Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-02
But powder is scarce in his territory
and the supply must be conserved

But powder is scarce in his territory
and the supply must be conserved.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: lowa's popu.
lation may not be increasing, but her
land values are. Which demonstrates
that numbers are not essential to pros,
perity. The slums of New York City
have great population.
Keokuk Gate City: According to
Wilson the elimination of Huerta from
the Mexican situation Is imperative.
According to Huerta his recognition as
president of the Republic of Mexico
is necessary. Looks like there Is little
chance to get mediation out OF such
a proposition. There is one way out
of flight it out.
Clinton Advertiser: Congress is on
the point of investigating certain OF
the many commissions it has appoint
ed. This is the result OF the startling
announcement by the vocational edu.
cation commission that 1t will finish
it's work by June I, and turn back at
least one-half the money appropriated
for it.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: In our zeal
to swat the fly we have overlooked the
ant pest. Harrassed housewives re-
port early arrivals of this nuisance.
Waterloo Courier: If we eat crow
for Huerta we shall have to make
preparations to defend the Rio Grande
border and such desirable ports as
New York and Philadelphia. Surely
the ambitious Mexicans need not fight
among themselves when such molly
coddle nation at their Threshold waits
to be walked on rather than to resist
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The house
wife cannot see much sense In warning
with Mexico when the old-time enemy.
dirt, is to be subdued. It's no watch
full waiting policy with her, and the
housekeeping campaign Is IN full
blast. And some men are inclined to
include this regular spring uprising
in the same category with General
Sherman's definition of war.
Des Moines Capital: After the Next
can natives have been civilized 1t will
be just like progressive Americans to
discover how to do something useful
with the Mexican cactus-plant.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The blame
for the present styles in women's dress
was laid on the Balkan war, when they
first appeared. 1t will be interesting
to watch the effect the Mexican war
will have.
Kansas City Journal: Nobody doubts
the genuineness Of Mr.. Bryans sorrow.
With the country engaged in war, the
secretary of state cannot leave his
post to deliver chautauQua lectures.
Chicago Record Herald: New York
papers are making much of the fact
that W. X. Vanderbilt recently made
a trip across tn ) Atlantic without be-
ing attended by his valet. Not all the
heroes are enlisted in the war with
Huerta.
Clinton Herald: Senator Fall of New
Mexico offers to resign and go to the
front. 1t wouldn't do any harm to &C.
cept the offer Senator Fall would
then have chance to supervise per-
sonally the guarding Of his properties
in Mexico, and he has been so anxious
for war that he ought to get taste
of it.
Marion Register: There are mil
lions of patriotic democrats in the
country who would not Intentionally
do anything to cripple American in
dustries, but the same cannot be said
of the leaders of the party. They
favor policies which are fatal to these
industries The SHINING is theirs.
Oskaloosa Herald: Peace has its
! bloodshed as we'll as war. Four blue
Jackets were killed and twenty wound
ed in the seizure and occupation of
Vera Cruz Forty-five killed and twen-
ty-eight wounded in a fight between
strikers and guards in the mines at
Colorado. Whittier are we drifting?
Iowa City Citizen: An effort Is to
be made to secure enough sweet corn
acreage among the farmers within a
, few miles of Iowa City to furnish the
necessary material to permit the Iowa
City Canning factory to run this year.
There has been some reluctancej on
the part of farmers to sign contracts,
for various reasons, but principally be-
cause the factory is new proposition
and the methods of handling corn have
! not yet been worked out to fit in close
i ly with other farm work.