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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

left Monday for Wyoming where they
will take claim.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Breese,
Tuesday mornin, a son.
Mrs. Rosie Barker of Abba and Mrs.
Tunice Tyssling and Mrs. Hammond Of
Knoxville were entertained by Mrs.
C. S. Barker at a 6 O'clock dinner last
Saturday evening.
Miss Ethel Deskin left Monday for a
few days visit in Dallas Center.
The Silver Cross Circle of Kings
Daughters met with Mrs. Senie Clark
son last Thursday afternoon. They
meet again in two weeks at the home
Of Mrs. Jenkins.
Mrs. Homer Wofter of Abba was Wis
iting her Saturday.
The Ladies Aid society of the Con-
gregational church met with Mrs. G. S.
Barker on Tuesday evening.
Miss Burgess of Abba was visiting
in Hiteman Tuesday.
/ There will be basket ball game
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
MOVED 10000 CUBIC
YARDS OF DIRT

Charlton, Dec. 9. - With the fine
weather Of >the past month work on
Chariton's new reservoir and water
system has progressed rapidly. The
been nearly completed, and the cree
ton of the filtering plant and pump
house has been commenced. The con-
struction of the dam and concrete core
wall has assumed proportions and the
dirt for the dam has nearly all been
moved. This dirt is being put in the
dam in ten inch layers and is being
packed and rolled by traction engines
so that there Is no danger of it settling
in the future The huge elevating
plows are at work and the place pre-
sents a busy and interesting scene. 1t
was necessary to move 10000 cubic
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
COLONEL TAYLOR
WILL GIVE LECTURE
MAN CONNECTED WITH SAFE
TRANSPORTATION BUREAU
TO TALK HERE.

3 4 d
Colonel James L. Taylor Of Chicago
will give lecture at the M: C., A.
assembly room at 8 o'clock Monday,
December Is. Col. Taylor has been
connected with the bureau for the safe
transportation of explosives and other
dangerous articles for several years
and is a very interesting speaker as
we'll as instructive. The Burlington
railroad will have charge Of the meet
ing but other members Of the bureau.
the G. NJ. & st. p; X. & D. and Wa
bash will be represented at this time.
All business men and others interested
and connected with the handling of
explosives, are cordially invited to at
terra
The bureau for the safe transporta-
ton of explosives and other dangerous
articles was organized by the railways
to make inspections and to conduct In
vestigations as to the safest means and
ways of handling dangerous explosives.
Col. Taylor will talk along these lines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
GUARDSMEN WINNERS
j OF PRIZE AT CAMP

Co. G, third regiment, Iowa National
Guard has been awarded third prize in
the camp sanitation contest conduct
ed by the various companies when in
camp the past summer in Des Molnes.
So close was the decision that Major
Surgeon Conklin called two regular
army officers to his aid in awarding
the prizes. The contest covered the
sanitation Of the cook house. kitchen,
bath house, company streets ETC., and
so careful were the men that scrap OF
paper or burnt matches in the company
street were marked against the COM
panies The awards were Of SIS, $40
and SIS. The first was won by Co. M,
the second bv Co. c, and Co. G Of OF
tumwa got the third money. The Cen
.terville company got special mention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Ottumwa where she has been visiting
her sister Miss Bessie Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. McGivery and
daughter Mary have returned from q
trip to Des Moines to visit with Mr.
McGilvey's brother.
After a siege with scarlet fever Miss
Ruth Coffman has returned to school.
Mr. and Mrs w. !. Shields have re-
turned home after visit in Oskaloosa
with their daughter Mrs. Arthur
Chord.
Mrs. Jennie Olive Of Tulsa, OKLA,
has returned home after visit with
his daughter Mrs. H. w. Harding.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
HlTEMAN.

The Hiteman high school basket ball
team played at Lovilia Friday, win
ming by score of ~ to "a.
Quite a number of Hiteman ladies
attended the Degree Of Honor conven-
ton In Abba Thursday afternoon and
evening.
Richard Samuels was an Abba caller
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Watkins have
adopted the three months old baby
daughter of Sam Move who buried
his wife last Sunday.
Evan Morgan and George Marshall
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
ALBA.

\; Mrs. Cora Mcdonald who has been
visiting at the home Of Mrs. Mary
Easter has returned to her home in
Des Moines.
Attorney Fred Huebner has returned
home after business trip in Ottum-
wa
Miss Helda Adams has returned from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
HORTICULTURISTS
ELECT PRESIDENT

Des Moines, Dec. 9--W. B. Chapman
Of Correctionville was elected presi-
dent Of the Iowa State horticultural
society at the closing session of the
convention yesterday afternoon. Other
officers were: Vice president G. G..
Blodgett, Mt. Pleasant; secretary,
Wesley Greene, Des Moines; treasurer
Frank O. Harrington, Williamsburg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
100000 COURT HOUSE.

Sioux City, Dec. 9.-Despite pro
tests Of citizens headed by w. P.
Manly, president of the Security Ma.
tional bank, and Ben Davidson Of the
big department store, against plans
for a 100000 court house, supervis-
ors went ahead with plans for erect
ing the building. Bids will be taken
February Z.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
FINISH MT. AYR PAVING.

Mt. Ayr, Dec. 9.-Mt. Ayrs first
street paving was completed this
week, when contractors finished sew
enteen blocks Of paving.
The paving is only part Of gen.
/ eral program of improvements which
include the waterworks, a $4,000
school house and white way system.
The new $4,000 Baptist church will
be dedicated December IL.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
.BRICKLAYERS LEND
4 AIDsTO NEW CHURCH

The members Of the Bricklayers
union won place in the hearts Of the
Seventh Day Adventists Wednesday
when they sent a delegation Of Masons
to give a days work on the new church
which that denomination is erecting at
Church and Ransom streets. Messrs.
Parker, Quinn. Kephart, Rush and
Parker's tender, Bob Harris, were on
the job all day long and a great deal Of
constructive work was accomplished.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

yards Of dirt for the dam alone, and
this task, which is nearly completed,
constitutes the heaviest part of the
work. The dam is about $50 feet long
and $50 feet wide. The reservoir will
be about a mile and quarter long.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

here between Lovilia and Hitema,s
next Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Enoch Jones is moving his famE
lily into Abba as he is out on the ROAD
all the time.
John Allerson is very sick att th,S
time
Miss Eva Henderson of Abba was an
over Sunday visitor with Miss Myrtle
Longaker.
John Kephart has sold his house and
is moving his family into the dru$
store.
George Ribbing was business calleE
in Abba Tuesday.
Mrs Tom Amsberry Of Hooking wa
an over Sunday visitor at the Eoa#
Davis home. X
Mrs Rachel Crook and Miss AlicN
Jeffreys were Abba visitors Monday
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
A Novel Graft.

In the harbor Of Port Weller, the On.
tario entrance OF the Welland shin
canal, says the Engineering News, the
surveying staff uses a fat bOttOmed
boat that can lift itself clear Of the
water. 1t is a drill boat or sounding
scow, Of catamaran model, built par.
ticularly for the work Of finding the
elevation Of the rock that underlies the
bottom Of the river. In order to have
a steady platform on which to WORK
during rough weather the surveyors
had the scow made with a slot at each
corner, through which a very heaTy
spud or post can be raised or lowered
The lifting mechanism consists Of
wheel on top Of each post, over which
q wire cable passes from the side Of
the scow to an individual engine
When the scow heaves ard sways In
the water too much workmen start the
four engines, and presently the seoE
Is standing firm, with its four stout
legs on the bottom OF the river.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06

An man made machinery runs with
wheels. Yet there Is not a single wheel
IN the human body. And the human
body Is the most perfect piece Of
MECHANISM In the world. II seems
strange that man has developed me-
chanics along all lines but those with
which his own body works. Practically
every motion we make Is performed
by the direct operation Of levers, and
living creatures are the only machines
so built. Almost all these human
levers are OF one kind. that commonly
called the third. There are three kinds
of levers: % that In which the full
crum n between the power and the
weight, or resistance, as In a pair OF
scissors; ca that In which the weight
or resistance Is between the fulcrum
and the power, as In an oar; CD that
In which the power Is between the full
crum and the weight, as IN a pair OF
grass clippers. 1t Is true that each Of
these forms OF levers Is used In me-
chanics, but no great machine has ever
been built on the purely lever prin-
ciple.-New York World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
Makinn cIoth.a Eir.nrnnf.

Apropos Of FIRE prevention a doctor
In New York told how to make clothes
hreproof. They should, he said, he dip
ped In solution Of ammonium phos-
phate, one pound TO a gallon OF cold
water. Ammonium phosphate costs
only % cents a pound, he said. The
doctor took an eight inch strip OF ordi-
nary cotton gauze, equivalent to the
material In the Indian and cowboy suits
50 popular among children. and ignit-
ed IT. II was wholly consumed within
four seconds. Then he took a similar
strip, dipped It In the ammonium phos-
phate solution, dried It with an electric
fan and held 1t In a fame for thirty
seconds, but 1t did not burn
Families should get this solution,
keep It In their houses and dip the
whole family washing In It." said the
doctor. at would cost about Is cents
a week for an entire fa-aily."-New
York World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
ON NAV 10 san . Horaa.


During the Peninsular~ war, when
the British ermy was in front Of the
enemy, Colonel Mellish appeared
mounted upon a wretched steed, which
provoked the deriston Of his fellow
omcers.
ct isn't worth s5," one Of them re-
marked.
'TH bet you ESQ get over E40 for
him." said the colonel
sDoneF' exclaimed the other.
The harebrained colonel Immediately
rode on In the direction Of the enemy,
who, OF course, fired upon him. Moth
ing daunted, the colonel continued to
advance until his horse was killed
under him, when he hastily freed him
self and returned TO the British lines,
where he promptly claimed the wager.
The money was handed over to him
by the other unlueky of1cer, for the
government then allowed a sum Of f45
for every officers horse killed in &C
ti0n.-LondOn Globe
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
Ordinary Ventilation.

Authorities compute that each adult
person IN a room requires at least
thirty cubic feet Of fresh air per min
ute to maintain q fair standard OF
purity; hence the air changes required
per hour primarily depend upon the
number Of workmen In the shop, to
gether with Its cubical contents. II
the rooms are large and the workmen
few the necessary air changes per
hour are lessened, 50 that this figure
depends for its determination upon
local conditions. J. Bye1 Holbrook
allows Zone change OF air per hour
for the average type Of city building"
increasing this allowance for corridors
and first floors. Other engineers desig-
nate variously from q fraction Of one
change 20 as high as three changes per
hour for different sets Of conditions
D. n Myers in Engineering Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06


It Is wen known that Gagged chat
nnches are celebrated for their eager
ness to compete with one another Ia
singing. They deliver their songs al
ternately until one is exhausted and
unable to take up his turn. So excit-
ed DO the birds become that It occa-
sionaIly happens that one Of the COM
petitors drops down dead. The origf
mating and directive causes Of the par
ticular song Of different kinds OF birds
a not understood But It Is establish
ed that they have a great gift Of imi-
tAtion. Parrots, piping crows, ravens
and other such birds are familiar In
stances, while little birds such as bull
anches can be trained 20 whistle the
melodies which human beings have In
vented Even the house sparrow,
which, though allied TO singing hnches,
never sings when In natural conditions,
has been converted into a songstef by
bringing It up In company with piping
bullAnches.-London Express
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
Ancient HaIharda.

HaIbard Is the arms caEry'd by the
ssEJeants Of foot and Dragons; the
head Of the haIbard ought to be q foot
or fifteen inches long; one end ought
to be hollow to receive the stan, but
the other broad, ribb'd In the middle,
edgd on both sides and drawing to a
point, like the point Of a two edged
sword. On one side OF the head Is
likewise fixed a piece IN form Of half
moon or star, and on the other q
broad point OF four inches long, crook
cd a little, which Is very commodiOus
for drawing fascines, gabions or what
ever obstacle happen In the way. The
star Of the haIbard Is about i've feet
long and an inch and half In diameter,
made Of ash or other hard wood Hal
bards are very useful In determining
the ground betwixt the ranks, and for
dressing the ranks and files Of a bat
talon. and likewise for chastising the
soldies.-Gentleman's Directory, 1705.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
J,pan,, Hok,v Pok.y Men.

japanese Children are amused by the
rice jelly molder, or amezaikuya, as
American children are by the hockey
pokey fee cream itinerant. Beating q
drum, he goes up and down city streets
with a small box on his bamboo pole
or on a small cart, paper dags OF va
rious cOlors decorating his outfit. Anne
Is a kind OF jelly made from rice, OF
which all japanese children are ex-
tremely fond. The anne seller stops
when the children gather round him,
and he amuses them by molding all
kinds Of shapes, from a fish TO a bird,
which he sticks on a piece Of bamboo
and sells to his audience for q mere
nothing. He can blow up the anne like
a glass blower, making a globe cor a
large sized animal or flsh, as he wills,
and each child chooses the object he
most fancies. Each object created Is
painted with a vegetable coloring In
Iifelike colors, and with each purchase
he gives away a paper Dag. he Is a
picturesque feature at all temple fes-
tivals.-BuIletin OF japan Society.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06

It is a sad day IN an Arab hons
when a girl Is born. TIE musicians
who have come to the house with their
drums, their shepherds pipes and AL
their strange musical instruments
burst into Wild wailing II the door Is
seen 70 open slowly and head shake
silently and sadly and then withdraw
behind the closed door. All the rare
food which has been prepared In the
hopes that the new arrival Is a boy Is
put away and the wailing guests turn
ed from the house. For why, they say,
should one feast and have music when
another superauous woman has been
brought into the worid3 Though hu-
man nature Is what It Is, the little
girl is not wholly unloved She Is
given some pretty name, such as, trans
lated, would be star" or dawn" or
pretty" or pleasant" When q boy
"a born the rejoicing, on the contrary,
Is hilarious In the extreme. Welcomes
are chanted by stringed instruments,
the praises Of the family are sung. and
q forecast Of the great deeds to be done
by the son are reeited-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
Gift of the Gods

A meat packers wagon ratified or.
the cobblestOnes down First ayonna
Overhead rOared an elevated train ,1I
In the sunshine on the curb sat A..
boys shooting craps.
Suddenly one Of them darted ont int,
the street, swung himself I'D on tbo
passing wagon, seized a ham AMI
jumped on-into the arms Of a awbit.
wing"
This agent Of the city, after apuno
priating the ham, gave the boy yigor
Gus shaking and flung him towari ina
sidewalk.
Immediately all five boys vanished
into the earth.
The white wing looked down The
street and the wagon had disappeasd
as completely as the boys, with the
driver quite unconscious Of any IN
usual stir.
He looked in every direction; then
doubtless thanking the gods for their
gift, he wrapped the ham in a news
paper and he too disappeared down a
side street.-New York Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06

In q foothin California district there
Is man who runs q small ferry across
one Of the rivers, charging twenty-five
cents for one transportation OF a single
team and forty cents for double one.
One afternoon In the early days Of
automobiling city man drove up to
the ferry in a touring car and at
tempted 70 60 on 20 the boat but was
held up by the captain, who told him
to wait Finally, after the boat had
crossed the river two or three times,
the motorist began to get impatient
''Can't take ye over yet" answered the
captain In response TO the motorists
demands. yer the fust one o. them
things that ever crossed here, an 1
don't know what ter charge ye."
Don't know what TO charge meT
'tNope; I've sized ye up fore and aft,
an I'm burned II know whether to
charge re as q single rig or a double
team-"-Argonaut-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
Chinese Eoon.

The earliest locks known to man
were Of Chinese make. Although it
Is impossible TO tell the exact date OF
those stin extant they are wonderful
" well made and as strong as any
manufactured in Europe to the middle
Of the eighteenth century. The Chi
nese locksmith Of today uses exactly
the same kind Of tools that his fore
fathers had, for they are very simple
and primitive. He carries all his i'm
pedimenta In two cabinets, sitting on
one and working at the other. When
he has finished al the work available
In one neighborhood he fastens the two
cabinets 10 a bamboo rod and sings
It over his shoulder. He tramps
through the towns burdened IN this
way and stops when he Is called, much
as a scissors grinder or umbrella
member does In our country-Wlde
World Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
M.rL..A En- E~....thinn.

ais there such q thing as secondhand
brass band instrumental Why, certain
"" said a musical instrument man.
why shouldn't there be7 You can
buy secondhand yachts, pianos, steam
boilers, bricks, secondhand anything
On earth-why not secondhand band
instrumental How do they come to be
offered secondhand? Why, just as any
thing else does. Somebody gives up
using an instrument, and then he sells
It; or somebody wants to buy a better
instrument and then sells the old one.
And for all these secondhand instru-
ments there Is a market They may
be sold to beginners or to players, and
such q thing has been heard Of as a
new band equipping itself throughout
with secondhand instruments for the
sake Of MISUNDERSTANDING Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06

~on my Journey NORTH writes Lacey
ANY IN the Wide World Magazine.
eve had striking evidence OF the pos
abilities Of the Iceberg even before we
reached Battle HsrboE, the most south
cry settlement on the Labrador coast
Just before sundown we could zee
ahead a strangely misty object blend
ing elusively into water and sky In the
way that 80 often takes the heart from
a photographer. Its Eat horizontal top
was its first noticeable feature, but as
we approached its great size made rs
forget everything else. The captain
ran as close as be dared, and Its mile
Of length and sixty feet OF height rose
near Ms Ike a magnined block left at
the door by the iceman. with the Diff
ference that IN this gigantic block
there was enough fee 70 stock ell
America for years. Since the opening
Of navigation It had been In the same
place, stranded two miles outside our
course, and at that time It was three
miles long and a mile wide. On our
return some weeks later Il was stiIl
there, but IN the moonlight we saw
three blocks instead OF one. The sun
was doing its work"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
LIstsn 20 Your conscience.

Almost daily In every breast there "a
some tragedy enacted A plot and q
counterplot, a hero and q victim, a
climax and a catastrophe, remorse and
restitution-all these confusedly inter
mingled with scenes OF our inner con-
sciousness. And he who selects out Of
It all as the type Of his dominating
thought the morbid and the hateful
thus starves and shnvels up his own
highest nature and polsons the lives Of
others. But he who In the midst Of
these chaotic scenes can listen atten-
lively 10 the whisperings OF the still,
small voice thereby nourishes his soul
10 q degree Of bigness and strength
that make him a power for righteous
ness In any community. But the real
secret OF materializing our highest
thoughts In the form OF deeds Is to act
readily and willingly upon the prompt
ings Of the inner spirit To procrastf-
nate, however, Is In time to render this
inner voice forever silent-SymphOny
Calendar.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06

One OF the most severe winters evuE
experienced was that Of 1872. the year
Of NapOleon's great Russian cam
paign. On June % OF that year be IN
vaded Russia with an army Of 10000
men. Moscow was reached on Sept
IA, and a month later, after the Rus
SLAMS had burned that town TO the
ground, Napoleon commenced his re
treat. The army Of 100000 was almost
wiped out. Men froze to death by
hundreds as they camDed. and when at
last the Russian frontier was reached
only 10000 men were left alive.
In the Crimean war England lost al
together 20,656 men. Actual fighting.
however, was only responsible for u
per cent OF these deaths. Cold and dis
ease were the causes OF the other IS
per cent Of deaths.
During the Franco-G German campaign
OF 1870 another severe winter was ex-
perienced. To the thousands Of Ger.
mans investing Paris the cold meant
little. They had the whole country to
draw on, but to the besieged and starv-
ing French II meant terrible suffering.
The city surrendered In January after
four months siege-Pearson's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-03-06
Tod a. Earn LI;s Own Salary.

Commodore Vanderbilt discovered In
James n. Rutter. then In the employ
Of the Erie railroad. q man be believed
the freight department Of the Central
needed II II related that some time
after he took charge Of the CentraIs
trafac once Rutter called on the COM
modore 70 submit q plan for improve
ment When he had stated the case
the president looked at him sharply
and asked:
Butter, what does the New York
Central pay you $4,000 a year forT'
The reply was, @For managing the
freight trafie department"
And then the commodore said, well,
you don't expect me 10 earn your sal
airy for you. do your
Rutter went out and carried through
his plan on his own Judgment The re-
suit was highly satisfactory. Rutter
became president Of the Central.