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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-10
BRIGHTON. /

Mrs. Julia Marshall left this morn
ing for St. Charles where she will
make her future home with her daugh
ter Mrs. Mella Pickens.
VIM. Follen has bought out the Robt
Lundin barber shop. Mr.. Lundin has
been in the barber business in Bright
on for % years.
Eber Hoover is clerking in the j. A.
Lemley grocery while Mr.. Lemley is
having siege with the grip.
Verna Seeley is spending a few
days with Washington friends.
Miss Gertrude Bridwell has returned
home from an extended visit with rela
tives at Aledo, Ohio.
Mr.. Thompson is in Ohio and Michi.
gan on q business trip.
Thelma Dayton has returned home
from Batavia.
Mrs. Mary Mckinney is enjoying a
visit from her daughter Mrs. Darnell OF
Coppock. 4
Theobalda the great violinist will
give his concert at the club house
Friday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-10
Twenty-Five Years Ago
: From The Courier Files :

I byterian church let the contract for the
brick and stone work of the new
church today. The outside is to be Of
st. Louis pressed brick.
Abba Herald: Ottumwa is being
shaken from center to circumference by
several of the grandest religious reviv
ais ever conducted. Everybody is be
coming better down there, and even
the editors have improved in their
truthfulness.
February 12-George w. Evans. one
of Wapello county's most thriving
young farmers, and Miss Regina n
Neville, one of our most accomplished
young ladies', will be married at the
residence of the brides mother, on
North Court street. at o'clock this
evening The Courier extends its
heartiest good wishes to the bride and
groom.
The grand opening and banquet OF
the New Ballingall," next Friday ev'
ening, promises to be one of the most
noted social events that ever occurred
in the city. The attendance of our
citizens and more especially young
people and young married people,
promises to be very large. After the
banquet the young people will have a
hop, but no one need dance that does
not want to, and there will be room
and opportunity for everybody to en-.
joy themselves socially.
The members of'the Ottumwa high
school will be pleased to have their
friends (and all are accounted friends
who buy tickets) behold them in their
rendition of varied histriOnic pro-
gram to be presented at Turner hall
the Is. The court scene from the Mer-
chant of Venice, with home grown
Shylock, native Bassanio, and an
Ottumwa Portia and all attendant sat
elites in full dress costumes feature.
A Shakespearean burlesque present
ing Lady Macbeth, Portia, Juliet and
Ophelia at a fashionable watering
place, followed by an Extravaganza"
convincing the most skeptical that the
world do move" entitled "Ottumwa
in 1900" The entertainment is given
wholly for the benefit of the high
school library and musical fund.
February 13.-Billy Carnes is sport,
ing around in a new tangled road cart
that looks like cross between a pat;
emit washing machine and q churn.
Hundreds of citizens, quite num-
>ber of ladies', were at the depot at 9:2O
this morning to see %" train No. 3,
the first train to come in to the new
depot People who got off today acted
like cats in strange garnet. They will
get used to the style in few days,
however, and then they'll appreciate
it. The old pump at the former grand
union depot, with an old rusty iron
ladle attached to chain for people to
drink out Of will not be sadly missed
by the people who draw ice water
from a silver faucet at the new depot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-10
CONTINUED DEPRESSION IN THE
EASTERN MUTTON MARKETS
FEATURES WEEK

A decline Of fully fifty cents on choice
fat lambs and yearlings since last Fri
day. and a drop Of twenty-five cents IN
matured muttons marks the feature OF
the week in live stock. Continued de-
pressing conditions in the eastern
dressed mutton markets together with
lower prices throughout the live stock
market centers are assigned for the
dilapidated condition Of this branch OF
the Union Stock Yards.
Hogs on the contrary, with possible
exception Of Tuesday and Wednesday
have been strong and the top price for
the week is the highest since the first
week on October and the general aver
age the best since August II last year.
The advance for the week is 1O@25c
over last Saturdays buoyant market
and the close yesterday Is at about the
weeks best price.
The cattle market continues to prove
a disappointing one and prices have
.lown little tendency to advance. We'd
nesday's market showed some strength
and advances Of dime we're made over
Mondays market but these failed to
hold. The top for the week remains at
$3.50 as recorded on Wednesday but
earlier in the week $9.15 to 1925 was
considered fancy price for prime cat
tie or at decline of 10c over last week.
Summed up prices this week show a
decline Of fully 25@50c in general from
the top prices in January.
Switch in the demand from urgency
to apathy was made late Wednesday,
when steers arriving on belated trains
got very cold reception, particularly
the light and medium weights of COM
mon to pretty good grade. Numerous
Of these classes could not be sold late
Wednesday. and where sales were
made at the close that day they show
ed loss Of the early appreciation.
Thursdays market was sadly weak
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-10

February THE combined gas and
electric light fixtures were being plac
ed in the new depot today.
No wonder we are having such a
windy time-twenty-sl state leglsla
lures are now in session.
The Presbyterian ladies will serve
hot waffles, stewed chicken and cot
fee from to o'clock Thursday even
ing in the Taylor block. All who do
not know what waffles are please call
and find out.
The administrator Of the estate OF
Conn Lewis yesterday decided to Grips
Bros, four lots on Green street, 21x76
feet. and one lot on Commercial street
46x12S feet, for the sum of $4,000. This
is what Is known as the Lewis opera
house property and we think Grips
have secured good bargain. They In
tend next year to erect livery and
sale stable on part Of the property,
probably on the lot fronting on Com
mercial street.
February S.-The jury in the case Of
James Conway VS.. the city Of Ottum-
wa this afternoon returned a verdict
of $50 damages for the plaintiff He
stubbed his toe fell on the sidewalk
and wanted $4,000.
A lady at the city hall last night
requested us to ask the public now
long they thought it would be before
the city hall would be cleaned up, fur
nished and put in decent order If two
or three ladies were members of the
city council.
February "a western Iowa preach
er IN a funeral sermon, is reported as
saying: "Our dear sister has gone to
a better land, that is, if there be any
better land than can be found here in
Western Iowa."
The most lonesome looking thing we
know of in. the city is tn beer key
mounted on pole, on a building on
West Main street. Beer and bulge
are not bosses any more.
We are officially informed by Sup
erintendent Maxon that the new depot
will be occupied on Wednesday next
and that train No. will be the first
one to pull up there at 800 a. m.
The bus and hack drivers assembled
at the new depot at II a. m. today and
were assigned the places they would
accupy with their vehicles and they
will not be allowed to stand anywhere
else.
On Wednesday evening from 1880 to
10 p m. the whole building will be
lighted up and Mr. Maxon desires us
to extend an invitation to all citizens
to CALL go through and inspect the
building and see what handsome de-
pot the G. B. & @. has erected for the
accommodation Of the public.
February 11.-Mrs. L. Schafer has
LOO tons of ice on the market from
s to II inches thick.
The building committee Of the Pres
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-10
SOUTHERN IOWA IS
IDEAL FOR DIARIES
STATE EXPERT SAYS THAT THIS
SECTION OF THE COUNTRY Is
WORLDS BEST.

In view of the approaching tour OF
special dairy train in the Burlington
road through the southern part Of Iowa
the following statement from e. S. Es-
tel, state dairy expert, published re-
Gently in the Humeston New Era, is
of more than ordinary interest. DR..
Estel said:
In 1910 the government of Denmark
sent Mr. l.. Fredericksen, dairy and
agriculturist expert, to Holland, Bel
GUM and Germany. and in 1911 and
1912 to England and Scotland, Canada
and the United States to study the ag-
ricultural condition with the object in
view of locating new market for
Danish dairy products.
Mr.. Fredericksen spent five months
in Iowa, and after his return to Den
mark he made the following statement
in regard to Iowa's future as dairy
state. "Iowa is rapudly becoming the
leading agricultural state in the United
States, and dairying is taking the place
of the old system of grain farming
which has been practiced since the
time of the pioneer, and continuously
robbing the soil of it's fertility. The
farmers of Iowa are realizing the same
as we did twenty-five years ago--that
dairy farming is the most profitable
and permanent branch of agriculture
on high priced land The soil and eli
matte conditions of Iowa are favorable
for growing all kinds of leguminous
feeds so essential to the ration for the
dairy COW, and especially southern
Iowa with the rolling nature of the
country and it's natural pastures, with
abundance Of blue grass, shade trees
and flowing streams, make the most
ideal dairy country I have ever seem"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-10
WOMAN TRAMP STOPS
A T SIGOU r N E Y

Sigourney, Feb. 7.-Sigourney was
visited over night by woman tramp.
She was a rather old woman about so
years and she says she has been tramp
ing the country for years. Unlike men
tramps she was we'll dressed and in
stead Of dirty face she had on about
one fourth inch of powder. She work
ed the county for a nights lodging, a
feed and train passage to Oskaloosa.
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
Forest Notes

Minnesota has forested area
of 20 million acres, the largest of
any state east of the Rock Noun
tains.
There are approximately four
million acres of timber land in
New Hampshire of which about
half is in farmers wood-lots.
Forest fires in the United States
have caused an average annual
loss of 70 human lives and the de-
struction of rs million dollars
worth of timber.
Juniper from the Indian reser-
vations of New Mexico and Ari-
iona may prove an excellent
source of material for lead pencils.
Manufacturers are searching the
world for pencil woods.
canada has eStaDllShed a forest
products laboratory in connection
with McGill University at Mont
real, on the lines of the United
States institution of the same sort
at the University of Wisconsin.
Tree planting on national forests
has to be confined to comparatively
short intervals in spring and fall.
In spring it starts when the snow
melts and stops with the drying
out of the ground; in the fall it
comes between the fall rains and
first snow.
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
Facts About Human Life

There are 1904 languages in the
world, and it's inhabitants more
than one thousand religious. The
number of men is about equal to
the number of. women. The aver
age of life is about thirty-three
years. One-quarter die previous
to seventeen. To 1000 persons
only one reaches one hundred
years of life; to every 100 six reach
the age of sixty-five, and not more
than one in 600 lives to eighty
years. There are on the earth
1000 900, 900 inhabitants, of these
3s,o33,o33 die every year; oI,S24
every day; $3.50 every hour, 90
every minute, or one every second.
The married are longer lived than
the single, and above all, those
who observe a sober and indu-
strious conduct. Tall men live
longer than short ones. Women
have more chances of life in their
favor previous to fifty years of age
than men have, but fewer after
ward. The number of marriages
is in the proportion of seventy
five to 1000 individuals. Mar
riages are more frequent after
equinox, that is, during the month
OF June and December. Those
born in the spring are generally of
a more robust constitution than
others. Births are more frequent
by night than by day, also deaths.
The number of men capable of
bearing arms is calculated at one
fourth of the population. Golden
Argosy.
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
GROUND HOG AND
CANOLEMAS DAY

Ground hog day occurred this
month. In the United States the
day was recognized and in many
parts of the east, especially IN
PENNSYLVANIA and West Virginia,
programs in the schools were
given in honor of the ground hog,
the prophet of the weather to come.
For, on ground hog day the
official weather forecast for the
rest of February is taken. Regard
less of the reading of the thermo-
meter, of the barometer, and OF the
weather man official from the gov
eminent, the fact remains that the
festive hog tells the truth. If he
comes from his hole and sees the
sun, there will be rain and snow,
and Mr.. Hog goes back into the
earth to await the first day in
March. If there is now shadow
when the hog comes from his win
ter home, the weather will be
bright without snow or rain and
Mr.. Hog remains above ground,
there to enjoy the sunshine to
come.
February end was also Candle
mas day." a day which was widely
celebrated all over the world with
special services and teasts in the
Catholic Church.
This ecclesiastical festival was
instituted by Pope Getasius |, in
the year 4o2 in commemoration of
the presentation of Christ in the
temple and of the publication of
the Virgin Mary. The festival is
celebrated throughout the Chris
tian world annually on February
2, and derives its name from the
fact that in the Roman churches
candles are blessed on this day and
carried in procession in comme-
moration of the words of Simeon
spoken of the infant Christ, A
Light to Tighten the Gentiles. "
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27

To bring oil into Arizona by
way of Holbrook from the San
Juan field of Utah is the hope of
]. S. Stryker who is leaving Sat-
urday for that region. The town
is named Bluff. 1t is 1o6 miles
from railroad and 100 miles
north of Holbrook. There are
81 wells, said Stryker Saturday.
1t is a high gravity oil. The
region is isolated. There are a
few Mormons there. Ihave taken
lease on the lands. 1t will cost
from SIS, 1000 to $4,000 to build a
pipeline. Once built it will flow
$4,000 barrels a day into Hol-
brook and Arizona would have
cheap oil.'
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
A Winter Cough

A stubborn, annoying, depressing
cough hangs on, racks the body, weak
ems the lungs, and often leads to Sc
rious results. The first dose Of DR..
Kings New Discovery gives relief.
Henry D. Sanders, of Cavendish, VT,
was threatened with consumption, after
having pneumonia. lie writes: "Dr.
Kings New Discovery ought to be in
every family; it is certainly the best of
oil medicines for coughs, colds or lung
trouble" Good for children's coughs.
Money back if not satisfied. Price
SOC. and $1.O0. At all Druggists
H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or
st Louis. Advertisement
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
SUPERVISORS ACCEPT
new COUNTY JAIL
Official Minutes of the Board of Super.
visOrs COcOninO County, Arizona

Office Board of Supervisors Coco
nino County, Arizona, February
9th, 1914.
Pursuant to call the Board of
Supervisors met today in special
session, present Members Bong
berg, Shafer, County Attorney c.
B. Wilson, and Clerk Brownell.
Chairman Gray not being present
Member Bongberg was appointed
acting chairman. The meeting
was called for the purpose of in
speeding the work on the county
Jail.
The Board of Supervisors,
County Attorney and building In
spector Whipple, proceeded to
make the inspection of the Jail and
accepted same, and made arrange
ments for the final sttlement.
Approved:
R. F. BoNGBERG, Act. Char.
Attest:
c. H. BRowNELL, Clerk.
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
Kansas City Market Letter
(By J, A. Rickart, Correspondent

Kansas City Stock Yards, Feb.
20, 1914. Cattle receipts were
light after Tuesday last week, and
prices advanced 10 to 20 cents
from the low time of the week.
Nearly one half the supply was
stock and feeding grades, and ex-
cept for fair run OF meal fed
quarantine cattle, beef making
animals were scarce. The big
storm Sunday and today has inter-
fered with railroad service, and re-
ceipts amount to only 5000 head,
light for Monday. The market is
sharply higher, steer sales strong
tots higher, cows 10 to IS up,
with exceptions more. Stockers
and feeders are around steady, as
demand for them is not urgent in
the teeth of snow storm. The
storm will likely dislodge certain
cattle from sections where feed is
scarce, or where they depend on
grazing, or from owners otherwise
unfavorably situated. Killers
plainly show that they need beef,
and trade recently indicates that
medium and low grades have re-
ceived enough punishment. A
few days of sunshine will restore
the stocker and feeder market to
its stride, which means that pres.
ent prices are somewhere near the
low spot for this season. Native
steers brought SIS today, similar
to $50 cattle last week, prime
steers would reach gas, and bulk
of the native steers sell at 7. so to
$40. Sugar mill steers are worth
$50 to $40, Colorado and western
hay fed steers 7.25 to 500, quar-
antine meal fed steers SIS to IT'S
native COWS up to $50, bulls same
veals 1880, stockers and feeders
6.25 to 100. A good eastern
demand keeps hog prices ascend
ing, although packers are able to
check the rise occasionally. Their
efforts are usually by way of
heroic method of staying out of
the market, a system that does not
accumulate many hogs, hence de-
clines are short lived. Receipts
are insufficient for the demand,
only 1850 here today, market 10
higher, top S.75, bulk S.45 to 8 70.
Order buyers took 20 per cent of
the supply here last week.
Sheep and lambs are selling
firm, about quarter above week
ago, although packers continue to
bear the market. Receipts are
running light, as Colorado ship
pers are good at holding out, and
prices are creeping upward. Run
is 1880 today, sheep about 10
higher, lambs strong, top lambs
IT'S, yearlings $50, wethers, 5.S5,
ewes sos. Iowa and Minnesota
are sending large supplies to
Chicago, otherwise buyers would
have scant support in their fight
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27

superior of Pima county in
Light accused
electricity sold effect
this opinion startling but is ire
the legislature
institutional They The recen bill the electric headlight
ill; defining qualifications
requiring public service corporations cent interest OF
made by
against
election 1912 The
njuncions
the full law and hreecnt fare bill being put into effect
The will the dismissal of those actions
of the laws enacted by the their should be
oded commission orders The exception the electric headlight
been
they should be
quired for three cents mile
upold superior
$s5o0 judgment for assault
the defense that her
husband was jointly liable because OF the maria eauon existing n
doctrine that husband responsible
his wife exists Arizona also that
cut OF line of
Commerce Commission and result freight flour from
the middle west to Arizona and on fuel oil from Ca on are soon to drop
Complete details lacking maximum hundred
bounds Arizona points has been fixed The rate
hoenx is Wiz and TO other places wn the state Is IN Woporon Inc
Qad have denied permission advance the wheat
attacking the canned goods from the coast is be filed
commission
VII ask reductions of approximately all along the line
reductions
to
undoubtedly anywhere
the Assistant Auditor close
with all the
commenting the excellent showing made by Azcns financial nsti
The
middle
seekin
The of reports state and national banks dated
1914 ed banks deposit
in a year O. s445e1os.l7
s3o764S6
time
the 1913 in during
derived national within
$465949
Coconno $0203 Yavapai 81 9S21G Ga $4
D703 s2722 Apache s2263 Macopa s10S23 Graham
s12S9 Cochse, $l5S; sl662
did
in the fund
jefferson society has been organized Phoenix and PANS are under
address.
democratic central committee and recognized leader
aoeenorship Rees
Mar
2 a chief justice of the
terrific running
n ROBBERS Cochise county and Senator
C. commission
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27

A Phoenix man was drowned in
an irrigating ditch last Friday in
Phoenix, the ditch was running
bank full. His body had not been
recovered at last account.
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27
Neuos .,4 Aeos
From
e'< Capitol sf4rizooa

Issued by Arizona News Bureau
All power to regulate public serv,
ice corporations is lodged by the Ari.
IONA constitution with the corpora.
ton commission. The supreme court
has so decided in upholding decision
The Coconino sun., 1914-02-27

FoUND--key on chain. Apply
Sun office.
The Washington times., 1914-01-11
Congress Heights Boys
Hosts to AIexandrians

Congress Heights Boy Scouts. mem
bers Of troop No. Il, are feeling in Sooc
spirits these days for they have just
been hosts Of the boys from AleXan-
dria. and are conSratullting themselves
on having shown what they could do
for the visitors.
The entertainment vas given Friday
night at the town hall in Congress
Heights. Members of troop No. a, Un-
der Scoutmastcr Merritt Earl, assisted
by Assistant Scoutmlsters Leonard Kid
well and Bernard T. Diedrich, gave an
exhibition Of scout activities and a
musical program. There vas a concert
by the BuEIc aud Drum Corps, and sew
eral Instrumental solos. 4 sketch uro-
vided an opportunity :Or showing what
could be done b. the boys in the way
of signaling and in first aid work.
The Alexandria boys came in fun
force with their scoutmaster The visit
was q retur1 Of the visit made by thc
Congress Heights boys 20 AleXaudy1a
last fall.
The Washington times., 1914-01-11
Praises Washington
As Grandest of Cities

Washington is the grandest city the
sun shines on" said Senator MARITIME OF
New Jersey, in a speech Saturday night
at the twenty-seventh annual banquet
OF Burnside Post, C. y. T., at the Eb-
bitt House.
DR.. \. J. Huntoon was POSTMASTER.
ana Mrs. G.. A. Clark sang. Addresses
We're made by Senator MARITIME, Post
Commander Lemuel Warner, c. +. Mar
vim, of the Weather Bureau; G. NJ
SaltzSaber, of the Pension Bureau.
Thomas H. Mckee, C. A. r. department
commander, and George R. Waller, of
the Civil Service Commission.
commander Warner, in an address
recalled his march through Washington
hfty-one years ago TO tight 'our now
good friends, the Johnny Rebs.'" He
reported the death of eighteen members
of Burnside Post during the past wear.
The committee in charge was Composed
of DR.. \. ]. Huntoon. Chris storm
Capt. Lemuei Warner. Major George n
Carter. Col. ]. r. Gursler, Capt. j, r.
Hart. Col. George c. Ross. Walter Hill
ton. Col r. +. Hill, II. &. Snyder. d. NJ.
Goodacre. H. J. Depue. L. X. Brown
and y. s. Purham,
The Washington times., 1914-01-11
SEVEN SCOUTS PASS
TESTS At ROSSLYN
Five Are Admitted to First
Class, and Two to Second
After Examinations.

Five additional first class and two
additional second class scouts have been
added to the District roster as a re-
suit of examinations at Rosslyn. The
tests commenced at 10 o'clock Saturday
and continued until after noon. The
brisk wind blowing across the hill made
many of the tests difficult. but there
were few failures.
Alfred H. Burdiere and Jackson
Sumerville, of Troop No. 81. completed
their second class tests. They passed
examinations in fire building with not
more than two matches, cooking. and use
of knife and hatchet.
Arthur BIakesley, Charles Thurtell,
Roger d. Gessford. Horace n. L. Wood,
and Edward Pardoe passed. examina-
ticns in signaling. thereby completing
their first class requirements.
Other scouts who took examinations
Saturday and thus completed a portion
of their first or second class require
ments were Kenneth Livingston, Leroy
DietZ. Manual Miller, Harry Beeber.
Charles RyniX. Beverley Galloway.
Stephen Williams, Walter JeN, and
kHut Nilsson. The examinations were
under the supervision of NJ. Il. Junkin.
assistant to Scout Commissioner Martin.
Burt l.. GTabO. master signal engineer
of the Signal Corps. and soldier de-
tailed from Fort Myer.