Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-20

to do but dream during my life since
IL years OF age, it is you that has had
the dream Wake up, We people in
Iowa dream when we sleep but haven t
time to mix dreaming and working"
The Iowans who leave Iowa for
California and other milder climates
came in for real old-fashioned drub-
bling. So enthusiastic did the speaker
become for Iowa and her summer, In
dian summer and even in the zero
weather of winter, that all for a time
began to think it would be joy to stay
in Iowa just for the pleasure OF wad-
ing through deep snow in bare feet
The wide publicity Of train load of
oranges being shipped to Iowa cities
was mentioned only to draw down the
ire Of the speaker on the prevaricating
powers Of the press agents of the coast
states. The sending of millions of
dollars worth of hogs to the market as
mere matter Of daily occurrence dur
ing certain seasons in Iowa, the speak
er contended was never mentioned,
while those who send these hogs mar.
vel at the wonders OF the orange grow
ing on the coast. o." ...
Should Stay at Home. .~
The dupes that Iowans have been
for the eastern and western fleecers
was humorously described why you
know that they say sucker Is born
every minute in Iowa, and these sharp.
ers all look up the railway guides to
find out the location of that state
called Iowa." said the speaker. II am
pleased to find an unusual audience
here today for the average Iowa audi.
ence looks like pallbearer's conven-
ton and looks about as happy as the
when 1t registers thirty
below zero. We are prey to fakirs in
Iowa and have the same curiosity to
know what bonanza Is as did the boy
who asked his father that question
and was told that 1t was a hole in the
ground owned by liar. We Iowans
ought to stay at home. No place has
anything on Iowa. II the people of
Iowa had all that they spend on
fakirs, they could build a palace on
every forty acres, finish it with hard
wood floors, have hot and cold water
in every room and own Sears-Roe. |
buck gasoline engine to pump the
water. When it really comes to eli.
mate Iowa is ahead of them ALL Why
If California had such fall as We had |
IN September, October, yes and even
into December, the Los Angeles Times
would get out special climate edition
Of $50 pages telling of the glories of
their unsurpassed climate"
Dont Like Work
The wrong idea that is to be found in |
most of the young mon going out to |
work today was made lesson for the !
younger men by the speaker. He told |
If how some of the men in Iowa who |
nave forged ahead in the race did it !
oy sheer force and because they were
lot cursed with false pride or yellow
streak of laziness. Two boys who
when asked by him to push hand |
art which he afterwards pushed to
he Des Moines postoffice in order to
enable his paper to catch the mail
when the edition was late and refused
because they were not hired to push
land carts, was mentioned as an exam.
de Of what some Of the boys are to.
lay, and the opportunities they miss to
get ahead.
"You have to buck and gag a boy
oday to get him to don an apron, roll
Up his sleeves and getA bit Of grease
m his arms. 1t is shame when the
alse pride of the young man today
will not permit him to wear the badge
# labor that his father wore. Idle
less is the curse of man and mankind,
md if you will follow statistics you
will see that the overwhelming ma
GRITTY of those sent to Fl. Madison
'enitentiary are young men, mere
Joys under % years of age"
The afternoon session closed by
Robert r. Morrison singing Iowa"
u. B. Hutchinson made short ad.
|ress at the opening Of the session
md introduced Mr.. Young. A discus
ion of the road law was engaged in
or an hour before the speech making
'egan.
Guest at Lunch. --
Mr. Young was guest of number
# friends at stag lunch at the Wa
'ello club last evening. The gather
ng was formed at $50 and the even
ng made delightful by informal chat
nd visiting among the many friends +
# the Des Moines editor in Ottumwa.