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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

performing the ceremony the good
man exclaimed:
"No-never, should be put on trial
for doing such thing"
"You don't seem to be man OF
much energy" remarked the widow
when she had heard his third excuse
II guess we had better drop the mat
ter"
Moses begged for another chance
and after taking three days to considei
1t the woman said:
well, perhaps I'm little too par
ticular to want balloons and coal
mines and SO I'll be content with
flying machine. You can surely get
one Of those. I read in the papers
every day Of their carrying passengers
at the rate Of mile q minute. Why
can't we be married at the rate Of q
mile minute?"
Lands. but do you want to be mar.
dollar we are both WORTH" groaned
Moses. "And II we got machine and
went up 1t would be the preacher
again. We couldn't hire one to 70
with us. Preachers amt taking
chances. don't see why we can't 70
to preachers house or have ono
come here"
1--WE must look at the sentiment Of
the thing. It's for q woman to have
her way about such things. Moses. n
there q tall tree anywhere around
here?"
Eyes. there's big elm about mile
beyond the bridge"
Can you build platform In the
top and then run ladders up?"
Lands. but do you want to be mar
ried In tree-top?"
II do. You have disappointed me
about the other things, but you must
not about this"
Moses went out to survey the tree
at close range and to talk to carpens
ters and the ministers. The carpen.
tiers said it could be done, but when
the minister was approached he re-
Piled with SILVER:
What! Climb tree to marry a
couple! You can have little respect
for the cloth to propose such q thing. ~
The good man consented, however.
to call on the widow az a mediator.
and he did call, and after arguments
lasting two hours, compromise was
effected. The marriage was to take
place from platform on top OF hay.
stack, and two weeks later It came
off with the whole village as specta-
tors. Later on, when the bride was
asked why she was 80 bent on the
unusual, she smiled and replied:
Why, suppose was put out to
think had been a widow for eight
years before any man asked me ia
marry him."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

", while trying out a new brand OF
tobacco he set it on fire, and 1t was
consumed to ashes right under his
very eyes. The historian Bancroft
relates that Lady Raleigh was rejoic-
ed thereat, for she said she would
about as soon kiss calf with q prong
rnuzzle on as to go up against that
birthmark. It was the most poignant
sorrow OF Lord Byron's life that he
could never wear low neck and short
sleeves on account of a picture gal
lery of spotted moles bequeathed by
an ancestor who died of the hives.
In filing the icehouse, he careful to
pick out pair Of ice tongs with firm
teeth. A neighbor of ours was super
intending Job Of this kind last win
ter, and was standing directly under
meath chunk of ice that weighed 200
pounds, when the ice tongs emitted q
yawn and made his cocoanut look like
the greatest common divisor. II you
have ever had new stif hat rammed
down over your ears by q block OF
channel ice, you will know how It feels
to be anaesthetized by q pile driver
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

was that It was not scientifically con.
structed-that It was q hit and miss
affair with some schedules to high,
and possibly some schedules too low.
It was produced in ignorance Of the
real facts.
The bills that have recently passed
congress are open to tho same criti-
cism. They have been written hastily.
They make horizontal cuts or they
make complete changes, placing GER
tain articles on the free list regardless
OF whether they ought to be admitted
free In order to eQualize competition.
The report Of the tariff board ought
to be awaited, or the act creating a
tariff board repealed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
DOOR ADVERTISING.

.F,rom the interest that eastern pa.
n.r. ara takinR In the decision, II -
snnarent that the decision Will glve
IA Mcinaa more advertising even
thar Ala tha market place, and SECOND
nr1v - the Des Moines plan. his
statament is made by one OF the LES
Moinea napers in reference TO the ~,
junction which temporarily endeo tne
haa Moines street car strike. IN tne
..r,a iaana a an article showing the
Pc. ~ vases to strikers, the loss OF
saturday trade to merchants, the loss
= racaints to the car company, the
cost Of transporting. housing any .i,a
eiecting the strike BREAKERS anu nv NJ =
Ioss By destruction to proPer.y. ne
total loss suffered by Des Molhes ~ y.
reaao1l OF the strike IS estimateu -, =.
S38. 900. This is not the emu 81 lu 70
trouble. however. for moVemen. -
heing considered to recall :. Colin .s
s,nner Roe. head Of the police ae-
nartmant. for failure to cope with tue
riotoug mobs OF Saturday ana oatur-
aav night. and the controversy pe-
tween the street car company ana inc
man remains Just as acute as II was
before the injunction brought tem'
porary truce. ,onaf,+ from
the sort Of advertising 1t gained
through its street car strike. It woula
have been more fsvorably advertised
- tha car strike, arising from the triv-
"a, question Of the right Of the COM
nany to discharge an empioye
Charged BY an inspector with stealing
two 6ye.cent fares, had been settleo
nv arbitration before strikebreakers
were imported and mobs. damaged
nrnnerty and endangered lives, A city
that Il making a bid as factory cen.
Tor cannot boast OF the advertising II
receivea when the police show open
symnathy with rioters by neglect1ng
~ fnrn hand to put down violence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

service OF her depositors.
/ She never closes her doors because
OF run.
She never makes mistakes or 10
obliged to offer apologies.
/, She compounds interest every MIN
ute Of day or night -
Her resources are unlimited. Inc
older she grows, the safer she grows
and the more valuable becomes the
capital entrusted to her keeping.
The rich and poor alike receive I'm,
partial benefits at her hands; ano
though the foolish have drawn ous
their deposits to risk them elsewhere
the wise have ever returned to her
satisfied that investments In mother
earth pay best OF all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
Turning on the LIGHT.

Sioux City Journal--Rohert Ewing
Roberts, representative in congress
from Nevada. somewhat known in poll
tical literature as Senator Newlands'
state, was addressing himself to Mr..
Underwood's bill for the reform of
the cotton schedule as the same APP
pears in the Payne tariff act. Mr.. Rob
erts is a republican, and it runs in his
mind that reports from the tariff
board should be awaited before there
Is further tariff tinkering.
Mr. Roberts is serving his first term
but already he Is interesting. 1t is
noted that during the afternoon there
were two calls for quorum, and it
may be one OF them came in Mr. Rob
erts' time The brief outline of his
speech would seem to indicate that
he made it interesting. anyhow.
when the democrats are not dis.
GUESSING free trade on the floor" said
the Nevada orator, they are sitting
in the democratic cloakroom wearing
imported pants"--meaning the demo
crats-"smoking imported cigars and
lighting them with imported matches
Then is when they began to sit UP
and take notice; and Mr.. Roberts
holding aloft in tragic manner small
box Of foreign made matches. added
with much effect: And every time
one of them strikes an imported match
on the seat of his imported pants
we are sorry he said pants, but prob.
ably that is in the Nevada vernacular
he strikes blow at the American
workingman." Mr.. Roberts put lot
Of fire into his speech. His illustration
was graphic, but 1t might be the
matches had to struck on the box
and in that case the democrats might
be able to prove before an investigat
ing committee that Mr.. Roberts adj
vantaged himself by resorting to UNI
truthfulness
1t is astonishing how many things
a session of congress will develop that
ought to be looked up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
n,laN the GARBAGE.

..what does it profit a city or q
.tatA Is take the garbage out OF one
mace only to dump 1t into announcer!
This question Is asked BY Secretary
c,,nrer az the state board OF health III
~ article In which he urges q munich
pal incinerating plant IN every CITY
ana town In Iowa. He believes such :,
plant to be the only logical metnou ,, -
handling the garbage problem. W.
can" says Mr.. Sumner, screen aoz.
ems OF other things to protect tne
nmh,ic health from the fly's ravages'
mt Il we leave its breeding places un,
touched how much better OF are we!
Secretary Sumner adds:
.srhe first proposition in the estan.
,;shment of this plant so that 1t Wouio
,,,nva success would be the passage
- : very strict ordinance compelling
a, nronerty owners and renters to see
+hat ali garbage and refuse is-proper,
" d,aposed OF every day. For TINS
nurnose receptacles inaccessible 20
fliaa should be provided. They should
IA niacad where the city scavenger
cer get them every day. Then the city
should erect an incinerating pan. -
which this garbage wouid Do hauieu
eyery day and burned.
until recently the price OF tnese
nlants has been so high that most
cities and towns could not afford TO
incnr the expenses Of establishing sucn
= nlant. But that is changed now. ana
the price is within the reach. OF prac'
tically every city and town IN iowa
aThe cost OF the plant could be pro-
r,dad for by disposing OF the asnes
srnm the burned garbage. It may be
unknown to many people, but 1t IS
nevertheless true, that from the ashes
~ burned garbage there comes DUST
which makes the finest building brick
uara 10 solution Of our building
nrohIem The city will get the garb
zoo free of charge, paying only the
cost az collecting and the cost Of run
ninr the nlant. From the burned garb'
age it gets material NJ 1or maklns
hrick. Thus the public health Is con
served and at the same time new
building material is provided. II
seems to me that the cities OF Iowa
should wake up to their opportunity
for public health Improvement ana
1et brgy with the incinerating plant.
Secretary Sumner has touched one
rrohlem that Is still far from solution
T. most cities and towns. Progress
hoe heen made in handling almost all
other municipal problems. but there
has been little or no Improvement II
the method OF disposing Of the garo'
spe Here at home this problem seems
10 he left with the Individual house
holder for solution. The board o.
health does well to direct attention to
this subject. They should keep at II
until some action Is taken toward the
hatterment OF these conditions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

tastes diner. IN
olden times the
mole was con-
sidered q badge
OF honor. Mary,
queen Of Scots,
wore one on her
left ear. and her
last words to
the headsman
we're "Woodman
spare the mole"
Sir Walter Hai-
eigh had q mole
on his upper lip
that looked like
a butter bean,
but unfortunate
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
MANS BEST BANKER.

1t may have been one of the gentry
described by Monty Glass as real
estater" who doped out this contribu-
ton. but It is worth reproduction for
the truth 1t contains.
Every deposit entrusted to her be-
comes an interest bearing investment
Sacredly she guards the principal.
Instantly she pays upon demand
She never reptdiates debt or can
cells an obligation.
| She never sleeps or tires in the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST PANlcs.

Last Saturday at ChautauQua, N. =,
frank A. vanderlip. president OF the
National City bank Of New YORK CITY
addressed the chautauqua institute on
safeguards against panics.
Mr.. Vanderlip's speech Is very IN
teresting and plain. It takes up the
work Of the monetary commission
and explains its plan.
After going over the conditions that
brought on the fall of 1907 panic. Mr..
Vanderlip says:
.The situation was not exceptional
,or that season of the year. and whas
followed IN 1907 Hisht as we'll have
incurred in 1906 or 1905 or at any time
when the banking resources OF the
country wsE fully employed. AS it
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
STANDING ALONE.

Peoria Journel- People don't care
where came from. They want to know
what / am. where am going and what
l Will do when / get there.
So spoke Ben w. Hooper, governor
Of Tennessee.
Seine Of us are so persistent in look
ing backwards at our noble line OF an.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

\ They ray Fairfield. Iowa. has 27S
widows, many OF them young, pretty
and well.heeled. says the Washington
County Press. It's only thirty niles
to Fairfield, and trains run several
times q day and night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

The passage by the senate OF the
congressional apportionment bill In
creasing the size OF the house from
391 to 433 members, with the admis
sion by that time of Arizona and New
Mexico as states, adding four senators
will make an electoral college mum
bering 529 with 269 votes necessary
to choice.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

Life, says the Cleveland Leader, is
Just one blame thing after another.
Now that the interstate commerce
commission has got the railroad mag
mates rounded up. bandits are robbing
the trains.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

During the Civil war a chain a mile
long was put across the mississippi
river the breaking OF ono link made
the whole mass Of iron useless.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
New on the Job.

p = y
our wife wants you on the tele-
phone." announced the new boy In an
Office where two different phones were
installed.
(Which ono inquired the boss,
thinking of the two telephones.
"Please. SIR said the boy, Il don't
know how many you have. '-Mack's
National Monthly.
Awkward.
while coming down in the train
this morning I noticed two deaf and
dumb men sitting opposite me-. One
of them had an impeachment In his
speech"
"How could a deaf and dumb man
have an impeachment in his speech?"
Two CT his fingers were cut of. -
Tit-Bits.
In Boarding house.
What an. excitement there is here
today. Everybody is running about
with flowers and presents. What's
up?''
cts our proprietor's birthday"
"H'm, are you all SO afraid Of her,
then ?"--Fliegende Batter.
Not Consumed by Flames.
Eyes. our whole fire department
made desperate effort to save the
property at the fire last night.
did they turn in a second alarm. ("
They didn't have to. It was the
distillery Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Unnecessary.
.'Are you going to join the new pro-
gressive party"
81 don't have to. l belong to the
winners Baltimore American.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
Farm Notes
Not Written for Farmers.
BY II. L. RANN.

Genevieve wants to know If q
luminous mole on the nose is q bar
to marriage. It would be with US, but
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10
Iowa Press Comment.

Iowa Press Comment.
Dubuque Times-Journal:. There Is
more than passing interest In the men
ton Of the possible candidacy Of John
T. Adams of Dubuque for governor.
While Mr.. Adams has in no way 1ndi-
Gated whether or not he will be can
didate, the favor with which bis pos
sible candidacy has been received by
the press of Iowa should be suh1cient
to lead him to enter the race. An
abundance of good material Is offered
by the republicans of Iowa Tor the
highest office in the state and should
Mr. Adams decide to become candi.
date he would have a formidable FOL
lowing. The press OF the state II
strongly indicating that he would
make an excellent executive.
"If there is anything congress hasn't
Investigated, the oversight has not
been INTENTIONAL" says the Davenport
Times.
The Creston Advertiser says that
Mr.. Bryan undoubtedly has the best
OF 1t in the controversy with tue Dahl
man democrats in Nebraska.
II . isl y T. y l
The Iowa City Republican cautions
Senator Cummins against being too
severe in his denunciatson of lame
ducks, as he may be limping along
himself some fine day.
The Waterloo Reporter says the
enemies OF Taft who believed the pres
ident was afraid of his shadow re-
ceived a hard jolt in the Controller
lay message.
Van Buren, county wool growers
are organizing to protest against re-
duction Of the tariff on wool as pro-
posed by the democratic lower house
CT congress. The people OF that coun-
ty." says the Davis County Republi.
can, "have had their taste of free wool
and remember it."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

Don't sheer at the man in a hole.
He may climb out and kick you In.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

The man you have to pay to be good,
never earns his salary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

One bad egg broken In dish with
forty good ones spoils the whole bust
ness,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-10

for example, three-fifths Of the direc-
tors are elected by allowing each bank
Of its size, while the other two fiftr
are elected by allowing each bank to
cast as many votes us 1t has shares IN
the association. A similar plan Is fol-
lowed In electing directors in the dis
trict and national associations. -.
II 1t is interesting in this connection to
examine the statistics given in the last
report Of the comptroller Of the cur
rency as to the number and capital Of
national banks:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03
HERE IS REST
/. FOR THE WEARY

The vacation times are coming, tho
maddest and merriest of the year.
The city fathers express them
selves as favoring the newer and gen,
orally accepted idea that the lahore
Is worthy of his vacation. Supervisor
Amana, brought this interesting
point to the fore when he mildly in
quired of his colleagues, II In event
of Superintendent of Electric Light
w. l.. Frazee being granted three
months leave of absence to be spent
on the coast, would the city paymas-
ter continue to hand out a substantial
check in payment OF salary.
II appeared to be the sentiment of
the majority of the board members
that all heads of departments who
have faithfully served the City and
| County for a year should be entitled
| to a little time off for recreation AMI
! rest
Superintendent Frazee has applied
| for three months vacation. He al
leges that his physician has ordered
a change of climate. In a communi-
| cation to the board. he states that
/ while on the mainland he will have
ample opportunity to study the lat
est In electric lighting devices and in
| stallation.
! All members seemed willing that
, Frazee should take the time asked for
+ but II was the query of Amana con
/ corning the salary attachment that
! set the food gates of elocutiOn ago
ing
Moynr Fern replipd TO the Amanl
MaSo' ,,,i,, 80 i',o,n'i,',
lues',oh Wy , ,, ,ha a.. .',u
sna' u nau si,,, a,, ,h =,
,or ~ Ills So -
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03

date" In conclusion the Supervisor
cited figures to show that the City
and County Attorneys Office had CON
Quoted a much larger amount of It'll
CATION than under former admlnistra-
tons. He paid glowing tribute to
the general efficiency of City and
County Attorney John Cathcart, Dep
uties Mllverton and A. NJ. Brown.
Vacation spirit was in the air, and
when Fire Chief Thurston asked that
each of the men in his department be
allowed a fifteen day vacation durin1
the summer months. the request met
with unanimous approval from the
kindly disposed city fathers.
The result of last nights love feast
was that Superintendent Frazee gets
three months leave with pay, Dep
uty Attorney Milverton is exonerated
is given leave with pay. and all Ho'
nolulu firemen will have two weeks
vacation with fun pay. ....
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03
some TRIP CANDIDATES
ARE over Confident
Saving Power Is Cooperation-Tha Means Combining of
Workers Who Secure Votes From One Source
and You From Another.

subscription collections are constant
ly coming in from the other islands
and the Honolulu candidates Will
make mistake II they count only
on having to defeat some local can
didate. Those outside Island people
are maneuvering with the skill Of
trained contestants and are not going
to expose either their strength or
weakness until they believe the crit
ical time has arrived when a block of
votes cast will bring them another
big block from where support has
right showing.
Confident Not Careless.
BE confident OF success when after
votes but do not let your confidence
become carelessness. Many u battle
! has been lost because the command
, err trusted that the battle would con-
tinue as II had began. What looked
like victory has often been changed
to defeat by the rallying of the en-
envy. All the contestants are In bat
tie with each other. but II is a battle
of good nature and good feeling with
the spirit of do, or fail doing ones
best
Watch and work carefully for ev-
cry chance of gain; and cooperate, as
said In the beginning, with those who
can help you--and the Blu @ | 4
will give the trips and prizes exactly
as promised to the those getting the
most votes.
Another count will be made on next
Thursday and the results published
the day following.
Ask Questions.
Do not hesitate about asking ques
tons. That Is one of the things tn
contest man is at the b u lie / u of
flee for. If you are an organization
worker and do not thoroughly under
stand the vote issue or anything els
about this double contest. call at tn
Bulletin and the information wi
be gladly furnished.
Vote Judgment.
Use good judgment In casting ba
lots. Suppose you lead the list.
not put In too many votes but hol
them In reserve for some more crit
cal contest period when you will nee
to make great showing to gal
some coveted contest support. Cor
test voting Is one of the most In
portant things in securing success
Names Not Withdrawn.
Since the first count the names {
all the candidates have not bee
printed daily az was the case before
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03

The attitude of n candidate Is a
vote etter or vote-loser.
Inspire people with confidence in
your ability to succeed and they will
help you to success
Nothing drives away orders from
any salesman like Indifference. You
are all statesmen of the Blu g I n,
If you hope to earn one of the Cali
fornia trips. DO not let your attitude
seem an Indifferent one. II you are
Indifferent or seem to be, about viii
ming one Of the trips you may count
on 1t that the people to whom you
talk will also be Indifferent.
II you really are aspiring to be one
of the fortunate ten, get away from
the difildence of doubt and come out
as worker.
Saving Power Is Cooperation.
Cooperation means a saving OF Ell
fort, in this contest Just as much 80
as II did saving OF expense to the
big business combinations VINO
learned the gain from working to-
gether
Effort saved can be directed to 9TH
err fields. While you are securing
subscriptions and hence votes from
some source, your organization or
your trip contestant worker il secur-
ing more votes from some other
source.
Postpone not the combining OF vote
getting strength. Some of the vari-
Gus candidates, both organization and
trip, are trying without aiding some
other candidate who wants votes Just
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03

weekly Buiistiu 81 per year.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-03
1000
Bonus Votes

are issued for every club
of three old or three new daily
yearly subscriptions. As many
bonus vote coupons will be is
sued as subscription clubs are
secured. The three old or
three new daily yearly sub
scriptions must be turned in
during some single contest
week.