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& o* TH§ A«.E O* *ULL *TH«% IA6DIATUN TALK woetbeft. UIHKT *JBJD«A"TtON NveAM^ I ""W t'feu fisve WUTT lr vto ^Million Dollar Highway For Sale FOR For Auto Tourists Htrough Colorado and Utah Automobile tourists from the middle western and eastern states can travel over a million dollar highway from Grand Junction, Colo., to Green River, Utah, this year and in 1915. This highway, which ll.es straight and smooth as an arrow for miles, with a surface hardened into a genuine turnpike, is the aban doned grade of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, built from this point to Salt Lake City back in the eighties. Later a new railroad line was built to save a few miles in distance and to lower the grade which, although steep in places for a locomotive, Is modest for any automobile climb. The old railroad turnpike practically parallels the "desert" road which was traveled by the Indiana auto tourists In 1913. It could not be used last season because of unbridged washes and unfilled gullies. Grand Junction, a city of less than ten thousand people, has just raised $10,000, however, and has engineers and gangs of road builders at work filling the gullies and bridging the. washes. With this new road now nearly completed, having a surface of from twelve to twenty feet wide, it is estimated that an unbroken •peed of thirty miles per hour can be maintained for long stretches. You can buy and sell houses through Courier Want Ads. One-half cent per word. 15c minimum. STRAWBERRIES. F. SALE— Htelter, two miles northwest Agency. New phone 393-P. H. of FOR SALE OR TRADE-ONE twio cylinder motorcatjele^One a*0?®® hand thresher outfit, for. South. Ot-» tumwa residence property, oue n. automobile. H. G. Sevier, Nft. 233 8. Ward St. Miscellaneous. ONEIDA COUNTY. WISCONSIN lands. No hog cholera here, yet ot is a good country to raise hogs, good home market. Pure water, big crops clover, peas, rape, corn, pota toes, oats, etc. I offer tracts of 40 acres and up, cut over haW-wood lands easy to make into farms, ..at low prices. Tract of 760 acres, next the Pine Lake farm of the L. Starks Co. at reasonable price. 4 miles from city, on main road. Can fur nish you anything you want. Write C. P. Crosby, Rhinelander, Wis., for map, prices and descriptions. CORN IS MAKING SAT'- Say, RAPID GROWTH Des Moines, June 2.—The weather crop bulletin for the week ending May 81, 1914 follows: Warm, growing weather prevailed during the past week. The average teirtperature was about 9 degrees above the normal, and thq, daily maximum temperatures were near or above 90 degrees on several days. The rainfall was considerably less than the normal, but ihowers occurred in nearly all arts of the state on Thursday or Frl being copious in the southeastern counties. The heavy showers, referred to in the last bulletin as having occur red on the night of the 23d, were quite general over the northern half of the state. Rain is badly needed in the southern districts, yet up to the present time corh is making rapid growth and isfein good condition. Much of it has been cultivated once and some of it jtwice. Small grain and grass show the effect of drouth to some extent, and winter wheat is seriously damaged in Fremont and Page counties by Hessian fly. Many fields have been plowed up and planted to corn. Over the northern half -of the state all crops are in extra flue condition. Fruits, except apples, are still promising, but berries must have rain soon. t'f 1" "v Geo. M. Chappel, ~&c-' Section Director. CHARITON, I Ghaa. Graves of Perry returned home Sunday evening after a few days' '?talt with his mother, Mrs. Margaret graves, and sister, Mrs. Chas. Hick- Miss Harriet Goltry of Westboro, Mp„ arrived last evening for a visit with relatives and old friends. She formerly resided here. Mrs. Wilhelmina Lindgren and son in-law, Otto Nelson, of Ottumwa, who formerly resided here, came Saturday morning to spend a few days with old friends. Cyril Butcher of Sidney returned home Saturday after a week'B visit with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Butcher. Howard Gittlnger, who is employed in title railway postal service, came from Chicago Saturday morning for a few days' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gittlnger, and returned 16 his duties Monday. eelene and Lewis Burger of Otium- mediation WCLL THA"' NVCOIHS THAT TWO NATION ^I^PUTC THENTH^ KEOSAUQUA LOST NO VETERAN LAST YEAR Keosauqua, June 2.—Memorial day was both fittingly and beautifully ob served at Keosauqua. The day was airidtal oiie and $t seemed that nature had 'sent her best blossoms for this day. Early Saturday morning members of the G. A. R. could be seen wending their way through the cemeteries vis iting the graves of the soldiers, gar landing them with beautiful flowers, also raising, to float above their life less forms the stars and stripes which they bad so gallantly defended. At exactly 12 o'clock the church bells tolled in honor of the nations dead. At 1:15 p. m. the procession was formed at the G. A. R. hall headed by a mar tial band then the home guards, the G. A. R. the school children, the A. F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F. orders. They marched to the river bridge' where they dropped a flower into the water in memory of those who were buried be neath the sea, thence back to the G. A. R. hall, down lVont street thence to the monument ground where the G. A. R. conducted their memorial service. The march was then taken up and each person left a bunch of fresh blos soms at the Soldiers monument and marched on to the court house park where an immense crowd was gather ed, the largest present in many years. Appropriate music was rendered by a large choir. The prlnciptl address be ing made by Ross Calhoun of Galves ton, Texas, who is a member of the G. A. R. and Eld. H. L. Lewis of the Christian church. It was noticed that /ewer soldiers were in the line of march this-year than last, some being too feeble. The absence of a veteran of two wars, both the Mexican and the Civil, Samuel Minnick, was much regretted, he being too feeble to stand the walk. The presence of Capt. W. A. Duckworth of Des-Moines was noted with.pleas ure. There waB CALC IN A TntR.D NATION TO SCTTC6 IT. PO* EX/VN\PLC *JPPOS€ not one new grave to decorate this year, the entire year having passed without the loss of a single comrade. wa, formerly of this city, are spending a few days with tt^eir old friends here. Miss Jessie Mclntire entertained a few friends Saturday evening in their honor. Mrs. Thos.. Paton and Mrs. J. T. Braden returned Saturday morning from a brief visit in Lucas county with their brother, Will McBeth, and fam ily. MrB. Geo. Stewart and son, Maurice, of Beardstown, 111., are here for a few weeks' visit with her mother, Mrs. J. F. Spiker, and old friends. Joe V. Dorsey, who had resided here for many years, died at his'home.Fri day evening after an illness of only a few weeks with Bright's disease and a complication of troubles. He is sur vived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Ellen Colver. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. E. E. IlgenFritz, weher held at the M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, after which interment was made in the Chariton cemetery. The deceaser was for many years a clerk at the Bates hotel and was well known by the traveling pub lic. He was hignly regarded by all who knew him and bis demise will be mourned by a host of friends. KENNETH L. JOHNSTON PASSES COOK CO. AND LOS ANGELES HOSPITAL EXAMS. Seymour, June 2.—J. D. Johnston has just received word that his son Ken neth had won additional high honors in medicine besides passing Cook county examination as an interne, by captur ing a place as an interne in the Los Angeles hospital. These examinations are civil service, the same as Cook KENNETH L. JOHNSON. county, Chicago, and are I SN\A*H "YQV held annually. In Chicago and New York, the students from the leading medical colleges writ ing the examination. This is supposed to be done by the Los Angeles Hos pital to Induce highly efficient young medical men to go to California. Kenneth L. Johnston is graduating this spring, having been a student of the medical department of the Univer sity of Illinois for the past four years. He took liberal arts at the Iowa Wes* leyan college, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in preparation for the medical work. He was born in Seymour, and is but 22 years old. The high honor of being able to pass the Cook county examina tion and be admitted as an interne there is an honcr that Scymoxir and Wayne county may be proud as well as his father here. Young Johnston has always been a great student and Is a regular book wrfrm, and it Is said he has read more books than any man in Iowa 40 years old. As a sartiplo of his written'work, which tells in his etfam inations and makes him successful, a copy of a jetter written to the graduat ing class Seymour high school, while he was a junior in medicine follows: ter shows marked determination and wide research: "To the graduating cl^ss and the alumni of SeymoUr high school: "I keenly appreciate the honor that has %een shown me by asking me to this IN represent my class in welcoming year's class as new members of the Alumni association. "Pleasant are the memories indeed which I have of my experiences, now five' years old, when I as a recent graduate, was welcomed as 4' new member of the Alumni association then not of such generous numbers as It now boasts. How proud we were then of our large class, how hopeful that its personnel would long be remem bered, and how sure we each of us were, that never in our Alma Mater's future, would a finer class be graduat ed. But as time has passed our predic tion has been shown to be untrue, &8 each year's finished product has been brought forth for our approval. The marvelous growth of our Bchool and the more ample facilities for bet-1 ... ,t marfo ttHa ter teaching so generously provided by ght forth for our approval. The better undergraduate material, have as each year has passed, shown that our predicted unsurpassable excellence has been repeatedly excelled. "You, the members of the class of 1913, are to be congratulated upon the record you are leaving behind you. Your excellence as students, your re sults in athletics, and you£ prowess in organization, all lend support to the maintenance of the precedent, that each year's class shall surpass Its pre decessor. But now as further reallza- TH6 TKUSLV YH€N \*it CALL IN A THIR.O WslOTN TO NveOtATC "THE case V*O m*jv- tion of what graduation really means uj of itself? Ours is an ago of rapid pro gress in all lines of endeavor, more minute division of labor into more highly specialized lines is rapidly re placing the older plans for efficiency, with eaqh new specialization of effort comes the needed requirement for higher training. Efficiency is the pass word which will only admit you to the inner circle, the membres of whom we are pleased to call successful. Difficul ties may lie in your path and the ob taining of a higher education may seem impossible, but do not despair where there is a desire of sufficient Intensity all things are possible. Your difficulties will but serve as a stimulus for added effort, and when they are surmounted will be but pleasant memories. "Let me urge again upon you, plan your future carefully, exactly, and minutely. Let no one deter you. Keep before your mind's eye the goal yTJu wish to attain, and let it act as a bea con light to direct your progress to ward a given end. Then in "years to come you will look back upon your high school graduation as in reality a com mencement. "Yours very sincerely, "Kenneth L. Johnston, '•pifloa IQflfl" KENNETH L. JOHNSTON. FATHER GLENN TALKS AT WILLIAMSBURG Williamsburg, June 2.—The people of Williamsburg and vicinity gathered at the opera house on Decoration day and held very .appropriate memorial serv ices in honor of the heroes of the civil war. The homes and every business house in the city were grandly decor ated with flags, reminding all, as they looked upon old glory, of the liberty enjoyed and of the great, strong, pros perous nation filled with the spirit of patriotism and political equality. The entire program of the day was Inter esting and Instructive. The school chil dren had prominent parts in the exer cises, and the choral union, under the leadership of E. W. Lloyd furnished the mu/Sic. Lincoln's Gettysburg address was given by Forest Edwards. Rev. Father Glenn, the orator of the day, gave an eloquent and able presentation of the great struggle1 for the better ment of humanity. J. M. M'CORMICK PASSES AWAY Belknap, June 2.—Jv Morrison Mc Cormick, passed away Monday at 4:30 p. His illness extends back for a number of years but his last sickness was only of about a week's duration. Mr. McCormick, was well known iu this community, where he has a host of relatives and friends, who will .mourn his death. He had a kindly and hospitable nature, his home being al ways open to bis friends. He held a prominent place in the community where he had great business Interests. He- is survived by his wife and six children, Frank of Kansas City, Mo., Jesse of Des Moines, Mrs. Sadie Kling insmith of Lucerne, Mo., Mrs. Irene Cox of Unionville and Miss Maude and Johnnie who are at home. *. HUSBAND AND WIFE BURIED TOGETHER Chariton, June 2.—The funeral services of Thomas E. Palmer, who died Wednesday morn-' ing, and which were to have been held account of the critical illness of his wife who passed away Saturday. Thus after a wedded life of nearly sixty nine years, these two are united in death. A double funeral service, con ducted by Rev. Theodore H. Azman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, was held at the family home Monday afternoon at two o'clock, after which interment was made In the Chariton cemetery. Mr. Palmer was nearly 93 years old and his wife was nearly 91. Her maiden name was An na Wilson and was born in York, York shire, England, January 4,1825. When but seven years of age she came to America with her parents. Her mar riage to Mr. Palmer occurred in Brook- lyn N. ,-clous growth of our Bchool system1 -ence our school board, coupled perhaps with their home for over fifty-nine years. y., Oct 1, 1845. After a resi- 0f c,aiI)e ten years in Brooklyn they J? this city and nave made this They were honored and esteemed by all who knew them and a host of friends will mourn their demise, but will extend heartfelt sympathy to the three children in their double bereave ment. UAVOP to you occurs, what'shall be your plans jawi soinujui T:/'"r 1 INDIAN BABE FALLS I FROM TRAIN UNHURT Sioux City, June 2.—An Indian baby jfeaped from Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- mm WADA*V. ive call ob «ros UH TO r«vsDnora HIT TH»-» ftVY (N TH* eVt WITHOUT AMI CfMSC WHKTGV0R V/YAb "X WltO^fc? paip^q for the years to come? Are each of youjjCq vinqun dn peloid bbm pu^ sjpuj}, repeatedly asking yourselves, what ,9m Suops pajMB^o Aqeq eqj, \inoq uu does the future hold out for me, or are. sauui N* UJBJ} JB you content to let the future take carejanqM "UJOO^N pus uos-ieuia uaaM)»q 'oi ofj UIBJI The baby was traveling with its par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Willlngwolf, of the Winnebago reservation, who boarded the train in Sioux City yesterday morn ing. As th» train pulled out of Nacora the child was seen playing at the window edge, Its parents were asleep and the babe crawled over their laps, It is thought, and fell from tjie moving train. A minute later the baby was missed. Mr. and Mrs. Willlngwolf were awakened. Then began a desperate and frantic search for the tot. The train was searched from tender to observa tion coach. No signs of the baby were found. The train was stopped and backed down with the expectancy of finding the baby's body along the tracks. Another passenger train had al ready passed the spot where the child was last seen, and downcast passengers held little hope of recovering the baby alive. An examination of its body disclosed a slight cut on the forehead and contu sions about the limbs. The injuries were harmless. GERMANS WANT TO BE ILJ*. CITIZENS Council Bluffs, Juno 8.—Two applica tions for first papers in naturalization were filed here in the office of the clerk of the- district court for the Sep tember term. The applicants were John George Mosbachcr, 1S35 Madison avenue who arrived in America at the port of New York in 1890, and Adam Rudolph Walter, 3404 Avenue B, both Germans. Monday was the last day on which filings could be made for action at the September term of tho court. All appli cations made from that date will have to wait for hearing until the Novem ber term of court, which convenes in November, after the fall elections. INDIANA GET AMES 5 MAN FOR ENGINEER Ames, June 3.—Indiana has come to Iowa for a mechanical engineer for her fire inspection bureau. C. H. Hartnell of Stacyville, who will graduate in June from Iowa state college, will en ter the employ of the Indiana fire in spection bureau at Terre Haute, to be gin training as afire insurance esti mating expert. R. W. Kendall, 10, is superintendent for this bureau. WILL OB8ERV7 "DRAG DAY." Hedrick, June 3.—The automobile club Is at the head of a movement to observe June 15, as "drag'day" in Hed rick. A program will be presented, prizes will be offered, and a general good time will be enjoyed. GOWN8 BUILT TO ORDER. Ames, June 3.*—Modish evening gowns "built to order" of the ready made garment or the dressmaker's charge will be one of the big features of the annual exhibit of domestic art and applied design to be held by the department of home economics at Iowa state college, June 2, 3 and 4. Each year the college girls at Ames display the products of their skill and handiwork in an artistic exhibit. Gowns for every use, made according to truly American designs and worked out by the girls themselves and styl ish hat creations from modest toques to picture bonnets will feature the an nual fashion show. FARMINGTON. T— Mrs. S. B. Allison of Chicago arrived Friday for a visit with Mrs. C. L. Pais ley. Miss Alpha Ware has returned from Keokuk to spend the summer with her mother at this place. F. D. Carr of Des Moines was a re cent visitor at the home of his brother J. E. Carr. Mrs. Alice Ruthven of Ft. Madison arrived Saturday morning to attend Memorial services, Mrs. Sallie Masmar and daughter Luphetia and granddaughter Edna May have gone to Clarinda to visit Ed gar Masmar and family. Miss Olga McCormick returned Sat urday from Des Moines where she at tended commencement exercises at the Still osteopath college, where her brother Francois was a graduate. Miss Katherine Kndtt visited Friday with her sister Miss Gladys Knott who Is teaching school at Piercevllle. Miss Edna Bennett has finished her term of school at Little Rock and re turned to her home at Denmark. The G. A. R. Memorial services were held Saturday afternoon at the Miller opera house and were in charfta of the ,. '5. jjS $ "OT *-r You •NNOVT Ce*.TAINCf WltONC* oq) n»q* ja»J UOUIU|TJJJ snoixu* U|BJ) em £u|p»ads SBAV jafluassBd vqvtuo pu« B|[od« search of the child. Horrified parents and awestruck passengers hunted the child for fully five minutes before the backward search was made. fytr *y fa FLORI8 LAD ON U. 8. MACHIES WRITE8 LETTER OFF CUBAN COA8T. Floris, June 2.—Wanda Wallace, the Florls lad serving in the navy, writes another letter to home folks off the coaBt of Cuba: U. S. S. Machies, off coast of CuJia. May 23, 1914. Dear Folks I suppose you are wondering where I am now. I intended to write before leaving Hampton Roads, but didn't have the time. We anchor in Guatanamo bay tomor row morning at 5 o'clock. Have had fine weather most of the way. Left New York last Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Our first and only stop was at Hampton Roads Tuesday night, and then we only stopped about four hours to load ammunition. We hadn't any more than got under way when we got a wireless message to go. to Puerto Plato instead of Vera Crux. I guess there Is a little scrapping going on among the natives there. We cqpd Hon4*y at Quatanamo. and sail for Puerto Plato Tuesday. Only about a two days'run. We are all going on shore tomorrow and play ball. We won't have many liberties during the next eight months, so they let us play ball and send out fishing boats. I will tell you a big fish story when I get back. For a wonder I didn't get seasick. Some were sick before we were fifty miles from New York. For two days it was pretty rough and even some of the old "salts" got siek. It doesn't take much of a wave to rock this boat There were several meals we could hardly eat for the dishes sliding around. Early this morning the lookout sight ed San Salvador. We passed close In shore so we had a good look at old dry land once more. We were out of sight of land for over three days. Land was sighted about an hour ago. Supposed to be Cuba. We don't have much to keep us busy, so they give us fire, or collision drill or general quarters to keep us awake. Maybe we will be eating and the siren will blow so we get to our stations on the jump. Each min has a certain station at all drills. Guess they will lower the steamer tomorrow. We have been working on It all Week, so it shines like the best going. Guatanamo, Cuba, Sunday morning. Here at last. Just about ready to drop anchor. Cuba is not such a bad pl^ce to spend a few days. Can't see anything but mountains. We coal to day instead of Monday, 120 tons. We will be done by noon. Must close now and eat breakfast. Will try to write again In a few days. Suppose I have some mail waiting here for me. Good bye, answer soon, Affectionately, Wanda. business men of the city. A male quar tet composed of .H, Taylor, Dr. H» McWilliams, Everet and John Christy, gave several numbers which were en thusiastically received. Mrs. Edna Rob ison delighted the immense audience with a vocal solo and Mrs. C. L. Paisley read a selection in a most charming manner. The old soldiers were taken to tho cemetery in automobiles where the graves of the soldier dead were strewn with flowers. Mrs. Emerson Brown or Holly, Colo., is the guest of her mother Mrs. Abigail McKlernan. 8mart BualnBess. "Young Waggless," remarked Flip son, as he made himself comfortable in a deep club armchair, "has had the laugh turned on himself in his little joke against the Flames irire Insurance company." "What do you mean?" asked Flip son. "Well," continued his friend, he in sured five hundred cigars, smoked them and then sent in a claim on the ground that they had been de stroyed by fire." "And of course he got laughed at?" "Not a bit. The company has had him arrestfd on a charge «f raon." f-*2 *, I%L \M TMCN 1 APOCOQIlC TN*T«* M60«*T,oN llltfll'' I Morris Williams Horse Market d"y MY,ELF- .H. DON'T FORGET THE HORSE SALE. vif JjjNi 'Wft 'Ml .'i I "W5 ^4 AUCTION—Dss Moines, Every Thtira- Ottumwa, Every Friday. "Family broke" drlvlnf horees OR hand for retail—Also big t«am horaas for aale and for hire. If you Mnty'iftj bring your stock to our saita eend^fpi me word what you have and I wllpil either send out a buyer or eomo Better tone to market this wee*, and I suppose that's because the pri mary is over, and Nat Crtmer was nominated. But he's got a mighty good man pitted against him, and the race will be no "walk away." How ever, Nat will be sheriff when the votes ar© counted—stick a pin down ''J here and see if I am right. •itfi But never mind that now, I want taH sell horses. You remember I told you last Sat-1'* urday we had an order for a lot of cavalry horses—1,000 head is the full contract—Also I hare a customer who wants a lot of small mares to fill a contract. The eastern demand, too, la holding up unusually late: this year—the more to be wondered at since,-the democratic party has ttiined this country ae—In fact, the year of 1914 under this Bume democratic party has been "up to y.st" the best business year ot my Iife^nd if it continues until November as good as It has been the first five months of the year I may even conclude to vote for Morrlssey Instead of Cremer, But, as I said before, ..if I were going to bet I would bet Cremer wins. MO.RRIfc, WILLIAMS. Cane and Millet Seed Garden Seeds/ and Garden Tooli Full Line oi Sprayers W. E. 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