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Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
Vote of Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay cast 192 votes, according to A. H. Bradford, who passed by on the Ev- ans, says the Seward Gateway. He says that Bunnell probably got majority there, but he did not know the exact figures given for any of the candidates
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
May Account for Congested Mail Service

Seward Gateway, Sept. ID
 The largest second-class mail for two years arrived on the Evans last night. It consisted of more than one hundred sacks for the Seward district alone Part of the mail was made up of lot of pamphlets from mail order houses that are Using Uncle sam as cheaD drummer.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
A CORRECTION

The article in last weeks Pioneer on the new revenue measure contained an error in the item under the head of tobacco dealers. The sentence should read: Dealers in tobacco whose annual sales are more than S2OO must pay $4 80 for each store.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
Skeletons of Missinq Persons Found

The roadhouse keeper at McLeods, in the Chisana district has reported the finding of the hair, few bones and some papers, all that remains of Mir and Mrs. James Schmidt, who were lost crossing the Scolai pass several years ago. Animals had eaten the bodies and carried away most of the bones McLeods roadhouse is in American territory. Marshal Brenneman has not yet received any official advces regarding the finding of the bodies.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16

moner of that city Johnson & Erickson have one in the window of the Bank (, Trust Companys place of business that would buy 2,O00 silver dollars, The Granite company the other day brought up a brick worth $14009, and buttons worth four or five hundred dollars are being carried around in the pockets of most any cid RlIha
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
Mail Waiting for the Trail
Seward Gateway, Nov. 2S)

VI
 The amount of mail now in the Seward postotfice for Iditarod, Susitna, knik and ether places on the trail is about twelve hundred pounds The amount to be taken each trip is 475 pounds, and this amount will go next Monday.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
"NO QUARTER" GENERAL DEAD

BORDEAUX, Nov. 24-The death of General Stenger, who commanded the Fifty eighth German infantry brigade, was re- ported here today. General Stenger figured in the war news late in September, when the French war office stated that he had issued an order that no prisoners should be taken; that all who fell into the hands of his men, including the wounded should be shot. The Germans repudiated this report.
 While waiting for train a newsboy said :: Paper, mister?" "No," muttered the man. In few minutes the boy came around again and said: Paper, mister?" "No, , replied the man, angrily, q just told you a while ago I didn't want a paper" In a little while the boy came back k and in meekest accents said: "Please, mister, what time is it?" Taking out his watch, the man replied: "Ten minutes to l." At ] o'clock you can go to h." shouted the boy, and darted away. The man started after the boy, and as he turned a corner he ran right into the arms of policeman. What's the matter?" said the policeman, Why, that little whelp just told me to go to h. at l o'clock" Taking out his watch, the policeman said: 'Well, what's your hurry ? You've still got five minutes. "-st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
Death of Iditarod Inmate os Home

John Murphy and Joseph Whelan m. mates of the Pioneers home at Sitka, died a few days ago at that institution. Murphy was admitted to the home from lditarod, and died September II. Whelan was ad- mltted from the First division, and died September 12.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16

Billy Stoneman, who is engaged in the wood-sawing business at Flat City with Jesse Rogers, was in town last Monday. He came in Nels Glantz automobile 1t be- ing his first experience with the modern "joy-rde" He says he approves of auto mobiles
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
Gold Bricks Common in Valdez

Gold bricks are becoming so common in Valdez windows that they no longer at- tract much attention, according to the Com
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
Alaska Salmon for BeIqians

One thousand cases of canned salmon from Alaska have been shipped to Belgium, via Washington the gift of the packers to the starving millions in Europe The shipment IS worth S2,500
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16

Fresh Olympia Oysters, for cocktails, g san, Idtarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16

Assessment Work Blanks at Pioneer.
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16

N. c. Co. Sole Agents for Alaska
Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-16
RATES REASONABLE
Forfeiture Sotlce

To C. O. Nord, B. E. Johnson. 0. T. olson. John SWcdaI, AdOlph olson, Gust Er- icSOn, Joe Jerman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
In The Religious World
lREvlEW SUNDAY s;HooL LEssoNl

winnowed down to the highest eff
cheney They were ready for anything,
wonderful instrument in the hand of
shrewd leader. Gideon gave each of
these torch, covered by crOckery
vessel, SO that it made primitive dark
lantern. To each he also gave trum-
pet, so that in the hands of these few
were as many trumpets and lights as
usually would serve great army.
Deploying the three hundred on all
sides of the Midianire host, Gideon's
strategy provided that, at a given sig
nal all the crockery should crack, tho
lights flare forth, the trumpets sound
and the terror of the enemy, thinking
itself surrounded, would do the rest.
The scheme worked as well as similar
stra tegies in battle have worked. The
rout of the bewildered Midianites was
complete-and there were no brazen
Jewish soldiers staggering about. de-
claring that their proWess had won the
day. Everybody had to give God the
praise for the wonderful victory.
A Magazine Story.
Nothing could be timelier than this
tale. Our old world, as it stands on
to learn the Gideon lesson Of being
willing to win in Gods way, even If
our own vain glorious pride does have
to suffer. The church is not to sue
coed by using worldly methods more
shrewdly than the world itself uses
them. Peace for the world is not come
by the ancient method of arrogance
over topping arrogance, armament out
weighing armament
That illustrated one Of the Gideon
lessons. Mere mass and might are not
given the great victories. The battle
is not to the strong, nor the race to the
swift. 0 church, learn this! All your
bulk, all your members, all your wealth
of which you boast, all your social and
political influence all your world grid
ling twentieth century organization,
cannot win this spiritual warfare. It
is by obedience to God, by being will
ing to be little in his sight, 1t is by
daring to use the humblest and com
monest means, if he SO directs, that
tho church Is to conquer for her God.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
WORK CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

Miss Ida M. Tarbell, author and in
vestigator, testified at the investiga-
ton by the federal industrial relations
commission into the great philan.
thropic foundations, that her observa-
tons. for twenty-five years leads her
to believe that working conditions gen.
orally are constantly improving and
that large corporations are now more
acutely interesting themselves in the
welfare of their employees than ever
before. She advocates the scientific
management of shops and the estab-
lishment of an eight hour day as
panaceas for labor troubles and a
means of lettering the living condi-
ton of workers.
She does not believe suffrage an i'm
portant factor in dealing with social
unrest among workers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
TALKING TO EMPTY SEATS.

Under present customs in the Uni.
tel States senate, much of the discus
sion preceding the passage of bills,
occurs with handful OF senators
present and many of them busily en-
gagged in some other way than listen
ing. This is especially true when a
"tilibuster" or anything that ap-
proaches one is started. If the senate
would only fix, certain hours of general
assembly each day and then require
every member to be in his seat, bust
ness would be facilitated and the men,
bers would have q far better insight
into the other fellows side of the
argument
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23

membership involves.
There is this about the militia: 1t
teaches some of the best and most
necessary lessons in life. One learns
promptness in carrying out commands
and quick decision in giving COM
mands. One learns how to do things
alone and how to act In unison with
others. Self reliance and self re-
straint are taught to militiamen and
while all these things enter strongly
into a mans efficiency as a soldier.
they are prime requisites also in gain
ing success in commercial or profess
sional pursuits Heads of industries
or big stores or institutions of any
kind are commanders in the same
sense that a captain commands his
company and no man is fitted to COM
mand who has not first learned to
obey If citizens in general could act
in unison in their civic or commercial
enterprises like company of soldiers
does in carrying out the commands of
it's leaders, no municipal or business
enterprises would appear hard. And
if every man had self reliance and self
restraint, how wonderful it would be.
Military training, such as one gets
in the national guard may not make
one into polished soldier ready for
the front rank in the first line of de-
Tense, but it does give basic know
ledge that helps men take better care
of themselves, their dependents ana
their country in the struggles Of life.
The national guard should be made
bigger and stronger and better. Every
young man should be member of It
fer at least one three year term of en-
listment
Ottumwa young men should set
standard of recruiting and efficiency
that other cities will find hard to come
uD to-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
ABOUT THE ZEPPELINS,

The editorial feature on this page
today is of particular interest in view
of what happened Tuesday night in
England. German air riders, either in
Zeppelins or aeroplanes, visited half a
dozen different clIes and caused con-
sternation and no little damage. Wal
demor Kaempfert, managing editor of
the Scientific American, takes the view
that the Zeppeli-s are a failure as far
as great usefulness in war is con
cerned. Read what he says and then
see how it works out as the war goes
along. Also clip the article and file
it away with the other special editor
ial features which are being published
in The Courier
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
THE IMMORTAL THREE HUNDRED.
The International Sunday School Les
son for January "a is "Gideon and
the Three dred."-Judges 7.
(By William T. Ellis.)


Some stories are so simple and great
mon thought and speech of the people
Thus Gideon and his band have became
proyerbial. Fortitude, fidelity and eff.
cheney are their trademarks. Once
more the countless company of Sunday
school members are called to study this
immortal hero tale from old Israel's
history, and to learn it's lesson for 20.
day.
I The facts of the story are simple.
The Midianitcs from the east were op.
pressing Israel. Gideon had been call.
ed by God to be the leader of his
people in conflict with the foe Thirty
thousand men of Israel rallied to his
banner, against the one hundred and
thirty-five thousand Midianites. Lest
Israel should think that the inevitable
courage and strategy, Gideon was or
dered to reduce his force by letting all
the armed men who wanted to do so
return home. Still there were ten
thousand left, quite too many for the
divine purpose.
So the curious yet inherently wise
test was applied, of choosing the men
who drank water by scooping it up
with their hands, rather than kneeling
down with their faces in the water.
The difference, as has often been point
ed out, was the difference between the
way the dog drinks and the way the
cow drinks. The former is alert, quick
and ready for instant action; the COW
when drinking is oblivious to all else,
even to the beatings of an attendant.
One company of men, skilled in the
craft of the open. drank fully accout-
red and with every faculty on guard
They were ready to fight on the in
slant, and could not be taken una
wares. Drinking to them was but a
part of the preparation for their real
work. The other and larger group laid
aside their weapons, exposing them
selves to sudden attack, while they
knelt and drank to repletion, heedleess
of all save the satisfaction of their
thirst.
This severe test provided fit band
Of three hundred men, the whole host
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
SAVING STEPS.

In order to convince the average
housewife-and especially the one
planning a new house arrangement
of the advantage of the small kitchen,
the department of agriculture is send
ing model kitchen to the San Fran
cisco exposition. So long as meals are
not to, be eaten in the room where they
are cooked, the floor space should be
very restricted in order to save trav-
cling back and forth between stove,
table and sink. That is the point
emphasized in the model. No or
namental mouldings, no sharp corners,
are approved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23


/, Zeppelin can destroy a steel-turreted
fertilization by the simple expedient of
rele asing few hundredweight of high
explosive from height of mile
Why transport the piece by rail from
Essen to Maubeuge, drag it for days
over hills. foot by foot, and bury it in
concrete, so that a 1700-pound shell or
two, hurled from it's short bore, may
crack open refractory cupola like a
nut?
Wilder than all the bomb-dropping
fables are the tales which credit Ger
many with the intention Of invading
England with fleet of Zeppelins. The
general stat; of the German arr,..- "a
mot composed of imbeciles. They know
that huge sheds must be built to house
fleet of great drgibles; for a Yep
pelins base is not the headquarters of
an army, but harbor somewhere In
Germany, as a rule, to which harbor 1t
must retire from time to time. The
limitations thus imposed are such that
three Zeppelin sheds have been built
at Brussels and four at Antwerp to
bring the airships nearer the seat Of
war, both on land and sea. Count Won
Zeppelin has spent years In trying to
devise way of lettering his unruly
giants in gale near the ground, and to
his lack of success are to be attributed
some of the catastrophes In which his
new Zeppelins require hundred sheds,
and Germany has not half that many.
If the ships were actually built for all
invasion they could not carry more
than few regiments, SO small is their
lifting capacity relatively to their size.
How useful Germany's IA Zeppelins
have been, or for that matter the air
ships of France, the only other nation
which has a fleet comparable with that
of Germany, we shall know only after
a treaty OF peace has been signed. A
craft which can slip through the air
with the speed of an express train and
cruise about for SO hours; which is hit
ted with searchlights for nocturnal
prowling; which carries machine guns
to repel aggressive aeroplanes, is OBJ
viously q piece of mechanism that has
it's uses. But what are they? To send
up a Zeppelin in order to watch the CT
feet of artillery fire would be reckless
under ordinary circumstances. Cap
tive balloons, aeroplanes and small
dirigibles perform that task satisfac-
torily without endangering many lives
and without entailing heavy financial
risk To employ the Zeppelins for day
light accommodating is possible, but al
so hazardous. An aeroplane is SO much
smaller as a target, so much swifter as
vehicle. SO much cheaper as an in
vestment that it would naturally be Sc
iecCed for ordinary scouting. No won
der that official dispatches tell us much
of the aeroplane and the exploits of it's
pilot but very little of the dirigible.
Waldemar Kaempffert
Managing Editor Scientific American.
or and the Philadelphia Public Ledger.)
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them into an agreement In very rare
cases does he have to call jury.
So well has Judge Manuel Levine's
Cancellation court worked in Cleveland
that Chicago has decided to copy it
and other cities are interested 1t is
likely that this is the beginning Of a
real revolution in court procedure
movement toward simplified justice in
spite of the lawyers.
The author OF this splendid idea
the man who has actually done what
court reformers have for ages been
talking about is Russian Jew, who
came to this land of opportunity an IL
literate.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t is too
sweeping a statement that the state
already has too many laws and that
no new legislation Is needed. That is
a contradiction of itself. Every bien-
NAL period will develop occasion for
new legislation, not the least of which
will be the repeal or amendment Of
existing statutes. 1t Is absurd to as
sumo that in all things else change and
progress can occur, and none be re-
quired in legislation.
Davenport Times: The suggestion
has been made that the postal depart
ment be empowered to employ 1000
aviators for the carrying Of mails. It
is asserted the aviators can go where
others cannot go and in all kinds Of
weather summer or winter, except the
worst. The suggestion appears to
have back of 1t the plan of training a
large body Of men who would be
available for use in war as the eyes
of the army. 1t would appear that the
army needs aviators more than the
postal service needs them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23

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Of both sexes. His hospital experience. and exen,
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can successfully treat chronic diseases after
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continued his visits year after year, while other
physicians have made few visits and stopped
You should consult him II you have any Chronic
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study of such diseases Is certainly prepared to
give you the best results, and II you are sick you
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DR.. Shalfenb. ger treats Diseases of the Eye,
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WOMEN who are WEAK, NERVOUS,
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He knows that good results mean as
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23

A
Scientific American. was written befor
fish coast towns last Tuesday,
For years we have heard of the
dreadful military possibilities, the enor
nous size, the speed of Germany
aerial dreadnoughts, developed to theil
! present perfection only after so many
catastrophes that Emperor William II
publicly declared that persistent old
Count Won Zeppelin, their creator, was
i the greatest German of our time. But
when the test of war came, what a
popular disappointment. A few bombs
! dropped on Antwerp and Ostend, a
| square or two of houses demolished, a
! dozen non.combatants killed, the wire.
, less station at which the missiles were
directed missed by wide margin-the
world expected more of these levia.
thans than this, something comparable
not with Black Hand outrage, but
with the magnificent destructiveness of
the machines that glide through the at.
mosphere of a story by H. G. Wells.
| Military officers, least of all those at
J the head of the German army, were not
disappointed. They knew that the Yep.
pelins could be scout cruisers only and
mot real battleships, and they said SO
unhesitatingly in their technical mil
, itary journals. During the siege of
Port Arthur, more than 10 years ago,
the Japanese mortars dropped 500.
pound shells on the protective decks
of Russian warships The Russians
never blinked, and the warships re-
manned afloat, not even disabled Many
facts of the same kind had long ago
convinced military experts that not
much ii. to be expected of bomb drop
ping.
There was one supreme moment
when bombs might have been dropped
with awful effect on massed troops,
and that came when Sir John French's
forces crossed from England to the
continent. Nearly hundred thousand
men were transported in ordinary ships
the thin decks of which could easily
have been pierced by bomb of proper
design. Yet we have heard of no at
tack upon the steamers that conveyed
the British troops to France and Bel
GUM, nor upon the regiments them
selves as they landed and marched in
close formation to the nearest railway
station. Even if we assume that these
troops were transported and landed at
night, as many of them undoubtedly
we're, bomb dropping airship equip
ped with searchlights might have ven
tured upon an attack.
II more evidence is required of the
utter futility of dropping bombs from
dirigible airships, it will be found in
the capture of Liege, Namur and Maui
benge. Where were the Zeppelins when
these strongholds We're taken? We
heard of great guns, but little of great
airships In truth, the mere existence
of that wonderful .42-centimeter NOR
tar, which has reduced fort after fort
in Belgium, shows how little the Ger
mans relied on the offensive power of
their Zeppelins. Why construct such
ponderous, expensive artillery, I if
Copyright 1915, by the Ottumwa Court
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23

The agitation against the pork
barrell'' bill in congress has had some
effect. The bill that is now before
the house calls for an appropriation
of thirty-four millions whereas the bill
of about year ago, prior to the agi-
tation, asked for. very nearly one hun
dred millions. The legislators pay
some attention to the public especially
when the public gives general express
sion to it's views,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23

Last week the United States shipped
1,352,000 bushes of corn to Europe. OF
this amount $4,000 bushels or nearly
three-fourths of the total went to the
little country of Holland 1t is not
hard to see why Great Britain is US
picious that Germany is getting sup
plies from this country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23

An army officers reserve of at least
10000 men to be trained at one mill
tary school in each state, at two-thirds
federal and one-third state expense is
contemplated in the Mcclellan bill fav-
orably reported from the house mill
tary committee. Secretary Garrison
approves the bill.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-23
JOINING THE MILITIA.

The effort being made by Company
G, Fifty-fourth regiment, l. N. G., to
recruit it's ranks up to standard re-
uirements-namely LOG men-should
meet with general approval. Every
young man in the city would do well
to enlist if not for purely patriotic
motives, at least for the training that