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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
MY PET KITTY.

Dear Editor:
have q little kitty that call Puss
Wrinkle. She IL gray and is awful cute
but awful mean Tor she stays In the
house most OF the time She IL awful
little for her age. She is not q big a.
another kitten we have that is not az
old as she is. She Is very playful and
plays with strings and other things
fused to have q kitty that I called
Little Nigger," but my sister took
her home with her and she gave heE
away ana guess some dogs killed her.
Puss Wrinkles mother is spotted and
we call her Spotty.
Johnny Skhvin. age 8,
F1or1s, Ia, r +, D. No, 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
HENRIETTA WRITES TO SIXTY
JUNIORS.

Miss Blanche Sullivan,
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Dear Junior Friend:
Az you have asked me to write to
you through the Courier Junior will
do 80. Are you going to school? have
been going for six weeks. My teach
er's name 10 Mrs. Reitzel think she
is a very good teacher. / live nine
blocks from the school building. But
we think we will move, and II we do,
I will only have four blocks to go to
school.
Have you won any prizes in the
Courier Junior? won my flrst prize
in August. I won the August letter
prize. / was very glad to win it too.
How old are you and when is your
birthday? believe you told me once
but l have forgotten. How many jun
Tors do you write to? write to sixty
Juniors now. would like for you to
answer this letter in the Courier Jun
Tor.
Henrietta Plaster, age IL.
Abba, Ia, South d st.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
NINETEEN PUPILS in
ROOM.

Dear Editor and Juniors:
AS have not written for a long time.
thought would write. es.
There are nineteen pupils in my
room. MY studies are music, spelling,
arithmetic, history. grammar, physiol-
ogy and geography. My teachers name
ts Mrs. Clark.
would like to exchange post cards
with some Of the Juniors. am eleven
years old. 1 think Jack-o'-Lanterns
would be good subject to write on.
Irene Sutherland, age II,
Gillette, Wyo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
sEAur,FuL SOUVENIR PosTALs

we are quite pleased with the nice
nostal stories sent in by the Juniors
70 whom We sent souvenir cards lately
The Junior writing the best story
on the postals sent out this week Will
receive . big souvenir album as q
prixe. or course all the writer's will
ret postals.
we will still send souvenir cards Tor
III letters appearing in the Junior.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
NoRA's First LETTER.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
This is my first letter to the Junior
have been going to school for three
weeks but our school has closed now
on account OF diphtheria- My studies
are reading, writing, arithmetic
geography, physiology, grammar and
spelling. The name Of our school is
Pleasant Ridge. My teachers name is
Lola Reynolds. have three sisters and
four brothers. Their names are Lille
Will, Charlie, Wardie. Inez, Joe and
Carrie.
Nora Dyer, age 13,
FloriS Ia r. No e
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

1. Use one side Of the paper only.
3. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
s. Always sign your name In full
and state your age.
4. Number your pages.
s. Do not copy stories or poetry and
send to us as your own work.
tsS 6. Always state choice of prize on
(, = separate piece Of paper, with name
and address in full.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
JACK AND HIS FARM WORK. J.

Jack Grey was boy II years old
and was large for his age, He lived on
a 200-acre farm with his father and
mother and sister and brother. He
had to help his father with the farm
work as he was the only boy his
father had to help him, for the only
brother he had was only one year ole
and he could not help him. He had to
do good share Of the work on the
farm.
In the spring he helps break the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
COAL.

Fully one,ffth of Iowa is underlaid
with soft coal. Coal is mined all over
the southern part Of the state.
Hard coal is mined in Pennsylvania.
Hard coal is harder than soft coal and
it will burn lot longer.
People used soft coal long time
before they knew hard coal would
burn.
SOl is just as good as coal and Is
cheaper Oil comes from big wells in
the ground.
Dale Mcconnell
1lro koyille iowa 49, --l-E.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
MIKE MlLks THE cows.

Dear Editor:
am boy, living on farm Of 17o
acres. can almost do any kind OF
work. l get up at 5 o'clock in the
morning and help to milk the cows
help to separate the milk and take the
cows to pasture and then go to school
We have a fine teacher. Her name is
Verona X. Sontag. My seat mate Is
Arthur Crabb.
Mike Coyne, age IA.
Chillicothe, la. Route No. /.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
A HALLOWEEN PARTY.

Once there was little girl. Her
name was Marie. She lived in a very
large city. 1t would soon be Halloween
and Marie asked her mother If she
might have Halloween party. Her
mother said yes, SO she went into the
library and went to the writing desk
and wrote Ave invitations to five OF
her friends. Their names were Nellie,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
.EMoeENE LIKES HER TEACHER,

Dear Editor:
This is the second letter have writ
ten to the Junior page. only have a
few cards III have one card from the
Courier ], 5or. think 1t is pretty.
70 to Eln1Grove school. like my
teacher very much. My school mates
are Agnes Larkin, Florence Crabb.
Ethel Huffman, Loretto Larkin and
Jeanette Wagner.
Emogene Coyne. age 10.
Chillicotl1e. Ia. r No. 1.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
.nalzE WINNERS.

"A THE PRIZE WINNERS. :.
Maxie Areingdale and Hannah CLARK
are awarded prizes for their good WORK
IN the last contest, Precious Thlngs
Found IN the Earth"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
FALL BIRDS.

The fall birds are the dove The dove
is the gentle bird. 1t has no song at ALL.
but gentle coo COO. The hawk Is a
pirate. No doubt the little birds hide
when they know he is about He eats
the sparrows and finches and mice. He
also kills rabbits and rats. Birds do not
like to be Gagged up and sometimes
they will kill themselves. The night
ingale has the sweet song. You can
hear it when the night is clear and
still. It lives on insects and honey
from bees. The rooster Is q very vain
bird and quite anxious to fight. Is
Anna Palfreyman, As,
Lucas Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29

Henrietta Plaster, age IL,
Abba, Ia, South D st.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29

Chillicothe, la. Route No. 1.
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JAMES AND HIS FAR MwoRk.

Nora Dyer, age Is,
Floris, Ia, r. No. q.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
PRECIOUS STONES.

Drakeville, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-29
I A HALLOWEEN PARTY.

Powell, s. Dakota, Stanley Co.
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rNEz TELLS OF HER SCHOOL,

JOHNNY SKnVIn, dBO .,
F1or1s, Ia, r. F. d. No. q.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
CONDENSED NEWS or
THE SUNFLOWER STATE
THE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK.
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who
Want the Whole News In
Little Space.
Wherein Kansas Leads.

Topeka.-Mrs. Julia B. Perry, su-
perintendent Of the Girls Industrial
School at Beloit, declares that Kan
sas is in advance of every other state,
in that she has divorced her state
charitable institutions from politics.
The nine state charitable institutions
are under civil service rules and the
merit system is followed entirely. I'VE
in Kansas" said Mrs. Perry, do not
have to rely on other states that have
adopted the merit system to know
whether or not it has proven a sue
cess for there is no one thing that
Kansas people should feel more proud
of than of divorcing her state Chart
able institutions from politics and
placing them under civil service rule.
Where the merit system has been
rightly applied to state institutions
and rigidly carried out, growth and
prosperity have been the result"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
Aims and the Man.

"Sure Father Flaherty was good
man." Mr.. Murphy said of the deceased
parish priest. He hated sin but he
loved tn sinner, an he was all COM
passion an patience an wisdom.
There never was another loike i'm f'r
holdin' up hope to tn poor batthered
man that had amy desire FIR good.
Faith said he to Con Meehan, tn
tonne tn bh'y was down an out,
faith, this soide av paradise fist all
beginning again, over an over, an tin
tonnes over!'
AN that keen" continued Mr..
Murphy, "'twas niver worth whole to
keep back part av tn price av tn
land! Wild twinkle in his eye he'd
see clean through amy Ananias that
iver walked.
"An' gin'rous!" Mr.. Murphy's voice
dropped to lower key and his eyes
were wet as he added, His hand was
always in his pockut, an whin they
prepared him FIR burial they found his
right arm longer than his left wild
stretchin' it out to tn poor. Youths
Companion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
Enoine Used In Harvesting.

Atchison.-James Morrow, d farmer
east of Atchison, has just finished his
wheat harvest with two binders pull
ed by a twenty-horse-power gasoline
engine He says the experiment was
a complete success. Altogether he cut
ITS acres. He cut one field OF sixty
acres in a day and three-quarters.
Last year he was three days and a
half cutting twenty-five acres with six
mules. This year he cut the same
field in one day. The condition of the
wheat this year was about the same
as last year, and it's yield was twenty
five bushels per acre.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
|NFANHLE PARALYSIS AGAIN
REPORT BY WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
OF DR.. CRUMBINE.
He Says That No Cure or Preventive
for Disease Is Mountaineering
Is Issued.

Topeka.-"Please report any new
cases of Anterior Poliomyelitis by
wire"
That is the instructions of DR.. S. J..
Crumbine, secretary of the state board
Of health, in letter to the county and
municipal health officers, in regard to
the dreaded infantile paralysis, which
again has become an epidemic In Kan
sas.
DR.. Crumbine has just returned from
northwestern Kansas, and while there
he found that infantile paralysis has
again broken out in that section. Four
cases in one family, two of which re-
suited in death, were found at Speed,
in Phillips county. DR.. A. L.. Skoog
Of Kansas City accompanied DR.. Crum-
bine on the trip, which was made for
the purpose of making an invevstiga-
ton. Last year there was an outbreak
In that section of the state and the his
tory of the disease is that 1t makes d
temperance in the second year.
1--WE do not know how to prevent
this disease or how to cure it," said
DR.. Crumbine. "The only thing we
can urge is that everyone clean up
all manure and trash piles, make all
closets fly proof and keep the flies out
of the house 1t has been determined
that the disease is communicated by
infection of the throat and nose. 1t
seems that the disease is carried in
the food and the flies are great dis
ease carriers, so we must blame 1t on
them to a considerable extent.
"The board has ordered a strict
quarantine of the cases it has found,
and in the sections where it appeareu
last year we are urging that everyone
take all possible precautions to keep
flies off food and away from persons
affected"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22

Russia has not figured extensively
as a cotton-producing country But 1t
seems to have ambitions in that direc-
ton. Reports from Tiflis are to the eff
feet that the area sown to cotton this
year is double that Of 1909. In one dis
trict 400 acres are devoted to the
stape. That is a tiny fraction of the
total in the United States, but high
prices have stimulated cotton growing
wherever practicable, and the aggre-
gate result may be a substantial gain
in the foreign output.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
1unwritten Law" Not Upheld.

The supreme court sustained the
district court of Jackson county and
held that ]. w. McMurray Of Holton
must go to the penitentiary notwith'
standing his plea of the "unwritten
law" McMurray shot and slightly
wounded Bert Graham the day after
he saw Graham enter his home at
night and after Mrs. McMurray had
confessed TO him that Graham had
made improper suggestions. After
the confession NcMurray went to the
depot, hunted Graham up and COM
menced shooting. He did not do
great deal of damage but was arrested
and tried. He put up the claim that
his mind was affected by what he had
seen and heard, and that he was not
responsible for his actions. Neither
the lower nor the higher court took
that view Of 1t and McMurray must
serve his term.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
FEWER BABIES in WEST.
Kansas Discovers Evidence Of Com
ing Race Suicide.

ing Race SUICIDE.
Topeka What about the Kansas
babies, is topic of increasing inter
est to many people in this state just
now. The records for ten years show
that there are but 1900 more children
of school age in this state this year
than in 1S99-1900. The more recent
vital statistics gathered by the state
board of health show decrease OF
2,130 babies born in 1909 from the
number born in 1908.
q. T. Fairchild, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, has COM
pleted the tabulation of school census
The total of persons of school age in
Kansas, those from to Fl years of
age, for this year, is 510,217. The same
statistics gathered for the school year
ending in June of 1900 shows that the
total school population was 50S,S54,
an increase in ten years of only 1858.
81 am ashamed of the Kansas rec
ord" said Mr.. Fairchild. There is
nothing better anywhere than some
fine, fat babies playing around the
house, and there is no more interest
ing happening anywhere than to watch
little children studying their first
books. II sincerely hope that Kansas
people are not following the footsteps
of the French and becoming adher-
ents of the race suicide theory. The
welfare and safety Of the nation is
in the coming generations. 1t is
shame and disgrace to present this
record of 1900 increase in the school
population in ten years, The figures
bear out the race suicide theory. 1t
would not be fair to make compar-
alive statement of the relative number
of children and population now and
ten years ago. There has been no ex-
ceptionally large increase in popula-
ton in that period and many of these
new inhabitants were young people
who came to Kansas to get start In
life. / figure that there will be large
increases in the school population in
the next few years"
The figures show that in 1907 there
were $500 babies born in Kansas. In
1908 the baby crop was 25,9S0, de-
crease of ten, not enough to make the
stork feel bad at all. But when the
figures for 1909 were tabulated there
was wailing and gnashing of teeth
and the heaping of maledictions on the
Kansas wives The total for the year
was 23,S50, decrease Of 2,13O for the
wear.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
KANSAS TOPICS
FEWER NEW BUILDINGS.
Kansas Board of Control Spends Less
Than During Previous Year.

Topeka.-Figures given out by the
years just closed show that the nine
charitable institutions were run last
year for $164,333.40 less than for the
previous year. This saving is due to
the fact that not as many new build
ings were erected at those institutions
during the past year as the year be-
fore. The balance sheet shows that
there is an unexpended balance OF
$11,4S2.62 in the salary funds, $685.
672.40 in the maintenance funds, $685.
392.59 in the fee account funds and
$45,52418 in the coal funds, total
of $193,071.79 unexpended in the cur
rent funds of the nine institutions. All
of this money was appropriated for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1910,
but was not needed and was there
fore not drawn out of the state treas
ury. In addition to this there is an
unexpended balance of $36,08O52 in
the special funds of the nine institu-
tions for buildings and improvements,
which was appropriated for the fiscal
year ending June 20, 1910.
Not only are there these uneXpend-
ed balances, but the total amount eX-
pended for all purposes was less than
for the previous year. The total
amount expended by the nine state
charitable institutions for all pur-
poses for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1909, was 81 ,047 1887 and for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, $685.
546.57 was expended difference or
$164,333.4O.
The board of control law requires
the board, with the approval of the
governor, to fix at the BEGINNING of
each fiscal year the annual or month
ly salaries of all the officers and en-
ployes of the nine state charitable in
situations.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
Schools Must Be Clean.

Topeka.-Dr. s. ]. Crumbine, secre-
tary of the state board of health, has
sent notice to all county and NUM-
cipal health officers reminding them
that now is the time for the annual
disinfection of all school houses and
the inspection of water supply as to
its wholesomeness and the toilets as
to their sanitary condition. 1t is urged
that If the work is not yet done that it
be taken up with the school authori-
ties at once, in order that the work
may be accomplished before the fall
term Of school begins.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
Reappears After Fifteen Years.

Eudora.-Henry Whaley, once far
mer near Eudora, returned home af-
ter being mourned dead for fifteen
years. For thirteen of these years his
mind has been blank. For the past
two years he had drifted from one
county poor house to another, name
less. A few days ago while being car
ed for at the expense of Wallace coun-
ty, Kansas, he recalled the name Of
his cousin, George Whaley of Eudora.
George Whaley went after him and
brought him to his home.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
New $4,000 Church Completed.

Smith Center-The Christian church
at Lebanon, this county, has just fin
ished an elegant and costly house of
worship. 1t is a brick veneered struc-
ture 4Sx90 feet and cost $4,000. In
side it is fitted up with seats and pull
pit fixtures of elegant and costly de-
sign. The church is said to be the
largest in Smith county. Dedicatory
services will be held July "a and i'm
posing ceremonies will mark the
event Rev. George Snively, noted
evangelist of st. Louis, Mo-, will have
charge of the services.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
State Law Not Applicable.

Topeka.-Assistant Attorney Gen
eral John Marshall is trying to rake
up some law that will forbid the eX-
bibition of the Jeffries-Johnson pic
lures in Kansas. So far he has been
unable to find any state law that bars
such pictures, but he still is searching
the books. Kansas has law forbid
ding the exhibition of obscene pic
lures. 1t is question, however,
whether this could be stretched to in
clude prize fight pictures. And it also
is doubtful whether the nuisance law
could catch them.
"Of course each city has right to
pass an ordinance against the pic
lures" said Mr.. Marshall, "even
though l am unable, after a most
thorough search, to find any state law
against them"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
x. s. A. c. Owns Stone ouarries.

Neutrality-suspicious. at the Kansas
State Agricultural college always re-
mark on the fact that all the college
buildings are of white limestone, uni
formity in building material that is
hard to find at any like institution.
The college farm includes several
stone quarries and every building has
been built with stone owned by the
college. This makes it possible for
the college to build bigger buildings
with the appropriations as the state
does not have to pay for the stone.
The quarries are about half mile
north of the college buildings and at
present the stone for the new 100000
gymnasium is being quarried. block
ed out and dressed at the quarries and
then brought to the new building.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22

The peril of the four young men
who put out upon Lake Michigan in a
gasoline launch with a supply Of fuel
close to exhaustion should remind mo-
tor yachtsmen that small boat with
out power is helpless in comparison
with a sailing yacht. The latter can
be handled so that she will be safe in
the toughest of weather, while the
powerless motor boat must wallow and
take what comes, unless those In
charge OF her have seamanship enough
to rig a sea anchor and ride behind 1t
while awaiting succor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
Build Two eearhart Bridges.

Manhattan.-R. A. Losh, graduate
of mechanical engineering at X. S. A.
c., will supervise the building of two
reinforced concrete bridges near Ash
land in Clark county. These are the
bridges that Highway Engineer Gear
hart of X. S. A. C. designed and on
which the bridge trust made such high
bids. Mr.. Losh made special STUDY
of concrete work in all of its phases
during his college work and will no
doubt give the people of Clark county
better bridge than the construction
companies would have built.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
Amorous Guard Discharged.

Leavenworth.-Walt Quigley, a
guard Of the federal prison, was dis
charged because he wrote several let
tiers to the wife of a convict in the
prison. The woman lives in Kansas
City and Quigley became acquainted
with her when she visited her hus-
band. He wrote to her and she dls-
regarded the first letter. but when the
action was repeated she appealed to
the warden. Quigley was appointed
last December at the instance OF &
congressman from Brooklyn
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
L.nd Grant for AarIouI.uraI COLLEGE.

The state Agricultural college has
7,541 acres of land, which has just
been clear listed to it by the govern
ment. The land is in exchange for
land granted to the college by the gov
eminent in 1862. II was found that
part of the grant was already in the
hands of the Union Pacific Railway
company. The legislature of 1909 au-
thorized the governor to appoint a
commission to select new land and the
commission made it's report and the
government made the grant.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22

It is stated that the recent missile
test against the ram Katahdin has
demonstrated that the theory as to the
piercing power of big projectiles fired
a modern battleships' range is wrong
that the missile really drops from the
trajectory at so sharp an angle that 1t
delivers a glancing blow and therefore
does not penetrate armor plate Of only
moderate thickness. If this is true,
the fighting will have to be at closer
range, and the guns of smaller caliber
than the big 13-inch rifles will come
into greater favor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-07-22
onaaa Girl browns.

Onaga.-Miss Grace Lawrence, aged
IS, who was visiting her sister, Mrs.
Mary Meskimen, was drowned in the
vermillion river here. Accompanied
by three of her small nephews and
nieces the girl was bathing and got
beyond her depth. The children were
frightened and gave the alarm but
she sank before help came. The body
was recovered. Miss Lawrence lived
on a farm eight miles from Onaga.