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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-27
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UNUSED WATER POWER.

Des Moines Capital: Notwithstand.
ing the discussion Of the subject Of
water power during the past two years,
1t is fact that a majority Of the
streams remain undammed and unim.
proved. Manufacturers and others con-
tinue to burn up the coal. 1t has been
published that a company Of men are
seeking sites for about fifteen dams on
the Des Moines river between Des
Moines and Keokuk. Noting this fact,
Senator Cummins has said that he be-
lieved the Des Moines river would be
improved, both for power and naviga-
ton. Thus the senator agrees with
Hon. J. A. T. Hull, who first sug.
gested that the Des Moines river
could be made navigable. We presume
Congressman Prouty will in the course
of time assist in making the river
navigable OF course the Keokuk dam
will distribute power, and when that
is in full operation there will be a gen
eral forward movement for the. dam
ming OF other streams. There Is much
talk of dam across the Mississippi
river at Davenport. Moline uses much
power from the Mississippi at the
present time But through Illinois and
other states there is any amount OF
unused water power, and it would be
a useful day when the same is put
into use. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-27
EDDYVlLLE.

During the storm Sunday evening q
barn on the VIM Synhoist farm. south
of Eddyville, was blown down. Con-
siderable damage was done by the
heavy wind throughout the country
and the electrical storm was very Sc
evere.
Dr.. Fred Bowen Of WOODBURY., was
called to Eddyville Sunday by the Ill
ness of Mrs. A.. Stuber who is very i'll
with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hedrick came
down from Des Moines Monday for .
visit at the N. B. Holloway and II.
Seifert homes.
Geo. jaeger Of Batavia, spent Sunday
in Eddyville at the parental John
Jaaues home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Albaugh returned
Monday from California where they
have been spending the winter.
Mrs Lincoln Lee went to Oskaloosa
Monday to visit her sister Mrs. r. Y.
Mater who is recovering from an oper-
alton.
Mrs. Carrie Moran and daughter who
have been visiting relatives in Mar
shalltown and Eddyville since Decem
Ter departed Tuesday morning for
their home at Portland. Ore.
Mrs. Archie Lawrence of Melbeta,
Neb.. is in Eddyville this week visiting
at the home Of his grandparents Mr..
d Mrs. John Warner. He will also
visit at the NJ. Pickerell home before
turning to Nebraska.
Mrs. Julia Simmons OF Georgetown,
spent Sunday visiting her mother and
other relatives and friends.
Mrs Jennie Chitwood who has been
at the Grant Bolibaugh home for the
past six weeks went to Abba Monday
for weeks visit with her daughter
Mrs. Ed Waddington.
Chas. Fisher has returned to Lacey
after visit with his grandparents ME-.
and Mrs. Anton Weiner.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Vanderpol. SIR,
went to New Sharon Monday for
visit with relatives.
Mrs. Frank Miller spent Monday In
C@Saloosa visiting relatives.
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MILTON.

A. M. Brady and H. G. Powers were
transacting business in Bloomfield re-
Gently.
Mrs P. Marshall and two daughters
and Mary Miller spent Saturday in
Bloomfield.
J.. E. Spence made a business trip to
Burlington Wednesday,.
Geo. Teter spent a few. days the first
of this week on his farm near Kinks
vile, Mo.
C. r. Mcintosh Of near Cantril spent
Monday in town.
J. c. Romack Of Traer, Ia. spent a
few days last week in town with old
friends
Mrs NJ. H. middleton of Burlington
spent Tuesday in town.
j. M. Meade spent Tuesday in town.
Mrs. Geo. Haney and Mrs. Holland
spent Tuesday evening in Cantril.
Mr. and Mrs James Lyon entertained
a number of friends at musical on
Tuesday evening.
D. NJ Wise Of Bloomfield spent Mon
day night at the j. r. Wray home.
A. j. Hay made business trip to
Cincinnati Tuesday.
Regular services at the M. P church
next Sunday.
Mrs. J. t. Paxton and Mrs. j. r. Price
of this place attended the funeral Of
Mrs. E. r Garrett at Troy Friday.
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Cooking Is an attachment to the
marriage ceremony which sometimes
makes the bridegroom wish he had
had his eyes tested before giving in.
If all prospective brides were obliged
to lay out samples of their cooking in
the front parlor, just prior to the
wedding march, there would be less
indiscriminate wedlock and more self
satisfied bachelors in this world.
Cooking is taught in the school of
experience, at the expense of mourn
full husbands. It usually begins with
vigorous assault upon the baking
powder biscuit, which the husband is
unable to prevent. The man who
would criticise his wife's first wrest-
ling match with the baking powder bis
cult and refuse to try out half dozen.
simply because his mother was good
plain cook who had worked at the
trade for fifty years, is q vile wretch,
yet this does not alter the fact that
some of the biscuit which are
sprung Immediately after the honey
moon could be considerably lighter on
their feet than they are
Cooking begins about half past
six in the morning and pursues a
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PROFITS IN DAIRYING.

The Iowa state dairy department In
4 report on the creamery business in
Iowa shows that Iowa's butter output
adds greatly to the wealth of the
state and brings returns to the farmers.
The department received reports from
,504 Iowa creameries which paid out
to patrons last year the immense sum
of 0,OO0, 900 for their butter fat. This
would make the average income Of his
natron from his cream alone about
1855. but as a matter Of fact, the dairy
department says, many of the farmers
selling cream to the creamery make
better than 500 month, while dairy
ing is only side line with them.
It may be surprise to many peo-
nile to learn, that the creamery in.
dustry in Iowa is the second maunfact-
uring industry in the state in value OF
its products, being exceeded only by the
meat packing business. Total value OF
the dairy products in 1912 is estimated
by the Iowa department of agriculture
to be S53,O0O,OO0. From 1904 to 1909
the value of the creamery products OF
iowa increased 70 per cent, showing
4 marked development in the industry.
In 1909 the state ranked third among
the states Of the union in the value OF
dairy products.
The dairy department is conducting
a campaign to increase the production
IN this important industry. It is point
- mt that the cream check represents
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cANTRiL.

Cantril Masons and Eastern Star
lodges entertain Milton lodges Of the
same orders at Cantril Tuesday even
ing. About two hundred guests were
present and speeches were made by
Robert McBeth Of Keosauqua Mr.. Far
bus Of Milton, Rev. Smith Of Cantril
and others. Mrs. G. E. Pontius and
Mrs. Sherman Stonebraker sang beau
tiful solos and Mrs. Fred Smith accom-
panied both on the piano. A two course
supper was served and all present en-
joyed the evening.
Grace Moore Is teaching the spring
term Of school at Vincines
Elder Frost and wife and baby
visited at the James Harbidge home, re-
turning to their home at Canton. Mo-.
last Monday.
Main Norris visited his daughter
Mrs Hazel Hustead Friday and Satur-
day.
Mr.. Leach Of Bloomfield was an over
Sunday guest Of Fl. c. Park and fam
lily.
Sherman Stonebraker is visiting his
son Jesse at Carrollton. Mo.
Mr. Barked visited his daughter Mrs.
Albert Short, returning home Wednes-
day.
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Stories About People.
A Question Of Veracity.

When apprehended and charged
with larceny, the man had admitted
his guilt. but at his trial his attor-
ney defended him with much bril-
liancy.
Gentlemen" said the judge, with
benevolent smile, 1.-The prisoner
says he is guilty. His counsel says
he is not. You must decide between
them ri
Then. after an effective pause:
"There is one thing to remember,
gentlemen The prisoner was there,
and his counsel was not @ D..
The Personal Effects of Mr.. Morgan.
When J. Pierpont Morgan was In
Washington as witness during the
senate Investigation of presidential
campaign contributions last fall, he
dropped into the offices Of the rev.
enue service in the treasury depart
ment and was met by a clerk.
We'll, what can L do for your
asked the clerk, who did not know
the great financier from side Of
sole leather.
I'm thinking about moving some
of my personal effects from my Lon
don town house to New York said
Mr.. Morgan politely. 4 want to
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Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L. Ram
BY Howard ]
COOKING.

woman throughout the rest of her
natural life. Just about the time a
housewife gets the breakfast dishes
put away and begins to figure on
erecting a shirtwaist, she will re-
member that she hasn't anything
cooked for lunch except sliced or
anges, so she takes down lot OF
dishes that she just washed and
proceeds to muss them up. If she
goes down town in the afternoon,
the thought of cooking will strike
her in the conscience and give her
no peace until she has returned
home and stirred up sponge cake.
Cooking is greater tyrant than a
mother-in-law who was opposed to
the marriage and has never seen
any occasion to change her mind.
Cooking is used to good advantage
by shrewd wives who employ it to
put their husbands in frame of mind
where they can be tapped for an opera
cape. There is nothing that will
loosen a mans purse strings quicker
than the brand of home cooking which
doesn't have to be backed away from
in order to give preference to a pre-
digested cereal.
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ern Iowa, were vivid and interesting.
She once wrote the story of how one
rural neighborhood was entirely de-
pleted, giving in it's patriotic fervor all
it's able-bodied men to the union cause
"a chapter of local history now pre-
served in the archives of the Iowa
Historical society. But her memory OF
local history far ante-dated the days
Of the civil war. She recalled having
seen the Sioux Indians as they passed
down the Des Moines river in canoes,
they having decided to abandon their
happy hunting grounds in Iowa and
make their final departure from the
state.
DR.. and Mrs. LaForce and family
left Iowa in 1889, seeking, as SO many
do, milder climate in which to pass
their declining years. They settled
in Monrovia, and there, surrounded by
children and grandchildren, amid
fruits and flowers and tropical verdnre,
they have spent twenty-three happy
years. DR.. LaForce, vigorous for q
man of his years, was with his wife
to the last, and upon him the loss falls
most Observation-Disclosures.
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EDDYvlLLE.

Mrs. A. Stuber is seriously i'll, suffer-
ing with pneumonia.
Miss f. Booker who has been nurs-
ing Mrs. Wing during her recent illness
left Friday for Chicago for visit with
relatives
Mrs. D. G. Brockman of Ottumwa
visited last week with her sister Mrs.
8. c.. Brown. DR.. and Mrs. Brockman
returned recently from trip to Cali
fornia
Miss Nell Warner Of Libertyville
was called to Eddyville Friday to nurse
Mrs Stuber during her illness.
Anna Harding and Marie Watkins
were visiting friends in Oskaloosa Fri
day.
The Eddyville high school basket
ball team and number Of spectators
went to Oskaloosa Thursday to witness
a game between the ball team Of Penn
college and the Eddyville boys
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Gov. Clarke Not the Issue.

Cedar Rapids Republican,: One
Des Moines paper asserts that the
campaign in Iowa next year will
turn on what Gov. Clarke has done
and what he has not done, rather
than on what Senator Cummns has
done, or not done. This leads the
Sioux City Journal to ask that paper
who it's candidate against Gov
Clarke will be next year. Last year
it did not support Gov. Clarke, but
now would dictate to him. As mat
ter of fact. Gov. Clarke, so~~far as
we can see 1t, is not responsible to
the people of Iowa for what the
legislature does, or fails to do. The
people themselves elected the 1egis-
lature and it's members represent
the people direct II the legislature
cannot, or will not, enact all the
good roads ideas that we have
evolved in this state. especially in
the newspapers, the presumption is
that the people of Iowa do not want
all those ideas enacted into laws
right away. The legislators are no
doubt. thinking about going back
to the people, especially to the
farmers and the farmers have been
in some doubts about some of the
good roads programs, for the sim
pie reason that the farmers are look
ing at the payment day, for even
good roads have to be paid for some
day. s-.-. .-.-... ....g.,.
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Seven to oae-that is to say, the
legislature wants to spend seven dol
lars for every one dollar that the state
has. Some of the cities of Iowa have
been doing that. They are now DONG
like Ottumwa had to do two years
ago-go to the Legislature and cry
help Incompetent administrations
always make high taxes.
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only a small part of the gross income
from the COW, inasmuch as the SKIM
milk, fed to the hogs is an important
item. The value Of herd in giving
sustained fertility to the farm lands IS
another factor in making dairylng a
profitable business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-27
Old Fashioned

Omaha World Herald: It is plain
that President Wilson believes that
new president, in the first six
months of his term at any rate, hasn't
time for anything bat being president
Fears the Worst.
Topeka Capital: "A woman never
ceases to wonder what her husband
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Obviously

Denver Republican: One cannot
always tell what the size of aEmans
garden is going to be by merely
Judging from the number of seed
catalogues he has kicking around the
house at this time Of the year.
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His Sea Experiences.

His Sea Experiences.
4 An Irishman, brought before a
Justice of the peace on charge OF
vagrancy, was thus questioned.
What trade are your
"Shure, now, yer honor, an I'm
a sailor"
"You a seafaring man? l question
whether you were ever at sea In
your life
. "Shure. now an does your honor
think came over from Ireland in a
wagin?" "a
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Hjndrance Instead Of Help.

Louisville Courier-Journal: Henry
Siegel of Chicago expresses the opin-
ion that If minimum wage Of 81 per
day for women should be put into ef-
feet by law thousands Of women
would lose their positions and vice
would be promoted rather than re-
duced Although Mr.. Siegel speaks
from the point of view of an employer
his observation is sensible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-27

There is more of drop in the Des
MONIES river between Des Moines and
Pennington than there is at. Niagara
Falls. Ottumwa is the only place that
is getting any benefit from this power
that is being wasted. This is a great
onnortunity for some conservation
work
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-27

President Wilson thinks the demo
Gratis are strange people-they all
want Offices, but won't keep them after
they get them. ~A
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Have You Seen Them?

Chicago Tribune: Here and there
you will see resourceful young man
wearing one of those green hats and
trying to escape, avoid or minimize
the deep darnation thereof by hav-
ing the bow shifted from the back to
the side. '..g
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Train Time.

Train Time.
Two hunters returning from the
Catskills decided to try some New
York City humor upon the agent OF
a little railroad station In the foot
hills -.- .. ..-...
when does the 3:49 train get
in?" asked one.
The old man regarded him serious
" and at length. WALL" said ne,
"she generally gets in just leetle
behind the engine"
Later they approached him re-
spectfully, about time that train
is due, isn't it. uncle?'
Eyes" said the agent, shes
about due. There comes the con-
ductor's dog."-Everybody's Magazine.
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Inside Testimony.

=. Inside Testimony.
st. Louis Globe.Democrat: Senator
Tillman once said that the democratic
party had lost the seed corn of states
manship, and now he adds that the
party is mob. Testimony on these
points will continue to be taken.
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find out whether or not they are dutt-
able.''
well" said the clerk, looking
profoundly wise, what is the value
of this STUFF"
"Oh," replied Morgan, something
should say, between seven and ten
millions of dollars. Popular Maya
zine. - - 81
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Did you read the article in yester
DAVIS Courier about how to raise sWee
DOtatOes? ~.
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Get a good hold on something, Their
are more storms coming.
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In life's Sunset.

Madrid Register-NeWs: small
group of men were seated together the
other evening. The talk turned to the
life of man and his ultimate death.
One of the group was passing through
the evening of life. IF when | die"
he said, my neighbors will say that
| lived to the best of my capacity In
harmony with Gods laws, that I cared
for my family to the best of my abil-
ity. that / was a helpful friend and
neighbor, then shall feel that l have
done everything that was expected OF
me-"
The philosophy Of life is wrapped
up in the above statement.
It is said that the richest man in
America is at present in an European
city, i'll with worry. If he should die
tomorrow the press dispatches the fof
lowing day would herald his death
throughout the civilized world. 1t
would be the news feature Of the day.
but unless he Incorporated in his
character the elements spoken of
above the sensation caused by the
death message would merely be one
of curiosity, and would be forgotten
| in month.
| The world admires brilliancy, but
there are many brilliant men. 1t
envies riches, but 1t cares but little for
the possessor. ~
There are really only few things
which count in life. II, when the
years have slipped by, memory runs
back over the path you have trod, 1t
will be found that these few things
are of the common place. "If, when I
die, my neighbors will say that have
| lived to the best of my capacity in
harmony with Gods law, that / cared
for my family to the best Of my abil-
| ity, that I was helpful friend and
neighbor, then I shall feel that l have
done everything that was expected of
me-" ~
Mrs. Larrabee Not Suffraaette.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Accord
ing to one of the Des Moines papers,
Mrs. William Larrabee created a
| small sensation in the legislature.
where she has two sons who are men,
bers, one of the house and one Of the
senate, by saying that she Is not even
suffragist, that she is satisfied to
have the men do the voting and some
other kinds of manual labor. We
would not be surprised at all if there
were other women in Iowa who are
of the same mind. A mere man who
is in the legislature, and who Is al
ways afraid that he may be defeated
the next time is more apt to be al
I ardent suffragette even than the
| mother of few sturdy sons who are
interested in politics.
! Kansas City Times: Also it is sus-
pected that Mr.. Huntington Wilson
figured that he would have to go
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The way to increase taxes is to
elect an incompetent administration
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did with the three dollars he had last
week.

A Test Of Greatness.
Chicago Record-Herald: Only al
very great man can look important
in poor clothes.
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There is trouble ahead for you II vol
break quarantine.
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Press Comment.
CHEERFuLNESS OF TUMULTY.
Chicago Inter Ocean: The new sec.

CHEERFuLNESS OF TUMULTY.
Chicago Inter Ocean: The new sec.
rotary to the president, Joseph Pat
rick Tumulty, is praised in the Satur-
day Evening Post because he Is
cheerful and possesses sense o.
humor. His immediate predecessors,
the article informs us, were sweet
ly solemn lot" Here Is how they are
characterized: H. ...-..
There was Hilles, who mourned
and refused to be comforted-though
it must be confessed he had little to
be cheerful about Norton, who was
rudimentary in his appreciation Of
the humor of any situation; Carpen-
ter, who was perpetually scared stiff
and never observed anything but the
tragedy of it all; Loeb. so efficient it
made your head ache, but taking it
as seriously as a high school boy
scruting inscrutably, but in cold,
dignified and disconsolate manner;
Porter, loaded to the guards with
grief, and Lige Halford, dashed to the
mast of gloom. Nice boys, but de-
pressed; earnest, but doleful; active
but somber!"
Tumulty isn't like any Of those. He
is said to know joke when he sees
one, can tell good story upon &C.
casion, and generally takes cheer
full view of happenings. Therefore,
great things are apparently expected
Of him. a.N
Well, why not? Craftsmanship and
solemnity are not necessarily bedfel-
lows, nor are dignity and a sour
visage twins. Some really great men
have been cheerful and good-humor-
ed and have actually been known to
laugh at times.
Certainly cheerfulness is an asset,
and the more humor and good humoF
Mr.. Tumulty, supplies, the greater
will be his aid to the success OF his
chief