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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

know how fat Chesterton IL - fatter
than Mr.. Taft. Well, I'll tell you 4
story about that.
"A London litterateur has little
son who sucks his thumb. The littera-
teur said to him one day:
Now. you must stop sucking your
thumb. II you don't you'll swell up
like a balloon and burst. Mind what l
say!'
The urchin was much impressed
He promised to do his best to break
himself of his bad habit
well, it happened that Chesterton
dined at the litterateur's that evening.
With the dessert the little chap came
in. He looked at Chesterton and stared.
He turned pale. Then he sided up to
the mountainous writer and said in a
compassionate and yet reproachful
voice:
"'You suck your thumb. don't
your" Y
A negro died without medical at
tendance and the coroner went to in
vestigate.
did Samuel Williams live here?"
he asked the weeping woman who
answered the do"r.
"Yessah," she replied between
sobs
"May l see the remains?' asked
the coroner.
81 is de remains she answered
proudly
Her Hand or a Hand Organ.
Heiress-The count ia most ar
dent lover
Married Friend-My dear, be care
full. A man can put considerable
into his wooing when it's case Of
marriage or work
Judge - Describe what passed be-
tween you in the quarrel with your
wife.
Man on Stand The plates were
+! regular dinner size, your honor, and
the teapot had a broken spout.
Caught on Washington Street.
Mrs. A. Injecting friend) Why,
Alice, how you are rushing! What's
up?
Mrs. B. - I promised to meet my
husband at 1 o'clock.
Mrs. A.--Well, it's only half past.
What's the need Of hurrying SO?
One afternoon an esteemed citizen
went into a barber shop to have his
briars reaped. but no sooner had he
taken seat in one of the chairs than
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

one million less than that OF Cali
fornia.
The Iowa booster does not have to
talk about irrigated land because he
can talk about land that does not
have to be irrigated. Furthermore, 1t
Is now known that even the irrigated
fruit lands of the west and northwest
become exhausted after three to TWEEN
ty-ive years working.
Iowa Is the real place to live.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

John F. Jelke of Chicago, and the
oleomargarine manufacturing company
which bears his name, have been made
defendants In two government civil
suits to recover $500, 900 In back taxes
with interest on oleomargarine.
Jelke recently was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment for defrauding the
government out of ten per cent tax on
imitation butter and much evidence ad-
duced in this case will be used In the
civil action.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

Consul John X. Baxter writes that
while various native soft drinks known
generally as "frescos" are in demand
at Maracaibo, the American soda foun-
tain has not been introduced in that
part of Venezuela. High import duties
and the excessive cost of ice Isl per
100 pounds, wholesale) are the chief
obstacles to be overcome
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

When reading the news from Mexico
don't forget that you are enlisted In a
little war right here at home. The
fly Is the enemy and the war must be
to q finish.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

There are seven spruces in the
United States. Four are confined to
the west, two to the east, while one,
white spruce, has continent-vide dis
tribution.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

A solar physics laboratory Is to be
erected in New Zealand, at Nelson.
The site will probably be on q summit
known as the Fringe. which has an
elevation of $500 feet above seal level.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: A great
many people who advocate war with
Mexico, bow in humble submission be
for the crops of dandelions which
bloom In their front yard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14
Press Comment

Des Moines Capital: Clean your
yard-back as well as front. If clean
illness Is next to goodness, uncleanli-
ness must be next to devilishness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

!
of it until Funston landed at Vera
Cruz and then her minister to Mexico
fastened to advise Huerta 1t was time
for him to go. Experience Is the
wisest counsellor.
| Clinton Advertiser: Edison is still
hard at work trying to produce sat
isfactory talking moving picture. The
trasted with the crude and sometimes
is in 1t silence.
Carroll Herald: Poor Colorado. 1t
is the worst politician ridden state in
the union. No matter what party
dominates the state Is exploited for
the winning politicians. Its civil war
| is disgrace to the state and union.
More lives have been lost than were
sacrificed In taking the Mexican ports.
Rapids City Gazette: 1t is mention
ed as an item Of passing interest that
the democrats, since coming into pow
er at Washington, have appointed over
! 5000 fourth class postmasters. What
the United States is really interested
! in knowing, however, Is whether these
are proving to be first class postmas-
| tiers.
Creston Acknowledgements: In spite
of the fact that e. T. Meredith Is hav-
ting some trouble proving that he is
democrat the probability is that he
will be nominated for United States
senator in the democratic primary. He
has the money to perfect good organ
ization in short time and he Is will
| Ing to spend it.
Clinton Herald: The United Mine
Workers of America say they have
gone too far in Colorado to turn back
! now. That is the trouble with both
sides. They have gone too far, and
are too set in their hatreds to listen
to reason The best time to settle
labor trouble is when it starts, and
why should it be impossible to do so?
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Let's put it down as principle: no
city can afford bad road leading i'm
mediately up to it's market. It's the
greatest waste of all. It's wasting OPP
portunity.
Burlington Gazette: II nothing stops
the advance of General Villa in the
direction of the city Of Mexico, there
will be some mediators out of Job
in a short time.
Kansas City Journal: The cover
nor of Colorado is so distressed over
!, the mining troubles and bloodshed
in his state that he is said to look pitt.
fully haggard and i'll. No wonder he
was glad to turn over the responsible
ity to the government and the regular
army Official dignity and power are
fine, but official responsibility Is some.
times worse than humble obscurity.
Davenport Times: If Judge Lee as
a candidate doesn't observe the plain
letter Of the constitution that judge
shall not be a candidate for any office
except that of justice of the supreme
court during the term for which he
was elected. what would he do if he
should happen to be elected governor
of Iowa? Judge Lee seems to have
failed to think about that angle Of the
argument.
Burlington Gazette One paper
speaks truly in saying that when .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14
~ 1 n n e r
S tor l. e s.

Gilbert X. Chesterton has written
a successful play" said q member of
the Players club of New York. you
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

Sioux City Tribune: Spain kept on
of it until Funston landed at Ver'
Cruz and then her minister to Mexic'
fastened to advise Huerta 1t was tim
for him to go. Experience is tn
wisest counsellor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

One afternoon an esteemed citizen
went into barber shop to have his
briars reaped. but no sooner had he
taken seat in one of the chairs than
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

Clinton Advertiser: Edison Is still
hard at work trying to produce sat
isfactory talking moving picture. The
charm of the moving picture as con
trasted with the crude and sometimes
profane diction of some recent drama
is in 1t silence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-14

Burlington Gazette: One paper
speaks truly in saying that when .
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
NORTHWEST GETS CORN PRIZES
Montana, Washington and Idaho Grow
ers Win in Exposition Held
at Dallas.


Washington. Montana and Idaho
have captured all prizes offered on
corn from the western zone at the
sixth National Corn exposition, being
held at Dallas, Texas. The exhibit
of F. A. Clopsadale of Sunnyside, Wn.,
captured first honors for Washington
on yellow corn exhibited from the
western zone, which includes Wash
ington. Oregon, Idaho. California,
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico Montana,
Colorado and Wyoming.
F. A. Zimmerman of Payette, Idaho,
won the sweepstakes on corn from
Idaho district as well as the first prize
for white corn exhibited, while Alex
Wilson Of Meridian Idaho, has been
awarded the first prize for flint corn
from the western zone.
Max Hinrichs, residing about nine
miles southwest of Pullman, Wash,
won the worlds championship in al
falfa seed.
Montana exhibits captured one first
and three third prizes in the awards
for farming products.
The worlds champion prize on sheaf
wheat went to F. C. Sumner of Clyde
Park, Mont This same exhibitor also
won first sheaf flax sweepstakes, west
ern zone wheat and also sweepstakes
on sheaf oats, worlds grand champion
prize on sheaf of oats, first on orchard
grass, first on bronze grass.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
ON PACIFIC COAST

Sweeping reductions will be made in
express rates in Oregon on March l.
At Hermosa Beach, Cal, Monday DR..
E. Brooks Alexander, a young physi-
clan Of Los Angeles, was drowned
Several bills appropriating for i'm
proved lighthouse service at Point
Vincente, Cal, Goat Island lighthouse
deport near San Francisco, Santa Bar.
bara and Santa Cruz, passed the SEN
ate.
In the sight of several millionaries
who were playing golf nearby Harold
Donaldson, II years old, was drowned
In a lake near Pasadena, Cal. A raft
upon which he and three other boys
were riding capsized.
Found guilty of conspiring with
others to defraud the public in can
vassing persons in South Vancouver,
B. c., to join, by Misrepresentation.
the American Masonic Federation,
James B. Gateman was fined 5000 by
Judge McInnes. Tomas Houston,
charged with similar offense. was
acquitted.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
y. 8. SENATOR BACON Is DEAL
Blood ciot In the Heart Causes HI,
Sudden Death.

Washington - Augustus Octavius
Bacon, United States senator from
Georgia for nearly 10 years and chair
man Of the foreign relations commit.
tee since the ascendency of the demo-
cratic party March 4. 1918. died in a
hospital here Saturday, after an Ill.
ness of 10 days. He was the first
United States senator elected by the
direct vote Of the people under the
seventeenth constitutional amendment.
Though Senator Bacon had been Sc
riously Ill with kidney trouble and
complications developing from bro
ken rib. his death was unexpected.
The immediate cause of the sena-
tors death was diagnosed as blood
clot in his heart.
Senator Bacon was born In Bryan
county Georgia, October 20, 1889, and
for many years made his home In Ma
con. On being graduated from the
University Of Georgia law department
In 1860, he entered the confederate
army and served during the cam
paigns OF 1861 and 1862 as adjutant
OF the Ninth Georgia regiment in the
army of northern Virginia. Subse-
Quently he was commissioned as cap
tain in the provisional army of the
Confederate states, and was assigned
TO general staff duty
After the war Senator Bacon re-
sumed the practice of law, and took
an active part In politics.
A public funeral in the United States
senate chamber was held Tuesday OF
senator Augustus Bacon of Georgia.
The body laid In state in the Georgia
state capitol several hours Wednes-
day before 1t Is taken to Macon for
burial.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
Banks Must Act.

Observation-Disclosures were issued
to national banks by M. G. Elliott, sec
rotary of the reserve bank organiza
ton committee. that, to comply with
the currency act, they must signify
within 60 days of its enactment their
intention to Join the new system. Sew.
eral banks had expressed the belief
that the law allowed them IL months
in which to make known their inten.
lions. Under the law, national banks
which do not SO signify within 60 days
must prepare to liquidate, and are al
lowed - months for this process.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20

Spokane Interstate Fair, September
12 to 20, 1914.

Spokane Interstate Fair, September
IL to 20, 1914.
Spokane dates, at the meeting of the
North Pacific Fair association at Van
couver, B. c.. were set for the inter-
state fair to be held from September
IL to 20. allowing eight days full pro-
gram, and giving the Inland Empire
the longest meeting for number of
years
The Spokane show will start Sat
urday September IL, and close Sunday
night, September 20, giving an addi-
tional Saturday and Sunday over the
dates formerly allowed.
The new date will allow a longer
program Of races and sports.
Dates for other fairs in the north.
west and Canada were fixed as fol.
lows
Calgary, Alberta, June 20 to July g.
Southwest Washington Chehalis
week commencing August g.,
Madison Park, Seattle, week com
mencing August 81.
Vancouver, B. c., September to r.
Vancouver, Wash, September Z tc
~.
Spokane, Wash, September 1920.
Walla Walla, WASH, September IA
to 10.
North Yakima, Wash, Sept. 21-27.
Helena, Mont, September 21-27.
Victoria, B. c., September 21-27.
Nelson, B. c., September 1926.
Salem, Ore, state fair, September
28-October 3.
Boise, Idaho, September 28-Octobel
s.
New Westminster, B. c., September
28-October g.
Salt Lake City. Utah, October 5-12.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
FARM BULLETIN TOPICS
Treatises Are Put Out by WASHING
ton State College Experiment
Gta<inn

1
ton State College Experiment
Station.
Washington State College, Pullman.
A bulletin on Corn Growing in Wash
ington" has been issued by Professor
George Severance Of the experiment
station. 1t discusses the value of corn
as an agricultural crop, methods of
tillage, seed selection, feeding of corn
and general detailed advice on the
problem Of corn raising. The bulletin
Is based upon years of experimental
tion and cooperative work carried on
beween the experiment station and
farmers.
Closely related to this bulletin is
one upon swine by Professor R. C.
Ashby, animal husbandman of the ex-
pertinent station. Another bulletin
treats of "The Peach Twig Borer," by
Professor M. A. Yothers. This bulle-
tin discusses the distribution and
habits of this pest and methods of con-
troll. 1t Is illustrated
The semi-annual tuberculin test for
the college dairy herd was given Sat
urday by DR.. Ristine of the veteri-
nary department and not one of the SIS
cows in the herd showed traces of the
disease.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
SPORTING COLUMN

Il am through with the wrestling
game forever" declares Frank Gotch.
Charley Comiskey. with his wavy,
silvery locks and his beaming smile,
is the idol of Chicagos baseball fans.
Willie Richie, lightweight cham
pion, and Harlem Tommy Murphy will
fight 20 rounds at San Francisco the
night Of Friday. April II.
DR.. G. j. Sweetland, Jr., athletic d.
rector at Willamette university. has
accepted a similar position with Ho-
bart college, at Geneva, N. Y.
The opening games of the open
northwest championship 1872 balk line
billiard tournament will be played
Monday. February %, at Spokane.
Johnny Evers, erstwhile manager
and second baseman of the Chicago
National league baseball club, will play
with the Boston Nationals during the
coming season.
Bud Anderson, weighing las pounds
and minus any intention Of ever again
reaching 1856 pounds, has gone to Cal
ifornia to prepare for the battle with
RED" Watson on February 20.
1.-THE American league has declared
martial law" declares B. B. Johnson.
I'VE will stop at nothing to eliminate
the present management of the Chi
cago National league club from organ
lied baseball.
Willie Richie, lightweight cham
pion, has signed articles for 10-round
match with Ad Wolgast in Milwaukee
March IL. Under the terms of the
agreement Richie will get $4,000,
with the privilege Of 40 per cent Of the
fight receipts.
A. G. Gray. chairman Of the Spokane
county game and fish commission, has
sent out letters to the 80 fish and
game commissioners residing In the
counties of eastern Washington asking
them to attend a convention In Spo-
kane March and 8.
Pitchers McCorry, Smith, Letter and
Gelvin and Outfielder Frank Dasch-
bach, together with an official rep
resentative of the business inter-
ests of the club, will complete the
party that will leave Spokane March
8 for Boyes Springs training camp.
In Portland, the party will be joined by
M. j. Lynch, Joe Altman and Danny
Shea also nv les Baker
Decision to withdraw from the Ma
tional Trotting association and the
American Trotting association was
made by the North Pacific Fairs asso-
citation, who decided to form new
organization to govern racing in the
northwest and to include Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, Al
berta, Saskatchewan and any other
states or provinces that wish to join.
Sports at Hayden Lake, Idaho, dur.
ing 1914 are dated as follows:
Spring golf tourney-May 20, 80 and
81.
Northwest sportsmen's trap shoot
June 16 II and 10.
Annual tennis championship-July
8, 4, and 6.
Midsummer golf tourney-July II. Is
and 10.
Fall golf tourney-August 20, 80 and
81.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
NEWS OFITHE WORLD
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FRESH FROM OUR DAILY
+ NEWSPAPER SERVICE.
GATHERED FROM BOTH CONTINENTS
Happenings National, Historical and
Political and Personal Events
1 Herewith Selected for Our
| Many Readers.

One hundred and ten men were
fined 81 each Saturday in Chicago for
splitting on the sidewalk.
President Wilson's cold is better.
but he was not permitted by DR.. Gray
son to leave the White Hause.
The American minister and Mrs.
Maurice F. Egan gave dinner and
ball at Copenhagen in honor Of the
royal family.
About IS 900 Greek veterans Of the
late Balkan wars are due to arrive in
New York within the next four months,
according to information brought by
the Greek steamer Patras recently.
In harmony with the reforms insti-
tuted by Margaret Daley. the new
matron of the women's section of Au-
burn. N Y. prison, the women con-
victs were allowed recently to hold
q dance.
More than $4,000 above the market
value of the land was paid by the
Chicago board OF education in the pur-
chase Of school sites, according to the
report recently Of appraisers employed
by the investigating committee.
One hundred and fifty students of
the University Of Minnesota were vac
vinated Saturday when it was discov-
cred that Charles w. Landmark, a
sophomore student in the college OF
forestry. was suffering from smallpox.
Two thousand Mexican railroad Ia
borers, their contracts for work hav.
ing expired. are stranded in Kansas
City, Mo. They have refused trans.
portation to- return home because they
do not wish to be drawn into the rev.
olution.
Colonel George w. Goethals Is to be
the first recipient Of medal which
the New York civic forum has found
ed as commentator for public service
we'll done, 1t was announced recently
The medal will be presented to the
canal builder on March 4.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
Old Style, But Good.

Berlin.-In order to counterfeit a
tendency to stoutness which EXPIRES.
ident Taft Is now overcoming the kai-
ser has lately undergone systematic
course of outdoor training" or a
work cure" as it Is called by his doc
tors, who prescribed it. The "cure"
consists of chopping, saving and car
rying wood for from one to three hours
day.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
Wireless Cross to GERMANY.

New York.-Wireless press mes
sages between Germany and the Uni
ted States were exchanged for the first
time early Saturday by means of the
Sayville IL. ID station of the Atlantic
Communication company.
Messages of greeting were sent to
Berlin newspapers the Wolff bureau
Germanys leading news association;
the emperor; James w. Gerard, the
American ambassador. and to the may
or of Berlin.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
Money Machine Co. Moves.

In accordance with a ruling of the
state circuit court against an injunc-
ton to restrain themA the Information
al Money Machine company at Port
land, Ore, is moving to Indianap-
oils the property it recently purchased
from the United States Cashier COM
pany.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
FORTHEJOBLESS.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE
UP QUESTION OF UNEMPLOYED
IN REGULAR WINTER LULL.
CAUSE TO Be INVESTIGATED BY SAN
Territory From Boston to Kansas City
to Be Looked Into-Committee to
Make Study Of Labor Agencies,
Public and Private.

Washington.-To find work for the
unemployed thousands in the nations
largest cities and industrial centers,
the federal commission on industrial
relations has inaugurated an investi-
cation to extend from Boston to Kan
sas City. Attention first will be given
to public and private employment
agencies to bring out to what extent
the trouble is due to their lack Of or
ganization and inefficiency. Four in
vestigators have been assigned to UNI
dertake this task and report within
six weeks.
The commission, 1t Is announced, re-
CARDS the unemployment problem as
permanent one, because the present
conditions In the labor field virtually
are the same as exist every year at
this season, and 1t is proposed, there
fore, to gather material for the prep
aration Of legislation by congress to
establish a federal employment bureau
to serve as clearing house for public
and private agencies and to direct the
movement Of migratory workers.
Where Thousands Suffer.
Stories of suffering, particularly in
New York city, where 100000 men and
women, many of them with children
dependent upon them, are reported
out of employment, stirred the COM
mission to action.
Hundreds of thousands of men
anxious to work are either out Of EN-.
ployment or without assurance that
their jobs will continue another week
or another day." Chairman Frank P.
Walsh said Sunday.
Poorly nourished and thinly clad,
these men assemble each morning for
inspection and then many drift away
to the cheap saloons or cheap lodging
houses to wait for another chance.
"None can see this spectacle with
out realizing that here is something
society can not afford to tolerate. An
employer never thinks of laying off
his bookkeeper or clerk after employ
ing him three or four hours in a day
or three or four days in week. The
problem Of continued employment for
laborers must be solved If we are to
check the increase in our great army
Of homeless men.
1T nothing else will avail it may be
necessary to provide employment in
surance."
Remedy Suggested.
Federal employment agencies doing
an interstate business are urged upon
the commission by E. w. Carpenter,
manager of the National Employment
exchange in New York city. This
bureau was organized by some of the
largest employers of labor in the me-
tropolis to serve as a model, and the
assertion Is made that the evils from
which migratory workers suffer at
the hands of other agencies have been
eliminated in it's operation.
Casual employment, the great cause
for the demand for bread lines, will
be attacked by the commission, and
cooperation in the effort to eliminate
this evil will be urged upon all en-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
Visit Mexican REFUGEES.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Hundreds Of visi-
tors went Sunday to Fort Bliss to view
the prison camp where General Hugh
L. Scott is caring for more than 5000
Mexican men, women and children,
who fled after the federals were de-
feated at Ojinaga a month ago.