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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23
CARRIE STILL LIVES.

Omaha World erald.-Ou old
friend. Mrs. Carrie Nation, of Kansas,
has not retired completely into innoc-
l,ous chautauqua circles. She drifted
into Washington the other day with
real Ratchet and chopped up some $50
worth of demon rum in the buffet OF
the union passenger station. being
tbereupon arrested and sent to Jail as
usual.
We are glad to see that Carrie has
not become completely won over. to
sorded commercialism. For some time
past she has been devoting her tai
ents to the piling UP of wealth-deliV-
ering lectures to the people at $50 per
lecture. smashing no glassware and no
policemen and showing indications of
becoming mere money making ma
chine like old John D. 1t is time she
was coming out of that sordid and en-
ervating life and taking some chances
in return for the money she gets.
However. Mrs. Nation is even then
in danger of losing ground. Her Wash
ington arrest drew only about an inch
of space in the daily press. 1t is too
common. If she wants to make real
play for fame and raise her lecture
price from $50 to s75, let her harken
to the example of Cromwell, whet UP
her steel and march in some day and
dissolve congress. A few congressman
more or less. will make no difference
and it would be immortal glory for
Carrie.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23
TiME TO CAL a HAl- !.

Save the hand claps for the bust
ness man" This is the caption of an
editorial in the Des Moines Capital in
which Iowa is told it is time to forget
politics and think of business-to
"whoop it UP for hard work The
Capital says:
During the past twenty-five years
we have had entirely too much politics
IN this state for the states own good.
During the past ten days We have
had an exceeding amount-a paralyz-
ling amount.
The state was awakened to this fact
when the discovery was made by the
state census of 1905 that the popula-
ttion of the state had been falling off.
Our young men have been going west
on account of political matters swal-
lowing UP everything in Iowa. 1t had
grown to be that there were no
cheers. no hurrahs for anybody but
the politician If the farmers held {,
meeting for any purpose whatever,
some politician was always invited
and he usually sprung some patent
nostrum of a. political nature with
(which to cure all their ills He never
was known to whoop it up for hard
work He never made a suggestion in
trelation to utilizing the thing we had
He devoted his time to high-soundins
phrases blalESng everything onto the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23

find that this plan is practicable only
on the basis of the construction of
permanent roads. 1t should be borne
in part by the adjacent land and in
part by the county as whole. The in
crease in value of such farm lands
and the value of the land returned to
cultivation by virtue of making the
roads narrower would more than COW
er the necessary assessment upon the
land TO build permanent roads. The
county's share of the cost should be
taken care of by long time bonds so
that the cost may be distributed over
generations that will profit by the i'm
provement as much as the present,
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Cody, Myo., Dec. II, 1909.

Editor Courier.
Having received number of letters
from people in your country wanting
to know about this country ] Will state
the facts as ] know them if you Will
sBare me space in your valuable pa
per
am located in the south forks OF
the Shoshone river, about twenty miles
southwest of Cody. and am about for
ty-fve miles from Yellowstone Nation
al Park in the park county. Will say TO
my friends and other parties interest
cd that like 1t here better than any
other place | have ever been. The eli
mate is fine and water is pure and |
think the best on earth, and the best
crops | ever saw grow out of the
ground.
G. w. Birch, one time king of the
cowboys. later with Buffalo Bits
shows. then manager of the South
Fork Cattle company, and now taf-
mer living one half mile from me,
raised this last year on f1fty-five acres
Of ground five thousand bushels 81
oats. On fourteen acres, seven hundred
/ and tWenty-eieht bushels of wheat
| on three acres he raised six hundred
and fifty bushels of potatoes, and on
one hundred and forty acres of
meadow he harvested and sold three
hundred and sixteen tons of hay anc
has. one hundred tons left for his owr
use.
Hay sells for SIS ton in the stack
oats are worth SO cents bushei
wheat is selling at 80 cents a bushe
aud potatoes. sell at $1.25 per hundred
weight, and the crop is all sold nov
and we will have to ship grain in II
supply the demand.
The average yield of oats is from
rs to 1876 bushels to the acre, whea
So to so. hay to tons. If any on
doubts these figures they will pleac
call on W. B. Bonniield, cashier
the First National bank of Ottumw
and | think he will bear me out o.
them. as he was here and saw tn
crops.
There are lots of wild game here an
If any of you happen to be out here
call on us and we will treat you t
deer meat. | have a buck hanging u
in my meat house now. hope to Sc
some Ottumwa people out in this coul
trv next season. ] am only two mile
from the mountains and in the hear
of the big game country.
Yours truly,
A. Lawson,
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THAT DEAR OLD. IOWA CLIMATE.
Boone independent

California's climate amt so much,
for our Iowa brand just beats the
Dutch. One day the marrow in your
bones is froze and then it turns around
and SHOWS, then it clears away and the
sun comes out and the snow banks all
go up the spout The water fills every
dinky ditch and the mud sticks closer
than the seven year itch. The geezer
gets out his. old straw hat, but he
couldn't imagine where he's at for by
the time he gets boas he's got 10
hustle for his overcoat. The mercury
drops and 1t begins to rain and the
rain drops turn to snow again; the
barometer drops away down low, and
the northern billiards. begin to blow.
He calls the weather man liar and
huddles closer to the roaring fire. OF
the western climate the poets sing, but
the Iowa brand is the real thing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23
An Inquiry Of
stor Search
Washington Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier.
Washington, d. c., Dec.

washington, u. ", IJeC. Il.
Representative Thomas William
Hardwick of Georgia has gone on the
trail of the government to find out
Just how much money was frittered
away in the hunt for the yacht of
Col. John Jacob Aston, when 1t was
recently reported lost in West Indian
waters.
He has introduced in the house
resolution which has been referred to
the naval affairs committee calling on
the secretary of the navy for informa-
ton as to how much money was spent
in the search for the Aston craft. In
framing the resolution, Mr.. Hardwick
overlooked the fact that the revenue
cutter service was in the hunt for Col
Astor. He was reminded of this today.
He said he would at once introduce
another resolution calling on the sec
rotary of the treasury for information
as to how much money 1t cost for the
vessels of the revenue cutter service
to look around the ocean to find what
had become of the New York multimil-
lionaire.
1t is the purpose of Mr.. Hardwicl,
first, to find out the facts Then, he
| wants to know if there is any author
lity of law for such expenditure OF
money. But what he wants to know
most Of all is whether the government
makes a practice of chasing it's yes
sells off to search for the rich folks
when they are reported lost or in dis
tress and takes no notice of common
folks. In short, Col. Hardwick won
ders whether Uncle Sam would be
stirred to a great show of activity i
news came that the yacht of some o
the ultra rich had sprung a leak on
at sea and would remain idle and i'm
passive if some of his poor constitu
ents got swamped In rowboat or up
set in fishing smack
Mr. Hardwick says he does no
know whether there is such discrimin
alton. But he wants to know. He ha
no particular objection to the govern
ment being in the humanitarian bust
ness of helpiig out American citizen
! in distress at sea, but he wants ricl
John Jacob Aston and poor Bill Jone
treated alike. If not, he wants to know
why not He says when he gets tn
facts. he will look up the law and
there is not authority for going t
the aid of American vessels in need @
help, he will introduce bill whic
will require such assistance to b
given. This would avoid any suspicio
of discrimination in favor of the III
duly rich.
j. G.. Welliver.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23
HuTcHlNsoNs ROAD SCHEME.

Marshalltown Times-Republican
Judge William Hutchinson in an adj
dress delivered ct the Sioux county
farmers institute, suggested ways and
means whereby fund for road i'm
provement may be quickly created.
Having argued to the farmers that the
building of state institutions should be
discontinued until Iowa had passable
highways and taxation applied to the
roads. he suggested special vehicle
tax of $40 for automobiles, S1.50 for
wagons having less than inch tires,
VI for wagons with three inch tires,
81 for buggies and motor cycles and
25 cents for bicycles.
AS money getter for wise pur-
pose, and for getting the special fund
out of those who would most immedi-
ately benefit directly from it's expendi-
ture, Judge Hutchinson's plan of taxa
ton would deliver the goods Mark
the great sum accommodating from the
81 hunters license as corroborative
and indicative.
Probably 10000 motors are in use to-
day in Iowa There's $120,000 for
good roads in the $40 tax, and the av,
erage auto owner would not object to
its assessment if he knew it were to
be Immediately expended on hard
roads: the tax suggested is too low
on less than 3 inch tires or too high
on 3 inch tires. There isn't enough
difference to create sufficient incentive
to change to the wide tires. Perhaps
however, it is intended to relieve tires
above three inches of any tax and II
so it would work out well to the ben
eft of the roads The motor cyclist
would line up with the auto driver
The man with the buggy might grum
BILE and the % cent fee on bike would
| be no hardship on any.
When the new census has been com
pleted, and the list of wagons, buggies
bikes and autos is complete, figure !
ont. The money raised through
special tax as Hutchinson suggests
would, if supplemented by proper taxa
ton of the farms benefited, build goo
roads from end to end of Iowa With
ten years. If such tax were levie
the land owner would meet the othe
vehicle owner half way. Such road
would add, the day they were con
pleted $500 to $1,000 to the value {
every 100 acres along their lines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23
TIE FARMERS LEE.

Manchester Press.-Life on the farm
in the winter is one long. sweet dream.
That is. it looks SO to the town man.
But did you ever roll out at $3.50 a. M,
gambol blithely to the COW barn In six
feet of snow and attempt to pail q
COW whose breath freezes so fast that
she wheezes like an accordion? Follow
this UP by bedding the pigs in a wind
that would pare the toenails on a
shoat, then HE away to the wood lot
and work up couple Of cords of hick-
DRY with the goose pimples pricking
your flannel shirt until you feel as if
your pipfeathers ought to be dehorned
Oh, it is a soft life, feeding straw to
the shivering kline, with feet that rat
tie with the chilblains like spare ribs
in a skillet, turning the separator in
a creamery where the thermometer
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23

We're served and a. fine time enjoyed
Martin Saar of Henderson, Ia, is
visiting Cantri relatives.
Burl, the little Swear son of
Frank Cassidy had the MIST -tune to
break his ankle Wednesday.
Mr.. Church and Mr.. Orr of Chicago
We're in Cantril Saturday completing
the sale of the stock which was sold
with the farm Mr.. Orr purchased OF
Mr.. Church. The sale of both amounts
ed to $4,000 This Is the Norris farm
which has changed hands fire 4uently
in the past few wears.
w. II. Smith returned to Kansas
City Monday.
Francis Hilles is visiting in Mem
phis, Mo.
Miss Blanche at Pulaski Wednesday
and Thursday.
Christmas trees win be piven in the
M. e. and Christian church Christmas
eve.
Bernice Saar was home from Bloom
field Saturday and Sunday.
Jesse stonebraker was a visitor Mt
| the county seat Thursday.
| Bess Yokelv ret rped Friday from a
visit at Canton, no.
| Mrs. Hill of Bloomfield was the
guest of Mrs. Bassett Thurs-ay.
| The young ladies of the Christian
church cleared about $40 at their Har-
| vest Home saturday.
n %->-~<-%&-e-e-&o-e-%-~- u
soNAPARTE.
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| Bonaparte-Mrs. D. ii. Cresap has
gone to Chicago for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. o. G.. Corns She will
be joined later by Mr.. Cresap and they
will remain there until after the holt
days.
Hayen,t Won some seed corn hogs
horses. cattle. sheep, cordwood poles
or something that you want to sell; or
don't you want to buy something in
the above line? You can do so by put
ting a want adj in the Courier. One
half cent a word.
Frank Ketchem was a. business
visitor in town Thursday.
The members of the Baptist church
. will hold a bazaar and dinner at the
Park hotel Saturday, the proceeds Of
which will be applied to the church
f',His
Miss Dorothy Vance Ryland of this
place and Ralph Hogue of Eldon were
married at the M. f. parsonage, OF
, tumwa, Wednesday December 18th.
Rev. Locke performing the ceremony.
Mrs. Hogue is daughter of Mrs. J. y.
Morris OF Bonaparte oand was born
' and grew to womanhood here. Mr..
t Hogue is a fireman on the Rock Island
: railroad and has lived at Eldon for q
$ number of years. The young couple
. will reside in Eldon but will not go
, to housekeeping at present.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23
FARMING IN wAPELLo. COUNTY,

FARMING IN WAPELLO COUNTY,
The Courier in receipt of letter
from a correspondent in Blakesburg
in which he says:
| thought if YOU knew the real
here last Saturday. you could get up a
splendid article on farming in Wapello
county. Here arc some of the prices
paid for stuff:
Two thousand eight hundred bushels
of corn sold for 73 cents per bushel in
the crib.
Horses sold for from $3.50 to $3.50.
Shetland ponies as high as
SITS.
Cows, $40.
The sale amounted to $1,000, and
the feature of this sale is that all
stock and feed were raised and grown
en- Nh Shea's 200-acre farm near
Blakesburg.
We fellows who live down here are
highly elatcd at the way things sold.
Eli Swain and Lester Jay did the
selling.
There is evidence here that farm
ing in Wanello county pays. Take the
item of corn for instance. Two thou
sand and forty-four dollars is a tidy
sum to realize from one crop of 200
acre farm.
These figures might be duplicated at
many a sale in Wapello county. They
might be duplicated too, on land that
| is now practically valueless if the
state government, or national gov
err. ment. or both, would take a hand
! in a reclamation project in Iowa.
| There are thousands of acres of land
in the vicinity of Ottumwa now prac,
tlcally abandoned because they are
subject to overflow from the Des
Moines river. There are many thou
sands of acres at other points along
| the Des Moines river and the other
Iowa rivers in the same condition
This land here at home, because of the
richness of its soil and because of be
| ing located near the city, would be
worth right up to $3.50 per acre. But
(. experience has taught that it is moi
safe TO try to raise a crop of any kind
on this land.
The government is. spending mil
lions in reclamation projects in the
4 west. seeking to make fertile lands ou'
of deserts. Here are thousands O
acres of land already the most fertile
which are permitted to go to waste
because no steps are taken to proven
the annual flood waste.
/ Whether the work S done by thu
state or the national government, low;
should realize that it has reclama
ton project to push forward. Thu
Iowa streams must be Strengthened
They must be held permanently within
their banks. Towans should aid thi
reclamation and conservation projec
within the borders of their own stat
before growing enthusiastic over tn
needs of the arid west.
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holy day or Sabbath day, set it apart
or commanded any one to keep it for
any purpose" and dares to say, that
God never made it holy" and that
the first day of the week is only NEIL
toned eight times. Did You ever
read the Rev. lilo, where it is called
the Lords day Sunday?
Did you ever read Exodus IL; 1916,
where the first day is mentioned three
times? Please read that chapter and
ponder it well, as you have put it, and
you will see that it is a sacred day
holy set apart for a memorial of the
Passover Cthe Lords supper).
Now then. if the above does not
quiet your thirst. | shall refer you to
leviticus %; Z, "a 35. SO and 40. Read
all of that chapter and ponder 1t TO
perfection, and your holy days thirst
will disappear, for in Leviticus 2Srd.
chapter, the first day is mentioned
five times and two times it is mention
ed for the Sabbath. There is also a
memorial of the blowing of trumpets,
and holy convocation (see verse 24)
and in verse 80 it says. the first day
shall be a Sabbath; but as matter OF
fact. those holy days or memorial
days do not abolish or nullify the Sab
bath day according to the command
ment. which day is Saturday the
seventh day, but not Sunday the first
day of the week.
Read Exodus 81: 1913. concerning
the seventh Sabbath. and you will note
that it is a perpetual covenant, 1t is
sign between God and his children
! forever.
Now the above is compliment o
neighhoTly love. so brighten up YOU
Light, and do lei it shine; for you
ncighbor as well as for mine.
Very truly,
F. V. Fredrickson,
| Dudley. la.
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TIE SUNDAY oi;cstion.

low me 10 "hutt ii" 18th a tew words
My main reason for doing 80 is 10
show tie change of ou;niGn in regard
to Sabbath observance during the
last two or three hundred years.
Most peonle nave heard OF the bine
laws OF Connectlcut. hui manN 40 hol
k'o" much apoAt lhefn' nave ts''>ea.
pans TO NUM- IN come or the laws o.
sunday observance ana otnef matters
of religion gone crazy Below IS
summary OF SUCH l"Ws as cfedl'ed 10
the HoGton Globe:
me eoNerEot anu h-asiStia'es w
Vened in genera aSsemflN arc lhe 5a
preme power unecr COD OF inc nue.
penden' common flol, the "
termination or tne Assembly no appear
snail be MADE.
NO one shall De freeman " haSG
vote unless nc Is converted ana d
member OF cHc o, me churches al
loWeo ID me aoi'ili,io,' ~.
Each freeman shall swear by we
pressed Goa 10 pea llne allesiaiics w
ms common aho 'hdl Jesus Is 'iie
Only hlls'
NO flssenfer rom 'he essshll1i
worship OF this DOMINION sha,' ".
alloMea 10 give No0e ioi e-ec'ils ~
magistrates OF any oniee':
NO food or logging shali pe oheitu
! TO heretlc.
| No one shall cross a. river on the
sabhath day. put authorized ciefss-
men.
NJ W eiloil .'',.N,, SooN ~, -,
len len 49,, ~ go" ol,,,ath da,.
| sna se VI ny nc -; ~ ~,
49, ~ 80 Az Sahhatb or f.astirg davis
uAg w, W ~ 80 .,,au l,a1,i,, s,,,,
=, $1,000 oa1no'ii "''S '+i''i' - 80
%, pa.ui ua' o,o4,,o ..;,,,, ad
Wiioe,s -
WIN s'o .,,!' ~ I'll ~ ~,
oiie a,1',''hs -, 20 - $500. "a ~,
oe,i'eu pS lle 80 49,
seieGeiiia'l sio,l 80 80 y
hunuieu poultus az. ~,
WnoeNei o'ti ls,7 os'au9 =, w e. e.
lne uoiiii'iioi' 'iiai' gay q n"e y =
pouiius'
NO oile enaii ca lli,ies 80 49, -
pay caios =, p,aS als ni9.l ulileit1 -
music Except 'no " 'l'i' = oN' ~
Jewshei y u ~.
NJ soepe! ~, a,i,1,a4 -, ~
PIC ~ ma ne ae - i'll al Ice
i JON ,nein' 90 n ~ -, y
sea Il, " ~. ,,af,.aa lit. ot,;1a,o,
len ieilts eiu9e -. =,
cphv eilen. .neli t "a ,,aiz+
sia'i oele'ifiii 'ne po'ii''
man VINO strikes MS Wie shal
J be fined ten pounds
A woman who strikes her husband
shall be punished as the law directs.
: Now let me ask the reader; have
we made any progress since those oil
, witch-hanging days Of New England
In which period of the. worlds histor
would YOU prefer to live in-unde
those fantical religious laws or unde
| the more liberal ones of the present
So much progress has been made Y
) overcoming and evoluting out Of tn
5 old superstition of the Sabbath VOL
: slippers that we are encouraged to be
: lieve that the time IS coming and no
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II 4.
EDDYVILLE. =

Eddyville-M Arthur Ward and
children came Thursday from Van
Vert, Iowa to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Arnold living east of
town Mr.. Ward will arrive today to
visit his parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Ward living near Buxton.
Ottumwa passengers Wednesday
were Chas. Kussart, o. J. Lind. Mrs,
Strange, Mrs. Frank kussart. Rose
O'Conner, Miss Pierson.
Miss Margaret Keller will spend the
holidays visiting relatives in Mou-
eaqua.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wormhoudt are enjoy
ing a visit from the formers mother OF
Pella.
Haven't you some seed corn, hogs.
horses cattle sheep, cordWood, poles
or something that you want to sell; or
don't you want to buy something in
the above line? You can do SO by put
ting a want ad in the Courier. One
half cent a word.
Miss Bird Miller who makes her
home in Cedar Falls is visiting her
number of ladies met at the home
of Mrs. Ella Dicl in the Hayden
chapel district and had an old FASH
toned quilting which was much en-
| joyed by all.
| Mrs. George Stephenson was in OF
| tumwa yesterday on business.
At their opening meeting the Red
Men elected the following officers:
| Sadium--B. s. Lemon.
| Senior Sycamore. Johnson.
| Junior sagamore--Carl Powell
| Prophet-Pearl Dunkle.
| Chief of RecordsF. G. Wilcox.
! Keeper of Wampur1--Peter Baer.
The Sunday school class of I'M.
Hankins was entertained last night at
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The First DAY Question.

Editor of Courier On Dec. 9.
noted in the peoples pulpit that a
correspondent was "thirsting for the
truth" Blessed are they which do
hunger and thirst after righteousness,
for they shall be filed" Matt. $50,
Men differ because of ignorance, over
sight. lack of knowledge; therefore
the correspondent says: But where
did he set about or make. the first day
sacred or holy?" He also asks, where
the Lord says that the first day. is a
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cANTRI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Cantril-Thomas Dye of Milton was
in town Thursday and Friday. He ex-
poets to start to California in few
weeks.
A. l.. Roberts of Bonaparte was In
the city Thursday.
Rev. Lloyd Tenant began revival
meetings at Home Prairie church last
wednesday night. Revival at Cantril
M. f. church will begin New Years
eve.
A number of friends surprised Mr..
and Mrs. Shoehart at their home near
Cantril Wednesday evening. oysters
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-23

The Commercial association boosters
won out in their 500 membership cam
paign. They have passed the half
thousand mark and, with an en-
thusiasm which should be inspiring
to Ottumwans, have started on a new
campaign to boost the membership 10
600 The successful completion of
this membership campaign was OF.
tUmwa's greatest achievement in
1909. It paves the way for still great
er achievements in 1910.