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same time of furnishing the necessary
cash to pay all expenses. In the farm
ing sections of our country which have
enjoyed the greatest and most lasting
prosperity, the grasses and clovers
have always occupied an important
place. He has So acres in a bermuda
and lespedeza pasture. The larger
part of the land now devoted to per-
manent pasture was first planted to
winter oats Small areas of the pas
ture is now well sodded in bermuda
and lespedeza or Japan clover. He
will thoroughly sod every square foot
of this pasture land in bermuda grass
and lespedeza within the next year or
two. The best pastures in the cotton
belt are perhaps those which in sum-
mer consist of bermuda grass and les
pedeza. With the addition of burr
clover, white clover, crimson clover,
hairy vetch and red top, when the
soil is sufficiently fertile, such pas
lures can be grazed the year round.
Mr.. Wood is not only increasing the
productiveness of his soil; he is also
improving the yielding power Of the
oat, corn and other seed planted on
this farm. He realizes the fact that
like produces like and he has pur-
chased the very best seed from per-
fectly reliable seed breeders and will
use every known scientific method to
further improve the yielding power of
the seed. His part in obtaining the
most prolific seed and in growing, Sc
lecting and caring for such seed will
not be appreciably greater than the
work necessary to handle scrub seed.
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tested each month for butterfat by the
"Babcock test" He keeps only cows
that show profitable records at the
pail. These cows are kept in clean
quarters, furnished pure well water to
drink and every precaution is taken
to prevent contamination of the milk.
The cows Craze in a bermuda and
lespedeza pasture and are fed on les
pedeza hay. silage and cottonseed, mo-
lasses and cornmeal during the winter
months. The velvet beans, soy beans,
corn stalks and grass furnish good
grazing in the fields during the winter
months. He sold $12.65 worth of dairy
products in June, 1911. He sold $12S.76
in October 1915.
Mr.. L. A. Higgins, dairyman for the
United States dairy division, deserves
much credit for the success of this
dairy. He planned the work and visits
the dairy every fifteen days and gives
full instructions which are carried out
to the letter. He and the many other
dairymen employed by the United
States dairy division are doing a great
work in the South.
Disposition Of Milk.
He sells nearly all of the milk to the
female college, soda founts, and pri-
vate families. However, he purchased
a separator to separate the surplus
milk. He does not make butter as he
can easily dispose of the cream OBJ
tanned from the milk that he does not
place on the market The separator
gets all the cream of the milk, the
cream obtained is sweet and of the
highest purity and brings the top price
on the market. The warm, sweet milk
skinned by the use Of the separator
is at once fed to calves, pigs and
poultry. Practically all of the fat has
been taken out, but the milk still con-
tains proteids; that is, the material for
the formation of lean flesh, blood,
tendons, nerves, brain and horn.
Barnyard manure is rich in nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash, and may be
regarded as just so much vegetable
matter. When left exposed in thin lay
ers or small piles in the barn lot, the
rains leach out large per cent of the
soluble plant food. He allows the
horse manure to remain in the stables,
using plenty of straw for litter. 1t is
kept dry and keeps with practically
no loss. He built common large ma
nure pen for the cow manure. The
rain water is not sufficient to leach
through but is usually sufficient to
keep the pile moist.
Farm Poorly Drained.
A considerable area of the farm was
poorly drained. Fortunately small
creek crosses the farm and affords
an outlet for the water from the whole
farm. Although the fall in the bottoms
is very gradual, the water runs off
slowly after heavy rains. Thing and
other forms of under drainage were
too expensive to be considered for the
entire farm, so fiat bottom bitches
have been dug to thoroughly drain the
land. Only ten acres have been tiled.
The great problem before Mr.. Wood
is to restore the fertility of his worn
out cotton farm and to make the neces-
sary money to support a family and
equip the farm while he is accomplish
ing this much desired result Grass is
the foundation of successful dairy
farming, and dairy farming is probably
the most practicable means of increas-
ing the fertility OF the soil and at the
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What the Tea Leaves Tell.


Do you know how to tell fortunes
in teacup? 1t furnishes a great dea
of entertainment at a party. This
Chinese rhyme explains it:
"One leaf, alone you'll be;
Two together, the priest you'll see.
Three together, your wish will gain;
Four, letter from loving swain.
Five, good news the letter will bring;
Six in a row, a song you'll sing.
Seven together, good fortune awaits,
So say to you the teacups' fates.
Tea leaves large and tea leaves tall
Bring you company, great and small.
Tea leaves many and scattered fine
Is of bad luck the surest sign.
Tea leaves few and near the rim,
Your cup of joy o'erflows the brim."
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BASEBALL
STORIES

The Browns are creeping up in the
list every day.
Crowds of $4,000 and $4,000 are COM
mon to Cleveland this year.
Iris Speaker, the man, doesn't emu
late his name, but his bat speaks vol
umes.
There are some ball players who in
cline more to the capital than to the
batting eye.
A sprinkling of fans sometimes re-
fers only to those within reach of a
boxers corner.
"Tillie" Walker has come to life with
a vengeance and looks like the player
he was in 1914
Harold Cable of the Newark Indians
still looks like the best prospect in the
International league.
1t requires a great deal of civic
pride for baseball fan to keep on
boosting a losing team.
Because he had outgrown Pullman
berths, Otis Crandall had to be put on
the waiver list by Fielder Jones.
Scouts are having their troubles
finding ball players. The munitiOn fac
tories have copped most of them.
Charley" Pick, Athletic third base
man, is not youngster. A number
Of years ago he pastimed for Toledo.
A lot of those college graduates be-
ing signed up for the major league will
figure in the ALB column, at any rate.
These be festive days for Father
KnickerbOcker with the Giants, Yam
KEGS and Dodgers up in the front
ranks.
Fielder Jones' hitless wonders of
1905 will be remembered long after
his winless wonders of 1916 are for
gotten.
Statesmen decline presidential nomi-
nations with the same frequency that
iris Speaker resents an increase in
salary.
Hal Chase, at thirty-three, is at the
top of his form. He attributes the
preservation of his remarkable form
to jumping.
The Des Moines club has a player
| named Musser. Speaking of musser
players, there's Heine Zimmerman Of
! the Cubs.
Now that Bill Brennan Is umpiring
in the Three-I league, he'll need a
third optic to keep watch Of the pop
bottle peggers.
Roger Bresnahan has signed Third
Baseman Wise for Toledo. Now IL
Roge gets Shortstop Witt he'll have q
| smart infeld.
The Bronx is 300 years of age. II
| was q long time getting on the map
! Think how slow 1t was in developing
Heinie Zimmerman,
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Manager George Moriarity.

Chicks, but unless he can go in every
| other day and pitch winning ball him.
self-he is an infielder by trade-he
will find the job trif1e tough, not to
say exasperating, and exceptionally
annoying.
"He will find club well schooled in
the terrible art of losing games, but
he is supposed to carry the necessary
inspiration to bring it back into the
running.
Immediate is the proper word, for
unless help arrives from some source
very soon it will be too late. Only the
bubble, showing where they last sank,
will be in evidence.
"Moriarity is rated brilliant player
and wise general, but he will find
blood scarce article in southern tur-
nips. Or rather in turnips in the
Chick pantry.
Without criticizing Moriarity in the
least, it can easily be said that with
the present staff George won't cause
much alarm in Nashville, New Orleans
and other high places"
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iyn club owes a sentimental debt to
Rucker for his faithfulness, and l
have always wanted to see such a
great pitcher on championship team.
believe that we have such a team
this year, and l have not the slightest
intention of depriving him of his great
chance to round out his career"
Rucker was in nineteen games last
season. He won nine and lost four,
and was fourteenth among the Ma
tional league pitchers in effectiveness.
The story that he was through for the
season was not believed by those
familiar with the circumstances.
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CBy G. III. AFFORD, State Demonstration
Agent, Mafyland)

(By G. III. AFFORD, State Demonstration
Agent, Maryland)
w. X. Wood, Brookhaven. Miss,
is changing a stumpy, rundown gull
lied, cotton farm into profitable dairy
and diversified farm. He is attempt
ing to show how an average farmer
can, without a bank account or the
use of the credit system, do good farm
ing. An entirely new system OF farm
ing has been put into operation; mod
ern implements have taken place of
the old ones; stumps have been re-
moved from all but eight acres of the
land; better drainage has been estab-
lished; improved seed has been intro
duced; the land has been broken deep.
er: better methods of cultivation have
been practiced; plenty of feed for man
and beast is now grown; fairly good
pastures have been establishe6s a dip
ping vat built; silo built; a cream
separator purchased and so on.
The farm consists of about 100 acres
Of hill and bottom land. The soil Is
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kores Goinn Great Guns.

Art Kores, who failed with the st.
Louis Feds after he jumped from the
Rochester Internationals and who was
declined by Portland when offered to
that club last spring, has been going
great guns with Nashville. He was
big factor in the sweep of the series
by Nashville from Atlanta last week.
In the final game of the series he hit
safely four times and walked once In
five times up.
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WILL STICK WITH SUPERBAS
Ebbets Denies He Has Slightest lnten-
tion OF Releasing Rucker, King
of Southpaws.

President Charles II. Ebbets of the
Brooklyn baseball club denies flatfOot-
edly that he has the slightest inten-
ton of dropping Nap Rucker, who,
until two years ago, was the king of
the southpaw pitchers. Said Boss Eb-
bets:
"Rucker has been one of the most
willing workers the Brooklyn club
ever had. He will positively be car
ried all this season, and he will be
with us next season unless his arm
Is absolutely worthless. The Brook
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TERRY SHOWING HIGH CLASS
Has Failed to Gain Regular Berth
With White Sox on Account of
Weaver's Fast Work.

Zeb Terry, substitute shOrtstop of
the Chicago White SOx, has demon
strated all the high-class qualities
claimed for him when he came from
the coast, but he has failed to win
a regular berth. The reason is George
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Position of Immunity.

you people all seem to take great
deal Of loose talk from that man in a
frock coat"
"Yes," replied Bronco Bob. "He sort
o. puts it over on us, because he knows
he kin. He's the only undertaken in
Crimson Gulch. No matter what kind
O. trouble comes up, there's necessarily
an understandin' that he's to be sur
vivor.'
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Cubs Need New Blood.

The interesting announcement
comes from Chicago that Manager
Tinker has concluded his team needs
new blood and he has sent scout
out to scour the bushes for talent.
In, the gentle spring Tinker thought
he had a ball team that could win
penants in the National league for
years to come without any material
change.
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Sweet on Alexander

Miller Higgins is one National
league manager who has not lost faith
in the Phillies. He says Alexander
will win as many games alone as Tes-
reau and Perritt or Matty and Perritt
will, and that If Alexander gets any
assistance at all the Phillies will again
sail through.
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OLD HENS QUITE EXPENSIVE
After Third Year Fowls Lay About
Dozen Eggs and Rest Remainder
4 of the Year.

J Old hens are the cause of low aver
ages in egg production. The puilets
work regularly, Chicago farm paper
bays, but the old hens lay about a
lozen eggs and rest the remainder of
be year.
Unless you are raising a particular
pck of chickens of which you have
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Improve Quality of Stock,

Endeavor to increase the quality Of
your stock. spend little money once
in while for a setting of good eggs
or buy cockerel that is worth SIS or
$40 to improve your flock.
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Weaver, who is doing Rowland's regu-
lar shortstopping in such a manner
that even a high-class yOungster like
the Californian can't break in. Terry
in spite of reports to the contrary,
will be kept, it is said, and In these
strenuous days something yet may
happen to give him more chance to
show his wares.
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Value Of Wood Ashes.

Wood ashes are of much value in
the garden and fruit plantation. They
supply potash, which some plants need.
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Slow saf: Still Puzzles.

Nap Rucker may not be at his best,
but he got off the inactive list in time
to let the Chicago Cubs know his
slow ball is still puzzler. He pitched
a grand game, even If he was beaten,
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than /, ever was and recommend your
remedies to all my friends. Mrs. LENA
WYNN, 2S12 E. o Street, Richmond, Va.
While Change of Life is most crit
ical period of woman's existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms are sense
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, variable ap-
petite, weakness and inquietude, and
dizziness.
For these abnormal conditions do not
fail to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
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Best Place for HatchIng.
Hens used for Matching should have
dry, well-ventilated place to set.
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Fiction is love story in which the
hero and heroine marry in the last
chapter and live happily ever after.
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There are two sides to every story
and some have four sides cell
Ing.
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heat FLASHES,
DIZZY, NERVOUS
Mrs. Wynn Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her :.
During Change Of Life. 4

Richmond, Va. -"After taking
seven bottles Of Lydia E. Pinkham's 8
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only few hens, you cannot afford to
keep the old hens as layers. A hen
is not profitable after her third sum-
mer as layer. Selling the old hens
and using the incubator for Matching
is the best plan for the small poultry
man.
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v eg e I q Die C0m-
pound ! feel like q
new woman. ! al
ways had a headache
during the Change
of Life and was also
troubled with other
bad feelings COM
mon at that time
dizzy spells, nervous
feelings and he at
flashes. Now I aA
in nnffar Lool4L
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cleanneas Ia Necessary

Absolute cleanness is just as neces
sary with turkeys as with chickens.
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EXPECTED TO WORK MIRACLE
George Moriarity, Former Tiger and
New Manager of Memphis Team,
Has Hard Job Ahead.

Speaking of the change in managers
at Memphis, Coyle Shea in News Scim-
itar says:
Watkins expects Manager George
Moriarity to work a miracle with the
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New Farm Value.

A coat Of paint puts new values eli
over the farm
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Xiii Weeds Before Start.

XII Weeds BEFORE Start.
All weeds should be killed before
they are old enough to vote.
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ly increasing the productiveness of
the soil and at the same time of pro-
noting a better type of agriculture.
Mr.. Wood started with ten scrub cows.
He purchased purebred Jersey bull,
International Boy" and is rapidly
culling out the cows whose yielding
ability is below par. He keeps daily
records of every cows actual perform
ance at the pail. Every cows milk is
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GIANTS GREAT RECORD


The New York Giants eStab-
lished record this season by ,
winning IL games in q row, TAX
ing every game of the 16 played
against western teams without
single defeat, having a win to
their credit before starting on
the trip. The achievement was
all the more remarkable in view
of the fact that the New York
ers had lost 13 of the first 10
games played. They left home
In last place and returned in
second place. The following is
the record of their clean sweep
in the West:
Where Winning
Date Played Pitcher Score
May 9. Pitts. .Tesreau. .13-5
May TO-. Pitts. Anderson. :. IL
May II. Pitts. .Perritt. ..... 80
!. May II. Pitts. .Schauer. -. 80
May IA. Chicago. .Tesreau. Ga
May 10. Chicago. .Perritt. :. 80
May II. st. L.. Anderson. :. 9-3
May IS. st. L.. Benton. -. 80
May 10. st. L.. .Perritt. 49,. so
May 20. st. L.. Mathewson. Al
May 21. .Cin'ti Anderson. ILL
May %. .Cin'ti. Benton. .... 4-3
May "a. .Cin'ti. .Perritt. %. 81
May 26. Boston. .Tesreau.. .121
May 27. Boston. Anderson. Al
May 81. Boston. Benton. 21
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The Browns are creeping up in the
list every day.
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Charley" Pick, Athletic third base
man, is not yOungster. A number
Of years ago he pastimed for Toledo.
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Scouts are having their troubles
finding ball players. The munition fac
tories have copped most of them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
TROUBLE IS OVER
SCHOOL LOCATION

Clarinda, April 1o.-The question
where to move the Olive Branch
school house which is located three
miles south of this city Is causing the
board and county superintendent some
trouble just now. The acre of ground
upon which the school house has stood
flor more than quarter Of century
has nearly all been washed away by
the creek. Thero is little of it left
and it has become necessary to move
the house The board has full power
to put 1t where they want it so long
as It does not violate law or misuse Its
discretionary powers. 1t chose for
a site the acre Of ground on the op-
posite side of the road belonging to
Mr.. Finley. He objects for the reason
that 1t takes an acre right out Of the
middle Of a field. They cannot agree
on price and IL the land is taken at
all 1t must be by condemnation pro-
ceedings as private property may be
taken for public use by paying just
compensation therefor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
IOWA FALLS ELECTS
. ITS CITY MANAGER

Iowa Falls, April 10.-E. L. Mar
riage has been reelected as city man
ager by unanimous ballot Of the new
city council. Two years ago, this city
took the initiative in the matter Of a
city manager and adopted this method
of handling city affairs before there
was a state law providing for such an
official Mr.. Marriage has made good
record in a position that had no prece-
dents for guidance. The plan has also
proven satisfactory with the public
and as he enters on his second term, It
is with every indication of improved
service. The city now has a complete
system of bookkeeping and records
that reflect credit on Mr.. Marriage
and on the city. The many improve
ments made in the city the past two
years have been handled in an expedi-
tious manner and 1t is generally
conceded that the good work planned
by the city council and mayor and
executed by City Manager Marriage
and City Engineer McKeen has been
well handled. While unusual de.
mands have been made on every fund
in the city treasury, the year closed on
March 81 with balance on hand OF
$4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
ARTISTS SING
At FAIRFIELD
Ed BLAKE OF LOCAL CHOIR
AMONG SINGERS AT ST.
MARY's CHURCH.. -.

Fairfield. April 10.-An unusually
fine musical program was given Sun
day morning at 10 o'clock at st.
Mary's Catholic church In this city
city in connection with the regular
morning services. The singers were
a quartet of artists, Miss Anne Sulli-
van, Fairfield girl: Edward Quinn OF
Davenport, Miss Beatrice Lally OF
Dennison and Edward Blake Of OF.
tumwa.
The program given was as follows:
Kyrie (Rosewig)- Chorus.
Gloria in Excelsis Dec (Rosewig)-
Quartet.
Gratias (Rosewig)-Edward Blake,
Vent Creator (Weber)-Quartet.
Credo in Unum (Rosewig)-Miss
Anne Sullivan.
Deum de Dec (Rosewig) Edward
Quinn
Eft in spiritum (Rosewig) Miss
Beatrice Lally.
Offertory-Ave Marie (IAmbollette)
duet by Miss Sullivan and Mr. Quinn
Lamb of God (Milard)-Edward
Blake.
,Hymn-Te Deum. congregation.
Miss Sullivan and Mr.. Quinn are
both members of the Redpath Oper
attic Concert company and Fairfield
people were delighted at the oppor
tunity of hearing them again in con
nection with Miss Lally and Mr.
Blake's voices. Mr.. Blake Is the lead.
ing singer of the male chorus Of st.
Mary's church, Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
OFFER PRIZE FOR
NEW SONG ON IOWA
ALUMNI CLUB OF STATE, UNlvER-
slTY WILL GIVE $3.50 TO
ITS COMPOSER.

Iowa City, April 10.-Two hundred
and fifty dollars will be awarded by
the State University Of Iowa Alumni
club OF Chicago as prize to the per-
son or persons who shall produce a
satisfactory Iowa song. words and mu-
sic, for use on general university oc-
casions. President Macbride has just
received from Rush Butler, the lead
ing member Of a Chicago law firm, a
certificate of deposit of the prize fund
and a definition Of rules of the con-
test.
Both the words and music must be
acceptable to a committee Of the Chi
cago alumni They will receive
manuscripts sent to them through
President Macbride until next October
l, at least, and the time will be ex-
tended if suitable song has not been
submitted.
The only song the university has at
present is "Old Gold,' which is sung
to music borrowed from Fair Har,
ward" There has grown up demand
among students and faculty members
for another song in all respects native
to the university.
1t is expected that the amount of
the prize offered will encourage no
little competition. -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
ROLLER SKATER is .
SEVERELY INJURED

-Grinnell, April 10.-Harley Dayton,
aged ten years, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Dayton, 1887 Sixth avenue, is a
badly crippled lad as the result Of roll
Ter skating behind wagon on the
pavement and starting suddenly to one
side just as an automobile was upon
him. He has a double fracture of the
right arm, double fracture Of the left
leg and gashes and bruises on other
parts Of his body. In both fractures
the ends Of broken bones were crowd
ed through the flesh so as to be plainly
visible G. c. Doran, of the Hawkeye
garage, was driving the auto and had
two passengers in the car. William
Wrage was driving the wagon, William
Fuller, about the age of the Dayton lad
was with him but escaped injury. Mr.
Doran put on the brakes with such
force as to throw his car on the curb
ing and smash a wheel, but could not
stop quickly enough to save the boy
Mr. Dayton was at Ottumwa with his
car but made the, trip home in less
than two hours. Mr.. Doran Is hall
crazed over the affair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
TREASURER HAS
MADE SETTLEMENT

Rockwell City, April 10.-County
Treasurer Beckwith of Calhoun county
who paid warrant to the wrong party
for the furnishings Of the new Calhoun
county court house, and was thereby
stuck for $1,000 or $4,000, has made
settlement with the county. His
rescue with purse of $4,000; the
board of supervisors threw Off the in
terest amounting to $1,000; and this
left Mr.. Beckwith nearly $4,000 to>pay
himself. There never was any ques.
ton about the correctness of his inten-
tons in paying the warrant; he was
simply victimized by man who came
and claimed authority to collect the
money, which he took and has never
since been heard Of