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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
MARS HILL.

Mars Hill-There was church at
Mars Hill Sunday afternoon conducted
by minister from Ottumwa. There
will be preaching next Sunday at 8
o'clock.
Mrs. George Deiters is on the sick
list.
Miss Maine Denning, who is work
inr near Hedrick, has been visiting
the past week with her sister Mrs.
Crawley.
Miss Bessie Fleener, Miss Clara
Deiters, Matt Alcott and Earl Sheets
spent Sunday with Miss Minnie and
Harry Mowery.
Iva Turner returned home from
Highland last week and her mother
Mrs. F. w. Turner took her place car
ing for Mrs. Harvey Turner who is
very ILL.,
Mrs. Conley Shank of near Agency.
returned home last week from visit
with her son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Shank.
Stuart TeesGale and Frank Bowers
are putting in bridge in this vicinity.
Mrs. German who has lived in this
vicinity for a number Of years pass
ed away Wednesday May 26, 1909,
after lingering illness. He is sur
vived by his wife and family and
many sorrowing friends. Interment in
Mars Hill cemetery Friday.
Mrs. Denening is very Ill at the
home Of her daughter Mrs. Crawley.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
MAJOR ME,es, EXPLORATIONS.

The Burlington Hawk-Eye is inter-
ested in the river explorations made
by Major Meigs and it believes the
people of Iowa should be interested il
this work. "It Is an absolute fact,
says the Hawk-Eye, that the average
Iowan, who interests himself in the
progress of the world, knows more
about the Congo or the Nile than he
does about the Iowa or the Cedar.
Some people seem to know even less
than the average. For they protest
that the whole thing is humbug, ard
that these streams are not navigable." J"
The Hawk-Eye notes that these peo-
pie who see nothing but foolishness
in the governments plans live in
towns that have been so unfortunate
ly located that they have not even a
mite of a creek in the vicinity. Major
Meigs, it declares, having explored the
Des Moines and found it navigable,
will now turn his attention to the
Cedar, the Iowa and other rivers CT
which practically nothing is known at
the present times, and all Iowa should
be interested in his findings. The
Hawk-Eye continues:
The fact Is, that we are simply re,
discovering the rivers. 1t began with
the Missouri. And now some of the
beautiful streams Of Iowa are being
rediscovered. The motor boat will
prove a powerful factor In the rehao.
llitation and reopening of the, ,e
streams, and in very few years
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
M'kENZiE CLELAND'S MAGAZINE
ARTICLE.

Chicago Inter Ocean-The difficult
ties Of the up-to-the-minute idea in
magazine-making are amusingly H.
lustrated by an article in the current
issue of the chief eastern monthly or
gan of the uplift.
The article is entitled "a Court That
Prevents Criminals" 1t is published
with special editorial approval. Its
author Is the Hon. Mckenzie Cleland
of Chicago.
The court presented as a model is.
of course, that over which Judge
Cleland lately presided. The article
is devoted to an exposition of Mr..
Cleland's notion that justice should
not be administered in accordance
with general rules which every man
may know, but according to the per-
sonal conceptions of the judge-that
the judge should not be an officer Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield-The Decoration day pro-
gram was held at the court house
Sunday afternoon and the assembly
room was taxed to it's utmost capacity.
Hon. N. e. Kendall delivered a splen-
did address.
Mrs. Flora McAchran entertained
the Friday afternoon club at the
Davies home. The rooms were beauti-
fully decorated with honeysuCkle Mr..
and Mrs. S. F. Mcconnell were guests
Of the occasion.
Mrs. Geo. Phillips gave an afternoon
reception Saturday in honor Of her
sister Mrs. Ruby Tillmont of Moravia.
Mrs. Milton r. Harris Of West
Grove visited in Bloomfield Saturday.
J. w. White of West Grove who has
been very sick is improving.
Mo-, last week to attend the Osteo-
path convention which was in session
last Friday and Saturday.
Master Leith Thompson Is the guest
Of his grandparents at Mt. Sterling, Ia.
A baby cyclone struck Davis county
Saturday right about 10 o'clock doing
considerable damage. A fiue and part
of the roof of the Geo. Ware residence
was torn off in the this city The
village of West Grove suffered much
loss on account of the storm. Barns
were torn down and other out build
ings were wrecked Guy Gleason's or
chard was destroyed, every tree being
uprooted. The Village Of Steuben was
entirely wiped off the map.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Eichelberger spent
Friday in Ottumwa.
The w. p. G. entertained the G. A.
G. at the G. A. r. hall last Friday
night and a very pleasant time was
enjoyed.
Mrs. Paul Rhodes of Milton is the
guest Of Mrs. Vira Rhodes and her
mother Mrs. Joe Hill for a few days.
Mrs. r. B. Tucker has been a guest
of her parents at Delta, Ia the past
week.
Mrs. Golden Prosser of Ottumwa re-
turned home Sunday evening after a
few days spent with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. S. s. Stanley.
Mrs. G. D. Firestone of Columbus,
Ohio, is in Bloomfield visiting friends
and relatives.
Mrs. G. W. Thorn of Keosauqua
came Saturday to visit relatives.
Miss Miriam Young went to Hut
Gibson. Kansas Saturday to visit her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
cHILLlcoTHE.

Chillicothe.--Will Layne, only child
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Layne of this
place, died at 9 p. M, May 30 The
funeral took place today at 2 p III,
from the M. e. church.
Mrs. D. N. Biggs is sick at her home
with scarlet fever.
Mrs. William Waddington departed
Tuesday for visit with her sister at
Portland, Oregon.
Joe Sweeney went back to the hos
pital in Ottumwa again Thursday and
was again operated on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark and Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Clark visited at the
Ramsey home, west of here last Sun
day, May %.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03

thousands of Iowans, who know notn-
ing of Iowa, and who spend their va
cations elsewhere, will put in a por-
tion of the summer discovering and
exploring the hitherto unknown. wa
ters Of the state Of Iowa and they
will marvel greatly how so much Of
real beauty could SO long remain hid.
den and undiscovered.
Instead of scoffing at the work thai
Major Meigs is doing, the Hawk-Eye
believes that it ought to be source
of pleasure and qualification to every
loyal Iowan. And no one" it con.
cludes, "ought to jump onto the
work, simply because he lives in a
riverless town."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03

selection. Rev. Guy Winslow of the
Presbyterian church read the scrip
lures and Rev. Bevan offered prayer.
The church was beautifully decorated
in the class colors, orange and black
On Tuesday evening the Alumni as
sociation held their annual banquet at
the Y. NJ. c. A. hall. The hall was
tastefully decorated in the class coll
ors and pennants. Over one hundred
were present and the seniors were Civ
en- a hearty welcome. Following Is the
program and the menu:
Address OF Welcome--Pres. j. w.
Wood, 'S5.
Response-W. A. Chamberlain, 'o9.
State College. Ames.
Orchestra.
MENU:
Fruit Salad
Pressed Chicken Escalloped Potatoes
Waldrof Salad
Radishes Olives Rolls
Crushed Strawberry Ice Cream
Coffee Cake Orange Sticks
The eighth grade graduation was
held at Bridal's opera house. The class
play THE Heavenly Twins" was given
in good shape. Wilbur Post read the
class prophecy. Miss Esther Printz, the
history. Twenty diplomas were
given the class by Secretary Of the
Board g. F. Pulliam. who also made a
few pleasing remarks. The orchestra
rendered the music with good results.
Miss Ruth Lunar sang a solo.
On Thursday night the Methodist
church was overcrowded and many
were turned away. The senior class
met and marched into the church
while the orchestra played snappy
march. Tile church was decorated in
the class colors.
The grades held their exercises at
the high school chapel Thursday after
noon.
Other News.
Mrs. Ralph M. Davis is up from
Crescent, Okla, visiting relatives.
Ray Davis was down from Abba
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Doss were down
from Abba Sunday visiting at the
Cloud home.
Forrest Riddle is in from Lincoln,
Neb., where he visited his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Riddle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
CAN THIS BE TRuE7.

In the foreign page of the Chicago
Rec rd-Herald yesterday there was
an Illuminating bit Of news, descrip-
tive of house warming given by the
Duchess of Marlborough, don't you
know. After telling of the gowns
worn by some of the distinguished
guests, and describing the improve
ments about the place the Record-Her-
aid article went on to say:
The bathroom, the walls of which
are entirely of marble, with a gallery
at one end for the band, was decorat-
ed with red roses, smilax and green
foliage. Here more than 800 guests as
sembled.
Now who would want 900 guests pix
ing around ones bawth room when
one was splashing in ones tub? And
what would one want with a bally lot
Of bounders pouring band music into
ones water filled ears?
One wouldn't, would one? Thera-
fore, there is suspicion that the Chi
cago paper must have meant some
thing else when it spoke of the bath
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03

the law but a despot whose benevo-
lence must be assumed, though 1t can
never be proved to be inyariable.
Judge Cleland characterizes the es-
tablished methods of criminal proce-
dure as Centuries behind the times"
because they are not infrequently
found to infiict' more actual suffering
upon the criminals family than upon
the criminal himself %FlSsHsis51g 1gY
That such is frequently the case is
undeniable. What is ignored by those
who resent this consequence of law
breaking is that precisely this effect
of crime is one of the strongest deter
rents of crime.
That this is so every man has but to
look into his own heart to realize.
There is not q grown man living, with
sufficient strength Of will to do any
thing positive, who will not confess, IL
he will look back and tell himself the
truth, that at least once in his life
he was deferred from a criminal or
vicious act by the thought Of the suf-
fering or shame that the detection of
1t would bring to those he loved.
1t is unnecessary to discuss the ir-
relevant case or two cited by Judge
Cleland in support of theory which
ignores vital factor in maintaining
something like reasonable decency,
sobriety and obedience to the law in
human conduct. 1t is especially un-
necessary because Of what has hap
pened since Junge Cleland penned his
article.
Then Mr.. Cleland presided over To-
cal misdemeanor court, which he was
managing according to his peculiar
personal ideas of Justice" That made
his contribution acceptable to the up
to-the- minute magazine editor, for he
could be represented as one speak
ing with authority.
Since then 1t has been found neces-
sary to remove Judge Cleland from a
station which gave him direct control
over the liberty of the citizen. His
infringements Of the constitutional
rights Of citizens, and especially in
cases where the accused were poor
and ignorant, has gone beyond the
limits of toleration.
And since then the people of Chi
cago, who know Judge Cleland and his
work better than any other people pos
sibly can, have clearly indicated their
intention to retire him from the bench
and to suffer him no longer to be
judge over them. And this was no sud
den or angry decision. 1t was reached
after experience and reflection
The position Of the up-to-the minute
magazine-maker who puts forward the
Hon. Mckenzie Cleland as the chosen
apostle of new dispensation of jus.
tice is made sufficiently ridiculous by
the facts. But 1t has It's public
utility. 1t calls attention to the com
pleteness with which the Mckenzie
Cleland notion of Justice has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
AMERICAN VS.. FRENCH ROADS

The Office Of public roads of the de-
partment of agriculture is authority
for the statement that the average
cost of hauling farm products over the
100000 miles of wagon roads In the
United States is 25 cents mile per
ton, as against 12 cents mile per ton
in France. The department, making
it's calculations on this basis asserts
that If our roads averaged up with
those Of France we would be gamers
of over $3,000,000 annually.
1t has been found that only 100000
miles, or about per cent Of the Amer
ican roads, are improved. Each year
shows an increase in this mileage, and
there is hope that a better showing
will be made by this county in few
years as the roads once improved are
never permitted to return to their
original bottomless state. Every mile
of road constructed then, is a perma-
nent Improvement The day of the
time honored method of plowing up
dirt roads each year and nearly ruin
ing them, fortunately, is passing and
the split log drag and other civilized
methods of treatment are coming in
to more general use. The department
of agriculture is taking up the good
operation with communities ambitious
to have better roads is doing it's part
in educating the people to the use OF
better methods in road building and
improvement.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
coLU M BIA.

Columbia.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. Grooms recently, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thomas and son
Walter departed Thursday in an emf.
grant wagon for Minnesota
Mrs. J. H. Olney is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Gardner are Wis.
iting in Ottumwa.
Several from this place attended
the Gardner funeral in Ottumwa.
Elmer Miller, south of this place Is
quite sick.
The preaching services at this place
will be in the morning next Sunday
and children's day will be observed
Sunday, June 20.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
TO THE sENTIMENTALIsTs.

Cedar Rapids Republican, there
are any sentimentalists in the city
who believe in the modern theory
that criminals are more sinned against
than SHINING, and that the doors of
the penitentiaries should be constant
ly swinging outward, we wonder what
they think of the numerous perfor-
mances that have been going on IN
this community during the last week.
Do they think men capable of ruthless
ly entering homes, armed to the teeth.
and ready to commit murder-to slay
priests of the Most High, are capable
of reformation? If they do, they are
scarcely worth wasting time over.
America has simply gone to the
limit in it's maudlin sympathy for
criminals. The writer was talking yes
terday to man who recently return
ed from trip to Scotland. He said
that as he and his son were passing
by the Edinburgh prison the gates
were opened in order to admit some
one; and his son asked the keeper at
what hours visitors were received,
The man looked at him in blank
establishment. Finally when he had
recovered himself, he said: 81 do not
know what you mean" There was no
such thing as visitors day at that
prison, and this man referring to the
incident said: "They call the meth
DDS of Great Britain harsh; but when
a man is convicted of crime there
he is simply buried from the world.
No pull can get him out Pardons are
the rarest things, and scarcely ever
granted except upon evidence that a
mistake has been made by the trial
court"
In dealing with such brutal crimi.
nails as every burglar must be, this
should be the rule in every country.
We have erred upon the side of mer.
cy. We have made mercy a joke in
this country. It is time that every or
gan of public opinion that can be en-
listed in the cause should put forth
every effort for return to sanity
along this line. We have for the last
ten years been precious near insane
upon this matter of dealing with
criminals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03

1t is not only the business man or
the large property owner who should
feel an interest in the meeting at the
Grand opera house tonight when
George Landis Wilson will speak on
"City Building" Every citizen is vi
tally interested in the subject that
Mr.. Wilson will discuss.
Discussion of and action on the
interurban question form part of the
plaus for the Grand opera house
meeting tonight. Every man in Ottum-
wa is interested in securing an inter
urban connecting Ottumwa with some
of the neighboring cities. Show this
interest by attending the meeting to-
night
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
ALBA.

Albia-Chas. Phelps of Oskaloosa
was in the city Friday.
DR.. S. NJ Kink, proprietor of the
King treatre, has purchased a new
auto.
Dallas Richardson, who served with
the First Iowa Cavalry in the Civil
war, died verv suddenly Friday morn
ing. His heart had been troubling
him recently. which was the cause of
his death.
L. D. Lmley Of Melrose was in AL
bia recently.
after business matters in Abba FRI
day afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
GRAM AT SEYMOUR

Seymour-All ex-soldiers and Wom-
ems Relief Corps will assemble at
post headquarters at 9 o'clock a. m.
and assist in preparing flowers for
in front of post headquarters at 10
o'clock in the following order:
Mendoza Marshal band,
William Kellogg post
Womans' Relief Corps,
Flower bearers,
Sunday schools,
Civic organizations,
Citizens.
March to the cemetery under COM
mand of the chief marshal.
Arriving at cemetery, procession will
surround Soldiers monument, flower
bearers occupying the inner circle.
members of the post next, Relief corps,
Sunday schools, citizens.
Song by ladies chorus and twining
Of wreath.
Ritualistic ceremony.
Distribution of flowers.
Decorating soldiers graves.
Reform procession and march back
to post headquarters and disband for
dinner.
AFTERNOON.
All ex-soldiers and Womens' Relief
CORPS meet at post headquarters at
1880 p. m. and march in body to the
Methodist Episcopal church. where the
following program will be carried out:
Song by ladies chorus.
Invocation-Rev. G. H. Varce.
Reading Lincolns Gettysburg ad-
dress-J. Silver.
Song-Ladies chorus.
Oration-Purlie Rinker.
Song-Ladies chorus.
Recitation-Miss Jane Caldwell.
Song-Miss Clair and Master Edgar
Johnson.
Benediction-Rev. A. B. Whitmer.
Other News.
]. X. Green and family Of Corydon
visited the first of the week at the
home Of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Green.
Kerby surprised her with a china
shower Wednesday evening in honor
Of her approaching marriage.
Rev. B. F. Miller will hold the 3rd
quarterly conference at the Methodist
church in Seymour Monday May 81 at
1880 p. m.
Robert E. Dunlap, the Chicago evan
gelist who held meetings here last
winter, has made arrangements to
erect large tent on the Baptist
church grounds and will begin sum-
mer campaign on May 81. He will have
for assistants Prof B. ]. Babbitt, mus
ical director, Jack Riley Of the Pacific
Garden mission and others.
Mrs. B. F. Palget of Guymore, Okla,
came in Thursday to stay with her
husband, who had surgical opera
ton for necrosis of the bone of the
left leg, performed some time ago. Mr..
Padget is getting alone nicely
Mrs. Velonna Green sold her resi-
dence property in the East part of
town the first of the week to Joe De
M;.rkie Of Numa.
James Baker and daughter Thora,
former residents of Seymour, now of
Spokane, Wash. are visiting relatives
an old friends In and around Sey-
mour.
Births Of the week: Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Baker, son, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Maddalazzo daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs. F. M. Johnson, son.
F. G. Nelson of Ringwood, Okla is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Belle Stanton
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carter have proved
up on their claim near Carthage, Ok
lahoma, and are now at home in Sey-
mour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
WILL DRAG ROAD.
N. o. johnson is Being Praised by
Motorists for Making Thorough
fare Possible Near His Home,

Owners of autos and lovers of the
motoring sport are loud in their praise
of N. o. Johnson of Agency for his
public spiritedness in keeping tho
roads about his place and covering a
couple of miles in that vicinity we'll
dragged and in fit condition for travel
at all times. The road has been tiled
and dragged by Mr.. Johnson who has
made two types of road drags of his
own invention. Arrangements have
been made by Ottumwa motorists to
have carload of cinders from the
Ottumwa Railway and Light Co, placed
on the old Burlington right or way,
and Mr.. Johnson has agreed to drag the
road for few miles and scatter the
cinders over the surface of the road
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03

class. On Saturday evening the Alumni
association held reception for the
graduates at Woodman hall, Masonic
temple, the program of which follows:
Piano solo-Nellie Jamison.
Address Of welcome-Lulu Hamil.
ton.
Response-Will Caldwell.
Vocal solo-HazeI Wickham.
Piano solo-Ernest Donald.
Toasts. III
'99-Sylvia Mossersmith. -.
'00-Rose Gump. ,sjS@yt
'05-Grace Voyce. l.ss fsEiS.S
'06-Stella Ross. iGS,i9SE gsSs
'07-Glen Ruby. s'b,SgIS SSS
'0S-Hiram Rogers.
'09-J. c. Fox.
Other News Of Interest.
Considerable damage to property re-
suited from the storm Saturday even
ing. Large trees were uprooted, build
ings unroofed and barns blown down.
U. H. Hiatt and wife Of Moravia WIS.,
tied from Friday until Sunday at the
c. A. Hiatt and Asa Butler homes.
Mary Yenger, who stays at the John
L. Toilette home, went to Blakesburg
Friday to visit her parents and friends.
John Shea of Blakesburg visited the
Tom LaFollette.
Mrs. Susan Miller Of Ludwig, Colo,
is visiting her aged mother, Mrs. Clar-
ence, and other relatives.
j. F. Barnes of Centerville was a
business visitor in Seymour from
Wednesday until Saturday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-06-03
OTTUMWA MUST HAVE AN in.
TERURBAN.

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tumwa ought to have and great
many things Ottumwa should nave,
but there is one thing Ottumwa MUST
have at the. earliest possible moment,
and that is an interurban line connect
ing it with some of the surrounding
towns. Ottumwa needs this and ot-
tumwa is going to have 1t, and every
effort of every man In this community
should now be concentrated and dl-
rected toward the end that OttumWa
get an interurban line.
Communities do not grow or gain
simply because they do not lose. If
community stands still for year, 1t IS
worse off at the end of year than 1t
was at the beginning of it, because 1t
has got it's wheels stamped down and
rusted in the ground and 1t Is going
to be harder to get 1t started at the
end Of the year than 1t was before II
stopped and was not rusted in. OF
tumwa must not allow itself to be
dead one. The only way for a town TO
not be q dead one is to be live one,
and the only way for man to be a
live one, Is to not be dead one.
The reason that the American In
dian Is not citizen, is that he will
not quit being an Indian, and simply
because he will not quit being an In
dian and get into the game of Amer
ican citizenship, he is. as general
proposition, absolutely worthless. The
only ones that are worth anything, are
those that are trying to act like CIV
llized American citizens. In the same
way, the only man that Is worth any
thing to the community, Is the man
who is trying to do his part in bearing
the responsibilities of that community.
The Importance of an interurban
line to some of our surrounding towns
concerns every man in this city who
is working on a salary, or is engaged
in business, either wholesale or retail,
or has an investment of any kind in
this community.
1t is conceded by all that an in
terurban helps the growth of every
town that it goes through or into. 1t
intensifies population all along It's
route and it makes town or city
easy of access to the party who lives
along Its line. The wholesaler is in
terested in his local trade, that is, In
the amount of goods he can sell to the
retail stores In his own city. If these
stores sell more goods, then the whole
saler likewise sells more goods and
the sum total of the profits of both
wholesale and retailer is expanded.
An interurban gives the outside peo-
ple a chance to come to the retailer
and get advantage of choice from his
whole assortment of stock and In this
way the interurban is benefit to
both the customer and the retailer.
Again, If the interurban business
helps build a city and makes 1T grow,
1t is helping the man who gets a
salary. AS general proposition the
bigger the city, the bigger the salary;
the bigger the city the greater the op-
portunity. But we must bear in mind
that we have got to be big enough to
take advantage of the opportunity and
help boost 1t along, and all do all we
can toward getting every proposition
that aggressive people of the commun-
ity are trying to bring into our midst.
We of Ottumwa now have the op-
portunity to get our first interurban
and we must be business people
enough to take advantage Of it.