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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

The Fourth of July is nearly here
cnd already impetuous youth is busily
engaged in firing off explosives and
noise producing contrivances. The
usual death dealing Fourth of July
fireworks are being offered for sale
along with the apparently innocent
ones. Doubtless they are all safe
enough in the hands Of experts or very
careful persons but the record of the
past years has shown that the chief
feature Of the celebration of Independ-
ence day is the heavy sacrifice of hui
man life which accompanies it. The
day can be observed sanely and little
care on the part Of parents will have
the result of preventing many of the
usual sacrifices of children's lives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

to account to for her money, frequent
ly fritters 1t away little here, a little
there, possibly paying for her clothing
but for very little else.
The home girl, whose clothing is
usually selected by her mother with
an eye to its usefulness only, feels
that life is one round of toll. And
since youth Graves pleasure, she is
apt to accept hers where she may.
And pleasure that Is not paid for in
money may still have price.
Both girls are in danger at least OF
forming frivolous habits that will do
them no good in later life.
1t may be safely asserted that the
business girl should pay her board,
and unless her earning power Is very
small. or she is saving her money for
some specific purpose, she should pay
what it Is worth, says The Mothers
Magazine.
If the money Is not needed at home.
it may be saved for the girl herself and
invested for her in some way. 1t will
be one way at least of teaching her to
save it.
If the girl who earns Ave dollars a
week and pays two and half for
board can be depended upon to put a
dollar of the remainder aside, we'll and
good; if not, she should be encouraged,
nay, even compelled to do so. A bank
book is great help in these matters,
and If she is not willing to put in a
dollar at time, she should hand it
to her mother or father until it be-
comes five.
The girl who saves a dollar each
week will have fifty to spend on a
summer visit or some pretty clothes
it matters little what she spends it
for as long as the habit of thrift is
established. And the girl who pays
her board and saves a little, is the
really self-respecting wage Garner.
She is neither spendthrift nor a
slave, and she is self-supporting. She
Is getting more out of her work than
the mere occupation or the mere
money. She is forming habits of in.
dustry, thrift and independence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

WHAT A BOY CAN 90.

An income or $500 from two acres
within few months Is the record
made last summer by Glenn Trapp a
17-year old boy. The boy, who form
erly was news carrier, paid for his
land with the onions that he raised
and made a neat sum in addition on
other vegetables.
A desire to earn enough money to
go to college was the incentive for the
venture by young Trap. Early last
spring he purchased two acres Of
ground in Beaver Gardens, ten miles
north of Des Moines, on the Perry in.
terurban. The land cost him $500, and
he made the first payments with
money he had earned and saved while
carrying papers.
The boy erected tent on his two
acres and lived there during the sum-
mer, doing his own cooking and work
ing from down till dark on his small
farm He planted the most of his
land to onions, also putting In a few
melons, potatoes and sweet corn. BY
thinning out his onion crop early IN
the summer he realized nearly $50 on
young onions. The onions he harvest
ed later are recognized by experts to
be about the best grade and quality
that have been raised in Iowa. He
took out nearly GOO bushels of onions,
for which he received 81 per bushel.
His melons, potatoes and sweet corn
have brought him an additional in
excellent example of the possibilities
come.
Within another year Trap expects
to have sufficient funds to complete
a full college course. His success
with his two acres is considered an
of intensive farming.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

youth and so family consultation
was held. 1t was decided that they
had better return to Muscatine and
get married where militarism did not
cut so great figure.
Pietro DiNovo. father Of the pros
pective bride, was induced to come
with them as chaperon and Monday
at st. Matthias church in Muscatine
the wedding was celebrated, one Of the,
most noted that has ever occurred I'M
the Italian colony in this city. +s9S1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
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TWO VIEWS ON TRUSTS.

The difference with which trusts"
or large combinations of capital are
looked upon in America and in Ger
many is related by DR.. Quandt of Ber-
lin in an economic report issued re-
Gently. DR.. Quandt says in part:
When President Wilson's special
appointee, Mr.. Ferguson, on his tour
came to Germany at the beginning OF
last year, to gather material for Presi-
dent Wilson's ANTITRUST campaign, and
to prepare things for an international
battle against the trusts, he found
great sympathy among the leading
classes, lively interest elsewhere, but,
generally speaking, the audiences did
not follow with understanding. No
body who knows the radical difference
of political and economic structure be.
tween Germany and the United States
can be surprised at this fact. The
trust problem has always been regard
ed from totally different standpoints
in the two countries.
When Mr.. Ferguson had delivered
his lecture in the Herrenhaus in Der.
lin, two gentlemen discussed the mat.
ter One of them just touched the
essentials of the theme, the other
showed that he had totally misunder.
stood 1t, and this result can only be
called natural, because the trust prob
lem, especially its social component, is
regarded totally different by the two
nations, as stated before. The major
itys of the German people does not
know the tendencies and dangers Of
American trust organizations. where
as, on the other side, the Americans
cannot understand the comparative
ease with which Germany watches the
development of these industrial organ
izations. Yet the explanation Is not
far to be sought. 1T IS WELL REAL.
lied IN GERMANY THAT NO GREAT
PROJECT CAN BE UNDERTAKEN
WITHOUT INTENSE CONCENTRA-
TON OF CAPITAL, AND THAT
GREAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN.
TO INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION.
Therefore, Germans do not hinder
the development of great combina-
tions as long as the welfare of the ma
ton is not endangered, and the latter
fact is not apprehended because every
body in Germany knows that the CEN
trail government has the power-1n
spite of all concentration of capital
and the influence of its instruments
in the parliamentary bodies-effective-
ly to paralyse all dangers and bad con-
sequences of said concentrations.
The results of the treatment &C
corded the trusts" by the two coun-
tries are noteworthy. Americans are
losing daily in their trade with for
eign countries and are importing more
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
CHECKING CATTLE LOSS.

Uncle Sam has been experimenting
IN the forest ranges in an effort to find
a check for the enormous losses SUI
fered by stock raisers every year. An
analysis of the causes contributing to
this loss and some suggested prevents
tives are contained in report Of alb
sorbing interest to stock raisers which
has Just been issued by the depart,
ment of agriculture.
That at least one-twentieth of all
the stock bred on the open range OF
the west dies before it reaches market
age and that much of this loss can be
stopped is shown by results reported
from the national forests. This waste
is said to add millions Of dollars to
the peoples meat bill and gives one
more cause of the high cost of living.
Winter storms and summer droughts
strew the ranges with the bones OF
cattle and sheep; predatory animals
take heavy toll: poisonous plants
sometimes kill half the animals in a
herd almost over night. Cattle con-
tract anthrax, blackleg and other dis
eases, get stuck in bog holes, slip of
icy hillsides; and sheep pile up and
die of suffocation. Insects which mad
den and kill swell the total losses as
do multitude of other minor causes
of death and injury.
II any of the animals to be grazed
upon a national forest seem to be suf-
fering from disease, the stock Is sub
jected to rigid inspection by the fed
eral bureau of animal industry before
it is allowed to enter the forest. II
an animal grazing on the forest de-
velops suspicious symptoms the per-
mittee is requested to remove 1t. The
carcasses of animals dying from In
fectious or communicable diseases
must be buried or burned, preferably
the latter. To protect their stock
against blackleg permittees are en-
couraged to use vaccine furnished free
by the department Of agriculture.
Sheep suffering from scab or from
lip and leg diseases are barred from
the forests unfit they have been treat
ed in conformity with the require
ments of the bureau of animal indus
try. This cooperation between the
two bureaus has made it possible to
keep the forest ranges remarkably free
from all forms of stock disease.
Notwithstanding all precautions
which may be taken against stock
poisoning, losses from this source
must be expected. During the past
several years the bureau of plant in.
dustry has been making study of
poisonous plants and of antidotes. In
the case of larkspur, for example, the
bureau has determined methods of
treatment, which are reasonably sue
cessful, under normal conditions. The
only difficulty has been that the ami
mails suffering from poison are gener-
ally out upon the open range and may
not be observed by their owner until
it is too late to apply an antidote. The
forest service has therefore arranged
to meet this situation in an expert
mental way by equipping a limited
number of rangers with hypodermic
syringes and the necessary chemicals.
Armed with this equipment a Forest
officer can in few moments admin
lister treatment which may save $40
steer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

There Is much need for The Courier
Ice Fund, so much in fact that more
money than is now available could be
used Hot weather means suffering
especially among the poor who are I'M
able to get ice. Ten cents worth OF
ice sometimes saves the life of a child.
Those in charge of The Courier Ice
Fund aim to care for those who need
care most. About the easiest way the
public can help it Is to subscribe their
mite to the fund. There is need for It,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
lowAN DIES IN WEST.

Bloomfield, June 30.-Word was. re-
ceived by relatives of the death OF
Mrs. James Pirtle Of Coburd, Oregon.
Her brother, Thomas Dabney and Sis
ter, Mrs. Kinsler Immediately started
for that place to attend the funeral.
The deceased was native Of this
county. She has lived In Oregon about
fifteen years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

while Germany's foreign trade Is grow.
ing to such an. extent that in many
places, England, mistress Of the sea-"
Is being displaced and German con-
Germs are crowding competitors out of
business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

The good salesman must be able to
paint word picture of just what the
thing he has to sell may be expected
to do for the man who buys. His
argument must explain the purpose
as we'll as the product.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

Shop efficiency. an accurate check
on costs are the foundations of sue
cessful businessmen Franklin News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

the landlord. THAT is being cooked for
Mr.. Scott, the traveller" ..s
II know Mr.. Scott, very WE'LL" said
the gentleman. rs he stopping here?"
"Oh. no sir" answered the land
lord. But six months ago he ordered
fowl to be ready for him at precisely
2 O'Clock today. and we are expecting
him every minute"
Slowly Betsy and Dennis walked
through OFlannigan's turnlp field,
and silently seated themselves, side
by ide. upon the fence surrounding
the pigsty.
broke the stiffness save an occasional!
grunt from the interior Of the sty.
Say something" said Betsy, a hint
Of Impotence in her voice.
COW beautiful We be, Betsy" whis-
pered Dennis.
Betsy merely edged a little closer.
Just Think" went on Dennis. thus
encouraged. when I've enough to
buy pig. we'll have home all o our
own; an it won't be much longer"
"Oh. Denny" she answered. trifle
resentfully, what do care for pigs?
l shan't want pig when I've got you'll"
And the inmate Of the sly gave .
double grunt.
Claude had been promised motor
ride with his father, and his mother
had sent him upstairs to get ready:
AS he came down his mother asked:
Have you washed your face Claude?
"Yes'm," answered the boy.
And you hands?" queried the moth
err
yep" said Claude.
And your neck?" persisted tho
mother
"Oh, see here, mother said the boy.
in disgust, ~ amt no angel"
Wash Sales.
"How's business?" inquired the life
insurance agent.
Haven't turned a trick this week..
said the book agent.
Same here. TIT tell you what I'll
do"
"What?" sS
81" buy set Of books II you'll take
out some insurance. l 50
Not Long Untold.
"He has wealth untold"
1T won't remain that way. The in
come tax people will soon require him
to file statement"
In the Suburbs.
Tommy"
Eyes, dad"
"Take Mr.. Wombat's lawnmower
back to him and see If you can borrow
his snow shovel" ti!a1uc" ,r3a \
5&6na ~ ag-- .'tsgGn b}H51 vad
Bound to Be. uat m
There will always be special priv.
lege Some fellows can get a kiss when
others can't.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
In the Suburbs.

Tommy"
Eyes, dad"
"Take Mr.. Wombat's lawnmower
back to him and see If you can borrow
his snow shovel" ti!91uc. sr3s \
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

TEACH GIRLS TO SAVE.
The business girl who has no one
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
Bound TO Be

Bound to Be, uatt
There will always be special priv.
lege Some fellows can get kiss when
others can't.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: by and by
1t may occur to some of the govern
ment officials in England VINO have 10
deal with the suffragettes that mice
would be an effective protection to
their ancient buildings.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

Marshalltown Times-RepubliCan
Iowa just now is the "oasis of the
United States" as a business man re-
Gently from the Pacific coast expressed
it. She has had all the rain she needs
has the finest prospect for crops pos.
sible, Is buying stuff of all kinds and
paying for 1t. About all that Iowa
lacks is more good roads and more
school consolidation. And these are
just around the corner hurrying.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

Kansas City Journal: President vii.
son confesses that he was not sue.
cess as a lawyer. He made his ex-
pertinent as a private citizen, and the
burden of failure fell on himself alone.
He is testing his ability as business
man in the presidential office, and the
whole country is paying the penalty
of his unfitness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
Not Lono Untold.

Not Long Untold.
"He has wealth untold"
ut won't remain that way. The in
come tax people will soon require him
to file statement"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

Marshalltown Times Republican:
j. B. Smith of Garner, is after Game
advising him that he could be of more
use to game protection elsewhere than
at a claybird tournament at Mason
City. a r3-1t
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02

Rock Island Argus Nobody was
surprised when Colonel Roosevelt an
nounced on his arrival from Europe
that he will continue to stand by Per
kins, despite the attack that has been
made upon him by Amos Pinchot and
other leaders in the progressive party.
Here is simply case of one good turn
deserving another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-17
HAS NOVEL. SCHEME
TO GET RECRUITS
Lord Kitchener PIasters Lon
don With Advertisements
of Unique Design.
COUNTRY WANTS 100000
OF "BRAVEST AND BEST"
Plain, Sober Statement of Fact,
Without Frills, Spread Before
the People Daily.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, September 5.-The greatest
advertising scheme the world has
known is now in operation. That it
is necessary may be a reflection on
British patriotism. But that is beside
the point. England wants 100000 of
the bravest, strongest and best young
men in the new army, and they can be
obtained only by persistent advertis-
ing. Lord Kitchener has become the
advertising king of the empire.
So far he has not let his imagination
run riot. His advertisements are all
plain, sober statements of fact There
are no elaborate promises. He does not
even mention the glory that hangs
over every battlefield, and that may be
gathered by each courageous soldier
He leaves all that to the conscience of
the young men who read his appeal
But he has got into unheard-of posi-
tions in every newspaper in the
land. Old advertising rules have been
strapped, and he has taken by assault
pages on which advertisements had
never before been seen. No reader. Of
the war news can miss his bold, brief
statement of what he wants.
He Is doing what every advertiser
ought to do. Advertising may be
magic. But its magic powers depend
on it's persistence. He catches the eye
row he forces the eye a little way
open. Next day he applies another
lever. He keeps up his blows with
restless force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-17
NO SHOTS AT DISABLED SAILORS
England Says Germans We're Res
cued BY Their Tars.

Great Britain, in an official cable
gram from the foreign ONCE to the
embassy here, denies the charge that
German sailors in boats or In the
water were fred upon during the bat
tie of Helgoland. She message claims
that many German sailors were res
cued at great peril by the British
The text follows:
THE statement that German sailors
in boats or In the water were nree
upon by us in the battle Of Heigoiano
is an entirely untrue and scandaious
ION the contrary. the men OF the
British navy put out in boats 20 res,
cue German sailors in the water ano
did SO at some risk for in on one inssanSe
while in the act Of rescufng German
sailors.
Many German SAILORS :ss E e,ti.b 5e' Save
been brought to England and are be-
ing we'll treated"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-17
Tho First Street Playground.

From the New York World.
With all the Fairgrounds in the
parks, on roofs, in vacant lots and
other vacant spaces. in the crowded
sections Of the city the most popular
Fairgrounds New York offers for the
use of the children are still its dirty
streets. It cannot drive them else
where. It cannot send them to Jail for
wanting to play. So in desperation 1t
has at last tried the experiment on the
East Side Of closing block Of street
for playground purposes from o'clock
to $50 o'clock every afternoon. II the
Eldridge street innovation meets the
hopes Of its promoters. We may soon
see more reservations OF the kind set
apart for the pleasure of the young
sters at the expense Of traffic. There
are social reformers who have studied
the playground question in other cities
to whom this had appeared the one so
luton It Is far from being the ideal
one. Light and air. green grass or
gravel-eovered grounds are not to be
found in Eadridge street. Children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-17

without number and ill-kept pave
ments are more characteristic OF the
neighborhood.
But New York must make the best of
circumstances 1t has heaped its tene-
ments story upon story and packed
them full of good old-fashioned fam
lilies. The children must play some
where. and because nothing else was
provided they took possession of the
streets. All that the city has done 10
to recognize their exclusive title to one
block for a few hours every afternoon.
They won their victory by sheer ne
cessity and are entitled to the full
benefits. Let us hope that no property
owners lawyer will contrive q way to
dispossess them and compel them to
play again under the wheels OF wagons
and push-carts. !;
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| that OF the young men who still went
| on with their cricket and foot ball. as
| If the very existence Of the country
were not at stake. The cheer that rose
from the recruits after his speech was
very resolute and strong. The ply
sique of the men was quite remarkable,
the majority being about five feet
Gus to see how for nearly 200 men to-
getf1er there seemed hardly an inch va
| Ration in stature. They were the pick
| of the athletic young men that you
or in the Rugby field, or in the stock
exchange walk to Brighton. The pres
emit passion for Muller exercises and
long distance walking should give two
of the most useful physical qualities
for soldering. The hard. strong hands,
| however, that come only from hard
digging and arduous manual toll have
yet to be conferred on them by the
army.
Charing Cross station, where. accord
ing to the popular. saying, everybody
in the world turns up If you wait long
enough, is the best reflex OF London
in these fateful days. Crowds gather
when the Folkestone trains are due.
before. Many are French and Belgians
who. happily landed themselves, are
waiting and hoping for the arrival OF
their lost relatives and friends. The
I
passengers at the gate. The train ar
| rives, and the whole surface of every
! day London life is shattered. It is like
an old story of the Franco-Prussian
war. There is little shouting or noise.
You see a group OF three girls with
| their mother in new bright dresses Of
a rather smart cut and smart hats.
Then you notice that their smart
dresses are all soiled somewhere, or
torn and that all, their luggage Is a
| bundle or basket that might belong
| to a countrywoman.
Best Clothes and Basket.
Two or three days ago the party
was living a comfortable, secure life,
like that of outer London suburbs. To-
day-well, they have their best clothes
and the little basket Such groups ar
rive every day. Then there is a string
Of twenty or. thirty priests and pupils
| from one of the Belgian ecclesiastical
| colleges. Some Of them are unshayed
| worn and travel-stained, and they look
rather wildly at the curious Londoners
| and the various man and woman Off
| Gals of aid societies who hurry about
| There are three or four Belgian SOL
diers in the middle of a crowd, little
| engineering-looking men with clever
| eyes and torn uniforms. The surprise
| of last night was very spfck-and-
| span French major in full uniform.
Great reunions take place of sepa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-17
PROFITS THROUGH UNCLE SAM.
Carranza Government to Receive
Vera Cruz Customs Receipts.

As a result of American administra-
tion of the Vera Cruz customs Office,
the Carranza government will receive
cash balance Of more than $1,000 900.
Gen. Huerta had pledged the customs
receipts as security for loan OBJ
tanned in France. but officials here
take the view that the United States
should turn the money over to the
government in Mexico City. leaving 1t
to that authority to determine its
disposition.
The gross customs receipts up to
August % were s1,s00.o0o. from which
nance of quarantine. lighthouses, pilot
house service and part Of the postal
service.
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rated families, and you gather that
strange stories are being fitted to-
gether. Old countrymen neatly dressed
in black stand staring at the city they
had never dreamt to see. One woman
black cherries on it. Another strange
figure was a man with a tall hat and
Belgian fashionable clothes with white
spats and hardly anything to carry. He
looked as though he had been taking
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He contrasted their devotion with