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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

II am In search Of letter that went
astray," began Mr.. Gray mildly.
Some months ago I was In Turkey
when It became necessary to com.
municate with a rciative--my half
sister, Mary Below, in face--who was
about to dispose OF some property
which We mutually owned In Newark,
N. Y. She had written letter, ad-
vising me that she would sell the
property at certain date. exercising
her power of attorney In my behalf
unless she heard from me.
As I knew that the property could
be sold to better advantage In An-
other direction wrote her in ample
time to prevent the contamination
of the deal.
"My coming was delayed 20 that
reached Newark one day too late TO
save the property. My sister said
that she had never received the let
ter.
IT have traced the letter to the New
York postofice, which recollects try
Ing to locate the proper address OF .
foreign letter simply addressed TO
New York city and delivered TO Miss
Mary Below at your town address.
have been several months arriving
at this information, for business has
interfered. II you received the letter,
you must have known that 1t was not
intended for you"
Mary met his grave glance. How
could she explain to him why she HAD
kept the letter? At last her lip
quivered and she replied with averted
head:
Ell liked the letter and kept
it." she almost whispered.
He made no answer. Some i'm
known influence was stirring him to
new and unusual emotions.
This little girl had liked his letter!
Bless her heart-why-their eyes met
and they both blushed.
At the same time each one remen-
bered Mary's fervent remark anent =
possible Mrs. John Gray, and Mr..
Gray chose the first opportunity " 70
settle all doubts upon that score.
Then Mary excused herself fal
went to the house, where she dressed
herself in conventional costume and
sent for Mr.. Gray. i...
In her hand she held the lettsr
from Trevibond and it was pitifnisv
worn and creased with much rev.
ing John Gray glanced at the SIR r
scription and turned his eyes a
In that instant he made IN his rrs'El
that some day he and Mary vol
read the letter together and read W.
tween the few lines the mystery. e
the fate that had sent the letter ~.
tended for one Mary Below to an.
other who was to become his wife. IN
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L. Ram
THE SHOWER BATH.

S0-pound pressure and cause him to
back out like soft.shelled crab. II
he takes especial pride in pompa-
dour which looks like the falls Of
Minnehaha after q spring freshet, the
shower bath will fiatten it out at the
first jump and render 1t hors du com
bat for week.
The hot and cold water attachments
OF shower bath are more responsive
to the touch than near-sighted pur-
chaser Of de luxe editions, originals
Of the old masters and other blue sky
bats Many q man has been scalded
to q bright carmine flush by mistak-
ing the hot. wster faucet for the cold,
while others have been turned into a
human icicle before they could locate
the rear exit.
The portable shower bath Is pat
ented article and consists OF an elc-
waited tank with nervous nozzle.
through which several barrels Of
water can be precipitated into the
hallway with entire success. 1t Is in
some respects q disappointment, for
about the time a man begins to get
interested in his work the water will
run out and leave him in the sombre
presence OF a chill.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22
FRUITS oFTHE TARIFF.

A corner lot in Chairman Under
woods home town, Birmingham, Ala,
has Just been sold for $175,000. 1t
changed hands for $3.50 in 1872 and
S25, 900 in 1895. AS the city, now much
the largest in Alabama, had no exist
ence before the civil war, these fig-
ures cover it's period Of history.
Shortly after the war an old citizen of
that state was charged with being a
man Of one idea because he insisted
that there ought to be an iron and
steelmaking city where Birmingham
now stands. and he armed himself with
a long array of figures about the ore,
coal, limestone and timber to which
there was convenient access in the dis
trict. After several years Of talking
and writing, he was taken seriously,
and what has become the chief iron
center Of the south was founded. It's
population by the national census in
1900 was 3S,415, and in 1912, 1865,
an Increase Of 245 per cent. 1t was
nearly tied with Mobile in 1900, but
left It behind in the last census by a
margin OF no less than $4,000.
For more than twenty years after
Birmingham was started a protective
tariff was in operation, and has so
continued up to the present time with
the exception of two years. Without
this fostering provision of the govern
ment, the city would not be on the
map today unless as a hamlet in a
plantation region. Chairman Under.
wood has represented the district in
congress several terms, and he is more
nearly low protectionist than free
trader. He was not for free sugar and
wool until the president amiably put
the screws to the ways and means
committee. Mr.. Underwood declared,
a few months ago, that free-traders
are hard to find in the democratic
party. But the president and his
premier are distinctly of that faith,
and they seem more powerful at this
time than the rest OF the party. Bir-
mingham Is SO distinctly a creation of
protection that Mr.. Underwood has
shown himself to be skillful political
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

The shower bath Is largesized
edition OF the tonsorial shampoo which
is maintained at country clubs for the
exclusive use Of guests who never
enter the swimming polo without max
ing several earnest efforts to drown.
It is impossible for q man to drown
In shower bath unless he looks
steadfastly toward the starry dome
with his mouth open.
Our ancestors never enjoyed the
luxury OF the shower bath. The near
est they ever got to 1t was to go IN
swimming In the creek during cloud
burst. Some OF our forefatherH never
got closer TO the shower bath than the
tin wash basin, but they lived happy
and useful lives and did not have to
listen to, the melancholy and unceas-
ins trip OF the water meter, which Is
now deadly blight In 80 many
homes.
After a man whose hair has begun
to fall out has been shampooed by his
wife a few times, when she is IN .
hurry to get to the club, he Will feel
strangely at home when he walks into
the mussy embrace Of the shower bath
for the first time. II he looks up TO
see where the water is coming from
IL will meet his inquir1ng gaze uhder
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

There has been a remarkable fall
ing of in emigration from Great Brit
ain to the Australian colonies during
the present year, according to the
steamship companies concerned III
this traffic. 1t is put down to the
present high level Of wages and tho
continued trade boom which gives
men employment in England. Despite
this, however, Canada continues to
get very large number of emigrants
from England and Scotland, so there
are probably other causes for the
decrease in the Australian figures.
This loss in trafiic has been felt
rather seriously by the steamship
lines running to the South Seas.
Last year there was a tremendous
demand for passages to Australia
and New Zealand. and to meet this
trade the steamship companies in.
creased the accommodations on each
vessel and also put on new steamers.
Today the ships are running very
light, even on reduced schedules.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

Six hundred and sixty-six million
aires, in francs, died in France in 1912.
Reduced to dollars and cents. this puts
any man having 100000 In the million
aire class Nevertheless. the total Of
inherttances in the republic for the
year amounted to s71,000,OO0, and
thirty OF these six hundred and sixty
six men Of wealth left fortunes greater
than one million dollars.
These statistics show that in France
wealth is comparatively well distribut-
ed among the population. Three hun
dred and one of the six hundred and
sixty-six left fortunes ranging from
SOC, 900 to 100000 and eighty-nine
from 100000 to $1.000,C0O. OF the
very wealthy. three men left fortunes
greater than $10,000,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22
ruE PAPER THAT LIVES.

Men who covet political, SOCIAL VI
commercial power often turn tneiS
eves to the newspaper field as the
mace where they think it can most
eaaily be achieved. If they have plen-
~ Of money, 1t Is not difficult mat.
tar tn huy a daily newspaper and
enter upon the career they have I'M
aeined would be theirs.
hut these seekers after power
aeon discover that something Is
amiss. Instead OF riding forward on
the wings Of popularity and inhu-
ence to the point where they Will be
able to make others do their bidding
they find that people seem to pay
little attention to what they have to
say In their editorial columns.
The truth is, they have stumbled
upon one OF the fundamental princi'
MES of standard journalism, namely,
that no newspaper can succeed unless
Il IA devoted to the best interests
Of the entire community 1t attempts
to serve.
A newspaper owner may pretend
that he is working for the general
good of the city and it's people when,
Ia reality, he Is engaged in promot-
ing q selfish end. He can do this for
a while, but he is soon found out.
Occasionally corporations or in
terests" OF various kinds secretly
secure control Of newspaper prop
critics, with the idea that through
their aid they will be able to infiu-
ence municipal, state or national
LEGISLATION In their favor.
They may publish paper that
gives the news, they may head and
help raise subscriptions for worthy
objects. they may establish pension
funds for their employees, but the
public soon becomes Suspicious of
its editorial utterances, and finally
learns the truth about its ownership
and the reason Of It's purchase. The
circulation then begins to drop, ad-
vertisers feel that they are not get
ting a square deal and cancel their
contracts, and the paper slides down
hill. Money is lavishly spent to over
come the deficit III circulation and
revenues, but In vain; and. by and
by the newspaper is sold and new
publisher steps In.
The newspapers that are the most
successful and influential are those
owned and run by men who are in
the business solely as business
proposition, and not for the purpose
OF using 1t to climb into political Of
flee or to advance corporation or
other interests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

Parents should talk less about be.
ing sick, especially in the hearing
OF their children" is the sage remark
.of one medical magazine writer. But
why should not that idea be kept in
mind all the time? Why talk about
being sick even before grown folks?
So far % children are concerned the
constant references to being i'll is of
course, 30 strongly suggestive as to
produce sickness in itself The
ideas of health ought to be in the
minds OF all all the time, not the
ideas OF being sick, and this is doubly
true Of children. Teach them to
think Of health and sanity. We be-
1ieve that this Is one magazine writer
who has come forward with good
idea.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22
A BUDGET SYSTEM.

Within the next few weeks there
will be presented to the democratic
caucus Of the house of representatives
q new plan for budget committee. II
is absolutely unique in that 1t Will
leave the house appropriations commit
tee as now constituted, high and dry,
reducing it to secondary Importance
among the committees of the house,
where now it holds first rank, on an
even plane with ways and means. Be
cause of this fact, the new scheme
may have hard shedding at first, but
its converts believe 1t will be adopted
ultimately.
The new plan consists of naming
the speaker Of the house chairman OF
q committee, the other members OF
which are to be the ten chairmen OF
the departmental expenditures com
mittees, the republican minority lead
er, the progressive minority leader,
and three or four other. minority mem
bers to be elected by the house.
The committee is to sit in the month
Of November each year and Is to pre-
sent to congress within the first few
weeks of each regular session budget
for the approaching years expenses.
This plan. like that Of Representa-
tive Fitzgerald, which consisted OF
naming the chairman Of the present
appropf1ating committees and the
members of the honse appropriations
committee as the budget committee,
does not do away with centralizar
ton Of power. But If budget system
is to be adopted, there will have to be
some sort of q Capitalization. With
out it there can be no budget system
and this plan spreads the power over
q greater area and will act In way
that will bring the departments into
much closer touch with congress.
Also it will serve to make ten mac
tive committees most vital forces in
our legislative branch of the govern
ment. During the years when the
party in power controls both the execu-
tive and legislative branches, these ex-
penditure committees do little work.
It is only in such instances as last
session, when there was one party tn
charge Of the executive branch and
another in charge Of one part Of the
legislative, that they did anything.
Then they made up for sixteen years
inactivity.
The new scheme has been talked
over by the chairmen of the expendi-
lures committee and they are practic.
ally unanimous In its support and are
now working earnestly to gain other
converts, so that when it is sprung on
the house, they will be in shape to
get It adopted. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

More than 370,OOO,O0O worth Of mer-
chandise is stored in the bonded ware
houses Of the city OF New York await
ing the impending tariff changes under
consideration by congress- The duties
on these goods under the present law
aggregate $35,000,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

clearing should leave It In better
Condition that it was before.
Conservation Of the timber now ID
Iowa will result In there being pien-
~ Of It for present needs and plenty
~ r. for the future.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

ut Is only by labor that
thought can be made healthy;
and only by thought that labor
can be made happy. and the
two cannot be separated with
ifnnunitx.N=RuRkin
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

Keosauqua Republican: Four hum
dred new laws are said to have gone
into effect In Iowa July 4. And II
can be said perhaps. with entire safety
OF being within the truth, that the
state would be better of today II 800
OF these legislative acts had been
indefinitely postponed" ss
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

Waterloo Courier: Besides the
privilege OF casting ballot, there Ii :
jury responsibility and $3.50 annual
poll tax in store for all those who be-
come voters in Waterloo. Are the
women ready for It? 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

/, Mason City Globe Gazette: Not only
is Col. Roosevelt hopping to the Hopi
Indians, but he Is also leaving the
trouble OF mixing up with business
candidates in the New York City
mayorality fight. 1t isn't like the
colonel to sidestep, but running every
thing all the time must sometimes get
tiresome. II II
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

Keokuk Gate City: Horseradfsh 80
to come In free under the Underwocd
tariff law. Probably the Lawmakers
figure that it is strong enough toapr0
Etect ITSELF y is IN
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

Cedar Rapids Republican: Mr.. Bry.
an might have tried carrying his
luncheon with him. There are thou.
sands Of men just as good as he is who
do carry their luncheons with them
and most Of them would really be glad
to try living on $4,000 year. .s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

trimmer by retaining its favor for 80
many terms.-St. Louis Globe Demo
crat -..s4
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Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t is hot
without question. But do not forget
in this situation that you will next
winter be able to buy coal and comfort
with the money you are now sweating
to earn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

THE COURIER is member OF the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
ISOLATION, which includes the leading
newspapers Of the country and receives
the full leased wire report Of the AS
ISOLATED Press, and the feature photo
graph service Of the North American
Press Syndicate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22

home.
One July day Mary sat upon the
strip Of private bathing beach drip.
ping from dip in the sea. A few
little freckles puckered her pretty
Foolish Mary Bellew was thinking
about 'Devotedly, John Gray"
Suddenly, as If out of the blue sky
there dropped a bolt Of doubt
Suppose there should be Mrs.
John Gray!" exclaimed Mary.
"Horror!" said a calmly hooking
voice.
Mary jumped up and confronted a
stranger-a perfect stranger on the
Bellew beach sometimes curious
sightseers wandered unbidden into
the grounds.
Miss Bellew drew herself up to
her full height and stared coldly at
the intruder.
III beg your pardon-pm afraid !
was very rude" he said.
Mary was athrill with the con-
seriousness that something unusual
was happening in her rather tame
existence.
The stranger was uttering aston.
fishing words. my name is John
Gray" he was saying politely. Il was
told that Miss Mary Bellew was sit
ting On the beach,"
II am Miss Bellew," admitted
Mary, her knees shaking oddly.
She sank down on hillock OF sand
and, with murmured word Of
thanks for the permission, John
Gray found another little hillock.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14
SCHO0LDAY LOVE
AFFAIR LEADS TO
PRETTY MARRIAGE

Paul Whittier Pinkerton of Mont
rose, well known to a large number
OF local people, was married in Den
yer this noon to Miss Estelle Foute
a schoolday sweetheart from Chicago
who camo all the way to Denver to
marry the Montrose man during the
conclayo. The couple had not met
for four years and were engaged
through correspondence.
The romance began in school days
in the University Of Chicago. Later
Pinkerton cam0 to Montrose to work
as a civil engineer and has done well.
Pinkerton is third-degree Mason
and coming knight and his bride
IS member Of the Chicago Ladies'
Auxiliary; so they thought it appro-
pirate that the wedding be held dur
ing the conclave.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14
About Typhoid Fever
To My Friends,-The Public:

To My Frends-'Ihe Public:
As the fall approaches, with its deayng vegtaton humid
atmosphere hot days and cool nights typhoid fever will increase
fact epidemic in the Middle West and will soon
travel toward the Western Slope causing much loss of
pense and but longer suffer from
for and months have been breaking up and
ing victims their normal health within few days. for
During all of this time have lost patient
from this disease have had patient bed to exceed
days. the of and the of them not at all
The above absolute facts therefore it is not
necessary incur the danger remain in bed for weeks and
months be the expense endure the suffering
few days. little money and about your
business usual than ninety per of the
One two visits many cases nonelus the proper treat
ment and health is restored.
f. F. ELDRIDGE, NJ. D.
No. SIS Main Street, Grand Junction. Colorado
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14
WILD WEST PROGRAM
|. Of COUNTY FAIR IS
|. BESTEVER PLANNED

The wild west program for the
Mesa County fair next month has
been prepared and is by all odds the
greatest that has ever been offered
to the public. Nothing that has ever
been held in western Colorado ever
equalled 1t.
Tho roping contest draws a $500
purse, divided $3.50, 500 and $50,
The misunderstanding exhibition will
draw down bag OF Sl75. with 500
to the winner. $50 and S25 for the
other two. The worst bucking horse
gets the same purse arrangement
s175 with similar division.
Each day relay race, with S75
Erize open to COW horses used in the
roping contest, will be given. Wild
horse race each day with $50, divided
S25, SIS and $40. is another feature,
and the steer buIldogging contest is
to net a $40 purse, divided sl5, $40
and IS.
Some Of the horses that will be In
the bucking contest have never been
saddled, and one bitterly mean "old
cuss' that has been unconquered for
13 years, will be brought in from the
range. The last day will be the big
Wild West day.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14
Agreement to
A bate Taxes
is now Signed

The agreement to reduce the tax
assessments of the Rio Grande, the
Colorado Midland and the Globe Ex-
press Company to 81 II per cent Of
the total is now finally agreed upon.
A copy of the agreement, with the
signatures of the agents and the Col
orado tax commission affixed was re-
ceived today from County Attorney
Halderman in Denver.
Under the terms of the agreement
the county is protected from all law
suits. 'TEtA AAN
The county commissioners VIII
formally approve the proposition at a
meeting next Monday.
Checks for the taxes are already In
the hands of the county treasurer.
Sentinel Want Ads get results.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14

Visiting IN the county seat yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Masser en-
tertained at supper last evening. the
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Os-
born and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. kiefer and little daughter Ruth.
b. f. Kiefer returned to Grand
junction last evening after spending
several days in the lower part Of the
valley on business.
Misses Ethel Turner and Kather-
inc Jones returned home last even
ing on No. G. They have been spend
ing the summer at the Turner Bro
theirs cattle ranch.
Frank Lang, Louie Williams and
william Pollock left Tuesday for
Cameo to work in the mines.
Lew Young returned to Pinon mesa
Tuesday morning.
Miss Maude Leslie is spending the
week visiting at the home OF Miss
Leona Terry.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. White are 60
ing to entertain Mr.. and Mrs. W. X.
Warren and nieces to an informal
affair Monday evening.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
Methodist Church met yesterday in
the parlors OF the church and elected
Officers for the coming year as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. A. c. Burgess
ser: wise president, Mrs Robert Bod
L. Al IL.
treasurer, Mrs. II. G.. McElfresh.
b. l.. Chambers arrived home yes
terday from Glenwood Springs for a
visit.
Bert Russell returned home Tues
day from Grand Junction, where he
has been visiting for a few days.
Valentine Kiefer, prominent cit
izan of Iona. was in Fruita yester-
day on business.
Eddie Cunningham of the Red
lands spent few hours in Fruita
Tuesday.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lor-
EMO Phillips WAS quite i'll yesterday.
Bert Miller returned home yester-
day from Glenwood Springs.
The Epworth League will give a
measuring social at the Methodist
church Monday evening, August 49,.
Mrs. S. f. Hickman was a business
visitor at Grand Junction Tuesday
Miss Viola Wagner returned home
last evening after a two weeks visit
with Miss Blanch Fisher at her sum
mer home.
Dade Goss came in yesterday from
the White River country for a few
days visit with the home folks.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14

Joseph II Sampliner, prominent
Cleveland attorney, referred TO in the
above dispatch, is a brother of Albert
r. Sampliner of Grand Junction. He,
with his wife, visited In this city in
1907, coming here on his way from
San Francisco which city he visited
only few days before the earth
quake. He met and will be remem-
bered by a great many local people.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14

Mrs. II. A. Rich left last night on
No. 5 for Oakland. Calf, to spend
some time visiting her brother and
uncles there. She will not return to
this city. but will be Joined by Mr.,
Rice at a later date.
The daily sentinel., 1913-08-14
WILL REPAIR RAILROAD

Associated Press.
FL Paso, Tex, Aug. 14.-General
Inez Salazar and 500 troops, with ma
terial, left Juarez this morning to
repair the Mexican Central railroad
and attempt to restore communica-
ton with chihuahua.