Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-28

port two telephone systems the loud
pedal has certainly not been utilized
in its exploitation.
Hannibal Courier Post: General
Villa having given the moving picture
men plenty of time to get adjusted, Is
now ready for the battle Of Torreon.
He must now furnish good show
Burlington Gazette: Hooray! The
cigarette has accomplished something
good at last. An American prisoner III
a Juarez Jail wrote message to his
friends on cigarette paper.
Des Mcines Capital: A lot of Huer.
ta's soldiers have deserted and are
looking for employment in American
cites. If they work as poorly as they
fought, they won't ornament an
American pay roll very long.
Muscatine Journal: Let's add to
the present clean up campaign wee
bit of a paint up movement. Even II
Muscatine were scrupulously cleaned,
there are few edges that would look
trifle weather worn
Waterloo Courier: Doubtless the
climate in California is delightful at
present, but the Californians haven't
much time to tell about it. They are
too busy caring for the thousands Of
unemployed who are basking in the
perpetual sunshine.
Brooklyn Eagle: Former Attorney
General Wickersham says the trusts
a4e in actual dissolution. He believes
competition will be restored in big
business. Out of all this agitation and
consequent depression, he says, the
people must learn patience. That is a
hard thing to learn If the pay stops
during the lessons.
Charles City Press: Congressman
Volmer's maiden speech in congress
arraigned 'the Jeremiahs Of Calam-
ity." How strange that seems COM
ing from a democrat who during all
the years Of republican prosperity
wept tears of anguish over the future
of the country. 1t is burlesque upon
the record of his own party.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: The true
test of craftsmanship is whether or
not hunter will knowingly violate a
game law. The law was enacted for
the purpose of protecting the birds in
their mating season and thus prevent
their determination. Every true sports
man should assist in this protection.
Certainly none should attempt to take
advantage of any technically to vio-
late the federal law. If they do, they
should be arrested and should be
fined
Muscatine Journal: The reinstate.
ment of Consul Frank w. Mahin form
erly of Muscatine, after he had been
ousted from the service of the Unltei
States on charges later proven to
have been without foundation, is more
in harmony with the principles origin:
ally announced as those of the Wilson
administration than some other re-
cent occurrences have been.
Britt Tribune: Iowa is considered
to be the best state in the union for
the tramp in the summer season. He
can always find q handout most any
where when trying to get to his
DTOC0GT
hack to his brothers farm in Indiana,
but it beats all how long it takes to
get across Iowa and also what a
crooked route they take to cross the
state. ...
Muscatine Journal: Noting that
Paris is making heroine out or the
woman who shot down defenseless
man. the Burlington Gazette declares
that the woman's place is in an In
sane asylum. Personally we believe
the people belonging In an insane asy'
lum are those who make heroine
out of a murderess. /
Burlington Gazette: Doc COOK mas
sued a Chicago actor for libel, the
tbesnian having expressed doubt as
to the docs attainment of the summit
of Mt. Mckinley. Doc will certainly
be busy little explorer If he finds
out and sues every one who has eX
pressed similar belief.
Iowa City Republican: 1t is an.
that Congressman Prouty will
he candidate for nomination as
C2nOlOdLe III oupi OAiAS J"No~'
candidacy cannot but attract atten-
ton. It has been many years since
Iowa people have had the privilege OF
voting for man of his ability and
general fitness for the supreme court.
Iowa City Citizen: Congressman
Vollmer, in his maiden speech before
the house last week, used familiar f1g-
ures to show that the price OF corn
is higher now than it was a year ago,
under a republican administration and
a republican tariff law.
But he also used the familiar meth
cd of lodging the fact that the last
years corn crop was about twothirds
as large as that Of the year before,
and the price should be corresponding
ly larger.
what the protective tariff does for
farm products is to exert steady
ing influence. In case of short crop
It distributes the loss so that the FAR
mer does not bear all of 1t.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
president took his daughter and his
con-in-1aW Secretary Nc