Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-24

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
small grain In Iowa is safe. The corn
is making rapid strides. Apples are
reddening and getting the juice that
tickles the palate. Wild flowers In
profusion spangle the roadsides and
beautify all landscapes. There Is moth
ing the matter with Iowa.
Des Moines Tribune: Mr.. Bryan,
still further in explanation, says he
has formed the habit of laying aside
$4,000 year, and he does not like
to break the habit, even for the honor
Somehow 1t Is hard to connect upl
the Bryan Of these days with the
Bryan of the 1896 campaign.
Oskaloosa Herald: The Council
Bluffs Nonpareil says that Iowa corn
Is growing so rapidly now that 1t Is
pulling up the morning glories that
inadvertently fastened their tentacles
to the stalks few days ago. That's
nothing. We know Of an instance in
Mahaska county where a stalk got un-
der a rural telephone wire and pulled
up about thirty poles.
Waterloo Courier: People who be-
lieve that this country Ia about per.
feet In having all things worth while
must hesitate when asked to point
out the final arbiter Of fashions. Re.
Gently, in different parts Of the coun-
try, ministers have appeared In their
pulpits in seasonable and sensible
garb-one even without coat. The
incidents have created considerable
talk, but talk will not settle such mo-
mentous questions as to whether
these ministers were right or wrong
in dressing comfortably and defying
fashion.
st. Louis Times: The statesman
from Nebraska, who is wealthy, Is
leaving his high office at critical
time to 60 on a lecture tour. Speaker
Clark, too, is a lecturer but he does
not go on tour when the public serv.
ice needs him.
Some time ago Speaker Clark
signed a contract to 60 lecturing next
however. he had in mind his official
duties. Accordingly, he wrote In his
contract that his ability to carry out
the program would be subject to the
exigencies of the public service" In
the language Of the agreement.
It will be seen, therefore, that II
congress Is in session, Speaker Clark
will be on the Job, and not on tour for
the purpose of swelling his private
purse. Bryan's business now is In
Washington. handling the Mexican,
Japanese and Panama situations.
Council Bluns Nonpareil: The need
for conservation is world wide. Think
Of the Bulgarians, Serbs and Greeks
being slain in the Balkan states, and
then run your eye over the harvest
fields Of Kansas, Nebraska, the Da-
kotas and Iowa, where 100000 men
could find work at good wages.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: President
Wilson will make one Of the greatest
Of his administration II he
insists upon political board to govern
the national banking system. II there
is any calling that requires expert
knowledge based on maturity Of ex-
perience, it is banking. And the
business comes so close to all the peo-
pie that it ought to be absolutely clear
Of partisan politics.
st. Louis Times: Two brief items
from yesterdays news columns.
Five are rescued in Playground
pool"
IAN unidentified boy was drowned
in the Mississippi river"
Clearly the Playground pool, where
boys are taught to. swim and where
they are under the watchful protec-
ton Nof life-savers and guards, Is the
right place for boys to go.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Keokuk peo-
pie are preparing for big time the
latter part OF August, when there will
be combined homecoming and dam
celebration. That dam, by the way,
ought to put Keokuk on the map. The
city of Keokuk has never created
much stir on the municipal map. But
now a. great opportunity has come to
it, and it will indeed be strange II the
people of Keokuk 90 not make the
most of 1t.
Davenport Times: 1t may be the be-
ginning Of the end for Mexico. The
Huerta government Is told by the
authorities at Washington to send
troops to protect foreigners at Du-
range. II Mexico fails, what must be
the next step? It is to be hoped that
Huerta is able to make good. 1t would
be painful for the United States If it
had to spank the Mexicans to make
them behave, but IL the United States
ever has to undertake the job 1t will
be done right.
Muscatine Journal: Those who have!
IN the past found themselves admir-
ing the silver-tongued orator, be-