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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

write to the department for advice
and assistance In such cases 1t is
customary to send the enquirer the
bulletin, with the request for him to
analyze with it's aid his business. The
information thus obtained is compared
: with similar information on file in the
department and the specialists in the
office of farm management are thus
enabled to point out the mistakes
which are causing trouble in any one
individual case. 1t may be found, for
example, that a dairyman is spending
from three to four times as much mon
ey for labor as other farmers conduct
ing business on similar scale.
To secure the necessary data that
enable the department to determine
whether or not farmer is conducting
his business as efficiently in any one
respect as he should, extensive farm
SURVEYS are made in representative 10.
calities. A group of from 500 to 700
contiguous farms Is selected, and a
detailed analysis of the business OF
each one of these made by trained ex-
perts. They ascertain what the in
yestment is, how much of it Is in land
and buildings, and how much in live
stock, machinery, feed, supplies. etc.
The production of the farm in crops
and live stock is next studied and the
returns from the sale of all products
ascertained. The survey also includes
an estimate Of the amount of depreci-
alton of the buildings, work stock,
machinery, ETC., on the farm. With
this information it is possible to de-
termine approximately what the aver
age farmer in that section is doing.
and when this average is compared
with individual cases it is possible to
throw light on why the prosperous
farmer is succeeding and why his less
fortunate neighbor Is not.
Approximately one-third OF the farm
ers who have been induced to analyze
their business in this way, it is said.
are now keeping books. Hitherto,
many farmers have been discouraged
from this by the apparent complexity
of the systems employed. By simpli-
fying these systems so that the farm
er can tell what the figures are all
about and how to use them, the de-
partment is greatly increasing the
amount Of bookkeeping being done on
the farms of the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
CHICKEN THIEVES BUSY.

Council Bluffs, Feb. Chicken
thieves are busy in the west end again
and the residents Of that section OF the
city are losing patience. Leroy Meis.
ner lost several fine blooded birds. as
did Joe Leonard. Many others have
lost two or three at time. All man.
ner of chicken alarms have been In.
vented to scare away the thieves, but
without avail.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
WOMAN DEAD FROM FALL.

Council Bluffs, Feb. Miss Rosa D.
Wellman. aged so. died here from an
injury sustained in fall on the ice
in her dooryard. The fall caused gen
eral paralysis. Many people have
been injured recently, several danger
ously, as a result of icy walks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
ser FAIR DATES.

Marengo, Feb. THE new officers
of the Iowa County Agricultural So
ciety and the board of directors have
decided to hold five days fair In
1917. The dates are the second week
in September, 1914, with both day
and night exhibitions. The county
fair board hopes to make this the big
gest and best county fair ever held
and hopes that it will serve as a big
Homecoming" time for all the many
old residenters of Marengo and vicfn-
ifv
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

Mr.. Roosevelt tells the following:
A schoolboy was asked:
who was the first man?'
George Washington" he replied.
Nonsense" said the teacher. What
makes you say that?"
Because" replied the boy, repeat.
ing a we'll known quotation. he was
first in war, first in peace, and first
in the hearts Of his countrymen.'
"That may be- commented the
teacher, "but nevertheless Adam was
the first man."
"Oh," retorted the boy with fine
contempt, IF you're talking about for
eigners. ~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
o1TUMWAN IN BAD.

Hannibal, Mo-. Feb. I'll. M. Nc
Queen. of Ottumwa, Iowa, was before
Judge T. T. Mckinney in police court
charged with peace disturbance to
which he entered plea of not guilty.
After the evidence was heard he was
fined SIS.
According to the evidence Mcqueen
came to Hannibal to see his children
and while at the home of his wife on
Market street created disturbance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
WIFE BEATER DISCIPLINED.

Cedar Falls, Feb. 7.-Ku-Klux-K Khan
discipline was administered to wife
beater at Dixie the other night. White
masked figures marched through the
streets escorting the guest of honor
to tar and feather party. He looked
like chanticleer character after the
ceremony was over. All admonish.
ment by the vigilantes that he treat
his wife little more humanely seems
to be bearing fruit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
KILLED COMING TO MEET SON.

Iowa City. Feb. Through a trag.
edy in New York City, Prof F. E.
Haynes of Iowa university was shock.
ed when he reached the metropolis. He
had wired to his father to meet him
and he missed his train. Arriving the
day following he found the aged man
dead in New York hospital, an auto.
mobile having run over him. The po-
lice had identified the father through
the message from the son, the only
source of Identification found on the
victims person.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
SOUTHERN WOMEN
OFFER SERVICES

Washington, D. c., Feb. THE
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
through its president-general Mrs. Cor
della Powell Odenheimer has rendered
President Wilson the support and ser
vices of its 100000 members in what.
ever manner they may be available in
the nations present crisis.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
ROHEMIANS WILL
FIGHT FOR u. S. A,

Chicago. Feb. PLANS looking to-
ward the mobilization Of about $4,000
Bohemians in the United States for
service in the event of war were an
nounced by the Bohemian-American
alliance today. A committee has been
appointed to make survey of the
communities in the United States and
to list every Bohemian Of fighting age.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
PLAN NEW TEMPLE.

Grinnell, Feb. bids for the new
Masonic temple are to be opened to-
day and If the contract is let work
will commence as soon as possible.
The plans and specifications call
for an imposing three story structure
faced with grey brick and cream terra
Gotta. It will be full lis feet in length
and so feet wide.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
ROV is HEIR.

Jefferson, Feb. master Charles
Frederick Arnold, the S-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Arnold Of this
city. is lucky boy. A letter was re-
ceived from his fathers uncle, Mack
Diamond of ST. Joseph. Mich, to the
effect that as Charles was the only
boy on either side of the family, he
had decided to make him beneficiary
in his will to the extent of $4,000 and
that the will had been so made. Mr..
Diamond is SO years of age and near
ing the end of lifes journey.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
BARREL ExPIopES.

Riverton, Feb 7-Charles CroweIl
started fire under barrel containing
ice at his home and was quite badly
hurt when the barrel, which had con.
tanned gasoline, exploded. His inten-
ton was to thaw out the ice in order
to refill the barrel with gasoline.
There were several bystanders but no
one was hurt.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
SAVING HICKORY AK
HANDLES AT CANTRIL

Cantril. Feb. Z. The Bowling Green
AK Handle Co. has man here saving
out hickory AK handles on the j. M.
Silver and Roy Stewart timber land.
1t will probably take months work
as they expect to ship several car
loads.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
CUTS DOWN PAVING.

Iowa City. Feb. Although an
early resolution of necessity called for
the laying Of more than three miles
of paving in the city, the order for
work for the year 1917 when finally
let by the city council included only
eight blocks. TO this nuts be added
however, a number of blocks ordered
for 1916 which were not put down by
Contractor Horrabin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
IoWAN IN CAMPS.

Iowa City, Feb. Louis J. Penning-
roth of Upton. a graduate Of s. U. l..
writes from Vienna TO friends here,
saying he is still doing relief work in
the prison camps Of Germany, He
reports himself in nne health.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
SPLITS HIS FOOT.

Nicola, Feb Earl Stoker. the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs j. F. Stoker, while
helping to clear out row of willows
bordering the roadway close to the
farm home. split his foot for a distance
of five inches. when the AK he was
using glanced and entered the flesh be-
tween the second and third toes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

1t is one thing to cuss fellow who
is on the other side of the fence and
quite another thing to sass him when
there Is no fence. Holland and
Switzerland know all about that
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

The Ottumwa soldier boys will soon
be back from their trip to the border.
It is no fault of theirs that the object
of border mobilization was not accom-
plished and that Villa is more danger.
Gus today than he was year ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

1t is good to have money and the
things that, money can buy; but 1t Is
good to check up once in a while and
find out whether you are missing some
Of the things that money can't buy
Drew's Imprint.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
PARSONS is PLANNING.

Burlington. Feb. w. NJ. Parsons.
state secretary Of the Iowa Young
Mems Christian association is making
arrangements for the thirty-eighth
state convention of the associations
to be held in Des Moines, February 10
and 20.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

The Panama canal Is defended in
part by the largest gun ever built Its
only weakness lies in the fact that it
has not been mounted as yet and has
no shells to fit it. On paper, how
ever, it can sink half dozen enemy
dreadnaughts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

One thing is certain: America will
get few favors at the hands of mill
tant nations until our army has ceased
to be joke.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

Candidates for ONCE, under the pri.
mary law, are self appointed Office
seekers and as such should base their
campaign on their own abilities.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09

IF Wilson had made Huerta come
through with that flag salute. and IF
Wilson had got Villa, and IF Wilson
had done half a dozen Of the other
things he started out to do. MAYBE
no nation in the world would knowing
" risk offending this nation to point
where war might result.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
ENGINEERS LIKE
LIFE IN ARMY
Injured to Hardships, They
Adapt Themselves to
Conditions

Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, Oct. %.
Breaking into Army life comes
easy to the majority of the recruits
of the 25th Engineers. Most of the
men, whether surveyors, construction
men or tradesmen, have lived much
in camps and are used to inconveni-
ences. Prospects of sleeping on the
ground and enduring rain and mud
have no terrors for them.
They are used to washing their
own clothes. shaving in cold water
and walking miles upon miles. Long
ago they became accustomed to
sleeping in blankets with coats and
trousers for pillows instead of sleep
ing in nice white bed.
Not only the surveyors hut the
blacksmiths, powdermen, ironwork-
ers, mechanics. road builders, mining
engineers, electrical experts, motor
truck drivers--all take hardships
with good grace. They may be little
soft but quickly become fit.
To only n few of the men-sten-
ographers, printers, accountants,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
To Have Complexion
That Men Admire

"A man may admit. with great So
phistication, that powder and rouge
are necessary aids to beauty" says a
we'll known writer. yet deep In , ms
heart he dreams of the woman whose
loneliness needs no artificial touching
up. Women who appreciate this, who
give consideration to the masculine
Viewpoint, avoid using anything the
might indicate their beauty is not all
their own.
"Such women in increasing number
are acquiring the mercoliZed wa
habit. BY applying the wax at nlgnt I
as they would cold cream, washing II
off in the morning, they secure, ana
maintain, entirely natural compile
ions. Their faces exhibit no eyidencc
of having been 'beautified.' NothinS
is added to the old complexion-th =
latter. instead. is discarded. Mercol- :
lied wax, procurable at any drug
store Tan ounce is sufficiently, absorb
the devitaliZed outer skin. graduallH
almost imperceptibly. The fresh
clear. satny underslkin which appears.
bears a healthy, youthful bloom no !
comparable with the fixed artihclal
r."-AdVertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25

army gave $4,000 cases. and all other
countries have also been weakened.
Menace in War and Peace.
"Sir William Osler places these in
fectious diseases at the top as men
ace in war and in peace. The time
has come to realize that this subuest
foe of humanity must be conquered,
and II cannot be conquered bN deny
in Gits existence, saying 1T is a
necessary evil or applying palliatives.
II is deadlier than smallpox or can
Ger or tuberculosis. A Canadian au-
thority says: Its ravages to-day are
more terrible for Britain and Cana
da than Vimy Ridge. the Somme and
Lens
The remedy? There is but one
confluence. 1t must be preached in
the home, in the school, in the marts
of trade, in the pulpit and military
camps and among shipmates afloat.
The eradication of the evil effects
must be thorough, but the teacher
who will be heard and needed when
the teachings of all others will fall
on deaf ears is the word of author
ity from the medical profession.
Young men expect ministers of the
gospel to call them to clean living.
The preacher seeks to save their
souls, and too many youths hardly
realize they have a soul. But they
know they have bodies. and the doe
tor is the man to whom they trust
the treatment of their bodies. When
he breaches confluence as the only
rule of life to young men and points
out the dire penalty for lapses his
words have Il weight no other ud-
monition possesses.
Tell Our Youths the Truth"
You gentlemen of the medical
profession deal with life and death.
You bring the bodies into the world,
and you close the eyes of the dead.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25

Yours is the ministering function, the
ton you can enjoy an amazing
power of suggestion. 1t is this power
that America calls upon you to use.
Tell our youths the truth. 1t IS a
duty laid upon you. not by the moral
law alone, but by the law of self
preservation that operates In nations
as well as individuals. That duty is
imperative upon YOU now as never
before. If you perform it and our
young soldiers and sailors heed your
wise counsel-and many of them
will follow your teaching with last
ing gratitude-vou will contribute
more to the winning of the war than
manufacturers of shells.
Confluence is no longer a matter
of morals only, though ii must be
enforced as the cardinal doctrine of
morals. 1t has come to be seen as
having its base in the great law of
nature. New truths must take the
place of ancient lies. We know now
by the testimony of science that
there is no foundation for n double
standard for the sexes. To preach
it is to preach immortality and low
ering of manhood. The lie that has
lived so long must be driven ont by
the truth.
only God will ever know the toll
in blood and tears that this lie has
taken from the heart of the world
the price that the health of the race
has been made to pay for its sub
mission to historic falsehood;
young lives ruined, futures cheated
of promise children called upon to
suffer for the sins of the fathers, in
nocent women robbed of the right of
happy motherhood and the Virility
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25

photographers and other similar lines
lis the change from white collars
and pressed trousers to khaki uni
forms and outdoor life something en-
tirely new.
Military drill is taken seriously by
the men in the realization that fol-
them there are no six months OF
training but at the most only n few
weeks. Copies of the Manual fol
Noncommissioned Officers and Pri-
Yates" and other military textbooks
are seen everywhere and the men
spend their snatches of spare time
absorbing as much as possible OF
military knowledge in the short time
they have before embarkation fol
France.
The daily growth of the regiment
is watched eagerly by the men, for
reports are that as soon as full
strength of 1.200 men has been
reached, orders TO sail for some
where in Francs" can be expected.
The boys or the 25th will prepare
the way for the Sammees in France
They will build camps, army cities
water systems, roads and bridges and
make Uncle Sans boys as comfor-
table as possible. The terrain to be
held by the Americans will be map
ped and ranges determined for the
artillery to come, and when the main
contingents arrive and get into action
the engineers will still be on the jot
and help win the war.
Volunteers are being enlisted for
this special regiment in all parts OF
the United States. Prospects of quick
service abroad is big inducement
and groups Of recruits come in every
day.
Il. b. WHITE,
e5th Engineers,
Aver, Mass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25

This means that every day through
out the year there were 456 men dis
abled by this disgraceful malady.
Add to that number those required
to care for the disabled and we have
enough men on the noneffective
list each day to man a modern bat
tleship. And this does not count
those who, though diseased, were not
disabled or the evil of the loathing
danger of contagion to the clean
members of the crew.
How Army Checked Disease. =.
'In the Navy in 1915 there were
admitted for treatment for venereal
diseases liz persons in every 1000
and in the Army 81 for every 1000
the number in the Army having de-
creased from 145 to the 1000 after
the passage of an act stopping the
pay of all soldiers admitted for treat
ment for a venereal disease. The
new Navy law stops the pay OF men
so afflicted and probably will reduce
the number to the Army r"tio. bur
these figures show a condition OF
immortality upon the part or the
minority in both arms of the service
that challenges the thought OF the
authorities.
I'm civil life the number afflicted
is quite as large proportionately as
in the military service. 1t has been
printed that Hecht of Vienna stated
that at one time the equivalent of
three entire Austrian divisions of
90. 900 men was under treatment Tor
venereal disease. while the German
army in Belgium, representing only
a small part OF the total German
forces. is reported during the first
five months of its occupation to have
furnished $4,000 such patients. Can
adinn and Australian officers have
deplored the ravages of this disease.
The late figures from the British
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
SOCIAL EVIL
BIG PROBLEM
Physicians Responsible in
Part For Conditions, Says
Secretary Daniels

Chicago. Oct. 25.-Dealing frankly
Ind boldly with the social evil as a
menace to the Nations military eff
Iiency, Josephus Daniels, Secretary
pr the Navy, in an address here be-
lore the clinical congress of surgeons
pr North America appealed to the
medical profession Ito end the false
Iiouble standard that decreases mill
larry effectiveness" The profession.
be asserted. must share its part of
i he blame for the objectionable
Hrudery that endured a fostering evil
Father than have it exposed and
Rradicated."
There is not an army in the field
whose effectiveness is not reduced
by reason of immoral disease" said
Iscretary Daniels. The NAVY sut-
i ers likewise and business halts be-
|ause venereal diseases destroy the
manhood of workmen and fighters.
During the last statistical year men
II tive american Navy lost l4l.StS
Bays sickness from Il small group
\ { absolutely preventable diseases or
father diseases contracted by SIN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
Maryland Woman Didn't
Know u. S. Was at War

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 25.-The
Women's Liberty Loan committee of
Maryland. announced to-day that it
had discovered a woman in Howard
county, about twenty-five miles from
this city, who had not heard of the
Liberty Loan and did not know that
the United States was at war with
Germany. The committee stated that
the woman was intelligent and a
mother of several small children.
She said her husband went to work
daily at 4 a. m. and was too tired
when he came in from the field at
6 p IN. to talk
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
WANT T. II. TO AID
GUARD RECRUITING

Boston. Oct. 2o.-The six govern
ors of the New England states will
meet in Washington next Friday to
plead for official sanction for plan
to permit Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt to recruit a division of volun-
teers using as nucleus the skeleton
brigade of New England militia or
ganizations now at Camp Bartlett.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
U-Boat Losses Rise
to Is Ships in Week;
IL of Large Tonnage

London, Oct. 25.-An increase in
the loss of British merchantmen
through mines or submarines is no
ted in the admiralty report for the
current week. Seventeen vessels OF
more than 1000 tons and eight of
less than 1900 tons were sunk.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25

of nation sapped at its very coun-
dations.
To-day as never before American
manhood must be clean. We must
have fitness. America stands in
need of every ounce of strength. We
must cut out the cancer If we would
live"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
Double the Amount of the
Volume of Business This
Week

In other words, for every dollars worth OF
business done this week, Bowman x Company
will devote two dollars to Liberty Bonds.
This action the part OF the management
Of Bowman & Company is planned on purely
patriotic motve-that OF doing everything to help
enable the Liberty Loan drive TO success
1t is the stores tribute to our government
in crucial period OF her history and develop
ment in which she now is forced to defend US all
from the horrors OF barbaric warfare which, II
our enemies are successful would destroy our
commerce, our homes, and the lives OF number
less thousands of people.
May we state that this cooperative plan will
permit our customers who trade with the sore
10 anticipate their needs in advance and concen-
trate their possible future buying to this week
and so help render a service to the Liberty Bond
drive that is vital and all-important to your
country
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
89ec

Wool coatings-zibe-
line in plain colors and
fancy plaids-also mill
tary gray kersey : 81
inches wide. Friday Sale,
yard,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
ELI Iasi-.356 United

And in addition to this Bowman
& Company will purchase extra Lib
erty Bonds in an amount equal to the
above, making the stores entire
Bond purchase
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
$3.50

BOWMAN 'S-Main Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-25
Innings

S0-inch white and black
stripe sateen, yard. 25c
52-inch twill Venetian
lining-men'S wear quail
ity, yard ....... 45c
32-inch fancy figured
Nenetian-a gilt print on
dark grounds, yd. :. S9c
BOWMANS-Main Floor