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A MANS OPINION.

DR.. w. A. Bartlett, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Chicago
believes that we have no business to
laugh at the nose rings of the head
hunters of the cannibal lands, who
otherwise dress simply when ''in a
Christian land with supposed civiliza-
ton we will permit ourselves to be
distorted from all real beauty by
fashion SO barbaric that we need mis-
sionaries from darkest Africa to bring
us back to the simple life"
The doctor continues vehemently
to express his opinion of present day
fashions in the following words:
When you stop to consider it the
who!e outfit is absurd. All natural
is either false or built up like the head
dress of the South Sea Islanders.
The hat which rests on it is like
the nest Of an eagle upside down
with the eagles On top, the garments
are often clinging like those of one
who has been drawn out of the water.
and the heels of the shoes SO high that
the gait is that of kangaroo.
1t would seem that some Edgar A.
Poe of fashion after taking sufficient
drug to bring wild visions, weird and
strange, produced the most fearful de-
signs that a morbid mind could
imagine, and then fashion decreed that
they should be worn.
The Chicago divine expresses the
matter just about the way the average
man would do it, only the average
man could not think of all the pat ex-
pressions that go with the 3 orators
vocabulary. But here is a question
on which mere eloquence is useless.
The fair sex will continue to wear the
things the modistes and the milliners
says they shall wear and if mans
artistic eye is not pleased he can find
satisfaction in the knowledge that he
does not have to wear them, and let
| it go at that
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OF special interest to the old soldiers
of Ottumwa and WaDello county is an
article which appeared in recent is
sue of the Toledo News-Bee under the
caption General Sherwood To De-
mand Dollar-A-Day Pension For Vet
erans" The item is of still further in
terest to Ottumwans as General Sher-
woods article contains letter from
Congressman Nate 3. Kendall of Al
bia to T j. Hall OF Ottumwa in re-
gard to the proposed bill Congress
man Kendall has been in Ottumwa
several times of late in conference
with local veterans in regard to the
dollar-a-day pension bill which he will
introduce at the next session of con-
gress This is similar to the pro
posed Sherwood bill During the
Civil war, Mr.. Hall, who resides at the
corner of Ottumwa and Wapello
streets, was member of Company III
111th Ohio infantry and J. R. SHEER
wood was his superior officer MI.
Sherwood represents the Toledo dis
trict in the lower house of congress.
The article follows:
To the Editor of the News-Bee:
For the benefit of large number
of veteran soldiers who have written
me as to the prospects of my dollar
a-day pension bill | ask space to state
that when congress meets in regular
session, December 6, | shall introduce
two bills of like import.
Zone is to be referred to the military
committee. and one to the committee
on invalid pensions, containing the
provisions of my dollar-a-day bill, ex-
cept the limit of service for beneti-
Charles will be fixed at one year, IN
stead of IS months, as provided i'll
the original bill of December, 1907.
1T will be remembered that the mill,
tary committee of the house of rep
resentatives, by vote of ten to nine,
reported in favor of many Of the pro,
visions of my bill i'll February. 1903
The bill would have passed the house
had Speaker Cannon allowed vote
after it had been placed on the honse
calendar with the favorable report
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kEOSAUQUA.


Keosauqua-Dr. e. e. Sherman, ac-
companied by Mrs. Alvah Smith of
near Keosauqua and Miss Jessie Nc
Carly, aged IL, of Mt. Zion to Keokuk
Tuesday where they will both undergo
a surgical operation. the little Nc
Carly girl to have an arm amputated
at the shoulder. Miss Eva Sherman, a
trained nurse of this place will have
charge Of both patients.
Miss Clara Harrison went to Leando
Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving
with friends.
Mrs. Anna Dibble and daughter
Ruth, Miss Lizzie Meredith and father
Leroy Meredith went to Eldon Thurs
day morning to spend Thanksgiving
with their sister Mrs f. E. Hills
Mrs. w. ]. Boele and daughter Dor
othy OF Bonaparte were in the city on
Thursday to spend the dav with the
formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
F. Smith.
If you have any apples. potatoes,
iellies, or you want to furnish butter
or eggs regularly to some one in OF
tumwa, you can find good customers
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Geo Findlay went to Mt. Pleasant
the first of the week to look after his
| hardware store that he recently pur-
| chased.
| Rev. Paul McBeth returned Friday
| to his home in South Dakota after q
several days visit with his father
| Capt VIM. McBeth and brother Atty
/ r. r. McBeth.
]. H. Lands left Wednesday fol
| Brooklyn, Ia. to spend several day.
with DR.. A. G. Lands. His daughter
| Miss Madge Lands who is a SUDDEN
| at Grinnell and son Gene of Ames vii
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Secretary Stecher's Letter to City
Solicitor Sparks on Telephone Service

Acknowledgement of the shortconl-
ings of the Ottumwa plant and prom
1sed remedy therefore, are contained
in the letter received by City Solicitor
Clyde G.. Sparks from Henry w. Stech-
er, secretary and and treasurer of the
Ottumwa Telephone & Electric Co.,
from his offices in Cleveland, Ohio. The
letter was not presented to the COM
mittee of the whole last evening, due
to the lengthy discussion of the water
works proposition. The matter, how
ever, will be brought to the attention
OF the council at an early meeting.
Stecher's Letter.
The letter of Mr.. Stecher, void of a
portion that is of no general interest,
is complete as follows:
Cleveland, Ohio, November &c.
Clyde G. Sparks, City Solicitor.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Dear Sir.-I am in receipt of your
favor of the 22nd inst. relative to the
service of the Ottumwa Telephone Il
Electric Co.
las secretary of the company, and
on behalf of the stockholders thereof,
desire to state that we are aware OF
the shortcomings of our plant, and are
straining every point to make it pos
sible to overcome some of the physical
defects which result in bad service.
"On my visit to Ottumwa short
time since, together with a special
committee from the stockholders, we
made very thorough investigation OF
the complaints and troubles relative 70
our plant and are convinced that =
majority of the physical troubles could
be obviated by making certain i'm
provements which will involve an ex-
penditure of between $4,000 and $50,
900. Said expenditures also providing
for very pressing requirements for
the present and future in the way of
increased facilities for new subscrib-
ers, which at present, we are almost
absolutely unable to furnish.
Regarding the service in the ex
change, am sincere in stating that
after thorough investigation, we felt
that much of the criticism which had
been heaped upon the present mana
ger and his assistants, has not been
deserved by them, although I do not
claim that the service is perfect The
greatest difficulty being some inherent
defects of the plant which we will
remedy at the earliest possible oppor-
tunity.
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BIRMIN CHAM.
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Birmingham--Mrs Robert TroppinH
of Burlington is visiting relatives and
friends in town and vicinity
Miss Lillian Gilchrist visited the
first of last week with her sister Mrs.
Shreve in Bloomfield and Mrs. Iva
Evans at Troy.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Jessie Johnson and
Irwin Danilson at the home of the
bride, north of town, Wednesday, Dec.
1st.
IL you have any apples. potatoes,
or eggs regularly to some one in O
tumwa, you can find good customers
by putting a want ad in the Courier.
Q. S. Calhoun went to Kansas City
last week to meet Mrs. Calhoun who is
returning from visit with her sister
Mrs. Murphy at Vinita, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Gould a highly
respected couple who have lived south
of Birmingham nearly ever since Iowa
became state. Will celebrate their
golden wedding December 1st
Mrs A. Parish of Stockport visited
last week 81 tow with her sister
Mrs. Bert Sherman
Misses Fannie Hughes and Patti
Sherman are visiting friends in Hills
boro during vacation.
Prof. c.. K. Hays visited ThanksgiN-
ing at his home in Salem.
Miss Mary Hill of Bonaparte visited
here Thanksgiving with Miss Berthe
Sisling.
Mrs Kerr and son are visiting at
Hillsboro with relatives and friends
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full page Child Painting in colors by
Jessie Wilcox Smith, two pages of
profusely illustrated humorous verse
by James Whitcomb Riley, and an
amusing story in pictures. Their
Christmas Visit Home
There is good, Chrstmassy fiction
in this issue by Myra Kelly. iona Gale,
Hubert Footner and John d. Barry.
There is a serial by Katherine Hol-
land Brown, and a detective story by
Anna Katherine Green, which proves
once more this writer's genius for
novel and intricate plots.
The glamour that surrounds all
queens is particularly strong about
the supposedly romantic Queen of
Italy That glamour fades away be-
fore the trenchant pen of Kellogg
Durland. who calls here the most I'M
popular queen of Europe.
Cincinnati is a happy city-accord-
ing to Wonans Home Companion. IN
vestigators have gone there to live,
and they tell in this Christmas issue
why Cincinnati is q fine American
city. This is the second of a series of
articles on American cities and is in
vivid contrast to last months article
on Pittsburg.
Lyman Abbott has a Christmas
talk and there are more of Edward
Everett Hale's delightful Reminiscent
ces.
This issue is essentially a Christmas
one, and filled with new ideas for
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CEDAR ROUTE 1.

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Cedar Route No. 1.-The Sunday
school class of the Christian church
was entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Citizens, five miles south
east of Kirkville. Those present We're:
Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. j. Newell, Mr.. and Mrs. J. N
Lathrop, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Citizens,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Clark, Mrs. Myrtle
Thompson, Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Citizens,
Mrs. Dute Ruble. Mrs Etna Newell
and Mrs. James Reed Misses Laura
Zentz, Katie Calvin, Grace Parks,
Bertha Parks, Lula Parks, Arilla
Newell, Margaret Ward, Miss Burns
and Miss Baker. Messrs Harry Reed,
Ray Sears, James Hopp, Glen Citizens,
Clarence Reed and the pastor Rev.
Carl Smith. Refreshments were served
and a very enjoyable evening was
spent The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Bert Armstrong,
Thursday, Dec. 2.
If you have any apples, potatoes,
jellies, or you want to furnish butter
or eggs regularly to some one in OF
tumwa, you can find good customers
by5putting a want ad in the Courier.
Chas. Dawson has purchased the
Arthur Brown farm south of Kirkville,
paying 500 an acre for it.
The Royal Neighbors lodge helped
Mrs. D. Owens Of Kirkville quilt last
week.
Rev. Carl Smith baptized some of
the new members of the Christian
church Saturday of last week.
Frank Carnes has rented the 100
acre farm of Jacob Ross for the com
| ing year.
MIR. and Mrs. j. l.. Moore have re.
turned from a very pleasant trip 10
Raleigh, N. c., and other points in the
east.
Sunday visitors at the N. j. Brown
home were: Mrs. John Ross and
daughter, Miss Viola; Misses Grace
and Helen Frye, Miss Anna Pumpkin
and Miss Virgil Tucker.
| You can sell nuts. shelled or in the
shell, by advertising them in the wwani
ads. Write and tell the Courier what
| you want to advertise and it will be
attended to.
i George Ward and Henry Sheafe
were caller in Oskaloosa Sunday
Rufus Sheafe arrived home Satur
day and will spend a few days al
home.
Bert Wards team ran away Satnr
1 day, causing slight damage.
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THE wATERwoRks QUESTION.

OILumWallS are Vlldlly luLSleoISu AZ
the negotiations between the city coun-
ell and the Public Water company
which have resulted in an exchange OF
propositions relative to the purchase
of the waterkorks plant by the city.
Ottumwa should go into this matter
thoroughly before decisive action is
taken. The water situation in this
city admittedly is grave. Repeated
complaints have been made that the
pressure is not adequate for proper
fire protection. The quality of the
water furnished patrons has been poor,
especially in the seasons of high
water.
But before the city council closes
any deal for the purchase of the plant
or for calling a special election to act
on the waterworks purchase question,
the advice of expert engineers should
be secured and it should be definitely
known just what value should be
placed upon the property of the water
company, what expenditures additional
to the purchase price would be neces-
sary to give the right kind of services.
and what increase in the taxes would
be necessitated through the acquiring
of the plant.
Il Ottumwa must determine. too,
whether it is ready to go into the
waserworks business; whether it has
realized just what it means to begin
such an undertaking. No solution Of
the waterworks problem would be
found in the purchase of the plant ii
the experimenting and managing OF
the plant were made matter of poll
tics If the posts that would be filled
in the event that the city should
acquire the plant were to be utilized
in furnishing a job for this good fell
low, or that good fellow, with con-
slant changes to supply place for
another good fellow, Ottumwa might
be placed in a position where it would
find the service worse and the cost
higher than at present.
The only way the city could sue
cessfully manage its own water plant
would be by realizing at the start that
1t was up against straight business
proposition and govern itself accord
ingIy. In the first place, practical
waterworks men would have to be
secured who would not be thrown out
of their positions with the first change
in election results. The city would
have to conduct its waterworks bust
ness in as aggressive manner as the
affairs of the gas company, the
electric light company, and telephone
companies, and other public service
concerns are conducted. In times past
when the city had lamps on. the
corners and mules hauling it's street
cars, it was not thought necessary to
advertise and solicit patronage for
these utilities. But the public service
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CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS.

The Consumers league, which is
credited with being the pioneer organ
ization in the agitation for early
Christmas shopping, has issued a cir
cular in which it makes the following
suggestions:
i. Buy early in the season and
early in the day.
2. Send packages two weeks ahead,
marked Not to be opened until
Christmas"
3. Minister to actual needs. Give
chiefly to children.
A. Choose presents having either
usefulness or beauty
5 Demand articles which have been
made and sold under conditions fair
and wholesome to the worker.
6. Remember that Christmas is OF
noble memory, not an occasion for
display
1t might be added chat but twenty.
two days remain in which to do your
shopping.
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tumwa, you can find good customers
by putting want ad in the Courier.
Wilbur Davis and wife spent
Thanksgiving with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Davis.
Mrs. ]. S. Redfern of near South
Ottumwa, is visiting with relatives and
friends at this place.
Mrs. o. G. Dickey is seriously ill
with pneumonia.
Milton Clark and daughter Ivyl were
Ottumwa callers Saturday.
Mark Winner shipped cattle to Chi
cago Sunday.
o. g. Prunty and VIM. Riley were
passengers to the county seat last
Thursday
Miss Ethel Widner was an Ottumwa
visitor recently.
Carl Huff ofG Des Moines spent
Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. w. Huff.
F. L. Warder and wife spent
Thanksgiving in Ottumwa.
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DIN their father at Brooklyn.

join their father at Brooklyn.
G. r. CARPENTER OF Buck Grove. Ia.
has purchased the John Anderson
farm consisting of 1870 acres the price
paid was $3.50 ner acre.
Mrs. G. NJ. Eastman will leave this
week for Plattsville, Wis, to visit her
husbands parents. who will celebrate
their 5oth wedding anniversary Dec.
8th
Miss Carrie Hanson OF Keokuk came
Wednesday to spend Thanksgivins
with Keosauqua friends.
Capt. w. A. Duckworth of this place
bought $50 acres of white oak timber
of j. S. Reno. The timber is along the
Rock Island railroad between Eldon
and Clifford. Mr.. Duci1worth will soon
nave sawmill and crew on the
ground for reducing this timber into
railroad material.
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Hopewell.-Frank Samples and wife
spent Thanksgiving day at the Ed.
Ballard home.
A. j. Walker returned home We'd
nesday from Pella to remain until
over Sunday.
Mrs. Ollie Burgess and her mother
Mrs Samples, have returned from
Taylor county, where they were called
by the illness of their sister and
daughter.
Rosa Walker and Jim Graham re,
turned home Monday from Ernest
Walkers.
Chas. Worrell and family were Wis
itors at the Walker home Tuesday.
Little Harry Helmick is new vic.
tim of measles.
Mrs. Lannon's and daughter Emily
spent Thursday afternoon at Emma
Walkers.
Among the Ottumwa visitors the
past week were Chas. Worrell, l.. R
Garrison, l.. Samples, E. Hunter, Jr
and N. J. Simmons.
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STOCKPORT.

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Stockport-C. O. Swan has sold his
residence and lumber yard to Jesse
Knowles possession to be given the
first of March.
j. Caldwell who is i'll at the home
of Mr. Mort is no better.
G. w. Warrington purchased the resi-
Mckinley avenue, consideration, 81
0O0
Mr.. Carson sold his farm two miles
west of town of Eighty acres to Mr..
Harshbarger. consideration $106 per
acre.
You can sell nuts. shelled or in the
shell. by advertising them in the want
ads. Write and tell the Courier what
you want to advertise and it will be
attended to.
j. e. Bales and son shipped their
fine stock Wednesday to the stock
show at Chicago.
e. 4. Harlan and family left Tues
day for Michigan on q visit.
Pitt Rhiner of IIiiisboro spent last
Wednesday in Stockport.
w. H. Brewer left Thursday for his
farm near Belknap. Mr.. Landerback
takes possession Of the hotel here at
once.
Thanksgiving was observed here by
the Christian church and a general
holiday.
You can buy or sell horses. cows,
hogs or sheep by putting want ad in
the Courier.
Word came over the phone that Jar
Wis Fry, who lives on farm alone
disease was the cause of his death.
Link Lyon came back from Canada
Saturday where he has been living or
his claim.
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perts You ask about the source of his
power. BY virtue of his Craftsmanship
of the Committee on Finance, he is in
charge of what he calls the citadel of
protection 1t is fortress of cards.
The majority obtained by Mr.. Aldrich
in the senate does not come from an
appeal publicly and squarely made to
the Judgment and conscience of the
senate, but from species of reciproc-
ity of benefits, all centering in the So
called citadel of protection The Sen
ator from Rhode Island, in command
of that citadel, said to otter senators:
81 have the honor to represent GER
tain members of the senate who know
exactly what they want, and who are
determined to have what they want
else there will be no tariff bill. Come
in with us. and let us dwell in peace
and harmony. We will gladly give you
whatever you ask, if you only keep
your mouths shut and leave us alone
in what our special interests already
enioy--at the same time giving us. in
addition. what we think we ought to
take That-and that alone-is the
source of Senator Aldrich's power.
And the delicio IS irony of the stu
alton is this: Those senators who said:
If YOU don't give us what we demand
to satisfy the special interests we rep
resent there will be no tariff BILL and
who. making that demand, got all they
asked why, they are regular Republi-
cans. On the other hand, we who ask
ed only a square deal for the benefit Of
the people at large and We're denied
our appeal, are call d Insurgents.
Party integrity is more important
that party solidaritv."-From Inter
view with Dolliver in Everybody's
Magazine.
The artistic features of the Woman's
Home Companion for December are
striking. A full-page painting of the
Madonna by Louise Cox. a delightful
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HILLsBoRo.

HILLSBORO.
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Hillsboro.-The funeral services of
Dana Cotton who was killed in the
Valley Junction mine Nov. 20 by a
premature explosion, was held at the
M. E. church here Thursday afternoon
Services were by Rev. Paul McBeth
of Alexander. s. d.
George Shelman, recently pur-
! chased the j. w. Mickelwaite farm
east of town at SIS an acre, giving in
exchange his residence and ten acres
at $500
]. w. Blackford went to Chicago Sat
urday evening to the International
stock show.
IL YOU have any apples, potatoes,
jellies, or you want to furnish butter
| or eggs regularly to some one in OF
tumwa. you can find good customers
I by putting a want ad in the Courier.
The ladies of the baptist church
cleared about $50 at their dinner
Thanksgiving day.
1 Misses Yelma Mari and Alma
Reicke were in Ottumwa Saturday.
Misses Daisy and Phoebe Hixson,
teachers in the Wayland school came
home Thursday for a few days vaca-
| ton.
Walter Pickard and l.. E. Bryson
shipped two cars of stock to Chicago
last week.
DR.. C. S. Percival and family OF
Bonaparte spent Thursday in town.
4 Dee and Foss Bryson entertained a
Jolly party of boys at dinner last Sun
day.
i Mrs. Sarah Cooper returned to her
home in Lennox, H., Saturday morn
/ ing.
Alex Harlan returned few days
ago from flying trip to Leaven
worth, Kas.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William Rockhar OF
4 Fort Madison, spent Thanksgiving day
at the Moxley home. Mrs. Rokhar as
sisted in the music by the M. E. choil
for the Thanksgiving services.
i The /. w. U. students spent the lat
ter part of the week at home.
j Misses Sadie and Bessie Mogul re
! turned Saturday from Hamil.
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A Blow in the Back.-An overcoat is
d necessary nuisance and the tendency
to take it off on warmish days in late
autumn and winter is as strong is it is
unwise. A treacherous wind hits you in
the back and the next morning you
have lumbago. Rub we'll and often
with Perry Davis Painkiller and you
will be astonished to find how quickly
ell soreness is banished.
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AMONG THE MAGAZINES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

senator Dolliver what is the source
of Aldrich's power? Is it that he is
such an able and scientifically posted
MANI"
"Mr. AIdrich is neither the ablest
nor the best informed man among his
associates" replied Mr.. Dolliyer. His
information is apparently such as is
handed him hv crowd of alleged ex-
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FARsoN.

Farson.-Miss May Davis, who is
attending school at Des Moines spent
Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. NJ. Davis.
Charles. Vannoy was an Ottumwa
caller last week.
If you have any apples, potatoes,
jellies or you want to furnish butter
Or eggs regularly to some one in OF
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