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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-22
FARMER Is KILLED
DEHORNING CATTLE

Jefferson. Dec. 19-While assisting
in dehorning cattle Joseph Gaffney. a
well-to.do young farmer living west or
Odaza, received injuries which result
ed in his death. They were using a
chute in which the cattle were con-
fined while the horns We're taken off.
Mr. Gaffney was attempting to place
an iron rod behind one of the animals
which had entered the chute and had
one end of the rod behind 81 strors w.
right when the animal suddenly
backed out striking the rod and
knocking him down. The iron rod
struck him across the stomach. He
soon recovered and continued to as
sist with the work until it was fin
ished. He experienced no i'll effects
from his injury until two days later,
when he was suddenly seized with dis
tressing pains in the stomach. A ply
stefan was summoned and everything
possible was done to save the young
mans life. but 10 no avail Following
his death post norton examination
was made to determine the cause of
his death. and il was found that The
intestines had been severely bruised
BY the blow from the iron rod and
that peritonitis had resulted.
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LITTLE BENNY'S
N TE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
BY LEE PAPE

. o . . o . . . . . - -
THE KING.
O the king has palace to live in
And the queen has rite there to-.
And the subjeckts help to pay the rent
But they amt even aloud to wawk
thrOo.
Upon his he'd he wears gold crown
With jewelry on it to match it
But no matter how bad his he'd itcheS
He cant take it of to scratch it.
o the kings got a throne to set on
And the queen can set there to
And Sumtimes it must feel pritty. hard
But wat elts is there to do?
The palace has got 1000 rooms
All made out of marble
But If the king played hide and 60
seek in them
Everybody wood think that was hor-
ribil
o the kings little boys are ali little
kings
And his gerls are all little queens
And they eat herds lungs OF Of golden
plates
And never even herd of pork and
Its hard 10 get to lie king.
Because kings are born that way
And 1t mite be fun for week or
But it woodent for every day.
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STRIKE TO DELAY
GRINNELL BUILDING

Grinnell, Dec. 20. A strike of al!
the PAINTERS. carpenters and mssons
employed by the Bailey-Marsh Con.
struction company on the alumni reel
tation building VIII CHI the concern is
putting up for Grinnell college has
caused an almost entire cessation of
work for the greater part of last week
and has precluded the possibility that
the building would be ready for occ,.-
paticn when college reopens in Janu-
airy after the Christmas recess.
The cause of the strike was the EN-
ploy ment by the company of a non
union foreman who went on the job a
week ago today. The company expects
to have crew of men on hand today
or tomorrow to take the place of the
strikers. This is the sixth strike tina.
the company has suffered since il be-
gan the construction of this building.
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COOPERATION
IS PROFITABLE
LADS WORK WITH COUNTY
AGENT IN BEEF CONTEST
WITH GOOD RESULTS

! AS an illustration Of what a county
agent can do TO help the community
having this service that is to be in
stalled in Wapello county when the
/ farm bureau is established in the Com
! mercial club. the following from Better
| Iowa will be Of interest:
Eleven Henry county. Iowa, lads
are richer by $500 in pocket money
| than they We're last week, and by
/ 81, 900 in baby beef feeding experience
| than they were 36l.91 days ago.
These boys, contestants in the
j boys baby beef feeding contest, with
the help OF Don 4. Fish, county agent.
comparatively sold 22.69O pounds OF
baby beef last week to Chicago deal
! er. This is the first cooperative sell
ing dea! that has been put through in
1.-THE state by baby beef boys. 1t en-
abled them not only to increase their
profits by gaining reduced freight rates
for the carload lot, but they gained the
advantage of advanced price by selling
in quantity.
According to figures complied by
! the secretary of the Iowa Beef Pro-
ducers' association. the average initial
weight of the eleven calves was 1921
calves weighed on an average 1 .O9s.l9
pounds, thus gaining an average
weight of G35.2S pounds each for the
period. The cost OF 100 pounds of gain
was IS per cwt."
J. w. Coverdale. state leader of
county agents, when addressing the
open meeting for farmers held in, the
Commercial club December IL. refer
red to Henry county and a number OF
other communities where the county
agents working with the farm improve.
pent organizations have accomplished
lbuch for the localities having this ser.
vice.
Mr.. Coverdale laid particular stress
on the boys and girls on the farm.
calling them the farmers of tomorrow
and urged that the present day farm.
err look out for the children in the
business of agriculture. He urged mp
on them to organize and make use Of
modern methods to get the best results
from their farms and the various prod
ucts. whether crops or live stock.
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BEWARE CHRISTMAS FIRES.

Ole O. Roe. state fire marshal
sounds the following notes OF warning
, against fires during the holiday sea
| son:
Fire may turn your merry Christ
mas into a sad one. "A house of mer
riment is better than house Of
mourning
Instill the maxim of safety first in
the minds of each member of your
! family.
Remember that the most destruc
tive fire in tn history of our state
which occurred December %. 1904
was the result OF carelessness IN the
handling of holiday goods and occas
toned loss of s1.750.000.
Each one OF us should see to it that
we have Christmas without a single
regret 10 mar 1t.
Put out the blaze quickly If it oc'
ours: so keep your fire extinguishers
in good condition and water near at
hand
Risk no lives. Tell Santa Claus to
use discretion in the matter of com
hining long cotton whiskers. infam
mable garments and burning candles.
Every bit of jnflammable decaSa'
tions should be discarded Use as.
bestos or mineral wool in place of cot.
ton for snow. and tinsel in place OF
tireue naper garlands and bells.
Ventilation in Mr.. Merchants stor
age r2cm will prevent spontaneous
combustion in his surplus stock o!
holiday goods.
Extra care should attend the Christ
mas tree and it's decorations. See
that il stands securely, that the can
dies are properly protected and that
children are not allowed to light them
Never hang decorations near open
gas iets nor near lights of any kind
Take time from your festivities to
keep an eye on the stove or furnace.
Install electric wiring for decor.
alive purposes with particular care.
Our dads" and brothers should
BE- cautioned TO be careful with their
Christmas cigar and cisaret stubs.
Never be too busy in the holiday
rush TO consider fire hazard
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NEW 1alI ROAD euANNEo.

Dubuque Dc. 2o.--Considerab'e in
terest is being taken by Dubuque men
in the proposal To construct a new
railroad 10 connect l..thosraph City,
tFloyd county). Iowa. with the outside
world. The plan received its birth nj
the inland town and residents Of that
place are now in Dubuque interesting
local CAPITALISTS in the proposition. II
is said the town will guarantee close
to half = million tons of freight year
ly. The road proposed viii run due
south and connect with the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul road at a
point lust siy ard one'half miles from
Lithograph City.
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(D-1 q q . :
s tories

He had worked for the farmer nine
years, and was apparently contentco
until his employer added poultry
raising to his list Of activities. Then
he had to write on each egg. with an
indelible pencil. the date and the name
of the hen that lad the egg One day
he marched up to his employer and an
nonnced: I'm going to leave The
farmer was aston.shei Why are you
going to,leave," he asked. after work
ing for me all these years? Well,
said the man. stout'y, I've done pref
ty near everything about this place
now. but III starve before III go on be-
ing secretary to your old hens
During a murder ,:.ial in New York
two countryinen were among the spec
tators.
Sure enough said one OF them,
"the evidence will convict the prs
oner."
Not only convict him. it will hang
him." said the other.
MAN alive. They don't hang muir
derers in New York.,
well, if they dent hang them what
do they do with them?'
Kill them with elocution.'
The local bgwig's presence in the
chair at an entertainment was desired,
and two of the organizers waited upon
him with deferential request. The
required promise was duly obtained.
you may rely upon me- said the
big man. Friday. the twenty-fifth. in
the parish room. It's quite an unsec'
tartan affair. suppose
Bless your cart" came the reply.
the place was lime washed only last
week. You won't find nothing of the
kind on the premises"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-22
STUDENTS SAVED
ON DOCTORS BILLS

Iowa City. Dec, 49, Students OF the
University IF Iowa were saved to-
tai of sa,Ii0 on surgical and medical
treatment in the single month Of No
vemher iy tho arrangement whereby
msr her nj TIE staff of the medical
,o'lcse give treatment al merely noW-
inal charges or none at all.
Even though they be a healthy laks
like the young neopie al the, uniyor-
sity. S,00o persons are bound to need
considerable attention from ply
sicians and surgeons within month.
The students who FOUND II NECESSARY
to 90 to the hospital numbered NIFTY
eight. Had they hesn harsed fhe
regular rates, Their total bill would
have been s3,lS9,.n 'usteads IT,
paid total of only $i49.Ao. t4ssxs
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ming. but somehow they. too, had
changed. So much paint,so little
skirt. such queer coiffures and lack OF
restraint! The cigarette smoking
which had been a bit of daredevilish-
ness to him before had become SO
prevalent now that it lacked snap.
Then he went to bed. the first minute
he had enjoyed all day.
But Tommy was game. He had
come to New York for time, so a
time he would have if he died in the
attempt The next day was new
round of solitary pleasure. varying lit
tie from the first. and the next was
almost like it,
Then one day as he was walking
out of shop and were climbing into
ia Limousine when one of them cried,
why. there's Tommy Crawford Hell
10. Tom"
And Tommy turned to see Martha
beaming on him delightedly and hold
ing cut her hand But it was Martha.
this exquisite creature in clothes
which quietly insisted expense.
Cousin Mary: want you to meet
Tommy, Mr. Crawford. Come and get
lin and drive home with us. won't you?
I'm dying for talk I've been having
such glorious time, I'm crazy to tell
some one about it,
Tommys lonely heart gave a few
longing thumps. How he wanted to
accept. But he remembered his ex-
cuse Of urgent business. No, thank
you" he drew out his watch Its
getting late and | have an appoint
ment. But I'll ring up and maybe you
can spare me minute again"
Cousin Mary mentioned a night for
ton and deliberation Tommy muir
INJURED that she was very kind and
he'd certainly do his best to arrange
to go. 1t was almost a week ahead.
And in the meantime it seemed that
Tommy was due to collide with Mar
tina and her friends everywhere he
went In dining rooms. theaters and
restaurants he found himself fading
into the scenery and making hasty
getaways before his solitude should
be discovered. But ALWAYS he had time
to see how far and away superior
Martha was 10 any girl he had so far
seen in New York. Others seemed
TO think so too, and Tommy's heart
had many jealous pang when he saw
the number of men who paid her at
tention.
Then came the night of the dinner.
Tommy found Cousin Walters Harlem
fat to be very pretentious house
near the park. and the affair state
ceremony large enough to leave his
absence and Martha's afterward prac-
tically unnoticed. Thed had slipped
into the conservatory.
you'll never guess how lonely I've
been. Martha confessed Tommy with
meaning he thought the girl little
guessed
Poor Tommy" sympathized Mar.
tha
and | can't have all these fellows
monopolizing my girl this way" he
went on Il love you. Martha Let's
get married here in New York before
We go home. Don't say YOU can't care
for me dear" anxiously I'm crazy
about you"
And if Martha still hesitated it was
because she had known how it was
from the beginning. And. if she cared
to punish him, now was the time. But
to show how really superior she was
to any other girl we know. she smiled
up at him adorably. albeit trifie mis-
chievously. and said: Yes. I'll marry
you. Tommy, if you're not too busy
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-22
MANS LIP is CUT
BY CLOTHES LINE

Atlantic. Dec. 19-John Carlson liv-
ing several miles east of the city, suf-
fered very painful accident when he
rode into clothesline and was
thrown to the ground, his upper lin
being nearly severed from his face
in the accident He had been driving
cattle and had ridden into the yard
on the Hope farm, when he struck the
clothesline and was thrown backward
from the horse. The lip vas cut
through just below the nose and hung
by few shreds of flesh.
He was rushed to the Atlantic hos
pital at once and the lin was put into
place again. The accident was very
painful 1t is thought that he will re:
cover with only a few scars to remind
him of the accident.
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RUNS FROM MARSHAL:
FREEZES HIS FEET

Dubuque, Dec. .o-The condition of
William Schaeffer's hands and feet is
serious and amputation of all four
members may become necessary.
Schaeffer froze both hands and feet
when he ran from his home at Cas-
cade in his bare feet and with no ex-
ira coat or wraps in an effort to escape
the Cascade marshal, He was found
unconscious about ten miles west OF
Cascade later by pose in search OF
him. He was taken to the county Jail
here and later removed to Mercy hos
pital.
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BOXING IN THE SCHOOLS.

Supt. of Schools Shoop sl.cw him
self to be annoyed by the FAC LAT lae
Hyde Park high school permits boxln?
exhibitions. One point he makes Is
good. He says that he is opposed &c
a form of sport which offers exercise
for few and spectacle for many.
That is good point, but the obJec
ton is easily removed. Why not have
all the boys boxing? Mr.. Shoop,s 90
lection to the boxing itself Will not
stand criticism. He says that one OF
the objects of the schools is TO take
pugnacity out Of the boys.
We hope not We hope that Amerl
can schooling will never include any
such purpose in its scheme. Pugnaclty
is a needed element in boy what
the schools must do is train II, dlsclp'
line it, restrain it from violent out
4 breaks. give it form, code and manners
decorate it with honorable motives and
make it way to character.
A boy meets life and life has knock
! out in each hand 1t is not intended
for Weddings. Physical hardihood is
not the quality merely of the brute.
The most perfect character OF roman
tic history was Sir Philip Sidney. he
was not timid :,
Boxing is regulated violence IL
teaches restraint as much as 1t teaches
hitting. A boxer is not brawler. BOX.
ing takes crude order of mankind
ard trains these young men into ais
ciplined fighters.
If II happens that young man who
might have been a gang Leader Is
transformed by his training as prize
boxer and his ambitions as boxer IN
to a decorous citizen, fighting only ac-
cording to rule and by form and lead
ing a clean life to save his wind. what
reason is there to suspect that young
fellow of gentler breeding Will be
changed into a. rowdy because he has
learned the forms of individual athletic
contest?
Force is the law of life. If people
try to escape il they merely expose
themselves to it. The rabbit finds it
the law even as the wolf does. lntelli-
gence would rather meet the law OF
life as the wolf than as the rabbit and
best OF all as the watchdog, trained to
defeat the wolf.
Bc,s ought to learn how TO hit and
to take punch. They ought to. have
their muscles trained to restraint and
order; they Ought to have Their endur-
Hrnce steadied and their fortitude
z streng, he ned; they ought to have their
nerves quietei rather than agltated;
they. ought to have their morale inten-
sified
These boys are the citizens Of the
natior We do not want them TO be
Weaklipgs. We want them to grow up
rs men. We do not want them to be
rowdies. We want them to be discip-
lined. We want them 10 he able to
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COSSON WILL TAKE
UP LAW PRACTICE

Des Moines. Dec. 20 When Attor
ney General George Cosson retires
from the state department of justice
on Jan, / he will begin the private
practice of Law in Des Moines.
Cosson has served nine years in the
department of justice. He was assis'
tant attorney general three years for
the last six years has been attorney
general
Before coming to Des MONIES be
served as county attorney of Audubon
county. He served in the general as
sembly None term.
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stand a smash in the nose in their
youth in order that when they have
become men they may take a stagger
ing blow. such as life surely, and GER
tainly will deal them. and take it with
out flinching.
Coddle the youth and run the, man
Boxing IS form of discipline. Life
requires discipline and fortitude. Its
laws cannot be evaded by weakness
They can be net only by strength
Chicago Tribune
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-22

Go into a bank and ask for loan.
Show that you borrowed money before
and pad it as YOU agreed, it may be
but dollar week. and you ge; the
accommodation. Go into department
store and ask for credit. Show the
credit man that you bought bin OF
goods. a PIANO. a victrola. house on
installments and kent your payments
promptly and rD to the minute and you
are Immediately rated safe credit
risk
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-22

A. 3. Jilson, state master of, the
Iowa grange, in his annual address Il;
tho state convention held by the
grange in Des Moines last week
touched on many things OF interest 4
the farmer and especially members
of the grange. The address Was OF
such length as to preclude it's full
text. but the following taken from the
printed address covers the essential
features Of the speech:
The all.important work Of the state
grange is to endeavor to devise ways
and means TO organize the farmers OF
the state under the banner of the
grange for the good of all; to plan,
strong, active, reliant and permanent,
oranges in every part of the state, and
also to use every possible means to
keep the oranges now in existence
in good, active condition.
The greatest good of the order must
result from making the grange Of the
greatest possible service to the real
living, working farmers of the state
1t must be conservatively progressive
with sound thinking safely guiding ev'
cry progressive step it takes. l,
should seek rather than share respon
sibility and invite the whole world to
witness how sanely and firmly it meets
these responsibilities. In work well
done must forever be the greatest good
of the order
Since the last session of the state
grange there has been organized in
the state ten subordinate oranges with
an average membership of about fifty,
Some oranges have reported loss in
membership. while others have report
ed large gains. During the past year
we have. through our deputies, on
deavored to have each grange inspect
ed, to ascertain it's efficiency in all
lines of work We found only a few
that were near perfect in all lines OF
grange work, and many that were
very deficient. especially in the ritual.
istic work We also found that where
grange was efficient in all lines of
work the officers looking after every
detail to see that everything was done
perfect, that grange was prospecting
and live factor in community inter
ests and every member was a booster
for the grange. Therefore we Want to
impress on your minds the necessity
of efficiency and ,thoroughness in all
lines of work.
Several degree teams have been or
sanized by Brother Joe McGlasson
with good results. These degree teams
have been great help in some
oranges in arousins interest among
the young people an I no doubt are a
good thing where properly organized
and conducted. -
There seems to be = growing de-
mand for juvenile oranges and some
provision should be made at this SEES
sion to encourage this work Without
doubt the juvenile grange is great
help in any community where it is
properly carried on and the right per-
son is placed in charge There are
three or four juvenile oranges in the
state and the people interested are
loud in their praise. There is no
grange law in this state providing for
or governing these organizations and
therefore | would recommend that the
committee on constitution and bylaws
draft suitable bylaws for juvenile
oranges so that the state grange may
have some jurisdiction in the matter.
Sister Sitter of Jasper county has TAX
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COMPULSORY SERVICE.

TIE compulsory military training
proposition is getting rome very seri-
.onr corsid ratio, these days. The
bigleet officers n The army maintain
that ,he Mexican border Mobilization
has been convincing proof of the In
efficiency and insuiiiciency of the ma
tional guard and of the whole vohin-
teer army plan Secretary Of War
Baker made this statement when ask
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TwAIN,s "eUpDYv i'll.

Mon, gomery, Mo-. Dec. 20. Tyler
Parker. who set type with Mark
Twain, nearly ten years before the
civil war, has been stricken down az.
ter over sixty years at the case He
had just received word from Speaker
Champ Clark that he had been granted
pension of $50 per month. He had
called on the county court for help
pending President Wilson's signature
to this special pension bill
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GET NEW SUITS.

Iowa City. Dec. 20-Seven dozen
new bathing suits have been received
at the girls gymnasium of the state
university this week. The popularity
of the girls swimming pool has been
so great that the shortage in suits
caused considerable displeasure. The
shrinkage of suits. due to constant
sterilizing. has been another trouble
in that it has caused shortage in the
larger sizes of suits
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RAISE OVER $1,000.

Sioux City. Dec. 20.-The Good Eel
lows club is what its name implies in
Sioux City II has raised over $1,000
to bring Christmas cheer into the
homes of the poor in the city and the
work of raising funds is not over.
Other gifts of hats, shoes and cloth
ing have been received. The money
and other contributions will be placed
among destitute families where II will
do the most good as holiday gifts.
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The farmers OF the United States
evidently expect high prices for wheat
will continue over the coming year.
They have planted many thousands
more acres to winter wheat than
they did last year Excepting for the
year 1a14-l5. this years acreage is a
record
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Don't get pessismistic when YOU
compare your station in life with that
of some wealthy man. If you make
any comparisons go back in the
wealthy mans biography to the point
where he was your age. You will
probably find that you are enjoying
now. many luxuries and advantages
that he got along without
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SHOOTS Bio MOLE.

Bellevue Dec. 20. The day of the
big timber wolves in this. section OF
Iowa is nearly past, the capture Of one
of these destructive animals being
very rare But Fred Long. a Jackson
county farmer. shot a large, specimen
last week in swamp near his home.
The animal measured five feet from
Zip to tip.