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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01
Mr.. sHELDoMs GOOD ADVICE.

There is world of good common
sense in the address given by A. F.
Sheldon at the annual banquet Of the
Ottumwa Commercial association,
which is reproduced in this issue, and
1t is we'll worth careful perusal Mr.:
Sheldon's subject, "The Science of
Business Building" has dry and unin-
teresting sound and it might have
been dry and uninteresting talk if
made by superficial thinker and
speaker. But in Mr.. Sheldon's presen-
tation of the subject there was some
thing of interest to every one of his
hearers.
There was healthy optimism in his
words. He pointed out the stages of
development from the bottom of the
ladder to the top and he had words of
cheer for the climber. AS a starting
point he declared the value of an in
divtdual, no matter what he is doing,
increases as the degree of supervision
which he requires decreases. The
greater the degree of supervision
which your work requires, no matter
what you are doing, the less your
value.
All needed supervision, he declared
is occasfoned by just two things -
first, errors of omission; second, err
rors Of commission. Bringing out this
thought more fully, he said:
The employe s4lgho does not omit do
ing anything which he should or could
do for the business in which he is
engaged, and in doing it commits no
errors, needs no supervision; he sim
ply needs correction, and his value is
at the highest in that particular ca
pacity.
The next principle for us to bear in
mind is this, that every error of omis-
sion or commission that ever was or
ever will be committed is traceable
to one or more of combination o
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THE NEW oTTuMwA SPIRIT.

The spirit of enthusiasm that mark.
ed the annual banquet of the Ottumwa
Commercial association last evening
gave convincing evidence that neve.
before were Ottumwa citizens, the
employer and the employee, the old
and the young, more firmly united fo-
strong pull all together for Ottum-
wa. The "get together" spirit was
everywhere made manifest. When the
request was made for volunteers III
the final rally for the interruban, prac-
tically every man in the room was on
his feet pledging attendance at the
meeting and cooperation in the inter
urban plans. A spirit was manifested
in this action that gives prophecy of
great accomplishments in Ottumwa IS
expansion plans.
The banquet was by far the most
successful get together" function for
years in Ottumwa. The attendance
was limited to $50, as that was all
arrangements had been made to serve.
1t is regretted now that arrangements
had not been made for 500, as there
were scores who wanted to go but
could not be accommodated with
tickets.
The Commercial association based
their arrangements on the results OF
similar events in the past. They did
not give sufficient weight to the new
Ottumwa spirit that has been aroused.
This new Ottumwa spirit will be given
due recognition in future events of y
similar nature. 1t will be given cn-
couragement in every movement of a
public nature in which the interests of
the city are TO be furthered. And 1t
will have its effect
Ottumwa's young men nave stepped
into the harness with the elderly men
and they are putting their young
shoulders to the wheel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

what may be termed the negatives in
human nature.
The great law of quality pervades
all nature.
There is one positive, constructive,
up-building force, and there is anoth-
er negative, destructive, downtearing
force.
Light has its darkness; heat has
Its cold; and in man, whom we find to
be physical and mental being, we
find 1t in the realm of his physical,
health and sickness, strength and
weakness. To the realm of the mental
we find Judgment and iniudiciousness,
reason and unreasonableness, memory
and forgetfulness, faith and doubt,
love and hate, honesty and dishonesty,
tact and inexpediency, courage and
fear, loyalty and disloyalty, decision
and indecision, action and inactivity.
The next question for lis to ask is,
how do we get rid of the negatives?
This is a very natural question, be-
cause we have seen that all of our err
rors of omission and commission are
traceable to the negatives.
The answer is seemingly simple.
And the answer is, the negatives are
overcome by the developments of the
positives. Just as darkness must go
when light comes, so forgetfulness
must go when memory comes; doubt
must go when faith comes, fear must
go when courage comes, and so it is
through the entire list of 81 qualities
in man.
And the next question for us to ask
is: How are the positives developed?
And the answer is, through educa-
ton, True Education.
Education, to Mr.. Sheldon's view,
does not necessarily include college
training. He traced the word to It's
Latin derivative-educt- draw out
and held it was the power Of every
man to draw out the best there Is in
him if the will is exercised. And it
was in the power of every man to de-
velop his mental and moral muscles
as fully as he can develop his physi-
cal muscles.
Mr., Sheldon paid his respects to
the "I-don't-care fellows, the members
of the What's-the-use brigade" They
are generally running their eyesight
looking for more pay, forgetting that
if they would look for more work, a
higher degree of service, the more
pay would take care of itself.
There was something of benefit in
his remarks to every man who heard
him.
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PAckWooD.

Packwood-Mrs E. A. Grafton re-
turned to her home at Brighton Sat
urday after a weeks visit with rela ;
tiyes and friends.
Mrs. O. M. Bundy is home from Dali
I las Center, where she has been for
some time, helping in the care Of her
sick mother.
Miss Edna McClain who has been
operator of the southeastern telephone
| switchboard for two years has resigns
ed to accept like position In oska-
loosa.
The churches are preparing pro-
grams for Children's Day.
Asa Weller was one of the seventy
seven applicants who took the civil
service examination recently at Burl-
| ington.
Mrs. Daird Salts Elmer Grove, visit
ed her sister Mrs. Roth Myers on Fri
day.
Miss Cavlness is visiting her BROTH
| er j. O. Caviness and wife.
Quite a number from here attended
memorial services Sunday.
| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston of Mt
Union and daughter Mrs. Margaret
Winegardner of Burlington visited the
formers son. F. F. Johnston and fanas
lily from Friday until Sunday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

Senator Bailey and Press Cores
pondent Murray cannot draw ore
tenth the audience to fight that at
tended the setto this afternoon be.
tween Bat Nelson and Dick Hyland-
and Bailey a United States senator.
too. Oh, what's the use?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01


tenant rented the property, 1t was
thought that he could continue to sell
liquor there, would not entitle him 10
proportionate abatement Of tho
rent because the legislature subse.
quently prohibited its sale. The mere
use Of the word "bar" In the lease
did not amount to a covenant or
warranty that the law would continue
to allow the tenant to sell liquor. IL
may be unfortunate for the lessee that
he did not anticipate the possibility Of
the passage Of prohibition law and
provide for such contingency, but
that he did not does not alter the con-
tract as made.
(Full reports Of any Of these cases
will be furnished for 25 cents by ths
West Publishing company of St. Paul,
Minn.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01
c. NJ. q ST. P. TRAINS.

No. Going Southwest. Depart.
5A-Southwest Limited. !. 1:45 a. m,
3A-Kansas City Local. TO-: 40 a. m.
93P-Local freight .... 7:16 a m.
Going East Via Cut-Or.
12A-Chic. Limited .......12:05 a. m
cA-Davenport, Chicago. 4:50 o. ma
92B-Local freight ....... 0:20 q. M
Marion Line, Going North.
10SB-C Rapids. Marion. 4:45 D. m
lob Cedar Rapids. st. Paul 1:55 q. M.
88I-Local freight ......, g: 40 a. M
Marion Line. Coming South.
1c3B-Arrive from Marion. 1918 a, m.
9C-A-rive from Marion. 1875 a. m.
97B-Local freight. arrive. 1855 D. m.
Freight trains arrive and depart
from Milwaukee Junction.
F. w. Zimmerman. Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01
Legal Cases of Interest

INJURIES FROM LIGHTNING EN-
TERING BUILDING ON TELE-
PHONE WIRE. A question as to the
liability Of telephone company for
injuries to an occupant of dwelling
caused by lightning entering on a
telephone wire is raised in Southern
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c. r. I. & p. TRAINS.
Going North

No. Going North. Depart
T5-Des ,Moines. Omeha.. $40 a. m.
73-Keokuk, Ottumwa.. 1885 a. m,
471-Des Moines, OMAHA. 8:55 D. m.
Going South.
470--Keokuk, Kansas City. $40 a. m.
742-Des Moines, Keokuk AIS D m.
474--Des Moines to Eldon. 1017 o. m.
w. y. Parker. Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

dolph Benkert, the national chairman
of the party, and In it the writer con-
tends that if John Junkin gets his just
deserts and is sent to the gallows the
Judge and jury will be equally guilty
with him. The letter is reproduced in
tull:
A State Question.
70 the Press and People of Iowa, be-
ginning at Centerville and Ottum-
wa:
If the jury at Centerville finds Jun
kin guilty of the awful murder of
Clara Rosen and the Judge orders
Junkin hung and the sheriff hangs
Junkin, are those who order him
killed and they who kill him less gull
ty of murder, according to Gods sixth
commandment than Junkin is guilty
Of murder? Can our state or nation
expect less crime and higher value
of human life while our state sets an
example in killing human beings? Is
life Imprisonment not more punish
ment or hell than death? I would not
respect God or care to spend eternity
in the Heaven of God who commands
Thou shalt not KILL" and then pun
ishes man for unlawful murder and
lets the other fellow go scot free with
out repentance. 1 consider it very
healthy sign of our times to read that
the attorney for the defense in this
case is pleading for the Christian stan
dard, not to save the criminal from
punishment but to set a better example
by our state and because the time has
come when we as a nation must take
the lead in adopting and using high
er standard, and there is mo better
standard than Gods standard for
all our laws and government.
This question may touch ten
der spot in the breasts Of many who
know of this awful crime referred to,
but for the sake of the legal side of
murder ask the question because the
sixth commandment was intended
for the jury, judge and sheriff, as we'll
as for Junkin, and all must appear in
higher court some time.
VIM. Rudolph Benkert,
National Chairman Christian Party.
Press please copy.
Mr.. Benkert may be sincere in his
belief that his appeal in behalf Of the
brute murderer, Junkin, may touch a
tender spot" in someone's heart, but
there is more reason to believe that
999 out of every 1000 who read his
appeal will brand it as the most ;.b-
surb rot. Any sentence short of death
on the gallows for this brute slayer
of pure and innocent young girl
would be a grave miscarriage Of JUS
tice.
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WABASH RAILWAY.

No. Going South. Depart.
2A-Moberly. st. L., K. c.. .8:10 a. m.
50B-Moberly and East. 80. $40 o. m.
IA Mixed, daily ....... 1880 D. mo
Coming North. Arrive.
8A--From Kansas City ;. GAO D. m.
Mixed. daily ........ 1900 q. m.
r. w. Zimmerman, Ticket Agent.
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BURLINGTON ROUTE. c. 3. q q.

No. Going East, Depart,
12A-Chic., Dubuque, Quincy 1881 a. m.
92-Local freight. ......... b:25 a. M
1SB-Burlington st. Louis. sos a. m.
10A-Chicago Limited sos a. M
Dub, Quincy 1885 a. m.
6A-Chicago Limited. $3.50. 2:01 .. m.
10B-Ft. Madison. ST. Louis $3.50 ,. m.
4A-Chic.. ST. L., Quincy. 7:15 p. m.
cA--Chic. Peoria, Rockford 1898 D. m.
Going West.
5A-Omaha and Nebraska 1920 a. m.
3A--Omnha Oregon. Calf 7:40 a. m.
9B-Arrive from FIT. Mad. 11:46 a. m.
179A-Peoria to Creston ;. 1: So D, m.
11B-From Burlington -. 1890 b. m,
1A--Chicago to Denver. 11:40 D. m,
9A-Denver Limited ...... 4:37 p. m.
w. S. Parker. Ticket Agent
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Bring your friend to the !nterurban
meeting Tuesday night-Grand. opera
house.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

Let me think a moment. When did
you say the earthquake happened?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

Bring your friend to the intsrurban
meeting Tuesday night-Granl opera
house.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

Whoop 1t up for tthe interurban
Tuesday night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

Telegraph & Telephone Co. VS.. Evans,
116 Southwestern Reporter, AIS. The
specific negligence charged was the
companys failure to install with It's
arrester device a ground connection
designed to prevent heavy charge of
electricity from entering the house.
During a passing rainstorm, accom-
panied by thunder and lightning
plaintiffs wife entered the room
which was the telephone. Suddenly
there appeared a bright flash of light
ming Illuminating the room like a
blaze of fire followed by a loud report.
Members of the family rushed into the
room, and found the wife unconscious
on the floor about four feet from the
telephone, badly burned about the face
and neck. In determining the com.
pany's liability, the Texa court of civil!
appeals concludes that, where a tele-
phone company has reasonable
grounds to apprehend that lightning
will be conducted over its wires INTO
the house, 1T must exercise due care
In selecting and maintaining such
known and approved devices for ar
resting 1t as are reasonably necessary
to guard against accidents that they
may be fairly expected to occur. It
having been found that the company
had failed to do this. a Judgment
against 1t was affirmed
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osTEoPATHY.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.

A. daily; B. daily except Sunday: c.
daily except Monday.
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a DAVENPORT MAN ON JUNKlN

The Courier has received a commune
ication written on the stationery of the
United Christian party, whose head
quarters is in Davenport. The commu-
nication is signed by William Ran
dolph Benkert, the national chairman
of the party, and in it the writer con-
tends that if John Junkin gets his just
deserts and is sent to the gallows the
Judge and jury will be equally guilty
with him. The letter is reproduced in
iull:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01

A SLOW TOWN THAT CANNOT
TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF ROTTING
SIDEWALKS. The action of City of
Louisville VS.. Lambert, 116 South
western Reporter Eel, was instituted
for the recovery Of damages for IN
juries sustained by falling through a
defective sidewalk maintained by the
city. There was some question as to
whether tho municipal authorities had
actual notice Of the defect for suf-
flcient time to allow them to remedy
1t. On this branch of the case the
court says: "The city authorities
ought to have reasonable opportun-
ity always to find out the defective
condition of the public ways, and to
repair them, before it will be liable
for injuries sustained upon them; but
1t would be slow town indeed that
could not keep up with rotting wood
unreasonably slow. and that needs
waking up in some way" Judgment
for plaintiff was affirmed.
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ottumwa must have an interurban.
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Professional Cards.
oENTisTs.

DR.. TULLls.
Dentist.
artificial teeth scientifically con.
structed.
Crown and bridge wor!, expert.
Office over Cullen's dry goods store
Main street. Ottumwa. Iowa.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-22
REMAINS. R /. A | | S,nlP|P'
10 ]. /. IOWA | I 4 SAT,
|! MIS-. | Blonde Taken Il. Old fleme. .ffol
llllfial

y
~ The remains Of Mrs. Virginia Blonde,
who lied In this city last Wednesday
was shipped to Lone Tree, iowa, sat
urday afternoon. accomp panied by the:
relatives of the deceased. The remains
We're accompanied by u. Miss Clara
Blonde, a daugh hter Of the deceased.
from Seattle n r. A. Blonde, Of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, q son Of the deceased; !
and Mr and Mrs. IA. 2. Blond 81 this
city. Il 5sS
The death Of Mrs. Blonde isj d par
ticularly sad one as she had just re-,
Gently arrived III the city to spend the
winter with her son and had made a
good many friends while here who will
Esbe grieyed ITO learn Of her sudden
death. Mr.. Blonde has been a resident
LOT this city since last summer having
purchased the print shop formerly
3owned 81 by "a. N. Powell aud while she
has resided here he has been a pro-
gressiye young business man and his
nlany friends extend their sympathy
~ him ~ his sad bereaYeinen I'll
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-22
MAR ! ! 1 ]. ! / RRlED | [ |; A
GA 4 | H|OlI | CHURCH.
Irles Il''; McKenna / 4 n and Marga're '
{, n svieRer5 Married 5.2S2

I. Tuesday az morning ly' at o'clock It'll the
4 Catholic church il this city occurred
the marriage Of Mr. Charles NICK Kenrna
and Miss Margaret Wiene 4 the ,cere-
i1nony no being performed by Rev. Father.
Augustine The bride Is the daughter
Of: Mrs iener WHO resides on Flint
avenue ave and II IS well known III this
city. She is an accomplished young
lady and has q host of friends III the
city, while the groom is III the employ
}of the Great Northern at the shops,
and he IS well thou ghts Of BY his many
friends n He is a native of St. Paul
and came to- this city over year ago
and during his residence here has
made g great many friends. W 4. h
s !Ss After the marriage ceremony the
wedding party proceeded to the home Of
the bride where 8 sum tious wedding
dinner was served. The happy couple
left Thursday morning on No. 8 for
the: coast and will spend d couple Of
weeks on their wedding trip when they
will return to this city to make their
home Ef3 5S III IA .3S}s
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-22
Masked Skate =

The masked skating carnival at the
roller ring held last Friday 8 evening
proved to be one Of the, delightful
events Of the. winter and the large rink
was packed with skaters costumed In
all kinds or rigs. Funny ones and
Others on the more genteel order were
there and the. many on:1 ookers enjoyed
the evening fully as much as those tax.
ing part ia the mask skate. Fha FIRST
spriss for lady and gent were won by
Miss Evelyn Passenault and Thomas
Brophey who were n costumed as In
dians. The prize was two pair Of fine
fibre roller skates. Frances Ames as d
swashWoman won the first; prize for the
most comical costumes worn BY a lady
and John johnson won the prize for
the most comical costume for the gen.
tlemen, he being dressed as Dutch.
man. The prizes for these two were
season tickets to the roller rink. Man.
fager Young spared no time and ex.
;pense IN making the evening an enjoy:
able affair s5s + "a $ss !s t:.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-22
SUlCIDE BARN
Near CIR AIRY
0 Oscar johnson Hangs Himself with
a. Rome .}s}s 3 &: sss;s 22='I

"a 5sF Jay mo- orning about eleven q clock.
when Julius And dersonE \ went to his.
barn b strll "a ITS farm north j of Crary AZ;
was shocked tto find the body Of his
hired man, Oscar Johnson dang Cling;
from 4 rope which had been thrown
over q beam and fastened securely
& enough stos hold the bod rhe man
had been: dead but q short time when
found BY MI. ! And ndersoin as the. body
vas sstill warm and 1t was very evident
That he had taken his own life. Cor
Soner Gi1bert rtson was notified and went
sto8 stssrary On No IS and his #decisio ion: was
that the man had commit led suicide.
Mr.. And derson had noticed that John
son had been; desponde ent for some
time hut never gave asthe snicide the
fory al thoug ne had always sbeen a
hard Working young u AL nd well Sres
spected, He was q j atiVe of Norway
and tor several years worked FOR %.
a ~ Mcleod. The body was brought 10
this city sunda and was buried Tues.
day afternoo
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N. 6. A. FOR
D EVILS LAKE

5letic work Of the X. NC. "A. various
other games will be handled, such as
basket ball, and other games that are
4 benefit to the up-building of the ply {
sique Of the young men Of the city A
good system Of baths will be installed
and a reading room where only the
very latest and desirable literature
win he kept for those interested in
reading. y ~: r. ~ Il. ~
/ Nearly every, city. Of this size has
e Y.s M. G. A. which is a benefit To-
the. city and to the. people in i 1t. ]:
Many cities not larger than Devils
Lake have fine new buildings for the
organizations and the members and
citizens do all in their power to make
the association a benefit to the city as
well as the members. At present there
are over hundred members who have
signed for the club and many more
can easily be secured which win make
a y. M. G. A. in Devils Lake a profit
able club for the citizens to belong to-
Not only did the athletic club meet
ing draw the crowd at the court house
Sunday evening for the Devils Lake
band under the direction Of Prof.
Kramer comes in for it's share Of
praise for the fine concert on that
: :.
evening. The band was out in force
and the many citizens who gathered
at the court house for the affair were
we'll paid for their visit. The band
rendered several fine numbers and
made the people wish that these meet
tngs would come real often. 4s-$ s.3 Il. N
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-22
indians LIVING Hiqh..' !:

Monday the State Bank Of this city
started the payment Of over $3.50, ,oOs to
Me Indians Of the reservation. Most
VI the Indians camped near the fort
and remained there until after the fun
payment had been made. The local
dealers of this city have made camps.
close at hand ana have collected many
accounts due from the Indians who will
dve high as long as the long green
lasts. G. W. Porter, the popular bak-5
er OF this city, furnished several thous-
and loayes Of bread and the other mer-
chants Of the city furnished articles
for the Indians in good quantities. I.