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Entered as second clntis matter Oct
ober 17, 1903, at, the postofHee. Ottum
wa, Iowe, under the Act ot Congress of
March 8, 1879.
Foreign representatives:
nearer than before.
In the senate the problem came up
The senate voted in favor of such a
factory. In the house the matter came
to an Issue on the proposal to establish
country would not be dependent,
The senate was far from
any
very one voted on. Senator^AlcCum-
ber argued against the bill And S&ve
real facts when in the course of his
speech he said:
Mr. President, in all ordinary Indus
trial pursuits that which can be done
just as well by the citizen as by the
government should not be absorbed by
the government. Just to the extent
that the government projects itse.f
into the industrial field just to that
extent does it limit the opportunity for
its people. And if there would be
justification for entering into
There is the fallacy of government
ownership in a nutshell. government
ownership sounds the death knell to
hope and ambition. Government own
ership leads to a state of affairs where
it iB "pull" and not "push" that brings
about advancement for the employe.
Government ownership stops the em
Dloyment of labor and cuts down the
wages'of labor just 'as surely as it
hinders in the development of individ
ual wealth. Government ownership
has but one justification—the stoppage
of profit making. Just as surely as it
does that, it stops the growth of indus
try because capital stands idle when
it cannot make a profit.
Further on in his speech, Senator
McCumber takes up the case where
the government is the only consumer
of an article of production. In such a
case, he admits that the government
miKht well be the producer of such
article. Whether he Is right or wrong
in that assumption, is of little momen.
because the list of articles used on
by the government, is so small as to
be almost negligible.
It is not necessary for the govern
ment to make its own armor plate
order to keep from being robbed. Hon
est and efficient methods of buying
armor plate would make it impossible
for the government to be robbed legal
ly and there are plenty of laws to
keep the government from being rob
bed illegally. In voting to establish a
government owned armor plant, the
senate did nothing to aid in the pros
perity of the nation or to help increase
its defensive possibilities.
On the other hand, the lower house
performed only half its duty In voting
against a project to make this country
independent of the Chilean supply of
nitrates. This oountry should have its
own supply—it would be helpless with
out an independent supply in case war
came with a first class naval power.
The lower house need not have voted
for a government owned plant—it
could have made provision in another
way. By a proper arrangement of the
tariff, American capital could easily be
induced to establish nitrate production
plants. With protection against the
ruinous competition of the outsider,
there would soon spring up enough
plants to assure nitrates for this coun
try in case of war.
The whole difficulty in the United
States is that the demagogues and mal
contents have preached "trust bust
ing" and howled against "big busi
ness" until a great many otherwise
sensible people see a terrifying bogey
In every big corporation that shows
an honest and creditable ambition to
increase its output and its income.
The sooner this country realizes that
it has been made great by the men
who went out and did big things in
order to win big rewards, the sooner
will come the downfall of the false
gods-government ownership and demi.
WINNING OVER MEXICO.
The change of heart that was no
"ceable in the majority of Mexicans
ho found that the American soldiers,
ut after Villa, were good fellows, free
ith their money, paying for what
ey got and not put to raid and de
ay. illustrates about what, could be
pected from the whole Mexican na-' trict keeps
if this country seriously uiider- home."
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FALSE GODS.
The matter of government owner
ship Is before congress in several
forms at the present time and in such
shape that congress must needs co
on record in a general way on the
proposition. Both sides of congress.
have already voted and with different
results so that on the real issue—gov
ernment ownership—the decision is no
In connection with a bill to establish house or a residence, is by the soap
a government armor plate factory.
took the work of bringing peace to the
revolt torn nation. Sooner or later
the United States will have to inter
vene in Mexico in the Interests of
peace. If (he Intervention is preced
ed and accompanied by a propaganda
of education, it is likely that the
majority of Mexicans will fall in line
I with those who have already Bhown
I friendliness to the punitive expedition
under Pershing. The United Stater,
must let the Mexicans know that their
them, that intervention merely means
giving them a chance to repair their
thpm
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an(
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project other than the tate of the air. Small birds, as well
as CPr
any
pure­
ly private industry there would be the
same justification for taking posses
sion of all and conducting a purely,
paternalistic government, with one
employer and hundreds of millions of
dependents/hopeless, ambitionless.
shattered liberties, means giving them able river. The work cost the gov
a chance to revive industry and com
merce, means opening the way to their
living in pcace again and means the
restoration of prosperity. With that
objective really in mind, the Ameri
can army will be nble to prove it to
the most of the Mexican people and
it will be short work to round up the
few malcontents and revolutionists
who are not in favor of peace and
prosperity.
CLEAN, THEN STERILIZE.
Fumigation by means of formalde
hyde, sulphur candles and li'e
methods is all right as far as it goes,
but the best way to fumigate build
ings, and especially school buildings,
is to just take big quantities of soan
and water and a good strong brush In a
a hand that is attached to an arm that "force'"love'- rates out of the rail
has an elbow in it that is in fine work-!
ma
i,prs
inr: condition and scrub, scrub, scrub.
roa^s-
gone over the inside of a house, it is' .lhan
not going to make a great deal of dif-1 ^uban
\v:,ter process fii-st and then paint
ant
parer jn
sc
jer
part 0
wo
jj
as a
|j ^le jron
a government owned plant for work should be thoroughly scrubbed
nitrates out of the air so that tni.i
an(
tjje
time of war, upon the supply of ni- jShe(i again.
trates from Chile. The house vote ^. Don't te so anxious to sterilize that
against the measure, apparently solely
you
a wnvarriniPTIT .....
because of opposition to government
ownership. On the face of the vote
it looks as though the senate is for
and the house against government. SAVING BIRD LIVE-SAVERS,
ownership. It is an old custom among mine
unanimous rescue
in Its vote however and it is doubtful
sorne
whether there would have been a order to get delicate indications of the
majority on
wor
j{
tain species of mice, are very
covers'
biles, proportionately to the popula-'
It will not be many days now till
the contractors have begun putting
up the new hotel building. The razing
of the old buildings and the excavat
ing is almost completed.
If you want to own your own home,
the first step is to buy and pay for a
lot.
The man who puts the most effort
into his work, generally gets the most
out of it.
Just be a good man on your own ac
count.
An excuse is almost always a He.
Don't try to be like the other fellow.
Dinn
_8jt
A boy was arraigned in police court
on a charge of stealing five dollars
from his employer. The boy secured a
sensitive to vitiated or poisonous air,
and will droop and sicken before a
human being is conscious of the dam
age./ When the rescuers see their
canary show symptoms'of poisoning, mountain stream a couple of
they know it is time to turn back, yards wide, full of riffles and shoals,
The canary usually dies as a result of
Blrminghnm, Ala., March 26.—By
building seventeen locks and dams
across the P.lack Warrior river, Uncle
Sam has Dractically presented the
people of this city with a line navig-
ernment ?17,000,000 and required
twelve years to finish, nnd the Bir-
The iron and
When that kind of a combination in-, assert that they will now supply Tex
telligently directed has completely
as W
nmr
a ovllWM
progress
hool houses the
desks and seats, as
an( WOO(
cleaned every year.' If that spoils
finjSh on them, they can be varn-
forgCt cleanliness. And this is
not meant 1o belittle the great neces
sity of fumigation, either.
parties to carry a canary or
other small bird in a cage, in
an 0
the experience. Now an oxygenator across it
has been invented to save the lives of |a
the little indicators. The sick bird is
put in a special cage, and oxygen is converted by modern engineering into
supplied from the top until he re- |a jver half a mile wide on an average,
There are more people in New York places, and navigable for large barges
state than in any other in the union. all the way to the sea. The narrow
The people of Iowa own more automc-
tion, than do those of any other state. Ibling
a plea of "not
the boy in future life if he were sent to
prison. The court dismissed the case.
Immediately after, the boy asked the
lawyer the amount of his fee.
"How much have you got?" queried
the lawyer.
"Well," replied the boy, "I've got
that five dollars."
Mark Twain once, in the course of a
speech, talked of his pet aversion.
"Christian Science," he said "re
minds me of the apple cure for drunk
enness. In Hannibal, in my boyhood,
the apple cure was highly esteemed. I
remember once hearing the Hannibal
town drunkard expatiate on the apple
cure.
'You believe in It, then, do you,
Hank?' a listener asked.
"'Believe in it? How could I help
believin' in it?' the drunkard said ex
citedly. 'Ain't it cured me eight times?'
Doctor (to patient)—You've had a
pretty close call. It's only your strong
constitution that pulled you through.
Patient —Well, doctor, remember
that when you make out your bill.
•'What are you going to tell your
constituents when you get home?"
"Too soon to think about that," re
plied Senator Sorghum "if some of
the harsh criticism going on in my dis
up, mebbe I ain't go1n£
lawyer and entered
guilty."
The lawyer believed In the boy's in
nocence and spoke very eloquently on «..i
the injustice of the arrest, dwelling I mlngham people have made a careful
particularly on what it would mean to study of the Los Angeles method and
Dixie Goes Ahead
XIII.—BIRMINGHAM'S NEW RIVER
By FRBDERIC J. HASKIN
mlngham people are deeply appreci- during the day, but will handle the
ative of the boon that the nation as
as whole has conferred upon them.
"The Black Warrior river and what
we are going to do with it," would
make a good headline for most of
the convocation und a large part of
the news in Birminghnm right now.
The city Is going to extend its limits
to the banks of the river. It is al
ready shipping coal to Mobile by
boat and it eKpsct-* 1o bring back ores
and fertilizers. Tl~£ wholesalers see
new chance to resell seaward, and
jth nails and wire, and reach the
iet in a single shipment,
nmlKet
ference if the other forms of futniga- from their own home terminals.
tion are slightly neglected. The best a word, tho possibilities seem almost and all.
way to clean a house and make it unlimited and the citv is making good
desirable to live in. whether a school I
,oward their realization.
The Black Warrior project is one of
the most striking engineering feats
that the government has ever accom
plished. Lock seventeen, the recent
completion of which brought navi
gable water within twelve miles of
Birmingham, a mountain city. is said
to be the highest lock in the world,
for it holds back a head of water
sixty-three feet deep.
Since* very early'times the Black
Warrior has been a navigable stream
below Demopolis, a little city half
way to the sea and as long ago as
1856, steamers came up to Tuscaloosa
during high water. But that did not
do Birmingham much good. The city
is only twelve miles from the river
but at that point it was only a big
ften so low in the summer that
Inan C0Uld
™de
Now that satne
strca™
has Deen
I thirty to fifty feet deep in many
moun
tain creeks that once came tum-
nlll
.v warrior
into the B,ack
have
Warrior
have
'been converted into deep, navigable
bayous reaching back into the heart
of the mountains where the iron and
coal are mined. Incidentally, Birming
ham now has one of the most attrac
tive waterways in the south for
pleasure boating. Running between
steep wooded mountains, and reach
ing its arms far up among them, the
Black Warrior is a beautiful stretch
of cruising water and to add to the
delight of sportsmen, both fish and
wild, ducks have appeared in great
numbers.
Just at present, however, Birming
ham is primarily concerned with ways
and means of utilizing this waterway,
which is one of the few in the world
that actually reaches from the moun
tains to the sea, and one of the few
in the United States that maintains a
uniform navigable depth, free from
ice all the year round. Birmingham
has resolved that the first step shall
be to bring the city and the river to
gether, both to facilitate shipping and
to prevent private capital from gain
ing control of water frontage which
should belong to the city as a whole.
To accomplish this, the people of
Birmingham plan to extend their cor
porate limits in a long narrow strip
clear to the banks of the river. It is
not a project without precedent. Los
Angeles brought itself within touch
of the Pacific coast by exactly the
same measure and has enjoyed many
practical benefits therefrom. The Bir-
will probably proceed in a similar
ORDER IS IN FOR
VILLA'S REMAINS
Field Headquarters,. American Ex
peditionary Force, Colonia Dublan,
Mexico, March 28.—(By aeroplane to
Columbus, N. M.)—A letter requesting
Villa's body has been received by
Brig. Gen. J. J. Pershing from a Dy
ersburg Tenn., firm. The firm adver
tises that It handles furniture, under
taking, carpets, matting and window
shades. The letter reads:
"Gen. Pershing:
"Dear Sir: Is it possible for us to
get the body of Villa if he is killed?
We want to hold it by embalming and
keeping in our undertaking depart
ment. We will pay a good price for
his body. Please let us hear from
you in regard to the Bame."
WAITE TO CONFESS
MURDER CHARGE?
New York, March 28. —The case
against Dr. Arthur Warren Walte, ac
cused of murdering his father-in-law,
John E. Peck, millionaire druggist of
Grand Rapids, Mich., by administering
ijoiion to him, is expected to be vir- tion to quash the indictments recently
OTTUMWA COURIER, THURSDAY, MATlCfi 30, 1916
manner. A strip of land about 200
yards wide reaching from the city
to the river will become a part of the
incorporation. Upon this will be built
a fine macadamized boulevard and a
passenger and freight electric line
owned and run by the city. This line
will carry both passengers and freight
bulk of its freight at night. At the
end of the strip will be the municipal
terminals.
This at least seems to be the plan
most generally agreed upon. There Is
I abundant difference of opinion, where
fore this is not ofTered as authorita
tive. The project has already gone as
far aB a rrelimlnary survey of two
routes by the county engineer, and
a hot battle of words has been waged
as to which route ought to be accept
ed. There are bound to be delays,
but the people have fully made up,
their mind to the project, and there
is little doubt but what it will ulti
mately be carried out. It Is estimated
that it will cost the city a million dol
lars to finish the project, terminals
The completion of this great govern
ment work has opened to Birmingham
a wealth of opportunity at a single
stroke. The industrial strength of
the city lies in the fact that it has im
mense quantities of iron, coal and
limestone so located in the mountains
surrounding it that the force of grav
ity literally carries them to the doors
of the furnaces, making Birmingham
a natural center of steel and iron
manufacture. Her weakness has been
the lack of cheap transportation. The
Black Warrior project has supplied
the opportunity to make up that de
ficiency. For example, by the river
freight may be shipped to New Or
leans for less than half of what it
costs by rail.
The mjst immediate and obvious
"opportunity the river affords is to
ship coal to Mobile by water and
this already is being done by several
companies. One of them has estab
lished a line of self actuating barges
—great shallow draft steamers de
signed to carry 2,000 tons of freight
each. Another has made a great sav
ing in the leading process by dump
ing coal from a bridge directly into
the barge3, thus making the force of
gravity do most of the work. The dis
tance to Mobile by water is 425 miles
and the river has a minimum depth of
six feet all the way all the year
round. Thi6 is sufficient for all tug
boats and barges. More than half of
the coal that goes from Birmingham
to Mobile is already taking the water
route and the development of new
mines has been stimulated by the
traffic.
The Birmingham coal people are
now bent upon having the navy use
Alabama coal, so that Mobile may be
come a coaling station for vessels
operating in gulf waters. They claim
that a government test has proved
the value of this coal for use on the
gunboats and submarines. Birming
ham also plans to renew her overtures
to the government to build a gun and
armor plant here. This has long been
a favorite project, and now that the
city has water transportation to the
sea, the people feel that their argu
ment has been immeasurably streng
thened.
So far these barges that carry coal
to Mobile have been coming back
empty for the most part. This is
manifest waBte, and the Birmingham
business men are eagerly investigat
ing to find what supplies the city
could best obtain by the water route.
The most available cargoes seem to
be the ferro-manganeBe ores, which
Birmingham imports from Cuba, and
the pebble phosphate that comes to
the city from Florida for use in mak
ing fertilizer. Both of these com
modities could be brought much more
cheaply by water, and it is believed
that they ultimately will be.
tually completed when District Attor
ney Swann late today receives the con
fession which Frank Walte. brother of
the accused man, told the district at
torney today the young dentist was
ready and willing to make.
The prisoner was in a very compla
cent frame of mind, his brother declar
ed, and was prepared to make a clean
breast of everything. In that case, the
district attorney said he hoped certain
discrepancies in the evidence thus far
collected would be cleared up.
PENCE FUNERAL HELD.
Raleigh, N. C., March 2§. —Funeral
services for Thomas J. Pence, secre
tary of the democratic national com
mittee, who died yesterday in Wash
ington was conducted here today. Hon
orary pallbearers included Secretary
Daniels, Gov. Craig, Senators James
nnd HugheB, Joseph P. Tumulty, Presi
dent Wilson's secretary and Dr. Cary
T. Grayson, the president's physician.
STEEL COMPANY
HEADS ARE FREED
Youngstown, Ohio, March 28.—Judge
W. S. Anderson today granted the mo-
IMMENSE
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PHELPS SCORES
THE
owns
EODYVILLE CROWDS
HEAR EVANGELIST
AMUSEMENTS.
OUT TO
ON
Eddyville, March 28.—(Speciaf Cor
respondence)—In spite of counter at
tractions in town, Eddyville turned out
en masse to hear Rev. Pehlps on the
subject, "Should a Christian Dance,
Play Cards or Go to the Theater?"
Evangelist Phelps gives a very em
phatic "no" to this question and tells
why. He says that when some men
are away from home they fall all to
pieces. They're like a barrel when
the hoops drop off and the stares fall
apart. As long as they're home the
hoops of home influence keeps them
together. Returning to the subject of
a Christian's dancing, playing cards
and attending the theater, Evangelist
Phelps says these three things are to
be judged by the influence as an in
stitution at large and not from the
standpoint of the influenoe on the in
dividual. Why is it that people out
side the church think that those on
the inside who do these things are
hypocrites? How is It that they seem
to feel instinctively that it hinders tho
spiritual life? Rev. Phelps goes on to
say why he scores these three pleas
ures when indulged in by professing
Christians. In the first place dancing
permits liberties which would not be
tolerated off the dance floor. The
dance is unhealthy. During the pro
gram of the average dance you danee
twelve miles. Overheated rooms and
exposure near an open window or out
on the balcony will bring on heavy
colds and perhaps pneumonia. It's
burning the candle at both ends and
running a red hot poker through the
center. The,dance Is a hugging match.
If it weren't the married men would
dance with their mothers-in-law and
the young chaps with their sisters. A
well known stage manager and theater
man has said that he never could per
mit his wife and two daughters to
lead the theatrical life. He knows too
well what it means. And yet minis
ters of the gospel and other profess
ing Christians were in attendance at
the performance of "Bluebeard" which
was being given when the Iroquois
burned down and those Christians In
attendance went out to meet their God
with a ribald song ringing in their
ears. I don't want to go that way.
Evangelist Phelps says some folks
say they want their young people to
learn to play cards at home, in a nice
place so that they won't want to go out
somewhere else and play. They may
start out in a nice place but they
don't end up where they started. An
ex-gambler says the quiet game of
cards in the home is the kindergarten
to the gambler's den.
Revival is reaching a climax and
converts coming forward every night
DES MOINES CO.
BUYS CODE LAND
MINES NEAR FAIRFIELD PROM­
ISES TO YIELD LARGE SUP
PLY OF BLACK DIAMONDS.
Fairfield,, March 28.—Along with
the noteriety which Fairfield is gaining
at the present time because of her
many factories, comes the announce
ment that the coal banks just south of
the city, which have given out a fair
amount of coal at the various odd
times that they have been worked are
now believed to contain a large quant
ity of good coal. The lands have been
purchased from George F. Sievef' by
J. R. Cross and W. J. Samuels, expert
coal mining men from Des Moines.
The new owners state that they are
convinced' that to the south of the
mines already in working order there
are excellent coal veins in large quan
ties. As soon as possible a new shaft,
6x12 feet will be sunk just south of
the Josiah Martin farm on top of Cedar
hill. This shaft will be arranged so
that a large quantity of coal of differ
ent sizes can be put out each day.
It Is planned to try for a capacity of
fifty tons per day and the new bank
will be kept in operation both summer
and winteV. There are a number of
Fairfield people who have been sup
plied in the past with coal from the
Stever banks and those who have used
the product state that It has given sat
isfaction. The opening of the new
bank and the steady working of it by
practical workmen will be watched
with interest by large numbers of Jef
ferson county people.
returned here against five steel com«
panies, charging them with conspiring
to fix the price of labor and steel
products. The indictments against
the United States Steel corporation
and E. H. Gary, head of the corpora
tion, still stand as the motion to
quash did not include these two de
fendants on whom service has not
been secured. The steel company at
torneys attacked the indictments as
being too Indefinite and uncertain, de
priving the defendants of their consti
tutional rights.
RIVER VETERAN IS
HUNDRED YEARS OLD
Quincy, 111., March 28.—Capt. J.
Williams of Warsaw, 111., probably the
oldest river man living, is today cele
brating his one hundredth birthday.
Capt. Williams Is known from St.
Louis to St. Paul. He began his
steamboat career in 1856, and followed
the river for twenty-eight years. He
was born near Richmond, Madison
county, Kentucky, and with his fath
er, Col. Levi Williams, came to Quincy
by boat in 1831, going thence by wag
on to Warsaw.
The Kind
Yon
What
BELKNAP WANTS
MEETING TO ARRANGE BOUNDARY
LINE FOR NEW DISTRICT
CALLED SOON.
Belknap, March 28. —Belknap Inde
pendent school district is working up
quite an interest in company with
other school districts looking to a con
solidation with them. Ira M. Swln
ney, president of the school bosrd, and
T. E. Putman, secretary, were in
Bloomfield last week te meet the
Blocmfield school board committee. A
meeting to arrange boundary lines for
the new district wttl likely be called
soon. It is believed the proposition to
consolidate will carry. Belknap af
fords an excellent trading point for
people for several miles out in all di
rections and naturally makes an excel
lent school center.
CITIZENS' PARTY
WINS ELECTION
PEOPLE'S TICKET IN BLOOMFIELD
IS DEFEATED GETS ONE
ALDERMAN.
Bloomfield. March 28.—The citizens'
ticket came pretty nearly getting
everything getable in the city election
here Monday. The people's ticket
elected an alderman and the independ
ent ticket did likewise. The results
of the vote cast i£ as follows:
Mayor—E. N. Bezzenberger, re
elected an alderman and the independ
ent ticket did likewise. The results
of the vote cast is as follows:
Mayor—E. N. Bezzenberger, reelect
ed on the citizen's ticket over H. C.
Leach on the people's ticket by a
plurality of 137.
Alderman at large—Ira Baldridge
and Joe Spurgeon were elected on the
citizens' ticket.
Aldermen—First ward, E. C. Berry,
people's ticket, over Jesse Owsley,
citizens' ticket. Second ward, Harvey
L. Leon, citizens', over J. F. Long,
people's. Third ward, Lee Barickman,
independent, defeated A. S. Hedge,
people's ticket.
Treasurer—R, C. Bristow, citizens',
defeated N. G. Johnson, people's
ticket.
Assessor—James Games, citizens'
ticket, defeated T. H. Murphy, people's
ticket.
TRIAL FOR SIX BOOTLEGGERS
Iowa City, March 28.—Alleged
"bootleggers" now in Jail in Iowa
City or at liberty temporarily under
bonds of $500 each, have been or
dered to appear before Judge R. P.
Howell Opril 10. County Attorney E.
B. Wilson asks writs of injunction fv
bidding the men to sell, store or even
carry on their persons any liquor here
after. Six men are now in the toils.
GAYLORD BOMB EDITOR.
Ames, March 28.—R. E. Gaylord
will,edit the 1918 college paper. Gay
lord won from his nearest competi
tor, L. C. Cromwell, in last week's
election by a margin of fifty votes. He
is a member of Delta Upsilon frater
nity and lives at Galesburg, 111.
SUGAR FALLS ON HIM.
Coin, March 28. —Harold Shum, son
of Mose Shum and wife, fell from a
dray load of sugar on Monday pulling
a hnndreii pound sack of sugar oh
which fell upon him, injuring him quity
badly. One. wheel of the wagon also
passed oyer an arm.
Children Cry for Fletcher's
Hare Always Bought, and which has been
in use for ©rer SO years, has borne the signature of
and has been made nnder his per
sonal supervision since Its infancy.
Is
GENUINE
Allow no one to deceive you In thuu
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment*
CASTORIA
Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Par«»
forlo, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotta
substance. Its age Is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and.
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food giving healthy and natural sleep!
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend*
CASTORIA
I Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THI OCNTAUN COMPANY, HCW V*HK err*.
ALWAYS
Dr.D.E.Graham
Hours 9 to 12 a. m.J 1 to p. m.
Office, First National Bank BI4|
Ottumwa, Iowa
The Best Way
IS TO HAVE YOUR CLOTHSS
MADE TO ORDER.
The Best Place
to have them made la
The GLASGOW
WO MORE Jig NO LESS':I
GLASGOW WOOLEN MILLS CO.
224 East Main St
DR. BURT D. LaFORCE
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
WILL BE IN HIS OFFICE'
116 S. Market St., Ottumwa, la.,
AFTER APRIL 5, H1«.
The Best Meal
for
Iowa Restaurant
Across From Courier
124 East Second Street
FINDS EGG WITHIN AN EGO. 1
Knoxville, March 28.—A perfectly
formed egg within an egg was found
by Mrs. John Lowden, North Third
street, this city. The inner egg was
covered with a normal shell and wa»
an average size. The outer egg wa*
unusually large measuring 3 3-4 incher
in length and 7 inches in circuttt
ference. .The larger egg contained also
a perfectly formed yolk and more thjt&
the average amount of albumen. VajS
WOMAN AVIATOR GIVES FLIGHTS
Shenandoah, March 28.—A woman
aviator, Miss Katherine Stinson, hac
been engaged by the Shenandoah
faif
association to give two flights and ona
night flight, Aug. 16 and 17, at the fair.
Looping the loop and flying upside
down in an areoplane outlined-against'
the dark sky by fireworks are some
of Miss Stinson's feats.
CARPENTER SEVERELY INJURED
North English, March 28.—While
working at carpenter's work neat
Cedar, D. H. Barker fell and broke
his left arm just above the wrist. He
was standing on a chair removing a
casing when he fell and dislocated his
wrist and broke the large bone above
the wrist. He was taken to Fremont
where he received medical care
came home from there.
INJURY TO SOLON FARMER.
Solon, March 28.—One of the A}ost
peculiar accidents ever recalled here
happened recently when Joseph Ze
man, a prominent farmer living west
of town, was burning brush and trash
in the timber while stirring the blaze
a terrific explosion occurred and ashes
and debris were hurled to his fac«.
hurting his eyes severely. Just what
caused the explosion remains a mys
tery. •,
YOUTHS CONFESS.
Ft. Madison, March 28.—Erhest
Boyles, Fred Guyer and Michael
Kelly, throe young men living in the
west end, confessed to being impilcat*
ed in the breaking and entering 6f'j
the Gilbert restaurant at 2628 Santa"
Ve avenue where the gas meter waw
broken inio and about a dollar taken
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