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The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-29

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leraI house workIsmaiiI 1amlls' eooo
phone 2l2 Pink, Ault.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-29

fyE SEVERAL THOqSAND w Hoh r;Ubt
ks Of private money 10 loan Oh s"'
4 NJ. McClenahan.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-29

TuF BARGAINS IN OUR 39S
kndow dow this week. Union Tea "
prn. -l3 Main ST.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-06-29

I, ii,tIe black and tan pup. with
lcsiSe ,yiS reward.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
BUSINESS CHANGE.
Fred Hirsoh Buys Turkish Bath and
Tonsorial Parlors.

Mr.. Fred Hirsch, of the Bee Hive,
has purchased the Oskaloosa Turkish
Bath parlors and barber shop of Mr..
and Mrs. A. ]. st. Clair, and will sue
coed that gentleman in the manage
ment of the business. Mr.. st. Clair
disposed of the shop, which has been
very successful in it's operation, to ac-
cept a fine position on the road. His
family will remain in this city.
Under MI. Hirsch's management the
concern will be conducted along the
same lines as formerly and the same
careful attention will be given to all
the details Of the business. Mr..
Hirsch will give a part of his time to
the general management Of the insti-
tuition and will give personal attention
to the details of the business, as the
place is of easy access to his head
quarters, in the Bee Hive.
The barber shop will continue I'M
der Jim Covalt, who has been the
head of the institution under Mr.. st.
Clair. He will be assisted by Bush
1 Myers, one of the oldest and best
known BARRIERS in Oskaloosa, and by
Claude Patrick.
Professor Dawson will have charge
Of the Turkish bath rooms and the
massaging. He will also oversee the
work Of the pantatorium department
in connection.
Professor Miss Shelledy has been
called to her home in Chicago, and
the ladies' department of the business
has been discontinued for the winter.
1t will probably be- reopened In the
spring.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
ALLIsoN,s NOTABLE RECORD.

Senator Allison has passed the ser.
vice record of former Senator Morrill,,
of Vermont, and now holds the record
for length of continuous service in
the senate, having served thirty-one
years, nine months and twenty-six
days. The longest active service rec.
ord is still held by the late John Sher.
man, who entered the senate March
90, 1861, as successor to Salmon P.
Chase, who became secretary OF the
treasury in President Lincoln's cabi'
net. Sherman remained in the senate
until March s, 1877, whe he became
secretary of the treasury in Hayes
cabinet. Sherman re-entered the sen,
ate again four years later and served
until March 5, 1897, when he resigned
to become secretary Of state in Nc
Kinley's cabinet. His total service is
therefore t~hirty-one years, eleven
months and fourteen days. Before
the end of the present session Sena'
tor Allison will not only have the long.
est continuous service, but also the
longest actual service in the senate
His present term will not expire I'M
til four years from the Atm Of next
March, and he is in such prime health
that he is likely to be in the senate
much longer. The three men named
have had service in the house which
makes their public service of remark
able length. Allison was eight years
in the house, Morrill, twelve, and Sher
man eight. Sherman had four years
in one cabinet and a year and a hall
in another, which made his total pub
lie service longer than Morrill's, al
though both entered congress at the
same time, March 4, 1855. Allison die
not become a member Of congress as
soon as either Morrill, or Sherman
and his public caree is not as long
as theirs, but it bids fair to be longer
| than either.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

had to be a little carful Of u diet,
and in fact lived largely on figs and
milk. Now, in Rome milk Ia not dis
pensed by the quart to strangers. On
the contrary, 1t wal brought out to
us in little cups having about the ca
pacity of a thimble. In Rome when
you want more you say Encore and
we all got in the habit Of saying en-.
core to the waiter so freely that he
was kept on the move r~eplenishing
his little cups. We said encore all
the time the major was with us, and
really came to have a liking for the
little word. But / have said
encore since, not even for Melba OF
Paderewski."
"But where is the story, major?
Why did you take such a dislike to
such a pleasant word?"
Where is the story? Why, right
here: After Major Lacey had gone
the landlord brought me a bill two
yards long marked with nothing but
encore and each encore cost me
% cents. Register and Leader.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

I'm an informal way it was decid'
ed at the league meeting at Marshall
town that a base ball club is worth
at least $4,000 to any city in Iowa in
an advertising way. This was figured
as a basis for each club putting ur
onetenth of that amount, or 5000 fol
the franchise. In the course of
year the ball club is responsible fol
each town in the league being men,
toned about 200 times in every news
paper of any consequence from Chi
cago to st. Louis and from Indianapo
lis to Omaha. 1t was figured that an
advertiser would have to pay at least
$4,000 for a service equal to that
which the towns get for 5000
Hence any town that had to pay out
$4,000 or less to keep the club going
is still ahead of the game.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
THE RED-A-cATS.
Knights of the Exalted Order Meet
and Beat the Tomtoms.

The Red-a-Cats held a reception on
Tuesday evening at the home Of How
ard Wilcox in honor Of Mr.. Lawrence
DIR, whom, as Dame Rumor has it,
is DON to become a Benedict. A
bounteous supper was served. which
consisted Of Grape-Nuts, buckwheat
cakes, mashed potatoes and Coca-Cola.
Baked beans were served by request
of Leo Baldauf. Mr.. Warren Gleason
acted as POSTMASTER and the follow
ing topics were discussed:
"Red-a-Cats," by Ed Duffy.
How Manage My Many Girls" E.
Garfield Walton.
Should a Girls Age Be a Factor in
Society,"" Herbert Davis.
"The Art of Distributing Bills, "now-
ard Wilcox.
How to Converse a Whole Evening
Without a Mandolin" Leo Baldauf.
The question of accepting the Chi
Mu-Chiis proposition of afiliation was
brought up and decided in the mega
tive. The meeting closed with a
short program by the following:
Recitation-"The Little Dog Under
the Wagon" Harry Hagan.
Solo Where the Heart Lies the
Lungs Are Near" Howard Harold.
Piano Solo-"The Little Girl Across
the Way" Robert Walton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Wcman's Club, until the sum Of $4,000
has been ra ised for that purpose; and
Whereas, The need Of the public
hospital is more evident than aver be-
fore and the general public lis con
tinually questioning members Of the
Philanthropic Department as to the
reasons for delay in opening the work.
and this obvious inactivity has be-
come actually d~iscouraging to the
project, therefore be it
Resolved, That we,' the members
Of the Philanthropic Department OF
the Oskaloosa Woman's Club, do pc
tition your honorable body to begin
Immediately the work Of soliciting
funds for the building OF the said hos
pital, to the end that the work may be
pushed to a rapid completion"
Mrs. Il. D. Reid, Chairman.
Miss Carrie Mattison, Secretary.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
ENcoREs WERE ExpENsIvE.

Major Lacey did not tell the best
story on me when he was talking in
Washington the other day." remarked
Major s. H. M. Byers, referring to the
story Of the workman in Oskalooss
who inquired in all seriousness wheth
er the stranger wanted the old mar
Byers or the nj who had been EN-
peror of Rome" "The best story il
the one the major himself was a party
to, to my sorrow.
ut SO happened that when the chol
era vas in Rome Major Lacey and his
wife visiting us and were caugh;
there and could not get away. We all
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL.
Verdict of coroner's Jury in tn,
Death Of Chas. Blanquert.

Coroner Chas. Foehlinger held an
inquest Thursday afternoon over the
body of Charles Blanquert, the shot
firer who was accidentally killed early
that morning in the mine of the Cres-
cent Coal Company at White City.
The verdict was that the deceased
came to his death from an unavoidable
accident.
The jury was made up of Chas.
Carr, S. J.. Garland and Samuel Tren-
enon. Witnesses examined included
the companion shot-firer who was
with deceased at the time of the ac-
cident, mine officials and mine work
ers VINO were at the mine at the time
and afterwards. The details of the
accident were as given in Thursdays
Herald. A shot broke through a
RIB" and a mass of coal wax hurled
against the unfortunate man with ter.
rife force. killing him almost instant.
ly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

AUTOMATIC sTokER.
The w. II. Strouse Manufacturing
Co. Pleased With Their Outlook.

The officers and directors Of the
w. H. Strouse Manufacturing Com
pany held g6gfr1nnraf mccain
day afternoon. Plans were made for
the continuance of the work OF testing
the automatic stocking machine, which
will be carried on as soon as the busy
winter freight season closes and the
railroads will have time to allow the
experiments.
These tests will be made as soc as
possible and the machine will be
strengthened and improved along GER
tain lines in which a slight alteration
is needed.
The stoker has been given but one
trial during the winter season, and
that trip, which was just before the
blizzard, demonstrated the effective
ness of the machine.
The directors and stockholders in
the company are well pleased with the
showings made by the invention.
The present directors and officers
are w. H. Strouse, w. o. Nugent, G..
A. Caffall, c. F. Johnson, Chas. e. Ma
son.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
VALUE OF IRRIGATION.

The Bureau of the Census has just
published an interesting bulletin show
ing the condition of irrigation in the
United States. The statistics pre-
scented were obtained by correspond
ence, supplemented by field work in
a few states and by information given
by state engineers and their assist
ants.
During the last twenty years there
has been an awakening to the oppor-
tunity that lies in the arid West for
the farmer and the home-maker, and a
remarkable transformation has taken
place in many parts of this region.
Thousands of miles Of canals, repre-
senting 9 vast expenditure of money
and labor, distribute water upon more
than 5000, 900 acres of land, which
once was a barren desert but now is
annually producing crops worth $780,.
900, 900.
The remotest parts of our great
desert are being reached by railroads,
and the Introduction of facilities for
transportation has been followed by
a corresponding increase in irrigation.
The irrigators, too, are becoming
more experienced; their labors are
less sever and their achievements
are greater than those of their prede-
cessors, because they nave learned
how to subdue and apply the forces
of nature through innumerable inven.
lions. Problems of water storage
and diversion have been worked out
to a practical solution. Every avail
able stream is now a potent force for
good. The dams that hold back and
store the floods also furnish abundant
electric power for all purposes, and
even the flow Of the canals turns
wheels that lift large quantities Of
water to fields above the level OF
gravity supply.
With the development of irrigation
the range supports larger herds and
flocks, while in more than one val
ley the irrigation bitches have made
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
Burlington Hawk-Eye: oskaloos

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Oskaloosa
is having trouble over the disposal of
it's sewage. The present arrangement
is far from satisfactory ana it is
feared that an epidemic may result
at any time. Hence it is proposed to
render the sewage harmless by means
Of the septic tank system. Sooner or
later every city will be compelled to
do something Of the sort. AS long as
that is not done, the nnest system OF
modern sewerage, which is supposed
to be built upon sanitary principles
and to improve the sanitary condi'
tons, becomes a menac to public
health, a greater danger than would
have existed or would have been pos.
sible in the good old times before san
itary science was invented.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
.Keokuk County News: DR.. Rich

-Keokuk County News: DR.. Rich
ardson, father of our young newspaper
friend of the Eagle, was a caller yes
terday morning. DR.. Richardson is
medical examiner on the pension
board. The doctor is one of the old
settlers Of this county. He has often
told The News folks how his father
got to reading Gov. John r. Need
hams paper, the Oskaloosa Herald
away back in 1850. His father used
to reside near Martinsburg and the
Herald was the first paper that ever
came to his home. Governor Need
ham was campaigning this county on
horseback and stopped at the Richard.
son home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
WORK SOLVES PROBLEM.

The city of Des Moines is applying
to municipal problems a similar insti-
tuition to the system used by the AS
ISOLATED Charities in Oskaloosa. The
Associated Charities in that city have
long used the industrial plan in zeal
ing out help to the destitute, and the
success of the plan has led the city
lawmakers to plan for a work house
in which to utilize the labor Of about
a hundred buns who are constantly
making their winter home in the Des
Moines city jail. Men who want help
and deserve it will be willing to do
something in return and the profes.
sional loafer who wants only a warm
place to sleep will shun the Des
Moines work house az a pest. The
city will pay nothing for his keep.
The Des Moines authorities have
patterned after their charity organ
ization the plan of which is meeting
with a great success in this city. The
professional CRATER won't work fol
charity. He doesn't believe in the
proffered opportunity to help himself
The method results in the wedding
out of the professionals. The organ
ization gets a return in labor for
what it expends.
Regarding the proposed WORK house
in Des Moines Mayor Mattern of that
city says:
I'VE will need to lease or buy a
tract of ground, purchase lumber
enough for a high board fence, start
out with a a load of rock and a few
hammers, and that's about all there
is to it. The institution will be q
money-maker, to say nothing Of what
it will mean in the solution Of the
hobo question. The first cost will BIZ
somewhere around $500, and thereaf
ter the city will constantly be making
a profit. There is a great uemand fol
crushed stone, and a contractor would
as soon buy it of Des Moines as II
purchase it from a firm or Individual
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
to Governor cummin

Replying to Governor Cummins'
warning that eff the republican con
gress refuses to revise the tariff, then
the republican congressman in the
next election will be compelled to
face the issue before their constitu'
ents," the Burlington Hawk-Eye says:
Present congressman, elected on the
platforms Of last fall, have nothing to
fear from the people a of any
opposition they may exert toward tar.
if revision. They are simply carrying
out instructions to preserve the bus
mess and wage interests of the coun.
try"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
RELIGIOUS sEcTs GROWING.

Nearly all religious sects, as their
figures of growth for last year are an
nounced, show a larger percentage OF
increase than in previous years, says
the New York Herald. In several de.
nominations the ratio of growth ex'
ceeds the usual ratio of increase in
the population. This is notably the
case in the Episcopal church, which
last year gained 2 per cent on its
membership of the previous year
while the population growth is esti
mated at about 2 per cent. The Epis
copal church has added 25,915 to its
S07,351.
In the Presbyterian church the in
crease in membership last year was
at the rate Of az per cent, the gain in
members being 27,431 and the tota,
number 1,094,90 Last years gain
was 2 LIS per cent. The Southern
Presbyterian church, a smaller body
than the Northern, having but 239,SSS
members, gained 2 per cent last year
The ratio of gain by the Methodist
membership is not so large as in the
other bodies named, but was 1 As pei
cent, or almost as much as the esti
mated ratio of population growth. Fol
the previous year the Methodist ratio
was only 1 per cent. The body has
now 3,064,735 members, of whom
about 100000 are connected with for
eign conferences and missions.
1t is stated in the Presbyterian
handbook for 1905. that the religions
of the world have 1,430,0 900, 900 adher
ents, divided as follows: Christianity
4~77,080,158; Confucianism, 256,000,0 900
Hinduism, 100, 900, 900; Mohammedism
1~76,834,372; Buddhism, LAT, 300, 0O0i
Taoism and Shinroism, $1,000, 900; Ju
daism, 7,o56, 900, and various heather
faiths, 11S,129,479.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
Great interest, not only I'm

Great interest, not only among
Iowans, but among people interested
in engineering feats all over the coun-
try is centered in the visit to Wash
ington this week Of a delegation
headed by Hon. John N. Irwin, of
Keokuk, Iowa to appear before the
interstate commerce committee in be-
half of a bill providing for the privi-
lege to build a dam across the Mis-
sissippi river at Keokuk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
.one-half of the non-residents who

-One-half of the n~on-residents who
went to St. Louis to attend the worlds
fair visited the Anheuser-Busch brew
cry. This fact Is deducted from the
following figures. The total admis'
sions to the worlds fair were 10000
900; of this number approximately
100000 we're officers, exhibitors, con-
c~essionaries and employees; 5000, 00U
were residents of St. Louis, and TO-
900, 900 non~-residents. Estimating
that each nonresident visited the
worlds fair at least four times, 1t
would appear that 100000 people
went to st. Louis in the seven months
and during this same period more
than 1,250,000 people passed through
the Anheuser-Bu plant.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
Sam Sherman has grown tiret

Sam Sherman has grown tired OF
working fifteen hours a day to run a
newspaper in Pella when he failed to
get sufficient patronage to make ends
meet, and the Pella Banner will no
longer futter in the breeze. Sam is
a good newspaper man and we hope
to hear of better success in the fu,
ture. ...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The insurance adjustments with
D,the various firms of Sioux City who
were sufferers in the recent fire
amount to $1,000, 900. This will still
leave about $1,000,000 to be borne by
the property owners, as the total loss
was So, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The experiment station at Ames
has decided that, judging from exper.
iments recently concluded at the col
lege, it would seem that cattle may be
taken direct from the southern ranges
to Iowa feed lots and there success.
fully fed; and that such southern cat.
tie will make gains in point Of econo,
my equal to, or greater than western
cattle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The Railway Age predicts a per-
iod of great activity in railway build
ing for the new year. While the day
of big parallel lines is past, there are
many extensions and feeders project
ed which are needed to develop new
territory and much important work
designed to shorten main lines and
reduce grades and. curves is planned.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

According to Washington CORES
pondence in the Ortumwa Courier,
Iowa is asking rights to dam the Mis-
sissippi river. If reports are true
Mark Twain ct al used to do that with
out any rights.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

-"Iowa will raise two more bump
per crops of corn before it will elect
another governor" says the Iowa City
Republican. $50 let's raise the corn
and elect the governor afterwards"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Clarion Monitor: Governor Cum
minis has been asked to recommend
the enactment of a law prohibiting
the presentation of Uncle Toms
Babin" in the state. We second the
motion.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

-Seyenty-seven names were added
to the membership of the Muscatine
Commercial Club at one meeting re-
Gently. That tastes like another pam
quet by the Oskaloosa club.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The fall of Port Arthur was well
enough in its way, says the Keokuk
Gate-City, but what a good many peo-
pie in this country are chiefly inter
ested in is a tumble IN the price OF
butter and eggs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Citizens of Belle PLANE voted on
a proposition to grant an i%nterurban
line a franchise. OF the 344 votes
polled, only 20 were registered against
the proposition, .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Mr.. Carnegie's gifts to libraries
foot up $50, OO0, 900, of which $29, OOO,,
O00has been bestowed in the United
States. The other Carnegie contribu,
tions bring the total to $75,000,000
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Clinton Herald: Now watch the
standpatters do the backward double
somersault act" Don't hold your
breath till they do, Brer Daley, else
there might be a funeral at Clinton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

What has been pronounced the
finest corr in the world was sold at
auction at the Iowa Agricultural col
lege and brought $11 an a The
corn was exhibited at st. Louis and
won the $4,000 wagon premium.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Miss Lille Devereaux Blake says
it was a ounce and not an apple that
caused the trouble in the garden of
Eden. If Adam did not have any bet
ter taste than to prefer a ounce to
an apple he deserved all the terrible
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The Iowa Citizen: Did you ever
try to 'boost" your home town and
county? If you never did, try it a
while and see if you do not feel better
for having done so
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
GUILTY AS
So Says Jury in the Cow Theft Case
Against Mrs. Downing.

Nellie Downing, on trial charged
with stealing a COW and indicted by
the grand jury Of Mahaska county.
was found guilty by the Jury after the
gentlemen had been in consultation
cocerning the evidence and the in
structions but ten minutes. Sentence
win be pronounced upon the defend
ant Wednesday at one-thirty p. m.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
The. Herald was the only paper

The. Herald was the only paper in
Iowa,-outside of Marshalltown where
the meeting was held,-whicn secured
and published an account Of the Iowa
State Base Ball League convention
on the same day that the meeting oc-
Cured. AS we have before remarked
when you are looking for the news
you must read the Herald.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The Eagle is engaged in building
an electric line through Keota from
Williamsburg to Fairfield. The plat
that it publishes, however, has a per-
son going south when he wishes to,
travel in the other direction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

There is talk of arranging for a
Chautauqua to be held at Iowa City
during the coming summer. Iowa
City always was good at talking.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The Buxton Gazette arises to ex-
plain that owing to u help spend
ing the holidays visiting friends, the
Gazette did not appear last week."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

Score another point for the mule.
A local item in the Davenport Demo
crat states that John He'll, a well
known contractor, was kicked by a
mule and narrowly escaped.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The time has come when the inter-
urban should be built or told to go
away back and sit down. Every day
now counts if anything is to be done
this summer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

The Macomb ~By-Stander is moved
to declare that
"Of all sad words, spoken or writ,
The saddest are these: Please Remit"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

THE optomist always wins" says
Senator Depew. $50 he does, "assents
the Saint Joseph News and Press,
provided his chips hold out"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

possible the development of great
mines. Populous and prosperous cit
les have risen in the desert and have
attained commercial and mercantile
greatness.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19
Discussing the tendency of you

Discussing the tendency Of youth
to choose the wrong path the Fort
Dodge Messenger declares that the
parents themselves are usually to
blame for not taking better care of
their children and then they wonder
when too late why their children
were so evilly-inclined.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-01-19

-Twenty-one men have been signed
to play with Siuox City next season.
P%atterning after Oskaloosa, no doubt.