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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
DAVIS co. HAS
Good SCHOOLS
LATELY COMPILED REPORT
SHOWS COUNTY HAS SEVENTY
THREE INSTITUTIONS.

Bloomfield, Sept. 2.-Davis county
has seventy-three school corporations.
Of these there are five school town
ships, sixty rural independent dis
tricts, six two-room schools, one four
room school and one ten-room school.
There are ninety-six rural schools
in the county.
There are 1O4 school buildings il
all.
There are 400 sc,-ool officers in the
county. This includes directors, sec
retaries and treasurers.
1t takes 166 teachers to supply, the
schools.
Including the spring schools there
were 1873 different persons who taught
in the county last year. There will
be sixty of this number who will not
teach in the county this year. This
means that only SO per cent of the
teachers who taught in the county
last year will teach in the county this
year.
From July l, 1908 to July 1, 1909,
there were 146 certificates registered
In the county, as follows:
State certificates ................ 6
First grade certificates ,...........iO
Second grade certificates .........80
Third grade certificates ........... 36
Provisional certificates ........ Ia
OF the "a different persons who re.
ceived certificates between July !,
1908, and July /, 1909, 55 had taught
less than one year.
I. The average salary per month for
female teachers Of the county the past
year was $37.O1, the average for the
state was $44.60.
The average number Of months Of
school for the county, according to the
state superintendent report, was SO,
while that for the entire state was SO
months.
There are many other interesting
items and comparisons that will be
given some other time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
PAlRiNGs FOR TOURNEY.
Golfers Numbering 1870 Will Compete
in National Championship
Next Week.

New York, Sept. 2.-The pairinss
for the fifteenth annual national
amateur golf championship to be held
at Wheaton, ILL.,, beginning next Mon
day, were announced today. One hun
dred and twenty golfers are paired
The first to start will be w. J. Mac.
Frederick Snare of the Englewood
club. Jerome D. Travers, national
champion, is paired with Young Paul
Hunter Of the Midlothian. and they
are the nineteenth pair to start.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
Mrs. L. Johnson, Anna street, one

Mrs. L. Johnson, Anna street, one
stove.
Mrs. Kinsey Jordan, one stove.
G. Winpigler, one stove.
R. G. Rupert. one stove.
Luther Robinson, two loads of house
hold goods.
Mrs. Campbell, two loads of house
hold goods.
Allie Whaley, household goods.
Mrs. Jeanette Brunger, Aberdeen, N.
D., an organ.
The fire kept the department fight
ing it continually from 2 a. m. until
Z o'clock before it was safe to leave
it and then destruction was visible on
all sides.
A fire on Ponemah street at O'Clock
last evening totally destroyed the
household goods of Jim Brown,
colored, and damaged the house, which
is owned by Baker Bros, to the ex-
tent of about $500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
OdenyValdel' & Co.
Corner Main Street and Iowa Ave.

some hummocks and high Irregular
fields. A very cold ice drift, too, was
driving eastwards with sufficient force
to give some anxiety. Although still
equal to about fifteen miles daily, the
extended marches and the long hours
for travelling with which fortune fav-
ored us earlier were no longer posi-
Bile, We were now about 200 milns
from the pole and sledge loads were
reduced. One dog after another went
into stomachs of the hungry surviv-
ors until the teams were considerably
diminished in number, but there
seemed to remain sufficient balance
for man and brute to pack along into
the heart of the mystery to which we
had set ourselves.
ION April 81 we had reached 80 de-
grees SO minutes 46 seconds The
pole was in sight. We covered the
remaining IA seconds and made few
final observations. l told Etukishook
and Ahwelsh (the accompanying Es-
kimo) that we had reached the great
nail Everywhere we turned was
south. With a single step we could
pass from one side of the earth to the
other; from midday to midnight. At
last the flag floated to the breezes t
the pole. 1T was April 81, 1908. The
temperature was minus SO centigrade
barometer 1888, latitude 90, as for the
longitude it was 0, as it was but
word"
Others Failed.
Some of the most recent or note
worthy attempts to reach the north
pale are enumerated below:
Walter Wellman, an American, left
the island of Spitzbergen for the pole
in balloon, Aug. 10, 1909. His air.
ship became disabled after he had
travelled thirty miles and he was
forced to return.
In 1906 Commander Robert e.
Peary, United States navy, reached 81
degrees minutes, equivalent to about
203 miles from the pole. Commander
Peary is now in the polar regions .,n
another expedition. A relief ship was
sent out month ago to endeavor TO
pick him up. He started from Sydney,
N. s., July II, 1908.
On Sept. 3, 1905, Captain Roald
Amundsen, a Norwegian, completed
the first voyage through the North
west passage. He left Chritiania on
the GOA, June IL, 1913, and arrived ut
Herschel island in the Arctic ocean in
September Of 1905.
In 1904 Barol Toll, Russian, led a
polar exploration party by way Of ST.
IBERIA, but all members persisted from
the cold.
In 1903 Erickson Dane, headed an
expedition and got as far as Saunders
island, where they were rescued in a
destitute condition. The came year An.
thany Fiala. young Brooklyn explor-
er, sailed on the ship America and
proceeded further north than the
Duke Of Abruzzi His party endured
great hardships before they were res
cued.
The Duke of Abruzzi made his expe-
dition in 1900.
In 1895 DR.. hansen reached Sc de-
grees IA minutes on the vessel Fran,
which left Ingor strait Aug. 4, 1898.
Ardree Lost.
Professor Andree made his balloon
"trip in 1897 He left Tromsoe, Nor
way, in his balloon, the Eagle, bound
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
Long Drouth Broken.

St. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 2.-The pro-
tracted drought in northwest Missouri
and northeast Kansas was broken this
morning. The rain will greatly bene-
fit the pastures, but came too late to
save the late corn, much of which has
been greatly damaged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
History of Search
For Pole is Brief
Recent Notable Polar Exneditinn.

Recent Notable Polar Expeditions.
Aug. 10, 1909--Walter Wellman,
American, left island Of Spitzbergen
in airship, disabled after thirty miles
travel Returns.
July Z, 1860 Commander Robert q.
Peary, U. S. N, left Sydney, N. s.
Now in polar regions. Made previous
record of 203 miles from pole.
Sept. 8, 1905-CaGtain Road
Amundsen, Norwegian makes first
voyage through Northwest Passage,
Reached Herschell island
1904-Baron Toll, Russian, leads ex-
petition through Siberia. All members
perish.
1903-Erickson, Dane, reaches Scum
ders island Rescued in destitute con.
dition.
19O3-Anthony Fiala, American.
beats Abruzzi record. Rescued after
hards:lips.
19Oo-Duke of Abruzzi compelled to
turn back after. beating Nansen rec
ord
Lives Sacrificed for Discovery.
Year Explorer. Lost.
1553-sir Hugh SWilloughby 49,. g.
1554-Richard Chancellor ........ 8
157S-Sir Martin Frobishar $3.50. 40
15S5-Captain Davis .......... IA
1594-Barents ................ IS
l606-John Knight ............... 3
,1607-Henry Hudson ............ 10
1612-Sir Thomas Button ....... IA
1619-Jens Munk ............. 62
1631-Thomas James ...... ~
1633-Isle Of Jan Mayen Settlers.
lb4o-DeSnneH 70
1719-James knight ............. SO
lf2S-Berlng 10
1735-Pronschistche ............ 2
1735-Lassinius ............... So
1739-Charlton Laptier .......... ~
lt41-beTlng 81
1773-Lord Mulgrave ........... 8
1776-Captain Cook ........... 4
1818-Parry, first voyage ......... 4
1S19-Franklin, first voyage $50. 2
1821-Parry, second voyage 1880.
1825-Franklin, second VOYAGE.
1S29-John Ross .........
1S3S-Pease and Simpson ... 5
1S45-Franklin, third voyage. 1876
1848-J. G. Ross, search expedition
1S49-North Star expedition. 49,.
1S49-Plover and Herald ........ 8
l853-Rae ................... 6
1S53-Kane expedition ........... 5
ISbO-lSaaC Hayes ...........
1860-Hall, first voyage ..........
1864-Hall, second voyage ....... 8
1S70-Hall, last voyage ...... 2
1872-Pegetthof ................. 2
1872-B. Leigh Smith .......
1S75-English expedition ......
1S7S-Jeannette Ode Lang) ...... %
1S81-Greely Observation-Disclosures. 20
1s96-Andree (balloon) ........... 8
1904-Baron Toll ................ %
Total .,..................
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
A Narrow Escape.

Robinsonville, Del, wrote: About two
years ago 1 was thin and sick, and
coughed all the time and if l did not
have consumption, it was near to it. 1
commenced using Foley's Honey and
Tar, and it stopped my cough, and I
am now entirely well, and have gained
twenty eightpounds, all due to the
good results from taking Foley's Honey
mad Tar" Clark's Druk Store; Sven
sons Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
Iowa Engineer Dead.

st. Joseph. Mo-. Sept. 2.-Thomas
Howard of Des Moines. engineer on
the passenger train, was killed, and
number of passengers were severely
shaken up In a head-on collision in the
st. Joseph yards today between
Great Western passenger and st,
Joseph and Grand Island freight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
,Haalth and Beauty Aid.

Cosmetics and lotions will not clear
your complexion of pimples and
blotches like Foley's Orino Laxative,
for Indigestion, stomach and liver
trouble and habitual constipation.
Cleanses the system and is pleasant
to take. Clark's Drug Store; Swenson's
Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-04
5TATEMENT MADE BY ST. LOUIS
DIVINE THAT THIS COUNTRY
CAN CLAIM 1T BY RIGHT OF DIS
covERY.
SCIENTISTS GIVE
ALL CREDIT TO COOK
LEADING SOCIETIES OF NEW
YORK UNITE IN EXPRESSING
/. CONVICTION THAT POLE REAL.
LY HAS BEEN FOUND.

ST. Louis, Sept. All the now
territory discovered by Cook when
he reached the pole will belong to
the United States by rights Of dis
covery, according to Rev. c. M.
Charropin at the st. Louis uni
versity. Charropin today said
Cooks statements will be accepted
by scientists, who will attempt to
confirm them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
Sentence Sermons.

Love never stops to be afraid.
The worst sins are the ones for
which we have 20 appetite.
He can help no one who does not
desire to help the helpless.
Take care OF your leisure and your
life will take care of itself.
Several revivals plan to cure all
ills by throwing folks into fits.
He who has no time to be grateful
has no power TO enjoy blessing.
How hard would be all our hearts
but for our hardships and sorrows.
Opinions about the past can never
take the place of work fer the future,
When a faith is dead it is custom
airy to embalm it in obsolete phrases.
Success depends not on what man
makes, but on what success makes OF
him.
Many a man who is berating the
devil has no objection to boarding free
with him,
No man has any better world be-
fore him than he is seeking to make
about him.
When a mans religion is all hot
air the only thing he thinks about is
going up.
When men make a mockery Of sin
their sins are sure to make mockery
of them.
A damning heresy is to let the
forms of any truth stand in the way
of its facts and life.
There's no use saying, "Get thee
behind me, Satan" when you put
him In your hip pocket.
Most of these ,who are worried lest
we lose the liberty to go wrong would
be out of business If we all went
right.
Heaven judges the sincerity of our
affection for God by the cost of our
service for man.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
Prices and Terms

We buy our Pianos and Organs
direct from the manufacturers at the
lowest cash prices, and as we do not
pay any commissions to agents nor
employ any such assistance, we have
no extra expense to add to the prices
Of our instruments. Thus we are
enabled to make our customers the
lowest possible figures and as easy
terms as can be had anywhere.
Our store is full of new Pianos and
Organs, also a few slightly used
always on hand to sell very cheap.
Old Organs and Pianos taken in ex-
change on new ones. Our stock Of
Small Instruments and. and Musical
Merchandise, Sheet Music and
Studies is complete at all times.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

School course will be given next
Tuesday night December 7th by
Denton @. Crowl.
Mr.. Crowl 10 . most wonderful
portrayalist and delivers the addresses
Of the late Sam Jones, initiating that
great lecturer IL voice tone and
sestute. Those who never heard Sam
Jones will be pleased to have this
opportunity to hear his lectures
reproduced, and those who have
heard him will be more than pleased
to hear him again.
The price Of admission to this
lecture will be 3B cents,
Tickets for the balance OF the
course, including this lecture, can be
secured for 10 cents.
Those holding season tickets must
present them with last seat check
In order to secure their regular seats.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

The man who must buy his living
this winter is going to find few
roads travelled through his bank
account before garden sass is raised
next summer. Potatoes are high,
aud as many farmers did not raise
enough for their own use that is &C.
Ing to be large bill of expense to
folks who should be selling instead
of buying that Kidd of truck. Flour
Is high In price, but the farmer has
no choice in that. II he has the
wheat, 1t is as well to sell 1T and buy
the flour as to trade the wheat fer
-four
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh OF
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ is obtained
quickest by proper treatment of the kid
neys. Swamp-Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding pain in passing it,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
of being compelled to go often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
of Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest be-
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gen
erous offer in this paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, and don't let dealer sell
you something in place of Swamp Root
If you do you will be disappointed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
PROGRAM

OF the teachers Association meet to
be held In Erie to- morrow:
1890 A. M.
Instrumental Duet Misses Adamson
and Farmer.
"AthletIcs"AJohn O'Brien.
Chow to Prevent Absence and
Tardiness"-W. 8. Marks.
Instrumental SolC-James Johnson
"How to Secure Cooperation OF
Parent and Teacher" -Therun Freese
1:30 M.
instrumental Duet - The Misses
Clapper.
Music-Male Quartette.
Address. elementary Agriculture
Ia Rural Schools"-Dr. o. P. Dellinger
Vocal Solo-Miss Martha Gwinn.
Review Of Chapter TX of Essentials
of Teaching Reading-Mrs. Florence
Harding,
Review Of Chapter Xxx Of Nc
Keevers Psychologist Method In
Teaching-Supt G. S. Swain.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

With ardor and enthusiasm Dean
Russell OF the College of Agriculture,
University of Wisconsin, in an article
he has written for the Youths Com
panioD, POINTS To the changed and
changing conditions Of farm life, ard
the rewards and advantages that
come to those who "stick to the
farm" He also compares modern
methods with those which led TO thu
saying that the American farmer
does not cultivate his land, but
"mines" IL.
Mrs. G. Fl. Switzsr, after long
illness, died Sunday. Mr.. Switzer had
sold his farm and was arranging to
take his wife to California for the
winter.
Newt Filson has his desk In The
Times Office and is now collecting
taxes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
State Department Rules
on Adopted Books.

State Of Kansas, Executive Depart
ment,
e. T. Fairchild, superintendent,
C. G. Starr, Asst Superintendent,
Office Of State Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
In response to your Inquiry under
date OF October 9th. beg to state
that under the laws Of the State, 1t is
unlawful to use any text other than
those regularly adopted by the Text
Book Commission. IL said text is
Included Ia the list provided by law
for adoption.
Since the option Of Primer Is
included, and since the Van Amburgh
"Flrst Days In Reading" was adopted
by the Text Book Com mission In May,
1909, the use of any other Primer is
Unlawful until the adopted Primer
has been purchased and used. This
Law applies equally to cities OF the
first, second and third class, as we'll as
to district schools.
Very truly yours,
e. T. Fairchlld,
State Supt. Public Instruction.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
Chicago
Cottage OrgoA0

Mention its name and you get
favorable response. Itisthe Organ
most used and best known ia all
this country. That is why we
handle it. The variety Of styles
and wide range of prices easily
bring it within the reach of all who
want to own such an instra2ent.
Our stock now is complete, and it
is the best time in the werld to bay
at very low price.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
rAs wellington

Its praises are sung in homes,
colleges, schools and auditsrisms
this laud over. 1t is an instrum emit
the price of which comes witAiA the
reach of all. To see them and hear
their full sweet tone is to be cen
yinced of their high musical quality,
There are none more attractive in
styles and designs. Their wearing
qualities cannot be excelled.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
RELIABLE JEWELRY

Our superior array of Jewelry and
Watches makes selection easy. Every
thing is in perfect taste, and every
thing may be perfectly relied upon.
We sell nothing we don't know all
about, and we tell you everything we
know about everything you ask to see
G. e. CONKLIN. the Jeweler.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
Yhe CahIe

Here is a piano that can be
bought at a moderate price. It's
equal, price considered, caauot be
found. 1t is an instrument that
grows better as it grows older. It's
popularity extends from the Asme
to the concert hall, and 40 ether
piano is so widely known. To have
one is to be proud of it for life
time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

tive. MANY sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure OF
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowedtoa advance
Neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

Of Chanute, I VIII sell at puc....ss ~
there on
Tuesday, Dec. II, 1909.
commencing at 10 O'Clock, :ths follow
Ing mentioned property and various
ether articles:
7--Hcad OF HOrses--7
] bay mare I years old
! dark iron gray mare years cid
! black horse 8 years old
l sorrel horse 8 years old
1gray horse 10 years old
2extra fine black mare colts
8--Head OF CattIe--8
2 mich COWS
3cOming 2.year-old heifers
calves
3 fine Registered Scotch
COlLieS--FemaIe
Large Line Farm ImpIe-
mentS
consisting of wagons, plcws, harrows,
cultivdtore, etc.
40 shocks OffOdder with
Corn
IOeubator and brooder
Bees aud bee hives
T. H. SCHMUTZ,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

The Neosho Valley bank solicitsI
your usiness.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
LOOKING ONES BEST.

It's q womsn's delight to look her
best but pimples, skin eruptions. sores
and boils rob life Of JOY. LIstenl
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. 1t
eIorihes ths face. Cures Plmples,
Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Cracked Lips,
Chopped Hands. Try 1t. InfallibIe
fer Pile'. 25c at-orientsl Drug
Company.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03

Ineubator and brooder
Bees aud bee hives
T. Fl. SCHMUTZ,
Col. Herbert Johnson, Auc. 4
Jesse Ward, Clerk.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-03
The Cause Of Many
Sudden Deaths,

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
JOS. A. REYBURN,
Clerk Iron County Court.
SHERIFF'S SALE IN PARTITION.
Warren D. Isenberg, Plaintiff,

William !. Moore, Alice Moore, William
Moore, Marshall Moore, Nellie Cronin,
Benjamin F. Brooks and Hugh A. Craw-
ford, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
decree in partition and an order of sale Of
the Circuit Court of the County of Iron,
State of Missouri, made In the above enti-
tied cause at the October Term, 1908, there
of, I, the undersigned Sheriff of the County
of Iron and State of Missouri, will, on
Tuesday, tie a7M day of AbrA, 1909,
between the hours of nine o'clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon
of that day, at the east front door of the
courthouse, in the City of Ironton, State of
Missouri, during the regular April Term of
the Circuit Court for the year of 1909, sell,
at public vendue, to the highest bidder, the
following described real estate, Situate in
the County OF Iron, and State OF Missouri,
to wit:
The northwest quarter of section twen-
ty-three, (23), township thirty-four, ga,
north, range one (I) west.
TERMS OF SALE.-Fifty per cent of pur-
chase money in cash and the balance in one
year, the purchaser to give note bearing six
per cent, interest from date of sale, with
approved security for the deferred payment
or all cash, at the option of the purchaser.
JOHN l. MARSHALL,
Sheriff Iron County, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01

heavy rainfall which resulted in a
freshet.
Owing tothe damp, chilly wealth
er that ~prevsiled here during the
first half of March, much sickness
resulted. Almost every family
was affected by light attacks of La
Grippe and severe colds.
The following named persons
came here on business during the
past month; Nelson Martin, of
near Davisville; VIM. Shelton and
Robt. Barlow of near Mann; An
drew Mason, j. R. Miller, Solomon
Bays and T. j. Henslee of near
Tolu.
On business went: George and
Robert Martin and F. E. Crocker
to Viburnum; Geo. w. Love-. to
Bunker and Salem; G. S. Lucas, to
Bixby; VIM. Carl, to Ironton.
Visiting came; Mrs. John HUFF
and children, of Sabula; Jas. Wig
ger of Pennington; Ina May White
of near Tolu; H. R.. Henderson, OF
Belgrade.
Frank Loomis, of Belgrde, pass
ed through here recently on his
way to Dent county.
T. E. Croker visited relatives
at Iron Mountain.
R, E.