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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

find time" to prepare it.
According to DR.. Roger H. bennett,
professor of pediatrics at the Post
Graduate Hospital New York City.
plain cows milk with all the cream
stirred in, to which Is added water and
sugar, should noursh baby until it
reaches the seventh or eighth month.
After that oatmeal or barley gruels
may be used instead of water.
The water is added so that the food
will not be too heavy or concentrated
for the baby to digest. There Is always
a quantity of water in breast milk.
Cows milk is much heavier. Che
sugar Is added not to give the feeding
a pleasant flavor, but because sugar
has nutritive quality and acts rs a
laxative on the bowels One ounce Of
sugar supplies as much nourishment
as six ounces of milk but it must be
used with discretion. Too much sugar
causes indigestion, vomiting and d.
! arrllea, while if too little is used, the
child will not gain in weight.
What is known as malt sugar is most
easily digested, and the name of the
besi brand will be given on receipt OF
a stamped and addressed envelope sent
to me, care of this Office.
Now we come directly to the all inn
portant question of modifying the milk
in proper proportions, and again
quote DR.. Bennett, as he lays down the
law in his admirable book, The
Healthy Baby
The quantities of milk, sugar and
water to be combined depend upon the
baby's weight and age. The amount
Of actual cows milk given baby
needs in twenty-four hours to sustain
, life and make proper gain in weight
is twice the number Of ounces Of milk
as he weighs In pounds, provided he
can digest one and one-half ounces Of
sugar in his total daily quantity OF
food.
To illustrate: child three months
of age who weighs IL pounds, should
receive and digest "a ounces Of cows
milk in "a hours To this must be
added the proper amount OF water to
make up the bulk and IL ounces OF
sugar. In "a hours, he would receive
81 IL ounces Of food. OF this "a
ounces would be cows milk, - ounces
water and I IL ounces sugar. The
water should be boiled When cool it
is added to the sugar and the milk and
then set away to be drawn on as need
ed Two level tablespoonful Of cane
or granulated sugar make an ounce
but il malt sugar is used the table.
spoons must be rounded
i A table for modifying milk for chill.
dren of various ages will be furnished
upon receipt Of stamped and address,
ed envelope sent to me at this Office,
The proportions given above are for
a healthy child of three months. The
new born baby and the delicate baby
require special proportions OF milk,
water and sugar. A baby less than
!, week old, for example, is given 9 OF
!, q ounces of milk with IL ounces OF
: water and no sugar. No mother Of a
! delicate child, or a child whose diges.
! ton is weak should decide on the
proper modification of milk without
consulting her physician.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Definite steps to interest outside cap
ital to enter Ames to build fraternity
ana club houses and residences are be-.
ing taken by Iowa State college and
the Ames Commercial club in order to
provide proper housing facilities for
the largely increased enrolment ex-
pected next September. Last fall when
the attendance at Ames scared from
2.1G0 to more than $500, at the re-
quest of the college authorities the cit
liens of Ames opened their homes to
care for the influx of students. This
year the college has appointed com.
mittees of the faculty to encourage
organized groups of students and 9TH
ers to build to relieve the congestion.
Several fraternities will erect good
chapter houses, and it is expected that
total of more than half million
dollars will be expended to meet en-.
larged needs of the community.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
LEARNING NATURES SECRETS.

The men who run the great Yerkes
astronomical observatory at Geneva
Lake, Wis, have dug a ditch six feet
deep, the purpose of which is to ascer-
tain whether the center of the earth
is solid and rigid or whether it is
molten and fluid mass. ....-
Sounds ridiculous, does it nOt-an
attempt to find out what the center OF
the earth is by means of ditch six
feet deep? But it is no more ridicu-
lous than the ascertaining of the chem
ical elements of which the sun is COM
posed by the use of a little prism Of
glass. 1t is no more ridiculous than
the measurement of the distance to the
farthest star by the aid of distance
measured on the axis of the earth.
instruments packed in the bottom of
this six-foot ditch may, though they
are buried in the ground, measure the
tides and may tell whether the whole
earth responds to the attraction of the
sun and moon as perfectly rigid
body, or whether 1t gives" within, as
the fluid mass of the ocean gives.
The greatest miracles Of science are
accomplished by little instruments.
Perhaps the most wonderful Of them
all is the spectroscope. It's essential
part consists of a little triangular
piece of glass, but it discovers new
chemical elements in the sun and stars
many millions of miles away from us.
What good will it do us to know
whether the earth is entirely solid or
rigid within, or whether it has mott
en- and fluid interior? Much good, per
haps; for there is no item of scientific
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21


hardships They useful
life a deal Of it
a
school
ves he a climate
The
ma @ -
night
They and had Of the prov
sons which. had carried.
could coming and the flying fast it
rolled
rolling a sleeping bag he went fast asleep
who at his sleeping
Still
blizzard.
the waing
the him big dragged
started for another settlement
blinded until could
old saving his life But the old said
and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
MODIFIED MILK AND THE CARE
OF Bottles.


All over the country, the splendid
organizations which are working to re-
duce infant mortality agree that modi-
fed cows milk is the best substitute
for mothers milk. For this reason,
they have set themselves the task Of
supplying GOOD MILK for babies that
are bottle fed. They open milk-sta-
tons where certified milk Is sold to
mothers of babies, and where these
mothers are told how to modify the
milk, how to keep it sweet, and how
to care for the bottles from which it is
fed. Then these organizations go be-
hind the milk station, to the dairy,
where conditions are investigated and
the cows are tuberculin-tested
The results of this wonderful CAM
paign are shown in the reduction OF
mortality among babies in all cities
where such work is carried on.
So if you must raise your baby on
the bottle, first find out the source Of
your milk supply and then learn how
to modify the milk to fit your baby's
individual needs.
Know where the milk comes from,
the condition of the dairy and the
health of the COW or cows which Will
supply nourishment to your baby. Ii
you had to hire wet nurse you would
not choose tubercular or personally
unclean woman Why permit your
baby to drink milk that comes from
a tubercular cow, which is MIXED In
filthy stable.
If you live in city, write to your
department of health or your health
officer for information regarding certi-
fed milk from properly Inspected
diaries. If no such information can
be furnished you, then it Is high time
that you started campaign for dairy
inspection in your town.
If you cannot buy certified milk,
| then look up personally a dairyman
or neighbor whose cows will stand
the test and whose stables are clean
Do not buy babys milk at a grocery
store or dairy whose source of supply
you cannot trace.
AS soon as the milk is delivered, set
| it in a cool, clean place, preferably
on ice. Either keep it in a separate
compartment of your refrigerator OF
make small individual refrigerator
for it, using double pail with ice and
sawdust packed around the inner pail
| and have the milk Oghtly cOrkeu I'D
bottles. One mother who told me
! about having made such little re
| frigerator which she keeps in the eel
! lar, learned to do this from sad expert
ence. With her first baby, she kept
the milk In a tin pail, hung in the COO
water of an old well. The milk alb
| sorbed germs and the doctor tracec
! Baby's death from acute bowel trouble
! to these, germs.
| Scald the vessel or bottles in which
the supply of milk is to be stored, anc
allow them to cool before you pou1
the milk into them. Never use the
| utensil in which you prepare baby:
food for any other purpose. Directl.
! the milk Is delivered, prepare the sup
ply of food for the ensuing twenty-fou,
hours. Do not allow the milk to stant
round absorbing germs until yo'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

In the treasury of the city Of New
York there is the sum OF $243,638. con-
sisting of salaries and other sums due
people who did not trouble to collect
them. OF this money $13S,03S cannot
be collected by the persons to whom
it is due, as it has been unclaimed
more than six years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Buntai straw, which Is extracted
from the leaf stem of the opened buri
leaf, comes chiefly from Tayabas pro-
vince and upper Laguna, Philippine
islands. A peculiar feature is that
farmers who raise these palm trees
frequently sell or rent them to persons
who extract the fibers for hat making
PURPOSES .~,. r.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

A passenger on German steamer.
after trying various remedies for sea-
sickness, ate a pancake with Germany
cranberries, and found himself prompt
ly cured. All the steamers of that line
now have pfannkuchen nit preisel-
beeren on their menu.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

w. Il. Barney, dairy and food COM
missioner, is advising farmers Of the
state to test their seed corn. Printed
matter soon will be ready for distrib-
ution, to give planters the Information
and instructions needed to thoroughly
test the seed.
The commissioner calls attention to
the increased yields which follow the
testing of seed corn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

/. may be mentioned that the wes-
terri method of vaccination for small
pox was introduced into Afghanistan
about twelve years ago by Miss Lillias
Hamilton, who up to 1903 held an APP
pointment at Kabul for three years as
medical adviser to the Amirs harem
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
In Washington.

Senator, can you give me job as
janitor around the capitol?"
why, ! thought you were slated
for something bigger"
g have been slated for several
things bigger. Now | want to see If
there isn't something l can really
GET
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
A Sad State.

mo, | am not altogether happy now
that / am rich"
why not?'
Being rich, of course, l cannot go
into the kitchen as once did. Yet SER
wants are still careless"
"Well?"
$50 I spend many sleepless nights
worrying about the drip pan under the
refrigerator
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
Press Comment

Des Moines Capital: The latest Chi
cago woman to be acquitted of the
charge of numbering her husband
kissed her attorney before leaving the
court room. and then kindly posed for
all the photographers who happened
to be present. How delightfully."- thea.
trical.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

School officials who are planning to
improve their school grounds this
spring may get help from experienced
landscape men by writing to the as-
ricultural extension department OF
Iowa State college. Prof. c. l.. Fitch
of that department has made special
study of school ground improvement
and will make a special visit to a COM
munity if circumstances justify it, or
else give assistance through cores
pondence. The help of the college
does not mean large expenditure on
school grounds, but merely wise eX-
penditure. A large outlay Of money
is not necessary to beautify school
property, but merely the correst use OF
cheap and simple materials.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
Studying Shakespeare.

her Shakespeare club?"
NO: she's getting lukewarm. Been
to sixteen meetings and hasn't won .
bridge prize yet" r
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Louisville Courier-Journal: There's
many suffragette who could hike
from New York to Washington, but
couldn't bear to walk to market with
a basket on her arm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Farming over ice is feature Of
ranch life in the Tanana valley, Alas
ka. The valley is 800 miles long and
fifty miles wide. 1t is described as
vast bowl of~solid ice thinly sprink.
led with dirt The bowl of ice never
thaws save near the surface. But up.
on a foundation of perpetual ice farm
ers are raising bumper crops of grain
and gardens are producing vegetables
declared to be superior in yield and
quality to any grown in the United
States. The strangest feature of Tan
ana valley farming is that it is pos
sible only because the subsoil is eter-
nally frozen. When the spring begins
to thaw the surface the plow turns
over the surface Of the earth above the
ice. and as the thaw proceeds moisture
is given off from underground forming
perfect sub-irrigation system.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Discovery that clothing causes can
GER IS encouraging. There must be less
and less of it as the fashions proceed
on their relentless way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Springfield News: Nowadays. it
seems that whenever the administra-
ton has some proposition to make to
congress. it Immediately starts back
fire by charging that lobby is present
endeavoring to defeat it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
In Congress-.

81 ask for an appropriation of $780,
900 on account of Pawpaw creek
You got 100000 to dredge Pawpaw
creek last session." objected another
congressman.
1--WE couldn't dredge. This is to re-
imburse people who built boats
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Spring is here. Time to clean up
the house and yard and get in sym
patty with nature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21


Marshalltown Times Republican: A
good graveled road, hard and fit for
travel in wet weather, would cost a
quarter section of land about $40 per
annum upon the bond issue and road
district plan. Honest lnjun, now,
wouldn't it be worth the price?
Kansas City Journal: Word comes
from California that the Republican
registration leads the Progressive
about two to one in that state. Cali
fornia was a Bull Moose stronghold
and the return from Armageddon is
naturally not so rapid there as in other
states.
Davenport Times: Since the base
ball salaries have been raised with
only the sky as the limit on account
of the war of the leagues, it is prob
able not a few men at Washington are
asking themselves whether, either
from the point of view of glory or sal
airy, it would not be better to be base.
ball player than congressman.
z:ason City Times: The state gov
eminent will never re ii business
basis, with, undivided authority. There
are too many elective officials for the
good of the service. The governor and
lieutenant governor are the only Off
GERS who should be elected All other
officers should be appointed by the
governor and approved by the senate.
He should have authority over all de-
partments, under supervision of the
legislature, and should be held respon-
sible for the success or failure of the
business of the state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Squills, the druggist?"
HE wasn't accommodating" replied
the girl addressed THE other day
'phoned for him to send around a
2-cent stamp and he refused"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Don't forget that spring is natures
time for clean up and paint up"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
Could See This Coming.

A story is going the rounds about a
dog which helps a hen to keep her
| eggs warm. He's setter, of course.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

embarrassed except when he heard
lady whisper to her neighbor: "Oh,
look who's here"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

There are some mighty fine bargains
It Ottumwa retail stores this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
An Early Glimpse.

Oh, goodness knows were tired Q
SHOWS
And all the world is keen
To amble forth across the earth
And get a glimpse of green.
Spring has a knack of hanging back,
Postponing her display.
But still the scene is always green
Upon St Patrick's day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Since vaccination was thus introduced
conditions as regards smallpox have
not been nearly so bad as before.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21


Vinton Eagle: What seems to be
the matter with the Iowa progress
United States senator seems to be de-
crepid democrats. First it was Stuart.
For some reason he didn't seem to fit
in and he withdrew. Bashor, another
decrepit democrat of Waterloo, then
stepped in and announced his name.
The odd thing about it is that no for
mer republican seems to want, even
to save the face of his new party, to
sacrifice himself upon the altar of lib
erty.
Marshalltown Times-Republican In
Tennessee this month the Crackers,
so called, will vote 100000 for hard
surfaced roads in Lawrence county
and $250,00O for the same in Polk
county. The supposedly more enlight-
ened people of Iowa with something
like ten times the land values of Ten
nessee will continue to put approx
mately 100000 annually into dirt
roads which tomorrow will be largely
dissolved in mud. s.
Kansas City Journal: Secretary
Redfleld claims great victory for the
new tariff law. There have been few
er imports since it was enacted, he
saws, than in the same number OF
months before. But was it not the
declared purpose of this law to in
crease imports by removing the tariff
and thus bring down the cost of liv-
ing? How can the failure of an act
to do what was expected of 1T be re-
garded as vindication for it or for
those who passed it?
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa people
are going to do some tall thinking
over their tax receipts this year. When
the average tax rate is boosted 20 per
cent. active thinking is generated. The
taxpayers want to know the reason
why.
Last year the total amount of taxes
paid by Iowans was s36.500,000. This
year the total will be $$44, 400, 00-an
increase of upwards of eight million
dollars. That's pretty big jump.
With nearly eight million dollars
more to spend the offlceholdcrs can
make wonderful showing. They can
create fine line of improvement, in
Guiding good roads, etc. They can do
a great deal and also have much mon
ey left at the end of the year--so
much that next year the tax rate can
be lowered materially
We hope those who have the spend
ing of the peoples money will prove
that they are qualified to be entrusted
with the eXpenditure-an saving-of
the funds which Iowans are contribut-
ing in the form Of taxes.
Topeka Capital: If man dies
leaving policy calling for $4,000 or
$4,000. the loss is fully covered by in
surance. #u
Louisville Courier-Journal: Many
fellow marries the girl with whom
be made mud pies, and finds that she
never learned to make any other kind.
Waterloo Courier: Undoubtedly the
Iowa requirement that voters shall ex-
press party affiliation before casting a
primary election ballot prevents many
from voting at that time. The indie
pendent voter is becoming a larger
and, it is believed, better force every
year.
Perry Chief: Perry man who
attended church for the first time in
months last Sunday says he was
treated royalty and didn't feel a bit
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
SOCIAL DUTIES.

. 0SSb~1 Nv i.Ss
The doorbell rings, .,
The portal swings.
MY lady comes a'calling.
In velvet dressed, -
Her veil close pressed;
The formal talks appalling.
The STYLE the day,
The church, the play.
Whatever line she fancles. !
Ten minutes pass;
She says, Alas,
Time flies!" and off she dances.
No real word said
From heart or head. 49,.
Nc thought, to live in beauty;
Her list she checks
What name the next?
She's doing social duty
-Woman's Home Companion
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
A Few Laughs
A Former Shocker.

A Former Shocker.
When gutter drama, white slave plays,
And other stuff they book,
mind that gem of former days,
The famous old Black Crook.
If some one should today revive
And try to stage the same,
The old Black Crook-why, sakes alive
Now wouldn't it seem tame?
Not Accomm odating.
eWhy did Won quit dealing With
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
Daddy Bedtime
n The Life
= St. Bernards.

K\HE certainly brave animals said daddy
wooly coats
III hardshps They also useful
in lifesay and a greatde of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21
Little Talks On Bdby0l0gD
BY ANNA sTEEsE RICHARDSON
find time to prepare it.

che Better tho Wonans Companion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-21

Perry Chief: A Perry man who
attended church for the first time in
months last Sunday says he was
treated royalty and didn't feel a bit
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-08-01
Going in to Win.
, igor oi Cleanup Movement Indicates
-snat rieasant Ur0,e HAS first ttass
taanee iilze Tor Best ward.

The clean town movement seems TO
have caught Pleasant Grove with q
tupularIty seldom gwen cause
E, CryboGy seems to nave hecomc sud
uruly injured wiLn the 1dca that the
state prIZC should come to TINS clty'
rhc big committees are meeting twice
d week auo III All parts OF towh ma!
te seen citizens with grub hoes, rakcS
aud shoveis cleaning the weeds nom
m Iiunt oi thcIr homes ana makihs
their back yards to correspond wan
their trout yards. rho city heath
ply siclan ~ co operating, ana draws
su.ntIun 10 the i.CL that the oilclal
svurcI VIA AWARD more polhts loi
clean corrals, priNics ana other ny
p,uuucing features, than TO freedom Ol
weeds. A preliminary scoring VIII D.
madc m the near future ana the citI
10 be- tod just where 10 do the WORK
,or the remaining two weeks before
fhe final scoring Is made.
=. " Illnd has offered prize oil
Sl5 to the ward scoring the highest
aud rs doing all IN his power to Keep
the Sl5 in his ward. Help VIII Dc
given the widows, and others VINO do
not join in on the movement may be
prosecuted jf their places are so bao
as to come within the purview oil tue
city ordinance.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-08-01
Great Season For
Canning Industry

Ogden. July 26-W. j. Parker, pres
ident of the Utah Gamers associa-
ton, estimated today that when the
pea season ends within the next lew
DAYS 375, 900 cases will have been
hacked OF this number practically
All viii have been canned in the fac
,ories of Weber and Morgan counties
rhis il a record crop for Utah.
From present Indications l,0OO,OOo
cases Oi tomatoes viii be the output
from the Utah cannories this season
according to |. N. Pierce OF the utal'
Canning company, who Is the pioneer
,anncr of Wiener county. All the iac'
ores are getting in readiness to be
Gin packing tomatoes by August 10
and more people will be employed u
the work than ever before
If Weber county were situated near
or ia the center of population the to-
matocs that could be raised here wouit
mpply the United States, Mr.. Plcrc'
declared today Under present con
ditions, he said, the Gamers depend
,rcat deal upon the consumption De
cause of the high freight rates.
Many of the canncries which az
moi putting up peas are at work OF
,priCotB. The cherries and olIe
small fruits have been packed, Alohi
with the tomatoes some OF the lac
tories will handle peaches,