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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
0LlVET.

Paul Ramser, claim adjuster for the
Rock Island was business caller
/; Wednesday,.
H. r. Barnes of Oskaloosa was here
Tuesday setting out evergreens in the
Olivet cemetery.
Mrs. R. V. Black visited among
relatives in Oskaloosa this week.
Mrs. J. L. Billings returned Monday
from Eddyville where she visited for
, few days.
| Mrs. Scott Smith of Tracy and Mrs.
M L. Grady of Abba spent three days
here this week cleaning house for their
aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. John DOlan.
They remember their parents every
year about this time and come over to
set their house In order.
D. Garden was a business caller In
Knoxville Tuesday
A. B. Jones of Des Moines was q
business caller this week.
F. G. Drake returned home Tuesday
from Ottumwa where he has been Wis.
iting for some time with old friends.
The mine at Dalton has not started
up yet, after the suspension April 1,
Walter McCombs was a passenger
to Oskaloosa Wednesday.
i r. Williams and j. H. Perfead spent
, Monday in Oskaloosa.,
Farmers are busy this week planting
corn They report large peach crop
for the reason that SO many blooms
have never been seen before.
Miss Nancy Rogers spent Tuesday
in Oskaloosa.
H. A. Baumgard of Des Moines was
in town this week on business
Mr.. and Mrs G. H. Loughlin spent
Sunday in the country at the John
Loughlin home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
sou RoRRlNc.

The short time lease OF farms Is now
receiving some attention in the papers.
Ne are told that many land owners
are practically putting up their lands
to renters for bids and the highest bid
der gets the land, regardless of conse-
Guences The farmer who stays on a
farm for single season, at a high
rental, must make all he can out of the
already WORKOUT land and he is apt to
leave the broad acres much the worse
for the years wear.
Tenant farming, as general thing,
does not pay either for the owner OF
the land or for the man who farms 1t.
Where each one tries to get all he can
out of the soil. it Is the soil which
suffers and in the end it will be as ex-
hausted as the soils of the New Eng
land states and of New York, where
they have the abandoned farms. 1t
takes brains to be even land owner.
And most of the land owners seem to
be lacking in the essential thing OF
brains. The rundown and worn-out
farms are said to be multiplying. They
are the farms which have been used
to make rents out of and nothing else.
An Illinois farm Is not an inexhaust-
ible gold mine. You cannot take out
of it year after year and never put
anything back. 1t may run for few
years, but after that it is going to take
more to restore it than all that has
been taken out of it amounts to-. No
farm renter should be allowed to do as
he pleases with piece of land, for II
he is short term man he will take
out what he can get and leave the
IL n tho n0orar for 1t
The time has come for land owners
and land renters to get together for
the conservation of the soils, and some
land owners who farm their own lands
ought to act likewise. One-third OF
the farms in Illinois are cultivated
without regard to the conservation OF
the energies of the soil. The sad tale
remains to be told and it will be told
in due time. What we need is more
acres in clover and grasses and more
cattle to eat the roughage and return
the fertility of the soil back to the
land. We need twice as many cattle
and twice as much clover as we are
sowing now The higher and thinner
soils ought to be growing clover one
half of the time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

you'll find plenty of room to create
something for yourself in the Job
you've got; you can grow just as big
there as you can In something of your
own building.
They say that opportunity knocks
once at every mans door. don't know
the name of the scientist who man
aged to get such a fne line on the
habits of opportunity; but If opportu.
nifty does announce itself, the chances
are that it misses many door, and, In
some cases, when 1t does Knock, pre-
sumo there's nobody at home
My impression Is that opportunity as
rule don't knock at all--or very
rarely. Opportunity consists OF think:
ing. doing, having plenty of patience
and perseverance, possessing the abil.
ity to size up situation and having
the nerve and willingness to take ad-
vantage of it.-Leslie's Weekly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

day evening at his home. The even
ing was spent in social way and re-
freshments were served.
Mrs. Grace Lanning and children of
Laconta spent Wednesday visiting re-
latives and friends here.
At a recent meeting of the school
board the following teachers were
chosen for the coming year: Superin-
tendent, Emma Nye; principal, r. G.
Lord; assistant, Miss Julian; fifth
room, Mrs. Ellen Sackett; fourth room,
Miss Cloe Cawley; third room. Miss
Bridget Simmons.
Joe Elliot fell Tuesday evening and
suffered fractured hip.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Evans of Abba
were callers Wednesday at the N. A.
Thayer home.
Frank Berry and Ed Worall were
business callers in Oskaloosa Wed
nesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
LlBERTYVILLE.

Miss Cleo Peebler of Hillsboro Wis
| tied over Sunday at the Ira PeeDler
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bartholow and
hahv returned to their home IN Camp
bell, Mimi, Monday.
Mrs. Isaac Newland visited several
DAYS last week with her son and fam-
ily at Drakesville.
Mrs. Sam Hoffman was shopping In
Fairfield Friday.
Mrs. and Mrs. G. Vaught and son
were shopping in Fairfield THURSDAY.
Mrs. Claude Heston returned home
Wednesday after several weeks. Wis
| it with friends in Boston and new
York City
Mrs. Oscar Swanson entertained her
Sunday school class Saturday after
noon at her home in Libertyville.
A horse belonging to Ed Sellers was
killed by lightning Monday night.
Mrs. Hiram Ishmead and Mrs. Reed
Crawford visited Sunday in Mt. Pleas
ant with relatives.
Dir. Holiday of Burlington was
professional caller here Tuesday.
Mrs, Frank Fell left Thursday for
visit with relatives in Des Moines,
Oskaloosa and Marshalltown.
Miss Edythe Hopes Is visiting with
her parents in Ipara, la.
Richard Allen left last week FOR
Creston to make his home with his
mother.
Mrs. Hattie Fell is visiting her
granddaufhter, Mrs Clara Hudgell, at
| Batavia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Riggs were shop
ping in Fairfield Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bartholow and
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Armstrong visited
Sunday with relatives in Martinsbnrg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Riggs and John
and Dorothy Coleman are visiting re-
latives in Udell.
Mrs. A. U. Hubbard is reported bet
ter. ~ ~.
The u. F. M society met with Mrs:
H. G. Druse Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Bertha Hill visited last week
with friends in Birmingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Wilson and Mr..
and Mrs. Bowers of Hedrick were vlsl-
tors here Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
EDDYVILLE.

The Mite society of the M. E.
church was entertained Wednesday
afternoon at the church. The host
esses were Mrs. R. D. Hall, Mrs. Wal
ter Hartman, Mrs. VIM. Myers and
Mrs. Lon Lennon. A short program
was given after which contest was
greatly enjoyed by all. Refreshments
were served.
y Goehring has returned to Batavia
after visit with relatives IN EDDY
Vile.
Mrs. Mary Coulter of Oskaloosa was
the guest Thursday OF Mrs. Joe Bescoe.
Twenty young people ling north OF
Eddyville carried out very success
full surprise on Willie Gramsby Tues
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

son bankers will not capture the votes
of the western farmers by making
loans easier. What the western far
mers want are the continuance Of
prices that will enable them to pay or
what loans they have out.
Iowa City Republican,: Governor
Clarke says that capital extension
costs so little that the people will new
er miss the money, or words to that
effect. But the tax In ten years would
pay for a $4,000 cement bridge in each
county in Iowa.
Muscatine Journal: Muscatine hav-
ing had its Official spring clean up may
not feel called upon to officially OBJ
serve the cleanup week set by the
state board of health to begin today,
but there are certain properties and
sections in the city which could with
profit participate in another clean up
day or two.
Philadelphia Inquirer: An inter
state commerce commission governs
the railroads.
What is practically commission Is
about to govern all the banks.
Now we are threatened with trade
commission which is to control all
stock companies.
What next? A commission to run
the whole country? Why not abolish
the presidential office. the congress
and the supreme court while we are
about it, and make the thing unani-
nous?
Creston Advertiser-Gazette: 1t Is
evident that Edwin T. Meredith in.
tends to spend money literally in fur.
therance of his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for United
States senator He has secured lot
, of trained politicians to take charge
of his campaign and evidently they
are spending more for postage alone
than a poor man could afford to stand
to secure the nomination.
Davenport Times: Suppose that in
the end Huerta agrees to salute the
flag, thus ending the Tampico incl
dent. Then will not considerable
number of people in and out of con-
gress recall the Lodge amendment to
the resolution authorizing the presi-
dent to use the armed forces of the
United States in Mexico? The presi-
dent is now acting under resolution
which if Huerta makes amends for the
Tampico incident. would seem to COM
pei the United States at once to with
draw from Vera Cruz. Under the Lodge
, amendment, which was voted down,
the American army could remain in
Mexico until peace and order were re-
stored.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
OTTUMWA TERMINUS
OF AMANA SHORT LINE

williamsburg. May Am enthus.
iastic meeting was held here in the
interest of an auto road from Cedar
Rapids to Ottumwa along the line Of
the Milwaukee.
1t Is to be known as the Amana
Short route and will connect with the
main line to the gulf at Milton.
An organization was effected and
the following officers chosen: Presi-
dent, B. f. Hakes, Williamsburg; vice
president, Or. Noe, Amana; secretary,
IL. P. Gallagher, Williamsburg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
OPPORTUNITY.

Lots of fellows have overlooked an
opportunity simply because they were
too close to it.
Don't be like the sick man who
heard of the curative properties of the
waters of Karlsbad and went there to
take them. After he arrived he con-
suited a physician, who carefully dag
nosed his case and then told him that
his particular ailment would respond
better to the waters of certain spring
In America. (Which spring." asked
the patient. zone of the springs in
Saratoga" replied the doctor. That's
certainly tough said the sufferer, u
i've in Albany"
II you're made Of the. right stun
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

Senator Kenyon's resolution to re-
peal the charter of the general edu.
cation board founded by John D.
Rockefeller, should have carried a pro
vision prohibiting all municipalities
and states from accepting any money
as taxes from any property owned by
John D. Rockefeller or the Standard
Oil company. That would be a fit end.
ing to as ridiculous resolution as was
ever introduced in any body.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
SlGOUR EY.

e. NJ. Parker Of st Maries, Idaho. q
former resident of this city, is in the
city this week visiting at the home Of
his father Capt. j. r. Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Stone who spent
the winter at the home OF their daugh-
ter at Pasadena, Calf, returned home
the fore part OF the week.
MIR. and Mrs. J. l.. Dunlap and Mr..
and Mrs. Leo. l.. Morgan drove over
land TO Ottumwa in the formers car
Thursday morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

The claim of London that Charing
Cross station is the busiest traffic spot
on earth, handling 100000 passen,
gers yearly, is disputed by the New
York Times, which gives Bostons
south station year record Of 28,347,'
399 passengers. Grand Central station
takes second place with a. record OF
22,4OO,OOO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
RUSS ELL.

G. l.. Morris returned to his home
in Abingdon, ILL.,, after visiting with
his sister, Mrs. Simon Scott.
Waldo Plots, Ethel Classify, Hazel
Mckinley. AIDA Connolly, Myrl John
son and George Mettiin went to Indian
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

That the profits in the saloon bust
ness are huge is shown by the fact
that a Davenport saloon keeper bid
$500 for the exclusive privilege of
running a saloon in the little town of
Walcott.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
'CUN1lHINS CONFERS
WITH PARTY HEADS

Des Moines, May 9.-Senator Albert
B. Cnmmins spent today here in con-
ference with leaders Of the republican
rarty. and making plans for the pri-
mary election June /. He said this
probably would be his only visit to
Iowa until after the primaries. He
will return to Washington tonight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

Twenty million baseballs are con-
sumed in the United States every sea-
son, which indicates that Ty Cobb and
Hans Wagner are still in form.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

Land is being built out to sea from
the mouths of the Mississippi river at
an estimated average rate of 300 feet
year. Some of it is Iowa land that
would still be in Iowa if OUR rivers
were Strengthened out properly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
cANTRiL.

Rev. ]. G.. Kendrick preached in the
M. E. church Sunday morning and
evening.
iCleda Creath returned home Wed
nesday from Keosauqua on account OF
sickness.
Mrs. w. w. Blanchard of Milton
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
1T n n e r
S tor / g 8

A country man in restaurant or
dered roast lamb and the waiter
bawled to the cook:
Zone lamb"
Great Scott, mister!" cried the
countryman. 81 can't eat hull lamb !!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

While consenting to mediation,
your Uncle Sam apparently hasn't
much confidence in it. He is diligent-
ly preparing for war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

General Mas wants to invade the
United States, it is said. But Gen.
eral Funston has a reliable remedy
for that kind of spring fever.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

A barber, after scraping away in.
dustriously for few moments, made
the usual inquiry
Razor all right, SIR"
"My good man, if you hadn't men.
toned it I should never have known
there was razor on my face
The barber beamed.
Thank you, SIR he said.
"No," added the customer re1ec.
lively, 81 should have thought you
were using file"
Representative alfalfa Bill Muir.
ray of Oklahoma, in speech in the
house, RECALLED members with an In,
dams estimate of the prowess Of a
Texas ranger.
'In the early seventies and eigh.
ties" said Mr.. Murray, when the
Comanche Indians swooped down on
Texas and robbed, scalped and muir.
dered people, the Texas rangers
promptly ran them out After peace
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

Lots of men know good thing the
minute the other fellow sees it first
Puck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

was restored an Indian went to the
Indian agent at Anadarko, and said:
I'll want rifle
"The agent said to him: You can't
have it. You might shoot a soldier
with it,
THE Indian replied: No. do not
want to shoot soldier. We kill sol
der with stick l want rife to shoot
Texas ranger with.
At the Lambs club one night a
player whose conceit is in inverse
ratio to his ability was complaining to
William Collier that by reason OF the
curious hostility of the critics he was
unable to obtain lucrative engage
ment.
"What do they say" asked Collier.
That's just it-they don't say any
thing about me. I tell you there Is a
conspiracy of silence against me-
What would you dog
Join it," advised Collier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
In !, Double Sense.

I'VE want your little girl to take
part in patriotic spectacle. The chill
dren will dresse in red. white and blue,
and form a human United States flag"
Can my child take leading part"
Sure: she can be one of the stars"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

It were better never to start task
than to leave it half finished
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

Favor Appreciated.
A patronizing young lord was seated
opposite famous scientist at dinner
one evening not long ago. During iui.
in the conversation, he adjusted MS
monocle, and leaned toward the schol-
ar. So,
CAV, v know, Mr.. Jones' he drawl-
ed, II passed your house this mawn'
Ing" .,.,
THANK you," said Jones, quietly.
THANK you very much
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
Press Comment

Kansas City Journal: 1t is true that
we have the Mexican problem, the boil
weevil and the l. w. w. in this country
but our condition might be worse. We
might have the militant suffragettes
Cedar Rapids Republican: The Viii
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12
Gimme some fried oysters instead"
Zone fried oyster!' bawled the wait

Gee whiz, mister, one fried oyster
amt going to be enough. Gimme a
dozen of 'em. Consarn these city eat.
in places!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

In the course of one of his lecture
trips, Mark Twain arrived at small
town. Before dinner he went to a
barber shop to be shaved.
You're Stranger" asked the bar.
Der.
YES Mark Twain replied. "This
is the first time I've been here"
"You chose a good time to come,'
the barber continued. Mark Twain
is going to read and lecture tonight
You'll go, SUPPOSE
"Oh, guess So"
Have you bought your ticket?"
mot yet"
But everything is sold out. You'll
have to stand
How very annoying" Mark
Twain said, with sigh. always have
to stand when that fellow lectures.
"Your voice." said the captous mu.
steal director, "leaves much to be de-
sired"
That's why get so many encores, .
the singer replied.
BE observant, my son." said Viii.
lies father. Cultivate the habit OF
seeing and you will be successful
man."
eyes," added his uncle. Don't 60
through the world blindly. Learn to
use your eyes,"
Little boys who are observing
know great deal more than those
who are not his aunt put in.
Willie took this advice to heart.
Next day he informed his mother
that he had been observing things.
"Uncles got bottle of whiskey
hidden in his trunk" he said Aunt
James got an extra set of teeth in
her drawer and fathers got pack
of cards behind the books in his desk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

Iowa City Republican: Governor
Clarke says that capital extension
costs so little that the people will new
er miss the money, or words to tina,
effect. But the tax in ten years woult
pay for $4,000 cement bridge in each
county In Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-12

son bankers will not capture the votes
of the western farmers by making
loans easier What the western far
mers want are the continuance Of
prices that will enable them to pay of
what loans they have out.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

noble house | was marrying into. |
remember they said my back hair
shone with a blue luster against the
sparkling gem, and l dare say l
looked gay on the outside anyway.
At last | heard fiuttering of silk
outside my room, and running
stream of chatter going down the
stairs, followed by the banging of
carriage doors. and then my fathers
deep voice, saying:
Bride reaoy: Good. Time to go,
guess"
He alone had made no effort to
dress himself up, for he was still
wearing his everyday serge and his
usual heavy boots. There was not
even flower in his button hole.
We did not speak very much on
our way to church, but | found a
certain comfort in his big warm pres
ence as we sat together in the car
riage with the windows shut, for the
rising storm was beginning TO fright
en- me
TT will be nothing" said my
father. Just puff of wind and a
slant of rain maybe"
The little church was thronged with
people. Even the galleries were full
of the children from the vIIiase
school. There was a twittering over
head like that of young birds in q
tree, and as l walked up the nave on
my fathers arm l could not help but
hear over the sound of the organ the
whispered words of the people in the
pews on either side of us.
Dear heart alive, the straight like
her mother she is, bless her."
Goodness yes. it's the poor mis-
fortunate mother come to life again.
Deed, but the daughters in luck
though"
Lord Raa was waiting for nc bv
the communion rail He looked yet
more nervous than in the norm
and. though he was trying to bear
himself with his usual composure,
there was Tor l though there was)
a certain expression of fear in his
face which had never seen before.
His friend and witness Mr.. East
cliff, wearing a carnation in his but
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

TIME man who said, Poets are
born, not made" was ignorant
of the possibilities of Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary. Anyone with
little ink and a collection of such
words as heart, dart, part; love, dove;
bliss, kiss; sad, lad; burst, cursed,
etc, has only to use his brain and he
may produce poems that will make
the rhymes of Tennyson, Longfelow,
gan seem as full az life as a smoked
herring in comparison.
With a collection of such words,
Daysey Mayme Appleton felt that she
had the ingredients that would put a
laurel leaf on her brow, and bring a
certain laggard in love on his knees
to her feet. She would write him
valentine poem. She would begin m
heroic measure with mis- arrival at the
city's gates.
A search through the dictionary ana
much sweating Of ner brow resulted
in the following:
When my lover, with eyes so dark
and brown,
Comes gayly dancing into town"
She read it over and over again ana
decided it was good (All poets are
addicted to this habit)
Fifteen minutes later, while delib-
Grating between putting him on a
prancing steed, which rhymes so me-
| lodiously with speed and heed and
plead, or giving him the front seat
| in an automobile a word that has
driven countless poets off the field,
she remembered in a panic that her
lovers eyes were not brown, but blue!
She began again:
When 1 gaze in your eyes, SO deep
Like limpid pools of tender dew"
She wasn't quite sure if limpid was
the word she wanted; it sounded so
much like limpet it might make trou-
\ BILE. She would leave out his eyes:
after all, all men had them and she
never saw a pair like those in the
books, anyway. She would begin with
his lips
In all poems the honey bee sips the
lips, but somehow, applied to man.
1t seemed little effeminate; no man
| would like the suggestion that he
went around with a swarm of bees
at shis mouth. 1t wasn't sanitary and
denoted shiftlessness. Her favorite
hero in the books had a mouth that
was mobile, and she didn't know ex-
actly what the word meant, anyway,
and couldn't rhyme it with eel or reel
or peel
Discouraged she went from his lips
to his heart and after many struggles
with comparisons with a sugar tart
which vas not dignlhed: and sugges-
tons that they part which would
never do; and efforts to pierce with
Cupids dart; or use art, or wounded
hart or cart, or perhaps mart, all
failed to give the dash and swing to
her song that she had hoped for.
1t was with a sigh that she closed
her dictionary and cast her efforts
into the waste paper basket. Love,
she sighed, sis 80 strenuousi 1t must
have been much easier to catch the n
in the days of the Cave Woman