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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-12
ADVANCES ON
HORSES SUSPENDED

Washington, D. c., Nov. g. The
general railroad rate advances on the
transportation of horses and mules in
carloads between Chicago and St.
Louis and other points and stations in
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming
were today further suspended by the
Interstate commerce commission I'M
til May IL, 1913
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-12
TOTAL SHOWED
AGAINST WILCOX

Misplaced Figure Gave erroneous I'M
preston as to Vote PoIIed by
Democrats.
An error in the totals as shown In
a table on the vote for justice of the
peace yesterday, showed the total
vote of Fred Wilcox after the, name
of Candidate P. Gallagher. The fig
ures as to the vote behind each name
we're proper, but the totals were mis-
placed as to Mr. Wilcox and Mr.. Gala
CHER, giving the impression that the
former polled the smallest vote. The
facts are that Mr.. Wilcox was but
thirty behind his nearest opponent,
Mr. Nosler, who received 1924, and
Mr.. Wilcox, 1894. t.' +. .".
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-12
MISS BALDWIN
VISITS SORORITIES

Mt Pleasant, Nov. 9.-Miss Lena
Baldwin of Syracuse, N. Y, national
president of Alpha XII Delta sorority,
is in the city for the inspection of Beta
chapter of the organization at Iowa
Wesleyan. She is making an official
tour through the west.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-12
Paul Woolson Buys Clarinda Herald.

Paul Woolson Buys Clarinda Herald.
Des Moines, Nov. 9.-Paul Woolson,
son of the late federal Judge, Hon. John
S. Woolson, has bought the Clarinda
Herald newspaper and job printing
plant I'D will take possession of the
anne + y soon. During the past ten
months Mr.. Woolson has been residing
at Waterloo Previous to that he re-
ided at Clarinda and was interested
in manufacturing plant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-12
RED BULL BEATS RED AUTO.
Representative Of the Species Bovinus
Wrecks Machine Because It,
DisIlkes Color f,@

.. DisIikes Color. ~
Sergeant Bluffs, Nov. "a red bull
and a red automobile disputed over
the right of way in a road near here
yesterday, and when the bull went it's
way 1t carried skinned head, while
the auto was a total wreck at the foot
of fifteen foot embankment. The bull
was in a pasture beside the road and
became angry at the flaming color of
the auto. 1t broke down the fence and
met the auto head on, knocking it to
one side. A second charge sent the
machine over the embankment and
wrecked it. The passengers escaped
injury.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05

The luminous compasses are to be
issued to each regimental and squad
ron headquarters, and their use is to
guide troops across a dark and I'M
known country at night. The United
States is here following the example
of other countries, which have already
adopted a compass of the luminous
type.
The compasses are made luminous
through the use of obynite, an English
invention made luminous by radium,
and the efficiency Of the device has
been tested at Rock Island and on a
5O0-mile practice march. The surface
of the compass is said to be perfectly
luminous, and it is claimed that there
is not diminution of this quality after
constant use.
There is some talk of using the
same material for application to disks
Of thick waterproof board to be at
tached to the backs of soldiers for
night operations. The column leaders
only wear them.
The board has recommended the
bayonet for the trooper IN the ground
that "the greatest accomplishments OF
the American cavalry have been scout
ing on foot"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES time a bust
w ness man visits Washington the
idea comes to him of how much more
easily and economically he could run
Uncle Sans business than 1t is now
conducted. In a way it is one Of those
cases where ANY sort OF an individual
could run a newspaper, or fill a pub
lie Office, or preach a sermon or do
almost anything in which the public
feels a proprietary interest" The
American visiting Washington feels
that he is in a way looking after his
own property, when he looks upon the
buildings and sees how things are 60
Ing.
A prominent New York manufacture
er, in Washington on a visit, was shak'
ing his head as he walked down the
avenue toward his hotel. Proof OF
the futility of paternalsm, government
ownership and socialism, he declared
with a wave of the hand, SIS evidenced
In observing closely the operation OF
The business affairs Of the government
as contrasted with that by individuals,
especially in the matter of economy
and cost of operation. The higher
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
ASTRONOMERS MIND BLANK
Professor Pipes of Iowa Doesn't Know
What Became Of Auto and
Telescope.

Kansas City, Motifs mind a blank
since Friday, Professor M. Pipes. so
years old, an astronomer who has
bee stopping at SIT a Eighth
street, is unable to account for the
disappearance of his motor car n a
faithful dog, and a telescope which
was his means of livelihood when
the skies were not cloudy and people
wished to take a look at the stars
while he told them what they were
seeing.
Professor Pipes came to Kansas
City about six weeks ago n he, his
motor car, dog and telescope were in
separable until Friday, when a patrol
man found Pipes in a dazed condi.
ton. The man vas taken to the
Flora venue police station and was
turned over to J. G.. Greenman, in
vesttgator Of the insane, who placed
him in the custody of a friend.
The astronomer lives at Nora
Springs. Iowa. His wife and daugh-
ter, who are there, have been notified
of his condition. He has been trav-
cling with his motor car, dog and
telescope for a couple of years. Colo
mel Greenman released him in the
custody of a friend.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
How Statesman Was Rendered Hatless

NE of those unfortunate cases OF
~ mistaken identity between hats
occurred a few days ago in the house
cloak room. BILLY" Kent, the reform
member from California, who wear
the ~orneriest looking hat in Washing
ton. walked off with a dome-covering
that belonged to Ira Copley of Illinois.
While the Copley hat was in Kent
possession an accident befell it, and
Copley declares that he wouldn't wear
it to a masquerade. He and Kent
were classmates at Yale, and he felt
free to tell him that he thought he
should be reimbursed for the ruined
hat. Kent and Copley each W sew
eral dray loads of money, but it was
the principle of the thing.
.It isn't the first time that you
have rendered me more or less hat
less" said Copley. Il remember one
time some 25 years ago that you threw
a SNOWFALL at me, when 1 was passing
along on the opposite side Of the
street, attending strictly to my own
affairs. as was my wont. And my
brand new derby hat looked like a be-
fore-taking portrait. Now. once again
you compel me to 30 20 the hat store
and squander my savings or else join
the hatless brigade and be thought
eccentric or poetical.'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05

The contented and happy hen is the
laying hen.
Round pebbles will not do for rough
edges to grind the grain.
A writer recommends boiled rice
for diarrhea in young turks.
Initiate nature as Closely as possible
and your turkey crop will pay out.
Little and often is one of the i'm.
portant things to remember in feeding
chicks.
Eggs should always be protected
from the hot sun while being taken to
market.
Windows should now be out of the
poultry house n wire netting tackled
in their places.
A foorless brood coop on clean,
dry ground is better than one with Q
board floor in 1t.
The average hen outlives her use.
fitness In two years, and is more prof.
table sent to market.
Whether kept for Matching or mag
ket eggs ought to be kept free from
any form Of moisture.
When eggs are soft shelled the hens
are either too fat or do not get enough
mineral matter in their feed.
Don't neglect the water supply Is
plenty Of water helps to keep the
hens in good laying condition.
A safe rule to follow in chick feed.
ing is to give them joss as much a.
they will clean up nicely at each feed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
HOMES OF AUTHORS
Some Live Within the Haunts
They Write Of.
But Arnold Bennett Pictures the Black
Midlands from Fontainebleau; Hall
Game Surveys Isle of Mar
From Greeba Castle.

London.-London nay be the lite
rary center of the British Isles, but
our leading authors prefer to live and
work somewhere on the circumfer.
ence. Most of the novelists, at any
rate, escape beyond reach of the mo,
%tor-buses. Some of them have cho-
sen to breathe the atmosphere OF
their own books. J. NJ. Barrie's postal
address is Kirriemuir, which is the
name that map-makers give to
'Thrums. Thomas Hardy and Sir Ar
thur Quiller-Couch likewise dwell
among their own people, the one in
Wessex and the other in the Delecta.
BILE Duchy. Hall Game surveys the
Isle of Man from the windows, or pos.
sibly the battlements and loopholes,
of Greeba Castle. Others are widely
scattered over the shires. Rider Hag-
gard is a country squire in Norfolk.
Mrs. Steel lives in North Wales, Mau.
rice Hewlett at Salisbury, Mrs. Hum
phry Ward in Herts, j. X. Jerome and
G. X. Chesterton in Bucks, Joseph
Conrad in Kent, and w. w. Jacobs in
Essex.
No one would ever guess where Ar
mold Bennett has been making his
home for some years. His studies OF
Ffe in the Black Country of the Eng
lish Midlands have been written at
FontainebIeau! Though only a days
journey distant, he has thus been
practically as much in exile from his
Five Towns as Stevenson was from
Edinburgh when in Samoa. He has
nov finally put aside all temptations
to belong to other nations, and has
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05

WARFARE is to be ended for all
w time. at least SO far as the United
States is concerned, and the standard
of citizenship in this country is to be
put on a higher plane than ever be-
fore by a course of study in good will
which is devised for the elementary
schools throughout this country. Such,
at least, is the hope of those who have
formulated the course. A complete out
line Of the topics covered in this new
school subject has just been issued
by the United States bureau of ed
ucation.
In the lower grades, according to
the bureau Of education's program.
the child is trained in habits of for
bearance, consideration, gentleness
and self-control, while in the latter
grades emphasis Is laid upon the prin-
.iples OF the world peace movement.
Thus in the first grade the child
learns the treatment he should give
his companions and pets. The second
grade deals with home life; the third,
with school and play time, while the
fourth takes up the home town or city.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
Habits of Forbearance to Be Taught

In grade five the course broadens to
include a consideration Of the whole
country; in the sixth, the child takes
up good citizenship; in the seventh
he studies the world family, and in the
last he learns what the larger patriot
ism
In this way the child grows up in
the understanding that good will,
which he must show his friends and
parents, should be extended to all the
inhabitants Of the earth. He begins
by learning that he must be kind to
animals and playmates, because he is
in constant relations with them; then
he comes to understand that this ma
ton should be at peace with all 9TH
ers, because all nations are interde-
pendent, and this finally leads to the
last topic in the whole long course
the united world.
The moral qualities essential to the
world peace movement, such as faith
fulness, generosity, gratitude, hospital
ity, fair play, honesty, and considera-
ton for others, are emphasized. The
practical operation of these qualities
in the field of world politics is shown
effectively by consideration of such
questions as: How can we help our
community? How can we serve our
country? What have other nations
given us? What are our obligations to
them? What are the effects of war?
What are the moral substitutes for
war;? Who have contributed most to
civilization? And why?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
All Think They Could Do it Better

cost incurred in building battleships
is but an illustration.
Why" he exclaimed, wrathfully,
the revelations are simply astound-
ing. The legal red tape of govern
mental affairs is something exasperat-
ing. If there is a labor-saving device
introduced. it requires an endless
amount of regulation. The quick, de-
cisive action of business executive and
initiative force is utterly lacking"
He told of one case reported to him
where IS typists were kept at work
recoyping each month $4,000 names OF
workers to whom checks were to be
sent. Later an ordinary addressing
machine had done away with the ne
cessity of the services Of these en-
%ployes, but the department head was
prevented by law from dispensing
with their services until the end OF the
quarter for which the quota of help
was authorized and imposed.
Another startling fact was revealed
that some of the most learned bureau
chiefs in Washington are receiving no
greater salary than efficient shipping
clerks in private enterprises. 1T seems
to me- concluded the business man
tersely, that when the comparative
cost of the same work In the govern
ment and in private enterprises are
considered, need is shown of at least
more ac~celeration and elasticity In the
conduct of governmental business IL
it is to be kept in line with modern
commercial methods" - Chapple's
Newsletter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
DUBIOUS
About What Her Husband Would Say.

A Mich. woman tried Postum be.
cause coffee disagreed with her and
her husband. Tea is just as harm.
full as coffee because it contains cat.
feine-the same drug found in cot.
fee. She writes
MY husband was sick for three
years with catarrh of the bladder, and
palpitation Of the heart, caused by
coffee. Was unable to work at all
and in bed part OF the time.
Il had stomach trouble, was weak
and fretful SO 1 could not attend to
my housework-both of us using cot.
fee all the time and not realizing It
was harmful.
"One morning the grocers wife
said she believed coffee was the cause
took It home rather dubious what my
husband would say-he was fond Ct
coffee.
But I took coffee right of the table
and We haven't used a cup Of 1t since.
You should have seen the change in
us, and now my husband never com
plains Of heart palpitation any more.
My stomach trouble went away in two
weeks after l | began Postum. My chill
dren love it, n it does them good,
which can't be said of coffee.
"A lady visited us who was usually
half sick. l told her I'd make her q
cup OF Postum. Sis said 1t was taste
less stuff, but she watched me make
it, boiling it thoroughly for Is minutes,
and when done, she said 1t was splen-
did. Long boiling brings out the fla
vor and food quality" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. THE Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appear from time to time. They
ore genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
TURKEYS NEED LARGE RANGE
Small Pen in Town Is Absolutely Not
Suitable for Rearing Meat For
Christmas Dinner.

For those persons in town who are
thinking of raising a turkey or two in
their back yards there is trouble In
store. The back yard or pen is not
the place for a bird which refuses to
be domesticated, w. A. Lippincott.
head of the poultry department at the
Kansas Agricultural college, says.
The farm is the place to raise tur.
keys. They must have a good range.
During the first few months 1t is bet
ter to give them ne grain, but let them
forage and eat bugs. If small turkeys
are cared for in this way, the fatality
will be much less.
Professor Lippincott suggests that
you let some farmer take your young
turkeys and rear them. You might ar.
range to pay a little rent to a farmer
for allowing your birds to o In his
pastures. Then, along about Thanks
giving, all you have to do is to go out
INC harvest you turkey.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
HOT WEATHER POULTRY CARE
Remove Every Window and Substitute
Wire Netting for Ventilation
of Hen House.

1t does not require much hard work
to keep a flock in good condition In
the summer, but absolute neglect Will
often completely destroy the winter
reproducing qualities of not only
the old hens, but the pullets as we'll.
If you have not removed every win
dow in the chicken house and substl-
tuted wire netting, in order to provide
perfect ventilation, do SO at once.
Better that the chicks rocst IN the
trees than that they be confined In a
vermin-ridden building.
Body lice viii worry a flock to
death, or SO nearly so as to destroy
it's usefulness. These can be killed,
but not easily.
Good insect powder will do the
business. 1t should be applied with a
powder spray by one person., while
another holds the fowls by the legs
so that the powder may reach every
part of the skin through the dis
turbed feathers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
u. S. Cavalry Has New Appliances

NEW appliances and equipment are
IN now being furnished to the United
States cavalry. Not satisfied with
giving the troopers the field wireless
telegraph plant, the Maxim %silencer,
the automatic machine gun and other
equipment, the war department is 60
ing a step further.
Hereafter cavalry troopers are to be
equipped with pocket electric lights
and luminous field coElpasses! The
bayonet is also to be added to the
troopers equipment, so that in effect,
endorsed, he will be as efficient as an
infantryman.
Due to the extended need for foreign
service on the part of the troops, and
to the superior mobility of the cavalry
arm in the foreign field, the United
States is making extensive additions
to the field c~onveniences of the troop
ers.
Each troop commander is here
after to be supplied with one pocket
electric fashlight, five inches long and
covered with durable leather. This
is on the recommendation Of h cav
airy equipment board. 1t is believed
that the light will be useful to troop
commanders in conducting night oper-
atoms with other troops, or even in
dependent night operations on a small
scale, in reading dispatches, examin-
ing crossings and banks of streams
before fording.
The lights to be supplied have been
SO covered as to be proof against wet
weather and tropical temperatures.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05

"Ah, yes" replied Kent, Il, too, re-
call that SNOWFALL incident. And that
is why l shall not pay SO much as one
cen toward a new hat for you. Not
one cent shall pay" And he snapped
his fingers defiantly.. Il knocked off
your hat, it's true Whereupon l
bought o a new hat. You mean
while had bought one and charged it
to me. And furthermore, your hat
wasn't ruined after all, as you had it
repaired and wore it long after newer
styles labeled Nobby' were being ex-
hibited in the windows. / figure that
/ have had a hat to my credit on your
books for these many years. and I
shall buy you no more hats, not even
IL you're obliged to go about the
streets without SO much as a halo to
protect you from our cratic climate"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
FEED HOPPER NEVER CHOKES
Minnesota Experiment Station Recon-
mends Device as Shown in Illus
tration Herewith.

A good feed hopper for grain and
dry mash feeding is shown in the il
lustration herewith and is recon-
mended by the Minnesota Experiment
station at Crookston. The diagram
explains itself. The advantages of
this style OF hopper are that it will
not choke, the chickens cannot get
into the feed with their feet, the feed
is kept dry even outdoors, and none
is wasted. The wing on each side
shows the roof over the trough to
keep the outside feed dry. One side
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
Keeping Birds Graded.

Be sure to grade your birds accord
ing to size as the weeks pass. When
you find that some are outstripping
the others, take them away and put
them with birds Of their own size. If
you have toe-marked the feet and have
put on highlands, you will be able to
tell the facts regarding them at any
time.
Here is where the value of records
comes in. Keep an accurate record of
every hatch, and then grade the birds
without having to feel that if you mix
Yem up you will not be able to tell
them again when you want to know
certain things about them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
PROVIDING Fresh Air,

Birds are so constituted by nature
that they require an abundance OF
fresh air for health and vigor. They
never do well with a limited supply
Of air. For this reason all coops and
boxes in which poultry Of any kind
is kept in the summer should be as
open as possible.
Let the roof be tight to protect from
rain, but let at least n side be open
for the admission of fresh air at all
times. The open side may be protected
by wire cloth or other material that
will let in the air, but keep out rats
etc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
CHICKEN COOP is PORTABLE
Mississippi Man Invents Device Of
knockdown Style-When Not In
Use Takes but Little Room.

A new form of knock-down chick
en- coop has been patented by a Mis-
souri, man. When erected IT forms a
roomy coop and when taken down 1t
occupies little space. The structure
is of metal and consists of a bottom
piece, a top piece and sides and two
ends. The roof is curved to shed rain
and has a handle by which the coop
can be carried easily. All these parts
flet into each other by means OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
stons Work of Lice.

The poultry department of Ohio
Agricultural college is recommending
a lice powder which, 1t is said, poul-
trymen will find effective in Kidding
their fowls of parasites. Directions
for making the powder are: Put 2h
pounds of plaster of paris into a pan.
Then mix n pint gasoline and u pint
cresol. Stir the plaster of paris
while adding the liquid. When ready
the mixture should be rather crumbly.
After drying it should be sifted, when
it will be ready to use.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
Snappy Age

The young man breezed into the old
mans library.
Il met your daughter" he n
nounced, Eat a Fifth avenue reception.
I want to marry her next Friday aft
ernoon at $3.50. She's willing"
The old man turned to his card in
dex.
Which daughter?' he asked.
Its Miss Ethel"
"All right" said the old man.
Make it 4:30 and I'll attend the we'd
ding. 1 have an engagement at the
other hour"
1t was SO ordered. This is a snappy
age.-Pittsburg Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
Cleaning Up Old Nests.

The i~ncuhating season is over with
poultry SO far as profit to the owner
is concerned, and the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station advises hat all old
nesting material be taken out and
burned, and that all nesting boxes be
disinfected and given a coat of liquid
lice killer. after which fresh straw may
be pisced in them for late layers.
The creosote preparations sold at
lumber yards for wood preserving
have been used with good effect as
lice killers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05
Introducing New Blood.

R%eplenish YOU stock occasionally
with good nonrelated birds. Keep
your best birds yourself; sell only the
culls. To close. don't let the poultry
department run itself, but watch the
flock and you will stand an excellent
chance of getting eggs when they are
so cents a dozen instead Of when they
are selling for 20 cents.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-05

grooves and extensions. The door Is
a hinged flap that can be kept open
or closed so that only the farmer can
open it, and has vent holes in 1t. With
this door closed the chicken or chick
ems are perfectly safe during the
night from cats, rats or other preda-
tory animals that oam through poul-
try yards n kill so man fowl.