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OTTAWA 63 OTTER lie library, and the National Victoria Museum. Ottawa is an important edu- cational center. There are 24 public schools and over 30 separate schools, in- cluding a model and normal school. It is the seat of Ottawa University and has in addition many business colleges, women's colleges, convents, and private schools. All the great Canadian banks have branches in Ottawa. The bank clear- ings in 1918 amounted to $357,958,751. There is an exceptionally attractive park system. The largest park is Rock Cliffe, which contains 89 acres. The as- sessed valuation of property in 1919 was $158,846,717. There are nearly 200 light plants, National banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of window glass, bottles, and lamp chimneys, drain-tile, sewer- pipe, fire-brick, organs, carriages, flour, saddlery, pumps, harness, lumber, agri- cultural implements, etc. Pop. (1910) 9,535; (1920) 10,816. OTTAWA, a city and county-seat of Franklin co., Kan.; on the Marais des Cygnes river, and on the Missouri Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe railroads; 58 miles S. W. of Kansas City. Here are the Ottawa University (Bapt.), Chautauqua Assembly, high school, pub- lic library, Sante Fe Hospital, National CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING AT OTTAWA manufacturing establishments and the manufactures include wood products, paper, cement, carbide, foundry products, mica and clothing. Ottawa is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa and of the Anglican Bishop of Ottawa. The city was founded in 1827 and was incorporated under its present name in 1854. It was selected by Queen Victoria as the capital of Canada, in 1858. Pop. (1911) 87,062; (1920) 127,- 468. OTTAWA, city and county-seat of La- salle CO., 111.; at the confluence of the Illinois and Fox rivers, on the Illinois and Michigan canal, and on the Burling- ton Route, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific and the Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria railroads; 85 miles S. W. of Chicago. Here are Pleasant View Col- lege (Luth.), St. Francis Xavier Acad- emy, Rybum Memorial Hospital, busi- ness college, parks, Reddick Library, court house, street railroad and electric and State banks, gas and electric lights, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of carriages, furni- ture, soap, flour, gas engines and foundry products. Pop. (1910) 7,650; (1920) 9,018. OTTAWA UNIVERSITY, a coeduca- tional institution in Ottawa, Kan.; founded in 1865 under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 22; students, 186; president, S. E. Price, D. D. OTTEB, in zoology, the genus Lntra and especially L. vulgaris, the common otter. The animals vary greatly in size; but the total length averages about 40 inches, of which the tail constitutes rather more than a third. The fur is of a soft, brown color, lighter on throat and breast, and consists of long, coarse, shining hairs, with a short under fur of fine texture. The otter lives exclusively