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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07

Ing and departed Monday for Detroit,
Mich, where he will be employed. Mrs.
Ellis will remain here until she has
disposed of the stock and grain when
she will join her husband In Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Vance Of New
London have been visiting relatives
and friends here.
The foundation for handsome Ave
room bungalow is being put In this
week for Mrs. Minnie Box. one block
north Of the post office.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
FRENCH NEED MONEY.

Paris. Sept. 5.-Alexa nder s. Ribot
the French minister Of finance. will ask
the chamber of deputies for appropria
lions for the last quarter Of 1916
amounting to 8,347,000,000 francs, OF
about 100000 more francs than was
asked for for the present quarter. The
French government since August, 1914
will amount to 1,000,000,00O francs
roundly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
That Made II Good

1want to get this check cashed" said the young
wife to the paying teller at the bank.
eyes, madam; you must endorse it, though"
why, my husband sent it to me- He is away on
business" " .."'
Eyes, madam. But just endorse it. Sign it on the
back please, and your husband will know we paid it
to YOU"
She went to the desk and in a couple of minutes
came back with the check endorsed:
''Your loving wife, Edith" (
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
BURGLAR GETS JEWELRY.

Waterloo. Sept. 5.-Police here to-
day started search for burglar who
late last night broke into the home Of
Mrs. Marion l.. Easton, escaping with
jewelry worth nearly $1,000, accord
Ing to the police. Mrs. Easton is the
widow OF J. D. Easton, who before his
death was president OF the Iowa State
Bankers association. A reward has
been offered for the capture Of the bur.
glar.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
GET ROAD EXHIBIT.

Marshalltown, Sept. s. The good
roads exhibit that has been shown al
the Iowa state fair. has been secured
by the Marshalltown club for exhibit
ton at the Marshalltown club for exhl-
bitioA at the Marshall county fair
which will be held beginning Sept. IL
J. 8. Dodds, an engineer of the state
highway commission, will accompan ny
the exhibit ~-s..I ..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
PETITION FILED
. is TO THE POINT

Davenport, Sept. 5.-If brevity is the
soul of wit, I. M. Walter, defendant in
the case of the Home Investment Co.
VS.. Walter Is eligible to the society of
humorists. His answer, filed Satur-
day, says: Comes now the plaintiff
and denies each and every allegation
contained in the petition of the plain
tiff and says, Go hence with costs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
N,NETY.FIFTH BIRTHDAY

Iowa City, Sept. 5.-Mrs. Jane Clara
Kirkwood. widow Of Samuel J. Kirk
wood who was Iowa's famous war
governor and President Garfleld's sec
rotary Of the interior. has celebrated
her 95th birthday, and post card
shower was feature of the event.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
slDwELL.

John Smith Of Bladensburg visited
Friday ut the Ell Murray home.
Wilson Byrum and family in com
pany with Miss Coop Of Eddyville Wis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
For results advertise through the classified
columns Of The Courier -1ac per word each inser-
ton; 15c minimum .'.i
Poultry and Live Stock

FOR sALE-A FEW CHOICE SHROP-
shire ewes, yearling and ram lambs.
Chester White hogs. male and gifts,
the best go first; all stock recorded.
Bert A. Randall Keosauqua. la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-07
WILSON DONATES TO
COUNTY HOSPITAL

Long Branch, N. j., Sept. 8. Con.
gresham Thomas J. ,Scully of the
third New Jersey district announced
today the receipt of = check for $500
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
The Newest Whiskey Bill.

The lower house of the general assembly
has passed a bill requiring the payment of a
fee of ten cents on each shipment of whis-
key into the state, seven cents to be paid by
the consignee to the county ordinary and
three cents to the agent of the express com
pany. 1t is nothing but right to remunerate
ordinaries for the work of keeping a record
of LIQUOR shipments, but just why the pub
lie should be required, after paying transport
tation charges, to contribute to the payment
of the employees of big corporation like the
express company is matter that needs eX-
plantation Another feature of the bill that
no doubt will attract some attention is pro-
vision that all fees thus collected in county
in excess of $500 shall be paid into the pub
lie treasury, which puts the state in the
whiskey business again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
Many Southern Mills; Need More

The increased consumption of cotton by
Southern mills during the past year has at
tracted much attention, and it is almost GER
tain that the time is not far distant when
such mill takings will be much further en-
larged
South Georgia has been very backward in
building cotton factories, mad has lost
much bv its hardness. 1t is time that it be-
stirred itself in this direction.
Commenting on the increased Southern
consumption the New York Journal of Com
merce SAYS: Last years cotton crop and
it's use was something of a surprise for the
people of the South. The war in Europe had
caused a good deal of alarm by its Interrupt
ton of the shipment of cotton abroad and
even of the demand for it from English and
continental factories. This made it almost
unstable at a remunerative price, and led
to the scheme of storing it up. Efforts were
made to restrict last years planting to about
one-half the usual area. Fortunately this
did not succeed, though there was some cur
taiIment of planting. Both the quantity OF
the crop of last year and the prices obtained
were above the average of recent years, and
the apprehensions of disaster were not full
filled. Now there appears to have been
decided gain in the mill capacity and the
output of manufactured goods in the South
ern states This is a good sign, for it is
decided advantage to that section to build
up the manufacturing industry for which
it supplies so much material. The tendency
in the North, as it has long been in Eng
land, will be more and more toward the pro-
duction of the finer goods"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
What q Man Is Worth.



The cash basis is poor method of reck-
oning a mans value to society, even when
the man is as rich as the late j. P. Morgan.
His net estate is estimated at $68,384, $50,
which is by no means the highest figure of
American fortunes.
1t is interesting to study the items of such
a multimillionaire's expenses. The yacht
Corsair is an item of $135,0OO. There is
wine to the value of $44, TAB, and there are
cigars valued at $500 The paintings are
listed at prices ranging from 100000 to
100000, sums which would have kept the
painters of them in affluence all their days.
Presumably these figures represent the
value to the community of financier's or
ganizing ability. They contrast interesting
ly with what the community has paid to 9th
er men with brains of practical value. For
building the Panama canal Col. Goethals re-
ceived $4,000 a year and house rent, light
and fuel. Louis Pasteur, whose scientific
discoveries saved the French sum Of money
equivalent to the indemnity eXacted by Ger
many after the war of 1870, received pen
sion of $1,000 year, which was later rails
ed to $4,000 year, and the French govern
ment is comparatively liberal in such mat
tiers.
George Washington, for founding this re-
public, had his expense account 0. KID. by
the congress of a grateful nation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
A Dangerous Precedent.

IF ANYTHING were needed to show the eX-
ceeding bad policy of going to the supreme
court for candidates for public office it is
furnished by attacks now being made IN a
number of quarters on opinions OF that trlb-
unal in which Mr.. Hughes was the organ OF
the court or in which he assented. Much
of this discussion is from the layman's stand
point, without regard to the legal aspects of
the particular case, but apparently actuated
by preiudices existing in favor of certain
class as opposed to the interests of another
class.
There can be little question but that such
attacks as these are not calculated to add to
the dignity of the court nor the respect OF
the public for the decisions of that court,
supposed to be announced solely with view
of the law of the case. But above that con-
sideration if one member of the court has
been sought out for attempted elevation to
the presidency may not others likewise come
to feel that the occupancy of such seat will
prove a stepping stone to the chiefest OF
political honors, and in spite of the integrity
of those so aspiring, will not an insidious
influence be created which will almost I'M
consciously lead to the reaching out for pop
ular approval.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
Seeking Public Approval.

Whatever may be the merits of the con-
troversy between the railroads and trainmen
of the country which threatens to precipi-
tate strike by the latter one significant
feature incident to the situation is the law
ish use by the railroads of advertising space
in newspapers all over the country. 1t is a
direct and extensive appeal to the public for
it's endorsement and strikingly illustrates
the changed attitude of the railroads and
other large corporate interests towards pub
lie opinion
1t has not been so many years ago when
the ''publc be damned" position was very
largely occupied in such matters. But there
has been a gradual forsaking of this AFRO
CANT view, and the taking of the public into
their confidence has grown to be more and
more the rule of the railroads. The big in
terests have come to realize apparently that
the publics approval and friendship is worth
as much to them as it is to the individual or
comparatively small business concern. 1t is
a wholesome sign.
The extensive employment of newspaper
advertising likewise shows largely increas-
ing recognition of the fact that advertising
pays.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
The Still. Small Voice.

Is the still, small voice of conscience call
ing louder? 1t must be, because the gov
ernment's conscience fund" was never so
large for single year as it was last year.
The voluntary contributions of persons
with troubled consciences for the twelve
months ended June 80 amounted to $54,-
92315, making total of $498,763.58 re-
turned by persons made uneasy by frauds
against the government
Figures compiled at the treasury depart
ment in Washington show the returns were
much larger during the past year than ever
before, chiefly because of two contributions,
one for 900 and one for $4,000.
1t was in 1911 when the first IS came with
a letter saying the writer had taken that
amount from the government. 1t is an un-
written law of the department that no effort
shall be made to learn the identity of these
contributors, and even where the writer has
confessed to theft the money has been ac-
cepted and no effort made to prosecute.
From 1911 until 1927 there were no re-
ceipts Since then, except for 1848. not a
year has passed without amounts coming in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
Raising Newspaper Prices.
From the Macon Evening News.

Newspapers all over the United States are
raising the price of subscriptions. This is
forced upon them as result of the increas-
ed cost of white paper and all other mate
rails necessary to get out a paper
At the present time the cost of white pa
per is twice what it was at the same period
last year. The same is true of metal type
and ink Practically every other commodity
has advanced in price during the past year.
The newspapers until recently have kept
their prices the same; but new conditions
are such that they are advancing not only
the price of subscription but advertising
rates as we'll
In many instances the newspapers have
gone ahead charging the same price for the
paper, although the expense of publication
has doubled But this sort of thing cannot
go on forever.
Newspapers today are better than they
ever were before. They are a great i'm
provement on the publications of ten years
ago.
A glance over the exchanges coming to
The Evening News shows that more than
seventy-ive per cent of them have announc-
ed an increase in subscription price effective
October 1.
The old saying that preservation is
the first law of nature" is very applicable
to the newspapers at the present time and
the public should become reconciled in ad-
vance to the increased price which is bound
to be charged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
SHE KNOWS.

She knows you best who loves you,
She saves you most who knows
From all that shocks and shoves you,
From all that showers its blows.
She knows because she loves you,
And loving makes all wise
The spirit of her tender heart,
The faith that brooks no lies
You often grow impatient,
And pride your nature shows;
And yet from these she saves you,
Because through love she knows.
She knows because she loves you,
And so in love she sees
The depths beneath your shadows
The hidden mysteries.
You think her blame unfriendly,
But truth must speak through love
Or men were men unhappy
As clouds that swim above.
And so from that in pity
From all that shocks and shoves
She saves you through her knowledge
She knows because she loves.
-Folger McKinsey.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
LOSSES THROUGH THE
DESTRUCTION OF BIRDS
From Our Dumb Animals.

From Our Dumb Animals.
Scientists have determined by careful
computation, study and investigation that
the farmers and fruit growers over this
country are losing over $1,000, 100000 a
year by reason of the reckless and sense
less destruction of birds during the past
thirty years, says Col. G. o. Shields.
The cotton growers of the South are suf-
fering a loss of 500, 100000 year by rea-
son of the ravages of the cotton boil wee
vii. Why? Because the quails, prairie
chickens, meadow larks and other birds,
which were formerly there in millions, have
been swept away by thoughtless, reckless
men and boys.
The grain growers are losing over $780,
100000 a year on account of the work of
the chinch bug. They are losing another
$780, 100000 year on account of the work
of the Hessian fly. Both of these are very
small insects, almost microscopic in size.
1t takes $4,000 chinch bugs to weigh an
ounce, and nearly $4,000 Hessian flies to
weigh an ounce.
Scientific men announce that there is no
way on earth by which these insects can be
destroyed except for the people to stop the
killing of birds, absolutely and at all times,
and let them come back and take care Of the
insects.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
The Cost of Law Making.

A member of the legislature said to
us the other day that the highway bill
before the legislature had already cost
the state of Georgia more than any
three counties put together would get
out of it, and the bill had not at that
time got out of the committee. Max
ing laws costs the people of this state
a considerable sum mOney.-Wesleyan
Christian Advocate.
That the discussion of any particular
measure costs the state money is a mistaken
idea that many people have. If there had
never been a highway bill, or any other GER
tain bill, the state would not have been
saved penny The legislative session is fix
ed at fifty days by law, and the lawmakers
will remain in session those fifty days and
draw their per diem whether there is or is
not discussion of a measure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
DAMAGE IN GEORGIA FROM RAINS
From the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.

From the Wesleyan Christian Advocate.
Georgia has not of course suffered from
the floods as have some of the other sections
of the South, but the damage from the ex-
cessive rains here is by no manner of means
slight In Terrell county, this state-and it
is not one of the largest counties-an ex-
pert estimate shows that it will require
more than 100000 to replace the pub
lie bridges that have been washed away. In
another portion of the state a farmer who
had one hundred and forty acres planted in
yield any crop. In some sections cotton
plants were prone on the ground-fields of
it in this condition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Judge Ben HILL of Fulton superior court,
has ruled under the new prohibition law that
whiskey cannot be regarded as property,
and, therefore, has no value. Maybe so; yet
some men will take more risk and pay more
money for little bit of it than for anything
also
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Thanks to a hunt that men have been
making in the Red Deer river region of AL
berta the American Museum of Natural His
tory now has skeletons of every known or
der of Dinosauria. Only the other day it
welcomed the Ornithomimus and the Tricera-
tops. Hunting the dinosaur is still good
sport, although not so exciting as it was two
million years ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

The fifty days session of the Georgia legis-
Iature will adjourn today. A number of i'm
portant measures have been considered, but
one piece of legislation that would perhaps
have pleased the people more than any other
has received scant attention. We refer to
biennial sessions of the law-making body.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Germany and her allies are meeting re-
verses on every battlefield, and recent talk
of Emperor William indicates that he sees
the inevitable and is preparing way for
peace negotiations to be opened. When the
war is over Russia should be given the seat
of honor at the table, and helped to almost
ANYTHING she wants. She has done the most
and the hardest fighting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

One of the disadvantages of being in is
that YOU have to do things whenever things
have to be done One of the advantages of
being out is that you can criticise what has
been done by the ms without telling what
YOU would have done if you had been in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Our old friend, 'Doc" Cook, is going to
discover the North pole again. He has new
plans to fly to the Arctic regions, and an
nounces that several members of the Chi
cago Aero Club are formulating plans to
finance his aerial voyage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

One of the most important laws that has
been enacted at the present session of the
general assembly is the measure of which
Representative Yeomans, of Terrell county,
is the author providing free school books for
the children of the state. Mr.. Yeomans has
been identified with much important legis-
laton the past two years, and has taken an
active and influential part in the delibera-
tions of the states making body
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Irrespective of political preferences in the
contest for congress there is universal regret
throughout the Third district that Hon. Thos
G. Hudson was attacked by malarial fever
while making speeches in Turner county,
and has had to temporarily suspend prose
cution of his campaign. A speedy recovery
is wished for the genial candidate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Our Americas friends are making extern
sive preparation for the entertainment of the
Georgia division of Confederate veterans,
who will hold their annual reunion in that
city next week. The people of Americas are
noted for their warm-hearted and generous
hospitality, and The News is certain that
the old heroes of the sixties have never had
a pleasanter reunion than will be the ap-
preaching gathering.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

We Win With Wilson has already been
suggested for its alliterative force, to say
nothing of its prophetic truth. Seems to us
Please Pity Parker might be an appropriate
slogan for the progressives. We were also
about to bring in something like Hitching
Hope to Hughes, but we don't want to carry
things too far.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
HE HAS AN INVESTIGATING EYE.

From the Fort Gaines Georgian.
The average Dawson man can under
stand almost anything except why a Wis
IDLY bow-legged woman should insist on
wearing ultra short skirts.-Dawson
News.
Why should the average Dawson man try
to understand the understandable?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

There are left a few old-fashioned politi-
clans who seem to think votes can be made
by jumping on regulated railroads as freely
as they were made in the old days by jump
ing on unregulated railroads.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
WANTS A HOT AIR CONTEST, TOO.

From the Triton Gazette.
The Dawson News suggests some joint de-
bates between Charlie Crisp and Tom Hud-
son over in the Third Why play the by
stander part; how about some more "jint
sputes" in the Second?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

More than one hundred diseases can be
caught from kissing. 1t will be just our
luck to die from something else.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Wouldn't it be a wise idea, too, to add
little bomespun to that hog and hominy pro-
gram?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

There is no greater slave to the conven-
tions than the man who wears an alpaca coat
and pulls the sleeves up beyond the elbow
for comfort.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16
AN INTERESTING SIGHT.

From the Midtown (Ga) Advocate.
The Sabbath is day of rest, and one of
the most interesting sights on Sabbath is
hours work all the week. in their efforts to
keep the day holy by abstaining from all
manual labor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Probably it's better to discuss the boil
weevil than merely to cuss him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

We are charitable enough to hope that
the South Georgia orator who declared God
Almighty made cattle-ticks for a purpose is
now provided with a mosquito net.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Just one month from today the Salt river
packet, vanished Hopes" will start on a
voyage, and the passengers will be many.
She makes the trip every two years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

The Savannah Press says cotton is going
to Is cents We don't know how Editor
Sutlive found it out, but we hope there IS
no mistake about it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

An optimist is a man who cannot afford to
take a vacation, and who says he enjoys
summer in Georgia in preference to the
mountain regions of the West and North.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

AS a rule commentators on political
speeches have little difficulty finding in any
speech an excuse for saying what they want
to say about it..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Most anything will pass current in Mexico
except their paper money
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Both Messrs. Wilson and Hughes seem to
he running hot race for the suffrage band
wagon, if there is such a thing It's hot
chase for votes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Candidate Hughes appears to be talking
great deal and saying very little. No, dear
reader, we are not the first to remark this
fact.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Mosquitoes Menace to. Public Health, y
reads headline We must confess that that
is not exactly what we have been saying
about them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

Some men will even go to church on Sun
day rather than stay at home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-08-16

G. o. P, as applied to some of the party's
orators, might properly stand for Growing
Over Peace.