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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-24
ENTERTAIN AT .@%.
! CANTRIL M. E. CHURCH

Cantril, May 22.-Thursday May 20,
the following program will be given at
the M. E. church:
The sident--Orchestra.
The New Colonial-Orchestra.
Piano solo-Mrs. c. c. Hoskin.
Piano duet-Misses Helwig and
Stewart.
Piano duet-Miss Sarr and Mrs.
Smith.
Piano duet-Miss Sarr and Mrs.
Smith.
Vocal solo-Mrs. Geo. Holdefer.
Flute solo-Mrs. F. A. Smith.
Temple commandery-Orche
Boys in Blue-Orchestra.
Miss Kittie Atkins Of Milton will
give thirty minutes of readings.
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CLAIMS HORSE WAS BLIND.

Mt. Pleasant, May 22.-Declaring
that the horse he traded for is prac-
tically blind in one eye, Alben kuhlen'
beck is suing Fred Wellington in the
Henry county court for 5000. He de-
clares he traded Wellington a bay
mare years old together with $50 IN
cash for a bay horse 8 years old, Win
the understanding that If the latter
animal did not recover from an eye
trouble, the trade was to be declared
off. Kuhlenbeck also AYERS he has or
fered to trade back twice but that
Wellington has declined. The case
will come up at the September term.
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of town.
visited old friends and relatives mere.
Rev. r. Wilkinson Of Bussey nlleo
the pulpit at the M. P. church on sun
day. .. ... ... , --.a.
A. DeCook and daughter spent last
Thursday in Leighton ..... ... So.
w. H. KEEPER of Oskaloosa was a
business caller in town Thursday.
superintendent A. 7. ABBOTT OF the
pocL island. also F. D. Whaly and Jno
Dulin were callers here Thursday while
making a tour Of inspection.
A. DeCook and daughter spent last
Thursday in Leighton trading.
John Shaffer of Harvey was in town
on business Thursday.
Miss Robertson was passenger FOL
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SEEKS LOCATION
T. FOR GAS PLANT

Abba, May 22.--T. H. j. Leakband
who is asking for a gas franchise, was
in Abba with a view of selecting a
location for the plant Mr.. Leakband
Is negotiating for one OF two very
suitable locations. While coke Is used
as fuel there is no smoke and every
thing around the. plant is kept very
clean, he is still going to locate the
plant at quite a distance from resi-,
dences. It will be outside OF the rail-
road circle. Mr.. Leakband said that
the plant that they are installing at
Charlton will be completed In two
weeks.
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r. F. MORONEY
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
lis WEST SECOND ST.
New Phone 1915 .. Old Phone rs
OoEf. DA~ AND NIGHT.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION JUNE 3

Burlington, May 22,-The Iowa state
Sunday school convention meets at
Burlington June 8, 4 and 5, three days
In school, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from a. m. to noon. Lee
lures afternoons and evenings. -,
Entertainment to delegates on Har
yard plan, breakfast and lodging free
In order to secure entertainment be
sure to write Miss Flora Bischoff, Bur
lington, Iowa, chairman entertain
ment committee, not later than June
1, stating the probable time of your
arrival. Failure to do this may cause
both the committee and yourself I'm
necessary inconvenience.
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HEDRICK PLANS
MEMORIAL PROGRAM

Hedrick, May 22.-Hedrick Will
again observe Memorial day May 80,
and the following program has been
prepared for the occasion: The exer-
cises will be held in Memorial park
at 1870 D. M, and the program will be
in charge Of Hon. James Wilson, CHAIR
man. .-....
The old soldiers will meet at the
postoffice and march to the park: All
comrades. whether members OF the u.
A. R. or not, are invited to march IN
line.
Mu-ic-Band.
Music-Choir.
Inyocation-Rev. E. O. Otto.
Music-Band.
Add-ess-Rev. c. B. Hawkins.
Music-Choir ..-.
Address-Rev. e. O. Otto.
Music-Band. --... ed.
Address-Rev. R. B. Hyten.
Music-Choir. -. .,....
1eading-Miss Harriet Holler.
The old soldiers will meet n front
of the postofice at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning and march in body to the
Baptist church, where the M mortal
sermon will be preached by Rev. Louis
Pillmeier, pastor of the Hedrick Pres
byterian church.
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Zone day only

Cures permanently the cases he un.
dertakes and sends the incurable
home without taking fee from them.
This is why he continues his visits
from year to year, while other doctors
have made few visits and stopped.
DR.. Shallenberger is an eminently sue
cessful specialist in all chronic dis
eases, proven by the many cures ef-
fected in chronic cases which have
baffled the skill of all other physi-
clans. His hospital experience and
extensive practice have made him so
proficient that he can name and locate
a disease in a few minutes.
Treats all ca.cs Of Catarrh, Nose.
Throat and Lung Diseases, Eye and
Ear, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys,
Gravel, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Neu-
ralgia, Nervous and Heart Diseases,
Blood and Skin Diseases, Epilepsy,
Bright's Disease and Consumption in
early stage, disoa Of the Bladder
and Female Organs, Liquor and To-
bacco habit. Stammering cured and
sure methods to prevent it's recur.
renee given. A never failing remedy
for Big Neck.
PILES. FIST JLA and RUPTURE
guaranteed cured without detention
from business. Special attention given
to all surgical cases and all diseases
of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and
Granulated Lids.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are YOU nervous and respondent
weak and deblitated; tired mornings;
no mbition-lifeless; memory poor;
easily fatigued; excitable and irrit.
able: eyes sunken, red and blurred :;
pimples on face; dreams, restless;
haggard looking; weak back; deposit
in urine and drains at stool; distrust'
full. want of confidence, lack OF ener
gy and strength?
DISEASES OF MEN AND PRIVATE
DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Blood Poison, supermatorrhea, vari
cocele, Hydrocele, Debility, Nervous
ness, Dizziness, Defective Memory
etc. which ruins mind and body. posi-
lively cured.
WONDERFUL CURES.
Perfected in old cases which have
been negleced or unskillfully treated
No experiments or failures. He I'm
dertakes no incurable cases, but cures
thousands given up to die.
Consultation Free and Confidential
Address ...
Dr. w. f. ShallenberQeI
1853 Lake Ave, Chicago.
Reference: Drexel State Bank.
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SMALL POx IMPARTIAL,

Des Moines, May 22.-Records for
small pox patients we're broken when
Mrs. Deliah Helscher. aged SO, was tax
en- to- the detention hospital here suf
fering with the disease. She will have
as companion there a baby eight
months old, who is member of an en-
tire family sent to the hospital last
week.
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MAKES ODD REQUEST.

Des Moines, May 22.-In the will OF
the late Geo. H. Lewis, of this city,
it was provided that $4,000 should go
to the establishment of lunch stand
and workingmen's coffee house near
Fourth and Court avenue. The super
intendent shall be Christian; there
shall be no gambling, no profanity, nc
vulgarity. It shall serve "the best cur
of coffee in, town. according to the
will -a a.ra-
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DRS. MYERLY & kREUL
SPECIALISTS
chronic Diseases-Men and Women

Oskaloosa Thursday.
William Kreeling spent Tuesday
Oskaloosa shopping. "
N. A. Jones Of Perry was a business
caller in town Friday.
Alec McCombs is on the six list at
present. -ra ..
J. H. Laughlin returned home Friday
from a visit with his brother John, west
Of Oskaloosa.
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TRIAL COURT HAS POWER.

Des Moines, May 22.-The supreme
court has refused to interfere on be-
half Of the county attorney of Taylor
county in an effort to prevent Judge
Maxwell admitting to bail Marshal
Mott of Gravity who is under indict-
ment for murder. The higher court
takes the position that bail Is mat
ter wholly within the discretion of the
trial court.
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WOMAN OVERCOME BY GAS

Mt. Pleasant, May 22.-Slow i'm
provement is noted In the condition of
Mrs. J. ]. Pitcher, wife Of local ply
stefan, who was overcome by gas
escaping from bathroom heater Sun
day. Her husband found her uncon-
scious. Three physicians finally sue
ceeded in restoring her to conscious
mess.
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Select Dates for County Fairs.
Milton, Nay 22.-Milton has selected
September 16, II, 10 and 10 as the
dates for their fair this year and West
Point has chosen September %, "a, %
and &c as it's dates.
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A Cruel Mistake
IS to neglect a cold or cough. Dr:
Kings New Discovery cures them ana
may prevent consumption. Soc and IL.
Frank B. Clark.
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Russell Votes for Lights,

RusseTI Votes Tor LI9htS,
Russell, May 22.-At the town cleo.
ton at which vote was taken on
electric lights, the proposition carried
by a vote of more than four to one. A
line will be built to Charlton, where
connection will be made with the
Charlton plant.
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FARM BRINGS $1o5 PER ACRE.
Cantril, May 22.-Geo w. Irwin sold
for F. E. Cassidy the Martin Creath
farm to w. H. Barnett for $105 per
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05

of State privileges. The public has
been feeling more and more that the
business of fire insurance in this coun-
try has been badly conducted. The
people are in temper to conduct II
themselves"
The new Missouri law is not one to
suggest itself for use in other States,
1t is quite possible that the insurance
companies have been somewhat precipi-
tate in preparing to run away before
they were hurt. 1t is not the hrst
time that they have clashed with legis-
lation of which they did not approve.
They withdrew from New, Hampshire
when the valued policy" law went into
force, but, of course, they returned
again and were only too glad to do so.
The only practical benefit from State
insurance would be better building
code, because if the State had to pay
the insurance bills it might require a
much safer system of construction than
that which now often is permitted to
60 unchallenged.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05

When the tourist has planked down the
amount of money named in the fascinat-
ing railroad advertisements the company
gives him a round trip ticket to the
Pacific Coast.
These tickets are very easily made. In
the first place, the agent takes three
reels of blank tickets and cuts off q
few fathoms of each. Then he pastes
the southwest end of the ticket to the
northwest exposure of another. and adds
two yards of the third. Then he fills in
casual information with a fountain pen
on the front breadths Of the ticket, signs
it here and there, tears off an outlying
section for future reference, punches II
nineteen times, and stamps il once for
every foot In punching ii he describes
the SEX height, weight, age, complexion,
political and religious preferences and
temper of the buyer
When all this is done the buyer signs
the ticket, thereby agreeing to cherish
and support it until death does them
part, to unfurl 1t whenever any conduc-
tor shall approach. to protect 1t against
scaipers, Indians. and personal friends,
and to ride on il only in the manner
hereinbefore described, and at such times
only as will be convenient to the COM
pany, and to surrender It instantly when
ever he has abused 1t or has even
thought hardly of it. After the tourist
hah signed this agreement the agent rolls
the ticket up on a hose reel and gives it
to him for keeps.
When the tourist has bought his ticket
he Tugs it onto the train and the con-
ductors begin to peck at 1t. Each con-
ductor looks II over and tells him 1t is
no good because the wrong color was
used on the second section. punches as
sorted holes in II. and tears of sample.
BY the time the tourist has reached Call
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05

the legislature, in the meanwhile let
ting the public yawp its lungs out II II
wished to. Then folks saw what ms
game had been. The legislative session
was called on the same day that the cali
was issued for the State convention 10
nominate candidates. He figured that
legislators would be slow to Violate their
platform right at that season
Even at that. he had big fight on ms
hands, and was obliged to carry the is
she to the floor of the convention, out
the point is that he finally got what ne
wanted-or part of it.
= Senator La Toilette. who is great
anostle of the simple diet. has recently
introduced among his Senatorial brethren
a new-fangled kind of milk. 1t is easily
dirested like buttermilk. but doesn taste
quite so bad. At La Follette's lnstisa-
tion the stuff has been placed on sale In
the Senate restaurant.
Senator Morris Sheppard OF Texas al,
ternate. between riding horseback ano
going to a private gymnasium, TO keep
himself under full steam.
,corn-irht 1913 by Fred c. Kelly. All nsh's
rserved.)
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05
EVANSVILLE HOLDS
ITS ELECTION TODAY
Contest in One Ward Only-ln Mount
Rainier a Bitter Fight Is On
for Oficers.

Hyattsville came near having an I'M
contested election yesterday for it's Mayor
and councilman. For few minutes yes
terday Edward Keegan, candidate for the
town council in the Third ward, the only
ward with a choice of men on the tick
ct, decided that he would have to with
draw, as the town charter provides that
to be eligible to Office a councilman must
have lived in Hyattsville for two years
under which condition Mr.. keegan could
not qualify. Later in the day, however,
friends came to Keegan's rescue, telling
him that this section of the town char
ter was most likely unconstitutional, ana
advising him to stick. Keegan was con-
WINGED that the State Legislature had
no right to keep good men from Office
by any such arbitrary provision, when
the State Constitution provides that to
qualify as a voter one must have lived
in the State one year. He Is deter
mined to fight it out on principal.
George II. Mcfarland is the other can
didate in the Third ward. His friends
predict that Keegan's election will be
contested i'm case he is successful at the
polls today.
Harry w. Shepherd. who is without
opposition, will be reelected Mayor
Councilman John Fainer, jf., In the First
Ward and j. &. Brooke, In the second,
both without opposition, will be chosen
members of the Council. The polls will
be open from until o'clock this after
noon.
In Mount Rainier, the neighboring town.
ship, the political situation is bit
more complicated. There are three can
didates for Mayor. Joseph T. X. Plant.
present Mayor, during whose administra-
ton politics have been intense, has de-
clined to be a candidate again. Mayor
Plant has had enough of what to him
has proved at times at stressful Office
w. II. Venneman, former Councilman of
Mount Rainier, chief of the Volunteer
Fire Department and popular manager
Of the local baseball team, and Albert
T. Rust, jr. favorite of the Plant fac
ton. will make the strongest fight for
the Mayorality. 1t is said. W. Waldo
Stevens is the other candidate.
Robert W. Reed and John Kline are
contesting for the Council in the First
Ward. F. M. Proctor is the retiring
Councilman of this ward. In the Fourth
Ward, Gilbert w. Hughes will be re-elect-
ed. There are no elections in the Sec
ond and Third wards. John Stockman
will be reelected town clerk The polls
in Mount Rainier will be open this after
noon from until o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05
PLANS FOR SUMMER
NOW ARE AVAILABLE
Public Library Has Complete lnfor'
nation on the Subject of
Of Vacations.

.nv one who is in doubt where to
.r.,d the summer vacation can find
n,enty of good summer travel htera-
+,,re IN the subject available at the Pub
liz library. The library's ninth annuai
exhibition of such literature is now open
~ N. public. and already has been visit-
al nv 81 many that there is no DOUBT
If its being Just as popular as mas
h.sn every summer since the Librarian
erst MANNED this vacation-goers aid'
In the exhibition are pamphiets, Cur
cu,ars and booklets which give lnIori ns :
tion concerning noted summer resoi ~
and near. The person VINO can IT.,
hundreds of dollars for Vacatiyn
can learn all about the many oehe
trims abroad or to far-distant paris oi
This country, while the person WIN =.
naratively few dollars can learn now
get the hest vacation possible on -
money. Particularly all the ihporean ,
railways and steamship nnes are iop
re.ented by literature telling where "
% how to get there, what 10 sec uioie
and how much 1t will cost
A,,oeether the collection Is one Which
net he seen to be appreciated Many
~ N. PAMPHLETS and books are SO wen
;,,,s,rated and so well written that tney
are worth keeping permanently Inc IL
hrary has extra copies OF most Oh '"ese
no onhIets for distribution TO adurts on
REQUEST at the desk in the reierShce
room where the exhibit will De on we"
throughout the summer.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05
ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
Ry FRED c. KELLY

Kentucky read one morning in livery
outfit.
Haven't you got any horses at home?"
he asked.
"Yes, I've got about eighty" replied
Johnson.
Then why in the name O. time are
you hirin' anothern and paying out good
money to a livery stable "
Oh johnson explained, Il can hire
a horse so cheap that 1t seems foolish to
take a chance on making one of my own
stiff or lame"
The thing that has been the greatest
help to Senator Shafroth of Colorado is
his persistence. When he was in Con-
gress a few years ago. he was the cham
pion chess player of the House, and won
the famous cable game with the cham
pion Of the English House Of Commons
and it may be said in passing that he
quit playing chess then for fear of ruin
ing his reputation. He plays politics In
much the same manner that he played
chess-just studies out his moves slowly,
carefully, paying no attention TO the
scraping of feet of non-combata nts who
wish he would hustle up and make his
next play-and after due elaboration.
goes ahead.
Take the time he was elected Governor
Of Colorado, in 1908. He and the Legis-
lature had been elected on a progressive
platform, providing for the initiative and
referendum, popular election of Senators,
and a number of other modern convent
ences The Legislature jimmied along.
the way Legislatures delight in doing.
and showed no signs of carrying out their
part Of the entertainment The session
was limited to ninety days. and the end
was approaching. Shafroth threatened
to call a special session, but they merely
gave him the hoarse boot and did moth
ing.
AS soon as the Legislature had adj
journed. people began to inquire when he
was going to call the special session, and
he said he would call it later on. The
months went by and he didn't call it,
and everybody twitted him, saying that
the only thing that had been called was
his bluff. He waited Just fifteen months
before he called that special session OF
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05

There is refreshing optimism IN the
decision by Secretary of the Interior
Lane that the testimonies adduced IN
his "get-together" hearings for the
water users dependent upon the Salt
River projects for the irrigation OF
their lands had not shown such gross
ness of fraud or wastefulness or in
efficiency on the part of the Reclamation
Service as to require a Congressional
investigation.
Secretary Lane announced at the be-
ginning of the hearings that they were
intended to educate him, to give him
a sympathetic knowledge Of reclama-
ton work from the water users point
of view The hearings. at which repre-
sentatives of the water users associa-
ton and OF an independent organiza-
ton OF farmers In the Salt River Val
lev expressed their opinions of the con-
struction and maintenance OF the
reclamation work, were instituted inde-
penuellIlN DN lHt HSdu VI lliS ihiNiiSA
Department. of which the Reclamation
Service is a part.
Whether or, not the need of such
hearings was suggested by recent Con-
gressional Investigations, however, the
determination of Secretary Lane can be
regarded by the friends of the Recla-
nation Service as denial of the find
ings of a subcommittee of the House
Committee on Expenditures in the In
terror Department of the Sixty-second
Congress. That subcommittee, of which
Representative Hensley of Missouri
- was chairman, and made the report,
charged Encouragement and worse on
the part of certain officials connected
with the Salt River projects.
The hearings OF the Congressional
committee and OF Secretary Lane
brought out testimony tending to show
that the Reclamation Service had made
errors. 1t is impossible that it should
not make errors. some of them serious
ones. But TO believe. as Secretary Lane
believes. that none of the errors,
whether of head or heart, was so
gricvous As to prove hurtful to the
service Is helpful to the American
neonle
The Washington herald., 1913-05-05
Their Right Conception Of True Free
dom.

In his dispatch to President Wilson
expressing his qualification over the
recognition of the Chinese republic
President Yuan Shi Kai states the
means whereby his countrynen hope
to make their new government >perma-
nent and perfect. 1t will be their aim
to assure themselves the unalloyed
blessings of self-rule and prosperity
and happiness within, through the union
of law and liberty. and without, through
the faithful observance of all estab-
lished obligations.
This is not the first time that these
"untutored Chinese novices in the prac-
tice OF republicanism" have given
cause for wonder at their grasp of
the essentials of popular freedom. The
declaration of principles put forth by
their Parliament on the day of its first
assemblage was, in the main, a re-
iteration of the maxim that the public
welfare is tine supreme law, and that
government of right exists only by
the consent of the governed. And
now their President hits upon the truth
that national prosperity, happiness and
the blessings of selfgovernment arc
obtainable only through the union of
law and liberty. This is an epitome
of nearly all that has been said and
written on the subject of free popular
institutions; and the man who framed
this phrase could not have done so
without thorough understanding. Presi-
dent Yuan gives points worth remem-
bering by iingoes. No nation which
observes its established obligations has
anything to apprehend. Its position
is made stronger thereby than it could
be by piling up ornaments and keep
ing millions of its young men in bar
racks, ahoat and ashore. 1t was by
the observation of its own interna-
tional duties that this government Sc
cured unquestioned recognition of its
rights.