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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
MT. PLEASANT.

Mt. Pleasant-Glen w. Tallman of
this city will lead the 1910 football
team. He was the unanimous choice
of the squad at it's meeting Friday at
noon. Tallnlan has been playing a
great game at half this year for Yves
leyan and his choice for the honor was
a deserved one.
Tallrnan was picked for left half on
the All-Iowa second team by nearly
every football critic in the state, and
his name was used in the Register and
Leader of Sunday November 2Sth for
this position. He undoubtedly will
make one of the most efficient football
leaders that Wesleyan has had for
years, and around him will be built
up the 1910 team.
You can sell eggs. chickens, horses,
hogs, sheep, cattle, seed corn and all
kinds of grain, or you can exchange
Courier. Read the want ads today.
You have something you want to sell,
or there is something you want to
buy-write your ad and then count the
words and send it in with stamps to
pay for the number of insertions de-
sired.
When the old fashioned musket that
he was cleaning suddenly was dis
charged, Shirley Rogers Of this city
dlitlCSL llctu Oh III DiOWl lIpili HIS
shoulder. Not only the charge took eff
feet in the left arm below the elbow,
but the weapon burst into hundreds of
pieces filling the young man full of
slivers and making many small
wounds from bits of steel. After the
physicians had worked on him until
all that could be removed of the par
ticles was attended to. he was taken
home where it will be necessary to at
tempt heroic means to save the arm.
Unless blood poison sets in the doc
tors believe that he may not have to
suffer an arnputation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-07
IOWA CITY men
MEAN BUSINESS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IN
TERuRBAN ARE FILED

While the work is being carried on
in the Ottumwa- Oskaloosa line, the
elements are all in action to bring
about the construction of the bigger
line from Ottumwa to Iowa City. The
following dispatch from Pierre, S. D.,
will show what is being done by the
later project:
Articles of incorporation have been
filed here for the construction of a
new electric railway in Iowa, to be
known as the Iowa City, Ottumwa and
Southwestern Electric railway com
pany. 1t has nominal headquarters at
Pierre and business Office at Iowa
City. The incorporators are: S. j.
Smith, Roscoe Wilson, Frank Farmer,
Iowa City and G. P. Peterson of Pierre.
The proposed new line is to be eighty
miles in length extending from Iowa
City to Ottumwa, crossing the counties
of Johnson, Washington, Keolu6 and
Wapello. The company is authorized
to furnish electricity to towns along
the right of way, as well as to operate
an electric railway.
williamsburg Wants In.
Under the auspices of the Com
mercial club of Williamsburg, meet
ing of the business men of Williams
burg was held Thursday afternoon and
a. vote was taken whereby they pledg-
ed themselves to subscribe $4,000 of
stock in the proposed Iowa City-Ottlm-
wa interurban line providing a spur
should run to Williamsburg to connect
with the main line somewhere near
FrytOWn At present the town OF
Williamsburg has no railway outlet to
the east and is anxious to get in
direct communication with the towns
which will be tapped by the road.
Another meeting was held near
Frytown where the farmers are
anxious to get in direct communication
with the towns which will be tapped
by the road. Several of the promoters
from Iowa City attended the meeting.
Should the road be run to Williams
burg the spur to Washington is felt by
people of that city, almost sure to be
built also.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17

.orangeburg Clay" and I lacking his technical knowledge had agreed that 1t was livery like'' other land that had been pointed out as Orangsburg Clay. Simple red clay land it is according to farm parlance. that farming land which has so much body to it and which takes such excellent care of the fertilizer intrusted to 1t, and which feeds that fertilizer to the growing plants so judiciously. The old farm CTS tell you that this is some of the best cotton land in the world, not that 1t grows such big cotton weed. but its phosphate property somehow feeds the cotton plant In It's fruit partiou- larly and so increases the yield anS heightens the value of the staple. There are thousands and thousands of such acres in Henry County. and that is one of the reasons that Henry Ia now one Of the big rich agricultural counties of the State.
 Cotton had been grown on this acre the year before 1t was to become the most famous acre of farming land in all Alabama. Situated near the center of Abbeville and on, perhaps, the highest point of the town, 1t had years ago been the site of the ante bellum residence of former Probate Judge Owens. This acre had been practically covered with the old house. the yard and the out houses of the old
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17

these late days in December. One look shows that the corn was grown according to the Williamson method, because the theory of the Williamson method is to reduce the size of the stalks and give the surplus towards making the ears. The stalks were small when compared to good corn grown according to the old style, but some of the stalks nad as many as six ears. although such stalks were ex- ceptional. The stalks averaged at least an ear and half and perhaps two ears to each stalk.
 Endorsea WiItiamson Method.
 Mfr. vann gives his earnest. positive and emphatic endorsement to the Will iamson method. There has been some controversy on this point---sonia Gcv- ernment demonstrators criticising the williamson method, because of its .stuntingp feature. They say 1t is against nature. and, therefore. wrong. The stunting Is done by deep blowing. which throws the dirt away from the roots and which, as . matter of fact. kills some of the corn roots. What did Mfr. Yam think of this< disputed point, as practical farmer who had given the williamson method 6 prac- ticai demonstration
 "As firmly as believe that the Williamson method Is the best method
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17


 to make. At the market price Of corn. 75 cents bushel and Mir. yann says he thinks too much Of his corn to sell it at 75 cents a bushel-the yield from that one acre shows clear profit of $52. Certainly that Is better than try ing to raise cotton on land that is af- fected with the wilt root.
 They had good corn seasons, this past year in Henry County, the best they have had in many years. And to this extent MT. vann was favored in his contest. But 1t usually happens that the man who attends strictly to his business has the good luck. It's the man who is slack in his work that catches the bad luck.
 A revolution in corn making has been started in and around AbbeviIle--Mr. Yam is only one of several who have made notable yields according to the williamson plan. A second letter will in addition to the details of the Will liamson plan. recite some other suc- cesses achieved here under it's direc- tion. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17

owens place. But years sgo the owens home with all its fences. its stables and It's servant houses burned to the ground
 Ana since then the old lot has been steadily cultivated, usually In cotton becAuse of the red clay soil. The vann home is across the street which isads into the Eufauis road and fac- ing the small brag corn lot It is . mowers across the front and with waiks and fences well kept The house of farmer tells what kind of ( farmer he is. When a farmers house. yard and horss lot have . fraE- xIsdv torn and run down at the heel look 1t nseds no vis1t to his sorry 5 acreo to learn what kind of farmer he is. The neat and orderly vann homo showed that Mr. vann was the other Kind of farmer.
 Accordlng ts Rules.
 Tn the priss corn lot there is little more than an acre--perhaps an acrt and half. although MT. vann oi course. did not put any corn in the contest pile except that raised on tho one acre. According to the rules Iait down for the contest by Commissioner T.. A. Wiikinson. Mfr. vann. when hs signified in the spring his purpose oi entering the contest named Q commit tee of two reputable citixsns to meas ure the acre. watch the crop and weigf the corn when the crop was made. MT vann selected as his committee Messrs Y. R. ward and W. c. Bethune. than whom there are no men of hig~si standing in Abhevilie. When they measured the prize acre they naturany enclosed the best corn in the patch but they did not "shoe-strins" the braa patch. The acre when msasnred ief' off . stretch of the corn field at the upper end, and 1t was very nearly square, 207 feet by 210 feet.
 Many of the stalks are still standing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17

ever devissd tor the growing of corn,
 as firmly as believe that it will raise twice the corn st halt the cost. | believe that the "stuntinG" part of
 the method is its best feature" said
 Mr. vann. ~As I said. followed the
 Wfluamson method In letter and in spirit. when 1t said blow deep next to tho roots and throw the dirt back. I plowed deep and threw the iirt back.
 Al one time cams near losing my
 nerve The corn grew red In color
 like these snf9eer kfllsr'' potato vines
 and it locked lflcs N was going to
 burn up. but stuck lt out And saw
 the corn srow steadily In spite of the
 drastic treatmant which had been given 1t. The ~stunting~ b one of the
 finest thsngs about the Williamson method. take my word for it"
 Thsro was lots of blowing on that one acrs--much plcwing in preparing the land, much in "stnntinG it. much blowing in shaping the land up for the application of nitrate of soda In an other letter. for tho guidance of such as would like to emulate the success of Mir. vann, the details of his work in foiiowfn. the williamson method 1. will bs set down accurately and in fun. And much blowing" will be found in following, the plan from the time the land is broken until the corn crop is laid by.
 .There is too much blowing in this to suit me-" some of my netghhors told me. said Mir. vAnn. "But they said that when was making the crop. I think they have changed their minds now, and some who talked of the extra work. have seen how their yield
 of corn could be Increased at less
 cost. They will All be growing corn
 according to the Willtamson method
 next year. unless miss my guess"
 Mfr. vann's corn. after counting in the cost of all the fertilizer which he used so heavily. after every bit of the
 expenses cost him a cents bushel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17

necessity. It is asandier land than the land in Abbevflls and somehow the wilt root---ws call 1t the "blaek root" got Into my cotton. cnoldn't raise cotton with any pront. with the wilt root" troubling my crop every yeer So I vent in for corn and hogs ! have becn accus- toned to raise between s.Ooo and 1.oeo pounds. of pork every year and to cell 1t at profit. My hogs are Of q nne puroo Jersey strain and found that It was money In my pocket this year to sell the pigs to my neighbors. " down this year to 4.o00 pounds, in spite of . fine corn yield not only on my brag acre, but on my farm as we'll"
 This is set forth to show the man. ner of farmer fs the man who beat ~ his fellows in raising corn and in proving the merit of tire Willtamson method 1t is set forth that the farm CT who had sense enough and nerve enough to go to raising corn and hogs when his cotton land failed him. and who had the energy and tenec1ty ts pursue 'high tension" farming meth ods was inc man to denonstrats the Williamson method and try for ths true according to tho old Southern adage that there is moro in the man than there is in the Iand." t is appro priate that we should look the man over for a few minutes before con siderinr the land. Having seen that the man in this case Is practical every day hardworking. and tenacious Ala hama farmer, we can look at tho man. ner of land that he used to raise one hundred and. forty-two and a half bushels of corn.
 n Town of Abbevi1le.
 arh. land fs within two city, blocks of inc Henry County court house. The r,vernrnent expert had walked over 1t a few hours before and had called 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
Wnrransr Trial Postponea.

Cincinnati. Dec. 16.--The trial of Charles F. warriner. charged with embexzling $ea3.0O0 while treasurer of the Big Four Railroad. was post poned today account of the absence of his counsel. A new date for the trial will be fixed later. The trial of Mrs Jeanette Stewart Ford was set for De- cember 27. It is understood the wo- man will be tried on the charge of blaclmall only.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
PATIENT PRAISES WAY
 HOSPITAL IS CONDUCTED

Mayor Gunter and Clerk King of the Montgomery Sanitary Department pride themselves on the manner in which the emergency hospital is com ducted. The receipt of congratulatory and complimentary letters from those treated there for smallpox and other virulent and contagious diseases is not an infreqnent occurrence. but soiuona are the letters so satisfactory as one received Thursday from James B. Barley, a clerk in the ofiice of the su- perintendent of the Western of Ala hama Railroad. who was recently eon- fined at the emergency hospital while Ill with smallpox. The letter isS as follows:
 T have just returned after six teen days stay at the Montgomery emergency hospital where I was con- fined with very bad case of small pox.
 T owe Mr. Manning and Mir Him derer a lifetime of thanks for their untiring efforts to do everything pos sibls to make me comfortable. and too much can not be said in praise of the care that was bestowed on me by Many the nurse.
 T was the only white patient there, but my lones0meness was offset by the kindness that was shown me by those in charge"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
T,ewia |. Re-rler4rll.

Plttsburg, Dec. lG-From retalrna received here today from various parts of the country 1t Ia apparent that Thomas L. Lewis has heen re- elected president of the United Mine Workers Of America. Tho exact llg- ures win not Do made public until ef- ter the Arat of the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
COATS RELINED
 BY HOyT's DYE WORKS

Don't discard a good coat or over coat when the lining wears out. Send it to Holt's Dye Works to Dc refined.
 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
A rnW pAYs oNLY

FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY We Wigl Express You Prepaid Twelve FULL QUARTS 100 Proof Gln, Rye
 Or Corn N1hlasEey For eT.S5 In Piain Box. 0rsn Trading CO, Pensaeela, Fla.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17
n Town of AbbcviiIe.

The land Is within two city, blocks of inc Henry County court house. The royernment expert had walked over 1t
 d few hours before and had called 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-17

The famous c. B. 2. Brand Of solid red ripe hand packed to- msfoes, No. 2 cans. Per case 74 cans $I.45; per dozen zSc; per csa ..........lC'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
MEAGRE SUPPORT BLOCKS
FAIR POULTRY EXHIBIT

Secretary H. Dickinson of the Walla
Walla Poultry association. announced
today that the local fanciers of high
bred birds and members of the asso-
citation would have no exhibit entered
for the Seattle exposition, the request
of the association for a special appro-
priation of $3v. from the fair commits
sioners having been denied. During
the poultry show held last winter it
was stated that the highest scoring
birds and the winners of premiums
would be given exhibit space at the
big fair, but owing to the financial
outlay required and the meagre sup
port granted, the plan has been aband-
oned.
The tenth annual show of the asso-
citation will be held January 1922,
1910, when H. H. Collier, of Tacoma,
viii act as judge. assisted by William
Purdy Of Ferry, Washington. Thirty
silver cups will be awarded
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
CHAIN GANG FOR
CITY PRISONERS

the "undesirablcs'' from this section.
Owing to The limited number of in
ma es that the city Jail will accommO-
date, and to the further fact that
meals cost money with nothing in re-
turn, it is thought thai. action will be
aiken in the near future whereby the
men who fall into the meshes of the
police net will be furnished with en-
ployment that will, in a measure, COM
pensate the city for the outlay for
food and lodging.
1--WE could handle the harvest trans-
tents all right" said one of the officials
this morning ''but with hundreds of
undesirabless drifting in to secure work
on the various railway enterprises, it
would take less than a week 10 fill the
Jail to it's capacity The chain gang
method appeals to me as being one OF
the most effective means for keeping
hose people from the city, as it will
certainly become known among that
harmless, but obnoxious class, that
would be most concerned"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Detective Burns Says the
Plans of Prosecution
Leaked Out.
DEFENSE KNEW ALL
ABOUT THE RAID
Documents Were Rushed to
Places Of Safe Keeping
BY Employees.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.-Detec-
tive Burns, of the graft prosecution,
today declared that a traitor in the Of
flee of the district attorney was
bribed by the United Railroads graft
defense to reveal the plans of he pros
ecution to raid the office of Patrick
Calhoun, Saturday and Sunday. Burns
said that owing to this the search for
the s'o'en papers was not more fruit
full They got the news of the raid
plans Friday night. Detective Burns
said:
''They had plenty of time to remove
much of the evidence we were seeking.
Luther Brown, head of the United
Railroads detective bureau, took a
load of documents in a rush to his
mothers home in San Leandro where
they are guarded today George Fran
els. chief clerk to Calhoun, took an
other load to Hotel Holland, where it
is locked I'm safe.'' =
Burns says he is investigating the
leak in the district attorneys Office
and a sensational exposure may fol-
low.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
MONTH HAD A MEAN TEM-
PERATURE OF 48 DEGREES.
Precipitation Was the Heaviess 70
Several Years-More Than Two
inches Fell.

According to the figures compiled by
Weather Observer Grover the month
just closed, was the. warmest for
March since 1905, which had a mean
temperature of 49 degrees. The mean
for last month was 4S degrees. Not
only was March unusually warm, but
the amount of precipitation, 2.02 inch
.es, was heaviest recorded since 1904
when All inches fell. =
The highest temperature recorded
last month was on the 25th when the
mercury reached the 81 degree mark;
lowest point registered by the juice
was 20 degrees on the 18th. The
greatest daily range, 81 degrees was
recorded on the 23rd, and the least
daily range of IL degrees, came four
days previous. The mean temperature
for March in 3S years has been 46 de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
MARCH MONTH
WARY AND WET


grees, with an absolute maximum of
70 degrees, and an absolute minimum
for the month in tl.u came length of
time of 2 degrees.
In addition TO the 2.02 inches of rain
fall, 0.S of an inch of snow fell, the
greatest precipitation in "a hours hav-
ing been on the 3rd and 4th, with O.66
of an inch. The average rainfall for
the month in 81 years has been 1.72
The total from September first to date
has reached 11.20 inches, and the aver
age in the same period is 1888 inches
There is a deficiency from September
1, 1908 to date, as compared with the
average of corresponding period of 0.63
The average for 36 wet seasons has
been 1859 inches.
Winds have prevailed from the south.
with a total movement of 4717 miles
and an average hourly velocity of 6.3
miles. The maximum velocity for five
minutes was recorded on the 3rd, with
"a miles an hour from the southwest.
March brought Is clear days, 13
partly cloudy days and cloudy days
There were days on which .01 inch
or more of precipitation occurred, four
thunderstorms, light frosts on the s.
II and Is and heavy frosts on the
and 1S, none of them being killing
frosts, however.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
STOCKMEN ARE BUSY
GETTING HERDS INTO
SPRING PASTURE.
Number Of Cattle on Range
Considerably Less Than
That Of Last Year.

Following the opening Of the We
1, cattlemen are now busy moving
their herds from the winter quarters
in the valley to the summer pastures
and for this purpose the offices Of the
forest supervisor has been kept un-
usually busy lately, filling out permits
for the various stock men of this Sec
ton of the country.
A decided shortage in cattle is no.
ticed this year, for whereas there We're
permits for $4,000 head to range on
the Wenaha reserve last season, there
are but about 5000 out this year. This
is said to be due to the fact that the
smaller cattlemen are not able to run
stock on a small scale and spend what
proceeds they make out of the en-
deavor, buying high priced hay for
winter use.
The punches on the range this year
average from lone jersey muley cow,
as one permit called for, to herds of
$50 head, this last being the biggest
herd on the reserve. While the noun
tains in the vicinity Of the Mill creek
headwaters are we'll filled and are ac-
commodating all the stock they are
capable of caring for, the other por-
tions are unusually short in point or
numbers and show decided decrease
over last year.
The Wenaha reservation comprises
some $4,000 acres of land and is sit
uated in both the states of Washing
ton and Oregon, the greater part ly-
ing in Oregon. A large force of rang
ers and guards must of necessity pa
troll this immense domain necessarily.
on the lookout for forest fires and also
see that there are no cattle on there
that have not been authorized by the
sunervisor. Although the squad OF
rangers has been off duty for severai
months this winter, they are now OUT
in full force and are busy laying on
certain boundaries that as yet have
never been surveyed.
Until June 10, when the sheep men
are permitted to run their herds. the
stockmen have free access to any part
of the range authorized in their per-
mits, but after then greater care must
be exercised. There is constant
clash between these elements and trou-
ble is only averted by all of the herd
ers keeping their cattle and sheep In
their respective domains. The govern
ment apportionment allots to each par
ty about one-half of the reserve, CIV
in gthe sheep men the right to run
their herds on the top and about half
way to the bottom Of the ridges, while