Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30

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posing the looting of the New Haven
railroad, promises to devote his atten-
ton to other railroads as soon as he
completes his present job. II we hear
mates to Europe we need not be sur
prised.
Davenport Times: With the pr.
mary election only little more than
week off conditions in the political
field in Iowa are unusually quiet. Here
and there some excitement exists but
most of the candidates are taking the
same position as the voters-they re-
fuse to worry. Chief interest centers
in the democratic fight for senatorship
because 1t is not often that the demo
Gratis have two candidates seeking an
important Office. The Meredith and
Connolly contest represents an old rift
in the party harmony that dates back
for number of years and is on par
with the contests that have stirred
the republican ranks in former cam
paigns!
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Five thousand boys in the Minneapolis
public schools have been taught to
build bird houses as part Of their re-
gular work in manual training. Little
fellows In the grades were permitted
by the supervisor to draft their own
plans. The result was q varied assert
ment OF fancy and ornamental nina
ture houses that will provide nesting
places for feathered songsters In many
city dooryard.
Rock Island Argus: The English
are advised to get what satisfaction
they can out OF their triumphs in golf
and cricket. Perhaps 1t will brace
them for the news of what is going to
happen to Sir Thomas Upton.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil:- Some
New York fortune tellers were sur.
prised to find that they had been talk,
ing to detectives who, at the conclus-
ion of the seance, arrested the easy
money makers. But this little Incl.
dent will in no wise change the faith
of the dupes Of this gentry.
Springfield News: Newspaper re
porters who for the past twenty years
have sought in vain to interview
Charles s. Mellen, were pretty certain
that railroad official had something
to say, but they were never able to
make him "fess up"
The interstate commerce commits
sion has been more successful.
Clinton Herald: The suffragettes
have passed the limit of endurance IN
England. AS long as they merely des.
troyed old masters, it was a compare.
lively trif1ing matter, for there will be
other great painters, but now they
have spoken personally to the king
without an. Introduction. This is an
offense against the dignity of the Eng.
lish nation which will not be brooked
The temerity of the suffragettes will
end In their ruin.
Waterloo Courier: Iowa's most i'm
portant social problem is coordinate
with her most important commercial
problem. A solution of one will bring
a solution of the other.
The former Of these problems is Il
satisfy the real educational need Of the
state. The second Is to make Iowa
the home of more people. By meet
ing the educational want we shall be
making the state more popular as q
place of residence The two PROPOSE
tons are inseparable. 1t is, therefore
to the interest of social leaders and
business men to meet upon common
ground for the welfare of the state.
Burlington Hawk.Eye: Three pat
tents from near Abba have gone to
Iowa City to take the Pasteur treat
ment. They were bitten by a rabid
dog. OF course, any person In the
state is worth more than all the dogs
in the state, and the agony that fam
ily suffers in case OF that kind surely
outweighs all possible value of all the
dogs in a dozen counties. However
as Iowans do not seem to be able to
live without the close companionshir
of their fea-laden friends, there ought
to be some sort of an amicable adjust
ment. There ought to be very high
tax on hogs-most dog owners would
pay it cheerfully-and then people
who are compelled to take trips to
Iowa City to be cured of the rabies
ought to be recompensed from the
public treasury. !. They should be well
paid for their loss Of time. OF course
their full expenses ought to be paid
and they ought to get something fol
what might be called anxiety OF
mind"
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