eN
not lose this chance to get . counter
felt presentiment of Colorado, The
map belongs In our capitol ~
reference volume for inquFers.
But its purchase by the state Will
serve an even more practical purpose
than that.
1t is Of the utmost Importance
that Colorado should be well rep.
resented at the internatioua con.
Rress ON tubercuI osis, which meets
at Washington this September. Our
state Is a vast natural sani,arium,
and should be known as such. And
there is no place where ADVERTISE.
ment OF our climatic resources will
do so much good as at the congress
In question. There will be gathered
the specialists in tuberculosis, the
leaders In the war against consump.
tion. II we can set before them de.
tailed information Of what our state
can do In the cure Of the white
plague, we shall see the results at
once.
The relief map offered to the stats
will do this. 1t Is proposed to place
this map In our exhibit at the con.
gress at Washington. But it ID
doubtful II the money can be raised
to do this, unless the state author.
tiles will, help out. The state Is
not asked to give a dollar: onlv In
buy dollars worth. There ought
to be but one answer to such a re.
quest.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
WHO WILL hELP7

Arrangements have been made
this week by an admirer Of Greeley's
park, to have two flower beds placed
In the north half OF Lincoln Park.
One will be verbenas, solid scarlet
With border OF white The other
Is to be sown with seeds Of California
poppies, which, after the latter part
of July, will give touch OF golden
glory to that part of natures carpet.
The above statement is simply
preliminary to the further statement
that our Greeley parks are not ap-
preciated as much as they should be
by Local people. We have what very
few cities have, a fine little breath
ing spot adjacent to the business
section, right where it is needed the
most. 1t is beautiful park such
As it is, but it has possibilities OF
still greater beauty, and slowly and
gradually few OF our citizens are
beginning to awaken to this fact and
are adding a little touch now and
then that is helping materially to
make the place attractive
We would like to see more of that
kind of work doue, and it can be
done ii but little ntiment /,
created in its behalf The cit,
council probably has plenty o
troubles without such work, aud tn,
men who work in the park, coult
hardly be expected to go out an,
solicit funds for the creation O
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Biliousnsss and Constipation.

For years was troubled with
biliousness and constipation, which
made life miserable for me. NV
appetite failed me. l lost my usual
force and vitality. Pepsin prepara.
tions and cathartics only made mat.
ters worse. do not know where !
should have been today had | not
tried Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve
the i'll feeling at once, strengthen
the digestive functions, purify the
stomach, liver and blood, helping
Mrs. Rosa Potts, birmingham,
Ala. These tablets are for sale by
all druggists.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14

flower beds. or other beauty schemes.
1t would appear then, that sort OF
volunteer commission, with the
power of taxing itself for the I'M
provenent would be about the most
feasible plan to work on. We doubt
not that dozen or more men or
women could be found here who
wonld donate literally toward the
further beautitying of the park. To
some extent the city council should
keep check upon this com mission
In the way Of granting privileges for
the improvements. Above all, there
should be somebody at least fairly
we'll qualified to judge Of landscape
beauty from an artistic point Of
view, who should pass upon each
new feature suggested. and whose
opinion in the matter should be
final. There Is just as much danger
of OVERRIDING as underdoing the
beautifying business, and II every
Tom, Dick and Harry had a say so
In what should be done ana how, we
might soon DESTROY the entire effect
II half dozen citizens Of Greeley
are impressed enough with this plan
to care to become members of sort
OF park improvement society, and
are not afraid to spend their own
money on the matter, the Tribune
will do all it can to get the thing
started. WN you not send US a
letter about this matter, or call in
person at this office and talk it over
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Follows Wife Quickly.

Harry Jacobs. carpenter, died
last Thursday afternoon from alcohol.
ic poisoning brought on by drinking
jamaica ginger. About three weeks
ago his wife died. and he has been
more or less Respondent since then
and had taken to drinking large quan.
Titles OF the ginger. Thursday he was
taken to the county hospital. but died
within an hour after reaching the
place. Jacobs has been a resident of
Greeley for several years and lived
at 1924 Sixth street. The body was
shipped TO Mount Vernon. ILL.,, to be
buried by the side of the wife who
died April 18th.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
THE RIGHT CLASS

Greeley should right now be enter
Ing upon the brightest period of its
history In the matter OF growth and
development With the weather
conditions idea for cue Of the best
crops ever raised here, the financial
Hurry passed, the new water system
completed and many other public
improvements carried out, the home
psopei should be exceedingly pros.
porous, and hundreds OF new resi-
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting lf the
Decker Lateral company vii be held
In Greeley, Colo, at the CanteId
motel ON Saturday, June Is. Iyos at
a. m., sharp for The purpose II in.
creasing the capital stock cf said
company, and also for the purpose
OF electing oilicers for the ensn,pg
year, as well AS to transact anv
other business that may pr,nerlv
come. before said meeting.
The Decker Lateral Co.
Asa Sterling, Pres.
f. ii. Weckbaugh, Sec'y
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Boys will Be Bows

and are always getting scra,,ha.
cuts, spTains, brnise, bumps hurns
or scalds. Don't neglect such th,ngs
They may result serious II vnu
DO. Apply Ballard's Spow ~
iment according to directions r,oht
away and 1t will relieve the pain ani
neal the trouble. Price 25c. 5oc .nd
sl.N. Sold by all druggists
The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
Total number OF delegates 4.

All persons who intend to sup.
port the nominees OF the Demo
cratic party are invited to partici-
pate In these primaries.
Dated at Greeley, Colorado, this
1lth day Of April, 1908.
Charles +. Tew,
Chairman Democratic County Gen.
tral Committee
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09

Olympia -Twenty-five heads OF
departments and institutions have
had their tenure of Office made UNI
certain by the defeat of Governor
A. e. Mead and the nomination of
S. G. Cosgrove as the Republican
candidate for Governor.
Under most of these heads of de-
partments and institutions are from
half a dozen to half hundred
clerks, stenographers, attendants or
other employees whose hold on their
positions Is jeopardized by a change
of administration.
The patronage of the Governor of
this state in chief positions directly
under his control amounts to sal
aries in excess of 100000 a year, and
when the minor positions are con-
sidered, in which previous Govern
ors have always taken a hand In
filing, the salaries at his disposal
run into several hundred thousands
of dollars.
The place hunters are known to be
already on the trail of Mr.. Cosgrove,
who as head of the ticket of a party
with a normal plurality of more than
10000 in this state, is sure of cleo
ton.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09
NEWS OF OUR STATE !

Commodities Advance % Per Cent.
Oily mpia-In preparing the forth
coming biennial report OF the State
Bureau of Labor, Commissioner G. F.
Hubbard has completed an invesd-
cation into the cost OF living in
Washington, the results of which
tend to show that prices of ordinary
household commodities have been
higher during the past year than
ever before. In making this inves-
tigation, the year 1900 was made
the starting point, and the conclu-
sions are based on the wholesale
prices of list of 68 articles, all of
which are In everyday use.
AS compared with prices for the
year 1900, Al of the 68 articles con-
sidered show an average increase OF
26 per cent for 1908.
On the other hand reports which
the Labor Commissioner has been
gathering covering the matter Of
wages do not indicate anything Ike
a similar advance to make up for the
increased cost of living expenses.
In fact, there have been some de-
crease during the past year, and the
number of idle men has practically
doubled, due to the financial panic,
which did not seem to influence the
price of food products. Rents OF
houses have also stiffened up and
appear to show no signs of weaken
ing
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09
Points to CHASTITY Crime.

Bellingham-After an hours Sc
we're sweating Saturday evening j.
K. Thomas, held in the city jail here
on the charge of numbering his wife,
whose remains were dug up Saturday
morning in a furnace grave in the
potato patch of her home in Happy
Valley, this city, the prisoner refused
to admit his guilt of the crime.
The skeleton of Mrs. Thomas, who
disappeared July 10, was disinterred
from the grave in her garden by the
police Saturday,
The couple was divorced three
years ago on a charge of desertion
and cruelty against the husband, who
has often been convicted in the po-
lice court of wife-beating. Since the
divorce the two had lived together
more or less, though continually
quarreling over sending their 16-
year-old daughter to the Chehalis
Training School, which the husband
advocated and which the wife BIT
terly opposed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09
Pays 800 for Stealing Kiss.

TacomR-E. ]. Bruce, young
man 20 years old, lost his job and
received a fine of 800 and costs for
trying to kiss Miss Hilda Peterson,
a hired girl at the home of Conrad
L. Hoska.
Miss Peterson is a Norwegian and
has been in this country only few
months. She was unable to speak
English. Judge Arnston, before
whom the case came, understands the
Norwegian language, and when he
had heard her story, notwithstanding
the denials of Bruce, found him
guilty.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09
Harbor Sure of New Road.

Aberdeen-The Chicago, Milwau-
kee & ST. Paul road Is certain to
come to Grays Harbor. There ap-
pears to be no dispute about this In
railway circles. For months the
company has had surveyors In the
country north of Grays Harbor, and
the preliminary survey OF a route
over which the road will be built has
been finished.
Saturday morning there started
from here a number of surveyors and
engineers, whose business 1t will be
to go as far as the Hob river, and
perhaps beyond, to make surveys of
timber tracts and the geological con-
ditions of the lands. The purpose
OF this is to determine the value OF
the sections through which 1t Is pro-
posed to construct the Peninsula
branch of the st. Paul.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09

other statements, and his aggregate
expenditures of $81S also i&licate
that others beside himself contribu-
ted largely to his campaign fund.
For quick separation from himself
of money, Judge w. H. Smell, OF Ia
coma, candidate for the United States
Senate, holds the record. Judge
Smell was in the campaign just
month, having filed his declaration
and begun work the last day for
filing declarations of candidacy In
that one month he expended $1667.
Congressman Wesley l.. Jones,
who gained the preference vote for
United States senator, is the only
candidate, other than Governor
Mead, who accounted for expendi
lures by other persons in his behalf.
Mr.. Jones personal expenditures
were $500, while the Jones Club of
North Yakima contributed $2339.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09

Just as one might have expected,
Levi Ankeny has declared his purpose
to abide by the result Of the election.
Judge Gent and all those who purpose
to profit by having the primary law de-
clared unconstitutional court oblivion.
They went into the campaign with the
evident purpose OF being governed by
its provisions. If those who are now
complaining at the law had won out
they would doubtless have expected
their defeated rivals to abide by the
result. II they believe the law is un-
constitutional now they must have be-
lieved so before they submitted their
names to the voters under it. Any
man who attacks the primary law, hav-
ing been candidate under it, is lack
ing in moral principle, and will un-
doubtedly be marked for slaughter
should he ever come up again.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09

One OF the matters that will be
brought before the commissioners court
at an early date is the building of a
road from the steel bridge east OF town
down the river bank to Peshastin. This
would cut the distance from here to
Peshastin just about half in two. By
the present road it is about six miles
and by the river bank road on perfect
water-level grade it would be little
more than three. 1t is no exaggeration
to say that it would double the trade
coming from that section. The right
OF way for a road will be donated.
With the exception OF short distance
around rock bluff the cost of building
the road would not be great. II a
frost-proof warehouse is built here all
the fruit grown at Peshastin will be
shipped from Leavenworth. 1t would
be to the interest OF the Peshastin fruit
raisers to ship from here for the reason
that carload lots could more easily be
made up and on account of its being
a division point cars could more easily
be had at all times. For many of the
fruit growers it would be but little far
ther to this place than to the Peshastin
switch. We have talked with some Of
the growers and they told US that if a
direct road was opened between here
and their section it would result in
great benefit to Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-09
Raid Secret Opium Store.

Bellingham-As the result of the
raid made Friday night by local po-
lice on a Chinese chop suey house,
cret store for the retailing of contra
band opium, the officers here believe
they have unearthed the Celestials
who have been guilty of retailing
smuggled opium in this city for the
past year.
The existence of opium merchants
in Bellingham has long been suspect
ed by the police, but until two men
were captured last week with a guam
tity of the stuff on their person, 1t
remained a mystery.