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

cestors that we can't spare the time
to hook ahead for few minutes. We
shout Blood will tell" and then We
hold up with pride the page In his
tory where mention Is made OF sol
der IN the revolution who wore our
family name.
More than thirty years ago a little
mountain boy was trudging along the
rough road that climbs from New
port In the east Tennessee mountains.
to the city Of Knoxville. "My name 10
Ben," he said when he was picked up
on the streets Of Knoxville and taken
to st. Johns orphanage.
Where did little Ben get his 9TH
er name? From DR.. d. L. Hooper,
who adopted the lad on faith and gave
him name and q homo and then an
education. The people of his state
gave him their votes and now he Is
their governor.
Governor Hooper is looking ahead.
He Is anxious for the future. He cam
not change his parentage nor alter
the past, and he's not trying to do so.
He's got his eye on the FUTURE He is
not bolstering himself In the govern
or's chair with soft pillows handed
down from his grandmother, nor Is he
leaning on his grandfather's cane
when he walks. He Is standing on his
own record. Good! Let's stand with
him!
Where Bliss Found the Enemy.
When General Tasker H. Bliss
comes on from California to take COM
mand Of the army's department Of the
east he will meet band of old com
rades here who remember him with
especial affection from the days Of the
Spanish-American war. At the Army
and Navy club they tell with especial
spirit some Of General Bliss early ex-
PLOTS, not ali of which were marked
by that reverence for discipline that
West Point presumably instills into
the young dog-eoldier.
'He was In command of a detach-
ment in Porto Rico during the war;
said one veteran. His detachment was
Just about big enough to make nice
audience at a moving picture show.
Nearby was a good-sized village, held
by an overwhelming force of Spaniards
Look OUT was the order given to
Bliss. Don't let the Spaniards sneak
up on you. There are enough Of them
to exterminate your men, At the first
sign of hostilities fall back eight miles.
Fall further back II the Spaniards at.
tack you
General Bliss received the orders in
military silence. The next day the com
mander-in-chief Of the American forces
made a daring reconnaissance in force,
in order to discover the whereabouts
Of the enemy. Bliss was not where he
had been left. There were no signs
that he had fallen back. After ad
vancing with great trepidation the
commander-in-chief finally discovered
Bliss sitting in from of the hut of the
mayor Of the large village which had
been held by the enemy. No Spaniards
were In sight. From every hut came
the sound Of clanking teeth and smack
ing lips. What the ultimate end of all
infidels does this mean?' roared the
C. o. I told you to tall back--not Il
attack
Couldn't help IT, said Bliss calml,
putting at his cigarette. My men have
been hungry for week-and some
squaw up here got to frying onions
You know you can't hold white mar
where he smells frying onions
Where are these unmitigated. flat
bellied, flap-eared hoodlums of yours
now?' howled the G. O.
= In those huts,' said Bliss. Frying
more onions -" Cincinnati Times
Star.