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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-04
Q. E.. 6.

SILVER STATE CHAPTER. NO 6
q e s meets In Silver State hall
4 1890 % m on the second and fourth
Thursdays Of each month WISHING
member In good standing always wei
ONE
JOSEPHINE NJ DEAN w N
ABBIE " COATES. Secretary
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-04

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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
BISHOP PoTTER's IDEA.

Chicago Chronicle: Opinions may
differ as to the expediency Of Bishop
Potter's recent sponsorship for the
subway tavern in New York City, but
most people will concede that he il
right in his view of the saloon in gen.
eral
II regard the saloon not as a bless.
evil" he says, (which will persist un.
til replaced by something better. Our
prohibitory lays are as stupid as they
are Intellectual"
THE history of prohibition bears
out the bishops assertion. Prohibi-
ton has admittedly failed to prohibit.
1t has merely made whiskey-selling a
sneaking, secret occupation far more
detrimental to public morals than the
open saloon is. The blind pigs OF
Iowa and the Joints Of Kansas have
become synonyms for dens of In
iquity.
Worst of all has been the bad eff.
feet Of prohibition laws upon popular
respect for other laws. People have
seen the liquor laws eVaded or openly
violated and they have thus acquired
contempt for other laws. That is
always the case.
Prohibition, in a word, is another
phase of that repeated failure, the at
tempt to protect men against them.
selves. The selling of liquor is not a
crime; neither is the drinking of it a
crime, although it may be folly. It
is, consequently, as idle to pass a law
forbidding men to drink a certain
thing as it would be to inhibit the
eating of a certain article of food.
Overeating, like overdrinking, is an
indiscretion which entails it's own
punishment. No statute can prevent
such indiscretions.
"The saloon is, as Bishop Potter de-
clares, necessary evil In the present
state Of public intellect. When men
come to realize the folly and injury
Of whiskey-drinking the saloons win
go out of business for hack of custom
ers. Until that time arrives it will
be far better to have saloons con-
Quoted openly and with some show
OF decorum than to drive the LIQUOR
traffic into back rooms, cellars and
holes and corners"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

ic Of 1898. A check came upon enter
prise very quickly after tho election.
The tampering with the currency
which was feared and the assault on
the tariff which was rendered certain
by Cleyeland's victory brought disas.
ter long before democratic congress
could meet. The panic came in 1893,
although the wilson-G German tariff
the party perfidy and party dishon-
or" tariff, which Cleveland refused to
sign, but also refused to veto, and
which thus went on the statute book
at the expiration of the ten day limit
after passage, was not enacted until
the summer of 1894. A victory for
Parker in 1904 would bring calamity
quicker than it came in the Clevs.
land case,for Parker lacks Cleveland's
ability, independence and sanity on
the money issue, and he shares Cleve-
lands errors on the tariff.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
PLANS FOR CAMPAIGN.
w. s. kenworthy Assigned to Yer
mont, Maine and New York.

w. S. Kenworthy arrived home to
day from New York, whittier he was
called by the republican national com.
mittee to arrange to do some cam.
paign speech-making. Mr.. Kenwor.
thy was assigned to Vermont, Maine
and New York, while his services
were also sought in Wisconsin, Mich.
igan and Indiana. He will be in Yer.
mont for a week, beginning next
week, then two weeks or more in
Maine and the remainder of the time
in New York. While in New York
City Mr.. Kenworthy virtually opened
the campaign there by making the
first political address. The address
was by invitation at the Commercial
League Club on Wednesday, and over
600 leading business men of the city
were present. The speech was neces.
sarily extemporaneous, but it was
well received, and starting in to talk
twenty minutes he was compelled to
respond for over an hour.
While away Mr.. Kenworthy saw all
three of his sons and reports them
well and prosperous.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

III. J. Vail, editor of the New
Sharon Star, paid handsome compli
ment to the Oskaloosa public park
the other day. He remarked tina,
ther ,Asyas a vast difference between
tn g 1t at the present time and when
he INST saw it some forty years ago
"Then it was fat piece of ground
with a few little sapling naples and
eims stuck around here and there
Now the trees have attained slightly
growth and the park, graded and with
convenient walks, with beds Of hand.
some flowers here and there, public
drinking fountain, neat band stand
and seats scattered in profusion along
the walks, is a favorite resting spot
of the whole people. The park is
one OF the prettiest things to be seen
in the city and can not but think of
the change that the years have
brought about"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
UNCONSTITUTIONAL LIMIT.

An important decision which AFFECTS
many cities and towns in Iowa and
other states was rendered by Judge
Mcpherson, in the United States
court at Des Moines, in the case Of
Louis p. Fernald against the incorpo-
rated town Of Gilman, Marshall coun-
ty, Iowa. The suit was one wherein
Louis P. F,ernald held the municipal
bond Of the town Of Gilman for $4,000,
advanced for the purpose Of installing
a waterworlts system. The officers Of
the little town, after the money had
been borrowed, continued to pay the
interest on the sum, but when the
bond matured the officials refused to
pay the bond. At this Mr.. Fernald
brought suit to recover the entire
amount of his claim.
At the trial it was held by the de-
Tense that the town of Gilman was al
ready in debt beyond the legal limit
and therefore the bond held by Fer
Maid was illegal. AS to the interest
question the attorneys for the defense
argued that this was illegal, inasmuch
as the loan itself was illegally con.
tracted. Judge Mcpherson took the
case out of the hands of the jury and
at once rendered verdict for the
plaintiff after hearing the arguments
of the plaintiff for directed verdict
Judge McPherson's decision is re.
garded as of very great value to the
Iowa law because of it's bearing on a
large number of cases affecting cities
of like size as the one in question
During the past three years number
Of Iowa municipalities have installed
public improvements under much the
same conditions as did Gilman, and
the result has been that actions are
pending in the courts for the recovery
sc the money advanced by mr.nu-.-
fSffSa.e eitt 81 fss SStlS ~ I
these improvements. and Judge Nj
Phersons decree gives the loaner TIL
right to recover, even though tn,
towns are bonded beyond their lega
indebtedness.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
yoskALoosA AND THE lNTERuR'
BAN

Editors Herald The interurban
from Oskaloosa to Buxton may mean
so much to the people of oskaloosa,
as business proposition, that they
are in danger OF being oyer-modest in
representing their needs in the way
of the recreation which such a road
could possibly bring to them. And
for that recreation and pleasure, or
the opportunity of getting it, they
would be willing to contribute largely
in the years to come, to the dividends
of the inetrurban. Should the road
be built via the upper bridge, how
many churches, Sunday schools,
lodges and social parties would use it
to reach the river bluffs for picnics
in the woods and excursions on the
river? And that advantage would be
much more to the people of Oskaloosa
than any after thought or proposition
could supply should the road be built
via the lower bridge.
OF the two routes surveyed the one
that may cost less to construct a road
over might be the less paying propo-
sition. How many railroads are there
that have discovered that they prac-
ticed poor economy when they built
over the cheaper of two possible
routes!
And there is a difference between
farming communities through which
roads pass, and that difference might
be considerable when the once flour.
ishing mining town was something of
the past. Should the road be built
via tine upper route it would reach an
untouched part of our farming com.
munity.
May the promoters of the Oska'
loosa and Buxton interurban and the
citizens of Oskaloosa 'be sure they
are right and then go ahead" and
build the road. Ben Eben,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
GROCERY ROBBED.
Someone Who Evidently Knew the
Grounds Did Deliberate Job.

& . ]
The grocery store of Oscar Blair,
on High avenue west, was entered by
burglars some time Thursday evening
or Friday morning and cash and valu-
ables taken. Mr. Blair il not certain
as to the amount of the merchandise
taken. He thinks that some -four is
missing, together with some hams, to-
bacco and other supplies.
The work of the thieves was done
in all probability by home TALENT,
someone who knew the exact lay Of
the land. In making entrance they
broke out a small corner OF window
pane in the rear Of the store. This
allowed the dislodging of window
bar and the window was raised. The
thieves thereby gained entrance TO
the rear of the store. The door sep
arating the ware room from the front
store room was secured by hooks from
the inside. The thief knew just
where to cut hole in the panel OF
the door to permit the unfastening
of the hooks. This was done with
nicely. evidencing plans and premedi-
tation. Once inside the front room,
a full view Of which is to be obtained
from the front of High avenue. the
thief took every precaution to screen
himself from view of passersby while
at his work. He piled up a lot Of
cracker boxes and tobacco caddies
and covered the top with old clothing,
I hung up a bar and hung more cloth
ing from this, making an effectual
blind from the front. The cash draw
er was opened and small quantity of
change, about two dollars, is missed.
A heavy hammer was used in Earring
the combination Of the safe in the eff
fort to open the strong box, but this
was unsuccessful. The combination
was considerably battered and so I'm
jured that 1t failed to work when the
proprietors attempted to open the
safe this morning.
Officer Glass placed Tim Jones I'M
der arrest as being suspected of hav-
ing connection with the affair. II
seems that young Jones has had ac-
cess to the rear room on account OF
having grip or some personal propA
erty in this part of the store. He
would come and go at will and has
had ample opportunity of knowing of
the manner of fastening doors and
windows. Mr. Blair, however, thought
that he did not have sufficient evil
dence against the lad to warrant the
filing of an information charging him
with the robbery and breaking and
entering, and hence after a careful
examination the boy was dismissed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
RoOSEVELT'S HOLD ON THE
PEOplE ..

The New York Herald, which is a
Parker paper, has been canvassing
the New York stock exchange regard
ing preferences for president and it
finds that 1862 members are for Roose-
welt, 129 for Parker and five are I'M
decided. 1t has been conceded all
along by Parker's followers that he is
stronger in Wall street than any 9TH
er democrat could be except Cleve-
land, who has always had the street
behind him. One of the claims that
Parker had on the nomination this
year, was that his candidacy would
insure a big campaign fund for the
democrats. With Parker at one end
of the ticket and Davis, the railway
and coal magnate, at the other, 1t was
felt that Wall street would be solid
for democracy. 1t has been found,
however, at the very first test, that
even in the quarter in which Parker
was supposed to be especially strong
he is abjectly weak
The Globe-Democrat concludes that
all this means that Roosevelt has the
favor Of all elements OF the popula-
tion. Wall street, which dislikes his
attacks on the trusts, dare not oppose
him in the campaign. When con-
fronted with the fact that it win have
to be Roosevelt or Parker Wall street
accepts Roosevelt. The election Of
Parker would mean the triumph Of
the democratic party, and Wall street
as well as the rest of the country
knows what a democratic victory
would mean. 1t would mean a repeti.
ton OF the dark days of 1S9S-97. The
country knew that Cleveland was bet
ter than his party. but it likewise
knew that with Cleveland's victory
his party was bound to come into
power. That is what brought the PAN
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

World. said on this point the day af.
ter the supreme court confirmed the
decision in the Northern Securities
suit:
The ANTITRUST law was framed by
a republican, was passed by repub-
lican house and q republican senate,
was signed by republican president.
The law remained dead letter on
the statute books during the second
term of Grover Cleveland, a demo-
cratic president. Through those four
years of democratic administration all
appeals and all efforts of the World
to have the law enforced were met
with sneers, jeers and open contempt
from democratic attorney general.
Richard Olney, who pretended that the
law was unconstitutional, and who
would do nothing toward prosecuting
violators of It.
"The first effort to enforce the law
was made by Theodore Roosevelt, a
republican president. The first at.
torney-general to vigorously prosecute
offenders and to test the law was a
republican encouragement, Philan.
der g. Knox"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
Iowa is harvesting a potato crop

Iowa is harvesting a potato crop
that will go far beyond the average,
and in consequence she is able to
help out other states. Early in the
season, Iowans were feating on pota.
toes from Texas. They were pretty
good, and as they averaged about 81
per bushel, they ought to have been
good. Now the current has been re.
yersed, and the Hawkeye state is now
supplying the Lone Star sister with
enormous quantities of the finest kind
of tubers at perhaps 40 cents a bush.
ell on the local market.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
RALLY AND PICNIC.
Reformed Church Has a Splendid
Meeting On Thursday.

~
Thursday was an ideal day for a
grove meeting and picnic. The
weather was perfect, and conspired to
bring out a large attendance at the
Reformed rally and picnic at the Un-
ion church on the Knoxville road.
The hopes of the pastors and people
were more than realized. The
churches were largely represented, be-
ing present from leighton, Trinity
and Oskaloosa. The morning hours
were spent in social intercourse and
forming of acquaintances. a feature
that is very essential in church gath
erings.
1t was a delight to see so many
fathers and mothers and young men
and women, children, boys and girls,
having a good time. Some INDUCED
in swinging, foot races, bean races,
apple races, to the delight OF all. One
of the important features was the
sumptuous dinner spread upon the
carpet or Mother Earth. 1t was a
feast of good things from beginning
to end.
After dinner the program arranged
for the occasion was enjoyed. The
large audience gathered at the bugle
call from the sweet toned cornet OF
Pastor Loucks, who is a charming
performer on the cornet, and who left
Thursday for the Winona Lake Bible
Conference, where he is engaged to
lead the singing with his instrument
The Doxology was sung and invoca
tion and prayer offered by Rev. DR.
Loucks.
"All Hail the Power Of Jesus Name
was sung, after which the words Of
welcome were spoken by Rev. q. v
Loucks. All Joined heartily In anoth
er song, which was followed by very
pleasing recitation by Marie Dusen
berry.
A solo was sung by Mrs. DR.. Howe
Of Leighton, followed by an inspiring
address by Mr.. Robinson, county sec
rotary Of the American S. s. Union
on "The Effects of Sabbath Desecra
tion Upon the Sunday Schools" Mr.
ways by which the Lords day is desc
Grated, not only by worldly people
and corporations, but by Christians
The chorus choir led in the sons
entitled, ooh, That Will Be Glory"
Miss Cox rendered a poem entitled
"The American Flag"
Miss Edith Atkins and Miss Mary
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
.Devotees of the New Thought Gu

-Devotees of the New Thought cult
held a convention, or camp meeting,
up in the Westminster hills of New
York state the other day. That they
have not quite emancipated their
souls from matter is shown in these
words Of a farmer, quoted by the
New York Sun: II hev had artists to
board and hev had schoolmarms, with
a smart sprinklin' Of poets and gents
furnishin' clerks; but I will say that
for regular, reliable. day-in-an'- day-out
capacity for gettin' away with solid
fodder, these we're Thought cusses,
barrin' the poets, lays over 'em all. /
hev heerd Of food fer Thought before,
but / don't wanter take no more con-
tracts fer supplyin' it--Ieastwise at
present rates"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
SINKS NEW SHAFT.
Hooking Coal Company Opening Mine
Three Miles South Of Abba.

Abba, Aug. 1.-the Hooking Coal
company is sinking shaft No. by the
side of the Iowa Central on the Derby
place, about three miles south Of AL
bia. 1t is estimated that the mine
which must be made S12 feet deep,
will yield 1000 tons per day Of lump
coal, whereas their best yield now IS
only 600 tons from mine No. 2. The
flow Of water was 61O barrels per day
but the workers by cementing have
reduced it to 120 and hope to check
the flow entirely before long. When
this shaft is completed another win
be sunk about one and a half miles
east of No. 3.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

-
er Takes the Money.
w. BE- ~. ss,.:eI
y Chas. Hoover and viii Mattox
Started the ball rolling yesterday for
revival Of the good old sport OF
shooting. Neither Hoover nor Mat
tox have been handling a gun for
some little time and in banter a few
days ago they made statements about
each others work that no gentleman
sportsman could overlook. The
gauntlet was thrown down then and
there. The match was to be at fifty
targets for one hundred dollars a side.
Quite company of friends and in.
terested sportsmen followed the
shooters to the fair grounds early on
Thursday afternoon to see the fun.
Hoover was an easy winner Of the
match. He broke fortytwo of the
fifty,w Mattox came in to the tune
Of thirty-five out of his fifty. Both o.
the boys showed the need of practice,
as they have often done better than
that.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
..The irrigated farms 81 the we

THE irrigated farms of the west"
says Guy e. Mitchell, show the great
capacity of land when well and in.
tensively farmed, and that men can
live in plenty and comfort on five
acres and even on a single acre. Sup
pose that the $4,000 recently dis.
charged employees of the Pennsylvania
railroad each had a highly cultivated
acre Of rich land to which he could
turn his attention. Instead of being
a drag on the community and the
country, instead of having stopped
producing and consuming. they would
stiil be producers and would still be
able to at least get living from the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
JOHNSON IS FORTUNATE.
Iowa Central Boiler Maker Gets /:
Fine Rosebud Farm.

Marshalltown, Aug. 20. - Leonard
Johnson, a boilermaker in the employ
OF the Iowa Central, is home from
Bonesteel, s. D., where ne went to
make preparations for fling his claim,
drawn in the recent lottery. Mr..
Johnson was very fortunate In his So
lection, and secured a quarter section
lying just two miles east of Gregory.
He considers that the land is as fer
tile as any in Iowa, and will farm It
himself. Mr.. Johnson drew out at
53S, but his filing number was I'll, the
difference showing how many let
their claims go by default, after
drawing them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
$50 true is the statement Il

$50 true is the statement that
women all want to marry" declares
the Eagle Grove Eagle, "and so urgent
the want, they do not wait for a good
opportunity, but enter the matrimo.
nial state with the most inexplicable,
incongruous, disproportionate give
away, found in all the reach of human
action. Why good women marry
some Of the men they do marry is one
of the riddles of the centuries"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

ladders have all kinds for
SALE" Thus read a sidewalk at the
Kalbach lumber yard few days ago.
A man entered the Office and wanted
to know the price of Jacobs ladder"
The sign now reads: "For all kinds of
ladders but Jacobs ladder" and the
sign makes people stop to get the
meaning. .......
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
PARKER,s MISTAKE.

In his speech Of acceptance, Judge
Parker says OF antitrust legislation:
What Is needed is not so much other
and different laws, as officials having
both the disposition and the courage
to enforce existing law"
Oh, no, that is not the need, for the
country has an Official Of that kind In
Theodore Roosevelt. Witness what
that democratic paper, the New York
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

The Centerville Iowegian is re-
sponsible for this one: Miss Pauline
Astor, the American heiress, is to wed
Captain Herbert Spender-Clay. The
next act in the little drama will be
when Captain Herbert begins to
Spender-D Dough-"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

The state convention of the Iowa
Christian Endeavor Is to be held at
Shenandoah, October to 8. Many
prominent men from all sections of
the state are expected and the con-
vention promises to be one of unus-
ual interest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

England is trying to shake of the
policy of free trade which has i'm.
poVerished her workingmen. Demo
Gratis, in the American paradise of the
workingman, are trying to have us
adopt the system which England, af.
ter half century of disastrous trial
is now anxious to discard.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

Nothing more preposterous in
the history of the state can be men,
toned" says the Des MONIES Capital,
than the effort to get the red-handed
Frank Novak, the Benton county muir
derer, out of the penitentiary. It Is
little wonder that the people of that
county are ahame with Indignation. .
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

AN Indiana man who paid $500
for an automobile and then spent 81
900 for repairs has filed a petition in
bankruptcy and asks the court to re-
lieve him of one of the white mans
new burdens.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25
MURDER AT eRINNELL.
John Parker Instantly Killed by
George Mitchell.

o o o o o o o
Grinnell, Ia, Aug. 2o.--In an alter
cation last evening between John Par
ker, well-to-do and well known far
mer, living six miles south Of Grin
nell, and George Mitchell, a nearby
renter, in which Mitchell was badly
bruised up, he got q shot gun and
shot Parker, killing him instantly.
Mitchell served in the Spanish war
In the Fiftieth Iowa. He claims self
defense. He made no resistance to
the officers and is under arrest
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-08-25

Judge Parker stood on the grass
while he made his speech. The Cres-
ton Advertiser-Ga explains that
he was unable to stand on the plat
form unless there was a telegraphic
extension to the structure.