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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-17
CHARLTON.

Chariton.-The union memorial
services, which were to have been
held yesterday by the different fra
ternal organizations, have been post
poned until Sunday, June 81, on ac-
count of the inclemency of the
weather.
Mrs. William Schneider and daugh-
tiers, Ruth and Esther, were in Ames
the commencement exercises, their
son and brother, Fred Schneider, being
one of the graduates from the depart
ment Of civil engineering. m
Mrs. Lucy Jackson of Monroe has
returned home after visit with her
brother, Capt N. B. Gardner
Miss Bess Burlington is here from
Fort Worth, Texas, for a visit with
her sister, Mrs. Ed Bergman.
Rev. Hugh f. Moore has returned
from a visit in Webster City with his
family who had been spending sever
al weeks there.
Miss Fredericka McDougall return
ed few days ago from Monmouth,
ILL.,, where she graduated from Mon
mouth college few days ago.
Clyde Pickerell, Larry Sandahl and
Harvey Kitselman, who are employed
with the Iowa Produce company at
Davenport, spent Sunday at their
homes here
Miss Bernice Garfield of Aurora,
ILL.,, Is here for visit with her aunt,
Miss Minnie Garfield.
At the annual meeting of the Lucas
County Historical association the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Col w. 8. DUNCAN,
president; ]. H. Darrah, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. F. H. Boynton, secretary
and treasurer; Mrs. Z. l.. Hickman,
curator; L. F. Maple, W. H. Dewey,
Mrs. E. L. Hickman and Mrs. ]. A.
Brown, executive committee. A pub.
lie meeting will be held some time in
September.
DR.. Jeanette Throckmorton has re.
! turned from Indianola where she Wis.
tied friends and attended the com.
mencement exercises at Drake univer.
sity.
Misses Anna and Amanda Westling
| left Saturday for Cedar Falls, where
they will attend the State Normal col
lege.
C. A. DUTCH arrived Saturday from
Arizona to join his wife in visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Yost
Willis Aten visited over Sunday
with his parents in Garden Grove.
Harry Allen, who has been employ.
ed here for several months, spent Sun.
day at his home in Davenport.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfleld-Mrs. Eugene HOWE who
lives in the northwest part of the city,
while showing flowers to some little
girls late Friday afternoon stumbled
over a flower pot that had been for
gotten and left in the grass and broke
two bones in her right ankle.
The following Odd Fellows went to
Bunch Friday evening and helped in
stitute lodge at that place, initiating
a class of 16: Bruce Kratzer. Howard
Smith, Jack Shelton, Otis Rector, Ray
Baumgarten. Argus Spurgeon, Frank
Kline, Andrew Shields, T. A. Goodson,
L. T. Barton, John Owens, Peter Jo-
hannesse, John Williams. Chas. Skin
ner, Clyde Young. Geo. T. Pearce and
Murray Krewson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Swearingen
have rented the new cottage in the
south part of the city recently built
by Henry Wishard and will move next
week.
Miss Edna Swartzendruver has gone
to Moline, H., to visit an aunt until
August.
I. N. Thompson was il. West Grove
Friday on business.
Mrs. Ada McGowen spent Friday in
Ottumwa visitinr friends.
Three children of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Hazlewood have the humps.
ChaS. Stockham and Harrison Feag-
ings of south of town shipped hogs on
Saturday.
Mrs. James McGowen spent Friday
| in Ottumwa.
| Mrs. Charles Cruikshank and daugh-
| ter Helen of Des Moines are visiting
the formers mother Mrs. Minerva Gal
pin. They expect to remain in the
city two or three weeks.
/ Mrs. Edwin Galpin Of Des Moines is
the guest of her grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. George Ware of this city.
| Clarence Beauchamp, who has beer
attending the Culver Military school at
Culver, Ind, arrived home Friday tc
| spend the summer vacation.
Miss Minnie Evans and Miss Heller
Wray returned from an extensive east
ern trip.
Mrs. onnie Walton of Kansas City
Mo. arrived to visit relatives III the
city.
Mrs. Stella Teed spent Friday a,
Moulton where she has large class
in music.
| The Presbyterians will hold a con.
gregational picnic dinner on the Manst
| this evening
The Bloomfield Tigers played tn,
Pulaski baseball team Friday after.
4 noon and the score was to 3 in favol
/ of the Tigers.
Miss Efiie Hardy and Dec Atlin.
went to Ottumwa Saturday to NEE
] Mrs. Eva Atkins. who is just returnin
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Moines spent last week with the form.
ers sister Mrs. Mike Sadler.
Misses Susan. Mabel and Lala Linn
in't of Keosauqua were the guests OF
Goldie and Fay Strait Sunday.
G. ]. Wilson and family visited or
Sunday with Charlie Robinson at Keo-
sauqua.
Miss Lille Badgley, Of near Leando
spent Sunday with Mrs. ]. e. Guern-
sey
Misses Goldia Strait, Helen Brown
and Gladys Koontz are attending nor
NAL at Keo-auqua.
Jessie Kinney and Lewis Conner at
tended Memorial services Of the I. o
o. #. at Douds-Leando Sunday.
Mrs. Sadie Davis was called to Keo-
sauqua Friday bv the sickness of he1
sister Mrs. Allen Van 'Aulsen.
Misses Allie Koontz and HANNAH
Kritzman are attending school al
Cedar Falls.
Miss Gertrude Perkins returned or
Monday to her home at Mt Zion after
spending the past week with her moth
err Mrs. Alma Perkins.
Master John Cowan of Leando spent
a few days last week with his grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. John Cowan.
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BoNAPARTE.

Bonnparte.-Miss Corene Siders,
who has been visiting the ]. D. Ridg-
way family returned to her home at
Eldorado, No. Saturday.
Walter Nealey Of Kewanee, ILL.,, and
Miss Bertha Beck Of this place We're
married Thursday, June 10 at Bur
lington. They left the same evening
for Kewanee, H., where their future
home will be made.
Misses Trilla Murphy of st. Louis
and Icy Murphy Of Keokuk are visit
ing their mother, Mrs. James Murphy.
Miss Clara Derr left Thursday for
Lacon, H., where she will spend sew
eral weeks visiting her brothers.
Miss Jessie Ridgway has gone to
Des Moines where she will attend
school at Highland Park college.
Mrs. w. S. Walker and daughter,
Evelyn are visiting in Memphis, Mo-,
for few days and from there they
will go to Decatur, H., where their
futureh ONE will be made.
Edwin E. Entler and Miss Anna
Switzer Of Keokuk were married at
the M. E. parsonage in that city We'd
nesday, June g. and left the same
evening for ST Louis where they will
spend their honeymoon after which
| they will return to Keokuk, where
they will be at home to their friends
after July /. Mr.. Entler was raised in
Bonaparte and lived here most Of his
| life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Borman, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. All
Wolfe left for their home at TT. Madi
son Saturday.
Mrs. Arthur Cockerell spent Sunday
in Keosauqua with friends and rela
tives.
Miss Anna Mason, who has been
making an extended visit with Miss
Edna Corns returned to her home al
Galesburg, H., Saturday.
B. F. Cline and o. ]. Coolidge spent
Sunday with their families.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Laton, who have
been visiting their grandmother, Mrs
Parish returned to their home al
| Ware, Ia, Friday.
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Centerville, June 12-To the list of
notables in this and other counties pro-
duced by this city, right alongside
such names as Theodore P. Shonts,
his daughter, the Duchess Theodore
De Chaulnes; the late Gov Francis
NJ. Drake of Iowa; Corse Payton,
Cecil Spooner and Edna May Spooner,
well-known theatrical stars on Broad
way, must be placed the name OF Miss
Ruby Rhinehart, the twelve-year-old
daughter of Editor J. w. Rhinehart of
the Centerville Journal, who recently
made public appearance that won
for her the distinction of being the
youngest newspaper woman in the
world. Each day at the press table
In the Centerville court house sat lit
tie Miss Rhinehart covering the muir
der case of John Junkin for her faith
er's paper. ALI the horrible details OF
the murder of Clara Rosen by John
Junlsin were diligently recorded by the
little newspaper woman, who covered
the assignment in the absence of her
father, who was otherwise engaged
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Little Miss Rhinehart is the youngest
feminine reporter in the world, but
this Is only shown In her youthful APP
pearance. Her stories would do
credit to many older and more ex-
perienced in the profession. Fer posi-
ton at the press table placed her im-
mediately in front Of the accused ne-
gro, who was sentenced to hang, but
she was too much engrossed in her
work of reporting the case to be both
cred by anything like that
Miss Rhinehart has been doing reg
ular work for her father since the
death of her mother some two years
ago, and she hesitates not moment
in recording the most delicate stories
for her paper. The youngster when but
seven years old won the Demarest
medal in defamation competition
and aside from her talents as an elo-
cutionist she possesses a strong So
prano voice. Her father has been In
the newspaper business for seventeen
years and little Miss Rhinehart has
practically had nothing but a news
paper environment her entire life.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
Lots Of high steppers overstep
themselves.
A face that cannot smile is seldom
worth while.
A mans dollars do not always make
up for his lack of sense.
All work is drudgery to those who
are not interested in honest labor.
When a man spends all his salary
himself It's sure sign that he isn't
married.
A young man seldom begins to rise
in the world until after he settle:
down.
A candidate stands on his party
platform and his opponent jumps or
1t.
The time for any man to marry is
when he finds woman silly enough
to accept him.
1t is to be hoped that the meek in
herit the earth before the other fel
low gets through with it.
Many a man with powerful voice
has dent where his bump Of intelli
gence ought to be.
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oTTuMwh,s HORSE MARKET.

Did you know that there have been
nearly half million dollars worth OF
horses sold in Ottumwa in the first six
months in 1909? 1t Is doubtful II
many Ottumwans realize that the
horse sales have reached such magni-
tude.
Ottumwa is now established as one
of the greatest horse markets In the
middle west. That Is cetainly mag.
nificent advertisement for this part OF
the country The territory from
which horses are brought to Ottum.
wa is getting larger all the time. But
the territory is not even now large
enough to supply the demand, and
what is needed now for these sales is
more horses.
Now that there Is a market here at
home for all the horses that can be
brought here, there is every incentive
for their extensive raising. If there
is a profitable market for product
then there Is an object in raising that
product.
Ottumwa's horse sales furnish the
market through which the farmers can
dispose of all the horses and mules
they can raise.
At the sale last Friday 175 horses
were sold and out Of that number GO
prime draft horses brought an average
of $225.40. One car load of these horses
went to Baltimore-shipped there by 6
buyer who came all that distance tc
attend one sale. The car load brought
an average Of $3.50 per head.
| A business that will draw from tina,
distance men who buy thousands o.
dollars worth Of goods is one thai
everyone here should take an interes
in increasing.
Ottumwa's horse market is a perma
nent institution and it certainly gives
an opportunity for the farmers of Wap
! clio county and adjoining counties t
make raising horses a profitable par
of their business.
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AGENCY.

Agency-The ottumwa District Ed,
worth LEAGUE convention will be held
Mrs: f. d. Woodford and daur.rtep
Miss Mamie of Blakesburg. are Visit.
in" relatives here. = = 'is'es
me Misses Ethel Rouke and Mnr,
garet Luippold left Friday night fol
Cedar rails to attend summer school
MI. and Mrs. j. A. Miller leave this
daughter. tiien
Saturday evening at the home Of
MISS Clara Rodenbaugh, the youna
iadles gave a china shower to Miss
nate Shearer, who is to be married on
Wednesday,, June JIG - -
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THE FOURTH AND ITS TOLLS.

Someone has said that the record of
the Fourth of July in the newspapers
Of the fifth always starts a doubt
whether we are really fit for self gov.
eminent. This remark was aroused
more particularly by the heavy fire
losses caused every year by the dead
ly f1recracker, leaving aside the con,
sideration of the eXorbitant toll OF
lives collected on this annual holiday
The department of commerce and
labor has gathered statistics which go
to show that the annual per capita
fire loss in six European countries is
33 cents and that the average num-
Der of fires in European cities Is eight
for each 10000 of population. Accurate
statistics complied by this same de-
partme1t show an annul per capita
loss of over SO in this country, and
the annual number Of fires IT. Amer
lean cities averages over forty for each
10000 population.
The fire insurance rates in the
United States as result Of this an
nual fire waste are many times higher
than those prevailing abroad. In adj
dition to this increased fire rate, the
LAX payers pay ldTSe lHSuIduCe III luS
support of extensive fire departments,
whose cost Of maintenance is consider.
ably higher than abroad.
1t has been def1nately determined
that the ann@al fire loss for many
years past has averaged more than
$3.50, 100000. The annual toll of lives
has averaged 5000. This is largely
due TO the practice obtaining in this
country OF permitting the erection and
maintenance of fire traps and of fall
ing to require a certain amount of SUI
pervision over and compulsory clean
ing out of flues.
Attention is called to this matter be
cause of the approach of the Glorious
Fourth" which one writer describes as
a holiday that gives an annual dem
onstration of the inability of our cit
liens to celebrate their independence
without manning themselves and set
ting fire to more of their own property
than was burned by the British II
1776.
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LAND INDICATING.

A campaign against the wildcat
land promoter is being waged by the
Denver News and Times, published
by former Senator Patterson. The
promoters of these bonanzas the Pat
terson papers claim are dishonest
eastern spectators in partnership
with few Colorado renegades. The
Denver papers declare the campaign
against validating is actuated. first,
in the interest of general fair dealing
between the communities OF the ma
ton. second, and intensely, in the in
terest of your own thrifty and aspir-
ing people who are homeseekers;
third, assd chivalrously, in the interest
of Colorado, which is making deter
mined warfare against companies ana
persons-sometimes ignorant, but us
ually willful frauds-who would mis-
use her good fame to seduce the
small investor beyond her borders in
to impracticable projects"
The Times and News make the fol
lowing charges against these pro
motors:
They exploit large tract as choice
fruit and farming land, when much vi
1t is mere refuse.
They claim as profitable adjunct
the presence of underlying precious
ores where such do not exist, or have
not been proved in paying quantities
They offer tract of five or ten
acres as a FARM" capable of sus
tanning family, when but few Of the
ten acre tracts they advertise would
support one person.
They advertise their extensive
worst area as Il it were as good as
their limited best acreage.
They exploit their inaccessible
mountain sides and shifting sand
dunes as choice sites for prosperous
and happy homes.
They assure water for irrigation
where none or an insufficient quanti:!
is available.
They issue pretended contracts fol
an irrigation system without any Sc
cure financial provision for such sys
TEN.
They make agreements which hind
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the homeseeker to pay his money and
leave themselves in position If
brazen irresponsibility.
They adopt an illegal lottery plan
for distribution of the fake FARMS
among the buyers of their contracts,
Ihey combine the lure of gambling
the illusion of mining in a nonminin.
region, the pretense of orchards and
farms amidst crags and moving sand
dunes, and the assurance of an irri.
cation system, where no adequate sys.
tenn Is practicable, and without finan-
c1al security for any system: all of
these upon basis of profit to them.
selves which would be unconscion.
able If their enterprise were legiti-
mate, and which is cold blooded ROB-
bery in view of the almost worthless
ness Of much of their area
They attempt to bribe the press of
this state, by overpaid advertising, in
to editorial commentator Of or sill.
ence concerning their brigandage
They threaten to bring, and publicly
nce-falsely-that they have
brought, libel suits against the news.
papers and criminal proceedings
against the publishers who are expos
| ing their graft.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil be
lieves that it would be prudent for
anyone contemplating a hazard in
Colorado lands to communicate with
the News and Times and get the
names of the concerns thus accused
and also further information as to the
field of their operations. The Nonpa
reil adds:
If all that the Denver newspaper
charges is true, this is simply anotn
er instance of enterprising grafters
capitalizing the illusions of a golden
| fleece seeking race of human suckers
The land fraud has had peculiarly
fertile opportunity of late. The people
are land crazy. Money is the cheapest
thing going. The get-rich-uuick in
stinct is rife. The something or-noth
ing bait, always alluring, seems to b.
doubly SO now, particularly in the mat
ter of land. Sharpers can sell blue
sky to men ordinarily thought to be
shrewd. Elements in their operation:
are the enchantment Of distance an6
the blare of formidable advertising
campaign. In the regular course G
human sentiment. there isn't mucl
sympathy for those who take tht
hook" If they could be "stung" anc
the proceeds go to charity, all would
be well, but as between the sucker ant
the CRATER choice must, of course. bt
with the former.
In this connection attention Nigh
be called to an interesting editoria
reference made by the Cedar Rapid.
Gazette to an Iowa land transaction
The Gazette article follows:
A Jones county farmer bought 2st
acres of land two years ago, payint
what he considered as a very fai
price therefor. The other day a fel
low drove up to the place, asked tn,
farmer what he would take for 20t
acres of the land and give possessio,
at once The farmer studied a mo
ment and finally set price $40 pc
acre in excess of what he paid for til,
land. He thought he had fixed thu
price high enough SO that the offe
would be refused, but the visite
jumped at the price, and the deal WA
Iclosed. The farmer cleared $4,000 OF
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GOT SQUARE.
From Tit-Bits.

A policeman in country village
where ceases" were rare, on day came
across his landlord. in an incapable
state. The chance was too good to be
missed, so the landlord was summon
ed and fined to the amount Of las Cd.
The fine was paid, but the police
mans feelings can be better imagined
than described when, on reaching
home, he found his. rent had been
raised Cd per week, and SO it contin-
ued for 20 weeks, when the landlord
coolly informed him that "he had paid
the fine and could have his house at
the former rent"
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The reason a man might as well
make love to girl is she thinks he
Is doing it anyhow.
A man couldn't be good humored at
money that way.
One of the things that frets man
most Is how hard 1t is for him to edu-
cate his wife in things he doesn't UNI
derstand himself.
The thing that appeals to woman
about neighborhood scandal is how
she can believe it's true when she
knows it isn't.
The first thing man who gets some
money tries to do is to show how
smart he is at something in which he
will lose 1t.
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1t is understood that great many
Bibles have been taken off the top
shelf in the book cases since the story
came out about that New York man
who opened his Bible for the first
time in thirty-five years and found
nearly $4,000 in bills hidden between
the pages. These new Bible readers
will not get much benefit from the
book, however, If they confine their
efforts to a search for hidden money
and neglect the golden words unhid-
don
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GAVE HIS WORDS FOR 1T.
From It'd Bits.

Seaman's return tickets are issued
By most British railways at seaport
towns to sailors at reduced rates. A
rather well groomed young man de-
manded one to Birmingham; the
booking clerk demurred.
"Seaman's returns are only issued to
Sailors" he snapped.
We'll, I'm sailor" was the reply.
IL have only your word for that,
said the clerk; chow am to know it
is correct?"
How are you to know" came the
answer. why. you leathar-necked.
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DETECTIVE STORY.
From Punch.

1t is believed that the robbery must
have taken place after midday on Feb
ruary 20, when the treasure was GER
tainly intact, and before o'clock on
the afternoon Of February %, at which
time the discovery was made. DAILY
Chronicle.
The author of Sherlock Holmes"
has not lived in vain.
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swivel-eyed son Of sea cook, If you
feel my starboard boom running foul
Of your headlights. you'll know I've
been doing more than sit on a stool
and bleating all my life, and youth
haul In your jaw tackle bit"
"Give him the ticket" said the pas
senger superintendent, who had over.
heard the dialogue; "he's sailor right
enough"
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Wool was on the free list under the
Wilson billiard sheep were practical.
ly worthless. Everyone should write
at once to Senator Dolliver or SEN
ator Cummine and tell them whether
he wants the duty kept on or taken
Off of wool. Just address your letter
to them at Washington. d. G. No street
number is necessary.
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After the state druggists end their
convention In Ottumwa the doctors
will hold convention here. The ply
sicians will be prepared to try their
prescriptions If the patent medicines
of the pharmacists fail to do the work
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POST MoRTEM INQUIRY.
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut.
A student at medical college was
under examination. The instructor ask.
ed him: "Of what cause, specifically
did the people die who lost their lives
at the destruction Of Herculaneum
and Pompeii?" 81 think they died of
an eruption, sir" answered the stu
dent.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT.
From the Taller.

The New Minister But can't un-
derstand, Mrs. Peabody, how such a
physical wreck as your husband is can
have given you black eye.
Mrs. Peabody Oh, don't worry,
sir; e worn't q physicy wreck until
after e give 1t to me.
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Prof George Burnlan Fosters book
may be expected to enjoy an increas-
ed sale. People will have to read it to
find out just what all the fuss was
about.
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Roger @. Mills, Texas Democrat,
declares that the party as now repre-
scented at Washington might as we'll
pass out of existence for it is past Its
usefulness" A great majority of the
voters at recent national elections
seem to have shared Mr.. Mills views.
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If those plans for landing in the
first division by July are to be realized
few certain gentlemen under the
management OF Mr.. Shannon will have
to whip up some.