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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15
CHILDREN,s EVENING STORY

Sister Sallie. So she told him and
said she IA lost and asked him who
he was. "Oh, I am = fairy" said the
odd creature, and Sister Sallle felt
20 happy she laughed, ever II she was
lost.
"Oh, how Meet" cried Sister Sallie,
And will you give me three wishes,
fairy, like Susie Littletail had?"
ITO be sure I WILL" answered the
animal all covered with leaves. And
now, what do you think? Il wasn't
a fairy at all, but tho bad fox. who
had pasted leaves all over himself
so as to fool Sister Sallie. But she
didn't know that until later.
May I wish now?" asked the little
girl. squirrel.
mo, you must first get inside this
hollow tree" spoke the fox, and II he
didn't point to the same tree In which
he had shut up poor Johnnie Bushy-
tail. you must get inside this tree.
and then you "a have az many
wishes a. you HIKE" be said.
So Sister ssllie. thinking
anything wrong, got inside the tree.
and, no sooner was she there. than
that bad fox closed the door on her,
and he smacked his lips and he
thought what q good meal he would
have. But just then, ~ true ~ I'm
telling you, II along didn't como tho
little green fairy man who once saved
Billie Bushytail from the hawk. And
he was real angry 1T that fox for pull
Ing of so many leaves from the
trees, to stick on himself to fool Sis
ter Sallie.
what have you in that hollow
tree?" asked the green fairy man
very sternly.
III you please" replied Tho fox
trembling, for he knew he couldn't
deceive the fairy, II have my dinner
in there" .,
Then the fairy knew everything and
he decided to play 4 trick on that fox.
So he put a magic spell on him, and
made him keep quiet, and then the
fairy called out to Sister sallie, who
was shut up in tho tree: Make a
wish, my dear" and Sister sallie
wished for q ring with . blue stone in,
like Susie LlttletAil had, and in an in
slant IL 1t wasn't on her little paw.
Then she wished for . gold bracelet,
and rot that, and when she was 60
ing to make the third wish the green
fairy said:
"This third wish I give to thee,
Wish that you were out of that tree"
Then Sister Sallie did 70. for she
felt that something was wrong, and
in an instant the tree opened, and she
could come out. And it's a good thing
she wished that, for If she hadn't she
would have had to stay there for ever
so long until the sky-blue-pink fairy
came, for the green fairy wouldn't
have had any power ~ tho tree A.
ter Sister Sallie had made her third
wish. So everything turned out all
right, and to punish that bad fox the
green fairy turned him into a mo-
souito that never could bite any one.
and the biteless mosquito few away,
buzzing a. hard q he could buzz.
Then the green fairy showed Sister
Sallie the way home. and she reached
it safely. Now tomorrow night, II
the ceiling doesn't fall down, I'll tell
you about Jennie Chtpmunk and the
fairy dishes,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15
WHO AN I?

A placard headed in large letters,
"Who Am II" has been posted in the
shops at the Rock Island arsenal by
order OF the commandant, Col. G. w.
Burr. The placard contains something
that applies to every man, woman and
child in the country and it will prove
worth while for you to read. Here is
what it says:
am more powerful than the com.
bined armies OF the world.
I have destroyed more men than all
the wars Of the world.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15

A story Is told of a young French
woman who observed with punctili.
BUSINESS the wartime precautions or
dered by the police.
She kept the shutters closed at
%nightfall and the curtains pulled
down, so that not a speck of light
would escape from her apartments
But night, when reading the
newspaper, she said that she had
reached the limit.
The newspaper said that If the
Zeppelins came, all persons must &c
into the cellars. She told her friends
she would not go down into the
cellar.
81 do not care a fig for the Yep
pelins," she said. 1T is no use ask.
ing me. will not go down into the
cellar"
But Why" asked her friend.
Because" she replied, II am
afraid Of SPIDERS"
I'VE are getting up a symposium
on the subject, is Marriage a Fail
ure?" we remarked to the cele-
brated actress whom We had been
SEM to interview, "and would like to
hear your views on the matter"
Dear mel" she exclaimed. How
can you expect me to throw any
light on such a question? Why, I
have been married only five or six
times" f
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DR.. SHALLEE6ckx,Er makes a specia.t"
re treatment men q H. Sh hosn;ta I1 az o Se.y@as and m1s sx,
sive practice. has made him 40 proficient that he
can successfully treat chronic diseases after
other physicians have failed. This Is why he has
| continued his visits year after year, while other
physicians have made a few visits and stopped
| You should consult him II YOU have any Chronic
Disease. ASpecialist VIC has made q lifetime
study Of such diseases Is certainly prepared tt
give you the best results, and If you are sick yov
need scientific treatment.
Dr. shalienb> -ger treats Diseases of the Eye.
Nerves Ksr; soSs Stomach Itvcr: Ktdaey.. Intestine :.
and Bladder; Catarrh. Ringing Ia Ears. Dear
ness, Paralysis, Neuralgia, Epilepsy. Headache.
Goitre, Ecsema, Scrofula, Appendicitis. Gravel
aud Rheumatism.
PILES, FlsTULA, FISsURE, and OTHER
RECTAL DISEASES TREATED
WITHOUT SURGICAL OPERATION.
WOMEN who are WEAK, NERVOUS,
and suNerin9 from the many ailmsats peculiar
TO their sex, ind that his advanced and scientific
methods. save many surgical operations.
PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Cases of long standing especially desired.
Wrong treatment and incorrect diagnosis have
often resulted IN the worst Affections. 1t Is
highly important that you obtain the services OF
Z pyhsioian who has established a gooo reputa'
ion for treating thes Sc diseases.
y NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are you nervous and desp0ident:. easily exct
led and irritable; weak AMI debilitated; tired
mornings; without ambition. energy OF strength;
Yteless, easily fatigued; distrustful and without
confidence In yourself: Have you :unien rec
or blurred eyes; pimples on your face; weak
back, or deposit In Urine!
Dr., Shalleuberger spares no effort to cure he
parents. He knows that good results mean as
rn,oh TO him as TO his patients. Most OF his new
talents come from III. rec ornlnendation q
others whom he has rea!ed.
Specia! attertion given to Surgical Cases
and Rupture
Consultation and Examination Free and
Cr~-TI--t;,(.
DR.. j. +. sHALLENsERGER
1855 Lakewood Blvd. CHICAGO, ILL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15

WI no. IL ZIG COIuullSSlOu NOIc0 III
street paving. and the streets are not
paved, then commissioner 10 to
blame and Is pretty sure to lost his
job. The streets, however, will prob
ably be paved II it Is humanity pos
sible. With the eyes Of all his fellow
citizens upon him, almost any man
will do his best.
The 400 commission government
cities are scattered all over the United
States. Kansas leads with thirty-lve;
Illinois has thirty and Pennsylvania
Twenty-Five. Maine has one and Mas.
sachusetts seven, but there are no 9TH
ers in New England. Forty OF the
forty. eight states contain commission
government cities. -
or all these, Galveston has had the
most unusual experience. Before the
food, it's municipal government was
about as bad as possible. The town
was bankrupt, it's script was at a dis.
count. the city council spent all its
time %squabbling and good citizens
were refusing in disgust to pay their
taxes. Then the storm hit it, destroy.
ing it's city hall, its fire department,
it's water works and the lives and
homes of many of its people. Out of
necessity, a commission was appoint.
ed to take charge of this ruin. In the
emergency, jealousy, hatred and sell
fishness were forgotten. The people
not only rebuilt their homes, but also
constructed a e wall, raised the land
the city stood on to the level Of its top,
and built a causeway from their island
to the shore. Through their commits
sion they spent millions, and every
dollar Of it "a we'll spent, while every
municipal service was put upon a new
basis OF efficiency. At Galveston, a
fine community spirit was literally
born in one day Of awful destruction.
Last summer this spirit was put to
the test. The United States weather
bureau sent warning to Galveston
that another great storm like the n
that had destroyed it was about to
strike. The commission vas equal to
the emergency. In a few hours It or
ganized a battalion of messengers on
motorcycles and sent them racing up
and down the island warning the coun-
try people to come behind the shelter
Of the sea wall. Every family on the
island was reached, and all but eighty
one persons came in behind the wall.
All Of the eighty-one who failed to
come were drowned.
Galveston has enjoyed only one
piece Of financial good luck. She has
been exempted from state taxes "a q
mark of respect and sympathy from
the rest Of the people Of Texas. But
the Ill winds which have brought her
SO much loss, have blown greater good.
They have awakened in Galveston per-
haps the finest civic spirit this coun-
try has aver seen and they have made
her a shining example of efficient mum
icipal government to all America and
the world. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15
PLAN A MEET.

Centerville, Jan. 13.-An Appanooss
county track meet for spring is being
promoted by the Community Y. M. G..
A. At a meeting last night further
arrangements were made and Secre-
tary ]. A. Wilson, John Davidson and
r.. c. Bradley were made a committee
to cooperate with the. schools in max.
ing plans. Every school In the coun-
ty will be asked to send representa-.
tives and the meet will take place on
the Y. M. G.. A. field.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15
Managing the City
The Wave That Swept America.
BY EDERI J. HASKIN

Galveston, Texas. Jan. 8. - h Ia
the place where commission govern
ment in America began, where 1T mas
been most severely tried, and most
triumphantly successful. Galveston
changed her plan of government in
the midst Of death and ruin. Her mis-
fortune drew the eyes Of the world
and proved a sensational advertise
ment for the system she adopted to
overcome it. In fact, it may be said
that the tidal wave which struck Gal
weston tn 1900 swept commission gov
eminent sIl over the United States.
The storm of last summer put it dra-
matically to the test.
Commission government is spread
ing so rapidly and steadily among
American cities that one a scarcely
keep pace with it's advance. There
were probably a little over four nun
dred cities governed by commission
in this country on January 1, 1916, a v
ing a combined population OF o
ten million. The success Of the ex-
pertinent is even more striking than It's
spread. Only seven of the cities have
aver held elections to determine
whether to 60 back to the old form or
government, and in only n OF o
has the commission lost. With a tenth
of the nations population living under
it, and new cities making the change
almost every week, the commission
is rapidly becoming the typical Amerl'
a method Of municipal government
for all but the largest cities.
Commission government in this
country is not a theory put into prac-
tice. but an ~outgrowth of conditions.
1t represents the triumph of the marc
headed average citizen, who is deter
mined to have his alley paved, his
garbage collected, his sidewalk repair
ed in return for the taxes that he pays.
The protagonist in the drama Is the
old time city hall politician, who re-
cards city government as an interest
ing amusement and an easy way to
make money. He is passing like the
buffalo. the bad man and 9th r TIC
American figures. because
there is no longer any room for him.
The government of American cities
was patterned after that Of the United
States. 1t worked very we'll while the
were small because the rapid
advance in property values made a
comparatively small tax levy sufficient
to meet both municipal expenses and
the needs of q large force of city hall
But as the cities grew,
their needs became so complicated
and numerous that these amiable but
rather incompetent gentlemen could
not take care OF them, although they
did keep right on increasing the taxes.
The principal reason why commits
sion government gets better results is
that it fixes responsibility. The mem
bers of a city council can promise any
thing as individuals and then blame
their colleagues If the results fail to
Under the commission
plan each commissioner is held respon-
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G. A. r. HEADS TO MEET.

Ma%rshalltown, Jan. 10. - In order
to fix the definite dates Of the next de.
partment encampment Of the Iowa de-
partment, G. A. r., the council Of ad'
ministration of the department will
meet here soon. While here the coun
ell will also investigate hotel accommo.
dations, places of meeting, ETC., prepar.
atory for the annual gathering here
next June. ~4 a
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LAND BRINGS hIoH PRICES.

Armstrong, Jan. Is. = Chris Eckhart
has sold his quarter of a section farm
northwest Of Armstrong to D. NJ. Simp'
son OF Lone Rock for 1925 an acre.
Hayes and Miller have sold their quar-.
ter Of = section lying near Armstrong
to Ernest Smith of this place for SITS
an acre.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15
WHY CHINA WENT MoNARcHIAL

WHY CHINA WENT MoNARcHlAL
Why did the Chinese council of state
offer a crown to Yuan Shi-kai? Here is
the story, according to the evidence SO
far available. This evidence, Of course
is not yet complete. History may be
made in a minute; it requires years to
write it..
The peace between north and south
which reunited the government under
Yuan Shi-kai in 1912 appears now to
have been in extent, at least, more ap-
parent than real. The northern gen
erals and many of those who had held
lucrative office under the Manchus
consented to make peace with the
south because they were told by the
wisest man in China, Yuan shi-kai,
that upon peace and an immediate
peace depended absolutely the preser-
walton Of China's sovereignty. They
trusted Yuan: they did not trust the
southern republicans. Accepting this
fact, it is obvious that they would very
naturally, for good reasons or bad, Ok
ert all their influence, all their expert
ence in practical politics to restore the
monarchy. To restore the Manchu was
impossible. To whom, then, could they
turn as the one individual most likely
to achieve their ambitions and at the
same time to preserve the integrity Of
China? There could be but one answer
to this question - Yuan Shi-kai.
But why, with the world involved by
the greatest cataclysm in recorded his.
tory, should these Chinese monarch.
lists attempt a restoration? The an.
swer is to be found in their honest
and earnest desire to enable China to
protect herself from possible further
aggression. Certainly the weight Of
evidence favors this conclusion. They
assert, and they are entitled to have
their assertion accepted until evidence
disproving it is forthcoming that a cen.
tralized government with power per.
manently vested in individual al
Picking is the great vital need of
China, particularly because Of condi.
tions which have been precipitated by
the world war. 1t is true that evet
since the outbreak of the war China
has been laboring under manifest hard.
ships in her earnest and persistent ef.
fort to preserve at once her neutrality
and her integrity.
But, Americans will possibly object,
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come heer and ask me to sine away
my sole claim to distinkshin.
wy, no sed Mr.. Higgins, / thawt you
mite welcome a chanse to put aside
awl selfish thawts in the intrist Of the
greatest good for the greatest numbir.
Then you have anuthir thawt com
ing, sed pop. And | took Mr.. Higgins
to the door and pop went upstares and
rote q lettir to the government
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15

One of luck's FRANKS is to call on
people who are too busy working to ex.
pect a visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15

The contents Of a bald head may be
valuable even though there is no lock
thereon.
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is the important question. There is
a way. Listen to my plan. pro
pose"
But she got no further. for the
boys, realizing it was leap year. beat
a hasty retreat.
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I am more deadly than bullets, and
l have wrecked more homes than the
mightiest Of siege guns.
I steal in the United States alone,
over $3o0,0 900, 1000 each year.
1 spare no one, and find my victims
among the rich and poor alike; the
young and the old; the strong and the
weak; widows and orphans know me.
I loom up to such proportions that
cast my shadow over every field of
labor from the turning of the grind,
stone to the moving of every train.
massacre thousands upon thous.
ands of wage-earners in 4 year.
I lurk in unseen places. and do most
Of my work silently. You are warned
against me, but you heed not.
I am relentless. l am everywhere:
in the home, on the street, in the fac.
tory, at railroad crossings, and on the
sea. .
I bring sickness, degradation and
death, and yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush or MAIN; I give
nothing. but take all.
I I'm your worst enemy,
I AM CARELESSNESS. - N. c. R.
News. ~. $751;
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Did you know that Iowa ranks first
in the percentage of total area in
farms? The records show that such Is
the case.
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III n g e
Stories
8 addressing

A s1ffraget was addressing a
crowd of men.
All We women want is our
rights" she cried. How to get them
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15

Ottumwa's growth is real; It can be
seen without a microscope.
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For Ads that Pay
Try the COURIER Way.
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thereon.
World's cresset., 1916-09-14
Billy Sunday Detroit.
HE DEFIES THE "HOG-JOWL
ED PEANUT DRAINED
FOUR FLUSHER,"

DETROIT, MICH, Sept, TO-
Approximately 10000 persons
saw Billy Sunday in action a,
his frs t three arevival sermons
in Grinley felix trbernicle today
/ No count was made of tie silver
gold, checks and currency that
literally rained into the tin pans
OF the ushers bu. Secretary
Studer estimates the first days
collections as $4,000.
1t was largely silk stock.
inged" congrega tion that he
talked to and the huge crowds
laughed when in appealing for
offerings he told them that they
we're "lousv with money!"
He said in part:
" Why, an angle of heaven
could not come to Detroit and
live two weeks and loaf with the
people you loaf with and then
return to heaven without first
being disinfected and fumigated
and given bath in Lysol and
carbolid acid.
Come on, you forces of
iniquity in Detroit that have
made the church q cuspidor and
a doormat to wipe your dirty
feet on. Come on. you traducers;
come on you triple extract of
infamy; come on you assassins
of character, come on you
spensers of harlotry, come on
you deeamers of God and
enemies of the church: come on
you bull necked, beetle browed
hog jowied, peanut Drained,
weazel eyed four fIushers false
alarms and excess baggage. In
the name of God challenge and
defy you 1t is mighty easy to lie
about man when be IS not on
the job. I Iii here now for eight
weeks. Come on and Ill deliver
goods express prepaid.
World's cresset., 1916-09-14
They cry Peace Peace
When there is none.

Yes the word teach US that tho
time will come when the wnrld
will cry for peace and no peace
TO be had. And there is no need
for US to point to any certain
character or patton. For among
all nations today there Is a cry
for peace, But with all of this
there Is a bigger cry for war,
That is the rich are the criers
for war and the poor man does
their fighting and it is all for the
purpose of making slaves out OF
the poor, after they get enough
of them killed OF, so as to rule
the rest of them,
World's cresset., 1916-09-14
STRIKE.

There is a great deal said about
the Strike especially about tile 8
hour law being rushed thru
congress, by President Wilson
the rich men say it is going TO
bring about very hard timr 8.
The only difference there could
be in the time then or hereafter
is this If the strike had OF went
on the strikers would of been Il e
'loosers and the whole country
would of been the suffers. And
now it will be the consumers
8 chat will pay the loss. And the
rich men the money ge'ters.
So Wilson choose the lesser evil
o! the two as he would look at
tive shall give Bible answer
to this in a short time look for it,.
World's cresset., 1916-09-14
REV. S, H. WOODROW
CAT1STIC IN COMMENT ON
ACTION OF WOODROW
WILSON.
MOB RULE HE DECLARES
Ayers Congress in q Blue Funk
Is a Most Pitful Spectacle"

Ss. Louis Sept. 10 Causti
comm ent at the action of his
cousin President Wilson in
securing the enactment of the
recent eight hour railroad law,
composed the greater part nf the
sermon of the Rev, Samuel H.
Woodrow in the Pilgrim Congre.
gational church here today,
Stating that when any body of
men was able to force It's de-
mands through congress without
regard to the rest Of the
country's ideas, government
ceased and we had mob rule,
instead. The Rev. Dr.. Woodrow
elaborated his statements on the
point and took up the question
In detail.
"A comparatively small element
vas able to force it's demands
through congress-" he said.
and the men who did this we're
not underpaid. The railroad
laborers are better paid passibly
than any other class of labor.
They are paid more than teach
ers or preachers.
No more pitiful spectacle can
be imagined than that Of seeing
the president and congress iu a
blue funk because they are
threatened with a tieup Of the
country's business by a compar-
atively small proportion of the
population. A question of the
sort ought to be thrashed out
and looked into. 1t ought to be
reasoned out and looked at
oonservative!y. Instead it was
hurried through and the
demands OF the men granted
without reference to what the
majority of the people think of it.
When we have such conditions
1t Is no longer government by'
the people and for the people,
The manner OF the recent settle
ment is enough to cause alarm
to every thoughtful believer in
our government. It Is no, a
question of submitting such i
proposition to the peopie-iS is a
question OF debating to the
president and congress.
In speaking on such topics |
have often bad 10 comment upon
the aggression and seitishness
of capital as well as upon the
igorance and bardaritp of labor.
The president matter il one
however. we all should consider
seriously"
Kansas, City. Journal.)
We shall answer this later on.