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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
NYE WRITES OF
Occur D'ALENE
AGENCY MAN TAKES CLAIM IN
WESTERN COUNTRY, BUT
SAYS IOWA STILL BEST

Well pleased with the appearance of
the Occur D'Alene country, where he
is visiting at present, though still
loyal to Iowa, George l.. Nye Of
Agency, writes the Courier telling Of
his impressions received upon arrfv-
ing at the western reservation, where
he expects to take an old soldiers
claim He writes from Occur D'Alene
April 81 as follows:
"This is city of about 10000 popu-
lation before the census is taken, and
will show about 10000 after the count
has been made. At present 1t is very
lively as there is street fair going
on. Then, too, there are some 500 who
hold numbers in the Occur D'Alene
reservation land, as we'll as about half
that number of land locaters who are
trying to get pull out of one for
picking out the claims. There are
some good claims and a great many
that are not very good. The final fling
begins Monday, May 2. and continues
until completed. My name will be
called May at II a. m.
This is a great country and the
people living here think it is the only
country They say that after living
here a while they have no desire 70
live anywhere else. There is some
good farming land here and great
deal that is absolutely worthless. 1t is
quite a fruit country and most all
kinds of fruit do well here. 1t is better
adapted for growing Of oats than
wheat, although there is some wheat
grown here. Perhaps the greatest in
dustry in this western country is lum-
Der. and there are mills scattered
over the country. With all of it's good
features l have failed to find in my
travels 4 better country than Iowa."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
Some Suggestive Questions on the
Sunday School Lesson For May 1
FoR THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER BIBLE STUDY CLUB.
copyright 1910 by Rev. T. S. Linscott D. d.

source of pleasure to feast our eyes
upon beautiful sights, our ears upon
pleasant sounds, and to inhale sweet
odors? Why?
Give reasoned answer as to wheth-
by our senses ?
Verse 32.-Specify some Of the
things which drink does for man?
Describe some Of the horrors Of de-
lirium tremens?
In considering an act, or habit
should we be governed by it's pres
en-. or it's ultimate results? Why?
Verse 33.-Is the drink habit gen
orally or ever a single vice, or does it
always ergender other vices, and, if
so. what are they? .a
When any kind of sensual tempta-
ton assails a man, or a woman, ,ln-
der the influence Of drink, what are
the chances Of its being resisted or
yielded to-. .... ..-.a. . .....
How much confidence can you
place in promise or an opinion, or
sentiment, uttered by man under the
influence of drink?
Verse 34.-How does man not
sailor, feel on "the top Of mast"
and what analogy is there between
such feelings and the sensations of
Verse 35.--Compare some conscious
and unconscious hurts, either spiritual
or physical, and say which are the
more dangerous?
What is the fascination, or the
cause. which influences drinkers to
keep on in the course which they
know is running both body and soul?
Lesson for Sunday, May Is, 1870
Growing Hatred to Jesus. Matt. XII:
1892, 38-42.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05

movement; Harry E., Lesan, formerly
an Ottumwa newspaper man, now Of
New York; and also Charles Miller Of
Waverly, who has been waging war
against physicians in the Iowa legis-
lature
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
Temperance Lesson-Prov. XIII:

Temperance Lesson-Prov. XIII:
29-35.
Golden Text.-At the last. it biteth
adder. Prov. XIII: 80.
Verse 32-What is the general rule
concerning the first personal effects
of bad, or good things. are they gen
orally pleasant or otherwise? Give
some examples.
Why is it that God has so arranged
nature, that some Of the most dan,
gerous things look so pleasant, and
taste so sweet?
Verse 29.-Why is it that none of us
are exempt from trouble
What is the difference in the effect
of trouble caused by our own sins,
and trouble which comes from provi
Dental causes?
Is self-inflicted wound worse than
any other? Why. or why not?
Verse 30.-What is the effect upon
the individual, his family, and the
community when a man tarries long
at the wine ?
What is the effect when a man
drinks wine in so-called modera-
ton?
Verse 31.--What proportion of the
victims of drink, have deliberately
started out to become drunkards
What are the first steps to the life
and destiny Of drunkard? (This
question must be answered in writing
by members Of the cIub.)
Which is the wiser. and stronger
man and why-the one who shuns the
first approach of a temptation, or
the one who carefully looks at it, and
deliberately feels it. charm, and then
refuses it's solicitation ?
Is It, or not always a legitimate
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05

Eddyville, May 3.-(Special)-Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Whitsel. who last
Thursday celebrated their SEVENTEEN
wedding anniversary, are the head of
a family that has a remarkable rec
ord for longevity Of life. In their i'm
mediate family there has not been a
death for f1fty-flve years. The re.
spective ages of the children Of this
venerable couple follow:
F. B. Whitsel, age SO years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
HAS A
BUSINESS CLUB
JEFFERSON COUNTY SEAT HAS
WELL ORGANIZED CONNER
GAL ASSOCIATION.

Fairfield. May 3.-The Fairfield
Commercial club has been organized
and the proposed articles with minor
alterations adopted. Chairman Jun
kin stated that the idea In many
cities Is that the executive power be
concentrated in a small committee.
Other committees could handle vari
GUS matters.
On motion the chairman appointed
nominating committee which nomi-
mated officers who were unaulluvusi.
elected as follows: ~
President-C. M. Junkin.
First Vice President-C. j. Fulton
Second Vice Pres.-J. C. Throne.
Secretary-Theodore Hochuly.
Treasurer. E. Speer.
The constitution is to contain an
article not yet reduced to writing
embodying the idea that special solic-
itors and promoters, etc, must get the
o. K. of the Commercial club before
calling on the business men.
Among other paragraphs adopted
were the following:
1. Name-The name OF the assoc1a-
ton shall be the Fairfield Commercial
club, its place Of business Fairfield,
Iowa.
2. Object-The object of this club
shall be to work for the common good
OF all in matters touching the general
welfare of the city Of Fairfield, to Sc
cure the location of manufacturing and
other business enterprises in the city;
to promote commercial progress and
increase trade and industries; to &C
quirc and disseminate commercial and
economical information; to increase
acquaintance and harmony among the
people Of the community, using such
means as may be best calculated to adj
vance the interests and rights of citi-
zens, looking chiefly toward the de-
velopment of the city and the sur
rounding territory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
A Fitch Wednesday Baby.

Des Moines, May "a little daugh-
ter weight seven pounds was left by
the stork OF the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs j. R. Epperson Wednesday, IN
plenty of time for the census enumera-
tor. This is the fifth child in the Ep-
person family and every one has ar
rived on Wednesday,.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
H. W. Suechting,
DR. /. HanSell.
Rann,ster viii Assist kepford.

Des Moines, May 3.-Dr. M. Bannis-
ter Of the board OF control, will de-
vote part Of the summer in assisting
DR.. A. E. Kepford, state lecturer on
tuberculosis, in the state wide cam
paign to fight the white plague. They
will meet the doctors Of the state at
various conferences which are being
planned
At these conferences symposium
will be secured on tuberculosis, the
legislation needed, quarantine, hospt
talization. registration, disinfectionf
the anti.spitting laws, testing Of dairy
cattle and medical supervision Of
schools.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05

H. d. Whitsel, age 81 years.
j. G. Whitsel, age 81 years.
Maria Bucher, age SO years.
Emma Crews, age So years.
Mary Ellis, age 81 years.
Almeda Harris, age 48 years.
Nancy Chiffon, age 46 years.
Frank Whitsel, the Oldest living
grandchild, is 46 years old. The Oldest
living great grandchild, Asa Doan, is
% years Of age. The only great-great
grandchild died last spring in infancy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
TAFT SPENDS
THE DAY WITH
HOME FOLKS
AFTER BUSY DAY IN PlTTSBURG,
FEATURED BY SPEECH DEFEND.
ING kNox's POLICIES, AREsI.
DENT REACHES CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati, May "a day devoted
largely to renewing neighborly rela
lions with the home folks" was Pres
tdent Taft's portion here today. Elk
cept for brief address at noon before
the trustees of the Mercantile library
and another short talk late in the day
before the Loyal Legion the president
devoted himself to shaking hands
and chatting with old friends. Shar.
Ing the social honors with the presi.
hent was German Ambassador Bern.
storff, who arrived with the presiden.
morning.
Ends Plttsburg Visit.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 3.-President
Taft ended his two days stay in
Pittsburg with speech at the Grant
day dinner at the Americas club last
night, in which he dealt almost wholly
with tho foreign affairs Of the nation.
The president paid striking tribute
10 Secretary of State Knox who was
present. He vigorously defended and
justified the secretary's Nicaraguan
the phrase dollar diplomacy" with
LAO lNOo VI UI1u6luS COl1CculpL W q pOA-
icy In which he said the nation Is
fvitally interested and concluded with
q declaration that the record Of the
state department during the first year
OF the present administration was one
to which he pointed with the greatest
pride.
Recent Tariff Treaties.
President Taft spoke particularly of
Secretary Knox's work in successfully
negotiating the recent tariff treaties
with foreign nations. The president
said that South and Central American
relations were never as friendly as
now. President Taft said the state
department had in way prevented
war between Bolivia and Peru and
that the Costa Rica-Panama boundary
question was settled through the
friendly Offices Of Secretary Knox.
Brutality Of ZeIaya.
Speaking on the Nicaraguan ques-
ton he said that the course Of Secre-
warranted criticism. President Taft
tons drove part of his people into
Cl'II wal, uc FlOldtCu LuC laws VI " al
and rights Of American citizenship en-
listed in revolutionary ranks by TAX
ing their lives. The United States had
a right to demand reparation. He up
held Secretary Knox's course.
The president spoke of trade ex-
pansion and said commerce had grown |
beyond the country's limits. The state
department was assisting Americans
In securing contracts for building rail
roads in Turkey and China. He said:
dollar Diplomacy"
ITO call such diplomacy dollar d. |
plcmacy' and thus apply to 1t what is
deemed by authors Of the phrase an
OF contempt, is to ignore |
entirely the most useful Office to be !
performed by a government In It's
lealing with foreign governments"
President Taft said Secretary Knox
lad also contributed to the cause of
peace. President Taft said that The
had preached to the powers |
he project Of evolving a general court |
II arbitral justice.
President Taft witnessed a ball
zame between the Pittsburg and Chi
ago National league clubs. The pres
dent wrote-"his best wishes on two !
,aseballs, signed them and sent them
o Hans Wagner and Fred Clark of
he Pittsburg team.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
John Il. Converse Dead.

Philadelphia, May 3.-John H. Con-
verse, of the Baldwin locomotive
works, and one of the most prominent
Presbyterian laymen in the United
States. is dead aged sixty-nina yaara
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
Taft at Columbus,

Columbus, Ohio May 3.-President
Taft reached here at Z o'clock and
after ten minutes wait went on to
Cincinnati.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
Irrigation Age Commends

The Irrigation Age, the standard ir.
rigation publication of the country,
gives the display notice in both It's De.
cember aud January issues. In addi.
tion to u page article on New Mex
leo in the January issue, which is too
extended to be reproduced, the Decem.
her number has an article in part AS
follows:
"Any doubt in the minds of the lay.
man ~ To the possibilities rife in New
AIexico must have been removed after
viewing the magnificent display by tn"
New Mexico Bureau Of immigration
upon behalf of the territory, all OF the
irrigated district of the territory be-
ing represented by displays of fruits,
vegetables and grains. For a more
extended account of New Mexico and
its present state Of development We re-.
Ter the reader to AN article elsewhere
in this issue"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
COAST TO COAST THOROUGhFARE
LATEST GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT

vast garden and, in the territory west
uf the one hundredth meridian, brought
about by means OF irrigation.
\. ID. Hamilton comes from Cincin
natl, and he has long had in mind Just
such "a trip as this. He recently wen
to Ottawa, Kansas, whore he has Il neph
cw. 7. L. Hamilton. formerly IA "a in.
sp'clor with the Atchison, Topeka a
Santa Re railroad, whica ,cs the
,iG raii, aud prevailed upon b.. n"phew
To accompany him.
The party will travel by easy stages.
e Travel behind Il team il all tig1., .
said Mr.. Hamilton, lit you hav, yoar
time.
Reaching the famous wheat fields of
western Kansas. the Hamilton : will
help some relatives harvest their gold.
on crop and then resume their journey.
They expect To reach Las Vegas about
the last of August.
The motor power will bee a span of
HluitN anu ~ huISe' SiA pcIsons VIII
ride in the wagon. A. ID. Hamilton is
not new in the prairie schooner bust.
ness. Thirty years ago he made the
trip from Texas to Iowa in this way.
The New Santa Fe Trail is a great
highway. II is now actually building
from Kansas City to Canyon City, Colo,
and from Laiunta, Colorado, down to
Santa Fe. New Mxeico. The old trail
proceeded from Kansas City, TO the
south of the Kansas river, bearing of
all the time 10 the south, until il struck
the Arkansas valley about the center
Of Kansas. Thence is followed the Ar.
kansas river to La Junta, Colorado,
where II bore oil 10 the southwest
through Trinidad, Ration, and Las We.
gas, to Santa Fe.
The New Santa Re Trail. a great
roadway. originally ran from Hutchin.
son, Kansas, to the Colorado state line,
1t was the outgrowth Of a long. cherish,
ed thought of some Kansas newspaper.
men, and wa agitated in Kansas news
papers and commercial organizations. II
finally resulted in a great conference
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24

New Mexico : sunshine viii question
hat 1t IL the laud of sunshine, and the
display at the land show wa, entirely
convincing that New Mexico IL equally
IA" land OF opportunity.
Here were represented the products
of irrigated band. and dry farm lands.
views show my vast irrigation projects
we'll under way, views of ~far.rcaching
dry farm districts where hundreds OF
thousands of americans are finding
homes.
Tins display was made by the New
Mexico Bureau of Immigration, an
official body maintained by the tori.
tory for Immigration and development
work. The secretary Of the Board, who
makes his headquarters at Albuauer.
que, had personal charge of the exhibit.
There have been 10000 original en-.
tries in New Mexico within the last
three years, Withdrawing from the pub.
lie domain a total of ,,OOU,OOO acres. The
territory .tll has 3~O,OOO,00O acres of
government land open to entry. much
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
ENDEE TOWNSHIP COMPANY
ELECTS OFFICERS

The directors of the Endee Town.
site Company held a meeting a. tn"
Office Of the company IN this city yes
and officers were elected a. fol
lows;
Donald Stewart, President; ". A,
Jackson, Viee-Persldcnt; Ford Brand
enberg, sec.Treas.; and ". l.. BStson,
resident agent at Endee. The pros
poets are bright for the new city and
the company intends To push isi less
the rest Of this year.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
National Irrigation Journal

The National Irrigation Journal, an.
other publication Of far.reaching IN.
fluence says of the display.
New Mexico brought to the expo,i
ton one of the most unique displays
in the Coliseum. The space was crowd.
ed from end to end with the products
representing practically every section
Of the territory, both fresh and in glass.
Four times the space could have been
used to good effect.
This display was one of the three
state displays made ~ the exposition
and was put On by the New Mexico
Bureau of immigration, An official body
maintained by the territory for adycr.
Using and development purposes. Prob
this display was the light 1t she'd On the
very eXtcns.v" development OF irriga
ton in u region where irrigation has
been considered more or less backward.
There wcT" exhibits of fruits and veg
ctablcs from all three at the government,
irrigation projects; the Carlsbad pro.
icct. at Carlsbad, which reclaims twenty
thousand acres; the llondO project, near
Roswell, which rcclaims ten thousand
acres; the enormous Elephant storage
reservoir project, o under way aud
which reclaims one hundred and eighty
thousand acres IN New Mexico. west
Texas and Mexico. The display Of pro.
ducts nj the Mcsilla valley was one of
lac finest Nhowings made in the build.
ing.
In addition tn these projects of the
national reclamation service, exhibits
" re- made from a dozen private projects
which in the aggregate reclaim more
than two hundred thousand acres, while
photographs and maps were on display
showing proposed projects ou which
work is under way, or soon 10 hc begun,
and which in tn" aggregate will reclaim
half q million acres.
The old time estimate o. one mil.
lion irrigable acres in New Mexico ha,
long since been set aside. The terri
%torial engineering department, now max.
ing "A complete photographic survey
covering the entire territory, has shown
b yond any question Of doubt that the
territory has two million acres which
may be irrigated from practical pro.
jects, and this includes only develop.
ment about which there is no question
The general estimate of the men who
have studied New Mexico is that the I'm
al development will show between tive
and "a half and Jhree million irrigated
acres.
The display at the land show wa'
a revelation of the territory's agricul
tural resources, and one wich attract
ed wide attention.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
OPEN THE EYES
OF
TO NEW MEXICO
Irrigation and Development
Journals Have Much to
say of New Mexico's Dis
play at the Land Show in
Chicago.

That the display made 10y New Mexico
AZ the recent Land and Irrigation eN'
position in Chicago served TO open the
eyes Of the fasteners to the agricultur.
al possibilities of this territory is ind.
Gated by the flattering newspaper anu
magazine notices which the territory is
just nov receiving As a result of the
display made there. The irrigation and
development journals in particular are
giving the display very favorable attcn.
tiOn.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
KANSAS CITY TO SAN
ia FEE NEW MEXICO

Pueblo, Colo, June.-The most sue
cessful good roads campaign in the
West today and one ut the leading roads
movements of the entire country, the
recent extension of the territory where
in this great highway will he built, and
the great interest in a link in what is
hoped eventually Ia hr a coast.to-coas
thoroughfare, lends csperial interest 10
a trip on which 4. u. Hamilton has re-
cently embarked from Ottawa, Kansas.
Mr.. Hamilton will traverse the New
Santa Re Trail, which is the official
name Of this great highway, and which
closely follows the famous old Santa Fe
trail, which extended from Westport
Landing, now Kansas City, to Santa
operation in 1921.
Mr.. Hamilton and his family will
make this journey in n old fashioned
prairie schooner. The modern motor
EAR, now speeding ovsr the fine high.
way that stretches across Kansas and
Colorado. will not be the vehicle in
which he and his family will 20. They
hav certain reasons, some economical,
some sentimental. for following the old
trail and the new in the means of con
yeyance common to the time when
such highways were the only avenues
of in the Great Southwest.
From Ottawa to Las Vegas will be
the route Travelled by the Hamilton fam.
lily. This trip will cover what was set
down in the old biographies as the
Great American Desert now one
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24

OF which may be- entered under the $50
acre law, 1t has three national rcclama.
'lon projects, two of which are com.
pIrtc, and the third, the great Elephant
BUTTE storage project, well under way.
1t has some fifty private irrigation
enterprises retaining tracts from =.
900 - 10000 acres, and it has a large
number OF private projects on which
work will soon be begun.
New Mexico, as recent investipa.
lions have prov ca, has $500, 900 acres
OF irrigablc lands which NAV be re-.
claimed by projects that are entirely
practical. OF the vast area only about
nv" hundred thousand acres are now
under actual cultivation.
The splendid profit from irrigated
lands in the territory and from dry
farm lands rs well were shown in the
territorial display at the land show. II
was a display which attracted ,remen
d"uN volumes Of inquiry into this rich
Continued on page ten.D
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24
The Western World.

The Western world, "a development
magazine Of wide influence has the
following:
"The Land Of Sunshine. -
The Land of Opportunity"
These were the interesting legends
which decorated the corners Of the
New Mexico display, a display which
formed ore of the most effective ones
In the biggest land show on record.
10 one who has stnaIed the record Of
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24

WANTED;--To sell a choice corner
lot In Russell Addition at q bargain
PUTNAM, at Gross, Kelly's.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-24

Official Name Adopted For
the Proposed New High
way Is New Santa Fe
Trail Which will Closely
Follow the Route of the
Santa Fe Trail Back in the
Sixties.
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Continued on page tenn
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-05-19
Uncle SANS Soldiers

President Roosevelt thought that
army officers should be comparatively
tail men. SO he made a change In the
army regulation providing that c1Ddj-
lates for admission must be at least
i've feet FIVE inches in height Now
&c happens that 4 private soldier may
be enlisted though considerably short
er than this. yet the law authorized
she promotion to commissioned rank
q q certain number of privates who
can pass the severe technical exami-
nations prescribed Naturally afr.
Gooscvelts order has led to great com
nlaint from number Of ambitious
enlisted men who In many cases en-
.ered the ranks with the single pur-
pose ~ working for a commission.
TIcrefere the regulations have been
terged 81 as 90 o.uit the requirement
.s 90 height