Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-31

III ten IlCulUS,
Fairfield Ledger: The average tax
on farm lands in Jefferson county Is
about a dollare an acre. In a neigh
boring county in Illinois it Is fifty cents
an acre. Is there any good reason
why taxes in this state should double
what they are in Illinois?
Washington Democrat: The appoint
ment of N. +. Reed as United States
marshal IS so much more pleasure
to his friends, because miserable
fight was made on him which was in
every way uncalled for, unfair, untruth-
ful and disgraceful.
Springfield News: 1t is little diff.
cult to grasp the situation as it exists
over in Ireland between the Ulserites
and their opponents. but it seems that
the former have declared that they
propose to be ruled by the British
parliament even if they have to fight
the kings soldiers to secure that privi-
lege.
Britt Tribune: The whole question
of sex teaching for the protection OF
girls is a fad gone to seed in the brain
pans of lot of faddsts Our grand
mothers for the past thousand years
knew as much as our grandfathers and
sometimes darned sight more.
Sioux City Tribune: However. the
watchful waiting policy should not be
applied to courtship. Someone else
is likely to carry off the girl while you
are watching and waiting.
Hannibal Courier Post: It doesn't
pay to refer too ostentatiously to the
income tax you have just paid. 1t
arouses too bright hopes in the minds
of those passing subscription papers.
Dubuque TeIegraph-Herald: The
state supreme court has decided that
cousins cannot marry in Iowa and can
Judgment in line with reason and ply
siology.
Des Moines Capital: Des Moines
would like a city council If possible
partment financial shortages per sea-
son. That would be the aim of a prl-
vate business establishment, don't
you know.
Waterloo Courier: One Of the great
est obstacles in the way of efficient
government in the United
States is the difficulty the voter finds
in learning exactly where the blame
belongs. The average Official Of the
average American city is not above
passing the buck" when any of his
official acts are subject Of criticism.
Sigourney Review: Senator Spauld-
ing in letter to the What Cheer Pat
riot says in substance he is glad he
voted for the capitol extension grab.
Well bet new hat that the senator
will not be a candidate for reelection.
Muscatine Journal: Clean up your
own back yards, your own alley ways,
and then see to 1t that your neighbor
cleans up his. Example will do much;
contrast and pride will do more; moral
suasion can help on the good work, and
if all three fail, he isn't good neigh
Dor, anyhow, and there remains to be
called upon the aid of the city authori-
ties and the ordinances made and pro-
vided to be enforced thereby.
Rapids City Journal: Possibly the
decision of United States govern
ment department to the effect that
some aeroplanes are motorboats Is due
to the common knowledge that the for
mer sail through the air while the lat
ter very frequently fly through the wat
err. But how is the motorcycle to be
classified?
Marshalltown Times Republican,:
Speaking of the high cost of living
ask your grandmother what she Eaid
for a calico dress just after the civil
war. When you buy a fine piece Of
goods today at today's prices 1t is we'll
to remember that ten yards of calico
cost from IS to So for the mere ma
terial then. And while we are about
it we might compare wages. Look up
a. few of these things and feel better.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Ottumwa has
voted for free text books in the schools
and Oskaloosa has voted against free
a verv great difference after all. The
people pay for the books just the same.
If they do not have free text books,
they pay for them out of their own
pockets. If the text books are sup
posed to be free the taxpayers pay for
them when they call at the court house
to pay their taxes. Perhaps the better
way would be to have no free text
books but to have much smaller list
of text books than are in use now,
and, perhaps to have cheaper text
books. There was talk years ago of
the state printing the school books to
be used in the schools of the state.
They could be furnished at cost and
there ought to be quite a saving in
this method.