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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
ABE IN STORM CELLAR.

The news came out of Indiana the
other day that George AIDE was being
mentioned as candidate for governor
of his state. Just to assure his friends
that he has no wish to give up his
standing as perfectly good humorist
to become a perfectly punk candidate
for anything, Mr.. AIDE has issued this
statement:
Brock, Ind, May IA have no
wish to be governor of my beloved
state. have even less of wish to be
candidate for governor. At the same
time l have no earthly objection to be-
ing mentioned for the governorship.
During the present rainy spell,
which has delayed planting OF corn,
we sit around and mention our friends
for the governorship. 1t is our princi.
pal indoor sport. Everybody's dom
'it-doin' it-doin' it. Some times a
man with particularly keen insight
into the possibilities Of the autumn
mentions an enemy.
1.-THE suggestion that l might under
certain unforeseen conditions become a
candidate has brought mirth and laugh
ter into many homes lately saddened
by the internal discussions of our
party. It has caused no inconvenience
to friends and has not ALARMED others.
1t will permit the biographer to say In
my obituary notice: In 1912 he was
mentioned for the governOrshlp.
Therefore it Is a good thing.
after all l would rather be men
toned for the governorship than be
elected governor and then keep~on be-
ing mentioned. With this kind ex-
PLANTATION I shall retire to the storm
cellar. George Ade."
Mr.. AIDE has made himself clear and
is playing safe to boot. 1t will take
more than a popular demand stirred
up by eight governors to rout him
from his storm cellar. An Indiana
storm cellar ought to Withstand any
thing short of tornado of popular
sentiment, and if they 60 after George
that strong he is safe In coming out
and grabbing the job.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18

A few months ago the democrats
were jumping up and down and de-
scribing Uncle Joe" Cannon as q
car for the manner in which he pre-
sided as speaker. Yesterday Uncle
Joe'' and other republicans protested
with tears in their voices about the
gag rules enforced by the democratic
majority in the house, and the demo-
Gratis only smiled and forced in the
gag a little tighter. Cannon was
made DOGGY man for unfolding the
right of the majority to direct legisla-
ton, something which always has and
always will be done by the majority
party.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
THE GRAIN OUTLOOK
BEST IN YEARS

Fort Dodge, May 16.-That the
volume of grain this fall will be the
largest in many years. in this section
of the state is the belief of managers
Of farmers elevators in eight coun-
ties. They declare that crop conditions
have never been better at this time
of the year and that the farmers are
we'll up In their work.
The managers met here to discuss
conditions and al were enthusiastic
over the outlook.
The apple crop In Webster county.
It is believed will be the largest In
history and fruit conditions through
out this section are very favorable.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
SPRING..

New York Sun: "And the spring
comes slowly up this way" With q
bingham umbrella, goloshes and cold
in her head; a soaked and disheveled
nymph who wants to sit by the fire.
She has been so numb with holding
winter in her lap, his beard fringed
with icicles Of March, that her smiles
are rare and seldom radiant. She
brightens up for day and plucks a
Aower or two, and then her tears gush
for days together, the poor posies fall
ing from her stiffened hands.
The unvarnished, unmelodious truth
is that this spring has been an aoso.
lutte and exasperating failure, brutal
imposition upon human nature. IT
had a right to expect the spring OF
poets after winter that was the
ludest and most pitiless almost OF
recorded time. The yearnlng Tor an
early season In this latitude and longl'
tude was pathetic. It was bad enough
to be Knocked as usual; nothing mystl'
fies housekeeping Yankee more than
Brownings rapture, "Oh, to be In Eng
land, now that Aprirs there" but to
be frostbitten, deluged, hailed on,
Numbered at and buffeted by a wild
rout of equinoctial gales after winter
had smitten us PROSTATE and taken
cruel toll of our vitality, this was to
try us beyond the limit of endurance
and dry up philosophy.
Vernal airs, rosy bosomed hours,
scented winds, Flora, Pan, all the para
phernalia and properties of poets went
into wet and shivery eclipse AS
Hope descended into the abyss the cost
of living rose to heights never before
attained. Coal was king, vegetables
refused to grow, hens to lay, sheep to
lamb, beeves to fatten, butter to
churn, and there were never such bills
before. What a spring! Nobody
wants to find her and sing to her and
cling to her. It is too late. Summer
is about sdue. Let it come, since 1t
must, and warm us up and dry us out,
open the pores and restore the JOY OF
living.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
OHIO "moTHER OF PREslDENTs.'

oHlO-"MOTHERo OF lPREsIDENTs.'
Chicago Inter-Ocean: These must
indeed be trying times for the Mother
Of Presidents" The poor old lady
actually hasn't time to attend to her
knitting or look at the oven. The
hullabaloo in and around the house Is
simply terrific.
Little Billy Bryan, who wanted her
10 adopt him in presidential way
three successive times, has been deaf
enine her ears for some time with
tales about Judson Harmon In vain
has the Door old lady tried to shut out
the noises by putting her hands to her
ears. Billy Bryan's noises can neither
be shut out nor muffled.
And. of course, nobody can tell
tales on Jud Harmon without provok-
I'M reply from that spirited lad.
Least of all right in his own home.
60 he has been contributing his share
81 the noise He says that Billy
BRYAN is q telltale and a story-teller
and for the Mother of Presidents
not to believe word he says.
To add to the agitation of the old
lady, President Taft is career1ng
around, pulling at her skirts and
sleeves to get her attention, and fair
" FOSTERING her to death to get her
to stop and listen to what he has to
say. The minute she gets ready to do
the housework in bobs Billy Taft with
. statement that the strange boy from
over the way-Teddy Roosevelt-is
tough kid and not to let him stay
around the place because he will GER
tainly corrupt somebody's morals If he
does.
But that isn't all. There's worse
and more Of 1t. This Teddy Roose-
welt, known far and wide as the loud
est urchin in the land, headstrong as
mule, is out in the front yard tramp
ling on the flower beds, throwing
stones at the chickens and trying to
organize the neighborhood gang to
leave Billy Taft clear out of it. In
vain the old lady implores him to be a
little more quiet. He just won't.
Under the circumstances 1t is more
than probable that Ohio says to her
self in despair that this being the
Mother Of Presidents" and hence at
tracing the attention and having to
nut up witk the pranks Of SO many
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
FIRE INSPECTOR TO
VISIT SIOUX CITY

Des Moines, May ia special car
carrying fire inspectors will leave for
Sioux City next Monday morning and
that city will be gone over for flaws In
wiring and other defects which cause
fires. 1t is the annual inspection and
many other cities already have been
visited by the men who report to the
state fire marshal. Insurance men de-
clare fire losses in Sioux City last
year were far above the average and
a close inspection of buildings will be
made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
ENORMOUS WAR FUNDS.

Commenting on g. showing made by
. statistician that the efforts OF the
nations to Guido each other In build
ing new battleships and maintaining
armies brings a total expenditure OF
$4,000, DOT, 900 q year, the Burlington
Hawk-Eye says: ..
TT IL difficult to get even faint
idea Of what that signifies. But 1T does
mean that some Of the nations are on
the high road to bankruptcy, and that
other are piling up more and ever
more debts, putting ever heavier our-
dens upon the people, simply for the
purpose OF keeping up in this mao
race for ornaments, ships of war;
armies. forts, torpedoes and torpedo
hnat destroyers, summaries, aero
planes. etc. All of which is practl-
cally wasted. A single new oa,1ie.
ship costs perhaps $12,O00,00o. hut
It IL a far cry from that one oa'-ie-
ship to the grand total.
The Panama canal, after everything
shall have been cleaned up and COM
pleted, will cost our people perhaps
1900 900 900. The cost has been spread
over q number of years, and the our
den has not been very heavy one ON
the nation. And after 1t Is completed,
No shall have something to show for
the money, even though the canai
should never prove revenue producer:
But what is the cost OF this great
work one OF the marvels OF all me
ages. as compared with the cost OF
armed peace. ..-..
"rhe sum which the nations ex-
nend annually for this preparedness
IA slaughter would build six Panama
canals every year. The money ex-
nended by the nations for worse than
nseleas purposes would suffice to turn
ina whole earth into beautiful gar
den within a very few years. Inere
vo,,ld he no more swamps, there
would be no more bad roads, there
vo,,Id be. no more sand dunes en-
croachinK upon titled fields, there
would be no more streams running
Wild and destroying property. there
would be no more eating up OF valua-
ble lands by the voracious sea.
"There would be all the improve
mants for the betterment OF cond1-
tions everywhere, and there would
aeon he no more preventable sickness.
whaA a world of good could be done
WITH oven a part Of the enormous
sums that in this twentieth century
the civilized world is squandering for
the purpose Of being ready to murder
e.rh other. It is supposed to
have happened centuries ago, that
: Swedish chancellor advised his son
to 20 forth and observe with how little
wisdom the world is governed. And It
sttll holds true. ..,. g..
The Hawk-Eye's peace pleas may
or may not have been inspired by the
presence OF the warning factions OF the
iowa democracy, but nevertheless a
good argument Is presented In favor
81 reaching q goal sought by the uni.
versal peace advocates. The virtual
defeat Of the Taft peace treaties,
which were designed as a step IN the
right direction, did not aid the peace
movement, however.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
candidates, is not what is popularity

supposed to. be.
AS the noises Of the Teddy Roose-
welt and Billy Taft mix-up come to her
from the front porch, while the echoes
of Billy Bryan's denunciations and Jud
Harmon's recriminations are yet in
her ears, we have no doubt that the
Mother of Presidents would give al
most anything to be only an aunt, like
Illinois or Indiana, or even no rela-
ton at all, like Arkansas or Missis-
sippi. e. ~. IA.
But there seems to- be no help for
her. Her nerves will probably be
shattered before the dreadful noises OF
contention subside. And her houses
work will certainly be in a dreadful
state. But what can the poor old
Mother of Presidents" do except
throw her apron over her head and
wait for the excitement to pass?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
Sixteen Acres Cost $4,000.

Cedar Rapids, May IS Sixteen
acres of land at price OF $1,000 per
acre, has been sold to the Sisters OF
Mercy OF the Sacred Heart academy.
The land surrounds the academy
grounds on three sides and will make
the institution one Of the largest and
most beautiful of It's kind
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18

One of Bob Ingersolls pet sayings
was that If he had been making the
world he would have made health
catching instead of disease. But if we
had been making the world, the Hamp.
ton Chronicle observes, we would have
had the hen lay 120 eggs at time
instead of the fly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENTS.

Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
Council Bluffs Nonpareil is now won.
dering whether or not the republican
party has gotten down to be one
man affair."" Why have party? Let's
have men, personalities instead OF
principles. That is what they have In
Mexico and throughout Central and
South America. The men there make
their own platforms and they vary
them from time to time. In this coun-
try up to the very near present wo
have had government through re-
sponsible organizations called parties.
Perhaps we have been wrong and Cen
trail America has been right. They
have had more fire works down there,
to say the least, and some people like
fire works better than they do either
stability or prosperity.
Oskaloosa Herald: The Clipper tells
of an incident which happened at
Colfax years ago. A farmers wife
brought in some butter and sold 1t to
la local merchant. She received 10
cents pound. After she left he
found that the butter contained big
stone in the middle. He kept the
stone and when the woman came
back the following week to buy
dollars worth Of coffee he just
weighed the stone back as coffee to
her and got 20 cents a pound for 1t.
Waverly Independent: Dear read
ers, do you think it is right for cities
to empty their sewage into the
streams of Iowa? Is it neighborly
for the cities north Of here to dump
their sewage into the Cedar? Is Wav-
! erly neighborly to GAINESVILLE and
Cedar Falls when we empty. our sew
age into the Cedar? Filtration and
boiling may improve it,but it will not
make 1t pure. And we cannot boil and
filter the water for the dairy cows
that drink the waters OF the Cedar.
Cedar Rapids Republican: There
never was time when meat was sold
under such strict regulations as 1t is
today This in spite of Mrs. Caroline
Bartlett Cranes attempted sensations!
alism. Americans are not compelled to
buy unwholesome meat. and they are
not buying 1t. The chances are that
scientific inspection has reduced to q
minimum the amount of diseased meat
sold. Animals are killed under certain
prescribed and enforced regulations,
and the meat Is inspected under strict
rules laid down by scientists. A visit
to the local packing plant would con-
vince any skeptical person OF the
truth of these assertions.
Sioux City Journal: Keokuk's big
delegation to the Iowa Manufacturers
convention made fine. advertisement
of the spirit Of the new Keokuk" and
furnished tangible basis for confidence
that the movement for a greater, Keo-
kuk" is not. an idle dream. Keokuk's
easy capture Of the next state conven-
ton Of the association was q vote Of
confidence of the ability Of "the big
gest dam town in the world" to make
good.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18

The Paris method Of trapping band
it's seems rather bunglesome, and
more or less destructive of property,
but it is effective for all Of that.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
Mt pleasant boo sters BUSY

Mt. Pleasant, May 16-Booster COM
mittees are at work arranging for q
big fourth of July celebration here. It
is planned to have an afrshfp flight az
one Of the features
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
Clark Claims 20 Of 80

Immediately after the convention
had adjourned Clark leaders declared
that twenty-five of the thirty members
Of the delegation were for Clark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18

The insurgent in politics is the man
who didn't fill on the draw
Murphy's Seeding.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18

Politicians who work "for revenue
only" are no longer confined to the
democratic party.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-18
CHAPTER Xxx.

cast them off beyond the Golden Gate.
and with three toots Of farewell left
them to shift for themselves. Ten
days of heavenly peace, with the sails
scarcely touched, and rustling sortry
before an unfailing breeze. fne "'r
was balmy; the recurring bells, as the
helmsman struck the time, alone meas
.ured a pleasant monotony that seemed
otherwise to have no break. There
were glorious sunsets, velvety nights
mornings )of magic freshness, and al
ways in the center of that silent world
was the Esmeralda, dipping her nose
in the long blue swell.
She was a very quiet ship. In all
his sea experience Matt had never
known q quieter There was none OF
the usual singing. no horseplay, no
loud good humor-no fo'castle &C
ccrdin, no fo'castle jollity. In all,
there were seven men forward, who
might have been seven authors, from
the assiduous way they read-grave,
oldish men for the most part, always
glued to books under that tarpaulin in
the waist Herman was the only
youth among them-tall, whitey-blond
Herman, who tried to make friends
with the passengers till he was
squelched by the mate. After that he
became reader too, though rather an
unwilling reader, much given to lying
on his back and staring up at the sky
In fact, that appeared to be his prin-
cipal occupation, for he never took q
trick at the wheel nor lifted his hand
to a rope, even during a squall or In
any other emergency.
Schwartz, though less of reader
than Brandeis or the others, very soon
ran dry as conversationalist. He
became bottled up and uncommunica'
tive. spending hours at a, time In his
cabin, or walking up and down the
poop in brown study none dared to
disturb. This was the only preroga
tive OF captain that he treated him.
self to, beyond taking his place at the
head Of the table Mr.. Brandeis took
all the observations, gave all the or
ders; shorteDr1 sail or ran up kites
without even going through the form
Of consulting his superior. He was the
virtual commander Of the ship, and
made very little pretense that he was
not. Matt noted that Schwartz stood
no watch, but allowed his to be taken
by the second mate, a ponderous In
dividual Of sixty, with white side
whiskers, who was called Krantz and
berthed forward with the men.
This familiarity between officers and
men was new to Matt. Mr.. Brandeis
was not above mixing with them I'M
der the tarpaulin, and adding his cigar
and book to that sprawling circle
Here he might be seen, prone with the
rest, often on one elbow, talking in an
emphatic, scolding manner as though
challenging contradiction and over
riding it roughshod. Matt had to ad
NIT that the mate did not appear to
lose caste in consequence. On the
contrary, he was treated with great
respect, and Herman in particular
never failed to spring up ct his ap
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
By G. Harris (Doc) White.
White Sox Pitcher.

TOE WOOD and the first game of
the series are the two big Ifs"
- that stand in the way of pro-
claiming the Red Sox the worlds
champions in advance of the game
The advance wagering makes the
Red SoX the favorites. Not being
in the wagering business and hav-
ing no desire to make a wager, l
am not impressed by that. Wager
ing means nothing, except that the
majority of the people who want to
wager favor certain ball club.
Since the majority of the people
are not going to play in the worlds
championship games I refuse to be
awed or refuse to believe that the
Red Sox are overwhelming favor
ties in the big series.
If Joe Wood wins the first game
| think the Red Sox should be the
faVoritcs. If Wood pitches and the
Red Sex are defeated in that first
game, then | would not want to
have much of my money strung on
them.
The first game of a worlds series
is always a big factor in determin-
ing the winner, 1t did not hold
good last year but it has been the
general rule that the team that took
the first grabbed the bunting en-
blematic of the highest honors that
can be won on the diamond. The
first game this year is going to be
of more importance than ever be-
fore, in my opinion.
Opener in Big Battle Means Much.
If Wood can get the first game
the Red Sox will have the edge.
Wood is a strong fellow, a man
who can come back and if he can
start with win he should be able
TO duplicate and probably make it
three during the series. In my
opinion he is the twirler that will
have to bear the brunt of the work.
II he gets away with a lose the
Red Sox will suffer a tremendous
handicap
In fact, it is difficult to over
estimate the damage that would be
done the chances of the Red Sox
should Wood be beaten in the ini-
tial contest. Not only would the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05

a train, so Bill Phelon says. for AN eX
preston of your opinions on the great bat
tie before the nation" When he counted
up the slips, he found them just like this:
Taft 3, Wilson 1, Roosevelt l. Giants 81,
Red SoX ll5.
Which pitcher will McGraw start in TIE
worlds series? Well. If you were Nc
Graw who would YOU start There ism t
but one answer
jeff Tesreau receives but $500 in reg
ular salary for his season c work w tn
the Giants. However, he gets bonus Of
200, which pulls it up a bit but not
enough. TO make respectable salary for
the man who made the pennant a posi-
bility for the Giants
y riot is looked for a New York when
the sold OUT sign is hoisted at the
Polo grounds. 1t is estimated that there
will be 100 600 unsatisfied fans on the out
side, looking at the fences, when it hap
pens. After that?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
FODDER FOR FANS

Terre Haute wants Mordecai Brown as
manager. 1t was with this team that
Brown had his first professional engage
ment
Rudy EuiSwitt has had enough of base
ball, and if he can find a regular Job will
quit for good.
Ona DOdd, sent by Waco TO Pittsburg,
has been turned over to Columbus.
Three men are left on the Giant team
who took part in the worlds series OF
l9C5-and all three are pitchers Mathew
son. Nmes and Wiltse
Duffy Lewis, of the Red Sox, has stolen
only seven bases this year-a marvellous
record
Nhen brothers have PLAYED ball, the
oldest has usually been the best. II
worked out that way with the Delehantys,
Clarksons. Ciarkes, Walshs, Cobbs Ew-
ings and EVers.
Up around Cincinnati gent canvassed