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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
NOBEL PRIZE AWARD.

The selection of United States Sen
ator Elihu Root of New York as the
winner of the Nobel peace prize will
meet with the cordial approval of all
Americans, who are not saturated
with partisan bias, especially those
who are familiar with the distinguish
ed New Workers. qualifications fo1
such an honor. 1t may be remarked
incidentally that those qualifications
are of the very highest order. Well
informed Americans have long regard
ed Mr.. Root as one of the greatest
statesmen of modern times-Colone
Roosevelt said he was the greatest
There are small partisans who imagine
they reflect credit upon themselves by
villifying him as corporation tool,
but they merely advertise their own
littleness.
Those who have any sense of true
proportions have no difficulty in cor
daily approving the choice Of the New
York senator as the proper person to
whom the signal honor of having done
more for peace during a given year
than any other living man should be
awarded. The fact that this honor has
come to America twice with in de-
cade is further cause for qualification
and should give added impetus to the
peace propaganda being carried on by
American statesmen. 1t is vastly more
honorable to be marked out as a decid
ing factor in the advancement of the
cause of peace than to be hailed as the
victor Of a needless war. The olive
branch is nobler prize than the con-
queror's wreath, and the occasions
when war is justifable are being mar
rowed year by year. The time must
come when an avoidable conflict 'e.
tween two countries will be as distinct
q violation of the laws of nations as
personal struggle between individ'
uals that might be prevented by re-
course to the proper methods of adj
iusting differences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
Daddy sBedtirne
=. How Santa Claus
DIOIV- Taught Teddy
Obedience.

Evelyn into the library for
particular that
u girls should be obedient
note to
telling them that he rushed
Christmas
little while Christmas to fill all the stockings
and i'm
naughty little boy who apt to dis
little
should
Santa had said he pesens s.st
wncn ne
wanted more anything in the world
resisted temptation Of look
into all tho closets and tho
beauty
tail Of real hair and the cart painted
delighted little ne closed the closet
wentbac o happy.
thought
that
found
did
did he feel
he
looked
will
never a again
found this
disobed1ent
Christmas morning
awaiting
Claus"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
FARMING A SCIENCE.

An agricultural writer points out
that farming is a science, and the bet,
ter a scientist a farmer is the better
farming he can do. Science is know
ledge of why and how. Anything that
isn't true isn't scientific. There is as
much science in farming, or more,
than there is in medicine or manufac.
turing. In fact, farming combines
about all there is in science. If the
soil is sick, so the farmer can not pro.
t;uce good crops thereon, he has to
doctor it up before he can manufac-
ture the crop. 1t would be as safe and
sensible to expect a physician ignor-
ant of the science of life and medicine
to cure disease as TO expect farm
er ignorant of the science of soil and
crops to make a poor farm over into
a rich one, and make money by doing
so.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

present generation" said the doctor
malevolently. your four bottle men
then knew only claret; now they
punish whisky-stralght. They still
trice up their equity legs to take after
harmless foxes. And I dare say the
women will be wearing red.heeled
slippers again next year."
The major buried his nose in his
julep for long moment before he
looked at the doctor blandly. II agree
with you, Bristow," he said: "but it's
the first time ever heard you admit
that much good for your ancestors"
"Good!' said the doctor bellinger-
emily. me? I don't! l said people
now were no better. AS for the men
of that time, they were cheap swag-
gering lot of DULLES and swash- buck
lers. When I read history I'm
ashamed to be descended from them"
81 desire to inform you, sah," said
the major, stung, "that | too am a
descendant of those DULLES and swash-
bucklers, as you call them. And I
wish from my heart I thought we.
nowadays, could hold tallow-dip to
them. Whatever their habits they
had their ideals, and they lived up to
them"
"You refer. no doubt" said the doc
tor with sarcasm, Ito our friend Devil
John and his ideal treatment of his
wife,"
mo. sah," replied the major warm
lily. "I'm not referring to Devil-John.
There were exceptions, no doubt, but
for the most part they treated their
women folk as believe their Maker
made them to be treated! The man
who failed in his courtesy there. sab,
was called to account for it. He was
mighty apt to find himself standing in
the cool dawn at the butt-end of "a"
He broke Off and coughed. There
was an awkward pause In which he
set down his glass noisily and rose and
stood before the open bookcase. II
somewhat of haste. "a fine old col
lection. Bless my soul, what curl
Gus volume!"
AS he spoke his hand jerked out a
heavy-looking leather-back Valiant,
who had risen and stood beside him.
saw instantly that what he had drawn
from the shelf was the morocco case
that held the rusted dueling-pistol: In
the majors hands the broken box
opened. A sudden startled look darted
across his leonine face. With smOth-
cred exclamation he thrust 1t back be-
tween the books and closed the glass
door.
Valiant hal paled. His previous
finding of the weapon had escaped his
mind. Now he read. as clearly as 1t
1t had been printed in black-letter
across the sunny wall. the significance
of the majors confusion. That wea-
pom had been in his fathers hand
when he had faced his opponent in
that fatal duel! 1t flashed across his
mind as the doctor lunged for his hat
and stick and got to his feet.
Come, Bristow," said the latter ir-
ritably. "Your feet will grow fast to
the floor presently. We mustn't talk
new neighbor to death. I've got to
see a patient at six"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
MAKING A MONOPOLY.

Probability and perspective TOWARD
the future are often supplied by a
backward look. Will the sponsors of
the Owen Glass currency bill listen to
a little history? After thirty-six years
of the national banking system it was
apparent that the state banks, without
the supposed advantages and prestige
of a national charter, were steadily
gaining. So, in 1900, a republican
congress enacted practically free ma.
tional banking-that Is, the minimum
capital required was reduced to- $685..
900. BY this it was to bring in the
/! little banks. What was the result? In
1900 there we're 1892 national banks
and 5,64S state banks, trust companies,
etc, other than savings banks. Up to
\ last year, the latest figures obtainable,
the nationals had gained So per cent in
number and the state banks $50 per
cent. There are now over $4,000 of
the latter. The state banks have now
nearly $7,000,O00,0O0 of deposits, a
gain of nearly 200 per cent, where the
nationals have less than $6,000,000,0 900
and have gained only 100 per cent.
tThere are now twice as many state
\ banks as national banks, and their de.
posits are greater by s1,000,O0O, 900.
| Does this seem to the leaders at Wash
ington a propitious time to enact a
measure that has the quite general op.
\ position of both the national and state
hanks? Our present banking system
Iconsists Of over 10000 almost isolated
h1nits. The great need, we have re.
tpeatedly urged, is not currency intla.
ftlon-our present high prices are in
lgreat part the effect of huge existing
limitation; nor is it dangerously reduced
Preserve requirements-the last nation
sal bank statement showed the lowest
leash holdings against loans in thirty
jsix years. The great need is unifica-
8tion. You cannot compel the 10000
state and private banks to enter the
national system. You cannot keep the
1880 national banks from going out
of that systs:- if they feel that too
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

life in two parts which had instantly
recoiled as far asunder as the poles.
Strangely, the new seemed more
familiar than the old; there had been
moments when he remembered the
past almost as In the placid day one
recalls thriving dream OF the night
before, which, itself unreal, has left
an overpowering impression behind it.
Little fragments Of the old nightly
Imosaic-the bitt-music across the
dulled glisten of pounded asphalt, the
|featherbone girl fiaring high in air In
electric rain, pointed clock-tower
spiking the upper night-gloom, the
faint halitus of musk from doWny
er-wrap-fluttered about him.
But all seemed far away, hackneyed,
shop-worn, as banal as the scenery Of
an opera.
He began to walk up and down tho
floor, teasing pricks Of restlessness
urging him. He opened the door and
passed into the unlighted dining-room.
On the sideboard set silver loving
cup that had arrived the day before
in huge box with his books and
knick-knacks. He had won it at polo.
He lifted it. lingering it's carved hand
les. He remembered that when that
particular score had been made,
Katherine Fargo had sat in one of the
drags at the side-line.
But the memory evoked no thrill.
Instead, the thought of her palely-
cold. passionless beauty called up an.
other mobile thoroughbred face in
stinct with quick Hastings Of mirth
and hauteur Again he felt the fierce
clutch Of small fingers, as they fought
with his in that struggle for his life.
Each line of that face stood before
him--the arching brows, the cameo
delicacy of profile, the magnolia skin
and hair like brown-gold cloud across
the sun.
A soft clicking patter trailed itself
lover the polished floor and the bull
dogs nose was thrust between his
knees He bent down and fondled the
satiny head to still the sudden surge
Of loneliness that had overlooked his
heart-an ache for he knew not what.
A depression was on him, he knew not
why something that had keen edge
of longing like physical hunger.
(To be Continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
CHAPTER XVI
The Call of the Roses.

In the great hall at Damory Court
the candles in their brass wall-sconces
blinked back from the polished par
uuetry and the shining fire-dogs, fill
ing the rather solemn gloom with an
air of warmth and creature-comfort.
Leaning against the newel-post,
Valiant gazed about him. How diff
ferent it all looked from the night of
his coming!
1t occurred to him with a kind Of
wonder that a fortnight ago he had
never known this house existed. Then
he had conceived the old hectic life
the only one worth knowing, the be.
all and end-all Of modern felicity 1t
was as if single stroke had cut his
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18
VHAPTER XIV

| John Valiant Asks Question.
| Valiant went with them to the outer
door A painful thought was flooding
his mind It hampered his speech and
it was only by violent effort that he
found voice:
Zone moment! There is question
! would like to ask"
Both gentlemen had turned upon the
steps and as they faced him he
thought swift glance passed between
them. They waited courteously, the
doctor with his habitual frown, the
majors hand fumbling for the black
ribbon on his waistcoat
| "Since I came here, I have heard
his tone was uneven-"of a duel in
which my father was a principal.
There was such a meeting?"
There was" said the doctor after
1.-THE slightest pause of surprise. Had
you known nothing Of it,"
| absolutely nothing"
! The major cleared his throat 1T
was something he might naturally not
have made record of,""he said. "The
two had been friends, and tit was a
| fatal encounter for the other. The
doctor and I were your fathers Sec
onds."
There was a moments silence be-
fore Valiant spoke again. When he
did his voice was steady though drops
had sprung to his forehead "Was
there any circumstance in that meet
, ing that might be construed as re-
flecting on his-honor?"
Good God, no. said the major ex-
plosively. n.
"On his bearing as a gentleman"
There was hiatus this time in
which he could hear his heart beat. In
| that single exclamation the major
seemed to have exhausted his vocabu-
larry. He was looking at the ground.
1t was the doctor who spoke at last,
| in a silence that to the man In the
doorway weighed like hundred
atmospheres. ....... ,~
"No!" he said bluntly. Certainly
not. What put that into your head?''
When he was alone in the library
Valiant opened the glass door and
took from the shelf the morocco case.
The old shiver Of repugnance ran over
him at the very touch Of the leather.
In the farthest corner was low com.
mode He set the case on this and
moved the big tapestry screen across
the angle, hiding it from view
The major and the doctor walked
in silence till thew had left Damory
Court far behind them Then the doc
tor observed caustically. mice grace.
full little act Of yours. yanking that in
fernal pistol out before his face like
that"
How in Sam Hill could guess?'
the other retorted. "It's long enough
since saw that old case. II
brought 1t there myself. sontha1l--that
very morning. Immediately after the
meeting. TO think Of its lying there
untouched in that empty room all
these years."
There was another silence. How
straight he put the question to u.s.!
Right out from the shoulder for all
the world like his father. Well. you
said the right thing. There are times
when a gentleman simply has to lie
like one" HI
The doctor shut his teeth with a
snap, as though he had caught rab-
/ bit. LOOK here, Bristow," he said
holly, 'Tve never cared hang what
your opinions of Valiant were after
that duel. I'll keep my own
"Oh. all right rejoined the major.
but let's be honest with ourselves.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-18

great burdens are placed upon them.
Banking is not yet a government
monopoly nor any other kind of one.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-14
HASGAYAMPANS
 AGAIN ACTIVE 
Reorganization of Hassayam- pa Order of Arizonans at Los Angeles with More Ses- sicns Purpose in View.

The Hassayampa club. of los Ange les was organized at first in the way of joke by John g. Mitchell, himself former Arizcnan and a group Of pres Cnt Arizonaus. Finally it's purpose be came serious and a new and perma- nent organization has been fcrmed for the development of the southwest and the promotion of good roads as well as of good times. In a statement in the Les Angeles Examiner Mir. Mitchell said:
 "The new. organization will plan a big affair each year for these. people and will also hold other parties dur ing the year. The original Hassayam. pa. organization Included members wis ting here direct from Arizona and alos former residents of that state, The new club thOugh incorporated iE the main body will act separately in regard to celebrating special days O. Arizona. entertaining dignitaries from there and preparing one big jollbca' ton for the club members direct from their old, home. For all this they will pay SI each year.
 .'The Hassayampa society has been . organized for nine years, and durins
Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-14
IN
 COURT CHANGES
Lawyers Anxious to Find What 1t Is; Publication of Statutes Will Be Late, So Pamphlet Will Be Issued.

IL has been dctorIained during tba past week that the revised statutes of Arizona, which We're expected to have been published on or about Octo- Der 1st. thereby making an enviable record. will not likely be of the press and ready for delivery to the lawyers
 and others who wish copies and are willing to pay for them. much before the first of the year. The new stat. utes contain one thing that Is of more importance to the lawyers than the fact that there are changes in the gen. eral run of laws and that is the changes in the procedure in the sev- eTal courts of the state. The new staf- utes contain this procedure and 1t goes into effect on the first day in October
 In order to find out wha. the new procedure in she courts is. therefore. it would be necessary. if other steps were rot taken, for each attorney to obtain q certified copy of the code sections with the new procedure In them, which would not only likely swamp the office of the secretary of state. but would cost "plenty money as well.
 After some study and a few confer ences about the matter, Secretary of State Osborn decided tS have the pro cedurr sections printe< in a pamphlet containing just that and nothirg more. It will be plenty at that because it will have the method of going about getting in and out of the justice. su- perior and supreme courts of the state.
 This copy has been delivered to the printer and will be of the press in a short while and the pamphlets will be ready for distribution in plenty of time for all the lawyers of the state 10 become aDpTised of that portion Of the revised statutes
 The revised statutes this year will te published in two volumes, but the exact cost of each volume to the con. sumer @ has not yet been wholly determined. The contract for printing the books has not yet been let It will be a big job costing something Ike s25. .0NO and naturally will take Q long time to deliver.
 When it was found that the statutes would not be out by October 1st a howl went up from the legal sharps all over the state. aud the only way to solve the problem was by getting the procedure printed quickly and quiet the increasing thunder.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-14
GOOD NEWS IF
 CANON BRAKE
Letter Written from Baltimore Gives Occasion for Enthus-
 iasm Among the Many ln- terested in the Patent Here

The interesting letter below was received yesterday by l.. A. Brown, vice president of the Arizona Auto matic Air association, owner of Jhe Canion Air Brake patents. The let ter written under date line of BalG- more, has the following to say: Mir. l.. A. Brown, vice president, Ar zCna Automatic Air Association. BisDee, .ATiz.
 Dear Sir
 l will take pleasure now in inform ing you of what success ] have haG with our brake since my departure, and will first state that l was turn co down when l tried to get brake tried out on the Washington, Balti- more < Annapolis Electric line: prin. cipal objection by the master mecbaM- ic was that the brake released too quickly then called on the general manager again and informed him that his master mechanics objection to the brake was not well taken, and that if necessary would get the interstate commerce commission 10 make a re- quest 10 them to let Us try the brake out The brake now has the universal approval Of all employees who have handled it. master mechanic now sees the benefit by the brake releasing quickly that it will be easy on the equipment The air man says we have a great brake, and as l have just returned from Washington and stopp- ed at the Naval Academy junction. and made a demonstration before the trainmaster and chief dispatcher and they coth heartily endorsed the brake. do not hesitate in saying that can practically get this road to adopt our brake First, they are not going tO throw away their present equipment. We can make them a front and back cylinder-head and a pistcn rod and allow them to use their own auxili- ary reservoir. thereby eieminating the triple valve, gives them the Arizc- na Automatic Air brake. l infer from what can hear that this manage ment is seriously considering this proposition.
 DoIbtless you are aware that the money transaction in a deal Of this kind whereby we do net furnish all the brake, would be a m nor consid- traitor. but it will advertise our 5.ake. The passenger traffic on thls line is enormous; also freight and ex- press.
 l have suggested to Mr. Canyon that we order and make a set of 10 brakes, I4xI2, for the brake cylinder 1sx36 for the auxiliary reservoir. which will give us, in my opinion. from my long years of practical ex- perience, the greatest brake on the face of the earth.
 | would sukkest that you give the contents Of this letter a good write up in the Bisbee paper. After l fin. isk with the Electric Line demon stratIon l intend arranging 10 put it on the United Railways of Balti' more and the Washington Street Rail way system.
 With best wishes 10 you and the board of directors. with grtst respect remain.
 Very truly yours.
 4. c. HARRIS.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-14

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Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-14
FIRE DESTROYS
 DOUGLAS AUTO
W II. Reno Had Machine
 Worth S6, 300 in Colorado Garage - Fire Eats Up Autos to Value of $30.000.

DOUGLAS. Sep. I3.-News reach ad Douglas today that the s65OO Chad wick 90-horsepower automobile of W. H. Reno was destroyed by fire in the Congress garage. Pueblo Colcrad4 las Sunday. when that institution burned to the ground with a loss of S3G,O00.
 Mir. and Mrs W. II. Reno and sor were touring Colorado and other western sections. having left Douglas about two weeks ago in their hand some auto which was but recently purchased. The fire happened early iH the evening, and was caused by the explosion of gasoline while an employe was filling the tank of car just brought in Less thar one-half hour previous 10 the fire the Renos had de- posted their fine machine in the gsT. age. and it was total loss. together with fourteen other automobiles. The Pueblo Chieftain. giving an account of the fire, has this to say about the loss of MT Reno:
 "Ona of the heaviest Ioosers was w. H. Reno, of Douglas, Arizona, who came into the city last evening about G:30 o'clock He placed his 90-horse- power car in the garage and withiE half an hour it was practically ruined. The machine was valued at S6500, and was one of the finest cars ever brought into the city. Mir and Mrs. Reno and their son were making q tour of the state and had stopped in Pueblo on their way from Colorado Springs to the southern part of the state
 Three boys were in the building at the time and barely escaped with their lives