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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
ELECTRIC LINES.

THE HERALD has no apathy for any
of the four electric street car ipropo-
sitions now before the city. 1t wants
Oskaloosa to get everything within
reach and will work for any or all of
the propositions if they become a
matter of record by the city council
THE He Said believes. however, that
the Oskaloosa & Tama line is head
and shoulders above the other propo-
sitions, and is the best business get
ter" that this community has ever
had offered it for consideration. 1t
was fret on the ground, has been in
course OF development fer near y a
year, and has been endorsed by the
largest and most representative mass
meeting of citizens held in Oskaloosa.
The proposition has also been investi-
gated by the Oskaloosa Board of
Trade, is a local organization, and
has the backing necessary to put it's
promises into realities. By building
a line from Tama to Buxton it taps
country that has no railroads and
opens up new wholesale territory
for Oskaloosa that means millions in
trade for this city. 1t will bring in
thousands of people from Buxton,
Bussey, Hamilton, Beacon, Barnes
City and other places every week ,and
past experience has demonstrated to
our people the boon this means to the
town. Furthermore the Oskaloosa q
Tama Railway is independent of all
other institutions and will not in any
way interfere with any other enter
prise now established or that may be
established in Oskaloosa. 1t asks no
blanket franchise, no light contract
or other entangling privileges. All it
asksis the right-of-way through town
and the two per cent tax
not a cent of which can be paid
over, according to state laws until the
railroad is complete and in running
order.
For all these reasons, and others
that could be cited, THE HERALD be-
lieves the city council and the citi-
2ens of Oskaloosa should take up the
"OSkaloosa & Tsma proposition and
see it safely launched before the 9th
or propositions are considered or act
ed upon. If this is not done there
will be confusion of interests, misun-
derstandings and category of mis-
representations that may defeat all
the propositions and leave Oskaloosa
again several years behind the times.
Let us build this line first, and then
take up the propositions for a local
line with the lighting contract in con-
nection. The building of the Tama
line will increase our population and
give the city prestige that will place
it in a position to get better fran
chise and contract later. One propo-
sition at q time-and take the best
first.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02


What Cheer Reporter: Once up
on time Mr.. Gunny Sack was forced
to make a trip through q wide and
lonely forest. He travelled for many
days, when meath a spreading oak
tree he met Mother Hubbard's oldest
daughter and at once fell 10 love with
her. After pleasant courtship they
were united in marriage and soon be-
gan housekeeping in royal style. Time
went on and one day Mr.. Gunny Sack
was seen capering and cavorting like
a boy just out from school Upon
closer inquiry it was divulged that he
was the proud and distinguished
parent of triplets and when baptised
Society named them Raglan"
"Yoke" and Automobile. T..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

In fact, he has shown q capacity to
grapple with new situations and to
deal with great questions which even
a secretary OF state has often failed
to develop.
The morning after the victory in
Manila Bay, Secretary Wilson was
perhaps the only public man in Wash
ington to grasp at once the full aign-
ificance of Dewey's achievement.
He said on that morning to repre-
sentative OF this newspaper that the
victory meant that the Philippines
were to become American; that this
country was to be an Oriental power,
and that a new era of expansion was
opening to the United States in the
great era OF the Pacific.
He was, in fact, the original expan-
sionist in the cabinet, and was quick
to point out the great opportunities
opened to our farmers and our manu-
facturers by our advance into the
Orient. Undoubtedly his influence
among the farmers, wi o trusted him
implicitly, had much to do with form
ing that public sentiment so strongly
manifested when President Mckinley
came weet in 1898. In that, as in
other things, he was the real spokes-
man in the cabinet for the great
middle west. .......
With Mr.. Wilson in the Agri-
cultural Department, with Governor
Shaw in the Treasury Department
and Mr.. Payne in the Postofice De-
partment, President Roosevelt ap-
pears to be carrying out plan for
what may be called a representative
cabinet. These three men stand for
the middle west or Mississippi Valley.
The secretary of the interior is ex-
pected to come from the TRANSMITS
souri, region, and to bring with him
the sentiments of the far west. The
secretary of state, secretary of war,
secretary of the navy, and attorney
general, are almost sure to come
from the east, thus giving the presi-
DENTS council truly national char
acter.
In the middle west every careful
observer ,of public affairs must hope
that the United States will be as
faithfully reflected in the cabinet as
is the region hereabeuts by Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. Shaw.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

--KeokuA 1ate City: A little over
four years ago Governor Shaw was
an inoonspicuous lawyer and banker
in the little interior town
of Denison, Iowa. Now he is about to
assume charge of the finances of the
greatest commercial nation in the
world. These facts set over against
each other strikingly illustrate the
splendid possibilities this country
affords. Nowhere else on the face of
the earth do such opportunities pre-
sent themselves to capable men, how
ever deserving they may be.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

extends from Detroit to Jackson, par
alleI to the line Of the Michigan Cen
trail. In thickly settled countries
nothing is thought of running electric
lines parallel to the steam lines. In
fact there is now proposed another
road between Detroit and Ann Arbor,
which is to eventually parallel the
Michigan Central into Chicago.
The interurbans nave caused great
havoc in summer resort business. the
lines tap most of the lakes and beauty
spots in the southern part of the state,
where fine parks have already been
laid out or are proposed. The restlt
Of this work is the bringing Of the
people and the summer resorts much
closer together. Instead Of spending
$40 to SIS railroad fare to go to some
summer resort many Michigan people
now spend Is to 80 cents to run ont
on an interurban line TO some estao-
lished pleasure resort.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
BOUGHT A DIAMOND.
And It Turned OuE to DO PIeae of
worthless Glass.

The police arrested q coIored fell
low last evening on complaint of a
young man of the city on the charge
Of obtaining money under false pre-
tense. The colored fellow had ring
with white stone set said to be a
diamond worth about S20O.GO. He
was broke and wanted piece of
money bad. He approached parties
to have a confidential talk aud offer
ed to sell the ring for twenty dollars.
The stone was the biggest sort of
fraud and was worth perhaps fifteen
cents. The fellow tried to work the
game on several business men of the
city and finally found one young man
who gave up twenty dollars. The
police interfered however when the
young fellow discovered his mistake
and Mr., Bogus Diamond man who
was arrested under the name of John
Doe is now in limbo.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

Revenue Collector Kemble talks
entertainingly of another Iowan who
is breaking into the United States
treasury department. 1t is G. w.
DiiIoway, of Muscatine, a man with a
natural genius for locks. He can
open any lock that has ever been
constructed, without injuripg it. At
Cincinnati he called on the Hall Safe
and Lock Go. They have seven diff
ferent kinds of safety locks. He
offered to open the seven in five
hours. When the test was made he
opened the fret five in twenty min
utes, and the company declared
themselves satisfied. He performed
similar feats at Washington. He has
invented new lock, which is super.
ior to all others, and expects to put
it in the treasury department soon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
REBEKAHs.
Two Lodges Unite in welcoming
Their state President,

The two Rebekah Lodges of this
city entertained in their hall Monday
evening, In honor of Miss Ida Van
Hon, of Mt. Pleasant, President of
the Rebekah State Assembly of Iowa
Miss Van Hon spent Monday in the
city en- route to visit other lodges
throughout the state. she was enter
tanned at the home OF Mrs. Phil
swayze during her stay in the city,
and in the afternoon refreshments
we're served to the members of the
lodge who called. In the evening
there was work in the lodge room
after which q banquet was served.
The rooms were decorated in the
colors of the order and very pleas
ing effect was produced. 1t was hoped
that the Secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Mathena, of Keokuk, would also be
in the city during the day, but she
was unable to get here. Miss Van
Honpeft Tuesday morning for Beacon
and other neighboring towns where
she will continue her work of in
spection.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

Newton Journal: Two electric
traction companies are seeking en-
trance in 0skaloosa, one Of them from
ottumwa, Our trip to Ohio last sum-
mer convinced us that in the near
future electric transportation lines
should be reaching out from every
country town Of any Importance in
Iowa. But the realization Of our con-
7iction Is, coming even sooner than
We Hacted.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
Eastern Star Social

The Eastern Star held public In
stsllatlon of officers in the Masonic
Hall Tuesday evening. All Masons
aud their families were invited and a
large crowd was present. After the
ceremony an old time New Years
dance was INDUCED in and a very
pleasant evening was spent. The
company watched the old year out
and the new year in and ended with a
regular old time frolic. Light re-
freshments were served by the ladies
of the order.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
WILSON TO REMAIN.

Chicago Inter Ocean: The an
nouncement that Secretary Wilson
10 to remain in the cabinet, is well
come. His special fitness for the work
Of the Agricultural Department has
been recognized by the whole coun-
try. To the public satisfaction he has
proved himself not only a practical
farmer, but also a sound thinker on
commercial, financial and economic
questions.
However, Mr.. Wilson, has been q
useful and influential member OF the
cabinet not alone because he is .
specialist, equipped and qualified to
speak for Americas agriculture. He
has been, In q momentOus period OF
national development, moro to the
exspatlvs and more to the people
shea mere secretary of agriculture,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
Farmers, institute

The Mahaska County Farmers' In
stitute will open Ia this city Tuesday
January Z, and the first thing on tho
program is the declamatory contest
that will be held this year in the OPP
era house. This has beena necessary
move on account Of the great inter
est that centers in this contest and
on account Of the large crowds that
attend. Accommodation could be
secured for this part Of the program
no where else. 1t is announced that
3 small admission fee win be charged
at the door, the amount collected TO
be used in defraying tho expenses Og
the contest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
GROWTH OFTHE INTER URBAN

Recent recollections Of staticians
concerning the electric street railway
and interurban business shows that
thet 7>1ley vfres are bASnching out
+" r5ction in the,popdlous and
pre- ,~~o IS farming districts of the
middle west, and several thousand
miles of road are now proposed and
will probably be constructed within
the next two or three years. The
marvellous growth of The inter-urban
system in northern Michigan and
northern and southern Ohio, is the
wonder of the railway men of the
day. 4lat electricity is fast breaking
into business for the steam lines is
not to be doubted, and yet the inter
urban lines pick up a great deal of
business for the steam roads which
otherwise might not be secured.
Some idea of the enormity of this
branch of railroading may be OBJ
tanned by the review of the lines con-
structed and proposed to be construct
ed in southern Michigan. By the
close of the next season there will be
two electric roads across the state
from east to west and north to south,
connecting all the important towns in
that state. Detroit is the natural cen
ter of these lines which extends to Bay
City, South Haven, Battle Creek, Ian
sing, Jackson, Ann Arbor, Grand Rap
ids, Kalamazoo, Toledo, o., and many
smaller places, The Detroit United
railway now owns and operates 365
miles of short lines running out of
Detroit, and with the construction
planned next summer these short lines
will have close connections with lines
Iaggregating 1000 miles in length
The Detroit and Toledo Shore lines
will be completed next summer, thus
establishing a trolley line in direct
competition with the Lake Shore and
the Wabash between those cities. In
addition this line will give connection
between the lines OF the United Rail-
way company of Detroit and the Ever
ett-Moore syndicate lines, centering al
Cleveland and Akron, O., and the in
ter-urban lines will be able to com
pete for through traffic between De
troit and Cleveland and intermediate
points.
Out Of Detroit runs also the lines oi
the Rapid Railway system, compris
ing 107 miles of main line and con
meet with the city Of Port Huron. "A
miles distant. The run to Port Huron
is made 16 times a day, trains leaving
the terminal every hour. The dis
tance Of IA miles is covered in two
hours and forty minutes. The rail
road has a train dispatcher and II
Operated much the same as a steam
road. Freight trains run at regular
intervals making almost as quick tim,
as the passenger trains. The passen
Iger train consists of baggage, smok
ling and day coaches and carries mai
The advantage to the city Of DE-
Itroit lies in the fact that persons VIII
desire to trade, have hourly train
into town and out. One line alon
lgives hourly trains to l25 people, VIII
would otherwise have one train
day and have to go many miles to 81
that Another road which Is now bu
dened with heavy trafic Ii the ID
ltroit gpalianti and Ann Arbor, whIs
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
SHAW AND THE oABINET.

Chicago Tribune: The appointment
Of Governor shaw to be secretary Of
the treasury has unduly excited a
number of newspapers as bearing
upon the tenure of Office of Secretary
Wilson, who happensto be resident
OF the same state as the governor,
The resideney Of Governor Shaw and
Secretary Wilson should have moth
ing to do with the case.
The Tribune, as is wen known,
never has had any sympathy either
IN city, county, state, or natIonal
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
Narrow Escape.

Eleven buns had a narrow escape
In Brighton the other day. They were
lodged in the town jail and about4;sO
c. M, they got into a row, upset the
stove and the jail caught fire at once.
A man across the street heard the
alarm and tried to batter the door in
with an ak but couldn't bulge II. He
then ran toJthe marshal's house Tor
the key ana the buns were liberated,
more dnad thRn alive.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
VALUABLE LANDS.
Likely 10 be Lost 20 the RIghtfuI
Owners

Rhoda Briggs, Mrs. Hall and Mrs.
Richardson, sisters living at Eddy
vile were recently made owners Of
six thousand acres of oil land in the
Beaumont Texas oil fields by the
death of brother who was in that
country as promoter of the oil bus
mess. The sisters thought little of
the matter and when a smooth
tongued stranger came to them and
desired a power of attorney for the
purpose OF disposing of the land for
them they readily assented and
signed the papers prepared giving
the stranger the desired power. The
transaction has been annulled by
telegraph in the effort to save the
land to the ladies.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
-Towa. the Bawkeve state. was 55

Iowa, the Hawkeye state, was So
years old last Saturday. President
Polk signed the bin admitting it to
The Union as the sixteenth state in
5rder of succession, and the twenty
lhinth, counting the original thirteen
states. In 1916 the census of Iowa
was given as 1O2, 1888. No railroads
were in Iowa then, In fact none west
OF the Mississippi, except about forty
miles In Louisiana
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
Masonic soeIal,

The oskaloosa Chapter gave work
in the Royal Arch Degree last even
ing at the Masonic Hall. After the
work the ladies OF the Eastern Star
served a banquet and there were sew
eral informal toasts and speeches.
Earnest Gibbs, Mai. r. II. Loring,
Rip Hoffman, Ed. Howard and sew
eraI others were called for and re-
sponded with short talks, An Or
chestra composed OF several u tha
young men around town iurnisbsd
music for the occasion and nu ingp<
NAL good time was enjoyed BY all,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

The Chicago Inter Ocean thus ex-
plains the arrangement: Iowa has
nov two places in the national cab
hnet, and they happen to be the two
places that great agricultural state
would naturally be most happy to
hold. Mr.. Wilson, of course, viii
lcontinue to look out for the crops,
land Mr.. Shaw will try to arrange
matters go that they viii be well paid
.or when harvested.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
Not the least improvement head

Not the least Improvement head
ed our way for the season is the
Potal Telegraph Company's line into
this city. This not only means the
expenditure of considerable money
in construction, but it will mean the
permanent employment of four or
Eve people, and the establishment of
another business Office in town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
WOMEN At TILE FALL

The powerful influence of woman
has been enliated in the work of get
ting the money with which to erect
the 5000 900 Temple of Fraternity"
on the Worlds Fair Grounds at st.
Louis. The Worlds Fair Fraternal
Building Association, which was in
corporated tor the purpose of pro-
viding a magnificent building where
all the fraternal societies could have
comfortable headquarters during the
progress of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition in 1908, has created an
Auxiliary Board of Lady Managers.
The duty of this Board Is to interest
the fraternal organizations composed
of and controlled by the ladies'. Mrs
Geneva L. Miller of st. Louis, a
woman of splendid attainments, and
who is the Past Superior Chief Of
Honor of the Degree OF Honor, is to
be the President of the Auxiliary
Board, and Miss Bina M. West of
Port Huron, Mich, a we'll known
and popular fraternal society worker,
has also been appointed a member of
the Board. Miss West is Past Pres
ident of the National Fraternal Com
gress Press Association, and she is
the Supreme Record Keeper of the
Ladies of the Maccabees.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
AT one Of the round tables /

AT one of the round tables held
in connection with the State Teachers
Association, the leader asked an
unsophistieated marin from Abba ;
What is your position on whipping
children in SCHOOL," Ordinarily"
replied the blushing young woman
"my position is on a chair with the
child across my knee. face down
ward" -.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
The total mileage of new

The total mileage of new railway
construction during the present year
approximates 5,057 miles. The in
crease il greater than it has been for
eleven years previous, and would
have been still greater had it been
possible to obtain rails on all the
orders that were given TIE shops.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
.oskaIoosa is well represented i

---Oskaloosa is well represented in
the management and on the program
of the state educational convention
that is being held in Des Moines. In
the list are supt. 8. j. Finley Pro-
fessor o. l.. Miehener of Penn College
Miss Mae j. Evans. John M Stokes,
p. L, kinding, and Lucille Ryan.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

The Centerville Daily Citizen eele-
brates it's seventh birthday by adding
two new type-setting machines aud
other appliances to its equipment.
The Citizen is a fine paper, and is
fully up to if not ahead of the good
town IL represents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
-Des Moines Capital: G

--Des Moines Capital: Governor
Shaw received a cabinet portfolios
President Marvin Hughett of the
Northwestern a check for $50, 900, and
Gen. Fred Funston a nine pound boy
on Christmas. Our distinguished
men we're generally very handsomely
remembered.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

"A bulletin recently issued by the
census department shows that the
printing business is the largest manu-
featuring industry in Iowa. 1t en-
ploys the most people, pays the most
wages and has the most capital in
vested.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

Knoxville Journal: The idea of
the interurban trolley line will not
down. Oskaloosa, Sioux City, Ooun-
Gil Bluffs and Des Moines papers con-
tinue to exploit many and gorgeous
eschemes whereby the capitalists are
to make fortunes and the towns all
expand into cities of the first magni-
tuda.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
NAg,s AMBITION AND WoMAN5S

He strives to win the long, hard race
To let his name be known
He longs to stand in some fair place,
Exalted and alone;
He strives for riches or for fame,
And for the winning waits to claim
The honor as his own.
Within her gentle bosom she
Conceals daily prayer
For riches and renown that he
And she may jointly share;
She plans and tries as best she may
TO take and bold che height, some day,
With him beside her there.
IS. L. Kiser.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

Eddyville Tribune: oskaloosa
seems to be the center Of electric dis
turbance at present, franchise for
four electric lines we're considered at
the last meeting of it's council,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02

Journal has attacked the "cramming
and pushing systems 50 prevalent
among the schools of this country.
Each editorial given to this subject
has brought hundreds Of letters. most
of them not only acknowledging the
wrong, but adding, as WELL strong and
sad proofs to the statements made.
These letters were kept. In the Janu-
airy issue of the Journal the editor $
page is occupied by brief excerpts
from 6S OF them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-02
he first tall bulldIng beIonging

Ibe first tall building belonging
glass known as "sky scrapers"
sSsicago, is to be torn down
yousm for a more pretentious
Of theEhe MoLtauk is nine
say tcel has been a paying
BenteV RraotiOally as good
sn first built-but
the times In that
win DO Replaced