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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17
The Picnic Season.

we F'SH'C season
The picnic season viii bc here soon.
when every Saturday you'n hear a
tun"; the bands viii begin to play
quite carly in the day.
Each week end in summer time
many men will be in line: all ready for
a lark they will march out to the park.
Down Fifth street they will proceed,
with the music, ms in the lead: invit-
ing all to com, and join them in the
fun
Each society will cndcavor to have
! ihc finest weather. So 40 plans will 20
astray on its special holiday.
! At the park races and games will
imusc both men and DANES: Willie the
land viii play for dancing, setting
! Young folks all a-pranciug.
Long shady lanes will be- popular
J with sNalns; others viii seek pleasan,
hooks and enjoy THEMSELVES with
/ looks.
so each Saturday will be for play
and all can rest on the Sabbath day.
New steel FISHING rod and tackle,
Seven dollars to u ccut:
Pain OF rubber boots for wading
And another six bones went
Brand new hooks and line and leader,
And reel more up to date
Brings the bill before he started
To exactly thirty-cight,
Round trip ticket two and fifty.
Bait three dollars, Uhs 'q-tD
Team aud driver from the station
To the brook, another "N';
Six or seven hours Of fishing
Boy ana pills" another one"
Costly sport-but then consider
Fifty dollars worth of fun.
What doth il profit - man 10 pile
up the ashes in the cellar all winter
and carry them out in the spring?
Four.Year.
THE doctor left little baby at
aunties house last night"
rs she going TO keep it,
Great secret. Sh'
Wait awhile
Don't take 'em off Yet
Wonder If 10 will be our hoodoo |
Year. Seventeen promises ncttcd just |
two automobile rides last year. Pretty !
soon We'll get angry and line up for
that Elks' automobile.
How dear 10 my heart is the sound |
# the ticker,
That ticks in the Office away down |
the street
love To- sit near it when | make Il
dicker
And listen to learn If the brokers
I've beat
We drew diagram Of our back
yard garden this morning and We de-
rive much pleasure Grom the fact that
the nelghbors' chickens can't scratch
up The diagram
What do YOU know about those ris-
ing Young militia officers going in for
fire insurance selling? Sort of getting
used TO the firing line
Gee. but our tobacco box is popular
For that hungry feeling We recon-
mend one of Wv Kivela's rarebit sand.
witches. They are simplay 'besand'
Strange.
It's funny how man with nerves,
Who can not stand bit
OF noise. can go To baseball games.
And suffer not "a whit
milwaukee, sentinel
How can this man sit there and Hci
At every corking play.
And not stand for the baby's noise
Which drives him on his way"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

Joe saoo,-e sure is some bowler
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

Help Little,
Pass up those little worries now
And toss them down the well;
Forget to grieve and laugh "A bit,
For others have their hell"
You're not the only down-trod man.
There's Others, here today:
In five gears you'll forget II all.
Rejoice along the way.
Come be a sport and dig right in
And work your head clean off:
Re cheerful, help the other guy.
Don't stand about and scofi.
Almost time TO again breathe tina
aristocratic air-that filed with tn,
odor of burning gasoline.
This ends todays lesson. The lin.
otype operator refuses to set any NOR,
of this junk, but we will Try to get &
setting hen for next weeks dope.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

Fair weather's coming an apacc,"
lhe weather man is quoted.
80 we expect a snowstoim sure
And blzZards may be- noted.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17
ROSE MAID
WITH THE FAMOUS METRO.
FoLlTAN CAST AND COM.
PlETE PRODUCTION.
Special Announcement!

On account OF repeated requests,
Miss Lloyd will introduce her
speciality between acts.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

Wonder If 10 will be our hoodoo
Year Seventeen promises ncttcd Just
two automobile rides last year. Pretty
soon Wen get angry ana line up for
that Elks' automobile.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

Jury Frees Frost" says headline in
Milwaukee Sentinel. II might have
been FROST Freezes Jury"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

The Indoor Fishing and fireside
Hunting club had a meeting at Cop
Der Falls last SUNDAY. \ few tear.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

We drew q diagram ot our back
yard garden this morning and We de-
rive much pleasure from the fact that
the nelghbors chickens can't scratch
up The diagram
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17
Four.Vear-Old.

Four. Vear-Old.
THE doctor left q little baby at
auntie's house last night"
is she going 10 keep it,
Great secret. Sh'
Wait awhile
Don't take 'em uff yet
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

What doth il profit - man 10 pile
up the ashes in the cellar all winter
and carry them out in the spring?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

Whey went with us a-lishing,
In the boat she calmly sat-
race all smiles. her eyes a-glistcning
FUrgctful of our daily spat.
Luck was bad and nothing biting.
No fish here" she did insist
Just keep cool. I'm doing the fishing.
remarked, but she'd persist.
50 The family Jar got started.
Wifey's TRADE made me sore:
So I pulled my dear life partner
Half mile, right back to shore.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17
Strange.

It's funny how man with nerves,
Who can not stand a bit
OF noise. can go To baseball games,
And suffer not "a whit.
milwaukee, Sentinel
How can this man sit there and yeti
At every corking play.
And not stand for the baby's noise
Which drives him ON his way
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

What do YOU know about those ris-
ing Young militia officers going in fOr
ire insurance selling" Sort of getting
used to the firing line"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

The Evening News
Once ran this slug
Forget the fly
And swat the Bug"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

For that hungry feeling We recon-
mend one OF Wv Kivelas rarebit sand.
witches They are simplay 'besand'
witchinG"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

JAS. w. HtI.AIE
State Food Il Diary Commissioner.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

IN tho Joyous new opera OF fun and
fashion that ran 200 nights IN
New York,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-17

How dear to my heart is the sound
If the ticker,
That ticks in the Office away down
the street.
| love To- sit near it when | make Il
GiCl<er
And listen To learn If the brokers
I've beat
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
Daddy: Bedtime
~ Window.
OtOIV Tha. AA1e Hard
To Break.

= ACK had broken a window playing ball, and. according = me- mosnees
rule he had to buy q new pane out OF ~ spandns mon$. % :
a really sorry and meant to be very careful not g play zeal inc
= house q he had been forbidden to DO
"rhey don't have glass windows in many houses in the Philippine islands
daddy remarked.
~Tber houses must be very dark" EVELYN said.
.nh -" daddv disagreed. .The houses are beautifully lighted. They
loyelyw windows, but you will never guess what they put INTO Tn panes
mrhey use the SHELLS of little fishes. They take the Shells which re
md Of good size. and polish them until they are transparent nen ~ snehs
RI fitted into little frames and placed In the windows.
"These windows are often very pretty in shape Some or those u te 10
churches III charming. @#E
"w;tht these there isn't q much danger of the little Filipino chioren get
hro into trouble IN account Of breaking windows for these shell panes ar
really quite strong. -.
Thousands Of the little shells which the Fuipinos call kapas' re gathered
.o.a.har Nv N Ashrmen. The shelfsh, whose houses they are, live in the
water Of the ocean around the Philippine islands and are something Ike os
except that they IN much hatter They fasten themselves 70 q rok Of
to some other shslnsh and sit and dream away their little lives until the ne'
nf some fshHnang gathers them in- and their little house Il nn 10 OH ron
their back and polished 10 make tiny wfndowpaneA -#
s"n hot Countries like the Philippines Windows ar not really neeueo. Iney
re perhaps more for show than for use, since for comfort, windows muss
generally be kept wide open. 80,
.The word window is thought to have com from words meaning ING
ave, The u.s. Of windows Is really to let air and light into the house
cat first people had merely rude openings without any sash o. wndow
nanax In cold countries folks covered the windows with pieces OF hrn nae
omt and made clear enough to allow the light to pass through. Other
housas had windows in which parchment or dried sheepskin instead % horn
was nsed. OF course this parchment was clear, although the people inside
not see through It as we can through our panes OF glass
~ ner awhile glass came into use The windows Of churches are MADE =
glass, but she'll windows are the oldest OF sh"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
HIGHLAND.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed swank, who have
been visiting relsttves In Ohio and
Chicago, arrived at home Monday. Mr..
Swank will take possession Of the post
Office August l. Miss Laura Horning
will be hts assistant and VIII also en-
ter on her duties.
Mrs. Kate Bergh, who spent thres
weeks in Washington with relatives II
at home again.
Otto Fearis OF Chicago ID VISITING
here with his parents.
Miss Harriet Oldham Of Keokuk 40
enjoying q visit with friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Hacock and
daughters OF Dies Moines were guests
OF his aunt. Miss Minnie Hacock, wed
nesday. They drove through with
team and Thursday went ovor 70
Skunk river for q weeks camping and
fishing. MI. Hacook was born and
raised In this city and this Is his first
visit back in twenty-five years.
MI. and Mrs. Bert Atwood enter
tained friends Sunday In honor Of thaiy
eldest sons birthday.
Miss Rula Hadley who went a.
delegate OF the G. e. society Of the
Woolson church to Wfnona Lake. Ind.
arrived at home Thursday.
Frank Cordes Of Packwood has pur-
chased the photo gallery Of Del Chacey
and takes possession tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Lewis and
daughter who spent several months II
Ogden, Utah came homo Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard T.. Ram
r A N.

Rain is q popular variety Of extreme
wetness which attains its greatest
popularity about the first Of August,
when the parched lips OF the corn
crop can be seen from the rear seat
OF an automobile. The weather bu-
reau speaks Of 1t as precipitation and
measures 1t by the square inch. 1t
Is estimated that one inch Of thick and
contiguous rainfall Is worth q million
dollars to any county with IN annual
mean precipitation Of four ptnts.
For a great many years the process
OF manufacturing rain was q greater
mystery than the birthplace Of OAR
wins original ape. People used to
think 1t al caused by two clouds try
Ing to pass on the same track, produc-
ing q heavy and sustained leakage
which could be felt at every Sunday
school picnic which happened to be
located near the right Of way. The
anoients believed that rain was a
temporary weeping spell on the part
of some goddess who would rather
be back on earth, riding around in Q
tube skirt The anc1ents did not main.
tain anybody to guess On the weather
At $1,000 per year, hence they never
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
WHICH is TT

rH#-
LaFollette's Magazine has the fol.
lowing to say about Bryan's chautau-
qua tour:
Secretary Bryan is the subject
of q violent outburst Of criticism
because he Is filling q number Of
lecture engagements contracted for
before he became a member Of
President Wilson's cabinet.
"The country has confidence in the
integrity Of Mr.. Bryan and It Is not
ready to believe that he will cheat
the government on his services. To
do his work as secretary he ought to
take some time for recreation from
the onerous and exacting duties Of
his great office. Every president and
every cabinet officer leaves Wash
lington for q few weeks during the
heated term. One goes to Oyster
Bay, another to Berkeley, another
to Cornish, another to Yellowstone
Park, another to the seashore
"Mr. Bryan goes to the chautau-
qua platform. It Is his recreation.
1t is nc discredit to him that he finds
vast audiences eager to pay to hear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05

knew when 1t was going to rain until
they had walked into some Of 1t In the
form Of a mud puddle.
In states where they do not have
enough rain In one year to crowd .
quart cup the farmers make their
own precipitation with an irrigation
pump. In some localities all of the
precipitation 10 In the hands of q
stock company, which rents 1t out
by the barrel and then Ais the
empty barrels with dividends. After
a man has rented enough water to
mature ten acres OF Early Rose po-
tatoes. he will not feel like hiring
any for lawn sprinkling purposes.
The rainy season is that period OF
the year when a man can't walk out
to the barn to bed down the COW
without having to swim back. Some
Of the Pacific coast states are 80
we'll supplied with rainy seasons
that a Kansas cloudburst would be
looked upon as = protracted drouth.
Dew Is q clinging form Nof rain
which prefers to cling to low shoes
and reduce their SAVIOR faire. It is
the author OF the ~dew-drop, which Is
used to put ineradicable freckies on
the tan oxford.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
WELCOMING COMPETITION.

XVI h
The bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce has assigned a represents
tive to permanent duty in New York.
N. Y. with headquarters at room 3s7.
United States customhouse. The
bureaus publications, samples Of for
eign-made products, plans and specin-
cations of construction work abroad,
lists of foreign dealers in various lines.
manuscript consular reports, and SINH
lar documents will be forwarded to the
office Of, the bureaus representative,
where they may be inspected by inter
ested individuals and firms. His
duties will also include visits to rep
resentative commercial associations,
manufacturers, and merchants In New
York and vicinity In regard to certain
matters relating to the bureaus work.
The service will Do in~augurated the 1st
OF August, and notices will be pub
lished In the Daily Consular and Trade
Reports from time to time with re-
spect to the material available for In
sreCtiOn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05

his inspiring oFatory. His lectures
are not partisan. He is a great
preacher. Every man and woman,
boy and girl, who hears him is the
better for 1t. .Ha
He Is entitled to spend his vaca.
ton time AZ best suits him. He will
not neglect the duties Of his inn
portant office for any personal ad.
vantage"
The question IL: 10 LaFollette
speaking two words for himself and
one for Bryan, or Is he insinuating that
the country will get more benefit from
Bryan's chautauQua lectures than II
will from his work - secretary AZ
state?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
o BUILDING PLAN.

John Budd, assistant city engineer AZ
Des Moines, has suggested q method
Of improving country roads, which he
says, should be q success. He de:
clares that narrow strips Of pavement
should be- laid, hve feet apart, to serve
as q roadway for vehicles. Four such
strips along q road would provide
pavement for traffic both ways. His
scheme would resemble q double
tracked railroad.
The engineer says the strips Of
pavement should be eighteen inches
wide. The combined width OF the four
strips would be six feet. The cost OF
paving with any. material would not
exceed $1,000 per mile. II concrete
were to be used the work could be
done for $1,000 per mile.
The narrow strips of pavement
would provide a roadway for the
wheels OF vehicles. Automobiles
would need nothing more In case of
teams, the engineer says the wheels
OF q wagon or buggy would be up on
pavement and out OF the mud. It would
be an 8 matter for the horses to
get through whatever mud there would
be between the strips OF pavement,
IN his opinion.
By placing tile under the pave.
ment, Budd figures that the roadway
would be thoroughly drained and that
the dirt roadway would be muddy only
a few hours after each rain. The ex-
pense Of thing the road is included In
this estimate of cost, he says. He
proposes that the best Of material be
used in the pavement.
For the main travelled roads, the en-
gineer says q pavement about twenty
feet wide should be laid. The rail.
road type OF pavement he says would
be- successful on roads where trafic ID
ordinarily heavy. The low cost of
the system makes 1t practical, he
claims. After the strips OF pavement
are in. they will stay forever, Budd
says. Should the county In years to
come have more money to spend on
the roads, the sections Of dirt between
the strips might be excavated and
filled in with paving material, thus
making the roadway paved the entire
width.
81 would like to see this plan tried
out on some Of our roads," said the
engin ser 1T could be done very
cheaply. There is only one drawback.
That is, when roads are muddy, the
single track roadway might be monop-
ollzed by a slow moving vehicle and
the faster moving teams or autos
might be kept behind them. be-
lieve that in such vases the AUTOS
can take the mud for q few hundred
feet and get back on the pavement
again. Now they take the mud all
the way. II the strips OF pavement
are made eighteen inches wide and
laid five feet apart, 1t will provide an
excellent track for all vehicles and
four strips will make q good right Of
way for traffic in both directions"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05

and in answer to their accusers. 1t Is
true that as an employers union they
have fought before congress the de-
mands of labor unions. Who can
deny their right so to do, by all proper
methods? Samuel Gompers and his
associates have "lobbied." No one has
objected. Does the conduct OF Mr.
Gompers become wicked" when pur-
sued by men whose right to control
their property and their business MI.
Gompers has assailed?
Let us free our minds from cant and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
DEMAND SETS PRICE.

Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo, this week, has
made a long statement to the effect that the people,
and especially the bankers, are trying to dlscredit the
administration by beating down the price OF United
States 2% bonds. He seems to take it very much to
heart because these bonds are not selling at par, and
wants to create the impression that the reason they
are not selling at par is that certain people are trying
to work against the present democratic administra-
ton. In such utterances as that Secretary McAdoo talks
somewhat like a little child.
It is fair to assume that the most Of these bonds
are at present owned by national banks. The only rea-
son these banks bought them is to take care OF their
circulation. A national bank has to deposit with the
government United States bonds to secure the national
bank notes that have been issued in the name OF that
same bank. It is reasonable to assume that that is the
only reason that banks buy these bonds. AS an invest
ment they are certainly no attraction. Secretary Nc
Adoo says that the reason these bonds are only bring
ing IS to SO, is that some one is trying to beat
them down in price. This is certainly ridiculous when
this weeks bond transactions in New York City show
that c., B. & g. 40 bonds sold at 90, U. S. Steel SO
bonds sold at 1895, and Chicago & Northwestern 40
bonds sold for 94A, even less than the government
go bonds. Barring some calamity the c., BE- q. bonds,
United States Steel bonds or the Chicago & North
western bonds are practically as safe an investment as
a government bond. The corporation bond is secured
by immense physical assets, while the government bond
is secured by nothing but faith in the government.
A party with money to invest in bonds takes into
consideration two things: One is the safety Of the in
vestment and the other is the amount Of interest it
pays. When the element Of risk is equal, the investor
will select that which pays the highest rate OF interest
A government bond is not taxed, while the other bonds
are taxed. That, of course, to the amount Of the taxes,
makes the government bond the more desirable prop
erty at the same interest rate.
What does Secretary McAdoo suppose these 2%
bonds will bring if President Wilson gets his currency
bill through? Many Of the national banks have said
that if the currency bill is passed as President Wilson
wants it, they will Immediately give up their charters
as national banks and organize under the state laws, If
they do this they will not need these government bonds
that are used in connection with their circulation, and
as fast as their circulation is retired and these bonds
returned to the banks, they will be put on the market
and the price will be still further reduced. The question
is, who will buy those bonds at all if Mr.. Wilson puts
the national banks out Of business?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05

see things 70 they are. Lot us have q
fair hearing Of all sides and an honest
effort to bring out the truth and the
whole truth. The Overman committee
30 far has carefully refrsaned from
hearing more than one side. It has
denied to the accused. 20 far, any real
opportunity to confront and CROSS
examine the accusers. The obvious
and inevitable conclusion is that the
Overman committee does not want the
truth.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-05
A Few Laughs.
Hu.bandly soNcItude.

In Chicago not long ago a vaudeville
comedian married a woman who was
likewise connected with the profess
sion. Immediately after the ceremony
he left his bride in her room and went
down to the bar where, meeting a
number Of very congenial friends, he
proceeded to celebrate the recent
event fittingly. Several happy hours
passed.
Toward dusk the bridegroom went
to the telephone and called up his
room. His new wife answered. In
a slightly husky voice he said:
rs that you, friend wife! Well, this
is friend husband. / Just made q date
for dinner. How're things breaking
for your"