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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

The Wyoming way of settling these
fights seems to be little rough, but
it seems to get results. When the
speaker wants to enforce ruling
he throws one man from the platform
and kicks another in the stomach. il
the speaker is big enough he wins his
argument. This may operate to the
disadvantage of the lightweight mem
bers of the legislature, but at that II
is to be preferred to the Jackpot
diplomacy of the Illinois legislature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
RAILROAD HAS
BEEN ENJOINED

Dubuque, Jan. 21.-Judge Kintzin
ger has issued temporary injunc
ton against the Great Western rail-
way, restraining it from continuing
the construction of sidetracks now
building in Dyersville.
The petition for injunction was
filed by the new Iowa & Northern
road 1t is alleged the sidetracks
would bar the road from connecting
tracks with the Great Western.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
The WRONG Tense.

Dorothea's father was sitting before
window in his country house with
Dorothea on his knees, says Harper's
Weekly He was looking across the
fields with unseeing eyes, when his lit
tie daughter broke in on his reverie
with, What are you looking at papa?"
II was looking into the future, my
dear"
THE future, papa! thought it was
into the pasture!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
That Wav Safety Lies.

Dallas Morning News: There are
thousand ways in which a man can
make a donkey of himself. but he can
never go wrong by telling the young
mother that the baby looks like her
and is beautiful
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
All In. the Same Boat.

Louisville Courier-Jcurnal: Princeton
university is reported to be greatly IN
need Of $4,O0O,O0O. Well, as jerome X.
Jerome once observed, every me Is
hard up, some for shilling and some
for a hundred pounds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

over me he bit the back OF my hog"
That's as far rs he can reach
broke in Johnny, in a wounded tone
"You don't expect little pup like him
to bite a big man like you on the
neck. do you, Mr.. Raymond Youths
Companion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
70 THE VOTERS OF orTUMWA.

Petitions are now being circulated
by and for candidates for the nomina.
ton for mayor and councilmen of the
city of Ottumwa. The names of the
men now petitioning and others will
be upon the primary ballot. In max
ing q selection from among the names
the citizen must accept and bear the
responsibility that are his.
Il he ii n ~Sor IL law and order
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

be thrown out without any expense whatever.
Some of the exclusive clubs provide all or the
comforts of home including the weekly pain. Cluo
members are obliged to oftener than other people
in order to get their moneys worth.
One incest features of the up-to-date cuo Is
the squash court where the despsed squash is used
with deadly effect 1t is called squash court because
fat players are liable to sit down heavily upon the
cement floor and splater enthusiastic vein This
dangerous pastime responsible for the slow extermi
nation of that noble plant, the Hubbard squash
Every club is equipped with long wash basln
called swimming pool which Is filled with ice water
two pleas above freezing point This device is pre-
sided over by swimming master who teaches people
how to swim without nhaling the entire contents of
4he poo] When man enter a swimming pool for the
first time he will sorry he left his fur coat at
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Underground Wires.

Underground WTTeB.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Accord
ing to the Iowa City papers all the
telephone wires and telegraph wires
of that city are to be placed under
ground, upon the suggestion of the
corporations operating these lines.
That is a good idea. Cedar Rapids
has part of it's wiring under ground
and that good system ought to be ex.
tended as rapidly as possible until
there are few wires left on poles
These changes need not be made hur-
riedly, but every city would do well
to be working toward such ends The
above the ground network of wires
is unsightly and dangerous.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
The Top Price.

Omaha -Vorld-Herald: Mrs. Harris
sues for 100000 for the loss of her
husband, who went down with the
Titanic. This is putting the price Of
husbands up higher than the suffra-
gettes, say, would place it. ~.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

The papers are telling about
Jersey City man who, after being
assessed 81 as poll tax went home and
chopped down the only pole about the
premises, the one his wife used for
hanging out the washing, hoping
thereby to dodge the tax collector In
the future
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Followed Copy.

Victor Murdoch, the red headed
Kansas congressman and editor, does
not speak French. His wife and
daughter are abroad. Recently, when
near Paris, they wrote to the head Of
the family. In the letter they said
their address would be found printed
on the envelope.
Mr.. Murdoch took their word for
it and addressed his reply as per in
structions. He followed copy" down
to the period. In his wife's answer
he got translation Of what he had
written. This was it: .
Madam Victor Murdoch,
Hotel Grand Prix,
Every room with bath. Situated In
large park. Tennis courts along
side, Hot and cold water.
Private dining rooms.
Mourmelon, near Paris,
France.
And the best part of this story is
that II is true
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

President-elect Wilson's course in
dicates that he may revolutlonlze So
cial customs in the capital. He has
announced that he is opposed to hand
shaking at public functions. He has
placed his ban on the inaugural ball
and likewise announced that If any
public reception is to be held his fam
ily should not be expected to attend.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Mans Defiance Of Nature.

Lincoln Journal: Every year or two
the Ohio river drives people and
property out of it's vicinity. Another
year or so and they are all back
ready to be driven out again. Just as
Vesuvius always finds plenty of peo-
pie to overwhelm when it goes on its
occasional rampage. Men will live
where they must to make a living,
regardless Of danger.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
'Twixt Hope and Fear.

Chicago Record-Herald: Big bust
ness still alternates between the pen
tents bench and the anxious seat
while digesting the gospel according
to our president-elect.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Two DAflnitions.

Topeka Capital An optimist Is a
man with mining stock to SELL A pes
simist Is the party who bought 1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
poinq Pretty Well.

Topeka Capital: Doubtless Gen.
Fred Funston should have been pro-
NOTED. Still for one who came into the
army by way of the back door Gen.
Funston has been advanced with
measurable speed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Real Article Perhaps.

Washington Post: Gov. Dunno re-
garded IS cents for cup of coffee as
excessive: but maybe 1t was real
coffee. #,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Ready for Any Emerge ncy.

Omaha Bee: Mr.. Bryan has a
strong heart, SO he will be equal to
any surprise President-elect Wilson
may have in store for him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Chew or EscheW.

Kansas City Times: "Eschew
meat" says a food faddist. But II
you won't, then chew 1t. -a..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
The Greater Man.

Senator O'Gorman was discussing
with friend the careers Of two sue.
cessful college men. One Of these had
1rst been made Judge. the other a
bishop. and the senator's friend re-
marked:
II think bishop is greater man
than Judge. A Judge, at the most
can only say. You be hanged but
q bishop can say, You be damned y"
"Yes." replied the senator, but II
the Judge says You be hanged! you
are Observation-Disclosures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

Last year New York provided bond
issue Of $4,000, 900 and California u.
bond issue Of $1s,000,000 for road
building. This is an Indication that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
The Place PeriIous.

Ohio state Journal: Did youse git
anyt'ing?" whispered the burglar on
guard as his pal emerged from the
window.
Nav: de bloke wot lives here IS a
lawyer" said the other in disgust.
Oats hard luck" said the first;
did youse lose anything?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

who hasn't Joined the suffragette
fight by this time has a very poor
press agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

In another week or so the ball teams
will be starting out on their spring
training trips. Then the fan will be-
gin to sit up and take notice again.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Tommy Had eeen auav.

Can the presents you bought be
exchanged F" asked mother grimly.
II dunno" said father anxiously.
Whats wrong?"
Guess I'll have to try to exchange
a set of tools for new parlor to
bic. kansas City Journal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
The Machinery Works.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: I'm
peachments have been few in the
history of the United States, but The
power exists, and is in working or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
What Laura Doesn't Know.

Denver Republican: Nothing gets
as cold as the human heart, says
Laura Jean Iibbey, who evidently
never has tended a furnace about
y a. M ,...
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
leads the World.

St. Louis Globe-D Democrat: No
country in the world can surpass the
United States in per capita wealth,
even II the per capita basis is entire
ly theoretical
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

90 MuCn EIKo 0PoHVOs,
Kansas City Star: The chief trouble
with holding companies Is that they
hold too much water.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

other states are taking up the good
roads question on a comprehensive
scale
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Tho stomach Route Again,

Cincinnati Commercial The
suffragette elected to the Colorado
legislature knows how to win the men.
for her first speech was: This Is not
the time for oratory, but for lunch"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

clamps VI N
acclimated
OF
waiter
the but for
n1ass including
sufra
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L.Rann
G. l. u B S


but
menha rWhnn eYeralm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Better Than Charity.

Lincoln journal: Living wages tc
willing workers beats charity a mile
and half.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
RIGHT DishonorabIe.

Kansas City Times: The Right
Honorable, the state Of Missouri, Is
worth about $4.000,O00,000 .s
The wife and children of the aver
age Missouri convict are worth about
SO. ..
Heretofore, this wealthy Right Hon
orable, the state of Missouri. has TAX
en- seventy cents of the daily earnings
Of convict and given the rest of 1t
to a contractor. The destitute wife
and children have gotten none of It,.
And right now (as we'll as hereto
fore) this is the division
1t is neither the right nor the hon
orable thing for the Right Honorable
the state of Missouri to do.
All the prison contracts expire
within the year. This is a good time
for providing that all the wealth the
convict produces by any form of Ia
Dor prescribed for him shall 60 to his
dependents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
IOWA SCHOOLS AWAY DOWN.

Des Moines Capital: Jowans are
not likely to take pride in the state
ment OF the Russell Sage Founda-
ton which places the schools Of
this state in twenty-flrst place IN
general efficiency as compared with
other states. The Sage Foundation
considers schools beneath the rank
of colleges. ,-.
That Iowa should have poorer
schools than twenty other states Is
certainly a blow to the pride Of
every resident of the Hawkeye
state But when one makes a de.
tailed investigation of affairs the
reason is not hard to find.
4 For instance, be 1t said to our
shame, Iowa is in forty-fifth place
in the salaries paid teachers. In
other words, Iowa is perilously near
the bottom. Schools are efficient
in direct proportion to the efficiency
of the teachers. How can Iowa ex-
pect to keep up with the procession
when she pays her teachers salaries
so disgracefully small that 1t Is no
wonder the average girl would
rather become a stenographer or
clerk in store?
Iowa is working along right lines
in the appointment of a better
schools commission Iowa must
catch up. She must educate along
vocational lines; she must make
her school work more practical;
she must rewrite her school laws
AMI bring them up to date. But,
most of all, she must pay her teach
ers livable salaries. Otherwise Iowa
will continue in twenty-frst place -
and she may even get lower as her
neighbOrs increase in efficiency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

The weather man is versatile cuss.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
sure lndlcatjon.

Denver Republican: ANY actress
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

And the best part of this story is
that it Is true.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
First Floor Plan.

building of this character an air of
thrift and tone Of superiority which
commands respect enough to secure
good rents.
One fat in such buildings often
rents for enough to pay the interest
and taxes on the whole investment so
that the owner can figure his own
rent only costs him the janitor sery-
ice, repairs, etc. A two fat brick
building the size of this one. which is
twenty-seyen feet In width and forty
nine feet In length, is generally val
ued In the resident sections OF Chi
cago at from $4,000 to $4,000, accord
ing to the size of the lot. location,
style of finish and general condition.
In designing fats. architects try to
avoid long Railways. There is gen.
orally not much objection to passing
through a dining room, as 1t is not
used much except at meal time so the
dining room may be counted as part
of the hall and save that much space.
II is considered great advantage
to have windows on both sides OF
building. Too many resident fat
buildings are placed right up against
each other SO the windows at the
sides get no light except from the So
called light areas. When the buildings
are long and narrow. as most Of them
are. the middle rooms are quite dark
even when the sun is shining. On
gloomy days a good many high priced
fats are so dark that artificial light
is necessary all day long. Flat life
u objectionable enough at best. how
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
WILL FORD EDITOR

Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer he
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. ITS West
jackson boulevard, Chicago, H., and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
This is two fiat building Of six
rooms each, and 1t represents style
that is popular at the present time in
some of the larger cities.
Such buildings are generally built
and owned by men who live in the
lower fiat and rent the upper. In
case the building is fitted with a
steam heating plant the owner man.
ages the boiler and the hot water heat
er. thus supplying steam and hot wa.
ter for the whole building.
II costs very little more to heat two
flats than one when steam is employ.
ed; so as It is a matter of economy to
have one heating apparatus, and as
Tor not water the same rule applies.
The hot water heaters in fiat build
ings are little round stoves, either
with water jackets or lined with coils
Of pipe through which the water cir
culates. Sometimes in winter the wa
ter is heated from a coil OF water pipe
inside the furnace of the boiler. but
for the better buildings the hot water
heater is entirely separate from the
steam heating plant
A six room fat like this on a good
street in the city of Chicago will rent
from $4,000 to $4,000 per month, ac-
cording to the size of the rooms, cost
Of the building, and the janitor sery-
ice that goes with 1t. In the better
resident sections great deal OF work
is put on the lawn, in washing the
front and back steps, front hallway,
cleaning the plato glass and thou
sand little things that cannot well be
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
MADE A VICTORY FOR "sENcE"
Farmer Most cIeverly outwitted, ane
Then Insult Was Added
to Injury.

Two large orchards, side by side,
brought much profit to Farmer Tur-
NUT, and much trouble. For the or
chards were considered fair game by
the youth of the village, and two
orchards are harder to watch thar
one
One day, looking from one orchard
to the other, Turmut saw small boy
shin down tree, and uttering word
of warning to another imp still up
among the apples, ran of.
Turmut reached that tree In record
time.
Got yer this time!" he roared to
the boy almost hidden among the
leaves. Come down."
Getting no answer, and not being
in hurry, he sat down and waited.
Time passed. and still he waited,
until a servant brought him note
that had just been dropped through
the letterbox. He did not wait after
he had read it, as follows:
Some people as apples, soE,e as
sence. You bin watchin pare OF
trowsis stuffed with straw, and we
bin gettin' your apples from tae other
orchard. Crate victory for sence"s
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
WIFE WON
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some people are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and then
generous enough to give others the
benefit of their experience. A wife
writes:
mo slave In chains, It seemed To
me, was more helpless than /. a coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerabls
warnings-waking from troubled
sleep with feeling Of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, attacks
of palpitation OF the heart that fright
ened me.
(Tea is just as injurious as coffee
because it contains caffeine, the same
drug found in coffee)
AT last my nervous system was so
disarranged that my physician ordered
no more coffee l capitulated.
Determined to give Postum a fair
trial. prepared It according to direc-
lions on the pkg, obtaining a dark
brown liquid with rich snappy fla
veur similar to coffee. When cream
and sugar were added. 1t was not only
good but delicious.
Noting it's beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted tall
except my husband. who would not ad-
nit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which / drank
Postum two or three times a day,
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: I have decided to drink Postum.
Your Improvement is so apparent
you have such fine color-that ! pro-
pose to give credit where credit is
due And now we are coffee-slayes no
longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum now comes IN two forms:
Regular Postum-must be boiled.
Instant Postum is soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In q
cup of hot water and, with cream md
sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. Srocers sell both kinds.
There's a Reason" TOR PostspA
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
Criminals Finger Prints.

DIR. Heintl recommends a very good
method for taking the finger prints OF
criminals, this not relating to finger
print records in an anthropometric bu-
reau, but where the record is to be
taken on the spot where a crime oc-
CURED, such as on wall or any OBJ
ject which cannot be moved and where
the print is impossible to photograph
on account of lighting or other reason.
He makes use of very fine color
powder SO as to dust 1t over the prints.
which are of more or less greasy
nature, and in this way the powder ad-
heres to the finger print and takes all
its gradations. Then specially pre-
pared paper is pressed upon the print
and the powder adheres to it so as
to give good copy of the original.
Such paper is prepared with a mixture
of beeswax and parafin, adding few
drops OF, glycerine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
In the Footsteps Of xenophor.

W tnc rootstcPe OF NcnopUou.
It is a beautiful ride of ten hours
across the lake to Tadwan, little Ar
menian village where life In all its
simplicity may be seen as 1t was 5000
years ago. Farther south, a days
journey from Lake Van. is Bitiis, an
other mission station. 1t Is a beautiful
place on the Bitlis Su, one OF the head
waters of the Tigris. Way back
the time Xenophon, when the 10.
Greeks marched on their way to the
sea. they passed Bitlis. and even then
the Kurds hurled stones down upon
them from the castle rock.
At the present time the Turkish gov
eminent is building good. permanent
road through the Armenian mountains,
and It is a picturesque country through
which 1t passes There are high noun
tains, streams bounding over the
rocks, quaint villages perched In pre-
cipitous places and inaccessible dur
ing the winter time. At Sert, in the
mountains farther, south. was told
that wagon had never been seen;
even the horsemen must climb over
steep rocks, leaving HIS horse to follow
im.--Christian Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04
He'd Called Seventeen.

Jim was new porter in the hotel,
and he was putting in his first night
at his new and responsible position.
1t was five in the morning, and SO far
Jim had done all he was told and was
getting on splendidly.
"Call IL and A." commanded the
night clerk, as he looked over his call
sheet. Jim obeyed. After he had
been gone for considerable time, the
clerk went up to see IL he had called
the rooms designated.
WELL" sighed the new porter whom
he found on the third floor, I've got
seventeen of 'em up, but I haven't
started on the other four yet."-Na-
tional Food Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-04

they have large windows. ventilating
shafts, light Railways and wide easy
stairs, they have heavy hardwood out
Side doors. generally with a large PAN
ell OF plate glass in front.
The porches are heavy with cement
floors, especially in front. and I notice
that more attention is being paid to
back porches every year. Families
living In fats like to get outside at
every opportunity. usually one porch
or the other is sheltered from the sun
or the wind SO that It is possible to
get outside in one direction or the
other. Builders are learning that II
pays to cater to the wishes OF renters.
and they are paying more attention to
such accessories.