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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-26
CHARLTON.

The Misses Phurnc and Irene Young
Of Des Moines, formerly Of this city,
came Monday evening for few days
visit with their numerous friends.
Mrs. Monte Norman returned Mon
day evening from a brief visit with
friends in Des Moines where she
formerly resided.
Mrs. c.. l.. Brown IF Buxton returned
home yesterday after ten days visit
with her daughter Mrs. r. M. Swim
who has been seriously Ill with mus
cular rheumatism.
Mrs. p. e. Linstrom Of Saskatchewan.
Canada, is visiting in Whitebreast
township with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. p. G. Lager
Mrs. Ann Southwark of Lucas re-
turned home yesterday after visit of
several days with her sons Hiram and
Jacob Southwark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burgess and little
daughter, formerly residents Of Chart
T ton but who Lave been living in Web
ster City the past year. are moving
back to this place.
! Miss Cslena Whitfield left yesterday
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LAND NOT EXPENSIVE.

Land is not really as dear as one
would think. Even where it sells for
500 an acre-as is true throughout
most of Iowa--it is mistake to as
sumo that the price is outrageous and
that poor man cannot afford to own
any OF 1t. Would you believe that for
the price of postage stamp you can
buy enough of that $500 an acre land
to set comfortable chair on and have
room enough left so that your feet
won't have to be drawn up under you?
Would you belief that for four cents
you can buy the six feet of sod that
every man gets as his allotment at
at death? Would you believe that for
ten cents-the price of a cigar-you
can purchase enough of this 500 an
acre land to erect "shack' large
enough for bunk, a chair and table?
And would you believe that for one dol
lar, you can acquire title to enough
land to hold good sized cabin with
room twenty by twenty-five feet?
Yet this is all true as a little arith-
metic will demonstrate. There are A.
$40 square yards in an acre OF land
If the land Is valued at 500 per acre
that makes eaoa square yard worth a
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Me and my cuzzin Artie fownd old
MESSENGER boy hat in the street today,
and we played messingir boy, taking
terms beeing the messingir boy and
diffrent peepil for the messidges to be
delivered to like Lord Kitchinir and
Kernel Roozvelt and our teetchir Miss
Kitty, the telegram, we sent to her
beeing Pleeze dismiss skool 4 hours
erlier today and moreover you got q
mole avn yure chin. WITCH she has.
Ino, sed, Ill send q telegram to my
sister Gladdis and you can ware the
hat and deliver it at our house.
G, awl rite, sed Artie.' And rote
avn a piece Of papir, Meet me by the
fire plug am yure soul mate.
You bettir put 1t in envelope, sed
Artie Witch did, going in the house
and getting wun and riteing avn it,
Miss Gladdis Potts, and Artie took it,
and put the note in it and put avn the
MESSENGER boy hat and rang our frunt
doar bell, and opened the doar, say
ing. Did you ring this bell.
Watts the naim, sed Artie.
Potts, said.
That rite sed Artie And he handed
me the envelope and looked at it and
sed, I'm not Miss, I'm Mr.. Potts, you
hold the envelope and keep yure hat
avn and III call her. WITCH did going
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1iRM INGhAM.

Mrs A. Glodfelty is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. c. Y. Hope in Valley
Junction.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the
Methodist Episcopal church met at the
home of Mrs. Barney Shot Thursday
afternoon at o'clock.
Robert Dortley and wife have return
ed from their honeymoon trip to Cedar
Rapids and Rock Island and will soon
go to housekeeping In the Andrew
Clark property.
Mrs. Lambert returned home Satur.
day evening from a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. DR.. Yant in Burling-
ton.
Hugh Work returned Saturday from
a three weeks visit with his father
at Lamar, Mo.
Ralph Mathews who was reported to
be in Jail at Shebina. Mo-. charged
with the theft of horse and other
property, is innocent. 1t is not Mr..
Mathews at ALL One man who claimed
to know Mr.. Mathews identified him as
the man who Is in jail but Mr.. Top
pings who had the horse taken says
the man they hold is not Mathews.
Mrs. Steward received a message on
Monday morning announcing the death
Of her Oldest brother George w. Shriner
which occurred at his home in Fairfield
at o'clock that morning. The funeral
was held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m.
Ora Williams purchased from Ralph
Workman the residence property the
former now occupies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bailey are the
parents of a daughter, born Monday
evening.
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trifling fraction over two cents. But,
you say, what can be done with a
square yard of land? Well you could
raise hill of corn on it and at present
prices for corn, your hill ought to pro-
duce about double the value of the
square yard. Or 1t is not beyond the
truth to say that ten cents worth OF
potatoes can be produced on a square
yard of ground. And many a square
yard produces twenty-five cents worth
of green garden truck such as radishes,
lettuce or onions.
OF course 1t is hardly possible to car
ry out this ratio of production on every
square yard of ground in an acre or on
every acre in hundred but with mod.
ern methods Of intensified farming,
results that approximate this can be
obtained. If one square yard can be
made to return twenty-five cents, then
one acre would return $1,210. OF course
hardly anyone is going to &C Vomplish
such feat but the possibility is there.
Over in Europe where the population
is dense, their productive methods at
tain very nearly such results.
It would seem from this that If more
men turned their pennies into land at
the rate of square yard for every two
cents, they would soon own enough OF
it to enable them to buy much more
and eventually become independent.
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this week for Hot Springs, Ark, where
they will spend two weeks
Mrs. Ruth Morris Harker was given
very pleasant surprise on Tuesday
evening by the order of Rebekahs.
The ladies gathered at the John Nor
ris home and spent the evening The
affair was given as farewell to Mrs.
Harker who will locate at Kirkville.
VIM. De Long is remodeling the resi-
dence Of T. X. belong which he re-
Gently purchased.
]. Chilser who has been acting as
agent for the R. I. during the absence
IF Mr.. Gosshke will 60 to Harper to
accept a similar position.
T. B. Kale received the sad news
Wednesday Of the death of his grand
son the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Harris of Buxton.
Chef Albaugh has purchased the
Cramblit farm south of Eddyville. Mr..
and Mrs. Albaugh will move to the
farm about March I.
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that In many cases the children or 9TH
er close relatives of members have had
positions In the legislature. It Is GER
tain that In some cases the committee
clerks have gone to school In Des
Moines while supposedly performing
duties as committee clerks. It Is re-
lated, with what truth the writer does
not know, that one of the senators
most vociferous in denouncing the gov
ernor for having referred to the de-
vioug ways of members, had two
daughters on the payroll, practically
doing nothing, during the last session.
One does not need to go back ito the
twenty-irst or even to the thirty.first
general assembly to find illustrations
of what has been happening right along
that cannot be defended.
But 1t is q fact that there is probably
far less Of needless and useless en-
ployment about the state legislatures
today than ever before in the history
Of the state, probably less in proportion
to opportunity than at most county
seats, much less than In most other
states.
A phase of the subject which has
caused comment, however, is this:
The substance Of what the governor
called attention to was the employment,
of needless help and payment of sal
aries without any return The evil, il
there Is one, is in the fact that the leg
islature employs assistants enough to
do the work when the work is hardest
and consequently when work is slack
some persons have nothing to do. The
member of the legislature will argue,
and rightly, that no way has ever been
worked out for avoiding this confessed
ly bad business method. Very we'll.
But, on the other hand, the keystone
committee OF the legislature. the COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform,
has placed In the permanent records
Of the state report, condemning the
administrative officers of Iowa and vir-
tually placing on them the brand of
grafters, because in their offices the
same state Of affairs exists to a much
less degree. The committee report sug-
gests that a corps of extra clerks" be
employed subject to assignment to any
department where the work Is heavy
for the time being. subject to being
shifted from one Office to another, and
this because of the fact in some few
Offices the number of clerks necessary
in rush times leaves some idle in slack
times. Here. there, is the clearly de-
fined issue Of the conference.-the rule
the legislature itself has, through a
committee, applied to the executive de-
partment of government ought to be
equally good for the legislative branch.
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ing for Ottumwa in response to q mes-
sage announcing the death OF her
nephew. Harry Jones.
The funeral services Of Mr.. G. q.
Lindstrom, who passed away on Friday
morning were held at the family honne
noon at / o'clock, after which the re-
mains were laid to rest In the Chart
ton cemetery.
The annual banquet OF the Entire
Nous club was held on Saturday evensA
ing at the home Of Mrs. Fay Brown.
The loving cup service was used and
each one present responded with
toast. Games and music made up
most delightful evening. The out Of
town members present were Miss
Frances Blanchard Of Des Moines and
Mrs. Burdette Derrough of Indianola.
Mrs. Baker Allender and children left
last evening for visit with friends in
Ottumwa, where they formerly rs-
sided.
Mr. and Mrs. Finis Lynch OF Des
Moines, who had been called here by
Linstorm, returned home last evening.
Mrs. Grover F1uke and little daugh-
ter. Dorothy Of Des Moines, returned
home today after few days visit
with her mother, Mrs. Louisa futile.
and other re! :tives and old friends.
Mrs. w. j. Fuller and three daugh-
tiers of Lucas, who had been spending
few days in Charlton with her
brother-in-law. o. j. Fuller and family,
returned home yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Smith returned
yesterday from a few days visit in
Lacona with his mother, Mrs. Lon
Willis, who is quite i'll.
Miss Anna Yuttle Of Quincy, Ill, re-
turned home yesterday after a brief
visit with relatives here enroute home
from Creston, where she had been
called by the death Of her sister. Mrs.
Ryason.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Olson and
daughter, Irene Of Lucas returned home
yesterday after brief visit with her
sister, Mrs. Frank Holmes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Travis OF Clio.
and Miss Alice Clark Of Corydon re.
turned home yesterday after q few
days visit with their mother, MrS.
VIII James, and grandfather. John ".
Mauk.
Mrs. G. w. Carr Of Des Moines cams
yesterday for q visit with her niece.
Mrs. c. F. Jackson.
Leonidas Baker left today for visit
in Centerville with his daughters, Mra,
Mamie Fridley and Mrs. Grace Gil.
crest, and will go from there to Quincy.
ILL.,, to visit another daughter, Mrs..
Nora Gum.
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IlISIICE. NOT CHARITY.

Henry Ford, millionaire manufactur.
er of automobiles, has his own ideas
about treating released convicts. He
told the Industrial Relations committee
that he employs many convicts at MS
great shops and that they come in I'M
der his widely talked of five dollars
a day for every employee plan. he
states further that these men are max
ing good showings and are gaining In
self respect and in character. His idea
is that justice and not charity should
be the object of philanthropic endeavor
that men should be put in way to
earn good livings, rather than have aid
given to them when they are out OF
work
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MAkE cAplTAL WELCOME.

With eastern capitalists 'uANAe
their eyes upon the great, prosperous
safe-from-a attack, middle west, it be-
hooyes the residents of this section
and that includes the people of Ottum-
wa-to make the capitalists feel that
this is a good place to invest their
money and that they can build up
fourishing, money making businesses
out here that will get boosts instead
of knocks from the people in the COM
munities they help make more pros
porous.
To begin with, the community as
whole should frown upon every enort
If anyone to gain popularity or motor
iety by attacking investments. 1t is
not a crime for corporation to make
money. 1t must make money
to paw the many men it employs, to
carry out the improvements 1t needs,
and to pay sufficient dividends to at
tract more capital. A struggling or
to stay away.
Other cities throughout Iowa and
the middle west in general, are organ
ling to take advantage or the oppor-
unity that is now almost here. THESE
losing corporation does not boost any
thing. Instead. it warns other capital
cities plan to cooperate in building up
lnyestments-both private and publlc
that they now have. They realize
that such an effort to help those al
ready in the field is the surest way to
attract others Capital naturally turns
RI those places that make 1t welcome
and aid it to grow and expand
Ottumwa must act in the same way
mr. II will be left behind by the other
cities in the middle west. There is
much capital to be invested, but there
are MANY places to invest it and the
shrewd men who have the money will
take good look before they leap.
Just how much attraction TINS Guy wiz
have for the investment OF more cap
ital from outside, depends on the' aoll-
itv of this city to show that IL 1aVors
investments and wants to help tnem
earn money.
CAPITAL gives employment. Nearly
every investment OF outside money
means giving more employment 10 W
tumwans and eventually In bringing
more people here. This increases the
size and wealth and Importance OF the
city. To discourage the investment Oh
canital by attacks upon investments
ia q sure way to cut down employment
cause people to move away lessen
values of real estate and put the CITY
in the class of dead ones. :
Remember that after all is SAID ana
done. corporation spends most OF
the money it makes in the place IN
which it has it's money invested. me
more it makes the more 1t spends ana
the better off is the community De-
cause Of it's presence.
Capital back east Is waiting to pc IN
v,ted to come west. Don't let Ottum-
wa be in the rear rank of the well
corners.
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for visit with relatives In Abba.
Mrs Minnie Houcl, Of Corning who
had been visiting north Of Charlton at
the home Of her uncle s. d. Morgan re.
turned home yesterday.
Miss Frances Blanchard Of Des
Moines, formerly OF this city. returned
to her duties last evening after SPEND
ing a few days with ner brother Harry
Blanchard and family and old friends.
While here she also attended the Entire
Nous club banquet.
Mrs L. b. Young and daughter Leila
of Guthrie Center. came yesterday for
a visit with their daughter and sister
Mrs l.. G. Monosmith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dunshee are the
proud parents Of a fine baby CIR. who
arrived at their home Tuesday morn
ing Jan. 10, 1915.
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CHARLTON.

Mrs E. M. Hankins Of Abba and
sister-in-law Mrs. &. B. Burnett OF
Rifle. Colo, visited in Charlton the lat
ter part Of last week with the formers
daughter, Mrs. G. D. Laidlaw.
Mrs. J. e. Gribb!n has returned
from few days visit in Milo with her
mother.
A. r. Williams has been appointed
Justice Of the peace by the board OF
supervisors to FIJI the vacancy caused
by the death Of Nicholas Leinen.
Mrs. A. D. Mckinley and little son
Frederick spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Melrose.
Mrs. John Whitfield visited over
Sunday with relatives in Abba.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c Kitterman and
son Charles went to Ottumwa Friday
evening for a brief visit with relatives.
Mrs. Guy Rounds and daughter Fay,
left Saturday for visit in Maryyille,
Mo-, with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Noah Of Fort
Dodge, who resided In Lucas several
years ago. visited In Charlton the lat
ter part Of last week with her cousin,
Mrs. Ed Young, and with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. II. Carroll and other old friends.
Miss Blanche McFal] and Mrs. c. B.
Tharp and little son Walter Of La
conta, who has been making brief
Visit In CnaTlLOn at the HoIlle ol lAell
brother e. L. McFall, returned home
Saturday morning.
Mrs E. E. McKeever and Miss Eva
Eouet of Osceola returned home Sat-
urday after a brief visit with the
formers husband and the latter's
father, who are here assisting in put
ting in the Mutual Telephone line
Mrs. A. L. DeHaven Of Ridgeway,
Mo, came yesterday for a visit with
Mrs. r. J. Murphy.
Mrs. M d. Evans left Saturday morn.
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Des Moines, Jan. 23.-Some ambi-
tious historian looking for an opportun-
ity will find 1t in tracing the develop.
ment or transformation of the commit
tee clerk" system of the legislature.
Now that the senate has deliberately
invited a statewide discussion Of the
subject with the object of securing as
much publicity as possible for condi-
tons as they exist and have existed,
some notes on the subject are perth
emit.
If one will call the roll Of ex-commit.
tee clerks of the legislature it will dis
close some familiar names. Many
prominent men have served the state
In this capacity. A few years ago
state senator who served two terms
with ability was able to refer back to
only few sessions before when he be-
came interested in public life by SER
vice as a committee clerk. A prom
1nent member Of the last legislature
was committee clerk just term or
two before Formerly a committee
clerk was valuable adjunct to the leg
islature.
good many very excellent news
paper men have served as committee
clerks and have done good service.
Turning to the journals for 1902, not to
60 further back, an interesting thing Is
disclosed. Listed as committee clerks
and on the payroll of the legislature
were these newspaper men John
enure, Joe Morcombe, George l.. Car
ter, J. s. Elliott, Ora Williams. A. M.
Piper, w. G. Ramsey, Del G. Huntoon;
Ernest CASTOR and VIM. H. Fleming
In some other sessions there were ]. c.
Welliver, AL w. Moore, s. c. Mcfarland
Frank w. Bicknell and others. 1t will
be observed that the Des Moines news
papers all had their men on the payroll
Of the state. They were there because
of the fact that they were connected
with the newspapers and not because
Iof any great service they might rem
der. In most cases what they received
was just that much unnecessary ex-
pense, to put 1t most mildly. 1t is an
actual fact, however, that in some
cases the reporters who thus went on
the states payroll for 50 a day as com.
mittee clerks, had their compensation
from the newspapers reduced by that
much, so that whatever of compensa-
ton there was went into the publish
er's cash box. And that is not graft,
of course not
It is matter Of common knowledge
that in recent years the wives of men,
bers have been on the payroll as COM
mittee clerks. The SO day makes good
pin money for session. 1t is known
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SALE NJ.

Inc last SAD rites ever the remains
Of Mrs Robert White. who passed
away at her home at Hillsboro after a
short illness OF pneumonia, were held
at the Friends church at Salem, at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. McClel-
Ian Of Cedar conducted the services.
assisted by Miss Viola Smith. The
funeral Of her husband was held from
the same church at the same hour on
the previous Tuesday. The deceased
was the mother Of four children. Ono
died in infancy There survives Mrs.
Jessie Cochran Of Bussey. Mary Mar.
garet Of Ottumwa, Robert Ray OF
Garske, N. d.
The marriage Of Miss Bessie Mogel
to ROLAND Davidson was solemnized
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Berry
hill at Fancy Prairie, Ill. Tuesday even
Ing. The bride and groom are two pop
ular young people of Salem at which
place Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson will be
at home.
Friday the pupils of room Of the
grammar school sent flowers to Miss
Mayme Reynolds. their former teacher
who is ill at the hospital in Ottumwa-
After several weeks spent with his
mother Mrs Ann Brady. Arthur Mum
ion departed for Missouri
c. K. Hayes, superintendent OF the
Salem schools has been chosen super
intendent Of the summer school at
Iowa Wesleyan university.
Rev. Dwight P. Reed, field secretary
Of Grinnell college, preached at the
Congregational church Sunday MORN
ing and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wilmeth de-
parted Wednesday for Lincoln, Nebr.,
called there by the serious illness OF
the formers mother.
Owen Hourihan, c. H. Cook and l..
M. Hartley made a business trip to
Des Moines Wednesday. They return
ed Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Joy Of Hayes.
Kansas were guests at the homo OF
their uncle and aunt Mr.. and Mrs. John
Edwards.
Thursday evening, just in front of
the gymnasium. Mrs Soppy slipped on
the ice, fell and fractured her right
arm.
Walter Pickard of Rogerson, Idaho,
recently visited his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Pickari..
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Smith enjoyed
visit with their niece Mrs. Ollie Hus-
ton from Des Moines.
Mrs. George Mogel recently visited
his sister Mrs. Thornburg at Mount
Hamill.
Philip Brody and wife spent last
week with relatives at Ottumwa.
George Brooks Of Tacoma, Wash, has
been visiting Salem friends.
Following q visit with relatives Mrs.
Emma McVey returned to Centralia,
Mo.
w. c. T. U. will meet with Miss
Viola Smith Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Lola Almond came from South
Haven, Kansas to visit her aunt Mrs.
Leighton McMurren.
The mems class entertained the
ladies class of tho M. e. Sunday school
at the parsonage Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Newman Is quite Ill at her
home in the east part OF town.
Ralph, the zine year old son OF Milo
Fem who was seriously injured few
weeks ago in football game, was re-
moved Monday from the hospital at
Keokuk, where he had been since the
accident, to the hosI ital at Kirksville,
Mo. His father and uncle Charles Fem
went to Keokuk Monday morning to
be with the child who is In critical
condition
Paul Fem vent TO Mt. Pleasant Sat
,,rday and remained until Monday with
his grandmother Mrs. Mary Hogle.
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81 don't want to go into the gar
den," the girl said shyly, without a
chaperon."
ooh, we don't need chaperon,
assure you," said the bespectacled
young man.
Then" said the girl, II don't want
to go into the garden"
80 long as you find the cost of
living high said the friendly adviser
why don't you and your husband be.
come vegetarians?"
What do you mean?" asked the
worried looking woman.
"Why, eat only vegetable products =
Couldn't think Of 1t. What I'm
tryin' to do now is to persuade John