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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

It would be just as we'll for young
men to remember, remarks the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch, that there are
more prizes offered for agriculture
than for aviation, and the game is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

Policemen report that they are hav-
ing trouble in distinguishing the bona
fide harvest hands from the hoboes
who endeavor to pass as SUCH Why
not take a look at the palms of theiI
hands2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23
ADEQUATE AND INADEQUATE
PENALTY.

The other day girl was fined $50
by a San Francisco judge for racing
her automobile against locomotive,
and .laughingly told the court that the
fun was worth the price.
This thoughtless miss unconsciousiy
SET forth the essence of this whole
auto-speeding mania, which the law
must combat. The average automobii
owner or driver, we may admit, Is
not thus reckless, but so long as there
are so many exactly like this girl we
are going to pay dear tribute for the
| indulgence. Courts all but make q
travesty when they assess nominal
fines for law-defiant speeding.
1t is not only unsafe for people like
this girl to run automobiles, but un-
safe for them to be permitted to in
dulge the idea that "the fun is worth
the price" to laugh at the law and
sheer at the courts. Such people must must
| he punished in such a way that they
will not think the penalty smaller than
the offense, that they will not chuckle
at the impotency of law and go out
and repeat their performance.-Oma-
ha Bee,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23
WHERE OUR FLAG is LITTLE
, = KNOWN

A United States army officer, recent
lv returned from a trip around the
World, said to the Inquirer: Il have
been around the GLOBE, touched many
ports and during my whole voyage saw
| but one vessel that carried the Ameri-
can flag and that was on a private
| yacht"
The significance of the statement
must appeal to the average thinking
citizen, and the desire for remedy De-
come acute No man with the least
scintilla of patriotism can help feeling
Inundated after a journey of that KIND
| by the thought that this country alone
] Of all the great powers of the earth is
indifferent to the development or
| merchant marine that shall be IN pro-
portion to it's resources, indifferent,
practically, to its own interest In time
of war.
| Another statement CLEANED from a
consular report should awaken the
country to a sense of its lack OF pro-
| gress: To-day the harbor OF Slnga-
/ pore is Gro ded with ships and steam
ers from all countries of the earth ex-
cent the United States. The total num-
Der of vessels entered here In l9Os was
d. 2s4. with a tonnage of 15,507 ,l02- OF
this number one small craft OF 662 tons
living the Stars and Stripes came II
with ballast and was sold to the hlgn
est r."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23
A SATURDAY. sERMoN.

than goidi and to get understanding
rather to be chosen than silver. Proverb
XVI 16
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23
FROM OTHER PENS
PROPERTY DEMANDS ExTRADI-

I1ONs
Nobody, we think, in whose mind
the sense of justice has attained even
q rudimentary development. can read
the evidently almost despairing appeal
which Captain Scott, brother of Mrs.
Charlton, has made to this government
by addressing the public without feel
ing that his arguments are convincing,
his demands reasonable and his tndig-
nation warranted.
The position of the United States IN
this matter, at least so far as 1t IS
known and understood, must be char
acterized as lacking in both dignity
and morality. 1t has been stated with
out denial that our government says
to Italy: 1--WE will turn over to you
for trial an American citizen charged
with a murder committed on Italian
territory IL you will promise to do the
same thing when Italians accused here
of like crimes have similarly escaped
to their own country" The offer, IN
effect, admits that Charlton ought TO
be extradited, and that ought to set
tie the question.
The alarming feature of the situation
we have created is it's incidental an
nouncement to anybody meditatine
murder that if only he will kill his
| selected victim abroad, and do the JOB
skilfully enough to get aboard
| steamer bound for the United States
before the crime is discovered, he neec
| fear no punishment. For. though 1t Il
not quite sure that Charlton will b'
| set at liberty If our attempted bar
| gaining fails, such confinement as NJ
| NAV suffer will be the result of hi
insanity, not of his murder.-Nev
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

A Des Moines woman advertises tnus;
..yHrst eiri wanted" Some friend snoulo
acouaint her with the fact thar EVE
has been a long time dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

s,,.. leaving the second-hddle JOB
,e.sr Years ago, vice President FAR
ranks IAN has SUFFERED the removal OF ms ais
s'tstrAwarmers. thereby losing anotner
large portion OF his rather vague lush
tity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-23

n,snatch from Wichita states tnat 2
man Jumped from the tenth story OF fo g
building without giving any ~ = mo-
tive is that he did it to advertise u1e
Sac1 that wichita has a ten-story nuiio-
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
Chillicothe, la.
July II. 1910
For the Courier,

n For LuG COuIlcI - =, .l
Your readers may. be interested in
the following facts especially those
who are given to the sport OF fishing
and perhaps fish eaters. For two
DAYS past the surface Of the river has
been covered with dead fish in a de-
composing condition from one half
inch long to one ana one half inches
To the average person this condition
would be a puzzle but to one who has
lived near streams where much coal is
mined and the sulphur water allowed
to flow into the river this condition is
common. Just now the river Is very
low and small creeks west of us are
kept up from the coal pits hence the
slaughter of fish by the millions. In
Pennsylvania in the coking region the
coal companies released great quanti-
ties of sulphur into the Youghiogheny
river which annihilated all life in the
water These companies responsible
for such conditions seem to be I'M
munce and do not have to answer for
their crimes or misdemeanOrs to the
people. Fibrous matt floating in the
water causes the finer game fish to
leave for purer streams; herce if such
conditions are to continue our state
fishermen had better stock and protect
more congenial waters as it would not
be so much waste OF time and money
to no useful purpose. A Cotton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
THE $500 REWARD.

Now that the court has passed on
the question as to who is to pay and
who receive the reward in the Junkin
case, it seems to me that while judg-
ment may be rendered in accordance
with the law one point of injustice in
the matter as it now stands should be
righted.
| refer to the Judgment against T.
j. Phillips. At the time the reward
was offered l doubt if there were fifty
men in the city opposed to the offering
of the same and l think it would be a
disgrace to the city to compel Mr.. Pril-
lips to pay the reward from his own
pocket.
| suggest that the money be raised
by popular subscriptions limiting each
to one dollar. There must be at least
five hundred men in Ottumwa who
would gladly give dollar each to
such cause. Justice"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
THE couNTYs BOND ISSUE.

1t Is understood the board OF super
visors has been in communication
with the Davenport bonding house
with which it has recently been me-
gotiating $4,000 bond issue bearing
8 per cent interest, with a view to Sc
curing a reduction in the interest rate
on the bonds. There seems to be
great difference of opinion as TO
whether or not the board of super
visors should tissue bonds at all at
this time. Money is very much in de-
mand now and it is not favorable
time to sell bonds. If there is any
other way for the board OF super
visors to meet the demands upon the
county treasury the bonds should not
be issued. The board and the county
treasurer state that they must have
cash now with which to transact the
county's business. They state also
that while the county warrants draw
& per cent until redeemed, !, an addi-
tional' 2 per cent discount IS charged
by the banks on account of the string
ency in the money market. The
county, however, does not suffer at all.
2 per cent.
as IneSe warrants draw per CeuI III
terest the same as the bonds, but the
warrants can be retired at any time
the county has the money to cash them
and naturally they would be cashed
from time to time as the money mar
ket improves. The issuing of these
bonds, however, fastens an interest
paying obligation on the people of the
county for at least ten years.
Instead Of issuing bonds at this time
wouldn't it be better to bridge things
over until. the money market i'm
proves? rs's-9.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

"but it is a fact patent to every compe-
tent observer that no president save
Lincoln ever did, or assisted In doing,
SO much in the first sixteen months OF
his tenure The party's banner in the
fall campaign, remarks the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat (Rep.), can carry
these legends Of work completed: The
Payne Tariff, Postal Savings Banks.
Railway Regulation, Conservation.
Statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
IONA. ITO say that this record has
frightened republican prospects, 1t
adds, lis to state the case mildly
Even this does not adequately eN-
press it's optimism, for it goes on to
say: "The old divisions between re-
publicans and insurgents have pract1-
cally disappeared" The New York
Tribune (Rep.), smiles over the
thought that these are trying days
for democratic representatives who
have already carried the next house,
elected Champ Clark speaker, and In
stalled themselves in desirable COM
mittee chairmanships." The internal
dissensions in the majority represen-
tation in the two branches-if there
really ever were any internal dissen-
sions. of consequence-haye vanished
into nothingness," declares the Balti-
more American (Rep.), which exults
over the democratic blunder in as
Stunning that the republican party
would be compelled to face the con.
gressional elections hopelessly d.
vided. President Taft, it adds, can
view the work of congress like
harvester in the field Of phenomenal
yield There is a degree of harmony
and flexibility in the republican organ
ization today, despite all that has
been written about the breaking up
of the party, that has not been in
evidence for years." testifies the
Springfield Union (Rep)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
SURPLUS REPLACES DEFICIT.


The financial report fer the first
fiscal year under the Taft administra-
ton makes showing that the Repub-
lican party has reasons to feel proud
Of In addition to the fulfllment OF
platform and campaign pledges by the
enactment of a big program Of con-
structive legislation, it is shown that
the year closed with surplus Of
50, 100000, where the year before
there was deficit of $5s,734,OOO. The
total receipts Of the treasury from all
sources is shown by the report to be
1865, 064, 900 as compared with $685.
bS9, 900 in the previous fiscal year The
receipts from the different sources are
,hown by the report to be as follows:
customs, 1892 $4,000; internal rev.
niue, $276,S23,000; miscellaneous,
l51, 100000. and corporation tax, ST.
$4,000. The increase in customs
iuties during the year over the former
nscal year was $32,OO0,000, the re-
ceipts from that source for the year
closing June 80, 1909, having been
$500, 900, 900. The expenditures for the
year Just. closed were $659,662,000, as
compared with $662,324,000 in the
previous year, when the deficit was
SIS, 1874 900.
The Taft administration is setting a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
WHAT CONGRESS DID.

The Literary Digest.-The sixty
first congress, asserts Congressman
John w Dwight republican whip, has
already done more constructive work
than any congress since the civil war
and no one seems in hurry to
challenge his statement. Yet only a
few. weeks ago the prediction that such
q, claim would be confidently advanced
at the close of the present session
would have aroused widespread de-
rision Two months ago many keen OBJ
servers foresaw the laundering OF
President Taft's. legislative program
among the angry cross-currents within
the republican party itself But almost
at the last possible moment, with dra-
matte suddenness. came change IN
the meteorological conditions in con-
gress, and the presidents bills, in
stead of being dropped overheard one
by one, were all save one brought
triumphantly into port "The close Of
congress- jubilantly declares the
Philadelphia Press (Rep.), witnesses
a complete change in the political sit
uation; a turn of the tide has come
which alters all the outlook"
Critics of President Taft at this mo-
ment seem to center their attack on
the coercive methods by which ne
wrested legislation from congress at
the eleventh hour What has become,
asks the New York World (Dem), OF
that attitude of irreproachable neu-
trality which he so scrupulously main
tanned toward the special session
while the tariff bill was under consid-
Grafton? The same paper calls atten-
ton to the fact that "the appropria-
tons for the session are 100000
more than ever before" The Phila-
delphia Public Ledger (Ind.), adds it's
protest against "a theory of legislation
which robs every senator and repre-
sentative of his right of Judgment;
and the New York Journal of Com
merce Conn, is convinced that "the
prestige of the president has been i'm
paired by the means he has used to
secure legislation and that of con-
gress has been injured by its sub
serviency." What gave the president
49, u.hia band, SAWS The. Journal of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

. Il. . q
Commerce, was the fact that the river
and harbor bill and the public Dulld-
ings bill, affecting the local interests
of nearly every senator and congress
man. were awaiting his signature-or
veto-while his measures were pend
ing.
Although more than one theory is
offered in explanation of this sudden
change in the congressional situation.
most editorial commentators agree
that the fact rebounds to the credit OF
the Taft administration. In many an
editorial column "The Presidents Vic
tory" is the heading under which the
work Of congress is discussed. TO
day." admits the Brooklyn Eagle
(Ind. Dem.), sis Mr.. Taft's hour OF
satisfaction" The president h1mseT,
in a signed statement published in his
brothers. paper, the Cincinnati Times
Star. confesses that he is "elated at
the LEGISLATION which has been enacted
nv this congress-" He goes on to JUS
tify his citation thus:
st has been the custom in the past
to try to fulfil party pledges during the
term of the president elected; we have
secured what we set out to get during
the first regular session of congress.
1--WE now have the best railroad reg
ulation law we ever had. The pro
visions for the supervisors Of capital
ization were omitted, but this does not
mean that they have been abandoned.
Renewed effort to enact them will be
made at the next session.
81 think the party in power has
enacted legislation which will inure
greatly to its benefit. It has kept its
contract. The congress which is now
closing its first regular session has
done what it promised the people to
do, and the republican party has q
good record to take to the people in
the coming elections"
In the last days of the session, de-
clares the New York Evening Post
(Ind.), 'it seemed as if the congress
sional walls Of Jericho were falling
before his trumpet" The same paper
adds that what President Taft has
been able to accomplish in impressing
his wishes upon the statutes, and i'm
posing his will upon congress, really
marks high water, thus far, in what we
call presidential law-making." 1t may
be surprising to some people, remarks
the New York Evening Mail (Rep.) },
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
pace in economy for future administra-
'tions to follow.

Wisconsin reports loss of $3,250,-
900 from the forest fires which ragged
in the northern part of that state in
the last few weeks. The timber COM
panies stand the most of the loss, but
there was great injury done to crops.
There is big loss annually from
forest fires. We talk much of the
conservation of natural resources"
but we do not seem to make much
Roadway in preventing the destruction
of miles of forest every year. 1t
might be profitable to drop the dis
cussion Of the relative merits of Ball
niger and Plnchot and forget the
Alaskan coal land question long
enough to plan some effective meas
ures for checking forest fires.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
Here is a dispatch that appeared il

Here is dispatch that appeared in
Saturdays papers:
New York, July 9.--The ice cream
cone is the latest object of attack by
the federal government. Today Mar
shall Hennkel visited the river pier and
seized 672 boxes of corrugated conical
receptacles for cream. The cones are
alleged to be unfit for human con-
sumption. so.
Now, that may be true, but the ed
itor of this paper will have to be
shown. The three healthiest boys in
his neighborhood average six cones
for week days and fourteen on Sun
days from the first of May till Sept. Is.
They never have been sick and are
getting fatter n fatter all the time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
Child Hurt by Freezer

Bedford, July 1.-THE young son Of
F. E. Coppel while playing in his
fathers ice cream factory became en-
tangled in the cogs of one of the large
freezers and had one of his hands so
badly injured that it was necessary
to amputate three fingers, Gripping
him for life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Jimmy Garfield has warned the
country again against the interests,
If the country ever goes to the bow
vows through the awful activities of
the interests" whatever may be
meant by that term, Jimmy will be
consoled by the reflection that he
told us so.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Over in Ohio they are killing people
in fights over the liquor laws. The
same thing was happening in Iowa
twenty-five years ago. Constable
Frank Pierce was performing in Des
Moines and. Rev. Haddock was killed
in Sioux City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Down in this neighborhood we viii
have to take Director Chappel's word
for it that Saturdays rain was worth
million dollars to Iowa. The value
of the near rain we got down here was
nearer thirty cents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Some people seem doomed to dis
appointment. "a man in Des Moines
tried to, commit suicide. He swallowed
"a big dose of strychnine, slashed an
artery in his wrist with razor,
turned on the gas and locked the door
Then some one found him and he Is
not going to die after all that. 1t is
hard lines to go to all that trouble
and then strike out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Champ Clark in a recent speech
said the democrats need only har-
mony and a singleness of purpose"
The st. Paul Pioneer Press believes,
however, that what the democrats
need most is a larger vote.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

There are some things that are too
much, to expect a man to stand for and
keep his usual good temper. Among
them is Walter Wellman. Walt is
there with the hot air, but not the
kind that is used in balloons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

The Chicago Record-Herald rises to
inquire if Japan is going to be al
lowed to annex Korea without a
single yelp from Richmond Pearson
Hobson?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

In today's dispatches one aviator is
credited with breaking a record, an
other with breaking few bones and
another with being killed. There Is,
always something dong among the
aeroplanists.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

A lot of people are needlessly work,
ing themselves up about the fight
pictures. There are lots of other pic
lures besides the fight pictures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

A dispatch from Los Angeles says
Jeffries may ask for a return match.
Forget it, forget it. .Jeffries couldn't
whip Johnson with ball bat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Do not condemn man for buying
an automobile Try to get him to buy
two Making ard selling automobiles
gives employment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

stir that would be made if an Iowa
town. for instance. should send down
into Missouri for a man to fill this
| lob
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

1t is now claimed that Col Roose-
welt was only the second best boxer
at Harvard Can he come back?'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

A contemporary applauds the action
taken by city in Germany in ad-
vertising in papers all over that
country for mayor The idea may
be fine, but just imagine the political
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

The weather mans report II
rain yesterday was somewhat ex-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Will Miss Won Claussen please state
whether she wants the money in small
bills or large ones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Always lave your wiz, take the
parrot down stairs before you start to
button your collar.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

There is another chance gone! We
didn't know the young lady who has
sued Roosevelt wanted to get married.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Entered as second class matter
October II, 1908, at the postoffice, OF
tumwa, Iowa, under the Act OF con-
gress of March 8, 1879
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
PEOPLES PULPIT

The Courier will publish in
this column articles contributed
by its readers. The comn1unica-
tions ahouId be typewriter, or
in plain hand on one side of the
paper, and signed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
May Take Interurban Between
Indianapolis And Chicago

The fifth of the series of interesting
letters on the interurban by Joseph
Carmichael of the Davenport Times,
which have been running since their
beginning week ago in the Courier,
is given in the issue of this evening.
Mr.. Carmichael is enroute home and
has made the trip from Indianapolis
to Chicago by the electric railways
entirely. He submits some interest
ing figures regarding the interurban
as he found that modern enterprise
in the Hoosier state and his
stories of his visit have been interest
ing and immensely worth while. The
fifth letter follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14

Did you TO to church Yesterday?
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CONTINUED in Next Issue.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-14
Silver HoRDE
By REX BEACH,

Copyright, 1909, By Harper 6 Brothers