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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-31
.CHAPTER III. (Continuedl

SAA<AA , AIAS IA. \SOnIluucuJ.
Lestrange threw back his head,
drawing a quick breath; here in the
strong sunlight he showed even
younger than she had thought him,
young with a primitive intensity OF
just being alive.
Thank you. would like-if 1t were
possible to win this race"
This one, especially?"
"Yes, because it Is the next step
toward a purpose have set myself,
and which I shall accomplish II live.
Not that will halt il this step fails,
no, nor for score of such failures,
but am anxious to 90 on and finish. =
Up to Emily's face rushed the an.
swering color and fire to his; drawn
by the bond of mutual earnestness,
she leaned nearar.
you live to do something? So do
I, SO do I! And every one else plays
However Lestrange would have re-
piled, he was checked by the crash OF
the courtyard gate. Abruptly recalled
to herself, Emily turned, to see Dick
French coming toward them.
Remembering how the three had
last met, the situation suggested
strain. But to Emily's establishment
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FALLE STYLES IN RECALLS.

Any man elected mayor of Seattle,
Wash, had better keep his Official
trunk packed, according to the obser-
walton of the New York World. AT
any moment he may have to quit Of
Ace. He never can tell when he will
be recalled.
"The women voters of Seattle are
very fastidious about the mayor OF
that CITY," the World adds. They try
out mayors just as they try on bon
nets, for they keep on trying out
mayors until they find one that suits.
Their votes were chiefly instrume entail
in recalling Mayor Hiram G. Gill last
February and in electing George w.
billing mayor by q plurality Of 5000 in
a vote OF 1000.
".The one vital issue was the
home the suffragettes announced
then.
six months have passed and the
feminine voters have exercised every
woman's privilege. They have changed
their minds They have concluded
that the fashion in mayors has chang.
ed and that Dilling is not mayor a Ia
mode. More than a quarter OF Seat
ties electorate has signed petition
for Mayor billings recall. It has
been accepted, for the law ordains
that a new election shall be held when
20 per cent OF the voters take dis.
like to man in Office.
3" Here's your hat-what's your
hurry?' the tickle women voters are
saving to the mayor, whom they
swept into place on reform wave"
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r e f.H Il
Northern Iowa has series OF
charming lakes as fine as any in the
country says the Des Moines Cap
itai. 1--WE have not with sufficient
frequency called attention to the Iowa
lakes. OF course new cottages are be-
ing built about the lakes every year,
but there is room for more The Iowa
summer resorts must be utilized !;
must be talked about; must be. adj.
vertised. The bright side of Iowa
must be paraded before the public.
This ought to be done for the general
good of the people and stop the drain
produced by drawing Iowa people and
Iowa money to other states for the
purposes OF good time. The people
can have good time in Iowa If they
will make the effort. It ought to be
a part Of the mission of every Iowa
many, to ar e for the bright side of
Iowa and to present the possibilities
of Joy within the state. Happiness is
an Elusive thing. With many 1t is
imaginary. With all persons it is
something of the heart, and circum-
stances have little to do with it.
Make the heart right in Iowa and it
will be happy as well as in Cali
fornia."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-31

Retail advertising is to the home
keeper what the crop news is to the
farmer, what the Wholesale market
reports are to the grocer. notes an
eastern contemporary. Women natur.
ally feel this alert interest in the
advertising. because It Is full OF In
formation essential to their efforts to
make family income accomplish the
largest results Merchants who fail
to cooperate with this effort by an
adequate public statement OF prices
and values. are simply ignored in the
superintendent Of domestic expense.
When q politicians name is rarely
seen In the dispatches, the voters as
sumo he Is out of the game. When 9
merchants name rarely appears in
the advertising, the women assume he
is lost in the shuttle. No business en-
terprise can afford to ignore the
women.
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Farm Notes
Not Written for Farmers.
~ n. 1. RANN.

When hen gets the idea that she
is heart breaker and puts in most
OF her time fussing over her personal
appearance she has no edge on the
barren fig tree in point OF productive
ness. Some hens are like some wom-
en-they would rather stall AROUND
and preen and plume than lean up
against days work. A giddy-mind.
ed pullet is source of dissension in
the hennery, and the sooner her glib
lets adorn the home circle the better.
The man who insists on smoking In
the kitchen during meal time Is q
bigger nuisance than swivel tongued
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barber. After
the fumes OF
home-cured to-
bacco from q
cob pipe with
teeth like a
mink trap have
penetrated the
pores of q mess
of green peas,
that delectable
dish will prove
about as appe.
thing as chilled
side pork served
as 8 hot weather
dessert. Boiled
cabbage is the
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HELP THE SPEED BOYS WIN.

Manager Egan's Speed Boys return
today from their last road trip Of the
1911 Central association season. They
will have to fight for the game. OF
turning at the head Of the league and
with every promise Of maintaining the
lead and giving Ottumwa q pennant
for the first time since 1905. Tomoy-
row the team plays the Chicago White
Eox. one of the fastest teams in or
ranized baseball, and the White Sox
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MAKING TWO BLADES GROW.

letter Issued Dy the OIdA
ers' National association, announcing
the convention OF that body which Is
to he held in Omaha, October 9-ll,
takes up the question, that OF increas'
1ng production in order to Keep pace
with consumption, in q highly intelil-
gent manner. Unless something IS
done to increase our acreage ana 70
make our land now under cultivation
more fertile. we will not raise enough
cereals to supply our demands forty
Years from now, 1t is declared. Last
year the farmers OF this country pro-
duced more than 3,0O0,000,00O bushels
ofl corn. but less than 2 per cent OF II
was exported. The wheat yield was
about CSC, 900 900 bushels and less
man 10 per cent was sent out OF the
country. II the increase in population
continues at the present ratio IN less
than half a century there will be loO,-
900 1000 people in this country and I'M
Iess production increases to keep pace
with population the United States Will
ha added to the grain Importing ma
lions, The Grain Dealers letter gives
the following figures on crop produc-
ton and suggests remedies that are
Of interest:
We have now in the United States
about 100000 farms, averaging
something less than $50 acres each.
and yet but u per cent OF our iano
area is in improved. farms ana put ~
per cent Of 1t Ia cropped yearly. we
raise about 60,o0o,O00 acres OF wheat
annually and the average crop lot
the past 40 years has been less than
Is bushels per acre. The average
wheat crop in England is more tnan
81 bushels per acre. We. cultivate
almost 1OO,00O,0O0 acres OF corn
yearly, with an average yield OF only
Is bushels per acre and 29,OOO,oOV
acres OF oats yielding less than 81
bushels per acre. %.
How can production. be made to
keep, pace with consumption? BY
making two blades OF grass grow
whore but one grew before. 5.
Soil fertility must be brought back
Rotation, ,leguminous crops, deep
nlouRhing, manure fertilizers, moist
mre conservation by suitable methods
Of cultivation, checking of erosion
these will increase our yields OF farm
crops. Through the Introduction OF
scientific methods the eastern states,
with their so-called worn out soils.
are in some cases producing more
heavily than the newer fields OF the
west. Maryland, for example, raises
more corn per acre than Illinois.
Pennsylvania has a greater average
wheat yield than Minnesota and Yer
mont gets more oats per acre than
does Iowa.
We have great areas of desert to be
brought under cultivation by means
Of irrigation and nearly as extensive
marsh and swamp lands to be made
fruitful by means Of drainage.
These questions are Of vital interest
~ both the farmers and consumers
and any time given to their discussion
Is time well spent.
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There are thousands of men, notes
an observing writer, who have stood
diversity for years, and who have
then gone all to pieces over a few
days p..sperity..
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room on the third floor, the rent is
$14 to SIC for these three rooms. AS
to wages, the report of the consul
says that bricklayers and inasons earn
$1.75 to 81 for ten-hour day, carpen-
tiers $1.2O to $1.50 day, plumbers
$1.40 to $3.50, hod carriers and other
unskilled laborers receive 80 cents to
1920 day.
Foremen in shipyards, machine
shops, and foundries, receive SIS to
$18 per week; molders, pattern max
ers, and carpenters, $40 to $3.50;
pIaner men, lathe hands, and milling.
machine tenders, $640 to $40;
mounters, wise men and forgers, $500
to So; grinding and boring machine
men, IS to $6.40.
Young men for the first two years
after serving their apprenticeship e.
ceive the minimum wages paid, and
average fully Is per cent less than the
lowest wages given above.
As to the retail charges for food in
the workingman's district in Amster.
dam, The Hague and Rotterdam, the
following are given by the consul as
q fair average:
Beef, per pound meet, IL to
II cents, rib roast, IA to i6 cents
other cuts, 10 to IL cents: veal. pei
and roasts 20 to q
cents, other portions IL to 16 cents;
Epork, per pound-roasts and chops II
to IA cents, spareribs and minor cuts
10 to IL cents; coffee. per pound, 10
to 80 cents; flour, per pound best
wheat cents, mixed 6 to 8 cents;
eggs each, to cents; cheese per
pound, 20 to 40 cents; potatoes, per
half peck-old 8 cents, new 10 cents ];
bacon, per pound-salted, fat and
smoked. 10 to IL cents, lean, 10 to
| IA cents; barley, per pound, 21s to 3
cents; rice, per pound, to 21a cents;
peas, per pound, cents; beans of var.
ious qualities, per pound, 2 to cents
In Patras, Greece, a town of 100000
clerks in offices receive up to $40 a
month, and In stores up to $40 a
month, says the Patras consul. Won
en- domestic servants get Sc to So a
month. Street car conductors and driv'
to 50; carpenters and cabinet makers
10 cents to $1.20; ordinary laborers
10 to 80 cents. And so on, with other
vocations on the same basis.
The prices paid for table necessities
ARE as high or higher than prices
charged in this country Beef brings
II to 20 cents a pound, veal and lamb
the same, ham, GO cents a pound
Greek butter, 35 to 40 cents. and the
imported article, 60 cents. Eggs are
1S to 80 cents dozen, sugar is Il
cents pound, chickens, 80 to 40
cents, and hens, 40 to 60 cents a
pound. fish IS to 20 cents a pound
though this is a maratime city.
The consular service can do nc
more valuable work than to continue
along this line. A perusal of some OF
these reports would go far to bring
| the American to realization Of The
fact that he is better paid, better fed
and better housed and lives on q
higher plane than is possible abroad
a fact that he is apt to overlook after
reading the speeches of some of our
political pessimists who are not happy
unless they are stirring up discomfort
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-13

This Is my niece. Just out OF
the convent" and the tall come.
dian led her. blushlnK. 10 the cen.
ter Of the stage. She only half
looked up as he spoke. then
dropped her eyes again. Even her
long brown cloak seemed 10 close
tighter about her TO help her hide
from the world
But when YvOnne-that being
the Young lady's name dropped
her cloak and launched into a won
derful dance. that she had never
learned st the conyent. the audience
sat up ln their seats and brought
the opera glasses to focus. A min.
ute later. when she caught her
breath. and as though half fright.
ened BY the attention she aroused.
she sang n song-one that seemed
to bring something OF youth and
outdoors and good health and good
nature into the theatre-thc aud
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-13

But TO get down to brass tacks:
the hardest job in the world Is that
of review OF a dog show. And It
is embarrassing TO learn that some
handsome specimen OF Saint Ber.
nard is worth only s35 when a
stingy.looking little pup that they
call a Pommeranian or Saltuese
spaniel fetches a couple o. hundred
every time somebody buyt
met several Hamlets. Hamlets.
you know, are Great Danes. II you
don't get the connection, my stu.
pendous effort to pull off pun is
quite wasted.
Dogs with blue ribbons are very
naughty, indeed ] have met mon
grel pups OF the lowliest degree who
wagged a welcome 20 me with a
poor little stump of a tail and
seemed deliriously glad to make
my acquaintance.
But even when Judge Cole intro
duced me 10 lady-like Spitz today
at the bench show. she (the Spitz)
scarcely acknowledged the event.
As affirmed In the beginning. Il
is difficult to write "A review of a
dog show.
pass It upl
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Direct Election of
Senators Will Pass
my 'h"Fa -. 80 s,,,s ""r'' '"

fBy unif~d Press leased uire Direct 20
seattle star offise.i
WASHINGTON. April i5.-whon
the house convened today Rucker
gdem.. MissourD at once called up
the joint resolution for the direct
election OF senators. Many pro.
gressive democrats are canvassing
their colleagues TO secure sup
port for the measure providing
for the recall OF y. s. senators.
Young (rep-, Mioh.) complained
that there was undue haste In the
endeavoring to force the passage
OF the resolution. Spirited debate
with Rucker OF Missouri followed.
In which the Missourian warned
the republicans that unless they
stopped their dilatoFy tactics, gag
rule would be adopted TO end de-
bate and the steam roller brought
out
Underwood got into the debate.
saying that the democrats were
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-13
SUES HUSBAND
AND COMPANY

Probably without precedent IN
local history. divorce action
started by wife named two de-
PENDANTS. The suit was begun by
Minerva Miller this morning. Her
action is directed against her hus-
band, Howard Irwin. and also
against the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society.
The latter is made defendant be
cause It refuses to pay her s6l0.60
due on a 20-year endowment policy
on the life of her husband. she
claims to be the beneficiary, and
alleges that for the last five years
she has paid the premiums.
She charges her husband with de-
serting her I'm 1908. after they had
been married for 20 years.
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ienee settled back Rpproyingly
she's the star OF the troupe.
was the general comment And
she looks young
She Is young-lust 10 today.
This b Ann Taakcr. one Of the
new American stars. who plays one
of the big leading roles In Madame
Sherry" at the Moore this week.
Miss Tagker- she was chrlstcned
Anne Taskcr Swain down In Oak.
land. Cal. but dropped the end OF
Il has been on the stage but three
years. she started with local
opera company IN Oakland
Paul Stelnsdorf the director. saw
that she was too good TO stay In
Oakland. and urged her 20 take n
year In an Eastern musical con.
servatory. Agents Of klaw 4 Er-
LANCER we're waiting at the seminary
door when she came out. and hand.
ed her a fye.ycar contract 10 sign.
II named fat figure.
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The Dramatic Editor-He Reviews the Dog Show


All shows come my way. No fine
alstinction Is exercised and must
Tflthe through Three Weeks"
IN tne same outward calm that
vlsw The Old Homestead"
:, Dut a worm will turn, and I feel
me turning today (Not that / am
worm, you understand.)
"eting that fatal word show" in
.0hnection with the dog exhibit in
skating rink. the tickets were
aahueh TO me and / was hidden to
a perfectly good dramatic critic.
aaihored 10 the ways Of blondine
gllia donnas In baby blue bolero
,ssAets and heavy problem dram
s - u about as much at home
~ - sSI varieties or plain dawg as
Iasheep I.s, would be 10 a hungry VOLTS
bic day. -" p''' my
u ioday f. the day and presume
'Aa. thls Is HIS place.
{, history mentions the bioodhounds
= Uncle Toms Cabin: then there
r. ~ ~. ne dog that was put on a diet
oia Mother Hubbard; and who'll
D'ss1 Old Dog Tray?
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Will Have Queen
of the Potlatch

The first day of the Golden Pot
latch will be auspiciously started
with all the pomp and grandeur of
royal coronation. A big parade
will precede the crownlng of Queen
Seattle. who will be selected by that
time. The historical features Of the
arrival OF the first gold-laden YES
sci from Alaska will be depicted in
the parade.
Besides featuring the first day
from a historical standpoint. the car
nival committee has decided upon
Japanese night and a Chinese aft.
ernoon.
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pAWHUSKA. Okla. April IL
with the town OF big Heart prac.
tically razed and 1000 persons
homeless. investigation today
showed that the property loss to
the Usage nation from tornadoes
viii exceed 81 100000.
All that is left today OF the thriy-
ing little town Of Big Heart is a
mass OF tangled wreckage and
tnmhled down buildings. The dam
age at Big Heart alone Is $500 900.
Ten persons are known TO have lost
their lives.
The following victims have been
Identified: william Morrow, John
Kerns. y. Hammond, r. s. Ham.
Mrs. William Kerns and a child
named Brown. Four persons who
have not been identified died while
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-13
WILL BOOST CITY
STREET CAR LINE

henttIc bo0stcrH Tor The propoNed
municipal car line held mass
meeting last night at Rainier Beach
to form an organization TO co.
operate with the mayor and coun.
ell In providing a peoples car line
from the south city limits to Salmon
bay.
The Peoples Car Line league"
was chosen as a name for the club,
and the officers elected were.
George Il. Cooley. West Seattle.
president: n. j. Probstfold. Ross.
vice president; r. X Hall. Dunlap.
secretary. and James Tullock. Tay-
lor's mill. treasurer. "On guard for
Seattle" will be the leagues motto.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-04-13
FIGHT
FOR OPEN
SHOP
m, rnltra rrv~s is~ssed Wire Direct 10
SEATTLE star uffire.A

-. r..,,A rr~.. ss4srd Wire Direct 10
~ealtlc star uffire.l
pORTf AND. Or. April l1-Fol.
hw,nr last nights banquet AZ the
remmercial club. when organized
sssr Vas charged with virtually
azrovlns the competitive manu-
sesaring field In and about San
r-anc.sc0." and IN other ways In
s.,lng ~big business. the delegates
sstsnalng the meeting Of the Pact
\ Coast Employers association
-, this afternoon and resumed
a. DISCUSSION OF plans 20 Kill the
sxerfal labor unions on the Pact
4 slope and inaugurate the open
.scpr system. under which work.
lsrmen labor for what wage they
~ get Delegates are present
ron Tacoma. San Francisco. Ey.
srest. Spokane and several other
slsies.
@rush the Worklngman"
I'D wheelwright. % Portland.
1 diseAsing open shop as against
slesed shop. intimaled that a work.
ngman should be pushed to the
nmIt Of his capacity. because. he
nla. ~All wealth comes from sus-
isinea effort. To relax at this sug
rsiicn Of an indolent disposition
nsans failure.
Other employers spoke in like
arain between the rich courses OF
Ae feast;
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willing to grant reasonable debate
But. I want 10 say that this legis
lation has been demanded by the
people for four decades. and We are
going to pass Il" be added.
Young said he was In favor OF
the direct election Of senators. but
that he opposed allowing states "a
control their own senatorial elec
tiouH.
WOULD RECALL SENATORS
Sims OF Tennessee made
plea for the Initiative. referen.
dunn and recall. and said that
only the Interests of demo
cratic harmony prevented his
offering an amendment pro
vidins for the recall OF sena-
tors He said the people
should have the power TO dis
miss their agents whenever u
appears that they are not prop
efy representing or serving
the people.
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NOT MURDER

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. April 13
With both Frank Torres, alias
Edward Evans. a soldier. and Frank
Donley, his lSyear-old pal, in their
hands as the confessed robbers of
Guy Landsburg. the police today
are as far as ever from solving the
mystery Of how young Landsburg
same to his death.
Both prisoners admit rolling"
Landsburg but they say he had no
money and firmly deny thay either
harmed him. Landsburg. they say,
was drunk. He may have wandered
to the water front and fallen in, It
is thought.
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HORSE AND
MAN BOTH
KILLED

A man and a horse clsshed In
Seattle today ard both were killed
IN one Of the most peculiar aeci-
dents ever recorded.
Cue Slage, a teamster, employed
by c. q. Niblook, vas the man.
The horse was one Of the four he
vas driving.
Slage, with a load OF wood, vas
driving up hill near e5th st. and
3sth 81. N. e. when his team be-
came frightened by a cow
STRUCK THE HORSE
Jumping from his wagon slsee
ran up and struck one Of the
horses. The horse struck back,
hitting slage in the chest with both
hind feet.
Slage fell 20 the ground uncon-
scious, and died within two min
utcs.
As slage dropped, the horse,
which had become panic stricken,
began 10 sway and finally toppled
over, dying almost the same mo-
ment as the man breathed his last.
Slage was accompanied by an
other man at the time. when he
saw slage fall. he ran to his side
and dragged him out Of the way
OF the horses. He then went to
quiet the horses. which had be-
come entangled in the harnesses,
but just as he reached the horses
the one that had done the kicking
fell dead.
Stage recently came here from
Denver. where his relatives live.
ne had been married. but his wife
aIed about one year ago. The
body was taken TO the Fremont
Undertaking establishment
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TAXES TOO HIGH

Declaring That high taxes has
given Seattle n black eye, the Tax
payers League, represented by
Hiram A. Pratt, requested the eff
cheney committee of the council
this morning that steps be taken
toward relieving the situation.
Pratt objected particularly to the
provision for payment of CON
demnation awards In cash.
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FREEZING7 Yep!

Maybe the gentle Spring has
gone down TO Mexico TO lend lit
tie warmth TO that revolution. or
maybe the tabled dame In fllmy
garments lagain referring to
Spring. has beat Il for more
ethereal realms.
In any event. che has quit this
community and we want her back
tChorus) We want her back.
This morning n perfectly good
thermometer registered az 80 de-
grees which is freezing point
II that any kind of a way for a
decent Spring TO act. we enquirer
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IN
THE PEN

LAS VEGAS. \. NJ. April i3.-
WIZ Rogers. who kidnapped his own
nephew, Waldo Rogers. with the
help OF Joe Virgins. an ex-conyict.
was lodged in the state penitentiary
al Santa fe last night TO avoid
possible violence by the citizens
OF this city. Rogers will plead in
sanity.
A ransom OF $4,000 was paid to
the kidnapers for the return of
the child.