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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The total vote cast by the county
in 1900 for the office Of secretary OF
state was 1896, and this year only
$500 were cast.
For congressional representative,
STAT votes were cast in 1900, and the
total cast last Tuesday was 6,794, OF
a shortage of 1853.
This shrinkage in the vote of the
county is accounted for by the refusal
of many democrats to vote their tick
ct, and the apathy that was manifest.
ed on all sides.
Another cause for the shrinkage is
found in the removal of several mining
camps into new territory. A sufi.
cient number of miners left Muchaki'
mock, Carbonate, Beacon, Evans and
other coal mining camps to more than
balance the natural increase in the
vote.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
HE CAN'T LET GO.
An Iowa Postmaster Whose Resiena.
ton is Refused.

Fort Dodge, Nov. 12.-It is not Of
ten the case that a good postofice in
these United States is forced to go
begging for a postmaster. However,
such is the case at oalville. The post
master, John Jordison, at that place
sent in his resignation to the depart
ment at Washington more than six
years ago, and since tnat time every
effort has been made to get some one
to take it off his hands, but without
avail.
Since sending in his resignation to
Uncle Sam, Mr.. JordisOn has written
repeatedly asking to be released, but
he is still handling the Coalville mail,
and from present appearances, he will
continue to do so for some time %
come. The appointment of a man to
fill the place mas been turned over to
trict, and now Deputy Clerk G. Fran
kin is attempting to locate some one
who will be willing to take the posi-
ton.
This postoffice pays in the neighbor-
hood of 5000 per year, and as the
work is not very heavy, it is rather
strange that there is no one in Coal
vile who wishes to take the job. For
several years it was in the store at
Coalville, but lately it has been in a
private house, one room of which was
set aside for the mail boxes.
There are between twenty-five and
fifty families who get their mail at
this Office, and the abandonment Of the
Office is a thing that can not be
thought of. The office gets one mail
a day, which is taken from this city
on the Great Western mixed train at
that place. The return mail is brought
back by the same train.
Mr.. Jordison, under the laws, is COM
PEELED to keep the office till a new
postmaster a be found, and he is be-
ginning to fear that he may die as
postmaster, even though he live to be
a centenarian.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
ROoSEVELT's POPULARITY.

Chicago lnter-Ocean: Theodore
R~oosevelt's opponents made his per
sonality a leading issue of the cam,
paign, especially in the East. There
it was widely believed that his native
state, where he is naturally best
known as a man, would reject MIN on
personal grounds largely.
The vote of Tuesday shows the fol
ly Of such reasoning. Not only did
Roosevelt carry the West. He SWEPT
the East. All over the country his
popularity lifted onward local cand!
dates often inferior and sometimes Oh
jectionable. Not only in Illinois did
his plurality break the record, but
also in New York, while in Ohio II
surpassed that of William Mckinley
not unjustly known as the best be-
loved of recent presidents.
Yet the popular feeling toward
Theodore Roosevelt is manifestly diff
ferent from that cherished for other
great leaders.
1t is not the fervent and even fanat
ical admiration that was given tc
Blaine.
1t is not the trust in visible and
mountainous strength that was felt
in Cleveland.
1t is not the affection that made
grown men weep in public without
shame when Mckinley died.
1t is rather a clear eyed acceptance
of Theodore Roosevelt as the embodt
ment of the American spirit of the
twentieth century.
Theodore Roosevelt is popular be.
cause he. is typical of American faith
without sentimental illusions, of Amer.
lean hope that never fails of American
sense intolerant of shams of American
courage that waits not for p~recedents
and deems no task impossible.
He is popular because he stands az
gressively for right principles applied
in practical ways. Above all he is
popular because he does right and
does it quickly and strongly. All fair
minded Americans, much as some OF
them may criticise his and
forms Of action, must confess that, in
spirit and substance, his deeds are
right.
His prompt announcement Tuesday
night that, regarding "the wise Gus
tom which limits a president to two
terms" he would under no circum-
stances seek or accept another, was
typical of the way in which Theodore
Roosevelt does his duty.
And the great American people
have given him a vote of popular n
fdence won by few of their leaders
because they long ago accepted him
as he is-a strong American who does
right.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
NEW a CENSUS.

1t has been decided by the state ex-
ecutive council to include in the popu-
lation schedules to be used as a basis
for the censu Of next year an inquiry
as to literacy and ~illiteracy. Iowa
people have been chagrinned ever
since Nebraska took away her claim
to have less per cent of illiteracy than
any state of the union. Perhaps the
census of next year will help to regain
the standing she once enjoyed.
The schedules which have been
adopted to cover the information 10
be gained from the 100000 farmers Of
the state are very comprehensive,
They include inquiries on the follow.
ing subjects:
Name, place of birth, color, years in
United States and years in Iowa IF
the occupant of the land.
His tenure as to whether an owner,
manager, cash renter or shart renter,
Number of acres in the farm, i'm.
proved, u~nimproved, owned by occu'
pant, rented by occupant, cultivated,
pasture, value exclusive of buildings,
value of buildings, value of Implements
and machinery, and the total value.
Age, number and value of calves.
steers, bulls, heifers, cows, colts,
horses, mules, lambs, sheep, swine.
goats, asses and burros.
Numbers and value Of chickens,
ducks, turkeys and geese.
Breed, number and value Of regis
tered horses, cattle, sheep and swine,
Acres harvested, quantity produced,
and value of corn, wheat, oats, barley,
rye, buckwheat, flax seed, clover seed,
timothy seed, other grass seed, Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet corn,
clover, timothy, millet, Hungarian
alfalfa, wild hay, forage crops.
Acres harvested, quantity produced
and value of tomatoes, onions, cucum,
bers, melons and other vegetables.
Acres, number of bearing trees,
quantity produced and value of apples,
peaches, plums, cherries and other
fruits.
Acres, quantity produced and value
of Strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, gooseberries, other fruit and
grapes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
COAL TRADE REVIEW.
Outlook For Business Observed by
Black Diamond:

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 1.-THE Black
Diamond, official organ Of the coal in
dustry, reviewing the western mar
kets, tomorrow will say:
Goal demand in the west during
the past week has been rather quiet,
due to several causes, the most Inn
portant of which was a continuance OF
the Indian summer weather which has
prevailed for several weeks. The Gull
mination of the strike Of the hosting
engineers in Illinois and the return
to work of the men in most OF the
mines the early part of the week also
relieved the pressure to secure coal
which was noticeable the latter part
Of last week and in connection with
the weather conditions resulted in on
ly a steady but not large run OF or
ders. Undoubtedly the election on
Tuesday also had some effect on bust
ness, but it is expected that the latter
part of the week will e more bust
ness and more activity. The weather
predictions at the wkriting are for a
light fall Of snow and colder weather,
which undoubtedly will exert an in
f1uence on the market situation.
There are still many consumers and
dealers in coal throughout the west
who are operating on a hand to mouth
basis, so far as supplies r concern
ed, and when weather conditions are
such as to warrant it they will be in
the market and in many instances will
probably be clamorous for the move
ment of coal to them Immediately.
"Now that the national election is
out of the way and has been decided
in a n that leaves no question
as to the sentiment of the country it
is expected there will be a revival of
business in all the important indus
tries which will result in a heavier de-
mand for steam Goals than has been
experienced the past six months.
Many larger users of coal have been
working on half time or only part
time since the early part of June and
have only bought such coal from time
to time as they will need. There Will
undoubtedly be an increase in the call
for manufactured goods of all descrip-
lions from this time forward and if
it occurs it must necessarily increase
the call for coal nearly to the normal
point which was experienced in 1903
and in 1902. Now that the election is
out Of the way the last impeachment to
industrial progress and growth has
been removed for the next four years
and this should mean increased pros
perity for all lines of business, among
which may be included the coal indus.
try"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

mortar which was allowed to harden
in the air. About twenty-five or
thirty years ago one Doctor Michaelis
patented a process for the hardening
Of mixtures of lime and sand by steam
under pressure, which is the funda-
mental principle on which the manu-
facture of sand-lime brick is based.
The commercial development of the
industry dates back only fifteen years
in foreign countries and not more than
four years in the United States. In
1896 Germany had only five factories
where sand-lime brick was made, but
now it has about 200, with an actual
annual output Of between $50, 1000, GOO
and 400, 000, 900. Early in 1901 a plant
was built in Michigan City, Ind. In
1902 about 20 plants were in existence
and 10000 bricks were actually
sold. Full and accurate data are not
obtainable as to the actual output in
1908, but about 10000, 900 bricks have
been reported as sold In that year.
Many of the factories had just started
and were not manufacturing to their
full capacity during the year.
Mr.. Peppel's report contains a great
many interesting details about the
sand-lime brick, its history, and it's
manufacture. He discusses its prop
critics, such as ~porosity, crushing
strength, resistance to weather and to
fire, and its color. He describes its
composition and dwells on the condI-
tons essential to success in it's manu-
facture. These include, first, suitable
raw Materials comparatively pure
sand, with the preference in favor of
a quartz sand, and a comparatively
pure lime Of either type, with the pref
erence in favor of a high calcium lime
and secondly, adequate machinery,
which should consist of power ana
transmission, incorporating machin-
cry, mixing apparatus, presses, haru.
ening cylinders, conveyors, tracks, and
trucks. A well-equIpped sand-lime
brick plant, with a capacity of from
10000 to 10000 bricks in ten to twelve
hours, will cost, Independent of site,
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mr.. Peppel closes his report with a
list Of the places in the United States
and Canada where companies have
been incorporated for the manufac-
ture of sand-lime brick. Persons de-
sirous of perusing Mr.. Peppel's re-
port may procure a copy by writing
to the Director of the United States
Geological Survey, at Washington, D.
c., for the pamphlet entitled "Statis-
tics of the Clay-Working Industries
in the United States, in 1903," with
which it is published. Both reports
will also be included in the forthcom-
ing volume, Mineral Resources, 1907
which the Survey has now in press.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

I'm an interview in the Des Moines
Register and Leader, Governor Cum.
minis is reported as saying: "By this
time there must have penetrated the
dullest mind in the republic, the fact
that no party can assaiI the general
doctrine Of Protection and win" That
is red hot '~standpat" argument and
we congratulate the governor on his
wise conclusion. The governor, no
doubt, is also convinced that what is
said of parties applies to individuals
as well.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.

The Western Society OF Engineers,
the engineering society Of largest
membership and highest standing
west Of the Atlantic coast, has just
awarded to Professor A. Marston,
Dean of the Division of Engineering
of the Iowa State College at Ames, the
gold medal given yearly for the most
meritorious paper in Civil Engineer
ing for his paper, Sewage Disposal In
Iowa." read in the fall of 1903. This
paper is the result of the sewage dis
posal investigation work which has
been carried on by the Division of En-
cheering for the last six years. 1t
describes all the sewage disposal
plants in the state, giving the details
of their operation and the results OF
chemical and bacterial analyses OF
their ~eficiencies, and has been repub-
lsihed by the Engineering Experiment
Station as Bulletin No. z, for free dis
tribution in Iowa. 1t can be obtained
on application to Professor Marston.
The same paper was awarded by
Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y, last
June the Fuertes gold medal for the
most valuable original research dur
ing the year by alumni of the College
of Civil Engineering.
In further recognition of the sewage
disposal investigation work Of the
State college, Professor Marston has
just been appointed government
agent and expert under the Depart
ment Of Agriculture 1t Washington to
investigate and prepare a bulletin up
on the disposal of sewage by irriga-
ton.
The first sewage disposal plant in
the state was built at the State col
lege in 1898, since which time the col
lege has been continually Investigate
ing the publication of sewage. The
plant at the college has been a COM
plete success, the ~effluent being con-
tinuously as clear and sparkling as
spring water, and has been visited by
many city officials and others inter
ested in this line of work. The col,
lege is all the time carrying on spe.
cial Investigations in this line OF
work, and is just now experimenting
with small disposal plants, costing
less than 500 each, for private resi-
dences, and with plants for the puri
fcation of creamery sewage.
Each year, also, the college makes
a careful scientific investigation o,
each sewage disposal plant in the
state. For this year the investigation
has just been completed and will soon
be published in bulletin form for free
distribution. At each plant the flow
of sewage is carefully measured, sam
pies are taken for chemical and bac
terial analysis to show the efficiency
and data CT the operation of the plan;
during the year are recorded. The
Investigations show the vital import
ance to cities having publication
plants of careful operation of these
plants and indicate that the knowI
edge to be obtained from the college
bulletins will be in valuable to SUCH
cities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
Cal Motif Dead.

Word has been received by relatives
in this city of the death of Cal Moi
fit at his home in Spencer, Nebraska.
Death resulted from typhoid fever,
from which he had suffered several
weeks. Mr.. Motif was a former well
known resident of this city and for
some time operated a meat market
on South A street in the room now &C.
cupied by the Peter Schmitt tailor
shop.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
/ aFoR-suRED COLD WINTER.

Grinnell Herald: The GOODNESS of
the last two summers has suggested
to some of the older inhabitants OF
the country memories Of the coolest
summer on record, when there was
snow and ice OF the ground every
month in the year, and on June IL
there was a severe blizzard through
out the east and many were frozen to
death-the summer Of 1916. Through
out the months Of June, July and Aug
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
Representatives of the Iowa Re

Representatives of the Iowa Re
tail Grocers' association are out in the
state engaged in getting signatures
to a petition or remonstrance, against
the passage by congress of the bill to
allow a parcels post system for the
benefit of department houses in the
large cities. They report that they
are having great success in inducing
persons to protest against the parcels
post idea.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Seven hundred teachers attended
the annual meeting of the Southwest
T Iowa Teachers association, at
Red Oak. Supt. H. H. Savage, of Den
ison, was chosen president for the en-
suing year. The Southwestern cor,
responds to the Southeastern Associa-
ton which meets in Oskaloosa in the
spring.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Sioux City is to have a $4,000
Christian Science temple. whatever
is left to the imagination in Christian
Science" observes the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, the members of this sect
do not believe in trying to make n
church builder believe that he has
been paid when he has not been paid.
The good folk of Sioux City already
have the required amount on hand"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

From st. Louis m the amaz-
ing news that fully 100000 gallons Of
water will have been consumed in the
building by the close of the
worlds fair. In another four years
the Solid South is liable to lose an
other state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

New Sharon Star: The Register
and Leader remarks that Judge P.
M. Cassidy has been a voter for So
years and is probably the Oldest voter
in Iowa" Our John Rhodes beats
that by 13 years, and Robert Styles IS
but about two years behind him, and
A. Cadwallader also beats the So
notch by several years. All, Des
Moines is not so much!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

"A board of insanity at Quincy,
ILL.,, is reported to have declared DR..
Henry LGreen, who escaped from the
Iowa state hospital and wandered
away, to be perfectly sane. He is
now employed in a machine shop and
he writes a thrilling tale of how he
has evaded the detectives and police,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

We are much obliged to Port Ar
thur for not falling sooner, as with al
the election news on hand we did not
have room enough on the first page
to give it the proper display hereto
fore.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
voTE MAG IInHr-

Now that the returns are in and the
majorities counted, an analysis of the
election figures and the facts present
ed begins. In Mahaska county 1t Is
seen that the vote on the head of the
ticket is over fifteen hundred votes
short OF the vote Of 1900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

One Oskaloosa man came home
from Peoria, H., to the election. He
said that he had not even crossed the
street to 9tttend a political injecting,
but he han Pine two hundred
miles to vote. This is a good illustra,
ton of the feeling in the late cam,
paign.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The promoters of the interurban
line out of Des Moines are moving to
secure inducements for the line to the
west and northwest. a line has been
agreed upon to run to Abel, and that
town will do a great deal in the way
Of furnishing right or way. Work Is
also being done on a line to Wood.
ward by way Of Granger.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

-Keokuk Gate City: Al Swain
came all the way from England to
Iowa to vote. His example should put
to shame those who valued the privi-
lege of the franchise so lightly as 20
neglect to register or stayed away
from the polls ON election day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The Inauguration of a plant IN
Indiana to make glass collins seems to
the Marshalltown Times-Republicar
to be a transparent scheme in favor
Of the resurrectionists.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The damage to the Rossville Gap
monument to the Iowa soldiers will
reach about $4,000, according to S. B.
Humbert. The drop of the shaft dam
aged three stones in the unfinished
basement of the monument, and these
will have to be replaced.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

A canton of the Patriarcns Mill
tant of the World has been organized
In Grinnell and will be known as John
Lewis Canton, No. SO, after DR.. John
Lewis, a very prominent Odd Fellow
in the earlier days of the town.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Joe Trigg reports in the State
Register that the oat crop this season
On thirty acres of wet land in Wright
county, which was tiled last year paid
for the thing and SO per acre over.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
Dinner For the Poor.

The young ladies of the Endeavor
Societies of the Congregational
church held a musical entertainment
at the II. L. Spencer home last even.
ing, the proceeds of which were Tor
the purpose of creating a Thanksgiv-
ing dinner fund for the poor of the
city. The affair was most enjoyable
and Melted several dollars.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

We wonder if Dave Hill had a pre-
monition of what was going to happen
when he announced several weeks be-
fore the election that he would posi-
lively retire from politics Jan. l, 1905.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

-Oskaloosa has sixty-one miles Of
streets within the corporate limits OF
the city. Of these eleven miles will
be paved with brick as soon as the
cemetery road improvement, now un'
der way, is finished. What city OF
1900 can beat that?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

"A Council Bluffs man made $945
on five acres Of grapes this year. And
yet some Council bluffs people sigh
because they can't find oil under their
land.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The people of Illinois should not
be SO amazed at the way Deenan, the
republican candidate, sprinted in the
a c for governor. He was born and
reared in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Judge Parker has written a letter
informing the American people THAI
he Is out of politics. This was wholly
unnecessary. Everybody knew it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

sThere was a young fellow named
Brewster,
Who fattened and fed a big rewster,
But election day came
The returns were a shame,
Now the bird doesn't like ne
ewster."
&C. G. r.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Professors in the various state
colleges are striving to decrease the
fad of betting on foot ball games, and
are succeeding to a certain extent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

A farmer near Peterson raised
5000 bushels of oats on 100 acres Of
land, and this was not an especially
good year for oats in Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The advancing price of wool Is
attributed by the Eldora Herald to the
short crop of lambs in Wall street.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

The United States, with a popula-
tion of so, 900, 900, has 5000, 900 pupils
in her public schools. Herein is an
other reason why America is pro-
crossing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

H. G. Davis, Of West Virginia, is
probably SO thoroughly Disguised that
he will never run for the vice presl-
dency again.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17
Photographic dispatches say tina

-Telegraphic dispatches say that
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
road has decided to issue $40, 000 900
in bonds in order to buy rolling stock
and pay for "incidentals." " ANY
thing under 500, 900, 900 is incidental
in American r~ailroading nowadays"
remarks the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Where a stimulanti is indicated, the
doctor prescribes good, pure whiskey.
1. w. HARPER is the ideal liquor
none better.
Sold by
M. & M. Star Bottling Co., oskaIoosa,
Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

Judge Parker two weeks ago an
nounced that he hoped there would be
a land slide. There was!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-11-17

If Davis county keeps on it will
be out Of the "Solid South" also.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-08
STEAMER LINE
FROM SEATTLE
E. S. GILL WRITES OF WORKING
TO ESTABLISH A NEW OCEAN
SERVICE.

In letter to United States Marshal
Hendry, e. S. Gill of Seattle, formerly
of Honolulu, says that he is working
on proposition to establish a line of
steamers between Seattle and Honolu-
lu, and that he believes something
tangible will come of it. The letter
says Much depends now on
whether or not a sufficient guarantee
of freight from the islands for this
port can be secured. Messrs. Water
house & Walker of your city are work.
ing at that end of the line while 1 am
working here in connection with the
steamship companies for favorable
rates to the east on raw sugar by the
northern roads,"
Gill and his partner F. ]. Farley
who was also an attorney here, are in
terested in a new suburban railway
which has just filed articles of incor-
poration. Farley is president and
treasurer anc Gin secretary. The cap
italization is $2,OOO,OOO and the incor-