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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02

the contract is let the work OF tearing
down the old structures viii begin.
Speaking Of the work Mr.. Mesmer
said: "The committee feels under spe-
cial obligations to United states Dis
trict Attorney w. l.. Valentine for his
valuable services. for without his aid
and advice we would have had no end
of trouble. Senator Perkins and Con-
gresham McLachlan were IoyaI and
faithful to the end. 7 think Senator
Bard was rather uncertain at a critical
time, but when he found that 1T was
the Downey site or nothing he did not
wait to learn how his constituents
stood, but said he would have to give in
and approve the. selection, which he
did"
Present Postofflee Location
Should the oldest inhabitant" IN 1887
dared have said that the postoffice
would jump from Main street to Sew
enth and Grand a lunacy commission
would have been ordered to investigate
the gray matter beneath the bald spot
of the speaker.
Yet John BroclSman, who purchased
the old power house three years ago
for s53,OOO thinks he has tenant for
five years at least, and before that time
expires his rentals will have paid for
the land.
The site belonged to the Los Angeles
Gable company and was used as
power house. Becoming useless, the ma
chinery was removed and the company
jumped at the offer made by Brock
man, the rich Arizona mine owner To-
cay the property is worth $1S6,OOO.
In closing this review the fact may
prove interesting that in 1890 the post
Office was on South Broadway in the
building now occupied by an evening
paper with pink edition.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
Tha niRerence natMenn

An experienced traveller and an amateur Is
that the former has the kneek OF properly
equippins himself, We can nt yoa out with
valises, brushes. lap tablets pocketbooks.
etc, SO that your trip will be agreeable
throughout Sanborn. Vail co.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02

6urnetts Vanilla Extract
Used and highly Endorsed by all lead
ing hotels.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
Work win Begin

A considerable portion of the money
raised by the assessment plan is still
in possession of the committee, and the
money and that to be realized from the
sale OF the wrecked buildings on the
postofice site, except that part used for
legitimate expenses, will be paid back
to the property owners pro rata. The
rebate money cannot be handed over
by the committee, however until all of
the work is completed and the lot
turned eSsr 20 ehe government.
Bids for the wreckage of the build
ings have been asked. and as soon as
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
A GROWING TIME.
Adams Express People Handle Many
Fine Chickens.

The express messengers Of the Ad'
ans Company had a lively time last
evening on the train between New
Sharon and Oskaloosa and then the
boys had their share Of the fun,
The company had fifty coops OF
chickens to handle. The fowls had
been on exhibition at New Sharon
at the annual poultry show and were
being shipped back to their homes.
Oskaloosa was a natural aistribut'
ing point.
The night was unusually cold, with
the mercury in the neighborhood OF
ten. below, and the express people
had to hustle like mad to get the
poultry to cover to keep from freezing
them. The company did not have
wagons enough in the city to handle
half the birds at one time. They had
to make several trips to and from
the Office and in the meantime the
coops were cared for in the baggage
room at the Iowa Central station
The work in connection with the con
| signment was the hardest the boys
have had in many moons. ThE
| Christmas rush was not "a patchin'
to it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
oSKALooSA INVENTION.
Bids Fair to Make a Fortune For
Chas. Phelps, of This City.

Des Moines News: Charles Phelps,
of Oskaloosa, is in a fair way to real
ize a fortune from a small patent at
tachment which he originated to apply
on hot water heating plants, at small
cost, to heat water SO degrees above a
point possible under ordinary circum-
stances.
Patent Attorneys Orwig G Lane are
looking after the legal phase of the
invention. A patent was secured in
Washington a few weeks ago, and
Dec. 81 the Canadian government al,
so issued a patent to Phelps.
The contrivance is unique, in that it
may be attached to any part Of a hot
water heating plant. It is only about
a foot long, could be placed in an or,
binary cigar box and is made of steel
1t supplies a release for the expan,
sion of heating water. Ordinarily
water may be heated to 2I2 degrees
until it passes into steam. No means
had ever been found for securing
more intense heat in water until Mr.
Phelps gave the world his invention
1t costs only about ten or fifteen dol
lars and will a W perhaps as much as
$40 in fitting out a heating plant fol
an ordinary house. requiring much
less radiation, which is the expensive
portion of this kind of heating plant
Mr.. Phelps Is now manufacturing
the attachment at Oskaloosa and sew
eral Of them are in use in Des Moines
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
CAR ISSUES AN
ADDRESS TO ARMY.
CALLS ON SOLDIERS TO STAND
UP FOR FATHERLAND.
ENEMY is BRAVE AND STRONG
Confident, However, that Notwith-
standing the Reverses, the Hour
of Victory is Striking-More
Serious Losses Sustained.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 1.-THE car
today issued the following address
to the army:
port Arthur has passed into the
hands of the enemy after a strug-
gle lasting eleven months, during
seven of which the brave garrison
was isolated without hope. Never
theless, they sustained the siege
hardships, priVations and mortal tor
lures without complaint, determined
that the enemy woul gain nothing
without paying dearly for it. With
a handful OF men we withstood the
enemy's furious attacks. My brave
soldiers and sailors, let not this o r
row discourage you. Our enemy is
brave and strong and it is extremely
difficult to sustain the struggle at a
distance of ten thousand versts but
Russia is great and powerful. We
are greatly grieved by the lack Of
success and painful losses but let us
not abandon our courage. It is in
sorrowful times such as these that
the power of Russia. renews itself.
l am confident that the hour of vic
tory is striking and that God will
bless our dear army and navy in
their effort to crush the enemy and
sustain the honor and glory Of our
fatherland."
Recent Russian Losses.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 14.-As ofici'
ally announced today, the Russian
casualties during the past fortnight
have been, killed seven officers and
1883 men; wounded, forty-two officers
and 949 men; missing forty-three
This list of casualties probably in
cludes those in the fighting at XII
now and New Chwang as well as al
Shake river, where several minor
engagements have been reported.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
T MARRIAGES
AND DEATHS.

SCHEE.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. o.
F. Schee, January 3, 1905, at Pasa'
dena, California, a fine eleven-pound
son. Mother and babe doing nicely,
FITZGERALD.-Born, to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. h. Fitzgerald, 402 Fourth ave
nue. west, Saturday, Jan. Z, 1905, q
ten-pound girl. Mother and daughter
doing nicely.
SHAVER.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs,
Lee Shaver, of Napa, Calf, 800 South
Broom street, Jan. 8, 1905, a 12-pound
son, named Philip Edward Shaver.
Mother and son doing well.
BEADLE.- Died, Of consumption
Wednesday, January II, 1905, at 1890
o'clock, at the home Of her mother.
Mrs. Jennie Beadle, in Beacon, Jennie
Edith Beadle, aged % years, 8 months
and % days. Funeral from the M. e
church in Beacon, Friday, January
13, at 2 p. m, and interment in Forest
cemetery.
WILEY.-The obituary notice pub
lished in Thursday evenings Daily
Herald naming Mrs. Isabel Wiley
should have been Miss Isabel Wiley,
Oskaloosa friends knew the lady as
pet Wiley. She was the daughter
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Wiley, who survives
with Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Owen.
KISER.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Kiser, at their home in Cedar Rapids
Tuesday, January 10, 1906, a fine nine
pound girl. Mother and babe doing
well.
The father is happy, of course, but
the proudest man on the entire con
tinent is Grandpa Harry e. Harring
ton. Harry says: 'Ia rather be
grandpa than mayor"
PHILLIPS.-Died, Saturday night
at the home of Bert Phillips near Bus
sey, the ive-months-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Phillips, Of OskaIoosa-
The remains were taken to Eddy
vile and inferred in the Highsand
cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips are
members Of the Metropolitan orches
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
MARAUDERs ARE FINED.
Thirteen Young Men Were Punished
For Disturbing Religious Service.

Thirteen young men ranging in age
from fifteen to twenty-seven years,
were araigned before Squire Prichett
at two O'Clock this afternoon on q
charge of disturbing a congregation
at worship in Peoria. The boys were
represented by 8. v. Reynolds, OF
New Sharon. Fines were assessed up.
on plea of guilty. The younger were
fined five dollars and costs and the
older ones got twenty-five dollars and
costs.
The defendants in the case were
Joe and Hirschel Swisher, Walter,
Tracy and Will Jackson, Chas. Dun
levy, Verne Shelley, Alva, Walter and
Andrew Dunwoody, Rod Jackson, AL
exander Warren and Ira Kiser.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
CABBAGE STORY COSTLY.
Lie About Worm In Plant did $4,000,
coo Harm TO Product.

Des Moines. Jan. 14.-"Five million
dollars paid for q lie is the way j.
W. Brown, OF Des Moines. wholesale
produce merchant, describes the Sc
quel to the story concerning the cab.
bage snake.
Some one started a yarn to the eff
feet that a small worm. or snake, was
concealed in many of the cabbages
on the market, and as a result cab
bages are rotting in the produce cell
lars. People are afraid to buy them.
II is estimated that there are at
least $4,000 worth Of cabbage in Des
Moines which no one will purchase,
while 1t is claimed that the damage
caused by the story throughout the
nation will not be less than $5,000,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
silver Laced wyandottes.

Morris & Son, Montezuma, list on
cock: Sd and 4th on hen; Sd and Atm
on pullet; LIST, Sd and 4th on cockerel.
J.. D. Smith, Montezuma, Sd on
cock; I'd on cockerel; I'd on pullets,
and I'd on hen.
White Wyandottes.
Mrs. N. w. Burbank, Of New Shar,
on, LIST, I'd and Sd on pullets; I'd on
hen; I'd on cock; best pen.
Buff cochins.
f. w. Alice, New Sharon, list and I'd
on cockerel.
George Stout, Rose Hill, LIST, I'd, 30
and 4th on pullets; Sd on cockerel;
best ten and best pen.
Black Langshans.
A. ID. Long, Sigourney, I'd on hen;
4th on pullet.
c. w. Phillips, New Sharon, LIST, I'd
and Sd on pullets; list, I'd, Sd and 4tf
on cockerel; 1st, Sd and 4th on hen
LIST on cock; best pen and best ten.
S. c. w. Leghorns.
Mrs. Jennie p. Irwin, Montezuma
LIST, I'd and Sd on pullets; LIST, I'd, 81
and 4th on cockerel; list on cock; best
ten and best pen.
Buff orpingtons.
Walter Vickers, New Sharon, Is
on hen; LIST, I'd and Sd on pullets.
White Wyandottes.
J.R. Hoover, LIST on hen; LIST OF
cock,
S. Z. B. Leghorns.
G. ]. Klinker, Union Mills, LIST ant
Sd on pullet; 4th on cockerel.
]. r. Hoover, Oskaloosa, LIST OIL
cock; 1st, I'd and Sd on cockerel; LIST
I'd, Sd and 4th on hen; I'd and 4th Oh
pullet; best pen and best ten.
Partridge Wyandottes.
Rev. A. B. Adams, Pleasantville, is
on cock; LIST, I'd, Sd and 4th on cock
erel; list, I'd Sd and 4th onhen; LIST, I'd
Sd and 4th on pullet; best ten ant
best pen.
Bronze Turkeys.
v. G. Warner, Bloomfield, list O.
hen; LIST on pullet.
James Shelley, Union Mills, LIST o
cockerel, the bird weighing 321
pounds. This was the largest fowl i
theshow. The largest chicken wa
that of E. w. Allen, which was a pu
let, weighing IL pounds,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
F.& R. LACEY
LAND GEN

II you have real estate TO sell OF
wish to buy, give us q call. We pay
taxes In any part Of the state. Don
veyances done. once over LOT High
Avenue west, oskaloosa, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
THIRTY BELOW ZERO.
Cold Wave Covers Large Territory
With Maximum at Winnipeg.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE cold wave
which has slowly advanced from the
northwest for two days has arrived
in Chicago. The temperature here
registered five below zero today with
prospect of a continuance Of zero
weather for at least twenty-four
hours. The zero line extends today
to Southern Illinois, Missouri and Ok
lahoma. At Winnipeg it is thirty be
low. and at Charles City, Iowa, twenty
below zero.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
EPH SMITHS OPINION.
Says Herald Is On Right Track In
Farmers'nstitute.

what are we going to do to in
terest and keep the farmer boys and
girls on the farm? This subject
has been discussed at every far
mer's institute I have attended, in
some phase or other" said Epn.
Smith, one of the representative
farmers of Mahaska county, land
while we are talking about ways
and means to solve the problem the
problem is solving itself in a great
measure in the use of our rural
mail deliveries and our rural tele
phones.
eff you think that the boys and
girls are lonesome, you try one OF
our rural lines; say from s to 8 p. m
The time is at hand when the
country and city are in touch with
each other and we are going tc
come in closer relation in the near
future in the use of the interurbar
car lines. The time is not far dis
tant that the man in town will be
moving out in the country where he
can have more room and fresh air
There Is no more independent mar
| than the man on the farm. Hi'
time is his own. Take the winter
months, for instance. He does thu
chores and nature does the rest.
Nov in regard to forming clubs
for the boys and girls of tie rura
districts; l am heartily in favor o
it as outlined in the Herald.
"The help that we get from the or
atorical contest is the life Of the In
stitute, and I can't see why We can
manage in some way to hold tn
boys and girls in attendance tn
rest of the week. I have notice,
that the two days Of the. ~oratorica
contest are the only one they ar
interested in and the balance of tn
time is taken up by the old settle
and the city nan that is a farme
during institute week.
at is a fact that the board ha
been trying to work in younge
blood and has succeeded in a grea
many instances, but it all falls shor
Of the desired end if we do nc
have the boys and girls here to hea
and profit by it.
at is an old saying that you can
teach an old dog a new trick, an
the truth is, we come here year a
ter year and hear a great man
good things and then go back HON
and farm in the same old way.
" Now If we could manage to forr
clubs all over the county and max
it competition same as the orator
cal contest, we could have a elias
in judging corn and one in brea
and butter, and in fact, all the e.
hibits. And these classes should b
made up of our boys and girls; an
this would encourage and intere:
them. Also I am in favor of havin
vacation in our country schools .dh
y ing the institute week all over til
county.
Now, in order to do this we. al
compelled to have more room. tn
oratoriSal contest fills the opel
/, house now and the present program
/, crowds the court house. 1 hay
been thinking if it would not be
:. good plan to build a large hall
connection with the city so that
, would accommodate the institute al
!, could also be used by the city ar
county for political purposes.
would be a small burden for IL
county to shoulder"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
CASE Is REVERSED.
Supreme Court Changes the Harring'
ton Foundry Controversy.

Des Moines, Jan. 14.-F. B. Harring.
ton VS.. Iowa Central Railway Co., ap-
pellant, Mahaska district, B. w. Pres
ton, Judge. Action to recover dam
ages. Reversed. Opinion by Nc
Claim.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
.Iecture On Moodcraft.

The Modern Woodmen announce a
lecture by Judge Fred White, Of ILL
nois, on "Woodcraft," which will be
delivered in Woodman Hall, Friday
evening, Jan. 20. Judge White, who
is a leader in the fraternal organiza-
ton which ne represents, is a strong
speaker and has a merited praise from
his audiences wherever he speaks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Bussey Press: Brakeman Coons. OF
Conductor Loves train No. 101, runs
between Abba and oskaloosa at Bol,
ton Monday noon met with a serious
accidet in which he lost the large toe
on his left foot. He slipped, catching
his foot in some way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The above press report from Des
Moines relates to the Harrington
foundry case. The Harringtons sued
the Iowa Central for damage to prop
erty and business on account Of the
closing Of Second avenue where the
Iowa Central tracks crossed the ave
nue., thus closing the street and cut
ting off the foundry from traffic that
had previously passed the shops. The
trial in the Mahaska county courts
had given the plaintiff damages
against the Central railway in the
sum of 100000. The case was taken
to the supreme court on the appeal Of
the Iowa Central from the action Of
the lower court. The opinion Of the
court had not been received this morn
ing and could not be quoted.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
War and Pension
-ClAins-

w. n. Lacey Claims AGt
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-05-14
A. n. D'ALEMBERTE's RESIDENCE
IN PRECINCT II.

In the Evening News of May 5,
there appeared an editorial on the
subject of an ofice-holder having to
be a resident in the district that he
represents. Attention is called to the
fact that Senator Brown has been IN
seated in the legislature because he
had removed from his district and
It is claimed that the case has para
llel in Mr.. A. H. D'Alemberte. who
is candidate from precinct II for
the office of councilman.
AS matter Of fact there is no
parallel between the two cases. The
report OF the legislative committee
shows that it went into the matter
very particularly and carefully and
that Senator Brown had sold his home
and all his holdings in his district and
moved into another where he had gone
into business permanently and had
there established his home with no
intentions of ever returning to his old
old district.
In the case Of Mr.. D,Alemberte he
sold his home but not for the purpose
of leaving his precinct for he bought
other property in the district and. is
having plans made for the erection of
new home in the same precinct which
will be built so soon as the plans are
completed and the labor can be en-
ployed. Mr.. D'Alemberte has never at
any time had the slightest intentions
Of moving his residence from precinct
IL. After his property mad been sold
he had to give possession and he stor-
ed his household goods for thirty days
which time he endeavored to rent a
house in the precinct in which to live
until his new home can be completed
Not being able to rent a house in his
precinct he has temporarily moved
out Of the district, which fact cannot
in any manner affect his eligibility to
Office.
Had Mr.. D'Alemberte sold his prop
erty in precinct IL and purchased q
new home site in some other precinct
and moved permanently to another
precinct with the intention of making
his home there, as did Senator Brown
then there would be some parallel in
the two cases. but the very fact taat
! Mr.. D'Alemberte did the very opposite
proves conclusively that his eligibility
is not affected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-05-14
EXTENSION OF EAST
COAST TO KEY WEST.
Savannah News.)


II is quite engineering feat that
Mr. Flagler has undertaken, namely
the extending Of his East Coast Rail-
way from Miami TO Key West, and
thence. by means OF transfer boats to
Havana. He understood, however,
what he was doing before he obtained
a charter for the extension. And the
Florida Legislature and Gov. Browarj
understood the scheme in all its de
tails.
II will be a costly undertaking TO
construct the road from the main
land along the keys to Key West, but
the engineers have shown that the
road can be built within a cost that
will allow q profit ON the investment,
if the business assumes the propoT-
tions which it is believed 1t will Mr..
FIagler isn't a man to go into an IN
dertaking blindly. He sees where ne
can get his money back. or, at least
a fair return on his invest ment-
II is the understanding that the road
along the keys viii be solid one.
n will not be constructed on tTesties.
Tsa roadbed viii be Of sand and rock,
and so solid that IL VIII resist tae
seyerest storms that sweep the gull.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-05-14

Two eVencs Of our current history
viii long remain peculiarly signih-
cant to the historian and TO the Amer
lean citizen-the signature Of the
President of the United States wnicn
made Panama independent, opening
a pathway for the intercceanie canal
and the signature OF the Governor or
Florida attaching executive approval
to tne will of the legislature that a
railway should be built on the waves
of the sea. II the canal must long
remain the supreme expression OF this
nations power and wealth, there nave
been such canals before. The build
ing of the extension of the East Coast
Railway to Key West is not a less
wonderful exertion Of power to state
not the greatest or richest of the union
and its completion will be still more
surprising as the accomplishment OF
"a private citizens dream, so the two
will stand together in history and IN
public opinion.
Governor Broxard is not the man
to attach his signature to such q
charter in behalf of the state without
tae fullest comprehension OF the mean
ing of the act and appreciation OF all
its consequences. The first recogni-
ton of the state of Florida as the thea
ter of great financial projects came
with the Disstol drainage project-a
hope that never ripened into full frui-
ton because it become more or less
than business enterprise and not be-
cause the opportunity was lacking as
Florida may soon demonstrate under
the administration of the present
Governor. But more far-reaching and
more important win be the effects OF
this bridging of the ocean and this
addition of an island city and harbor
to the mainland of Florida since 1t is
an enterprise unique in character and
carrying with it all the features of an
intoxicating triumph for our country
our state and the business world now
claiming prominence over all lis
rivals.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-05-14

The boats that viii convey the cars
to Havana will be SO large and sea-
worthy that they will not have TO
remain in port when there are pre-
-dictions of ordinary storms. Taey will
that is likely 10 visit that part of the
sea.
During TIE Spanish-American War
apprehension was expressed in Flor
ida, especially by Florida fruit and
vegetable growers, that with a new
condition of things in Cuba that island
would become Florida's rival in pro-
yiding the markets of the nortn with
fruits and vegetables. Il was not
thought at that time that within a
comparatively few years there would
be vestibuled cars running from New
York to Havana. and yet that is what
is now promised. Not only is it pro-
posed to run yestibuled cars, but also
refrigerator cars, and to put the fruits
and vegetables Of Cuba in the Boston,
New York and Philadelphia markets
weeks before the fruits and vegetables
OF Florida are ready to be markete1.
1t is not probable. however. that
Cuba's output of fruits and vegetables
VIII interfere with the marketing of
the products of Florida's farms. Cuba S
output win be out of the way before
Florida win have anything for mar
ket- In the early fruit and vegetable
markets Cuba viii be as far ahead Of
Florida as Florida is now ahead OF
South Georgia and the coast section
Of South Carolina