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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-11
WHY IOWA PRosPERs.

In the October Wealth. the official
publication of the Greater Des MONIES
committee, there is an article which
gives some reasons for the prosperity
of Iowa and of Des Moines "A Buffalo
man had read some of the booster"
literature and he wrote asking why
do you allege SO much prosperity for
Des Moines?" In the article in which
this question is answered the Greater
Des Moines committee modestly
states that the first reason for the
prosperity of Des Moines is the great
state of Iowa, and it goes on to set
forth some of Iowa's wonderful all
vantages in the following manner:
The enormous wealth of Iowa is, IN
large measure, the gift of Divine
Providence The most permanently
valuable things in the material world
are climate and soil.
Iowa has the most fertile soil on the
American continent and an unsurpass-
ed climate.
Add to these an Industrious popula-
ton of two and a quarter million,
and you have the essentials OF pros
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Sidelights

This Guaranty of Bank Deposits
question SO prominent in the last polit-
ical campaign Is certainly passing
through Its baptism Of fire just now"
said prominent Main street bust
ness man today.
'"These western states that have
been investigating the Oklahoma plan
are getting discouraged since the sit
uation raised by the recent failure Of
the Columbia Bank and Trust COM
pany at Oklahoma City.
"It will be remembered that this
bank was only a year DID, but by the
offering of special inducements in the
way of excessive rates of interest to
depositors, had in this short time built
up line of deposits Of three million
dollars While it is not questioned but
that depositors will eventually get all
their money, the fact remains that the
advocates of the guaranty plan have
been handed great disappointment.
with only $3S0,O00 in the state
guarantee fund and over $4,000 OF
this amount on deposit with the failed
bank, the task Of meeting the immedi-
ate payment of $3,000,000 liabilities is
no small one.
can assessment has been made on
the solvent banks to provide for this,
AMI many of the banks are uniting In
an effort to resist the collection of it.
"The argument of the opponents OF
the plan that the well managed banks
would have to pay for the shortcom
ings of those poorly conducted has re-
ceived quite lift by this early failure
through gross mismanagement Of one
Of the supposed strongest banks OF
the state, and the assurance by the
advocates of the plan that the watch
dogs of the state banking department
could keep tab on all the banks, and
that further every bank would be
watching every other bank. making
such thing as a failure well nigh i'm
possible, has had great set back.
"In short it has proven that while
we have some very competent bankers
in the country, there are few able
to perform the double service of at
tending to the responsibility of sue.
cessfully managing their own institu.
lions and at the same timc keeping
track of the transactions of their com.
petitors.
ut looks to an innocent bystander
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MT. PLEASANT


Mt. Acknowledgement Garcia Velez,
Cuban minister to the United States
who was to have given lecture be-
fore the Iowa Wesleyan students on
the evening of November oath, has
been obliged to cancel his engagement
because of important matters which
have come up in Washington which
demand his attention and presence
there that week The general is the
minister to the United States from the
Republic Of Cuba, and affairs of state
make it more or less problematical
whether he can fill dates when once
made. He is very anxious to come west
however for he wishes to study west
ern manufactures, his object being to
interest the United States manufacture
ers in Cuba so that the trade of this
country will go there and Cuba's
wants be supplied in the United
States.
According to Hon. Champ Clark,
minority leader of the National House
or Representative, who delivered lee
ture before the college students Fri
day night, Theodore Roosevelt will be
back in this country within twelve
months, running against Taft for the
nomination of president at the next
Republican convention. For the bene-
fit of you Republicans" said Mr..
Clark during his lecture, II want to
whisper secret in your ear. 1t is my
profound conviction that within twelve
months Teddy Roosevelt will be back
in this country running against Taft
for president" The remark was follow
ed by the most enthusiastic cheering.
Mr.. Clark did not have much to say
of your Uncle Joe Cannon" as he
chose to call him, and among other
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C1ark's Drug Store. Swenson's Drug Store.

perity. That is the situation in Iowa.
1t is only about fifty years since
Iowa was mostly landscape and In
dams.
Today it possesses Astounding
wealth, railroads everywhere, thriving
towns, one of the most rapidly grow
ing cities in the nation, schools, col
leges on which millions are spent an
nually, two and quarter million peo-
pie with per capita bank deposits of
5000, and some dozens of remarkable
things that other states claim but
have not
In the center Of all this is Des
Moines.
Iowa produces about IL per cent
Of the corn crop of the United States
each year.
When it comes to oats, Iowa's far
mers raise 14.6 per cent of the total
crop Of the nation
Iowa has 29,S97,552 acres of improv-
ed land within her borders-which
leaves smaller percentage of waste
land than can be found in any other
equal area on the earth.
The average Of Improved land in
Iowa is greater than that Of illinois,
about 20 per cent above Missouri,
nearly SO per cent above Texas, ten
times as much as Colorado, nearly
twice that of Indiana, so per cent
more than Minnesota, three times that
of Alabama and ninety times that of
New Mexico.
Something Of a producing territory,
my friend.
Iowa farmers own rs per cent of
all the cattle in the United States.
Six and one-tenth of all the horses
of the nation are owned in Iowa.
Even though Iowa is prairie
state, LIS per cent of the timber prod
ucts of the entire country come from
within her borders. Arkansas, which
is regarded as something of timber
state, produces only 4 per cent.
Even more surprising is the fact
that Iowa produces 3.2 per cent of the
| bituminous coal mined in the United
States.
Eight and eight-tenths of all the
/ barley crown in the United States
comes from the farms of Iowa.
Fifteen and six-tenths of all the
swine in the entire country are raised
| in Iowa
hC t)louuIJ VI loWd udtll uttt
the present generation would pay the
national debt.
There is only one spot in the state
that is thirteen miles from a railroad
Most of the railroads center in Des
Moines
The Iowa hen produces as much
wealth each year as the silver mines
of Colorado Ard the hen isn't max
ing much fuss about it. either.
Land that sold for $25 an acre in
1900 will bring 500 an acre now.
i There are some things said about
Iowa in this article that Iowans should
/ remember. They should tell friends
from Buffalo or Oshkosh or Kalamazoo
about them. 1t is true Of the other
cities of the state as it is true of Des
Moines that the first reason for their
| prosneritv is the great state of Iowa
/ Calling the worlds attention at every
opportunity to Iowa's great prosperity
is only nlantine the seed that viii
make Iowa's future prosperity tbs
greater.
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GREAT TIMES FOR YOUNG MEN.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune.-
The young man with good health and
grit is bound to win. He Is not looking
for an opportunity. He is making one
You can't lose the young man with
character and grit. Some day he will
be at the head of a railroad corpora
ton, large manufsc curing institution,
big retail establishment or some
thing equally as good" He is not
whining that there is no chance for
a young man In this country" He
knows there is and he is making the
most of his talents Watch him grow
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President Taft in his speech at Au.
gusta endorsed the movement for a
national board of health and declared
that he would touch upon this question
in his message to congress. The pres
ident pointed out that there are now
various bureaus in Washington which
devote their time to study Of the
prevention and suppression Of dis
eases, but they are scattered and their
work is bound to be Of haphazard
nature as at present conducted. The
president feels that they need to be
united in one bureau, which shall di-
rect its attention to the study of cues
tions of health under all conditions
prevailing in this country. BY the cir
culation OF knowledge such board
could obtain the people would be en-
abled to live hygienic lives. The pres
ident's plan is to recommend that
there be a union of all the expert
mental departments Of the govern
ment for the discovery of lines of
health and the study of diseases.
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picturesque men of the "House" during
the last decade whom he spoke of. he
failed to include the Illinois states
man.
The people are getting tired Of
Aldrich and Cannon" he said, "and
we are going to get your Uncle Joe's
scalp In the next congress" Mr.. Clark
did not attempt to explain how he ex-
pected this to be done, but Indicated
that he expected a Democratic major
ity in the next house Of representa-
tives. The lecture though was full of
droll wit and humor and was exceed
ingly instructive and entertaining.
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hccoUNTING ON THE FARM.

The census bureau will call upon
the farmer next year for compreneh-
siye statement of his years work, pas
ed upon written records kept OF MS
business transactions in 1909. me
government wants to get the farmers
Interested in adopting businesslike
method of accounting on the farm. =.
believes that If q better system OF
farm accounting Is apodted 1t VIII
work to the benefit Of the farmer anu
10 the government as we'll. me pu-
reau has seen the need Of better sys-
tenn In managing the business OF the
Farm nv it's attempts to gather farm
statistics. 1t believes that the FARMER
you'd he a gamer if he would base
fawer of his calculations upon Facts
drawn from memory, or from 1ncom-
plete records.
ton the farmer will be asked 10 eaVe
the census taker enumerates the lol-
lowing questions:
He will be asked for statement
of the acreage, yield mad selling price
az all crops harvested this year, TO-
pether with the value of his live stock,
dairy products, poultry, eggs, truit,
etc. In addition, he will be called up
On for an inventory of all live stock,
noultry and bees on hand April 10,
1910. The government will ask now
much money he paid out for fertillz-
ers in 1909, how much he paid TOT
farm labor. what amount he paid Tor
hay. grain or other articles not raised
on the farm, but purchased Tor ieea
for domestic animals and poultry,
what acreage he planted for each sta
ple in 1909 and what acreage ne "a
tends to plant for each in 1910, the
oumber and value of animals sold III
1909. the number and value of ami
mails slaughtered on the farm, either
for home use or for sale, the number
and value of wool fleece sold, the
quantity Of milk and of butter IN
rounds produced, and comprehenslVe
statement of mortgaged Indebtedness,
etc.
If the census bureau is successful IN
securing active support from the farm,
ers in its plans the government VIII
thus acquire valuable information. And
If i. is true, as the census bureau be
lieves, that lax business methods pre-
vail on the farm, benefit might be
gained by the farmers by keeping an
annual account for themselves, such
as the census bureau now asks them
10 give the enumeratOrS.
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AMONG THE MAGAZINES

For the boy or girl you love there is
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A hundred thousand OIL folks tes-
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girls.
st. Nicholas is the great st Of mag
from three to sixteen. 1t has the best
stories. the most interesting articles
the most helpful am entertaining de.
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most beautiful pictures.
| ST. Nicholas, The Great Treasure
| Fouse of Happiness for Children. Sin.
| gle copies, % cents. Yearly subscrip-
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and neWs-stands
A notable illustrated series 1.-THE
Holy Land" by Robert I-ichens anG
Jules Guerin. Robert Kitchens, author
of "The Garden of Allah" and the dis
| tinguished artist, Jules Gucrin, who
collaborated so successfully in series
of articles on Egypt for The Century
have now entered upon another anC
still more interesting collaboration
depicting by pen and pencil the monu.
ments and scenerv Of the Holy Land
| The author and painter made theil
! studies eDarately-beginning will
Baalbek. and Damascus, and ending
with Jerusalem in Holy Week. Boil
author and artist are eminently fitted
] by training and sympathy for thu
work undertaken. The first articles will
appear in the Christmas Century.
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week In an old culvert near the depot.
The watch was identified by A. o.
Hunter. of this city. as the one which
was stolen from his house Aug. IL
when the Wallace Hagenbeck circus
exhibited here. Several homes were
entered that day by thieves while the
parade passed through the streets and
1t Is supposed that the party who Sc
cured these articles must have hidden
them in the culvert expecting to get
them before leaving town but was un-
able OF return to the spot when the
show train left late that i--ght.
George w. Broadbent, the janitor of
the Auditorium, is lying very i'll as a
result of a terrible fall from the stage
into the orchestra pit. A home talent
show used the house for a rehearsal
and after all left Mr.. Broadbent went
up on the stage to put out the lights.
The switchboard and the stage en-
trance are at opposite ends of the plat
form and after the house " IS in total
darkness. Mr.. Broadbent somehow lost
his bearings while passing from the
| switchboard to the door. He walked
off the stage over the piano down into
the pit, breaking three ribs, one being
crushed into his lungs. 1t was then
about 1880 p. m. and although he
called repeatedly lie was unable to
make any one hear him. Finally he
the city nightwatch found him nearly
unconscious. Mr. Broadbent is one of
| the most highly respected citizens of
Corydon. He served through the civil
war with honor and for years has been
one of the leading workers in the
Methodist church. He Is past seventy
| years of age and the doctors do not
hold out much hope for recovery.
After staying out sixteen hours, the
| jury brought in verdict of guilty in
the case of State of Iowa vs.. r. G.
Mullen who was indicted for securing
money by false pretense. The story of
this case is an interesting one. Over
q year ago, one Mullen sold $4,000
worth of stock in q copper mine to
parties in this county the mine being
located in Aragrande, New Mexico
where Mullen claimed he lived. A. g.
Widmer, president If the Numa Block
Coal Co., took the largest part of the
stock. The case is noteworthy because
of the string of able attorneys on each
side. w. Fl. Tedford who was Judge IN
the third judicial district for twelve
years, managed the case for the de-
| fendent. He was ably assisted by ]
II. Brown of ST. Joseph, and H. H
| Carter, one of the prominent lawyers OF
this county. Opposed to this array was
| County Attorney K. e. Sallman who
! has gained great prominence through
the Ware prosecution. He was assist
ed by the Hon. Lewis Miles who serv-
ed two terms as United States FEEDER
al Attorney of the southern district %
Iowa, and C. w. Steel. The efenst
have moved for new trial ana Judge
| Towner will hear the motto 4 mex
Saturday.
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FAIRFIELD.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Fl. G. Rountree. prominent insurance
man, died suddenly here Sunday morn
ing at 2:45 of heart disease. He was
about 81 years old and had been a res
ident of Fairfield for over forty years.
He arrived home only last Wednesday
from Lincoln, Neb.. where he had been
for several months past looking after
some business matters. He was a
member of Capital Lodge, |. o. o. F. of
Lincoln and of Fairfield lodge No. 289
A. o. U. w. He carried $4,000 life in
surance in the latter. The funeral will
be held today at 5 p. m.
Rev. Willis Montgomery, the new
pastor of the Presbyterian church who
arrived here last Friday with his fam
ily and who was to have preached his
fire. sermon Sunday was i'll and unable
to leave his home. Rev. James Bean
of Cherokee who has been visiting his
parents here preached at the morning
service.
A family reunion was held Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. VIII
son on South Fifth street in honor of
the 69th birthday of the former which
occurs today. The children and grand
children of this excellent cnnple went
to the home with loaded dinner bas-
kets and the ladies took possession of
the dining room where they prepared
an excellent dinner among those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bradshaw
and children. Mr. and Mrs Arthur Will
son and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Wilson and children of this city and
Roland Wilson of Burlington.
A jubilee banquet will be held Fri
day evening In the M. w. A. hall by
the members of Evergree- lodge No. 81
Degree of Honor, on account of theil
Having passed a certain mark in mem
bership and also on account of theil
having obtained the meeting of thu
second annual convention of the eighth
degree of honor OF low;
Saturday evening at the parsonagt
i, of the Englihs Lutheran church oc
Cured the wedding Lice V. Knott, o
this city and Pearl r. Smith Of Lib
ertvville. Rev. w. L. Bright reading the
ceremony. They expect to make thei
home in this city for the present
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-,
WIN ner SISTER MRS >. >, arnold. WEN
70 osceola saturday evening TO visit mel
SOL Claude Wnltlock ana family. Mrs
Arnold accompanied her.
MIS-. Eugene Mchlnley OF Pnllllps-
puis' Kansas, arrived Saturday for
Ms yIslt near RusseiI with her parents
ME. ana MRS. M +. Chapman.
nlss Marsaret PIPER returned Satur-
u LAY Iron, 81 q Few Gays WISH with reia-
IVES Ms III 1a al 15l Grove:
MIS- us" -. =. hlrpy ana MISS IDA watts
e. = aiiiesloii' visltea III thls Guy over
Nata, WI. the formers daughter,
W. n 40. a. n. becker.
MISS Dora hoDlnsoN returned Satur-
Wy, Wy a a., ~ lroth three Weeks
nis,l ~ %. JOG win nef protner Clyde
an M, VIZ .'
All he jury IN inc case OF Robt. Mum
usi l VI LUCAS VINO was charged with
s 'nni'io by Miss May Caviness, wers
Enap'e ~ asIee ana We're dismissed
hai,..s mts a .ls 10y ouube serliillon AFTER
Ne ~ =, 9 9r , nnil 1,y.
for,,,ar,, - o e.. S Gahgs ol MoodDurn, anu
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THE LARGER VIEW.

Philadelphia Inquirer.-The United
States is entering upon a new era.
We have discovered that if policy
is good for one part Of our country it
is good for the balance of the nation.
Thus, if we improve the rivers of the
west they will help our fortunes in
the east; if we deepen the harbors in
the east and west, bringing in more
commerce, anchoring more ships, we
correspondingly increase the benefits
in other parts Of the nation.
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CIDER.
The apple in the cider mill
Is just the thing to fill the bill
Baltimore Sun.

The apple in the cider mill
Is just the thing to fill the bill.
Baltimore Sun.
And when the elders in the jug
It's just the thing to fill the mug.
Indianapolis News.
An when the jug is drunken down
The thing is then to paint the town.
Nashville American.
Good cider never'll get roast
Nor throw-down from
The Houston Post.
No use to sign the pledge, we think
Since elders such cherries drink.
Austin Stateman.
/ drank a gallon, and pretty soon
| threw
k. Lamity's Harpoon.
1t must have been the Okla. brand al
right
Which isn't recommended by
The Ardmoreite
And if the elders hard, why we
Will like it all the better. See.
Albuquerque Tribune Citizen.
Stick to cider, clear as chimes
Won't swell you head says
The st. Louis Times.
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CHARLTON.

Il ~$$~*$-e$<<%-% <->-<-~e $$<>% -
Chariton--Lane Shomp and Miss
Annie Davidson of Wheeling, w. ",
were united in marriage in this city
on Friday evening at the Baptist par
sonage, the ceremony being perform
ed by Rev. Hugh Moore. They expect
to reside in this city.
Charles H. Percifeld son of Mr.. and
Mrs Temp Percifield, of this CITY, and
Miss May Parr have been granted a
marriage license by County Clerk Col
Inns.
Mrs. J. w. Whitlock of Des Molnes.
who had been visiting in Charlton
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MAY BECOME COMPULSORY.

Sioux Falls Argus-L doc
tors say that oyereating is especially
dangerous in the winter time. This Is
the cheapest prescription we ever
knew the doctors to give, and many
will follow 1t if the cost of living
keeps up it's sssSrnal boost.
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our Town Druggists

say that Painkiller sells the best of any
medicine they keep: during the hard
times of the past year or two. there
were none too poor to pay their quart
err" for bottle of this indispensable
family medicine. Be sure and get the
genuine. 25c, 35c and SOC bottles.
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A Wisconsin man in announcing his
candidacy for governor admits that his
candidacy is in no sense case of the
office seeking the man. but the delib-
crate seeking of the office by the man"
A man as frank as that ought to draw
some support.