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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-26

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LEBANON.

Iebanon--J. b. Glanvell was in Keo-
sauqua Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Judd and children
Of Cantril spent Sunday at the Buler
home.
Y. L. Wilson of Ottunlwa was here
last week on business.
]. M. Hoskinson and family spent
Sunday at r. l.. Muir's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman of Mt. Zion,
visited Sunday at c. H. Johnstons
Jesse Davis and wife drove to Pulas-
XII Sunday and spent the day with John
Saunders.
s. L. Humphrey and daughters, Ruth
and Mary visited from Saturday until
Sunday In Ottumwa and attended the
Sunday meetings.
Abbie and Lewis Conner drove to
F1oris Saturday, and from there they
went to Ottumwa to hear Billy Sun
day They returned Monday morning.
A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs Craig Johnston Thursday.
DR. and Mrs. j. r. Guernsey were IN
Keosauqua Saturday.
Mrs. Seth Roush of F,riona, Texas
| is visiting with relatives and friend
at this place.
| c. A. Van Fleet went to Cantril sat
urday.
| Mrs. Bushong Is the guest Of he
! brother Leroy Pickel.
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Peoples Pulpit
!ssgSgR2s
GOOD ROADS.
tBy Jesse A. Stump R. r. Carrier
chillicothe, LAY.


There has been a lot said on this
one important question, but the half
has never yet been told. This is an
age of prosperity in all other forms of
industry and should be in the mode of
travel for the farmer in the rural dis
tricts.. But the impulse in this line
seems to have slipped cog in the
gigantic wheel of progress and is
practically at a standstill. Let US tight
en- up the difficulty and get out of the
rut and move forward with the adj
vance of civilization.
Some may ask, where is the diff
Guilty? Well, II lies between two diff
ferent factors. One of these is the
men In whose hands this work Is in
trusted to, and the other Is the PEG
pie in general that travel the public
highways. Some trustees are not quail.
fed, some are Indifferent, and some
would be all right if they had any one
to help them.
This road work is let TO some man
in the spring, and the new trustees,
If there are any new ones elected
will take a trip over part of the road
and that is the last you will see OF
them as far as road work IS con
cerned, until final settlement and in
the meanwhile they expect the road
worker to go ahead and put in the
time and draw his salary; no road
work inspected before settlement, nc
account kept of his work. except as
the township clerk pays out the hard
money.
Some people will kick about the way
man works the roads, the condition
he leaves it in. Well, sometimes 1t is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-26
TWO ECLIPSES
TO Be VISIBLE
ALMANAcs FOR 1909 ARE OUT
SUN AND MOON TO BE OBJ
SQUIRE FOUR TIMES.

OF the four, eclipses scheduled to
appear during the ensuing year, &C.
cording to the 1909 almanacs, which
have finally put In an appearance at
the local drug stores, two of these
will be visible to the people Of North
America, one OF the sun and one of
the moon. The eclipses and zodiacal
feasts of the coming year will be as
! follows.
EcIlpses.
A total eclipse of the moon June 5.
Visible to South America and Africa
and in part of North America, Europe
and Southwestern Asia.
| A total eclipse of the sun June II.
| Visible to North America as far south
as a line drawn from San Francisco to
the mouth of the Rio Grande river,
and from the northern and eastern
portions of Asia.
A total eclipse of the moon Novem-
Der 1927. Visible to North America
and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
and in part TO South America, the ex-
IRENE western portions of Europe and
Africa. and the eastern portions of
Asia and Australia.
A partial eclipse Of the sun Deem
Der 1918 Invisible to the United
States. Visible to the southeastern tip
of Austral;s, the southern portion oil
New Zealand and the southern polar
regions
Mixed and Movable Feasts, 1909.
Epiphany January 6.
| Septuagesima Sunday-February Z.
Quinquagesima, Shrove Sunday =
February 81,
Ash ednesday-February "a
First Sunday in February 2S
ST. Patrick's day-March II.
Annun March %.
Palm Suaday-April 4.
Good Friday-April 8.
Easter Sunday--April H.
Low Sunday-April is.
Rogation Sunday--May 16.
Ascension day--May 20.
Pentecost, Whit Sunday-May so.
Trinity Sunday-June 6.
Corpus Christi-June 10.
st. John Baptist, Mids'r daytime
"a.
Michaelmas day-September %.
First Sunday in Advent-Nov 2S.
ST. Andrew--Nov. 80.
st. Thomas-Dec 81
Christmas day-Dec. 25
legal Holidays
New Years day--Jan /.
Washingtons Birthday-Feb %.
Decoration Day--May 30.
Independence Day-July 4.
Thanksgiving Day-Nov. 25.
Christmas Day-Dec. 25.
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EDDYvlLLE.

Eddyville. - Rev. s. e. Wilkins OF
Pella, who has been pastor of the
Baptist church for little over six
months, has rendered his resignation
on account of i'll health. He will seek
a new home, but has not yet decided
upon location. The Baptist people
have come to no decision as to engag-
ing another pastor, but Rev. Pruett OF
Pella will preach here next Sunday.
M. 7. Keeran, who sold his proper,
ty in the south part Of town last
spring, and has lately been living in
the property of Mrs. Nj. j. Criswell
has purchased Mrs. A. A. Bourke's
property, and will raise up and other
wise improve the residence prepare
tor yto moving to the same.
Mrs. Bywaters of Missouri, after
spending Sunday at the Sam Williams
home, departed Monday morning fol
her home. She stopped off here er
route from visit in Oskaloosa.
Clarence Miller, son of James NIL
Ter Of Cuba. was in town Sunday. He
! has lately neen working with Goa
drilling OUTFIT at Saylor, near Des
Moines, and while cutting a rope with
2 knife last week, the knife slipped
and he received painful cut on thu
arm, which compels him to carry hi:
arm in sling.
1 Miss Effie. Warner has gone to Fair
field to spend a few days with her sis
| ter, Mrs. James Hurst.
Mrs Ed Shields has returned from
Oskaloosa. where she visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Ella Trotter, and transacted
| b,,e
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the money | lose on that thousand of
shame to ask fellow to take in
twelve hundred dollars instead Of
sixty dollars which he might have had
in 'direct dividends.
And then pretty soon I'd be com
PEELED to enlarge my store to take
care of my customers. Just think of
it! And then. after a while / might
get ahead and have money to loan
out to others, and you know what a
bother that Is. Have to look after
getting in the interest and all that,
and that would be the probable re-
suit of only one road.
Do you know they are talking OF
putting in several of them? Yes, sir!
Fact! And all just because bunch
of fellows think this town would be
more comfortable and profitable to
live in and that more people would
move here on that account and add
to the value OF town property.
"Ain't" they the vulgar crowd though!
Don't lets give them the benefit Of
our encouragement and subscriptions
for stock to one interurban railroad
Let's make it six of EN-
Say, by the way you don't happen tt
know which way that first one i.
going, do you? Thought maybe yol
did. Didn't know but I might sneal
out and buy me a good farm alonl
that way.
G. E. r. Busy.
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settle along their lines so that they
may find 1t more convenient to come
and bother us by spending their direy
money in our nice clean stores.
These interurban railroads just chop
the farms all up into "twenties" and
"forties" on which man has to work
nearly as hard to make two dollars
as he used to do on an eighty" to
make one dollar And then, the land
in some places along these roads, they
tell me, has actually doubled in value
and most of the farmers are selling off
a part of their land ut 5000 an acre,
when it was only worth one hundred
before. Think Of The increase 1t
makes in a fellows taxes to wake up
and find himself worth twice as much
J as he was when he went to bed Oh,
/ It's awful! Besides, they don't pay
any dividends and you don't catch me
putting any Of my money into Inter
| urban stock! No Street
Why if I invest thousand dollars
| in Interurban stock, what do | get!
The road only actually increases my
sales five hundred dollars a month
and that's only six thousand dollars a
| year, and you know I only make
twenty per cent on my goods, and
! that's only twenty per cent gross or
six thousand dollars which is only
twelve hundred dollars. a year or
sales that l wouldn't have had under
any other circumstances. And there
am put to the trouble Of wrapping
| up all those goods for people actusn,
never saw before. And all the time this
! is going on my interurban stock wnicl
| ought to earn sixty dollars year al
a good rate of dividend is only earn
ing ten or twenty dollars. Think o
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Phillips Big Store Co

Read our Great 2 Day overcoat add
on 9Th page.
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with Mrs. ]. W. Harwood in Keosau.

with Mrs. ]. ". HARDWOOD in Keosau.
qua.
Mrs. r. w Woods and daughter
Grace were Keokuk visitors Tuesday.
NJ. Collins Of Mcpherson, Kas., who
has been visiting his mother, Mrs. La
vina Collins, returned home Wednes-
day.
The ladies OF the Congregational
church will serve dinner in the old
post Office building on Thanksgiving
day.
Mrs. Frank Kessler and Mrs. Mayme
McQuillen were Keokuk visitors last
| Thursday.
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PENNINGTON.

Pennington. Rev. Wilson Mills,
d. D., OF Des Moines, state secretary
OF the American Baptist society, is
holding a series of evangelistic meet
ings at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Ed Weaver, living near Arson
died Sunday afternoon after a linger
ing illness of paralysis.
Mrs. Mamie Kaiser of Olathe, Kas.
is the guest OF Mrs. Orilla Harr.
Mrs Chas. Doeling visited Friday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-26

from Given, spent Sunday with rela-
tives at Chjllicothe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris and son
Henry spent Sunday with Mrs. Lydia
Ruggles at Buxton. They found her
laid up nursing a very sore foot,
caused by blood poison.
C. S. Britt. who is working at OF
tumwa, spent Sunday at home.
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BIRMINGHAM.

Rirmingham-Mrs John Lack died
at her home miles east Of town Mon
day morning. Mrs. Lack was In her
Goth year. The funeral will be held at
2 p. m. Tuesday.
Raw Simmons returned home Mon
day after spending the summer in
southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
Mrs. Samuel Work is very sick at
her home in the south part OF town
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his fault, but most times it is his
superiors, for if man tries to do a
good Job on stretch Of road and the
trustees find it out, he gets lining up
Tor putting in SO much time in one
place, and consequently, ne has to
hurry over the road and pull the
trash and sod UP out Of the ditch and
rake 1t into the center Of the road and
leave 1t in piles sometimes high
enough to upset a wagon, and where
the public has to drive over it until
they wear it away or the rain washes
it back into the ditch in slug, which
will stop that up and causes the water
to eventually take down the wagon
track. If man can't have time
enough to grade the roads in good
shape before he leaves them. he had
better stay off of them entirely, for he
makes them worse than they were be-
fore he did any scratching on them. 1t
may be that there is not enough tax
levy to do good work, and if there
isn't it is the trustees duty to see to
1t that next spring there is more
money appropriated for road work.
Another thing that is hard to do is
to get the poll tax worker TO work
when work ought to be done. When
1t comes time to work the roads. the
farmers are most generally doing their
busiest work and don't like to lose q
day, and some won't put their teams
on the grader with their neighbor-
shame on them-they ought to show
their respect to the community by
laying aside all differences on such oc
casions, for where you find commun.
ity where such as this exists you will
find the poorest of roads.
Lots of times man who works the
roads could make heap Of improve
ment by carrying shovel with him
and when he drives over a small
bridge or culvert to stop and throw 6
few shovelfuls of dirt at the ap
proaches of the bridge or culver-
where there is always a jump off thai
gives you quite a jolt and is enough
to make the spokes of a wagon whee
crack under load.
| Well we will quit for this time b,
says that If every man that Travelled
the roads had to travel then
for eight hours a day ever,
day in the year they certainly woult
appreciate good road when they say
one. This is contributed by one tina
has to travel them as above stated
so look out again.
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ELDoN..

Eldon--Miss Blanche Norton form
cry OF Eldon, but now of Davenport,
is visiting friends here, being enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs.. ]. A. Bundy.
Dan O'Connell was called to Des
Moines on account Of the serious ill-
ness of his son, William, who has beeR
Ill for several months.
John Clarke of Keok,ik was an El-
don visitor recently.
DR.. Claude Kennedy of Des Moines
formerly Of Eldon, was here last week
visiting old friends.
Geo. Shillatto Of Ottumwa was a
business caller Thursday.
j. l.. Youngkee had a partial stroke
of paralysis Saturday and has beer
confined to his bed since.
Mrs. John Grinstead formerly Of
Eldon is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
living at Blue Earth, Mimi. but will
move to Britt, Iowa. She will be here
for about ten days.
s. s. Glotfsty sold his 100 acre farm
to Mr. Marin Of Illinois. for $50 per
acre. He WI move to Eldon.
Mrs Vic Myers of Ottumwa, re-
turned hor'r Saturday after a visit
with her pu rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
| Bettulon , Tth-west of Eldon.
| Rev. job NJ. Lentz and family were
in Eldon 6 turday on theii way to Ok
lahorna.
| GeOrRs no WillIaIl SLDul OI t-6TTOl-
| tcl Mo, ave been visiting their uncle
Edwin b ttulon for several days.
| Mrs. NINA Myers and daughter,
| Miss Ma lde, of North Liberty, Iowa,
are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
4 Swords
j. E. Trott spent Sunday in Oska-
loosa with Guy Alcorn, formerly of the
Eldon hotel
4 Will Burns visited friends In Ottum-
1 wa over Sunday
LEANDo.
4 Leano-Geo. Wiley and Joe Elshon-
son were'attenaing court in Keosauqua
I! last week.
1 George Rambo and family of Ladds-
dale and pr Rambo of Chiilicothe Wig
tied relatives in town last Saturday.
Charley Plowman, was brought here
from nesr FIoris Thursday and buried
in the Leando cemetery. Mr.. PIowuan
was raised and lived In here until q
/ few years ago.
w. p. Lortiss is building a house 70,
/, Mr.. Crawford In Libertyville.
S Alice Campbell is still quite sick a
her home south OF town
: Mrs. w. H. Morrison went to Ottum
wa this week to visit relatives,
r. Hiram Crawford OF Iibertyyiiie Wis
utsd relatives In town Saturday.
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II Saturday Specials
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Blankets, none better. r.. 10
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The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

A VACANCY. NJ. Hovey has
accepted the position of ditch super.
inteudent for the Beaver Land and Ir.
rigatioE company and given up the
work Of janitor for the High school.
At the next meeting of the board OF
education applications to fill the
vacancy for the balance of the school
term will be received.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26
ARRESTED IN PUEBLO Isaac

ARRESTED IN PUEBLO Isaac
Carter was arrested In Pueblo yester-
day and brought back here last night
by Chief Of Police Furniss. Garter
10 wanted in Coal Greek to answer to
a charge Of breaking into trunk be-
longing to J. s. Mounten aud stealing
a quantity of clothing sherefrom.
The case will be aired in the Justice
courts today.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

THREE CASES-The justice courts
are busy today. Three c ases are on
the dockets. one the Carter case for
robbing a trunk In Coal Greek. the
other the Smith case for stealing a
h am from the Savant restaurant and
stealing iron and brass from pair Of
scales belonging to Barney Ginsberg.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

STRUCK wATER-GeorgeC Colum.
bia and associates who are drilling
for water east Of the city have struci
very good flow, but there Is not
enough to Justify the cessation OF
drilling operations ut the prese mt.
The water is flowing from the mouth
of the we'll, but the flow is not very
heavy. The water will BE- cnscd on
and the well put deeper. This Is the
company which plans to start = ma
tatorinm in this locality and theil
efforts have been partly crowned will
.ucces
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26
Only $40 From Denver.

The Colorado aud Southern offers
between March 9th and April 3oth
this very attractive rate to California
Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Wash.
ington points; also Mexico Certain
points.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

A. H. Fox. the piano tuner is In
the city. Leave your orders for piano
tuning MT T. NJ Howells' jewelry
tsore. Mr.. Fox has been coming to
Florence for number of years and
always does first.class and satisfactory
work. 1928
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26
The Globe Stores Co.
j. J.. FLEISCFMANN, Mgr.
PORTLAND CEMENT CO..
AWARDED THE CONTRACT

The contract for building the new
county state bridge east of here WAS
awarded yesterday by the county
commissioners of Fremont county
and the state engineer, to the Port
land Cement company. According to
the terms of the contract the work is
to start Immediately and must be
completed not later than Dec. Is Of
the present year, but the contractors
claim that If the high water Of mid
summer does not interfere with the
cement, that the work can be done
several weeks earlier
The contract was awarded on a
basis of $l1 900, but the bridge will
cost considerable more. The balance,
however. must be borne by the cement
company and It is estimated that the
structure will cost about $3.50 The
concrete abutments will be laid first
and then the false work for the sides
of the arch. This arch will be 1876
feet long. the longest west of the
Missouri river. There are other
bridges longer. but they are support
ed by piers.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26
Delights Of the Sea.

The Colorado and Southern's low
rates aud splendid service places the
Mexican Gulf within only few
hours distance. Let US tell you OF
the splendid attractions. TIE. Fish
or, General Passenger Agent, Denver.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

-Jud Thomas. formerly resident
Of Florence. has just returned from
the East and will m IKE his home
here. Mr.. Thomas has been studying
for tho ministry but could not stand
the cold weather.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26
NOTICE

The Ridenour Baker Bragdon Mer
camille Co., have placed in my hands
for collection the accounts of the
Davis and Dunsmuir Tea 90. All
knowing themselves to be indebted to
said firm please call and settle.
FRANK L. JOHNSTON, ]. p.
22.27
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

JOLLY Is JOLLY. Franklin
Pierce jolly Of Joliet. will lecture at
the Christian church on the evening
Of April 10. the subject being the
Jolly Side Of Life.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

Jim Kimberly. Earl Oronk and
AL Blair loft on one of the early
morning trains for Clingo, Calf. to
engage in the oil fields. They prac-
tically have work assured.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

Mrs. Q. ID. Silver, who has been
visiting her sister Mrs L. f. Rape
mi family for the past two weeks,
left on No. 10 for Denver to join lie,
husband.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

Stewart and Bardwell, contractors
and builders. All kinds Of carpen-
ter work, also second hand lumber,
doors aud windows for sale. Beaver
Park lot 62, SEQ. 4 2l-3a
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

OPERATION-John Meece left On
No. 10 yeste rday for Pueblo to be at
the besi de of his wife who will be
operated on in the hospital this morn
ing.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

wANTED--Two bright boys or
girls, IA to is. for city work after
school or Saturday. Gall Lutes'
Office 9. II. Pitney.
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

Home people take advantage o
Sunday dinner at Hotel Lennox. t
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

Table board at Hotel Lennox s22 %
a month. Your patronage solicitedf
n
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

Kirk's horses are not sleepy. 10 ..
The daily tribune., 1908-03-26

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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Alfred Horton Wedding

Mr.. Thomas Alfred and Miss Eva
Horton, eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Horton, were united in mar.
riage at the home Of the brides par
ents at Blue Eigle. Nye County, on
Saturday. January 4. 1908. by Justice
Eugene Locke. William Horton and
Mrs. O. G.. Turner. brother and sister
OF the bride. were the groomsman and
bridesmaid.
The ceremony was performed at 1880
In the afternoon and in the evening the
friends of the welded compile were en-
tertained most Hospitality. Dancing,
singing aud recitations were INDUCED
In until the early hours Of morn.
The bride is one Of the most popular
young ladies Of the Blue Eagle section
and the groom is a well respected younf
man of that community.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-01-20
Tom Harvey Shot at Wells

Tom Harvey of Wells, Elko County.
well known all over the State. and who
visited here for some time about seven
years ago. was accidently shot through
the leg at Wells on the night of Janu'
airy 8 by Bush Williams. The Elkc
Free Press says: With a number Of
others the two men were in the Bulls
head saloon and Wilkins, who is adepu'
ty constable, took out his gun to exam
inc it when it was discharged by acct
dent. The ball entered near the shin
bone and passed through the leg infiict'
ing a painful injury.