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La Junta tribune., 1901-02-02
Child Study nsesias.

The ladies' OF the Fortnightly
Club will hold their second open
meeting for child study. at the
club rooms in the new Woodruff
block, Saturday, February I'D,
1901, at 3 p. m. The program for
the occasion is as follows
Mrs. c. A. Eeerbohn
-.Herediry and Education Prof Z. T. Cole
Discussion
Violin solo .......-... ....--.-.----..-s selectci
Mrs. J ". Francis
..He,pfulnesx" Mrs. u. A. Armstrong
'-Truthfuiness'' .-.-+.-...---. Mr. j. H. hapf
Discussion.
Qnartcits. seicctel
Missc. Alice and Clara Nm. Nessrs.
H. c. Corbett and +. l. Doads
Ali ladies interested in child
study are cordially invited to at
tend.
MRs. F. F. TuKLKy,
Chairman.
La Junta tribune., 1901-02-02
Merchant. Gift Piano.


The following merchants will
give votes for the Piano Contest.
Be sure TO ask for ballot with
each a5c purchase and vote the
piano to your Lodge:
Faulkner & Heatou. groceries
]. II. Simonton, groceries.
las. Melvin, meat market.
Fiuney's Pharmacy, drugs, and
jeweiry.
McCarty & Anthem, clothing.
a. NJ. Potter, stationary.
Bomgardner & O'Neil, hardware.
Hawkins Cash Store, dry goods.
shoes, etc.
G. n. Downer, bicycles.
Grant Harbour. Dept Store.
Valley Furniture and Carpet Co.
Griffin g. Wasson, paint and
paper
!. b. Sherman & Co, restaurant.
Guy f. Smith, music store,
The standing for the week end
ing February ist, in the piano
SopsaeY ic &c fnitnwx.
La Junta tribune., 1901-02-02

The standing for the week end
ing February lst, in the piano
contest, is as follows:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
IOWA LNKLLNGS.

Judge Prouty OF Des Moines is
trimming his sails to catch the nomi-
nation for Congress in the Seventh
district.
The Keokuk Gate City thinks God
might have made something better
than Iowa Strawberries, but he didn't.
One of the leading attractions of
the coming state fair is to be "a
trained baboon that will ride at
breakneck speed down an imitation
of the white house steps," How
hard up we are getting for amuse-
ments!
The Knoxville Express observes
that the oil news from Beaumont,
Texas, doesn't sound very big to
Iowa people who own good coal land.
Hon. WI. Bryan delivered a lee
ture on "Ancient Landmarks" before
crowded house at Mount Ayr. His
speech partook of the same argu-
ments that his campaign addresses
did. His share of the proceeds of
the lecture amounted to s140.
Judge Burnham, Of the district
court at Marshalltown, has decided
that the Iowa cigarette tax law is
constitutional, and that the property
of dealers in cigarettes and owners
of buildin gs where they are sold may
be alta he'd and sold for said tax.
Mason City is to lay nine blocks
of paving this summer. Paving with
brick is the proper solution of the
good streets and good roads problem.
The Hedrick Herald says the seven
teen year locusts are due again this
year. Let us hope the "pesky crit
ters" will sleep through the year and
forget to wake up.
The populist party state central
committee has decided not to have
state convention this year unless
the democratic state platform shall
prove unsatisfactory. What will Jim
Weaver do now?
Some democrats are said to be
thinking of J.E.E. Markley of Mason
City as about the right man to be the
gubernatorial candidate to lead them
to defeat,
"There is no exhausting Iowa's re-
Sources" says the, Burlington Ga
zette. Minerals, coal lands, mining
camps and lumber forests all disap-
pear in time, but Iowa's agricultural
resources only improve and enlarge.
The future is full of PROMISE
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
CHEAP ABUSE.

The Marshalltown Times Republi-
can, whose editor has taken upon
himself the task of exterminatiDg
the Northwestern railway, from Mar
shall county at least, If not from
Iowa, and has also set himself up as
the "boss" of the Cummins candi-
dacy in that section of Iowa, in a
TRADE the other day against anything
and everything that would not bend
the knee to its railway attorney can
didate for governor, made reference
to the senatorial fight in the last leg
islature and in referring to the la
mented John Il. Gear-a man whom
all Iowa loved and honored for his
great worth-sneeringly called him
sold man Gear" Most Iowa papers
just considered the source" and
said nothing about it, but the New
Sharon Star couldn't do it that way
and says:
The Marshalltown Times Republi-
can, in it's ranting and rancorous
desire to create "boss" in Iowa
republican politics, deliberately
and coarsely insults every decent
republican in Iowa by referring to
our beloved and honored dead sen.
ator as "old man Gear" That is
the cheapest and dirtiest kind of
an insult thrust into our faces, the
old guard that was fighting Iowa
republican battles long before the
hyphenated editor was heard of, a
thrust into the grave and at the
memory of our dead friend and
leader. And it was this same "old
man Gear" that plucked Cummins
out of the democratic ranks by in
viting him to preside as the tempo
rary chairman of the republican
state convention. Cummins ac-
cepted that invitation and has
held Office or had both hands out
begging for one almost ever since.
"Old man Gear" indeedl Shame
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
IOWA SWINE BREEDERS.
The Annual Meeting Being Held In
Des MOines. Ames wants it Next
Year

Des Moines, June AT the open
ing of the annual meeting of the
Iowa Swine Breeders Association
here, Tuesday, Ames presented an
urgent invitation for the next session
of the organization. Des Moines has
always had it and will resist.
Tuesday afternoon and evening
were given over to the reading Of
papers and discussions on swine
breeding, in accordance with q
regularly prepared programme. Of
ficers will be elected to-day for the
ensuing year; also a school for judg-
ing and scoring swine. Geo s. Prime
Of oskaloosa is present and is one of
theS most enthusiastic members OF
the association. Over sixty members
are in attendance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
MAHASKA REPUBLTCANS.

The republican county convention
in this county for the nominating of
county ticket and for the selection
OF delegates to the state convention
at Cedar Rapids is called to meet in
this city on Saturday June %, and
the presinct caucuses for the selec-
ton of delegates to this convention
viii be held at the various polling
places one week earlier.
Mahaska county has no candidate
for a state office, and the rank and
file of the party within the county
have no "favorite son" or special
interest in the fortunes of one candi-
date or another now before the state,
except as that interest concerns the
welfare of the republican party in
the state at large, and thus they have
direct interest in what concerns the
unity and friendly relationships of
the party membership. 1t is well
enough therefore that Mahaska re-
publicans proceed with the under
standing that they hold an important
place among the republican counties
of the state and they owe to them
selves an important responsibility.
The republican party in this county
is in happy accord, and it is of the
utmost Importance from a home
point of view that these kindly rela-
tions be maintained, and that should
be the thought of all republicans in
the work of selecting delegates to
the county convention called for
June %. The business of the county
convention in selecting state dele
gates as it seems to The HERALD
should be to select representative
republicans who will attend the state
convention, men who can be trusted
to act for the best interests of the
party upon the questions arising be-
fore the convention, and who will
unite and maintain among republi-
cans at home wholesome and gener-
GUS relations. 1t is not necessary
that all delegates should think alike
except that they should be of one
mind in purpose to protect party in
terests in the home district and pro-
mote party interests and harmony
throughout the state. That is broad
platform and upon it should be placed
the twenty-three delegates to which
the county is entitled.
That will be great convention at
Cedar Rapids on the 7th of August
,641 delegates. 1t is not too early
to be getting ready for it. The work
of that convention, the generosity of
its membership, the zeal and char
acter of its republicanism, should be
an inspiration to the party workers
and party membership in every
presinct in every county of the state.
The county convention will also
have other work TO do. Work that
is of direct local interest and which
needs the greatest of consideration.
There viii be candidate for repre-
sentative, candidate for treasurer,
a candidate for sheriff, a candidate
for superintendent, candidate for
coroner, a candidate for surveyor
and candidate for member of the
board to be nominated. In the work
Of nominating there is no reason for
discord or for transmitting any oon-
tests of tactional spirit. The candi-
dates who are offering themselves
for these positions are all good, true
and tried republicans, who win abide
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
OFFICIAL REGISTER

The Iowa Official Register for the
year 1901 has been issued by the Sec
retary of state, and the HERALD ac-
knowledges receipt of a copy, with
compliments of Hon. w. B. Martin,
secretary of state. The Register is
out earlier than usual and would
have been finished even before this
had there not been delay on account
of the Titus amendment. 1t is SO
pages larger than the register of last
year, containing in all 52s pages and
has several new features of impor-
tance. The real feature of the book
this year is a section of over 100
pages devoted to United States cen.
sus statistics.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

by the will and decision of the con-
vention. Each is striving hard to
win the nomination for the office he
seeks. Each has claims, qualifica-
tions and strength peculiar to him
self. Each has all the elements and
qualifications to make him a strong
candidate and worthy official. The
canvas for the nomination has been
and is good natured, each granting
the other the right to as many friends
in the convention as he has himself.
The convention will have to decide
between them, and this they must do
in the light of that that is of the best
and greatest interest and harmony to
the party in the county. The party's
interests are greater than those of
any candidate. Let no "snap iudg-
ment" for delegates be employed
but straightforward selection of them
and the convention will nominate a
ticket that will be elected by from
800 to 1000 majority in this county at
the November election.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
IOWA CROP REPORT.
Weekly Bulletin Issued by the
Weather Bureau.
DIES MONIES, IOWA, June 10.

DEs MONIES, IOWA, June 10.
The week brought a favorable
change in the condition of all crops,
though the temperature averaged
from to 8 degrees below normal.
Showers on the 4th, 9th and 9th were
fairly we'll distributed, and in some
localities quite heavy. Again on the
9th, and early morning of the 10th,
copious showers afforded ample
moisture for present needs in nearly
all sections of the state. The rainfall
and cool weather have been beneficial
to small grain, pastures and meadows.
The hay crop, however, win be gem
orally light, except In meadows con-
sisting mainly OF clover, which has
made fine stand. Good progress
has been made cultivating corn, and
the fields are generally quite clean.
The growth has been retarded by cold
nights, and the stand is much inn
paired in extensive areas by cut
worms, which have been unusually de-
structive.
Reports received from crop cores
pondents of this service make the
following estimates of crop condi-
tions: Winter wheat 81 per cent;
spring wheat SO; corn 90; oats ss;rye
95; fax SO; meadows 90; pastures 90;
potatoes 95 According to figures
tabulated by Secretary Greene, OF the
horticultural Society, fruit condi-
tions are as follows: Apples 81 per
cent; Am. plums 72; domestic plums
53; Japanese plums So; cherries 50;
currants ~; peaches s5; grapes s4;
red raspberries 60; black raspberries
II; blackberries "a; strawberries 20.
The condition of farm animals is
generally rated from s5 to 100 per
cent. The spring pig crop is s5 per
cent and foals 90.
The reports indicate that farmers
are now holding about is per cent OF
the corn crop of 1900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

The man who totally abstains
from the use of Intoxicating liquors
is to receive a reward in monetary
way. Life insurance companies have
taken cognizance of the fact that the
man who does not indulge in intoxi-
cants is entitled to place by himself
and one of the largest concerns in
the country has created a separate
class for him, which will give him ad-
vantages over those of his drinking
brother.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
of7olaI County, Raper.
THERE.

THERE.
BY Mary Aloysia Francis in Our Dumb
Animals
The pigeon lights on friendly roof,
North and south through the Russian
cities;
And the tread of man, and the-steed's Is
quick hoof,
Spare the bird that the patton pities.
East or west If it's bright Wings bear it,
Shelter and food are its boon from
all;
No cruel hand from its nest may tear
it,
No brutal touch on it's form may fall:
Happy the bird, in that land afar,
Under the sway of the stately Czarl
In the story country of Eastern
Kings,
calm Bosphorus,
And the minaret's music at sunset
rings
The 'call to prayer" in a sad, sweet
chorus .-...
Far and near through the proud
dominion,
They hold of all homes that home
most blest,
That oftenest sees the birds white
pinion
Flash, in the sunshine, above its nest:
And the innocent life is as sacred
to all,
AS it was in Eden before the fall!
Hundreds of years have come and
gone,
Since, by the Doge Dandolo's order,
The tale of that Eastern sceptre won,
Flew, with the pigeons, across the
border.
Yet Venice still links that departed
glory
To the glory that hers in the present
must be;
And this is the sweetest and tender
est story G
Told of the city beside the sea:
For there, by the will of the Doge
long dead,
The birds by thousands are daily
fedl
Changing masters has Venice seen,
And changing customs have swayed
the city;
But French or Austrian hearts have
been
Responsive to long-descended pity.
When ''two" on the bell of st.
Marks is ringing,
The grain still falls from a civic hand,
And there are the pigeons, cooling
and singing
Graceful guests of graceful land:
Since this world was world of
pain, l ween,
Never fairer sight was seen!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
IMPEDIMBNTs TO PROGRESS

Causes which operate against the
spiritual progress and development
of the Christian church were pre-
sented to the Chicago Presbytery at
its meeting the other day in alpha
betical form by Rev. Atwood II. Par
cival. The summary of evils which
confront the church were compiled
from the opinions of a number Of
Chicago pastors In reply to the ques-
tion: "What are the difficulties Pc
culiar to your field in the way of the
progress of religion?" The sympos-
ium read as follows:
A-Ambition to be on equal footing
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

"A correspondent of the Register
discussing the govenorship and the
senatorial succession, writs:
''As for the war survivors, what
is the matter with Col. Hepburn
for the senate? II any one can tell
me of q better man than Major
Lacey I would love to know his
name. Those two men have both
had ripe experience, and when we
come down to governor, there is
Judge Blanchard, state senator
from Mahaska county, who is just
in the vigor of mature manhood,
with first class military record
with the old Twenty eighth Iowa
infantry, a man who would grace
any Office in the state"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

ing men Of the state and declared
that If it was left in the platform he
would go before the convention
and denounce the committee and
accuse it of selling out to the rail-
roads. The COMMITTEES waited for
Mr.. Cummins to defend his plank
but he failed to do it, and Smith
Mcpherson, now judge of the United
States court, locked horns withlUp-
degraff and the air was warm for
awhile. AS Mr.. Cummins would not
defend his resolution, being appar-
antly afraid of Mr.. Updegraff,
motion was made to consider the
vote by which it was passed. The
motion was made by the writer
hereof and seconded by George
Roberts, of Ft. Dodge, and was
carried. Judge Weaver then intro
duced his resolution which is prac-
tically reaffirmation of the statute
as it now stands in relation to en-
ployes of railway corporations and
it was adopted by practically the
full vote of the committee.
That is true history of the mat
ter, and as we said before, if there
is any credit attaching to the plank
in the Republican platform it be-
longs to Judge Weaver. Judge
Weaver simply did his duty as he
saw it and has modestly refrained
from claiming any credit from an
individual standpoint. The writer
hereof was one of the members who
took the position that it was ques-
ton that had no place in the plat
form as the subject was fully COW
cred by existing statutes but was
willing to do whatever would be of
benefit to the laboring men.
There is altogether too much of
this using the laboring man for a
political football and the Temple
amendment kas proved handy
"catch" for certain men to use,
That kind of work may do for pop
ulist politicians but it has no place
in Republican politics. 1t was
matter that existed between the
@. B. & @. railroad and its employ
ers and at no time endangered
the rights and privileges of the
laboring men of the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

The Des Moines Leader says it is
obvious that the towns of the state
can expect growth in only one way,
viz: through the development OF
manufacturing industries. "There
are now," the Leader continues,
"about as many lawyers, doctors, in
surance men, storekeepers, travelling
men, etc., as will be needed, and if
others crowd in it will mean that
some will be crowded out. 1t is only
in recruiting the bucket brigade that
Iowa and the Iowa towns and cities
can nationally hope to grow.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
-sully Ledger: A cumming button

-Sully Ledger: A Cummins button
found it's way to Sully last Saturday,
containing Handsome Albert's"
picture, and as the gentleman re-
ceiying it had no use for it, and no
republican could be found to wear it,
it was given to democrat, and say,
you should have seen him gobble
that button! No turkey gobbler ever
got hold of potato bug quicker.
But he was honest enough to state he
would not vote for Cummins If he
was the nominee of the republicans.
Why is 1t that the democrats are so
anxious that he shall be the republic
can nominee?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

with others In style Of living and
dress, and, il possible, outstrip
them.
B-Blaming the church for cold
ness. Apathy after giving energies
to outside organizations.
C-Gcyetousness, card playing,
craze for pulpit novelties.
D-Debt, divisions among Christ
ians, dancing, dyspepsia, of spirit, so
that neither the milk nor meat OF
the Word can be assimilated.
E-Erroneous views of Gods word.
F-Frivolity, formality and false
teaching.
G-Gambling and gossip.
H-Haste to be rich and scarcity
of homes. .
I-Intemperance, indifference and
inconsistency.
J-Jealousy in the ranks.
K-Knee. drill neglected.
Love of gain, low moral tone of
politics.
M-Mistaking means of grace for
grace.
N--Neglect of family religion.
O-Ordinances irregularly attend
ed.
P-Pleasure seeking, political cor
ruption and poverty.
Q-Quack evangelists.
R-Rivalry among denominations
S-Sabbath desecration, skepti-
cism and slander,
THE trinity of evil-the world,
the flesh and the devil. The theater.
Observation-Disclosures, universalism.
V-VanIty in individuals and
churches.
W-Worldliness.
X-Extravagance. Exodus of good
families.
Y--Young and old dominated by
the principle: ENJOY yourself and
don't get hurt"
Zeal for the glory of God and
the salvation of souls wanting.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
A BIG CATTLE STEAL.
POttawattamie County Farmers stock
stolen From Pasture.

Council Bluffs, June 1t.-Henry
Grobe, a wealthy ] Pottawattamie
county farmer, has lost thirty-three
head of fat cattle from his pasture.
Saturday morning when he counted
them he checked out thirty-three
short. Later investigation led to the
belief that the cattle were stolen We'd
nesday night, and were Rdriven to
Yorkshire, small station on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road, whence they were probably
shipped. They we're valued at sa5oO.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

Between Nov. %, 1901, and May
21, 1901, thirty-seven persons died in
consequence of street car injuries,
and probably eight times that number
have been injured in st, Louis and in
consequence Judge Wood of the dis
trict court in charging the June
Grand Jury instructed them to make
thorough Investigation and if they
found the deaths were from neg
ligence or from fast time cards to re-
turn indictments against all persons
interested for manslaughter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
Millions of Women Use Cuticura Soar

assisted preserving purifying beauf4n
skim
stopping falling
hands
baths iraions
ofv
of
those
purifying
and the most rng Of nwer odor No edicated
Is to
t rlng the skin scalp hair and hands Mo other
toi
poses OF the toilet bath and nun Thus It combines ONE SOAP
at ONE
plexion and the BEST in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
FIRE AT FREMONT.
Big Elevator and Contents Burned
To-day.
Special to HERALD.

Special to HERALD.
Fremont, Iowa, June 12.-.The big
grain elevator owned by J. E. Ken
nell, and located near the Iowa Gem
trail tracks, was completely destroyed
by fire this afternoon. The loss will
be between $500 and $1,000, with
only So, 900 insurance, The elevator
was a complete institution, modern
in every way and had a capacity of
$4,000 bushels.
Frank Gunn is missing, and at this
hour, p. M, it is feared he is in the
burned building.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
WORK COMMENCED
Electric Road from Des Moines tOCres-
ton on the south and Waterloo
on the North

SPECIAL TO HERALD.
Des Moines, June 11.--one hundred
teams were put to work this morning
on the interurbsn line between Des
Moines and Nevada, forty miles to
the north east. Ultimately it will
be built north TO Eldora, Charles
City and Waterloo and South to In
dianols, Winterset and Creston. 1t
will be the greatest electric system
in the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

st. Louis says she has seven sites
to choose from for the Worlds Fair
and that each has advantages. That
city is losing valuable time in count
ing the number of sites. What she
wants to do is to select one and COM
mence work at once if success is to
be made of the 1908 exposition.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
"A list Of twenty leading railrc

A list of twenty leading railroad
stocks cited by the Wall Street
Journal shows great advance over
the prices of last summer and fall.
The average price of these just be-
fore the election of 1900 was 1877. 1t
was 94.99 on December 81, 1900, and
117,s6 on May 1,19Ol, before the Wall
stree furry, while it was 114.S1 on
June 1, or only slightly below the
highest previous figures of the boom
days of the last month.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13
MISS FLAGLER MARRIEs
Church Is Guarded TO Prevent Demon
stration by Colored People

Washington, June 12.-Elizabeth
Flagler, daughter of late chief of
ordinance Flagler, was married here
to-day to DIR. George Mexican. A
little more than five years ago Miss
Flagler shot and killed negro boy
who was said to be stealing fruit
from the Flagler yard intending as
she claimed to simply scare him.
The church to-day was guarded by a
squad of police to prevent any dem
onstration by certain colored people
who have never forgiven her.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

I'm an article in the National
Magazine for June, Minister Conger,
who is surely in position to know,
says the missionaries are in nowise
to blame for the uprising of China.
In the same article he also says he
will be very sorry If there is any
partition of the Celestial empire.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-13

The fifth of an extraordinary
series of weddings has just been cele-
brated at Oroville, Cal. The first
was that of John Weer, a Cornish
widower with four daughters who
some years ago welded Mrs. Malarin
a widow with four sons. The boys
and girls have now been all mated
and the five couples live under the
O q mo ronf