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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

United States Marshal F. B. Clark
caddied for Baker today. R. c. Smith,
runner up in last years state tour
nament, carried the clubs for his mate
yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

Competition was high at the Coun-
try club last night between the adj
mirers of Dwight B. Baker for the
privilege of carrying his golf balls in
his match against Sheehan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

Mckee has the medal score habit
turning in the low card in the qualify
ing round for the directors cup yes
terday afternoon with an S3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

Bert Mckee took his defeat at the
hands of sheehan gracefully. The
crisis of the match came on the fifth
green when he was stymied by big
tree. Another time he might have
won was when his ball struck an OBJ
struction on a perfect approach shot
for No. 2 in the first round.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

Scores of the visiting golfers have
scattered to their homes. but scores
remtln, who, though out of the actual
running, are eager to witness the
climax of the most successful state
tournament ever held in Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

c. Gilmore, Ottumwa defeated Walter
McNett, Ottumwa, / up in 10 holes;
w. G. Hengen, Ottumwa, defeated A.
c. Steck, Ottumwa, 2 up and 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-14

Ralph Rider was 1 under DOGGY
when he trimmed J. G. Cummins. Mr..
Cummins acquired reputation as one
of the earnest fighters in the comp,
titions. In this way he resembles his
brother.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
Miss Margaret Plattner has tax.

Miss Margaret Plattner has talk
en- a position as teacher in the
school at Goodrich, N. d.
Go to A. b. Parmenter for Flour,
Bran and Shorts. Prices and quail
ity guaranteed the best.
Mrs. G. F. Wittmayer, Mrs. W.
s. Brant, Miss Florence Schroeder
and Miss Kate Wittmayer we're
shopping in 500 City last Friday.
A. E. Parmenter got his leg
slightly bruised mi day last week
While working in the elevator, but
became infected and began to1ook
a little serious. DR.. Stonebraker
c%auterized it several times and it
is now healing nicely.
The ladies of the W. G. T. u.
held a successful tea at the delight
full home of Mrs. W. G.. Haynes
Tuesday afternoon of this week.
A program was rendered as follows
Piano solo, Miss Myrtle Sweet,
Duet. Miss Hattie Johnston and
Mr.. Wilcox,
Solo, Miss Maud Smith,
Reading, Miss Johnston,
Duet, Misses Nellie Redman and
Ivy Sweet.
After the program which was
heartily enjoyed, the ladies served
chicken sandwiches, pickles, cake,
doughnuts and coffee. The receipts
were something over three dollars.
Our real estate dealers have been
doing a pretty good business dur
ing the past two months. About 90
farms have changed hands in
this vicinity during that time, near
ly all at good prices.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

The cool weather with frequent
showers has not been favorable for
ripening corn, but a large portion
Of it is beyond the reach Of frost.
There are some fields that had to
be replanted that are still soft, but
a light frost might hasten the ripen-
ing of these without injuring the
quality. Nothing can 10Y pre-
vent the harvesting of one of the
largest crops of corr in many
years. With a bountiful crop of
corn safe from harm and worth on
the market 49 cents per hnshel,
cream bringing 81 cents per pound,
eggs II cents per dozen, and cattle
and hogs bringing good prices, it is
not strange that the farmers are
wearing the smile that won't come
off.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Post Card Albums at Treiber's.
Miss Ethel Haynes is spending
a few weeks in Mitchell.
Mrs. Will Wilson was quite sick
last Saturday and Sunday.
Jos. Bainbridge went north We'd
nesday in search of cattle to feed
on his farm.
Hon. Klaus Wakes of Avon was
here Wednesday on his way to the
state fair.
Judge Trip will hold the fall
term of court for Hutchinson coun-
ty at Parkston.
A new line of Post Card Albums
at Treiber's.
Fred Plattner, son of Frank Plat
tner, went to Sioux City last week
to attend a business college.
The Bon Homme County Bank
is for those who seek safety most
of all and a fair earning rate of in
terest for their money.
Mrs. Ella Mahaney is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Blanche Tice,
in Sioux City and will remain un-
til after the Interstate Fair.
Mrs. A. A. Smith is having the
Ptak building reprinted and clean
ed and will again take charge of
the restaurant which she sold to
Kelner & Zelenka some time ago.
VIM. Redmann has just CON-
pleted the mason work on a new
cement block house built by the
Mennonites, and is now plastering
Mr.. Jas. Gibbons new house in
town.
Mrs. Archie Waddams, who has
been spending the summer at Wa
konaa, arrived last week and will
keep house for the A. G. Mason
family this winter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mason are both teaching at Olivet
and will remain there during the
week, coming home each Friday
night, but the children will remain
here, Irene and Paul attending
school and Miss Frances working
in the Racket Store.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16


It's a pity when sick people drug the
stomach or stimulate the heart or kid
neys. That is all wrong! A weak stom-
ach means weak stomach nerves, al
ways. And this is also true Of the heart
and kidneys. The weak nerves are in
stead crying out for help. This e3-
plains why DIR. Shops Restorative is
promptly helping stomach, heart and
kidney ailments. The Restorative reach
es out for the actual cause OF the all
ments-the failing inside nerves.
Anyway test the Restorative 4s hours.
1t won't cur SO soon as that, but you
will surely know that help is coming
Sold lyR w Russell Drug Co.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

MIR. and Mrs. J. M. Dain left to-
day for Cottonwood to visit her
daughter.
Mr.. Searles of Sioux City, the
gentleman who bought the Andreas
Resner farm, is in town today.
Rev. e. R. Horton, the new pas
tor of the Presbyterian church is
expected to be here next Sunday.
Miss Minnie Catobius of Sioux
Falls visited her sister, Mrs. f. d.
Winkler, yesterday on her way
home from Tyndall.
Henry Brown brought some sam
Piles Of corn to the Bon Homme
Co. Bank this week, picked from a
field planted June 18th, which are
already beyond the reach of frost.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffiths and baby
will go to Huron tomorrow. Mrs.
Grifiths will visit there for a few
days while he will make a "trip
through North Dakota and Mon
tana. Il
WANrED-husband BY young Ia
dy of twenty, black hair, gray eyes,
weight ia, sweet loving DISPOSE
ton, capable of helping earn 4 liy-
ing. Address & Y q, 10. care Of
Citizen.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Public School Notes.
did you get him, Adolph 2"
Miss Scott spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents ia Mitch
ell.
Most Of the text books are here
now and work is consequently NOV
ing along much more smoothly.
The eleventh grade physics class
have started laboratory work.
Because Of the fact that there
we're none to take third year Latin
this year the high school is able to
get out one period earlier than us
ual.
Miss Morrison spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home in Spring
field, returning on the freight Mon
day morning.
There is an attempt being made
to organize a foot ball team at the
High School and q meeting was
called Tuesday evening for that
purpose. Scotland ought to be
able to have a good foot ball team,
and we hope one a be built up.
The heating apparatus Of the
school has been made a great deal
better by moving n Of the fur
naces to the north end of the base
ment. This does away with about
sixty feet of unnecessary pipes
which lost a great deal Of heat in
the basement.
The library has been opened to
the pupils, each room having a
special night for obtaining books.
By the way. if any one outside
of school finds himself in posses
sion of a book which ought 10 be in
the library it will be a great favor
to the school if the book be return
ed.
And also we would like to have
copies of the current magazines for
our library reading table. When
you are through with magazine
why not send it up to the school
house by some passing %youngster ?
We will be very grateful to you if
you do and 1t will help us greatly
in our work in current events and
review work.
Miss Eustis will go to Tyndall
Thursday to take part in the ex-
aminations.
Mary Wheeler of the 18th grade,
took charge Of Miss Morrison's
room Monday morning until the
arrival of the freight.
The following was unearthed
from the enrolment blanks. In an
swer to the request, "Give your own
name and your parents name,"
one young man wrote:
"My name Henry,
Mama's name Clara,
Papa's name Willie"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16
SCOTLAND MARKET REPORT.
A Hurry Up eau.
Quick Mr.. Druggist-Quick

Quick Mr.. Druggist-Quick -
A box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve-
Here's a quarter-For the love Of
Moses, hurry !-Baby's burned him
self, terribly-Johnnie cut his foot
with the axe-Mamie's scalded-
Pa can't walk from piles-Billie
has boils-and my corns ache. She
got il and soon cured all the FAM
lily. It's the greatest healer on earth.
Sold by Bruhn 4 Stonebraker.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Freeman re-
turned last Sunday from Audubon,
la. Mrs. Freeman is still rather
weak from the operation which she
underwent several weeks ago, but
is gradually improving.
N. Serr jr. returned last Satur-
day morning from Mannhaven, N.
D., where he visited his son, E. M.
Serr. He says crops were good up
there this season and the country
is prospecting.
Evening star., 1909-05-01
The Benighted Bostonian.

n RESIDENT ELIOT of Harvard re-
Gently electrified Atlanta by telling
the high school boys that a three
foot shelf of books, read ten minutes
day, would give a man liberal educa-
ton President Eliot still adheres to
this dictum but to thousands of eager
inquirers he has been obliged to reply
that he has not yet had time to think up
the books that should occupy his wonder
full shelf.
III is said the wise scholar the other
day. "a difficult problem you know.
yard of shelf. and the worlds best
thought crowded on to that yard. Yes,
II is difficult problem.
And its solution demands a profound
knowledge of litera tGre-of the whole
worlds literature. | know 1 possess
some slight literary knowledge. but be-
fore this self-appcinted problem l fear
TO make the error of the Bostonian who
bought the electrical massage machine.
THE machine arrived in parts and
the Rostonian could not put it together.
Finally he compared the parts with the
invoice and then, in high dudgeon, wired
to the manufacturer:
Machine shipped most carelessly. 1l0
volts missing "
Copyright, 1909, by Estelle kisuder.
Evening star., 1909-05-01
Didn't Work for 1t.
NDREW CARNEGIE a

A NDREW CARNEGIE at a dinner
~ in New York continued his in
dictment Of Great Britain and
Germany for their barbarous and stupid
building of warships.
How perverted. said Mr.. Carnegie,
lis nation that thinks TO promote
peace by augmenting its armament. As
though my neighbor and l should point
cannon at each others houses from
every window, explaining. whenever we
crowded half dozen more guns in, that
this sort of thing heightened neighborly
feeling and good fellowship.
Perverted. indeed said Mr. Carnegie.
'are such ideas of peace. AS perverted
as the New York aristocrat's' idea Of
honor
"A young westerner came TO this aristo-
crat and asked him for his daughters
hand.
- can support her in good STYLE he
said. ] am worth eleven millions.
The aristocrat. whose family had done
no work since his grandfather. forty
years before. had retired from the whole
sale clothing business. frowned and said
thoughtfuly:
But. my young friend did you make
this money in-er-.rade?'
'Trade?' said the suitor hauEhtily.
i guess not. I'm in the legislature
Copyright, 1909. By Estelle klauder.
Evening star., 1909-05-01

were used for the purpose. the stuff be-
ing loaded into baskets Of straw rope
which hun. down on each side of the ami
NAL.
Everywhere the methods Of cultivation
were crude. The plows were little more
than forked sticks snod with iron. They
are one-handed affairs. drawn by bull
locks. reminding. one of the plows of the
Scriptures. Much OF the country is hoed
over by men and women The & DDS are
broken up with mallets. which the peo-
pie swing back and forth as they walk
through tire burrows There is no machin-
cry OF any kind The grain is all sowed
by hand. II is thrashed with fails and
winrowed in tho wird. the grain and chan
being thrown high into the air
The contrast between the country
scenes Of Japan and Korea is striking.
Everything in the former country shines
with thrift. There is not a weed in the
fields, the houses are neat and we'll built
and the peoD'e clean and rosy from the
hot baths they take every day All farm
ing here Is done in tha most sloVenly
way. The methods of taxation and
squeezing have been such as to leave but
little incentive to work, and the bulk
of the profits have gone to the officials.
The farmhouses are mean. They are
sQua'id huts or mud and stone with roofs
OF straw thatch tied on with strings. They
are collected together in little villages
which often nestle on the sides of the
hills. There are no trees gardens
about them. Every home is surrounded
by a mud wal! high enough to keep the
men on the streets from looking in at the
girls
The streets are winding alleys, where
the garbage of the houses is thrown
our to rot In the sun. Sometimes
bitches run along the sides of the streets
serving as sewers. and the houses have
no sanitary arrangements whatever. The
conditions are bad that typhoid, cho-
era and disentery are of frequent appear
ance and smallpox is almost universal.
Evening star., 1909-05-01

night. and today the Japanese are emf
grating in great numbers ana gradually
taking possession of this territory which
they have gotten through their struggle
with Russia. There are already outside
the officials and army one hundred and
fifty thousand of them on the ground. and
they are rapidly changing the race of the
country. They have their settlements in
all the large centers ! found Fusan new
city when landed there few weeks ago.
Instead of mud huts. matched with straw.
filth. new Japanese city had arisen.
Wide streets as clean as Dutch kitchen
floor. crossed one another at right angles.
running far up the hills. There were many
two-story buildings. and shops with all
kinds of goods. | rode several miles
through business streets of one kind and
another passed several schools and a big
city building, and finally stopped at
three-story structure which proved to be
n commercial museum, containing every
variety of goods. both Japanese ana Ko-
rean. There were samples of Korean cot
ton and Korean silk. and many sugges
develop their country.
X
At .Taiku. a city OF 80 600. a hundred
miles further north. there is another
large japanese settlement, and japanese
cities have sprung up at Pyengyang and
Gensan. Pyengyang is the biggest town
between Seoul and the Yalu. Previous tc
the Japan-China war it contained 5000
people, and Il is Eow the third larest
city in the empire. 1t lies on the right
bank of the Taidong river, some distance
Evening star., 1909-05-01

where carrying great loads over the
country.
One OF the first things that the japanese
will do will he To make wagon roads.
and mi itary highways. connecting all
parts OF Korea. ! understand they are
building some now. ard that four main
lines are to he constructed. number
OF railroads have bee n planned ard
several started; This Is IN addition 10
the -hundred-m!le line now I'm opera
ton. At present Japan is SO poor thai
she cannot push this feature OF her work,
but II is her intention 10 extend the rail-
roads at the earliest possible time.
| have space here for only n word about
the people of Korea They are among
the queerest and most interesting OF the
Asiatic races and have great possibilities.
Ks to their number census WAS taken
some time ago and the count made 10,
Ea.oO0. They have been so squeezed and
ground down by taxation, however, that
they will not give out the full number o.
souls in each house. and the probability
is that there are many more than were
counted. fair estimate. | am told.
would he 14.GO.Oo0 The Koreans them
selves estimate the population a 9OO0,-
Opo but their figures are OF little value.
as they have no basis TO go on.
The most OF these people live in VII
lagos such AS | have described. There
are no very large cities. Seoul has now
perhaps quarter of A million. although
the census gave IL only about 20,Ooo.
Pyengyang has 60OOo. Taiku $4,000. and
after that come Chemulpo. Fusan, Cen
san and Songdo.
The people are divided into classes. and
formerly the emperor and the nobility
owned most of the lands and held all
the offices. They have been the curse
OF the country and have squeezed the
others Numerically. The nobility until
now have gone about dressed in silks
and fine grass cloths. with lot OF re-
tainers about them. They have had
coolies with them to hold up their arms
Evening star., 1909-05-01

only memory. So with the crab. The
supply of shrimp is still equal to the de-
mand, but the terrapin which doesn't ex-
actly come into the classification of she'll
hsh. is becoming so rare that it Is now
an event to have an order for one hon
estly filed.
1t was at the White House conference
of governors. called by President Roose-
welt last year. that the project for a ma
tional association for the conservation
and extension of the shellfish industry
suggested
Natural resources played an important
part IN the discussion of this conference,
and there was not a governor or repre-
sentative from any of the wise
states who did not lay particular stress
upon the Importance of guarding the
supply of sea food especially the she'll
fish, since these stood more in need of
protection than ordinary fish
Impressed with the possibilities of
united action. Charles II. Bacon, chief of
the New Jersey state bureau of shell
hsheries. called for convention. for the
benefit of hundreds of men who have mil
lions invested in the different branches of
cultivating and marketing edible she'll
fish
ent at the initial meetings, which re-
suited in the formation of the national
association. Mr.. Bacon was chosen presi-
dent, and Mr.. Caswell Grave of the Mary
land state commission secretary.
X
Washington was prompt to co-opera te
with the movement. and will have rep
resentatiye at the convention. for there
is no failure on the part of the admins
tration to recognize the import ance of
the movement.
Already the United States government
has been making efforts to prevent ex-
Evening star., 1909-05-01

possible to go into a restaurant and get
the soft shell. the deviled crab or just
the plain boiled hard she'll
Not SO much will have to he done in the
interest of the oyster, for wise laws
drafted by the United States government.
and aided by state regulations. have al
ready taken pretty good care of the BIZ
valve future of the country.
In many places wise state regulations
have led to an enormous increase OF
oysters over the natural yield even in its
most prolific days before state aid had
become necessary.
Shellfish experts on al phases of the
question will be present at the conven-
tion. and there is every reason to look
for a valuable gain TO the industry.
Evening star., 1909-05-01

Nearly every other face one sees is more
or less pock- marked. and parents. | am
told, do not count their children as per-
manent possibilities until after they have
had that disease. These are some of the
conditions of this country which Japan
is trying to make over.
AS to other things Korea in many re-
spects is worse off than the Philippines.
There are practically no roads. The only
ways from place to place are by bride
paths with fords across the streams.
Now and then one finds a rude bridge
two or three feet wide. propped up on
poles, and again he has to make his way
over such streams by stepping stones or
be carried across on the backs of men.
Practically all transportation away from
the railroads is by pack bullocks. ponies
and porters. All these carry great loads:
and the men will take much 5o3
pounds at a pinch. There is a big gund
of porters Its men are found in every
city and village and can be seen every
Evening star., 1909-05-01

inland from the sea. and It's situation is
such that some think it will eventually
be the biggest town in Korea. 1t has
already in the neighborhood of 1900,
Japanese settlers. and a section devoted
to them has been laid out near the sta
ton and is fast building up. Puplic build
ings have been erected. The Dai-Ichii
Ginko has erected new bank building
close to the gate and the settlement has
city hall, clubhouse. a theater and
a government hospital. Schools for both
Japanese and Koreans are going up and
the dry bones of the natives are begin
ming to shake at the changes.
There are now between 5000 and 10000
Japanese at Gensan on the west coast.
and there are 10000 or more here at Seoul,
with another large settlement at Chemul.
po on the Yellow sea, twenty-six miles
away. More than 10000 immigrants came
In last year and the prospects are for a
steady increase from now on. This is
especially SO from the fact that a big
colonization company, backed by tho
government, has been formed In Japan
This has a capital OF sj,OO0,Ooo. and it
will exploit the crown lands which were
taken charge Of under certain conditions
by the Japanese after the abGication OF
the old emperor now almost two years
ago.
Evening star., 1909-05-01

as they walked, and If they rode. ser
want would go along on each side OF the
horse TO see that they did not fall from
the saddle. They did absolutely no work
and considered il a disgrace to carry a
bundle. The boys who went to the mod
ern school, established by the emperor.
took servants along with them to carry
their pencils and paper. and some tramp
ed to the school building through the
rain. because they would not endure the
disgrace of carrying an umbrella.
This sentiment prevails somewhat to-
day. although it is fast disappearing. By
the coming in of the Japanese the most
Of the nobility have lost their fat in
comes and the farmers and common peo-
pie are now to have better show. 1t 10
claimed that they are being oppressed by
the Japanese. but their condition cannot
possibly be as bad as it has been in the
past and the dawn of freedom seems 10
be breaking. The Japanese are establish
ing courts in the cities. and they pro-
pose to thoroughly reorganize the govern
ment of the provinces as well as that
here "a Seoul.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.