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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30
Wapello County is Well Represented
at the Various State Institutions

Wapello county has sent 1874 people
20 the various state institutions under
the direction of the state board OF con.
| troll. OF these eleven are at the SOL
dlers Home fourteen at the Soldiers
orphans Home, three at the Institute
for the Feeble Minded Children, one
at the State Sanatorium, twenty two
at the industrial schools, forty seven
IN the hospital at Mount Pleasant,
thirteen at Knoxville, twenty one at
~. Madison, and two at Anamosa.
The Board OF Control of State In
stltutlons. as created by an act Ct the
General Assembly eleven wears ago
consists of three members appointed by
the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate. and serve for six years. The
present board is Hon. John Cownie, of
Iowa county, whose term of office ex-
pres next year; Hon. Clifford S. Rob-
inson, of Woodbury. county, whose
term expires in 1912; Hon. John t.
Hamilton, of Linn county who has
lye years to serve yet, but last week
Mr.. Hamilton placed his resignation in
the hands of the Governor.
Ihe Iowa Soldiers Home at Mar
shalltown, Charles c. Horton, COM
mandant, has S44 persons in the Home,
n1nety-nine OF whom are women. Not
all the people know that the United
states government pays to the State
the sum of 500 per year for each male
inmate in the Home who has served in
any war in which the United States
was engaged. This amount is used as
part of the support fund Of the Home.
The state appropriates SIS per month
for each member. and $40 for each
officer and employee.
The Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home,
at Davenport. Frank j. Sessions, sup
erintendent, has 500 children enrolled.
COnnactn6 with ;,. n
course of instruction of high standard,
and also kindergarten for very young
pupils. A library of well selected juve-
nile books is provided. The regular APP
preparation for the Home is S12 per
month for each inmate with transport
tation charges paid each way. The
county from which the children come
are liable to8the state to the sum of six
dollars per month, except soldiers
orphans. who are cared for by the
state. The children are well provided
for and all the clothing is manufacture
ed at the Home.
The College for the Blind at Vinton,
Joseph e. Vance, SUPERINTENDENT has
1877 pupils enrolled. The appropriations
for each inmate at this institution is
$22 er month for nine months of the
year. The school begins in September,
and closes in June, and while it is very
much desired that students be present
all the year. they may enter at any
time, and will be released at any time
upon the request of the parents, or
guardian. The musical department is
well supplied with every kind of in
struments and every student who so
desires it is given a complete course in
music. There are also the industrial
departments where instruction in sew
eral lines of domestic work is given
the girls, and several trades for boys.
The advantages of the college are free
to all children of the state, either
blind, or of defective vision, and par
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

ents are only asked to pay transporta-
ton charges, and furnish clothing If
able to do so.
| The School for The Deaf, at Council
Blufrs, Henry w. Rothert, is superin-
tendent The enrolment is 243. The
| appropriation for this institution is
S22 per month for the school year for
each pupil. There is no charge for
board, or tuition. All children deprived
OF their hearing to the extent of be-
ing unable to receive education in the
| common schools are admitted to the
institution.
The Institution for Feeble Minded
children at Glenwood, George Mod
ridge. Is superintendent. The enroll
ment Is 1893, and the appropriation is
$12 uer month.
The State Sanatorium for the
treatment of, tuberculosis at Oakdale.
Harry q. Kirschner, M. D., superin-
tendent, was opened February 1. 1908,
and has forty-fiye patients. The APP
$50 per month.
The Industrial School for Boys, at
Eldora, and the Industrial School for
Girls, at MitchellvilIe, together have an
enrolment of 500. The superintendent
at Eldora is w. L. Kuser. and the
superintendent at Mitchellville is Miss
Hattie Garrison. The appropriations
for the boys and S16 per month for the
girls. These institutions are not prisons
nut reformatories for juvenile Offend
ers, with a compulsory education. The
hayward and criminal children are
brought under Christian and moral
teaching, both by precept and example,
and the moral. intellectual and the in
dustrial education is carried on at the
same time. Any child between the ages
or seven and sixteen, who has become
habltually vagrant, or disorderly, or
any child over nine and under sixteen,
convicted of any crime may be COM
mltted to either of the institutions.
Liberal provision is made for paroling,
and discharging the children, after
one years training.
The State Hospital for the insane at
Mt. Pleasant, Charles S. Apologize. M.
D., is superintendent. The inmates here
number 1892. Since 1906 the hospital
for inebriates here has contained only
females, and they number twenty.
The State Hospital at Independence,
William P. Compacker, M. d. is super
intendent. There are LAP inmates
here, and the regular appropriation is
S12 per month for each patient The
hospital for inebriates here and at
Cherokee, closed in 1906 at the time,
the institution for inebriates opened at
Knoxville.
Inc state Hospital at Clar1nda, Max
e. White, M. d. superintendent. The
patients here number LOAF, with the
allowance of $12 per month for each
patient.
The State HOSPITAL at Cherokee. M
Nelson Voldeng, M. D., superintendent,
the number of patients being 84S. BY a
rating according to he population of
the institution, the allowance here is
$13 per month and when the patients
number over 800, the allowance will be
'S12 per month.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30
BLOOMFIELD.

&.
Bloomfield-Dr. and Mrs. j. G.
Christy of Memphis, Mo-, are visiting
at the j. C. Shook home near Steuben.
William Buckles, formerly agent al
the K C. depot in this city, now of
Centerville, who has been seriously i'll
with typhoid fever is recovering.
The Baptist ladies served meals in
the Blue Front store during the re-
union.
G. w. Phelps of Linnville a. has
bought the John H.. Plank insurance
agency. Mr.. Plank has been in the
insurance business in Bloomfield for
thirty-five years. 9
General Cyrus Bussey of Des Moines
visited at the DR.. H. c. Young home
while attending the Old Settlers re-
union. DIR. William Young, DR.. III. @.
Young's father. was warm friend of
the general being clerk at his head
quarters during the war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30
THE woRLDs PROGRESS.

y Such events as the Hudson-Fulton
centenary serve good purpose If they
do no more than show us the wonder
full progress made since the days
whose anniversaries are celebrated
This progress brings us proof that the
world is growing better as time rolls
on. The progress which has been
made has been of a nature that bene-
fitted the common mass OF humanity.
Golfers points this out in calling at.
tention to some of the things we have
come to take for granted, among them
our paved streets, our city lights, our
sewers, our museums, theaters, cheap
books, cheap newspapers, stoves,
matches, riding plows, reapers, cotton
gins, bath tubs, lower death rates, bet
ter housing, shorter hours, higher
wages, kinder treatment, libraries, re-
ligious liberation, schools everywhere,
colleges, chloroform, asylums, houses
of refuge, sewing machines. Who
realizes, says Golfers, that up to 1880
there was not on any American line n
single locomotive regularly at work?
The electric car in now among the
commonest sights Of every day. In
1886 there were but two such lines In
.IHG sUultSu SIcISSs 1AO IClOPiiohS
dates from 1877.
A clearer idea of the worlds pro-
gress is given by mention of some Of
the notable inventions of the past. The
list Includes:
Gunpowder invented by Bacon ;. 1857
Columbus discovered America ;. 1892
Hudson discovered N. Y. harbor. 1909
Printing, first authentic record :. 1920
Gravitation discovered by Newton1684
Steam railroad, by Stephenson. 1914
Steamboat, Fulton In America. 1907
Telegraph, perfected by Morse. 1874
Telephone, perfected by Bell -. 1876
Gasoline motors ............... 1873
Electric motors, perfected ...... 1S45
Automobiles, perfected ......... 1895
Wireless telegraphy, successful. 1902
Flying machines, successful -. 1908
North pole discovered by Cook. 1908
North pole discovered by Peary.. 1909
The events Of this wonderful year
now drawing to a close, give assur-
ance that the world is moving forward
to greater achievements. The TWEEN
tieth century is yet young. Who
knows what, wonders it may unfold.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30
A MACEDONIAN CALL.

o, Williams Jennings Bryan, they
Are holding dress conventions
And have some fearsome things &C
say
About their style intentions.
The milliners likewise will meet
And formulate the bonnet,
With everything from brass to wheat
Conglomerated on it,
We men must sit with feeble hands,
Our lips in fear much quicker,
Unless some one who understands
Will hasten to our succor
The orators on hat and dress
Have told with fire and passion
That things are in sorry mess
Again they've changed the fashion
The dresses will be made on plans
Which call for two opinions
One-half is backed by Louis Quinze,
Who ruled Ger vast dominions.
But left us only dress and chairs
And many spicy scandals;
The other half takes Grecian airs
And hints Of robes and sandals
But William Jennings Bryan, now
Fame taps YOU on the shoulder
And duty bids you make your bow,
May courage make you holder
And lead you to the meeting place
OF these who rule the ladies'.
(The bills we menfolhs have to face
Are-pardon us-are hades!)
Come on, o daring William j.,
And tell these fashion bosses
They cannot drive the men this way
Heed opportunity before
She yields-she is a goddess
And fits in through the open door
To buy a hat and bodice!
Chicago Post.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30
ii1 wheat; three light frosts this v.eelx
nuI early corn is all out of Adannan 80

h tait wheat; three light frosts this week.
ouI 1 eariy corn is all out of danger.
otlgnt, sunshinf days, but the temper.
a azure at night has been near the frost
me; corn maturing nicely; tho binders
are az ~ now running and large her cent
oi .1e crop will be in shock. y fS<S
j, APPANOOSE (Centerville) -f,Ighf
showers ,h,5 on 21st and 22nd, but remain
ger or week was ideal for farm worls
and ., ,ripening the corn, which is praeN
tlcally out of the way of frost; wheat
shd rye seeding nearly completed.
DECATUR Gamoni) blight frost in
low places on the morning Of the BAD
ran nan or the corn is safe from frost INT
tne remainder is fit only for fodder:
some fodder being cut; pastures reyiv.
ing: apple and potato crop varied:
grape crop good, but not a large weld
RlNGGOLD Ont. Ayr)-Rafn .52: no
frost yet; corn is ripening but some of
u would need another summer to make
ANYTHING; considerable fall wheat
sown.
lNote.-This will be the last issue Of
the Bulletin for this season1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

than America. The report OF the COM
mission will be awaited with interest
In the middle west, which is now
wide awake to the Importance of i'm
proving It's waterways, as congress
sional action, upon which prosecution
of the Improvement work hinges, will
be based largely on this report.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

Members of President Taft's party
have sent word ahead that the fancy
dishes be cut out where dinners are
part of the program. The president
has evidently found out that steady
diet Of banquet spreads is not good
for the presidential digestion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

IF Japan is to choose an affinity
among the nations Of the world
said visiting Jap at a Chicago ban
ouet, '1et it be the United States"
This might be satisfactory in Japan
but judging from recent events on
the Pacific coast it might not be ac-
ceptable on our side
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

novelists, says a Chicago Tribune par
agrapher, could take that Abruzzi's
unfortunate love affair in hand and
bring it to a happy conclusion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

Colorado and Alaska don't seem te
have anything on Ottumwa. We've goI
a little gold mine of our own.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

Commander Peary continues to as
sert his peevishness. Mr.. Peary is not
what you would call a graceful loser.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30
From Richard Watson elders "Grov

From Richard Watson elders "Grov
er Cleveland: Conversation-Let
ters," in the October Century.
One Of the most interesting DAYS
ever spent with Mr.. Cleveland was the
day of the dedication of the Grant
monument 1t was the 9th Of April
1897, in the month after his retirement
when he thought he had reason
to feel disappointment at the lack o,
understanding and appreciation of his
own public service President Mckinley
was to make an address on the occas-
ion. and Mr.. Cleveland, who was lust
beginning his life in Princeton, had no
duties to perform except to be present
as guest of the city. Having beer
designated by Mayor Strong to act as
as attendant upon the. President. J,
accompanied him in the parade, anG
witnessed the extraordinary reception
rendered him by the people of the city
along the line of the procession. The
demonstration was, indeed, revela-
ton of the true feeling of the great
masses of the people for the man. ]
could see that he was very deeply
touched
While we were alone at luncheon
that day he talked in the tone Of APP
probation of his fellow workers in his
ldSI ADMINISTRATION. IN speaking OF
Mr.. Carlisle, he said he was perfectly
sure of his disnterestedness. His very
last speech of the oath of April, he
considered a new proof of this. He
might have said to himself that the
whirling of time that brings such
strange things around, might bring
something to him. Nevertheless, he
was perfectly outspoken and frank
Carlisle might have said, There is no
necessity for me to add my sound :
money record Mr.. Cleveland said
that he only wished the public could
have been behind the scenes and have
heard all their talks together.
M. Cleveland's mind had carried him
back to the days of stress when the
secretary and the President We're bat
ting together in the interest of sound
money and other causes dear to the
Presidents heart; and thereupon he
gave utterance to the most memorable
words of self-estimate I ever heard
from his lips:
I'VE are Just right for each other; he
knows all I ought to know, and I can
bear all we have to bear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

sionally bustard, rose near by. bril-
liant roaers, sunbirds, bee-eaters and
weaver birds flew beside us. or sat
unmoved among the trees as the
train passed. In the dusk we nearly
ran over hyena; year or two pre-
Vlously the train actually did run over
noness one night and the conductor
brought her head in triumph. In
fact, there have been continually mis-
maps such as could only happen to a
railroad in the Pleistocene!-F
African Game Trails" by Theodore
Roosevelt in the October Scribner
The October American Magazine
contains a very remarkable and i'm
pcrtant historical interview with John
Brown, Jr., the Oldest son of the John
Brown Of Civil War fame and glory.
Miss Eleanor Atkinson is the inter-
viewer and regarding the physical
appearance of his father, she reports
oohn Brown, Jr, as saying:
After 1856 he was usually in rass,
unkempt gaunt, much older in every
way, than his years. In Kansas he was
a hunted man, price upon his head.
HH laid out in swamps with a handful
OF men, and suffered much from fever
anG ague. His hair and beard grew
long and wild. and turned gray This
MADE MIN look very strange to us, for
ne never wore beard at all until he
went to Kansas. He was naturally
fair, with gray-b blue eyes and brown
halr. He was only five feet ten and
when In full yigor weighed only one
hunored and forty pounds, but the
"offlcials' who had warrants for his
arrest in Kansas. were looking for
fierce, dark man about seven feet high
such was the terror he inspired. He
was known throughout Kansas-went
into towns when 1t was necessary to
do so, went in and came out unmo-
Tested. Armed posses with warrants
were afraid to take him. And every
one who saw him described him differ
emily.
1t was singular thing that men
who knew my father we'll in days be-
fore the free-soi struggle began, when
ne was quiet business man here in
Ohio, Massachusetts, and New York
state. We're never able to describe him
accurately. People usually thought
him taller and heavier than he really
was. One or two have spoken of him
as massive and dark, a powerful
man. 1t was his aspect that gave this
impression. His head was well UP, be-
tween square shoulders: he had fear
less, challenging look, firm mouth. a
jaw thrust forward. No one could see
nm and not know him for a resolute
man. But old-old! In Kansas he
was called odd Man Brown" He was
only f1fty-nine when he died, but he
looked to be seventy"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-30

o, Williams Jennings Bryan, they
Are holding dress conventions
And have some fearsome things 4
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-18

the reason that there were no supplies in
springs OF any consequence on the mar
ket during the previous week. Any advance
registered Monday, however, has vanished
before the onslaught OF packers during the
last few days. and the spring lamb mar
ket IL right around a quarter lower than
last weeks close,
The advance in sheep stock has further
served to narrow the spread between
sheep and lambs. The sheep market has
continued to advance elnce the opening OF
the week until yesterday, when buyers Ell
fected a iO7lbc decline. The sheep level
shows a clear bulge OF about 25d4Oc over
last weeks close.
AS was noted yesterday, the bulk OF sup
plies this week has been range stock,
mostly wethers. Receipts for the week
are 5000 head, as compared with 5000 head
OF last week. and almost 1900 head OF the
corresponding week OF last year. A com
parison OF range sheep values a year ago
with current prices indicates that TINS
years market Is about f.0aLG higher.
Quotations on range sheep and lambs:
Good to choice spring lambs, SLSOqS 10;
fair to good spring lambs, t6.8qI.6Oi gooo
to choice yearlings, IS. 4oq5 80; fair to good
yearllngs, S.oOq6. 40; good to choice wethS
ers. -. 70Q5.10 fair TO good wethers, ~ SG
10; good to choice ewes, A.l5Q4.bO; talr To
good ewes, 50 .S5d4.16.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-18
OMAHA GENERAL MARKET.
staple and Fancy Prices Fur
nished by Buyers and Wholesalers.

BUTTER-Creamery, No. l. delivered to
the retail trade In lib. cartons, 25hsc; No.
l, in 6O-lb. tubs, 26c; No. 2, in lib. cartons,
24c; in 6o-lb. tubs, 23hc; packing stock,
lsc; fancy dairy, tubs, lsQ2Oc; common
roll, fresh made, 17hc. Market changes
every Tuesday.
EGGs-Fresh selling stock, candled. 19c.
No storage stock In Omaha market,
twins, l5c; Young Americas, 4 In hoop,
l519c; f~avorite, 8 in hoop, Ice; daisies, 20 in
hoop, l511c; cream, brick, full case, 15c:
block Swiss, 15c; full cream limburger, l6c.
POULTRY-Broilers, loo; alive, springs,
l3hc; hens, l2hc; cocks, &c; ducks. lie;
geese, loo; turkeys. l9c; pigeons, Per doz,
65c: guinea fowls, per doz., $3.50; squads,
per doz., 81. Dressed hens, lie; springs,
l2ql9sci cocks. 614c; ducks, lie; geese. lie;
turkeys, 21c.
FISH-Fresh caught. almost ali are
dressed: Halibut, SC; buffalo, &c; trout.
l2c; bullheads, lac; catfish, nc; crappies,
sunfish. &c to sc: black bass. sc: white
fish, 1Sc; pike, Rc; salmon. l4o; pickereI,
l0c; frog legs, S6c. Fresh frozen; White
fish, No. l. lOci round. &c; pickerel,
dressed and headless, &c; round, Go; pike,
dressed, Toe; round, SC; red snapper, nc;
Spanish mackerel, 1sc; native mackerel.
MEAT CUTs-NO. / ribs, l5Ae: No. .
No. 2 loin, lac, No. s, loin, lOho; No.
chuck. 66hc; No, z chuck. 5hc; No.
chuck, 41ac; No, / round. loo; No. 2 round
oECB NJ o lOuhu' oNSB NJ 1 pldbes OAc
No. 2 plate, 5Ac; No. 3 plate, +1sc.
CITRUS FRUITS-Lelnons. $3.50Q4.5Oi
oranges, s.. 7544.O0.
FRESH wberries, S2.75aa2
per crate of Missouri and Arkansas stock
Florida pineapples, lss to ass, as pei
crate; grape fruits, 50 size, per box, =; a
size $50; 81 size, IS; bananas fancy Port
Limon, per pound. &C.
VEGETABLES-kansas sweet potatoes
81, 70 per Dbl. California celery, large, VOC
smaller, COO. New York Holland seed cab,
bage, 7hc per ID. Wisconsin Red Globe
onions, &c per Id. California cauliflower
$500 per crate. Tomatoes, Florida, 6-baske
crate, 500. Lettuce, per doz., 40c. Par
ships. turnips, carrots, 75c per dozen. Flor
ida new beets, carrots, parsnips, Iurnips
etc, per doz., 75c.
POTATOES-Weak; 25Q5c.
HIDES-Eo. / green. l0c; No. / cured, lie
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-18
NETWORK STOCKSAND BONDS
Union Pacific Stock Scars to Record
Price Level.
NO EXPLANATION MADE OF IT
Mere RumOr of Intended Dividend
Increase Seems to Have Been
Canse of Movement-Day
in wall street.

NEW YORK. July r7-Union Pacific
usurped the place in the market today
that had oeen held for several days by
United States 'Steel. The diversion tended
to correct a one-sided appearance, more
marked because sluggish price movements
went with the small operations, In the
general market.
Union Pacific scared to new record price
levels on very animated business, but with
out any authentic explanation for the rise
in new Developments regarding this prop
erty. A movement in this stock aways
serves to revive a series Of rumors often
heard OF intended dividend increase. The
recent general rise In the market has In
cludcd stocks held in the Union Pacific
treasury and seN eral Of these are subject
in their turn of rumors OF coming dividend
Increases, which would rebound to the
benefit OF Union Pacific income.
That company, in common with other
Southern Pacific stockholders, was a sub
scriber for its full quota OF southern
Pacific convertible bonds, which were al
lotted to stockholders at s6, and have since
sold above 105. Reports circulated but
without official confirmation, that Union
Pacific had marketed its share OF these
bonds. with corresponding benefit to It's
treasury.
The sympathetic response TO the Union
Pacific movement was somewhat desultory
and was most distinct in the railroad list.
United States Steel touched %, lettering
its record price by a fraction, but profit
taking In the stock was plainly manifest
under cover of the Union Pacific move,
ment. Only about 81, 0oO,O 900 of the expectel
$780, 900 cash decrease was traceaole III
the bank statement and the loan contrac-
ton minimized the effect of this on the
surplus reserve item.
Bonds were firm. Total sales, par value,
SO, 1886, 900. United States rs have decllned
Y and the As coupon " per cent on AL
during the week.
Number of sales and leading quotations
on stocks were as follows: