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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
BROUGHT BIG PRICE.
Iowa's Champion Steer Sells for
SO Cents a Pound.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. Shamrock,
the grand champion steer at the In
ternational Live Stock exhibition this
year, was sold under the hammer in
front Of the Exchange building at the
stock yards at Sc cents per pound,
The animal was exhibited by the Iowa
Agricultural college. ne purchaser
was Richard Weber of New York
city.
Several thousand people gathered
to witness the sale, always a feature
Of show week. 1t was battle be.
tween New York and Chicago. The
later dropped out after 40 cents had
been bid. Buffalo bid IS cents and
quit when Louis Keefer offered Sc
cents on behalf of Mr.. Weber, at
which price he secured the prize
Shamrock went over the scales at
1905 pounds and will cost Mr.. Weber
$1,119. He will be taken to New York
and exhibited alive. He is regarded
as the finest steer ever sent to mar.
ket.
Last years grand champion steer
Woods Principal, owned by George p
Henry of Goodenow, ILL.,, sold for sc
cents per pound, and Advance, the
champion of 1900, brought the record
price of $3.50 per pound. New York
has always secured the grand cham
pion steer of the international.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
is LOST EN- ROUTE.
Steel for the Trolley Line Cannot
Be Located.

The Oskaloosa Traction and Light
company is working only about half a
gang at present on account of the de-
lay in the arrival of the material.
Nothing can be done to further the
progress of the car line until the rest
of the rails come. Work is being done
wherever possible, but there is not
much that can be accomplished out
side of the power house. At this place
all is activity. Worlxmen are getting
the machines and the engines in place
as rapidly as possible, and every day
is witness to progress made in this
direction.
The car barn is about completed. 1t
contains four tracks and room enough
for twelve cars Two of the tracks
are constructed over pits excavated so
that it will be possible for workmen
to get beneath the cars to repair
parts. The track approaching the car
barn comes into Sixth avenue from
Market street. 1t extends on the
north and south sides of the power
house in order that the property of
the company may be properly
handled.
The necessary piping for the boil
ers is being done under the direction
of Mr.. c. H. Johnson who superiptend-
ed the erection of the steam plant.
His work for the Sterling company in
setting up the boilers was completed
some time ago, but he has been re-
tanned by the O. T. & L. Co. to care
for the piping and the connecting up
| of the boilers.
! The engines are being assembled
and put in running order as fast as
possible and they will be ready to re-
ceive steam in a short time. The
great fly wheel for the big Alis-Cor-
liss engine has arrived and will be
/ placed shortly. The weight of this
great wheel is about sixteen tons. 1t
| is sixteen feet in diameter and is con-
structed in sections and so shipped.
The wheel is assembled as it is placed
| in position.
The great pumps that act as circu-
! lators for the Yaryan hot water heat
! ing system have been hoisted into
place and several other pumps about
the house are in place and ready to do
the work required of them.
The work of plumbing is assisted by
the presence of a threading and pipe
cutting machine that has been put in
the house. 1t is the only machine OF
the kind in the city and has been gen.
orally admired by local machinists
who have seen it and It's work,
The foundations for the electric ma
chimes have been built, as also the
foundation for the great water tank
of the Yaryan system. Carpenters
are at work here and there about the
building doing whatever there comes
| up to do in the several departments
of the power house. ID
Some of the furniture and fixtures
for the up town Office have been plac-
ed. The Office screen or partition is
nice piece of work and gives quite
neat and business like appearance
to the room. The work was done by
the Oskaloosa Wood Working COM
pany.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
NEW COAL MINES.
American Coal Company Secure Land
near Pella.

Pella Chronicle: During the past
week VIM. Phillips, of Oskaloosa
closed deal whereby he becomes the
possessor of all the mineral under the
farm of r. Deileman, just west OF
town. Mr.. Phillips is one of the
large mine owners of the Oskaloosa
fields and ne contemplates sinking
two large shafts just as soon as the
weather will permit next spring. This
is only the beginning if the opening
OF the coal fields in this community,
and 1t is safe to say that when CAPT
talists do get started here that the
coal of this community will prove as
rich as any in the state. We did not
learn whether Mr.. Philips will take
charge of the mines this winter or not,
but as soon as work can be commenc-
ed in the spring he will get things in
shape to have one Of the largest rail.
road mines in hits part Of the country.
This will be grand thing for Pella
in business way and we hope that
there are more to follow the example
of this gentleman, as the natural IA.
cilities should nave been taken hold
Of by our capitalists a long time ago.
out snaps like this are often ignored
by home men and are left for outsid-
ers to develop.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
ALMOST KILLED.
Serious Accident 5efaIs an Iowa Cen
trail EmpIoye at Wright.

Wright, Dec. 6.-An Italian section
hand, name unknown; employed by
the Iowa Central at this place, met
with very serious and possibly fatal
accident this morning. He was on the
hand car used by the gang in which he
worked. He missed his footing while
the car was in motion, going at good
rate of speed and fell off in front of
the car. The car passed over his
body and the man is seriously injur-
ed. DR.. Clark was called from Oska-
loosa to dress the wounds and to de-
termine the seriousness of the mans
injuries. There apepars to be an in
Iernal hurt of some nature.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
A Cold Wave.

The forecast of sudden changes in
the weather serves notice that a
hoarse voice and heavy cough may
invade the sanctity of health in your
own home. Cautious people have a
bottle of One Minute Cough Cure al
ways at hand. E. H. Wise, Madison,
Ca, writes: 81 am indebted to One
Minute Cough Cure for my present
good health, and probably my life. %
1t cures, Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and all Throat
and Lung Troubles. One Minute
Cough Cure cuts the phlegm, draws
out the Inflammation, heals and
soothes the mucous membranes and
strengthens the lungs.
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
couqhs, Colds and Constipation.

Few people realize when taking
cough medicine other than Foley's
Honey and Tar, that they contain
opiates which are constipating be
sides being unsafe. particularly for
children. Foley's Honey and Tar con
tains no opiates. is safe and sure, and
will not constipate. 1t has long been
a household favorite for cough, colds
Group and all throat and lung trou
bles. It is pleasant to take and acts
promptly.
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
A CONSISTENT RULE.

There is disposition to treat
President Roosevelt's letter to a
Charleston gentleman, replying to
protests against the appointment OF
a colored man as collector of that
port, as if it we're a startling an
nouncement of new policy, or no
table abandonment of policy hereto
fore declared and acted upon. 1T Is
nothing of the kind" declares the
Pioneer Press. The mistake, arises
from misconception Of his previous
acts in appointing white democrats TO
Office in the South, when he could ind
neither white nor black republicans
who came up to his standard OF MT
ness.
The presidents rule is perfectly
clear and consistent. II is also per-
fectly sound rule for republican
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
Saved at Graves Brink.

II know l would long ago have been
in my grave" writes Mrs. S. H. New
som, of Decatur, Ala, eff it had not
been for Electric Bitters. For three
years suffered untold agony from the
worst form of Indigestion, Water.
brash, Stomach and Bowel Dyspepsia,
But this excellent medicine did me a
world of good. Since using it can
eat heartily and have gained 35
pounds" For Indigestion, Loss OF
Appetite, Stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles Electric Bitters are posi-,
tive, guaranteed cure. Only SOC at
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
Robert ]. Burdette, Jr., son Of tn

Robert ]. Burdette, Jr., son of the
noted editor and lecturer, has become
a member of the editorial staff Of the
Burlington Hawkeye. Twenty years
ago the present managing editor, Mr..
]. L. Waite, and Mr.. Burdette worked
together on the paper as business
manager and editor. Now the son
of Mr.. Waite is business manager, and
the son of Mr.. Burdette is one Of the
editors. The whirligig of time has
brought rare good fortune to the
Hawkeye, as the young men are jour.
nalists by both blood and profession
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
What,s ln a Name.

Everything is in the name when 1t
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. G.
Dewitt & Co., Of Chicago, discovered
some years ago how to make salve
from Witch Hazel that is specific for
Piles. For blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding Piles, eczema, cuts,
burns, bruises and all skin diseases
DeWitt's Salve has no equal. This
has given rise to numerous worthless
counterfeits. Ask for Dewitt's-the
genuine.
Green G. Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
Burglary at Tyrone.

Mrs. Mahoney's store at Tyrone,
was burglarized one night last week.
She had locked up and gone to the
depot to meet her daughter. Some
proving sneak thief was aware OF
this and smashed in the back window.
He rifed the money drawer and got
about $1.OO and took some cigars and
skipped.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

1t now developes that the coun'
hes having candidates" for the state
insane asylums where treatment is
given men and women who cannot
control their appetites for liquors will
be obliged to pay for their commit,
ment the same as for insane patients;
the state auditor has received bills for
payment against twenty counties who
have sent men and women to be
cured. The charge is $12 month.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

With more force than elegance
the philosopher of the Washington
Democrat declares half the students
who are going to school on the money
of fathers who are rich, ought to be
at home hauling manure or working
as chambermaids in some cheap liv-
cry stable"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

The even tenor of life in some
sections of Iowa is thus described bya
Buckeye correspondent: Last Sun
day an astray bullet came through
window in the church and passed
through Estella Totten's hat"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

The Milford Mail is willing to bet
Its entire delinquent subscription list
against nothing that the man who
wrote Beautiful Snow did not buy
any anthracite, shortly after coal
strike.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
Report From the Reform sohooI.

]. G.. Gluck, Superintendent Punty-
town, w. Va, writes: After trying
all other advertised cough medicines
we have decided to use Foley's Honey
and Tar exclusively in the West vir-
ginia Reform School. I find it the
most effective and absolutely harm
less"
Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

The Sixth Annual Convention of
the National Live Stock Association
will convene in the Century Theatre,
Kansas City, Missouri, January 13,
1903, and continue through as many
sessions as the business may require.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

"A fashionable Des Moines woman
has been arrested for shop lifting
and excused on the grounds of klepto-
mania. If ragged outcast had ap-
propriated a new gown what would
that be?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

The Kansas City Star thinks "The
growth and influence OF the Catholic
church is easily accounted for by the
fact that it devotes itself strictly to
religion"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

Prosperity will end soon enough"
says the Des Moines Capital, without
attacking the tariff. 1t will end be-
cause Of speculation and wild invest
nents by the people who are prosper
ing"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
-The napers are TELLING of

The papers are telling of Mis-
souri, editor who, in writing up a
shurch entertainment in his town,
said: Miss Bates sang, oh That
had Wings to Rise and Fly accom-
panied by the minister"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thorn
as Electric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never
fails. At any drug store.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11

II. Adam Bede,. the new congress
man from Minnesota, declares he is
40 relation to the book by that name.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-11
Iowa leads in the production Of
gooseberries also

--'Half the world doesn't care how
their better halves i've, is the way
Life puts it,
The Iola register., 1902-06-13
NICHOLSON SHELTER SOLD
New Jersey Zinc Company Acquires
Property Giving Them Large
WOrks-Mr. Nicholson wilt
Leavel

Negotiations commenced In May
here terminated Tuesday when Mr..
George Il. Nicholson sold his smelter
in east lola, together with his Nevada,
Mo-, works to the New Jersey Zinc
Company. The plant here will be OPP
Grated in connection with the Gas City
properties acquired some time ago
and wi i be managed by Mr. A. b.
Cockerill.
The plant here was started on a
small scale some three years ago by
MIR. Nicholson, who had previously
previously been engaged in the busi-
ness at Nevada, Mo. AS he made
money he reinvested it until the pres
ent works here consisted of five
blocks of furnaces, one of the largest
individual plants in this section The
Nevada works has six blocks of
smelters and Belgian coal is used 1t
is not known whether that plant will
be operated or not, but Mr.. Nicholson
insisted on including it in the deal
lie bought fifteen acres Of land east
of the lola plant from the Northrups
and it goes to the New Jersey Com
pany also. His handsome new resi-
derce in the east part of town is in
cluded in the deal MIR. Nicholson
mas leased a cottage at Bay View,
Michigan, and will go there at once
with his family to spend the summer,
it being his first holiday in fifteen
years.
By the purchase the New Jersey
Company will own in this section as
large works as does the Lanyon Zinc
Company, as soon as the extensions
now building are completed. Mr..
Nicholson expressed the opinion that
under ordinary circumstances it was
best 20 have numerous individual
plants, but he thought that as the sit
uation exists here the consolidation is
for the best. The company now owns
the old Prime Western works and the
A. b. Cockerill smelter at Gas City
and the Nicholson works here. 1t
owns considerable fine gas land and
millions of capital back Of it to insure
aus permanency. The new manage
ment will take charge of the plant on
July /.
The Iola register., 1902-06-13
The Allen County Press.

The News says that the LaHarpe
brick company is making about twen-
ty thousand brick a day, about one
half of what they will turn out when
they get to running full capacity.
The LaHarpe News calls the street
car fights "shindys."
The LaHarpe ball club was defeated
by the Moran club last friday by a
score of IA to 5.
Gas City now has an occupation
tax.
The Elsmore band has taken the mat
ter of q fourth Of July celebration in
its hauds and will manage the affair.
Harry Adams Of lola and Chas.
Polling OF Gas City have joined in the
meat business. p
Humboldt Union. Humboldt will
have fine ball team again this sea
son. A subscription paper was start
ed Wednesday and sufficient sum
signed to warrant the boys in going
ahead with the club. The uniforms
have been ordered and will be maroon
in color. Hard practice will be com
nenced next week and the boys will
soon be in shape to match games with
any team in this section.
Humboldt Union.-Sometime be
tween IL and IL O'Clock a. m, We'd
nesday, the cash drawer at the Katy
depot was robbed of its contents,
amounting to $50 or $50. Agent Ston-
er aud helper were in the freight room
at work when the robbery was sup
posed to have taken place. A man
got of the passenger train and was
IOafing around the depot, and is sup
posed TO have done the robbery and
left ion the freight train which was
late. That is the only clue Mr.. Ston-
er has and it isn't sure. Mr.. Stoner
will be the loser and it is quite a Sc
we're loss, and we hope that the robber
may yet be caught.
Humbolt Union. has a
ball club called the "Oil City" ball
team. How those fellows ought to
slide. THERE'S man ia our city who
will bet pint of Humboldt oil a.
gaiust gallon of Chanute oil and wa,
tor that Frank Miller can organize a
team in three days time that will take
the oil out of the Chanuter's in las.
Elsmore Enterprise.-Iola is great
ESr getting free advertising First
she gets some capitalist there on q
pass furnished by railroad compa
NY, shows him her great gas wells
and tiseu puts it into his head tC
pipe ia away. He goes back to Wichi
The Iola register., 1902-06-13
Caught in the Current

What came near being serious ac-
cident happened down near the fair
grounds last Tuesday. Three boys
we're playing out in the corn field
north :of the grounds and in some
way Ralph Shuey got out in the
current on a piece of sidewalk. 1t
was so strong he could not work
his way out and the swiftly flowing
river carried him rapidlydown stream.
Some of the men from the Cement
plant saw him and started after him
in boat. Mr.. Curtis finally over
took him and rescued him just oppo-
site Captain Ewing's house. When
taken out he was just able to keep
The Iola register., 1902-06-13
The Danger Period for the
Nervous and Broken Down in
Health is Rapidly Drawing
Nigh.
.Paine'S Celery
Compound
BaniSheS all Symptoms Of Disease
and NOuriSheS the Nervous
System.

'Paine's Celery Compound has saved
thousands of people from nervous
prostration and collapse brought on
through sleeplessness, weakened
nerves, and impoverished blood The
great medicine has made thousands
we'll. 1t has conquered weakness and
i'll health when everything else has
failed
This is the time when nervous de.
bility and nervous prostration begin
to manifest themselves. The coming
hot weather will only add fuel to the
fire OF suffering and disease.
If there is mental depression, loss
of energy. lack of vivacity. dullness
of the eyes, blanched cheeks aud lips,
confusion in the head, defective MEM
ory, love of solitude-all these are
direct indications of coming nervous
collapse, and call for the immediate
use of that nerve feeder, strength
giver and blood enricher, aine' S
Celery Compound. This Heaven sent
prescription is peerless remedy for
your dangerous troubles. President
II. j. Shager, of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin
Workers of the United States, writes
from Pittsburg, Pa, as follows:
'Gn 1890 was compelled to abandon
my profession because of nervous
prostration consequent upon exposure
hard study, and overwork a number
of physicians declared l would never
recover, but | tried Paine's Celery
Compound, and in less than year
increased in weight from 14li to 2l5
pounds. During the recent strike of
the Steel Workers, finding myself
ready to collapse, and fearing a re-
currence of my former trouble. re
turned to my former friend, Paine's
Celery Compound, and already am
feeling more vigorous and able to
meet and discharge the duties of my
Office"
The Iola register., 1902-06-13
Ordinance No 40.
(First publishe5 June II, 1902

(ElrSt published June il, 1902.
An ordinance providing for the gov.
ernment, Improvement and control Of
River Side park, Gently conveyed to
the city of lola, Kansas, by the lola
Park Association.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
councilmen of the city of lola, Allen
county, Kansas,
Section /. That there is hereby
created u Board of Park Commission
ers, to be composed of three resident
taxpayers of the city of lola. Kansas,
who shall he appointed by the Mayor
and confirmed by the council at the
same time and in the same manner as
the appointiye officers, texcept the
assessor) Of said city are now or may
hereafter be appointed by law. One
such commissioner shall be appointed
each year beginning with the appoint
ments to be made in 1908, in rotation.
That the term of each commissioner
appointed in 1903 shall be as follows,
one for | year, one for years, one
for three years from said date, and
after the expiration of their terms their
successors shall be appointed for
years. All vacancies in said board
shall be filed as other vacancies to
be filled by appointment in said city.
| Provided tina three commissioners
shall be appointed by the Mayor and
confirmed by the council at the first
meeting after this ordinance goes into
ettecv to hold until the appointments
herein before provided for be made
and appointees qualify. That each
member shall take ana subscribe an
oath to faithfully discharge his duties
/ "a gt1ah il - hnf,nA
| ing upon the duties of said office.
Section 2 That it shall be the duty
of said board of commissioners TO
take custody and care of said park, to
contract with parties desiring to use
said park for such purposes as they
think proper and fitting, and if said
purposes are for profit, TO charge and
collect such sum as in their iudg-
ment is fair part of said profits, or
| fair compensation for the use of said
park; and to carry out the conditions
of the deed conveying said park TO the
city. All sums so collected shall be paid
| by said commissioners or their treas.
urer TO the city treasurer at the end Of
each month. The city treasurer shall
omen a separate account entitled Park
Fund account, and all moneys paid in
as aforesaid shall be credited to said
fund. Such fund shall be kept and
used exclusively to keep, improve and
beautify said parl1. Said commission
ers shall receive no compensation for
their services rs such.
Section That this ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after its publication once in the lola
DAILY REGISTER, the official paper of
said city.
Adopted June 9th, 1902.
Approved June 9th, 1902.
Attest A. H. CAMPBELL.
SEAL Mayor
w. NJ. KNAPP,
City Clerk.
The Iola register., 1902-06-13
Two DEATHS Occnrrcd Tnesdav.

Joseph Holmes. aged seventy-seven
years, died last Tuesday at the home
of his son S. L. Holmes, 32l north
Second street in this city, He has
been feeble for some time and for sew
eral years has made his home with
his son. The remains we're taken to
Pittsburg, Wednesday for burial.
His widow, his son S. L., and another
son, w, H. Holmes, accompanied the
body to Pittsburg.
Mrs. Frank Knatt, u daughter of
j. l.. Brown, who formerly lived on
the Smeltzer farm northeast of lola
and now resides on north Washing
ton avenue in this city, died last
Tuesday of inflammation of the bowels
at the home near Moran. The funeral
was held at Moran Wednesday. The
remains were brought here the
same afternoon and the burial
services held at the cemetery. Rev.
Shuey will oliiciate. She leaves three
children to mourn her loss.