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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
WOMAN AGENT AT
AMES TRAIN STATION

Ames, Oct. flames is the first
station on the Northwestern to have a
woman stationmastsr, Mrs. J. A
Laughlin of Chicago having been sent
to this place to take over the work.
1t is the intention of the Northwest
ern. according to reports, to have wo-
men stationmasters at many places on
their line, and the experiment is being
made in Ames as to their adaptability
for the Job. The husband of Mrs.
Laughlin was connected with the
Northwestern as conductor for over
thirty years and she is given prefer
ence over others owing to that fact.
She dresses in the regulation sta
tlonmastey's clothing as to coat, vest
and cap and only differs from men in
the matter of wearing navy blue
skirt. Mrs. Laughlin will cry all
trains and look after the business Of
the company generally ut the local
station.
She wants the fact to be known that
she Is not suffragette and takes the
position that it may relieve men for
war duties, and considers this is one
way in which she can do her bit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
BY LEE PAPE

Yestidday in skool .dooring the, his
terry lessin rote a pome about MARY
Watkins. being this
Mary Watkins is 9 yeers old,
And weather its hot or weather its
cold
Shes the prettiest gerl on Park Avenue
And maybe In the sity,
WITCH l say it because / meen it
And not jest out Of pity.
Being pritty good Of pome, and
last mite after suppir started to
wawk up to Mary Weaknesses house
with It, and the fellows was playing q
game of primers base out in the
street, all yelling to me, Wunt to get
in it, Benny. wunt to get in it?
I'm going SUMMARIES, l sed.
! And kepp on wawking. and Mary
Weaknesses house was all dark except
one lite in the End story window, and
l thawt, Maybe if ! ring the bell she
will anser the door and ! can give 1t
to her.
And l wawked past the house on
the other side and wawked back
agen, thinking, Maybe If / stay heer
long enuff abe will come out anyway.
WITCH Jest then who did l see up at
the window but Mary Watkins, look
ing funny as enything on account of
her hare being all done up in cerl
papers.
G, thawt. G. And wawked back
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
OSKALOOSA BAKER
WILL SAIL FOR FRANCE

Oskaloosa, Oct11.--Ben< Lindley of
Oskaloosa, who recently enlisted III
the Bakers Unit of the Quartermast-
ers' department Of the United States
Army, sails for France Thursday. Ben
was stationed at Syracuse, N. Y, with
a company of one hundred bakers
when the Officers In command of the
company called for thirty-six yolun-
teers to sail for France Immediately.
Ben was one of the first to volunteer,
and after the officers had explained
the duty of the volunteers work,
which will be performed on the firing
line, and had given the men many
chances to back out. was accepted as
ono OF the thirty-six. Lindley's COM
pany sails Thursday. and enters SER
vice at once. near the first line
trenches In France.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
Professional Cards
ATToRNEYS
w. H. c. Jaques W. p. Tisdais
Is 10 r. JAQues
JAQUES, TlSDAlE 4 JACQUES
lawyer
105 North Court Street.
ATTORNEYS
Railroad Time Tables

c. NJ. & ST. PAUL TRAINS.
Ne. oeins Southwest Depart.
25A-9outhwest Limited !. l:45 a. m.
A stub train will leave station
for junction at l:45 a. m, re-
turning. arrive at station at
2:lo a. m.
3A-Kansas City local 11:o5 q. am.
ssA-ottumwa to Seymour $50 p. N.
Going East, via Cutoff
26A-Southwest Limited. II: 40 p. N.
A stub train will leave station
Tor Junction at ll:lo p. m. re-
turning, arrive at station at
1875 a. n.
' sA-bsyenport. ciic..c. 5:;s D. .. M M
Marion Line. Going North
B-Ced. Rapids. Savanna.
,: ::s SilRiss:. Marion s::se: n
Marion Line, Coming South
103B-From Marion ....... 10: 40 a. m.
21B-From Marion ....... 1855 q. m
'7B 1I1s;Iv fr'irhs ,''..,' 100 p m.
B-Except Sunday.
Local freiehts depart from and term.
mate Ottumwa Junction.
T. H. Jacobs, Agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
POLAND CHINAS GO
ITO UNUSUAL PRICE

Hedrick, Oct. Nv. H. Cooper
sold IS of big type Poland China
boars and gifts last Friday at an aver.
age Of 1882. which is not overly high
considering the market price of hogs
yet tits almost $40 head higher than
last year, when the average was $49.44
per head. Don Mccormick of High
land Center. got the top, paying $195
for young boar sired by Long En-
pansion He already has fine herd.
and in very few years will have one
of the noted herds in the corn belt
Otto Knaak, Of Butler, paid $3.50
for a spring boar sired by Giant jun
DO. and L. r. Donovan Of Oxford
got the top gilt for 800
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
HEAR NoN.JuRY CASES.

Sigourney, Oct. 11.-District court
has been busy during this week with
non-jury cases. Assignments for jury
trial were made and the trial jury will
be here next week. The grand jury
made its final report to the court on
Tuesday evening and adjourned for the
term Indictments were returned by
the Grand Jury in the cases of the
State of Iowa VS.. jeff Riby. Barney
Ruby. Ben Engle. PIT. Fitzgerald and
John Ccnger. Just what the charge
against these parties are has not been
made public. Appearance bonds were
fixed by the court in each case and
the cases will likely go over the term
and come on for hearing at the Decem-
Der term.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
CRESTON WILL HAVE
A PATRIOTIC DAY

Creston. Oct. 11.--OctoLer 20 will be
Patriotic Day in Creston, Arrange.
ments are being made for big pa
triotic meeting here at that time. It II
expected that large delegations from
all the towns over the county will be
here to hear the speakers who will
deliver addresses on subjects OF tla-s
tional interest in the afternoon and
evening
Plans are under way for special,
music for the day and it il thought
that big parade will be held prior to
the addresses. Governor Harding
will speak in the afternoon and Hon.
H. M. Towner in the evening.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR WAS NOT CALLED


of "a
4 manner"
You CALI me
wise
willing
ody though expected scandal
Darling, maam-Thomas Darling"
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
CALLS FOR cHoRTHoRN

County Agent Carl r. Scott is in re-
cefpt of request for a car load OF
pure bred shorthorn calves OF both
sexes. six months of age and older.
Anyone having such animals for sale
may find it to their advantage to notify
County Agent Scott. stating age. de-
scription and some indication as to
price
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
BURLINGTON ROUTE G. .. 4 Q.
ooins East

No. Coins East Depart
l2A-Chic., Dubq. Quincy. 1909. m
22A-Ar. from Des Moines 1o:0S D. m.
sA-Chicago Limited -, 1883 ,. m.
zi2B-Ft Mad. st. Louis. s:85 D. m.
4A-Chic.. St. Louis. ocy. 7:l5p. m.
2A-Chic., Peoria. R'kfd. 1l:1sp. -
l7SB-Ottumwa. Burlington 11:s5a. m.
1SB-Otta to Burlington. $50 .. "a.
l0A--Atlantic Coast Linz. 7:lsa. m.
Going West
5A-Omaha and Nebraska. lisa. m.
0A-Omaha. Ore. Calf. 7:37am
lA-Denver Express -. 1921 .. IA,
23A-Des MONIES local - $500 2, IA.
3l3B-Ar. from ~. Madison 1880 a. m.
l7SB-Peoria to Crsston -. l:65p. m.
1lB-Ar. from Burlington. $50 3. IA.
SA-Chicaso to Denver 4:s3 ,. m.
A-Daily.
B-Except Sunday.
J. H. Robinson. Agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12

OF the Vigilance committee meeting
ct the Hotel Muscatine Tuesday noon
It was voted to raise fund of 5000
to prosecute cases Of dishonest adver.
Using.
This is one of the most important
features OF any days session.
Each club will contribute its quota
to the fund.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12

to ware the fellows was playing priz.
ners base, and ! stood there vile
and nobody sed enything, and sed,
III get in it, fellows, III get in it.
WITCH did.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
TRAIN KILLS MAN.

Bucklin, Mo-. Oct. 11.-Barney Ken
needy. 81 years old, farmer living
three miles from Bucklin. was struck
and killed by a Santa Fee train late
yesterday while walking to his home
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
STILL SEND
OUT BALLOTS
AUDITOR ANsWERING CALLS
FROM MEN WHO WISH TO
VOTE UNDER NEW LAW.

Today has been the last day for
! sending out ballots to Wapello county
residents who now live in other COM
munities and wish to vote here on the
prohibitory constitutional amendment
under the provisions Of the absent
! voters law.
The majority Of the applications,
which have come to the county auditor
from outside. have been from students
and travelling men. whose territory IL
y outside Of the county.
Many others Of the same class who
will not be in town next Monday, are
casting their ballots here this week.
This may be done until Saturday.
RAISE FUND FOR
WAR ON FAKE ADS
Muscatine, Oct. 11.-At the meeting
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12

THE kaiser is q queer customer"
Fsaid Jacob Schiff. New York banker
and philanthropist, during Cooper
Union debate. "The more the German
people ask Of him the less he gives
them.
"The way the kaiser has treated the
German people about this business Of
Universal suffrage reminds me OF the
Blue Mill.
The hands of the Blue Mill, you
know, waited on the owner and told
Ahim they wanted shorter hours.
Every WELL said the owner. Your
wish will be granted, men. Well be-
gin with shorter dinner hours"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12

Rev. w. e. Prewitt, 102 South
Schuyler street, has gone to Cameron,
conduct revival meetings which VIII
continue about three weeks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
ROCK ISLAND RAILWAY.

Ne. 9e.ns worth Depart
47lB-Des Moines. Omana.. e:15 p. m.
477B-From keokuk -. $50 p. m,
west. ........ ": 90 a m
476B-Des Moines. east, west
and north ;...;.;::.. s:lsa m.
l7oB-Eldon and K C $50. LISA ~
l72B-Keokuk and south ;. S:3Op m
l74B-Eldon and K. Co.. 10: 80 ~ m
i76B-Ottumwa. Keokuk :. s:60a. =,
A-Dally.
B-Except Sunday.
]. II. Robinson, Agent
All trains stop at freight house. at
foot OF Union street.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-12
aEcoNp,sd very /

f-T7 SECONp I'D very badly
Sr9Er| Enkt, and learn.
"a rs ~ the sentence. Sister Susie's
!. sewing shirts for soldiers"
She repeated 1t to her friends and
was congratulated upon her mastery
performance. "Yeth, but it'll thuth an
!. extheedinly difficult remark to work
into q OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
whom you conthider that I have no
thikher Thuthie."
" Mrs. Malaprop, giving . dinner
party:
"Are you going to invite Mrs. Stand
Oft" asked her niece.
: II should think not" answered the
old lady. II entertained her once and
she never recuperated."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14

conscript or not, Quebec with its large
majority of French. Canadians will be
solid against the present government.
The issue is complicated by the fact
that the soldiers in the field will be al
lowed to vote and also "their next Of
kin" womenfolk.
The American northern camps are
being vacated by the first drafted mon
who are moving to the southern camps,
and some of the later drafted men have
been already ordered to take their plac-
es. 1t is expected that all drafted men
will be IN the camps by the first of the
year.
American troops are apparently being
rushed to Europe as rapidly as possible.
This we gather from the reports of the
arrival there of individuals, though
these are apparently men who are serv-
ing 10 special service departments.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14
THE PASSING OF A
PIONEER REPUBLICAN.

William e. Chandler of New Ham
shire, whose death has just occurred at
the ripe age of eight-two, was one of the
founders of the Republican party. An
early Free Soiler, be was active in the
organization of the Fremont campaign
in 1856; and his state was among those
which gave electoral votes toeahe Path
finder. The friend of Lincoln, Mr..
Chandler came to Washington in the
days of the Civil War and was an assist
ant secretary of the treasury. He be.
came secretary of the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee, and his activities IN
the disputed presidential election of 1875
are matter of history. He served in
President Arthur's cabinet as secretary
of the Navy; and under him were taken
the first steps IN the building OF the
new navy, the "White Squadron" of his
day having now become the second lar
gest naval force afoat. For fourteen
years he represented New Hampshire in
the senate, and on his retirement from
that position he became president of the
commission which settled the claims
growing out of the war with Spain. For
sixty years he was active in public af-
fairs, having outlived nearly all of his
contemporaries Of pioneer Republican
days and having maintained his interest
in constructive political work to the end.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14
THE DRY ROT IN ....
STORED POTATOES.

The dry rot in potatoes attacks the
tubers while in storage. 1t starts first
where the potato is cut or bruised, turn
ing the affected part of the tuber dark
color as deep as it extends and shrivels
it so that the skin sinks in. Often times
a white cottony mass appears over the
diseased spot. The rot keeps on spread
ing until in few weeks the tuber- be-
comes dry, wrinkled, shrunken and dark
colored with practically no weight. The
rot develops faster when it is warm than
when the storage room is kept cool.
There are several things that can be
done now to reduce the loss from dry
rot. The first step is to sort the pota-
toes removing those diseased and using
them as soon as possible, and the rest
should be soaked two hours in a solution
made up of water 30 gallons and formal.
dehyde l pound. In some trials it was
found that the losses from dry rot were
30 per cent in potatoes not sorted or
treated, 16 per cent when sorted and
per cent when treated with formalde.
hyde.-Agr. Ext. Dept, N. D. Agricul-
tural College.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14
E. HILDEBkAND.

Next Monday occurs the Dominion
elections in Canada. The campaign is
conducted solely oH*he war issue wheth-
er conscription shall be enforced or not.
The Liberal party, headed by Sir Will
fred Laurier are taking the issue that
voluntary enlistment is all that is neces.
sary, that patriotism will fill the ranks as
successfully rs if consumption was en-.
forced. The opposition put aside the
old name Conservatives and goes to the
people as the ,"Unlon" party. and it is
claimed there are many Liberals who
will not support Premier Laurier on this
account. Quebec snd some of the east
ern districts have not sent nearly the
numter of soldiers to the front as other
districts in Canada. The church ques.
tion has also mu ,h to do with the politi-
cal issues at this time. But that is
nothing new in Canada sfor nearly all
elections in the past have had more or
less sectarian controversies injected IN
in them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14

it on the market. The essays go per
ton for two claims, lead 81 ounces, silver
16 ounces, copper 49 per cent, the gold
goes as high as 104 ounces but will aver
age about 81. The Goodyear Rubber
Co. have some good clans bonded just
above mine. II it hadn't been for the
war I think I could sell to them. Ill
sell, you will see me in St. Vincent
again, Everything is very high here. !
have paid as high as $500 meal for
bacon and eggs. am paying sll 90 a
sack for oats and sl40 ton for hay this
winter. Some companies pay as high as
Sl5. 90 day for laborers but in the end
they are no better off than the $500
man. We have three feet of snow. We
have seven to eight feet of snow
here every winter. The country is all
mountain. can look out of my win
dow and see glacier that is 60 miles
long the Ice is 1000 feet thick in some
parts of it, game birds are plentiful,
goats and sheep by the thousands, lots
of bear and some of the largest and
crankiest in the world. no moose, some
caribou, lots of wolves, mink, martin,
lynx, wolverine. Fox farming is all the
rage. I have bug myself. Salmon in
millions right at my door but I can't
look one of them in the face. I have
lived on dried salmon and hemlock bark
on some of my outings.
E. HILDEBKAND.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14

torture and obstruction can not prevail,
America's candles burning steadily
their Christmas message that American
hosts are enlisted that there may at last
be peace on earth forever and good will
to men.
1t will tell the whole story. these
Christmas candles burning back OF the
Red Cross Service flag. Where their
light shines, the Red Cross workers are
Where there are only shadows, the slack.
ers hide, slackers to America, slackers,
the Red Cross, slackers to all humanity
Make it the most memorable Christ.
mas in America. Make it Red Cross
Christmas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14
From the Frozen North.

The following letter from Ed. Hide
brand to William Thedorf, of st. Vim
cent will be read with interest by many
around Pembina where Mr.. Hldebrand
spent many years. First he served as a
soldier at Fort Pembina and later he
spent many years on the Roseau river in
Minnesota. trapping and hunting, where
he went by the name of "Skoop'. Mr..
Hildebrand always had a roaming dis
position and when the Klondyke rush
came, in 1888, he went west aud little
has been heard from him since:
/ Camp Pleasant, B. G. Oct. 30, 1917.
Mr.. William Thedorf:
+ am anxious to hear from you all and
am taking time to drop you few lines.
! have passed through some rough old
trimming since 1 saw you. Have been
to the Artic circle twice. I lived there
one winter and have had enough Of
whale oil and rotten fish. had lots of
experience with dogs. have had them
AZ ny OloAA0ko 0uu OH dTOuuU uu0 W
keep me from freezing, yes, eating them
too.J I started from Hainies, Alaska, in
1909 and took 15 dogs and sleds and
an old Indian and his squaw as guide
and cook! lost both of them % days
out. I didn't blame them for leaving
the world without permission as we
we're just getting where hell was pop
ping. l got there 40 days later, my face
frozen go often / looked like negro,
,lost all Of my toe nails and most of my
religion long before ! reached Point
Barrowson the Artic ocean, small vii
lage Of Esquimaux. Isscamped there
until spring. The people we're kind but
very poor. The ship, Bear picked me
mp thesnsxt summer and dropped me at
.Valdss, Alaska from there / went in
.throag hths Good Pasture country over
the tul Money! Q yes, s4eo Is
enough forsupper. reached and left
White HoTsss B. q. g my posto1 o1ice, 1000
miles from Seattle. which place I reached
in August.
| I have soms aood miniag propsrty
sthat p ~ Worth : csnt until caa est
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-12-14
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

The Germans made heavy assault on
the new British gains near Cambria and
recovered some of their lost ground.
This is the first success of the Germans
in that area during the year. Strategi-
cally there is but little change along the
Franco Belgian lines German troupes
are being transported to France. The
winter months may witness hard fight.
ing
In Italy both sides appear to be mass
ing all available reinforcements, with a
probable gigantic struggle in the near
future. Snow fell there this week,
which, with more to follow, will hamper
the passage of German supplies through
the mountains.
The declaration of war by Congress-
almost the first day of the session this
week, makes 1T probable that American
troops will be sent to Italy to fight the
Austrlans there.
The extreme Socialistlc government"
Of Russia has made an armistic,of twen-
ty eight days with Germany add many
Of the Russian troops are leaving the
fighting lines for their homes.
Meantime the Empire of Russia shows
more and more presages Of breaking into
separate states. Southern Russia is in
the hands of the Cossacks and two pitch
ed battles, have been fought against the
government" troops. With Siberia,
Finland, Poland, and southern Russia
each declaring autonomy there is possl-
bility that the revolution there may fin-
ally result in the formation Of the United
States of Russia, and for that matter the
United States Of Germany and the
United States Of Austria are possibili-
ties Of the future in this war Of demo.
cracy against autocracy.
Jerusalem, for almost thousand
years under Mosfem rule and the scene
Of a hundred selges, this week passed
into the hands of the British as the re-
suit Of summers campaign in Pales.
tine against the Turks. No injury was
done to the many sacred places. I
The explosion at Halifax when ship
loaded with ammunition was in colli-l
sion with another vessel while not a dir
ect result Of war was nevertheless con-
sequence. The munition ship would
not have been there except for war con-
ditions. Eighteen hundred dead and
<hnuaa nda ,,vn,uS1nr3 sEs $50 .o,,.~o ,o;la.