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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-31
THE DIES MONIES RIVER.

Burlington Hawk-Eye-On Tuesday,
March 20, there is to be another meet
ing of the men who are boosting the
improvements of the Des Moines river.
It is to be held at Pennington. in Van
Buren, county, and no doubt there VIII
be large attendance and considerable
enthusiasm There seems little doubt
that the project is entirely feasible,
and that the river can be made navl-
gable for boats of light draft, propelled
by gasoline engines. There is every
reason to believe that the river can be
made navigable to Fort Dodge, and
even beyond that point, and that the
cost of the Improvement need not pc
prohibitive. 1t will be great stream
for all manner of pleasure boating,
when improved and there will no
doubt he much local passenger bust
ness, and there is every reason to as.
sumo that in time considerable freight
might be sent up and down the stream
during the season. There Is reason 20
believe that every other stream in the
state that has water in it, will be I'M
proved in time, If not for profit, then
for the pleasure of the people who
uW0ll upOu IT'S SLOlCoS anu OAAA1 1NNSA>>f--.
tally for the sake of trade ana
commerce.
Here and there an editor who does
not agree with the proposition, rldl-
cules the whole movement And then
people wonder what ails Iowa. Per-
haps Burlington has no direct interest
in the improvement of the Des Moines
river. But being an Iowa city, the I'M
provement of that river will be bene-
fit to her as it will be to the whole
state, and the people of Burlington Will
no doubt, be delighted when the towns
on the Des Moines river shall be en-
Toying good navigation and shall be ar
ranging regattas there, just as they
had regettas in the days Of the old up
Der Mississippi River Valley Rowing
association.
And the cities whose editors are
throwing bricks at the improvement OF
the Des Moines river, may want some
thing. And the Burlingtonians, al
though they will have no direct per-
sonal interest in the new move, VIII
wish them JOY and success, knowing
that whatever pleases and helps one
section of the state, will eventually
prove a benefit to all Iowa And Bur-
lington, while she is very much inter,
ested in Burlington is always for Iowa.
And therefore. more power to the
.Des Moines River boosters and may
they make it the finest river in America
of its size.
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tween Kansas City and st. Louis. Sat-
urday night the total amount sub
scribed was s., O52 1898 and 1t has been
decided to bring the total up to mil
lion and quarter before the last day
of the month. The Kansas City Com
mercial club has begun the work OF
tabulating available freight for tho
new line and securing options from
shippers. This will determine the num-
Der Of boats to be purchased and no
time will be lost in making the nayi-
cation of the Missouri an accomplish
ed fact. When the million mark was
reached the secretary of the CONNER
cial club sent the following telegram
to Senator Theodore 3. Burton, chair
man of the rivers and harbors com
mittee:
Il wish to remind you of your prom
Use to Kansas City made in Decem-
Der, 1906, of a government appropria-
ton for the Missouri river II Kansas
City would use the river. Have now
more than a million dollars for boats.
We will put the best type OF boats on
the river and plenty of them"
Kansas City is in position to make
a good case before the rivers and har-
bors committee The fact that its peo-
pie have subscribed more than a mil
lion dollars to put in line Of freight
carrying boats on the river is the best
evidence of its faith in the navigabil-
fly o. the stream. Kansas City bust
ness interests would not subscribe Q
sum so large unless the big shippers
were certain the use Of the stream as
a highway for transporting freight will
be paying venture.
This is the right way to push the
waterway campaign. Oratory has been
more or less OF a failure in awakening
the people to the necessity of utilizing
the inland waterways. There have
been plenty of words, but not enough
of works The Missouri river boosters
have not been saying much, but they
have been saving wood and the line
of freight laden boats they will be
able to produce as evidence in support
of their campaign for congressional
aid for the Missouri should prove a
winning argument.
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A COMMERCIAL YELLOW PERIL.

: a COM ERCIAL MELLOW PEhI L.
Arthur Diosy, founder Of the Japan
society Of Great Britain and the au-
thor of several books dealing with the
far east, believes that the advance
ment of China points to a commercial
yellow peril. China. he says, has adj
vanced more in the last five years than
it had in the 300 years before, and the
four hundred millions of Chinese are
intellectually on the move. Mr.. Diosy
in a recent interview given in New
York said:
Il do not believe in the yellow peril
in the usually accepted sense an
armed invasion of the west by dis
ciplined Mongol hosts, but I do believe
in very real commercial and indus
trial peril which will arise when the
millions Of China become thoroughly
trained to the use of western scien-
tific methods and have provided them
selves with the necessary manufacture
ing plants, which England and Amer
lea will be only too glad to supply at
remunerative prices.
when the Chinese begin to turn
out, for instances, boots as good as
ours for dollar and half, don't
you think the people of this country
will insist upon getting the articles
where they are several times cheaper
than they are at home and compel
their Importation? That is where the
peril lies.
''The more consider the tremen-
dous problems offered to reflection by
a visit to this country the more am
convinced that if the people were
fully conscious of their best interests
they would come to speedy under
standing with the people of the Brit
ish empire. Their civilizations are
after all based on the same broad
principles of well ordered liberty and
on the same ideas Of right expressed
in the same language in the same
great Book"
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. CEDAR ROUTE o. 1.

q. . Z .r y . Il $ j & IH
John Ross was shopping and visit
ing his daughter Mrs. Julia Hill IN OF
tumwa Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Millisack Of
Oskaloosa spent week at the home
OF her sister, Mrs. Harlan Carnahan
near Cedar.
Ottumwa visitors from this vicinity
Saturday were Henry Sheafe and son
Rufus Jack and Simon Allison and G..
A. Funk.
w. F. Millisack OF Oskaloosa was a
caller at the John Ross home Satur-
day.
J. D. Allison was shopping in Kirk
vile Monday.
John Allison has returned home aft
er visiting his son Jasper Allison IN
Wayne county for several weeks.
John Ross was shopping in Kirkville
Monday
Ottumwa recently
C. w. Moore OF Cedar made a short
business trip to Chicago recently.
Eliza Cramblit Of Eddyville route
No. was a business caller in Ottum- :
wa Friday.
w. j. Brown and sons OF Eddyville
Route No. were business callers In
Ottumwa Saturday.
Isaac Cook was business caller at
the M. e. Allison home Saturday.
Miss Bertha Courtney of Kfrkvslfe,
who has been on the sick hst h re-
ported some better.
Miss Etna Newell was caller at the
]. D. Funk home recently.
George Vermillion OF KiFkville pur-
chased some hay Of Samuel Allison.
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BLACK HAWK.

Lee Robb is spending few days
with Chas. Brown.
Mrs. Eli Smith Jr, is one the sick
list.
frank Bean visited Monday night
with Miner Barnes.
CYRUS Chatterton is spending few
DAYS with his step-mother at Union
vile.
Chas Webber of Udell was BUSH
ness visitor here recently
Clarence Adams called on Eprhiam
Chatterton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John King and daugh-
ter Catherine spent Sunday at VIM.
Browns. -.
MS. Ida Bean spent a few days last
week with her daughter near Bunch.
Mrs. Rosa Doll visited one day last
week with Mrs. Ell Smith.
Lester Coop attended literary at Al
tany last Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Coop. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Paris Donahue and Mrs. Robt.
Gavin visited Sunday at r. H. Coop's:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swain and
daughter Gladys called recently at the
Miner Barnes home.
David Glassburner of Bunch caileu
here one day last week.
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Shoe Il. & F. Store
HAGBERe & HARRINGTON,
124 East Main Street.
CHARLTON

Charles Bingham, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Bingham, who reside in
West Charlton, met with a painful &C
cident Thursday evenine. He was driv-
ing home with load of hay and
when near home the team became
frightened and ran away and he was
thrown to the ground, a part of the
hay falling on him. He was badly
bruised and cut about the head and
neck. but his injuries are not serious.
He is about twenty years of age. Sew
eral years ago he was kicked on the
head by horse, and at that time a
piece of his skull was removed.
At the annual meeting Of the school
board j. H. Curtis was elected presi-
dent and A. G. Rebel vice president
Miss Helen Van Arsdale was elected
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Miss Rega Talbot. who leaves soon
for Wyoming to live on her claim.
Rev. Edward Kelley and family OF
Emerson, formerly of this city. who
had been visiting here with her faith
err, David Fluke. and other relatives,
returned home Thursday.
Mrs. David Goltry and children OF
Oskaloosa, returned home Thursday
after a few weeks visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Sanger and
other relatives.
Mrs. Chas Rahmgren and niece,
Selma GRANDSON went to Stanton on
Thursday to visit relatives
Mrs Lulu Mclaughlin of st. Charles
who had been visiting in Cedar town
ship with her mother, Mrs. H. L. Kim
en- at the home Of Tom Sellers, return
ed home Thursday. Her daughter-in I
law, Mrs. C. #. Mclaughlin of this
city accompanied her as far as Cres-
ton.
Mrs. A. Treburg OF Rapid City, S.
D., who had been visiting IN Charlton
with her 'sister-in-law Mrs. f. M.
Johnson, went to Des Moines Thursday
to visit relatives.
Miss Stella Cook has resigned her
position as city Librarian and Miss
Terrell Of Ames has been elected TO
fill the vacancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. H. Wood of Glen
wood, have returned home after a
few days visit with the formers
brother r. C. Wood and family.
Howard Chandler has returned
from few days business trip to
GlenwoOd.
Carl Scott Of Rawlings, Wyo., is
visiting in this city with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Scott and other rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Carpenter Of Al
bia, have returned home after few
days visit north Of Charlton with her
father, Jas. Hall.
Mrs. Kate Holiday Of Creston, is
visiting in this city with her daughter
Mrs. r. c. Walker, while, on her way
home from a visit in Keokuk.
Mrs Harry Wilson is spending the
week in Bethany Mo-. with her sister
and other relatives. She also attended
the marriage Of her niece, which oc-
Cured Thursday.
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& HIGHLAND CENTER.

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School report for the month 4ntins
April 18th. Pupils perfect tn ateend-
ance in intermediate grade: Lester
and Alva Grove, Lawrence Davis,
Herman Bish, Pearl Cornwell, yF1orance
Grove. No one was tardy. In the
primary grade: Dede Clausen, Mary
Bacon, Ralph Jones, Freda Ciausen,
Goldie Butler, Lenora Jones. Ruth
Oswald Butler, Don Mccormick, Lo-
rena Mccormick, Bly, Smith, virgta
Beedle, teacher.
Mrs. Denney was passenger b
Ottumwa Friday
Mr.. Drummond drove to ottumwa
Thursday.
Mrs. knapp and children returned to
Washington. Ia, the first OF the week.
Mrs. Grant Davis has been quite iii
but is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spillman were enter
tanned at Mr.. Elders Sunday.
Choir practice at Dan McCormack's
Saturday evening.
Miss Meta Bacon spent last week
near Peakin.
Rev. G. w Kindrick preached at
the M. E. church Sunday evening.
Rev. bradley neld meeting at the
Baptist church over Sunday.
Mrs Don Mccormack was a passen-
ger to Ottumwa Friday Robert En-
|ery's children came home with her to
spend Easter.
Mrs Downs. formerly resident OF
this vicinity died at her home In Cass
county Interment took place at the
Mccormick cemetery Sunday.
Mrs Edward and Mrs George
Balm from Ottumwa have been visit
ing at the home of Robert Mccormick
They returned home Saturday.
s. A. Buckner from Iowa City was
here last week.
Miss Iva and Effie saner, Mr.. Refs
cit and son Fred, Messrs. G. McKin-
ney. d. Kelly. Floyd Emery Bert
Barnes, NJ. Foster, Charles Brown.
pau! Bender, d. Clausen, H. Clausen
were among the passengers to Ottum-
wa Saturday.
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A THEORY OF THE WRECK.

Cedar Rapids Republican-Railroad
men themselves do not place much
credence in the theory Of spreading
or breaking of rails in the Gladbrook
accident. They attribute the accident
to the fact that the engines were run
ming backward, the tender of the head
engine being the head of the train. AS
the coal and water were used up this
tender became lighter and on the poor
ly ballasted tracks of the Great West
ern must have swayed to and fro. The
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depleted water in the tank would by
its motions from side to side help that
swaying. It was the lightness of the
tender that caused it to jump the
track and the engine followed into the
clay bank instantly stopping the
whole train, which was running at the
moderate rate of speed Of 20 miles an
hour The theory is plausible and will
receive, no doubt. consideration at the
hands of the railroad commissioners.
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April 3. 1910.

April S, 1SlU.
The Power of Faith. Matt. 9: 1884.
Golden Text All things are possible
to him that believeth. Mark 1923.
Verse 18-How do you account for
this mans extraordinary faith?
Would it be possible, or not, for
man who is not a follower Of Jesus to
have such faith as this?
WHAT IS FAITH CAUSED BY, OR
BASED UPON? is 1T A NATTER OF
EVIDENCE OR A RESULT OF DEF
REASONING, OR is 1T A DIVINE
IMPARTATION POSSIBLE ONLY TO
THOSE WHO ARE SPIRITUAL, OR
WHAT? (This question must be an
swered in writing by members OF the
club?)
Verse 19.-Did Jesus, while in the
flesh, ever refuse any request for help,
and how is he today in that particu-
lar?
Give your views as to whether 1t Is
possible for a person to be true
Christian, who is not willing to help
those in need as Jesus was?
Verses 20, Elbow do you harmon.
ize with the goodness Of God the fact
that there as so many incurable dis
eases. in great pain all the time, dying
a living death, much like this poor
woman?
II all such sufferers would come to
Jesus now, in faith, like this poor
woman did, would it be his will to al
ways cure them, as he did then?
1t was noble faith that this woman
had in believing she would be cured
by touching his garment, but, Is there
reason to believe that she could have
been cured without touching him at
all?
Was it the touch that cured her, or
the conscious consent and power OF
Jesus?
Verse 22.-Jesus knows and sees all
who would come to him for help, and
always welcomes and helps each one
who comes, why then do so many hest
tate, or neglect to come to him?
Verses %, 24.-It appears 1t was
custom to play mournful music when
death entered home, and for the
friends to make a great lamentation;
please say whether this harmonizes
with the teachings Of Jesus, and
whether in this case his words were
meant for rebuke?
Why is not mournful music, the
wearing Of mourning, the giving way
to violent grief, and other similar
heatherish customs. when friends die,
displeasing to God?
Can you give any examples OF Jesus
using words with two or more mean
ings. and in such way that only
those who were honest hearted could
understand what he meant?
Verse 25.--Why did Jesus put the
people out before he raised this young
woman to life?
was 1t possible for Jesus. and is it
possible for any follower Of Jesus, to
work effectually in the presence Ut
scorners.
Verse 26.-Why did the world re-
iect Jesus, Notwithstanding his great
fame as loving teacher with marvel
Gus wonder working power?
Verses 27-29.-How did these two
blind men know that Jesus was the
son of David?
Do all men need to cry for mercy,
and why?.
Would Jesus have healed these blind
men If they did not have faith that he
could do SO?
WnaL part does IdltH pray III tAS
temporal and spiritual progress OF men
today?
Verses 30-31--Why did Jesus forbid
them from telling of this miracle?
Did they do right to tell it, seeing
Jesus had requested them not to do
so?
Which is the right thing to do, fol-
low our good impulses, or obey God,
when these are contrary. the one to
the other as in this case?
Verses 32-34.-Jesus spent his life in
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Pat Courtney was pleasantly sur
prised by a few of his friends. OH
March IL, it being his birthday. Those
nresent were: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Skinner. Mr.. and Mrs. Newt Alder
man John and Mike Koran, Francis
and Clarence Skinner, Misses Crowley
and Miss nellie Guggartv of Chilli
cothe.
Mrs. Emil Jeanne who has been Wis
ting relatives in Minnesota for some
time has returned to her home.
Mr., Clark a cattle buyer of Blakes-
burg was business caller here re-
Gently.
On Friday evening Miss Sadie Nell
son passed through here enroute to
Carbon.
Chas Koran, ST., spent last week in
Des Moines and ColfaX.
Joseph Butros and sister Miss Bid
deryee called on Mrs. Frank Skinner
Friday.
Miss Ella Guggerty who has spent
the past three years in Los Angeles.
returned to her home recently
Mrs. Butros was in Ottumwa Satur-
day.
Misses Margaret Koran. Ella Gug-
gerty and nellie Crowley called at the
Ritche home Friday evening.
Last week closed a seven months
term of school at the Koran school.
Mike Koran and sister Miss Marga-
ret attended the Donahue and Cash
Angus sales in Holbrook and Will
Harrisburg last week
John White. Geo. Deiters and Neil
Courtney delivered cattle in Eldon on
Tuesday.
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THE RIGHT WAY.

The second convention OF the yes
Moines River Improvement assoeia-
ton will be held in Pennington 70
morrow. There will be delegates IN
attendance from nearly all the toans
and cities along the Des MONIES river
to consider plans for cooperating "isn
the government In Improving me
stream. The Des Moines river navlga-
ton enthusiasts have gone ABOUT
things in the right manner. iheS
have shown the government that tnere
is a widespread demand for the In.
proyement Of the stream and secured
an appropriation for the survey OF the
ricer work already begun. Then
they have given proof OF .nelr aisu
ments as to the navigabllltv Oh Ine
stream by actually navigating II. ihe
Burlington Hawk-Eye, which taxes tne .
broad view that the improvement "
the river will be OF benefit not only 70
the people of the Des Molnes valley,
but to the entire state, congratulate '
the river improvement boosters Oh
the campaign they are conouctlls'
The Hawk-Eye says: :,
There he's been considerable discus
sion as to the navigability OF the Des
Moines river. The project is being
ridiculed by newspapers here ana
there in the state, which are pubnsnea
in towns that have no navlsapie
streams. Nevertheless, the project IS
an entirely feasible one. Governments
engineers have begun survey OF the
stream. which will cover many inter-
esting details. - J.,
the eating thereof.
Better than all discussion, petler
than all theorizing on the subject, IS
the ?ct,lal demonstration OF the lact
mat tho Des Moines river is naViga-
lle Boats are building and naVlga-
tion has actually been opened and VIII
he continued regularly between dlf-
7arent points on the river, as TOT III
s4srce between Keosauqua and Ottum-
wa There can be no question as
to the. navigability OF a stream upon
which navigation is an cstaplsheu
fact And. CT course, then thefe ~
mains simply the question OF lmproE
Ing 4 navigable stream. me people
on tho Dcs Moines are wise. lhey
solved the problem before the en-
rireers could get busy on the river.
RsyoRl 6 doubt, the Des MONIES -
ravigable, end the engineers VIII more
the fart th,t navigation exists tiele
rho greatest. the most important ps'l
ct he problem has been solved by the
reogie themselves.
~ 10 the improvement of the cnan
rel. THAT is siu-piy piece OF Work
- DO hona. as soon as the necessar!
FRANCES are available.
The tine for throwing bricks at tn's
;,,-ra,-e1nent is pas-, and it would be
IN order for the fellows who have been
against Ii. Improvement Of the river
% apologi2e to the river folk and TO
ron graduate them upon their energy
and their success.
After the Des Moines shall nave
been improved the HaWh-t.Ye aads'
no doubt it will be discovered thaJ
other smaller Iowa streams, that are
not deemed navigable. can be MADE
so at no very heavy cost.
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one continuous work Of healing all
manner Of diseases and doing good;
in what measure are we to follow his
example?
Why was it that the more good he
did, and the more clearly he demon
strated his claim as the sent of God,
the more the Pharisees hated him?
Lesson for Sunday, April 10, 1910.
Tie Mission of the Twelve. Matt:
9: 1910; Is, 40-42.
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About the hardest working newspa-
per men these days are the special
correspondents who are trying TO
cable home column of hot stuff about
Col. Roosevelt The colonel refuses to
get excited or to say anything that
will excite his hearers.
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CEMENT PAVING 0. x.

Mason City Times.-Last year the
mayor and city council of Mason City,
believing that cement paving would
stand the test as we'll as other kinds
If paving placed contracts for several
blocks Of it in prominent alleys down
town where the traffic is the heaviest.
This paving was placed late in the fall
during the wet weather and while II
was freezing some, and yet this paving
came out this spring without any troll
BILE, whatever so far as Engineer VIII
son can find
Cement paving, at the price con-
tracted for by our city council the
other night, means without question
a great impetus to paving work, not
only in Mason City, but in every town
in this section. It's price should 40
away with the dirt roads and streets
in all towns and cities, as the cost will
enhance the value of the property
more than the cost of paving.
Last fall our city council let con-
tract for cement paving and although
last fall the ground froze wet and we
had one of the severest winters that
this section has seen for years. this
paving showed up this spring without
a single crack or break, and everyone
is so well pleased with the result that
the city council the other night let
contracts for around two and one-half
miles of cement paving at $1.25 per
square yard, to be laid this summer IN
Mason City.
Cement paving means more, If any
thing for the smaller towns than 1t
does for the larger ones, because here
tofore these smaller towns have not
been able to afford paving on account
Of the high cost necessary to get con-
tractors who can handle brick or the
other materials before used, to take on
a lob containing only few blocks.
Now, with the proper set of specifica-
tions, such as are used by our city en-
gineer, any reliable local contractor
doing concrete work can properly put
down cement paving and 1t leaves
every local situation able to take care
of it's own work.
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A MILLION DOLLAR BOAT LINE
Kansas City started out March ] 70
raise a million dollar fund by pubic
subscription to maintain a line OIL
freight boats on the Missouri river be-