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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
MoULToN.

Mrs Thos. W. Hough is home from
q winters visit with her daughter Mrs
Nellie Rush in Mississippi.
d" Geo. Ballew and Lewis Wood were
in Texas this week, looking for land
, Miss Rose Hough Is home from New
ton where she passed the winter.
A. ], Davis has sold his farm back to
J. P. Stansberry and will move down
near Brownsville, Texas where ne
purchased forty acre tract of land
for $1,000. ''' ''.' r.t.''
. -! r: B, Carson and Geo.. T. Pulliam
leave for. st. Louis next Monday and
from there go on q boat to the famous
battle ground Of Shiloh. Mr.. Carson be-
longed to the End Iowa Infantry and
was wounded at the Hornets, Nest
The visitors will be absent for two
weeks.
Reuben Withrow was kicked in the
mouth by a vicious horse and had his
teeth mashed back to the rear OF his
tongue. He Is In a serious condition.
AT the city election Mayor G. l.
Bouard was reelected but the rest o.
the citizens ticket was badly beaten
The new council is composed OF the
following: w. Mcqueen. Otis Stober
Arthur Montgomery, Raymond Dhority
and Grover Blosser.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
AVERY.

In the passing away Of Mrs. Ellen,
Morgan, Avery lost one Of it's old
pioneers. Every child in Avery knew
Mrs Morgan. She was one Of the
Episcopal church and took active part
in its organization and build here. and
attended as long as she was able to be
out. She had word Of comfort and
cheer for every one whom she came in
contact with. She was left widow
years ago with four children, and by
frugality and hard work reared fam
lily and acquired her own home. The
following children survive: Mrs. Jas.
Ellsworth Of Abba, Mrs. Lena Smith
Of Abba, Mrs. Jessie Smith Of Avery.
One daughter Mrs. Will j. Evans pre-
ceded her to the beyond two years ago.
Rev. Neil of Abba, assisted by Rev.
funeral. Interment was made at the
Covenanter cemetery, where she was
laid at rest beside her husband. Mrs.
Morgan had been a sufferer for years
and recently fell and broke her hip
from which she never rallied, owing to
her age. A good Christian gone to her
reward and will be missed by many
whom she ministered unto.
Mrs. l.. r. Pearson returned from
Des Moiens Saturday where she had
been getting acquainted with her
granddaughter Bruer.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Morgan,
daughter.
There will be no school here next
week. giving the teachers chance to
attend the county institute at Abba.
Lucille Pearson departed Saturday
for Des Moines where she will meet her
niece Miss Bruer, whom she has never
met and will take advantage Of the in
stitute week, there being no school at
Abba.
Thos. Cosgrove spent Sunday at OF
tumwa.
Prof. Leedham spent Saturday and
Sunday at Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Kelley spent Saturday and
Sunday at Walnut, Ia, her home.
Association day was observed at the
Sunday school here, the regular asso-
citation program being used. Mrs. En-
mer was appointed as delegate to the
forty seventh ANNUAL state Sunday
school convention that convenes at
Waterloo June 4 s.
Frank Alien purchased the John G..
Evans property and is living in 1t at
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darby are now resi-
dents of the east end.
Leonard Simmer Of Mt. Pleasant
made his regular appointment here and
at Lockman Sunday.
Jacob Ritter was at Des Moines last
week at the miners and operators COM
vention in session there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
FINISH THE JOB TODAY.

Do not puddle along with job today and finally
put it off until tomorrow Brace up Act like you are
alive and complete your task today The Christian Sci
ence Monitor says: There is much truth in Susan
Coolidges lines:
Every day is fresh beginning, s.s .s-&
Every morn is world made new"
1t is also true that all of yesterdays have some
thing to do with shaping today, just as our today will
have something do with the shaping Of all our other
days, and we can if will, shape it we would have
it to be- The one question is: Shall rise to the oc-
casion and make the most of the opportunity offered
US just at this minute? Says Bunsen: Every DAY
ought to be begun serious work. standing alone in
ITSELF and yet connected with the past and the future
It an error which so many of commit this treating
too lightly the coming of day of privilege and op-
portunity just because another day scheduled to
arrive in "a hours and still another in another "a hours
after that Today the only day that is ever truly ours
and the wise use it as if it the only day there
ever was or ever will be- They Indulge not in vain re-
grets for the past in vaner resolves for the future
On the contrary they follow the admonitions which
Emerson has set forth Finish every day and be done
with it, You have done what you could Some bunders
and absurdities doubt crep forget them as soon
as YOU can. Tomorrow is day; begin 1t we'll and
serenely and with too high spirit to be numbered with
your old nonsense Today is all that is good and fair 1t
is too DEAR with it's hopes and invitations to waste
moment on the yesterdays"
And so good neighbor, our duty appears to stand
ont pain to u.s. We are not to indulge any disturbing
regrets for the yesterdays, spend our time in
dreaming of the tomorrows, but should go at and
do the tasks that are inviting 1t today in which
the artists painted their great pcures the poets wrote
their great poems and that every man, humble or ia
NOUS did whatever he succeeded in accomplishing. If
we will utilize today in the right way the yesterdays
won't countfor so much and the golden tomorrows will
all care for themselves Let us 60 it and do something
worth while. -. :... ......
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
CANTRIL.

Harry McGarian has moved to the
property vacated by ]. ]. Talbot and
Lewis Owens to the property vacated
by Mr.. McGarian.
Edith Van Fossen and children OF
Colorado are the guests of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Rider.
Don Wellborn has returned from
Denver, Colo.
At the Work sale hay sold at SIS a
ton and chickens at $40 dozen.
John Saar, Jr., returned Monday from
a business trip to Chicago.
Arch Harrison left Monday for
Browning, Mo-, where he has position
at telegraphy.
Prof. Perdue of Pulaski was in town
Saturday.
VIM. Teter shipped car of cattle to
Chicago Sunday. T. S. Stonebraker
shipped car Of hogs to st. Louis the
siddle Of the week.
At the town election Tuesday the
following officers were elected Mayor
Dr. w. A. Jones; treasurer, Simeon
Teter; assessor. A. B. Tackaberry;
councilmen, Jacob Boyer, B. ]. Thomp-
son, Lee Harbidge, Ben Casady.
Mrs Vincent is now at the K. c.
house at Pennington which she recent
ly purchased.
Ms. Lac Harbidge and daughter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
wANAMAkER ON TAFT.

John Wanamaker, in letter: l do
not know what President Taft in
herited when he was indorsed for the
presidency by the foremost citizen of
the nation. l believe in his character,
his capacity, his leadership. believe
that the experience that he has had
is guarantee of better things. l have
known him closely for twenty yrwo
years and have absolute confidence in
his integrity, honesty of purpose and
tremendous ability to cope with the
legal questions that are puzzling the
great minds Of the Interpreters Of law
I believe he should be upheld IN en-
forcing the law without permitting
prosecution or betrayal of the sacred
rights of all the people. He has not
followed the will-of-the-wisp; nor has
he chased rainbows. Steadfastly,
with dignity and effectiveness and
tire1ess energy, he has done his work
"Prove all things, hold fast to that
which is goods the counsel Of wise
man, that has been certified in the
twenty centuries since it was spoken.
This is the way Sumner Curtis, >he
Chicago Record d-Hear.d's Washington
correspondent, sums up the fight for
the democratic presidential nomina-
tiun: "The belief is growing stronger
every day that .Bryan's old-time arnji-
tior to lead his party fight has been
reawakehed under the spell of repub-
Iican ructions and the prospect Of a
deadlock in the democratic national
convention. From many lip these
dave comes the predict ion 'tat Bryan
will be in the convention to seize an
opportunity 'or sta n;.ede, the same
as he did at Chicago III 1876
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
VILLAGE CREEK.

4 Miss Lizzie Gift spent few days
this week with her sister Mrs. =. =
Baum
Miss Ella Aired Of Ottumwa was ar
over Sunday visitor with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Aired.
Mrs. Frank Beinert OF waterloo
spent last week with her mother Mrs
j. r. Hendricks.
Alfred Marts Of Seymour, Wis, spent
Saturday night and Sunday at the
Henry Harsch home. He left for hii
home Monday accompanied by Harold
Harsch who will make an extended
visit
Born, to Mr.. and !, Mrs. Lloyd Hol
lingsworth Thursday March q
Mrs. D. A .Rater spent Tuesday al
the home Of his mother Mrs. Bridget
Curry.
Mrs. Mat Huber and little son OF
Unionville spent Tuesday night and
Wednesday at the Henry Harscn
home.
Mrs. John Rouch and granddaugh-
ter Miss Clara Kosman left Friday for
visit with Mrs. Frank Kurtz OF
Pleasant Plain and relatives In Florls
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Zion
M. E. church will meet Wednesday
April 8 with Mrs. j. A. Kennedy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
RICHLAN0.

Mrs. VIM. Meeker has returned t
her home In Highland Center after
pleasant visit here with Mr.. and Mrs
Milton Bales.
Mrs. w. F. Barnett and Mrs. Car.
michael were Ottumwa visitors Tues
day.
Mag De Frame of Wayland was q
visitor in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Samantha Furgeson OF Gales
burg, Ill.,, is enjoying visit here with
her mother Mrs. Sellars and other rela
tives.
Mrs. Cylonia Mills Who spent tho
winter In California has arrived al
home.
Mrs. Lemma Mills is visiting the par.
entail home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Con Brler
in Newbergh. u
visited a sister here over Sunday.
I Mrs. F. w. Barnett and Mrs. Johr
Carmichael were Ottumwa visitors OK
Mrs. Chal Chacey and daughter arr
visiting in Grinnell.
! ( w. A. Brady went to st. Louis Tues
day on business trip.
| County Superintendent McVfcker o.
Sigourney was visiting the school hers
Tuesday. t.-
W. A. Cox of Morning Sun visited
over Sunday with his mother Mrs. M
A. Davis
Bunk Ward had a sale Wednesday
of horses and cattle. A large number o.
buyers were in from the country ane
neighboring towns. His sale amounted
to $9.750.
Miss Woods one Of the staff o1
teachers in school entertained the
high school teachers Monday evening
at 6 o'clock dinner after which an en-,
| III
The election Monday resulted in the
whole of the republican ticket being
elected. 1853 votes were cast, many
more than in any previous town elec
ton.
| A son was born March "a to Mr.. ant
Mrs. Richard Sellars. '>s,
| Miss Tillie Newhart began the sprine
term of school Monday at the Starr
school house.
| Miss Rilla Hadley Is teaching tn.
i Blue Point school,
! The 0. e. S. met Tuesday evening
Mrs. Alta Sullivan Of Fairfield me
with the members in school Of in.
struction. At the close Of the meeting
| was enjoyed.
| The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Greeson was buried Sunday.
| The officers elected Monday are a!
follows: P. L. Norman, mayor; A. F
Bridger,[ treasurer; assessor, Orca1
Hinshaw; councilmen, Chas. Goorich
John w. Green, L. M. Snider, Franz
Herman and John w. Green; parl
commissioners, Alfred Seyb, Johr
Coffman and David Bruins.
Mrs. John Bristow has purchased {
lot and will have neat cottage built
this spring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
AFTER THE UNATTAINA5LE.
From the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin,

|
merce and Commercial Bulletin,
"' Indt.l t
Just as ex-President Roosevelt is
abut to set out upon brief speech
making tour in behalf of his own nomi.
nation as candidate for third
term" it is becoming daily more evi.
dent that the "boom" which ill-advised
friends started in his behalf and labor
iously sought to push along, is fail.
ure. There is no rush or sweep to It.
1t is not swelling, but what force 1t
had is subsiding. He cannot give 1t
more than a momentary impulse, and 1t
would have been far better for him If
he had never permitted the false
start. <-s'.,
We need not recall the service which
we believe Mr.. Roosevelt to have done
the country as president, or the ex-
ceptional prestige it gave him. Like
other men he has "the defects OF his
qualities" and this service was accom-
panied by faults. His prestige was i'm
paired before he left Office and his
popularity was on the wane, but after
years absence and his triumphant
return through Europe, it revived. 1t
could then have been easily preserved,
but q mistake was made In dipping
into the conflict of state politics. A far
greater mistake has been made in
Welding to an impulse, spurred by i'm.
portunity, to seek the Office and honor
rof the presidency again. It is an at.
tempt at the unattainable.
The obstacles in the way are in
superable.@ There is not only the
tradition against the third term, but,
far more serious, the pledge under no
circumstances" to "accept another
nomination" The offer to violate that
and prevarication, which deceive no
candid mind. Then there Is the old
friendship and admiration for Presi-
dent Taft which helped so much to in
sure his elevation to the oflce, and the
disloyalty to that sentiment for which
no justification or excuse can be found
to satisfy the candid mind. These
things have disappointed and saddened
many of Roosevelt's admirers whose
good opinion was better worth keep
ing than that which he has of late been
winning. s. f. g r@
Every day it is becoming more Ger.
tain that Roosevelt cannot have the re-
publican nomination, and less uncertain
that it will go to Taft with acclaim.
The saddest part of it is that there can
be no reparation for the damage done
to his reputation, no restoration to the
place he held in the esteem Of the
American people. 1t is not alone his
fault His political sagacity, which
would have seen clearly if the case
had been another's was blinded by
what we can only regard as vanity and
ambition though not unmingled with
an ardent patriotism; and he was
urged on by those of much less vision
and more sorid motive He yielded
to misguided promptings and has fallen
from his high estate never to attain
lit again. We are constrained to say
it more in sorrow than in anger"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

The situation in the coal mining in.
dustry appears brighter today than 1t
has for some time. The miners in
Great Britain are expected to return
to work soon, ending strike Of one
months duration that caused general
suspension Of industry owing to the
coal shortage. The miners in the bi-
luminous coal fields in this country,
in which the middle vests mines are
included, have practically reached an
agreement, and the anthracite miners
and operators will reopen negotiations
early in April. At the worst it is be-
lieved that there will be but brief
suspension of work. '-1 .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
MISUNDERSTANDING TAFT.

IFrOm "Ino NaClOH, IN !. O-s''1
At Portland on Saturday, Mr.. Koose'
velt pushed his garbling and mlsrep'
resentation of President Tart seVeral
degrees further than In his Carnesle
Hall speech. It is performance lnIvl.
lectually contemplate and morally
quite shameless. Bryan at his worst
was never capable of anything SO low
Mr.. Taft had merely stated the trulsm
that in this country the people nave
to govern themselves through repre-
sentatives. It was no more than hoose-
welt himself had asserted in MS 20
lumbus speech, in which he said that
the initiative and referendum, advo-
Gated by him, should not be used 10
destroy representative government.
But now he makes the presidents s
statement mean approval of govern
ment by the bosses, by the men who
represent the combination of politics
and big business And then he pro-
ceeds to declare that the president
has in mind men like Senator Penrose
and Senator Gallinger and Chairman
Barnes as the really Representative
part" of the people who ought to rule.
It is not necessary to point out that
the aid of all these men has In times
past been gladly received by Theo-
dore Roosevelt Nor need we stop to
remark that at this very moment he
Is hand in glove with even more dis
reputable politicians and with rich
men. two of whom have been under
Indictment for illegally combining pol
itics and big business. All that is
needful to remark is that the ch1val-
rous Roosevelt, in his attack upon q
sworn friend, has been guilty or
base perversion of that friends Ian
guage. This touches depth OF mean
ness and demagogy which no presl-
Dental candidate ever before reached.
cIt is an advantage to a public man
10 have q grievance" This was said
to Martin Van Buren by an English
statesman at the time when the news
came that Van Buren, though ap-
pointed and actually serving as Amer
lean minister in London, had been re-
tected by. the senate. The saying GER
tatnly proved true in Van Buren,s
case. He fulfilled the prediction which
Benton at the moment made to the
whig senators: "You have broken a
minister only to make vice presl-
Qe0C..Isf u0 pUUklC 1uoA IOo"J 49, AeS
4 grievance is President Taft. He Is
not airing it, but everybody feels il,
and it is working nightly in his favor.
The outrageous nature of his treat
ment by Mr.. Roosevelt is turning
thousands of voters to the support OF
the president. The American people
do like fair play, and they know that
Mr.. Taft is not getting it from the
greatest shouter for fair. play. Proof
Of this is seen in the caption which
the Topeka Plaindealer spread across
the first page of it's issue OF January
26: "Why Don't Some People Learn
Sense? Roosevelt Won't Run Against
Taft He's Not That Kind Of Man. .
But when Roosevelt showed, by his
letter Of February "a, that he was ex-
actly that kind of man, there was
nothing left for the Plaindealer but
to come out for Taft. A.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
ALBA.

The subject of Prof. McMurray's
lecture and reading yesterday after
noon at the institute was Paul Law
renee Dunbar, the negro poet. A large
audience was present to hear Mr.. Nc
Murray.
Sheriff w. b. Griffin and his dep
uty captured 154 quarts Of whisky and
twenty barrels Of beer. the whole con-
signment being In one mans name.
There were eighteen bids placed in
the hands Of the school board for tho
erection of the new high school build
ing, ranging In price from s5.40O to s6.-
700
Mrs. Roy T. Afford entertained
company this afternoon, the guest Of
nenor being Miss Della Valentine OF
Oskaloosa.
w. d. Junkin of Fairfield was busi-
ness visitor in Abba today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

changed his mind since he was stung
by the political bee. In this book
Roosevelt said: Governmental power
should be concentrated in the hands
of very few men who would be so con-
spicuous that no citizen could help
knowing all about them, and the cleo
ton should not come too frequently.
In our cities the misgovernment is due
not to the misdeeds Uf the rich but to
the low standard Of honesty and
morality among our citizens gener-
ally" Now the colonel says represen-
tative government is failure and in
stead of the system he then praised,
he would open the way for riot of
foolish legislation through the medium
of the initiative and referendum
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

Edna May are visiting in Des Moines.
Ray Blanchard visited Friday and
Saturday at the home Of her grand
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Jones. 80,
\ Rev. Lloyd Tenant Is IN Centerv1ie
this week on business.
Mrs. H. c. Parks was a passenger to
Bloomfield Friday. N #a.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
.cHARITON.

Mrs. Henry Gill of Hiteman is visit
Ing in Lucas with her mother Mrs.
John Pascoe.
O. B. Ratcliff expects to leave to-
morrow for visit in Chillicothe, Mo,
and may locate that that place.
Scott F'indley, student at Mon
mouth college and his friend Will Nc
Cullagh who had been visiting here
with the formers parents Rev. and
Mrs. G.. I. Findley, have returned to
their studies.
MT. and Mrs. Lester Anosrson OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
SUPERFICIAL POPULARITY.

Recent events in the political arena
call attention to the oft proved fact
that mere noise is not much of an as
set in politics. Four years ago the
democratic papers made much OF
what they termed the 'tameness' of
the republican nominating convention
at Chicago. They pointed in contrast
to the democratic convention in Den
yer, whica was one series of prolong-
id whoops, 6 an evidence that Bryan
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

Rock Island has furnished pretty
strong confirmation of President Taft's
declaration that there are occasions
when it is hardly safe to permit the
people to rule themselves, the Chicago
Record Herald observes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
IoWA's FOREIGN BORN.

A table that shows how little Iowa
benefited from immigration in the last
ten years is made public by the CEN
sus bureau The table gives compari-
tive figures of the number of foreign
born citizens of the state in 1900 and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
LAND is MOVING.

An eighty acre farm in Washington
township, close to the line Of Pleasant
township, was sold by F. E. Sawvel
and wife to Frank Storm according ia
deed filed with Recorder Cawley.
The c0ssideration shown Is $10.nnn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

id cal wives as they never keep waiting out in
the touring until he feel the chilbains taking
possession of his In order to be successful
confused with the stand pipe. The rest can be &C.
quired Several of leading chorus girls have
abandoned the stage at the request of men who
wanted to get rid of their small change minus mod
est alimony and none of these gentlemen have been
surfeited with ennu pocket money since. The
chief occupation of the chorus girl is shoong chappy
boys away from the stage entrance which they infest
in silk hats and palpation Of the heart She is also
kept busy being photographed for the Sunday papers
in her stage complexion 1t takes chorus girl some
time to adjust her complexion SO that she won't look
orally carries it around in her trunk. Some chorus
girls use complexion which would trip a fire alarm,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
PEOPLES PULPIT.

The Courier will publish in this
column articles contributed by
its readers. The communications
shouId be typewriter or In
plain hand, on one side Of the
paper, and signed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

A book once written by Col. Roose-
velt entitled, American IDEALS is be-
ing quoted as an evidence that the
colonel. like Woodrow Wilson, has
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

If today's weather indications are
to be believed March is planning to 60
out like the proverbial lion. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

1910, and shows a falling off of $4,000
during the decade. The table, which
shows the foreign born white popula-
tion for both 1910 and 1900 is as fol-
lows: i
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

while others affect the gen aor Of man VINO M 0y @
off, and she the recp
elderly
which
skirt
half
would be as bathing beach in January
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02
Side Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
THE CHORUS GIRL.

movable adjunct to the modern stage VINO makes
in hook
waiting out
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

uGu JOf iCO
The next decade may show a differ
ent result if the movement to turn the
tide of immigration from the cities to
the farm is successful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

Representative Mann of Illinois this
week introduced bill to require all
railroads, steamship lines, or other
common carriers to provide food and
water for poultry in transit, to prevent
suffering from over-crowding by pro.
viding crates of sufficient size as to
be humane, and to be open on at
least three sides that ventilation may
be assured. The bill will be considered
by the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-04-02

Representative Green has intro.
duced bill providing for the &C.
quisition of site for a public build
ing at G1enwood, the site not to cost
over $4,000. Representative Smith
now Judge Smith-introduced a like
bill in the Sixty-first congress, but 1t
was not acted upon then.