Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-05


that visited Ottumwa the 9th inst,
that did as much damage to property
as any one that sever disturbed Kan
sas. and yet, had that occurred In
Kansas you would have had half col
umn, double width and jumbo type
scare heads topped with lawful Kan
sas Cyclone! Hundreds Killed Much
property destroyed etc, etc., and the
context would reveal that the killed
was all in your minds-hot air.!
Let's see, where did leave Oft \. to
make tho Getour Of the two last pages
oh, yes, noticing your peculiarly
shaped footwear every pair charac-
teristicallv marked by their heels lean
ing backward; caused by the brake
like wear they, endure when you pre-
ambulate from the clouds down to the
grade, Of your business streets. And
Just here comes in tine query-why is
every city Cor nearly so) that Is bull:
on such rugged ground Of unusual
prosperity and business rush? Queer
isn't it? On the other hand. take the
college and seminary towns-noted as
such-and invariably they are located
on level CT partially level sites. You
never find an educational center Gas
they are called) and manufacturing
business, pushing population Joined to-
gether. Why? Are the college and sem
mary towns the educational centers
teach the dead languages and lot of
stuff that don't have shortening
enough in It to evolve batch Of bis
cults or energy enough to roll bar u
iron. suppose one would be consider
ed well Informed to speak Of them as
educational, but when 1t comes to
making wheels revolve, machinery
atmosphere Is flooded with life, energy,
business progress, vim, progressive :
ness, you must get your ticket punched
for such stations as Ottumwa, nesting
among the hills that adorn the shores
of the beautiful Des Moines. II you will
pardon a depression and acquit me OF
intent to insult you. would rema *
that what struck me when visiting you
dear friends as what you need pretty
badly Is smoke arr..sters and paint.
You say 1t is imprac :icable. point you
to the resurrection. of such cities as
Wheeling, West Virginia, and Pitts
burg, Pa, where in former years the
folks In going to church in white shirt
fronts nearly disloca ted their necks in
curvfng them so that they could blow
the SCOT and dirt off with their breath.
and the ladies always carried their
fans open to whisk the dirty debris
from their gowns; the houses locke
dingy and forbiddins outside. That is
all changed by the simple inexpensive
Of smoke consumers and
spark arresters.
Ottumwa being great. throl,bir;,
manufacturing city, wealthy, suprer,
in and permanently anchored upon in
evitable prosperity should now begin
to look 1T the aesthetic side of busi
ness, proceed to brush off the tarntsh
and wash its face. OF course realiza
that this is ingratitude and the acme
Of impudence, but If you love me be.
feve that it is the outspoken criticism.
Of a devoted friend Topeka is a con-
siderable manufacturing city, also, but
the forbidOing. aspect Of mi:'ns
town is not one of its features. OF
tumwa could be transformed into 2
veritable park with very little expense.
rhe residences and grounds outside the
principal business streets and pre-
,incts are. handsome and well kept
nothing superior to them anywhere
hat / have seen. Now see here: VIZ
should you men expect your wives to
Keep their kitchens IS clean and tid.
is their parlors, if you do not set the
example Of making your business
houses comport with your elegant res
dences?
But While have little hair left be-