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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-19
CHARLTON.

E. C. Hurlbut and Mrs. Frances z.
Phillips, both Of Abba, were united in
marriage in this city yesterday fore
noon, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. w. ]. Nicholson They will
reside in Abba.
Mrs. M. e. Prather went to Wood
burn yesterday to spend few days
with her brother, Clarence Moore and
family.
Mrs Rachel Murphy, mother of Mrs.
A.. j. Watts of Lincoln township, re-
turned last evening from a two
months visit in Des Moines with rela-
tives.
Miss Elva White, who is staying in
Indianola with her uncle, w. A..
Graves and family, returned to that
place last evening after few days
visit at her home in English town
|, ship,
Mrs. Margaret Graves left last
evening for an extended visit with
relatives in Indianola, Madrid and
Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. r. Chance Of Au-
gusta, Kas., have returned home after
visit south of this city with her sis
ter, Mrs. Henry Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Mauk left yes
terday for visit in Omaha with their
son, Fred Mauk. They were accom-
panied by their little granddaughter
Lois Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Peasley Of Fair
field returned home yesterday after
few days visit with their son, Glenn
Peasley and wife.
James Harrison received a message
yesterday conveying the sad intelli-
gence Of the death of his sister, Mrs.
Chas. Barker Of New Virginia.
Mrs. Kate Holiday of Creston, who
had been spending some time with
her daughter, Mrs. Josephine Walker,
returned home yesterday.
Mrs. George Israel has been enjoy
ing a visit from her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Styles, of Pomona, Cal
ifornia
Mrs. M. ]. PIN is spending the week
near Lucas with her daughter, Mrs.
Mary Schnebley.
Miss Martha Kaiser of Ottumwa has
returned home after weeks visit
with her sister, Mrs. H. E. Caughlan.
Mrs. Cyrus Scott and son Perry of
Lincoln township, are expected home
this eve ing from brief visit in Des
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Farm Notes
!, Not. Written Tor farnerA
BY n. L. RANN.

You have noticed, haven't you, that
some men will buy every new-fangled
labor-saving device on the market for
their own use on the farm, from a
patent corn parer to riding cultivator,
and still allow their wives to chase a
cotton shirt up and down a rub board
all day Monday, rather than blow
$3.50 for a washing machine. The
woman who keeps on manicuring her
nails against rub board, while her
lord and master rides around the corn
field and dreams Of his lost youth,
is shrinking violet who ought to at
tend the Mothers congress and sub
let backbone. The washing ma
chine is in the same class with the
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Moines with their daughter and sis

Moines with their daughter and sis.
ter, Mrs. Mary Steele.
Mrs. Peterson and daughter Matilda
Of Liberty township, have returned
from Kansas, where they were called
by the death of Mrs. Peterson's father
Mr.. Carlson.
Mrs. Henry Hill of Lincoln, Neb.,
former resident of this city, Is here
for visit with relatives and old
friends. n al
Mrs. John Hollingshead has arrived
from Moscow, Idaho, her family hav.
ing preceded her a few weeks, and
they will again take up their residence
on the farm In Cedar township
Clement Dachenbach, who is EN-.
ployed in Des Moines. is visiting in
Pleasant township with his parents,
L. c. Dachenbach and wife.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-19

3,026,7S9 square miles in 1853, since
which date no change in the conti-
mental area of the United States ex-
elusive of Alaska has occurred. The
population, which was five and one
third millions in 1900, was ninety
three and three-fourths millions in
|1911. Public debt, which was $751;
100000 in 1900, reached $2,675,000,O0O
figures of 1911 being $1,0150O0, 900.
The per capita debt, which in 1900
was 1858 and in 1865 $76.98, in
1911 is $1O.83 The interest charge
per capita, which amounted to 64c
in 1900 and $4.12 in 1856, in 1911 is
23c, and the total annual interest
charge which in 1866 was $146,000,-
900, in 1911 was $21,330,O0O. Money.
in circulation stated as $26,5OO,00 in
1900, in 1911 was $3.22S,627. 900. and
the per capita circulation, which
is 1900 was $4.99 in 1911 was $34.35.,
Deposits in all banks in the country
cannot be shown earlier than in 1875,
at which date they are set down as
a-little, over $4,000, 100000. In 1910
they were over 5,0O000O,O0O. The
number of depositors in savings
banks in 1920, the earliest year for,
which the figures can be shown, was
a@slittle less than 5000, and in $780,
over 100000 Government receipts,
which amounted to $2.04 per capita
in 1900, in 1866 were $14.65, and in
1911 $7.45, or about one-half what
they were in 1866. Exports of domes-
tic merchandise which amounted to
$32,OOO,O0O in value in 1900 were
over $2,00O,0OO,OOO in 1911. and i'm
ports, which amounted to $91,00OO0O
in 1900, were $5,O00,O0O,000 in 1911.
"Other statistics included in the
document chow details of imports
and exports by great groups and
grand divisions, such as wheat, corn,
cotton, coal, sugar, copper, setc., from
1900 to 1910; the attendance in pub
lie schools, and sums expended for
that work; postal receipts and ex-
penditures, and few pages are de-
voted to monetary and commercial
conditions in the other principal
countries of the world.
Il SCOPES of the publication. which
can be obtained upon application to
the bureau of statistics, department
of commerce and labor, will be in
demand by wide range Of alert citi-
zens, beginning with publicists and
business men and concluding with
schoolboys."
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SEYMOUR.

DR.. r. w. Cell delivered lecture at
the opera house Sunday. his subject
being China and the Great Wall"
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Inman Of Des
Moines are here this week visiting
their parents Mr. and Mrs. S. Leason
ard Aaron Inman families.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Springer and son
part of tine week to visit with Mrs.
;springers parents Mr., and Mrs. T. >.
Gaddis and other relatives and friends.
Mrs Roy Lyons is very i'll with
typhoid fever.
Mrs. W H. Brown went to Chilli
cothe Mo-, Thursday to visit few
days with her son Bernard and fam
lily.
Mrs. c. S. Kershner of Seattle,
Wash, and Mrs. Harley Kershner If
Centerville were here the latter part
of last week, being the guests of Mrs.
j. j. Merritt. Mrs. w. S. Merritt and
other relatives.
Harley Manning of this city who
went to the Pacific coast few years
ago, was married Oct. to Miss Hattie
Vinegar.
The work on the big tabernacle is
completed and the revival meetings
started Sunday under the direction OF
Rev. Iscar Lowry, and musical director,
Rev. Moody.
Mrs. L. E. Mckee returned the latter
part of this week from Numa where
she had been visiting with relatives
and friends.
Mr. Turner of Muscatine who has
been visiting in this city the past
week with his friend r. E. Clark and
wife, went to Clio Friday, where he ex-
poets to work this week.
Harley Norris was in Princeton, Mo-,
last week on business.
Messrs. Tony Colferai and Ellis Cad
dis were business visitors in Center
vile Tuesday.
Pearl ,Varney and family of Emil,
Oklahoma are hero visiting with Mr..
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varney's parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. g.
Varney.
N. G. Michael recently sold his rests
dence to G. r. Evans. Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael expect to leave before long for
California where they expect to mako
their home. \
Mrs. J. III. Alfred and daughter oe
Oskaloosa came Friday to visit a few
days with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. q.
IS. Gaddis.
]. W. Webb and family OF Allertoh
have moved to this city and will mako
| 1t their home. Mr.. Webb has opened q
, restaurant on the west side OF tho
square
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Justice OF the peace has rlvlted her 10
a husband whois so tight he can't take
a full breath without breaking out.
The study of the classics has been
greatly promoted by the washing ma
chine, for woman can inhale the
Rubaiyat with one hand and chase the
family wash through the suds with the
other. II we were woman, we would
as soon think of going without an as
sortment of rented hair as to wiggle
along through life with ridged rub
board for, bosom companion.
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way with his bulk. Il can tell you-all
a story about this here house" he
said, addressing himself ITO the chill
dren. He smiled happily. "You-all
don't need to look SO solemn, q body
amt going to snap at you! This house
are the old Blount cabin, but the
Blounts done moved away from 1t
years and years eago. They're down
Fayetteville way now. There was
passed. of 'em and they was about as
common a lot of white folks as you'd
find anywhere; know, because y
come to q dance here once and Dave
BlOunt called me a liar right IN this
very room" He paused that this I'M
pressive fact might disseminate itself.
Hannibal slid forward in his seat, his
earnest little face bent on Yancy
why did he call you a liar. Uncle
Bob?" he demanded.
"Well, scarcely know, Neyvy, but
that's what he DONE and he stuck
some words in front of it that amt
fifteen should repeat"
Miss Malroy's cheeks had become
very red, and Mrs. Ferris refused to
meet her eye, while the children were
in a fiutter of pleased expectancy.
They felt the wholly contemporary in
terest of Yancy's story; he was deal
ing with forms of speech which pre-
vailed and We're usually provocative OF
consequences more or less curious. He
gave them wide, sunny smile.
When Dave Blount called me that,
struck out TO- home" At this sur
pris.ng turn in the narrative the chill.
dren looked their disgust, and Mrs.
Ferris shot Betty triumphant glance.
yes, ma'am, struck out across the
fields TO- home. l didn't wish to hear
no mo- of that loose kind of talk.
When got home found my old
daddy setting up afo' the fire, and he
says, You come away early, son.
told him what Dave Blount had called
me and he says, You acted Ane a
gentleman, Bob, with all .Aem wom-
enfolks ABOUT"
"You had a very good and sensible
father, Mr.. Yancy. How much better
than #" began Mrs. Ferris, who
feared that the moral might elude him.
Eyes, ma am, but along about day
he come into the loft, where / was
sleeping and says to me, Sun-up,
Bob-time TO you to haul on yo'
pants and go back yonder and
fetch that Dave Blount smack
in the jaw" Mrs. Ferris
moved uneasily in her chair. II
dressed and come here, but when Il
asked fo' Dave he wouldn't step out.
side, so just lost patience with his
foolishness and took a crack at him
standing where I'm standing now, but
he ducked and you can still see,
ma am turning to the embarrassed
Mrs. Ferris-"where my knuckles
made dint in the door-jamb ! got
him the next lick, though"
Mr. Yancy's raj tale had reached
its conclusion; it was not for him to
boast unduly of his prowess.
"Uncle Bob, you lift me up anu
show me them uints!' and Hannibal
slipped from his seat
ooh, not" said Betty Malroy laugh
ing. She captured the boy, and drew
him down beside her on corner or
her chair 81 am sure you don want
to see the dents-Mr. Yancy's story,
children, is to teach lis how important
it is to guard our words--and not give
way to nasty speech
Betty cried lrs. Ferris inaig-
nantly.
Judith, the neral is as obvious as
1t is necessary"
ITO Be Continued.)
.
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WaShabl paper
collar as a bright
ner of the home.
BY Its use many
a woman has
been relieved Of
a stitch in the
b a c k W b ! c h
bumped her over
like a small boy
with the green
apple collie. A
woman is justi-
fed in slapping
a second mort
gage on every
shoat on the
place, If the
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT

Central City News Letter: A farmer
near Central City had six acres of
meadow land which yielded him large
returns this year. 1t was timothy and
clover and the first cutting amounted
to two tons per acre, and few days
ago he took off the secaNa crop OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-19

President Taft is meeting with
some hot competition in the news way
on this trip. The worlds series ball
games. the Chinese rebellion, the
Turko-Italian war and the Mcnamara
case are standing attractions right
now that make a strong bid for first
page position. This is hardly a dull
season in the newspaper world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-19

The only reason Ottumwa ball fans
read the Chicago papers this week is
to see if any of the players broke leg
during the night. The Courier gives
them the full account of the games hot
off the wire the day they are played
and it is bit of ancient history when
the morning papers come out twenty
hours later.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-19

It's safer to write editorials on the
.typewrited if you have the Greeley
style of handwriting The MARSHALL
town Times-Republican printed a
beautiful word picture of the glories
of the autumn woods and the compost
tor in setting the type made it the
"Ottumwa woods"
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Few Earn, saIes Now.

Central City Newsletter: There is
a marked scarcity Of farm sales in
Linn county this fall from what there
has been during the past three or
four years previous. The principal
reason for this we presume is because
the west and northwest are not hold
ing out the alluring prospects as here
tofore, and those who might have an
inclination to move TO the newer
states are content to remain here.
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one ton per acre. Three tons per acre
at SIS per ton. Don't give me away
in the paper he says, because am
bothered enough as 1t is by parties
who want to buy my farm"
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Two Young Brothers Drown.
Cedar Falls. Ia. Oct. 1.-THE and
year old sons OF Carl Hansen were
drowned in Beaver Creek yesterday.
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The scene of the Lorimer case is
now transferred from bath tub to a
ball game.
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The rain beat the Sox out of a game
yesterday, but it did rot give it to the
Cubs.
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Some people learn to do by being
done.
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Cedar Rapids Republican: Last win
ter Senator Young plead in vain for a
submission of the matter to the Deo-
pie They did not want primary then.
because it did not fit with their plans.
They did not want the people to upset
the plans of the kitchen cabinet. 1t
makes difference when the holy
name Of the primary is invoked.
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Prices at public Sales.

Dysart Reporter; Col. Frank Kuehl
reports good sale at Will Kokesh's
Tuesday. Horses sold as high as 5000,
COWS went to $40, spring shoats
drought $3.50, and the machinery
brought almost the prices Of new. The
sale was over SO quickly that parties
going home at $3.50 met people just
coming to the sale. Col. Kuehl is
noted for quick action in crying sales.
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye: A few weeks
since, the open market, where the
producer and the consumer met and
the middlemens profits were done
away with. was hailed at Cedar Rap.
ids and other cities as the panacea
for the whole contagion of high
prices, but already there is decided
holler of different variety The
farmers and the gardeners like good
prices and the protective policy as
well as the bug-a-boo and soulless
corporations. The facts of the mat
ter are that these things or cause we
have been wont to look so much at
have little to do with the problem.
after all. Prices in the main continue
to be regulated in the present as in
the past by the all controlling rule
of supply and demand.
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Waverly Democr at.-There is a!
ways something new in Kansas, and
the latest to attract attention is ped
jgreed catfish that are raised in pri-
waite lakes and fed on corn. 1t is said
that the meat Of these fish is far SUI
perior to that of those taken from
river water. and that the price re-
ceived for them is much higher. Bill
Stevens, our local authority on fish
and game, has promised to experiment
with a few catfish and if it proves
profitable to feed them on corn the
industry may be started here.
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d
profitable to feed them on corn the
industry may be started here.
Birmingham Enterprise. Notwith-
standing the large amount of rain we
have had in the past few weeks, the
roads continue good. with the excep-
ton of few washes on hillsides;
and autos are flying around, though
not quite as numerous as usual The
roads are showing the good effects of
dragging. A few years ago with as
much rain as we have had, they
would have been hub-deep and impass-
able, but now there is no trouble trav-
cling them in comfort A dragging
now would Clt them in good condi-
ton for winter. Try it.
Charles City Intelligencer The
same machine that elected Stephen
son elected LaFollette In fact, when
LaFollette was candidate for United
States senator, Stephenson was the
man behind the LaFollette gun and it
is a reasonable presumption that he
furnished some ammunition therefor.
This being true, it is among the pos
sibilities to suppose that Uncle Ike,
when he came to do a little political
gunnting on his own behalf, used
some of the same sort of ammunition
that was used in the LaFol1ette cam
paign. But here comes the difference.
When LaFollette was making his
campaign for senator he and Uncle
IKE were political friends, but when
Uncle Ike was striving to get place
for himself in the same body, Senator
LaFollete vas feminist him tooth and
toe.ail. we are seriously of the be-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

make plans for the construction, main
tenance and administration OF roads
adapted to the country which applies for
them.
AT the same time We have lecturers
going over the country to tell the people
how roads should be made, and to show
them the Importance of good roads. We
are now equipping a certain number OF
cars with models of roads and specimens
OF road materials as well as OF bridges,
oulverts and other such things. These
cars will be sent over the country. stop
ping here and there to instruct the peo-
pie as to what good roads are snd how
they should be made. They will be
handled somewhat after the method of
the grain exhibition cars OF the corn
belt.
I'm addition to these things. the office
OF public roads is a training school for
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ter. Each province has its road or
ganization and each district It's road en-
ployes down TO tho road cantoneer who
has charge Of two or three miles of road
way, for which he alone IL responsible.
The system Is such that every road In
Franco is under the direct control of
the minister OF public works, and IL any
part Of the system is wrong he knows
Just who should remedy It and who is
responsible. Some such organization
might be made in tho various states, or
for the whole United States. At any
rate, the roads OF every state and county
should be under competent engineers, ex-
perlenoed in road construction and main
tenance. These men should have au-
thority to make the plans for the roads,
and 10 improve them subject 70 the dl-
rections OF the higher authorities. and
they should be paid enough so that they
can devote their entire time to the work.
Such engineers are now employed in
many OF the states, and in those coun-
ties. which are bonding themselves to
make better roads"
Government Road Work.
what kind OF roads does your office
maker
1--WE are making object Lesson and ex-
perimental roads here and there over the
country, to show the people what good
roads are and how they should improve
those OF the present. As IL Is now, we
have built in the neighborhood OF 800
such roads In thirty-four different states.
These roads are of the various kinds best
suited TO the several localities. Some are
Of macadam, some are of brick. some OF
gravel or sand-clay and burnt-clay, while
others are OF shell and others are oiled
and cement roads. In this work the gov
eminent furnishes the engineering SUI
pervision, and prepares the plans, speci-
flcatlons and estimates OF the work. The
locality pays the other expenses. In ad-
dition to this we test road materials and
advise the people as to what roads are
the best for their special localities. We
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22

WAoAo hioNoA AeA og9ANAf
Uncle SANS ROadways.
"whak is the extent Of our roadways2'
81 suppose you mean the United States
over" said Mr.. Page I'VE have alto
gether something like 100000 miles Of
roads Of one kind or another. We have
enough altogether II placed end TO end.
to reach 100 times around the earth and
have some TO spare Much OF this length.
however, In of a character not worthy
OF the name road. Some OF It Is little
better than rock pile. and others are
wide tracks through bitches and swamps.
OF the whole only seven miles in each
100 can be said to have any improve
ments whatever, and on the most of II
tho Improvements are such as TO be un-
worthy OF note. Altogether not 2 per
cent can be called first class"
But / thought we were doing a great
deal as to improving our roads, Mr..
Pager"
80 we are, but vast amount Of the
money spent does no permanent good
The ordinary way OF handling the roads
10 through road superintendent or super
visor, who Is usually a politician and
who knows nothing about roads. In many
cases no patches up tho highways in front
OF tho farms of his principal constituents,
digging out the weeds from the sides and
throwing them TO the center. In many
places the road taxes are paid In labor
This gives unskilled and irresponsible
workmen, and in other places the roads
are let out by contract, which often
means graft In some OF our towns the
streets have been torn up and relaid
again and again, and the same will be
the case with roads OF the counties which
are contracting for highway improve
ment. First gravel road may be made
and the contractor will make his profit
off that. Then another vote of the peo-
pie may change the gravel TO macadam.
and third tearing up may change It 10
brick Millions of dollars are now being
appropriated for roadways by the various
counties and states. but in many cases
the money is being unwisely spent"
How Highways should He Managed.
''what would be the best system OF
road Improvement" i asked.
IF we could have u general road or.
ganization such as that OF some OF the
countrieS OF Europe It would create q
revolution In our public highways. Take
France, for instance. Its roads are al
under the department OF public works
at the head OF which Is a cabinet minis.