Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-07
TWO SPEAKERS HEARD

o. A. Jay Tells Of Iowa's Greatness
and Prot. S. A. cohasan Speaks
on Americas Place in
History"
i Blakesburg, July 6.-Indapendenee
day was duly celebrated at Albany 5
miles south Of here. About 600 people
were in attendance. 1t was an ideal
j grove and place to picnic. An interest
N. Huff was chairman of the day and
gave the opening address. The decla-
ration OF Independence was well read
by Mrs. Myrtle Walker.
The principal address of the morn
ling was delivered by D. A. Jay. He
4 said In part:
To-day we, both old and young, have
celebrate, in some form or other, the
/ 134th anniversary of the birth of a
great nation Thirteen little helpless,
oppressed colonies, deprived of all the
! liberties due to every human being,
| taxed to the utmost by their mother
/ country, were struggling under their
! heavy burden to maintain existence.
| fact worse than slaves, but had they
been allowed representation in the
British parliament and treated as q
state or province we might today be
under the British government and
looking up to old England's flag in
stead of standing under the stars and
stripes that today float above us on
the summer breezes. Quite frequently
today you will hear man say that he
would gladly die for his country. What
we need most is men who will live for
their country. The only reason some
people are on this earth today is be-
cause they were born and haven't died
yet. Like Norwegian coming to this
country and filing out naturalization
papers wrote: Name-John Larson.
Town @. Born-Yes.
"The things that have made this
county what it is are the men who
have lived for 1t as well as those who
have died for it.
Nations Step Aside.
in taking an auto ride few weeks
ago barking dog ran In front Of us,
running from one side to the other.
The chauffeur opened her up little and
the dog made less kinks in his track.
He opened her un a little more and
the dog was running in a straight line.
He opened the throttle wider and the
dog quit barking in order that that en-
ergy might develop more speed. When
the throttle was opened some more the
dog had to side track and let us pass.
So it is with the Americans. Other ma
| tons sidetrack and let US pass.
! Progress along all lines has taken
trapid strides. Imagine If you can the
facial expression Of Benjamin Franklin
upon seeing an entire city lighted with
electricity, street cars and interurDans
propelled by electric power. Methods
Of farming have grown rapidly The
amount Of production has increased
|oy nj c{v 10 ho a H.
tural state let us consider her for q
few minutes.
What Iowa Has Done.
corn, first in farm machinery and first
in the number of banks, but we must
not fail to recognize her hogs, the ia
nous mortgage lifters." Iowa with
|one-fftieth the acreage Of the United
States one fortieth OF the population,
furnished one seventh of the corn,
one eighth OF the hogs and one-twelfth
lof the cattle. From last year statistics
It is found that one million wagons
were needed to haul last years hog
crop to market. If each hog had lined
up one after the other and the squeal
started at one end 1t would have taken
eighteen weeks for 1t to reach the
other. Enough 'weenies' are produced
in one year to make belt around the
earth and enough eft to loop over the
horn OF the moon
sWhat isl sweeter music today than
the squeal fof the Iowa hog, the cackie
OF the Iowa hen, and the ~entle breezes
'rustling the shucks around the golden
ears Of corn. The most Independent,
the MOST healthful, the most pleasant
life toby is the farmers life
The Pleasant Valley Sunday school
carriei off the prize offered for the
best drill. A patriotic vocal solo with
VOLTA accompaniment by MRS. Carrie
Van Cleave was much appreciated.
s. A. Cohagan Heard.
THE principal address of the after
noon was delivered by Prof. S. A. Co
Slagan. He took for his subject Amer
'ica's Place in History" He said partly
"The first question asked by the indl-
yidual when handed an article new to
him is What is 1t WORTH In other
words he tries out its usefulness to So
ciety. a French woman assisted by her
husband discovered valuable sup
stance called radium. The entire world
would affect society as whole.
"The men and women of the past
whose names are handed down to us
by the historians are the ones whose
lives have been devoted to unselnsn
service to their fellow men. We ven
ture the assertion this afternoon, MI:
Chairman, that when the time sha!i
come for the gathering together OF the
nation, that these United States and
yonder stars and stripes shall head
the procession because of these facts.
First, it's foundation, which is the
constitution Of which Benjamin
Franklin declared at the close OF the
session, The work was well done. The
most wonderful piece Of law making IN
the world
Second, patriotism Of her people
Third. methods of treating depend
encies and weaker nations.
..Fourth. Judging from past, Amer
ica's placetin the worlds history Is Sc
cured.
Fifth the men Of '76 established,
the Grand Army OF the Republic saved
and II, now remains for the citizens OF
the goth century to solve the new
that confront us. The need
10 x,/i Gov afficSopf onorpieS- men and