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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08
Obituary.
Mary p. McVey Skinner.

Mary P. McVey Skinner was born
near Avery, Iowa May 4, 1851 and died
at her home in Avery April IA 1913. She
was united in marriage with John
Thomas Skinner Oct. 20, 1879. To this
union was born eleven children. Six
survive her as follows: Eva May Mar
tin, Ankeny, Iowa; Mary Emma Rich
ert. Humeston, Iowa; Laura A. Cox
and Crane Engle, both of Ottumwa,
Iowa; Anna e. Leaf. Klondike, Iowa
and Miss Nellie M. Skinner Five chill
dren died in infancy. She also leaves a
father and three brothers to mourn her
demise, Matthew and John McVey of
Garden Grove, Iowa, D. L. McVey, AL
bia, Iowa and Henry McVey Of Avery,
as we'll as a host Of friends. She united
with the Church of Christ in 1890 and
died trusting in her savior The fun
eral services were held at the Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Avery April
16, Rev. John Brown Of Batavia. under
whom she with her husband were con-
verted and who preached the funeral
services over her husband, conducted
the services Of the deceased. Many
beautiful flowers from children and
friends were in evidence as the last
tribute to the departed mother and
interment made at the Seceders ceme-
terry north Of Avery, where her husband
was interred-Contribu
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08
SHERIFFS POSSE IN
SEARCH OF BANDITS

Los Angeles, Cal, May IA
sheriff's posse left here in an automo,
bile today in search of three despera-
does who terrorized and robbed a
colony of Japanese vegetable raisers
at Newmark early this morning.
The Japanese reported that they
awakened from sleep to look down
the barrels of revolvers held by three
masked men who forced them to stand
against the walls of their shacks,
hands up, while search Of the build.
ing and their clothes was made. The
total loss the Japanese reported was
$50 in small change.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08
Willis e. Jones.

Willis E. Jones was born at Ira, Ia,
December II, 1854 and died April IS,
1913, at Seymour, Iowa, aged 48 years,
8 months and % days. He lived at Ira
until 1884, when he entered Drake uni
versity with the idea Of preparing for
the ministry, and graduated as a mem
Der of the second class that graduated
from this university, the class Of 1887,
with the degree bachelor of arts. He
spent twenty six years in the ministry
and very seldom missed the duties of
the Lords day until physically dis
abled. After eighteen months Of pa
tient. suffering the strength Of disease
has taken away this useful and honor
ed man. He leaves his wife. Cora E..
Jones and one daughter, Ninam, three
brothers, Chas. Jones Of Ira, a., Jason
Jones OF Douglas Nebr. He also leaves
twin sisters Mrs. Mary Henahan Of
Portland, Ore, and Clare Blewett of
Fromburg, Mont, also other relatives
and friends. His first regular pastor
ate was at Seymour and among the
many other places where he labored
were Leon, Lineville, CHAMBERLAIN, Clio,
Mystic, Sewal and East Side church,
Denver. Colo. The trend Of his work
has been that Of electromagnetic, but
in 1909 he began to give all Of his
tivity he proved a worthy worker and
has gained many people to Jesus Christ
and better ways Of living. Not only was
he an efficient minister but proved to
be a useful shaper Of other activities.
In 1904-1905 he was mayor of Seymour
an honor very seldom bestowed upon
minister, and in this capacity did
many things to make this city give
more attention to law and morality.
The funeral services were held at the
Christian church on Thursday April II
at 2:30 p. NJ. conducted by Rev. c. O..
HaVley, Interment in SOuthlaWn,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08
KEOKUK WILL USE
STREET FLUSHER

Keokuk, Nav 6.-The recent agita-
tion here for clean streets has resulted
in the purchase by local contractor
of street fusher, and the city OF
ficials will be asked to cooperate with
him in giving the streets thorough
cleaning every night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08
ASK FOR MILITIA
IN CITY ELECTION

Charleston, w. Va. May IA de-
mand for troops to preserve order at
the polls during the city election at
Bluefield was made Of Governor Hat.
field today by citizens Of that town,
who allege attempts to prevent repub-
licans from serving as election Off.
Gals, and because a democratic clerk
refuses to sign ballots. The militia
company at Bluefield has been ordered
to be in readiness for service. "
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Mrs. Nanov M, McCov.

Mrs. Nancy NJ. Mccoy was born in
Girard county Kansas May l. 1854 and
died at her home in Seymour, Iowa,
April Is, 1918. She lacked just fifteen
days of reaching the age Of SO years.
She moved to Iowa when 13 years Of
age She was married to r. K Mccoy
January 13, 1879 and to this union was
born eight children. all dying in in
fancy. Mr.. and Mrs. Mccoy have spent
most Of their married life in Seymour.
They moved here the last time in 1896.
Mrs. Mccoy united with the Methodist
church in February 1885,. during Rev.
Bolts ministry. Her husband has the
sympathy Of the entire community.
She was laid to rest in Southlawn aft
err home funeral-Contributi from
Seymour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-08
VILLISCA WILL ...
BUILD NEW SCHOOL

Villisca, May 6.-Villisca has voted
100000 bonds to build new high
school building. The building will be
of brick and will be modern in every
way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
WHY NOT AID FOR
BUILDING ROADWAYS?
Government Aids Impossible Streams to
Become NaviEnbIe-GOOd Roads
Increase Realty Values.

The country needs federal aid in the
building and upkeep of the roads of
the country; little inland streams hard
" big enough to float a flatbottOm
barge command their appropriations
and why not the roads Of the country
which are issued to a greater extent and
to better purupose2" said A L West
gard when here recently.
Problems there are without number
when the buildings of roads is under
taken, but Americans have never yet
failed in anything they have attempted
and in time the roads of this country
viii be just as good, and possibly bet
ter than those in foreign lands.
What is needed however. is the
pioneer spirit Of the earlier days. which
will push the completion of ideas al
ready advanced. The sooner things are
done, the speedier will be the unfold
ing Of the beauties of this country from
a touring standpoint and the quicker
the farmer will be able to reach the
city with his produce
The latter point in the argument
for the construction of good roads is
a big one, in fact, the greatest, to my
mind Give the farmer good roads and
the value of land increases, as the farm
in fact, is placed so many minutes near
er the city. And so it could be shown
that almost every field of endeavor
would be bettered by a good roads sys-
tenn throughout the country"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
Make the Pedestrians Garry Lights
This Automobiles Thinks the Lawmakers Long
Enough; Time to the

light in front and a red and green
light in the rear
Rule twO-BefOre turning to the
right or left, the pedestrian shall give
three sharp toOts on horn not less
than three inches in diameter.
Rule three-When an experienced
automobile driver is made nervous by
pedestrians, he shall indicate the same
and the pedestrian shall hide behind
a tree until the automobile has passed.
Rule fOur-Pedestrian shall not
carry in their pockets any sharp IN
struments or substances which are
liable to injure automobile tires.
Rule five-In lodging automobiles,
pedestrians shall not run more than
seven miles per hour.
Rule siX-Ped estrians must register
at the beginning of each year and pay
a license fee of IS for the privilege OF
living. There shall be no rebate should
they fail to live out the entire year
Rule seven-Ped estrians will not be
allowed to emit cigaret smoke on any
boulevard in an offensive or unneces-
sary manner
Rule eight-lA pedestrian before re-
ceiving his license to walk on any
boulevard must demonstrate before an
examining board his ability in dOdg-
ing.
Rule nine-Pedestr will be held
responsible for all damages to auto
mobiles or their occupants BY col
lisiOn."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

blowout Most always it is only the
inside ply that is fractured at the time
As this isn't apparent the tire usually
continues to give service, but the
broken edges of the Inside fabric chafe
the other plies. The natural bending
of the tire finally breaks the remain
ing plies, and then the tube forces its
way through, resulting IN a blowout
This is the first warning the mot
orist receives that something is
wrong. He didn't know the fabric
was broken some time before He sees
nothing but the immediate conditions,
and doesn't realize that his misfortune
is something he could have prevented
if he had only known how.
The reason the inside ply Of fabric
broke in the first place, was the re-
suit of improper air pressure. This
permitted the object on the road sur
face to sink in and stretch the fabric
at one place to the breaking point
Had the pressure been of the proper
amount it would not have been posi-
bic for the object to have made such
an impression The internal air pIes-
sure would have offered the proper re-
sistance, and the shock instead of be-
ing localized would have been dis
tributed all over the tire, and so alb
sorbed without injury.
Hence the remedy: Use the air
gage, and carry the proper air pres
sure-2O pounds for every inch OF
width.
Again, the tread may receive a cut
Various foreign substances from the
road surface are forced through the
cut by the motion of the tire. As
result these impurities have a tendency
to spread, separating the tread and
fabric This opening Of the tread lays
the fabric bare to road wear, and the
action of sand and moisture. The
latter rapidly rOts the fabric, weaken
ing it until the pressure can no longer
be sustained, and then the same afOre-
said fatality occurs.
For this the remedy Is repair gum.
Cuts repaired in time will grow no
worse, and so these consequences are
avoided
In conclusion. there are two import
ant causes of Observation-Disclosures
which results in the breaking of the
plies of fabric, and neglected tread
cuts Avoiding these by means of
pressure gage and can Of repair
gum, the mOtOrist will be able to avoid
the trouble to which they lead-the
blowout
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
SHREWD BUYERS
AND THE MOTOR
BY IncsistInE on Getting All Refine
ments in Their Cars, Buyers Have
EOrccd improvements

The Yankee farmer. known almost
since time out of mind as the shrewd-
est buyer in the world, has been forced
to share his laurels. according to au-
tomobile manufacturers. The David
Harums of New England are now no
more famous as drivers of profita bic
bargains than are the corn raising
ranchers of Kansas. the apple growers
of Idaho or the prune cultivating citi-
zens of California The automobile has
taught the great American public the
value of the currency of his country as
nothing else has ever done. The proof
Look at the big. powerful beautifully
finished eXtravagantly equipped auto
mobiles which are selling at what a few
years ago would have been considered
Il rUinously low price.
The shrewd buyer is responsible for
every one of the refinements and i'm
prOvements of the modern motor car"
said a local dealer. Year by year he
has demanded more and more in the
way of mechanical and equipment fea-
lures. The self starter. the electric
lighting system, the deeper and more
comfortable upholstery and every other
Improvement to be found on the auto
mobile have all come because the con
sumner required them and refused to
buy the car in which they were lack
ing"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
ASK FOR CATALOGS
FROM PRISON CELLS
Men Behind Bars vitality Interested In
Recent Automobile Progress
Two COnVicts Write.

When a man is allowed just one
sheet of letter paper each month, in
which to convey his dearest wish to the
outside world of which. for the time,
he is no longer an active part, he may
be expected to concentrate on this mes
sage all the result of long elaboration
That is exactly the condition faced by
many an inmate of the federal or state
prisons One letter a month is the
standard rule and even this is condi-
toned on good conduct.
Imagine, therefore, the genuine in
terest which must prompt a man, so sit
uated, to make use of this monthly
sheet of paper to write an automobile
manufacture for copy OF his latest
catalOg!
Not one. but two cases of this sort
have come under the notice of the Stu
debaker correspondence staff
In the Fort Leavenworth. Kas-, mil
itary prison. prisoner No 3945 took his
lone sheet Of paper and made his Octo-
Der message to the world outside a re
quest for Studebal1ef catalOg.
Inmate Af55S, in the western Penn
sylvania state prison at PittsbUrg,
North Side. also used his monthly sheet
Of letter paper to make a similar re-
quest Like that of the Fort Leaven-
worth recluse, the Pittburg mans let
Ter was more than a formal request
Please send me at your earliest con-
venience," ran the opening line in the
tone of a man whose time is valuable
and whose Impotence rises at the very
thought of delay. And with BY so
doing you will Oblige, very respectfully
yours" he closed
Whether or not No 3945 at Fort
Leavenworth. and No. A7559 at North
Side will ever be able to enter the mar
ket as active automobile buyers is a
matter which the company may never
know What it does know. however,
is the fact that each of these men har-
bors deep down in his heart. despite the
cold walls which hide him away. the
hope that he may again be free and
may enjoy that liberty to the full at
the wheel of his own car.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

HARLES W. PADGETT, wife and
two daughters. of Oswego, n. Y,
~ arrived in Ell Paso Friday after
noon in a large Michigan touring car
The party is on the way to the Pacific
coast.
I'VE came the southern automobile
route" said Mr.Padgett and found the
roads in pretty good condition The
BorderIand route is very popular with
eastern autoists and I heard it fire.
quentIy spoken of by tourists, who
have been over it on their return to
the east The number of auto parties
will constantly increase and in another
year FL Paso will be famous as stop
ping point for auto parties coast
bound.
Legislatures, city councils and
other law making bodies seem TO make
it a business to pass laws governing
automobiles and drivers. The autotst
has become a target for all freak laws
and regulations and 1 think it would
be a good idea for some enteTprisin6
law making body to adopt the follow
ing rules for the guidance and reSula-
ton of pedestrians, which will give a
little protection to the automobile
driverl
Rule one-Pedestrians crossing
bOulevards at night shall wear white
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
How to Avoid BIowouts; Keep
the Tires All Well Inflated

70 DOUBT every motorist has
had the experience Of the so
called blowout" This expert
ence affects all in the same way. It
is nothing but an evaporation. and al
though a blowout can often be re-
paired, the motOrist cannot help pre-
ferring never TO have mad it In the
first place.
Today, the Importance of the auto
mobile tire industry has fostered an
improvement Of the tire as now manu-
featured to the point that the motor
ist who cares, can by a few simple
precautions, protect himself from the
blowout bugabOo.
4 blowout is due to one of few
simple causes, which If given the nee
essary attention can be easily avoided
To prevent the blowout we seek the
cause and eliminate it. Accordingly
we will show and explain briefly the
different causes of blowOuLs-
In a former article OF this series
the allimportance of initiating tire to
the proper pressure was discussed The
amount of air in a tire is Just as i'm
pOrtant as the tire that contains 1t.
Improper initiation renders a tire sus
ceptible to blOwOuts, just as proper
Initiation prevents this annoyance. This
is the reason:
The body of the tire is of fabric;
several plies are used and the mass
after being thoroughly 1mpregnated
teSral whOle-the tire. over the body
is a layer of rubber-the tread.
What happens when a round stone,
a brick, a car track, or any blunt OBJ
ject is encountered? II the tire is
Improperly inflated the internal air
pressure not offering sufficient re-
sistance, the object will sink into the
tire forcing it inward at this one
place. The tread comes into actual
contact, but its elasticity allows It to
adapt its shape so that it usually suf-
fers no injury, unless the object be
sharp and cuts it. But the effect on
the fabric is more serious. It isn't
elastic 1t can't stretch; consequently,
if the object sinks in far enough to
produce enough strain, il must break.
Naturally that ply Of fabric receiv-
ing the greatest strain IS the inside
one, for ii undergoes the greatest dis
tOrtiOn, and for this reason it is the
first to break. Seldom indeed is any
shock violent enough to break every
ply of fabric and cause an immediate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

high and low tension magnetic
owner.
Tension" refers to the voltage or
pressure Of the current produced. A
low tension magnetic is equipped with
only a primary winding on the arma-
ture and produces a low voltage cur
rent A high tension magnetic has d
primary and secondary wiring wound
on the Srmature and produces high
voltage secondary current.
A low tension magnetic is often used
on a car equippsd with jump spark
ignition by employing high tension
coil as a transformer. generally To-
Gated on the dashboard, but in some
cases placed in the magnetic under
the magnets and directly over the
armature-
Motoring department. The Herald
Is the timing on my car correct2 1
can advance the magnetic either one
quarter OF all the way and not change
the speed Of the motor in the least
n A T.
It is evident from what you say
that the control mechanism between
the steering post and the breaker box
OF the magnetic timer has slipped or
become disconnected somewhere, so
that when you move the advance and
retard lever on the top of the steer
ing wheel it does not control the
spark. If the spark were advanced
all the time the motor would be very
likely to kick back when cranking-
II. on the other hand, the spark re-
mains retarded the engine would be
very likely tO/Overheat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

and approved the proposition He
found out how little money the county
had to expend on the road and pro-
missed to appropriate enough state
money to complete it. and thought he
could make an appropriation to com
plete the road to the Arizona line at
Franklin, which would put the Grant
county sections of both the Border
land and the Southern TranscOntin-
entail highway in good condition
Where as much good road can be
made for a dollar as can be made in
Grant county, Mr.. French is in favor
of making a lot of it. He left here
for Deming, Las Cruces. AlamOgordO
and Roswell. before returning to his
office in Santa Fe-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
GOOD ROADS WEST
IN GRANT COUNTY
state Engineer French also Pleased
With Luna COunty-Helps
Grant to Keep mp Work.

Lordsburg, N NJ, Nov. IS
A French, state engineer Of New
Mexico, who has charge OF the
road work done by the state,
has been making a tour of the
state. visiting the various places where
the state IS doing road work, and
where it proposes to do some work
He was in Grant and Luna county
last week, travelling in his Abbott De-
trOit car, and accompanied by J W.
Johnson, an engineer in the employ
of the state
Mr. French is an enthusiastic road
man and was delighted with the road
because of the abundance Of material
with which good roads can be easLy
made He found il at hand, and at no
place would there be much Of a haul
required TO get the material on the
road The ideal road for this section
of the country is the claysand road,
which IS a mixture Of clay and sand,
or gravel Where there is too much
sand in the road clay is hauled on it.
and where there is too much clay
sand is hauled on the road and mixed
with the clay. Most of the roads are
naturally about right, and where he
found a place that needed temperinS
he could always find the material near
by.
He said that if the country in the Rio
Grande valley was like this building
OF the CamlnO ReaI would De Simple
matter but there the tempering ma
terial often has to be hauled for miles,
which makes the road building there
expensive and slow work He is not
greatly enamOred with the prison Ia
Dor that Is employed in the roads in
various places, as the cOnYictS are not
good labOrers- Taking into consider
alton what they accomplish, and the
expense Of guarding them he cOnsi-
ders the convict built roads about as
extensive as those made bv hired Ia
Dor,
He went over much Of the BOrderIand |
that engineer Cox is putting in shape.
and studied the map Of the rest of il, !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
HOW TO BUILD
CONCRETE ROAD
Highway Commission Writes @The
Story of n Country ROad,s for Dis
trfbutiOn-COst of County High
WIS SI2.OOO to $4,000 a Mile.

story of a Country Road" for Dis
tributtOn-COst Of County High
ways $12.OOO to $4,000 a Mile.
The Story Of Country Road" is
the title of a booklet that Edward N
Hines, county road commissioner of
Wayne county. Michigan is distribut-
ing, which tells just how the concrete
road is made.
we prepare and shape the sub
grade, roll it hard with a 10 ton roller
and lay the concrete right on the nat
ural subsoil, " writes Mr.. Hines. side
rails are used and when the concrete
has become sufficiently hard to re-
move the rail the finishers pare off
the outer edges to prevent sharp d.
Gliding line between the concrete and
the gravel shoulders.
Our trunk roads are built Is feet
wide with gravel shoulders four feet
wide on each side. The lesser trav-
eled roads have y and Is feet of con-
crete with a minimum width over all
of "a feet. We have also built con-
crete roads from 10 TO Is feet wide.
They are always wide enough to make
passing of teams or automOb lles go
ing an the opposite or the same direc-
ton very easy
The concrete is put down wet so
that no tampinE is necessary after It
is placed. When this is done no work
man is permitted il any way to dis
turb the concrete by stepping on It
or thOwring anything on Smoothing
is done with simple wooden floats.
Each DAYS work IS finished up to
an expansion Joint and no more than
90 minutes is permitted to elapse be-
tween patches of concrete during the
day The work of the day is covered
with canvas, and the next day the can
vas is removed and the concrete COW
cred TO depth of about two inches
with any sand or loose soil available
to keep the concrete from drying too
rapidly. The concrete is sprinkled con-
tinuously for eight days. Roads are
not opened for traffic until at least
two weeks after the last concrete is
put in place.
Machinery is used whenever the
same or a better result can be secured
and large hauling engines have from
two to four wagons each loaded with
stone or pravel trailing behind. Grad
ers are also drawn by steam, doing the
work of from six to eight horses more
efficiently and rapidly. Old roads are
rooted up with a scarifier or ploW.
Water is pumped in pipes for miles by
gasoline engines Stone and sand on
some of the roads is unloaded with
grab bucket and many smaller and
economical labor saving devices are
Cement is mixed IN me- I
chanicaI batch mixer
The cost of the roads averages from
sl2. 900 to $4,000 per mile, as Wayne
countys has to have all material |
shipped in It would be higher if 1t
were not for our labor saving devices. !
When far from the city the men are
boarded and given cots in tented cit /
les. We have nearly 100 employees
and politics cut no figure in the en- /
DIOyment of them.