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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-07
TONGUE TWlsTERs.

The other day when the superintend
ent Of the Chicago schools announced
that more attention much be paid to
drilling the scholars in oral expression
q few tongue twisters' were sug.
gested as aids in the work she plan
ned. Here are few more:
The bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms.
Two toads totally tired tried to trot
to Tedbury.
Strict, strong Stephen Stringer snar
ed sticky six silky snakes.
Susan shineth shoes and socks
socks and shoes shine Susan. She
ceaseth shining shoes and socks, for
shoes and socks shock Susan.
A haddock, a paddock, black spot
ted haddock; black spot on the black
back Of a black spotted haddock.
Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl and
an oyster. Did Oliver Og1ethorp ogle
an owl and an oyster? If Oliver Ogle
thorp ogled an owl and an oyster
where are the owl and the oyster OH
yer Oglethorp ogled.
These sentences were written for q
London paper which offered prlze
for the best tongue twisters.' The
contributions quoted won the prizes.
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american Consul at st. Petersburg
Sees Big Possibilities in Siberia

both for man and beast. Birch, pine
and oak predominant. The immense
wealth of the forests may be indicat-
ed by the fact that the area of forest
belonging to the crown exceeds
100000 acres. In addition to the
native forests a well-regulated system
of forestry has been established and
the plains hitherto barren are now
being rapidly planted
Other features of the country as de-
scribed by Mr.. Ragsdale are the
great navigable rivers, the Astounding
supply of fish, the prospects of rich
exports and railroad development.
Already thousands of tons Of the finest
butter are being sent to Denmark, Hol-
land, Germany and England. 1t is of
late shipped to China and Japan and
/, South Africa.
The herds of cattle, horses, sheep
and swine are being improved with
imported stock. Mr.. Ragsdale de-
scribes this in some detail. American
farm machinery is in extensive use
and it is said the demand will in
crease. Says the report:
Farms as large as those of Illinois
Iowa and the Dakotas are being run
either by single families or by com
binations of men and women and the
American harvester, mower, hay rake
and gang pillow are thoroughly ap
| preciated."
A good field exists in Siberia fol
the introduction of improved mining
machinery from the United States.
In addition to the mining and agri
cultural Industries there are many
avenues of employment to those me
| chemically inclined.
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ELDoN.


Eldon-The Bay VIEW club will hold
their first meeting Monday October II.
at the home of Mrs. S. l.. Murray. Mrs.
| N. I. Wilson Is leader of the magazine
for the month of October and Mrs. S.
J.. Murray will be leader for the his
| tory. The club is starting it's years
work with very bright prospects, hav-
ing fifteen students enrolled. The offic-
ers for the year are: President-Mrs.
A. j. Daniels; vice pres--Mrs. S. L.
Murray: secretaary--Mrs Geo. Myers;
|treas.-Mrs. N. I. Wilson; cor. sec'y.-
Mrs. Harry Cross.
Saturday night the young folks en-
joyed dance given at the X. Of P.
hall. All present report an enjoyable
time.
! Mrs. Fl. Baker returned home to-
dav after spending Sunday in Chill
| licothe at the home of her niece, Kath-
crime Conwell.
Will Stauffer of Moline, Ill. spent
Sunday in Eldon with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Stauffer, and 9TH
er relatives and friends.
| Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Farmer
of Alamosa, Colo, Tuesday. Sept. 81
a son. Mr.. and Mrs. Farmer formerly
| lived here.
The Congregational Aid society will
meet Tuesday afternoon at the home
Of Mrs M. Lininger
Mr.. and Mrs. John Grinstead are the
parents Of daughter. born Thursday
Sept. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Brown left Sat-
urday for two months trip through
Texas and other southern states.
| Mrs. r. e. Price returned home Sun
day night from Colorado, where she
has spent the past two weeks with hei
daughter Mrs. Fred Farmer.
The Congregational prayer meeting
services will be held Wednesday even.
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BLOOMFIELD


Misses Fannie and Jen-
ME Patterson and Miss Blanche Ledg
wick of Des Moines spent a few days
last week with Miss Helen Clayton.
Fl. C. Day spent from Friday until
Tuesday visiting in Vanwort, la.
G. W. Moore of near Moberly has
moved to this city occupying one of III.
A. Wishard's houses in the west part
of the city. Mr.. Moore will have charge
of the Wabash section here.
The Norris and Rome show exhibit
ed here Saturday.
I w Thompson was a Milton visitor
Sunday and Monday. Mr.. Tompkins
expects to move his family to Bloom
field this week, having rented the
Mrs. Collins property north of the
square.
AT the regular session of the Pythian
Sisters held last week committee
was appointed to make arrangements
for un entertainment to be given by
that order in about two weeks.
John Christy has sold his residence
property to Mrs. Howard near Mark
and expects to go on his farm recently
purchased three miles west of Floris.
Mrs. Howard will move into the prop
erty soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shane of Eldon
visited at the Edgar Johnson home last
week.
Earl Peden and Miss Blanche Wag-
goner of Savannah. Ia, We're married
in this city at the Methodist parsonage
Monday morning Oct at II o'clock,
Rev Tucker officiating Mr. and Mrs.
Peden went Immediately to the farm,
owned by the groom near Savannah,
where they will go to housekeeping.
The Home Missionary society of the
Methodist church will hold meeting
at the home Of Mrs. Joy Black Thurs
| day afternoon. .
Rev. James Worthington Stark died
at his home in Los Angeles, Calf, on
| Friday afternoon after long and
tedious sickness. Funeral services oc-
CURED Saturday at Los Angeles. Mr.
Stark was pastor the the Bloomfield
| Presbyterian church at two different
times. in the seventies. During his last
passionate he was united in marriage
1 to Mrs. Henrietta Watson Mr.. and
J Mrs. Stark will be remembered in this
city by hosts of friends. who extend to
Mrs. Stark their sympathy.
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cANTRIL.

CantrilA number from the Metho.
odist Episcopal church called at the
parsonage Tuesday evening and took
the pastor and family by surprise. A
pleasant evening was spent and all
bid Rev. Tenant and family a welcome
to the city.
DR.. G. A. Therme has moved to the
property he recently purchased OF Il.
J. Harrison.
Mrs. Kate Harbidge has returned
from COMPETING.
Guy Hustead and wife returned Fri
day from their western trip.
D. Norris and wife visited in Arbelia
Thursday.
A. ]. Stewart, ]. M. Silver and Jas.
Harbi1ge have built cement walks
the past week.
Blanche Casady, who is teaching In
Pulaski, was home Saturday.
The ball game between the Cantril
Indians and Milton Giants resulted
in score Of to,4 in favor Of Can
tril This is the last game of the sea-
son at the Cantril ball park.
Ed Harrison has moved to the j. M.
Silver property.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Lowenstein are
visiting in Keokuk.
Emma Hillard Of Bentonsport Wis
tied Villa Stemple the past week.
Roy Cassidy is attending Drake col
|lege.
Mrs B. F. Roberts and children Wis
tied at the John Saar Sir. home.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bar
nett, son.
Jesse saar is attending medical col
lege in Chicago.
Helen and Alice Peterson are visit
ing in Centerville.
Mrs. o. M. Warner is visiting near
Keosauqua.
| Mrs. Robert Norris of Burdette,
Kansas, is visiting Cantril relatives.
John Saar ST., has returned from
Seattle and other points in the west.
o. f. McElroy has rented abe Amelia
| Linn property.
Mrs. Mary Flowers OF Greentop, Mo-,
visited w. w Wellborn.
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The Associated Press correspond.
ent at Toxic sends out an exultan,
cablegram to the effect that Japan.
csc baseball team defeated the Wis.
consin university nine, three out OF
four games. The Japs needn't get
chesty about 1t. Auy crossroads team
can whip bunch Of college players
at baseball. The boys with the turned
up trousers and dinky hats are pretty
keen at most other games, but they
never seem to get as far In baseball
as the kids that learn the game or
the corner lots.
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The best way for state to get gov
eminent help in making its water
courses navigable, Is for the state to
make an appropriation and start the
work itself. 1t would only take a few
thousand dollars to remove the snags
and rocks from the channel of the Des
Moines river from Keokuk to Ottum-
wa, and with that done, the river
would be navigable up to Ottumwa
for good size boats five months Of
the year. The time to do that is in
the winter when the water is low
What Iowa needs is a legislature that
Will complete a practical plan for
Strengthening Its water courses and i'm.
proving its roads.
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ONE OF orTuMwA's NEEDS.

Ottumwa needs signs on the corners
giving the names of streets. AT pres
emit Ottumwa's streets are complete
puzzle to strangers in the city, and
more or less Of q puzzle to residents.
Outside OF the mail carriers and mes
senger boys it is doubtful If anyone
has q sufficient working knowledge OF
the streets he is traversing to find
party whose home he starts out to
seek, without questioning pedestrians
along the way. If street signs were
on the corners 1t would be a great
help in solving this problem.
There Is q need, too, Of renumber-
ing the houses. but this matter can
wait until the streets are given marks
of Identification. Knowing the name
of the street he is on person OF or.
binary intelligence can find his point
of destination with the present num-
bering. But it is task when there
Is no means of locating the streets
without wayleying every passing pc
destrian until the information Is Sc
cured.
The streets on the north side are
divided east and west by Court street
and north and south by Second street.
!. SCUM OtCumWd Is uiSiueu nv VI 800
south by Finley avenue and the
street numbers are arranged accord
ingly. But in the absence of signs
showing just where these divisions
are made, one who is not familiar
with the streets is forced, after locat-
ing the street he seeks, to follow the
house numbers blindly with an even
chance that when he finds the right
number he will learn that the house he
seeks is on the other side Of the di-
viding line.
The marking OF the streets is not
such costly matter. But no matter
what it costs, it Is work that should
be undertaken at once, It is an I'm
broyement Of such Importance that
the city cannot afford to be without
AZ
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SHALL U. S. SENATORS BE ELECT
ED BY DIRECT VOTE?

Some of the magazines are now de-
voting considerable space in the dis
cussion of the above question.
This is one Of the questions that is
to be brought up before the American
people. and before the final decision is
made 1t should have the most careful
and serious consideration of every
man and woman interested in the per-
manency of our governmental insti-
tutions.
This seems to be a period of COM
mercialism and not time especially
favorable to statecraft. 1t must be re-
membered, however, that our plan Of
government was framed and put into
practical execution after years Of
study, discussion and thought, by
men whose wisdom has not up to this
date, been surpassed Under the
plans devised by them has been de-
veloped the greatest government the
world has ever SEEN
It's system of electing the two ma
tional representative bodies should
not be changed without the most SER
ious and unprejudiced study that
American citizenship is capable of.
President Taft says that the cleo
ton of United States senators is
mot party question, and there is a
great difference of opinion in my
own party in respect to it,
1t is one Of the safeguards of this
nation that one branch of the nation
al government is one move removed
from the conglomerated scramble of
ward politics. The party in general
is responsible for the election of one
branch, and in the other, the respon-
sibility is narrowed down to the rep
resentatives of that party. That is a
powerful feature of our government,
and mighty good one. The masses
can never become personally az
quainted with the candidates for
United States senators. The members
of the legislature can to very great
extent. They have the opportunity OF
forming correct opinion of the men
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who ask their votes. The citizen does

VIII si5h luelI fSlcS. AuS ClIl2eu goes
NOT.
That Ia one OF the bad features OF
a direct primary. A direct primary
law Is not bad feature for a town.
ship, but that is as far as 1t ought to
go. When che direct primary gets be-
yond the opportunity for personal &C
quaintance, 1t Is bad.
A government that deals with as
much territory and as many different
interests. and businesses and condi.
tions as ours. must of necessity be q
representative government. We now
have one branch of our national leg.
islature elected by the direct vote of
the people and one branch elected by
representatives chosen by the people
These representatives, before casting
their votes. have the opportunity OF
mature elaboration under conditions
that are not Influenced by the turmoil
and excitement Of great and confus
Ing general election.
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offer the best dinner ever given on the
annual harvest day. All the delicacies
OF the season are being prepared by
them and will be served Thursday be-
ginning at II o'clock.
The members Of the Associate Pres
byterian church held congregational
meeting Monday afternoon for the
purpose of calling a pastor. The mat
ter was not fully settled but the con-
gregation expect to be able to agree
upon a pastor soon, as all are anxious
for satisfactory adjustment Of the
problem.
T. C. Hammond was at Lovilia Mon
day on busine g.
The Abba high school foot ball team
will play Centerville next Saturday OF
the latter's ground A large number OF
rooters expect to accompany the team
Mrs. Monta Porter Robb has not yet
passed the danger point in her Illness
but there has been a slight change fol
the better in her condition.
Judge M. A. Roberts visited at Char
liton over Sunday and on account of 2
| five hour DELAY in the main service
was unable to reach here In time tc
| hold court.
Mrs. r. o. Weber of Eldon, who has
been the guest of her father, Geo
Hartzler and sister, Mrs. Cal Guthrie
returned home Monday.
Fred Griffin Of Chalfont, Pa. who
has been visiting at parental John HI
Griffin home, left for his home Mon.
day.
| Joe Doe. physical director of the Y
M. c. A. at Oskaloosa, accompanied b5
| his brother, Chas. Doe of Chicago
were guests at the home of thei
cousin Mrs. B. P. Cashier Sunday.
Mrs. ]. H. Garner has been sufferins
from a severe attack of tonsilitis.
r. G.. Morris left Sunday for lowe
City for a weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. p. Cashier will en-.
terrain the Five Hundred club a
i their home this evening.
/ Rev. III. G. Rise pastor of the Firs
Presbyterian church was. given a sur
prise Saturday evening. the occasion
being his birthday. The surprise or
/ iginated among the ladies OF the quilt
ing bee in the church parlors and the!
took with them their husbands to hell
along the good time. Ice cream cone
were served to the self-invited guests
1 William Head leaves this week t,
make a brief stay with his parents il
Oskaloosa where he hopes to regail
his usual health.
William Darby left Sunday for Chi
cago to accept position with whole
| sale house.
was used in the First Presbyterian
system was also initiated in the Sun
day school, but the necessary literatur
has not yet been received.
| Miss Arvilla Morris of Second Ave
west, will be absent from Abba TO
| several months
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else and practice. A person who thinks
he cannot concentrate his mind can at
any rate do so for a few minutes at Il
time and gradually increase the stunt.
With this crescendo principle, which is
athletes, but in the rebuilding of ner-
yous health, comes also the aid of the
principle of habit Each time we do a
difficult task it becomes easier to do it
again. What is new is always hardes7.
Fatigue and distress lessen with the
repetition of the same task; and so
work becomes supportable, comfort
able, acceptable. till finally we are back
in our normal position.-no longer
bearing up in spite of our work, not
being borne up by it.
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Even If that st. Louis priest is right
and Halley's comet is to do for the
world what Mrs. O'Leary's COW did
for Chicago, there is no reason why
we shouldn't go ahead and build that
interurban. If the comet sets our lit
tie globe on fire we won't have any
further use for money anyway. and
we might as we'll have little fun
hearing the interurban gongs ringing
in the meantime.
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AMONG THE MAGAZINES
,-e%A>-s-~.e-A-A-o->e-e ~ >-~-A-o-

| 1t Is possible to get most amazing
amount OF interest out of practical ar
ticles, when they are handled like those
which appear in Woman's Home Com
panion for October.
Such an article is that containing
William Armstrong; advice to the am
! bilious music student who wants to
study abroad. Mr.. Armstrong has made
careful special investigation, and his
advice Is to study at home first.
In Short Cuts to HEALTH" Dir.
| Woods Hutchinson waves a danger flag
over many popular old-fashioned rem
edies.
! why Left the Ministry" is a start
| ling confession by country parson,
who is anonymous for obvious reasons
Far from the country parson lies the
theatre of action OF Kellogg Durland's
story of Queen Elena
| Marion Harland at Chinon has writ
ten her big-hearted story of Joan OF
Arc.
4 Besides these. there are eleven spec
ial articles in this issue, every one of
which ought to be read and preserv-
ed.
Mothers will be pleased with two
new departments dealing with the
bringing up Of children, which begins
Jean Williams, MD, and Mary Louise
| Graham
The Idea Club will prove a source of
wealth to many church aid society.
But perhaps the best thing in the
whole issue is Myra Kelly's Games in
/ Gardens"-that wonderful humorist
never wrote anything funnier than this
| Ihere are also good stories by Mary
E. Wilkins Freeman, Katherine Hol-
land Brown. Temple Bailey, Mrs. John
/ Van Worst and Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Choice Cake Receipts" THE Formal
| Dinner" How to Furnish the Bows
Room the big Fashion department
each has in it something for every
! woman.
The general principal upon which all
/ work cure rests is the WELL grounded
/ hypothesis that the nervous system Is
at bottom like the muscular system
writes Richard c. Cabot, Md, in Good
i Housekeeping Magazine. We know that
a weak muscle is never built UP by
rest. but only by food and work. We
i know that weak joints and tendons can
only be strengthened in the same way
and that the conyalescent patient who
lis hardly able to stand upon his feet
when he first gets out of bed gathers
strength by using his muscles, even
when he feels as If this were impos-
lsible.
/ Now, there is abundant clinical evil
dence for the view that nervous
lstrength, the power of concentration
of application to a task, of the con-
4 troll of emotion, of decision, inhibition
land perseverance,. in spite of distrac-
itio;l and fatigue. comes only by exer-
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g e g CURES
-. -. - OLD SORES

II
directly
would kill
being morbid
which q
pollution
deposit circulation Old
blood faint
circulation completely When
healthy purifying
and Ulcers and medical advice to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA GA
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President Taft in his Portland
speech spoke of this land of the free
and home of the brave as these
United States" OF course, the presi-
dent is clearly within the proprieties
when he tacks the these" onto this
ge-lorious land Of ours, but bunch of
language like that doesn't listen we'll.
no matter what the grammar sharks
think about it.
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HIGHLAND

Richland-P. D. Wagner went to
Waterloo last week.
Mrs. Ada Drummond, who visited
home.
John Carmichael was an Ottumwa
visitor last Thursday.
Mr. and MRS. Ed Swank, who visited
a week in Washington with relatives,
are at home again.
Mrs. j. M. Harris and two daugh.
tiers and Mrs. Lulu Wentworth and
Adelia Pendergraft went to Ottumwa
Thursday to do some shopping.
A. F. Bridger and o. N. Johnson
were Fairfield visitors last week.
Mrs. Lydia Bales, who has been
visiting her daughter Clara in Des
Moines, returned home Thursday.
Next Tuesday night the first mum
Der of the lecture course will be pre-.
sented. Hon. George W. Thompson
will deliver his popular lecture, "The
Ways That VIM
S. J. Moore is in this vicinity from
Oskaloosa, visiting relatives.
A dramatic home talent is arrang
ing to put on play at the opera
mouse IN the near future.
G. N. Mills, Geo. Goodrich, Walter
Nordyke, Gilbert Jones and A. c.
Brady went over to WelIman Thurs.
day to attend stock sale.
James Davis and wife of Larned
Kansas, who have been visiting rela.
tives in Sigourney, came in Friday
to visit here before returning home
IL, =,
last Thursday to visit a couple OF
weeks with relatives.
The M. w. A. had an addition to
their order Friday evening after the
work. Refreshments were served and
a social evening was spent.
Floyd Kline was an Ollie visitor
Friday.
Miss Helen Wade of Cody, Wyo.
who has been visiting relatives here
for six weeks, departed Thursday
She will visit an aunt in Dudley be
fore going home.
Fred Bray and wife and Miss Pear
Bristow went to Fairfield Friday tc
attend the old settlers reunion.
| Miss Florence Jones has gone tc
Wayland to assist her aunt in the
millinery store.
Mr., and Mrs. j. F. McCarty, who
spent few days in Washington with
relatives, are at home.
Oswald Gruson and wife spent Fri
day at the old settlers meeting II
Fairfield.
| Miss Swain of Brighton was Wis
itor in town Friday. She has class
in music here.
Earl Pringle left last Thursday FOL
Central City, Neb., where he viii
visit his sister, Mrs Stacy Nc
Cracker.
Matt Cowquil and John Kent were
Sigourney visitors Friday.
| d. G. Olive returned Thursday
evening from business trip to AID
rian, Mo.
Mrs. Minnie Graft returned from {
business trip to Packwood Saturday
evening.
Mrs John Greenlee and Miss Doro
thy Tracy were shopping in Ottumws
Thursday
DR.. Sawyer was in Sigourney las
week on court business.
John Greenlee, one of the grand
jurors, who has just. returned from
Sigourney, says there are no prison
ers in the Jail at present.
An auto load of stock buyers cam,
down from Malcolm Saturday, look
ing after their business interests.
Mrs. George Trigg came hame from
| Oskaloosa Sunday morning after
/ few days visit with her son.
Elmer Steele, who went to Molin
Friday to purchase an automobile
arrived at home Sunday.
/ Franco Bridger of Washington Wis
j itnd hcro CI1rd q " rritI h x,n,.n,.
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ALBA.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Albia-Samuel Dana of Buxton is In
the Monroe county Jail awaiting the
outcome of the grand jury's investi-
cation of his alleged offense He Is
Charged with larceny.
Rev. R. T. Aiken of the United
Presbyterian church, conducted fun
.eral services over the remains of Mrs.
Pittinger Monday afternoon at the
home of her son Samuel Pittinger.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
church are making strenuous efforts to
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If every man had tried to live bet
ter life than his father did, says an ex-
change, what paradise the world
would have been by this time.