Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-21

| for governor. But II he can't do more
for himself than he did for Holden,
Louie Murphy can quit getting red in
the face and calm his fearful heart.
mite mines planted underneath, and
by dynamite bombs dropped from air
ships, added to the other ways of kill.
ing men, war is becoming what might
be called an extra hazardous occu-
patton.
Clinton Herald 1t is officially re-
ported that not single person was
killed by an automobile last Febru-
airy in the state of Iowa. There is some
recompense after all for having roads
impossible one month in the year.
l. Kansas City Journal: Richard o.
ney speaks of the present administra'
ton as "one of the most notable the
country has ever had" But Mr.. Olney
idoesn't say 1t is one of the most sue
|cessful An administration may be
notable for it's blunders and failures.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Huerta is re.
Iported to have 100000 pounds of silver
bullion hidden away, He is also re.
ported to have 100000 soldiers. But
it is more likely that his willingness to
iarbitrate was inspired by the possibil-
lily of losing some of the silver rather
than fear of losing some Of the SOL
4 diers.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Iowa will
be appropriately represented at the
Panama Pacific exposition. The legis
Ilature refused to make an appropria-
ton but the people of the state decided
not to stand" for this penurious pol
icy. The legislature materially in
creased taxes, but still did not go as
| far as many far sighted business men
desired.
| Burlington Gazette: Now that we are
Having clean up week, why not
make it habit to clean up every week
in the year. The only way to clean up
lis to keep cleaned up, and constant ef-
fort is needed to attain this result.
n Kansas City Journal: In pronounc-
| ing Mexican names the only thing you
can be sure Of is that they are not pro-
nounced as they are spelled. Huerta
lis Wearta, Vera Cruz is Vera Crooth,
Saltillo is Sahl-tee-yo, and SO on to the
end of the chapter
/ Clinton Herald: The public loves to
be humbugged, but the way the Fried
mann institutes f1attened out proves
that there is limit The German
doctor got his 100000 or so, and the
Il American spectators who planned to
coin few odd millions were left hold
ing the bag. A final report on the
friedman cure demonstrates that for
once the public was right.
}, Cedar Rapids Republican: The time
has come in Iowa for land owners and
| land renters to get together for the
, conservation of the soils, and some land
owners ought to act likewise. One-third
of the farms in Iowa are cultivated
without regard to the conservation of
| the energies of the soil. The sad tale re,
mains to be told and it will be told In
n due stime. What we need in Iowa Is
, more acres in clover and grasses and
more cattle to eat the roughage and
return the fertility of the soil back to
J the land. We need twice as many cat.
tie In Iowa and twice as much clover
as we are sowing now. The higher
and thinner soils ought to be growing
, clovers one-half Of the time.
| Davenport Times: Ames college Is
getting into the limelight again as a
result of discussion In regard to the
work of Professor Kennedy and wheth-
er sufficient amount is expended for
\ agricultural work as compared with
! what is spent for other departing nts
Of the state school. It is to be hoped
that the misunderstanding may be
quickly corrected for Iowa education
has been injured by too much hasty
criticism and by unsatisfactory rela-
tons between the management of the
institutions and those Immediately re-
! sponsible for the work. 1t is time to
get things to running smoothly so that
Iowas young men and women may
have greater confidence in Iowa's big
: schools.
; Los Angeles Times: President Will
3 son may be able to translate an ode
: iof Horace, dithyrambic Of Homer, OF
: an Grafton of Heschines. The hero
. glyphics of Egypt may be as plain to
Y him as are turkey tracks to hunter
; and there may be no problems in high
$ Ter mathematics that he cannot solve
5 blindfolded with one hand tied behind
= him. But evidently in his college days
t he was never locked up with a few
: kindred spirits in an upper room, with
: the transom closed, the door crevices
9 deadened and heavy blanket on the
! table and there compelled to decide
( promptly whether the other fellow had
3 a full hand or only a bob-tatl flush
3 To play draw poker is waste Of
. time and, unless you can play it un
usually well, it results in a waste Of
money. It's sole extenuation is that
1 it may give to the player valuab.s les
( sons in the art Of detecting bluff, and
! much of the business, the social and
t the political life of the day is made w
t of bluffs or attempts at bluffs.
i If Wilson or Bryan had ever had a
t draw poker experience in their earlier
5 and less pious days they might not
. have been so completely bluffed and
! outgeneraled and bamboozled as they
: have been by Huerta..
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