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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
THE WHITE SOLDIER.
CONTINUED From Last Week.)


"What'd he do to em?' Frederika's
voice was eager.
"He never worried when they said
unkind things about him, and he never
talked back"
The little girl at his feet hung her
head, remembering her recent scrap
with Rita.
HE did not win obedience by force,
but by kindness
Something in the Soldiers voice
seemed always pointing "Fie.' at
Frederika.
HE was not discouraged when he
failed and when people disobeyed
him once he always gave them another
chance.
II remember there was young farm
er's boy in our army, whose business
it was to keep guard at night. 1t was
very important to have one man awake
to watch out for the enemy. so there
was a rule that If a guard fell asleep at
his post he must be killed. But this
boy fell asleep one night, for he was
very tired"
"And did he de-" painted Frederika.
"My leader forgave him." said the
Soldier. and his voice was very deep
as though he loved to say it. "The
young boy never forgot what he owed
my leader. and he became the bravest
man in the whole army and died AT
last saving wounded comrade."
who YVES your LEADER" said Freder.
ika. in low voice.
THE greatest of Americans"
Pm an American" said Frederick
proudly.
The White Soldier looked down at
her brown skin and her shining black
pistails. and smiled. I'm glad you're
an American he said, "and you're a
leader, too? Well. you couldn't have a
better model for an American leader
than mine was"
rs he dead?" asked Frederika.
as he dead?' asked Frederika.
"He lived long ago said the White
Soldier. when they freed the slaves
In Frederika's face dawned new
light. why. your leader was Abraham
Lincoln" she cried.
He is said the Soldier and with
his white hand he took off his white
hat and stood with his head bowed.
Frederika bowed her head, too. When
she locked up the Soldier had his hat
on again and his gun was back in his
right hand He was looking straight
ahead with his far-seeing eyes.
"Gee,' breathed Frederika II wish
ed had your gum
Why" asked the Soldier and his
voice sounded worried. as though he
feared she hadn't learned her lesson
OF leadership even yet.
so could give it to Rita Angelo
for forgive-present.' answered Fred
erika looked up into his still. white
face, she thought she saw him smil-
ing.
Only Yesterday, when looked up to
salute the White Soldier as | passed
through the Common. saw the smile
still on his face. and / knew he was
remembering the little girl who learn.
ed to be leader.
(The Enid
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01

had forgotten what word I had given
Philip until her little sister recited the
Mother Goose verse. She thinks 1t
should be counted that Philip won"
81 didn't win" said Philip, whose
face now was red too. and whose voice
was very gruff Did you ever notice
how very gruff boys voices get when
they are doing some quite fine thing?
Philip was having to speak out before
the directors and the whole school,
and that is rather embarrassing. Il
didn't win" he said. THE baby could-a
said that to me till next Christmas and
wouldnt-a known how to spell it,
Then the president of the school
hoard arose. Il should say that set
tied it, he said at is question of
who is the best speller in the list of
words given out today. Philip says
he did not know how 10 spell 'awrv. :
and Jessie has shown that she did
know how. 1t is merely that the baby
pronounced it instead of Miss Agnes.
That's all. think Jessie has fairly
won the star. What do the rest of you
say"
The rest of the directors nodded
their heads.
So as things stand now, Jessie and
Phil are exactly even. and both are
working like troops to win in June.
Wouldn't 1t be funny kthey tie once
more?-Clara A. Alexander in The
Presbyterian.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Carl L. Burr and His Story
of a Nickel

Dear Editor,
am going to write story Of a
nickel for the Courier Junior.
The first thing remember about my
self | was in a dark place in the
ground Next 7 was made into nickel
and taken to the bank where there were
many other nickels. The banker gave
me to an old lady who spent me for
something to eat. The grocer took me
home and gave me to his little boy TO
spend He was very proud of me and
held me very tightly in his hand. II
took him a long time to decide what
to buy with me. Finally he decided TO
buy some CANDY. That grocer gave me
to an old blind man who was very
poor. stayed with him for long time
and one day he lost me. ] was found by
an old miser and was hid in box
away under the ground. When he died
he willed all his money to his beautiful
granddaughter. who was very proud of
me because I was very old. I was given
to her little nephew to start him
bank account and ! am still there.
Carl l.. Burr, age 9.
Fairfield. Ia, r. No. ?.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Anna Marie Gallagher :
The Red Cross
The American National Red
Cross was founded in the year
1900. by act Of congress. In

1877 a setf-appolnted commit
tee to turther the interests IN America
Of the Red Cross was formed In wash
inston, with Miss Clara Barton at the
head. and in 1881 this committee was
enlarged and Incorporated under the
laws OF the District or OF CoIuinola as
The American Association OF the Red
Cross. but 1t did not recieve national
recognition until the year 1900. MISS
Barton continued at the mead or the or
ganiZation until 1905. when the Amer
lean Red Cross was reincOrporated ana
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Edgar Lee Peck = The Lion
and the Monkey

Dear Juniors:
This is my second story for the Jun
ior page.
A lion was living beneath cocoanut
tree snoozing. but he didn't know that
a monkey was above him and porcu-
pine behind him.
The monkey winked at the porcupine
and they both attacked at once. The
monkey dropped cocoanut and the
porcupine pricked him.
The two mischiefs went and sat on
the brink with their backs to the river
and watched King Lion rise to his feet
and send forth a roar.
The lion paced towards them piece
and roared again.
The monkey saw that he was bound
to go swimming. so he jumped into the
river and cried In monkey langua ge
This is the climax Of the story" which
II is.
Edgar Lee Peck. age 10,
Ottumwa Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Kenneth Rice - The Red
Cross

- The Redo Cross society is
an international society for
the relief Of the sick and
wounded at the time Of
war. It is said to have originated in
1859 by Henri Dunant a Swiss gentle
man. An Interesting conference was
held in Geneva on October %. 1863 in
which sixteen nations We're represented,
but since then the number has increas
ed greatly. The principal condition to
be complied by each nation joining the
society is that society is TO be main
tanned by each power which is to care
for the sick and wounded in the time
of war and give attention to the train
ing of nurses in time of peace. Provis
ions were made whereby the Red Cross
society is bound to help by sending
nurses to any country where war fam
Inc, floods or any other great calamity
may exist. The badge OF the society is
red cross on A white background.
The American Red Cross society was
founded under the direction of Clara
Barton. Among the notable instances
Of recent times in which the Red Cross
society has extended valuable relief
was in the Spanish american war the
Boer war and the Russian-Ja panese
war. The Red Cross society is prepar-
ing 20 render valuable aid in the pres
ent conflict.
Kenneth Rice. age H.
Milton, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Irene Myers Grandfather
and Uncles in Many Wars

Dear Juniors:
AS have not written for long time
! will write about my grandfathers and
uncles who have served in the army.
MY Grandfather Myers was in the
army. He was with Sherman when he
marched to the sea.
My Grandfather Baker was in both
the army and navy in the civil war.
My uncle, William Baker, was in
the Spanish American war. He was
stationed at Jacksonville, Fla. He was
gone only a few months as the war
only lasted a short time. have an I'M
Gle. Blaine Baker. in this war with
Germany He enlisted at Des Moines
He Joined the coast artillery. He was
sent from Des Moines to Fort Morgan.
Colo He was sent from Fort Logan to
Fort Winfield Scott, California. We do
not know when he will be sent from
there.
Irene Myers. age H..
Abingdon, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Ralph Black Tells of a
Nickel's Journey
Dear Juniors

Dear Juniors:
AS l have not written for a long time
am going 10 write the story Of a
nickel.
A little boy asked his papa for me to
get some peanuts. He ran down the
sidewalk with me in his hand. When he
got to the store he went in and gave
me to strange man. He took me and
gave the little boy some peanuts
Then little hoy came to get some
candy and he gave the may too much
money and he gave me bTcN in change
The little hoy put me in\a pocket
which had hole in it. He van home
happily.
But I Jared down to the hole in the
corner and fell ont down between two
bricks in the sidewalk. I lay II . till
this day. ~
Elakesburg. La. R. No.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Lavada Tolbert - My First
Fish

Dear Juniors:
I thought would write story about
my first fish.
One day when lived in the sunny
saw all Of the big boys and girls and
grown folks going fishing with their
fishing canes and bait, SO that made
me want to 60 too. So went in the
house and asked mother could I go
fishing and mother said Yes you may
go but you can take a big straight pin
and bend It down and tie piece Of
Irvine on to 1t and go down in the field
and get cane. So ! went down in the
cane break and got me good long cane
and tied my hook on to it and after
got down to the garden with my little
hoe and dug some grubworms for the
bait. After I got the bait went down
to the pasture where our pool was and
when got there I baited my hook and
put 1t into the water. Pretty soon
thought saw my line wiggle so kind
Of raised 1t up but there was nothing on
It. Some old bull frog had come along
and stole all Of the fishes dinner which
] had for them. Pretty soon I saw an.
other wiggle and I thought sure there
would be a nice shiny fish on there
but no. there wasn't a thing. not even
the bait. When 1 baited the hook and
put 1t in the third time I said Surely
the third time will be the charm But
there wasn't any fish. So went home
and told my mother that the old fish
wouldn't bite my hook And mother
said TRY, try and you will win the
race. She also said Maybe there will
be fish on your hook when YOU go
back. And sure enough when ! got back
there was little fat sun minnow on
my hook. I was SO happy I danced
around the pond three times ! went
home with my fish thinking how good
1t would be fried nice and brown and
hard with some nice brown egg corn
bread O, how happy did feel.
I4avada Tolbert. age 10.
Ottumwa Iowa. SO Ogden ST
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
OttumWa. Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA DEVEREAUX
FLAG DAY JUNE IA.

Dear Juniors: We want all the
Juniors to write patriotic stories for
the new contest which will close June
IA, national flag day. The writer's will
all be awarded small flag emblems and
the one whose story is considered best
by the judges will be given surprise
prize. The Juniors working in this
contest can choose for their subjects:
The Red Cross. Flag Day. Gardening or
any other patriotic subject.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Emma Cernich - Corn ant
Apples

Dear Juniors:
] thought would write few line
to the Courier Junior. I have Just be-
gun. am going to tell you about corr
and apples. The corn you plant it III
April or May and 1t grows about two
or three feet high. In the fall when !;
ripens you gather 1t. Corn crowns In al
the states only In the far north. tn
apples grow on trees. They get as bt;
as an egg or bigger. In the fall whe.s
they are ripe you gather them.
Emma Cernich,
Abba, Ia, R. No. ~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
Elsie Meanor - A New
Junior

Dear Juniors:
a ma little girl ~ years old. go
to the A.. W. Stuart school on the
south side. am in the seventh yrade.
My teachers name is Miss Seymour.
I would like to become Junior. l
like to read the Junior page. My
fathers name is J. NJ. Meanor. He is
In the insurance business.
Elsie Meanor,
206 No. Sheridan Ave, Ottumwa. la.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
ANOTHER CONTEST.

We also want the Juniors who
,th1nk the other contest is too hard
70 write on one OF the following sub.
4ects.
Ny Best Friend.
a Pet Dog.
Corn and Apples.
Sweet Potatoes and Cotton.
A letter.
Select prizes from among the fol.
lowing: Box OF candy. bird kite, roller
skates, don, knife or book.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We do wish the juniors would 40.
knowledge their prizes.
II any Junior has ever failed to re-.
ceive prize after 1t Is announced
In this column. 1t is because tho
wrong address has been given us.
When we say wrong address we es.
pecially refer to incomplete addresses.
All city Juniors should put their
street number and all juniors living
In the country should put their box
mum Der or failing to have box send
In their parents names.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.
I. Zee one side Of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink or sharp lead pencil.
3. Always sign your name in full
and state your age.
I. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send US as your own work.
8. Number your pages.
6. Always state choice Of prize on
and address in full.
I. Address envelope to The Courier.
Q oeparate piece of paper, with name
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
SEVEN SUBJECTS.

We all want the juniors to send in
school compositions and other stories
besides the ones on the subjects we
suggest. Sometimes children can
write better compositions when choos.
ing their own subjects. We especially
want letters and ancestor stories.
To encourage originality and variety
In the Juniors work the following list
Is sven:
Flag oay.
School competitions.
7 Anes0tor storles.
Interesting letters.
UWusual stories.
Current events.
Soldier stories related by veterans
end retoad by Juniors.
Select prizes from among the follow.
ing: Flag pin, book. box of letter pa
per, doll, box Of school supplies, box
OF candy or knife.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
PUSSY WiLLoWS.
(By Mary E. Merrill.)

In my vase are pussy-willows
On their stems all stiff and straight
They are wrapped in furs for winter
And the spring seems out Of date.
They are sleeping and are dreaming
or the place where they We're born.
They are caring not a farthing.
That my parlor they adorn.
But love the willow-pussies.
In my heart dear memories form
or my happy days of childhood
In the place where ! was born.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01
1HE PRIZE WINNER,

Anna Marie Gallagher is awarded
prize today by the judges We wish
that all the Juniors could see Anna
Narie's work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01

Baker wife Of the secg
In thd
Washington interests Mrs Bake
gives
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-06-01

That the thoughts Of Uncle Sans
Jack tars" are not always centered
on fighting is evidenced by this
photograph which was made aboard
an American superdreadnought dur
ing "play hour" In that interval
Jack forgets all about his profession
and passes the time just as he
pleases, in the manner most agree
able to himself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19
Session Laws Take More Space.

Madison-It is estimated that the
law supplements containing the 1917
session laws of the present legislas
ture will make about 272 pages of the
supplement size which are circulated
by the weekly newspapers of the
state. Two years ago these supple.
ments made 20S pages; the increase
is therefore over thirty per cent. II
1915 there were 635 chapters pub.
Hshed. There will be about $50 acts
this session, but the laws Of 1917 are
much larger and occupy about thirty
per cent more space than those Of
two years ago. On this basis many
country publishers feel that they
should receive increased compensa.
ton from the state for giving these
laws general circulation throughout
Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19
SUGAR BEET TOPS
AND SHOCK CORN
MAKE GOOD SILAGE

Sugar beet tops and shock corn were
successfully cut up together into silage
at the university farm last fall. The
silage had a slightly stronger odor
than the ordinary corn silage, but was
not offensive. Cows relished it and
did as well on it as they did on regular
corn silage. Chemical analysis showed
that this silage had practically the
same feeding value as clear corn
silage.
Professor Henry states that the
leaves Of sugar beets have about half
the feeding value of the roots. TAX
ing into consideration the fact that
the annual yield of sugar beets in
Wisconsin sometimes exceeds 100000
tons, one Is impressed with the i'm
portance of utilizing the beet tops for
feed to get the most out Of them. Max
ing them into silage with corn fodder
proved so satisfactory that it will be
repeated and it seems worth while to
publish the fact as suggestion to the
many farmers Of the state who grow
large crops of sugar beets and who
are undoubtedly facing the problem Of
how best to utilize the tops for feed
ing purposes.
After the beets were removed from
the field, the tops which had been left
in small piles were hauled and run
through an ensilage cutter into the
silo with about an equal quantity Of
corn fodder taken from the shock.
By throwing beet tops onto a large
layer of corn and running both through
the cutter together, no difficulty was
experienced in getting the beet tops
out.
Enough water was added to the cut
material to give it proper moisture
and make it pack well when two men
tramped it during the time of filling.
It is hoped that this use of beet tops
will be as successful throughout the
state as it was at the university farm
last fall.-G. c. Humphrey, Wiscon-
sin College of Agriculture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19

Madison = The language that our
soldiers will hear and be obliged to
understand when they go to France
is now being taught in several Wis
consin cities by members of the
French department of the University
Of Wisconsin. The instructors are
volunteering their services, and their
travelling expenses are paid by the ex.
tension division. Guardsmen, nurses
and doctors constitute large part OF
the classes, although many others
who expect soon to see service in
France are enrolled.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19
STATE DRAFT QUOTA
WISCONSIN MUST FURNISH 16,15e
MEN FOR NEW ARMY 40
CoRDIN0 TO PLANS.
OTHER WISCONSIN D0INGS
Items of Interest Throughout the State
Gathered by Alert Correspondents
and RuIIetined In Brief for
the Busy Reader. s,.stAN.

Milwaukee - Wisconsin must fur
nish $3.50 men for the new draft
army according to plans and estimates
given out from Washington. The fig
ures used for Judging the population
of the cities and counties In the
United States are based on the regis
tration figures from the different
states and not on the census. The
men to be drafted for the first Sc
lective army taken from every coun-
ty and city will approximate two
thirds of 1 per cent of the new popu-
lation figured from the registration.
The paper population and the num-
Der to be drafted FROM the counties
and cities of Wisconsin are:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19
By III. III. COTTRELL

The greatest waste in any single in
dustry in this country is made with
the corn crop.
The grain of the annual corn crop
Of the United States is worth on the
farms one and a half billion dollars.
In ripe corn plant 60 per cent Of the
feed value is contained in the kernels
and 40 per cent In the stalk and leaves.
With the grain worth one and half
billion dollars, the feed value of the
rest Of the crop is a billion dollars.
At least 90 per cent of the feed val
ne Of the stalk is lost under the pres
ent system of farm management-a
a billion dollars yearly. No other
business but farming could stand such
an enormous loss.
Corn Belt Needs More SiIos.
In the New England and the middle
states most of the stalks are saved
as fodder, and there are many silos,
but with the damage from weathering
the waste in handling and the loss in
digestibility from drying, the farmers
are very far from utilizing the full
feed value Of the corn stalk.
In the corn belt, where the bulk of
the crop is raised, comparatively few
corn growers harvest the stalks, and
the only returns most of them secure
from the forage is by pasturing the
dead stalks in the cold and storms of
winter. s4a
Make Profits From By-Products.
Contrast this waste by the corn
grower with the practices of large
business organizations. For years the
great packing houses have reported
the sale of dressed meat for less than
they have paid for the live weight of
animals. s4s
Yet every year these packing houses
return millions Of dollars profit be-
cause they utilize to the fullest extent
the value Of their by-products. Oil
companies take crude oil into their
refining plants, put it through costly
processes, using apparatus that re-
quires an outlay of millions, pay the
freight and deliver the kerosene and
gasoline direct to consumers at low
er rate than is asked for mineral wa
ter, where the only expense is to run
the water through a pipe from the
spring into a bottle.
At the same time the corn growers
are wasting most of 40 per cent of the
feed value Of over one hundred mil
lion acres of corn.
SiIage Resembles June Pastures.
The silo provides the corn grower
with the means for utilizing the 1arg-
est proportion of the feed value Of his
entire crop, grain and forage. The ST.
lage can be kept for days, months or
years, or feeding may begin as soon
as filling the silo is completed.
The silo can be filed in good wealth
er, when it is raining, or in times of
extreme drought and hot winds. 81
lage is good, fed daily, both in winter
and summer. When grass is ready in
the spring, the feed that remains in
the silo can be covered and will keep
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19
Old COMPANY Passes.

Manitowoc-With the filing of pa
pers for the dissolution of the Volun-
teer Fire Department Life Insurance
company, later the Manitowoc County
Insurance company, passes one Of the
old institutions of the city. The COM
pany was organized more than forty
years ago by members of the city's
early day fire department. At that
time it had membership of 400, and
when it dissolved it had forty-six.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-07-19

well until needed when the summer
drought comes.
Silage furnishes a green, succulent,
appetizing feed through the winter,
the same as grass through the sum-
mer. It keeps the animals system in
as good condition as when the stock
is on good pasture, and feeds given it
are better digested.
Corn makes the best silage. Green
pea vines, husks and cobs from the
canning factories make good material
to put in the s1lo. In continuous rainy
weather alfalfa, clover and other hay
crops may be saved in the silo.
Every live stock growing district in
the United States needs the silo. The
general use of the silo will make the
high-priced small farms of the corn
belt profitable growers, as well as fins
ishers Of cattle and sheep.