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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-06
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ELDON

The Needlecraft club was entertain
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-06
BURLINGTON ROUTE c. e. & @.

No. Going East Depart
12A-chic.. Dubq., Quincy. 100 4. m.
22A-Ar. from Des Moines 1908 p. N.
sA-Chicago Limited -. 1889 p. m.
912B-Ft. Mad. st. Louis. S:35 p. m.
4A-Chic., st. Louis. Qcy. 716 p. m.
2A-Chic.. Peoria, R'kfd. ISIS p. m.
l7sB-Ottumwa. Burlington 1855 a. m.
1sB-Otta to Burlington. $50 q: m.
1OA-Atlantic Coast Linz. 1919 a. m.
Going West
5A-Omaha and Nebraska . 1913 a. m.
sA-Omaha, Ore, Calf. 1887 a. m.
lA-Denver Express -. 1881 q. m
23A-Des Moines local -. $500 q. m.
21sB-Ar. from TT. Mad. 1850 a. m.
.79B-Peoria to Creston :. 1855 p. m.
1lB-Ar. from Burlington. $50 p. m.
eA-Chicago to Denver - ass p. N.
A-Daily.
B-Except Sunday.
J. H. Robinson. Agent.
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k-oKUc a DEs MONIES RAILwAY

No. Gslng North Depart
47lB-Des Moines. Omaha. 6:15 p. m.
477B-From Keokuk.. :. :. $3.50 p. m.
l73B-Des Moines. east and
west..... -. -. ...... TO-: so q. m.
l75A-Des Moines. east. west
and north .............. Sis a. m.
Going South.
47oB-Eldon and K. Co.. 1888 q. m.
472B-Keokuk and south :. $3.50 p. m.
474A-Eldon and K. c.. 1880 p. m.
l7eB-Ottumwa, Keokuk -. $50 4. m.
A-Daily.
Except Sunday.
J. H. Robinson, Agent.
All trains stop at freight house, at
foot Union street.
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For Sale

WRITE AINLAY BROS. OF FARNAM,
Nebr., for a list Of grain and stock
farms In Lincoln, Frontier and Daw-
son counties.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-06
WANT TO BE NURSES

Ames. April 3. A charter for the or.
SANITATION Of a Red Cross society has
been asked by a group of Interested
women and girls in Ames. IF the char
ter is granted volunteers will be called
or.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-06

Corp Hart.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-06

NIGH BRED BARRED ROCK EGGS
N for setting. 75c per IL. Mrs. Geo
II Morrow Route 1 Douds Leando Ia.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
100000 SPIES

Newspaper reports sent broadcast
over the country from Washington tell
Us there are a hundred thousand spies
Of foreign governments i'll the United
States, and that these people are daily
collecting Information of our defensive
measures and forwarding that informa
tion to jhair home governments. IF
5here are that number OF spies in this
country our own government officials
must be aware Of the identity Of at
least q portion Of them. And if their
identities are known why is it that
they are Still at large and persuing
their dispicable calling to the aetri-
,nent Of she United States? Why are
hey not behind the bars, where they
should be, and where they would be if
it were any other country but ours?
We do not need traitors or spies in this
country, and the sooner they are kick
ed out or Jailed, or hung, the better it
will be for our own welfare. The man
who cannot respect and protect our
dag and our country has no legitimate
place in our midst, and we do not want
him. Get out.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
NOTICE SALE

by virtue Of a certain mortgage to
M. Holman & Bro. by Harrod Johnson
and wife, Henrietta j jonnson, Oh the is
day OF January, 1910, which is re-
corded III the Register Of Deeds office
OF Halifax county, North Carolina, ia
Book I'll, page Az, we viii sell for
cash 70 the highest bidder at public
auction, at the Court house door in
Halifax Oh the 2 day Of april 1917, the
following described piece or parcel of
land to wit:
That piece Of land containing ten
acres, more or less, and being in said
County and State, and in Conoconara
Township, beginning On the path be-
tween Simon Smith s and A. T. Dick
ems line, which runs into the old Tar
boro road; thence up the path to Aus
tin Spells line; thence with Spell s
line to a red oak; thence with Spell IS
line to a post oak; thence back to the
path along Simon Smith s line to the
beginning, and being the place where
Harrod johnson lived prior to his
death.
This the 1st., day Of March, 1917.
NJ. Hoffman & Bro, Mortgagee.
Herbert Smith Assignee.
8 80 II.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02

result is calculated to make one think
twice-and then again. The depart
ment estimates that on the average
small or medium sized farm the follow
ing implements are used annually the
following number Of days and fractions
thereof: Walking plow, 1872; sulky
plow. 14.7; spring tooth harrow, &C;
spike tooth harrow, 81 disc harrow, AZ;
grain drill, 4.6; land roller, 4.7; corn
planter Il row.. 10; corn planter e
row., 8; corn cultivator, q ROW., Al;
corn cultivator e row., Sc; mower,
81; hay rake, &c; grain binder, 81
1t will easily be seen that unless a
man is so well-to-do that he could af-
ford to have capital tied up in lying
idle, the plea of the small farmer that
he can not afford the modern tools is
the sober truth.
But there is remedy in cooperative
ownership In fact, the plan is in op-
Grafton in many sections Of the country
and is found to work admirably.
A glance at the list will convince e
anyone that there is not an implement
there that could not be shared between
two or three farmers, and many could
be made to do service for five or six
some, even, for much larger number.
What, then, is the necessity for each
one burdening himself with heavy
outlay to provide all Of the needed
tools when the burden can just as we'll
be distributed among number with
the same satisfactory results?
Aren't there a number of farmers
in this community who could profit by
this plan?
If you do not want partnership
ownership, fearing possible disputes
and resultant III feeling, let one buy a
corn planter, another drill, and so on
down the list Then lend back and
forth, and you get the same results.
But make it cooperative, decide in ad-
vance just what tool each is to buy, and
GET EVERYTHING THAT WILL RE
DUCE YOPR EXPENSE AND IN
CREASE YOUR YIELD.
Think this suggestion over, friends.
One or two or three hundred dollars
saved on equipment could be well in
vested in live stock and other cryin e
necessities on many farms.
It is safe to say that no other class
Of people in the country carry as much
"dead' capital as do the farmers
the very class who can least afford it.
The logical way to release this cap
ital and put it to work is through CO.
operation as above outlined.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
PRACTICAL FARM CO.
OPERATION

This is admittedly an age of improv-
cd machinery and advanced methods in
farming. No longer is it possible for
the man who farms by the old methods
and with the old tools of our fathers
to compete with his more progressive
neighbor. IF he undertakes it he is
sure to go down in defeat.
But right at this point the advocate
Of advanced methods and improved
machinery is met with a staggering op-
position. Thousands Of small farmers
tell him point blank that they can not
afford the great outlay Of money nee
essary to stock their farms with the
latest labor saving implements.
And it is the solemn truth. They
can't afford it. It would bankrupt
them to undertake it,
What, then is the answer?
One word-CO-OPE Co.
operation is buying and using the more
expensive Implements
Consider the number Of days in the
year you would use wheat drill or =
disc plow or harrow, or a binder or a
mower, or any one Of large number
OF implements that are absolutely es-
sent1al to successful farming today.
The United States Department of Ao-
rlculture has figured this out, and the
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
AND TIE WOMEN TOO

The imminenee of war for this eoun- eoun-
Try has brought our women to the front
With rush. Noble women: There
never was anything on this earth to
in all parts of the country have an
nounced their readiness to serve their
country in hospitals OR anywhere else
5hcir services may be utilized to ad-
vantage. Tt is like them, it is what
we might expect OF them, and it is what
viii happen when the crucial moment
arrives There is no uncertainty as
80 the attitude Of our women.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
RUB bACKACHE AND
LUMbAGO RIGHT OUT
aub Pein and Stiffness away with
small bottle Of old honest
ST Iacnhs Oil

When your back is sore and lame
or lunbago, sciatica or rheumatism has
you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a
25 cent bottle of old, honest est.
Jacobs OiP' at any drug store, pour a
little in your hand and rub it right
into the pain or ache, and by the time
you count fifty, the soreness and lame
aess is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing,
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. It takes, the ache and pain right
out OF your back and ends the misery.
It is magical, yet absolutely harmless
and doesn't burn the skin.
ey2othing 6 else stops lumbago, sciatica
29zd lame back misery so promptly!
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
I II
TARBORO NEWS

DR.. Leggett Of Hobgood was in town
Tuesday.
Mr. L. L. Davenport Of Speed was
in town this week.
Mrs. Lucy Weeks is visiting friends
in Kelford this week.
Mr.. I. n. Bass went to Rocky Mount
this week on business.
Mr.. House Of Oak City spent a few
hours IN town yesterday.
Little J. r. Satterwhite, Jr. is ill
with pneumonia.
Miss Rachel Edwards on R, F. D.,
was in town last night.
Mr.. E. II. Leggette Of Palmyra was
in town yesterday on business.
Mr.. w. H. Hyde Of Speed was in
town with friends yesterday.
Mr. Mercer Oats continues very i'll
at his home on Main street.
Miss Sankie Wheeler left Tuesday to
visit friends in Sanford, N. G.
Mr. Tommie Lawrence Of Leggetts
was in town on business yesterday.
Mr.. N. NJ. Bagwell, of Greenville,
spent Tuesday in town with friends.
Messrs. Thad Downing and Glastone
Anhony Of Hobgood were in own Tues
day.
Mr.. T. T. Adams, station linesman
at Parmele was in town yesterday on
business.
Miss Estelle House Of near Speed
was in town yesterday driving her new
Ford.
Mr.. L. T. Taylor Of Wilson spent
few days here this week returning last
night.
Miss Bessie Brown is spending the
week end near Speed the guest of Miss
Estelle House.
Mr.. B. F. Shelton Of Hobgood was
in town yesterday having recovered
from his illness
Mr.. n. B. Walling came UP Tuesday
from Washington on business, return
in the afternoon
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
UNIVERSAL SERVICE

A year age only a handful Of people
could be found who we're in favor Of
universal military service. Now the
man who opposes such service is the
exception. Americans are essentially
fair minded people when facts are
brought forcibly to their attention.
and this fact has been amply exempli-
1ed In the tremendous change Of ma
t1onal sentiment regarding universal
service. Daily papers of the great
cities assert that the principal obiec-
ton to universal service comes from
the rural districts. But the daily pa
pers are wrong. The young men Of our
own community are on par with those
OF other rural districts, and yet we
unhesltatingly assert that nowhere in
this broad land will be found a more
unified or patriotic sentiment than that
which exists in the hearts of our own
veiing men. If the best interests of
the country demand that each one, rich
and poor alike, shall serve his six
six months in the training camp, then
when the time comes we will find them
stepping briskly to the front, with heads
erert and eyes upon the flag of free
dsf4. There will be no Sinking, OF
quibbling, or. hanging back on the part
Of OUR young men.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
A BILIOUS ATTACK

When you have a bilious attack your
liver fails to perform it's functions. You
become constipated. The food you eat
ferments in your stomach instead of di-
gesting. This infames the stomach and
causes nausea, vomiting and terrible
headache. Take Chamberlain s Tablets
They will tone up your liver, clean out
your stomach and you will soon be as
well as ever. They only cost quarter.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02

CAR LOAD OF RED CEDAR sHTN
GILES. HARDY HARDWARE CO.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
JUDGES

A Judge is the nearest approach to
an abject slave Of which the twentieth
century can boast. r he gives opin-
ions they must not be his own Il he
has his opinions Of his own he must not
give them.
Lor instance, q thorough going Judge
could not quote that line Of Shakes
peare S, "Who steals my purse steals
trash.
No matter how decided his views or
deep his convictions, he must say moth
ing. He must sit down and wait and
hope.
Then some day man, whom we may
call A, comes along and says that B has
stolen his purse.
When makes his assertion, the
Judge, carefully refraining from com
ment, must take several months to de-
eide whether the assertion is made in
the proper form and in language suf-
fciently Blackstonian. Then B. comes
along and admits he stole the purse, but
sets up the defense that the purse was
trash and therefore not worth fighting
about.
Then the lawyers are called in again
and fo1 several years they look up the
law and the prophets, the precedents
and the decisions, the constitutions and
Il ha tof1 46o ;r4o
and the circumstances. The whole Ba-
CONAN theory is re-examined and made
a part Of the record. An attempt is
made to discover whether A was RIGHT
fully possessed Of the purse in the first
place. While all this is going on the
the Judge must maintain an unbroken
silence.
Finally the thing is threshed out to
point where an opinion is imminent.
Then the discovery is made that it was
not purse at all, but a wallet: that it
was bought as wallet, sold as a wal
let and distinctly designated as such by
the seller, certain department store.
marked Exhibit A.
AS this makes everything defective
and introduces the new question as to
whether the trash theory applies to wal
let's as we'll as to purses, the whole mat
ter must be gone over again.
In the meantime the Judge is hiding
IN his bosom sapient opinion which
,, is eating his heart out
At last the day seems to have arriv-
ed when the lawyers are unable to drag
out the case any longer The Judge
perks up. He is about to be some
body.
But alas! disappointment is again
lis lot. His fetters are not loosed. for
he is Informed that the case has been
compromised by dividing the contents
OF the purse among the lawyers.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
WILSON'S STATECRAFT

PRESIDENT WILSON is the Chit
Of the season. as the ladies would ex-
press it, and were it not on so serious
q matter as the welfare of the country
we should be applauding him for the
perfect stage setting of the coup that
he has just pulled off on the house Of
congress and the senate in the publica-
tisn, imme 1iately prior to the adjourn
neat, which representatives and sena-
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
;TIAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY
A FAVoRITE FOR COLDS

J. T. Easley, Macon, Ill, in speaking
Of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy says,
During the past fifteen years it has
been my sister IS favorite medicine for
colds on the lungs. I myself have ia
ken it a number of times when suffer
ing with cold and it always relieved
me promptly.'
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
Friday, March 2, --------- 1917
WATCH EDISON

A year or SO ago it was announced
that if this nation is forced into war
Thomas A. Edison would spring new
implement Of warfare of incalcuiable
value to cur country defenders. We
are even now on the brink OF war, and
Bdison is in his secret laboratory with
an armed guard around him night and
day Watch Edison:
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
iDLSPONDENCY DUE TO CCNSTT-
PATTON

spoluenJ. W nen this is due to consti-
patton II is easily corrected by taking
an occasional dose OF Chamberlain s
Tablets. These tablets are easy to take
and pleasant in eject.
The commonwealth., 1917-03-02
DRINA axI TEA
FOR A BAD COLD

Get small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee" at any
pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of the
tea, put cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink
teacup full at any time during the
day or before retiring. It is the most
effective way to break cold and cure
grip, as it opens the pores of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus driving a cold from the
system.
Try it the next time you suffer from
Q cold or the grip. It is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28
GOVERNMENT FIXES
COFPER.s PRICE

Washington, Sept. 22.-Coppez
prices were fixed today at z3h cents
. pound, about three cents below the
prevailing market by agreement be-
tween the government and leading
copper producers, effective for four
months.
Sales to the government, the pub
llc and the allies, will be at this price,
f.e-b. New York and producers agreed
mot to reduce wages now paid in the
industry. They also pledged them
selves to maintain maximum produc-
taen, and prevent copper from fall
ing into the hands Of spectators.
Altho the price is fixed under vol
untary agreement between producers
and the governments war industries
board, with the presidents approval,
It was announced officially that un-
der the executive wer power the prop
er departments Of the government will
be asked to take over the mines and
plants Of any producers who fail to
conform to the arrangements and
price"
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28
WILL APPLY NEW sKR-

Dr.. Hersehea I. Manuel, instructor
in Psycholsgy in the Colorado State
Normal School has been appointed
psychological examiner by Surgeon
General Gorgas with the rank Of First
Lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps. He
viii probably be located temporarily
At Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. The
work Of psychological examiner will
be established in our four or five army
cAntonments soon and viii probably
be expanded later. Mr.. Manuel writes
that he is very glad that the Colorado
State Normal School can be repre-
sented in this work because the num-
Der Of schools which viii be repre-
sented will necessarily be small.
This is . new branch Of the army,
and corresponds to the French Binot-
Simon tests or the Curtis tests used
in America by which the mental age
Of children is determined irrespective
Of their physical appearance or Of &C
tual age in years. The same wonder
full new science is being used to de-
termine fitness Of clerks and surgeons,
and druggists and in fact workers Of
all kinds and classes So in the army,
the Psychological examiner discovers
that this man may succeed ~ IN avia-
tor, while the next could not possibly
fly and education spent upon him
would be wasted. This man has the
nerve, the quickness Of reaction, to do
secret service work The next would
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Recruiting is now being done for .
second regiment Of Foresters to be
sent to France Is IN industrial unit "a
assist in woods and saw min work for
the armies now fighting in France.
This regiment is to be called the e0th
Engineer (Forest) Regiment and ID
to consist Of 10 battalions Of $50 men
each, three battalions to be recruited
at once.
The Forester has requested the 10
cal Forest Office to assist in this un-
dertaking and to secure ~ many re-
cruits n possible for the battalions
now being recruited. Men between
the ages Of Is and II years who. have
had experience in woods or saw mill
work who wish to join this regiment
can secure application blanks from
Forest Supervisor Kreutxer, Gunnison.
Colorado. who has been appointed .
listing officer.
Counties within the Gunnison Ma
tional Forest should be able to pro-
duce . number Of men qualified to
enlist In this regiment.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28
HAD AN KC11ueo
RUNAWAY sAIu1DAY'

Saturday evening. Mn. Cail Meses
had quite N exciting expeEieaes. -
had dYivea into. toWn early IN tho -
ternocn with two horses and . spFiAG
wagon. After hnishing her Ghoppilg
Nrx. Moore, her nephew, and h6G
sister, Mrs. Frank Wright. started fer
the home Of the latter in the west
part Of town. They were but . short
distance from Mr.. Ditto's store VIA
the tongue Of the buggy fell ennaing
the horses to become ffighteno6
They immediately began 70 run AZ
ter running for about block turned
completely around and started baek
in the direction they had come. While
they were making the turn, Mn.
Wright and son managed to get out
Mrs. Moore, feeling confident -
could stop the horses stayed in. By
this time several people had heard
the excitement and were out On The
street. They shouted to her TO jump
out which she. did. The horses ran
ON up the street for about . block,
then ran into tree and stopped.
The groceries which were in IL
wagon were scattered along the road;
the buggy and harness were broken
in several places, but besides this -
serious damage was done.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

be placed best ~ IN artillery eGicsr.
Whether these tests viii be ap-
piled to al enlisted men, or only te
officers We have not learned, but II il
q really new thing in army experience
rs well rs in business and educational
circles, 50 that DR.. Manuel becomes .
pioneer in the work.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Word received from Mrs. Nettie
Carr Of the Lake Fork states that she
is located in .Nontrose for the win
ter, and the children are attending
school there. The eldest girl'was tax
en- sick at the ranch and after IN op-
erAtion at the Nontrose hospital is
recovering nicely.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

REv. MONTGOMERY. PREauY.
TERRAIN MISSIONARY PROMOTED
Rev. D. ". Noatgsanesy. ~ fer
. number Of years kAs very eysdit-
ably held the positioa of Sunday
School missionary, for tie Gunnisoa
presbytey Of tie Presbyterian
Church, has received . merited pro-
motion, and leaves within . day or
50 for Denver. where he will make
his headquarters and become super
intendent of the Sunday School mis-
sionary work for three states-Non-
tana, Wyoming and Colorado.
In Rev. Aontgomery's place in this
city will come Rev. J. 8. NeInnis,
who has been pastor Of the Cougre-
gational Church 1t Buena Vista, Colo.
He will also make his home at Grand
Junction.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28
81 II r

Business matters called the Steiner
Brothers from lola to Denver Friday
evening.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Just before the parade Of Montrose
soldier boys formed at the court
house to march to the station, Charles
Gould dashed out Of the court house
door and disappeared. His place was
instantly filled by . substitute. Gould
was arrested. The commander Of
the Aontrose contingent gave it
as his opinion that Gould was mentally
unbalanced. He must BE-, 20 think he
can side-step Uncle Sam.
Durango Weekly Herald: Rev.
Father William J. Ryan Of Ouray has
received . chaplain's commission in
the U. s. army and left the last Of the
week to enter upon his new duties.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Goering motored
from the upper Cebolla Wednesday
and made brief stay in Gunnison.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Mrs. Jennie Hillman, Of Telluride,
came in on 3l6 Sunday evening. She
IL attending the Normal School.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

The sickness Of his son called
Roy Hicks, Of Sargents, to Gunnison
Tuesday. He is unable to return to
his home yet.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Miss Elnora Dixon, who has been
attending school in Chicago for the
past year, is expected home Sunday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28

Miss Pearl McWilliams, who has
been in Denver for some weeks, is
again at her work in the County AS
SCISSORS office.
Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-28
RECRUITING SECOND
FOREST REGIMENT

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