Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-08

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Fire Apparatus Neglected.
The big hook and ladder wagon
purchased by the city council a num-
Der of years ago at the expense of
$1,000, Is dry rotting at the city fire
station was the statement made by
an ex-member of the fire department
today. The city should either sell the
wagon at half the purchasing price or
put 1t In use" continued the ex-fire
fighter. THE way 1t is placed in the
station at present. IL fire should
break out in the down town business
district, the building would be burned
to the ground before the wagon could
be gotten out and taken to the scene
of the conflagration. When the big
wagon was purchased the firemen were
proud of their fire fighting equipment,
which was one of the best in the state
at that time. We used to make exhibit
ton runs with it and throw the lad
ders up against the buildings to show
the people the advantages of such first
class equipment of the local depart
ment. Now you never see the wagon
and it is sure bet that few people in
the city know that such equipment is
housed at the central station. The
main objection, believe, to the use
OF the combination wagon at present
Is that it is too heavy to pull over the
streets and hills of Ottumwa. The
wagon weighs $500, or only 500
pounds more than the hose wagon. At
that it is not as heavy as the wagon
at the south side station l would well
come the time when the wagon was
put back in use"
The following answers have been
received to the Courier horse prob
lem
Milton, Ia, Jan. 4, 1909.
Editor Courier
My solution to the horse problem
is this: The man made $40 in the
transaction. Solution-A sells horse
to B for $50, then wants to sell the
horse back to A for $50, so A has the
horse back and $40. He is $40 ahead
by the transaction. He then sells the
horse to c for $500, making $40 on
that sale. Thus $40 of gain plus $40
gain makes $50 he gained in the two
sales
Frank Logan, Milton, Iowa.
Editor Courier
My answer to the horse deal contest
is $40 profit.
A has 500 horse, which after sell
ing and rebuying at $50, he still has,
besides $40 profit. He now sells the
$50 horse for 500, gaining $40 by this
r q t,,a oil
Irma Thissell
Corner Graves and Caldwell streets.
Editor Courier
My solution to the horse problem
in Friday nights Courier is this: He
made $40 by the transaction
P. She had 500 first and at last
he had $110.
Miss Ruth Sullivan,
413 South Benton street.
Two answers have already been re-
ceived to the new Courier problem, as
published in last evenings issue The
problem follows:
Two boys go fishing. For lunch one
has five sandwiches and the other
has three. The third boy comes along
and wants to eat with them and gives
them 8 cents for one-third of all their
sandwiches. How do the first two
boys divide the money?
The answers thus far received are.
Ottumwa, Ia, Jan. 6, 1910.
Editor Courier:
My answer to the sandwich problem
is: One boy got cents and the other
8 cents, while the third boy got 2 2-3
sandwiches for g ropfc
G. F. Allen.
Editor of Courier. Dear Sir:
My solution to your last nights
problem is that one boy gets cents
and the other one gets cents.
j. G. Mcdaniel.