Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-16
SKINNER GIVES
HIS EXPERIENCES
FORMER COURIER SOLICITOR
TELLS OF HIS TROUBLES IN
JOURNEY TO FAR WEST
HARD LUCK GALORE
Receives Unfair Treatment In Coun
ell RIuffs-One Cow Condemned
Blizzard Greets Him on Ar
rival In Douglas, Wyo.

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blizzard ereets Him on Ar
rival In Douglas, Wyo.
The trials and tribulations Of man
who accompanies his household effects
in freight car to his new home In
the far western country are ably recit-
ed by Irwin Skinner, formerly solicitor
| of the Ottumwa Courier, in letter to
this paper. That it Is no JOY ride can
be cleaned from the contents OF Mr..
SINNERS letter, who found that all
Iowa cities are not as good as Ottum-
wa when 1t comes to the fair treatment
j of its visitors. He struck the first snag
in his trip when he landed in Council
Bluffs, and after a several days lay
over in that city on account OF the
slowness Of the railroad officials and
! the strictness Of a Council BUTTS vet
erinarian. he found that they had not
only caused him to separate himself
from several crisp bills, but took one
of his fine Jersey cows away from him
and had it killed. The trip was not SO
| bad, states Mr.. Skinner, after he left
Council Bluffs, but when he reached
! his new home in Douglass, Wyo., Q.
real old fashioned western blizzard
greeted him. Since settling In his new
home he declares that he likes 1t hne,
although he still has a warm spot IN
his heart for old Iowa.
Tells Of His Arrival.
Mr.. Skinner tells of the unpleasant
experiences of his western trip In the
following letter:
"Ottumwa Daily Courier.-As have
my house and chicken coop complete
| I will take time to write you chaptei
or so. T get my Courier every day and
II certainly appreciate it. We. went
fishing today and had good luck Our
nearest neighbor is one and hall
miles away, but we have plenty OF
company at night; coyotes to beat the
band. had lovely trip out here. !
will tell you about it. We, that means
myself and Howard, my boy, and Tee
that's the dog, left OttumWa at 4:3a
D. M, March II, 1910, and arrived az
Council Bluffs at s a. M, the next day
Council Bluffs is a great town. Every.
body has the habit. A wise looking guy
came to me after we had been sitting
on a siding for twelve hours, and sald
| 4 am In hurry. Let me see your Ger
tifcate' Well 1 showed it to him
Looking very wise he said It was nc
good. You see got 1t from an Ottum
| wa doctor and l guess he had never
been in Council Bluffs and did mol
know the ropes. At any rate we mao
to unload and stay two days. y
Had One Cow Killed.
'The wise man told me to call at his
veterinary hospital at 2 o'clock the fol
lowing day, which / did. He looked
very sad and said one Of your cows
will not stand the test, so will have
to condemn her. asked him which
one, and he said that Jersey You
see he knew good COW when he saw
one. hated to lose her, but you have
no chance in Council Bluffs. thanked
him for letting me keep one COW ana
went on my way.
Another Case Of Hard Luck.
II was ready to leave town but when
I went to get my contract soelmn look
ing man said, your car Is overloaded,
and presented me with bill tot
1882. and to save my life cant fig'
ure out how that man knew mad
$50 bill unless he was mind reader
Well. I paid the bill and left town. we
got along all right until we got to
side track somewhere and the brake.
man was talking to me. / thought
noticed a queer look on his face when
he went away.
ri looked around, and blamed II the
kid didn't have his foot sticking out
from under the cover. Pretty soon we
stopped again and he came along ana
said in busfness-like way, see you
| have some one in your car told him
yes. He said, what will you give me
to keep mum until we get to Norfolk?
We struck bargain at 50. I told him
II would pay him at Norfolk, al
II had no change then. He said
all right; so when we got to Norfolk
I put the kid on the passenger train
and let him go ahead, for the brake.
men put each other next. Presently
the brakeman came to my car ana
talked pleasantly for while and said,
How is the kid?' told him he went on
the passenger train and he said. How
about the two bucks?' told him II
was no use trying to work mel had
been in Council Bluffs two days. So
he went away looking real sad.
Greeted by Blizzard.
THE rest Of my journey was all
10. X. until got to Irvine, Wyo That
is where we unloaded. There was no
one to help me unload, SO thought
would wait until the next day. Next
morning there came one Of those real
blizzards I could not see the fences
posts from the car. It showed about
three inches. The sun came out next
morning and by 10 a. m. the snow was
all gone and we have been having fine
weather since. don't think we would
have had that blizzard If had not
come. yours truly,
Irwin Skinner"
There Is no cough medicine so pop
ular as Foleys Honey and Tar. It new
or fails to cure coughs, colds, croupk
and bronchitis. Swenson,s Drug Store 4
Clark's Drug Store.