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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
FELLOWS QUINTET
WIN FROM LOCALS
OTTAWA LED AT END OF FIRST
hAlF-osMUNosoN is AGAIN
STAR OF LOCAL TEAM.

La Sale high school won an inter
esting basketball game last evening al
the high school gym when they de
feated the locals by score OF twenty
FIVE to fifteen. Ottawa led at the end
OF the first b. If with the score twelve
10 seven. La Sale came back with a
burst OF speed in the last half OF the
game and scored seventeen points to
three made by the locals. Osmundson
was the star Of the contest scoring
eleven of the fifteen points made by
Whitney's team. In fact, Osmundson
was about two-thirds of the Ottawa
team. In the first period he held the
La Sale team at his hand and seore1
ten points while they were scoring
seven
Completely spent, from the fast
pace he set in the first half. the tall
rangy guard was unable to keep the
pace in the last half.
Coach Fellows sent forth formid'
able foe of basket cagers. Mccormick,
Nelson and Snyder were the stars for
the La Salle-Peru bunch. Mccormick,
the lanky center Of the LIP. bunch,
showed considerable form at ringing
baskets and made couple of nee
shots from the middle of the floor.
The game was by no means devoid
of the usual roughness. Time after
time Referee McEvoy was forced TO
call fouls for disregard of the rules.
Fitzke, a La Sale guard, who did
not score single point made good
impression with the crowd by his won
derful speed. He covered his men
to perfection and seemed to be every.
where on the floor at once.
Coach Fellows has fair bunch OF
basket cagers and should make good
showing in the Northern Illinois tour.
nament at Joliet.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
AND GIRL KILLED

ElgIn, Ill., Jan. 81 Marold Watts
ana Miss Dorothy E Mitchell, high
schooi students, are dead today, VIC.
tins or an automobile which skidded
on an ICY pavement, plunged over a
loIoot embankment and crashed
thru slianty which stood at the foo..
Eoth were still alive when relatives,
alarmed by their long absence, started
a search
Never mind me- gasped Watts
Take care OF Dorothy"
Both died in hospitsl early tocay
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
Notice OF Dissolution OF Partnership.

Public notice Is hereby given that
tho co-partnership of J. A. Hampson
4 Sea, dealers in automobiles and
automobile supplies, and doing bust
ness at No. 2l9 w. Madison street.
ottawa, Illinois, has this day been dis
solved by mutual consent. Joseph A.
Hampsol will continue tho bus ness
and is authorized to collect and re.
cept for all Indebtedness due said CO.
partnership and will pay all liabilities
owing by 1t, Parties holding or ow-
ns accounts please call and make
settlement
Dated January "a, A. d. 1917.
JOSEPH A. HAMPSON.
], ARTHUR HAMPSON.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
MAY lRWIN IN "5s WASHINGTON
coUARETlt

Il.
May Irwin and her company Of fun
makers, will appear at the Gayety
Theater Tuesday, January S0th, in "33
Washington Square" a dramatization
OF the novel by, Leroy Scott. Miss
Irwin has the part OF Matilda in the
play. She is the ever-faithful and in
genious housekeeper of Mrs. rePeys-
ter of SO Washington Square, New
York. Mrs. DePeyster's troubles be-
gin on the eve of her departure for
trip abroad. Matilda ASKS her. Don't
yoa think p trunks will 'be senough
for you to take abroad" I Then Mrs
DePeyster discovers that the railroad.
where the bulk OF her fortune is In
vested, passed its quarterly dividend
She decides she cannot afford TO go
abroad in proper style and that she
canno, AFFORD not 70 go She solves
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
THE WORLD 90 MOVE.

William T. Gordon and Matthew
White were among the Ottawains who
listened to SeIig's music in La Sale
at the o. Of /. Dance.
Harold Corwin, Of the Peru News
Hareld, participated in a quadrill at
the La Sale dance last evening
Harold, yer gettin' reckless.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
Special Assc ssment.

All persons whose property Is as.
sessed for either paving or sewer, or
both, are hereby notified that install
ment Is due January |, 1917, and pay.
able at the city Office in east base.
ment room Of Central Life building.
w. w. CURTIS,
II City Clerk
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
HE'S BETTER.

One OF the linotype operators at
our office, and who recently had bit
Of timber removed from his right
perambulator, was sufficiently recov.
cred last evening to risk a one.step
at the .. Of !. dance in La Sale.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
WHO EVER YOU ARE (WARNlNo)

For the last three nights the con-
ductor Of this column has been receiv.
ing mysterious telephone calls. Some
feminine hick, possessed Of rube
mirth is getting US in all wrong. Lay
off Of that stuff.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
Raise in Shoe Repair Prices.

Owing to the continued increase in
tho cost of leather, the price of shoe
repairing will be advanced about ten
por cent the first of February.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
SWEETEST, Juiciest Oranges.

Another shipment of oranges just
received from Theodore Strawn's
Florida groves, Sec ana icc per dozen.
q BlANCHIS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27

Another shipment of oranges Just
received from Theodore strawns
Florida groves 500 art Arc per dozen.
l.27 BIANCHrS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
Movina Day.

Will be in my new location after
February in the Gayety building
ED. n. LEVY.
Challenge Cigar Store.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
TO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LEARN TO DANCE hundreds Of
people have learned to dance by our
personal instructions by mail. Write
for information. Roberts School OF
Dancing, Case Ave, Akron, Ohio.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27

What do you think Of my new hon.
net?'
ITS a fright"
I'm so glad you think 30 Frights
are all the style this year" Detroit
Free Press.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27

Ottawa Cash Grain,

No. 3 yellow Corn 03c.
No 9 White Corn 93tc.
No. > Missed Germ 99c.
No. 3 White Oats 5Shc.
az nj
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
Chicago Markets.

Saturday, January n. 1917
Chicago market report furnished to
the Free Trader-Journal by W l..
Etnyse, member Chicago Board OF
Trade, Moloney building Phone 10il
Correspondent Lamson Bros. e. Co.,
Chicago
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
Keep Your Finger on the Pulls

There is only one sure way to find out what
the people think either in America or elsewhere
and that is to compare the uiterances Of all the
periodicals on any given question, and then to
draw your own conclusions. This is practical
impossbiity for any single individual, but it is done
thoroughly and painstakin9ly for you each week IN
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27

MARRY for wealth, happiness. Hun.
dreds rich, attractive, congenia,
willing to wed Photos free Mrs.
Warn. 243 n. Coronado, Los Angeles.
Calf,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27

FOR SALE--Ford roadster at bar.
gain II taken before Feb LIST. L. e.
r., 20s Claus Bldg. Phone SO1.Y.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27
The line-ups were as follows.

Referee-McEvoy.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-27

THE LITERARY DIGEST, which presents the, !
consensus OF all opinions for your consideration in the
form Of brief and pointed quotaionofrom publications
of all shades 1t does this impartialy. recording all
views but advocating none Iisthus avrritabc drs'
Of all that is being thought said, and done the world
over, preserved in compact form for your reading
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
MAJORITY RULE, STILL N VOGUE

that the people state
majority vote That
Of fighters and booze avo-
that their dirty
They would cruelty Christ they
not be found That's
the calbre they
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
PUTTING IT, MILDLY

According mputa
putting mildly at that 49,. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
U, s. SUPREME COURT BOOZE DECISION

You will notice odays decision Unied
States prohibition law Of the OF
Idaho booze and the
in which is played ,~E
citizen right to pos
personal wishes to ~
that state HAS POWER ABSOLUTELY
TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURED GIFT, PURCHASE SALE OR
TRANSPORTATION LIQUORS WITHIN IT'S Dor
DERs CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES" n..r.n,
Guess that decision will make
mouths sneak for Themselves 81
unable to make honest
just they get sod
opinion that the people Of the
order and
their will The decision Of
otherwise and what the people
this state will be plenty
its liquor and what 1t is
qietus always ready
to make
o D~A~,A.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
LYNN's REL1NQU1sHMENT

BY a popular of Masgdchusts.
under which
commission plan had its origin In the
following catastrophe
city commission plan
governing
drifting toward centralized in national
almost auocac
merits Of cenraize VIII be
and Its results Will be
Whether shall
democracy will
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
G0MPERs WALL0Ps BUREEs0N

the American Federation of Labor
cticisng them for the posi-
Bufleson
business He showed into the office Of
country by the Wilson regime and
he he's against the right employees
the entire
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
VICIOUS STORIES

4 speaker before the Illinois Fedora
ton Of Wnmen's Clubs warned mothers
against the popular books and maya.
zines that are devoted to viewing Ia.
solyed questions about sex and mar.
rage The work hi Robt W Chambers
Was particularly condemned 90 Of right
1t should be- being markedly sHgges.
tive Hat nj the same time, bis stories
are as stills III plot as they are vicious,
their situations and emotions are So
strained and unnatural that y giii err
boy OF auy sense would be- Fepelled ard
iisgusted rather than allured Fof this
reason. there are several ether writers,
producing more pleasing plots, who, tor
that very reason. are more dangerous.
than Roht Chambers Kathleen Norris.
for instance Who made her debut as .
writer. Ia the swee; story. Mother.
" rapidly going Ia Abe direction past
bounds flasii King IN THE Lifted
Vel" desls With q situation that can
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
A MORE JUST OASIS

The railroad bills introduced IN con
gress succeeding the passage OF the
Adawsuu Iaw are undoubtedly directed
against and designed 10 correct the
lang liueT at road with large opera
tons and vast earning powers, 1ol
counirrsct hardship So shorter ahd
wppkrr tines roads Of lees Ihab one
hundred miles are mentioned as cXcep.
t.pns TO fhe proHsiors OF the proposed
acts Bu1 auue Of the shorter ilhrs.
while over the minimum length are
nevertheless at small earning capacity
owing 10 location IN undeyeloped and
sparseh settled sections uf the country
Roads Of that sort viii be very greatly
Injured hy laws aaapiad 10 older and
richer lines
MI. n q Helm. TIce,prestdent and
general manager of the Louisiana RAT
way and Navigation Company has ad.
dressed some strong letters to tloh.
Oscaf Underwood. wbo has introduced
In the SENATE the btlt relative 10 The
hours Of labor and wages of employees
af Interstate railroads. Mr. Helm, after
argument. shows that 1t would b. more
navItabIe "a have the exceptions apply
10 gross earnings per mile aud not to
the loo mile length tie suggests as
minimum. tinnna gross earnings per
mile In Illustration be cites the case
Of the Louisiana aud Northwest rail
road fgi miles lu length situated In
Louisiana and Arkansas THIS road Is
the entire dependence of several large
icnuntry towns as Il means of lrnnspof.
tatlon. It's average gross earnings per
mile is auly S2.257. whereas the gross
earnings Of the Illinois Central railroad
is slt.4gl per mile
The Louisiana Railway and Nagiga
tIan Company Is another illustration
While II il not. strictly speaking. an
Interstate railroad II handles inter
state business and lava regulating
railroads engaged In interstate com.
lmerre apply 10 Il II does not come
under the exception Of railroads legs
than toe miles In length. and set It's
gross earnings per mile for The yoag
ending jane 50. 1916. were only F6.2is
10 make either OF these roads. %
Iothers of similar situation conform Il
Regulatory measures applicable to the
| Illinois Central OF the iransconilHentaI
roads is manileEtiy unjust
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
MORE MONEY NEEDED

IN his report to he Governor, supt
r. n. Harris announces that the Law
providing for compulsory education Is
working as satisfactorily as can be
expected Ia the circumstances 4
frightfui deficit IN funds and accom-
mudaiiuns Is shown Tea exist, II the
increased attendance is 10 be property
taken ears of At least boooo more
children are to he provided tor three
million dollars are required, with an
additional four millions for buildings
and equipment The present assess
ment viii NOT produce anything Ike
this amoaut. and the board Of state
affairs 10 handle the situation must
devise better system than the one
uow In use
II IL obvious however tina, the par.
ishas must eome forward TO meet con.
ditiong within their respective bonn,
daries. II the situation Ia to be treated
promptly and thoroughly Every one
Of spirit at once patriotic and progress,
slye. is ARMY convinced that the for.
ward stride Of education In Louisiana
must not be stopped The fair name
Of the state for lileraey and the good
Of the people alike demand that
progress may not be stayed without
IneaIcuiablc loss and actual Fetrogres.
sion
While there il ao question that IN.
creased facilities are needed yet II il
possible that Ia the lower grades,
here there il most Of the crowding
caused by the operation Of compulsory
attendance, much can be accomplished
hy dividing the daily attendance Ia
half Primary pupils have nothing Ia
study to filI the school hours OF az
entire day, and BY apportiouing the
time among different sets OF pupils all
would be instructed with the employ
ment az fcv II aHg more teachers, This
plan should appeal wherever there are
eangosted conditions No one would
suffer Ia consequence
Furthermore Iudlcious pruning of
grades and stHhlca would make for
efficiency rs veil rs economy Hut per
haps that Is too much to ash 81 edaea
tlonal theorists The practical erade
TEACHERS IN Louisiana could do il II
given a free hand
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
FOLLY OF SILENT sENTiNELs.

Some more injury is done the
womans cause By the silent sentiheis
At che White House during ,hls severe
weather The seatineIs' only merit was
that they we're silent Otherwise they
made a holy show OF themselves. Such
ldlotle exhibitions point the contention
that yemen are not logical For what
can be hoped to accomplish by women
making martyrs to- discomfort Of them
selves9 ltow can their making the Pres
ldent uncomfortable by contrast With
his being warm and sheltered while
lhey are facing cold and exposure
hasten political action ilo they expect
him to say. Dear me. those woSneh are
In very wretChcd plight Congress give
them the votel"
No, the President did the only logical
thing tie invited them Ia out Of the
cold There II no logical connection
between q few women suffering ex'
posture. and the giving of the electoral
franchise to the millions Of W0men In
the United States When the vote
comes to women, II sill be- the result
Of the meu botag convinced that the
women are Justly entitled to suffrage
or circumstances will make II highly
desirable that the somen should aid
the men hy their votes. In the latter
case. 1t Wlil come without asking for u,
aud with rush aud be II limited. viii
probably come Ia exactly that way
Women 10 hasten the day should en.
deavor To convince the men that they
are politically indispensable. and NJ
the same time, make Il understood that
the franchise Is the price of those
services Ia other words II women
nufIraglsls would stick 10 their knitting
entirely. that In, the pushing Of theiI
cause hy an appeal TO mans sense 0i
Justice, rciraIning from other activities
while so doing they would materially
quicken that latent sense ol Justice
Men would find ont that they need
womans services politically, as we'll as
In matters domestic aud social. Az
object lessen In that direction would
be- effective. Silent seniiHels are mere
iy ridiculous
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
GOOD BOOK WEEK
lYonth ; Companion J

Before Christmas last year the book
sellers OF the country instituted what
they Gated Safety First juvenile Beck /
Week The purpose vas 20 bring 10
the attention OF the book buying public |
the better hooks for young readers aud
by encouraging the purchase of them
10 discourage the purchase aud ptbil'
cation az trash So successful was tn"
experiment that I, IL 60 be repeated
this year The business week that
begins on December tth has been
designated as Good Book Week
during that week the beck trade wili
make a special effort to sell books for
young readers that are good Ia theme
and spirit and execution.
Boys are the great readers; neither
girls nor grown apps read with the alb
sorption or the voracity Of the boy.
fIut the boy is not particular Ia hh
reading, as long as the book Is Rction.
he sabmerEes himself in u readily
whether II Is good or bad Tie Is sus'
ceptlble as he Is undiscrimlnaling The
books that be reaas influence him. Ia
/ his imagination he epulates the hero,
he adopts the point Of view Of the char
aeters that he admiresi perhaps be
tween the covers OF some dog scared
volume he finds his standards OF life
and conduct II Is therefore important
that he should be directed 30 good
books and deprived Of the opportunity
TO read poor ones The dime novel and
the nickel novel are attractive to him
tChiefly because other boys read them (,
he wants TO keep up with his friends.
IOnce get the boys OF a neighboFbood
70 reading good books instead of trash,
land the whole tone Of that neishbor'
hood Will improve,
| II Is a good time TO embark on a
campaign 10 clean out trashy litera'
| ture. The high price Of paper In making
the production OF the cheapest and
most demoralizing forms OF detien un,
profitable. II the taste Of American
bows can be consistently educated tot
two or three years, without being de,
banched at Intervals by the dime novel
and the nickel thriller" there will be
a great Improvement in American boys
and la American life
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
WHERE THERE is SMOKE

The New Orleans American has be-
gun a crusade about Sunday law ytoia'
lions and other forms Of evil in that
city. Though les statements are denied
by officials. first Ignored and then de-
cried by ne other New Orleans dailies,
the fact shines forth no less that some
steps we're taken last Sunday 10 close
the saloons. The effect was only par.
tial but the effof, shows that the Amer.
leans criticisms we're not without fdun.
datton Motive is a minor consideration,
Il seems 90 al outsider that the good
people Of New Orleans are either very
blind. very long suffering or culpahly
Indifferent to permit conditions, so
noticeable, to SO on for SO long without
protest being made
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
THE GREATER VALUES.
youths Companion. !

IfNNtH YUM Fahf6tttf
Seine years ago a mayor Of New
York city war oH the crest of the wave
Of popularity, He had finished bis
FIRST administrative year With such con.
spieuous success that even his political
enemies acknowledged IL; moreover, a
crazy man had made an attempt ON bis
life. which had almost succeeded and
from which be vas slowly recovering.
tie had the sympathy as we'll as the
approval Of his fellow citizens
II was then that the leaders Of one
Of the great political parties wrote to
the mayor. and offered him the nomt
nation for governor at the coming con.
yention. The mayor declined the nomi-
nation.
one Of the leaders then wrote per.
sonal letter to the mayor In which he
said Surely you do not realize what
yau are declining You are certain Of
the nomination. and there II every
indication that you would be elected
by an unusually large majority IN the
fall Such MI election would make you
the leading candidate Of our party for
The presidential nomination There Is
no question In our minds that our
nominee will be the next President OF
the United States. Think II over again,
Mr. Mayer"
The mayor replied After one has
gone down into the valley of the shadow
Of death as have, and there faced the
great realities. ali these things seem
mighty small!
10 most of us IL Is given 20 see that
truth only occasionally, and then bat
dmly. The great deiusion of life ID
that these things are tremendous in
value II seems so supremacy important
that We prosper la material things
that We make money, that We are vel
thought If. that we reach high stations
that our health does not fail, that VIC
prolong our life, OF course these all
are good things that naturally and
rightly We value for ourselves and fol
those We love, bnt they do not belong
In the category Of the great things
70 be clean, TO be honest through ane
through. to he best, to grow into the
spirit Of Christ these after al are che
supreme things Of life. Only the un
seen things are eternal
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
INDIRECT TAXES.

The letter Of John A WoRau, Inc
appearing 10 news story lseSheTe
IN this paper, furnishes text for q
good strong sermon, However, re shalt
not rub the matter In too deeply at
present. eonientlnE ourselves with the
hope ,ha, our farmers will at least be
set to thinking. II IL true that farmers
arr taxed when roads and bridges are
To be- built, II Is likewise true that
they pay large indirect fax for lack
Ut these improvements In this Ia
stance they have iost a good market
on account of bad roads aud bridges.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20

BE- in no way, cdtl3ing IN fact, one
Rnds nearly ali of the magazines pub,
fishing stories OF license OF depicting
? sgue situations
for What good II IA These painful
facts are a pair Of tie All men aud
women must kHew OF them, but Il
scyu,s unnecessary to dlssect them, to
mneer oser chem when stories OF that
sort give the reader more liberation
aud sympathy foy those who fall, when
they suggest to the fallen means to
redeem their lives. they are useful AND
good however ugly the plot, bat pro.
ducing any other effect they are as
uusayory as "A eharnelhous''. as hope,
less as q morgue,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-01-20
TRICKS WITH BOTTLES

Ever see a bottle with gultstzed eggs
lssEaeg How did they get there'
Simplest thing in the world II yen
iet an uneooked Gag stand Ia vinegar
for about twenty minutes, you can
elongate Il enough 10 get Il into a
snallueeked bottle. Pour In cold water
and thu egg sIll return TO It's original
shape. SAYS the Popular Science Month,
~ for January ilow do 'hey get q ship
inside a bottle? Another easy trick.
The ship Ia built outside and then
placed Ia the bottle through false
bottom. IL there anything simpler