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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-23

ESTABLISH YOURSELF finan
cially by owning a piece of land
here. In the security Of this dis
trict's growth you are in partner.
ship with every improvement and
every rise in land values. Can you
muster up little courage and con
fidence? They are necessary in
every undertaking. Success and
! wealth are for the far-sighted man
who acts in the present not for
him who makes the blunder of de-
laying because of excessive eau
ton.
INVESTMENT IN GOOD LAND
anywhere is, in this day and age,
most akin to banking. Don't wait
Just for the few years until Amer
ica's surplus population will be
driven in great armies to the land.
The highest flour and milling au-
thorfty says: 1.-THE problem of Civ
Ing the masses bread is becoming
the question Of the hour: beside it
all others are insignificant" Trust
issues and graft scandals and labor
strikes will solve themselves, but
the question of bread supply con-
fronts every man and points to the
necessity Of cultivating every foot
,of ground possible.
IT is COMMON SENSE that
tractof land peculiarly blessed with
the advantages of an even. health
full climate, productivity OF soil, re-
markable diversity Of crops, Won
derful supply of purest water. Great
Lakes harbors, a network Of rail-
roads-a gently rolling, we'll drained
ideal country-right here under the
very shadow of Chicago-will not
wait long until settlers are making
wealth in tilling every acre Of its
warm, responsive soil. That's the
exact description of the SWIGART
TRACT, only ITO miles from Chi
cago, and it Is the largest and best
located tract of lands in the mar
ket within a radius of 500 miles OF
Chicago.
THIS TRACT OFFERS you your
pick from over q THOUSAND 40
ACRE FARMS and many larger
and smaller oneso of the finest clover
fruit and general farming land in
and right in the center
and best part Of her famous Fruit
Belt 1t lies in Mason, Manistee
and Lake Counties and is sur
rounded with a we'll settled up dis
trict that embraces many prosper
Ing towns that are excellent mar
kets, including Ludington and Man.
istee whose combined population is
over 10000 people. SO per month
with a down payment of $40 to $50
buys 40-acre farm In the SWl-
CART TRACT. This gives man
Of limited means the chance to get
JOIN THE NEXT EXCURSION
ride from Chicago puts you on the
lers. examine soils, and verify my
Chicago at noon. Private car attached
exclusive use Of the Swigart party:
from Chicago to Wellston, Michigan,
80 acres fare from home is allowed.
so we can provide comfortably for
gan headquarters.
FULL PARTICULARS can be hat
CART. Owner, 1249 First National
agent.
/. n. Bra
903 blackberry ST.
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Blind Man Opens Broom Factory.

Fairfield, May pa new industry
that will be of interest to all Fairfield
people is the broom factory opened
by Roy Spratt, the we'll known Fair
field boy, who is now blind as result
of an accident.
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a farm home in Michigan that in
Illinois is for the rich man alone.
THAT THE MECCA FOR
MICHIGAN HOMESEEKERS is
the sWIGART TRACT is shown
by people going there in such large
numbers that SPECIAL PULL
MAN CARS are necessary to take
care Of them. They have learned
that conditions are right in this
tract. The proposition is popular
because it meets the needs OF the
people. 1t is liberal and broad.
The installment plan OF acquiring
land is Endorsed by leading business
men everywhere. 1t is better than
waiting until you can save up the
cash, only to find that the prices
have gone beyond you. A provi-
sion in my contract that is appre-
ciated by every careful man is that
if you should die the farm will be
decided to your family free from
any further payments.
COME AND SEE the new ground,
ludC Is DSluS UIOhCI, I1O hlSAuo VI
the settlers who are already we'll
started, the many new schools,
churches. new towns and new roads
and many new farmhouses being.
built Here are possibilities and
opportunities for you. On the trip
you will find many men who have
determined to buy land and provide
for their future and no longer trust
to luck. They will tell you they
are following their friends and rel
atives who have already bought
in the sWIGART TRACT. They
are mostly farmers from Illinois,
Indiana and Iowa. and will tell you
that they cannot get land except at
prohibitive prices in their states
and that they are going to the
SWIGART TRACT, where they
can buy land for one-tenth Of what
it costs back home, and land that
produces just as many dollars IN
crops, acre for acre.
SEND FOR THE BEST LITER
published on the subject OF
Michigan and large map. They
are free for the asking. This liter
ature shows what the average man
can accomplish and is valuable
guide for selecting land in Michi-
gan. Ask also for plats and de-
scriptions of 10-acre tracts most IA
located near towns and
selected and adapted for
both truck and poultry farming;
fine resort lots on the Wellston
Chain of Lakes; $50 and up in the
of beautiful trout
streams and inland lakes; business
lots in new town sites that are
building up, affording excellent
business opportunities on main
line railroad.
Tuesday. June 4. An 81 hours
presentations. Excursion leaves
to the Pere Marquette train for the
10 extra charge. Round trip rate
S. Fare rebated on purchase. On
Nase notify us as early as possible ]
l. Good accommodations at Michi-
by addressing GEORGE w. SWI-
tank Building, Chicago, I'LL, or his
!
0ttumwa, Ia.
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Ten Thousand People

future
people into the SWART
will
cultivation and will extensive building OPP
labor
is already well started Much capital is sure to be enlisted
the
solid steaas growth The tract offers
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Adjourns Court Until June I.
Abba, May 22.-District court ad-
journed yesterday until June 1. Judge
D. NJ Anderson will go to Charlton to
look after some unfinished court bust
ness there.
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DRAIN TILE
For prices and informationwri
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN
THE COUNTY.

Activity by both political parties was
manifested during the days of registration,
October 1st and Sth Every available
vote was captured by the workers OF the
political parties. The Democracy was
more active this year, and displayed old
time form, and favorable results are an
uc'pated. Reports eminating from every
precinct in the county declare that the
committees were untiring in their efforts
10 register all who are entitled 10 vote
and Gu; of those who have removed from
the precincts
The tour in the near future BY Con-
gresham Lewis and former Judge Worth
ington are expected TO produce good re-
suits. Both gentlemen are fluent speak
erS and each hold records that deserve
commentator
The Central Committee aud the VIII
son. Marshall, Lewis and Worthinston
Clubs are working tremendously and great
efforts will De made TO carry the county
for the whole ticket Every Democratic
voter in the county should avail himself
OF the present opportunity 10 elect the
ticket The conditions throughout the
country point TO great Democratic VIC
tory. Let the Democracy Of Frederick
county do its utmost to win. 50 all can
JON in the jollihcation in November.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
FOR CONGRESS-:
DAVID j. LEWIS.
of Alle~auy County.
For ASSOCIATE JUDGE:
GLENN II. WORrHINGTON,
of Frederick County.
ROOSEVELT AND THE COR
PORATION CONTRIBUTIONS
TO HIS 1904 CAMPAIGN.

The Investigations of the Senate Com
mittee Of the contributions made TO the
Roosevelt campaign of 1904, have Gre
aied wide spread publicity and great
public interest.
This is but natural and necessary, be
cause IL is a step in the progress to put
an end to the corruption funds supplied
IN the Republican campaigns raised
Tor the purpose OF buyiug Presidential
elections and the corruption OF the elector-
ate and thepeople generally This corrupt
practice OF the Republican party has ex-
listed ever s.nce the corrupt steal OF the
Presidential election of 1876 when the
Republican party stole the election from
Samuel ]. Tilden and gave i, to Ruther-
ford B. HAYES.
It was followed up by the wholesale
corruption by money in the Presidential
campaign OF 1855. The only times that
II failed was in the two campaigns when
Mr.. Cleveland was elected President.
s. reached It's highest development in
the campaign OF Theodore Roosevelt
in 1904, when the corporations contrib
uted seventy-three and a. half per cent.
or small fraction less than three-tourths
OF the whole immense campaign fund to
elect Roosevelt
TIE great sisnifcance ofihat campaign
sund was intensified, not alone by the
great sums contributed, but because Mr..
Roosevelt had the brazen effroutery to
come out on the day before the election
in a statement in reply to a charge made
by Judge Alton B. Parker, the Demo
cratic candidate, in which he stated that
the corporations were contributing large
sums to elect Mr.. Roosevelt and that
the contributions were for corrupt and
selfish purposes. The statement Of Mr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
EDITORIAL JOTTINGS.

81 kept no record. Senator Dixon.
He has, however. been furnished with
one.-Philadelphia Inquirer
No promises may have been made to
the Morgan interests, which are so
friendly to Us. but the Steel and Har-
veSter Trusts did not get the 'AbvS-
sinian treatment Philadelphia Rscord.
The Colonel managed his own cam
paigu IN I9o4-wiih his back carefully
turned TO the collection OF the where
withaL-New York Tribune.
To extend West Second street would
be an excellent move. The expenses
would be easily met BY the increased
value of the real estate in that locality.
Our police failed to find the burglars
who entered Drs. Johnson and Smith $
offices. Why
The tie up on Market street, between
Patrick and Second, last Saturday night.
October Sth. presented deplorable
condition. Pedestrians were compelled
to crawl between conveyanceS to cross
the streets. Is there no remedy for thisa
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
Rev. A. j. Mas, President of
Woodstock College, Made
Provincial.

Announcement was made October 5th
that Rev. Anthony J. Mas, rector of
Woodstock College, had been appointed
provincial of the Maryland-New York
province of the Jesuit Order.
This appointment is the highest one
within the limits of the province and is in
appreciation of the remarkable work done
by Father Mas while a member of the
order The news will be received with
deep interest BY the TesulS of this prov
ince aud by the thousands of Catholics
who have come more or less in contact
with Father Mas and who have learned
to know him. He has been so closely
identified with Woodstock College that
he has come to be actively identified with
the Catholic Church in Maryland and with
the progress of his order in the province
The greater part of his religious life has
been spent at that institution. For the
last six wears he has been rector of the
college, which is the house of higher
studies for the Jesuits in the East. 1t is
not only as a teacher and religious SUI
perior that Father Mas is well known.
He is man of eminent literary talent and
is the author of number OF religious
works, which have enjoyed popularity
among his co-religlonsts, especially
among priests and Biblical students. He
is the author OF The Life of Christ.
Christ IN Type and Prophecy" work
in two volumes; "A Day in the Temple. "
"Enchiridion" and The Commentary of
ST. Matthew In addition to these works
Father Mas has been a frequent contrib
utOr TO magazines, these articles being
4 4
over.
For more than twenty wears the new
provincial taught sacred scripture and the
Oriental languages at Woodstock Col
lege. He was so well versed in those
languages that he was delegated to teach
them when he was pursuing his theologi-
cal course before his ordination. Besides
his other literary works Father Mas
contributed number Of articles to the
Catholic Encyclopedia, his critical and
constructive talent being largely availed
of in the compiling of that work
Father Mas was born in Westphalla.
Prussia. August q. 1883. After finishing
ing his preparatory studies he completed
the gymnasium course at Arnesberg in
1877. Coming to this country in 1877,
the youth entered the novitiate of the
Jesuit Order at West Park, n V Here
he soon showed marked ability in his
classical studies. The same success mark
ed the pursuit of his philosophical aHd
theological courses at Woodstock.
His friends believe that the same sue
cess which marked the administration o;
Father Mas at Woodstock College will
attend him in his new work Father Mas
changes places with Rev. Joseph Hansel-
man, who was popular both with the
teaching body and the student bodies of
all the Jesuit institutions under his iuris-
diction.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
Popular Subscription for the
National Campaign.

The contributors 10 the National VII.
son and Marshall League has been or
gained with w G. McAdoo, Vice
Chairman of the National Democratic
Committee, as President; Charles r.
Crane, Vice Chairman OF the Finance
Committee Of the National Democratic
Committee, as Treasurer. and Stuart G..
Gibboney. as Secretary. for the purpose
of aiding in the raising of funds tor the
National Campaign by popular sub
Scrip.ion.
In turtheranc- Of this purpose. litho.
graphed certificates, suitable for framing.
have been prepared and are now ready
Tor issue. Portraits of Governors VII
son and Marshall are engraved on each
certificate, and also their autographs.
and they certify that the holders have
contributed to the National Campaign.
The denominations of these certificates
are 81, 8, S, $40, f25. $50, and 500.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

A balloon ascension, with four \
chute drops, will be a feature ID
Frederick Fair this year. The 3D.
OF Managers of the Association,
closed a contract with Walter !. Ed
OF Gloucester, New Jersey, for The
bltion. Mr.. Flexon will use three l
chutes, of red, white and blue eat|
being of the solid color, and the ID
will be made Of red, white and
stripes. BY a special contrivanc:
parachuteS will remain open, even
the 'balloonist drops from them,
adding to the pleasure of the exhiba
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
TAKING COAT OFF
POOR MANS BACK
Concrete illustrations Of What
Protective Tariff Really Means,
CAUSE WORKERS TO THINK.
Inquities of the Payne AIdrch Act,
Taft's BEST Law Ever" Strikinsly
Told In Figures.

~
Concrete examples of how a protec.
tive tariff operates are causing the
workingman, the poor man." to do a
lot of thinking nowadays. He is be-
ginning to understand whether it is not
about time to call halt on the Re-
publican practice of taxing the coat off
his back'and threatening him with the
loss of his shirt and his socks if he
does not submit.
All through the present tariff law,
passed by Il Republican congress and
indorsed by a Republican president as
THE BEST TARIFF BILL EVER
PASSED. are to be found discrimina-
tons, the higher duty on the cheaper
article. the lower duty on the dearer
article. thus placing on the shoulders
Of those least able to bear it the great
er burden of the protective system.
Here are some illustrations;
The cheapest wool blankets bear
duty of l65.42 per cent; the dearest,
104.55 per cent
Flauntls. not more than 40 cents
pound. are taxed at 1867 per cent;
over 70 cents pound. 1851 per cent
Wool pushes, cheapest, 141.75 per
cent; dearest. 1888 per cent.
Knit fabrics. cheapest, 141 per cent;
dearest, 95.53 per cent
Stockings. worth from 81 to $3.50 a
dozen. 1857 per cent; from 50 to So,
50 per cent
Hats and bonnets, worth not over So
a dozen, 81 per cent; over $50 a dozen,
So per cent
Carpets, highest priced. so per cent;
that used for mats and rugs. 126.SS per
cent
Women's gloves, unlined. 40 per cent;
lined. 81 per cent; longest gloves. I'M
lined. II per cent lined. 20 per cent.
Mems gloves, worth less than So
dozen. 66.2S per cent; costliest gloves,
14.45 per cent; leather, unlined. 44.5S
per cent; lined, 29.50 per cent.
Buckles, cheapest, 77.4S per cent;
dearest. 1888 per cent.
Uncut diamonds bear a 10 per cent
duty; imitation diamonds, 20 per cent.
The humble frecracker bears
1902 per cent duty, while elaborate
fireworks bear but 10 per cent.
Mating, smaller and cheaper grades,
43 per cent costlier, a per cent
Watch movements. seven jewels,
66.02 per cent; II jewels, 4O.41 per
cent; II jewels, 3445 per cent.
Underwear. cheapest. $500 per cent;
dearest. 80 per cent
Dress goods of wool, cheapest
1882 per cent; dearest, 94.13 per cent
Velvets, cheapest, 1922 per cent;
dearest 1855 per cent,
Silk handkerchiefs cheapest, 7744
per cent; dearest, 80 per cent.
Scissors. worth 30 cents a dozen
1921 per cent; worth S1.75 a dozen, 40
per cent.
Table knives. fancy grades, $40 per
cent; bone handled. 6943 per cent
Butcher knives, best grades, $40 pei
cent; cheapest grades, 93.55 per cent.
Files. smallest, S1.29 per cent, long
est, 1851 per cent
ShotgunS, worth from s. to $40. 47.G7
per cent; worth over SO, 1916 per
cent.
These are only a part of the dis
ordinations cleaned from a swift
coming of some of the schedules. Re
duced to simplest terms, they mean
that the poor man is taxed higher than
the rich man.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
From Jest to Earnest.

DR. George w. Bowling, the inaug.
orator of the anti kissing movement. told
an odd kissing story at a luncheon in
Lindsay. Oklahoma.
i boy" he said. decided to fool
his mother. Accordingly he ran into the
sitting room and cried:
oh, ma, there's strange man in
the kitchen kissing the cook"
with a determined frown his mother
arose and FASTENED kitchenward. But
lust befare she reached the door the boy
laughed and said:
No. it amt a strange man, ma. It's
only father" kansas City Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
No Longer Free Bread n d
Butter.

Bread and butter are no longer free
in the big hotels in New York. The
high cost of food stuffs is responsible,
says the members of the Hotel Men 5
Association. and hereafter guests at
these hostelrieS will be compelled to pay
ten cents extra for each por-
ton Of either. With butter at so cents
a pound and advancing in price, taken
in consideration with the robust appetite
OF the average customer, it is folly not 10
place these things on the menu with
reasonable charge attached" says the
president of the organization.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
Whom Did Mark Twain Mean?

Popular? Certainly he is popular.
and with the very best OF reasons. II
the twelve apostles should call at the
White House he would say. Cone in.
come ii. have been watching Nour
progress aud have admired il yeiy
m ich Then If Satan shou'i c'ac he
wluId slap him on the shoulder and say:
Why, Satan, how do you do? am so
& I'd to meet you. | have read ali Of
your works and admire every one OF
tiem.' ANY body could be popular with
a git Ike that"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

al NCIldl vi JuuSS diNCi NlldlSS, III
which he in effect branded Judge Parker
as liar, and denied that the predatory
corporations were contributing to his
campaign fund. 1t will be seen that this
statement was not made until it was too
late for Judge Parker to reply to it.
Suffice II Is to say that the statement OF
Roosevelt was such broad bluff and so
utterly false and baretaCed that all Wall
street raised its hands in establishment
al the cheek of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Al the very time that he made this
statement Mr.. Roosevelt knew of these
contributions, for in his testimony given
before the Senate Committee IN Wash
inGton on last Friday, October 4th, Mr.
Roosevelt stated that he knew that Mr..
II. {. Prick had contributed one hum
bred thousand dollars, and was willing
10 contribute more, if needed, and that
he SAID it the Standard oil contribution
had 10 be returned he, Mr.. Frick, would
make it good. Mr.. Roosevelt knew that
Mr. Frick was a director of the Steel
Trust then as well is everybody else
knew it,
And even if Mr. Roosevelt did not
know of all the CORPORATIONS that con
trbl,cd 90 thai fund he could easily have
known it. and it was his absolute duty
TO know and especially in the light of
his preteusc now that he is the leader
o.. the Army Of Armageddou. Fighting
For the Lord The only excuse or
defense now open 10 him. is that he was
in 1904 the leader of the Army OF
Mammou and Corruption. and that has
since been converted to the Army OF
Armageddou, to set a third term in
the White House, after the old army had
thrown him down
Itis no answer for Mr.. Roosevelt 10
say that he never made any contract with
the Corrup, contributors to his campaign
fund.
That never was done by ANYBODY, or
thought OF being done by ANYBODY 1t is
no denial TO saw thd, he never asked any
man for money or contribution from
anybody TO his campaign fund. We will
be low down in the scale when Candi-
date for the Presidency has to go around,
hat in hand, to BEG contributions to q
Clmnlicn fund III elect him Thai
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
An Impairment Question.

This story is told of the late popular
Congressman from Ohio. Butterwortn
was SERIOUSLY i'll for long time. but re-
covered. When he was convalescent his
personal and political friends called on
him and rendered hearty congratulations.
Big Ben Butterworth thanked his callers
and said
Yes, boys | was 50 near the other
shore that could hear the bells ringing
a welcome TO me
Were they IRE bells. pap inquired
little Frank. The Sesrchlight
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11
Kansas Wheat Swamps Rail-
roads.

Great piles OF golden grain, thou
sands Of bushels OF wheat. are being
piled up along the railroad tracks in
Southwestern Kansas because the ele-
vators are filled and the railroads are
unable to haul the wheat away. All
along The Rock Island Railroad south
west Of Hutchison. wheat is being piled
on the ground awaiting handling. At
Bloom there are 10000 bushels on the
ground ai-Fowler 20. ocO bushels, at
Mireola 1900 bushels, and at Meade
several thousand Observation-Disclosures City
Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-10-11

The arrest of mine promoters in the
West who have made a million out of
their operations emphasizes the fact that
fraud OF this kind will never be abolished.
The desire 10 get something for nothing
and TO get rich quickly without having 10
earn riches will always Ell the pockets Of
the knowing ones who understand hui
man nature and its eag-rness to b.
tooled.-Baltimore American.