Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-19

RcdI SullllIlcI HAS uCCH a lung IlbAl0
on the way, but it will come neverthe-
less. 1t always does in Iowa.
Pres s.OI;ment
Hannibal Courier Post: Not only
are crop prospects unusually good. but
there has been general absence this
spring of destruction by floods and
overflow. Nature is doing we'll.
Logan Observer: The Register and
Leader will have remarkably busy
season ahead of 1t If it undertakes to
prove that Des Moines did not have
anything to do with the capitol extern
sion matter We do not believe the
Register and Leaders statement,
neither do we think the rest of the
state will take it seriously. tsl
a. Cedar Rapids Republican: We are
told that the reason that the recent
white house bride appeared in all her
pictures with her mouth open is found
in the fact that she has an exceptional
ly fine set of teeth. She naturally
wanted to put her best teeth forward
Clinton Herald: The Mexican reb-
els claim that. millions, of dollars of
counterfeit constitutionalist paper
money Is being circulated in Mexico
What's the odds? The genuine stun
is purely fiat issue, and fiat money
is little better than counterfeit
Kansas City Journal: These are
educational times. Those who voted
the democratic ticket In 1912 in order
to get rid of the robber tariff and thus
reduce the high cost of living know
now that the tariff was not responsible
for the high cost of living. The tar
If was cut down many months ago.
but the cost of living is still up, as
high as ever.
Burlington Hawkeye: The supreme
court of the state of Iowa. just at the
proper time at that. has affirmed the
constitutionality of the Iowa ice
cream law, which says that ice cream
sold in Iowa must contain at least
twelve per cent OF butter fat. The fact
established is; that the. state has the
A16AI W IOSOAdkC SAC oAiOuAS, " CS-
tablish the minimum. II twelve per
cent is too high, the legislature may
be induced to change the percentage.
The last legislature was asked to do
this very thing and refused. Now
that the season is about to open was
the most opportune time to hand down
that decision and now the proper Of
fcers will see to 1t that the law Is en-
forced and to the smallest fraction
of the ounce, for the ice cream men
or some of them-have given the pure
food inspectors no end of trouble.
!. Davenport Times: The weather In
this part Of the country gives vari:
ETY. to life that prevents monotony such
as must exist in the more tropical
countries. OF course there are heavy
rains-sometimes rains every day
in the warmer places, but we have
variations of temperature as well as
rain and sunshine. The unexpected
quickens the Imagination and makes
for more careful planning of work
The weather affords topic of con-
versation for the shallow, gives scope
to the habit of the grumblers, ex-
presses the faith of the optimist and
quickens business by compelling de-
nhand for many sorts of wares,
While the baseball men are taking
ing their campaigns; farmers and 9TH
ers may take few days off to think
of the Mexican situation.
Clinton Advertiser: Before Uncle
Sam acts on Henry Watterson's ad.
vice and annexes Mexico certain poll
ticians want to know If the Mexican
states are to line up and become q
part of the "solid south.P
Ed. Howe's Monthly: A democratic
statesman says: what we wish to do
is to give the consumer lower prices
for beef, and the producer higher
prices" Is there man on the face
of the earth so foolish that he cannot
realize that this is impossible? Yet
political platforms are built of such
stun, and fool thousands.
Iowa City Republican,: The people
are opposed to the capitol extension
tax for two reasons. First, the law
was surreptiously railroaded through
the legislature. Second, there is no
public necessity for such tax.
Logan Observer 1t would be very
nice if the man who lives eight or ten
miles from his trading point had a
nice, smooth, hard road to that town
and any other place he might want to
go. The trip could be made much
quicker and there would be that much
more time to visit in town or few
more hours could be spent in the fields
before making the trip to town. The
people of every neighborhood ought to
get together and talk up the road pro
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