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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-18
HENRY co. MUST
help WITH FUNDS
MT. PLEASANT ALONE RAISES $780,
600; MASS MEETING SUN.
DAY.

Mt. Pleasant, Jan. Is. - The belief
is now prevalent that Mt. Pleasant and
Henry county will rise to the emer-
gency and raise the $100, 900 which Is
necessary in order that Iowa Wesleyan
college remains in Mt. Pleasant. Over
forty thousand dollars have been sub
scribed to the fund in Mt. Pleasant
alone, and it is the general belief OF
these in charge Of the campaign that
the remaining sum will be much more
readily secured. For the past six
weeks those in charge have been con-
Quoting an educational campaign that
has borne results in tina. 1t has fully
awakened the citizens of Mt. Pleasant
and vicinity to the situation confront
ing them. The campaign committee
has been untiring in It's efforts during
the past weeks despite the extreme
cold and inclement weather. Mass
meetings have been held each evening
during the week in their campaign
headquarters on the second floor OF the
Y. M. G.. A. All Of these meetings have
been we'll attended at which time vari-
GUS committees make their reports n
plan their work for the following day.
On Sunday afternoon at three o'clock
a large mass meeting OF all the c1tl-
zens of Mt. Pleasant will be held in.
the First Methodist church. The meet
ing last Sunday afternoon proved very
beneficial and aided materially in the
campaign. DR.. Huber w. Hurt, who
was formerly president of Lombard
college of Galesburg and at present
president of McNendree college at
Lebanon, Illinois. will be the principal
speaker Of the afternoon. Mr.. Hurt is
Welt known to the citizens Of Mt.
Pleasant, having been raised in this
community and graduated from Iowa
Wesleyan college in 1904. He is a
very forcible speaker and a large
crowd is expected to be present to
hear him. Much of the success of the
campaign has been due the tireless eff.
forts Of Adam Weir, the campaign
It has been his faith and
optimism in the campaign that has
spurred the committees on to greater
efforts. The remaining sum will not be
raised without an effort and Henry
county must do their share II Iowa
Wesleyan Is t remain in Mt. Pleasant.
its home for the past three-quarters OF
a century.
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StOri les

I"Look here" exclaimed the corse,
manufacturer to the editor of q
popular magazine, what do you
mean by putting a cover like that on
your magazine"
Whats the matter with it," ask
ed the editor.
Whats the matter with it? Why,
the young lady in the picture has
hardly n clothes on. How do you
expect people to look at my corset
ads when you print that sort of thing
on the outside OF the magazine?"
While travelling through Alabama
a young salesman al n day fore.
ed to dine at a farmhouse. Not be.
ing very well satisfied with his meal
Of cornbread and bacon, he asked II
he might have a glass Of milk.
NO" replied his host. "Ah don't
reckon you'll find n milk around
here since the dog died."
"Since the dog died?" echoed the
stranger. What's that got to do
why" replied the farmer, who
do you-all reckon's goin' to go an
fetch the cows?"-Everybody's
Magazine.
Johnny stood beside his mother as
she made her selection from the
huckster's wagon and the farmer
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HIND o in a

Glenwood. Jan. 15.-When Bert
Stewart and his family of Oak town
ship returned to their home they found
it a heap Of glowing Goals. They are
tenants Of the old Marshall farm at
the foot Of the Indian Hollow hill, now
owned by Adolph Rosine, a non-resid
ent. They had been at the literary
meeting at the Logan schol house, and
have no idea how the fire started.
There is a family of several children,
one Of them only a baby, and will have
to 70 to their relatives for the present.
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told the boy to take a handful Of
cherries, but the child shook his
head. Nt
What's the matter, don't you like
them?" asked the farmer.
Then 60 ahead an take some.'
Johnny h~esitated, whereupon the
farmer put a generous handful in the
boys cap. After the farmer had
driven on. the mother asked:
why didn't you take the cherries
when he told you tor
cause his hand was bigger'n
mine"
Eyes," replied Johnny.
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summer I made an arrangement
whereby he was to have half Of all the
money received from the sale Of what
ever vegetables we raised beyond the
needs Of our own family.
AT frst I hesitated about turning
the boy loose upon the neighbors to
solicit their orders, but when they be.
gan to telephone to us of their own
accord for fresh peas, beans. etc., !
made up my mind that we were really
doing the people q favor in supplying
them with fresh vegetables at a mod.
crate price.
"From peas alone, we took in about
s1s in this way George got So of that
And there ia a further understanding
between us that he must save half OF
ou he earns. The boy sticks faithfully
to this plan, keeping the money in a
little metal bank until there is enough
to take to the savings bank.
HE IAN do what he likes with the
other half of his share OF the money.
I am glad to say that he uses it for
sensible purposes. He saved enough
in this way to buy a bicycle, which in
turn he Uses to extend the scope OF
his operations.
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IOWA FISHERY REVIVAL.

Lansing, Jan. 15.-Several Lansin4
men have found a profitable occupa-
ton these cold winter days. Tom
Williams caught in a slough up the
river recently 10000 pounds Of Ash.
while Louis Liver and William Dinard
a few days later made a haul OF 40
600 pounds. The first were caught in
seines that were drawn through holes
in the ice. They were sold to a local
dealer at from four to sever cents a
pound and then shipped to Chicago.
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the community. Inc cnalTmdH VI 'hiS
committee is the secretary of the asso-
citation, e. B. CASTOR, the only survivor
Of the original colony. and perhaps the
most influential man in Fairhope.
The conflict between politics and
I efficient methods, which has brought
about commission government in 80
many American cities, does not figure
in Fairhope's destiny because 1t never
had any politics, in the usual sense of
the word. In that fact lies its signi-
ficance as a municipal experiment.
Had it's founders happened to select
one of the great crossroads Of COM
merce as the site for their experiment,
Fairhope might have became a great
city and a striking example to all the
world. For the plan worked and is
working yet. only the splendid harbor
and the rich lands failed to bring the
material greatness which they seemed
won tie battle for Fairhope. Set on a
plateau above the water, the town is
swept by sea breezes all summer and
yet is remarkably mild in the winter.
1t has become a combination winter
and summer resort, and as such it
may yet attain greatness and fame.
Today F%airhope is an Incorporated
town of the state of Alabama with a
population of $500. 1t owns 1900
acres of land worth about $4,000. The
rental which it charges for it's land is
adjusted SO that the income will just
meet the municipal expenses. At pres
ent lots so by 200 feet rent for $50 a
year, and a similar lot just outside of
the side city is worth $500. So you
can see that the FAirhope association
really saves money for it's members.
There has been just one serious
hitch in the working Of the single tax
theory in Fairhope, and that is due to
the unfortunate detail that the state of
Alabama az a whole is not operated on
the same principle. For the state law
requires that q tax must be paid on all
properties such as buildings, furniture,
etc. Fairhope gets around this Diff
Guilty By paying these taxes out Of the
land rents collected from tho citizens.
Now this is the difficulty:
Suppose that Mr.. Roe and Mr.. Doe
are each renting q lot at $50 a year.
Mr.. Roe is prosperous and builds a
$4,000 house on his lot. but Dr.. Doe
is poor, and has only a shack worth a
few hundred. Both are paying the
same amount toward the state proper
ty tax, but Mr.. Roe holds most Of the
property. In effect, poor Mr.. Doe is
paying rich Mr.. Roe's taxes. Some
of the Mr.. Does became 80 excited
about this state Of affairs that they
brought suit to dissolve the colony.
They lost the case. But this incident
proves that the ancient quarrel be-
tween those who have and those who
haven't is apt to arise even among
idealists.
Despite this little discord in the
prevailing harmony, the Fairhope ex-
pertinent may emphatically be said to
have worked. 1t has demonstrated the
practicability Of the single tax theory
on a small scale at least. So Jump
inH Jim'a'' I1tonia was not M visionary
after all.
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CITY JAIL HAS BIG SMOKE.

Des Moines, Jan. 15.--ShertH john
Grimm and several Of his deputies
worked like beavers carrying 10000
packages of cigarets from the court
house to the boiler room OF the city
Jail whore they were burned up The
cigarets were those seiasd several
days ago In a raid on nj ,0f TN
stores Of the United Cigar Stores 40,
The goods taken have been repOsing
peacefully In a room at the Court
house awaiting an order for destflic.
ton which was signed by . Justice 0f
the peace on order Of the county 4t*
torney.
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Managing the City
I~u.-"JuMPING J1M's" UTOPIA.
BY FREDERIC J, HAsKIN

Fairhope, Ala, Jan. 11.-This is the
only town in the United States, and
probably the only one in the world,
where nobody pays any taxes. 1t is
a true municipal U~topia-the realiza-
ton of an ideal. incidentally, it is a
thriving little city Of $500 people,
commandingly set on . breezy hilltop
overlooking Mobile bay.
Don't come down here, however.
with the idea that you are going to get
police and fire protection and all other
municipal service free of charge. Fair
hope is not a benevolent institution or
an advertising scheme. 1t is the only
living v%indication Of the practicability
of Henry Georges famous single tax
theory.
One of the most ardent disciples OF
Henry George was General jumping
jim, Weaver, a picturesque political
figure of the early nineties, whom you
have probably forgotten. General
Weaver was that rare sort Of man, a
dreamer who also acts. He espoused
the cause of the populists, ran for the
presidency on hat ticket in 1892 and
received the votes of more than a mil
lion citizens. Many of the "heresies'
in Viewers platform have since be-
come political staples for the two big
parties.
Having failed to land the presidency,
General Weaver determined to give a
practical demonstration of some of his
political ideas. Together with Castor
and Ballangee, he organized the Fair
hope Industrial association, whose
purpose was Ito establish and conduct
a model community or colony free
from private monopoly, and to secure
to it's members therein equality of OPP
portunity, the full reward of individual
efforts and the benefits of cooperation
in matters of general concern"
After looking all W the United
States. they selected this spot on the
shores of Mobile bay. in the firm be-
lief that the splendid climate, the rich
surrounding land and the excellent
harbor would combine to make it a
great city. Being idealists, they nam
ed it Fairhope, and Fairhope still
seems well named today.
The working plan Of the colony was
both simple and modest. Each mem
Der paid 500. With this capital, q
tract Of land was bought and small
plots were leased, to the members or
to anyone else who wished to settle
there. The expenses Of government
wre paid out of those rents. That is
the essence of the Henry George
theory-that there shall be no tax ex-
cept in the form Of rent for the land,
which is always to remain the proper
ty Of the state. Thus many of the
inequalities Of taxation r obviated,
and the unearned increment due to the
increase in the value of land, which is
the basis of all real estate speculation,
is abolished.
Fairhope is az unique in its method
Of government a. In it's revenue plan.
To comply with the state law, q mayor
and a council Of nine members are
elected and paid nominal salaries. The
estate" Of the city, its lands, are ad-
ministered by q committee of twelve,
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EASTMAN
SUNDAY

Eddyville, Jan. 15.-The funeral 0f
Mrs. Louise Ward Eastman, who Adiest
very suddenly Friday morning, VIII
be held Sunday afternoon at 1 O'clo5k
from the home. The funeral will ha
private. Services will be In charge
Of the o. E. s., Of which the deceased
was a member. Interment Will ne
made in Highland cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-18

Well, old Vic Huerta died without
saluting the American flag as demand.
ed of him by President Wilson. His
stubborness was a large factor in cost.
ing him the dictatorship Of Mexico
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AWARDED 81, 900 IN SUIT.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Jan. 15.--A Jury
in the federal court suit of Mrs. Glars
r. Armour, Of Cherokee, against Mrs..
Mabel ID. MCGOWAN, a widow Of NIL
bank, 8. d., returned q verdict award.
ing Mrs. Armour 325, 900 damages Tor
the alienation Of her husbands nj
fcctions. Twice the sum was asked.
"A new trial will be sought. This WaLs
tho second trial.
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NEW HOME FoR K. or @.

Muscatine, Jan. IL. The Muses.
tine Knight OF Columbus will dedlCatD
their new home at 227 West bScoad
street, Muscatine, tomorrow nignt.
Plans for IN entertainment q recep-
ton were announced today. The
is completely furnished and A..
one Of the most commodious lodge
headquarters in the city.
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nd making Of him an exile.

That peace convention at The Hague
would stir UP a war in ordinary times.
The charges and counter charges that
are made, would result in armed con.
fict If the nations were not already
at a
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RON MJNEs P~RoePERoUe.

Wauhon, Jan. 1.-THE tin pAaI
brigade marching to and from thal
Waukon iron mines IL = cheering ,sig1
thesed days Of piping prosperity. The
''dinky' engine makes regular trips sto
the mines and the daily output ~ "a.
ing shipped to Chicago. 4 night snal
day force IL employed and q Weakly
pay roll is in excess OF @l,OOO.
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n,vER PARK FoR CLINTON.

Clinton, Jan. Is. - W. J. Young y
Co. and G. Lamb & Sons It Wa an
nounced have presented TO the Clinton
marx board the property which lies be-
tween Parker street on he north and.
Rim street on the south extending
from the railroad tracks, eastward 70
the river, to be used for park Y
noses,
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Fires seem to be among the draw
backs that 60 with below-zero wealth
er. From all over the country, reports
come in of conf1agrations. The press
ing" of stoves and furnaces in an eff.
fort to combat the cold, is generally
the cause of the blaze.
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The orchard products of Iowa are
greater in value than the orchard PRO-.
ducts Of any Pacific coast state, ex.
GLIDING citrus fruits.
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LABOR CONFERENCE pELEoATG9

Des Moines, Jan. 1b.-GOvern0r
Clarke appointed the following honor,
airy delegates to attend the twelfth
annual conference of the National
child labor committee to be held ~
Ashville. N. c., Feb. 3 to s. I'd III;
Brigham, Iowa City Horace I'M
Houghton, Sioux City; Paul s. Peirce,
Iowa City; A. l. Urick, Des Moines,s
and q. p. WyckoR, Grinneli.
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DEFEATS MUNICIPAL COURT.

DEFEATS MUNICIPAL COURTa9sS
Dubuque, Jan. 1.-THE propositions
to establish = municipal court ingthis
city was defeated 1T . special election
by q vote Of 2,2lS to SIS. Interest i1
the project outside OF its adyocaNesI
and those opposed was lacking, = . q
vote represents slightly over 2
third OF the total voters.
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cYLlNpER HEAD BLOWS OUT.

Marshalltown, Jan. 15.-After ral
No. 10 south bound OF the M. q an
t.. had gone from the station shout
twenty minutes . cylinder head on
the engine, No. 1853, blew out ana
switch engine had to haul the train
back to the station, whore another ~
CINE was attached.
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SPELLING.

Harvard. sis an accomplishment, the
,ack al which is still-or still should
be-a disgrace; but, many good ana
great men have lacked it; and lnce
the spelling book has ceased to be IN
daily and universal use at school, the
n-ronortion of intellectual persons who
cannot spell appears to have increas-
ed" Perhaps the modest typewriter
girl has something to do with 1t, aV-
inp taken on her own slender should
ers practically" the whole burden OF
business photography.
For practical purposes what a man
no. ia saw is no more important than
the way he says it. The finest thought
remains hidden and useless in proper
tion as it is not UNDERSTANDABLE stated
but a sentence may be mispelled
from beginning to end and yet be per-
fectly Understandable. simpli1ed
spelling, which to most of us looks IKE
very bad spelling indeed, expresses
thought in an understandable manner.
Radly spelled thoughts and adl
,pelled geometry may nevertheless be
rood thoughts and good geometry; but
In both cases undesirable attention is
attracted to a detail that should at
tract no attention whatever. So q
gentleman who forgets his necktle
when he puts on his evening clothes
does not necessarily prove himself an
imbecile: but he would have done him
self fuller justice as a man In the
world if he had conventionally cov-
cred his collar button.
The old-fashioned spelling-bee which
has recently been revived in at least
one state, was valuable in that it made
smelling an accomplishment to be
proud of; the chest of the orthograph'
Int swelled as he spelled; he stood
tiptoe on a pedestal; his head touched
heaven. It is perhaps largely due to
the discontinuance of these splendid
contests that the colleges are now bit.
terly complaining of the spoilers who
come up for admission. So far at any
rate simplifled spelling has merely
complicated the situation: the diction.
AIRY spells q word one way; the re-
formed speller calls the dictionary a
hide-bound old jackass and spells it
another. Teacher teaches in a mood
Of painful dubiety; and the ~breathless
little learner stumbles along the path
OF knowledge in a fog of justiflable
apprehension. Why learn today a
spelling that may be reformed tomor.
row? And many Of us, older but
equally perplexed Cor perplext) are in
grave doubt whether that youth who
described Portia as "a welthey aeris"
ID behind the educational procession
or a century in advance of it.
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LEARNING THE vAuLE OF MONEY,

LEARNING THE VAULE OF MONEY.
How to teach children the value OF
money and it's proper use is one Of the
difficult but important tasks of the par.
ent.
One father in a western city has
worked out his problem in a satisfac,
tory manner as it relates to his II.
year old son. He tells Of the plan in
this way;
"Our home is in the suburbs where
We can have a good-sized garden. This
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Yesterdays highest point of achieve
ment should be the starting point for
today.
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several thousand dollars. On account
of the absence of his o definite fu-
neral arrangements have no been
made but the services will probably be
held Sunday.
NORTH ENGLISH PIONEER DEAD.
North English, Jan. Is. Ed Buck
ley is dead at his home north of town.
He had been having the grip for a
week. He and his bachelor brother
lived alone. He was one OF the
pioneers of this place.
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Mrs. Elizabeth T. Mohr. Bottom, left to right: Henry SpeALman, Cecil
Victor Brown and George W.. Heals.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Mohr is on trial at Providence. r. l.. charged with
procuring the murder of her husband on August 81 last. It IL generally
believed that she will be acquitted. Co-dsfendants with Mrs Mohr are two
negroes, Cecil Victor Brown and Henry Spelman. George w. Hsahs, DR..
Mohrs chauffeur, who was arrested but turned states syidsncs On promise
Of immunity, is the states chief witness. -~~-..---
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No one Is beat till he quits.
No one Is through till he stops;
No matter how hard failure hits,
No matter how often he drops,
A fellows not down till he lies
In the dust and refuses to rise.
Fate may slam him and bang him
around,
And batter his frame till he's sore;
But she never can say that ne .
dOwned
While he bobs up serenely for more
A fellows not dead till he dies,
Nor beat till no longer he tries.
ID. F. p, in Detroit Free Press.
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johnny stood beside his mother as
she made her selection from the
huckster's wagon and the farmer
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-19
LANE PRESSING EMERGENCY
 APPROPRIATION

A. P. A. Service.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-The re- quest for an appropriation of two mill lion dollars for the continuation of the work on the Alaska railroad was be- fore the house appropriation commit tee today and was given preliminary consideration by that body at the re- quest of the Alaska railway commits sion.
 Secretary Lane himself asked for the appropriation. explaining that the funds for the current year were in- sufficient to continue the work until the regular appropriations are made. Although there Is considerable oppo- sition developing against the govern ment project the secretary Is confident that the emergency appropriation will be secured during the arguments over the deficiency appropriation bill which will probably be passed some time this week. Lane Is using all his personal influence In the effort to secure the appropriation and is enlisting the aid of all who are in a position to aid in pressing the appropriation through.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-19

dictions as to what Is going to be done to the other Heller" are a prime witness thereof the following conver- sation between members of the rival teams is quoted: Did you ever hear the song: I found a horseshoe, I picked it up and hung it OCT the door?' sure" We'll Thursday night they'll hang up worse than that" The lat st dope is Watch the Sandhill Crane, on third base for the Pirates"
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-19

The eighteenth episode of the Million Dollar Mystery. Trapped by the Flames" will be shown at the Dream .heater tonight In two weeks more the closing chapters of this great
 .ial will be shown. the big mystery coming to an end with the twenty third episode There is strong dra- matic quality and human interest ele- ment in tonight and also tomorrow aisht's issues that grips and thrills the spectator. The sincere ard labor .ous efforts of the entire cast are
 lrovn boldly forward and scene after scene arrests attention and startles the mind Sith sensational developments. strong and grandly filmed situations. Two additional numbers. one of them a roaring comedy. will relieve the class entertainment tonight.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-19

The baseball association will hold business meeting at the Golden Gate nall at seventhirty this evening for importance All members are request ed to attend. It Is reported that Fax
 on Lewis has been given to the Pirates to do the slab work for that organiza- tion This will add dno little to the strength of the tailenders in the pen nant race. Considerable rivalry Is commencing to develop among the ! layers and they are now in the spirit