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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-06
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IOWA ABSTRACTERS
AT DES MONIES

Des Moines, June 5.-The Iowa Alb
stractors' association Will hold it,
ninth annual conventional the Slavery
hotel Thursday and Friday. The con.
|vention opens at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning The session will be called to
order by the president, e. NJ Cross Of
Des Moines. Among the talks to be
given are TAX Titles by J. r.
Smith Of Montezuma Abstracts
and Examinations Thereof" By
Eugene D. Perry, Des Moines; Cur
alive Acts" H. c. Madden, Musca-
tine; From the Customers Stand.
point" by Hon. Walter r. Taylor,
Kalamazoo, Mich, and others. The
abstractors will hold banquet at
the Country club Thursday evening.
Election of officers will be held FIJI.
day evening. The present officers
are: President, e. M. Cross, Dea
Moines; vice president, Sherwood 4.
Clock, Hampton; treasurer, H. 9.
Madden, Muscatine; secretary, Geo.
e. Whitcomb, Northvood.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-06

dence offered is in support of Mrs.
Robertson's contention. Mrs. Wilson
in her testimony, confesses that her
daughter was the child Of Campbell.
She alleges that Campbell had prom
Used marriage after the birth of the
daughter but that he refused to keep
the promise when she refused to give
up her five children by a former mar
riage, her husband, William Ferguson,
having been killed in the civil war.
Later she married Mr.. Wilson, but
Campbell did not again marry Mrs.
Ferguson brought action against
Campbell at the time on statutory
grounds, but the case was settled and
did not come to trial. Many OF the
old neighbors of the woman have Civ.
en- testimony to substantiate her
story
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-06

| a Burlington freight train Monday
evening as the train was leaving OF
tumwa and was passing Union street
Special Agent Harrison will appear in
police court at O'Clock this evening
for further action.
baker was held to the grand jury
yesterday morning by Judge Hender.
shott on the charge OF larceny from a
building. He admitted to the judge
that he stole a fishing rod from barn
on West Second street. Following this
charge, a young man by the name OF
Lopeman made the accusation that
Baker robbed him Of over 81 in money
by choking him. This hearing is set
for this evening at 5 O'Clock. Now
comes Agent Harrison with the rail
road investigation. He arrived in the
city during the night in response to
the call. Just why the air tube was
broken is not known.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-06
PEOPLES PULPIT

The Courier will publls! In this
column arricIes contributed b.
it's reat ers. The communications
should 20 typew' itten or IN
plain hand, on one side rf the
paper, and signed,
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BAKER FACES
THIRD CHARGE
YOUNG MAN MAY BE ACCUSED OF
CUTTING OR BREAKING AIR
TUBE ON TRAIN.

Wilbur Baker, the. young man ar
rested yesterday on two serious
charges, faces a third equally grave
accusation, if Special Agent James
Harrison Of the Burlington can secure
sufficient evidence. Baker is accused
Of cutting or breaking the air tube on
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
EIGHT MILLION IN A SEASON..

The need of killing off flies early in
the season is shown in figures which
have been compiled by Dr. l.. o. How
ard of the bureau of entomology, who
estimates that in the .twenty-fOur gen
eratiOns of a pair of flies between
frost and frost the progeny totals
100000 in a single season. The num-
Der of flies that breed in the horse ma
nure pile-and this is their favOrite
stamping ground-may be reduced by
covering the greater portion of the pile
with hay or old straw, thus keeping
the flies from having access to it. In
the way of traps nothing is better
than an enlargement of the inverted
cone or wire screen trap, which has
been described before in these notes.
Take a sugar, cracker or coffee barrel
that is fly tight. Remove the head and
put in its place a wire screen or a cOu-
pie of thicknesses of mosquito netting,
which can be easily fastened by the use
of one of the hoops. In the bottom of
the barrel cut circular hole about
foot in diameter and into this insert
COlc VI Wire SCIt6n Will Il HOlc dI the
smaller end just large enough to admit
into the barrel the flies that crawl upon
the inside. To induce the flies to gather
in the large opening of the cone be-
meath bait of vinegar and sweetened
water in Il small dish will do nicely.
To give best results the barrel or other
frame used for the trap should be
raised three or four inches so that the
flies can get beneath ii and thence
crawl up the cone. When ready the
trap should be set in that place on the
premises where the flies are wont to
gather in greatest numbers. When
ready to empty. the flies should be
smoked or scalded ar may be then
fed to the chickens, buL this should not
be done if poison is Ised in preparing
the bait set beneath ne barrel.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
A DRAMA IN REAL LIFE.
The Play That Was Enacted In the
New York Subway.

A subway train was leaving Grand
Central station with its usual o'clock
load. In a corner by the door sat
man whose worn clothes and shabby
shoes were whitened with the lime he
worked in. His face was lean and
marked with tired lines, and his hands,
joint swollen and blunted. hung weari-
ly between his knees. A large woman.
bejeweled and plumed. entered the car
with a rustic of skirts and a jingle Of
finery that attracted all eyes. Sway
ing uncertainty on her high heels as she
made for the only empty seat. she was
thrown from her balance by a sudden
lurch of the train, and only the labor
er's promptly outstretched arm saved
her from an ignominious fall.
She Strengthened herself with what
grace she could and turned with a
smile to thank the gentleman who had
rescued her. A glance at the workman,
however, made her expression change
10 one of disdain. With a pereeptible
sniff, she ostentatiously brushed her
gown where it had come in contact
with the mans hand and sank into
the seat. Looking as if he had receiv-
ed blow in the face he shrank back
and dropped his eyes in confusion.
Across the car, watching the little
episode, sat u lady with sleepy child
in her arms. The little girl, perhaps
three years old, was dressed in spotless
white, from her dainty kid shoes to
the deep frilled bonnet that framed her
rosy face. When the guard called Sew
enty-second street the man slowly rose,
and the lady opposite stood up with
the child still in her arms. Touching
the mans arm, she said, with a smile:
"Will you not be kind enough to car
~ my baby up the stairs? She is too
sleepy to walk and very heavy for me
to lift"
The man Strengthened himself and,
with face alight, carefully took the lit
tie white clad form in his arms and led
the way up the stairs. Passersby
stared curiously at the trio, but there
was no consciousness of that in the
woman's gracious THANK you! That
was a great help"
AS the mother and child passed on
the man lifted his battered hat and
turned homeward with buoyant step.
Youths COMPANION
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
CONTROLLING PEAR BLIGHT.

Five years ago the pear blight which
had wrought much havoc in big pear
orchards in the Sacramento valley
crossed the line into southern Oregon
and made its appearance for the first
time in the Rogue river valley, in
which the writer's ranch is located.
This summer, after Il vigorous warfare
against the blight waged under the di-
rectiOn of Professor L. J. O'Gara, for
merly expert plant pathOlogist of the
federal department of agriculture, but
now hired direct by the county in
which the valley is located, the blight
is entirely stamped out, none having
appeared, and this Notwithstanding the
fact that conditions We're favorable
with the apple and pear trees in the
valley full of bloom. The very gratify-
ing condition referred to is a simple
working out of the law of cause and
effect Professor O'Gara was given
the hearty cooperation of the ranch
men of the valley and the county COM
missiOners, and the duly authorized iu-
spectors. assisted by volunteer corps
of fifty or more, have finally succeeded
in Graduating it. The method followed
was not some. patent scheme of in
iecting poison under the bark or any
other device of fool takers, but merely
cutting out all cases of blight beyond
the point of infection and disinfecting
the cuts with n corrosive sublimate So
luton. Especial care has been taken
early each spring TO discover and re-
move all holdOver cases and thus pre-
vent spread of the blight by bees and
other insects. 1t is a case where
vigilance has been the price of i'm
munity from the pest, but none who
have a hand in it and know the valley
is now free from infection feel that
the campaign has not been worth
while. Professor O'Gara has prepared
a bulletin telling of his work in blight
eradication, and apple and pear grow
ers all over the country should have it.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
FLAMES THAT ARE NURSED.
Slams Sacred Fire and the Fires of
Vengeance of Sicily.

History records many strange exam
piles of fires that are kept burning for
long periods of time. The best known
examples are those of pagan people
who keep up perpetual fires as a re-
ligious custom.
The oldest known fire in the world
is that in a Buddhist temple near
Bangkok, Siam, which has been burn
ing without interruption for two cen
turies. A priest is always on guard
TO watch the sacred fame Every four
years a new flame is kindled, but this
is always lighted in the great brazier
from q brand of the old fire.
The life of a grand vizier in Persia
was once saved by a Parsee trader,
who discovered and exposed a plot to
kill the royal official. In spite of the
fact that the Persians are Mohammed-
ans and hold fire worShipers in con-
tempt, a single flame has been kept
burning continuously for seventy years
at Sarhad in honor of the humble
trader
In inhabited lands within the arctic
circle fires have been known to burn
for years. This, however, is not 50
much custom as it is a simple prac-
tice based on reasons of convenience
and necessity because of the scarcity
of wood or kindling of any kind to
produce ignition. Oil is the fuel of
the people of the SHOWS.
In Sicily it has long been the custom
of the vendetta to maintain the fire
of vengeance until ones enemy has
been slain. The criminal records of
that fiery island are full of instances
of fires that were kept up for years
until death overlook the unfortunate
victim whose life had been marked for
destruction New York Times
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
A Ship's Speed.

A ships speed is reckoned by knots,
a knot being a geographical mile or
one-sixtieth of degree. Six geograph-
ical miles are about equal to seven
statute miles, and a ship that sails
twelve knots therefore is really moving
at the rate of fourteen statute miles an
hour 1t should be remembered that it
is incorrect to say so many KNOTS an
hour" simply so many knots. for a
knot means lone mile an hour"
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
Ozone and Air SEWAGE.

Ozone is a particularly active or con-
centrated form of oxygen. One mole
cule Of oxygen contains two atoms; a
molecule of ozone contains three atoms.
tremendously III molecule when there
are three of them together in a mole
cule the third atom will cut loose and
seek a union elsewhere. The oxygen
atom has a remarkable affinity for car
bon. Of which decaying organic matter
is q common form, and as the greater
part of the organic matter in the air is
in process of decay the third atom at
once attacks and OXidizes it, burning
it up.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
LOUISIANA DEMONSTRATION
TRAIN.

The Louisiana demonstration train
recently completed tour of the state.
1t was operated under the combined
direction of the state university, the
state department of education and the
United States department Of agricul
ture. The train was on the road ten
weeks, and all the roads of the state
assisted in its operation. The train
travelled 4,6O6 miles, made 200 stops,
and IA, 425 people attended the lee
lures and demonstrations Two Of the
seven demonstration cars were used
for exhibiting the latest types of farm
machinery and machines and devices
used in road improvement work A
car devoted to hogs contained repre-
sentatives of the various breeds and
the tabulated results OF number of
feeding experiments that had been
conducted by the experiment station.
One car was devoted to the canning
industry, the latest canning machines
being OH display and in actual opera
ton while the lectures were being
given. Another car was given over to
general agricultural exhibits and con-
tanned a collection of insects injurious
to field and truck crops. One car was
devoted to the work and handiwork of
the boys and girls clubs, including
those growing corn and pigs, as well as
to canning and domestic science. Be
sides these interests, there was a COM
plete exhibit of poultry; also car con,
tanning ten head of cattle typifying the
several breeds of beef and dairy cat
tie. An interesting feature of this was
a Hereford steer weighing 400 pounds
and a scrub steer of the same age
weighing 500. The lectures and exhib-
its were received with much interest,
and the practical benefits that will be
derived therefrom it would be difficult
TO estimate.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
PATENTS IN GERMANY.
There Inventors Are Looked Upon az
Teachers to the Nation.

In Germany a patent is regarded to
be equivalent to a promotion of ma
tional knowledge by the disclosure of
a heretofore unknown art, writes II.
F. Wertheimer in Paper. The inventor
is judged to be some kind of teacher
to the nation; therefore the patent
Office does in no way care for the real
father of an invention. To the first
applicant is allowed the patent, and
lack of first and true inventorship does
not invalidate or bar the grant Of a
patent unless the invention has been
fraudulently obtained or stolen. If
the person from whom a patent has
been stolen flies an opposition at the
proper time or starts an annulling suit
against the granted patent the patent
is refused or annulled. Moreover, IN
der certain conditions a fraudulent
patentee may be compelled by a law
suit to assign the patent or even the
patent application to the rightful
owner
This broad principle regulates easily
the status of persons who have actual
ly carried out the invention previous
to patent application by another, as
well as the question OF interfering ap-
plicatiOns. Such persons are not af-
fected by the patent, for they have not
been instructed by the inventor. In
other words, they have not derived
any new or useful knowledge by the
disclosure of the patent; therefore
they have a legal right to use the pat
ent for their own business, but this
right can only be assigned to others,
together with the transfer of their
whole business. In other terms, they
are entitled to a limited free license.
Infringement suits are relatively
rare and by no means so frequent as
in the United States. Furthermore.
they are considerably less expensive.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
THRIFT OF THE SWISS.
Hard and Perilous Work of the Hay
makers of the Alps.

The thrift of the Swiss turns every
bit Of ground in the Alps to the best
account. If a few square yards can
anywhere be made or reclaimed the
requisite labor is not grudged.
The farmer makes the very soil. He
builds terraces along steep inclines,
lines them with blocks Of stone and
then packs the earth on them. Thus
he transforms the mountain and the
rock into a little patch, where he
plants a vine or raises oats or corn.
Along the edge of precipices the peas
ant haymaker goes in search Of grass,
clinging to the rock with iron clamp
ers on his feet He hangs on the sides
Of the cliffs which imprison the valley
and mows down a few tufts of grass
on craggy shelves here and there.
His scythe on his shoulder, armed
with his iron shod stick, provided with
his clamp irons, cloth or net rolled
up in his bag, he sets out at midnight
in order that the dawn may find him
at work. During the two months OF
hay harvest he goes down to the VII
Iage only three or four times to renew
his supply of food. By this hard and
periIOus occupation an Alpine mower
makes from 3 to francs a day, his
food not included. and many times un-
der some projecting rock he must seek
a bed and pass the night.
Once dried the wild hay is carefully
gathered into a cloth or net and car
ried down to the first little plain,
where it can be made into a stack.
which is weighted down with large
stones to prevent its. being blown
away.
In the winter, when everything is
covered with snow, the mower climbs
again the mountain, carrying a little
wooden sledge on his shoulders. He
loads it with hay, seats himself in
front and shoots down with the swift
ness of an arrow. Thus the hay crop
of the Alps is brought in.-New York
Sun
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
Gnun Harhnr.

More than 100 years ago a sailor
lied. leaving an apple orchard COM
priSing twenty-One acres of land, then
in the suburbs of the city of New
York He left it for the purpose of
establishing home for aged, INDECENT
and infirm sailors. This was the foun-
datiOn of the Sailors Snug Harbor, on
Staten Island. where nearly 900 worn
out sailors are enjoying all the COM
forts of home in their declining years.
The little apple orchard of more than
100 years ago is now in the heart of
New York city. with a value estimated
at $2O,OOO,OO0.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
Grains of Gold.

No woman is educated who is
not equal to the successful
management of a family.
If thou knowest anything good
of a man tell it unto otherf; if
anything i'll, tell it privately to
myself.
The views of every man should
be directed towards solid, how
ever moderate, independence
without which no man can be
happy nor even honest.
Make up your mind to think
of what you have in life that is
good. think out what the future
may hold for you, and then you
will forget pretty worries and
your heart will grow light and
the world seem full of shunshine.
Democracy today is just like a
giant infant awakening to a con-
seriousness of its powers but with
out a full control of its limbs OF
mucIes. 1t needs educating,
discipIining, encouraging, inspir-
ing; it needs to think not fo
rights only but of duties.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

Last season was n record breaker in
the matter of seed production in clio
vers and alfalfa in many states. One
instance of this was the production of
S1.113.11 worth Of seed from an eight
cen acre field of alsike clover belong
ing to a farmer Of Genesee county,
Mich. This value was in addition to
And on top of this the land was the
more fertile for the crop it had pro
duced.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
Both Fond of Money

Whitaker Wrong-Won't you lend
me even a flyer, then? Well, l must
say you're laundering fond of your
money. Cautious Friend-Yes; that's
where the difference is between you
Ind me. Whitaker Wrong-How do
you mean? Cautious Friend-Why,'
I'm fond of my money, and you're fond
of other ople's.-London Tit-Bits.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
Lots TO Learn

Il have just been talking to a youth
who claims to have done everything"
HAS he ever wrapped a motorcar
around a telegraph pole at 3 o'clock in
the morning."
81 think not
'Then he has a great deal to learn
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
A New Birth of Freedom.

The nomination of Woodrow
Wilson for President means a
new democracy. 1t means a
new epoch in American self
government.
The Democratic party at last
has broken its shakes. 1t has
emancipated itself. 1t has re-
habilitated itself in power and
principle. 1t has turned its face
toward the rising sun, to re-
establish the faith of the Amer
lean people in their own institu-
lions.
Woodrow Wilson will be the
next President of the United
States. But he will be more
than that. He will be the first
President in a generation to go
into office owing favors to no.
body except the American peo-
pie, and under obligations to
nothing except the general well
fare.
No political boss brought about
his nomination. No political
machine carried his candidacy to
victory. No coterie af Wall
street fnanciers provided the
money to finance his campaign.
He has no debt to pay to corrupt
politics or to corrupt business.
He was nominated by the IRE.
sistible force of public opinion.
and by that alone. He stands
before the country a free man.
The American people have set
out to regain possession of their
government, and Woodrow Will
son was nominated for President
because he embodies that issue.
The bosses and the plutocrats
who tried to prevent his nomina.
ton were beaten by the power
Of the people, and the power
that nominated him is the power
that will elect him
With Woodrow Wilson IA the
democratic nominee for presi.
dent, it makes no difference
what Mr.. Roosevelt does. 1t
makes no difference how many
third parties he organizes. Pro-
gressive democratic and pro-
greasive republicans now have
a candidate of their own. The
contest now between Mr.. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Taft is now a con-
test for the control CT the re-
publican organization, and moth
ing more. The menace of the
third term no longer hangs over
the country. The menace of
personal government no longer
threatens American institutions.
The United States is not to be
Mexicanized. 1t is to be re-
Americanized.-N York World
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

Rather than build a silo for six OF
eight cows, a number that is deemed
hardly sufficient TO Justify the invest
ment, it is better to increase the num-
Der Of cows to a dozen or more. The
larger size of the silO required for the
latter number not only makes possible
greater economy in the securing of the
silage, but will cause It 10 keep much
better
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21
StlInn Hipoself

"Pink, I'm afraid you are wasting
your time brushing my hat l don't
seem to have anything smaller than a
ten dollar BILL
81 kin change dat all right. boss"
"Then you don't need the tip. So
long, Pink. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

The use of silage as a ration for beef
cattle has been tested out in so many
localities and with such uniform sue
beyond the experimental stage Where
clover, alfalfa or other legumes are
available to supplement the silage IA
ton a more economical or effective RI
ton cannot be had.
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

That the little human animal has a
world Of endurance and must have
joints equipped with a special kind of
ball bearings is shown in the fact that
t''"" start off i'm the morning on the
run and keep it up the greater part of
the day, and this Notwithstanding the
fact that the thermometer may be hug
ging % or 100 in the shade Neither
do they spend a great deal of time
tanning themselves or stewing about
the heat
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

1t is very satisfying to the lover O.
birds to note how much these little
friends will drink from and battle il a
basin Of water placed on the lawn. Y
the supply Of water is renewed every
day or two the birds will enjoy it the
rlOre
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

A real service can be rendered tie
young birds as they leave the nest by
keeping an eye open for them at this
critical time. If there is a cat about
the place she should be shut up until
they are able to get out of her reach
The Adair County news., 1912-08-21

In many states of the Union bank
officials are taking direct interest in
agriculture that plainly indicates the
vital connection which they believe
exists between this fundamental in
1ustry and their own. In some III
stances the interest referred to finds
expression in placing in the hands of
farmers the best agricultural litera-
ture that can be had. In others it takes
the form of prizes offered for beSS
stretches of country highways. IL
still others it is shown in Offering free
scholarships in agricultural colleges
the furnishing of seed grain to those
hard pressed as result of short crops
or the Offering of prizes in grain and
corn growing contests Each one o.
these aids TO agriculture is commend
able, being based on the simple law of
business cause end effect.