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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-15
MARY LIKES THE SUMMER BEST

Miss Mary Palfreyman:
Dear Junior Friend:-As saw your
letter In the Junior I thought would
answer it after so long time. Do you
go to school? Mine has been out sew
eral weeks. My teachers name was
Pearl Moon. What grade are you In? !
was in the sixth grade this year and
will be In the seventh next year.
How many post cards have you from
the Courier Junior
I have thirty-flve and good many
prizes. Some of them are as follows: a
camera. book, Swastika pin, Teddy
bear, Billiken doll. paper dolls, roller
skates, Santa Claus Pin cushion and
lunch basket.
DO you live in the country? do, but
have been, going to town to school.
We have about one hundred and
twenty little chickens and twenty
eight little turkeys.
How old are you?
was Il years old yesterday, July L.
The Pennington chautauqua this
year is from the 5tl to the 18th. 1t IS
the seventh assembly.
On Sunday August 9Th. DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook. the arctic explorer is
going to lecture and on the last day.
Thomas r. Gore, the blind senator
from Oklahoma will deliver a lecture.
Which do you like best. winter Or
summer? ] like summer the best
How many brothers and sisters have
you?
have two brothers and two sisters.
Their names and ages are: Bertha.
age IL. Willie. age 8, Albert, age and
Martha, age 8.
NY papa takes the Tri-Weekly
Courier.
We have two dogs and three cats.
The dogs names are Shep and Nipper.
Retta Ruark, age 10.
Pennington Ia, r. No. 3.
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HELPING MY MAMMA.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
try to help my mamma by carrying
in the wood and water. going to the
granary and getting feed for the chick
ems, hunting the turkey nests. helping
with the separator and churning, and
getting milk and butter from the cell
lar helping to wash the dishes ard
taking care of the baby. working n
the garden for her and sweeping the
floors AMI busting TIE furniture.
Anna Irelap. age II,
Drakesrille. Ia, f. No. l.
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kxvrn RULES ron THE JUNIORS

8 use one side Of tho paper only.
: w,4te neatly and legibly, using
IN or Z sharp lead pencil.
). Always sign your name ~ iu'''
ana state your age.
= s Number your pages.
5. DO not copy stories OF poetry
and send US as your own WORK.
&. Always state choice OF pl1e
m a separate piece OF paper, Win
name and address in full.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, ottumwa, Iowa. rs
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WOULD LIKE 70 BE IN A COOL
CELLAR.

Miss Laura Wilson,
Batavia. Iowa.
Dear Friend:
How are you these hot days?
feel like would like to be In a
cool cellar.
Where did you celebrate the Fourth
of July?
In the forenoon stayed at home
and In the afternoon went TO a
swinging party.
Come down when you can.
Well, will close.
Vida Sawvel,
~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-15
THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAUx,
EDITOR.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM.

Dear Juniors: We want you all to
take today's paper and select what you
think is 'the most important Item,
and write a short story about 1t. Mail
It at once and receive in return, one OF
tha beautiful new Ottumwa post cards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-07-15

ated April 80, 1883. His last illness
was grief and his closing hours were
marked by his usual calmness and
dignity.
His last words were, I die hard but
am not afraid to 60.
Lillian Wimp,
Pulaski. Iowa. r. F.. d. No. 8.
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The greatest pleasure I had was at
my grandma's up at Fairfield the
Fourth OF July.
on Sunday my cousin Marie Leath-
ers came over and I got ready anil
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THE GREATEST PLEASURE ! HAD
THIS SUMMER.

Drakesville. Ia. R. No. |.
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Lucas. Iowa. r. r. No. 1.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
TALK WHEAT
AT CORN SHOW
Prof. Grantham Gives Ad-
VanCsd Ideas in Crop
Raising
BULLETINS SKOM
TILLAGE RESULTS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Dec. 15-Before the
attendants from all three counties at
the Delaware Corn Show yesterday
afternoon and last evening, Professor
A. e. Grantham, State agronomist,
took up the subject of wheat grow
ing. looking to a far greater yield in
wheat in Delaware in future years.
Large Illustrations and bulletins,
showing tillerage results and show
ing the yield on experiment acres for
the past five years, with every known
variety of wheat that can be used to
advantage in this locality were shown.
Professor Grantham found an audi
ence of successful and very large
wheat growers before him, and the
questions asked showed how marked
is the Improvement and keen the in
terest in the scientific feature Of farm
ing.
The speaker believed that all min
erals should be put in with the wheat
in the fall and thought little of tho
top dressing with nitrate Of soda or
other fertilizer in the spring.
I'm my opinion, more than half the
wheat crop is made before Christmas,
said the expert.
He favored manure wherever it was
practical and not too expensive 10 use
IL on the wheat ground around
planting time. but suggested
treatment and some sort of solvent for
the manure If that was used The
well-known brands Of rocks and ferti-
lizer for wheat were discussed. In
relation TO the top dressing i'm spring,
Professor Grantham said that he had
sown tracts of wheat on the same vein
of soil and treated them with the same
minerals and then marked out
stretches on which he placed tho
spring top-dressng and stretches
where he did not There was not
enough difference to pay for the troI-
, ble, and sometimes there was no diff
ference at all.
The corn show. where also wheat
and the clover crops were exhibited.
was a fine exhibition even though
poorly attended The jutdging will
so on today.
To-days program was
Opening address, II. p. Cannon,
Bridgeville, Del, president Delaware
Corn Growers Association; breeding
as Means of Increasing Our Yields OF
Corn c. r. Hartley. Bureau of Plant
Industry. Washington, d. c.; report
of secretary and annual election OF
officers. 100 p. m.-"Some Factors
Affecting the Yield Of Corn, Prof. N
schmitz. agronomist, Maryland Ex
pertinent Station. College Park, Nd.
"rhe Relation Of Legumes to GraiI
Growing" Prof A. Il. Gransham
agronomist. Delaware Experimen
Station. Discussion II invited at tn
close Of each address.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
COLORED MEN
DID NOT STEAL

AS Judge Cochran desired to go 20
New York this morning. City Court
convened at $50 o'clock this morning.
Joseph Regal and William Miller, col
ored men. who were caught yesterday
after a chase, after they had been de-
tected trying to steal pies from the
store of Mrs. Mary Cummings, at
Twenty-ninth and Market streets,
were charged with vagrancy The
men did not steal anything, but Judge
Cochran had their case continued
until tomorrow. when an additional
charge of attempted larceny may be
entered against them.
John McCafferty. charged with
vagrancy, was sentenced to 10 days in
the workhouse.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
PYTEIANS In NEW
YEAR CELEBRATION

Grand Chancellor Kuehborth. X. Of
p, will call a special meeting of his
staff to arrange for the New Years
greeting meeting for all Knights of
Fythias. The reception will be held
on Tuesday evening, January 3.
Lafayette Lodge is arranging for a
class initiation in January. The de-
gree team is the finest in the East.
Calanthe Lodge at its meeting on
Tuesday night received ten applica-
tions and is taking in members every
J,leeting.
The Grand Lodge third rank degree
team is going to confer the third de-
gree on ten candidates for Taliey-
willie Lodge at Talleyville on Mon
day evening, December IS. They will
leave the Castle Hall at 7.15 Q. m,
and will have three automobiles to
take them there.
Grand Chancellor Kuehborth and
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
EIGHT INJURED INA
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
4v The United press.

BY The United Press.
COLON, Dec. ia rigid investi-
cation is being made today to deter
mine whether the eight men injured
in yesterdays explosion were the
victims of an accident or a dynamite
conspiracy.
A large amount Of dynamite cached
bcrween Empire and Las Cascadas
was struck by a steamshovel and n
terrific blast resulted Parts ~ the
steam shovel were scattered over a
radius of one mile Three OF The IN
jrred workmen will die.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC
BREAKS UP PARADE LINE

His love for music proved costly
to Charles Priest, a colored driver
for James II. Kane, in City Court This
morning. Priest was accused of reck-
less driving. but denied the charge.
John Smith, colored, who was a par
ticipant in a parade Of colored men
wearing high hats, carrying canes
and headed by parade yesterday,
said Priest, in his wagon, followed
the marchers from Front street to
Ninth and Walnut streets after they
had marched over several other
streets. Smith said Priest was ask
ed to cease following the parade but
refused, and one time the horse was
so close that the parade disbanded,
the paraders taking to the sidewalk.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
is uNI0N LEAGUE PREsIDENT.

William T. Tilden. a resident of st.
Georges for many years, now living
in Philadelphia, was signally honore&
in being elected president of the
Union League of Philadelphia. John
Bancroft and William ]. McClary.
both of Wilmington, were elected di-
rectors of the club.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15

Priest wanted to hear the music by
the band.
When arrested Priest was asked by
a white man why he was arrested and
he replied: How could l help it
with a thousand shines behind me-"
In court, Priest said one of the
"high hat men" struck his horse with
a cane and united the reins. AS a re-
suit he drove into a wagon TO keep
from running over the marchers.
Judge Cochran wanted to know why
Priest continued to follow the parade
instead Of working. and imposed a
fine of $40 and costs.
Get that gift at Goldberg's. Ais
King street
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
THERE'S ONLY ONE BEST.

And that's Liggett's Chocolates,
pounds and half-pound boxes. soc the
pound. A pleasing assortment and
great variety. Sold only at Danforth's
Drug Store, Market and Second Sts.F
Evening journal., 1911-12-15

Snapper soup tomorrow at Harry
Schnepf's. 224 King street, II a. m. TO
1.3O p. m, noon, and to IL in tho
evening"
Evening journal., 1911-12-15

staff are going to Laurel on December
20 to attend the fifth anniversary OF
X lta Lodge. There will also be a
class initiation of twenty candidates.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
Table Linen

Snowy white table linens for
Christmas Day. We have some
extra good quality linens that
we offer at 35c a yard; others
up to $1.75 yard-napkins to
match.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15

Get that gift at Goldberg's. Ais
King streets
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
Pretty PedeStaIS

A pedestal is always useful and will be well
coined by any housekeeper Graceful and orna-
mental in design; strongly constructed of we'll
seasoned oak and mahogany; all sizes. Prices
from $3.50 to $12.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
Sewing Tables

An attractive exhibit of these most desirable
gifts. Every woman would surely be pleased to
receive one as present Pretty designs in colonial
style in solid mahogany. Priced from S135O to S35.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
Attractive Lamps

Beautiful effects from beautiful lamps in va
viety of shapes and sizes. OIL Gas and Electric
portable lamps are shown in great profusion max
ing a selection easy matter. All thoroughly
we'll made. Priced from 81 to S25.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15


Always popular gift for the man of the house.
very useful and sensible selection sure to be
appreciated. These roomy chairs are adjustable
to any position, assuring solid comfort to the user.
Priced from $40 to $685.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
Combination Cases

Possess advantages that will appeal to any
housekeeper. The large Bookcase has adjustable
shelves and shaped plate glass doors. The desk
has large writing bed and compartments for
stationery Finished in CHARTERED Oak and Ma
hogany Priced from S12 to $40.
Evening journal., 1911-12-15
Rocking Chairs

The donor of one of these handsome rockers IS
sure to be gratefully remembered by the recipient
Rockers for every purpose in all woods and fin
ishes; plain or upholstered seats and backs.
Priced from S1.50 to S45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
MARKS THE
COLUMBIA AND MAXWELL
United Motor Washington
Company Is Adding Story
to Its Warerooms.

The United Motor Washington Conn
pany. distributors of the Maxwell, Column
bia and Alden Sampson cars. will have
on exhibition at Convention Hall this
week four of the new model Columbus
and five Of the Maxwells. The Columbia
is the last word in excellence of material
and workmanship. also finish and luxu-
rlous appointments.
The Maxwell is known as 1.-The great
economy car and justly So One travel
ing salesman, in an unsolicited letter to
the Maxwell Briscoe Company, made this
emphatic statement:
1T costs me only twenty-nine cents a
day to maintain my Maxwell runabout."
A severe test run recently made in New
York city demonstrated beyond question
that the Maxwell in its running and up
keep is much less expensive to business
man than is horse and buggy.
The United Motor Washington Com
pany moved into its present quarters at
132l-23 18th street northwest last May
and the demands of expanding business
model the warerooms and another story
is being added to the building.
Mr.. j. X. Thomas, secretary of the
local Automobile Dealers Association,
under whose auspices the show at Con-
venton Hall this week will be given and
formerly connected with the Maxwell
Briscoe Company at it's home Office, is
the manager Of the Washington branch.
He has been in the automobile business
in this city for the last six years and is
OF the quiet. but ''get-there" type Of man
needed where competition Is SO keen.
Mr.. r. A. Kloch, we'll known in motor
ing circles from his connection with the
Columbia line. still has charge of the
Columbia cars for the United Motor
Washington Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

dim light in the hall or one of the
big upper windows. But for the most
part the effect was of place which
everybody had left or where everybody
had gone to bed. A lurchng pedestrian
on the sidewalk tried to interview the
Contributor who hurried his step a lit
tie, to be followed by the hiccoughinS
jeer Haven't got time. have yer?"
Farther down the avenue the street
lightened. Big, handsome lmousines
filled with men and women In evening
dress. wrapped in furs against the cold.
whrled in from the side streets, bring
ing parties home from after-theater sup
pers. There was an occasional taxlcao
hurryng by. A couple of young Eel
lows on a business wagon shouted after
a taXicab that had passed them by. III.
there your tail light is OUT" When the
Contributor reached his hotel the en-
trance was blocked by big dray across
the sidewalk and by half a dozen men
trying to push some heavy thing covered
with bagging into the lobby. Some one
unlocked an unused door and let the
Contributor into the great marble yes
thule. He felt as he did once when he
tried to enter a country hotel after the
door was locked. and the cross landlord
came downstairs half dressed, with a
candle. and let him in grudgingly. New
York is provincial place in some re-
spects IL looked at through country eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
ype cylinders cast in pairs are used.

type cylinders cast in pairs are used.
The wheelbase has been increased from
los to rs inches and 81 by inch tires
are used instead of 80 by 3h Demount-
able rims now are part of the equip
ment. The rear axle is Of the full float
ing type and Hyatt roller bearings are
installed. In the three-point suspension
of the power plant it is noted that the
third or pivot point is at the front end
Of the motor. and just under the crank
case. The other two supports are heavy
aluminium arms, which are cast integral
with the fywheel housing, and rest on
cast-iron blocks inside the side rails of
the main frame.
The 1911 model of the "AmpleX' shows
a frightening of the wheeibase from 1T
to 12S inches, increase Of bearing sur
face throughout the motor, increased
length of springs, and entire new design
of frame are the chief changes. The
frame is of pressed steel heat treated
with very wide fianges. where the side
members narrow down in front The
gear-shifting mechanism is entirely in
closed New style of oilers are fitted
with means of increasing and decreas-
ing the flow from the dash. An air
starting device, which Is standard equip
ment. consists of a combination air pump
and air valve on the rear cylinder. Dou-
be ignition is employed. with Bosch
high-tension magnetic to one set of plugs.
and Bosch Independent synchronous
battery system to another set Shock
absorbers are standard equipment. ana
fore-door body may be fitted to all
models.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Art and Craftsmanship.
From the Forum.

OF surety art is for arts sake; as an
ass is for an ass sake.
But when a man shall tell you door
scraper Is for a door-scrapers sake, be
you sure, and ne sure, what you mean by
door-scraping.
When q school arose, but a while ago,
that had for it's battle-cry art for arts
sake, it really meant that art was for
crafts sake-that the goal Of art lay sole
ly in the beauty of its craftsmanship.
These sneered at the Subject" of work
of art as being Of little or no Importance!
The handling of the craftsmanship was
to be the sole aim In n work of art
indeed. alone created it into work of
art This blasphemy to art were as
though one said that the Creator made
the body of man as the supreme achieve
emotions. his passions and his yearnings,
were Of little or no account. They would
have "the play of Hamlet without the
Prince of Denmark" In the shadows
of their confusion, In the deeps of their
ignorance, what they said was this:
THAT IL a master-hand paint a wall
white. by his mastery of trick-of-thumb
beautiful words signifying nothing he
creates the poetic. That if an exquisite
| harmony of blues and grays and green's
| and such-like be set upon piece of can
vas with such skill as to please the eye
and produce sense Of beauty, these
| thereby create work of art That moth
| ing else signifies but the exquisite hand
| ling of a medium
The curse of the mere pursuit of crafts
| manship. in mistake for art, lies like
blight upon artistic endeavor today, anG
has ever created the decay Of art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
WORLD TOURING AUTO
WILL Be DISPLAYED
Mrs. CIarke-Fisher Tells of Re-
markabIe Journey She Made
in Her LocomobiIe.

One of the unusually interesting fea-
lures of the coming automobile show to
be held at Convention Hall will be the
exhibition of the Locomoble and equip
ment used by Mrs. Harriet Clarke Fisher
in her world tour
Mrs Fisher was enthusiastic in her
praise Of her Locomob:le In an illus
trated story printed in the New York
Herald August 81. 1910. Mrs Fisher re-
marked:
Just to think" we made the trip
around the world over all sorts OF roads,
deserts of hot sand, down precipltous
mountain sides and through rivers, with
out inlshap more serious than blowing out
the tires and the breaking of the petcock
on the oil tank Our greatest annoyance
occurred after our return to our own
country. / do not believe that any other
car could nave stood a stronger fest, and
l want Mr.. Brooks to have all the credit
Tor taking the car over its remarkable
Journey. But do not think our tour was
one succession of narrow escapes. Far
from 1t. 1t was rather one continued
and splendid reception, intermingled with
amusing incidents from the time We
crossed the Turkish border until we left
the shores of Japan. 1t was more the
tour or royal parsonage than that of
Simple American woman travelling for
her health. Aside from the leaves in the
Two rear springs, and the petcock on the
Oil tank, above mentioned, no replace
ments of any kind were made to this car
during lis trip around the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
COLE AND AMP[EX
ARE BOTH WINNERS
The Wilson Company Shows
improvements in Models
for 1911.

With the Cole "3O' to start their line
of display, the Wilson Company Of 1888
14th street makes an admirable showing
at the automobile show.
The Cole '.3O'' Is shown in a touring
car at $1,000: a fore-door touring car
at S1.6JO, a toy tonneau at S165O and
a popular roadster at 1,500
The Cole "30' is the result of many
years careful, clear-headed study of the
best American and foreign built cars and
the adoption of the very best and most
ideas found in them all.
The construction is Of the same high
grade materials expected in a car at twice
the price, because the Cole "3O' was
designed and build to compete with the
big, high-priced cars In speed. endur-
ance. luxurious comfort and effective,
fetching lines.
A years experience has further i'm
proved these cars and added power and
strength to the models. Using a three
point suspension. it has increased the
cylinder dimensions from by to AZ
by AZ inches. Besides, 1t has tipped the
motor 21a degrees with respect to the
horizontal, and it claims the horsepower
has jumped from thirty to thirty-six. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Husky Dogs Of Labrador.

All along the coast at every Eskimo
encampment and about the cabins Of the
iveyeres are numbers of husky dogs
In winter these animals pull the sledges
and form the sole means OF travel or
communication from settlement to settle
ment. During the summer they are not
fed by their owners, but are left to seek
their sustenance as best they can. Hence
the hungry brutes range the land near
the coast and add to the problems Of
Labrador, as they permit no creature to
live that they can pull down II horse
were to be turned out to grass over
night, only it's bare bones would be
found in the morning. Even to human
beings they are sometimes dangerous
when night begins to fall, and on &C.
casion, when hard driven by hunger,
they have been known to attack children
in the day. Considering they are hardly
ever fed in the summer, one only won
ders that there are not more i'll deeds
to set to their account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Pointed Paragraphs.
rom the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Tell the truth or some one will tell II
about you.
Among others, the county recorder is a
man of deeds.
Not all politicians who study harmon
are unsteady inclined.
Frequently thief steals such a small
sum that he is sent to Jail.
No man is so great that he can afford
to ignore even the smallest man.
Too much patience is awfully hard on
certain portion of a mans trousers.
The man who uses all the knowledge
he has has all the knowledge he can
use.
When the bills come in the first OF the
month a man resolves to practice econ
omy.
The zen may be mightier than the
sword, but both are capable OF putting
up pointed argument.
A woman's fingers are all thumbs when
she attempts to get money out Of her
purse for the purpose OF paying another
woman's car fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
"Land of the Free. "

From the Brooklyn Standard-CnfOn.
A thrteen-year-old English boy who
came here a few days ago with his uncle
was detained at Ellis Island, which
caused some of his countrymen to throw
up their hands in amazenent that such a
thing was possible in this free" coun-
try Under the immigration rules child
under sixteen may be excluded unless
accompanied by either parent, and this
was the obstruction which the uncle and
nephew encountered. The boy was allow
ed to come in after investigation. Though
occasionally suspended, the rule Is prob
ably wise one.
The trouble with most Europeans is