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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
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Grant Countyshas went to the expense of building a neat, modern brick jail with steel cages aud other up-to-date appliances--for what? Simply to have 2 jail insca some unexpected emergency should arise. It is built on the same block occupied by the court house and but for the fact that 1t is 'iaifr detracts nothing fr4n the beauty of court square So far as the usesof this building Is concerned, or rather it's necessity, the money spent in building and equipping 1t was a useless expenditure up to the pres ont time, for the county seldom has a single inmate for 1t. and the town of Sheridan never has need of it.. For months at a time it's great iron doors stand. open, and even two and three whole years have passed without a single human being having these huge dQors clseed upon him. This is a rec or4 1eat few counties in any state can boast of the while 1t speakes volumes for the good citizenship of Gran, County, the citizens of the county look upon it as mere matter oi c0ursc, and even look with suspicion upon theee who dare express theil opf1lpn upon the empty jail. it's lone so .spI rance send it's strong testi
 mod st0 tbe; lsN t1fdinss population of' Grant County.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21

real estate ever heard of. Hegowns some of the best lands in the county, both improved and unimproyed, and as he has been raised ins Grant County he is in a position to know where the best locations are and what they are worth. His prices on land are reason- able and his terms are so easy that the lands can easily beSnlade pay for themselves as the payments come due.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
A Reliable Tonic.

Many of the people around here know q good deal about this splendid remedy; to those who do not, we wish to say that Meritol Tonic Digestive is the greatest strength renewer, flesh 'hailder and nefye tonic we have ever leep. For Reeple in poor health, weak. srqn down and play out, those not as ,(tr0ax Apd vispkQNs q they should be,
 eponm mepd thjs tonic W. |. DO,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

sheridan has but one hotel but that one, under the present manasemcat, is one of the best that can he found in any ssmall town in the state, ard bar ring style. Hone of the larger city hos tels haze any advantage oyer it It is 2 neat two7stpry RNildings aes. aud clean all over and the tables are al- : WAYS supplied witls tue very hest the market K, asfords. weil cos, ksd mn ss1sv- cd tips i!as tle sgQoa old ons jeSts ss' thas N V lie1ff1 Ilfs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
ssTEI1ERilON. Ey{nIxN NiEa

'Sherid8h has an excellent telephone exchah&e under the management of NIT. Walker. Over one hundred phoRaps ate sn use in the town, and the lonk distapce Ilinee siSel EpqdS seit vice stolAfl parts of the antside world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
SHEPHERD WHOLESALE HOUSE

Sheridan has but ohe exclusive wholesale house but that one is one of the largest in the state and is suf- ficient to supply the demand of Sheridan and all the s, sprryundins towns. ss fS M
 The proprietor. Nr. F, Sleph<rd. is one of the best and most c6nsS Sfsatise business men to be found and. the fact that he has been almost raised in the wholesale business makes him a wholesale to the manor born. as it were. For many years he was in his fathers epploy. and for several years had full charge of his father s business at this place
 Since engaging in business on his own account he has built up a trade that is envied by many of the larger wholesalers of other cities who for msrly enjoyed a large part of the trade now held by Mir. Hhepherd, and his popularity and close prices. coupl- ed with disposition to accommodate his customers wherever possible. his fair and honest dealing and his promptness in shipping and deliver. ing goods has made his house a prime fayprite among the retail deal CTS of this section of the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
Unable to Count ssyond Four.

Unable to Count Beyond Four.
 A close observer has definitely e abolished the fact that magpies and rocks cannot count further than four. \ rock never returns to its nest until t ia quite satisfied that there 10 no danger near. When four hunters pF lsAs departed in succession from . nearby log cabin, the rock would TO turn to its nest after the last had gone out of sight. But whenever there were ptorc tho bird lost count and rs. turned to, .its nest eysa while soms were still In the hut.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
ELEGANT HOMES AT EASY PRICES

q a A
 Y If you are even thinking of chang ing your location. and want well i'm
 proved farm of any, size, either for cash ors on; easy terms. or ifayou pre- fer to Ebpy unimprpFea land and ,sto 1ssyso,l,r own notion. write B, B, Adams, Sheridan, Ark. for descrip- tive lists Of his ilands MT. Adams has several wells inlr%ed farms for saleaaat .S' Eastohishtnely \ low prices, some of them being among the best farms in the county, in high state of cultivation. He also has several thou sand acres of unimproved lands suit able for farming, fruit growing, truck -farlHing nsy stock raisinEI MT Adams Al sfasr rbeenlas resident oE this couatx..for many years aud is' familiar with every section of it, and any statement he makes to a prospective buyer can be relied upon as absolutely correct. sNr. Adaws salso shas some syalpsble iclty property iorAsale ssf $se \
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
THE HEADLIGHT

' Sheridan has but one newspaper The Headlight. and it is what it's name implies-a headlight for the people of Grant County. It is publish cd every Thursday by B. B. Adams, and gives tosits people all of the lat est state and local news. Several other newspapers have been started in Sheridan since the Headlight was established, but all were of short du- ration, shining but few weeks under the strong glare of the Headlight and then passing away soon to be forgot ten, while the Headlight. shines on and on. casting its effulgent rays into every household in the county and en- dearing itself to every individual within the county The Headlight was. established in 1881 and the sub scription price is one dollar 3 year.
 J. F. H. WILSON
 One of the oldest citizens of the county and one of the leading mer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
..GitURCHIEk }, },

Fonr den oniinations have churches in SSsriasn.s They are Baptist, Meth odia Ffcsby eriAns and Primitive HlGiISfss Aal shays iarse. measberships a1as ers q other visitors are slwayS eacome.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21

One of the oldest citizens of the county and one of the leading mer-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21
V N, sIs,lIis1leETs i Tss0cfErIES

Most .'all Of the secret societies have siodses here, among them being Masogs, oodmen sof tho World, Kni1hts ut Honor. odd Fellows and othqfs All of them have good mcm- bcrships and are in prosperous ,condi- ton: s's < x . ~ ' N II. Y s.as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-21

Sldered tie best. recommendation any hotel can have. A hack from his hotel meets all trains. Hotel rates are $2.OO per day.
 Beware of Cousins. 'l''
 Cous{ns are not as simpl,s az they seem. Tho very fact of being cousin, is complicated. The laisseztaire of covsinship is both eluding and Aeluding-cousins will be cousins, even if you did not choose them. They can borrow money from you. visit you without being asked, tell people they belong to your fam. fly, contest your will, even fall in love with you-and cousin once removed is twice as apt to. Never completely trust . cousin-never depend on his aGt doing any of these things. New CT take him for granted. The .'cous. inly kis8" may or may not mean what 1t means. And cousins always do kiss -it's pan If being cousins. .--Atlantic.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-18

Stillwell, were taken to farm of Chas.
]. Post to pick apples, unguarded.
Kansas City, Mo.-Gertrude Mum
agie, 26, suicided. Left note, Life
isn't worth living when you're ugly"
Oshkosh, Wis.-Young pupils in
schools will be furnished glass of
milk every morning at 10 o'clock at
suggestion of hygiene instructor.
Neutrality-suspicious. of town of
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, by revolution
lists under Malera, reported in state
department adWices.
New York.-Reported that billion
dollar mortgage, largest in history,
will be placed on property of Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Colchester, Conn.-Com. Charles
A. Brand, As, U. S. N, retired, who
served in Spanish-American war, sui
.cided. Ill health.
Grand junction, coI.-Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Ross, 60 and 81, cremated
when their home burned. Cause un-
known. Loss $4,000.
Managua, Nicaragua.-Slight &C
tivity of Santiago volcano caused sew
eral violent earthquakes.
Murphysboro, Ill.-RaIph Golfer,
cattle buyer, killed when gun acct
dentally discharged while he was
crawling through fence.
Shanghai.-chinese war office
promises steps will be taken against
brigands who killed 300 people and
burned two mission churches.
Cambridge, Ill.-Howard Smith ar
rested, charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Peoria, III.-BIarney Kuevner, Re-
publican candidate for sheriff, dead.
Heart failure.
Kittaning, Pa.-Miss Cora Bowser
received $4,000 at end of 13 years
for loan of 81 to w. H. Morrow.
Detroit.-PoIice located John Row.
alski, wife deserter, when he demand
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-18

don't you know, / went forth to seek
an apothecary's, in order to obtain
a panacea for my illness. No drug
establishment could 1 find, upon my
word, and the first fellow whom I
Intercepted did not seem to COM
prehend my needs. At length friend
of his came to my rescue thusly:
''This gink means pill foundry, a
toothbrush studio, a soda jerking
joint. He's trailing one of those
snares where they put the sawbone's
Latin prescription to music while
you're lampfng the postcard bazaar.
Say, mister, do you pipe that electric
blinker which flashes DRUGS? Well,
that's the dope parlor. Swarm onto
it before they run out of horse ini-
ment. Xxx.
r.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-18

Minnie-George proposed to me
last night. Lilian-Doesn't he do it
awkwardly, though?.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L.Rann
f. A r S

The ear Is a small, eager receptacle
which is hung on one side Of the
head, In a handy place to catch the
drift Of a private conversation. All ears
are not hung alike, some standing
erect in an alert and aggressive atti-
tude, while others have a pensive,
broken-spirited droop, like an eggplant
in drouth.
The ear is situated within speaking
distance of the brain. which it feeds
with one hand while rakng in stray
language with the other. If it were
not for the ear. the brain would have
to live on literary masterpieces and
other solids instead of being fed sew
eral times day on gaseous gossip
and white-haired jokes.
The ear Is an elastic object and can
open and shut faster than snapshot
lens. When a person does not want to
hear any evil about his neighbor. all
he has to do is close his left ear and
think about something which will not
turn sour. The ear can be trained so
that man can lie in bed in the morn
ing and hear his wife yelling for soft
coal for the kitchen range without
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06

The State Historical society is issu-
ing monthly editors sheet Of Iowa
history items that should prove Of in
terest to the people of the state. Short
paragraphs are furnished the press
this month under the headings, When
Spain Owned Iowa. difficulties of
Travel in Early Iowa. THE Iowa
Primary Law and the Discovery of
the Source of the Des Moines River"
These short paragraphs will be read
where longer historical articles would
be passed over. Some valuable infor-
nation relating to early events in the
state will be given the people by this
means
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06
sensing what is going on.

sensing what IS going ON.
On the other hand, person with a
cultivated ear can stand in one corner
of room and hear somebody out In
the conservatory making love to his
wife in honeyed whisper Some ears
are constructed like an extension fire
ladder and are able to reach out into
the hall and detect the approaching
footsteps of an overdue bill, default
ing payment by climbing into a
clothes locker. This Is great con-
venience. and has Nenabled many a
man to keep up bold front on rare
fed ozone.
People are said to have an ear for
music when they can tell the opening
overture from the tuning up. 1t Is a
great thing to have a musical ear
whose foot will not slip at the critical
moment and confuse Chopin prelude
with the Lohengrin wedding march.
Ears would be used more than they
are at present if there were less piffle
in the atmosphere. An ornamental
ear, which can be Theoretically sealed
against loose gable, is a priceless
DosseSSiOn,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06
WHEN BABY CRIES.

A baby's cries stir up varying emo
lions in the human breast. If it's
your own baby the cries will pull al
your heartstrings. If it is somebody
else's you will wonder why people
can't keep their babies quiet. If you
happen to be an old bachelor it is safe
to say that you'll get out of the range
of that youngsters voice just as soon
as you can. The ordinary mortal will
feel either sympathy or irritation and
let it. go at that. But the London
Lancet. staid old medical publica
ton, displays another feeling while
watching the baby's cry. The Lancet
feels only q professional interest in
the subject. as the following paragraph
in a recent issue indicates: ~,~
The pitiful grimace of baby ap
parently starts in the contractile zone
over the glabella. When this neuro
muscular cushion is violently excited
swollen strips of spastic muscle can
be seen stretching ray-like therefrom
into the surrounding placid tissues
and ultimately disappearing some few
millimeters from the center. The
most conspicuous and important strips
of tense muscles, both ontogenetically
and phylogenetically, are perhaps
those that straddle the nasal ridge
like an inverted v. -
The Lancet's learned explanation
while interesting us nightly fails to
point the way to relief. Couldn't they
show us some way to tickle that con.
tractile zone over the glabella before
that neuro-muscular cushion becomes
SO violently excited?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06
Press Comment.
ONE TERM OR TWO?

Dubuque Telegraph Herald 1t is
perhaps a statement Of truth in which
all will agree, regardless of their
party affiliations or their individual
convictions on the subject, that there
is no crystallized public sentiment
against second term for the presi.
dent Of the United States. 1t is just
as likely to be agreed that there is a
disqualification of sentiment against
a third term for the president, but 1t
is not this which is aimed at in the
resolution under discussion, except
indirectly, the purpose of the Works
resolution being to lengthen the term
from four to six years and to fix a
one term limitation
Speaking for itself alone and not as
a partisan newspaper, the Telegraph
Herald does not recognize any evils
present or imminent which such an
amendment is needed to guard
against or correct. Four years is too
short time for. a good president and
more than enough for a bad one. Six
years, while long enough for a good
president, would be insufferably
long for poor one.
The objection to the present a..
rangement, admitting the reelection
of president to a second four-year
term, is that ambition for reelection
causes him to abuse the powers OF
his Office. Every president within re.
cent memory has used the federal
machine" by which is meant all fed
eral Office holders not under civil
service, to control the selection OF
delegates to conventions and thus
control the action of conventions
This objection could easily be obvi'
ated\ by putting all federal Office
holders, or most of them, in admin.
istrative positions, under civil ser.
vice and thus nullify their political
activities. Deprived of the aid of this
powerful influence represented in the
several thousand federal office hold.
ers, president seeking renomina.
ton would have to stand largely on
his merits.
A second objection to the second
term is that a president in his first
four years fears to offend the wealthy
who contribute to campaign funds
Here again the remedy is in other
laws. Astrict corrupt practices act
as severe in its penalties and drawn
as broadly as the English act, would
remove the matter of campaign con
tributions from consideration, and put
president beyond their influencing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06

Postmaster General Hitchcock in his
annual report prophesfes reduction in
the parcel post rate in the near future.
"While the postage rates for the new
parcel post system range considerably
lower than corresponding express
charges" he says, cit is believed that
experience will show them to be higher
in some instances than is necessary
in order to maintain the service at
cost" Mr.. Hitchcock adds that steps
should be taken to increase the weight
limit after the system is thoroughly
organized so as to permit the mailing
of packages heavier than eleven
pounds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06

,, Attorney General Cosson and Sena.
tor Jones, chairman of the committee
on penitentiaries and pardons, have
drafted bill providing for prison la.
Dor on Iowa roads. The bill gives a
state highway commission supervision
over the work of the convicts, pro-
vides that counties in which work is
done by convicts shall furnish all ma
terial used and has compensation
feature by which prisoners and their
families will receive wages for work
done on the roads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06
MARIETTA REALTY
TAKES $40 JUMP

Marshalltown, Feb. 4.-Town lots in
Marietta, the first county seat OF
Marshall county, jumped $40 in value
when it was announced that firm Of
this city was to establish a grain ele-
vator at that point The announce
ment of the elevator there insures for
the village a new railway station and
an agent, the Minneapolis & St. Louis
having promised a depot at any time
that an elevator was established
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06

De- pite the claims of Colonel Roose-
welt Governor Johnson, former Sen
ator Beveridge and others, the Chicago
Inter Ocean puts forward William
Higgins of Grand Forks, N. D., as the
grandest "progressive' Of them all.
Mr. Higgins, the Inter Ocean explains,
is 1O4 years old and has enrolled him
self AS a student at the North Dakota
corn and clover convention. "A young
man. he says, SHOULD keep abreast
of the tines He realizes that ne is
not too old to learn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-06
INCOMPETENCE IN CITY GOVERN
MENT.

A news article from Des MONIES
SAYS that there has been a flood OF
legalizing acts asking the present leg
islature to put the stamp OF valldlty
on extravaRant and illegal expendl-
lures by city and town administra-
tions, The town of Aurelia with 625
Inhabitants had a deficit last year
alone that amounted to 81 per capita.
An act of the legislature Is needed to
save the town from bankruptcy. The
town Of Calmar asks the legislature for
an act legalizing a $1,000 bond issue
in excess of the legal limit of Indebted
ness, Onawa asks the legislature to
legalize warrants issued illegally. A
number of other legalizing acts, that
do not disclose the purpose OF their
unlawful issuance Of warrants, the
news article says, are being investi-
gated:
Two years ago Ottumwa gained I'M
desirable notoriety when 1t asked the
legislature to pass an act legailzlng
nearly $4,000 in city warrants. This
debt was assumed by the city at a
time when it was already far beyond
the legal limit Of Indebtedness. 1t will
take .Ottumwa years to get back on q
solid financial footing because the city
was allowed to run behind year by
year through incompetent manage
ment.
Ottumwa should profit by it's lesson
and use such care in selecting its city
oflcials that there never will be re-
turn of this incompetent management.
The people of Ottumwa must look up
on their city as big corporation in
which they are the stockholders. And
they must look upon the city officials
as the men they employ to run the
city's business with the money the
people pay in; as taxes. The voter
should exercise as much care in vot.
ing for q, man for ONCE as he would
in employing some one to work for
him in q private capacity. In either
case 1t is his money that is being
spent. and his greatest interest Is In
seeing that he gets dollars value
for the. dollar he pays out.
Fortunately, the people are paying
more attention to city governmental
affairs than they have In the past.
They no longer look upon their city
administration as thing apart from
them. but as an organized body they
have employed to do their work. The
day when this man was elected to city
ONCE because he was good fellow
and that man because he was good
party worker has passed. The most en-
>lightened communities are placing
men in Office because they have prov
ed themselves competent as admins
trative officials.
The people of Ottumwa should give
the most serious consideration to the
question of city government during
the city campaign soon to open. The
best fitted men should be chosen from
the list Of candidates as the first COM
mission plan administration.
Remember this, that the voter who
considers a candidate as Joke" and
yet votes for such a candidate, is a
menace to the progress Of the COM
munfty,