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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26
Children : Evening Story
copyright, 1915, by a. S. Bailey.

Even in winter when the water was
freezing cold. Paddy went for swim
almost every day. In one way he en-
joyed his winter more than his sum-
mer swims, for he was quite safe from
enemies when the ice covered the
pond. In fact, unless Peter Mink or
one of his relations came prowling
about beneath the ice, there was moth
| ing to trouble Paddy and his wife at
| that season.
In summer Paddy Muskrat had
many enemies. Johnnie Green was
by no means the least of these. He
was continually setting traps to catch
| Paddy, who was the biggest of all the
| Muskrat family that lived in Pleasant
Valley.
| Now, Johnnie Green had succeeded
in catching good many If Paddy's dis
tant cousins. If you could have seen
the side of Farmer Green's woodshed,
[ half covered by the skins Johnnie
Green had nailed there, you would I'M
! derstand why Paddy was usually pref.
ty careful where he stepped.
! And when you hear that Mr.. Crow
told him one day that Johnnie had
saved a place on one side of the wood
| shed especially for him, you can see
why Paddy Muskrat was in no hurry
to occupy it.
Luckily for him, he never came to
such sad end. Though when he
vexed Mrs. Paddy she said sometimes,
that if he should get caught perhaps it
would teach him not to stay away
/ from home so much.
And then Paddy Muskrat always
told her that being nailed to Farmer
Green's woodshed ought to teach him
,, to stay away all the time
OF course, that was just little joke
of his. But Mrs. Paddy never cared
for it.
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TIE DOUBLE DUTY

II regard it almost as the double
duty of every foreign-born citizen to
buy a Liberty Bond" is one of the
things which N. O. Johnson of Agency
said in his letter in yesterdays Cour.
Ter.
There is a good deal to his theory
and there Is evidence that it is held
by many other American citizens who
came to this country from Europe to
avail themselves of the opportunities
which life in free country offers.
Among the Wapello county RESI-
dents who have been most ready to
subscribe for Liberty Bonds there are
several who were born in European
countries and who, like Mr.. Johnson,
emigrated to America as laborers but
have won their way to affluence.
Though it is true that they could not
have made such rapid progress with.
out native ability. 1t also is true that
the same ability would have won
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them no such success in their native
lands had they stayed there.

them no such success in their native
lands had they stayed there.
Hence Mr.. johnson speaks of
double duty, and from the standpoint
of the foreign.born citizen he is right
But what of the native Americans:
Are they to permit themselves to be
less loyal than their fellow citizens
who have been adopted by this gov
eminent? Their opportunities have
been no less and the measure of their
success, as a class, has been no less
They owe no less to the government
which has protected them all their
lives than do the immigrants who
have enjoyed the same protection
only for part of their lives.
Viewed from whatever standpoint
one may choose, the duty of every
citizen to purchase his share of Lib
erty Bonds is duty for him alone. 1t
is the most important. most urgent
duty he ever has faced and 1t can be
discharged for him by no other.
You can't stand idly by and depend
on the other fellow to win the war for
you. He has his hands full if he is
trying to win the war for himself
And If he is depending on the other
fellow, that fellow is you.
There is no lodging responsibility
in this crisis, for it is confronting
every citizen at the same time and
demanding that he meet the test OF
his own loyalty.
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huge airships. Germany herself is
forced to doubt the superiority Of her
machines of murder
THE COAL PROBLEM.

After thorough survey of condi
tons in Iowa as they affect the Goa
market, representative of the fed
eral trade commission announced this
week that present prices cannot be re-
duced materially and that a serious
shortage in household coal is con
fronting Iowa because consumers
have postponed their purchases in the
futile hope that government control
would result in price reductions.
The consumers should have filed
their bins last summer, this investi
gator says, but he finds they did not
do this. He finds that coal producers
did not work full time because there
was not sufficient demand for their
product last summer.
All of which is directly in confrma
ton of the warnings The Courier be-
gan issuing in August in an effort to
impress on coal users the necessity
for preparedness against what seem
ed to be certainty OF coal short
age this winter.
The shortage is here. Ottumwa is
in more fortunate position than
some other cities in Iowa because
many citizens saw the danger and
provided against it. But the indica.
tons are that conditions will grow
worse instead of better and that 1t
will be difficult to obtain coal at many
times during the coming winter.
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DINNER STORIES

Doctor upon finding his patient
weaker than before)-What does this
mean? Haven't you been following
my instructions?
Patient (feebly-Yes, doctor.
Doctor-Been eating animal food
right along. have you?
Patient (grimly trying to smile)-
Well. doctor, I tried to, but somehow
it did not sem to agree with me very
well. l managed to worry down the
hay and clover tops all right. but the
thistles kind of stuck in my throat,
and l had to give it up.
While on walking tour a gentle
man discovered a rustic patriarch
seated at the roadside.
Fine corn" the wayfarer remarked
tentatively. waving his hand toward a
hillside filed with struggling stalks.
Best in the county," said the old
man.
How do you pillow that field?.
asked the traveller. "It's pretty steep"
Don't pillow it." said the old man.
when the thaws come the rocks
rolling down hill tear it up SO that we
can plant corn
"And how do you plant it," asked
the traveller.
Don't plant 1t really" said the old
man. "We stand at the back door
and shoot the seed in with q shotgun.
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FARMERS AND THE LOAN.

A few days ago several Chicago
papers brought down storm of pro-
test on themselves by printing promi-
nently an interview with r. D. HUI
burt, president of the Merchants Loan
and Trust company Of Chicago, in
which he berated the American farmer
for failure to buy Liberty Bonds. HE
will not buy. nor fight nor SELL" was
the key sentence in Mr.. Hulburt's
pronu1ciamento.
Strange to say, most of the replies
have been from business men who deal
with farmers rather than from farmers
themselves, probably because those
farmers who. having purchased Liber-
ty Bonds. would be justified in making
a hot retort, are too busy in the COM
paign to give attention to criticisms
which do not apply to themselves
Mr.. Hulburt, to be sure, made the
mistake critic always makes when
he attacks class for the shortcom.
ings of some individuals who chance
to be members of that class. One can
not, in Justice, say the farmers will not
buy bonds any more than he can say
the red-haired men will not buy. or the
men who wear size IL hats. Mr.. HUI
burt simply added his name to the long
list Of those who have taken in too
much territory.
But his TRADE did some good be-
cause it called the attention of the
farmers to the things men less bold
than Mr.. Hulburt had been saying
about them. 1t wakened the farmers
who needed Weakening and that is ex-
actly what their fellow farmers had
been trying to do. So, after all, there
was not so very much damage done.
With all his labor-saving devices. his
automobiles. telephones. electric light
plants and close interest in the gyra-
lions of the grain and stock markets,
the farmer as class still is isolated
Just as the war spirit travelled from
the Atlantic coast to the middle west
slowly, SO it has percolated slowly
from the cities into the country. The
farmer still reads his daily paper from
the market page outward, not because
he is any less loyal than the city man
who seizes war extras wet from the
press, but merely because the fervor OF
the conflict has not worked into his
veins as yet.
No; the farmer isn't Stacker. He
will come up to the scratch, and it is
safe prophecy that his proportionate
share in the Second Liberty Loan will
exceed his share in the first, and that
it in turn will be exceeded by his share
in the third.
Nothing is to be gained by pettish.
ness nor by assuming "loyal-er than
thou" attitude The banker, the farm.
er, the merchant, the laborer, the doc
tor and the lawyer-all are loyal. all
Americans, all in the war to the finish.
And though the farmer starts little
later, he may be depended upon to stay
to the very end.
BY the way. Mr. City Man, have you
bought Liberty Bond?
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| 1t could not have been lack of cour-
age, If courage and crust are synony-
nous. For the same councils of sol.
diers and workmen's delegates which
have been blamed for the disihtegra-
ton of the Slav armies have proved
possession of the sort of valor which
| is found where angels fear to tread
| Witness the list of peace terms
with which they have saddled their
delegate to the Paris conference of
| the allied enemies of Germany.
They are about the same as the
terms of the proposal made by Pope
Benedict as basis for opening nego-
tiations for peace, with the addition
of the naturalization of the Panama
and Suez canals as well as of all
straits leading to inland seas. NO
conduests, no annexations and no in.
IDENTITIES" is the basis of the plan,
and it includes restoration of all Ger
many's provinces together with resto.
ration of Belgium and compensation
for her losses from an international
fund.-
The pope was inspired by proper
desire for world peace. He is not and
has not been at one with any of the
warning powers. He occupies place
unique in the world His proposal de.
served and received the most respect
full consideration at the hands of the
nations at war with Germany despite
the fact which was obvious from the
first, that it could not be accepted by
them because it contemplated the con-
tinuation of the unlimited monarchial
government in Germany.
But proposal which was proper
from Pope Benedict is the height Of
|absurdity and audacity when it comes
from the self-appointed spokesman for
Russia. The fact that Russia has been
removed as a military power through
the Vaccinations of the authors of
these peace terms only emphasizes
their improperly.
Russia, early in the war and for a
time after the revolution, was an as
set to the entente Now it is a liabil.
ity-the liability, in certain sense.
That its unique army labor union.
after destroying the discipline which
made the army fighting force,
should attempt to dictate the terms OF
"a pro.German peace to Germany's
enemies is more than ridiculous. 1t is
an exhibition of sublime nerve that nc
doubt will stand unequalled for many
years.
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REpRIsALs.

The CHASTITY humor of the Germans
&c evidenced with peculiar clearness IN
the warning of ''reprisal" air raids
which preceded the destruction OF sew
oral Zeppelins in France only few
The vigilance of the French defend
arc. and their defeat of the super-Zep-
nelins which had raided England
snoiled the German plans for destruc-
finn of life and property in Paris
which was to be carried out in revenge
for the attacks made by French air
men on German cities after Hun avia-
fora had bombed French towns, Red
Cross hospitals and London itself. and
after the kaiser's soldiers and sailors
had visited every sort of inhuman
crimes upon civilians of every nation,
neutral and hostile.
Finally, after warnings, and threats
had failed to bring reform and after
appeals in the name of humanity had
been met with more fiendish and bar
baric offenses, France decided upon a
campaign of reprisal in a final effort
10 dissuade the enemy from disregard
ing all the bonds of civilization and
law.
And then came Germanys warning.
"For every brick that falls from a
building in any peaceful German town,
we shall wreck whole blocks in Paris. '
the edict read.
And the super-Zeppelins were de-
pended, upon to carry out the threat.
They failed. and in their failure the
backbone OF Germany's lawlessness in
the air was cracked.
There will be other raids, no doubt,
and they win visit death and destruc-
ton on innocent non-combatants. But
the boast of '.reprisal' has fallen flat
ter than the punctured gas bags of the
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PAppYs LITTLE JOKE.

The gristmill where Farmer Green
had his wheat ground into flour STOOD
near a milLpond.
Now Farmer Green always supposed
that the pond was there so that the
miller would have water to turn MS
mill. But Paddy Muskrat thought that
the pond had been put there in order
to give hi mand his neighbors a pleas
ant place in which to live.
His house was dug out of the bank
of the pond. But you might have
walked right over it without knowing
it was there. Paddy reached it through
a long tunnel, the door of which was
hidden by the water. And there he
lived with his wife. They liked their
home. And so long as Paddy did as
his wife wanted him to do, they were
quite happy and never had a quarrel.
Sometimes Paddy Muskrat stayed
away from home more than Mrs. Pad.
dy liked. You see, he was very fond OF
swimming. In fact, that was why he
was called Paddy, because he had be-
gun to paddle in the water when he
was so young that he was hardly
more than little round ball.
To be sure, Mrs. Paddy was fine
swimmer herself. But she used to say
her husband ought to have been fish;
for he never seemed to get enough
swimming to satisfy him. He had a
way, in summer, of spending good
deal of time right where big willow
flung it's shadow upon the water and
he might be seen there often, swim
ming round and round in circle and
trying to catch his tail. IS
Mrs. Paddy used to tell him that he
was too old for such foolishness. But
it was a game he liked. And he never
grew tired of it.
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STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER:


tunity to cheer for Sousa's musicians
recruited from the prairie states o.
the middle west for service IN tne
nations navy. These are some OF inc
S young men who personify the close
relationship between the people o! Tue
inland states and the people OF those
states whose shores are Wasneo ny
the oceans. Boys such as these "ens
down to death in the Atlantic week
ago today when German torpedo
blew up the transport Antilles and
claimed toll of sixty-seven lives.
Fun-loving, care-free, Joyous boys
IN. on a trip of several days through
lanes of admiring, cheering fello"
( co,,ntrymen-that is what we saw as
we watched them march along the
street. But few moments conversa'
tion with anyone of them brought out
the real thoughts which lie deep down
IN each ones heart, below the veneer
that youthful spirit gives.
"Did you hear us play The stars
and Stripes Forever" one OF them
asked. "Well, that is what we are
going to play when our whole Dig
hand of 500 pieces marches through
the streets in Berlin, with Sousa lead
ing the way and the victorious Amerl-
can army following us. we are GONG
to play that air as it never was played
before. and we are going to make the
kaiser like it." =.
That is what the war means "
them-victory. They are not unnihu'
f,,l Of the hardships they ana tnose
other millions of young Americans
must face to win, nor are tney shiiN'
fng those hardships. Ihey are iI,l'
patient to grapple with them ana WIN
the Prussian foe, for they nave a So
nnrnose. an ultimate goal that rises
before them at every step. Sousa mas
nromised them the honor OF playing
bic fayorite march with blare OF
trnmnets that will din defeat into the
unwilling ears of the German empsr-
or and they intend to see that ne
keeps his promise. 80,
what does the war mean TO you
Are YOU looking at it from DIS
tance. or do you realize that 1t Is your
var Are you doing your share 10
vim Does victory for America mean
more than anything else in your h1c!
Are YOU. who can remain safe at nome
while others fight to preserve your
safety. lending your money 10 tne
government so the expenses OF those
6ehting men may be paid!
or are you leaving both the ngnths
and the financing to the other feiio" :
Do YOU own a Liberty Bond?
Have YOU met the test Of loyalty
which reaches its height in America
today? ~
Will the end of this Liberty DAY
and YOU in the great patriotic army
among the millions of loyal Amer,
cans who are doing their bit, or VIII
Won be numbered among the siackers
Who can hope for appreciation only
from the kaiser whose hands are red
with the blood Of the Americans VINO
died on the Antilles?
These are personal questions; not
arguments. No argument should oe
necessary to force an American citi
sea to recognize the duties that are
his because he is a citizen. Inese
are questions for every citizen to ASK
himself. And there is yet another
question: yo,r
ARE YOU DOING ALL THAT YOU
CAN?
For if you are doing any less you
are not discharging your duty
Ask yourself these questions, ana
answer them to yourself ana your
conscience
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sPENcER's sEMI-cENTENNIAL.

Oskaloosa, Oct. 24-This is anniver'
sary week for the H. L. Spencer
branch of the Western Grocery com.
pany in Oskaloosa. The Spencers ara
celebrating the semicentennial Of theft
going into business in Oskaloosa, Fri
day, october 26.
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There are lot Of people in Ottumwa
who ought to buy Liberty Bonds and
are able to do so, but are not doing it.
They are lodging the committees
These people ought to be arrested
They are slackers just as much as is
the man who lodges the draft.
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There are $50 men and women in OF.
tumwa who ought to subscribe for Lib
erty Bonds but have not done so. They
know they are not doing their duty.
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What brand of citizen do you call
man who spends his money for an
automobile but refuses to buy Liber-
ty Bond?
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NERVE,

Whatever it may have been that
turned the Russian advance of last
summer into one Of the most complete
and most disgraceful routs in history,
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STOCK MARKET
.M>~~~~~~~

New York, July 16-Last weeks
belated rise in railroads was resumed
at the opening Of today's trading in
stocks, the Pacifics and other stand
ard transportation issued leading the
two points. Changers and coalers
also were strong, Delaware & Hudson
rising Us. Shippings also were in
demand at average advances Of a
point and Lackawanna Steel led the
equipments and industrials to higher
1evela Motors metals and minor
specialties were firm but inactive.
Tobaccos and sugars recorded frac-
tional Improvement. Many gains
were effaced before the end of the
first half hour.
Professional selling tof the steel
shares was mainly responsible for the
markets sudden setback. United
States Steel reacted 2 y points, Beth
lehem five, Crucible four, Lacka-
wanna two and Republic Iron two.
Many other industrials of the equip
ment class were similarly unsettled
and coppers fell back three to five
points with motors, Central Leather,
Alcohol, Marine pfd., Sumatra To-
bacco and Ohio Gas. Railroads held
for time, but gradually succumbed
to pressure later, Louisville & Nash
vile losing three points. Short COW
ering effected moderate rallies later.
Bonds were irregular, the Liberty
issue selling as high as 1892 for full
lots and from par to 80 for odd lots.
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Onions-25 per doz. punches.
Peas 5O-$L75 per ibushel.
Sauash-s1.0 90 per dozen.
Dandelions-s1.50 per barrel.
+ Spinach-75 per bushel.
Kale-8O-$1.00 per barrel.
Kohl Rabbi-40 per doz. punches.
Cherries-12 71-2 per quart.
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PROPOSALS

Bids will be received by the Board
of Park Commissioners at the office
of the architect, E. q. Southey, $50
Broad street, Bridgeport, Conn, un-
til twelve o'clock noon, Wednesday,
August /, 1917, for the construction
Of new bath house at Seaside park
Plans and specifications may be had
from the architect. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
BOARD OF PARK
COMMISSIONERS,
P IA So B. F. Cooney, Clerk.
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New York Stock
Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires Of
Z. L. Watson & Co. Bankers and
Brokers. Corner Main ana John sts.
Bridgeport, Conn. Members OF Nev
York Stock Exchange.
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If you want to now how the boys
feel in the trenches, just stand up
at the picnic to bat the delivery of
the sophomore pitcher home from
college
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World of Finance
II spa

the agricultural outlook Is good. No
serious shortages are in prospect, and
high prices amply offset increased
kcosts of production.
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=. Finance. Real Estate and Insurance ..
PATIENTS

FIRED II. BOWERgOCK, b. o. E.,
LII. b. Attorney aad Counsellor at
Law in Patent and Trademark
Causes Solicitor OF Patents. 925
Main St.. Suite 2G Phone lip Bar
mum. IA years practice in New
York city. New York office, NO.
Rector st.
R IL ALL
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Lake Torpedo Man
Going to the Front

Marblehead, Mass, July 1S.-Four
members Of the aviation corps di-
vision in train here were given an
honorable discharge yesterday in or
der to permit them to go to France
immediately to serve in the Lafayette
flying squadron. The men are Drum
mond B. Cannon and Francis Draper
Crosby, New York; r.. Mobiles Estes,
and Harry w. Seeley of
Connecticut.
Harry w. Seeley was connected with
the Lake Torpedo Boat Co. of Bridge
port for two years, leaving there when
the naval reserve, of which he was a
member were called out.
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BOSTON STOCKS.
PRICES OF PRODUCE
in LOCAL MARKET
FURNISHED by Bridgeport Vegetable
GrOcers' Association)

Cabbage-150 per Dbl.
Carrots-36-40 per doz. bunch.
Wax Beans-$1. 5O-$1.75 per blu.
Green Beans-$1.50-s1.75 per blu.
Lettuce-30-40 per doz.
Endine-75-s1.O per Dbl
Romaine-$1.0 per Dbl.
Beets-50-60 per doz. punches.
Cauliflower-$1.75 per barrel.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, S.,
PROBATE COURT.

DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, Sd,
PROBATE COURT.
May %, 1917.
Estate of John Halapin late of the
town of Bridgeport in said district,
deceased.
The Court of Probate for the dis
trict of Bridgeport hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for Creditors of said estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement.
Those who neglect to present their
accounts properly attested, within
said time, will be debarred a recov-
cry: All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment to
GEORG7 HALAPIN.
Administrator.
Care of Layery and F1nkelstone,
Newfie1d Bldg. 13 So
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