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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
IOWA WINS RECOGNITION.

For the second time this year, Iowa
has been particularly designated Dy
government statisticians as the most
favored state in the union. The first
notice was given to the state when
government map was published show
ing Iowa to be the most prosperous
state in the country. The map gave
to Iowa the foremost place for pusl-
ness prosperity six months after the
opening of the world war. The sec
ond notice was recently given the
state when the government issued
spring crop report showing Iowa to
have the most favorable outlook. The
prediction was made that the state
would raise the biggest crop in its his
tory. Even President Wilson, a short
time ago, pointed to Iowa as one OF
the states to lead in supplying the
worlds markets this year.
With government authorities, as
we'll as the president of the United
states calling upon the world to VIII
ness what Iowa Is doing, 1T Is nlgn
time that the people of the state took
it upon themselves to learn more OF
their state and to do their snare IN
making Iowa even greater.
Prosperity in Iowa does not mean
from an agricultural standpoint alone
but every other line of business Is
thriving. The depression felt IN prac-
tically every other state during the
past nine months has not greatly al
fected Iowa. No labor problems nave
faced the country or the cities, and
no army Of unemployed has taxed the
states commercial equilibrium.
While outsiders gather in facts and
statistics and give Iowa leading
place, simply, simply because two is
larger than one, the average lowan
plugs along, unwittingly reaping the
benefit, often complaining when he
reads attractive descriptions of big
money in cheaper lands in the other
sections of the country. Many pull
stakes" and leave, then other 1owans
cry. "what is the matter with 1owa?"
This phrase has been Haunted In a
number Of ways before the people of
the state. The harm that 1t has
done cannot be estimated. 1t has
caused dissatisfaction, without tan
gible reason, for in no case has there
been pointed out cause for the
query There is nothing the matter
with Iowa. The trouble lies In tie
fruitless attempt to find something
the matter with the state.
iowa has gained two notable recog-
nitions during the past four months
what could the state gain If the peo-
pie should concentrate all effort to
make Iowa known the world over?
This is thought for every Iowan who
has the interests of this great com.
monWealth at heart.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
EDDYviLLE.

Marie and Clarice Criswell Of Oska-
loosa were guests this week Of their
grandmother Mrs. NJ. ]. Criswell.
VIM. Crews of Abba was q business
caller In Eddyville Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Crews moved this
week from Abba to Eddyville. They
have rented the Parry property east OF
the park.
John Ellison Of Oregon is the the
bedside Of his mother Mrs. Burl.
Mrs. Mary Judge Of Stacyville was
called to Eddyville this week by the
serious illness Of her mother Mrs 3.
Simmons.
T. 3. Cawley OF Ottumwa was
business caller in Eddyville Thursday.
A number of Red Men Of Dddyville
drove to New Sharon Thursday even
ing and assisted in installing q new
tribe.
The band stand and seats which have
been In use in the park for the past
few years will be sold. Plans for the
news band stand are in the hands Of
an architect from Ottumwa.
Miss Mary Oldham met with an ac-
cident on Wednesday which proved to
tumwa Wednesday evening and BY
means OF the x-ray a needle was locat-
ed in her foot and later removed. She
returned home the same evening.
Mrs. Ed Shields returned Friday
from weeks visit with friends III
Bussey
Mrs. Nell Evans Of Des Moines 10
spending the week visiting her sister
Mrs. Steinhoff and her parents Mr.. and
Mrs p. Podgett at Kirkville.
Mrs Lou Bickford has returned from
Lockman where she has been making
an extended visit with relatives.
DR.. s. c. Brown who has been trav-
cling in different parts OF the state
since disposing Of his business inter-
ests in Eddyville has decided to locate
at Corning, Ia. DR.. and Mrs. Brown will
move to their new location about the
middle Of May.
Mrs. Phil DOTS is spending the week
at Fort Dodge visiting her daughter
Mrs. John Curtis.
Mrs. J. Freeman came down from
Des Moines this week and will make
her home with her sister Mrs. Martin
Swinteck. Ct.
After an interesting contest an an
hour Of social entertainment lunch was
served. @s
Mrs. Harry Saunders was a business
caller in Ottumwa Wednesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
EXPECT TO ISSUE
100000 LICENSES

Des Moines, April 24.-The automo-
bile department OF the state has is-
sued 81, 900 automobile plates for 1915.
There are $4,000 applications on hle
which have not been reached az inc
Office is about ten days behind IN lts
mail
The department has issued l7,oOo
more plates this year than last year AZ
the corresponding period. The de-
mand has not dropped of and tho
prospects are that the state will regis
ter 100000 machines before the close
OF the year. A good increase IN the
number of cars was anticipated:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
r. S. FIELD
100 w. Main st. "Psepls's Jswsisr."

Miss Lottie Lewis are spending a rev
days in Ottumwa with the formers
daughter Mrs. Jas. Nevin.
Mrs. Frank Reed Of Perry Is here FOR
visit with her sister Mrs. John y.
Enslow and other relatives.
Al Thomas has gone to Kent where
he has taken a position in the hard
ware store Of his uncle The family will
move to that place.
Miss Ida Gaffey, one Of the grade
teachers in the Charlton schools. ! AZ
been called to her home In Traer by 4
message stating that her father was
lying at the point of death. sas
Messrs. c. w. Larimer, president. and
G. A. Byam, cashier. have disposed OF
their stock in the Charlton National
bank, which necessitated another
change in officials. J. G. Copeland.
former president. and Elmer Gookfn.
former cashier have returned to their
former positions. e. II. Perry Of the
Depot hotel, has also been chosen rs Q
new director. Mr.. Ryan will return to
his former home In Hubbard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
FRICTION IN COUNCIL
ENDS IN RESIGNATION

Webster City, April 24.-Friction
between Mayor P. M. Banks and the
members of the council. which has ex-
listed since the first day the mayor
took his chair, has eliminated In the
passage of an ordinance abolishing
the office OF municipal superintendent.
This action Of the council Is in retail
alton for the summary action OF the
mayor in Diminishing Richard J. Null
Inns. who had held the place eight
years. This act Of the council re-
moves George J. Long, Mayor Banks
appointee. to the place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
DIVORCE MATTER
IS UP IN COURTS
VALIDITY OF ACT QUESTIONED
WHEN WIFE DECLARED ALL
MEN FOOLS.

Dos Moines. April 24.-Upon the
validity of divorce obtained in this
state depends the outcome of sensa-
ton suit for separation brought In
New York City against her husband,
George F. Usbeck. The defendant
has set up bar to his wife's action,
the fact that he obtained divorce
from her in Iowa two years ago and
has married again.
The presiding Justice has brought
out that ,USbeck was only transient
in Iowa. having obtained his residence
at Clarksville, L.. hotel. The case
has been taken under advisement,
pending an investigation into the le-
gality of Usbeck's Iowa divorce.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

Il
curate, the United States army costs
four times as much in comparison with
it's size as any other army in the world.
It costs $1,314 annually per man, as
against $306 in Germany, 1921 In
France, and 1878 in Great Britain. A
few comparisons are little short OF
staggering. We have paid out during
recent years something over a hundred
millions of dollars year and have an
army which ranks very bad last
among those of the great powers. The
German standing army, over seven
times as large as ours, certainly the
best equipped in the world, and at a
moderate computation ten times as ef-
ficient as ours, was maintained before
the outbreak Of war at only double
the annual cost. The Italian standing
army, four times as large as ours, costs
only one-half as much, while little Bel
GUM put into the field at few days
notice an army four times as large as
ours, whose annual up-keep was about
one-eighth our military budget.
AS for our navy, we spent in 1928
twenty-five million dollars more than
Germany, with the second navy in the
world; flfty-five million dollars more
than France, whose navy practically
equals ours on paper and easily sur
passes it in fact; and good deal more
than one-half as much as England
whose navy is probably four times as
efficient as ours.
In 1912 France spent two hundred
and fifty-nine millions of dollars on her
army and navy combined and had to
show for her expenditure standing
army of six hundred thousand men, a
reserve army of four million men, the
finest artillery park in the world, a
navy fourth in size and easily third In
efficiency. The United States spent
only fifteen million less and had to
show an army of eighty thousand men,
only few thousand of whom were
available for defense, with no reserve,
no accumulated supplies for warfare,
no adequate artillery, and no training
in field maneuvers Our navy, slight
ly larger than that Of France, is not as
well equipped and contains proper
ton of inadequate ships whose size is
considerably disputed.
Is not something obviously rotten in
the state of Denmark when we are pay.
ing practically as much money as
European nations whose armies shake
the earth with their tread and whose
navies burden the waters with their
weight? Are not these highly unpleas'
ant facts materially important for our
consideration in connection with the
condition of our army? Ought we to
be debating about the caliber Of guns
and the proportion OF eighty thousand
men available for service when such
grave facts as these are staring US in
the face?
Roland G. Usher.
tionai Editorial Servtce.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

If you can't find single thing
around your home that needs atten-
ton, just visit your neighbours yard
and help get rid of dandelions. Even
if your own yard is clear of them now,
few weeks will find them invading
your place if any of the neighbors
within block permit the little yellow
flower to infest their lawns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
What Is Adequate Defense
q BY ROLAND G. USHER.
Professor Of History, Washington University;
Author of "Pan-C erman and "PanA ericanlsm."

The acrimonious discussion In con-
gress and in the public press concern
ing the condition of the United States
army has concerned itself with the
number OF individuals available, with
the caliber of our coast defense artil-
lery, with the number Of our ships,
with the apparent belief that the de-
ficiency of the United States army lies
in it's failure to comply with the stat
utory requirements. Obviously the
premise of this argument Is the ade-
quacy of the statutory requirements
and the assumption that the army
would suffice for our present needs IL
only it complied with them In fact,
80 much attention has been paid to de-
tails that the really essential issue has
almost been lost from sight - the ade-
quacy of the army.
There would seem to be three quite
simple but essential tests Of adequacy.
First and foremost, the requirements
of modern warfare make imperative
for the defense of the United States an
army deliberately equipped with ex-
tren,ely intricate apparatus whose
preparation is necessarily matter OF
months and whose use predicates moth
ing short of years OF training on the
part of the men who constitute the
army. We shall not need equipment,
but elaborate equipment. We must
therefore discover whether the equip
ment which our statute provides is as
elaborate as modern warfare requires,
not whether the equipment we have is
adequate when tested by the statute.
The size of our army will be regulat-
ed necessarily by the second essential
factor, our strategical geography. We
have huge area to defend, a coast line
more than one thousand miles along
on the Atlantic, practically void of nat
ural defenses and open at many places
to an invader landing troops from the
sea 1t should be perfectly clear to the
veriest tyro that eighty thousad troops
are as inadequate as forty thousand to
defend any such position against any
force at all. They reckon armies in
Europe today not by regiments but by
army corps.
The third factor is beyond all doubt
the most important. We shall be COM
PEELED to defend this vast area under
conditions of modern warfare with a
force whose adequacy must be gagged,
not by our preconceptions, but by the
probable size of the invading army and
by its probable efficiency. To defend
ourselves we must meet such condi-
tions as an invader sees fit to make,
and not rest content with the assump-
ton that he will limit his efforts to
such preparations as we have seen fit
to prescribe by law.
The fourth great issue is one upon
which as yet little has been said: the
question of the present cost of the
army in relation to its adequacy. Be-
yond doubt, if the figures compiled by
Copyright, 1915, by the Ma
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
CITY WILL
VOTE ON LIGHTS

Lake City, April PA special cleo
ton on the question Of granting the
Central Iowa Light & Power company
of Boone a twenty-year franchise to
furnish the city Of Lake City with
electricity for lighting, heating and
power purposes will be voted on next
Monday, April 26.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
WILL HAVE BIG SHEEP
BARN AT THE FAIR

Des Moines, April 24.-The work OF
construction Of new sheep exhibit
barn will commence on the Iowa
state fair park at once. Plans were
made long ago for this edifice and ev.
erything is ready to let the contract
and commence work, so that the new
barn can be made use of at the state
fair in August.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

Roosevelt, who says he acted in the
interests of good citizenship in charg-
ing New York political bosses with
grating" is now called upon to ex-
plain why he ran for and accepted
the Office of governor of New York
at time when under the state con-
stitution, he was ineligible for the
position, a fact which he admitted on
the witness stand. he knew at the
time he was making the race.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

GIRL IS BURNED

Wilton, April 24.-Clara Steuder,
the little four-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Steuder, who was cru
ely burned few days ago when her
clothes caught fire, while she was at
play in the yard Of her parents home,
is dead.
The little child had been uncon.
scious since the accident.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

Emotional people go from one ex-
IRENE to another very readily. Italy
is showing it's temperament by being
all wrought up for war one day and
announcing the rapid approach of
peace the next.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

You can't convince guinea hen
that she doesn't know as much about
music as the nightingale. A lot OF
humans are like guinea hens in this
respect
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
MAYOR AFTER sPEEDERs.

Waukon, April 24.-Mayor Guy w:
Eaton proposes to punish violations OF
the automobile speed regulations and
has issued a notice to that effect Nov
ed by the recent violations of the city
speed ordinances, which have brought
forth much general complaint, Mayor
Eaton has issued notice to auto
drivers: "Obey the law. Drive care.
fully," is the mayors warning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
WOMEN 70 ORGANIZE CLUB.

WOMEN TO ORGANIZE CLUB.
Washington, April 24.-Great inter-
est is being manifested In the mass
meeting of women to be held here to
organize 4 woman's city club for CIV
ic purposes. The movement was start
ed to beautify washington ana WON
en-. men and children will work To-
gether.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
FLAGMAN KILLED
AFTER LONG SERVICE

DEBORAH, April 24.-George Won.
fetuer, aged fagman on the crossing
Of the Milwaukee railroad at Calmar,
was run down by the cars and killed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

No protestation convinces anyon,
that scandalous story is ever re
peated for good purpose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
ARMY OFFICER 70 INSPECT.

Ames, April 24.-Word has just
been received at the military Office at
Iowa State college, that United
States military officer will be in Ames
Monday, April 26, for the annual in
spection of the college cadet regi-
regiment. #
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

German newspapers are taking some
sharp cracks at President Wilson s
ideas of neutrality and disclaiming
any friendship for him or the admin
istratiOn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
Dl n n r
s tOrie y

Little Janet came running into the
house one morning, sobbing. Throw.
ing herself into her mothers arms, she
cried
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

When a person has a set of COM
oany manners, put it down that diff
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

Do what you are paid to do, and ther
some. 1t Is the then some" that get,
your salary raised.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

mother!"
"Why, Janet, DEAR" said the mother,
why do you say that? God loves every
one
mo, mother. He doesn't love me, f"
walled the little girl, Il know He
doesn't. l tried Him with a daisy"
The lad who was applying for the job
OF ONCE boy presented his credentials
feeling sure that the coveted job would
at once be his. The elderly gentle
man at the head of the concern read
the papers carefully and then surveyed
the lad over his spectacles.
cts very nice thing for you to
have these recommendations from the
minister and the Sunday school teach
err" he said, land it's in your favor
that you're an honest looking lad but
I'd like to have few words from some
one that knows you on week days be-
fore put you to work for me-"
Little Charlotte accompanied her
mother to the home of an acquaintance
where a dinner dance was being given.
When the dessert course was reached,
the little girl was brought down and
given a place next to her mother at the
table.
The hostess was woman much CIV
en- to talking and, in relating some in.
teresting incidents, quite forgot to give
little Charlotte anything to eat.
After some time had elapsed Char
lotte could bear it no longer. With the
sobs rising in her throat, she held up
her plate as high as she could and
said:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27
OttumWa
Lime & Cement Co.
Main and Cass Streets
Table Silverware
Leighton Bldg, ottumvva, Iowa.
New Phone 7o7-x.

10 always seFviceable. Knives and ,
forks. table and tea spoons. The berry
season will soon be here and berrys
spoon IL very useful article.
Silver plated knives and forks $3.50
Berry spoons. best quality 1890. $50
Gravy ladies. best quality $500. e1.26
Cream ladies, best quality $500. 500
Table spoons, best quality, g for $3.50
Tea spoons, best quality, for
$50 to $500.
All above warranted to wear and give
entire satisfaction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

April showers put the roads in good
condition for dragging.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-27

A lot Of time is wasted BY hurrying.
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Copyright 1915 by the Ma tonal Editorial servtce)
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mo, mother. He doesn't love me, !"
walled the little girl Il know He
doesn't. tried Him with a daisy"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-12
Where Does opreparednesso Endl

An article in the Railway Review discussing
Railway Preparedness for War goes TO show
that no program for preparedness" against an
armed conflict, can stop within strictly military
end naval lines. I'm modern warfare IL tells
rs, everything depends upon mobilization and
this in turn is a question OF railway facilities.
distances are especially great in this country.
ard the time required for massing troops,
munitions and supplies al any threatened point
Of attack may ne deciding factor in the result -
hi It's opinion, the success OF Germany UP to the
present time is 10 be ascrbed more to the plans
end preparation Of its railway system than to.
its big guns OF airships. II advocates a survey Of
cur transportation situation to be followed up
by government aid to sGch further construction
as will afford every security against invasion.
Lot re give the Railway Review credit. how
ever, for seeing that the extension Of the pre-
psredness" program to take in railroads would
sill fan short Of the mark, for II observes:
We appfchand that some study OF the common
roads end waterway would he included in such sur
vcy TranSp ration eyer the common. roads has ns-
suned inlue i'm lortanee with the Development Of
motor veholes The cities OF Europe have been Dc,
nudcd OF motor omnibuseE, trucks and automobiles
for service toward the ont OF battle No such
utilization Of these highways would he possible in
our defense against invasion. because the roads
nadequntly TANNED and crude when
not absolutely impossible for such traffic
What we have quoted Is not by way OF APP
Droval or endorsement. but to open the eyes Of
the people 20 the lmitless abyss ahead OF the
preparedness propaganda unless held from the
start within definite bounds. In continental
Europe the railroads and other roads. and the
. ehicles that traverse them, are all part and
parcel OF the military machine. In this country
our transportation facilities have been developed
for the accommodation OF trade ana traffic and
tile convenience OF social and moral intercourse,
and we doubt whether the American people are
willing TO make military considerations para
life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-12
Eere,, AM idea from Mi,,nnri.

IAN idea emanating from asMissouri man. ex-
plotted by Golfers as praiseworthy and prac-
ticable, ought TO appeal TO the serious consider
alton OF our city authorities What is proposed
is Domestic Animal Zoo to take the place Of
or supplement. the ''wild Animal Zoo which IT,
ie customary TO maintain in our city parks. The
explanation and accompanying reasons In good
Missouri language Is as follows
Instead Of csmes and buffalo. let have few
Iiolstein. Jersey. and shoithorn and calves
Thousands OF city people haven't a for years
and other thousands wnud not know a Hereford
from Red Pooled animal. let Us have some
chickens. turkeys ducks and instead OF cranes.
sorlss and pelieans. Let the children learn about
Rhode Island Reds. Black Mnorsas. Buff Plymouth
Rocks concrete example OF the profit and pleasure
OF poultry raising would be worth muchto any child.
OF the city
Now, We would not dispense with the buffalo
and the deer, nor leave the bear pits tenantless,
but we would locate the domestic animal zoo in
different park. There is room to doubt
weather the forest creatures and the barnyard
animals would mix we'll, or appreciate too near
neghborhood But that the one could be, made
as interesting and Instructive as the other is
hardly open to debate.