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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
TIE DAIRY cow.

While the COW will do something for
any farm where she Is kept only as a
sort OF a side issue, just as poultry Is
kept, she will do twice as much on
that farm where the dairy is made the
principal and leading interest of the
farm. for then there will be the silo,
the better selected type OF COW, a care
full study Of the important matter OF
the dairy ration and that care in feed
ing and milking so essential to the best
results. This fact is illustrated very
plainly in all sections. the small dairy
which receives no special care giving
q butter product Of about 1G5 pounds
per COW per year, while from those
dairies where the cows are cared for
scientifically the butter product is easi-
ly double.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
IMPROVEMENT IN
BUSINESS WORLD
STIMULATED nv coop WEATHER
AND CROP PROSPECTS.
RETAIL TRADE MUCH BETTER.
Reports rem Al over the West Are
Eneouranlna--scuthsrn ccndi.
tons Are Also Better
Markets Stronger

New York. June 2a.--R q DUN n
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade says:
'seasonable weather In most sections
OF the country has done much to slim
ulate tagging retail trade In light
weight wearing apparel and greatly
improved the entire business situation
by accelerating the maturity Of agri-
cultural products. A few more weeks
of favorable climatic conditions will
put large quantity OF grain beyond
danger, while late planted corn and
cotton are rapidly recovering lost
ground. These are the most important
commercial influences at this season Of
the year, jobbers advance orders being
largely dependent on local conditions
at the interior and manufacturers
gauging their activity by the outlook
for fall and winter distribution. 1t Is
noticeable that moderate midsummer
attractions are not productive Of price
concessions TO stimulate forward busi-
ness, owing to a general sentiment of
confidence in the future. In the lead
ing manufacturing industries there is
less idle machinery than Is customary
at this time Of inventories, especially
at plants making textile fabrics, de-
spite the fact prices Of raw materials
are somewhat inflated. Labor contTo-
versles are not disturbing, several
more agreements having been signed,
and less than the usual number Of
struggles are threatened for July /.
Building operations are more numer-
Gus and involve a greater amount of
capital than at this time in recent pre-
ceding years; railway earnings for
June thus far exceed last years by 81
per cent. and foreign commerce at this
port for the last week Is fairly we'll
maintained. exports gaining $338.270 in
comparison with last year, while I'm
ports decreased $1,172,707.
Failures this week numbered 1875
in the United States. against 227 last
year, and 20 in Canada, compared with
30 year ago"
Bradstreet's says: Improvement.
mirrored forth some weeks ago. in the
phrase better feeling has broadened
ana assumed more tangible form this
week, stimulated, as It has been. by
seasonable weather, resulting crop inn
prOyement, better retail trade. inn
proved recorder business and larger
sales for fall account at many markets.
Advices are best from the great sur
plus producing regions Of the west, but
southern reports are also somewhat
better, and eastern cities join in with
reports Of stronger markets for cotton
and leather goods. Irregular weather
conditions, largely due to heavy rains,
color some reports from northwestern
and lake sections. Bank clearings are.
comparatively speaking. heavy; rail-
way earnings are large; deposits In
banks show large increases; commodl-
ties are apparently going into con.
sumption more readily, and building.
as heretofore, is active. with resulting
strength Of prices. Money Is easy
and the tone Of the securities markets
is more cheerful Failures are few and
unimportant. Indications, In fact. are
that a corner has been turned, and
that the future is viewed more opti-
mistically than for three months past"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
BIG SUM FOR EAR OF CORN.
State Fair Management viii Pay $50
For Best One Shown.

Des Moines, June 44.--Fifty dollars
LIS fabulous price to pay for one ear
OF corn, but that "a the amount of the
prize which will be AWARDED TO the
exhibitor OF the best ear Of corn on
exhibit at the coming Iowa state fair.
A similar prize offered last year Gre
ated much interest throughout the
state, the premium being awarded TO
Herman Lohman Of West Point, Lee
county, ON an ear Of corn which is
now on exhibition in the rooms of the
department Of agriculture at the state
capitol. 6ifty dollars is also offered
for the best ten ears, with an addition
al SIS TO the exhibit scoring second.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE.
Neiehbors Control Blaze, But Depart.
nnent 10 on Hand.

An alarm Of fire was turned in last
evening about eight o'clock and the
hose company hustled to the south
part Of the city on Eighth avenue
west, short distance west Of Market
street. A defective fue at the Joe
SipeS property caused a blaze that
threatened the property. Neighbors
thought the blaze was going to be
more than they could manage unag-
sisted, and sent In the call for the de-
partment. The damage to the house
was trivial.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
A Handsome Bride.

w. A. Hover ha- received hand
some Birdie made OF horse hair and
decorated or worked In fancy pattern
and colorE The present was de by
a friend N Montana md represents
about three months work put in at
odd NOM ntg. The bridIe is valued at
seventy-fiye dollars, and II may be
seen In the east window Of the Pike
drug store.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

He plowed well, dragged his field
into good shape and planted his corn,
but found the middle Of May that he
must plant all over again just because
he had not thought 1t worth while to
know for sure that his seed corn would
germinate. The result Is that his crop
win be late and quite likely will be
caught by the frost in the fall before
1t Is matured. He should know better
next year, but there are lots of him
who won't learn.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
WILL BULL NEW SOME.
Jack Ramsay starts Work on 5000
Residence.

Jack 4.lmgay has purchased the
home property OF MI. Mary McCabe
and will erect upon the slte new and
modern residence property Work
Of tearing down the former residence
was begun yegter1ly BY Contractor
w. ". Richie, and the new nome win
be hurried 10 completion. The resi-
dencs planned by Mr.. Ransay VIII 0e
large and cOmmodicug, and viii be
modern In every way. II will cost
about t5ye00.0C.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

A friend captured and tanned two
young foxes and they afforded good
deal OF amusement TO his boys. How
ever, they got loose one night last fall
and cleaned up prize lot Of chickens
for one OF his neIghbors, and now our
friend has gone out OF the fox business.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

What publicity Will do in extermi-
mating a fraud Is well illustrated In
the case of the private refrigerator car
system. The press OF the country SO
mercilessly exposed the rascallty Of
this trust that 1t Is practically busted,
and the railway corporations are in.
stallings their own refrigerator serv-
ice, where all are treated alike.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

A reader wishes to know II roosters
are essential to egg production in the
poultry yard. Only where the eggs are
wanted for Matching purposes. Hens
will lay just as many eggs without
roosters as with them, and the eggs
are claimed to keep longer and be- bet
ter for eating and cooking purposes
when the head OF the harem is not
with the flock.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

A dairyman inquiries whether the pos
sibilities OF the dairy COW have been
reached. II his cows are making only
171 pounds of butter year they have
not, but IL they are making 400 pounds
they are. There is 225 pound butter
possibility connected with most Of our
dairies-that much butter which they
get and don't.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

A South Dakota woman who en-
tered some hens In the late Australian
egg laying contest, where they took a
number OF FIRST prizes, has no trouble
now in selling her old hens at 500 each.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The cement road culyert Is coming
into use, and It is easily the best mate
rial for this purpose which has yet
been tried. The wooden culvert Is go.
ing to disappear from the highways OF
the country inside OF ten years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

We are asked about the veal calf,
how soon It should be marketed and
how 1t should be fed. The calf should
never go to market until 1t is at least
a month old, and we know of no better
way to make 1t at for market than to
give 1t all the new milk 1t will assimi.
late. The veal calf should never get
acquainted with skim milk. The ami
NAL Is at it's best when six or seven
weeks old. No man with conscience
will sell veal less than a month old,
but lots of men do.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

There nrc two farm products which
always maintain good prices and are
never uvcrpfoduce,i, ami these are eggs
and butter. Cold storage will always
prevent any glut OF the market IN
either OF these products.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
Hurt IN tha Mtn.s

Joe Woods, miner employed in
No. 2 OF the Garfield company, was
badly squeezed in a f-a Of slate
Thursday. He had narrow escape
with his life. No bones were broken
but the man received some bad
bruises.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29
cHIL>REN's CHOICE.
Pleasing Picture is added 10 Library
Collection,

Pleasing Picture is added TO Library
... Collection.
The public library has recently re.
ceived for the children's room the
picture OF the little girl with a cat,
which so attracted the children at the
art exhibition given by tho Art De-
partment OF the oskaloosa Woman's
Club last spring. The picture Is an
elegant print OF Paul Hoecker's pic
ture. and is handsomely framed.
The choice OF the picture, 1t will be
remembered, was made by ballot, tae
children voting upon the picture they
would rather have in the children's
room. The result was a large major
ity OF votes for the Hoecker print.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The sharp competition which Is on be-
tween the steam roads and the trolley
roads, which so far has resulted in n
serious loss Of traffic and profits to the
steam roads, ls evolving a new system
of transportation in the use Of motor cars
to be operated by gasoline power, to be
used on the steam roads and thus Sc
cure 80 far as possible for them all the
advantages of the trolley lines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

Ely time and hot weather coupled
with poor pasture are a combination
which fixes no end Of good cows. Try
dark, cool barn and plenty Of good
green food for the cows from o to 8
o'clock during dog days this year, and
see the cows hold up their milk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The new method Of treating the COM
mon earth roads of the country, as out
lined in these notes lately. Is spreading
with marvellous rapidity all over the
northwest. The reports following It's
introduction into any locality are all Of
tho same tenor-wonderful improve.
ment made In the condition of the high
ways. The exceeding cheapness and
simplicity Of the method commend 1t
to every community where bad earth
roads exist.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The Dragging about the prospect for
o large crop Of fruit il very often
hushed later on by the difficulty in
finding a market for II.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The state. Of Minnesota has made n
great success Of the manufacture Of
binding twlne by its convicts at the
state penitentiary, the twlne manufac-
tured being sold to the farmers Of the
state at practically cost price, effecting
a saving to them which is estimated at
$500 900 for the current season. Now.
If the fax fiber which at present 50
produced and goes TO waste in the
state can be utilized in place Of the i'm
ported fiber from Manila the farmers
Of that state will soon have very cheap
twine.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The small tarm viii nearly always
pay better rate of interest On the
money Invested than the large farm.
Most men try 10 cover too many acres.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

We do not believe that any man
who limits his work TO just eight hours
a day can ever make very much fnan-
cial headway. The men who make
money and get ahead have got to de-
vote more time than this to their work.
Theoretically, II man works eight
hours, sleeps eight hours and devotes
eight hours to recreation and mental
Improvement he Is doing the right
thing, but IN this bustllng and com
petltiVe age eight hours work will not
build up bank account and get him
out Of debt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

We Atr n ilsv upinlon that nB lnla
take vii ~ maae II ton sheet every
sparrow, rfaw and butcher bird sou
see
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The late planting OF corn and poor
seed is a combination which hardly
ever wins,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

n N remarkable hrw quickly hh nlA
rews redlaree viii rpsne - llrhs whan
ahe ii ran pstf W. thr ears
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

An old man died at a western poor
house recently, having been an inmate
OF the institution for seventeen years.
The local paper In commenting upon
the old mans death said he was an old
resident OF the place and that during
the years OF his active Life had always
been rated as good citizen, but that,
while he had no bad habits, he never
was able to save dollar, and so when
old age overlook him there was mo-
where for him to 30 save to the poor
house. We all Of us know OF many
Just such men, not exactly lazy or In
competent, but some way thriftless,
just managing to live while they have
health and strength, and that's all. and
bound to become burden to their re.
lations or the public when they become
old. This ought not 50 to be. A man
has, II be lives to threeScore, at least
forty working years, and there should
be more done In the line Of teaching
men how to save during these years
to prevent old age and poverty from
making life miserable for them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

In the problem Of seeking new
home and new farm there are many
things to be considered. We would
place first Of all the question Of the
natural fertility Of the soil, then cll-
mate and length Of working season,
then cost of clearing and fitting land
for cultivation, then the type Of people
one would have for neighbors, then dis
tance from market One can obtain
every desired advantage except the
first named in many Of the eastern
states, but the poor quality Of the soil
offsets them all.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The new method Of working the earth
roads, recently referred to at length In
these notes, Is being generally intro
duced and with the most remarkable
success. Wherever tried the plan Is
most highly commended as being
cheap. easy Of operation, most adapta.
BILE wherever the roads are made Of the
worst material and most effective In
every way in the reconstruction of
what has been q bad road into what all
admit to be good one. Many cities
and towns are adopting the plan for
the care OF all unpaved streets and are
working wonders. The writer's expert
snce with this method of caring for the
earth roads is such that we cannot too
strongly urge upon township and mu-
nicipal officials the benefit TO he derived
from Its adoption. The poll taxes OF
the average township are sufficient In
amount year by year to fully cover the
cost Of the care Of the highways by this
plan, leaving all the regular taxes lev.
fed and collected 20 be applied to the
building Of bridges and cuIyerts and
such heavy cutting and hlling as the
roads OF the city or township may re-
quire. We can easily see that the rate
II taxation may be materially reduced
In the near future, and we stiIl have
type Of earth roads OF such excellence
AZ was never thought to be possible.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The Americans are getting the NUT
ton eating habit. Heretofore they have
been welded to the slrloin steak, but
now they are catching on to the mer.
It's of the mutton chop. This change
In taste means much for the future Of
the sheep man, for he can produce q
pound Of mutton just as cheaply as a
pound of beef or pork. and In way
cheaper, for the sheep will make good
meat out of much food which Is gen
orally wasted on the farm, while the
income from the wool may be counted
anyhow as 80 much clean profit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

The June catch crop often becomes
one Of the important crops on the
farm. There are almost always odd
corners and pieces of land which per-
haps were TO wet for early cultiyatlo
and sowing or where the seed may
have failed which can be used for
late catch crop. Among the crops
which may be used for this purpose
are field corn planted thickly for fod.
der, the several kinds of millet, buck
wheat, sorghum, to be cut for fodder.
These odds and ends Of fields should
by all means be thus used; otherwise
they become patch Of rank weed
growth.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-29

In n western state where the road
laws were recently changed compelling
the payment OF the road tax In cash
instead Of permitting the farmer l.
work out his tax In the old way there
has been much kicking and protesting,
many resenting the change In the law
as an innovation which deprived them
OF an ancient right However, when
the road boss compelled them to work
they kicked harder than ever over the
fact that they had to work for ten
hours and put in good hard days
work. They are now willing to pay
their tax without kicking.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1905.

The war between the postoffice and the Gaelic league over the refusal of the former body to transmit postal matter addressed in Irish, is ending in a victory for the league, says New York paper. Last week the Bally- hounis postoffice, which had refused to cash postal order because the sigma ture Of the payee was written in the Irish language, retracted it's refusal at the order of the postmaster general. A few days ago an official notice was posted in the general postoffice. Bel fast, directing that all communications passing through the office addressed in Irish be handed to the officer in charge for the purpose of being translated 'and forwarded without delay" The victory of the league is, in a degree, due to the perturbation excited in off, cial circles there by the announcement that the Gaelic league of America in- tended to Lombard the postoffice with letters addressed in Irish and invoke action by the American government if they delayed in delivery. Just now the British government is very anxious to avoid any friction with the United States.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08

Congressman Hill hitched his cart to the star of o. H. Platt and was con fident that, if that gentleman had been able to arrive after falling to five votes
 he might do the same, says the Hart ford Courant in writing about the re- cent senatorial contest. Possibly now he feels that his chief trouble was that his vote fell only to fourteen; if it had gone to five, he might have landed
 It was the general opinion of McLean's friends that, if Hill had kept out of the game, the first ballot would have carried their man so far ahead that the rest would have come by attraction of gravitation. That is guess-work now, but 1t was amusing Thursday evening to hear the friends of Fessenden criti- cizing Hill for putting in and the friends of Mclean saying that Hill mad succeeded with his forlorn hope in landing in the senate the man of one term over himself, the man of five terms, while the Paige men were find ing fault that Hill kept votes from them. It is hard to please everybody. Some of MT Hills strongest friends had attempted before the caucus to show him that he had no chance, but he did not see it as they did. He was the most logical of the several logi- cal candidates, having served longer in congress and with more distinction and being thus in the line of promotion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08
Never before in the history of ar

Never before in the history of any administration has the diplomatic service of this country been so thor oughly discredited and in such peck of trouble as at the present time un- der the administration of Roosevelt says a Washington critic. And all the trouble seems to be down in the voodoo republics of Central and South America, and all the men in- vOlved are of the young and strenuous kind and the appointees of the pres ent president. Minister Bowen, in Venezuela. accuses Assistant Secre- tary of State Loomis of a whole pas sul of things. and Loomis retorts that he is another, and Bowen is ordered home. Minister John Barrett, to the new republic that Roosevelt built over night, Panama. has been playing the doubIe-faced act and has got him. self discredited and disliked. and the probability Is that he will have to call his dogs and put out the fire down there and move elsewhere. I knew we were in for a strenuous time as soon as We placed ourselves In the at- titude of collector in chief for all the nations of the earth down in those countries and got to swinging the big stick. People and nations who 20 around toting a chip on their shoul- ders and -spilin' for fight usually get it. and get it in the neck. at that Taft did not hold down the lid as well as Roosevelt thought he wouId and he has cut short his visit to the bears and will he home soon to look after things himself. He will find plenty to do.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08
HEARD IN PASSING

The nomination of Congressman Brandezee for United States senator is a defeat for the q. 0. F. machiue.- Winsted Citizen
 Funerals of notable are becoming mcge and more simple That of Gen eral Fitz Hugh Lee was as unoste1ta- tiotIS as the life of the famous soldier. Norwich Record
 We imagine ex-Governor McLezn-s disappointment in not receiving the nomination to the United States sen ate at the hands of the republicans of the Connecticut legislature will be only temporary if it Is a di>appoint- ment at all His time will cone. His attitude during the contest was manly and diuIfed He did not conduct sny personal canvass for the honpr. but attended to his own b0nfDe& Isavinx his fate entirely to the dz1D1u6-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08

tion Of the legislature Such man VIII eventually win out. The hurly Durly of Connecticut politics will pass. -Springfield Union.
 We rather admire the cheerful op- tlmism with which the Japanese an- nounce that the work of salving sev- eral battleships and cruisers at Port Arthur and Chemulpo is progressing satisfactorily. In view of the fact that the Variag was sunk at Chemulpo more than year ago, it requires an abnOr- nal cheerfulness to regard the progress in raising her as satisfactory. At that rate the battleships in Port Arthur are not likely to be saved in time for use Ill the present war and their usefulness after they are raised, considering the extent of their damages, is likely to be trifing.-New Britain Herald.
 4 cartoon in the New York Evening World graphically condenses New York opinion concerning the abuse of the power of the prosecuting attorneys office, which created a vast amount of sympathy for Miss Nan Patterson dur ing her second trial The picture, en- titled Justice Up to Date" represents the assistant district attorney flourish ing revolver ill the court room, while the judges hair stands on end, and the members of the jury are hiding and begging for mercy. In one hand this fierce individual, duly labeled by his right name. is carrying the limp female Justice, with dangling sword and scales, muttering I'm dead one" The popular belief that what Jerome's man tried to accomplish was a judicial "hold-up' seems to be all but universal ill New York. Not a man on the jury, it appears. followed Rand's guidance. Half of them favored the acquittal of the prisoner and the other half were willing to bring in a verdict of man. slaughter. Every one of us agreed" said one. of the jurors. that Nan Pat terson shot Caesar Young through an accidental bluff. f."-Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08
Worse for Him.

"Mr. Gotrox says very bitter things about those lazy sons of his, but his wife is always making excuses for them"
 "Yes. she makes excuses. but he has to make allowances for them; that's what makes him so sore. "-Philadel- phia Press.