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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13
U FISCAL POLICY.

What shall be the fiscal policy Of the
United States in preparation for the
war with Germany?
We should expect that war would
cost the United States at least as much
as the civil wal did. Any more com
forting expectation would be foolish in
view Of what we know Of this war. Any
policy, military or fiscal. founded upon
a hope that Germany will be beaten in
a few months or that u operations
will go no further than mounting a
couple of guns on each American mer.
chairman is bad policy; for it's foun-
dation is insecure. Horse sense re.
quires us to see how deeply this con-
flict has, so far, involved every parti.
cipant. and to plan accordingly.
The direct money cost Of the civil
war to the northern states consisted
roughly Of a billion dollars increase in
taxation and two billion and a half net
increase in public debt. If that looks
large, In view of what has so far devel.
oped. here is n suggestive item:
The net public debt of the United
States last July was n billion dol.
lars. The last congress authorized ad.
ditions to that debt amounting to more
than three-quarters of a billion. If il
had adopted the armed neutrality
bill its authorizations would have con
templated nearly a doubling of the ma
| tional debtor an addition equal to
nearly 40 per cent of the net addition
created by the civil war. And ii or
dered increases in taxation that foot
VA about three hundred million dollars
a year.
All this. while we were still nomin'
ally ct peace. indicates how the money
goes in modern war. The govern
ment's fiscal plans should look to bill
lions.
Treasury obligations authorized by
the last CONGRESS were of various sorts
! all bearing 3 per cent interest and only
one issue specifically convertible into
q future issue that might bear a higher
! rate. This. Of course. is temporary
haphazard financing.
, The new congress will do well &c
settle upon a broad fiscal policy. TIC
insure the best market for government
bonds 1t should provide that any pres
ent issue be convertible into any fu
| ture issue. 1t should plan for a bis
war. Then, if our hopes come true we
shall be disappointed on the right side
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RED CROSS WORK.

Ottumwa is making preparations to
organize a chapter of the American
Red Cross.
/ Nothing could be done at a time like
this which would mean more. 1t is
something which gives everyone an op-
portunity to show their patriotism and
spirit of sacrifice for their country by
becoming a member.
Much has been misunderstood about
the American Red Cross and it's work.
Many persons think 1t is a woman's
organization. 1t is not. Men, women
and children are members. The de-
plorable fact about it is that thou
sands more have not aligned them
selves with this powerful humanltar-
ian branch of the army and navy.
The American Red Cross is char
. tered by congress. 1t is the only vol
unteer agency for relief commissioned
by the government in case OF war or
overwhelming disaster. The president
! of the United States is president OF the
/ society. Its reports are made to con-
gress and its accounts are audited oy
the war department. All mat 1t does
is open to public scrutiny.
Since 1905 the American Red cross
has rendered valuable aid in eighty
, six disasters. It has received and ex'
| pended more than 5000, 900 In money
! and relief supplies. Thousands OF fam
| lilies rave been helped and kept to.
, gether; suffering has been renewed ana
| greater misery prevented. us worh
| also includes preventive and eoucalioh
al measures.
No other agency provides so practi'
! cal an opportunity for helping human
/ itv in times of great crises, when the
need is urgent and the measures Tor
! relief must be prompt and
Isn't that the situation now or WONT
it be in a short time?
Do you know that as an american
! YOU have the right to become a mem-
her of the Red Cross? That by pay
ment of small annual dues and a little
unselfsh service you can support your
government in its humanitarian WORK:
Your circumstances may not permit
YOU to engage in field work-feW mem
/ bers can-but you can help; your lam
ily and your friends can help by De-
coming members of the society ana by
| actively supporting u local Red
| Gross chapter which is to be.
Your help is needed now. Japan
with a population of 100000 has
| l. 800, 900 Red Cross members: Ger
MANY. with CT, 900, 900, has 1,4OO, 600;
Russia. with $1,000, 900, has 100000
and the United States with 1oo,O0o,ooo
persons has 10000 who are members
of the Red Cross. To support its field
and base hospitals, its doctors and Its
nurses and to provide the necessities
of military and civilian relief l,OOo,ooo
members are needed.
America can do what other nations
! have done. Otturawa will 90 her part.
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MANY
DISTRICT E

Ft. Madison. April II. Fort Madi
son, the model convention city is back
TO normal again after having In its
midst during the past week. over 4
thousand visitors, the delegates of the
S. E. I. T. A. and the Christian church
district convention. Everywhere was a
scene OF hustle and hustle, cafes
crowded. hotels filed and many private
homes thrown open to accommodate
the vast hordes of educators who
swarmed to this city. The streets
always full of people decorated with
the little pink badges and the theaters
and convention halls open every day
held its usual quota Of representatives
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RECEIVE PURPLE

Dubuque. April 11.-April 10 Will be
an epoch-making date for DUBUQUE col
lege. Then two of its professors.
Father Clark and Dr.. German VIII be
invested with the purple. The eleva-
ton of these well known pnestA VIZ.
be the big event Of homeco0anesd6Is
the date Of which has been changed.
az hundreds Of alumni would natural
ly attend the ceremonies which Will
mean SO much to their alma mater.
An unusually big program Is map
ped out for the old students Of the To-
cal institution. The investure cere-
monise which will be held at the ca
thedral, will attract the attention of
the western Catholic world. A ban
quet, a luncheon, election of onIcers.
perhaps a baseball game or a produc-
ton oby the college dramatic club, VIII
be other features Of the day.
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SIBERIAN

More than a century ago one ProfeS.
sor Nautilus, who knew comparatively
little of the world. preached hat this
globe, at some time in the near future,
was to be overpopulated.
He had formulated the idea that the
population of the earth increases at
a geometric ratio. while the ability to
sustain life on this planet, the food
ical ratio only. The fact has long
since been demonstrated that popula.
ton does not increase at u geometric
ratio and that at a certain period in
the life of a nation the birth rate be
gins to decrease. And there is moth.
ing to prove that the production OF
food stuffs is mo- more than keeping
pace with the increase in population
However, the fear of the results pre-,
dicted in that heathenish and hideous
doctrine. which would ultimately doom,
the race to death by starvation, seems
to still hold sway. Something Of the
kind is back Of all movements to re.
strict or prohibit all immigration to
this country.
Right here in Il own land, we have
room for the total population of the
earth.
Quite recently attention has been
called to western Siberia. The state
ment is made by people who are quail.
ned to speak upon the subject that
that portion OF ;he Russian empire
now contains about 9,000,00o Of inhabi
tants. The soil is rich, there is ma
tural wealth of many kinds and there
would be ample DON there for 500,
600 900 OF people. Under the circum
lance it becomes doubly difficult tc
explain the undying land hunger Of
Russia, unless the Russians know as
little Of Siberia as do many people ir
other countries and still cling to the
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NO MARRIED WOMEN
IN FAIRFIELD SCHOOLS

Fairfield, April 1.-THE Fairfield
city school board held a most inter.
estfng session Monday evening at
which a partial number Of teachers OF
the city schools were elected for the
next year. After a great deal Of dis.
cussion board decided to discontinue
the hiring Of married women in the
city schools and also to cut down the
number of assistants in the kinder.
garten department.
The following teachers were elected
at this meeting:
High school.-O. F. Nixon. princi.
pal; Cora E. Porter; Ira F. Head; FIN.
ma Kahl. E. P. DeVore. F. E. LANCE.
Florence Roth, Amy A. Rowland, Mary
z. Fisher. Helen Bean, Ercel Film.
spach. Elma Stewart.
SPECIAL teachers. - H. D. Repass,
manual training; Miss Cora Ball, di.
rector of music; Miss Helen Reed,
cooking; Miss Marion Wills. sewing.
High school grades.-Miss Martha
Larmore;; Miss Mary Chidester; Miss
Reva Elder, opportunityroom.
Lincoln building.-H. NJ. T~ruesdale,
principal: Alice C~nnkenbeard, Rather
inc Bonield, Amelia Dyas; Eunice
Lee; Jessie ,Wray.
Logan school. - Mrs. Allie j,
Mitchell principal; Laura Mahon;
Anna White.
Washington school = A. W. Rakow,
principal; Elizabeth O. Lockei Mary j.
Brown; Ruth Rangner; Madge Yer
non.
There are yet ten vacancies to be
filed and applications for these places
are being considered by the board.
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| belief that it is a frozen and forbid
ding waste, inhabited by a few rowing
bands of hunters and populated chiefly
by wolves.
What changes may be wrought in
that marvelously rich country. after
peace has again been given to he
world. and an enlightened and humane
government begins shaping the des-
TIMES of Russia. When development
at home, in place Of the conquest of
more territory becomes the object OF
the rulers Of the land, there will be
an opening of the west there, some
day in the neal future, like unto that
which wiped from the maps the great
American desert.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13
WOMAN WRITES
OWN BIOGRAPHY

Corning. April ll.-Among the per
sonal effects of Mrs. Louisa Robinson
was an old bank book in which the
aged woman had written her W bio
graphy under date of June -, 1879.
Later on. DECEMBER 10. 1888. she tells
of her husband. Georg" Robinson. Sr,,
and herself coming 10 Corning a few
days before when their a became
unmanagahle near Mr.. Sage's farm
and in her attemp. TO get out OF the
carriage she fractured the bones meat
her right ankle"
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VERMILION E.
APRIL TERM OF u

Fairfield. April 1.-THE April term
of the district court opened Monday
afternoon with C. w. Vermilion presid-
ing. After assigning a few of the more
important cases and attending to some
probate matters court was adjourned
until Thursday afternoon.
The following assignments were
made thus far:
Second Monday. April 16.-W. D.
Pringle ct al, VS. O. E. Homer. Elsie
May Clark VS. T. W. Carter.
Second Tuesday, April 17.-R. G.
Sutton VS. NJ. NJ. Mitchell. D. r. Beatty
VS. T. B. Peckham. Ro4la James vs.
Charles Clarke ct al.
Second Wednesday, April 1s.-M. c.
Carpenter VS. G. w. Clarke. w. w.
Lewis VS.. Edward ]. Frttz. John H.
Fritz VS. c. B. & @. Ry. Co. J. F. Teal
VS.. c. r. /. & P. Ry. Co.
Second Thursday. April he. G.
Myrick, VS. w. ]. Kennedy ct al. J. W.
White VS.. c. G. Gilly. A. D. Stout VS.
Andrew E. Daub. A. P. Harper VS.
Burnes & Hayes ct al.
Third Tuesday. April 24.-East
Pleasant Plain Saving Bank VS. Jervis
Harvey. H. C. Smith VS. Thomas Haw-
thorn.
Friday. April 81. Lewis McCleary
VS.. Jackson Vaught. ct al. A. c. Wise
carver VS. Fred Pitkin.
On the criminal docket there is but
one case thus far and it is that OF the
state Of Iowa VS. A. D. Stout, and it is
set for trial on Monday April 16.
The grand jury is still busy on mat
tiers Of Importance they say and the
members will before they adjourn
make the regular annual visit to the
country home.
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APACHE OF II SEAS.

The submarine is the veto power OF
the sea. It is purely obstructive and
destructive. 1t contributes nothing to
wealth or civilization. 1t is in a class
apart from other craft. The other
forms of water craft can be used and
are used to make the world a better
place to live in. They convey mer'
chandise and passengers. They serve
as a means Of communication between
nations and peoples. The submarine
is a mere killer. 1t cannot even fight.
It must kill furtively and secretly, like
an assassin.-World's Work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOT O
BY LEE PAPE


Pop came home this AFTERNOON, and
ma sed. Willyum, Mrs. Henning is CIV
ing a party tonite.
That duzent meen enything in my
life. l woodent go to n of Mrs. Hen
nings parties if she lived rite next
store, insted of away up at the cor
ner. sed pop.
Well, you don't happin to be invited,
asked me to lend her some s~ilverware,
sed ma.
Good mite, some people are born
with nerve. and some thrust 1t upon
you, sed pop, and ma sed, Well eny-
way, 1 promised, and you'll haff to 90
up there with some things aftir suppir.
WITCH aftir suppir pop startid to do,
me going with him vile he took a lot
of hives and forks and spoons up to
Mrs. Hennings in a baskit, witch jest
wen we got to her house wat did pop
do but drop the baskit. and the hives
and forks and spoons foo all v the
pavement as If it was raining hives
and forks and spoons, and l sed. G,
pop, look at all the hives and forks and
spoons.
Wa do you think I'm looking at.
hang it all, sed pop. And he startid
to begin to piok them up agen, and I
startid to begin to help him. and jest
then sumbody sed, Watts the ideer
heer? Being a big pleeceman, and pop
sed. Good eevning. of1ser, had a
little axsident
And you're going to have anuther
little M to. you come with me, sed
the pleeceman, and pop sed. Wat non
sents I'm taking these to a lady that's
giving a party.
o no you're taking them to tho stay
shin house, you don't Q eny green in
my eye, do you? sed the pleeceman,
and pop sed, Look heer. ofiser, oon.
fownd it you must be a new MAJ on
this beet, aren't you?
That's awl rite how 9 I am, there
amt no green in my eye, ssd tho
pleeceman, come on now, I amt got
no more time to fool. And he grab
bed a hold Of pops collier. and jest
then Mrs. Henning came to the frunt
door, saying, GOODNESS srayshiss, Mr.
Potts, watts the trubble, are they the
things for my party?
Ny mistake, I CESS, sed the pleece-
man. And he went away and Mrs.
Henning took the baskit of n1ves and
forks and spoons and me and pop went
home. pop saying, Bing bang It to
smithereens, I hope salt gets In her
ice GREEN.
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NEIBERT BOYS WANT
TO BE

Fairfield. April 11.-Byron and Fred
Neibert. ex-sherihf of Jefferson county.
Neibert, eXsherif of Jefferson county,
left last night for Chicago where they
VIII take the examination for enlist
ment In the aviation corps Of the regu-
lar army. Both young men are expert
automobile men and are known to be
fearless and ready to go whore ever
ordered for should they be &c
Icepted in the aviation department OF
the army Fairfield friends feel ure
that they will be heard from.
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MUST RAISE FOOD.

The department of agriculture OF
the U. S. government is doing every
thing it car to impress upon the farm
ers in particular and the people in
general, the necessity of the RAISING
of every ounce of food stuff that can
possibly be raised during the year
1917.
This is not a matter to make light
of. 1t is a patriotic duty.
The statistics gathered by the Ma
tional City bank of New York show
that the Argentine wheat crop Is a
failure and that the Australian crops
are very Door. It must be borne in
mind that those countries are on the
! opposite side of the equator from us
and that their seasons are the opposite
Of ours, as far as time of the year Is
cent of a crop last year and can not
have over 60 per cent Of its normal
crop this year.. Conditions III Holland
are unpromising and the same IS trra
of England. The indications are now
that the winter wheat crop in Ameri-
ca will be very short. Before harvest
comes our reserve food products will
be practically exhausted and unless a
great cain Is made in our 1917 crops
the food shortage will be much more
intense than it was the past winter.
The a has enormously stimulated
a greet many lines Of business. The
demand for everything will. no doubt.
grow greater in this country during
the present year. Prices instead of go
ing down will in all human probability
!, go much higher.
The soil must be utilized. With all
that can be raised in America, there
will be no surplus OF any agricultural
products a year from now. The world
will be clamoring and reaching for
| every bushel that America can produce
and prices will be in figures never be-
fore realized for food products. If
every man, woman and child plants
and grows every grain possible it will
not bring prices down, but many lives
will be saved by such an effort.
War is upon us. Those who are not
called upon to go to the front and
fight for our nations life, must plan
and till the soil and raise food and
clothing for those who are doing the
fighting. The time for action is now.
Do not neglect to do your duty O
and wish next year that you had done
it. Action is just as necessary at
home as 1t Is on the firing line.
You may not be in favor of war. but
what you must realize Is that we are
now at war and everyone must do his
or her part.
Women and children in England,
France and Germany are working on
the streets, in the factories, on trains
and street cars and on the farms, so
| that their husbands, sons and broth.
ers can fight the battles in the
trenches and on the seas.
The people here must realize that
our nation is o engaged in this
world struggle. Now that we are in
1t, 1t is just as much u war as it is
England's war or Canada's war or Rus.
sia's war. The enemy will kill you or
| yours just as quickly and v%iciously as
it will a Frenchman, Englishman or
Russian.
The United States is a participant in
| the world war and you must do your
| part.
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The simplifed Spelling board, which

The simplifed Spelling board. which
recently held its eleventh annual
meeting in New York, reported that
the number Of colleges and periodicals
using some degree Of simplifed spell
ing has "increast" greatly. -Four u
dred and eighty-six periodicals. IT
saws. with a total circulation OF over
II. oO0. 900 and 453 educational institu'
tions, eighteen of them state universe
ties, with over 100000 students, use
simpler forms.
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MONEY.

Usage, April IL Ed Burns. who
died on the train recently on his way
home from Rochester, left a will In
which he b~equeathed one-third of AL
his property TO the Organ club. a wo-
mans society in the local Methods
church. This as a surprise to
everyone a no Il knew that he was
Interested in the club.
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DO IT YOURSELF.

It is not enough for you to do to say
to some one, 81 have a lot at --,
YOU are at liberty to use It,
Get some seed and plant it or help
some one get the seed. II you haven't
the lot, possibly you know OF some
one who needs some help financially
to buy seed. Help them-go n see
them. Actually do something in this
matter yourself.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

u takes a strong man to decide that
he will stand by his friends while they
are right and ii takes a stronger man
20 part company with them when they
are wrpng.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

Every good act Is charity. Putting a
wanderer in the right way Is charity,
Removing stones and thorns from he
road is charity. Smiling in your broth
ar,s face is charity.
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There are three kinds of people in
the worid-the wills. the won'ts and
the csn'ts. The first accomplish every.
thing. the second oppose everything
and the third Tatl in everything.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

History repeats itself and some men
are so far ahead of the present that
you think they are old fashioned.
Courage is contagious.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

What a grand and glorious opportun-
ity the chautaudua orators Will have
This summer to ruthlessly tear the tail
feathers out of the eagle.
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He who first consults wisely. then
resolves firmly and then executes his
purpose with %int1exible perseverance,
,ndismayed by those petty difficulties
which daunt a weaker spirit-that man
can advance to eminence in any line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

The leaders IN any field of indeavor
are those who have set for themselves
the highest standards and maintained
them. despite encouragement.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

When a man is satisfied with condi-
tions as he finds them he might as
we'll call in the undertaken, for the
figs ND with him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

II is the regularity of payment that
cuts down your Indebtedness and the
regularity of deposits that builds up
your savings account.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13

The fundamental laws which govern
the success OF any business are wrap.
ped up in the principles OF efficiency,
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DINNER STORIES

One of Yale's best football men, who
is as generous in praise of the work OF
his fellow athletes as he is modest con-
corning his own, was showing a girl he
had known for some time about the
practice field.
See Harkins, over there?" he asked
pointing to one of the substitutes. In
a year he'll be our best man"
"Oh, CHARLIE" exclaimed the girl,
blushing. This is so sudden!"
He was glib of speech and good
looking and when did these ever fail to
win when the winning was a woman?
The girl loved him with that foolish
%infatuation that p~asseth understanding.
The young man didn't do anything. He
simply appeared OH h scene. 1t was
ever thus, wasn't it?
In time stories came to her ears and
she told him how she disbelieved every
one Of them. They said he wouldn't
pay his debts. but she knew better. for
had she not divided her allowance with
him for this very purpose?
1T is enough" he told her one day,
simply. eff you trust me-"
81 do, Reginald do, / do" she
murmured. as he EMBODIED her. II do
I do. do. do! will always trust you!'
'"Ah!" he cried. imprinting a chasts
kiss upon her temple. why oh, why
aren't you my landlady?'
but you can COOKE" asked the pro-
sale young man.
LET us take these questions up in
their proper ORDER" returned the wise
girl. THE matter of cooking Ia not tbs
first thing to be considered"
Then, what Is the frst?" he de.
manded.
Can you provide the things to be
cOoknd %
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Sin has many tools but a lie is the
handle which fits them all.
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oNNoIIy

Washington, d. c., April II. -Maur
ice Connolly was appointed by Presi.
dent Wilson today as postmaster at
Dubuque. Iowa.