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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
THE PROBATION SYSTEM.

The Courier publishes on this page
an article concerning the workings Of
the probation system as put into prac-
aLice by Judge Mckenzie Cleland Of
the Chicago municipal court. The Pro-
baton league, which has been organ
led at Chicago TO further this work.
gives the following explanation Il
Judge Cleland's system:
The Probation System is merely the
application of modern common-sense
methods in the treatment of those who
violate the law. 1t deals with them
individually instead of collectively. It's
motto is not Let the punishment fit
the crime but rather Let the punish
ment fit tne criminal" 1t means the
maximum penalty for the incorrigibte.
but hope and help for the accidental
offender. BY making the court and
not the prison the "reformatory" it
does away with the absurdity of re-
curing ruin to precede reformation.
1t is constructive instead of destruc-
tive, and uses the strong arm of the
law to build Up rather than tear down.
1t regards the family as the true unit
OF society and therefore seeks to cor.
rect the lawb breaker without bringing
| disgrace and ruin upon his innocent
wife and children.
In short, believing that the prison
with all its moral coLtagion, instruc.
ton in crime and hopeless destruction
OF character and reputation, is no.
always a place for correction. but un.
happily is often a place Of corruption
| the Probation System would. for the
welfare of society. make it not the first
but the last resort in the treatment IF
the ordinary offender.
There are many critics Of the pro
baton system, but there are also many
staunch supporters. Many feel thnI
/ the plan has not been sufficiently test
ed to prove its efficiency. The extern
sion Of Judge Cls!and's system will oe
watched with interest, as in the widen
field opened for the work in Chicago
a greater opportunity will be given Il
/ judge OF its merits.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

Proceedings of the board of super.
visors, Monday, Dec. z. 1908, being the
fifth day OF the November session.
Board met all members present, r. j.
Reinier in the chair Minutes Of the
last meeting read and approved.
A petition for the reduction of as
sessment on east part of lot 8, Iol,
lars End addition to the city OF OF
tumwa. assessed 10 Hannah McHugh,
be reduced from 500 to $500 was ap
proved.
A petition OF Lottie Allen for re
fund of taxes on the northwest 1872
feet OF lot IL. in Hammond's sub-divi
sion of out lot 3 in the city of Ottum
wa, for the reason Of erroneous sac
was approved.
A petition OF D. NJ Lanning, for re
duction of assessment from $3.50 te
$500 on lot 6, Halberg's addition fol
the year of 1907, was approved.
petition of George and Madeline
Bridges for tho exemption of taxes OF
lot 8, southeast quarter, Sec. IS
Twp. ~, Range Is. for the year of 1907
was approved.
A petition Of Pansy Furman for the
reduction of assessment on lot 3, BLOCH
u, Fairview addition, be reduced from
s400 to 500 was approved.
A petition of Harry Metzger for The
reduction of assessment on south 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
A RAILROAD MAN ON WATER
WAYS

-
In delivering an address at a recent
banquet of the Chicago association Of
Commerce. B. F. Yoakum. chairman of
the executive committee of the Rock
Island-Frisco lines. added his testi-
mony to that of the other railroad
men who have favored the develop
ment of the countrys waterways Mr..
Yoakum was emphatic in asserting
that all work necessary for the proper
upbuilding OF a country like ours can
not be accomplished alone by the
railroads. The waterways, he said,
must have the attention of the fed.
eral government under as broad and
comprehensive plan as the policy
pursued in building up the great rail
road system Mr.. Yoal1um also point
ed out where the government had
been lax in the past in permitting the
waterways to lose their usefulness,
drawing This comparison:
Compare the work OF the govern
ment i'll furnishing water Transports
ton where nature has provided the
rivers and only awaits the work OF
contractors with what has been ac-
compiished by our financiers and con-
tractors in building our railroads OF
100000 miles TO an efficiency capable
of moving the nations traffic and it's
population, adding untold billions in
wealth to the property owners OF the
country, and consider what our prop
erty values and our transportation
facilities would have been mad the
government kept pace with the coun-
try's progress with the waterways To
put it another way. If the 10000 miles
of railroad of this country at the close
of the war between the states had
been under government ownership and
control, the same as navigation or
waterways, where would wo have
been today in the nations growth If
they had done no better for the public
in furnishing rail transportation than
they have in furnishing water trans
portation?
Without criticising the Panama canal
work, which he speaks of as a SPLEEN
did and magnificent work and prob
ably a means Of International peace
but only as an illustration, Mr. Yoa-
kun expresses the belief that if the
| government should eXpend as much
money as the Panama canal will cost
i'll the improving of our waterways
! viewed from a cold business stand
| point as national investment the
money expended within the boun.
diaries of the country would be worth
| dollars to dimes to the American peo
! pie.
4 But with the Panama canal assured
ne holds il TO be an actual business
necessity to push the work on the
| waterway projects. And first to re
| ceive attention :he believes, SHOULD
be the Mississippi river canal connect
| ing the great lakes with the gulf OF
Mexico, bringing cars laden with farm
products Of the west and manufacture
ed goods Of the east in direct connec
ton with ships to carry our commerce
| to all parts Of the world.
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- -
A LONG LOOK AHEAD.
Terse Comments upon the Christian
Endeavor Topic for January, 10 is
Living fer the Day or for "Eternity."
Heb. 7: is, IS; Matt. IS: 24-27.
BY WILLIAM Z. ELLIS.


over in Europe few weeks ago
some pieces of bone were unearthed
which the scientists pronounced to be
portions of the skeleton of man who
lived one hundred and seventy tholls-
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has lived all these unimasinable aeons
i'll the realm OF spirits, this man has
covered no appreciable portion of eter-
nifty. Life hereafter is long long
life.
Eternity is the. cure for all tines
ills
; rewards are not commensurate with
its labors. Its pain outweiohs its pleas
tres. Existence is dread burden to
more persons than probob bly, anv of us
suspects: as the increasing host of
suicides the world around will testify.
Tho mysterious and uncharted future.
| men believe. holds the key to ife's
puzzle. Eternity contains the expla-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
Peoples Pulpit
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
Sunday School Lesson and
Young Peoples Meetings

| ity itself, with this somebody left out.
is more of an incredible miracle than
the most wonderful acts that have
ever been ascribed to the Spirit of
Jesus. There is no other explanation
possible for the rise and power of the
religion of Christ except the irresisti-
| the power of an omniscient. omnpres-
ent, supernatural spirit.
| The coming of the Somebody whom
Jesus sent was at once the baptism,
! confirmation and ordination of the
disciples. This was the seal of real
succession to the apostolate Not all
the hands of bishops or presbyters can
make man minister of the Gospel
Is who has not shared in the Pentecostal
enduement. He who came on that
great day, riding chariot Of wind,
has never left the Church. Beneath
my hand lies q book "Thc Future
Leadership of the Church." which is
greatly concerned over the breath of
candidates for the ministry. That is
not the real problems; the future lead
ership of the Church, on which alone
! her work depends, is the accepted
leadership of that Somebody who has
BEN her leader since ever Jesus as
oonded. The peril of modern organized
Christendom is that this supreme
truth will be overlooked, and depend
er placed ,,pon theological senin-
aries and scientific learning for the
creation of ministry. Except that
breath which filled the Upper Room
IN Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost
breathe upon mans spirit. not all the
wisdom of man can make him an APP
pointed successor to the apostolate.
Everybody knows how empty are
words without power Sounding
brass and tinlkling cymbals." the apos-
tie happily calls them. So is the mes
sage of christianity without the help
of the Somebody who came at Pente-
cost, The historical facts and moral
teachings of our religion would have
no more influence upon the hearts OF
men than the story of the Roman En-
!, pre- or the philosophers Of Plato. We're
II not for this supernatural re- nforce-
ment. | have seen hundreds of men,
yellow and brown, who have been
lighted out of an old life that was
heather, and made to shine with the
virtues that are Christian.-and al
this without temporal advantage to
themselves. but real suffering-be-
cause of the power Of the Gospe'
which this Spirit makes alive. Tha
is as much of Il miracle as the speak
in with other languages which amaz-
; ed the many -tongued multitude al
| Penticost.
The Great day, and Today.
The backward look upon the grea
: da" of Penticost is profitable; but only
7 for the sake of today. All truth /!
!, worth considering only in relation t,
, present life. 1t means much that thu
. Somebody who came in Jesus steat
entered in sovereignty the Church IL
: Jerusalem: it means more that h,
T. abides in the Church and in the worlt
today. All the beauty of saintliness
all the power of preached word. all TIL,
bpneficencr of Christian Saryine a,r
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
. a. R@ HEALS
-. -. -. OLD SORES

Before the
AS blood
old
heal it. The and tissues of places
ally led with unhealthy matter and simply isposing
BY draining It from the system through the The only for old
thorough cleansing OF the blood entirely
cause s s heals old sores BY removing particle iupu from
eeanses the circulation that there is no longer drain
blood
with healthy
purified the blood the permanently
Ulcers and medical advice who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. GA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
DAHLoN EGA.

Dahlonega. School opens at this
place Monday. Jan. a, after the holi.
day vacation. Several new pulls are
planning to attend.
Juanita Lowenberg, the little daugh,
ter OF MIR. and Mrs. John Lowenberg,
who has been quite i'll with pneu
monia. is improving.
Martin Goehring returned home
Tuesday after short visit with hs
brother and sister at Eddyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Denny, who
were recently married in South OF
tu1nwa, are spending the week at He'd
rick visiting relatives and friends.
Philip Denny OF this place is help
ing his brother. r. L. Denny il the
store at Highland Center
Burton Denny and Charles Gates
were recent Ottumwa visitors.
Mrs. Will Thompson and Mrs
Lewis Clapp enjoyed a pleasant visi
with Mrs Reiselt at Highland Cen
ter.
New York Mail: Mr.. Carnegie is on
of the few rica men who know abou
| the business they're engaged in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

BY this time the children who re-
ceived mechanical toys on Christmas
morning are getting a chance to en-
JOY them, says the Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader, because their parents
and grandparents have grown tired of
playing with the things.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

The news reports say that Castro
was under the knife three hours yes
terday and that he must not stir for
fifteen days. 1t is doubtful if this
latter requirement will not be harder
for Mr.. Castro to bear than the sur
geon's Instruments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

has done everything he possibly can 10
encourage rife practice. Shot gun
shooting makes one just as familia"
with fire arms as Goes rifle shooting.
Trap shooting educates to act in uni
son the muscles, the mind. and the
eye. 1t develops person all over ami
sports of that kind should be cncour-
aged, and not discouraged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

a fashionable assembly than this APP
pearance of jadedness. They have
lived at a terrific pace for today, and
it has not been worth while. In this
mornings newspaper a Jewish rabbi
is quoted as saying, Days and nights
are taken up with excitements and
designations; feast follows upon feast,
show upon show, entertainment upon
entertainment. dress parade upon
dress parade, the excuses of which
give false view of life: a false con-
ception of woman's place in society, of
mans purpose in acquiring means"
How may this regrettable condition of
life be improved? Most directly, by
giving men and women a worthier life
goal. They have lived for today; now
let them try living for eternity. The
men have striven to lay UP riches on
earth: let them try laying up treas
ures in heaven. The women have
given themselves to display of their
worldly eXcellencies; let them try the
surcr way can the ameloration OF
human society be fastened
y LIES direction determines its
deeds. Men and women who are
iheaded toward heaven will not conduct
themselves in selfish or unbrotherly
| fashion.
| Now is eternity.
| The wish forms often warm upon
! my heart. that | may learn nothing
here that cannot continue in the 9th
er world; that | may do nothing here
but deeds that will bear fruit in heav-
! en- Richter.
Life is most worth living when it is
lived for the most worthy ends. The
4 thought of heaven hereafter, and o
| Ecavenliness now has been the re
demption of many a spirit from mis-
cry and sordidncss. In this sense
even earth may be blest by heaven:
best.
Eternity holds times best purified
perfected, perpetuated II is a land o
ihomes where there are no breaking
up. and no uncongenial traits in an.
member of the household.
i SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Let us then be what we are am
lspeak what we think. and in all thing
keep ourselves loyal to truth. and sac
red professions of friendship Long
fellow.
There ncvor was night that had n
mnrn-D. NJ. Nlulock.
Live pure, speak truth, right wrong
Else wherefore born?
-Tennyson.
When YOU fear God, you will neve
be afraid OF him.-Ram's Hon.
Children have more need of model
than Of critics.-Joseph Joubert.
Seldom can the heart be lonely
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

The weather man must be laying
plans TO strike for raise. He's been
delivering the goods to the letter
lately
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

All the doors that lead inward to che
secret place of the Most High are
doors outward-out of self. out of
smallness. out of wrong George Mac
donald.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

vance labors cause. any more than
will the Incorporate speech OF the
other side injure labor's cause
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

New York Mail: Mr.. Carnegie is one
of the few rica men who know about
the business they're engaged in.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

\ life's direction determines it's
deeds. Men and women who are
headed toward heaven will not conduct
themselves in q selfish or unbrotherly
fashion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07

The wish forms often warm upon
my heart. that | may learn nothing
here that | cannot continue in the 9th
er world; that | may do nothing here
but deeds that will bear fruit in heav-
en.-Richter.
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Eternity holds times best, purified,
perfected, perpetuated. 1t is a land OF
homes where there are no breakmgs
up and no uncongenial traits in any
member of the household.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-10
BY W. w. Naughton.

San Francisco, Sept. 10.-To give the
Johnson Kaufman bout it's due is TO
describe it as an interesting tilt be-
tween a clever man and a game man.
There was a spatter of blood even If
there were no staggering punches.
Knockdowns there were none. The
timekeepers. in fact, might have gone
for a spin in an automobile while the
contest lasted and not been derelict in
their duty.
The affair went ten rounds and con-
sequently there was no decision. In
the matter of glove play it was a John
son function through and through. 1t
proved that the negro is a marvel at
iarly effective with punches for which
he might almost claim a patent
At that he seems to be different from
other champions. With his wonderful
knowledge of timing and distances he
might be expected 70 muddle his man
and then measure him in the way that
Fitzsimmons. Corbett, Jeffries and other
champions before them have done. The
good old right cross has no place to
speak of in Johnson's pugilistic econ
omy, however. His straight left is a
joke, and it almost looks as If 1t must
have something to hang onto before he
can put in his telling ticks.
The best arrow in his CULVER IS a
right uppercut, and 1t is only when
clinching or shutting breast to breast
with his man that he can do execution
with it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-10
BONNIE KELSO CUTS
RECORD IN STAKE

New York, Sept. 1o-Bonnie Kelso,
George Odom's good platter, and little
Upton form a combination that is prac-
ticany invincible when it comes to rae
ing on the grass course at Sheepshead
Bay track. Yesterday afternoon the
consistent runner added the Russet
stakes to his recor dand at the same
time established new figures of 2:32 rs
for mile and a half over the grass.
This is three-ffths of a second faster
than the record hung up by Beauclere
two years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-10
PITCHER DINEEN
IS RELEASED

st. Louis Sept. 10.-Bib Bill Dineen,
the veteran who won a worlds cham
pionship for the Boston team. is prac-
tically through with his big league ca
reer. This morning he walked into
President Hedges office and asked to
be allowed to go home for the balance
of the year. He said he was not in
condition to do the club justice. but
next spring he would come back and
try to make good again. His request
was granted at once by Hedges. Bill
was badly beaten in an exhibition game
the browns played at Springfield. Ill.
Tuesday and that seemed to take all the
heart out of him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-10
SPORTING NOTES
JOHNSON KAUFMAN 60 WAS
AN INTERESTING TILT

Such. anyway, IS the lesson Of the
Kaufman Johnson ten rounds. With
shorter men. like Burns or Flynn. John
son uses the uppercut as a welcoming
punch He nails them as they came in.
but with Kaufman he could only send
it home while they were swaying
around like wrest1ers.
1t is a damaging punch, nevertheless,
and one that seems almost impossible
to circumvent. AS long as johnson
possesses it and retains his accurate
ideas of defensive work 1t will require
some one more formidable than Al
Kaufman to relieve him Of the cham
pionship.
Great punches of spectators came
away from the affair believing that
Johnson had purposely permitted Kauf-
man to remain the ten rounds. / do
not believe anything of the kind The
trouble with Johnson is he does every
thing so easily that it looks as if he
could accomplish a great deal more.
There is no doubt that he stalled" in
some of the rounds. He wasn't showing
any consideration for Kaufman, though.
1t may have been that some OF those
raps in the ribs that Kaufman gave him
warned Johnson to steady himself and
think It over, and it may simply have
been the promptings of the Johnson
temperament. He likes to show what a
great glove artist he is and while he
was standing away from the blacksmith
he assuredly gave an exhibition OF
avoidance that was a treat to witness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-09-10
ALL THEY GOT
WAS A TIE

St Louis, Sept. 10.-The white sox
made enough runs to win a game today
but all they got was tie Just after
the Chicago men had put three runs
over the plate in the eighth a terrific
thunderstorm broke over Sportsman's
park and flooded the grounds so that
the game could not be finished. This
caused the scoNe to revert back to the
end of the seventh inning when the
score was I TO / tie.
The weather man could not have cho-
sen a more inappropriate time from the
white sox standpoint than he did to op-
en- up the water spout. 1t was one of
those sudden showers that came up
out of a clear sky and put an end to all
baseball for the day.