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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-07
BEGIN TAKING
new TESTIMONY
DEFENSE WITNESSES TAKE
STAND THIS MoRNING-PLAIN-
TIFF GIVEN oulzzlNG.

4 "a p o. 4. . -
At II o'clock this morning the de-
tense placed Its first witness on the
stand In the longdrawn out suit Of
J. II. R. Spilman VS.. the G. r.. I. & p.
Railroad Co., In which damages in the
sum Of 1895 are sought for the de-.
struction Of land and fences by the
overflow of Soap creek In 1905. The
railroad though having filled in por-
ton Of the creek when building an ap-
proach to the bridge that crosses the
stream, Is held responsible for the
damage by Plaintiff Spilman. The
longest period of testimony If the
witnesses who have been heard since
the beginning Of the cIse last week was
that Of the plaintiff who was on the
stand all day yesterday and until IL
o'clock this morning. A map prepared
by Mr.. Spilman for the purpose of
showing the condition of his land be-
fore and after the food, was used con-
siderable by the witness yesterday in
testifying to the jury. The defense
is said to have large number Of wit
nesses which II all are used will pro-
long the case beyond the middle Of
next week.
The court this morning issued an
order for the removal OF Ned and
Ralph Gaylor, Claude De Barr and Will,
liam Cornelius from the custody of
Sheriff w. e. Knox to the Mahaska
county Jail This was deemed neces-
sary because of the tearing down of the
old jail and the erection OF the new.
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cANTRiL.

81 "
Mrs. Warren Cassidy and little
daughter left Thursday for their home
in Colorado.
Married. at Bloomfield Saturday
Feb. rs, Miss Mary Haywood to WE
Brookheart. They will live on q farm
near Cantril.
C. n. Smith moved from Kansas to
the farm he recently purchased Of ]. v.
Webb, and Mr.. Webb to a farm near
Batavia
Lawson Roberts and little daughter
returned from a visit at Green City
Mo.
Mrs. E. e. Evans is quite Ill. Mrs.
Chas. Helwig is caring for the little
month old daughter.
Ralph Linn bought the A .LevertOn
farm and Mr.. Leverton has purchased
q livery barn in Mt Sterling
Carrie Jones returned Saturday from
q visit at Des Moines with her broth
ers..
Merrill Roberts is recovering from
an attack Of pneuomnia.
Fl. p. Wightman Of Canyon, Texas.
has moved to the farm recently pur-
chased Of Grimes Carder near Cantril.
The New Era has again changed
hands, this time to Carl Hoskins, now
principal Of the Mt. Sterling schools.
Mr. Hbskin will move into the Bassett
property. ]. w. Stonebraker will con-
tinue to make his home. in Cantril and
give his time to the real estate BUSH
ness.
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"Hope! infatuated with ~ why
what are you talking about =
"Our marriage, OF course" ex-
planned Butler, impatiently. Hope
and I are to be married In June.
see you know all about It. though
how you learned is mystery to me.
Hope sent me out to explain. she
said you didn't know-yet."
Mrs Coyle burst into a shrtef OF
historical laughter.
"And I thought you were the cen
sus taker," she gasped
Census taker!" reiterated the sur
prised attorney. what in the world
rave you such an idea?'
The mother of Hope had stilled her
laughter and was now staring at me
Young man, an inexplicable look In
CT don't know" she answered
slowly unless 1t is that I am al
ways prone to jump at conclusions,
and I had as a working basis to my
supposition the information given
me by a neighbor not over an hour
ago that the census taker was work
ing this street today. She said he
was young and good looking. Mrs.
Coyle paused to eye the embarrassed
youth critically, half smile on her
lips
"And so you are going to marry
Hope? . she continued. "And think!
1 don't even know your name!"
Butler FASTENED to give an inven.
tory OF himself for the edification OF
his prospective mother-in-law.
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oLl'v,Er.

J. H. Allen Of Dallas was in town on
business Monday.
r. Williams was q business caller in
Harvey Friday.
George Perry moved his family to
White City on Monday where he will
work in the mine.
Z Charles Louge the mine foreman
spent Sunday in Oskaloosa with rela-
tives and friends.
George Cleary of Harvey was In the
city Saturday on mining business.
n. A. Johns Of Des Moines was a
pleasant caller in town on Saturday.
John Dolan and wife of Wright Wis
tied Friday night at the r. Williams
home They will make their future
home with their daughter Mrs. Ted
Coryell at Wright!
The mines In this locality are run
ming on half time with a reduced force
of men.
]. N. Taylor of Oskaloosa addressed
the grange meeting Fridav night. They
now have sixty members. Chas. Clark
was chosen at master grange. There
was q large attendance at the nneting
and \ wet interest taken.
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EARLY RESIDENT
VISITING HERE
c. POWELL OF osKALoosA PAYS
$4,000 FOR FINE FARM
NEAR MoULToN.

G. Powell of Oskaloosa is visiting in
Ottumwa with old time friends, en-
route to his home, from Moulton where
he purchased the Samuel Ransom
farm near there. The consideration
was nearly $4,000. The farm consists
OF, $50 acres and is one Of the finest
farm tracts in southern Iowa. Mr..
Powell was an early resident Of Wap.
clio county, coming here with his par
ents and settling In Competing town
ship in 1857. He has watched Of
tumwa grow from q small town to its
present size and he declares 1t to be
one Of the best cities he ever visited.
Mr.. Powell stated that he did not be-
lieve there was better farming land In
the whole world than In Iowa and for
this reason he has invested q small
fortune in the Appanoose county land.
He asserted that the Iowa farmer who
was moving to Texas, Canada and
other states was foolish and should
remain in Iowa.
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KEOsAUQuA.

Charles Mclaughlin Of Pulaski was
visitor in Keosauqua Monday and
Tuesday.
W. p. l.. Muir and wife OF Bonaparte
have been visiting in town the guests
OF Mrs. Susie Muir, the past week.
Mrs. Robert Sloan Of Ottumwa
came down Monday to visit her sister
Mrs. Hugh Sloan who has been SER
iously i'll the past few weeks.
Robert Dahlburg has returned home
from spending the winter In Arkansas.
Miss Lottie Boyer left Saturday for
a visit with relatives at Smithsboro,
III.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte whitney and lit
tie son Harry have returned to- their
home after spending week with the
formers sister Mrs. Brown Mcdonald
and family.
Little Edgar Van Auken. the 21-
months son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Van Auken is seriously III with pneu-
moTia complicated with measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Prall, Mrs. G..
p. whitney and daughter Miss Mar
Ruerite went to Ottumwa Wednesday
where they met their mother Mrs.
Eugene Mason and sister Mrs John
w. Clemens and husband, who have
been spending the winter in Fort Col
|lins, Colo. for the benefit of the lat
ter's health.
Mrs. Sarah Ridell left Saturday for
Keokuk to visit her sister Mrs. But
Ter Beer and family.
Mark Whitney went to Ottumwa on
Wednesday on business trip.
H. e. Duckwcrth was business Wis
,tor in Cliffland and Ottumwa Wednes-
day.
Mrs. M. Vincent OF Cantril has been
Keosauoua visitor, the guest Of her
son John Tharp and family.
Miss Mabel Lining arrived home
from Des Moines Saturday. where she
J has been employed for several months
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FARMINGToN.

Miss Bonnie Jenreys Of Keokuk ts
the guest OF her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Sprouse.
Mrs. Nita Edmonson of Kalona Is
visiting Mrs. G. T. Asquith.
Mrs. M. Van Zant and Mrs. Grant
Beer visited Friday with relatives in
Bentonsport.
On Monday evening at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Bielmore, the mem
bers of the Congregational church gave
q farewell reception in honor OF Mr..
and Mrs. C. A. McWilliams, who will
soon move to Eldon. Refreshments
were served.
Mrs. Lydia Manard and daughter.
Miss Nellie, were Keokuk visitors on
wednesday.
Mrs. Newton and daughter, Miss Bes-
sic. left Friday for Fairfield where they
EXPECT to make their future home.
Wildey lodge, !. o. o. F., pleasantly
celebrated Washington's birthday at
the lodge rooms. A banquet was spread
and most enjoyable evening passed.
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WILLIAMS BURG.

Adelbert Briggs Of Boone, Ia, came
in Monday for a few days visit at the
home OF of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Biggs.
Mrs. J. p. Doherty and daughter who
visited recently at Cedar Rapids have
returned. y
Mrs. John Kuch Of West Troy were
in Tuesday and visited at the Gustav
Romberg home.
David Jenkins Of Sibley. Iowa, is
visiting this week at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis D. Jones and other
relatives In this vicinity.
w. E. Fuller and brother Floyd
made business trip to Cedar Rapids
on Wednesday.
Arthur williams OF Strawberry
Point, Ia, visited Wednesday at the
home of his parents.
Mrs. Freeman Smith is visiting this
week at the home Of her son. Rev.
Walter Smith OF Harvey, la.
The Progress Club held their mid
winter social Monday at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Jones. Refresh
played and pleasant time was en-
joyed by all present.
Miss Hazel McMurry OF Cedar Rap
ids Is visiting this week at the home
Of her sister Mrs. ]. d. Lewis.
James Rush who has been at OF
tumwa attending to some business
matters, returned home Thursday
evening.
David Roberts moved his family and
personal effects March LIST to the David
Roth property in the north part OF the
city.
Chas Boland and wife who have
been visiting with relatives and friends
at Cedar Rapids have returned home,
Mrs. Brigie Hanson has moved her
personal effects to her new home re-
Gently purchased from !. N. Schooley.
Cook & Donahue are moving their
hardware stock to the Lew Keil build
ing on the east side.
Miss Laurel Brooks of Cornell coll
lege has been visiting for few days
at the home OF her parents, Rev. ana
Mrs. e. C. Brooks, has returned and
resumed her studies.
Mrs. Sarah Edwards left Monday
for a weeks visit with relatives ana
friends at Iowa City.
Mrs. Della Mulherin and children
left Tuesday for Fairfax. a., where
they have purchased residence prop
erty and will make their homo IN that
CITY, They were accompanied by MISS
Mamie Driscoll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Nash who have
been here visiting for few days At
the home Of the formers parents, Mr..
-
their home at Oskaloosa.
Mrs. +. A. Daniels Of York township
was In town Thursday visiting with
relatives and friends.
M. w. Holden left Thursday morn
ing for a few days visit at the home
of his son Carl Of Sigourney.
Milton Barnard has moved his fam
ily to the James A. Starry property IN
the east part Of the city.
Henry Kanuck moved his family in
from the country Thursday to the res
idence property recently purchased OF
". w. Lewis. III
Mrs. C. j. Simmons and two sons are
visiting this week at the home OF the
formers parents at Marengo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snowden Ketchen OF
Harrisburg, Pa, who have been visit
ing relatives at Iowa City, Ia, came
up Thursday for short visit with
Mrs. Nellie Kitchen and daughter Miss
Truma, before returning to their home
in Pennsylvania.
Several families in this city are UNI
der rigid quarantine by reason OF
scarlet fever The schools and churches
are also closed for the present
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six Calves in Eleven Months.

Bartlett, March Anew Years
Pride, thoroughbred red polled cow
belonging to O. Chambers OF Bartlett.
was born January 1, 1903. One year
after birth she weighed $40 pounds.
Her first calf was born when the
mother was two years old. A calf was
born to New Years Pride every year
thereafter until March, 1910. when, one
chilly morning, she gave birth to trip
pets, two of which lived. February IL,
this year, a second set OF triplets was
born, which are all lively and well.
making total of six calves within IL
months. In each instance. one heifer
and two males were born.
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Another article in the Courier today
will prove of great interest to scores
of our readers. We refer to the letter
from w. H. Caldwell, pioneer Ottum-
wan and former Courier publisher, who
since leaving Ottumwa in the early
R70's, has published paper in Beloit,
Kansas, and who at present is assist.
ant state printer OF Kansas. A number
Of letters from Mr.. Caldwell have been
published, all dealing in reminiscent
vein with events Of the early days. No
feature ever given its readers by the
Courier has proven more popular, or
evoked more favorable comment. To
days letter is a continuation of an ar
ticle begun in last Saturdays issue.
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CHARLTON.

Chas. Granville and Miss Izetta Gull
bertson, both of Lincoln township.
were united in marriage In this city on
Tuesday, evening at o'clock, at ythe
United Presbyterian parsonage, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. g,
/, Findley. Only the immediate rela.:
tives were present The bride was at
tired in dark blue suit. The worthy
couple will reside on farm in Lincoln
township Both have resided in this
county for many years and are well
known and highly respected large
circle Of friends will join In extending
congratulat tons and in wishing them a
long, happy and prosperous welded
life.
The members of the Baptist church
enjoyed social meeting at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs: Rose on Tuesday even
ing. Miss Nelson, of Chicago. home
missionary, was present and made a
very interesting address. Light re-
freshments were served and most en-
joyable time was had.
Miss Adgie Hunt Of GAINESVILLE. Mo-,
visited friends in this city Yesterday
while on her way to Russell to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Widener are the
parents of son, born recently.
Mrs. Ella Sherman left yesterday on
a few days business trip to Mt. Pleas
ant.
Rev. j. 3. Howard Of Peotone. Ill. is
here for visit with his niece. Mrs.
Orion Irwin and with his sister IT
Lucas and other relatives. He resided
in this county many years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Jones left yester-
day for Woodburn where they expect
to reside in the future.
Mrs. Geo. Stewart and little son.
Maurice of ST. Joe, returned home
yesterday after few days visit with
her mother Mrs. J. r. Spiker. and
old friends.
Geo. Israel is off on few days
business trip to Bottineau, North Da-
kota.
One of the best wrestling matches
ever witnessed in Charlton was pulled
off at the Temple theater Tuesday
evening when Mckenzie Of Oakley
wrestled McCarnl, who is champion OF
North Dakota. Both were in good trim
and the match was good one. McKen-
zie won two falls. the first and third,
in 3h minutes. McCarm won the sec
ond fall in minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Weakland, Vt
WOODBURY.. visited friends in this city
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Weakland OF
WOODBURY. visited friends in this city
yesterday.
Mrs. o. D. Helt. of ST. Joe. formerly
Of this city came. yesterday for visit
with relatives and old friends here and
lat Russell
"A bay girl was born Tuesday morn
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N Primm left yes
terday for visit with relatives and
friends in WOODBURY. and OsceOla.
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Returns From Meeting.

Des Moines, March Nv. B. Barney,
state food and dairy commissioners,
returned yesterday from Chicago,
where he has been attending meeting
OF the directory board Of the National
Dairy Show association, Of which he Is
. member. The meeting was for the
purpose Of organization. There will be
another gathering Of the board In Chi
cago on April Z. at which time loca-
ton for the next annual show will be
decided upon. Milwaukee and Chicago
are the only two cities in the field for,
the show at this time, but others are
expected to bid for 1t.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Hughes of Bel
KNAPP spent Wednesday in Bloomfield.
Mr. and Mrs. l. F. Miller were In
Ottumwa Wednesday,.
Mrs. Jane Spillman was an Ottum :
wa visitor Wednesday.
Miss Eva Thayer of Des Moines ar
rived Wednesday to spend the remain
der Of the week visiting her mother,
Mrs. Alice Thayer.
Mrs Emma Swinney of F1oris stop
ped over in Bloomfield Wednesday on
her way to Ottumwa.
friedrich Wiedrick Of Germany was
in the city Wednesday.
u. S. Scott and daughter Mary
Agnes spent Wednesday in Ottumwa.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young enter
tained the Fortnightly Whist club on
Wednesday evening.
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q LAND LURES YOU, >BEGlN At
HOME.

.eThA Young man who Ieels Jig
drawing powers of the soil, the iuIe
If the land, II he lives in Iowa, IS
under no compulsion to go tnousahu !,
miles away from home to try MS iu .I
savs the Cedar Rapids Republican. p e
can do It right here. Any man Win
sndustry and thrift can get hold OF, ten
nr twenty acres Of land and on that
Ynuch land he can make a good pront
IN his labors, provided he Will get
owav from corn and oats, but devote
bia time to more intensive kinds OF
Farming. It may take few years 10
cat under way, but hundreds OF
Iowans have accomplished 1t. Farm
mo looks and sounds like another
thing when it is a thousand miles
from home. at the end Of some rsin-
How This is especially true when It
"a called by other names, such as
ranchinq or fruit farming, but it is all
ono and the same thing. 1t means
work in the soil and under the sun,
whether It is in, California or Colo
RADIO or. Texas or Florida. 1t Is just
"a nrosaic in those places as 1t Is IN
Towa and Just as exhilarating mere as
II is there. But there is certain
glamour about 1t when one thinks OF
Going away from home to do 1t. We
ali imagine, one-half Of the time, that
somewhere away from here we can
make work and farming idyllic.
"But IL you will make your start IN
Iowa on ten acres, instead of on ten
acres Of irrigated land, you will be
certain OF one thing and that is re-
suits. In Iowa there is never fail
ure on the part of the soil to yield 9
crop enough to keep one alive. And
there is another thing that also is GER
tatn and that ia a market near at hand
for. whatever you produce.
IF you want to go to work digging
in the soil, begin right at home. Raise
chickens, raise tomatoes for the can
ming factories and make. q start IN
berries and the other what nots OF
intensive farming. You can do it right
here and many can, while making such
q start, retain their present Jobs,
especially If they are near the cities
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PRESERVING SIGHT.

One of the large cities has provided
that label shall be pasted in every
text book used in the schools, warning
the children against straining their
eyes. Golfers gives the list Of eau
tons contained in this label as fol-
lows:
Your eyes are worth more to you
than any book.
Your safety and your success In life
depend on your eyes; therefore,. take
care Of them.
Always hold your head up when you
read.
Hold your book fourteen inches from
your face.
Be sure that the light is clear and
good.
Never read in a bad light.
Never read with the sun shining d.
rectly on the book.
Is Never face the light in reading.
Let the light come from behind or
over your left shoulder.
Avoid books or papers printed 1ndls-
tinctly or in small type.
Rest your eyes by looking from the
book every few moments.
Cleanse, your eyes every night and
morning with pure water.
Here is good reason why this plan
should be taken up by schools in other
cities. The children cannot be expected
to realize the danger of eye strain.
They need to be cautioned IN this re-
gard. There are ten men wearing
glasses today where there was one
twenty-five years ago. Unless more in
telligence is shown in preventing the
abuse OF sight, we will become more OF
a bespectacled race in the years to
come.
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FOOD PRODUCTS CHEAPER.

Those who have been clamoring fol
lower prices, says the Cedar Rapids
Republican, commenting on compute
lions made in Chicago which show
that food products have fallen 80 pei
cent on an average since year ago
when the apex was reached. These
declines, 1t says, affect every article
except coffee, which has been going
up, due to the manipulatiols in Brazil
and the importers in New York who
have taken advantage of the situation
in the coffee market. The following
Chicago quotations are given:
Food prices were first to feel the
reaction. The packers are now sell
ing at wholesale f1rst-class dressed
beef as follows: Rib, IL IL cents !;
loin. 10 cents. A year ago ribs were
selling at 16 cents and loins at 10
cents. Fresh eggs at wholesale are
now Is cents and retail at ga drop
|of 40 per cent Bacon has declined
from So cents to % cents pound.
Pork, mutton, lamb, veal and fish
have had a corresponding decline.
Flour is 81 barrel cheaper than a
year ago, and wheat in the Chicago
market is 20 cents bushel less. Corn
is the lowest in five years at As cents.
Clothing is the last to feel the effect
|of declines, but that too is on the
downward trend. Cotton goods. which
last year reached high prices on a
short crop of cotton, are declining on
the 100000 bale crop last autumn
and the fine prospects for this year.
Sugar has declined almost 80 per cent.
T,.&& c,4, - oil, ~ NJ
for the best grades.
''The apex prices of year." the
Republican adds, followed largely on
natural causes, although the underly-
ing causes were seized upon by GER
tain dealers and magnified There
was believed scarcity of grains.
wheat, corn and oats and these staples
are almost 20 cents bushel under
prices that prevailed at that time. A
year ago Monday hog prices in Chi
cago went above the $40 per hundred
mark, while now they are hardly able
to hold the 81 basis. That egg and
butter prices are lower is largely due
to the collapse of certain cold storage
schemes. The open winter has been
productive of eggs and this fact helped
to bring the cold storage trust to grief.
Attention should be called to the
fact that these declines have been nat
ural, without the interference Of
legislation. But at the time the high
prices eliminated every one was
blaming the laws and the courts and
wanted all sorts of dire things done
forthwith. Most of the proposals we're
foolish ones and if they had been
enacted they would now be 'plaguing
the country.
I'm the way Of tariff revision 1t may
be stated that the predictions Of the
calamity howlers have not come true.
If the tariff revision were under way
now, instead of last year, the re-
visionists would not be able to make
the same impression on the country.
Then they took advantage Of tenn
porary apex in prices and with them
scared the people almost out of their
wits
'"The consumers were told that the
tariff was the cause of the high prices
but now we have declining prices
and prices already 80 per cent down
under the same tariff.
IF the tariff then was to blame for
the high prices why is not the tariff
now to blame for the lower prices?"
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should have. Millions of dollars
worth Of shoes are consumed in Iowa
every year." says Captain Harper.
"The hides are produced in the state.
Why ship the hides to the east, tan
them and make them into shoes and
then ship them back to Iowa?"
Articles in this series will be pub
lished every Saturday for an indefinite
period as a part Of the plan Of the pub
licity committee Of the commercial as
sociation to boost Ottumwa's inter-
ests.
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IA WaIkinn club AID siaourney.

sigourney, March 3.-This town has
walking club" composed of ladies.
Ten Of them arranged to ride down
to Harper on the train, intending to
walk from there to Keota, returning
on the evening train, and five of them
actually accomplished this feat. They
were Mrs. Harry Brown, Mrs. Frank
Yerger, Mrs. Harry Meas, Mrs. Fred
Haffner and Gertrude Meas. The other
Ave missed the train at Sigourney but
nothing daunted, they walked the en-
tire distance from Sigourney to
'Keota.