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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22

William Caldwell who died at hiei
home north of town last TuesdawNta1
buried Wednesday. The f1nsfnl W1S,
held at II O'clock az the Christian.
church, conducted ~ Rev. J. Il Bkunl
assisted by the Modern woodmen Of
America Of which Mr. C8tdwal1 was
one of the charter members Of lodge
No 1852 Of this city. Mr.. Ca1dwel
leaves wife, a daughter and q g1And~
son. besides large number OF other
relatives and friends to mourn their
osS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Cole visited
Mr. and Mrs. c. P. Gilbert Of. near H.
don
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22

ney. They had no children.
Attorney P. J. tHanley from Wash
ington was in attendance at the dis
trict court Saturday.
Attorney o. B. Jones Of Keota was
in Sigourney Saturday, looking after
some matters in the district court.
. W. E. Curtis Of 1ndianola formerly a
resident Of Sigourney was in town on
Saturday.
William Ridley Of What Cheer was a
Sigourney business caller Saturday.
Mrs. Theodore L. Goeldner was an
over Sunday visitor in Sigourney at
the F. L. Goeldner home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22

Keokuk Tuesday. for an extended visit
with relatives. #,-. .--.s ...g.5
Mrs. Jas. Cummings who has been
making a two'weeks' visit in Ottumwa
with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dings, returned
home Tuesday evening.
The Young Ladies' Guild will give
musical at the M. E.. church Friday
evening to which everyone is invited.
Jas. Beck of Topeka, kans., was
here Monday for short visit
Ed Irish of Keosauuua was in town
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie Sturdivant is the guest
Of her sister Mrs. Felix Sappington at
Arson, Mo.
Eorl Conner of Des Mones is visit
ing the W. f. Wilson and p. A.
Doughty families
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
SALOON men
CLAIM VICTORY
Continued From Page ~
Of the workers the plans of the pro
moters in charge we're not given out
Press Was Present.

Of the workers the plans of the pro-
motors in charge were not given out.
Press Was Present.
BY q strange coincidence two of the
Courier staff happened in the vicinity
OF the court house at the hour ap-
pointed for the filing to take place and
their curiosity getting the better Of
them, they entered the county build
ing unlimited. Coming unannounced
into the auditors office, in which a
light cleaned with unusual brilliancy
for the hour, the curious ones were
warmly received and made welcome
to the circle. for the list Of names was
then in process of filing and beyond
the curiosity of those who participated
in the filling to know how the press
got wise all passed of quiet infarmally.
All Present Not Wise.
Not even did Deputy Treasurer
Henry Glenn know of the arrival Of
the emissaries of the saloon petition
as he was deeply engrossed In his
work on the books of his Office when
nine men entered the building and
quietly wended their way to the audi
tors once The men bringing up the
list of names to the court house were:
N. F. Reed, c. II. Bank, W. v. Silvers,
S. r. Cheadle, N. l.. Arrison, J. J.
Smith, Assistant County Attorney e.
r. Mitchell, Auditor G. W. McCarty
and Dan Harmon.
Have 1872 to the Good.
After the legal work in connection
with the filing was completed some
conversation was INDUCED in by those
present, as all seemed anxious to give
freedom to their long bridled speech.
The general opinion of those present
seemed to be that the petition is safe
from attack with the large margin of
1872 names that have been secured to
the petition. Guesses made among
them placed the number In danger of
removal from the list at not more
than 200 at the most, but it was
deemed best to get safe margin be-
fore filing. The workers stated that
within the past week there were more
signatures obtained than In any
similar period during the campaign
and many OF these it was stated were
voluntarily given after a refusal had
been made early in the campaign.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
BATAVIA.

Last Tuesday evening being the
election of officers for the coming year
the following officers were elected of
Batavia Camp NJ. w. A. 1852: Vener-
able consul, Clifford Cole; worthy adj
visor, Ray Frescoln; excellent banker,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
Mike Memsic Wins on Foul.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 2l.-Mike |
Memsic of Chicago won from PHIL |
Knight of Leavenworth, Kaa, on q \
foul in the seventh round Of sched-
uled fifteen round fight before the Z
Union Athletic club here last night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22

to place all these companies under it's
supervision and control. No opinion is
expressed at this time as to the admin
istrative Interpretation which should
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
SIGOURNEY.

Saturday morning the grand jury of
this county which has been in session
for the past two weeks made it's final
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REPORT MADE BY THE
COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Continued From Page -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
BEGINNING OF USE OF IRON
Hard to Trace Exactly, But lts Origin
10 Thought to Have Been in
Central Europe.

1t is commonly believed that the
use of iron commenced in either A.
RIGA or Asia. The latest investiga-
tons prove that it was not worked
in Egypt until the ninth century be-
fore the Christian era, or In Libya I'M.
til $50 B. c., that the Semites adopt
ed its use still later, and that it has
been known in Uganda only within
the last five or six centuries. In
China iron is first mentioned in 400
b. c. Bronze weapons were en-
ployed in China until 100 A.D., and in
Japan until 700 AID. According to q
Mr.. Ridgeway, who has Investigated
this subject, the metallurgy Of iron
must have originated in central
Europe. especially in Nor1cum, which
approximately represented modern
Austria and Bavaria. Only at Hall.
staff and in Bosnia and Transylvania,
from which countries the Achaians
and Dorians are supposed to have
migrated to Greece, are found EVIL
dences of gradual introduction of
Iron, at first as an ornament applied
to the bronze which it ultimately dis
placed. Everywhere also iron was in
troduced suddenly-a fact which i'm
plies foreign origin. He says that
meteoric iron was known in Egypt In
remote antiquity, but no doubt it was
worked as fints are worked, by cutting
or chipping, and was not smelted. In
other words. it was metallurgy, not
the knowledge, of iron that originated
In central Europe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
FISH 80 YEARS "A CAPTIVE
When Released II Knew Something
Besides How to Swim In
p ~ Circle. =

A big sturgeon that has been a pris-
oner 30 years has just been released
from his long captivity and set free
u the Columbia river. The fish was
taken from the Columbia river, near
Cascade locks, In the spring of 1880.
It was caught in fish wheel and was
given to the late DR.. w. H. Adams of
Hood River.
The sturgeon was placed in a small
pond on the Adams ranch, says the
Portland Journal. There were then
two ponds on the place, and the fish
was changed from one to the other
from time to time. Some years ago
the ponds filed with grass and weeds,
and the water became so shallow that
the back of the sturgeon was blistered
by the sun.
The fish was then moved to the pool
OF fountain on the farm, where it
swan about in a circle. It kept grow
Ing bigger, until it was about six feet
long and the fountain was too small a
place for 1t to be kept.
Mrs. Sue M. Adams Armstrong, own
er OF the farm, ordered the release of
the pet fish, and the sturgeon was
carted to the Columbia river and set
free.
Interested spectators predicted the
fish would swim in a small circle in
the river from the habit of 80 years,
but this was not true. Dazed for a
moment by the unaccustomed extent of
water, the sturgeon hesitated, and then
swan away to the deep channel of the
river.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
The Art of Overlooking.

Nobody can live long in the world
and not admit that the words moth
Ing for nothing" contain a sad amount
of truth. He is. Of course, fool who
does not count the cost so far az the
future Is concerned, but scarcely less
a fool Is he who does not overlook
past costs. II we have any good or
delightful thing in this life, at all
hazards let us not faint our enjoyment
by considering what we gave for 1t.
Was 1t more than We could afford?
Never mind; we have afforded it, We
have made our purchase. Let us take
of the ticket with the price and burn
the receipt. There are items In LIES
ledger which must be overlooked I'M.
less we would spend all our days in
balancing closed accounts.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
A Form Of Seihshness.

"A form OF selhshness peculiarly
American" said a woman who has
Travelled much. lis that shown by
young married couples who won't as
sumo the responsibility of a home Of
their own. In every other country a
home of ones own is q part of matri-
mony, but in America the number of
young couples living in apartment
hotels, or wandering from spot to
spot. Is increasing constantly. be-
lieve the tendency grows out Of the
long honeymoon journeys most newly
weds consider a necessary sequel of
the ceremony. They get the nomadic
habit, and grow more and more
averse to assuming the burden of
housekeeping. So they live on in
apartment hotels, envious OF their
friends who are settled in comfortable
homes, but too selfish to go and do
likewise. The pity of it is when chill
dren come. The nomadic life is bad
for children"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
The Comets Tail.

The tail OF comet Is composed Of
gas. existing In highly rarefied con-
dition. Little particles of electricity
called corpuscles. or ions. are being
constantly given of at enormous
speed by the sun. Each meteorite in
the comets head is surrounded by its
own rarefied atmosphere. When one
Of these little ions strikes one of tho
molecules Of gas in the comets at.
mosphere, 1t carries it of with It to
form the tail The electrical charge
makes the gas luminous. and It Is by
this light. and not by reflected sun
light, that the tail Is made visible to
US. A comets tail, therefore. seems
to be merely very extended aurorea.
Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Blessed Illusions

Thank heaven that little illusion
is left to us, to enable us to be useful
and agreeable-that we don't know
exactly what our friends think of US
that the world is not made of look
ing glass, to show us just the figure
we are making. and just what is 70
ing on behind our backs! BY the
help of dear friendly illusion, we are
able to dream that we are charming
and our faces wear a becoming air
of self-possession; We are able to
dream that other men admire our
talents-and our benignity is undis-
turbed; we are able to dream that we
are doing much good-and we do a
little.-George Eliot.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Perverted Taste In Art

Nothing is more common than to
hear 1t said Of reputed works Of art
that they are very good but diflcult
to understand. We are quite used
to such assertions, and yet to say
that a work Of art is good. but In
comprehensible to the majority Of
men. is the same as saying of some
Kind OF food that it is very good, but
that most people can't eat 1t. The ma
1or1ty OF men may not like rotten
cheese or putrefytng grouse dishes
esteemed BY people with perverted
tastes; but bread and fruit are only
good when they please the majority
Of men. And It IL the same with art.
Perverted art may not please the ma
5oG1ty Of men, but good art always
.plee9Ss everyone. Tolstoi
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Smooth Steel Plates,

Showing the results of his process
Of grinding and polishing steel plates
far smoother than hitherto has been pos
sible. Johnasson, Swedish engineer, has
given to the Paris Academy of Sci
ences q remarkable demonstration of
the molecular attraction between bod
les in contact. The slightest micro
scopic unevenness is sufficient to pre-
vent molecular adhesion. Electro.
magnetic influences being proven to
be absent, one steel plate was placed
on top Of another, and then the pull of
even heavy weights failed to sepa-
rate them. The space between the
two plates was found to be less than
1-2,5OO,OO0 of an inch.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Professors on the Colt linke,

There is one profession of whose
golfing members we have made some
special study. being attracted thereto
by the curious anomalies they pre-
sent in this matter. and that Is the
teaching profession. BY universal con.
sent professors of all sorts are the
worst players to be found on the links.
So notorious is this that the follow
ing classification on the various grades
of golf has been generally accepted a.
correct, and though it has been re-
peatedly published it has never been
challenged by any of the unfortunate
class whom it holds up to public
obloquy. The classification OF golf is:
professional. first class amateur, cad
dies, ladies', buffers parlor, Infants
and professors
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Laugh Makers Tonic Makers.

Laugh Makers Tonic Makers. *
Blessed are the laugh makers. Their
bits Of ,humor are like rays Of sun
shine on our paths and brighten our
ways. They put US on better terms
with ourselves and with the world.
Lincoln was humorist and this fac
:ulty helped him wonderfully In his
trying official life. His amusing sto-
ries usually carried a little moral
which was clearly apparent through
the covering of fun. The moral is
lacking in many of the laughable tales
OF the day, yet they serve a good pur-
pose in leaving us in a~pleasant frame
Of mind. They quicken our spirits
and the smiles they produce are
passed along to the friends we meet
later. It has been truly said that 1t
1s difficult to estimate the influence
OF smile or the ultimate benef1cent
effect OF pleasant thought.-Chris-
tfan Science Monitor
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Mute but Valuable Testimony.

Thirty feet beneath the surface of a
newly built railroad in Spokane,
Wash, ginkgo leaf was found last
spring, its age being estimated at 100,-
900 years. 1T bears a message OF
more certainty than those carved in
tablets of stone." writes Fred Nieder-
hauser:' in Harper's Weekly. This
discovery tends to substantiate the
theory that the coast section has been
formed by successive upheavals Of the
earth's crust, occurring since the ap.
pearance Of the great sea dyke, which
has now developed into the system OF
the Rocky mountains"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
The Natural Bird qe.

The average height of the cliffs
about the Natural bridge is about $50
feet; the height OF the bridge about
220. The span Of the arch is SO feet;
its average width 80 feet, and its thick
ness in the center 81 feet. The bridge
does not cross the chasm precisely at
right angles, but in an oblique direc-
ton, like what engineers used to call
q "skew" bridge. The top Of the
bridge is covered by clay soil to the
depth of several feet, which nourtshes
a considerable growth of trees and
bushes. These. with masses of rock,
serve to form the natural parapets
along the sides. which quite conceal
the view of the chasm below.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
American Voices Something Fierce.

American Voices Something Fierce.
"You doo't notice it so much when
you have been living here right along"
said man who returned lately to
America from the Orient. but to a
person who has spent the last two
years In sleepy Hindu villages Ameri-
can voices, particularly the voices of
American women, are, as the Bowery
boy might put it, something fierce
Men gable or mutter or below. clip
of words and talk through their noses,
all of which is bad enough, but women
tear your nerves to pieces ty shrek
ing az II each were trying to outshriek
the other. My wife has dragged me to
some receptions and things. and
wonder more and more why voices,
such as our grandmothers had-sweet,
low voices-are never heard any
more"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Ojd.Ttme Election -rick.

0'0 INV @s~o@5015 1TCN8s
Soldiers have been used to provide
artificial majorities in English cleo
lions. In 1854, ESQ of the guards were
sent to vote as householders against
Fox in the Westminster election. Upon
that occasion the device failed. but it
succeeded in an Irish election. The
patron Of a large Irish borough, find
ing that there was some uncertainty
as to the return of his nominee.
marched In regiment of soldiers
from their quarters at Loughrea and
had them all elected freemen. Their
vote put the victory of his candidate
beyond doubt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
GUNS WIN VouoIo Tunes.

Henceforth all sea coast guns of SIX
inch caliber or over, except mortars.
will be provided with double tubes, 80
that, should the inner tube give way.
the damage will not extend to the
outer tube and the enveloping Jacket
and hoops. This will permit the
restoration at small cost of guns
whose tubes give way and will facili-
tate the rehabilitation Of guns whose
accuracy has been lost through ero-
sion and wear of bore.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Ancient Bank Note.

At the Bank Of England privileged
visitors are sometimes shown the
Oldest known bank note for 1855,
with the date 18th Xber. 1892" The
memoranda written across the note
show that payment was made by three
instalments. The bank notes of that
period were printed from engraved
plates, blank spaces being left for the
date, the signature, the number and
the amount The watermark can be
clearly seen and in texture and gen.
eral appearance the notes were very
similar to those Of to-day. It was not
until 1897 that bank notes were issued
under E5 in value.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Fled from Malaria.

Apropos Of w. H. S. Jones' applica-
ton of his theories or malaria and
decadence to Rome, r. T. Hewlett, an
Englishman. suggests that mslaria has
played a part In the distribution of
population In England. Parts of Nor
folk, he says, were once much more
populous than at present. The same
IL true OF the region In Kent about
Romney marsh. Both Of these re-
gions are infested with anopheles and
were at one time extreu.ely malarious,
Has malaria been one of the factors
causing the depopulation of these To-
calities?" asks Mr.. Hewlett,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
spray Helmet for Flremen.

Firemen frequently ind It necessary
to play the hose on their fellow.dre.
men to protect them from the intense
heat of the condagration which they
are fighting: Borrowing from this
idea, IN inventor has devised q he'll
met formed with 4 spray nozzle
which is connected to q small hose
line. The water spouts out from the
nozzle in al directions. causing . min.
iature cascade around the body Of the
fireman, enabling him to attack ct
close quarters fires that would b nm.
ondurable under ordinary conditions
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

instructed to submit to the company
certified copy of this resolution as the COM
pany's authority to install such lamp.
Moved by Alderman Boylan. supported
by Alderman Heritage, that above resola-
ton be adopted.
!, Ayes-Ald. Boylan. Weber. Heritage.
Kimban. NOLAN, staff, II. o. Johnson, E. G.
A. Johnson. Mr.. President-9. e..
Mays: None. .@ :
Adopted October g, 1910. : i
Approved November l, 1910. l.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
U~VN~O~Yyyv
Official
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Publication OF
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City
Council
'ity Of Virginia. Mimi,
October 8, 1910.

Council Chamber, City of Virginia, MINI.
October 8, 1910.
REGULAR meeting.
Council called to order by the president.
Role
ACKNOWLEDGMENT oylan, Weber, Her
lta2e, Kimban, NOLAN. staff, Fl. O. johnson.
=. y. A. Johnson, Mr.. President9.
Absent-None.
Reading minutes of previous meeting.
Moved and supported that the minutes
be approved as read.
Carried
Moved and supported that Nels Anderson
be served with the second notice to have
the barn building on Cherry street, and
which is owned by him. removed at once,
according to the bond on file
Carried.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
TREATING Cooper Sheets

1Tedttn9 copper SneetS.
Experiments which were recently
made at the Worcester polytechnic
show that copper sheets which have
been electro-deposited with COPPER
possess much greater heat transmits
sion properties than ordinary copper
sheets which have not been so coated
It is suggested that this property may
affect the design of condensers, radi
ators, etc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
What Keeps the World Alive.

There's the world at large; town,
village, country, sea. What is it all
about? A mans search for his God,
his struggle to fill his stomach. and
his desire for his mate. It is only
love that keeps the whole pathetic
mass together. Fine, slender cords,
binding men and women. The light
In 4 woman's eyes, the smiles Of chill
dren. the actions men do from atfec.
uon-these things keep the world
alive. Nothing matters but that. The
worst man loves somebody. The best
man loves everybody.-New York
Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04

Council Chamber, City of Virginia, Mimi.
October 8, 1910.
Resolution No. 1854.
Resolution appointing city engineer and
assistant for three months and fixing
salaries.
By Alderman Bovlan.
Resolved. By the City Council of the City
of Virginia. that the compensation of E. F.
Johnson. city engineer, for the months of
September, October and November 1910, be
and the same is hereby fixed at One Hun
dred and Fifty Dollars per month. and that
the compensation of H. E. Devine, assist
ant city engineer for the same period of
time be at the rate of Seventy-fve Dollars
per month. as wages in full for all services
performed by them for the city of Virginia
and all departments therefor.
Moved by Alderman Weber, supported
by Alderman Heritage that above resolu-
ton be adopted.
Ayes-Ald. Boylan, Weber, Heritage,
Kinball. NOLAN, Staff, H. o. Johnson. E. &.
A. Johnson, Mr. President-9.
Nays-None.
Adopted October Is. 1910
Approved November l, 1910.
Moved and supported that the council ad
journ until the next regular meeting.
Carried.
ALBERT E. BICKFORD
corporate SeaD City Clerk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
Golden Rule Discipline.

0o1oeu SSUU0 0VSCsPI"es
A great naticn shook OF the old me-
chantcal imperial rule of the ages and
secured for 4 greater nation freedom
and elections freedom in too many
cases pregnant with almost total loss
Of self:restraint and noble personal die.
capline Of the golden rule,1n it means
anything. It means that your freedom
should be at harmony and q unit with
all brother men No stupid mechanical
rule Of one man, but IN alert steadi-
ness and smoothmess a. II the whole
nation we're one great choir, with no
fools or sc0undrels TO make discord,
No easy fob. NY mastsrs. $50. 5..s