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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12

Iowa. The Des Moines paper quotes
an editorial from the Washington, D.
G., Post. under the caption ''Thriftless
Farming" which tells Iowa how il
may regain its place as wheat pro.
ductng state. The Post says that
proper crop rotation will make Iowa
as great a wheat state as ever" and
suggests the following as the proper
rotation:
Wheat should follow tobacco in the
tobacco belt, or a legume, such as
clover, alfalfa, or peas, without the to-
bacco region; but there are millions
of acres in the former wheat states,
now abandoned to sage. grass, bramble
briar, persimmon, sassafras, and what
not, because of the stupidity and .un-
thrift of those farmers who grew many
successive crops Of wheat on them in
the earlier day.
To allay the fears of the Washing
ton paper that Iowa had gone back to
sage brush, or that large tracts had
been abandoned to persimmons or sas-
safras, or that the once proud fields of
ripening grain had been given over to
bramble and briar, the Register and
Leader adds this reassuring note:
While there will always be some
wheat sown in Iowa as rotation
crop, there rs not a farmer in the
state who would encourage wheat
culture on its own account to the ex.
tent of single quarter section. Iowa
is a corn, hay, pasture, dairy and
stock state, and the small grains are
important just to the extent that they
rest the land for corn and afford shell.
ter for tame grass seeding. The talk
about bringing back wheat as an Iowa
staple is the merest moonshine. And
the talk Of agricultural decline meas
ured by the falling off Of Iowa wheat
is less than moonshine.,
The Des Moines paper suggests that
before Mr.. Hill goes east again to
talk farming he should get into com
with the agricultural col.
lege at Ames and find out what has
been done in Iowa in the last ten or
twenty years.
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nrs MONIES, CRIME WAVE.

Des MONIES is trying to find rea-
son for the wave of crime which mas
swept over that city in the past Re"
days. James Watkins and William
Webster are in Jail in Des MONIES
awaiting trial on charges OF nrst De
gree murder; John Shelter has been
found guilty of the murder of Detec-
tive Delmage; Ben Murrow has been
held for trial on the charge of Staying
his brother, Charles Murrow; j. D.
Erwin and Dennis Sweeney committed
murder and then suicided.
Interviews were secured and various
theories were given as to the reasons
for the series Of crime. DR.. II. j. b.
Hoeve, who was one of the alienlsts
testifying in the Junkin murder case,
expressed the opinion that the change
in temperature may be responsible.
Most of the suicides and homicides"
he said, "are committed during the
change in seasons, or during rapid
change in temperature" 1t is his the
DRY that these rapid changes tend to
unbalance the morbid mind of those
criminaIly inclined.
The Rev. Rowland Hanson, Des
SMoines pastor, believes that "disre-
gard for RELIGION, a breaking down of
the sanctity Of life" is responsible.
2 When religious laws are ignored
says the pastor. st is only natural that
man-made laws will be trampled I'M
der the feet of criminals and the weak
er members Of society
Chief of Detectives E. e. Johnston
declared the wave of crime to be due
to suggestion. There is tradition
In the police department" said he,
that crimes of this character come in
threes, and the old tradition nearly
always holds good When you hear of
person committing suicide by taking
carbolic acid it will not be long before
another takes his life in the same man
ner.
Whatever may be the cause of the
crime wave, however, Des Moines is
proceeding along the right lines to
stamp it out. If there is anything in
the theory of Detective Johnston that
these crimes are due to suggestion,
some good result should ensue from
the suggestion that will follow the
prompt trial, conviction and life SEN
fencing Of Detective Delmage's muir
derer
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THE NEWSPAPER HEADINGS.

Another Floater in the Bay
Joy-Riding Party Comes to Grief.
Deserts His Bride of But Day,
Detectives Nab a Noted Thief.
Joe Cannon's Language Sizzling Hot
Whea4 Prices Still Refuse to Fall.
A New York Embezzler Quickly
Caught,
A Grieving Husband Ends 1t All.
Cloudburst Wipes out Western
Town
Boys Death Is Caused by Cigarets.
Says Grafters Did Him Good and
Brown,
Claims Drys Will Win Against the
Vets;
Two Hundred Buried in a Mine,
Bryan to Make a Race Again,
Child Chokes to Death on Bacon Rind.
Admits She Married Many Men.
A Midnight Fire Raises Hob,
Breadstuffs and Meat Still on the
Climb,
The President Right on the Job,
Big Factories Working Overtime.
JEFF Says He'll Knock Jack Johnson
Out,
Husband Says Wife Plays Hide and
Seek,
These are the things we read about
From day to day and week to week.
Detroit News.
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70 sTER's WEATHER.
BULLETIN
tCopyrighted 1909 by ", T.
FOSter.)

Washington, D. c., Oct 9.-Last bull
letln gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross continent 8 to 10, warm wave
. TO II, cool wave IL to Is. This dis
turbance Is expected to be the most
severe of the month, including hur-
rlcane on the Caribbean sea and gulf
OF Mexico, followed by great cold
wave that will carry frosts into the
cotton belt
Next disturbance VIII reach Pacific
coast about L. cross Pacific slope
by close of 16, great central valleys,
longitude los to 85-about II to 10,
eastern states and provinces 20.
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about is, great central valleys IL
eastern states and provinces 10. Cool
wave will cross Pacific slope about
Is, great central valleys 20, eastern
states and provinces %.
This will be severe disturbance
west of Rockies, and will be remark
able for the great rise in temperature
that will precede the storm wave.
Killing frosts further south than
usual, will precede and follow the
storm wave.
Fourth disturbance of October will
reach Pacific coast about 10, cross Pa
cific slope by close of 20, great cen
trail valleys q to %, eastern states
and provinces "a. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about 10, great
central valleys 81, eastern states and
provinces %. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about %, great central
valleys "a, eastern states and prov.
inces &c. This disturbance will be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12
PEOPLES PULPIT
Richland, Iowa,

Richland, Iowa,
Oct. 8, 1909.
Your recent article on marking the
names of the streets SO visitors from
the rural districts, and your home peo-
pie, can find where they are at, with.
out holding up passersby to make an
quiTies Is a real necessity. have
been visiting Ottumwa for several
years, and the only streets / feel like
| am acquainted with are Main. Sec.
ond and Court streets. and always
have to find the court house, to be
certain OF the last named one. II your
treasury is so nearly bankrupt that
the city is unable to procure the ma
cessary name plates, place contrfhu-
ton boxes at the depots and we rnr-
alists will help you out.
Yours for more light,
John Carmichael,
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KEEP posrED

A man who will take the time to
read for one hour each day, says a
contemporary, will be surprised at the
that will be made in his
knowledge regarding matters of which
he was before ignorant. The man
who never reads. the writer goes on,
will never amount to anything. If in
ventors had never read, there would
never have been any inventions. The
greatest inventions known were not
the outgrowth of chance, but the re-
suit of study, reading what others
had to say pertaining to the subjects.
If this were not so, the old stage
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SOME INSTRUMENTATION.

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er protests against the astonishing
nisinformation' which has been
spread broadcast since the speech of
J. J. Hill in which reference was made
TO the decline Of wheat culture in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12

coach would still be in vogue instead
of flying machines; the cd birch-bark
canoe instead of the Mauretania; the
old Watt engine instead of the Curliss
and steam turbines
1t might be added that now is the
time to subscribe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12

Little did Mark Twain think, says a
Chicago Tribune paragrapher, when
as a boy he walked barefoot in the
hot sands Of Hannibal, Mo-, that he
would live to be a rich and famous
author and the father-in-law of a man
named Gabrilawitsch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12

ottumwa didn't have championship
ball game yesterday. but it had a baby
show, and the judges had about as
big game on their hands as the UNI
pires in the big league contests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12

DR.. Cook returned from the north
pole without cold, but he hadn't been
lecturing week before he was emit
ting pediodic sneezes. Civilization
has it's discomforts as we'll as It's
comforts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12

If that bunch of murders recorded
IN Des Moines in the last few weeks
had been pulled off in Ottumwa the
papers of the state would have held
up their hands in holy horror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16

English government might lend a large
sum of money annually to the Irish for
the purchase of their lands. Thirty
years time for the payment of the
principal is given at about three per
cent interest.
Nevertheless the landlords are not
compelled to sell their lands, but many
are doing so.
Farms average from about 40 to so
acres They are divided off by black
thorn hedges. These hedges in summer
are covered with a beautiful white
flower The blossoms are sometimes SO
profuse that the fence resembles a
snowdrift, forming a mass of white
against the green of vegetation-and
nowhere else in the world is there 4
green like Irelands green.
1.-The prevalence of this colors gives
the country the name of the Emerald
isle Its scenery is among the most
beautiful in the world. Wherever a
person goes there is something at
tractive to the eye. For instance, peo-
pie take great pleasure in raising flow
ers. 1 have seen cottage almost COW
cred by a mass of yellow tea roses.
Ever farmer has an orchard and a
flower garden. The latter is the espe-
cial pride of the women of the house
hold In some communities they vie
one another in trying to have the pref
test flower bed.
Indeed, I liked Ireland, but I am
much pleased with America as 1 have
seen it. People are very congenial
here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16
TAR AND FEATHERS.
Applied to q Freshman by Students of
Mount Union.

Alliance. Ohio, Oct. 16.-Tarred and
feathered from head to foot and SILVER
ing from cold and exhaustion, Forest
Written of Cambridge. Ohio. a fresh
man in Mount Union college, stumbled
into Miller hall, the college dormitory,
and asked assistance from his class
mates. He had been hazed by upper
class men.
According to Whitten's story, he was
summoned from his room late at night,
and surrounded by thirty masked stud
ents All wore their coats inside out
as further protection against discov-
cry The hazers hurried him to nearby
woods, stripped him and. after shinG-
ling his hair with horse clippers, ap-
piled tar and feathers. Running short
of feathers they rolled Written in the
dead leaves, and after dancing and
singing about him. left him to find his
way to his room.
Written, although popular among his
classmates, is reported to have talked
more than the upper class men thought
a freshman should do.
After being scrubbed with kerosene
he was able to attend classes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-16

as being decidedly pleased with the at
tendance and enthusiasm of the con-
vention. The little town of Rossville
handled the delegates with ease and
proved themselves to be good entertain
crs. The place at which the next con-
vention will be held will not be decided
until next spring by the executive
board. The following are the officers
elected for the ensuing year:
President, E. F Stanley; vice presi-
dent. j. NJ. Shellabarger; secretary, A
A Knappe; treasurer, Mrs. B. L. Hoat-
son; superintendent of home depart
ment, P. w. Griggs; superintendent of
missions, D. o. Coe; superintendent of
primaries, Mrs. r. F. Wilcox; superin-
tendent of teacher training, Mrs. J. Z.
Marley; superintendent of temperance,
F. NJ. Stahl; superintendent of Bible
teaching, H. w. Bomgardner; superin-
tendents of visitation, north, T. NJ.
Binns; south. S. A. Alt.
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but L have visited farmer friends in
the north if Ireland. This is one of
the most prosperous parts of the
Emerald Isle The people are pro-
sressive. For instance, the cattle are
never allowed to go without shelter in
the winter. but are we'll cared for in
barns. Machinery is used to DO a
great deal of the farm work. How
ever, fax, one of the principal crops, is
gathered by hand. As you may know
linen is made from this plant. The
flax stems are pulled up straight from
the ground, care taken not to break
the stem and to preserve the root in
tact. 1t is thought that the root is
the linen-and Irish linen is famous
for its good quality.
The Making of Linen.
FLAX seed is sown in March and
April. 1t grows about four feet high
with a green stem. 1t has a beautiful
the fax is ripe. This is generally in
June or July. The harvesting of the
crop by hand is literally, a slow and
painful process. 1 have seen the har-
vesterS' hands badly bruised by the
constant friction with the stems. For
machines which will perform the
work without breaking the stems. but
as far as I know they have not been
successful.
after the fax has been gathered it
is stepped in reservoirs of rain water
(called dams) until it rots. Then it is
dried in stacks and sent to the fac
tories to be made into linen. The
other grains raised include barley.
oats and some wheat Potatoes, of
course, are raised in Ireland. Po-
tatoes are to the Irish what oats are
to the Scotch. Turnips and
vegetable called manglewurzel, which
resembles the beet are also raised.
The last is fed to mich cows. This
is thought to insure a good quality of
milk.
1.-THE crops are planted in such a
rotation that the same one is in the
ground only once every seven years.
This method is thought to make the
ground continually fertile. Does it
Perhaps so, at any rate the same
lands have been farmed for centuries
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it can be utilized for like purpose.
Store Room Improvements.
A decided improvement has been
made in the store now occupied by the
Gatlin Drug Co.-704 Kansas avenue.
The basement has been cemented to al
low for additional space and prism
sidewalk lights put in to furnish day
light The front is a modern plate glass
affair. A balcony extends aroun'3 the
store proper with the office and walt
ing room at the back.
The new soda fountain is elaborate in
the extreme, being fitted with mlrl or
1S12xS15 feet. 1t is colonial in style and
is entirely of marble and silver plate.
automatic machine in the basement
which has a capacity of turning out
twenty gallons an hour. This is the
only machine of it's kind in the city.
New Telephone Building.
The foundation for the Independent
diately back of the building on Jackson
street is completed and the brick walls
are now going up. The business of the
company has increased to such an ex-
a matter of necessity. The new build
ing will cost about $4,000 and will be
three stories high and absolutely fire
proof.
Scarcity of Skilled Labor.
There is no doubt in regard to there
being a scarcity of skilled labor in To-
peka, but it has been claimed that COM
mon labor likewise is difficult to OBJ
tain. This is possibly true, but accord
ing to Charles Harris, at the head Of
the state free employment bureau, it Is
not on account of a lack of men who
are willing to work. There is plenty
of labor to do the work. said Mr..
Harris, but the difficulty is to get the
employer and employee together. L
don't know, on the other hand, of a
case of a person who absolutely wanted
to work and was perfectly sincere who
was not able to get employment"
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FOR CHEAPER BERTHS.
Railroad Board Demands Cut In Pull.
man Rates.

The state board of railroad commits
sIoners have launched another action
in favor of the travelling public in the
state of Kansas-this act brought
against the Pullman company demand
ing that they cut their rates in Kansas,
bringing them down to a maximum Of
$3.50 instead of the usual SO.
The commissioners have sent let
ter to the Pullman company asking for
this reduction in rates and quoted as
an authority the alleged discrimination
against Kansas in favor of Oklahoma
1t is declared by the railroad board
that the Pullman people are only ask
ing $3.50 as a maximum fee in Okla
homa and Kansas gets everything
from $3.50 to $3.50.
In it's letter to the Pullman company
the railroad board gives the company
just thirty days in which to answer the
charge. If a satisfactory answer is not
given by that time the commissioners
will file complaint in the courts ask
ing for a quick relief against such
charges on the part of the company
For years the railroad commission
ers of the state have been receiving
complaints from people all over the
state asking that something be done
70 relieve the unusual charges and
rates made by the Pullman company
of Kansas. Letters on this one trouble
are received almost every day. The
legislature has fought the thing out
many times but nothing resulted from
it's labors.
The exact rate asked by the COM
missioners is a maximum berth charge
of $3.50 and a one-half cent a mile
day seat rate with a minimum of %
cents. These are the exact rates made
to Oklahoma by the Pullman people a
few days ago and basing their de-
mands on this set of rates the railroad
board asks for the like rates in Kansas.
rh. Pr,dentiaI sta,a Bang ranarnl
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your best suit looks as IL you had been
sleeping in it," 81 have. That's the one
1 wear to acknowledgements Leader.
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MOTION TO oUAsH DENIED.
HaskelFs Attorneys VIII Next File a
Demurrer.

Ardmore, Okla, Ovt. 16.-Federal
Judge Marshall overruled the motion
of the defendants in the Muskogee
town lot case to Quash the indictments
against them here. The court treated
the motion to quash in the nature of
a plea in abatement and the exceptions
of the government attorneys as a de-
murrer. Judge Marshall's opinion was
exhaustive, requiring an hour and a
half to deliver it.
Attorneys for the defense announced
that they would file a demurrer to the
indictments in which they will contend
that the acts charged in the indict-
ments are not violations of the federal
statutes, even though they be proven.
Argument on the demurrer probably
will begin Monday.
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ACTIVE AS EVER.
Continued from Preceding Page.)

ond floor is being remodeled so that
it can be utilized for a like purpose.
Store Room improvements.
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but generally produce abundant har-
vests.
''The blowing is done in the fall
and winter, from November until
the fall here, with alternating rain
and freezing weather, accompanied by
light SHOWS.
I'm the pleasant weather of winter
blowing contests are held in field Sc
lected for the purpose. The man Who
even depth in a given length of time is
awarded a prize by competent judge.
What kind of plowS are used? Those
OF American make principally. rms is
because of our-I say our as 1 have
been in America five years-because of
our steel industries we are able to
manufacture plows and other steel ma
chinery and ship it over cheaper than
England can. For this reason some OF
the British people want protective
tariff.
''This brings us to politics. Political
~, the country is divided into Un1onfsts
or Conservatives, Liberals and Nation
lists. The fret are loyal to England and
favor the present form of Irish govern
nent. The second, while they are loyal
to England, desire a modified home
rule The Nationalist want an abso-
lutte home rule with a parliament at
be very bitter toward each other. Free
quent quarrels were the result, but the
hatred is dying out.
Speaking about quarrels: That re-
minds me of the stories of the Irish
man who always went to Denny Brook
fair armed with stick or 'shilleign'
and looked for fight all of the time.
1 have attended Denny Brook fair but
never saw fight. Perhaps the Irish
man with the shilleigh' is passing
away.
Another thing which is being done
awav with is the English landlord sys-
tenn of holding land. People are grad
ually buying their farms from the land
lords The purchase prices ranges from
$3.50 to 5000 an acre in American money
This real estate transfer movement is
partly due to the Irish land bill,'
which was agitated by Gladstone, but
not passed until after his death The
provision of the law provided that the
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The Prudential State Bank. general
Banking business.
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IN RURAL IRELAND
Farmers Do Net keep the Pig
in the Parler."
No HOveIS Houses line
and Substantial.
AMERICAN PLO VS..
Cheaper There Than English
Made-Flax Harvesting.
Albert p. Mack Tells Of Life ON
Emerald ISLE"

"The articles we occasionally see in
the magazines about the farmers in
Ireland living in novels and keeping
the pig in the parlor, are misleading
and incorrect. The farmers of Ire
land, for the most part have fine,
substantial homes, although there are
poor people and dilapidated homes
in the south and west of the country"
This statement was made to visitor
by Albert p. Mack, catechist of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, on the
North Side. Mr.. Mack came to Amer
ice from Londonderry county, in the
province of Ulster, north Ireland,
about five years ago.
ssIt is true" continued Mr. Mack,
sthat many people still live in stone
houses with matched roofs, but this
is a matter of preferment with them.
These dwellings are always cool in
summer and warm in the winter. I
speak from experience as 1 have lived
in them in the country districts.
mo" replied Mr. Mack in re-
Spouse to question: 81 never farmed.
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SMALL BUT LIVELY.
For Its Size, MenIo Is Undoubtedly a
Busy Burg in Wheat Season.

Menlo, Oct 16.-The business men of
Menlo can get up a good sized breeze
when they want to. The town is small
but a good business and "rain center
in Thomas county. Upwards of rs car
loads of wheat have been shipped from
Menlo. and it is claimed from as to
100 carloads more will be handled at
the two elevators. The town has two
general merchants. and one of the
firms thinking he wasn't getting enough
trade advertised trade sale. and
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above his door he flung to the breeze
this sign: Read, Realize, Reap the
Profit The other merchant wasn't
slow in catching on, and his store hung
out this sign: THE Price Killer" Both
stores did a good business for several
DAYS, the sales of each running up as
high as $500 a day.
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Think of my distinguished family"
said the Baron Fucash. MY dear son-in-
thought of your family with admiration.
The fact that you have not been able to
borrow money from them shows that your
relatives must be people of great discern
ment."-Washingto Star.
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S. s. OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR
j. NJ. ShelIabarger Head of County
Organization.

The 2Sth annual convention of the
Shawnee County Sunday School asso-
citation has come to a close. The dele
gates from Topeka express themselves