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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

protect your girls the same as your
flowers. If you want your girls wise
and in the swell, insist on them get
ting a good education, and they can't
do that unless you keep them in. A
girl can't get an education and be on
the streets half of the time. II she
is kept in and improves her time get
ting an education, learning music,
(and could name lots of other
things she can be doing) and fits her
self to go out in the world, she will
be stronger and wiser and the out
side world will be the same to her
as the flowers that are kept in. Not
cold and chilly, but an atmosphere
will be around her like the flowers,
that will strengthen her. Encourage
her to make her life as brilliant as
possible.
A Friend of the Girls.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTERS.
Mrs. Smiths Article Brings FortF
Some Thoughts from Another.

Editor Herald:-A few days ago /
read good article in your paper
about the protection of the school
girl and it has started my pen going,
and l will send you what it has writ
ten and you can do as you like about
printing it. l believe there are more
mothers who are more careful OF
their house plants than they are of
their girls. Take a girl of about 16
summers. Oh, what a tender flower
she is, and the watchful care she
needs. Yet in order to have her in
Isthe swell" or push" she is showed
out, regardless Of danger, into socie-
ty. For if she is kept in she will be
SO green and so unfit to go out into
society. Where is there mother
that has nice plants, that she has
sheltered, protected and taken so
much care of during the winter and
when the spring begins to dawn, in
order to make display, will shove
her plants out of doors like her
daughter, let them stay out till IL
o'clock at night? Just mention such
up their hands in horror and say:
mo, indeed! Not my plants, for
they would get frost-bitten, and when
such fate befalls them they will
never regain their nice bright green
appearance. My plants are too nice
and have been too much trouble and
care to run such a risk. I'll keep
them in until the danger is over and
then if anything befalls them / will
feel as though l wasn't to blame for
the mishap" Now how much more
precious are the lives OF our dear girls.
What they need is Just the same
as the flowers protection, shelter.
The outside world is the same to the
girl as to the flowers, cold, chilly,
danger of having her life ruined, and
when once blighted, like the flower
never regains her nice appearance
again How different the outside
world is to the home. What does a
young girl know of this world? Moth
ing, and it is at just about this age
that they think they know it all. The
mother is mot in it, with them.
suppose your girls are little green
If you are a mind to call it that.
They had better be green than in
order to be wise" and Swell" they
go without protection, or shelter, into
this world and their lives ruined. On,
mothers, keep your girls like your
plants, green" Keep them under
good shelter and protection, until the
danger of the outside world is over,
and then If anything befalls them,
you won't feel as though you were to
blame by putting them out too soon.
Mothers put too much confidence
in their girls, and really the girls are
not 10 blame, Tor they have not had
the experience their; mothers have,
and they don't realize the danger
they are In. So mothers, / say again,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

the Christian Reform parsonage.
Fred Butler went to Wayland Mon.
day to purchase some black cattle.
The Rev. wybenga filed the Eben-
eezer Reform pulpit for the two last
Sundays.
Dick Wyers has sale Of stock
grain, farming implements and
household furniture, Dec. 10.
Dot Mendenhall is teaching the
Mead school this winter. Hattie Bar
Der continues at Centennial.
The Rock Island system has got SC
poor they have cut the section force
to one man and the foreman.
Word from the hospital at Des
Moines is to the effect that there is q
good chance for Harry Voyce to re
cover.
A. Z. Price purchased fine mule
of Ben Hoover this week and now
has the finest span of young mules
in the county.
Mrs. Fred Butler returned Satur
day from a two weeks visit with the
Rev. G.. G. Baumgartel family and
other friends at Conesyille.
Died, of paralysis, at his late resi-
dence, one-half mile north of OliVet
on Nov. q, 1903, Israel S. Thompson
aged rs years. The deceased has
been a resident of Mahaska county
since 1868, moving here with his fam
lily from Ohio, locating near Leighton
where he lived for several years. He
then bought the Ross homestead, ad
joining Olivet, where he has resided
till his death. Always hard-work
ing man and honest, he has certainly
fulfilled the command of the Master
The remains were laid away in the
Oliyet cemetery on Sunday, Nov. 20
The funeral was preached by Elder
j. d. Guthrie.
Dec. /. Volunteer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
RLuFF cREEN.

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Wiley Scott and son Gail expect to
move to Abba soon.
Dan Richardson delivered corn to
D. H. Gray last week
The corn huskers are making good
use Of the fine weather.
G. e. Dewitt and wife have rented
Wiley Scott's farm at $500 per acre.
Revival meetings have begun at
the M. E. church in Avery and at
Bethel.
Mrs. Maud Long, or Abba, visited
at the parental John Findley home
recently.
The oyster supper at John Lloyd's
was well attended and all report a
fine time.
Miss Grace Richardson and John
ME Grow ate supper with Miss Roxie
Yates Thursday evening.
E. L. Richardson and Miss Hattie
Reese attended the Eisteddfod at Al
bia Thanksgiving evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. ]. Reese and SON
Wilfred ate dinner WITH Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lloyd Thanksgiving day.
The members of Bethel and Salem
churches held their yearly Thanks
giving dinner at Salem church.
Misses Laura Jones and Lou Smith
with Jim Funk as driver attended
church at Bethel Sunday evening.
John d. Sapp has Just finished
painting the residence of VIM. Hob.
son, which improves its looks great
deal.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. George Serb,
ner, Nov. IA, 1903, baby girl, and
now they can't think of a pretty
name.
After a week of vacation school
opened at the Swede school house
last Monday with Miss Inez Ellis as
teacher.
Mr.Cyrus Kerr, of Bluff Creek, and
Miss Sadie Smith, of Des Moines
were united in marriage Nov. 25, al
Des Moines.
Charley Elliott and family, former
ly of Missouri, have rented Asa
Fishers place and will move as soon
as Mr.. Fisher vacates the house.
Mr.. Ben Scott ana Miss Mary Bur.
quest, both Of Bluff Creek, were mar.
ried in Abba Wednesday, Nov. 2s, at
noon. The groom is the eldest son OF
Wiley Scott, and the bride is the sec
ond daughter of John Burquest. They
expect to begin housekeeping near
No. IL shaft.
Dec. 2. Brown Eyes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
RICHLAND.
Brown Eyes.

Farmers are about through picking
corn in this vicinity.
Mrs. Hodgens is able to be out
again after an attack of sore throat
Mr.. Shangle, of the city, was in
these parts one day last week on
business.
Mrs. VIM, who has been poorly
for some time, is reported better at
this writing.
The entertainment at Hickory Sat.
urday night was a success. A pleas
ant time is reported.
We are informed that Mrs. Nichol.
son is improving in health We are
glad to hear such reports.
Leslie Smith, who has been in Mon.
tana for two years, has returned
home. He looks well and hearty.
The item last week stating that
Dan Gable went to Missouri was an
error, as the program was changed.
Hensyl & Stagers combined and fin
ished up the clover threshing last
week. They threshed the last for
Kelterman Bros.
We are informed that Dan Gable
has rented farm on the OskaIoosa
and Pella road near the city and will
move there in the spring.
Nathan Sayles is In these parts
looking after business interests and
getting some of his things which he
did not get moved in the spring.
When were the roads in SO fine
shape at this time of year? Seems
pretty dry to freeze up. 1t will be
hard on the clover and fall grain.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boyd are re-
joicing over a new boy since Thanks
giving. Mother and babe are doing
well and George wears a broad smile.
Otis Taylor, of near Rose Hill, was
here to attend the entertainment at
Hickory Saturday night, which speaks
well for Mr.. Phillips to draw people
twenty miles. A feather in his hat.
Bessie Myers and family and Mrs.
Jane Myers and family contemplate
moving to the city soon where Mr..
Myers has gone into business. They
will be missed in this locality, as we
will lose two good families. We hope
for the best in their new adventures.
Cattle feeders are scarce in this
section, as they find there is not
much profit. Cattle and hogs are SO
low. Some wish they had less hogs
and more corn. At present prices it
hardly 5hstifes a man to feed. We
hope for better prices, as land is so
high.
Dec. 2. Snowflake.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
EAST WHITE OAK.

Mrs. Guy James and Mrs. James
Robbins gave a very pleasant party
to their many friends on Thanksgiv.
ing night at the home of Mrs. Rob.
bins, 2h miles east of Rose Hill
The house was elegantly lighted and
every room was thrown open to &C.
commodate the immense crowd. The
string band furnished plenty Of mu.
sic and number OF selections were
rendered by Miss May Garrett and
Miss Bessie Mccoy, accompanied by
the guitar. At 10:30 supper was an
nounced, which lasted over two hours,
there being over s.=. sixty present present - IL nc
supper consisted OF oysters fruit of
all kind and cake IN abundance. II
was just such supper as the two
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
A Pleasant Time.

A very pleasant time was enjoyed
by the ladies Of May Camp, of Royal
Neighbors, last Friday afternoon, at
the home of Neighbor Mary G. Dun
gan. This lady lives in the extreme
southeastern part of the city, and the
Neighbors took the car to the Burn
side Addition. All were agreeably
surprised to have present with them
at this time DR.. Cora Witch, Of Des
Moines, supervising deputy R. N. Of
A. The thanks of those present are
extended Neighbor DUNCAN for the
"royal" way in which they were en-
tertained while there.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

Will write you again when find
something interesting to write about.
With best regards from all,
Mrs. Belle Mobley.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
BRAKES WILL FOUND.
Made in 1897 and Divides His Estate
Equally Among HIS Children.

Des Moines, Nov. 30.-The last will
and testament of the late ex-Govern-
or Francis Marion Drake, for which
diligent and unavailing search has
been in progress at Centerville since
the time Of the generals death, was
produced in Des Moines Saturday by
the Des Moines consistory of the
Scottish Rite Masons. To-day it was
sent to Centerville by registered mail
to be probated.
In this will, made in 1897, General
Drake gives $4,000 to Drake univer-
sity and divides the remainder of his
property equally among his six chill
dren.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
ExEoUToR's NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the 18th day Of
Nov, A. d. 1908, the undersigned
was appointed by the District Court
of Mahaska County, Iowa, executor OF
ceased, late of said Mahaska county.
All persons indebted to said estate
will make payment to the undersign-
ed, and those having claims against
the same will present them legally
authenticated to said court for allow
ance.
Dated Nov. II, 1908.
l6w3 r. Q. GREEN, Administrator.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
PUBLIC SALES.
Dick Meyers

will sell at his residence Smiles north
east of Leighton or miles northwest
OF Oskaloosa, on December 10, 1908,
commencing at 10 a. M: IL head of
horses, Is head of cattle, 80 head of
hogs, Poland China Boar, HOO
bushel corn in crib, IL ton timothy
hay, farming implements and house
hold goods. Marion Porter, Auction
eer. 17w2pd
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

CASH GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat closed, So; corn, 43; oats,
So.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
EINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.
II In matters of the estate of

W. w. Brunt, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that on or
before the 7th day of Nov. 1908,
there will be on file in the office.of
the clerk of the district court of Ma
haska county, Iowa, the final settle.
ment and petition for discharge of
Martha A. Brunt, administrator of the
estate oflW, w, Brunt, deceased, and
the same is set for hearing on thel16th
day of Dec, 1908, of the next term of
the district court, to. be begun and held
in Oskaloosa on the 1st day of Dec,
1908, atwhich time objections can be
made to the approving of said settle
ment and granting the prayer of said
petitioner.
MARTHA A. BRUNT, Administrative.
Dated this 7th day of Nov, 1908.
16w4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03

ladies are capable OF serving. Every
one present certainly enjoyed them
selves hugely, and as the late hours
Of the night drew near they all re-
luctantly took their departure, feel
ing indeed it was a good place to
be entertained.
Dec 1. Pansy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-12-03
LEIGHTON.
Snowflake.

Decook Bros. shipped two cars OF
hogs last week.
Fred Denburgar has his ne= hcass
well under way.
John sizoo and wife now occupy
The news-herald., 1903-12-05
STOP FOOT BINDING.
Chinese Women Organize Club to I'm
prove Their UnderEtGndfng-Re-
forms That Might Follow.

According to the North China Herald,
there is a movement along the Hoang-
HO to improve the standing Of Chinese
women. Tien Tsu Hui, the Society OF
the Natural Feet, has been established,
its sole purpose being the determination
of pedal slavery throughout the Celestial
kingdom. Its membership, as yet total
ly inadequate to expedite progress, is
composed, says the New York Herald,
Of native and foreign women. It's first
step toward reform is the publication
OF its propaganda and a petition to for
eigners to aid in freeing Chinese women
from mortifying customs
When you come right down to the
bottom of the matter it is time the
women Of China were given a chance
to catch up with their western sisters.
There is no reason on earth to believe
they are not naturally gifted with as
broad an understanding. The project.
therefore, should not be footless. If
there is anything in the old saying,
He who runs may read" their new foot
ing ought to affect their education.
1t is not anticipated that the innova-
1on will mean any marked difference In
the rhythm Of Chinese poetry 1t may,
however, cause confusion for future
anthropologists who concern themselves
with Chinese footprints on the sands OF
time
The news-herald., 1903-12-05

A NET full of grafters is the lat
est haul in Michigan. This seems
to be the age of grating. In spite
of our numerous growing churches,
our political economists, our moral
science teaching, our innate hon
esty and our advancement in civ
ilization, we find that the CRATER
has invaded every branch of pub
lie and private industry. Every
political party says that all the
dishonesty is in some other, but we
find them all in the role of grafters.
When public and private servants
can no longer he trusted, is it not
time to return to the obedience of
the Ten Commandments and the
Golden Rule? viii we not be
forced back to the code of our fore
fathers, when the death penalty
was inflicted for horse stealing,
etc.? Shades of Cleopatra & Co.
Whittier are we drifting?
The news-herald., 1903-12-05
THOSE INCORPORATION FEES

Last month was very good one i'll
the office of the Territorial Auditor.
The receipts from fees from filing ar
ticles of incorporation amounted to
s., $50 05 for the month. For the seven
and one-half months since the law
transferring the fees to the Territory
went into effect, March 18th, the fees
have amounted to $22 .561 80.-Repub-
lican.
And the year is not yet up. Does
this look as if Stoddard told the
truth in his report to the Gov
ernor ? 1t may TO some people
and some newspapers, but to us,
not bit. We can not help MOTTO
ing things. The Arizona Repub-
lican, posing as the only cosmop-
olite journal in Arizona, has lost
no opportunity to try to prove that
those who made the charges against
Stoddard were unreliable. 1t is a
we'll known fact that Stoddard mon
keyed with the truth when he made
his report to the Governor. The
Arizona Republican says that those
who had the nerve to file the
charges against Stoddard are not
responsible parties. ii we could
get on as many sides Of every pub
lie question as the Republican can,
we would say that no one but US is
responsible. About six months
ago the Republican was fighting
tooth and nail for municipal WAGER
works, and behold that oracle of
virtue now
1t seems to US that the publish
ers of newspapers in Maricopa
county, which do not know what
the Maricopa Republican Press AS
sociation was, would be ashamed
of themselves, particularly mas
much as they also do not know
anything of Stoddard's corrupt
methods. Is newspaper that is
afraid to tell the truth about any
public official responsible?
The news-herald., 1903-12-05

THE Governors of the two West
ern Territories which are seeking
Statehood have sent their reports
to the Secretary of the Interior.
They are two strong arguments in
favor of Statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico, separately and
distinctly. There are many other
wise recommendations in these re-
ports, but that is the one that will
naturally take first place.
The news-herald., 1903-12-05
SANE OLD STORY

The season of the year for the
renewal of the usual quarrel be-
tween cattlemen and sheepmen is
at hand. A few years ago the cat
tlemen succeeded in getting up so
much prejudice against the sheep
men that the Department of the
Interior came very nearly putting
the sheepmen out of business. Cat
tlemen make the claim that sheep
destroy the vegetation of the coun-
try, and hence cause us to be with
out rain, and, of course, such a
condition is bad for the farmers.
The farmers have hitherto thought
that they should side in with the
cattlemen in their fight for the
range. But, by looking closely at
the problem, il is easy to see that the
quarrel between the cattlemen and
sheepmen is not so much matter
of range as it is of water. Sheep
may destroy vegetation and kill it
out in places, and undoubtedly cat
tie will do the same thing. Many
deep gulches are washed out every
year that were begun by cattle
trails. Sheep never make such
trails. They do not string out suf-
ficiently to make a trail. But as
to the destruction of vegetation
and the consequent lessening Of the
rainfall, neither cattlemen nor
sheepmen are to be blamed, We
The news-herald., 1903-12-05
A BATTLE IN THE AIR.
SparrOws Attack a Host of Dragon
Files and Are Put to IGnOmin-
4Ous Flight.

The Hochi Of Tokyo prints the follow
ing wonderful tale: ''On the 23d ult., at
four p. m, that part Of airy space that
overcanopies slope commonly called
Notoyazaka, which forms part Of Uba-
gamimachi, in Yesashi, Hokkaido, be-
came the scene Of sanguinary battle be-
tween hostile forces Of winged creatures.
The combatants were 100 swallows on
the one side and millions of dragon flies
on the other II inferior in number, the
swallows we're certainly superior in in
tellectual and physical powers to their
opponents on the occasion in question,
as one would ~elieve. and everybody had
mid-air contest
But the uneA pected happened, and
after charges and countercharges, and
other aeronautic movements ending in
at close quarter fighting of some dura-
ton, the swallows beat hasty retreat,
or rather disgraced themselves by the
most confused flight ever INDUCED in by
vanquished enemy. Then the victori
Gus dragon flies flew about that partic-
ular portion Of the sky with the unmis
taxable air Of noble conquerors, per-
forming all sorts of 'assertive' antics,
which included airy curacoling, evolu-
tons. soarings, plunging, etc, all suffi-
cientiy significant and all tending to pro-
claim the fact Of their undisputed occu-
patton Of the atmospheric super1cies
over the Notoyazaka."
The news-herald., 1903-12-05
SHRINKAGE FROM SOCIALISM

So long as every American thinks
he has the key to being a million
aire, no favorable consideration is
going to be received by socialism.
Labor assembled in convention at
Boston declared against the "col-
lective" system of doing the worlds
work by vote of nearly five to
one. Every American wants to be
millionaire, and it isn't until he
gets to be about fifty years old and
isn't one, that he is convinced be-
yond peradventure that he can't
be one.
1t will take a long time to con-
quer the ideal of Americans, if it
is ever conquered. There is the
violence of independence in their
souls. Their spirit is that of the
man who said that he either wanted
to live at the Waldorf Astoria or
fry potatoes in the woods. No mid
die, mediocre, pottering life with
humdrum tasks and humdrum peo-
pie, keeping books, measuring
sheeting, sticking pins or raising
pigs. Each would b. million
aire-or a pirate-anythlng with
enthusiasm in it; and socialism is
SO unenthusiastic. AS last resort
of this thing-making world it may
be contemplated, but only as last
resort. We have the fetters on
each leg and one hand now. VIII
not socialism shake US entirely?
Socialism promises to fill all
stomachs and clothe all backs. For
The news-herald., 1903-12-05

doubt if the rainfall is really much
less than formerly.
If the cattleman or the sheepman
has right to use the grass on the
public domain, it must be recog-
nized that each is equally entitled
thereto. Where the quarrel comes
in is in the matter of the use of the
watering places. Cowmen claim
that they keep up the water and
sheepmen insist that in most places
the water is natural flow, and
that every stockman has an equal
right to it.
The mining man can smile COM
placently upon both of these COM
.batants, for he has nothing to con-
Germ him in the matter. He pays
a higher price for the land than
agriculturists do, and hence the
Government recognizes his first
right to the water. But there have
been few disputes between mining
men and agriculturists over water
rights.
We shall be glad indeed when
the problem is finally settled, and
the calf and the lamb can lie down
together in peace.