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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
| 9O9 Held TO
Be GRE:AT EST
Of ALL Y [ Ar s
SECRETARY WILSON IN ANNUAL
REPORT SHOWS HOW INcREAs-
ED VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS
HAS ENRICHED NATION.

,Washin etonsFD. c., Dec 1.---Mosf
prpspert5us OF all years is the place to
which 1909 is entitled in agriculture,
declares the secretary of agriculture
in his thirteenth annual report, made
public today The value Of farm pro
duces is SO ncomprehensibly large
that it has become merely a row OF
figures. For this year it is $8,760,0 ,00O,-
900 a gain of 100000 over 1908.
The value Of the products has near
ly doubled in ten years. The report
says, Eleven years of agriculture, be-
ginning with a production Of $4,417,-
100000 and ending with $3.50, ,0O0,000!
A sum of $7O,000,000,000 for the
period. 1t has paid off mortgages, it
has established banks, it has made
better homes, it has helped to make
the farmer citizen Of the world, and
it has provided him with means for
improving his soil and making it more
productive"
Farm Production of 1909.
The most striking fact in the
worlds agriculture is the value Of the
corn crop for 1909, which is about
| 81 ,72O, 100000. 1t nearly equals the
value of the clothing and personal
adornments of 76,000,000 people, ac-
cording to the census of 1900. The
gold and silver coin and bullion of the
United States are not Of greater value
1t has grown up from the soil and out
of the air in 12O days-$15,00 100000 a
day for one crop, nearly enough fol-
two Dreadnaughts daily for peace OF
| war. This crop exceeds in value the
average of the crops of the five pre-
ceding years by 36 per cent.
4 Cotton is now the second crop in
value, and this years cotton crop Is
| easily the most valuable one to the
| farmer that has been produced. Witt
cotton lint selling at 1877 cents on the
farm November 1 and with cottor
seed selling about $25 per ton, the lin
and seed of this crop are worth abou
sS5O,0OO,0 900 to the farmer. No cottoI
crop since 1873 has been sold b!
! farmers for as high price per pount
as this one.
/ Third IN value Is wheat, worth abou
1 s725 900 900 at the farm and thi
i largely exceeds all previous values
The November farm price was almos
an even dollar bushel. price whicl
mas not Deen eludlSu oiuCC 1901. = ~
is the third wheat crop in point o
size, with 725, 100000 bushels.
The hay crop is valued at $665,Oo0
900; oats at, 100000, 900; potatoes a
s212 100000; and tobacco at nearl
s1OO ,O00 Beet and cane sugar an
molasses and sirup, from farm an
factory, will reach the total of abou
sos 900 900. The barley crop is wort
: s88 OOO,O 900, fiaxseed $36,000,0O0, an
!, 900 100000 pounds Of rice $4,000
O00
Comparisons With Former Years.
The production of all cereals con
bined is 4,711,0 100000 bushels, a
amount considerably greater than tha
/ for any other year except 1906. 1t e'
ceeds the average of the precedin
five years by 6.5 per cent. The valu
of all cereals in 1909 has never bee
eaualed in previous year. 1t is a
most exactly 3,ooO,ooo,o00, or 81 pc
: cent above the five-year average.
/. This is the year of highest produ
0 ton for potatoes, tobacco, beet suga
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
Imprisoned Men Rescued.

Ducktown, Tenn, Dec. Flight
men who were imprisoned in a cop
per mine yesterday afternoon as the
result of shaft house fire, were brought
to the surface this morning. None
were physically disabled as a result OF
the experience.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
IMPORTANT RULINGS
Supreme Court i.ffirms Constitutional
ity of South Dakota Anti-Discrim-
ination Act

Pierre. S. D., Dec. 1.-The supreme
court today affirmed the constitution
ality of the state anti-discriminatio
act in suit against the Central Lum-
Der company, which makes the COM
pany liable to heavy fine and puts
it out of the state. The court also re-
fused to reinstate as an attorney, Geo.
w. Egan, the independent Republican
candidate for governor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
Rockefeller Not Afraid.

New York. Dec: John D. Rookie
Teller, who arrived here this morning,
made light of the story of the plot to
assassinate him. He declared there is
nothing to It,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
SEEK GIRLS ASSAILANT
Des Moines Saleswoman Assaulted by
Tramp-Mav Die as Result
of Injuries.

Des Moines, Dec. 1.--(SpeciaI-
Miss Celle Kouri, rug saleswoman,
was assaulted by a tramp north of
the city and may die from the injuries
sustained. A sheriff's posse is scour-
ing the country for her assailant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
Carroll pors
Narrower Roads
and Bigger Farms

+ Des Moines, Dec. 1.-(Spec-
+ ial.)-Governor Carroll in an
+ address before the implement
I. dealers in state convention
I here, urged the narrowing OF
+ the country roads of Iowa from
+ so to 35 feet, and giving the
+ land to the farmers. This would
+ give the farmers 100000 acres
+ of land now in roads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
Affirm Harais sentence.

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 1.-THE court of
appeals today affirmed the life SEN
tence of Beach Hargis for the murder
of his father, former Judge James
Hargis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
Creston Theater
end Masonic Home
Gutted BY Flames
i ***************** 4

: Creston, Dec. 1.-(SpeciaD :
+-The Temple Grand opera :
: house and the Masonic build :
: ing burned at eight o'clock this !
: morning. The loss is $4,000 I
and the insurance $4,000. The !
: fire started from spontaneous
: combustion of coal in the base
!. ment and the building was
I gutted. The surrounding build
ings were saved by the fire.
men.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
France is After
Zelaya; Gables It's
ConsuIs For News

z u " = z u y y y = i = y y y y u
!. Paria, Dec. 1.-The foreign .
+ office cabled today to the :
+ Frech consuls in Nicaragua in .
I structing them to furnish infor- !
< nation regarding the publish )
j. ed reports that citizens of :
( France had peen Ill treated in :
\ Nicaragua. Upon the nature :
\ Of the replies will depend the ,
< subsequent action Of this gov ,
+ ernment.
Il ,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
WAilkouT OF TWENTY-THREH
HUNDRED swITcHMEN ON
ROADS OF NORTHWEST BRINGS
RAIL BUSINESS TO sTANpsTlLu
OTHER ROADS ARE
GIVING SUPPORT
MORAL AND FINANCIAL AID Civ
EN- AFFECTED CARRIERS Ry
OTHER LINES; MEN WANT
MORE PAY AND NEW RULES.

Local Agent w. L. Dykes ossthe
Burlington railroad received no.
tice today to the effect that the
Burlington will not accept live
stock or any kind Of perishable
goods for the Great Northern or
Northern Pacific via st. Paul,
Sioux City or Billings until fur-
ther notice. All other freight ls
accepted only subject to delay.
This Is due to the switchmen's
strike that Is effective on the
Northern roads since yesterday.
st. Paul, Dec. 1.--BusIness has
become paraIyzed In many lines
In St. Paul and Minneapolis fol-
lowing the strike Of the switch
men. Very little freight lie being
handled In the Twin Cities and
the announcement came from
Minneapolis at noon that all Il o
big flour mills Will be closed by 6
o'clock tonight. This would
throw about 5000 employees OF the
milling companies out Of work. 1t
is intlmated the locomotive fire.
men must quit work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02

sSt- Paul Iaess,si IL s5S fs fst sithSs GA
eoatroveFsy betNeeh the railroads Of
the northwest and the Switchmen's
union, which resulted in walkout of
the switchmen between here and the
Pacific coast last night, claimed TO
have the situation well in hand this
morning. Passenger traffic was main
tanned throughout the Twin cities last
night and this morning, though with
considerable delay. Very little freight
was handled anywhere between the
Great Lakes and the coast The switch
men are firm In their determination to
hold out for an increase OF six cents
an hour in wages, with double time
for overtime, Sundays and holidays,
together with other concessions, while
the railroads claim things will adjust
themselves to their normal condition
within few days, despite the waIkout.
All freight trains at Duluth and Super.
ior were at standstill this morning.
1t Is said that should the strike last
even few days ten thousand men em
ployed in the mines, docks and Other
industries at the head of the lakes
would be thrown out OF work.
The railroad managers strike com,
mittee is made up for the larger part
Of railroads not directly concerned III
the switehmen's strike, thus giving
the contest the appearance OF national
importance. 1t Is said today the moral
and financial support Of the National
Railway association is being given tina
railroads of the northwest in the al,
legged effort to overcome union rule.
| After fifteen days OF negotiating be
tween the switchmen's union Of North
America and the Joint committee OF
railroad managers representing thir
teen railroads of the northwest, q
strike involving 1900 switchmen be
came effective at 6 o'clock last night.
The first effect Of the strike was q
sharp bulge in wheat In the Chicago
grain market late yesterday. As the
roads entering the Twin Cities and Du.
lluth and Superior are largely grain
carriers from the west, the prospect
of long interruption to this traffic
will mean something. Last night both
sides to the dispute issued statements
/ The railway managers committee is
sued the following address ito the
public"
! "The railroads of the northwest, rec
ognizing that the public is an interest
ed. but unrepresented third party II
the controversy with their switchmen
through the committee which has beer
conducting their negotiations, desire
to place at the disposal of the public
the following facts in connection witt
i the negotiations:
, "In the conference the railroad!
. were represented by a committee o
: ten managers and the switchmen b.
!. F.. T. Hawley and by other officers 0
: the union of North America. The de
mands of the switchmen were for dou
! BILE pay for Sundays, holidays ant
l overtime, an advance OF so cents pc
: day of ten hours in the wages of tn
8 switchmen, switch tenders, towermer
engine herders and assistant yar'
masters; modification of the rul
3 providing for the payment OF penalt
r in case Of failure to permit switchmel
3 to secure their meals In the middle Q
8 their shift at a stated period. whicl
8 contemplated double pay in case
g where it became necessary to work
portion of the meal hour
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-12-02
open All Year.

Continuing, Mr.. Astra said:
There are many homes in Ottumwa
that have had Jesus enter the portals
through the medium of these little
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
Arrivals at Tahoe Tavern

The following were recent arrivals at
Tahoe tavern, Lake Tahoe. Cal:
From Los Angeles: H. E. Moore and
wife, E. H. Schuster and wife, A. H.
Larsen and wife, Norman X. Whistler,
VIM. J. c. Lambert, Kathryn Stcne,
Virginia 7. Smith, NJ. D., w. d. Sy-
mondson and wife, E. ]. Ramsey, Percy
H. Clark and wife, Miss Florence Clark,
S. c. Corbett, wife and two children,
w. T. Mcbride and family, Miss Mary
Graves, Mrs. T. A. O'Donnell and two
children, Mrs. n. w. Heard, Mrs. j. G.
Won Paulsen, Miss Mary Tomlnson,
NJ. V. Ober, H. Acola, 1. ]. Muma,
James Crosby, Albert Crosby, NJ. j.
Chanslor, ]. L. Gabel. Mrs. j. NJ. Nc
Pherron, Grace A. McPherron, j. Rubo
and wife, Mrs. Julia G. Durkee, Mrs.
James B. Hill, Katherine B. Ross, Miss
L. Dennis, Miss F. H. Veach, q. S.
Hensdale, c. S. Shinn and wife, Mrs.
Scott Sheldon, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Armstrong,
Jeanette Marbut, S. w. Wooster, Mrs.
]. W. Coulding, Miss Marion Coulding.
w. F. Little and wife, H. w. Little and
wife, K. D. Wise and niece, H. r..
Moore and wife, C. J. Heyler, B. e:
Nensdal, Mrs. A. NJ. Jameson ana
child, Mrs. NJ. E. Chaplin, Alleson Bar
loe, Maybelle Barlow, Mrs. r. c. Lopez
and son, Mrs. T, A. O'Donnell and two
children, Mary A. Graves, Byron G.
Hanna, Aug. V. Homdorf, F. r. Willis,
Earl w. Hueller and wife, A. F. NJ.
Strong, Miss A. B. Strong, Miss II.
Strong, D. P. Hatch, Lillian I. Teazle'
Mary L. Richardson, Mrs. J. H. Reyn-
olds, Miss Rosa Reynolds, Miss Anna
Reynolds, E. T. Wright, J. M. Stone,
Walter Bordwell, James w. Johnson
and wife, H. NJ. Lawrence, F. E. Har-
ris. Miss NJ. Grimand, Miss e. Grimand,
e. A. Nicholson and wife. T. r. Gabel
and wife, Miss P. NJ. Evans. B. b.
Evans, Mrs. NJ. A. Lewis, Miss l..
Lewis, Mrs. j. F. Greenough.
From Pasadena: Samuel StorroW, &.
NJ Jaques, Bessie e. Jackson, Miss
Maude Flynn, H. A. Chapman, wife
and two children, Miss A. l.. Meeker'
Mrs. ]. E. Speer, Miss E. Speer. j. T.
Brookes, E. W. Smith and wife, Ida
Keegan, DIR. L. r. Metzgar and WIRE j.
A. cole and wife, Mrs. o. H. Reighard'
Mrs. G. A. Buffum.
From Riverside: A. Webber, w; H.
Polkinghorn, Miss A. NJ. Hosp, Miss
Mabel Webber.
From other places: N. Leo Lelean
and wife, Redlands; Bertha G. RICE
Santa Barbara; n. F. Nav and wlIe'
San Diego; Mrs. A. j. Padghan, santa
Ana: Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich santa
Monica; Mrs. A. M. Platt, Miss 5. D.
Platt, Miss L. ]. Lewis, Corona.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
CURTISS HAS POWERFUL
AERONAUTICAL ENGINE
Types at Aviation Contest Last Week
Show Interesting Records by Most
Critical Portion of Air Craft

The heart of the air craft the mo-
tor, had unusual tests at Rheims last
week, and special interest attaches to
the kinds installed in the machines
entered. Ordinary and rotary motors
were both tried.
Il am taking with me the most
powerful motor ever put into an aero
plane" said Glenn Curtiss, just before
leaving New York for France. His
motor was a 1909 Curtiss aeronautical
eight cylinders, water cooled, V shaped
cylinders with one carburetor for all
of them The total weight is 3,51
pounds per horse power. 1t is con-
nected by direct drive to a siX-foot
propeller. At 39-horse power the pro-
pellor gave 2S0 pounds thrust.
The Anzani motor which was used
by Bleriot at Rheims and across the
channel, has but three cylinders, with
the central one vertical and the other
two inclined left and right at an angle
of sixty degrees. 1t is air cooled and
has a we'll known automobile carbu-
rotor with make and break ignition and
current from storage batteries.
Latham's Antoinette motor has eight
cylinders water cooled. The GnOme
motor. mentioned prominently in the
dispatches, is a seVen-cylinder rotary
engine
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
"VOTE THE BONDS!'
CRY AT LONG BEACH
PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS WAGE
WARM CAMPAIGN
Proposed That City Purchase Water
Frontage Along Harbor and Build
Docks, Total Expense Being
$245,ooo
Gspeclal 10 The Herald. ]

LONG BEACH, Aug. 29.-"Vote the
bonds" is the slogan of the progressive
citizens in the campaign which is tC
end next Friday, September 3. More
interest centers in the election which
will be held on that date than in any
other bond>election ever held here.
The question at stake is whether oil
not the city shall buy water frontaSs
along the local harbor and build docks
the total expense being $245,00O The
opposition is believed to have decreased
gradually as the voters have become
enlightened, and unless there is op-
position now in quarters entirely unex-
pected the carrying of the bonds by a
big majority is certain.
The bonds proposed to be voted are
40-year bonds, which will bear Az pei
cent interest. The Los Angeles Dock
and Terminal company has an optioa
to the city of Long Beach April % OF
this year to buy the two pieces oi
water frontage now proposed to be
bought. In the option the company
agrees to give a sufficient depth oi
water in channel No. and in the ocean
entrance of the harbor. The depth tc
be given in the channel is twenty-one
feet and later thirty feet. while 2l-
foot depth is guaranteed for the ocear
entrance An 11-foot depth has beer
secured already in the ocean entrance
and tomorrow the dredger will start on
the second cut, making the entrance
eighteen feet deep.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
NEW CONCRETE PIER is
VISITED BY BIG CROWD
Indications Are Admission Day Cere-
monies Will Be Attended by
Many Persons

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 29.-An un-
usually large crowd visited this city to-
day, the objective point of many being
the new concrete pier recently COM
pleted by the municipality.
The floor of the structure has re-
ceived it's last coast of asphaltum, and
with the ratings and lighting poles in
place, presents a pleasing appearance,
as 1t stretches into the ocean far
greater distance than any other struc-
ture on the bay, with the exception OF
the long wharf at Port Los Angeles.
Every energy is being bent to make
the dedication and Admission day ex-
ercises, which are to take place Sep
tember 9, as great an event as possible,
and the prediction is freely made that
the day will be a banner one in the
history Of the city.
Letters are being received constantly
from organizations and Legislative
bodies of other cities announcing they
have accepted the invitation to par
ticipate in the exercises, and the dele
cations from these bodies will make
an imposing gathering of officials.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
MORAL AND LEGAL HONOR
COMPARED IN NEW YORK
John D. Rockefeller Used as Example
of Men Who Are Unable to
Make Distinction

John D. Rockefeller is quoted in one
of the Sunday papers as having said:
when a man has accumulated sum
of money within the law, that is to say
in legally honest way, the people no
longer have any right to share in the
earnings resulting from that accumu-
lation."
1t is a striking characteristic of a
man of strict personal morality, says
the Wall Street Journal in recent
issue, that he had never been able to
see the difference between legal honesty
and moral honesty. 1t is also to MIR.
Rockefeller's credit that he defines the
methods whereby the Standard Oil
combination and all which it ir~ plies
were created as being legally honest"
They were certainly morally indefen-
! Sible.
Here is the remarkable case of man
who is a good husband and father, be-
nevolent along large lines, personally
| humane, pious rather than religious, in
many ways a most desirable citizen;
who yet cannot see that there is any
thing morally wrong in an action
which the law does not punish 1t
would be impossible, moreover, to
make Mr.. Rockefeller see the differ
ence, and that not from any forward
ness or prejudice on his part but from
kind of moral myopia which blinds
him to facts most of us find self
| evident
1t is probable that the law does not
directly influence, sanction or control
more than five per cent of the actions
of a mans life. They are apart from
| the law and beyond its reach. The law
! cannot make a man moral or even hon
est, and he may break the rules of
morality and honesty in many ways
without coming within reach of d
| statute.
But Mr.. Rockefeller says that the
people have no right to share in the
| earnings of legally honest accumu-
lations 1t will astonish that worthy
gentleman to hear It, but this is flat
footed anarchy. The accumulation is
made with the sanction and under the
protection of the people. 1t could not
have been even legally honest" save
that society made it legally possible.
So far from owing nothing to the peo-
pie, Mr. Rockefeller owes everything,
after a fair deduction for his very fine
! brains and administrative ability. This
| is not Socialism. 1t is the practical
working law of good morals in the re-
| lation of society to the individual and
the reciprocal obligation of the indi-
vidual to society.
1t is curious that the richer man
| gets the m )re he hates paying taxes.
Mr.. Rockefeller does not want to pay
an income tax. No doubt he would not
be the richest man In America now If
he had not made it his rule through
life to pay out as little of that kind
of money as possible. This is all his
argument really amounts to, but We
are indebted to it for a curious piece of
self-revelation. 1t shows us sincere
desire to do well, accompanied by a
moral conception hardly more than en-
bryOnic
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
AIR OF LOS ANGELES
TO BE WELL PLOWED
DICK FERRIS AND OTHERS
PLAN ACTIVITY
New Balloons Will Be Built, Aeronef;
to Be Tried Out and Pleasure
Air Travel Will Con-
tinue

AeronautCal activity, which begins
to die down in the east after the early
days of October, will be revived for
the winter in Los Angeles and San
Francisco. A feature of advertising
Los Angeles which is not appreciated
locally as yet is the possibility of
pleasure ballooning and making aero
nef trials in midwinter. Southern CAL
ifornia days are perfect for this. while
anything of the sort is practically pro-
hbited east of the mountains.
Los Angeles aerialists believe that
eventually this section will be known
the world over for its midWinter au-
tomobiling and air travel Professor
Lowe, Dick Ferris, c. w. Sirch and
others have frequently preached the
possibilities on this line, foreseeing the
widening attention to be paid every
where to aeronautics.
In addition to a number of trials of
aeronefs this winter and dirigible
flights at least two new balloons will
be available. Dick Ferris plans on his
return to Los Angeles next week to
overhaul and rebuild his balloons or
place an order for a new one. Frank
LeroyXez, who is now ON his wheat
faHCn III enluId county, VIII IeluI II
next month and start construction of
a r., 900 cubic foot balloon. He believes
his health is sufficient recovered to
permit him to go ballooning again.
Several eastern balloonists will prob
ably be in Los Angeles for a part of
the winter. Col. Charles a. Coey has
announced his intention of making fur
ther trials for the transmOuntain trip,
starting from Los Angeles if his busi-
ness will allow him to leave Chicago
this winter.
At San Francisco the Portola festival
committee and officers of the Pacific
Aero club are comforting on plans for
an aeronautical carnival for the last of
October The Pacific Aero club and
Oakland Aero club will have a balloon
each. and in addition to weekly as
tensions are arranging for a race be-
tween their aerostats.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
REDONDO BEACH
Ios s. Pacino Ave. Phone Ioe.
Correspondent Phone 80.
EVANGELICAL PRAYER UNION
ENDS RETREAT AT RED0ND0
Methodist and Congregational Churches
Join Forces in Closing
Service

REDONDO BEACH, Aug. 29.-The
retreat of the Evangelical Prayer union
which has been conducted here during
the last week closed with a service this
evening. the Methodist and Congrega-
tional churches joining forces,
The service in the morning was con-
Quoted by Rev. M. L. Rowell and was
attended by a large number of persons.
Paul Brown addressed large audience
at the intermediate Christian En-
deavor rally at the Congregational
church in the afternoon.
The period of worship which has just
closed was attended by about fifty min
isters of churches in Southern Califor-
mia and large numbers Of laymen, and
the results of the session are bound to
be far reaching.
A service was held last evening at
the Manhattan Beach tabernacle, where
large congregation gathered to hear
Paul Brown. Mr.. Brown is the field
secretary of the state Christian En-
deavor union and gives his auditors
plenty to think about when he ad-
dresses them.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
SAN BERNARDlNo MAcHINIsT
HAS PLANS FOR NEW AERONEF

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 29.-An
aeroplane has secretly been invented by
an expert maChinist employed in the
Santa Fe shops, according to num-
Der of Santa Fe men, and although it
is at this time impossible to learn the
identity of the inventor, it is known
that he has been in conference with w.
M. Parker, the head of the largest ma
chine shops and foundry in this city,
regarding plans for a self cooling mo-
tor and other improved parts used in
the construction of flying machines.
->r. Parker refuses to discuss the SUBJ
1ect, as the inventor is waiting for pat
ents covering a number of appliances.
1t is stated that within the next two
months actual work will be started on
the construction of the parts of the
aerOplane machinery.