Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-02


ten pounds of coffee: third, 800 cake.
Ladies foot race--Miss Helen Evans,
of Ottumwa, first: Miss Maude Skir-
win, Agency, second: Mrs. H. Utter
back, Ottumwa, third Prizes-First,
set OF silver knives and forks; second,
one case Of honey; third, four pounds
of coffee.
Boys shoe and stocking race--Wil.
lard Brooks. Ottumwa, first. Prize,
safety razor.
Bearded mems race-L. J. New.
quist, Dudley, first: J. w. Cupp,
Bloomfield, second James Hedrick.
Ottumwa, third. Prfzes-First, carpet
sweeper: second, case Of canned
goods; third, $3.50 worth of barber
work
One legged race for boys--Joe Grier,
Ottumwa. first; Clarence Luke. south
lof Ottumwa. second; Keith Pickens,
northwest of Ottumwa, third. Prizes,
first, camera; second, pencil sharp
ener; third, one dozen handkerchiefs.
Race for married men with
musta ches-Thomas Agee, south Of
Agency, first: George O'Gar, Ottumwa,
second; William s. Wallace, Agency
third. Prizes-first. twenty-five pound
sack of flour: second, two and one.
half pounds Of candy.
The county decisively defeated the
town team in the tug of war
Notes on the Bio Picnic.
= A great deal of credit is due those
. who were the prime movers and who
We're In charge of the arrangements
for the mammoth Wapello county pic
mic for the brilliant success which
marked the event. Everything went
off In the best manner possible and
everybody left feeling that they had
spent profitable day of recreation.
Physical Director e. ]. Eigenmann. of
the local Y. NJ. G. A. also deserves
praise for the manner in which he
managed the contests and sports.
Practically every event was carried
out according to schedule and a great
deal Of interest was aroused in them.
A great many opinions were vouch-
safed regarding the number Of auto
mobiles parked in the grove. A count
by numerous persons showed the num-
between 1000 and $500 autos on the
grounds and hundreds or horse drawn
vehicles. Many Of these came from
outside Of the county. cars being pres.
ent from Batavia, Hedrick, Oskaloosa,
Drakesville and other points. The
statements Of many regarding the
number Of people present varied
great DEAL but practically everyone
agreed that there were at least 5000
in attendance.
The oiled road over the right of way
proved great advantage to the many
autoists who traversed this we'll
known roadway, as very little dust
was encountered, in spite of the fact
that hundreds of cars passed over the
road during the day. The officers sta
toned along the road to arrest speed
sters prevented fast driving and mini
mized the chance Of accidents to
great extent.
Arthur Griffin and Jesse Smith of
the First Cavalry band put on little
wrestling exhibition with Ralph Lee
as referee. After several minutes
of hard work both agreed that it was
too warm to indulge in strenuous ex-
ercise and ceased operations.
The committee expressed pleasure
at the manner in which the sheriff and
city forces policed the right Of way
and grounds during the day. No acct
dent has been reported. .....r..
The bean guessing contest. in which
more than 1000 were registered, was
won by Mrs. H. Utterback, 1902 West
Second street, who guessed 5,347 and
the count showed $3.50 beans in the
quart jar She was awarded a wash
ing machine as the prize.
The girls shoe and stocking race
was won by Dorothy Eigenmann, who
received an electric iron; Mildred
Eigenmann, second, got a jewel case,
and Virginia Mercer, third, was given
two books. 49,.
Makes Plea for Crop Expert.
E. T. Meredith, democratic candi-
date for governor, was the first of the
speakers to be introduced by J. K.
Dysart of this city He, like his sue
cessor, took as his text the upbuilding
of community. He urged the need,
not only of national patriotism but
also of everyday loyalty, the willing
ness TO accomplish things in the city,
county, district and state. The speak
er stated that there are great many
needs in the state, which must be
supplied in order for the community
to expand. He emphasized the great
need which he said exists of crop ex-
perts to point out the wrong, tell the
right of things and drive out preju-
dice against the book farmer" who,
he says, knows more about successful
cultivation than most Of the farmers
who have gained their knowledge
merely from years of experience along
oi.e. line. Mr.. Meredith urged all to
.:cept the crop expert as necessity
and to be the first to respond when
called upon. ... ~
The speaker gave some startling fig
ures showing the great loss in corn
and profits which may accrue to the
farmers of the state as a result of u.s.
ing poor seed corn. He said that figur-
ing one ear of dead seed corn per
acre on 100000 acres the loss would
mount into the millions. The test
ing of corn by experts, the method of
which he explained would prevent this
loss to great extent, he asserted.
Talks Of the Dairy.
The democratic candidate then
hro n chod off nnt0 another limo chou.