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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
PEOPLES PULPIT
Abba, Iowa, Sept. 10. 100

Abba. Iowa, Sept, 10. 1909.
Hon. H. L. Waterman,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
My Dear SENATOR
I have examined with much inter.
est your esteemed favor of recent
date, and also copy thereof which
you procured to be inserted in the
Ottumwa Courier. These communities
tions are characterized by an impa-
thence Of temper, which 1 trust you
will not allow to become habitual.
shall not answer seriatim the sug-
gestions you advance. You are dis
contented particularly because / re-
fused to substitute for the Dingley
law, under which the people Of the
United States had been uniformly
prosperous. the Aldrich bill transfer.
ing hides to the free list and reducing
duties on coal, meats, ETC., to com.
petitive basis. gather from your
rather elaborate letter that. If you had
been in congress, you would have sup
ported any measure commanding the
sanction of what you term the "ad.
ministration," no matter how offensive
its provisions to the people Of Iowa.
II have accurately defined your posi-
ton, your conception and mine of the
duty of representative are radically
different. was elected as a Repub-
lican and as a protectionist, and |
will never follow ANYBODY into free
trade in the commodities created by
the labor and the farmers and work.
ing men of this district Colonel La
fayette Young asserts that free hides
will cost the farmers of Iowa $5,000,-
600 per annum," and that nothing has
been received in return for this sacri.
fee" You admit the loss but you en-
terrain hope that it may be compensat-
ed by a lowering of the prices on shoes
and lumber. If you are serious in an.
ticipating 2 cheapening of these ne
cessities, you are less sophisticated
than have believed you to be, for all
competent authorities agree that, as
to their selling price, an advance rath-
er than decline is to be apprehended
II any variation occurs.
But more was embraced in the AL
drich bill than mere reformation of
specific schedules. Since hides have
been relieved of duty, it will be in
creasingly difficult to counterfeit the
violent clamor that WOOL coal and all
other raw materials be admitted free.
This is the most imminent danger
now confronting the Republican party.
am not in favor of free raw mater
ials. infer that you are, providing
the administration" at Washington
ton advocates the policy. l am a pro-
tectionist of the ancient faith and I
invite you to return to the fold. |
stand on the Chicago platform, declar-
ing for tariff measuring the differ
ence in the cost of production in
America and abroad, together with a
reasonable profit to the domestic pro-
Queer, and I will not vote to subject
the citizens of Iowa to foreign compe-
tition upon the results of their labor,
while protecting by adequate tariffs
the manufacturers of the east in the
finished products fashioned therefrom
This attitude and this determination I
believe to be sustained by Republic
cans generally, and regret that you
are not In harmony with them. With
personal regards, am,
Yours very truly,
NJ e, Kendall
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
PUTTING A CHECK ON FADs.

If Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, who has
just entered upon her duties as super
tntendent of the Chicago schools, car
ries out the reforms she has set out
to accomplish, or rather If she brings
an end to the reforms some of her
predecessors instituted, she will set
a good example that may be far reach
ing In Its effects. Mrs. Young's idea of
a reform is not to set about to begin
a long list of experiments, but to root
out all the experiments that have
proven failures and to build school
curriculum on a foundation of com
mon sense. Here are some of Mrs.
Young's plans as she outlined them in
announcing her policy:
II believe in the extension of in.
dustrial education / think all chill
dren should be taught to do some.
thing with their hands. Not that |
want to turn the schools of Chicago
into factory schools, but l want to see
the teachers better equipped in tech
nical education, and / want to see in.
dustrial teaching in the public schools
get down to a practical basis. | don't
think we want to add anything to the
~ 40 lNiAl CAOuSh dI VI Cd
emit What want to see is a sort OF
revision which will let us take up a
study and get through with it some
time, I think it is high time to lay
more force on the old plain forms
known as the three RS. There have
been great changes in the educational
world in the last ten years. The old
methods we're inadequate for the
modern child An era of fads began.
Much that is good was added to the
old curriculum, but much that is use
less also was added. The time has
come to put check on the fads and
to determine what really is useful. 1
do not intend to revert to old-fashion-
ed methods, but do wish to make GER
tain changes toward greater thorough
ness, for l believe in grounding the
children thoroughly in the element
ais"
Mrs. Young's idea is to get back to
the old plan Of having the schools
train the students for life's battles,
rather than prepare them for college,
when such small percentage ever
get to college.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

and had splendid opportunity to OBJ
serve the vast drops.
During the drive talked with
over fifty farmers who were cultiyat-
Ing from a half section UP to several
full sections Of land. All were enthu.
s1astic over the prospective yield, and
IN many places the harvest was we'll
under way. On the whole the crops
will average ITO to 100 per cent, 100
per cent being normal and SO per cent
being the yield last year, an increase
OF 1S to 2S per cent. They all agree
that the crops are too far advanced
now to suffer any material damage
The high temperature OF the day
brings heavy dew at night. and rain
has fallen sufficiently.
There were many signs Of prosper
ity. One town Of 1900 people had
registered one hundred automobiles
Three times we passed through towns
in which circus was performing.
and for thirt ymiles each side of the
towns we passed various styled We.
hicles containing entire families en-
route to the show"
In the whole history of American
development there is nothing more
remarkable than the progress sof our
agricultural interests during the last
few years.
To this wonderful advance, this
amazing growth in wealth, is largely
due the quick revival of business
from the panic Of 1907. It was this
condition that saved us from long
period of great industrial depression,
and it is this fundamental condition
for marvellous development which as
sures an expansion of business much
greater than our country has yet
seen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
THE RIGHT MOVE.

The first Of the open meetings of the
Commercial association this fall will
be given over to discussion of tn,
goods roads question. The road sup.
4 eryisors and township trustees will be
present at the meeting and 1t is plan
ned to start movement that will bet
ter the road conditions here at home.
The road supervisors and trustees will
be in position to place before the meet
ing the problems that confront them
and the obstacles they face in their
road work. If they will bring with
them their suggestions for betteriug
tie conditions Of the roads. II will be
better still. If they arc hanpered by
the present road laws they could point
out what improvements In these laws
might be made. If they are handicap
ped in their work by lack of funds they
could give an idea Of the amount of
money that should be placed at their
disposal and their idea Of the means
that should be taken to raise this
money
There has been too much of general
ization in the discussion Of the good
roads question. What is needed now
is determination to do something for
the roads right here at home and the
launching of campaign that will get
this something done.
In this connection an editorial in the
Stock Drovers' Journal, which circu-
lates almost exclusively in the agricul-
tural communities, is of interest as re-
ducing to dollars and cents an argu-
ment in favor of road Improvement.
In an editorial that paper says:
Bad roads are an extravaganza that
no farming community can AFFORD. Just
what they cost in unnecessary expense
It takes but a moment to determine.
A team and driver are reasonably
worth So day. and by the use of these
1t is possible to deliver to market
from your hons. 100 bushels of corn.
Hauling over good roads, the cost of
delivery is cents per busheI. But
II, In consequence of bad roads. but
fifty bushels can ne delivered, the cost
is doubled and the difference is what
the impossible roads cost you. Con
tinue this calculation, applying 1t to
the hauling of all of your crops. and 1t
quickly becomes apparent that 1t
amounts to very burdensome tax
Good roads help in every way; they
promote sociability by making friends
and relatives accessible, and by means
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
FosTER's WEATHER
BULLETIN
copyrighted 1909 by W, T.
Foster.l

Washington, D. G., Sept 11.-I4ast
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent 10 to Ia, warm
wave 8 to 10, cool wave IL to 16. That
was predicted to be the most import
ant disturbance of the month. Great
high temperature wave followed by
general rains. a cold wave and frostg
unusually far southwark are expected.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about 18th, cross Pacific slope
by close Of Is, great central valleys
IL to 10. eastern states and provinces
20. Warm wave will cross Pacific
coast about 18th, great central valleys
IL, eastern states and provinces 10.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about 18th. great central valleys 30.
eastern states and provinces %. This
disturbance will be preceded by an
extensive cold wave and killing frosts
In northern sections, and cool wave
with cold rains in southern sections.
From Sept II to IS one Of the most
general disturbances of the year will
prevail, causing general rains, q high
temperature wave followed by a great
and general fall in temperatures. II
will be called one of the equinoctiaI
storms and will cause strenuous
weather covering five or six days.
Remainder of September will aver
age cooler than usual with very little
rain. The rains about middle week .,f
September will put fall pastures In
good condition but farmers Should re-
member that the August drouth not
only seriously damaged a large acre.
age of late corn but also temporarily
ruined the midsummer pastures also
We will not know the full extent Of
damage done by the August drouth be.
lore Oct. 10. I am now working on
l9l0 crop weather and will have 1t
complete by the end of this month.
BY crop weather I mean mostly tenn
peratnres and rainfall. | use these
monthly, together with the daily cal
@culations, in preparing my weekly bull
letins.
am, and have right to be, much
elated over my great success in fore
telling the August drouth that did so
much damage in the corn states. At
the time that forecast was published.
conditions promised the greatest corn
crop ever produced in any country.
gave fair warning that the August
Idrouth would do the corn crop, partic.
Iularly late corn. much damage
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

st. Louis and other Mississippi river
points.
A Double Fleet.
The large picture is a scene upon
the Illinois river. The fleet of boats
here shown Is what the railroad man
would call double-header. There are
nine barges with two steamboats, be-
hind them to hustle them along up the
Illinois river and through the Henne-
pin canal to Chicago. The two steam.
ers and nine barges are loaded upon
an even bed of four feet, eight inches
and have cargo of 1900 tons.
"The steamboat men who have been
consulted in reference to operating
fleet of these boats upon the Dest
Moines river, say that under certain
conditions it can be made SUCCESS
ful and paying proposition, and that
they are willing to undertake it."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
LITERARY GOSSIP.

Why is Stewart Edward White?
For the same reason that made
Row Farrell Green and Abbie Far
well Brown.
What caused Albert Bigelow Paine?
e. Nasbit him.
What did William R. Lighton?
The same spot Bulwer Lytton.
What did Grace MacGowen Cooke?
In order to Fry Mary A. Livermore
and Boyle Alice Hogan Rice.
What would make Charles Stearns
Hartwell?
Margaret Sherwood.
Is Mabel Osgood Wright?
Yes, also Hamilton Wright Mable.
Why did VIII c. Steel Charles Cot
fin?
To put Kate Douglas Wiggin.-Lip-
pincott's.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

An Illinois man who has reached
the eighty-fifth milestone on his life's
journey, believes that the best way to
achieve longevity is to eat, drink,
smoke and smile He might have add
ed that it is well to keep away from
auto race courses when the motor car
races are on.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

The Wabash road has issued an or.
der that hereafter passenger trains
must not be operated at a speed ex-
ceeding fifty miles an hour. 1t is be-
lieved the engine crews on the branch
running between Ottumwa and Moul-
ton will be able to cut down the speed
to the new limit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

A Chicago bully started out yester-
day with pair of gas pipe plyers
with which he playfully nipped off
chunks out of all the ears that came
within reach. He was having a good
time until some one called halt to
the joke by pumping a little cold lead
into the joker. 1t served him right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

The report of the city health physi-
clan shows that there were thirty-five
deaths in Ottumwa during August and
only thirty-two births. If this news
gets to Former President Roosevelt it
may bring him back from Africa to tell
Ottumwa something about the race
suicide question. There is probable
ity, however, that all the births have
not been reported.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

They have strenuous methods of ed
ucating the young down in Missouri.
At the Bear Hollow school in McDon-
aid county, that state, yesterday, the
teacher pulled a gun and killed a pupil.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

What pity-or what blessing
that Mr.. Roosevelt is not here to crap
pie with that north polar dispute and
shaks the daylights out of it, says the
Chicago Tribune.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14

Kansas City voted yesterday to
build new union depot. All who
have ever been marooned in the pres.
ent depot at K. G., will agree that Kan
sas City needs a depot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
TOWN LIMERlcks,

A fellow in fair Caledonia
Said: Darling, I'd sure like to ow
NAL"
She replied: son my word,
You are really absurd.
Run along, Son, and wait till
phonia."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-14
THE VESTS PROSPERITY.

st. Paul Dispatch
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-24
ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a spe- cial meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail- way Company will be held at the principal Louis, in the State of Missouri, oi, the 2d day of February, 1910, at nine o'clock in the forenoon of that day to consider and act upon the following propositions
 (a) To purchase and acquire all or any part of the railroads and other property, as sets and franchises of all or any of the fol- lowing named railroad companies: Arkan- kansas Midland Railroad Company, Arkan- sas Southwestern Railway Company, The
 Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railroad
 Company, Coal Belt Railway Company,
 Eldorado and Bastrop Railway Company,
 Farmerville & Southern Railroad Company, Garland Western Railway Company. Gurdon
 smith Northern Railway Company, Herrin
 Railway, Herrin and Johnston City Railway
 Company, Kansas and Arkansas Valley
 Railway, Little Rock and Hot Springs Vest
 ern Railroad Company The Little Rock X
 Monroe Railway Company, Little Rock
 Junction Railway, Mississippi River, Ham,
 burg and Western Railway Company,
 Orleans x Northwestern Railroad Con-
 pany, Pine Bluff and Western Railroad
 Company, Springfield Southwestern Railway
 way Company, and Wabash Southern Rail-
 way Company. .
 (b) To increase the capital stock of this Company by the amount of $60,000,O00, such Increase of the capital stock to consist of 100000 shares of the par value of $100 each, so that tho total authorized capital stock shall be $190,0O0,000.
 (c) To consent to. concur in, approve and authorize an increase of the bonded in- debtedness of St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, by the amount of $25,000.000, by the issue of Gold Bonds of the Company. limited in the aggregate to the principal amount of S25,000,0OO at any one time outstanding, and to be secured by a mortgage and deed of trust on and of the property and franchises of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and to consent to, concur in and authorize the execution and delivery of such mortgage and deed of trust, and to consider and act l upon the form and terms of such bonds and | of such mortgage and deed of trust, and the | sale of all or any of said Gold Bonds to | The Missouri Pacific Railway Company. (dl To ratify the proceedings of the | Board of Directors heretofore taken In and | about the matters aforesaid, including the | authorization of said bonds and mortgage | and deed of trust, and the use to be made | of said bonds, and to consider and act upon | such other business as may properly be | transacted at the meeting.
 The stock transfer books of the Company
 VIII De Sev ciSsed M at M on on Friday M the
 closed E nnti1 ii 10 4. M 0i on Thursday, % % the sd
 day of February, 1910.
 l Dated New York, November IT, 1909. l By order of the Board of Directors. l GEORGE J. GOULD, l A. II. CALEB, President. Secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-24

day. heard the rumor with sincere re- great and proposed to send deputa- t.or to London to ask its veteran townsman to reconsider his decision.
 But Sir Francis is firm, asking his friends not to send deputation. Dig nified anu bus.nesslike in debate and a pcrfect master of several subjects, he has been for generation type of the hard-working private member.
 "The man who stays too long m parliament makes mistake" he said, in an interview "Palmerston. my first premier, and Gladstone both stayed too long Gladstone quite lost his balance toward the end. Even Lord Morley cannot defend all Glad stone did in later years.
 'The house once had good laugh at Gladstone. He was speaking with contempt of Disraels fol overs and stopped for word to describe them. Satellites. suggested Disraeli quietly. It was obviously the word Gladstone wanted. and the house roared with pleasure, while Gladstone was plainly 
 upset.
 "I remember another occasion when Disraeli took the sting out Of an at tack by Gladstone. The latter had been speaking in his romping way, throwing his arms about and declaim- ing vigorously. Disraeli rose from the other side of the table and said with apparent seriousness: While the right honorable gentleman was speak ing I was glad to feel that there was a big piece of furniture between us. In black and white that is nothing, but Disraeli's manner delighted the house.
 "ParlianentaIy life 90 years ago was mere ten pestaous than it is now. I was in the house in Speaker Feels time when two men began to fight. One of their men very rudely came and sat on our bench und 1t was re- scented. Then the speaker was sent for and peace was restored"
 Sir Francis Powelis chief claim to remembrance will be the interest he has taken in sanitation and education He will retain his seat until the close of the present parliament.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-24
ITALIANS IN ARGENTINA.

The Italian is the principal inn migrant. He is easily assimilated into citizenship because of the Ian. guage, religion and mode of living. The very best class of Italian immi- grants have come hither and now form highly respected portion of the population. If furnishing ex- amples of thrift and industry to a people so lacking in these qualities as some classes of Argentinians are, is a sufficient reason for grant of citizenship tlese people deserve it.. Whole colonies of Italians have been established Tn various places. So large percentage of the immigrant class has cone from Italy that they have even bad some effect upon the language noticeable in the modifica- tion of the sounds of the letters.- From Raenos Ayres Letter to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-24

"s up trecsvre in hcaver
 rrc1Lisory notes
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-24
Prices 35c, soc and 75c

have them. lie said that wa
 because when he first saw the turtle on the other side of Rattlesnake creek he knew in an instant it was a cross.
 Do you get that? I guess that's bad. By gum, 1t cost me dollar six ty to find out about that cross, but it was worth it. 1 took a cigar myself, becarse I was coming right home and ! didn't want any argument Here, smoke that when you get outside. Wife objects to the smell around the house.
 Well, sir, says, says I, Home for mine, where in the sacred precincts of my own vine and fig tree says, I'll hand that one over the plate to my soft-voiced spouse, says I, and it will tie her up,' I says, into a shak- ing and complicated tangle of blithe. some merriment,' says 1. Likewise, such being the case, l freely opined that my paths would be in sunny places and sweet peace would brool over me, to the third and fourth gen eration thereof. Selah!
 'So I came home, and, take it from me, I gave it out to her in plain words. No hidden subtleties, you un. derstand, but full of corroborative de. tail and; believe me, son. with the bright light of truth and virtue fash ing from my clear blue eyes.
 You never heard me when 1 was right in top form maybe? Well, son the way I told her that story was right See what I mean? The turtle wouldn't have had any comeback if he had heard it himself.
 And did she laugh? Did she give that imitation of complicated and tangled merriment? Not sort, Nothing of the kind. Nix. She looked me square in the face and she said: Well. what about it?' says she. Go ahead and tell the joke says she.
 Say, that got me mad. I wouldn't have minded if she had been kidding me, but she wasn't 1 was sore all dignation and began to hand things out all in bunch. I combed things over pretty general one way and an, other until. I'll give you my word, I couldn't think of anything more to say that 1 dared to, women being un necessarily touchy at times.
 You're the limit I says. as { kind of windup. I don't believe you ever saw joke in your life,' I says, and you wouldn't laugh if you did /. says.
 Henry, she says just as serious, I don't know but one real funny joke and I've known that long time, laugh myself sick over it. she says It's an awfully funny joke she says, and one is enough for any woman she says. that's respectable she says
 Well, for the love of mackerei put me wise says l. No, Henry she says, you wouldn't like it a. al, And besides, she says, I don't wan. to hurt your feelings she says A1,l then take it from me. she lad her head back and laughed like she'd have mysteries.
 Honest, can you beat it? As man to man and without reference to any nresent. previous, or contemplated condition of servitude, what do you know about that? That gets me. all r'ght There's a woman who only ,nows one joke and misses chance to tell it. I don't know, son, some ines give it up. These women are cueer lot"